JP3212530U - Recording card cleaning device - Google Patents

Abstract

A simple and small recording card cleaning apparatus for cleaning a recording card is provided. A card holder on which a recording card is placed, a coating unit that applies a cleaning liquid to the recording card by a coating member, a cleaning unit that cleans the recording card while pressing the recording card by a rotating cleaning member, and a lower part. A wiping portion that wipes and conveys the recording card by the wiping roller 62; a guide roller 50 that is provided between the cleaning portion and the wiping portion and presses the cleaning surface of the recording card; The conveyor belt 11 is provided. And a transport unit having a transport rail for transporting the recording card from the card holder 20 to the guide roller 50 when the transport belt 11 is driven to rotate and the protrusion 19 abuts the rear end of the recording card. The speed at which the wiping roller 62 transports the recording card is faster than the speed at which the protrusion 19 of the transport belt 11 transports the recording card. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording card cleaning apparatus.

  Recording cards such as magnetic cards and IC cards can be used repeatedly, but the surface of the card may become dirty as it is used repeatedly. In order to reuse it, the work of wiping the front and back of the recording card with a cloth soaked in alcohol for disinfection and removing the dirt was performed manually, but it took time and labor. Therefore, an apparatus for cleaning a recording card such as a magnetic card has been proposed in order to efficiently remove the dirt on the recording card (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 2631970

  However, in the conventional example, a plurality of rotational drive rollers and guide roller groups are provided in the conveyance path to convey the recording card, and as a result, the conveyance mechanism becomes complicated and the entire apparatus becomes large. Has occurred.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a simple and small-sized recording card cleaning device for cleaning a recording card.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following gist.

[Purpose 1]
A placement section on which the recording card to be cleaned is placed;
An application member that has an application member supplied with a cleaning liquid, and applies the cleaning liquid to the cleaning surface of the recording card with the application member;
A cleaning unit having a cleaning member that rotates, and cleaning while pressing the cleaning surface of the recording card by the cleaning member;
A wiping roller around which a wiping member is wound, and a wiping portion for wiping and transporting the recording card by the wiping roller;
A guide roller that is provided between the cleaning unit and the wiping unit and presses the cleaning surface of the recording card in order to suppress warping of the recording card being conveyed;
A transport unit having a transport path for transporting the recording card from the placement unit to the guide roller, the transport path having an endless transport belt having a protrusion on the surface, and the transport belt rotates. The transport unit that is driven and transports the recording card from the placement unit to the guide roller by contacting the rear end of the recording card in the transport direction of the recording card;
With
The speed at which the wiping roller transports the recording card is faster than the speed at which the protrusion of the transport belt transports the recording card.

[Purpose 2]
The transport unit includes a driven roller that is rotated by the transport belt,
The wiping roller has a first pulley,
The driven roller has a second pulley,
The first pulley and the second pulley are connected via a belt,
The diameter of the first pulley may be smaller than the diameter of the second pulley.

[Purpose 3]
The apparatus may stop operating after cleaning a predetermined number of the recording cards.

  Further objects and other features of the present invention will become apparent from the preferred embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a simple and small recording card cleaning apparatus for cleaning a recording card.

The perspective view of the recording card washing apparatus of an embodiment Top view of the recording card cleaning apparatus of the embodiment Front view of the recording card cleaning device of the embodiment Side view of recording card cleaning device of embodiment

[Embodiment]
(Configuration of recording card cleaning device)
1-4 is a figure which shows the whole structure of the recording card cleaning apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the overall configuration of the recording card cleaning apparatus. FIG. 2 is a top view (schematic diagram) showing an apparatus configuration when the recording card cleaning apparatus is viewed from above in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view (schematic diagram) showing a cross section when the recording card cleaning device is cut along the AA cut plane (shown by a one-dot chain line in the drawing) of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a side view (schematic diagram) showing an apparatus configuration when the recording card washer is viewed from the left to the right in FIG.

