JPH09102018A - Card carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card carrying device which securely feeds out and carries plural piled and stored cards one by one. SOLUTION: This card carrying device is constituted of a stacker 2 for storing the multiple cards K, a carrying line 3 which is provided extendingly forward from the position below the stacker 2 and from which the cards K are carried one by one, a carrying means 4 for carrying the cards K forward on the carrying line 3 and a separation means 5 which is provided at a position under the stacker 2, frequently appears from the carrying line 3 at prescribed intervals, hits the lower trailing end part of the card K and separates the cards. The separation means 5 hits the lower trailing end part of the card K positioned in the lowermost place from beneath so as to give vibration. Thus, the engagement of the projecting/recessing parts of the card K positioned in the lowermost place and the card K positioned on it is released and the cards K are securely fed out one by one so as to transport them.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a carrier device which is incorporated in an issuing device for issuing a card such as a credit card or an ID card and conveys the card in the issuing device, and in particular, a large number of stacked cards are stacked. The present invention relates to a card that is fed out one by one and conveyed forward.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, credit cards and IDs
A card such as a card is provided with a recording unit such as a magnetic tape or an IC for writing information, and when issuing the card, information is written in the recording unit in the issuing device. In the stacker in the issuing device, a large number of cards in which information is not yet written are stacked and accommodated. When necessary, the cards are delivered one by one from the stacker and conveyed, and the writing unit of the issuing device is used. It writes the necessary information in, confirms this information, and then issues it.

[0003]

By the way, in many cases, the card serial number is given to the card. This serial number is usually given by embossing to form unevenness on the card, and it is generally given serially, and the unevenness such as the serial number may differ only in part. Since the irregularities of other girders are often the same, when these cards are piled up in the order in which serial numbers are assigned, these irregularities are fitted vertically.

[0006] When a large number of cards having such unevenness fitted in the upper and lower sides are accommodated in the stocker and then fed out one by one to be conveyed, the unevenness of the cards fits into each other. They are transported in a stacked state, or
There has been a problem that a transport error such as the inability to transport is likely to occur.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a card transfer device capable of reliably feeding out and transferring a plurality of cards which are stacked and accommodated one by one.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a card carrier according to claim 1 of the present invention is a stacker in which a large number of cards are accommodated in a stacked state, and a lower part is opened. The stacker is provided with a conveying path that extends forward from a lower position of the stacker and that conveys the cards one by one, and a conveying unit that conveys the cards forward on the conveying path. In addition, a regulation piece that regulates the simultaneous conveyance of a plurality of cards in an overlapped state is provided, and the regulation piece is projected and retracted from the conveyance path at a predetermined period at a position below the stacker to strike the rear end portion of the lower surface of the card. The card is provided with a separating means for separating the cards.

The height of the stacker is appropriately determined depending on the number of cards to be accommodated, and the size of the stacker in plan view is a small clearance between the stacker and the cards in order to stack them in order. It is preferable to have a size with. Further, the transport path has a transport surface on which a card is transported, and the transport means has a plurality of transport rollers arranged at predetermined intervals along the transport path, and a part of the transport rollers is the transport roller. A little protruding from the surface,
The card is transported forward by rotating the transport roller. The regulation piece is provided on the inner wall surface of the stacker on the front side in the card transport direction, and a gap is provided between the regulation piece and the transport surface for allowing one card to pass therethrough. There is. Further, the separating means is arranged below the rear end of the card located at the lowermost position among the large number of cards stored in the stacker. It is supposed to support.

According to another aspect of the card carrier of the present invention, when the separating means is moved in and out of the carrier path at a predetermined cycle, the lowermost one of the plurality of cards stacked in the stacker is located at the bottom rear surface. The edge is hit from below, and the rear edge of the card vibrates up and down with the vicinity of the tip as a fulcrum. Along with this, all the cards also vibrate up and down, and these vibrations disengage the concave-convex fitting between the card located at the bottom and the card located above it. On the other hand, when the transporting means is driven, the concave and convex fitting of the card located at the lowermost position with the card located above the card is removed, and moreover, due to the restriction piece, the plurality of cards in the overlapping state are Since simultaneous conveyance is regulated, the conveying means feeds cards one by one forward and conveys them forward on the conveying path.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card conveying device according to the first aspect, in which the separating means is rotatably attached about a rotation axis orthogonal to the conveying path, and the rotating body is arranged in a card conveying direction. And a drive means for rotating the rotary body toward the front, and a part of the rotary body is projected and retracted from the transport path at a predetermined cycle as the rotary body rotates.

