Card separation apparatus and card separation method
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKikuo Mizutani
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Abstract
A card separation apparatus includes a movable tray having a surface onto which a sheet is conveyed after a card has been separated from the sheet, and a card separation unit mounted on the surface for movement with the movable tray, the card separation unit having an opening through which the sheet is conveyed, and a controller configured to send an instruction to the movable tray to be moved at a predetermined timing after a leading edge of the sheet to which the card is attached enters the opening, so as to cause the sheet to be initially separated from the card.
Claims20
A card separation apparatus comprising:
- a movable tray having a surface onto which a sheet is conveyed after a card has been separated from the sheet, and a card separation unit mounted on the surface for movement with the movable tray, the card separation unit having an opening through which the sheet is conveyed;
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- a controller configured to send an instruction to the movable tray to be moved at a predetermined timing after a leading edge of the sheet to which the card is attached enters the opening, so as to cause the sheet to be initially separated from the card.
A card separation method comprising:
- conveying a sheet having a card attached thereto towards a movable tray having a surface onto which the sheet is to be conveyed after the card is separated from the sheet and a card separation unit mounted on the surface for movement with the movable tray, the card separation unit having an opening through which the sheet is to be conveyed;
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- at a predetermined timing after a leading edge of the sheet enters the opening, lowering the movable tray and causing the sheet to be initially separated from the card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.