  The recording card cleaning device cleans the recording card 3, a transport unit that transports the recording card 3, a card placement unit on which the recording card 3 to be cleaned is mounted, a cleaning liquid application unit that applies a cleaning liquid to the recording card 3, and the recording card 3. And a wiping unit for wiping off dirt and cleaning liquid on the recording card 3. In the recording card cleaning apparatus, the recording cards 3 placed on the card holder 20 serving as the card placement unit are sequentially transferred to the belt 11 by the conveyance belt 11 (hereinafter referred to as the belt 11) of the rotationally driven conveyance unit. The application member 36 of the cleaning liquid application unit that applies the cleaning liquid installed on the downstream side in the rotation direction, the cleaning member 44 of the cleaning unit that cleans the surface of the recording card 3, and the wiping rollers 62 and 63 of the wiping unit that wipes the surface of the recording card 3 The recording card 3 is washed by being conveyed to. The recording card 3 to be cleaned by the recording card cleaning device may be a gift card used in, for example, a magnetic card, an IC card, a pachinko game hall, or the like. Below, the structure of each part which comprises a recording card cleaning apparatus is demonstrated in detail with reference to FIGS. 1-4.

(Transport section)
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the transport unit includes a transport rail 10 having a groove 14, a card transport surface 12, and a transport guide surface 13, and an endless belt 11 installed in the groove 14. The groove part 14, the card conveyance surface 12, and the conveyance guide surface 13 constituting the conveyance rail 10 are flat surfaces having different heights, and the belt 11 is installed in the groove part 14 provided in the central part. The card transport surfaces 12 provided on both sides of the groove portion 14 are surfaces with which the lower surface of the recording card 3 transported by the belt 11 (the surface opposite to the cleaning surface of the recording card 3) abuts. A conveyance guide surface 13 is provided outside the card conveyance surface 12. The height of the standing wall portion 21 that connects the card transport surface 12 and the transport guide surface 13 and guides the transported recording card 3 is the same as the thickness of the recording card 3. Thus, the cleaning surface of the recording card 3 to be transported and the transport guide surface 13 are configured to have the same height. The distance between the conveyance guide surfaces 13 provided on both sides of the conveyance rail 10 is slightly wider than the length in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the recording card 3 (hereinafter referred to as the width of the recording card 3). Only a slight gap is formed between the end portion in the width direction of the card 3 and the standing wall portion 21.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the belt 11 is supported by a driving roller 16 and a driven roller 17, is driven to rotate endlessly by a driving motor 15 (shown by a broken line in FIG. 2), and the direction from the card holder 20 to the coating member 36. The recording card 3 is rotated counterclockwise (arrow direction in FIG. 3) so that the recording card 3 is conveyed. The drive motor 15 uses a stepping motor in this embodiment. A plurality of protrusions 19 are provided on the surface of the belt 11 in one circumference of the belt. In the present embodiment, five protrusions 19 are provided. The distance between the protrusion 19 and the protrusion 19 is larger than the length of the recording card 3 in the conveyance direction (hereinafter referred to as the length of the recording card 3). The surface of the belt 11 is not in contact with the recording card 3, and the recording card 3 placed on the card holder 20 is pushed by the protrusion 19 provided on the belt 11 to push the card holder 20. Is pushed out, and the conveyance is started. Thereby, in this embodiment, when the belt 11 makes one rotation, the five recording cards 3 are conveyed and cleaned. In the present embodiment, the height of the protrusion 19 is set to be the same height as the upper surface of the recording card 3 (the cleaning surface of the recording card 3), but the height is lower than that. May be. Note that the belt 11 of the present embodiment is made of CR rubber.

(Card placement part)
As shown in FIG. 1, the card placing portion on which the recording card 3 to be washed is placed is a card composed of two members disposed so as to face the upstream side and the downstream side in the moving direction of the belt 11. It is a holder 20. The distance between the two members is a distance that matches the length of the recording card 3, and the recording card 3 is placed on the card holder 20 with the surface to be cleaned facing upward. The recording card 3 initially placed on the card holder 20 is placed directly on the card transport surface 12 of the transport rail 10. Thereafter, the recording card 3 is stacked on the recording card 3 previously placed. In the present embodiment, each time the start button 2 is pressed, 20 recording cards 3 are washed, so that 20 recording cards 3 can be placed in the card holder 20. Then, the recording cards 3 placed on the card holder 20 are conveyed one by one by the protrusion 19 of the belt 11 described above.

