JPH10293818A - Card discharge device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To stably and separately discharge the cards without damaging them by using a double carrier prevention means, a card attitucle correction roller and a vertical width regulation member to construct a card discharge device. SOLUTION: A double feed prevention means consists of a card attitude correction roller 81 which is placed adjacent to the tips 19a of plural cards 19 and a thickness screw 82, i.e., a vertical width regulation member which regulates the vertical width of a card feed path 68 to the value approximately equivalent to the thickness of a single piece of card to be fed. Then the roller 81 is always pressed to the lower surface 68a of the path 68. The vertical width of the path 68 is regulated by the screw 82 to about 1.5 times as much as the thickness of a card 90 under feeding even when the double feed of cards 19 cannot be prevented by the roller 81 as shown by a single-dot chain line. As a result, only a single piece of card can pass through the screw 82.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a telephone card,
Or, a card dispensing apparatus in which a plurality of cards having a relatively small thickness such as an orange card are stacked and accommodated, and the plurality of stacked and accommodated cards are dispensed one by one from the lowermost surface thereof. The present invention relates to a card dispensing device for preventing the problem.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a card dispensing apparatus for dispensing a card according to the amount of money inserted has been installed in the equipment housing of a card vending machine for selling telephone cards and the like.

This card dispensing apparatus is roughly divided into a card storage section for loading and storing a large number of cards, and a card on the lowermost surface of the plurality of cards loaded in the card storage section. And a card dispensing section for pushing out.

On the other hand, in such a card dispensing apparatus,
Depending on factors such as the frictional force between overlapping cards,
A large number of cards may be pushed out of the card storage at one time (so-called double feed). In this case, in order to prevent a plurality of double-fed cards from being ejected from the card payout slot, the card payout slot is used. A double conveyance prevention means is provided in the communicating card conveyance path.

[0005] This conventional double transport prevention means is constituted by a vertical width regulating member in which the vertical width of the card transport path is set to a width larger than one card and smaller than two cards. As the vertical width regulating member, for example, a thickness screw is known as a representative of those whose vertical width can be adjusted, and a simply bent plate material or the like is known as a member whose vertical width cannot be adjusted.

According to the conventional double conveyance preventing means comprising such a vertical width regulating member, only one card located at the lowermost surface of a plurality of double-fed cards passes through the vertical width regulating member. Since the card can pass through the card transport path, even if a large number of cards are pushed out by double feed, the passage of other cards except the one card which can pass through the card transport path will be prevented. .

[0007]

In the above-described card dispensing apparatus, for example, a card deformed in the width direction (a card warped in the width direction) is sometimes stored in the card storage section. When the warped card is pushed out to the vertical width regulating member constituting the conventional double conveyance prevention means, the apparent thickness of the card exceeds the vertical width of the vertical width regulating member due to the warped portion. In some cases, the warped portion collides with the vertical width regulating member, causing damage to the card and causing card jamming.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a card dispensing apparatus capable of stably dispensing individual cards one by one without damaging the cards.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, a card accommodating portion for accommodating and accommodating a large number of cards and a large number of cards accommodating and accommodating the card accommodating portion are provided. A card separating / conveying means for separating the cards one by one from the lowermost surface and conveying the separated cards along a card conveying path communicating with a card payout opening; and a double for preventing double feeding of the cards by the card separating / conveying means. In the card dispensing device provided with a transport preventing means, the double transport preventing means is adjacent to the leading end of the card stacked and stored in the card storage portion, and the card separated and transported by the card separating and transporting means is transferred to the card A card attitude correcting roller pressed against the lower surface of the transport path; and a card transport path provided downstream of the card attitude correcting roller in the card transport path. The vertical width, and be configured by the vertical width regulating member for regulating the thickness less than thick and the card 2 sheets of thickness than the thickness of one sheet cards.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A card dispensing apparatus to which the double conveyance preventing means according to the present invention is applied will be described below in detail.

FIG. 1 is a side view of a card dispensing apparatus 1 to which a double conveyance preventing means according to the present invention is applied.

The card dispensing apparatus 1 is roughly composed of a card accommodating section 2 for loading and accommodating a plurality of cards, and a card dispensing section 3 for dispensing cards loaded and accommodated in the card accommodating section 2 one by one. Have been.

The card accommodating portion 2 includes a cassette base 4 positioned and mounted in the card dispensing portion 3 and a cassette box 6 fastened to the upper surface of the cassette base 4 by fastening means such as screws 5. The card insertion slot 7 formed at the front of the cassette box 6 is covered with a cassette door 8 so as to be openable and closable.

The cassette base 4 has both sides as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2 which is a front view of the card dispensing apparatus 1, a pair of latch levers 9 are mounted, and by rotating the latch levers 9 in one direction, the card accommodating section 2 causes the card dispensing section 3 to rotate. It is configured so that it can be attached to and detached from. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 8 'denotes a display plate for displaying the number of cards accommodated in the cassette box 6.

That is, from the state where the card accommodating section 2 is attached to the card payout section 3 shown in FIG.
Is rotated counterclockwise about the shaft 4a as indicated by an arrow, the latch between the card dispensing section 3 and the cassette base 4 is released. It is possible to remove only the card accommodating section 2 from the card payout section 3 as shown by.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
Is rotatably supported on a shaft 4a protruding from the side of the cassette base 4 and has a card dispensing portion 3 at its tip 9a.
Is formed with an engaging claw 9b that engages with the projection 3a protruding from the inside of the base.

