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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1983
Robert H Granzow, Miamisburg, OH (US);
Desh B Gupta, Dayton, OH (US);
Kimbrough I Myers, Kettering, OH (US);
Mark D Filliman, Beavercreek, OH (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for automatically and mutually sharing the currency dispensers in adjacent automatic teller machines when one dispenser is either out of service because of a malfunction or out of currency. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the system is comprised of first and second article dispensers, first and second output stations, a transport mechanism operationally coupled to both dispensers and to both stations, first and second diverters respectively positioned in first and second paths through the transport mechanism and a control circuit for selectively controlling the operations of the dispensers and diverters during a dispensing operation.