JPH0532378A - Plate-like object putting-in and-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely put plate-like objects such as cards in and out of a receptacle one by one. CONSTITUTION:A side shifting section 5 for shifting a plate-like object 2 in the direction of side can be shifted in the direction of plane. A gate way part 6 is secured fixedly to the side shifting section 5. The plate-like object 2 in a receptacle 3 is shifted by a plane shifting section 4 in the direction of plane to abut against the side shifting section 5. The side shifting section 5 is subjected to plane shift according to the shift amount of the plane shifting section 4 and the situation of the plate-like object 2 so that the contact pressure of the side shifting section 4 and plate-like object 2 is made constant to ensure the putting of the plate-like object in and out of the gate way part 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for feeding and receiving a plate-like material such as a card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional plate-like material sending and receiving apparatus 1a such as a card
Is a container c that stores a plate-like object a as shown in FIG. 4 and has an entrance / exit portion b thereof, a plane moving part d that moves the plate-like object a in the container c in the plane direction thereof, and the plane It is provided with a side moving section e which moves by the moving section d and moves the plate-like object a at the position of the entrance / exit section b in the side direction. Then, the plate-shaped object a in the container c of the plate-shaped object delivery / introduction device 1a is moved to the position of the entrance / exit section b by the surface moving section d, and the plate-shaped object a is moved from the entrance / exit section b to the outside by the side moving section e. And the plate-like object a is sequentially sent out by the same operation. When the external plate-like object a is to be stored in this container c, the plate-like object delivery / injection device 1a may be operated in the reverse manner.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned plate-like material feeding / introducing device 1a, the plate-like material a is moved to the surface moving portion d at the position of the entrance / exit portion b. Since the stop is usually performed by detecting the moving position of the plate-like object a and stopping the drive motor f, the stop position of the drive motor f easily varies.
The contact pressure between the plate-like object a and the side moving part e is not constant. Further, the pressure between the plate-shaped object a and the side moving portion e also changes depending on the deformation of the plate-shaped object a such as warpage and the number of stored plate-shaped objects a.

Therefore, as a result of the above, when the contact pressure is large, the frictional resistance between the plate-shaped products a and the plate-shaped products a is increased.
And the frictional resistance between the side moving part e and the plate-shaped object a
Does not move, or several plate-like objects a move at the same time. Further, the contact pressure between the plate-shaped object a and the side moving part e is too small, and the plate-shaped object a does not move at all.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a plate is inserted from the entrance / exit portion into the container regardless of variations in the stop position of the surface moving portion, deformation of plate-like objects, changes in the number of stored sheets, and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide a plate-like material delivery / introduction device capable of reliably delivering and receiving a material.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a plate-like material feeding / introducing device of the present invention moves a plate-like object in a container and a container for accommodating the plate-like object in its surface direction. A surface moving unit, a side moving unit that abuts on the plate-shaped object moved by the surface moving unit to move the plate-shaped object in the side direction, and is itself movable in the surface direction; and the surface of the side moving unit. The side moving part is driven by the drive motor and is rotated by the drive motor in the delivery direction of the plate-like object. It is preferable that the drive motor includes a roller and a warm gear that is interposed between the roller and the drive motor, and the drive motor is separately fixed by a support.

The side moving unit includes a drive motor,
It is composed of a roller that is rotated by the drive motor in the feeding and receiving direction of the plate-like object, and a screw gear that is interposed between the roller and the drive motor, and the drive motor is separately fixed by a support. good.

[0008]

According to the plate-like material feeding / introducing device having the above-mentioned structure, when the plate-like material housed in the container is to be discharged to the outside, the plate-like material is moved to the vicinity of the entrance / exit portion by the plane moving part to move the side. A plate-like object is brought into contact with the part, and the surface moving part is stopped by detecting it.

