JP2004013742A - Card storage cassette of card-issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card storage cassette which has a simple structure, can increase the capacity for storage of cards and can be made compact without being influenced by the presence or absence of the electrification characteristic of cards, the presence or absence of the curve or the warp, and the thickness or the like. <P>SOLUTION: This card storage cassette is favorable in assembly and has simple structure requiring small number of parts because a reflector 13 is arranged with a space a from the bottom of a main body cassette 12 in a lower position than a card slot 12a inside the cassette main body 12. The capacity for storage of reject cards 11 can be increased without being influenced by the presence or absence of the electrification performance of the reject cards 11, the presence or absence of the curve or the warp and the thickness or the like. As a result, the card storage cassette 10 can be made compact. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a card storage cassette of a card issuing machine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a card storage cassette for storing unnecessary cards ejected from a card issuing machine or cards to be collected (hereinafter, rejected cards).
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art A conventional card issuing apparatus has a card issuing machine having a card issuing function for issuing a card as a main body, and the card issuing machine is provided with a card storage cassette mechanism for storing an unnecessary reject card. The card storage cassette is a rectangular box, in which a card slot for a reject card is formed in the upper plate, and a card take-out portion is provided in one side plate. The rejected card discharged from the card issuing machine passes through the card slot, falls on the bottom plate immediately below, and is stored inside the cassette body (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-67169).
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the rejected card discharged from the card issuing machine is embossed with a card number, a user name, and the like when passing through an embossing step at the time of card issuance. The thickness of the card increases due to the bulging of the printed portion due to the embossing, and the warpage of the card due to heat or printing pressure during the embossing.
[0004]
In addition, the reject card taken in from the card slot is always taken in the cassette body directly below the card slot with the same posture. Therefore, in the case of easily charged cards made of plastic or the like, discarded cards are easily stacked in the cassette body due to the action of static electricity. As a result, even if the cassette body is enlarged, the amount of cards stored in the card storage cassette does not increase so much, and as a result, the card issuing machine must be frequently maintained.
[0005]
The present invention has a simple structure with good assemblability and a small number of parts, and can increase the storage capacity of the card without affecting the presence or absence of the electrification of the card, the presence or absence of warpage or bending, the thickness, and the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a card storage cassette of a card issuing machine that can be made compact.
[0006]
Further, the present invention provides a card storage cassette of a card issuing machine which can disperse the cards all over the bottom surface of the cassette main body even when the longitudinal end of the card collides with the reflecting member and is reflected. With the goal.
[0007]
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a card storage cassette of a card issuing machine that can reduce costs.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a card storage cassette of a card issuing machine according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a card storage cassette for an unnecessary card ejected from a card issuing machine having a card issuing function for issuing cards or a card to be collected. In a card storage cassette of a card issuing machine for storing the card by dropping it into the inside of the cassette body through an opening, a gap is provided in the inside of the cassette body at a position below the card slot and at the bottom of the cassette body. And a reflecting member that reflects the card dropped from the card slot and changes the falling direction of the card.
[0009]
Therefore, the cards ejected from the card issuing machine sequentially pass through the card slot and fall in the cassette body. During the fall, the card collides with the reflecting member and rebounds, and the falling direction is changed. The reflecting member is disposed above the bottom surface with a predetermined gap between the reflecting member and the bottom surface of the cassette body. Therefore, the cards inserted from the card insertion slot are dispersed and stored in substantially the entire area of the bottom surface of the cassette body. As a result, even if the card is easily charged, the storage amount of the card can be increased without being affected by warpage, bending, thickness, and the like. Thereby, the card storage cassette can be made compact. Further, since the structure is simple, the assemblability is good and the number of parts is small.
[0010]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the first aspect, the height position of the reflecting member in the cassette main body is reflected at the longitudinal end of the card by the reflecting member. In this case, the height is set so that the cards are dispersed over the entire area of the bottom surface of the cassette body.
[0011]
Therefore, even when the longitudinal end of the card dropped from the card slot collides with the reflecting member, the card can be dispersed over the entire bottom surface of the cassette body.
[0012]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the first aspect, the height position of the reflection member in the cassette main body is set such that the longitudinal end of the card abuts the reflection member. Then, the entire card is placed at the position where it enters the cassette.
[0013]
Therefore, even if the card does not move in a state where the end in the longitudinal direction is in contact with the reflecting member, there is no possibility that a part of the card will protrude from the card slot. For example, when a shutter is provided at the card slot, the card does not prevent the shutter from closing.
[0014]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, the reflecting member is formed by bending a flat plate, and one end thereof is fixed to the cassette body. The other end is disposed immediately below the card slot, and a gap is formed between the other end of the reflection member and the bottom surface of the cassette body.
