JP2866835B2 - Card feeding device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for feeding out cards stacked and stored in a card case one by one.
In particular, the present invention relates to a card feeding device for preventing a card from being unwound and a plurality of cards being fed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a card feeding device for sequentially feeding various cards such as a credit card and a cash card from a storage case according to a command has been used. Here, a conventional card feeding device is shown in FIG.
0 is shown. In the conventional feeding device, a card storage case 82 is mounted on an upper portion of a housing 80, and a number of cards 84 are stacked and stored in the card storage case 82. The card storage case 82 has an opening 86 for taking out the lowermost card 84. The card 8 is positioned below the lowermost card 84 and near the opening 86.
A roller 88 is provided as card feeding means for feeding the sheet 4 to the outside.

[0003] As shown in FIG.
A cutout space 92 is formed in the second bottom plate 90, and the roller 88 is disposed at the position of the cutout space 92. Roller 8
8 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 10 about its central axis 94, and the roller 88 is positioned higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 90 by, for example, about 90 degrees rotation among 360 degrees rotation. The shape is such that the roller 88 contacts the lower surface of the lowermost card 84. That is, the diameter of the roller 88 is, for example, about 90 degrees out of 360 degrees, and about 270 degrees small.

The gap of the opening 86 is, for example, about 1.5 times the thickness of the card 84, and the lowermost card 84 and the second card 84 from the bottom are separated by the opening 86. Are set so that they do not come out together. FIG.
0, a transport mechanism 96 is provided outside the opening 86 of the card storage case 82, and the transport mechanism 96 has a function of pulling out the lowermost card 84 from the storage case 82 and a function of transporting the card 84 in a predetermined direction. do.

In this card feeding device, when the roller 88 rotates, the large diameter portion of the roller 88 comes into contact with the lower surface of the lowermost card 84 so that the lowermost card 84 moves in the direction of the opening 86. Moved, opening 8
6 is fed out of the card storage case 82. When the large diameter portion of the roller 88 passes on the axis of the shaft 94 (when the small diameter portion of the roller 88 comes on the axis of the shaft 94), the contact between the roller 88 and the card 84 is cut off. It is. When the contact between the roller 88 and the lowermost card 84 is cut off, the card 84 fed out of the card storage case 82 through the opening 86 is conveyed in a predetermined direction by the conveying mechanism 96.

The card 84 at the bottom is the card storage case 8
When the card is taken out from 2, the second card 8 from the bottom
4 comes into contact with the bottom plate 90 of the card storage case 82 and becomes the lowermost card 84. The lowermost card 84 is fed out of the card storage case 82 by the next rotation of the roller 88. By repeating such an operation, the cards 84 can be sequentially and continuously fed from the card storage case 82.

[0007]

In the conventional card feeding device, the contact between the roller 88 and the lowermost card 84 at the time of feeding the card is a point contact or a line contact even if the width of the roller is taken into consideration. . Even if the card 84 is extended by the contact frictional force, there is a limit to the extending force in the point contact or the line contact. Further, recently, a predetermined embossing process is performed on a card, and the embossing process is often performed on the same portion of all the cards 84. The fitting force between the embossed portions is a frictional force when the card is fed out. As a result, the rate at which the card 84 could not be fed out with the conventional roller 88 was high.

In addition, in the conventional card feeding device, when the contact between the roller 88 and the card 84 comes off,
To allow the rear end of the card 84 to pass through the opening 86, as shown in FIG.
It is located near the lower level. Thus, in the conventional device,
It is necessary to finely adjust the timing when the contact between the roller 88 and the card 84 is released and the time when the trailing end of the fed card 84 passes through the opening 86. If the timing adjustment is displaced, the roller 88 may feed out the second card 84 from the bottom or the card 84 at the bottom.
The rear end portion remains in the card storage case 82, and there is a problem that a problem occurs in that the card cannot be fed out when feeding out continuously.

