JP4146265B2 - Card transport device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a card transport device that is applied to, for example, a card creation device that creates a certification card such as a driver's license of a car, a personal recognition card called a credit card or an ID card.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the card creation device of the certification card, after printing the face image of the owner and the character information necessary for the certification card on the surface of the card medium, a protective film is formed on the printed surface of the card medium, To do. Then, the proof card is transported by a transport mechanism and accumulated in a stacker which is a card storage means.
[0003]
By the way, as a transport mechanism for transporting the certification card, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a transport belt (first transport means) 131 for placing and transporting the certification card 132 and the transport belt 131 are transported. And a second conveying means 136 that conveys the certification card 132 by a conveying roller pair 135 including a drive roller 133 and a pinch roller 134 and conveys the certification card 132 at a higher speed than the conveying belt 131.
[0004]
In this transport mechanism, the layout for taking the card 132 discharged from the transport belt 131 into the transport roller pair 135 is such that the card is transported on the same plane with the main purpose of reducing the change in posture of the card 132. A conveyance belt 131 and a conveyance roller pair 135 are disposed.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, conventionally, since the center line K1 connecting the drive roller 133 and the centers 133a and 134a of the pinch roller 134 and the card unloading direction K2 of the transport belt 131 intersect perpendicularly, the transport surface of the transport belt 131 and the transport roller The conveyance surface of the pair 135 is located on the same plane. For this reason, in the state where the front end side of the card 132 in the transport direction is held between the pair of transport rollers 135, the rear end side in the transport direction of the card 132 remains in contact with the mounting surface of the transport belt 131. Therefore, when the conveyance of the card 132 is started at a higher speed than the conveyance belt 131 by the conveyance roller pair 135, a frictional force is generated between the card 132 and the conveyance belt 131, and a conveyance delay, a skew, and the like are generated. There was a fear.
[0006]
The present invention has been made paying attention to the above circumstances, and the purpose of the present invention is to hold the front end of the card in the conveyance direction by the drive roller and the pinch roller of the second conveyance means, An object of the present invention is to provide a medium transport apparatus that can transport the rear side in the card transport direction without contacting the card placement surface of the first transport means.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 is characterized in that a first conveying means for placing and conveying a card on a placement surface, and the card carried out from the first conveying means as a drive roller. A second conveying means sandwiched by the pinch roller contacting and separating from the drive roller and conveying at a higher speed than the first conveying means, and the drive roller and the pinch roller are center lines connecting the rotation centers of each other the card but the first to name pairs and acute angle to a perpendicular line orthogonal to the card out direction of the conveying means, said first conveying means on the basis of said drive roller and the pinch roller to sandwich the card It is characterized by having an arrangement configuration in which the rear side in the conveying direction is lifted from the mounting surface .
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows a configuration of a license creating apparatus as a card creating apparatus to which medium conveyance according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
[0009]
The card printing apparatus 1 includes a housing 2 as an apparatus main body, and an operation input unit (not shown) is provided on a front surface portion (left side portion in the figure) of the housing 2. The operation input unit includes an operation panel for inputting information necessary for operating the apparatus alone and information necessary as a certification card, a 3.5-inch magneto-optical disk apparatus for directly inputting the face image information of the owner, and the like. A display device or the like for displaying the input information content or abnormality is provided.
[0010]
The front side upper portion of the housing 2, and supplies the card medium 4A sequentially taken out one by one card medium supply section 12 is provided as a raw ticket identification card 4 card city.
[0011]
The card medium supply unit 12 includes a card hopper 14 that stacks and stores the card medium 4A in a horizontal state with the printing surface facing up. On the lower surface of the card hopper 14, a take-out roller 18 made of a rubber roller that rotates in the clockwise direction is provided. As the take-out roller 18 rotates, it is sequentially taken out one by one from the lowermost card medium 4A.
[0012]
The card medium 4A thus taken out is conveyed rightward in the figure by the upper card conveyance path 6 arranged in a horizontal state. A lower card conveyance path 8 is connected to a terminal portion of the upper card conveyance path 6 via a shooter 10. The lower card conveyance path 8 is provided in parallel to the upper card conveyance path 6.
[0013]
A three-color color thermal sublimation printing unit 22 is provided on the upper card conveyance path 6. The three-color color thermal sublimation printing unit 22 performs full-color multicolor printing of the face image of the holder (updater) on the card medium 4A, and is sequentially arranged in the transport direction of the card medium 4A. The printing unit 24Y, the magenta printing unit 24M, and the cyan printing unit 24C are configured to perform thermal sublimation printing by sequentially superimposing three colors Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan).
[0014]
Each of the printing sections 24Y, 24M, and 24C includes platen rollers 26Y, 26M, and 26C, thermal print heads 28Y, 28M, and 28C, and the platen rollers 26Y, 26M, and 26C and the thermal print heads 28Y, 28M, and 28C. The ink ribbons 30Y, 30M, and 30C of the three color heat-sensitive sublimation printing inks of Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan) intervening in the middle, and both ends of the ink ribbons 30Y, 30M, and 30C are wound. Ink ribbon feed shafts 32Y, 32M, 32C and ink ribbon take-up shafts 34Y, 34M, 34C.
