JPH07187421A - Card delivery device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To deliver a card by one intermittently and securely by delivering a card by a conveyer belt and forming a projection contacting with a card and pushing the card on a surface of the belt, CONSTITUTION:Width of a belt 6 of a conveyer device 4 is narrower than that of a card 3 and a projection 7 for contacting with a card 3 and pushing it is formed on a surface of the belt 6. An exit 8 capable of pushing out the card 3 of a.lowest position by passing the projection 7 of the belt 6 is formed in a bottom of a stocker 5 and a supporting surface for supporting the card 3 at left and right of the pushing out direction is formed in the stocker 5 or a base 2. Accordingly, the card 3 can be pushed out by supporting the card at the supporting surface and moving the belt 3 relatively and contacting the projection 7. Thereby, even the thick and relatively small card 3 can be delivered one by one securely.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card feeding device for paying out a required number of cards as prizes or commodities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a feeding device for feeding cards such as game cards and telephone cards one by one, Japanese Patent Publication No.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 754696, a delivery roller for delivering the lowest card to the front by rotating the front portion of the card placed in a storage case for storing the cards in a stack, and A partition plate is provided upright on the front surface of the stacked cards in front of the sending roller in the sending direction, and a partition plate is provided to prevent sending of the second or more cards from the bottom.

Further, the storage case for storing the cards in a stack is fixed to the apparatus frame, and the card is supplied to the storage case by releasing the back plate and inserting the cards little by little. There is.

[0004]

The above-mentioned prior art device can be used for sending out a relatively large card such as a telephone card which is thin, flexible and rectangular, but is relatively thick and circular. It is difficult to use for sending out small cards. That is, it is difficult to set the number of sheets to be sent out in order to continuously send out the cards, and it is difficult to feed with a roller when the card is relatively small, and it is conceivable to use a belt instead of this roller. Cards tend to slip and inaccurate delivery.

Further, when the device is arranged inside a large machine, it is difficult to supply the card to the storage case, and even if the device can be pulled out from the inside of the machine, a large number of Supplying cards is very cumbersome. A first object of the present invention is to make a card thick and to compare by feeding a card by a belt of a conveyor and forming a protrusion on the surface of the belt for abutting and pushing one card. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card sending-out device capable of intermittently and accurately sending out even small cards one by one.

A second object of the present invention is to carry out feeding of a card by a belt of a conveyor, to form a protrusion on the surface of the belt for abutting against and pushing one card, and the card on the belt. The stocker that supplies paper is removable, the receiving part is formed at the bottom of this stocker, and a shutter that closes the outlet is provided in the stocker, so that even thick and relatively small cards can be intermittently inserted one by one. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a card delivery device that can be delivered accurately and accurately and that can supply a card to a stocker by taking out the stocker.

[0007]

That is, the first concrete means for solving the problems in the present invention is a conveyor mechanism 4 supported by the base 2 and capable of feeding out the card 3, and a conveyor mechanism 4 on the base 2. And a cylindrical stocker 5 attached to the conveyor mechanism 4 for storing a large number of cards 3 to be supplied to the conveyor mechanism 4, and the belt 6 of the conveyor mechanism 4 has a width narrower than the width of the card 3 and 1 A protrusion 7 for contacting and pushing the card 3 is formed, and an outlet 8 for pushing out the card 3 at the lowermost position by passing the protrusion 7 of the belt 6 is formed under the stocker 5. 5 or base 2
Is formed with a receiving surface that slidably receives the right and left of the pushing direction of the card 3.

