JP2006012035A - Non-contact type ic medium processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent jamming of media and malfunctions and to reduce the number of components. <P>SOLUTION: A medium Z inserted from a medium insertion port 4 rolls on an inclined surface 25a in the radial direction with self-weight and is interlocked to third and fourth shutters 31, 32 and located at a medium processing part 27. In the medium processing part 27, the medium Z in which information is processed by an antenna substrate 28 rolls with the self-weight and returned from a medium returning port 5 when value information remains. When the value information is "0", the medium rolls with the self-weight and is stored in a medium storage part 33 and transported in a medium accumulation path 18 by a transportation means 7. When a new piece of value information is imparted to the medium and issued, only one medium Z is dropped from the medium accumulation path 18 to the medium processing part 27 with the self-weight. The medium Z to which the new piece of value information is imparted in the medium processing part 27 is issued from the medium returning port 5 to the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention can read and process information recorded on a non-contact type IC medium (hereinafter simply referred to as a medium) formed in a disk shape, and issues a medium to which value information is newly added. The present invention also relates to a non-contact type IC medium processing apparatus (hereinafter simply referred to as a medium processing apparatus).

A conventional medium processing apparatus is formed in a disk shape, has four input / discharge ports provided at equal angles in the circumferential direction on the peripheral surface, and conveys by 90 ° in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. Some have a pool section and a second pool section that replenishes and returns IC coins between the input / discharge port of the transport pool section. In this device, when the user inserts the IC coin into the insertion / release port, the transport pool portion rotates clockwise by 90 ° and the IC coin is taken into the device, and the value information of the IC coin is rewritten. After the transfer, the transport pool portion is again rotated counterclockwise by 90 ° and returned to the user. Further, when IC coins are issued from the transport pool unit, IC coins in the transport pool unit are insufficient, and therefore, IC coins are replenished from the second pool unit to the loading / unloading port of the transport pool unit. On the other hand, when the used IC coins are collected in the transport pool unit, the IC coins cannot be stored in the transport pool unit, so the IC coins are returned to the second pool unit from the loading / unloading port in the transport pool unit. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1). In addition, the applicant could not find prior art documents closely related to the present invention by the time of filing other than the prior art documents specified by the prior art document information described in this specification. .
JP 2001-327747 A (paragraphs “0035”, “0039”, “0044”, FIG. 8, FIG. 13, FIG. 14)

  In the above-described conventional medium processing apparatus, it is necessary to frequently replenish and return IC coins to and from the second pool unit in order to compensate for excess or deficiency of IC coins accompanying the issuance and collection of IC coins in the transport pool unit. For this reason, the IC coin transport operation becomes complicated, which may cause clogging of IC coins and malfunction. In addition to a drive source for supplying IC coins from the second pool unit to the transport pool unit, a drive source for storing and returning IC coins in the transport pool unit is also required. There was a problem that extra gears were required and the number of parts increased.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to prevent clogging or malfunction of a medium and reduce the number of parts.

  In order to achieve this object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a non-contact type IC medium provided with an antenna portion 9 and formed in a disk shape, a slot into which the non-contact type IC medium is inserted, A medium processing unit that temporarily locks the non-contact type IC medium that is inserted from the insertion port and rolls in the radial direction by its own weight, and information processing is performed on the non-contact type IC medium that is locked by the medium processing unit. In the non-contact type IC medium processing apparatus comprising: information processing means; and a return port for returning the non-contact type IC medium processed by the information processing means by rolling it in its radial direction by its own weight. Based on the processing result of the means, the non-contact type IC medium rolls and stores the non-contact type IC medium in the radial direction by its own weight, and the non-contact type IC medium stored in the medium storage unit is conveyed to the medium processing unit. Medium transport means , In which a locking means for temporarily locking the noncontact IC medium transported to the medium processing unit by the medium transport means.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, there is provided a medium accumulating unit that is provided above the locking means and accumulates noncontact IC media in the radial direction by its own weight, and the medium conveying means , A belt having a holding member that runs vertically adjacent to the medium storage unit and holds the non-contact type IC medium, and a non-contact type IC medium that is held and moved by the holding member of the belt. It is comprised with the guide member to guide.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the medium processed and returned by the medium processing unit is stored and returned by its own weight, a drive source and a drive transmission mechanism for storing and returning the medium become unnecessary. The number of parts can be reduced and the structure can be simplified.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, the medium transported from the medium storage unit to the medium storage unit by the transport unit is not returned to the medium storage unit, and the medium transport direction is one direction, so that the medium is jammed or operated. Can prevent defects

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 is a side sectional view of a non-contact type IC medium device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is also a front view, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV in FIG. 1, FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a portion VI in FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is a view taken along arrow VII in FIG.

