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AssigneeDiebold, Incorporated
InventorsH. Thomas Graef, Damon J. Blackford, Tim Crews, Rod Beaber
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An automated transaction machine includes a sheet dispensing path verification system and method. The machine includes a sheet handling mechanism (17, 192) therein, including a sheet transport path (42). Devices for sensing and moving sheets are positioned adjacent to the transport path. The machine includes a control circuitry (44) which controls the various devices in response to inputs by customers. Upon receiving a transaction request from a customer which requires the dispensing of sheets, the machine verifies whether the sheet transport path to the customer is unobstructed. A test sheet is sent along the transport path to a delivery position. At least one sensor is used to verify whether the test sheet may successfully travel through the transport path. After verification that the transport path is unobstructed the sheet dispensing transaction is completed by moving further sheets to the delivery position.
A method comprising:
A method comprising:
An automated transaction machine, comprising a sheet material handling mechanism including a sheet material dispensing path extending from a storage area to a delivery position, and at least one processor in operative connection with said sheet material handling mechanism, wherein the processor is operative to cause the machine to test whether the sheet material dispensing path is unobstructed prior to completing a sheet material dispensing transaction.
An automated transaction machine, comprising a sheet material handling mechanism including a sheet material dispensing path, wherein the sheet material dispensing path includes a sheet material outlet opening, wherein the sheet material outlet opening is accessible to customers at the automated transaction machine, a sensor located adjacent the sheet material outlet opening which is operative to sense a sheet at the sheet material outlet opening, at least one processor in operative connection with said sheet material handling mechanism and the sensor, wherein the processor is operative to cause the machine to test whether a sheet may move to the outlet opening prior to completing a sheet material dispensing transaction.
An automated transaction machine, comprising a sheet material handling mechanism including a sheet material dispensing path, wherein the sheet material dispensing path includes a sheet material outlet opening, wherein the sheet material outlet opening is accessible to customers at the machine, a sensor located adjacent the sheet material outlet opening operative to sense a sheet adjacent the sheet material outlet opening, at least one processor in operative connection with the sheet material handling mechanism and the sensor, wherein the processor is operative to cause the machine to send a test sheet toward the outlet opening prior to completing a sheet material dispensing transaction, wherein the processor, upon the sensor sensing that the sheet may move through the outlet opening, completes the sheet material dispensing transaction by moving at least one further sheet towards the outlet opening.
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