US 12,242,907 B2
Card transport unit
Satoshi Yokoyama, Nagano (JP); and Keiji Ohta, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Nagano (JP)
Filed by NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Nagano (JP)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/711,161.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-062703 (JP), filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0318578 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 13/14 (2006.01); B65H 29/12 (2006.01); B65H 43/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 13/103 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 13/103 (2013.01) [B65H 29/125 (2013.01); B65H 43/00 (2013.01); G06K 7/10316 (2013.01); G06K 13/14 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1914 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A card transport unit that transports a card ejected one-by-one from a card housing section to a card processing section, the card transport unit comprising:
a carriage that is moved in a carriage transport path provided between the card housing section and the card processing section;
a contactless card reader that comprises a contactless communication antenna making contactless communication with the card; and
a support member that holds the contactless communication antenna at a position opposing the carriage transport path, wherein
the carriage comprises a card transport mechanism that transports the card in a card transport direction intersecting a movement direction of the carriage, and the card transport mechanism comprises a motor,
the contactless communication antenna is held at the position opposing the carriage transport path in an opposing direction intersecting the card transport direction and intersecting the movement direction, and
the motor is arranged on an opposite side of the card, which is transported by the card transport mechanism, from the contactless communication antenna.