Card cassette device and card dispensing apparatus using the same
AssigneeAsahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAlex Massey, Marcus John Willis
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Abstract
A card cassette device ensures elimination of measures for illegally opening a card outlet from the outside in a non-mounted state and makes it possible to open the card outlet according to the necessity in a mounted state, raising security level. A movable shutter for opening and closing a card outlet has a stopper member engaging hole and a lock member engaging hole. A stopper member is engaged with the stopper member engaging hole by a stopper member moving device, thereby fixing the shutter in its closed state in the non-mounted state. A lock member is engaged with the lock member engaging hole by a lock member moving device, thereby canceling the closed state of the shutter and locking the shutter in its open state in the mounted state.
Claims9
A card cassette device configured to be mountable on a main unit of a target apparatus, comprising:
- a body having a storing section for storing cards and a card outlet for sending out the cards, wherein the storing section is formed in the body and the card outlet is formed in a front part of the body;
- a shutter for opening and closing the card outlet, wherein the shutter is movable along the front part of the body and has a stopper engaging hole and a lock engaging hole;
- a stopper provided on the body, wherein the stopper is engageable with the stopper engaging hole of the shutter;
- a stopper actuator for moving the stopper and/or the stopper engaging hole to perform engagement or disengagement of the stopper with/from the stopper engaging hole;
- a lock provided on the body, wherein the lock is engageable with the lock engaging hole of the shutter;
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- a lock actuator for moving the lock and/or the lock engaging hole to perform engagement or disengagement of the lock member with/from the lock member engaging hole;
- wherein the stopper, the stopper engaging hole, and the stopper actuator together defines a shutter fixing assembly for fixing the shutter in a closed state;
- the lock, the lock engaging hole, and the lock actuator together defining an open state locking assembly for canceling the closed state of the shutter and locking the shutter in an open state;
- the shutter fixing assembly is configured in such a way that the closed state of the shutter generated by the shutter fixing assembly is unable to be eliminated without mounting the card cassette device on a main unit of a target apparatus;
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- the open state locking assembly is configured in such a way that the open state of the shutter is able to be generated and locked by operating the lock actuator after releasing a shutter movement preventing operation by the shutter fixing assembly in a mounted state where the card cassette device is mounted on the main unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.