Patent ID: 8899475
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
1. A media presenter for presenting media items to a customer, the method comprising: a chassis including a nose coupled thereto, and including (i) a presenting end distal from the chassis, and (ii) a presenting track extending from the chassis to the presenting end; a carriage mounted on the presenting track for movement therealong between a loading position at which media items can be loaded onto the carriage and a presenting position at which loaded media items can be presented to a customer, and comprising a carriage body and a carriage plate coupled to the carried body by a rotable linkage supporting movement of the carriage plate between a closed condition and an open condition, the carriage plate including a cam follower; and a cam block defining a cam track and being operable to engage with the cam follower to (i) move the carriage plate to the open condition in which media items can be stacked on the carriage plate when the carriage is at the loading position along the presenting track, and (ii) move the carriage plate to the closed condition in which loaded media items can be clamped between the carriage plate and the carriage body when the carriage is at the loading position along the presenting track.