JP2013180897A - Card stacking transferring device and card printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card stacking transferring device which prevents dust from adhering to card upper surfaces to be ejected, and prevents the card upper surfaces from being damaged when cards inside the card stacking transferring device are successively ejected from below.SOLUTION: A card stacking transferring device 10 includes: a card holding part 11 having a card sliding surface 12 on which cards 1 slide; an ejection gate 16 which is provided on the downstream side of the card holding part 11 for ejecting the card; an engaging detent 13 for engaging with the cards 1 on the card sliding surface 12 of the card holding part 11; and a guide rail 14 which is provided in the card holding part 11 for guiding the engaging detent 13. A holding detent 54 for holding the cards 1 stacked in multiple layers is provided above the ejection gate, and a transfer plate 51 which transfers the lowermost card 1 of the cards 1 held by the holding detent 54 to the upstream side, and drops it on the card sliding face 12 is provided in the vicinity of the holding detent 54. The card on the card sliding surface 12 is transferred to the downstream side by the engaging detent 13, and is ejected from the ejection gate 16.

Description

  The present invention relates to a card printer used for creating a driver's license, a credit card, a cash card, an employee's card, an ID card, and other ID cards, and a card loading / transferring device built in the card printer.

Conventional technology

  Conventionally, card printers have been used to create driver's licenses, credit cards, cash cards, employee ID cards, ID cards, and other ID cards.

  This card printer has a card stacking / transferring device to which a card magazine in which a large number of cards are stacked in multiple layers is mounted. Then, the cards from the card magazine are transferred and stacked on the card stacking / transferring device, and then the cards are taken out one by one from the card stacking / transferring device.

  The card taken out from the card stacking / transferring device is then sent to the printing unit in the card printer for printing, and if necessary, it is necessary for the IC chip built in the card in the writing unit in the card printer. Information is written.

  By the way, cards are stacked in multiple layers in the card stacking / transferring device, and are discharged from the discharge gate by the engaging claw from the lowermost card, but a protrusion is formed at the end of the card during the card manufacturing process. There is. When the lowermost card is ejected from the card loaded in the card stacking / transferring device, the protrusion formed on the edge of the uppermost card abuts against the surface of the lowermost card to be ejected. May damage the surface of the card or attach dust.

JP 2007-99407 A

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such points, and the surface of the card ejected from the card stacking / transferring device is scratched from the protruding portion of the card one above, or dust adheres to it. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card stacking / transferring device that does not occur, and a card printer incorporating the same.

  The present invention relates to a card holding unit having a card sliding surface on which a card slides in a card stacking / transferring device in which a card magazine in which a large number of cards are stacked in multiple layers is mounted and the cards from the card magazine are placed and transferred. A discharge gate for discharging a card sliding on the card sliding surface, and an engaging claw for engaging with the card placed on the card sliding surface of the card holding portion. A guide rail that extends from the upstream side to the downstream side of the card holding part and guides the engaging claw, and a drive part that drives the engaging claw from the upstream side to the downstream side of the card holding part. Is provided with a holding claw for holding the stacked cards, and a transfer plate for transferring the card at the lowest layer among the cards held by the holding claw to the upstream side and dropping it on the card sliding surface in the vicinity of the holding claw The engaging claw is A card stacking transport device, characterized in that the card falls into the card sliding surface of the over de holder and transferred from the upstream side to the downstream side is discharged from the discharge gate.

  The present invention is a card stacking and transferring apparatus characterized in that a rear gate is provided on the upstream side of the card holding unit to allow one card transferred upstream by a transfer plate to enter.

  The present invention provides a card stacking / transporting device, wherein a lifting roll is provided on the upstream side of the engaging claw to move together with the engaging claw and lift up the lowermost card among the cards stacked on the holding claw. Device.

  The present invention is the card stacking / transferring device, wherein the engaging claw and the lifting roll are held by a holding body that moves along the guide rail.

  The present invention is the card stacking and transferring apparatus, wherein the transfer distance of the transfer plate is 3 mm or less.

  The present invention is a card printer comprising the card stacking / transferring device described above and a printing unit that performs printing on a card ejected from the card stacking / transporting device.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the surface of the card discharged from the card stacking / transferring device is not scratched or attached with dust from the protrusion formed at the end of the card one level above. .

