EP0187604A1 - Behälter zum Speichern von Karten wie z.B. flachen oder geprägten Kreditkarten - Google Patents

Behälter zum Speichern von Karten wie z.B. flachen oder geprägten Kreditkarten Download PDF

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EP0187604A1
EP0187604A1 EP85402641A EP85402641A EP0187604A1 EP 0187604 A1 EP0187604 A1 EP 0187604A1 EP 85402641 A EP85402641 A EP 85402641A EP 85402641 A EP85402641 A EP 85402641A EP 0187604 A1 EP0187604 A1 EP 0187604A1
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André Nuel
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H3/00—Separating articles from piles
    • B65H3/24—Separating articles from piles by pushers engaging the edges of the articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H1/00—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated
    • B65H1/04—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile
    • B65H1/06—Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile for separation from bottom of pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H31/00—Pile receivers
    • B65H31/04—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates
    • B65H31/08—Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2301/00—Handling processes for sheets or webs
    • B65H2301/40—Type of handling process
    • B65H2301/42—Piling, depiling, handling piles
    • B65H2301/423—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile
    • B65H2301/4232—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles
    • B65H2301/42322—Depiling; Separating articles from a pile of horizontal or inclined articles, i.e. wherein articles support fully or in part the mass of other articles in the piles from bottom of the pile
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2701/00—Handled material; Storage means
    • B65H2701/10—Handled articles or webs
    • B65H2701/19—Specific article or web
    • B65H2701/1914—Cards, e.g. telephone, credit and identity cards