A substantially U-shaped spring body 9d is integrally formed near the bearing hole 9c of the latch lever 9 to be inserted into the shaft 4a, and its free end is located at a symmetrical position on the side of the cassette base 4. It is engaged with one of the formed steps 4b and 4c. Accordingly, the biasing force of the spring body 9d is constantly applied to the latch lever 9 in the clockwise direction around the shaft 4a.

On the other hand, a projection 9e is formed on each of the front and back surfaces of the engaging claw 9b formed on the latch lever 9, and the projection 9e is formed at a symmetrical position at the center on both sides of the cassette base 4. A pair of arc-shaped guide grooves 4
d and 4e are engaged with one of the guide grooves 4d.

Therefore, when the leading end 9f of the latch lever 9 extended toward the cassette door 8 is rotated about the shaft 4a, the projection 9e moves along the guide groove 4d. Rotation beyond an angle is restricted.

The latch lever 9 is pulled out from the position where the latch lever 9 is mounted as shown in FIG. 3, and the latch lever 9 is turned upside down as shown in FIG.
When the free end of the spring body 9d of the latch lever 9 is engaged with the other step 4c formed on the cassette base 4 and the projection 9e is engaged with the other guide groove 4e, The tip 9f of the latch lever 9 extends in a direction opposite to the cassette door 8, so that the latch lever 9 can be operated from a direction opposite to the cassette door 8.

That is, when the latch lever 9 is mounted at the position shown in FIG.
In the mounting position of the latch lever 9 shown in FIG. 4, the mounting mode is such that the latch lever 9 can be operated from the opposite side of the cassette door 8.

In other words, according to the manner of mounting the latch levers 9 described above, the entire card accommodating section 2 may be removed from the card dispensing section 3 (FIG. 1) when replenishing cards into the cassette box 6. In this case, According to the mounting mode of the latch lever 9 shown in FIG. 3, when the operator operates the cassette door 8 on the card dispensing direction side indicated by the arrow A to remove the card storage unit 2 from the card dispensing unit 3, the operation is performed. 4 can be facilitated, and according to the mounting mode of the latch lever 9 shown in FIG.
When the operator removes the card storage unit 2 from the card dispensing unit 3 by operating from the opposite side of the above, the operation can be facilitated.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned cassette box 6 corresponds to FIG.
As shown in the figure, a bearing hole 4g which is positioned around an isosceles triangular projection 4f formed on the upper surface of the central portion of the cassette base 4 and which supports a shaft 8a protruding from the lower end of the cassette door 8 is also provided. Since the pair is formed symmetrically with respect to the protrusion 4f as a center, the cassette box 6 can be mounted on the cassette base 4 with the mounting position reversed.

That is, after the screws 5 are removed from the mounting position of the cassette box 6 shown in FIG. 3 as shown in FIG.
When the cassette box 6 and the cassette door 8 are removed from the cassette base 4 and then the cassette box 6 and the cassette door 8 are turned back and forth as shown in FIG. The cassette door 8 can be mounted in the direction opposite to the card payout direction indicated by A.

That is, according to the mounting mode of the cassette box 6, the cassette door 8 and the latch lever 9 shown in FIG. 7, the cassette door 8 is opened from the direction opposite to the card dispensing direction indicated by the arrow A, and the cassette box 6 is opened. This facilitates the operation of replenishing the card inside, and also facilitates the operation of operating the latch lever 9 from the card dispensing direction indicated by the arrow A to remove the card accommodating portion 2.

When the mounting position of the latch lever 9 is reversed from the mounting position of the latch lever 9 shown in FIG. 7 as shown in FIG. The work of opening the door 8 and replenishing the card in the cassette box 6 becomes easy, and the work of removing the card accommodating portion 2 by operating the latch lever 9 from the direction opposite to the card dispensing direction indicated by the arrow A is also facilitated. Becomes

Next, the internal structure of the card storage unit 2 will be described in detail.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the above-described card housing section 2, and the same parts as those in FIG.

As described above, the card accommodating portion 2 includes the cassette base 4 positioned and mounted in the card dispensing portion 3 (FIG. 1), the cassette box 6 fixed on the upper surface of the cassette base 4, and the cassette And a cassette door 8 for opening and closing the card insertion slot 7 of the box 6. In the cassette base 4 and the cassette box 6, a plurality of cards (not shown) to be replenished are pressed against a bottom surface 10 of the cassette base 4.
Are arranged. The bottom surface 10 of the cassette base 4 is formed with a groove 10a in which a slide described later reciprocates along the card payout direction.

The pressing means 11 comprises a base plate 12 having a U-shaped cross section, and a coil spring 13 disposed between the base plate 12 and the ceiling 6a of the cassette box 6. The urging force of the coil spring 13 is provided. Accordingly, the base plate 12 is constantly urged downward (toward the cassette base bottom surface 10).

On the other hand, on the upper surface of the base plate 12, there is provided base plate lifting means 14 which forcibly pushes the base plate 12 upward during card replenishment, thereby expanding the entire card insertion slot 7 and facilitating card replenishment work. It is arranged.

The base plate lifting means 14 includes a plurality (six) of cylinders 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, 14 having different diameters, each of which is engaged only at the upper end thereof.
e, 14f, and a cap 15 is fixed to the upper surface of the uppermost cylindrical body 14f by screws 16. Since the diameter of the cap 15 is set to be larger than the diameter of the cylindrical fitting hole 6b formed in the ceiling 6a of the cassette box 6, the cap 15 is
Does not fall into the cassette box 6 via the.

