JPH10222613A - Carrier belt unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a belt carrier unit by which belt exchange and assembling are easily executed. SOLUTION: An endless belt is stretched among plural rollers 43a, 43b and 43c, the shaft 49 of the rollers is freely rotatably supported by a side plate 51 which is formed to be smaller than the outer diameter of the rollers, the external end part 52a of a bearing 52 for the shaft 49 is protruded from the side plate 51, a cap 53 is provided in a part opposed to the bearing 52 of frames 8 and 9 which are arranged in the outside of the side plate 51 and the external end part 52a is supported by the cap 53.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a conveyor belt unit for conveying a magnetic card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a card processing apparatus for a thin magnetic card such as a prepaid card or an air ticket, which is one of magnetic cards having a magnetic recording layer capable of recording and reproducing magnetic information, a belt is used to carry the card. Have been. The belt is stretched over a plurality of rollers fixed to a shaft supported by a frame of the card processing device. The belt includes a driving belt wound around a roller provided on a driving shaft, and a pad belt driven and driven by contacting the driving belt. A card is held between these two belts and conveyed. I have.

[0003]

In a belt-conveying type card processing apparatus, the belt is deteriorated more seriously than other components, so that the belt is replaced or inspected during maintenance and inspection. In many cases, the wound roller is fixed to a shaft supported by a frame. For this reason, when replacing the belt, the shaft and rollers are free and the shaft cannot be removed from the frame unless the shaft is removed from the frame. Since a large shaft load is applied to the shaft supporting the roller due to the tension of the belt when the belt is hung, there is a problem that the replacement and the assembling work are difficult to perform and the working efficiency is not good.

[0004]

Therefore, according to the present invention, an endless belt is stretched between a plurality of rollers.
The roller shaft is rotatably supported on a side plate formed to be smaller than the outer diameter of the roller, and the outer end of the roller shaft bearing protrudes from the side plate. A cap was provided on a portion of the arranged frame facing the bearing, and the outer end was supported by the cap.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of roller shafts around which an endless belt is stretched are rotatably supported on side plates formed to be smaller than the outer diameter of the rollers, and are protruded from the side plates. Since the outer end of the bearing was fitted and supported by a cap provided at a portion facing the bearing in the frame disposed outside the side plate, by disengaging the cap from the outer end, The side plate comes off the frame.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 shows an example of a boarding pass (hereinafter, referred to as a “card”) as a thin magnetic card. The card 1 is made of a paper material having a small thickness, and data (not shown) such as a departure place and a destination is displayed on a front surface thereof. A layer (magnetic stripe) 1a is provided along the longitudinal direction. In the magnetic stripe 1a,
Data similar to the surface data is magnetically recorded.

The card 1 is separable into a boarding ticket 1A and a collection ticket 1B to be passed to the passenger at the perforation 1b, and is taken in from the insertion slot 3 of the magnetic card processing device 2 shown in FIG. The processing is performed. Then, the boarding pass ticket 1A is discharged out of the device from the card discharge port 4, and the collected ticket 1A is collected.
B is collected in the apparatus. In this embodiment, insertion in the direction of arrow A with the back side of the card 1 facing down is referred to as forward insertion, and insertion in the direction of arrow B is referred to as reverse insertion.

[0008] Magnetic card processing device 2 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2
Are arranged at an airport gate or the like. When roughly classified into the configurations, a card reader 2A in which a card insertion slot 3 is arranged and a card ejection section 2 in which an ejection slot 4 of the card 1 is arranged.
B.

First, the card reader unit 2A will be described, and then the card ejection unit 2B will be described. The card reader unit 2A includes a drive-side transport belt unit (hereinafter, referred to as a “drive belt unit”) 6 driven by a forward-reversely-rotatable drive motor 5, a driven-side transport belt unit (hereinafter, a “driven belt unit”). The card transport path 10 communicates with the insertion slot 3 formed by the frame 7 and the frames 8 and 9, the magnetic head 11 provided in the card transport path 10, and the magnetic head 11 disposed between the insertion slot 3 and the magnetic head 11. It is mainly composed of a branch path 12 and a first stamp unit 13 provided.

The driven belt unit 7 is a belt roller (hereinafter referred to as "roller") rotatably disposed between a pair of substrates 14 extending in the longitudinal direction of the card reader 2A.
Two endless belts 7c wound around 7a and 7b
And rotatably supported by the substrate 14, and the belt 7c
Are formed by rollers 7d and 7e for pressing the roller downward.

The roller 7a has its base end 16
a is rotatably supported by a fixed support shaft 16. The support shaft 16 penetrates the substrate 14 and rotatably supports the driven belt unit 7. Further, the substrate 14 includes a pad roller 15 for applying a predetermined pad pressure to the magnetic head 11 and a first stamp for stamping the conveyed card 1.
The stamp unit 13 is supported and is integrated with the driven belt unit 7.

