Receipt transport and retrieval system for automated banking machine

A banking machine apparatus, including a transport moving sheets from a source to an outlet and retracting sheets from said outlet to a location in said machine, comprising:

• a movable driving member in supported relation with said apparatus, wherein said driving member has a first side facing in a first direction, wherein said sheets are movable in engaged relation with said first side, and wherein when said driving member moves in an outward direction said driving member urges said sheets to move away from said source and toward said outlet;
• a gate member movably mounted in supported relation with said apparatus, wherein said gate member includes an outside surface, an inside surface and a slot extending transversely between said outside and inside surfaces, and wherein said outside surface of said gate member includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein said slot extends in said first portion and wherein said second portion is disposed away from said slot, and wherein in a first position of said gate member said driving member extends in said slot and said inside surface extends beyond said second surface in a second direction opposed of said first direction, and wherein a nip extends adjacent said outside surface and said slot;
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• wherein when said source delivers a sheet to said nip and said driving member moves in said outward direction, said driving member and said gate member engage said sheet and said gate member moves responsive to a force of said engaged sheet acting on said gate member to a second position, wherein said sheet passes between said driving member and said second portion of said gate member.

A banking machine apparatus comprising:

• a sheet source housed in said interior area of the apparatus;
• an outlet, whereby a sheet at said outlet is accessible to a user of the machine;
• a selectively movable driving mechanism, wherein said driving mechanism moves a sheet in engaged relation therewith, said driving mechanism extending between said source and said outlet;
• a gate member in movably supported relation with said apparatus, said gate member positioned between said source and said outlet, wherein said gate member includes an outside surface and an inside surface, and wherein said gate member comprises a slot extending transversely between said outside and inside surfaces, and wherein in a first position of said gate member said driving mechanism extends in said slot;
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• wherein movement of said driving mechanism to move said sheet in an outward direction from said source toward said outlet engages a sheet delivered by said source between said outside surface and said driving mechanism, and wherein a force of said engaged sheet moves said gate member in a first direction to a second position, wherein in said second position said sheet passes said gate member in said outward direction in engaged relation with a portion of said outside surface disposed of said slot.

A banking machine apparatus comprising:

• a sheet source housed in an interior area of said apparatus, wherein said sheet source delivers a sheet;
• a frame, wherein said frame is rotatably mounted in supported relation on said apparatus, wherein in a first rotational frame position, said frame extends between said source and an outlet, and in a second rotational frame position a sheet storage location disposed intermediate of said source and said outlet is manually accessible;
• a movable belt flight supported on said frame, wherein said belt flight extends between said source and said outlet in the first frame position;
• a movable gate member disposed intermediate of said source and said storage location, in said first frame position, wherein said gate member has an outside surface in facing relation with said source, and an inside surface in facing relation with said outlet;
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• wherein in a first gate member position said outside surface and said belt flight define a nip wherein said sheet is engageable with said belt flight and said gate member when said belt flight moves in an outward direction, and wherein upon engagement of said sheet, said gate member moves to a second position wherein said sheet is enabled to pass said gate member in said outward direction, and wherein after passage of said sheet, said gate member returns to said first position, and wherein a sheet moving in an opposed direction engages at inside surface of said gate member and is directed toward the storage location.

A method of operating a banking machine comprising the steps of:

• delivering a sheet from a sheet source located inside the machine;
• engaging said delivered sheet with a belt flight moving in a longitudinally outward direction;
• moving said sheet in the outward direction past a gate member, wherein said gate member moves from a first position wherein the belt extends in a slot in the gate member, to a second position to enable said sheet to pass in the outward direction;
• further moving said sheet in the outward direction in engaged relation with the belt flight to an outlet, wherein said sheet is accessible at said outlet;
• moving said sheet from said outlet in a longitudinally opposed direction in engaged relation with said belt flight;
• engaging said sheet moving in said opposed direction with said gate member;
• directing said sheet with said gate member toward a storage location in said machine, wherein when said sheet is deposited in said storage location said belt flight extends in overlying relation of said storage location and said sheet;
• moving said belt flight in a first direction transverse of said longitudinal direction to a second position, wherein in the second position the belt flight does not extend in overlying relation of the storage location whereby said storage location is accessible.

A method of operating a banking machine wherein said machine delivers a sheet from a sheet source located in the machine;

• engages said delivered sheet with a belt flight in a sheet transporting position and moving in a longitudinal outward direction;
• moves said sheet in said outward direction past a gate, wherein said gate moves from a first position wherein the belt flight extends in a slot in the gate member, to a second position to enable said sheet to pass in the outward direction;
• further moves said sheet in the outward direction in engaged relation with the belt flight to an outlet, whereby said sheet is accessible to a user at said outlet;
• moves said sheet from said outlet in a longitudinally opposed direction in engaged relation with said belt flight;
• engages said sheet moving in said opposed direction with said gate;
• and directs said sheet with said gate toward a storage location in said machine, comprising the steps of:
• moving said belt flight from the sheet transporting position wherein the belt flight overlies the storage location and the sheet in the storage location in a direction transverse of said longitudinal direction to a service position wherein said belt flight does not overlie the storage location, whereby said storage location is further accessible;
• manually removing said sheet from said storage location;
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• returning said belt flight transversely to its sheet transporting position overlying the storage location after removal of said sheet.