JP2002120964A - Card housing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card housing device for layering and housing a large number of cards without applying a heavy load to the cards. SOLUTION: A housing means 8 for moving the cards to a housing part 7 from a temporarily reserving part 4 forms the temporarily reserving part 4 by raising the layered and housed cards 2 upward by a card holding pawl 5, and after inserting the cards 2 into this temporarily reserving part 4, the card holding pawl 5 is lowered downward while removing outside from the cards 2, and the cards 2 are housed in the housing part 7 side. Thus, a large number of cards can be layered and housed without applying the heavy load to the cards 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card storage device used by connecting to a card settlement machine or the like installed in a game arcade, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional card storage device, cards stacked and stored in a card storage section are lifted by a plate cam, a space is formed below the card, a card is conveyed to the space, and then the lifted card is freely dropped. Then, the card was stored. In addition, as a technique related to this, for example,
No. 0-203739.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional technique, when a large number of cards are stacked and stored, a large load is applied to the lowermost card, and the plate cam slides on the end face of the card when the card is lifted. Therefore, the load is concentrated on the end face of the card, causing distortion or wear on the end face of the card, or causing the card to drop from the position where the card is lifted by free fall, resulting in a large impact.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card storage device for storing a large number of cards in a stacked manner without giving a large load to the cards.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, a card storage device according to the present invention comprises: an insertion slot into which a card is inserted; and a transport section connected to the insertion slot and transporting the card. A temporary storage unit provided at the end of the transport unit and temporarily storing the card, and a storage unit for stacking and storing the cards stored in the temporary storage unit. The storage means for moving the card to the storage unit forms the temporary storage unit by lifting the stacked and stored card upward with a card holding claw, and after the card is inserted into the temporary storage unit. The card holding claw is moved downward while the card holding claw is removed to the outside of the card, and the card is stored in the storage section side, whereby a large load is not applied to the card. It is possible to stacked and stored the cards.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention is directed to an insertion slot into which a card is inserted, a transport section connected to the insertion slot and transporting the card, A temporary holding unit provided at the end and temporarily holding the card, a storage unit in which the cards held in the temporary holding unit are stacked and stored, and a storage for moving the card from the temporary holding unit to the storage unit Means, and the storage means raises the stacked and stored cards upward with a card holding claw to form the temporary holding portion, and after the card is inserted into the temporary holding portion, A card storage device for lowering the card holding claw while removing the card holding claw to the outside of the card and storing the card in the storage unit side. When lifting the de upwards, so lifting without card holding claw slides on the card surface,
The card is unlikely to be distorted or worn, and when the card is lowered, the card holding claws are moved down while being removed from the outside of the card, so that the impact due to free fall can be reduced. Further, since a card holding claw is used as the storage means, the space for the storage means may be small, and a large number of cards can be stacked and stored.

[0007] The card holding claw according to the second aspect of the present invention,
2. The card storage device according to claim 1, wherein four card storage devices are provided so as to be in contact with the vicinity of the four corners of the card, and since the vicinity of the four corners of the card is lifted, a force that gives stress to the card is not applied. In addition, the card can be stably moved up and down.

[0008] The card holding claw according to the third aspect of the present invention,
2. The card storage device according to claim 1, wherein the card is lifted in a vertical direction to form a temporary holding portion, and the card can be quickly lifted without taking up space without giving a frictional force to the card.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the card holding claw is slid down in a diagonal direction by sliding the card holding claw in a horizontal direction, and stored in the card storage portion. Since the card storage device is lowered while the card is placed on the card holding claws, the natural fall distance of the card is extremely small, and the load on the card is small.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the card storage device according to the first aspect, wherein the storage section and the temporary storage section are integrated, and a card storage unit detachable from the main body section is provided. Is convenient and can be operated independently as a card storage unit, so that an extra load is not applied to the card.

[0011] The card holding claw of the invention according to claim 6 is
6. The card storage device according to claim 5, wherein the card storage unit is inserted into the temporary holding unit through a hole formed in the bottom surface of the card storage unit, and the card holding claw is not involved in the independent handling of the card storage unit. , The load on the card is reduced.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partially broken side view of a side surface of a card storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an insertion slot for a card 2, and a transfer section 3 for the card 2 is provided in connection with the insertion slot 1. At the end of the transport section 3, a temporary storage section 4 for cards is provided. The card 2 inserted into the temporary holding section 4 is stored by the storage means 8 into the storage section 7 of the card storage unit 6 with the card holding claw 5. 9 is the main body 1
1 is a card detection sensor that detects the presence or absence of cards 2 stacked and stored from the bottom surface of the storage unit 7. Reference numeral 10 denotes an entrance of the card 2 provided on the transport section 3 side of the temporary holding section 4. The card storage unit 6 is detachably provided on the main body 11. Four detection means 12 are provided on the rear surface of the main body 11. The detection means 12 performs detection by blocking light from the optical sensor 13 with a lever. The detection means 12 will be described with reference to FIG.

