US 7,093,751 B2 · Cash dispensing automated banking machine printer

Abstract

An automated banking machine (10) is provided. The automated banking machine may include a fascia (50) in operative connection with a frame (110). The machine may include a plurality of hardware devices which are accessible through the fascia. The hardware devices may include a cash dispenser (24), receipt printer (20), and a card reader (22). The fascia may include replaceable bezels (550,552) with apertures therein for providing access to hardware devices. The bezels may be operative to float with respect to the fascia and hardware devices to automatically align hardware devices with the bezels. In addition the hardware devices may include movable portions which are operative to automatically align with the bezels. The bezels may include ramps, ribs, or other angled surfaces which guide the hardware devices into alignment with the openings in the bezels.

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Dependent claims

A cash dispensing automated banking machine comprising:

at least one computer;
a cash dispenser in operative connection with the at least one computer, wherein the cash dispenser is operative to dispense cash responsive to the at least one computer;
a printer in operative connection with the at least one computer, wherein the printer includes a printer mechanism which is operative responsive to the at least one computer to print indicia on at least one sheet, wherein the printer includes a plurality of belts which are operative to transport the at least one sheet between the printer mechanism and an exit end of the printer;
wherein the printer includes an elongated ridge positioned between two elongated grooves which extend between the printer mechanism and the exit end of the printer, wherein at least two belts are positioned adjacent the grooves, wherein when a sheet is moved between the printer mechanism and the exit end, the elongated ridge is operative to bow a central portion of the sheet upwardly and the belts are operative to a bend portions of the sheet adjacent the central portion into the grooves.

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A cash dispensing automated banking machine comprising:

a frame;
at least one computer in supporting connection with the frame;
a cash dispenser in supporting connection with the frame, wherein the cash dispenser is operative to dispense cash responsive to the at least one computer;
a fascia, wherein the fascia includes at least one opening therethrough, wherein the fascia is operative to move between an open position and a closed position relative the frame;
a printer, wherein the printer includes a fixed portion in supporting connection with the frame, wherein the printer includes a movable portion in movable connection with the fixed portion, wherein the movable portion includes an exit end through which sheets exit the printer, wherein the printer includes a printer mechanism and at least one belt, wherein the printer is operative responsive to the at least one computer to cause the printer mechanism to print indicia on a sheet and to cause the at least one belt to transport the sheet from the printer mechanism to the exit end of the printer, wherein responsive to the fascia moving from the open position to the closed position, the fascia is operative to urge the movable portion to move the exit end relative to the fixed portion and into alignment with the at least one opening of the fascia.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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