JP3269469B2 - Non-contact type IC card issuing 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 non-contact type IC for writing predetermined information on an unrecorded non-contact type IC card (hereinafter simply referred to as a card) and issuing the card as a recorded card.
It relates to a card issuing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a non-contact type IC card issuing apparatus of this type includes a card sending unit for sending out stored unrecorded cards one by one, and an information writing unit for writing information to the sent unrecorded cards. And a card storage unit for storing recorded cards. The card transport path provided in the information writing unit is provided with a pair of upper and lower belts which are stretched between a pair of rollers and are in contact with each other, and the pair of belts sandwich the front and back in the thickness direction of the card, The card is conveyed integrally following the running of the belt. The card conveyed from the card sending unit by these belts is temporarily held in the information writing unit and stopped, and after predetermined information is written, is conveyed again and stored in the card storage unit.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional non-contact type IC card issuing apparatus, a belt for conveying the card, a roller for stretching the belt, and a motor for rotating the roller are provided. Is required. For this reason, not only was the structure complicated and the device increased in size, but also the number of parts was increased and the manufacturing cost was increased.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a non-contact type IC card issuance apparatus which has a simplified structure, which can reduce the size of the apparatus and reduce the manufacturing cost. Is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card sending section for sending out stored unrecorded IC cards one by one, and a card sending section for sending out the IC card from the card sending section. An information writing unit for writing information to an unrecorded IC card, a card transport path provided in the information writing unit for transporting the IC card by sliding down the IC card by its own weight, and information being written by the information writing unit In a non-contact type IC card issuing device comprising a card storage unit for storing recorded IC cards, a lock in which the upper end of the tip of an IC card rotatably supported and slid down in the card transport path abuts. And a holding member for temporarily holding a sliding IC card having a vertical portion with which the tip of the IC card is in contact, and urging the holding member to lock the locking portion and the vertical portion with the card And biasing means for advancing the sending passage, in which a retracting means for retracting the holding member from the card conveying path against the biasing force of the biasing means. Therefore, the upper end of the tip of the IC card that slides down contacts the locking portion of the holding member, and the collision force of the IC card against the holding member is gradually absorbed. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the rotation center of the holding member is vertically moved vertically above a pair of contact points between the upper end of the front end of the IC card and the locking portion of the holding member. It is provided on the opposite side of the rotation direction of the holding member from the line. Therefore, when the holding member rotates, the IC card does not catch on the locking portion of the holding member. The invention according to claim 3 is the same as the claim 1.
In the invention according to the second aspect, a plurality of the card storage sections are provided, and a card storage section in which an IC card is stored is selected from the plurality of card storage sections depending on the contents written in the information writing section. . Therefore, a plurality of types of recorded cards can be issued continuously.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a non-contact type IC card issuing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, FIG. 3 is a side view showing an enlarged view of a card sending section, and FIG. FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a card sending section showing a state in which the card is sent. 5A and 5B are enlarged side views of the stopper portion of the information writing section, wherein FIG. 5A shows a state in which the stopper is retracted from the card transport path, and FIG. This shows a state in which the vehicle has advanced into a road. FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view showing a state in which the card abuts against the stopper. FIG. 6A shows a state in which the card has begun to abut on the stopper, and FIG. Indicates a stopped state.

In FIG. 1, a card issuing apparatus generally designated by reference numeral 1 includes a card sending section 2 for sending stored unrecorded cards 5 one by one, and a sent unrecorded card 5.
And a card storage unit 4 for storing the recorded card 5 written by the information writing unit 3.

Next, the card sending section 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2,
Reference numeral 10 denotes a rectangular base in plan view, and a pair of left and right frames 11, 11 are erected on the base 10 so as to face each other.
The upper ends of the frames 11, 11 are formed so that the front side (in the direction of arrow A) is inclined downward by an angle α. On the upper end side of these frames 11, 11, a substrate 12
The front side of the substrate 12 also has an angle α.
It only slopes down.

A frame 14 is mounted on the rear side of the substrate 12 so as to stand upright. As shown in FIG.
Thus, a U-shape is formed in plan view, and the front side is open. A card storage unit 20 is provided on the upper rear part of the frame 14.
Reference numeral 0 denotes a bottomed rectangular tube having an upper opening by a front plate 17 closing a front opening and a bottom plate 18 closing a lower opening.

