JP4296440B2 - Card body feeding device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a payout device for paying out card bodies one by one, and more particularly, to damage a slightly thicker card body such as an IC card wrapped in a transparent film or a credit card with instructions. The present invention relates to a dispensing device adapted to surely dispense one by one.

Conventionally, various card dispensing devices have been developed. For example, there is Japanese Utility Model No. 63-60147 as a card dispensing device by the applicant. This application has already been registered as US Pat. No. 4,993,589. The specification of this application discloses a dispensing device for thin cards such as telephone cards. In this conventional apparatus configuration, a rubber roller is used to pay out a thin card such as a telephone card. And since it handles thin cards, it is devised to prevent the cards from being stacked, for example, two cards.

US Pat. No. 4,993,589

As described above, the conventional card dispensing apparatus mainly considers dispensing of thin cards such as telephone cards. For example, IC cards wrapped with transparent film and credit cards with instructions are slightly thicker. This card body was not adapted to be paid out one by one. In addition, since a rubber roller is used to pay out the card, if it is attempted to pay out the thick card body, there is a sufficient expectation that the packaging film or the like may be damaged in some cases. In addition, in the card dispensing devices known so far, including the above-described conventional devices, since the portion (cassette) for storing a plurality of cards is configured to be incorporated in the device main body, the size and type of the card When it is desired to change, etc., a response (for example, design change) corresponding to the change must be performed each time, and improvement has been required from the viewpoint of management. The present invention was created in view of the problems in the prior art, and can reliably pay out one by one without damaging a slightly thicker card body such as an IC card wrapped with a transparent film, It is an object of the present invention to provide a card body dispensing device that can load and store a large number of card bodies easily and in a short time, and thus can be managed conveniently.

In order to solve the problems of the prior art described above, according to the present invention, a cassette for stacking and storing a plurality of card bodies, a lift means for transferring the plurality of card bodies in the cassette upward, and the lift means A suction means having an opening for sucking the uppermost card body among the plurality of card bodies transported by the head, and the card body sucked by the suction means is sent out in the direction of the payout opening against the suction force A card body dispensing device comprising: a feeding means; wherein the cassette is detachable from the lift means, wherein the feeding means abuts against an upper surface of the card body adsorbed by the suction means. A tire that moves the body in the direction of the payout port, and the card body that has been moved by the tire is sandwiched from the upper surface and the lower surface and sent to the payout port. First and second rollers to be brought out, a third roller that contacts the second roller and contacts the lower surface of the card body when the card body is moved in the direction of the payout port, the tire, It has a means for rotating the first roller in the same direction.

According to the configuration of the card body dispensing device according to the present invention, the uppermost card body among a plurality of card bodies transported upward by the lift means is sucked from above and sent out in the direction of the dispensing port by the delivery means. Therefore, it is possible to pay out one by one without damaging the card body. In addition, since the cassette is detachable from the lift means, for example, when it is desired to change the size of the card body, by preparing another cassette corresponding to the size in advance, It is possible to load and store a large number of card bodies in a cassette easily and in a short time without taking any complicated steps. This greatly contributes to management convenience.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an external configuration of a card body dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 schematically shows a part of the internal configuration of the apparatus. 3 shows a state in which the cassette is removed from the apparatus, FIG. 4 schematically shows the structure of the cassette and the lift means, and FIG. 5 shows the main part of the lift drive mechanism constituting the lift means. FIG. 6 schematically shows the structure of the suction means and the delivery means.
In FIG. 1, 100 is a dispensing device according to the present embodiment, 102 is a cassette storage door, 104 is a key insertion opening for receiving a key (not shown) for opening and closing the cassette storage door 102, and 106 is the device 100. The side plate which comprises a part is shown and it is a pair with the side plate (not shown) which opposes. Further, 108 is a vertically long hole formed in the vertical direction at a position facing each side plate 106, 110 is a part of the lift means, and is made of a resin that is moved in the vertical direction along the corresponding vertical hole 108. A rack plate (flexible rack), 112 constitutes a main part of the lift means, and a lift motor for controlling the vertical movement of each flexible rack 110, 114 is a storage pipe of the flexible rack 110, and 116 is attached to each flexible rack 110. The lever for operating the mechanical coupling | bonding of the gear mechanism (after-mentioned) to engage and the motor 112 for a lift and the cancellation | release is shown.

