EP0932129B1 - Verbesserungen an einer Zahlungsmittelausgabevorrichtung - Google Patents

Verbesserungen an einer Zahlungsmittelausgabevorrichtung Download PDF

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EP0932129B1
EP0932129B1 EP98310393A EP98310393A EP0932129B1 EP 0932129 B1 EP0932129 B1 EP 0932129B1 EP 98310393 A EP98310393 A EP 98310393A EP 98310393 A EP98310393 A EP 98310393A EP 0932129 B1 EP0932129 B1 EP 0932129B1
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William Rice
David J. Mcmillan
Timothy Wiggins
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F19/00—Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
    • G07F19/20—Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H29/00—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles
    • B65H29/12—Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by means of the nip between two, or between two sets of, moving tapes or bands or rollers
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D11/00—Devices accepting coins; Devices accepting, dispensing, sorting or counting valuable papers
    • G07D11/10—Mechanical details
    • G07D11/14—Inlet or outlet ports
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F19/00—Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
    • G07F19/20—Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
    • G07F19/201—Accessories of ATMs
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F19/00—Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
    • G07F19/20—Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
    • G07F19/202—Depositing operations within ATMs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2404/00—Parts for transporting or guiding the handled material
    • B65H2404/20—Belts
    • B65H2404/26—Particular arrangement of belt, or belts
    • B65H2404/261—Arrangement of belts, or belt(s) / roller(s) facing each other for forming a transport nip
    • B65H2404/2613—Means for changing the transport path, e.g. deforming, lengthening
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2408/00—Specific machines
    • B65H2408/10—Specific machines for handling sheet(s)
    • B65H2408/13—Wall or kiosk dispenser, i.e. for positively handling or holding material until withdrawal by user

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  • This invention relates to a machine for dispensing media, for example, a self service terminal (SST), which may be an automated teller machine (ATM).
  • SST self service terminal
  • ATM automated teller machine
  • ATMs are known and possess function controls to dispense cash, accept cash, accept cheques, issue receipts and issue bank statements as well as accept bills for payment.
  • Other SSTs fulfill similar functions but do not deal with cash; an SST may dispense tickets or maps or prepaid cards such as telephone cards.
  • media is used to include hard copies of printed information resulting from fulfillment of the functions stated for an ATM and an SST as well as cash in the form of bank notes.
  • SSTs and ATMs may be operated by means of a card carrying data, for example magnetic data on the card or data on a semiconductor chip-bearing "Smart Card", for identifying the user and authorising his use. Alternatively, such machines may employ some other user identification and authorisation means, such as a biometric means.
  • an ATM comprises a user interface, a cash delivery slot and a presenter module, which includes a transport mechanism or media transporter for presenting media.
  • the user interface may comprise a card input slot or other user identification means, a display screen and a keyboard pad.
  • the transport mechanism transfers media from a processor within the ATM to an exit or presentation slot for a customer to remove.
  • external access to the exit slot is usually prevented by at least one shutter which is normally closed and is only opened when media is transported to the exit slot for removal by a customer.
  • SSTs are commonly situated behind a wall, the wall having an appropriate hole through which media is transported and dispensed (so-called “through the wall” installations). Walls for such purpose may be external or internal and may be of a thickness varying from a few millimetres to half a metre or more. SSTs are also often free standing for presenting media directly to the customer (so-called “interior/lobby” installations) without the need to transport the media through a wall. Thus, different installations may result in different distances between the position at which media is dispensed from the processor within the SST ("the media dispensing point") and the position at which media is presented to the customer (“the media presentation point”). Until now, different transport mechanisms which are suitable for different installations have had to be developed and tested.
  • US-A-4 595 828 discloses a wall-mounted apparatus for dispensing or receiving valuable sheets.
  • the apparatus includes a transport means that can be adjusted to the distance between two cabinets to suit different wall thicknesses.
