JPH0556448U - Card carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Accurately position cards with a simple configuration. [Structure] On a top surface side of a guide plate 63, a conveyance roller 68 that takes in and conveys a card-shaped recording medium C sent from a reader / writer unit 2 is arranged so as to be inclined with respect to a moving direction of the card-shaped recording medium C. ing. Therefore, when the card-shaped recording medium C is conveyed by the conveying roller 68, the card-shaped recording medium C is urged toward the frame 61 while being conveyed, and finally stops in a state of contacting the stopper lever 67 and the frame 61. Is positioned.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial application]

 The present invention relates to a card carrier of a card making apparatus used for making cards such as ID cards, optical cards, IC cards, cash cards, and prepaid cards.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As a card producing device for producing an ID card or the like, for example, the device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-208193 or Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-4368 is known. This apparatus conveys the encoded card-shaped recording medium to a thermal transfer type printing apparatus, etc., and performs overcoating after performing required printing by this printing apparatus.

By the way, a mechanism for transporting and positioning the card is required in order to perform accurate printing on a predetermined portion of the card. One such mechanism is one that biases one end of the card to position it.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, when the card is positioned by urging one end like the above-described card carrier, it is difficult to set the urging force, and the ID card is less rigid than the ID card, for example, a telephone card or the like. It is difficult to share the card and the configuration becomes complicated. Further, the above-described card transporting device may be transported to the printing device in the state where foreign matter such as cutting chips adhered during cutting, and this foreign matter may cause printing failure. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a transport device that can be easily positioned and a transport device that can remove foreign matter that causes printing defects.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 incorporates a conveying roller whose rotation direction is inclined with respect to the moving direction of the card-shaped recording medium in the conveying device. According to the second aspect of the invention, a cleaning unit for removing foreign matter adhering to the card-shaped recording medium is arranged between the card supply unit and the magnetic recording device or the printing device. Further, in the card transport device described in claim 3, on the premise of the card transport device described in claim 2, a cleaning unit is arranged between the card supply unit and the magnetic recording device in the vicinity of the magnetic recording device.

[0006]

[Action]

 The card conveying device according to claim 1 conveys a roller for conveying a card-shaped recording medium with respect to the card-shaped recording medium such that an angle between a moving direction of the card-shaped recording medium and a roller rotation axis is smaller than a right angle. Since the rollers are inclined, the card-shaped recording medium can be positioned and the structure is simplified. Further, in the card carrier according to the second aspect of the present invention, the cleaning unit can remove the foreign matter adhering to the card-shaped recording medium, so that it is possible to prevent the occurrence of defective printing or the like due to the foreign matter at the time of subsequent printing. Since the cleaning unit is arranged in the vicinity of the magnetic recording device between the card supply unit and the magnetic recording device, the card transport device according to the third aspect of the present invention can remove dust and the like adhering to the card-shaped recording medium. It can be removed immediately before magnetic recording, and foreign matter such as dust attached to the magnetic recording device and the card-shaped recording medium carried into the printing device after magnetic recording can be reduced.

[0007]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card making apparatus equipped with a card carrying device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part of the card carrying device according to the invention of claim 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a plan view of the main part, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main part according to the invention of claim 2, FIG. 5 is a side view of the main part, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the main part in a state different from FIG. 7 is a plan view of the main part, and FIG. 8 is a schematic side view.

This card making device includes a supply unit 1 for storing and supplying a large number of card-shaped recording media C used for printing, a reader / writer unit (magnetic recording device) 2 for magnetically recording the card-shaped recording media C. The cleaning unit 200 according to the present invention for removing foreign matter adhering to the card-shaped recording medium C, the print unit 3 for printing images, characters, etc. on the card-shaped recording medium C, and the card-shaped recording medium C after printing are protected. The overcoat unit 4 for printing a film, the stocker 5 for storing the printed and overcoated card-shaped recording medium C, and the print unit 3, the overcoat unit for the card-shaped recording medium C supplied from the reader / writer unit 2. 4 and a stocker 5 for sequentially carrying the stocker 5.

The transport unit 6 is a changer unit 7, which is a card transport device according to the present invention, which transforms the transport direction of the card-shaped recording medium C supplied from the reader / writer unit 90 by 90 °, positions it, and then transports it. The changer unit 9 and the card-shaped recording medium C sent out from the changer unit 9 are sequentially conveyed.

