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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434725 | Bill handling machine, automated teller machine, and method for payment of change at automated teller machine An automated teller machine having a customer operation part, a deposit/payment port to put into bills, a distinction part which distinguishes bill, storages which stores bill, a storage box which keeps bill decided to be true bill at the distinction part among bill... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7419092 | Cash dispensing automated banking machine deposit accepting system and method An automated banking machine includes a mechanism for accepting deposited items. Deposited items can be provided to the machine in envelopes passed out of the machine to a user. An empty envelope in an envelope holding container (132) is passed through a tran... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7355737 | Apparatus and method for two-color printing based on single color data A printer 10 has a reception unit 28 for receiving print commands from a host 12, and has print heads 64, 66 capable of printing multiple colors. A data processing part 24 applies a specific colorization process according to a prin... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7314324 | Vertically mounted modular printer system The present invention comprises a printer system for a device that comprises a secure compartment and a top surface displaced at an acute angle relative to a floor. A portion of the secure compartment includes interior of an opening from the top surface. The printer... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7275483 | Jam resistant printer bezel An anti-jam bezel is provided for dispensing a flexible substrate from an output slot. A guideway is provided for receiving the flexible substrate from a transport and guiding the flexible substrate into the output slot. The guideway may extend from the output slot ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7219831 | Check processing method, check processing program medium, and check processing apparatus A check processing method, a program medium, and a check processing apparatus store image data equivalent to the image data captured from the back of a printed check with a single check insertion operation using a compact, easily controlled apparatus. A back image s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7195152 | 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 ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175077 | 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 ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7051927 | Apparatus for use in a self-service terminal and a method of processing a financial instrument at a self-service terminal An endorser is disposed along a document transport path and includes a printhead for printing an endorsement onto a document along the document transport path. The printhead can move through an opening to print an endorsement onto a document along the document trans... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7028888 | Automated banking machine currency tracking system An automated banking machine (10) includes a user interface (12) including an opening (20). Users of the machine deliver and receive individual sheets and stacks of sheets to and from the machine through the opening. Stacks of sheets may include... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6904843 | Jam resistant printer bezel An anti-jam bezel is provided for dispensing a flexible substrate from an output slot. The output slot has a front portion for outputting the flexible substrate and a rear portion for receiving the flexible substrate from a transport. A guideway diverges away from t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6857804 | Vertically mounted modular printer system The present invention comprises a printer system for a device that comprises a secure compartment and a top surface displaced at an acute angle relative to a floor. A portion of the secure compartment includes interior of an opening from the top surface. The printer... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6839688 | Method of using an automated banking machine 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... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6814518 | Secure printer system for gaming devices A modular printer system comprising a support frame, a chassis, a media holder, and a printer assembly. The support frame supports the other components and may be attached to other devices. The chassis is slidably attached to the support frame so that it may be at l... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6739503 | Apparatus for use in a self-service terminal and a method of processing a financial instrument at a self-service terminal An endorser is disposed along a document transport path and includes a printhead for printing an endorsement onto a document along the document transport path. The printhead can move through an opening to print an endorsement onto a document along the document trans... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6470326 | 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 foreign server... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6338049 | User-generated traveler's checks A system and method for issuing travelers checks at a user's home or business using the purchaser's own computer system to allow the user to obtain travelers checks at any time, in any denominations and without having to travel to an issuer location. User... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6334117 | Automated banking machine 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 foreign server... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6109521 | Check processing method and apparatus A new receipt printer and method for negotiating transactions at the point of sale in retail establishments. The POS printer includes means for reading the account and bank information from existing magnetic characters on a check. The apparatus of this in... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6015087 | Apparatus and method for leasing documents of value Disclosed is an apparatus and method for issuing documents of value such as money orders, gift certificates, utility remittances, phone card, payroll, etc. An apparatus according to the disclosure may include a compartment for receiving substrates on whic... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5850075 | Receipt transport and retrieval system for automated banking machine An automated banking machine (10) includes a receipt transport and retracting apparatus (26). The machine includes a printer (30) which delivers a sheet (108) which is a transaction receipt for a transaction conducted at the machine. The sheet is transpor... