JPH0536579U - Stacked card feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] A simple structure prevents card rebound,
Stable card delivery is possible. [Structure] A moving means 13 for moving the uppermost card 11a of the hopper 12 toward one side of the hopper, and a card which is disposed on one side of the hopper 12 and flies the card toward a stationary member 14. Is provided along the rear edge of the card 11B sent out to the stationary member 14, and is sent out to the outside of the hopper. When the means 15 is sending the card, it is pushed by this card to advance the card. To a position that does not hinder the retraction of the card, and when the trailing edge of the card passes, it is positioned below the nip portion of the roller pair 15a and 15d and is positioned at the retraction prevention position that prevents the retreat of the sent card. 20 and 21 are provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a stacked card delivery device for delivering cards stacked in a card hopper to the outside of the hopper.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In an automatic transfer machine installed in a financial institution, a transfer card on which predetermined information is displayed is used in order to simplify the button operation. This transfer card is automatically issued from the card issuing device at the request of the transfer person. 6 and 7, the automatic transfer machine 1 has an image reader 3 for optically reading image information of a magnetic card inserted from the card insertion slot 3 and a magnetic head 4 for reading magnetic recording on a card conveying path O. It is arranged along. After the transfer operation is performed, a menu asking whether or not you want to issue a transfer card is displayed. When you press the button to the effect that you want this, the card issuing device 5 operates and the input is made. After printing the image based on the information, issue the transfer card. The card issuing device 5 includes a card hopper 5a in which a card A before image printing is stored, a means (not shown) for sending the card A from the hopper to a standby position on the card transport path O, and a standby position. And a means for sending out the card Aa placed on the sheet toward a printing mechanism 5b including a print head. At the standby position (Aa), a card stationary member for receiving the card sent from the hopper is arranged. This card placement member is provided with a function of placing the received card in place and keeping the attitude of the card fed into the printing mechanism 5b constant.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 By the way, the card delivered by the card delivery means needs to be placed in a stable posture on the card placing member. For example, if the rear edge of the card is moved toward the printing mechanism 5b while resting on the pair of feed rollers, the card is fed in a slanted state, which may cause a jam or a tilt. The resulting image will be formed. That is, the card needs to be reliably delivered onto the card stationary member. As a means for surely separating the card sent to the card fixing member from the roller pair, there is a method of flipping the card with the roller pair. According to this method, it is possible to avoid the interference between the card and the roller pair, but the card sent to the stationary member bounces by the reaction against the member and rides on the feed roller or protrudes from the stationary member. There is a problem. If a structure is adopted in which the preceding card is sent out and then the roller pair is reversed in order to return the succeeding card that follows the preceding card into the hopper, the bounced card is again held by the card sending roller pair. Occur. Although the problem can be solved by providing a mechanism for catching the card sent to the card holding member so as not to bounce, a new problem arises in that the structure of the card holding member becomes complicated.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a laminated card delivery device capable of preventing card rebound with a simple structure and delivering a stable card.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The laminated card feeding device of the present invention comprises a card moving means for abutting against the uppermost card of the laminated card housed in the card hopper and moving it toward one side of the hopper, and the above card. Included on one side of the hopper, it holds a card moved by the above-mentioned card moving means and sends it toward the card fixing member.It includes a roller pair, and flips the card and sends it out of the hopper. The card feeding means for feeding the card and the rear edge of the card that is fed to and placed in the card placing member and is pushed by this card when the card is being fed by the card feeding means. When the card is retracted to a position that does not hinder the movement, and when the trailing edge of the card passes, it is positioned below the nip part of the roller pair and prevents the card sent out from retracting. Located in position, and a card retraction preventing member given movement behavior orientation located the retraction preventing position.

[0006]

[Action]

 When the card stacked on the card hopper is moved toward one side of the hopper by the card moving means, the card is held by the card feeding means and flipped toward the card fixing member outside the hopper. Be done. When the card is sent out, the card retracting stop member is pushed by the card and moves to the retracted position, and when the trailing edge of the card passes, it is positioned below the nip portion of the roller pair due to its movement habit and is sent out. It collides with the rear edge of the card that recedes due to the recoil and prevents the card from receding.

