Patent ID: 6024027
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
An automated banking machine apparatus comprising:a housing bounding an interior area of the automated banking machine, the housing having a front opening;a fascia, the fascia being in releasable covering relation with the front opening, wherein the fascia is held in covering relation with the front opening by a fastening mechanism, the fastening mechanism including an actuator, wherein the actuator is accessed to release the fastening mechanism;a fascia surround wherein the surround is releasably operatively engageable with the housing, wherein when the surround is engaged with the housing the surround covers the actuator of the fastening mechanism;a latching mechanism, wherein the latching mechanism releasably holds the surround in engagement with the housing, wherein the latching mechanism extends in the interior area and is changeable in the interior area from a latching condition in which the latching mechanism holds the surround in engagement with the housing to an unlatching condition wherein the surround is enabled to be operatively disconnected from the housing.