The second concrete means for solving the problems in the present invention is that the conveyor mechanism 4 supported by the base 2 and capable of sending out the card 3 is detachably mounted on the base 2. A cylindrical stocker 5 accommodating a large number of cards 3 to be supplied to the conveyor mechanism 4 is provided, and the belt 6 of the conveyor mechanism 4 has a width narrower than the width of the cards 3 and one card 3 on the surface thereof. A projection 7 is formed which abuts and pushes the same, and a receiving portion 9 formed with a receiving surface 11 for receiving the lowermost card 3 in the left and right directions in the pushing direction and the receiving portion 9 at the lower portion of the stocker 5. An exit 8 that allows the held card 3 to be pushed out by passing through the protrusion 7 of the belt 6.
And a raceway surface 2A that is slidably received on the base 2 at the same height as the receiving portion 9 in the pushing direction of the card 3 in the left and right directions.
The shutter 1 is formed along the outer surface of the stocker 5 to close the outlet 8 when the stocker 5 is separated from the base 2.
This means that 0 is movably provided.

[0009]

In the lowest position of the cards 3 which are stacked in the stocker 5 in a stacked form, the belt 6 is supported at the center on the left and right in the feeding direction, and the left and right sides have substantially the same height as the belt 6. Is received on the receiving surface 11 of the receiving portion 9 or the track surface 2A of the base 2, and when the conveyor mechanism 4 is driven to move the belt 6, the card 3 at the lowermost position is replaced with the card 3 above it. Since the frictional resistance between the two is large, it moves relative to the belt 6 and is pushed only after the projection 7 of the belt 6 is caught, and thereafter, it is pushed out from the outlet 8 of the stocker 5 without slipping on the surface of the belt 6.

The stocker 5 is removably mounted on the base 2, and a receiving portion 9 having a receiving surface 11 for receiving the lowermost card 3 in the left and right directions in the pushing direction is formed in the lower portion of the stocker 5. , The shutter 1 along the outer surface of the stocker 5
0 is movably provided, and when the stocker 5 is detached from the base 2, the card 3 at the lowest position is received by the receiving portion 9,
Further, since the shutter 10 moves and closes the outlet 8, even if the supplemental card 3 is supplied to the stocker 5 taken out from the apparatus, the stocker 5 does not drop and the stocker 5 can be easily attached to the base 2 after the supplement of the card 3.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7, reference numeral 1 denotes a card sending-out device incorporated in a game machine. In the embodiment, a cardboard circular card 3 used for a plane fitting picture is taken from two left and right ones one by one, or intermittently, the required number of cards. That is, it is possible to alternately pay out at intervals.

The card feeding device 1 is roughly classified into a base 2
And a conveyor mechanism 4 supported by the base 2 and the base 2
It has a stocker 5 which is detachably mounted on the top, a drive mechanism 12 which drives the conveyor mechanism 4, and a control mechanism 13 which detects and controls the payout of the card 3 and the like, and these configurations are provided in a left-right pair. However, it has a substantially symmetrical structure in which the card 3 is paid out from two places on the left and right.

The base 2 has a guide plate 17 fixed to the upper surface of a lower base 16 having an opening 16A through which the belt 6 is exposed, and a vertical frame 18 and a mounting frame 19 are erected on the upper surface of the guide plate 17. The conveyor mechanism 4 is housed inside the lower table 16,
A guide plate 17 forms an orbital surface 2A on the upper surface of the lower table 16 along which the card 3 slides along the front-rear direction of the opening 16A, and the vertical frame 18 includes a drive mechanism 12 and a stocker holding means 20.
The vertical frame 18 and the mounting frame 19 are provided with a card remaining amount detecting means 21 for supporting the card.

The conveyor mechanism 4 includes a pair of front and rear shafts 24, 25.
And the belt 6 wound around the pulleys provided on the front and rear shafts 24 and 25.
Is supported by the lower base 16, and the rear shaft 25 can be adjusted in the front-rear direction to adjust the belt tension. The belt 6
Is formed by the timing belt, and the upper part is the opening 16A
Located on the inner surface of the card 3 and the upper surface thereof is flush with or slightly lower than the raceway surface 2A, and a pair of protrusions 7 are formed at one place or a plurality of places in the circumferential direction, and the card 3 placed on the surface of the belt 6 and two points. It is possible to abut at a position. The width of the belt 6 is narrower than the width of the card 3, and comes into contact with the left and right center of the card 3 in the pushing direction.

