JP2000067149A - Cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove strongly fixed dirt from a card by applying the moving card with a washing liquid by a washing liquid coating means, wiping the washing liquid by a wiping means later and curving a card carrying path near the wiping means. SOLUTION: A driven roller 10 provided on a case 2 so as to be freely rotated is faced to a driven roller 11 provided on a case 3 so as to be freely rotated, and one part of the driven roller 11 is put into a container 13 and immersed in a washing liquid 12 inside the container 13. Then, the card moving on a card carrying path 100 is applied with that washing liquid 12 and afterwards, the surface of the card is wiped by a wiping member 14 provided on the case 2 and a wiping member 15 provided on the case 3. At such a time, a curved part (w) for curving the card carrying path 100 is provided near the respective wiping members 14 and 15. Thus, strongly fixed dirt can be removed from the card.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used in a point system such as a fast food store or a convenience store, and is a card-like medium capable of realizing at least one of data recording and reproduction or at least one of image formation. Cleaning device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Rewriting cards for point systems, etc.
Magnetic cards and IC cards (including non-contact) are often used. These cards are provided with a printing function, and dirt on the card surface may deteriorate the printing quality or prevent good recording or reproduction of data (such as magnetic data). Especially when handling cards such as those mentioned above in stores handling food etc., it is often the case that oil stains adhere to the card or dairy products adhere to it, and if printing is performed in such a state In some cases, dirt was firmly adhered to the card, causing a problem. Especially when printing on a rewritable card using a heating head,
Dirt adhering to the card was fixed due to heating.

In order to solve the above problems, various card cleaning devices and mechanisms have been proposed. Conventional techniques are disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 5-906640,
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication Nos. Hei. 1-24619, 10-105656, 9-29187, and 5-2423.
No. 06 publication and the like.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, the structure is complicated, and the dirt or the like stuck on the card cannot be sufficiently removed. There is a problem that it takes up space when it is installed in a location. In addition, there was also a problem that maintenance was very difficult.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning device for a card or the like having a simple structure.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a cleaning device for a card or the like which can remove dirt firmly fixed from the card.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning device for a card or the like which can reduce the size of the device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cleaning device for cards and the like, which is very easy to maintain.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a moving means for moving a card in a card transport path is provided, and the moving card is coated with a cleaning liquid by a cleaning liquid applying means, and thereafter is wiped by a wiping means. ,
The cleaning liquid is wiped off, and the card transport path is curved near the wiping means.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card insertion slot for inserting a card, a card transport path for transporting the card, transport means for moving the card in the card transport path, and a cleaning liquid for the card. Cleaning liquid applying means for applying, and wiping means provided on the downstream side of the cleaning liquid applying means, after the card is inserted into the card insertion slot,
Moved in the card transport path by the moving means, is sent to the wiping means after the cleaning liquid is applied by the cleaning liquid applying means, and by the card transport path is curved near the wiping means, Since the pressing force between the wiping means and the card can be increased, the wiping efficiency is improved. In addition, since the wiping efficiency is improved, simplification and the like of the device can be realized, and miniaturization and the like of the device can be easily performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the angle of change of the card transport path at the curved portion of the card transport path is set to 40 degrees to 80 degrees.
The pressing force between the wiping means and the card can be increased, and the card is hardly damaged.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first and second aspects, the first case and the second case are rotatably combined to rotate the first case and the second case. By exposing the card transport path,
Maintenance becomes very easy.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, the second case is provided on the installation side, and at least one of the power supply unit and the motor unit is provided in the second case, so that the center of gravity of the device is relatively controlled. Because it can be closer to the installation side,
Stable installation can be performed.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the apparatus can be installed very stably by providing the installation surface fixing means in the second case.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described. 1 and 2 are perspective views showing a cleaning device according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the cleaning device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body, and the main body 1 is constituted by a case 2 and a case 3 rotatably connected to each other. With this configuration, maintenance and the like can be easily realized by rotating the case 2 and the case 3 to expose the internal mechanism. A card insertion slot 4 for inserting a card to be cleaned is provided on the front of the case 2, and a card outlet 5 for discharging the cleaned card is provided on the upper surface of the case 2. Case 2 and case 3 are connected by a hinge or the like.

A display unit 6 is provided on the upper surface of the case 2.
At least one of time, error display, device status, replacement time, and the like is displayed. A liquid crystal display, an EL display (organic or inorganic), a CRT, or the like is suitably used for the display unit 6. Note that the display unit 6 may display information by using blinking of a light emitting element such as an LED.

Further, although not shown, an input device such as a keyboard or data input by pen input or the like may be provided on the case 2 side. By providing this input device, data on the type of card and the replacement time of the wiping member, which will be described later, is input, and the type of the inserted card is displayed on the display unit 6 based on the input information, The replacement time can be displayed on the display unit 6.

In the present embodiment, the display unit 6 and the input device are provided. However, in consideration of cost and the like, even if they are not provided, there is no problem as a cleaning device.