[0007]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. 1 to 3, an explanation will be given by taking as an example a device for feeding a laminated card from a card hopper provided in a transfer card issuing device 5 (see FIGS. 6 and 7). The card hopper 10 is provided with a card hopper main body 12 for accommodating a transfer card paper 11 (hereinafter simply referred to as a “card”) and a vertically movable inside the card hopper main body 12, and the cards 11 are stacked and placed. A card mounting table 12a, a guide shaft 12c for guiding the card mounting table 12a up and down via a slider 12b, and a pick-up roller as a card moving means arranged above the card hopper main body 12. And a urging means (not shown) for urging the card mounting table 12a toward the upper side. The guide shaft 12c is supported by the side plate 12d of the hopper.

A card feeding device that holds a card 11 moved by a pickup roller 13 on one side 12m of the card hopper main body 12 and feeds it to a tray 14 as a card stationary member provided adjacent to the hopper. A card feeding roller pair 15 constituting the means is arranged.

A support plate 16 is disposed above the card hopper body 12 so that the drive shaft 13a of the pick-up roller 13 and the drive shaft 15b of the drive roller 15a of the card delivery roller pair 15 are rotatable. It is supported. Gears 13b and 15c are fixed to the drive shafts 13a and 15b, respectively.

The pick-up roller 13 is arranged above the center of the card hopper body 12 and is supported by its drive shaft 13a via a pin clutch described later.

The card delivery roller pair 15 is disposed above the substantially central portion of the side plate 12m that constitutes one side of the card hopper body 12, and is driven by the drive shaft 15b via the pin clutch 15e. It comprises a roller 15a and a driven roller 15d which is pressed against the upper peripheral surface of this roller.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the pin clutch 15e includes a pin 15f fixed to the drive shaft 15b and a notch 15h formed in the boss portion of the drive roller 15a. When 15b rotates in the forward and reverse directions, the pin 15f idles within the angular range of the cutout 15h, and then engages with one side edge of the cutout to transmit the driving force to the drive roller 15a in the drive rotation direction. The drive roller 15a, which rotates with the rotation of the drive shaft 15b, can rotate prior to the rotation of the drive shaft in the positional relationship with the rear edge of the card. Will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 2, the pickup roller 13 is also mounted on the drive shaft 13a via a pin clutch 13e having a similar structure. That is, the drive shaft 13a of the pickup roller 13 has a pin 13c fixed thereto and engaged with a notch 13d formed in the boss portion of the roller.

Returning to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the driven roller 15d is rotatably supported by a shaft 15da at the tip of a support arm 15k rotatably supported by a pivot 15j supported by a support plate 16. ing. A torsion spring 15m having one end thereof engaged with a support arm 15k and the other end engaged with a pin 15n fixed to a support plate is wound around the pivot 15j, and a driven roller 15d is pressed against a drive roller 15a. It gives the habit of swinging.

The bottom surface 15ka of the support arm 15k located below the pivot 15j guides the uppermost card 11a toward the card delivery roller pair 15 and separates the card 11a from the next card 11b. It is given a function as a fixed gate member for this purpose.

As shown in FIG. 2, a movable gate 17 is supported on the inner side surface of the side plate 12m of the card hopper body 12 so as to be vertically movable. The movable gate 17 is given a habit of moving in such a direction that the upper end portion 17b thereof is brought closer to the fixed gate 15ka by the spring 17a. This movement habit is regulated by the adjusting plate 17c. The adjusting plate 17c moves the movable gate 17 between the upper end 17b and the fixed gate 15ka so as to form a gate gap larger than the thickness of one card 11 but smaller than the thickness of two cards 11. Regulate.

In parallel with the side plate 12m of the hopper 12, a rear side edge regulating plate 19 for positioning the rear side edge 11Bb of the sent card 11B is provided. The upper edge 19a of the regulation plate 19 is positioned below the upper end of the peripheral surface of the drive roller 15a and slightly above the upper surface of the tray 14b placed at the standby position.

In the case of the example shown in FIG. 2, the tray 14 is provided with the upper and lower trays 14a and 14b separated from each other. Each tray is fixed to a block 14d screwed to a screw shaft 14c. The screw shaft 14c causes a gear 14e fixed to the lower end thereof to be rotated by a drive motor (not shown) so that one of the trays 14a and 14b faces the card feeding roller pair 15. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 1, the lower tray 14b is placed in a standby position for receiving cards.