The drive belt unit 6 is provided at a position facing the driven belt unit 7 below and supported by the frames 8 and 9 by a drive shaft 18 and a support shaft 26. In the drive belt unit 6, the drive roller 6a and the driven roller 6 around which the endless belt 6c that contacts the belt 7c
b is rotatably supported by the side plate 17 and is disposed substantially at the center of the card transport path 10.

A drive shaft 18 to which the drive roller 6a is fixed by screws 20 is a bearing 1 provided on the frames 8, 9.
9 rotatably supported. At one end 18a of the drive shaft 18, a belt pulley 5d over which a belt 5c connected to a drive pulley 5b attached to the output shaft 5a of the drive motor 5 is mounted. The other end 1 of the drive shaft 18
8b, a handshake 2 for manually rotating the drive shaft 18 is provided.
1 is fixed. The side plate 17 is, as shown in FIG.
Smaller than the outer diameter of the driving roller 6a and the driven roller 6b,
Further, it is formed so as to have substantially the same shape as the shape of the endless belt 6c pressed and deformed by the rollers 7d and 7e. As shown in FIG. 3, a bearing bush 22 for supporting the drive roller 6a in the side plate 17 is press-fitted into the shaft hole 21 provided in one of the side plates 17 from outside the side plate.

The sleeve 22a of the bearing bush 22 projects inside the side plate 17, and supports the drive roller 6a by loosely fitting into a concave portion 6d provided on the end face of the drive roller 6a. The inner peripheral surface of the sleeve 22a is coated with a film such as Teflon (trade name) to make the rotation of the drive shaft 18 inserted into the bearing bush 22 smooth.

A sleeve 24 a of a cylindrical bush 24 is inserted into the shaft hole 23 formed in the other side plate 17 from the inside of the side plate 17. The shaft hole 23 is formed so that the distance between the drive shaft 18 and the support shaft 26 can be adjusted.
4 is formed with a slight play.

The large diameter portion 24b of the bush 24 supports the driven roller 6b by loosely fitting into a concave portion 6e provided on an end face of the driven roller 6a. The inner peripheral surface of the bush 24 is Teflon-coated like the bearing bush 22.

A bush 24 is provided inside the driven roller 6b.
Is fixed, and a support shaft 26 fixed to the frames 8 and 9 with screws 20a is inserted into the bearing 25 and the bush 24.

As shown in FIG. 2, the card transport path 10
The width D is regulated by the frames 8 and 9. This width D is set to substantially the same size as the width d of the card 1 shown in FIG. 8, and the positioning of the card in the width direction is performed.

The magnetic head 11 is an R / W head having a read / write (hereinafter referred to as "R / W") function, and is disposed on both sides of the belt 6c so as to match the position of the magnetic stripe 1a of the card. And faces the transport path 5. One of the magnetic heads 11 (a) is
The other head 11 (b) corresponds to the card 1 inserted in the forward direction, and the other head 11 (b) corresponds to the card 1 inserted in the reverse direction.

The first stamp unit 13 is connected to the transport path 10
Is normally performed on the card 1B to be conveyed, and is normally (at the time of non-stamping), located at a position evacuated from the conveyance path 10, and is operated by the actuator 13A at the time of stamp stamping, and invade.

The branch path 12 is formed toward the lower part of the apparatus.
The first flap 27 leading to the second 2 is rotatably supported and disposed on a shaft 28. A solenoid (not shown) is connected to the flap 27. When the card is inserted, the solenoid is at a position retracted from the transport path 10 and the inserted card 1
When it is necessary to return the card once, the card is guided to the branch path 12 by connecting the transport path 10 and the branch path 12. At this time, the drive motor 5 is driven to rotate in the direction opposite to the direction when the card is inserted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, one of the card discharge sections 2B is connected to the discharge port 4 and the other is connected to the card transport path 10 via the cutter unit 29. A card collection path 33 is connected to the path 30 and the other is connected to collection boxes 31 and 32 arranged at the lower part of the apparatus. A card discharge path 30 and a belt conveyance unit 34 for conveying cards in the card collection path 33 are provided. It is mainly composed of a unit 35 and a drive motor 36.

The cutter unit 29 is connected to the card transport path 1
The card 1 is cut into a passenger ticket 1A and a collection ticket 1B. When the unit 29 operates, the drive motor 36 is driven.

The drive belt 38 hung on the pulley 37 fixed to the shaft 36a of the drive motor 36
9 and pulleys 39 fixed to shafts 39 and 40
a and 40a, and constitutes driving means for the card ejection unit 2B.

