JP2583299Y2 - Card feeding and loading device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a card management machine for managing a prepaid card, which is a game card used in a pachinko hall, for example, so that a card to be stored can be paid out and sent. The present invention relates to a card dispensing / capturing device capable of capturing and processing incoming cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, in this type of card processing apparatus, a feeding device for feeding out stacked cards one by one and a storage device for taking in and processing cards conveyed one by one are provided separately. The structure was adopted.

As disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 1-123265, there is known a card feeding device capable of feeding out a card stored in a single body and taking in a sent card. Have been. This card feeding device has a structure in which a card stored in a card storage unit is fed to a card processing unit, and a card sent from the card processing unit is taken in a reject stacker different from the card storage unit.

[0004]

In recent years, with the diversification of card use methods, there has been a demand for a card feeding / loading device which feeds out a stored card and takes in the card as a card management machine. However, in the above-described conventional apparatus, a card stored in advance can be fed out, but this card cannot be taken in.

[0005] For example, it manages cards such as prepaid cards called game cards used in pachinko halls and the like. Usually, as shown in FIG.
The value-added game cards (a plurality of types for each amount) are delivered from the card company 1, and are collectively stored and managed in the card management machine 2 in the office of the pachinko hall. Then, a predetermined number of game cards of a predetermined type are respectively taken out from the card management machine 2 and distributed and mounted on the card vending machine 3 in the pachinko hall. A customer who purchases a game card at the card vending machine 3 borrows a game medium such as a pachinko ball or a medal from the lending machine using the game card. Then, the game card in which all the added price values have been used is discarded. The game cards remaining in the card vending machine 3 are collected for security reasons and stored in the card management machine 2 again.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has a card feeding / unloading device capable of taking in a conveyed card and sending out the card.
An acquisition device is provided.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The card feeding and taking-in device of the present invention feeds out a stored card and takes in a sent card.
In the loading device, a card stacking section in which cards are stored in an integrated state and a card inlet / outlet is opened at one end side; Pressing means for pressing inward, a conveying means provided on the card entrance and exit side of the card stacking section and rotatable in both forward and reverse directions, and a gap provided in the card entrance and allowing only one card to pass therethrough. A gate member movable between a narrow gap holding state held between the card inlet / outlet and a wide gap holding state holding a gap wider than the narrow gap between the card inlet / outlet; A pressing member provided on the card entrance / exit side and movably attached to a retreat position retracted from the card entrance / exit and a projecting position projecting into the stacking unit;
An interlocking mechanism for interlocking movement of the pressing member to the retracted position, movement of the gate member to the narrow gap holding state, and movement of the pressing member to the protruding position and movement of the gate member to the wide gap holding state. It is a thing.

[0008]

In the card feeding and taking-in device of the present invention, at the time of feeding, the interlocking mechanism moves the pressing member to a position retracted from the card inlet / outlet on the bottom surface of the card stacking unit.
With the gate member kept in the narrow gap holding state, the card fed out from the card inlet / outlet is fed out by the transport means.

During storage, the interlocking mechanism moves the pressing member from the card inlet / outlet to a position protruding into the card stacking section to press the stacked and stored cards inward from the card inlet / outlet and to hold the gate member with a wide gap. As a state, the card sent by the transport means is taken in.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the card feeding and unloading of one embodiment of the present invention will be described.
A card management machine provided with a capture device will be described with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 4, the management machine body 10 has a card insertion / ejection unit 11, a card storage unit 12 of the same number as the types (usually five types) of cards to be handled, and a card insertion / ejection unit. Card transport path connecting the output unit 11 and the card storage unit 12
13 and. The card transport path 13 has a counting sensor
14 are provided.

A card stacking section of the card input / ejection section 11
15 and a card stacking unit 16 of the card storage unit 12 are provided with pressing plates 18 of pressing means for pressing the cards stacked toward a card inlet / outlet 17 at the bottom by a spring means (not shown). In 17 we have a card 19
The capturing mechanisms 20 are arranged respectively. Although not shown, a sorting mechanism is arranged in the card transport path 13 and a card transported from the card input / output unit 11 is provided.
The card 19 is sent to a predetermined card storage unit 12, and the cards 19 conveyed from each card storage unit 12 are sent to the card insertion / ejection unit 11.

Next, a description will be given of the card feeding and taking-in mechanisms provided in the card insertion / ejection unit 11 and the card storage unit 12 with reference to FIGS.

Card insertion / ejection unit 11 and card storage unit
12, a card feeding / loading mechanism 20 having substantially the same structure is attached. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the card 19 is attached to the card insertion / ejection unit 11 and the card 19 is stored in the card storage unit.
12 shows a feed card pay-out / take-in mechanism 20 that feeds out the card 19 and takes in the card 19 sent from the card storage unit 12.

The card stacking section of the card input / ejection section 11
At the upper position outside the card inlet / outlet 17 formed at the bottom of the card 15, 16, a step 21 on the peripheral surface is engaged with the edge of the card 19 and fed out.
Is attached to a rotating shaft 23, and a cam plate 24 is attached to the rotating shaft 23 of the rotating disk 22. A vibrating member 26 having an engaging edge 25 engaged with the cam plate 24 is rotatably mounted by a shaft 27, and the engaging edge 25 of the vibrating member 26 has a tension spring 28 engaged with the vibrating member 26. The vibrating member 26 is reciprocally oscillated about a shaft 27 by the cam plate 24 rotated by the rotation of the rotary disk 22 by being pressed against the cam plate 24 by the urging force. The tip of the vibrating member 26 is formed in a vibration imparting portion 23a that vibrates the card facing the card entrance 17 of the card stacking portions 15 and 16.

A pressing pulley 30 serving as a pressing member is rotatably supported on a bracket 31 by a shaft 31 at a lower position outside the card inlet / outlet 17 opened at the bottom of the card stacking sections 15 and 16. A loading / unloading side pulley 32 is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft 33 below the lower side 30, and a feed belt 36 of a transport unit is stretched between the pressing pulley 30 and the loading / unloading side pulley 32. The rotating shaft 33 of the loading / unloading side pulley 32 can be rotated forward and backward by an electric motor (not shown).

The bracket 29 is rotatably supported on a rotating shaft 33 of the loading / unloading side pulley 32. A suction rod 35 of a solenoid 34 is pivotally connected to a lower end of the bracket 29. When the solenoid 34 is in the non-excited state, the pressing pulley 30 is at a position retracted from the inside of the card stacking sections 15 and 16, and when the solenoid 34 is in the excited state, the pressing pulley 30 is at a position protruding into the card stacking sections 15 and 16. .

A fixed thickness regulating member 38 is fixed below the card entrance 17 of the card stacking sections 15 and 16, and a movable thickness regulating member 39 serving as a gate member is opposed to the fixed thickness regulating member 38. Is provided. This fixed thickness regulating member
The tip of 38 protrudes out of the card stacking parts 15 and 16,
The upper surface of the distal end of the fixed thickness regulating member 38 is formed on an inclined surface 40 facing downward. Further, the movable thickness regulating member 39
The upper part of is attached to the swing arm 41 which is an interlocking mechanism,
The swing arm 41 is supported by the bracket 29 on a shaft 41a. The movable thickness regulating member 39 is urged by a compression spring 42 in a direction approaching the fixed thickness regulating member 38. Usually, the distance between the two thickness regulating members 38, 39 is set to the card 1 distance.
It is held so as to be wider than the thickness of one sheet and narrower than the thickness of two sheets.

The swing arm 41 moves the tip of the movable thickness regulating member 39 by the excitation of the solenoid 34 of the bracket 29, and moves the gap between the movable thickness regulating member 39 and the fixed thickness regulating member 38. Expand. That is,
The movement of the pressing member to the retracted position of the pressing pulley 30, the movement of the gate member to the narrow gap holding state of the movable thickness regulating member 39, the movement of the pressing pulley 30 to the projecting position, and the widening of the movable thickness regulating member 39 The movement to the gap holding state is linked by the swing arm 41 of the link mechanism.

A rotary roller 44 is provided which is pressed against the loading / unloading side pulley 32 and is pressed against the loading / unloading side pulley 32.
A pair of guide rollers 45,
A transport belt 47 of the card transport path 13 is provided on the loading / unloading side of the guide rollers 45 and 46.

The operation unit (not shown) includes a "warehouse"
Mode selection key to select “Normal” or “Aggregate” mode,
The type of card to be processed (for example, 1000 yen, 2000
Card selection switch for selecting the number of cards to be processed, a numeric keypad for inputting the number of cards to be processed, an execution key for instructing the card to be ejected or taken in, and the number of cards in stock for each type of card. The display unit is provided with switches such as a stock display switch to be displayed on the unit, a printout key for instructing a printout of a summary table, and the like.

Next, the operation procedure of this card management machine is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the game card delivered from the card company is stored in the card management machine, "enter" is selected by the mode selection key (step 1). Then, a card (one kind, for example, 1000 yen) is inserted into the card insertion / ejection unit 11.
After the card is set to
"0 yen" is selected (step 2), and the specification of the number of sheets to be taken or the total number of the set sheets is input using the numeric keypad (step 3). Next, when the execution key is operated (step 4), the card is taken in (step 5) and stored in a predetermined card storage unit 12. The same applies when storing cards collected from each card vending machine.

