Card dispenser

A card dispenser comprising:

• a housing section for housing cards, a dispensing section for dispensing the lowermost card, one by one, by a push-out piece provided on a reciprocable sliding rod, and a drive section for reciprocating said sliding rod in the dispensing section according to a command signal,
• said housing section comprising
• a card housing box having a main body portion having at least an open cut portion at a front portion thereof and whose lower surface comprises an open end, an opening and closing member for opening and closing said cut portion mounted on said main body portion, and a receiving rib provided internally of said lower opening;
• a push-plate which is present within said housing box to hold a card between it and said receiving rib;
• and
• a pressing mechanism provided with a resilient member mounted between said push-plate and the upper surface of said housing box;
• said push-plate having a first supporting rod stood upright, said first supporting rod having a second supporting rod vertically movably and pivotably connected thereto so that the upper end thereof may extend through the upper surface of said housing box, said second supporting rod having at the upper end thereof an upper piece provided with a handle.

A card dispenser comprising:

• a housing section provided with a housing box for housing cards, a dispensing section for dispensing the lowermost card, one by one, among cards housed in said housing section, by a push-out piece provided on a reciprocable sliding rod, and a drive section provided with a driven rod connected to said sliding rod in said dispensing section to reciprocate the sliding rod through said driven rod according to a command signal,
• said dispensing section comprising
• a cover plate having the size enough to cover the lower surface of said housing box and including a guide hole extending in a direction of dispensing cards, a sliding groove on the side opposed to said guide hole, and inlet and outlets which are downwardly opened at positions before and behind said sliding groove;
• a sliding rod reciprocably fitted in said guide groove, said sliding rod having at a front end a projection which may be engaged with and disengaged from said sliding groove through said inlet and outlets and which engages said sliding groove when moving forward while being disengaged from said sliding groove when returning into sliding contact with the lower surface of said cover plate, and at an intermediate portion a push-out piece so that the surface thereof may be raised;
• and
• a shaft for connecting said sliding rod to said driven rod in said drive section so that the former may be downwardly inclined, and means acting on the rear end of said sliding rod when said sliding rod moves forward to restore said sliding rod to its horizontal state.