JP2913971B2 - Card feeding device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card feeding device incorporated in a prize dispenser or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 4 which is a partial longitudinal sectional view of a conventional card dispensing apparatus such as a prize dispensing machine, a card 1 is provided on a dispensing mechanism 2 from a bottom of the apparatus. Generally, a method of feeding out in the direction of arrow A by 3 is used. However, in this method, the weight of the cards 1 stacked on the card stocker portion 4 is always applied to the feeding claw 3 and the feeding claw reciprocating device (not shown), and the durability of these parts is reduced. In addition, if the card is damaged due to the above-mentioned weight, the card is damaged, and if the card is placed on the floor as a prize dispenser, the operability in facing the customer is reduced. There were problems such as being disturbed by the stocker unit 4 and being inconvenient. As an apparatus improved in consideration of the above problem, as shown in FIG. 5, the card feeding mechanism 2 and the card feeding claw 3 are placed on the upper part, the card stocker part 4 is placed on the lower part, and the card 1 is lifted. A device of a type which pushes up with a motor 5 has been developed and used. The operation is performed by reciprocating a feeding claw 3 (not shown) with a DC motor in a feeding portion 2 via a gear (not shown). 1 to 1
The card 1 is raised to a fixed position in accordance with the timing of feeding the sheet and feeding the elevator 5 and the DC motor.

[0003]

However, when a large number of cards are stacked, the upper part, in particular, the upper surface of the uppermost card is formed with a card.
In many cases, inclination is caused by the tolerance of the thickness of a single product or the accumulation of strain, and a simple reciprocating type feeding claw currently used often cannot be smoothly fed to the card guide 15. There has been a need for a mechanism that corrects the inclination of the card so that the card is always delivered horizontally and from a fixed position.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided a card in which a card feeding mechanism is located at an upper part and a card stocker part is located at a lower part, and the card is pushed upward by an elevator. In the card feeding device, the card feeding mechanism has a movable frame depressed by a compression spring, and is disposed below the movable frame to hold the card resiliently by the spring. A card holder, a feeding claw, and a driving unit for operating the card holders are mounted one by one on the right, and the first (top) card pushed up by the elevator is inclined. In this state, the movable card is brought into close contact with the rear surface of the movable frame, and the second card is sandwiched and held from both left and right sides of the card holder. Next, by lowering the elevator, the inclination of the first card is corrected by the movable frame which is pushed down by the compression spring and descends, and is held horizontally at a fixed position. In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the card is fed through the outlet guide with the above-mentioned feeding claw using the upper surface of the second card held horizontally by the card holder as a guide.

[0005]

When a large number of cards stacked by a card stocker elevator are pushed up, if the top surface of the top card is inclined, the card is placed on the left of the card holder. The flat claw portion of the extension claw slidably adhered to the lower surface of the bottom plate of the movable frame against the force of the compression spring applied to the movable frame passing between the projections on the right side. It comes into close contact with the lower surface and rises to a set position while being inclined integrally with the bottom plate of the movable frame. On the other hand, the second card from the top is held by the force of the spring of the card holder portion which is set to a smaller force than the compression spring.
Next, when the elevator is lowered, the movable frame stops horizontally at a position lowered to the receiving portion of the movable frame.
The elevator is further lowered to a predetermined position where the lower surface of the second card does not contact the upper surface of the third card and stopped. After the card is placed horizontally and in a fixed position in this way, the feeding claw advances and the first card is moved.
At this time, the second card is held by a card holder, and the upper surface thereof serves as a sliding guide surface of the first card to stably and surely make one card. Pull out the eye card.

[0006]

