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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tamotsu Tsuchida, Iwatsuki, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 0/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 0/108 ;
Abstract
A card-like article is provided with an elevator assembly that can elevate a stacked array of cards to a discharge station. The elevator assembly can be incrementally advanced by reciprocating operating rods that extends between pairs of rails. The elevator assembly can be releaseably affixed to the rails by a braking assembly.