JPH05286578A - Card issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely issue cards one by one by providing a card containing box for containing cards horizontally stacked, a card issuing plate for energizing the stacked cards from below, a driving motor for issuing cards one by one and a weight to be mounted on the cards. CONSTITUTION:In a card containing box 14, cards 58 are stacked, and a weight 60 is mounted on them. A card issuing plate 32 energizes the cards 58 stacked in the card containing box 14 from below and is in close contact with the lowest card 58. In the initial state, the card issuing plate 32 is at the backward position, and a driving motor 44 is operated to advance the card issuing plate 32 by a crank mechanism 48. A stepped part 40 at the rear end of the card issuing plate 32 is brought into contact with the rear end of the card. As this stepped part 40 has the thickness almost equal to that of the card, only the lowest card 58 is advanced and one piece of the card is pushed forward out of a slit 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card dispensing device used in a so-called prepaid card vending machine such as a telephone card or a coupon ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional card payout device for a prepaid card vending machine is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-115644, and in this invention, a large number of cards stacked in a case are used. A roller is brought into contact with the bottom surface, and the card is paid out by the rotation of the roller.

In the invention of Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-119435, a guide groove is provided from the lower half of the lower part of a card stocker for accommodating a large number of cards in a stacked manner to the card delivery side, and the upper surface has a sloping surface which is inclined downward to the front. A slider equipped with an engaging step is slid back and forth along this guide groove with a required stroke, and a card outlet is provided at the lower front part of the card stocker, and a notch for the slider to enter at the lower rear part. The cards stored in the card stocker are
When the slider moves forward, it is hooked on the engaging stepped portion and discharged from the card outlet of the card stocker.

[0004]

However, in the former invention, when the friction coefficient between the roller and the card is small, the card may slip and the card may not be paid out. Further, in the latter device, the edge of the card may be caught on the slope of the slider, which may cause two or more cards to be paid out at the same time.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the card payout device of a conventional card vending machine such as a prepaid card, and it is possible to reliably pay out the cards one by one. An object is to provide a dispensing device.

[0006]

A card dispensing device according to the present invention is provided with a card dispensing slit at the lower end of the front surface, and a notch for pushing out a card at the lower end of the rear surface so that the front end of the bottom surface communicates with the notch. A card receiving box having a moving hole formed therein for horizontally stacking and storing cards, and a step portion having substantially the same thickness as the card at the rear end, and being biased from below by the sliding hole so that it can slide back and forth. A card payout plate that biases the cards that are loosely fitted and stacked in the card box from below,
It is connected to the card payout plate through a crank mechanism, and by moving the card payout plate back and forth with a required stroke, the cards are hooked on the stepped portions of the card payout plate and the cards are paid out one by one from the card payout slit. The gist of the present invention is that it consists of a drive motor for taking out and a weight placed on the cards stacked in the card storage box.

[0007]

Operation: Cards are stacked in the card storage box and weights are placed on the cards. Since the card payout plate urges the cards stacked in the card box from below, it is in close contact with the card at the bottom. In the initial state, since the card payout plate is in the retracted position, the step portion of the card payout plate is located behind the notch.

When the card payout signal is output, the drive motor operates and the crank mechanism advances the card payout plate. When the card payout plate advances, the stepped portion at the rear end contacts the rear end of the card. Since this step portion has almost the same thickness as the card, only the card at the bottom is moved forward, so that one card is pushed forward from the slit.

When the card is pushed out from the slit, the card payout detecting means detects this and stops the drive motor, so that the card payout plate stops at the forward position and the card stops while protruding from the slit. Then, when the card is pulled out from the slit, the card payout detection means detects this, and drives the drive motor again to retract the card payout plate to the first retracted position by the crank mechanism.

The card payout plate which has been retracted to the retracted position stands by at that position until the next card payout signal is received. As described above, the device of the present invention can surely dispense the cards one by one each time the card dispensing signal is received. In the present invention, by providing the protrusions on the lower surface of the front end and the lower surface of the rear end of the weight, the card can be surely pressed even if the card is slightly warped.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a front view. The entire device is stored in the box 10,
A mechanism base surface 12 is provided near the bottom surface of the box body 10 to form a double bottom, and an electric control circuit (not shown) is housed therein. Further, a power switch 66, an operation switch 68, and an operation counter 70 are attached to the lower front portion of the box 10.

The bottom plate 16 of the card storage box 14 provided at the front of the mechanism base surface 12 is slightly longer than the length of the card, and is fixed to the box body 10 with a space for mounting the roller 36 from the mechanism base surface 12. A sliding hole 20 is formed in the center of the card accommodating box 14 to the rear of the fixed position of the back plate 18.

Two side plates 22 of the card storage box 14
Is erected on the bottom plate 16 with a width that can accommodate cards,
The back plate 18 is fixed to the side plates 22 on both sides at a position where the card can be accommodated vertically from the front end of the bottom plate 16. A notch 24 for pushing out a card is provided at the lower end of the back plate 18.

A card pressing plate 26 is attached to one side plate 22 on the front surface of the card storage box 14, and an exit adjusting plate 28 is attached to the lower part of the front surface. A card having a thickness of one card is attached to the bottom plate 16. A slit 30 for dispensing is formed. Cards 58 are stacked and stored in the card storage box 14, and weights 60 are placed on the stacked cards. This weight 6
A ridge 62 is provided at the lower part of the front end and the rear end of 0.

