JPS5948463B2 - Processing device for disk recording media - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a disk recording medium processing device for sorting a large number of supplied disk media into one sheet, recording information on each disk, or reading the recorded information. It is related to.

Conventional information recording media include tapes, thin wires, sheets, and shape-retaining thin plates (circular, rectangular, etc.), and various devices are used for recording or reading them.

However, since tapes, thin wires, sheets, etc. are unsuitable for storing a large amount of information (relatively short) individually, relatively small thin plates are used, but their arrangement for recording or reading is difficult. Currently, most of the work is dependent on human power. For example, if cards are recorded for each item sold at a store, if the cards are collected and analyzed, it is possible to accurately understand the distribution process and demand performance. If work that requires human labor relies on human power, there is a risk that the labor and time involved will be enormous. However, this invention has succeeded in making the recording and reading of information extremely easy and automated by using a disk as the card.

A disk recording medium is a circular flat plate made of a suitable material (for example, paper, plastic, or other strong material), and its diameter is appropriately determined depending on the purpose of use.

Information is recorded on the flat surface of a disk medium. The recording method is perforation,
Any suitable method known in the art may be used, such as magnetization or barcoding, but in some applications, for example, perforation may be used. In addition, the recording method in this example is to represent letters, numbers, symbols, etc. by combining holes, and the holes are combined vertically.
The information represented by the holes is then written along the circumference by appropriately dividing the central angle and keeping the intervals between letters (numbers, symbols) constant. The medium rotating type feeding device shown in the embodiments of the present invention is a device installed in a device that reads information recorded on a disk medium (when recording information on a medium, it is installed in a device that writes information. )
, a rotating tray for supplying disk recording media to the device, a motor for rotating the rotating tray, a belt, a slide wheel, and a permanent magnet attached to a part of the outer cylinder that covers the rotating tray. , and an outer cylinder lid that covers the discharge port of the outer cylinder when the disk recording medium is jammed in the medium path, a lever for operating it, an electromagnet, two photo sensors, and a micro switch.
A media receiving casing that connects the rotary receiving tray and the media path; a media path through which the disc media passes and is processed; a stopper that stops the disc media from progressing; and a stopper for recording information or reading information. In order to do this, a device that rotates the disk medium at a stop position
It consists of an ejection device in case of incorrect reading.

How the disc medium and the medium rotating type feeding device operate will be explained with reference to the drawings together with the structure of the device. First, the outer cylinder 2 is set in the rotatable tray 13 so that the discharge port 5 provided on one side of the outer cylinder and the passage-side intake port 24 are aligned with a space that allows the outer cylinder lid 6 to move up and down. Ru.

The outer cylinder lid 6 and the equipment necessary for its operation are attached to the lower protrusion of the outer cylinder 2 with the pivot 8 attached to the lower protrusion of the outer cylinder 2 in the relative position shown in the figure, and the spring 10 fixes the upper end in an appropriate position. is supported in an appropriate manner without coming into contact with the rotatable tray 13 and its accessories. It is normally in this assembled state. When the switch 45 on the control panel 44 is set to ON, the motor 23 starts and the sliding wheel 21 rotates via the belt 22.

The sliding wheel 21 is in contact with the lower surface of the rotary tray 13, and rotates the rotary tray 13. The motor 36 is also started, and a pair of rollers 34, which are placed in contact with the peripheral surface of a sliding wheel 35 fixed to the drive shaft of the motor 36, rotate.
Further, the photo sensor 1 31 and the photo sensor 33 are set to 0N, and each light source is set to 0N. Then, set all necessary equipment to 0N. One or two floppy disks are set in the output device 49. Therefore, a large number of disc media 1 are put into the rotating receiving tray 13.

The disk medium 1 falls directly onto the flat surface of the rotating receiving tray 13 or by sliding on a funnel-shaped slope cover 3 provided inside the outer cylinder 2. The slope cover 3 is provided to limit the surface on which the disc medium 1 falls. The disk medium 1 positioned on a plane moves to the periphery due to centrifugal force caused by the rotation of the rotating receiving tray 13.

