JP2595111B2 - IC card reader / writer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention transfers information to and from an IC card having a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) incorporated in a card or the like and having storage and arithmetic functions. The present invention relates to an IC card reader / writer, and more particularly, to a structure of a card holder constituting an IC card reader / writer.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art There is known an IC card reader / writer that incorporates a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) into a card or the like, stores an IC card having storage and arithmetic functions in a card holder, and exchanges information with the IC card.

The card holder attached to such an IC card reader / writer adopts a box-shaped chassis that can be disassembled into a lid and a box, and an operation panel with a card insertion slot is created according to the box-shaped chassis. Is done. On the upper surface of the box-shaped chassis, a lubricating bottom plate that smoothly receives the IC card inserted from the card insertion slot, and a guide body that guides and regulates the insertion direction of the IC card are arranged. An IC card position regulating mechanism for fixing an IC card arranged at an appropriate position and an IC card discharging mechanism are attached to the upper surface of the guide body.

A circuit board for transferring information to and from an IC card is attached to the lower surface of the chassis of the box. Further, a coupler (a connector, a coil for electromagnetic coupling, or the like) directly or indirectly coupled to the circuit board is arranged on the upper surface of the chassis of the box together with the above-described mechanism, thereby forming a card holder.

In this way, when the card holder is placed on the chassis of the box portion, the lid plate is fixed on the upper surface, and an IC card reader / writer is configured.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the card holder in the conventional IC card reader / writer adopts a box-shaped chassis that can be disassembled into a lid and a box, and a lubricating bottom plate and an IC card guide are mounted on the upper surface of this chassis. Along with
On the top surface of this guide, the IC card position control mechanism and IC
A card ejection mechanism is mounted, and a plurality of components formed of a circuit board for transferring information to and from an IC card are mounted on the lower surface of the chassis.

Accordingly, the number of components constituting the IC card reader / writer increases, and the structure thereof becomes large, resulting in a problem that the manufacturing cost becomes extremely high.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to form a card holder for storing an IC card and transferring information between the IC card and the IC card, comprising a circuit board and a cover plate, and mounting the circuit board on a back surface of a chassis top plate. By positioning and fixing via a spacer, the structure of the IC card reader / writer can be simplified and downsized, and furthermore, the IC card reader / writer can be mounted at the end of the chassis and a guide passage for storing and arranging the IC card formed in the card holder. It is an object of the present invention to provide an IC card reader / writer which can easily perform positioning with an IC card insertion slot formed in the center of an operation panel, can greatly reduce the number of parts, and can be manufactured at low cost. .

[Means for solving the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, an IC card reader / writer according to the present invention comprises a circuit board (10) superposed and fixed on a bottom surface of a cover plate (14) having a substantially U-shaped cross section, and an IC card (20) therebetween. (12) A chassis (12) having a card holder (27) formed with a guide passage (22) into which the cover plate (14) can be inserted and arranged so as to have a substantially U-shaped cross section and to embrace the cover plate (14).
And an operation panel (15) having an insertion port (15a) for the IC card (20) is attached to an end of the chassis (12), and the IC card (20) is stored in a card holder (27). And an IC card reader / writer for exchanging information with the IC card (20). The IC card reader / writer is mounted on the back surface of the top plate (12a) of the chassis (12) via spacers (16a, 16b, 16c). Screw the small screws (18, 25) into the screw holes in the lid plate (14) and the screw holes in the spacer (12b) protruding and fixed to the back of the top plate (12a) of the chassis (12). And the circuit board (10) is fixed horizontally, and the position of the guide passage (22) of the card holder (27) formed by the circuit board (10) and the cover plate (14) is adjusted to the position of the chassis ( The IC card is located so as to correspond to the IC card slot (15a) formed in the center of the operation panel (15) attached to the end of 12). When the IC card (20) is inserted into the card holder (27) from the card slot (15a), the IC
The input coil (34a) and output coil (34b) built into the card (20) and the pair of coil boards (24a, 24b) connected and arranged on the circuit board (10) are positioned and fixed at the corresponding positions. Is characterized in that

[Action]

