JPH11184978A - Card dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a card vending machine thin by easily ejecting a card from a card slot by interposing a unidirectional clutch between a driving roller for conveying the card and a driving shaft. SOLUTION: A driving roller 22 consisting of a card conveying means 23 is composed of a driving shaft 26 to be rotationally driven in one direction, namely, counterclockwise in the Fig. through a driving means such as a motor, roller 27 to be rotationally driven in one direction through this driving shaft 26 and unidirectional clutch 30 interposed between this roller 27 and the driving shaft 26. When the driving shaft 26 is rotated counterclockwise as shown by the arrow, with such a driving roller 22 interposing the unidirectional clutch 30 between the driving shaft 26 and the roller 27, the roller 27 is rotated counterclockwise through the unidirectional clutch 30 while following the rotation of the driving shaft 26 and when the driving shaft 26 is stopped, the roller 27 is allowed to be rotated counterclockwise as shown by the arrow but regulated to be rotated clockwise.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card dispensing apparatus for dispensing a prepaid card such as a telephone card, a ticket card or the like, or a card equivalent thereto, one by one. It relates to improvement of the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a card vending machine which sells a prepaid card such as a telephone card, a ticket card or the like, or a card equivalent to these cards, a card dispensing apparatus for dispensing a card corresponding to the amount of money inserted from a card payout exit. It is installed.

The card dispensing apparatus includes a card storage unit for storing and storing cards such as telephone cards, a card separation unit for separating loaded cards one by one from the card storage unit, and a card separation unit for separating the cards one by one. Card transport means for transporting the card to the card payout exit of the card vending machine.

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view of a card vending machine 2 equipped with a conventional card dispensing apparatus 1.

The card dispensing apparatus 1 comprises a card storage unit (not shown) in which cards are loaded and stored, and a card separation unit (not shown) that separates the loaded cards one by one from the card storage unit. The cards 3 separated one by one by the card separation unit are separated by a card vending machine by a card conveying means 6 including a driving roller 4 and a driven roller 5 disposed at a position facing the peripheral surface of the driving roller 4. 2
Is conveyed toward a card payout opening 8 formed in the door 7.

The drive roller 4 constituting the card transport means 6 has a drive shaft 9 which is rotationally driven in one direction, in the conventional example, counterclockwise through a drive means such as a motor (not shown).
And a roller 10 fixed to the drive shaft 9, and a friction ring 11 formed of an elastic body such as rubber and fitted on the peripheral surface of the roller 10. The driven roller 5 includes a roller 13 rotatably supported on a shaft 12.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 14 denotes a lower housing of the card dispensing apparatus 1 and 15 denotes an upper housing, which guides the separated card 3 between the lower housing 14 and the upper housing 15. A card transport path 16 is formed.

On the other hand, in the card dispensing apparatus 1, a card holding device for temporarily holding a card dispensed from the card dispensing port 8 downstream of the card transport path 16 and between the driving roller 4 and the card dispensing port 8. A roller 17 is provided.

The card holding roller 17 is rotatably supported by a pair of shafts 18 and 19 disposed at a predetermined distance from each other and is opposed to each other. The driven rollers 20 and 21 are arranged.

According to such a card dispensing apparatus 1,
The cards 3 separated one by one by a card separation unit (not shown) are conveyed downstream along a card conveyance path 16 while being held by card conveyance means 6 including a driving roller 4 and a driven roller 5.

The card 3 conveyed downstream of the card conveying path 16 is then moved toward the card payout port 8 while the leading end 3a of the card 3 is held between the card holding rollers 17 as shown in FIG. Conveyed.

As described above, when the card 3 is further conveyed to the card payout port 8 side while being held between the card holding rollers 17, the same parts as those in FIG. The card 3 is separated from the card conveying means 6 comprising the driving roller 4 and the driven roller 5 and loses its conveying force. The card 3 has a pair of driven rollers 20, 21 whose rear end 3b constitutes a card holding roller 17. The traveling is stopped while being held in between.

After that, when the card purchaser picks the tip 3a of the card 3 and pulls out the card 3 in the direction of the arrow, the card 3 can be smoothly inserted into the card dispensing port 8 of the card vending machine 2 without any resistance.
Will be taken out.

The rotation of the drive roller 4 is stopped without using the above-described card holding roller 17 while maintaining the state where the rear end 3b of the card 3 is gripped between the drive roller 4 and the driven roller 5. Thereby, the tip 3 of the card 3
It is also possible to expose the card 3 from the card payout opening 8 and then purchase the card 3 from the card payout opening 8 by picking the leading end 3a of the card 3, but in this case, the rear end 3b of the card 3 Stops while being held between the driving roller 4 and the driven roller 5, and in this state, the driving roller 4 maintains a state directly connected to driving means such as a motor. Has a large rotational resistance, so that the card 3 cannot be easily pulled out of the card vending machine 2.

[0015]

According to the above-described conventional card dispensing apparatus 1, in order to easily and smoothly pull out the card 3 from the card dispensing port 8 of the card vending machine 2, the above-described card holding roller 17 is required. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, a card holding roller 17 is provided between the card dispensing device 1 and the card dispensing port 8 of the card vending machine 2.
The space L1 for arranging the card vending machine 2 must be secured.
2, the card vending machine 2 cannot be made thinner.