In FIG. 2, 118 is a fan device (suction fan motor) having a suction means and having an opening for sucking the card body in the lower part, 120 is a motor for driving the payout roller, A payout roller 122 abuts on the upper surface of the card body at the time of payout, 124 is a member for fixing a control board (not shown) for controlling a motor, each electric circuit, etc. 126 is a part of a lift means Reference numeral 128 denotes a lift frame that is formed in a horizontal direction on the inner surface of the opposite side wall portion of the lift frame 126.

FIG. 3 shows a state in which the cassette has been removed from the apparatus, and the portion indicated by 130 shows the removed cassette. The cassette 130 stores a plurality of card bodies stacked. As shown in FIG. 4, the cassette 130 has a rectangular cylindrical shape, a main body 132 having two vertically elongated holes 138a and 138b parallel to each other in the vertical direction on opposite side surfaces, and a plurality of cards inside the main body. A movable base 140 on which the body is stacked and placed, and two shafts 142a that hold the movable base and are disposed so as to protrude outwardly from the opposite side surfaces of the main body 132 through two longitudinal holes 138a and 138b, respectively. And 142b. 134 is a cassette door, 136a and 136b are shafts for removably fixing the cassette door 134 to the main body 132, and 144 is a switch plate for setting the lift operation to a standby state when the cassette 130 is mounted on the lift means. Indicates.

Further, in FIG. 4, the portion shown on the right side corresponds to the lift means, and the lift means is opposed to the groove portions 128 into which the ends of the two shafts 142a and 142b are fitted when the cassette 130 is mounted. The lift frame 126 formed in the horizontal direction on the inner surface of the side wall portion, the two flexible racks 110 fixed to the opposite side wall portions of the frame and extending upward, and the two flexible racks. And a lift drive mechanism for moving the lift frame 126 upward. The lift drive mechanism includes a lift motor 112, a gear mechanism (not shown) fixed to the drive shaft of the motor, and a gear mechanism (pinion gear 150, pressing roller 152) that engages with the two flexible racks 110. And a lever 116 for operating the engagement of the former gear mechanism with the latter gear mechanism and the release thereof. Reference numeral 146 denotes a stay for fixing the flexible rack 110 to the lift frame 126, and 148 denotes a base plate of the lift means.

FIG. 5 shows the structure of the main part of the lift drive mechanism constituting the lift means. 154 is a spur gear with 30 teeth fixed to the drive shaft of the lift motor 112, and 156 is the number of teeth 40 meshing with the spur gear 154. The spur gear is shown. The spur gear 156 is fixed to the same shaft as the pinion gear 150, the pinion gear 150 meshes with the flexible rack 110, and a pressing roller 152 is disposed between the pinion gear 150 and the flexible rack 110. Note that the arrows shown in FIG. 5 indicate the movement of the flexible rack 110 in the vertical direction.

FIG. 6 schematically shows the structure of the suction means and the delivery means. In the figure, a fan device (suction fan motor) indicated by 118 constitutes the suction means. The delivery means includes a rubber tire 160 that contacts the upper surface of the card body C adsorbed by the fan device 118 and moves the card body in the direction of the payout port, and the card body that has been moved by the tire. A pair of rollers (the payout roller 122 and the payout assisting roller 122a) that sandwich the card from the upper surface and the lower surface, and the payout assisting roller 122a, and the card body is moved toward the payout port. A reversing roller 162 that comes into contact with the lower surface of the body and means for rotating the tire 160 and the payout roller 122 in the same direction (the payout roller drive motor 120 and the belt 164) are provided.

