JP3241052B2 - Card processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card processing apparatus for writing and reading various information to and from cards, and is particularly suitable as a toll road terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A long-distance toll road or the like in which an entrance gate and an exit gate are scattered at a plurality of places employs a toll system that collects a toll according to a use section and a use vehicle type. Therefore, at such an entrance gate of a toll road, etc., a toll ticket that records the type of car, the use date and time, or information on the entrance gate and the like is issued and handed to the user. A toll collection system is used in which a ticket is collected from a user, the information recorded on the toll ticket is read, and the usage fee is settled. For this reason, a card processing apparatus for processing cards such as a highway card which is a toll ticket or a prepaid card and a credit card called a separate payment plate is provided at the entrance gate or the exit gate of the above-mentioned toll road or the like. Installed as a terminal.

Such a card processing apparatus is provided with a transport mechanism for reciprocating cards along a linear transport line. FIGS. 7 to 7 show a main part of a conventional transport mechanism.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a plan view of a main part, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a view taken along line CC of FIG. 9, and FIG. 9 is a view taken along line DD of FIG.

[0004] As shown in FIG . 7 , a drive belt 201 is provided with a drive roller mounting shaft 203 provided on a transport base plate 202.
A plurality of drive rollers 20 rotatably mounted on the motor and driven by a pulse motor (not shown) capable of rotating forward and reverse
4 (only one is shown), the cards 205 are composed of the drive belt 201 and the respective drive rollers 204.
The sheet is conveyed in a state of being pinched by a pinch roller 206 provided opposite to the sheet.

[0005] The pinch roller 206 is a nylon washer 2
The fixed shaft 209 is rotatably attached to one end of the fixed shaft 209 via a retaining ring 208 and a retaining ring 208, and the other end of the fixed shaft 209 is fixed to one end of the roller mounting plate 210. On the other end side of the roller mounting plate 210, a shaft mounting portion 211 formed in a rectangular pipe shape by a bending plate is formed, and the roller mounting plate 210 penetrates the shaft mounting portion 211 and the fixed shaft 2
07 is rotatably mounted on a pinch roller mounting shaft 212 which is parallel to the shaft 07 via a nylon washer 213 and a stop shaft 214. And, in the shaft mounting portion 211,
The torsion coil spring 216 has one end in contact with the shaft mounting portion 211 on the side opposite to the cards 205 and the other end in contact with a stopper 215 provided close to the pinch roller mounting shaft 212.
It is provided in a state penetrated by. Thereby, the roller mounting plate 210 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 7 so that the pinch roller 206 is pressed toward the cards 205. In the figure, reference numeral 217 denotes a transport guide for guiding the cards 205 transported on the upper and lower sides.

In such a transport mechanism, the cards 205 are reciprocated while being held between the drive belt 201 and the pinch roller 206.

[0007]