An object of the present invention is to provide a card dispensing apparatus which can easily take out a card and can make a card vending machine thin in view of the above-mentioned circumstances.

[0017]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a card dispensing apparatus which grips and separates cards separated one by one between a driving roller and a driven roller. A one-way clutch that allows the drive roller to rotate only in the card payout direction with respect to the drive shaft is interposed between the drive shaft and the drive shaft that rotates the drive roller. The transport is stopped while the end is held between the driving roller and the driven roller.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a card dispensing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail.

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of a card vending machine 21 equipped with a card dispensing apparatus 20 according to the present invention, and the same parts as those in FIG.

This card dispensing device 20 is also similar to the conventional one.
A card storage unit (not shown) for storing cards such as telephone cards, and a card separation unit (not shown) for separating cards loaded from the card storage unit one by one. The separated cards 3 are formed on a door 24 of a card vending machine 21 by card transport means 23 including a driving roller 22 and a driven roller 5 disposed at a position facing the peripheral surface of the driving roller 22. The card is conveyed toward the card payout slot 25. on the other hand,
The driving roller 22 constituting the card conveying means 23 is
A drive shaft 26 that is driven to rotate in one direction via a driving means such as a motor (not shown), as shown by an arrow in FIG. 1, and a roller 27 that is driven to rotate in one direction via this drive shaft 26
And a one-way clutch 30 interposed between the roller 27 and the drive shaft 26.

The one-way clutch 30 allows the rotation of the roller 27 with respect to the drive shaft 26 when the roller 27 rotates in the card payout direction, that is, in the counterclockwise direction as shown by the arrow.
When the roller 27 rotates clockwise with respect to the drive shaft 26, it is a clutch that regulates the rotation.

The one-way clutch 30 is connected to the drive shaft 2
According to the drive roller 22 interposed between the roller 6 and the roller 27, when the drive shaft 26 rotates counterclockwise as indicated by the arrow, the roller 27 is driven counterclockwise by the rotation of the drive shaft 26 via the one-way clutch 30. When the drive shaft 26 rotates and the drive shaft 26 stops, the roller 27 is allowed to rotate counterclockwise as shown by the arrow, but its rotation is regulated clockwise.

A friction ring 11 made of an elastic material such as rubber is fitted on the peripheral surface of the roller 27 as in the prior art.

On the other hand, in the card vending machine 21 equipped with the above-described card dispensing device 20, the door 24 of the card vending machine 21 is disposed at a position very close to the drive roller 22, as shown in FIG. For this reason, there is no space L1 for arranging the card holding roller 17 as shown in the conventional example of FIG. 4, and the depth L3 of the card vending machine 21 to which the card dispensing device 20 is mounted is accordingly provided.
(L3 <L2) is extremely short.

Next, the operation of the card dispensing apparatus 20 will be described.

The cards 3 are separated one by one by a card separation unit (not shown), and thereafter, when the drive shaft 26 is rotated counterclockwise as shown in FIG. The roller 27 also rotates counterclockwise at the same time via the clutch 30, so that the card 3
2 and the driven roller 5, the card transport path 16
Conveyed downstream.

On the other hand, when the card 3 is gripped between the driving roller 22 and the driven roller 5 and is conveyed downstream of the card conveyance path 16, as shown in FIG.
Project from the card payout opening 25.

When the drive of the drive shaft 26 is stopped after the card 3 has protruded from the card payout slot 25, as shown in FIG. A rear end 3 of the card 3 projecting a distance
The transport is stopped in a state where b is held between the driving roller 22 and the driven roller 5.

From the state shown in FIG. 3, when the card purchaser grasps the leading end 3a of the card 3 and pulls out the card 3 in the direction of the arrow, the one-way clutch 30 causes the drive roller 22 to move with respect to the stopped drive shaft 26. Since the roller 27 is allowed to rotate in the counterclockwise direction, the card 3 can be easily taken out of the card payout slot 25 of the card vending machine 21 without any resistance.

[0030]

As described above, in the card dispensing apparatus of the present invention, a one-way clutch is interposed between the drive roller for transporting the card and the drive shaft. Since the transport is stopped while being held between the drive roller and the driven roller, and the drive roller can be rotated with respect to the drive shaft when the card is pulled out, the card holding roller should be provided as in the conventional case. This makes it possible to easily pull out the payout card from the card payout port, so that the space for disposing the card holding roller is not required, and the card vending machine can be made even thinner. In addition, since the card holding roller is not required, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps are reduced, and therefore, the device can be provided at a low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual sectional view of a main part of a card vending machine equipped with a card dispensing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual sectional view of a main part of a card vending machine showing an operation of the card dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual sectional view of a main part of a card vending machine showing an operation of the card dispensing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual sectional view of a main part of a card vending machine equipped with a conventional card dispensing device.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual sectional view of a main part of a card vending machine showing an operation of a conventional card dispensing apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a conceptual sectional view of a main part of a card vending machine showing an operation of a conventional card dispensing apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Card 5 ... Driving roller 20 ... Card payout device 22 ... Drive roller 26 ... Drive shaft 30 ... One-way clutch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card dispensing apparatus for gripping and paying out cards separated one by one between a driving roller and a driven roller, wherein the driving shaft is disposed between the driving roller and a driving shaft for rotating the driving roller. A card dispensing device, wherein the drive roller has a one-way clutch for allowing rotation of the card only in the dispensing direction.