JPS5935474B2 - Jiki Card Souchi - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to improvements in magnetic card devices.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been a remarkable trend toward a cashless society where people can shop using credit cards without carrying cash, and for this reason, terminal devices such as magnetic card devices that are suitable for various uses have been developed.

In such a terminal device, in order to keep a record of the usage of the credit card used, two rolls of paper on which the amount used, etc. are printed in the print section are pressed against the embossed part of the credit card by an imprint roller, and the roll is Embossed characters (for example, display of credit card holder's name, number, account number, etc.) are imprinted on the paper, and after the imprinting is completed, the upper roll paper is wound up as a journal on a winding roll, and the lower roll paper is rolled up as a journal. Generally, the roll paper is cut with a roll cutter and returned to the user as a receipt along with the credit card. In this case, conventionally, the receipt and credit card were moved horizontally and then forwarded, that is, in a U-shape, before being returned to the user, which increased the width of the device, which was disadvantageous in terms of space. It was hot.

The present invention aims to solve this problem by moving the receipt and magnetic card such as a credit card to the bottom after imprinting is completed, then transporting them to the front and returning them to the bottom of the card insertion slot. The object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic card device with a reduced width dimension.

Embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is an insertion slot for a magnetic card 50 such as a credit card, and 2 is a reading unit. 3 is an imprint section (transfer mechanism), 4 is a feeding direction converting section, 5 is a transfer section, and 6 is a return port.

The reading unit 2 and the imprint unit 3 are provided on a suction conveyance path that suctions and conveys the magnetic card 50 inserted into the insertion slot 1.
The transfer unit 5 includes receipts and magnetic cards 5 to be returned which are provided at a position corresponding to the return port 1 below the suction conveyance path.
A return conveyance path for conveying the 0 to the return port 6 is provided.
The magnetic card 50 inserted through the insertion slot 1 has its information read by the reading head 7 in the reading section 2.

As a result, the magnetic card 50 recognized as legitimate is transported by feed rollers 8 and 9 provided in the reading section 2 and the imprint section 3 and enters the imprint section 3. On the other hand, as shown in detail in FIG.
Sheets of roll paper 10 and 11 are set on an imprint stand 12.

These roll papers 10 and 11 are fed out from rolls 13 and 14, and a printing unit 15 prints the usage amount and the like. Next, the roll paper 10 is passed through the roll cutter 16, and the roll paper 11 is passed through the roll cutter 16 and set on the imprint stand 12 in a stacked manner. The magnetic card 50 that has entered the imprint section 3 is then set below the roll papers 10 and 11 on the imprint table 12.

Here, the roll paper 10,
11 is pressed against the embossed part of the magnetic card 50 to imprint the embossed characters on the roll papers 10 and 11. After the imprinting is completed, the upper roll paper 10 is wound up as a journal on the collection roll 18, and the lower roll paper 10 is rolled up as a journal. 11 is cut with a roll cutter 16 to form a receipt 19.

Thereafter, the receipt 19 and the magnetic card 50 are transported forward by a feed roller 20 provided in the imprint section 3 and enter the feed direction conversion section 4 .

A feeding direction converting mechanism (moving mechanism) 22 (detailed example will be described later) is provided in the feeding direction converting unit 4 for positioning the storage box (accommodating member) 21 at a suction position shown by a solid line and an ejection position shown by a chain line. . Therefore, the receipt 19 and the magnetic card 50 that have entered the feeding direction converting section 4 are sucked and held in the storage box 21 located at the sucking position shown by the solid line.

When the receipt 19 and the magnetic card 50 are completely sucked, the feeding direction conversion mechanism 22 is activated and the storage box 21 is lowered to the ejection position indicated by the chain line, and the receipt 19 and the magnetic card 50 are ejected to the transfer section 5. It is continuously transported forward by four pairs of feed rollers 23 provided inside and returned through the return port 6. An example of the feed direction changing mechanism 22 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

In the figure, reference numeral 24 designates an I pair of parallelogram link mechanisms that swing around shafts 25 and 26 as fulcrums, each of which is composed of two links 27 and 28 of the same shape and a connecting plate 29.

