JPH09117898A - Card branking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve blanking productivity by blanking an outside form of a card from a sheet material and substratially simultaneously forming small holes on the card by the same blanking device. SOLUTION: A card blanking device 1 is a device to blank an outside diameter of a card from a sheet material 2 and to form small holes (square hole for forgery prevention and round hole for card kind indication) on the card. This device 1 is mainly constituted of a die for outside form blanking fixed on a lower side fixing table 5, a punch 8 for outside form blanking provided on an upper side movable table 7, punches 9, 10 for small hole formation provided on the upper side movable table side 7 and to form small holes on the card and a passage 11 provided on the side of the lower side fixing table 5 and to freely drop foreign matters produced as the small hole are formed. A square hole and a round hole are formed by the punches 9, 10 for small hole formation by lowering the upper side fixing table 7 and blanking the outside form of the card by a die 6 for outside form blanking.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card punching device for punching a card such as a prepaid card or a credit card from a sheet material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A magnetic recording card such as a prepaid card or a credit card is manufactured by punching a product portion from a flexible sheet material. On the sheet material, product parts are formed vertically and horizontally. That is, the sheet material has a thickness of, for example, about 0.2 mm in which a magnetic material for recording information is applied to the back surface of a base made of plastic, and printing is performed on both sides for decoration or display. Further, a card is generally perforated with a small hole (square hole) for preventing forgery and a small hole (round hole) for indicating a card type.

By the way, conventionally, in order to manufacture such a card, a printed sheet material is rolled by a roller.
First, the sheet is conveyed to a punching press, where punching (punching) is performed. After that, the sheet material was conveyed by a roller to an outer shape punching press separate from the punching press, and the product portion was punched there.

[0004]

As described above, conventionally,
Since the outer shape and the small holes were punched separately when the card was manufactured, the productivity of the card was low, and two types of punching presses and a conveyance roller between them were required, which increased the cost of the device. There is a point. Further, the product portion is difficult to be punched accurately from the predetermined position of the sheet material, that is, the position of the small hole is displaced from the outer shape, and there is a high possibility that a defective product is generated.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art. In order to improve the positional accuracy of small holes with respect to the outer shape of a card and reduce the occurrence of defective products, It is an object of the present invention to provide a card punching device that can be manufactured with high productivity.

[0006]

The present invention for achieving the above object is a punching device for punching an outer diameter of a card from a sheet material and forming a small hole in the card, which is at least An outer shape punching die fixed to a side fixing base, an outer shape punching punch provided on an upper movable base that is moved up and down, and a small hole formed on the upper movable base side for forming a small hole in the card. A punch for forming a small hole, and a passage provided on the side of the lower fixing base for free-falling punched dust generated by the formation of the small hole. Is.

Further, instead of providing the small hole forming punch and the passage on the upper movable table side and the lower fixed table side, respectively, a passage and a small hole are formed on the upper movable table side and the lower fixed table side, respectively. A hole forming punch is provided,
Further, suction means for vacuum suctioning the inside of this passage can be provided. Further, a pushback plate member provided movably up and down in the outer shape punching die and the pushback plate member are attached upward so that the upper surface thereof is flush with the upper surface of the outer shape punching die. A pushback mechanism including an elastic mechanism for urging is provided. The small hole is at least one of a square hole for preventing forgery and a round hole for indicating a card type.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present invention will be described. According to the first aspect of the invention, the sheet material is conveyed by, for example, rollers to be positioned with respect to the punching device, and the outer shape punching punch and the outer shape punching die are lowered together with the upper movable table. The outer shape of the card is punched out from the sheet material by this, and the small hole is formed in this card by the small hole forming punch. The punched dust generated by forming these small holes falls freely in the passage. In this way, the positioned sheet material can be subjected to outer shape punching and small hole formation (punching) almost simultaneously by one operation of the punching device.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the punching dust generated by forming the small holes is discharged to the outside of the punching device through the passage for vacuum suction. According to the invention of claim 3, when the card is punched out,
Along with the lowering of the punch for external punching, the card (product)
At the same time, the pushback plate member moves down. After punching, the pushback plate member is lifted by the pushback mechanism, and its upper surface is flush with the upper surface of the outer shape punching die, so that the punched product enters the punching opening of the sheet material. In the invention according to claim 4, at least one of the square hole for preventing forgery and the round hole for indicating the card type can be formed with high positional accuracy with respect to the outer shape of the card.