Each of the trays 14a and 14b is provided with stoppers 14aa and 14ba for abutting the front side edge 11Ba of the card 11B sent to the trays 14a and 14b. In addition, each stopper is provided with sensors 14ab and 14bb for detecting the ejected card.

An example of a drive system for the pickup roller 13 and the card delivery roller pair 15 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. A transmission gear 17a rotated by a drive motor that rotates in the normal and reverse directions meshes with an intermediate gear 17b that is a deceleration gear. There is. The intermediate gear 17b meshes with the gear 13b of the pickup roller and the intermediate gear 17c. The intermediate gear 17c meshes with the gear 15c of the drive roller 15a. In FIG. 4, the solid line arrow indicates the forward rotation direction when sending the top card, and the broken line arrow indicates the reverse rotation direction when returning the next card to the hopper 12. The drive motor is rotated in reverse by a signal that the sensor 14bb (14ab) detects the card.

In FIGS. 1 and 3, card retreat blocking members 20 and 21 are provided above the side plate 12m of the card hopper body and on both sides of the card feeding roller pair 15. The card retreat blocking member 20 is supported with its base end 20a fixed to the lower surface of the support plate 16. The card retreat blocking member 21 is also supported by fixing its base end portion 21a to a stationary member (not shown). The card retreat blocking members 20 and 21 are formed of, for example, a leaf spring material, and are inclined so as to gradually descend toward the tray 14 as shown by the member 21 as a representative in FIG. It is provided with a habit of making the front end bent edges 20b and 21b contact the upper end surface 19a of the rear side edge regulating plate 19. In addition, a card retreat blocking portion 21c parallel to the rear side edge regulating plate 19 is formed at the tip of each member, and this is on the same surface as the tray side surface 19b of the rear side edge regulating plate or on the tray side. They are located close together. FIG. 1A shows a state in which the card 11 is being fed by the pair of card feeding rollers 15. At this time, the card retreat blocking member 21 is pushed by the advancing card and is rocked to the retracted position. Has been done. FIG. 1 (b) shows a state in which the card has not yet been conveyed or the card has been ejected, and the card retreat prevention member 21 has its front end bent portion 21b at the rear side edge regulating plate. It is located at the retreat blocking position in contact with the upper end surface 19a.

The card retraction preventing members 20 and 21 described above have been described by taking an example in which they are formed of leaf springs. However, the movement tendency in the direction of coming into contact with the upper end surface 19a of the rear side edge regulation plate 19 is prevented by the spring or its own weight. It may be made of a given plate material. Further, the card retreat blocking member is not limited to a plate-shaped member, and may be formed by bending a wire material such as a piano wire.

In FIG. 3, a stopper 14 aa (14 ba) for abutting the card sent to the tray 14 is arranged, but this stopper may be provided in front of the card retreat blocking member 20.

The operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, cards 11 are stacked and stored in the card hopper body 12, and the uppermost card 11a is pressed against the pickup roller 13 and the fixed guard 15ka from below. As shown in FIG. 1B, the card retreat blocking member 21 has its bent edge 21b brought into contact with the upper end surface 19a of the rear edge regulating plate. Now, when a signal for sending out a card is issued, the pickup roller 13 and the card sending-out roller pair 15 are rotationally driven in the direction of the solid arrow shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1A, the driving roller 15a is rotationally driven in the direction of the arrow as a pin 15f placed at the chain line position pushes the edge 15ha of the cutout 15h. As the pickup roller 13 rotates, the uppermost card 11a is moved toward the card feeding roller pair 15, and is held by the roller pair and fed toward the tray 14. At this time, the next card 11b is stopped in the hopper by the movable gate 17.

As shown in FIG. 1 (a), when the card 11 a held by the card delivery roller pair 15 is delivered onto the tray 14, the card 11 a resists the card retreat blocking member 21 against its habit. Push to move the card to a retracted position that does not interfere with the progress of the card.

Then, as shown in FIG. 1A, when the trailing edge 11aa of the card 11 held at the nip portion of the roller pair 15 is about to separate from the nip portion, the spring 15m (see FIG. 2). The driven roller 15d, which is urged by, moves toward the chain line position from the solid line position toward the drive roller 15a. The behavior of the driven roller 15d acts in the direction in which the card 11a is pushed forward on its inclined peripheral surface. The force in this direction acting on the card 11a causes the drive roller 15a to rotate at high speed in the forward direction of the drive force transmission direction of the drive shaft 15b, as shown in FIG. 1 (a).

