JP3097507B2 - Passbook handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for handling passbooks which is used as a kind of abrasive for cleaning the magnetic head of a passbook printer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Problems caused by dirt on a magnetic head of a passbook printer have been increasing, but in the past, personnel and maintenance personnel have periodically cleaned the head. Further, a method of providing a special mechanism for cleaning the magnetic head or a method of setting a cleaning medium on a traveling line of the magnetic head so that the magnetic head can be cleaned at the time of operation has been used. However,
The above-mentioned method increases the work of the staff and maintenance personnel, and can be applied when a special mechanism is provided or when newly considered as a design and development product. However, there is a problem that the automatic cleaning mechanism cannot be applied to the one not designed.

[0003]

As described above, if the magnetic head of the passbook printer can be cleaned without any modification to the old type apparatus and without providing a special cleaning mechanism, it is necessary for the user to clean the apparatus. In spite of being the best method for cleaning, only a method of providing a special cleaning mechanism and a method of installing a cleaning medium on a magnetic head have been proposed. In addition, although some apparatuses have a high transaction frequency or a low transaction frequency, cleaning is performed at the same time period, so that useless work is performed. An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem,
The magnetic head surface for magnetic stripe processing of passbooks can be cleaned without providing a special cleaning mechanism, and the number of regular cleaning work by staff and maintenance personnel is reduced, reducing the failure rate of operating passbook printers It is an object of the present invention to provide a passbook handling device which can perform the passbook. Another object of the present invention is to provide a passbook handling apparatus that can reduce the failure rate of a passbook printer by performing cleaning at a cleaning frequency that matches the use frequency of the apparatus and the difference in use conditions. It is in.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object , in the passbook handling apparatus according to the present invention, a position where no magnetic stripe is provided in order to operate the magnetic head in a place other than the magnetic stripe attaching portion of the passbook. The passbooks are transported to the passbook, and the same operation as reading or writing by the magnetic head is performed at that location, and the magnetic head is rubbed on the paper portion of the passbooks to perform cleaning. Then, the number of activations when the magnetic head reads or writes the contents of the magnetic stripe is counted and stored in the memory,
The cumulative value of the count value is sequentially updated each time reading or writing is performed, and when the cumulative value of the count value reaches a preset value , the magnetic head driving means is operated to clean the surface of the magnetic head .

[0005]

According to the present invention, a passbook or the like, which is also effective as an abrasive, is used as a cleaning medium for cleaning the dirt on the magnetic head. Periodic cleaning work by maintenance personnel and the like can be eliminated, and maintenance can be made free. So
Then, the above operation, the predetermined number of normal passbook transactions as one delimiter, if there are passbook transactions of this number,
The above-described cleaning operation is performed at the last time or the first time after the next break. That is, the number of transactions of passbooks or the number of activations of reading or writing of the magnetic stripe is stored in the device memory, and cleaning is performed when the set number of times is reached, thereby having an effect of regular cleaning based on the frequency of use. Can be.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a passbook handling apparatus showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the correspondence between the passbooks 1, the magnetic stripe 6, and the position of the magnetic head 3. In the passbook transport path 5, the passbook 1 is transported by the transport roller 2, and the magnetic head 3 and the magnetic stripe 6
Stops at the same position in the transport direction. The magnetic head 3 performs reading and writing operations while moving in the direction of the magnetic stripe along the support rail 4.
The cleaning operation according to the present invention includes the magnetic head 3 and the magnetic stripe 6.
By operating the magnetic head 3 in the state 7 in which the passbook is transported to a position where the position in the transport direction does not match,
The paper of the passbook 1 and the magnetic head 3 rub against each other to clean dirt. That is, in the present invention, the magnetic head 3 is cleaned on a sheet portion other than the magnetic stripe portion 6 of the passbook 1. For this purpose, a paper portion or a cleaning medium is arranged on the traveling line of the magnetic head 3.

FIG. 4, FIG. 5, and FIG. 6 are diagrams showing the correspondence between a passbook and a magnetic head showing various specific examples of this embodiment. In the example of FIG. 1, the position of the passbooks 1 is in the state indicated by the broken line indicated by 7 with respect to the magnetic head 3, and the magnetic stripes 6 are arranged individually or considerably apart from each other in the passbooks 1. A paper portion or a cleaning medium is arranged inside the magnetic stripe 6. By moving the magnetic head 3 along the support rail 4 on the cleaning medium, the cleaning medium and the magnetic head 3 rub against each other to clean dirt. In the example of FIG. 4, the paper unit 8 or the cleaning medium 8 is arranged on the traveling line of the magnetic head 3. That is, in this case, the arrangement is applicable when the magnetic stripe 6 is arranged over the entire sheet of the passbook 1. Since it is arranged at the end of the magnetic head 3 on the running line, after reading or writing on the magnetic stripe 6, it runs on the extended line to clean while rubbing against the cleaning medium 8. Is performed. The transfer of the passbooks 1 is performed in the direction 9.

