JPH04305880A - Magnetic card device and cleaning card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To offer the magnetic device and the cleaning card whose part coming into contact with a card is effectively cleaned targeting a card memory medium for a prepaid card, etc. CONSTITUTION:The magnetic card device is constituted so that a magnetic head 3 abutted to a magnetic card 2 successively while it is moved and plural carrier rollers 11 abut to the different areas of the magnetic head 2, respectively.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnetic card device for storing card-like storage media such as prepaid cards, and more particularly to a magnetic card device and a cleaning card that effectively clean the portions that come into contact with the card.

A magnetic card device normally moves a magnetic card back and forth using a plurality of transport rollers, and writes or reads information using a magnetic card as a recording medium using a magnetic head fixed within the device. Furthermore, in recent years, the contents recorded on a magnetic card are sometimes printed on the magnetic card by a print head.

[0003] However, the magnetic card is something that is touched directly with the hands, and dust, sebum, etc. adhere to the magnetic card. Therefore, while the magnetic card device is in use, dust and sebum on the magnetic card adhere to the conveying roller, which reduces the ability of the conveying roller to convey the magnetic card, and in extreme cases, it may become impossible to convey the magnetic card.

Further, if dust or sebum adheres to the magnetic head, it becomes impossible to write or read information normally, and if it adheres to the surface of the print head, not only will it become impossible to print, but the head may burn out. Therefore, it is desired to realize a magnetic card device and a cleaning card that can effectively clean such parts.

[0005]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional magnetic card device and cleaning card. As shown in FIG. 4(a), a conventional magnetic card device 1 includes a plurality of transport rollers 11 for moving a magnetic card 2, and a plurality of auxiliary rollers 12 that are paired with the transport rollers 11 and press the magnetic card 2 against the transport rollers 11, e.g. An electric motor 16 that drives the conveyance roller 11 via a plurality of reduction gears 13, 14, and 15;
It further includes a pulley 17, a belt 18, etc. that transmits the rotation of the transport roller 11 to other conveying rollers 11. Also, a magnetic head 3 that writes or reads information using the magnetic card 2 as a recording medium.
The back surface of the magnetic card 2 is supported by another conveyance roller 19 driven together with the conveyance roller 11.

When cleaning the transport rollers 11, 19 and the magnetic head 3 in the magnetic card device 1, a cleaning card 4 shown in FIG. 4(b) is supplied to the magnetic card device 1 instead of the magnetic card 2. The cleaning card 4 is usually coated with a cleaning liquid containing alcohol as a main ingredient, and by reciprocating the cleaning card 4 with the conveyance rollers 11 and 19, dust and dirt adhering to the conveyance rollers 11 and 19 and the magnetic head 3 are removed. It can remove sebum etc.

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional magnetic card device, the conveying roller is on the same straight line with respect to the moving direction of the magnetic card, and even if a cleaning card is supplied to such a magnetic card device, it cannot be used effectively. The area is shown in Figure 4(b)
), there are only areas 41 in contact with the conveyance rollers and areas 42 in contact with the magnetic heads. In addition, although the leading conveyance rollers are cleaned of dust, sebum, etc. by sufficient cleaning liquid, the cleaning liquid is not sufficiently supplied to the rear conveyance rollers, resulting in the problem that dust, sebum, etc. remain.

An object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic card device and a cleaning card that can be effectively cleaned.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a magnetic card device according to the invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cleaning card according to the invention. The same objects are represented by the same symbols throughout the figures.

The above-mentioned problem is a magnetic card device comprising a magnetic head 3 for writing or reading information using a magnetic card 2 as a recording medium, and a plurality of transport rollers 11 for moving the magnetic card 2 back and forth. In the magnetic card device of the present invention, a magnetic head 3 and a plurality of conveyance rollers 11, which sequentially contact the magnetic card 2 as the magnetic card 2 moves, are arranged so as to be able to contact different areas of the magnetic card 2, respectively. and the magnetic head 3 of the magnetic card device and the conveyance roller 1
1, the card insertion slot 2
This is achieved by the cleaning card of the present invention, which has a cleaning section 61 that is longer than the distance from zero to the farthest conveyance roller 11, and has a stopper 62 protruding from one end of the cleaning section 61.

[0011]

[Function] In the magnetic card device of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, a magnetic head and a plurality of conveyance rollers that sequentially contact the magnetic card as it moves are arranged so as to be able to contact different areas of the magnetic card, respectively. It becomes possible to sufficiently supply cleaning liquid not only to the leading conveyance roller but also to the last conveyance roller, and it is possible to realize a magnetic card device in which the portion that comes into contact with the card is effectively cleaned. In addition, the cleaning card of the present invention, which has a cleaning section longer than the distance from the card insertion slot to the farthest conveyance roller in FIG. It is possible to realize a cleaning card that is cleaned in the following manner.

0012

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another magnetic card device and cleaning card of the present invention.