Reference numeral 100 denotes a card transport path that is exposed by rotating the case 2 and the case 3 and through which the card passes.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a brush provided near the card insertion slot 4 of the case 2. The brush 7 can remove relatively large dirt such as small sand adhered to the card.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a rotatable driven roller provided in the case 2. The driven roller 8 is opposed to a driving roller 9 provided in the case 3, and the card inserted in the card insertion slot 4 is driven by the driven roller 8. The card is inserted into the apparatus by being sandwiched between the drive roller 9 and the drive roller 9.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a driven roller rotatably provided on the case 2. The driven roller 10 faces a driven roller 11 rotatably provided on the case 3. Driven roller 1
A liquid-absorbing member (artificial leather, sponge, porous body, etc.) that easily sucks up liquid is wound around the outer periphery of each of 0 and 11. Particularly preferred as the liquid absorbing member is a soft material that is relatively hard to damage the card. In the present embodiment, the liquid absorbing member is wound around the outer peripheral portions of the driven rollers 10 and 11, but the driven rollers 10 and 11 themselves may be formed of a liquid absorbing member.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a container provided in the case 3 for accommodating the cleaning liquid 12. At least a part of the driven roller 11 is contained in the container 13, and at least a part of the driven roller 11 is immersed in the cleaning liquid 12. . The cleaning liquid 12 is appropriately selected from water alone, a mixture of water and a cleaning agent, an alcohol solution, an organic solvent, and the like. For scorching foods or the like, water alone or water containing a cleaning agent is particularly preferably used, and also has the advantage of being less likely to evaporate. In addition, in the case where the cleaning liquid 12 alone or water containing some cleaning agent enters the dirt peeled off from the card, the cleaning liquid 12 is likely to corrode. Therefore, a predetermined amount of oyster hulls and other preservatives are used. It is preferable to put them. It is also conceivable to add an aromatic material so that a bad odor is not generated even if the cleaning liquid 12 is corroded. The supply of the cleaning liquid 12 and the removal of the cleaning liquid are performed by using a dropper or the like, or the container 13 is provided detachably from the case 3, the container 13 is removed from the case 3, and the cleaning liquid 12 is supplied to the container 13, It is preferable that the cleaning liquid 12 can be removed or the container 13 can be cleaned. By immersing the driven roller 11 in the cleaning liquid, the cleaning liquid permeates at least the outer peripheral portion of the driven roller 11, and the cleaning liquid permeates at least the outer peripheral portion of the driven roller 10 in contact with the outer peripheral portion of the driven roller 11. It is supplied to the driven rollers 10 and 11.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a wiping member provided on the case 2, and the wiping member 14 faces a wiping member 15 provided on the case 3. Each of the wiping members 14 and 15 is provided with a wiping material such as a nonwoven fabric on the outer peripheral portion. The rotation speed of the outer peripheral portions of the wiping members 14 and 15 is set to be lower than the speed at which the card moves on the card transport path 10.
The card and the wiping members 14 and 15 rub against each other to remove dirt attached to the card.
5 Particularly preferably, the wiping member 14,
It is preferable that the rotation of the wiping members 14, 15 be constant since the contact portion between the wiping members 14, 15 and the card is always constant. Since only the local portions come into contact with each other, which is inefficient, when the card is not cleaned, the wiping members 14 and 15 are manually rotated to transfer the clean portions of the wiping members 14 and 15 to the card. It is preferable to configure so that the road 100 is exposed. As the wiping material, a nonwoven fabric or the like which is easy to replace and inexpensive is preferably used,
Other members may be used.

Immediately after the contact point of the wiping members 14 and 15 or the closest point P, the card transport path 1
00 has a curved configuration. By providing the curved portion w in the card transport path 100 in this manner, the contact area between the wiping members 14 and 15 and the card can be widened, and the cards passing through the curved portion w can be effectively wiped off the members 14 and 15. , And the effect of wiping off dirt on the card can be improved. That is,
When the card passes through the curved portion w, the card is bent along the curved portion w, the front surface of the card is pressed against the wiping member 14, and the back surface of the card is wiped by the wiping member 1.
5 will be pressed.

This curved portion w may be provided so as to change in a curved line or may be provided in a straight line. Further, the change angle L of the card transport path 100 before and after the curved portion w is 40 degrees or more.
It is preferable to set to 80 degrees (particularly preferably 50 degrees to 70 degrees). If the change angle L is less than 40 degrees, the pressing force between the wiping members 14, 15 and the card will not be too large, and if the change angle is more than 80 degrees, there may be a problem such as breakage of the card.

In the present embodiment, the wiping member 1
Although the cases 4 and 15 are provided in both cases 2 and 3, they may be provided in one of the cases. Further, the curved portion w is provided immediately after the point P of the wiping members 14, 15, but may be provided at the same portion as the point P, or may be provided immediately before the point P. That is, the curved portion w is preferably provided in the vicinity of the point P.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a driven roller rotatably provided on the case 2, and the driven roller 16 faces a driving roller 17 provided on the case 3.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a pulley rotated by a driving device such as a motor (not shown). The driving force of the pulley 18 is transmitted to the driving rollers 9 and 17 via a belt 19.

