ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,863, issued on May 20, was assigned to NCR Atleos Corp. (Atlanta).
"Plate stability for a deposit and dispense module" was invented by Jamie Luke Garrett (Perth, Great Britain) and Jamie Stewart (Dundee, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate stability apparatus includes plates and vertical members to handle media being dispensed, deposited, and/or rejected. The plates lock into the vertical members when the plates reach a desired vertical position for a given media operation within a media separator of a deposit and dispense module. This prevents the plates from tilting and moving while the plates remain level for the ...