JPS631652A - Card driving-out mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the idle feed of a card by installing a vacuum device onto a card loading board, in a mechanism for driving out the cards at the lowermost edge successively one by one by a card pushing-out member having the card loading board formed. CONSTITUTION:A card C is advanced together with a card pushing-out member 3 arranged at the lower edge part of a card case 8. Only the time when the card pushing-out member 3 is advanced, a vacuum device 5 arranged under a card loading board 32 operates to adsorb the card C onto the surface of the card loading board 32, and certain driving-out is permitted. When the card pushing-out member 3 is retreated, the vacuum device 5 does not operate, and setting the next card is not obstructed. Therefore, the idle feeding of the card is prevented, and a consumer can certainly buy the card.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a card dispensing mechanism in a vending machine for cards such as telephone cards. This invention relates to a card feeding mechanism that prevents empty feeding.

(Prior Art and its Problems) A card vending machine that sells designated cards according to the amount of banknotes inserted must automatically and reliably feed stacked cards one by one. For this purpose, various methods are used, such as placing a rubber roller in contact with the bottom surface of the bottom card and rotating this roller to feed the card, or sucking the top card using a suction cup to feed the card. method was used.

However, these methods do not allow accurate card feeding, and furthermore, since the cards are thin, it is not easy to ensure the prevention of so-called blank feeding of cards.

Therefore, a plate-shaped card pushing member having a step high enough to hang only one card is driven back and forth, and the bottommost card of the cards stacked and placed on the upper side of the card pushing member is moved back and forth. A card dispensing device for dispensing cards has been proposed.

This card dispensing device is configured such that the rear side of the card is hooked by a stepped portion formed on the card extrusion member, and the card is sent out as the card extrusion member advances, and the card dispensing port is formed at the lower front end of the card case. Cards were sent out one by one.

That is, in this card dispensing device, since the card moves forward together with the card pushing member, the frictional resistance generated on the bottom side of the card is eliminated, so the frictional resistance caused by the card pushing member is halved, and the driving mechanism can be made smaller. It worked.

However, since the card is pushed out while being pushed by the card extrusion section, empty feeding may occur.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. This can be achieved by a card dispensing mechanism that sequentially dispenses cards one by one using a card extrusion member forming a card mounting base, and in which the card dispensing mechanism is provided with a vacuum device on the card mounting base.

(Function) The card is advanced together with the card pushing member disposed at the lower end of the card case.

Only when the card pushing member moves forward, a vacuum device disposed below the card mounting table is activated, and the card is attracted to the surface of the card mounting table, so that the card is reliably fed out. Since the vacuum device does not operate when the card pushing member is retracted, there is no problem in setting the next card.

(Implementation M) An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing an enlarged main part of the card sending device.

Card extrusion member 3 configured at the bottom of card case 8 +
, t, is a rectangular plate whose long side is slightly longer than twice the length of card C and whose short side is approximately equal to the width of card C, and near the center of the long side, the front part is low and the rear part is A stepped portion 35 is formed to be higher, with the front portion serving as a card mounting table 32 and the rear portion serving as an extrusion portion 31.

The height of this stepped portion 35 is formed to be slightly lower than the thickness of the card C.

At the center of the front end of the card mounting table 32, a notch 34 having a width larger than the thickness of the inclined plate 2, which will be described later, is formed from the front end to a step 35.
Configure towards. The length of the notch 34 is set to such an extent that the inclined plate 2 does not hit the rear end of the notch 34 when the card pushing member 3 moves forward the most. In addition, the card mounting table 32
A through hole is bored in the center of the hole to form a suction opening 52 for a vacuum device.

Further, on the upper surface of the extrusion section 31, a card C and an extrusion section 31 are provided.
In order to reduce the contact area and reduce frictional resistance, a series of friction grooves 37, 37, etc. are cut at equal intervals in the front-rear direction.

The back surface of the card pushing member 3 is carved with teeth that mesh with the gears of the drive device 33, and the card pushing member 3 is driven back and forth by the rotational power of the motor or the like of the drive device 33.

When pushing out the card C placed on the card mounting table 32, the vacuum device 5 sucks and fixes the card C.
The above-mentioned suction opening 52, which is provided to avoid so-called empty feeding, is provided in the suction pump P and the card mounting table 32.
and a flexible tube 51.

The front inner wall of the card case 8 above the card outlet 81 is
It should be formed to protrude forward with a slope so that the front end of the card C can be smoothly sent out without getting caught on the lower edge of the card delivery port 81.