  1 includes a housing 2 formed in a flat box shape in a substantially hermetically sealed state, and a front plate 3 of the housing 2 has upper and lower portions as shown in FIG. A medium insertion port 4 and a medium return port 5 formed in a slit shape so as to extend in the direction are provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the housing 2 includes a medium processing unit 6 and a medium transport unit 7 that transports the medium Z from a medium storage unit 33 (to be described later) of the medium processing unit 6 to the medium accumulation path 18. ing.

  The medium processing unit 6 includes a case 10 having a flat hollow portion 11 and having an open back side. The case 10 is fixed in the housing 2 via a bracket (not shown) and faces each other. Left and right side plates 12 and 13, and a ceiling portion 14, a bottom surface portion 15, and a front surface portion 16 as guide members for connecting the side plates 12 and 13. The hollow portion 11 is provided with a medium accumulation path 18 and a medium transport path 19 that are partitioned by a partition plate 17 and extend in the vertical direction and are adjacent to each other.

  A communication path 20 is formed between the upper end of the partition plate 17 and the ceiling portion 14 so that the medium accumulation path 18 and the medium transport path 19 communicate with each other and the medium Z can pass while rolling in the radial direction. The lower surface 14a of the ceiling portion 14 has a substantially inverted U-shaped cross section, and forms a guide portion that guides the medium Z guided from the medium conveyance path 19 to the medium accumulation path 18 through the communication path 20. Yes. Further, a slit 14b is provided at the rear side end of the ceiling portion 14, and a width D2 of the slit 14b is formed larger than a width D1 of a holding member 37 described later, as shown in FIG. And it is formed smaller than the thickness D3 of the medium Z.

  Accordingly, when the holding member 37 that has transported the medium Z has finished transporting the medium Z, the holding member 37 passes through the slit 14b and moves to the opposite side across the transport belt 36. On the other hand, the medium Z conveyed by the holding member 37 is guided to the medium accumulation path 18 by the above-described guide portion 14a without passing through the slit 14b. A first shutter 21 is provided at the lower end of the medium storage passage 18 as a locking means that can be moved back and forth in the medium storage passage 18 from a window (not shown) of the side plate 13 by a solenoid (not shown). . When the first shutter 21 advances into the medium accumulation path 18, the fall of the medium Z guided into the medium accumulation path 18 is temporarily locked, and a plurality of sheets (in this embodiment) are stored in the medium accumulation path 18. In this case, five media Z can be accumulated in the radial direction.

  Reference numerals 22 and 22 denote escape pins, which are configured to move out of the medium storage path 18 when the shutter 21 advances into the medium storage path 18 and to move out of the medium storage path 18 when the shutter 21 exits from the medium storage path 18. ing. Therefore, when the shutter 21 is retracted from the medium accumulation passage 18 and the lowest medium Z among the media Z accumulated in the medium accumulation passage 18 falls, the escape pins 22 that advance into the medium accumulation passage 18. 22 prevents the second and subsequent media Z from dropping. For this reason, even though a plurality of media Z are stored in the medium storage passage 18, they can be supplied one by one to a medium processing unit described later.

  A front surface portion 16 of the case 10 is provided with a medium receiving port 25 formed in a slit shape corresponding to the medium insertion port 4, and the lower surface of the medium receiving port 25 is inclined to the lower left in the figure. A surface 25a is formed. The medium receiving port 25 is provided with a second shutter 26 that can be moved forward and backward from a window (not shown) of the side plate 13 by a solenoid (not shown). Therefore, when the medium Z is input from the medium input port 4 with the second shutter 26 retracted from the medium receiving port 25, the medium Z rolls on the inclined surface 25a in the radial direction by its own weight, and is described above. It moves to the medium processing unit 27 positioned below the medium accumulation path 18. Reference numeral 28 denotes an antenna substrate attached to the side plate 12 so as to correspond to the medium processing unit 27, and performs wireless communication with the antenna unit 9 of the medium Z held by the medium processing unit 27 as will be described later. The information recorded on the medium Z is processed.

