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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1997
Jeffrey A Brannan, Canton, OH (US);
Tuyen Van Pham, Lexington, KY (US);
InterBold, North Canton, OH (US);
Abstract
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 transported in engaged relation with the lower flights of two transversely disposed belts (50, 52). A gate member (76) is positioned adjacent to the printer and is rotatably mounted. The gate member includes slots (78) which extend transversely between the arcuate outside surface (86) and inside surface (88) of the gate member. In the first position of the gate member the belt flights extend through the slots. Engagement of a sheet moving in an outward direction from the printer toward an outlet (118) moves the gate member to a second rotational position in which the sheet passes the gate member. The sheet moves in the outward direction until it reaches the outlet and extends through an opening (24) where it is accessible to a user. If a user fails to take the sheet, the belts move the sheet in an opposed direction. The sheet moves in the opposed direction and engages the inside surface of the gate member and is directed to a storage location (80) inside the machine.