JP6745182B2 - Card processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a card processing device having a card printing function.

Conventionally, a printing device that prints on a card is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The printing device described in Patent Document 1 includes an ink ribbon cartridge and a main body part to which the ink ribbon cartridge is detachably attached. This printing device also includes a card transport mechanism that transports a card, a thermal head that heats the ink ribbon to transfer the ink of the ink ribbon to the card and prints, a platen roller disposed below the thermal head, and a thermal head. A head moving mechanism for moving the head in the vertical direction and a ribbon feeding mechanism for feeding an ink ribbon are provided. The card transport mechanism includes a plurality of transport rollers and a plurality of pad rollers arranged to face each of the plurality of transport rollers. The pad roller is biased toward the transport roller.

In the printing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, when the card is printed, the thermal head descends and contacts the upper surface of the card via the ink ribbon. At this time, the card is sandwiched between the thermal head and the platen roller, and the card is mainly conveyed by the platen roller. On the other hand, when the card is not printed, the thermal head is raised. When the card is conveyed when the card is not printed, the card is mainly conveyed by the conveying roller and the pad roller.

In the printing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the card carrying load is large when the thermal head is lowered to print the card, but the card carrying load is not large when the thermal head is raised. .. When the thermal head descends to print a card, the card is mainly conveyed by the platen roller. Therefore, in the printing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the card-carrying forces of the card-carrying roller and the pad roller that mainly carry the card when the thermal head is raised need not be large. Therefore, in this type of printing apparatus, generally, the biasing force of the pad roller biased toward the transport roller is set to be small. That is, in this type of printing apparatus, the pad pressure of the pad roller is set low.

In addition, in this type of printing apparatus, since the pad pressure of the pad roller is generally set to a low level, when the thermal head is printing on the card while the card is being transported, the gap between the transport roller and the pad roller is reduced. Even if the end portion of the card rushes in or the end portion of the card comes out between the conveyance roller and the pad roller, the fluctuation amount of the conveyance speed of the card is small. Therefore, in this type of printing apparatus, when the card is being printed by the thermal head while the card is being conveyed, the end of the card may protrude between the conveying roller and the pad roller, or the conveying roller and the pad roller may Even if the edge of the card is pulled out from between, it is possible to suppress deterioration of the print quality of the card.

In addition, conventionally, a card issuing device that issues a card is known (for example, see Patent Document 2). The card issuing device described in Patent Document 2 stores a card reader for reading data recorded on the card and recording data on the card, a card cassette for accommodating cards before issuance and a card cassette for accommodating the cards before issuance. It is provided with a card stacker having a card sending mechanism for sending the created card to a card reader, and a card collecting unit for collecting unnecessary cards.

JP, 2014-104745, A JP, 2005-161991, A

The inventor of the present application is studying the structure of a card processing device having a predetermined function in addition to the printing function of the printing device described in Patent Document 1. For example, the inventor of the present application has found that in addition to the printing function of the printing apparatus described in Patent Document 1, the function of the card reader described in Patent Document 2 (that is, the reading function of data recorded on a card and the recording mechanism of data on a card ) Is considered. In order to configure such a card processing device, the printing device described in Patent Document 1 and the card reader described in Patent Document 2 may be combined. However, a simple combination of the printing device described in Patent Document 1 and the card reader described in Patent Document 2 may increase the size of the card processing device.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to print a card in a card processing device having a predetermined function such as a function of reading data recorded on the card and a function of recording data on the card in addition to the card printing function. An object of the present invention is to provide a card processing device that can be miniaturized while ensuring quality.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a card processing device of the present invention comprises a first roller and a second roller arranged to face the first roller, and a card is sandwiched between the first roller and the second roller. A pair of transport rollers for transporting the card in a state and a thermal head for heating the ink ribbon to transfer the ink of the ink ribbon to the card for printing are provided, and the transport direction of the card transported by the transport roller pair is the first direction. And the thickness direction of the card transported by the transport roller pair is the second direction, and the direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is the third direction , the thermal head is moved in the second direction. a moving mechanism, Rutotomoni includes a platen roller for conveying the card in the first direction during printing of the card by at least a thermal head is disposed opposite to the thermal head in the second direction, and a roller retraction mechanism for retracting the second roller, the transport The roller pair includes a first conveying roller pair arranged on one side of the thermal head in the first direction and a second conveying roller pair arranged on the other side of the thermal head in the first direction . The distance between the center of the thermal head and the center of the conveying roller pair in the direction is shorter than the length of the card conveyed by the conveying roller pair in the first direction, and the head moving mechanism holds the thermal head. A member and a drive source for moving the head holding member in the second direction, between a print position where the thermal head approaches the platen roller and prints on the card, and a head retracted position where the thermal head separates from the platen roller. in moving the thermal head, roller retracting mechanism comprises a roller support member for rotatably supporting the second roller, the thermal head is moved to the printing position, the second roller to the roller retracted positions away from the first roller The two rollers are retracted, and the roller support member has a first support member position where the second roller is arranged at a roller contact position where the second roller contacts the first roller and a second roller is arranged at the roller retract position. The roller retracting mechanism is movable to and from the second support member position, and further includes a moving member for moving the roller support member in the first support member position to the second support member position, and a third moving member. And a lever member that is rotatable about the direction of rotation and that contacts the roller supporting member to move the roller supporting member at the first supporting member position to the second supporting member position, the moving member It is attached to the head holding member and contacts the lever member Then, by rotating the lever member, the roller support member at the first support member position is moved to the second support member position, and the roller retraction mechanism serves as the roller support member and the second roller of the first transport roller pair. A rotatably supporting first roller supporting member and a second roller supporting member that rotatably supports the second roller of the second conveying roller pair, and a first roller supporting member that moves the first roller supporting member as a lever member. A first lever member and a second lever member that moves the second roller support member are provided, and as the moving member, a first moving member that rotates the first lever member and a second lever member that rotates the second lever member. A moving member, wherein the first moving member is arranged on one side of the thermal head in the third direction, and the second moving member is arranged on the other side of the thermal head in the third direction. And
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the card processing device of the present invention comprises a first roller and a second roller arranged so as to face the first roller, and places a card between the first roller and the second roller. It is equipped with a transport roller pair that transports the card in a sandwiched state and a thermal head that heats the ink ribbon and transfers the ink of the ink ribbon to the card to print, and also determines the transport direction of the card transported by the transport roller pair. When the thickness direction of the card conveyed by the pair of conveyance rollers is the second direction and the direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is the third direction, the thermal head is moved in the second direction. A head moving mechanism, a platen roller that is arranged to face the thermal head in the second direction and that conveys the card in the first direction at least when the card is printed by the thermal head, and a roller retracting mechanism that retracts the second roller The roller pair includes a first conveying roller pair arranged on one side of the thermal head in the first direction and a second conveying roller pair arranged on the other side of the thermal head in the first direction. The distance between the center of the thermal head and the center of the conveying roller pair in the direction is shorter than the length of the card conveyed by the conveying roller pair in the first direction, and the head moving mechanism holds the thermal head. A member and a drive source for moving the head holding member in the second direction, between a print position where the thermal head approaches the platen roller and prints on the card, and a head retracted position where the thermal head separates from the platen roller. When the thermal head moves to the printing position, the second roller moves to the roller retracting position where the second roller moves away from the first roller. The two rollers are retracted, and the roller support member has a first support member position where the second roller is arranged at a roller contact position where the second roller contacts the first roller and a second roller is arranged at the roller retract position. The roller retracting mechanism is movable to and from the second support member position, and further includes a moving member for moving the roller support member in the first support member position to the second support member position, and a third moving member. And a lever member that is rotatable about the direction of the axis and that contacts the roller support member to move the roller support member at the first support member position to the second support member position. Lever member attached to the head holding member And the lever member is rotated to move the roller supporting member located at the first supporting member position to the second supporting member position, and the roller retracting mechanism serves as the roller supporting member for the first conveying roller pair. A first roller support member that rotatably supports the two rollers and a second roller support member that rotatably supports the second roller of the second transport roller pair are provided, and the first roller support member is moved as a lever member. A first lever member for moving the second roller support member, and a second moving member for rotating the first lever member and a second lever member for rotating the first lever member as moving members. A second moving member, the second roller of the first conveying roller pair is arranged so as to face the card conveying path from one side in the second direction, and the second roller of the second conveying roller pair is the second roller. The roller retraction mechanism is arranged so as to face the conveyance path from the other side in the direction, and the roller retraction mechanism retracts the second roller of the first conveyance roller pair to the one side in the second direction and also moves the second roller of the second conveyance roller pair. It is characterized by retracting to the other side in the second direction.