In the example of FIG. 5, when the magnetic head 3 is fixed, the passbooks 1 are read or written on the magnetic stripe 6 by being moved in the transport direction 9 and then extended. Cleaning is performed while rubbing against the cleaning medium 8 on the line. The example of FIG. 6 is applied when the head travel range is wider than the width of the passbook 1. That is, by installing the cleaning medium 8 in a place other than the used medium on the magnetic head travel line, the magnetic head 3 can be placed between the cleaning medium 8 before and after reading or writing on the magnetic stripe 6. Clean while rubbing with each other. The transfer of the passbooks 1 is performed in the direction 9. As a modified example of the present invention, by providing the cleaning medium 8 for the magnetic head 3 at a portion other than the magnetic stripe portion 6, it is possible to clean not only the head but also the transport rollers and the belt. it can. In the present invention, not only a passbook printer, but also a magnetic card, a form,
It can be applied to a VTR, a tape recorder, and the like.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart in the case where cleaning is performed according to the number of activations of magnetic stripe reading in the present invention. First, the passbooks 1 are transported to the position indicated by the solid line 1 in FIG. 1 (step 101). Next, the magnetic head 3
In step 102, the magnetic stripe 6 is read (step 102), and the number of times the magnetic stripe 6 is read is counted (step 103). If the total number exceeds N which has been set (step 104), 7 in FIG. Is carried to the position (step 105). The magnetic head 3 is driven at this position to perform cleaning (step 106). The passbooks 1 are transported again to the position 1 in FIG.
07). This ends the operation of one transaction. Move on to the next transaction. If the number does not exceed N (step 104), the process proceeds to the next transaction operation. As described above, since the cleaning is performed by counting the number of activations of reading of the magnetic stripe 6, the mismatch with the period of the periodic cleaning work due to the difference in the transaction frequency of the apparatus can be prevented, and the frequency can be adjusted. Regular cleaning.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart in the case where cleaning is performed based on the electric output level at the time of reading a magnetic stripe in the present invention. First, the passbooks 1 are transported to the position of the solid line 1 in FIG. 1 (step 201). Next, the magnetic stripe 6 is read by the magnetic head 3 (step 2).
02), it is determined whether or not the output at the time of reading is not more than A volt (step 203). If the output is not more than A volt, the passbook 1 is transported to the broken line 7 in FIG. 1 (step 20).
4), cleaning is performed by driving the magnetic head (step 20).
5). When cleaning is completed, passbooks 1 are replaced with solid lines 1 in FIG.
Again (step 206), and the magnetic stripe is read again (step 207). Then, the process proceeds to the next transaction operation. When the output at the time of reading is equal to or more than A volt, the process proceeds to the next transaction operation. As described above, since cleaning is performed based on the electric output level in reading the magnetic stripe, automatic maintenance including use conditions for each device can be performed, and failure can be prevented. Also, by performing a read or write operation again after cleaning,
Failure due to contamination of the magnetic head can be prevented.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Without providing a special cleaning mechanism, the magnetic head can be cleaned with the conventional apparatus, and the man-hours of the cleaning work by the staff can be reduced. In addition, by counting the number of activations of the magnetic stripe reading and performing cleaning, inconsistency with a periodic cleaning work cycle due to a difference in transaction frequency for each device can be eliminated, and periodic cleaning according to the frequency can be performed. Further, by performing the cleaning based on the electric output level at the time of reading the magnetic stripe, it becomes possible to perform automatic maintenance including usage conditions for each device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart in a case where cleaning is performed according to the number of activations of magnetic stripe reading in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart in a case where cleaning is performed based on an electric output level at the time of reading a magnetic stripe in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a layout view showing a specific example of the present invention when a magnetic stripe and a cleaning medium in a passbook are in the same row.

FIG. 5 is a layout diagram when the magnetic head is fixed and the magnetic stripe and the cleaning medium are in the same row.

FIG. 6 is a layout diagram when the magnetic head travel range is larger than the passbook width and a cleaning medium is arranged outside the passbook.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Passbooks, 2 ... Roller for conveyance, 3 ... Magnetic head, 4 ...
Support rail, 5: transport path, 6: magnetic stripe, 8
... Cleaning medium, 9 ... Convey direction, 7 ... State where the position of the magnetic stripe and the magnetic head do not match.

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Koji Suematsu 1st Ikegami, Haruokacho, Owariasahi City, Aichi Prefecture Inside the Office Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-4-209306 (JP, A) JP-A-53-105718 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06K 7/01 G06K 13/077 G06K 17/00 G11B 5/41

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] In a passbook handling apparatus provided with a magnetic head for reading or writing the contents of a magnetic stripe of a conveyed passbook, the magnetic head is moved to a place other than a magnetic stripe attaching section, A magnetic head driving means for rubbing the passbook paper with the magnetic head , wherein the magnetic head is a magnetic head;
When reading or writing the contents of a tripe
Count the number of starts, store it in memory, read or write
The cumulative value of the count value is sequentially updated at each writing, and the cumulative value of the count value is updated.
When the meter reaches a preset value, the magnetic head
Passbook handling equipment characterized by operating the driving means
Place.