JP2008023613A - Punching device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a punching device and method capable of reading transaction descriptions on a bankbook or the like and unreadably punching written information of magnetic stripe of the bankbook. <P>SOLUTION: This punching device is provided with a punching pin 14, a through-hole 15 cooperating with the punching pin and punching a punching object, a punching mechanism 3 vertically moving the punching pin and extracting/retracting it relative to the through-hole, and a driving means 5 actuating the punching mechanism; and unreadably punching the information written in the magnetic stripe provided on the punching object. This punching device is provided with at least one or more punching pins capable of punching the punching object by traversing an intermediate part in the length direction of the magnetic stripe in the width direction, and through-holes corresponding thereto. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a drilling device and a drilling method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a punching apparatus and a punching method for punching information written in a bank passbook, a credit card, an IC card, and the like in an unreadable manner.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, banking transactions have been brought online, and automatic teller machines and the like are generally authenticated by a combination of an authentication card such as a magnetic card and a personal identification number. In addition, since the entry of a transaction or the like in the bankbook is also performed by an automatic teller machine or the like, authentication information is also written in the bankbook.

  The authentication information provided in the magnetic card or the bankbook is often provided by sticking a magnetic stripe at a predetermined position. The magnetic stripe is formed of a sheet coated with magnetic powder, and is configured such that authentication information can be written by magnetizing the magnetic powder in a predetermined pattern.

  The write information of the magnetic stripe is easy to read and it is easy to duplicate the same magnetic stripe, so there is a high possibility that a card or the like is forged. For this reason, recently, IC cards in which IC chips are embedded, biometric authentication cards, and the like have been provided.

  If the above cards are crushed with a shredder or the like, there is no possibility of reading information. On the other hand, the bank passbook describes transaction information and must be stored for a long time. For this reason, conventionally, a passbook is provided so that transaction information and the like can be read after use, and the passbook cannot be used.

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  By punching the passbook using a punching machine as described in Patent Document 1, it can be easily determined that the transaction details cannot be additionally written, and can be made unusable with an automatic teller machine.

  However, the punching device can judge at a glance that the passbook is unusable, and makes it impossible to use the passbook in an automatic teller machine, etc. The information on the magnetic stripe provided in the passbook It will not be erased. For this reason, if the passbook for which transactions have been completed is misused, authentication information may be stolen, leading to a crime. On the other hand, it is conceivable to completely destroy the passbook or perforate to such an extent that the magnetic stripe area is destroyed. However, in this case, it is impossible to read the transaction contents described in the passbook.

  In addition, when a credit card is updated, the previous card must be discarded. Even in this case, information may be read unless the magnetic stripe portion is broken.

  The invention of the present application has been conceived under the above-described circumstances, and can read transaction descriptions such as bank passbooks, and can make unreadable read information on magnetic stripes in bank passbooks. An apparatus and a drilling method are provided.

  The invention described in claim 1 of the present application includes a perforation pin, a through-hole for perforating an object to be perforated in cooperation with the perforation pin, a perforation mechanism for moving the perforation pin up and down to make it appear and disappear in the through-hole, A piercing device that pierces the information written on the magnetic stripe provided in the piercing object in an unreadable manner, and includes at least the length of the magnetic stripe. One or two or more perforating pins that can be perforated across the middle in the width direction and the corresponding through-holes are provided.

  The punching device according to the present invention includes a punching pin and a through hole that punches a drilling object in cooperation with the punching pin. An object to be punched such as a bankbook is positioned in a space between the punch pin and the through hole in a separated state, and the portion corresponding to the cross section of the punch pin is excised by pushing the punch pin into the through hole. Is done.

  The punch pin is moved up and down with respect to the punch hole by the punch mechanism. Various mechanisms can be adopted as the punching mechanism.

  The punching mechanism is driven by a driving unit. The drive means is also not limited. For example, in a manual device, a rotatable arm portion is provided, and the arm portion is configured to rotate up and down to move the punch pin up and down. Can do. Further, the driving means can be configured using power such as an electric motor.

