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Granted Patent B2
US 12704873 · App. 18/425,608 · Granted Aug 11, 2026

Cleaning a touch screen

Inventors: Robert M. Cole (New Franklin, OH); George L. Niemoeller (Canal Fulton, OH); Daniel Patrick Schoeffler (Twinsburg, OH); Todd Howard Christian (Dalton, OH); Nathaniel Adam Oberly (East Canton, OH); Uwe Krueger (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INCORPORATED
G06F1/1601G07F19/205G06F3/041
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12704873
App. No.
18/425,608
Granted
Aug 11, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described in an example embodiment herein is a technique for cleaning between a touch screen and a display that can be performed without the use of tools. The method comprises disengaging a latch coupling a display with a fascia having a a touch panel mounted thereon and rotating the display away from the fascia. The method further comprises cleaning either a rear surface of a touch panel, a display surface, or both the rear surface of the touch panel and the display surface.

Claims (51)

1 . A method comprising:

disengaging a latch coupling a display with a fascia having a touch panel mounted thereon;

rotating the display relative to the fascia in a first direction whereby a display surface of the display confronts a rear surface of the touch panel and are moved away from one another during said rotating; and

cleaning one of the rear surface of the touch panel and the display surface of the display.

2 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

rotating the display relative to the fascia in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and

engaging the latch and thereby preventing rotation of the display relative to the fascia.

3 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

forming the touch panel of vandal resistant glass.

4 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

engaging the latch with a spring biased pin lock and thereby preventing rotation of the display relative to the fascia.

5 . The method according to claim 1 wherein said cleaning is further defined as:

cleaning the rear surface of the touch panel.

6 . The method according to claim 1 wherein said cleaning is further defined as:

cleaning the display surface of the display.

7 . The method according to claim 1 wherein said cleaning is further defined as:

cleaning both the rear surface of the touch panel and the display surface of the display.

8 . The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

arranging the fascia in supporting connection with a rollout tray wherein the rollout tray is employed to extend the fascia away from a housing to and thereby provide access to the latch.

9 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

attaching the display to the fascia with at least one hinge for said rotating the display.

10 . The method according to claim 8 further comprising:

engaging the latch with a spring biased pin lock and thereby preventing rotation of the display relative to the fascia; and

wherein said disengaging further comprises moving the spring biased pin lock to disengage the latch.

11 . The method according to claim 8 further comprising:

unlocking a locking mechanism to allow the rollout tray to move relative to the housing whereby the fascia is also extended away from the housing.

12 . An apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a fascia mounted to said housing;

a touch panel mounted on said fascia;

a display coupled with said fascia;

a latch that when engaged holds said display against said fascia;

a hinge rotatably coupling said display to said fascia;

wherein while said latch is disengaged, said display is rotatable away from said touch panel enabling access to a rear surface of the touch panel and to a display surface of the display.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 12 wherein the touch panel comprises vandal resistant glass.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 12 further comprising:

a spring biased pin lock wherein said latch is engaged with said spring biased pin lock when engaged to prevent rotation of said display.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 12 further comprising:

a rollout tray wherein said fascia is in supporting connection with said rollout tray is employed to extend the fascia away from said housing to provide access to said latch.

16 . The apparatus according to claim 12 further comprising:

an access panel mounted on an opposite side of said housing as said fascia;

a lock coupled to said access panel;

wherein access to said latch is provided via said access panel when said lock is in an unlocked state.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 12 further comprising:

a cash cove mounted on said fascia.

18 . The apparatus according to claim 17 further comprising:

a card opening mounted on said fascia.

19 . The apparatus according to claim 18 further comprising:

a receipt delivery slot mounted on said fascia.

20 . The apparatus according to claim 19 further comprising:

a lower fascia coupled with said housing below said fascia, wherein access to said lower fascia is separate and independent from access to said fascia.