Rotary storage

A rotary storage device comprising:

• a rotatable drum around which media items may be stored;
• an upper tape reel rotatably mounted on an upper tape reel shaft and partially wound with tape extending from the upper tape reel to the rotatable drum, the upper tape reel shaft mounted on an upper one-way clutch within an upper shaft bracket;
• a lower tape reel rotatably mounted on a lower tape reel shaft and partially wound with tape extending from the lower tape reel to the rotatable drum, the lower tape reel shaft mounted on a lower one-way clutch within a lower shaft bracket;
• a motor coupled to a motor shaft, and operable to rotate in a deposit direction and in a dispense direction opposite the deposit direction;
• an upper friction clutch coupled to both the upper tape reel shaft and the upper tape reel to provide some resistance to rotation of the upper tape reel relative to the upper tape reel shaft so that the upper tape reel cannot rotate freely about the upper tape reel shaft;
• a lower friction clutch coupled to both the lower tape reel shaft and the lower tape reel to provide some resistance to rotation of the lower tape reel relative to the lower tape reel shaft so that the lower tape reel cannot rotate freely about the lower tape reel shaft;
• the upper one-way clutch coupled to the upper tape reel shaft by the upper shaft bracket to allow the upper tape reel shaft to rotate in the dispense direction and to prevent the upper tape reel shaft from rotating in the deposit direction;
• the lower one-way clutch coupled to the lower tape reel shaft by the lower shaft bracket to allow the lower tape reel shaft to rotate in the dispense direction and to prevent the lower tape reel shaft from rotating in the deposit direction;
• an upper pinch shaft having a pair of upper deformable rollers mounted thereon;
• a lower pinch shaft having a pair of lower deformable rollers mounted thereon;
• belt pulleys;
• a drum shafted tooth pulley mounted on the drum shaft, wherein a circumference of the drum shaft toothed pulley is greater than circumferences of the belt pulleys by a ratio of 5 to 1,
• an idler toothed pulley mounted on a stub shaft for free rotation there about, wherein the idler toothed pulley is vertically situated below and horizontally offset from an upper toothed pulley and the idler toothed pulley is vertically situated above and horizontally offset from a lower toothed pulley, the upper toothed pulley mounted on the upper tape reel shaft and the lower toothed pulley mounted on the lower tape reel shaft, and
• wherein the motor is coupled to the motor shaft and a motor pulley is mounted on the motor shaft, the motor pulley coupled to a drum shaft via a toothed control belt, the drum shaft coupled to the rotatable drum, and the drum shaft toothed pulley coupled to the upper toothed pulley, the idler toothed pulley, and the lower toothed pulley via a toothed endless belt, and wherein a ratio of number of teeth on the drum shaft toothed pulley to other teeth on the upper and lower toothed pulleys is approximately five to one ensuring that a linear speed of the upper and lower tape reels is faster in the dispense direction than another linear speed of the rotatable drum, and wherein the upper and lower deformable rollers are mutually aligned in proximity to one another having a gap between the upper and lower deformable rollers, the gap is thinner than banknotes fed through the upper and lower deformable rollers ensuring the upper and lower deformable rollers are deformed by each banknote passing through the gap with the upper and lower deformable rollers maintaining contact with each banknote passing through the gap, and wherein the rotary storage device includes just one motor that is the motor, and the motor is configured to drive both the upper and lower tape reel shafts and rotatable drum.