Cash dispensing apparatus
AssigneeThe Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
InventorsGerard Ring, Matthew Stares
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Abstract
Disclosed is a cash dispensing apparatus (10) comprising at least two cash compartments (20, 22) and a cash delivery mechanism operable to deliver cash notes from either compartment to a recipient, each compartment (20, 22) being independently lockable and arranged to prevent access therefrom to cash in the other compartment(s).
Claims15
A cash dispensing apparatus for independent replenishment by two different parties, the cash dispensing apparatus comprising a first cash compartment associated with a first party, a second cash compartment associated with a second party and a cash delivery mechanism configured to deliver cash notes from the first and second compartments to a recipient, wherein each of the first and second cash compartments is independently lockable to prevent access thereinto by a party other than its respective associated party, and wherein the cash dispensing apparatus is configured to send data to an accounting system responsive to each cash withdrawal operation initiated by the recipient, said data relating to a respective cash withdrawal operation initiated by the recipient and including an indication of the compartment used to satisfy the respective withdrawal operation.
A system for delivering cash to a recipient, the system comprising:
- a cash dispensing apparatus for independent replenishment by two different parties, the cash dispensing apparatus comprising a first cash compartment associated with a first party, a second cash compartment associated with a second party and a cash delivery mechanism configured to deliver cash notes from the first and second compartments to a recipient, wherein each of the first and second compartments is independently lockable to prevent access thereinto by a party other than its respective associated party, and wherein the cash dispensing apparatus is configured to send data to an accounting system responsive to each cash withdrawal operation initiated by the recipient and including an indication of the compartment used to satisfy the respective withdrawal operation;
- an account system;
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- a network connecting the cash dispensing apparatus to the account system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.