Autoteller exchangeable banknote cassette system
First Claim
1. A system for providing dispensable banknotes from an exchangeable banknote cassette in an autoteller, said system comprising:
- a cassette for holding a supply of banknotes, said cassette comprisingan opening mechanism for opening a door in said cassette to allow access to the supply of banknotes,a lock mechanism reversably operable in response to the insertion and the turning therein of a predetermined key to pass from a locked state wherein said lock mechanism is operative to prevent operation of said opening mechanism to an open state wherein said lock mechanism is operative to allow operation of said opening mechanism, said lock mechanism being operable to retain said key when in said open state, anda tilt sensor within said cassette operable to prevent operation of said opening mechanism if said cassette is not within a predetermined range of angles to the horizontal; and
a banknote dispenser, said dispenser comprisinga ramp for holding said cassette at an angle to the horizontal which is within said predetermined range and a key assembly for holding said key as a captive key and for presenting said key to said lock mechanism, said dispenser and said cassette being cooperative to prevent external access to the supply of banknotes when said opening mechanism is operated with said cassette on said ramp and said lock mechanism being presentable to said key when said cassette is not on said ramp only with said cassette at an angle to the horizontal which is outside of said predetermined range.
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Abstract
An autoteller accepts on a ramp exchangeable banknote cassettes which can only be opened at the predetermined angle of the ramp when a key assembly on the ramp is presented to a lock. The cassettes may only have the key assembly presented to the lock when not on the ramp at an angle to the horizontal, whereat opening of the doors on the cassette is prevented by a blocking bar swinging to engage a notch in the opening mechanism to prevent operation of the opening mechanism. A processor in the autoteller accepts a password from an internal keypad, enters a wide access bank service routine if a first password is provided and a restrictive access third party service routine if a second password is provided, shutting down the autoteller if no correct password is provided within a predetermined number of tries in a predetermined time. In the third party service routine, the processor commands an internal printer to provide a first audit slip to the service personnel indicative of a running audit on the autoteller before servicing and after servicing the processor commands the printer to provide a second audit slip indicative of the running audit of the autoteller after servicing, the first and second audit slips providing accountability of the actions of service personnel.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for providing dispensable banknotes from an exchangeable banknote cassette in an autoteller, said system comprising:
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a cassette for holding a supply of banknotes, said cassette comprising an opening mechanism for opening a door in said cassette to allow access to the supply of banknotes, a lock mechanism reversably operable in response to the insertion and the turning therein of a predetermined key to pass from a locked state wherein said lock mechanism is operative to prevent operation of said opening mechanism to an open state wherein said lock mechanism is operative to allow operation of said opening mechanism, said lock mechanism being operable to retain said key when in said open state, and a tilt sensor within said cassette operable to prevent operation of said opening mechanism if said cassette is not within a predetermined range of angles to the horizontal; and a banknote dispenser, said dispenser comprising a ramp for holding said cassette at an angle to the horizontal which is within said predetermined range and a key assembly for holding said key as a captive key and for presenting said key to said lock mechanism, said dispenser and said cassette being cooperative to prevent external access to the supply of banknotes when said opening mechanism is operated with said cassette on said ramp and said lock mechanism being presentable to said key when said cassette is not on said ramp only with said cassette at an angle to the horizontal which is outside of said predetermined range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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an exchangeable cassette for holding a supply of banknotes, said cassette including opening means for opening a door in said cassette to allow access to said supply of banknotes, lock means, operable in response to the insertion and turning therein of a predetermined key, for passing from a locked state wherein said lock means is operative to prevent operation of said opening means to an open state wherein said lock means is operative to allow operation of said opening means, and tilt sensor means, within said cassette, for preventing operation of said opening means when said cassette is not within a predetermined range of angles with respect to a horizontal plane; and banknote dispenser means for holding said cassette and cooperating with said cassette to prevent external access to the supply of banknotes. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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