Wide mouth banking depositor
AssigneeCiticorp Development Center, Inc.
InventorXuan Bui
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Abstract
A depositor accommodating substantially thicker deposits than was possible with prior systems. A pair of plates each having a transport mechanism disposed as part thereof are coupled to a housing so as to abut each other, one above the other, in a rest position. A drive shaft for the transport mechanisms of the upper and lower plates are rotatably coupled to the housing and define an axis of rotation for each plate. The drive shaft for the top plate is disposed at an opposite end from the drive shaft of the bottom plate. A free end of each plate, the end opposite the drive shaft, is elastically coupled to the housing. This allows a substantially thicker deposit envelope to be accepted than was possible with prior systems.
Claims15
A depositor comprising:
- a housing, the housing defining an opening to accommodate a depositable item;
- a first plate which maintains contact with a first side of the item, the first plate rotatably coupled to the housing at a first end and elastically coupled to the housing at a second end;
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- a second plate which maintains contact with a second side of the item, the second plate rotatably coupled to the housing at a second end and elastically coupled to the housing at the first end.
A depositor comprising:
- a housing, the housing defining an opening to accommodate an item to be deposited;
- a first plate which maintains contact with a first side of the item, the first plate rotatably coupled to the housing at a first end and elastically coupled to the housing at a second end, the first plate comprising a first plurality of shafts coupled to a plurality of longitudinal members, a first plurality of pulleys disposed on the shafts, a first plurality of drive belts disposed on the pulleys and a first printhead coupled to the longitudinal members between a pair of the drive belts, wherein one shaft of the first plurality of shafts is a drive shaft driven by a motor rotatably coupled to the housing, the drive shaft defining a pivot point about which the plate can rotate;
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- a second plate which maintains contact with a second side of the item, the second plate rotatably coupled to the housing at a second end and elastically coupled to the housing at the first end.
A depositor comprising:
- a housing, the housing defining an opening to accommodate a depositable item;
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- a first plate and a second plate are coupled to the housing, each plate including a transport mechanism for engaging a first side and a second side of the depositable item and the first plate being independently movable relative to the second plate and the second plate being independently movable relative to the first plate,
- wherein the first plate has a printhead coupled thereto, and the second plate has a maintenance station coupled thereto for maintaining the printhead.
A depositor comprising:
- a housing, the housing defining an opening to accommodate a depositable item;
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- a first plate and a second plate are coupled to the housing, each plate including a transport mechanism for engaging a first side and a second side of the depositable item and the first plate being independently movable relative to the second plate and the second plate being independently movable relative to the first plate,
- wherein the second plate has a printhead coupled thereto, and the first plate has a maintenance station coupled thereto for maintaining the printhead.
A depositor comprising:
- a housing, the housing defining an opening to accommodate a depositable item;
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- a first plate and a second plate are coupled to the housing, each plate including a transport mechanism for engaging a first side and a second side of the depositable item and the first plate being independently movable relative to the second plate and the second plate being independently movable relative to the first plate,
- wherein the first plate and the second plate are elastically coupled to the housing such that the depositor accommodates depositable items of varying width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.