Patent ID: 8550462
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G07C,G07F

Abstract:
1. A mechanical drawing machine which performs a drawing by moving a drawing object and depending on which of a plurality of drawing pockets the drawing object enters into, comprising: a stationary base; a drawing pocket forming member which forms the drawing pockets, and can hold a drawing object having entered into each drawing pocket inside of the drawing pocket while rotationally moving so as to pass through a site adjacent to the stationary base; a driving unit which drives the drawing pocket forming member so as to rotationally move; an object detecting unit which is provided on the stationary base, and detects that a drawing object which is held inside of the drawing pocket has passed through an object detecting site on an orbit of the drawing pockets; a mark forming and moving member which forms a plurality of mutually different marks, each of which has mark content indicative of where the mark is located on the drawing pocket forming member, and rotationally moves the marks in synchronization with rotational movement of the drawing pocket forming member; a mark content reading unit which is provided on the stationary base, wherein when each mark passes through a mark detecting site on an orbit of the marks, the mark content reading unit reads the marks content of the mark; and a pocket identifying unit which, based on a timing at which the object detecting unit detects passage of a drawing object and the mark content read by the mark content reading unit, identifies a drawing pocket into which the drawing object has entered.