Patent ID: 7523857

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine including: a card reader operative to read data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts, wherein the automated banking machine is operative responsive to the card data to access account information corresponding to data on the user card; a gate assembly operative to extend a stack comprising at least one currency bill outward from the automated banking machine trough an opening, whereby the stack is enabled to be taken by a machine user from outside the automated banking machine; a gate member operative to control access through the opening in the automated banking machine; at least one sensor in operative connection with the gate member operable to generate at least one signal corresponding to an extent the gate member is disposed from a reference position; at least one processor in operative connection with the card reader, the gate assembly, and the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one processor is operative to: cause the gate member to be moved from a closed position that blocks access through the opening, to an open position; cause the gate assembly to extend the stack outward from the automated banking machine through the opening; cause the gate member to move towards the closed position while the stack is extended outward from the automated banking machine through the opening, wherein the gate member is biased into a supporting connection with the stack; cause generation through the least one sensor, of at least one signal corresponding to the extent the gate member is disposed from the reference position; and analyze the at least one signal generated by the at least one sensor to determine if the at least one signal corresponds to at least one suspect condition.