Plate stability for a deposit and dispense module
AssigneeNCR Atleos Corporation
InventorsJamie Luke Garrett, Jamie Stewart
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Abstract
A plate stability apparatus includes plates and vertical members to handle media being dispensed, deposited, and/or rejected. The plates lock into the vertical members when the plates reach a desired vertical position for a given media operation within a media separator of a deposit and dispense module. This prevents the plates from tilting and moving while the plates remain level for the media operation. This in turn prevents device faults and media jams within the deposit and dispense module during the media operation.
Claims15
A plate stability apparatus for a media separator, comprising:
- plates to handle media for a media operation;
- vertical members on which corners of the plates are interfaced to move each plate up or down the vertical members to a vertical position for the media operation;
- wherein once a given plate reaches a corresponding vertical position along the vertical members, the corners of the plates are locked into place to prevent tilting and movement of the given plate;
- wherein the vertical members are rails with sidewalls, and wherein each plate includes a plate bearing extending adjacent to a corresponding corner of a corresponding plate and attached to the corresponding plate, each plate bearing fits snuggly inside corresponding sidewalls of a corresponding rail;
- wherein the sidewalls pinch against plate bearings locking each plate bearing in place at the corresponding vertical position for the media operation.
A media separator, comprising:
- a plate stability apparatus to control vertical positions of horizontal plates along vertical members of the media separator during a media operation to transport media within a deposit and dispense module;
- wherein the plate stability apparatus locks, unlocks, and moves one or more of the horizontal plates along the vertical members during the media operation;
- wherein the vertical members are rails with sidewalls to receive plate bearings between the sidewalls;
- wherein sidewalls include electromagnets and wherein the plate bearings are metal plate bearings.
A method of operating a media separator, comprising:
- controlling movement of plates along vertical members during a media operation;
- locking the plates on to or against the vertical members when desired vertical positions for the plates are reached for the media operation;
- preventing tilting and movements of the plates when the plates are locked in the desired vertical positions;
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- identifying the media operation as a media deposit or a media dispense operation initiated at an automated teller machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.