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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Scott L. Colston, Dundee, GB;
Douglas L. Milne, Dundee, GB;
Inventors:
Scott L. Colston, Dundee, GB;
Douglas L. Milne, Dundee, GB;
Assignee:
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/08 (2006.01); G01N 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining a condition at an item of media container. The method includes the steps of locating a suction element at a pick up region of a container, selectively connecting a source of negative pressure to the suction element, determining a pressure at the suction element, and determining a condition of the container responsive to the determined pressure.