JP5341948B2 - Card inspection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a card inspection apparatus that inspects a card body.

  A card inspection apparatus can be considered as an apparatus for inspecting a card body.

  In this card inspection apparatus, a method is conceivable in which the card body is transported from the upstream side to the downstream side, and processing is performed on the card body at various points therebetween.

  However, in such a card inspection device, the overall length of the device depends on the total length of the transport path.

  For this reason, there existed a problem that the length dimension of an apparatus cannot be made shorter than the full length of the said conveyance path | route.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card inspection apparatus capable of reducing the size of the apparatus.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the card inspection apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is a card inspection apparatus in which inspection is performed in a process of transporting a card body from the upstream side to the downstream side, from the upstream side to the downstream side. While the conveyance path of the card body conveyed to the side is set to be inclined , an inspection unit for inspecting the card body is provided in the conveyance path , and the direction of the card body conveyed to the inspection unit is inspected In addition to providing a direction inspection function, a reversing mechanism having a front / back reversing function for reversing the front and back of the card body and a front / rear reversing function for reversing the front / rear of the card body is provided downstream of the inspection section.

  That is, in an apparatus for inspecting a card body, a processing unit is set on a transport path along which the card body is transported, and processing such as inspection is performed by the processing unit.

  At this time, a general apparatus in which the transport path is set horizontally has a length corresponding to the entire length of the transport path.

  Therefore, in the present invention, the length of the apparatus main body is shortened by setting the transport path to be inclined.

In addition , an inspection unit for inspecting the card body is provided in the transport path, and this inspection unit has a direction inspection function for inspecting the orientation of the card body in addition to the card body inspection function. .

  Thereby, in the said test | inspection part, the test | inspection of a card body and the test | inspection of the direction of a card body are performed.

Further , a reversing mechanism is provided downstream of the inspection unit, and the reversing mechanism has a front / back reversing function for reversing the front and back of the card body and a front / rear reversing function for reversing the front / back of the card body. ing.

  For this reason, when the inspection unit detects that the card body to be conveyed is upside down, the front and back are reversed by the reversing mechanism of the reversing mechanism and returned to a normal state. Further, when the inspection unit detects that the card body to be conveyed is upside down, the front and rear reversing function of the reversing mechanism reverses the front and back to return to a normal state.

  Further, in the inspection unit, when it is detected that the card body to be conveyed is upside down and the front and back are upside down, the front and back reversing function and the front and back reversing function of the reversing mechanism The front and back are reversed and the normal state is restored.

Further, in the card inspection device according to claim 2, provided with the normal card discharge unit for discharging the normal card it is determined to be normal, and an abnormality card discharge unit for discharging the abnormal card is determined to be abnormal, the test result Accordingly, the reversing mechanism is provided with a selective discharge function for selectively discharging the card body to the normal card discharge unit or the abnormal card discharge unit.

  That is, the card inspection apparatus is provided with a normal card discharge unit that discharges a normal card and an abnormal card discharge unit that discharges an abnormal card, and the reversing mechanism removes the card body from the normal card discharge unit or A selective discharge function for selectively discharging to the abnormal card discharge unit is provided.

  For this reason, according to the inspection result inspecting whether the card body is normal, the conveyed card body is sorted into a normal card or an abnormal card by the selective discharge function of the reversing mechanism, and the normal card It is discharged to the discharge section or the abnormal card discharge section.

  As described above, in the card inspection apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the conveyance path through which the card body is conveyed is set to be inclined, thereby comparing with a general apparatus in which the conveyance path is set horizontally. Thus, the length of the device can be suppressed.

  As a result, even when the transport path becomes longer as the number of processing steps increases, the length of the apparatus can be suppressed, and the apparatus can be downsized. Therefore, space saving of the installation place can be achieved.

Also, a test unit for inspecting card body is provided in the conveyance path, the measurement part, in addition to the inspection function of the card body, and a direction checking function for checking the orientation of the card body.

  Thereby, in the said test | inspection part, the test | inspection of a card body and the test | inspection of the direction of a card body can be performed simultaneously.

