ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,323, issued on May 27, was assigned to Diebold Nixdorf Inc. (North Canton, Ohio).

"Document-collecting apparatus of automated transaction machine and method" was invented by Aaron Christopher Graham (Mogadore, Ohio) and William Daniel Beskitt (Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A document-collecting apparatus of an automated transaction can include a document-retaining spool, a document-retaining-spool shaft, a web-supply spool, a web-supply-spool shaft, a web, and a single motor. The document-retaining-spool shaft can extend through an orifice in a center of the document-retaining spool. The web-supply-spool shaft can exten...