Further, in the conventional card feeding device, rollers 88 corresponding to one card storage case 82 are provided.
Therefore, the card 84 drawn out from another card storage case 82 cannot be conveyed. Therefore, the number of cards supplied to one card outlet is stored in one card storage case 82, and the number of cards 84 stored in one device is limited.
There was a problem that the supply frequency of No. 4 was high.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to prevent the card from being unable to be ejected by greatly increasing the frictional force of the lowermost card.
Moreover, it is another object of the present invention to provide a card feeding device which eliminates the need for fine timing adjustment when the contact between the card feeding means and the lowermost card is released.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a housing, a card storage case attached to the housing, and a card stored in the card storage case. In a card feeding device for feeding out cards stored in a case one by one from the lowermost portion, the lowermost portion in the card storing case is provided.
The first roller and the second row that can contact the card
And a runnable delivery belt stretched between
A first link mechanism for moving the first roller up and down;
First driving means for driving one link mechanism, and the second row
And a second link mechanism for raising and lowering the
A second driving means for driving the structure,
When the lower card makes contact with the card,
Having third driving means for moving
It is.

[0012]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a feeding device according to the present invention. A card storage case 12 is provided on the upper side of the housing 10 of the card feeding device. The card storage case 12 is, for example, a rectangular box with an open top capable of storing about 100 cards 14, and a large number of cards 14 are stored in the card storage case 12 from above. As shown in FIG. 2, the card storage case 12 has a bottom plate 18.
A notch space 22 for a feeding belt 20 as a card feeding means to protrude higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18.
Are formed. As shown in FIG. 1, at the lower end inside the card storage case 12, an opening 24 (FIG. 4) for feeding out the card 14 is provided on one side, and the opening 24 inside the card storage case 12 is provided. On the other side,
An inclined card guide member 26 is provided which gradually projects inward toward the lower end. A card regulating plate 28 (FIGS. 1 and 4) is attached near the position of the opening 24 on the outer wall of the card storage case 12. The card regulating plate 28 is for adjusting the height of the space of the opening 24, and can be vertically adjusted by adjusting means (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 2, the feeding belt 20 is stretched and stretched between a first roller 30a and a second roller 30b, and its width is a certain percentage of the width of the card 14. Having a width of The first roller 30a and the second roller 30b are rotatably held by a pair of brackets 32. The second roller 30b is connected to the housing 1
The motor is rotated counterclockwise in FIGS. 1 and 2 by a motor 34 as a third driving means fixed to zero. Thereby, the feeding belt 20 is moved. As shown in FIG. 1, the position of the second roller 30b is set to a position (left side) sufficiently farther from the card storage case 12 in the horizontal direction than the position of the opening 24 of the card storage case 12.

A pressing roller 36 is provided on the second roller 30b with the feeding belt 20 interposed therebetween. A shaft 38 that does not follow the rotation of the press roller 36 is provided through the press roller 36, and the shaft 38 passes through an elongated hole 40 formed in the bracket 32, and
Projecting outside. A projection 42 is fixed to the outside of the bracket 32, and a tension spring 44 is attached between the projection 42 and the shaft 38. The tension spring 44
Accordingly, the pressing roller 36 is constantly urged to approach the second roller 30b. The slot 40 is the card 1
4 passes between the press roller 36 and the second roller 30b (via the feeding belt 20).
6 and the shaft 38 can be moved upward. The first rod 46a and the second rod 4
6b is fixed. The first rod 46a is attached below the first roller 30a, and the second rod 46b is attached below the second roller 30b.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the housing 1
0 has a first solenoid 48a as a first driving means.
A second solenoid 48b is provided as second driving means . The first solenoid 48a has a first link mechanism 5
0a is attached, and the second link mechanism 50b is attached to the second solenoid 48b. By these first solenoid 48a and second solenoid 48b, and first link mechanism 50a and second link mechanism 50b,
An elevating means for elevating the feeding belt 20 is constituted. Here, the first link mechanism 50a will be described with reference to FIG. The first link mechanism 50a includes a first solenoid 48
a, a lower lever 54 and an upper lever 5 attached to the tip of the arm 52.
6. The arm 52 is provided with a first solenoid 48a.
The distal end of the arm 52 is hinged to a pin 58. The upper portion of the lower lever 54 is hinged to the pin 58, and the lower portion of the lower lever 54 is hinged to a support member 60 fixed to the housing 10. On the other hand, the lower part of the upper lever 56 is also hinged to the pin 58,
The upper part of the upper lever 56 is hinged to a first rod 46a fixed to the bracket 32 shown in FIG.

