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Patent No.:

US 9878867 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2016

Card feeding apparatus

Applicant:

Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takahito Yamamiya, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:

ASAHI SEIKO CO., LTD., , JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Howard Sanders

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/22 (2006.01); B65H 31/24 (2006.01); B65H 3/02 (2006.01); B65H 5/04 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01); B65H 5/26 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 1/06 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 31/24 (2013.01); B65H 1/06 (2013.01); B65H 3/02 (2013.01); B65H 5/04 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 5/064 (2013.01); B65H 5/26 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 7/20 (2013.01); B65H 29/12 (2013.01); B65H 43/02 (2013.01); B65H 2405/332 (2013.01); B65H 2405/353 (2013.01); B65H 2408/113 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1914 (2013.01);
Abstract

A card feeding apparatus realizes random and selective feeding of cards of different types or kinds. This apparatus includes a card supplying device, a card holding and feeding device, and a controller. The card holding and feeding device includes a table set having tables on which cards from the card supplying device are held, a table set supporting structure (e.g., a frame), a table set moving device (e.g., a lifting mechanism), and a card conveying device that conveys cards held on the tables. In response to a card feeding signal, the table set supporting structure is temporarily stopped using the table set moving device such that a target table designated from the tables by the said signal is located at the card conveying position, and the card holding and feeding device is activated, thereby feeding a card on the target table by the card conveying device.

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