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US 7,344,132 B2Granted
Cash dispensing automated banking machine and method
AssigneeDiebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
InventorsH. Thomas Graef, Kenneth C. Kontor, Michael J. Harty, Brian M. Jones
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Abstract
An automated banking machine (10) includes at least one of sheet dispensing mechanisms (34, 36, 38, 40, 210). Each sheet dispensing mechanism includes a picking member (72, 212). The picking member rotates, and with each rotation generally causes an end note to be picked from a stack (42, 264) of sheets. The picking member (212) includes an arcuate projecting portion (258) that reduces the risk of damage to the leading edge areas of sheets due to opposed picking and stripping forces.
Claims38
Apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable picking member adapted to work in conjunction with a stripping member to pick notes generally one at a time from a stack of notes in an automated banking machine,
- wherein the picking member includes a first disk portion,
- wherein the first disk portion includes a high friction arcuate segment,
- wherein the high friction arcuate segment is adapted to act on an end note bounding the stack,
- wherein the first disk portion includes an arcuate projecting portion,
- wherein the arcuate projecting portion includes a projecting surface adjacent to and transversely disposed from the high friction arcuate segment,
- wherein the projecting surface is adapted to act on a leading edge area of the end note to prevent deformation of the leading edge area as the end note is acted upon by the high friction arcuate segment.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable picking member adapted to work in conjunction with a stripping member to pick notes generally one at a time from a stack of notes in an automated banking machine,
- wherein the picking member includes a first disk portion,
- wherein the first disk portion includes a high friction arcuate segment,
- wherein the high friction arcuate segment is adapted to act on an end note bounding the stack,
- wherein the picking member includes an arcuate projecting surface adjacent to and transversely disposed from the high friction arcuate segment,
- wherein the arcuate projecting surface extends radially outward relative to the first disk portion beyond the high friction arcuate segment,
- wherein the arcuate projecting surface is adapted to act on a leading edge area of the end note to prevent deformation of the leading edge area as the end note is acted upon by the high friction arcuate segment.
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Apparatus comprising:
- an automated banking machine picking disk,
- wherein the picking disk comprises an axis,
- wherein the picking disk is rotatable about the axis,
- wherein the picking disk is adapted to work in conjunction with a stripping member to pick currency notes generally one at a time from a stack of currency notes in an automated banking machine, wherein the picking disk is operative to cause a leading edge area on an end note bounding the stack to move,
- wherein the picking disk includes an axially extending and circumferentially extending outer surface section,
- wherein the outer surface section includes a high friction portion adjacent to a low friction portion in a direction parallel to the axis,
- wherein the high friction portion comprises a high friction arcuate surface,
- wherein the high friction arcuate surface segment is adapted to act on the end note,
- wherein the low friction portion comprises a low friction arcuate surface,
- wherein the low friction arcuate surface extends radially outward relative to the axis further than the high friction arcuate surface.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a picking member adapted to work in conjunction with a stripping member to pick sheets generally one at a time from a stack of sheets in an automated banking machine, wherein the picking member is operative to cause a leading edge area on an end sheet bounding the stack to move,
- wherein the picking member includes an arcuate high friction surface,
- wherein the high friction surface extends a distance on the picking member along a picking direction from a forward edge bounding the high friction surface,
- wherein the picking member includes at least one arcuate projecting surface,
- wherein the at least one arcuate projecting surface is adjacent to and transversely disposed from the high friction surface,
- wherein the at least one arcuate projecting surface extends adjacent the forward edge and extends along the picking direction only a portion of the distance that the high friction surface extends on the picking member,
- wherein the at least one arcuate projecting surface is operative to prevent deformation in the leading edge area as the leading edge area moves.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable picking member adapted to work in conjunction with a stripping member to pick notes generally one at a time from a stack of notes in an automated banking machine,
- wherein the picking member includes a first disk portion,
- wherein the first disk portion includes a high friction arcuate segment,
- wherein the high friction arcuate segment is adapted to act on an end note bounding the stack,
- wherein the picking member includes an arcuate projecting surface adjacent to and transversely disposed from the high friction arcuate segment,
- wherein the projecting surface extends radially outward relative to the first disk portion beyond the high friction arcuate segment,
- wherein the projecting surface is adapted to act on a leading edge area of the end note as the end note is acted upon by the high friction arcuate segment.
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Apparatus comprising:
- an automated banking machine picking disk,
- wherein the picking disk comprises an axis,
- wherein the picking disk is rotatable about the axis,
- wherein the picking disk is adapted to work in conjunction with a stripping member to pick currency notes generally one at a time from a stack of currency notes in an automated banking machine, wherein the picking disk is operative to cause a leading edge area on an end note bounding the stack to move,
- wherein the picking disk includes an axially extending and circumferentially extending outer surface section,
- wherein the outer surface section includes a high friction portion adjacent to a low friction portion in a direction parallel to the axis,
- wherein the high friction portion comprises a high friction arcuate surface,
- wherein the high friction arcuate surface is adapted to act on the end note,
- wherein the low friction portion comprises a low friction arcuate surface,
- wherein the low friction arcuate surface extends circumferentially along only a portion of the high friction arcuate surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.