A gauge plate 19 is attached to a lower portion of the front plate 17, and a height between the gauge plate 19 and the bottom plate 18 is larger than the thickness of one card 5 and smaller than the thickness of two cards. A card outlet 21 is provided. A pair of upper and lower guide members 24 and 25 are mounted between the side plates 15 and 15 of the frame 15 in front of the card outlet 21. The pair of guide members 24, 25
The card delivery path 2 communicating with the card outlet 21
The height of the card delivery path 23 is slightly larger than the thickness of one card 5.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a delivery roller facing the card delivery path 23, which is provided in the vicinity of the card take-out port 21, and the delivery roller 26 is provided on a shaft 2 suspended between the side plates 15, 15.
7 rotatably supported. A pinch roller 28 contacts the delivery roller 26 with the card delivery path 23 interposed therebetween, and the delivery roller 26 has a motor 29 through a belt 31.
Is transmitted.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a substantially U-shaped lever having a pair of arms, which is supported so as to be swingable about a shaft 27 as a swing center, and which is always driven by a biasing means (not shown). It is urged to rotate clockwise in FIG. One arm 32 of this lever 32
The take-out roller 33 is rotatably supported by a, and the rotation of the delivery roller 26 is transmitted to the take-out roller 33 via a belt 34. One end of a link member 37 is pivotally connected to the other arm 32b of the lever 32 via a pin 37a, and a plunger 36 of an electromagnetic solenoid 35 is attached to the other arm 32b. In contact. The above-described take-out roller 33 includes the lever 3
The clockwise rotation of 2 causes the plunger 36 of the electromagnetic solenoid 35 to move forward, moving away from the lowermost card 5A of the unrecorded card 5 stored in the card storage unit 20,
The lever 32 rotates counterclockwise so that the lever 32 comes into contact with the card 5A.

One end of a push lever 38 is pivotally connected to the other end of the link member 37 via a pin 37b, and the push lever 38 pivots a shaft 39 suspended between the both side plates 15, 15 as a swing center. The other end is provided with an extruding member 40 facing the lowermost card 5A. Therefore, when the plunger 36 of the electromagnetic solenoid 35 advances and the lever 32 rotates counterclockwise,
The pushing lever 38 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 39 via the link member 37, and the pushing member 40 pushes the card 5A in the direction of arrow A. 4
Reference numeral 1 denotes a switch facing the lowermost card 5A, which detects the presence or absence of the card 5 in the card storage unit 20.

The card sending unit 2 includes three pairs of sensors S
1, S2, and S3 are provided, and the sensor S1 is positioned close to the front of the card outlet 21 and the sensor S2
Is positioned in front of and near the contact between the delivery roller 26 and the pinch roller 28, and the sensor S3 is connected to the card delivery path 23.
Is located at the end.

Next, the information writing section 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 5 and 6. In the information writing section 3, a pair of left and right side plates 45, 45 is provided upright so as to face the substrate 12 so as to be connected to the both side plates 15, 15 of the frame 14 described above. These side plates 45, 45
A pair of upper and lower guide members 46 and 47 formed of a synthetic resin are attached between the guide members.
6, 47, a card transport path 48 is formed.
The card transport path 48 is connected to the above-described card delivery path 23, and together with the card delivery path 23, the front side (in the direction of arrow A) is inclined downward by an angle α.

Immediately below the lower guide member 47, an information read / write unit 49 having an antenna portion 49a is provided. The information read / write unit 49 is used to position an IC card positioned in a card transport path 48 above the unit 49. 5 can be read and written. In this case, since the lower guide member 47 interposed between the antenna portion 49a and the card transport path 48 is formed of synthetic resin, the antenna portion 4
There is no influence on the radio waves communicated between 9a and the card 5.

As shown in FIG. 5, a stopper 50 is provided at the end of the card transport path 48 so as to be swingable about a shaft 51 as a swing center. An operating portion 50c is formed by a stopper 50a and a vertical portion 50b. The pin 5 implanted above the stopper 50
The stopper 50 is urged to rotate counterclockwise in FIG. 5 about the shaft 51 by the compression coil spring 53 hooked on the stopper 2. Numeral 54 denotes an electromagnetic solenoid, in which a plunger 55 is in contact with a pin 52, and when the pin 52 moves forward, the stopper 50 rotates against the urging force of the compression coil spring 53 about the shaft 51 as a center of rotation. It is configured to rotate in the direction.

