Patent ID: 8534548

Claim:
A method carried out during an authorized servicing operation involving an automated banking machine that is operable to carry out financial transactions responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records, comprising: (a) accessing an interior area of the automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes at least one data reader, wherein the at least one data reader is operable to read user data usable to identify a financial account, wherein the machine is operable to cause a financial transfer involving a financial account responsive at least in part to computer-determined correspondence between user data read by the at least one data reader and the financial account, wherein the machine includes a housing, wherein the housing includes an opening through which the machine can receive currency notes from machine users, wherein the machine includes a currency accepting device, wherein the currency accepting device includes a currency note evaluation module, wherein the currency note evaluation module is operable to accept currency notes received through the opening, wherein the currency accepting device includes a storage assembly, wherein the storage assembly includes a tray, wherein the tray is in supporting connection with slides, wherein the slides allow the tray to be moved between a retracted position and an outwardly extending position, wherein the tray supports at least one container configured to hold currency notes, wherein the at least one container includes a first container, wherein the currency accepting device includes at least one transport device, wherein the at least one transport device is operable to transport currency notes from the currency note evaluation module to the storage assembly; (b) subsequent to (a), moving at least one latch to cause the tray to be released from being held in the retracted position; (c) subsequent to (b), moving the tray to the outwardly extending position while the first container is releasibly fastened to the tray; (d) subsequent to (c), manually actuating a release lever to cause the first container to be released from being fastened to the tray; and (e) subsequent to (d), removing the first container from the tray.