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US 2024/0124253 A1Published application
Single item removal
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorKevin Leeper
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for removing one item of media at a time from an item of media container. The apparatus includes a movable element locatable in an abutting relationship with an elected item of media in a media container and disposed to vibrating against the elected item of media to permit the elected item of media to be subsequently be removed alone from the container.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a carrier adapted to perform rotational motion about an axis of rotation;
- a pick arm lever comprising an abutment surface affixed to the carrier, wherein rotation of the carrier in a first rotational direction about the axis of rotation places the pick arm level in an abutting relationship with an elected item of media, wherein rotation of the carrier in a second rotational direction about the axis of rotation places the pick arm level in a non-abutting relationship with the elected item of media allowing the elected item of media to be picked and transported by rollers;
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- the rollers comprise an upper nip roller and a lower nip roller, wherein the lower nip roller is a partial truncated roller that is not a whole roller, wherein the upper nip roller is driven in an opposite direction of the lower nip roller and driven at a different speed from the lower nip roller.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a pick are lever comprising an abutment surface affixed to a carrier, wherein rotation of the carrier about an axis of rotation places the pick arm level in an abutting relationship with an elected item of media, wherein rotation of the carrier in a different rotational direction about the axis places the pick arm level in a non-abutting relationship with the elected media item allowing the elected media item to be picked and transported.
The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the pick arm lever is configured to terminate the vacuum source when placed in the non-abutting relationship.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a carrier;
- a pick arm lever;
- upper nip rollers;
- and
- lower nip rollers;
- wherein the pick arm lever comprises an abutment surface affixed to the carrier and configured through rotation of the carrier to be placed in an abutting and non-abutting relationships with an elected item of media;
- wherein the elected item of media is transported by the upper nip rollers and the lower nip rollers when the pick arm lever is in the non-abutting relationship.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.