JPS6130995Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a card sorting device that is capable of aligning cards in the process of being conveyed with reference to one end surface.

For example, in a card reading/writing device, a card inserted into an input slot is taken in and conveyed to an information processing section, and information is recorded in an information recording section formed based on one side end surface of the card. It is designed to read and write.

In addition, in this type of device, the width of the slot is usually set wider than the width of the card to make it easier to insert the card, and to ensure that information can be read and written. The cards being transported are aligned with one end surface as a reference.

However, the conventional cards sorting device uses a sorting roller or the like to sort the cards, and has a problem that the structure is extremely complicated and the cost is high.

The present invention was developed based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to have an extremely simple structure, but to enable cards to be smoothly and reliably aligned with one end surface as a reference while being transported. The purpose of this invention is to provide a card sorting device.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. Figure 1 shows a card reading/writing device. In the figure, 1 is the main body of the device whose upper front part is inclined at approximately 35 degrees, and an input slot 2 is provided at the lower end of the inclined front part of the main body 1 of the device. There is. Inside the main body 1 of the device is a linear first conveyance path 3 which grips and takes in the central part of cards C such as toll road passes inserted into the input slot 2, and through this first conveyance path 3. After the cards C that have been taken in and conveyed are made to face the information reading/writing device 4 serving as an information processing section, the cards C are placed in the input slot 2.
A horizontally-shaped second conveyance path 6 for pinching and conveying the food is formed in the storage section 5 located below.

That is, the endless first conveyor belt 9 is passed through the rollers 7, 7 disposed near and below the input port 2, and the belt drum 8 disposed opposite the information reading/writing device 4. is installed.
Furthermore, a second conveyor belt 10 is stretched across the upper horizontal portion of the first conveyor belt 9, and a third conveyor belt 11 is stretched across the lower horizontal portion of the first conveyor belt 9 from an arcuate state. Then, the first and second conveyor belts 9,
The first conveyance path 3 is formed by 10 mutually opposing surfaces.
Further, the second conveyance path 6 is formed by the mutually opposing surfaces of the first and third conveyance belts 10 and 11.

Note that 12, 12 are rollers that support the second conveyor belt 10, and 13... are rollers that support the third conveyor belt 11.
It is a roller that supports the

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the slot 2 is formed to be larger than the width of the cards C by l dimension, so that the insertion operation of the cards C can be easily performed.

Further, a card sorting device 14 is provided corresponding to the first conveying path 3 which pinches and conveys the central part of the cards C input from the input slot 2, and a card sorting device 14 is provided to handle the cards C during conveyance. The information recording section 15 of the cards C is aligned with the left end surface as a reference, and the information recording section 15 of the card C faces a predetermined position of the information reading/writing device 4.

The card sorting device 14 includes a guide plate 17 having an alignment reference surface 16 provided on the left end surface side of the first conveyance path 3, and a guide plate 17 having an alignment reference surface 16 provided on the right end surface side for urging the cards C toward the alignment reference surface 16 side. The first and second alignment bodies 18,1
It consists of 9.

The first aligning body 18 is constructed from a movable guide plate 20 supported via a leaf spring 21 so that the pressing part 20a faces a position narrower than the width of the cards C with respect to the aligning reference plane 16. The second alignment body 19 is in a position where the tip is equal to the width of the cards C based on the alignment reference plane 16, and the guide surface 22a is inclined at an angle of about 10 degrees with respect to the alignment reference plane 16. Each of them is composed of a fixed guide plate 22 provided in the.

However, cards C inserted from slot 2
is held in the center in the width direction by the first and second conveyor belts 9 and 10 and taken into the main body 1 of the apparatus. At this time, since the width of the input slot 2 is set larger than the width of the cards C, the conveyance state of the cards C is such that the entire right end surface is shifted to the right side as shown by A in FIG. In some cases, the rear part of the right end surface may be shifted to the right side as shown in (b), or the front part of the right end surface may be shifted to the right side as shown in c in FIG. Due to this action, the entire left end surface is automatically aligned during transportation so that it is in contact with the alignment reference plane 16.

In other words, if the entire right end surface of cards C is on the right side, the rear end of cards C is on the second side.
After passing the starting end of the conveyor belt 10, the second alignment body 1 is formed of a fixed guide plate 22 on the front and rear of the right end surface.
9, the rear part of the right end surface is pressed against the alignment reference plane 16 side by the first alignment body 18, which is composed of a movable guide plate 20 attached to a leaf spring 21, and aligned. Note that the leaf spring 21 remains in a bent state until the rear part of the right end surface of the cards C comes off from the pressing part 20a of the movable guide plate 20.

In addition, in the case of the one shown in FIG. 3B in which the rear part of the right end surface is closer to the right side, the rear part of the right end surface of the cards C is elastically pressed against the alignment reference surface 16 side by the first alignment body 18, and The alignment body 19 of No. 2 prevents the front end side from rebounding.

In addition, in the case of FIG. 3C in which the front part of the right end surface is shifted to the right side, the front part of the right end face is pressed against the alignment reference surface 16 side by the second alignment body 19, and the first alignment body 18 This prevents the rear end from bouncing back and aligns the position.

The cards C that have been aligned based on the alignment reference plane 16 in this way have their information recording section 15 facing the information reading/writing device 4 reliably, and information can be read and written in a reliable and stable state. It will be done.

Although the present device has been described as a card reading/writing device, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. It may be adopted in any kind of device. Further, the first alignment body 18 may be entirely formed of a spring member.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and that various modifications can be made without changing the gist of the present invention.

As explained above, the present invention aligns the alignment reference plane provided on one end surface of the card conveyance path and the other end surface of cards provided on the other end surface of the card conveyance path. a first alignment body that elastically biases toward the reference surface side; and a card provided on the card transfer direction side from the first alignment body and whose rear end faces the first alignment body. A second alignment body is provided in an inclined state and is fixedly provided to guide the front part of the other side end surface of the card toward the alignment reference surface side, and the second alignment body is provided in an inclined state and fixedly provided so as to guide the front part of the other side end surface of the card to bias the other side end surface toward the alignment reference surface side. A card sorting device is characterized in that the cards are sorted as a reference. Therefore, according to the invention of the present application, it is possible to smoothly and reliably align the cards during transportation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a right side view showing a conveyance system of a card reading/writing device employing an embodiment of the device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the card alignment conveyance path shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the state of the cards before they are arranged. C... Cards, 3... Conveyance path, 14... Card alignment device, 16... Alignment reference plane, 18... First alignment body, 19... Second alignment body.

Claims (1)

[Claim for Utility Model Registration] An alignment reference surface provided on one end surface of the card conveyance path, and an alignment reference surface provided on the other end surface of the card conveyance path opposite to this alignment reference surface. a first alignment body that elastically biases the other end surface of the cards toward the alignment reference plane; and a second alignment body which is fixedly provided and guides the front end of the other side of the cards toward the alignment reference plane when the rear end of the cards faces the first alignment body. A card alignment device, wherein the second alignment body faces the alignment reference surface with a card width interval therebetween.