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    • 专利摘要:
    A media handling device comprising: a housing having an opening that provides access to a cartridge removably supported within the housing; a media unit holder configured to receive a rejected media unit driven between the opening and a body of the cartridge along a media reject path; the media unit holder comprising: a deck having a support surface between a body of the cartridge and the opening, the support surface facing the opening; wherein the deck is configured to receive the rejected media unit on the support surface for removing the rejected media unit through the opening.
    公开号:BE1025890A9
    申请号:E20185479
    申请日:2018-07-06
    公开日:2019-12-18
    发明作者:Angel B Rosales；Steve Ting Kei Chow；Joseph D Moreira；Myung S Jun
    申请人:Zebra Tech Corp；
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    专利说明:

    REJECTED MEDIA UNIT STORAGE FOR MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICES BACKGROUND
    Media processing devices adapted to process discrete media units, such as card printers that are adapted to print identity cards, are also generally adapted to detect various defects in the cards during the printing process. The handling of defective media units can lead to increased complexity or interrupted operation of the media processing device.
    SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
    According to the invention, there is provided a media processing device comprising a housing with an opening that provides access to a cassette which is removably supported within the housing, a media unit holder adapted to receive a rejected media unit which is driven between the opening and a body of the cassette along a media reject path, wherein the media unit holder comprises a deck with a support surface between a body of the cassette and the opening, the support surface facing the opening, the deck being arranged to receive the rejected media unit on the support surface for removing the rejected media unit through the opening.
    The deck can advantageously be coupled to the body of the cassette.
    For example, the deck can be integrally formed with the body of the cassette.
    The deck can preferably further comprise a side wall which extends from the support surface to the opening.
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    The side wall can advantageously be substantially parallel to the reject path.
    The media unit holder may preferably further comprise a second deck mounted within the housing and comprising a second support surface, the media unit holder preferably being adapted to receive the rejected media unit to (i) support a front part of the rejected media unit on the deck, and to (ii) support a rear portion of the media unit on the second deck.
    The media processing unit may preferably have the second support surface substantially parallel to the support surface.
    The second deck can further include a side wall extending from the second support surface toward the discard media path.
    The side wall can advantageously be substantially parallel to the reject media path.
    The second deck may further include an end wall extending from the second support surface toward the reject media path to abut a rear edge of the media unit as a follow-up to receipt of the reject media unit on the second support surface.
    The end wall can preferably be substantially perpendicular to the side wall.
    The media unit holder can advantageously further comprise a roller which is adapted to drive the rejected media unit over the end wall for reception on the support surface and the second support surface.
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    The end wall can for instance comprise first and second wings which are separated by a cut-out, and wherein the roller is mounted in the cut-out.
    The support surface may preferably be spaced from the reject media path to accommodate a plurality of additional reject media units between the support surface and the reject media path.
    The media processing device may further comprise a door with (i) an open position for allowing access to the cassette and the media unit holder through the opening, and (ii) a closed position for closing the opening.
    For example, the door may be mounted on the housing to rotate about an axis adjacent the second deck.
    The present invention will be further clarified with respect to figures of exemplary embodiments. Corresponding elements are indicated with corresponding reference symbols.
    BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS IN THE FIGURES
    The accompanying figures, where the same reference numerals refer to identical or functionally similar elements in the individual views, together with detailed description below, are included in and form part of the specification and serve to further illustrate embodiments of concepts comprising the claimed invention and to explain various principles and benefits of those embodiments.
    FIG. 1 shows an example of a media processing device.
    FIG. 2 shows a cross-section of the media processing device of FIG. 1.
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    FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of a rear side of the media processing apparatus of FIG. 1 with certain parts of the media processing device omitted.
    FIG. 4 shows a ribbon cartridge, a media unit holder, and a media unit diverter of the media processing apparatus of FIG. 1.
    FIG. 5 shows the cassette and a cross-section of the media unit holder of the media processing apparatus of FIG. 1.
    FIG. 6 shows a side view of the cassette and the cross section of the media unit holder shown in FIG. 5.