1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D are schematic views showing a card stacking and transferring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D are detailed views showing the card stacking and transferring apparatus shown in FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D. FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram showing the entire card printer. 4A is a diagram showing the front surface of the IC card, FIG. 4B is a diagram showing the back surface of the IC card, and FIG. 4C is a diagram showing the additional information label. FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a claw driving unit that drives the engaging claw. FIG. 6 is a view showing a card having a protrusion.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 6 are diagrams showing an embodiment of a card stacking / transferring device and a card printer according to the present invention.

  The card printer 20 according to the present invention has surface information 2a and face image information 2b necessary for each person on the surface 2 of the IC card 1 including the IC chip 1a as shown in FIGS. 4 (a), 4 (b) and 4 (c). Is printed on the back surface 3 of the IC card, and the front surface information 2a and the back surface information 3a are written in the IC chip 1a. For example, an IC such as an employee card, bank card, driver's license, etc. A card is produced. In this case, additional information 5 a that cannot be printed on the back surface of the IC card in the back surface information is printed on the additional information label 5.

  Here, the necessary surface information 2a may be the name and address of the individual. Further, the back surface information 3a can be detailed information of an address that cannot be written on the front surface, and the postscript information 5a written on the postscript information label 5 can be detailed personal operating conditions. A personal ID number (ID information) 2 c is also printed on the surface 2 of the IC card 1.

  In the card printer 20, the surface information 2a is written in the IC chip 1a of the IC card 1.

  Further, on the downstream side of the card printer 20, a printer 40 with a back surface writing function for writing the back surface information 3 a in the IC chip 1 a of the IC card 1 and printing the back surface information 3 a on the back surface of the IC card 1 is connected. (See FIG. 3).

  Further, the printer 40 with the back surface writing function reads the back surface information 3a from the IC chip 1a of the IC card 1, and prints additional information 5a that cannot be printed on the back surface 3 of the IC card 1 in the back surface information 3a. 5 and a write-once information label issuing unit 28 that issues this write-once information label 5 is connected (see FIG. 3).

  Note that the card printer 20 can perform printing only on a card having no IC chip instead of the IC card.

  Next, an outline of the card printer 20 is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the card printer 20 conveys the IC card 1 from the casing 20A, an IC card hopper 21 provided in the upper part of the casing 20A for stacking and storing the IC cards 1, and the IC card hopper 21. And a Y printing unit 22, an M printing unit 23, and a C printing unit 24 that are arranged along the first conveyance line 32 and print face image information 2 b on the surface 2 of the IC card 1. ing. Among them, the Y printing unit 22 performs yellow printing on the surface 2 of the IC card 1, the M printing unit 23 performs magenta printing on the surface 2 of the IC card 1, and the C printing unit 24 performs the IC card 1. The front surface 2 is subjected to cyan printing, and the face image information 2b is printed by the Y printing unit 22, the M printing unit 23, and the C printing unit 24.

  An ink fixing unit 25 for fixing the ink printed by the Y printing unit 22, the M printing unit 23, and the C printing unit 24 on the surface of the IC card 1 is provided on the downstream side of the C printing unit 24. On the downstream side of the unit 25, a surface printing unit 26 for printing the surface information 2a and the ID information 2c on the surface 2 of the IC card 1 is provided. In this case, the printer units 22 to 26 are configured by the Y printing unit 22, the M printing unit 23, the C printing unit 24, the ink fixing unit 25, and the front surface printing unit 26.

  The IC card 1 that has passed through the front surface printing unit 26 is sent from the first transport line 32 to the first reader / writer 27, and is sent from the drop unit 38 to the second transport line 33 below the casing 20.

  Among these, the first reader / writer 27 writes the surface information 2a and the ID information 2c on the IC chip 1a of the IC card 1.

  Further, a first protective sheet (not shown) is provided on the surface 2 of the IC card 1 to protect the surface information 2a and the face image information 2b printed on the surface 2 of the IC card 1 along the second transport line 33. A first protective sheet forming unit 29 is provided, and a second protective sheet forming unit 30 is provided on the first protective sheet on the downstream side of the first protective sheet forming unit 29, and a second protective sheet (not shown) is further provided on the first protective sheet. It has been.

  Further, on the downstream side of the second transport line 33, the surface information 2a, the face image information 2b, and the ID information 2c are printed on the surface 2, and the IC in which the surface information 2a and the ID information 2c are written in the IC chip 1a. A sorting and discharging unit 37 that receives the card 1 and distributes the IC card 1 to the first stacking unit 35a, the second stacking unit 35b, or the back surface printing stacking unit 36 is provided.

