JPH06321374A - Card body feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a card body feeding device which can transfer cards stored in different cartridges into the downstream side of it at high speed, eliminates the possibility of using different cartridge, does not require extra occupied set area, and can be structured in small size. CONSTITUTION:A card body feeding device is provided with longitudinal card exhausting means 2 and 4 which store cards 1 in stacked condition into cartridges 2 and 3 and feed them one by one into the outside of the cartridges in longitudinal direction of the cards 1, and lateral card exhausting means 3 and 4 which store the cards 1 in stacked condition into the cartridge 3 and feed them one by one into the outside of the cartridge 3 in lateral direction of the cards 1. Also it is provided with a transfer base part 5 which is arranged at a position where the longitudinal feeding direction of the longitudinal card exhausting means crosses approximately at right angle to the lateral feeding direction of the lateral card exhausting means, and which is provided with transfer parts 6, 7, and 8 for transferring the cards further to the downstream side of it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card body supply device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known a card body supplying apparatus having a structure in which cards having a predetermined thickness t are stacked and housed in a housing part, and the card bodies are discharged to the outside one by one. Has been. That is, cards are stored in a storage box capable of storing, for example, up to about 400 cards in a stacked state, and a cartridge in which weights are mounted on the card at the uppermost position is prepared, and this cartridge is used as a replacement unit. It is detachable from the card body supply device.

On the other hand, in recent years, there has been an increasing demand for a card body supply device capable of handling, for example, two different types of cards instead of a single type of card. Therefore, in order to respond to this request, different types of cards are accommodated in a cartridge capable of accommodating, for example, up to about 100 cards in a stacked state, and weights are placed on the card at the uppermost position. There is a configuration in which the card is prepared, mounted on the card supply device, a desired card is taken out from the cartridge as appropriate, and a predetermined card processing is performed downstream.

In order to configure in this way, for example, a configuration is such that two cartridges are arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction of a generally rectangular card, and the card transport path merges after the cards are taken out. It is common.

That is, in the plan view of the conventional card supply device of FIG. 10, two cartridges 50 are provided in parallel along the longitudinal direction of the rectangular card 1, and each card is individually indicated by an arrow T3, After being taken out in the T4 direction, in order to carry it further downstream (in the direction of arrow T6) via the carrying path 51 (shown by the broken line), the card 1 taken out in the direction of arrow T4 is an arrow substantially perpendicular to the direction of arrow T4. T5
The method of transporting in the direction will be adopted.

[0006]

However, with the above configuration, the card 1 taken out in the direction of arrow T4
It takes an extra time to carry the sheet in the direction of arrow T5, which is substantially orthogonal to the direction of arrow T4.
That is, particularly when the card take-out speed is set to a high speed, the card cannot be conveyed in the direction of arrow T5 unless the card fed in the direction of arrow T4 is completely stopped. At higher speeds, it takes longer to stop due to the action of inertia,
After all, there is a dilemma that it will hinder speeding up. Further, in order to detect the card transportation state in the transportation path 51, for example, when a detector including a light receiving and light emitting sensor is provided, the card edge portion is moved to the position sensors 30, 31 after being transported in the direction of arrow T5 in FIG. When it is detected by using, it is very difficult to convey the card edge portion to the detection portion of the position sensor,
In reality, the structure shown in the figure could not be realized.

Furthermore, it has been pointed out that if the card cartridges are provided in parallel, it becomes easy to mix up different cartridges and that an additional installation space is required.

Therefore, the card body supply device of the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose thereof is to make cards housed in different cartridges downstream at high speed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card body supply device that can carry a card, does not have the possibility of confusing a cartridge, and does not require an additional occupied installation area and can be constructed in a small size.

Further, in addition to the above object, it is another object of the present invention to provide a card body supply device capable of detecting a conveyed card edge portion.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems] and

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and to achieve the object, the card body supply device of the present invention accommodates cards in a loaded state in a cartridge, and the cards are vertically arranged outside the cartridge one by one in the longitudinal direction of the cards. Vertical card ejection means for ejecting,
Cards are stored in a cartridge in a stacked state, and each of the cards is horizontally ejected to the outside of the cartridge in the widthwise direction of the card. Horizontal card ejecting means, downstream of the longitudinal card ejecting means in the longitudinal direction, and card ejecting horizontally. It is arranged at a portion where the downstream side of the means and the downstream side meet at a substantially right angle,
By including a transport base part that is provided with a transport part that transports the selectively discharged cards further downstream, among the cards accommodated in different card cartridges, the cards that are to be ejected sideways to the downstream side at a high speed. Allows card transportation. Further, it is possible to make the cartridge compact without eliminating the possibility of erroneous cartridge replacement and requiring no additional occupied installation area.