The plurality of cylinders 14a, 14
The diameters of b, 14c, 14d, 14e, and 14f are sequentially reduced from the lowermost cylinder 14a to the upper cylinder 14f.

On the other hand, the cylinder 1 having the largest diameter installed at the lowermost position
An engaging means (not shown) is provided between the peripheral surface 4a and the peripheral surface of the cylindrical fitting hole 6b formed in the ceiling 6a of the cassette box 6 for engaging the both.

According to this engaging means, a pair of tongue pieces 8 formed on the upper end of
After the cassette door 8 is opened by disengaging the projection 8d formed on the tongue piece 8b and the engaging hole 6d formed on the tongue piece 6c of the cassette box 6 by compressing the b and 8c. , Pick up the cap 15 and coil spring 13
When the base plate 12 is lifted upward against the urging force, the engagement means (not shown) interposed between the peripheral surface of the cylindrical body 14a and the peripheral surface of the hole 6b of the cassette box 6 is engaged. Then, the cylinder 14a stops at the position of the cylinder fitting hole 6b, and at the same time, the base plate 12 stops at the upper end position in the cassette box 6, as shown in FIG. Will be done. Note that in FIG.
Reference numeral 18 denotes an engagement release lever of the engagement means protruding below the tongue piece 6c of the cassette box 6, and reference numeral 18 denotes an inner peripheral surface of the cassette box 6, which has a trapezoidal cross section disposed on both side surfaces in the width direction. It is a pair of box plates. By attaching and detaching the pair of box plates 18, cards of various sizes having different widths can be stored in the cassette box 6.

That is, when a wide card is stored in the cassette box 6, the pair of box plates 1
It is only necessary to remove the card 8 and supply the card, and when storing a card having a small width, a pair of box plates 18 may be mounted in the cassette box 6 as in the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 10, after the cylindrical body 14a is stopped at the position of the cylindrical body insertion hole 6b by engagement with the engaging means (not shown), the picking-up operation of the cap 15 is released. Then, each cylinder 14a, 14b, 14 except the cylinder 14a
c, 14d, 14e, 14f fall into the cylinder 14a,
It is all stored inside.

Therefore, according to the above-described embodiment, when performing a card supply operation into the cassette box 6, the base plate lifting means 14 does not protrude above the cassette box 6, and the height of the cassette box 6 in the height direction is not increased. Since the size is not changed, the work of taking the card storage unit 2 into and out of the vending machine is further facilitated.

Next, the cassette door 8 is further expanded from the position shown in FIG.
Then, as shown in FIG. 11 from the card insertion slot 7,
Refill a plurality of cards 19 into the cassette box 6,
Thereafter, when the card insertion slot 7 is closed again by the cassette door 8, the leading end 8e of the cassette door 8 collides with the disengagement lever 17, and the disengagement lever 17 is pushed to engage the engagement means. As shown in FIG. 12, the base plate 12 is moved downward by the urging force of the coil spring 13 constituting the base plate lifting means 14, and presses the plurality of cards 19 from the upper surface thereof, thereby causing the plurality of cards 19 to move. The entire card 19 is pressed against the cassette base bottom surface 10 side.

Next, the card payout section 3 will be described in detail.

FIG. 13 is a top view of the card dispensing section 3 from which the card accommodating section 2 has been removed.

The card dispensing section 3 is a flat rectangular housing 2.
The card separation / conveyance unit 21 accommodated in the card holder 0 and a card discharge unit 22 for discharging the cards conveyed one by one by the card separation / conveyance unit 21 from the housing 20.

Note that the card separating and conveying means 21 is
The card ejection means 22 is arranged below an outlet bracket 24 which covers the front end side of the housing 20, respectively.

The card separating / conveying means 21 is provided with a plurality of cards 19 (see FIG.
In 2), the card engages with the card located on the lowermost surface thereof and separates and transports the engaged card one by one. , A slide driving means 26 for reciprocating in the left-right direction, a slide guide means 27 for guiding the slide 25 in the left-right direction in the drawing, and a slide posture changing means 28 for changing the posture of the slide 25 during traveling.

The slide 25 comprises a slide body 30 formed of a sintered metal member as shown in an enlarged plan view of FIG. 14, and a slide holder 31 for accommodating the slide body 30. The distal end 31a of the holder 31 is rotatably connected to a reciprocating slider 34 of a reciprocating slider link mechanism 33 which constitutes a part of a slide driving means 26 described later via a shaft 32, as shown in FIG. It is supported. The upper surface 30a of the slide body 30 has a step portion 30b having a height difference slightly smaller than a plate thickness of a card to be separated and conveyed, which will be described later.
Are formed.

On the other hand, a shaft 32 for rotatably supporting the slide holder 31 has a sliding posture changing means 28 described later.
Urging means 36 comprising a coil spring 35 constituting a part of
Is wound, one end 35a of the coil spring 35 is engaged with the slide holder 31, and the other end 35b is
Is engaged.

Therefore, according to the above-mentioned urging means 36, as shown in FIG. 15, the urging force of the coil spring 35 constantly urges the slide holder 31 from the horizontal posture shown by the dashed line to the inclined posture shown by the solid line. Become.