A pair of holding members 62 are fixed to the housing 10, and a vertically long hole 64 is formed on the holding member 62. Each distal end of the first rod 46a projects through the elongated hole 64 to the outside of the holding member 62. A tension spring 6 is provided between the first rod 46a protruding to the outside of the holding member 62 and the lower portion of the holding member 62.
The first rod 46 a is urged by the tension spring 66 so as to always contact the lower edge of the elongated hole 64. In a state where the first solenoid 48a is not energized, an urging means 68 for causing the arm 52 (pin 58) to protrude to a position away from the first solenoid 48a.
Is attached.

When the first solenoid 48a is not energized (the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 3), the pin 58 projects to a position away from the first solenoid 48a, and the pin 58
The lower lever 54 and the upper lever 56 hinged to the
In FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the setting is made so as to have the shape of “C”. The first rod 46a hinged to the upper part of the upper lever 56 is in contact with the lower edge of the elongated hole 64 of the holding member 62. The first rod 46a is fixed to the bracket 32 below the first roller 30a.
The 0a side is at the lowest position. In this state, the upper surface of the feeding belt 20 on the first roller 30 a side is set to be lower than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12.

Here, when the first solenoid 48a is energized, the pin 58 moves to a position close to the first solenoid 48a, and the lower lever 54 and the upper lever 56 hinged to the pin 58 are shown in FIGS. In 3, it is set to be straight in the vertical direction. As a result, the upper lever 56
The first rod 46a hingedly connected to the upper member 46 moves upward from below in the elongated hole 64 of the holding member 62. When the first rod 46a is moved upward, the upper surface of the feeding belt 20 on the first roller 30a side is set to protrude higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12.

Although the structure of the first link mechanism 50a has been described with reference to FIG. 3, the second link mechanism 50b has the same structure. That is, the second link mechanism 50b is set so that the upper surface on the second roller 30b side of the feeding belt 20 is positioned lower than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12 when the second solenoid 48b is not energized. When the second solenoid 48b is energized, the upper surface of the feeding belt 20 on the second roller 30b side is set to protrude higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12. Also, the first solenoid 4
In a state where power is supplied to both the second link mechanism 8a and the second link mechanism 50b, the upper surface of the feeding belt 20 is positioned parallel to the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 and higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18.

As shown in FIG.
Is lower than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12, the distance S1 between the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 and the lower end of the card regulating plate 28 may be such that two cards 14 are fed out. Not the thickness of card 14
Must be less than double. In addition, the feeding belt 20
Is protruded higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12, the distance S 2 between the upper surface of the feeding belt 20 and the lower end of the card regulating plate 28 must be such that one card 14 is fed from the opening 24. And the distance must be such that the two cards 14 are not fed out. By moving the card regulating plate 28, the distance S
1 and the distance S2 are satisfied. As described above, the heavy bon 16 is placed on the card storage case 12 from the top in which a large number of cards 14 are stored. The heavy bon 16 is higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12. When it protrudes, it functions to add a frictional force between the lowermost card 14 and the feeding belt 20.

From the position of contact between the second roller 30b and the pressing roller 36 (with the feeding belt 20 interposed),
A discharge roller 70 that contacts each other and a pressing roller 72 that is urged in a direction that contacts the discharge roller 70 are provided at a remote position opposite to the card storage case 12. Discharge roller 70
Is driven by a driving force transmitting means 74 communicated from the motor 34. The card 14 fed from the contact position between the second roller 30b and the pressing roller 36 is
The sheet is fed by the discharge roller 70 and the pressing roller 36, and then is taken out to a desired position via a take-out guide 76.