Further, preferably, the vertical card ejecting means and the lateral card ejecting means are configured such that a gap portion for allowing one card to pass through at an outlet portion of the cartridge and a rear end portion of the card are moved by a pawl body portion. Pushing movement means to pass, a bottom surface portion on which the card placed at the lowest position is placed,
By providing the vertical groove portion for projecting the claw body portion into the cartridge, it is possible to reliably carry the card.

Further, it is preferable that the side-discharging card discharge means is disposed at an upper position by providing a step portion with respect to the conveying base portion, and the cards which are horizontally dissipated one by one in the width direction are arranged on the conveying surface. By providing a guide member for urging against the card and holding the card so that the card can be carried to the carrying section, it is possible to reliably carry the card that is to be laterally discharged downstream at a high speed.

Further, preferably, a sensor for detecting a card edge portion is provided in a portion of the transport base portion opposite to the side-by-side card ejecting means so as to detect a card edge portion. It works so that the position can be detected using a common sensor.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the card feeder according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a main part of a card body supply device. In this figure, recording devices for performing a predetermined process on the card are arranged on the downstream side of the card discharge, so-called card. It is configured to issue. In the present application, the card processing device arranged on the downstream side is appropriately selected and arranged.

Now, referring to FIG. 1, there is a card 1 having a predetermined thickness t on a base 10, for example, a vertical cartridge 2 shown by a chain double-dashed line in FIG.
The side-loading cartridge 3 is detachably provided. Then, the short side 1b of the card 1 is ejected in the vertical direction (the direction of arrow T1) along the longitudinal direction of the card 1 inside the base 10 at the portion where the vertical cartridge 2 is loaded.
Is provided with a feeding claw body 4 for pressing the substantially central portion thereof. In addition, the card 1 is placed inside the base 10 at the site where the side-loading cartridge 3 (shown by the chain double-dashed line in the figure) is loaded.
Is provided with a sending-out pawl body 4 as a card discharging means for pressing the substantially central portion of the long side 1a of the card 1 so as to discharge in the lateral direction (direction of arrow Y1) along the lateral direction.
Here, the cartridge container and the internal weight 40 (FIGS. 2 and 3) may be used for both vertical and horizontal ejection of the cartridge.

At the downstream portion of the card 1 discharged as described above, where the card transportation is orthogonal, the transportation base 5
Is provided, and is configured to convey the vertically oriented card and the laterally oriented card in the common arrow Y2 and T2 directions via the conveyance base 5. Therefore, one end of the side plate 10a of the base 10 is rotatably supported by the feed roller 6 on the carrying base 5, and the feed roller 6 is provided.
The worm wheel 6b is fixed to one end of the core body 6a, and the worm wheel 6b is configured to mesh with the worm screw 17a of the motor 17 fixed to the side plate 10a.

A pinch roller 7 is provided on the rubber roller portion 6f of the feed roller 6, and is pivotally supported at the tip end portion of the pinch roller arm 8 so that the pinch roller 7 is not in contact with the rubber roller portion 6f. A pinch roller 7 is provided which is driven in a contact state. In order to drive the pinch roller 7 in this manner, the pinch roller arm 8 is rotatably provided around an arm shaft 9 provided between a side plate 10a and a side plate (not shown), and is provided around the arm shaft 9. A torsion spring 11 is provided, one end of which is engaged with the pinch roller arm 8 and the other end of which is engaged with the side plate 10a, and a biasing force for rotating the pinch roller arm 8 in the clockwise direction is provided. When the pinch roller 7 is generated, the rubber roller portion 6f
Urged away from.

On the other hand, a solenoid 12 is fixed on the side plate 10a below the pinch roller arm 8 and is connected to the pinch roller arm 8 via a spring 12a. As the solenoid 12 is energized, the pinch roller arm is energized. By rotating 8 in the counterclockwise direction against the biasing force of the torsion spring 11, the pinch roller 7
Of the motor 1 so that the conveyed card 1 is held between the rubber roller portions 6f by the pinch roller 7 so that the card 1 can be brought into contact with the rubber roller portion 6f.
The card 1 is conveyed in the common arrow Y2 and T2 directions by a predetermined drive of 7.

