Patent ID: 6981636
Filing Date: 2006-01-03
Classification: B65H,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A self-service terminal for use in an unattended environment to allow a self-service user to conduct a self-service transaction, the self-service terminal comprising: a fascia including means defining a document slot; means defining a document storage bin; and a document processing module including means defining a document processing zone, means defining a first document transport path which extends between the document slot and the document processing zone, means defining a second document transport path which is different from the first document transport path and which extends between the document processing zone and the document storage bin, and a document path selector mechanism disposed along at least one of the first and second document transport paths for (i) enabling a document to be transported along the first document transport path between the document slot and the document processing zone when parts of the document path selector mechanism are in a first position, and (ii) enabling a document to be transported along the second document transport path from the document processing zone to the document storage bin when parts of the document path selector mechanism are in a second position which is different from the first position; the document path selector mechanism including first and second movable deflector members and a movable selector member disposed between the first and second deflector members, wherein (i) each of the first and second deflector members has a major surface, (ii) the selector member has a first major surface which faces towards the major surface of the first deflector member to define at least a portion of the first document transport path extending between the document slot and the document processing zone when parts are in the first position, and (iii) the selector member has a second major surface which is different from the first major surface and which faces towards the major surface of the second deflector member to define at least a portion of the second document transport path extending between the document processing zone and the document storage bin when parts are in the second position.