The rotating body is formed of, for example, an elliptical plate or a rectangular plate, and when the center of the rotating body is rotated, both ends of the rotating body can be projected and retracted from the transport path at a predetermined cycle. .

In the card transport device of claim 2, as in the case of claim 1, when the rotating body is rotated by the driving means and a part of the rotating body is projected and retracted from the transport path at a predetermined cycle, the stacker stacks. Of the many stacked cards,
The rear end of the lower surface of the card located at the bottom is struck from below, and the rear end of the card vibrates up and down with the vicinity of the tip as a fulcrum, and with this, all cards also vibrate up and down.
By these vibrations, the card located at the bottom,
The concave-convex fitting with the card located above it is disengaged, while the card at the lowermost position is removed from the concave-convex fitting with the card above it by driving the conveying means, and Since the simultaneous transportation of a plurality of cards in an overlapped state is regulated by the regulation piece, the transportation means forwards the cards one by one,
It is transported forward on the transport path.

Further, since the rotating member is rotated in the card conveying direction by the driving means, the rear end portion of the lower surface of the card located at the lowest position is hit from below and the force for pushing the card forward is applied. To act. Therefore, when the concave-convex fitting with the card positioned above is disengaged, the card is immediately pushed forward, so that it is possible to more surely feed the cards one by one.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the card transporting device according to the second aspect, wherein a part of the rotating body that appears in and out of the transport path at a predetermined cycle is rotatably provided around an eccentric shaft that is eccentric from the axis of the rotating body. It is composed of rotating rollers.
The rotating roller is, for example, a bearing, and is rotatably attached to shafts provided at both ends of the rotating body.

According to the card carrier of claim 3, the cards are delivered one by one in the same manner as in the case of claim 2, and the lower end rear end of the card located at the lowermost position is The rotating roller will hit. Since this rotating roller rotates due to the frictional force with the lower surface of the card, the rotating roller is uniformly and less worn by the friction with the card, and therefore has excellent durability as a rotating body.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card carrier.
In any one of 3 above, the restriction piece is provided with a cutout portion through which the convex portion formed on the surface of the card can pass, and the stacker has at least a part of the concave-convex portion formed on the surfaces vertically opposed to each other. Among the cards stacked in the fitted state, the separating means hits the lower end of the lower surface of the lowermost card.

The concavo-convex portion of the card is formed by, for example, embossing, and displays the card serial number or the like. These serial numbers and the like are generally given in serial numbers, and the uneven parts of the serial numbers and the like are different only in part, and the uneven parts of other digits are often the same. When a large number of such cards are piled up in the order in which serial numbers are given, these concave and convex portions are fitted vertically.

According to another aspect of the card carrier of the present invention, the rear end portion of the lowermost one of the cards stacked in the stacker is hit by the separating means so that the rear end portion of the card is moved. It vibrates up and down with the vicinity of the tip as a fulcrum, and with this, all cards also vibrate up and down,
By these vibrations, the card located at the bottom,
The concavo-convex fit with the card positioned above it is disengaged vertically, and the concavo-convex fit is disengaged before and after in the card transport direction by the feeding of the card located at the bottom. That is, even if a large number of cards are stacked in a state in which the concavities and convexities formed on the surfaces of the cards that vertically oppose each other are fitted, these concavo-convex fittings are surely disengaged in the vertical and forward and backward directions. Since one piece regulates simultaneous conveyance of a plurality of cards in an overlapping state, the cards are fed forward one by one in order from the bottom. Then, the card that has been fed out passes through the notch formed in the restriction piece with its convex portion, is carried out forward from the stacker, and is further conveyed forward on the conveyance path.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An example of an embodiment of a card carrier according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG.
It is a side view showing the whole card transportation device composition of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the card transport device 1 includes a stacker 2 in which a large number of cards K are stored in a stacked state.
And a transport path 3 that extends forward from the lower position of the stacker and transports the cards K one by one,
It is provided below the stacker 2 and the transporting means 4 for transporting the card K forward on the transporting path 3, and appears at the transporting path 3 at predetermined intervals to strike the rear end of the lower surface of the card K. And a separating means 5 for separating the cards from each other.