In such a configuration, when the plunger 55 of the electromagnetic solenoid 54 is retracted, the stopper 50 rotates counterclockwise, and the locking portion 50a advances into the card transport path 48. . At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, the locking portion 50a is formed so that the rear portion (in the direction opposite to the arrow A) is inclined upward by an angle β with respect to the transport surface of the card transport path 48. I have. Therefore,
As described later, as shown in FIG. 6A, only the upper end of the leading end of the card 5A conveyed by sliding down the card conveying path 48 comes into contact with the locking portion 50a at the point D. Also,
The shaft 51, which is the center of rotation of the stopper 50, is positioned behind a vertical line G drawn vertically upward from point D.

As shown in FIG. 1, the information writing section 3 is provided with four pairs of sensors S4 to S7. The sensor S4 is provided at the entrance of the card transport path 48,
5 is positioned close to and behind the stopper 50, and the sensor S6 is provided at the end of the card transport path 48;
Is positioned on the rotation locus of the operating portion 50c of the stopper 50, as shown in FIG.

Next, the card storage section 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. The card storage unit 4 has a movable table 60 and arrows BC on the movable table 60.
A good card storage cylinder 61 and a bad card storage cylinder 62 are arranged and fixed in the direction. The movable table 60 is formed in a U-shape when viewed from the side, and a pair of rails 63, 63 are fixed to the inside of both sides so as to extend in the directions of arrows BC. A pair of guides 64, 64 fixed to the bracket 10 via a bracket (not shown) are supported via bearings (not shown). Therefore, the movable table 60 is supported by these guides 64, 64 so as to be movable in the directions of arrows BC, and the good card storage cylinder 61 and the defective card storage cylinder 62 are connected to the card transport path of the information writing unit 3 described above. It is configured to correspond to 48 outlets.

The good card storage cylinder 61 and the defective card storage cylinder 62 are formed in the shape of a square with a bottom and open at the top. Guide member 6 to be introduced into 61 and 62
5, 65 are provided respectively. As shown in FIG. 2, a detection piece 66 is attached to the movable table 60,
The base 10 is provided with two sensors S <b> 8 and S <b> 9 separated from each other in the directions of arrows B and C for detecting the detection piece 66. When the good card storage cylinder 61 corresponds to the card transport path 48, the detection piece 66 is detected by the sensor S8, the movable table 60 moves in the direction of arrow B, and the defective card storage cylinder 62 moves.
Corresponds to the card transport path 48, the detection piece 66 is detected by the sensor S9.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 68 denotes a motor which is driven to rotate in forward and reverse directions, and is rotatably supported on a pulley 69 mounted on a motor shaft of the motor 68 and a base 10 via a bracket. Belt 7 between the pulley 70
1 is stretched. This belt 71 is movable table 6
It extends in the direction of arrow BC below 0, and its substantially central portion is fixed to the bottom of the movable table 60 via a bracket 72. Accordingly, by driving the motor 68 and running the belt 71 in the direction of the arrow BC, the movable table 60 is guided by the above-described guide 64 and the BC
Move in one direction. 74 is a control board for controlling each component of the card issuing apparatus 1, 75 is a counter for counting the number of good cards issued, and 76 is a breaker.

Next, the operation of issuing a card in the card issuing apparatus having such a configuration will be described. In advance, the movable table 60 is in a state shown in FIG. 2, that is, a state in which the good card storage cylinder 61 corresponds to the card transport path 48 of the information writing unit 3. In FIG. 3, the presence or absence of the card 5 in the card storage unit 20 is detected by the switch 41, and when the card 5A in the lowermost layer is detected, the motor 29 is driven,
The delivery roller 26 and the take-out roller 33 rotate. At the same time, the electromagnetic solenoid 35 operates and the plunger 36
Moves forward, the lever 32 rotates counterclockwise in the figure around the shaft 27, and as shown in FIG. 4, the take-out roller 33 comes into contact with the lowermost card 5A. Further, since the pushing lever 38 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 39 via the link member 37, the lowermost card 5A is pressed by the pressing member 40 in the direction of arrow A, and the card outlet 21 is pressed. From the card delivery path 23.

