Patent ID: 7971781

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a card reader operative to read data-carrying records comprising user cards; an automated banking machine including: a housing; at least one input device in operative supported connection with the housing, wherein the at least one input device is operative to receive inputs from users of the machine, wherein the at least one input device includes the card reader, wherein the inputs are usable to identify at least one of a respective user and a respective user's financial account, and wherein the machine is operative responsive to information read from cards through operation of the card reader; at least one output device in operative supported connection with the housing, wherein the at least one output device is operative to receive outputs including instructions concerning machine usage; at least one cash dispenser device in operative supported connection with the housing, wherein the at least one cash dispenser device is operative to cause cash to be delivered from the machine; at least one deposit accepting device in operative supported connection with the housing, wherein the deposit accepting device is operative to read indicia on sheets received from machine users; at least one processor in the housing, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the at least one input device, the at least one output device, the at least one cash dispenser device and the at least one deposit accepting device; wherein the at least one deposit accepting device includes: a first sheet driver member; a second sheet driver member; wherein the first and second sheet driver members are movably mounted in operatively supported connection with the housing such that a distance between the first sheet driver member and the second sheet driver member is selectively variable responsive to operation of the at least one processor; at least one divider plate positionable intermediate of the first sheet driver member and the second sheet driver member, wherein the at least one divider plate is movably mounted relative to the housing; at least one sensor; at least one drive, wherein the at least one drive is in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor causes operation of the drive to selectively relatively position the first sheet driver member, the second sheet driver member, and the at least one divider plate; wherein the at least one deposit accepting device is operative to cause sheets to move from a first side of the at least one divider plate to a second side of the at least one divider plate; wherein the first sheet driver member and the second sheet driver member are operative to move sheets positioned on the first side of the at least one divider plate and on the second side of the at least one divider plate; wherein the at least one sensor is in operative connection with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one sensor is operative to sense sheets positioned on at least one of the first side and the second side.