Patent ID: 7611140

Claim:
An automated banking machine apparatus comprising: at least one input device adapted to receive user inputs, at least one output device, at least one picker member, wherein the at least one picker member is adapted to be operated to move in a picking direction to cause a first sheet bounding a stack of sheets to move in a first direction away from the stack during a sheet picking operation, wherein the at least one picker member is adapted to be operated to move in a reverse direction opposed to the picking direction to cause a moved first sheet to move in a second direction opposed to the first direction, at least one stripper member, wherein the at least one stripper member is adapted to act on sheets to oppose movement of the sheets in the first direction during the sheet picking operation, wherein the at least one stripper member is adapted to be operated to urge at least one additional sheet moved in the first direction to move in the second direction, a multiple sheets detection arrangement operative to detect picking of at least one additional sheet other than the first sheet during the picking operation, wherein the at least one picker member is operative to move the first sheet in the second direction, responsive to a detection by the multiple sheets detection arrangement of at least one additional sheet being picked, wherein the at least one stripper member is operative to urge the at least one additional sheet to move in the second direction relative to the first sheet, responsive to the detection by the multiple sheets detection arrangement of the at least one additional sheet being picked.