JP2931527B2 - Card reader cutter actuator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutter operating device provided in a card reader for processing cards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A thin and long flexible card represented by an air ticket or the like can be divided into a coupon ticket and a pass ticket. A card reader for processing such a card is provided with a cutter operating device for cutting the card. The cutter device cuts a conveyed card by moving a movable blade with respect to a fixed blade fixed to a conveyance path through which the card is conveyed. The movable blade is connected to an electric drive source driven by a drive signal generated at a predetermined timing via a link mechanism as a connecting means, and is operated by driving the drive source.

[0003]

As described above, in the cutter operating device described above, in order to move the movable blade,
Since the electric drive source must be driven, the cutter operation device must be energized to perform the operation test of the device and clear the card jam at the blade, which poses a safety problem. Was. In addition, the moving blade cannot be moved even when the card is jammed due to the electrical failure of the cutter operating device itself.In such a case, the cutter operating device must be removed from the card reader before removing the jammed card. Removal has to be performed, and there is also a problem in the workability of maintenance and inspection. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a cutter operating device of a card reader which can safely and easily remove a card stuck in the device and perform maintenance and inspection work.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention is to cut a conveyed card by driving a movable blade with an electric drive source for a fixed blade arranged facing a conveying path on which the card is conveyed. In the cutter operating device, a connecting means for connecting the electric drive source and the movable blade, and a manually operable manual member provided on the connecting means and operating the connecting means when the electric drive source is not operated, the connecting means A rotating lever having one end fixed to the electric driving source and rotated by the electric driving source, and one end fixed to the moving blade and the other end linked to the rotating end of the rotating lever, and the swing center thereof being A swing lever that swings at the center, wherein the manual member is provided at a link connecting portion between the swing end side of the swing lever and the swing end side of the swing lever.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a connecting means for connecting the electric driving source and the movable blade, and a manually operable manual member provided on the connecting means for operating the connecting means when the electric driving source is not operated, A connecting means is fixedly connected at one end to the electric driving source and rotated by the electric driving source, and is connected at one end to the moving blade and linked at the other end to a rotating end of the rotating lever. Since the manual drive member is provided at the link connecting portion between the rotation end side of the rotation lever and the oscillation end side of the rotation lever, the electric drive source is driven. Then, the rotating lever having one end fixed to the electric drive source rotates, the other end side is linked to the rotating end of the lever, and the swinging lever having one end fixed to the movable blade swings. The moving blade is fixed to the transport path where the card is transported. Is rotated relative to the blade. Further, since the manual member is provided at the link connecting portion between the swing lever and the swing lever located on the swing end side of the swing lever, the swing lever can be operated with a small force.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, a card to be cut by a cutter operating device and a card reader equipped with the cutter operating device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In FIG. 9, reference numeral 1 denotes an air boarding pass (hereinafter referred to as “A”) which is an example of a card.
TB ticket ”). This ATB ticket 1 is made of a thin paper material and is made longer in the direction of transport of the ticket.
On its surface, print data (not shown) such as a departure place and a destination is displayed and stamped by a stamp device.
On one side of the back surface, a magnetic stripe 1 as a magnetic recording layer
a is provided along the longitudinal direction of the ticket. Data including print data on the front surface is magnetically recorded on the magnetic stripe 1a. The ATB ticket 1 can be divided into a pass ticket 1A to be passed to the passenger at the perforation 1b and a coupon ticket 1B collected in the card reader 2.
Is taken in from the insertion slot 3 of the card reader 2 shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, insertion from the coupon ticket 1B side indicated by arrow A with the back side of the ATB ticket 1 facing down is referred to as forward insertion, and insertion from the pass ticket 1A side indicated by arrow B is referred to as reverse insertion. Call it.

The card reader 2 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is arranged at a boarding gate at an airport or the like. The structure of the card reader 2 is roughly classified into a card reader 2A and an ATB where an insertion slot 3 for an ATB ticket 1 is arranged. And a card discharge unit 2B provided with a discharge port 4 for the ticket 1. The card reader 2A includes a first drive belt unit 6 driven by a drive motor 5 that can be rotated forward and backward, a first driven belt unit 7, and a front conveyance path formed by the first and second frames 8 and 9 and communicating with the insertion slot 3. 15A, shutter 1 provided near insertion section 3
1 is mainly composed of a first flap 12 for restricting the ATB ticket 1 from entering, magnetic heads 13A and 13B for reading and writing magnetic information of the ATB ticket 1, and a cutter operating device 14 for separating and cutting the ATB ticket 1. . Shutter 1
1, the first flap 12, the magnetic heads 13A and 13B, and the cutter operating device 14 are sequentially arranged from the insertion slot 3 in the magnetic ticket insertion direction indicated by the arrow C.

