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User access compartment for an automated teller machine

  • US 3,957,173 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1974
  • Issued: 05/18/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an automated teller machine having a protective cabinet means having an opening therein through which items like cash and receipts can be dispensed, the improvement comprising:

  • a dispensing module positioned in said machine adjacent to said opening;

    said module having a compartment means pivotally mounted therein, for receiving and dispensing said items, and having means for rotating said compartment means between a receiving position and dispensing position relative to said opening in response to a control means;

    a protective door means pivotally mounted in said dispensing module and having means for rotating said door means between closed and opened positions which close and open said opening respectively in response to said control means so as to enable a user of said machine to gain access to said items when said door means is in said opened position and said compartment means is in said dispensing position;

    said means for rotating said compartment means including first latch means for selectively locking said compartment means in said receiving and dispensing positions and first drive means;

    said means for rotating said door means including second latch means for selectively locking said door means in said closed position and for resiliently holding said door means in said opened position and second drive means;

    said compartment means and said door means having a common axis of rotation, and said door means being arcuately shaped;

    said first latch means and said first drive means being effective to unlatch said compartment means and rotate the compartment means for the receiving position to said dispensing position where the compartment means is locked prior to the second latch means unlocking said door means and the second drive means rotating said door means to said open position in response to said control means; and

    said second latch means and second drive means being effective to rotate said door means from said second position to said first position where it is locked prior to said first latch means and first drive means respectively unlocking said compartment means and rotating said compartment means from said dispensing position to said receiving position in response to said control means.

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