SINGLE CONTINUOUS BELT IN AN ESCROW SUBASSEMBLY
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- an escrow wheel configured to rotate about an axis;
a plurality of belt wheels mounted around the escrow wheel;
a pair of generally C-shaped plates rigidly attached to a housing and having at least three of the belt wheels mounted between the C-shaped plates; and
a movable-continuous belt wrapped partially around the escrow wheel forming an open gap between the belt and escrow wheel, wherein the open gap is configured to allow the belt to transport a document through the open gap and to store the document by holding the document between the belt and the escrow wheel.
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Abstract
An escrow unit has an escrow wheel and a movable-continuous belt. The escrow wheel rotates about an axis. The movable-continuous belt is wrapped partially around the escrow wheel forming an open gap between the belt and escrow wheel. The open gap allows the belt to transport a document through the open gap and to store the document by holding the document between the belt and the escrow wheel.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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an escrow wheel configured to rotate about an axis; a plurality of belt wheels mounted around the escrow wheel; a pair of generally C-shaped plates rigidly attached to a housing and having at least three of the belt wheels mounted between the C-shaped plates; and a movable-continuous belt wrapped partially around the escrow wheel forming an open gap between the belt and escrow wheel, wherein the open gap is configured to allow the belt to transport a document through the open gap and to store the document by holding the document between the belt and the escrow wheel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15)
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16. An Automated Transaction Machine (ATM) apparatus comprising:
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a center and de-skew (CDS) subassembly; an escrow wheel having a circumference and the escrow wheel rotates about an axis; a continuous belt with a first portion of the belt wrapped around at least 75 percent of the circumference of the escrow wheel and biased toward the wheel, a second portion of the belt wrapped around at least 75 percent of the circumference around the escrow wheel and held apart from the escrow wheel, wherein the belt forms an open gap void of the belt allowing a document to travel through the open gap directly toward and onto the escrow wheel to become held by the escrow wheel between the belt and the escrow wheel, and wherein the first portion of the belt is between the escrow wheel and the second portion of the belt. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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moving a document along a travel path through a center and de-skew (CDS) subassembly such that the document is center-aligned along the document travel path; passing a first portion of a continuous belt around at least 75 percent a circumference of an escrow wheel, wherein the first portion touches at least 75 percent of the circumference when the document is not being held by the escrow wheel; passing a second portion of the continuous belt around the at least 75 percent of the circumference of the escrow wheel, wherein the second portion does not touch the escrow wheel; and rotating the belt to move the document along the document travel path and perpendicular to a rotational axis of the escrow wheel through an open gap in the belt onto the escrow wheel so that the document is at least partially between the escrow wheel and the belt.
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