According to the IC card reader / writer according to the present invention, the circuit board is overlapped and fixed on the bottom surface of the cover plate, and a guide passage through which the IC card can be inserted and formed therebetween is formed, so that the cover plate is hugged. A chassis is provided, and an operation panel having an IC card insertion slot is mounted on an end of the chassis.A circuit board is attached to a rear surface of a top plate of the chassis via a spacer, so that the circuit board is horizontally moved. It can be fixed, whereby the position of the guide passage is appropriately positioned so as to correspond to the IC card insertion slot formed in the center of the operation panel, and the input coil and the output coil built in the IC card are And a pair of coil boards coupled to the circuit board can be easily positioned and fixed at corresponding positions.

〔Example〕

Next, an embodiment of an IC card reader / writer according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 3 show an embodiment of the IC card reader / writer of the present invention.

FIG. 1A is an overall perspective view of an IC card reader / writer as viewed from the bottom, and reference numeral 10 denotes coil substrates 24a and 24a.
4b shows a circuit board integrated with 4b;
Reference numeral 10 is fixed to the bottom of the cover plate 14, and forms a part of a guide passage of a card holder described later.

However, as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 (b), the card holder 27 has a cover plate formed by bending the concave portion 22 as a substantially U-shaped guide passage whose cross section guides and regulates the IC card 20 in the longitudinal direction. 14 and a circuit board 10 integrally coupled with coil boards 24a and 24b to be fixed to the lower surface of the lid plate 14 with small screws 23.
It is composed of Further, the card holder 27 is fixed in the chassis 12 having a substantially U-shaped cross section while maintaining a predetermined gap.

In this case, the gap is fixed by caulking three spacers 16a, 16b, and 16c on the upper surface of the lid plate 14, and the screw holes formed at the tips of these spacers are fixed to the top plate 12a of the chassis 12 The cover plate 14 can be formed by fastening the cover plate 14 from the back side via small screws 18.

Further, two spacers 12b each having a screw hole formed at a tip thereof are protruded and fixed on the back surface of the top plate 12a behind the chassis 12, and the circuit board 10 is provided with through holes 25a protruding from the board 10. Through the small screw 25 and fastened to the screw hole of the spacer 12b.

Thereby, the fixed holding of the card holder 27 is further ensured (see FIG. 1).

By mounting the card holder 27 in the chassis 12 in this manner, the position of the guide passage 22 formed thereby is adjusted by the operation panel mounted on the end of the chassis 12.
It is located so as to correspond to the IC card insertion opening 15a formed at the center of the unit 15.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, an operation panel 15 formed of a synthetic resin material or the like attached to the end of the chassis 12 has a positioning release means in addition to an IC card insertion slot 15a. 32 and a display unit 15b are provided.

However, the IC card 20 inserted from the IC card insertion slot 15a of the operation panel 15 slides smoothly on the lubricating circuit board 10 constituting the bottom surface of the guide passage 22 of the card holder 27 to a predetermined position. The input coil 34a and the output coil 34b housed and arranged in the IC card 20 and a circuit board
The pair of coil substrates 24a and 24b coupled and arranged to 10 are appropriately located.

In this way, the IC card 20 stored in an appropriate state
Means positioning means 26 (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-219973)
Thereby, the IC card 20 is positioned and fixed by engagement with a notch (not shown) formed on the side surface of the IC card 20.

In this state, the completion of the mode for transferring information to and from the IC card 20 is confirmed by the display unit 15b, and the IC card 20 is removed from the card holder 27 by an artificial operation of the positioning release unit 32. Can be.

The positioning means 26 is configured to urge the protrusion 30 of the slidable lever 28 constituting a part thereof with a coil spring 33 so as to constantly press the protrusion 30 against the side surface of the IC card 20. I have. The positioning release means 32 is interlocked by known mechanical and electrical means.

