JPH0434198B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a telephone card dispensing device in a telephone card vending machine.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 52-124800 discloses a supply unit that supplies a large number of paper tickets in a superposed state and constantly biases the paper stack against the receiver side, and this supply. A ticket sheet consisting of a protrusion that is provided on the ticket sheet group receiver side of the section and supports the center of the end of the ticket paper along the takeout direction, and a rotatable support roller that supports the front and back of both sides of the ticket paper in the takeout direction. a receiver, and a knife edge which is provided in the vicinity of the ticket receiver, moves reciprocally, and is biased so as to be able to constantly engage with the trailing edge of the ticket that comes into contact with the protrusion and the support roller. a cylinder-driven picker knife, which is attached to a frame on the ticket outlet side of the supply section, and which is engaged with the knife edge by the movement of the picker knife, and takes out one ticket from the supply section and a second ticket. A throat knife that prevents the ticket paper from being taken out thereafter, and a take-out roll that receives the ticket paper sent out by the picker knife and provides it to the consumer (in the publication, reference numeral 20).
A ticket take-out device is disclosed, which is characterized by comprising:

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The ticket take-out device described in the above-mentioned prior art is used to check the remaining amount of unsold tickets stored on the stacking table from the top of the stacking table. It is difficult and inconvenient to remove the telephone card, and if this is done by forcibly hooking a fingernail or other necessary equipment onto the telephone card, the product, the telephone card, is often damaged. This is undesirable, and since two drive sources for the picker knife are required, the structure becomes complicated and large.Also, it is difficult for consumers to forcefully pull out the ticket paper sandwiched between the take-out rolls and avoid scratches. There were some deficiencies, such as the need for a structure that would prevent it from being attached.

The present invention is designed to reliably feed out each telephone card 6 one by one to a state where it is easy to hold with fingers, and the present invention provides a device for reliably feeding out each telephone card 6 to a state where it is easy to hold with fingers. We have developed ways to make it easier to remove telephone cards from the phone, ways to prevent damage to telephone cards as products from fingernails and tools, ways to feed out telephone cards using a single drive source, and ways to make it easier for consumers to remove telephone cards. To provide a telephone card dispensing device in a telephone card vending machine which is designed to prevent scratches from being made on the telephone card even if the telephone card is forcibly pulled out when it comes out half way.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, a telephone card dispensing device in a telephone card vending machine of the present invention is provided with a front cover 2 having an opening/closing lid 2 in which a slit 7 for dispensing a telephone card 6 is opened. An open type outer casing 3, a stacking stand 37 for telephone cards 6 provided in a location corresponding to the sending slit 7 in the outer casing 3, and left and right walls 38, 38' provided on the stacking stand 37. By providing a front-open enclosure 40 consisting of the rear wall 39 and the front edges of the left and right walls 38, 38' except for the lower ends, a edging member 41 is provided so that the front and rear sides coincide with the delivery slit 7. The discharge slit 42 for only one telephone card 6 is formed in such a state that
, a weight board 43 placed on the telephone cards 6 stacked within the surrounding frame 40 , and a stacking table 37
A sliding groove 44 that is long in the front and back direction provided in the slide groove 44, a guide rod 45 that is provided in the sliding groove 44 in a direction parallel to the upper surface of the stacking table 37, and a guide rod 45 that is attached to the guide rod 45 so as to be movable back and forth. A delivery piece 46 that slides in the sliding groove 44 in the front-rear direction and whose upper surface is at the same height as the upper surface of the stacking table 37;
a hook step 46' provided on the top surface of 6 to engage with the rear edge of the lowest telephone card 6;
An electric crank device for longitudinally driving the sending piece 46 installed on the rear side of the surrounding frame 40 and a pin 55 on the outside of the front side of the left wall 38 and a long hole 56 are fitted to each other, so that the sending piece 46 can be slid in the vertical direction. Vertically movable rod 54 supported freely
A finger hook 57 is provided at the upper end of the vertically movable rod 54 to protrude from above the surrounding frame 40, and a finger hook 57 is provided at the lower end of the vertically movable rod 51 to hold the lowest telephone card 6 stacked within the surrounding frame 40. It has a hook portion 58 that is provided so as to sneak into the lower surface of the periphery.

