JP2820514B2 - Card removal device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card ejection device, and more particularly to a card ejection device used for a ticket vending machine, a numbered ticket issuing machine in a parking lot, and the like.

<Conventional technology> A numbered ticket issuing machine is installed near the entrance of a parking lot.
This machine is provided with a card storage unit for storing cards (numbered tickets), a card pull-out mechanism for taking out cards from the card storage unit, a gate mechanism and a transport unit. Before the vehicle arrives at the numbered ticket issuing machine, the card is pulled out by the card withdrawing mechanism, and it is a mechanism that waits at the standby place at the rear of the transport unit, and when the vehicle comes to the machine, a separate The vehicle detection detects the vehicle, and the card is transported forward by the transport unit based on the detection signal. When passing through the transport section, the processing section prints various types of data (for example, date and time) on the card and outputs the card to the exit of the machine. An example of such a conventional device is a card removal device described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 62-5735.

As shown in FIG. 4, this apparatus has an inclined plate B which simply rises in the conveying direction and is tapered, and a gate mechanism C is provided at a position covering the inclined plate B. .

The stand-by place of the card is away from the gate mechanism C, and the upper and lower rollers D on the rear side of the transport section D.
1, the position between D2. The reason why such a position is set as the card waiting place is that if the card is made to stand by near the gate mechanism, the card will bend and curl as a result, causing various troubles in the transport unit, and bending to the customer. This is to prevent such a situation since the card is handed as it is.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, the following problems occur with the above structure.

If the standby position for the card is brought to the rear of the transport unit distant from the gate mechanism, the overall length of the transport unit naturally increases. As a result, the depth of the machine as a whole increases, and the machine cannot be downsized.

The gate mechanism C includes an upper gate claw C1 and a lower gate claw C2. Of these, the lower gate claw C2 is provided to prevent feeding of two cards, but care must be taken so that the top of the lower gate claw C2 does not protrude beyond the inclined plate B. Otherwise, the card may be caught on the top of the lower gate claw C2 and the card may be jammed. Also, it was necessary to strictly adjust the gap between the upper gate claw and the lower gate claw.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a novel card ejection device that can shorten the length of a transport unit and can make various adjustments of the gate mechanism unnecessary.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The device of the present invention is a card ejection device having a card storage section, a transport section, a card extraction mechanism, and a gate mechanism,
The inclined plate of the card storage unit includes a tapered inclined portion that rises in the transport direction and a horizontal portion, and the gate mechanism has an upper gate claw and a lower gate claw; The mechanism is provided at a position covering the horizontal portion of the inclined plate, and the horizontal portion of the inclined plate, the gap between the upper gate claw and the lower gate claw, and the contact portion between the upper and lower rollers of the transport unit are on the same horizontal plane. It is characterized by being located. Also, the shape of the upper gate claw forms a downward tapered portion in a semi-bidirectional direction and a horizontal portion following the tapered portion, and the lower gate claw has a taper downward in the transport direction. Features.

<Effect> In the state where the card taken out by the card draw-out mechanism is in contact with the node of the inclined plate, the card tip hits the upper gate claw.

Therefore, the leading end of the card takes a horizontal posture and stops at a position straddling the transport unit and the gate mechanism. This position is a standby place for the card.

Embodiment An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the card removal device, and FIG.
It is a detailed explanatory view of a figure. In the figure, 10 is a card storage unit, 20 is a card stored in the card storage unit, 30 is a transport unit, 40 is a card draw-out mechanism, and 50 is a gate mechanism, which are provided in a housing 60.

The card storage unit 10 includes a front wall 11, a rear wall 12, and a lifting platform 13 provided on the bottom. The lifting platform 13 is constantly urged by a motor or a spring to lift the card upward.

The front wall 11 includes a vertical wall 11 and an inclined plate 112 following the vertical wall 11. The inclined plate 112 rises in the transport direction and has a tapered inclined portion 112A and a horizontal portion connected to the inclined portion. 11
It consists of 2B. The inclined portion 112A and the horizontal portion 11
The node of 2B is the angle changing unit A.

