Patent ID: 8251281

Claim:
Apparatus operative responsive to data read from data bearing records, comprising: an automated banking machine including: a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read card data from user cards corresponding to financial accounts; a display, wherein the display is operative to provide outputs to machine users; at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the card reader and the display, and wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause financial transfers involving accounts corresponding to the card data; at least one sheet receiving opening, wherein the sheet receiving opening is configured to receive sheets into the machine from machine users; at least one sheet analysis device, wherein the at least one sheet analysis device is operative to evaluate indicia on sheets received into the machine through the sheet receiving opening; a sheet stacking device, wherein the sheet stacking device is operative to produce a stack of sheets in the machine, wherein the stack includes a plurality of sheets that have been analyzed through operation of the at least one sheet analysis device, wherein the sheet stacking device includes: a rotating assembly, wherein the rotating assembly is operative to engage a sheet being moved toward the stack, move the sheet in engagement therewith, and release the engaged sheet in the stack; a support plate, wherein the support plate is movably mounted, and wherein the support plate is operative to support the stack, wherein the stack includes a top sheet adjacent to and in operatively engaged relation with the rotating assembly; a drive, wherein the drive is in operative connection with the support plate; at least one sensor, wherein the at least one sensor is operative to sense at least one condition corresponding to compressive force acting between the top sheet and the rotating assembly; wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the drive and the at least one sensor, and wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause operation of the drive responsive to the at least one sensor, wherein the at least one processor is operative to cause the drive to move the support plate responsive to compressive force acting between the rotating assembly and the top sheet.