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Credit card dispensing and positioning apparatus

  • US 5,082,268 A
  • Filed: 08/22/1988
  • Issued: 01/21/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for accurately dispensing and positioning a flat member onto a predetermined area of a surface, comprising:

  • support means for supporting a stack of flat members, each flat member having a leading edge, said support means including a support plate on which said stack of flat members is supported and at least one shuttle pressure bar slidably mounted for substantially vertical movement above said support plate and in front of said stack of flat members so as to limit escape only of the lowermost one of said flat members from said stack, under said at least one shuttle pressure bar;

    pusher means for pushing out the leading edge of the lowermost one of said flat members in said stack under said at least one shuttle pressure bar;

    gripper means for gripping said leading edge of said pushed out flat member; and

    control means for controlling said gripper means to grip said leading edge of said pushed out flat member, to move over said predetermined area of said surface and to then release said gripped flat member so that the latter drops onto said predetermined area of said surface.

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