(Cleaning liquid application part)
As shown in FIG. 1, the cleaning liquid application unit includes an application member 36 that applies a cleaning liquid to the recording card 3 and a cleaning liquid supply unit that supplies the cleaning liquid to the application member 36. The cleaning liquid supply unit includes a cleaning liquid container 31 installed on the container table 30, a cock 32 that supplies and stops supplying the cleaning liquid, a roller clamp 33 that adjusts the supply amount of the cleaning liquid, and a tube support unit 35 that supports the tube 34 through which the cleaning liquid flows. It is composed of The cleaning liquid container 31 is installed on a container base 30 supported by three legs on the casing 1, and supplies the cleaning liquid to the application member 36 from the lower part of the container through the tube 34. When the cock 32 provided in the middle of the tube 34 is opened, the cleaning liquid is supplied to the application member 36, and when the cock 32 is closed, the supply of the cleaning liquid to the application member 36 is shut off.

  The roller clamp 33 is provided to adjust the flow rate of the cleaning liquid flowing through the tube 34. When the roller clamp 33 is set so that a predetermined amount of cleaning liquid flows, the roller portion is fixed with a solvent so that the user cannot change the setting. Further, the tube support portion 35 has one end supported by the housing 1 and the other end having a length up to the vicinity of the center of the application member 36, and the tip nozzle portion of the tube 34 is fixed. The cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid container 31 is supplied to the application member 36 from the tip nozzle of the tube 34.

  The coating member 36 is a water-absorbing sponge that is a roll-shaped elastic member that is hollow and has a central portion, and has a configuration in which one end is inserted into a shaft portion (not shown) supported by the housing 1. It has become. Since the application member 36 is made of a water-absorbing sponge, the cleaning liquid supplied from the tip nozzle of the tube 34 is diffused from the central portion to the peripheral portion of the application member 36, and the entire application member 36 is filled with the cleaning liquid. It will be. In the present embodiment, the application member 36 is made of polyester fiber.

  The length of the application member 36 is equal to or longer than the width of the card transport surface 12 so that the cleaning liquid is applied in the width direction of the recording card 3 when the recording card 3 passes. Yes. When the recording card 3 conveyed from the card holder 20 by the belt 11 passes through the application member 36, the cleaning liquid is applied to the surface (cleaning surface) facing the application member 36. Since a slight gap is provided between the coating member 36 and the cleaning surface of the recording card 3 to be transported, the coating member 36 and the recording card 3 are not in contact with each other, and the coating member 36 is not touched. The recording card 3 is not pressed.

(Washing part)
As shown in FIG. 1, the cleaning unit includes a cleaning member 44 that cleans the surface of the recording card 3 using the cleaning liquid applied to the recording card 3, and a rotation that rotates the cleaning member 44 to clean the recording card 3. It consists of parts. The rotating portion includes a motor 40 that rotates the cleaning roller 43, a motor support plate 41 to which the motor 40 is fixed, a base portion that is fixed to the housing 1, and a top portion that is screwed to the motor support plate 41 at four locations. It is comprised from the support part 42. FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, a cleaning roller 43 is attached to the tip of the rotating shaft of the motor 40. In the present embodiment, a brushless motor is used for the motor 40. Further, a cleaning member 44 made of a circular elastic member is connected to the cleaning roller 43 via a magic tape (registered trademark). In the present embodiment, a melamine sponge is used for the cleaning member 44. The diameter of the circular cleaning member 44 is the same length as the width of the card transport surface 12 so that the width direction of the recording card 3 can be cleaned.

