Patent ID: 8360427

Claim:
A media transfer device of an automatic teller machine (ATM), the media transfer device comprising: a first transfer portion abutting one surface of a paper medium; a plurality of second transfer portions, each of the second transfer portions having a side facing the first transfer portion, wherein at least two of the plurality of second transfer portions are hinged to rotate between an open state where the plurality of the second transfer portions are disengaged from the first transfer portion and a closed state where the plurality of second transfer portions abut the other surface of the paper medium and engage the first transfer portion to transfer the paper medium in conjunction with the first transfer portion; an interoperation portion between two second transfer portions and configured to move one of the two second transfer portions into the closed state by moving the other of the two second transfer portions into the close state; and a locking portion configured to fix the other of the two second transfer portions in the closed state, the locking portion released to move the one of the two second transfer portions into the open state by moving the other of the two second transfer portions and the interoperation portion into the open state.