Ncr Corporation

Bruce Dunn

James D Swinton

A self-service terminal ( ) comprising a dispenser ( ) having a pick unit ( ) for picking media items ( ) is described. The dispenser ( ) includes a drive wheel ( ) for engaging with one surface of a media item and mounted on a drive wheel shaft ( ), and a retard wheel ( ) for engaging with an opposite surface of the media item and mounted on a retard wheel rotatable shaft ( ) for rotating in the same direction as the first rotatable shaft. The drive and retard wheel shafts ( ) are coupled to a common drive component ( ). The drive wheel ( ) and the retard wheel ( ) are resiliently biased together, and at least one of the shafts ( or ) is pivotally coupled to the common drive component ( ) whereby the distance between the at least one shaft ( or ) and the drive component ( ) remains constant as the at least one shaft ( or ) is displaced by a media item passing between the wheels ( ).

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Dundee, United Kingdom

Bruce Dunn