JP4613606B2 - IC card processing apparatus and recording apparatus - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an IC card processing device including an IC socket into which a contact IC card is inserted and a recording device including the IC socket.

Generally, a fixed unit having a storage unit for storing a roll-shaped recording sheet and an open / close unit supported by the fixed side unit so as to be opened and closed can be recorded on a recording sheet fed out of the storage unit to the conveyance path. A recording apparatus that records an image using a head is known (for example, see Patent Document 1). As this type of recording apparatus, an apparatus that prints on a recording sheet such as a sales slip or a receipt based on data such as sales information received from an external apparatus such as a money processing apparatus is known.
JP 2004-82721 A

In recent years, in the above-mentioned recording device, a storage device for storing data such as sales information recorded on a recording sheet such as a sales slip or a receipt for tax return etc. is provided, and the data stored in this storage device is a contact type There is an increasing demand to install a function for downloading to an IC card.

Therefore, the recording apparatus includes an IC socket into which a contact IC card is inserted.
There has been proposed a device equipped with an IC card processing device configured to write data to an IC card inserted into a C socket.

In this type of recording apparatus, for example, due to external static electricity or radio wave noise, an IC socket, various electronic components on a circuit board on which the IC socket is arranged, or an I socket inserted into the IC socket.
Since the IC chip of the C card may be damaged, it is preferable to surround the IC socket with a shield member formed of sheet metal together with the circuit board.

By the way, when enclosing an IC socket with a shield member, an elongated IC card insertion slot must be formed at a position facing the IC socket in the shield member.
If the distance between the long side edges of the IC card insertion slot is made large so that the IC chip terminal of the contact IC card does not come into contact with the card insertion slot, the shielding effect of the shield member will be reduced. The interval should be as small as possible. However, since the IC chip terminals are exposed, if the distance between the long side edges of the IC card insertion slot is reduced,
The terminal of the IC chip of the contact type IC card can easily come into contact with the IC card insertion slot, and the IC card insertion slot may cause damage.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an IC card processing apparatus and a recording apparatus that can solve the above-described problems of the prior art and prevent damage to a contact IC card.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a contact type I in which the terminals of an IC chip are exposed on the surface.
An IC socket into which the C card is inserted, and encloses the IC socket together with the circuit board;
A shield member made of a sheet metal in which an elongated IC card insertion slot is formed at a position facing the socket, and on each long side edge of the IC card insertion slot, the IC chip in the contact IC card A guide piece for guiding the contact type IC card is provided opposite to a portion where the terminal is avoided. According to the above configuration, when the contact type IC card is inserted into the IC socket, the terminals of the IC chip of the contact type IC card do not contact the long side edges of the IC card insertion slot and the guide piece. Since the type IC card is guided by the guide piece, it is possible to prevent damage to the terminals of the IC chip of the contact type IC card.

Further, in the IC card processing apparatus, the guide piece provided on one long side edge is a contact type I that avoids the terminal of the IC chip when the contact type IC card is inserted in the front state.
The guide piece provided at the edge of the other long side while facing the surface of the C card avoids the terminals of the IC chip when the contact type IC card is inserted in the reverse state. The contact IC card is configured to face the surface of the contact IC card. According to the above configuration, even if the user accidentally inserts the contact IC card into the IC socket in the back state, the terminals of the IC chip of the contact IC card are connected to the long side edges of the IC card insertion slot and the guide. Since it does not contact the piece, it is possible to prevent damage to the terminals of the IC chip of the contact type IC card.

Further, in the IC card processing apparatus, the guide piece is formed integrally with the long side edge and is bent inside the shield member.
According to the above configuration, it is only necessary to bend and form the guide piece.
With a simple configuration, it is possible to prevent damage to the terminals of the IC chip of the contact IC card.