  Generally, in the magnetic stripe provided in a cash card or the like, information is written by magnetizing a magnetic material in a bar code shape with a predetermined width. Therefore, if a hole is drilled across the magnetic stripe with the minimum unit width in which the information is stored, a part of the information is deleted and the information cannot be read from the magnetic stripe. In addition, a plurality of tracks may be provided in the magnetic stripe, but the information described in the plurality of tracks may also be obtained by drilling across the magnetic stripe, that is, across the entire width of the magnetic stripe. Cannot be read.

  The minimum unit width of the magnetized area for storing the information varies depending on the recording method. For this reason, what is necessary is just to set so that it may drill with the width | variety corresponding to the magnetic stripe used by a predetermined bank etc. The minimum unit width of the magnetic stripe is equal to or less than the unit width of a normal optical bar code. Accordingly, if the magnetic stripe is perforated across the magnetic stripe with the unit width of the optical bar code or the minimum width capable of producing the perforation pin, information in most magnetic stripes cannot be read. In addition, since a part of the magnetic stripe disappears, it is difficult to restore information from other parts. In order to easily manufacture the piercing pin and reduce the force required for piercing, it is preferable that the magnetic stripe is pierced in the width direction with a width of about 0.5 to 3 mm.

  On the other hand, in the punching apparatus according to the present invention, since the punching is performed so as to cross the magnetic stripe with a very small width, the transaction details described in the passbook will not be identified. For this reason, it becomes possible to make it impossible to read the magnetic stripe authentication information or the like by punching to the extent that the transaction contents of the passbook can be identified.

  The number of perforation pins is not particularly limited. As in the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a perforation pin having a rectangular cross section capable of cutting the magnetic stripe with a predetermined width and a corresponding through hole. As described above, the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the perforation pins can be set according to the magnetic stripe recording method. Moreover, in order to improve security, you may comprise so that the several location of a magnetic stripe can be pierced with several piercing pins.

  The form of magnetic stripe varies depending on the bank and the like and is not constant. Some have very large widthwise dimensions. In such a large magnetic stripe, if the perforations are made so that all the width directions are continuously cut out, the transaction details may be difficult to read. Moreover, it is difficult to manufacture a perforated pin having a large length. Furthermore, since a large hole is formed at a time, the force required for drilling is also increased.

  The invention described in claim 3 of the present application is provided with a plurality of perforation pins capable of perforating the magnetic stripe at intervals of 0.5 mm or less in the width direction and through holes corresponding to the perforation pins.

  As a result of the study by the inventors of the present application, even when a plurality of perforations crossing the magnetic stripe are provided at intervals of 0.5 mm or less without continuously cutting out the entire width of the magnetic stripe, writing is performed. It became clear that the information could not be read.

  By perforating with a plurality of perforation pins, a plurality of perforations such as a passbook are connected to each other, and the possibility that transaction details become unreadable is reduced. For this reason, it can respond to a magnetic stripe having a large width dimension. Moreover, a perforation pin can also be manufactured easily. Furthermore, by configuring the perforation mechanism so that the perforation pins are sequentially inserted into the through holes, the force required for perforation can be reduced.

  The form of the perforation pin is not particularly limited, but it is preferable that the perforation pin is formed in a circular cross section and the perforation hole is formed in a cylindrical inner surface as in the invention described in claim 4. . The diameter of each drill pin is not limited, but is preferably set to 3 mm or less in order to reduce the force required for manufacturing and drilling.

  The invention described in claim 5 of the present application is provided with the perforated pins and the through holes arranged in two or more rows.

  By arranging in two or more rows, it is possible to perforate so as to cross a plurality of locations of the magnetic stripe, so that information can be destroyed more reliably. In addition, since the drilling area becomes large, drilling errors can be prevented.