The stacker 2 is arranged at the rear of the card transporting device 1 and has an opening at the top and bottom. A large number of cards K are vertically stacked from above and the stacker 2 is transported in the longitudinal direction. It is designed to fill in the direction. Further, the height of the stacker 2 is appropriately determined depending on the number of cards K to be accommodated, and the size of the stacker 2 in plan view is between the cards K in order to stack them in order. It is formed in a size with a slight clearance. Further, a regulating piece 2a is provided in the lower opening of the stacker 2. The regulation piece 2a regulates the simultaneous conveyance of a plurality of cards K in an overlapping state, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, of the inner wall surface of the stacker 2, the card K is conveyed in the conveyance direction. It is fixed to the front inner wall surface by screws 2b, 2b. Further, the cutout portion 2c,
2c are formed at a predetermined interval. The notch 2
c and 2c have widths and depths through which the protrusions formed by embossing on the surface of the card K can pass, and the tongue 2d between these notches 2c and 2c is on the surface of the card K. It is provided at a position opposed to the provided magnetic tape, and a gap is provided between the tongue portion 2d and a transport surface 3a described later so that only one card can be passed through.

The transport path 3 is provided so as to extend from a position below the stacker 2 to the front end of the card transport device 1, and as shown in FIG. 2, the transport surface 3 on which the card K is transported.
a. The carrying surface 3a is provided horizontally, and its width is set to be slightly larger than the width of the card K. Further, side plates 3b, 3b extending in the longitudinal direction of the transport path 3 are provided upright at both widthwise edges of the transport surface 3a, so that the card K being transported does not deviate from the transport surface 3a. It has become. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, a guide plate 3c is provided above the portion of the transport path 3 in front of the stacker 2, and the card K is placed in front of the stacker 2. Then, it is configured to be transported between the transport surface 3a and the guide plate 3c.

The carrying means 4 for carrying the card K forward on the carrying path 3 is constructed as follows. That is, below the transport path 3, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, four transport rollers 6, 7, 8, 9 are arranged at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the transport path 3. . These conveying rollers 6, 7, 8 and 9 are arranged such that their outer peripheral portions slightly project from the conveying surface 3a, and the card K is provided on the outer peripheral portions of the conveying rollers 6, 7 and 8. To increase the frictional force against the belt-shaped rubber members 6a, 7a,
8a is attached. The transport roller 6 is disposed below the central portion of the stacker 2, the transport roller 7 is disposed below the front portion of the stacker 2, and the transport rollers 6 and 7 accommodate the stacker 2 in the stacker 2. The card K is drawn out from the stacker 2.

The transport rollers 6, 7, 8 and 9 are attached to the rotary shafts 6b, 7b, 8b and 9b, respectively.
These rotating shafts 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b are respectively arranged in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the transport path 3, and both ends of the rotating shafts 6b, 7b, 8b, 9b are mounted on the side plates 3b, 3b respectively.
It is rotatably supported via. The rotating shaft 6
One end of each of b, 7b, 8b, 9b is projected from the side plate 3b, and the pulley 11,
12, 13, 14 are attached. On the other hand, below the pulleys 11 and 12, as shown in FIG. 4, a drive motor 15 is fixed to a mounting plate 16, and a pulley 17 is attached to the drive shaft of the drive motor 15. A belt 18 is wound around the pulley 17 and the pulleys 11 and 12. Therefore, the pulleys 11 and 12 are configured to rotate in a direction in which the card K is conveyed forward via the pulley 17 and the belt 18 by driving the drive motor 15, whereby the conveying rollers 6 and 7 are rotated. Are designed to rotate synchronously in the same direction.

Further, above the pulleys 13 and 14,
The drive motor 19 is fixed to a mounting plate 20, and a pulley 21 is attached to the drive shaft of the drive motor 19. A belt 22 is wound around the pulley 21 and the pulleys 13 and 14. Therefore, the pulleys 13 and 14 are configured to rotate in the direction in which the card K is conveyed forward via the pulley 21 and the belt 22 by driving the drive motor 19, whereby the conveying rollers 8 and 9 are rotated. Are designed to rotate synchronously in the same direction.

