KR100631491B1 - Card dispenser and card ejection method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a card dispenser capable of stably discharging cards one by one from a stacking box for loading a plurality of cards, and a card discharging method using the same.

The card dispenser according to the present invention comprises a stacking area for loading a plurality of cards and a card discharging area for discharging a card transferred from the stacking box, and each of the first and second cards rotates in different directions in the stacking area and the card discharge area. A conveying roller and a second conveying roller are disposed, and the first and second conveying rollers are operated by a predetermined driving motor, and a card recognition sensor is provided at one side of the card ejection area so that the card is detected by the card recognition sensor. If recognized, the first conveying roller is not operated.

Card, dispenser, issuance, ticketing

Description

Card dispenser and method for dispensing card using the same}

1 is a perspective view showing the back of the card dispenser according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the front of the card dispenser according to the present invention.

3 is an exploded perspective view of a card dispenser according to the present invention.

Figures 4a to 4c is a reference diagram for explaining the card ejection process in the card dispenser according to the present invention.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

101: first frame 102: second frame

103: third frame 104: fourth frame

105: first feed roller 105a: first drive shaft

106: auxiliary feed roller 107: card loading recognition sensor

108: first pulley 110: second pulley

111: third pulley 112: drive belt

113: detachable member 114: second feed roller

115: third feed roller 116: drive motor

117: card recognition sensor 118: bracket

120: stacker area 130: card ejection area

140: card

The present invention relates to a card dispenser and a card discharging method using the same, and more particularly, to a card dispenser and a card discharging method using the same, which can stably discharge cards one by one from a stacking box for loading a plurality of cards.

With the rapid development of information and communication technology, the use of various cards is becoming common in real life. Examples of such cards include public telephone cards, bus cards, parking cards, credit cards, and the like, and various cards are being developed as the information society progresses. Recently, smart cards that can be applied to various purposes by storing information such as personal credit information and personal information have been introduced.

On the other hand, these various cards are issued through a predetermined ticketing device, the ticketing device usually comprises a component such as a card reader for recognizing and processing the card and a card dispenser for performing the card ejection function. Equipped. In detail, the card dispenser is provided with a loading box for loading a plurality of cards and performs a function of discharging the cards stored in the loading box one by one using a transfer device such as a transfer roller.

However, since a conventional card is considerably thin in thickness, there is a problem in that a conveyance phenomenon or the like in which two or more cards are conveyed overlapped when ejected from a conventional card dispenser occurs. In addition to the above-mentioned conveyance phenomenon, a phenomenon that the card is caught during the ejection process or a slim phenomenon occurs.

In order to solve this problem, another conventional card dispenser has a plurality of drive motors installed and corresponding pulleys are applied. However, such an embodiment cannot avoid the complexity of the device, thus increasing the manufacturing cost of the device and improving the structure. There is a problem that can not prevent the room of trouble caused by the complexity.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card dispenser and a card ejecting method using the same, which can stably eject cards one by one from a stacking box for loading a plurality of cards.

The card dispenser according to the present invention for achieving the above object is composed of a stacking area for loading a plurality of cards and a card discharge area for discharging the cards transferred from the stacking box, respectively different from the stacking area and the card discharge area The first conveying roller and the second conveying roller which rotates in a direction are disposed, the first and second conveying rollers are operated by a predetermined driving motor, and a card recognition sensor is provided at one side of the card ejection area. When the card is recognized by the card recognition sensor, the first feed roller is not operated.

Preferably, a third conveying roller having a shape corresponding to the second conveying roller is further provided at a position corresponding to the second conveying roller so as to be engaged with the second conveying roller.

Preferably, the third feed roller rotates only in the same direction as the first feed roller.

The driving controller may further include a driving controller configured to selectively control the rotation direction of the driving motor according to whether the card recognition sensor recognizes the card to determine the rotation directions of the first and second transfer rollers.

Preferably, the first, second and third transfer rollers are provided with a clutch bearing that can rotate only in a specific direction.

Preferably, the surface of the first conveying roller is uneven.

In the card ejection method of the card dispenser according to the present invention, the start signal for the card ejection operation is applied to the drive control unit, the drive control unit to operate the drive motor corresponding to the rotational direction of the first feed roller, and the drive The card loaded in the loading box is transferred to the card discharge area by contacting the first feed roller by the rotation of the first feed roller by the operation of the motor; and the card transferred to the card discharge area is When the transfer is performed by the second transfer roller, and the card recognition sensor provided in the card discharge area recognizes the transferred card and transmits a corresponding card recognition signal to the drive controller, the drive controller is configured to drive the drive. Rotating the motor in the opposite direction to stop the rotation of the first feed roller and And discharging the card existing on the card discharge area to the outside of the card discharge area by operating the second transfer roller at the time.

