Ncr Corporation

Mark Johnson

Thomas V Edwards

Gregory Scott Egan

Dave Gregerson

John C Allard

Levino Felix Perrucci

Kenn Armstrong

William Brian Whiteside

Gregg Fallon

John Spencer Tyndall

Tommy Williams

William Whiteside

John Tyndall

Methods are provided for automatic cleaning of gripper belts and rollers within a self-service dispensing device. In an embodiment, a cleaning station located in a storage bin of the dispensing device is used to perform the automatic cleaning. The cleaning station is retrofitted into an existing storage bin of the dispensing device. In another embodiment, an interactive slot mechanism of the dispensing device is modified to hold a cleaning case and provide cleaning fluid to clean the belts and/or rollers. In another embodiment, a cleaning case contains a reservoir of cleaning fluid and a pad saturated with the cleaning fluid to clean the internal belts and roller. Furthermore the cleaning case may contain an automatic lid to maintain saturation of the pads and to keep debris from the cleaning case itself.

Automatic cleaning at a self-service dispensing device

A high-velocity scanned item distribution apparatus and method are presented. The high-velocity scanned item distribution apparatus permits bagging operations for multiple purchase transactions to occur in parallel. Overlapping the bagging operation of multiple purchase transactions allows the scanning and payment operations of the purchase transactions to continue at higher speeds. In addition, point of sale terminals with high-velocity item scanners are allowed to function at higher speeds.

High-velocity scanned item distribution method and apparatus

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Lawrenceville, GA, United States of America

Mark Johnson