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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2004
H. Thomas Graef, Bolivar, OH (US);
Damon J. Blackford, Akron, OH (US);
Michael S. Johnson, Clinton, OH (US);
Kenneth Kontor, Chesterland, OH (US);
Thomas A. Vankirk, Wooster, OH (US);
H. Thomas Graef, Bolivar, OH (US);
Damon J. Blackford, Akron, OH (US);
Michael S. Johnson, Clinton, OH (US);
Kenneth Kontor, Chesterland, OH (US);
Thomas A. VanKirk, Wooster, OH (US);
Diebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated, North Canton, OH (US);
Abstract
An ATM includes a currency note dispenser having a currency cassette, a note picker, a note transporter, and a note presenter. A cassette tambour door automatically opens during insertion of the cassette into the dispenser. The picker can pick notes through the opening. A spring loaded housing wall tab retains the picker shaft in mating connection with a drive pin. The transporter can move notes vertically and horizontally. The transporter includes belts between an idle shaft and a drive shaft. The idle shaft is vertically movable relative to a drive shaft to maintain belt tension. The transporter also includes convexly tapered rollers that automatically recenter a loose belt. A presenter gate is at a note dispensing outlet of the ATM. The gate is opened by actuating a lever linked with an arm connected to the gate. The gate opens by moving a pin upward in an angled slot.