In the drive mechanism 12, a speed reducer 26 is fixed to a support portion 18B of the vertical frame 18, a motor 27 is provided in the speed reducer 26, and a gear transmission means 28 is provided from the output shaft of the speed reducer 26 to the front shaft 24. Power can be transmitted via the. The stocker 5 is a stocker main body 5A having a cylindrical storage portion 30 with two rows of left and right open rear faces, and a back cover 5B provided on the stocker body 5A so that the back cover 5B can be opened and closed. The main body 5A is pivotally supported, and the middle part and the lower part are removably engaged with the stocker main body 5A. The back cover 5B is opened to store a large number of cards 3 in a stack in the storage part 30. You can, and the weight 3 on top of the card 3
2 is put.

At the lower end of the stocker body 5A, each storage unit 3 is provided.
Corresponding to the left and right of 0, the receiving portion 9 is provided in a downward protruding shape
The left and right receiving portions 9 are L-shaped facing each other in a front view,
A lower portion thereof projects so as to overlap the storage portion 30 and forms a receiving surface 11 for receiving the card 3 in the storage portion 30 so as not to drop when the stocker 5 is detached.

A horizontally long slit is formed between the lower end of the stocker main body 5A and the receiving surface 11 when viewed from the front, and this slit has a thickness of about one card 3 and the card 3 Is an outlet 8 through which the protrusions 7 of the belt 6 pass between the left and right receiving portions 9. When the stocker 5 is attached to the base 2, the receiving portion 9 is inserted and arranged in the opening 34 formed in the lower base 16. At this time, the receiving surface 11 is positioned substantially the same as the raceway surface 2A, and in order to prevent the weight of the cards 3 stored in the stocker 5 from being applied to the belt 6 almost, the receiving surface 11
At least one of the track surface 2A and the track surface 2A receives the weight of the card 3. Like the receiving surface 11, the track surface 2A also functions as a receiving surface for receiving the card 3.

The stocker 5 can be inserted and arranged between the vertical frame 18 and the mounting frame 19, and engaging recesses 35 are formed in the lower left and right sides of the stocker body 5A. By engaging with the engaging pin 36 projecting upward in 2, the lower part of the stocker 5 can be positioned in the front-rear, left-right direction. The vertical frame 18 is provided with a pair of left and right guide portions 37 for guiding the attachment / detachment of the stocker 5. The upper part of the vertical frame 18 is the front surface of the stocker body 5A for restricting the position of the upper part of the stocker 5 during mounting. A set portion 38 having an uneven shape along the shape is formed, and a lock member 40 that detachably engages with engagement protrusions 39 provided on the left and right of the stocker body 5A and holds the mounted state is pivotally supported. There is. The lock member 40 is unstablely switched by the tension spring 43 and is urged downward when engaged with the engagement protrusion 39.

Further, the shutter 10 is provided on the lower part of the front surface of the stocker body 5A of the stocker 5 so as to be vertically movable via left and right guide protrusions 41, and is biased downward via a spring 42. The upper portion of the shutter 10 is bent forward to form a contact portion 10A, which can be engaged with the middle portion 18A of the vertical frame 18, and when engaged, is pulled up against the spring 42. .

As shown in FIG. 5, when the stocker 5 is detached from the base 2, the shutter 10 descends downward until it comes into contact with the upper guide protrusion 41 and closes the front surface of the exit 8 to close the storage card 3. Is to prevent the stocker 5 from slipping out of the outlet 8. When the stocker 5 is mounted on the base 2, the abutting portion 10A engages with the midway portion 18A of the vertical frame 18 and is pulled up to raise the outlet 8 It is designed to be opened.

An optical sensor 45 having a light emitter 45A and a light receiver 45B is attached to the middle portion 18A of the vertical frame 18 and the attachment frame 19, and the stocker 5 is formed with a hole 46 in the front-back direction in the stocker body 5A. And shutter 1
When the hole 47 facing the hole 46 at the pulling position is formed at 0, and the light of the optical sensor 45 passes through the holes 46 and 47, the remaining amount of the card 3 in the stocker 5 becomes a certain amount or less. , It is detected and notified by light or sound.