Next, the operation of feeding the card 14 will be described. In the card feeding standby state, the power supply to the first solenoid 48a and the second solenoid 48b is cut off. In this state, the feeding belt 20
Is lower than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12. The lowermost card 14 in the card storage case 12 is in contact with the bottom plate 18. Further, since the power supply to the motor 34 is also cut off, the feeding belt 20 is stopped.

In operation, first, the motor 34 and the first solenoid 48a are energized. When the motor 34 is energized, the feeding belt 20 rotates. When the first solenoid 48a is energized, the arm 52 is pulled so as to approach the first solenoid 48a. by this,
1 and 3, the lower lever 54 and the upper lever 56 that are in the shape of the “U” are vertically aligned in a straight line, and the first roller 30 a
The side is raised. By this, the feeding belt 2
0 is higher than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18, and the upper surface of the feeding belt 20 on the first roller 30 a side contacts the lowermost card 14. At this time, the second solenoid 48b is not energized, and the height of the upper surface of the feeding belt 20 on the side of the second roller 30b is maintained at a position lower than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18.

The feeding belt 20 on the first roller 30a side
The upper surface contacts the lowermost card 14, but the contact between the flexible belt 20 and the card 14 is not line contact but surface contact, so the contact area is wider than before and the feeding belt 20 The frictional force with the card 14 increases.
The increased frictional force due to the rotational force of the feeding belt 20 exceeds the frictional force between the lowermost card 14 and the second card 14 from the bottom, and as a result, the lowermost card 14 is fed toward the opening 24. It is. At the same time as the lowermost card 14 passes under the card regulating plate 28, the second solenoid 48b is energized and the second roller 30b side of the feeding belt 20 is raised. In a state where the feeding belt 20 on the second roller 30b side is raised,
The upper surface of the feeding belt 20 is parallel to the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12.

Even after the lowermost card 14 has passed under the card regulating plate 28, the card 14 is carried on the payout belt 20 because the payout belt 20 is rotating. As described above, according to the present invention, the card 14 that has exited the card storage case 12 is conveyed while being mounted on the feeding belt 20, so that it is not necessary to finely adjust the timing at which the card is separated from the roller as in the related art. The card 14 conveyed by the feeding belt 20 keeps the rear end out of the opening 24 of the card storage case 12
The paper passes between the press roller 36 and the feed belt 20 and between the discharge roller 70 and the press roller 72 and is taken out from the take-out guide 76.

The lowermost card 14 is the card storage case 1.
In the course of being fed out of the second card 2, the rear end portion of the second card 14 from below may descend and come into contact with the feeding belt 20. The second card 14 from the bottom is pushed toward the opening 24 by the rotation of the feeding belt 20, and the leading end of the card 14 comes into contact with the card regulating plate 28, and is pushed to the contact position. The card 14 does not fall from the contact position. As a result, the second card 14 from the bottom is not fed out from the opening 24 of the card storage case 12 by the rotation of the feeding belt 20.

When the card 14 reaches the ejection guide 76 after passing between the discharge roller 70 and the pressing roller 72, the power supply to the motor 34, the first solenoid 48a, and the second solenoid 48b is released. As a result, the rotation of the feeding belt 20 is stopped, and the feeding belt 2 is stopped.
0 moves lower than the upper surface of the bottom plate 18. Then, the second card 14 from the bottom, which has been in contact with the card regulating plate 28, falls on the upper surface of the bottom plate 18 and becomes the lowermost card 14, and returns to the card feeding standby state. Thereafter, after the motor 34 and the first solenoid 48a are energized again, the second solenoid 48b is energized. If such operations are continuously performed, continuous feeding of the card 14 can be easily performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the rising timings of the first roller 30a and the second roller 30b are shifted, but the first roller 30a and the second roller 30b are simultaneously raised. Is also good. In this case, the contact area between the lowermost card 14 and the belt 20 becomes larger, and the frictional force for feeding the card 14 becomes larger.