Next, referring to FIG.
Will be described. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the card storage unit 6. The card storage unit 6 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a transparent cover 14 made of resin is provided on the front surface thereof so as to be freely opened and closed. The lid 14 can be moved up and down, and can be opened by pivoting about a fulcrum 15. Reference numeral 16 denotes locking means for the lid 14. This locking means 16 will be described later with reference to FIG.

On the front surface of the lid 14, three substantially elliptical holes 17 are provided at regular intervals so that the inside of the card storage unit 6 can be seen in detail. In order to know the approximate number of cards 2 stored in the card storage unit 6, a stamp 18 is provided. Therefore, the number of the cards 2 inside can be known from the inscription 18.

A weight 19 is placed on the uppermost card 2 which is stacked and stored. This weight 19 will also be described later with reference to FIG. Reference numeral 20 denotes an upper cover provided to prevent the card 2 from flowing out from above the card storage unit 6.

A temporary storage unit 4 is provided below the card storage unit 6, and an entrance 21 is used to insert the card 2 conveyed from the main body unit 11 into the temporary storage unit 4. Reference numeral 22 denotes four holes provided in the temporary holding portion 4, into which the card holding claws 5 constituting a part of the storage means 8 provided in the main body 11 are inserted, and the card 2 is lifted. . This mechanism will be described later in detail with reference to FIG.

A handle 2 is provided above the card storage unit 6.
3 is provided slightly forward from the front and rear centers. As a result, when the card storage unit 6 is lifted by the handle 23, the rear becomes heavier, and the entrance 21 is inclined obliquely upward. Therefore, card 2 is at entrance 2
Prevent from spill.

Further, the side surface 24 of the card storage unit 6 has a planar shape, so that the card storage unit 6 can be stably placed by falling down vertically or horizontally. Therefore, in this state, the card 2 in the storage section 7 can be collected. Three windows 25 are provided on the back,
From the window 25, the detection unit 12 can detect the approximate number of cards 2 stacked and stored.

Next, the detecting means 12 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the detecting means 12. A receiving shaft 26 is provided in the main body 11, and the receiving shaft 26 has a slit 2.
7 are provided. This receiving shaft 26 has a lever body 31
Is attached and urged by a spring 28 in the direction of arrow 28a. Then, the main body 11 is locked by the stopper 29. The lever main body 31 rotates about the support shaft 30, and a detection lever 31a is provided substantially at the center thereof. The presence or absence of the detection lever 31a is optically detected using a light emitting diode and a light receiving diode.

The tip 32 of the support shaft 30 has a substantially rectangular cross section.
And is attached to the main body 11.
After the insertion, the spring 28 is used until the support shaft 30 is stopped by the stopper 29.
It turns by the force of and stops. Therefore, in this state, the lever main body 31 does not come off from the slit 27.

The four detecting means 12 configured as described above are provided on the main body 11, and three of them are provided at positions corresponding to the windows 25 of the card storage unit 6. Then, the presence or absence of the card 2 in the window 25 is detected. The other one is provided at a position corresponding to the side plate of the card storage unit 6, and detects the presence or absence of the card storage unit 6.

Next, the lock means 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 (a) to 4 (c). The locking means 16 is provided substantially at the center and below the front surface of the card storage unit 6 (FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 4A, the locking means 16 has concave portions 33a and 33b formed on the side surface 24, and a convex portion 34a is formed substantially at the center of the concave portion 33a.
Further, a claw 34b extending substantially to the center is formed in the concave portion 33b. Protrusions 35a and 35b are formed on the side surface of the lid 14. Here, FIG. 4A shows a state in which the lid 14 is closed.

Thereafter, the lid 14 is lowered in the direction of arrow Y,
FIG. 4B shows that the projection 35a is going to get over the projection 34a. When the lid 14 is further lowered in the direction of arrow Y, the projection 35b is held by the claw 34b, and the lock is completed. This is shown in FIG.

That is, after the lock is completed, the lid 14 is
And the claw 34b, the lid 14 is not opened unless the lid 14 is lifted in the direction opposite to the arrow Y.

Next, the weight 19 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the weight 19. The weight 19 is placed on the top of the cards 2 stacked and stored in the card storage unit 6. The thickness 36 of the weight 19 is the entrance 2
1 is thicker. This prevents the weight 19 from flowing out of the entrance 21 of the card storage unit 6.

Reference numerals 37 denote holes formed at the four corners of the weight 19, forming non-sensing portions. When the card 2 is not stored in the card storage unit 6 and includes only the weight 19, the lever of the card detection sensor 9 enters the non-sensing portion 37 and does not contact the weight 19. That is, it indicates that the card 2 is not detected and the card 2 is empty in the card storage unit 6. The holes 37 are provided at four corners of the weight 19. Therefore, the weight 19 may be inserted into the card storage unit 6 in any direction.

