JP2908603B2 - Storage device for card-shaped media - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the storage of a card-like medium (hereinafter, referred to as a card) such as a prepaid card or a stored fair card in a storage cylinder. The present invention relates to a card storage device that can be used. [0002] telephone card and I Jinji card data magnetically book card to be written of the large number of cards loaded in Bulk to encoder and the writing process for each card Thereafter, the card is received and stored in a storage cylinder having a flat area slightly larger than the planar shape of the card via a shooter. [0003] However, as shown in FIG. 4, the conventional card is stored in the storage tube 1 via the shooter S as shown in FIG. If the cylinder 1 is deep, for example, when the storage cylinder 1 is still empty, a card rising phenomenon as shown in FIG. 4 occurs, and the cards C are stacked in the storage cylinder 1 in an orderly manner. There was a drawback that it was not possible. When the encoded cards C are not stacked in the storage cylinder 1 in a predetermined manner, the encoder must be stopped and re-stored by an attendant. It is also conceivable to use a storage cylinder 1 having a shallow bottom that does not cause a rising phenomenon, but in the case of such a storage cylinder having a shallow bottom, the card becomes full immediately and the encoder cannot be fully utilized again. New problems arise. Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to enable cards to be stacked neatly and stored even in a storage tube having a large depth. An object of the present invention is to provide a card storage device. In order to attain the above object, the present invention provides a card storing a card inserted into a slot provided at an upper portion of a storage cylinder in the storage cylinder. A pair of rotation shafts provided on the left and right sides of the insertion slot, and a pair of holding shafts respectively provided on the pair of rotation shafts for mounting a card inserted into the insertion slot. Piece, a rotation direction regulating mechanism for regulating the rotation directions of the pair of rotating shafts to be opposite to each other, and until the predetermined number of cards are stacked on the pair of holding pieces, the pair of holding pieces are And a blocking mechanism for blocking rotation toward the storage cylinder. In the above arrangement, when a predetermined number of cards are placed on the pair of holding pieces, the blocking mechanism cannot support the pair of holding pieces, and the pair of holding pieces rotate toward the storage cylinder. . The rotation of the pair of holding pieces is simultaneously performed on the left and right sides by the rotation direction regulating mechanism. For this reason, the stacked cards placed on the pair of holding pieces fall directly into the storage tube and are stored neatly in a stacked state. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view in which a part of the apparatus of one embodiment is sectioned, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. Note that FIG.
The same reference numerals are used for the same components as those of the conventional storage device shown in FIG. 1, and the description of these components will be repeated. The guide tube 2 is open at its upper and lower parts, has the same plane area as the storage tube 1, and is fitted inside the inlet 1 a of the storage tube 1. That is, the guide tube 2 has the same structure as the upper portion of the storage tube 1 is extended. The guide tube 2 is fixed to a frame of a card processor body such as an encoder (not shown), and the storage unit 1 is detachably attached to a lower portion of the guide tube 2. The left and right wall surfaces of the guide tube 2 are partially cut out to form windows 3a and 3b, and a pair of U-shaped holding pieces 4a and 4b are formed from both sides of the windows.
It is provided to protrude to the middle. 5a, 5b are holding piece 4a, a pair of rotary shaft supporting 4b, respectively, left and right windows 3a, 3b positioned parallel and horizontally to the outer side (outer side of the guide tube 2) of, before, after Is rotatably provided with respect to the frame F. A pair of rotating shafts 5a, 5
Disks 6a and 6b are fixed to one end side (in the illustrated example, on the rear wall side of the guide tube 2), respectively.
On one side surface of a and 6b, there is provided a continuous rod 7 for regulating both disks so as to rotate in opposite directions. That is, one end of the connecting rod 7 is rotatably supported below the rotary shaft 5a of the disk 6a, and the other end of the connecting rod 7 is rotatable above the rotary shaft 5b of the disk 6b. It is pivoted. Therefore, when one of the disks 5a is rotated by a predetermined angle in a predetermined direction, the other disk 6b is rotated by one of the disks 6a.