Since the side moving unit is movable in the plane direction,
The plate-shaped object moves in the surface direction according to the surface movement amount of the surface-moving part, the contact pressure between the side-moving part and the plate-like object becomes substantially constant, and the entrance / exit part also moves together with the side-moving part. It is always at the position of the entrance / exit, and the side moving unit sends the plate-like object to the outside from the entrance / exit, and sequentially sends the plate-like object to the outside in the same procedure.

When accommodating an external plate-like object in the container, the plate-like object is inserted into the entrance / exit portion and moved in the side direction by the side moving part to be sequentially accommodated in the container. In order to store the plate-like object in the, the surface moving unit is moved in the storing direction by the stored amount and stopped, and the side moving unit can move in the surface direction. , The contact pressure between the side moving part and the plate-like object is almost constant, and the entrance / exit part also moves together with the side moving part. Therefore, when the plate-like object is inserted into the entrance / exit part, the plate-like object is contacted with a proper contact pressure. The side moving unit comes into contact with the side moving unit, and moves the plate-shaped object in the side direction by the side moving unit to store the plate-shaped object in the container.

If the drive motor of the side moving unit is separately fixed by a support, when the plate-shaped object comes into contact with the side moving unit by the plane moving unit, the roller moves the plate-shaped object in the side direction by the warm gear. When the drive motor is driven, the roller moves in the direction to increase the contact pressure with the plate-shaped object by rotating the plate-shaped object slightly in the side-direction. Easy to move.

Even if a screw gear is interposed between the roller and the drive motor, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a side view in which a part of the plate-like material feeding / injecting device of the present invention is shown in section. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a plate-like material delivery / injection device 1, which is a plate-like product 2
A container 3 for accommodating the same, a plane moving part 4 for moving the plate-like object 2 in the container 3 in its plane direction, and the plate-like object 2 moved by the plane moving part 4 to abut the plate-like object 2 The side moving unit 5 is movable in the side direction and is movable in the plane direction.
And the inlet / outlet part 6 for moving the side moving part 5 in the same direction as the above-mentioned surface direction to send and receive the plate-like object 2 inside and outside.
Consists of.

The container 3 has a plate-like object 2 having a cross section such as a card.
The shape of the plate-shaped object 2
Can be stored. The side plate of the container 3 has a slit 7, and a moving rod 8 of a plane moving unit 4 for moving the plate-like object 2 in the plane direction is penetrating the slit 7. Further, the upper portion of the container 3 is open, the side moving portion 5 is movable in the surface direction, and the plate-like object 2 can be discharged to the outside. In addition,
The plate-like material 2 is relatively thin, has a thickness of, for example, about 1 mm, and is mainly made of plastic, metal, paper or the like. The shape may be tetrahedral, polygonal, circular, elliptical, or oval.

The surface moving section 4 has a drive motor 10 fixed to a frame 9, and the drive motor 10 is connected to one end of a moving screw 12 pivotally supported by the frames 9 and 11. The above-mentioned moving rod 8 that moves in the vertical direction, that is, the surface direction of the plate-like object 2 by the forward and reverse rotation of the moving screw 12 is screwed into the moving screw 12. A support frame 13 is provided on the moving rod 8, and rollers 14, 15, 16 for supporting the plate-like object 2 are pivotally supported on the support frame 13 at the upper part thereof. These rollers 14, 15 and 16 are for supporting the stacked plate-like objects 2 and smoothly moving the last plate-like object 2 in the side direction.

The side moving unit 5 has a drive motor 18 fixed to a support frame 17, and the support frame 17 itself is mounted on a frame 19 supported by another structure or the like and a slide shaft of the support frame 17 is provided. By slidably penetrating 20, the vertical direction, that is, the plane direction of the plate-like object 2, can be moved. A worm 21 is directly connected to the shaft 18a of the drive motor 18, and the worm 21 is a support frame.
It meshes with a worm wheel 23 fixed to a shaft 22 pivotally supported by 17. Further, a gear 24 is fixed to the shaft 22, and the gear 24 is meshed with gears 27 and 28 fixed to shafts 25 and 26, respectively, which are axially supported by the support frame 17, respectively. , 26 have rollers 29, 30 fixed thereto. These rollers 29 and 30 are adapted to rotate in the same direction as the rotation direction of the gear 27. And Laura
When 29 and 30 rotate in the clockwise direction, send out the plate-like object 2,
When rotating counterclockwise, the plate-like object 2 is received in the container 3.

