JPH0614156U - Card dispensing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Almost no dimensional accuracy is required. You can reliably throw out thin cards one by one. It can be applied to cards with different thickness. [Structure] A card accommodating portion 1 for accommodating and accommodating cards 2 by stacking them horizontally is formed. A spring 7 urges the cards 2 from one end face side in the stacking direction toward the other direction. A friction rotating body (10) is provided that is pressed against the other end surface of the cards that are aligned and stored in the card storage portion. The friction rotator 10 is rotated to push the card 2 and rotate it toward the ejection side. The pressure of the card 2 rotated to the ejection side is released and released. Friction rotator
At the ejection portion side of the card 2 ejected at 10, a regulating member 30 having a different friction coefficient, which is in contact with both surfaces of the card, is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[Purpose of Invention]

[0002]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a card dispensing device, and relates to a device for dispensing cards one by one, which is used in vending machines such as prepaid cards.

[0003]

[Prior art]

 A conventional card dispensing device of this type generally has a structure described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-173440. This conventional card ejecting device slides a pressing piece having a thickness that engages only with the edge of the lowest card while the cards vertically stacked in the card housing are pressed downward by springs. This pressing piece is used to send out the lowest card one by one, and the card outlet has a gate opening through which only one card can pass, and the pressing piece presses it. It has a structure that prevents two or more cards that are thrown out.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the card ejecting device having the above-described conventional structure, even though the thickness of the card is very thin, the pressing piece has to be engaged only with the lowest card, so that the edge of the card of the pressing piece is engaged. High accuracy is required for the thickness of the mating part and the mounting position, and strict accuracy is also required for the gate opening that prevents two or more cards from being ejected. For this reason, the cost becomes very high, and the dimensions that require these precisions are determined by the thickness of the card to be ejected, and must be changed for each card with a different thickness, which is not versatile. It was

Further, since the cards that are stacked and stored in the card storage portion are biased by the spring toward the lowest card, friction between the cards is large and a driving force that slides the pressing piece is generated. Had to be bigger.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and requires almost no dimensional accuracy, can reliably eject thin cards one by one, is inexpensive, and is also applicable to cards with different thicknesses. The present invention provides a card dispensing device having a property.

[Constitution of Device]

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The card ejecting device of the invention according to claim 1 has a lower supporting surface for supporting the edge of each aligned card, and a card accommodating portion for accommodating the cards by stacking the lower supporting surfaces in the horizontal direction. A biasing means for pressing one of the end faces of the cards lined up and stored in the card storage part toward the other direction, and the other end face of the cards lined up and stored in the card storage part in the stacking direction. The friction rotating body is moved toward and away from the card and rotated while pressing the other end surface of the card to rotate and eject the card toward the ejecting section.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the card ejecting device according to the first aspect, wherein the card is ejected by the friction rotary member on the ejection portion side of the card. The restricting members having different friction coefficients that come into contact with each other are arranged.

[0010]

[Action]

 In the card dispensing device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the cards that are aligned and stored in the card storage portion are urged toward the friction rotator by the urging means. By rotating one card, the friction with the friction rotating body is larger than the friction between the cards, and it is rotated toward the ejection part side, and when the pressure is released at the ejection position, the card falls by its own weight. Is released.

In the card ejecting device according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the card ejected by the friction rotary member, both sides of the card are brought into contact with the restricting members having different friction coefficients at the ejecting portion side, The card that comes into contact with the larger side is held by the regulation member, and only one card is ejected by stacking.

[0012]

【Example】

 A configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a card storage portion, which has a lower support surface 3 for supporting the edge of each aligned card 2 and a holding surface 4 for holding both side edges of the card 2. ing . In this card storage unit 1, a pressing plate 5 is provided on one end face side of the cards 2 stacked and stored horizontally on the lower support surface 3 in the stacking direction so as to advance and retreat in the stacking direction of the cards 2. The pressing plate 5 is attached to the end plate 6 of the card housing 1 and a plurality of coil springs 7 which constitute a biasing means stretched between the pressing plate 5 and the card 2 which is stacked. It is biased toward the other end surface side. The pressing plate 5 has engagement pieces 5a formed on the upper sides of both sides releasably engaged with and held by an engagement edge 8 on the upper edge of the holding surface 4, and the lower edge has the support surface. When the card 2 is replenished by being engaged with the engaging portion 9 formed on the engaging portion 9 in a detachable manner, the engaging piece 5a is engaged with the engaging edge 8 and the lower edge is engaged with the engaging portion 9, Prevents spring bias.

In addition, the shaft portion 11 of the friction rotator 10 that is brought into contact with one end side of the other end surface side of the card 2 that is aligned and stored in the card storage portion 1 rotates in the card storage portion 1. It is supported by the support unit 12 while moving forward and backward. The shaft portion 11 is biased by a wound coil spring 13 in a direction of coming into contact with the card 2. The shaft portion 11 is connected to a drive shaft 15 of the geared motor 14 by engaging portions 16 and 17 which are axially movable and rotationally connected. Further, the shaft portion 11 is engaged with an actuating lever 18 provided so as to be swingable about a support shaft 18a with some play. The side of the operating lever 18 that is not engaged with the shaft portion 11 is engaged with the plunger 20 of the push-type solenoid 19, and the tip of the operating lever 18 is bent into a U-shape to be stored in the card storage portion 1. The pressing body 21 of the card 2 is formed. When the solenoid 19 is excited, the actuating lever 18 swings around the support shaft 18a, the shaft portion 11 advances and retracts in the axial direction, and the friction rotor 10 advances and retracts in the direction toward and away from the other end surface of the card 2. At the same time, the pressing body 21 presses the card 2 at the timing of contact and separation of the friction rotating body 10.