    FIG. 7 shows the media processing apparatus of FIG. 1 with a cassette access door thereof shown in open position.
    Experienced artisans will understand that elements in the figures have been illustrated for simplicity and clarity and are not necessarily drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements in the figures may be exaggerated relative to other elements to help improve the understanding of embodiments of the present invention.
    The components of the device and method are where appropriate represented by conventional symbols in the drawings, which show only those specific details that are relevant to understanding the embodiments of the device and methods disclosed herein not to hide the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art who have the benefit of the description herein.
    DETAILED DESCRIPTION
    Some media processing devices are arranged to process discrete media units, such as identity cards (for example driver's licenses or employee badges). Some examples disclosed herein are described with the term "cards." However, cards are
    BE2018 / 5479 examples of discrete media units, and exemplary methods and devices disclosed herein are applicable to any suitable type of discrete media unit or units.
    Media processing devices adapted to process discrete media units, such as identity cards, are generally arranged to detect certain defects in the cartons during processing. For example, image sensors can be used to detect defects in the indicia applied to the card at a printhead, or to detect physical defects in the form of the card. Furthermore, such cards may include data storage devices, such as magnetic strips, RFID or NFC chips, or similar. Processing hardware that is configured to read and / or write data from or to such chips can also be configured to detect errors in the read and write processes. Usually, defective cards are not used for use, but are thrown away instead.
    When a defective card is detected, the detected card can be redirected to a discarded card storage area which is different from the output of non-defective cards. However, such separate areas may require separate emptying of the regular output from the media processing device.
    Exemplary methods and apparatus disclosed herein provide media processing devices with an easily accessed reject area by, for example, positioning discarded cards at a visible location when replacing the ribbon cartridge. Further, exemplary methods and apparatus disclosed herein prevent malfunctions related to the failure of emptying rejected cards by, for example, requiring removal of the rejected cards when replacing a ribbon cartridge. Furthermore, exemplary methods and devices disclosed herein provide secure access to the discarded cards by, for example, the panel behind a lockable panel or
    BE2018 / 5479 door positioning of the rejected cards. Further, exemplary methods and apparatuses disclosed herein prevent discarded cards from being mixed with non-discarded cards by, for example, providing a discard area separated from an output of uncontaminated cards.
    Some exemplary devices disclosed herein relate to a media processing device comprising: a housing with an opening that provides access to a cassette that is removably supported within the housing; a media unit holder adapted to receive a rejected media unit which is driven between the opening and a body of the cassette along a media reject path; the media unit holder comprising: a deck with a support surface between a body of the cassette and the opening, the support surface facing the opening; wherein the deck is adapted to receive the rejected media unit on the support surface for removing the rejected media unit through the opening.
    FIG. 1 shows an example of a media processing unit 100 made in accordance with the teachings of this disclosure. The media processing device 100 includes a housing 104 defined by a plurality of panels. The media processing device 100 stores a stock of discrete media sources. In this example, the unprocessed media source is an input hopper (not shown) within the housing 104 and accessible from the exterior of the media processing device 100 through an input hopper door 108. The media processing device 100 also includes an auxiliary input slot 112 for inputting individual media units into the input hopper. The media processing unit 100 generates indicia on a media unit from the feed hopper prior to dispensing the media unit into a processed media output. In this example, the processed media output is one
    BE2018 / 5479 output hopper 116 that is accessible through an output opening 120. As will be discussed below, the indicia applied to the media units by the media processing device 100 is from a cassette (e.g., a ribbon cassette) supported within the housing 104 and accessible from the exterior of the media processing apparatus 100 through a cassette access door 124. In some examples, the access door 124 includes a lock to prevent unauthorized access to the interior of the media processing unit 100 and, as described below, rejected media units. In particular, the output port 120 associated with processed media (i.e., non-rejected cards) is separated from the discard area as described in detail below.