The card remaining amount detecting means 21 is constituted by these, and the left and right card remaining amount detecting means 21 are provided as a pair, but the optical sensor 45 and the holes 46 and 47 are arranged sideways and one. The light may be used to detect the remaining amounts of the cards 3 at two places. Further, the front portion of the lower plate 16 of the base 2 is bent downward and the optical sensor 50 is attached to the tip thereof.
The light emitter 50A is provided, and the light emitter 5 is provided at the front of the vertical frame 18.
A light receiver 50B is provided so as to face 0A, and light is emitted from the lower plate 16
The hole 51 in the front part of the card 3 can be projected, and the card 3 pushed out from the upper surface of the lower plate 16 can be detected.
The counting means 52 is configured to count the number of sheets sent out.

The remaining amount detecting means 48 and the counting means 52 are connected to a control box, and the control box operates the drive mechanism 12 in response to an input payout signal,
When the remaining amount detecting means 48 detects the presence of the card 3, the card 3 is sent out, counted by the counting means 52 and fed back, and the operation is repeated until the required number is reached, and when the required number is reached, it is stopped. The control mechanism 13 is configured by these.

The operation of the card delivery device 1 is as follows. A plurality of cards 3 are stored in a stacker 5 in a stacked state, and the drive mechanism 12 is operated by the payout signal from the control box to drive the conveyor mechanism 4. To do. The lowest position of the storage card 3 is received on the receiving surface 11 of the receiving portion 9 and / or the raceway surface 2A (receiving surface) of the base 2 whose left and right side portions in the feeding direction are substantially the same height as the belt 6. Even if they are sandwiched between them and the card 3 on it, they do not move together even if they are in contact with the belt 6, and only when the protrusion 7 of the belt 6 moves and is caught, the belt is pushed. Exit 8 of stocker 5 without slipping with the surface of 6
Is extruded from. The second card from the bottom is prevented from moving together by the lower end of the stocker 5.

The card 3 pushed out of the outlet 8 slides on the track surface 2A and is discharged forward. Then, it is counted by the counting means 52 in the middle, and the count signal is fed back to the control box. When the number of paid-out sheets is one, only one of the left and right conveyor mechanisms 4 is driven, and when the number of paid-out sheets is plural, the left and right conveyor mechanisms 4 are alternately driven.

When the card remaining amount detecting means 21 detects that the amount of the cards 3 in the stocker 5 has become less than or equal to a predetermined amount, the stocker 5 is detached from the card delivery device 1. At this time, if the stocker 5 is pulled up, the remaining cards 3
Is received by the receiving surface 11 of the receiving portion 9, and the stocker 5
Along the outer surface of the shutter 10, the shutter 10 is pulled down by the spring 42 to close the outlet 8 and prevent the card 3 from spilling from the stocker 5.

In this state, the stocker 5 is taken out of the apparatus 1, the back cover 5B is opened, and the card 3 is replenished in the stocker body 5A. After replenishing the card 3, the engagement recess 35 is engaged with the engagement pin 36 while guiding the stocker 5 with the pair of left and right guide portions 37, and is brought into contact with the front setting portion 38 of the stocker main body 5A to rotate the lock member 40. Then, it engages with the engaging projections 39 provided on the left and right of the stocker body 5A, and locks the front, rear, left, right, and up and down positions.

At this time, the contact portion 1 on the upper portion of the shutter 10
0A is engaged with the middle portion 18A of the vertical frame 18 and the spring 4
It is pulled up against 2 and the exit 8 is opened so that the card 3 can be sent out. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified.
For example, the structure in which the card 3 is output in two systems is shown, but one or three or more systems may be used, and in the case of one or two systems, the drive mechanism 12 is omitted and the shafts 24 and 25 of the conveyor mechanism 4 are manually driven. Can be configured to.

