JPH04136763U - Card sending device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a card delivery device that can reliably separate and send cards without complicating the structure or its control system. [Structure] A card sending device that moves a card 11 stored in a hopper 12 toward one side (12 m) of the hopper using a pickup roller 13, and sends the card out of the hopper by sandwiching the card between a pair of sending rollers 15. The roller pair 15 includes a feed roller 15a that is rotationally driven by a drive shaft 15b, a pinch roller 15d that is urged in a direction to press against this roller 15a and presses the card 11 against the roller 15a, and a roller 15a. and drive shaft 15b
A pin clutch 15e is provided between the drive shaft 15b and the drive shaft 15b to allow the roller 15a to rotate forward in the driving force transmission direction of the drive shaft 15b.

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea]

0001

[Industrial application field]

This idea sends relatively thick cards stored in the hopper to the outside of the hopper. The present invention relates to a card dispensing device.

0002

[Conventional technology]

There are automatic transfer machines that allow you to transfer money without going through a financial institution's counter. child Automatic transfer machines allow you to enter the recipient's name, account name, account number, etc. by pressing a button. Alternatively, you can print information such as the recipient's name as an image on the transfer card, and then print this image with light. The transfer operation is executed by reading and inputting the information logically. The transfer card is The card is issued by the card issuing device when the user who desires it presses a button.

0003 An example of an automatic transfer machine equipped with a card sending device is explained in Figs. 10 and 11. do. The magnetic card inserted into the card passage O from the card insertion slot 1 is The card subscriber's information formed in embossed letters is pulled into the plane by The scanner 3 optically reads the information, and then the magnetic head 4 reads the magnetic recording. Ru. Once the information has been verified, the remittance operation can be performed by operating a button (not shown). Execute. The magnetic card is sent out of the machine from the card insertion slot. actual remittance Once the operation is complete, if you press the button for issuing a transfer card, the magnetic The card issuing device 5 creates a card based on the card and the information entered by button operation. to be accomplished. The card issuing device 5 is located at the back of the card passage O and located near the side thereof. Par 5a and the card paper 5b stored in the hopper are placed on standby on the extended card path. A sending device (not shown) that sends out the card to position 5bb, and a card sending device (not shown) that sends the card from the standby position to the printing position. A moving means (not shown) for moving the paper and a card moved from the standby position A printing device 5c including a print head that forms predetermined information as an image on paper. ing. After printing, the card paper that becomes the transfer card is transported by a group of transport rollers. The card is sent out of the machine from the card insertion slot 1.

0004 The card paper 5b stored in the hopper 5a is a relatively thick paper card. The card is placed in the waiting position by the pickup roller that comes into contact with the topmost card in the stack. It is sent out towards the location 5bb. There is a pair of delivery rollers between the hopper and the standby position. is installed, and the pickup roller waits while holding the card paper sent out. It is designed to be sent to a certain position.

[0005]

[Problem that the idea aims to solve]

A pair of delivery rollers disposed on one side of the card hopper 5a are disposed at a standby position. The card is fed out by dropping it onto the tray that is placed on the tray. This card paper is printed while it is placed on the circumference of the feed roller of the pair of delivery rollers. When trying to move the card to the desired position, a phenomenon occurs in which the card paper jams. Conventionally, in order to reliably move the card paper to the standby position, a pair of delivery rollers were rotated. I left it there and lowered the tray. However, the pair of delivery rollers When rotated, the following card paper follows the preceding card paper and moves out of the hopper. A problem occurs in which the data is sent out. This phenomenon occurs when the pair of delivery rollers and pin This is particularly noticeable when the backup rollers are driven by the same drive source. these rollers It would be possible to separate the drive sources, but the configuration and associated control system would be complicated. The problem arises. In addition, the card paper sent from the hopper 5a to the tray is made sure to be delivered one by one. Because the leading card stock needs to be separated into In order to return the subsequent card paper that follows the card paper into the hopper, There is a technical problem of wanting to reverse the roller pair.

