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1. Apparatus for stacking items of media in a container having a bottom wall surface, comprising:
at least one rotatable element, each having an outer surface and an opposed claw element for releasably clamping an item of media to the outer surface of the at least one rotatable element for rotation therewith; a driven roller element for locating an item of media released by the claw element into a stack position; a one-way clutch operatively coupled to the roller element to prevent the roller element from being driven in a backward direction; a support platform element having a bottom surface facing the bottom wall surface of the container and a top surface facing the roller element and onto which items of media can be stacked; and a spring element disposed between the bottom surface of the support platform element and the bottom wall surface of the container to provide a biasing force which biases the support platform element towards the roller element, wherein the biasing force of the spring element constantly biases the support platform element toward the roller element to provide constant compression of items of media between the roller element and the top surface of the support platform element as unstacked items of media are being located in the stack position on the top surface of the support platform element. |
