Patent ID: 6602043
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A card stacker method for issuing one of a plurality of cards, the card stacker method comprising the steps of:supporting a first card edge of a first card on a card separator in a top card stacker section of a card stacker while a second card edge, opposite to the first card edge, is supported at a predetermined position in the card stacker; providing a force to the cards in the top card stacker section, the force being provided by way of a rolling means; issuing a second card from a bottom card stacker section of the card stacker in a direction such that the second card passes under the first card edge of the first card; and releasing the first card edge of the first card in the top card stacker section from the card separator when the second card edge of the first card is supported below the predetermined position in the card stacker.