JP2544830Y2 - Recording media reader - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a recording medium reader provided with a shutter member that opens and closes a transport path through which a recording medium is transported.

(Related Art) In recent years, various reading / writing devices such as a card reader, a passbook reader, and a receipt reader have been widely adopted in various fields. A recording medium having an information recording unit such as a magnetic stripe is inserted into these read / write devices,
When the recording medium is sent to recording / reproducing means such as a magnetic head through a transport path provided in the reading / writing device, predetermined information is written to an information recording section of the recording medium by the recording / reproducing means, or The information written in the information recording section is reproduced.

Here, a shutter mechanism for preventing mischief in the transport path or preventing intrusion of dust is often provided in the transport path of the recording medium. For example, the shutter mechanism described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-37103 is provided with a shutter member that opens and closes the transport passage. The shutter member is fixed to the closed position by a predetermined engagement mechanism, so that the shutter member does not retreat from the passage due to an external forcing force.

The inventor of the present application has already proposed a double shutter structure which is small and can obtain a reliable shutter operation.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in such a conventional or already proposed shutter mechanism of a recording medium reader, the shutter member cannot be opened when a power failure or a jam occurs. In addition, there is a problem that the medium must be taken out of the transport passage by disassembling the apparatus.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium reader in which a medium can be easily removed from a transport path by a simple mechanism and manually.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured such that a shutter member opens and closes a transport path provided for transporting a recording medium by a predetermined rotary feeding means. In the recording medium reader, the shutter member is spring-biased in a direction to close the conveyance passage, moved by manual operation, and engaged with an engagement portion integral with the shutter member to cause the shutter member to be biased by the spring. A manual rotation operating means provided with an interlocking member for moving the conveying passage in a direction to open the conveyance passage, and being manually operable against the spring urging force of the interlocking member so as to be capable of transmitting rotation to the rotation feed means. Is provided.

(Operation) In the means having such a configuration, when the recording medium stops in the transport path for some reason, the interlocking member which has been disengaged with the shutter member side is pushed by manual operation. Engage with the shutter member side. The shutter member moves in the passage opening direction by the engagement force of the interlocking member, and the manual rotation operation means is rotationally connected to the rotation feed means. In this state, by rotating the manual rotation operation means by manual operation, the rotation feeding means is driven to rotate in the medium discharge direction.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 is one in which the present invention is applied to a magnetic card reader.

In the apparatus main body 1, a card transport path (not shown) for transporting a magnetic card as a recording medium is provided so as to extend substantially horizontally. In this card conveyance path, a plurality of feed rollers are arranged side by side,
A recording / reproducing means such as a magnetic head for reading information recorded on a magnetic stripe provided on the magnetic card or writing information on the magnetic stripe is provided. The rotational force from a motor 101 provided in a frame 100 of the apparatus body 1 is applied to a belt 102 and a pulley 10.
3, 104, belt 105 and pulleys 106, 107, 108 are transmitted to the respective feed rollers.

A shutter mechanism 2 is mounted on the card insertion side (left end in FIG. 1) of the card transport passage in the apparatus main body 1. The shutter mechanism 2 has an entrance conveyance path 201 continuous with the card conveyance path in the apparatus main body 1.
(See FIG. 6), and a first shutter member 202 and a second shutter member 203 for opening and closing the entrance conveyance path 201 are provided (FIG. 4,
(See FIG. 6). The first shutter member 202 and the second shutter member 203 are juxtaposed so as to be close to each other in the transfer direction of the magnetic card, and constitute a double shutter mechanism. This double shutter mechanism will be described below.

In FIGS. 4 and 6, first, the entrance conveying passage 201
The mounting support plate 204 disposed below the
A pair of parallel bearing plates 204a, 204a projecting directly below 01 are provided, and one end of an arm member 206 is rotatably mounted via a support pin 205 pivotally supported by the parallel bearing plates 204a, 204a. Have been. The arm member 206 is shown in FIG.
In FIG. 6, the arm member 206 extends to a region immediately below the entrance conveyance path 201, and a distal edge portion of the arm member 206 serves as the second shutter member 203.

With such a configuration, the second shutter member 203
Is rotatable about a support pin 205, and the second shutter member 203 is protruded into the entrance conveying passage 201 to close the passage based on the pivoting operation. It is evacuated from 201 and the passage is opened. The second shutter member 203
It has a width dimension corresponding to the entire width of the entrance conveyance passage 201, so that the entire entrance conveyance passage 201 can be closed.

Further, the lower end of the arm member 206 is pressed against the upper end of a spring body 207 as closing urging means, and the urging force of the spring body 207 causes the second shutter member 203
Is maintained in a position to close the passage. Spring body 20
7 is fitted at its lower end to a stud plate formed integrally with the mounting support plate 204. When the second shutter member 203 is fully opened, the second shutter member 203 is in contact with the top of the stud plate, and the opening operation is regulated.

