JPH113409A - Electric motor and card reader equipped with it - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce manufacturing cost. SOLUTION: A pair of card readers 3a and 3b is vertically arranged in a card reading device 1. An electric motor 30 which drives belts 20a and 20b of both readers 3a and 3b is provided with output shafts 37a and 37c. Also, detecting means 9a and 9b which detect the insertion of a card are provided at the back of their card inserting slot members 8a and 8b. Shutters 10a and 10b which open and close card inserting paths 7a and 7b based on detection by the means 9a and 9b are provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric motor serving as a drive source for various devices, and a card reader provided with the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of terminals in which service provision is substituted by a prepaid card has been increasing. Among these terminals, in particular, unmanned vending machines are equipped with a pair of card readers as a measure against failure. In some cases, measures to reduce the failure rate may be adopted. In other words, a pair of card readers are arranged side by side in a vending machine, and either card reader can be used during normal times, and if one of the card readers fails, it can be operated with the other card reader. is there.

[0003]

The proportion of the manufacturing cost of the card reader occupied by the motor is higher than that of other components. On the other hand, it has been found that the failure of the card reader due to the failure of the motor is extremely low. In the conventional pair of card readers described above, independent components are mounted on each reader, and a motor having a low failure rate and a high unit price is also mounted on each card reader, which increases the manufacturing cost of the entire apparatus. I was

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card reader device in which the manufacturing cost is reduced.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a card reader according to the present invention comprises a card insertion slot, a card conveying path communicating with the card insertion slot, and a card inserted from the card insertion slot. A pair of card readers each comprising a driving belt for transporting, a driving roller for stretching the driving belt, and a driven roller, wherein the driving rollers of each card reader are linked to each output shaft of the electric motor according to claim 1. A detecting means for detecting a card inserted from each card insertion opening, and a shutter for opening and closing each card insertion opening based on the detection result of these detecting means. Therefore, when the insertion of the card is detected, the card insertion slot on the non-detected side is closed by the shutter, so that the drive belts of both card readers run by the driving of the electric motor, but the card on the side where the card is inserted is inserted. Card capture is performed only by the reader.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of a card reader device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an electric motor according to the present invention. In these figures, a card reader device generally designated by reference numeral 1 includes a pair of card readers 3a and 3b arranged vertically in a device housing 2, and each card insertion member 8a and 8b is attached to the device. It is exposed from the windows 2a and 2b of the housing 2. Since the pair of card readers 3a and 3b have the same configuration with the same members, the following describes one card reader 3a and the other card reader 3b as needed.

[0007] The card reader 3a is provided with a card transport plate 4a as a substantially flat frame formed of a synthetic resin into an elongated rectangular shape. On both sides of the card transport plate 4a, side plates 5a and 6a facing each other are formed integrally with a space slightly longer than the width of the card P1, and the card transport plate 4a and the both side plates 5a and 6a define the side plates 5a and 6a. A card transport path 7a is formed.

A card insertion member (not shown) communicating with the card conveyance path 7a is provided in a card insertion member 8a provided at the front end of the card conveyance path 7a. Card P1 inserted from insertion slot
When the data is processed, the card insertion member 8a
, And is also used as a card return port member. In the vicinity of the card insertion member 8a, card detecting means 9a is provided so as to sandwich the card transport path 7a, and behind the card detecting means 9a,
A conventionally widely known shutter 10a for opening and closing the card transport path 7a by a solenoid 11a is provided.

A punch unit 12a is provided behind the solenoid 11a, and a rectangular window 13a is formed substantially at the center of the card transport plate 4a. Rectangular window 14 elongated toward the side
a is drilled. The window 13a is provided with a magnetic head 15a whose upper surface faces the card transport path 7a from the card transport plate 4a. On the rear side of the card transport path 7a, a shaft 17a is rotatably supported by both side plates 5a and 6a via bearings (not shown) so as to cross the card transport path 7a. A drive roller 16a positioned at the rear end of the window 14a is mounted on the shaft.

On the front side of the card transport path 7a, a shaft 19a is provided so as to cross the card transport path 7a.
A driven roller 18a positioned at the front end of the window 14a is rotatably supported on the shaft 19a. The driving roller 16a and the driven roller 1
8a, a drive belt 20a facing the window 14a and having a pinch roller 21a attached thereto is stretched. Below the window 14a, the driving roller 16a, the driven roller 18a,
Three pinch rollers 23 facing the pinch rollers 21a
a, 24a and 25a are rotatably supported by brackets (not shown) provided on the lower surface of the card transport plate 4a. A driven belt 26a to which a pinch roller 25a is attached is stretched between the pinch rollers 23a and 24a, and the driven belt 26a is in contact with the drive belt 20a.

