JP3162856B2 - Card making machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is to automatically print each person's card by printing personal identification information such as his / her name, code and affiliation on a print column of a card such as a time card. The present invention relates to a card making machine for creating a card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when personal identification information is added to a time card or the like, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-1287
The card maker described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 53 (1993) was used. This card maker sends cards one by one, first prints personal identification information on one side (front side) of the card, and then prints the card. However, since the personal identification information is printed on the other side (back side) of the card while the card is turned over and sent one by one again, there is a problem that it takes twice as much time to make the card and it takes twice as long.

[0003] The applicant of the present invention has disclosed in
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 4945, a card maker has been developed which enables one printer to automatically print personal identification information on both sides of a card by one card insertion operation.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional card making machine, the two-stage printing ribbon consisting of a plain ribbon portion and a colored ribbon portion is passed over a printer provided on the upper surface side of the card, and the bottom surface of the card is also provided. On the side, a platen body with a platen surface for printing on the front side and a platen surface for backside printing with a ribbon for backside printing is arranged, and when printing on the front side of the card, the colored ribbon part of the two-stage printing ribbon Is set on the printer head, and the platen surface for printing on the front surface of the platen body is printed toward the card surface, while when printing on the back surface of the card, the plain ribbon portion of the two-stage printing ribbon is set on the printer head. In addition, since the platen surface for printing on the back surface of the platen body is printed with the card surface facing the card surface, even if the printing on the back surface of the card becomes thinner, the same printing density as the front and back sides can be obtained. There is a problem that the printing speed cannot be increased because the card is stopped once for the front and back printing, and a complicated ribbon mechanism or a ribbon conversion mechanism for the front and back printing. However, there has been a problem that a platen conversion mechanism is required, and the structure is significantly complicated, resulting in an increase in cost.

Accordingly, a technical problem of the present invention is that personal identification information can be printed clearly and quickly at the same print density on both sides of the card by inserting the card once, and the overall structure is relatively simple. An object of the present invention is to provide a card making machine which can be manufactured at a low cost and is designed so that a defective card can be quickly eliminated when it is made.

[0006]

Means taken by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned technical problems are as follows. In a card making machine in which a printer is configured to print personal identification information on a card sent from a hopper to a card passage,

(1) A bar code printer that prints personal identification information as a bar code on the surface of a card sent in the middle of the card path, and a display printer that also prints personal identification information as characters. At the leading end of the card path, a loop-shaped reversing path is provided, which is capable of reversing the card that has been sent after finishing each of the above-described printings and returning the card to the card path by circling the card, The display printer prints personal identification information on the back side of the card sent back through the reversing path.

(2) A bar code verifying sensor for judging the quality of a bar code printed on a card is provided in the middle of the card path, while a bar code verifying sensor is provided in the middle of a loop-shaped inversion path. In the case of a defect, a passage switching means for switching the reversing passage to a discharge port leading to the NG stocker is provided.

(3) A card passage or a loop is formed.
A front and back detection sensor for judging the front and back of the card is provided in the middle of the reversing passage, and when this sensor determines an error of the front and back, the passage switching means provided in the middle of the reversing passage switches the reversing passage to the discharge port side, To be configured to eject incoming cards to NG stockers.

(4) An OK stocker is provided below the hopper for accommodating the cards and for accommodating the cards that have been sent back after completion of the card creation. When a defective card is sent to a stocker or a defective card is sent to an NG stocker, a card discharging means for sending one card to the card path is provided.

[0011] (5) in the hopper and the card passage connecting between the loop-shaped reversal passage, the card rotating forward to feed往搬towards the inverted passage of the above at the time of carrying out the card from the hopper, this
The card is conveyed around the reversing path of
Forward and reverse transport means for reversely transporting the card to the OK stocker provided below the hopper when it is sent back to the feed path .

