Financial article processing devices and methods
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsDavid Kelly Wurmfeld, Michael Kidd
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are financial article handling devices comprising an external aperture connected to a rotary table. The rotary table can contain two or more financial article handling units disposed on the rotary table, each of which can be configured to form an interface with the external aperture. The financial article handling devices can receive an indication from a first financial article handling unit that the first financial article handling unit is no longer functional, disconnect the first financial article handling unit from the external aperture, and articulate the rotary table such that a second financial article handling unit is in communication with the external aperture.
Claims19
A financial article handling device, comprising:
- a housing, comprising a user interface;
- an external aperture on an external face of the housing, the external aperture connecting to an interior of the housing and comprising a bill throat for receiving one or more paper bills;
- a rotary table in the interior of the housing;
- two or more financial article handling units disposed on the rotary table, each of the two or more financial article handling units configured to form an interface with the external aperture to receive the one or more paper bills from the bill throat;
- a processor in communication with the user interface, the external aperture, the rotary table, and the two or more financial article handling units;
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- a memory storing instructions to be executed by the processor;
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the financial article handling device to:
- receive an indication from a first financial article handling unit of the two or more financial article handling units, the indication indicating that the first financial article handling unit is no longer functional;
- disconnect the first financial article handling unit from the external aperture;
- and articulate the rotary table such that a second financial article handling unit of the two or more financial article handling units is in communication with the external aperture.
A financial article handling device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a processor contained within the housing;
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- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the financial article handling device to:
- connect a first financial article handling unit to an external aperture on an external face of the housing, the first financial article handling unit configured to receive a first type of financial article and disposed on a rotary table inside the housing;
- receive an indication from the first financial article handling unit, the indication indicating that the first financial article handling unit is not functional;
- disconnect the first financial article handling unit from the external aperture;
- articulate the rotary table such that a second financial article handling unit is in communication with the external aperture, the second financial article handling unit configured to receive the first type of financial article;
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- connect the second financial article handling unit to the external aperture.
A method of operating a financial article handling device, the method comprising:
- connecting a first financial article handling unit to an external aperture on an external face of the financial article handling device, the first financial article handling unit configured to dispense a financial article and disposed on a rotary table inside the financial article handling device;
- receiving an indication from the first financial article handling unit, the indication indicating that the first financial article handling unit is empty and not functional;
- disconnecting the first financial article handling unit from the external aperture;
- rotating the rotary table such that a second financial article handling unit is in communication with the external aperture, the second financial article handling unit being the same unit as the first financial article handling unit and configured to dispense the financial article;
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- connecting the second financial article handling unit to the external aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.