JP2000099806A - Card issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect an erroneous set of cards before taking out them from a card stacker and to detect the coercive force of a magnetic stripe when dealing with a magnetic card. SOLUTION: This device is equipped with a card stacker part which piles up many cards 14, stocks them and has a card stacker 9 where a card supply part is formed at the edge part, a card takeout moving mechanism for taking out a card from the card supply part of the card stacker 9, a card reader part 3 which is constituted so that it can hand over the card with the card takeout moving mechanism and issues the card from a card issuing port by performing specified recording on the card handed over and a detection sensor means 91 which is installed at a position close to or a abutted on the card 14 to be taken out by the card takeout moving mechanism of the card supply part and detects the existence of a recording medium part provided to the card 14. The card 14 is issued only when the recording medium part is detected at a specified position of the card 14 by the detection sensor means 91.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a card issuing device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a card issuing device having a card stacker for stocking cards before issuance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a card issuing apparatus for taking out cards stocked in a card stacker one by one and issuing the cards. In a conventional card issuing device, a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a card is installed in a card stacker,
Before the card issuance processing, the presence or absence of a card in the card stacker is detected.

[0003]

However, in the above-described card issuing apparatus, it was possible to detect the presence or absence of a card in the card stacker. It was not possible to detect whether or not it was set in the card stacker. For this reason, it was not possible to determine whether the card was properly set or erroneously set unless the card picked up from the card stacker was conveyed to the card reader unit and the operation of actually recording or the like was not performed. . That is, in order to issue a card, it is necessary to engrave characters and the like on the card. However, the characters and the like are engraved before detecting an incorrectly set card. The characters were engraved in the wrong position, and the card had to be discarded. Also, after disposing of the card, remove the card from the card stacker again and perform the card issuing process again,
It was difficult to issue a card quickly.

When a card having a magnetic stripe is used as a card, the coercive force of the magnetic stripe could not be measured in advance, so that the following inconveniences were encountered. That is, for example, an international credit card issued in Japan has a JIS2 type stripe (650 Oersted) on the front side, and an ISO stripe (300 Oersted) on the back side.
Or 2750 Oersted) is formed, but even if a card with an ISO stripe of 300 Oersted is set upside down, a magnetic head that performs magnetic recording cannot detect an abnormality and issues the card as it is. There was a risk of it.

Further, since a plurality of types of coercive forces are present in a magnetic stripe of a card actually used in the market, when a plurality of coercive cards are used at random, recording is performed by a magnetic recording unit. An error may occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a card issuing apparatus capable of detecting an erroneous setting of a card before removing the card from a card stacker and detecting a coercive force of a magnetic stripe when handling a magnetic card. I do.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a card issuing apparatus for stacking and stocking a large number of cards and having a card stacker having a card supply section at an end. A stacker unit, a card removal / moving mechanism for taking out a card from the card supply unit of the card stacker, and a card transferable with the card removal / moving mechanism. A card reader unit that issues a card, and a detection sensor unit that is provided at a position close to or in contact with the card that is taken out by the card removal / moving mechanism of the card supply unit and that detects the presence of a recording medium unit provided on the card. One card is taken out of the stacker by a card take-out moving mechanism, and a card reader is used. Together configured to issue a card from the card issuing slot by performing predetermined recording, the
The card is issued only when the recording medium portion is detected at a predetermined position on the card by the detection sensor means.

If the card is stocked in an appropriate state in the card stacker, the recording medium portion formed on the card must be located at a predetermined position, and the detection sensor means detects the card. The presence of the recording medium can be detected. On the other hand, if the card is stored upside down or upside down in the card stacker, the recording medium portion formed on the card should be present at a position other than the predetermined position, and the detection sensor means Cannot detect the presence of the recording medium section. Therefore, when the detection sensor means cannot detect the presence of the recording medium portion of the card, it is considered that the card is turned upside down or is stocked upside down, and the card is not issued. On the other hand, if the detection sensor detects the presence of the recording medium portion of the card, it is considered that the card is stocked in an appropriate state, and the card removal moving mechanism removes the card from the card supply section of the card stacker section. Transfer to the card reader. The card reader performs predetermined recording on the card, and issues the card from a card issuing port.

Further, the card issuing device according to claim 2 is
The recording medium portion provided on the card is an IC contact or a magnetic stripe, and the detection sensor means is an IC contact detection sensor for detecting an IC contact provided on the card or a magnetic detection sensor for detecting a magnetic stripe provided on the card. It is.

Therefore, when an IC card is issued, whether or not the IC contact detection sensor as the detection sensor means can detect the IC contact of the IC card depends on whether or not the magnetic card is issued. Depending on whether the detection sensor can detect the magnetic stripe of the magnetic card, if a card having both functions of an IC card and a magnetic card is issued, at least one of the IC contact detection sensor and the magnetic detection sensor has an IC contact. Or, depending on whether the magnetic stripe or both can be detected,
It can be determined whether or not the card setting direction is normal.

[0011] The card issuing device according to claim 3 is
The recording medium portion provided on the card is a magnetic stripe, and the detection sensor is a coercive force detection sensor capable of detecting the coercive force of the magnetic stripe provided on the card. Therefore, before performing the magnetic card issuing process, it is possible to determine whether the setting direction of the magnetic card is normal and to detect the coercive force of the magnetic stripe.

Further, the card issuing device according to claim 4 is
It has a card characteristic storage unit that stores the magnetic characteristics of the cards stocked in the card stacker unit, and compares the coercive force of the magnetic stripe detected by the coercive force detection sensor with the magnetic characteristics of the card characteristic storage unit. Therefore, the type of the card is determined by comparing the magnetic characteristics of the card stored in the card characteristics storage unit with the output from the coercive force detection sensor.

Further, in the card issuing device according to the fifth aspect, the recording current of the magnetic head of the card reader can be selected. Therefore, the magnetic head performs recording on the magnetic stripe using a recording current suitable for the coercive force of the magnetic stripe of the magnetic card detected by the coercive force detection sensor.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of the present invention will be described below in detail based on the best mode shown in the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 4 show an example of an embodiment of a card feeding device to which the present invention is applied. Note that this card feeding device is incorporated in, for example, a card issuing device. The card issuing apparatus includes, for example, a card stacker unit 1, a card removal and moving mechanism 2, a card reader unit 3, a card waste ticket receiving unit 4, an indent / emboss mechanism 5, a topper mechanism 6, a control unit 7, and a detection sensor unit 91. It is configured.

The card stacker unit 1 is configured by stacking and stocking a large number of cards, and arranging a plurality of card stackers 9 each having a card supply unit 8 at an end at predetermined positions. In the present embodiment, for example, four card stackers 9 are provided, and the card stackers 9 are arranged side by side so that the card supply units 8 take out cards in the same direction on the same plane. Each card stacker 9
May store different types of cards, or all card stackers 9 may store the same type of cards. The card supply section 8 of each card stacker 9 is formed below the card stacker 9. That is, each card stacker 9 is of a type for replenishing cards from above. As shown in FIG. 5, each card supply unit 8 includes a protrusion 10 provided on a side wall 9a inside (indent / emboss mechanism 5 side) of each card stacker 9 and a card receiving block 13.
And a gap larger than the thickness of one card and smaller than the thickness of two cards is formed between the protrusion 10 and the inner protrusion 11. . Therefore, two or more cards 14 do not pass through the card supply unit 8 at the same time, and the cards 14 in each card stacker 9 are taken out one by one.