[0015]
Therefore, the card dropped from the card slot is reflected by the other end of the reflecting member located immediately below, and the falling direction is changed.
[0016]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be described in detail based on the best mode shown in the drawings. For convenience of explanation, the machine length direction of the card issuing machine is defined as X direction, the machine width direction is defined as Y direction, and the height direction is defined as Z direction.
[0017]
1 to 4 show an embodiment of a card storage cassette of a card issuing machine to which the present invention is applied.
[0018]
A card storage cassette (hereinafter, referred to as a card storage cassette) 10 of the card issuing machine is configured to drop and store, for example, a reject card 11 discharged from the card issuing machine 1 into a cassette body 12 of the card storage cassette 10. A reflection plate (reflection member) 13 is provided inside the cassette main body 12 for changing the falling direction by reflecting the reject card 11 in the middle of falling.
[0019]
In the inside of the card issuing machine 1, there are a card reader unit 15 for performing predetermined recording on the card and issuing the card from the card issuing port 14, and a plurality of cards for stacking and stocking a large number of cards (not shown). A card stocker section provided with a card stacker; a card removal moving mechanism for removing a card from a card supply section of each card stacker; an indent / emboss mechanism for engraving predetermined characters and symbols on the card; And a control unit for controlling the entire card issuing machine 1.
[0020]
The card issuing machine 1 has a rectangular box-shaped body 17 which is long in the X direction and has an apparatus lid 16 provided at an opening at an upper end. On one side plate of the body 17 in the X direction, a cover 18 that closes a take-out opening 17a of the card storage cassette 10 is provided. In the other side of the body 17 in the X direction, the card reader unit 15 having a rectangular box shape long in the X direction is provided. The card issuing port 14 is exposed to the outside from the other side plate of the body 17 in the X direction.
[0021]
The card storage cassette 10 has the cassette body 12 which is square in plan view. The dimensions of the cassette body 12 are, for example, 257.5 mm in length, 250 mm in width, and 175 mm in height. A handle 19 is provided on one side plate of the cassette body 12. A card full sensor S for detecting a full state of the reject card 11 stored in the cassette main body 12 is provided at an upper portion of one side plate of the cassette main body 12 in the Y direction and at an end on the reflection plate 13 side. Have been. Further, a card slot 12a which is elongated in the X direction is formed in the middle portion of the upper plate of the cassette body 12 at the other end in the X direction. The width of the card insertion slot 12a is, for example, about 3 cm, through which the reject card 11 can pass with ease. The size of the reject card 11 is a card conforming to ISO / IEC7810.
[0022]
On the inner surface of the other end plate in the X direction of the card storage cassette 10, the reflection plate 13 is supported in a cantilever state. The reflection plate 13 is disposed at a position immediately below the card slot 12a and with a gap a between the reflection plate 13 and the bottom surface of the cassette body 12. The gap a is 40 mm in which the reject card 11 reflected on the reflecting plate 13 can be dispersed over the entire bottom surface of the cassette body 12. The reflecting plate 13 is formed by bending a plate spring having a length of 112 mm, a width of 54 mm and a thickness of 0.6 mm into an L-shape, for example. Therefore, the cost of the card storage cassette 10 can be reduced.
[0023]
One end of a long side of the reflecting plate 13 having a length of 60 mm is fixed to the cassette body 12, and a bent portion thereof is gradually inclined downward toward the inside of the cassette body 12. The inclination angle θ is, for example, 40 degrees. The height b from the fixing portion of the reflection plate 13 to the card slot 12a is set so that the length of the reject card 11 in the longitudinal direction collides with the reflection plate 13 as shown by the dashed line in FIG. This is the height at which the cards 11 are dispersed over the entire bottom surface of the cassette body 12. Specifically, for example, it is 100 mm. Even if the reject card 11 stops moving with its longitudinal end abutting on the reflector 13, a part of the reject card 11 does not prevent the shutter (not shown) provided in the card slot 12a from closing. .
[0024]
Next, a method of using the card storage cassette 10 will be described.
For example, an unnecessary reject card 11 ejected from the card issuing machine 1 or a reject card 11 taken into the card reader unit 15 from outside the apparatus through the card issuing port 14 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It falls vertically into the cassette body 12 from the card slot 12a in the horizontal state. During the fall, the reject card 11 collides with the slope of the reflection plate 13 and rebounds. Thereby, the falling direction is changed.
