JPS6122839B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for producing an integral body of a card-like recording body and a printed document, and more specifically, it relates to a method for producing an integral body of a card-like recording body and a printed document, and more specifically, it relates to a recording body such as a magnetic card into which a card is inserted and information corresponding to the recording body, such as The present invention relates to a method of mechanically producing an integrated object with a stamp in which the address, etc. of the owner of the record is written.

In recent years, with the advancement of information processing technology, an increasing number of institutions and organizations are using magnetic storage cards as input media. For example, cash services at banks and other financial institutions,
Cashless system cards at POS, cashless cards at gas stations (SS), key cards for entry into sensitive business departments, management, and door opening/closing at hotels, etc. These cards are now widely used in many areas of society. I've reached it.

While magnetic cards have rapidly become popular and are being used in a wide variety of fields, some cards suffer from (1) reliability issues due to wear and tear on the card body and magnetic layer due to long-term use; (2) Due to innovations in information-related technology, existing equipment including terminals and software have become obsolete, and in response to this, the need to update the entire system, including imbutton media, has become necessary. Gender is coming out. Traditionally, when delivering a magnetic card to a specific person who should have a magnetic card, it was either hand-delivered to the person in person, or hand-stuffed in an envelope when mailed, but now that the number of renewal cards is expected to increase dramatically in the future. , efficiency improvements are urgently needed.

In addition, magnetic cards are comparable to cash vouchers, and manual work by workers cannot eliminate mistakes such as sending the wrong card to a third party. From this point of view as well, the development of a safe and accurate card enclosing system is required.

Card mis-delivery errors occur when a person makes a mistake in pairing an envelope with the addressee's name printed on it with the card. If it were possible to do this by a machine, misfeeding cards would be completely prevented.

Moreover, if this happens, simple bagging that does not require the combination of cards and envelopes can be mechanized, so it is possible to completely mechanize the card enclosing process.

Therefore, the present inventor conducted research to provide a method for mechanically creating an integrated product consisting of a card-like recording medium and a printed document containing information related to the recording medium. a process of pasting the shaped recording bodies on a continuous mount at regular intervals in a predetermined order;
A process of sequentially reading the codes recorded on the card-like recording medium in the predetermined order, copying the read codes onto a magnetic tape, and transferring the code recorded on the magnetic tape to the address and name corresponding to the code. etc., is input into a storage device in which correspondence information is stored, and the correspondence information is sequentially retrieved from the storage device in accordance with the predetermined order, and the retrieved correspondence information is placed on another continuous sheet of paper in the predetermined order. a step of creating a continuous form printed sequentially by a printer, and a step of overlapping the continuous form on the continuous mount and gluing the continuous mounts together to create a composite of the continuous mount and the continuous form. and a step of cutting and separating the composite into units each including the individual card-like recording bodies and printed portions of corresponding information thereon. The inventors have discovered that, according to the production method, it is possible to obtain a card-like recording body to which a card-like recording body is attached and information related to the card-like recording body is printed, and based on this knowledge, the present invention has been completed. .

That is, the gist of the present invention is a process of pasting a large number of card-like recording bodies on which codes have been recorded on a continuous mount in a predetermined order at regular intervals, and a process of pasting the codes recorded on the card-like recording bodies in the predetermined order. A process of sequentially reading the read code on a magnetic tape, and inputting the code recorded on the magnetic tape into a storage device in which corresponding information such as address and name corresponding to the code is stored. The correspondence information is sequentially retrieved from the storage device according to the predetermined order, and the retrieved correspondence information is sequentially printed on another continuous mount by a printer according to the predetermined order to form a continuous form. a step of superimposing the continuous form on the continuous mount and bonding between the two continuous sheets to create a composite of the continuous mount and the continuous form; and a step of stacking the composite into individual card-like This is a method for producing an integrated body of a card-like recording body and a print, characterized in that it comprises a process of cutting and separating the recording body into units containing the recording body and a printed portion of corresponding information.

Here, the card-like recording material is made by coating a magnetic material on a base material such as a sheet-like or board-like plastic, paper, or a composite thereof, or a sheet-like or board-like plastic, paper, or a composite thereof. It is a magnetic recording medium.
In the former, codes corresponding to part or all of various data such as account numbers, reference numbers, transaction data, etc. are recorded in a punched or embossed manner, or are recorded in OCR characters, symbols, etc. In the latter case, a code corresponding to some or all of the data is magnetically recorded. Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a card pasting device.

