Card feeder for a card processing machine
AssigneeEvolis
InventorsSerge Olivier, Benoit Letard, Yves Liatard
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Abstract
A card feeder including a frame, a reservoir receiving a stack of cards, a separation system including a separation roll, a ballast movable on the frame between a support position on the top of the stack and a stowed position on one side of the stack, a door movable on the frame between an open position and a closed position, a transmission system for moving the ballast from the support position into the stowed position when the door passes from the closed position into the open position, and a return system arranged so as to return the ballast back to the support position when it is in the stowed position.
Claims5
A card feeder for a processing machine, the card feeder comprising:
- a frame;
- a reservoir at the base of which a tray is arranged, and above the tray, a support intended to receive a stack of cards;
- a separation system including a separation roll arranged at a level of the tray and a drive system arranged so as to move the separation roll in rotation;
- a ballast movably mounted on the frame between a support position in which the ballast bears on a top of the stack of cards and a stowed position in which the ballast is on one side of the stack of cards;
- a door movably mounted on the frame between an open position enabling access to the reservoir and a closed position preventing access to the reservoir;
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- a transmission system arranged so as to move the ballast from the support position into the stowed position when the door passes from the closed position into the open position;
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- wherein the ballast is mounted movable in rotation about a tilting axis parallel to an axis of the separation roll, wherein the tilting axis is arranged so that a center of gravity of the ballast is vertically above the tilting axis and horizontally between the tilting axis and the reservoir when the ballast is in the stowed position, such that gravity brings the ballast back from the stowed position into the support position.
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