JP2002173260A - Magnetic card processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a number of part items and simplify the structure. SOLUTION: A magnetic card inserted from a card insertion hole 6 is held by a conveying belt 25 and a driven belt 31 and conveyed to a card conveying path 5. The magnetic card is read and written by a magnetic head 35 while conveyed. An end of the conveying belt 25 is turned around a driving roller 20, and an auxiliary roller 21 is rotatably held around a driving shaft 16 around which the driving roller 20 is rotatably held. A diameter R1 of the auxiliary roller 21 is formed to be smaller than a diameter R2 of the driving roller 20, and a delivery belt 40 is turned around the auxiliary roller 21 and a delivery roller 38. The delivery roller 38 is positioned on a back end part of the card conveying path 5 and faces a pinch roller 45.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnetic card processing apparatus in which a card inserted from a card insertion slot can be ejected from a rear side of a card passage opposite to the card insertion slot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a magnetic card processing apparatus of this kind, a card inserted from a card insertion slot is taken into a card passage by a card transport means, and after the data of the card is processed by a magnetic head, the card is transported. The card is conveyed in the card conveying path in the reverse direction by means and returned from the card insertion slot. On the other hand, for a card such as a used card which is not returned from the card insertion slot, the card ejection port provided on the rear side of the card passage by the card ejection means provided behind the card conveyance means. Discharged from

In this case, when the data of the card is being processed by the magnetic head, if the transport of the card is not stable, a data processing failure occurs. Therefore, when the data is being processed, only the card transport means is used. Transported,
There is a demand for a structure that is not conveyed by the card discharging means. A magnetic card processing apparatus having such a structure is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-21343. According to the technology disclosed herein, a pinch roller is detachably brought into contact with a drive roller provided on a rear side of a card conveyance path, and when a data processing is performed by a magnetic head, the pinch roller is separated from the drive roller. By stabilizing the transport of the card, data processing failure is prevented. On the other hand, when ejecting the card from the card ejection port provided at the rear end of the card transport path, the pinch roller is brought into contact with the drive roller.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional magnetic card processing apparatus, a swing mechanism and a solenoid are required to make the pinch roller freely contact with and separate from the drive roller, so that the number of parts is increased. In addition, there is a problem that the structure becomes complicated. In order to solve this problem, the drive roller at the rear end of the card transport path is further arranged rearward so that the leading end of the card does not contact the drive roller when data is processed by the magnetic head. Was also proposed. However, in this case, the overall length of the transport belt stretched between the driving roller and the driven roller is increased, and the dimensional accuracy of the transport belt is reduced. However, there has been a problem that the motor positioned at the rear end of the card path enlarges the entire apparatus.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and a first object is to reduce the number of parts. A second object is to simplify the structure.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, the present invention provides a card insertion slot into which a card is inserted, a card conveyance path communicating with the card insertion port, and a card conveyance path sandwiching the card conveyance path. A driving roller and a pinch roller that are in contact with each other, and a magnetic card processing device including a magnetic head provided in the card conveyance path, wherein the driving roller is axially mounted and a driving shaft that rotates with a motor as a driving source;
An auxiliary roller axially mounted on the drive shaft; and a discharge roller and a pinch roller that are in contact with the auxiliary roller on the rear side of the card conveyance path with the card conveyance path interposed therebetween, and a belt is provided between the auxiliary roller and the discharge roller. The supporting roller is stretched, the diameter of the auxiliary roller is formed smaller than the diameter of the driving roller, and a card discharge port is provided at a rear end of the card insertion port. Therefore, when processing the data of the card, the auxiliary roller does not contact the card. On the other hand, when ejecting the card from the card ejection port, the card is pinched by the card ejection roller and the pinch roller by conveying the leading end of the card to the ejection roller.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1A and 1B show a magnetic card processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1A is a plan view, and FIG. 1B is a sectional view taken along line II in FIG. In the figure, a magnetic card processing apparatus generally denoted by reference numeral 1 includes a pair of left and right side plates 2 and 3 facing each other and a card transfer plate 4 horizontally mounted between the side plates 2 and 3 to transfer a card. Road 5
Are formed. At the front end of the card transport path 5, a card insertion member 7 having a card insertion port 6 is attached, and at the rear end, a card ejection port 8 is provided.

The card insertion slot 6 and the card transport path 5 communicate with each other, and a shutter member 10 is provided behind the card insertion slot 6 so as to be swingably supported by a shaft 9 laid between the side plates 2 and 3. Have been. The shutter member 10 includes a solenoid 11
As shown in FIG. 3B, the shutter 10a can swing clockwise or counterclockwise about the center shaft 9 as a swing center, and the shutter 10a at the front end opens and closes between the card transport path 5 and the card insertion slot 6.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a motor fixed to the left and right side plates 2 and 3 at the rear side of the card transport path 5.
A small-diameter pulley 15 is mounted on a motor shaft (not shown) projecting from the side plate 3. 16 is the left and right side plates 2, 3
A large-diameter pulley 17 is mounted on a protruding end of the drive shaft 16 protruding from the side plate 3 of the drive shaft 16 so as to be rotatable between the pulley 17 and the pulley 17. , A belt 18 is stretched.