According to a feature of the invention, each of the stacking area where the card is loaded and the card ejecting area where the card is finally ejected is provided with a conveying roller which rotates only in different directions, and the drive motor until the card is transported over a predetermined interval from the stacking area. Rotate in a specific direction and if the card is ejected more than a predetermined interval, rotate the drive motor in the opposite direction to temporarily stop card transfer from the stacker and eject the card existing in the card ejection area so that it can be loaded without the occurrence of midfeed or slim. The cards inside can be ejected stably one by one.

Hereinafter, a card dispenser and a card ejecting method using the same according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view showing the back of the card dispenser according to the invention, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the front of the card dispenser according to the present invention, Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of the card dispenser according to the present invention.

First, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3, the card dispenser according to the present invention has a loading box area for loading a plurality of cards. The space corresponding to the loading compartment area 120 is defined by a plurality of frames, the plurality of frames having a symmetrical shape and provided in parallel with the symmetrical positions and the first and second frames 101 and 102. It may be composed of a third frame 103 provided at the bottom of the stack and the fourth frame 104 defining one surface of the stack.

Here, the stacking box around the fourth frame 104 and the card ejecting area 130 where cards are ejected and transferred from the stacking area 120 are divided. That is, the front end of the fourth frame 104 is the card ejection region 130, and the rear end of the fourth frame 104 is defined as the stacker region 120. The fourth frame 104 may be configured to selectively detach with the first and second frames 101 and 102 through a predetermined detachment member 113. Side surfaces of the first frame 101 are provided with a plurality of pulleys and a driving belt 112 positioned on the pulleys, which will be described later.

On the other hand, the card dispenser according to the present invention as described above is composed of a large stack area 120 and the card discharge area 130. First, the configuration of the stack is described in detail as follows. As shown in FIG. 1, the loading area 120 is defined by the first and second frames 101 and 102, the width of the left and right sides is defined, and the lower end of the loading box is defined by the third frame 103, and the fourth area is defined by the fourth frame 103. The length of the cargo box is defined by the frame 104. For reference, the third frame 103 is extended to the card discharge area 130 to facilitate the card transfer and discharge process.

One side of the third frame 103 is exactly, one side of the third frame 103 of the loading area 120 is formed with a predetermined opening is provided with a first feed roller 105 in the opening. The first conveying roller 105 serves to convey the plurality of cards 140 stacked in the stack to the card discharging area 130, one by one. It is provided to protrude more than a predetermined height on the plane of the third frame 103 and the first feed roller 105 is connected to the first drive shaft (105a). The first drive shaft 105a is connected to and fixed to the first and second frames 101 and 102, and one end of the first drive shaft 105a is connected to the first frame 101. The first pulley 108 provided on the side of the first frame 101 is physically connected to receive the rotational driving force of the first pulley 108.

The first conveying roller 105 is provided with a clutch bearing that rotates only in a specific direction therein, so that the first conveying roller 105 can be rotated only in a specific direction during rotation by the rotation of the first drive shaft 105a. In addition, the first conveying roller 105 may process the surface of the roller into a concave-convex shape in order to increase the frictional force with the card surface during card transfer.

Another predetermined opening is provided at the other side of the third frame 103, and an auxiliary feed roller 106 is provided in the opening. The auxiliary conveying roller 106 serves to assist the conveying process of the card conveyed by the first conveying roller 105, the auxiliary conveying roller 106 is composed of at least one or more Like the first feed roller 105, the third frame 103 is provided to protrude above a predetermined height. In addition, the auxiliary feed roller 106 is provided on the auxiliary drive shaft 106a and the auxiliary drive shaft 106a is connected and fixed by the first and second frames 101 and 102. Here, unlike the first drive shaft 105a, the auxiliary drive shaft 106a is not connected to the pulley provided on the side of the first frame 101 and thus does not receive a driving force by the pulley. For reference, one side of the third frame 103 of the stacking area 120 may be provided with a card stacking sensor 107 that can recognize whether the card is loaded.

The bracket 118 having a predetermined shape is provided at a position spaced upward from the auxiliary conveying roller 106 by a card that is moved on the auxiliary conveying roller 106 by vertically adjusting the bracket 118. You can set the interval for. Here, the bracket 118 may be provided at the bottom of the fourth frame 104.

