Patent ID: 8366107

Claim:
A media presenter comprising: a chassis including a nose coupled thereto, the chassis and nose 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, and comprising a carriage body coupled to a carriage plate by a linkage, the carriage plate being movable between an open position at which media items can be placed on the carriage plate, and a closed position for clamping media items between the carriage plate and the carriage body; a registration device coupled to the chassis and for maintaining media items placed on the carriage plate in alignment when the carriage plate is in the open position, the registration device including a plurality of fingers extending above the carriage plate when the carriage plate is in the open position, the plurality of fingers being (i) pivotably coupled to the chassis, and (ii) resiliently biased towards the carriage plate; wherein the carriage plate further comprises a bumper at the media entrance end arranged to deflect the plurality of fingers when the carriage plate is moved to the open position to allow media items to be transported over the plurality of fingers and placed on the carriage plate; wherein the fingers are disposed and arranged so that when fully deflected by the bumper, the fingers provide a registration edge against which media items rest after being placed on the carriage plate; and wherein the carriage plate traverses a closure path when moved back to the closed position, and the fingers urge against the bumper and maintain the media items as a stack in registration on the carriage plate during a first portion of the closure path, and the fingers cease contact with the bumper and the media item stack during a second portion of the closure path.