JPS6227997B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a transfer device that transfers protruding characters and symbols provided on a transfer card to a transfer sheet, and particularly relates to an improvement of a mechanical section for collecting the transfer sheet.

In general, this type of transfer device inserts a card to be transferred having a protruding character symbol etc. through an insertion/ejection opening, conveys it through a card conveyance path onto an imprint table, overlays the transfer paper on the card, and places the protruding character symbol etc. After being transferred, the transferred card is passed through the card conveyance path, and the transferred paper is collected into the insertion/ejection opening by another conveyance mechanism. The transfer paper transport mechanism is provided separately because various sensors are installed in the card transport path to detect the dimensions of the card and read the information written on the card. This is because it has become impossible to do so.

By the way, in conventional devices, the paper conveyance mechanism is arranged above the card conveyance path, which makes it difficult to maintain and inspect the various sensors, and the overall height of the device is particularly large. The mechanism for taking out the paper from the imprint stand and transferring it to the paper transport mechanism was complicated.

The present invention was developed based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to reduce the size of the device by utilizing the space below the card conveyance path and provide a paper conveyance mechanism in that area, as well as to reduce the maintenance of sensors, etc. To provide a small and simply configured transfer device that facilitates inspection and allows a simple configuration of a mechanism for transferring transferred paper on an imprint stand to a paper transport mechanism.

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained based on illustrated embodiments. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a printing and transfer device, and the schematic structure of this device will first be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

When a transfer card 1 having a protruding character symbol etc. 1a is inserted through the insertion/ejection opening 2 as shown in FIG.
conveyed in the direction. Various sensors such as a card width detector 5, a card thickness detector 6, and reading magnetic heads 7a and 7b are provided in the card conveyance path 3, and only the card 1 that has successfully passed through these sensors is printed with the imprint. It will be transported onto the table 4. On the other hand, a second
As shown in the figure, a paper storage case 8 is provided, and within this case 8 are two sheets of transfer paper, such as receipt paper 9.
A and journal paper 9b are stacked one on top of the other, folded in a zigzag manner, and stored. These papers 9
a, 9b are pulled out from one end and sent to the printing unit 11 via the paper feeding sprocket 10, and after predetermined printing is performed, the receipt paper 9a is passed through the slit 12a of the rotary blade 12, and the journal paper 9
b passes over the rotary blade 12, is superimposed again, and is sent onto the imprint table 4, where it is superimposed on the transfer card 1. Therefore, when the pinion 13 as a roller drive mechanism shown in FIG. 1 provided above the card transport path 3 rotates, a long movable member 15 having a rack 14 that meshes with the pinion 13 moves toward the imprint table 4. The imprint roller 16 attached to the tip of the member 15 is driven and the imprint roller 16 is attached to the two sheets of paper 9.
a, 9b, and the protruding character symbols etc. 1a are transferred onto these sheets 9a, 9b. The journal paper 9b, which has been subjected to predetermined printing and transfer in this way, is pulled out in a direction substantially perpendicular to the card conveyance path 3 as shown in FIG.
The paper is wound onto a winding drum 18 provided at the upper side on the opposite side of the paper storage case 8 while applying an appropriate tension. Also, receipt paper 9a
is cut at the crease position between the rotary blade 12 and the fixed blade 19 by the rotation of the rotary blade 12, and then
The sheet is pulled out by the transfer mechanism 20 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the card conveyance path 3, folded back below the imprint stand 4, and transferred to the paper conveyance mechanism 21. The transfer mechanism 20 consists of a paper pull-out roller 22 provided on the side of the imprint table 4 and a capture/feed mechanism 23 provided below the imprint table 4. By holding one end of the receipt paper 9a and rotating the pull-out roller 22 in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2, the transferred receipt paper 9a is pulled out from above the imprint table 4 and folded back to the bottom of the imprint table 4. On the other hand, the capture and supply mechanism 23 is provided with a pair of upper and lower plates 25 and 26 that are integrated at an appropriate interval and can be rotated upward and downward using the right end in FIG. 2 as a fulcrum and the left end thereof as a fulcrum. After the receipt paper 9a pulled out by the pull-out roller 22 is captured between the plates 25 and 26 at the moved position, it is rotated downward again and placed on the paper transport mechanism 21. Further, the paper transport mechanism 21 is arranged from below the card transport path 3 to below the imprint stand 4, and transports the receipt paper 9a transferred by the transfer mechanism 20 to the insertion/ejection port 2. . Then, the transferred card 1 is superimposed on the transferred receipt paper 9a and is taken out from the insertion/ejection opening 2 as a whole. The paper transport mechanism 21 and the capture and supply mechanism 23 are incorporated into a unit case 27 to form a unit, and can be taken out of the apparatus as a unit. In addition, 28 in FIG. 1 is an eject case, and this case 28 is arranged at the rear lower part of the imprint table 4, and is used to store unnecessary cards to be transferred, receipt paper, etc. that are not received in the insertion/ejection opening 2. It's summery.

