Evan Davies Samuel

US Patent:

6378773, Apr 30, 2002

Filed:

May 23, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/576910

Inventors:

Jesse Sanchez - Arlington TX
Evan Samuel - Fort Worth TX

Assignee:

BancTec, Inc. - Irving TX

International Classification:

G06K 708

US Classification:

235449, 235486

Abstract:

A document transport system wherein documents containing magnetized encoded indicia are to be read by a magnetic ink character recognition read head as the documents are transported by rollers along a document transport path includes a base plate disposed along the document transport path. A shaft is attached to the base plate and disposed generally perpendicular to the base plate. A hub member having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer peripheral surface and a centrally disposed aperture receives the shaft. The hub member is supported on the base plate for rotation about the shaft. The hub member includes a slot spaced apart from and disposed between the centrally disposed aperture and the outer peripheral surface. A magnetic shield is attached to the base plate and is disposed within the hub member slot.