In the first driven belt unit 7, an endless belt 7c wound around transport rollers 7a and 7b rotatably disposed between a pair of substrates 16 extending in the longitudinal direction of the card reading section 2A. Are pressed downward by rollers 7d and 7e rotatably supported by the substrate 16. Substrates 16 located on both sides of rollers 7d and 7e
, Pad rollers 17A and 17B for applying a predetermined pad pressure to the magnetic heads 13A and 13B are rotatably supported respectively.

The first drive belt unit 6 is disposed at a position facing the lower side of the first driven belt unit 7 and supported by frames 8 and 9 by a drive shaft 18 and a support shaft 19. In the first drive belt unit 6, the belt 6c that comes into contact with the belt 7c includes a drive roller 6a and a driven roller 6b.
And is disposed substantially at the center of the front conveyance path 15A. The driven roller 6b is rotatably supported by a support shaft 19, and the drive roller 6a is
Is fixed to a drive shaft 18 rotatably supported by a bearing 20 provided on the drive shaft 18. One end 18 of drive shaft 18
A belt 5c connected to a driving pulley 5b attached to an output shaft 5a of the driving motor 5 is stretched over a belt pulley 5d fixed to the driving pulley 5a. The width D of the front conveyance path 15A is regulated by the frames 8 and 9. The width D is set to be substantially the same as the width d of the ATB ticket 1 shown in FIG. 9 to position the ATB ticket 1 in the width direction.

The magnetic heads 13A and 13B are heads having a function of reading and writing magnetic information, and a belt 6c is set so as to match the position of the magnetic stripe 1a of the ATB ticket 1.
And faces the inside of the front conveyance path 15A. The magnetic head 13A corresponds to the ATB ticket 1 inserted in the forward direction, and the other magnetic head 13B corresponds to the ATB ticket 1 inserted in the reverse direction.
When the TB ticket 1 is transported in the card insertion direction indicated by the arrow C, the magnetic information is read (read) from the magnetic stripe 1a, and when the ATB ticket 1 is transported toward the insertion slot 3, the magnetic information is written ( Write).

Below the roller 7a, a take-up roller 10 rotatably supported by a support shaft 22 rotatably supported by the frames 8, 9 and pressed against the belt 7c is provided. The first flap 12 is fixed on the support shafts 22 located on both sides of the drive and driven belt units 6 and 7, and is disposed in the front conveyance path 15A. The shutter 11 is
The support shaft 2 is arranged so that the tip 11a faces the front conveyance path 15A.
2 and is swingable about the support shaft 22. A lever 23 connected to the movable piece 24a of the electromagnetic solenoid 24 is pin-coupled to the upper side surface 11b of the shutter 11, and operates together with the first flap 12 by driving the electromagnetic solenoid 24. I have.

The shutter 11 and the first flap 12
The other end is urged by a coil spring (not shown) to a position where it enters the front conveyance path 15A.
Is operated and the movable piece 24a is retracted, the front conveying path 15
It swings from A to the retracted position. The shutter 11 and the first flap 12 regulate the communication between the insertion slot 3 and the front conveyance path 15A when the shutter 11 and the first flap 12 are placed in the front conveyance path 15A. The road 15A is brought into a communication state. Further, when the first flap 12 is at a position where it is retracted from the front conveyance path 15A, a branch path X is formed between the first flap 12 and the belt 6c. The branch path X communicates with a surplus space Y formed below the take-in roller 10 so that the ATB ticket 1 conveyed in the return direction indicated by the arrow E is introduced.