In the above-described transport mechanism, the distance between the upper and lower transport guides 217 is slightly larger than the width of the cards 205.
During transportation, the cards 205 may be tilted or may be shifted to one side. Thus, the cards 205
Is irregularly conveyed in various postures. For example, the positional relationship between the magnetic head and the information recording track on the magnetic stripe of the cards 205 for writing or reading information is not determined, and the data is written in an inclined manner. Or
There is a possibility that the read magnetic head cannot pass over the write position. Also, the adjustment of the distance between the transport guides 217 is very troublesome.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 10, the fixed shaft 209 of the pinch roller 206 is attached at an angle of θ, for example, several degrees (1 to 2 °) from an axis perpendicular to the roller mounting plate 210, and the cards 205 are made to have a width. There is a conveying device that conveys while regulating to one side in the direction. However, in this case, for example, the position of the cards 205 conveyed from left to right in FIG. 10 is regulated so as to be pressed against the lower conveyance guide 217, and
Conversely, the position of the cards 205 conveyed from right to left is regulated so as to be pressed against the upper conveyance guide 217. Therefore, in such a transport device, for example, when writing and reading are performed during one-way transport, the writing position and the reading position can be regulated. However, for example, when writing and reading are performed at the time of conveyance in the reverse direction, processing is performed at the lowermost end and the uppermost end, respectively, and the difference between the distance between the conveyance guides 217 and the width dimension of the cards 205 remains unchanged. Since it appears as a difference between the writing position and the reading position, the cards 20
There is a problem that the width dimension of No. 5 must be very strictly controlled.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a card processing apparatus provided with a transport mechanism which satisfactorily regulates the position of cards during transport and simplifies management of the width of the cards. With the goal.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card processing apparatus provided at one end.
A transfer line from a doorway and out of cards such to the standby position to wait was <br/> Temporary provided on the other end is extended in a straight line with a cross-section trough-shaped transport guide for guiding the cards, and, the A group of pinch rollers that are provided on the transport line, are rotatable forward and backward, rotate around in contact with the cards, and are swingable to the transport guide side along the transport surface of the cards; A printing device for printing information on the cards, a reading device for reading the magnetic information of the cards, a recording device for writing the magnetic information of the cards, the entrance, the printing device, and the reading device.
Connected to the transport line between the picking device and the recording device
Card supply line that supplies new cards
And the entrance and exit, the printing device, the reading device, the
Connected to the transport line above with the recording device
Card collection line for collecting cards and the above standby position
The above cards that are transported on the transport line from the
The switching flag leading to the mouth or the card collection line
It is characterized by having a pa . Further, the card processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the cards are used as toll road toll tickets. Further, a card processing apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is a card processing apparatus having a transport mechanism for reciprocating the cards along a linear transport line, wherein the card processing apparatus is provided on the transport line to guide the cards. A transport guide having a tub-like cross section, a support shaft erected on the side of the transport line so as to be substantially parallel to the transport surface of the cards, and a base end portion is rotatably supported by the support shaft. A mounting base having a distal end extending in a direction away from the transfer line, and a swing having a base end attached to the mount and a distal end extending in a direction substantially parallel to the transfer line. A table and a swinging mechanism, the base end of which is supported by the swinging table so as to be able to swing about an axis perpendicular to the conveying surface of the cards, and the leading end of which extends in a direction approaching the conveying line. A driving shaft, and the car fixed to a tip end of the swinging shaft. And a pinch roller rotatably supported on a fixed shaft substantially parallel to the transport surface of the type and rotatably abutting on the cards transported by the transport mechanism, and a pinch roller mounted on the support shaft. Urging means for urging the mounting table in a direction of pressing against the conveying surface of the cards, and a conveying surface of the cards in the pinch roller by regulating a swing angle of the swing shaft within a predetermined range. A stopper for restricting a swing range along the mounting table and the swing table.
Connect the swinging shaft to the U-shape and insert the pinch
When cards are jammed in the pinch roller
The pinch roller is swung outward against the urging means.
It is characterized in that it can be moved and separated from the cards .

[0011]

In the card processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, a new card processing apparatus is provided.
When processing new cards, this new card
Beforehand at the standby position on the transport line through the
Printing process, reading process, recording process
Can be performed immediately in a short time,
Processing used cards while improving speed
The used cards inserted in the entrance
By temporarily waiting at the standby position through the
Changes the recorded contents when an input instruction is received from the
Can improve the preservation of data. And new
Regular or used cards on the transport line
It is necessary to reciprocate these cards when processing with
However, when the pinch roller is
And swings in the transport direction.
Cards are moved to the transport guide to move
The card is correctly positioned regardless of the card transport direction.
Without misalignment with cards.
Can print, read and write magnetic information
You. In the card processing apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention,
Can handle toll road tolls with a card processing unit
As a result, this device can be used at entrance gates and exit gates on toll roads.
Installed on a board for issuance of new toll tickets and used traffic
Can be shared for ticket settlement and collection. Further, claim 3
In the card processing apparatus according to the invention,
When the pinch roller contacts the cards being transported,
And swings in the transport direction to transport cards.
The position is regulated by shifting the width to the guide, and the card is
Position correctly regardless of the transport direction of
Information can be printed, read, and written. Ma
In addition, the mounting base, the swing base, and the swing shaft have a U-shape in plan view.
Cards are jammed in the pinch roller.
When holding the rocker or mounting table,
By swinging outward against the force means, the pinch roller
Without touching this pinch roller from the cards on the transport line
Can be pulled apart without damaging the pinch roller.
It is easy to remove jammed cards.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the card processing apparatus of the present invention is applied to a toll ticket checking machine which is a terminal of a toll collection system on a toll road will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating the transport mechanism, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of the transport mechanism, FIG. 3 is a view taken along line AA of FIG. 2, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a schematic plan structure of a passport processing unit of the terminal, and FIG. 6 is an external view of the terminal.

