Patent ID: 8438885

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an automatic teller machine (ATM); a plurality of ATM cassettes configured to be housed within said ATM; at least one barrier for preventing removal of at least one of a pair of adjacent ATM cassettes from the ATM; a supporting structure for supporting at least one harrier, wherein said supporting structure comprises a main support beam, a secondary support beam and a base plate from which said main support beam extends; said main support beam extending in a stacking direction of said ATM cassettes, said main support beam supporting one end of a said at least one barrier; said base plate configured to be installed on a lower surface of an interior of said ATM; said secondary support beam arranged in parallel with and spaced apart from said main support beam, said secondary support beam configured to support an end of said at least one barrier which is not supported by said main support beam; said at least one barrier configured to be movable between (i) a first position in which said at least one barrier prevents removal of said pair of adjacent ATM cassettes in use of said apparatus along their respective removal paths (ii) a second position in which said at least one barrier prevents removal of a first ATM cassette of said pair of adjacent ATM cassettes along its removal path and (iii) a third position in which said at least one barrier prevents removal of a second ATM cassette of said pair of adjacent ATM cassettes along its removal path, whereby, in use, only one ATM cassette of a said pair of ATM cassettes is removable along its removal path when said at least one barrier is in said second position or said third position.