Card sensors S1 and S2 for detecting the width of the ATB ticket 1 to be inserted are arranged on the front transport path 15A located between the shutter 11 and the insertion section 3. The card sensor S1 is an optical sensor fixed to the frame 8 and the sensor S2 is fixed to the frame 9 and arranged above and below the front conveyance path 15A. If the width of the ATB ticket 1 is specified, the electromagnetic solenoid 24 Operate the shutter 1
The first and first flaps 12 are retracted from the inside of the front conveyance path 15A, and the drive motor 5 and a drive motor 33 to be described later are activated. The drive motors 5 and 33 are stepping motors, and rotate clockwise to convey the ATB ticket 1 in the magnetic ticket insertion direction indicated by the arrow C at the time of startup, and the magnetic heads 13A and 13B
When an error occurs in reading magnetic information or when writing magnetic information, the ATB ticket 1 is controlled by a plurality of card sensors and the like to be rotated counterclockwise so as to be transported in the return direction.

The transport rollers 7d and the magnetic heads 13A, 13
A card sensor S3 and a card sensor S4 are respectively fixed to the frame 9 between B and the conveying roller 7e and the magnetic heads 13A and 13B. The card sensor S3 detects the rear end side of the ATB ticket 1 in the transport direction, counts the operation timing of the cutter operating device 14, and places the shutter 11 and the first flap 12 at a position where they enter the front transport path 15A. Electromagnetic solenoid 2
The card sensor S4 detects the position of the ATB ticket 1 and counts the timing of writing magnetic data. Specifically, arrow C
When the card sensor S3 detects the rear end side of the ATB ticket 1 with respect to the magnetic ticket insertion direction shown by the arrow, when the preset step angle of the motor is reached, the drive motor 5 and the drive motor 33 are stopped and the cutter operating device 14 The stamp device 32 is operated at the same time as the cutter device 14 is operated.

The card discharge section 2 B is provided with a second transport belt unit 37 driven by a drive motor 33 and a second driven belt unit 38, and the rear transport path 15.
B and the discharge path 26, the collection path 29 composed of the second drive belt unit 37 and the third driven belt unit 39, and the ATB ticket 1 cut by the cutter operating device 14 into either the discharge path 26 or the collection path 29. Second flap 3 to guide
0, a third flap 31 for distributing the coupon ticket 1B guided into the collection path 29 to collection boxes 27 and 28 arranged below the apparatus, and a stamp device 32 for stamping the ATB ticket 1
It has.

The drive motor 33 is provided in parallel with the drive motor 5, and a drive belt 35 hung on a pulley 34 fixed to a shaft 33 a thereof is connected to a pulley fixed to a drive shaft 36 supported by the frames 8 and 9. 36a. A drive roller 37a constituting a second drive belt unit 37 is fixed to the drive shaft 36, and the drive roller 37a is hung on transport rollers 37b and 37c rotatably supported by a side plate (not shown). The belt 37d is stretched. The second drive belt unit 37 has a triangular shape with a drive roller 37a and rollers 37b and 37c.

Above the second drive belt unit 37,
A second driven belt unit 38 having a belt 38d hung on the transport rollers 38a, 38b, 38c has transport rollers 39a, 39b on the right side of the second drive belt unit 37.
Driven belt unit 3 with belt 39c hung on
9 are arranged facing each other. The belt 38d moves between the transport roller 37b and the driving roller 37a.
The belt 39c is in pressure contact with the belt 37d between the drive roller 37a and the transport roller 37c.

A belt 38 is provided near the transport roller 38a.
A pad roller 47 that is pressed against d is disposed, and one of the pad rollers 47 is connected to the discharge port 4 and the other constitutes a discharge path 26 that communicates with the rear conveyance path 15B. The discharge path 26 is formed obliquely toward the upper side of the card reader 2 and
A is conveyed. The recovery path 29 connects one side of the driving roller 37a and the conveying roller 39a side to the rear conveying path 15B via the second flap 30, and connects the front end conveying roller 37c and the conveying roller 39b side to the third flap 31. The coupons 1B are connected to the collection boxes 27 and 28 via the coupons.

