JP4844990B2 - Information visible card processing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a structure of an information visible card processing device that performs processing of an information visible card capable of displaying visual information, and more particularly, to apply an information visible card to a magnetic head for visual information processing. The present invention relates to the structure of a pressure roller.
[0002]
[Prior art]
An information visible card having a visual information display function is, for example, a visible magnetic card in which magnetic powder or the like is enclosed between a magnetic medium layer and a transparent layer, and an arrangement state of magnetic powder due to magnetism of the magnetic medium layer can be seen through. This is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-290868. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, an information visible card 10 (product example “VISMAC”; manufactured by Nippon Signal Co., Ltd.) having a display portion 10 </ b> A in which magnetic powder is magnetized in a desired shape is provided on the card surface. Has been. A conventional information visible card processing apparatus that performs visual information display processing on the information visible card 10 as described above is an element for magnetizing the display unit 10A of the inserted information visible card 10 to display visual information. It has parts.
[0003]
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a main part of a conventional information visible card processing apparatus. In the configuration example of FIG. 4, the information visible card 10 inserted into the processing device is sandwiched between the transport belts 21 wound around the pair of transport rollers 20 and transported inside the device. A magnetic head 2 and a pressure roller 100 for visual information processing are arranged at a position along the conveyance path of the information visible card 10 with a conveyance surface interposed therebetween, and the conveyance roller 22 and an additional roller are arranged in the front-rear direction of the magnetic head. The pressure rollers 23 are arranged with the conveyance surface interposed therebetween. The information visible card 10 conveyed to the position of the magnetic head 2 is magnetized by the display unit 10A sliding on the top surface of the magnetic head 2 while being pressed in the direction of the magnetic head by the pressure roller 100. Visual information display processing is performed.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional information visible card processing apparatus as described above has a drawback in that the durability of the information visible card 10 is lowered due to the structure of the component parts that perform the visual information display processing. That is, in the conventional information visible card processing apparatus, as shown in the front view of FIG. 5 showing the state near the magnetic head 2 and the side view of FIG. 6, the pressure roller 100 whose circumferential surface is finished flat is used. A structure in which the information visible card 10 is pressurized to the magnetic head 2 side has been adopted. On the other hand, the structure of the magnetic head 2 for visual information processing is a planar belt-like structure that performs magnetization processing on the display unit 10A of the information visible card 10 as shown in the plan view of the top surface of FIG. A plurality of magnetization processing head portions 2A are arranged at a predetermined interval with their longitudinal directions aligned with the card conveying direction, and magnetization processing corresponding to each dot forming visual information is performed by each magnetization processing head portion 2A. Done. In addition, the code | symbol 2B in FIG. 7 has shown the gap.
[0005]
As described above, the magnetization process for the display unit 10 </ b> A of the information visible card 10 is performed only on the portion corresponding to each magnetization processing head unit 2 </ b> A of the magnetic head 2, and is not performed on other portions. However, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 8, the display unit 10A of the information visible card 10 is uniformly pressed against the magnetic head 2 by the pressure roller 10 having a flat circumferential surface. The magnetic powder or the like is crushed to a portion that does not correspond to the dot forming the visual information, and the durability of the display unit 10A is reduced.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, by improving the pressing mechanism of the information visible card to the magnetic head, the information visible card processing apparatus which aimed at improving the durability of the information visible cards to be processed The purpose is to provide.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an information visible card processing apparatus according to the present invention conveys an information visible card capable of displaying visual information by pressing it in the direction of a magnetic head with a pressure roller, and transfers the information visible card to the information visible card. On the other hand, an information visible card processing device having a function of performing visual information display processing by the magnetic head, wherein the pressure roller has a circumferential surface formed with irregularities along the rotation axis direction, and Each of the convex portions that are continuous in the circumferential direction on the circumferential surface is arranged to correspond to each of a plurality of planar belt-shaped magnetization processing head portions arranged on the top surface of the magnetic head. Is.
[0009]
In the information visible card processing apparatus using the pressure roller having the above structure, the conveyed information visible card is pressed in the direction of the magnetic head by the convex portions of the pressure roller and is in sliding contact with the top surface of the magnetic head. The visual information display processing is performed by each magnetization processing head portion of the magnetic head. At this time, each portion of the information visible card facing the concave portion of the pressure roller is not directly subjected to the force from the pressure roller, so that the influence on the durability due to the display processing of the visual information is avoided. Become.
[0010]
In addition, it is desirable that at least each of the convex portions is formed of a material having elasticity with respect to the pressure roller. Specifically, it is preferable to use ethylene / propylene rubber. By using such a material, the visual information display processing has an effect on the durability while securing the pressurizing force necessary for the magnetization processing for the portion corresponding to each magnetization processing head portion of the information visible card. It will be reduced.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a configuration in the vicinity of a magnetic head in the information visible card processing apparatus of this embodiment. However, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part similar to the structure of the conventional information visible card processing apparatus mentioned above. The main configuration of the entire information visible card processing apparatus is the same as that shown in FIG. 4, and the front view of the vicinity of the magnetic head is the same as that shown in FIG. .
[0012]
In FIG. 1, the information visible card processing apparatus according to the present embodiment has irregularities along the direction of the rotation axis instead of the pressure roller 100 having a flat circumferential surface used in the conventional information visible card processing apparatus. A pressure roller 1 having a formed circumferential surface is provided. In addition, the structure of parts other than the said pressure roller 1 is the same as that of the structure of the conventional information visible card processing apparatus.
