KR20070025217A - Card dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

A card dispenser is provided to improve card discharge efficiency by forming plural card loading regions and to stably discharge cards from a card loading box without a slip by selectively controlling plural transfer rollers and discharge rollers. A card dispenser(10) is formed by combining a card loading region(100) and a card discharging region(200) for receiving cards from the card loading region and discharging the cards to the outside. The card loading regions are installed on left and right sides about the card discharging region. Rectangular parallelepiped card loading boxes are arranged in each card loading region and selectively attached or detached. A first transfer roller(102) for transferring the cards of the card loading box to the card discharging region is installed on the lower side of the card loading box of the card loading region. Second and third transfer rollers(108,109) are installed in a pair on the spot separated from the first transfer roller on a horizontal plane to transfer the cards transferred from the first transfer roller to the card discharging region.

Description

Card dispenser

1 is a right front perspective view of a card dispenser according to the present invention.

2 is a left front perspective view of the card dispenser according to the present invention;

3 is a rear perspective view of the card dispenser according to the present invention;

4 is a perspective view of the first and third frames removed from the card dispenser according to the present invention;

5 is a perspective view of a card dispenser according to the present invention with a card holder.

6 is a plan view of a card dispenser according to the present invention.

7A to 7D are flowcharts illustrating a card ejection process using a card dispenser according to the present invention.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

100: card loading area 101: first frame

102: first feed roller 103: first drive shaft

104: first pulley 105: auxiliary feed roller

106: auxiliary drive shaft 107: bracket

108: second feed roller 109: third feed roller

110: second drive shaft 111: third drive shaft

112: second pulley 113: third pulley

114: first card recognition sensor 115: shutter member

116: drive motor 117: sensing switch

130: card loading box 131: stack recognition sensor

200: card ejection area 201: second frame

202: second card recognition sensor 203: first discharge roller

204: fourth drive shaft 205: transfer plate

206: third discharge roller 207: fifth drive shaft

208: first guide plate 209: second guide plate

210: third card recognition sensor 230: card consolidation member

231: second discharge roller 232: fourth discharge roller

233: solenoid switch 301: recovery card storage

302: recovery card recognition sensor 303: recovery guide plate

The present invention relates to a card dispenser, and more particularly, to a card dispenser capable of stably discharging cards one by one from a loading box for loading a plurality of cards and maximizing the efficiency of card issuance.

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 store personal credit information, personal information, and the like and are applicable to various purposes have emerged.

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 has a very thin thickness, when a card is dispensed from a conventional card dispenser, there are problems such as a feeding phenomenon in which two or more cards are stacked and conveyed or a slim phenomenon in which the card does not proceed in the advancing direction. have. In addition, most of the conventional card dispensers have a single stacking method, and thus there is a problem that the efficiency of card issuing is inferior.

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

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, the purpose of providing a card dispenser capable of reliably discharging each card from the loading box for loading a plurality of cards and to maximize the efficiency of card ticketing. have.

The card dispenser according to the present invention for achieving the above object is composed of a combination of the card loading area for loading the card and the card discharge area for receiving the card from the card loading area to discharge the card to the outside, the card loading Areas are provided in two positions on the left and right sides of the card discharge area, and each card loading area is provided with a card storage box having a rectangular parallelepiped that can be selectively removed. The card loading area is located below the card loading box. A first conveying roller for conveying a card in a stacking box toward the card ejecting area is provided, and a pair of second and third conveying rollers are provided at a position spaced a predetermined distance apart from the first conveying roller on a horizontal plane. And transfer the card transferred from the card to the card discharge area.

Preferably, the second and third transfer rollers have a symmetrical shape and are provided at symmetrical positions, and only one of the second and third transfer rollers selectively operates and is operated. The other conveying roller is engaged by the operation.

Preferably, a first card recognition sensor is further provided at a front end of the pair of second and third feed rollers to recognize a card passing between the second and third feed rollers. When the card is recognized by the second conveying roller and the conveying roller of the third conveying roller is stopped and the other conveying roller is operated.