On the upstream side of the carrier base 5, between the vertically extending cartridge 2 and the carrier base 5, there is provided a guide portion which is gradually widened toward the vertically extending cartridge 2 side. The ejected card can be guided to a normal posture. A step portion 5a is formed between the side-loading cartridge 3 and the transport base 5, and the ejected card 1 is apparently dropped onto the transport base 5. Next, as shown in the figure, one end of the transport base 5 is fixed to the side plate 10a, and the working end 13e is formed and supported so as to bias the transport surface 5e of the transport base 5. A plate 13 is provided, and is configured to guide the card 1 that is laterally extended (in the direction of the arrow Y1) as described later. Also, this guide plate 13
As shown in the figure, an opening 13a is formed in such a shape that it does not become a resistance against card transportation. For example, at the time of card jamming or power failure, this opening 13a is formed.
It allows you to insert your fingertips and send cards.

Next, a card conveying mechanism for vertically and horizontally ejecting a card will be described with reference to FIG. 2 which is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1 and sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 2 and 3, the same reference numerals indicate the same object.
First, in FIG. 2, the card 1 is discharged from the cartridge 2 into the base 10 one by one in the direction of the arrow T1. The cards 1 to be discharged in this way are stored in the cartridge 2 in a stacked state, for example, up to 100 sheets, and the weight 40 is placed from above and the lower opening is sealed.
At the exit of the cartridge 2, there is a gap for allowing one card 1 placed at the lowest position to pass therethrough.
It is provided between the gap adjusting plate 28 fixed to the side.

The gap adjusting plate 28 is held by a bracket (not shown) so that the gap width can be adjusted by an adjusting screw (not shown) screwed together. Also, in order to pass the card 1 through the gate 14 as shown in the drawing, the rear end of the card 1 is moved in the direction of the arrow T1 in the figure by the pawl body 4 and returned to the original position, so that the base 10 Is provided with a pair of shafts 23, and the carriage 22 is slidably guided by the shafts 23. The reciprocating drive of the carriage 22 is performed by a belt 27 between an output pulley 526 fixed to the output shaft of the motor 25 and an idle pulley 24 rotatable on the base 10 via a shaft.
(One-dot chain line) is stretched, and it is configured to fix the middle of the belt 27 to the carriage 22.

A bracket 20 provided with a support shaft 18 is fixed to the carriage 22.
Around the torsion spring 19, the claw body 4 is freely rotatable to the position shown by the solid line and the broken line in the figure, and the clockwise biasing force is restricted by the tip of the stopper screw 21 at the position shown by the solid line. Is configured to. With the above configuration, the claw body 4 is rotatable in the counterclockwise direction as shown by the broken line in the figure, and when the claw body 4 returns to the standby position shown in the drawing, the claw body 4 is placed on the bottom surface of the card 1. The light contact is made so that it moves so as not to get in the way.

A bottom plate 5h is provided at a portion corresponding to the bottom surface portion of the cartridge 2 for mounting the card 1 placed at the lowermost position, and the claw 4 is attached to the bottom plate 5h in the cartridge. A vertical groove portion 5m for allowing the rear end of the card 1 to be pushed is formed so as to extend in the direction of the card 1 in the discharge direction.

With the structure described above, the card 1 having the predetermined thickness t and the rigidity is sequentially ejected through the gap adjusting plate 28 by pushing the short side 1b. here,
Since the card 1 has a warp along the longitudinal direction after undergoing various processing steps, when many cards 1 are accommodated in a stacked state, they are placed at the lowest position due to the influence of the warp of the cards 1. The problem that the rear end of the card 1 is not reached occurs, but it can be dealt with by providing a stepped portion along the vertical groove portion 5m. Next, in FIG. 3, the horizontal card transport mechanism is constructed in substantially the same manner as the above-mentioned vertical card transport mechanism, and the long side 1a of the card 1 is pushed by the claw body 4 so that one card is transferred. It is sent in the direction of arrow Y1. The transport base 5 provided with the feed roller 6 is located downstream of the mechanism configured as described above, and the feed roller 6 extends along the longitudinal direction of the card 1 to be vertically extended as described above. In order to carry the sheet in such a manner, it slightly projects from the surface of the carrying base 5. A position sensor 30 including a light-receiving and light-emitting sensor is provided at the edge of the carrying base 5 to detect the carrying position of the card.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned guide plate 13 has its working end 1
3e is formed and supported so as to bias the transfer surface 5e of the transfer base 5.

In the configuration described above, the vertically ejected card is conveyed in the direction of arrow T1 in FIG. 2 and the edge of the card passes through the detecting portions of the position sensors 30 and 31 to detect the position. By being sandwiched between the roller 7 and the feed roller 6, the downstream conveyance is performed.

