JP2000242737A - Non-contact ic card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To miniaturize an IC card processor and to improve the convenience. SOLUTION: A card lifting and lowering means 40 consists of an electromagnetic solenoid 42 and 1st and 2nd levers 43 and 44 turned by the solenoid 40. The lever 44 is supported in a freely turnable way through a shaft 50 and is turned by the lever 43 through the engagement projection 48 of the lever 43. An engaging part 51 lifting a card P is provided in a waving end of the lever 44. A damping member 52 formed with rubber whose friction coefficient is higher than that of the lever 44 is provided in a part with which the projection 48 of the lever 44 comes into contact.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a non-contact type IC card processing apparatus provided with an elevating means for supporting a card and elevating the card at a lower end of a card storage portion.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a non-contact type IC card processing apparatus of this type, the upper end of the card is closed during data processing so that the card being processed is not removed from the card storage unit. It is located below the insertion slot and prevents the card from being picked by hand. On the other hand, in order to pick up the card by hand when the data processing is completed, a lifting means for raising the card and exposing the upper part of the card from the card insertion slot is provided.
This type of elevating means is constituted by an electromagnetic solenoid and a lever whose tip swings around the base end by the operation of the electromagnetic solenoid, and the tip swings up and down the card by swinging the lever. Is configured.

[0003]

However, in the above-described lifting / lowering means of the conventional non-contact type IC card processing apparatus, the lever is simply swung by the operation of the electromagnetic solenoid. If the moving amount of the card is small, the card cannot be raised by a predetermined amount. For this reason, in order to reliably return the card to the user, it is necessary to increase the size of the electromagnetic solenoid, and there has been a problem that the size of the device is increased. In addition, at the pivotal end of the lever, the card is jumped up by the accelerated lever, and as a result, the card is tilted in the card storage unit, or jumps out of the card insertion slot and drops from the device, resulting in poor usability. There was also.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and a first object of the present invention is to reduce the size of an apparatus. A second object is to improve usability.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a card insertion slot and a return slot are provided.
A card storage unit communicating with the card insertion slot and the return slot; and a card reader for processing data of a card in the card storage unit, wherein the card storage unit is provided so as to extend in a vertical direction. In the contact-type IC card processing device, an elevating means for supporting the card at the lower end of the card storage unit and elevating the card is provided.
A first lever whose tip swings around the base end by the operation of the solenoid, and a tip end of the first lever that comes into contact with the first lever and swings the first lever so that the base end swings. And a second lever whose tip swings and moves the card up and down by the tip.
Therefore, the swing amount of the first lever is amplified by the lever of the second lever.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a member having a higher coefficient of friction than the second lever is provided at a portion of the second lever in contact with the first lever. It is provided. Therefore, braking is applied to the swing of the second lever. The invention according to claim 3 is:
The invention according to claim 1, wherein the arm is wound around the swing center of the second lever, the arm provided at one end is locked by a stopper, and the arm provided at the other end is engaged with the second lever. A torsion coil spring is provided. Therefore, the second
The torsion moment of the torsion coil spring is generated in proportion to the swing amount of the lever.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1A and 1B show a non-contact type IC card processing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a partially cutaway plan view, FIG. 1B is a front view, and FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view seen from the back side of a housing to which the device is attached, and shows a state where a card reader is attached. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG. 1B, FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where the card storage unit is opened, and FIG. 6 is a front view of a main part showing a storage state of the card during data processing. FIG. 7 is a front view of a main part showing a state in which the card is returned.

In FIG. 1, a non-contact type IC card processing apparatus generally indicated by reference numeral 1 has a main body 3 provided on the front side of a front plate of a housing 2 to which the apparatus is attached, and a back side. And a card reader 4 provided. In FIG. 2, the main body 3 is composed of a fixing member 5 as an opposing member and a cover 6 both formed of a synthetic resin, and the cover 6 swings dowels 7 projecting from lower portions on both sides of the fixing member 5. As a center of movement, it is supported on the fixed member 5 so as to be freely opened and closed.

The fixing member 5 is formed in a substantially shallow dish shape, and has a pair of opposing guide plates 10 and 10 on the upper surface of the front plate.
And a portion sandwiched between the guide plates 10 forms a card storage surface 11. A recess 12 having a substantially arc-shaped cross section is formed below the card storage surface 11, and a rectangular window 13 is provided below one end of the recess 12.
And a ridge 14 on the upper end of the card storage surface 11.
Are provided so as to extend in the left-right direction. Further, two pairs of fixing pieces 15 are provided upright on both sides of the fixing member 5 on the back side, and fitting holes 16 are formed in these fixing pieces 15.