  Of these, the first stacking unit 35 a and the second stacking unit 35 b stack the IC cards 1 that do not need to be printed on the back surface 3 based on the type of the IC card 1. Further, the back surface print accumulation unit 36 writes the back surface information 3a in the IC chip 1a by the downstream side printer 40 with the back surface writing function and prints the back surface information 3a on the back surface 3 of the IC card 1. The cards 1 are stacked.

  The IC card 1 sent to the back surface printing / stacking unit 36 is then sequentially sent to the printer 40 with a back surface writing function and the additional information label issuing unit 28.

  By the way, the sorting and discharging unit 37 has a function of reading the ID information 2c written on the IC chip 1a of the IC card 1, and the sorting and discharging unit 37 prints on the IC card 1 based on the read ID information 2c. It is determined whether there is back surface information 3a to be performed.

  Then, only the IC card 1 having the back side information 3a to be printed is sent to the back side print stacking unit 36 by the sorting and discharging unit 37, and the IC card 1 having no back side information 2a to be printed is the first stacking unit 35a and the second stacking unit. Sent to the unit 35b.

  The printer 40 with a back surface writing function includes a second reader / writer 41 that writes necessary back surface information 3a in the IC chip 1a of the IC card 1, and a back surface printing that prints necessary back surface information 3a on the back surface 3 of the IC card 1. Part 42. Further, an inlet stacker 40a is provided on the upstream side of the second reader / writer 41 and the back surface printing unit 42, and an outlet stacker 40b is provided on the downstream side of the second reader / writer 41 and the back surface printing unit 42.

  Incidentally, the card printer 20 and the printer 40 with the back surface writing function are driven and controlled by the control device 20a.

  Next, the IC card hopper 21 incorporated in the card printer 20 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 1A to 1D, an IC card hopper 21 incorporated in a card printer 20 includes a card magazine 15 in which a large number of IC cards 1 are stacked, and a card magazine 15 to which the card magazine 15 is mounted. A card stacking and transferring device 10 according to the present invention is provided for receiving and placing the IC card 1 from the magazine 15 and transferring the IC card 1 one by one.

  Among these, the card stacking / transferring apparatus 10 according to the present invention is for placing the IC cards 1 from the card magazine 15 in multiple layers, and for transferring the lowermost IC card 1 and discharging it to the outside.

  The card magazine 15 includes a storage unit 15a for storing the IC cards 1 stacked in multiple layers, and a base 15b that is provided below the storage unit 15a and supports a number of IC cards 1 stacked. Is mounted on the card stacking / transferring device 10, the IC card 1 supported by the base 15b in the card magazine 15 is delivered to the card stacking / transporting device 10 side.

  Next, the card loading / transferring apparatus 10 according to the present invention will be described.

  The card stacking / transferring device 10 includes a card holding unit 11 having a card sliding surface 12 on which the IC card 1 slides, a discharge gate body 17 provided on the downstream side of the card holding unit 11 to prevent the IC card 1 from being discharged, A discharge gate 16 is formed between the discharge gate body 17 and the card holding part 11 and discharges the IC cards 1 sliding on the card sliding surface 12 of the card holding part 11 one by one.

  The card holding portion 11 is provided with an engaging claw 13 that engages with the IC card 1 in contact with the card sliding surface 12 of the card holding portion 11, and this engaging claw 13 is downstream from the upstream side of the card holding portion 11. It is guided along a guide rail 14 that extends to the side. The guide rail 14 is installed in the card holding portion 11 so as to extend in the horizontal direction.

  In this case, the engaging claw 13 is driven by the claw driving unit 18 and is guided along the guide rail 14 from the upstream side to the downstream side of the guide holding unit 11 (see FIG. 5).

  That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the holding body 13a holding the engaging claw 13 is guided along the guide rail 14, and the holding body 13a is horizontally moved by the timing belt 18c spanned between the driving pulley 18a and the driven pulley 18b. Driven by. Further, the holding body 13a holds the lifting roll 13b positioned on the upstream side of the engaging claw 13, and when the holding body 13a moves along the guide rail 14, the engaging claw 13 and the lifting roll 13b are moved. The card holder 11 moves from the upstream side to the downstream side.

  Here, the lifting roll 13b, as shown in FIGS. 1A to 1D, lifts the lowermost card 1b upward among the cards 1 stacked by the holding claws 54 described later. This prevents the card 1a sliding on the card sliding surface 12 by the engaging claw 13 and the lowermost card 1b among the cards stacked by the holding claw 54 (FIG. 1 (d)).

