Automatic card dispensing unit with display capability
AssigneeAsahi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTamotsu Tsuchida
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Abstract
An automatic card dispenser unit for displaying and dispensing cards includes a storage housing for storing an array of cards. A holding member operatively positions a lower most card at a load station in a vertical alignment for display. A controller unit can receive a user input to dispense a card which will activate a dispenser assembly to cause a pickup member to removably grasp the card surface and release it from the holding member along a predetermined path of movement. A stopper member is mounted in the path of movement for separating the card from the pickup member to enable the card to be dispense to the user.
Claims13
An automated card dispenser unit for displaying and dispensing cards, comprising:
- a storage housing for storing a plurality of cards;
- a holding member operatively connected to the storage housing for positioning one of the plurality of cards at a position that can display a card surface;
- a controller unit for receiving a user input to dispense a card;
- a dispenser assembly for receiving a signal from the controller unit to dispense a card including a pickup member for removably grasping the card surface and releasing it from the holding member along a predetermined path of movement;
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- a stopper member mounted in the path of movement for separating the card from the pickup member to enable the card to be dispensed to the user.
An automated card dispenser unit for displaying and dispensing cards, comprising:
- a storage housing for storing a plurality of cards;
- a holding member operatively connected to the storage housing for positioning one of the plurality of cards at a position that can display a card surface;
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- a controller unit for receiving a user input to dispense a card.
The automatic card dispenser unit of claim 11, wherein the dispenser assembly includes a pickup member which moves between a standby position and a pickup position, and further including a stopper member positioned between the standby position and the pickup position.
The automatic card dispenser unit of claim 12, wherein the holder member positions the card in a vertical plane for display.
The automatic card dispenser unit of claim 13, wherein the dispenser assembly rotates the pickup member from a horizontal standby position below the holding member to a vertical pickup position adjacent the holder member to engage the pickup member within the card and retracts the package member within the card and retracts the pickup member to initially release the card from the holder member and subsequently to contact the card with the stopper member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.