1 is a longitudinal sectional front view of a main part of a card feeding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a section A--A of a card holder in FIG. The housing 6 ′ of the feeding mechanism unit 6 located at the upper part of the − unit 4 includes:
Guide studs 8 each having a compression spring 7 as a pressing member for pressing a movable frame 9 described below are provided at four corners of the top plate 6a. The compression spring 7 is located at the bottom. Side plate 9a and bottom plate 9
b, the lower part of the guide studs 8 at the four corners is fixed to the upper surface of the bottom plate 9b of the movable frame 9 and the leading end thereof is fixed to the upper end of the guide stud 8. Are engaged with an inverted L-shaped fitting 9 'which is engaged with the upper surface of the movable frame 9. The inverted L-shaped bracket 9 'comprises a horizontal top 9'a and an upright leg 9'b, as shown in FIG. 1, and the movable frame 9 is provided with a card as described later. When pushed up in accordance with the inclination, the pin 8a of the guide stud 8 and the upper surface of the movable frame 9 may interfere with each other, or the pin 8a
Of the card 1a projecting downward from the movable frame 9
This is to provide a relief so as not to hinder the feeding of the spring. However, this is a structure as one embodiment, and the shape and size of the spring 7 must be appropriate, or use of a bellows or the like is required. It goes without saying that the inverted L-shaped fitting 9 'can be omitted. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, on the lower surface of the movable frame 9, a feeding claw portion 3 for feeding the first card 1a forward (forward in FIG. 2) and a second card 1a. A pair of card holders 11 having a deformed U-shaped cross-section having a projection 11b for holding the left and right ends of the card 1b by pressing them inward with respective springs 10 and holding the same.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3A, the feeding claw 3 is a flat plate portion 3a slidably in contact with the bottom surface 9b of the movable frame 9, and a feeding side of the flat plate portion 3a. The second card has two feeding claws 3b projecting obliquely downward from the tip on the opposite side, and when the flat plate portion 3a is moved to the feeding side, the feeding claw 3b is sandwiched by the card holder. The first card (uppermost layer) arranged on 1b is fed out. Spring 10 of card holder 11
Is connected to a shaft bar 12 having one end fixed to a card holder 11 and the other end fixed to a movable frame 9, and the left and right card holders 11 are opened by a lever 13 through a boss 11a. -Moves left and right symmetrically so as to open the door 1b. Although not shown, a drive unit such as a direct-current motor or gears for operating the feeding claw 3 and the card holder 11 is also housed in the movable frame 9, and the movable frame 9 has an elongated rib-like left and right. Movable frame receiving part 1
4 and is restrained so as not to move further downward and is held horizontally. The card exit guide 15 is provided in the feeding mechanism 6, and the elevator 5 driven by a DC motor (not shown) is provided in the stocker 4 as in FIG. The same is true. In this example,
The extension claw 3 is mounted between the back surface of the bottom plate 9b of the movable frame 9 and the upper surface of the card holder 11, but the movable frame
Of course, it may be arranged separately from the system 9.

Next, the operation of this apparatus will be described. The cards 1 stacked in the stocker section 4 are lifted by an elevator.
When the movable frame 9 is raised from the position shown in FIG. 3A to the position shown in FIG. 1a, the flat plate portion 3a of the extension claw on the lower surface of the movable frame 9 and the first card 1a are in close contact with each other, and the second card 1b is connected to the left and right cards. -Held by the projection 11b of the holder 11. This position is set such that the upper surface of the second card 1b serves as a guide surface for guiding the lower surface of the first card 1a. Also card holder 1
The force of the spring 10 that presses the one protrusion 11b against both side ends of the card 1b is set to be smaller than the force of the compression spring 7 of the guide stud 8. Next, the elevator 5 is lowered as shown in FIG.
Is stopped by the movable frame receiving portions 14 on the left and right sides by the force of the compression spring 7 and stops horizontally.
The first card 1 a is set so as to be aligned with the card exit guide 15 of the feeding mechanism 6. The third and lower cards 1 are further lowered to a position where they do not come into contact with the second card and stop at a predetermined position. Is displaced in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 while sliding on the upper surface of the card 1b and in the direction of the front of the sheet of FIG.
Immediately before the feeding is completed, the card holder release lever 13 is operated, and the left and right card holders 11 are respectively moved to the left and right against the force of the spring 10 via the boss portion 11a to move the card holders. -The card 1b is opened, and the card 1b falls on the stacked cards 1. The dropped card 1b is pushed up as the uppermost card in the next ascending stroke of the elevator 5, and is placed at the delivery position by the movable frame 9 as the elevator 5 descends next. The operation is repeated by the extension claw 3, and the above operation is repeatedly performed. The target of use of this apparatus is not limited to a card, but may be a booklet or the like.

[0009]

As described above, after the movable frame holds the card in accordance with the inclination of the card in accordance with the inclination of the card accompanying the stacking of a large number of cards, Since the card is paid out after the card is placed horizontally and in a fixed position, the card is reliably fed out stably, and the card is not damaged because a large load is not applied to the card.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional front view of a main part of an embodiment of a card feeding device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a card holder section taken along the line AA in FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C show a car according to the present invention.
It is a longitudinal section partial schematic diagram showing an operation order of a do feeder.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional front view showing a feeding portion of a conventional card feeding device.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing a feeding portion of another conventional card feeding device.