In the IC card processing apparatus, the IC socket is mounted on a circuit board,
The circuit board is surrounded by the shield member. According to the above configuration, since the IC socket is mounted on the circuit board, it is not necessary to separately perform wiring work between the IC socket and the circuit board or mounting work to the shield member of the IC socket.
Further, various electronic components on the circuit board are also shielded by the shielding member, and in such a configuration, damage to the terminals of the IC chip of the contact type IC card to be inserted can be prevented.

In a recording apparatus comprising a recording head and recording an image on a recording sheet by the recording head based on data stored in a storage apparatus, a contact IC card with an IC chip terminal exposed on the surface is inserted, An IC socket that writes data stored in a storage device to the IC chip or reads data from the IC chip, and an elongated IC card insertion slot that surrounds the IC socket and faces the IC socket. A shield member made of a sheet metal formed, and the contact-type IC card insertion slot has a long side edge facing the portion of the contact-type IC card that avoids the terminal of the IC chip. A guide piece for guiding the IC card is provided. According to the above configuration,
When the contact type IC card is inserted into the IC socket, the IC chip terminal of the contact type IC card does not come into contact with each long side edge of the IC card insertion slot and the guide piece. Therefore, it is possible to prevent damage to the terminals of the IC chip of the contact type IC card.

According to the present invention, the contact type IC card is guided by the guide piece without the terminal of the IC chip of the contact type IC card contacting the long side edge of the IC card insertion slot and the guide piece.
While the C socket is shielded, it is possible to prevent damage to the terminals of the IC chip of the contact IC card.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view showing the appearance of a printer as a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front perspective view showing the appearance of the printer with a contact IC card inserted. FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional side view showing the printer.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the printer 1 includes a rectangular frame-shaped printer case main body 2 that covers the four sides of the printer, a front opening / closing lid 3 that covers the front portion of the upper surface of the printer, and a rear opening / closing lid that covers the rear portion. 4 and these constitute a printer case. This printer case
It is made of a resin such as plastic. At a position between the open / close lids 3 and 4, there is a recording paper discharge port 5.
Is formed.

An IC card processing device 100 is provided below the printer case. This I
The C card processing apparatus 100 includes a case 101 having an insertion slot 102 into which a contact type IC card 200 is inserted on the front surface. The case 101 is fixed to a lower portion of the printer case with a screw or the like (not shown). The case 101 is formed of a resin such as plastic as with the printer case. An IC chip 20 is placed on the surface 200a of the contact IC card 200.
One gold-plated terminal 202 is exposed. The terminal 202 is formed so as to cover the entire surface of the IC chip 201. The base of the contact type IC card 200 is made of a resin such as plastic.

The rear opening / closing lid 4 is provided with a slide button 6, and when the slide button 6 is operated, the locking mechanism (not shown) is released, and the rear opening / closing lid 4 is flipped up backward, It can be opened.

When the rear opening / closing lid 4 is opened, a storage portion 8 for storing a recording sheet 7 (hereinafter referred to as “roll sheet”) having a certain width wound as a recording sheet in a roll shape as shown in FIG. 3 is exposed. The roll paper 7 stored in the storage unit 8 can be replaced. The roll paper 7 is, for example, a sales slip or a receipt wound in a roll shape.

When the front opening / closing lid 3 is opened, the ribbon cassette mounting portion 10 for detachably mounting the ribbon cassette 9 containing the ink ribbon is exposed, and the ribbon cassette 9 can be replaced. The printer 1 includes a recording head 20, and a head surface 20 a of the recording head 20.
A platen 21 is disposed opposite to the platen 21. The recording head 20 is a dot impact type recording head, and includes a plurality of recording wires (not shown), and roll paper 7 that is conveyed on the platen 21 by selectively projecting the recording wires from the head surface 20a. An image is recorded through an ink ribbon fed out from the ribbon cassette 9.

A printer unit 11 is built in the printer case, and the printer unit 1
1 includes a fixed side unit 12 and an open / close side unit 13 supported by the fixed side unit 12 so that the storage portion 8 provided in the fixed side unit 12 can be opened and closed. The front side opening / closing lid 3 is fixed to the fixed side unit 12, and the rear side opening / closing lid 4 is attached to the opening / closing side unit 13.
Is fixed.