The second flap 30 is rotatably supported by a flap shaft 40 that supports a transport roller 39a.
Electromagnetic solenoid 41 connected via connecting lever group 42
Accordingly, the position is switched to a first position at which the collection path 29 communicates with the rear transport path 15B and a second position at which the discharge path 26 communicates with the rear transport path 15B. Second flap 30 shown in FIG.
Indicates the first position. The third flap 31 includes
Flap shaft 4 provided between 7c and the transport roller 39b
3 and is disposed on the tip side of the recovery path 29. The flap shaft 43 is connected to a movable piece 46a of an electromagnetic solenoid 46 via levers 44 and 45,
The flap 31 is rotatably supported. The third flap 31 connects the collection path 29 and the collection box 28 with the transport rollers 39a.
And the flap 31 are urged by a coil spring (not shown) so that when the electromagnetic solenoid 46 is driven, the collection path 29 and the collection box 27
It is rotated to a position where it communicates between c and the flap 31. The electromagnetic solenoid 46 is connected to the control unit 21 and is driven by a switching mode set in the control unit 21. The switching mode includes the class of the seat, the destination, and the like. When the magnetic information is read by the magnetic heads 13A and 13B, the class and the destination of the seat are electrically determined, and the electromagnetic solenoid 46 is driven to drive the third flap. 31 may be switched, or a switching switch for exclusively switching the third flap 31 may be provided and switched by a manual operation.

The collection boxes 27 and 28 are for coupon 1B or A
The TB ticket 1 is collected, has a length longer than the total length 1C of the ATB ticket 1B, and is arranged side by side so as to fit in the card reader 2 with the third flap 31 as a boundary.

The stamp device 32 is disposed on the rear conveyance path 15B located between the rollers 38b and 38c, and is driven by an actuator (not shown) at the same time as the operation of the cutter operating device 14 to move to the rear conveyance path 15B. ATB ticket 1 that invaded and was cut by the cutter actuator 14
Is to be stamped.

A card sensor S6 is provided in the discharge path 26 located between the second flap 30 and the pad roller 47, and a card sensor S7 is provided in the recovery path 29 located between the drive roller 37a and the transport roller 39b. Are located. The card sensor S6 detects the pass ticket 1A conveyed along the discharge path 26. When the pass ticket 1A passes over the card sensor S6, the electromagnetic solenoid 41 is stopped to stop driving the second flap 30, and The drive motor 5 and the drive motor 33 are stopped.
The card sensor S7 detects the coupon 1B to be introduced into the collection path 29, and stops the drive motor 5 and the drive motor 33 when the coupon 1B passes. A card sensor S5 is disposed in the rear conveyance path 15B located on the discharge path 26 side of the stamp device 32. The card sensor S5 detects a later-cut ticket of the ATB ticket 1 cut by the cutter operating device 14, and when the latter-cut ticket is detected, the drive motors 5 and 33 are temporarily stopped. Has become. Also,
The drive motor 33 is driven again when the cutter operating device 14 and the stamp device 32 or only the stamp device 32 is driven.

Next, the cutter operating device 14, which is the gist of the present invention, will be described. The cutter operating device 14 is disposed between the front conveyance path 15A and the rear conveyance path 15B, and a card path 15C communicating with both conveyance paths is formed in the movable blade 14A. The movable blade 14 is fixed at the rear end side of the front transport path 15A facing the transport path 15A.
The BTB 1 is driven by a cutter driving motor (hereinafter referred to as a “cutter motor”) 25 as a moving blade 14A having a blade portion 14C disposed above the fixed blade 14B. Is cut into a pass ticket 1A and a coupon ticket 1B, and the moving blade 14A and the cutter motor 25 are connected via a link mechanism 140 as connecting means.

The cutter motor 25 is disposed at the center of the second drive belt unit 37, and
Is connected to the control unit 21 that issues a drive signal at the time of starting. The cutter motor 25 operates when the perforation 1b of the ATB ticket 1 reaches the cutting position in response to a drive signal sent from the card sensor S3, and stops when the cutter sensor described later operates.

The movable blade 14A is a shaft-shaped rotary blade rotatably supported by the frames 8, 9, and a blade section 14C has a cross section of about 1/3. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a cylindrical cutter sleeve 49 is fixed to a shaft (hereinafter referred to as a "cutter shaft") 48 of the movable blade 14A. The cutter sleeve 49 has a rotating end 50a from the center.
Swing lever 5 having a long hole 51 extending toward it.
0 base end 50b is fixed.

The output shaft 25a of the cutter motor 25 has
A cylindrical motor sleeve 52 is fixed. A drop-shaped rotary lever 53 is fixed to one side of the motor sleeve 52, and a slit plate 54 is fixed to the other side, and can be rotated integrally with the motor sleeve 52. A lever shaft 55 that is inserted into the long hole 51 is rotatably supported on the rotation end 53 a of the rotation lever 53 toward the outside of the apparatus. The swing lever 50 and the rotation lever 53 are linked to each other. doing. Here, when the rotation lever 53 makes one rotation, the swing lever 50 reciprocates between the initial position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 4 and the cut end position indicated by the two-dot chain line. A knob 56 as a manual member is rotatably supported on a lever shaft 55 located outside the swing lever 50 in a plan view. This knob 56
Is the rotation lever 5 when the cutter motor 25 is stopped.
The rotary lever 3 is manually rotated, and is disposed on the rotary end 53a side of a rotary lever about the drive shaft 25a as a rotation center.