Preferably, each of the clutch bearings capable of rotating only in a specific direction is mounted inside the first, second and third transfer rollers.

Preferably, the first and third conveying rollers are rotatable only by the forward rotational driving force in the card conveying direction, and the second conveying rollers are rotatable only by the reverse rotational driving force.

Preferably, in the card discharge area, a second card recognition sensor for recognizing whether a card exists on the card discharge area, and a first card for discharging the card transferred from the second and third transfer rollers to the outside. And a card consolidation member equipped with a third discharge roller, a second discharge roller and a fourth discharge roller selectively contacting the first discharge roller or the third discharge roller, wherein the card is secured by the second card recognition sensor. Is sensed, the first discharge roller and the second discharge roller are in contact with each other via a card to transfer the card.

Preferably, a third card recognition sensor is further provided for recognizing a card to be transferred on the third discharge roller in a card discharge region corresponding to a portion where the third discharge roller is provided.

Preferably, when the card is sensed by the third card recognition sensor, the third discharge roller and the fourth discharge roller contact with each other through the card to transfer the card.

Preferably, an auxiliary feed roller is further provided between the first feed roller and the pair of second and third feed rollers located on the same horizontal plane as the first feed roller.

Preferably, one side of the card storage box is provided with a load recognition sensor for grasping the amount of card loaded in the card storage box.

Preferably, the card discharging area is provided at a position lower than a point where the second conveying roller and the third conveying roller contact each other.

Preferably, a recovery card accommodating part is provided in a lower space of the card discharge area, and one side of the recovery card accommodating part is provided between the first discharge roller and the third discharge roller to be recovered through the third discharge roller. A recovery guide plate is provided, which serves to guide the defective card to the collection card accommodating portion.

Preferably, a recovery card recognition sensor is further provided on one side of the collection card accommodating part to recognize a predetermined amount or more of the cards stored in the collection card accommodating part.

According to a feature of the present invention, the card ejection efficiency can be improved by providing a plurality of card loading areas, and by selectively controlling a plurality of conveying rollers and ejecting rollers used for ejecting the card, the card stacking box can be operated without the occurrence of midfeed or slim. The card can be ejected stably one by one. In addition, it is possible to selectively remove the card storage box provided in the card loading area to double the utility of the card dispenser.

Hereinafter, a card dispenser according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a right front perspective view of the card dispenser according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a left front perspective view of the card dispenser according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the card dispenser according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the card dispenser according to the present invention, in which the first and third frames of the card dispenser are removed, and FIG. 6 is a plan view of the card dispenser according to the present invention, and FIGS. 7d is a flowchart illustrating a card ejection process using the card dispenser according to the present invention.

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, the card dispenser 10 according to the present invention has a card stacking unit 100 for stacking a plurality of cards and a card ejecting unit for transporting cards from the card stacking unit and discharging them to the outside. It consists of a combination of parts (200).

When the card stacking unit 100 and the card ejecting unit 200 are spatially represented, the card stacking area 100 and the card ejecting area 200 may be referred to as the respective spaces. It is defined by the predetermined frames provided in the card dispenser. The frames not only define the space of the regions, but also serve to support constituent members such as various drive shafts and sensors which will be described later.

The card loading area 100 and the card discharge area 200 will be described in more detail as follows. First, the card stacking area 100 defines a space corresponding to the card stacking area 100 by a first frame 101 defining a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a card stacking area defined by the first frame 101. The area 100 is provided with a card loading box 130 that can be selectively removed. The card loading area 100 defined by the first frame 101 is provided on the left and right sides of the card discharge area 200, respectively. That is, the card dispenser according to the present invention may include a plurality of card discharge areas 200 to double the card discharge efficiency.