The upper portions of the side walls 9a to 9d of each card stacker 9 extend in a funnel shape. Here, the side wall 9b located outside the card issuing device (the side opposite to the indent / emboss mechanism 5) and the side walls 9 on both sides in the longitudinal direction of the card issuing device.
With regard to c, the upper part can be expanded in a funnel shape simply by bending the upper part outward, but it is necessary to prevent interference between the bent parts of the side walls 9d arranged next to the adjacent card stacker 9. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the upper part of the side wall 9d arranged next to the adjacent card stacker 9 is cut out so as to be staggered with the adjacent side wall 9d. In FIG. 15, the upper part of the adjacent side wall 9d is bent. By bending the upper part alternately in this manner, two adjacent side walls 9d can be arranged close to each other, and each card stacker 9 can be arranged compactly. In addition, since the upper portions of the side walls 9a to 9d of each card stacker 9 are expanded in a funnel shape, the replenishment of the card 14 into each card stacker 9 becomes easy.

The lower part of each card stacker 9, that is, the card 1
On the side opposite to the side where 4 are stacked, the card receiving section 1
6 are provided. The card receiving portion 16 is configured to receive the card 14 at three positions in the front and rear positions in the card feeding direction. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. It comprises an inner convex portion 11 and an outer convex portion 12 of a card receiving block 13 fixed to a lower end, and a convex portion 17 attached to a lower end of an outer side wall 9b. Card receiving block 13
For example, by shaving the upper surface of an aluminum block, for example,
1, 12, 17 are formed. In this way, one inside (projection 11) of each card stacker 9 and two outside
(The convex portions 12 and 17), that is, three positions at the front and rear positions in the card feeding direction and two positions at the front end and the rear end of the card 14.
When the card 14 is received at the two places, even if the card 14 is curved, the inner convex portion 11 reliably supports the inner edge of the card 14, and the sent card 14 reliably passes through the gap of the card supply section 8. Can be done.

The card removing and moving mechanism 2 is provided so as to be movable between the card supply units 8 of the plurality of card stackers 9 and removes (sends) the cards 14 from the card supply units 8 of each card stacker 9. is there. The card removing and moving mechanism 2 includes a card holding unit 20, a card removing unit 21, an X-axis moving mechanism 22, and a Y-axis moving mechanism 23.

The X-axis moving mechanism (card moving mechanism) 22
The card holder 20 and the card take-out unit 21 are moved in the direction in which the card stacker 9 is arranged at a position separated from the card stacker 9, and as shown in FIG. The carriage 26 of the card holder 20 connected to the X-axis drive belt 25 is moved along the two X-direction guide shafts 27 and 28.

The card holder 20 moves between the card stackers 9 and, as shown in FIG. 10, a carriage 26 which moves along two X-direction guide shafts 27 and 28 of an X-axis moving mechanism 22. And a card holding member 29 movable between a temporary holding position for temporarily holding the card 14 (the position indicated by the solid line P1 in FIG. 11) and a strong pressure position for holding the card 14 strongly (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line P2 in FIG. 11). are doing. The card holding member 29 is set so as to be at the high pressure position P2 when it is moved in the X-axis direction by the X-axis moving mechanism 22. That is, the high-pressure position P2 is a position where the card holding member 29 and the card removal unit 21 are separated from the card stacker 9. When the card holding member 29 moves to the high-pressure position P2, the X-axis moving mechanism 22 is operated, and the card 14 is moved. Is transported.

The carriage 26 is provided with two Y-direction guide shafts 30 of the Y-axis moving mechanism 23. Guided by these two Y-direction guide shafts 30, the card holding member 29 moves between the temporary holding position P1 and the high pressure position P2. Further, a cam groove 31 for driving the card holding member 29 is formed on the upper surface of the carriage 26, as shown in FIG. That is, when the card holding member 29 moves along the two Y-direction guide shafts 30, the L-shaped lever 33 on which the roller 32 that moves in the cam groove 31 is rotated to move the operation lever 34, Card pressing lever 3
5. Operate the lower end of 5. The tip of the card pressing lever 35
As shown in FIG. 12, an intermediate lever 37 is pressed via a coil spring 36, and the intermediate lever 37 presses a card holding lever 38. That is, the card holding member 29
Moves from the temporary holding position P1 to the high pressure position P2, the L-shaped lever 33 rotates so that the tip end thereof is positioned substantially in line with the operation lever 34, so that the operation lever 34 moves the lower end of the card pressing lever 35 Extrude. This allows
The tip of the card pressing lever 35 pushes down the intermediate lever 37 via the coil spring 36, and the card holding lever 3
8 upper card holding block 39 attached to the tip of
Is pressed against the lower card holding block 40. In this state, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.
And the operation lever 34 are positioned substantially in a straight line, so that a so-called toggle clamp state is established, and even when an external force acts in a direction to widen the space between the card holding blocks 39 and 40, each card holding block 39 is operated. , 40 is hardly spread, and the card 14 can be firmly held between the card holding blocks 39, 40. On the other hand, when the card holding member 29 moves from the high pressure position P2 to the temporary holding position P1, the L-shaped lever 33 retracts the operation lever 34, so that the force of the operation lever 34 pushing the lower end of the card pressing lever 35 is released. Therefore, the force pressing the upper card holding block 39 against the lower card holding block 40 is also released. In this state, the card 14 cannot be firmly pinched by the card holding blocks 39, 40, but the card 14 is pinched by a relatively light force by the leaf springs 41 provided on both sides of the card holding blocks 39, 40. I do. That is, the card 14 can be temporarily held.

As shown in FIG. 13, a rubber plate 4 is provided on the surface of each card holding block 39, 40 to protect the card 14 to be sandwiched and prevent the card 14 from slipping.
2 (only the lower card holding block 40 is shown in FIG. 13). In addition, each card holding block 3
Near the both ends of the surface of the card 9, 40, the card 14
Is held at two points.

The card take-out section 21 is provided for each card stacker 9.
This is a card feeding mechanism for taking out the card 14 from the card supply unit 8 formed in the card feeding unit 8. The card feeding mechanism constitutes a card feeding device together with the card stacker unit 1.

This card removal unit (card delivery mechanism)
A moving body 44 reciprocated by a Y-axis driving motor 43 of a Y-axis moving mechanism 23 which is a driving source;
And a card engaging claw portion 45 which engages with the end surface of the card.
The moving body 44 is connected to the card stacker 9 of the card holding member 29.
And is guided and moved by two Y-direction guide shafts 30 of the Y-axis moving mechanism 23 in the same manner as the card holding member 29. Here, as shown in FIG.
Cannot move under the card stacker 9, but the moving body 44 can move under the card stacker 9 and can move to the rear of the card stacker 9. The card engaging claw portion 45 is supported rotatably in the up-down direction with respect to the moving body 44, and as shown in FIG. 15, in the direction engaging with the card 14, that is, in the direction in which the tip rotates upward. It is biased by a spring 85. Therefore, when sneaking under the card stacker 9, the card engaging claw 45 is pushed down by the lower surface of the card 14,
On the other hand, when removing the card 14,
5 a can be hooked on the edge of the card 14. It is also possible to follow the curvature of the card 14.
The card engaging claw portions 45 are provided at two places of the moving body 44 at a predetermined interval, and the two card engaging claw portions 4 are provided.
5 is arranged in the arrangement direction of the card stacker 9, in other words, so as to be parallel to the X-direction guide shafts 27 and 28. The trajectory of the movement of the two card engaging portions 45 is indicated by a dashed line L2 in FIG.

The moving body 44 is provided with a card supporting portion 46 which comes into contact with the card 14 remaining in the card stacker 9 when the card 14 is taken out. This card support 4
6 prevents the second card 14 from the bottom from hitting the card engaging claw 45 and pushing it down when the card engaging claw 45 is sending out the lowermost card 14.
Therefore, the claw 45a of the card engaging claw portion 45 does not come off from the lowermost card 14.

