JP3848174B2 - Card processing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a card processing apparatus installed in a financial institution.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, an automatic transaction apparatus installed in a financial institution is equipped with a card processing apparatus having a function of issuing a new card to a customer who uses a loan or a customer who uses a prepaid card.
[0003]
The card processing device transports a card taken in from the card insertion slot or a new card fed out from the card cassette along the card transport path, performs data processing, and discharges it to the card insertion slot.
[0004]
The card transport path is linear, and has card insertion openings and card cassettes for storing new cards at both ends, and a card processing section is arranged along the card transport path. Accordingly, the card insertion slot is provided in the state of protruding to the customer side above the customer operation surface.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the conventional card processing apparatus, the card insertion slot is provided in the state of projecting to the customer side above the customer operation surface, so that the customer operation surface is blocked by a casing with a line of sight projected for a tall person. There was a problem that it was difficult to see.
[0006]
It is an object of the present invention to provide a card processing device with a short depth in which a customer's line of sight looking at a customer operation surface is not obstructed by a housing having a card insertion slot.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, in the card processing apparatus of the present invention, the card transport path is:
And a first conveying path and the second transport path intersecting, the connecting portion between the second conveyance path having a first conveying path and the card insertion slot having a data processing unit, equipped with card A card transport direction changing section for changing the transport direction and feeding the card to the second transport path or the first transport path.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the element common to each drawing.
[0009]
1 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of the card processing apparatus shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 2 is a front view of the card processing apparatus including a partially broken portion, and FIG. 4 is an AA cross-sectional view of the card rotation unit shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram when the first transport path and the second transport path are connected, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing when a conveyance path and a 3rd conveyance path are connected.
[0010]
The card processing apparatus 1 is provided with a card insertion slot 3 on the front surface of the housing 2 so as to face the customer, and a customer operation unit such as a touch panel 4 is provided at the bottom of the card insertion slot 3 so as to project to the customer side. is there.
[0011]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a card transport path 8 including a first transport path 5, a second transport path 6, and a third transport path 7 is provided inside the housing 2. Each conveyance path includes an upper guide 9 and a lower guide 10 and includes feed rollers 11 and 12.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 2, the first transfer path 5 reads / writes data written on a card 13 (hereinafter, a card taken in from the card insertion slot 3 is referred to as 13a and a new card is referred to as 13b). Card processing unit 14 is provided, and extends in a direction intersecting with the card insertion direction, for example, a direction orthogonal thereto.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 5, the second transport path 6 includes a card rotation unit 15 that rotates the card 13 a as a card transport direction changing unit that changes the transport direction of the card 13 a taken in from the card insertion slot 3. As shown in FIG. 6, a card cassette 17 for storing a new card (for example, a loan card or a prepaid card) 13b is provided in the third transport path 7.
[0014]
The second conveyance path 6 and the third conveyance path 7 are provided on a frame (not shown) that rotates around the rotation support shaft 16 with a predetermined angle θ in the overlapping direction. The rotation support shaft 16 is provided with a gear (not shown) and is driven to rotate by a motor described later.
[0015]
The second transport path 6 and the third transport path 7 are rotated about the rotation support shaft 16, whereby the card rotating unit 15 and the card cassette 17 are switched as shown in FIGS. It connects with the conveyance path 5 of.
[0016]
The card rotation unit 15 constitutes a part of the second transport path 6 and, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, card guides 20 and 21 are provided between the discs of the disc-shaped upper guide 18 and the lower guide 19. It is integrated. A rotating shaft 22 is fixed to the central portion of the lower guide 19, and is driven by a driving source 23 fixed to a frame (not shown) that rotates about the rotating support shaft 16 together with the second transport path 6. Rotate.
[0017]
Feed rollers 24 and 25 are arranged along the card guides 20 and 21 in the upper guide 18, and shafts 24 a and 25 a that rotate integrally with the feed rollers 24 and 25 are rotatable to U-shaped brackets 26 and 27. Is provided. Pressure rollers 28 and 29 are arranged in pressure contact with the feed rollers 24 and 25 in the lower guide 19, and shafts 28 a and 29 a that rotate integrally with the pressure rollers 28 and 29 are rotatable to U-shaped brackets 30 and 31. Is provided.