In the present invention, the card processing device includes, for example, a magnetic head that performs at least one of reading magnetic data recorded on the card and recording magnetic data on the card when the card is conveyed by the pair of conveying rollers. .. Further, in the present invention, for example, one of the first roller and the second roller is urged toward the other of the first roller and the second roller and a cleaning roller for removing dust on the surface of the card. Is.

In the card processing device of the present invention, when the thermal head moves to the printing position for printing on the card, the roller retracting mechanism retracts the second roller to the roller retracting position where the second roller is separated from the first roller. That is, according to the present invention, the card processing device reads the magnetic data recorded on the card or transfers the magnetic data to the card when the card is conveyed by the conveying roller pair including the first roller and the second roller. A magnetic head for recording is provided, and the first roller and the second roller are arranged in a direction in which the first roller and the second roller are in contact with each other in order to secure a card conveying force at the time of reading magnetic data and recording. The second roller is separated from the first roller when the card is printed even if it is biased by a relatively large biasing force. Further, in the present invention, for example, one of the first roller and the second roller is a cleaning roller that removes dust on the surface of the card, and in order to clean the surface of the card before printing, the first roller and the second roller Even when the first roller and the second roller are urged by a relatively large urging force in the direction in which the two rollers come into contact with each other, the second roller is separated from the first roller when the card is printed.

Therefore, in the present invention, the distance between the center of the thermal head and the center of the conveying roller pair in the first direction, which is the card conveying direction, is shorter than the length of the card conveyed by the conveying roller pair in the first direction. Also, when printing on a card, the end of the card rushes between the first roller and the second roller so that the end of the card abuts on the contact portion between the first roller and the second roller, It is possible to prevent the end portion of the card from coming off between the first roller and the second roller so that the card jumps out between the first roller and the second roller.

Therefore, in the present invention, even when the distance between the center of the thermal head and the center of the transport roller pair in the first direction is shorter than the length of the card in the first direction, the transport speed of the card when printing on the card is reduced. It is possible to suppress the fluctuation and ensure the print quality of the card. That is, in the present invention, in addition to the card printing function, for example, in a card processing device having a predetermined function such as a function of reading data recorded on the card, a function of recording data on the card or a function of cleaning the card, It is possible to reduce the size of the card processing device in the first direction by shortening the distance between the center of the thermal head and the center of the transport roller pair in the first direction while ensuring the printing quality of the card.

Further, in the present invention , the head moving mechanism includes a head holding member that holds the thermal head and a drive source that moves the head holding member in the second direction, and the roller retracting mechanism can rotate the second roller. A roller supporting member that supports the first roller, the roller supporting member includes a first supporting member position at which the second roller is arranged at a roller contact position where the second roller contacts the first roller, and a second roller at the roller retracting position. The roller withdrawal mechanism is movable with respect to the second supporting member position to be arranged, and further includes a moving member for moving the roller supporting member at the first supporting member position to the second supporting member position. The moving member is attached to the head holding member . Therefore , the drive source of the head moving mechanism and the drive source of the roller retracting mechanism can be a common drive source. Therefore, the configuration of the card processing device can be simplified. Further, the movement operation of the thermal head to the printing position and the retraction operation of the second roller to the roller retraction position can be surely interlocked.

Further, in the present invention , the card processing device is arranged as a conveyance roller pair on the first side of the thermal head on one side in the first direction and on the other side of the thermal head in the first direction. The second roller of the second transport roller pair includes a first roller support member that rotatably supports the second roller of the first transport roller pair as a roller support member. A second roller support member that rotatably supports the roller, and a lever member that includes a first lever member that moves the first roller support member and a second lever member that moves the second roller support member. The moving member includes a first moving member that turns the first lever member and a second moving member that turns the second lever member . Therefore , even if the transport roller pair is arranged on both sides of the thermal head in the first direction, the second roller of the first transport roller pair and the first roller of the second transport roller pair are relatively simple in structure. It becomes possible to evacuate.

Further, in the present invention, the first moving member is disposed on one side in the third direction than the thermal head, the second moving member is disposed on the other side in the third direction than the thermal head. Therefore , two moving members, that is, a first moving member that rotates the first lever member and a second moving member that rotates the second lever member, are arranged on one side of the thermal head in the third direction. It is easier to arrange the first lever member, the second lever member, the first moving member, and the second moving member than when the thermal head is arranged or on the other side of the thermal head in the third direction.

In the present invention, the card processing device includes, for example, a plurality of first transport roller pairs, and the first roller support member rotatably supports the second rollers of the plurality of first transport roller pairs.

As described above, in the present invention, in addition to the printing function of the card, for example, in the card processing device having a predetermined function such as a reading function of data recorded in the card and a recording function of data in the card, It is possible to downsize the card processing device while ensuring print quality.

It is a figure for demonstrating the schematic structure of the card processing apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention from a side surface. It is a perspective view of the card holding part shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the configuration related to the thermal head and the card transport mechanism shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the roller retracting mechanism shown in FIG. 3 from one side of a 3rd direction. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the roller retracting mechanism shown in FIG. 3 from the other side of a 3rd direction. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation of the card processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 during printing when issuing a card. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation of the card processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 during printing when issuing a card.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Overall structure of card processing device)
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of a card processing device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention from a side surface. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the card holder 43 shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a part of the configuration related to the thermal head 26 and the card transport mechanism 29 shown in FIG. Note that the X direction in FIG. 1 and the like is the front-back direction of the card processing device 1, the Z direction in FIG. 1 and the like is the vertical direction of the card processing device 1, and the Y direction in FIG. It is the left-right direction of the card processing device 1 orthogonal to the direction. The X1 direction side of the front-back direction is the front side of the card processing device 1, the opposite side X2 direction side is the back side of the card processing device 1, and the Y1 direction side of the left and right directions is The right side of the card processing apparatus 1 and the Y2 direction side opposite to the right side are the left side of the card processing apparatus 1.

The card processing device 1 of the present embodiment is a card issuing device for issuing a new card 2. Therefore, in the following, the card processing device 1 of this embodiment is referred to as a “card issuing device 1”. The card issuing device 1 is used, for example, mounted on an ATM (Automated Teller Machine). The card issuing device 1 is mounted on the ATM so that the front end side of the card issuing device 1 is arranged on the front side of the ATM.

The card issuing device 1 includes a card stack unit 3 for accommodating a new card 2 before issuance, and a card reader unit for performing at least one of reading data recorded on the card 2 and recording data on the card 2. 4, a printing unit 5 for printing on the card 2, a card reversing unit 6 for reversing the card 2 upside down, and two card collection boxes 7 and 8 for collecting the card 2.

