| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 235475000 | Feed mechanisms | 19 |
| 20080203169 | Media processing device - A check processing device prevents or suppresses entry of ambient light to a transportation path rendered as a vertical slot between the base unit and opening and closing cover. The upstream-side transportation path part | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080210760 | Media Storage Apparatus And Media Processing Apparatus - A first in-feed roller ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080245874 | Card issuing device - To provide a card issuing device which can be manufactured smaller and at lower cost. The card issuing device includes the card storage in which a plurality of cards are stacked up, the card processing section to which the card is extracted from the card storage and at which information recorded on the card is read or information is recorded on the card, and the card extracting mechanism which extracts the card stored in the card storage toward the card processing section. At the card processing section, a card exposing section is formed so that a portion of the card extracted by the card extracting mechanism is exposed. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080257964 | Printer and Ic Chip Communication Apparatus - By rotating an antenna movable screw, an antenna fixing plate is vertically moved through the screw action, whereby the position of the antenna is changed. With this mechanism, the distance between the antenna and a transported label sheet can be adjusted according to a type of a label sheet (RF tag), whereby information can correctly be written to a tag corresponding to the type of various label sheets (RF tags). | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090008457 | PRECISE TRANSPORT POSITIONING APPARATUS USING A CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLED, NON-DIRECT DRIVE OR FRICTION DRIVE SYSTEM WITH ABSOLUTE POSITIONING ENCODER - An apparatus for positioning a workpiece carrier with respect to a workstation can include a workpiece carrier movable relative to the workstation and having an encoder strip, at least one encoder reader located at the workstation for generating a signal in response to interaction with at least one encoder strip, and a drive engaging the workpiece carrier for moving the carrier relative to the workstation, the drive responsive to the signal from the encoder reader. The encoder reader can be selected from a group consisting of an optical encoder reader, a magnetic encoder reader, and any other absolute positioning encoder reader. A closed loop feedback control system can be provided for receiving the signal from the encoder reader, and for generating an output signal in response to the signal from the encoder reader in accordance with a program stored in memory. The encoder reader can be used for generating a signal corresponding to at least one of a position identification signal, a workpiece carrier identification signal, and a workpiece configuration identification signal. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090159687 | Card reader device - A card reader device has a card entrance for receiving a card and a card enclosure in registration with the card entrance. The card enclosure defines an area in which the card is read. The card reader also has a card transport mechanism for drawing a card into the card enclosure and for ejecting the card from the card enclosure. A sensor is provided for sensing displacement of part of the card transport mechanism in a direction transverse to the plane of transport of the card, and a control circuit ascertains if the displacement of the card transport mechanism fulfils an alarm criterion. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100012730 | SENSOR AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING PAPER GOODS, AND METHOD FOR SENSOR PREALIGNMENT - In an apparatus for checking paper goods, a plurality of sensors are arranged along a sensor path along which the paper goods, such as bank notes, are transported. The sensors each have two components which are arranged on opposite sides of the bank note transport path. For the operation of a large number of sensors, it is necessary for the opposite sensor components to be oriented to one another accurately. To set the orientation of the oppositely arranged sensor components with a high level of accuracy and reproducibly, the relative position of the sensor components which are opposite one another is stipulated using docking elements. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20120111948 | PRECISED TRANSPORT POSITIONING APPARATUS USING A CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLED, NON-DIRECT OR FRICTION DRIVE SYSTEM WITH ABSOLUTE POSITIONING ENCODER - An apparatus for positioning a workpiece carrier with respect to a workstation can include a workpiece carrier movable relative to the workstation and having an encoder strip, at least one encoder reader located at the workstation for generating a signal in response to interaction with at least one encoder strip, and a drive engaging the workpiece carrier for moving the carrier relative to the workstation, the drive responsive to the signal from the encoder reader. A closed loop feedback control system can be provided for receiving the signal from the encoder reader, and for generating an output signal in response to the signal from the encoder reader in accordance with a program stored in memory. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20130134223 | Check Processing Device - Swinging open the upstream-side cover part ( | 05-30-2013 |
| 20140021260 | PORTAL DATA READER INDICATOR LIGHT CONTROL - An automated checkout system and method including a conveyor system that automatically transports objects along an item path through a read zone of a data reader (such as a portal data reader, tunnel scanner or other type of automated reader) and to an exit zone, an indicator system disposed in or along the exit zone that provides indication as to whether an item has been identified by the portal data reader. In one example, the indicator system includes lights at an indicator location that are selectively alighted a given color for the duration of the item passing the indicator location depending upon whether the reader successfully read the item (e.g., color green) or unsuccessfully read the item (e.g., color red). | 01-23-2014 |
| 20150136855 | MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - A media processing device enables reading second media that do not bend easily from the device front with the same ease of use as processing first media that bend easily. The media processing device has a media conveyance path that guides first media inserted from a media insertion opening toward the back and then again toward the front on the front-back axis to the media exit. A straight conveyance path that angles to the inside on the device width axis is formed at a part connected to the media exit, and a second media insertion path that extends straight to the front from the straight conveyance path is connected to the media exit. | 05-21-2015 |