    Turning to FIG. 2 showing a cross-sectional view of the example of the media processing apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 shows. As shown in FIG. 2, the media processing apparatus 100 includes, within the housing 104, an unprocessed media input in the form of an input hopper 200. The input hopper 200 is arranged to store a plurality of discrete media units, such as identity cards, in a substantially horizontal stack. The feed hopper 200 can contain variable thickness media units 204. For example, each media unit 204 can have a thickness of between 0.2 and 1.0 mm. Typically, the entire supply of media units 204 in the feed hopper 200 has the same thickness at a given time. However, in some examples, the media processing apparatus 100 is also arranged to process a set of media units 204 with a plurality of different thicknesses.
    A selection roller 208 is disposed at an output 212 of the input hopper 200, and is adapted to dispense a separate media unit 204 from the input hopper 200 to a media transport assembly adapted to guide the media unit 204 along a media processing path 216. The media processing unit 100 comprises also a
    BE2018 / 5479 feed roller 220 at the slot 112, arranged to drive a separate media unit inserted into the slot 112 below the stack of already existing media units 204 (if applicable) in the feed hopper. The individual media unit introduced into the slot 112 is then dispensed from the feed hopper 200 for travel along the media processing path 216. In other words, the media processing unit 100 is adapted to process media units retrieved from the stack in the feed hopper, as well as separately supplied media units received through the input slot 112.
    The feed hopper 200 also includes a bias assembly 224 disposed above the stack of media units 204. The selection roller 208 releases the lower media unit from the stack of media units 204 by frictionally engaging the lower media unit 204. As will be apparent, when insufficient force is exerted by the lower media unit on the selection roller 208, the frictional engagement between the selection roller 208 and the media unit are too weak for the selection roller 208 to dispense the media unit. When the feed hopper 200 is full, the weight of the stack of media units 204 alone can provide enough force for engagement between the lower media unit and the selection roller 208. The biasing assembly 224 is arranged to apply a progressively greater force to the top of the stack media units 204 as the stack shrinks in length. The bias assembly 224 is, in this example, implemented as a Sarrus coupler that is biased toward an open position in which the bias assembly 224 applies a force to the media units 204 (the coupler is shown in the closed, or withdrawn, position in FIG. 2) by one or more biasing elements, such as a combination of coil springs.
    The media transport assembly comprises a plurality of rollers and guide surfaces. The media processing path 216, as shown in FIG. 2
    BE2018 / 5479 extends from the feed hopper 200 to a processing head 228, such as a print head adapted to apply indicia to the media unit 204 by transferring ink to the media unit 204. In this example, the media processing device 100 is a thermal transfer printer, and the printhead 228 is supplied with ink from a cassette 232 removably supported within the housing 104. The housing 104 includes an opening (not shown in FIG. 2) that provides access to the cassette 232. The aforementioned cassette access door 124 has a closed position (shown in FIG. 2) for blocking the opening to prevent access to the cassette 232, and an open position for allowing the insertion and removal of the cassette 232 in and out of the media processing apparatus 100.
    During printing, an ink ribbon (not shown) travels from a feed roll 236 from the cassette 232 to the print head 228, and then to a take-up roll 240 from the cassette 232. Upon passing the ink ribbon and the media unit 204, it passes through the print head 228. ink ribbon contact with the media unit 204. To generate the aforementioned indicia, certain elements of the printhead 228 (e.g., printhead dots) are selectively energized (e.g., heated) according to machine-readable instructions (e.g., print line data or a bitmap). When energized, the elements of the printhead 228 transfer energy (e.g., heat) to the ribbon to transfer ink to specific parts of the media unit 204.
    In some examples, processing of the media unit 204 also includes coding data in an integrated circuit, such as a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, magnetic strip, or a combination thereof, embedded in the media unit 204. Such processing may occur at the said printhead 228, or on a separate secondary printhead upstream or downstream of the printhead 228 along the media processing path 216.