In FIG. 14, reference numeral 31c denotes a pair of guide projections formed on both sides of a rear end 31b of a slide holder 31 which constitutes a part of a slide posture changing means 28 described later. The slide holder 31 is engaged with a part of the slide posture changing means 28 described later, and the slide holder 31 is set to a horizontal posture parallel to the card to be dispensed as shown by a dashed line in FIG. 15 and an inclined posture shown by a solid line away from the card. Let me change.

Next, the above-described slide driving means 26 will be described.

The slide drive means 26 includes a first drive motor 40, a gear transmission mechanism 41 for reducing and transmitting the rotation of the drive motor 40 and a gear transmission mechanism as shown in FIG. The reciprocating slider link mechanism 33 converts the rotational force transmitted from the output shaft 42 of the mechanism 41 into a reciprocating motion of the slide body 30 in the left-right direction.

The reciprocating slider link mechanism 33 includes a disk 43 that is rotated by the rotational force transmitted from the output shaft 42 of the gear transmission mechanism 41, a projection 43 a protruding from the outer periphery of the upper surface of the disk 43, Guide groove 34 engaging with 43a
and the reciprocating slider 34 having a.

Among them, the disk 43 has a shaft center portion 43b rotatably supported in a bearing hole 44a formed in a partition wall 44 which vertically defines the inside of the housing 20, and is shown in FIG. As described above, the guide groove 34a is formed in the guide bar 34b formed integrally with the reciprocating slider 34.

A first detecting means (not shown) for detecting whether or not the reciprocating slider 34 is at the initial position shown in FIG. 16 is disposed between the guide bar 34b and the housing 20. The first detecting means is a reciprocating slider 34 as shown in FIG.
When it is at the initial position, an OFF signal is sent to a control device (not shown), and when it moves from the initial position shown in FIG. 16, an ON signal is sent to the control device.

Such a reciprocating slider link mechanism 33
According to this, the disk 43 makes one rotation and the projection 4
When the slider 3a makes one reciprocation along the guide groove 34a, the reciprocating slider 34 moves from the initial position shown in FIG. 16 to the left (forward direction), and then to the right (return direction) during the reciprocation. A reciprocating motion of returning to the initial position indicated by.

Next, the slide guide means 27 for guiding the slide 25 in the horizontal direction in the drawing through the reciprocating slider 34 of the drive means 26 will be described in detail.

The slide guide means 27 is located at the center of the center base 23, as shown in FIG. 13, and is guided along the roller guide groove 23a formed along the left-right direction of the drawing. Guide roller 45
And a slider guide groove 23b for guiding the reciprocating slider 34 shown in FIG. 16 in the left-right direction of the drawing. Of these, both the roller guide groove 23a and the slider guide groove 23b are formed in the center base 23.
5 is rotatably attached to the reciprocating slider 34 having a rectangular flat shape via a mounting screw 46 as shown in FIGS.

According to the slide guide means 27, when the reciprocating slider 34 of the driving means 26 moves leftward in the drawing from the initial position in FIG. 13, the reciprocating slider 34 is first guided along the slider guide groove 23b. Next, the reciprocating slider 34 is guided along the roller guide groove 23a into which the guide roller 45 is inserted.

Therefore, the slide 25 mounted on the reciprocating slider 34 is also guided smoothly along the slider guide groove 23b and the roller guide groove 23a in the horizontal direction in FIG.

Next, the slide posture changing means 28 for changing the posture of the slide body 30 during the reciprocation of the slide 25 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 13, the sliding posture changing means 28 comprises a biasing means 36 comprising a coil spring 35 and a pair of sliding posture switching guides 50 disposed opposite to each other with the reciprocating slider 34 interposed therebetween. , 51 and FIG.
As shown in FIG.
A guide projection 31c protruding from the rear end of the slide holder 31 that is engaged with and guided by the slide holder 31 is fixed to a partition 44 that vertically defines the inside of the housing 20, as shown in FIG.
An inclined wall 52 slidably in contact with the lower surface of the slide holder 31.

As shown in FIG. 13, each of the pair of slide attitude switching guides 50 and 51 is formed by a guide rail having a substantially L-shaped cross section. It is supported rotatably about a pair of shafts 50a and 50b formed at positions parallel to the direction. The other slide posture switching guide 51 is also supported rotatably about a pair of shafts 51a and 51b formed at a position parallel to the traveling direction of the reciprocating slider.

Each slide posture switching guide 50, 51
Returning springs 53 and 54 are fitted into one of the shafts 50a and 51b, respectively.
One of the free ends of one of the return springs 53 is engaged with the center base 23, and the other end is engaged with one of the slide posture switching guides 50. One end of each free end of the other return spring 54 is engaged with the center base 23, and the other end is engaged with the other slide posture switching guide 51.

Therefore, one of the pair of sliding posture switching guides 50, 51 is constantly rotated clockwise around the pair of shafts 50a, 50b by the urging force of the return spring 53. Of the pair of shafts 51 by the biasing force of the return spring 54 on the other slide posture switching guide 51.
A biasing force that always rotates counterclockwise around a and 51b acts.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 16, when the reciprocating slider 34 moves rightward in the drawing, that is, when the reciprocating slider 34 returns to the initial position shown in FIG. In addition, an inclined surface 52a that rises to the right is formed so that the slide body 30 in the inclined posture shown by the solid line in FIG. 15 is positioned parallel to the accommodated card surface (in the position indicated by the dashed line).

