JPS6067180A - Card-collating printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To ensure that only one sheet of form can be printed for one-time collation of one card, by a method wherein a card verified to be proper by collation with a user's ID is fed to a printing position, and is automatically discharged immediately after printing is completed. CONSTITUTION:Information on an inserted card is read by a magnetic head 13, is compared and collated with a user's ID supplied from a user's ID input device 100, and when the card is verified to be proper by a verifier 50, the card is fed to the printing position by a feeder 14, and improper cards are discharged to an inserting port. Then, outputs from a card position sensor 17 and a form position sensor 21 are processed by an AND circuit 51, and when the card and the form are properly stacked at a predetermined printing position, double-sheet printng on the card and the form by a printing mechanism 30 is conducted through a motor 36. When the printing is completed and a mocro-switch 43 is turned ON by a stopper of the mechanism 30, the card is immediately discharged to the inserting port by the feeder 14. Accordingly, only one form can be printed by one-time collation of one card, and the form can be prevented from being abused.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention is a card verification printing device that verifies a card such as a bank card, and if the card is a proper card, prints the embossed characters of the card on the slip and issues the slip. In particular, the present invention relates to a card verification printing device that can print only one slip for one verification of one card.

At banks and other financial institutions, card verification printing devices are installed so that cash can be withdrawn by card at counters when automatic cash withdrawal machines are broken and become unusable, or at branches where automatic cash withdrawal machines are not installed. used.

A conventional card verification printing device consists of two main bodies 1 and a password input device 2, as shown in FIG.

The main body 1 includes a card reading section 42 that reads magnetic information on the card 3.
The card is equipped with a manual printing mechanism 5, and as a result of comparing the magnetic information read by the card reader 4' and the PIN input by the customer from the PIN input device 2, the card is found to be a valid card. In this case, the printing mechanism 5 is unlocked, and the person in charge manually moves the card to a predetermined printing position and stacks the slip 6 on top of it.

When the printing mechanism 5 is manually moved back and forth across the top surface of the slip, the embossed characters on the card are pressed and printed on the slip 6.

However, in this device, once the printing mechanism 5 is unlocked, it will not be locked unless the top surface of the slip is moved back and forth and then completely returned to its original position. If the mechanism 5 is stopped before it is completely returned to its original position, the slip is replaced, and the slip is moved back and forth again, the same embossed characters will be printed on the slip as well.

Furthermore, by repeating the same operation, not only can multiple slips be issued for the same card, but if the cart is replaced, slips can also be issued for other unverified cards, leading to misuse of slips. There was a risk that this would become a problem.

This invention was made to overcome the above problems, and aims to provide a card verification printing device that can print only one slip for one verification of one card. .

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a plan sectional view showing the outline of the internal structure of the main body.

This embodiment is similar to the conventional example shown in FIG.

A main body 10 that reads and prints magnetic information written on a card, and a PIN input device 1 for a customer to input a PIN number.
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The main body 10 includes a card insertion slot 11 on the side plate.

A conveying device 12 is connected to the inside for taking in and conveying a card inserted through the card insertion slot 11. A magnetic head 13 is installed on the transport path of the transport device 12 for reading magnetic information written on the card. Furthermore, a conveyance device 14 is provided in connection with the conveyance device 12 to convey the appropriate card to a printing position. The tU feeding devices Z12, 14 are driven by a motor 15 via a belt 16. A card position sensor 17 is installed on the extension line of the m-feeding device 14 to detect whether or not the fed card is correctly set in the printing position. In addition, 1
B is a sensor that detects that a card is inserted into the insertion slot and activates the motor 15. A slip insertion slot 20 is formed on the front plate of the main body 10, and a slip insertion slot 20 is formed in the innermost part of the slip storage section. A slip position sensor 21 is installed to detect whether the slip 6 inserted through the insertion slot 20 has been correctly sent.

Above the slip storage section, there is a card number which starts operating when it is confirmed by the card position sensor 17 and the slip position sensor 21 that both the card and the slip are correctly sent.

A printing mechanism 30 is provided that press-prints embossed characters on a card indicating an account number or the like onto a set slip.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the printing mechanism 30 includes a movable body 31. Connection member 32° support member 33. Print roller 34
It is made up of. In one example, the movable body 31 includes a fixed rack 35 and a motor 3 meshed with the rack 35.
It is arranged so that it can freely reciprocate a predetermined distance along the i-hand direction of the main body 10 by the pinion 37 of No. 6.