On the other hand, in the card 1 to be ejected sideways, in the operation explanatory view of FIG. 4, the pawl 4 is driven in the direction of the arrow Y1 so that the card 1 is placed on the carrier base 5 via the gap adjusting plate 28. When the card is pressed by the working end 13e of the guide plate 13 at the time of this transfer, the card 1 is dropped by its own weight to the state shown by the chain double-dashed line in the figure. I try to prevent that.
By carrying in this way using the guide plate 13, it is possible to prevent the state where the leading end of the card is carried while sliding on the carrying base 5, and to prevent the card from being fed to the side surface portion of the rubber roller portion 6f of the feed roller 6. It is configured so that the front end portion of the conveyance does not collide with each other, and the conveyance can be performed without any trouble in the space portion of the pinch roller 7 and the rubber roller portion 6f which are separated from the feed roller 6. Further, the protrusion amount of the step portion 5a and the feed roller 6 from the conveyance base portion 5 is larger than the protrusion amount of the feed roller 6 protruding from the conveyance surface of the conveyance base 5 in the step portion 5a, and more preferably It is recommended that the height be set to be equal to or higher than the height of one card. However, there is a limit because if it is too high, it will shift when the card falls.

Further, in the operation explanatory view of FIG.
When the urging state by the guide plate 13 is released further as shown in the figure, the leading end portion of the card is infiltrated into the detecting portions of the position sensors 30 and 31 as shown in the figure, and as a result, the card position detection It can be executed in the same manner as the vertically oriented card 1 described above.

Therefore, by performing the above-described operation, the card to be ejected sideways is executed by moving the conveying base 5 by the minimum necessary distance, so that the card is ejected at a high speed. Can be raised. Further, the cartridges 2 and 3 can be arranged on the minimum necessary installation area, and further, a dedicated transfer device (arrow T5 in FIG. 8) for transferring the horizontally ejected card to the transfer base 5.
Since the (direction) can be omitted, the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

Next, FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of FIG.
The above-mentioned position sensors 3 and 31 used for detecting the card position and the card presence / absence sensor 3 for detecting the presence / absence of the cards accommodated in the cartridges 2 and 3 in a stacked state.
It shows the arrangement state of Nos. 2 and 33. In the figure, the weight 40 described above is placed on the card 1 placed at the uppermost position in each of the vertical cartridge 2 and the horizontal cartridge 3, so that the weight of the card 40 acts on the card. On the other hand, in the base 10, the card presence / absence sensors 32 and 33 are provided on the bottom surface for detachably setting the vertical ejection cartridge 2 and the horizontal ejection cartridge 3, and the respective actuators 32a and 33a are attached to the vertical ejection cartridge 2 and the lateral ejection cartridge as shown in the figure. It is provided so as to project into the inside. That is, the actuators 32a and 33a are provided substantially orthogonal to each other so as not to obstruct the carrying direction of the cards, and the last card is the cartridge 2.
When the actuators 32a, 3 are transferred from inside
The card 3a is configured to project into the vertical ejection cartridge 2 and the lateral ejection cartridge 3 to detect a card-less state. For this reason, the bottom surface of the weight 40 is provided with recesses that are infiltrated when the actuators 32a and 33a project.

FIG. 7 shows a weight 40 used in this way.
FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of the cartridge, showing the state of being housed in the cartridges 2 and 3. In this figure, the weight 4
Reference numeral 0 denotes an integrally molded member made of a predetermined resin material or a metal material, and as shown in the drawing, the recess 41 into which the actuator 32a of the presence sensor 32 is embedded, and the presence sensor 3
The recesses 42 into which the third actuator 33a is embedded are formed alternately in the front and back portions. By forming the weight 40 in this way, the weight 40 can be commonly used in the vertical ejection cartridge 2 and the lateral ejection cartridge 3. In particular, when the vertical cartridge 2 and the horizontal cartridge 3 are used for resource conservation and environmental protection, the weight 40 can be reloaded and the work can be performed without considering the difference between the front and back sides, thus improving the work efficiency. be able to.

At least the bottom surface of the weight 40 is provided with a claw member 4 provided on the base 10 as a card discharging means.
Grooves 43 and 44 are formed in correspondence with the pushing path of. As a result, even when the final card is discharged, the weight 40 is not pushed by the claw body 4, and only the card can be discharged.

As with the cartridge, this weight is also preferably provided with a cross-shaped groove as shown so that it can be used for both vertical and horizontal projection. Further, it is preferable that the card that is used a lot is accommodated in the vertical cartridge 2 because the transportation path is linear.