  Furthermore, if a plurality of examples of perforation pins are arranged in a staggered manner so as to overlap in the magnetic stripe reading direction (longitudinal direction), information is cut at any part. For this reason, it is possible to reliably read the magnetic stripe information.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a magnet that makes it impossible to read information written on the magnetic stripe is provided in the vicinity of the perforated pin or the through hole.

  The inventions described in claims 1 to 6 make information unreadable by cutting off a part of the magnetic stripe, but the information is left as it is in a portion other than the cut portion. Will be held. For this reason, if the recorded content of the excised part is found, there is a possibility that the information on the magnetic stripe can be read.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the magnetic information is applied to the magnetic stripe, the recorded information can be excised after being disturbed, so that the magnetic stripe information cannot be read completely. Therefore, security is greatly improved.

  In this invention, since the magnet is arrange | positioned in the vicinity of the said perforation pin or a through-hole, magnetism can be made to act on a magnetic stripe only by performing the said perforation operation. Moreover, since the piercing pins and the through holes are made of a magnetic material such as iron, it is possible to directly apply a strong magnetic force to the magnetic stripe via the piercing pins, and the effect is further enhanced.

  The magnetic force of the magnet is not limited as long as the information on the magnetic stripe can be disturbed. In order to reliably disturb the information, it is preferable to apply a magnetic force of 1500 gauss or more to the surface of the magnetic stripe.

  The invention described in claim 7 of the present application is provided with positioning means capable of positioning the drilling object with respect to the drilling pin.

  If the piercing pins are provided in a wide range, the magnetic stripe can be pierced more reliably. However, the larger the piercing area, the greater the force required for piercing and the lower the handleability. In addition, the number of perforated pins increases and the manufacturing cost increases. For this reason, in this invention, while making a piercing | piercing area as small as possible, the positioning means which can position a piercing | piercing target object with respect to the said piercing | pinning pin is provided. Various positioning means can be employed as long as the positioning can be performed so as to be able to perforate the magnetic stripe.

  Further, as in the invention described in claim 8, it is preferable to provide a positioning means capable of positioning two or more drilling objects having different forms. For example, it is possible to provide positioning means capable of positioning the magnetic stripes of both the bankbook and the cash card so that they can be punched.

  As the positioning means, as in the invention described in claim 9, a drilling position display for displaying the drilling position of the drilling pin can be adopted. For example, when inserting the piercing object into the space between the piercing pin and the through hole, a range indicating the piercing position, an arrow, or the like can be provided in the casing to serve as a positioning means. The user may insert a magnetic stripe into the perforating apparatus with the arrow or the like as a mark.

  Further, as in the invention described in claim 10, it is possible to employ a positioning means for abutting and positioning the edge of the object to be punched.

  For example, a wall portion or a step portion that can be positioned so that the magnetic stripe of the drilling object corresponds to the position of the drilling pin can be provided in the back of the gap into which the drilling object is inserted.

  The drilling object to which the present invention is applied is not particularly limited. For example, as in the invention described in claim 11, the punch pin and the positioning means capable of punching the magnetic stripe of the bankbook can be provided. Further, as in the invention described in claim 12, the punching pin and the positioning means capable of punching the magnetic stripe of the cash card and / or the credit card can be provided.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the one provided with the magnetic stripe, and as in the invention described in claim 12, the punching pin and the positioning means capable of punching the IC chip of the IC card are provided. You can also

  An IC chip is less likely to read information illegally than a magnetic stripe, but since a large amount of information is stored, damage will increase if information is read. Further, there is a possibility that an IC reading device may be abused. Therefore, care must be taken when discarding an IC card.

  The IC chip provided in the IC card is different in arrangement and form from the magnetic stripe. For this reason, it is preferable to provide positioning means for an IC card. In order to make the IC unreadable, it is sufficient to form one hole in the IC area. Some cards have both an IC chip and a magnetic stripe. Therefore, it is preferable to provide positioning means for positioning the card at both the position corresponding to the IC chip and the position of the magnetic stripe. In many cases, the magnetic stripe is provided with a certain length, but the IC chip is often arranged with a rectangular plate-shaped IC chip at a predetermined distance from the edge of the card. For this reason, if the position of the stepped portion or the like is set on the basis of the position of the IC chip, a positioning means that can be applied to both the IC chip and the magnetic stripe can be configured.

  The invention described in claim 14 of the present application is a perforation method for perforating a magnetic stripe provided on an object to be perforated so that the information written on the magnetic stripe cannot be read. The present invention relates to a method for drilling a magnetic stripe, wherein one or two or more of the above-mentioned drill holes that cross the middle portion in the width direction are formed.

  The invention described in claim 15 of the present application relates to a magnetic stripe drilling method in which a plurality of drill holes are formed at intervals of 0.5 mm or less in the width direction of the magnetic stripe.

  The invention described in claim 16 of the present application relates to a drilling method configured to cause magnetism to act on the magnetic stripe.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a side view of the punching device 1 and FIG. 2 shows a front view. The punching device 1 is attached to the base 2, the side plates 4, 4 attached to the base portion 2 and provided with a punching mechanism 3 therein, and rotatably held by the side plates 4, 4 to drive the punching mechanism. And an arm portion 5 that is configured.

  FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

  The base portion 2 is formed of a rectangular thick metal plate material, and a hole portion 6 that accommodates a perforated excision piece is formed in the front portion in a vertically penetrating manner. A lid member 7 formed with resin is detachably attached to the lower opening of the hole 6. Rubber slip stoppers 8 are attached to the lower surface of the base portion 2.

  A connecting portion 4 a integrally formed so as to connect the rear lower portions of the side plates 4, 4 is integrally connected to the upper surface of the rear portion of the base portion 2 by screws 10, 10.

  The perforation mechanism 3 includes a perforation plate 11 connected so as to cover the upper opening of the hole 6, a guide plate 12 held with a predetermined gap H with respect to the upper surface of the perforation plate 11, and the arm A pressing member 13 that is moved up and down by a rotation operation of the portion 5 and a perforation pin 14 having a head held inside the pressing member 13 are configured.

  In the perforation plate 11, through holes 15 corresponding to the perforation pins 14 and communicating with the hole 6 are formed. Further, the perforated plate 11 is provided with a step portion 16 at an intermediate portion so that an object to be perforated can be locked and positioned on the step portion 16.

  The guide plate 12 is formed with a guide hole 17 into which the distal end portion of the punch pin 14 is inserted. The guide hole 17 is formed at a position corresponding to the through hole 15, and is slidably held so that the perforation pin 14 can be positioned and guided to enter the through hole 15. A magnet mounting hole 18 is formed at the front portion of the guide hole 17 of the guide plate 12 so that the magnet 20 held at the lower end of the holding member 19 exposes the lower surface to the gap H. Is retained.

  The perforated plate 11 and the guide plate 12 are coupled to the upper surface of the base portion 2 using screws 21. Between the perforated plate 11 and the guide plate 12, two-stage gaps H1 and H2 formed by the step portion 16 are formed.

  The pressing member 13 is integrally formed with a pair of opposing wall portions 21 and 21 along the inner surface of the side plate 4 at both edge portions, and is a long hole extending in the horizontal direction from the front edge portion of the opposing wall portions 21 and 21. 22 is formed. The upward movement of the pressing member 13 is restricted by a restricting member 24 provided at a predetermined height from the upper surface of the guide plate 12 via a spacer member 23.

  The arm portion 5 is rotatably supported by a rotation shaft 25 whose front end portion is held in a spanning manner on the side plates 4 and 4 and is directed upward by a spring 26 (in FIG. (Clockwise direction) Elastically energized.