The card 2 is, for example, a vinyl chloride card having a thickness of about 0.7 to 0.8 mm, and is formed in a substantially rectangular shape. On the surface of the card 2, for example, a magnetic stripe on which magnetic data is recorded is formed. Further, for example, an IC chip is built in the card 2. The card 2 may be a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) card having a thickness of about 0.18 to 0.36 mm, or a paper card having a predetermined thickness.

The card stack unit 3 includes a card housing portion 12 in which the cards 2 before issuance are stacked and accommodated, and a card delivery mechanism 13 for delivering the lowermost card 2 in the card housing portion 12. The card storage portion 12 includes a card cassette 14 in which the card 2 is stored, and a main body portion 15 to which the card cassette 14 is detachably attached. The card sending mechanism 13 is arranged below the card housing portion 12 and overlaps the card housing portion 12 in the vertical direction. The card delivery mechanism 13 includes, for example, a delivery claw (not shown) for engaging the lowermost card 2 in the card storage section 12 to deliver the card 2 to the outside of the card storage section 12, and a delivery claw. It is provided with a claw feeding mechanism (not shown) for moving the card, and feeds the card 2 accommodated in the card accommodating portion 12 toward the front side.

The card reader unit 4 includes magnetic heads 18 and 19 for reading magnetic data recorded on the card 2 and/or recording magnetic data on the card 2. When the card 2 is a contact type IC card, the card reader unit 4 includes an IC contact spring (not shown) that comes into contact with the external connection terminal of the IC chip of the card 2. When the card 2 is a non-contact type IC card, the card reader unit 4 includes an antenna (not shown) for contactless communication with the antenna of the card 2. At the front end of the card reader unit 4, an insertion/ejection port 4a for the card 2 is formed. The card reader unit 4 may not include the magnetic head 18 or the magnetic head 19.

The printing unit 5 heats the ink ribbon cartridge 25, which has a supply roll 23 around which the ink ribbon 22 is wound and a take-up roll 24 around which the ink ribbon 22 supplied from the supply roll 23 is wound, and the ink ribbon 22. A thermal head 26 that transfers the ink of the ink ribbon 22 onto the card 2 and prints it, a head moving mechanism 27 (see FIG. 3) that moves the thermal head 26 in the vertical direction, and an ink ribbon 22 from the supply roll 23 to the take-up roll 24. And a ribbon feeding mechanism (not shown) for feeding.

A transport path 28 for transporting the card 2 is formed inside the card reader unit 4 and the printing unit 5. In the transport path 28, the card 2 is transported in a state in which the longitudinal direction of the card 2 formed in a substantially rectangular shape and the front-back direction are substantially the same. The card reader unit 4 and the printing unit 5 include a card transport mechanism 29 that transports the card 2 through the transport path 28. The card transport mechanism 29 includes three drive rollers 30, 31, 32 forming a part of the card reader unit 4, a drive roller 33 and a platen roller 34 forming a part of the printing unit 5, The card 2 is conveyed in the front-back direction. A common drive source (specifically, a motor not shown) is connected to the drive rollers 30 to 33 and the platen roller 34 via a power transmission mechanism (not shown).

The drive rollers 30 to 32 are arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from the upper side. Further, the drive rollers 30 to 32 are arranged in this order from the front side to the rear side and at a predetermined interval from each other. Pad rollers 35, 36, and 37 are arranged to face the drive rollers 30 to 32, respectively. The pad rollers 35 to 37 are arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from below. Further, the pad rollers 35 to 37 are biased toward the drive rollers 30 to 32.

The drive roller 33 and the platen roller 34 are arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from below. The platen roller 34 is arranged behind the drive roller 32. The drive roller 33 is arranged behind the platen roller 34. A cleaning roller 38 for removing dust on the surface of the card 2 before printing is arranged opposite to the drive roller 33. The cleaning roller 38 is arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from the upper side. Further, the cleaning roller 38 is biased toward the drive roller 33. The platen roller 34 is arranged directly below the thermal head 26, and is arranged to face the thermal head 26 in the vertical direction.

The drive rollers 31 to 33 of this embodiment are the first rollers, and the pad rollers 36 and 37 and the cleaning roller 38 are the second rollers arranged to face the drive rollers 31 to 33 that are the first rollers. Further, in the present embodiment, the drive roller 31 and the pad roller 36 constitute a transport roller pair 40 that transports the card 2 with the card 2 sandwiched between the drive roller 31 and the pad roller 36. The pad roller 37 and the pad roller 37 form a conveying roller pair 41 that conveys the card 2 with the card 2 sandwiched between the driving roller 32 and the pad roller 37. The driving roller 33 and the cleaning roller 38 form the driving roller. A transport roller pair 42 that transports the card 2 with the card 2 sandwiched between 33 and the cleaning roller 38 is configured.

In addition, the front-rear direction (X direction) of the present embodiment is the first direction which is the transport direction of the card 2 transported by the transport roller pairs 40 to 42, and the vertical direction (Z direction) is the transport roller pair 40. Is a second direction which is the thickness direction of the card 2 conveyed by ~42, and the left-right direction (Y direction) is a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. Further, the transport roller pair 40, 41 of the present embodiment is a first transport roller pair arranged on the front side, which is one side in the first direction, with respect to the thermal head 26, and the transport roller pair 42 is provided by the thermal head 26. Is also the second pair of conveying rollers arranged on the rear side which is the other side in the first direction.

The magnetic head 18 is arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from the upper side, and the magnetic head 19 is arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from the lower side. Further, the magnetic heads 18 and 19 are arranged at the same positions as the drive roller 31 and the pad roller 36 in the front-rear direction. The magnetic heads 18 and 19 read the magnetic data recorded on the card 2 and record the magnetic data on the card 2 when the card 2 is conveyed by the card conveying mechanism 29. Specifically, the magnetic heads 18 and 19 read the magnetic data recorded on the card 2 and record the magnetic data on the card 2 when the card 2 is conveyed by the conveying roller pairs 40 and 41.

The thermal head 26 is arranged between the supply roll 23 and the winding roll 24 in the front-rear direction. The thermal head 26 can come into contact with the card 2 via the ink ribbon 22 from above. As shown in FIG. 3, the head moving mechanism 27 includes a head holding member 58 for holding the thermal head 26, a motor 59 as a drive source for moving the head holding member 58 in the vertical direction, and a power of the motor 59. And a power transmission mechanism 60 that transmits the power to the head holding member 58. The power transmission mechanism 60 is composed of a gear train, an eccentric cam, and the like. The motor 59 and the power transmission mechanism 60 are not shown in FIG.

The thermal head 26 is fixed to the lower end side of the head holding member 58. The head holding member 58 is biased upward by a spring member (not shown). When the motor 59 rotates, the thermal head 26 and the head holding member 58 move up and down along the cam surface of the eccentric cam of the power transmission mechanism 60. That is, the head moving mechanism 27 includes a print position 26A (see FIG. 7) where the thermal head 26 approaches the platen roller 34 and prints on the card 2 and a head retreat position 26B (where the thermal head 26 moves away from the platen roller 34 upward). (See FIG. 6), the thermal head 26 is moved.

The card reversing unit 6 includes a card holding portion 43 that temporarily holds the card 2 therein, and a card pull-in/feed-out mechanism that pulls the card 2 into the card holding portion 43 and feeds the card 2 from the card holding portion 43. 44 and a rotation mechanism 45 for rotating the card holding portion 43 with the left-right direction as the rotation axis direction. The card holding portion 43 is formed in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped block shape. The shape of the card holding portion 43 when viewed in the left-right direction is a substantially rectangular shape. The width of the card holder 43 in the longitudinal direction when viewed from the left and right is wider than the width (length) of the card 2 formed in a substantially rectangular shape in the longitudinal direction.