  • a machine for dispensing media comprising a user interface means and a media transporter for transporting media from a media dispensing point along a media path to a media presentation point
  • the media transporter comprising a variable length belt feed means which is adjustable between a first retracted position in which the media presentation point is adjacent the media dispensing point and a second protracted position in which the media presentation point is displaced from the media dispensing point
  • the belt feed means includes two endless feed belts which form a pinch region therebetween for gripping and transporting media from the media dispensing point to the media presentation point, characterized in that one of the feed belts is resiliently moveable away from the other feed belt against the force of a biasing means to enable the media transporter to transport both a single sheet of media and a stack of media along the media path .
  • the media transporter can be adjusted to suit interior/lobby installations, where the media presentation point may be adjacent the media dispensing point, as well as through the wall installations, where the media is required to be transported through different wall thickness.
  • the belt feed means comprises at least one endless feed belt supported on a carriage so as to define the media path, whereby movement of the carriage away from the media dispensing point causes an increase in the length of media path while the overall length of path of the feed belt remains constant.
  • the media is transported along the media path between two endless feed belts, which form a pinch region therebetween for gripping and transporting media from the media dispensing point to the media presentation point.
  • One of the feed belts may be resiliently moveable away from the other feed belt against the force of a biasing means to enable the media transporter to transport both a single sheet of media and a stack of media along the media path.
  • variable length belt feed means moves from its retracted position to its protracted position when the media transporter is required to transport media.
  • a media presentation slot through which the belt feed means extends when in its protracted position.
  • the belt feed means By moving the belt feed means to its protracted position only when required to transport media, the belt feed means is kept safely away from the media presentation slot at all times when not in use, so reducing the opportunity for unwarranted fraudulent or vandalistic access to the belt feed means.
  • the presenter module may present media a greater distance from the presentation slot than is possible with currently available machines. In this way, customers suffering from handling disabilities are more easily able to remove media from a machine.
  • a machine in accordance with this embodiment is preferably fitted with a shutter for opening and closing the media presentation slot and means for opening the shutter upon movement of belt feed means from its retracted position to its protracted position.
  • the shutter which normally closes the media dispensing slot for security purposes, is opened at a time determined by the necessity to dispense media.
  • the belt feed means is mounted for angular movement about the media dispensing point to enable the media presentation point to be positioned at a variable angular displacement from the media dispensing point.
  • the presenter module may be adjusted to transport media to a media presentation point which may be higher or lower than the media dispensing point, to suit the particular installation. Furthermore, such an arrangement would allow the possibility of producing an SST having a media presentation point or even a complete fascia which is adjustable in height, or which is pivotable, to allow operation of the machine at a comfortable height or angle for all users, tall and short alike.
  • FIG. 1 shows an ATM 10 having a magnetic card input slot 12, a display screen 14, a keypad 16, and a media presentation or dispensing slot 20 such as a cash delivery slot.
  • a control system for the ATM 10 is shown in Figure 2, in which a processor 22 is connected to receive input from the key pad 16, to control the display 14 and to control a cash counting and delivery system 24 connected to the cash dispensing slot 20.
  • the processor 22 is connected by a connection 26 to a central authorisation system of the financial institution operating ATM 10.
  • a card reader 30 is also connected to the processor 22, the card reader 30 having a standard data head 32, a standard mechanical drive 34 to drive a card into and out of the reader 30, and a card damage detector 36.
  • FIG 3 shows part of the presenter module and cash delivery slot of a conventional ATM 10 in a through the wall installation.
  • the cash delivery slot 20 is formed at a suitable position in a fascia wall 21 which is mounted flush with the exterior side of an external wall 23 to form a closure to a hole 25 therein.
  • the cash delivery slot 20 is opened and closed by two shutters, namely, a fascia shutter 20A and an inner shutter 20B.
  • the shutters 20A and 20B are mounted in known manner for covering and uncovering the media dispensing slot 20 in accordance with instructions received from the processor 22 and in response to a signal received from a sensor, not shown.
  • the wall 23 is of standard construction and has a thickness of the order of 33cm.
  • the transport mechanism comprises two endless feed belts 38 and 40 supported on upper and lower pulleys 42 and 44 respectively, the feed belts forming a pinch region between themselves for gripping and transporting cash from a position at which cash is processed and dispensed within the ATM (not shown), through the hole 25 to the cash delivery slot 20.
