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

Claim 7:
8. A cassette for an automated transaction machine comprising:
a shell including a top, a bottom, a right side, a left side, a front end, and a rear end, where an upper cavity with a floor and a lower cavity are defined within the shell, where the shell defines a slot for the passage of documents between an inside and an outside of the shell and is formed in the front end;
an upper push plate disposed in the upper cavity configured to urge documents disposed therein toward the slot;
a lower push plate disposed in the lower cavity for urging documents disposed therein toward the slot;
an upper pathway including an upper feed wheel and an upper stripper wheel for traversing documents in and out of the upper cavity;
a lower pathway including a lower feed wheel and a lower stripper wheel for traversing documents in and out of the lower cavity;
a gate positioned along both of the upper pathway and the lower pathway;
a throat defined between the slot and the gate, wherein the gate selectively connects the upper pathway and the throat and the lower pathway and the throat;
an internal transport disposed between the bottom of the shell and the floor of the upper cavity, the internal transport configured to convey documents to and from the lower cavity; and
a pinch wheel positioned to extend into the throat downstream of the gate, wherein the upper feed wheel also extends into the throat downstream of the gate opposite to the pinch wheel.