Further, a pressing body 21 of the card 2 housed in the card housing 1 is provided at the tip of the operating lever 18 and is inclined upward from the other side of the card housing 1 toward one side. Has been.

The upper part of the card storage part 1 on one side of the ejecting part faces the tip side of the pressing body 21 and is positioned on the ejecting rotation trajectory of the card 2 and is ejected to the supporting plate 24. Rollers 22 and 23 that come into contact with both sides of the card 2 to be ejected are rotatably supported.

Next, in FIG. 5 to FIG. 7, reference numerals 30 and 31 denote card restricting members, which are disposed at the rotation locus surface of the card 2 which is rotationally ejected to the other side of the upper part of the card storage section 1. ing. The card restricting members 30 and 31 are thinly formed toward the tip on the base end side, and surfaces 32 and 33 which come into contact with both surfaces of the card 2 are curved in an arc shape. Further, the friction coefficient of the regulating member 30 contacting the front surface of the card 2 at the foremost end to be ejected is made of a material lower than the friction coefficient of the regulating member 31 contacting the rear surface side.

A detection means 35 such as an optical sensor for detecting the presence / absence of the card 2 is provided on the other side of the upper portion of the card storage unit 1, and is also ejected to one side of the card storage unit 1. A detection means 36 such as an optical sensor for detecting the card 2 is provided.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

The cards 2 aligned and stored in the card storage unit 1 are pressed toward the friction rotating body 10 by the urging force of the coil spring 7. At this time, the friction rotator 10 is pressed against the frontmost card 2 surface by the action of the spring 13. Next, the electric motor 14 is driven in this state, and the shaft portion 11 is interlockedly rotated by the electric motor 14.

When the friction rotating body 10 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 1 by the rotation of the shaft portion 11, the frontmost card 2 in contact with the friction rotating body 10 is brought into contact with the friction rotating body 10. It is revolved around one side where it is. By the rotation of the card 2, the card 2 passes between the regulation members 30 and 31. At this time, when two cards 2 are fed out in an overlapping manner, the friction coefficient of the contact surface 32 of the regulation member 30 that contacts the front card 2 is the contact surface of the regulation member 31 that contacts the second card 2. Since the coefficient of friction is low at 33, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 6, the second card 2 is restrained from rotating and held at that position, and only the frontmost card 2 is shown at 2a in FIG. It is rotated to the position, and at this position, it is rotated to the position of 2b while being sandwiched by the rollers 22 and 23. When the detecting means 36 detects the card 2, the solenoid 19 is excited and the actuating lever 18 swings around the support shaft 18a in the time direction in FIG. Is separated from the card 2 and the pressing body 21 presses the card next to the card 2 being ejected, whereby the card 2 is released from the friction rotating body 10 and the next card, and the center of gravity is Since the position is out of the lower support surface 3, it is dropped and ejected downward by its own weight as shown by 2c in FIG.

Since the friction rotator 10 is pressed against one side of the card 2, a gap G is formed on the other side of the card 2 as shown in FIG. It is possible to reduce the intrusion between the control members 30 and 31.

When the cards 2 stored in the card storage unit 1 are exhausted, the detection means 35 detects and informs. Then, the engaging piece 5a is engaged with the engaging edge 8 and the lower edge is engaged with the engaging portion 9 to retract the pressing plate 5 to replenish the card 2.

[0024]

[Effect of device]

 According to the invention of claim 1, the cards that are aligned and stored in the card storage portion are urged by the urging means toward the friction rotator, and by rotating the friction rotator in this state. One card has a larger friction with the friction rotating body than the friction between the cards, and is rotated toward the ejection part side. When the pressure is released at the ejection position, the card is dropped and ejected by its own weight, and the dimensional accuracy is improved. It is possible to throw out thin cards one by one without fail, and it is possible to increase the versatility which is cheap and can be applied to cards with different thickness.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the card ejected by the friction rotating body has a large friction coefficient on both sides of the card in contact with regulation members having different friction coefficients on the ejection portion side. The card that comes into contact with the card is held by the regulation member, and only one card that is stacked and ejected is ejected, which prevents erroneous ejection.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a card dispensing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which the friction rotating body is pressed against the card.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a card separating state of the regulating member.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a card separating state of the regulating member.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the same regulating member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card Storage Part 2 Card 3 Lower Support Surface 7 Coil Spring for Biasing Means 10 Friction Rotating Body 30, 31 Restricting Member

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A card storage unit having a lower support surface for supporting the edge of each of the aligned cards, the card storage unit for stacking the cards in a horizontal direction on the lower support surface and storing the cards in an aligned manner. Biasing means for pressing from one end face side of the stacking direction of the card toward the other direction, and advancing and retracting to the other end face side of the stacking direction of the cards lined up and stored in the card storing part A card ejecting device comprising: a friction rotator that is rotated while being pressed and is rotated toward the ejection portion side to eject the card. 2. The regulating member provided with a friction coefficient different from each other is provided on both sides of the card ejected on the ejection portion side of the card ejected by the friction rotating member. Card ejection device described.