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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11724903 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2017

Card processing device

Applicant:

Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Nagano, JP;

Inventors:

Keiji Ohta, Nagano, JP;

Satoshi Yokoyama, Nagano, JP;

Assignee:

NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;

Attorney:

Cantor Colburn LLP

Primary Examiner:

Yaovi M Ameh

Assistant Examiner:

Quang X Nguyen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 13/12 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 15/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/50 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B41J 3/50 (2013.01); B41J 11/006 (2013.01); B41J 13/12 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 15/016 (2020.08); G03G 15/70 (2013.01); G03G 21/1638 (2013.01); G03G 21/1642 (2013.01); B65H 2301/33224 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1914 (2013.01);
Abstract

A card processing device may include a print unit and a card inverting unit that inverts front/rear of the card. The print unit may include a thermal head and a card conveyance mechanism. The card inverting unit may include a card holding part, a card drawing and feeding mechanism, and a rotating mechanism that rotates the card holding part. A conveyance path may be provided inside the card holding part. The conveyance path may be linear. The card drawing and feeding mechanism may include two drive rollers, and two pad rollers. A distance between a center of the drive roller and a center of the thermal head may be shorter than a length of the card. The thermal head may print on the card while the card conveyance mechanism conveys the card. The rotating mechanism may rotate the card holding part such that the conveyance path is inclined.

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