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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 |
| 7431206 | Automated banking machine with improved resistance to fraud An automated banking machine has sensing devices adjacent a card reader slot. The sensing devices enable detection of a fraudulent card reading device. ... | 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 |
| 7407091 | ATM with stack transporter for bulk note deposit An ATM can accept a bulk stack of currency notes for deposit from a customer. The ATM includes a stack transporter (400) that can rotate an accepted stack while relocating it to a predetermined location inside of the machine. The stack transporter includes a ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404515 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine diagnostic system and method A automated banking machine (10) and method of operating the machine is provided. The method comprises causing with a terminal application, at least one transaction function device of the automated banking machine to operate through at least one communication... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7392938 | Cash withdrawal from ATM via videophone Apparatus and method for purchasing cash from an ATM. The ATM has a unique identifier visibly located thereon. A customer phone includes a camera and a programmable memory. The camera can be used to capture an image of the ATM's identifier. The memory includes custo... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7357305 | Bill delivery apparatus for wall-type automated-teller machine A bill delivery apparatus for a wall-type automatic-teller machine according to the present invention is disposed between a cash receiving part and a cash handling part of the machine. The apparatus comprises a main body having a pair of plates spaced apart from eac... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341177 | Automated transaction machine system and method An automated transaction machine (20) with a cross-vender software and hardware platform architecture. The machine includes a computer (22) and a plurality of transaction function devices (32) in operative connection with the computer. The machi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7230223 | Sensing system for ascertaining currency content of ATM A sensing arrangement (12) is described. The arrangement comprises: a moveable object (80) including a plurality of marker portions (112) disposed in a calibrated configuration, each marker portion (112) being capable of emitting light in... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222782 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine with improved user observation capabilities An automated banking machine (10) includes a user interface (15) and a cash dispensing mechanism (220). A fascia (12) of the machine includes a pair of horizontally disposed convex mirrors (338, 340). The mirrors are used to enable... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219832 | ATM machine and methods with currency conversion capabilities Methods, systems, and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are disclosed which provide ATM currency conversion capabilities. In one embodiment, a financial account number associated with a financial account maintained by a customer at a financial institution is received... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7201312 | Device to invalidate banknotes in a unit equipped for the storage thereof A device is disclosed to invalidate banknotes in a unit equipped for the storage thereof, comprising an ignition unit (15) placed in the equipped unit (3) in a position adjacent to the banknotes (4) and suitable to generate a flame producing on ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168613 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine with tilt out fascia An automated banking machine (10) is provided. The automated banking machine may include a fascia (50) in operative connection with a frame (110). The machine may include a plurality of hardware devices which are accessible through the fascia. T... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7093751 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine printer An automated banking machine (10) is provided. The automated banking machine may include a fascia (50) in operative connection with a frame (110). The machine may include a plurality of hardware devices which are accessible through the fascia. T... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093749 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine diagnostic system and method An automated transaction machine including an extensions for financial services (XFS) layer is provided. An application interface portion of the XFS layer is operative to communicate with an application layer of the ATM which may include terminal applications. A har... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7051926 | Integrated banknote validator and dispenser A combination banknote validator, banknote accumulator, banknote storage cassette and banknote dispenser is designed in a modular manner and the accumulator and banknote dispenser cooperate to additionally define part of a processing pathway therebetween. The bankno... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7028889 | Media cassette and media dispenser having the same A media cassette includes a casing mounted on a mounting portion of a media dispenser, having a stack space in which media are stacked. A discharging slot is formed in the casing for discharging the media stacked in the stack space out of the casing in an edge direc... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7032245 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine with improved card retention capabilities and method An automated banking machine (10) includes a card reader (256) in the machine operative to receive cards from users. Cards that are to be captured and held in the machine are moved by the card reader to the interior of a bin (268). Cards enterin... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004383 | ATM currency cassette door arrangement An ATM includes a currency note dispenser having a currency cassette, a note picker, a note transporter, and a note presenter. A cassette tambour door automatically opens during insertion of the cassette into the dispenser. The picker can pick notes through the open... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6983880 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine with note unstacking and validation An automated banking machine (10) includes a user interface (15). The user interface includes a card reader (16), receipt printer opening (30), cash dispensing opening (38) and deposit accepting opening (40). A stack of note... | 01/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6970845 | Automated banking machine apparatus and system An automated banking machine (12) is operative to conduct transactions in response to HTML documents and TCP/IP messages exchanged with a local computer system (14) through an intranet (16), as well as in response to messages exchanged with fore... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6889850 | Bill processing device A bill handling apparatus has a deposit/withdrawal unit (2) at the inner upper side of a casing (1), a base unit (3) at the inner lower side of the casing (1), and intermediate units (4A-4C) between the units (2) and ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6726202 | Paper currency receiving device with detachable wheel assembly modules A paper currency receiving device includes a body and two wheel assembly modules. The body has two opposed sides each, having an opening that communicates an interior of the body with outside. The body further has a bill-receiving opening in a front side thereof. Th... | 04/27/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6659340 | Currency receiving device and method A currency receiving device for receiving currency from a user, comprising a safe having a lockable access opening and a transfer slot, a local processor, operatively connected to the safe, the local processor having a user interface to communicate with t... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6622911 | Banknote container for automated teller machines A banknote container for automated teller machines includes a base, two mutually parallel side walls, rear wall, front wall, cover and pressure-exerting slide, arranged in the bottom container part such that it can be adjusted parallel to the side walls. ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6540136 | Replenishment arrangements for automated teller machines An automated teller machine (ATM) includes a number of currency note holding cassettes 40. The notes are transferred to a dispensing slot 18 via paths 46 and 48. Mispicked notes are detected by multiple note detector 58 and diverted to reject bin 60 via d... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6516468 | Cash transaction having antitheft mechanism A cash transaction machine having an antitheft mechanism capable of preventing the cash from being seized from a cash storage unit inside a housing through an opening formed in the housing is disclosed. The cash transaction machine having the antitheft me... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6244504 | Banknote container for cash dispenser In a bill container capable of being pushed into a receiving module and with a front panel actuable by an actuating lever and a detent lever which can be adjusted between a release position, a first intermediate position, which the detent lever assumes as... | 06/12/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6237847 | System for detecting multiple superposed sheets A system is for detecting the passage of multiple sheets along a feed path. The system includes a sensing station (12) through which the feed path passes and which has a light emitter (48) and an optical sensor (50) arranged to sense light transmitted fro... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6220511 | Card issuance system and process A method of secured card issuance from a card issuing machine, as well as a system for card issuance, that is designed to address many of the security concerns surrounding automated, self-service card issuance. The invention relies upon a combination of m... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6123327 | Cash dispenser The automatic cash dispenser has the following elements, a safe (18) for receiving at least one banknote cassette (32) and a separating device (34) for drawing off the banknotes out of the banknote cassette (32), of a banknote-dispensing compartment (50),... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6098837 | Note hopper/dispenser A note hopper/dispenser for dispensing paper currency, bank notes or cash equivalent scrip.... | 08/08/2000 |