  For this reason, in addition to the inspection unit having the inspection function, the direction inspection unit having the direction inspection function can be suppressed as compared with the case where the direction is provided on the conveyance route, The length dimension of the apparatus can be suppressed.

  Thereby, size reduction of an apparatus and space saving of an installation place can be achieved.

Further, reverse mechanism provided downstream of the front Symbol inspection unit is provided with a reversing function for reversing the front and back of the card body, and an inverting function before and after inverting the front and back of the card body.

  For this reason, when it is detected in the inspection unit that the card body to be conveyed is upside down, the front and back are reversed by the front and back reversing function of the reversing mechanism and returned to a normal state. . In addition, when the inspection unit detects that the card body being conveyed is upside down, the front and back reversing function of the reversing mechanism can reverse the front and back to return to a normal state.

  Further, in the inspection unit, when it is detected that the front and back of the card body to be conveyed is upside down and the front and back are upside down, the front and back and front and back are moved by the front and back reversing function and the front and back reversing function of the reversing mechanism By reversing, the normal state can be restored.

  As a result, even when front and back or front and back cards are mixed, it is possible to discharge all the cards in an aligned state.

  The reversing mechanism includes the front / back reversing function and the front / rear reversing function. For this reason, compared with the case where the mechanism having the front / back reversing function and the mechanism having the front / reverse reversing function are provided on the transport path, the total length of the transport path can be suppressed, and the length of the apparatus is reduced. Dimensions can be reduced.

  Thereby, size reduction of an apparatus and space saving of an installation place can be achieved.

In the card inspection device according to claim 2 , a normal card discharge unit that discharges a normal card and an abnormal card discharge unit that discharges an abnormal card are provided, and the reversing mechanism includes the card body. A selective discharge function for selectively discharging to the normal card discharge unit or the abnormal card discharge unit is provided.

  For this reason, according to the inspection result inspecting whether or not the card body is normal, the card body is sorted as a normal card or an abnormal card by the selective discharge function of the reversing mechanism, and the normal card discharge unit Or it can discharge | emit to the said abnormal card discharge part.

  Thereby, post-processing is facilitated, and convenience can be improved.

  At this time, the sorting is performed by the reversing mechanism that reverses the card body. Therefore, the reversing mechanism can be used effectively, and the total length of the transport path can be suppressed and the length of the apparatus can be suppressed as compared with the case where a sorting mechanism that performs sorting is provided in addition to the reversing mechanism. it can.

  Thereby, size reduction of an apparatus and space saving of an installation place can be achieved.

It is a transparent figure which shows the side surface of one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the test | inspection part of the embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that an abnormality card | curd is test | inspected in the test | inspection part of the embodiment. It is sectional drawing along the AA line of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the inversion mechanism of the embodiment. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows a non-inversion state, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows an inversion state. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that a normal card | curd is discharged | emitted, (b) is an explanatory view which shows a mode that an abnormal card | curd is discharged | emitted.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a card inspection apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. The card inspection apparatus 1 performs an inspection in a process of transporting a card body 2 containing a resin RFID chip from an upstream side to a downstream side. It is a device to inspect.

  The card inspection apparatus 1 includes an apparatus main body 11, and the apparatus main body 11 is provided with leg portions 12,. A pair of leg portions 12 and 12 disposed on the base end side on the right side of the apparatus main body 11 in the drawing is configured to be fixed up and down in a predetermined position, and beside the leg portions 12 and 12. Are provided with casters 13 and 13.

  The top surface of the apparatus main body 11 is configured to be lowered from the proximal end side toward the distal end side, and the card body 2 to be inspected is configured to be conveyed from the proximal end side to the distal end side. ing. Thereby, the conveyance path 21 of the card body 2 is set so as to become lower from the upstream side toward the downstream side, and the conveyance path 21 of the card body 2 is configured to be inclined with respect to a horizontal line. Yes.

  A card supply unit 31 is provided in the uppermost stream on the base end side of the apparatus body 11, and the card supply unit 31 can exchange a cartridge 32 containing a plurality of card bodies 2,. It is configured to be attached. The card supply unit 31 includes rollers 33, 33 for supplying the card bodies 2,... In the cartridge 32. The rollers 33, 33 are controlled to rotate by a supply motor 34. It is configured. The supply motor 34 is configured to be controlled by a control device (not shown), and can supply the card bodies 2 in the cartridge 32 to the downstream side one by one based on a control signal from the control device. It is configured as follows.

