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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357315 | Customer interaction console and configurable console system A customer interaction console may include a counter module and a customer-oriented display. The counter module may include one or more raised portions with the customer-oriented display integrated in one of the raised portions. A configurable console system may inc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7322528 | Shutter apparatus of cash transaction machine A shutter apparatus of a cash transaction machine, including: a drive unit; a cam rotating body engaged with the drive unit and including a guide rail eccentric to the rotation center thereof; and a shutter including a guide projection moving along the guide rail, w... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7249761 | ATM currency presenter gate 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... | 07/31/2007 |
| 6725786 | Pass-through transaction deal tray with a self-closing feature A self-locking deal tray for use in a countertop and a transaction barrier. The deal tray has a frame with at least a partially open top and can be secured to the countertop. The deal tray further has a movable receptacle that is movably connected to the front face ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6655302 | Lobby banking financial security transaction chamber A primary communication channel for drive-in customers performing financial transactions with bank teller while customers are in their cars from the drive-through lanes. This telecommunication system is a conduit secured line telephone receiver for each s... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6552850 | Device, method, and system of display for controlled viewing The present invention provides a device, method, and system for secure viewing and use of banking and other electronic access devices. The present invention comprises a computer/video display system that includes a computer with a conventional screen that... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6262843 | Polarizing privacy system for use with a visual display terminal The privacy system apparatus and method of the present invention allow users of a publicly accessible terminal to privately access information displayed on a visual monitor of the terminal. In one embodiment, the privacy system 10 is implemented with a te... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6006681 | Modular transaction station A modular transaction station, comprising a frame; a monocoque counter assembly secured to the frame; and a pair of mounting sleeves extending about at least a portion of the periphery of the frame. The first mounting sleeve is secured to the frame, and t... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5970888 | Bank teller station A modular bank teller station wherein a single teller can provide banking service to a plurality of banking customers, including a frame having a plurality of interconnected wall members attached thereto to define a bank teller control area isolated from ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5747159 | Bullet-resistant transparent panel, and method and press for making same A transparent panel having unidirectional bullet-resisting characteristics, comprises an outer transparent panel (2) of an acrylic resin; an inner transparent sheet (3) of a polycarbonate resin; and a transparent adhesive (16) bonding the two sheets (2, 3... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5229204 | Bullet-resistant transparent panel, and method and press for making same A transparent panel having unidirectional bullet-resisting characteristics, comprises an outer transparent panel of an acrylic resin; an inner transparent sheet of a polycarbonate resin; and a transparent adhesive bonding the two sheets together. Also des... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5172643 | Apparatus for handling strips of paper An apparatus for handling strips of paper removably incorporated in paper strip handling equipment. The apparatus has a box having a window for handling strips of paper, a shutter section for opening and closing the window, a drum section having therein a... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5142997 | Projectile resisting space dividing system A space dividing system which comprises a rectangular panel having a metallic frame which includes stiles and rails arranged to form a window. The stiles and rails each have a channel which faces the window and first and second spaced internal pockets whi... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4709659 | Ballistic and forced entry resistant barrier The present invention is directed to a forced entry and ballistic resistant barrier comprising a plurality of adjacent segments securely and rigidly affixed to each other. Each segment includes a first pair of longitudinally elongated C-shaped channels wh... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4695171 | Horizontally or vertically orientable compact ticket processor The processor has a "U"-shaped transport path with input and output slots in closely situated parallel planes. An overrunning clutch forms part of the transport drive between the reader and the printer to shorten the transport path by permitting the leadi... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4662288 | Insulating apparatus and burglary resistant composite laminates employed therein A transaction enclosure for housing electronic data processing equipment, documentation, valuable articles, banking pay-out and receiving apparatus and the like including a heat resistant housing, and an access and closure with various insulating layers a... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4401037 | Security transfer arrangements A security transfer unit has a cashier's door and a customer's door for providing access to an intermediate transfer chamber from opposite sides of a security screen. Only one of the doors can be opened to give access to the chamber at a time, opening of ... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4303021 | Money passing device in particular for banks, stations or departmental stores The money passing device is adapted to equip counters having windows and is of the type comprising a bowl inserted in the counter and fictitiously divided into two parts by the extension of a partition wall separating the official from the public. The dev... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4237799 | Banking protection system for 24 hour banking Credit card operated, automated teller machines are located in the vestibule of a bank where they may be accessed during normal banking hours. During off hours, a partition system segregates the vestibule from the remainder of the bank. Off-hour access to... | 12/09/1980 |