JPH0337079Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a card storage box storage device used in a magnetic card writing machine for writing magnetic information onto a card.

In recent years, proposals have been made to realize magnetic card-type public telephones in which a magnetic card can be inserted to make calls. This magnetic card has information such as the number of calls written on it as magnetic information, and when it is used, the magnetic information is subtracted within the public telephone according to the number of calls used, and then the card is returned. .

Such a magnetic card is manufactured by performing processing such as writing magnetic information and confirming the written information using a magnetic card writing device. However, since it is necessary for a magnetic card writing device to process a large number of magnetic cards at high speed, a large number of cassette-type card storage boxes are prepared in advance, and a large number of these card storage boxes are accumulated in advance and then sequentially processed. It is efficient to feed the magnetic cards into the card storage mechanism section and store written magnetic cards one after another in the first card storage box.

The present invention was developed in view of the above circumstances, and provides a card storage box storage device that can store a large number of cassette-type card storage boxes by sequentially feeding them into a card storage section of a magnetic card writing machine or the like. It is intended to.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view showing the configuration of the magnetic card writing machine 1, in which 2 is a card storage section that stores a large number of magnetic cards before writing, and 3 is a card A stored in the card storage section 2. 4 is a card transport path where magnetic information is written and the written magnetic information is confirmed while transporting the magnetic cards taken in by the card import unit 3 one by one. Sorting section that distributes cards that do not have regular information written to the branch, 5 is the sorted NG
NG card ejection section where the card is ejected to the outside, 6
7 is an input operation unit for inputting writing information, etc.; 7 is a card storage box storage device of the present invention in which a large number of card storage boxes are stored; 8 is the first card storage box stored in the card storage storage device 7; A positioning device for press positioning, 9 an opening/closing device for opening and closing the lid of the positioned first card storage box of the card storage box accumulating device 7, and 10 a pre-written card that is sent out one by one from the end of the card transport path L. A card storage mechanism section 11 stores a magnetic card in a box body with an open lid by blowing air, and a card storage box 11 with a closed lid in which a predetermined number of magnetic cards are stored is connected to a discharge passage 12. This is a box extrusion device.

As shown in FIG. 2a, the card storage box 20 includes a box body 21 in the shape of a hollow rectangular parallelepiped with one side open, and a lid body 23.
As shown in FIG. 2b, the lid 23 has base shafts 22a, 22b protruding from the corners of the side plates 21a, 21b of the box body 21, and frames 23a, 2.
By fitting into the U-shaped notches 24a and 24b of 3b, it is rotatably and detachably attached to the box body 21.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the card storage box storage device 7. As shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, 30 is the casing of the magnetic card writing machine 1, 31 is the opening of the casing 1, and 30a is the casing 30.
It is a platform that protrudes forward at the bottom of the.

As shown in FIG. 3, the card storage box storage device 7 has a bottom plate 32 and frame plates 33a, 33b vertically opposed to each other on both sides of the bottom plate 32.
Rear end of 3b (left end in Figures 3a and b)
are fixed to the base part 30a of the housing 30 by the mounting brackets 34a and 34b, and the tips of the frame plates 33a and 33b (the right end in FIGS. 3a and 3b) are fixed by the mounting brackets 35a and 35b. Base part 30 in case 30
It is fixed at a higher position than a. Therefore, the bottom plate 32 is inclined upward toward the card storage mechanism section 9 at the terminal end of the card transport path L inside the housing 30. The space between the frame plates 33a and 33b is set so that the card storage box 20 can be placed on the bottom plate 32 with the side plate 21b of the box body 21 facing upward and the flat plate 23e of the lid body 23 facing forward. The distance is set to be slightly larger than the distance between the frames 23c and 23d of the lid 23 of the storage box 20.

The bottom plate 32 has a longitudinal slide hole 32a, and a pressing member 36 for pressing the card storage box placed on the bottom plate 32 toward the tip end is slidably fitted into the slide hole 32a. . That is, the pressing member 36 is slidably attached to the bottom plate 32 along the slide hole 32a by a guide plate 37 attached to the main body 36a, and one end is located inside the main body 36a at the lower right end of the bottom plate 32. The other end of the fixed constant torque leaf spring 37 is wound around a shaft 40 via a roller 39. As is well known, the constant torque plate spring 37 has a tendency to wrap around the shaft 40, and the pressing member 36 applies a pressing force to move toward the right tip with constant torque no matter where it is located in the slide hole 32a. It is being 36b is a handle, and 36c is a contact member.

There are two notches 32 from the right tip of the bottom plate 32.
b, 32c are provided in the longitudinal direction, and this cut 3
2b, 32c and upwardly inclined members 41a, 4.
The upper end of 1b protrudes. This inclined member 41
The upper end surfaces of a and 41b are inclined upwardly toward the distal end side of the bottom plate 32 at a larger angle of inclination than the bottom plate 32. These inclined members 41a and 41b are connected to the bottom plate 3.
This is for holding the foremost card storage box 20 on the top 2 at a greater slope than the bottom plate 32,
As shown in FIG. 4, the first card storage box 20 is
The box body 21 is held down by the holding members 8a and 8b of the positioning device 8 disposed above the tip of the bottom plate 32.
The side plate 21b is pressed against both end corners of the side plate 21b.
a comes into contact with the inclined members 41a and 41b, and the frame plate 23a of the lid body 23 is positioned in a state separated from the bottom plate 32. Further, a semicircular notch 32d is provided at the center of the tip of the bottom plate 32 to be located on the engagement protrusion 9a of the opening/closing device 9. Further, from the side of the notch 32c, a micro switch 42 for detecting the presence of the first card storage box is provided to protrude upward from the bottom plate 32.