[0010]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a main part of a first embodiment of a card punching device (die) of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, this card punching device 1
Punches the outer diameter of the card 3 (see FIG. 4) from the sheet material 2 and also makes small holes 4a and 4b in the card 3 (4a is a square hole for preventing forgery described later, 4b is a round hole for indicating the card type) Is a punching device for forming. The outline of the card punching device 1 is as follows. The outer shape punching die 6 fixed to the lower fixed base 5 and the outer shape punching provided on the vertically movable upper movable base 7 via the punch support member 20. Punches 8, small hole forming punches 9 and 10 for forming small holes 4a and 4b in the card 3, which are provided on the upper movable table side 7, and provided on the lower fixed table 5 side, Passage 1 for free fall of punched dust generated by the formation of the small holes 4a (4b).
1 is provided. It should be noted that the passage for allowing the punched dust generated by the formation of the small holes 4b to freely fall is not shown.

Next, the detailed structure will be described. An outer shape punching die 6 is fixed to the upper surface of the lower fixing base 5, and a pushback plate member 12 described later is provided in the outer shape punching die 6. It is fitted so that it can move vertically. A pillar 13 is erected on the lower fixed base 5, and an upper movable base 7 is fixed to an upper end portion of the pillar 13. The column 13 is biased upward by a coil spring 14, and has a structure in which a drive mechanism (not shown) lowers the upper movable table 7 against the elastic force of the coil spring 14.

A pushback mechanism 15 is attached to the lower fixed table 5.
The pushback mechanism 15 urges the pushback plate member 12 upward by the elastic force of the coil spring 16 via the shaft member 17 and the like, so that the upper surface of the pushback plate member 12 is punched out. 6 is located in the same plane as the upper surface. The coil spring 16 and the shaft member 17 constitute an elastic mechanism of the pushback mechanism 15. Further, the pushback plate member 12 includes
The through hole 1 is provided at a position facing a small hole forming punch 9 described later.
8 (passages) are formed. The pushback plate member 12 is also formed with a through hole at a position facing the other small hole forming punch 10, but this is not shown.

A punch support member 2 is provided on the lower surface of the upper movable table 7.
0 is fixed, and the punch 8 for outer shape punching is fixed to the lower surface of the punch support member 20. Inside the outer shape punching punch 8, an inner stripper member 21 is provided so as to be vertically movable. The inner stripper member 21 is fixed to the lower end of a shaft member 22, and the shaft member 22 is provided on the upper movable base 7 so as to be movable in the vertical direction and is urged downward by a coil spring 23.
As a result, at the normal time (when the mold is opened as shown in FIG. 1), the lower surface of the inner stripper member 21 has the outer shape punching punch 8
A little below the lower surface of the. Reference numeral 24 denotes an outer stripper member. The outer stripper member 24 is urged downwardly with respect to the punch support member 20 by a coil spring (not shown). Under normal conditions, the lower surface of the outer stripper member 24 is the inner stripper member 21. It is flush with the bottom surface.

A small hole forming punch 9 for forming a forgery preventing square hole 4a (see FIG. 4) is fixed to the upper movable table 7, and the small hole forming punch 9 is The punch support member 20, the outer shape punching punch 8 and the inner stripper member 21 are penetrated, and the lower end surface thereof is flush with the lower surface of the inner stripper member 21. Also,
A small hole forming punch 10 for forming a round hole 4b (see FIG. 4) for indicating a type on a card is also provided on the upper movable table 7 as in the above, and the small hole forming punch 10 is provided.
Is a punch support member 20 and an outer shape punch 8
And the inner stripper member 21 is penetrated, and the lower end surface thereof is flush with the lower surface of the inner stripper member 21.

