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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harry T Graef, Stark County, OH (US);
Kevin H Newton, Stark County, OH (US);
Assignee:
Diebold Incorporated, Canton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271263 ; 209603 ; 209604 ;
Abstract
Thickness indicator apparatus mounted adjacent to a bill path inside an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) includes a wishbone (45) having a pair of identical fingers (46) which contact bills moving in the bill path, and a metallic target (52). The wishbone is floatably mounted to the frame of the ATM such that target (52) is displaced an amount which is proportional to the thickness of the bills in contact with fingers (46). A sensor (66) senses the position of the target (52) and generates an electrical signal indicative of bill thickness.