[0015]
A black character melt transfer printing unit 36 is disposed at the rear stage (right side in the drawing) of the three-color color thermal sublimation printing unit 22 in the card medium transport direction. The card medium 4A on which the face image is printed is the black character melt transfer printing. The information is sent to the section 36 and necessary description information is printed in black characters.
[0016]
The black character melt transfer printing unit 36 prints the written information as described above, and includes a platen roller 38, a thermal printing head 40, a black thermal melt transfer ink ribbon 42, an ink ribbon delivery shaft 44, and an ink. And a ribbon take-up shaft 46.
[0017]
Further, a light-resistance improving protective film transfer section 50 as a protective film forming means is disposed downstream of the black character melt transfer printing section 36, and ultraviolet (UV) protection is provided on the surface of the card medium 4A that has completed printing. The film is melt-transferred.
[0018]
This is a protection against fading of a sublimation printed face image because an ultraviolet curable surface protective film is applied in the next stage and irradiated with ultraviolet rays.
[0019]
The UV protective film exhibits an essential function for preventing fading (light resistance) when exposed to sunlight under actual usage conditions.
[0020]
Like the thermal printing ink ribbon, this UV protective film is also formed on the transfer paper ribbon and is transparent, and heat transfer is performed by pressing a heat roller 54 in which a heating element is embedded. .
[0021]
Therefore, the card medium 4A on which the written information is printed by the black character fusion transfer printing unit 36 is sent to the light resistance improvement protective film transfer unit 50 disposed on the terminal side of the upper card conveyance path 6. The light resistance improving protective film transfer unit 50 performs the melt transfer of the UV protective film as described above, and includes a platen roller 52, a heat roller 54, a UV protective film melt transfer ribbon 56, a ribbon feed shaft 58, And a ribbon take-up shaft 60.
[0022]
The card medium 4A on which the UV protective film is melted and transferred by the light resistance improving protective film transfer unit 50 is sent to the shooter 10 part via the clamp roller 62 which is a conveying means disposed in the upper card conveying path 6, and the lower stage. It is transferred onto a belt conveyor 66 that forms the conveyance path 8. And it is conveyed by the belt conveyor 66 to the left direction in the figure, and is sent into the surface protective film application part 70 as a surface protective film application means.
[0023]
The surface protective film application unit 70 applies a UV curable liquid to the surface of the card medium 4 </ b> A, and includes a pressing roller 72, a UV curable liquid tank 74, a quantitative supply device 76, and an application pen 78. That is, the card medium 4A conveyed by the belt conveyor 66 is first firmly pressed onto the belt conveyor 66 by the pressing roller 72, and then the fixed amount feeder 76 sucks up a fixed amount of the UV curable liquid from the UV curable liquid tank 74, Then, the UV curable liquid is thinly applied to the entire surface of the card medium 4A with the application pen 78 by applying the capillary phenomenon to the application pen 78.
[0024]
The card medium 4 </ b> A coated with the UV curable liquid in the surface protective film application unit 70 is sent to the surface protective film curing unit 80 as the surface protective film curing unit via the lower conveyance path 8. The surface protective film curing unit 80 cures the UV curable liquid applied on the card medium 4A, and includes a belt conveyor 82 as a first transport unit and a transport roller as a second transport unit according to the present invention. The pair 101 is further composed of a mercury lamp 84 that is installed above the belt conveyor 82 by about 10 cm. That is, the card medium 4A conveyed by the belt conveyor 66 of the surface protective film curing unit 80 is transferred to the belt conveyor 82 and conveyed. A UV curing liquid applied to the surface of the card medium 4A is rapidly cured by irradiating the surface of the card medium 4A carried on the belt conveyor 82 with ultraviolet rays from a mercury lamp 84. It is.
[0025]
The card medium 4A delivered from the belt conveyor 82, that is, the created certification card 4 is nipped and conveyed by the conveyance roller pair 101 and the discharge roller pair 102, and is arranged in the left direction in the figure of the surface protective film curing unit 80. It is sent to the stacking unit 90 and accommodated in the stacker 92.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 96 denotes an electrical component, and 98 denotes a creation machine control rack that controls the entire apparatus.
[0026]
FIG. 2 shows the belt conveyor 82 and the conveying roller pair 101 according to the present invention.
The belt conveyor 82 includes a roller 104 and a conveyance belt 105 that is stretched over the rollers 104. The conveyance roller pair 101 includes a drive roller 107 and a pinch roller 108 that is in contact with and separated from the upper side of the drive roller 107.
The conveying roller pair 101 conveys the card 4 at a higher speed than the belt conveyor 82.
[0027]
The pinch roller 108 is moved in a direction in which the drive mechanism 110 contacts and separates from the drive roller 107. The drive mechanism 110 includes a drive motor 111 that rotates forward and backward, and a rotation lever 113 connected to the drive shaft 112 of the drive motor 111, and the rotation end portion of the rotation lever 113 is pinched via the shaft 114. A roller 108 is rotatably attached.