Next, the operation of the card punching device (mold) configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the sheet material 2 is conveyed on the outer shape punching die 6 and positioned at a predetermined position. The sheet material 2 is
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), plastic (for example, PET
(Polyethylene terephthalate)) base 2a
The magnetic material 2b for recording information is applied to the back surface of the
The magnetic material 2b is conveyed upward. Here, the upper movable table 7 is lowered by the drive mechanism (not shown) (see FIG.
The outer shape of the sheet material 2 is punched by the outer shape punching die 6 and the outer shape punching pan 8 in (a) (see arrow Z). At this time, the following operation is performed as the upper movable table 7 descends. That is, first, the inner stripper member 2
The lower surface of each of the outer stripper member 24 and the outer stripper member 24 and the lower end surface of each of the small hole forming punches 9 and 10 simultaneously contact the upper surface (the magnetic material 2b) of the sheet material 2 (FIG. 3A).
(Refer to the state of 1)), the outer stripper member 24 and the inner stripper member 21 press the portions of the sheet material 2 that do not become the product and the portions that become the product, respectively, against the outer shape punching die 6 and the pushback plate member 12. Thereby, the displacement of the sheet material 2 can be prevented.

The pushback plate member 12 is first pressed downward by the inner stripper member 21, and the reaction force of the pushback plate member 12 causes the inner stripper member 21 to punch the outer shape punching punch 8.
Rise against. Thereby, the inner stripper member 2
The lower end portions of the small hole forming punches 9 and 10 project from the lower surface of the sheet 1, thereby forming a square hole 4a and a round hole 4b in the sheet material 2.
Is formed. The punched dust generated by the formation of the square holes 4a (and the round holes 4b) passes through the passages 18, 11
(The path of the punched residue of the round hole 4b is not shown) and is dropped and collected. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3B, the sheet material 2 is punched out by the lower end portion of the outer shape punching punch 8 and the opening edge of the outer shape punching die 6, and the card (product portion) 3 is obtained.

After punching out, the upper movable table 7 is lifted up. At this time, the coil spring 16 of the pushback mechanism 15 is moved.
The pushback plate member 12 is raised by the
Is pushed into the punched opening of the sheet material 2. In this state, the sheet material 2 is conveyed by a predetermined amount, and the product portion 3 is separated from the sheet material 2 and collected by a product separation mechanism (not shown). As described above, when the sheet material 2 is punched, only the product portion of the sheet material 2 descends and is punched, so that the transport line (feed line) of the sheet material 2 does not change and the transport is easy. . By repeating the above punching operation, a plurality of cards 3 as shown in FIG. 4A can be manufactured from the sheet material 2. The remaining material of the sheet material 2 from which the product portion 3 has been separated is separately collected.

FIG. 4B is an enlarged view of the end portion of the card manufactured as described above. In this example, as described above, the sheet material 2 is punched out from the magnetic material 2b side. Since the punch 2 is used for punching, the peripheral edge of the base 2a is slightly sagging, but the magnetic material 2b is not sagging and the end surface 3 of the base 2a is
Since it does not go around c, this card 3 is a reliable card with few malfunctions. In addition, the magnetic material 2b of the sheet material 2 does not adhere to the inner peripheral surface of the outer shape punching die 6 and does not become dirty.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the outer shape of the card and the small hole can be punched by one card punching device, and the positional accuracy of the small hole with respect to the outer shape of the card can be improved. It can be manufactured with high productivity so as to improve and reduce the occurrence of defective products. Also, after punching,
When the product enters the punching opening of the sheet material and the sheet material after punching is transported, the product is transported together with the sheet material and can be collected. Further, it is possible to efficiently manufacture a card in which a square hole for preventing forgery or a round hole for indicating a card type is formed at a predetermined position with respect to the outer shape with high positional accuracy.

FIG. 2 shows a second card punching device according to the present invention.
It is a principal part sectional view of the example of embodiment of. As described in claim 2, the card punching device (die) 31 of this embodiment has a vacuum passage 49 and a small hole forming punch 39 on the upper movable table 37 side and the lower fixed table 35 side, respectively. 40, and further, this vacuum passage 49
A suction means (not shown) for vacuum suctioning the inside (see arrow A) is provided. As this suction means, for example, a known pump can be used.