[0006] Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to avoid complicating the structure and its control system, and to An object of the present invention is to provide a card sending device which can reliably separate and send out cards.

[0007]

[Means to solve the problem]

The card sending device of this invention picks up cards stored in a hopper and Move this card towards one side of the hopper with the In the card delivery device, the card is held by a pair of delivery rollers and sent out of the hopper. The feed roller pair is replaced with a feed roller rotationally driven by a drive shaft. It is biased in the direction of pressure contact with the feed roller of the Provided between the pinch roller that presses the feed roller and the drive shaft. The feed roller is placed first toward the front in the driving force transmission direction of the drive shaft. It is characterized by a pin latch that allows it to move and rotate.

[0008]

[Effect]

The pick-up roller rotates and places the top card on one side of the hopper. When the card is fed into a pair of delivery rollers, the pair of rollers clamps the card and sends it to the hopper. Send it outside. When the trailing edge of the card is held between the pair of delivery rollers, The feed roller rotates before the drive shaft rotates due to the action of the pin latch. Then, flick the trailing edge of the card away with the feed roller and pinch roller, and Send it to a position far away from.

[0009]

【Example】

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the illustrated embodiments.

0010 In FIGS. 1 to 3, one of the transfer card issuing devices 5 (see FIGS. 10 and 11) An example of the card sending device that constitutes the section will be explained. The card sending device 10 is a A card containing stacked card sheets 11 (hereinafter simply referred to as "cards") The hopper 12 and the topmost card 11a of the stacked cards are placed on one side of the hopper. A pick-up roller 13 moves the object toward the The loaded card 11a is held and fed into the tray 14 provided adjacent to the hopper. It has a pair of delivery rollers 15.

[0011] The hopper 12 includes a card mounting table 12a on which thick paper cards 11 are stacked. is provided. This card mounting table 12a has a slightly larger area than the card 11. and a guide shaft 12 fixed to the hopper body via a slider 12b. c, 12c so that it can be raised and lowered. Slider 12b and hopper side plate 12 d, there is a fixed pulley 12e, a movable pulley 12f, and a A biasing means consisting of a wire 12h and a spring 12j is interposed. this The biasing means is configured to bias the stacked covers by appropriately setting the spring constant of the spring 12j. Regardless of the weight and height of the card 11, pick up the card 11a located at the top. It is brought into contact with the pull roller 13 with a substantially constant pressure.

0012 A support plate 16 is disposed above the hopper 12, and a pickup roller 13 drive shaft 13a, and the drive shaft 15 of the feed roller 15a of the sending roller pair 15. b are rotatably supported. Each of the drive shafts 13a and 15b has teeth. Cars 13b and 15c are fixed. A button fixed to the side plate 12k of the hopper 12 A drive motor 18 is fixed to the racket 17. Output shaft of drive motor 18 A gear 18a fixed to is meshed with a gear train connected to gears 13b and 15c. Ru.

[0013] The pickup roller 13 is disposed above the substantially central portion of the hopper 12, and It is supported by the drive shaft 13a via a pin clutch which will be described later.

[0014] The sending roller pair 15 is located approximately at the center of the side plate 12m that constitutes one side of the hopper 12. The feeder is disposed above and is supported by the drive shaft 15b via a pin clutch. A draw roller 15a and a pinch roller 15d pressed against the upper peripheral surface of this roller. It is becoming more and more.

[0015] As shown in FIG. 5, the pin clutch 15e has a pin 1 fixed to the drive shaft 15b. 5f and a notch 15h formed in the boss portion of the feed roller 15a. When the drive shaft 15b rotates forward and backward, the pin 15f is within the angle range of the notch 15h. After idly moving, it engages with one side edge of the notch and drives the feed roller 15a. Drive in the rotational direction. The feed roller 15 rotates as the drive shaft 15b rotates. a rotates prior to the rotation of the drive shaft in relation to the rear edge of the card. However, this point will be explained in detail in the explanation of the operation. As shown in FIG. 6, the pickup roller 13 also has a pin clutch 13 with a similar structure. It is attached to the drive shaft 13a via e. That is, the pickup roller 13 A pin 13c is fixedly planted on the drive shaft 13a, and is formed on the boss portion of the roller. It is engaged with the cutout 13d.

