Including Plural Detents Selectively Engageable With Ratchet Wheel Patents (Class 400/563)
  • Rotary endorser for document processing employing a shape memory alloy actuator
    Patent number: 8291819
    Abstract: An actuation device for an endorsing roller in an automated document processing system is disclosed. The actuation device includes a shape memory alloy actuator interconnected with an endorsing roller, the shape memory alloy actuator interconnected with the endorsing roller and configured to be actuated to move the endorsing roller from a retracted position to a printing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Burroughs Payment Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Johan P. Bakker, Philip D. Klug