More specifically, an outer shape punching die 36 is provided on the lower fixed base 35, and two pushback plate members 4 are shown in the outer shape punching die 36 in the figure.
2a and 42b are provided, respectively. Corresponding to the two pushback plate members 42a, 42, two outer shape punching punches 38a, 38b are provided on the upper movable table 37.
It is fixed to the plate via a punch support member 50. In addition,
There are 2 external punching dies and external punches.
Although only the pairs are shown, in actuality, more pairs than this are provided.

The lower fixing table 35 has a punch 3 for forming a square hole.
9 is provided, and the upper end surface of the square hole forming punch 39 is
In the normal state (when the mold is opened as shown in FIG. 2), it is flush with the upper surface of the pushback plate member 42a. The punch 40 for forming a round hole is fixedly supported by a punch support member 51 fitted in the lower fixing base 35, penetrates the lower fixing base 35 and the pushback plate member 42a, and its upper end surface is normally Push-back plate member 42a (when the mold is opened as shown in FIG. 2)
Is flush with the top surface of. There are, for example, five types of positions of the round holes depending on the type of the card, so that the lower fixing base 35 and the pushback plate member 42 can be accommodated.
The through hole 5 into which the punch 40 for forming a round hole is inserted in a
Five 2 are formed. As a result, a predetermined through hole is selected from the five through holes 52 according to the type of card to be manufactured, and the punch 4 for forming a round hole is formed in the selected through hole.
Just insert 0. Such a structure is also adopted in the mold shown in FIG. Also, these configurations,
That is, the square hole forming punch 39 and the round hole forming punch 40, and the configuration capable of setting the round hole forming punch 40 at a predetermined position are also provided on the other pushback plate member 42b side, but are shown in the drawing. Not not.

Corresponding to the square hole forming punch 39, passages 48a, 41a and 49 are formed in the outer shape punching punch 38a, the punch supporting member 50 and the upper movable table 37, respectively. Further, five passages 48b and 41b are formed in the outer shape punching punch 38a and the punch supporting member 50 so as to correspond to the five through holes 52 formed in the lower fixed base 35. The structure in which five such passages are provided is also adopted in the mold shown in FIG. Further, such a passage structure is also provided on the other push-back plate member 42b side, but is not shown.

The pushback mechanism 45 is shown in FIG.
The coil spring 46, the shaft member 47, and the like are provided in the same configuration. Although the pushback mechanism 45 is shown only on the other pushback plate member 42b side in the figure, it is actually provided on one pushback plate member 42a side as well.

Next, the operation of this card punching device will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the sheet material 2 is conveyed on the outer shape punching die 36 and positioned at a predetermined position. As shown in FIG. 3A, the sheet material 2 is formed by coating a magnetic material 2b for information recording on the back surface of a base 2a made of plastic (for example, PET (polyethylene terephthalate)). It is transported on top. Here, the upper movable table 37 is lowered by the drive mechanism (not shown), and the sheet material 2 is cut by the outer shape punching die 36 and the outer shape punching punches 38a and 38b.
The outer shape is punched out, but at this time, the following operation is performed as the upper movable table 37 descends. That is, first, the lower surface of the stripper member 44 and the outer shape punching 38
The lower surfaces of a and 38b simultaneously contact the upper surface (magnetic material 2b) of the sheet material 2, and the stripper member 44 and the outer shape punching punches 38a and 38b are used to form the outer and outer portions of the sheet material 2 which are not products. Punching die 6 and pushback plate members 42a, 42b
Press respectively.

The pushback plate members 42a and 42b are
The outer shape punching punches 38a, 38b are pressed downward to move down, and the stripper member 44 moves up with respect to the outer shape punching punches 38a, 38b. As a result, the upper ends of the small hole forming punches 39, 40 project from the upper surfaces of the pushback plate members 42a, 42b, thereby forming the square holes 4a and the round holes 4b in the sheet material 2. The punched dust generated by the formation of the square hole 4a and the round hole 4b is generated by the passages 48a and 41a.
And the vacuum passage 4 via the passages 41b and 48b.
It enters the inside of 9 and is discharged out of the mold (see arrow A) and collected. At the same time when the small holes are formed, as shown in FIG.
The sheet material 2 is punched out by the lower end portions of the outer shape punching punches 38a and 38b and the opening edge of the outer shape punching die 36 to obtain the card (product portion) 3.