  The recording card 3 conveyed to the cleaning unit is cleaned by the cleaning member 44 rotated by the motor 40 with the cleaning liquid applied by the applying member 36. In order to increase the cleaning effect, the cleaning member 44 presses the cleaning surface of the recording card 3, and the degree of pressing depends on the degree of tightening of the four screws 45 that fix the motor support plate 41 to the cleaning support portion 42. Adjusted. Further, since the cleaning member 44 rotates in the rotation direction of the cleaning roller 43, the recording card 3 is urged in the same rotation direction as the cleaning member 44 when being cleaned by the cleaning member 44. As described above, the end of the recording card 3 in the width direction is guided by the standing wall portion 21 between the card transport surface 12 and the transport guide surface 13, so that the recording card 3 does not rotate, The transport surface 12 is transported downstream in the transport direction.

  The recording card 3 that has passed through the cleaning unit is then transported to the wiping unit. If the warping state of the recording card 3 is large, the tip of the recording card 3 is provided between the two rollers of the wiping unit. May be transported to a position that is out of the space, and may be bounced off by the roller of the wiping portion. For this reason, the warp of the recording card 3 is suppressed in the vicinity of both ends in the width direction of the recording card 3 on the downstream side of the conveyance path of the cleaning unit so that the leading end of the recording card 3 is smoothly introduced into the wiping unit. Therefore, a guide roller 50 is provided. The transport rail 10 does not extend to the wiping portion. Therefore, the belt 11 that conveys the recording card 3 is configured to move in the direction of the driving roller 16 along the driven roller 17 before the wiping portion (see FIG. 3).

(Wipe off part)
As shown in FIG. 1, the wiping portion for wiping off the dirt on the surface of the recording card 3 and the adhering cleaning liquid is provided on a wiping support portion 61 whose base is fixed to the housing 1, and a lower wiping roller 62 ( (Lower side) and upper wiping roller 63 (upper side). The lower wiping roller 62 and the upper wiping roller 63 have water-absorbing sponges on their surfaces, and wipe off dirt and cleaning liquid adhering to the lower and upper surfaces of the recording card 3 conveyed from the cleaning unit. In addition, polyurethane is used for the water absorbing sponge of this embodiment.

  A pulley 64 (shown by a broken line in FIG. 3) is fixed to the rotating shaft of the lower wiping roller 62. A pulley 18 (shown by a broken line in FIG. 3) is fixed to a rotation shaft of the driven roller 17 that rotates with the movement of the belt 11 described above, and a belt 65 (shown by a broken line in FIG. 3). ) To the pulley 64. Accordingly, the lower wiping roller 62 is also rotated with the rotation of the driven roller 17. In this embodiment, the diameter of the pulley 18 is three times the diameter of the pulley 64, and the lower wiping roller 62 is configured to rotate at a rotational speed three times that of the driven roller 17. Therefore, the speed at which the recording card 3 is transported by the lower wiping roller 62 is faster than the speed at which the recording card 3 is transported by the belt 11, that is, the speed at which the recording card 3 is transported by the protrusion 19 of the belt 11.

  Further, a gap narrower than the thickness of the recording card 3 is provided between the upper wiping roller 63 and the lower wiping roller 62. Therefore, the upper wiping roller 63 is not in contact with the lower wiping roller 62, but when the recording card 3 is conveyed to the wiping portion, the upper wiping roller 63 is in contact with the upper surface of the recording card 3, and the lower wiping roller 62 is Abutting on the lower surface of the recording card 3, the recording card 3 rotates in accordance with the rotation of the recording card 3. Then, the recording card 3 that has passed through the wiping portion slides on the shooter 70 and is discharged.

  In FIG. 1, a card stacker 80 that accommodates the washed recording card 3 is attached to the tip of the shooter 70. The card stacker 80 stores the recording cards 3 discharged from the wiping unit in a stacked manner. The card stacker 80 is detachably attached to the shooter 70 to facilitate the removal of the washed recording card 3. Further, when the card stacker 80 is used as it is as a mounting portion of another device that uses the recording card 3, it is possible to save the trouble of inserting the recording card 3, etc., and to improve the work efficiency. be able to.

