Automatic card transferring machine for CPC card of toll station

Abstract

The utility model relates to a toll station CPC card automatic transfer machine which comprises a cabinet, a card placing frame, a bad card recycling box, a normal card recycling box, a conveying rack and a conveying belt, and the conveying belt for driving CPC cards to move from left to right is installed on the conveying rack. The card placing frame penetrates through the card placing through hole in the vertical direction and then is installed in the cabinet, and clamping grooves distributed in the vertical direction are formed in the card placing frame. A card reading cavity is formed in the portion, over the card reader, of the conveying rack, and a plurality of blocking strips distributed in the left-right direction are installed on the conveying belt. According to the utility model, cards are uniformly placed and recycled, automatic card adjustment and bad card distinguishing functions are realized, the card adjustment efficiency is effectively improved, and the manual labor intensity is reduced.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of highway equipment, in particular to an automatic CPC card adjusting machine for toll stations. Background Technique

[0002] After the national highway network is connected, non-ETC set users uniformly use CPC cards as highway passing vouchers. To further strengthen the management of CPC cards and ensure the standard use and normal inventory of CPC cards in each road company and toll station, under the unified management of the highway network center, the website "CPC Card Management Platform" is used to conduct the inventory and allocation of CPC cards in each road company and toll station. The existing inventory and allocation require manual card swiping one by one to import the CPC card information into the system.

[0003] The existing card adjusting process is generally to move the cards to a designated location, unpack the boxes (500 cards / box), swipe the cards on the system, repack the cards after swiping, and move the cards to a designated location.

[0004] According to statistics, the toll station where the team is located needs about 35,000 manual card swipes for the monthly inventory and allocation of CPC cards, with an average of 1,129 card swipes per day. The card swiping time for each card is about 3.6 seconds (1 second for placing the card + 2.6 seconds for reading the card). It takes 30 minutes to swipe 500 cards. Adding about 8 minutes for unpacking, packing, and handling, with 500 cards in 1 box, that is, it takes 38 minutes to complete 500 cards. The existing card swiping operation is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Therefore, there is an urgent need for an automatic device in the toll station to replace manual card swiping to improve efficiency and reduce the labor intensity of workers.

[0005] In view of the above defects, the designer actively conducts research and innovation in order to create an automatic CPC card adjusting machine for toll stations, making it more valuable in industry. Content of the Utility Model

[0006] To solve any of the above technical problems, the purpose of the utility model is to provide an automatic CPC card adjusting machine for toll stations.

[0007] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0008] An automatic CPC card adjustment machine for toll stations, comprising a cabinet, a card placement frame, a defective card recycling bin, a normal card recycling bin, a conveyor rack, and a conveyor belt. A conveyor belt for driving the CPC card to move from left to right is installed on the conveyor rack. The cabinet is installed on the outside of the conveyor rack. The card placement frame is installed on the cabinet near the left side, and the card placement frame is located directly above the conveyor belt. A card reader is installed at a position near the middle at the bottom of the conveyor rack. A push rod mounting frame is installed at the rear end of the conveyor rack near the right side, and a push rod mechanism is installed on the push rod mounting frame. A defective card outlet is opened on the cabinet directly in front of the push rod mechanism, and a defective card recycling bin is arranged at the front end of the defective card outlet. A normal card outlet is opened on the right side of the cabinet, and a normal card recycling bin is arranged on the right side of the normal card outlet;

[0009] A card placement through hole is opened on the cabinet near the left side. The card placement frame passes through the card placement through hole vertically and then is installed inside the cabinet. A card slot distributed vertically is opened in the card placement frame;

[0010] A card reading cavity is opened on the conveyor rack directly above the card reader. A number of blocking strips distributed in the left-right direction are installed on the conveyor belt, and the CPC card is placed on the blocking strips.

[0011] As a further improvement of the present utility model, a reflective infrared sensor is installed vertically at a position near the bottom of the card placement frame.

[0012] As a further improvement of the present utility model, blocking frames distributed in the left-right direction are installed on both the front and rear sides of the conveyor rack.

[0013] As a further improvement of the present utility model, the push rod mechanism is an impact type electromagnet, and a push rod guiding groove is opened on the conveyor rack at the front end of the impact type electromagnet.