[0016] Returning to FIGS. 1 and 2, the pinch roller 15d has a pivot shaft 1 supported by a support plate 16. A shaft 15da is rotatably attached to the tip of a bracket 15k rotatably supported by 5j. is supported by The pivot 15j has one end attached to the bracket 15k and the other end attached to the bracket 15k. A torsion spring 15m is wound around the pin 15n fixed to the support plate. Then, the swinging behavior in the direction of pressing the pinch roller 15d against the feed roller 15a is determined. giving. Pinch roller 15d, feed roller 15a and pickup row The circumferential surface of the rubber 13 is made of hard rubber.

[0017] The bottom surface 15ka of the bracket 15k located below the pivot 15j is The card 11a is guided toward the sending roller pair 15, and the next card 11a is guided. It is given the function of a fixed gate member to separate the card 11b from the card 11b. Ru. Hereinafter, the bottom surface 15ka will be referred to as a fixed gate 15ka.

[0018] A movable gate 17 is supported on the inner surface of the side plate 12m of the hopper 12 so as to be able to move up and down. has been done. This movable gate 17 has an upper end 17b supported by a spring 17a. It is given a movement habit in the direction of approaching the fixed gate 15ka. This mobile practice The quality is regulated by an adjustment plate 17c. The adjustment plate 17c has an upper end portion 17b and Between the fixed gate 15ka, the thickness of the card 11 is larger than that of one card, but the card The movement of the movable gate 17 is regulated so as to form a gate interval smaller than the thickness of the two gates. control

[0019] In the illustrated embodiment, the tray 14 has two upper and lower trays 14a and 14b separated from each other. It is provided. Each tray is fixed to a block 14d screwed onto a screw shaft 14c. has been established. The screw shaft 14c has a gear 14e fixed to its lower end (not shown). By selectively rotating the drive motor, the trays 14a and 14b are rotated selectively. one of them is made to face the pair of delivery rollers 15. In the example shown in Figure 1, the lower tray 14b is placed in a standby position for receiving cards.

[0020] Each tray 14a, 14b has a front edge 11B of the card 11B fed thereto. Stoppers 14aa and 14ba are provided for abutting each other. Also, Each stopper is provided with a sensor 14ab, 14 for detecting the card sent out. bb is provided. When this sensor detects a card, the drive motor 18 starts rotating. The direction of rotation is reversed, and the details will be described later.

[0021] The rear edge 11 of the card 11B sent out parallel to the side plate 12m of the hopper 12 A rear edge regulating plate 19 for positioning Bb is provided. The upper end of this regulation plate 19 The edge 19a is located below the upper end of the peripheral surface of the feed roller 15a and is in the standby position. It is positioned slightly above the upper surface of the placed tray 14b.

[0022] An example of the drive system of the pickup roller 13 and the delivery roller pair 15 will be explained with reference to FIG. When the transmission gear 1 is rotated by the gear 18a of the drive motor 18, which rotates forward and backward, 7a meshes with an intermediate gear 17b consisting of a reduction gear. Intermediate gear 17b is meshed with the gear 13b of the pickup roller and the intermediate gear 17c. middle The gear 17c meshes with the gear 15c of the feed roller 15a. Figure 4 Smell The solid arrow indicates the forward rotation direction when feeding the top card, and the dashed arrow indicates the forward rotation direction when feeding the top card. It shows the reverse rotation direction when returning the next card to the hopper 12.

[0023] In FIG. 3, one side edge of the tray 14 has a card 11 fed into the tray. A card pushing lever 21 for moving the card B toward the printing means 20 is provided. There is.

