Title:
【発明の名称】チッパー装置及びチッパー装置用カラーリボン並びにカード発行システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3016375
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a tipper apparatus for pigmenting the embossed section (raised characters for copying) of a card used to perform transactions by a customer at financial institutions or the like. The tipper apparatus comprises a card feeder for feeding a card; a pusher for pressing a color ribbon against the embossed section of the card fed by the card feeder; a ribbon driver for advancing and winding the color ribbon; and a controller for controlling the card feeder and the ribbon driver on the basis of tipping signals received from a host apparatus, transporting the card and the effective section of the ribbon to the pusher, and actuating the pusher. In addition, the controller comprises a color selector for performing a control routine such that the ribbon driver is controlled when a tipping color has been specified by the host apparatus, and a color area of the same color as the tipping color is selected from a plurality of color areas on the color ribbon and is transported to the pusher; and a pressure setter for setting the mode of operation for the pusher in accordance with the tipping color specified by the host apparatus.
Inventors:
Modification
Takeshi Kokubo
Takeshi Kokubo
Application Number:
JP13384097A
Publication Date:
March 06, 2000
Filing Date:
May 23, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NEC
International Classes:
B41M1/24; B30B1/00; B41F1/00; B41J31/09; B41J35/28; B44C1/24; G01D21/00; G06K17/00; G06K19/06; (IPC1-7): B41M1/24; G06K17/00; G06K19/06
Domestic Patent References:
| JP5293949A | ||||
| JP1291978A | ||||
| JP6392765U | ||||
| JP627160U |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Isamu Takahashi