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    Having passed the printhead 228, the media unit 204 is transported along the media processing path 216 to the output hopper 116. However, in current example, prior to arrival at the output funnel, the media unit is transported to a media unit diverter 244 that is adjustable around the media unit 204 to by turning, or rotating, receiving the media unit 204, rotating about 180 degrees, and ejecting the media unit 204. Accordingly, the media transport assembly is adapted to operate in two opposite directions along at least a portion of the media processing path 216 (illustrated with double lines). In particular, the media processing path 216 continues in a return direction (as opposed to an outgoing direction from the feed hopper 200 to the printhead 228 and the diverter 244, as described above) from the diverter 244 to the printhead 228. Due to reversal of the media unit 204 at the diverter 244, the opposite side of the media unit 204 is exposed to the printhead 228, then with an outgoing passage from the printhead 228. The media processing apparatus 100 is, in other words, capable of applying indicia to both sides of the media unit 204 before the media unit 204 is transported along the rest of the media processing path 216 to the output hopper 116.
    A media unit 204 traveling along the media processing path 216 can also be redirected from the media processing path 216 to an auxiliary processing path 248 which is also referred to as a media processing path. In the illustrated example, the diverter 244 is controllable, e.g., responsive to a detection of misaligned indicia disposed at the printhead 228, a failed operation when writing data in an embedded circuit in the media unit 204 or other defect, to rotate to a reject position at an angle other than 180 degrees from the rest position as shown in FIG. 2. Is rotated to the reject position
    BE2018 / 5479, the diverter 244 adapted to eject the media unit 244, which is transported along the reject path 248, to a media unit holder 250 that defines a storage area for discarded media units. As will be described in more detail below, the media unit holder 250 is structured and positioned within the housing 104 to facilitate removal of each media unit when the door 124 is opened to replace the cartridge 232 (e.g., when the ink supply of the cartridge 232 is empty) ).
    Referring now to FIG. 3, the media shifting device 100 is illustrated with certain features thereof omitted. In particular, the door 124 has been omitted which reveals an opening 300 in the housing that provides access to cassette 232. Furthermore, the portion of the housing 104 enclosing the diverter 244 has been omitted. Together, the omission of the aforementioned features reveals the media unit holder 250. As will be discussed below, the media unit 250 is adapted to receive a media unit 204 (not shown in FIG. 3) that is driven along the reject path 248 (e.g., following receipt of the media unit 204 by the redirector 244 and redirect from the media unit 204 to the reject path 248 instead of the reverse position of the media processing path 216). More specifically, the media unit holder 250 is adapted to receive the media unit 204 between the opening 300 and a body 304 of the cassette 232.
    The media unit holder 250 includes a deck 308 with a support surface 312. The support surface 312 is disposed between the cartridge body 304 and the aperture 300, and faces toward the aperture 300 (when the cassette 232 is installed in the media processing apparatus 100). In other words, the support surface 312 is oriented in a direction of the opening 300 instead of, for example, the interior of the media processing device 100 (e.g., the media processing path
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    216). The deck 308 is adapted to receive the rejected media unit 204 on the support surface 312, for storing the rejected media unit 204 on the support surface 312 for removal of the rejected media unit 204 through the aperture 300.
    Turning to FIG. 4, the cassette 232, the media unit holder 250, and the diverter 244 are shown separately from the rest of the media processing unit 100. In the illustrated example, the deck 308 is coupled to the body 304 of the cassette 232. More specifically, in some examples (including those illustrated in FIG. 4), the deck 308 is integrally formed with the body 304 of the cassette 232. With in other words, the deck 308 is a part of the body 304, and the support surface 312 is therefore an outer surface of the body 304. In some examples, the deck 308 is a separate component mounted between the body 304 and the opening 300.
    In the illustrated example, the deck 308 comprises at least one side wall in addition to the support surface 312. A pair of side walls 400 are illustrated in FIG. 4 extending from the support surface 312 toward the opening 300 (not shown in FIG. 4). As will be appreciated, the side walls 400 also extend in the direction of the reject path 248. The side walls 400 are substantially parallel to the travel direction of a media unit 204 along the reject path 248, and may serve to center a media unit 204 received. along the reject path 248 on the support surface 312, and to prevent lateral movement (e.g., motion along the support surface 312 in a direction perpendicular to the reject path 248) of the media unit 204 upon receipt. In the illustrated example, the side walls 400 have a height, measured from the support surface 312, that is at least the thickness of one media unit 204. In other examples, however, each side wall 400 has a height that is less than the thickness of one
    BE2018 / 5479 media unit 204. In further examples, one or more side walls 400 have been omitted.
