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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Chisato Hiyama, Nagano, JP;
Keiji Ohta, Nagano, JP;
Takeki Watanabe, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 7/10 (2006.01); B24B 49/00 (2012.01); G02C 13/00 (2006.01); B65H 31/30 (2006.01); B65H 9/10 (2006.01); B65H 31/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A card elevating/lowering device for use with cards may include a card storage part in which the cards are stacked and accommodated, and an elevating/lowering mechanism by which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are elevated and lowered. The elevating/lowering mechanism may be provided with a placing table on which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are placed and an urging member which urges the placing table in an upper direction, and a spring constant of the urging member may be substantially equal to a weight per unit thickness of the card.