Next, another embodiment of the card feeding device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 shows that the card storage case 12 on the right side has a card outlet (not shown).
The card storage case 12 on the left side is located at a position near the card outlet, and the card 14 in the card storage case 12 on the right side is taken out to the outlet. . Two card storage cases 12 are arranged in series, and a delivery belt 20 stretched between the first roller 30a and the second roller 30b is disposed below the left card storage case 12. Below the right card storage case 12, a first roller 30a is provided.
The feeding belt 78 stretched between the first roller 30b and the second roller 30b is disposed. The two feeding belts 20 and 78 are arranged in series with each other. When the card 14 is paid out from the card storage case 12 on the right side, the upper surface of the belt 20 on the left side is moved from the lower surface of the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12 on the left side.
4 is set to be lower than the thickness of one sheet.
When the card 14 is fed from the right card storage case 12, the left feeding belt 20 is set to run. Furthermore, the right card storage case 1
The card 14 fed from 2 is set so as to be placed on the left feeding belt 20.

With the above setting, the card 14 fed from the right card storage case 12 is sent from the right feed belt 78 to the left feed belt 20, and is brought into contact with the bottom plate 18 of the card storage case 12. The paper is conveyed between the left delivery belt 20 and the card ejection port. That is, in the present invention, the card 14 can be moved to the exit by moving the card 14 from the feeding belt 78 to the feeding belt 20. That is, a plurality of card storage cases 12 are arranged close to each other, and a large amount of cards stored in the plurality of card storage cases 12 can be taken out from one outlet. Therefore,
A large amount of cards can be stored in a certain space,
Moreover, the frequency of the card supply operation can be reduced.

Here, an example of a structure for simultaneously driving the feeding belt 20 and the feeding belt 78 is shown in a plan view in FIG. 6 and a front view in FIG. The shaft 100 of the motor 34
Protrudes outside a side plate 102 which is a part of the housing 10, and a gear 104 is attached to a tip of the shaft 100. The shaft 106 of the discharge roller 70 is also the side plate 1.
A gear 108 is attached to the tip of the shaft 106 so as to protrude outside the shaft 02. A gear 112 is attached to the rotation shaft 110 of the roller 30b of the feeding belt 20 on the side closer to the motor 34. A gear 116 is attached to the rotation shaft 114 of the roller 30b of the feeding belt 78 farther from the motor 34. The gears described above or below may be toothed pulleys. Between the gear 104 of the motor 34 and the gear 108 of the discharge roller 70, a toothed belt 118 meshing with those gears is wound. Between the gear 108 of the discharge roller 70 and the gear 112 of the feeding belt 20, a toothed belt 120 meshing with those gears is stretched. The toothed belt 120 is tensioned by rotatable rollers 122 and 124 attached to the side plate 102.
Furthermore, between the gear 112 of the pay-out belt 20 and the gear 116 of the pay-out belt 78, a toothed belt 126 meshing with those gears is wound. The toothed belt 126 is tensioned by rotatable rollers 128 and 130 attached to the side plate 102. FIG.
7 and FIG. 7, when the motor 34 is driven, its rotational force is first transmitted to the gear 108 of the discharge roller 70 via the toothed belt 118,
The gear 108 of the feeding belt 20 is transmitted to the gear 112 of the feeding belt 20 via the toothed belt 120, and the gear 112 of the feeding belt 20 is transmitted to the gear 116 of the feeding belt 78 via the toothed belt 126. That is,
When the motor 34 is driven, the discharge roller 70, the feeding belt 20 and the feeding belt 78 are simultaneously driven, and the card 1 is stored in the card storage case 12 at any position.
4 can be paid out.

In the structure shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the motor 34 is attached to the shaft 110 of the roller 30b of the feeding belt 20.
Toothed belts 120 and 126 for transmitting the power of the motor 34 are directly wound around the shaft 114 of the roller 30b of the feeding belt 78. I have. That is, the gear 11 of the shafts 110 and 114 of the feeding belts 20 and 78
Belts 120, 12 wound around 2,116
6 is moved up and down together with the feeding belts 20 and 76 by the action of the solenoids 48a and 48b (FIGS. 1 and 3). For this reason, the toothed belts 120, 126
Is applied to the shaft 110 of the feeding belt 20 and the shaft 114 of the feeding belt 78.
0 or the vertical movement of the feeding belt 78 does not operate smoothly. Further, there is a problem that the tension adjustment is troublesome, and the vertical movement of the feeding belt 20 and the feeding belt 78 becomes unstable even after the adjustment.