The shaft 17a extends outward from the side plate 6a, and a bevel gear 28a is journaled at the end of the extended portion. Similarly, the extended portion of the shaft 17b of the other card reader 3b is also extended. A gear 28b is mounted on the shaft,
a and 28b are both output shafts 37 of the electric motor 30 described later.
a and 37c mesh with bevel gears 58 and 59 which are axially mounted on the gears.

Next, the electric motor 30 will be described with reference to FIG. The electric motor 30 includes a rotating shaft 37 rotatably supported via bearings 35 and 36 in a housing 34 including a bottomed cylindrical case 32 and a lid 33.
A commutator 40 to which the armature 38 and the winding 39 are connected to the rotating shaft 37 and a plurality of magnets fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the case 2 so as to surround the outer periphery of the armature 38 41. Further, the compression spring 4 is held by a holder 43.
The power supply brush 45 includes two power supply brushes 45 slidably opposed to the outer peripheral surface of the commutator 40. The armature 38 is mechanically slidable between the power supply brush 45 and the commutator 40.
The direction of the current supplied to the winding 39 is switched.

One end 37a of the rotating shaft 37 protrudes from the case 32 to form an output shaft, and a bevel gear 58 is mounted on a tip of the output shaft 37a. The other end 37 of the rotating shaft 37
b protrudes outside the bearing 36, and the protrusion 37b
A light emitting / receiving element 49 is mounted on the second case 51 so that the slit plate 48 crosses the slit plate 48.
Are fixed, and signals are transmitted to an encoder not shown. The second case 51 formed in a cylindrical shape has one end fixed to the case 32 and the other end covered by a cover member 53, and the protrusion 37 b of the rotating shaft 37 is interposed via a metal bearing 52. The lid member 53 is rotatably supported.

The feature of the present invention is that the rotating shaft 37
Is further extended outside the metal bearing 52 to form an extended portion 37c. That is, the second
The open end of the third case 55 having a shallow dish shape is fixed to the case 51, and the extending portion 37c is rotatably supported on the bottom of the third case 55 via the bearing 54, and the third case 55 A bevel gear 59 is axially attached to the tip of this projection, and the extension 37c is used as the other output shaft. By providing a pair of output shafts 37a and 37c for one electric motor 30 as described above, the number of electric motors 30 can be reduced when one apparatus requires a plurality of drive sources. Therefore, a significant cost reduction can be achieved.

The electric motor 30 configured as above is
The rotation shaft 37 is connected to the shafts 17a, 17 of the drive rollers 16a, 16b of the pair of card readers 3a, 3b.
The bevel gears 58 and 59 are fixed to the apparatus housing 2 so as to be orthogonal to b and to mesh with the respective bevel gears 28a and 28b.

Next, the card transport operation of the card reader device thus configured will be described. The card P1 is inserted into the card insertion member 8a of the upper card reader 3a,
When the detecting means 9a detects the card P1, the solenoid 11b (not shown) of the lower card reader 3b operates and the shutter 10b closes the card conveying path 7b, so that the card P2 is moved to the card conveying path 7b. Insertion is regulated. At the same time, the electric motor 30 rotates in the forward direction, and the bevel gear 28a is rotated via the output shaft 37a and the bevel gear 58.
Rotates in the direction of arrow C in FIG.
And the driven belt 26a travels in the direction of arrow A, and the card P1
Is also transported in the direction of arrow A, and the data recorded on the card P1 is read by the magnetic head 15a.

Further, the card P1 is transported in the direction of arrow A. When the card P1 is located at the rear end of the card transport path 7a, the rotation of the electric motor 30 is stopped, so that the card P1 also stops running. During this time, the other output shaft 37c also rotates, the bevel gear 28b rotates in the direction of arrow D via the bevel gear 59, and the drive belt 20b and the driven belt 26b of the lower card reader 3b run in the direction of arrow B. Since the card P2 is not inserted into the card transport path 7b,
2 is not transported in the card transport path 7b.