  In FIG. 5, the driving pulley 18a, the driven pulley 18b, and the timing belt 18c constitute a claw driving unit 18 that drives the engaging claw 13, the holding body 13a, and the lifting roll 13b.

  By the way, as shown in FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D, the card sliding surface 12 of the card holding portion 11 is viewed from the side, from the upstream side (right side) to the downstream side (left side). It is descending.

  A holding claw 54 for receiving a large number of stacked IC cards 1 is provided above the discharge gate 16. The holding claw 54 holds the downstream end of the stacked IC cards 1 from the card magazine 15, and the upstream end of the stacked IC cards 1 is the card sliding portion of the card holding unit 11. It is held on the surface 12.

  Also, a transfer plate for transferring the lowermost IC card 1 to the upstream side of the IC card 1 held by the holding claw 54 and dropping it onto the card sliding surface 12 of the card holding unit 11 in the vicinity of the holding claw 54. 51 is provided.

  In addition, a rear gate 53 is provided on the upstream side of the card holding unit 11 to allow only one IC card 1 transferred upstream by the transfer plate 51 to enter. The rear gate 53 is formed between the rear gate body 52 provided on the upstream side of the card holding unit 11 and the card sliding surface 12 of the card holding unit 11.

  Next, the transfer plate 51 and the holding claw 54 will be further described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2D, a transfer plate body 51 </ b> A is provided on the downstream side of the card holding unit 11 so as to be movable in the horizontal direction with respect to the card holding unit 11. It is provided at the right end of the plate body 51A. Further, the transfer plate body 51A is driven by the drive unit 51B.

  2A to 2D, the holding claws 54 are fixed to the card holding unit 11. First, the transfer plate body 51A and the transfer plate are at the home position (FIG. 2A).

  Next, the transfer plate body 51A and the transfer plate 51 move rightward from the home position and reach the end position (FIG. 2B). As a result, the transfer plate 51 provided at the right end of the transfer plate body 51A moves to the upstream side, and among the IC cards 1 held by the holding claws 54, the lowermost IC card 1 is transferred to the upstream side to transfer the card. It is made to fall on the moving surface 12.

  Thereafter, the transfer plate body 51A and the transfer plate 51 move to the left and come to the home position (FIG. 2C).

Thereafter, the transfer plate body 51A and the transfer plate 51 are at the home position, and the engagement claw 13 and the lifting roll 13b move from the upstream side to the downstream side as described later, and the card slide of the card holding unit 11 is moved. The IC card dropped on the moving surface 12 moves from the upstream side to the downstream side and is discharged outward from the discharge gate 16 (FIG. 2 (d)).

  Here, the position of the transfer plate body 51A is detected by a pair of position sensors 56, 57, and the transfer plate body 51A is driven by a drive unit (not shown) based on signals from the pair of position sensors 56, 57. The

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described.

  First, a card magazine 15 in which a number of IC cards 1 are stacked in multiple layers is mounted on the card stacking / transferring device 10 of the card printer 20 (FIG. 1A).

  At this time, the IC card 1 that has not been printed or written is loaded in the card magazine 15.

  When the card magazine 15 is attached to the card stacking / transferring device 10, the IC card 1 supported by the base 15 b in the card magazine 15 is delivered to the card holding unit 11 side of the card stacking / transferring device 10.

  In this case, the upstream side of the IC card 1 is placed on the card sliding surface 12 of the card holding unit 11, and the downstream side of the IC card 1 is held by a holding claw 54 located above the discharge gate 16 (FIG. 1). (A) and FIG. 2 (a)). At this time, the transfer plate 51 is at the home position.

  By the way, the upstream end and the downstream end of the IC card 1 may be formed with a protrusion 1P that protrudes downward (FIG. 6).

  When the lower IC card 1 is pushed out from the stacked IC cards 1, the protrusion 1P of the upper IC card 1 may damage the surface of the lower IC card 1 or attach dust.

  In the present invention, it is possible to prevent generation of scratches or adhesion of dust to the surface of the lower IC card 1 due to the protrusion 1P of the upper IC card 1 as described above.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 2A, the upstream side of the stacked IC cards 1 is held by the card sliding surface 12 of the card holding unit 11 and the downstream side of the IC card 1 is held. From the state held by the claw 54, the transfer plate 51 is moved to the upstream side and brought to the end position (FIG. 1 (b) and FIG. 2 (b)).

  At this time, the lowermost IC card 1 of the IC cards 1 held and stacked by the holding claws 54 is transferred to the upstream side by the transfer plate 51 and falls onto the card sliding surface 12 from the holding claws 54.