(Operation of recording card cleaning device)
Next, the operation of the recording card cleaning device will be described. The recording card cleaning apparatus according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which operation is automatically stopped when a predetermined number of recording cards 3 are cleaned. In the present embodiment, the predetermined number of sheets is 20, and this number is the number of sheets that can be stacked on the card stacker 80, but is not limited to this number, and the recording that can be stacked on the card stacker 80 to be used is not limited. The number may be changed according to the number of cards 3 and the specifications of another device that inputs the recording cards 3 loaded on the card stacker 80. Prior to cleaning the recording card 3, the cock 32 is operated in advance to start supplying the cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid container 31 set on the container base 30 to the coating member 36 via the roller clamp 33 and the tube 34. I will keep it.

  At the time of cleaning, the recording card 3 to be cleaned is placed on the card holder 20 with the surface to be cleaned facing upward. Subsequently, a start button 2 provided on the housing 1 is pressed. When a controller (not shown) detects that the start button 2 is pressed, the drive motor 15 is driven to start the rotation of the belt 11 and the motor 40 is driven to start the rotation of the cleaning roller 43 and the cleaning member 44. To do.

  As described above, the belt 11 is provided with a plurality of protrusions 19. Even when the rotation of the belt 11 is started by the drive motor 15, the surface of the belt 11 is not in contact with the lowermost part of the card holder 20, that is, the recording card 3 placed on the card conveying surface 12. Not transported. When the protrusion 19 advances to the card holder 20 due to the rotation of the belt 11, it comes into contact with the rear end of the recording card 3 placed at the lowermost part of the card holder 20, and as the protrusion 19 moves in the transport direction. The recording card 3 also moves in the moving direction of the protrusion 19. When the lowermost recording card 3 is pushed out from the card holder 20, the recording card 3 placed on the pushed recording card 3 moves to the lowermost part. When the next projecting portion 19 moves to the card holder 20, the recording card 3 moved to the lowermost portion is pushed out of the card holder 20 by the projecting portion 19, similarly to the preceding recording card 3. In this way, the recording card 3 placed on the card holder 20 is sequentially conveyed to the cleaning liquid application unit.

  The recording card 3 pushed out from the card holder 20 by the protrusion 19 is conveyed to the application member 36. The application member 36 is supplied with the cleaning liquid from the cleaning liquid container 31 set on the container table 30. When the recording card 3 passes through the application member 36, the cleaning liquid is applied to the cleaning surface of the recording card 3 from the application member 36. Applied. Since the length of the applying member 36 is larger than the length of the recording card 3 in the width direction, the cleaning liquid is applied to the entire surface of the recording card 3 when the recording card 3 passes.

  The recording card 3 that has passed through the coating member 36 is conveyed to the cleaning member 44 by the protrusion 19. The cleaning member 44 rotates while pressing the recording card 3 being conveyed, and removes dirt adhering to the surface of the recording card 3. A guide roller 50 is provided on the downstream side of the cleaning member 44 in the conveyance direction of the recording card 3, and the recording card 3 that has passed the cleaning member 44 is pressed by the guide roller 50 near the ends on both sides in the width direction. And conveyed to the wiping section.

  The recording card 3 that has passed through the cleaning member 44 and the guide roller 50 is conveyed by the protrusion 19 toward the gap between the lower wiping roller 62 and the upper wiping roller 63 at the tip. When the recording card 3 advances to the gap between the lower wiping roller 62 and the upper wiping roller 63, the recording card 3 is sandwiched between the lower wiping roller 62 and the upper wiping roller 63 due to the thickness of the recording card 3. The recording card 3 is conveyed by the lower wiping roller 62 that is driven to rotate by the driven roller 17 via the pulley 18, the belt 65, and the pulley 64. On the other hand, the protrusion 19 of the belt 11 that has been in contact with the rear end of the recording card 3 and transported the recording card 3 rotates downward along the driven roller 17 and is separated from the recording card 3. Therefore, the conveyance of the recording card 3 is switched from the protrusion 19 to the conveyance by the lower wiping roller 62.