As shown in FIG. 3, on the outer periphery of the slit plate 54, a fan-shaped convex portion 54a is formed as a detecting portion for indicating the position of the movable blade 14A. The fan-shaped convex portion 54a, in combination with the cutter sensor S8 serving as a position detecting means disposed on the rotation orbit of the fan-shaped convex portion 54a when the slit plate 54 rotates, fixes the blade 14C of the movable blade 14A to the fixed blade 14B. It is designed to be placed at the initial position (home position) that is separated from it.

The cutter sensor S8 is an optical sensor in which a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion are integrated, and a fan-shaped convex portion 54a passes between the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion. When the light from the light emitting unit is cut off by 54a, the driving of the cutter motor 25 is stopped. The positional relationship between the sector convex portion 54a and the cutter sensor S8 is such that the tip 14Ca of the blade 14C is the tip 14Ba of the fixed blade 14B.
The movable blade 14 </ b> A is located at a position where the moving blade 14 </ b> A can be stopped at a position where an interval L can be formed therebetween. The interval L is set to an interval at which the ATB ticket 1 can pass with a margin.

The operation of the card reader 2 and the cutter operating device 14 configured as described above will be described. The ATB ticket 1 is inserted into the insertion slot 3 and the sensors S1 and S shown in FIGS.
When the width d is detected by 2 and it is determined that the ticket is appropriate, the electromagnetic solenoid 24 is driven to open the shutter 11, the first flap 12 is retracted from the front transport path 15A, and the drive motors 5, 33 are driven. The belt 6c is rotated in the forward direction and
37d rotates clockwise. When the belt 6c rotates, the belt 7c in contact with the belt 6c is driven in a counterclockwise direction to rotate the take-in roller 10, and the ATB ticket 1
Is caught between the take-in roller 10 and the belt 7c and taken into the card reader 2. ATB ticket 1 captured
Are transported in the front transport path 15A between the belts 6c and 7c and pass over the card sensor S3 to the magnetic heads 13A and 13A.
It is transported toward B.

On the other hand, when the belt 37d rotates, the belts 38d and 39c which come into contact with the belt 37d follow counterclockwise, and the conveyance of the ATB ticket 1 from the front conveyance path 15A is waited. At this time, since the second flap 30 is located at the first position as the initial position, the rear conveyance path 15B and the collection path 29 are in a communicating state. When the ATB ticket 1 reaches the magnetic heads 13A and 13B, the magnetic heads 13A and 13B
13B and the pad rollers 17A and 17B, data is read from the magnetic stripe 1a on the side that comes into contact with the magnetic head.
4 and once guided to the collection path 29 through the rear conveyance path 15B.

The recorded contents and the like of the ATB ticket 1 are checked by reading by the magnetic heads 13A and 13B. If there is no need to write magnetic information due to a read error or a change in the recorded contents, the trailing end of the ATB ticket 1 After a certain period of time has passed from the point at which has passed over the card sensor S3, the drive motors 5, 33 are temporarily stopped, and the first flap 12 and the shutter 11 are returned into the front transport path 15A. When the drive motors 5 and 33 are temporarily stopped, the cutter motor 25
A drive signal is sent to an actuator (not shown), the cutter operating device 14 and the stamp device 32 are driven, and when the cutter operating device 14 and the stamp device 32 have been driven, the drive motor 33 is driven again.

The motor 5 is temporarily stopped when the ATB ticket 1 is inserted in the forward direction so that the perforation 1b is located at the cutting position of the cutter operating device 14 and the blade portion 14C of the movable blade 14A. ATB ticket 1 is set to the time to stop at the contact tangent (cut point) of
Is inserted in the forward direction, the coupon ticket 1B is located in front of the ATB ticket 1, the reading by the magnetic head 13A is completed, and the cutter operating device 14 and the stamp device 32
Is driven, the coupon voucher 1B is cut off from the ATB voucher 1 and stamped, and the third transporting means is driven by re-driving the drive motor 33 to transport the coupon voucher 1B into the collection path 29. Coupon 1B conveyed to collection path 29
Is guided to either the collection box 27 or the collection box 28 depending on the position of the third flap 31 determined by the switching mode detected when data is read by the magnetic head 13A.

