JPH085979Y2 - Card reject device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a card rejecting device applicable to a card reader or the like.

(Prior Art) A card reject device for recovering a card reader or the like when the inserted card is an abnormal card such as an abnormal magnetic recording, an abnormal punch hole, an abnormal printing, or a bar code error. Is built in. FIG. 3 shows an example of a generally known general card rejecting device.

In FIG. 3, the card passage 50 branches obliquely downward from the middle into a reject passage 53, and a flap 54 is rotatably provided at this branch portion. The flap 54 can have a circulatory position in which the reject passage 53 is closed and the card passage 50 is opened, and a flap position in which the card passage 50 is closed and the reject passage 53 is opened. At the end of the reject passage 53, a reject box 55 for accommodating the abnormal card 56 is attached below the card passage 50.

The card is transported in the card path 50 by the transport rollers 51 and 52. If the conveyed card is an abnormal card, the flap 54 blocks the card path 50 and rejects the card.
The abnormal card 56 is accommodated in the reject box 55 via the reject passage 53 by taking the circulatory position to open 53.

The reject box 55 in the above-mentioned conventional example can be removed while the abnormal card 56 is being accommodated, but there is also one in which only a space for accommodating the reject card is provided and the reject card is simply dropped into this space. One similar to the card rejecting device described above is described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-93358.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the card rejecting device in the conventional card reader or the like, the reject card storage portion is provided below the card passage, so that the reject card storage portion is provided in the card passage. It is difficult to tell if there is a rejected card because it is shielded, and even if there is a card, there is a problem that it is difficult to remove the reject card because the card passage interferes. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, if the reject box is made detachable, the removal of the reject card becomes easy to some extent, but it is necessary to slide the reject box once, and a space for sliding the reject box. There is a problem in that

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art. The cassette mounting portion is used as a reject card storage portion, and when the card cassette is removed, the reject card storage member is attached to the cassette mounting portion. By making it protrude, it becomes possible to easily visually recognize whether or not there is a reject card in the reject card storage member, and if there is a reject card, it can be easily taken out,
Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a card rejecting device capable of arranging the reject card housing member in a limited space.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention is directed to a cassette mounting portion which is provided at the end of a card passage and in which a card cassette for stacking and storing cards is detachably mounted, and a cassette mounting portion which is provided at the cassette mounting portion and is upwardly moved by a spring force. The card cassette is mounted on the cassette mounting portion, and the card cassette is mounted on the cassette mounting portion. It is characterized in that it has a push-down portion for lowering the reject card storage member against the spring force.

(Operation) When the card cassette is mounted on the cassette mounting portion, the reject card housing member is pushed by the pushing-down portion of the card cassette and is lowered against the spring force to reach the reject operation position. When the card cassette is removed from the cassette mounting portion, the reject card housing member is projected by spring force into the cassette mounting portion. At this time, if there is a reject card in the reject card housing member, it can be easily visually recognized, and the reject card can be easily taken out from the reject card housing member.

(Embodiment) Referring to FIG. 2, a cassette 1 capable of accommodating a large number of cards 15 such as magnetic cards in a stack is provided with a notch 2 on the lower surface, a card insertion slot 3 on the lower side, and both sides on the bottom. To the foot
Have 1a. The cassette 1 is detachably provided on a cassette mounting table 4 of the card processing device. That is, the foot portion 1a of the cassette 1 is attached to the cassette mount 4
Can be placed on top. At this time, the positioning hole of the foot 1a is fitted into the positioning pin 8 fixedly mounted on the cassette mounting base 4, so that the cassette 1 is positioned and mounted at a predetermined position. Further, the cassette 1 thus mounted can be arbitrarily removed. The components including the cassette mount 4 constitute a cassette mounting portion 38.

In the card processing device, the push-up roller 5 that pushes up the card 15 stacked and housed in the cassette 1 and the card 15 that is inserted from the card insertion port 3 is stacked in the cassette 1 by protruding into the notch 2 of the cassette 1. It has a transport roller 6 for feeding the stored cards 15 to the lower side and for feeding the stacked and stored cards 15 from the card insertion slot 3.

The transport roller 6 is integrally attached to a shaft 13 supported by a lever 7. The lever 7 is supported by a shaft 9 so as to be rotatable in a vertical plane. The shaft 13 is rotationally driven by a drive source (not shown).

A pin 23 provided at one end of the lever 20 is located below the free end of the lever 7. The lever 20 is supported by a shaft 21 so as to be rotatable in a vertical plane. Lever 20
The other end of is connected to the plunger 19 of the solenoid 18 and is also connected to one end of the rod 25. rod
The other end of 25 is connected to one end of the lever 26,
One end of the spring 22 is connected. The spring 22 pulls the rod 25 to the left in FIG.
19 is urged in the direction of protruding from the solenoid 18.