Next, the structure of the main parts will be explained with reference to FIG. 3 and subsequent drawings.

FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the pinion 13, the movable member 15, and the imprint roller 16, and the pinion 13 is directly connected to the rotating shaft of the motor 29.
Further, the rack 14 is formed on the lower surface of the movable member 15 at the left half in the figure, and the bracket 30 is attached to the right end in the figure by means of screws or the like. In the figure, reference numeral 31 denotes a roller assembly having the imprint roller 16, and this assembly 31 has the imprint roller 16 rotatably mounted between a pair of side plates 33, 33 connected via a shaft 32, and each side plate 33 , 33 are provided with two guide rollers 34 on the upper side and one guide roller on the lower side, respectively. and said shaft 3
2 is rotatably supported by the bracket 30,
Each guide roller 34... is a pair of guide shafts 35, 3
It is designed to roll along 5. The guide shafts 35, 35 are attached to the inner surface of a lid (not shown) that can be opened and closed to cover the top side of the imprint table 4, and when the lid is in the closed position, both guide shafts 35 , 35 are parallel to the moving direction of the movable member 15.

Figure 4 shows the paper transport mechanism 21 and the capture and supply mechanism 23.
The paper conveyance mechanism 21 has four pulley shafts 36a, 3
6b, 36c, 36d are mounted parallel and rotatable to each other, and their shafts 36a, 36b, 36c36
Two endless belts 37, 37 are wrapped around c, and roller shafts 38, 38 are pressed from above on the belts 37, 37 at both sides of the pulley shaft 36c, so that the belts 37, 37 is bent in a U-shape and protrudes upward, and furthermore, between the pulley shafts 36a and 36b, an endless belt 40 is looped between the belts 37, 37 and another pulley shaft 39, 39. The pulley shaft 36a is rotated by a motor (not shown) when an object is pressed from above, and the receipt paper 9a is held between the endless belts 37, 37 on the lower side and the endless belt 40 on the upper side. This is then conveyed in the direction of the arrow in the figure. The capture and supply mechanism 23 is mounted on the outer surface of the unit case 27 via a bracket 41 so that the pair of plates 25 and 26 can be rotated together in the vertical direction, and the lower plate 2
The upper protrusions of the endless belts 37, 37 are introduced through openings 42, 42 provided in the belts 6. Further, the upper plate 25 has the openings 42 and 4.
2, and a pair of steel balls 44, 44 are mounted on the upper surface of the plate 25 so as to slightly protrude from the respective circular holes 43, 43 toward the lower surface of the plate 25. There is. In the figure, reference numerals 45, 45 are mounting fittings for rotatably mounting the steel balls 44, 44 on the plate 25. Thus, the paper transport mechanism 21 and the capture and supply mechanism 23 are incorporated into the unit case 27 to form a unit as shown in FIG.
It can be pulled out to the outside of the device.

FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the paper transport mechanism 21 and the transfer mechanism 20, and the transfer mechanism 20 is composed of the paper pull-out roller 22 and the capture and supply mechanism 23, as described above. The capture and supply mechanism 23 has one end attached to the outer surface of the unit case 27 so as to be freely rotatable in the vertical direction, and normally descends to the solid line position due to its own weight to bring the steel balls 44, 44 into contact with the belts 37, 37. However, the protrusion 46 attached to the rotating end of the plate 26
is pushed up from below by, for example, a solenoid (not shown) and rotated to the imaginary line position. Thereupon, the receipt paper 9a on the imprint table 4 is held between the paper pull-out roller 22 and the pinch roller 24.
The receipt paper 9a is pulled out from the imprint table 4 by the rotation of the paper pull-out roller 22, folded back, and discharged to the lower part of the imprint table 4. , captured in 26 days. When the receipt paper 9a is rotated again to the solid line position, the belt 3
7 and the steel ball 44, and is conveyed in a predetermined direction (two directions of the insertion/ejection opening) by the running of the belt 37.

As described above based on the embodiments, according to the present invention, the transfer card 1 having the protruding character symbol etc. 1a is inserted through the insertion/ejection opening 2, and various sensors (card width detector 5, card thickness detector 6) , reading magnetic heads 7a, 7b) are conveyed onto the imprint table 4 through the card conveyance path 3, and the transfer paper (receipt paper 9a) is superimposed on the transferred card 1 to form the protruding character symbols etc. 1a. After the transfer, the transferred card 1 passes through the card transport path 3, and the transfer paper 9a passes through a separately provided paper transport mechanism 21.
In the transfer device, in which the paper is collected into the insertion/ejection opening 2 by arranging the paper transport mechanism 21 below the card transport path 3,
Maintenance and inspection of various sensors can be easily performed without being obstructed by the paper conveyance mechanism 21, and by effectively utilizing the space below the card conveyance path, the height dimension can be reduced and downsizing can be achieved. be able to. Further, the transfer of the paper from the imprint table 4 to the paper transport mechanism 21 is carried out by a paper pull-out roller 22 that pulls out the transfer paper 9a on the imprint table 4 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the card transport path 3; The paper pull-out roller 2 is disposed below.
The present invention can be easily configured with a capture and supply mechanism 23 that captures the paper pulled out in step 2 and supplies it to the paper transport mechanism 21, and can achieve the desired effect.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments and can be modified in various ways. For example, the means for driving the imprint roller 16 is not limited to a pinion or a rack mechanism, but a cam mechanism, a screw mechanism, a wire traction mechanism, etc. It can also be adopted.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the schematic structure seen from the side, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the schematic structure seen from the front, and Fig. 3 is a pinion. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the relationship between the paper transport mechanism and the capture and supply mechanism, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the relationship between the paper transport mechanism and the capture and supply mechanism. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the converted unit, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view seen from the front showing the relationship between the transfer mechanism and the paper conveyance mechanism. 1...Card to be transferred, 1a...Protruding character symbol, etc., 2...Insertion/ejection opening, 3...Card transport path, 4...
Imprint stand, 5...Card width detector, 6...
Card thickness detector, 7a, 7b...Magnetic head for reading, 9a...Receipt paper (transfer paper), 9b
... Journal paper (transfer paper), 13 ... Pinion (roller drive mechanism), 14 ... Rack, 15
...Movable member, 16...Imprint roller, 2
0... Transfer mechanism, 21... Paper transport mechanism, 22...
...Paper drawer roller.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Insert a card to be transferred having a protruding character symbol, etc. through the insertion/ejection opening, convey it to an imprint stand through a card conveyance path equipped with various sensors, overlap the transfer paper on the target card, and print the protruding character symbol, etc. After transferring, the transferred card is passed through the card transport path, and the transfer paper is collected into the insertion/ejection port by another transport mechanism.In the transfer device, the transfer paper on the imprint stand is transferred to the card transport path. A paper pull-out roller that pulls out the paper in a direction substantially perpendicular to the card transport path, a paper transport mechanism that is disposed below the card transport path and transports the transferred transfer paper to the insertion/ejection port, and a paper transport mechanism that is disposed below the imprint table. A transfer device comprising: a capture and supply mechanism that captures the transfer paper pulled out by the paper pull-out roller and supplies it to the paper transport mechanism.