The open / close side unit 13 includes a rotation center shaft 3 provided at a rear end portion of the fixed side unit 12.
6 is supported so as to be swingable up and down around the center.

The stationary unit 12 includes a main body frame 40 formed of iron sheet metal, and a carriage guide shaft 23 is stretched across the front side portion of the main body frame 40 in the width direction.
A head carriage 22 on which the recording head 20 is mounted is supported on the carriage guide shaft 23 so as to be reciprocally movable. The main body frame 40 includes a ribbon frame 41.
Is installed.

The opening / closing unit 13 includes an opening / closing frame 42 formed of iron sheet metal. The rear end portion of the open / close frame 42 is rotatably supported by both end portions of the rotation center shaft 36 fixed to the main body frame 40. The main body frame 40 and the opening / closing frame 42 constitute a printer frame.

The rear portion of the main body frame 40 is formed with a storage portion 8 having an arc-shaped bottom surface that opens upward when viewed from the side. The main body frame 40 includes a base frame 40a and a pair of side frames (not shown) erected on both ends of the base frame 40a.

The roll paper 7 stored in the storage unit 8 is guided to the recording paper conveyance path 15 via a guide roller 14 disposed at the front end portion of the storage unit 8 (downstream of the storage unit 8). This recording paper conveyance path 15
Includes a conveyance path portion 16 slightly inclined upward toward the front, a front gradient path portion 17 rising upward from the front end of the conveyance path portion 16 at a large inclination angle, and the front gradient path portion 17. And a rear slope portion 18 that is inclined rearward from the upper end of the paper and connected to the recording paper discharge port 5. In FIG. 3, the roll paper 7 is indicated by a two-dot chain line.

The conveyance path portion 16 of the recording paper conveyance path 15 is formed by a pair of conveyance guides 16a and 16b. More specifically, the fixed-side transport guide 1 connected to the storage unit 8 of the fixed-side unit 12.
The conveyance path portion 16 of the recording paper conveyance path 15 is formed by 6b and the opening / closing side conveyance guide 16a provided in the opening / closing side unit 13 so as to face the fixed-side conveyance guide 16b with the opening / closing side unit 13 closed. Is done.

A forward inclined path portion 17 following the conveyance path portion 16 is defined by a head surface 20a of the recording head 20 and a platen 21 facing the recording head 20 at a constant interval. Is the recording position. The recording head 20 is disposed in a posture in which the head surface 20a faces rearward and is inclined upward. Corresponding to the inclination of the recording head 20, the surface of the platen 21 is arranged in a state inclined downward toward the front.
The recording head 20 is mounted on a head carriage 22, and the head carriage 22 is
The carriage can be reciprocated along the carriage guide shaft 23 in the same direction as the paper width direction.

On the upper side of the head carriage 22, a ribbon cassette mounting portion 10 is formed. The ribbon cassette mounting portion 10 is also inclined and arranged so as to be directed upward toward the rear. Therefore, the ink ribbon of the ribbon cassette 9 attached here is the recording head 20 and the platen 21.
Can be set so as to be parallel to these.

A rear ramp portion 18 that is continuous with the front ramp portion 17 is defined by a guide plate 28 that extends in a direction bent rearward from the upper end of the platen 21. A paper feeding mechanism including a paper feeding roller 25 and a paper pressing roller 26 is disposed on the rear inclined path portion 18. The roll paper 7 is sandwiched between the paper feed roller 25 and the paper pressing roller 26 and is transported along the recording paper transport path 15 by rotating the paper feed roller 25 by a drive source (not shown).