  The bottom 15 of the case 10 located below the medium processing unit 27 is formed in an inverted V-shaped cross section, and is provided with an inclined surface 15a inclined downward to the left and an inclined surface 15b inclined downward to the right in the drawing. Yes. Between the inclined surface 15a and the lower end of the partition plate 17, and between the inclined surface 15b and the lower end of the front plate 16, a first communication port 29 and a second communication port 30 that both communicate with the medium processing unit 27, respectively. Is provided. The first communication port 29 is provided with a third shutter 31 that can be moved back and forth from a window (not shown) of the side plate 13 by a solenoid (not shown). A fourth shutter 32 that can be moved forward and backward from a window (not shown) of the side plate 13 is provided by a solenoid that is omitted.

  A portion sandwiched between a lower end of one inclined surface 15a and a conveyance belt 36, which will be described later, forms a medium storage unit 33 that stores a used medium that has been processed by the medium processing unit 27 and whose value information is “0”. The medium storage portion 33 is positioned at the lower end portion of the medium conveyance path 19 described above. The lower end of the other inclined surface 15b extends in the horizontal direction, protrudes from the lower end of the medium return port 5 to the outside of the housing 2 to form a medium return rail portion 15c, and the tip of the medium return rail portion 15c Is curved upward to form a medium stopper 15d.

  In such a configuration, when the third shutter 31 advances to the first communication port 29 and the fourth shutter 32 advances to the second communication port 30, the medium is input from the medium insertion port 4 or the medium accumulation passage 18. The medium Z supplied to the processing unit 27 is locked by the third and fourth shutters 31 and 32. When the information is processed by the medium processing unit 27 and the value information becomes “0”, the third shutter 31 is withdrawn from the first communication port 29, and the used medium has a diameter on the inclined surface 15a by its own weight. It rolls in the direction and is stored in the medium storage portion 33. On the other hand, when the information is processed in the medium processing unit 27 and the value information remains, the fourth shutter 32 is withdrawn from the second communication port 30, and the usable medium is radially moved on the inclined surface 15b. To the medium return rail 15c and returned to the user from the medium return port 5.

  Next, the medium transport unit 7 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 6, and 7. As shown in FIG. 1, the medium transport unit 7 includes a transport motor 35 that is a drive source, a transport belt 36 that travels by driving the transport motor 35, and the transport belt 36 that is equally spaced in the travel direction. And a large number of holding members 37 attached in a comb shape. The conveyance belt 36 is stretched between a driven roller 38 and a driving roller 39 that are rotatably disposed in the vertical direction so as to be adjacent to and parallel to the medium conveyance path 19.

  A drive transmission belt 42 is stretched between a large-diameter pulley 40 that is coaxially attached to the drive roller 39 and a small-diameter pulley 41 that is axially attached to the output shaft of the conveyance motor 35. When the motor 35 is driven, the transport belt 36 travels in the direction of arrow A via the drive transmission belt 42. The holding member 37 protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the traveling direction of the transport belt 36, and the interval between the holding members 37 is set to be larger than the diameter of one sheet of the medium Z and smaller than the diameter of two sheets. . As shown in FIG. 6, the width D <b> 4 of the conveyor belt 36 is formed to be smaller than the distance D <b> 5 between the side plates 12 and 13 of the medium processing unit 6. With this configuration, when the transport belt 36 travels in the direction of arrow A, the medium Z stored in the medium storage unit 33 is held by the holding member 37 and transported in the direction of arrow A, and the medium transport path 19 Is guided into the medium storage unit 18 by the guide unit 14 a of the ceiling unit 14.

