Patents by Inventor Grant William Smith

Grant William Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10559170
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein include a pocket to receive tendered notes and to dispense notes from a terminal, such as an automated teller machine. The pocket may include a shutter, a lifter opposite the shutter, a pusher plate between and perpendicular to the shutter and lifter, and a ceiling clamp. The pocket also includes a controller causes the terminal to perform actions when dispensing notes including moving the ceiling clamp to an open position and providing an output triggering dispensing of notes into the pocket. The actions further include moving the ceiling clamp to a closed position, moving the pusher plate to bias notes present within the pocket against the ceiling clamp and raising the lifter from a lower position to an upper position thereby lifting notes present between the pusher plate and the ceiling clamp. The shutter is then opened to expose and dispense the notes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Phil Noel Day, Gordon Burke, Scott Cruickshanks, Ian McFarlane Denny, David Heighton, Lukasz Kaczmaryn, Marshall Munro, Andrew W. Smith, Grant William Smith, Stephen W. Swaine
  • Publication number: 20190304262
    Abstract: Various embodiments herein include a pocket to receive tendered notes and to dispense notes from a terminal, such as an automated teller machine. The pocket may include a shutter, a lifter opposite the shutter, a pusher plate between and perpendicular to the shutter and lifter, and a ceiling clamp. The pocket also includes a controller causes the terminal to perform actions when dispensing notes including moving the ceiling clamp to an open position and providing an output triggering dispensing of notes into the pocket. The actions further include moving the ceiling clamp to a closed position, moving the pusher plate to bias notes present within the pocket against the ceiling clamp and raising the lifter from a lower position to an upper position thereby lifting notes present between the pusher plate and the ceiling clamp. The shutter is then opened to expose and dispense the notes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Phil Noel Day, Gordon Burke, Scott Cruickshanks, Ian McFarlane Denny, David Heighton, Lukasz Kaczmaryn, Marshall Munro, Grant William Smith
  • Patent number: 9299225
    Abstract: Value media is driven along a media path through a value media dispenser. While traversing the path, the media is imaged and a denomination and serial number for the media extracted from media image. The media image, denomination, and serial number are recorded for tracking and monitoring of the value media being dispensed from the value media dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Suttie, Gordon Burke, Alan James Finnie, Grant William Smith
  • Publication number: 20150371506
    Abstract: Value media is driven along a media path through a value media dispenser. While traversing the path, the media is imaged and a denomination and serial number for the media extracted from media image. The media image, denomination, and serial number are recorded for tracking and monitoring of the value media being dispensed from the value media dispenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Robert Suttie, Gordon Burke, Alan James Finnie, Grant William Smith