Media conveying
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsRoderick George Paterson, Michael Clayton
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for conveying at least one item of media. The apparatus includes a user interface comprising a media port and a user display. The apparatus also includes a shuttle carriage supporting a presentation platform and movable along a shuttle drive rail between a first end region thereof in which the presentation platform can be aligned at the media port and a further end region in which the presentation platform can be selectively aligned with a selected one of a plurality of possible handling ports of a multi-media station.
Claims15
Apparatus for conveying at least one item of media, comprising:
- a user interface comprising a media port and a user display;
- and
- a shuttle carriage supporting a presentation platform and movable along a shuttle drive rail between a first end region thereof in which the presentation platform can be aligned at the media port and a further end region in which the presentation platform can be selectively aligned with a selected one of a plurality of possible handling ports of a multi-media station.
A method of retro-fitting a user interface to an automated teller machine (ATM), comprising the steps of:
- removing a fascia panel to provide access to a front end region of a carcass of an ATM;
- and
- securing a shuttle housing to the front end region, said housing supporting a user interface comprising a media port and a user display.
An automated teller machine (ATM), comprising:
- a user interface comprising a single media port and a user display;
- and
- a shuttle system comprising a carriage that locates items of media at the single media port or at a selected one of a plurality of possible handling ports of a multi-media station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.