The cover 6 is formed to have a U-shaped cross section, and a pair of opposing engaging pieces 18, 18 are provided upright on both sides of the cover 6. , 19
Is provided. The upper and lower ends of the cover 6 are both opened, and the upper opening 20 is formed in a substantially arc shape in a front view to form a card insertion slot and a return slot, and a lower opening 21 shown in FIG.
Forms a drain port. On the back side of the cover 6, three guide ribs 22 extending downward from the card insertion / return port 20 are provided upright, and these guide ribs 22 correspond to the card storage surface 11 of the fixing member 5 described above. And the upper part 22a is formed so as to be inclined. As shown in FIG. 4, when the cover 6 is closed with respect to the fixing member 5, the card storage surface 11 and the guide rib 22 face each other at a distance l, and together with the pair of guide plates 10, 10, It is configured to form a part 23. The interval l of the card storage section 23
Are formed to a thickness corresponding to approximately three cards P.

In FIG. 3, the housing 2 is formed of metal, and a rectangular opening 25 is formed. A pair of opposing bearing pieces 26, 26 are folded back on the lower side of both ends of the opening 25. The support pieces 26, 26 are formed in a curved shape, and are provided with support grooves 27, 27 whose upper sides are open. Two pairs of fixing pieces 28, 28 are provided above and below both ends of the opening 25.
Are bent on the back side, and fitting holes 29 are formed in these fixing pieces 28. At the center of the upper end of the opening 25, a fixing piece 30 having an inverted L-shape in a side view is formed by bending on the back surface side, and a screw hole 31 is provided in a vertical portion 30a of the fixing piece 30.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a holder, which is formed of a synthetic resin into a substantially shallow dish shape, and has a card reader 4 on the back surface of the front plate.
Are fixed, and a pair of dowels 33 are protruded from the outer surface on the lower side of the both side plates. A pair of opposing elastic engaging pieces 34, 34 erected from the front plate are provided on the upper side of the both side plates of the holder 32.
Engagement projections 35, 35 are provided on the outer surface of the projection 34, respectively. At the center of the upper surface plate of the holder 32, a fixing piece 36 having an L-shape in side view is protrudingly provided on the back surface side, and an insertion hole 37 is formed in the fixing piece 36.

The dowel 33 of the holder 32 is supported by the support groove 27 of the support piece 26 of the housing 2, and the insertion hole 3 of the fixing piece 36 is provided.
7 is screwed into the screw hole 31 of the fixing piece 30 of the housing 2 so that the holder 32 is placed on the back side of the housing 2 so that the card reader 4 corresponds to the opening 25. Fixed. The above-mentioned fixing pieces 15 of the fixing member 5 of the main body 2 are engaged with the back side from both side ends of the opening 25 of the housing 2 and are brought into contact with the fixing pieces 28 of the housing 2. The fixing member 5 is fixed to the front surface side of the housing 2 by fitting the rivet 39 made of synthetic resin into the mating holes 16 and 29.

The cover 6 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 5 with the dowel 7 as the center of rotation, and the engaging pieces 18 of the cover 6 are engaged from both sides of the opening 25 of the housing 2 to the back side, and the elasticity of the holder 32 is adjusted. The cover 6 is fixed to the front surface of the housing 2 by engaging the engagement piece 34 with the engagement protrusion 35 while elastically deforming the engagement piece 34. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the card housing surface 11 of the fixing member 5 is covered by the cover 6, and the card housing 23 is formed together with the guide plates 10, 10 of the fixing member 5 as described above.

Next, the card lifting / lowering means 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the card lifting / lowering means 40 is attached to a lower portion on the back surface side of the fixing member 5 via a bracket 41 fixed to a bottom plate of the fixing member 5. As shown in FIG. 6, the card lifting / lowering means 40 is driven by an electromagnetic solenoid 42 as a driving means, a first lever 43 directly oscillated by the electromagnetic solenoid 42, and oscillated by the first lever 43. It is generally constituted by the second lever 44.

The electromagnetic solenoid 42 is fixed to the bottom of the bracket 41 and has a plunger 45 which can move forward and backward. The first lever 43 is swingably supported about a shaft 46 implanted on a side surface of the bracket 41 as a swing center, and an engagement portion 47 is provided at a base end in a direction orthogonal to the first lever 43. The engaging portion 47 is protruded from the plunger 4.
5 is engaged. Engagement projections 48 and 49 are provided on the upper end of the first lever 43 at the front end and the center, respectively.

The second lever 44 is provided with an electromagnetic solenoid 42
On the opposite side with respect to the shaft 50 supported on the shaft 50 implanted on the side surface of the bracket 41 so as to be swingable,
The first lever 4 is opposed to the first lever 43.
3 are mounted on the engagement projections 48 and 49. An engaging portion 51 is provided at the tip of the second lever 44, and a braking member 52 made of rubber having a higher friction coefficient than that of the second lever 44 is provided below the central portion. The braking member 52 has a protruding portion 52a formed below the end on the engaging portion 51 side.

