Patent ID: 6626426
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A self-service terminal comprising:a chassis including a pair of chassis plates spaced apart to slidingly receive a hopper; the hopper including bottom having a slot therein over which a plurality of media are stacked; a dispenser including a pick unit mounted to the chassis plates for picking media items from the hopper, the pick unit including a drive wheel for engaging with one surface of a media item in the hopper and mounted on a first rotatable shaft configured for providing power to the pick unit, a retard wheel for engaging with an opposite surface of the media item and mounted on a second rotatable shaft for rotating in the same direction as the first rotatable shaft, and a pick wheel mounted on a third shaft and aligned with the hopper slot, and the first, second, and third shafts being coupled to a common drive component, with the first shaft being coupled to the third shaft and common drive component in turn for transferring power to the common drive component, and the common drive component being independently coupled to the second shaft for transferring power thereto to drive the retard wheel, the drive wheel and the retard wheel being resiliently biased together, at least one of the shafts being pivotally coupled to the common drive component such that the distance between the at least one shaft and the drive component remains constant as the at least one shaft is displaced by a media item passing between the wheels.