(Function) The present invention provides a front opening type outer casing 3 equipped with an opening/closing lid 2 in which a slit 7 for sending out a telephone card 6 is opened.
and a stacking stand 3 for telephone cards 6 provided in the outer casing 3 at a location corresponding to the sending slit 7.
7, and the left and right walls 3 provided on the stacking table 37
8, 38' and the rear wall 39, and by providing a edging member 41 at the front edges of the left and right walls 38, 38', excluding the lower ends, the delivery slit 7 A discharge slit 42 for only one telephone card 6 formed so that the front and back coincide with each other, and a weight plate 43 placed on top of the telephone cards 6 stacked in the surrounding frame 40.
, a sliding groove 44 provided in the stacking table 37 that is long in the front-rear direction, a guide rod 45 provided in the sliding groove 44 in a direction parallel to the upper surface of the stacking table 37, and a guide rod 45 that extends from the front to the rear. A sending piece 46 that is movably attached and slides in the front and back direction within the sliding groove 44 has an upper surface that is at the same height as the upper surface of the stacking table 37, and a lowest telephone card on the upper surface of the sending piece 46. 6, and an electric crank device for driving the sending piece 46 back and forth, which is installed on the rear side of the surrounding frame 40, allows the stacking table to be easily moved. When the sending piece 46 is reciprocated back and forth by the crank device in the stored state in which the telephone cards 6 are stacked on top of the telephone cards 6 and the weight plate 43 is placed thereon, the hook step 4
6' is for delivering only the lowest telephone card 6 to the sending slit 7 through the ejecting slit 42 in a state where only the tip thereof is easy to hold with the fingers exposed outside. In this case, even if the consumer gets impatient and pulls out forcibly before the tip has fully protruded, i.e., when it is only slightly protruding from the delivery slit 7, the consumer may forcibly pull it out. Since the telephone card 6 in this state is not strongly pinched by the take-out rolls as in the conventional example, there will be no scratches. Further, since the sending out drive of the telephone card 6 is performed by one of the crank devices, and there is no need to provide a device to prevent the consumer from forcibly pulling it out, the configuration can be simplified and miniaturized. It is. Furthermore, a vertically movable rod 54 is supported on the outside of the forward portion of the left wall 38 so as to be slidable in the vertical direction by fitting a pin 55 and an elongated hole 56, and a surrounding frame is attached to the upper end of the vertically movable rod 54. A finger hook 57 is provided to protrude from above 40, and a finger hook 57 is provided at the lower end of the vertically movable rod 51 to infiltrate the lower surface of the periphery of the lowest telephone card 6 stacked within the surrounding frame 40. Since the hook part 58 is provided, when checking the remaining amount of unsold telephone cards stored on the stacking table, first open the opening/closing cover 2, then remove the weight plate 43 and Hook the fingers of one hand on the finger hook 57 and pull up the vertical movement lever 54 and the hook 58, thus lifting one side of the remaining telephone cards to form a space under one side of the lowest telephone card. Then, insert the fingers of the other hand into this space through the open front part of the surrounding frame 40 and hang them on the bottom surface of the lowest telephone card, and then remove all the telephone cards at the front open part. It can be used for purposes such as being taken out of the outer casing 3 through.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in the above operation, the telephone card dispensing device in the telephone card vending machine according to the present invention is capable of sufficiently and reliably dispensing the telephone cards 6 one by one to a state where they can be easily held with fingers. To check the remaining amount of unsold telephone cards stored on the stacking table, etc., operate the vertical movement lever 54 with your fingers as described in the above operation, and check the number of telephone cards in the lowest order. There is a convenience that can be achieved by creating a space under which the hands and fingers can fit, and it also avoids damage to the telephone card, which is a product, with fingernails or tools. There is no risk of scratches even if you forcefully pull it out.
Furthermore, since there is only one driving source and there is no need for a device to prevent forcible pulling out, it is suitable for simplifying and downsizing the overall configuration.