On one surface (one surface) 43a of the card holding portion 43 in the lateral direction of the card holding portion 43 when viewed from the left-right direction, a concave portion 43b recessed inward in the lateral direction of the card holding portion 43 is formed. Has been formed. The recess 43b is formed at the center of the one surface 43a of the card holder 43 in the longitudinal direction. The width of the recess 43b in the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 is thicker than the thickness of the card 2, and the width of the recess 43b in the left-right direction is the width of the card 2 formed in a substantially rectangular shape in the lateral direction ( (Width in the left-right direction).

The card holding portion 43 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 46. The support shaft 46 is arranged so that the axial direction of the support shaft 46 and the left-right direction match. Further, the support shaft 46 supports the central portion of the card holding portion 43 having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed from the left and right directions. A transport path 47 for transporting the card 2 is formed inside the card holder 43.

The transport path 47 is formed at the center position in the lateral direction of the card holding portion 43 having a substantially rectangular shape when viewed in the left-right direction, and is formed in a linear shape along the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43. There is. The transport path 47 is arranged at the same position as the transport path 28 in the left-right direction. Further, the transport path 47 is arranged at the same position as the card outlet of the card stack unit 3 in the left-right direction. The card 2 temporarily held inside the card holding portion 43 is arranged in the conveyance path 47 while being sandwiched between two drive rollers 48 and two pad rollers 49 described below. Has been done.

The card pull-in/feed-out mechanism 44 includes two drive rollers 48 arranged at both ends of the conveyance path 47, two pad rollers 49 arranged to face each of the two drive rollers 48, and a drive roller. A motor 50 that rotates the motor 48 and a power transmission mechanism 51 that transmits the power of the motor 50 to the drive roller 48 are provided, and the card 2 is conveyed in the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 when viewed from the left and right direction. The power transmission mechanism 51 includes a pulley, a belt, a gear train, and the like.

The drive roller 48 is arranged so as to face the transport path 47 from one side in the thickness direction of the card 2 passing through the transport path 47, and the pad roller 49 is the other in the thickness direction of the card 2 passing through the transport path 47. It is arranged so as to face the transport path 47 from the side. That is, the pad roller 49 is arranged so as to face the drive roller 48 in the lateral direction of the card holding portion 43 when viewed in the left-right direction. The pad roller 49 is biased toward the drive roller 48 by a spring member (not shown).

Further, the pad roller 49 is arranged on the one surface 43a side with respect to the drive roller 48 in the lateral direction of the card holding portion 43 when viewed from the left and right direction. As described above, the concave portion 43b is formed at the center of the one surface 43a in the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43. Further, as described above, the transport path 47 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43, and each of the two pad rollers 49 is disposed on each of both end sides of the transport path 47. The drive rollers 48 are arranged so as to face each other. That is, the concave portion 43b is formed between the two pad rollers 49 in the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 when viewed in the left-right direction.

The rotation mechanism 45 includes a motor 54 that rotates the card holding portion 43 around the support shaft 46, and a power transmission mechanism 55 that transmits the power of the motor 54 to the card holding portion 43. The power transmission mechanism 55 includes a pulley and a belt. The motors 50 and 54 are arranged below the card holder 43.

As shown in FIG. 1, the card stack unit 3, the card reversing unit 6, the thermal head 26, and the card reader unit 4 are arranged in this order in the front-rear direction. Specifically, the card stack unit 3, the card reversing unit 6, the thermal head 26, and the card reader unit 4 are arranged in this order from the rear side to the front side. That is, the card holding portion 43 of the card reversing unit 6 is arranged behind the thermal head 26. Further, the card holding portion 43 is arranged behind the drive roller 33 and the cleaning roller 38.

In this embodiment, the conveyance path 47 is parallel to the front-rear direction when viewed from the left-right direction (that is, the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 and the front-rear direction match when viewed from the left-right direction). In the state), the card 2 sent out from the card stack unit 3 to the front side is drawn into the card holding section 43 by the card drawing-out sending mechanism 44. Further, when viewed from the left-right direction, the card pull-in/delivery mechanism 44 moves the card 2 to the front side toward the thermal head 26 or the card reader unit 4 in a state where the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 and the front-back direction match. Send to.

The distance L1 (see FIG. 6A) between the center of the thermal head 26 and the center of the transport roller pair 41 in the front-rear direction is the length of the card 2 transported by the card transport mechanism 29 in the front-back direction (substantially rectangular shape). It is shorter than the length of the formed card 2 in the longitudinal direction). The distance L2 (see FIG. 6A) between the center of the thermal head 26 and the center of the transport roller pair 40 in the front-rear direction is also shorter than the length of the card 2 in the longitudinal direction. The front-rear distance L3 (see FIG. 6A) between the center of the transport roller pair 40 and the centers of the drive roller 30 and the pad roller 35 is also shorter than the length of the card 2 in the longitudinal direction.

The distance L4 (see FIG. 6A) between the center of the thermal head 26 and the center of the transport roller pair 42 in the front-rear direction is shorter than the length of the card 2 in the longitudinal direction. Further, in a state where the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 and the front-rear direction match when viewed from the left-right direction, the center of the drive roller 48 and the pad roller 49 arranged on the front side and the center of the thermal head 26 are arranged. The distance L5 in the front-rear direction (see FIG. 6A) is shorter than the length of the card 2 in the longitudinal direction. In this embodiment, the distance L2, the distance L3, and the distance L5 are substantially equal.

The card collection box 7 is arranged below the card stack unit 3 and obliquely below and rearward of the card holding section 43. The card collection box 8 is arranged below the card reader unit 4 and obliquely below and in front of the card holding section 43. Further, the card collection boxes 7 and 8 are arranged at the same position as the card holding section 43 in the left-right direction. A transport path 62 for the card 2 is formed between the card holder 43 and the card collection box 8. The transport path 62 is arranged at the same position as the card holding portion 43 in the left-right direction. A recovery card transport mechanism 63 that transports the card 2 is disposed in the transport path 62.

The recovery card transport mechanism 63 includes a drive roller 64, a pad roller 65 arranged to face the drive roller 64, a motor 66 for rotating the drive roller 64, and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting the power of the motor 66 to the drive roller 64. And 67. The drive roller 64 is arranged so as to face the transport path 62 from below, and the pad roller 65 is arranged so as to face the transport path 62 from above. The power transmission mechanism 67 includes a pulley and a belt.

In the present embodiment, when the card holder 43 is rotated about the support shaft 46, the card 2 is conveyed from the card holder 43 to the card reader unit 4, and the first holder 23 and the card holder 43. The transfer path of the card 2 is switched to the second transfer path for transferring the card 2 toward the collection box 7 and the third transfer path for transferring the card 2 from the card holding unit 43 to the card collection box 8.

(Structure of roller retracting mechanism)
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the roller retracting mechanism 70 shown in FIG. 3 from the left side. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the roller retracting mechanism 70 shown in FIG. 3 from the right side.

The card processing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment includes a roller retracting mechanism 70 that retracts the pad rollers 36 and 37 and the cleaning roller 38. The roller retraction mechanism 70 includes a support block 71 as a roller support member that rotatably supports the pad rollers 36 and 37, a support shaft 72 as a roller support member that rotatably supports the cleaning roller 38, and a support block 71. A lever member 73 for moving, a lever member 74 for moving the support shaft 72, and two support shafts 75 and 76 attached to the head holding member 58 are provided. The support block 71 of the present embodiment is a first roller support member, the support shaft 72 is a second roller support member, the lever member 73 is a first lever member, and the lever member 74 is a second lever member. Is.

