Patent ID: 7464928

Claim:
A media dispensing unit comprising: a delivery module selectively feeding single sheets of media from a media box: a stacking module collecting the single sheets of media from said delivery module and stacking the single sheets; and a clamping module which clamps the stacked media sheets at said stacking module and feeds the stacked media sheets to a position where a customer can take the stacked media sheets, wherein said clamping module includes: a clamp housing; a first clamp arm projecting out of said clamp housing, and moveable toward a front surface of said clamp housing; a second clamp arm projecting out of said clamp housing, and moveable toward said front surface of said clamp housing; a first clamp plate proved at a distal end of said first clamp arm; a second clamp plate proved at a distal end of said second clamp arm; a first elastic plate provided on said front surface of said clamp housing, which cooperates with said first clamp plate when said first clamp arm is moved toward said front surface of said clamp housing to clamp a first portion of a stack of media; and a second elastic plate provided on said front surface of said clamp housing, which cooperates with said second clamp plate when said second clamp arm is moved toward said front surface of said clamp housing to clamp a second portion of a stack of media.