A vertical automatic cutting unit 30 for cutting the roll paper 7 is located near the recording paper discharge port 5.
Is arranged. The automatic cutting unit 30 includes a fixed blade 31 disposed on the front side, a movable blade 32 disposed on the rear side, and a drive mechanism 33 for operating the movable blade 32 across the conveyance path of the roll paper 7. I have. The movable blade 32 and the drive mechanism 33 are built in the case 34. The roll paper 7 between the fixed blade 31 and the movable blade 32 is cut when the movable blade 32 slides on the upper surface of the fixed blade 31. Further, a cutting blade 35 capable of cutting the roll paper 7 by a manual operation is attached to the front edge portion of the recording paper discharge port 5.

In the printer unit 11, when the rear opening / closing lid 4 that closes the storage unit 8 that stores the roll paper 7 is opened so that the roll paper 7 can be easily exchanged, the printer unit 11 and the storage unit 8 together. The recording paper conveyance path 15 is also configured to be open. For this purpose, one component constituting the recording paper conveyance path 15 is attached to the fixed side unit 12, and the rear opening / closing lid 4 and the recording paper conveyance path 15 are configured to the opening / closing side unit 13 which is the moving side. When the other component is attached and the open / close unit 13 is opened, the storage unit 8 and the fixed-side transport guide 16b are opened.
Is now exposed.

The fixed side unit 12 includes a storage portion 8, a conveyance guide 16 b on the fixed side of the conveyance path portion 16, a recording head 20, a paper pressing roller 26, and a fixed blade 31 of the automatic cutting unit 30.
The open / close side unit 13 includes a conveyance guide 16a of the conveyance path portion 16 and a front inclined path portion 17.
The platen 21 and the guide plate 28 of the rear slope portion 18, the paper feed roller 25, the movable blade 32 of the automatic cutting unit 30, and the drive mechanism 33 are provided. Even when the movable blade 32 is in a cut state due to some failure, that is, when the movable blade 32 is stopped in an intersecting state with the fixed blade 31, the movable blade 32 is located above the fixed blade 31. Can be moved.

Thus, when the opening / closing unit 13 is fully opened, the roll paper 7 can be stored by a simple operation of dropping the roll paper 7 into the storage unit 8 from above. Further, since the recording paper transport path 15 is in an open state, the operation of arranging the roll paper 7 along the recording paper transport path 15 is very simple. Further, when the opening / closing unit 13 is closed and returned to the state shown in FIG. 3, the roll paper 7 passes between the recording head 20 and the platen 21 and between the paper feed roller 25 and the paper pressing roller 26, and the recording paper discharge port. The state drawn from 5 is automatically formed.

A printer control circuit board 51 that controls the entire printer 1 is disposed below the base frame 40 a of the main body frame 40. Below the printer control circuit board 51, a fiscal circuit board 52 that is connected to the printer control circuit board 51 with a cable 53 and controls the IC card processing apparatus 100 is disposed. An IC socket 61 into which the contact type IC card 200 is inserted is mounted on the fiscal circuit board 52. This IC socket 6
1 is surrounded by a shield member 120 made of sheet metal together with the fiscal circuit board 52 on which the IC socket 61 is mounted. Accordingly, it is not necessary to separately perform the wiring work between the IC socket 61 and the fiscal circuit board 52 or the mounting work of the IC socket 61 to the shield member 120.

The IC socket 61 can write data to the IC chip 201 when the contact type IC card 200 is inserted in the front state. When the contact type IC card 200 is inserted in the back state, the IC socket 61 Data cannot be written to the chip 201.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main configuration on each circuit board 51, 52.
An IC chip 201 of the contact type IC card 200 inserted in the fiscal circuit board 52 is provided.
An electronic component such as an IC socket 61 for writing data and an IC socket driving circuit 62 for driving the IC socket 61 is mounted. The printer control circuit board 51 has various parts of the printer 1 (the motors of the recording head 20 and the head carriage 22). A motor 72 for driving the paper feed roller 25, a drive mechanism 33 for the automatic cutting unit 30), and a microcomputer 73 for controlling the drive circuit 72 and the IC socket drive circuit 62 on the fiscal circuit board 52. Electronic components are mounted.