The magnetically encoded cards 1 are stacked in a card hopper 20 after inspection. (In this figure, cards are stacked horizontally, but in the case of embossed cards, etc., the stacked state becomes unstable due to the convexity of the embossed part, and the number of stacked cards is also not small. Therefore, the number of cards stacked in the card hopper is (It is also possible to arrange the cards vertically.) Adjust the distance so that only one card passes through the front gauge 16 attached to the card hopper 20. The card 1 is intermittently fed to the hopper 2 by a feeding bar 21 that reciprocates back and forth.
0 and is conveyed by a card conveyance belt 15 driven by a conveyance roller 23.

A card detection limit switch is provided at the bottom of the card hopper 20, and is configured to issue an alarm and stop the entire machine if the card 1 runs out during operation.

When the card 1 is conveyed by the card conveyance belt 15 and reaches the lower part of the magnetic reading head 10, the card 1 hits the stopper 28, and its progress is blocked and its position is restricted.

The card 1 whose position is regulated by the stopper 28 is attached to a photocell (not shown) provided at the top.
Pressure 2 is detected after a certain period of time.
7 to the height of contact with the magnetic reading head.
Being pushed up.

While the card 1 is stopped, the magnetic reading head 10 is moved left and right by an attached motor 11 to read the code recorded on the magnetic surface.

This read code is cassette tape 50
photographed in

When the reading of the card is completed, the pressurer 27 is lowered, and the stopper 28 is further lowered by the action of a solenoid 29 attached to the stopper 28, so that the card 1 is sent further forward.

Next, card 1 is attached to continuous mount 2 as follows.
are pasted on top of the page in sequence. Here, a feed hole for conveying the continuous mount 2, that is, a marginal punch (not shown), a cutter control timing mark (not shown), etc. are provided in advance at both ends of the continuous mount 3.

The card 1 can also be attached to the continuous mount 2 using an ordinary emulsion adhesive, but in the case of this figure, a case is illustrated in which a rolled paper coated with an adhesive is used.

That is, as shown in the second diagram, the continuous mount 2 is a release paper in which an adhesive 5 is applied to the surface of a slightly thick base paper 7 that is to be the base material of the continuous mount, and a silicon 9 process is applied to the back surface of the surface. A part of the release paper 8 corresponding to the part to which the card 1 is to be pasted is half-cut in advance.

In the process of conveying this continuous mount 2 by the pin tractor 34, the base paper 7 is extremely bent by the fixing bar 33, so that the half punched portion 4 of the release paper 8 is peeled off by the base paper 7.

The half-blanked portion 4 is completely peeled off from the base paper 7 by the doctor 32 and discarded in the waste box 31.

Card 1 sent out by conveyance roller 25
2 shows a mount 2 in which the position of the front end is regulated by a card front edge regulating disk (not shown), and the half-cutting part 4 has been peeled off to expose the adhesive 5.
It falls upward and is pressed by a press roller 36.

Next, the cards 1 are sequentially pasted onto the continuous mount 2, and then the continuous mount 42 with the cards 1 pasted thereon is folded in a zigzag manner and is discharged to the paper discharge section 71.

Next, the continuous mount 42 and the cassette tape 50
The code recorded on the card is input into the printing device, and the code recorded on the card is sequentially input into the storage device, and the corresponding information such as address and name corresponding to each card is retrieved from the storage device, and the address and name are printed on continuous paper. A continuous form 56 is obtained on which correspondence information such as the following is printed.

FIG. 3 shows a sealed letter producing device.

The continuous mount 42 to which the card is attached is sent between the magnetic reading head 10 and the pressurer 27, where the code recorded on the card is read, and the read code is sent to the CRT via the interface 52.
The card information is sent to the display 53, where card information such as address and name is displayed. The operator checks this display to see if the operation is correct.

Next, the continuous mount 42 to which the card is attached shows the address,
Continuous form 5 with corresponding information such as name printed
6. In the process of overlapping the two continuous papers and sending them to the sealing unit 64 by the pin tractor 34, marks 68, 69 are printed on the two continuous papers by the phototubes 57, 58 as shown in the fourth figure. is read and the counter circuit 59,
60 and a comparison circuit 61 detect whether or not the two continuous sheets are flowing in a matching manner. If the two do not match and are not flowing, the envelope producing device is stopped.