The terminal 1 shown in FIG. 6 is installed at an entrance gate, an exit gate, or the like of a toll road. A passport processing unit 10 for performing operations such as newly issuing passports and reading passports received from users in the main body 2.
0 is provided, and the entrance 101 of the toll ticket is open in the front. In the main body 2, a card processing section 3 for processing a card as a means of payment for a user (passer) such as an IC card or a credit card, and reading a maintenance staff and a receipt / receipt plate is assembled. The card insertion / ejection port 4 is open at the upper front. further,
An operation display unit 5 in which a display unit for displaying an operation guide display, a charge display, a key shape display, and the like of the terminal device 1 and a touch panel for detecting input of a receiver by a transparent switch are integrated, is rotatable with respect to the main body 2. A key switch 6 which is pivotally connected to the power supply and switches on / off of a power supply and opening / closing of a gate;
A red / green LED 7 indicating opening and closing of the gate is provided on the upper front of the main body 2. Also, a pass ticket processing unit 1 described later.
On the top surface of the hopper stacker 102, a keyboard (not shown) having five operation buttons and the like for inputting a vehicle type is mounted.

As shown in FIG. 5, the toll ticket processing unit 100 performs the processing of a toll ticket in a lump and can be used as it is in a toll ticket issuing machine as in the conventional one. ing. At the side of the entrance 101 formed at the front end of the casing 103, a new toll ticket 104 for re-issuing a lost road user or the like is stored, and a defect in the new toll ticket 104 is stored. Stacker 1 for collecting simple toll tickets 105 and used toll tickets 105
02 is detachably attached to the main body 2 and the housing 103, and on both left and right sides of the hopper stacker 102 on which a handle 106 is formed, a feeding roller 10 for feeding out a new toll ticket 104 from the hopper stacker 102.
7 and a draw-in roller (stacker roller) 108 for drawing the defective toll ticket 105 and the used toll ticket 105 of the new toll ticket 104 into the hopper stacker 102 so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing 103, respectively. Installed. Further, a pair of guide plates (hopper guides) 109 and 110 that straddle the feeding roller 107 and the drawing roller 108 are fixed to the hopper stacker 102. The hopper stacker 10 is slidably provided between the guide plates 109 and 110 in the facing direction.
A pair of pressing plates 111 and 112 attached to the second mounting plate 2 are arranged, and each of the pressing plates 111 and 112 is urged in a direction facing the guide plates 109 and 110 via a tension spring (not shown). Therefore, a new toll ticket 104 inserted between the guide plate 109 and the holding plate 111
Is used by the tension spring toward the feed roller 107 side via the holding plate 111, and is also used between the guide plate 110 and the holding plate 112.
5 and the like are urged toward the pull-in roller 108 via the pressing plate 112 by a tension spring.

The back of the entrance 101 (right side in FIG. 1)
A printing device 114 having a print head 113 for printing characters, symbols, etc. on the toll ticket 104;
A reproducing head 115 for reading magnetic information of a magnetic recording unit (not shown) formed in No. 4 and a recording head 116 for writing new magnetic information on the toll ticket 104 are arranged in this order. At the rearmost end of the passport processing section 100, a standby section 117 for temporarily holding the passport 104 is formed. In the present embodiment, the description is made as a pass ticket checking machine, but when used as a pass ticket issuing machine,
Since the printing position of the passport 104 by the printhead 113 is different, the printhead 113 is configured to be movable in the width direction of the passport 104 or to print a plurality of lines.

A transport line for the toll ticket 104 is formed in the toll ticket processing unit 100 via the print head 113, the reproducing head 115, and the recording head 116 so as to connect the standby unit 117 and the entrance / exit 101, and passes along this transport line. Ticket 1
A plurality of drive rollers 118 to 126 as a group of pinch rollers for reciprocating the 04 are rotatably attached to the housing 103 at intervals shorter than the length of the toll ticket 104. A timing belt 127 is wound around these drive rollers 118 to 126 that rotate forward and backward by the operation of a pulse motor that can rotate forward and backward (not shown), and a tension roller 128 interposed between the drive rollers 119 and 120. As a result, the timing belt 127 is loosened. In addition, drive rollers 118 to 121 and 123 to other than the drive roller 122 facing the print head 113.
A pinch roller 129 rotatably attached to the housing 103 across the transport line is in contact with 126.