When the coupon ticket 1B passes over the card sensor S7, the electromagnetic solenoid 41 is driven to rotate the second flap 30 from the first position to the second position, and the rear conveyance path 1
5B and the discharge path 26 are brought into communication with each other, and the drive motor 5 which has been in the temporarily stopped state is driven again. Then, the pass ticket 1A which is left in the front conveyance path 15A and becomes a post-cutting ticket.
Is transported into the rear transport path 15B, and when detected by the card sensor S5, the drive motors 5, 33 are temporarily stopped again, and the stamp device 32 is driven to stamp the pass ticket 1A. When the stamp device 32 is driven, the drive motors 5, 33
Is driven again, and the pass ticket 1A is guided to the discharge path 26 by the second flap 30. The guided pass ticket 1A is discharged from the discharge port 4 by the second driven belt unit 38 and the pad roller 47.

When the magnetic information of the inserted ATB ticket 1 is read by the magnetic head 13B, it is determined that the ATB ticket 1 has been inserted in the reverse direction. Even if the ATB ticket 1 is inserted in the reverse direction, it is transported in the magnetic ticket insertion direction (the direction of arrow C) until the reading by the magnetic head 13B is completed, and the ATB ticket 1 passes over the card sensor S3. After a certain distance, the drive motors 5 and 33 are temporarily stopped,
The drive motors 5 and 33 are driven to rotate counterclockwise,
The ATB ticket 1 that has been stopped after reading the magnetic information is conveyed in the return direction. At this time, the first flap 12 is located in the front conveyance path 15A, and the front conveyance path 15A and the branch path X are in communication with each other as in the case of the forward conveyance.
Ticket 1 is guided to branch road X.

When the card sensor S3 detects the rear end of the ATB ticket 1 conveyed in the returning direction, the number of steps of the drive motors 5, 33 rotating in the reverse direction is counted by a predetermined amount, and then the drive motors 5, 33 are again turned on. Pause. The number of steps of the motor to be counted is the number of steps in which the perforation 1b of the ATB ticket 1 and the cutting position of the cutter operating device 14 at the time of reverse conveyance match.

When the reversely rotating drive motors 5 and 33 are stopped, the cutter operating device 14 and the stamp device 32 are driven, the drive motor 33 is driven to rotate in the forward rotation direction, and the electromagnetic solenoid 41 is driven to rotate the second motor. Flap 30
Rotates to a second position where the rear conveyance path 15B and the discharge path 26 communicate with each other. By the operation of each part, the pass ticket 1A is cut and inspected from the ATB ticket 1, and the pass ticket 1A is guided from the rear transport path 15B to the discharge path 26 and discharged from the discharge port 4.

When the pass ticket 1A passes over the card sensor S6, the electromagnetic solenoid 41 is driven off, and the second flap 30 is rotated back to the first position to establish a communication state between the rear transport path 15B and the collection path 29. At the same time, the drive motor 5 that has been in the pause state is driven again. And the front transport path 15A
When the coupon ticket 1b left inside is conveyed to the rear conveyance path 15B and detected by the card sensor S5, the drive motors 5, 33 are temporarily stopped, the stamp device 32 is driven, and the coupon ticket 1B is stamped. . When the operation of the stamp device 32 is completed, the drive motors 5 and 33 are driven to guide the coupon 1B to the collection path 29, and the collection path is formed by the second driven belt unit 38 and the third driven belt unit 39 driven by the drive motor 33. It is conveyed through the inside 29 and guided and collected to either the collection box 27 or the collection box 28 depending on the position of the third flap 31. When the coupon ticket 1B passes over the card sensor S7 in the collection path 29, it is determined that the ATB ticket 1 has been discharged from the card reader 2 and the drive motors 5, 3
3 is placed in a stopped state, preparing for the insertion of the next ATB ticket 1.