Thereafter, when the service is provided by the device on the main body side provided with the card reader device 1 and the service is completed, the electric motor 30 rotates in the reverse direction, and the output shaft 37 is rotated.
a and the bevel gear 58, the bevel gear 28a
Since the belt rotates in the direction of the middle arrow D, the drive belt 20a and the driven belt 26a travel in the direction of the arrow B, and the card P1 is also transported in the direction of the arrow B. Card P conveyed in the direction of arrow B
1 indicates that the data in the card P1 is rewritten on the magnetic head 15a in accordance with the service of the apparatus described above, and the punch unit 1 is rewritten in response to the rewriting of the data.
A punch hole as visual information is punched by 2a and returned from the card insertion member 8a.

Next, a case where the card P2 is inserted into the lower card reader 3b will be described. That is, when the card P2 is inserted into the card insertion member 8b of the lower card reader 3b and the card P2 is detected by the detecting means 9b, the solenoid 11a of the upper card reader 3a is activated and the shutter 10a is moved to the card transport path. 7a, the insertion of the card P1 into the card transport path 7a is restricted. At the same time, the electric motor 30 rotates in the reverse direction, and the bevel gear 28b rotates in the direction of arrow C in FIG. 1 via the output shaft 37b and the bevel gear 59, so that the drive belt 20b and the driven belt 26b move in the direction of arrow A. After traveling, the card P2 is also transported in the direction of arrow A, and the data recorded on the card P2 is read by the magnetic head 15b.

Further, the card P2 is conveyed in the direction of arrow A. When the card P2 is located on the rear end side of the card conveying path 7b, the rotation of the electric motor 30 is stopped, so that the card P2 also stops running. During this time, the other output shaft 37a also rotates, and the bevel gear 5
8, the bevel gear 28b rotates in the direction of arrow D, and the drive belt 20a of the upper card reader 3a and the driven belt 2
6a travels in the direction of arrow B, but the card P1 is not inserted into the card transport path 7a.
Is not transported in the card transport path 7a.

After that, when the service is provided by the device on the main body side provided with the card reader device 1 and the service is completed, the electric motor 30 rotates in the reverse direction, and the output shaft 37 is rotated.
b and bevel gear 59, bevel gear 28b
Since the driving belt 20b and the driven belt 26b rotate in the direction of the arrow B because the rotation is performed in the direction of the middle arrow D, the card P2 is also transported in the direction of the arrow B. Card P conveyed in the direction of arrow B
2 rewrites the data in the card P2 on the magnetic head 15b (not shown) in accordance with the service of the above-described device, and responds to the rewriting of the data by the punch unit 12b (not shown). A punch hole as visual recognition information is punched and returned from the card insertion member 8b.

As described above, since the card transport of the two card readers 3a and 3b is performed by one electric motor 30, the number of components is reduced accordingly. In addition, when a card is inserted into one of the card readers, this is detected and the card is not inserted into the other card reader. Can be prevented.

In the present embodiment, the pair of card readers 3a and 3b are arranged vertically, but they may be arranged horizontally, in which case, both output shafts of the electric motor 30 are used. Drive roller 1 directly on 37a, 37b
6a and 16b can be mounted on the shaft, and the number of parts can be reduced.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the manufacturing cost can be reduced by greatly reducing the number of parts.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a card reader device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the card reader device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an electric motor according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Card reader device, 3a, 3b ... Card reader, 7
a, 7b: card transport path, 9a, 9b: detecting means, 10
a, 10b: shutter, 16a, 16b: drive roller,
18a, 18b: driven roller, 20a, 20b: drive belt, 26a, 26b: driven roller, 28a, 28b,
58, 59: bevel gear, 30: electric motor, 37: rotary shaft, 37a, 37c: output shaft.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electric motor in which both ends of a rotating shaft are rotatably supported by a housing via a pair of bearings, and one end of the rotating shaft protrudes from the housing to serve as an output shaft. An electric motor, which is extended and this extended portion is made to protrude from a housing to form another output shaft. 2. A card insertion slot, a card conveyance path communicating with the card insertion slot, a driving belt for conveying a card inserted from the card insertion slot, a driving roller for stretching the driving belt, a driven roller, and the driving belt. A pair of card readers having a driven belt and a driven belt that contacts the output shaft of the electric motor according to claim 1 and a card inserted from each card insertion slot. A card reader device comprising: detecting means for detecting; and a shutter for opening and closing each card insertion slot based on the detection result of the detecting means.