Behind the hopper stacker 102, the feeding roller 107 is provided from the hopper stacker 102.
A new toll ticket 104 drawn by
Pass-out unit 130 serving as a card supply line for supplying cards and the like supplied to the transport line side between print head 113 and print head 113
Is provided. A separator roller 131 and a reverse roller 132 for taking out only one new passport 104 and a pair of sandwiching rollers 133 and 134 are provided on the feeder roller 107 side of the passport feeder unit 130, respectively. The separator roller 131 and the sandwiching roller 133 are rotated by a tension roller 135 by a feed roller 134 connected to a stepping motor (not shown) via a timing belt and a clutch. One feeding belt 136 is wound. Further, a second feed belt 138 wound around a feed roller 137 similarly connected to a stepping motor (not shown) is provided so as to face the first feed belt 136. The new toll ticket 104 is conveyed while being sandwiched between the first and second feeding belts 136 and 138, and then guided by a feeding guide 139 to be supplied to a conveying line. Further, a one-way flapper 140 for preventing the pass of the toll ticket from the transport line from reversing is provided at the exit side of the feeding guide 139, and a pass ticket for transporting the transport line from right to left in FIG. Flapper 14 for switching the transport direction between when returning as return ticket 141 from hopper stacker 102 as passport 105
2 are provided, and the flapper 1 is switched from the transport line.
42, connecting to the hopper stacker 102 through the return port 141.
A long card collection line is formed. That is, the tip of the one-way flapper 140 is urged upward in FIG. 5 via a spring material (not shown), while the switching flapper 142 is pivotally attached to the housing 103 so as to be swingable, and a rotary It swings by flapper driving means such as a solenoid.

The feed roller 107, the pull-in roller 108, the printing device 114, and the drive rollers 118 to 12
The operation timing of the pass control unit 6, the pass ticket supply device 130, the flapper driving means, and the like is controlled by the processing control unit incorporated in the rear part of the main body 2. Therefore, in the middle of the transport line, between the feeding guide 139 and the return port 141, the passport 10
Optical sensors 143 to 146 for detecting the passage of the light beams 4 and 105 are arranged to output a detection signal to the processing control unit.

When such a passport processing unit 100 is installed at the entrance gate, a new passport 104 stored between the guide plate 109 and the holding plate 111 in the hopper stacker 102 is required by the clutch. It is guided to the passport delivery unit 130 by the delivery roller 107 that operates only when the time passes. Here, the toll ticket 104 is the separator roller 1
Only one sheet is taken out by the 31 and the reverse roller 132, and is nipped and conveyed by the first and second feeding belts 136 and 138. Then, the sheet is supplied from the feeding guide plate 139 to a linear transport line operated by a drive roller 118 directly connected to a motor by a timing belt. Here, the toll ticket 104 is formed by a transport belt 127 rotated by drive rollers 118 to 126.
And the read head 1 held between the pinch rollers 129.
At 15, a new ticket is confirmed, and a standby is made at the temporary standby position 117.
If the ticket is not a new ticket, the switching flapper 142 is switched, and the hopper stacker 102 is
Is stored between the guide plate 110 and the holding plate 111.
The waiting toll ticket 104 starts to be issued by the key input of the collection staff, magnetically records various kinds of entrance information with the write head 116, checks with the read head 115, prints the information with the print head 114, and passes the ticket. Ticket insertion / discharge port 10
Convey to 1. When the reading head 115 detects an abnormality, the operation is the same as the case where the new ticket is not a new ticket.

On the other hand, when installed at the exit gate,
The toll ticket 104 that the collection member received from the user is inserted and
It is inserted from the discharge port 101 and is transported by the transport belt 127. The pass information 104 is read by the reading head 115 to read the entrance information and waits at the temporary standby position 117 to display a fee. When the payment mode (cash, coupon, etc.) and special processing (free car, etc.) are input from the operation display unit, the motor is reversed and the toll ticket 104 records exit information with the write head 116, and The read head 115 checks whether the information has been correctly written in the return port 1 and prints out the exit information with the print head 113 to use the return port 1 as a used passport 105.
From 41, it is stored in the hopper stacker 102.