On the other hand, an arm member 209 projects downward from the lower edge in the figure of the first shutter member 202. Through the arm member 209, the first shutter member 202 is connected to a solenoid 230 as a driving means. The output shaft is connected via a connection shaft 234. The output shaft moves forward and backward by the on / off operation of the solenoid 230,
The first shutter member 202 is protruded into the entrance conveyance passage 201 to close the passage, or is retracted from the entrance conveyance passage 201 to open the passage. The first shutter member 202 has a width dimension that blocks a part of the entrance conveyance path 201.

One end of the connection shaft 234 protrudes outward from one side of the parallel side plate 235 that covers the shutter mechanism 2 from both sides. The side plate 235 is formed with a long hole 236 (see FIG. 3) having a long diameter in the vertical direction.
The connecting shaft 234 reciprocates in the major axis direction.

Further, a spring body 231 as closing urging means is mounted between the arm member 209 and the output shaft of the solenoid 230, and when the solenoid 230 is in the off state, the first force is applied by the urging force of the spring body 231. The shutter member 202 is projected into the entrance conveyance passage 201 so that the passage is closed.

As described above, the two shutter members 202 and 203 are arranged side by side in the direction of transport of the magnetic card, but the second shutter member 203 arranged on the card insertion side has the first shutter member. A stud pin 232 as an interlocking means projecting toward the member 202 is fixed. On the other hand, on the first shutter member 202 side, an elongated hole 233 is provided as an interlocking means for penetrating the stud pin 232.
The major axis direction of the elongated hole 233 is the same as that of the second shutter member 203.
In the direction of the opening / closing operation and has a predetermined length.

That is, first, when both the shutter members 202 and 203 are in the closed state, the second shutter member 2 is positioned with respect to the illustrated upper edge of the elongated hole 233 on the first shutter member 202 side.
The stud pin 232 on the 03 side abuts, whereby the second shutter member 203 cannot move upward any more, and the closing position of the second shutter member 203 is regulated.

Next, from this state, the solenoid 230 is excited, and the output shaft of the solenoid 230 is attracted by the solenoid 230 against the urging force of the spring 231. When the first shutter member 202 is opened downward in FIG. Hole 233 and stud pin 2
The opening of the second shutter member 203 is performed in conjunction with the engagement relationship with 32. When the first shutter member 202 is returned to the original closed state, the second shutter member 203 is also returned to the closed state by the urging force of the spring body 207. As described above, the opening / closing operation of the second shutter member 203 is performed by the slot 2
The opening and closing operations of the first shutter member 202 are performed in accordance with the engagement relationship between the stud pins 232 and the stud pins 232.

On the other hand, the elongated hole 233 extends so as to have a sufficient length toward the lower side in the figure, and even when the second shutter member 203 is fully opened alone by some external force, the second shutter member 203 stud pin 232
Does not come into contact with the illustrated lower edge of the elongated hole 233. Therefore, the second shutter member 203 is an independent opening and closing member.
The closing operation is allowed.

As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of parallel side plates 235, 235 are provided upright on both sides of the shutter mechanism 2, and the parallel side plates 235, 235 are linked with each other to constitute the card ejection mechanism 3. A member 301 is attached so as to be able to reciprocate vertically in the drawing. The interlocking member 301 has a front shape in which a U-shape is vertically oriented, and a pair of arm plates 301a and 301b corresponding to both side portions of the U-shape are formed by the parallel side plate 23.
5, while being slidably mounted on the outer part of the 235, the top plate 301c corresponding to the central side of the U-shape of the interlocking member 301 astride the long side of the parallel side plates 235, 235 It is connected to.

The tip (the lower end in FIG. 4) of the arm plate 301a is in contact with the connection shaft 234 of the shutter mechanism 2 via the stroke adjustment plate 302. Therefore, by pushing the interlocking member 301 downward in the figure, the connecting shaft 234 is pushed downward through the arm plate 301a, whereby the first shutter member 202
And the passage is opened.
The stroke adjusting plate 302 is attached so as to be position-adjustable so that the positional relationship with the connecting shaft 234 side can be adjusted at the lower end portion of the arm plate 301a. However, if a sufficient stroke is set for the interlocking member 301, the stroke adjusting plate 302 can be eliminated.

2, 4 and 5, the parallel side plate 23
From one side of 5, 235, the top plate 301c of the interlocking member 301
The hook portion 237 is projected toward the hook member 237, and the tip end of the coil spring 303 attached to the hook portion 237 is
1 is pressed against the back side. And this coil spring 303
Arm plate 301a of the interlocking member 301 by the upward biasing force of
Is separated from the connection shaft 234 of the shutter mechanism 2. At this time, the connection shaft 234 is opened to the upper position, and the first shutter member 202 is advanced into the entrance conveyance passage 201 to close the passage.

Further, a stopper pin 304 is provided on the other arm plate 301b of the interlocking member 301. The stopper pin 304 restricts the vertical movement of the interlocking member 301 within an appropriate range by contacting the edge of the elongated hole 238 provided on the parallel side plate 235 side.

The support shaft 240 of the card feed roller provided in the shutter mechanism 2 projects outward from the parallel side plate 235 through a notch portion 301d provided at the lower end of the arm plate 301b. ing. The toothed pulley 107 constituting the above-described card transport drive system and the input gear 305 constituting the manual rotation operation means are fixed to the outwardly projecting portion of the support shaft 240 of the feed roller.

On the upper part of the arm plate 301b of the interlocking member 301, a manual circular knob 306 is rotatably mounted by a support shaft 307, and an inner part of the manual circular knob 306 is integrated with the manual circular knob 306. The output gear 308 provided on the support shaft 307 is attached to the support shaft 307. Further, an idle gear 309 that always meshes with the output gear 308 is provided via a support shaft 311 immediately below the output gear 308. The idle gear 309 is engaged with and engaged with the input gear 305 as the interlocking member 301 moves up and down, or is separated from the input gear 305. The output gears 308 are provided on the parallel side plate 235.
Slots 241 and 242 are formed to allow the idle gear 309 to move up and down.

In the recording medium reader according to the embodiment described above, first, the magnetic card as the recording medium is inserted into the entrance conveyance path.
When the first shutter member 2 is not inserted into the
02 and the second shutter member 203 are both maintained at the closing position of the entrance conveying passage 201 by the spring bodies 207 and 231 as closing urging means. Such a double shutter structure prevents mischief in the transport path 201 or prevents intrusion of dust.

On the other hand, when the magnetic card is inserted into the entrance conveyance path 201, first, the solenoid 230 as a driving means is excited to cause the first shutter member 202 to move into the entrance conveyance path 2.
01, and the second shutter member 203 is operated to open the entrance conveyance path 201 in conjunction with the operation of the first shutter member 202 opening the conveyance path. 201 is left completely open. When the magnetic card is fed into the card transport path in the apparatus main body 1 through the entrance transport path 201, predetermined information is written on the magnetic stripe of the magnetic card by a magnetic head or the like in the apparatus main body 1, or the magnetic stripe is written on the magnetic stripe. The written information is read.

Next, if the magnetic card stops in the entrance conveyance path 201 of the shutter mechanism 2 due to a power failure, a jam, or the like, the power is turned off and then the shutter mechanism 2 is disengaged with the shutter mechanism 2 side. Is pushed down by manual operation. As a result, the connection shaft 234 is pushed downward through the arm plate 301a, and the first shutter member 202 retreats from the entrance conveyance passage 201 to open the passage. At the same time, the aforementioned interlocking member 301
Moves downward, the idle gear 309 meshes with the input gear 305. When the manual circular knob 306 is rotated in this state, the input gear 305 is driven to rotate via the idle gear 309, and the card feed roller of the card transport drive system is driven to rotate in the ejection direction, and the magnetic state in the stopped state is reached. The card is ejected.

When the hand is released from the manual circular knob 306 after the ejection of the magnetic card, the interlocking member 301 is returned to the original position by the spring urging force, whereby the closing operation of the shutter mechanism 2 is performed to return to the original state. .

Although the embodiment described above is one in which the present invention is applied to a card reader, the present invention can be similarly applied to a passbook reader or a receipt reader, and other various reading / writing devices. Things.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the shutter is moved by manual operation, engages with the engaging portion integral with the shutter member, and opens the transport passage against the urging force of the shutter member. And a manual rotation operation means connected to the rotation feeding means for transferring the recording medium so as to be able to transmit the rotation by a manual operation against the urging force of the spring of the cooperation member. When the recording medium becomes jammed in the reader, the recording medium can be easily taken out of the transport path with a simple mechanism without disassembling the apparatus.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an example of a magnetic card reader to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a right side view showing the relationship between a shutter mechanism and a manual rotation operation means, and FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is a front view of the same, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged side view showing the detailed structure of the shutter mechanism. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Device main body 2, ... Shutter mechanism, 201 ... Inlet conveyance path, 202, 203 ... Shutter member, 230 ... Solenoid, 234 ... Connection support shaft, 301 ... Interlocking member, 305 ...
Input gear, 309 ... Idle gear, 306 ... Manual circular knob.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A recording medium reader configured to open and close a transport path provided for transporting a recording medium by a predetermined rotary feeding means with a shutter member, wherein the shutter member is provided in the transport path. An interlocking member that is biased by a spring in a closing direction, moves by manual operation, engages with an engaging portion integrated with the shutter member, and moves the shutter member in a direction to open the transport passage against the biasing force of the spring. And a manual rotation operation means connected to the rotation feed means so as to be able to transmit rotation by manual operation against a spring urging force of the interlocking member.