A drive roller 20 and an auxiliary roller 21 are mounted on the drive shaft 16.
A part of the upper end faces into the card transport path 5 from a window (not shown) formed in the card transport path 5. The outer diameter R1 of the auxiliary roller 21 is formed smaller than the outer diameter R2 of the drive roller 20, and the upper end of the auxiliary roller 21 is located at a position retracted from the card transport path 5.

Reference numerals 22, 23 and 24 denote driven rollers,
A drive belt 25 is stretched between the driven roller 22 and the drive roller 20, and the drive belt 25
3, 24, and the upper end faces the card transport path 5, so that the front and rear directions of the card transport path 5 (arrows AB in the figure)
Direction). Reference numerals 27, 28, 29, 30 denote pinch rollers, which are driven rollers 22, 23, 2 respectively.
A driven belt 31 is stretched between the pinch rollers 27 and 30 at both ends in contact with the drive roller 4 and the drive roller 20. The driven belt 31 is in contact with the driven belts 23 and 24 and is in contact with the drive belt 25 with the card transport path 5 interposed therebetween.

Reference numeral 33 denotes a punch unit which has been widely used in this type of magnetic card processing apparatus before, reference numeral 35 denotes a magnetic head whose upper end faces the card transport path 5, and reference numeral 36 denotes a touch roller which is in contact with the magnetic head 35. Reference numeral 38 denotes a discharge roller, which is located at the rearmost end of the card transport path 5.
Is rotatably supported on the shaft 39 so that the upper end faces
A discharge belt 40 is stretched between the discharge roller 38 and the auxiliary roller 21. Reference numeral 42 denotes a bracket fixed to the left and right side plates 2 and 3, and a pair of arm portions 43 and 43 facing each other are bent substantially at the center. Slots 44, 44 extending in the vertical direction are provided in the arms 43, 43.
Are provided so as to face each other.
Both ends of a shaft 46 for rotatably supporting the pinch roller 45 are fitted in the shaft 4, and the shaft 46 is supported by a long hole 44 so as to be vertically movable. A shaft 47 is laid horizontally between the pair of opposed arms 43, 43, and one end of a torsion coil spring 48 wound around the shaft 47 urges the shaft 46 downward.
A pinch roller 40 is in contact with the discharge roller 38. The distance L between the center of the magnetic head 35 and the center of the discharge roller 38
1 is formed to be larger than the total length L of the magnetic card 50,
The distance L2 between the center of the drive roller 20 and the center of the discharge roller 38 is formed shorter than the entire length L of the magnetic card 50.

Next, a card processing operation in the magnetic card processing apparatus having such a configuration will be described. As shown by the solid line in FIG. 1B, the shutter member 10 has been rotated clockwise about the shaft 9 in advance, and the shutter portion 10a has opened the card insertion slot 6. In this state,
When the magnetic card 50 is inserted into the card transport path 5 from the card insertion slot 6, the magnetic card is detected by a sensor (not shown), and the motor 14 is driven in the forward direction.

Since the motor shaft (not shown) of the motor 14 rotates clockwise in FIG. 2B and the pulley 15 also rotates clockwise, the pulley 17 also rotates clockwise via the belt 18, The shaft 16 rotates clockwise. Since the drive roller 20 and the auxiliary roller 21 rotate clockwise integrally with the shaft 16, the upper end side of the transport belt 25 runs in the direction of arrow B, and the upper end side of the discharge belt 39 also runs in the direction of arrow B.

Therefore, when the leading end of the magnetic card 50 inserted from the card insertion slot 6 is positioned between the driven roller 22 and the pinch roller 27, the magnetic card 50 is sandwiched between the transport belt 25 and the driven belt 31. Therefore, the magnetic card 50 travels in the direction of arrow B in FIG. When the rear end of the magnetic card 50 passes through the driven roller 22, the solenoid 11 operates and the shutter member 10 rotates counterclockwise in the figure around the shaft 9 so that the card insertion slot 6 is moved by the shutter portion 10a. It is closed and the insertion of the second and subsequent magnetic cards is restricted.

When the magnetic card 50 is positioned on the magnetic head 35, the magnetic card 5 is
0 comes into close contact with the magnetic head 35, so that the magnetic card 50
The data is read by the magnetic head 35 while being transported by the transport belt 25. At this time, since the outer diameter R1 of the auxiliary roller 21 is formed smaller than the outer diameter R2 of the drive roller 20, and the upper end of the auxiliary roller 21 is located at a position retracted from the card transport path 5,
The tip of the magnetic card 50 does not contact the discharge belt 39. Therefore, the transport belt 25 is attached to the magnetic card 50.
Is in contact with only the magnetic card 50.
Is stabilized, and data reading failure is prevented.

When the rear end of the magnetic card 50 is positioned on the magnetic head 35, the drive of the motor 14 stops, and the magnetic card 50 stops on the card transport path 5. At this time,
Since the distance L1 between the center of the magnetic head 35 and the center of the discharge roller 38 is formed longer than the entire length L of the magnetic card 50, the leading end of the magnetic card 50 is
No contact with 8.