Above the conveying rollers 8 and 9,
As shown in FIG. 3, pressing rollers 23 and 24 are provided in contact with the transport rollers 8 and 9, respectively. These pressing rollers 23 and 24 press the card K conveyed on the conveying path 3 against the conveying rollers 8 and 9 to effectively transmit the conveying force of the conveying rollers 8 and 9, and at the same time, to the conveying rollers 8 and 9. It is for preventing the jump of the card K on 9
The arms 25, 25 are rotatably supported at the tips thereof. The arm 25 has a base end portion rotatably connected to a shaft portion 26, and is urged downward by a spring member 27 wound around the shaft portion 26.

It is provided below the stacker 2,
The separating means 5 that emerges from the transport path 3 at predetermined intervals and strikes the rear end of the lower surface of the card K to separate the card is configured as follows. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, first, below the rear end portion of the stacker 2, the rotating body 30 is disposed by being attached to the rotating shaft 30a via the boss 30b. It is rotatably provided together with the shaft 30a. The rotating body 30 includes an elliptical rotating plate 31 fixed to a rotating shaft 30a, and the rotating plate 3
It is composed of rotating rollers 32, 32 rotatably attached to both ends of the roller 1.

The rotating roller 32 is a bearing,
The rotary roller 32 is rotatably attached to the rotary plate 31 by a pin 32a such that a part of the outer periphery of the rotary roller 32 projects from the end of the rotary plate 31. Further, the rotating roller 32 is mounted at a position such that when the rotating plate 31 has its major axis oriented vertically, a part of the outer peripheral portion thereof projects from the transport surface 3a by a predetermined length. Then, the rotating body 30 rotates the card K as the rotating shaft 30a rotates.
Of the card K, and the rotation rollers 32 and 32 revolve around the rotation shaft 30a in accordance with this rotation, whereby the rotation rollers 32 and 32 appear and disappear from the conveyance surface 3a at a predetermined cycle. It is designed to hit the rear end of the lower surface of.

The rotating body 30 having the above structure is rotated by the driving means 35 for rotating the rotating body 30 in the card K transport direction. The drive means 35 is configured as follows. That is, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, first, both ends of the rotating shaft 30a to which the rotating body 30 is attached are rotatably supported by the side plates 3b and 3b via bearings 10 and 10. There is. One end of the rotary shaft 30a projects from the side plate 3b, and a pulley 36 is attached to this end. A belt 37 is wound around the pulley 36 and the pulley 11. Therefore, the pulley 36 is driven by the drive motor 15 so that the pulley 37, the belt 18, the pulley 11, and the belt 37 are passed through. It is designed to be rotated.

The mounting plates 16 and 20 on which the drive motors 15 and 19 are mounted have infrared sensors 38 and
38 are attached to face each other and sandwich a part of the stacker 2. The infrared sensors 38, 38 detect whether or not the card K is stored in the stacker 2, and if the card K is stored in the stacker 2,
Set the drive motors 15 and 19 to a startable state,
If the card K is not housed, the drive motors 15 and 19
It is designed to prevent the startup of. Further, a card processing unit 41 is installed in front of the carrying path 3, and the card K carried through the carrying path 3 is inserted into the card processing unit 41, where the card K is magnetically attached. Information is written and read, and is emitted from the emission unit 41a.

Further, the transfer path 3 and the card processing section 41
Between the card processing section 41 and the card processing section 41, the card K transferred on the transfer path 3 is transferred to the card processing section 41.
The writing information written in step 4 has an abnormality, or the release unit 41
A delivery plate 43 is attached for dropping the card K sent back to the recovery tray 42 when the card K is forgotten to be removed from a. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the delivery plate 43 has a shaft 44 whose base end portion rotates in forward and reverse directions.
When the card K is attached to the card processing section 41, the card K can be delivered to the card processing section 41 while its tip is held at a height substantially equal to the conveyance surface 3a of the conveyance path 3 against the biasing force of the spring 45. . On the other hand, when the card K sent back from the card processing unit 41 is dropped onto the collection tray 42, the tip of the delivery plate 43 is located above the transport surface 3a, and the card K sent back is delivered to the delivery plate 42. It hits the back side of 43 and is collected in the lower collecting tray 42.