The supply unit 1 sends out a large number of card-shaped recording media C stored in the card storage unit 11 to the reader / writer unit 2 one by one by a supply roller 12 or the like. The reader / writer unit 2 records predetermined data when the card-shaped recording medium C 1 supplied from the supply unit 1 has a magnetic stripe. As shown in FIG. 8, this reader / writer unit 2 compresses the card-shaped recording medium C between a pair of rollers 21 and 22 for feeding, and drives one roller 21 by a motor 23 to drive the card-shaped recording medium C. Are sent to the cleaning unit 200.

Although a detailed description is omitted, the reader / writer unit 2 has a reader for reading the record data of the card-shaped recording medium C, and this reader reads the record data of the card-shaped recording medium to read the card-shaped recording medium. The card-shaped recording medium C is sent to the cleaning unit 200 only when the recording on the recording medium C is surely performed.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, the cleaning unit 200 has grooves 201a and 201b formed in an upper portion of a holder member 201 having a substantially U-shape in a plan view, and the base members are formed in the grooves 201a and 201b. Support shafts 205a and 205b fixed to 202 are fitted and base member 202 is detachably attached to holder member 201 via support shafts 205a and 205b.

Bearing grooves 202a are formed on both sides of the base member 202, and a window portion 202o for recognizing dirt is cut out at the upper portion as shown in FIG. A bearing 206 is urged downward by a compression spring 207 in each of the bearing grooves 202a on both sides so that the bearing 206 can be moved up and down. A spindle 203a having a cleaning roller 203 fixed between the bearings 206 is rotatably installed. To support the cleaning roller 203. A support shaft 204a, to which the cleaning roller 204 is fixed, is rotatably provided on the base member 202 below the cleaning roller 203, and the cleaning roller 204 is supported by the support shaft 204a. The window 202o is formed at a position where the dirt of the cleaning roller 203 is easily visible, and the operator confirms the dirt of the cleaning roller 203 through the window 202o.

The cleaning rollers 203 and 204 are made of urethane rubber or silicon rubber, and have a sticky surface. As shown in FIG. 8, these cleaning rollers 203 and 204 hold the card-shaped recording medium C at a position almost equal in height to the rollers 21 and 22 of the reader / writer unit 2 and the rollers of the changer unit 7 described later. It is supported so that it can be pressed.

In addition, between the opposing side walls of the holder member 201, a rotary support shaft 221 having hooks 222 fixed to both ends is rotatably installed, and a shaft 210a is installed to connect the shaft 210a. The hook release lever 210 is swingably supported around the shaft 210c. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the hook 222 has a claw portion 222a that can be engaged with the support shaft 205b and a side wall of the holder member 201 on one side of a connecting portion with the rotation support shaft 221. And a spring 224 is stretched between the holder member 201 and the other side of the connecting portion with the rotation support shaft 221. The hook 222 is biased by the spring 224 in the clockwise direction in FIGS. 5 and 6, that is, in the direction in which the claw portion 222a engages with the support shaft 205b, and the contact portion 222b elastically engages with the hook release lever 210. Abut.

In the hook release lever 210, pressing portions 210 a capable of pressing the contact portions 222 b of each hook 222 are formed on both upper sides, and an operating portion 210 b penetrating the side wall of the holder member 201 is formed. In the hook release lever 210, the pressing portion 210a presses the contact portion 222b of the hook 222 by operating the operating portion 210b in the right direction in FIG. It is swung in the clockwise direction, that is, the direction in which the claw portion 222a is separated from the support shaft 205b.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the changer unit 7 constituting the transport unit 6 includes a guide plate 63 for placing and guiding the card-shaped recording medium C between the frames 61 and 62. 64 is fixed, a stopper 66 is swingably attached to a shaft 65 extending horizontally between the frames 61 and 62 near the entrance, and a stopper lever 67 is vertically movable near the end of the guide plate 64. It is set up.

Further, on the upper surface side of the guide plate 63, a conveyance roller 68 that takes in and conveys the card-shaped recording medium C sent from the cleaning unit 200 is inclined with respect to the moving direction of the card-shaped recording medium C. It is arranged. A shaft 69 of the conveying roller 68 is rotatably attached to a support plate 71 fixed to the outer surface of the frame 61. On the other hand, on the lower surface side of the guide plate 63, a driven roller 72, which is driven by the transport roller 68, is similarly arranged so as to be inclined with respect to the moving direction of the card-shaped recording medium C. A shaft 73 of the driven roller 72 is rotatably pivotally attached to a lever 74, and the lever 74 is swingably supported by a shaft 75 extending horizontally between the frames 61 and 62.

