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Automatic item-driven system for deposit and pick-up

  • US 6,010,239 A
  • Filed: 03/07/1996
  • Issued: 01/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An automatic deposit and issue machine for depositing and issuing items wherein an actuator operated door means includes a cradle being pivotally connected to and mounted on an outer cabinet closely adjacent to the frontal first door so as to be movable between a closed position and covering relationship to a front door opening in the cabinet and a receiving position display from the closed position, the cradle defining a front section and a rear section, the front section and the rear section defining a chute surface extending generally therebetween, the front section forming a generally horizontal tray when the cradle is in the receiving position such that items to be deposited may be placed thereon where the items slide on the chute surface from the front section to a rear section across the rear edges as the cradle is pivoted to a closed position, a portion of the rear section is in contact with a portion of the outer cabinet when the cradle is in the receiving position to prevent the cradle from being pivoted forward or downward substantially beyond the receiving position, forming a horizontal tray or cradle, the rear section of the cradle having a rear edge in being oriented downwardly angled directed when the cradle is in the closed position.

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