JP3369117B2 - Magnetic card unauthorized use prevention device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is to prevent unauthorized use of a magnetic card. 2. Description of the Related Art At present, magnetic cards such as cash cards and credit cards are widely used as an alternative to cash settlement. These magnetic cards are memory cards provided with a magnetic stripe on one side.The magnetic stripe stores the personal identification number of the owner and transaction conditions, etc. There is a problem that it is easy to read a password or the like, and it is easy to forge in terms of structure. Also, these magnetic cards
In many cases, the card is usually carried directly in the pocket of the wallet or carried in the pocket of the dedicated card holder.There are problems such as the wallet or card holder being inadvertently lost or stolen. There have been cases of misuse and damage. As a countermeasure, the card issuer uses the intelligent function of the terminal device so that the card user can confirm the card owner by keying in the personal identification number and prevent unauthorized use of the magnetic card. However, there remains a problem that the unauthorized use of the magnetic card cannot be prevented when the unauthorized user knows the personal identification number of the card owner or when reading with an illegal reading device. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to prevent unauthorized use of a magnetic card, an object of the present invention is to provide a card holder for storing a card with an unauthorized use prevention device so that the card cannot be used at the time of unauthorized use. With the goal. According to the present invention, one end of a bag-shaped card case opposite to the card slot is rotatably connected to a base plate by a mounting shaft, thereby connecting the card case to the card. A two-position switching between a take-out position and a card storage position is made freely possible, and a magnet is provided on the base plate in front of the card slot of the card case at the card storage position. [0005] Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the configuration of the magnetic card. The magnetic card 1 is made of a plastic material having a length of 54 mm, a width of 86 mm and a thickness of 0.76 mm, and generally uses a hard vinyl chloride plate. A magnetic tape 2 is formed by attaching a magnetic tape to a position 12.3 mm from the upper surface of the back surface of the magnetic card 1 and integrally fixing the magnetic tape, and an embossed region 3 whose surface is roughened like a satin surface is formed at a position 24 mm from the lower surface. Provide. In the embossed area 3, a signature of the card holder or other card numbers are engraved or written. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the card holder of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the card case is turned. In the drawings, a case where a plurality of magnetic cards 1 are stored in one card holder 4 will be described as an example. The card holder 4 is formed by stacking a plurality of card cases 5, sandwiching the upper and lower sides of the card case 5 with an L-shaped upper plate 6 and a base plate 7, and attaching a mounting shaft to one corner of the card case 5 away from the card slot 5 a. 8
, And the card case 5 is formed so as to be pivotable about the mounting shaft 8. The card case 5 is made of a transparent and flexible resin sheet, formed in a bag shape according to the dimensions of the magnetic card 1, and provided with a card slot 5a at the upper end thereof. A plurality of card cases 5 are stacked and their mounting shafts 8
A card case locking mechanism 15 is provided at a side end facing the.
Although not shown, a mounting shaft 8 is provided between the card cases 5 in each stage.
The helical spring is inserted through the mounting shaft 8 and sandwiched, one end of the helical spring is fixed to the mounting shaft 8, and the other end is fixed to a predetermined position of the card case 5. Energize. Along the upper side edge of the upper plate 6 or the base plate 7 of the card holder 4, a card slot 5 of the card case 5 is provided.
Each of the belt-shaped magnets 14 is buried opposite to a. Protruding pieces 13 are provided at the side ends of the plurality of card cases 5 distant from the mounting shaft 8, with their positions shifted from each other. The card case locking mechanism 15 has a plurality of pin holes 9 a through which the locking pins 10 are inserted in the upper plate 6 of the card holder 4 in accordance with the number of card cases 5. A plurality of pin holes 9b are provided facing the pin holes 9a, and the same number of pin holes 9c are provided at a certain interval from the plurality of pin holes 9b. Further, slits 18 for inserting the slide plate 16 are formed on the front and rear sides of the card holder 14. FIG. 4 illustrates the card case locking mechanism 15 with one selection button as an example. One end of the locking pin 10 is bent into a U-shape, and the lower end of the locking pin 10 is inserted into the pin hole 9c and the shorter end of the locking pin 10 is inserted from below the base plate 7 into the pin hole 9b. The longer end of the slide plate 16 is bent in the middle, and is aligned with the pin hole 9a of the upper plate 6, and the lock groove 1 of the slide plate 16 is
7 is inserted into the pin hole 9a of the upper plate 6 from below, and the locking pin 10 is slidably mounted from the pin hole 9a of the upper plate 6 to the pin hole 9b of the base plate 7. Then, the pin hole 9a of the upper plate 6
The selection button 12 is fixed to the tip of the locking pin 10 projecting upward from the
Urges the selection button 12 upward. In this state,
According to the height of the card case 5 for the short end of the locking pin 10, the locking pin 1 is inserted into the pin hole 9 of the projecting piece 13.