[0018]
Pulleys (not shown) are provided on the shafts 24a and 25a of the feed rollers 24 and 25, respectively, and a belt 32 is stretched through the pulleys.
[0019]
A drive portion 33 is provided at the shaft end of the shaft 24 a and rotationally drives the feed rollers 24 and 25 and the pressure rollers 28 and 29 via the belt 32.
[0020]
As shown in FIG. 1, a card taking-in box 34 for taking in a card determined to be inappropriate by the card processing unit 14 is provided at the lower part of the card rotating unit 15, and a taking-in card guide plate 35 is provided on the lower surface of the lower guide 19. Is fixed.
[0021]
The card cassette 17 is provided in the upper guide 9 of the first card conveyance path 5, and a new card 13 b is fed out to the third conveyance path 7 by a feed roller 36 provided in the lower guide 10.
[0022]
FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of the card processing apparatus shown in FIG. The control unit 40 includes a central processing unit 40a (hereinafter referred to as CPU 40a), a memory 40b, and an I / O port 40c. The CPU 40a is connected to the touch panel 4, the first motor 41, the second motor 42, the third motor 43, the fourth motor 44, the fifth motor 45, the sixth motor 46, the first motor 46 through the I / O port 40c. The first card sensor 47, the second card sensor 48, the third card sensor 49, the data reading head 14a, and the data writing head 14b are connected.
[0023]
When the first motor 41 is energized, the frame provided with the second conveyance path 6 and the third conveyance path 7 is rotated. When the second motor 42 is energized, the feed roller 11 in the first transport path 5 is rotationally driven, and when the third motor 43 is energized, the feed roller 11 is rotationally driven in the second transport path. .
[0024]
When the fourth motor 44 is energized, the feed roller 11 of the third transport path 7 is rotationally driven, and the fifth motor 45 is provided in the drive source 23 of the card rotating unit 15 and is energized. The card rotating unit 15 is rotated. The sixth motor 46 is provided in the drive source 33 of the card rotating unit 15 and rotates the feed rollers 24 and 25 when energized.
[0025]
The first card sensor 47 is provided in the card insertion slot 3 to detect insertion of the card 13a, and the second card sensor 48 is provided in the card rotation unit 15 to determine whether the card 13a has reached the card rotation unit 15. Then, the third card sensor 49 is provided in the card taking-in box 34 to detect whether a card that is not properly processed is taken into the card taking-in box 34. The data reading head 14 a and the data writing head 14 b are provided in the data processing unit 14 of the first transport path 5.
[0026]
Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 is a flowchart (1) showing the operation of the card processing device shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 9 is a flowchart (2) showing the operation of the card processing device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 10 is a card processing shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram (2) of the card processing apparatus shown in FIG.
[0027]
In step S1, the CPU 40a checks whether or not a new card is issued via the touch panel 4. If the new card is issued, the process branches to step S13, and if not, the process branches to step S2.
[0028]
In step S2, the CPU 40a energizes the first motor 41 to position the second transport path 6 at the card insertion slot 3 as shown in FIG. 10A, and as shown in FIG. 15 is connected to the first transport path 5.
[0029]
In step S3, the CPU 40a checks whether or not the card 13a is inserted into the card insertion slot 3 via the first card sensor 47. If the card 13a is inserted into the card insertion slot 3, the process branches to step S4. .
[0030]
In step S4, the CPU 40a drives the third motor 43 and the sixth motor 46 to convey the card 13a in the direction of arrow B as shown in FIG.
[0031]
In step S5, the CPU 40a detects whether or not the card 13a has reached the card rotation unit 15 via the second card sensor 48. If the card 13a has reached the card rotation unit 15, the third motor 43 and the sixth motor 46 are stopped, and the process branches to step S6.
[0032]
In step S6, the CPU 40a drives the fifth motor 45 to rotate the card rotating unit 15 in the direction of arrow D as shown in FIG. 5, thereby changing the direction of the card 13a by 90 degrees.
