Media item transportation
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsAnthony Boon, Matthew Sonnenberg, Frank Dunn, Fredrik L.N. Kallin
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transporting items of media along a transport path. The apparatus comprises a first transport member having a first end region and a further transport member having a further end region, wherein the first end region is spaced apart from the further end region, and a bridge member extending between the first end region and the further end region, wherein a length of the bridge member is adjustable responsive to a one of the first and further end regions being moved with respect to a remainder one of the first and further end regions.
Claims15
Apparatus for transporting an item of media along at least one transport path, comprising:
- a first transport member having a first end region and a further transport member having a further end region, wherein the first end region is spaced apart from the further end region;
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- a bridge member extending between the first end region and the further end region, wherein a length of the bridge member is adjustable responsive to a one of the first and further end regions being moved with respect to a remainder one of the first and further end regions.
A method of transporting an item of media along at least one transport path, comprising:
- via a bridge member, connecting a first end region of a first transport member to a further end region of a further transport member;
- moving at least one of the first and further end regions with respect to a remainder one of the first and further end regions;
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- adjusting a length of the bridge member responsive to said movement of the first and/or further end regions.
An infeed for a media handler, the infeed comprising:
- a customer transport for receiving a bunch of media items from, and presenting a bunch of media items to, a customer;
- a dual path transport moveable between a first position at which media items can be routed from the customer transport to a media item validator, and a second position at which media items can be routed from a return path to the customer transport;
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- a pivotable bridge extendable between a retracted position and an extended position for bridging a space between the customer transport and the dual path transport at each of the first and second positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.