ATM with stack transporter for bulk note deposit
View Patent ↗An ATM can accept a bulk stack of currency notes for deposit from a customer. The ATM includes a stack transporter ( 400 ) that can rotate an accepted stack while relocating it to a predetermined location inside of the machine. The stack transporter includes a rotatable housing ( 406 ) in which a stack holder ( 404 ) is radially movable. The stack holder can receive a currency stack ( 411 ) deposited in a fascia opening ( 412 ) by a customer. The stack holder is retracted to move the stack away from the opening and into the housing to completely move the stack into the machine. The housing, having the bulk stack therein, is then rotated about an axis ( 408 ) to move the stack toward a stack processing area in the machine. The stack holder is then extended to expose a stack end out of the housing for stack processing.
1. Apparatus comprising:
an automated banking machine bulk note transport device,
wherein the transport device includes an axis,
wherein the transport device includes a stack holder,
wherein the stack holder includes an interior storage area,
wherein the interior storage area is adapted to hold a stack of currency notes therein,
wherein the stack holder while holding the stack is radially movable relative to the axis,
wherein the stack holder is movable toward the axis,
wherein the stack holder is movable away from the axis.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the transport device includes a holder housing, wherein the stack holder is radially movable relative to the holder housing.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the stack holder is radially movable inside the holder housing.
4. The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein the stack holder is telescopically movable in the holder housing during radial movement.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the transport device includes a support structure, wherein the support structure supports the stack holder.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5 wherein the support structure comprises a portable transport frame, wherein the portable transport frame is removable as a unit from an automated banking machine.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the transport device includes a holder housing, wherein the support structure supports the holder housing, wherein the holder housing houses the stack holder, and wherein the stack holder is radially movable relative to the holder housing while inside of the holder housing.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the stack holder includes a first side extending a first radial length relative to the axis, wherein the stack holder includes a second side extending a second radial length relative to the axis, wherein the first side is generally parallel to the second side, and wherein the first radial length is greater than the second radial length.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the stack holder includes a holder opening, wherein the stack holder is adapted to receive a plurality of currency notes therein through the holder opening.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9 wherein the holder opening is angularly offset, wherein the stack holder is adapted to receive a stack of currency notes through the holder opening.
11. The apparatus according to claim 9 and further comprising an automated banking machine fascia, wherein the fascia includes a fascia opening sized to enable a stack of currency notes to pass therethrough, wherein the stack holder is positioned relative to the fascia to receive a stack of currency notes passed through the fascia opening.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11 wherein the transport device includes a gate, wherein the gate is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the gate in the open position enables the stack holder to receive a stack of currency notes passed through the fascia opening, wherein the gate in the closed position blocks the stack holder from receiving a stack of currency notes passed through the fascia opening.
13. Apparatus including:
a removable currency note stack transport device,
wherein the transport device includes a frame,
wherein the transport device includes an axis,
wherein the transport device includes a stack holder,
wherein the stack holder is adapted to receive and hold a stack of currency notes,
wherein the stack holder while holding the stack is radially movable relative to the axis,
wherein the stack holder is telescopically movable between an extended position and a retracted position during radial movement.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13 wherein the transport device includes a holder housing, wherein the stack holder is telescopically movable in the holder housing during radial movement.
15. The apparatus according to claim 14 wherein the stack holder is radially movable relative to the holder housing, and wherein the stack holder is radially movable to move a stack into the holder housing.
16. The apparatus according to claim 13 and further comprising a user accessible opening, wherein the stack holder is positioned adjacent to the user accessible opening, wherein the stack holder is adapted to receive a stack of currency notes passed through the user accessible opening from a user of the apparatus.
17. The apparatus according to claim 16 and further comprising an automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes the user accessible opening, wherein the machine includes user identifying input devices comprising a biometric reader device and a card reader device.
18. Apparatus comprising:
an automated banking machine bulk deposit transporter,
wherein the transporter includes an axis,
wherein the transporter includes a stack holder,
wherein the transporter is operative to position the stack holder in a first holder position,
wherein the stack holder at the first holder position is adapted to receive a plurality of currency notes therein,
wherein the stack holder at the first holder position is adapted to hold received currency notes in a stack,
wherein the transporter is operative to position the stack holder in a second holder position,
wherein the stack holder while holding the stack is radially movable toward the axis from the first holder position to the second holder position,
wherein the transporter is operative to position the stack holder in a third holder position,
wherein the stack holder while holding the stack is radially movable away from the axis to the third holder position,
wherein the third holder position is located a greater distance from the first holder position than the second holder position is located from the first holder position.
19. The apparatus according to claim 18 wherein during transporter operation the stack holder is sequentially moved from the first holder position to the second holder position and then to the third holder position.
20. The apparatus according to claim 18 and further comprising an automated banking machine, wherein the machine is operative to receive a stack of currency notes from a machine user, wherein the machine includes the transporter therein, wherein the transporter is operative to transport a currency note stack received from a machine user.