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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Frank B. Dunn, Waterloo, CA;
Anthony Boon, Kitchener, CA;
Fred Kallin, Waterloo, CA;
NCR Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for stacking items of media in a media container region. The apparatus includes a rotatable roller element arranged to rotate about a longitudinal axis to locate an incoming item of media at a deposit position with the container region. The apparatus also includes at least one trailing edge engaging element that engages with a trailing edge region of an incoming item of media and urges the trailing edge region towards a stack position. The apparatus also includes at least one preceding item edge engaging element that engages with an edge region of a preceding item of media to urge that edge region away from the incoming item of media.