Here, the terminal device 1 is characterized by a pinch roller 129 facing the drive rollers 123 to 126.
This structure will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
Numeral 29 is rotatably supported on one end side of a fixed shaft 151 via a bearing 152 and a stop shaft 153, and the fixed shaft 151 is provided upright so as to be orthogonal to the flat end portion 154a of the swing shaft 154. . The swing shaft 154 is attached to the swing shaft mounting base 156 with a nylon washer 157 so as to be rotatable via a bearing 155 at a cylindrical base end 154b.
And a retaining ring 158. In addition, one end side of the swing shaft mounting base 156 has a tip 154a of the swing shaft 154.
A plate-shaped swing stopper plate 159 whose front end faces near the surface on the side of the base end portion 154b is fixed to restrict the rotatable range of the swing shaft 154 to a certain range. On the other hand, a shaft mount 160 having a flat plate bent in a U-shape is attached to the other end side of the swing shaft mount 156.
Numeral 6 is secured to a pinch roller mounting shaft 161 passing through the shaft mounting base 160 via a shaft 162 and is rotatable. The pinch roller mounting shaft 161 is provided upright on the transport base 163 and is provided in parallel with the fixed shaft 151 of the pinch roller 129. The pinch roller 153 rotates around the pinch roller mounting shaft 161. Further, a stopper 164 is provided upright in the vicinity of the pinch roller mounting shaft 161 of the transport base plate 163, and a torsion coil spring 165 is provided on the pinch roller mounting shaft 161 in the shaft mounting base 160 so as to pass therethrough. I have. One end of the torsion coil spring 165 is in contact with the stopper 164 and the other end is in contact with the edge of the shaft mount 160, and has a function of pressing the pinch roller 153 against the cards 104. In the figure, reference numeral 166 denotes a transport guide.

The operation of the swing mechanism of the pinch roller will be described. When the passport 104 is conveyed, the pinch roller 129 is pressed against the passport 104 by the spring force of the torsion coil spring 165. The pinch roller 129 is connected to the fixed shaft 151 by a bearing 153, and has a small friction during rotation, but receives a force in the transport direction because it is pressed by a spring force. A rotational force is applied to the swing shaft 154 by this force, and the fixed shaft 151 and the pinch roller 129 rotate so as to be inclined in the transport direction while being parallel to the transport surface. The rotation range at this time is determined by the position where the tip 154a of the swing shaft 154 contacts the swing stopper plate 159, that is, the inclination angle of the fixed shaft 151 can be adjusted by the mounting position of the swing stopper plate 159. Case 1
２2 °. When the fixed shaft 151 swings about the swing shaft 154 and tilts, the pinch roller 129 rotates about the tilted fixed shaft 151, so that the toll ticket 10 is rotated.
4 is shifted to the swing shaft 154 side. As shown in FIG. 1B, when the pass 104 is conveyed rightward in the figure, the fixed shaft 151 swings clockwise, and the position of the pass 104 is regulated downward. In addition, as shown in FIG.
When 04 is conveyed leftward in the figure, the fixed shaft 151 swings counterclockwise, and the position of the toll ticket 104 is also regulated downward. As described above, the position of the toll ticket 104 is regulated to one side (downward in the embodiment) regardless of the direction in which the ticket is conveyed.

Accordingly, when such a pinch roller swinging mechanism is provided, the position of the pass is regulated in one direction regardless of the transport direction. Position can be kept constant, and the dimensional management of cards and the like becomes easy.

[0025]