The magnetic card device 5 according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
) As shown in FIG. The conveyor roller 11 is provided with an electric motor 16 that drives the conveyance roller 11, and a pulley 17, a belt 18, etc. that transmits the rotation of the electric motor 16 to other conveyance rollers 11. It also includes a magnetic head 3 for writing or reading information using the magnetic card 2 as a recording medium, and the back surface of the magnetic card 2 is supported by another conveyance roller 19 driven together with the conveyance roller 11.

However, unlike the conventional magnetic card device 1 shown in FIG. 4(a), the magnetic card device 5 according to the present invention has a magnetic head 3 that sequentially contacts the magnetic card 2 as it moves, and a plurality of transport rollers 11. , are arranged at different positions so that they can come into contact with different areas of the magnetic card 2, respectively. When a cleaning card 4 is supplied to such a magnetic card device 5, as shown in FIG. 1(b), almost the entire area of the cleaning card 4 is effectively used for cleaning the conveying rollers and the magnetic head.

The magnetic card device of the present invention includes a magnetic head that sequentially contacts the magnetic card as it moves, and a plurality of conveyance rollers, which are arranged so that they can each contact different areas of the magnetic card. It becomes possible to sufficiently supply cleaning liquid not only to the leading conveyance roller but also to the last conveyance roller, and it is possible to realize a magnetic card device in which the portion that comes into contact with the card is effectively cleaned.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the cleaning card 6 according to the present invention has a cleaning section 61 that is longer than the distance from the card insertion slot 20 to the farthest conveying roller 11, and has a stopper 62 protruding from one end of the cleaning section 61. By using this when cleaning the magnetic card device 5 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1(a), it is possible to effectively clean the cleaning card without having to move the cleaning card back and forth many times.

Another magnetic card device 8 of the present invention shown in FIG. 3(a), like the magnetic card device 5 of the present invention shown in FIG. 1(a), sequentially contacts the magnetic card 2 as it moves. A magnetic head 3 and a plurality of conveyance rollers 11 are arranged at different positions so that they can contact different areas of the magnetic card 2, and are further equipped with a sensor such as a photodetector for identifying a cleaning card as a magnetic card. It has 81.

On the other hand, the cleaning card 7 used for cleaning the magnetic card device 8 has a structure shown in FIG. 3(b).
) As shown in FIG.
identification holes 71 are formed. Therefore, the sensor 81 can easily identify the cleaning card 7 from the magnetic card 2 through the identification hole 71.

A control unit (not shown) of the magnetic card device 8 has a built-in program for controlling the electric motor 16, and if the supplied card is a cleaning card, the conveying roller 11 automatically rotates forward and reverse. The cleaning card 7 is repeatedly reciprocated a plurality of times to clean the magnetic head and the plurality of transport rollers. That is, it is possible to realize a magnetic card device and a cleaning card that can be effectively cleaned.

It should be noted that even if the cleaning card 6 shown in FIG. 2 is used instead of the cleaning card 7 shown in FIG. 3(b), the magnetic head and conveyance roller of the magnetic card device 8 can be effectively cleaned. Not even. Further, the surface of the print head can be effectively cleaned using the same cleaning card, and it is possible to prevent printing failure and burnout of the print head due to adhesion of dust, sebum, etc.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a magnetic card device and a cleaning card that can be effectively cleaned.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a magnetic card device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cleaning card according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another magnetic card device and cleaning card of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional magnetic card device and a cleaning card.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Magnetic card
3 Magnetic heads 4, 6, 7 Cleaning card 5, 8 Magnetic card device 11, 19 Conveyance roller
12 Auxiliary rollers 13, 14, 15 Reduction gear 16 Electric motor 17
pulley
18 Belt 20 Card insertion slot
61 Cleaning section 62 Stopper
71 Identification hole 81 Sensor

Claims (4)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A magnetic head (3) for writing or reading information using a magnetic card (2) as a recording medium, and a plurality of transport rollers (11) for moving the magnetic card (2) back and forth. The magnetic card device includes a magnetic head (3) that sequentially contacts the magnetic card (2) as it moves, and a plurality of conveyance rollers (11).
A magnetic card device characterized in that the magnetic card devices are arranged so as to be able to come into contact with different areas of the magnetic card (2). [Claim 2] Magnetic head (3) of a magnetic card device
, and a cleaning section (61) that is longer than the distance from the card insertion slot (20) to the conveyance roller (11) that is farthest from the card insertion slot (20).
), and a stopper (62) protrudes from one end of the cleaning portion (61). 3. The magnetic card device according to claim 1, wherein the sensor (8) identifies the cleaning card (7).
1), wherein if the supplied card is a cleaning card, the conveying roller (11) repeats forward and reverse rotations to cause the cleaning card (7) to reciprocate a plurality of times. [Claim 4] Magnetic head (3) of a magnetic card device
, and a conveyance roller (11), the cleaning card is characterized in that it is provided with one or more identification holes (71) at a position facing a sensor (81).