Below the guide plate 63, a solenoid 77 is attached to a mounting member 76 fixed to the frame 61, and a rod 78 urged by a return spring 77a of this solenoid 77 is swingable by a shaft 79. A sub-lever 80 pivotally supported on the sub-lever 80 is connected with a pin 81. A stopper portion 80a that abuts the lever 74 is formed on the sub-lever 80. The lever 74 and the sub-lever 80 are connected by a spring 82 to drive the solenoid 77. By doing so, the driven roller 72 comes into contact with and separates from the conveying roller 68 via the sub-lever 80 and the lever 74, and the driven roller 72 is separated from the conveying roller 68 when not conveying.

On the other hand, the solenoid 85 is fixed to the lower end of the guide plate 64, and the lower end of the stopper lever 67 is connected to the distal end of the rod 86 urged by the return spring 85a of the solenoid 85 to connect the solenoid 85 to the solenoid 85. The stopper lever 67 is moved up and down by driving. Further, a sensor 87 is attached to the frame 61 to detect the movement of the card-shaped recording medium C 1 on the guide plate 64.

Further, a paper discharge roller 90 is fixedly arranged on a side of the guide plate 64 on a shaft 91 which is horizontally rotatably mounted between the frames 61 and 62, and is arranged above the paper discharge roller 90. Has a paper discharge roller 92. The paper discharge roller 92 is swingably supported by a shaft 93 extending horizontally between the frames 61 and 62, and is rotatably supported by an arm 95 urged by a spring 94 to press the paper discharge roller 90. Contact.

A motor 100 is provided to drive each part, and a gear 101 fixed to a rotating shaft of the motor 100, a geared pulley 102, a belt 103, two-stage pulleys 104 a and 104 b, a belt 105 and a shaft 69. It is transmitted to the conveying roller 68 via the pulley 106 fixed to the sheet discharge roller 90, and is transmitted to the paper discharge roller 90 via the geared pulley 102, the belt 108, the geared pulley 109, and the gear 110 fixed to the shaft 91.

The transport unit 8 constituting the transport unit 6 includes an endless belt 113 stretched between rollers 111 and 112.

On the other hand, the print unit 3 is provided with a stage 31 on which the card-shaped recording medium C is placed and which is delivered to and from the transport unit 8 of the transport unit 6, and a stretching roller 32 and a take-up roller 33. The thermal head 35 is provided with a transfer film 34 on which the melted or sublimable inks of yellow (Y), magenta (M), and cyan (C) are applied at a predetermined pitch. In addition, the overcoat unit 4 is impregnated with a heat-melting resin or the like serving as a protective film stretched between the stage 41 on which the card-shaped recording medium C is placed and the feeding roller 42 and the winding roller 43. An overcoat film 44 and a thermal head 45 are provided.

Next, operations of the cleaning unit 200 and the changer unit 7 in the card making apparatus configured as described above will be described. First, the reader / writer unit 2 sends out the card-shaped recording medium C, and the card-shaped recording medium C enters the cleaning unit 200, and the front end is sandwiched between the cleaning rollers 203 and 204. Then, the card-shaped recording medium C is pushed out by the reader / writer unit 2 and advances toward the changer unit 7 while rotating the cleaning rollers 203 and 204, and the foreign matter adhering to the surface of the card-shaped recording medium C is cleaned by the cleaning rollers 203 and 204. Are removed by. Here, since the dirt of the cleaning roller 203 can be easily confirmed through the window 202o, it is easy to confirm the cleaning or replacement time.

Further, in the cleaning unit 200, when the cleaning rollers 203 and 204 are soiled, the hook release lever 210 is operated to swing the hook 222 counterclockwise in FIG. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the hook 222 can be removed while the claw portion 222a is separated from the support shaft 205b and the cleaning rollers 203 and 204 are assembled to the base member 202. That is, the cleaning rollers 203 and 204 can be integrally removed by operating the hook release lever 210. Therefore, the cleaning rollers 203 and 204 can be easily removed, and when they become dirty, they can be replaced quickly and easily.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the card-shaped recording medium C is further pushed toward the changer unit 7 by the rollers 21 and 22 of the reader / writer unit 2 as shown by the arrow A in FIG. While pushing up the stopper 66, the stopper 66 enters the inside of the changer unit 7 and is fed by the reader / writer unit 2 until the leading end abuts the conveying roller 68. At this time, the conveyance roller 68 is rotationally driven by the motor 100, and the card-shaped recording medium C is nipped between the conveyance roller 68 and the driven roller 72 and further conveyed in the arrow direction, and the card-shaped recording medium C is conveyed. The tip of the abuts on the stopper lever 67. Therefore, the cleaning unit 200 does not require a power source for driving the rollers 203 and 204, and the configuration of the cleaning unit 200 can be simplified. That is, since the cleaning unit 200 is passively configured to transfer and transfer the card-shaped recording medium C, a simple configuration is achieved.

