JP2003192223A - Separator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a separator automatically separating a card having a hiding layer such as a scratch card. <P>SOLUTION: The hiding layer 4 is separated from the scratch card 1 by winding an adhesive tape 8 by a winding spool 21 after adhering the adhesive tape 8 to the hiding layer 4 of the scratch card 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for automatically peeling off a hiding layer for a card having a hiding layer such as a scratch card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Scratch cards represented by lottery cards and various lottery cards have characters such as "win" and "miss" printed on the surface, and these characters are disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-25375. It is known that it is hidden by such a hiding layer. Then, the purchaser or the like selectively scrapes the concealing layer with a coin or the like and peels it off, thereby determining whether or not to win.

[0003]

Such a scratch card is mainly peeled off by the purchaser or the like, but depending on the contents of the scratch card, the salesperson who sells or distributes the scratch card may peel it off. There is also. For example, depending on the scratch card, in addition to the information such as "hit" and "missing", a bar code indicating whether the scratch card is a legitimate card may be printed. Therefore, it is hidden by the hiding layer in the same manner. Such a bar code hiding layer is peeled off by a salesperson or the like, and is read by a bar code scanner or the like to determine whether the card is valid.

However, the work of peeling off the concealing layer imposes a heavy burden on the salesperson, and automation of the work is desired. Moreover, when the hiding layer is scraped off with a coin or the like, scraps are generated, and the disposal thereof is also a problem.

Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a peeling device which automates the peeling operation for a card having a concealing layer.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a peeling device for peeling a concealing layer of a card, wherein a supply spool around which an adhesive tape is wound, and the concealing layer is pulled out from the supply spool. As the adhesive tape sticks,
A pressing unit that presses at least one of the card and the adhesive tape to the other, a conveying unit that conveys the card so as to pass through the pressing unit, and the adhesive adhered to the hiding layer by the pressing unit. There is provided a peeling device, comprising: a take-up spool that winds the adhesive tape in a direction of peeling the tape.

[0007]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Figure 1 (a)
[FIG. 3] is a plan view showing an example of the scratch card 1 and a part thereof.

In FIG. 1A, the scratch card 1
A bar code 3, which is bar coded with information indicating whether the card is valid, is printed on the. The bar code 3 is read by a bar code scanner, and it is determined whether the scratch card 1 is a valid card or an illegal card.

A cover layer 4 for covering the bar code 3 is provided on the bar code 3 so that the bar code 3 cannot be visually recognized from the outside. The concealing layer 4 can be peeled off by scraping it off with, for example, a coin, but according to the apparatus of the present embodiment, it can be peeled off automatically.

Although not shown, the scratch card 1
The bar code 3 indicates characters such as “hit” and “out”.
Similarly to the above, the card is hidden by the hiding layer, and the card purchaser or the like scrapes off the card with a coin or the like to find out whether it is a "hit" or a "miss".

In the case of "winning", when the scratch card 1 is given to a salesperson or the like, the salesperson or the like peels off the concealing layer 4 of the bar code 3 and reads the bar code 3 with a bar code scanner. Check if it is not a card. In the case of a valid card, the purchaser or the like will be given a gift or the like.

Next, the outline of the principle of peeling off the masking layer according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1B is an operation principle diagram for peeling off the concealing layer. In the present invention, in order to peel off the concealing layer 4, an adhesive tape is attached to this, and then the adhesive tape is peeled off, whereby the concealing layer 4 is peeled off from the scratch card 1.

In FIG. 1B, an adhesive tape 8 having an adhesive layer 9 that adheres to the hiding layer 4 of the scratch card 1 is attached to the hiding layer 4. This is performed by passing the scratch card 1 through the gap between the protrusion 10 and the roller 11 to press the adhesive layer 9 of the adhesive tape 8 and the scratch card 1 against each other. Then, while the scratch card 1 is conveyed substantially horizontally in the direction of arrow D in the figure,
The adhesive tape 8 is peeled off from the scratch card 1 by winding the adhesive tape 8 upward. As a result, the hiding layer 4 adheres to the adhesive tape 8 and the scratch card 1
Will be peeled from.

The present invention intends to automate the peeling operation of the concealing layer 4 based on such a principle. In the case of the present invention, the peeled peeling layer 4 adheres to the adhesive tape 8, so that this does not scatter to the periphery, and the problem that shavings are generated unlike the conventional case is solved.

If the adhesive strength of the adhesive tape 8 is too strong, not only the peeling layer 4 but also other places on the surface of the scratch card 1 may be peeled off. That is,
As shown in the figure, the adhesive force A between the printing surface 2 and the adhesive layer 9 is
It is desirable that the adhesive force A is smaller than the adhesive force B between the adhesive layer 9 and the concealing layer 4, and the adhesive force A is an adhesive force that does not peel off the printing surface 2. As the adhesive tape having such an adhesive force, an adhesive tape for masking a substrate used for manufacturing a printed circuit board is desirable.

