Patent ID: 7232059

Claim:
A currency picking system for an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, comprising: a) a pick-up member ( 26 ) which i) is attached to, and rotates with, a driven gear ( 30 ), ii) supports vacuum cups ( 28 ) which grasp banknotes, b) a rotatable member ( 52 ); c) a first linkage, driven by the rotatable member ( 52 ), which rotates the driven gear ( 30 ) and the pick-up member ( 26 ) alternately between i) a pick up position, wherein banknotes are picked from a supply, and ii) a release position; d) a second linkage, driven by the rotatable member ( 52 ), which induces a pump ( 18 ) to i) apply vacuum to the vacuum cups ( 28 ) when at the pick position, and ii) reduce vacuum applied to the vacuum cups ( 28 ) when at the release position.