At this time, the disk medium 1 passes under the gap regulating plate 14 installed above the rotating receiving tray 13 one by one. Since the gap between the gap regulating plate 14 and the flat surface of the rotating receiving tray 13 is the thickness of one disk, when disk media are piled up and moved, only the lowest one can pass through the gap. .
Then, it moves further, but this movement is performed along the side surface of the medium separation plate 15 fixed to the peripheral edge of the rotary receiving tray 13 at equal intervals. Then, the rotating type receiving plate 1 is separated one by one on a plane and inscribed in the circumference of the rotating type receiving plate 13.
It moves as the number 3 rotates. When moving, it is also inscribed in the inner wall of the outer cylinder 2, so that jumping out due to centrifugal force is suppressed, but when it reaches the outer cylinder side discharge port 5, it jumps out from the rotating receiving tray 13 and the passage is closed to the inlet. 24 to reach the medium receiving housing section 25. The purpose of the medium separating plate 15 is to provide an appropriate time interval between the media when the disk medium 1 is supplied to the medium path 26, and the reason for this is to provide a suitable time interval between the media for the reading process (or writing process). It takes a certain amount of time to process the media, so if you do not keep the processing time plus some margin time between the media being processed and the following media, a queue of media will occur in the processing section and the path leading to it. The purpose is to avoid this.

The number of media separation plates 15 provided on the outer edge of the rotary receiving tray 13 means how many media are fed per unit time.
6, the rotational angular velocity of the rotary tray, the mass of the medium, etc., and decide accordingly. The medium separation plate 15 is a disk medium 1
When the disk moves from the inside to the outside of the rotating receiving tray 13 due to centrifugal force, its outer edge is used as a guide. These are arranged and fixed at equal intervals on the upper surface of the rotating receiving tray 13 as shown in the figure.

The distance between adjacent medium separation plates 15 is such that only one disk medium 1 is allowed to exist. Disc recording medium 20
indicates a state separated by the medium separation plate 15, that is, a discharge preparation position. The gap regulating plate 14 is positioned and fixed above the fixed medium separation plate. When the disk recording medium 20 in the ejection preparation position reaches the outer cylinder side ejection port 5, it jumps out of the rotary tray 13, but at this time only one disk is ejected and the subsequent disk recording medium 1 jumps out. need to be suppressed.

If the disk recording medium 1 is ejected continuously, the subsequent disk recording medium 1 will be caught between one side of the outer cylinder side ejection port 5 and the subsequent medium separation plate, or if it is ejected without being caught. , the two disk recording media are inconvenient because they proceed to the reading processing section without maintaining the necessary time interval. In order to prevent this continuous discharge, a medium restraining pin 51 (FIG. 2) is installed on the lower surface of the rotating receiving tray 13. The medium restraining pin 51 is housed in an upper lid 54 and a half-casing 53 made of suitable materials, with the top protruding through a hole in the upper lid 54 by the thickness of the rotating receiving tray 13. A pin bottom plate 55 that can move up and down within the half-casing 53 is fixed to the bottom of the pin 51, and normally a spring 56 pushes the pin bottom plate 55 downward. Since the pin 51 is made of magnetic metal, when a magnet is applied to it from above, it is attracted and can be made to protrude onto the upper surface of the rotating receiving tray 13. The medium restraining pin 51 is attached to the lower surface of the rotating receiving tray 13 with the pin 51 facing upward. The mounting position is such that it prevents the movement of the disk medium following the disk recording medium 1 in the ejection preparation position and does not interfere with the disk medium book currently in the ejection preparation position. In FIG. 1, 16 and 17 indicate such positions, and ten pairs of holes for pins 51 are bored and attached to the rotary tray 113 between all the medium separation plates 15. On the other hand, a permanent magnet 4 of appropriate strength is fixed inside the outer cylinder 2 and above the outer cylinder side discharge port 5 at a distance necessary for excitation of the medium suppressing pin 17. For this reason, the medium restraining pin 16 normally keeps its top flush with the upper surface of the rotating tray 13 and does not become an obstacle to the movement of the disk recording medium 1, but when it reaches the ejection port, that is, below the permanent magnet 4, it becomes excited. The pin protrudes depending on the
The subsequent movement of the disk recording medium is inhibited. Media suppression pin 1
7 indicates the state. After passing the discharge port, the medium stopper pin 16 leaves the area under the permanent magnet 4, so that the medium stopper pin 16 returns to its original position due to its own weight and the spring 56. In this way, the disk recording media 1 are reliably fed one by one to the medium receiving housing section while maintaining the necessary spacing. If reading is delayed or not performed for some reason in the reading processing section, or if the disk medium does not move its position, the following medium will jam and jam, so to prevent this, the outer cylinder is An outer cylindrical lid 6 is provided between the side discharge port 5 and the passage side intake port 24, and the supply of the disc medium is controlled by regulating the passage of the disc recording medium 1 by the outer cylindrical lid 6. The photo sensor 33 is provided on the outer wall of the medium passage 26, and is always sensitive to light that is applied to it from the outer wall opposite to it.

