JP4867006B2 - Media processing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus that reads or writes information on a card-like medium such as a bank card or a credit card.

  Conventionally, as a card used in financial institutions to realize cashless and personal authentication, a magnetic card having a magnetic stripe formed on the surface of a plastic substrate and an integrated circuit chip (IC chip) embedded in the plastic substrate In addition, there is an IC card having IC terminals arranged on the surface. Information is recorded or reproduced on the magnetic card or the IC card by a card reader provided with a magnetic head or an IC contact (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The card reader disclosed in Patent Document 1 reads magnetic information stored in a magnetic card by making a magnetic head contact and slide on a magnetic stripe on the surface of the magnetic card, or a new magnetic Write information. In addition, by contacting and abutting an IC contact with a metal terminal (external terminal) on the surface of the IC card, electronic information stored in the IC card is read or new electronic information is written on the IC card. .

  Here, the card reader disclosed in Patent Document 1 is for transporting the magnetic card or IC card inserted from the card insertion slot to a position where magnetic information or electronic information can be read or written. A plurality of conveying rollers and a belt stretched over these rollers are provided. By connecting one of the plurality of transport rollers to the drive motor, the magnetic card or the IC card can be transported to the back of the card reader while being sandwiched by the plurality of rollers. .

  As described above, the card reader disclosed in Patent Document 1 uses a plurality of transport rollers (for example, rubber rollers) when performing card transport. In addition to the conveyance roller, for example, the card may be directly conveyed by a belt, or the card may be conveyed by placing the card on a tray.

JP 2006-031432 A (paragraph number [0033])

  However, in the above-described various card conveyances, there is a problem that the conveyance load varies depending on the form of the card inserted into the card reader.

  More specifically, some cards inserted into the card reader are not only flat and straight cards, but also cards that are curved or partially bent. When the latter card is inserted, pressure is applied to the transport path from the curved portion of the card, and therefore, when the card is moved in the transport path, the former card is inserted. In comparison, greater friction occurs. As a result, when the latter card is inserted, the card transport load increases as compared with the case where the former card is inserted.

  It is difficult to prevent such a variation in the conveyance load due to the form of the card, whether it is the card conveyance by the above-described conveyance roller or belt or the card conveyance performed by placing the card on the tray.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to perform medium processing capable of preventing variations in the transport load even if the form of the card-like medium is somewhat deformed. To provide an apparatus.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following.

(1) In a medium processing apparatus for reading or writing information on a card-like medium, an accommodation member that covers at least a part of the upper and lower surfaces of the card-like medium and accommodates the card-like medium; A drive mechanism that transmits a driving force to the member; and an IC contact that contacts an IC terminal disposed on the surface of the card-like medium and reads or writes information on the card-like medium. member, by the drive mechanism, the accommodating position in which the card-shaped medium is received, and moves between a processing position where reading or writing of information to the card-like medium is performed, the housing member, the A holding member that holds the card-like medium in a state of being accommodated in the accommodation member, and a discharge unit that forcibly ejects the card-like medium from the processing position toward the accommodation position The holding member includes a lower surface plate on which the card-like medium is placed, and an upper surface plate that faces the lower surface plate and covers the upper surface of the card-like medium. Is a pressing member that faces either one of the lower surface plate or the upper surface plate and presses the card-like medium against either the lower surface plate or the upper surface plate, and has an emboss on the surface of the card-like medium. The pressing member is disposed at a position that abuts on the surface of the card-like medium on which the IC terminal and the emboss are not formed, and on the side of the card-like medium on which the emboss is formed. A medium processing apparatus comprising a discharge member .

According to the present invention, the media processing device, over at least a portion of the upper and lower surfaces of a card-like medium, a housing member for accommodating the card-like medium, and a drive mechanism for transmitting the driving force to the housing member, wherein An IC contact that contacts an IC terminal disposed on the surface of the card-like medium and reads or writes information with respect to the card-like medium, from an accommodation position where the card-like medium is accommodated in the accommodation member, The accommodation member can be moved by the drive mechanism up to the processing position where information is read from or written to the card-like medium, resulting in variations in the transport load due to the form of the card-like medium. Can be prevented.
Further, since the above-described medium processing apparatus is provided with an IC contact for reading or writing information on the card-like medium in contact with the IC terminal arranged on the surface of the card-like medium, the IC card. Even if the form is slightly deformed, it is possible to prevent variations in the conveyance load due to the deformation.
Further, in the medium processing apparatus described above, the emboss is formed on the surface of the card-like medium, and the pressing member is disposed at a position that contacts the surface of the card-like medium on which the IC terminal and the emboss are not formed. Since the discharge member is disposed on the card-like medium side where the card is formed, the embossing formed on the surface of the card-like medium can be prevented from being damaged by the pressing member.

  That is, even if the shape of the card-like medium is slightly deformed, the pressure from the curved portion of the card-like medium is applied not to the conveying path but to the containing member by covering at least part of the upper and lower surfaces with the containing member. (The deformation in the form of the card-like medium is absorbed by the housing member). As a result, the above-described drive mechanism moves the accommodating member that accommodates the card-like medium to the inside of the medium processing apparatus (the processing position where information is read from or written to the card-like medium). Even if the shape of the card-like medium is somewhat deformed, the load on the movement of the housing member is not applied for that reason. Therefore, it is possible to prevent variations in the transport load due to the form of the card-like medium.

