WORLDKINGS - Old Events – June 04, 2018 - A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain in 1973

03-06-2018

(Worldkings.org) On June 4, 1973, a trio of inventors-Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain-were granted a patent on the machine, the idea for which is largely credited to Wetzel even though there were attempts as early as 1939 to develop such an "automatic teller."