When the following disk recording medium 1 comes into contact with the disk recording medium 1 in the reading section and stops, the position is near the center of the medium, and the time when this photo sensor 133 is blocked from light, that is, the normal disk recording medium. If the reading continues for longer than the time required for 1 to pass, it means that there is a medium in the reading section and another medium is stagnant in contact with it, indicating an abnormal situation. This status is updated by the computer 48. Therefore, a signal to raise the outer cylinder lid 6 is sent from the computer 48 to the electromagnet controller 12. However, if the outer cylinder lid 6 is raised while the disk recording medium 1 is being ejected from the rotary receiving tray 13, the outer cylinder lid 6 is raised. Plate recording medium” to the outer cylinder side discharge port 5
Or, there is a risk of it getting caught in the aisle side intake port 24.
In order to avoid this, it is necessary to carry out this process when the medium separation plate 15 is positioned overlapping the outer cylinder side discharge port 5. In order to know when they overlap, a lid control protrusion 18 is provided on the lower surface of the rotary tray 13 located below the advancing side of each medium separation plate 15, and a lid control protrusion 18 is provided at the right end of the outer cylinder side discharge port 5 in FIG. This is sensed by a lid control micro switch 19 provided below, and the signal is sent to the computer 48. When the conditions for the occurrence of the previous abnormal situation and the timing for raising the lid match, the computer 48
A signal is sent to the electromagnet controller 12 to activate it. The electromagnet 11 connected to the electromagnet controller 12 attracts the ramrod 9 made of magnetic metal, so the ram 9 rotates about the pivot 8, and the outer cylinder cover 6 moves upward, causing the outer cylinder to close. Close the side discharge port 5. This state continues until the electromagnet controller 12 receives the next signal from the computer 48. When the photo sensor 33 starts to expose the light again, the computer 14
8 determines that the abnormal situation has been resolved and lowers the outer cylinder lid 6, but in this case as well, the disk recording medium 1 to be supplied is
If it is operated while passing through the outer cylinder side discharge port 5, it may not be able to fully jump out and may be caught between the right end of the discharge port 5 and the next medium separating plate 15. To avoid this, use the same method as when raising the lid, when the medium separation plate 15 and the outer cylinder side discharge port 5 overlap, that is, when the lid control micro switch 19 senses the lid control protrusion 18. , computer 48
A signal is sent to the electromagnet controller 12 to cut off the current in the electromagnet 11, and the spring 10 causes it to return to its original state. The disk recording media 1, which are supplied one by one to the medium receiving housing 25 at appropriate intervals, enter the medium path 26 while rotating on the path base 2T installed at an angle.

The passage base 21 is sloped so that the disk medium advances at an appropriate speed. The medium passage 26 is made with a height and width that allow only one disc recording medium 1 to pass through. Media passage 26
The disk recording medium 1 reaches the reading position (or writing position), is stopped from advancing by the cross-shaped rotating stopper 28, and is forcibly placed on a pair of rotating rollers 34. It is rotated to. Photo sensor 31
is located on the side wall of the medium passage 26. It is located at the point of contact between the rotating stopper 28 and the disc recording medium 1 that has reached the reading section, and is constantly sensitive to the light emitted from the light source 59 on the opposing wall. . This purpose is the disk recording medium 1 that has been developed by
This is to start reading when the disk collides with the rotary stopper 28, the back-and-forth movement due to the impact is attenuated, and the disk recording medium 1 is stabilized. The computer 48 indicates that the photo sensor 31 has not responded for a certain period of time.
If it is determined, the computer 48 sends a reading instruction signal to the reading device 32. The disk recording medium 1 placed on the rollers 34, 34 is a disk that rotates in the direction opposite to the rotation of the rollers 34, 34, that is, in the direction of rotation for the next advance, depending on the rotation of the rollers 34, 34. Information recorded on the recording medium 1 is read by the reading device 32. A start mark and an end mark of information are determined in advance as symbols, and these marks are attached at the beginning and end of the information, respectively. After the reading device recognizes the start mark, reading starts, the read information is sequentially sent to the storage device of the computer 148, and when the start mark is recognized again, reading ends. Then, the reading function of the device is stopped to prevent reading from the same disk medium more than once.
When the computer 48 finishes reading, it sends a signal to the motor 30 to turn the rotary stopper 28 into a quarter (
90°) and send out the disc recording medium 1. The disk recording medium 1 is discharged to the outside through the medium discharge port 43. The above is a case where the disc recording medium 1 is read from the front side, but a case where it is read from the back side will be explained.

