Recording device
First Claim
1. A card recording device comprising a first card transfer passage, a card supply unit for containing one or more cards, said card supply unit being disposed on a first card transfer passage, a second card transfer passage intersecting with said first card transfer passage at an intersection point, card recording means for recording information on the card fed from said card supply unit, said card recording means being disposed on said second card transfer passage, and card turning means for transferring or turning the card, said card turning means being rotatably disposed at said intersection point of said first and second card transfer passages.
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Abstract
A recording device having a first card transfer passage with a card supply unit and a second card transfer passage intersecting the first card transfer passage enables the component elements including an information recording means such as a thermal-transfer printer to be assembled compact and efficiently handle one or more cards at one time. Such rational arrangement of the first and second card transfer passages includes a card turning means located at the intersection of the passages for transferring the card between the first and second card transfer passages and recording or printing information on either or both surfaces of the card. By adding a third card transfer passage extending radially from the intersection of the first and second card transfer passages, desired information can be recorded on the card in different manner.
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- 1. A card recording device comprising a first card transfer passage, a card supply unit for containing one or more cards, said card supply unit being disposed on a first card transfer passage, a second card transfer passage intersecting with said first card transfer passage at an intersection point, card recording means for recording information on the card fed from said card supply unit, said card recording means being disposed on said second card transfer passage, and card turning means for transferring or turning the card, said card turning means being rotatably disposed at said intersection point of said first and second card transfer passages.
- 14. A card recording device comprising a first card transfer passage, a card supply unit for containing one or more cards, said card supply unit being disposed on a first card transfer passage, a second card transfer passage intersecting with said first card transfer passage at an intersection point, first card recording means for recording information on the card, said first card recording means being disposed on said second card transfer passage, a third card transfer passage intersecting with said first and second card transfer passages at an intersection point, second card recording means for recording information on the card, said second card recording means being disposed on said third card transfer passage, and card turning means for transferring or turning the card, said card turning means being rotatably disposed at said intersection point of said first, second and third card transfer passages.
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