Card conveying mechanism and card issuing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9751707-B2
Application number	US-201515127149-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2015
Priority date	Mar 18, 2014
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a card conveying mechanism capable of conveying a card in a horizontal direction and allowing for less space in a higher-level apparatus to be taken up even if the card conveying mechanism is capable of making the card parallel to the horizontal direction or tilting the card relative to the horizontal direction. The card conveying mechanism is provided with a card holder that has a draw and feed mechanism for drawing and feeding a card and temporarily holds the card therein, a draw and feed driving mechanism for driving the draw and feed mechanism, a carriage where the card holder is mounted, a carriage driving mechanism for moving the carriage linearly in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a direction in which the card is drawn into the card holder and a rotating mechanism for rotating the card holder with respect to the carriage around an axis in which the carriage moves.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A card conveying mechanism for use with a card, the card conveying mechanism comprising:
a card holding part comprising a drawing and sending-out mechanism structured to perform drawing and sending out of the card, the card holding part being configured to temporarily hold the card in an inside of the card holding part;
a drawing and sending-out drive mechanism structured to drive the drawing and sending-out mechanism;
a carriage on which the card holding part is mounted;
a carriage drive mechanism structured to linearly move the carriage in a horizontal direction which is perpendicular to a drawing direction of the card to the card holding part; and
a turning mechanism structured to turn the card holding part with respect to the carriage with a moving direction of the carriage as an axial direction of turning.

2. The card conveying mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein
the card holding part comprises two or more card holding parts which are disposed so as to overlap with each other in an upper and lower direction, and
when the card holding parts are turned to predetermined positions by the turning mechanism, the card transferred between the card holding parts in the upper and lower direction.

3. The card conveying mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein the two or more card holding parts are mounted on a common carriage so as to overlap in the upper and lower direction.

4. The card conveying mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein
the card holding parts comprise a first card holding part and a second card holding part,
the turning mechanism comprises one turning motor which is a drive source, and
when the turning motor is rotated, the first card holding part and the second card holding part are turned together.

5. The card conveying mechanism according to claim 4 , wherein
the turning mechanism comprises:
a first turning pulley which is fixed to a turnable shaft fixed to the first card holding part;
a second turning pulley which is fixed to a turnable shaft fixed to the second card holding part; and
a turning belt which is stretched over the first turning pulley and the second turning pulley;

wherein when the turning motor is rotated, the turning belt is turned and thereby the first card holding part and the second card holding part are turned together.

6. The card conveying mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein
the card holding parts comprise a first card holding part and a second card holding part,
the first card holding part comprises a first drawing and sending-out mechanism as the drawing and sending-out mechanism,
the second card holding part comprises a second drawing and sending-out mechanism as the drawing and sending-out mechanism,
the drawing and sending-out drive mechanism comprises one drawing and sending-out motor which is a drive source,
when the drawing and sending-out motor is rotated, the first drawing and sending-out mechanism and the second drawing and sending-out mechanism perform a drawing operation or a sending-out operation of the card.

7. The card conveying mechanism according to claim 6 , wherein
the drawing and sending-out drive mechanism comprises:
a first drawing and sending-out pulley with which the first drawing and sending-out mechanism is connected;
a second drawing and sending-out pulley with which the second drawing and sending-out mechanism is connected; and
a drawing and sending-out belt which is stretched over the first drawing and sending-out pulley and the second drawing and sending-out pulley;

when the drawing and sending-out motor is rotated, the drawing and sending-out belt is turned and thereby the first drawing and sending-out mechanism and the second drawing and sending-out mechanism perform the drawing operation or the sending-out operation of the card.

8. The card conveying mechanism according to claim 7 , wherein
the drawing and sending-out drive mechanism comprises:
a first gear which is coaxially disposed with the first drawing and sending-out pulley and is rotated together with the first drawing and sending-out pulley;
a first gear train which is disposed between the first gear and the first drawing and sending-out mechanism and is engaged with the first gear in a transmission path of power from the drawing and sending-out motor to the first drawing and sending-out mechanism;
a second gear which is coaxially disposed with the second drawing and sending-out pulley and is rotated together with the second drawing and sending-out pulley; and
a second gear train which is disposed between the second gear and the second drawing and sending-out mechanism and is engaged with the second gear in a transmission path of power from the drawing and sending-out motor to the second drawing and sending-out mechanism;

the turning mechanism comprises:
one turning motor which is a drive source;
a first turning pulley which is fixed to a turnable shaft fixed to the first card holding part;
a second turning pulley which is fixed to a turnable shaft fixed to the second card holding part; and
a turning belt which is stretched over the first turning pulley and the second turning pulley;

when the turning motor is rotated, the turning belt is turned and thereby the first card holding part and the second card holding part are turned together,
the first drawing and sending-out pulley and the first turning pulley are coaxially disposed with each other,
the second drawing and sending-out pulley and the second turning pulley are coaxially disposed with each other,
when one side in a moving direction of the carriage is referred to as a first direction, the first drawing and sending-out pulley, the second drawing and sending-out pulley, the drawing and sending-out belt, the first gear, the first gear train, the second gear, the second gear train, the first turning pulley, the second turning pulley and the turning belt are disposed on a first direction side with respect to the first card holding part and the second card holding part in the moving direction of the carriage,
gears structuring the first gear train are rotatably held by the first card holding part,
gears structuring the second gear train are rotatably held by the second card holding part, and
when viewed in the moving direction of the carriage, the first card holding part and the second card holding part are point-symmetrically disposed and the first gear train and the second gear train are point-symmetrically disposed with respect to a midpoint of an imaginary line obtained by connecting a turning center of the first card holding part with a turning center of the second card holding part.

9. The card conveying mechanism according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a guide shaft which guides the carriage in the moving direction of the carriage; and
a support frame which supports both end sides of the guide shaft,
wherein the drawing and sending-out drive mechanism comprises:
a drawing and sending-out motor which is fixed to the support frame;
a drawing and sending-out power transmission shaft formed in a polygonal columnar shape whose both end sides in the moving direction of the carriage are rotatably supported by the support frame;
a first drawing and sending-out power transmission mechanism structured to transmit power of the drawing and sending-out motor to the drawing and sending-out power transmission shaft to rotate the drawing and sending-out power transmission shaft; and
a second drawing and sending-out power transmission mechanism structured to transmit power transmitted to the drawing and sending-out power transmission shaft to the drawing and sending-out mechanism,

wherein the turning mechanism comprises:
a turning motor which is fixe

Assignees

• Nidec Sankyo Corp

Inventors

• Ohta Keiji

Classifications

• B65H2404/142

  arranged on movable frame · CPC title

• B65H5/062

  between rollers or balls · CPC title

• B65H2701/1914

  Cards, e.g. telephone, credit and identity cards · CPC title

• G06K13/0831

  the ejection arrangement comprising a slide, carriage or drawer · CPC title

• B65H2404/1421

  rotating, pivoting or oscillating around an axis, e.g. parallel to the roller axis · CPC title