JP5221707B2 - Card reversing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a card reversing device for reversing a card body.

  Conventionally, the front and back surfaces of the card body are set. When a plurality of cards are handled, the card body facing the front surface and the card body facing the back surface are mixed.

  When processing such a card, it is necessary to unify the orientation of the card body, and as the reversing device, a device that reverses the card body by bending the card body along a roller is considered. It is done.

  However, in a card body in which a chip such as a resin RFID chip is built, there is a possibility that the built-in chip may be damaged when it is curved along the roller. In addition, in a thick and hard card body, there are concerns about cracks and the like.

  In the case of such a card body, there is a problem that it cannot be reversed.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card reversing device that can be reversed without bending.

In the card reversing device of the present invention to solve the above problems, by inverting the supplied card body from the upstream side to a card reversing device provided with a reversing mechanism for discharging downstream, the reversing The mechanism includes a card holding portion that holds the card body supplied from the upstream side, and a rotation center axis for rotating the card holding portion extends along the card body held by the card holding portion. to together to extend in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the card body, by inverting the front and back of the card body which is held in the card holding unit dischargeable to be configured in accordance with the rotation of the card holder, before The position of the rotation center axis in the thickness direction of the card body held by the card holding part is configured to coincide with the holding position of the card body held by the card holding part. The rotation A front / back reversing portion that rotates about a mandrel and a front / rear rotating portion that is rotatably supported by the front / back reversing portion and is provided with the card holding portion, and holds the card at the rotation center of the front / rear rotating portion. The card body is configured to extend in the orthogonal direction with respect to the card body held by the card, and can be discharged by reversing the front and back of the card body held by the card holding part by rotating the front-rear rotating part. The front / back reversing part is composed of a bottom surface that supports the front / rear rotating part and side walls that are set up on both sides of the bottom surface and set with the rotation center axis, and upper edges of both side walls are on the top surface. A weight for adjusting the balance between the bottom surface side and the top surface side with the rotation center axis as a boundary can be attached to the top surface.

  That is, when the card body supplied to the card holding unit from the upstream side is reversed, the card holding unit is rotated about the rotation center axis.

  At this time, the rotation center axis extends along the card body held by the card holding portion and extends in a direction orthogonal to the card body conveyance direction. For this reason, in the state hold | maintained at the said card | curd holding | maintenance part, the surface of the said card body which faced upwards is reversed to the state which faced the downward direction.

  As a result, the card body held in the card holding unit is discharged to the downstream side with its front and back reversed while being held in the card holding unit.

  Here, when the card holding part holding the card body is simply rotated, the height position when the card body is ejected without rotating the card holding part and the card holding part rotated. The height position when ejecting the card body is different. For this reason, the height of the discharge portion is changed between when it is reversed and when it is not reversed, resulting in a complicated mechanism.

  Therefore, in the present invention, the position of the rotation center axis in the thickness direction of the card body held by the card holding part is configured to coincide with the holding position of the card body held by the card holding part. Has been.

  For this reason, discharge from the discharge part of the same height becomes possible, without causing complication of the mechanism, such as changing the height of the discharge part set on the downstream side.

The reversing mechanism includes a front / back reversing portion that rotates about the rotation center axis, and a front / rear rotating portion that is rotatably supported by the front / back reversing portion, and holds the card in the front / rear rotating portion. Is provided.

  Therefore, by rotating the front / back reversing part about the rotation center axis, the front / rear rotating part supported by the front / back reversing part is rotated, and the card held by the card holding part of the front / rear rotating part The front and back of the body are reversed.

  On the other hand, the front and back reversing part rotatably supports the front and rear rotating part, and the rotation center of the front and rear rotating part extends in a direction perpendicular to the card body held by the card holding part. Has been.

  For this reason, by rotating the front / rear rotating portion with respect to the front / back reversing portion, the front and back of the card body held by the card holding portion can be reversed and discharged.

  As described above, the card body held by the card holding unit by the rotation of the front / back reversing unit is reversed, while the card body held by the card holding unit by the rotation of the front / rear rotating unit is The front and back are reversed.

Further , the front and back reversing portion includes a bottom surface that supports the front-rear rotating portion and side walls that are erected on both sides of the bottom surface, and the rotation center axis is set on the side walls.

