Patent ID: 7959071

Claim:
Apparatus including: an automated banking machine operative to carry out financial transactions responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records, wherein the machine includes a sheet moving component, wherein the component comprises an outer surface segment, wherein the outer surface segment includes at least one wear signal emitter therein, wherein the at least one wear signal emitter includes a passive radio frequency emitter, wherein the passive radio frequency emitter is operative to wirelessly emit at least one radio frequency signal indicative of a structural wear condition of the component, wherein the machine includes at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is spaced from the component, wherein the at least one sensor includes a radio frequency receiver, wherein the radio frequency receiver is operative to wirelessly receive at least one radio frequency signal wirelessly emitted by the passive radio frequency emitter, wherein the machine includes at least one computer, wherein the at least one computer is operative to control when the passive radio frequency emitter operates to wirelessly emit at least one radio frequency signal, wherein the at least one computer is programmed to prevent operation of the passive radio frequency emitter while the automated banking machine is carrying out a financial transaction, wherein the at least one computer is in operative connection with the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one computer is operative to receive at least one worn signal caused, responsive at least in part to the radio frequency receiver wirelessly receiving at least one radio frequency signal wirelessly emitted by the passive radio frequency emitter, by the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one computer is operative to determine whether the automated banking machine is not carrying out a financial transaction, wherein the at least one computer is operative while the automated banking machine is not carrying out a financial transaction, to cause the passive radio frequency emitter to wirelessly emit at least one radio frequency signal, wherein the at least one computer is operative to determine an unacceptable wear condition of the outer surface segment responsive at least in part to receiving the at least one worn signal, wherein the at least one computer is programmed to determine the unacceptable wear condition only while the automated banking machine is not carrying out a financial transaction, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause a replacement-needed service notification responsive at least in part to a determination of the unacceptable wear condition.