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Card elevating/lowering device, card carrying-out/carrying-in device and card issuing/collecting apparatus

  • US 8,727,694 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2009
  • Issued: 05/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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