[0014] As a further improvement of the present utility model, a material pushing outlet is opened on the conveyor rack at the rear end of the defective card outlet. The material pushing outlet successively includes a first-level outlet, a second-level outlet, and a third-level outlet from back to front. The first-level outlet is an inverted V-shaped structure, the second-level outlet is a rectangular structure with front and rear openings, and the third-level outlet is a V-shaped structure.

[0015] As a further improvement of the present utility model, the card slot is a rectangular structure with a front opening, and blocking blocks are arranged on both the left and right sides at the front end of the card slot.

[0016] As a further improvement of the present utility model, a number of grooves distributed vertically are arranged in the card slot, and card strips are installed in the grooves.

[0017] As a further improvement of the present utility model, the card strips are bonded in the grooves, and the card strips are rubber strips.

[0018] As a further improvement of the present utility model, an inner cavity of the box body is provided inside the bad card recycling box or the normal card recycling box. A blanking inclined table is arranged on one side of the inner cavity of the box body close to the conveying rack, and the slope on the blanking inclined table inclines downward toward the side away from the conveying rack.

[0019] With the above solution, the present utility model has at least the following advantages:

[0020] The present utility model realizes automatic card adjustment and bad card differentiation functions by uniformly placing and recycling cards, effectively improving the card adjustment efficiency and reducing the labor intensity of workers.

[0021] The present utility model adopts the method of longitudinally inserting cards through the card placing frame, so that the self-gravity of the CPC card drops to the conveyor belt without adding a power source. The design is simple and occupies little space.

[0022] The present utility model can reduce the shielding of the electronic signal of the card reader by the metal conveying rack by opening a card reading cavity on the conveying rack directly above the card reader.

[0023] The above description is only an overview of the technical solution of the present utility model. In order to understand the technical means of the present utility model more clearly and implement it according to the content of the specification, the following takes the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and combines with the attached drawings to describe in detail as follows. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required to be used in the embodiments. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the present utility model, and thus should not be regarded as limiting the scope. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other related drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative efforts.

[0025] Figure 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an automatic CPC card adjustment machine for a toll station of the present utility model;

[0026] Figure 2 is Figure 1 a top view after removing the cabinet and the card placing frame;

[0027] Figure 3 is Figure 1 a top view of the card placing frame in

[0028] Figure 4 is Figure 3 another embodiment of

[0029] Figure 5 is Figure 1 a schematic internal structure diagram of the bad card recycling box or the normal card recycling box in

[0030] Figure 6 is Figure 2 The schematic structural diagram of the pushing material outlet in the middle

[0031] Among them, the meanings of the attached drawing reference numerals in the figure are as follows

[0032] Cabinet 1, card placing frame 2, defective card outlet 3, defective card recycling box 4, normal card recycling box 5, conveying rack 6, conveyor belt 7, retaining frame 8, retaining strip 9, CPC card 10, card reader 11, push rod mounting frame 12, push rod mechanism 13, push rod guide groove 14, pushing material outlet 15, card slot 16, stop block 17, groove 18, card strip 19, inner cavity of the box 20, blanking inclined platform 21, primary outlet 22, secondary outlet 23, tertiary outlet 24 Specific embodiments

[0033] The following will further describe in detail the specific embodiments of the present utility model in conjunction with the attached drawings and embodiments. The following embodiments are used to illustrate the present utility model, but are not used to limit the scope of the present utility model

[0034] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the solution of the present utility model, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the attached drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Usually, the components of the embodiments of the present utility model described and shown in the attached drawings here can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present utility model provided in the attached drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed present utility model, but only represents the selected embodiments of the present utility model. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without making creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of the present utility model

[0035] Embodiment

[0036] As Figures 1 to 6 shown

[0037] An automatic CPC card adjustment machine for a toll station includes a cabinet 1, a card placing frame 2, a defective card recycling box 4, a normal card recycling box 5, a conveying rack 6 and a conveyor belt 7

[0038] 1. A conveyor belt 7 for driving the CPC card 10 to move from left to right is installed on the conveying rack 6, and retaining frames 8 distributed along the left-right direction are installed on both the front and rear sides of the conveying rack 6. The conveyor belt 7 is driven by a stepping motor

