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Apparatus for driving card-like record medium

US5017764A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1988
Grant dateMay 21, 1991
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K13/08
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A driving apparatus for moving reciprocally a rectangular optical card in a longitudinal direction thereof, including two sets of three edge guide rollers each arranged along respective side edges of the optical card and separated from each other by a distance substantially equal to half of the longitudinal distance of the optical card, two sets of three periphery guide rollers each arranged along respective upper peripheries of the optical card and separated from each other by a distance substantialy equal to half of the longitudinal distance of the optical card, and driving rollers each arranged underneath the respective middle periphery guide rollers. The driving rollers are resiliently urged against the lower surface of the optical card and a shaft to which the driving rollers are secured and a motor connected to the shaft via gears are arranged movably up and down in conjunction with each other.

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