  The IC cards 1 held and stacked by the holding claws 54 are transferred to the upstream side by the transfer plate 51, but a rear gate 53 for allowing only one IC card 1 to enter is provided on the upstream side of the card holding unit 11. It has been. For this reason, only one IC card 1 can be dropped onto the card sliding surface 12 from the holding claw 54 by the transfer plate 51.

  The transfer plate 51 moves up to 3 mm upstream. By such movement of the transfer plate 51, the surface of the lowermost IC card 1 may be damaged by the protrusion 1P formed at the upstream end of the upper IC card 1.

  That is, since the moving distance of the transfer plate 51 is limited to 3 mm or less, it can be considered that the surface of the lowermost IC card 1 is scratched or dust is attached within a maximum range of 3 mm from the end. However, since the range of 3 mm from the end of the IC card 1 is a non-printing area, such scratches or dust does not interfere with the printing state of the IC card 1.

  Next, the transfer plate 51 moves downstream and reaches the home position (FIGS. 1C and 2C).

  At this time, the IC card 1 a falls on the card sliding surface 12 in the card stacking / transferring apparatus 10, and the multilayer IC card 1 is held by the holding claws 54. Of the IC cards 1 held by the holding claws 54, the IC card 1b comes to the lowest layer.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 1 (d) and FIG. 2 (d), the holding body 13 moves from the upstream side to the downstream side along the guide rail 14, and accompanying this, the engagement held by the holding body 13a. The claw 13 engages with the upstream end of the IC card 1a on the card sliding surface 12, and transfers the IC card 1a on the card sliding surface 12 to the downstream side.

  In this way, the IC card 1a on the card sliding surface 12 is discharged outward from the discharge gate 16. During this time, the lifting roll 13b held by the holding body 13a moves downstream while slightly lifting the lowermost IC card 1b of the IC cards 1 held by the holding claws 54.

  Thus, the IC card 1a on the card sliding surface 12 is moved downstream by the engaging claw 13 in order to lift the lowermost IC card 1b out of the IC cards 1 held by the holding claw 54. Even if it is transferred to the side, the upper IC card 1b does not contact the surface of the IC card 1a that slides on the card sliding surface 12 during this time. Therefore, the surface of the IC card 1a that slides on the card sliding surface 12 is not scratched or attached with dust.

  Next, the operation of the card printer 20 will be described.

  As described above, the IC card 1 that has not been printed or written is discharged from the discharge gate 16 of the card stacking / transferring device 10 of the IC card hopper 21. Thereafter, the IC card 1 is sent to the first transport line 32, and the IC card 1 is transported along the first transport line 32.

  When the IC card 1 is transported along the first transport line 32, yellow printing, magenta printing, respectively, are performed on the surface 2 of the IC card 1 by the Y printing unit 22, the M printing unit 23, and the C printing unit 24. Then, cyan printing is performed, and the face image information 2b is printed on the surface 2 of the IC card 1 in this way.

  Next, the IC card 1 is sent to the ink fixing unit 25 by the first conveyance line 32, and the ink of the face image information 2b printed by the Y printing unit 22, the M printing unit 23, and the C printing unit 24 in the ink fixing unit 25. Is fixed to the surface of the IC card 1.

  Thereafter, the IC card 1 is sent to the front surface printing unit 26 by the first transport line 32, and the front surface information 2a and the ID information 2c are printed on the front surface 2 of the IC card 1 in the front surface printing unit 26.

  Next, the IC card 1 is sent from the first transport line 32 to the first reader / writer 27. In the first reader / writer 27, the surface information 2a, face image information 2b and ID information 2c with respect to the IC chip 1a of the IC card 1 are sent. Is written.

  The IC card 1 in which the surface information 2a, the face image information 2b, and the ID information 2c are printed on the surface 2 in this way and the surface information 2a and the ID information 2c are written on the IC chip 1a is then removed from the dropping unit 38. The first protective sheet is transported along the second transport line 33 and sent to the first protective sheet forming unit 29, where the first protective sheet is formed on the surface of the IC card 1. Next, the IC card 1 is sent along the second conveying line 33 to the second protective sheet forming unit 30, and the second protective sheet is formed on the first protective sheet of the IC card 1 in the second protective sheet forming unit 30. Is done.