The urging means 36 comprising the coil spring 35 constituting the slide attitude changing means 28, a pair of slide attitude switching guides 50 and 51, and the guide projection 31
According to c and the inclined wall 52, when the reciprocating slider 34 starts the forward traveling in which the reciprocating slider 34 moves to the left side (forward direction) of the drawing as shown by the arrow A from the initial position of the reciprocating slider 34 shown in FIG. The guide protrusion 31c of the slide holder 31 supported by the slide 34 is mounted on and guided by the pair of slide posture switching guides 50 and 51. Therefore, the slide holder 31 and the slide body 30 are in a posture parallel to the card, in other words, FIG. 13 while maintaining the horizontal posture indicated by the alternate long and short dash line (forward direction indicated by arrow A).

When the guide projection 31c of the slide holder 31 moves away from the left ends of the pair of slide position switching guides 50 and 51, the slide holder 31 moves the shaft 32 by the urging force of the coil spring 32 as shown by the solid line in FIG. Rotate quickly clockwise to the center and at the same time slide body 30
Is changed to an inclined posture separated from the card as shown by a solid line.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
As indicated by an arrow D in FIG. 4, when the vehicle shifts to the backward traveling, in which the slide holder 31 moves rightward in the drawing (returning direction), as described above, since the slide holder 31 has the inclined posture shown by the solid line in FIG. And the pair of sliding posture switching guides 50 and 51 do not engage with each other because they are not in a horizontal positional relationship, and pass below the pair of sliding posture switching guides 50 and 51 while maintaining the inclined posture. When the rear end of the holder 31 reaches the start end of the inclined wall 52 shown in FIG.
1 gradually changes its position by rotating counterclockwise around the shaft 32 against the urging force of the coil spring 35 shown in FIG. 15, and finally when the reciprocating slider 34 returns to the initial position shown in FIG. The slide holder 31 returns to the initial position parallel to the card.

That is, according to the above-described slide posture changing means 28, each time the reciprocating slider 34 reciprocates in the left-right direction, the slide holder 31 and the slide body 30
Will repeatedly perform the above-described posture change.

Next, the card discharging means 22 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 16, the card discharging means 22 includes a second drive motor 60, a gear transmission mechanism 61 for reducing and transmitting the rotational force of the drive motor 60, and a rotation of the gear transmission mechanism 61. The shaft 62 includes a shaft 62 that is rotated by a force, a pair of drive rollers 63 fixed to the shaft 62 at predetermined intervals, and a driven roller 64 that is in pressure contact with the peripheral surface of the roller 63.

The driven roller 64 is rotatably supported by a shaft 65 as shown in FIG. 16, and the shaft 65 is constantly urged toward the drive roller 63 by the elastic force of a coil spring 66a. Note that this coil spring 66a is
The retaining plate is fixed by a pressing plate 67 disposed on the outlet bracket 24 covering the distal end side of the outlet bracket 24, and the pressing plate 67 is fixed to the outlet bracket 24 by screws 68.

As shown in FIG. 16, an elastic body 6 made of rubber or the like having a large friction coefficient is provided on the peripheral surface of the drive roller 63 described above.
3a is wound, and a projection 63b having a large diameter is formed on a part of the wound elastic body.
Even when the card deformed in the width direction is conveyed to the card payout port 66, the drive roller 63 is always in close contact with the card surface to ensure the conveyance of the card.

Note that, as shown in FIG.
The shaft 65 for supporting the driven roller 64 is vertically movably supported so that the driven roller 64 always follows the peripheral surface shape of No. 3, and is constantly pressed downward by the elastic force of the coil spring 66a.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 16, the drive roller 6 is disposed between the above-described card ejection means 22 and the leading ends 19a of the plurality of cards 19 accommodated in the card accommodating section 2.
Card path 6 formed between roller 3 and driven roller 64
Shutter means 70 for opening and closing 8 and a plurality of cards 1
The double conveyance preventing means 80 according to the present invention for preventing a mistake in which a plurality of cards are conveyed at one time from 9, that is, a double feed is provided.

The shutter means 70 includes a lever 71 having a substantially L-shaped cross section which protrudes and retracts in the card transport path 68.
The lever 71 is rotated around a shaft 71a, and the link means 72 expands the card transport path 68.

The link means 72 comprises a link 73 having an elongated hole 73a which engages with a projection 71b formed on the side of the lever 71. The link 73 has a rear end 73b.
Is extended to a position beyond the rear end 52b of the inclined wall of the slide posture changing means 28.

The rear end 73b of the link 73 is shown in FIG.
In the initial position of the slide holder 31 shown in FIG. 7, the slider 71 comes into contact with the rear end of the slide holder 31 and is moved to the right side in the drawing by the urging force, thereby rotating the lever 71 clockwise about the shaft 71a by a predetermined angle. Let the card transport path 68
And the card transport path 68 is closed.

When the contact between the rear end 73b of the link 73 and the slide holder 31 is released, the link 73 is caused by the urging force of the coil spring 74 stretched between the partition wall 44 and one end of the link 73. The card transfer path 68 is expanded by moving the lever 71 counterclockwise at a predetermined angle about the shaft 71a while moving to the left side of the drawing.