After passing through the phototubes 57 and 58, the marginal zone 70 is slittered by a slitter 62, sent by a conveyor roller 63 to a sealing unit 64, where it is sealed on all sides and separated into individual envelopes by a cutter 65. Later,
After being cooled by the cooling roller 66, it is discharged onto the delivery belt 41. Furthermore, the third
In the illustrated device, 55 is optional.
Further, 51 is a presser plate 5 micro switch.

FIG. 5 shows another printed envelope producing machine. The continuous mount to which the magnetic card 1 has been affixed is sent out by a pin tractor 34, passes through a magnetic reading head 11 and a center slitter 71, and is vertically divided into two parts to which the card is affixed. The release paper 8 is peeled off from 42a, while the printer 14 prints on 42b, the two are superimposed and sealed by a press roller 36, and then cut individually by a cutter 38. It is divided and discharged onto the delivery belt 41. FIG. 6 shows a work flow diagram for producing a mail piece containing a magnetic card by the method according to the present invention.

The blank card is passed through a dedicated magnetic encoder to record the necessary data (account number, personal number, expiration date, etc.).

Next, the encoded magnetic cards are inspected, and for defective products, blank cards are re-encoded, the cards are packaged according to the quantity ordered by the customer, and then delivered to the customer. Up to this point, the work can be done using existing technology and equipment.

Additionally, depending on the card user (ex, bank, credit card company, etc.), the magnetic end code may be processed in-house. In this case, the card manufacturer will supply a blank card to the user.

The user unpacks the encoded magnetic card and sets the card in the card hopper of the pasting device shown in the first figure.

Then, the cards are affixed one after another to a continuous mount, and the contents written on the magnetic stripe are copied onto magnetic tape (cassette tape or tape wound on a reel), and a plurality of card-like recording bodies are affixed one after another to the continuous mount. A magnetic tape is prepared in which the recorded contents and the contents written on the recording medium are recorded in the arrangement order of the recording medium. Next, as mentioned above, a continuous form is created by sequentially printing the correspondence information on a continuous paper separate from the continuous mount, and then the continuous form with the compatibility information printed on it is superimposed and glued onto the continuous mount to which the magnetic card is attached. do.

If there are many materials to be mailed together with the card, the address and name printed form and the card pasting mount are overlaid and glued together, and then enclosed in a window-perforated envelope along with other materials using an enclosing/sealing machine. . However, if there are few materials to be mailed, other contents can be made into a continuous form to simplify the process.

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to mechanically create an integral body of a card-like recording medium and a printed document.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to create a mail item containing a magnetic card by a machine, and mistakes such as sending the item to a third party by mistake can be completely prevented.

The present invention can be particularly effectively used for creating mail items containing magnetic cards, but can also be used for other purposes, such as mailing magnetic passbooks and creating search cards with microfilm attached.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a card pasting device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a continuous mount, Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a sealed letter production device, and Fig. 4 is a continuous mount for card pasting and a continuous mount for printing address and name. FIG. 5 is a plan view of a form, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another sealed letter producing device. FIG. 6 is a work flow chart for producing a mail piece containing a magnetic card by the method of the present invention. Explanation of the symbols representing the main parts of the figure, 1... Card-like recording medium (magnetic card), 2... Mount, 10
...Reading device, 50...Magnetic tape device (cassette tape) 13...Storage device, 14...Printer, 38...Cutter.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A process of pasting a large number of card-like recording bodies on which codes are recorded on a continuous mount at regular intervals in a predetermined order, and sequentially reading the codes recorded on the card-like recording bodies in accordance with the predetermined order. , the process of copying the read code onto a magnetic tape, inputting the code recorded on the magnetic tape into a storage device in which corresponding information such as address and name corresponding to the code is stored, and transferring the code from the storage device. a step of sequentially extracting correspondence information in accordance with the predetermined order, and printing the extracted correspondence information on another continuous sheet of paper sequentially in accordance with the predetermined order by a printer to create a continuous form; A process of overlapping the continuous form on a continuous mount and gluing the two continuous sheets together to create a composite of the continuous mount and the continuous form, and converting the composite into individual card-like recording bodies and corresponding information therefor. 1. A method for producing an integrated product of a card-like recording medium and a printed document, comprising the step of cutting and separating into units containing a printed part.