[0012]

The above means operates as follows. The above (1)
According to the means described in the above, the card sent from the hopper is
When forward conveyed toward the looped inverting path, bar code printers and display printer to print the personal identification information on the surface of each card in the bar code and character, also, the above inversion
When the card orbiting 180 degrees by the path is returned Ri <br/> sent to the card path, for printing personal identification information on the back of the card using the same display printer, the one display printer on the front and back of the card The same density can be used to print personal identification information clearly, and barcodes and characters can be
Printed image, and, since this such as printing <br/> by each printer can be done while conveying the card, the personal identification information on both the front and back in a short time to increase the printing speed in character
Printed, it is possible to create a <br/> printed cards personal identification information in the bar code on the surface, further, because device that converts the print ribbon Toka platen is not required, a relatively simple overall structure Allows you to build into.

According to the means described in the above (2), if there is a printing error in the personal identification information printed as a bar code on the front surface of the card using a bar code printer, the reverse path is printed before printing the back side. In this part, the defective card is promptly discharged to the NG stocker side, so that the defective card can be accurately and quickly selected and discharged. Enable to use.

According to the means described in the above (3), if there is an error on the front and back of the card to be printed, it is sorted out and immediately discharged to the NG stocker. The card does not slip into a successfully created card, allowing only a normal card to be used.

According to the means described in the above (4), the hopper for accommodating the card to be produced and the OK stocker for accommodating the card to be produced have a two-tiered structure, so that the card can be inserted or removed. The above-mentioned various processing operations can be performed easily and efficiently, and the next card is not sent out from the hopper unless one card is completely created or is ejected to an NG stocker as a defective card. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of accidents such as paper jams as much as possible and to smoothly proceed with card creation.

According to the means described in the above (5), by operating the transport means provided in the card path by switching between the forward and reverse directions, one card path can be connected to the card carry-out path and the card carry-in path. Since it can be used for both, the structure of the whole making machine can be simplified and the size can be reduced accordingly.
As described above, the technical problems described above can be solved by the above means, and the problems of the conventional technology can be solved.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the above-described card making machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 and 2 are a front sectional view and a plan sectional view, respectively, showing the configuration of a card making machine according to the present invention. A hopper 1A for stacking and storing cards P before creation, and this hopper 1A
An OK stocker 1B for accommodating a created card PK sectioned and formed via a guide plate 2a under the printing paper 1 and a printing room 1 connected to the side of the hopper 1A and the OK stocker 1B.
C and a card reversing room 1D connected to the side of the printing room 1C.
And an NG stocker 1E for storing a defective card PG provided on the upper surface of the printing room 1C.

In the same figure, 2T is a weight placed on the card P stacked in the hopper 1A, and 3 is a carry-out roller for sending out the cards P in the hopper 1A one by one.
M denotes a driving motor (DC motor), 3Ma and 3a denote gears for transmitting the rotation of the motor 3M to the roller 3, and 4 denotes a partition wall for separating the hopper 1A and the printing room 1C.
Reference numeral b denotes a gate plate which is mounted on the partition wall 4 so as to be able to move up and down so as to send out the cards P one by one to the carry-out port 2c. The flapper 5, which is pivotally opened and closed by using the shaft 5a, always closes the carry-out port 2c under the traction force of the spring 5S, and the OK stocker 1
B is supported in a state where the entrance of B is opened, but when the card P is carried out by the rotation of the roller 3, the card P is pushed by the card P to open to the state shown in FIG.
To allow the card P to be carried out.