[0028]
In addition, a detection sensor 116 is provided in the vicinity of the conveying roller pair 101 as a detection unit that detects the leading end portion of the card 4 introduced between the drive roller 107 and the pinch roller 108. The detection sensor 116 includes a light emitting element 117 and a light receiving element 118 that receives light emitted from the light emitting element 117.
[0029]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a drive control system for the pinch roller 108 and the drive roller 107.
The detection sensor 116 is connected to the control device 120 via a signal transmission circuit, and the drive motor 111 of the pinch roller 108 and the drive motor 122 of the drive roller 107 are connected to the control device 120 via the control circuit.
[0030]
Next, the conveyance operation of the card 4 by the conveyance roller pair 101 will be described.
When the leading end of the card 4 is introduced between the drive roller 107 and the pinch roller 108, the light emitted from the light emitting element 117 is blocked, and the light receiving element 118 does not receive the light. This detection information is transmitted to the control device 120, and based on this transmission, the control device 120 drives the drive motor 111 to rotate the rotating lever 113 clockwise, as shown in FIG. Is brought into pressure contact with the drive roller 107 to clamp the leading end of the card 4.
[0031]
After the card 4 is sandwiched, the drive motor 122 is driven to rotate the drive roller 107, and the card 4 is sandwiched and conveyed by the drive roller 107 and the pinch roller 108.
[0032]
By the way, the drive roller 107 and the pinch roller 108 described above are arranged as shown below.
That is, when the drive roller 107 and the pinch roller 108 are in contact with each other as shown in FIG. 4, the center line connecting the centers 107a and 108a is K1, the card carry-out direction of the belt conveyor 82 is K2, and this card carry-out When a perpendicular line passing through the center 107a of the drive roller 107 perpendicular to the direction K2 is K3, the drive roller 107 and the pinch roller 108 are arranged so that the center line K1 forms an acute angle θ with respect to the perpendicular line K3.
[0033]
With this configuration, the conveyance direction of the card 4 that is nipped and conveyed by the drive roller 107 and the pinch roller 108 is in a state orthogonal to the center line K1. That is, the card 4 forms an angle θ with respect to the card carry-out direction K2 of the belt conveyor 82, and the card 4 is conveyed in a state where the rear side in the conveyance direction is lifted from the placement surface of the belt conveyor 82.
[0034]
Therefore, when the card 4 is nipped and conveyed at high speed by the drive roller 107 and the pinch roller 108, no frictional force is generated between the card 4 and the belt conveyor 82, and the conveyance of the card 4 is delayed, or This has the advantage that adverse effects such as skew of the card 4 can be eliminated.
[0035]
Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be variously modified within the scope of the gist thereof.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the present invention, the drive roller and the pinch roller have an acute angle with respect to a perpendicular line perpendicular to the card carry-out direction of the first conveying means. Based on the fact that the roller and the pinch roller pinch the card, the rear side in the card transport direction is raised from the placement surface.
[0037]
Therefore, there is no frictional force between the mounting surface of the drive roller and the pinch roller by the even card is sandwiched between the transport card at a high speed first conveying means generates, generates and transport delays, jams There is an effect that there is nothing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a card printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a card transport device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an exemplary block diagram showing a drive control system of the card transport apparatus according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a view showing a state where a pair of conveying rollers according to the embodiment sandwiches a leading end portion of a card.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a conventional card transport device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 ... Card , 82 ... Belt conveyor (1st conveying means), 101 ... Conveying roller pair (2nd conveying means), 105 ... Conveying belt, 107 ... Drive roller, 108 ... Pinch roller, K1 ... Center line, K2 The medium conveying direction of the first conveying means, K3 ... perpendicular, 110 ... driving mechanism (driving means), 116 ... detection sensor (detecting means), 120 ... control device (control means).

Claims (3)

First transport means for transporting the card placed on the placement surface ;
A second conveying means for holding the card carried out from the first conveying means between a drive roller and a pinch roller contacting and separating from the drive roller and conveying the card at a higher speed than the first conveying means; ,
The drive roller and the pinch roller to na sharpness angle against the perpendicular line perpendicular to the card out direction of the center line of the first conveying means connecting the rotation centers of each other,
The card conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the first conveying means has an arrangement configuration in which the rear side in the card conveying direction is lifted from the mounting surface based on the drive roller and the pinch roller holding the card . Drive means for driving the drive roller and the pinch roller in a direction in which the drive roller and the pinch roller come in contact with and away from each other
Detecting means for detecting a card introduced between the drive roller and the pinch roller ;
Claim 1, wherein the card that the detecting means is characterized by comprising a control means for sandwiching the card by said drive roller and the pinch roller by operating the drive means based on the detection of the said card Conveying device. Said first conveying means has a conveying belt for placing a card, the card conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveying the card by the running of the conveyor belt.

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