  Therefore, depending on the setting position of the rotation center axis on the side wall, the position of the rotation center axis in the thickness direction of the card body held by the card holder and the card body held by the card holder The holding position can be matched.

  And the upper edge part of the said both side walls is connected with the top | upper surface, and it is comprised so that a weight can be attached to the said top | upper surface.

  For this reason, the balance between the bottom surface side and the top surface side with the rotation center axis as a boundary is adjusted by a weight attached to the top surface.

Or In the card reversing device of the present invention as described, the upstream card body that is supplied from the inverting the front and back while holding the card holder, can be discharged to the downstream side.

  For this reason, even if the card body with a built-in chip such as resin RFID or a hard card body is compared with the case where the card body is bent along the roller and turned upside down to reverse the front and back The front and back of the card body can be reversed without causing problems such as chip breakage or card cracking.

  Thereby, the object of the card body which can be reversed can be expanded.

  At this time, when the card holding part holding the card body is simply rotated, the card body is discharged without rotating the card holding part, and the card body is discharged by rotating the card holding part. Therefore, the height position at which the card body is ejected is different, and the mechanism is forced to be complicated, for example, by changing the ejecting portion between when it is reversed and when it is not reversed.

  Therefore, in the present invention, the position of the rotation center axis in the thickness direction of the card body held by the card holding part is configured to coincide with the holding position of the card body held by the card holding part. Has been.

  For this reason, the card body can be discharged from the same discharge portion without causing the mechanism to be complicated, such as changing the height of the discharge portion set on the downstream side, and the device can be simplified. it can.

Further, it is possible to reverse the front and back of the card body which is held in the card holder by rotating a table back reversing portion. On the other hand, the front and rear of the card body held by the card holding part can be reversed by rotating the front and rear rotating part.

  Therefore, even when a card body whose front and back sides are upside down and a card body whose front and back sides are upside down are mixed, the card bodies can be aligned.

Furthermore, by attaching the weights to the top of the front Symbol reversing unit, it is possible to adjust the balance between the boundary rotation center axis was the bottom side and the top side.

  For this reason, compared with the case where the front-back inversion part is rotationally driven in a state where the balance has been lost, smooth rotation is possible, and an effect of preventing a load on the driving mechanism and an effect of suppressing vibrations can be obtained.

It is a transparent figure which shows the side surface of one embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the test | inspection part of the embodiment. It is sectional drawing along the AA line of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the inversion mechanism of the embodiment. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows a non-inversion state, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows an inversion state.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a view showing a card inspection device 2 provided with a card reversing device 1 according to the present embodiment. The card inspection device 2 is an apparatus for inspecting a card body 3 incorporating a resin RFID chip. is there.

  The device main body 11 of the card inspection device 2 is provided with a card supply unit 12, and a cartridge 13 containing a plurality of card bodies 3,... Is replaceably attached to the card supply unit 12. It is configured as follows. The card supply unit 12 includes rollers 14 and 14 for supplying the card body 3 in the cartridge 13 so that the card bodies 3 in the cartridge 13 can be supplied to the downstream side one by one. It is configured.

  An inspection unit 21 is provided on the downstream side of the card supply unit 12. In the inspection unit 21, the orientation of the card body 3 supplied from the card supply unit 12 and the RFID provided on the card body 3 are provided. It is configured to inspect the state of the chip.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the card body 3 has a front end left corner cut obliquely and is provided with a cut 32. Thereby, as for the said card body 3, front and back and front and back are distinguished.

  The inspection unit 21 is provided with first to fourth optical sensors 41 to 44. Each of the optical sensors 41 to 44 is formed in a U-shape, and is configured so that the card body 3 can be inserted therebetween. Each of the optical sensors 41 to 44 is provided with a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion facing each other, and a light receiving state in which light from the light emitting portion is received by the light receiving portion, and light from the light emitting portion is blocked. The non-light receiving state in which the light receiving unit cannot receive light can be detected.

  The first optical sensor 41 is disposed on the downstream left side with respect to the transport direction 51 of the card body 3 and can detect the state of the front left corner 52 of the card body 3 inspected by the inspection unit 21. It is configured as follows. The second optical sensor 42 is disposed on the downstream right side and is configured to detect the state of the front right corner 53 of the card body 3. The third light sensor 43 is disposed on the upstream left side and is configured to detect the state of the rear left corner portion 54 of the card body 3. The fourth light sensor 44 is arranged on the upstream right side and is configured to detect the state of the rear right corner 55 of the card body 3.