After punching, the upper movable table 37 is raised, but at this time, the coil spring 46 of the pushback mechanism 45 is moved.
As a result, the pushback plate members 42a and 42b are raised to push the card 3 into the punched opening of the sheet material 2. In this state, the sheet material 2 is conveyed by a predetermined amount, and the product portion 3 is separated from the sheet material 2 and collected by a product separation mechanism (not shown). By repeating the punching operation described above, a plurality of cards 3 as shown in FIG. 4A can be manufactured from one sheet material 2. In addition, product part 3
The remaining material of the sheet material 2 separated from is collected separately. Further, as described above, the punching dust generated by forming the small holes 4a and 4b can be forcibly discharged to the outside of the punching device by vacuum suction, and the punching dust processing does not take much time.

[0028]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects. According to the invention described in claim 1, the outer shape and the small hole of the card can be punched by one card punching device, and the positional accuracy of the small hole is improved with respect to the outer shape of the card, so that a defective product is generated. It can be manufactured with high productivity so as to reduce
The device cost can be reduced. Further, when the sheet material is punched out, only the product part of the sheet material descends and is punched out, so that the sheet material conveyance line (feed line) does not change and the sheet material is easily conveyed. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the punch dust generated by forming the small holes can be forcibly discharged to the outside of the punching device, and it does not take time to process the dust. In the invention according to claim 3, after punching, the product enters the opening portion by punching of the sheet material, and in this state, when the punched sheet material is conveyed,
The product can be collected together with the sheet material by being conveyed. According to the fourth aspect of the invention, it is possible to efficiently manufacture a card in which a square hole for preventing forgery or a round hole for indicating a card type is formed at a predetermined position with high positional accuracy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an essential part of a first embodiment of a card punching device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of essential parts of a second embodiment of the card punching device of the present invention.

FIG. 3A is an enlarged view showing a state immediately before card punching by a card punching device of the present invention, and FIG. 3B is an enlarged view showing a state immediately after card punching.

4A is a plan view of a card (product), and FIG. 4B is an enlarged view of an end portion of the card.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,31 Card punching device 2 Sheet material 2a Base 2b Magnetic material (magnetic layer) 3 Card (product) 3c End surface 4a Square hole 4b Round hole 5,35 Lower fixing stand 6,36 External punching die 7,37 Upper movable Platform 8, 38a, 38b External punching punch 9, 10, 39, 40 Small hole forming punch 11, 41a, 41b Passage 12, 42a, 42b Pushback plate member 13 Strut 14 Coil spring 15, 45 Pushback mechanism 16, 46 coil spring 17,47 shaft member 18,48a, 48b through hole (passage) 20,50 punch support member 21 inner stripper member 22 shaft member 24 outer stripper member 49 vacuum passage 51 small hole forming punch support member 52 through hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A punching device for punching an outer diameter of a card from a sheet material and forming a small hole in the card, comprising at least an outer shape punching die fixed to a lower fixing base, and a vertical moving die. An outer shape punch provided on the upper movable table, a small hole forming punch for forming a small hole on the card provided on the upper movable table side, and a small hole forming punch provided on the lower fixed table side And a passage for allowing a punching dust generated by the formation of the small hole to freely fall. 2. Instead of providing the small hole forming punch and the passage on the upper movable table side and the lower fixed table side, respectively, a passage and a small hole are formed on the upper movable table side and the lower fixed table side, respectively. 2. The card punching device according to claim 1, further comprising a hole forming punch, and suction means for vacuuming the inside of the passage. 3. A pushback plate member movably provided up and down in the outer shape punching die, and the pushback plate member so that their upper surfaces are flush with the upper surface of the outer shape punching die. The card punching device according to claim 1, further comprising a pushback mechanism including an elastic mechanism that biases upward. 4. The card punching device according to claim 1, wherein the small hole is at least one of a square hole for preventing forgery and a round hole for indicating a card type.