A guide roller 31 is attached to the support frame 17.
Is pivotally supported. Reference numeral 32 denotes a position sensor. One detection end 32a of the position sensor 32 is fixed to the frame 19, and the other detection end 32b is fixed to the support frame 17 of the side moving unit 5. The position sensor 32 detects that the plate-shaped object 2 is moved in the surface direction by the surface moving part 4 and that the support frame 17 is moved in the surface direction by the plate-shaped object 2, and stops the surface moving part 4. It sends a signal for.

The inlet / outlet portion 6 has a flat plate 33 attached to the support frame 17, and the flat plate 33 has a plate-like member 2
Sufficient slits 34 for opening and closing one sheet are opened. Then, guide blocks 35 and 36 are attached to the flat plate 33 located inside the slit 34, and even if the end of the plate-like object 2 is deviated from the position of the slit 34 due to the deformation of the plate-like object 2, the guide block 35 and 36 are successfully removed from the slit 34. The plate-like object 2 can be smoothly projected to the outside.

Reference numeral 37 in FIG. 1 denotes a stopper nut for preventing the side moving portion 5 from moving more than a predetermined amount.

Next, the operation of the plate-like material feeding / injecting device 1 having the above-mentioned structure will be described. First, when the plate-like object 2 stored in the container 3 is delivered, a certain number of plate-like objects 2 are prepared and the drive motor 10 of the surface moving unit 4 is driven to lower the moving rod 8 to the lower end. The side plate (not shown) of the container 3 is opened, and the plate-like object 2 is placed on the rollers 14, 15, 16 of the support frame 13 in the container 3 and stored in the container 3. After that, the surface moving unit 4 is operated to raise the plate-like object 2 and bring the plate-like object 2 at the uppermost stage into contact with the rollers 29, 30 and the guide roller 31 of the side moving unit 5. This contact state is detected by the position sensor 32 constituted by the detection ends 32a and 32b fixed to the frame 19 and the support frame 17, respectively, and the surface moving unit 4 is stopped.

Although the stop position of the plane moving unit 4 varies due to the time lag of the position of the drive motor 10, the side moving unit 5 moves in the plane direction according to the movement amount of the plane moving unit 4, so that the side The contact pressure between the moving part 5 and the plate-like object 2 becomes substantially constant. The entrance / exit portion 6 moves by the same amount as the side moving part 5 moves in the surface direction, and the position of the entrance / exit portion 6 does not deviate from the uppermost plate-like object 2. Therefore, when the drive motor 18 of the side moving unit 5 is driven to rotate the rollers 29 and 30 in the feeding direction of the plate-like object 2, the plate-like object 2 is smoothly sent out from the slit 7. The plate-like object 2 is smoothly delivered from the slit 7 in the same procedure as described above.

When the external plate-like material 2 is sent into the container 3, the reverse of the case where it is sent out may be carried out, and the description thereof will be omitted. 2 and 3 are side views, partly in section, showing plate-like material feeding and feeding apparatuses 1b and 1c according to another embodiment of the present invention. The difference between the embodiment of FIGS. 2 and 3 and the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is that the drive motor 18 of the side moving unit 5 is not the support frame 17 but the frame (support).
The point is fixed at 19. As a result, the plane moving part 4 moves and the plate-like object 2 hits and presses the rollers 29, 30 of the side moving part 5, so that the pressing force is applied from the rollers 29, 30 to the gears 27, 28, the gear 24 and It is transmitted to the worm 21 via the worm wheel 23.

