Cleaning a touch screen
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.
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.