8 and 9 are external views of a card drop prevention mechanism provided in place of the step portion 5a.
The operating state is shown in (b). In both figures, the horizontal card is discharged at the position of the step portion 5a as a guide for the conveyance of the vertical card instead of the above-mentioned step portion 5a, so that it is settled by the weight of the card. The member 60 for 62 may be rotatably provided. In addition, the electric signal from the control system causes the hole 71 to project,
The member 70 for performing the retracting operation may be provided.

According to the embodiment described above, the cards ejected from the lateral ejection card cartridge are arranged to be turned in the orthogonal direction on the carrying base so as to be in the same direction as the longitudinal ejection card. , In addition to this, the ejection card from the vertical ejection card cartridge is turned in the orthogonal direction,
The present invention can also be applied to an apparatus that merges in the feeding direction of a horizontal card.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, cards accommodated in different card cartridges can be conveyed to the downstream card at a high speed, there is no risk of confusing the card cartridges, and the occupied installation area is increased. It is possible to provide a card body supply device that can be configured in a small size, which is unnecessary. It is possible to provide a card body supply device capable of detecting the conveyed card edge portion.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a card body supply device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

[Fig. 4]

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram.

FIG. 6 is an external perspective view of the card body supply device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an external perspective view of a weight.

FIG. 8

FIG. 9 is an external view of a card drop prevention mechanism.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a typical example of a card body supply device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 card, 2 vertical cartridge, 3 horizontal cartridge, 4 claws, 5 transport base, 6 feed roller, 7 pinch roller, 8 pinch roller arm, 10 base, 12 solenoid, 13 guide plate, 17 motor, 25 A motor, 26 drive pulley, 28 gap adjusting plate, 30 and 31 position sensor, 32 and 33 card presence sensor, and 40 weight.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A card is accommodated in a cartridge in a stacked state, and is placed outside the cartridge in the longitudinal direction of the card.
Vertical card ejecting means for ejecting each card vertically; horizontal ejecting card ejecting means for accommodating the cards in a cartridge in a stacked state and ejecting the cards laterally one by one in the widthwise direction of the card; It is arranged at a portion where the downstream side of the ejected card ejecting means in the vertical direction and the downstream side of the laterally ejected card ejecting means merge at a substantially right angle, and the selectively ejected card is conveyed further downstream. A card body supply device, comprising: a carrier base part provided with a carrier part; 2. The vertical ejection card ejecting means and the lateral ejection card ejecting means are configured to move a rear end portion of the card by a claw body portion, and a gap portion for passing one card at the exit portion of the cartridge. A card body comprising: a push-moving means for allowing the card to pass through; a bottom surface portion for mounting a card placed at the lowest position; and a vertical groove portion for projecting the claw body portion into the cartridge. Supply device. 3. After the card is discharged from the cartridge of the card discharging means with respect to the transport surface of the transport base portion where the cards merge, the transport direction is converted into a substantially orthogonal direction by the transport base portion. The card body supply device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a step is provided on the path on the side where the card is discharged, and the conveyance of the card discharged from the other cartridge is restricted. 4. The card ejecting unit is ejected from the other cartridge after being ejected from the cartridge and then into the conveying path on the side where the conveying direction is changed to a substantially orthogonal direction on the conveying base section. A guide member that regulates the transportation of the card is provided so that it can be settled, and the card discharged from the one of the cartridges moves in the settling operation, and the card can reach the conveyance base section. The card body supply device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the card body supply device is configured as described above. 5. The card ejecting means ejects from the other cartridge after being ejected from a cartridge and then into the conveying path on the side where the conveying direction is converted to a substantially orthogonal direction in the conveying base portion. A guide member that regulates the conveyance of the card is provided so as to be settled, and the card discharged from one of the cartridges is settled in association with the card being conveyed, and the guide member is provided so that the guide member can project. 3. The card body feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the card body feeding device is configured to project or retract in response to the transportation of the card ejected from the cartridge of FIG. 1 or the card ejected from one of the cartridges. . 6. The sensor according to claim 1, wherein a sensor for detecting a card edge portion is provided in the conveyance base portion so as to detect a card position at a portion facing the side-out card discharging means. 5. The card body supply device according to item 5. 7. A weight is provided at the uppermost position of the card housed in the cartridge, and a groove is formed in a portion of the bottom surface of the weight corresponding to the pushing path of the claw body. The card body supply device according to any one of 1 to 6.