[0033]
In step S7, the CPU 40a drives the second motor 42 and the sixth motor 46 to convey the card 13a in the direction of arrow F.
[0034]
In step S8, the CPU 40a checks whether the data processing is properly performed via the data reading head 14a and the data writing head 14b. If the data processing is properly performed, the process branches to step S9. In that case, the process branches to step S15.
[0035]
In step S9, the CPU 40a rotates the second motor 42 and the sixth motor 46 in the reverse direction to convey the card 13a in the direction of arrow G as shown in FIG.
[0036]
In step S10, the CPU 40a detects whether or not the card 13a has reached the card rotation unit 15 via the second card sensor 48. If the card 13a has reached the card rotation unit 15, the second motor 42 and the sixth motor 46 are stopped and the process branches to step S11.
[0037]
In step S11, the CPU 40a drives the fifth motor 45 to rotate the card rotating unit 15 in the direction of arrow E as shown in FIG. 5, thereby changing the direction of the card 13a by 90 degrees.
[0038]
In step S12, the CPU 40a drives the third motor 43 and the sixth motor 46 to convey the card 13a in the direction of arrow C and discharge it to the card insertion slot 3 as shown in FIG.
[0039]
When branching from step S1 to step S13, the CPU 40a energizes the first motor 41 to move the card cassette 17 to the first transport path as shown in FIGS. 6, 10B, and 11B. 5 is connected.
[0040]
In step S14, the CPU 40a rotates the second motor 42 and the fourth motor 44 to carry the new card 13b in the direction of arrow F as shown in FIG. 5, and branches to step S5.
[0041]
When branching from step S8 to step S15, the CPU 40a energizes the first motor 41 to rotate the frame, and as shown in FIG. 10C and FIG. It is connected to one transport path 5.
[0042]
In step S16, the CPU 40a rotates the second motor 42 and the sixth motor 46 in the reverse direction and conveys the card 13a in the direction of arrow G as shown in FIG.
[0043]
In step S17, the CPU 40a checks whether or not the card 13a has been taken into the take-in box 34 via the third card sensor 49. If the card 13a has been taken into the card take-in box 34, the second motor 42 and The sixth motor 46 is stopped and the process branches to step S13.
[0044]
In this embodiment, the second conveyance path 6 provided with the card rotation unit 15 and the third conveyance path 7 provided with the card cassette 17 are provided to be rotatable. However, the third conveyance path 7 is deleted. The second transport path 6 is fixed, a card cassette 17 and a card take-in box 34 are provided adjacent to the card rotating unit 15, and the card rotating unit 15 is rotated to receive a new card from the card cassette 17. A card that has been transported to the first transport path 5 having the processing section 14 and has been properly processed by the data processing section 14 is taken into the card rotation section 15 from the first transport path 5, and the card rotation section 15 is rotated to rotate the card. 2 is discharged to the card insertion slot 3 through the conveyance path 6.
[0045]
Alternatively, the card taken in from the card insertion slot 3 through the second transport path 6 is taken into the card rotation unit 15, the card rotation unit 15 is rotated and transported to the first transport path 5, and the data processing unit 14 A card that has been properly processed is taken into the card rotation unit 15 from the first conveyance path 5, and the card rotation unit 15 is rotated and discharged to the card insertion slot 3 through the second conveyance path 6.
[0046]
Alternatively, the card that could not be properly processed by the data processing unit 14 may be taken into the card rotation unit 15 from the first transport path 5, and the card rotation unit 15 may be rotated and discharged into the card loading box 34. In this case, it is not necessary to rotate the second transport path 6, and the mechanism is simplified.
[0047]
In the present embodiment, the number of the card cassette 17 is one. However, as shown in FIG. 12, a second card cassette 50 and a third card cassette 51 are arranged adjacent to the card rotating unit 15, and a new card cassette 17 is provided. You may make it pay | pay out a card | curd to the 1st conveyance path 5 via the card | curd rotation part 15. FIG. In this case, the card cassettes 50 and 51 may store cards corresponding to various purposes, such as loan cards and prepaid cards, respectively.
