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;
- a moveable further transport member having a further end region spaced apart from the first end region;
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- a bridge member extending between the first end region of the first transport member and the further end region of the further transport member, wherein a length of the bridge member is adjustable during movement of the further end region with respect to the first end region during movement of the further transport member.
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 moveable further transport member;
- moving the further end region with respect to the first end region during movement of the further transport member;
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- adjusting a length of the bridge member responsive to said movement of the further end region.
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, the customer transport having a first end region;
- 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, lower than the first position, at which media items can be routed from a return path to the customer transport, the dual path transport having a further end region spaced apart from the first end region, and the dual path transport being elevated to the first position from the second position;
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- a pivotable bridge extendable between a retracted position and an extended position for bridging a space between the first end region of the customer transport and the further end region of the dual path transport at each of the first and second positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.