Patent ID: 7370792

Claim:
An automated banking machine apparatus comprising: a housing, wherein the housing includes a secure chest portion, wherein the secure chest portion is bounded by a wall having a sheet accepting opening therein, wherein the sheet accepting opening provides access therethrough to an interior area of the chest portion; a user interface, wherein the user interface is in operatively supported connection with the housing, wherein the user interface includes at least one input device operative to receive identifying inputs associated with machine users, and at least one output device; a note dispenser, wherein the note dispenser is in operatively supported connection with the housing, and wherein the note dispenser is operative to selectively dispense notes stored in the interior area to users of the machine; a sheet acceptor, wherein the sheet acceptor is movably mounted within the housing outside the chest portion, wherein in an operative position the sheet acceptor is operative to receive notes input to the machine by users and to pass notes to the sheet accepting opening whereby notes move into the interior area of the chest portion; wherein the sheet acceptor comprises: a main housing, wherein the main housing includes a side wall, wherein an access opening extends in the side wall and wherein the access opening is bounded by a first edge and a second edge; a first mounting site along the first edge of the access opening, and a second mounting site along the second edge of the access opening; and a cover operative to close the access opening, wherein the cover is adapted to be selectively mounted to the side wall at either the first mounting site or the second mounting site, wherein when the cover is mounted at the first mounting site, the cover is operative to swing away from the access opening in a first direction, and wherein when the cover is mounted at the second mounting site, the cover is operative to swing away from the access opening in a second direction generally opposite of the first direction.