Next, 7a and 7b are card passages leading to the carry-out port 2c, and one card passage 7a has
A bar code printer device 6 (thermal printer) for printing personal identification information on the front surface PA of the card P which is carried out with a bar code PA1 as shown in FIG. 4 is provided. A display printer device 9 (dot printer) for printing personal identification information as shown in FIG. 4 in characters PA2 and PB2 respectively on the front and rear print areas PA and PB of the card P on the card path 7b. Is provided, and both card paths 7
A and 7b are provided with a stepping motor 8M, a gear 8d and conveying rollers 8a and 8b interlockingly rotated by an interlocking belt or chain 8c shown in FIG. Is rotated forward, and the card P carried out from the hopper 1A is forward-conveyed in the direction of the reversing chamber 1D through the printing chamber 1C. After the card P is reversed through the reversing chamber 1D, the rollers 8a and 8b are rotated in reverse. OK the card P sent back from the reversing room 1D
The transporter is conveyed backward in the direction of the stocker 1B, opened by the flapper 5, and sent from the entrance into the OK stocker 1B.

The above-described bar code printer 6 includes a printer head 6a, a print ribbon cassette 6b,
Stepping motor 6M and interlocking gears 6n and 6
m, a switching lever 6c for moving the printer head 6a up and down with respect to the card path 7a in accordance with the on / off of the up / down switching solenoid 6d, a frame plate 6e for supporting the entire printer device 6 and a motor mounting frame 6Ma.
And on the surface PA (specifically, one side edge) of the card P conveyed as shown in FIG.
In accordance with a command sent from a central system (not shown), personal identification information is printed with a bar code PA1, and after printing, the solenoid 6d operates the switching lever 6c to retract the printer head 6a above the card path 7a. The printer head 6a rotates so that the printer head 6a does not come into contact with the card back surface PB when the card P is conveyed backward.

The above-described display printer device 9 includes a dot printer 9a and a dot printer guide shaft 9b.
A frame 9f for supporting the guide shaft 9b, a stepping motor 9M for operating the timing belt 9d attached to the dot printer 9a to move the dot printer 9a for printing, and a gear shaft 9c around which the timing belt 9d is wound. When the card P is being forwarded, the personal identification information PA2 is printed in characters on the print field of the card surface PA in accordance with the command of the central system as shown in FIG. At the time of the reverse transport, the personal identification information PB2 is printed in characters on the print column of the card back surface PB in accordance with the instruction of the central system.

Next, reference numeral 11 denotes a loop formed in the card reversing chamber 1D so as to be continuous with the above-described card passage 7b.
In the formed card reversing path, 12 is a sensor provided in the reversing path 11 for determining the presence or absence of a card, 13 is a transport roller for feeding a card to and from a driven roller 13a,
In FIG. 2, reference numeral 13M denotes a transfer motor (DC motor) for rotating the transfer roller 13 via gears 13c and 13d, 13b and 13a1 denote roller shafts to which the rollers 13, 13a are attached, and 17 Is a reversing guide frame for returning the card P, which has been circulated by the loop-shaped reversing path 11 and turned upside down, to the card path 7b again, 17a is its guide plate, 17b is a mounting shaft of the guide frame 17, and The entire guide frame 17 including the guide plate 17a, when a paper jam occurs in the reversing path 11, can be opened and rotated to an upper position shown by a virtual line in FIG. 1 to eliminate the paper jam. It is structured.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a bar code verifying sensor provided at a connecting portion between the card path 7b and the reversing path 11, and reference numeral 14 designates the front and back of the card P provided at the vertex of the reversing path 11 and the presence or absence of the card P. Sensor to determine, 15a
Indicates that the bar code verifying sensor 10
When the bar code PA1 printed on the card P1 is detected as defective and when the front / back determination sensor 14 detects a wrong front / back of the card P, the flapper 15 is turned from a solid line state shown in FIG. A flapper switching solenoid for switching to the state shown to discharge the conveyed card P from the discharge port 16a to the NG stocker 1E, and further includes an OK card detection sensor 20 provided at the entrance of the OK stocker 1B. Show.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the electrical structure of the card making machine according to the present invention.
An interface circuit 24 connected between the power supply switch 25 (start switch) and an alarm lamp by the interface circuit 24 connected between the power supply switch 25 (start switch) and the memory 22 storing the system program. 3M, a printer 6a constituting the bar code printer 6, a printer operating motor 6M, a solenoid 6d for switching the printer up and down, a card transporting stepping motor 8M, and a printer 9 constituting the display printer 9.
a and a printer operation motor 9M, a bar code verification sensor 10, a card presence / absence determination sensor 12, a card conveyance motor 13M for a reversing path 11, a card front / back side determination / presence / absence determination sensor 14, and a flap 15 The switching solenoid 15a and the OK card detection sensor 20 are connected, and each is controlled according to a system program in the memory 22.