Next, the card double conveyance prevention means 80 according to the present invention will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 16, the double transport preventing means 80 includes a card attitude correcting roller 81 disposed adjacent to the leading end 19a of the plurality of cards 19, and a card transport path 6
And a thickness screw 82 serving as an upper / lower width restricting member for restricting the upper / lower width of the sheet 8 to substantially the thickness of one conveyed card.

As shown in FIG. 13, the card attitude correcting rollers 81 are provided in a pair at predetermined intervals (intervals smaller than the width of the conveyed card) along the width direction of the card conveyance path.

As shown in FIG. 17 which is an EE enlarged conceptual sectional view of FIG. 13, the card attitude correcting roller 81 has one end 8 of a roller arm 84 whose intermediate portion is rotatably supported on a shaft 83.
4a is rotatably supported via a shaft 85. Since the other end 84b of the roller arm 84 is always urged upward by the coil spring 86, the roller arm 84
The whole is urged clockwise about the shaft 83, whereby the card posture correcting roller 81 is constantly pressed against the lower surface of the card transport path 68. As described above, since each pair of card posture correcting rollers 81 is an independent suspension system with independent roller arms 84, even if the card is warped in the width direction or the like, both ends of the card are biased by the biasing force of each coil spring 86. Energize independently.

Therefore, even when the posture of a card having a reversal is corrected by the pair of card posture correcting rollers 81, both ends of the card are independently urged by the urging forces of the respective coil springs 86 to correct the card. The pressing posture of one posture correcting roller 81 does not affect the pressing posture of the other posture correcting roller 81 with respect to the card, so that the posture correcting effect of the warped card is improved.

Also, when pressing a card on which a portion having a different thickness such as embossing is formed on the card, the pressing posture of one posture correcting roller 81 is changed to the other posture correcting roller 8.
Since there is no effect on the pressing posture of 1, the card on which the embossing or the like is formed can be smoothly separated and conveyed.

That is, as shown in FIG. 17, a plurality of cards 19 are conveyed at one time from the tip side 19a of the plurality of cards 19 as indicated by a chain line due to factors such as frictional forces acting on each other. Even the card posture correcting roller 81
The forcible force of the coil spring 86 forcibly presses the card against the lower surface of the card conveying path, sequentially peels the card, and corrects the conveying posture. Note that the card posture correcting roller 81
When a plurality of cards are conveyed, they are retracted upward as indicated by a dashed line.

Therefore, the above-described double transport preventing means 8
According to 0, even when the card deformed in the width direction or the like is separated and conveyed, the warped portion of the card is pressed against the lower surface of the card conveying path 68 by the pressing force of the card posture correcting roller 81 to correct the card. Even if the card is pushed out into the card transport path 68 whose vertical width is limited to the thickness of substantially one card by the thickness screw 82, the card collides with the thickness screw 82 and is damaged. Therefore, the paper passes through the card transport path 68 smoothly without being affected by the collision and without clogging in the card transport path 68 due to collision.

In FIG. 17, reference numeral 91 denotes second detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a card passing through the card transport path 68. The second detection means 91 is supported rotatably about a shaft 92. The detected card detection lever 93, a return spring 94 which engages with the lower end 93a of the detection lever 93 and constantly urges the lever 91 clockwise about the shaft 92, and the lower end 93a of the detection lever 93 detect the card. A sensor 95 comprising a light emitting and light receiving element for detecting whether or not the lever 93 has rotated a predetermined rotation angle.

According to the above-described second detecting means 91, one card 90 travels in the card transport path 68, and at this time, the card 90 comes into contact with the leading end 93b of the card detecting lever 93 and the lever 93 is moved. As shown by the dashed line, the shaft 92
When the lever 93 is rotated counterclockwise, the rear end 93a of the lever 93 also rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 92 and crosses the sensor 95 as shown by a dashed line, so that the second detecting means 91 is not shown. An ON signal is sent to the control device, and the card 9 is moved to the position of the card detection lever 93 on the card transport path 68.
0 is detected.

When the card 90 passes through the card transport path 68 and the lever 93 returns to the initial position shown by the solid line in FIG. 17, the rear end 93a of the lever 93 retreats from the sensor 95. Reference numeral 91 sends an OFF signal to detect that the card 90 is not at the position of the card detection lever 93.

Next, the thickness screw 82 which constitutes the other of the above-described double conveyance prevention means 80 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 13, the thickness screws 82 are arranged in a pair at predetermined intervals (intervals smaller than the width of the conveyed card) along the width direction of the card conveyance path. Further, as shown in FIG. 18 which is an enlarged conceptual sectional view of the FF in FIG. 13, the thickness screw 82 is formed by a screw having a triangular pyramid-shaped tip, and the distance from the tip 82a to the lower surface 68a of the card transport path 68 is separated. The thickness is set to approximately 1.5 times the thickness of the card 90 to be conveyed.

Therefore, according to the above-mentioned thickness screw 82, even if the conveyance (double feed) of a plurality of cards cannot be prevented by the card posture correcting roller 81 as shown by the dashed line, the card conveyance path 6
8 is limited to approximately 1.5 times the thickness of the card 90 conveyed by the thickness screw 82 in the vertical direction, so that only one card passes through the thickness screw 82, and therefore, Separation and transport of the card can be performed more reliably.

The vertical width of the card transport path 68 can be easily adjusted by operating the thickness screw 82 according to the thickness of the card.

Next, a card payout procedure of the above card payout apparatus 1 will be described.

