JPH049647Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a magnetic card writing device that can automatically store a magnetic card in a card case.

[Prior art]

Magnetic cards used in magnetic card-type public telephones and the like are sold after data on a predetermined number of calls have been magnetically written thereon, and a magnetic card writing device is used to write this data. Therefore, this type of magnetic card writing device is required to be able to smoothly and reliably take in a magnetic card, and to be able to automatically and continuously write data and store the card after writing. In this case, if a predetermined number of magnetic cards with data written thereon are stored in a card case, the problem arises as to how to continuously supply and eject the card case.

[Summary of the invention] The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and includes a first detection device that detects the topmost card case as the elevator ascends and stops the motor; a second detection device that detects opening of the lid of the topmost card case and operates the transport mechanism; The first one consists of two levers, a light emitting element that is opened and blocked by these levers, and a light receiving element.
With a simple configuration in which the second switch is disposed at a higher position than the first switch, the magnetic card can be stored smoothly and reliably in the card case. The present invention provides a magnetic card writing device as described above.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a card case storage section showing an embodiment of the magnetic card writing device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a right side view and a left side view of the main part of the same section. be. In these figures, 1
is a magnetic card writing device integrally equipped with a card case storage section 2.

The card case storage section 2 includes a front plate 5 having an opening 4 and a pair of left and right side plates 6A, 6 facing each other.
It is formed into a vertically long rectangle by B, a rear plate (not shown), etc., and an elevator 7 (described later) that is raised and lowered by a motor drive is disposed inside the rectangle. Card case 3 is loaded.

A door 8 is disposed in the opening 4 of the front plate 5 so as to be openable and closable by a pair of hinges 9A and 9B.
One end of a plate 10 is fixed to one end of this door 8 with a screw, and the other end extends to the side of the door 8, and when the door 8 is closed, the front plate 10
The polymer is intimately attached to the surface. Further, a pair of upper and lower locking devices 13 are arranged on the plate 10. This locking device 13 is constructed so that when a knob 14 is rotated, an engaging portion 16 engages with the back surface of the front plate 5 as shown in FIG. 3, thereby preventing the door 8 from closing.

The elevator 7 disposed within the card case storage section 2 includes a flat plate-shaped mounting table 7A on which the large number of card cases 3 are loaded, and this mounting table 7A.
It is comprised of a female threaded part 7B integrally protruding from the rear end and into which a threaded rod 19 is screwed, and is usually located at the lower part of the interior of the card case storage section 2, and the threaded rod 1
It is moved up and down with the forward and reverse rotation of 9. The threaded rod 19 is disposed vertically behind the card case storage section 2, and has a gear 20 fixed to its upper end.
Further, an elevator lifting motor 21 that drives forward and backward is disposed at the upper end of the back surface of the card case storage section 2, and an output shaft 21A of the elevator lift motor 21 is provided with the gear 2.
0 and rotates the shaft 21A with the threaded rod 19.
A drive gear 22 is fixed. In this case, the motor 21 is driven intermittently to move the elevator 7 upward in steps during the storage operation of the magnetic card 25, and after the card storage operation is completed, the direction of rotation is switched and the elevator 7 is fixed. It is controlled to drive continuously until it descends and returns to the lowest position. Note that the elevator 7 is raised by a height corresponding to the height of one card case 3 in one drive of the motor 21.

The magnetic card 25 is made of plastic,
For example, as shown in Figure 4, the width is 5.4 cm, the length is 6 cm,
It is formed into a rectangular thin plate shape with a thickness of about 0.5 mm, and on its surface are displayed numbers 27A for displaying the remaining speech power, an arrow 27B indicating the insertion direction when using the card, a bar code 27C, etc. On the other hand, a magnetic material is coated over the entire surface of the back side, and a band-shaped diagonal area 27D indicated by a broken line constitutes a magnetic recording area, and data for a predetermined number of calls, for example, 100 calls, is stored in this area on the magnetic card. It is recorded within the writing device 1. The magnetic card 25 on which the data on the number of calls has been written is guided to a magnetic card ejection port 30 by an appropriate card conveying mechanism 29 consisting of rollers, belts, etc., and from this ejection port 30 the card case storage section 2 The cards are discharged into the card case 3 and dropped into the uppermost card case 3 placed on the elevator 7. The magnetic card ejection port 30 is provided at the upper end of the card case storage section 2 on the side plate 6A side,
Side plate 6B corresponds to this magnetic card ejection port 30.
At the upper end of the card case outlet 32 (Fig. 2)
is provided. In this case, the magnetic card 2
5 is a card that is ejected diagonally downward from the magnetic card ejection port 30, and its ejection angle β is 30~
It is set at 40°. On the other hand, the elevator 7
The mounting table 7A also has the ejection angle β of the magnetic card 25.
It is inclined at a predetermined angle toward the card case ejection port 32 correspondingly. This inclination angle α is set to be about 30°, which is smaller than the discharge angle β (β>α).