As shown in FIG. 2, the engaging portion 51 of the second lever 44 is positioned so as to protrude from the window 13 of the fixing member 5 to the surface of the fixing member 5.
Further, as will be described later, when the electromagnetic solenoid 42 operates and the engaging portion 51 rises, the engaging portion 51 is positioned immediately below the concave portion 12 of the card storage portion 23. Further, in a state where the electromagnetic solenoid 42 does not operate and the engaging portion 51 is lowered, as shown in FIG. 1A, the distance H between the engaging portion 51 and the card insertion / return port 20 is increased.
Are formed so as to be slightly larger than the entire length h of the card P.

In FIG. 1B, a sensor 55 is provided on one side on the upper side of the card storage section 23, and the sensor 55 detects that the card P is removed from the card storage section 23. It is a sensor. A sensor 56 is provided on one side of the lower end of the card storage unit 23, and is a sensor that detects that the card P is stored in the card storage unit 23. A sensor 57 is provided near the shaft 50 of the card lifting / lowering means 40.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a detection target 44a integrally protruding from the base end of the second lever 44.
Detect that the card P has been returned to a state in which the engaging portion 51 of FIG.

Next, the processing operation of the card of the processing device having such a configuration will be described. In FIG. 1B, when the card P is inserted from the card insertion slot / return port 20, the inserted card P is guided by the pair of guide plates 10, 10 and falls by its own weight, and the second card P shown by a solid line in FIG. The lower end of the lever 44 is supported by the engaging portion 51 of the lever 44 to stop falling and is stored in the card storage portion 23. Since the stored card P is detected by the sensor 56, data processing is performed by the card reader 4. In this state, the upper end of the card P is not exposed from the card storage / return port 20, so that the card P is not removed during the data processing. There is no such thing as not being able to do.

When the data processing is completed, the electromagnetic solenoid 42 is operated, and as shown in FIG.
Is retracted, the first lever 43 rotates counterclockwise in the figure around the shaft 46 via the engaging portion 47. Therefore, the second lever 44 is rotated clockwise in the figure around the shaft 50 via the engagement projection 48, and the engagement portion 51 is raised to raise the card P. The upper end is exposed from the card insertion / return port 20.
At this time, since the engagement projection 48 of the first lever 43 is in contact with the braking member 52 of the second lever 44, the turning force of the first lever 43 is buffered by passing through the braking member 52. It is transmitted while being caused.

For this reason, the rotation speed of the second lever 44 is reduced, and the engagement of the engagement projection 48 with the projection 52a ensures that the swing of the first lever 43 is stopped. Therefore, the card P raised by the engagement portion 51
Also rises and stops while decelerating. Therefore, the raised card P does not incline in the card storage unit 23, jumps out of the card insertion slot / card return slot 20, and falls from the processing apparatus 1. Further, the second lever 44 is leveraged, and the amount of rotation of the first lever 43 is amplified by the second lever 44, so that the electromagnetic solenoid 42 is used to raise the card P by a predetermined amount. The amount of movement of the plunger 45 can be reduced. Therefore, the size of the electromagnetic solenoid 42 can be reduced, and the size of the processing apparatus 1 can be reduced.

As shown in FIG. 4, the lower end of the card P, which is raised by the engaging portion 51 and whose upper part is exposed from the card insertion / return port 20, is located in the concave portion 12. The upper end side falls down in the counterclockwise direction in the figure, that is, the front side of the processing apparatus 1 which is the user side.
As described above, when the upper end of the card P falls down by the angle α, the distance L between the upper end of the card P and the surface of the housing 2 increases, so that a fingertip can be easily inserted between the upper ends. Can be easily extracted, and the service can be improved.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the operation of the electromagnetic solenoid 42 and the rotation of the second lever 44 in the clockwise direction in the figure are detected by the detection portion 44a coming off the sensor 57. You. When the card P is removed from the card insertion / return port 20, it is detected by the sensor 55, and it is confirmed that there is no card P in the card storage unit 23, so that the electromagnetic solenoid 42 is deactivated. . Accordingly, the plunger 45 moves forward, and the first lever 43 rotates clockwise about the shaft 46 in the drawing, so that the second lever 44 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 50 in the drawing. To return to the initial state.

Here, when a foreign object is inserted into the card storage section 22 from the card insertion / return port 20 and stays there, the administrator opens the housing 2 and in the housing 2, as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the elastic engagement pieces 34 of the holder 32 are elastically deformed in directions approaching each other as shown by a two-dot chain line in the figure.
Accordingly, the engagement between the elastic engaging piece 34 and the engaging concave portion 19 of the engaging piece 18 of the cover 6 is released, and as shown in FIG. By rotating clockwise, the card storage unit 23 is opened. For this reason, the foreign matter staying in the card storage unit 23 can be easily removed, so that maintenance and inspection are easy.