Next, the processing procedure of card creation by the card making machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when the power switch 25 (start switch) is turned on in step S1, print data is transmitted from the central system and stored in the memory 22. Then, the process proceeds to step S2, where the start LED of the display 26 is turned on and step S3 is performed. Proceed to. Although not shown, at this point, a personal code to be printed is input by a key operation so that personal identification data can be called.

In step S3, the card unloading motor 3
M rotates and discharge roller 3 carries one card P out 2
c, and then proceeds to step S4 to carry the card by the rotation of the carrying rollers 8a and 8b by the stepping motor 8M, and further proceeds to step S5 to attach the bar code printer device 6 to the front surface PA of the card P being carried. Prints the personal identification information in the form of a bar code PA1 as shown in FIG. 4, and then proceeds to step S6 in which the display printer device 9 prints the personal identification information PA2 in the same manner on the front print column of the card P by character printing. Then, printing on the card surface PA is completed.

[0027] In the next step S7 by the bar code verification sensor 10 is checked barcode PA1 printed on the card P, then Le its acceptability is determined in step S8, if the OK proceeds to step S9
Card reversal conveyance by the reversing passage 11 formed in a loop shape ,
In other words, the round transport is performed, and in the case of NG, step S17
Proceed to.

In the next step S10, the front / back determination sensor 1
4, the front and back of the card P are checked. Then, in step S11, the quality of the card P is checked.
It is determined whether B is facing up. If OK, proceed to step S12, and if NG, proceed to step S17.

In step S12, the paper jam state of the reversing path 11, that is, the detection state of the sensors 12 and 14, is checked. Then, in step S13, the quality of the reversing path, specifically, the detection state of the sensors 12 and 14, is checked. It is determined whether or not the card P is jammed. If the card is not jammed (OK), the process proceeds to step S14. If the card P is jammed (NG), the process proceeds to step S18.

On the other hand, if it is determined as NG in steps S8 and S11 described above, and the process proceeds to step S17, the solenoid 15a operates to move the flapper 15 to the discharge port 16a.
And the card P sent in the reversing path 11 is set to N
Discharge to NG stocker 1E as G card (PG),
Further, the point of whether or not the discharge to the NG stocker 1E has been performed three times continuously and the point of whether or not the determination of the paper jam (NG) in step S13 has occurred three times consecutively, respectively. Checked in step S18, if the error occurs three times in a row, the process proceeds to step S19, where the error LED (including the alarm device) of the display 26 is turned on to notify the failure, and then proceeds to step S20 to create a card ( Printing) is stopped, but if it is not three consecutive times, the process returns to step S3 to resume card creation.

When it is determined to be OK in step S13 and the process proceeds to step S14, the stepping motor 8M rotates the transport rollers 8a and 8b in the reverse direction to perform the circular transport.
Depending conveys the card P came sent back again to the card path 7b side is guided by the reverse guide plate 17a while upside down in the opposite direction, then the card in the backward transport proceeds to step S15 The display printer 9 prints the personal identification information PB2 as characters on the back PB of P as shown in FIG. 4, and further proceeds to step S16, where the sensor 20 forms the personal identification information on the front and back sides PA and PB. When the passage of the card PK, that is, the carry-in to the OK stocker 1B, is detected, the process returns to step S3 to repeat the creation of the next card.