The microcomputer 73 includes a CPU 73a, a ROM 73b, a RAM 73c, and an EEP.
A ROM 73d is provided.
The CPU 73a controls the operation of the printer 1 according to the control program stored in the ROM 73b. The ROM 73b stores a control program and the like. The RAM 73c temporarily stores a control program read by the CPU 73a. EEPROM7
In 3d, data such as sales information recorded on the roll paper 7 such as a sales slip and a receipt, which is taken in from a money processing device (external device) (not shown), is stored.

When the contact IC card 200 is inserted into the IC socket 61, the microcomputer 73 stores the data stored in the EEPROM 73d as the I of the contact IC card 200.
A function of downloading (writing) to the C chip 201 is provided.

5 and 6 are exploded perspective views of the IC card processing apparatus 100. FIG.
The IC card processing apparatus 100 is formed integrally by bending a sheet metal into a substantially U shape.
A side plate 103a, 103b, 103c, and a side plate 103d and a bottom plate 103e integrally formed by bending a sheet metal into a substantially L shape, and a box 103 composed of these side plates 103a-103d and the bottom plate 103e is a case. 101 is arranged inside.

The left and right side plates 103b and 103c are provided with a plurality of screw fixing portions 104 fixed to the case 101 with screws 111, and the bottom plate 103e is provided with a plurality of screw holes 105 for fixing to the side plates 103b and 103c with screws 112. Is provided. With these screws 111 and 112, the case 101 and the box 103 are fixed together. In this manner, a sheet metal box 103 having an open top is fixed inside the case 101. Here, a fiscal circuit board 52 is disposed inside the box 103, and the fiscal circuit board 52 is connected to the side plate 103b.
The plurality of screw fixing portions 106 formed on 103c are fixed with screws 113 from below.

In the lower part of the IC socket 61, as shown in FIG. 6, the IC of a non-contact type IC card (not shown)
A card read / write device 63 capable of reading and writing data from the chip is provided, and a portion of the bottom plate 103e facing the card read / write device 63 is provided with a sheet metal lid 1.
An opening 108 that can be closed at 07 (see FIG. 3) is formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the IC card processing apparatus 100 is fixed to the lower portion of the printer case, so that the upper portion of the box 103 is closed by a base frame 40a formed of sheet metal.
That is, the printer control circuit board 51 and the fiscal circuit board 52 are surrounded by the shield member 120 having the box body 103 formed of iron sheet metal and the base frame 40a.

Now, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the front side plate 103 a has an insertion port 1 for the case 101.
The IC card insertion slot 121 is formed opposite to the IC socket 61 disposed on the fiscal circuit board 52 as opposed to the terminal 02. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the contact type IC card 200 is inserted into the IC socket 61 through the insertion slot 102 of the case 101 and through the IC card insertion slot 121 of the shield member 120.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the IC card insertion slot 121 is formed in an elongated and substantially rectangular shape, and a contact type IC card is provided on each of the long side edges 121 a and 121 b of the IC card insertion slot 121. A plurality of (two in this embodiment) guide pieces 122a and 122b for guiding the 200 to the IC socket 61 are provided.

Each guide piece 122a, 122b is formed by being bent toward the inner side of the shield member 120 while extending toward the inner side of the IC card insertion slot 121 in continuation with the respective long side edge portions 121a, 121b. That is, two guide pieces 122a extend toward the other long side edge 121b and are bent inside the shield member 120 on one long side edge 121a, and the other long side In the edge portion 121b, two guide pieces 122b extend toward the one long side edge portion 121a and are bent to the inside of the shield member 120. Accordingly, the IC card insertion slot 12 is provided by the guide pieces 122a and 122b.
The contact-type IC card 200 that passes through 1 does not contact any of the long side edges 121a and 121b even though it may contact the guide pieces 122a and 122b.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of the IC card insertion slot 121 before the guide pieces 122a and 122b are formed. On both long side edge portions 121a and 121b, tongue pieces 1 serving as guide pieces 122a and 122b are provided.
22a-1 and 122b-1 are formed in a staggered pattern in the longitudinal direction. Furthermore, each tongue piece 122a
The length L of −1, 122b-1 is set to be longer than half the distance W between the long side edge portions 121a, 121b. That is, the guide piece 12 formed on one long side edge 121a.
2a and the guide pieces 122b formed on the other long side edge 121b are arranged in a staggered arrangement. Thus, each tongue piece 122a-1, 122 is made into a staggered arrangement.
In order to make the length L of b-1 longer than the length necessary for forming the guide pieces 122a and 122b, it is not necessary to set the distance W between the long side edge portions 121a and 121b large. Accordingly, the distance W between the long side edge 121a and the long side edge 121b can be reduced, and the shield member 120 can effectively shield static electricity and radio wave noise.

