Patent ID: 7322481
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B65H,G06Q,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a) receiving a stack of financial instrument sheets into a housing of an automated banking machine; b) moving a first sheet bounding the stack in a first direction by engaging a first side of the first sheet with at least one sheet engaging portion of at least one picking member, wherein at least one recess extends transversely in the at least one sheet engaging portion; c) engaging a second side of the first sheet opposed of the first side with at least one first stripping portion, wherein the at least one first stripping portion comprises at least one first roll surface, wherein during engagement with the second side the at least one first stripping portion provides stripping resistance to movement of the first sheet in the first direction, wherein the at least one first stripping portion is generally aligned with the at least one recess; d) engaging the second side of the first sheet with at least one second stripping portion, wherein the at least one second stripping portion is moved out of abutting contact with the at least one sheet engaging portion, wherein the at least one second stripping portion comprises at least one second roll surface, wherein during engagement with the second side the at least one second stripping portion provides stripping resistance to movement of the first sheet in the first direction, wherein the at least one second stripping portion is nonaligned with the at least one recess; e) separating the first sheet from the stack by movement of the first sheet in the first direction while in engagement with each of the at least one sheet engaging portion, the at least one first stripping portion, and the at least one second stripping portion, wherein the at least one first roll surface and the at least one second roll surface remain stationary as the first sheet moves in the first direction.