[0032]

As described above, according to the card making machine of the present invention, personal identification information can be printed by bar codes and characters on both sides of the card by inserting (carrying in) the card once. Although it is possible to exert the advantage of greatly simplifying the time and effort of the card, in the present invention, in particular, the personal identification information printed on both sides of the card,
By reversing and transporting the card in a loop halfway,
Because the printer is used for printing on a single printer, the personal identification information on the front and back of the card can be clearly printed at the same print density, and at the same time, the barcode printing on the card surface is defective or the front and back of the card are mistaken. In such a case,
To save unnecessary effort is discharged immediately NG stocker this before printing for cards back side, there is to enable to speed up and cost reduction of the entire card creation, inverted for reversing the card Loop-shaped as a means
The use of a reversing passage, combined with the fact that the structure is relatively simple, high in reliability and that the manufacturing cost can be reduced, is suitable for use in the production of various cards such as time cards. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a card making machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan sectional view of the card making machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the card making machine.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a front surface and a back surface of a card created by the card making machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a card creation processing procedure according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 card making machine 1A hopper 1B OK stocker 1C printing room 1D reversing room 1E NG stocker 2c carry-out port 3 card carry-out roller 6 barcode printer 7a, 7b card passage 8a, 8b card carry roller 9 display printer 10 barcode Verify sensor 11 Reverse path 14 Front / back determination sensor 15 Flapper 15a Flapper switching solenoid 16a Discharge port P card PA front surface PA1 Personal identification information printed with barcode PB Back surface PA2, PB2 Personal identification information printed with characters

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI B41J 21/16 B41J 3/00 F 29/46 3/534 (72) Inventor Fumiaki Okada 275 Sotodo-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Amano Corporation (72) Inventor Takayuki Inoue 275, Soyodo-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside (72) Inventor Miharu Takahashi 275, Soyodo-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture (56) Reference Document JP-A-3-82588 (JP, A) JP-A-2-253392 (JP, A) JP-A-4-297373 (JP, A) JP-A-4-343170 (JP, A) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B41J 3/54 B41J 3/01 B41J 3/407 B41J 3/44 B41J 13/00 B41J 21/16 B41J 29/46

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] In a card making machine in which a printer prints personal identification information on a card sent from a hopper to a card passage, the surface of the card sent in the middle of the card passage. and a bar code printer for printing the personal identification information in the bar code, like the display printer to print the personal identification information in characters provided for, the distal end portion of the card path, the
Child circulating transport the card sent finishing each printing of
Be a by sends back to the card path by reversing
Characterized in that while continuously provided inverted path loop capable, the rear surface of the card coming sent back through the inversion passage, constructed as described above the display printer to print the personal identification information And a card making machine. 2. A bar code verify sensor for judging pass / fail of a bar code printed on a card is provided in the middle of a card passage, while a bad judgment by the bar code verify sensor is provided in a middle of a loop-shaped inversion passage. 2. A card making machine according to claim 1, further comprising a passage switching means for switching the reversing passage to a discharge port communicating with the NG stocker. 3. A front / back detection sensor for judging the front and back of a card is provided in the middle of a card passage or a reversing passage formed in a loop shape. 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the means switches the reversing path to the discharge port side and discharges the sent card to the NG stocker.
The described card making machine. 4. An OK for storing a card which has been created and sent back under a hopper for storing the card.
In addition to providing a stocker, the above-mentioned hopper sends a card after card creation to an OK stocker or a defective card to an NG stocker, and sends out the next card to the card path. 4. The card making machine according to claim 1, further comprising means. 5. A card passage connecting between a hopper and a reversing passage formed in a loop shape, when the card is unloaded from the hopper, forwardly rotates and forwards the card toward the reversing passage.
The card is conveyed around this reversing path, and
A forward / reverse transport means for reversely transporting the card to an OK stocker provided below the hopper when the paper is returned to the feed path, and wherein the forward / reverse transport means is provided.
Or the card making machine described in 4.