FIG. 2A is a schematic view of a peeling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is an enlarged view of the main part thereof. Further, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the peeling device as viewed from the introduction portion side of the scratch card 1.

Referring to the drawings, in the peeling device, the scratch card 1 is placed with the concealing layer 4 on the left side in FIG. 2 (a) between the space portions formed between the pair of base portions 15. It is configured to be introduced in the direction of arrow D1 from the introduction portion of the end portion and conveyed in the direction of arrow D2 from the discharge portion of the right end portion.

In order to convey the scratch card 1 as described above, the drive rollers 26 and 1 using the motor M1 as a drive source.
1, 12, 28 and rollers 25, 27 that follow these
And are provided. As shown in the figure, the scratch card 1 is conveyed in a substantially horizontal direction from the introduction portion to the discharge portion.

The adhesive tape 8 is wound around a rotatable supply spool 20 fixed around a shaft body 22, and the adhesive tape 8 after the peeling work is taken up by a take-up spool 21. The take-up spool 21 is a shaft 2 that is driven by a motor M2 (shown in FIG. 3) via gears 31 and 30.
It is fixed to 3 and rotates according to the rotation of the motor M2. The shafts 22 and 23 of the spools are set in the grooves 15a and 15b of the base 15 so as to be detachable so that the supply spool 20 and the take-up spool 21 can be easily replaced.

The adhesive tape pulled out from the supply spool 20 is guided by the tape roller 13 which guides the adhesive tape in the direction of the scratch card 1 being conveyed, and the tape roller 13 is guided.
And the drive roller 12, and between the drive roller 11 and the protrusion 10, and is guided by the tape guide member 16 and wound by the take-up spool 21.

In this embodiment, the tape roller 13 and the drive roller 12, and the drive roller 11 and the protrusion 10 provided on a part of the tape guide member 16 adhere to the concealing layer 4 of the scratch card 1 passing therethrough. It functions as a pressing unit that presses the tapes 8 so that they are attached.

More specifically, the drive rollers 11 and 12 are driven to be movable in the vertical direction by energizing the electromagnetic solenoid 50, and in FIG. 2B, the sticking position shown by the solid line and the standby position shown by the broken line. It is provided to drive between positions.

Therefore, when the scratch card 1 exists between the drive roller 12 and the tape roller 13 in the standby position, the drive roller 12 moves upward, and the scratch card 1 and the adhesive tape 8 are moved to the drive roller 12. The tape roller 13 can be pressed and sandwiched so as to be stuck.

On the other hand, when the scratch card 1 is present between the drive roller 11 and the protrusion 10 in the standby position, the drive roller 11 moves upward, so that the scratch card 1 and the adhesive tape 8 are separated from each other by the drive roller 11. It can be attached by pressing so as to be sandwiched by the protrusion 10.

In this embodiment, the drive rollers 11 and 12 are used.
Is moved up and down to press the scratch card 1 and the adhesive tape 8, but the tape roller 13 and the protruding portion 10 may be moved up and down and pressed, or both of them may be moved up and down. May be. Further, in the present embodiment, the driving rollers 11 and 12 are also used as the pressing means and the conveying means of the scratch card 1 to reduce the number of parts, but it goes without saying that these may be separated.

Next, the tape guide member 16 changes the take-up direction of the adhesive tape 8 taken up by the take-up spool 21, and in the case of this embodiment, the scratch card 1 is conveyed in a substantially horizontal direction. ) Is guided in a direction (generally vertical direction) substantially orthogonal to (). For this reason, the tape guide member 16 is configured as an L-shaped member bent at a substantially right angle.

Even if the tape guide member 16 is not provided, the adhesive tape 8 can be peeled off from the scratch card 1 by winding the take-up spool 21. The adhered adhesive tape 8 is suddenly pulled, and the concealing layer 4
The peeling is done smoothly.

Next, referring to FIG. 2A, the peeling device includes a sensor S1 at the introduction portion and a sensor S2 at the sticking start position.
A sensor S3 in the discharge section and a sensor S4 for detecting the presence / absence of the adhesive tape 8 are provided at the respective positions shown in the figure, and are configured to perform detection for control described later.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the operation of the peeling device. Referring to this figure and FIG. 2 (a), the scratch card 1 having the hiding layer 4 has the hiding layer 4
Is inserted into the nip portion of the rollers 25 and 26 with the side facing up.
At this time, the roller 1 is energized by energizing the electromagnetic solenoid 50.
Nos. 1 and 12 stand by at the positions indicated by broken lines in FIG.