The support block 71 rotatably supports the pad roller 35 in addition to the pad rollers 36 and 37. The support block 71 includes a roller support portion 71a that rotatably supports the pad rollers 35 to 37, and a lever contact portion 71b that contacts the lever member 73. The roller support portion 71a is formed in a block shape of a substantially rectangular parallelepiped elongated in the front-rear direction. Three fixed shafts protruding from the right side surface of the roller support part 71a to the right side are fixed to the roller support part 71a, and the three pad rollers 35 to 37 rotate on each of the three fixed shafts. Supported as possible. That is, the pad rollers 35 to 37 are arranged on the right side of the roller support portion 71a. The lever contact portion 71b is formed in a flat plate shape. The lever contact portion 71b projects rightward from between the pad roller 36 and the pad roller 37 on the right side surface of the roller support portion 71a.

The support block 71 is rotatable about the front-rear direction as an axis of rotation. The support block 71 is rotatable about the left end of the support block 71 as a rotation center. Specifically, the left end of the support block 71 is rotatably supported by a support shaft (not shown) arranged with the front-rear direction as the axial direction. The support block 71 is biased by a spring member (not shown) about the support shaft in the direction in which the pad rollers 35 to 37 come into contact with the drive rollers 30 to 32.

The support block 71 includes a first block position 71A as a first support member position at which the pad rollers 36 and 37 are arranged at roller contact positions 36A and 37A where the pad rollers 36 and 37 contact the drive rollers 31 and 32, and a pad. The rollers 36, 37 are rotatable between the roller retracting positions 36B, 37B away from the drive rollers 31, 32 and a second block position 71B as a second supporting member position where the pad rollers 36, 37 are arranged. There is. That is, the support block 71 is movable between the first block position 71A and the second block position 71B. When the support block 71 is in the first block position 71A, the pad roller 35 also contacts the drive roller 30, and when the support block 71 is in the second block position 71B, the pad roller 35 is also separated from the drive roller 30.

The lever member 73 is arranged on the right side of the drive rollers 30 to 32 and the pad rollers 35 to 37. The lever member 73 is rotatable with the left-right direction as the axis of rotation. Further, the lever member 73 is rotatable about the front end portion of the lever member 73 as a rotation center. The rear end portion of the lever member 73 is a shaft contact portion 73a with which the support shaft 75 contacts from above. The shaft contact portion 73a is arranged on the right side of the head holding member 58. A block contact portion 73b that contacts the lever contact portion 71b from above is formed at an intermediate position of the lever member 73 in the front-rear direction. The block contact portion 73b is a substantially semicircular convex portion that projects downward from the lower surface of the lever member 73. The block contact portion 73b contacts the lever contact portion 71b from above and moves the support block 71 at the first block position 71A to the second block position 71B.

The support shaft 72 is arranged so that the axial direction of the support shaft 72 and the left-right direction coincide with each other. The support shaft 72 is inserted on the inner peripheral side of the cleaning roller 38. Both ends of the support shaft 72 project outward in the left-right direction from the cleaning roller 38. Both ends of the support shaft 72 are supported by a shaft support member 78. The shaft support member 78 is formed with support grooves 78 a that support both ends of the support shaft 72. The support groove 78a is formed in a U-groove shape having an open upper end. The support shaft 72 is biased downward by a spring member (not shown). That is, the support shaft 72 is biased in the direction in which the cleaning roller 38 contacts the drive roller 33. Note that the shaft support member 78 is not shown in FIG. 3.

The support shaft 72 has a first shaft position 72A as a first support member position where the cleaning roller 38 is arranged at a roller contact position 38A where the cleaning roller 38 contacts the drive roller 33, and the cleaning roller 38 separates from the drive roller 33. It is movable in the up-down direction along the support groove 78a between the roller retreat position 38B and the second shaft position 72B as the second support member position where the cleaning roller 38 is arranged.

The lever member 74 is rotatable with the left-right direction as the axis of rotation. Further, the lever member 74 is rotatable about the rear end portion of the lever member 74 as a rotation center. The front end portion of the lever member 74 is a shaft contact portion 74a with which the support shaft 76 contacts from above. The shaft contact portion 74a is arranged on the left side of the head holding member 58. The rear end portion of the lever member 74 has two shaft contact portions 74b that come into contact with both ends of the support shaft 72 from below and a connecting portion 74c that connects the two shaft contact portions 74b (see FIG. 3). (See) and.

Each of the two shaft contact portions 74b is arranged on each of the left and right ends of the rear end portion of the lever member 74. Further, the shaft contact portion 74b is arranged behind the center of rotation of the lever member 74. The shaft contact portion 74b contacts both ends of the support shaft 72 from below to move the support shaft 72 at the first shaft position 72A to the second shaft position 72B.

The support shafts 75 and 76 are formed in a cylindrical shape. The support shafts 75 and 76 are arranged such that the axial directions of the support shafts 75 and 76 and the left-right direction coincide with each other. The support shaft 75 is fixed to the head holding member 58 so as to project from the lower end side of the right side surface of the head holding member 58 toward the right side. The support shaft 76 is fixed to the head holding member 58 so as to project leftward from the lower end side of the left side surface of the head holding member 58. That is, the support shaft 75 is arranged on the right side of the thermal head 26, and the support shaft 76 is arranged on the left side of the thermal head 26.

A roller 80 is rotatably attached to the tip end side (right end side) of the support shaft 75 and the tip end side (left end side) of the support shaft 76. The roller 80 is engaged with a guide member (not shown) that guides the roller 80 in the vertical direction. The thermal head 26 and the head holding member 58 are vertically guided by a roller 80 and a guide member.

When the thermal head 26 is at the head retreat position 26B and the head holding member 58 is raised, the pad rollers 36 and 37 are brought into roller contact with each other by the biasing force of the spring member (not shown) that biases the support block 71. The cleaning roller 38 is located at the positions 36A and 37A, and the cleaning roller 38 is located at the roller contact position 38A by the biasing force of the spring member (not shown) that biases the support shaft 72. That is, at this time, the support block 71 is in the first block position 71A, and the support shaft 72 is in the first shaft position 72A.

When the head holding member 58 descends so that the thermal head 26 at the head retreat position 26B moves to the printing position 26A, the support shaft 75 comes into contact with the shaft contact portion 73a of the lever member 73 and pushes down the shaft contact portion 73a, and the lever The member 73 rotates. When the lever member 73 rotates, the block contact portion 73b of the lever member 73 comes into contact with the lever contact portion 71b of the support block 71 to push down the lever contact portion 71b, and the support block 71 at the first block position 71A moves to the second block. Move to position 71B. That is, the pad rollers 36, 37 located at the roller contact positions 36A, 37A retract downward and move to the roller retract positions 36B, 37B.

Further, when the head holding member 58 descends so that the thermal head 26 at the head retreat position 26B moves to the printing position 26A, the support shaft 76 comes into contact with the shaft contact portion 74a of the lever member 74 and pushes down the shaft contact portion 74a. The lever member 74 rotates. When the lever member 74 rotates, the shaft contact portion 74b of the lever member 74 contacts the support shaft 72 and pushes up the support shaft 72, and the support shaft 72 at the first shaft position 72A moves to the second shaft position 72B. That is, the cleaning roller 38 at the roller contact position 38A retracts to the upper side and moves to the roller retracting position 38B.

Thus, when the thermal head 26 moves to the printing position 26A, the roller retracting mechanism 70 moves the pad rollers 36 and 37 to the roller retracting positions 36B and 37B and moves the cleaning roller 38 to the roller retracting position 38B. The roller retracting mechanism 70 retracts the pad rollers 36 and 37 downward and retracts the cleaning roller 38 upward. Further, the support shaft 75 contacts the lever member 73 and rotates the lever member 73 to move the support block 71 located at the first block position 71A to the second block position 71B, and the support shaft 76 serves as the lever. By rotating the lever member 74 in contact with the member 74, the support shaft 72 at the first shaft position 72A is moved to the second shaft position 72B.