When a card withdrawal signal is sent to the control unit of the card withdrawing device 1 (not shown), the control unit turns on the power, and after a lapse of time T1, the first of the slide driving means 26 shown in FIG. A drive signal is sent to the drive motor 40 and the second drive motor 60 of the card ejection means 22, and the drive is started at the same time. Thereby, the slide holder 31 is moved leftward (forward direction) in the drawing from the initial position in FIG. 16 by the reciprocating slider 34 of the reciprocating slider link mechanism 33. The pair of drive rollers 63 of the card discharging means 22 also rotates counterclockwise at a constant rotation speed via the gear transmission mechanism 61 as shown by an arrow G.

When the slide holder 31 moves from the initial position in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 13, a pair of guide projections 31c formed at the rear end of the pair 1 are a pair of slide posture switching guides 50,
It moves while being guided on 51. FIG. 19 shows a pair of slide projection switching guides 50 with a pair of guide projections 31c.
It is a conceptual sectional view showing the state where it moves while being guided on 51.

Therefore, the slide body 30 moves to the left (in the direction of arrow A) in FIG. 13 while maintaining the posture parallel to the card, in other words, the horizontal posture indicated by the dashed line in FIG.

As described above, when the slide body 30 moves in the direction of arrow A (forward direction) while maintaining the horizontal position via the pair of slide position switching guides 50 and 51, first, as shown in FIG. Link rear end 73
Since the contact between b and the rear end of the slide holder 31 is released, the link 73 is moved to the left in the drawing by the urging force of the coil spring 74, and at the same time, the shutter lever 71 is rotated counterclockwise about the shaft 71a. Card transport path 6
8 is expanded.

Next, a step portion 30b formed on the upper surface of the slide body 30 has a rear end of one card 90 located on the lowermost surface of the plurality of cards 19 stacked and stored in the card storage portion 2. Abut At this time, the detection signal of the first detection means (not shown) for detecting whether the reciprocating slider 34 is at the initial position shown in FIG.
N.

Thereafter, when the first drive motor 40 of the slide drive means 26 continues its rotation, as shown in FIG. 21, one card 90 which comes into contact with the step portion 30b of the slide main body 30 is moved to the card storage section 2. Is horizontally pushed out from the lower surface of the card and moves to the card payout port 66 side through the card transport path 68.

As described above, when the card 90 is pushed out horizontally and moves toward the card payout port 66 through the card transport path 68, the card detecting lever 93 of the second detecting means 91 is rotated in the counterclockwise direction. The detection signal of the second detection means 91 is changed from OFF to ON.

When the detection signal from the second detection means 91 changes to ON, a control device (not shown) drives the first drive motor 40 of the slide drive means 26 for a time T2 based on the ON signal. .

That is, after the drive motor 40
21, the slide body 30 mounted on the slide holder 31 during that time is further moved from the position shown in FIG. 21 through the pair of slide posture switching guides 50 and 51 while maintaining the horizontal posture in the direction of arrow A (forward direction). ) And stops at a predetermined distance (from the point at which the traveling operation is switched from the forward traveling to the backward traveling).
While further moving in the direction, the guide protrusion 31c (FIG. 13) of the slide holder 31 separates from the pair of slide posture switching guides 50 and 51 as shown in FIG. As a result, the slide body 30 is quickly rotated clockwise about the axis 32, and at the same time, the slide body 30 is inclined at a predetermined rotation angle about the axis 32, so that the slide body 30 is positioned in an inclined posture separated from the card 90.

As described above, when the slide body 30 is positioned at the inclined position inclined by the predetermined rotation angle, the contact between the step portion 30b of the slide body 30 and the card 90 is released, and the card 90 is pushed out by the slide body 30. The transport is released, and at the same time, the sliding contact with another card is also released. In the meantime, the leading end 90a of the card 90 is gripped between the pair of driving rollers 63 and the driven rollers 64 of the card discharging means 22. The card 90 is further conveyed to the card payout port 66 side by the conveying force of the roller 63.

As described above, when the card 90 is further ejected from the position shown in FIG. 22 to the card payout port 66 side by the conveying force of the drive roller 63, the card 90 has the second end as shown in FIG. Passes over the card detection lever 93 of the detection means 91, the card detection lever 93 returns to the initial position, and changes the detection signal of the second detection means 91 from ON to OFF.

As described above, when the detection signal of the second detection means 91 changes from ON to OFF, the control device (not shown) drives the first drive motor 40 of the slide drive means 26 again based on this OFF signal. Starts and after the time T3 has elapsed based on this OFF signal, the second
Of the drive motor 60 of FIG.
As shown in the figure, one card 90 is put into a pair of drive rollers 6.
3 and the driven roller 64 to be dropped and discharged.

On the other hand, when the drive of the first drive motor 40 of the slide drive means 26 is started again, the reciprocating slider 34 starts traveling backward as shown in FIG. (Return direction).

At this time, since the slide body 30 mounted on the slide holder 31 moves while maintaining the inclined posture, a pair of guide projections 31c (FIG. 13) formed on the rear end 31b of the slide holder 31 and a pair of guide protrusions 31c (FIG. 13). The slide holder 31 does not engage with the slide posture switching guides 50 and 51 and passes under the pair of slide posture switching guides 50 and 51 while maintaining the inclined posture.