The lever 26 is provided so as to be rotatable about a shaft 27 in a vertical plane, and an elongated hole 28 is formed at the other end. This long hole 28
A pin 31 fixedly mounted on the lever 29 is fitted into the lever. The lever 29 is provided so as to be rotatable about a shaft 30 in a vertical plane, and has a bent portion 39 at the other end. This bent portion 39 is desired in the card passage 35 leading to the card insertion slot 3 of the cassette 1.

The cassette mounting portion 38 to which the cassette 1 is detachably attached is provided at the end of the card passage 35.

The card passage 35 branches into a reject passage 36 near the bent portion 39 of the lever 29. The upper guide 37 forming the reject passage 36 is a leaf spring 37 having a fixed base. In the natural state, the free end of the leaf spring 37 advances to the card passage 35 to interrupt the card passage 35 midway, and guides the card conveyed through the card passage 35 to the reject passage 36 side. ing. However, normally, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, the urging force of the spring 22 causes the lever 26 to rotate in the clockwise direction and the lever 29 to rotate in the counterclockwise direction. The free end of the leaf spring 37 is pressed down to open the card passage 35 and shield the reject passage 36.

The lever 7 is normally rotated by its own weight in a direction in which the transport roller 6 retracts downward from the notch 2 of the cassette 1. When the solenoid 18 is excited, the solenoid 18 attracts the plunger 19 against the urging force of the spring 22 to rotate the lever 20 counterclockwise in FIG. By the rotation of the lever 20, the pin 23 pushes up the lower surface of the lever 7, the lever 7 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 2, and a part of the transport roller 6 is cut out in the notch 2 of the cassette 1.
It is designed to be inserted into the cassette 1.

In addition, the excitation of the solenoid 18 causes the lever 26 to rotate counterclockwise and the lever 29 to rotate clockwise against the urging force of the spring 22, so that the leaf spring 37 is freed by the bent portion 39 of the lever 29. The pressing of the end is released, the free end of the leaf spring 37 advances into the card passage 35 to block the card passage 35, and guides the card conveyed in the card passage 35 to the reject passage 36. Has become. The passage end of the reject passage 36 reaches the cassette mounting portion 38.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the cassette mounting portion 38 is provided with a reject card housing member 48. The reject card accommodating member 48 is formed in an L shape, and both side portions of the vertical piece thereof are bent pieces 46.
The reject card accommodating member 48 is rotatably provided in the vertical plane by the support of the shaft 47 by the shaft 47. The reject passage 36 is provided above one end of the reject card housing member 48.
At the end of the, the reject card conveyed through the reject passage 36 can be stored while being stacked on the horizontal piece of the reject card storage member 48.

A shaft 47 is provided on the bent piece 46 of the reject card housing member 48.
A pin 43 is fixedly planted obliquely below, and a lower end portion of a slide plate 40 is connected to the pin 43 so as to be relatively rotatable. The slide plate 40 has a bent horizontal piece 42 at the upper end and a long hole 41 in the longitudinal direction near the upper end. The long hole 41 fits into a fixed pin 44, and the slide plate 40 can slide diagonally up and down in the range of the long hole 41 using the pin 44 as a guide. A tension spring 45 is hooked between the pin 44 and the pin 43, and the spring 45 urges the slide plate 40 to slant upward. When the slide plate 40 is slanted upward due to the urging force,
42 is projected above the upper surface of the cassette mounting base 4 of the cassette mounting portion 38, and the foot portion 1a of the card cassette 1 is placed on the cassette mounting base 4 of the cassette mounting portion 38 to mount the cassette. When the card cassette 1 is attached to the portion 38, the bent horizontal piece 42 of the slide plate 40 is pushed by the foot portion 1a of the card cassette 1, and the slide plate 40 is slid obliquely downward against the biasing force of the spring 45. It is like this.

As described above, since the slide plate 40 and the reject card housing member 48 are connected by the pin 43, the slide plate 40
When the member slides obliquely downward against the urging force of the spring 45, the reject card housing member 48 pivots clockwise about a shaft 47 as shown by the solid line in FIG. It is designed to be in a reject operation position where it can accept a reject card being conveyed. Further, when the slide plate 40 slides obliquely upward due to the biasing force of the spring 45, the reject card housing member 48
1 rotates counterclockwise as shown by the chain line in FIG. 1 and protrudes above the cassette mounting portion 38 while the reject card 15 is accommodated. Thus, the foot portion 1a of the card cassette 1 constitutes a push-down portion that lowers the reject card storage member against the spring force when the card cassette is mounted in the cassette mounting portion.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. Now, when the card cassette 1 is positioned and mounted in the cassette mounting portion 38,
As described above, the reject card housing member 48 rotates,
Take a reject operating position that can accept the reject card. Further, when the cassette 1 is mounted, the push-up roller 5 projects into the notch 2, and the push-up roller 5 pushes up the cards 15 stacked in the cassette 1.