[0013]
The unevenness formed on the circumferential surface of the pressure roller 1 is such that each convex portion 1A is formed at a position corresponding to each magnetization processing head portion 2A of the magnetic head 2 shown in FIG. Each convex part 1A which continues in the rotation direction (circumferential direction) has a shape arranged in parallel at a required interval. As the material of each convex portion 1A, it is preferable to use a material having elasticity such as ethylene / propylene rubber (EPDM). Although not shown, the pressure roller 1 receives a force from an elastic member attached to the case of the information visible card processing apparatus and is biased toward the magnetic head 2 side. FIG. 1 shows a case where the convex portion 1A of the pressure roller 1 is formed at a position corresponding to each of the magnetization processing head portions 2A of the magnetic head 2 and the outside thereof. Each convex part 1A formed on the outer side of the part 2A can be omitted.
[0014]
In the information visible card processing apparatus configured using the pressure roller 1 as described above, the inserted information visible card 10 is sandwiched between the conveyor belts 21 and conveyed into the apparatus (see FIG. 4), and the magnetic head 2, as shown in the enlarged view of FIG. 2, the upper surface of the display unit 10 </ b> A of the information visible card 10 comes into contact with each convex part 1 </ b> A of the pressure roller 1 and is pressed in the direction of the magnetic head 2. The lower surface of the magnetic medium layer 10B positioned below the display unit 10A is in sliding contact with the top surface of the magnetic head 2. Thereby, each part of the magnetic medium layer 10B corresponding to each magnetization processing head part 2A of the magnetic head 2 is magnetized according to visual information, and the magnetic powder in the display part 10A has a desired shape due to the magnetism of the magnetic medium layer 10B. Arranged.
[0015]
At this time, each portion of the display portion 10A facing the groove (concave portion) located between the convex portions 1A of the pressure roller 1 does not directly receive the force from the pressure roller 1, so that the magnetic head 2 It is possible to avoid the magnetic powder existing in a portion that does not require magnetization processing, that is, a portion not corresponding to each magnetization processing head portion 2A of the magnetic head 2 from being crushed by the action of the force from the pressure roller 1. . Further, if a material having elasticity such as EPDM is used for each convex portion 1A of the pressure roller 1, a portion corresponding to each magnetization processing head portion 2A of the magnetic head 2 while ensuring a pressing force necessary for the magnetization processing. It is possible to reduce the possibility that the magnetic powder present in the crush will be crushed.
[0016]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, an information visible card processing device capable of improving the durability of the information visible card 10 can be realized by improving the structure of the pressure roller 1. .
In the above-described embodiment, the case where the display processing of visual information is performed by one magnetic head has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a magnetic head for writing visual information and a magnetic head for erasing are used. Applicable to a configuration provided with a plurality of magnetic heads arranged in a card transport direction by applying the same structure as in the above embodiment as a pressure roller corresponding to each magnetic head. It is. Further, as the functional configuration of the information visible card processing device, only the function of performing the visual information display processing has been described. However, the information visible card processing device according to the present invention is a process other than the visual information display processing, for example, A known card processing function such as storage / update processing of magnetic data for the magnetic stripe provided in the information visible card may be provided.
[0017]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the information visible card processing apparatus according to the present invention is configured so that the force from the pressure roller is information by forming irregularities on the circumferential surface of the pressure roller corresponding to each magnetization processing head of the magnetic head. Since the portion that does not correspond to each magnetization processing head of the visible card does not directly act, it is possible to avoid the influence on the durability due to the display processing of the visual information. This makes it possible to realize an information visible card processing apparatus that improves the durability of the information visible card to be processed. In addition, by using an elastic material for each convex part of the pressure roller, it is possible to secure a pressing force necessary for the magnetization process for each part corresponding to each magnetization processing head part of the information visible card. However, it is possible to reduce the influence on durability due to the visual information display processing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a side view showing a configuration near a magnetic head according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view for explaining the state of the information visible card pressed in the magnetic head direction by the pressure roller in the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a general information visible card.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a main part of a conventional information visible card processing apparatus.
FIG. 5 is a front view showing a state near a magnetic head in a conventional information visible card processing apparatus.
FIG. 6 is a side view showing a state near a magnetic head in a conventional information visible card processing apparatus.
FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the structure of a magnetic head used in a conventional information visible card processing apparatus.
FIG. 8 is an enlarged view for explaining a state of the information visible card pressed in the magnetic head direction by the pressure roller in the conventional information visible card processing apparatus.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pressure roller 1A Convex part 2 Magnetic head 2A Magnetization processing head part 10 Information visible card 10A Display part 10B Magnetic medium layer

Claims (3)

Information having a function of conveying an information visible card capable of displaying visual information while being pressed in the direction of the magnetic head by a pressure roller, and performing visual information display processing on the information visible card by the magnetic head. A visible card processing device,
The pressure roller has a circumferential surface formed with irregularities along the rotation axis direction, and each convex portion continuous in the circumferential direction on the circumferential surface is disposed on the top surface of the magnetic head. An information visible card processing device, wherein the information visible card processing device is arranged so as to correspond to each of the plurality of planar belt-shaped magnetization processing head portions.   2. The information visible card processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pressure roller is formed using a material in which at least each of the convex portions has elasticity.   3. The information visible card processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the material of each convex portion of the pressure roller is ethylene / propylene rubber.

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