After that, the sensor 87 detects the leading end of the card-shaped recording medium C, and then the motor 100 is stopped when a time set a little longer than the time until it comes into contact with the stopper lever 67 elapses. The transport roller 68 also stops.

Here, when the card-shaped recording medium C is conveyed by the conveying roller 68, the card-shaped recording medium C is conveyed because the conveying roller 68 is arranged so as to be inclined with respect to the moving direction. While being urged toward the frame 61 side at the same time, the stopper lever 67 and the frame 61 are finally stopped in a state of being in contact with each other, and the positioning is accurately performed.

When magnetic recording failure or the like is caused by the reader / writer unit 2, the solenoid 85 is driven to lower the stopper lever 67, and the card-shaped recording medium C is ejected by the ejection rollers 90 and 92 in the arrow direction. Eject the paper.

FIG. 9 shows another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is an overall schematic view. In this embodiment, a cleaning unit 200 is arranged between the supply unit 1 and the reader / writer unit 2 in the vicinity of the reader / writer unit 2. The card-shaped recording medium C is conveyed from the supply unit 1 to the cleaning unit 200 by the power of the supply unit 1, and the cleaning unit 200 is transferred to the reader / writer unit 2 by the power of the reader / writer unit 2. Is sent out.

Also in this embodiment, since the card-shaped recording medium C conveyed to the reader / writer unit 2 can be cleaned by the cleaning unit 200, magnetic recording and printing after magnetic recording can be performed with dust or the like. It can be done without being adversely affected. The rest of the configuration, functions and effects are the same as those of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

[0033]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the transport roller is arranged so as to be inclined with respect to the moving direction of the card-shaped recording medium, the configuration is simple and regardless of the type of the card. The card can be accurately positioned. Further, according to the second aspect of the invention, since the cleaning unit removes the foreign matter attached to the card-shaped recording medium, it is possible to prevent printing defects and the like caused by the foreign matter. Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, since the cleaning unit is arranged between the card supply unit and the magnetic recording device to remove foreign matter from the card-shaped recording medium, magnetic recording and printing after magnetic recording are performed. Can be performed without being adversely affected by dust and the like, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of recording defects and printing defects due to foreign matter, and improve its reliability.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a card making apparatus having a card carrier according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a main part of the card carrier.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main part.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another main part of the card carrier.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the main part.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the same main portion in a state different from that in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the main part.

FIG. 8 is a schematic side view of the main part.

FIG. 9 is a schematic overall configuration diagram of a card making device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Supply unit, 2 ... Reader / writer unit (magnetic recording device), 3 ... Print unit (printing device), 4
... overcoat unit, 5 ... stocker, 6 ... transport unit, 7 ... changer unit, 8 ... transport unit, 6
1, 62 ... Frame, 63, 64 ... Guide plate, 67 ...
Stopper lever, 68 ... Conveying roller, 72 ... Followed roller, 200 ... Cleaning unit, 202 ... Base member, 203, 204 ... Cleaning roller.

Front page continuation (72) Creator Takao Ryeo 3-12 Moriya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (72) Hidefumi Tanaka 3--12 Moriya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama Inside Victor Company of Japan (72) Inventor Shigeru Kato 3-12 Moriya-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Inside Victor Company of Japan

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A device for transporting a card-shaped recording medium from a card supply unit to a printing device or a magnetic recording device, wherein the transport device comprises a transport roller whose rotation direction is inclined with respect to the moving direction of the card-shaped recording medium. A card carrying device having. 2. An apparatus for transporting a card-shaped recording medium from a card supply unit to a printing apparatus or a magnetic recording apparatus, wherein the card-shaped recording medium is provided between the card supply unit and the printing apparatus or the magnetic recording apparatus. A card carrying device, characterized in that a cleaning unit for removing adhered foreign matter is provided. 3. The card carrying device according to claim 2, wherein the cleaning unit is arranged in the vicinity of the magnetic recording device between the card supply unit and the magnetic recording device. apparatus.