When the writing of magnetic information to the ATB ticket 1 occurs, the drive motor 5
33, the ATB ticket 1 is transported in the return direction. When the front end of the ATB ticket 1 transported in the return direction is detected by the card sensor S4, the direction in which the ATB ticket 1 is inserted (forward or backward). According to the reverse direction), either the magnetic head 13A or the magnetic head 13B writes the update information input from an input device such as a keyboard (not shown) on the magnetic stripe 1a of the ATB ticket 1 being conveyed. This ATB ticket 1
Is detected by the card sensor S3, the drive motors 5, 33 are stopped and driven again in the forward rotation direction (clockwise), and the ATB ticket 1 for which writing has been completed is directed to the cutter operating device 14. The magnetic information recorded and updated in the middle of the transport is read by one of the magnetic heads 13A and 13B. If there is no abnormality in the reading, the sheet is cut into the pass ticket 1A and the coupon ticket 1B by the cutter operating device 14 and transported to the discharge path 26 and the recovery path 29, respectively.

When an error occurs at the time of reading (read), the drive motors 5, 33 are driven in the reverse rotation direction as in the case of writing (write), and the ATB ticket 1 is conveyed in the return direction.
When the rear end of the conveyed ATB ticket 1 passes over the card sensor S3, the drive motors 5 and 33 are stopped once, then driven in the forward rotation direction, and the magnetic information of the magnetic stripe 1a is driven by one of the magnetic heads 13A and 13B. Is re-read (retry). When re-reading (retry) is performed normally, the cutter operating device 14 operates to be cut into the pass ticket 1A and the coupon ticket 1B as described above, and are conveyed to the discharge path 26 and the recovery path 29, respectively. Here, collection box 2
Although the coupon ticket 1B is collected at 7, 28, the ATB ticket 1 can be collected in dimension. Therefore,
If the ATB ticket 1 is read again (retrial) and a reading error still occurs, the ATB ticket 1 can be directly introduced into the collection path 29 and collected in any of the collection boxes 27 and 28. When the card reader 2 is not used, the unused ATB ticket 1 can be stored.

(Operation of Cutter Actuator 14) When the cutter motor 25 is driven, the output shaft 25a rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 4, and the rotating lever 53 fixed to the motor sleeve 52 rotates in the same direction. Move. Then, the lever shaft 55 moves downward from the center of the long hole 51, and swings the swing lever 50 from the initial position shown by the solid line shown in FIG. The integral moving blade 14A is rotated. This rotation causes the fixed blade 1
ATB ticket 1 in which blade portion 14C separated from 4B passes over fixed blade 14B and stops in card passage 15C.
Disconnect. At this time, since the lever shaft 55 rotates around the output shaft 25a, its rotation path is
, The distance between the lever shaft 55 (the point of force) and the cutter shaft 48 (the fulcrum) becomes longer. Therefore, the swing lever 50 can be rotated with a small force, and the cutting operation of the ATB ticket 1 is performed when the rotation torque of the output shaft 25a is large, so that the rotation torque is effectively used.

The lever shaft 55 engaged with the long hole 51 of the swing lever 50 which has been rotated to the cut position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4 rotates the output shaft 25a of the cutter motor 25 still driven. 5, the swing lever 5 moves in the motor rotation direction while moving the long hole 51 upward.
Push up 0 and swing to the swing end position shown by the dashed line. When the lever shaft 55 rotates downward, the swing lever 50 is pushed by the lever shaft 55 and swings toward the initial position indicated by the solid line in FIG. Output shaft 2
When the rotation of 5a is continued and the fan-shaped convex portion 54a of the slit plate 54 shown in FIG. 3 is detected by the cutter sensor S8, the driving of the cutter motor 25 stops, and the moving blade 14A
Is placed at the initial position, and the cut ATB ticket 1 is conveyed to the rear conveyance path 15B by re-driving the drive motor 5.

Further, in the card reader 2 of this embodiment, when the power is turned on, each sensor performs a self-check, and when the cutter sensor S8 does not detect the fan-shaped convex portion 54a, that is, When the moving blade 14A is not at the initial position, the control unit 21 shown in FIG.
A drive signal is sent from the controller to the cutter motor 25, the cutter motor 5 is driven, and the cutter sensor S8
When detecting a, the cutter motor 5 stops. Therefore, when the card reader 2 is started, the movable blade 14A
Is located at the initial position unless there is a failure in the cutter sensor S8 or the like, so that clogging of the ATB ticket 1 can be prevented and a reliable cutting operation can be performed.