  On the downstream side of the card supply unit 31, an inspection unit 41 for temporarily stopping the card body 2 is provided. In the inspection unit 41, as shown in FIG. 3, a function for inspecting the appearance of the card body 2 as shown in FIG. 3, and a communication state with the RFID chip 45 built in the card body 2 as shown in FIG. And a function for inspecting.

  Here, the card body 2 has a front end left corner cut obliquely and is provided with a cut portion 52. Thereby, the said card body 2 is comprised so that the front surface 53, the back surface 54, the front end 55, and the rear end 56 can be distinguished.

  The direction inspection function of the inspection unit 41 is realized by the first to fourth optical sensors 61 to 64. Each of the optical sensors 61 to 64 is formed in a U-shape, and is configured so that the card body 2 can be inserted therebetween. Each of the optical sensors 61 to 64 is provided with a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion facing each other. The light receiving state in which the light from the light emitting portion is received by the light receiving portion and the light from the light emitting portion are blocked. A non-light receiving state in which the light receiving unit cannot receive light can be detected.

  The first optical sensor 61 is disposed on the downstream left side with respect to the conveyance direction 71 of the card body 2 so that the state of the left front corner 81 of the card body 2 to be inspected by the inspection unit 41 can be detected. It is configured. The second optical sensor 62 is disposed on the downstream right side and is configured to detect the state of the right front corner 82 of the card body 2. The third light sensor 63 is disposed on the upstream left side and is configured to detect the state of the left rear corner 83 of the card body 2. The fourth light sensor 64 is arranged on the upstream right side and is configured to detect the state of the right rear corner portion 84 of the card body 2.

  Thereby, when light reception is detected by the first light sensor 61 that detects the state of the left front corner portion 81 of the card body 2 and light reception is not detected by the second to fourth light sensors 62 to 64, It can be detected that the inspected card body 2 is in a normal state facing the front surface.

  In addition, light reception is detected by the third light sensor 63 that detects the state of the left rear corner 83 of the card body 2, and light reception is detected by the first, second, and fourth light sensors 61, 62, 64. If not, it can be detected that the inspected card body 2 is facing backward on the back surface, and it can be detected that the card body 2 is set in the reverse direction.

  Further, the second light sensor 62 that detects the state of the right front corner 82 of the card body 2 detects light reception, and the first, third, and fourth light sensors 61, 63, and 64 do not detect light reception. In this case, it can be detected that the inspected card body 2 is the front-facing front side, the light reception is detected by the fourth light sensor 64 that detects the state of the right rear corner portion 84 of the card body 2, and the first When no light is detected by the third light sensors 61 to 63, it can be detected that the inspected card body 2 is facing the rear surface.

  In these cases, since the notch 52 is formed in any one of the corners 81 to 84 of the card body 2, the card body 2 is inspected to be a normal card having no problem in appearance. it can.

  On the other hand, when light reception is detected by a plurality of optical sensors, the first optical sensor that detects the state of the left front corner 81 of the card body 2 as shown in FIG. 61 and the third light sensor 63 that detects the state of the left rear corner 83, the left front corner 81 or the left rear corner 83 of the card body 2 is missing. It is configured so that it can be inspected that the card has an abnormality in appearance.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the inspection unit 41 includes an HF antenna 101 disposed on the upper side of the card body 2 to be temporarily stopped and a UHF antenna 102 disposed on the lower side of the card body 2. Both antennas 101 and 102 realize the communication inspection function for inspecting the communication state with the RFID chip 45 built in the card body 2. Each antenna 101, 102 is connected to the control device via shielded wires 103, 103, and data exchanged between the control device and the RFID chip 45 is transmitted via the antenna 101, 102. It is configured to be able to send and receive.