[0024] The operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be explained. As shown in FIG. 1, cards 11 are stacked on the card mounting table 12a of the hopper 12. The uppermost card 11a is held up by the elasticity of the spring 13 (see Fig. 3). It is brought into contact with the pickup roller 13 and the fixed gate 15ka from below. Ru. Also, a pickup roller 13 before sending out the card 11 from the hopper 12 As shown in FIG. d and 15h are engaged with the other side edges 13db and 15hb. Kaka The circumstances that led to this situation will be discussed later.

[0025] Now, when a signal to issue a transfer card is issued, the drive motor 18 rotates in the forward direction. The drive shaft 13 of the pickup roller 13 and the delivery roller pair 15 is connected via a gear train. a and 15b are rotated in the direction of the solid line arrow in FIG. Rotation of each drive shaft is pink The pins 13c and 15f of the latch idle through the notches 13d and 15h, and the one side edge 13d a, 15ha, the pickup roller 13 and feed roller 15 transmitted to a. The drive motor 18 starts up while the pin clutch notch is idling. each roller quickly starts rotating.

[0026] When the pickup roller 13 rotates, the topmost card 1 that is in contact with it 1a, as shown in FIG. 7, the upper end 17 of the fixed gate 15ka and the movable gate 17 It is moved toward the delivery roller pair 15 from the gate between the At this time, The next card tries to follow due to friction with the moving top card 11a. 11b is prevented from advancing by the movable gate 17. rotate in contact with each other When the card enters the feed roller 15a and pinch roller 15d, The pinch roller 15d moves upward to pinch and transport the card as shown by the chain line in FIG. send

[0027] At this time, the feed roller 15a has a notch with a pin 15f, as shown in FIG. It is rotationally driven by being pushed along one side edge 15ha. And in Figure 8, the solid line As shown, the rear edge 11aa of the card 11a is held in the nip portion of the roller pair 15. When the card is fed out to the position where the card is fed, the spring 15m moves it close to the feed roller 15a. The pinch roller 15d, which is biased in the opposite direction, moves from the solid line position to the chain line position. and try to move. The behavior of this pinch roller 15d is that its circumferential surface is inclined. It acts in the direction of pushing the card 11a forward. This direction acting on card 11a As shown in FIG. 8, the force of This will cause it to rotate at high speed in the forward direction.

[0028] The feed roller 15a rotates prior to the rotation of the drive shaft 15b (pin 15f). Then, the card 11a is pushed by the pressing force of the pinch roller 15d, as shown by the chain line in FIG. By the advance rotation of the feed roller 15a, it is as if the feed roller pair 15 is repelling the It is moved as if it were blown away and moved out of the hopper 12. Fly away The rolled card collides with the stopper 14ba of the tray 14b and stops, and printing begins. It is placed in a standby position where it waits toward the end (see reference numeral 11B in FIGS. 2 and 6).

[0029] As shown in FIG. 6, when the preceding card 11a passes through the gate, Card 11b, which was the next card, will be replaced by the top card, The rollers are rotated by the pickup roller 13 and moved toward the delivery roller pair 15. Ru. FIG. 6 shows a state in which the card 11b is held between the pair of delivery rollers 15. child It is necessary to return the card 11b into the hopper 12. Therefore, card 11 When B is delivered onto the tray 14, the sensor 14bb (see Figure 1) detects this. Then, a signal for rotating the drive motor 18 in the reverse direction is output.

[0030] When the drive motor 18 is reversed, the drive shafts 15b and 13a are broken as shown in FIG. The feed roller 15a and the pickup roller 13 are driven in the direction of the line arrow. The card 11b that has followed is returned to the hopper 12 by reversing each card. Drive shaft 13 When a rotates in reverse, the pin 13c of the pin clutch idles in the notch 13d and It engages with the side edge 13da to drive the pickup roller 13 in the reverse direction. Therefore, one When the sending operation of one card is completed, in other words, in preparation for the sending operation of the next card. When the pickup roller 13 and the feed roller 15a are in the position shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. I'm making it match.