On the other hand, each card is transferred from the stacking box having the configuration described above to be delivered to the card discharge area 130, the card discharge area 130 has the following configuration. As described above, the third frame 103 defines the lower end of the loading box and extends to the card discharge area 130 to allow a stable card discharging process to proceed. In addition, the stacking area 120 and the card ejection area 130 are divided by the fourth frame 104.

The card discharging area 130 is provided with second and third conveying rollers 114 and 115, and the second and third conveying rollers 114 and 115 are each conveyed from the loading area 120. Eject the card. The second and third feed rollers 114 and 115 have a symmetrical shape and are provided in contact with each other at a symmetrical position. The second conveying roller 114 is provided on the upper part of the third frame 103 and the third conveying roller 115 is provided on the lower part of the third frame 103 on the basis of the third frame 103. . At this time, one side of the third frame 103 is exactly, one side of the third frame 103 extending to the card discharge region 130 through the predetermined opening through the second conveying roller 114 and the third conveying The roller 115 comes into contact.

The second and third feed rollers 114 and 115 are provided on the second drive shaft 114a and the third drive shaft 115a, respectively, and the second and third drive shafts 114a and 115a may be formed of the first and third driving rollers 114a and 115a, respectively. It is connected to and supported by the second frames 101 and 102. In addition, in connection with the first frame 101 of the second and third drive shafts 114a and 115a, the second and third drive shafts 114a and 115a are respectively connected to the second pulley 110. It is connected to the third pulley 111 receives the rotational driving force by the rotation of the second pulley and the third pulley (110, 111).

The second and third conveying rollers 114 and 115 are equipped with a clutch bearing that operates only in a specific direction as in the first conveying roller 105, as in the first conveying roller 105. It is possible to rotate only in a specific direction during the rotation by the rotation of the three drive shafts 114a and 115a. At this time, the specific direction in which the first, second and third transfer rollers 105, 114 and 115 rotate is as follows. In the present invention, the second feed roller 114 rotates only in the opposite direction to the first feed roller 105 and the third feed roller 115 in the same direction as the first feed roller 105. Only rotates. Here, the first conveying roller 105 rotates in the conveying direction of the card, that is, the conveying direction from the loading area 120 to the card discharging area 130.

Thus, the first, second and third transfer rollers 105, 114, 115 are set to rotate in a specific direction, respectively, so that the first, second and third transfer rollers ( Selective control of the drive motor 116 that substantially drives the 105, 114, 115 is required, which will be described later.

Meanwhile, the first and second frames 101 and 102 defining the left and right widths of the stacking box are extended to the card ejection area 130 by a predetermined length like the third frame 103 so that the card ejection area ( A card recognition sensor 117 is provided at one side of at least one of the first frame 101 and the second frame 102 to stably guide the card discharged from the 130. The card recognition sensor 117 is provided at the end of the card ejection area 130, that is, the part where the card is finally ejected, and recognizes the card 140 ejected from the position where the corresponding card recognition sensor 117 is provided. It plays a role. The card recognition sensor 117 generates a predetermined card recognition signal and the generated card recognition signal is transmitted to a driving controller (not shown) which will be described later.

In addition to the configuration of the stacking box and the card discharge area 130 as described above, the card dispenser according to the present invention includes a plurality of pulleys on the side of the first frame 101. Specifically, the plurality of pulleys first, second and third pulleys 108 which connect and support the first, second and third drive shafts 105a, 114a and 115a to transmit rotational driving force to the respective drive shafts. (110) and 111, the drive belt 112 is provided on each pulley to integrate the rotational motion of the plurality of pulleys. Rotation driving force of the plurality of pulleys is generated by a drive motor 116 provided on one side of the card dispenser.

On the other hand, as described above, the first, second and third conveying rollers 105, 114 and 115 are each rotatable only in a predetermined direction, and the first, second and third conveyances during the card conveying process. The selective control of the drive motor 116 for substantially driving the three feed rollers 105, 114, 115 is required, and this is the drive control unit provided in the card dispenser of the present invention. Specifically, the driving control unit may be implemented on a predetermined printed circuit board (PCB).

