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US 9,309,083 B1Granted
Document diverter
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorThomas Gerhard Stephen Peterek
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Abstract
Embodiments of a document diverter and systems including a document diverter are generally described herein. A document diverter may include a drum, a plurality of document feeders situated around the drum with a document channel between the document feeders and the drum, and a plurality of guiding mechanisms, one guiding mechanism for each of the plurality of document feeders, each of the plurality of guiding mechanisms including a plurality of positions including an first position and a second position.
Claims18
A document diverter comprising:
- a drum;
- a plurality of document feeders situated around the drum with a document channel between the document feeders and the drum;
- a plurality of guiding mechanisms, one guiding mechanism for each of the plurality of document feeders, each of the plurality of guiding mechanisms including a plurality of positions including a first position and a second position;
- a plurality of guide motors, one guide motor mechanically coupled to each guiding mechanism to switch the guiding mechanism between the plurality of positions;
- and
- control logic electrically coupled to the guide motors to control the operation of the motors;
- a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality sensors situated proximate a respective document feeder, each sensor to produce a signal indicating a document has cleared the respective document feeder;
- and
- wherein the control logic is configured to cause a motor of the plurality of motors to switch a guiding mechanism of the plurality of guiding mechanisms from first position of the plurality of positions to a second position of the plurality positions in response to receiving the signal indicating the document has cleared the respective document feeder.
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A document diverter comprising:
- a drum;
- a drum motor situated at least partially within the drum and mechanically coupled to the drum to rotate the drum;
- four document feeders situated radially about the drum;
- four guiding mechanisms, one guiding mechanism for each of the plurality of document feeders, each of the four guiding mechanisms including three positions, an input position, an output position, and a neutral position;
- four guide motors, one guide motor mechanically coupled to each guiding mechanism to switch the guiding mechanism between the three positions;
- and
- control logic electrically coupled to the guide motors and the drum motor to control the operation of the motors.
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A Self Service Terminal (SST) comprising:
- a document input and output slot;
- a document diverter mechanically coupled to the input and output slot, the document diverter comprising:
- a drum;
- a plurality of document feeders situated around the drum;
- a plurality of drum guides, each drum guide situated between a pair of adjacent document feeders so as to form a document channel between the document feeders and the drum;
- a plurality of guiding mechanisms, one guiding mechanism for each of the plurality of document feeders, each of the plurality of guiding mechanisms including a plurality of positions, an input position and an output position;
- a plurality of guide motors, one guide motor mechanically coupled to each guiding mechanism to switch the guiding mechanism between the plurality of positions;
- control logic electrically coupled to the guide motors to control the operation of the guide motors;
- and
- a plurality of sensors, each of the plurality sensors situated proximate a respective document feeder, each sensor to produce a signal indicating a document has cleared the respective document feeder;
- wherein the control logic is configured to cause a guide motor of the plurality of guide motors to switch a guiding mechanism of the plurality of guiding mechanisms from an input position to an output position in response to receiving the signal indicating the document has cleared the respective document feeder.
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A document diverter comprising:
- a drum, including a drum motor situated at least partially in an opening of the drum and mechanically coupled to the drum;
- a plurality of document feeders situated around the drum with a document channel between the document feeders and the drum;
- a plurality of guiding mechanisms, one guiding mechanism for each of the plurality of document feeders, each of the plurality of guiding mechanisms including a plurality of positions including a first position and a second position;
- and
- control logic electrically coupled to the drum motor and configured to control the operation of the drum motor.
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A document diverter comprising:
- a drum;
- a plurality of document feeders situated around the drum with a document channel between the document feeders and the drum;
- a plurality of drum guides, one drum guide between each pair of adjacent document feeders;
- a plurality of guiding mechanisms, one guiding mechanism for each of the plurality of document feeders, each of the plurality of guiding mechanisms including a plurality of positions including a first position and a second position;
- and
- a plurality of guide motors, one guide motor mechanically coupled to each guiding mechanism to switch the guiding mechanism between the plurality of positions;
- wherein the guide motors are each situated on a respective drum guide of the plurality of drum guides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.