Cash recycler pocket cover, pusher plate and stacking lever system and method
AssigneeCardtronics USA, Inc.
InventorsJamie Kenneth Stewart, Zelin Liu, Scott Low Colston, Matthew Bowen, Callum Jacklin
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Abstract
An automatic teller machine and associated methods are disclosed. In one example, a device may include a pusher plate, wherein the pusher plate is moveable up and down within the pocket in the range of motion, wherein the pusher plate is integrally formed, and includes a cutout in a front portion to accommodate grasping stacked bank notes from below the cutout. A device may include a stacking lever in a front portion of a top compartment, the stacking lever including a plurality of integrally formed fingers connected at an integrally formed lower edge.
Claims16
An automatic teller machine, comprising:
- a pocket to receive bank notes;
- a stage plate, wherein the stage plate is moveable up and down within the pocket in a range of motion;
- a pusher plate, wherein the pusher plate is moveable up and down within the pocket in the range of motion, wherein the pusher plate is integrally formed, and includes a cutout in a front portion to accommodate grasping stacked bank notes from below the cutout;
- the stage plate and the pusher plate defining a bottom compartment between the stage plate and the pusher plate, and a top compartment between a top of the pocket and the pusher plate, the bottom compartment configured to receive a stack of one or more received bank notes from a user, and the top compartment configured to receive any rejected items from the stack of one or more received bank notes;
- a stacking lever in a front portion of the top compartment, the stacking lever including a plurality of integrally formed fingers connected at an integrally formed lower edge.
A method of receiving bank notes in an automatic teller machine, comprising:
- receiving a stack of one or more bank notes onto a stage plate of a pocket, the pocket divided into a bottom compartment between the stage plate and an intermediate pusher plate, and a top compartment above the pusher plate;
- routing accepted bank notes to a storage compartment and routing rejected bank notes to the top compartment of the pocket;
- depositing the rejected bank notes in the top compartment, including impacting the rejected bank notes against a stacking lever at a front side of the top compartment, wherein the stacking lever includes a plurality of integrally formed fingers connected at an integrally formed lower edge;
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- aligning the rejected bank notes using the stacking lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.