| 摘要 |
<p>In an ATM, bank notes remaining within currency cassettes 40 of the cash dispenser 18 are transferred to an auxiliary storage device 54 before the cassettes 40 are removed from the ATM and replaced by full cassettes during a replenishment sequence, so as to avoid handling of non-empty cassettes and to improve the efficiency of the replenishment procedure. The transfer of notes may take place during the actual replenishment sequence, the cassettes 40 containing the highest denomination bank notes and those containing the least number of notes having precedence. Alternatively, the transfer of notes may occur automatically during normal operation of the ATM, when the number of notes within a cassette 40 reaches a predetermined level. In subsequent cash withdrawal transactions, the notes stored in the auxiliary storage device 54 are dispensed to customers in preference to the note stored in the currency cassettes 40. <IMAGE></p> |
