US Patent Issued to Cardtronics USA on Aug. 25 for "Stepper re-buncher for stacking media items" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,645, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Cardtronics USA Inc. (Atlanta).

"Stepper re-buncher for stacking media items" was invented by Craig Rutherford (Blairgowrie, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stepper re-buncher for stacking media items within a transaction terminal includes first and second sliding metal plates driven by a single motor in a synchronized stepping motion. The first plate includes a window aperture allowing media items to pass through, while both plates operate to securely grip and stack multiple media items in sequence. The stepper re-buncher achieves reduced spatial requirements through elimination...