JPH044288Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a card 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 used, the magnetic information is subtracted within the public phone according to the number of calls used and then returned.

Such magnetic cards are manufactured by performing processing such as writing magnetic information and confirming the written information using a magnetic card writing machine.

Therefore, it is necessary for the magnetic card writing machine to process a large number of magnetic cards at high speed.
For this reason, it is necessary to store a large number of magnetic cards in advance in a card storage device in orderly stacks in order to send the magnetic cards one after another at high speed to the processing unit before processing such as writing. .

Therefore, this card storage device is easy to operate, such as storing cards, and is easy to remove and replenish the stored cards in the event of a problem such as a card jam. It is efficient to have a structure that prevents cards from falling out.

The present invention was developed in view of these circumstances, and it provides good operability when storing cards, makes it easy to operate in the event of trouble, and prevents cards from falling due to vibrations. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a card storage device with

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a magnetic card writing machine, in which 1 is a magnetic card writing machine, 2 is a card storage device of the present invention that stores magnetic cards A before writing, and 3 is a card storage device 2 that stores magnetic cards A. 4 is a writing section that writes magnetic information on the magnetic card while the card is being transported through the card transport path L; 5 is a controller that confirms the written magnetic information; 6 is a reading section that reads the card for the purpose of the card, 6 is a sorting section that distributes the card from the card transport path L to a branch path if the correct information is not written as a result of reading, and 7 is a sorted NG card that is ejected to the outside. An NG card ejecting section, 8 a card storage section for storing properly written magnetic cards, and 9 an input operation section for inputting magnetic information, the number of cards to be processed, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a magnetic card storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a side view, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line -- in FIG.

In these figures, 11 is the card storage device 2.
on the left side (in Figure 2)
The tip portion 11a is the housing 10 of the magnetic card writing machine 1.
It extends to the inside of the opening 10a and is fixed so as to face the card receiving section 3 provided inside the housing 10.

A fixed side plate 12 and a movable side plate 13 are vertically attached to both sides of the bottom plate 11 in the width direction at an interval slightly larger than the length of the magnetic card A in the longitudinal direction.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bottom plate 11 has an elongated slide hole 14 in the longitudinal direction at the center of the width direction, and the magnetic cards A placed on the bottom plate 11 in an overlapping state in the thickness direction are inserted at the tip of the bottom plate 11. A pressing member 15 for pressing in the direction of the portion 11a is slidably fitted.

This pressing force is generated by a constant force plate spring 17 whose one end is fixed to the lower part of the left tip 11a of the bottom plate 11 by a locking tool 16 and whose other end is wound around a roller (not shown) inside the pressing member 15. is given by. As is well known, the constant torque plate spring 17 has a restoring force that causes it to wrap around a roller, and this restoring force causes the pressing member 15 to move toward the left tip 11a with a constant torque no matter where it is positioned. It is given a pressing force that causes it to move.

Therefore, the accumulated magnetic cards A are transferred to the pressing member 1.
5 in the direction of the card receiving section 3.

The movable side plate 13 is rotatably attached to the lower part 11b of the bottom plate 11 by hinges 18a to 18d.

That is, the movable side plate 13 is the lower part 11 of the bottom plate 11.
It is attached to the vertical portion 12b at the other end of the U-shaped stationary side plate 12 covering the bottom plate 11 by hinges 18a to 18d so as to be able to fall outward from a state perpendicular to the bottom plate 11.

At the lower end of the movable side plate 13 are hinges 18a, 18.
An opening/closing means 19 for turning the movable side plate 13 upside down is attached between the hinges 18c and 18d.

As shown in FIG. 5, the opening/closing means 19 is U-shaped, which is screwed into the movable side plate 13 in a screw hole 20a, and has a vertical insertion hole 20b and a U-shaped groove 20c cut vertically upward from the lower end. Base 20
and an opening/closing operating tool 21 fitted between the insertion hole 20b of the base 20 and the movable side plate 13 with enough room to allow it to descend vertically under its own weight.

The opening/closing operation tool 21 has a horizontal portion 21a at the upper end, and a retaining protrusion 21c that fits into the U-shaped groove 20c of the base 20 at the center of the lower end of the vertical portion 21b. The vertical length of the vertical portion 21b is the same as the base 20.
It is set much larger than the length in the vertical direction.

Therefore, if the opening/closing operation tool 21 is left unattended, it will become in the state shown in FIG. 6 due to its own weight, and the vertical portion 21b will come into contact with the vertical portion 12b below the bottom plate 11 as shown in FIG. 8, and the movable side plate 13 will rotate. It is disabled and held vertically on the bottom plate 11.

When the opening/closing operation tool 21 is pulled upward by the horizontal portion 21a to the state shown in FIG. 7, the vertical portion 21b is separated from the vertical portion 12b below the bottom plate 11 as shown in FIG. It can be tilted outward as shown in Figure 10 by rotating it.

