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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Satoru Ochiai, Kawasaki, JP;
Masayuki Imai, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Kurihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Takehiro Imahayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shuetsu Oikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Michiyasu Ozaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsumasa Saito, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuya Ikoma, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An automatic transaction apparatus for allowing users to deposit money in the form of financial documents such as checks has a depository inlet, a document feed mechanism, a reading mechanism, a printing mechanism, and a storage mechanism, all for automatically settling financial documents deposited by users. The depository inlet has a guidance mechanism for indicating a pattern in which to insert the financial document into the depository inlet. According to the pattern indicated by the guidance mechanism, the user can insert the financial document with face and back sides properly directed and in a proper orientation into the depository inlet. Since the financial document is properly inserted into the depository inlet, the automatic transaction apparatus may have a relative simple document deposition mechanism for processing the inserted financial document as the document deposition mechanism does not need to handle financial documents inserted in different patterns.