Automated Banking Machine Operated Responsive To Data Bearing Records With Improved Security

Apparatus comprising:

• an automated banking machine operable to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records,
• wherein the machine includes at least one data reader,
• wherein the at least one data reader is operable to read user data usable to identify a financial account,
• wherein the machine includes a cash dispenser,
• wherein the cash dispenser includes at least one currency cassette,
• wherein the machine includes at least one display,
• wherein the at least one display is operable to provide visible outputs to users of the machine,
• wherein the machine is operable to allow a machine user to carry out a cash dispense transaction on a financial account responsive at least in part to computer-determined correspondence between user data read by the at least one reader device and authorized user data stored in at least one authorized user data store,
• wherein the machine is operable to cause the financial account to be assessed a value associated with cash dispensed,
• wherein the machine includes a safe,
• wherein the safe includes a lower section,
• wherein the lower section is bounded by a lower section top wall, a lower section bottom wall, a lower section front wall, a lower section rear wall, and lower section side walls,
• wherein the lower section top wall includes a slot extending therethrough,
• wherein the lower section front wall is opposite the lower section rear wall,
• wherein the lower section houses the at least one currency cassette,
• wherein the lower section houses at least one cash transport,
• wherein the at least one cash transport is operable to transport cash removed from the at least one currency cassette through the slot,
• wherein the at least one cash transport includes a transport member,
• wherein the transport member is movable between a substantially horizontal position and a substantially vertical position,
• wherein the transport member is spring biased toward the substantially horizontal position,
• wherein the transport member is configured to extend in alignment with the slot when in the substantially vertical position,
• wherein the transport member is operable in the substantially vertical position to cause cash in engagement with the at least one cash transport to move in the slot,
• wherein the lower section includes a lockable lower section door,
• wherein the lower section door is mounted in supporting connection with one of the lower section front wall and the lower section rear wall,
• wherein the lower section door in a closed position prevents service provider access to the at least one currency cassette,
• wherein the lower section door in an open position allows service provider access to the at least one currency cassette,
• wherein the safe includes an upper section,
• wherein the upper section is positioned above the lower section,
• wherein the upper section is operatively supported by the lower section,
• wherein the upper section is bounded by an upper section top wall, an upper section front wall, an upper section rear wall, and upper section side walls,
• wherein at least one of the upper section top wall, the upper section front wall, the upper section rear wall, and the upper section side walls are configured to be more susceptible to structural deformation by pressure force than the lower section top wall,
• wherein the upper section front wall is opposite the upper section rear wall,
• wherein the upper section front wall includes a user accessible opening,
• wherein cash extending in the user accessible opening is accessible to a machine user,
• wherein the upper section houses a cash stacker,
• wherein the cash stacker is operable to receive cash transferred from the at least one currency cassette through the slot,
• wherein the cash stacker is operable to produce a stack of cash from received cash,
• wherein the upper section houses a cash presenter,
• wherein the cash presenter includes a gate,
• wherein when the cash presenter is in an operational position, the gate is positioned adjacent the user accessible opening,
• wherein the gate is moveable between a closed position and an open position,
• wherein the cash presenter is operable with the gate in the open position, to make accessible at the user accessible opening to an authorized machine user, a stack of cash produced by the cash stacker,
• wherein the cash presenter is operable with the gate in the open position, to retract from the user accessible opening, cash made accessible to an authorized machine user,
• wherein the upper section houses at least one divert cassette,
• wherein the at least one divert cassette is configured to receive cash diverted from being presented to a machine user,
• wherein the at least one divert cassette is configured to receive cash retracted from the user accessible opening by the cash presenter,
• wherein the upper section includes a lockable upper section door,
• wherein the upper section door is mounted in supporting connection with one of the upper section front wall and the upper section rear wall,
• wherein the upper section door in a closed position prevents service provider access to the at least one divert cassette,
• wherein the upper section door in an open position allows service provider access to the at least one divert cassette,
• wherein the upper section includes at least one slide,
• wherein the at least one slide operatively supports the at least one divert cassette, the cash stacker, and the cash presenter,
• wherein the at least one slide allows the cash presenter to be moved in operatively supported connection with the safe between
• an operational position, wherein the cash presenter is inside the upper section, and
• a service position, wherein the cash presenter extends at least partly outside of the upper section,
• wherein the machine includes a top housing,
• wherein the top housing is positioned above the upper section,
• wherein the top housing is operatively supported by the upper section,
• wherein the top housing operatively supports the at least one data reader,
• wherein the top housing operatively supports at least part of the at least one display.