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US 2004/0178558 A1Published application
Cash dispensing automated banking machine and method
AssigneeDiebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
InventorsH. Thomas Graef, Kenneth C. Kontor, Michael Harty, Brian Jones
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Abstract
An automated banking machine (10) includes at least one of sheet dispensing mechanisms (34, 36, 38, 40, 210). Each sheet dispensing mechanism includes a picking member (72, 212). The picking member rotates, and with each rotation generally causes an end note to be picked from a stack (42, 264) of sheets. The picking member (212) includes an arcuate projecting portion (258) that reduces the risk of damage to the leading edge areas of sheets due to opposed picking and stripping forces.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- (a) deforming on a housing in a cash dispensing automated banking machine, a resilient tab portion, wherein the tab portion is in rotatable supporting connection with a first end of a picking shaft of a picking member, wherein rotation of the picking member is operative to separate end notes bounding a stack of notes generally one at a time from the stack in the machine;
- (b) operatively engaging a second end of the picking shaft of the picking member opposed of the first end, with a rotatable drive shaft, wherein the resilient tab portion axially biases the picking member shaft to maintain engagement with the drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.