The storage box 21 mentioned above is attached to a connecting plate 29. Further, two shafts 30, 30' are rotatably supported on the connecting plate 29, and feed rollers 31, 3V and gears 32, 32' are fixed to the shafts 30, 30', respectively. The parallelogram link mechanism 24 connects the drive shaft 33 to 18
By rotating it in 0 degree increments, the cam 34 fixed to the drive shaft 33 and the roller 35 rotatably supported by the link 27 are driven to swing about the shafts 25 and 26 as fulcrums, as shown in FIG. It is positioned at the suction position shown by the solid line and the discharge position shown by the chain line. Further, numeral 36 denotes a biasing metal fitting that is swingably supported by the shaft 37, and is biased by a spring 38 and engaged with a cam 39 fixed to the drive shaft 33 via a roller 40, and is shaped like a parallelogram. When the link mechanism 24 moves to the ejection position, it swings in the direction of arrow A and causes the receipt 19 and magnetic card 50 in the storage box 21 to be caught between the feed rollers 31 and 3V. In the suction position, the gear 32 engages with the drive gear 41 rotating clockwise in FIG.
1, 3V is driven by the 1 drive gear 41 via the gears 32, 322 to transfer the receipt 19 and the magnetic card 50 to the storage box 2.
Inhale within 1 minute.

At the discharge position, the gear 325 engages with the drive gear 4V that rotates in the same direction as the drive gear 41, so the feed rollers 31 and 3V are driven by 1 in the opposite direction to the above, and the feed roller The receipt 19 and the magnetic card 50 that are stuck between the 31 and 31' are ejected forward.

Note that 42 is a leaf spring, which is fixed to the 1 drive shaft 33 and is connected to the cam 3.
It is attached to a support fitting 45 that is driven via a roller 44 by a cam 43 having the same shape and phase as link 2.
It engages with a shaft 46 that connects 7 and 27. This leaf spring 42
serves to smoothly mesh the gear 32 and the drive gear 41 when positioning the parallelogram link mechanism 24 to the suction position. As described above, according to the present invention, after imprinting is completed, the receipt and a magnetic card such as a credit card are moved downward by the feed direction conversion mechanism, then transported to the front, and returned to the bottom of the insertion slot. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the width of the device, which is advantageous in terms of space.

In addition, since the magnetic card can be returned with the card inserted (front and back, front and back) and the receipt, it does not make the user feel uncomfortable and also prevents the user from forgetting the receipt. It has the effect of being able to do it.

[Brief Description of the Drawings] The drawings show an embodiment of the magnetic card device according to the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a schematic side view, Fig. 2 is a front view of the insertion slot and return slot, and Fig. 3 is a front view of the inlet. FIG. 4 is a side view of the feed direction conversion mechanism, and FIG. 5 is a front view of the same.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An insertion slot into which a magnetic card is inserted, a suction conveyance path that suctions and conveys the magnetic card inserted into the insertion slot, a reading section provided on the suction conveyance path that reads information recorded on the sucked magnetic card; A transfer mechanism provided on the suction conveyance path downstream of the reading unit to transfer the information on the magnetic card to a receipt, and a return port provided below the insertion port for returning the magnetic card sucked from the insertion port. The magnetic card device is a magnetic card device, which is provided below the suction conveyance path and at a position corresponding to the return port, and includes a return conveyance path for conveying receipts and magnetic cards to be returned to the return port, and a transfer mechanism. A storage member provided at a later stage and temporarily housing transfer completed receipts and magnetic cards conveyed by the suction conveyance path, and a movement that moves the storage member downward to a supply position for supplying the receipts and magnetic cards to the return conveyance path. A magnetic card device, comprising: a mechanism for transporting receipts and magnetic cards that have been processed on the suction transport path to a return port via the return transport path while remaining in the state in which they were transported on the suction transport path.