When the drive roller 15a rotates prior to the rotation of the drive shaft 15b (pin 15f), the card 11a is driven by the pressing force of the driven roller 15d and the advance rotation of the drive roller 15a as indicated by a chain line 11BA. It is moved as if it had been blown off by the pair of delivery rollers 15 and is moved to the outside of the hopper 12. Most of the flipped cards abut against the stopper 14ba of the tray 14b, stop, and are placed at a standby position (see reference numeral 11B in FIG. 3) for waiting for printing.

When the card delivered to the tray 14b collides with the stopper 14ba, the sensor 14bb detects this and outputs a signal for reversing the drive system, in the direction indicated by the broken line in FIG. 1 (b). The drive shaft 15b is reversed. The drive roller 15a is rotated in the direction of the broken arrow by engaging the pin 15f with the one end edge 15hb of the cutout by the reverse rotation of the drive shaft. At this time, the pickup roller 13 is also reversed by the pin clutch 13e. When the trailing edge of the preceding card 11a passes through the gate, the next card 11b becomes the highest card, comes into contact with the pickup roller 13, and is fed toward the roller pair 15. However, when the preceding card 11a is detected by the sensor 14bb and the pick-up roller 13 is reversed, the card 11b is pulled back into the hopper.

When the trailing edge of the sent card 11BA passes over the trailing edge regulating plate 19, the card retreat blocking member 21 swings due to its movement habit, as shown in FIG. 1 (b). Then, the bent edge 21c is abutted against the upper end surface 19a of the regulation plate.

When the card has a strong momentum when it is delivered to the tray 12b, the card that collides with the stopper 14ba rebounds as shown by reference numeral 11BB in FIG. Phenomena such as being pinched or riding on the upper end surface 19 a of the rear edge regulation plate 19 occur. However, since the card retreat blocking portion 20c of the card retreat blocking member is located in front of the card 11BB recoiled by the recoil, the card 11BB is prevented from retreating by the card retracting portion, and is indicated by reference numeral 11B. Thus, it is dropped onto the tray 14b and set in place. Therefore, the card delivered from the hopper is placed on the tray in a fixed posture.

In the illustrated embodiment, the pickup roller 13 is used as a means for moving the card toward one side of the card hopper, but another method may be adopted as the card moving means. Also, as the means for feeding the card from the card hopper, the card feeding roller pair 15 driven via the pink latch is mentioned, but other types of clutches are used, or a member for flipping the card separately from the roller pair is used. It may be provided.

[0031]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the sent-out card is prevented from bouncing back by the recoil with a simple structure, so that the card can be reliably and stably sent onto the card-fixing member.

[Brief description of drawings]

1A and 1B show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1A shows a state in which a card retreat blocking member is placed in a retracted position, and FIG. 1B shows a state in which a card retreat blocking member is placed in a retracted position. It is a front view shown.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a card hopper device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a drive system of a card moving means and a card feeding means.

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

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of an automatic transfer machine equipped with a laminated card feeding device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Card 12 ... Card hopper main body 13 ... Pickup roller (card moving means) 14 ... Tray (card stationary member) 15 ... Card delivery roller pair 15a ... Drive roller 15d ... -Following roller 19 ... Rear edge regulating plate 20, 21 ... Card retraction prevention member

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A laminated card feeding device for feeding a laminated card stored in a card hopper in a stacked manner to a card setting member arranged adjacent to the hopper, wherein the laminated card is stored in the card hopper. A card moving means for contacting the topmost card and moving it toward one side of the hopper; and a card arranged on one side of the card hopper and moved by the card moving means. A pair of rollers that holds the card and feeds it toward the card-fixing member, along with the card sending-out means for flipping the card and sending it out of the hopper, and the rear side edge of the card that is sent out and fixed by the card-setting member. When the card is being sent out by the card sending out means, the card is pushed by this card and retracted to a position where it does not hinder the progress of the card, When the trailing edge of the card has passed, it is located below the nip portion of the roller pair and is located at the retreat blocking position that blocks the retreat of the sent card, and the movement habits of the orientation at the retreat blocking position are A device for feeding a laminated card, which is provided with a given card retraction preventing member.