# US 9,251,672 B2 · Stacking purge-bin

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- Number: US 9,251,672 B2
- Document ID: US9251672B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/897,530
- Filed: 2013-05-20
- Published: 2014-11-20
- Granted: 2016-02-02
- Earliest claimed: 2013-05-20
- Assignees: Bank of America Corporation
- Applicants: Bank of America Corporation
- Inventors: Kristy M. Crist; Terrelle Carswell; Eric McConnell; Rahul Puri; Devin D. Rhodes; James D. Goodwin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9251672B2

## CPC

- G06Q 20/1085: {involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]}
- B65H 29/46: Members reciprocated in rectilinear path
- B65H 33/04: by inserting marker slips in pile or stream
- B65H 33/08: Displacing whole batches, e.g. forming stepped piles
- G07D 11/245: Replenishment
- G07D 11/50: Sorting or counting valuable papers
- G07F 19/203: {Dispensing operations within ATMs (dispensing in general G07D11/00)}
- B65H 2301/42114: swivelled from 90°
- B65H 2301/4214: of articles on edge
- B65H 2301/4263: Feeding end plate or end sheet before formation or after completion of a pile
- B65H 2408/13: Wall or kiosk dispenser, i.e. for positively handling or holding material until withdrawal by user
- B65H 2701/1912: Banknotes, bills and cheques or the like
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
- G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## Abstract

Apparatus and methods for a stacking purge-bin (“SPB”) are provided. The SPB may be configured to rotate. The SPB may include a plurality of receiving sections. One or more tangible items retracted by the SSK may be stored in each receiving section. Rotating the SPB between each retraction may prevent tangible items from two consecutive retractions from being stored in a single receiving section. Preventing tangible items from two consecutive retractions from being stored in a single receiving section may allow each tangible item to be associated with transaction information corresponding to a retraction. The SPB may store separators. A separator may be inserted between tangible items received from two consecutive retractions. Separating between tangible items received from two consecutive retractions may allow each tangible item to be associated with transaction information corresponding to a retraction. Transaction information associated with a retraction may be marked on the separator.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A retraction system for an automated teller machine (“ATM”), the system comprising:
a separator storage-bin holding a separator;
a printer configured to print information on the separator;
a feeder network configured to:
transfer the separator from the separator storage-bin to the printer; and
position the separator adjacent to a plurality of bills;
a dispenser configured to:
present the plurality of bills to a customer; and
retract the plurality of bills after an expiration of a time period; and
a purge-bin configured to receive the plurality of bills after the retracting;
wherein the feeder network is configured to position the plurality of bills and the separator in the purge-bin; and
wherein the purge-bin comprises a floor, the floor configured to rotate about an axis.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, the floor configured to rotate about the axis in response to the retracting of the plurality of bills.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, the purge-bin further comprising:
a first bill receiving section, the first bill receiving section configured to receive a first set of bills after a first retracting; and
a second bill receiving section, the second bill receiving section configured to receive a second set of bills after a second retracting.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein the second bill receiving section is configured to position the second set of bills perpendicular to the first set of bills.