Patent ID: 11869297
Assignee: DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INCORPORATED
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An automated transaction machine (“ATM”) comprising:
a secure chest;
a core module including a plurality of commonly-configured cassette bays and disposed in the secure chest;
a first cassette of a first configuration disposed in a first bay of the plurality of commonly-configured cassette bays, the first cassette having:
a first shell including a first front end and an upper cavity with a first floor and a lower cavity, where the first shell defines a first slot for the passage of documents between an inside and an outside of the first shell and is formed in the first front end,
respective push plates disposed in the upper cavity and the lower cavity for urging documents disposed therein toward the first slot,
a first gate positioned along both of an upper pathway that extends between the first slot and the upper cavity and a lower pathway that extends between the first slot and the lower cavity, and
a first throat defined between the first slot and the first gate, wherein the first gate selectively connects the upper pathway and the first throat and the lower pathway and the first throat; and

a second cassette of a second configuration disposed in a second bay of the plurality of commonly-configured cassette bays, the second cassette having:
a second shell including a second top, a second bottom, a second front end, and a second cassette main cavity having a second floor is defined within the second shell,
a second slot for the passage of documents between the inside and outside of the second shell is formed in the second front end,
an internal space within the second shell for the storage of documents, the internal space disposed between the second bottom and the second floor of the second cassette main cavity,
where the second top of the second shell is a second top lid providing access to the second cassette main cavity, and
where the second bottom of the second shell includes a hinged second bottom lid portion providing access to at least a portion of the internal space.