  That is, the control device transmits, for example, a write command and write data on an HF band radio wave from the HF antenna 101 to the RFID chip 45 built in the card body 2. At this time, if the RFID chip 45 is in the HF band, the RFID chip 45 writes the write data in the built-in memory according to the command. Next, the control device transmits, for example, a read command on the HF band radio wave from the HF antenna 101 to the RFID chip 45. Then, since the RFID chip 45 outputs the data stored in the built-in memory, the control device receives this via the HF antenna 101 and collates the write data and the read data. From this result, it is determined whether the RFID chip 45 is of the HF band and whether it is a readable / writable normal product.

  At this time, the control device simultaneously transmits, for example, a write command and write data on the UHF band radio wave from the UHF antenna 102 to the RFID chip 45 built in the card body 2. At this time, if the RFID chip 45 is in the UHF band, the RFID chip 45 writes the write data in the built-in memory according to the command. Next, the control device transmits, for example, a read command to the RFID chip 45 from the UHF antenna 102 on a UHF band radio wave. Then, since the RFID chip 45 outputs the data stored in the built-in memory, the control device receives this via the UHF antenna 102 and collates the write data and the read data. From this result, it is determined whether or not the RFID chip 45 is of the UHF band and whether or not it is a readable / writable normal product.

  Thereby, the said inspection part 41 which inspects the said card body 2 is provided in the conveyance path | route 21 of the said card body 2, and the direction inspection which inspects the direction of the said card body 2 in the said inspection part 41 is provided. A functional abnormality inspection function for inspecting an abnormality in the appearance of the card body 2, and an RFID chip inspection function for inspecting the type and communication state of the RFID chip 45 built in the card body 2. It is configured to be

  As shown in FIG. 1, a reversing mechanism 111 is provided on the downstream side of the inspection unit 41, and the card body 2 supplied from the upstream side can be reversed and discharged downstream by the reversing mechanism 111. It is configured as follows.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a left support wall 121 and a right support wall 122 are provided on both sides of the apparatus body 11, and a front / back reversing part 123 is provided between the support walls 121 and 122. It has been. The front / back reversing portion 123 is rotatably supported by a left rotation shaft 124 rotatably provided on the left support wall 121 and a right rotation shaft 125 rotatably supported on the right support wall 122. ing.

  A driven pulley 131 is provided at the tip of the left rotating shaft 124 that extends through the left support wall 121, and the driven pulley 131 is connected to a drive pulley 133 via a belt 132. Yes. The drive pulley 133 is connected to an output shaft of a front / back reversing motor 134 provided in the apparatus main body 11, and the front / back reversing motor 123 rotates the front / back reversing portion 123 by the two rotating shafts 124, 125. It is configured to be rotatable about a central axis 135.

  The left rotation shaft 124 is provided with an inversion angle detection plate 141, and the inversion angle detection plate 141 is configured such that a rotation position is detected by a rotation sensor 142. The rotation sensor 142 is connected to the control device, and the control device is configured to detect the rotation angle of the front / back reversing unit 123 from the detection state of the rotation sensor 142.

  The front / back reversing part 123 includes a left side wall 151 supported by the left rotation shaft 124, a right side wall 152 supported by the right rotation shaft 125, and a bottom surface 153 connecting the lower edges of both side walls 151, 152. The upper wall 154 is formed in a square shape with the top surface 154 connecting the upper edges of the side walls 151 and 152. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, flanges 155 and 155 bent upward are formed on the front and rear edges of the top surface 154, and between the flanges 155 and 155, A weight attaching portion 157 to which a weight 156 for adjusting the balance between the bottom surface 153 side and the top surface 154 side with respect to the rotation center axis 135 is set. The weight attaching portion 157 is configured by a bolt insertion hole. The weight attaching portion 157 is fixed to the weight 156 with a plate shape by a bolt inserted into the bolt insertion hole, and the rotation center shaft 135 is attached to the weight attaching portion 157. It is set so that the balance between the bottom surface 153 side and the top surface 154 side as a boundary is balanced.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a front / rear rotating portion 161 is provided at the center of the bottom surface 153. The front / rear rotating part 161 includes a rotating stage 163 driven by a front / rear rotating motor 162, and a base 164 of the rotating stage 163 is fixed to the bottom surface 153. A rotation angle detection plate 166 is provided on the stage 165 of the rotation stage 163, and the rotation position of the rotation angle detection plate 166 is detected by an angle sensor 167 provided on the base 164. It is configured. The angle sensor 167 is connected to the control device, and the control device is configured to detect the rotation angle of the stage 165 from the detection state of the angle sensor 167.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a disc-shaped rotating plate 171 is fixed to the stage 165, and the rotating plate 171 is provided with the card holding portion 172 that holds the card body 2. It has been.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the rotary plate 171 is provided with a left L-shaped bracket 181 and a right L-shaped bracket 182 facing each other. The card body 2 extends along the transport direction 71. A pair of shaft portions 183 and 183 are bridged at both ends between the L-shaped brackets 181 and 182, and rubber upper rollers 184 and 184 are provided at the central portions of the shaft portions 183 and 183. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 4, a conveyance motor 191 is disposed on a side portion of the right L-shaped bracket 182, and an output shaft of the conveyance motor 191 is upstream of the right L-shaped bracket 182. It is connected to the shaft portion 183 on the side.