The card case 3 includes a box-shaped case body 3A that is formed somewhat larger than the magnetic card 25 and has an open top, and a lid 3B that can be opened and closed and fitted around the outer periphery of the opening of the case body 3A. The lid 3B is placed on the elevator 7 such that the pivot portion 36 of the lid 3B is located on the card case outlet 32 side. In this case, each card case 3 is
As shown in the figure, it is loaded diagonally on the mounting table 7A with its lid 3B closed, and is located between the magnetic card ejection port 30 and the card case ejection port 32, and is located at the top of the table for storing the magnetic card 25. Regarding the card case 3, the lid 3B is opened at a predetermined angle by the lid opening/closing mechanism 37, and a predetermined number of magnetic cards 25 are opened.
It will be retained until it is completely stored.

The lid opening/closing mechanism 37 has a lever 38 disposed obliquely on the upper surface of the front plate 5.
This lever 38 extends long in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the magnetic card 25 is ejected, is held movably in the longitudinal direction by a pair of pin-slot mechanisms 39, and is constantly urged upward by a spring 41. . Further, a lid pushing member 42 that faces into the card case storage section 2 through a window 40 provided in the front plate 5 is disposed at the middle portion of one side edge of the lever 38.
This lid push-up member 42 is rotatably supported by a shaft pin 43, and a spring (not shown) gives it the ability to rotate in a direction in which the tip of the pin 43 comes into pressure contact with the card case 3. The opening operation of the lid 3B is performed by the lever 38 being momentarily lowered diagonally downward to the left by a driving means (not shown) such as a solenoid, and returned by the force of the spring 41. That is, when the lever 38 descends as shown in FIG. 5, the lid pushing member 42 descends below the lid 3B, and as the lever 38 rises, the lid 3B is pushed up as shown by the imaginary line. The lid 3B is closed by lowering the lever 38 again after a predetermined number of magnetic cards 25 are stored in the case body 3A.

A card case detection mechanism 50 is disposed inside and above the card case storage section 2 . This card case detection mechanism 50 detects the highest card case 3 loaded on the elevator 7, and the card transport mechanism 29, the elevator lifting motor 21,
This is for controlling the card case ejection door opening/closing mechanism 70, etc., which will be described later, and its configuration is shown in Figures 1 and 2.
To explain in detail based on FIG. 6 and FIG.
It is equipped with 1B.

The first detection device 51A includes a lever 54 that is rotatably disposed on a shaft 52 and is given the ability to rotate clockwise in FIG. 1 by a spring 53, and a mounting member 55 that is attached to the side plate 6B. The lever 54 includes a sensor 56 consisting of a light emitting element 56a and a light receiving element 56b disposed through the lever 54, and a roller 57 that is pressed against the upper surface of the end of the card case outlet 32 side of the lid 3B of the uppermost card case 3. and the light emitting element 56a
A light shielding portion 58 is provided to block light from the card case when detecting the card case.

Similarly, the second detection device 51B also uses the shaft 52.
The first
The lever 64 has a clockwise rotational habit and has a roller 67 and a light shielding part 68, and a light emitting element 6.
6a and a sensor 66 consisting of a light receiving element 66b. In this case, the second detection device 51
B is for detecting the opening of the lid 3B of the card case 3, and therefore the sensor 66 is arranged at a position one step higher than the sensor 56 of the first detection device 51A.

Now, after a large number of card cases 3 are loaded on the elevator 7, when the elevator lifting motor 21 is driven to move the elevator 7 upward, the uppermost card case 3 is moved to the first and second detection devices 51.
It hits the rollers 57 and 67 of A and 51B and pushes them up. Therefore, the levers 54 and 64 are each rotated counterclockwise in FIG.
8 is inserted between the light emitting element 56a and the light receiving element 56b (the state shown in FIG. 6) to block light from the light emitting element 56a, and the first detection device 51A detects the card case 3. This detection signal is sent to the elevator lifting motor 21 to stop the motor 21, and at the same time is sent to the drive means of the lid opening/closing mechanism 37 to open the lid 3B. When the lid 3B is opened as shown in FIG. 1, the light from the light emitting element 66a is blocked by the light shielding part 68 as the lever 64 is rotated upward, so that the second detection device 51B can open the lid 3B.
detects the opening of the magnetic card 25, sends the detection signal to the card transport mechanism 29, and transfers the magnetic card 25 by the mechanism 29.
starts the ejection operation. Therefore, the magnetic cards 25 are sequentially ejected from the magnetic card ejection port 30 and dropped into the uppermost card case 3, and the number of the cards is counted by an appropriate means. Then, when a predetermined number of magnetic cards 25 are stored,
The card transport mechanism 29 is temporarily stopped, and sends a predetermined number of sheets storage signal to the card case ejection door opening/closing mechanism 70 and at the same time to the drive motor (not shown) of the card case delivery roller 80 shown by the broken line in FIG. Therefore, the card case discharge port door opening/closing mechanism 70 operates to open the door 72, and the roller 80 is rotated to discharge the uppermost card case 3 from the card case discharge port 32 into the chute 90. When the uppermost case 3 is ejected, the first and second detection devices 51A and 51B return to normal operation, and the signal at this time causes the elevator lifting motor 21 to be activated.
start it again. Therefore, the motor 21
is driven to move the elevator 7 upward until the first detection device 51A detects the next card case 3, and by repeating this series of operations, the magnetic cards 25 are continuously stored and the card case 3 is removed.
enables continuous supply and discharge operations.