In the state where the rotational direction of the first and third conveying rollers 105 and 115 is defined as a reverse rotational direction and the rotational direction of the second conveying roller 114 is defined as a forward rotational direction, the driving controller transfers the first card. When a command is generated, a reverse rotation signal is applied to the driving motor 116 to induce the operation of the first transfer roller 105 to transfer the card from the stacking area 120 to the card discharge area 130. do. Thereafter, the card transferred to the card discharge area 130 reaches the position where the card recognition sensor 117 is provided via the second and third transfer rollers 114 and 115 so that the card recognition sensor 117 When the card is recognized and the card recognition signal is received from the card recognition sensor 117, the forward rotation signal is applied to the driving motor 116 to stably discharge the card out of the card ejection area 130.

The operation of the card dispenser according to the present invention having the above configuration, that is, the card ejection method of the card dispenser according to the present invention will be described. 4A to 4C are reference diagrams for explaining a card ejection process in the card dispenser according to the present invention.

First, when a start signal for a card discharging operation is applied to the card dispenser according to the present invention, the driving controller controls the rotation direction of the first transfer roller 105, that is, the card from the stacking area 120 to the card discharging area 130. The drive motor 116 is operated in the direction for conveying the pressure. The rotation direction of the drive motor 116 at this time is called a reverse rotation direction.

Due to the rotation of the drive motor 116 in the reverse rotation direction, the first conveying roller 105 is rotated so that the card 140 loaded in the stacking area 120 is transferred to the first conveyance. The card is transported to the card ejection area 130 along the surface of the roller 105. The card conveyed to the card ejection area 130 is continuously conveyed in engagement with the second and third conveying rollers 114 and 115 (see FIGS. 4A and 4B).

The card 140 transferred through the above process reaches the end of the card discharge area 130, and as shown in FIG. 4C, a card recognition sensor provided at the end of the card discharge area 130. 117 recognizes the transferred card. The card recognition signal recognized by the card recognition sensor 117 is transmitted to the driving controller, and the driving controller rotates the driving motor 116 in the forward rotation direction in the reverse rotation direction when the card recognition signal is received. Change to

When the driving motor 116 rotates in the forward rotation direction, since the first conveyance roller 105 rotates only in the reverse rotation direction, the rotation is stopped, thereby transferring the card from the stacker to the card ejection area 130. This is temporarily stopped. At the same time, as the driving motor 116 rotates forward, the second transfer roller 114 rotates forward to finally move the card existing in the card discharge region 130 out of the card discharge region 130. Will be discharged.

The card dispenser and the card ejection method using the same according to the present invention have the following effects.

A feed roller that rotates only in different directions is provided in each of the stacking area where the card is loaded and the card ejecting area where the card is finally ejected, and the drive motor is rotated in a specific direction until the card is transferred more than a predetermined period from the stacking box. Is discharged for more than a predetermined period, the card motor is temporarily rotated in the opposite direction to suspend card transfer from the stacker, and the card existing in the card ejection area is ejected. It can be discharged.

Claims (7)

Comprising a stacking area for stacking a plurality of cards and a card ejection area for ejecting a card transferred from the stack, The first conveying roller and the second conveying roller which are rotated in different directions are disposed in the stacking area and the card discharge area, respectively, and the first and second conveying rollers are operated by a predetermined driving motor, The card dispenser, characterized in that the card feed sensor is provided on one side of the card discharge area so that the first feed roller does not operate when the card is recognized by the card recognition sensor. The card dispenser of claim 1, wherein a third transfer roller having a shape corresponding to the second transfer roller is further provided at a position corresponding to the second transfer roller to be engaged with the second transfer roller. 3. The card dispenser of claim 2, wherein the third transfer roller rotates only in the same direction as the first transfer roller. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a driving controller configured to selectively control the rotation direction of the driving motor according to whether the card recognition sensor recognizes the card to determine the rotation direction of the first and second feed rollers. Card dispenser. 3. The card dispenser of claim 2, wherein the first, second and third transfer rollers are provided with a clutch bearing which can rotate only in a specific direction. The card dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the first conveying roller has a concave-convex shape. In the card ejection method using the card dispenser of claim 1, A start signal for a card ejection operation is applied to a drive control unit to operate the drive motor in correspondence with the rotational direction of the first feed roller; Moving the first conveying roller to the card discharging area by contacting the first conveying roller with the card loaded in the loading box by the operation of the driving motor; Transferring the card transferred to the card discharge area by the second transfer roller; When the card recognition sensor provided in the card discharge area recognizes the transferred card and transmits a corresponding card recognition signal to the drive control unit, the drive control unit rotates the drive motor in the opposite direction to perform the operation of the first feed roller. Stopping the rotation operation and simultaneously discharging the card existing on the card discharge area to the outside of the card discharge area by operating the second transfer roller.

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