Dual Compartment Recycler Cassette with Multi Note Transport Path
AssigneeDiebold Nixdorf, Incorporated
InventorMichael J. Harty
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Abstract
In an example embodiment, there is described herein a method capable of handling sheets of various sizes for storage into a cassette. When a sheet is detected, the size of the sheet is determined. If the sheet is smaller than the maximum size, a stop element is deployed to align the sheet on the top of a stack. Also described herein is a picking assembly where a priming rubber is added to a thumper wheel to engage a sheet at the top of the stack prior to the thumper wheel’s driver rubber contacting the sheet. The sheet is moved toward a nip point between the thumper wheel and stripper wheel prior to the feed cycle with the feed wheel and thumper wheel commencing.
Claims21
A method, comprising:
- sensing a plurality of sheets passing through a transport path;
- determining a size for each of the plurality of sheets;
- operating an actuator to move a stop element to an extended position upon determining that a first sheet of the plurality of sheets is a first size, wherein in the extended position the first sheet contacts the stop element to align a first edge of the first of the plurality of sheets upon adding the sheet of the first size to a stack of sheets;
- operating the actuator to maintain the stop element in a retracted position upon determining that a second sheet of the plurality of sheets is a second size, allowing the sheet to contact a rail to add the sheet of the second size to the stack of sheets;and wherein the second sheet is larger than the first sheet and the actuator is operable to align the first edge of the first sheet with a first edge of the second sheet.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a cassette that comprises:
- a stacking area coupled with a transport path,
- a rail adjacent to the stacking area,
- a stop element, and
- an actuator coupled with the stop element;
- a sensor operable to detect sheets in the transport path;
- control logic coupled with the sensor and the actuator;
- the control logic is operable to determine sizes of sheets passing through the transport path to the cassette based on data obtained from the sensor;
- the control logic is operable to cause an actuator to move the stop element to an extended second position upon determining a first sheet is a first size, wherein with the stop element in the extended position the sheet of a first size contacts the stop element to add the sheet of the first size to a stack;
- the control logic is operable to allow a second sheet of a second size to pass to the rail to add the sheet of a second size to the stack;
- and
- wherein the stop element causes a first edge of the first sheet to align with a first edge of the second sheet.
Computer readable instructions encoded on a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium of instructions for execution by a process that when executed are operable to:
- obtain data representative of sheets passing through a transport path to a cassette from an optical sensor;
- determine sizes of the sheets;
- operate a solenoid to move a stop element from a first position to a second position upon determining that a first sheet is a first size, wherein the stop element in the second position causes the sheet of the first size to be added to a stack at a first position;
- operate the solenoid to move the stop element from the second position to the first position upon the sheet of the first size being added to the stack;
- and
- operate the solenoid to maintain the stop element at the first position upon determining that the sheet is a second size, wherein the second size is larger than the first size.
A method comprising:
- contacting a top sheet from a stack of sheets by a low friction rubber segment positioned on a thumper wheel to contact the top sheet prior to a priming rubber on the thumper wheel;
- and
- moving the top sheet to a feed wheel and stripper wheel picking nip point prior to a feed cycle commencing with the feed wheel and the thumper wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.