The Y-axis moving mechanism 23 moves the card removal unit 21 so as to remove the card 14 from the card supply unit 8 of each card stacker 9.
The three Y-direction guide shafts 30 are attached to a carriage 26 that is movable in the X-axis direction by the X-axis moving mechanism 22. The rotation of the Y-axis drive motor 43 of the Y-axis moving mechanism 23 is performed via a belt 77 as shown in FIG.
Pulley 78 attached to the end of the topper mechanism 6 side
Conveyed to. The rotation of the pulley 78 is
The rotation of the Y drive shaft 47 is transmitted to the Y drive belt 50 wrapped between the Y drive timing pulley 48 and the Y driven pulley 49 via the Y drive timing pulley 48 as shown in FIG. Reportedly. Y drive belt 50
Is connected to the moving body 44 of the card take-out unit 21.
Therefore, when the Y drive belt 50 rotates, the moving body 4
4 moves along the Y-direction guide shaft 30. At this time,
The card holding member 29 is constantly pulled toward the card stacker 9 side, that is, toward the moving body 44 by a spring (not shown). Therefore, when the moving body 44 moves from the position shown in FIG. 10 toward the card stacker 9, the moving body 44 moves integrally with the moving body 44. That is, the high pressure position P2
To the temporary holding position P1. However, since the card holding member 29 cannot slip through the card stacker 9, when the moving body 44 slips through the card stacker 9, the moving body 44 is pressed against the side wall 9 a of the card stacker 9 as shown in FIG. I have.

On the other hand, when the Y drive belt rotates in the reverse direction to that described above, the moving body 44 is moved from the position shown in FIG.
4 is taken out and moved toward the card holding member 29. The removed card 14 enters between the card holding blocks 39 and 40 of the card holding member 29, and the leaf spring 4
1 and temporarily held by a small force. The removed card 14 enters between the card holding blocks 39 and 40 while sliding with respect to the leaf spring 41 until the moving body 44 hits the card holding member 29. Then, the moving body 44 slips under the card stacker 9 and the card holding member 29
The moving body 44 moves while pushing the card holding member 29. Thereby, the card holding member 29 moves from the temporary holding position P1 to the high pressure position P2, and the card 14 is firmly held between the card holding blocks 39 and 40.

The rotation of the Y drive shaft 47 is transmitted to a pulley 75 via a pulley 74 attached near the end of the Y drive shaft 47 on the card reader section 3 side as shown in FIG. The rotation angle of the pulley 75 is
Thus, the positions of the card holding member 29 and the card take-out unit 21 with respect to the carriage 26 can be detected.

The card reader unit 3 is configured to be able to transfer the card to and from the card removal / moving mechanism 2, performs a predetermined recording on the transferred card 14, and issues the card 14 from the card issuing port 51. And a recording unit. The transport unit transports the card 14 on a line of movement in the X-axis direction by the X-axis moving mechanism 22, and has, for example, three pairs of rollers 52. The recording section is for recording on the card 14 and has a magnetic head for recording on the magnetic stripe of the card 14 and an IC contact block for contacting the IC contact of the card 14 for recording. Here, the card reader unit 3 includes a card holding member 29.
Is provided at a position corresponding to the temporary holding position P1. Therefore, the card 1 sent from the card stacker 9
When the X-axis moving mechanism 22 moves the indent / emboss mechanism 5 and the topper mechanism 6, the card holding member 29 is moved to the high-pressure position P2, and the card 14 is moved to each card holding block 39. , 40, but when the card 14 is paid out to the card reader unit 3, the card holding member 29 is moved to the temporary holding position P1 and the card 14 is moved to the respective card holding blocks 39, 40. Lightly temporarily held by the leaf springs 41 on both sides. Therefore, when the leading end of the card 14 is inserted between the rollers 52 of the card reader 3, the card 14 is drawn into the card reader 3.

FIG. 16 and FIG.
As shown in FIG.
Receiving position P3 (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 16, FIG. 1)
7) and a retracted position P4 (FIG. 1) retracted from the locus of movement of the carriage 26 of the card removal and movement mechanism 2.
6 (position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 6), and is moved between the receiving position P3 and the retreat position P4 by the receiving portion moving mechanism 53.

More specifically, the card waste ticket receiving unit 4
A bracket 55 fixed to a frame 54 of the card issuing device, an arm 57 rotatably supported by the bracket 55 via a support shaft 56, and an arm 57
Is provided with a waste ticket box 58 fixed to the end of the box. The arm 57 is fixed to the support shaft 56, and when the support shaft 56 and the arm 57 rotate with respect to the bracket 55, the waste ticket box 58 moves between the receiving position P3 and the retreat position P4. At the receiving position P3, the stopper rubber 59 hits the X-direction guide shaft 27 and is positioned. At the retreat position P4, the stopper rubber 60 hits the frame 54 of the card issuing device and is positioned.

The evacuation position P4 is located near the waste ticket outlet 61 of the card issuing device. This retreat position P
In FIG. 4, the waste ticket (card 14) in the waste ticket box 58 can be taken out by opening the lid 58a while tilting the waste ticket box 58 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. At the retreat position P4, the presence or absence of the card 14 in the waste ticket box 58 can be detected by a sensor (not shown). On the other hand, a lid stopper 62 is provided in the vicinity of the receiving position P3.
a is prevented from opening.

The receiving section moving mechanism 53 is driven by the card take-out moving mechanism 2, and includes a pulley 63 attached to one end of the support shaft 56, a wire pulley 64 attached to the bracket 55, and a selection driving means 65. And a wire 66 for transmitting the driving force of the X-axis moving mechanism 22 of the card take-out moving mechanism 2 to the pulley 63 when is driven.

The selection driving means 65 is, for example, a solenoid as shown in FIGS.
When the switch 5 is turned on, the trigger link 67 is pulled, and the tip of the pin lever 68 enters the movement locus of the pin 69 attached to the carriage 26 of the X-axis movement mechanism 22 (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 19). . In this state, the rotation of the pin lever 68 only deforms the spring 70 and does not transmit to the wire lever 71. Therefore, wire 66
Is not drawn. In other words, since it is not necessary to pull the wire 66 by the solenoid 65, the size of the solenoid 65 can be reduced.

The tip of the pin lever 68 is
When the X-axis moving mechanism 22 is driven and the carriage 26 moves in a state in which the carriage 26 moves into the movement locus, the pin 69 engages with the tip of the pin lever 68 as shown in FIG. The pin lever 68 rotates with the movement. As a result, the spring 70 is
Is rotated, the wire 66 is pulled, the arm 57 stands up and the waste ticket box 58 is moved to the receiving position P3. Further, when the carriage 26 moves and the pin 69 pushes the spring 70, the linear portion of the spring 70 is elastically deformed to absorb an extra stroke, so that excessive tension is not generated on the wire 66. That is, when the selection driving means (solenoid) 65 is driven, the receiving portion moving mechanism 53 engages with the X-axis moving mechanism 22 and moves the card waste ticket receiving portion 4 to the retreat position P.
4 to the receiving position P3. As described above, the card waste ticket receiving unit 4 includes the X-axis drive motor 2 of the X-axis moving mechanism 22.
4, there is no need to separately provide a dedicated motor for driving the card waste ticket receiving unit 4.

The pin lever 68 and the wire lever 71
Since the spring 70 is provided between the two, the spring 70 is deformed even if the wire 66 is pulled due to mischief or the like, so that the wire 66 can be prevented from being loosened. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the wire 66 from coming off the wire pulley 64.