  As a result, when light reception is detected by the first sensor 41 that detects the state of the front left corner 52 of the card body 3 and light reception is not detected by the second to fourth sensors 42 to 44, an inspection is performed. It can be detected that the card body 3 is in a normal state facing the front side. Further, when the third sensor 43 that detects the state of the rear left corner portion 54 of the card body 3 detects light reception and the first, second, and fourth sensors 41, 42, and 44 do not detect light reception. It is possible to detect that the inspected card body 3 is facing backward on the back surface, and it is possible to detect that the card body 3 has been set upside down.

  Further, when light reception is detected by the second sensor 42 that detects the state of the front right corner 53 of the card body 3 and light reception is not detected by the first, third, and fourth sensors 41, 43, 44. Can detect that the inspected card body 3 is front-facing, the received light is detected by the fourth sensor 44 that detects the state of the rear right corner portion 55 of the card body 3, and the first to third sensors If light reception is not detected at 41 to 44, it can be detected that the inspected card body 3 is facing rearward.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a reversing mechanism 61 constituting the card reversing device 1 is provided on the downstream side of the inspection unit 21, and the card body 3 supplied from the upstream side by the reversing mechanism 61. It is constituted so that it can be reversed and discharged downstream.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 3, a left support wall 71 and a right support wall 72 are provided on both sides of the apparatus body 11, and a front / back reversing portion 73 is provided between the support walls 71 and 72. It has been. The front / back reversing portion 73 is rotatably supported by a left rotation shaft 74 that is rotatably provided on the left support wall 71 and a right rotation shaft 75 that is rotatably supported by the right support wall 72. ing.

  A driven pulley 81 is provided at the tip of the left rotating shaft 74 that extends through the left support wall 71, and the driven pulley 81 is connected to a drive pulley 83 via a belt 82. Yes. The drive pulley 83 is connected to an output shaft of a reversing motor 84 provided in the apparatus main body 11, and the reversing motor 84 forms the front / back reversing portion 73 with the rotating shafts 74 and 75 constituting the rotating shaft. It is configured to be able to rotate around 85.

  The left rotation shaft 74 is provided with an inversion angle detection plate 91, and the inversion angle detection plate 91 is configured such that a rotation position is detected by a rotation sensor 92. Thus, the rotation angle of the front / back reversing unit 73 can be detected from the detection state of the rotation sensor 92.

  The front / back reversing unit 73 includes a left side wall 101 supported by the left rotation shaft 74, a right side wall 102 supported by the right rotation shaft 75, and a bottom surface 103 connecting the lower edges of both side walls 101, 102. The top surface 104 is formed in a square shape with the top edges 104 of the both side walls 101 and 102. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, flanges 105 and 105 bent upward are formed on the front and rear edges of the top surface 104, and between the flanges 105 and 105, A weight attaching portion 107 to which a weight 106 for adjusting the balance between the bottom surface 103 side and the top surface 104 side with respect to the rotation center shaft 85 is set. The weight attaching portion 107 is constituted by a bolt insertion hole. The weight attaching portion 107 is fixed with the plate-like weight 106 by a bolt inserted into the bolt insertion hole, and the rotation center shaft 85 is attached to the weight attaching portion 107. It is set so that the balance between the bottom surface 103 side and the top surface 104 side as a boundary is balanced.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a front / rear rotating portion 111 is provided at the center of the bottom surface 103. The front / rear rotation unit 111 includes a rotation stage 113 driven by a front / rear rotation motor 112, and a base 114 of the rotation stage 113 is fixed to the bottom surface 103. A rotation angle detection plate 116 is provided on the stage 115 of the rotation stage 113, and the rotation position of the rotation angle detection plate 116 is detected by an angle sensor 117 provided on the base 114. It is configured. Thereby, the rotation angle of the stage 115 can be detected from the detection state of the angle sensor 117.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a disc-shaped rotating plate 121 is fixed to the stage 115, and the rotating plate 121 is provided with the card holding portion 122 that holds the card body 3. It has been.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the rotating plate 121 is provided with a left L-shaped bracket 131 and a right L-shaped bracket 132 facing each other. The card body 3 is extended along the transport direction 51. A pair of shaft portions 133 and 133 are bridged at both ends between the L-shaped brackets 131 and 132, and rubber upper rollers 134 and 134 are provided at the central portions of the shaft portions 133 and 133. ing.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a conveyance motor 145 is disposed on the side of the right L-shaped bracket 132, and an output shaft of the conveyance motor 145 extends upstream from the right L-shaped bracket 132. It is connected to the shaft portion 133 on the side.

