Card elevating/lowering device, card carrying-out/carrying-in device and card issuing/collecting apparatus
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1. A card elevating/lowering device for use with cards, the device comprising:
- a card storage part in which the cards are stacked and accommodated; and
an elevating/lowering mechanism by which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are elevated and lowered;
wherein the elevating/lowering mechanism is provided with a placing table on which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are placed and an urging member which urges the placing table in an upper direction;
wherein a spring constant of the urging member is substantially equal to a weight per unit thickness of the card;
wherein the urging member is a tension coil spring;
wherein one end of the tension coil spring is attached to the placing table and the other end of the tension coil spring is attached to a spring end fixing member which is movable in an up-and-down direction; and
wherein the elevating/lowering mechanism is provided with a holding mechanism for holding a position of the spring end fixing member in the up-and-down direction and a releasing mechanism for releasing a holding state of the spring end fixing member by the holding mechanism.
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Abstract
A card elevating/lowering device for use with cards may include a card storage part in which the cards are stacked and accommodated, and an elevating/lowering mechanism by which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are elevated and lowered. The elevating/lowering mechanism may be provided with a placing table on which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are placed and an urging member which urges the placing table in an upper direction, and a spring constant of the urging member may be substantially equal to a weight per unit thickness of the card.
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1. A card elevating/lowering device for use with cards, the device comprising:
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a card storage part in which the cards are stacked and accommodated; and an elevating/lowering mechanism by which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are elevated and lowered; wherein the elevating/lowering mechanism is provided with a placing table on which the cards accommodated in the card storage part are placed and an urging member which urges the placing table in an upper direction; wherein a spring constant of the urging member is substantially equal to a weight per unit thickness of the card; wherein the urging member is a tension coil spring; wherein one end of the tension coil spring is attached to the placing table and the other end of the tension coil spring is attached to a spring end fixing member which is movable in an up-and-down direction; and wherein the elevating/lowering mechanism is provided with a holding mechanism for holding a position of the spring end fixing member in the up-and-down direction and a releasing mechanism for releasing a holding state of the spring end fixing member by the holding mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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