The lower end of the card loading area 100, specifically, the first transfer roller 102 is provided below the card loading box (130). The first conveying roller 102 serves to convey the plurality of cards loaded in the card stacking box 130 to the card discharging area 200 one by one, and the first conveying roller 102 is The first driving shaft 103 is provided on the first driving shaft 103 and is fixed and supported by the first frame 101. One end of the first drive shaft 103 is connected to the first pulley 104 provided on the outer surface of the first frame 101 to receive the rotational driving force of the first pulley 104.

The first conveying roller 102 is provided with a clutch bearing that rotates only in a specific direction therein, so that the first conveying roller 102 can rotate only in a specific direction when the first drive shaft 103 is rotated. Here, it is preferable that the first feed roller 102 is rotated only in the card advancing direction, that is, the forward direction. The first transfer roller 102 may be processed into a concave-convex shape to increase the frictional force with the card surface during card transfer.

The auxiliary feed roller 105 is provided at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the first feed roller 102 on the horizontal plane. The auxiliary conveying roller 105 serves to assist the conveying process of the card conveyed by the first conveying roller (102). The auxiliary feed roller 105 may be provided on the auxiliary drive shaft 106, and a plurality of auxiliary feed rollers 105 provided on the auxiliary drive shaft 106 may be provided. The auxiliary drive shaft 106 is fixed to and supported by the first frame 101, and unlike the first drive shaft 103, the auxiliary drive shaft 106 is not connected to the pulley provided on the outer surface of the first frame 101. It does not receive a separate rotational driving force.

A bracket 107 of a predetermined shape is provided at a position spaced apart from the auxiliary feed roller 105 by a predetermined distance. The card is conveyed on the auxiliary feed roller 105 by vertically adjusting the bracket 107. You can set the interval. The bracket 107 is coupled to a predetermined support piece (not shown) and provided at one side of the first frame 101.

The card of the card loading area 100 is transferred to the card discharge area 200 through the first feed roller 102 and the auxiliary feed roller 105, and the card is completely transferred to the card discharge area 200. The second and third transfer rollers 108 and 109 are further passed before.

The second and third transfer rollers 108 and 109 are provided at an intermediate point between the card loading area 100 and the card discharge area 200. The second conveying roller 108 and the third conveying roller 109 have a symmetrical shape and are provided in contact with each other at a symmetrical position. The second and third feed rollers 108 and 109 are provided on the second and third drive shafts 110 and 111, respectively, and the second feed roller 108 and the third feed roller 109 are The point of contact and the upper surface of the first conveying roller 102 are located on the same line so that the card conveyance proceeds on the same plane. The second and third driving shafts 110 and 111 are fixed to and supported by the first frame 101 and are connected to the second pulley 112 and the third pulley 113, respectively, so that the second and third pulleys are connected. It receives the driving force of rotation.

Like the first feed roller 102, a clutch bearing that operates only in a specific direction is mounted inside the second feed roller 108 and the third feed roller 109 so that the second and third drive shafts 110 may be mounted. It is possible to rotate only in a specific direction when the 111 is rotated. Here, the second conveying roller 108 and the third conveying roller 109 are rotatable in different directions, for example, the third conveying roller 108 is the forward direction, the second conveying card direction, the second The feed roller 109 is adapted to rotate only in the reverse direction opposite to the card feed. Therefore, the first conveying roller 102 and the third conveying roller 108 rotate in the same direction, and the first conveying roller 102 and the second conveying roller 109 have different rotation directions.

One side of the first frame 101, the first card recognition sensor 114 is provided at a portion corresponding to the front end of the position where the pair of the second and third transfer rollers 108, 109 is provided ( See FIG. 6). The first card recognition sensor 114 performs a role of recognizing a card being engaged between the second conveying roller 108 and the third conveying roller 109. Here, the first card recognition sensor may be provided in two places at a predetermined distance apart from each other. In addition, shutter members 115 are provided at front ends of the second and third transfer rollers 108 and 109. The shutter member 115 serves to prevent a card transferred from the card loading area 100 on one side to the card discharge area 200 from entering the card loading area 100 on the opposite side.

