Patent ID: 8857707

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine, wherein the automated banking machine is operative to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records, wherein at least one computer is associated with the machine, wherein the automated banking machine includes: a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read card data usable to identify at least one of a user of the machine and a financial account, at least one user input device, wherein the at least one user input device is operative to receive inputs from machine users, a housing, wherein the card reader and the at least one user input device are in operatively supported connection with the housing, and wherein the housing includes an interior area and wherein the housing includes at least one vent that is operative to enable air to pass at least one of into and out of the interior area, wherein the at least one computer is in operative connection with the card reader and the at least one user input device, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause card data to be read through operation of the card reader and to cause receipt of at least one input through the at least one user input device, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause a determination to be made that the card data corresponds to a financial account that is authorized to conduct a financial transaction having an associated value with the machine, wherein the at least one computer is operative to cause a financial account to be assessed the value associated with the financial transaction, an enclosure, wherein the enclosure is configured to at least partially enclose the housing, wherein the enclosure includes at least one air duct, wherein the air duct is operative to enable air flow at least one of into and out of the enclosure, and a filter, wherein the filter is in operative connection with the air duct, wherein the filter is operative to filter the air flow, wherein the air duct has an interior opening within the enclosure and an outer opening, wherein the air duct is configured to enable air flow between the internal opening and the outer opening, and wherein the filter is removably mounted to the enclosure in generally covering relation of the outer opening.