US 12,217,577 B2
Automated feeder system and methods of use
Peter J. Sullivan, Santa Barbara, CA (US); Eric Parker, Brooklyn, NY (US); Thompson Bertron, Austin, TX (US); Anna D Cardinal, Austin, TX (US); Redza Shah, Austin, TX (US); Drew Eric Walther, Yukon, OK (US); Jason Dye, Austin, TX (US); and Frank Zeiler, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to Jackpocket LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Jackpocket LLC, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/472,889.
Application 18/472,889 is a continuation of application No. 17/939,122, filed on Sep. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,804,108.
Application 17/939,122 is a continuation of application No. 17/717,440, filed on Apr. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,495,096, issued on Nov. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,680, filed on Apr. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0013632 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G07F 17/42 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/42 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic feeder system for conveying physical media, comprising:
an input bin configured to store at least one physical media element;
a feed neck that includes:
a first inlet operatively connected to the input bin;
an outlet configured to operatively connect to an input interface of a physical media device;
a housing that defines a first path leading from the first inlet to the outlet, and that includes an access opening providing access to an interior of the first path;
at least one actuating device that is operable to convey the physical media along the first path from the input bin to the outlet of the feed neck, the at least one actuating device including a cam element that is operable to asymmetrically rotate such that a portion of the cam element is intermittently introduced into the first path via the access opening such that the portion of the cam element directly engages with the at least one physical media element and moves the at least one physical media element along the first path; and
a second inlet configured to operatively receive a rejected physical media, such that the rejected physical media is conveyed into a second path of the feed neck; and
a controller that is configured to operate the at least one actuating device to non-continuously convey the physical media along the first path at a rate that is matched to an input timing of the physical media device.