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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1989
Osamu Tano, Kanagawa, JP;
Norio Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
NHK Spring Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A card conveying structure for card accessing devices, comprising: a casing defining a card inlet and a card guideway; a drive pulley and a driven pulley supported on one side of the card guideway by a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis, respectively, defining a zero or small angle relative to a vertical line perpendicular to a major surface of a card guided by the guideway; and an endless belt passed around the two pulleys, effective diameters of the first and second pulleys being selected in relation with spacings of the pivot axes relative to the card guideway so that a linear span ofthe belt may extend along the guideway and abut the major surface of the card. By urging the linear span of the belt against the card, the card may be conveyed by the movement of the belt. Alternatively, by slanting at least one of the pulleys towards the guideway until its periphery or the belt passed around it comes into contact with the card, the movement of the belt or the pulley can be transmitted to the card. In either case, elimination of the need for pulleys having piovt axes perpendicular to the card conveying direction and in parallel with the card conveying plane leads to a substantial reduction in the vertical dimension of the card accessing device.