In this case, the reading order is stored in the storage device of the computer in the form of an end mark and information in which the arrangement of characters is reversed. Therefore, it is determined whether the first digit sent to the storage device is an end mark or not, and if it is an end mark, the order of the characters of the information is once reversed. Therefore, the result is exactly the same as when reading the table. The stopping of the reading function, the sending out of the disk recording medium 1 after reading, etc. are exactly the same as in the case of reading from the front side. The accuracy of reading can be ensured by checking the read information using a check digit method. That is, the last digit of the information is applied to a check digit, and the check digit calculated from the information is recorded in advance. The information that has been read and entered into the storage device of the computer 148 is sent in one unit to the calculation device of the computer 148, the main body of information is calculated in the same manner as in the case of calculating the check digit, and the result is read. Compare the information with the check data. If the result is correct, it is recorded on the floppy disk stored in the output device 49 via the storage device. If the result of the comparison is incorrect, the information is deleted without being output, and
The computer 48 sends a signal to the electromagnet controller 42 to activate the controller.

From the time when the disk recording medium 1 whose reading was determined to be incorrect passes the rotating stopper 28, the electromagnet controller 42
The skin electromagnet 41 is operated at a time when the disk recording medium 1 is expected to reach the end of the sliding base 3T. The sliding base 3T is a part of the passage base 2T, but the electromagnet 4
1, and is supported by a support frame 39 fixed to the passage base 2T. The attracted element 40 is made of a magnetic material and slides through a hole in the support frame 39. The spring 38 uses the support frame as a support point and constantly presses the sliding base 37 in the opposite direction of the electromagnet 41. When the electromagnet 41 acts, the attracted element 40 is attracted, and therefore the sliding base 37 is also attracted, so that a gap is created in the passage base 27 through which one sheet of the medium can pass. When the action of the electromagnet 41 ceases, the sliding base 37 is returned to its original position by the spring 38. If the reading from the disk recording medium 1 is incorrect, the disk recording medium 1 will fall to the outside through the gap created by sliding of the sliding base 37 before reaching the medium outlet 43 due to the above-mentioned mechanism. do. If it is determined that the reading is erroneous and the recorded information on the separated disc recording medium 1 has been printed on the medium in advance as normal numbers, etc.
At an appropriate time, the operator can read the information and operate the numeric keypad 46 on the control panel 44 to record additional data on the floppy disk in the output device 49 via the storage device of the computer 48, or the data can be rotated again. It is also possible to pour the mold into the mold tray 13 and repeat the reading. The ten-key keyboard 46 of the control panel 44 can also add common information, such as the date, to the information output by the output device 49. The effects of the present invention will be explained.

The batch loading method of the disk recording media 1 adopted in this device saves the skill required for loading and the time required for loading, compared to the media feeding method of ordinary information processing machines, and contributes to improved efficiency. be.

When a batch of disk recording media is fed into the apparatus, it is required that the disk recording media reach the processing section one by one at appropriate time intervals as a necessary condition for processing. In order to satisfy this condition, the disc media loaded all at once are physically separated vertically and horizontally in the receiving tray, and the time intervals between the media are adjusted to ensure the mutual arrangement of the media on the rotating receiving tray. The structure is simple and robust, and manufacturing is easy because the same physical processing is performed depending on the spacing between and the rotation speed of the rotary tray. By adopting the batch input method, one operator can operate multiple devices, which can greatly improve productivity when processing large quantities.

The principle of movement of the supplied disk recording medium in the process of reaching the processing device and the process until it is discharged after processing is that rotation, which is an attribute of the disk recording medium, is caused by potential energy and acceleration. Since the system does not require external energy supply or use structures such as feed rollers, it is not only energy-saving, but also has a simple structure.

