JPH0552962U - Card processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To improve crime prevention and to simplify the mechanism. [Structure] A card take-in passage 7 is provided behind the card insertion / return opening 5, and a first card processing and conveying passage 8 is provided behind it. A card return opening 6 is provided below the card insertion / return opening 5, and a card return / standby passage 9 is provided behind it. At the rear of the card return / standby passage 9, a second card processing / transporting passage 10 is arranged in contact with the first card transporting / processing passage by an inclined passage 11. Upper selector 4
0 switches between the communication state and the non-communication state of the inclined passage 11 with respect to the intake passage 7 and the first card processing conveyance passage 8. The lower selector 66 switches communication between the inclined passage 11 and the second card processing / conveying passage 10 and disconnection, and communication between the inclined passage 11 and the return / standby passage 9 and disconnection. The selectors 40 and 66 are connected by a link member 68.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application]

 The present invention relates to a card processing device that can continuously and simultaneously use two types of cards such as magnetic cards and IC cards having different thicknesses.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 An example of this type of card processing device is the invention proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-245377. The present invention relates to a card insertion / return port into which two types of cards having different thicknesses are inserted and returned, and a card having a large thickness which is linearly communicated with the card insertion / return port and conveys a card having a large thickness. And a second card processing and conveying path which is disposed below the first card processing and conveying path in parallel with the first card processing and conveying path and conveys a card having a small thickness. The upper selector is connected to a link mechanism driven by a solenoid, while the lower selector is a card. It is linked to a shutter plate that opens simultaneously with insertion. With such a configuration, the upper selector distributes two types of cards having different thicknesses, and the lower selector distributes the return direction of a card having a smaller thickness.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-described conventional card processing device, since the lower selector is structured to interlock with the shutter plate, the shutter plate is kept open until the card allocating operation of the lower selector is completed. The board is left open for an unnecessary period of time, which is a problem in crime prevention. Moreover, since the drive sources of both card distribution levers are different, the mechanism is complicated and the device becomes large in size.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems or drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to operate two card sorting levers at the same time and to make a lower selector of a shutter plate. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card processing device that is independent of the operation and thus improves the crime prevention and simplifies the mechanism.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve this object, a card processing device according to the present invention has a card insertion / return port for inserting and returning two types of cards having different thicknesses, and one end of the card insertion / return port communicates with the card insertion / return port. And a first card processing conveyance path that communicates with the other end of the intake path in a substantially straight line for data processing of a card having a large thickness, and the card insertion / return. A card return opening that is provided a predetermined distance below the mouth to return a card with a small thickness, and a small thickness that is provided in parallel with the card return opening at one end communicating with the card return opening. A card return / standby passage and an inclined passage that communicates with the other end of the return / standby passage in a substantially straight line and connects the other end of the passage and the other end of the intake passage. Small card data A second card processing conveyance path for performing processing, a first card distribution lever for selectively communicating the first card processing conveyance path and the inclined path with the intake path, and the return / standby A second distribution lever for selectively communicating the for-use passage and the inclined passage with the second card processing transport path, and a link for connecting the first card distribution lever and the second distribution lever. And a member.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the present invention, the two distribution levers work together.

[0007]

【Example】

 The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 is a sectional view taken along the line I--I of FIG. 3 showing an embodiment of the card processing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line II--II of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is a plan view. In these figures, a card processing apparatus generally designated by reference numeral 1 has a box shape that is long in the front-rear direction due to a pair of left and right side plates 2A and 2B facing each other, a front plate 3 and the like, and two types of front plates having different thicknesses There is a card insertion / return opening 5 for inserting / returning the card 4 (4A, 4B) and a card return opening 6 for returning the thin card 4B provided at an appropriate distance below the card insertion / return opening 5. The front end communicates with the card insertion / return port 5 and the card 4 inserted into the return port 5 is taken into the inside, and a substantially horizontal take-in passage 7 and a rear end of the take-in passage 7 are provided. The first card processing conveyance path 8 for communicating data in a thick card 4A and the front end communicates with the card return port 6 and is formed below the intake path 7 to be longer than this Return card 4B or one A substantially horizontal return / standby passage 9 for standby and a substantially linear communication with the rear end of the return / standby passage 9 are formed below the first card processing and conveying passage 8 substantially in parallel therewith. A second card processing / carrying path 10 for processing the data of the thin card 4B is provided, and the second card processing / carrying path 10 is inclined at its front end so that the rear end of the intake path 7 is Has an inclined passage 11 communicating with the.

Rollers 11a and 11b are provided on the upper surface and the lower surface of the inclined passage 11 so as to protrude from the upper surface and the lower surface of the inclined passage 11 in a side view. A pair of rollers 11a and 11b are rotatably supported on the side plates 2A and 2B, respectively.

