Document delivery system apparatus and method
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorRichard H. Harris
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorRichard H. Harris
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A document delivery device for delivering a document such as a receipt or transaction record to a user at a kiosk or other automated device significantly reduces “pushing” of documents, increasing reliability and robustness. The document delivery device includes input and output roller assemblies that alternately engage and disengage a shared roller. Upon contacting the shared roller, the input roller assembly creates a first nip point to draw a document into a retention location. Likewise, an output roller creates a second nip point to draw a document out of the retention location for presentation to a user. The input and output roller assemblies are coupled together such that the rotation of one produces an opposite rotation of the other. A drive gear may be operably connected to the roller assemblies to drive the rotation thereof and to provide the translational force to engage or disengage the shared roller.
An apparatus for delivering a document to a user, the apparatus comprising:
A method for delivering a document to a user, the method comprising:
An apparatus for delivering a document to a user, the method comprising:
A system for delivering a document to a user, the apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.