In this way, in order to directly and indirectly exchange information with the IC card 20 housed and positioned at an appropriate position in the card holder 27, the IC card 20 is connected to the circuit board 10 in the conventional configuration. The coupler used has a configuration in which the pair of coil boards 24a and 24b are coupled to the circuit board 10, so that this can be omitted, and the number of parts constituting the card holder 27 is also greatly increased. Can be reduced.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and many design changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

〔The invention's effect〕

As is clear from the above-described embodiment, the IC according to the present invention
According to the card reader / writer, a circuit board is formed by superimposing and fixing a circuit board on a bottom surface of a cover plate having a substantially U-shaped cross section and forming a guide passage through which an IC card can be inserted and arranged therebetween. Providing a chassis configured to hug and arrange the lid plate in a U-shape, mounting an operation panel having an IC card insertion port at an end of the chassis,
An IC card reader / writer that stores an IC card in a card holder and exchanges information with the IC card,
A small screw is fastened to the screw hole of the lid plate attached to the back surface of the top plate of the chassis via a spacer, and the screw hole of the spacer protruding and fixed to the back surface of the top plate of the chassis. The circuit board is fixed horizontally, and the position of the guide path of the card holder formed by the circuit board and the cover plate is set at the center of the operation panel mounted on the end of the chassis. When the IC card is inserted into the card holder from the IC card insertion slot, the input coil and the output coil built in the IC card and the pair of coil boards connected to the circuit board are arranged. , The structure of the IC card reader / writer is simplified and downsized by being configured to be positioned and fixed at the corresponding positions, and the IC formed on the card holder is formed.
The guide passage for storing and arranging the card and the IC card insertion slot formed at the center of the operation panel mounted at the end of the chassis can be easily positioned, and this also enables the input coil of the IC card to be positioned. In addition, it is possible to easily and surely achieve the positioning and fixing for making the output coil correspond to the pair of coil boards that are coupled and arranged on the circuit board.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to greatly reduce the number of components constituting the IC card reader / writer, and there is an advantage that the manufacturing cost can be significantly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 (a) shows an embodiment of an IC card reader / writer according to the present invention. FIG. 1 (b) is an overall perspective view of the IC card reader / writer as viewed from the bottom, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in a state where the IC card reader / writer is rotated by 180 ° and is normally used, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state where a circuit board is removed from a cover plate of the IC card reader / writer and viewed from above. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which a circuit board is attached to a cover plate of an IC card reader / writer and viewed from above. 10 Circuit board, 12 Chassis 12a Top plate, 12b Spacer 14 Cover plate, 15 Operation panel 15a IC card slot, 15b Display 16a, 16b, 16c … Spacer 18… Small screw, 20… IC card 22… Guide passage (recess), 23, 25… Small screw 25 a… Through hole, 24 a, 24 b… Coil substrate 26… Positioning means, 27… ... Card holder 28 ... Lever, 30 ... Protrusion 32 ... Positioning release means, 33 ... Coil spring 34a ... Input coil, 34b ... Output coil

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A circuit board (10) is superposed and fixed on the bottom surface of a cover plate (14) having a substantially U-shaped cross section to form a guide passage (22) between which an IC card (20) can be inserted and arranged. (12) comprising a card holder (27) formed in such a manner that its cross section is substantially U-shaped and the cover plate (14) is embraced and arranged.
And an operation panel (15) having an insertion port (15a) for the IC card (20) is attached to an end of the chassis (12), and the IC card (20) is stored in a card holder (27). And an IC card reader / writer for exchanging information with the IC card (20). A spacer (1) is provided on the back surface of the top plate (12a) of the chassis (12).
6a, 16b, 16c) through the screw holes of the lid plate (14)
Small screws (18, 25) are fastened to the screw holes of the spacer (12b) protruding from the back surface of the top plate (12a) of the chassis (12), and the circuit board (10) is leveled. And the position of the guide passage (22) of the card holder (27) formed by the circuit board (10) and the cover plate (14) is set at the end of the chassis (12). It is located so as to correspond to the IC card insertion slot (15a) formed in the center of the panel (15), and when the IC card (20) is inserted into the card holder (27) from the IC card insertion slot (15a), The input coil (34a) and output coil (34b) built into the IC card (20) and the pair of coil boards (24a, 24b) combined and arranged on the circuit board (10) are positioned at corresponding positions. An IC card reader / writer characterized by being configured to be fixed.