The connecting member 32 has a substantially square shape and is fitted into the movable body 31 so as to be movable along the moving direction of the movable body 31.

The support member 33 is pivotally supported by the movable body 31 so as to be rotatable in the moving direction, and is rotatably connected to the connecting member 32. Therefore.

The connecting member 32 and the supporting member 33 form a crank mechanism, and the linear movement of the connecting member 32 can be converted into the rotational movement of the supporting member 33. The printing roller 34 is attached to one end of the support member 33 so that it can be transferred while pressing the set slip. The printing roller 34 is impregnated with a predetermined amount of ink, so that the ink adheres only to the portions that are strongly pressed by the embossed characters.

Partition plates 40.4 at both ends forming a movement space for the movable body 31
0' while the movable body 31 is moving.

Stoppers 41° 41' that abut both ends of the connecting member 32
is installed protrudingly. The stopper 41.41' is elastically held by the partition plate 40.40' while being biased toward the printing unit 30 side by the coil springs 42, 42', and its rear end extends through the partition plate. Micro switch 43.4
3' can be brought into contact. The stopper 41 on one side presses the connecting member 32 in the direction opposite to the moving direction of the movable body 31 by coming into contact with one end of the connecting member 32, and the fourth stopper 41
The other stopper 41' plays the role of rotating the printing roller 34 in the direction away from the slip via the support member 33 as shown by the broken line in the figure, and the other stopper 41' has the same effect on the printing roller 34.
Its role is to rotate the paper in the direction of contact with the slip.

The microswitch 43 is for rotating the motor 36 in the reverse direction, and the microswitch 43' is for stopping the rotation of the motor 36 and rotating the motor 14 in the card ejection direction.

Figure 5 shows 11! FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the flow of signals that control the transport direction of the transport devices 12 and 14 and the flow of signals that control the start and stop of operation of the printing mechanism 3o. In the same figure, 50 compares and verifies the magnetic information of the card read by the magnetic helad 13 with the PIN number input by the customer using the PIN input device 100 to determine whether or not the card is a proper card. When the 8-discriminator 5° which is a discriminator determines that the card is a proper card, the card is transferred to the conveyance device 14.
The rotating direction of the motor 15 is controlled so that the card is transported to the printing position by the transport device 12, and when it is determined that the card is not a proper card, the card is returned to the insertion slot 11 by the transport device 12. In addition, in consideration of the case where the PIN number is inputted incorrectly, it may be configured so that it does not determine that the card is not valid until a plurality of times (for example, three times). It can also be configured using

5 is an AND circuit which outputs an activation signal for the motor 36 and starts the movement of the printing mechanism 30 when the outputs of the card position sensor 17 and the slip position sensor 21 both reach the "H" level.

The password input device 100 includes an operation unit 101 for inputting a password, and a display device 102 (the display device may be configured to provide audio information) for notifying the customer of operating procedures and the like. Furthermore, 1 body is 10
Various indicators are also provided at predetermined locations to inform the person in charge of the determination result of the discriminator 50, the time to insert the slip, etc. In addition, a reset button for power outages is provided on the back of the main unit 10. If a power outage occurs while the card is inserted into the main unit, pressing the reset button after the power is connected will cause the card to return to the insertion slot. It is set to be returned.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

When a customer or a person in charge inserts the card 3 from the card insertion slot 11 of the main body 10, the sensor 18 detects that the card has been inserted.

The motor 15 is activated, the card is transported by the transport device 12 to the magnetic head 13, the magnetic information of the card is read out, and information about the primary operation is displayed digitally and/or audibly.

When the customer then inputs his/her PIN number using the PIN input device 100 according to this information, this and the magnetic information read out by the magnetic head 13 and stored are compared and verified by the discriminator 50, and the card is determined to be a valid card. If the zero discriminator 50 determines whether the card is a proper card, it rotates the motor 15 in a predetermined direction and transports the card to the printing position via the feeding device 14. If it is determined that the card is not suitable, motor 1
5 in the opposite direction and return the card to the insertion slot 11.