| 235476000 | Control circuits | 3 |
| 20090314839 | Banknote Validator with Banknote Stack Receiver - A banknote stack receiving structure is provided in front of a banknote validator for sequentially passing banknotes to the validator in a serial manner. A first drive arrangement engages one side of an exposed banknote and urges the banknote towards the validator. A restrictive drive cooperates with the first drive and a banknote must pass between opposed rollers of the drives to move to the validator. The restrictive drive roller contacts the opposite side of the exposed banknote but may also contact an overlapping banknote. The restrictive drive rotates to feed a banknote to the validator if a single banknote is present and automatically rotates in an opposite direction if overlapping banknotes are present. This automatic direction of rotation is due to slippage between banknotes and overcoming a low torque motor of the restrictive drive when a single banknote is present. | 12-24-2009 |
| 235477000 | Direction | 2 |
| 20090308929 | Multifunctional Personalization System - The invention relates to a multifunctional personalization system for personalization of identification or access elements, in particular of contactless and/or contact card elements, having at least two process modules designed for the execution of different personalization and/or control processes, at least one control unit, one card receiving unit, one card transport unit and one card output unit. The card transport unit is designed especially advantageously for single and/or multiple feeding of at least one identification or access element to single process modules, and the sequence of the feeding of the identification or access element to the individual process modules is independent of the arrangement of the process modules along the card transport unit. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20120024958 | CARD LOADING ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a chip card, a controlling unit, a transport mechanism, and a positioning module. The transport mechanism is electrically connected to the controlling unit and transports the chip card under the control of the controlling unit. The positioning module is electrically connected to the controlling unit and is for pushing the chip card to remove the chip card. | 02-02-2012 |
| 235479000 | Carriage | 4 |
| 20120187195 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR READING ENCODED DATA THROUGH GAPS BETWEEN CONVEYORS IN AN AUTOMATED CHECKOUT SYSTEM - An automated checkout system and method of operation for reading encoded data, such as barcode labels, on a bottom surface of an item using a data reader. The automated checkout system includes a leading and a trailing conveyor separated by a gap, where the leading conveyor may be vertically offset in relation to the trailing conveyor such that the item tilts or drops slightly as it moves between the conveyors. A data reader is positioned beneath the conveyors to read the encoded data through the gap as the item transitions from the leading conveyor onto the trailing conveyor. The automated checkout system may include a transition element, such as a transfer plate or guide rollers, to bridge the gap between the conveyors to provide a smooth transfer between the conveyors, prevent items from becoming lodged between the conveyors, and prevent debris from falling through and collecting on the data reader. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20150324666 | ROCKING OPERATING APPARATUS FOR A PUSH-PUSH CARD READER - The invention relates to an operating apparatus having an operating mechanism for purposefully releasing a card receptacle drawer of a push-push card reader from the latched slide-in position by means of simultaneous two-point operation on two spaced-apart operating sections of the operating mechanism. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160070993 | CARD STORAGE AND EJECTION MODULE - A card storage and ejection module may include a card storage cassette comprising a plurality of card storage parts each of which stores one card; a lifting mechanism structured to lift and lower the card storage cassette; and a support frame which supports the card storage cassette. The plurality of the card storage parts may be disposed so as to be overlapped with each other in an upper and lower direction. The lifting mechanism may include a parallel link mechanism having at least two link arms which connect the support frame with the card storage cassette and are disposed in an aligned state in a horizontal direction so as to be parallel to each other for lifting and lowering the card storage cassette in a state that a horizontal posture of the card storage cassette is maintained. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160189012 | CARD READER - A card reader may include a card passage; a pulling-out prevention member; and a turning mechanism structured to turn the pulling-out prevention member between the closing position and the open position. The pulling-out prevention member may include a card abutting part. The card abutting part may be formed with an abutting face structured to abut with a front end of the card having been inserted into the card reader when the pulling-out prevention member is located at the closing position. The abutting face may be set to be an inclined face which is inclined to the rear side as going to the second direction side when viewed in the width direction of the card in a case that the pulling-out prevention member is located at the closing position. | 06-30-2016 |
| 235480000 | Direction reverse | 1 |
| 20100065644 | Device for Receiving a Card - The invention relates to a device for receiving a card with a housing. Said housing has a horizontal, slot-shaped receiving opening for introducing a card into a receiving slot in the interior of the card receiving device. Additionally, a closure is provided for closing the receiving opening, the closure having a closure element with a seal, which extends in the longitudinal direction of the receiving opening and which is movable against an elastic force, at right angles to the plane of the receiving slot, from a closed position blocking off the receiving opening into a release position releasing the receiving opening. The closure element can be lifted in a guide of the housing at right angles to the plane of the receiving slot from the closed position into the release position, and is fitted with a sealing lip, extending over the length of the receiving opening, made from an elastic plastic, which in the closed position is in contact with the lower slot wall of the receiving slot. | 03-18-2010 |