The indent / emboss mechanism 5 and the topper mechanism 6 are the X-axis moving mechanism 2
The card stacker 9 is provided at a position opposite to the card stacker 9 with the 2 interposed therebetween. The indent / emboss mechanism 5 is an embossing device that engraves predetermined characters and symbols on the card 14.
In the present embodiment, a known embossing device is used, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The topper mechanism 6 is a topper device for coloring characters, symbols, and the like engraved by the indent / emboss mechanism 5, and in the present embodiment, a known embossing device is used. Omitted. However, the topper mechanism 6 is provided so as to be able to approach and separate from the X-axis moving mechanism 22. That is, the guide rails 72, 72, which are orthogonal to and horizontal to the two X-direction guide shafts 27, 28 of the X-axis moving mechanism 22, are connected to the frame 54 of the card issuing device.
, And the topper mechanism 6 is movable along the guide rails 72, 72. Accordingly, even if the topper mechanism 6 is arranged close to the X-axis moving mechanism 22, when maintenance such as replacing the topping wheel of the topper mechanism 6 is performed, if the topper mechanism 6 is separated from the X-axis moving mechanism 22, the work space can be reduced. Therefore, the card issuing device can be made compact.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 73 denotes a sensor for detecting the end of the card 14. The sensor 73 detects whether or not the card 14 held by the card holding member 29 is inclined with respect to the X-direction guide shafts 27 and 28. That is, the sensor 73 is
By measuring the amount of movement of the card holding member 29 in the Y direction and the amount of movement of the carriage 26 in the X direction from the detection of one end to the detection of the other end, it is determined whether the card 14 is inclined. If it is oblique, the amount of inclination can be detected. Further, a dashed line L1 in FIG.

The detection sensor means 91 is provided at a position close to or in contact with the card 14 to be taken out by the card take-out moving mechanism 2 of the card supply unit 8, and detects the presence of the recording medium unit provided on the card 14. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the detection sensor means 91 for an IC contact as a recording medium portion of the card 14
An IC contact detection sensor 18 for detecting a contact, and a detection sensor means 9 for a magnetic stripe as a recording medium portion
1 is a magnetic detection sensor 12 for detecting the magnetic stripe
0. The detection sensor means 91 is provided for each card stacker 9.

The IC contact detection sensor 18 detects an IC contact (recording medium) provided on the front surface of the card 14 from the back side of the card 14, and is, for example, an eddy current sensor as shown in FIG. is there. This IC contact detection sensor 18 is provided with one detection rod-shaped core 93 and at least three or more excitation rod-shaped cores 94 surrounding the detection rod-shaped core 93 on one common base 92. I have. Further, a detection coil 95 is wound around the detection rod core 93, and a common excitation coil 96 is wound around three or more excitation rod cores 94. In the present embodiment, the base 92, the detection rod-shaped core 93, and the excitation rod-shaped core 94 are formed by an integral core body 99 made of a soft magnetic material such as ferrite. Then, the bar-shaped cores 93 and 94 are arranged in a grid of 3 × 3 to form a so-called girder shape, and the center bar-shaped core is used as the detection bar-shaped core 93, and the surrounding eight bar-shaped cores are excited. Rod-shaped core 94. In addition, each tip of the detection rod-shaped core 93 and the excitation rod-shaped core 94 is formed as a flat surface, and the flat surface is used as a detection surface.

The detection rod-shaped core 93 and each excitation rod-shaped core 9
4 and a groove 1 separating the rod-shaped cores 93 and 94 from each other.
05 is formed. The detection coil 95 is inserted in the groove 105 around the detection rod core 93.
For this reason, an interval can be provided between the detection coil 95 and the excitation coil 96, so that the magnetic flux generated by the excitation coil 96 and the magnetic flux detected by the detection coil 95 are prevented from affecting each other, and , The sensitivity of the IC contact detection sensor 18 can be improved.

Further, each side of the detection rod-shaped core 93 and the excitation rod-shaped core 94 is formed in a flat surface, and the cross-sectional shape of the rod-shaped cores 93 and 94 is a polygon of a triangle or more. For this reason, since the rod-shaped cores 93 and 94 can be formed by grinding, the size of the rod-shaped cores 93 and 94 can be reduced as compared with the case where they are formed by molding. In this embodiment, each rod-shaped core 9
3, 94 are formed in a narrow rectangular column shape having a cross-sectional shape smaller than the minute rectangular terminal 107 of the IC contact 106 of the card 14 as shown in FIG. For this reason, it is possible to detect the minute square terminal 107 with high accuracy.

Further, the IC contact detection sensor 18 is provided as shown in FIG.
The terminal 107 of the IC contact 106 of the card 14 as shown in FIG.
Among them, the terminals 107a located farthest from the center line C of the card 14 are arranged so that the detection rod-shaped core 93 detects them. For this reason, if the card 14 is erroneously turned upside down or set upside down in the card stacker 9, the detection rod-shaped core 3 is separated from the IC contact 106 '(shown by an imaginary line in the figure). Therefore, it can be detected with high accuracy that the card 14 is not set properly. Further, the IC contact 106 is provided in the card stacker 9.
Even when a card other than the IC card, that is, a card other than an IC card is set, this can be detected with high accuracy. Based on this detection, it is determined in advance whether the card 14 to be taken out next is a card having an IC function or not.
If it is known that the card 14 set therein is a card having an IC function, it can be determined whether or not the card 14 has been set upside down or upside down.

FIG. 32 shows a signal detection circuit 117 of the IC contact detection sensor 18. The signal detection circuit 117 includes an amplifier 101 for amplifying a detection current from the detection coil 95 and a detection circuit 102 for half-wave rectifying an output from the amplifier 101.
And a peak hold circuit 103 that takes a peak value of the half-wave rectified signal and performs envelope detection. Also,
The envelope-shaped analog signal output from the peak hold circuit 103 is converted into an analog signal by an AD converter or a comparator.
The data is converted and input to the control unit 7 composed of a microcomputer or the like and processed. Further, the excitation coil 96 includes
For example, a high-frequency signal 104 is applied to generate a magnetic field in the front space.

The IC contact detection sensor 18 detects the terminal 107 of the IC contact 106 as follows. When the high frequency signal 104 is applied to the exciting coil 96, a magnetic flux is generated from the IC contact detection sensor 18. Now, assuming that the exciting coil 96 of the IC contact detection sensor 18 faces the terminal 107 of the IC contact 106, the rate of change of the magnetic flux detected by the IC contact detection sensor 18 is a predetermined rate that has been confirmed in advance through experiments and the like. Should be as large as Therefore, when the change rate of the magnetic flux detected by the signal detection circuit 117 is a predetermined value, the terminal 107 of the IC contact 106 is
The card 14 having the IC function can be considered to be present facing the C contact detection sensor 18.
Can be determined to be stocked in the card stacker 9 in an appropriate direction. On the other hand, if the change rate of the magnetic flux detected by the signal detection circuit 117 is not a predetermined magnitude, the IC setting 1
It can be considered that the terminal 107 of No. 06 does not exist facing the IC contact detection sensor 18, and in this case, the card 14 is not a card having an IC function or a card having an IC function. Is determined to be inappropriate. IC contact detection sensor 1
8 is output from the card determination unit 14 of the control unit 7 shown in FIG.
0 is supplied.

The magnetic detection sensor 120 detects the magnetic stripe 126 which is a recording medium portion of the card 14, and is a coercive force detection sensor capable of detecting the coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126 in the present embodiment. This magnetic detection sensor 120 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
An excitation coil 123 and a detection coil 124 are wound around two main magnetic poles 122 juxtaposed so as to have a gap 121 on at least one side. The magnetic detection sensor 120 is arranged so that a magnetic flux passing through one of the two main magnetic poles 122 is changed by a magnetic stripe 126 formed on the lowermost card 14 in the card stacker 9. The change in the magnetic flux of one main magnetic pole 122 is detected by the detection coil 124. In the present embodiment, the air gap 121 is provided only on one side of each main magnetic pole 122, and the other side of each main magnetic pole 122 is connected by the connecting portion 128.