  A rectangular opening 201 is formed at the center of the rotating plate 171, and a shaft 203 having a rubber lower roller 202 is also bridged to the opening 201. As a result, the card body 2 that is supplied between the L-shaped brackets 181 and 182 from the upstream and conveyed along the rotating plate 171 is the upper portions provided on the L-shaped brackets 181 and 182. The rollers 184 and 184 and the lower roller 202 provided on the rotating plate 171 are configured to be held from above and below, and the upper roller 184 is rotated by the transport motor 191. The card body 2 held between the rollers 184, 184 and 202 can be conveyed downstream.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the extending direction of the rotation center shaft 135 for rotating the card holding portion 172 to reverse the front and back of the card body 2 held by the card holding portion 172 is as shown in FIGS. It extends along the card body 2 held by the card holding portion 172, and is set in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction 71 of the card body 2, as shown in FIGS. 6 (a) to (b). As described above, by rotating the card holding portion 172 together with the front and back reversing portion 123, the front and back of the card body 2 held by the card holding portion 172 is reversed with the rotation of the card holding portion 172. It is configured so that it can be discharged downstream.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the position of the rotation center shaft 135 in the thickness direction of the card body 2 at the card holding position 211 held by the card holding portion 172 is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 6, the card holding position 211 of the card body 2 held by the card holding part 172, that is, the center 212 of the card body 2 held by the card holding part 172 is matched. As shown in (a) of FIG. 6, in the non-inverted state 213 in which the front / back reversing part 123 is not rotated, and in the inverted state 214 in which the front / back reversing part 123 is rotated as shown in FIG. The card body 2 discharged from the card holding portion 172 is configured to be discharged from the same height position.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, the rotation center 221 of the front / rear rotating part 161 is configured to extend in a direction orthogonal to the card body 2 held by the card holding part 172, By rotating the front-rear rotating part 161, the front and rear of the card body 2 held by the card holding part 172 can be reversed and discharged.

  Accordingly, the reversing mechanism 111 has a front / back reversing function for reversing the front and back of the card body 2 and a front / rear reversing function for reversing the front / rear of the card body 2.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a sending mechanism 231 for sending the card body 2 supplied from the turning mechanism 111 to the downstream side is provided on the downstream side of the turning mechanism 111. The inspection unit 41 determines that the card is normal, and the reversing mechanism 111 sends a normal card whose front and back and front and rear directions are aligned in a certain direction to the downstream side.

  The delivery mechanism 231 is composed of sandwiching rollers 241 and 241 that sandwich the card body 2 from above and below, and a delivery motor (not shown) that rotates the sandwiching rollers 241 and 241. Connected to the control unit. Thus, the card body 2 sandwiched between the sandwiching rollers 241 and 241 can be sent downstream by rotating the sandwiching rollers 241 and 241 in accordance with a control signal from the control device. .

  Further, a discharge rail 251 for discharging the card body 2 is provided at a portion of the apparatus main body 11 located below the delivery mechanism 231 as shown in FIG. The discharge rail 251 is disposed so as to incline downward from the base end side of the apparatus main body 11 toward the front end side. The base end of the discharge rail 251 passes the front / back reversing portion 123 of the reversing mechanism 111 to a predetermined level. The card body 2 is configured to be positioned at the front end side of the card body 2 held by the card holding part 172 in a state of being rotated at the discharge angle 252.