[0048]
In this case, since many new cards can be stored in the apparatus, it is not necessary to store new cards frequently in the apparatus, and various cards can be issued by one apparatus according to the purpose.
[0049]
Further, in the present embodiment, the second transport path 6 and the third transport path 7 are provided to rotate, but the second transport path 6 and the third transport path 7 are provided in parallel, The card rotating unit 15 and the card cassette 17 may be connected to the first transport path 5 by being able to move up and down in parallel.
[0050]
【The invention's effect】
Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
[0051]
By providing the card transport direction changing section at the connecting section between the first transport path having the data processing section and the second transport path having the card insertion slot, the second transport path can be shortened, and the card Since the insertion slot can be provided on the top of the customer operation surface without protruding to the customer side, there is no risk that the customer's line of sight looking at the customer operation surface will be blocked by the housing having the card insertion slot. Improve.
[0052]
Further, since the depth of the apparatus is shortened, the apparatus can be miniaturized and the arrangement space of the apparatus can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the card processing apparatus shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 2 is a front view of a card processing apparatus including a partially broken portion.
FIG. 3 is a front view of a card rotation unit.
4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of the card rotation unit shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram when a first transport path and a second transport path are connected.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram when a first transport path and a third transport path are connected.
FIG. 7 is a control block diagram of the card processing device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart (1) showing an operation of the card processing device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart (2) showing an operation of the card processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
10 is an operation explanatory diagram (1) of the card processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1; FIG.
FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory diagram (2) of the card processing device shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 12 is a plan view of a card processing device according to a modification.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card processing apparatus 5 1st conveyance path 6 2nd conveyance path 8 Card conveyance path 15 Card rotation part

Claims (6)

In a card processing device that transports a card taken in from a card insertion slot or a card fed out from a card cassette containing a card to a data processing unit along the card transport path, and discharges the card after data processing.
The card transport path has a first transport path and a second transport path that intersect,
The card is mounted on the connecting portion between the first transport path having the data processing section and the second transport path having the card insertion slot to change the transport direction, and the card is transferred to the second transport path. Or the card conveyance direction change part which pays out to a 1st conveyance path,
The card transport path is disposed in a direction overlapping the third transport path with the second transport path and is provided so as to be shiftable with respect to the first transport path.
The card processing apparatus, wherein the shift connects the first transport path and the third transport path. In a card processing device that transports a card taken in from a card insertion slot or a card fed out from a card cassette containing a card to a data processing unit along the card transport path, and discharges the card after data processing.
The card transport path has a first transport path and a second transport path that intersect,
The card is mounted on the connecting portion between the first transport path having the data processing section and the second transport path having the card insertion slot to change the transport direction, and the card is transferred to the second transport path. Alternatively, a card transport direction changing portion that feeds out to the first transport path is provided.
The card transport path is further arranged in a direction overlapping the second transport path with the third transport path having the card cassette and is provided so as to be shiftable with respect to the first transport path.
The connection part of the 2nd conveyance path connected with the 1st conveyance path by shift is provided with the card conveyance direction change part, and the connection part of the 3rd conveyance path connected with the 1st conveyance path by shift A card processing apparatus comprising the card cassette. The card according to claim 1, further comprising a card taking-in part adjacent to the card transport direction changing part, and taking in a card from which the data processing is not properly performed into the card taking part from the card transport direction changing part. -A processing device.  The second transport path is a predetermined frame together with the third transport path on a frame that is rotatable about a pivot shaft provided at a position facing the card insertion slot across the card transport direction changing portion. 3. The card processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the card processing apparatus is provided with an angle of. 5. The card transport direction changing unit according to claim 4, wherein a card taking-in unit is arranged at a lower portion, and a card that is not appropriately processed by the data processing unit is taken into the card taking-in unit from the first transport path. Card processing device. The card processing device according to claim 5, wherein the card transport direction changing section is provided adjacent to a second card cassette for feeding out a new card.

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