The support shaft 75 of the present embodiment is a moving member for moving the support block 71 located at the first block position 71A to the second block position 71B, and the support shaft 76 replaces the support shaft 72 located at the first shaft position 72A. It is a moving member for moving to the second axis position 72B. The support shaft 75 is a first moving member that rotates the lever member 73 that is the first lever member, and the support shaft 76 is a second moving member that rotates the lever member 74 that is the second lever member. is there. When the thermal head 26 moves to the printing position 26A, the pad rollers 36 and 37 move to the roller retracting positions 36B and 37B, and the cleaning roller 38 moves to the roller retracting position 38B. During printing, the platen roller 34 conveys the card 2 in the front-rear direction.

(Operation of card issuing device)
6 and 7 are schematic diagrams for explaining the operation of the card issuing device 1 shown in FIG. 1 at the time of printing when issuing the card 2.

As described above, the card issuing device 1 is mounted on the ATM. When cash is withdrawn or transferred by ATM, the card reader unit 4 performs a predetermined process on the card 2 inserted from the insertion/ejection port 4a, and then ejects the card 2 from the insertion/ejection port 4a. When the card 2 inserted into the insertion/ejection port 4a reaches between the drive roller 30 and the pad roller 35 and is sandwiched between the drive roller 30 and the pad roller 35, the thickness of the card 2 is equal to the pad roller. 35 moves down. When the pad roller 35 moves downward, the support block 71 rotates, and the pad rollers 36 and 37 also move downward by the thickness of the card 2.

Further, when a new card 2 is issued by ATM, as shown in FIG. 1, the card stack unit 3 sends out the card 2 in a state where the transport path 47 is parallel to the front-rear direction. When the card stack unit 3 sends out the card 2, the thermal head 26 is in the head retreat position 26B, the support block 71 is in the first block position 71A, and the support shaft 72 is in the first shaft position 72A. That is, the pad rollers 36 and 37 are at the roller contact positions 36A and 37A, and the cleaning roller 38 is at the roller contact position 38A.

Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 6(A), the card insertion/delivery mechanism 44 draws the card 2 sent out from the card stack unit 3 into the card holding portion 43, and as shown in FIG. 6(B), The card pull-in/feed-out mechanism 44 and the card transport mechanism 29 transport the card 2 to the front side to a position where the rear end of the card 2 is located in front of the thermal head 26. When the card 2 is conveyed to a position where the rear end of the card 2 is located in front of the thermal head 26, the front surface (upper surface) of the card 2 is cleaned by the action of the cleaning roller 38.

After that, the card transport mechanism 29 transports the card 2 to the rear side until the rear end of the card 2 is located below the thermal head 26, and then to the head retreat position 26B as shown in FIG. 7(A). A certain thermal head 26 descends and moves to the printing position 26A. When the thermal head 26 moves to the printing position 26A, the support block 71 at the first block position 71A moves to the second block position 71B, and the support shaft 72 at the first shaft position 72A moves to the second shaft position 72B. .. That is, the pad rollers 36 and 37 move to the roller retreat positions 36B and 37B, and the cleaning roller 38 moves to the roller retreat position 38B.

After that, while the card transport mechanism 29 (specifically, the platen roller 34) transports the card 2 to the rear side, the thermal head 26 prints characters and the like on the front surface of the card 2. As described above, in the state where the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 and the front-back direction match when viewed from the left-right direction, the centers of the drive roller 48 and the pad roller 49 arranged on the front side and the thermal head 26. The distance L5 from the center in the front-rear direction is shorter than the length of the card 2 in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, when printing is performed on the card 2 while the card 2 is being conveyed to the rear side in a state where the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 and the front-back direction are the same, when the card 2 is printed, the drive arranged on the front side is driven. The rear end of the card 2 may rush between the roller 48 and the pad roller 49.

In this embodiment, the rotation mechanism 45 is viewed from the left and right when printing the card 2 by the thermal head 26 so that the rear end of the card 2 during printing does not enter between the drive roller 48 and the pad roller 49. At this time, the card holder 43 is rotated so that the longitudinal direction of the card holder 43 is inclined with respect to the front-back direction. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, in order to prevent the rear end of the card 2 during printing from coming into contact with the card holding portion 43, the rotating mechanism 45 has the longitudinal direction of the card holding portion 43 when viewed from the left and right direction. The card holder 43 is rotated so that the direction is inclined 90° with respect to the front-back direction. Even if the rear end of the card 2 during printing reaches the card holding portion 43, as shown in FIG. 7B, the rear end of the card 2 is rotated so as to be arranged in the concave portion 43b. The mechanism 45 rotates the card holder 43 so that the one surface 43a faces the front side.

When printing is performed on the back surface of the card 2 after printing on the front surface of the card 2, the thermal head 26 at the printing position 26A moves up and moves to the head retreat position 26B, and the card transport mechanism. After the card 29 once conveys the card 2 to the front side, the card holder 43 is rotated so that the longitudinal direction of the card holder 43 and the front-rear direction coincide with each other (the rotation mechanism 45 causes the card holder 43 to move). After being rotated), the card transport mechanism 29 and the card pull-in/feed-out mechanism 44 transport the card 2 to the rear side until the card 2 is held in the card holder 43.

After that, the card holder 43 is rotated 180° to turn the card 2 over, and then the card pull-out delivery mechanism 44 and the card transport mechanism 29 are moved to a position where the rear end of the card 2 is located in front of the thermal head 26. The card 2 is conveyed to the front side. When the card 2 is conveyed to a position where the rear end of the card 2 is located in front of the thermal head 26, the back surface of the card 2 is cleaned by the action of the cleaning roller 38. Further, thereafter, as described above, the thermal head 26 moves to the printing position 26A and the thermal head 26 prints characters and the like on the back surface of the card 2 while the card transport mechanism 29 transports the card 2 to the rear side. ..

When the printing of the card 2 is completed, the thermal head 26 moves from the printing position 26A to the head retreat position 26B, and then the card carrying mechanism 29 carries the card 2 to the front side. Further, the card reader unit 4 performs a predetermined process such as recording magnetic data on the card 2, and then issues the card 2 from the insertion/ejection port 4a. Here, if a predetermined error occurs during processing in the card reader unit 4, the card transport mechanism 29 and the card pull-in/feed-out mechanism 44 operate until the card 2 in which the error has occurred is held in the card holding portion 43. To the rear side. After that, after the card holding portion 43 is rotated so that the card 2 is conveyed from the card holding portion 43 to the card collecting case 7, the card pull-in/delivery mechanism 44 conveys the card 2 toward the card collecting case 7, The cards 2 are collected in the card collection box 7.

Further, when the card 2 is updated to a new card 2 by ATM, first, the used card 2 inserted from the insertion/ejection port 4a is held in the card holding portion 43 until the card transport mechanism 29 and the card are transferred. The retract delivery mechanism 44 conveys the card 2. After that, the card holding unit 43 rotates so that the card 2 is conveyed from the card holding unit 43 to the card collection box 8, and then the card drawing-in/delivery mechanism 44 sends out the card 2 to the conveying path 62. The recovery card transport mechanism 63 holds the card 2 delivered to the transport path 62 between the drive roller 64 and the pad roller 65.

When the card 2 is sent to the transport path 62, the card stack unit 3 sends the card 2 and the thermal head 26 prints on the card 2 as described above, and then the card reader unit 4 performs a predetermined process. Then, the card 2 is issued from the insertion/ejection port 4a. When the card 2 is issued from the insertion/ejection port 4a, the recovery card transfer mechanism 63 transfers the card 2 held between the drive roller 64 and the pad roller 65 toward the card recovery box 8 The used card 2 is collected in the collection box 8.