A card thickness detection mechanism 12 that detects the thickness of a card to determine its type and a shutter mechanism 13 that controls the opening and closing of the rear end of the passage 7 are arranged in the intake passage 7. The card thickness detection mechanism 12 is provided with an upper roller 15 and a lower roller 16 which are vertically opposed to each other with the intake passage 7 interposed therebetween, and a detection unit 14 which detects the rotation of the upper roller 15. The upper roller 15 is rotatably attached to a holder 18 rotatably arranged on a shaft 17. The holder 18 is given a turning tendency in the clockwise direction in FIG. Thus, the distance between the upper roller 15 and the lower roller 16 is set and maintained at a predetermined distance, that is, smaller than the thickness of the thick card 4A and larger than the thickness of the thin card 4B.

Therefore, when the thick card 4A is inserted, the surface of the card 4A comes into contact with the lower surface of the upper roller 15, and the frictional force causes the roller 15 to rotate. On the other hand, since the thin card 4B is thin and does not contact the upper roller 15, this roller 15 is not rotated. The distance between the upper roller 15 and the lower roller 16 is variably set to an optimum value by an adjusting screw 22. The shaft 23 of the upper roller 15 is extended to the outside of the right side plate 2B, and a large number of slits (not shown) are attached to the discs 24 arranged in the circumferential direction at the tip thereof. A photo interrupter 21 is provided on the side plate 2B, and these constitute the detection unit 14. The shaft 23 is provided with a slight braking force by frictional force in order to prevent the upper roller 15 from rotating due to the bent thin card 4B and the like. Therefore, in order to rotate the upper roller 15, a rotational force larger than the braking force is required.

The shutter mechanism 13 includes a shutter plate 25 and a shutter roller 26, which are opposed to each other at the upper and lower sides of the intake passage 7 with the passage 7 interposed therebetween, and a solenoid 30 which operates the shutter plate 25. Is equipped with. The shutter plate 25 is rotatably supported by a shaft 27 in a vertically rotatable manner, and a spring 29 has a habit of clockwise rotation in FIG. Presses the upper peripheral surface of the shutter roller 26 to close the intake passage 7.

The shutter roller 26 is rotatably supported by a shaft 31 of the lower roller 16 and is free of a roller bracket 32 to which a habit of turning counterclockwise in FIG. 2 is given by a spring (not shown). It is rotatably arranged at the end. A driven pulley 33 is disposed above the shutter roller 26 so as to be located on one side of the shutter plate 25, and a drive is disposed above the center of the pulley 33 and the first card processing and conveying path 8. A belt 35 that conveys the thick card 4A to the first card processing conveying path 8 is stretched between the pulleys 34, and these constitute a conveying means 36 for the thick card 4A.

The shutter roller 26 is normally pushed down by the shutter plate 25 because the biasing force of the spring 29 against the shutter plate 25 is larger than the biasing force of a spring (not shown) that biases the roller bracket 32. When the shutter plate 25 is rotated counterclockwise by the energization of the solenoid 30 against the spring 29 by being energized, it rises and is driven via the belt 35. It is configured so as to be pressed against the spring 33.

At the rear end of the take-in passage 7, that is, at the branch portion between the first card processing and conveying passage 8 and the inclined passage 11, a first card distributing mechanism for selectively opening and closing these passages 8 and 11 is controlled. 38 are provided. The first card distribution mechanism 38 is rotatably supported in the vertical direction by a shaft 39, closes the inclined passage 11 when the thick card 4A is taken in, and performs the first card processing when the thin card 4B is taken in. The upper selector 40 that closes the conveying path 8 and the pin 42 that is rotatably supported by the shaft 41 and is urged counterclockwise by a spring (not shown) and provided at the front end include the upper selector 40. A pinch roller 44, which is inserted into and engaged with a window 43 opened at the rear end, and is rotatable at its rear end, is rotated counterclockwise by a link bracket 45 provided corresponding to the drive pulley 34 and a shaft 46. It is composed of a presser bracket 48 and the like. A roller 40a is rotatably supported at the tip of the upper selector 40.

The presser bracket 48 integrally has a presser piece 50 corresponding to the pinch roller 44, has a spring 49 integrally with the presser piece 50, and has a spring 49 to rotate clockwise. By being applied, the pressing piece 50 is normally pressed against the pinch roller 44, and the pressing bracket 48 and the pinch roller 44 form a clutch mechanism 51 for the thick card 4A. In the state where the pressing piece 50 is pressed against the pinch roller 44, the link bracket 45 is rotated clockwise and set and held in the state as shown in FIG. 2, and the upper selector 40 is held by the link bracket 45. The first card processing conveyance path 8 is closed and the inclined passage 11 is opened by being rotated clockwise and locked.