At the ends of the two main magnetic poles 122, an auxiliary core portion 1 for assisting the formation of a magnetic path by the magnetic stripe 126 is provided.
27 are formed. Each auxiliary core portion 127 is connected to the connecting portion 1
28 is formed so as to protrude to the opposite side. Each of the main magnetic poles 122 and each of the auxiliary cores 127 are integrally formed of a high magnetic permeability magnetic material such as ferrite, and a gap between the excitation coil 123 and the detection coil 12 is provided between the auxiliary cores 127.
4 is formed as a winding part 129.

The exciting coil 123 is wound around the winding part 129 of each main magnetic pole 122. Each excitation coil 12
3 are wound in opposite directions, and each main pole 122
The magnetic fluxes passing through are opposite to each other to generate a closed-loop magnetic flux Φ1 as a whole.

The leads 123a and 124a of the coils 123 and 124 are arranged so as to have the same positional relationship with respect to the main poles 122 so that the magnetic flux passing through the main poles 122 is balanced. By arranging the leads 123a and 124a of the coils 123 and 124 in this manner, the magnetic flux passing through the main magnetic poles 122 can be balanced. However, the lead lines 123a, 124a of the coils 123, 124 do not always have to be in such a positional relationship.
Need not be arranged, and the magnetic flux passing through each main magnetic pole 122 may be balanced by electrical correction in a circuit connected to each of the coils 123 and 124. The excitation coil 123 includes the main magnetic poles 122 and the auxiliary cores 1.
An exciting current is supplied to such an extent that the magnetic permeability of the magnetic stripe 126 can be detected in a region where the 27 high-permeability core members are not magnetically saturated.

The magnetic detection sensor 120 is arranged such that the two main magnetic poles 122 are substantially parallel to the card 14 in the card stacker 9.

The magnetic detection sensor 120 is connected to, for example, a signal detection circuit 148 shown in FIG. The excitation coil 123 is connected to, for example, an AC
A magnetic flux Φ1 that forms a closed loop through the two main magnetic poles 122 is generated. When the magnetic stripe 126 does not exist facing the magnetic detection sensor 120 and the magnetic fluxes passing through the main magnetic poles 122 are equal, the magnetic fluxes passing through the main magnetic poles 122 are balanced, and the output of the detection coil 124 does not change. When the magnetic stripe 126 approaches the magnetic detection sensor 120 from this state, a magnetic flux Φ2 leaking from one main magnetic pole 122 through each auxiliary core portion 127 toward the magnetic stripe 126 is generated, and the magnetic flux passing through each main magnetic pole 122 is generated. Imbalance.
Since the degree of leakage of the magnetic flux Φ2 changes depending on the magnetic permeability of the magnetic stripe 126, the output of the detection coil 124 changes according to the magnitude of the magnetic permeability. After the output of the detection coil 124 is amplified by the amplifier circuit 131, the detection circuit 13
2 and a peak hold circuit 133, half-wave rectified and subjected to envelope detection, and becomes an output signal having a magnitude corresponding to the magnetic permeability of the magnetic stripe 126. In this case, the order of amplification and detection may be reversed. Since there is a certain relationship between the magnetic permeability of the magnetic stripe 126 and the magnitude of the coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126, by checking the output value of the detection coil 124 corresponding to the magnitude of the coercive force in advance, The coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126 can be identified based on the output of the detection coil 124.

That is, in the magnetic detection sensor 120, each excitation coil 123 is wound around a substantially π-shaped high permeability core member so that the magnetic flux Φ1 forms a closed loop.
Reference numeral 24 is wound so as to be a differential type. For this reason, when the magnetic stripe 126 approaches the magnetic detection sensor 120, most of the magnetic flux Φ1 becomes a closed loop, but the minimum magnetic flux Φ2 depending on the medium permeability of the magnetic stripe 126.
Acts on the magnetic stripe 126. Therefore, a magnetic flux large enough to impair the recording data does not act on the magnetic stripe 126, and the magnetic detection sensor 120 can be operated also on the data storage area of the magnetic stripe 126.

The magnetic detection sensor 120 is provided with a magnetic stripe 126 of the lowermost card 14 in the card stacker 9.
, The coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126 can be detected before the card 14 is taken out, and the processing by the card reader unit 3 can be performed quickly.

Reference numeral 19 in FIG. 8 is a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the card 14. In addition, each of the sensors 18, 19,
120 is attached to the lower end of the side walls 9a to 9d of each card stacker 9.

In this card issuing device, the X-axis drive motor 24 and the Y-axis drive motor
3. The solenoid 65, the indent / emboss mechanism 5, and the topper mechanism 6 of the card waste ticket receiving unit 4 are controlled by the control unit 7, and one card 14 is taken out from the plurality of card stackers 9 by the card taking out and moving mechanism 2, and the card is taken out. Predetermined recording is performed by the reader unit 3 and the card issuing port 51
The card 14 is issued. When an unnecessary card 14 is received from the card reader unit 3, the card removal and transfer mechanism 2 moves the card waste ticket receiving unit 4 to the retreat position P4.
To the receiving position P3. The lowermost card 1 in each card stacker 9 is detected by the detection sensor 91.
Since it is possible to discriminate whether or not the card 4 is normally stocked, the card stacker 9 which normally stocks the card 14 is used for card issuance.
It is permissible to remove the card 14 from the card stacker 9 that has the card 14 turned upside down or reversed.

More specifically, first, the control unit 7 sets X
After operating the axis driving motor 24 to move the carriage 26 in front of the predetermined card stacker 9, the Y axis driving motor 4
3 is operated to move the card holding member 29 and the card take-out portion 21, and the card engagement claw portion 45 of the card take-out portion 21 hooks the lowermost card 14 in the card stacker 9 to take out the card. At this time, the card holding member 29 is moved to the high pressure position P2.
When the card 14 is moved, the card 14 taken out is firmly held by the card holding member 29.

Next, the control section 7 operates the X-axis drive motor 24 to move the card reader section 3 of the card 14 in front of the sensor 73.
Then, the card 14 is moved in the Y direction at the end close to the position of, and the position at which the sensor 73 is cut is measured. This value is set to α. The card 14 is returned to the original position in the reverse direction α again. Then card 14
To the card reader unit 3 side in the X-axis direction. Card 14
The end farther from the card reader 3 is sent in the Y direction to measure the position where the sensor 73 is cut. This value is set to γ. If the end of the card 14 is parallel to the X axis, α = γ, and if it is oblique, α ≠ γ, the control unit 7 calculates the holding posture of the card 14 based on the difference and the amount of β,
Can be recognized.

Next, the control section 7 operates the X-axis drive motor 24 to move the carriage 26 in front of the indent / emboss mechanism 5, and operates the indent / emboss mechanism 5 to place a character or the like at a predetermined position on the card 14. Engrave When engraving a plurality of characters and the like, the characters and the like are engraved while operating the X-axis drive motor 24 one character at a time. In this case, the sensor 7
When the holding posture of the card 14 detected in step 3 is oblique, the control unit 7 operates the Y-axis drive motor 43 according to the holding posture of the card 14 so that the line of characters and the like becomes straight. . When the marking of characters or the like is completed, the control unit 7 operates the X-axis drive motor 24 to operate the carriage 26.
Is moved to the front of the topper mechanism 6 and colored into characters or the like cut by the indent / emboss mechanism 5.

Thereafter, the controller 7 operates the X-axis drive motor 24 to move the carriage 26 toward the card reader 3. At this time, the control unit 7 operates the Y-axis drive motor 43 immediately before reaching the card reader unit 3 to move the card holding member 29 to the temporary holding position P1. As a result, the card 14 is temporarily held, and is delivered to the card reader 3. In the card reader unit 3, the control unit 7
After the predetermined recording is performed in accordance with the control of (1), the card 14 is issued from the card issuing port 51.

