Inventors
The
ATM Machine of Luther George Simjian
By
Mary
Bellis
As is often the case with inventions,
many inventors contribute to the history of an invention. In the case of
the ATM machine, Don Wetzel invented the first "successful and modern"
ATM machine in the USA, however he was not first inventor to create an
ATM machine. In 1939, Luther George Simjian started patenting an earlier
and not-so-successful version of an ATM machine. Read
about Don Wetzel here.
Automated
Teller Machine (ATM)
Luther George Simjian inventions
include the self-focusing camera, a flight speed indicator for airplanes,
an automatic postage metering machine, and the teleprompter. He is most
famous for his invention of the Bankmatic automatic teller machine (ATM).
Luther
George Simjian, 1905 - 1997
His first big commercial invention
was the self-posing portrait camera, which would allow a subject to look
into a mirror and see the same pose that the camera would take before the
picture was taken.
Don
Wetzel
Don Wetzel was the inventor of the
modern automated teller machines or ATM.
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