Patent ID: 8167211
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A card carrying device for use with a plurality of cards comprising: a stacker in which the plurality of cards may be stacked; a card pushing-out member driven by a first driving mechanism and arranged so as to face a bottom part of the stacker for engaging with a rear edge of a card at a lowest position of the plurality of the cards to push the card at the lowest position outside from the stacker; a carrying-out roller which is driven by a second driving mechanism and is disposed in a direction that the card at the lowest position is carried out so as to be capable of coming in contact with the card at the lowest position which is being pushed out by the card pushing-out member to carry the card outside from the stacker; a card pushing-up member which is arranged so as to face a bottom part of the stacker for pushing up other cards stacked on the card at the lowest position in an upper direction in a period after the carrying-out roller comes in contact with the card at the lowest position to start a carrying-out operation and before the card at the lowest position has been carried outside from the stacker; and a control mechanism structured to control so that the rotating speed of the carrying-out roller driven by the second driving mechanism is set to be higher than the carrying speed of the card pushing-out member driven by the first driving mechanism after the card pushing-up member has pushed up other cards in an upper direction.