| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method for automatically and mutually sharing the currency dispensers in adjacent automatic teller machines when one dispenser is either out of service because of a malfunction or is out of currency. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the system is comprised of first and second currency dispensers (131, 132), first and second output stations (211, 212), a transport mechanism (12) operationally coupled to both dispensers and to both output stations, first and second diverters (151, 152) respectively positioned in first and second paths through the transport mechanism, and a control circuit for selectively controlling the operations of the dispensers and diverters during a dispensing operation. The diverters (151, 152) are each selectively settable to one of two possible positions, whereby currency bills (42) dispensed by a selected dispenser are guided to a selected one of the output stations (211, 212). </p> |