Next, a method for feeding out the cards K, which are stacked and accommodated in the stacker 2 one by one, and is conveyed forward by the card conveying device 1 having the above configuration will be described. Note that the cards K stacked in the stacker 2 are given serial numbers of the cards and the like by the uneven portions formed by embossing, and these uneven portions are fitted vertically. First, the drive switches of the drive motors 15 and 19 are turned on. If the card K is not stored in the stacker 2, the infrared sensors 38, 38 detect this and the drive motors 15, 19 are not driven. On the other hand, if the card K is stored in the stacker 2, the drive motors 15 and 19 are driven.

When the drive motor 15 is driven, the separating means 5
The rotating body 30 constituting the pulley is the pulley 17 and the belt 1.
8, pulley 11, belt 37, pulley 36, rotary shaft 30
It rotates together with the rotating shaft 30a via a. Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the rotary rollers 32,
Of the cards K stacked in the stacker 2, the lower end of the lower surface of the lower end of the card K is fixed from the bottom. Hit in cycles.

By this striking, the rear end of the card K located at the lowest position vibrates up and down with the vicinity of the tip as a fulcrum, and along with this, all the cards K also vibrate up and down. The card K located at the bottom,
The concavo-convex fitting with the card K located thereabove is released. Further, since the rotating rollers 32, 32 rotate in the conveying direction of the card K, the rear end portion of the lower surface of the card K located at the lowest position is hit from below and a force for pushing the card K forward is applied. Let it work. Therefore, when the concave-convex fitting of the card K positioned above the card K is released, the card K is immediately pushed out forward, so that the cards K can be fed one by one more reliably.

On the other hand, since the drive motors 15 and 19 are driven, the carrying rollers 6 and 6 which constitute the carrying means 4.
7,8,9 rotate. Therefore, the card K located at the lowermost position is disengaged from the card K located above the card K, and the restriction piece 2a restricts simultaneous conveyance of a plurality of cards K in an overlapping state. Therefore, only the card K located at the lowermost position is pushed out by the rotating rollers 32, 32, and the conveying rollers 6, 7,
By the rotation of 8 and 9, the sheets are conveyed one by one on it. Further, the extruded card passes through the cutout portion 2c (see FIG. 5) formed in the restriction piece 2a, and is ejected forward from the stacker 2 and further forward on the transport path. . Then, in the same manner, the large number of cards K accommodated in the stacker 2 are sequentially delivered one by one from below and conveyed to the front.

The card K conveyed as described above is delivered to and inserted into the card K processing section 41 via the delivery plate 43, and the magnetic information is written and released by the card processing section 41. It is released from the portion 41a. Further, when an abnormality occurs in the written information written in the card processing unit 41 or when the card K is forgotten to be removed from the ejecting unit 41a, the card K is sent back and the delivery plate 43 recovers the recovery tray 4.
Collect in 2.

As described above, in the card transport device 1 of the present invention, the card K located at the lowest position is separated by the separating means 5.
By hitting the rear end of the lower surface of the card from below, the card K is vertically vibrated, whereby the card K located at the bottom and
Since the concave-convex fitting with the card K located thereabove is removed, it is possible to ensure that the cards K that are stacked and accommodated in a large number are
It is possible to feed the sheets one by one and convey them. Further, since the rotating rollers 32, 32 for hitting the rear end of the lower surface of the card K are rotated by the frictional force with the lower surface of the card K, the rotating rollers 32, 32 are evenly worn by the friction with the card K and It is less and therefore more durable.

Although the separating means 5 for hitting the lower surface of the card K is constituted by the rotating plate 30 in the above-mentioned card conveying device 1, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is constituted by a rod or the like which simply reciprocates up and down and appears. You may.

