Patent ID: 8113420

Claim:
A check receiving device of an automatic teller machine the check receiving device comprising: a first transfer unit having inspection devices installed along a transferring path, the inspection devices configured to inspect a check received through a receiving unit; a second transfer unit connected to an end of the first transfer unit disposed along the transferring path, the second transfer unit partially and stationarily holding the check in a stand-by-state awaiting input from a user; a third transfer unit connected to an end of the second transfer unit disposed along the transferring path, the third transfer unit configured to receive the check for storing in a storage unit from the second transfer unit, the third transfer unit partially and stationarily holding the check in the stand-by-state in conjunction with the second transfer unit; a fourth transfer unit connected to a junction between the second transfer unit and the third transfer unit, the fourth transfer unit configured to receive the check for storing in the storage unit from the third transfer unit; and a gate installed at the junction and configured to route the check from the second transfer unit to the third transfer unit or to route the check from the third transfer unit to the fourth transfer unit; and wherein the gate is configured to open a first path from the second transfer unit to the third transfer unit in the stand-by-state by pressure exerted by the check, the gate is further configured to return to a position closing the first path and forming a second path from the third transfer unit to the fourth transfer unit when the pressure exerted by the check is removed from the gate.