  • the transport mechanism of Figure 3 is designed specifically for a through the wall installation, where the wall 23 is of the specified thickness and the cash delivery slot 20 is at a suitable height. It would be wholly unsuitable for installations where the wall thickness is greater or less since this would result in the transport mechanism either stopping short of the cash delivery slot 20 or extending through the fascia wall 21. For this reason, installations having different wall thicknesses require different transport mechanisms.
  • an adjustable transport mechanism which may be used in many different installations having different wall thicknesses.
  • One embodiment may be used in installations having different exit slot heights, and even presents the possibility of providing SSTs having fully adjustable fascia heights or angles.
  • FIG. 4 shows the transport mechanism T and cash delivery slot 20 of an ATM according to the invention in a through the wall installation.
  • the cash delivery slot 20 is formed at a suitable position in the fascia wall 21 which forms a closure to hole 25 in wall 23.
  • No shutters are shown in Figure 4, though clearly shutters could be fitted.
  • the wall 23 is of standard construction and has a thickness of the order of 33cm.
  • the transport mechanism T comprises upper and lower endless feed belts 38 and 40 each supported on two respective series of pulleys 31,35,43 and 33,37,45.
  • the pulleys comprise two pairs 31/33 and 43/45, a pinch region being formed between the feed belts supported on the pulleys of each pair, and two belt take-up pulleys 35 and 37.
  • a media path P is defined by the pinch region between the feed belts supported between the two pairs of pulleys 31/33 and 43/45.
  • the first pair of the pulleys 31 and 33 are fixed at a position 29, at which cash is dispensed after processing within the ATM.
  • the second pair of pulleys 43 and 45 are mounted on a carriage (not shown) which is reciprocally moveable backwards or forwards (left or right as viewed in Figures 4 and 5) between a first retracted position in which the pulleys 43 and 45 are adjacent the fixed pulleys 31 and 33 and a second protracted position in which the pulleys 43 and 45 are displaced from the fixed pulleys by a predetermined distance depending on the maximum wall thickness that an ATM is envisaged to be installed behind.
  • pulleys 43 and 45 are displaced from the fixed pulleys 31 and 33 and are located into position behind the cash delivery slot 20 in fascia wall 21, such that the media path P substantially spans the thickness of the wall 23.
  • the belt take up pulleys 35 and 37 are mounted on the same carriage as pulleys 43 and 45 at a position suitable to take up any slack in the feed belts 38 and 40. As the belt take up pulleys 35 and 37 are mounted on the same carriage, no matter what position the carriage is in, the length of path of the feed belts always remains the same, and hence tension in the feed belts remains constant.
  • a further feed mechanism 39 dispenses cash to the position 29 after it has been processed by the ATM.
  • the ATM When required to deliver cash, the ATM processes the required amount and dispenses the cash to position 29 by means of feed mechanism 39.
  • the cash At position 29 the cash is fed to the pinch region between the feed belts supported between pulleys 31 and 33 of the transport mechanism.
  • the transport mechanism is then actuated by means of a sensor (not shown) and the feed belts 38 and 40 are driven around the pulleys in a direction to transport the cash along the media path P from position 29, through the hole 25 in wall 23 to a position at which the cash 27 is presented to the user through the cash delivery slot 20 as shown, at which point the transport mechanism is stopped by means of another sensor (not shown).
  • Figure 5 shows the same transport mechanism of an ATM according to the invention but this time in an interior/lobby installation, where there is no wall 23 and the cash delivery slot 20 is close to the position 29 at which cash is dispensed by the feed mechanism 39 after processing within the ATM.
  • the carriage on which pulleys 43 and 45 are mounted is in a retracted position in which pulleys 43 and 45 are located adjacent the fixed pulleys 31 and 33 and behind the cash delivery slot 20 in fascia wall 21.
  • the belt take up pulleys 35 and 37 are mounted on the same carriage, they are also in a retracted position, and the tension in the feed belts remains constant.
  • the transport mechanism described with reference to Figures 4 and 5 may be used for interior/lobby installations (as in Figure 5) or through the wall installations (as in Figure 4) where the wall is of anything up to the predetermined thickness described above.