Meanwhile, the first pulley 104 to which the first drive shaft 103 is connected and the third pulley 113 to which the third drive shaft 111 is connected are connected by the same drive belt and operated by the same drive motor 116. do. In addition, the third pulley 113 to which the third drive shaft 111 is connected and the second pulley 112 to which the second drive shaft 110 is connected are connected by separate drive belts to form the third pulley 113. In operation, the second pulley 112 operates together. By such a connection relationship, the first and second feed rollers 102 and the second and third feed rollers provided on the second and third drive shafts 110 and 111 provided on the first drive shaft 103 ( 108 and 109 are operated by the same drive motor 116.

The operation relationship between the first transfer roller 102 and the second and third transfer rollers 108 and 109 will be described in detail as follows.

First, the card loaded in the card storage box 130 of the card loading area 100 starts to be transferred by the first transfer roller 102 by the forward rotation of the drive motor 116. At this time, as described above, the second and third feed rollers 108, 109 and the first feed roller 102 are operated by the same drive motor 116 and the first and third feed rollers 102 109 is connected by the same drive belt, so that the first feed roller 102 as well as the third feed roller 109 also start to rotate in a forward direction by the forward rotation of the drive motor 116. .

The card conveyed from the first conveying roller 102 is interdigitated between the second conveying roller 108 and the third conveying roller 109 via the auxiliary conveying roller 105. When the front end portion of the card passing between the second and third transfer rollers 108 and 109 is sensed by the first card recognition sensor 114, the driving motor 116 is reversed in the opposite direction to the card travel direction. It works. Accordingly, the first conveying roller 102 and the third conveying roller 109 stop operation and the second conveying roller 108 operates. However, since the second conveying roller 108 and the third conveying roller 109 are in contact with each other, the card conveying process proceeds smoothly even if only one of them is operated. Through this process, the card passing through the second and third transfer rollers 108 and 109 is completely transferred to the card discharge area 200.

The card discharging area 200 basically provides a space in which the card conveyed by the second and third transfer rollers 108 and 109 is seated and a space in which the ejected card is discharged.

The lower end of the card discharge area 200 is provided with a first discharge roller 203. The first discharge roller 203 is provided on the fourth drive shaft 204 fixed and supported on an inner surface of a predetermined frame (not shown), and transfers the card seated on the card discharge area 200. Serves to discharge. A second card recognition sensor 202 is provided at a predetermined portion of the transfer plate 205 provided at the lower end of the card discharge area 200. The second card recognition sensor 202 recognizes whether a card exists on the transfer plate 205. The card consolidation member 230 is provided at a position spaced upward from the first discharge roller 203 by a predetermined distance. Cards conveyed from the second and third transfer rollers 108 and 109 and seated on the card discharge area 200 are brought into close contact with the first discharge roller 203 to the first discharge roller 203. It plays a role to facilitate the card ejection process. One end of the card consolidation member 230 is provided with a second discharge roller 231 is provided in a position symmetrical to the first discharge roller 203 when in close contact with the card serves to assist the discharge process of the card. To perform. The card consolidation member 230 is connected to a predetermined solenoid switch 233, and when the second card recognition sensor 202 recognizes a card, the solenoid switch 233 operates to operate the card consolidation member 230. ) Comes in close contact with the card (see FIGS. 7A and 7B).

Meanwhile, one end of the transfer plate 205 is provided with a guide plate for guiding the process of finally discharging the card transferred on the transfer plate 205. The guide plate is composed of a pair of first and second guide plates 208 and 209 spaced apart by a predetermined distance in the vertical direction, and the card to be transferred is provided with the first guide plate 208 and the second guide plate ( 209 can be injected and discharged.

