Device for dispensing a sheetlike object from a stack
US5611527A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H3/24
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device for dispensing a sheetlike object, especially a card with magnetic strip, from a stack has a storage compartment for the stack and an object removal unit on a lower side of the storage compartment. The object removal unit has a conveying element movable back and forth under control perpendicular to the stack, i.e., in dispensing direction (x). According to the invention, the conveying element has a supporting surface concave in dispensing direction (x) and/or convex in a transverse direction (y) which is orthogonal to dispensing direction (x). With an element thus shaped, cards already used and bent in various ways can be reused for automatic card dispensing.
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