    The media holder 250 also includes a second deck 402, as will be described in more detail below. The media holder 250 further comprises a roller 404, which in the present example is supported by the second deck 402, which is adapted to drive the media unit 204 along the discard path 248 in the direction of the supporting surface 312. The roller 404 forms a nip with a complementary roller 406 to engage and drive the media unit 204. In other examples, the roller 406 may be omitted and the roller 404 may be adapted to grasp the media unit 204 with teeth that engage in openings in the media unit 204 or other suitable engagement mechanisms.
    The roller 404, in the present example, is fixed to a shaft that has a drive wheel such as a gear 408 mounted thereon. The gear 408 is connected, via a drive line (an acceleration line in the present example) on the diverter 244 to a pinion 412 that is driven by a motor (not shown). Rotation of the pinion 412 driven by the motor serves the diverter 244 to either rotate within the housing or to accept or eject a media unit 204 previously received therein. In both cases, the gear 408 is driven by the above-mentioned acceleration line. In the illustrated example, the pinion 412 is driven in opposite directions to select the function of the diverter (e.g., either reversing or receiving or ejecting a media unit). To prevent the media unit 204 from driving in the reverse direction of the reject path, the gear 408 is mounted on the shaft carrying the roller 404 via a unidirectional coupling. In other examples, the gear 408 is replaced by another suitable drive wheel, such as a pulley driven by a belt. In further examples
    BE2018 / 5479 the gear 408 or other suitable drive wheel not to be driven by the pinion 412. Instead, the gear wheel 408 in some examples is driven by an additional motor (not shown) that is different from the motor arranged around the pinion 412.
    Referring to FIG. 5, the cassette 232 and the media unit holder 250 are shown in isolation from the rest of the media processing apparatus 100, with the second deck 402 shown in cross section. The second deck 402 includes a second support surface 500 with the surface facing the reject path 248. In the present example, the second support surface 500 is substantially parallel to the support surface 312; as will be discussed below, the second support surface 500 is adapted to receive and support a rear portion of the media unit 204, while the support surface 312 is adapted to receive and support a front portion of the media unit 204. The terms "front" and "rear" as used herein are in reference to the travel direction of the media unit 204 along the reject path 248. Accordingly, a front part of the media unit 204 traveling along the reject path 248 has traveled further along the reject path 248 in the direction as indicated in FIG. 5 then a rear part of the media unit 204.
    The second deck 402 also includes an end wall 504 extending from the second support surface 500 in the direction of the reject path 248 (e.g., substantially perpendicular to the second support surface 500). As can be seen in FIG. 5, as well as in FIGS. 2-3, the support surfaces 312 and 500 are inclined with respect to the horizontal when the media processing device 100 is positioned for use. Media units 204 supported on the support surfaces 312 and 500 can therefore tend
    BE2018 / 5479 have to slide along the support surfaces 312 and 500 in a direction opposite to the travel direction along the reject path 248. The end wall 504 is adapted to abut a rear edge of each of the media units 204 in the media unit holder 250 to prevent of such reverse motion after the media units 204 are driven across the end wall 504 by the roller 404. In other examples, the support surfaces 312 and 500 may be inclined to a lesser extent, or may be horizontal, and the end wall 504 may be omitted.
    The end wall 504 in the illustrated example comprises first and second wings (one of which is a wing 508 illustrated in FIG. 5) separated by a cut-out 512 in the end wall 504 in which the roller 404 is mounted. In other examples, the cutout is omitted and the roller 404 is mounted upstream of the end wall 504 (relative to the reject path 248) instead of in the cutout.