  Next, the first to fifth sensors 45 to 49 will be described with reference to FIG. The first sensor 45 is provided in the medium processing unit 27, detects the presence or absence of the medium Z in the medium processing unit 27, and detects the exit of the first shutter 21 from the medium accumulation path 18 by detecting the presence of the medium. While restricting, the exit of the second shutter 26 from the medium receiving port 25 is restricted. The second sensor 46 is provided in the medium storage unit 33. When the medium Z is stored in the medium storage unit 33, this is detected and the third shutter 31 is advanced into the first communication port 29. At the same time, the conveyance motor 35 is driven and the conveyance belt 36 travels, whereby the stored used medium is conveyed through the medium conveyance path 19 into the medium accumulation path 18.

  The third sensor 47 is provided corresponding to the lower end of the inclined surface 15b, detects the passage of the medium Z rolling on the inclined surface 15b from the medium processing unit 27, and connects the fourth shutter 32 to the second communication. Advance into mouth 30. The fourth sensor 48 is positioned at the upper end of the medium accumulation path 18, detects the medium conveyed into the medium accumulation path 18 from the medium conveyance path 19 by the medium conveyance means 7, and stops driving the conveyance motor 35. To do. The fifth sensor 49 is positioned below the fourth sensor 48 by one medium in the medium accumulation path 18, and by detecting the medium together with the fourth sensor 48, the inside of the medium accumulation path 18 is in the medium Z. Is detected as a full state, and a signal for switching the transport operation by the transport means 7 is transmitted. That is, when the inside of the medium accumulation path 18 is filled with the medium Z, the transport unit 7 does not transport the medium Z stored in the medium storage unit 33 to the upper end of the medium transport path 19, but holds the mutual holding members 37. , 37 is switched so as to convey only the interval. Accordingly, the medium storage unit 33 is in a state in which there is no medium Z so that the next medium can be stored. When the next medium Z is stored in the medium storage unit 33, the space between the holding members 37 and 37 is sequentially increased. Only transported. For this reason, the medium conveyance path 19 also functions as a medium accumulation path for accumulating the medium Z.

  Next, a medium processing operation in the medium processing apparatus 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. In advance, the first shutter 21 advances into the medium accumulation passage 18, the third shutter 31 advances into the first communication port 29, and the fourth shutter 32 extends into the second communication port 30. ing. When the medium Z does not exist in the medium processing unit 27, the second shutter 26 has exited from the medium receiving port 25, and the medium loading port 4 is opened. In this state, when the user inserts the medium Z into the medium input port 4, the medium Z rolls in the radial direction on the inclined surface 25 a by its own weight, and the third and fourth shutters 31 and 32 in the medium processing unit 27. Is locked by. When the medium Z is positioned in the medium processing unit 27, the first sensor 45 detects this, and the second shutter 26 advances to the medium receiving port 25.

  The medium Z positioned in the medium processing unit 27 is subjected to information processing by the antenna board 28 in accordance with the service provided by a service providing device (not shown) provided with the medium processing device 1. At this time, since the second shutter 26 advances to the medium receiving port 25 and closes the medium loading port 4, the second medium is not loaded into the medium processing unit 27 intentionally or mistakenly. The medium Z is reliably processed in the medium processing unit 27. If value information remains as a result of information processing of the medium Z in the medium processing unit 27, the fourth shutter 32 exits from the second communication port 30, and the usable medium Z is on the inclined surface 15b. In the radial direction, guided to the medium return rail portion 15c and returned to the user from the medium return port 5. At this time, when the third sensor 47 detects the passage of the medium Z, the fourth shutter 32 is advanced into the second communication port 30.

  On the other hand, when the value information becomes “0” as a result of information processing of the medium Z in the medium processing unit 27, the third shutter 31 exits from the first communication port 29, and the used medium Z is inclined. The surface 15 a rolls in the radial direction and is stored in the medium storage portion 33. When the medium Z is stored in the medium storage unit 33, the second sensor 46 detects this and moves the third shutter 31 into the first communication port 29. At the same time, the conveyance motor 35 is driven and the conveyance belt 36 travels, whereby the stored used medium is conveyed through the medium conveyance path 19 and into the medium accumulation path 18. When the medium conveyed into the medium accumulation passage 18 passes through the fourth sensor 48, the driving of the conveyance motor 35 is stopped.

