ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,236, issued on March 25, was assigned to NCR Atleos Corp. (Atlanta).
"Short travel pusher plate stacking bin" was invented by Craig Rutherford (Blairgowrie, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pusher plate stacking bin apparatus is provided for a valuable media depository. The apparatus comprising a pusher plate driven by a rack and pinion apparatus to stack a media item that is in a final position within the apparatus onto a media stacking platform. The media item is urged into the final position such that a trailing edge of the media item overhangs and rests on a fixed media guide and such that a leading edge of the med...