A first opening is formed at one side of the second guide plate 209, and a third discharge roller 206 is provided in the first opening. The third discharge roller 206 is provided on the fifth drive shaft 207 fixed and supported on the inner side surface of the second frame 201, and is transferred by the first and second discharge rollers 231. The card is finally discharged to the outside. Here, the fourth drive shaft 204 on which the first discharge roller 203 is mounted and the fifth drive shaft 207 on which the third discharge roller 206 are mounted are preferably positioned on the same line.

One side of the first guide plate 208 positioned above the second guide plate 209, a shape corresponding to the first opening at a portion corresponding to the first opening of the second guide plate 209. The 2nd opening part which has is formed. Accordingly, the third discharge roller 206 positioned on the first opening is exposed.

Meanwhile, in the above description, it has been described that the card consolidation member 230 is exactly provided with the second discharge roller 231 at a position spaced apart from the first discharge roller 203 by a predetermined distance upward, and the card consolidation member 230 is provided. The second discharge roller 231 is lowered by the card sensing of the second card recognition sensor 202 to timely contact with the first discharge roller 203. Here, one end of the card consolidation member 230 is exactly provided with a fourth discharge roller 232 at one end opposite to the one end provided with the second discharge roller 231. The fourth discharge roller 232 selectively contacts the third discharge roller 206 in accordance with the vertical movement of the card consolidation member 230 to assist the card discharge process by the third discharge roller 206. It plays a role. The first discharge roller 203 and the second discharge roller 231 contact each other or the third discharge roller 206 and the fourth discharge roller 232 contact each other as the card consolidation member 230 moves up and down. Done.

One side of the second frame 201 is exactly, the third card recognition sensor 210 is provided at a portion corresponding to the front end of the position where the third discharge roller 206 is provided. The third card recognition sensor 210 serves to recognize cards discharged by the third and fourth discharge rollers 206 and 232. When the card by the third card recognition sensor 210 is recognized, the second discharge roller 231 of the card consolidation member 230 which is in close contact with the first discharge roller 203 is in its original position, that is, the first discharge. The roller 203 is returned to a position spaced a predetermined distance upwardly. Accordingly, the fourth discharge roller 232 provided at the other end of the card consolidation member 230 is brought into close contact with the third discharge roller 206 by the lowering of the card consolidation member 230. The card ejection process of the eject roller 206 is assisted (see FIG. 7C).

Meanwhile, a recovery card accommodating part 301 is provided in the lower space of the transfer plate 205. The collection card accommodating unit 301 is a space for collecting and storing a defective card among the cards issued through the first and second guide plates 208 and 209 from the card loading box 130 (see FIG. 7D). ). A recovery guide plate 303 is provided below the transfer plate 205, and the recovery guide plate 303 is provided between the first discharge roller 203 and the third discharge roller 303 to provide the recovery guide plate 303. It serves to guide the defective card collected through the first and second guide plates 208 and 209 to be stored in the collection card accommodating portion 301. Here, a recovery card recognition sensor 302 is provided at one side of the collection card accommodating part 301 to recognize when a predetermined amount or more of defective cards are stored in the collection card accommodating part 301.

As described above, the card loading box 130 is capable of selectively attaching and detaching to the card loading area 100, and the card loading area 100 is exactly a card loading box on one side of the first frame 101. There is provided a stack recognition sensor 131 which serves to grasp the stacking amount of the cards stacked in the stack. Accordingly, when the card in the card loading box is lowered by a predetermined height, a predetermined stacking recognition object located at the top of the stacking card having the stacking recognition sensor 131 provided on one side of the lower end of the card stacking area 100 ( (Not shown) to recognize the amount of cards in the card stack. For reference, a sensing switch 117 may be further provided at a lower end of the card loading area 100 to determine whether a card exists.

The sensing signal by the load recognition sensor 131 is transmitted to the driving controller, and the driving controller controls the operation of the first transfer roller 102 based on the sensing signal.