On the other hand, when an error occurs when a new card 2 is issued and the card 2 held between the drive roller 64 and the pad roller 65 has to be returned to the user, this card 2 Until the card is held in the card holding portion 43, the recovery card carrying mechanism 63 and the card pull-in/delivery mechanism 44 carry the card 2. After that, after the card holding portion 43 is rotated so that the card 2 is conveyed from the card holding portion 43 to the card reader unit 4, the card pull-in/delivery mechanism 44 and the card conveying mechanism 29 convey the card 2 and insert it. The card 2 is discharged from the discharge port 4a.

(Main effects of this embodiment)
As described above, in the present embodiment, when the thermal head 26 moves to the print position 26A, the pad rollers 36 and 37 move to the roller retreat positions 36B and 37B. That is, in this embodiment, the pad rollers 36 and 37 are directed toward the drive rollers 31 and 32 in order to secure the carrying force of the card 2 when reading or recording the magnetic data in which the magnetic heads 18 and 19 contact the card 2. Even when is urged by a relatively large urging force, the pad rollers 36 and 37 are separated from the drive rollers 31 and 32 when the card 2 is printed. Further, in the present embodiment, when the thermal head 26 moves to the printing position 26A, the cleaning roller 38 moves to the roller retreat position 38B. That is, in this embodiment, in order to clean the upper surface of the card 2 before printing, even when the cleaning roller 38 is biased toward the drive roller 33 by a relatively large biasing force, when the card 2 is printed, The cleaning roller 38 is separated from the drive roller 33.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the distance L1 between the center of the thermal head 26 and the center of the conveying roller pair 41 in the front-rear direction, the distance L2 between the center of the thermal head 26 and the center of the conveying roller pair 40 in the front-rear direction, and the thermal distance in the front-rear direction. Even if the distance L4 between the center of the head 26 and the center of the transport roller pair 42 is shorter than the length of the card 2 in the longitudinal direction, the contact portion between the drive roller 33 and the cleaning roller 38 when printing on the card 2. The rear end of the card 2 is projected between the drive roller 33 and the cleaning roller 38 so that the rear end of the card 2 is abutted on the card 2, and the card 2 is projected from between the drive roller 31 and the pad roller 36. The front end of the card 2 comes out between the drive roller 31 and the pad roller 36, and between the drive roller 32 and the pad roller 37 so that the card 2 jumps out from between the drive roller 32 and the pad roller 37. It is possible to prevent the front end of the card 2 from coming off.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, even if the distance L1, the distance L2, and the distance L4 are shorter than the length of the card 2 in the longitudinal direction, fluctuations in the transport speed of the card 2 when printing on the card 2 are suppressed, It is possible to secure the print quality of 2. That is, in the present embodiment, in addition to the printing function of the card 2, the card issuing apparatus 1 having the reading function of the data recorded on the card 2, the recording function of the data on the card 2 and the cleaning function of the card 2, It is possible to reduce the distance L1, the distance L2, and the distance L4 while ensuring the print quality of No. 1, and to downsize the card issuing device 1 in the front-back direction.

In the present embodiment, when the head holding member 58 moves down by the power of the motor 59 of the head moving mechanism 27 and the thermal head 26 moves to the printing position 26A, the support shafts 75 and 76 fixed to the head holding member 58 cause the lever members to move. 73, 74 are rotated. When the lever members 73 and 74 rotate, the pad rollers 36 and 37 located at the roller contact positions 36A and 37A move to the roller retracted positions 36B and 37B, and the cleaning roller 38 located at the roller contact position 38A moves to the roller retracted position 38B. Move to. That is, in this embodiment, the drive source of the head moving mechanism 27 and the drive source of the roller retracting mechanism 70 are the common motor 59. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the configuration of the card issuing device 1 can be simplified. Further, the movement operation of the thermal head 26 to the printing position 26A and the retraction operation of the pad rollers 36, 37 and the cleaning roller 38 to the roller retreat positions 36B, 37B, 38B can be surely interlocked.

In the present embodiment, the roller retraction mechanism 70 includes a support block 71, a lever member 73, and a support shaft 75 as a configuration for retracting the pad rollers 36 and 37 arranged on the front side of the thermal head 26. A support shaft 72, a lever member 74, and a support shaft 76 are provided as a configuration for retracting the cleaning roller 38 disposed on the rear side of the support shaft 72. Therefore, in this embodiment, the pad rollers 36 and 37 arranged on the front side of the thermal head 26 and the cleaning roller 38 arranged on the rear side of the thermal head 26 can be retracted with a relatively simple structure. Become.

In this embodiment, the support shaft 75 is arranged on the right side of the thermal head 26, and the support shaft 76 is arranged on the left side of the thermal head 26. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the two support shafts 75, 76 including the support shaft 75 for rotating the lever member 73 and the support shaft 76 for rotating the lever member 74 are arranged on the right side of the thermal head 26. The lever members 73 and 74 and the support shafts 75 and 76 can be easily arranged as compared with the case where the thermal head 26 is arranged and the case where the lever members 73 and 74 are arranged to the left of the thermal head 26.

(Other embodiments)
The embodiment described above is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

In the above-described embodiment, the roller retraction mechanism 70 may include a drive source for rotating the lever members 73 and 74. That is, the drive source of the head moving mechanism 27 and the drive source of the roller retracting mechanism 70 do not have to be a common drive source. In this case, the drive source for rotating the lever member 73 and the drive source for rotating the lever member 74 may be a common drive source, or in order to rotate the lever member 73. The drive source and the drive source for rotating the lever member 74 may be separately provided. The drive source in this case is, for example, a solenoid or a motor.

In the above-described embodiment, when the thermal head 26 moves to the printing position 26A, the roller retracting mechanism 70 retracts the pad rollers 36, 37 and the cleaning roller 38, but the roller retracting mechanism 70 causes the drive rollers 31 to 33 to move. You may evacuate. In this case, the pad rollers 36 and 37 and the cleaning roller 38 are the first rollers, and the drive rollers 31 to 33 are the second rollers. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the pad rollers 36 and 37 may be arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from the upper side, and the drive rollers 31 and 32 may be arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from the lower side. Similarly, in the above-described embodiment, the cleaning roller 38 may be arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from below, and the drive roller 33 may be arranged so as to face the transport path 28 from above.

In the above-described embodiment, the support shaft 75 contacts the lever member 73 and rotates the lever member 73 to move the support block 71 at the first block position 71A to the second block position 71B. The support shaft 75 may move the support block 71 at the first block position 71A to the second block position 71B by directly contacting the support block 71. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the support shaft 76 contacts the lever member 74 to rotate the lever member 74, thereby moving the support shaft 72 at the first shaft position 72A to the second shaft position 72B. However, when the cleaning roller 38 is arranged so as to face the conveyance path 28 from the lower side, the support shaft 76 directly contacts the support shaft 72, so that the support shaft 72 at the first shaft position 72A is moved. It may be moved to the second axis position 72B.

In the above-described embodiment, the support shaft 75 rotates the lever member 73 and the support shaft 76 rotates the lever member 74. However, the support shaft 75 or the support shaft 76 moves the two lever members 73, 74 together. Two lever members 73 and 74 may be arranged so as to be rotated in the direction. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the pad roller 36 and the pad roller 37 are rotatably supported by the common support block 71, but the roller support member rotatably supporting the pad roller 36 and the pad roller 37 are A roller support member that is rotatably supported may be separately provided.

In the above-described embodiment, the two conveying roller pairs 40 and 41 are arranged on the front side of the thermal head 26, but the number of conveying roller pairs arranged on the front side of the thermal head 26 may be one. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the conveying roller pairs 40 to 42 are arranged on both sides of the thermal head 26 in the front-rear direction, but the conveying roller pairs 40 to 42 are arranged only on one side of the thermal head 26 in the front-rear direction. May be. Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the card 2 is not formed with the magnetic stripe, the card reader unit 4 may not include the magnetic heads 18 and 19. Further, in the above-described embodiment, another processing unit such as a scanner unit that reads an image on the surface of the card 2 may be arranged in front of the thermal head 26 instead of the card reader unit 4.