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  • the present invention relates to a card container such as flat or stamped credit cards, which is used in particular during the operations of manufacturing these cards.
  • the first stage relates to the actual manufacture of the card which consists in equipping the card with at least one magnetic track and / or electronic microcircuits consisting for example of a microprocessor and a programmable memory.
  • the second stage concerns test operations to verify the good working condition of the magnetic strip and / or the electronic microcircuits by carrying out read / write operations.
  • the third stage concerns personalization operations prior to the circulation of a card. These operations, generally carried out by authorized bodies, consist in writing information in the card to identify the issuing body and the future user of the card, and to set the conditions and limits for the use of this card.
  • This succession of manipulations is a waste of time and a source of errors.
  • the invention aims to overcome this drawback by eliminating all these manipulations by means of a container which can play either the role of card storage and transport means, food store and reception store for processing machines. an automatic card manufacturing line.
  • the invention therefore provides a container of cards such as flat or stamped credit cards, in particular used by automatic processing machines during the operations of manufacturing these cards, characterized in that it consists of an elongated body rectangular rectangular shape, two removable plugs capable of sliding freely inside the container and lockable in position throughout this container, said container can play either the role of food store, store receiving a card processing machine, and means for storing and transporting cards from one processing machine to another.
  • the container (1) according to the invention is in the form of an elongated rectangular parallelepiped made of a rigid material. As shown in Figure 1, the container (1) is in the vertical position or normal position of use.
  • the container (1) has several notches located at its lower part.
  • a central notch (10) is machined at the lower end of one of its longitudinal walls, and keying notches such as (11a, llb) are machined at its lower periphery.
  • an oblong central opening (12) is machined on one of the longitudinal walls of the container (1). This opening (12) extends over a large part of the height of the container (1) in order to visualize the content and to allow access to the cards.
  • the cross section of the container (1) has dimensions slightly larger than those of portable objects such as flat or stamped cards (2) which are intended to be stacked on top of each other inside the container (1). These cards (2) have dimensions which meet, for example, ISO standards in the field of credit cards.
  • Such a card (2) is shown by way of example in FIG. 2. It consists of a support (20) with for example on one side at least one magnetic track (21), and on the other side the input-output terminals (22) of electronic microcircuits such as a microprocessor and a memory located in the card.
  • a support (20) with for example on one side at least one magnetic track (21), and on the other side the input-output terminals (22) of electronic microcircuits such as a microprocessor and a memory located in the card.
  • each plug (3a, 3b) consists of two half-shells (31) connected together by fixing means such as screws (32).
  • a locking system (33) is mounted between these two half-shells (31). It consists of two movable pushers (34) which are each integral for example with two pads (35). The two pushers are controlled in translation in two opposite directions by a control device (36) and are guided in their movement by the interior surfaces of the half-shells (31). In their movement, the pads (35) respectively protrude from the two half-shells to come into pressed contact. with two opposite walls of the container (1).
  • the control device (36) for the pushers (34) consists of a double cam (38) comprising two parts eccentrics mounted in opposition which act respectively and simultaneously on the two pushers (34) by bearing surfaces (34a, 34b) in order to separate them from one another (locked position) or to bring them closer to each other the other (unlocked position).
  • the locked position of the pads (35) is maintained by the pressure exerted by the cam (38) on the bearing surfaces (34a, 34b).
  • the control shaft (39) of the cam (38) projects outside one of the two half-shells (31) and ends with a control button (41).
  • This chain consists of four workstations (P0) to (P3).
  • the operations consist in equipping the cards (2) with at least one magnetic strip and / or electronic microcircuits such as a microprocessor and a memory. These manufacturing operations are described in detail in the aforementioned French patent No. 2337381.
  • the operations consist in testing the correct operation of the card by writing / reading operations on the magnetic strip and / or in the memory.
  • the operations consist in personalizing the card according to the applications envisaged. This is to write information on the magnetic strip and / or in the memory to set the conditions and limits for using the card.
  • the operations consist in carrying out, for example, a stamping on the card to make information readable, such as for example the name of the future card holder.
  • Each card (2) extracted from the store (1) is recovered by the transfer device such as a carriage (8) controlled by a stepping motor (8a) and movable along means guide (8b) in a back-and-forth movement between two limit positions defining a path during which the processing operations are carried out on the card (2).
  • the carriage (8) is integral with a belt (8c) mounted on two pulleys (8d), one of which is rotated by the motor (8a).
  • the carriage (8) may or may not stop in front of the corresponding processing devices (Dl, D2).
  • the carriage (8) must stop in front of the device (D2) which has movable contacts which are brought into contact with the input-output terminals (22) of the card (2) to ensure the electrical connections with the microcircuits of the card (2).
  • processing devices (D1, D2) can be connected remotely or not with a central processing unit (C) which controls the operations.
  • the card (2) is released and ejected from the carriage (8) to be received either in a receiving store (la) of good cards, or in a receiving store (lb) of bad cards depending on the results of the treatment .
  • These two stores (la, lb) are for example respectively located towards the two ends defining the two extreme limits of movement of the carriage (8).
  • the card supply device (6) (2) comprises a supply magazine constituted by the container (1) which cooperates with the card extraction device (7) (2) as described below.
  • the keying indentation (lla) makes it possible to correctly position the container (1) in a vertical position on the chassis (51) of the machine.
  • the cards (2) to be processed (flat or stamped) are immobilized between the two plugs (3a, 3b) in the locked position.
  • the upper plug (3a) is unlocked manually so that its weight constantly exerts additional pressure on the cards in order to facilitate their extraction, while the lower plug (3b) is unlocked by means of a control system (52) to be released from the container (1) and allow the extraction of cards (2).
  • This control system (52) consists of a hollow vertical axis (53) located in the extension of the control axis (39) of the lower plug (3b). This axis (53) ends at its upper end with a stirrup (54) forming a locking key intended to come into engagement with the control button (41) of the lower plug (3b).
  • the axis (53) is rotatably mounted inside a sleeve (55) fixed in rotation by means of a key (56), while the axis (53) and the sleeve (55) are united in translation.
  • the lower end of the hollow axis (53) receives one end of a square drive (60) mounted by force and controlled by a rotation control device (61) constituted by a lever (62) with manual control extended by an axis (63) integral with the other end of the drive square (60) with the interposition of an angle transmission system (64).
  • the axis (53) and the sleeve (55) are simultaneously controlled in translation in a downward movement by a control device (65) to release the lower plug (3b) from the container (1), as described below always with reference to Figures 5 to 7.
  • the control device (65) consists of a motor (66) which rotates an axis (67) secured to a lever (68).
  • This lever (68) supports a drive finger (69) whose axis is eccentric relative to the axis (67).
  • the drive finger (69) cooperates with a yoke (70) integral with the sleeve (55).
  • the lower plug (3t) is released from the container (1), being distant from its lower end by a distance of approximately 1 mm in order to delimit an output pre-die (71) allowing the one by one extraction of the cards (2).
  • This pre-die (71) is formed by the upper end surface of the plug (3b) and the underside of the container (1) which has the notch (10).
  • the extraction device (7) essentially consists of a pusher (75) in the form of a plate which can be moved back and forth under the action of a control device (76) and by a die (77 ).
  • the pusher (75) and the die (77) are located respectively on either side of the container (1).
  • the control device (76) based on the connecting rod-crank principle consists of a motor (78) which rotates an axis (79) which supports a cam (80) provided with a drive finger (81) mounted rotatable on the cam (80) and whose axis is eccentric relative to the axis of the motor.
  • the drive finger (81) is crossed by a sliding rod (83).
  • One end of the rod (83) is integral with a fixed point (83a), while its other end is articulated to the pusher by a clevis-tenon device (83b).
  • the sliding rod (83) pivots around the fixed point (83a) and drives the pusher (75) in a back-and-forth movement in translation.
  • the pusher (75) slides on a flat reference surface (S2) defined at the level of the frame (51) of the machine and engages under the container (1) on the side opposite to that which has the notch (10).
  • the pusher (75) pushes the card (2) bearing on the lower plug (3b) out of the container (1) by the pre-die (71) to then pass it through the guide die (77) before eject it on the transfer carriage (8).
  • the role of the notch (10) provided at the lower end of the container (1) is to allow the passage of the relief of the stamped cards. This stamping is always located in the central part of the card, so that this notch (10) extends over a length less than the length of the card.
  • a detection device (84) consisting of an optical fiber is provided at the outlet of the guide die (77) to detect either the absence of a card (empty container), or possibly a jam.
  • reception stores also consist of a container (1) according to the invention.
  • Each receiving magazine (la, lb) is positioned thanks to the keying notch (llb) and is mounted in a vertical position on the chassis (51) of the machine with its upper end situated at the end of a slide (100) having an inclined plane (101) on which the cards are ejected from the carriage (8), then slide freely until falling one by one inside the container (1).
  • the first cards (2) falling from the entire height of the container (1) from being positioned incorrectly with respect to each other, that is to say in an incorrect stack with respect to the lower plug (3b)
  • the latter is initially returned to the upper end of the container (1) to receive the first cards (2).
  • the stopper (3b) is then automatically controlled in a step-by-step downward movement as the container (1) is filled in order to limit the height of the cards (2) falling and thus ensure correct stacking of the cards ( 2) on top of each other.
  • the downward movement of the plug (3b) is under the control of a device (85) shown in FIG. 9.
  • the device (85) consists of a vertical axis (86), the upper end of which ends in a stirrup (87) intended to come into engagement with the control button (41) of the lower plug (3b) to drive it in rotation and translation.
  • This axis (86) is movable in rotation under the action of a manually controlled lever (95) to lock and unlock the plug (3b).
  • this axis (86) is integral with an elevator (88) mounted to slide along a fixed rod (89) supported by the frame (51) and parallel to the axis (86).
  • This elevator (88) is controlled in an up and down movement by means of a belt (90) supported by two pulleys (91) one of which is controlled in rotation by a motor (92).
  • the lower plug (3b) is returned to the upper end of the container after being unlocked by manual action on the lever (95).
  • the plug (3b) is thus made integral with the axis (86) itself integral with the elevator (88).
  • a detector (95) constituted by an optical fiber intended to count the cards (2) which are released in the slide (100).
  • This detector (95) is electrically connected to a counter (96).
  • this counter (96) As soon as this counter (96) has counted a predetermined number of cards (2) which have fallen into the store for receiving good cards (la), it controls the motor (92) which ensures the descent of the lower plug (3b) by one determined height and so on until the container (la) is filled.
  • An identical system applies to the container (Ib).
  • the inclined plane (101) of the slide has two longitudinal ribs (97) to limit the friction of the cards (2) and thus prevent the cards from being charged with harmful electrostatic electricity. microcircuits.
  • This slide (100) is also equipped with a casing (98) forming a funnel to limit the movement of the cards (2).
  • the pusher (75) acts on a longitudinal side of the card (2) to be extracted, but without departing from the scope of the invention it could act on a lateral side of the card.
  • the container (1) can be applied to the storage of portable objects other than standardized credit cards, and to a production line equipped with processing devices other than those described.