  A rectangular opening 141 is formed at the center of the rotating plate 121, and a shaft 143 provided with a rubber lower roller 142 is also bridged to the opening 141. As a result, the card body 3 supplied between the L-shaped brackets 131 and 132 from the upstream and conveyed along the rotating plate 121 is arranged on both the upper portions provided on the L-shaped brackets 131 and 132. The rollers 134 and 134 and the lower roller 142 provided on the rotating plate 121 can be held from above and below, and the upper roller 134 is rotated by the transport motor 145. The card body 3 held between the rollers 134, 134, and 142 can be conveyed downstream.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the extending direction of the rotation center shaft 85 for rotating the card holding part 122 to reverse the front and back of the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122 is as shown in FIGS. It extends along the card body 3 held by the card holding section 122 and is set in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction 51 of the card body 3, as shown in FIGS. In addition, by rotating the card holding part 122 together with the front / back reversing part 73, the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122 is turned upside down as the card holding part 122 rotates. It can be discharged to the side.

  Further, the position of the rotation center axis 85 in the thickness direction of the card body 3 at the card holding position 151 held by the card holding part 122 is the card holding part 122 as shown in FIGS. The card holding position 151 of the card body 3 held on the card body, that is, the center 152 of the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122 is non-inverted so as not to rotate. In the state 153 and the reverse state 154 in which the front / back reverse part 73 is rotated, the card body 3 discharged from the card holding part 122 can be discharged from the same height position.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the rotation center 161 of the front / rear rotating part 111 is configured to extend in a direction orthogonal to the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122, By rotating the front-rear rotating part 111, the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122 can be reversed and discharged.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a discharge unit 172 for discharging the card body 3 supplied from the reversing mechanism 61 to the card stocker 171 is provided on the downstream side of the reversing mechanism 61. Reference numeral 172 is configured by clamping rollers 173 and 173 that clamp the card body 3 from above and below, and a discharge motor (not shown) that rotates the clamping rollers 173 and 173.

  In the present embodiment according to the above configuration, when inverting the front and back of the card body 3 supplied from the inspection unit 21 to the card holding unit 122 based on the inspection result in the inspection unit 21, the front and back inverting unit By rotating 73 by 180 degrees, the card holding part 122 is rotated by 180 degrees around the rotation center axis 85.

  At this time, the rotation center shaft 85 extends along the card body 3 held by the card holding portion 122 and extends in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction 51 of the card body 3. . Therefore, in the state of being held by the card holding part 122, the surface of the card body 3 facing upward is turned downward, and the end arranged on the downstream side is inverted to the state facing the upstream side. The

  In this way, the front and back sides can be reversed and discharged to the downstream side while the card body 3 is held by the card holding part 122.

  For this reason, even when the card body 3 has a built-in resin RFID chip compared to the case where the card body 3 is bent along the roller and turned upside down, the RFID chip is damaged. The front and back of the card body 3 can be reversed without causing the above problem.

  Thereby, the object of the card body 3 which can be reversed can be expanded.

  At this time, when the card holder 122 holding the card body 3 is simply rotated, the card body 3 is discharged without rotating the card holder 122, and the card holder 122 is rotated to rotate the card. The height position at which the card body 3 is discharged differs between when the body 3 is discharged, and the mechanism is inevitably complicated, such as changing the inlet of the discharge portion 172 between when reversed and when not reversed.

  Therefore, in the present embodiment, the position of the rotation center axis 85 in the thickness direction of the card body 3 held by the card holding section 122 is the card of the card body 3 held by the card holding section 122. It is configured to coincide with the holding position 151.