The pressing piece 50 is made of a material having a large friction coefficient, and when the pressing bracket 48 is rotated counterclockwise against the spring 49 by the driving of the solenoid 47, the pressing piece 50 is separated from the pinch roller 44. It Then, since the link bracket 45 is released from the pressing piece 50, it is rotated counterclockwise by the spring force to press the pinch roller 44 against the drive pulley 34 via the belt 35 and rotate the upper selector 40 in the same direction. It is dynamically lowered, whereby the communication state and the non-communication state of the inclined passage 11 with respect to the intake passage 7 and the first card processing conveyance passage 8 are switched. An upper magnetic head 54 and a rotatable touch roller 55 are arranged on the rear side of the upper selector 40 with the first card processing conveyance path 8 interposed therebetween. The upper magnetic head 54 is attached to a rotating lever 56 and is in pressure contact with the touch roller 55.

An IC card contact mechanism 58 and a pulse motor 59 as a drive motor for rotating the drive pulley 34 in the forward and reverse directions are arranged at the rear end of the first card processing and conveying path 8. The IC card contact mechanism 58 has a rotation lever 61 whose upper end is rotatably supported by a shaft 60 and is provided with a habit of returning in the time direction, and a slide member 62 connected to the lower end of the rotation lever 61. A contact 63 for detecting an IC card provided on the lower surface of the slide member 62, a rotatable guide roller 64 contacting an inclined surface 62a provided on the upper surface of the slide member 62, and the like. When the front end of the thick card 4A conveyed by the conveying means 36 composed of the like comes into contact with the lower end portion 62b of the slide member 62, the rotating lever 61 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction. As a result, the slide member 62 is pulled down, and the contactor 63 is pressed against the thick card 4A. When the thick card 4A reaches a predetermined position, the pulse motor 59 stops and stops at that position.

At a branch portion between the return / standby passage 9 and the inclined passage 11, a second card distribution for selectively communicating the passages 9 and 11 with the second card processing and conveying passage 10 is provided. A mechanism 65 is provided. The second card distribution mechanism 65 has a lower selector 66 rotatably supported by a shaft 67, and a rotatably supported roller 66a is arranged at the tip of the selector 66. ing. The selector 66 is connected to the upper selector 40 by a link member 68 via shafts 66b and 40b, and a roller 66a is normally located at the lower side as shown in FIG. The card processing and conveying path 10 of No. 2 is communicated with, and the return / standby path 9 is closed. One shaft 40b is formed in a crank shape so as to avoid contact with the roller 11a. The selector 66 is driven by the solenoid 47 in association with the rotating operation of the upper selector 40 so that the inclined passage 11 and the second card processing and conveying passage 10 communicate with each other, do not communicate with each other, and return to the inclined passage 11. -Communication with the standby passage 9 and disconnection can be switched.

Reference numeral 70 denotes a card transfer means for transferring a thin card 4B which is arranged so as to extend over both the return / standby path 9 and the second card processing transfer path 10. The means 70 includes a pair of upper and lower belts 71 and 72, a plurality of pulleys 73A to 73G on which these 71 and 72 are respectively stretched, and a discharge pulley 74 arranged corresponding to the pulley 73G. The rotation of the pulse motor 59 is transmitted to the shaft 75 of the pulley 73C. A touch roller 76 and a lower magnetic head 77 are arranged at the center of the second card processing conveyance path 10 so as to face each other with the conveyance path 10 interposed therebetween. The touch roller 76 is pressed against the magnetic head 77 by being attached to a lever 78 that is rotatable and biased in a counterclockwise direction.

The operation of the card processing device 1 having the above configuration will be described below. When the card 4 is inserted into the take-in passage 7 through the card insertion / return port 5, if the card 4 is a thin card 4B, the card thickness detection mechanism 12 discriminates the thin card 4B and the discrimination signal drives the solenoid 30. As shown in FIG. 4, the shutter plate 25 rotates in the counterclockwise direction to open the intake passage 7. The upper selector 40 is not operated because the solenoid 47 maintains the driven state, and is in the state shown in FIG. 4, that is, the intake passage 7 and the inclined passage 11 are communicated with each other and the first card processing conveyance passage 8 is closed. Hold on. Further, in the lower selector 66 connected by the link member 68, the roller 66a is located below, and the inclined passage 11 and the second card processing conveyance passage 10 are communicated with each other as shown in FIG. The passage 9 is closed.

In this state, the thin card 4B is bent and pressed by the roller 40a and the roller 11a to be guided to the inclined passage 11. At this time, since the roller 40a and the roller 11a rotate with the movement of the thin card 4B, the surface of the card 4B is pressed by the roller 40a and the roller 11a, but is not scratched and spoils the appearance. Nor. When the card 4B is taken into the inclined passage 11, the energization of the solenoid 30 is immediately stopped and the shutter plate 25 is returned to the original state as shown in FIG.