  Accordingly, the upper roller 184 and the lower roller 202 are rotated by rotating the upper roller 184 by the transport motor 191 with the front / back reversing portion 123 rotated to the discharge angle 252 (see FIG. 4). The card body 2 sandwiched between the two can be sent to the discharge rail 251.

  A normal card discharge unit 261 for discharging the normal card 265 is provided on the downstream side of the sending mechanism 231, and the normal card stocker 262 is set to be replaceable in the normal card discharge unit 261. . The normal card stocker 262 is formed in a rectangular container shape, and is configured so that the card body 2 delivered from the delivery mechanism 231 can be accommodated inside through the upper surface opening.

  An abnormal card discharge unit 271 for discharging the abnormal card 275 is provided below the normal card discharge unit 261. The abnormal card discharge unit 271 is set so that the abnormal card stocker 272 can be replaced. Has been. The abnormal card stocker 272 is formed in a rectangular container shape having a height lower than that of the normal card stocker 262, and accommodates the card body 2 that has been slid down along the discharge rail 251 through the upper surface opening. It is configured to be able to.

  As a result, the control unit drives the front / rear rotation motor 162 of the reversing mechanism 111 according to the inspection result of the inspection unit 41 to control the rotation angle of the rotation stage 163, so that the rotation stage 163 The rotation direction of the supported card holding portion 172 is controlled within a range of 180 degrees, and the rotation position of the front / back reversing motor 134 is controlled, whereby the sending side end portion of the card holding portion 172 is moved to the sending mechanism. It is configured so that a state toward the inlet 231 or a state toward the discharge rail 251 can be formed.

  Specifically, by rotating the front / rear rotating part 161 or the front / back reversing part 123, or both 161, 123 according to the orientation of the card body 2 inspected by the orientation inspection function of the inspection part 41, The card body 2 held by the card holding part 172 is turned face up, and the sending side end of the card holding part 172 is directed to the sending mechanism 231 or the discharge rail 251.

  If no abnormality is found in the appearance abnormality inspection function and the RFID chip inspection function of the inspection unit 41, the control unit determines that the card body 2 held in the card holding unit 172 is a normal card 265. By rotating the front / back reversing unit 123 at an angle in which the sending side end of the card holding part 172 is aligned with the entrance of the sending mechanism 231, the card body 2 is moved through the sending mechanism 231 to the normal card. The normal card stocker 262 set in the discharge unit 261 can be accommodated.

  When an abnormality is detected by the appearance abnormality inspection function or the RFID chip inspection function of the inspection unit 41, the control unit determines that the card body 2 held in the card holding unit 172 is an abnormality card 275. The card body 2 is moved to the discharge angle 252 by turning the sending end of the card holding portion 172 to the discharge rail 251, that is, by rotating the front / back reversing portion 123 to the discharge angle 252. It is configured to be accommodated in the abnormal card stocker 272 set to 1.

  Thus, the reversing mechanism 111 has a selective discharge function for selectively discharging the card body 2 to the normal card discharge unit 261 or the abnormal card discharge unit 271 according to the inspection result by the inspection unit 41. Yes.

  In the present embodiment according to the above configuration, the card inspection apparatus 1 is configured such that the conveyance path 21 of the card body 2 is inclined and is compared with a general apparatus in which the conveyance path 21 is set horizontally. As shown in FIG. 1, the total length 301 of the card inspection apparatus 1 can be made shorter than the transport path length 302 indicating the total length of the transport path 21.

  Thereby, even when the conveyance path 21 becomes longer as the number of processing steps increases, the overall length 301 of the apparatus main body 11 can be suppressed, and the apparatus can be downsized. Therefore, space saving of the installation place can be achieved.

  In addition, an inspection unit 41 that inspects the card body 2 is provided in the transport path 21, and the inspection unit 41 in addition to the card body 2 inspection function inspects the orientation of the card body 2. It has a function.

