Card processing device
AssigneeNidec Sankyo Corporation
InventorsKeiji Ohta, Satoshi Yokoyama
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Abstract
A card processing device may include a card reader and a printer. The printer may include an ink ribbon cartridge; a thermal head; and a cover member. The ink ribbon cartridge may include a supply roll and a take-up roll. The thermal head may heat the ink ribbon and transfer ink to the card. The card reader may be on a front side of the thermal head, and a part of the card reader may be on a lower side of the supply roll or the take-up roll. The cover member may pivot between a closed position and open position. A conveyance path may be provided inside the card reader and the printer. A part of the conveyance path inside the card reader may be a first conveyance path. The card reader may include an upper frame. The upper frame may pivot between a closed position and open position.
Claims4
A card processing device for use with a card, the card processing device comprising:
- a card reader unit structured to perform at least one of reading of data recorded on the card and recording of data on the card;
- and
- a print unit comprising:
- an ink ribbon cartridge;
- a thermal head structured to print on the card;
- and
- a cover member that covers at least the ink ribbon cartridge from above, wherein
- the ink ribbon cartridge comprises a supply roll on which an ink ribbon is wound, and a take-up roll on which the ink ribbon supplied from the supply roll is wound,
- the thermal head is structured to heat the ink ribbon and transfer ink of the ink ribbon to print on the card,
- the card reader unit is disposed on a front side of the thermal head in a front-rear direction, and at least a part of the card reader unit is disposed on a lower side of the supply roll or the take-up roll in an up-down direction,
- the cover member is structured to pivot between a cover closed position at which the cover member covers the ink ribbon cartridge from above and a cover open position at which the ink ribbon cartridge is exposed, the cover member pivoting with a left-right direction orthogonal to an up-down direction and a front-rear direction being a pivotal axis direction and with the rear end side of the card processing device or the front end side of the card processing device as a pivotal center,
- a conveyance path along which the card is conveyed is provided inside the card reader unit and the print unit,
- a part of the conveyance path provided inside the card reader unit is a first conveyance path,
- the card reader unit comprises an upper frame that forms an upper surface of the first conveyance path, and
- the upper frame is structured to pivot between a frame closed position at which the upper frame forms the first conveyance path and a frame open position at which an upper surface and a lower surface of the first conveyance path are exposed, the upper frame pivoting with a left-right direction being a pivotal axis direction and with the front end side of the card processing device as a pivotal center.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.