The card 3 may be made of plastic in addition to paper, and the shape thereof may be circular, rectangular or any other modification, and the stocker 5 may be fixed to the base 2.
You may make it supply the card 3 from the upper part. Further, belt transmission means may be used in place of the gear transmission means 28, and contact type or non-contact type switches may be used in place of the optical sensors 45 and 50. A pair of short protrusions 7 on each side of the belt 6 may be provided. However, one short or long one may be used.

[0030]

According to the present invention described in detail above, the belt 6 of the conveyor mechanism 4 has a width narrower than the width of the card 3 and a protrusion for abutting against and pushing one card 3 on its surface. 7 is formed, and the protrusion 7 of the belt 6 is formed on the lower portion of the stocker 5.
Since the exit 8 through which the card 3 at the lowest position can be pushed out is formed by the passage of, and the stocker 5 or the base 2 is formed with a receiving surface for slidably receiving the right and left in the pushing direction of the card 3, The card 3 can be supported by the receiving surface and the belt 6 can be relatively moved, and the card 3 can be pushed out after the protrusion 7 comes into contact.
It can be delivered accurately one by one.

A stocker 5 is removably mounted on the base 2, and a receiving portion 9 is formed below the stocker 5 to form a receiving surface 11 for receiving the lowermost card 3 in the left and right directions in the pushing direction.
Is formed, and the card 3 is formed on the base 2 at substantially the same height as the receiving portion 9.
A track surface 2A that slidably receives the left and right in the pushing direction of the shutter 10 is formed along the outer surface of the stocker 5 so as to close the outlet 8 when the stocker 5 is separated from the base 2.
Since it is movably installed, it is possible to replenish the card 3 to the stocker 5 by taking out the stocker 5 from the base 2, which makes it easy to replenish the card 3 and prevent spillage during replenishment. can do.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional side view of a main part showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same cross section.

FIG. 3 is a sectional side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a sectional front view of the same section.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the lower portion of the stocker.

FIG. 6 is an overall side view.

FIG. 7 is an overall front view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card feeding device 2 Base 2A Orbital surface (receiving surface) 3 Card 4 Conveyor mechanism 5 Stocker 6 Belt 7 Protrusion 8 Exit 9 Receiving portion 10 Shutter 11 Receiving surface

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A conveyor mechanism (4) supported by a base (2) and capable of sending out a card (3), and a card mounted on the base (2) and supplied to the conveyor mechanism (4). A cylindrical stocker (5) accommodating a large number of (3) is provided, and the belt (6) of the conveyor mechanism (4) has a width narrower than the width of the card (3) and one A protrusion (7) that abuts against and pushes the card (3) is formed, and the card (3) at the lowermost position is formed at the bottom of the stocker (5) by passing the protrusion (7) of the belt (6). An outlet (8) that can be pushed out is formed, and a stocker (5) or a base (2) is formed with a receiving surface that slidably receives the left and right of the card (3) in the pushing direction. Card sending out device. 2. A conveyor mechanism (4) supported by a base (2) and capable of sending out a card (3), and a conveyor mechanism (4) detachably mounted on the base (2). A cylindrical stocker (5) accommodating a large number of cards (3) to be supplied is provided, and the conveyor mechanism (4)
The width (6) of the belt (6) is narrower than the width of the card (3), and a projection (7) for abutting against and pushing one card (3) is formed on the surface of the belt (6). The lower part of the card (3) is formed with a receiving surface (11) for receiving the card (3) at the lowermost position in the right and left directions, and the card (3) received by the receiving part (9) is belted. An outlet (8) that can be extruded by passing through the protrusion (7) of (6) is formed, and the base (2) is approximately at the same height as the receiving portion (9) and the left and right in the extruding direction of the card (3). A track surface (2A) for slidably receiving the shutter is formed, and a shutter is provided along the outer surface of the stocker (5) to close the outlet (8) when the stocker (5) is separated from the base (2). (10) A card feeding device, wherein the card feeding device is provided so as to be movable.