US 11,721,155 B2
Financial article processing devices and methods
David Kelly Wurmfeld, Fairfax, VA (US); and Michael Kidd, Litchfield, NH (US)
Assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,929.
Prior Publication US 2023/0130057 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G07D 11/00 (2019.01); G07D 11/235 (2019.01); G07D 11/12 (2019.01); G07D 11/40 (2019.01); G07D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G07D 11/235 (2019.01) [G07D 1/00 (2013.01); G07D 11/12 (2019.01); G07D 11/40 (2019.01); G07D 2201/00 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A financial article handling device, comprising:
a housing, comprising a user interface;
an external aperture on an external face of the housing, the external aperture connecting to an interior of the housing and comprising a bill throat for receiving one or more paper bills;
a rotary table in the interior of the housing;
two or more financial article handling units disposed on the rotary table, each of the two or more financial article handling units configured to form an interface with the external aperture to receive the one or more paper bills from the bill throat;
a processor in communication with the user interface, the external aperture, the rotary table, and the two or more financial article handling units; and
a memory storing instructions to be executed by the processor; wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the financial article handling device to: receive an indication from a first financial article handling unit of the two or more financial article handling units, the indication indicating that the first financial article handling unit is no longer functional; disconnect the first financial article handling unit from the external aperture; and articulate the rotary table such that a second financial article handling unit of the two or more financial article handling units is in communication with the external aperture.