The drive belt unit 4 is attached to the shafts 39 and 40.
Drive rollers 41a and 42a constituting the first and second drive rollers 42a and 42b are fixed.
The belts 41c and 42d are stretched between the belts 2b and 42c, respectively.

On the opposite side of the drive belt units 40, 41, a driven belt unit 43 having a belt 43d wrapped around rollers 43a, 43b, 43c, and rollers 45, 45
driven belt unit 45 with belt 45c hung on
Are arranged respectively.

The belt 45c includes the roller 42a and the roller 4
2c is in contact with the belt 42d. Belt 43
d is a belt 42d between the roller 42b and the roller 42a.
The belt 4 between the rollers 41a and 42b.
1c. The belt 41c has a roller 43c
The tension is given by

The shaft 46 supporting the roller 45b has a second
A third flap 48 is provided between the roller 42c and the roller 45a. The switching of the second flap 47 is controlled by an actuator (not shown) that is operated by a sensor (not shown) that detects the length of the card and determines the boarding ticket 1A and the collection ticket 1B. The second flap 43 is switched according to a switching mode set in a control device (not shown). The switching mode includes a class of a seat, a destination, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the second stamp unit 35 is disposed in the vicinity of the discharge port 4, and is driven by an actuator 35a as necessary to enter the card discharge path 30, and is conveyed through the same conveyance path 30. It operates so as to seal the passenger ticket 1A. A stamp base 44 is arranged at a portion facing the second stamp unit 35.

As shown in FIG. 6, the driven belt unit 43 has side plates 8, 9 with the support shaft 49 of the roller 43a as a fulcrum.
Normally (during operation of the apparatus), it is fixed between the side plates 8 and 9 by a lock mechanism 50 so as to form the card ejection path 30.

The support shaft 49 includes rollers 43a, 43b, 43
It is rotatably supported via a bearing 52 on a pair of side plates 51 which are smaller than the outer diameter of c and which are formed so as to have substantially the same belt shape as when they are stretched over each roller. The rollers 43b and 43c are rotatably supported by shafts 56 and 57 supported by the side plate 51. The bearing 52 is
As shown in FIG. 6, a hole 51a formed in the side plate 51 is press-fitted from the inside of the side plate, and an outer end portion 52a protrudes from the side plate.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, a screw 53 is fixed to a cap 53 at a portion of the frames 8, 9 disposed outside the side plate 51, facing the bearing 52. The cap 53 is fitted in a hole 55 formed in the frames 8 and 9 and partially protrudes toward the side plate to support the outer end 52a (see FIG. 5).

Here, the configuration of the lock mechanism 50 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the lock mechanism 50 includes a lock guide 58 fixed to the inner side surfaces 8 a and 9 a of the frames 8 and 9, a lock bar 59 fixed to one side, and a guide fixed to the side plate 51 at the other side. Elongated hole 60 to be engaged with pin 61
The slider 60 is provided with a slider 60 provided with a, and a coil spring 62 which is engaged with a guide pin 61 and a lock bar 59 to urge the slider 60 to a lock position indicated by a solid line in FIG.

The lock guide 58 is plate-shaped, and has a horizontal guide surface 58b for guiding the end of the lock bar 59 to the engagement recess 58a. Slider 60
Has a U-shaped cross section and a substantially L-shaped side surface, and a handshake 60c is fixed to the upper end 60b. The slider 60 is slidable in the horizontal direction by a lock bar 59, a guide surface 58b, a guide pin 61, and a long hole 60a.

The operation of the entire magnetic card processing apparatus 2 configured as described above will be described first. When the card 1 is inserted from the card insertion slot 3 and the sensor S1 shown in FIG. 1 is operated, a shutter (not shown) is opened, the drive motor 5 is driven to rotate forward, and the belt 6c rotates clockwise. When the belt 6c rotates, the belt 7 comes into contact with the belt 6c.
c is driven counterclockwise, and the card 1 is taken in and conveyed with the leading end of the card sandwiched between both belts.

When the conveyed card 1 reaches the magnetic head 11, the magnetic data is read from the magnetic stripe which is held between the magnetic head 11 and the pad roller 15 and comes into contact with the head. Here, the recorded contents of the card 1 are checked, and if there is no need for writing, the card 1 is conveyed to the first stamp unit 13 shown in FIG.

When an error occurs when writing is required or when reading is performed by the magnetic head 11, the drive motor 5 rotates in the reverse direction, and the first flap 27 operates so as to connect the retreat path 12 and the transport path 10. Guide the card to junction 12,
The drive motor 5 is rotated forward to perform writing or reading again.

When the card 1 is sent to the cutter unit 29, the unit 29 is operated in accordance with the length of the card 1 to cut the card 1 at the perforations 1b shown in FIG. .