The rear end 31b of the slide holder 31
Reaches the start end of the inclined wall 52 shown in FIG. 25, the slide holder 31 is moved by the inclined surface 52a.
5 gradually rotates counterclockwise around the shaft 32 against the urging force of 5, and gradually returns its posture to the horizontal posture.

When the slide holder 31 passes below the pair of slide posture switching guides 50 and 51, the slide holder 31 shown in FIG.
26, a guide projection 31c of the slide holder 31 comes into contact with the pair of slide posture switching guides 50 and 51 from the lower surfaces of the pair of slide posture switching guides 50 and 51, and One of the slide attitude switching guides 50, 51 is rotated counterclockwise about the axis 50a, and the other slide attitude switching guide 51 is rotated clockwise about the axis 51a. Release the return path through which 31 passes.

Thereafter, at the same time when the slide holder 31 returns to the initial position shown in FIG. 16, the pair of slide posture switching guides 50 and 51 also return to the horizontal initial position.

When the slide holder 31 returns to the horizontal position at the initial position parallel to the card shown in FIG. 16, the link rear end 73b of the shutter means 70 comes into contact with the slide holder 31. Link 7 by urging force
3 is moved rightward in the drawing, whereby the shutter lever 71 is rotated clockwise by a predetermined angle around the shaft 71a to close the card transport path 68 again.

When the shutter lever 71 rotates clockwise about the shaft 71a to close the card transport path 68 again, the pressing force of the shutter lever 71 causes the pressing force shown in FIG.
A plurality of cards 100 double-conveyed as indicated by a dashed line
Is positioned again at the initial position of the card storage unit 2 shown by the solid line.

When the slide holder 31 returns to the initial position shown in FIG. 16 in order to pay out the next card, the reciprocating slider 34 detects whether or not the reciprocating slider 34 is at the initial position shown in FIG. Since the detection signal of the detection means changes from ON to OFF, a control device (not shown) stops driving the first drive motor 40 of the slide drive means 26 based on the detection signal, and further, the control device Time T from when the detection signal of the detecting means changes from ON to OFF.
After 4, the power supply (not shown) is stopped.

Thereafter, the above-described operation is repeated according to a card payout signal to a control device (not shown).

FIG. 27 is a time chart showing the card payout procedure described above.

[0117]

As described above, in the card dispensing apparatus of the present invention, the double conveyance preventing means includes a card posture correcting roller for pressing the separated and conveyed card against the lower surface of the card conveying path, and a card posture correcting roller. Since it is constituted by the upper and lower width regulating members disposed in the card transport path further downstream than the card, the card deformed in the width direction or the like is warped by the pressing force of the card posture correcting roller and becomes horizontal,
Since the upper and lower width members are conveyed into the card conveying path whose vertical width is limited, the warped and deformed cards also pass through the upper and lower width restricting members smoothly one by one. It is possible to provide a card dispensing device that stably separates and conveys cards, including warped cards, one by one without damaging or clogging the deformed cards due to the members.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a card dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a card dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a card storage unit.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a card storage unit.

FIG. 5 is an exploded side view of the card accommodating portion.

FIG. 6 is an exploded side view of the card accommodating portion.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the card storage unit.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the card storage unit.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view of a card accommodating portion.

FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view of a card accommodating portion.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view of a card accommodating portion.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged sectional view of a card accommodating portion.

FIG. 13 is a top view of a card payout unit.

FIG. 14 is an enlarged top view of a slide.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a conceptual sectional view of CC in FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a conceptual sectional view of the EE in FIG. 13;

FIG. 18 is a conceptual sectional view of the FF in FIG. 13;

FIG. 19 is a conceptual cross-sectional view of a sliding posture changing unit.

FIG. 20 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the card payout section.

FIG. 21 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the card payout section.

FIG. 22 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the card payout section.

FIG. 23 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the card payout section.

FIG. 24 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the card payout section.

FIG. 25 is a conceptual sectional view showing the operation of the card payout unit.

FIG. 26 is a conceptual cross-sectional view of HH in FIG. 25.

FIG. 27 is a time chart of card payout.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Card dispensing device 2 ... Card accommodating part 3 ... Card dispensing part 68 ... Card conveyance path 80 ... Double conveyance prevention means 81 ... Card attitude correction roller 82 ... Vertical width regulating member (thickness screw) 86 ... Biasing means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A card accommodating portion for accommodating a large number of cards therein, and a plurality of cards accommodating and accommodating in the card accommodating portion are separated one by one from the lowermost surface thereof, and the separated cards are separated by a card. A card separation / conveyance unit configured to convey the card along a card conveyance path communicating with a payout port, and a double conveyance prevention unit configured to prevent double feeding of the card by the card separation / conveyance unit; A card posture correcting roller for pressing a card separated and conveyed by the card separation and conveyance unit against a lower surface of the card conveyance path, the card posture correction roller being adjacent to a leading end of the cards stacked and stored in the card storage unit; The card transport path is provided downstream of the straightening roller, and the vertical width of the card transport path is greater than the thickness of one card and two cards. Card dispensing apparatus characterized by comprising a vertical width regulating member for regulating the thickness less than the thickness of. 2. A pair of said card posture correcting roller and said upper and lower width regulating members are arranged at a distance smaller than a width of a card to be conveyed and along a width direction of said card conveying path. The card dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the card attitude correcting rollers are independently suspended, and are constantly urged toward the lower surface side of the card conveyance path via urging means. 3. The card dispensing device according to claim 1, wherein the vertical width regulating member is a thickness screw.