Patent ID: 6739503
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A self-service terminal comprising:a fascia including means defining a document slot; and a document processing module including (i) means defining a document transport path, (ii) a document transport mechanism for transporting a document along the document transport path, (iii) an endorser including a printhead disposed along the document transport path and for printing an endorsement onto the document, and (iv) means for preventing the document from being jammed into the printhead as the document is being transported along the document transport path in the vicinity of the endorser; wherein the means for preventing the document from being jammed into the printhead comprises a door covering an opening and slidable between an open position in which the printhead is able to move through the opening to print an endorsement onto the document and a closed position in which the door prevents the document from being jammed into the printhead as the document is being transported along the document transport path in the vicinity of the printhead.