Card processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10682867-B2
Application number	US-201716334998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Jun 16, 2020
Grant date	Jun 16, 2020

Abstract

A card processing device may include a card reader and a printer. The printer may include an ink ribbon cartridge; a thermal head; and a cover member. The ink ribbon cartridge may include a supply roll and a take-up roll. The thermal head may heat the ink ribbon and transfer ink to the card. The card reader may be on a front side of the thermal head, and a part of the card reader may be on a lower side of the supply roll or the take-up roll. The cover member may pivot between a closed position and open position. A conveyance path may be provided inside the card reader and the printer. A part of the conveyance path inside the card reader may be a first conveyance path. The card reader may include an upper frame. The upper frame may pivot between a closed position and open position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A card processing device for use with a card, the card processing device comprising:
a card reader unit structured to perform at least one of reading of data recorded on the card and recording of data on the card; and
a print unit comprising:
an ink ribbon cartridge;
a thermal head structured to print on the card; and
a cover member that covers at least the ink ribbon cartridge from above, wherein

the ink ribbon cartridge comprises a supply roll on which an ink ribbon is wound, and a take-up roll on which the ink ribbon supplied from the supply roll is wound,
the thermal head is structured to heat the ink ribbon and transfer ink of the ink ribbon to print on the card,
the card reader unit is disposed on a front side of the thermal head in a front-rear direction, and at least a part of the card reader unit is disposed on a lower side of the supply roll or the take-up roll in an up-down direction,
the cover member is structured to pivot between a cover closed position at which the cover member covers the ink ribbon cartridge from above and a cover open position at which the ink ribbon cartridge is exposed, the cover member pivoting with a left-right direction orthogonal to an up-down direction and a front-rear direction being a pivotal axis direction and with the rear end side of the card processing device or the front end side of the card processing device as a pivotal center,
a conveyance path along which the card is conveyed is provided inside the card reader unit and the print unit,
a part of the conveyance path provided inside the card reader unit is a first conveyance path,
the card reader unit comprises an upper frame that forms an upper surface of the first conveyance path, and
the upper frame is structured to pivot between a frame closed position at which the upper frame forms the first conveyance path and a frame open position at which an upper surface and a lower surface of the first conveyance path are exposed, the upper frame pivoting with a left-right direction being a pivotal axis direction and with the front end side of the card processing device as a pivotal center.

2. The card processing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover member structured to pivot around a rear end side of the card processing device as a pivotal center.

3. The card processing device according to claim 1 , comprising
a card inverting unit structured to invert front/rear of the card, wherein
when the cover member is located at the cover closed position, the card inverting unit is covered with the cover member from above.

4. The card processing device according to claim 2 , comprising
a card inverting unit structured to invert front/rear of the card, wherein
when the cover member is located at the cover closed position, the card inverting unit is covered with the cover member from above.

Assignees

• Nidec Sankyo Corp

Inventors

• Ohta Keiji
• Yokoyama Satoshi

Classifications

• B41J3/60 Primary

  for printing on both faces of the printing material · CPC title

• G06K13/06

  Guiding cards; Checking correct operation of card-conveying mechanisms · CPC title

• B41J13/12

  specially adapted for {small} cards, envelopes, or the like {, e.g. credit cards, cut visiting cards} · CPC title

• B41J2/325

  by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet · CPC title

• B41J2/33

  from ink roller · CPC title