  Thereby, in the said test | inspection part 41, the test | inspection of the card body 2 and the test | inspection of the direction of the card body 2 can be performed simultaneously.

  For this reason, in addition to the inspection unit 41 having the inspection function, the direction inspection unit having the direction inspection function is compared with the case of providing the other part on the conveyance path 21 in the conveyance path 21. The overall length can be reduced, and the overall length 301 of the apparatus can be reduced.

  Thereby, size reduction of an apparatus and space saving of an installation place can be achieved.

  Further, the reversing mechanism 111 provided downstream of the inspection unit 41 has a front / back reversing function for reversing the front and back of the card body 2 and a front / rear reversing function for reversing the front and back of the card body 2.

  For this reason, when the inspection unit 41 detects that the card body 2 to be conveyed is upside down, the reversing mechanism 111 reverses the front and back and returns it to a normal state. be able to. Further, when the inspection unit 41 detects that the card body 2 to be conveyed is upside down, the front and rear reversing function of the reversing mechanism 111 reverses the front and back to return to a normal state. Can do.

  Furthermore, when the inspection unit 41 detects that the card body 2 to be conveyed is upside down and upside down, the reversing mechanism 111 has the front and back reversing function and the front and back reversing function. And it can return to a normal state by reversing front and back.

  As a result, even if the cards 32 of the card supply unit 31 are mixed upside down or upside down, all the cards can be discharged in an aligned state.

  The reversing mechanism 111 has the front / back reversing function and the front / rear reversing function. For this reason, the conveyance path length 302 of the conveyance path 21 can be suppressed as compared with the case where the mechanism having the front / back reversal function and the mechanism having the front / reverse reversal function are provided on the conveyance path 21. The overall length 301 of the device can be suppressed.

  Thereby, size reduction of an apparatus and space saving of an installation place can be achieved.

  In this card inspection apparatus 1, a normal card stocker 262 is replaceably set in a normal card discharge unit 261 that discharges a normal card 265, and an abnormal card stocker 272 is inserted in an abnormal card discharge unit 271 that discharges an abnormal card 275. Is set to be replaceable. The reversing mechanism 111 includes a selective discharge function for selectively discharging the card body 2 to the normal card stocker 262 of the normal card discharge unit 261 or the abnormal card stocker 272 of the abnormal card discharge unit 271. Yes.

  For this reason, according to the inspection result inspecting whether or not the card body 2 is normal, the card body 2 is sorted as a normal card 265 or an abnormal card 275 by the selective discharge function of the reversing mechanism 111, The normal card discharge unit 261 or the abnormal card discharge unit 271 can be discharged.

  Thereby, post-processing is facilitated, and convenience can be improved.

  At this time, the sorting is performed by the reversing mechanism 111 that reverses the card body 2. Therefore, the reversing mechanism 111 can be used effectively, and the transport path length 302 of the transport path 21 can be suppressed as compared with the case where a sorting mechanism that performs sorting in addition to the reversing mechanism 111 is provided. The total length 301 can be suppressed.

  Thereby, further downsizing of the apparatus and space saving of the installation place can be achieved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card inspection apparatus 2 Card body 21 Conveyance path 41 Inspection part 111 Inversion mechanism 261 Normal card discharge part 265 Normal card 271 Abnormal card discharge part 275 Abnormal card 301 Total length 302 Conveyance path length

Claims (2)

A card inspection device in which inspection is performed in a process of transporting the card body from the upstream side to the downstream side,
While tilting and setting the transport path of the card body transported from the upstream side to the downstream side ,
An inspection unit for inspecting the card body is provided in the transport path, and a direction inspection function for inspecting the orientation of the card body transported to the inspection unit is provided.
A card inspection apparatus comprising a reversing mechanism having a front / back reversing function for reversing the front and back of the card body and a front / rear reversing function for reversing the front / rear of the card body . A normal card discharge unit for discharging normal cards determined to be normal and an abnormal card discharge unit for discharging abnormal cards determined to be abnormal are provided.
Inspection result card inspection system of claim 1, wherein the selective discharge function of the selectively discharged to the normal card discharge unit or the abnormality card discharge section of the card body is provided in the reversing mechanism in accordance with.

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