[0025]
As described above, the reflection plate 13 is disposed with a predetermined gap a between the reflection plate 13 and the bottom surface of the cassette body 12. Therefore, the reject card 11 inserted through the card insertion slot 12 a is dispersed over substantially the entire bottom surface of the cassette body 12. As a result, even if the reject card 11 is a plastic card that is easily charged, there is little possibility that the reject card 11 will be stacked in the cassette body 12 immediately below the card slot 12a due to the action of static electricity as in the related art. In addition, the amount of storage of the reject card 11 can be increased without being affected by the warpage, bending, thickness, and the like of the reject card 11. As a result, the storage amount of the reject card 11 can be increased without increasing the size of the cassette body 12. Therefore, the card storage cassette 10 can be made more compact, and the card issuing machine 1 can be made more compact, and the maintenance interval of the card issuing machine 1 can be made longer.
[0026]
In order to increase the storage capacity of the reject card 11, a simple structure that does not require, for example, an actuator such as a motor or a solenoid is used, so that the card storage cassette 10 has good assemblability and a small number of parts.
[0027]
Further, since the reflection plate 13 is smaller than the size of the reject card 11, when the reject card 11 is taken out from the card storage cassette 10, the reflection plate 13 does not hinder the card removal operation.
[0028]
The reject cards 11 inserted through the card insertion slot 12a are sequentially deposited in a dispersed state until the space below the reflection plate 13 is filled. Thereafter, when the deposited reject cards 11 exceed the height of the reflection plate 13, they are stacked by the action of static electricity or the like as in the conventional case, and are stored until the card full sensor S detects the reject cards 11.
[0029]
The above-described embodiment is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, although the reflecting member is a leaf spring, a plate member or a block member having no spring force may be used. Further, the reflection plate may not be completely fixed to the inner surface of the cassette main body but may be rotatably attached. Further, the reflection plate may be formed integrally with the cassette body.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the first aspect, the reflecting member is provided inside the cassette main body at a position below the card insertion slot with a gap between the cassette main body and the bottom surface. With a simple structure with good assemblability and a small number of parts, the card storage capacity can be increased without affecting the card's chargeability, whether it is warped or bent, and its thickness, etc. Can be achieved.
[0031]
Further, in the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the second aspect, even if the height position of the reflection member in the card storage cassette is reflected by the reflection member at the end in the longitudinal direction of the card, the card is stored in the card storage cassette. Since the height is distributed over the entire bottom surface of the cassette, the card can be dispersed over the entire bottom surface of the cassette body even when the longitudinal end of the card collides with the reflecting member and is reflected.
[0032]
Further, in the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the third aspect, even when the height position of the reflection member in the card storage cassette is reflected by the reflection member at the longitudinal end of the card, the card is stored in the card storage cassette. The height is distributed over the entire area of the bottom surface, so that even if the card does not move in a state where the longitudinal end abuts on the reflecting member, there is no possibility that a part of the card will protrude outside from the card slot. For example, when a shutter is provided at the card slot, the card does not prevent the shutter from closing.
[0033]
Further, in the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the fourth aspect, the reflection member is formed by bending a flat plate, one end of which is fixed to the cassette, and the other end is disposed immediately below the card slot, and Since a gap is formed between the other end of the member and the bottom surface of the card storage cassette, the cost of the card storage cassette can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view of a card storage cassette of a card issuing machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view showing a use state of a card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a use state of the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a card storage cassette of the card issuing machine according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Card Issuer 10 Card Storage Cassette of Card Issuer 11 Reject Card (Card)
12 Cassette body 12a Card slot 13 Reflector (reflective member)
a Clearance b Height

Claims (4)

In the card storage cassette of the card issuing machine which stores unnecessary cards ejected from the card issuing machine having a card issuing function for issuing cards or cards to be collected by dropping through the card slot into the cassette body,
Inside the cassette body,
A reflecting member is provided at a position below the card slot and with a gap between the bottom of the cassette main body and reflects a card dropped from the card slot to change the falling direction. A card storage cassette for a card issuing machine. The height position of the reflection member in the cassette main body is a height at which the card is dispersed over the entire bottom surface of the cassette main body even when the longitudinal end of the card is reflected on the reflection member. Item 2. A card storage cassette for a card issuing machine according to Item 1. The height position of the reflection member in the cassette body is a position at which the entire card enters the cassette when an end in the longitudinal direction of the card contacts the reflection member. A card storage cassette for the card issuing machine according to 1. The reflection member is formed by bending a flat plate, one end of which is fixed to the cassette main body, and the other end is disposed immediately below the card slot, and the other end of the reflection member and the bottom surface of the cassette main body 4. The card storage cassette of a card issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein a gap is formed between the card storage cassette and the card storage cassette.

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