  • the belt take up pulleys 35 and 37 may be mounted on a linkage connected to the carriage, to enable the take up pulleys to be moveable in a different direction to the carriage, depending on the space available in a particular installation, while still performing the function of maintaining constant tension in the feed belts.
  • Figure 6 shows a transport mechanism of an ATM similar to that shown in Figures 4 and 5, but with the further modification of the carriage, on which pulleys 35, 37, 43 and 45 are mounted, being tiltable about a pivot point located at position 29.
  • the pulleys 43 and 45 may also be moved up or down so as to locate behind a cash delivery slot 20 which is higher or lower (as is the case depicted by solid lines in Figure 6).
  • FIG. 7 shows the business and delivery end of another previously proposed transport mechanism installed in an ATM 10.
  • the dispensing slot 20 is formed in a safe wall 21 and is opened and closed by a fascia shutter 20A and an inner shutter 20B.
  • the shutters 20A and 20B are mounted in known manner for covering and uncovering the media dispensing slot 20 in accordance with instructions received from the processor 22 and in response to a signal received from a sensor, not shown.
  • the sensor has a centre line AB positioned to sense a leading edge of the media to be dispensed between a pinch point of upper 38 and lower 40 transporter belts supported on upper 42 and lower 44 pulleys.
  • FIG. 7 Generally speaking small banknotes dispensed long-edge leading by the ATM 10 of Figure 7 have a minimum width of 54 mm.
  • Figure 7 also indicates the safe wall having a thickness 10.7 mm and the distance from the internal face ofthe safe wall to the outer face of the fascia shutter 20A to be 23.4 mm.
  • a transport mechanism according to the invention including a retractable carriage which is displaceable may present media a distance of the order of 30 mm or more from the fascia shutter 20A.
  • Such a transport mechanism including a retractable carriage is shown in Figures 8 to 15.
  • a transport mechanism T has a retractable carriage R shown in a retracted non-media presentational position with an angularly displaceable shutter 20B in a closed position.
  • the retractable carriage R has two identical chassis side plates 46 (see also Figures 9, 10 and 11) disposed with running clearance outboard of each longitudinal edge of upper and lower continuous belts 38 and 40 respectively.
  • the chassis side plates 46 are maintained in spaced parallel relationship by upper 48 and lower 50 belt guides (see also Figures 10 and 11) as well as roller shafts 52 and 54 on which rollers 56, 56" are mounted and over which the belts 38 and 40 are passed as shown in Figures 8 and 9.
  • the upper belt guide 48 is fixed between the chassis side plates 46 whereas the lower belt guide 50 is angularly displaceable about axle 50', see Figures 8, 9, 10 and 11.
  • a torsion spring 50TS see Figures 10 and 11, supported on axle 50' biases the lower belt guide 50 clockwise as viewed in Figures 8, 9 and 11.
  • Angular displacement of the lower belt guide 50 permits media having a minimum thickness of 0.1 mm and a stack of media up to a maximum thickness of 10.0 mm to be dispensed.
  • the positions of the lower guide belt 50 for dispensing minimum and maximum amounts of media are shown at Z1 and Z2 respectively in Figures 8 and 9.
  • the upper 38 and lower 40 belts are additionally supported on upper 62 and lower 64 rollers which, in turn are supported on axles 66 and 68 respectively.
  • the axles 66/68 respectively act as spacers for two side panels 70 of the transport mechanism T.
  • the retractable carriage R is reciprocally movable between the retracted position of Figure 8 and the media present position of Figure 9 by means of a stepper motor, not shown, which drives two trains of three gears 72, 74 and 76 - see Figures 8, 9, 14 and 15.
  • Each gear train is supported as shown in the side panels 70 (see particularly Figures 14 and 15) and the two gears 72 which are driving gears, are mounted on a common driving shaft 78.
  • Three rollers 78A are also mounted on the driving shaft 78 and these rollers support the travel path of the upper belt 38 as shown in Figures 8 and 9.
  • the retractable carriage R slides between pairs of upper 80 and lower 82 guides carried by the side plates 70 of the transport mechanism T.