[0039] 2. A cabinet 1 made of wood is installed on the outside of the conveyor frame 6. Wood is cheap, soft in texture, convenient for later transformation and improvement, and has weak signal shielding, so it will not affect the card reading function. Therefore, wood is selected as the material for the cabinet 1. A card placement frame 2 made of stainless steel is installed at a position near the left side of the cabinet 1. The card placement frame 2 is located directly above the conveyor belt 7. A card placement through hole is opened at a position near the left side of the cabinet 1. The card placement frame 2 passes through the card placement through hole vertically and then is installed inside the cabinet 1. A card slot 16 distributed vertically is opened in the card placement frame 2. The longitudinal entrance method is selected, and the CPC card drops onto the conveyor belt by its own gravity without adding a power source. The design is simple and occupies little space, which is beneficial to the production of the later chassis.

[0040] In addition, the card slot 16 is a rectangular structure with an open front end. Blockers 17 are arranged on both the left and right sides at the front end of the card slot 16. A number of grooves 18 distributed vertically are arranged in the card slot 16, and card strips 19 are installed in the grooves 18. The card strips 19 are bonded in the grooves 18, and the card strips 19 are rubber strips.

[0041] 3. A card reader 11 is installed at a position near the middle of the bottom of the conveyor frame 6. A card reading cavity is opened on the conveyor frame 6 directly above the card reader 11. A number of blocking strips 9 distributed in the left - right direction are installed on the conveyor belt 7. The CPC card 10 is placed on the blocking strips 9. The CPC card 10 is placed in the middle of the blocking strips 9, and the blocking strips 9 drive the CPC card 10 to move. By opening a card reading cavity on the conveyor frame directly above the card reader, the shielding of the electronic signal of the card reader by the metal conveyor frame can be reduced.

[0042] Among them, during the card - out test, it is found that when the CPC card 10 ejects cards continuously, two cards may be within the induction range of the card reader at the same time, seriously affecting the card reading success rate. To solve this problem, through experiments and calculations, a blocking strip 9 with a height of 4 mm and a length of 120 mm is installed in the middle of the conveyor belt, and the length interval of the blocking strip 9 is used to control the distance between adjacent CPC cards 10.

[0043] 4. A push rod mounting frame 12 is installed at a position near the right side at the rear end of the conveyor frame 6. A push rod mechanism 13 is installed on the push rod mounting frame 12. The push rod mechanism 13 is an impact - type electromagnet, and a push rod guide groove 14 is opened on the conveyor frame 6 at the front end of the impact - type electromagnet. The impact - type electromagnet is selected for its small volume and fast response speed, which can quickly push the bad card away and reset within 0.2 seconds without affecting the next card.

[0044] 5. A reflective infrared sensor is installed vertically at a position near the bottom of the card placement frame 2. The sensor is installed on the side of the card placement frame 2. When the CPC card 10 blocks the distance of 1 - 25 mm, it can return a signal and the red light will turn on, achieving the expected goal.

[0045] 6. There is a defective card ejection opening 3 opened on the cabinet 1 directly in front of the push rod mechanism 13. A defective card recycling box 4 is arranged at the front end of the defective card ejection opening 3. A normal card ejection opening is opened on the right side of the cabinet 1, and a normal card recycling box 5 is arranged on the right side of the normal card ejection opening.

[0046] 7. A material pushing outlet 15 is opened on the conveying rack 6 at the rear end of the defective card ejection opening 3. The material pushing outlet 15 successively includes a primary outlet 22, a secondary outlet 23, and a tertiary outlet 24 from back to front. The primary outlet 22 is an inverted V-shaped structure, the secondary outlet 23 is a rectangular structure with front and rear openings, and the tertiary outlet 24 is a V-shaped structure.

[0047] 8. An inner cavity 20 of the box is arranged inside the defective card recycling box 4 or the normal card recycling box 5. A blanking inclined platform 21 is arranged on one side of the inner cavity 20 of the box close to the conveying rack 6. The slope on the blanking inclined platform 21 slopes downward toward the side away from the conveying rack 6. The blanking inclined platform 21 can be an integral structure with the above-mentioned inner cavity 20 of the box or a detachable structure independent of the inner cavity 20 of the box. The slope on the blanking inclined platform 21 can play a certain buffering role when the CPC card 10 falls into the inner cavity 20 of the box.