  For this reason, the card body 3 can be discharged from the same discharge portion 172 without complicating the mechanism such as changing the height of the inlet of the discharge portion 172 set on the downstream side, and the apparatus can be simplified. Can be achieved.

  The reversing mechanism 61 includes a front / back reversing portion 73 that is rotated about the rotation center axis 85 and a front / rear rotating portion 111 that is rotatably supported by the front / back reversing portion 73. The card holding part 122 is provided in the part 111.

  Therefore, by rotating the front / back reversing portion 73 about the rotation center axis 85, the front / rear rotating portion 111 supported by the front / back reversing portion 73 is also rotated, and the card holding portion of the front / rear rotating portion 111 is rotated. The front and back of the card body 3 held at 122 are reversed.

  On the other hand, the front / back reversing part 73 supports the front / rear rotating part 111 rotatably, and the rotation center 161 of the front / rear rotating part 111 is relative to the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122. Extending in the orthogonal direction.

  For this reason, by rotating the front / rear rotating part 111 with respect to the front / back reversing part 73, the front end and the rear end of the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122 can be reversed and discharged. .

  Thus, the front and back of the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122 can be reversed by rotating the front and back turning part 73. Further, the front and rear of the card body 3 held by the card holding part 122 can be reversed by rotating the front and rear rotating part 111.

  Therefore, even if the card body 3 with the front and back sides upside down and the card body 3 with the front and back sides upside down are mixed, the front and back reversing unit 73 and the front and rear rotating unit 111 are connected based on the inspection result in the inspection unit 21. By selectively or simultaneously rotating, the card body 3 can be aligned in a certain direction.

  The front / back reversing portion 73 includes a bottom surface 103 that supports the front / rear rotating portion 111 and side walls 101 and 102 that are erected on both sides of the bottom surface 103. A rotation center axis 85 is set.

  For this reason, the position of the rotation center shaft 85 in the thickness direction of the card body 3 held by the card holding portion 122 and the card holding portion according to the set position of the rotation center shaft 85 on the side walls 101 and 102. The card holding position 151 of the card body 3 held at 122 can be matched.

  And the upper edge part of the said both-sides walls 101 and 102 is provided in a row by the top | upper surface 104, The weight 106 can be attached to the said top | upper surface 104. FIG.

  Therefore, by attaching the weight 106 to the top surface 104, the balance between the bottom surface 103 side and the top surface 104 side with the rotation center axis 85 as a boundary can be adjusted.

  For this reason, compared with the case where the front-back inversion part 73 is rotationally driven in a state where the balance is lost, a smooth rotation is possible, and an effect of preventing a load on the driving mechanism and an effect of suppressing vibrations can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card inversion apparatus 3 Card body 51 Carrying direction 61 Inversion mechanism 73 Front and back inversion part 85 Rotation center axis 101 Left side wall 102 Right side wall 103 Bottom face 104 Top surface 106 Weight 107 Weight attachment part 111 Front-rear rotation part 122 Card holding part 151 Card holding position 161 Center of rotation

Claims (1)

A card reversing device having a reversing mechanism for reversing the card body supplied from the upstream side and discharging the card body downstream,
The reversing mechanism includes a card holding unit that holds a card body supplied from the upstream side,
A rotation center axis for rotating the card holding part extends along the card body held by the card holding part, and extends in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction of the card body to hold the card. with the rotation of the parts and dischargeable constructed by inverting the front and back of the card body which is held in the card holding portion, the rotation center axis in the thickness direction before Symbol the card body which is held in the card holding portion While the position is configured to match the holding position of the card body held by the card holding unit ,
The reversing mechanism includes a front / back reversing portion that is rotated about the rotation center axis, and a front / rear rotating portion that is rotatably supported by the front / back reversing portion and is provided with the card holding portion. The rotation center of the card body is extended in a direction orthogonal to the card body held by the card holding section, and the front and rear of the card body held by the card holding section is reversed by rotating the front and rear rotation section. And can be discharged
The front / back reversing part is composed of a bottom surface that supports the front / rear rotating part, and side walls that are erected on both sides of the bottom surface and set with the rotation center axis, and the upper edges of both side walls are connected to the top surface. A card reversing device , wherein a weight for adjusting a balance between the bottom surface side and the top surface side with the rotation center axis as a boundary is attachable to the top surface .

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