In the above-described embodiment, the card issuing device 1 is installed in the ATM, but the card issuing device 1 may be installed in a higher-level device other than the ATM and used, or may be used alone. Further, in the above-described form, the card issuing device 1 may not include the card reversing unit 6. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the card processing device 1 is a card issuing device, but the card processing device 1 may be a device other than the card issuing device that performs a predetermined process on the card 2. In this case, for example, the card processing device 1 does not include the card stack unit 3.

1 Card issuing device (card processing device)
2 cards 18 and 19 magnetic head 22 ink ribbon 26 thermal head 26A printing position 26B head retreat position 27 head moving mechanism 28 transport path 31 to 33 drive roller (first roller)
34 Platen roller 36, 37 Pad roller (second roller)
36A, 37A Roller contact position 36B, 37B Roller retreat position 38 Cleaning roller (second roller)
38A roller contact position 38B roller retreat position 40, 41 transport roller pair (first transport roller pair)
42 Transport roller pair (second transport roller pair)
58 Head Holding Member 59 Motor (Drive Source)
70 Roller Retraction Mechanism 71 Support Block (Roller Support Member, First Roller Support Member)
71A 1st block position (1st support member position)
71B Second block position (second support member position)
72 support shaft (roller support member, second roller support member)
72A 1st axis position (1st support member position)
72B Second axis position (second support member position)
73 Lever member (first lever member)
74 Lever member (second lever member)
75 Support shaft (moving member, first moving member)
76 Support shaft (moving member, second moving member)
L1, L2, L4 Distance between the center of the thermal head and the center of the transport roller pair X First direction Y Third direction Z Second direction

Claims (5)

A pair of conveying rollers configured to include a first roller and a second roller arranged to face the first roller and convey the card with the card sandwiched between the first roller and the second roller; A thermal head that heats a ribbon to transfer the ink of the ink ribbon to the card and prints the card; and the card is conveyed by the conveying roller pair as a first direction, and is conveyed by the conveying roller pair. A head moving mechanism for moving the thermal head in the second direction, where the thickness direction of the card to be used is the second direction and the direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is the third direction. And a platen roller that is arranged to face the thermal head in the second direction and conveys the card in the first direction at least when the card is printed by the thermal head, and a roller retracting mechanism that retracts the second roller. comprising Rutotomoni, as the conveyor roller pair, a first conveying roller pair which is arranged on one side of the first direction than the thermal head, a is disposed on the other side of the first direction than the thermal head With two conveying roller pairs,
The distance between the center of the thermal head and the center of the conveying roller pair in the first direction is shorter than the length of the card conveyed by the conveying roller pair in the first direction,
The head moving mechanism includes a head holding member for holding the thermal head, and a drive source for moving the head holding member in the second direction, and the thermal head approaches the platen roller to bring the card into contact with the card. Moving the thermal head between a printing position for printing and a head retreat position where the thermal head is separated from the platen roller;
The roller retracting mechanism includes a roller supporting member that rotatably supports the second roller, and when the thermal head moves to the printing position, the second roller moves to the roller retracting position away from the first roller. 2 retract the roller ,
The roller supporting member has a first supporting member position where the second roller is arranged at a roller contact position where the second roller contacts the first roller, and a second roller arranged at the roller retracting position. Is movable to and from the second support member position,
The roller retracting mechanism is further rotatable with a moving member for moving the roller supporting member in the first supporting member position to the second supporting member position, and the third direction as an axial direction of rotation. And a lever member that contacts the roller support member and moves the roller support member at the first support member position to the second support member position,
The moving member is attached to the head holding member, and contacts the lever member to rotate the lever member to move the roller supporting member in the first supporting member position to the second supporting member. To the position,
The roller retracting mechanism is capable of rotating, as the roller supporting member, a first roller supporting member that rotatably supports the second roller of the first transport roller pair and the second roller of the second transport roller pair. And a second lever supporting member for moving the first roller supporting member and a second lever member for moving the second roller supporting member as the lever member, The moving member includes a first moving member that rotates the first lever member, and a second moving member that rotates the second lever member,
The first moving member is arranged on one side of the thermal head in the third direction,
The card processing device, wherein the second moving member is arranged on the other side of the thermal head in the third direction . A pair of conveying rollers configured to include a first roller and a second roller arranged to face the first roller and convey the card with the card sandwiched between the first roller and the second roller; A thermal head that heats a ribbon to transfer the ink of the ink ribbon to the card and prints the card; and the card is conveyed by the conveying roller pair as a first direction, and is conveyed by the conveying roller pair. A head moving mechanism for moving the thermal head in the second direction, where the thickness direction of the card to be used is the second direction, and the direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is the third direction. A platen roller that is arranged to face the thermal head in the second direction and conveys the card in the first direction at least when the card is printed by the thermal head; and a roller retracting mechanism that retracts the second roller. At the same time, as the conveying roller pair, a first conveying roller pair arranged on one side of the thermal head in the first direction and a second conveying pair arranged on the other side of the thermal head in the first direction. With a pair of rollers,
The distance between the center of the thermal head and the center of the transport roller pair in the first direction is shorter than the length of the card transported by the transport roller pair in the first direction,
The head moving mechanism includes a head holding member for holding the thermal head, and a drive source for moving the head holding member in the second direction, and the thermal head approaches the platen roller to bring the card into contact with the card. Moving the thermal head between a printing position for printing and a head retreat position where the thermal head is separated from the platen roller;
The roller retracting mechanism includes a roller supporting member that rotatably supports the second roller, and when the thermal head moves to the printing position, the second roller moves to the roller retracting position away from the first roller. 2 retract the roller,
The roller supporting member has a first supporting member position where the second roller is arranged at a roller contact position where the second roller contacts the first roller, and a second roller arranged at the roller retracting position. Is movable to and from the second support member position,
The roller retracting mechanism is further rotatable with a moving member for moving the roller supporting member in the first supporting member position to the second supporting member position, and the third direction as an axial direction of rotation. And a lever member that contacts the roller support member and moves the roller support member at the first support member position to the second support member position,
The moving member is attached to the head holding member, and contacts the lever member to rotate the lever member to move the roller supporting member in the first supporting member position to the second supporting member. To the position,
The roller retracting mechanism is capable of rotating, as the roller supporting member, a first roller supporting member that rotatably supports the second roller of the first transport roller pair and the second roller of the second transport roller pair. And a second lever supporting member for moving the first roller supporting member and a second lever member for moving the second roller supporting member as the lever member, The moving member includes a first moving member that rotates the first lever member, and a second moving member that rotates the second lever member,
The second roller of the first pair of conveying rollers is arranged so as to face the card conveying path from one side in the second direction,
The second roller of the second pair of conveyance rollers is arranged so as to face the conveyance path from the other side in the second direction,
The roller retracting mechanism retracts the second roller of the first transport roller pair to one side in the second direction, and moves the second roller of the second transport roller pair to the other side in the second direction. A card processing device characterized by evacuating. During transport of the card by the conveying roller pair, claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a magnetic head for at least one of recording of magnetic data to read and the card of the magnetic data recorded on the card or 2. The card processing device according to 2 . One of the first roller and the second roller is a cleaning roller that is urged toward the other of the first roller and the second roller and removes dust on the surface of the card. The card processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , characterized in that: A plurality of first conveying roller pairs,
The first roller support member, the card processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that rotatably supports the second roller of the plurality of the first conveying roller pair.

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