The card case outlet door opening/closing mechanism 70 includes a pair of door shafts 71A and 71 rotatably disposed on both sides of the card case outlet 32, as shown in FIG.
B, a pair of doors 72 which are fixed to the upper ends of these door shafts 71A, 71B and which normally block the card case outlet 32; door 7
2, a motor 74, and a pair of gears 75A, 75B that transmit the rotation of the motor 74 to the door shafts 71A, 71B. has been done. The motor 74 is activated in response to a signal sent when the first and second detection devices 51A and 51B are restored, thereby opening the pair of doors 72 and allowing the uppermost card case 3 to be ejected. Make it.
Note that a detection device 100 for detecting the card case 3 is disposed in the middle of the chute 90.

In addition, the card case storage section 2 is equipped with a door lock mechanism 110 in addition to the locking device 13 described above. This is to prevent people from accidentally getting their hands caught in the elevator 7 by opening the door 8 during the elevator's ascending and descending operations.As shown in Figures 1 and 3, the card case storage area The elevator 7 is rotatably disposed in the lower part of the interior of the elevator 2 and is rotated clockwise in FIG. 1 when the elevator 7 is at the lowest position.
At other times, the first rotating lever 112 is rotated back by the force of the spring 111, and the projecting rod 1 moves up and down in conjunction with the first rotating lever 112.
13, which rotates in conjunction with this thrusting rod 113 and locks the door 5 when the rod 113 rises;
It is composed of a second rotating lever 114 and the like having a locking portion 114a that releases the lock when the lever is lowered. The first rotating lever 112 has a total of three rollers 115a, 115b, and 115c, on one of which the lower end of the lifting rod 113 is placed. The push-up rod 113 is connected to a pair of guide members 116A, 1 disposed on the surface of the side plate 6A.
16B so as to be movable up and down, and its upper end abuts a roller 118 provided on the second rotating lever 114 from below. The second pivoting lever 114 is given a counterclockwise pivoting habit in FIG. is fixed to the back surface of the plate 10. Note that 122 is a detection device that detects the closing of the door 5.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, the magnetic card writing device according to the present invention controls the drive of an elevator in which a large number of card cases each having a lid is loaded using a detection signal from a first detection device that detects the topmost card case. The magnetic card transport mechanism is configured to operate in response to a detection signal from a second detection device that detects the opening of the lid of the topmost card case, and both of these detection devices operate when the lid of the topmost card case is opened. It has two levers, a first and a second lever, which detects the Since it is located at a higher position than switch 1, the timing of card case feeding, magnetic card ejection, and storage operations is good, and the card case can smoothly and reliably store magnetic cards continuously. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a card case storage section showing an embodiment of the magnetic card writing device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are a right side view and a left side view of essential parts of the same storage section. , Fig. 4 is a plan view of the magnetic card, Fig. 5 is a diagram for explaining the opening/closing operation of the lid,
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the card case detection mechanism. 1... Magnetic card writing device, 2... Card case storage section, 3... Card case, 3B... Lid,
7... Elevator, 21... Elevator lifting motor, 25... Magnetic card, 29... Magnetic card transport mechanism, 37... Lid opening/closing mechanism, 50... Card case detection mechanism, 51A... First detection device ,5
1B...Second detection device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a card case storage section, an elevator loaded with a large number of card cases, disposed in the card case storage section so as to be movable up and down, and raised in steps by intermittent drive of a motor; a magnetic card transport mechanism for ejecting the card case into the card case storage section; a first detection device that detects the uppermost card case as the elevator ascends and stops the motor; and a first detection device that detects the uppermost card case and stops the motor; a second detection device that detects the opening of the lid of the card case and operates the transport mechanism; It is characterized by having two switches, a first and a second, consisting of light emitting and light receiving elements that are opened and blocked by these levers, and the second switch is arranged at a higher position than the first switch. magnetic card writing device.