Automated transaction machine with shuttle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10078816-B2
Application number	US-201615179304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2016
Priority date	Jun 12, 2015
Publication date	Sep 18, 2018
Grant date	Sep 18, 2018

Abstract

A document delivery system within an automated transaction machine includes a shuttle for receiving a stack of documents. The shuttle is moveable from a dock location to a user interface location along a track system The shuttle may be utilized with a rear-load configuration or a front-load configuration in which the track system has a travel path from the dock location to the user interface location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automated transaction machine, comprising:
a track system extending between a dock location and a user interface location:
a shuttle configured to travel on the track system between the dock location and the user interface location, the shuttle including a pair of platen housed within the shuttle that is moveable between an open position and a closed position;
a cartridge for storing a document;
a first document delivery system;
a second document delivery system,
the first document delivery system capable of transporting a document between the cartridge and the second document delivery system via a first transport path,
the second document delivery system capable of transporting a document between the first document delivery system and the dock location via a second transport path, and
and, where the second document delivery system is operable to one of place or withdrawal a document within the shuttle while the pair of platen are in the open position.

2. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 further comprising:
a document analysis area along the first transport path or between the first transport path and the second transport path.

3. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 further comprising:
a gate disposed along the second transport path and proximate the dock location; and
a reject bin disposed proximate the gate,
where the gate is operable to direct a document traveling along the second transport path to either the shuttle or the reject bin.

4. The automated transaction machine of claim 3 further comprising:
a document analysis area along the first transport path or between the first transport path and the second transport path,
where the gate is operable to direct a document traveling along the second transport path to either the shuttle or the reject bin based upon an indication from the document analysis area.

5. The automated transaction machine of claim 3 , further comprising:
a light pipe sensor system at an entry point of the shuttle from the second document delivery system configured to detect a defect with the stack, and
where the pair of platen is moved to the open position to remove the stack into the reject bin upon detection of the defect.

6. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 where when at the dock location the shuttle is in a substantially vertical orientation relative to a ground-level of the automated transaction machine and the shuttle is in a substantially horizontal orientation at the user interface location compared to the ground-level.

7. The automated transaction machine of claim 6 where when at the user interface location the shuttle is in a substantially horizontal orientation relative to a ground-level of the automated transaction machine.

8. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 where when at the user interface location the shuttle is in a substantially horizontal orientation relative to a ground-level of the automated transaction machine.

9. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 , further comprising a camshaft that drives a spreader in-between the pair of platen for movement between the open position and the closed position.

10. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 where the shuttle further includes a media shuttle sensor that is configured to detect at least one of the document in-between the pair of platen, debris in-between the pair of platen, or an absence of a document in-between the pair of platen.

11. The automated transaction machine of claim 10 where the shuttle further includes a note stop that is in-between the pair of platen and is adjustable to a height of the document.

12. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 further comprising:
a lock mechanism capable of engaging at least one aperture in the shuttle to refrain movement of the shuttle when the shuttle is in one of the dock location or the user interface location.

13. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 further comprising:
a sensor system that is configured to detect a position of the shuttle on the track system, the sensor system including a first sensor positioned at the dock location and a second sensor positioned at the user interface location, where the sensor system is utilized to identify a travel path for the shuttle on the track system.

14. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 where the shuttle further includes a note stop that is in-between the pair of platen and is adjustable to a height of the document, wherein the note stop controls a top edge of the document when received into the shuttle; and
where the automated transaction machine further comprises:
a bower arm to directs a top portion of a backside of the document to one of the pair of platen; and
a paddle to directs a bottom portion of the backside of the document to the one of the pair of platen.

15. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 further comprising:
a spool system that retractably houses a cable is configured to provide electrical communication between a controller and the shuttle, where when the shuttle is traveling between the dock location and the user interface location the cable the cable is wound in a circle about an axis of the spool system in which a diameter of the circle decreases based on a distance the shuttle is from the spool system.

16. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 further comprising:
a light pipe sensor system that is configured to detect a defect with at least one document, the light pipe sensor system including:
one or more light pipe structures prior to an entry point of the shuttle;
an emitter that transmits a signal through the one or more light pipes;
a detector that receives the signal from the one or more light pipes; and
the light pipe sensor system detects the defect based on the receipt of the signal at the detector.

17. The automated transaction machine of claim 16 , wherein the defect is at least one of a gap within a stack of documents, debris within a stack of documents, a skewness of a stack of documents, or a thickness of a stack of documents.

18. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 where the track system is of a rear-load configuration.

19. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 where the track system is of a front-load configuration.

20. The automated transaction machine of claim 1 where the shuttle includes a first tracking idler, a second tracking idler opposite the first tracking idler, a first gear, and a second gear opposite the first gear, and
where the track system includes:
a first channel in which the first tracking idler is moveable;
a second channel opposite the first channel, wherein the second channel is in which the second tracking idler is moveable;
a third channel in which the first gear is moveable;
a fourth channel opposite the third channel, wherein the fourth channel is in which the second gear is moveable; and
a junction switch that directs the shuttle from a first path of travel to a second path of travel when a portion of the first channel and second channel overlap a portion of the third channel and fourth channel.

Assignees

• Diebold Inc
• Diebold Nixdorf Inc

Inventors

• Smolk Jasen James
• Eastman Jeffrey M

Classifications

• G07F19/202

  Depositing operations within ATMs (depositing in general G07D11/00) · CPC title

• G06Q10/10 Primary

  Office automation; Time management · CPC title

• G07F19/203

  Dispensing operations within ATMs (dispensing in general G07D11/00) · CPC title

• G07F19/201 Primary

  Accessories of ATMs · CPC title