JPH02233435A - Card supply device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card supply device used in a vending machine such as a delivery card.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of card supply device has had a configuration as shown in FIG. 1 is a main body of the card feeding device, 6 is a card ejection port, and i is a partition plate. 14 is a conveyance roller, 19 is a conveyance motor, 2o is a pressing member, and 21 is a card.

The operation of the card supply device configured as described above will be described below. First, the driving force from the transport motor 19 is transmitted to the transport roller 14, and the pressing member 2o applies an urging force to the card 21, so that only the lowest card is separated by the partition plate and only one card is supplied from the discharge port 6.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in order to facilitate the card filling operation in conventional card supply devices of this type, it has been considered that the card storage section is made into a case-like case that can be attached to and detached from the main body of the device. In this case, the presence or absence of a card in the card storage case was determined by performing an operation to pull out the card and determining whether or not the card was conveyed.

In other words, the presence or absence of a card in the card storage case can only be detected when the card is supplied, and cannot normally be determined.

Means for Solving the Problem In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a device main body into which a card storage case is attached, with a pin protruding from the bottom of the card storage case so as to face the bottom of the card storage case. The presence or absence of a card in the card storage case is detected based on the position of the pin protruding into the card storage case from the pin insertion hole.

In this configuration, if there is a card in the storage case, the amount of pin protruding into the card storage case is regulated by the card, but if there is no card in the card storage case, the pin will Since the amount of protrusion is not regulated,
The position of the pin changes depending on the presence or absence of a card, and by detecting this, the presence or absence of a card is detected.

! ! EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a card feeding device which is an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a card feeding device which is an embodiment of the present invention. 1
2 is a card cassette which is a card storage part; 3 is a lock which is an elastic side pressure member; 4 is a main body which is a card transport part;
is the mounting foot. 6 is the support shaft of the suppressing member that rotates downward;
6 is a card ejection port. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the card cassette 2 when removed from the main body 1. Reference numeral 7 designates a groove into which the claw of the Ronok 3 is inserted, 8 a partition plate for separating cards one by one, and 9 a card ejection port of the card cassette 2. FIG. 3 is a rear view when the card cassettes 1 and 2 are removed from the main body 1, and 10 is a card supply lid. FIG. 4(IL) is a bottom view of the card cassettes 1 and 2, and FIG. 4(b) is a top view of the main body 1. 11 is a hole into which a transport roller 14 protruding from the main body 1 is inserted; 12 is a hole into which a transport idler 15 which protrudes from the main body 1 is inserted; 13 is a hole into which a sensor pin 16 which is a floating actuator for detecting the presence of a card and protruding from the main body 1 is inserted. It is a hole. Fig. 6 shows a longitudinal cross section, where 17 is a leaf switch which is a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of force/do, 18 is a control circuit board, 19 is a transport motor, and 2o is a transport suppression weight with a roller at the tip. , 21 are cards.

The operation of the card supply device of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained below. First, the card supply lid shown in FIG. 3 is opened and cards 21 are loaded into the card cassette 2. Hereinafter, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a conveying roller 14. The transport idler 16 and the sensor pin 16 are connected to the corresponding opening 11 in the card cassette attachment/detachment reference surface (bottom surface of the card cassette 2) on the card cassette 2 side.
, 12 and 13, and contact the card 21 in the card cassette 2, and the card cassette 2 is attached to the main body 1. At this time, the claws of the locks 3 attached to both sides of the main body 1 enter the grooves 7 of the card cassette 2, and the card cassette 2 is locked to the main body 1.

When there is a card in the card cassette 2, the sensor pin 16 is lowered by the card 21, and the leaf switch 17 detects that the card is present. Card 21 is conveyed by roller 1
Due to the driving force of the transport motor 19 due to friction with the partition plate 8
Then, only T cards are separated and supplied from the card discharge ports 6 and 9. When the card cassette 2 is full of cards 21, the weight 20 applies a uniform load to the entire card 21 in the direction of the card 21 as shown by the solid line in FIG. Each time the number of cards 21 decreases, the weight 2o gradually descends, and when the remaining amount becomes less than half, the weight 2o rotates around the spindle 6, and when there is only a small amount of cards 21 remaining, the tip roller of the weight 2o moves to the conveyor loaf. 14 top (break [remaining cards 21
apply appropriate suppression. When the card 21 is removed, the sensor pin 16 is raised by the elastic force of the leaf switch 17 to detect the absence of the card.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the card transport section and the card storage section can be easily separated, and card filling and maintenance can be simplified.

With the above configuration, the card transport section and the card storage section can be easily separated, making it easy to fill the card and improving security when storing cards. In addition, it is easy to clean the conveyance rollers and deal with card jams, improving maintainability. Furthermore, since the card storage section is equipped with a partition plate, if you prepare a card cassette for each card, you can attach the card transport section to the card vending machine, which can handle a wide variety of cards. Since there is a sliding weight, it is possible to apply appropriate pressure to the card according to the remaining amount of cards, to stably supply cards to the last one, and to apply a pressing force according to the card.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention provides a device main body into which a card storage case is attached with a pin protruding from the bottom of the card storage case so as to face the bottom of the card storage case. Since the presence or absence of a card in the card storage case is detected by the position of the pin protruding into the storage case, it is possible to determine the presence or absence of a card at all times, not only when the card is supplied.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of a card feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an external perspective view when the card cassette is removed from the main body, Fig. 3 is a rear view, and Fig. 4 is a card cassette. FIG. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the conventional card supply device. 1...Main body, 2...Card cassette,
3... Lock, B... Partition plate, 11.
... Hole for conveyance roller, 12 ... Hole for conveyance idler, 13 ... Hole for sensor pin, 14 ...
...Transportation doctor roller, 16...Transportation idler, 1
6... Skewer sensor pin, 19... Conveyance motor, 2
0... Weight, 21... Force -do. Name of agent: Patent attorney Shigetaka Awano and 1 other person11
Figure 2 l Figure Figure Figure Figure (a冫Cb)

Claims (1)

[Claims] a card storage case that stores a plurality of cards and is removable from the device main body; a device main body having a conveying means for attaching the card storage case and transporting the cards in the card storage case; A pin protruding to face the bottom of the card storage case, a pin insertion hole provided at a position corresponding to the pin on the bottom of the card storage case, and a pin protruding into the storage case from the pin insertion hole. a detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a card in the card storage case based on the position of the card.