On the other hand, if there is any abnormality in the card 14 to be issued, the control section 7 operates the solenoid 65 of the card waste ticket receiving section 4, and then operates the X-axis drive motor 24 to move the carriage 26. The card is moved away from the card reader unit 3. As a result, the pin 69 and the pin lever 68 of the carriage 26 are engaged, the wire 66 is pulled, and the waste box 58 is moved to the receiving position P3. After the pin 69 and the pin lever 68 of the carriage 26 are engaged, the control unit 7 releases the operation of the solenoid 65 to suppress power consumption.

When the waste ticket box 58 moves to the receiving position P3,
The control unit 7 operates the card reader unit 3 to pay out the card 14 in the card reader unit 3 into the waste ticket box 58 (FIG. 1).
7). Next, the controller 7 operates the X-axis drive motor 24 to move the carriage 26 toward the card reader 3.
Thereby, the waste ticket box 58 moves to the retreat position P4, and the engagement between the pin 69 of the carriage 26 and the pin lever 68 is released. Therefore, thereafter, the waste ticket box 58 is
In this state, the pin lever 68 also retreats from the movement locus of the pin 69 of the carriage 26, so that the waste ticket box 58 does not move to the receiving position P3.

Thus, the processing of one card 14 is completed. The control section 7 repeats the above control and issues cards 14 one after another.

In this card issuing device, the card 14 is issued only when the detection sensor means 91 detects a recording medium portion at a predetermined position on the card 14. That is, the control unit 7
Has a card determination unit 140 shown in FIG. 35, and when the card determination unit 140 detects that the bottom card 14 in the card stacker 9 is turned upside down or stocked upside down, For example, the fact is displayed on a display unit 144 such as a display installed on an operation panel of the card issuing device, and issuance of the card from the card stacker 9 is stopped. The card issuing device of the present embodiment is 4
Since the card stacker 9 has a plurality of card stackers 9, the card stacker 9 in which it is detected that the bottom card 14 is stocked upside down or upside down is displayed on the display unit 144 and issued. Is stopped, and the card issuance described above is permitted for the normally stacked card stacker 9.

The card judgment section 140 is a card stacker 9
And a magnetic characteristic of the magnetic stripe 126 detected by the magnetic detection sensor 120 which is also a coercive force detection sensor. Compared to That is, the card characteristic storage unit 143 stores the combination of the presence or absence of the IC contact 106 and the value of the coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126 for all types of cards 14 that may be stocked in the card stacker 9. . The comparison unit 142 stores the data stored in the card characteristic storage unit 143 and the IC contact detection sensor 18 and the magnetic detection sensor 12.
From 0, the data supplied to the card type discriminating unit 141 is compared, and it is determined whether or not the bottom card 14 of the card stacker 9 is turned upside down or stocked upside down.

Now, the data supplied from the card type discriminating section 141, that is, the combination of the presence or absence of the IC contact 106 and the value of the coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126 is stored in the card characteristic storing section 1.
If it matches any of the data stored in 43, it is considered that the regular card 14 is stocked in the card stacker 9 in the correct direction. Therefore, in this case, the card 1
And a display unit 144, such as a display, indicating that it is possible to issue
And the value of the coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126 is stored in the recording current memory 145 for each card.

When the card issuing device is operated so as to actually take out and issue the card 14 from the card stacker 9, the card 14 is taken out from the card stacker 9 and characters and the like are engraved as described above. After that, it is transported to the card reader unit 3. As a result, the magnetic head 147 is operated so that the head recording circuit 146 performs recording with a current value corresponding to the coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126 based on the data stored in the recording current memory 145 for each card, and the IC contact block 149 is operated. That is,
In the card issuing apparatus of the present invention, the coercive force of the magnetic stripe 126 of the card 14 stored in the card stacker 9 is detected in advance by the magnetic detection sensor 120 and the recording current of the magnetic head 147 of the card reader unit 3 is selected. Therefore, it is possible to quickly and reliably perform recording with an appropriate current value on the magnetic stripe 126,
Cards can be issued quickly.

On the other hand, if the data supplied from the card type discriminating section 141 is different from any of the data stored in the card characteristic storing section 143, the card 14 which cannot be handled in the card stacker 9 Is considered to be stocked, or even the legitimate card 14 that can be handled is stocked upside down or upside down. Therefore, card 1
Even if the card reader 4 is taken out from the card stacker 9, the card reader 3 cannot record data properly.
If characters or the like are imprinted by the indent / emboss mechanism 5, the card 14 must be discarded. For this reason, the fact that the card cannot be issued from the card stacker 9 is displayed on the display unit 144, and the card issuance from the card stacker 9 is stopped. As a result, it is possible to prevent the card 14 from being discarded unnecessarily, and since the card issuance processing is not performed from the beginning, the card issuance error does not require the card issuance processing to be restarted from the beginning. Can be eliminated.

When one type of card 14 is always stocked in one card stacker 9, the type of card 14 used in advance for each card stacker 9 is stored in the card characteristic storage unit 143. If there is a possibility that a plurality of types of cards 14 may be stocked for one card stacker 9, all types of cards 14 that may be used are stored in the card characteristic storage unit 143. You should let it.

In this card issuing apparatus, since four card stackers 9 are provided, by setting different types of cards 14 in each card stacker 9, four types of card 1 can be set.
4 can be handled, but by setting the same type of card 14 in each card stacker 9, one type of card 14 can be handled in large quantities.

The card engaging claw 45 for taking out the cards 14 one by one from the card stacker 9 is moved to the X-axis moving mechanism 2.
2 makes it possible to move between the card stackers 9, so that it is not necessary to provide one card engaging claw portion 45 for each card stacker 9, so that the card issuing device can be reduced in size and simplified in structure. And can be manufactured at low cost.

Further, since the card holding member 29 and the card take-out portion 21 are moved coaxially, they can be moved together.
The movement in the Y direction can be driven by the two motors 24 and 45, and the movement of the waste ticket box 58
4, the size of the device can be reduced, the structure can be simplified, and the device can be manufactured at low cost.

Further, since the card 14 is held by the card holding blocks 39 and 40 of the card holding member 29 at a position where the operation of the indent / emboss mechanism 5 and the like is not hindered, the size of the apparatus is reduced and the structure is simplified. It can be performed.

A temporary holding position P1 and a high pressure position P2 are provided for the movement of the card holding member 29, so that the holding force (holding force) of the card 14 can be set to two levels, and the two card engaging claws can be used. 45, the card 14 is hooked and taken out, so that the card parallelism is maintained when the card is taken out and the card 1 is processed at the time of processing by the indent / emboss mechanism 5 or the like.
4 can be prevented from shifting and the reliability of processing can be improved.

Since the card 14 is taken out by the two card engaging claws 45, the positions of the card engaging claws 45 are adjusted so that the parallelism of the card engaging claws 45 is improved. The card 14 can be adjusted, and the card 14 can be taken out in an ideal parallel posture. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the card 14 from becoming skewed rather than parallel due to a component error or an assembly error of the apparatus, and to perform high-quality engraving of characters and the like. In addition, since the movement trajectory L2 of the two card engaging claws 45 is located on both sides of the card receiving block 13, displacement of the card 14 in the rotation direction by external force acting on the card 14 is effectively prevented. It allows for high quality card processing.

In the high pressure position P2, the L-shaped lever 33
The so-called toggle clamp can be performed because the tip of the control lever 34 and the operation lever 34 are positioned substantially in a straight line. Therefore, the card 14 can be used without applying a large force.
Can be securely held, and an increase in the load due to the movement of the card holding member 29 can be prevented, so that the operation can be reliably performed without increasing the size of the Y-axis drive motor 43.