[Explanation of symbols]

[Description of Signs] 1 Card 1a Uppermost card 1b Uppermost card immediately below 3 Feeding claw 3a Flat plate 3b Feeding claw 4 Card stocker 5 Elevator 6 Feeding mechanism 6 ' Housing 6a Top plate 6b Peripheral wall 7 Compression spring 8 Guide stud 9 Movable frame 9 'Inverted L-shaped fitting 9b Movable frame bottom plate 10 Spring 11 Card holder 11a Boss portion 11b Projection portion 12 Shaft rod 13 Release lever 14 Movable Frame receiving part 15 Exit guide

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ identification code FI B65H 3/54 310 B65H 3/54 310 G07F 7/08 G07F 7/08 K (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06K 13/103 B65G 59/02 B65H 1/14 322 B65H 3/00 301 B65H 3/24 B65H 3/54 310 G07F 7/08

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A stocker containing a plurality of cards such as prepaid cards stacked vertically and pushed up by an elevator, a card outlet provided at an upper portion of the stocker, and a feeding claw. And a delivery mechanism for sequentially delivering the pushed-up card from the uppermost one, wherein the delivery mechanism comprises a plurality of cards. Cars stacked in an inclined state in the stocker due to accumulation of individual dimensional tolerances
An inclination correcting mechanism for sequentially correcting the inclination to a horizontal position from a card in an upper layer in the card, a holding mechanism for holding the card at the corrected horizontal position and sequentially feeding the card, and a feeding mechanism. A plurality of elastic pressing members that are provided at least one each on one side of the direction in which the tilt occurs and on the side opposite to the direction in which the tilt is generated, and that apply elastic pressing force from above to below; The card has a flat plate portion to be pressed, and the stacked cards are mounted on the elevator.
When pushed up by the rotor, the flat plate portion is moved upward while being inclined according to the inclination of the uppermost card against the pressing force of the elastic pressing member, and then the elasticity is lowered by lowering the elevator. A movable frame that is returned downward together with the uppermost card by the pressing force of the pressing member and is corrected to a horizontal position, wherein the holding mechanism is configured to move the movable frame during a rising stroke of the movable frame. A holding member for detachably holding the next card immediately below the uppermost card on the back surface of the arm and slidably holding and guiding the uppermost card; The uppermost card held between the movable frame and the holding member is fed out of the apparatus using the upper surface of the card immediately below the uppermost card as a guide surface. A card feeding device. 2. A stocker which houses a plurality of cards such as a prepaid card stacked vertically and which is pushed up by an elevator, a card outlet provided at an upper portion of the stocker, and a feeding claw. A feeding mechanism for sequentially feeding the pushed-up card from the uppermost one, the feeding mechanism comprising: a housing; and a top plate of the housing. A plurality of pressing members respectively mounted at positions near the payout side and the opposite side to apply elastic pressing force downward; and a movable frame constantly pressed downward by the pressing member and capable of moving up and down; The housing extends substantially inwardly and inward from a middle position between a payout side of the peripheral wall of the housing and a side opposite to the payout side, and has a front portion larger than a plane dimension of the card between respective inner ends thereof. A movable frame receiving portion for defining a gap smaller than the plane dimension of the movable frame; and a flat plate portion slidably extending from the feeding side to the opposite side on the back surface of the movable frame. And a dispensing claw portion having a downward claw on the opposite side of the dispensing side, and slightly below the dispensing claw portion, respectively, are mounted facing the dispensing side and the opposite side thereof, and are always elastically attached to each other. Pressed inwardly, the card is resiliently nipped and releasable on both sides of the card immediately below the uppermost card between respective opposing inner ends when the card is pushed up. A pair of card holders; a release lever for releasing a card sandwiched between the pair of card holders; and an unwinding and unwinding operation at a payout side of the peripheral wall below the movable frame receiving portion. An exit guide for passing the card and discharging it to the outside; And a gap between the movable frame receiving portions, when the card is pushed up by an elevator, allows a plurality of cards in an upper layer to pass through, and a bottom surface of the movable frame is provided. Is pressed by the surface of the uppermost card and is inclined following the inclination of the card. The pair of card holders is formed by the card just below the uppermost layer and the flat plate of the feeding claw. The uppermost card is held in the middle, and the movable frame is moved to a horizontal position by the joint movement of the movable frame receiving portion and the elastic force of the pressing member due to the subsequent lowering of the elevator. , The card below the card sandwiched between the pair of card holders is lowered, and the uppermost card is fed out with the card immediately below it as a guide surface. Characteristic card feeding device.