Here, an example of improvement of the structure shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 is shown in a plan view in FIG. 8 and a front view in FIG. 8 and 9
6, the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 6 and 7 denote the same parts.
The rotating shaft 110 of the roller 30b of the feeding belt 20
Is inserted through a long hole 134 formed in a side plate 132 which is a part of the housing 10 and protrudes outside the side plate 132. A first gear 136 is fixed to the tip of the rotating shaft 110. A first free gear 138 that meshes with the first gear 136 is rotatably attached to the side plate 132 near the elongated hole 134. The rotation shaft 114 of the roller 30b of the feeding belt 78 also passes through the elongated hole 140 formed in the side plate 132, and the side plate 1
32 project outside. A second gear 142 is fixed to the tip of the rotation shaft 114. The elongated hole 140
A second free gear 144 that meshes with the second gear 142 is rotatably attached to the side plate 132 near the.

The shaft 100 of the motor 34 projects outside the side plate 132, and a gear 146 is attached to the tip of the shaft 100.
Is attached. The shaft 106 of the discharge roller 70 is also the side plate 1
The gear 148 is attached to the tip of the shaft 106 of the shaft 32. At a substantially triangular position (FIG. 9), which is one side of the gear 146 of the motor 34 and the gear 148 of the discharge roller 70, the roller 15 is positioned outside the side plate 132.
0 is attached. The roller 150 and the motor 3
A toothed belt 152 meshing with the gears 146 and the gear 148 of the discharge roller 70 is stretched between the gears 146 and 148 of the discharge roller 70. Further, between the gear 146 of the motor 34, the roller 150, and the first free gear 138, a toothed belt 154 as a driving force transmitting unit that meshes with the gears is stretched. The roller 150 applies tension to the toothed belt 152 and the toothed belt 154.

A roller 156 is attached at a position slightly below the first free gear 138 and the second free gear 144 so as to protrude outside the side plate 132. The roller 156, the first free gear 138, and the second free gear 1
A belt 158 as a toothed driving force transmitting means meshing with the gears is stretched between the gears 44 and 44. The toothed belt 158 is tensioned by rollers 156. Here, the rotation direction of the first gear 136 and the second gear 1
The rotation direction of 42 is a direction in which when the pay-out belt 20 or the pay-out belt 78 rises, the rise is performed smoothly. When the feeding belt 20 or the feeding belt 78 descends, the rotation of the first gear 136 and the second gear 142 is stopped, and the feeding belt 20 is rotated by a spring (not shown).
The feeding belt 78 is lowered.

In the structure shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the motor 3
The toothed belts 154, 158 transmitting the driving force of No. 4
The first free gear 1 rotatably attached to the side plate 132
, And the toothed belt 158 is wound around the second free gear 144 rotatably attached to the side plate 132. The first free gear 138 meshes with the first gear 136 of the feeding belt 20, and the second free gear 144 meshes with the second gear 142 of the feeding belt 78. When the motor 34 is driven in this meshing state, the driving force is changed to the toothed belt 15.
4,158 and free gears 138,144 and gear 136,1
42 and is transmitted to the feeding belt 20 and the feeding belt 78. That is, the toothed belts 154 and 158 for transmitting the driving force of the motor 34 are
The first gear 136 fixed to the shaft 110 of the feeding belt 78 and the second gear 1 fixed to the shaft 114 of the feeding belt 78.
42 is not directly connected. As a result, even if the feeding belt 20 or the feeding belt 78 moves up and down, the toothed belt 15 that transmits the power of the motor 34 is moved.
4,158 does not move up and down. Therefore, the tension of the toothed belts 154 and 158 is not applied to the shaft 110 of the feeding belt 20 and the shaft 114 of the feeding belt 78 when the feeding belt 20 and the feeding belt 78 are moved up and down, and the tension adjustment of the belt becomes unnecessary.
The vertical movement of the feeding belt 20 and the feeding belt 78 is stabilized.