FIG. 9 shows the IC card processing device 100 in which the fiscal circuit board 52 and the IC socket 61 are omitted, showing a case where the contact type IC card 200 is inserted into the IC socket 61 in the front state.
FIG.

The two guide pieces 122a formed on one long side edge 121a are formed by the contact type IC card 2
When 00 is inserted in the front state, it is configured to face the surface 200a of the contact IC card 200 avoiding the terminal 202 of the IC chip 201.

That is, the guide piece 122a formed on the long side edge 121a is connected to the contact IC card 200.
Since the IC chip 201 is opposed to the portion of the IC chip 201 avoiding the terminal 202, the guide piece 122
a is a terminal 202 of the IC chip 201 on the surface 200 a of the contact IC card 200.
Even if it contacts other parts, it does not contact the terminal 202 of the IC chip 201.

In this case, the guide piece 122b formed on the other long side edge 121b is a contact type I
Since it faces the back surface 200b of the C card 200, the IC chip 20 exposed on the front surface 200a.
One terminal 202 is never touched.

Therefore, when the contact type IC card 200 is inserted into the IC socket 61, the terminal 202 of the IC chip 201 of the contact type IC card 200 is connected to the long side edge portion 121 of the IC card insertion slot 121.
a and the contact IC card 200 does not contact the guide piece 122a and the guide piece 122a,
Since it is guided by 122b, the terminal 20 of the IC chip 201 of the contact type IC card 200 is used.
2 damage can be prevented.

FIG. 10 shows the IC card processing apparatus 10 in which the fiscal circuit board 52 and the IC socket 61 are omitted, showing a case where the contact type IC card 200 is inserted into the IC socket 61 in the reverse state.
FIG. That is, a case where the user accidentally inserts the contact type IC card 200 into the IC socket 61 in a reverse state where the front and back sides are reversed is shown.

The two guide pieces 122b formed on the other long side edge portion 121b are connected to the contact type IC card 2.
When 00 is inserted in the reverse state, it is configured to face the surface 200a of the contact IC card 200 avoiding the terminal 202 of the IC chip 201.

That is, the guide piece 122b formed on the long side edge 121b is connected to the contact IC card 200.
Since the IC chip 201 is opposed to the portion of the IC chip 201 avoiding the terminal 202, the guide piece 122
b represents a terminal 202 of the IC chip 201 on the surface 200 a of the contact IC card 200.
Even if it contacts other parts, it does not contact the terminal 202 of the IC chip 201.

In this case, the guide piece 122a formed on one long side edge 121a is a contact type I.
Since it faces the back surface 200b of the C card 200, the IC chip 20 exposed on the front surface 200a.
One terminal 202 is never touched.