The card pressing lever 35 of the card holding member 29 is connected to the intermediate lever 3 via a coil spring 36.
7, the holding force of the card 14 can be kept constant even if the thickness of the card 14 varies, so that the card 14 can be prevented from shifting and high quality card processing can be performed. it can.

Further, the card take-out unit 21 is moved so as to be sunk under the card stacker 9, and the card stacker unit 1 and the indent / emboss mechanism 5 and the topper mechanism 6 are sandwiched by the card take-out moving mechanism 2. Since the card reader unit 3 is arranged so as to face each other and the card reader unit 3 is arranged on the extension of the card movement locus L1 by the X-axis moving mechanism 22, the card stacker unit 1, the indent / emboss mechanism 5, the topper mechanism 6, the card The reader unit 3 and the card take-out moving mechanism 2 can be arranged rationally. For this reason, even when a plurality of card stackers 9 are installed, the occurrence of dead space can be suppressed and the entire apparatus can be reduced in size, and the moving path of the card 14 can be shortened to shorten the processing time. .

Further, since the waste ticket box 58 of the card waste ticket receiving unit 4 can be moved between the retreat position P4 and the receiving position P3, the waste ticket box 58 is removed from the card 1 during normal card processing.
4, the movement of the carriage 26 can be prevented from being disturbed, and the waste ticket box 58 can be rationally arranged. In addition, since the waste ticket box 58 is moved by using the movement of the carriage 26, a dedicated motor for moving the waste ticket box 58 is not required, and the carriage 26 and the pin lever 68 are engaged. Since only a small solenoid 65 is required, the size of the device can be reduced and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.

The card engaging claw 45 of the card take-out section 21 is rotatable with respect to the moving body 44 and a spring 85
Therefore, even when the card 14 is warped or bent, the card engaging claw 45 does not separate from the card 14.

When the card take-out unit 21 sends out the card 14, a reaction force acts to push the card engaging claw 45 back, but the card engaging claw 45 is attached to the moving body 44. The reaction force acts in a direction to further strengthen the engagement between the card engagement claw portion 45 and the card 14 in consideration of the point, the card catching point of the card engagement claw portion 45, the direction of the reaction force, and the like. In other words, even if the card 14 moves heavily for some reason and a strong force is required to take it out, a force acts in a direction in which the card engaging claw 45 bites into the card 14. And card 1
4 is hard to be disengaged.

Further, since the lowermost card 14 in the card stacker 9 is supported at three points by the card receiving portion 16, even if the card 14 is curved, the card is supplied to the card supply portion. 8 can be reliably taken out.

Further, since the card support 46 is provided on the moving body 44 of the card take-out section 21, the card 14 is removed by the second card 14 from the bottom while the bottom card 14 in the card stacker 9 is being taken out. It is possible to prevent the dowel portion 45 from being pushed down and coming off the lowermost card 14. For this reason, the card 14 can be reliably taken out, and the reliability is improved.

Also, the side walls 9a to 9 of each card stacker 9
Since d is funnel-shaped, replenishment of the card 14 becomes easy, and the side wall 9d arranged next to the adjacent card stacker 9 is bent into the cutout portion 15 of the adjacent side wall 9d. In addition, the card stackers 9 can be arranged with a narrow interval, and the size of the apparatus can be reduced.

The above-described embodiment is an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but is not limited thereto, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, in the above description, four card stackers 9 are provided, but two, three, or five or more card stackers 9 may be provided.

In the above description, the card holding member 29
The card holding member 29 and the card take-out part 21 are integrated by constantly pulling the card holding part 29 and the card take-out part 21 by a spring (not shown). For example, as shown in FIG. 21 and FIG. The card holding member 29 and the card take-out section 21 may be integrated by using 79 and 80. That is, the card receiving block 1
3 is provided with an upper pin 81 on the bottom surface, and a lower pin 82 is provided on the upper surface of the card take-out portion 21, respectively.
Forming recesses 79a, 80a at different positions of 9, 80,
Each link 79, 80 is urged by a spring (not shown) so as to be parallel to the Y-direction guide shaft 30. When the card removal unit 21 is moved from the indent / emboss mechanism 5 side toward the card stacker 9 side, FIG.
As shown in (a), the recess 79a of the first link 79 and the lower pin 82 are engaged, the card take-out portion 21 and the card holding member 29 are connected, and the card is taken out by the card take-out portion 21. The holding member 29 moves integrally. When the lower pin 81 moves below the card stacker 9, the upper pin 81 hits the slope 79 b of the first link 79 and the first link 7.
9 is disengaged from the recess 79 a and the lower pin 82, and the upper pin 81 is moved to the recess 80 of the second link 80.
a. Therefore, the card holding member 29 is disengaged from the card take-out portion 21 and only the card take-out portion 21 sneaks under the card stacker 9, while the card holding member 29
Is connected to the card receiving block 13. Then, when the card removal unit 21 moves toward the indent / emboss mechanism 5 while removing the card 14, FIG.
As shown in (b), the lower pin 82 is connected to the second link 80.
And the second link 80 is rotated to release the engagement between the concave portion 80a and the upper pin 81, and the first link 79 rotated by the upper pin 81 is returned by the spring. The side pin 82 engages with the concave portion 79a of the first link 79. Therefore, the card holding member 29 is disengaged from the card receiving block 13 and is connected to the card take-out portion 21, and is pushed by the card take-out portion 21 to move from the temporary holding position P1 toward the high pressure position P2.

In the above description, the wire lever 71 of the card waste ticket receiving unit 4 and the pulley 63 are connected by the wire 66 to move the waste ticket box 58. Alternatively, the waste ticket box 58 may be moved by linking.

In the above description, the waste ticket box 58 having the lid 58a is used, but the present invention is not limited to this.
A waste ticket box 58 without a lid 58a may be used. Furthermore, instead of the waste ticket box 58, only the receipt is used, and the received card 1
4 may slide down the slope and enter the receiving box. As a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of the card 14 in the waste ticket box 58, a photo interrupter or a micro switch may be used.

In the above description, the movement of the carriage 26 is selectively transmitted to the waste ticket box 58 by using the selection driving means 65 in the card waste ticket receiving section 4. By omitting, the movement of the carriage 26 may be transmitted to the waste ticket box 58 by moving the carriage 26 to a position where the carriage 26 does not move in the normal processing operation of the card 14. In this way, it is necessary to slightly extend the movement trajectory of the carriage 26.
Can be omitted, so that the number of actuators can be reduced.

In the above description, the card receiving block 13 is provided below each card stacker 9, and the card receiving block 13 is attached to the two convex portions 11 and 12 of the card receiving block 13 and the side wall 9 b of the card stacker 9. The card receiving portion 16 that supports the card 14 at three points with the convex portions 17 is configured. For example, as shown in FIGS. 23, 24, 25, and 26, the convex portions 11, 12, 17 are provided at three positions. By attaching a card receiving member 83 having the following to the lower portion of the card stacker 9, the card receiving portion 16 for supporting the card 14 at three points may be formed.

In the above description, the cards 14 are replenished from above as the respective card stackers 9 and the respective side walls 9a to 9d
Of the type in which the card 14 is taken out from the card supply unit 8 provided under the
And a card stacker 9 of a type that takes out the card 14 from the card supply unit 8 provided on each of the side walls 9a to 9d. In this case, the card receiving section 16
27 and 28, for example, are constituted by a convex portion 11 formed by a plate 84 attached to a card receiving member 83 and convex portions 12 and 17 formed by a card receiving member 83, and are arranged downward. I have. As shown in FIG. 29, the card engaging claw portion 45 for hooking and removing the card 14 is attached to the moving body 44 so as to be rotatable by its own weight. That is, it does not have the spring 85 as shown in FIG. Since the card engaging portion claw 45 rotates by its own weight even without the spring 85 in this manner, it is possible to cope with the bending of the card 14. In this case, the card in the card stacker 9 is lifted by an elevator mechanism (not shown) so as to hit the card receiving portion 16.

