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US 7,669,845 B2Granted
Cash dispensing automated banking machine and method
AssigneeDiebold Self-Service Systems division of Diebold, Incorporated
InventorsH. Thomas Graef, Ken Kontor, Michael Harty, Brian Jones
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Abstract
An automated banking machine (10) includes at least one sheet dispensing mechanism (34, 36, 38, 40, 210). Each sheet dispensing mechanism includes a picking member (72, 212). The picking member rotates, and with each rotation causes an end sheet 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.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- (a) applying a force to cause deforming of a leaf spring portion integrally formed on a housing of a currency sheet dispenser mechanism in operative connection with a cash dispensing automated banking machine, which deforming releases force that holds a shaft of a stripping member in a slot and holds the stripping member adjacent a rotatable sheet picking member, wherein a guide in operative connection with the housing of the currency sheet dispenser mechanism includes the slot;
- (b) during (a), moving the stripping member away from the rotatable sheet picking member, and moving the axis of the shaft out of the slot;
- (c) subsequent to (b), releasing the force applied in (a), wherein the leaf spring portion returns to a position operative:
- to hold a stripping member adjacent the rotatable sheet picking member;
- and to hold a shaft of a stripping member in the slot.
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A method comprising:
- (a) applying force to a leaf spring integrally formed on a housing of a currency sheet dispenser mechanism in operative connection with a currency dispensing automated banking machine, wherein the leaf spring includes a stripping member holding portion, wherein the force causes the stripping member holding portion to move away from its operative position;
- (b) during step (a), moving a currency note stripping member in a direction relative to a rotatable currency note picking member;
- (c) moving the currency note stripping member in the direction beyond the operative position of the stripping member holding portion;
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- (d) releasing the force applied in step (a), wherein the stripping member holding portion returns to its operative position, wherein in its operative position the stripping member holding portion is able to hold the currency note stripping member in an operative stripping position adjacent to the rotatable currency note picking member.
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A method comprising:
- (a) applying a force to cause deforming of a leaf spring integrally formed on a housing of a currency sheet dispenser mechanism in operative connection with an automated banking machine, wherein the deforming both enables a stripping member positioned adjacent to an operative picking position of a picking member to be moved away from the operative picking position, and enables a shaft of the stripping member to move out of a slot, wherein a guide in operative connection with the housing of the currency sheet dispenser mechanism includes the slot;
- (b) during (a), moving the stripping member relatively away from the operative picking position and moving the shaft of the stripping member out of the slot;
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- (c) subsequent to (b) releasing the force applied in (a), wherein the leaf spring returns to a position operative:
- to hold a stripping member adjacent to the operative picking position;
- and to hold a shaft of a stripping member in the slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.