[0037]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
According to the card transporting device, the rear end portion of the lower surface of the card located at the lowermost position of the plurality of cards stacked in the stacker is tapped from below by the separating means. It vibrates up and down around the section as a fulcrum, and with this, all cards also vibrate up and down,
By these vibrations, the card located at the bottom,
The concavo-convex fitting with the card located on it is released, and moreover,
Since the regulation piece regulates the simultaneous conveyance of a plurality of cards in an overlapping state, it is possible to feed out the card located at the lowermost position by the conveying means, and therefore, it is possible to ensure that the cards accommodated in a large number are stacked. It is possible to feed one by one and convey.

According to the card carrier of claim 2, it is of course possible to obtain the same effect as that of claim 1.
Since the separating means is composed of a rotating member that partially appears and disappears from the conveying path at a predetermined cycle with rotation, and a driving unit that rotates this rotating member in the card conveying direction,
The rotating member is rotated in the card conveying direction by the driving means, and the rear end of the lower surface of the card located at the lowest position is hit from below, and a force for pushing the card forward can be applied to the card. . Therefore, when the concave-convex fitting with the card positioned above is disengaged, the card is immediately pushed forward, so that it is possible to more surely feed the cards one by one.

According to the card carrier of claim 3, of course, the same effect as that of claim 2 can be obtained.
Since a part of the rotating body that appears in and out of the transport path at a predetermined cycle is constituted by a rotating roller that is rotatably provided around an eccentric axis that is eccentric from the axis of the rotating body, the lower surface of the card located at the lowermost rear Although the rotary roller hits the end, this rotary roller rotates due to the frictional force with the lower surface of the card, so the wear of the rotary roller due to the friction with the card is uniform and less, and the durability is excellent. Will be things.

According to the card carrier of claim 4, even if a large number of cards are stacked in a state in which the concavities and convexities formed on the upper and lower surfaces of these cards are fitted, they are stacked. By pushing the rear end of the lower surface of the lowermost card out of the cards forward while the separating means striking it, these concave-convex fittings are surely disengaged vertically and forward and backward, and the cards are forwarded one by one from the bottom. The card that can be fed out and whose convex portion passes through the notch formed in the restriction piece, is carried out forward from the stacker, and is further conveyed forward on the conveyance path. Uneven parts are formed, and a card is stacked with these uneven parts fitted together.
It is suitable for feeding and transporting the sheets one by one.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an example of a card carrier of the present invention,
It is a side view showing a schematic structure of a card carrier.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a transport path and a transport means of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the carrying means and the separating means in the same manner.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a drive system of the conveying means and the separating means.

5 is a view on arrow A in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view schematically showing a state where the lower surface of the card is hit by the separating means by the card transport device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card Conveying Device 2 Stacker 3 Conveying Path 4 Conveying Means 5 Separating Means 30 Rotating Body 30b Rotating Shaft 31 Rotating Plate 32a Pin (Eccentric Shaft) 32 Rotating Roller 35 Driving Means K Card

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A card transport device for feeding and transporting a large number of stacked cards one by one, wherein a stacker that accommodates a large number of cards in a stacked state and has an opening at the bottom, and a stacker The transport path is provided extending from the lower position to the front, and the cards are transported one by one; and a transport unit that transports the cards forward on the transport path. A restriction piece is provided for restricting simultaneous conveyance of a plurality of cards in an overlapped state, and the lower portion of the stacker appears at the conveyance path at a predetermined cycle and strikes the rear end portion of the lower surface of the card. A card conveying device, characterized in that a separating means for separating the cards from each other is provided. 2. A card carrier according to claim 1, wherein said separating means has a rotating body mounted rotatably around a rotation axis orthogonal to said carrying path, and this rotating body is oriented in a card carrying direction. And a drive means for rotating the rotating body, and a part of the rotating body appears and disappears from the conveying path at a predetermined cycle as the rotating body rotates. 3. The card transporting device according to claim 2, wherein a part of the rotating body protruding and retracting from the transporting path at a predetermined cycle is rotatably provided around an eccentric axis eccentric from the axis of the rotating body. A card transport device characterized by being a rotating roller. 4. The card transport device according to claim 1, wherein the restriction piece is provided with a cutout portion through which a convex portion formed on the surface of the card can pass. , The separating means is configured to tap the lower end of the lower surface of the card located at the lowermost position of the cards stacked in a state where at least a part of the uneven portions formed on the surfaces facing each other vertically are fitted. A card carrier which is characterized in that