  • the upper 80 and lower 82 guides each have two U-shaped cut-outs 84 (shown dotted in Figures 8 and 9 and in full lines in Figure 15) for receiving a roller 85 - see Figures 14 and 15 - of a shutter linkage mechanism to be described later.
  • the amount of reciprocal movement of the retractable carriage R is governed by:-
  • the upper and lower belts 38/40 effectively unwrap from appropriate series of pulleys (58, 56', 62) and (60, 56, 64) thus maintaining constant tension in and preventing additional stretching of the upper and lower belts 38/40.
  • the shutter 20B is angularly displaced to permit presentation of media through the media dispensing slot 20.
  • Angular displacement of the shutter 20B is effected via two multi-link linkages driven by a ram solenoid 5 and will now be described.
  • Figure 13 shows the shutter 20B and the multi-link linkages in perspective and, for balanced operation of the shutter 20B, each end position of the shutter is attached to corresponding links of each linkage.
  • each linkage has three links 900, 901 and 902 with links 900 attached to the shutter 20B and pivotally connected at 903 to links 901.
  • the link 902 is, as shown, of U-shape with legs 902A pivotally connected at 904 to the links 901.
  • a driving link 905 having a tongue 905A is also pivotally connected to the first 904 as well as to a solenoid plunger SP.
  • Each link 900 has a hole 900A for receiving a pin 94' (see Figure 15) which acts as a fulcrum for the shutter during movement of the retractable carriage R.
  • Each arm 902A of the link 902 has a hole 902B for mounting on a roller 85 which, as a previously described, is located in a U-shaped cut-out 84 in the upper guide 80.
  • Each link 901 is formed with detents 901A (shown dotted in Figures 8 and 9 and in full lines in Figures 13, 14 and 15) and, as seen in Figures 8 and 15, engages with the pin 90 which acts both as a fulcrum and a stop for the links 901 in the closed position of the shutter 20B.
  • each linkage 900, 901 and 902 and, consequently, the shutter 20B is controlled by energisation of the solenoid S and the position of each linkage is sensed by the sensor SR1 according to whether the tongue 905A is in the position shown in Figure 8 (shutter closed) or Figure 9 (shutter open).
  • Energisation of the solenoids is synchronised with the operation of the stepper motor, not shown, which drives the gear trains 72, 74, 76 and, consequently, the retractable carriage from the position shown in Figure 8 to that of Figure 9 and vice versa.
  • a second sensor SR2 serves to detect when media has been removed from the ATM 10.
  • the sensor SR2 is carried by the upper guide plate 48 and has a sensor arm 800 which is pivotally mounted on axle 801 - see Figure 12.
  • the sensor arm has a tongue 800A which, on pivotal movement of the sensor arm 800, is positioned either "in” or "out-of' a sensor yoke 800B.
  • Figures 8 and 9 show the "in” and “out-of' positions of the sensor tongue 800A in dotted lines as well as the multi-cranked shape of the sensing arm 800, a part-800C of which (see Figures 8, 9) senses when media has been removed from the exit slot 20 of the ATM 10.
  • the carriage R is moved from the position of Figure 8 to that of Figure 9 by the stepper motor, not shown, which drives the carriage R through gear trains 72, 74, 76 and pin/slot 86/88 when the shutter 20B is open.
  • the carriage R includes upper and lower media guides 48/50 fitted with pulleys 58 and 60 respectively and two idler shafts 52/54 which are also fitted with pulleys 56' and 56 respectively.
  • the carriage R contains loops of the transport belts 38 and 40 which are wrapped around a series of pulleys as shown in Figures 8 and 9.
  • the pulleys 58 and 60 carried by the media guides 48/50 are capable of entering the safe opening 20 while containing a minimum of 0.1 mm thick media document and a maximum stack of 10 mm thick media.
  • the carriage R also contains a sensing device SR2 for detecting when media has been removed, whereafter the carriage R is retracted and the shutter 20B is closed for security.