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FR8420026A FR2575445B1 (fr) 1984-12-28 1984-12-28 Conteneur de cartes telles que des cartes de credit plates ou estampees

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FR2717790A1 (fr) * 1994-03-24 1995-09-29 Routage Marketing Installation pour déposer et coller des cartes sur des documents.
FR2774664A1 (fr) * 1998-02-11 1999-08-13 Leroux Gilles Sa Magasin pour pile de cartes plastiques de format standard
EP1004982A2 (de) * 1998-11-27 2000-05-31 Werner Johann Krammel Kartencontainer zur Aufnahme von Ausweis- oder Kreditkarten

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GB822439A (en) * 1957-02-18 1959-10-28 Eastman Kodak Co Improvements in or relating to apparatus employing receptacles for flexible discreteelements of a sheet-like nature
GB827057A (en) * 1955-10-14 1960-02-03 Eastman Kodak Co Improvements in or relating to apparatus employing receptacles for flexible discreteelements of a sheet-like nature
GB2085846A (en) * 1980-10-21 1982-05-06 Emi Ltd Ticket dispensing apparatus

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GB827057A (en) * 1955-10-14 1960-02-03 Eastman Kodak Co Improvements in or relating to apparatus employing receptacles for flexible discreteelements of a sheet-like nature
GB822439A (en) * 1957-02-18 1959-10-28 Eastman Kodak Co Improvements in or relating to apparatus employing receptacles for flexible discreteelements of a sheet-like nature
US2904335A (en) * 1958-03-04 1959-09-15 Rabinow Jacob Stacker for mail sorters and the like
GB2085846A (en) * 1980-10-21 1982-05-06 Emi Ltd Ticket dispensing apparatus

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2717790A1 (fr) * 1994-03-24 1995-09-29 Routage Marketing Installation pour déposer et coller des cartes sur des documents.
FR2774664A1 (fr) * 1998-02-11 1999-08-13 Leroux Gilles Sa Magasin pour pile de cartes plastiques de format standard
EP1004982A2 (de) * 1998-11-27 2000-05-31 Werner Johann Krammel Kartencontainer zur Aufnahme von Ausweis- oder Kreditkarten
EP1004982A3 (de) * 1998-11-27 2002-06-12 Werner Johann Krammel Kartencontainer zur Aufnahme von Ausweis- oder Kreditkarten

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