The extruded lowermost card 5A is confirmed by the sensor S1 to have passed through the card take-out slot 21, is sent to the sending-out roller 26 by the taking-out roller 33, and is sent by the sending-out roller 26 and the pinch roller 28 to the arrow A. Sent in the direction. When the tip of the card 5A is detected by the sensor S2, the plunger 36 of the electromagnetic solenoid 35 is retracted, and as shown in FIG.
7 rotates clockwise around the center of rotation, so that the take-out roller 33 is separated from the lowermost card of the stored cards 5. At the same time, the pushing lever 38 rotates clockwise about the shaft 39, and the pressing member 40 releases the pressing of the lowermost card, so that the taking in of the second card is temporarily interrupted.

When the rear end of the card 5A passes through the sensor S2, the rotation of the motor 29 is stopped. Thereafter, the card 5A slides down in the card delivery path 23 by its own weight, and the card transport path 48 of the information writing section 3 is moved. Introduced within. The card 5A introduced into the card transport path 48 also slides down in the direction of arrow A by its own weight, and when the rear end of the card 5A passes the sensor S3, it is confirmed that the card has passed the card delivery path 23, and the sensor S4 This confirms that the card has been introduced into the card transport path 48.

At this time, the plunger 55 of the electromagnetic solenoid 54 of the information writing unit 3 is retracted, and the stopper 50
Is rotated counterclockwise about the shaft 51 by the urging force of the compression coil spring 53, and the locking portion 50 a has advanced into the card transport path 48. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the upper end of the leading end of the card 5A comes into contact with the point D of the locking portion 50a, and the card 5A slides down in the card transport path 48. Is slightly rotated clockwise around the shaft 51 against the urging force of the compression coil spring 53. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 3B, the card 5A slightly moves in the direction of arrow A, and the upper end of the tip of the stopper 50 is locked by the locking portion 50a.
And stops at point E.

As described above, when the card 5A sliding down in the direction of the arrow A comes into contact with the stopper 50, the stopper 50
Pivots slightly against the urging force of the compression coil spring 53, and stops slightly after the card 5A moves slightly from point D to point E where the card 5A first comes into contact, so that the card 5A collides with the stopper 50. Power is gradually absorbed. Therefore, when the card 5A comes into contact with the stopper 50, the rebound of the card 5A is regulated, so that the writing failure at the time of information writing by the information reading / writing unit 49 is reduced. Also, without the card 5A repeatedly bouncing,
By stopping immediately, the information read / write unit 4
9 can be started immediately. Therefore, the information writing time can be minimized, and the number of sheets issued per unit time can be increased. Also, the sliding speed of the card 5A is high, and when the card 5A contacts the stopper 50, the stopper 5
Even when the amount of rotation of 0 is large, the card 5A abuts on the vertical portion 50b, so that the card 5A is not erroneously stored in the card storage unit 4 in an unrecorded state.

When it is confirmed in S5 that the card 5A is stopped by the stopper 50, predetermined information is written to the card 5A via the antenna 49a of the information read / write unit 49. When the writing of information in the information writing section 3 is completed, the plunger 55 of the electromagnetic solenoid 54 moves forward and presses the pin 52 as shown in FIG. It turns clockwise around the shaft 51 against the force. At this time, the shaft 51, which is the center of rotation of the stopper 50, is to the right of the vertical line G vertically upward from the contact points D, E between the card 5A and the locking portion 50a, that is, the rotation direction of the stopper 50. , The rotation locus F of the point E points upward, and the front of the card 5A is opened. For this reason, the stopper 50 rotates clockwise and the locking portion 50a
After the lock between the card 5A and the card 5A is released, the card 5A smoothly slides down in the card transport path 48 without being caught by the locking portion 50a, thereby preventing card jamming. The rotation of the stopper 50 clockwise indicates that the operating portion 50c
Is confirmed by the sensor S7, and the fact that the card 5A is stored in the good card storage cylinder 61 is confirmed by the sensor S6.

Here, as a result of checking the information written in the information writing section 3 by the information reading / writing unit 49, if the predetermined information is not written, the control section of the control board 74 checks the defective card. Is determined.
In this case, the motor 68 is driven, the belt 71 travels in the direction of arrow B, the movable table 60 also moves in the direction of arrow B, and the detection piece 66 is detected by the sensor S9. Is stopped, and the defective card storage cylinder 62 corresponds to the card transport path 48 of the information writing unit 3. Therefore, the defective card is stored in the defective card storage cylinder 62, so that the issuing operation is not stopped,
A good card and a bad card can be sorted out, so that the work time for issuing can be shortened.