  Next, an operation of giving a predetermined value information to a medium whose value information is “0” and issuing the medium will be described. When a user inserts a bill into the bill insertion slot and operates an amount button (both not shown) to input an issuance amount, the first sensor 45 detects that no medium is present in the medium processing unit 27. The first shutter 21 is withdrawn from the medium accumulation path 18 and the escape pin 22 is advanced into the medium accumulation path 18. Accordingly, only the lowermost medium Z among the plurality of media Z accumulated in the radial direction in the medium accumulation passage 18 falls to the medium processing unit 27 by its own weight, and is caused by the third and fourth shutters 31 and 32. The second and subsequent media from the bottom are supported by the S case pin 22 and fall is restricted.

  When the medium Z is positioned in the medium processing unit 27, this is detected by the first sensor 45, the first shutter 21 advances into the medium accumulation path 18, and the escape pin 22 retreats from the medium accumulation path 18. In the medium Z positioned in the medium processing unit 27, value information corresponding to the issue amount input by the user is written by the antenna substrate 28. When the writing is completed, the fourth shutter 32 is withdrawn from the second communication port 30, so that the medium Z on which the predetermined value information is written is radially moved on the inclined surface 15 b by the own weight from the medium processing unit 27. Rolled out and issued to the user from the medium return port 5. At this time, the third sensor 47 detects the passage of the medium Z and moves the fourth shutter 32 into the second communication port 30.

  As described above, since the medium Z processed by the medium processing unit 27 is stored and returned by its own weight, a drive source and a drive transmission mechanism for storing and returning are not necessary, and the number of parts is reduced. And the structure can be simplified. Further, the medium Z transported from the medium storage unit 33 to the medium storage path 18 by the transport unit 7 is not returned to the medium storage unit 33 side, and the medium Z is transported in one direction. Can be prevented.

1 is a side sectional view of a non-contact type IC medium device according to the present invention. 1 is a front view of a non-contact type IC medium device according to the present invention. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is the IV-IV sectional view taken on the line in FIG. It is the VV sectional view taken on the line in FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a VI part in FIG. 3. It is a VII arrow line view in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Non-contact-type IC medium processing apparatus, 4 ... Medium insertion port, 5 ... Medium return port, 6 ... Medium processing unit, 7 ... Medium conveyance means, 9 ... Antenna part, 18 ... Medium storage path, 19 ... Medium conveyance path , 21 ... 1st shutter (locking means), 22 ... Escape pin, 26 ... 2nd shutter, 27 ... Medium processing part, 31 ... 3rd shutter, 32 ... 4th shutter, 33 ... Medium storage part , 35 ... conveying motor, 36 ... conveying belt, 37 ... holding member, 45 ... first sensor, 46 ... second sensor, 47 ... third sensor, 48 ... fourth sensor, 49 ... fifth. Sensor Z, non-contact type IC medium.

Claims (2)

A non-contact type IC medium provided with an antenna portion and formed into a disk shape, a slot into which the non-contact type IC medium is inserted, and the non-contact type that is inserted from the slot and rolls in the radial direction by its own weight Medium processing section for once locking the type IC medium, information processing means for processing information on the non-contact type IC medium locked by the medium processing section, and non-contact type IC processed by the information processing means In a non-contact type IC medium processing apparatus provided with a return port for rolling and returning the medium in the radial direction by its own weight,
Based on the processing result in the information processing means, the non-contact type IC medium is stored in the non-contact type IC medium stored in the medium storage unit by rolling the non-contact type IC medium in its radial direction by its own weight. A non-contact type IC medium processing apparatus comprising: a medium conveying unit that conveys to the medium processing unit; and a non-contact type IC medium that temporarily latches the non-contact type IC medium conveyed to the medium processing unit by the medium conveying unit. . The non-contact type IC medium processing apparatus according to claim 1,
Provided above the locking means is a medium accumulating section that accumulates non-contact type IC media arranged in the radial direction by its own weight, and moves the medium conveying means in the vertical direction adjacent to the medium accumulating section. A non-contact type comprising: a belt having a holding member for holding a type IC medium; and a guide member for guiding a non-contact type IC medium held and moved by the holding member of the belt to the medium storage unit. IC medium processing device.

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