Since the card storage box storage device 7 has the above-described structure, the pressing member 36 is pulled back (leftward in FIG. 2) by the handle 36c to push the plurality of card storage boxes 20, 20, . . . onto the box body 21. side plate 21
When the cards are accumulated on the bottom plate 32 with a facing upward and the lid body 23 facing the tip side, the pressing member 36 applies a constant pressing force by the constant torque leaf spring 38 to the card storage boxes 20, 20, . . .

As shown in FIG. 4a, the first card storage box 20 is stopped at the tip of the bottom plate 32 by the abutting member 9b of the lid opening/closing device 9, contacts the micro switch 42 on the side plate 21a, Therefore, the positioning device 8 is activated, and the holding members 8a and 8b are engaged with and pressed against the corner portions at both ends of the side plate 21b, thereby being positioned. As a result, the first card storage box 20 is moved to the inclined member 41.
The side plate 21a is in contact with the a and 41b, and the opening is positioned diagonally upward. Once positioned, the opening/closing device 9 operates as shown in FIG. 4b, opening the semicircular notch 32 in the bottom plate 32.
The engaging protrusion 9a located at d is connected to the frame plate 23 of the lid body 23.
a, and while the contact member 9b is in contact with the flat plate of the lid, rotate the lid 23 with the base shaft 22 as the center.
The lid body 23 is opened by rotating 90 degrees. Then, the feed rollers 42a, 4 at the end of the card conveyance path L
Written magnetic card A sent out from 2b
are blown away toward the bottom plate of the box body by air from air nozzles 10a, 10b, and 10c of the card storage mechanism section 10, as shown in FIG.
It will be stored. Air nozzles 10a, 10b, 10
The wind pressure is uniformly applied to the entire magnetic card A by c. Magnetic card A is the fifth
Although it is stored in the box body 21 from the opening of the box body 21 in a standing state as shown in FIG.
Since it is sloped upward, the stored magnetic card will not fall forward (towards the opening). When a predetermined number of magnetic cards A, which are sequentially sent out from the end of the transport path L in this manner, are stored in the box body, the lid opening/closing device 9 is activated to close the lid body 23, and the box pressing device 11 closes the lid body 23. The side plate 21c is pressed and pushed out into the discharge passage 12. When the first card storage box 20 is pushed out, the next card storage box 20 is pressed against the bottom plate 32 by the pressing force of the pressing device 36.
The tip is pushed out and positioned, and the same operation is performed thereafter.

Since the card storage box storage device according to the present invention is constructed as described above, it is possible to store a large number of card storage boxes in a state where they can be pressed to the card storage mechanism side and sequentially supplied, and also to The opening of the card storage box is kept diagonally upward, so
The stored cards can be prevented from falling over, and cards can be stored at high speed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view showing the overall structure of the magnetic card writing machine, Fig. 2a is an exploded perspective view showing the card storage box, Fig. 2b is a diagram showing the assembled state, Fig. 3
Figure a is a partially cutaway front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Figure b is a plan view, Figure c is a sectional view taken along line C-C in Figure a, and Figure d is a perspective view showing the tip. ,
Fig. 4a is a front view showing the accumulation state of the card storage box, Fig. 4b is a plan view showing the positioned first card storage box, and Fig. 5a is a diagram showing the magnetic card storage operation in the card storage box. A cross-sectional view, and FIG. 1B is a vertical cross-sectional view. L...Card transport path, 1...Magnetic card writing machine, 2...Card storage section, 3...Card take-in section, 7...Card storage box storage device, 8...Positioning device, 8a, 8b...Presser Member, 9... Opening/closing device, 9a... Engaging protrusion, 9b... Contact member, 10
... Card storage mechanism section, 11 ... Box extrusion device, 1
2...Discharge passage, 20...Card storage box, 21...
... Box body, 23 ... Lid body, 32 ... Bottom plate, 32a
...Slide hole, 32b, 32c...Notch, 3
2d...Notch, 33a, 33b...Frame plate, 36
... Pressing member, 37 ... Side plate, 38 ... Constant torque plate spring, 39 ... Roller, 40 ... Shaft, 4
1a, 41b... inclined member, 42... micro switch.

Claims (1)

[Claim for Utility Model Registration] A card storage box storage device for accumulating card storage boxes for storing cards sent out from the end of a card transport path; a slanted bottom plate; a frame body erected on both sides of the bottom plate; a frame body provided on the card conveyance path side end of the bottom plate, inclined at a larger upward slope than the bottom plate; A card storage box characterized by comprising: an inclined member placed at a larger slope than the bottom plate; and a pressing device that presses and supplies the card storage boxes accumulated on the bottom plate toward the card conveyance path side end of the bottom plate. Accumulator.