Therefore, even if the user accidentally inverts the contact IC card 200 and inserts it into the IC socket 61, the terminal 202 of the IC chip 201 of the contact IC card 200 is I
Without contacting the long side edge 121b and the guide piece 122b of the C card insertion slot 121,
Since the contact IC card 200 is guided by the guide pieces 122a and 122b, the contact IC
Damage to the terminals 202 of the IC chip 201 of the card 200 can be prevented.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on one Embodiment, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the above embodiment relates to a printer including the dot impact type recording head 20, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a printer using an inkjet head as the recording head. Further, the present invention can be applied to a printer using a contact type recording head such as a thermal head.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, two guide pieces 122a are provided in one long side edge 121a,
Although the case where two guide pieces 122b are provided on the other long side edge 121b has been described, the number of guide pieces is not limited to this number as long as the function of guiding the contact IC card 200 is performed. In the case of providing one or three or more guide pieces on the long side edge 121a, or in the case of providing one or three or more guide pieces on the other long side edge 121b. There may be. In this case, each guide piece should just be arrange | positioned so that it may not contact the terminal of IC chip.

In the above embodiment, the EEPROM 7 of the microcomputer 73 is used as the storage device.
Although the case of using 3d has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and any storage device that can rewrite data by a computer may be used. For example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) device or the like may be used.

In the above embodiment, the case where the data in the EEPROM 73d as a storage device is written to the IC chip 201 of the contact IC card 200 by the IC socket 61 is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the contact IC card 200 is not limited thereto. The data written in the IC chip 201 may be read out by the IC socket 61.

1 is a front perspective view showing an external appearance of a printer as a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front perspective view illustrating an appearance of the printer in a state where a contact type IC card is inserted. It is a schematic sectional side view which shows a printer. It is a block diagram which shows the main structures on each circuit board. It is a development perspective view of an IC card processing device. It is a development perspective view of an IC card processing device. It is a fragmentary sectional side view which shows the principal part of an IC card processing apparatus. It is a top view of an IC card insertion slot before a guide piece is formed. It is a partial top view of an IC card processing device including a contact type IC card inserted in a front state. It is a partial top view of an IC card processing apparatus including a contact type IC card inserted in a back state.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Printer (recording apparatus), 7 ... Roll paper (recording sheet), 8 ... Storage part, 20 ... Recording head, 21 ... Platen, 40a ... Base frame (shield member), 52 ... Fiscal circuit board (circuit board), 61 ... IC socket, 73 ... microcomputer, 73d ... EE
PROM (storage device), 100 ... IC card processing device, 101 ... case, 103 ... box (
Shield member), 120 ... Shield member, 121 ... IC card insertion slot, 121a, 121
b ... long side edge, 122a, 122b ... guide piece, 200 ... contact IC card, 200a ...
Surface, 201 ... IC chip, 202 ... terminal.

Claims (5)

An IC socket into which a contact type IC card having the IC chip terminals exposed on the surface is inserted, and an elongated IC that surrounds the IC socket together with the circuit board and faces the IC socket.
A shield member made of a sheet metal in which a card insertion slot is formed,
Each long side edge of the IC card insertion slot is provided with a guide piece for guiding the contact IC card so as to face a portion of the contact IC card that avoids the terminal of the IC chip. An IC card processing device. The guide piece provided on one long side edge is opposed to the surface of the contact IC card that avoids the terminals of the IC chip when the contact IC card is inserted in the front state, and the other The guide piece provided at the edge on the long side faces the surface of the contact IC card that avoids the terminals of the IC chip when the contact IC card is inserted in the reverse state. The IC card processing device according to claim 1, wherein the IC card processing device is configured. 3. The IC card processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide piece is formed integrally with the long side edge and is bent inside the shield member. 4. 4. The IC card processing device according to claim 1, wherein the IC socket is mounted on a circuit board and the circuit board is surrounded by the shield member. 5. In a recording apparatus that includes a recording head and records an image on a recording sheet by the recording head based on data stored in a storage apparatus.
An IC socket in which a contact type IC card with the IC chip terminals exposed on the surface is inserted, and data stored in the storage device is written to the IC chip, or data is read from the IC chip;
A shield member made of a sheet metal that encloses the IC socket and has an elongated IC card insertion slot formed at a position facing the IC socket;
Each long side edge of the IC card insertion slot is provided with a guide piece for guiding the contact IC card so as to face a portion of the contact IC card that avoids the terminal of the IC chip. A recording apparatus.

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