No. 0 is inserted, and the card case 5 is fixed at that position against the helical spring that urges the card case 5 in the turning direction. By pulling the slide plate 16 forward (in the direction of the arrow), the selection button 12 is pressed down, the tip of the locking pin 10 is lowered against the spring 11, and the pin hole 9 of the card case 5 corresponding to the selection button 12 is inserted. The card case 5 is turned by a helical spring. With the above arrangement, when the card holder stores the magnetic card 1 in the case holder 4, the slide plate 16 of the case holder 4 is pulled forward, the selection button 12 is pressed, and the locking pin 10 is lowered. The card case 5 is turned around the mounting shaft 8 and pulled out, and the magnetic card 1 is inserted into the card case 5 through the card slot 5a, returned into the case holder 4, and the selection button 12 is pressed to release the locking pin 10. The protruding piece 13 is inserted into the pin hole 9 and fixed, and the slide plate 16 is returned and locked. At this time, the magnetic card 1 is carried into the card holder 4 without approaching the band-shaped magnet 14, and the magnetic card 1 does not touch the magnet 14 of the upper plate 6 or the base plate 7 of the card holder 4, and 1 memory is not damaged. When the card holder uses the magnetic card 1, pull the slide plate 16 forward,
The user selects the magnetic card 1 and presses a predetermined selection button 12 to turn the target card case 5 and the card slot 5a.
From the magnetic card 1 can be easily taken out. At this time, the magnetic card 1 does not touch the magnet 14 of the upper plate 6 or the base plate 7 of the card holder 4 and does not damage the memory of the magnetic card 1. When an unauthorized user obtained by theft or other illegal means attempts to pull out the magnetic card 1 from the card holder 4, the selection button 12 is locked by the slide plate 16 and does not operate. The magnetic stripe 2 of the magnetic card 1 is a card holder 4
Is pulled out by touching the magnet 14 of the upper plate 6 or the base plate 7,
The memory such as the personal identification number stored in the magnetic stripe 2 is destroyed to make the magnetic card 1 unreadable, thereby preventing damage due to unauthorized use. In the present embodiment, the dedicated card holder 4 is described as an example, but the same effect can be obtained for a notebook with a card storage unit, a wallet with a card storage unit, and the like by providing this device. As described above, in the present invention, the magnet is provided in front of the card slot of the card case located at the card storage position, so that an unauthorized user can remove the magnetic card from the card case in the card storage position. When the magnetic card is removed, the magnetic stripe of the magnetic card touches the magnet, destroying the magnetic card and preventing unauthorized use. In addition, the card owner who has become familiar with the mechanism of the device rotates the card case to the take-out position, avoids the magnet, and takes out the card, so that the magnetic card is not destroyed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a configuration of a magnetic card. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a card case of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where the card case is turned. FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of the card case locking mechanism. FIG. 5 is a plan view of a slide plate. [Description of Signs] 1 Magnetic card 2 Magnetic stripe 3 Emboss area 4 Card holder 5 Card case 5a Card slot 6 Upper plate 7 Base plate 8 Mounting shaft 9 Pin hole 10 Lock pin 11 Spring 12 Selection button 13 Projection piece 14 Magnet 15 Card case locking mechanism 16 Slide plate 17 Lock groove 18 Slit

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-5-40857 (JP, A) JP-A-11-3408 (JP, A) JP-A-8-96093 (JP, A) JP-A-63-116384 (JP) , U) Japanese Utility Model Application Hei 4-86269 (JP, U) Special Table 63-501829 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06K 19/00-19/18

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] One end of the bag-shaped card case opposite to the card insertion / removal port is rotatably connected to the base plate by a mounting shaft, thereby taking out the card case. A device for preventing unauthorized use of a magnetic card, characterized in that the position can be switched between a position and a card storage position, and a magnet is provided on the base plate in front of a card slot of a card case at the card storage position.