Further, in the above description, the indent / emboss mechanism 5 is provided as a device for engraving characters and the like on the card 14, but instead of the indent / emboss mechanism 5, an indent mechanism for engraving characters and the like with a heated pen is used. May be installed. In this case, characters and the like can be colored by the indentation mechanism, so that the topper mechanism 6 can be omitted.

In the above description, a case has been described in which the present invention is applied to a card issuing apparatus provided with the card removal / moving mechanism 2 capable of moving in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction. It goes without saying that the present invention may be applied to a card issuing device having a take-out moving mechanism.

Further, in the above description, as the detection sensor means 91, the IC contact detection sensor 18 and the magnetic detection sensor 1 are used.
20 is provided, but either one of the IC contact detection sensor 18 and the magnetic detection sensor 120 may be provided.

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As described above, in the card issuing apparatus according to the first aspect, a card stacker section having a card stacker having a card supply section formed at the end while stacking and stocking a large number of cards, A card removal mechanism for removing a card from the card supply unit of the stacker, and a card reader configured to be able to exchange the card with the card removal and movement mechanism, to perform predetermined recording on the delivered card and to issue the card from a card issuing port And a detection sensor means provided at a position close to or in contact with the card to be taken out by the card take-out movement mechanism of the card supply unit to detect the presence of the recording medium unit provided on the card, and the card take-out movement from the card stacker. One card is taken out by the mechanism, and the specified record is made by the card reader part. The card issuance process is performed from the card issuing port, and the card is issued only when the recording medium portion is detected at a predetermined position of the card by the detection sensor means. Before the operation, it can be determined whether or not the setting direction of the card in the card stacker is normal. That is, it can be determined whether or not the card can be issued from the card stacker before the customer selects the card or before the issuing process is started. For this reason, a card that is not properly set is not issued, so that it is possible to prevent the occurrence of cards that are discarded, and to reduce the card issuance waiting time.

Further, in the card issuing device according to the second aspect, the recording medium portion provided on the card is an IC contact or a magnetic stripe, and the detection sensor means detects the IC contact provided on the card. Since it is a sensor or a magnetic detection sensor for detecting a magnetic stripe provided on the card, the IC card, the magnetic card,
Regardless of whether a card having both functions of a C card and a magnetic card is handled, it is possible to detect in advance whether or not the card setting direction is appropriate before performing the card issuing process.

Further, in the card issuing device according to the third aspect, the recording medium portion provided on the card is a magnetic stripe, and the detection sensor detects coercive force of the magnetic stripe provided on the card. Since it is a sensor,
The coercive force of the magnetic stripe can be detected before issuing the magnetic card. For this reason, it is possible to perform recording on the magnetic stripe with an appropriate recording current, to ensure recording, and to quickly issue a card.

Further, the card issuing device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention has a card characteristic storage unit for storing magnetic characteristics of the cards stocked in the card stacker unit, and the coercive force of the magnetic stripe detected by the coercive force detection sensor. Is compared with the magnetic characteristics of the card characteristics storage unit, and the type of the card is determined by comparing the magnetic characteristics of the card stored in the card characteristics storage unit with the output from the coercive force sensor. Card issuing processing can be performed using the value.

Furthermore, in the card issuing device according to the fifth aspect, since the recording current of the magnetic head of the card reader can be selected, recording is performed on the magnetic stripe using a recording current suitable for the coercive force of the magnetic stripe. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a card issuing device.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of the card issuing device.

FIG. 3 is a left side view showing a schematic configuration of the card issuing device.

FIG. 4 is a right side view showing a schematic configuration of the card issuing device.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a card supply unit formed in a card stacker of the card issuing device.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a side wall of the card stacker of the card issuing device, which is arranged side by side with an adjacent card stacker.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a side wall of the card stacker of the card issuing apparatus, which is arranged side by side with an adjacent card stacker.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a card receiving unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram showing an X-axis moving mechanism of the card issuing device.

FIG. 10 is a front view showing a card holding unit and a card removal unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a cam groove formed in a carriage of a card holding unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 12 is a side view showing a card holding member constituting a card holding unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a lower card holding block constituting a card holding unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing a card holding member and a card take-out portion of the card issuing device.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged front view showing a card ejection unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing a card waste ticket receiving unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 17 shows a card waste ticket receiving unit of the card issuing device;
It is a front view showing the state where the waste ticket box moved to the receiving position.

FIG. 18 is a plan view showing a selective driving unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 19 is a side view showing a selective driving unit of the card issuing device.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the operation of the selection driving means of the card issuing device.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the card holding unit of the card issuing device.

22A and 22B show a relationship between each link and a pin of the card holding unit shown in FIG. 21; FIG. 22A is a plan view showing a state where the card holding member is connected to the card ejection unit; It is a top view of the state connected with the receiving block.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view showing a first modification of the card receiving section of the card issuing device.

FIG. 24 is a perspective view showing a second modification of the card receiving section of the card issuing device.

FIG. 25 is a perspective view showing a third modification of the card receiving section of the card issuing device.

FIG. 26 is a perspective view showing a fourth modification of the card receiving section of the card issuing device.

FIG. 27 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the card stacker of the card issuing device.

28 is a view of the card receiving portion of the card stacker of FIG. 27 as viewed from below.

FIG. 29 is an enlarged front view showing a card ejection unit used in the card stacker of FIG. 27;

FIG. 30 is a perspective view showing an IC contact detection sensor of the card issuing device.

FIG. 31 is a plan view of a card used in the card issuing device.

FIG. 32 is a diagram showing a signal detection circuit of the IC contact detection sensor of FIG. 30.

FIG. 33 is a front view showing a magnetic detection sensor of the card issuing device.

FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating a signal detection circuit of the magnetic detection sensor in FIG. 33;

FIG. 35 is a block diagram illustrating a card determination unit of the card issuing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card stacker part 2 Card removal movement mechanism 3 Card reader part 8 Card supply part 9 Card stacker 14 Card 18 IC contact detection sensor 91 Detection sensor means 120 Magnetic detection sensor (coercive force detection sensor) 143 Card characteristic storage part

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A card stacker section having a card stacker having a card supply section formed at one end while stacking and stocking a large number of cards, a card removal moving mechanism for removing cards from the card supply section of the card stacker, A card reader unit configured to be able to transfer the card with the card removal / moving mechanism, to perform predetermined recording on the transferred card, and to issue a card from a card issuing port, and to remove the card by the card removal / moving mechanism of the card supply unit. Detection sensor means provided at a position close to or in contact with the card to be detected to detect the presence of a recording medium unit provided on the card, and taking out one card from the card stacker by the card removal / moving mechanism, Make a predetermined record with the card reader part and from the card issuing port A card issuance device configured to issue a card, and to issue the card only when the recording medium portion is detected at a predetermined position of the card by the detection sensor means. 2. The recording medium section provided on the card is I
A C contact or a magnetic stripe, wherein the detection sensor means is an IC contact detection sensor for detecting the IC contact provided on the card or a magnetic detection sensor for detecting the magnetic stripe provided on the card. The card issuing device according to claim 1. 3. The recording medium unit provided on the card is a magnetic stripe, and the detection sensor is a coercive force detection sensor capable of detecting a coercive force of the magnetic stripe provided on the card. The card issuing device according to claim 1, wherein 4. A card characteristic storage unit for storing magnetic characteristics of cards stored in the card stacker unit,
4. The card issuing device according to claim 3, wherein the coercive force of the magnetic stripe detected by the coercive force sensor is compared with the magnetic characteristics of the card characteristic storage unit. 5. The card issuing device according to claim 3, wherein a recording current of the magnetic head of the card reader section can be selected.