[0048] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", etc. are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the quantity of the technical features indicated. Thus, the features defined with "first", "second", etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of such features. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "plural" is two or more.

[0049] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, the terms "installation", "connection", and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection, it can be a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and it can be the communication inside two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood through specific situations.

[0050] The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and are not intended to limit the present utility model. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the technical principle of the present utility model, several improvements and modifications can be made, and these improvements and modifications should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present utility model.

Claims

1. A CPC card automatic card adjustment machine at a toll station, comprising a cabinet (1), a card placing frame (2), a bad card recovery box (4), a normal card recovery box (5), a conveyor frame (6) and a conveyor belt (7), wherein the conveyor frame (6) is provided with a conveyor belt (7) for driving a CPC card (10) to move from left to right, the cabinet (1) is provided on the outer side of the conveyor frame (6), a card placing frame (2) is provided on the cabinet (1) near the left side, the card placing frame (2) is located directly above the conveyor belt (7), and the conveyor frame (6) is provided with a conveyor belt (7) for driving a CPC card (10) to move from left to right. 6) A card reader (11) is installed at a position near the middle of the bottom, a push rod mounting frame (12) is installed at a position near the right side of the rear end of the conveyor frame (6), a push rod mechanism (13) is installed on the push rod mounting frame (12), a bad card outlet (3) is opened on the cabinet (1) directly in front of the push rod mechanism (13), a bad card recovery box (4) is arranged at the front end of the bad card outlet (3), a normal card outlet is opened on the right side of the cabinet (1), and a normal card recovery box (5) is arranged on the right side of the normal card outlet; Features: A card placement hole is provided on the cabinet (1) at a position close to the left side, and the card placement frame (2) is installed in the cabinet (1) after passing through the card placement hole in the vertical direction, and card slots (16) distributed in the vertical direction are provided in the card placement frame (2); A card reading cavity is provided on the conveyor frame (6) directly above the card reader (11), and a plurality of baffles (9) distributed along the left and right directions are installed on the conveyor belt (7), and the CPC card (10) is placed on the baffles (9).

2. The CPC card automatic card adjustment machine at a toll station as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: A reflective infrared sensor is installed in the vertical direction near the bottom of the card placement frame (2).

3. The CPC card automatic card adjustment machine at a toll station as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: Blocking frames (8) distributed along the left-right direction are installed on both the front and rear sides of the conveyor frame (6).

4. The CPC card automatic card adjustment machine at a toll station as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The push rod mechanism (13) is an impact type electromagnet, and a push rod guide groove (14) is provided on the conveying frame (6) at the front end of the impact type electromagnet.

5. The CPC card automatic card adjustment machine at a toll station as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: A material pushing outlet (15) is provided on the conveyor frame (6) at the rear end of the bad card outlet (3), and the material pushing outlet (15) comprises a primary outlet (22), a secondary outlet (23) and a tertiary outlet (24) from the rear to the front, the primary outlet (22) is an inverted figure eight structure, the secondary outlet (23) is a rectangular structure with front and rear openings, and the tertiary outlet (24) is an figure eight structure.

6. The CPC card automatic card adjustment machine at a toll station as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The card slot (16) is a rectangular structure with an open front end, and stoppers (17) are provided on both left and right sides of the front end of the card slot (16).

7. The CPC card automatic adjustment machine at a toll station as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that: A plurality of grooves (18) distributed along the vertical direction are arranged in the clamping slot (16), and a clamping strip (19) is installed in the groove (18).

8. The CPC card automatic adjustment machine at a toll station as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that: The clamping strip (19) is bonded in the groove (18), and the clamping strip (19) is a rubber strip.

9. The CPC card automatic adjustment machine for toll booths as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: A box inner cavity (20) is provided on the inner side of the bad card recovery box (4) or the normal card recovery box (5), and a material dropping inclined platform (21) is provided on the side of the box inner cavity (20) close to the conveyor frame (6), and the slope on the material dropping inclined platform (21) is inclined downward toward the side away from the conveyor frame (6).

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