  • the invention has been described with reference to an ATM arranged to dispense small banknotes long-edge leading. It may also be applied to an ATM arranged so as to dispense small-size receipts or to an SST arranged to dispense small-size tickets or the like, tickets may be as small as a conventional credit card; or the SST may dispense e.g. prepaid telephone cards or the like, of similar size to a credit card.

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  1. Gerät (10) zum Ausgeben von Medien mit einem Benutzerinterface (16), einem Medientransporteur (T) zum Transportieren von Medien von einem Medienabgabepunkt (29) längs eines Medienweges (P) zu einem Medienentnahmepunkt, wobei der Medientransporteur (T) einen Gurtförderer (40) variabler Länge aufweist, der zwischen einer ersten zurückgezogenen Position, wo sich der Medienentnahmepunkt neben dem Medienabgabepunkt (29) befindet, und einer zweiten herausgezogenen Position, in welcher der Medienentnahmepunkt von dem Medienabgabepunkt (29) wegbewegt ist, einstellbar ist, und wobei der Gurtförderer zwei endlose Fördergurte (38, 40) enthält, die zwischen sich einen Klemmbereich zum Ergreifen und Transportieren von Medien vom Medienabgabepunkt (29) zum Medienentnahmepunkt bilden, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass einer der Fördergurte (40) von dem anderen Fördergurt (38) gegen die Kraft einer Vorspannungseinrichtung (50TS) nachgiebig wegbewegbar ist, so dass ein Medientransporteur (T) sowohl ein einziges Medienblatt wie auch einen Stapel von Medien längs des Medienweges (P) transportieren kann.
  2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, bei welchem der Gurtförderer mindestens einen endlosen Fördergurt (40) enthält, der auf einem Wagen (R) so gehaltert ist, dass er den Medienweg (P) definiert, wobei eine Bewegung des Wagens (R) vom Medienabgabepunkt (29) weg ein Vergrößern der Länge des Medienweges (P) verursacht, während die Gesamtlänge des Fördergurts (40) konstant bleibt.
  3. Gerät nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, bei welchem der Gurtförderer (40) variabler Länge sich von seiner zurückgezogenen Position in seine herausgezogene Position bewegt, wenn der Medientransporteur (T) Medien transportieren soll.
  4. Gerät nach Anspruch 3 mit einem Medienentnahmeschlitz (20), durch welchen der Gurtförderer (40) hindurchragt, wenn er sich in seiner herausgezogenen Position befindet.
  5. Gerät nach Anspruch 4 mit einem Verschluss (20B) zum Öffnen und Verschließen des Medienentnahmeschlitzes (20) und mit einer Einrichtung (SP) zum Öffnen des Verschlusses bei einer Bewegung des Gurtförderers (40) aus seiner zurückgezogenen Position in die herausgezogene Position.
  6. Gerät nach einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche, bei welchem der Gurtförderer (40) um den Medienabgabepunkt (29) im Winkel schwenkbar gelagert ist, damit der Medienentnahmepunkt mit einer variablen Winkelstellung gegenüber dem Medienabgabepunkt (29) positionierbar ist.
  7. Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Gerätes (10) zur Ausgabe von Medien, wobei das Gerät ein Benutzerinterface (16), einen Medienentnahmeschlitz (20) und einen Medientransporteur (T) zum Transportieren von Medien von einem Medienabgabepunkt längs eines Medienweges (P) zu einem Medienentnahmepunkt enthält und der Medientransporteur (T) einen Gurtförderer (40) variabler Länge hat, gekennzeichnet durch die Identifizierung des Benutzers, die Entgegennahme von Befehlen vom Benutzerinterface, die Erstellung eines Mediums entsprechend dem erhaltenen Befehl, die Einstellung des Gurtförderers (40) variabler Länge an einer ersten zurückgezogenen Position, in welcher sich der Gurtförderer hinter dem Entnahmeschlitz (20) befindet, in eine zweite herausgezogene Position, in welcher der Gurtförderer (40) durch den Entnahmeschlitz (20) hindurchragt, wobei der Medientransporteur (10) sowohl ein einzelnes Medienblatt wie auch einen Medienstapel längs des Medienweges (P) transportieren und das Medium zur Entnahme durch einen Benutzer ausgeben kann.
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