[0037]

As described above, according to the card feeding device of the present invention, by changing the card feeding means from a roller to a belt, the contact area between the card feeding means and the card is increased, and the card feeding friction is increased. The force can be strengthened, and the occurrence of dispensing can be prevented. In addition, since the feeding means is a belt, the belt is rotated and the card is transported even after the card is fed from the opening, so it is necessary to adjust the fine timing of the contact and separation between the feeding means and the card as before. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the first card from being clogged and unnecessary feeding of the second card. Further, in the present invention, the use of the feeding belt makes it possible to take out the cards stored in the plurality of card storage cases from one outlet, and as a result, a large amount of cards can be stored in a certain space. Supply operation frequency can be reduced. Further, a plurality of payout belts are used corresponding to the plurality of card storage cases, but the shafts of the plurality of payout belts are prevented from directly meshing with the toothed belt as the driving force transmitting means. This makes it possible to omit the tension adjustment of the toothed belt and smoothly move the feeding belt up and down.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card feeding device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a relevant part of a related member including a feeding belt used in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a link mechanism used in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a distance between a card regulating plate and a belt or a bottom plate.

FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the card feeding device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a structure for simultaneously driving two feeding belts.

FIG. 7 is a front view of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an improved example of a structure for simultaneously driving two feeding belts.

FIG. 9 is a front view of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a conventional card feeding device.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a main part of a roller used in FIG.

[Description of sign]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Housing 12 Card storage case 14 Card 18 Bottom plate 20 Feeding belt 22 Notch space 24 Opening 28 Card regulating plate 30a First roller 30b Second roller 32 Bracket 36 Motor 36 Roller 46a First rod 46b Second rod 48a First solenoid 48b Second solenoid 50a First link mechanism 50b Second link mechanism 52 Arm 54 Lower lever 56 Upper lever 58 Pin 78 Feeding belt 136 First gear 142 Second gear 132 Side plate 138 First universal gear 144 Second universal gear 154 Toothed Belt 156 Toothed belt

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A housing, a card storage case attached to the housing, and a card stored in the card storage case, wherein the cards stored in the card storage case are fed out one by one from the bottom. In the card feeding device, the lowermost portion in the card storage case
The first roller and the second roller
Runnable belt extended between rollers
A first link mechanism for moving the first roller up and down;
First driving means for driving the first link mechanism of
A second link mechanism for raising and lowering the roller side, and the second link mechanism
Second driving means for driving a lock mechanism, and the feeding belt
When the lowermost card comes into contact with the
And third driving means for running the vehicle.
Card feeding device. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein two card storage cases are provided, and a runnable feeding belt stretched between a first roller and a second roller is arranged below the respective card storage cases in series with each other. When a card is fed from one card storage case, the card is run with the upper surface of the other feeding belt positioned lower than the lower surface of the bottom plate of the corresponding card storage case, and the card fed from one card storage case is the other. 2. The card feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the feeding belt is used to convey between the upper surface of the feeding belt and the bottom plate of the card storage case corresponding to the feeding belt. 3. A first gear fixed to one roller of one feeding belt, a second gear fixed to one roller of the other feeding belt, and rotatably attached to the housing, A first universal gear meshing with the first gear; a second universal gear rotatably mounted on the housing and meshing with the second gear; A driving force transmitting means for transmitting to the two universal gears, wherein when the feeding belt is moved up and down by the elevating means, the first gear moves up and down while meshing with the first universal gear, and the second gear 3. The card feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the device moves up and down while meshing with the second universal gear. 4. A card regulating plate which is movable with respect to the card storage case is attached to an outer wall of an opening of the card storage case, and a distance between a lower end of the card regulating plate and the feeding belt is one. 2. The card feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the height is such that only the card can be fed.