When a card is taken out for distribution to a card vending machine, the mode selection key is used to select "normal".
Is selected (step 11). Use the card select switch to select the type of card you want to remove (Step 12)
Enter the number you want to take out using the numeric keypad (step
13). When the execution key is pressed (step 14), the cards are fed out of the corresponding storage unit 12 (step 15), and are accumulated in the card input / output unit.

Further, when a tabulation table is to be created, "tabulation" is selected by the mode selection key (step 21).
When the printout key is operated (step 22), the summary table is printed (step 23).

In any of the modes, the number of cards of each type can be displayed by operating the inventory display switch.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When the card 19 in the card stacking units 15 and 16 is fed out, as shown in FIG. 1, the solenoid 34 is not excited, and the pressing pulley 30 is moved from inside the card inlet / outlet 17 of the card stacking units 15 and 16. Evacuate outward and both thickness regulating members
The interval between 38 and 39 is wider than the thickness of one card 19, and is kept in a narrow interval smaller than the thickness of two cards 19. In this state, when the rotating disk 22 is rotated in the direction of the arrow of FIG.
The step 21 of the rotating disk 22 is pushed out of the upper end face of the card 19 of the foremost card among the cards 19 accumulated in 5 and 16. The extruded card 19 is subsequently sent out by the feed belt 36 and delivered to the transport belt 47. Leading card 19
, The thickness regulating members 38 and 39 regulate the next card 19 to be sent out. By continuously rotating the rotary disk 22, continuous high-speed feeding of the card 19 can be performed. Since the vibration is applied by the vibration applying section 23a of the vibration member 26, the card
Even if the 19 is fed at a high speed, the pressing of the stacked cards 19 against the rotating disk 22 does not become unstable.

When the cards 19 conveyed by the conveyor belt 47 are stacked and stored in the card stacking sections 15 and 16, as shown in FIG. 3, the solenoid 34 is excited and the pressing pulley 30 is moved to the card stacking section. Move into 15, 16
The tip of the movable thickness regulating member 39 moves rightward in the figure. The stacked cards are pushed leftward in the drawing by the protrusion of the pressing pulley 30, and a space for receiving the next card is formed. On the other hand, the movement of the tip of the movable thickness regulating member 39 facilitates the entry of the card. In this state, the transport belt 47, the feed belt 36, and the rotating disk 22 are driven in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The card conveyed by the conveyor belt 47 passes between the two thickness regulating members 38 and 39 which are widened, and the card stacking section.
Enter within 15,16. At this time, since the stacked cards are pushed in, the leading ends of the cards do not collide with each other. Further, the card is fed by the feed belt 36 and the rotating disc 22.
When the leading end reaches the position where the leading end comes into contact with the leading end of the vibrating member 26, the loading operation ends.

[0030]

According to the present invention, at the time of feeding out a card, the interlocking mechanism moves the pressing member to a position retracted from the card inlet / outlet of the card stacking section, and sets the gate member in a state of holding a narrow gap, and from the card inlet / outlet. The fed out card can be fed out by the transporting means, and at the time of storage, the pressing member is moved to a position protruding from the card inlet / outlet to the card stacking section by the interlocking mechanism so that the stacked and stored card is moved inward from the card inlet / outlet. And the gate member is kept in a wide gap holding state, and the card fed by the conveying means can be taken in.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a state in which a card of an embodiment of the present invention is extended.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state in which the card is taken in;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the internal structure of a card management machine provided with the card feeding / capturing device mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of the card management machine.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation mode of a game card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 15, 16 Card stacking unit 17 Card inlet / outlet 18 Pressing plate of pressing means 19 Card 30 Pressing pulley serving as pressing member 36 Feed belt of conveying means 39 Movable thickness regulating member of gate member 41 Swing arm of interlocking mechanism

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A card feeding / loading device which feeds out a stored card and takes in a card to be sent, wherein a card stacking unit which stores the cards in a stacking state and has a card inlet / outlet opened at one end. Pressing means provided in the card stacking section for pressing the cards stacked in the card stacking section toward the card entrance / exit side of the card stacking section; and being provided on the card entry / exit side of the card stacking section and rotatable in both forward and reverse directions A small-gap holding state in which a gap provided at the card entrance and exit that allows passage of only one card is held between the card entrance and the card entrance and exit. A gate member which can be moved to a wide gap holding state held between the card member and a card inlet / outlet side of the card stacking section and which retreats from the card inlet / outlet. A pressing member movably attached to the retracted position and the protruding position protruding into the stacking unit; moving the pressing member to the retreat position, moving the gate member to the narrow gap holding state, and projecting the pressing member. A card feeding / loading device, comprising: an interlocking mechanism for interlocking the movement to the position and the movement of the gate member to the wide gap holding state.