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US 6,659,341 B1Granted
Automated transaction machine apparatus and method
AssigneeDiebold, Incorporated
InventorZen Y. Wang
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Abstract
An automated transaction machine has a document directing device. The document directing device enables the orientation of a document moving in a document path in the machine to be changed. An exemplary device enables a document to be simultaneously turned over and redirected in a direction generally normal to that in which the document is originally moved. The device may be used in a space-saving manner in association with a printer positioned behind a flat screen type display monitor. The device enables a printed document such as an account statement to be redirected toward a customer accessible opening in the customer interface of the automated transaction machine. The document directing device may also be used in the feeding of documents into an automated transaction machine.
Claims29
An automated transaction machine apparatus comprising:
- a document directing device including:
- a body,
- wherein the body has an inlet, wherein a document is adapted to enter the body through the inlet,
- wherein the body has an outlet, wherein a document is adapted to exit the body through the outlet, wherein the outlet is substantially transverse to the inlet,
- wherein the body has a curved wall, wherein the curved wall is intermediate the inlet and outlet, wherein a document is adapted to pass along the curved wall, wherein the curved wall enables a document passing there along to be turned over,
- a first document moving device adjacent the inlet, wherein the first document moving device is adapted to assist entry of a document into the body,
- a second document moving device adjacent the outlet, wherein the second document moving device is adapted to assist exit of a document from the body.
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Automated transaction machine apparatus comprising:
- a document directing device including:
- a body, wherein the body comprises a substantially triangular cross section,
- wherein the body has an inlet, wherein a document is adapted to enter the body through the inlet,
- wherein the body has an outlet, wherein a document is adapted to exit the body through the outlet, wherein the outlet is substantially perpendicular to the inlet,
- wherein the body has a curved wall, wherein the curved wall joins the inlet and outlet, wherein a document is adapted to pass alone the curved wall, wherein the curved wall enables a document passing there along to be turned over,
- a first document moving device adjacent the inlet, wherein the first document moving device is adapted to assist entry of a document into the body,
- a second document moving device adjacent the outlet, wherein the second document moving device is adapted to assist exit of a document from the body.
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An automated transaction machine apparatus comprising a customer accessible outlet, a display device, a document dispensing device, a document transport path extending from the document dispensing device to the outlet, and a document directing device positioned in the document transport path,
- wherein the display device includes a front portion adapted to display information and a rear portion, wherein the document dispensing device is at least partly located behind the display device adjacent the rear portion,
- wherein the document dispensing device is adapted to dispense a document with the face of the document generally horizontal and a leading edge of the document generally normal to the outlet,
- wherein the document directing device is adapted to turn the leading edge of the document about 90 degrees as the document moves along the document transport path,
- wherein the document directing device includes a body having a body inlet and a body outlet,
- wherein a document is adapted to enter the body through the inlet, wherein a document is adapted to exit the body through the outlet, and wherein the outlet is substantially transverse to the inlet,
- wherein the body has a curved wall, wherein the curved wall is intermediate the inlet and outlet, wherein a document is adapted to pass along the curved wall, wherein the curved wall enables the leading edge of the document to be turned about 90 degrees.
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A method comprising:
- (a) delivering a document from a device within an automated transaction machine in response to at least one user input to the machine, wherein the document is delivered from the device with a first generally planar face thereof facing in a first facing direction and a leading edge thereof moving in a first moving direction;
- (b) moving the document in passing engagement with at least one curved wall portion within the machine, wherein the document is reoriented such that the first face is facing in a second facing direction generally opposed of the first facing direction and the leading edge is moving in a second moving direction generally transverse of the first moving direction;
- (c) delivering the document out of the machine.
A method comprising:
- (a) delivering a document from a device within an automated transaction machine in response to at least one user input to the machine, wherein the document is delivered from the device with a first generally planar face thereof facing in a first facing direction and a leading edge thereof moving in a first moving direction;
- (b) moving the document in passing engagement with at least one curved wall portion within the machine, wherein the document is reoriented such that the first face is facing in a second facing direction generally opposed of the first facing direction and the leading edge is moving in a second moving direction generally transverse of the first moving direction;
- (c) accumulating the document in a stack;
- (d) delivering the document out of the machine with the stack.
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A method comprising:
- (a) receiving at least one user input to at least one input device of an automated transaction machine;
- (b) moving a document along a document path in the automated transaction machine responsive to the at least one user input, between a document dispensing device and a user accessible opening in a housing of the machine;
- (c) during at least a portion of step (b) moving the document in engagement with at least one curved wall portion within the machine, wherein the document is reoriented by engagement with the at least one curved wall portion such that a first planar face of the document is moved from facing in a first facing direction to facing in a second facing direction opposed of the first facing direction, and a leading edge of the document in a direction of movement is changed from moving in a first moving direction to moving in a second moving direction generally transverse to the first moving direction.
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