    The second deck 402 also includes at least one side wall 516. In the illustrated example, the second deck 402 comprises a pair of side walls 516 (one shown in FIG. 5) each extending from the second support surface 500 in the direction of the reject path 248 In the present example, the side walls are substantially parallel to the travel direction of the media unit along the reject path 248, and substantially perpendicular to the end wall 504. The side walls 516 serve to prevent lateral movement of the media unit 204 upon receipt at the second support surface 500 (or on a previously received media unit 204 supported on the support surface 500). In other examples, the side walls 516 have been omitted.
    Turning to FIG. 6, the receipt of a media unit 204 at the media unit holder 250 is illustrated. In particular, the media unit 204, as illustrated in dotted line, is driven along the reject path 248 by the roller 404 over the end wall 504. When the rear edge
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    600 of the media unit 204 clears the end wall 504, the media unit 204 falls in a direction B on the support surfaces 312 (hidden in FIG. 6 by the side wall 400) and 500, or on a previously received media unit 204. As will be apparent from FIG. . 6, the support surfaces 312 and 500 are spaced from the reject path 248 (e.g., in a direction perpendicular to the reject path 248) to accommodate a plurality of additional media units 204 between the support surfaces 312 and 500 and the reject media path 248. That is, the media unit holder 250 is adapted to receive and support a plurality of media units 204 before it is required that the media units 204 be removed from the media unit holder 250.
    The distance between the reject path 248 and the support surfaces 312 and 500 can be selected based on the thickness of the media units 204 that are processed by media processor 100, as well as on the expected degree of rejection of the media processor 100 and the expected capacity of the cassette 232. Referring to FIG. 7, wherein the media processing apparatus 100 is illustrated with the door 124 in the open position (e.g., rotation of the door 124 relative to the housing 104 about an axis 700 lying on the second deck 402), locates the support surfaces 312 and 500 single media units 204 supported thereon, between the body 304 of the cassette 232 and the aperture 300. Accordingly, to remove and replace the cassette 232, the media processor device 100 is also required to remove discarded media units that be supported on the support surfaces 312 and 500 which would otherwise prevent removal of the cassette 232 through the aperture 300. The storage capacity of the media unit holder 250 can therefore be selected to the number of rejected media units 240
    BE2018 / 5479 which is expected to accumulate during the lifetime of one cassette.
    Various specific embodiments have been described in the foregoing description. However, one of ordinary skill in the art understands that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims below. Accordingly, the description and figures are to be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense, and all such modifications are intended to be included within the scope of the present teaching. For the sake of clarity and a brief description, features are described herein as part of the same or separate embodiments, however, it is to be understood that the scope of the invention may include embodiments with combinations of all or some of the features described. It can be understood that the embodiments shown have the same or similar components, except where they are described as being different.
    The benefits, benefits, solutions to the problem, and any element (s) that could lead to any benefit, benefit or solution occurring or becoming clearer should not be construed as critical, mandatory or essential features or elements of any or all claims. The invention is only defined by the appended claims, including any changes made during the duration of this application and all equivalents of those claims as issued.
    In addition, in this document, relational terms such as first and second, top and bottom, and the like, can only be used to distinguish an entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying an actual relationship or order between such entities or promotions. The terms includes, including, has, have, including, including,
    BE2018 / 5479 or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive recording, such as a process, method, article or device that includes a list of elements, contains not only those elements but other elements may include those that are not explicitly stated or are inherent in such a method, method, article, or device. An element preceded by includes ... a, has ... a, contains ... a does not exclude, without further limitation, the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or device that it element has, has, contains. The terms one is defined as one or more unless explicitly stated otherwise herein. The terms essentially, essentially, approximately, or some other version thereof are defined as being close to as understood by those skilled in the art, and in one non-limiting embodiment, the term is defined as being within 10%, in another embodiment within 5%, in another embodiment within 1% and in another embodiment within 0.5%. The term coupled as used herein is defined as connected, although not necessarily directly and not necessarily mechanically. An establishment or structure that has been “arranged” in a certain way is arranged in that way, but can also be arranged differently in ways that are not mentioned.