Can be rotated by the same angle in the direction opposite to the rotation direction. In the figure, reference numeral 8 denotes a spring, one end of which is a disc 6.
a is fixed to the outside of the rotating shaft 5b on one side (the side opposite to the window 3b), and the other end is fixed to the frame F below the disk 6a. Therefore, this spring 8 is
, A clockwise rotational force is constantly applied to the disk 6a, and a counterclockwise rotational force is constantly applied to the disk 6a via the connecting rod 7. This rotational force acts so as to push up the pair of holding pieces 4a, 4b upward via the two rotating shafts 5a, 5b. The strength of the pushing force can support, for example, the weight of 100 cards, and when the weight is greater than that, the pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b rotate downward as indicated by the arrow a. It is decided. In the drawing, reference numeral 9 denotes a projecting piece provided on the disk 6b for preventing the disk 6b from rotating clockwise so as to keep the pair of holding pieces 4a, 4b substantially horizontal. The pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b are configured so that the lower end of the protruding piece 9 is in contact with a stopper 10 provided on the frame F in a horizontal position. When the horizontal holding of the pair of holding pieces 4a, 4b is regulated by the upper frames of the windows 3a, 3b, the protruding piece 9 and the stopper 10 are omitted. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When the encoded card is sent from the shooter S, the card is first received and placed on the pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b, and is not directly stored in the storage tube 1.
Then, a certain number of cards C are stored in a pair of holding pieces 4.
3a, the pair of holding pieces 4a, 4b rotate the discs 6a, 6b against the spring 8, as shown in FIG. When the card C is further placed on the pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b, the spring 8 cannot support the pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b, and as shown in FIG. 4b is opened instantaneously downward, and the stacked card C that has been placed so far is inserted into the slot 1
a falls into the storage cylinder 1. At this time, since the card C is dropped into the storage cylinder 1 while keeping the card C horizontal, the card rising phenomenon as in the related art does not occur. Therefore, the card C is neatly stacked in the storage cylinder 1.
Can be stored. The drop of the card C from the pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b is performed instantaneously, and the pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b remain in the state shown in FIG. 1 until the next card C is sent from the shooter S. It can return to the position shown. For this reason, while the pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b are open, there is no possibility that one card C is inserted into the storage cylinder 1 to cause a rising phenomenon. As described above, in the present embodiment, a certain number of cards are stacked by the pair of holding pieces 4a and 4b supported by the force of the spring 8, and then the cards are dropped into the storage cylinder 1 in a stacked state. As a result, the rising phenomenon of the card C can be prevented, and the cards C can be stacked in the storage cylinder 1 and stored neatly. In the above embodiment, the disks 6a, 6b
The connecting rod 7 is provided as a mechanism for regulating the rotation direction of
The discs 6a and 6b may be gears that can mesh with each other. Alternatively, a belt may be crossed over the discs 6a and 6b. The apparatus according to the present invention comprises a pair of rotating shafts provided on the left and right sides of the slot, and the pair of rotating shafts on which the card-shaped medium inserted into the slot is placed. A pair of holding pieces provided, a rotation direction regulating mechanism that regulates the rotation directions of the pair of rotating shafts to be opposite to each other, and until the pair of holding pieces are stacked with a predetermined number of card-shaped media, Since the pair of holding pieces includes a blocking mechanism for preventing the pair of holding pieces from rotating toward the storage cylinder, the cards can be stacked on the pair of holding pieces and then dropped into the storage cylinder. For this reason, the cards can be neatly stacked and stored in the storage tube.

[Brief description of the drawings] FIG. 1 is a front view showing a cross section of a part of an apparatus according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a storing operation. FIG. 4 is a front view in which a part of a conventional device is sectioned. [Explanation of symbols] 1 storage tube 1a Input port 4a, 4b holding piece 5a, 5b Rotary shaft 7 Connecting rod (rotation direction regulating mechanism) 8 Spring (blocking mechanism) C Card medium (card)

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] In a card-like medium storage device for stacking and storing card-like media inserted into an insertion port provided in an upper portion of a storage cylinder in the storage cylinder, a left side of the insertion port is provided. And a pair of rotation shafts provided on the right side, a pair of holding pieces provided on the pair of rotation shafts on which the card-shaped medium to be inserted into the insertion port is placed, and rotation of the pair of rotation shafts. A rotation direction regulating mechanism that regulates the directions to be opposite to each other, and until the predetermined number of card-shaped media are stacked on the pair of holding pieces, the pair of holding pieces rotate toward the storage cylinder side. And a blocking mechanism for blocking the card-shaped medium.