Article dispensing – With discharge assistant – Article adhering or gripping type
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-15
2001-11-06
Ellis, Christopher P. (Department: 3651)
Article dispensing
With discharge assistant
Article adhering or gripping type
C221S226000, C221S229000, C221S258000, C221S275000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06311867
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a dispenser for sending out cards one by one. Especially, this invention relates to a dispenser for surely sending out cards each as one sheet, without damaging a card body of little thickness. More particularly, the invention relates to equipment for sending out IC cards or cards in transparent film or the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Card dispensers for IC cards have been variously developed. For example, a card dispenser by this applicant has been disclosed in Japanese Utility Model publication 7-26276 (Japanese Utility Model Application 63-60147). U.S. Pat. No. 4,993,587 is based on this Japanese application. In the above patent specification, a dispenser for thin cards such as telephone cards, or the like is disclosed. In the equipment disclosed, a rubber roller is used in order to send out a thin card. In addition, the equipment has been devised so that the sending out of the thin cards in a piled state, for example two cards, may be prevented.
As descried above, conventional card dispensers have been considered only as to thin cards such as telephone cards, etc. Therefore this does not adapt to a slightly thicker card in order to surely send these out one by one. For example, IC cards and cards with a manual, which are together packed in transparent films, etc. can not effectively be sent out. It was anticipated that the packaging film, etc. would be damaged, since a rubber roller arrangement is used. Further, in conventional dispensers a part, which stores a plurality of cards or a cassette part, is included in the equipment main body. Therefore, design changes, etc. had to be made in cases which the size and type of cards, etc. were changed.
As a result, improvements are required in view of the management difficulties and in order to provide a dispenser for many types of cards.
SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
This invention has been developed, considering the above problems in prior art. The primary object of this invention is to provide equipment in which thick cards are surly sent out one by one without damages.
It is a further object of this invention to provide equipment in which IC cards and/or cards with a manual, togther packed in transparent films, etc. are sent out without damages.
It is still another object of this invention to provide a dispenser which can be loaded with a large number of cards in a simple and in a short time.
Further, it is an object of this invention to provide a dispenser in which dispensing problems for dispensing various cards are not present and in which convenience in the management of the cards is enhanced.
According to the invention an elevator mechanism for card bodies includes a flexible rack, a driving means for moving the rack in up and down directions and a movable base, which is arranged at the bottom end, for carrying a card bodies. The movable base is remove-ably arranged at the bottom end of rack.
The movable base is mounted in a cassette for the card bodies.
According to another aspect of the invention, a dispenser for card bodies is provided with a flexible rack, a driving means for moving the rack in up and down directions, a movable base, which is arranged at the bottom end, for carrying a card bodies, a fan for intake or take up of the most top card body on the movable base; and a tire or wheel for sending out the card body which is absorbed or taken up at the fan. The movable base may be remove-ably arranged at the bottom end of the rack.
The movable base may be mounted in a cassette for card bodies.
The various features of novelty which characterize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and specific objects attained by its uses, reference is made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.
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Kiko Hiroshi Jan. 23 1996 Automatic Delivery Method and Device of Paper Sheets Patent Abstracts of Japan 08 02 0452.
Asahi Seiko Co. Ltd.
Crawford Gene O.
Ellis Christopher P.
McGlew and Tuttle , P.C.
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