The card ejecting section 7 covers a guide plate 72 that guides the card C to the card ejecting lower 1 configured at the lower end of the partition plate 79, and a card pushing member 3 that enters the inside of the card ejecting section 7 when pushing out the card C. Inner bottom plate 73 and suspension plate 74 suspended from the front end
It becomes more.

The guide plate 72 is arranged at the upper part of the card removal lower 1 so that the upper part thereof is slightly curved toward the rear. The rear end portion of the inner bottom plate 73 constitutes the lower edge of the card removal lower 1 and extends forward while being curved.

The inclined plate 2 is a substantially triangular plate body, and the inclined surface of the inclined plate 2 is erected with the inclined surface facing the card outlet 81 side, and the front upper end of the inclined plate 2 is at the same level as the lower edge of the card ejection lower 1. Configure them so that they are equal.

Further, the rear end of the inclined plate 2 is located near the card outlet 81, and the extruding part 31 is movable back and forth without the notch 34 of the extruding part 31 coming into contact with the inclined plate 2. An inclined plate 2 is constructed at the position.

Further, the shape of this inclined plate 2 is not limited to a substantially triangular shape, but can be arbitrarily selected.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained based on the above configuration.

When you insert banknotes into this card vending machine, the drive device 3
3 and the vacuum device 5 are turned on, and the card push-out member 3 starts moving forward while the vacuum device 5 adsorbs the card C placed on the upper surface of the card push-out member 3.

At this time, the card pushing member 3 is attached to the step portion 35 at the lowermost end (7
) Hook the rear edge of card C and move card C forward. The leading end of the card C slides on the upper surface of the inclined plate 2 formed in the advancing direction of the card pushing member 3, and rises to enter the card removal lower 1. At this time, the extrusion section 31 stops when its stepped section 35 reaches the position indicated by H in FIG. . Therefore, the tip of the card C separates from the surface of the card pushing member 31 and floats in the card ejecting section 7, and since the inner bottom plate 73 is roughly curved downward, it is easy to insert your hand under the card C. This creates a state in which the card C can be easily grasped by hand.

When the purchaser grabs and pulls out the card C, the push-out section 31 moves back and drops the next card C1 onto the card placement table 32, preparing to send out the next card C1.

Note that the 'RR' of the vacuum device 5 is cut off when the leading end of the card C reaches the card ejection lower 1.

Therefore, the vacuum device 5 will not interfere with the setting of the next card C1.

Further, since the friction groove 37 is formed on the upper surface of the extrusion portion 31, the frictional resistance with the card C1 is reduced during forward movement or backward movement, and no load is applied to the drive device 33.

In this embodiment, a notch 34 is provided at one place in the center of the front part of the card mounting table 32 (FIG. 2(A)), but the same (two notches 34 are provided at the front part at intervals). (FIG. 2(B)). Furthermore, both sides of the card mounting base 32 may be cut out to form the notches 34, or the overall board width of the card push-out member 3 may be narrowed, and both sides thereof may be cut out. In this way, by providing a plurality of notches 34, the card C can be transported stably, and the notches 34 may be formed in both sides. Constructing the portion 34 has the effect of increasing workability during manufacturing.

Further, in this embodiment, grooves are cut at t to reduce frictional resistance, but the upper surface of the extruded portion 31 may be coated with a friction reducing material N, or the friction grooves 37 may be cut,
The friction reducing material N may be coated between the friction grooves 37 and 37.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, a vacuum device is configured on the card mounting table, and the card is removed only when the card is fed out. ! Since the mounting table is adsorbed, empty feeding of the card is prevented, the purchaser can reliably purchase the card, and cards can be sold accurately and quickly in a vending machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the card feeding device, FIGS. 2(A) to (C) are plan views of the card ejecting section, and FIG. This is a perspective view of the whole with a section cut away. 2. Slope W s. Card case C. Card

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) At the bottom end of a card case that stores and stores a large number of cards, a card push-out member is provided with a stepped portion on the top surface to form a card placement stand and a card push-out portion, and this push-out member allows cards to be stacked and stored. A card dispensing mechanism for sequentially dispensing the lowest cards one by one among the cards that have been loaded, the card dispensing mechanism comprising a vacuum device on the card platform so that the cards are attracted to the card dispensing platform only when the cards are dispensing. (2) The card dispensing mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the card dispensing portion is configured to have low frictional resistance.