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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1999
Tatsuo Mochizuki, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Eiji Nakazawa, Nirasaki, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kubota, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Nisca Corporation, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A recording device having a first card transfer passage with a card supply unit and a second card transfer passage intersecting the first card transfer passage enables the component elements including an information recording means such as a thermal-transfer printer to be assembled compact and efficiently handle one or more cards at one time. Such rational arrangement of the first and second card transfer passages includes a card turning means located at the intersection of the passages for transferring the card between the first and second card transfer passages and recording or printing information on either or both surfaces of the card. By adding a third card transfer passage extending radially from the intersection of the first and second card transfer passages, desired information can be recorded on the card in different manner.