The processed card 15 conveyed toward the cassette 1 through the card passage 35 is fed into the cassette 1 from the card insertion opening 3 of the cassette 1 and is stored under the stacked cards 15. If the card processing device is a card issuing machine, each conveyance roller is reversely driven and the cassette 1
The cards 15 stacked inside are sent out from the card insertion opening 3 to the card passage 35 in order from the bottom.

When it is detected that the card conveyed toward the cassette 1 through the card passage 35 is an abnormal card, the solenoid 18 is excited. The excitation of the solenoid 18 causes the lever 29 to rotate clockwise in FIG. 2 through the rod 25 and the lever 26 as described above. By the rotation of the lever 29, the bent portion 39 escapes from the free end portion of the leaf spring 37 and the leaf spring
The free end of 37 advances into the card passage 35, shields the card passage 35, opens the reject passage 36, guides the conveyed card to the reject passage 36, drops it into the reject card storage member 48, and stores it. .

When the cassette 1 is removed from the cassette mounting portion 38, the slide plate 40 slides obliquely upward by the urging force of the spring 45 as described above, and along with this, the reject card storage member 48 stores the card 15 and is shown in FIG. As shown by, it rotates counterclockwise and projects toward the upper part of the cassette mounting portion 38. In this state, the reject card 15 housed in the reject card housing member 48 can be taken out.

According to the embodiment described above, the card cassette 1 is detachably provided in the cassette mounting portion 38, and the card cassette 1 is projected by the urging force of the spring 45 and is lowered by the mounting of the card cassette 1 against the urging force of the spring 45 and is rejected. Since the reject card accommodating member 48, which is the operating position, is provided in the cassette mounting portion 38, when the cassette 1 is removed from the cassette mounting portion 38, the reject card accommodating member 48 keeps the reject card in the upper portion of the cassette mounting portion 38. Since it projects, the reject card in the reject card housing member 48 can be easily visually recognized, and the reject card can be easily taken out. Further, since it is not necessary to slide the reject card housing member 48 back and forth or left and right when taking out the reject card, there is no need for a space for sliding the reject card housing member 48, even in a limited space. Reject card housing member
48 can be installed. Further, since the reject card housing member 48 is also mounted at the predetermined position simply by mounting the cassette 1, the operation for mounting the reject card housing member 48 at the predetermined position is unnecessary, and the operability is improved.

In the illustrated embodiment, the slide plate 40 slid by the cassette 1 is provided, and the reject card housing member 48 is operated by the slide plate 40. However, the reject card housing member is directly operated by the cassette. You may do it. In this case, the reject card accommodating member may be of a rotating type or of a vertically moving type. In the case of the parallel movement type, it is conceivable to use a plurality of springs in order to bias the reject card housing member in the front, rear, left and right in a well-balanced manner.

Further, in the illustrated embodiment, the reject card housing member
The reference numeral 48 is a plate-shaped member, and the side plate for regulating the side surface of the stored card 15 is omitted. If there is any member that regulates the side surface of the card 15 on the side of the cassette mounting portion 38 where the reject card housing member 48 is mounted, it is not necessary to provide a side plate on the reject card housing member 48 as in the illustrated embodiment.
Of course, the reject card housing member 48 may be provided with a side plate.

The card reject device according to the present invention is applicable to a card reader / writer, a card issuing machine, and any other card processing device.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the present invention, the card cassette is removably provided in the cassette mounting portion, and the card cassette is protruded by the biasing force of the spring and is lowered against the biasing force of the spring by the mounting of the card cassette to be in the reject operation position. Since the reject card housing member is provided in the cassette mounting portion, when the cassette is removed from the cassette mounting portion, the reject card housing member projects with the reject card housed therein, so that the reject card in the reject card housing member can be easily carried out. You can see it, and you can easily remove the reject card. Further, since it is not necessary to slide the reject card housing member when removing the reject card, there is no need for a space for sliding the reject card housing member, and even if the space is limited, the reject card housing member can be mounted. be able to. Further, since the reject card accommodation member is also attached to the predetermined position only by attaching the cassette, the operation for attaching the reject card accommodation member is unnecessary, and the operability is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an essential part of an embodiment of a card rejecting device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view showing an example of a card processing device to which the card rejecting device is applied.
FIG. 1 is a sectional side view showing an example of a conventional card rejecting device. 1 …… Cassette, 15 …… Card, 35 …… Card aisle end,
45 …… Spring, 38 …… Cassette mounting part, 48 …… Reject card housing member.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cassette mounting portion, which is provided at an end of a card passage, and in which a card cassette for stacking and storing cards is detachably mounted, and a cassette mounting portion, which is provided in the cassette mounting portion and is protruded upward by a spring force so that a spring force is exerted. The card cassette has a reject card housing member that is lowered by being pushed against to move to a reject operation position, and the card cassette has a spring for the reject card housing member when the card cassette is mounted in the cassette mounting portion. A card rejecting device having a push-down portion that lowers against a force.