(Embodiment) The embodiment shown in the figure comprises an outer casing 3 equipped with an opening/closing lid 2 that is locked with a key 1, and banknotes 4 of a specific amount (1000 yen in the case of this embodiment) are placed at required locations on the opening/closing lid 2.
The insertion slit 5 and the delivery slit 7 for the telephone card 6 are opened, and a horizontal U-turn passage 8 is formed in the outer casing 3 for transporting the banknotes 4 received from the insertion slit 5. The lower side portion of the U-turn feeding path 8 is used as a temporary storage section 9 for banknotes 4, and the banknote feeding motor 1 is provided along the U-turn feeding path 8.
0, worm gear 11, worm wheel 12,
A timing pulley for feeding 13, a timing belt for feeding 14, a timing pulley for transmission 15, a timing belt for transmission 16, a guide plate 17, a pinch roller 18, and a ticket inspection device (not shown) are provided. The cross-sectional area below 9 is banknote 4.
A book storage section 20 of the same size as the temporary storage section 9 and a book storage section 20 are successively provided, and the temporary storage section 9 and the book storage section 20 are connected to the upper and lower side plates 21, 21', the left and right side plates 22, 22', and the rear side plate 23. A pair of left and right U-shaped members 24, 24' are fixed inwardly on the lower horizontal line of the temporary storage section 9 on the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates 22, 22', and temporarily stored. A banknote dropping passage 25 for the banknotes 4 which is slightly narrower than the width of the banknotes 4 is formed between the part 9 and the main receiving part 20, and a banknote placing plate having a width wider than the width of the dropping passage 25 is provided in the main receiving part 20. 26 is arranged horizontally so as to be movable up and down, and a large diameter coil spring 27 is installed between this banknote placement plate 26 and the lower surface plate 21' of the book accommodating section 20.
are inserted to press the left and right edges of the banknote placement plate 26 against the lower surfaces of the U-shaped members 24, 24', and a pair of front and rear vertical supports are installed on the outside of the left side plate 22 of the book accommodating section 20. 28, 28' are erected, and the relevant support 28,
A front-rear plate 29 that moves up and down along the left side plate 22 is attached to 28' via a slider member 30, and this front-rear plate 29 is connected to a motor 31 and a crank plate 32.
A bill pressing plate 34 having a width slightly narrower than the horizontal width of the drop passage 25 is arranged on the upper side of the temporary storage part 9 so as to be movable up and down in the horizontal direction. Front and back board 2
By fixing the front end of the banknote 9 to the front end of the banknote pressing plate 34 and the front and rear facing plate 29 so as to be able to operate as a unit, the banknote handling section 35 is constructed. Slits 7
Stacking stand 3 for telephone cards 6 in the corresponding place
7, and on top of this stacking table 37, left and right walls 38,
A surrounding frame 40 consisting of the left and right walls 38' and the rear wall 39 is fixed to the front edges of the left and right walls 38, 38', excluding the lower ends, with border members 41 (the one on the right side is not shown), respectively. Then, a discharge slit 42 for only one telephone card 6 is formed so as to coincide with the discharge slit 7 in the front and back, and a weight plate 43 for weighting the telephone cards 6 stacked in the surrounding frame 40 is also formed. A long sliding groove 44 is provided in the stacking table 37 in the front-rear direction, and the card 6 is inserted into the stacking table 37 in a manner that it can be freely removed from above. A guide rod 45 having an engaging step 46'
A feed-out piece 46 is fitted so as to be movable back and forth, and the feed-out piece 46 is moved back and forth by a motor 47, a crank plate 48, and a link 49. A narrow plate 51 is disposed on the left and right edges of the narrow plate 51, and horizontal pin-shaped shafts 52 are integrally protruded from the upper ends of both left and right edges of the narrow plate 51.
It is fitted freely into a shaft hole 53 provided at 0 and 50', so that when the telephone card 6 is discharged from the discharge slit 42, the tip of the telephone card 6 pushes away the hem of the narrow plate 51. In addition, a vertically movable rod 54 is mounted on the left wall 38 of the enclosure 40 and is slidable in the vertical direction by fitting a pin 55 provided on the left wall 38 with a vertically oriented elongated hole 56 provided in the vertically movable rod 54. The vertically movable rod 54 is freely supported, and has a finger hook 57 at the upper end thereof and a hook 5 which sneaks into the lower surface of the edge of the lowest telephone card 6 stacked in the surrounding frame 40 at the lower end.
A telephone card processing section 59 is constructed by folding the opening/closing lid 2, and an indicator 61 for displaying the operating state, a sample holder 62, and a paper sheet 6 for displaying the number of ejected sheets.
A push button switch 66 for testing the operation of the banknote processing section 35, a push button switch 67 for testing the operation of the telephone card processing section 59, and a discharge number counter 68 are provided on the front surface of the lower part of the telephone card processing section 59. and an operation test indicator lamp 69, and a power supply box 70 above the telephone card processing section 59.

