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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
May. 28, 2013
Nidec Copal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohisa Ugajin, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoichi Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nidec Copal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laser marker includes a laser irradiation device that irradiates a card with a laser beam; a base unit that supports the card; a drive roller that is provided in the base unit and that is in contact with a lower surface of the card; a rotation member that rotates between a holding position and a withdrawn position, the holding position being a position in which the rotation member holds the card in cooperation with the base unit, the withdrawn position being outside of an optical path of the laser beam; a pinch roller that is provided in the rotation member, that is in contact with an upper surface of the card, and that transports the card in cooperation with the drive roller; and a prism that is fixed to the rotation member and that transmits and refracts the laser beam when the rotation member is in the holding position.