When the drive motor 36 is driven, the belt 3
8 rotates clockwise, the pulleys 39a and 40a are driven by the driving of this belt, and the driving belt unit 4
The belts 41c and 42d rotate clockwise. By the rotation of the belts 41c and 42d, the respective belts 43d of the driven belt units 43 and 45,
45c rotates counterclockwise.

Assuming that the inserted card 1 has been inserted into the insertion slot 3 in the forward direction, when the cutter unit 29 operates, the boarding pass ticket 1A is sent to the card ejection section 2B first, and the collection ticket 1B is later sent to the card ejection section 2B. Sent.

In such a case, the second flap 47 first takes a state of being retracted from the card discharge path 30, and holds the boarding ticket 1A between the belt 43d and the belts 42d, 41c to form the second stamp unit. It is transported to 35. The boarding pass ticket 1A sent to the second stamp unit 35 is
It is stamped at a predetermined timing, sent to the outlet 4 and discharged out of the apparatus.

On the other hand, the collection ticket 1B is
From the discharge path 30
A collection ticket 1B, which is positioned and conveyed by a solenoid (not shown), is transferred to a card collection path 33,
It is introduced between 2d and the belt 45c. The introduced collection ticket 1B is conveyed toward the third flat 48 and is sorted to either the collection box 31 or the collection box 32 depending on the position of the flap 48.

Next, the disassembly and assembly of the drive belt unit 6 will be described. First, the driven belt unit 7 is
It is pivoted about 6 and taken out from between the frames 8 and 9. Next, the drive pulley 5d is detached from the drive shaft 18, and the screw 20 fixing the drive roller 6a to the drive shaft 18 is loosened, the drive shaft 18 is pulled out from the handshake 21 side, and the support shaft 26 is fixed to the frame 9. Loosen the screw 20a that is
Pull out 6.

The driving roller 6a and the driven roller 6b are arranged as shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), since the bearing bush 21 and the bush 24 respectively support the side plate 17, the drive belt unit 6 and the drive belt unit 6 can be taken out of the frames 8, 9 without disassembling the rollers and belts. The bush 24
Since the shaft hole 23 has a play, the support shaft 2
6 is removed from the driven roller 6b, the driven roller 6b is moved toward the drive roller 6a to loosen the tension of the belt 6c, and then the belt 6c is removed from the roller. At this time, the side plate 1
Since the belt 7 is formed smaller than the outer diameter of the roller, the belt 6c can be easily removed.

In the case of assembling, the driving belt unit 6 is supported on the frames 8 and 9 in reverse to the above-described disassembly procedure, and then the driven belt unit 7 is rotated about the shaft 16 to remove the frames 8 and 9. Return it to the middle and fix it. Rollers 7d, 7
e, the belt 6c is pressed downward.

Next, the disassembly and operation of the driven belt unit 43 will be described with reference to FIGS. By pulling the handshake 60c in the direction of arrow A, the slider 60 is slid against the spring force of the coil spring 62 to move the lock bar 59 from the engagement recess 58a, and the lock of the driven belt unit 43 is released. Then, the screw 54 fixing the cap 53 is removed, and the cap 53 is removed from the frames 8 and 9. At this time, since the lock mechanism 50 and the driven belt unit 43 are supported by the side plate 51, the lock mechanism 50 and the driven belt unit 43 can be easily and easily removed from the frames 8, 9.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, the belt-rolled roller conventionally supported by the shaft supported by the frame is replaced with the bearing in the shaft hole formed in the side plate formed to be smaller than the roller outer diameter. The unit is rotatably supported via a unit, so rollers and belts do not fall apart for belt replacement, etc., belt replacement and assembly work can be facilitated, work time can be reduced, and costs can be reduced. Connect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a card processing apparatus having a transport belt unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view illustrating a schematic configuration of a card processing device.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a transport belt unit which is a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the transport belt unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a support structure of a transport belt unit which is a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a support structure of a transport belt unit which is a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view illustrating a configuration of a lock mechanism of the transport belt unit.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view showing a boarding pass as a magnetic card used in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Conveyor belt unit 6a, 6b Plural rollers 6c Endless belt 8, 9 Frame 17 Side plate 18 Rotatable shaft 23 Shaft hole 25 Bearing 26 Shaft (support shaft) 43 Conveyor belt unit 43a, 43b, 43c Plural rollers 49 Roller shaft 51 Side plate 52 Bearing 52a Outer end 53 Cap

Claims (1)

[Claims] An endless belt is stretched between a plurality of rollers, a shaft of the roller is rotatably supported by a side plate formed to be smaller than an outer diameter of the roller, and an outer end of a bearing of the roller shaft. A transport belt unit having a portion protruding from the side plate, a cap provided on a portion of the frame disposed outside the side plate facing the bearing, and the outer end supported by the cap.