Patent ID: 7299977

Claim:
A cash dispensing automated banking machine comprising: a chest; a cash dispenser in operative connection with the chest; an acceptor device in operative connection with an outer portion of the chest; a bracket in operative connection with an inner portion of the chest; a deposit holding container movably engageable with the bracket, wherein the container comprises: a reservoir; a locking mechanism in operative connection with the reservoir, wherein the locking mechanism is operative to change from a locked state to an armed state responsive to a key, wherein the locking mechanism includes a movable portion, wherein when the movable portion is moved, the locking mechanism is operative to change from an armed state to a locked state; and a door in operative connection with the reservoir, wherein when the locking mechanism is in the armed state, the door is moveable from a closed position to an open position; wherein when the container is moved into supporting engagement with the bracket: a first portion of the machine is operative to urge the movable portion of the container to move, whereby the locking mechanism is changed from the armed state to the locked state; wherein when the locking mechanism is in the locked state and the container is moved out of engagement with the bracket: a second portion of the machine is operative to urge the door of the container to move from the opened position to the closed position, wherein in the closed position, a portion of the door is in operative to engagement with the locking mechanism, wherein the locking mechanism in the locked state is operative to prevent the door from moving to an open position.