The driving controller receives a card sensing signal from the first, second and third card recognition sensors 114, 202, 210 as well as the first feed roller 102, and based on this, the driving motor 116. The control serves to selectively advance the driving of the plurality of feed rollers and the discharge roller. The driving controller may be implemented on a predetermined printed circuit board (PCB) provided at one side of the card dispenser according to the present invention.

The card dispenser according to the present invention has the following effects.

Card ejection efficiency can be improved by providing a plurality of card stacking areas, and by selectively controlling a plurality of feed rollers and eject rollers used for card ejection, cards can be stably ejected from the card stacker one by one without generation of midfeed or slim. You can do it. In addition, it is possible to selectively remove the card storage box provided in the card loading area to double the utility of the card dispenser.

Claims (13)

A card stacking area for stacking cards and a card ejecting area for transporting cards from the card stacking area and ejecting the cards to the outside; The card loading area is provided in two places on the left and right sides of the card discharge area, and each card loading area is provided with a card loading box having a rectangular parallelepiped which can be selectively attached and detached. A first conveyance roller for conveying a card in the card conveyance box toward the card discharging area is provided at a lower portion of the card loading compartment of the card loading region, and the third and third conveyances are located at a position spaced a predetermined distance from the first conveying roller on a horizontal plane. A card dispenser, characterized in that a pair of rollers are provided to convey the card conveyed from the first conveying roller to the card discharging area. According to claim 1, wherein the second and the third conveying roller has a symmetrical shape and is provided in a symmetrical position, wherein only one of the second conveying roller and the third conveying roller selectively operates, one conveying operation A card dispenser, characterized in that the other conveying roller is engaged by the roller to operate. The first card recognition sensor according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a first card recognition sensor for recognizing a card passing between the second and third feed rollers at a front end of the pair of second and third feed rollers. The card dispenser, characterized in that when the card is recognized by the first card recognition sensor, the transfer roller of the second transfer roller and the third transfer roller is stopped and another transfer roller operates. The card dispenser according to claim 1, wherein a clutch bearing capable of rotating only in a specific direction is mounted in the first, second and third transfer rollers, respectively. 5. The card dispenser according to claim 4, wherein the first and third conveying rollers are rotatable only by the forward rotational driving force in the card conveying direction, and the second conveying roller is rotatable only by the reverse rotational driving force. The method of claim 1, wherein the card discharge area, A second card recognition sensor for recognizing whether a card exists on the card discharge area, first and third discharge rollers for discharging the cards transferred from the second and third transfer rollers to the outside, and the first A card consolidation member equipped with a second discharge roller and a fourth discharge roller for selectively contacting the discharge roller or the third discharge roller, When the card is sensed by the second card recognition sensor, the card dispenser, characterized in that the first discharge roller and the second discharge roller is in contact with each other to transfer the card. 7. The card dispenser of claim 6, further comprising a third card recognition sensor for recognizing a card being transferred on the third discharge roller in a card discharge region corresponding to a portion where the third discharge roller is provided. The card dispenser according to claim 6 or 7, wherein when the card is sensed by the third card recognition sensor, the third discharge roller and the fourth discharge roller contact each other to transfer the card. . The card dispenser according to claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary feed roller positioned between the first feed roller and the pair of second and third feed rollers on the same horizontal plane as the first feed roller. The card dispenser of claim 1, wherein a loading recognition sensor is further provided at one side of the card loading area to determine a loading amount of the card loaded in the card loading box. The card dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the card discharge area is provided at a position lower than a point where the second transfer roller and the third transfer roller contact each other. 7. The recovery apparatus of claim 6, wherein a recovery card accommodating part is provided in a lower space of the card discharge area, and one side of the recovery card accommodating part is provided between the first discharge roller and the third discharge roller. A card dispenser, characterized in that the guide plate for recovery is provided to guide the defective card to the recovery card accommodating portion. The card dispenser of claim 12, further comprising a collection card recognition sensor configured to recognize a predetermined amount or more of the card in the collection card storage unit at one side of the collection card storage unit.

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