Further, in order to open the card storage portion 23, the operation of releasing the engagement between the elastic engagement piece 34 and the engagement recess 19 of the engagement piece 18 of the cover 6 is performed in the housing 2. Therefore, it is possible to prevent mischief without being intentionally opened by a third party. Also,
As shown in FIG.
Is provided, even if rainwater or dust enters through the card insertion / return port 20, it flows out of the processing apparatus 1 through the opening 21. Therefore, rainwater and dust do not adhere to the card P stored in the card storage unit 23.

FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of the card elevating means in the non-contact type IC card processing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein (a) shows a state before the card is raised.
(B) shows a state where the card is raised. Note that, in the figure, the bracket 41, the electromagnetic solenoid 42, and the like described in the first embodiment are not shown. In the second embodiment, a torsion coil spring 60 wound around a shaft 50 is provided instead of the braking member 52 of the first embodiment. An arm 61 provided at one end of the torsion coil spring 60 is bent at a right angle, and a distal end portion thereof is bent backward in the drawing to form a bent portion 61a. The bent portion 61a is formed by a second lever. 44 and interval δ
It is positioned only apart. On the other hand, an arm 62 provided at the other end of the torsion coil spring 60 is engaged with a stopper 63 implanted in a bracket (not shown).

In such a configuration, an electromagnetic solenoid (not shown) is operated, and the first lever 43 rotates counterclockwise about the shaft 46 as shown in FIG. Then, the second lever 44 rotates clockwise in the figure around the shaft 50 via the engagement protrusion 48 as a rotation center.
At this time, the bent portion 61a of the torsion coil spring 60 is
Of the torsion coil spring 60 as the rotation angle of the second lever 44 increases.
To return the lever 44 in the counterclockwise direction also increases. Therefore, the rotation of the second lever 44 is decelerated, and the card raised by the engagement portion 51 also rises and stops while decelerating.

[0029]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the size of the solenoid can be reduced, and the size of the device can be reduced.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the card raised by the elevating means does not incline in the card storage unit, jump out of the card insertion / card return slot, and fall from the processing device. , The usability is improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the card raised by the elevating means does not tilt in the card storage unit, jumps out of the card insertion slot and card return slot, and does not fall from the processing device. , The usability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a non-contact type IC card processing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view with a part cut away, and FIG. 1 (b) is a front view.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the main body of the non-contact type IC card processing apparatus according to the present invention, showing a state where a cover is opened.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the non-contact type IC card processing device according to the present invention as viewed from the back side of a housing to which the device is attached, showing a state where a card reader is attached.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 1 (b).

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state in which a cover is opened in the non-contact type IC card processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a main part showing a stored state of the card during data processing in the non-contact type IC card processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a main part showing a state in which a card is returned in the non-contact type IC card processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows a second embodiment of a card elevating means in a non-contact type IC card processing apparatus according to the present invention,
(A) shows a state before the card is raised, and (b) shows a state where the card is raised.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Non-contact type IC card processing apparatus, 2 ... Housing, 3 ... Main body, 4 ... Card reader, 5 ... Fixing member, 6 ... Cover, 2
0: card storage / return port, 23: card storage, 40
... Card raising means, 42 ... Electromagnetic solenoid, 43 ... First
Lever, 44 ... second lever, 48 ... engaging projection, 51
... engaging portion, 52 ... braking member, 60 ... torsion coil spring,
61, 62: arm, 61a: bent portion, P: non-contact type IC card.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A card storage, comprising: a card insertion slot and a return slot; a card storage section connected to the card insertion slot and the return slot; and a card reader for processing data of a card in the card storage section. In a non-contact type IC card processing device provided with a unit extending vertically, a card elevating means for supporting a card at the lower end of the card storage part and elevating the card is provided. A first lever whose tip swings around the base end portion by the operation of the solenoid; and a tip end of the first lever that comes into contact with the first lever and swings the first lever so that the base end swings. A non-contact type IC card processing device, comprising: a second lever whose tip swings and moves the card up and down by the tip. 2. The card moving device according to claim 1, wherein a member having a higher coefficient of friction than the second lever is provided at a portion of the second lever in contact with the first lever. Non-contact IC card processing device. 3. The card moving device according to claim 1, wherein the arm is wound around the swing center of the second lever, an arm provided at one end is locked by a stopper, and an arm provided at the other end is provided with a second arm. 2. A non-contact type IC card processing device comprising a torsion coil spring which engages with a second lever.