In addition, in this type of device, it is important to adjust the timing between major functions such as supplying, feeding, stopping, and processing media, but in this device, individual functions cannot be controlled at all. It is simple and does not require any electrical or electronic structure because it is executed independently and its linkage is designed as a series of physical movements. The reading device, which is the most important function of this device, uses a rotary reading method.

This takes advantage of the characteristics of disk recording media, and is a natural method linked to the rotation of the feed, and the structure is simple. For reading, a computer is used to rearrange the order so that the reading result from the back side of the medium is the same as the reading result from the front side, which is extremely efficient. Similarly, a computer can be used to check for erroneous readings using the check digit system as in the embodiment described above, thereby ensuring accuracy. The method for preventing zoyam of disk recording media in the device passageway and media receiving housing is extremely simple and effective.

Furthermore, normally when this type of equipment jams or conditions that cause a jam occur, the equipment is stopped, and after the jam has been removed, the operation is restarted manually. There is no known device that prevents jamming if it occurs and automatically returns to normal operation when the condition disappears. Although the above description has been given of the case where information is recorded on the disk recording medium by drilling, the purpose can be achieved in the same way even when a magnetic recording method is adopted.

Further, when writing necessary information to the disk recording medium, an information writing device may be installed in place of the reading device, and the information may be written onto the disk recording medium optically or magnetically.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway exploded perspective view of an implementation device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a medium restraining pin of the implementation device,
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the movement of the medium restraining pin of the same implementation device. 1...Disk recording medium, 2...Outer tube, 3
...Slope cover, 4...1...Permanent magnet, 5...
...Outer cylinder side discharge port, 6...Outer cylinder side 7, 8.
...Pivot, 9...Ring, 10...
···spring'. 11... Electromagnet, 12
...Electromagnetic controller, 13...Rotating tray, 14...Gap regulation plate, 15...
Media separation plate, 16... Media suppression pin (depressed state), 1T... Media suppression pin (protruded state) 18.
...Protrusion for lid control, 19...Micro switch for lid control, 20...Disc recording medium book (wrinkle in preparation for ejection position), 21...Slip Car, 22...
・Belt, 23...Motor, 24...
Aisle side receiving port, 25... Media receiving housing portion, 26...
...Medium passage, 2T...Passage base 28
・・・・・・Rotating type stopper 1 29 ・・・・・・ 幀3
0...Motor, 31...Photo sensor 32...Reading device 33...Photo sensor 1, 34...Roller, 35...
...Sliding wheel, 36...Motor 37...
...Sliding base, 38...Spring length 39...
... Support frame, 40 ... Attracted element, 41 ...
... Electromagnet, 42 ... Electromagnet controller, 43
...Media outlet, 44...Control panel, 45...Switch, 46...Numeric keyboard, 4T...Display, 48・・・・・・
Computer 1, 49...Output device, 50...
・・・Flotspy disc insertion port, 51...
Media restraint pin, 52...Fixing hole, 53...
...Half housing, 54...Top lid, 55...
・Pin bottom plate, 56...Spring, 58, 59
······light source.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A transfer path in which the disk recording medium can be rotated one by one is provided diagonally on both sides of the processing section for the disk recording medium, and the starting end of the transfer path is provided with the A feeding device is installed to feed disk recording media one by one at predetermined time intervals. , a rotatable tray is rotatably fitted with its upper surface aligned with the lower edge of the discharge port, and the disc recording medium is placed on the upper surface of the peripheral edge of the rotatable tray at predetermined intervals. A accommodating section for accommodating sheets is formed, and a pin made of a magnetic material is provided on the center side of the accommodating section so as to be freely protrusive and retractable, and a position opposite to the pin is provided inside the ejection port. A processing device for a disk recording medium, characterized in that a permanent magnet is installed in the disk storage medium. 2. The disc recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit for the disc recording medium includes a reading or writing device, a stopper for stopping the transport of the medium, and a rotating roller for rotating the medium. Media processing equipment. 3. The terminal end side base of the transfer passage is constituted by a sliding base having a length approximately equal to the diameter of the disk recording medium.
A processing device for a disk recording medium as described in 2. 4. The disk recording medium processing device according to claim 2, wherein the reading or writing device is an optical type or a magnetic type.