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5768143 | ID card issuing system and method A system for issuing ID cards to which personal information data such as a personal identification number are written and verifying whether or not the information data are successfully written to the ID card. When the information data are confirmed to be ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5751842 | Document transaction apparatus A self-service financial document processing terminal (10) accepts from a user a document (100) to be processed for a financial transaction such as depositing a cheque or paying a bill. After processing, the terminal (10) issues a receipt slip (300) to th... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5477037 | Financial document dispensing apparatus and method A dispenser produces negotiable money orders, traveler's checks, and the like at remote locations and prints the check amount on the check while also printing summary data of a day's activities on a blank check form, eliminating the need for a separate pr... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5422468 | Deposit authorization system This invention relates to an enhanced transaction approval system for processing transactions in which a deposit is tendered for the purchase of goods and services. Specifically, the credit authorization system for a deposit transaction permits the exclus... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5349534 | Automatic form dispensing system An automatic form dispensing system for a variety of transactions has a housing with an operator interface for receiving operator input, and has a form dispensing assembly in the housing and a roll of blank form stock and two rolls of a carrier web contai... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5252813 | Method and apparatus for automatic transaction having card receipt and/or transaction receipt slip issuing mechanism An automatic transaction apparatus for dealing with cash or the like operates by being accessed by the user through the use of a user specific transaction medium card, which is inserted to the apparatus so that information recorded on it is read. In the e... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5184000 | Automatic cash handling system offering optional printed record An automatic cash handling system for handling cash transactions with the user using a cash card privately held by him or her. The system comprises a device for issuing a record such as a transaction statement printed with details of a transaction such as... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5055657 | Vending type machine dispensing a redeemable credit voucher upon payment interrupt A vending-type machine for goods and/or services, and a method of operating the same. The machine has a computer that is connected via a data communication line with a central computer located in a central office. In order, despite the absence of an inter... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5053607 | Point-of-sale device particularly adapted for processing checks A check processing device is particularly adapted for retailer/customer use at the point-of-sale through use of a MICR read head means, printer means and keypad means which feed information into a CPU which communicates, through an existing telecommunicat... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5017026 | Apparatus for automatically exchanging a passbook An apparatus for derailing with a passbook having a plurality of data recording surfaces, includes a passbook recording unit in which data is recorded on the recording surfaces of the passbook introduced in a conveying passage of the apparatus via an acce... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4970655 | Automatic fee collecting and receipt dispensing system An automatic fee receiving and receipt dispensing system, particularly designed for vehicle registration transactions and the like, comprises an outer housing with a customer interface for displaying information to a customer and receiving customer input ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4939351 | Automatic payment machine delivering a voucher An automatic payment machine is provided for electronically checking the validity of instruments of payment with deliverance of a voucher. It includes means for maintaining the voucher in a waiting position in the path of the instrument of payment so that... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4707715 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus which prints the dot-matrix characters or dot-matrix graphic patterns on a paper sheet one page at a time by scanning a photosensitive drum with a modulated laser beam in accordance with the recording data externally supplied and by t... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4626672 | Document processing apparatus A bar coded or user marked document is moved along a first transport path, where it is read. A portion of the document is situated in a curved retaining section. If validated, the document is moved completely into the retaining section and then into a sec... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4623965 | Electronic checkbook A portable, pocket sized check writing apparatus adapted to perform standard check writing functions incorporates a rectangular box-like housing open at one end for receiving a check cartridge. A keyboard is provided on the exterior of the housing for ent... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4617457 | Teller-assisted, customer-operated ATM document cashing system A document cashing system including a host computer, a plurality of ATMs, and a teller station including a display and keyboard including function keys. Each ATM includes an imager for presenting an image of a check received at the machine to the display ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4608485 | Automatic transfer transaction processing apparatus An automatic transfer transaction processing apparatus has a passbook/transfer card printing/reading section for issuing a transfer card printed with transfer information as the bank name, branch name, account number, item number and name of the account o... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4601777 | Thermal ink jet printhead and process therefor Several fabricating processes for ink jet printheads are disclosed, each printhead being composed of two parts aligned and bonded together. One part is a substantially flat substrate which contains on the surface thereof a lineal array of heating elements... | 07/22/1986 |
