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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1999
Alan G. Shepherd, Dundee, GB;
John A. Peebles, Dundee, GB;
Andrew Calder, Dundee, GB;
Norman G. Taylor, Dundee, GB;
Ian McIntyre, Dundee, GB;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A self-service terminal (SST) has a user interface ( ), a bank note receiver ( ) where a user may input bank notes, and a bank note validator ( ) for checking the bank notes received from the user (the user's bank notes). The terminal ( ) also has a cassette receiver ( ) for holding a cassette ( ) which is to be replenished with the user's bank notes. A loading mechanism ( ) is used to replenish the cassette ( ) with the validated user's bank notes. The loading mechanism ( ) has a pivoting linkage arrangement so that as the bank notes are stacked in the cassette ( ), part of the linkage remains parallel to the stack of bank notes. The SST ( ) also has a cassette emptying mechanism ( ) for emptying and reconciling partially-filled cassettes ( ). A method of replenishing a cassette with bank notes and an SST system are also described.