However, the drive motor 18 is a separate frame 19
Since the worm 21 that is directly connected to the drive motor 18 is fixed in the axial direction by being fixed to the drive motor 18, the above-mentioned pressing force is applied by the worm 21 to the worm wheel.
23 will be rotated slightly. This rotation is the Gar 2
4, transmitted to rollers 29, 30 via gears 27, 28,
It functions to move the plate-like object 2 in the lateral direction.

On the contrary, when the drive motor 18 is driven,
The rotational force is transmitted from the worm 21 to the rollers 29 and 30 via the worm wheel 23, the gear 24, and the gears 27 and 28. As described above, since the worm 21 is fixed in the axial direction, the above-mentioned rotational force slightly moves in the direction in which the contact pressure between the rollers 29 and 30 and the plate-like object 2 is increased, and the plate-like object is moved in the lateral direction. Make it easy to move to.

The above-mentioned plate-like material feeding and feeding apparatus 1b.
Even if the worm 21 and the worm wheel 23 of 1c are screw gears, the same operation and effect as described above can be obtained. Further, although the present embodiment describes the case where the plate-like object 2 is housed in the container 3 in the vertical direction, the present invention is not limited to this, and the plate-like object 2 is accommodated in the container 3 in the lateral direction and the oblique direction. It also includes stored items.

[0026]

As described above in detail, according to the plate-like material feeding and receiving apparatus of the present invention, regardless of the variation in the stop position of the surface moving portion, the deformation of the plate-like object, and the change in the number of stored plate-like objects. However, the contact pressure between the plate-shaped object and the side moving part is almost constant, and even if the side moving part moves to move the side moving part, the inlet / outlet part moves by the same amount. Items can be sent out smoothly one by one,
Further, when the plate-like material is fed into the container from the outside, the same effect as described above can be obtained, and the plate-like material can be fed in and out as needed.

When the drive motor of the side moving unit is separately fixed by a support, when the plane moving unit moves and the plate-like object comes into contact with the side moving unit, the roller moves by the warm gear to the plate-like object. When the drive motor is driven by slightly rotating the plate-shaped object in the side-direction by rotating the roller in the direction of moving the roller, the roller moves in the direction that increases the contact pressure with the plate-shaped object by the warm gear, Make it easy to move in the side direction. Therefore, the plate-like objects can be more reliably delivered one by one from the container.

The same effect can be obtained by replacing the above-mentioned worm gear with a screw gear.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view in which a part of a plate-like material feeding and receiving apparatus of the present invention is shown in section.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view in which a part of a conventional plate-like material feeding / injecting device is shown in section.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1a, 1b, 1c Plate-like material sending and receiving device 2, a plate-like material 3, c container 4, d-plane moving part 5, e side moving part 6, b Doorway 18 Drive motor 19 frames 21 Warm (Warm Gear) 23 Worm Wheel (Warm Gear) 29, 30 roller

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container for accommodating a plate-like object, a plane moving part for moving the plate-like object in the container in a plane direction thereof, and a plate-like object which comes into contact with the plate-like object moved by the plane moving part. A side moving part that is movable in the surface direction while moving itself in the side direction, and an inlet / outlet part for moving the side moving part in the surface direction to move the plate-like object in and out. A plate-like material feeding / injecting device comprising: 2. The side moving unit includes a drive motor, and a roller which is rotated by the drive motor in a feeding and receiving direction of the plate-like material.
2. The plate-like article feeding and receiving apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a worm gear interposed between the roller and the drive motor, the drive motor being separately fixed by a support. 3. The side moving unit includes a drive motor, a roller which is rotated by the drive motor in a feeding and receiving direction of the plate-shaped article,
2. The plate-like material feeding / injecting apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a screw gear interposed between the roller and the drive motor, the drive motor being separately fixed by a support.