    It will be understood that some embodiments may include one or more generic or specialized processors (or "processing devices") such as microprocessors, digital signal processors, custom processors and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and uniquely stored program instructions (including both software and firmware). that control the one or more processors to implement, in combination with certain non-processor circuits, some, most, or all functions of the method and / or device.
    In addition, an embodiment can be implemented as a computer-readable storage medium with computer-readable code
    BE2018 / 5479 stored thereon for programming a computer (e.g. comprising a processor) to perform a method as described and claimed herein. Examples of such computer-readable storage media include, but are not limited to, a hard disk, a CDROM, an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, a ROM (Read Only Memory), a PROM (Programmable Read Only Memory), an EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) and a Flash memory. Furthermore, it is expected that an average person skilled in the art, notwithstanding potentially significant efforts and many design choices motivated by, for example, available time, current technology, and economic considerations, when guided by the concepts and principles disclosed herein, will be easily able to provide such software instructions. and programs and ICs with minimal experimentation.
    The extract of the disclosure is intended to enable the reader to quickly discover the nature of the technical disclosure. It is submitted on the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. Moreover, in the foregoing detailed description, it can be seen that the various features are grouped in various embodiments for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure. This method of disclosure should not be interpreted as an intention that reflects that the claimed embodiments require more features than are explicitly recited in each claim. Instead, as the following claims reflect, the subject matter of the invention lies in less than all the features of a single disclosed embodiment. The following claims are hereby included in the detailed description, with each claim standing on its own and as a separately claimed subject. The mere fact that certain measures
    BE2018 / 5479 are recited in mutually different claims, does not indicate that a combination of these measures is not used as an advantage then. Many variants will be clear to the skilled person. All variants are understood to mean the scope of the invention which is defined in the following claims.
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    Claims (5)
    [1]
    A media processing device comprising:
    a housing with an opening providing access to a cassette which is removably supported within the housing;
    a media unit holder adapted to receive a rejected media unit which is driven between the opening and a body of the cassette along a media reject path;
    the media unit holder comprising:
    a deck with a support surface between a body of the cassette and the opening, the support surface facing the opening;
    wherein the deck is adapted to receive the rejected media unit on the support surface for removing the rejected media unit through the opening.
    [2]
    A media processing device according to claim 1, wherein the deck is coupled to the body of the cassette.
    [3]
    A media processing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the deck is integrally formed with the body of the cassette.
    [4]
    4. Media processing device according to one or more of the preceding claims, wherein the deck further comprises a side wall which extends from the supporting surface towards the opening.
    The media processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the side wall is substantially parallel to the reject path.
    The media processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the media unit holder further comprises a second deck mounted within the housing and comprising a second support surface;
    wherein the media unit holder is adapted to receive the rejected media unit to (i) a front part of the rejected
    BE2018 / 5479 support media unit on the deck, and to (ii) support a rear part of the media unit on the second deck.
    The media processing device of claim 6, wherein the second support surface is substantially parallel to the support surface.
    A media processing device according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the second deck further comprises a side wall extending from the second support surface toward the media processing path.
    The media processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the side wall is substantially parallel to the reject media path.
    A media processing apparatus according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the second deck further comprises an end wall extending from the second support surface toward the reject media path to abut a rear edge of the media unit as a follow-up to receipt of the reject media unit on the second support surface .
    A media processing device according to claim 10, wherein the end wall is substantially perpendicular to the side wall.
    The media processing apparatus according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the media unit holder further comprises a roller adapted to drive the rejected media unit over the end wall for reception on the support surface and the second support surface.
    The media processing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the end wall comprises first and second wings separated by a cut; and wherein the roll is mounted in the cutout.
    A media processing apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support surface is spaced from the reject media path to accommodate a plurality of additional reject media units between the support surface and the reject media path.
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    Media processing device according to one or more of the preceding claims, further comprising a door with (i) an open position for allowing access to the cassette and the media unit holder via the opening, and (ii) a closed position for closing the opening .
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    16. Media processing device according to claim 15, wherein the door is mounted on the housing to rotate about an axis adjacent the second deck.
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