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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1994
Mitsuhiro Okazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yoshioka, Tokyo, JP;
Tosiaki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Fukaya, Tokyo, JP;
Tamura Electric Works, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A card convey device includes a first convey path, a second convey path, a third convey path, jam detector, convey controller, and card sorter. The first convey path conveys a loaded card. The second convey path is branched from the first convey path and conveys a non-defective card distributed from cards conveyed from the first convey path. The third convey path is branched from the first convey path and conveys a defective card distributed from the cards conveyed from the first convey path. The jam detector detects jam of a card occurring in each of the first, second, and third convey paths. The convey controller conveys a card through each of the first, second, and third convey paths at a predetermined speed, stops a convey operation of the card when the jam detector detects jam of the card, and reconveys the card in response to a reconvey command. The card sorter distributes the card conveyed from the first convey path to one of the first and second convey paths on the basis of non-defective/defective information of the card, and forcibly distributes a reconveyed card from the first convey path to the third convey path.