The transport unit 30 is provided at a position substantially at the same height as the gate mechanism 50.
Has the role of transporting The card transported in the transport unit 30 passes through the processing unit halfway.

The card withdrawing mechanism 40 has a motor 41, a feed roller 42, and a belt 43 extending between the motor 41 and the feed roller 42. The feed roller 42 is pressed toward the card by a feed roller pressing spring 44 so as to always contact the uppermost card.

The gate mechanism 50 has an upper gate claw 51, a lower gate claw 52, and a gate spring 53 for urging the lower gate claw 52 upward. The shape of the upper gate claw 51 forms a tapered portion 511 downward in the transport direction and a horizontal portion 512 following the tapered portion 511. The lower gate claw 52 has a tapered portion 521 that faces downward in the transport direction.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the operation explanatory diagram of FIG.

The card 20 sent from the upper part of the card storage unit 10 to the gate mechanism 50 side by the feed roller 42 is separated into one card and rises from the inclined plate 112. Then, the card 20 hits the node A of the inclined plate 112.

Even if the card 20 that has risen along the inclined plate 112 passes through the node A, which is the angle change point of the inclined plate 112, the curve connecting the feed roller 42 and the point A shown in FIG. Rise up. The angle β at that time is smaller than the angle α of the inclined plate 112.

Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the leading end of the card 20 comes into contact with the upper gate claw 51, whereby the traveling direction of the card 20 is downwardly angled along the tapered portion 511 of the upper gate claw 51. change.

The card 20 passes through the gap formed by the upper gate claw 51 and the lower gate claw 52 while maintaining the state of. At this time, even if there are cards 20 that could not be separated by the inclined plate 112, the lower overlapping cards 20 among them are blocked by the lower gate claws 52. And the card 20 is the transport unit
It advances to the entrance of 30 and is taken into the transport section 30 by the rollers and belts of the transport section 30 (FIG. 3 (c)).

When the card 20 separates from the feed roller 42, the horizontal portion 112B of the inclined plate 112 and the transport portion 30 are on a straight line, so that the card 20 is completely lifted up, the latter half of the horizontal portion 112B, and the former half of the roller of the transport portion 30. In the position, it is maintained in a straight line state in which no habit occurs. This position is a standby place for the card 20 (FIG. 3D).

<Effects of the Invention> Since the present invention is configured as described above, the standby place of the card is conventionally in the latter half of the transport unit.
It is possible to bring the standby place to a position that straddles the transport unit and the gate mechanism. Accordingly, since the length of the transport unit can be reduced, the depth of the entire machine can be reduced. Further, since the gate mechanism is moved to the position of the horizontal portion of the inclined plate, the adjustment of the gate mechanism is not required. In addition, in the case of feeding two cards, an extra card is blocked by the above-mentioned node of the inclined plate, so that the mechanism is excellent.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIGS. 1 to 3 are drawings according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a card removal device, FIG. 2 is a detailed explanatory diagram of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 (d) is an explanatory diagram of the operation. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the configuration of a conventional card ejection device. 10 Card storage section, 11 Front wall, 111 Vertical wall, 112
…… Slope plate, 112A …… Upward tapered slope, 112B ……
Horizontal section, 20 card, 30 transport section, 40 card withdrawal mechanism, 50 gate mechanism, 51 upper gate claw, 52
Lower gate claw

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card ejection device having a card storage section, a transport section, a card pull-out mechanism, and a gate mechanism, wherein the inclined plate of the card storage section rises in the transport direction and has a tapered inclined section; The gate mechanism has an upper gate claw and a lower gate claw, and the gate mechanism is provided at a position covering the horizontal part of the inclined plate; 2. The card ejection device according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal portion, the gap between the upper gate claw and the lower gate claw, and the contact portion between the upper and lower rollers of the transport portion are located on the same horizontal plane. 2. The shape of the upper gate claw forms a downward tapered portion in the transport direction and a horizontal portion following the tapered portion, and the lower gate claw has a downward taper in the transport direction. 2. The card removal device according to claim 1, wherein: