JP2003141452A - Magnetic stripe processing mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the wear of a contact part by dirt in a mechanism for opening and closing a shutter by allowing a member other than the shutter to come into contact therewith for moving. SOLUTION: A dirt cleaning part for sweeping away dirt from the surface of the shutter before the shutter comes into contact with the member other than the shutter is installed on the member other than the shutter. Swept dirt is fallen into a dirt discharge groove provided in the shutter, and removed from the surface of the shutter, whereby a long life shutter open/close mechanism with excellent wear resistance can be provided at a low cost, and the reliability of a magnetic stripe processing mechanism can be increased.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing various processes such as printing on a medium such as a passbook or accessing magnetic data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mechanism for opening and closing a shutter by contacting and moving a member different from the shutter does not require an actuator for opening and closing the shutter and can realize the shutter opening and closing function at low cost. There is a problem that a contact portion with a member other than the shutter is easily worn. In particular, in an environment with a lot of dust such as yellow sand in China, there is a problem that it becomes rough and wear is accelerated.

On the other hand, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-29126, there is an invention in which a shutter lock mechanism is added to interrupt contact between the shutter after opening the shutter and a member different from the shutter.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention reduces the acceleration of wear of a contact portion due to dust in a mechanism in which a shutter is opened and closed by contacting and moving a member different from the shutter, thereby reducing the cost. It is to provide a long-life magnetic stripe processing mechanism.

[0005]

A member different from the shutter is provided with a dust cleaning section, and dust on the shutter surface is cleaned before the shutter and the member different from the shutter come into contact with each other.
By dropping it in the dust-exhaust groove provided on the shutter, acceleration of wear of the contact portion due to dust is reduced.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A shutter opening / closing mechanism of a magnetic stripe processing mechanism in a passbook handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a passbook handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are views for explaining the operation of a shutter opening / closing mechanism according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an example of a dust collecting groove provided in a shutter. It is a figure showing.

First, the structure of the magnetic stripe processing mechanism will be described with reference to FIG. In order to access the data of the magnetic stripe 2 orthogonal to the carrying direction of the passbooks 1 to be processed, the shutter 3 provided on the carrying path is opened to expose the magnetic head 4 and along the magnetic stripe 2 orthogonal to the carrying direction. The magnetic head 4 is moved. When the magnetic stripe data is not accessed, the magnetic head 4 is allowed to escape from the transport path to prevent jamming during transport, and the shutter 3
Is closed to close the conveyance path.

Next, the opening / closing operation of the shutter 3 when accessing the data of the magnetic stripe 2 of the passbook 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. After the passbook 1 is conveyed to a predetermined position according to the position of the magnetic stripe 2 of the passbook 1, the lead screw 5 is rotated to start the movement of the magnetic head carrier 6 waiting outside the conveyance path.
When the projection 7 of the magnetic head carrier 6 starts to contact the slope 8 of the shutter 3, the force of the spring 13 applies a force in the direction of opening the shutter 3 to the shutter 3 blocking the conveyance path.
As the magnetic head carrier 6 moves, the shutter 3 opens with the hinge 14 as the center of rotation to expose the magnetic head 4 to the transport path. Furthermore, while the guide portion 9 of the magnetic head carrier 6 moves while being in contact with the shutter 3, the guide portion 9 resists the spring force that tries to close the shutter 3, and the state in which the shutter 3 is opened is maintained and the magnetic stripe data is stored. To access. At this time, dust adhering to the surface of the shutter 3 is rubbed between the shutter 3 and the guide portion 9 of the magnetic head carrier 6 that moves while contacting the shutter, so that the contact portion 10 is not worn. Will be promoted.

In the present invention, in order to reduce this wear, the dust cleaning portions 11a, 11 made of a sponge or felt made of a flexible material are formed at the end of the guide portion 9 of the magnetic head carrier 6.
b, a brush-like dust cleaning section 11e, and the shutter 3 is provided with dust discharge grooves 12a and 12b above and below a contact portion 10 with the guide portion 9 of the magnetic head carrier 6. Before the guide portion 9 of the magnetic head carrier 6 contacts the shutter 3,
When the cleaning units 11e and 11a first contact the shutter 3, the cleaning units 11e and 11a pass away the dust adhering to the shutter 3, and the dust that has been swept away is discharged into the dust discharge groove 12a. Shutter 3 by dropping to 12b
Remove dust from the surface. Also, the lead screw 5
When the magnetic head carrier is moved in the opposite direction to that described above and the magnetic head carrier is moved in the opposite direction, the cleaning unit 11b cleans the dust before passing through the guide unit 9, and the dust is removed in the same manner as described above.
Drop to 2a ・ 12b. The dust that has been dropped is collected by the dust collecting tray 17 provided on the bottom surface of the device. As a result, the guide portion 9 of the magnetic head carrier 6 passes through the contact portion 10 from which dust has been removed, and the wear of the contact portion 10 which has been conventionally promoted as rough wear due to dust can be greatly reduced. it can. Further, the protrusion 7 of the magnetic head carrier 6 may have a dust cleaning portion 11i made of felt.

The cleaning unit 11 of the magnetic head carrier 6 according to the present embodiment has the effect of collecting sponge and felt made of a flexible material, brush-like cleaning units 11c and 11d of FIG. It can also be used for materials with a certain amount of material, and the shape of the cleaning unit 11 is 11f, 11g, 11h in FIG.
And so on. Further, the dust discharge grooves 12a, 12b of the shutter 3 have, for example, shapes such as the dust discharge grooves 12c, 12d and 12e shown in FIG. Further, for the wear of the guide portion 9 of the magnetic head carrier 6 and the dirt of the dust cleaning portion 11, a maintenance replacement part 18 that can be easily replaced by using a snap fit or the like instead of replacing the magnetic head carrier 6 is provided. By setting, maintainability can be improved.

[0012]

According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a shutter opening / closing mechanism which is low in cost and particularly excellent in resistance to rough wear due to dust such as yellow sand. As a result, the reliability of the magnetic stripe processing mechanism can be improved at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a passbook handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an operation of a shutter opening / closing mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation in a state where a shutter is open.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a dust collecting groove provided in a shutter.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dust cleaning unit provided on a magnetic head carrier.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dust cleaning unit provided on a magnetic head carrier.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of replacement parts for maintenance of the magnetic head carrier.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... passbooks, 2 ... magnetic stripe, 3 ... shutter, 4 ...
Magnetic head, 5 ... Lead screw, 6 ... Magnetic head carrier, 7 ... Magnetic head carrier protrusion, 8 ... Slope for opening shutter, 9 ... Magnetic head carrier guide section, 10 ... Magnetic head carrier guide section in shutter Contact part, 11a ・ 11b ・ 11c ・ 11d ・ 11
e, 11f, 11g, 11h ... Dust cleaning part of magnetic head carrier, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e ...
Shutter dust collecting groove, 13 ... Spring, 14 ... Shutter hinge, 15a / 15b ... Conveying roller, 16 ... Printing mechanism, 1
7 ... Dust tray, 18 ... Replacement parts for maintenance of magnetic head carrier.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A device having a shutter function for opening and closing an opening or the like on a conveyance path as needed, and having a mechanism for opening and closing the shutter by contacting and moving a member different from the shutter, A magnetic stripe processing mechanism characterized in that a dust cleaning section made of a flexible material is provided in a member separate from the shutter, and the shutter is provided with a dust discharge groove. 2. An apparatus having a shutter function for opening and closing an opening or the like on a conveying path as necessary, and having a mechanism for opening and closing the shutter by contacting and moving a member different from the shutter, in the shutter. A magnetic stripe processing mechanism comprising a dust discharge groove at a contact portion between the shutter and a member different from the shutter. 3. The magnetic stripe processing mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a dust cleaning unit made of a material having an effect of collecting dust. 4. A cleaning unit for collecting dust is provided.
Magnetic stripe processing mechanism.