Claims
- 1. In a money dispensing machine encased within a housing having a front, rear, two sides, a top and a bottom, said housing front, rear, two sides, top and bottom defining a housing interior, said housing front being divided into an upper transaction portion and a lower support portion, a tiltable screen display module, comprising:said housing front upper transaction portion having an upper back-lit nameplate area, a middle right section, a middle left section and a middle central display module; said housing front lower support portion being inwardly formed into a kneehole/footspace; said housing interior containing an upper utilities cabinet with power supply, coin storage, and uninterruptable power supply; said middle central display module having an open front, rear, top, bottom and two sides; a tiltable screen display within said display module, said tiltable screen display having a front, rear, top, bottom and two sides, said tiltable screen display front having a front facing, flat screen, said tiltable screen display having two handles, each said handle being attached to the tiltable screen display front adjacent to a display module side; a pivot mechanism attached to each tiltable screen display side, each said pivot mechanism being fitted with a torque limiting device to provide constant friction resistance, each said pivot mechanism adapted to engage a display module side; wherein the tiltable screen display is tiltable within the display module along a radial axis parallel to the planes of the machine housing sides.
- 2. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 1, further comprising:a pin protruding from each tiltable screen display side; a curved slot in each display module side, each said curved slot having two ends; wherein said tiltable screen display side pins are adapted to engage said display module side curved slots; wherein said slots and engaging pins limit the angle of tiltable screen display tilt.
- 3. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 2, further comprising:a strain resistant cable exit in said display module rear adapted for power and data connection to the tiltable screen display.
- 4. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 3, wherein:each said handle is formed into a forwardly extending, upright, semi-circle, with an upper handle end attached to the tiltable screen display front adjacent the tiltable screen display top and a side, and with a lower handle end attached to the tiltable screen display front adjacent the tiltable screen display bottom and a side.
- 5. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 4, further comprising:brush seals attached about the tiltable screen display sides, said brush seals adapted to prevent ingress of foreign bodies.
- 6. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 5, further comprising:dampers at each curved slot end, said dampers adapted to cushion a tilt limit of the tiltable screen display.
- 7. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 6, further comprising:a first protruding flange attached to the display module top and a second protruding flange attached to the display module bottom, said flanges adapted to for display module attachment to the housing front upper transaction portion.
- 8. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 7, wherein:said handles are formed from pipe and plated.
- 9. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 8, wherein:said screen is made from liquid crystal display material.
- 10. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 9, wherein:the front upper transaction portion and lower support portion are separated by a horizontal customer coin shelf.
- 11. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 10, wherein:a light for back-lighting the name plate is positioned between the utilities cabinet and the front upper name plate area; a money dispensing apparatus is positioned within the lower support portion.
- 12. A tiltable screen display module as recited in claim 11, wherein:said housing front upper transaction section middle right section has an instructions area and a banknote reader; said middle left section has a greeting area, a magnetic card reader, and a transaction ticket printer; said front upper transaction portion has a plurality of lower dispensed coin presenters.
Parent Case Info
This application claims the benefit of prov. application 60/226,731 filed on Aug. 22, 2000.
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