In addition, about the form of a suction means and a sending-out means, it can implement using the technique which the present applicant proposed previously, for example, the technique described in Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 10-1235. However, the technique described in this publication, unlike the present invention, is intended to pay out a relatively thin sheet body such as a foldable banknote, a flexible ticket, a telephone card, etc. When the sheet is sent to the outside, only a pair of rollers (the discharge roller 122 and the discharge auxiliary roller 122a in the present embodiment) that feed the sheet member sandwiched from both sides is used, and the reverse roller 162 is provided. It is not done. In the present embodiment, the reversing roller 162 has a function of preventing the second card body from being sent out when the card body is paid out.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 166 denotes a micro switch, which is activated by a switch plate 144 (see FIG. 4) for setting the lift operation to a standby state when the cassette 130 is mounted on the lift means. Reference numeral 168 denotes an actuator type optical switch (photosensor and photointerrupter) that stops the operation of the lift motor 112 when the uppermost card body C to be attracted to the fan device 118 reaches a predetermined position. Further, although not shown, an actuator type optical switch that stops the suction operation of the fan device 118 when the card body C to be paid out is sandwiched between the payout roller 122 and the payout auxiliary roller 122a is provided for the rollers 122 and 122a. It is provided in the vicinity. Reference numeral 170 denotes a control board fixed by the fixing member 124.

As described above, according to the configuration of the card body dispensing device according to the present embodiment, the lift means (the flexible rack 110, the motor 112, the lift frame 126, the groove 128, the movable base 140, the shafts 142a and 142b, the pinion gear). 150, the uppermost card body C among a plurality of card bodies transported upward by the pressing roller 152) is sucked from above and fed out means (tire 160, pair of rollers 122 and 122a, reverse roller 162, drive) Since the motor 120 and the belt 164) are fed in the direction of the payout port, the card body C can be surely paid out one by one without being damaged.

Also, as shown in FIG. 4, the cassette 130 is detachable from the lift means. For example, when changing the type or size of the card body, another cassette corresponding to the change is previously stored. By preparing, a large number of card bodies can be loaded and stored in the cassette easily and in a short time. This makes it possible to achieve management convenience.
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to surely pay out one card at a time without damaging a slightly thick card body such as an IC card wrapped with a transparent film, and to simplify a large number of card bodies. In addition, it can be loaded and stored in a short time, and management convenience can be achieved.

1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a card body dispensing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing a part of the internal configuration of the apparatus. It is a figure which shows the state which removed the cassette from the apparatus of. It is the perspective view which showed the structure of the cassette and the lift means schematically. It is a figure which shows the structure of the principal part of the lift drive mechanism which comprises a lift means. It is the side view which showed schematically the structure of the suction means and the sending-out means.

Explanation of symbols

C ... Card body 100 ... Card body dispensing device 110 ... Flexible rack 112 ... Lift motor 126 ... Lift frame 128 ... Groove 130 ... Cassette 140 ... Movable base 142a, 142b ... Shaft 150 ... Pinion gear 152 ... Pressing roller

Claims (3)

A cassette for stacking and storing a plurality of card bodies;
Lift means for transferring the plurality of card bodies in the cassette upward;
A suction means having an opening for adsorbing the uppermost card body among the plurality of card bodies transferred by the lift means;
A card body dispensing device comprising: a card body sucked by the suction means; and a feeding means for feeding the card body in a dispensing direction against the suction force, wherein the cassette is detachable from the lift means.
The delivery means includes a tire that contacts the upper surface of the card body adsorbed by the suction means and moves the card body toward the payout port, and the card body that has been moved by the tire from the upper surface and the lower surface. A first roller and a second roller that are sandwiched and delivered to the payout port; and a third roller that contacts the second roller and contacts the lower surface of the card body when the card body is moved toward the payout port. A card body dispensing device comprising: a roller; and means for rotationally driving the tire and the first roller in the same direction. 2. The card body dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a switch for stopping the suction operation of the suction means when the card body to be dispensed is sandwiched between the first and second rollers. . The card body dispensing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the suction means is a fan device.

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