As shown in FIG. 2, the tip end 13a of the movable side plate 13 protrudes from the end 11a of the bottom plate 11 toward the card receiving section 3, and the tip end 12a of the fixed side plate 12 protrudes from the end 11a of the bottom plate 11.
is slightly set back from the end portion 11a of the bottom plate 11 (more than the thickness of one magnetic card). Fixed side plate 12
A knife edge 23 is attached to the distal end 12a of the card receiving section 3 for forming a card exit 22 between the card receiving section 3 and the magnetic card A so that only one magnetic card A can slip through to the side.

When storing magnetic cards in the card storage device 2 having the above configuration, first, the two opening/closing operation means 19,
Hold each horizontal portion 21a of 19 in your hand and pull it upward as shown in FIG. 9, then fold the movable side plate 13 outward as shown in FIG. It is pulled back, and a large number of magnetic cards A are stacked in the thickness direction and placed on the bottom plate 11, and accumulated between the pressing member 15 and the taking-in part 3.

When the movable side plate 13 is vertically erected, the opening/closing operation tool 21 moves downward under its own weight, and as shown in FIG.
2b, the movable side plate 17 becomes unrotatable and is held vertically. If the magnetic cards A are stored unevenly, move the movable side plate 13 like this.
The movable side plate 13 is attached to the side edge of the magnetic card A when
are pressed against each other and the irregularities are eliminated.

The card take-in section 3 sequentially takes in the magnetic cards pressed by the pressing member 15 to the side from the card outlet 22 and sends them out to the card transport path L.

Since the card storage device of the present invention has the above-described configuration, the movable side plate 13 can be opened by a simple operation of pulling the opening/closing operation tool 21 upward at the horizontal portion 21a, and the movable side plate 13 can be closed by , by simply standing the movable side plate 13 vertically, the opening/closing operation tool 21 can be opened and closed.
falls through the insertion hole 20b of the base 20 under its own weight until the horizontal part 21a abuts the upper end of the base 20, and the lower end of the vertical part 21b abuts the lower part of the bottom plate 11, making the side plate 13 unrotatable. Can be held closed.

Therefore, with such a simple operation, the side plate 13 can be opened, a large number of cards can be placed on the bottom plate 11, and the side plate 13 can be opened.
Just close the
Since the particles are sandwiched between the particles and pressed in the thickness direction by the pressing member 15, they can be easily accumulated in an orderly manner.

Further, even if some kind of trouble occurs in the taking-in section 3 or the like, the movable side plate 13 can be easily opened and closed, which makes it convenient to solve the trouble and enables high-speed card processing in a card writing machine or the like.

Furthermore, since the vertical portion 21a of the opening/closing operation tool 21 protrudes below the base 20 due to its own weight, making it impossible for the side plate 13 to open, even if strong vibrations are applied to the card storage device for some reason, It is possible to prevent the side plate 13 from opening unexpectedly and the card from falling.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a magnetic card writing machine, Fig. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a side view, and Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a magnetic card writing machine.
The figure is a cross-sectional view taken along the - line in Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the opening/closing means, Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective views showing the operation of the opening/closing means, and Figs. 8 to 10 show the operation of the movable side plate. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Magnetic card writing machine, 2... Card storage device, 3... Card import part, 10... Housing, 1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Bottom plate, 12... Fixed side plate, 13... Movable side plate, 15... Pressing member, 18a-18d... Hinge, 19... Opening/closing means, 20... Base, 20b...
...Insertion hole, 20c...U-shaped groove, 21...Opening/closing operation tool, 21a...Horizontal part, 21b...Vertical part, 21
c...Plate stopper protrusion.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] A bottom plate 11, side plates 12 and 13 provided on both sides of the bottom plate 11 in the axial direction, and cards stacked on the bottom plate 11 in the thickness direction, which are stacked on one end of the bottom plate. a pressing member 15 that presses the at least one side plate 13 toward the card receiving portion of the base plate 11;
a connecting member 18 that is rotatably attached to a vertical state and an outwardly opened state; 20b; a base that is vertically movably inserted into the insertion hole 20b;
It has a vertical portion 21b having a length larger than the length of the base 20 in the vertical direction, and a horizontal portion 21a protruding from the upper end of the vertical portion 21b toward the outside of the side plate 13. The vertical portion 21b descends through the insertion hole 20b, and the horizontal portion 21a descends into the base 2.
0 and the vertical portion 21b is exposed below the lower end of the base 20, the vertical portion 2
The lower part of 1b contacts the lower part of the bottom plate 11, making it impossible to rotate the side plate 13, and the vertical part 21b contacts the lower part of the base plate 11.
A card storage device comprising an opening/closing operation tool 21 that releases contact between the vertical portion 21b and the lower part of the bottom plate 11 when the card storage device 21 is pulled down from the lower end of the card to a position where it is not exposed.