Next, the card storage means 8 will be described.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view when the vertical moving portion 8a of the storage means 8 is moved to the lowest position. Reference numeral 5 denotes a card holding claw, which is provided inside the vertical moving portion 8a so as to be slidable in the horizontal direction. The card holding claw 5 is held by a claw 39 of a clutch 38 at a locking portion 45 provided at the center thereof. The vertical moving portion 8a is urged toward the storage portion 7 by a spring, though not shown in the drawing. In this state, the card holding claw 5 protrudes through the hole 22 to the lower inner side of the lowermost card 2. Here, four card holding claws 5 are provided to support the vicinity of four corners of the card 2. As a result, the card 2 can be moved up and down stably.

In this state, the temporary holding unit 4
Is not formed.

Next, FIG. 7 shows a state in which the up-and-down moving part 8a is raised and the card 2 is slightly lifted by the card holding claw 5. At this time, the locking portion 45 of the card holding claw 5 comes into contact with the claw 39 provided at the tip of the clutch 38 and pushes up, so that the clutch 38 rotates around the support shaft 40 in the F direction. While holding the card 2, the card holding claw 5 does not move left and right but rises in the direction of the arrow A which is the vertical direction.
As a result, the temporary holding section 4 starts to be formed.

Then, as shown in FIG.
a has finished rising, the claws 39 of the clutch 38 are disengaged from the locking portions 45 of the card holding claws 5, and the clutch 38 is returned to the original position by the spring 41. A temporary holding section 4 is formed below the stacked cards 2. Then, the card 2 is transported to the temporary holding section 4 and stopped.

Next, an operation of moving the conveyed card 2 to the storage section 7 side is started. That is, the vertical moving unit 8a is lowered in the direction of arrow B as shown in FIG. Vertical moving unit 8a
Descends in the direction B, the cam surface 42 provided on the engaging portion 45 of the card holding claw 5 and the cam surface 43 provided on the claw 39 at the tip of the clutch 38 come into contact with each other. It descends while sliding in the direction of arrow C.

The cards 2 stacked and stored in this manner are
Is held down, the card 2 in the storage unit 7 and the card 2 in the temporary storage unit 4 are brought together as shown in FIG. That is, the card 2 in the temporary holding unit 4 is
It will be stored in. Due to such an operation, the distance in which the stacked cards 2 fall off the card holding claws 5 and fall freely can be extremely short. FIG. 10 shows that the card holding claw 5 moves most in the direction of arrow D, and the card 2 is
2 shows a state in which it is stored.

When the vertical moving portion 8a further descends from the position shown in FIG. 10, the locking portion 45 of the card holding claw 5
11 and moves in the direction of arrow E as shown in FIG. 11 by the force of the spring, and returns to the original position shown in FIG.

[0035]

As described above, the card storage device according to the present invention comprises an insertion slot into which a card is inserted, a transport section connected to the insertion slot and transporting the card, and an end of the transport section. A temporary storage unit provided and temporarily holding the card, a storage unit in which the cards stored in the temporary storage unit are stacked and stored, and storage means for moving the card from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit; The storage means raises the stacked and stored cards upward with a card holding claw, thereby forming the temporary holding portion, and after the card is inserted into the temporary holding portion, This is a card storage device for lowering the card holding claw while removing it to the outside of the card and storing the card in the storage section side. Since the time de descending lowers while removing the card outside the card holding claws, not giving a large load to the card. Further, since a card holding claw is used as the storage means, the space for the storage means may be small, and a large number of cards can be stacked and stored.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially fragmented side view of a side surface of a card storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the card storage unit.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the detecting means.

4A is a side view showing an operating state 1 of the lock means, FIG. 4B is a side view showing an operating state 2, and FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a weight used in the card storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing an operation state 1 of the storage means.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing an operation state 2 of the same.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing an operation state 3 of the same.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing an operation state 4 of the same.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view showing an operation state 5 of the same.

FIG. 11 is a sectional view showing the same operation state 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 insertion slot 2 card 3 transport section 4 temporary storage section 5 card holding claw 6 card storage unit 7 storage section 8 storage means

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Masahiro Mizukami 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 3F054 AA01 AA04 AC06 AC07 BA08 CA16

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An insertion slot into which a card is inserted, a transport unit connected to the insertion slot and transporting the card, and a temporary storage provided at an end of the transport unit and temporarily storing the card. , A storage unit in which the cards held in the temporary storage unit are stacked and stored, and storage means for moving cards from the temporary storage unit to the storage unit, wherein the storage unit is the stacked storage device. By lifting the card upward with the card holding claw, the temporary holding portion is formed, and after the card is inserted into the temporary holding portion, the card holding claw is lowered while being removed to the outside of the card. And a card storage device for storing the card in the storage section. 2. The card storage device according to claim 1, wherein four card holding claws are provided so as to abut near four corners of the card. 3. The card storage device according to claim 1, wherein the card holding claws lift the card vertically to form a temporary holding section. 4. The card storage device according to claim 1, wherein the card holding claws are slid in a diagonal direction by sliding the card holding claws in a horizontal direction, and the card holding claws are stored in a card storage unit. 5. The card storage device according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit and the temporary storage unit are integrated, and a card storage unit detachable from the main body unit is provided. 6. The card storage device according to claim 5, wherein the card holding claw is inserted into the temporary holding portion via a hole formed in a bottom surface of the card storage unit.