When the proper card carried by the carrying device 14 is placed in the printing position, the card position sensor 17 detects this and outputs a detection signal to the AND circuit 51.

Next, the person in charge inserts the slip 6 into the slip insertion slot 2o and correctly inserts the slip so that it overlaps the card. When the slip is correctly sent, the slip position sensor 21 detects this and outputs a detection signal to the AND circuit 51. Therefore, the AND circuit 51 outputs a
6, the motor 36 rotates in a predetermined direction. As a result, the printing mechanism 30 moves to the right in FIG. 2 via the pinion 37 r lie 35 .

Since the connecting member 32 of the printing mechanism 30 is in contact with the stopper 41' when the previous printing operation is completed, the printing roller 34 is rotating in the direction of contacting the slip 6, and therefore the movable body 31 is rotated. As the printing roller 34 moves, it moves while pressing the top surface of one slip, and the embossed characters of the card are printed on the slip.

When the movable body 31 further moves due to the rotation of the motor 36, one end of the connecting member 32 comes into contact with the stopper 41. Since the movable body 31 continues to move in the same direction, the connecting member 32
is pressed leftward in FIG. 2 by the stopper 41, and as a result, the printing roller 34 rotates in a direction away from the slip.

When the connecting member 32 is pressed to the maximum limit, the microswitch 43 is turned ON, the motor 36 rotates in the opposite direction, and the printing mechanism 30 moves in the opposite direction to the starting position. Print roller 34
Since it is separated from the slip, no embossed characters will be printed even if it passes over the card.

After the printing roller 34 finishes passing the card, when the other end of the connecting member 32 comes into contact with the stopper 41', the connecting member 32 is pressed and the printing roller 34 rotates in the direction in which it comes into contact with the slip again.

Prepare for printing operation using the next card. When the connecting member 32 is pressed to the maximum, the microswitch 43' is turned on.
As a result, the motor 36 is stopped and the motor 15 is activated to eject the card from the insertion slot 11 via the transport device 14.12.

As explained above, the present invention is applicable when it is determined that the card is a valid card as a result of comparing the magnetic information of the card and the personal identification number.

The document is automatically conveyed to the printing position by a conveyance device without the need of a person in charge, and is ejected from the insertion slot immediately after printing on the document is completed. Moreover, the printing mechanism is housed inside the main body to prevent intentional printing. Since it is configured so that contact cannot be made, only one slip can be printed for one verification on one card, eliminating the problem of slips being misused. Furthermore, since the card position sensor and slip position sensor 7 are installed to check the printing position of the card and slip, it is possible to print clearly and correctly at the designated position on the slip.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a conventional card verification printing device;
3 is a plan sectional view schematically showing the internal structure of the main body, FIG. 4 is a front sectional view showing the printing mechanism, and FIG. 5 is a conveyance FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the flow of signals that control the conveyance direction of the apparatus and the flow of signals that control the start and stop of operation of the printing mechanism. ■1 main unit, 2-PIN input device, 3-card. 4-card reading section, 5-printing mechanism, 6-.- slip. lO・1 main body, 11-card insertion slot, 12-transport device,
15. 36-motor, 16-.-belt. 17-card position sensor, 18-sensor, 20-slip insertion slot, 21-slip position sensor, 30-printing mechanism, 31
- Movable body, 32 series of connecting rods, 33-...- Supporting member, 34-
Print roller, 35-rack. 37-binion, 40.40'-partition plate, 41°41'
-Stopper, 42.42'-Coil spring. 43.43'-Micro switch, 50-Discriminator, 51
- AND circuit, 100 - PIN code device, 101 - operation unit, 102 - display device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A card verification printing device that is capable of printing slips on a card in an overlapping manner; A PIN input device for inputting a PIN number for a card; A conveyance device for conveying a card inserted from a card insertion slot; ; a magnetic head that reads magnetic information on a card transported by the transport device; and a magnetic head that stores the magnetic information read by the magnetic head;
Compare and match the PIN entered from the PIN input device and! ! a discriminator that controls the conveyance device to determine whether or not the card is a proper card, and to convey the card to a printing position if the card is a proper card, and to return the card to a card insertion slot if the card is not a proper card; , a printing mechanism that starts operating when any of the slips inserted from the slip insertion slot is placed in the printing position; A card verification printing device comprising: a detector for controlling a conveyance device;