When the scratch card 1 is inserted, this is detected by the sensor S1 in step K1, and a command for starting the motor M1 is issued from the control unit (not shown) in step K2. As a result, the scratch card 1 is conveyed to the discharge section side. In step K3, the sensor S
When the scratch card 1 is detected by 2, the process proceeds to step K4, the scratch card 1 is conveyed until its card edge is positioned between the protrusion 10 and the drive roller 11, and the motor M1 is stopped at step K5.

Next, in step K6, the electromagnetic solenoid 50
To the driving rollers 11 and 12 as shown in FIG.
The adhesive tape 8 is attached to the release layer 4 of the scratch card 1 by moving it to the position shown by the solid line in (b).

Subsequently, in step K7, the motors M1 and M2 are
When the scratch card 1 is conveyed, the adhesive tape 8 is wound up. As a result, the adhesive tape 8 is separated from the scratch card 1, while the concealing layer 4 is attached to the adhesive tape 8 and peeled off from the scratch card 1.

Then, in step K8, the sensor S
The presence or absence of the adhesive tape 8 is detected by 4. The remaining amount of the adhesive tape 8 is checked. If it is determined that there is not, the process proceeds to step K11, the driving of the motors M1 and M2 is stopped, and error processing indicating that the adhesive tape 8 is absent is performed at step K12, and, for example, an alarm is issued to prompt replacement and end. To do.

When it is determined in step K8, the process proceeds to step K9, in which the drive roller 28 is rotated by the motors M1 and M2, the scratch card 1 from which the concealing layer 4 is peeled off is conveyed, and the sensor S3 detects The rear edge of the scratch card 1 is detected. When the edge is detected, it is determined that the scratch card 1 has been ejected, the process proceeds to step K10, the driving of each motor is stopped, and a series of peeling operations is ended. After that, the electromagnetic solenoid 5
By energizing 0, the rollers 11 and 12 are made to stand by at the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 2B and wait for the next peeling.

As described above, according to the peeling apparatus of this embodiment, the peeling operation of the concealing layer 4 can be automated, and the peeled concealing layer 4 adheres to the adhesive tape 8.
There is an advantage that garbage is not generated. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various aspects can be adopted. In the above embodiment, the drive rollers 26, 1 are driven by the motor M1.
Although all the driving elements are electrically driven as if the winding spool 21 is driven to rotate by the motor M2 and the driving motors 1, 12 and 28 are rotated, the present invention is not limited to this. This includes a case where all or a part is driven manually, and in this case also, since it is not necessary to directly scrape off the hiding layer 4, it can be said that automation is achieved.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The peeling operation can be automated for cards having a peeling layer. Further, since the peeled release layer adheres to the adhesive tape, it also has an effect of not generating dust.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a plan view showing a part of a scratch card 1, and FIG. 1B is an operation principle diagram for peeling off a concealing layer.

FIG. 2A is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a peeling device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is an enlarged view of a main part thereof.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the peeling device as viewed from the introduction portion side of the scratch card 1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the peeling device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 scratch card 2 Printing side 3 barcode 4 Hiding layer 8 Adhesive tape 9 Adhesive layer 10 Projection 11, 12 Drive roller 13 Tape roller 15 base 20 supply spool 21 Take-up spool 16 Tape guide member 50 electromagnetic solenoid M1, M2 motor S1, S2, S3, S4 sensors

Continued front page    F-term (reference) 2C005 HB12 JA09 KA11                 3F064 AA03 FA04                 3F108 JA02

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A peeling device for peeling off a concealing layer of a card, wherein a supply spool around which an adhesive tape is wound, and the adhesive tape pulled out from the supply spool are attached to the concealing layer, A pressing unit that presses at least one of the card and the adhesive tape to the other, a conveying unit that conveys the card so as to pass through the pressing unit, and the adhesive adhered to the concealment layer by the pressing unit. A peeling device comprising: a take-up spool that winds the adhesive tape in a direction of peeling the tape. 2. The peeling according to claim 1, further comprising a tape guide member which is attached to the concealing layer and changes a winding direction of the adhesive tape wound by the winding spool. apparatus. 3. The peeling device according to claim 2, wherein the tape guide member changes a winding direction of the adhesive tape in a direction substantially orthogonal to a carrying direction of the card by the carrying means. 4. The pressing means includes a pair of rollers, one of the rollers moves so as to be able to press the other, and the card and the adhesive tape pass between the pair of rollers. The peeling device according to claim 1. 5. A detection means for detecting that the card has been conveyed to the pressing means, the pressing means performing a pressing operation when the card is detected by the detection means. Claim 1
The peeling device according to. 6. The apparatus further comprises an introducing section for introducing the card and an ejecting section for ejecting the card, wherein the transporting means is configured to substantially convey the card from the card introducing section to the ejecting section. The peeling device according to claim 1, wherein the peeling device is conveyed horizontally, and the pressing unit is disposed between the introduction unit and the discharge unit.