Sheet-material associating – Associating or disassociating – Sheet associating
Reexamination Certificate
1997-07-30
2001-03-20
Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3651)
Sheet-material associating
Associating or disassociating
Sheet associating
C270S052180, C270S058210, C270S058220, C209S534000, C271S903000, C271S082000, C271S900000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06203000
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an escrow storage device, that is, a temporary store from which single sheets of paper, such as bank notes, can be retrieved. The device may be used in a financial self-service terminal, such as an Automated Teller Machine (ATM).
It is known to provide an ATM having the facility to accept bank notes, cheques, bills for payment etc., and to place them in an escrow storage area, usually a cassette, but it is not easy to re-use the deposited notes without human intervention. Usually the notes have to be sorted into bundles of identical denomination before reuse.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is the object of the invention to provide an escrow storage device providing the facility to identify and retrieve individual bank notes and the like.
According to the invention there is provided a storage device for sheets of paper characterized by an endless belt of resilient material carrying on its outer surface a multiplicity of outwardly-projecting flaps, the edges of the flaps adjacent the belt being contiguous; support means to support the inner surface of the belt; and drive means to drive the belt around the support means; a first part of the support means being of smaller radius than other parts of the support means so that when the inner surface of the belt passes over said first part, the outer edges of the outwardly-projecting flaps are spread apart.
Preferably the storage device is provided with identification means to identify each slot between adjacent flaps, and recording means to record the identity of a paper sheet placed in an individual slot, for example the value of a bank note.
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Butler Michael E.
Ellis Christopher P.
NCR Corporation
Welte Gregory A.
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