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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7422118 | Equipment for the automatic deposit of banknotes An equipment (22) for the automatic deposit of banknotes (23) comprising a transaction port (33) for receiving a stack (24) of banknotes, a separating device (36) for separating the constituting sheets of the stack (24), a v... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416113 | Check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine An automated banking machine that is activated responsive to data read from user cards which accepts checks and dispense cash to users. The automatic banking machine is operated to acquire image and magnetic data from deposited checks to determine the genuineness of... | 08/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7347358 | Depositing items of value A method of depositing items of value, the method comprising 1) receiving a tamper evident and coded container holding the items of value, the code relating to the content of the container; 2) verifying that the pa... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7284695 | 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 authority of a user to receive cash for such checks. The auth... | 10/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7139694 | Method and system for tranferring an electronic sum of money from a credit memory Method for transferring an electronic sum of money from a credit memory associated with a money sender to an account or to a credit memory associated with a money receiver via a telecommunications and data network in real time, the necessary connections being set up... | 11/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7021529 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine deposit accepting system and method An automated banking machine includes a mechanism for accepting deposited items. Deposited items may be provided to the machine in envelopes which are first passed to a user from an envelope storage area (132) in the machine through a transport (124) a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6883704 | Bank note dispensing device with recycling capability A bank note dispensing device includes a storage unit which can store bank notes that can be dispensed to a user through a discharge opening. A monitor unit can be operatively positioned relative to a passageway for transporting the bank notes in order to determine ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6318714 | Document unstack system for currency recycling automated banking machine 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... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6196457 | 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 ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6170818 | Currency recycling automated banking machine media gate 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 areas and dispenses them to other users. The machine includes a central transpo... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6029971 | Sheet feeding apparatus A belt displacement operation is periodically carried by the pick mechanism 11 of a sheet feeding apparatus, when the number of sheets fed has reaches a predetermined value. The motor 34 is driven in reverse for a predetermined time, so as to cause rotati... | 02/29/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5804804 | Device for supplying and receiving medium between a plurality of apparatuses, cash transaction system with the device, and method of supplying and receiving the medium A device for supplying and receiving to and from a plurality of automatic teller machines installed side by side on an installation surface has a carrier station for transmitting, over a wireless channel, an instruction signal for designating an automatic... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5719383 | Transaction terminal and method of maintaining acceptable operation of the transaction terminal A transaction terminal (2) which incorporates a control unit (4) for controlling the operation of the terminal. Terminal operation is monitored by a plurality of sensors (110-116) in communication with the control unit (4). The control unit (4) can access... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5593149 | Automatic teller machine managing system An automatic teller machine managing system includes an automatic teller machine and a carrier for exchanging a medium, such as, paper money, with the automatic teller machine. The system further includes a mechanism for moving the carrier relative to the... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5569898 | Selective card entry gate with ridged profile A card entry gate has a slot defining several ridges extending longitudinally from the upper and lower surfaces of the slot. A data-bearing card, with an encoded strip and embossed portions, fits between the ridges of the slot when inserted lengthwise in ... | 10/29/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5335484 | Sheet handling apparatus A sheet handling apparatus includes transport mechanism (40, 42) for feeding a stack of sheets, such as currency notes, from a position in which the stack is accessible to a user of the apparatus into a secure container. A stack banding device (138) is ar... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5240368 | Sheet handling apparatus A device for dispensing sheet media comprising a storage location for storing sheet media to be dispensed; a receiving location accessible to a patron from which the sheet media may be received; a receptacle for retaining sheets of the media; a stacking a... | 08/31/1993 |
| 4991829 | Method for controlling two interrelated transport means and machine thus controlled, especially a personal banking machine A method and personal banking machine is described by which two items such as cash and statement can be issued simultaneously through one and the same gate. The optimum point in time is determined and adaptively controlled by which the front edge of state... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4874931 | Method for automatic bill handling and bill container used therefor Functional parts which have a high probability of abnormal operation, e.g., bill jams, are built into a detachable bill container, and the transfer of bills is not performed in the main body of the automatic bill handling machine (i.e., bills are handled ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4866254 | Automatic bill transaction system A plurality of transaction machines constituting a transaction system is provided with a bill exchange device which exchanges bills individually among the transaction machines.... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4830742 | Apparatus for sorting sheets An apparatus for sorting sheets is disclosed, which comprises a feeder for setting a mixture of different kinds of sheets, the set sheets being fed one by one for sorting, a judging circuit for judging the kind of sheet being transported through the body ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4815015 | Apparatus for detecting the passage of multiple superposed sheets along a feed path An apparatus for detecting the passage of superposed sheets along a feed path includes first and second cooperating rollers (12, 14), the second roller (14) being movable away from the first roller (12) in response to the passage of a single or multiple s... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4738384 | Dispenser A transparent dispenser is disclosed for dispensing material, generally tickets. One side of the dispenser is hinged for entry into the dispenser. A curl is formed within the dispenser in order to guide the tickets from inside the dispenser to the outside... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4722443 | Paper sheet processing apparatus An apparatus for processing paper sheets comprises a batch feeder for carrying the withdrawn paper sheets, a takeout device for picking up the paper sheets from the batch feeder, one by one, an inspection section for inspecting the paper sheets picked up ... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4713832 | Programmable divider up/down counter with anti-aliasing feature and asynchronous read/write There is disclosed herein an up/down counter with a programmable terminal count. The up/down counter has a two level input structure such that new terminal counts may be written into the up/down counter asynchronously without disturbing operations of the ... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4707843 | Relating to microprocessor controlled cash counting apparatus A cash counting machine including a bill feed mechanism that transfers bills individually from an input hopper to an output tray including a microprocessor control system. The machine operates in two modes, including a batch mode in which it transfers a s... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4700368 | Method and apparatus for sensing sheets Apparatus for sensing the passage of sheets (1) through a nip formed by rollers (5 and 6), includes means for sensing the deflection of one roller relative to the other, the sensing means including an oscillator (18) providing a train of signals the frequ... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4681229 | Note sorting and counting apparatus A note sorting and counting apparatus comprises an ejecting device for ejecting notes one by one from a stack of notes, an identifying device for identifying the notes, a sorting device for sorting the notes into groups in accordance with the result of th... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4637523 | Stamp scanning and dispensing means and method A system for scanning and dispensing postage stamps from a roll of stamps, including a scanning circuit for optically scanning each individual stamp on a stamp roll as the stamp passes thereby in order to detect the degree of opacity of such stamp and to ... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4628192 | Cash handling machine The cash handling machine with a cash containing device housed within a safe and a receipt printer mounted on the safe comprises a cash carrying device for carrying cash from the cash containing device to an operation panel cash outlet and a receipt carry... | 12/09/1986 |