[0031] As shown in FIG. 7, the card 11a sent out from the hopper 12 is When the card is pinched by the pair 15, the pinch roller 15d is moved to the solid line position depending on the card thickness. Since the fixed gate 15ka also moves slightly, the gate gear Cap G also increases. This gap G allows one card to pass through, but two cards can pass through. Although the structure is such that the sheet cannot pass through, the movable gate 15ka rises. Then, the gap G is expanded, and the next card 11b follows and is sent out. A phenomenon occurs in which you are left behind. Hopper 12 side plate 12m and movable gate 15ka If a gate is configured between The surface was rubbed by the upper edge of the 12m side plate. The example shown is a transfer card, with the back side This applies to cards that do not have a magnetic recording layer formed on the card, but do have a magnetic recording layer. It destroys it. In this respect, according to the present embodiment, the sending out of the top card 11a is When an overload is applied to the gate by the card, the movable gate member 17 is moved by the spring 1. It escapes downward against 7a and expands the gate, so the card is not damaged. Ma In addition, when the topmost card 11a passes through the gate, it rises due to the elasticity of the spring 17a and is held in place. This creates a certain gate gap and prevents the next card from advancing. This prevents the card 11b from being sent out overlapping the card 11a.

[0032] By the way, if the card 11 stored in the hopper 12 is warped, the There are cases where the end portion collides with the movable gate member 17 and cannot be fed out. There As shown in FIG. 9, protrusions are formed on the card placement surface of the card placement stand 12a (see FIG. 1). Forms 12aa. This protrusion 12aa is connected to the pickup roller 13 and the fixed gate. 15ka. placed on the card mounting stand 12. Even if the card is curved downward, the protrusion 12aa allows the card to be Since the edge is raised, the card tip 11ab is located between the fixed gate and the movable gate. They are located facing each other in between and are fed out reliably.

[0033] As shown by reference numeral 11B in FIG. 2, the cards sent out onto the tray 14 are The printing means 20 (Fig. 3 (see).

[0034] The above is an example in which a card sending device is applied to an automatic transfer machine, but this invention It is not limited to this.

[0035]

[Effect of the idea]

As described above, according to the present invention, the delivery roller pair can be rotated ahead of the drive shaft. By flipping the card with a simple configuration, the card can be moved to a position away from the pair of rollers. can send out the code.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a card dispensing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the main parts of the same as above.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same as above.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a drive system for a pickup roller and a delivery roller pair.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a pin clutch.

FIG. 6 is a schematic front view showing the action of returning a subsequent card into the hopper.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged front view of main parts showing an initial state of the card feeding operation.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of a pair of delivery rollers for explaining the operation of pinching the rear end of a card and flicking it away.

FIG. 9 is a front sectional view showing an example of a different configuration of the card mounting table of the hopper.

FIG. 10 is a schematic side view of an automatic transfer machine as an example of equipment equipped with the card sending device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the same as above.

[Explanation of symbols]

11...Card 11aa...Card rear edge 12...Hopper 13...Pickup roller 15... Delivery roller pair 15a...Feed roller 15b... Drive shaft 15d...pinch roller 15e...Pin latch

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claim 1: A card stored in a hopper is moved toward one side of the hopper by a pick-up roller, and the card is held by a pair of delivery rollers disposed on one side of the hopper and taken out of the hopper. In a card feeding device that feeds out a card, the pair of feeding rollers is composed of a feed roller rotationally driven by a drive shaft, and a pinch roller that is biased in a direction to press against the feed roller and presses the card to be fed against the feed roller. and a pin clutch provided between the feed roller and the drive shaft to allow the feed roller to rotate forward in the driving force transmission direction of the drive shaft. When the edge of the card is pinched by the pair of delivery rollers, the feed roller rotates prior to the rotation of the drive shaft, and the trailing edge of the card is flicked away by the feed roller and pinch roller and sent out of the hopper. Card sending device.