The thin card 4 B taken into the inclined passage 11 is taken into the second card processing and conveying passage 10 and data is read and written by the magnetic head 77. Then, when the processing of the data is completed, the solenoid 47 is driven, whereby the link bracket 45 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 2, and the upper selector 40 rotates counterclockwise. In this operation, the lower selector 66 is rotated counterclockwise through the link member 68, and the return and standby paths 9 and the second card processing / conveying path 10 are communicated with each other, and the thin card which has been processed is finished. 4B is led to the return / standby passage 9 and returned from the card return slot 6.

If the return / standby passage 9 is clogged and the card cannot be returned from the card return port 6, the abnormality is detected, the driving of the solenoid 47 is stopped, and the lower selector 66 is set to the state shown in FIG. The thin card 4B is guided to the slanted passage 11 by connecting the slanted passage 11 and the second card processing / conveying passage 10 and returned from the card insertion / return port 5. At this time, the thin card 4B taken into the inclined passage 11 is pressed by the roller 11b while bending in the inclined passage 11, but since the roller 11b rotates with the movement of the thin card 4B, the surface of the card 4B is rotated. Is pressed by the roller 11b, but it is not scratched and does not spoil the appearance.

On the other hand, when the card 4 inserted from the card insertion / return port 5 is the thick card 4A, the card thickness detection mechanism 12 determines that the card 4A is thick, and the determination signal of the detection mechanism 12 causes the solenoid 30 to operate. , 40 are driven together. By driving the solenoids 30 and 40, as shown in FIG. 5, the shutter plate 25 pivots upward to open the intake passage 7, and the upper selector 40 pivots counterclockwise to set the intake passage 7 and the first passage. The card processing conveyance path 8 of No. 1 communicates, and the inclined path 11 is closed. The thick card 4A is taken into the first card processing conveyance path 8 and data is read and written by the upper magnetic head 54 and the contactor 63. When the processing is completed, it is sent back and the card is taken in again. It is guided to the passage 7 and returned from the card insertion / return port 5.

At this time, the lower selector 66 interlocks with the upper selector 40 via the link member 68 and rotates counterclockwise to close the inclined passage 11 from the second card processing and conveying passage 10. Holding Therefore, even if there is a thin card 4B in the second card processing / conveying path 10, it is not mistakenly taken into the taking-in passage 7 via the inclined passage 11 and mixed in the thick card 4A and the taking-in passage. There is no need to make any mistakes in processing data on the card, and there is no risk of card jams or other problems.

[0026]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the present invention, the second distribution lever for selectively connecting the return / standby passage and the inclined passage to the second card processing / conveying passage is linked to the first card by the link member. Since the shutter plate is linked to and interlocked with the distribution lever, the shutter plate can be opened and closed independently of the operation of the second distribution lever. Therefore, the shutter plate can be closed except when necessary. It can be done and crime prevention is enhanced. Also, during processing of thick cards, the thin cards are not taken into the slanted passage, and the separation of the two cards becomes clear, which prevents data processing errors on the cards and prevents card jams. It never happens. In addition, the mechanism is simplified, so that the interlocking operation becomes reliable and the size can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view taken along line I-I of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a card processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a main part of the card processing device according to the present invention.
It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of taking in a thin card.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a main part of the card processing device according to the present invention.
It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of taking in a thick card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card Processing Device 4A Thick Card 4B Thin Card 5 Card Insertion / Return Port 6 Card Return Port 7 Card Intake Passage 8 First Card Processing Conveyance Route 9 Return / Standby Passage 10 Second Card Processing Conveyance Route 11 Inclined Passage 11a Roller 11b Roller 40 Upper selector 40a Roller 66 Lower selector 66a Roller 68 Link member 80 Roller 81 Belt

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A card insertion / return port for inserting and returning two types of cards having different thicknesses, and one end of the card insertion / return port.
A take-in passage which communicates with the return port and takes in the inserted card inside, and a first card processing conveyance passage which communicates with the other end of the take-in passage in a substantially straight line and performs data processing of a card having a large thickness. , A card return opening provided below the card insertion / return opening at a predetermined distance to return a card having a small thickness, and one end of the card return opening that communicates with the card return opening and is substantially parallel to the lower side of the intake passage. A small-thick card return / standby passage is communicated with the other end of the return / standby passage in a substantially linear manner, and the other end of this passage is connected to the other end of the intake passage. A second card processing / conveying path for processing data of a card having a small thickness including an inclined path, and a first card for selectively connecting the first card processing / conveying path and the inclined path to the intake path. Sorting lever and return A second distribution lever that selectively connects the standby path and the inclined path to the second card processing and conveyance path, and a link that connects the first card distribution lever and the second distribution lever A card processing device comprising: a member.