Patent · US Expired

Card feeding mechanism

US4161312A · kind A · utility

19Cited by

2References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

U.S. Philips Corporation · US

Inventors

Friedhelm Eckhardt · Siegen, DE
Wolfgang Raffenberg · Betzdorf, DE
Axel Klein · Siegen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 7, 1977
Grant date	Jul 17, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K13/02
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card feeding and ejection device having supply guiding, input and ejection channels intersecting at a forked channel portion at which a movable deflector is located. In a first position of the deflector one card can be passing through the forked portion and out the ejection channel while another card is being fed from the supply guiding channel and through the input channel, in the opposite direction. A conveyor belt at the back of the input channel operates in the feed direction both during feed and automatic ejection to a storage magazine.

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