  Next, the IC card 1 is transported by the second transport line 33 and reaches the sorting and discharging unit 37. The IC cards 1 are sorted by the sorting and discharging unit 37. That is, in the IC card 1, the surface information 2a, the face image information 2b and the ID information 2c are printed only on the front surface 2, the surface information 2a and the ID information 2c are written on the IC chip 1a, and the back surface information 3a on the back surface 3. The ID card 1 that does not need to be printed and does not need to write the back surface information 3a on the IC chip 1a is sent to the first stacking unit 35a and the second stacking unit 35b.

  On the other hand, surface information 2a, face image information 2b, and ID information 2c are printed on the front surface 2, surface information 2a and ID information 2c are written on the IC chip 1a, and back surface information 3a needs to be printed on the back surface 3 as well. The ID card 1 that is present and needs to write the back surface information 3a to the IC chip 1a is sent to the back surface print accumulation unit 36.

  Next, the IC card 1 sent to the back surface printing unit 36 is then sent to the printer 40 with a back surface writing function. In the IC card 1, the back side information 3 a is written in the IC chip 1 a by the second reader / writer 41 in the printer 40 with the back side writing function, and then the back side printing unit 42 backs the back side 3 of the IC card 1. Information 3a is printed.

  In this manner, the card printer 20 and the printer 40 with a back surface writing function complete the printing and writing operations on the IC card 1, and the printed and written IC card 1 is obtained.

  In addition, each component in the card printer 20 and the printer 40 with the back surface writing function is driven and controlled by the printer control unit 20a as described above.

  The IC card 1 determined to have no back surface information to be printed and sent to the first stacking unit 35a and the second stacking unit 35b is discharged to the outside without passing through the printer 40 with a back surface writing function.

  Next, the IC card 1 that has passed through the printer 40 with the back surface writing function is sent to the additional information label issuing unit 28. The additional information label issuing unit 28 reads the back surface information 3a from the IC chip 1a of the IC card 1 and prints additional information 5a that cannot be printed on the back surface of the IC card 1 in the back surface information 3a to produce the additional information label 5. Issue. The additional information label 5 obtained in this way is then attached to a desired position on the back surface 3 of the IC card 1.

  In this way, the front surface information 2a, the face image information 2b and the ID information 2c are printed on the front surface 2, the back surface information 3a is printed on the back surface 3, and the front surface information 2a, the back surface information 3a and the ID information 2c are written on the IC chip 1c. The IC card 1 with the additional information label 5 attached to the back surface 3 can be manufactured with high accuracy and efficiency.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 IC card 1a IC card 1b on a card | curd sliding surface IC card 1b of the lowest layer on a holding claw 10 Card loading and transfer apparatus 11 Card holding part 12 Card sliding surface 13 Engaging claw 13a Holding body 13b Lifting roll 14 Guide rail 15 Card magazine 16 Discharge gate 17 Discharge gate body 18 Claw drive unit 20 Card printer 21 IC card hopper 51 Transfer plate 51A Transfer plate body 52 Back gate body 53 Back gate 54 Holding claw

Claims (6)

In a card stacking / transferring device that is mounted with a card magazine in which a large number of cards are stacked in multiple layers, and that places and transfers cards from the card magazine,
A card holding portion having a card sliding surface on which the card slides;
A discharge gate that is provided on the downstream side of the card holding portion and discharges the card sliding on the card sliding surface;
An engaging claw that engages with a card placed on the card sliding surface of the card holding portion;
A guide rail that extends from the upstream side of the card holding portion to the downstream side and guides the engaging claws;
A drive unit for driving the engaging claw from the upstream side to the downstream side of the card holding unit,
A holding claw for holding cards stacked in multiple layers is provided above the discharge gate,
A transfer plate is provided in the vicinity of the holding claw to transfer the lowermost card among the cards held by the holding claw to the upstream side and drop it onto the card sliding surface. A card stacking and transferring apparatus, wherein a card dropped on a surface is transferred from an upstream side to a downstream side and discharged from a discharge gate.   2. The card stacking / transferring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a rear gate for allowing one card transferred upstream by the transfer plate to enter is provided upstream of the card holding unit.   3. The lifting roll for lifting the lowermost card of the cards stacked with the holding claw and moving together with the engagement claw on the upstream side of the engagement claw is provided. Card loading and transfer device.   4. The card stacking / transferring apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the engaging claw and the lifting roll are held by a holding body that moves along the guide rail.   5. The card stacking / transferring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a transfer distance of the transfer plate is 3 mm or less. A card loading and transferring apparatus according to claim 1;
A card printer comprising: a printing unit that performs printing on a card discharged from the card stacking and transferring device.

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