In the figure, 72 is a number changeover switch that switches between dispensing one 1000 yen telephone card and two 500 yen telephone cards, and 73 is a changeover for the number changeover switch 72 that swings up and down about a fulcrum 74. A lever 75 indicates a banknote guide member.

The above-mentioned embodiment is operated entirely by a sequence-controlled electric circuit, but since the electric circuit is common, a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted. It also comes with a security device such as a security buzzer, but this will also be omitted.

That is, with the above configuration, the telephone card seller stacks a large number of 1,000 yen telephone cards 6 on the stacking stand 37, places the weight plate 43 on top of them, and opens and closes the opening/closing lid. 2 with a key and waits, and the purchaser also inserts a 1,000 yen bill in an extended state into the insertion slit 5 and inserts it from the delivery slit 7.
All you have to do is wait for a 1,000 yen telephone card to appear and pull it out. In addition, when a 500 yen telephone card is set on the stacking table 37, the seller needs to set the switching lever 73 to the 500 yen side, and the purchaser also needs to set the switching lever 73 to the 500 yen side, and the purchaser should also place the one card that came out of the sending slit 7. I have to remove the 500 yen phone card and wait for the second one to come out.

As described above, when the 1,000 yen banknote 4 is inserted into the insertion slit 5 and the tip of the banknote 4 reaches the entrance of the U-turn feed path 8, the banknote feed motor 10 starts operating and moves the banknote 4 through the worm gear. 11, worm wheel 12, timing pulley for feeding 13, timing belt for feeding 14, timing pulley for transmission 15, timing belt for transmission 16, guide plate 17 and pinch roller 18 to temporarily receive part 9
, and then transfer the banknotes 4 to the U-shaped members 24, 24'.
A banknote feeding motor 10 is mounted on a bridge in a bridge state.
When the timing belts 14, 16, etc. stop, the banknote pressing member 34 moves to the motor 31, the crank plate 3, etc.
2. The link 33, the slider member 30, and the front-back plate 29 are operated to descend and push down the banknote 4 in the bridge state, and in the middle of this pressing down, both side edge portions of the banknote 4 touch the U-shaped members 24, 24. ' The banknotes 4 are guided by the banknotes 4 and bent into an L-shape, then returned to the original horizontal state and entered the book storage section 20, where the banknotes 4 are placed on the banknote placement plate 26.
The banknote 4 is held between the banknote pressing member 34 and the banknote pressing member 34, and after descending to the bottom while still being held, the banknote 4 rises again and presses the upper surface of both side edges of the banknote 4 against the lower surface of the U-shaped member 24, thereby pressing the U-shaped member 24. The banknote 4 is held by the banknote holding plate 26, and after this holding, the banknote pressing member 34 further rises and stops on the temporary receiving section 9, waiting for the next banknote to come in.

As described above, the U-shaped member 24 and the banknote placement plate 26
When the bill 4 is held, the motor 47, crank plate 48, and link 49 start operating to move the sending piece 46 back and forth, and when the sending piece 46 moves back and forth, the hook stage is The part 46' pushes the lowest telephone card 6 on the stacking table 37 from behind and discharges it into the discharge slit 42, and pushes away the hem of the narrow board 51 with the tip of the discharged telephone card 6 to discharge it into the supply slit 7. Half of the telephone card 6 is made to protrude from the opening/closing lid 2.

