Ncr Corporation

Robert H Granzow

Dale L Placke

William R Horst

Kimbrough I Myers

Desh B Gupta

Charles S Nagy

Mark D Filliman

Jack R Gross

William J Hale

Harry L Howett

Thomas L Hermann

Bruno J Paganini

Donald L Adelberger

Harold L McMorrow

Harold S Richard

Richard P Marvin

John F Smallwood

Ralph B Saunders

Richard H Daulton

Donald W Baver

A tampering-proof container for storing currency for use in conjunction with an automated teller machine (ATM). The currency door of the container through which the currency passes when the container is mounted on an ATM is moved positively between the open and closed positions when on the ATM. An indicator wheel within the container gives an indication or count of the number of times the currency door has been opened and closed to provide a check on potential sophisticated pilfering. When the count on the indicator wheel reaches a programmed predetermined amount, the currency door is locked in a closed position with first and second locking linkage inside the container locking the currency door in the closed position. A seal on a loading door on the container must be broken to gain access to the inside of the container to unlock the first and second locking linkage and to reset the indicator wheel. Special linkage, including an 'L'-shaped lever which must be pivoted at least partly outside the housing of the container, insures that the unlocking of the first and second locking linkage is effected only when the loading door is opened.

Tampering-proof cassette used in a cash dispenser

A currency cassette for an automated teller machine is provided with a counter for maintaining a count of the number of times that a currency access door of said cassette has been opened, and is further provided with an interrupt mechanism for prohibiting said count from exceeding a predetermined amount and returning to a zero count. Reset mechanism is provided for disabling the interrupt mechanism to permit the counter to be reset to zero when the cassette is returned from the automated teller machine to a central location for reloading with currency when the currency contained in the currency cassette has been depleted by dispensing through the automated teller machine.

Container having tamper-indicating means

A method and apparatus for personal identification employ the combination of a CRT and a light pen for the generation of a signature or other identification indicia by movement of the light pen on the CRT screen. Positional information is captured from the screen by the light pen and is compressed and collected to form a signature or other indicia representation which can be stored and subsequently used as a reference for identification purposes. High resolution means are employed to provide precise positional data. If desired, a visible path may be generated on the CRT screen representing the movement of the light pen as the signature or other indicia is produced. Also, if desired, a signature or other identifying indicia may be produced at a location remote from the CRT on a suitable record medium, such as a one-time carbon, and later traced on the CRT screen by the light pen.

Personal identification method and apparatus

A tilt and swivel apparatus supports a structure such as a CRT display device above a stable base. Separate tilt and swivel mechanisms are provided to improve the stability of the apparatus. Stop elements limit the extent of tilting and rotation which is permitted. An internal passage is provided for cable connections to the supported structure.

Tilt and swivel support

A position controller for a stacker wheel in a media dispensing apparatus including a stacker wheel rotatably mounted in said apparatus with the stacker wheel having compartments located around the periphery thereof, with each compartment having spaced ends providing an entrance area to the associated one of the compartments. A transport mechanism is used for transporting media in spaced relationship along a path leading to a loading area with regard to the stacker wheel. A detector is used for detecting the presence of a leading edge of one of said media in the path at a predetermined point from the loading area and also for generating a first signal in response thereto. A slotted disc and detector are used for determining the rotational position of each compartment of the stacker wheel with regard to the loading area to produce a second signal indicative of that position. The position controller rotates the stacker wheel and also varies the velocity (when necessary) of the stacker wheel in response to the first and second signals so as to enable the leading edge of one of said media to be moved into a compartment by the transport mechanism without contacting the associated ends.

Position control for a stacker wheel

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 at the teller station. The image along with other check data and data about the drawer and drawee of the check are displayed to the teller at the teller station who decides whether to accept or not accept the check for cashing by actuating an appropriate function key on the keyboard. A MICR printer within each ATM prints the monetary amount of the check on the associated check for accepted checks when the associated cash is dispensed to the customer by the ATM.

Teller-assisted, customer-operated ATM document cashing system

A currency dispenser having a housing having a discharge opening therein; a flexible, transparent carrier having bills of currency detachably mounted on carrier; a drive unit for moving the carrier within the housing so as to position successive ones of the bills near the opening and pick-off structure to separate the bills from the carrier and move them out of the discharge opening. Embodiments of the carrier include the use of adhesive members, tongue-like structures and a fan-folded configuration for providing single, spaced bills of currency on the carrier.

Record member dispensing system

A system of cashing checks which utilizes a customer-operated, automatic teller machine (ATM) in cooperation with a teller at a teller station. A document transport within the ATM is used to deliver the check and identification media to the teller. Data entered by the customer and MICR data read from the check are used to access stored data which is displayed at the teller station to assist the teller in evaluating the customer and the negotiability of the check. Upon a satisfactory evaluation, the teller actuates a function key at the teller station which enables the ATM to dispense the currency to the customer.

Teller-assisted, customer-operated ATM check cashing system

A sheet dispenser in which sheets are delivered from cassettes to a collector and held thereon. The collector is mounted on a movable support, and the collector and bills thereon are moved to either left or right delivery areas of the terminal in response to a request entered on an input terminal. Closures normally close the left and right delivery areas; however, these closures are opened to permit the sheets held on the collector to extend out of the dispenser to be grasped by an operator.

Cash dispensing system

A sheet dispenser in which sheets are delivered from cassettes to a collector and held thereon. The collector is mounted on a moveable support, and the collector and bills thereon are moved to either left or right delivery areas of the terminal in response to a request entered on an input terminal. Closures normally close the left and right delivery areas; however, these closures are opened to permit the sheets held on the collector to extend out of the dispenser to be grasped by an operator.

Collector and carriage mechanism for use in a sheet dispenser

A method and system for gaining access to a plurality of machines at a financial, self-service center, for example. A user of the system enters first and second identifiers into the system, and upon a satisfactory evaluation, the user gains partial access to the system, and thereafter, the user enters his second and a newly-acquired third identifier to gain complete access to the plurality of machines.

Method and apparatus for gaining access to a system having controlled

Presenter mechanism for use in a sheet dispenser

Transport for diverted and purged sheets in a sheet dispenser

A tampering-proof container or cassette for receiving and storing items like 'purged' currency bills or bank cards in association with an automated teller machine (ATM). When a 'double bill' is detected from a cash dispenser in an ATM, for example, the double bill is deposited in a purge bin or cassette inside the ATM instead of being delivered to a customer as part of a routine cash dispensing transaction. The cassette has an indicator wheel therein which gives an indication of the number of times an associated, bill-receiving door is opened and closed to provide a check on potential sophisticated pilfering of bills from the cassette. A seal on a second door of the cassette must be broken to gain access to resetting levers (inside the cassette) which reset and program the indicator wheel and enable the bill receiving door to be opened. Teeth adjacent to the bill-receiving door also cooperate with the door also minimize pilfering.

Tampering-proof cassette for receiving currency deposits and

A tampering-proof container for storing currency for use in conjunction with an automated teller machine (ATM). The currency door of the container through which the currency passes when the container is mounted on an ATM is moved positively between the open and closed positions when on the ATM. An indicator wheel within the container gives an indication or count of the number of times the currency door has been opened and closed to provide a check on potential sophisticated pilfering. When the count on the indicator wheel reaches a programmed predetermined amount, the currency door is locked in a closed position with first and second locking linkage inside the container locking the currency door in the closed position. A seal on a loading door on the container must be broken to gain access to the inside of the container to unlock the first and second locking linkage and to reset the indicator wheel.

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Miamisburg, OH, United States of America

Robert H Granzow