  A substantially U-shaped member 27 is connected to the lower surface of the front portion of the arm portion 5 by a screw 28. A pressing bar 29 is held on the opposing wall portions 27 a and 27 a of the substantially U-shaped member 27 in a spanning manner. Both end portions of the pressing bar 29 are engaged with the elongated holes 22 and 22 formed in the opposing wall portions 21 and 21 of the pressing member 13, respectively.

  When the arm portion 5 is turned in the direction of arrow F from the state of FIG. 3, the pressing bar 29 presses the lower edge portion of the long hole 22 and moves the pressing member 13 downward. Along with this, the piercing pin 14 is guided by the guide hole 17 and moves downward, penetrates the piercing object that is positioned by protruding into the gap H, and is inserted into the through hole 15. The excised piece excised by the perforating pin 14 is accommodated in the hole 6.

  On the other hand, when the force applied to the arm portion 5 is released, the arm portion 5 is pivoted upward by the elastic force of the spring 26, and the pressing bar 29 presses the upper edge portion of the elongated hole 22 to The pressing member 13 is pulled upward, and accordingly, the piercing pin 14 is moved upward to be separated from the piercing object.

  As shown in FIG. 6, in the present embodiment, a row of nine perforation pins 14 and corresponding through holes 15 that can perforate the magnetic stripe 32 attached to the passbook 31 or the like across the width direction. It is provided in the shape. In the present embodiment, in order to facilitate understanding, an example is shown in which the magnetic stripe 32 is magnetized in a bar code shape that can be visually observed. Actually, the information on the magnetic stripe 32 is formed so as not to be visually recognized. Moreover, the written information is not necessarily in the form of a barcode.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, a resin sealing member 33 that seals the front space of the side plates 4, 4 is mounted. 4 is provided with a “punch range” display 34 indicating the punching position of the punching pin 14 and a “demagnetization range” positioning display 35 indicating the position of the magnet 20.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the magnetic stripe 32 of the bankbook 31 is inserted into the gap H in accordance with the punch range display 34. In the case of the passbook 31, the longitudinal center portion of the magnetic stripe 32 is positioned below the punch pin 14 by inserting it to the passbook position at the innermost part of the gap H in accordance with the display on the front of the punching device. It is set to be located. The magnetic stripe 32 can be punched by positioning the bankbook 31 at the position and pushing down the arm portion 5.

  7 and 8 show a state of the hole 35 in which a magnetic stripe is perforated by the perforating apparatus 1. In the present embodiment, nine punching pins 14 having a diameter D = 1.8 mm are arranged in a line at intervals of S = 0.4 mm, and drilling is performed over a range of W2 = 19.4 mm. It is configured to be able to. On the other hand, the width of the magnetic stripe 32 is set to W1 = 15 mm, and the magnetic stripe 32 can be drilled across the width direction by the nine punch pins 14.

  By setting the interval between the piercing pins 14 to 0.4 mm, even if there is a portion connected to a part of the piercing region that crosses the magnetic scribe 32 in the width direction, the information of the magnetic scribe 32 is read. I can't put it out. In addition, by setting the punching position at the center in the longitudinal direction of the magnetic stripe 32, the information writing portion of the magnetic stripe 32 can be reliably punched.

  FIG. 9 shows a state in which the card 37 to which the magnetic stripe 36 is attached is punched using the punching apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in this figure, the magnetic stripe 36 of the card 37 is inserted into the gap H along the punch range display 34 shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, since the card positioning step 16 is provided on the perforation plate 11, the perforation position can be easily positioned at the center of the magnetic stripe 37.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10, the punching device 1 according to the present embodiment can be configured to punch the IC 41 of the IC card 40. In this case, the step 16 can be dealt with by setting the length from the edge of the card to the IC area. In particular, by setting the step 16 in accordance with the position of the IC 41 of the card 40, it is possible to provide positioning means that can punch the central portion of the magnetic stripe 36.

  The positioning means can be set according to the position and the size of the magnetic stripe of the card or passbook used in each bank.

  11 and 12 show a second embodiment. In this embodiment, the perforating apparatus according to the present invention is configured to include a plurality of perforating pins 14 arranged in three rows.

