Patent ID: 6267370
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: B65H,G07F

Abstract:
A card-dispensing device comprising:a card housing unit wherein a plurality of cards is stacked and housed;card separating and feeding means for separating the plurality of cards which are stacked and housed in the card housing unit one by one from a bottommost card, and for feeding the separated card along a card feed route which is linked to a card ejection slit;a shutter device for opening the card feed route when a card is to be dispensed, closing when there is no card to be dispensed, and pushing cards which have been double-fed from the card housing unit by the means for separating and feeding cards back into the card-housing unit; anddouble feeding preventing means for preventing double feeding of cards by the card separating and feeding means,wherein the double feeding preventing means comprises:a card attitude correction roller provided in adjacent to leading edges of the cards stacked and housed in the card-housing unit, for pressing cards which have been separated and fed by the card separating and feeding means against a lower surface of the card feed route; anda thickness screw located in the card feed route downstream from the card attitude correction roller, for regulating vertical dimension of the card feed route in such a manner that it is greater than the thickness of one card and smaller than the thickness of two cards.