Note that when a 1,000 yen telephone card is placed on the stacking table 37, the sending piece 46 moves back and forth once and stops, and when a 500 yen phone card is placed on the stacking table 37, it moves once. After the first one is removed, it moves back and forth again, making two consecutive back and forth movements, and then stops.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is an overall perspective view, the second figure is a perspective view with the lid open,
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the main part along the line A-A in Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the main part along the line A'-A' in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the main part along the line A'-A' in Fig. 1. FIG. 1...Key, 2...Opening/closing lid, 3...Outer casing, 4...
...Banknote, 5...Slit for insertion, 6...Telephone card, 7...Slit for delivery, 8...Transmission path, 9
... Temporary receiving section, 10 ... Bill feeding motor, 11
... Worm gear, 12 ... Worm wheel,
13... Timing pulley for feeding, 14... Timing belt for feeding, 15... Timing pulley for transmission, 16... Timing belt for transmission, 17
...Guide plate, 18...Pinch roller, 20...
Book storage part, 21, 21'...Upper and lower side plate, 22, 2
2'...Left and right side version, 23...Bag side version, 24,2
4'... U-shaped member, 25... Falling passage, 26...
...Banknote placement plate, 27...Coil spring, 28,2
8'... Support column, 29... Forward-facing plate, 30... Slider member, 31... Motor, 32... Crank plate, 33... Link, 34... Bill pressing plate, 3
5...Banknote processing section, 37...Stacking table, 38,3
8'... Left and right walls, 39... Rear wall, 40... Surrounding frame,
41...Edging member, 42...Discharge slit, 43
... Weight plate, 44 ... Sliding groove, 45 ... Guide rod, 46 ... Delivery piece, 46' ... Hook step, 47
... Motor, 48 ... Crank plate, 49 ... Link, 50, 50' ... Both left and right sides, 51 ... Narrow plate, 52 ... Pin-shaped shaft, 53 ... Shaft hole, 54 ...
Vertical movement rod, 55...pin, 56...long hole, 57...
...Finger hook part, 58...Hook part, 59...Telephone card processing part, 61...Indicator, 62...Sample, 63...Insert part, 64...Paper, 65...Insert part, 66, 67... ...Test push button switch, 6
8...Discharge number counter, 69...Display lamp,
70... Power supply box, 72... Number of sheets switching switch, 73... Switching lever, 74... Fulcrum, 75
...Guide member.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A front-opening outer casing 3 equipped with an opening/closing lid 2 with a slit 7 for sending out the telephone card 6, and a slit 7 for sending out the telephone card 6 provided in the outer casing 3 at a location corresponding to the slit 7 for sending out the telephone card 6. a stacking table 37, a front-open enclosure frame 40 consisting of left and right walls 38, 38' provided on the stacking table 37, and a rear wall 39;
By providing a edging member 41 on the front edges of the left and right walls 38, 38' except for the lower end, it is possible to discharge only one telephone card 6 formed in a state that is aligned with the dispensing slit 7 in the front and back. A slit 42, a weight plate 43 placed on the telephone cards 6 stacked in the surrounding frame 40, a sliding groove 44 long in the front-rear direction provided on the stacking table 37,
A guide rod 45 is provided in the sliding groove 44 so as to be parallel to the top surface of the stacking table 37 and facing forward and backward, and a guide rod 45 is attached to the guide rod 45 so as to be movable back and forth.
The height of the top surface that slides in the front and back direction is the stacking table 3.
7, and a hook step 4 provided on the top surface of the sending piece 46 so as to engage with the rear edge of only the lowest telephone card 6.
6' and a sending piece 46 equipped on the rear side of the surrounding frame 40.
an electric crank device for longitudinal drive; a vertically movable rod 54 supported vertically slidably on the outside of the forward portion of the left wall 38 by fitting a pin 55 and a long hole 56; A finger hook 57 is provided at the upper end of the rod 54 and protrudes from above the surrounding frame 40.
and a hook part 58 provided at the lower end of the vertically movable rod 51 so as to sneak into the lower surface of the periphery of the lowest telephone card 6 stacked in the surrounding frame 40. Telephone card sending device in the machine.