  While the recording card 3 is conveyed by the lower wiping roller 62, the lower wiping roller 62 wipes off the dirt on the lower surface of the recording card 3 and the attached cleaning solution. On the other hand, dirt on the upper surface of the recording card 3 and attached cleaning liquid are wiped off by the upper wiping roller 63. The recording card 3 wiped by the lower wiping roller 62 and the upper wiping roller 63 slides on the shooter 70 and is stacked on the card stacker 80 and stored.

  As described above, in the recording card cleaning apparatus of the present embodiment, the belt 11 that transports the recording card 3 is rotationally driven by the drive motor 15, and the lower wiping roller 62 that transports the recording card 3 in the wiping unit is the pulley 18. , 64 through the rotation of the driven roller 17 driven and rotated by the belt 11. That is, the recording card cleaning apparatus of the present embodiment has a simple configuration having a transport system for transporting the recording card 3 by one drive motor 15. The width of the transport rail 10 that transports the recording card 3 is set according to the length of the recording card 3 in the short direction. Therefore, the length of the application member 36 and the diameter of the cleaning member 44 can be reduced as compared with the case where the width of the conveyance rail 10 is set in accordance with the length of the recording card 3 in the longitudinal direction. It can be downsized.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these, A various deformation | transformation and change are possible within the range of the summary. For example, the conveyance rail 10 is configured such that the cleaning surface of the recording card 3 and the conveyance guide surface 13 have the same height. Therefore, when the thickness of the recording card 3 to be cleaned is different, the recording card 3 is replaced with a transport rail 10 provided with the card transport surface 12 so that the cleaning surface of the recording card 3 and the transport guide surface 13 have the same height. It becomes possible to cope with it. In this embodiment, the operation is stopped when the 20 recording cards 3 have been cleaned. However, the operation may be stopped with other numbers. Further, for example, by increasing or decreasing the number of protrusions 19 provided on the belt 11, the number of cleaning of the recording card 3 may be changed or the cleaning time may be varied.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a simple and small-sized recording card cleaning device that cleans and wipes a recording card.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Housing | casing 2 Start button 3 Recording card 10 Conveying rail 11 Belt 12 Card conveying surface 13 Conveying guide surface 14 Groove part 15 Driving motor 16 Driving roller 17 Driven roller 18 Pulley 19 Protrusion part 20 Card holder 21 Standing wall part 30 Container stand 31 Washing liquid Container 32 Cock 33 Roller clamp 34 Tube 35 Tube support 36 Application member 40 Motor 41 Motor support plate 42 Cleaning support 43 Cleaning roller 44 Cleaning member 45 Screw 50 Guide roller 61 Wiping support 62 Lower wiping roller 63 Upper wiping roller 64 Pulley 65 Belt 70 Shuta 80 Card stacker

Claims (3)

A placement section on which the recording card to be cleaned is placed;
An application member that has an application member supplied with a cleaning liquid, and applies the cleaning liquid to the cleaning surface of the recording card with the application member;
A cleaning unit having a cleaning member that rotates, and cleaning while pressing the cleaning surface of the recording card by the cleaning member;
A wiping roller around which a wiping member is wound, and a wiping portion for wiping and transporting the recording card by the wiping roller;
A guide roller that is provided between the cleaning unit and the wiping unit and presses the cleaning surface of the recording card in order to suppress warping of the recording card being conveyed;
A transport unit having a transport path for transporting the recording card from the placement unit to the guide roller, the transport path having an endless transport belt having a protrusion on the surface, and the transport belt rotates. The transport unit that is driven and transports the recording card from the placement unit to the guide roller by contacting the rear end of the recording card in the transport direction of the recording card;
With
The speed at which the wiping roller transports the recording card is faster than the speed at which the protrusion of the transport belt transports the recording card. The transport unit includes a driven roller that is rotated by the transport belt,
The wiping roller has a first pulley,
The driven roller has a second pulley,
The first pulley and the second pulley are connected via a belt,
2. The recording card cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of the first pulley is smaller than the diameter of the second pulley.   The recording card cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus stops operation when cleaning a predetermined number of the recording cards.

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