If the ATB ticket 1 is jammed in the card path 15C, the rotation lever 53 and the swing lever 50
Since the knob 56 is provided on the lever shaft 55 that connects
Even if the power to the cutter motor 25 is cut off,
6 to apply a force in the motor rotation direction, the rotation lever 53 rotates to swing the swing lever 50, and the movable blade 1
4A can be moved. And knob 56
Is provided on the rotating end 53a side of the rotating lever 53 fixed to the output shaft 25a, so that the position of the knob 56 is
4A can be used as a guide, and the swing lever 50 can be operated with a small force.

In the conventional cutter operating device, since the knob 56 in this embodiment is not provided, if the power to the cutter motor 25 is cut off, the position of the movable blade 14A is difficult to move. Because it was turning, I needed a lot of power. Therefore, the movable blade 14A cannot be moved smoothly unless the cutter motor 25 is driven. However, by providing the knob 56 in the link mechanism, the movable blade 14A can be moved smoothly.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
7 and 8, members performing the same functions as in the first embodiment will be denoted by the same reference numerals as those used in the first embodiment, and description thereof will be omitted. In the second embodiment, the first
This is a modification of the link mechanism 140 in the embodiment, and has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except for the link mechanism.

The link mechanism 141 in the second embodiment is
A rotating end 53a of a rotating lever 53 provided on a motor sleeve 52 fixed to an output shaft 25a of the cutter motor 25.
And a pin 57 provided at the rotating end 50 a of a swing lever 50 ′ integrated with the cutter shaft 48 via a cutter sleeve 49 via a connecting lever 58. A knob 56 is rotatably provided on the lever shaft 56.

According to the link mechanism 141 configured as described above, the cutter motor 25 is driven to rotate the rotary lever 5.
8 rotates counterclockwise together with the output shaft 25a, the connecting lever 5 placed at the initial position indicated by a solid line in FIG.
8 moves upward, and the pivoting end 50'a of the swing lever 50 '
Is pushed up by the pin 57. That is, the swing lever 50 ′ swings counterclockwise about the cutter shaft 48 to rotate the movable blade 14 A, and the blade portion 14 Ca and the fixed blade 14
B cuts the ATB ticket 1 in the card passage 15C.
Also in the link mechanism 141 having such a configuration, the knob 5
By providing 6 on the lever shaft 55, the rotating lever 53 can be rotated, so that the movable blade 14A can be easily moved without operating the cutter motor 25.

In each of the above embodiments, the moving blade 1
The rotary blade 4A is a rotary blade that reciprocates, but is not limited to this. For example, the rotary blade may be applied to a guillotine type cutter blade that moves up and down by rotation of a cutter motor. Even in that case, the cutter blade and the cutter motor are connected by a link mechanism, and by providing the above-described knob 56 at the point of force of the link mechanism with respect to the cutter blade,
The cutter blade can be easily operated by manually moving the link mechanism.

[0049]

According to the present invention, the manual member is provided at the link connecting portion between the swing lever and the swing lever located at the swing end of the swing lever, which is the point of force in the link mechanism. The moving lever can be operated, and the position of the moving blade can be confirmed at the position of the manual member, which leads to maintenance and inspection and improvement of workability.

[0050]

[0051]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an overall configuration of a card reader including a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view of the card reader having the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view illustrating a configuration of a cutter operating device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a cutting operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a cutting operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view illustrating a configuration of a cutter operating device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the configuration of the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a cutting operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an example of a card.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Card (ATB ticket) 2 Card reader 14 Cutter actuator 14A Moving blade 14B Fixed blade 15A Transport path 25 Electric drive source (Cutter drive motor) 140, 141 Connecting means (Link mechanism) 50, 50 'Swing lever 53 Rotary lever 56 Manual member (knob) 58 Connecting lever

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cutter operating device for driving a movable blade by an electric drive source with respect to a fixed blade arranged facing a conveyance path on which a card is conveyed to cut the conveyed card, wherein the electric drive source Connecting means for connecting the moving blade,
A manually operable member provided on the connection means for operating the connection means when the electric drive source is not operated, wherein the connection means has one end fixed to the electric drive source and is electrically driven. A rotary lever that is rotated by a source, and a swing lever that has one end fixed to the movable blade and the other end linked to the rotary end of the rotary lever, and swings about its swing center. A cutter operating device for a card reader, wherein the manual member is provided at a link connecting portion between a rotation end side of the rotation lever and a swing end side of the swing lever.