In the present embodiment, the card delivery path 23 of the card delivery section 2 is also inclined at the same inclination α as the card transport path 48 of the card writing section 3; , Or in a horizontal state. In addition, although the card storage unit 4 is the good card storage cylinder 61 and the bad card storage cylinder 62, the present invention is not limited to this, and the card storage unit 4 may be sorted according to the writing contents of the information of the good card. Further, three or more card storage cylinders 61 and 62 may be provided, and the card storage unit 4 is moved as a distribution method, but the card storage unit 4 is moved between the card writing unit 3 and the card storage unit 4. A dividing means may be provided, and various design changes are possible. Also,
Although the card 5 is transported with the thickness direction up and down, the card 5 may be transported with the width direction up and down.

[0031]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the upper end of the tip of the IC card that slides down abuts the locking portion of the holding member, and the collision force of the IC card against the holding member gradually decreases. As a result, when the IC card comes into contact with the holding member, the rebound of the IC card is regulated, writing errors during information writing are reduced. Also, the information writing operation can be started quickly by stopping the IC card quickly without repeating the bouncing. Therefore, the information writing time can be minimized, and the number of sheets issued per unit time can be increased.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the holding member rotates, the IC card does not catch on the locking portion of the holding member, so that card jamming is prevented.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, a plurality of types of recorded cards can be issued continuously, so that the work time for issuing can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing a schematic configuration of a non-contact type IC card issuing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a non-contact type IC card issuing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view showing a card sending section in the non-contact type IC card issuing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a card sending section showing an enlarged state of sending out a card in the non-contact type IC card issuing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view showing a stopper portion of the information writing section in the non-contact type IC card issuing device according to the present invention, and FIG. 5A shows a state in which the stopper is retracted from the card transport path. FIG. 2B shows a state in which the stopper has advanced into the card transport path.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side view showing a state in which the card is in contact with the stopper in the non-contact type IC card issuing device according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4B shows a state in which the card is stopped by the stopper.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Card issuing device, 2 ... Card sending part, 3 ... Information writing part, 4 ... Card storage part, 5 ... Non-contact type IC card, 20
... Card storage unit, 48 ... Card transport path, 49 ... Information read / write unit, 49a ... Antenna unit, 50 ... Stopper,
50a: locking portion, 53: compression coil spring, 54: electromagnetic solenoid, 60: movable table, 61: good card storage cylinder, 62: defective card storage cylinder, 63: rail, 68: motor, 71: belt.

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-8-77309 (JP, A) JP-A-6-176225 (JP, A) JP-A-60-153589 (JP, A) JP-A-6-153589 301846 (JP, A) JP-A-5-274458 (JP, A) JP-A-9-251520 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06K 17/00 G06K 7 / 00-7/14 G06K 13/00-13/30

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A and the card delivery section for feeding one by one the accumulated unrecorded IC card, and the information writing section for writing information in an unrecorded IC card fed from the card sending unit, the information writing Of the IC card
Card transport path for transporting IC cards by downhill
The recorded I on which the information is written by the information writing unit
Non-contact type I consisting of a card storage section for storing C cards
Rotate in the card transport path in the C card issuing device
The upper end of the tip of an IC card that is freely supported and slides down
And the vertical part where the tip of the IC card contacts
Holding member for temporarily holding an IC card that slides down
And urging the holding member to lock the locking portion and the vertical portion.
Urging means to advance into the card transport path;
The holding member is retracted from the card transport path against the urging force.
Non-contact type IC having an evacuation means for moving
Card issuing device. 2. A non-contact type IC card issuance according to claim 1.
In the apparatus, the center of rotation of the holding member is set to an IC card
From the opposite contact point between the upper end of the tip of
Provided on the opposite side to the direction of rotation of the holding member from the vertical line just above
A non-contact type IC card issuance device. 3. A non-contact type IC card issuing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, provided a plurality of said card receiving portion, IC by writing the contents of the information writing section from these plurality of card storage portion A non-contact type IC card issuing device, wherein a card storage section for storing a card is selected.