Effect of the Invention] above, in accordance with the card handling apparatus is the invention of claim 1 as described, the transport line having a conveying guide is extended in a straight line to the standby position from the entrance of the card class, this transfer line forward and reverse the cards, together with the rotatable provided with a swingable pinch rollers to the conveyance guide side to turns with contacts and along the conveying surface, setting the printing apparatus and reading apparatus and the recording apparatus, Transport line
Card supply line to supply new cards to
Connect a card collection line to collect used cards
Card from the standby position
Switching flapper leading to entrance or card collection line
By providing a new card in a standby position in advance at a standby position, printing, reading, and recording can be performed immediately in a short time, thereby improving the speed of card issuing. By temporarily storing used cards at the standby position, it is possible to easily perform a process of changing the recorded contents and improve data preservation, and to process the cards on a transport line. Since the pinch roller abuts on the cards being conveyed and swings in the conveying direction, the cards are moved closer to the conveyance guide, so that the cards are correctly positioned regardless of the conveyance direction of the cards. In addition, it is possible to reliably print, read, and write magnetic information without causing misalignment with respect to cards. According to the card processing apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, the toll road pass ticket can be processed by the card processing apparatus. Therefore, this apparatus is installed at the entrance gate and the exit gate of the toll road, and a new system is provided. It can be shared for issuing toll tickets and for adjusting and collecting used toll tickets. Further, according to the card processing apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, the transport line is provided with a transport guide having a sectional tub shape for guiding the cards and the mounting table and the swing table are provided on the side of the transport line by the support shaft. A rotatable support, a rocking shaft is supported on the rocking table so as to be rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the conveying surface of the cards, and a pinch that rotates while contacting the cards with a fixed shaft. A roller is provided, and a biasing means is configured to bias the mounting table in a direction in which the pinch roller presses the transport surface of the cards and the like, and the mounting table, the rocking table, and the rocking shaft are arranged.
Connect to a U-shape, attach a pinch roller to the tip,
When the card class is jammed in Chirora is, anti-the biasing means
Swing the pinch roller outward and pull it away from the cards
The pinch roller contacts the cards being conveyed at a predetermined position on the conveyance line and swings, and swings in the conveyance direction to move the cards toward the conveyance guide. The position is regulated so that the magnetic information can be printed, read, and written correctly without fail, regardless of the transport direction of the cards. By holding the table or mounting table and swinging it outward against the urging means, the pinch roller can be separated from the cards on the transport line without touching the pinch roller, and the pinch roller is damaged. It is possible to easily remove jammed cards without causing the card to be clogged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view illustrating a swing mechanism of a pinch roller of a terminal according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a mounting structure of a pinch roller of the terminal according to one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrows AA in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view taken in the direction of arrows BB in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view of a transport mechanism of the terminal according to one embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an external view of a terminal according to an embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a mounting structure of a pinch roller according to the related art.

8 is a view taken along line CC of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a view taken along line DD in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing another mounting structure.

[Description of Signs] 1 Terminal 3 Card processing unit 5 Operation display unit 100 Passport processing unit 101 Gateway 102 Hopper stacker 105, 105 Passport 114 Printing device 115 Playback head 116 Recording head 117 Standby unit 129 Pinch roller 151 Fixed axis 154 Oscillating shaft 156 Oscillating shaft mount (oscillating table) 160 Shaft mounting base (oscillating table) 161 Pinch roller mounting shaft 162 Torsion coil spring (biasing means) 164 Stopper 166 Transport guide

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-54-119999 (JP, A) JP-A-61-197350 (JP, A) JP-A-49-9144 (JP, A) 78155 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Sho 62-79745 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65H 9/16

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] Having 1. A from doorway and out the cards, which is provided on one end to the standby position to the hold provided on the other end is extended in a straight line to guide the cards such cross trough-shaped conveying guide a transport line, to turns with in contact with the cards, and along the conveying surface of the cards, swingable pinch rollers to the conveyor guide side with provided on the conveying line can be forward and reverse rotation A printing device provided on the transport line for printing information on the cards, a reading device for reading magnetic information of the cards, and a recording device for writing magnetic information of the cards ;
Doorway and the printing device, reading device, recording device
New cards are connected to the transfer line between
Card supply line, supply and exit, and printing
The transport between the device, the reading device, and the recording device
Cards connected to the line to collect used cards
And the transport line from the standby position
The card or the card
A card processing apparatus comprising a switching flapper for leading to a collecting line . 2. The card processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
A card processing device, wherein the cards are toll road tolls. 3. A card processing apparatus provided with a transport mechanism for reciprocating cards along a linear transport line, wherein the transport guide is provided on the transport line and has a tub-shaped cross section for guiding the cards. A support shaft erected substantially parallel to the transport surface of the cards on the side of the line, a base end rotatably supported by the support shaft, and a distal end separated from the transport line Mounting base extending in the direction, a rocking table having a base end attached to the mounting base and having a distal end extending in a direction substantially parallel to the transfer line; A swing shaft that is supported by the swing table so as to be swingable about an axis perpendicular to the transfer surface and that extends in the direction in which the leading end approaches the transfer line;
A pinch roller rotatably supported on a fixed shaft substantially parallel to a transport surface of the cards fixed to the tip end of the swing shaft and rotatably abutting on the cards transported by the transport mechanism; Biasing means mounted on the support shaft for biasing the mounting table in a direction in which the pinch roller presses the transport surface of the cards, and a swing angle of the swing shaft within a predetermined range. And a stopper for restricting a swing range of the pinch roller along the transfer surface of the cards by doing, the mounting base, the swing base, the swing shaft,
Are connected in a U-shape and the pinch roller is attached to the tip
When cards are jammed in the pinch roller,
Swing the pinch roller outward against the urging means,
A card processing apparatus characterized in that it can be separated from the cards.