Reference numerals 20, 21 and 22 denote pulleys related to the belt 19, respectively. Reference numerals 23 and 24 denote sensors provided near the card insertion slot 4 and the card ejection slot 5, respectively.

In FIG. 2, the driven roller 6 is not visible, and the sensors 23 and 24 and the brush 7 are omitted.

The cleaning device configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIG. First, when a card is inserted into the card insertion slot 4, when the sensor 23 detects the card insertion, the control unit 25 outputs a signal to the driving unit 26 to operate a driving device such as a motor and rotate the driving rollers 9 and 17. Let it.

Then, the card is first cleaned of relatively large dirt and dust adhering to the card by the brush 7 and is drawn into the apparatus by being sandwiched between the driving roller 9 and the driven roller 8.

Next, the card moves in the card transport path 100 while being sandwiched between the driven roller 10 and the driven roller 11. At this time, since the driven rollers 10 and 11 are provided with a liquid absorbing member, the card moves in the card transport path 100 while applying a cleaning liquid to the dirt on the card surface and removing the dirt on the card surface to some extent.

Next, the card is further fed and sent between the wiping members 14, 15, where the cleaning liquid applied on the card and the dirt on the card are removed.

Finally, the card is sandwiched between the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 16, and the cleaned card is discharged from the card discharge port 5. At this time, when the sensor 24 detects that the card has reached the card ejection port 5, the control unit 25 outputs a signal to the driving unit 26 to stop driving of the motor as a driving device, and the rotation of the driving rollers 9 and 17 is performed. To stop.

In the operation as described above, if the card causes jamming or the like in the apparatus, the control section 25 can cause the display section 6 to display an error. At this time, whether or not jamming has occurred is determined by the control unit 25 monitoring whether or not the card has passed the sensor 24 within a predetermined time after passing through the sensor 23.

As another example, only the sensor 23 without the sensor 24 may be used. In this case, the time required for the normal card to move in the card transport path 100 is measured in advance, and that time or a time longer than that time is set in the control unit 25, and the card is used as a sensor. 23, the control unit 25 sets the driving unit 2 for a predetermined time.
When the card reaches the card outlet 5, the rotation of the drive rollers 9, 17 is automatically stopped. At this time, the controller 25 may feed the card until the rear end of the card is slightly caught by the driving roller 17 and the driven roller 16, and then stop the motor and the like.

For the purpose of cost reduction or the like, the sensors 23 and 24 and the display unit 6 may be omitted, and the driving rollers 9 and 17 may be rotated when the power switch of the cleaning device is turned on.

As the power source of the cleaning device,
A commercial power source, a primary battery such as a dry battery, or a secondary battery such as a nickel cadmium battery or a lithium battery can also be used. Further, a solar cell or the like can be provided in at least one of the cases 2 and 3. In particular, by using primary and secondary batteries, a portable cleaning device can be obtained.

Further, even if a dedicated power supply is not used, power can be directly obtained from an outlet by using an AC motor as a driving means of a card conveying means.

Further, since the power supply is relatively heavy, whether it is a battery or a commercial power supply, by providing the case 3 on the installation side, the center of gravity can be lowered, so that a sense of stability is provided. Can be.

Further, since the cleaning liquid 12 is used, a suction cup or the like is provided at the bottom of the case 3 so that the cleaning device itself is stably fixed to the installation place, or the case 3 is connected to the installation surface. It is preferable to provide a fixing means that can be fixed by a screw or a screw.

[0045]

According to the present invention, a moving means for moving a card in a card transport path is provided.
The moving card is coated with the cleaning liquid by the cleaning liquid applying means, and then the cleaning liquid is wiped off by the wiping means, and the card conveying path is curved in the vicinity of the wiping means. Can be increased, so that the wiping efficiency is improved. In addition, since the wiping efficiency is improved, simplification and the like of the device can be realized, and miniaturization and the like of the device can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cleaning device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a cleaning device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2, 3 case 4 card insertion slot 8, 10, 11, 16 driven roller 9, 17 drive roller 12 cleaning liquid 13 container 14, 15 wiping member 100 card transport path P point w curved portion

Claims (5)

[Claims] A card insertion slot for inserting a card, a card transport path for transporting the card, transport means for moving the card in the card transport path, a cleaning liquid applying means for applying a cleaning liquid to the card, and the cleaning liquid Wiping means provided on the downstream side of the application means, and after the card is inserted into the card insertion slot, the card is moved in the card transport path by the moving means, and the cleaning liquid is applied by the cleaning liquid application means. A cleaning device which is sent to the wiping unit later, and wherein the card transport path is curved near the wiping unit. 2. The cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the angle of change of the card transport path at the curved portion of the card transport path is 40 degrees to 80 degrees. 3. The card transport path is exposed by rotatably combining a first case and a second case, and rotating the first case and the second case. The cleaning device according to claim 1. 4. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the second case is provided on the installation side, and the second case is provided with at least one of a power supply unit and a motor unit. 5. The cleaning device according to claim 4, wherein an installation surface fixing means is provided in the second case.