Card-type medium counting mechanism, card-type medium housing device, and card housing device

A card-type medium holding device comprising:

• a card-type medium counting mechanism structured to calculate a number of card-type medium;
• a card-type medium holding portion within which a plurality of the card-type medium are held so as to stack in a thickness direction of the card-type medium;
• wherein the card-type medium counting mechanism comprises:
• an optical sensor configured to calculate the number of the card-type medium held so as to stack in the thickness direction of the card-type medium;
• a carriage to which the sensor is mounted;
• a circuit board that is fixed to the carriage;
• and
• a carriage driving mechanism structured to drive the carriage such that the sensor moves in the thickness direction of the card-type medium along an end surface of the card-type medium,
• wherein a processing circuit that processes an output signal from the sensor and outputs a digital signal is mounted to the circuit board, and
• wherein the card-type medium counting mechanism is attached to the card-type medium holding portion, and calculates the number of card-type medium held in the card-type medium holding portion.

A card-type medium counting mechanism that calculates the number of card-type medium, comprising:

• a plurality of optical sensors configured to calculate the number of the card-type medium held so as to stack in a thickness direction of the card-type medium;
• a carriage to which the plurality of sensors are mounted;
• and
• a carriage driving mechanism structured to move the carriage such that the plurality of sensors move in the thickness direction of the card-type medium along an end surface of the card-type medium,
• wherein at least one of the sensors, of the plurality of sensors, and the other of the sensors, excluding this sensor, are mounted to the carriage in a state offset in the thickness direction of the card-type medium.

A card-type medium holding device comprising:

• a card-type medium counting mechanism;
• that calculates the number of card-type medium;
• and
• a card-type medium holding portion within which a plurality of the card-type medium are held so as to stack in the thickness direction of the card-type medium,
• wherein the card-type medium counting mechanism comprises:
• a plurality of optical sensors configured to calculate the number of the card-type medium held so as to stack in the thickness direction of the card-type medium;
• a carriage to which the plurality of sensors are mounted;
• and
• a carriage driving mechanism that moves the carriage such that the plurality of sensors move in the thickness direction of the card-type medium along an end surface of the card-type medium,
• wherein at least one of the sensors, of the plurality of sensors, and the other of the sensors, excluding this sensor, are mounted to the carriage in a state offset in the thickness direction of the card-type medium, and
• wherein the card-type medium counting mechanism is attached to the card-type medium holding portion, and counts the number of card-type medium held in the card-type medium holding portion.

A card holding device within which a rectangular card having a magnetic stripe formed along a longitudinal direction of the card is housed, comprising:

• a card holding portion within which the card is held so as to stack in a thickness direction of the card;
• a reflective optical sensor structured to calculate the number of the cards held in the card holding portion;
• a carriage to which the sensor is mounted;
• and
• a carriage driving mechanism structured to move the carriage such that the sensor moves in the thickness direction of the card along an end surface of the card,
• wherein the magnetic stripe is formed farther toward one end surface side in a transverse direction of the card than the center in the transverse direction of the card,
• the cards are held in the card holding portion such that the one end surface of each of the cards faces the same direction,
• when a longitudinal direction of the card held in the card holding portion is a first direction, the transverse direction of the card held in the card holding portion is a second direction, and a side, in the second direction, on which the one end surface of the card is arranged is a magnetic stripe side,
• the sensor is arranged on the magnetic stripe side of the card holding portion, and moves in the thickness direction of the card along the one end surface of the card.