WO2013100798A1 - Device for sorting rigid sheet-like record carriers - Google Patents

Description

A device for sorting hard sheet media. The invention relates to devices for sorting sheet carriers of information on a rigid basis (cardboard, plastic), in particular bank plastic cards and can be used in banks, insurance companies, healthcare facilities, corporations using identification cards, and other structures, including, and for card manufacturers, personalization bureaus and processing centers. A well-known complex of quality control and sorting of CISS-LC plastic cards containing a control module, an input tray, a magnetic strip reader, output trays, a reject tray (http: // www. About stcard. Su). In this complex, in one processing cycle, you can decompose plastic cards into only 8 groups, for example, into 8 bank branches. If there are more than 8 branches, then sorting is required in several stages. The complex has a speed of 3500 cards per hour. The disadvantages of the known device is its small capacity and low processing speed. The closest technical solution is the CISS card quality control and sorting system, containing the main module, card loading modules, functional modules, card unloading modules (http://www.ostcard.su). A disadvantage of the known device is the lack of capacity and low processing speed due to the lack of intermediate drives with random access. The technical result of the invention is to increase the capacity and speed of sorting. The technical result is achieved by the fact that the device for sorting hard sheet media containing a module for loading media, a module for unloading media, a control module according to the invention, it comprises an intermediate storage module for any volume with fast random access, made in the form of a drum, containing rows of storage cells mounted on the axis of rotation of the drum, with storage media located around the drum, guiding the movement of the media loading module to any row of the drum and the media unloading module, which consists of extraction mechanisms information carriers located on each row of the drum, and a mechanism for dumping information carriers into the output tray, while each row of the drum contains three disks, n zhny of which it is a shelf on which there are information carriers, the other two are designed as plastic combs securing the media in a vertical position. In FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a device; FIG. 2 shows a design of a random access intermediate storage module in the form of a drum. A device for sorting hard sheet storage media comprises a loading module 1 of storage media, an intermediate storage module with random access in the form of a drum 2, a module for unloading 3 storage media. The drum 2 contains rows 4 with storage cells of information carriers mounted on the axis 5. On the guides 6 around the drum 2 there is a loading module 1 and an unloading module 3, which contains storage media extraction mechanisms 7 located on each row 4 of the drum 2. The base 8 serves support for the entire structure. Each row 4 of the drum 2 contains three discs, the lower of which is a shelf on which the information carriers are standing, the other two are made in the form of plastic combs holding the information carriers in an upright position. The device is equipped with a control module 9 and a packaging module 10. The principle of operation of the device is that the information carriers, for example plastic cards, are sequentially removed from the loading module 1, which moves along the guide 6 to any row of the drum 2 with the help of an electric drive, is identified and placed in pre-numbered cells in rows 4. Drum 2 rotates around axis 5, which fixed on the basis of 8. Periodically, for example, once a day, after filling the drum 2 or at the request of the operator, the media are unloaded into the unloading modules 3. The cards are unloaded from the drum 2 using the extraction mechanisms 7, which are located on each row 4 of the drum 2, based on information from the database of the control module 9, where the track and the position of the card are stored in the cells of rows 4 of reel 2, and the specified criteria by which the card belongs to a particular bank branch or client company. Since there can be much more signs of sorting than the number of modules for unloading 3 cards, as well as the number of storage media that can be more than the maximum volume of modules for unloading 3, manual or automatic change of these modules after filling them out is provided. For a specific task, the device can be produced with various parameters. The diameter of the drum 2 depends on the number of cells in one row 4. The larger the diameter, the greater the capacity of the device, but one revolution of the drum 2 will be performed in a longer time, and for guaranteed unloading of information carriers with one criterion, no more than one revolution of the drum 2. Therefore with large volumes, but a small number of signs of sorting, it is advisable to increase the capacity of the device by increasing the diameter of the drum 2. The number of rows 4 depends on the height of the drum 2. If you increase the capacity of the drum due to cell, then one revolution will be carried out more quickly and, therefore, the discharge rate of increase. With a large number of different signs of sorting, it is necessary to increase the height of the drum 2. The speed of filling the drum 2 and the reliability of the device depends on the number of loading modules 1 cards (if any module fails, the device does not stop working). Since it is possible to fill drum 2 simultaneously with any number of card loading modules 1, their number is limited by economic considerations. One module for unloading 3 cards in no more than one revolution of drum 2 can unload all media with one sign up to complete unloading if the capacity of unloading module 3 allows this. With an increase in the number of unloading modules 3, the number of unloaded carriers with one attribute per revolution of drum 2 increases. Drum 2 rotates at a constant speed all the time while the device is in use. It rotates during loading and unloading, although these operations can be carried out simultaneously, for through sorting. The performance of the device depends on the speed of rotation of the drum 2, but it is limited by the speed of the loading modules 1 and unloading 3 cards, as well as the material of the carrier. The position of the drum 2 is determined electronically. All rows exactly correspond to each other, so each cell has a coordinate - row / column. Each loading module 1 has its own vertical rail 6 and an electric drive (not shown in the drawing). As the cells of one row 4 of the drum 2 are filled, it moves to the next and so on until the drum 2 is fully loaded. After that, module 1 returns to the convenient loading point and the operator must replenish it. You can replenish it in the process of work. If the storage medium was not identified at the time of filing, then module 1 can be unloaded at any time at the command of the operator. This can be done for any other identified media or group of media. The module for loading 1 cards can have any capacity, which is determined by the material of the carrier and economic considerations. The vertical position of the loading module 1 is determined electronically. The speed of moving the boot module 1 from row to row can be controlled by the software settings. When filling the drum 2, the loading module 1 can do this with gaps in the cells to evenly distribute the weight of the media across the diameter. Since it is always known exactly which cell of drum 2 falls into the medium, the software of the control module 9 stores in the database the parameters of the medium and its coordinate in the form of a row / column. The software groups in the database the information received according to certain criteria. If it is necessary to unload one or a group of media, the software instructs the unloading module 3 cards to get the media from the cell just at the moment when the cell moves past the unloading module 3. Thus, random access to any cell in row 4 is provided. And this is the main A distinctive feature of the claimed device from the like. The maximum access time to any cell of row 4 is determined by the time of one revolution of drum 2 divided by the number of unloading modules 3 cards. The minimum time is determined by the distance from the cell of row 4 with the carrier of interest to the nearest unloading module 3 and the speed of rotation of the drum 2. Consider the algorithm of the device using the example of sorting bank cards with a magnetic strip. Objective: During the work shift, the central branch of the bank produces 10 thousand cards with a magnetic strip, which must be sent by mail to the appropriate branches. Cards are printed in random order, so you need to sort them and prepare envelopes for each compartment. With a large number of cards for one compartment, it is necessary to make several envelopes. The device is not equipped with an automatic envelope change. It has one loading module 1 and 10 unloading modules. The operation algorithm is as follows:

 1. The operator loads the stack of cards in a specific orientation into the loading module 1.

 2. The operator presses the start button on the boot module 1.

 3. The software of the control module 9 from its database determines the nearest row 4 in the drum 2, where there are free cells and instructs the loading module 1 to move to this row.

4. After a successful move, the software waits until the drum 2 turns into the first free cell and gives the command to read magnetic track from the card and insert it into an empty cell. If the operation is successful, information about the inserted card is entered into the database.

 5. Points 3 and 4 are fulfilled as long as there is at least one more card in loading module 1 or there are free cells in row 4 of drum 2.

 6. Follow paragraphs 1-5 until the operator decides to start unloading.

 7. The operator sets 10 envelopes and gives the command to start unloading, for example, by region.

 8. The software of the control module 9 determines all the departments related to the first (next) region and determines the coordinates of the cards in the drum corresponding to these departments.

 9. As soon as the desired card equals the desired extraction mechanism 7, the software will give a command to unload it. Since the number of extraction mechanisms 7 corresponds to the number of rows 4, cards from any row can be simultaneously removed from the drum 2. All of them will fall into one channel and fall into the corresponding output tray under their own weight.

 10. At most for one revolution of a drum all 10 envelopes will be filled. Since in this case the device is not equipped with an automatic change of envelopes, the operator removes the filled envelopes and marks them.

1 1. Until complete unloading, paragraphs 7-10 are followed. Thanks to this design, an increase in processing speed up to 3600cards / sec., As well as an increase in the sorting volume of information carriers is provided. The device is easy to manufacture, which significantly reduces its cost. As loading modules, off-the-shelf supply and identification modules of various manufacturers can be used. The claimed device can be used to sort media of various nature. The device may be provided with a packaging mechanism 10 and label printing for sorted media. This can be convenient when posting the results. In addition to sorting, the claimed device also performs another important function - media quality control. When carriers are fed from the loading module into the drum, they are identified. In case of identification errors, the media will be rejected. Identification can be any depending on the type of carrier: magnetic, optical, laser, non-contact for radio chips, etc.

Claims

Claim. A device for sorting hard sheet data carriers containing a media loading module, a media loading module, a control module, characterized in that it comprises an intermediate storage module of any volume with fast random access, made in the form of a drum, containing rows secured to the axis of rotation of the drum storage cells of information carriers, while around the drum there are guides of movement of the media loading module to any row of the drum, and the module l unloading consists of mechanisms for extracting storage media located on each row of the drum, and a mechanism for dumping storage media into the output tray, with each row of the drum containing three disks, the lower of which is a shelf on which the storage media are located, two Others are made in the form plastic combs that hold the media in an upright position.