The card payout plate 32 is a plate that is loosely fitted in the sliding hole 20 and slides back and forth. The lower surface of the front part of the card payout plate 32 is above the mechanism base surface 12 via a bracket 34. Rolling rollers 36 are attached. Further, since the spring 38 is mounted between the bracket 34 and the roller 36, the card payout plate 32 is always biased upward. Further, at the rear end of the card payout plate 32, a step portion 40 having a height of one card is provided.

A speed reducer 4 is provided above the second half of the mechanism base surface 12.
A drive motor 44 connecting the two is fixed, and a crank mechanism 48 is attached to a drive shaft 46 of the speed reducer 42. The crank mechanism 48 includes a crank 50 fixed to the drive shaft 46, the crank 50, and the card payout plate 3.
The link 52 rotatably connects the two.

A protrusion 54 is attached to the crank 50, and a crank position detecting sensor 56 is attached on the locus of rotation of the protrusion 54 to detect the rotational position of the crank 50. A card payout detection sensor 64 is attached to the side of the slit of the card housing box 14 to detect the card 58 sent out from the slit 30.

The operation of the apparatus of this embodiment having the above structure will be described. Card 5 in the card storage box 14
8 are stacked and a weight 60 is placed on it. Since the spring 38 is mounted between the bracket 34 and the roller 36 attached to the lower surface of the card payout plate 32, the cards 58 stacked in the card storage box 14 are biased from the bottom to the bottom. Card 58
It is in close contact with. In the initial state, since the card payout plate 32 is in the retracted position, the step portion 40 of the card payout plate 32 is located behind the cutout portion 40 of the back plate 18.

When a card payout signal is output from the operation switch 66, the drive motor 4 is driven by a control circuit (not shown).
4 is operated and the drive shaft 46 is rotated via the speed reducer 42, so that the crank mechanism 48 advances the card payout plate 32. When the card payout plate 32 advances, the step portion 40 at the rear end contacts the rear end of the card. This step 4
Since 0 has almost the same thickness as the card, only the lowest card 58 is advanced, and one card is pushed forward from the slit 30.

When the card 58 is pushed out of the slit 30, the card payout detection sensor 64 detects it and the control circuit stops the drive motor 44. This allows
The card payout plate 32 stops at the forward position, and the card 58 stops while protruding from the slit 30. Subsequently, when the card 58 is removed from the slit 30, the card payout detection sensor 64 detects this and the control circuit is activated, the drive motor 44 is driven again, and the crank mechanism 48 is activated.

When the crank 50 of the crank mechanism 48 rotates and the protrusion 54 reaches the position of the crank position detecting sensor 56, the control circuit is activated to stop the rotation of the drive motor 44. As a result, the card payout plate 32 retracts to the first retracted position and stops. The card payout plate 32, which has retracted to the retracted position, waits in that position until it receives the next card payout signal.

[0022]

As described above, the card payout device of the present invention has a card payout slit at the front lower end of the card receiving box for horizontally stacking and holding cards, and a card pushout notch at the back lower end. A step of the card payout plate is moved forward and backward by a required stroke while urging the card payout plate having a stepped portion at the rear end having a thickness approximately the same as that of the card into a sliding hole formed in the bottom plate from below. Cards are hooked on the part and the cards are paid out one by one from the card payout slit.The card payout plate is the bottom because it is biased from below by the cards stacked in the card box. When the card pay-out plate moves forward, one card is surely sent out due to the stepped portion at the rear end. Therefore, two or more cards are paid out, or a card payout error does not occur, and the cards are surely paid out one by one.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

[Explanation of reference signs] 14 Card storage box 16 Bottom plate 20 Sliding hole 24 Notch 30 Slit 32 Card ejection plate 36 Roller 38 Spring 40 Stepped portion 48 Crank mechanism 56 Crank position detection sensor 58 Card 60 Weight 62 Ridge 64 Card ejection selection Sensor

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A card dispensing slit is provided at the lower end of the front face, a notch for pushing out a card is provided at the lower end of the back face, a slide hole is bored so as to communicate with the notch from the front part of the bottom plate, and cards are stacked horizontally. A card accommodation box for accommodating and a card stacked on the card box that has a step portion at the rear end and has substantially the same thickness as the card and is slidably biased from below into the sliding hole so as to be freely slidable from below. A card payout plate that is biased from below, and the card payout plate is connected to the card payout plate through a crank mechanism to move the card payout plate back and forth with a required stroke so that the card is hooked on the stepped portion of the card payout plate. It is characterized by a drive motor for paying out cards one by one from a card payout slit, and a weight placed on the cards stacked in the card storage box. And a card payout device. 2. A card pay-out plate is detected from the card pay-out slit to stop the card pay-out plate at a predetermined forward position, and a card withdrawn by the above is detected to detect the card pay-out plate to a predetermined retracted position. The card payout device according to claim 1, further comprising a card payout detection means for retracting the card. 3. A ridge is provided on a lower surface of a front end and a lower surface of a rear end of the weight.
Card dispensing device described in.