Abstract: An automated transaction machine (“ATM”) can include a note input/output port, an escrow unit, and an upper transport. The escrow unit can receive and hold currency notes. The upper transport can transport currency notes among the note input/output port and the escrow unit. The escrow unit can include a drum and first and second web-supply spool assemblies. The drum collects and releases currency notes relative to the upper transport, is rotatable about a first axis, and has a variable radius including minimum and maximum radii. Each web-supply spool assembly includes a spool and a web and can rotate about respective second and third axis parallel to and spaced from the first axis. A fourth axis can extend normal to and intersect both of the second and third axis and can be closer to the first axis than the maximum radius of the drum.

Abstract: A method and a system are disclosed which utilize the polarization properties of electromagnetic fields for a determination of the direction to the source of the electromagnetic radiation. The method and system primarily use a particular antenna device with is associated receiver means for obtaining a wave field measurement Assuming separate frequencies, the present method and system also make it possible to distinguish between several sources and register their separate polarizations simultaneously. At least three electric antennas, or three magnetic antennas, are used to measure the wave field. The registered field components need not be orthogonal to each other. The measured wave field is processed in accordance to predetermined formulae so that the propagation direction and other polarization characteristics, such as the spectral intensity I and the spectral degree of circular polarization rc, are derived. Furthermore the measurements need not be from more than one point in space.