Media alignment
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorFredrik L.N. Kallin
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Abstract
A media alignment device is described. The device comprises: a media drive turret including a drive member; and a controller. The controller is operable to: receive information about a lateral position of a media item as the media item is transported longitudinally along a transport path, rotate the media drive turret to an angular position required to drive the media item to an aligned position, and activate the drive member to move the media item in a direction transverse to the transport path.
Claims15
A media alignment device comprising:
- a media drive turret including a drive member;
- and
- a controller operable to:
- (i) receive information about a lateral position of a media item as the media item is transported longitudinally along a transport path,
- (ii) rotate the media drive turret to an angular position required to drive the media item to an aligned position, and
- (iii) activate the drive member to move the media item in a direction transverse to the transport path.
A media alignment device according to claim 8, wherein the deskew mechanism comprises a pair of media item drives, each media item drive being controlled by a separate motor.
A method of aligning a media item, the method comprising:
- (i) sensing a lateral position of a media item being transported longitudinally along a transport path,
- (ii) obtaining a drive angle required to drive the media item towards an aligned position,
- (iii) rotating a media drive turret to the obtained drive angle, and
- (iv) driving the media item to the aligned position by activating a drive member in the media drive turret.
A media alignment device comprising:
- a media drive turret selectively rotatable to a desired drive angle, and operable to drive a media item to an aligned position while located at that desired drive angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.