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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438220 | Automated banking machine including deposit storage chest and card reader cooling device An automated banking machine includes a card reader, a display device, a currency dispenser, and a deposit storage chest. The machine can receive user deposits for storage in the chest. The machine includes a card reader cooling device. The machine can also facilita... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431205 | Banknote receipt and payout apparatus A banknote receipt and payout apparatus including: a receipt and pay-out opening for carrying out either or both of payout and stacking of charged banknotes: a banknote determining part for determining denominations of banknotes, a plurality of banknote storage and ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428983 | Banknote receipt and payout apparatus Provided is a banknote receipt and payout apparatus which handles several denominations, having a banknote loading and collecting function, and which is capable of handling several denominations. A banknote receipt and payout apparatus comprising a receipt and payou... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7357303 | Bill handling apparatus When using an inexpensive deposit box in a provided bill handling apparatus, bills that can be deposited are increased irrespective of a limit in the number of bills that can be stacked in the deposit box. In a bill handling apparatus including a bill deposit/withdr... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337951 | Store cash depositing and dispensing apparatus, store cash depositing and dispensing system, and store cash depositing and dispensing management method Deposited cash is housed in a recycling housing portion after designating a sector defining whether or not withdrawal will be possible, amount data relating to the deposited amount being managed by counters based on the designated management sector, amount data rela... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322518 | Bill depositing/dispensing apparatus A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus being fitted with a plurality of storing boxes for storing bills including a deposited bill box, an outgoing bill box, a recycle box, and an acceptance box with multi-compartments for sorted storing of bills. The acceptance box... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7249707 | Bill depositing/dispensing apparatus A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus convenient to use and capable of readily adapting itself to operations to handle many denominations and/or a large number of bills or operations to sort and handle a small number of bills is to be provided. Storing boxes differ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246743 | Check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method An automated banking machine system and method includes ATMs which accept checks and dispense cash to users. The ATMs are operated to acquire image and magnetic data from deposited checks to determine the genuineness of checks and the authority of a user to receive ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7229010 | Check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method An automated banking machine system and method includes ATMs which accept checks and dispense cash to users. The ATMs are operated to acquire image and magnetic data from deposited checks to determine the genuineness of checks and the authority of a user to receive ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7086585 | Media dispenser apparatus A media dispenser comprises: a casing separatably installed on a mounting portion of a media dispenser having an eject hole through which media is ejected, and including a media receipt portion on which the media ejected from the eject hole is mounted and an opening... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7014105 | Bill handling machine The bill handling machine checks the authenticity of bills as the bills deposited through the deposit port are being conveyed. Once checked, the bills are held in a temporary stacker until a deposit command is entered by the user. When certain re-discrimination cond... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6978926 | Circulating type bank note depositing and dispensing machine The invention provides a circulating type bank note depositing and dispensing machine with which the progress of depositing and dispensing is made visible from a customer side, speeding up the temporary storage of deposited bank notes and facilitating the return of ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6848612 | Store sales proceed depositing machine including a cash dispenser A store sales proceed depositing machine having a deposit operation panel at one side of the machine, a storage unit storing deposited cash, and an external communications unit communicating with a cash logistics company and a financial institution. A cashing operat... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6824047 | Bill handling machine The technique of the present invention effectively prevents banknotes from being stored in an inadequate state in a cabinet of a cash recycling-type bill handing machine. In the bill handling machine, it is determined whether or not the conveyance state of each bank... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6811078 | Point-of-transaction machine with improved versatility and related method A point-of-transaction machine that allows global users to reach all aspects of their finances, from their brokerage account to their banks, mortgage accounts, credit card accounts and more. Unlike conventional ATMs where you can only reach your bank account(s), the... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6755340 | Method and arrangement for processing negotiable instruments A method and arrangement for processing negotiable instruments (20) such as banknotes or monetary payment forms in an automatic banking machine (10), having the features: Inserting the negotiable instruments (20) into an input compartment... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6742645 | Paper currency receiving system for a ticket vendor or the like A paper currency receiving system is constructed to include a paper currency take-up unit adapted for taking up paper currency inserted therein, a paper currency verification unit inserted into the paper currency take-up unit at a bottom side and adapted for verifyi... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6712219 | Bill receiving and dispensing device A bill receiving and dispensing device cooperates with a bill cassette, when the bill receiving and dispensing device is replenished with bills or when bills are collected from it, in such a manner that cash is not exposed to the public eye. At the time of replenish... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6702148 | Paper feed assembly A paper feed assembly is disclosed whereby a single driver is used to both engage a paper to be acted on, move or feed the paper to a pre-determined area, and then retract so that the paper may be acted on. The paper feed assembly according to the present... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6663001 | Self service terminal A self service terminal (SST) 10 is described, having a deposit means 18 for allowing a user to deposit a number of media items into the SST. A single media transport path 20 transports deposited items via an escrow storage 22 to either a check bin 24 or ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6607124 | Automated transaction machine for use by a merchant and a customer The invention relates to an automated transaction machine of the recycling currency type. The machine permits a merchant to both store and withdraw cash. The machine also permits a customer to withdraw cash. The automated transaction machine includes a ch... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6554185 | Deposit accepting apparatus and system for automated banking machine An automated banking machine (10) includes a deposit accepting apparatus (44) which is capable of accepting and authenticating instruments, as well as accepting envelopes deposited into the machine by a user. A transport section (46) is operative to engag... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6325370 | Automatic banknote selection and delivery safe The automatic banknote selection and delivery safe consists of an armored boxed frame in one upper zone of which is mounted a first banknote acceptance device from which departs a first banknote grasping and conveyance means paths towards a first screenin... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6253997 | Automated teller's machine and method thereof A user interface unit transmits a user's instruction to a main control unit. The main control unit generates control data according to the user's instruction and an instruction from a host and transmits the control data to a cash input/output unit. A cash... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6241150 | Sheet dispensing mechanism A cash dispensing mechanism of an automated teller machine (ATM) includes a safe inside which are housed first and second units. The first unit includes currency cassettes and an associated pick mechanism. Bills are transported from the pick mechanism to ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6164638 | Automated banking machine with currency recycling canisters An automated banking machine (10) identifies and stores documents such as currency bills deposited by a user. The machine then selectively recovers such documents from storage and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a central transport (70... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6012633 | Automatic transaction apparatus An automatic transaction apparatus for allowing users to deposit money in the form of financial documents such as checks has a depository inlet, a document feed mechanism, a reading mechanism, a printing mechanism, and a storage mechanism, all for automat... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6006989 | Automatic money-receiving and -dispensing machine In the case of an automatic money-receiving and -dispensing machine having a banknote-receiving location (20), having a banknote-checking and recognition device, having at least one intermediate store for intermediately storing received banknotes, having ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5987431 | Self-service deposit method and apparatus A self-service deposit terminal (10) for bank notes is arranged to validate the notes. If any notes are deemed invalid then either the invalid notes are diverted from going to a collection means (42) for valid notes, or else the whole deposit is diverted.... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5927936 | Bill handling machine A bill handling machine includes a rotatable drum provided with a bill transport arrangement in which a bill transporting passage is formed therein and movable between a transport position where it can hold bills in the bill transporting passage so as to ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5900607 | Cash processing system for automatically performing cash handling operations associated with banking services A cash processing system is capable of reducing manual operation in placing and collecting from a cashing handling apparatus, such as ATM's, cash dispensing machines and so forth and thus can eliminate the occurrence of error or theft. The cash processing... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5864826 | Cash processing system for handling unretrieved cash A cash processing system includes a detachable cash safe, a cash processing apparatus that detachably receives the cash safe for automatically setting a commanded amount of cash therein, and a cash handling apparatus that detachably receives the cash safe... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5650604 | System and method for electronic transfer of funds using an automated teller machine to dispense the transferred funds A system and method for fully automated electronic transfer of cash or cash equivalent between a sender and a recipient is shown, including an initiating terminal for receiving a designation of an amount of money to be electronically transferred, an accou... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5563394 | Cash transaction machine and method Cash transaction machine and method for receiving and/or dispensing money by user's manipulation to transact the money comprise a bill receptacle, a bill dispense port, a bill storage and a transport unit for transporting the bill between the receptacle a... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5540544 | Intermediate sheet storage means An intermediate sheet storage device which comprises: controlling and checking apparatus (19) and signalling device (18) provided for the control of at least two groups of belt conveyors which embody a predetermined path provided for being followed by a s... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5534682 | Article depositing apparatus A document processing system comprising a sensor array for sensing the size and position of a document; a movable magnetic scanner for scanning the document for coded information thereon; an imager for obtaining digitized image data of the document; a mov... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5522511 | Bill processing apparatus with bundling mechanism According to the bill processing apparatus of the present invention, the damage of bills picked one by one by the bill processing apparatus and the kind of bills are discriminated by a discriminating and judging section, and stacked in a stacking section ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5504313 | Cash transaction machine and method Cash transaction machine and method for receiving and/or dispensing money by user's manipulation to transact the money includes a bill receptacle, a bill dispense port, a bill storage and a transport unit for transporting the bill between the receptacle a... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5478992 | Management apparatus and automated teller machine When sheets are taken into a machine or discharged from the machine, characteristics of these sheets such as letters or symbols of these sheets are read by a sheet characteristics reading unit. A result of reading the characteristics is stored in a storag... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5468941 | Money processing apparatus having timer means A memory processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a function for feeding money one by one, a function for discriminating denominations of the money received from the feeding function, a function for storing the money for each of th... | 11/21/1995 |
