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US 7,451,983 B2Granted
Card-holding device in a card-processing apparatus
AssigneeWincor Nixdorf International GmbH
InventorsLutz Neubauer, Thorsten Kulik, Martin Landwehr
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Abstract
In a card processing apparatus a card tray and, a card-transporting device are provided. A device for sensing the position or detention of a card in the card tray and a holding device for a card that has stopped in an irregular manner in the card tray due to manipulation of the card-processing apparatus, are also included. The holding device is activated if a change in the position of the card is not detected even though a conveying signal has been issued to the card-conveying device.
Claims11
A card-processing apparatus comprising:
- a card tray;
- a card-transporting device;
- a device for sensing the position or detention of a card in the card tray;
- a holding device for a card that has stopped in an irregular manner in the card tray due to manipulation of the card-processing apparatus;
- and
- wherein the holding device is activated if a change in the position of the card is not detected even though a conveying signal has been issued to the card-conveying device;
- wherein the holding device has at least one gripper removeable between a gripping and non-gripping position, when in the gripping position, the gripper is brought into contact with one of the sides of the card when the holding device is activated, and wherein the gripper presses the card against a counter-bearing and is provided with a great holding force with respect to the card in relation to a pulling-out force;
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- wherein the gripper has a region that comes into contact with the surface of the card with at least one tooth-like point, which is able to dig into the surface of the card, at least when a pulling-out force is applied.
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