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US 12,692,119 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for media manipulation
OwnerScott Colston, Jamie Luke Garrettinventors
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Abstract
In a method and apparatus for storing media items at a storage zone, the apparatus has a storage zone for storing media items, a port region proximate to the storage zone for receiving at least one media item, and at least one media item deformer for deforming each media item that is transported along a transport pathway portion.
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An apparatus for storing media items at a storage zone, comprising:
- a storage zone for storing media items;
- a port region that is proximate to the storage zone for receiving at least one media item;
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- a media item deformer for deforming each media item that is transported along a transport pathway portion, the media item deformer comprising a wave contoured contact surface formed by a plurality of laterally spaced, upwardly extending ribs that collectively form an undulating support surface for engagement with each media item, each of the laterally spaced, upwardly extending ribs extending upwardly by at least 5 mm, the media item deformer being rotatable between a retracted configuration away from the transport pathway portion and a protruding configuration extending into the transport pathway portion.
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A method for receiving media items at a desired location in a storage zone, comprising:
- providing at least one media item one-by-one at a port region that is proximate to a storage zone;
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- as each media item is transported from the port region to the desired location in the storage zone via a transport pathway portion, deforming the media item via a media item deformer thereby reducing at least a lateral extent of the media item as the media item moves to the desired location;
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- wherein the media item deformer comprises a wave contoured contact surface formed by a plurality of laterally spaced, upwardly extending ribs that collectively form an undulating support surface for engagement with the media item, each of the laterally spaced, upwardly extending ribs extending upwardly by at least 5 mm, and wherein the media item deformer is rotatable between a retracted configuration away from the transport pathway portion and a protruding configuration extending into the transport pathway portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.