When the service by the main unit (not shown) provided with the magnetic card processing apparatus 1 is completed, the motor 14 is driven in the reverse direction, and the drive roller 20 is driven via the belt 18 in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. , The upper end side of the transport belt 25 travels in the direction of arrow A in the figure. The magnetic card 50 is sandwiched between the transport belt 25 and the driven belt 31, is transported in the direction of arrow B in the figure following the travel of the transport belt 25, and passes between the magnetic head 24 and the touch roller 36. Data corresponding to the service is rewritten. Also at this time, since the leading end of the magnetic card 50 does not contact the discharge belt 40, the conveyance of the magnetic card 50 is stabilized, and data rewriting failure is prevented. Further, when the magnetic card 50 is conveyed in the direction of arrow A in the figure, the solenoid 11 operates and the shutter member 10
Is rotated clockwise in FIG. Therefore, since the card insertion slot 6 is opened by the shutter unit 10a, the magnetic card 50 is returned from the card insertion slot 6 after the punch unit 33 punches a punched hole as visual information in response to the rewriting of data. You.

If the magnetic head 35 reads and writes data, and the remaining data of the magnetic card 50 becomes "0", that is, a so-called used card, the motor 14 is moved in the forward direction. Drive. Therefore,
The upper end of the transport belt 25 runs in the direction of arrow B in the figure, and the upper end of the discharge belt 40 runs in the direction of arrow B in the figure. As the upper end side of the transport belt 25 travels in the direction of arrow B in the figure, the magnetic card 50 positioned on the magnetic head 35 follows the transport belt 25 and moves along the arrow B direction.
Conveyed in the direction.

When the leading end of the magnetic card 50 is positioned on the discharge roller 38, the distance L1 between the center of the magnetic head 35 and the center of the discharge roller 38 is equal to the total length L of the magnetic card 50.
The magnetic card 50
Is separated from above the magnetic head 35. Further, the distance L between the center of the drive roller 20 and the center of the discharge roller 38
2 is shorter than the entire length L of the magnetic card 50, so that the rear end of the magnetic card 50 is securely held between the drive roller 20 and the pinch roller 30. Therefore, the leading end of the magnetic card 50 is reliably held between the discharge roller 38 and the pinch roller 45, and the discharge belt 40
Is running in the direction of arrow B in the figure, the discharge roller 38 rotates clockwise, and the magnetic card 50 is discharged from the card discharge port 8 by the discharge roller 38 and the pinch roller 45.

At this time, since the ejection roller 38 is positioned at the rearmost end of the card transport path 5, the magnetic card 50 ejected from the card ejection port 8 has its rear end ejected until immediately before ejection. Roller 38 and pinch roller 45
And is sandwiched by. Therefore, the magnetic card 50 ejected from the card ejection port 8 keeps the same horizontal state as when it is being conveyed until immediately before ejection. Almost fall naturally. For this reason, since the discharged magnetic cards 50 are stacked with the four corners aligned, there is no need to lose or align the magnetic cards 50.

As described above, a drive source such as a solenoid is not required to discharge the magnetic card 50 from the card discharge port 8, so that the number of components can be reduced. Further, since the magnetic card 50 is discharged by the discharge roller 38 and the pinch roller 45 which are always in contact with each other, the structure is simplified.

Although an example in which the driving belt 25 and the driven belt 31 are employed as the card conveying means has been described, when the entire length of the card conveying path 5 is short, only the driving roller 20 and the pinch roller 30 may be used. Although the card ejected from the card ejection slot 8 is a used card, the card insertion slot 6
Any card that does not want to be ejected from the card can be used.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the number of components because a drive source such as a solenoid is not required to eject a magnetic card from a card ejection port. Further, since the magnetic card is discharged by the discharge roller and the pinch roller which are always in contact with each other, the structure is simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1A and 1B show a magnetic card processing apparatus according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 1A is a plan view, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line I.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Magnetic card processing apparatus, 5 ... Card conveyance path, 6 ... Card insertion port, 8 ... Card discharge port, 14 ... Motor, 16 ... Drive shaft, 20 ... Drive roller, 21 ... Auxiliary roller, 25 ... Drive belt, 31 ... follower belt, 35 ... magnetic head, 38
... discharge roller, 40 ... discharge belt, 45 ... pinch roller, 50 ... magnetic card.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card insertion slot into which a card is inserted, a card conveyance path communicating with the card insertion port, a driving roller and a pinch roller contacting the card conveyance path so as to sandwich the card conveyance path, and provided in the card conveyance path. A magnetic card processing device comprising a magnetic head, wherein the drive roller is mounted on a shaft and rotated by a motor as a drive source;
An auxiliary roller axially mounted on the drive shaft; and a discharge roller and a pinch roller that are in contact with the auxiliary roller on the rear side of the card conveyance path with the card conveyance path interposed therebetween, and a belt is provided between the auxiliary roller and the discharge roller. A magnetic card processing apparatus which is stretched, has a diameter of the auxiliary roller smaller than a diameter of the drive roller, and has a card outlet at a rear end of the card insertion slot.