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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jonathan S. Black, Dundee, GB;
Scott P. Mackenzie, Dundee, GB;
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A cassette ( ) for storing media in sheet form is described. The cassette ( ) has urging means ( ) for urging a stack of media items ( ) to one end ( ) of the cassette ( ), such as a media pick area ( ). The cassette ( ) also has sensing means ( ) for determining the size of the stack of media items ( ) remaining in the cassette ( ). The cassette ( ) includes display means ( ) for displaying to an external viewer, such as a replenisher, an indication of the size of the stack of media items ( ) remaining within the cassette ( ).