  As shown in FIG. 12, in this embodiment, the interval S between the piercing pins 14 in each row is set smaller than the diameter D of the piercing pins 14. When this configuration is adopted, a perforated portion exists at any position in the width direction with respect to the reading direction (R direction). Therefore, it is possible to perform drilling with higher security.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. In the embodiment, a plurality of perforation pins having a circular cross section are arranged in a line so as to perforate a region crossing in the width direction of the magnetic stripe, but a cross section having a length longer than the width of the magnetic stripe. A rectangular perforated pin can also be employed.

  In the embodiment, the positioning means is fixedly provided for each drilling object. However, the drilling object can be configured to be movable so that it can be applied to various drilling objects.

It is a side view of the perforation apparatus concerning this invention. It is a front view of the perforation apparatus shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the III-III line | wire in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which pushes down an arm part with the punching apparatus shown in FIG. 3, and drills. It is an enlarged front view at the time of removing the sealing member of the perforation apparatus shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining operation which punches the magnetic stripe of a bankbook with the punching apparatus shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which carried out the magnetic stripe by the punching apparatus shown in FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows the state of the hole formed by the punching apparatus. It is explanatory drawing explaining operation which punches a magnetic card | curd magnetic stripe with the punching apparatus shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining operation which punches an IC card with the punching apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows 2nd Embodiment of this invention, and is explanatory drawing equivalent to FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows the state of the hole shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Punching device 3 Punching mechanism 5 Arm part (drive means)
14 Drilling pin 15 Through hole

Claims (16)

A piercing pin, a through-hole that pierces the piercing object in cooperation with the piercing pin, a piercing mechanism that moves the piercing pin up and down to protrude into and out of the through-hole, and a drive unit that drives the piercing mechanism, A drilling device for drilling information written on a magnetic stripe provided on the drilling object in an unreadable manner,
A perforating apparatus comprising at least one perforating pin capable of perforating transversely the lengthwise intermediate portion of the magnetic stripe and the corresponding through hole.   The perforating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a perforating pin having a rectangular cross section capable of cutting the magnetic stripe and a corresponding through hole are provided.   The perforation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of perforation pins capable of perforating the magnetic stripes at intervals of 0.5 mm or less in the width direction and through holes corresponding to the perforation pins are provided.   The perforating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the perforating pin is formed in a circular cross section and the perforated hole is formed in a cylindrical inner surface.   The perforating apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plurality of perforating pins and the through holes are arranged in two or more rows.   The punching device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a magnet that makes it impossible to read information written in the magnetic stripe is provided in the vicinity of the punching pin or the through hole.   The drilling device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising positioning means for positioning the drilling object with respect to the drilling pin.   The drilling device according to claim 7, comprising positioning means capable of positioning two or more drilling objects having different forms.   The perforating apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the positioning means is a perforation position display for displaying the perforation position of the perforation pin.   The punching device according to any one of claims 7 to 9, further comprising positioning means capable of abutting and positioning an edge of the drilling object.   The punching device according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the punching pin and positioning means capable of punching a magnetic stripe of a bankbook are provided.   The punching device according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the punching pin and positioning means capable of punching a magnetic stripe of a cash card and / or a credit card are provided.   The punching device according to any one of claims 7 to 12, wherein the punching pin capable of punching an IC chip of an IC card and positioning means are provided. A drilling method for drilling a magnetic stripe provided on a drilling object and making information written on the magnetic stripe unreadable,
A method for drilling magnetic stripes, wherein one or more of the drill holes that cross the lengthwise intermediate portion of the magnetic stripe in the width direction are formed.   The method for punching magnetic stripes according to claim 14, wherein a plurality of drilling holes are formed at intervals of 0.5 mm or less in the width direction of the magnetic stripes. 16. The drilling method according to claim 14, wherein the magnetic stripe is punched and magnetism is applied.

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