  In particular, according to the present invention, the actuator can be downsized, and the medium processing apparatus can be downsized and reduced in cost. More specifically, in a general card reader design, an actuator having a certain amount of extra power is used in consideration of a case where the form of the card-like medium is deformed and the card transport load is increased. For this reason, it is difficult to use a small and inexpensive actuator.

  On the other hand, according to the present invention, since it is not necessary to consider the case where the card transport load increases by preventing the variation in the transport load due to the form of the card-like medium, a small and inexpensive actuator is used. However, it is possible to carry out the card appropriately, and as a result, it is possible to reduce the size and cost of the medium processing apparatus.

  Here, the “accommodating member” is intended to accommodate the card-like medium by “covering at least a part of the upper surface and the lower surface” of the card-like medium. Of course, for example, it may have a U-shaped side cross section and cover a part of the upper surface (for example, about half) and a part of the lower surface (for example, about half) of the card-like medium. It is a purpose to include. That is, in the medium processing apparatus according to the present invention, the entire card-like medium does not have to be accommodated inside the accommodating member. Note that “covering” includes not only the case where the housing member and the card-like medium are in contact and covering, but also the case where the housing member and the card-like medium are covered with a predetermined gap.

  Further, the “drive mechanism” is “transmits a driving force to the housing member” from a predetermined drive source such as an actuator, for example, but any transmission method may be used. For example, a driving force may be transmitted from a predetermined driving source via a plurality of spur gears, a driving force may be transmitted via a rack and pinion (small gear), or via a worm and wheel. The driving force may be transmitted, or the driving force may be transmitted via a belt, a rubber roller, or the like.

  Further, the “accommodating position” where the card-like medium is accommodated means a position immediately before the card-like medium is accommodated in the accommodating member and the movement of the accommodating member is started. The “processing position” where information is read or written on the card-like medium means a position immediately after the movement of the housing member is completed. Therefore, when the card-like medium is inserted into the medium processing apparatus (accommodating member), the accommodating member moves from the “accommodating position” to the “processing position”, and information is read or written. When the reading or writing of information is completed, the storage member moves from the “processing position” to the “storage position”, and the card-like medium is discharged.

Moreover , since the holding member which hold | maintains the card-shaped medium in the state accommodated in the accommodation member was provided in the accommodation member mentioned above, the accommodation member is moving immediately before the accommodation member moves. During this, the card-like medium can be prevented from coming out of the accommodating member.

  Here, as the “holding member”, for example, the card-like medium can be pressed against one surface of the housing member by a pressing member described later. (In the direction perpendicular to the thickness direction or the thickness direction) may be sandwiched. In addition, for example, the card-like medium is preliminarily formed with engagement holes, and the accommodation member is provided with an engagement protrusion that engages with the engagement hole. The card-like medium may be prevented from coming out of the accommodating member by engaging the mating protrusion.

Furthermore, since the above-described storage member is provided with a discharge member that forcibly discharges the card-shaped medium from the processing position toward the storage position, the card-shaped medium is clogged inside the medium processing apparatus for some reason. In some cases, the card-like medium can be discharged from the medium processing apparatus using this discharge member.

Further, the housing member described above includes a lower surface plate on which the card-like medium is placed, and an upper surface plate that faces the lower surface plate and covers the upper surface of the card-like medium. Further, the holding member described above is a pressing member that faces either one of the lower surface plate or the upper surface plate and presses the card-like medium to either the lower surface plate or the upper surface plate . Therefore, it is possible to card-shaped medium is prevented quite sure that the exit from the housing member.

( 2 ) The housing member is a box having a lower surface plate on which the card-like medium is placed and an upper surface plate that faces the lower surface plate and covers the upper surface of the card-like medium, The medium processing apparatus is characterized in that the shaped medium is accommodated in the accommodating member by opening and closing the upper surface plate.

  According to the present invention, the housing member described above is a box having a lower surface body on which a card-like medium is placed and an upper surface plate that faces the lower surface body and covers the upper surface of the card-like medium, Since the medium is accommodated in the accommodating member by opening and closing the upper surface plate, the entire medium is covered by the accommodating member of the box, so that whatever the form of the card-like medium is (for example, Even when the corner of the card-like medium is bent), the deformation can be absorbed.

  As for “opening and closing of the upper surface plate”, the card-shaped medium is opened to such an extent that it can be placed in the accommodating member, and is closed to the extent that the accommodating member does not interfere with the movement from the accommodating position to the processing position. It ’s enough.

( 3 ) The medium processing apparatus, wherein the storage member includes a sensor that detects the completion of the storage of the card-like medium and starts driving by the drive mechanism.

  According to the present invention, the storage member described above is provided with a sensor that detects the completion of the storage of the card-like medium and starts driving by the drive mechanism. It is possible to smoothly shift to the movement of the housing member, which can contribute to rapid medium processing.

As described above, according to the present invention, even if the form of the card-like medium is slightly deformed, it is possible to prevent variations in the transport load. In addition, the actuator can be downsized to contribute to downsizing and cost reduction of the medium processing apparatus.
Further, since the above-described medium processing apparatus is provided with an IC contact for reading or writing information on the card-like medium in contact with the IC terminal arranged on the surface of the card-like medium, the IC card. Even if the form is slightly deformed, it is possible to prevent variations in the conveyance load due to the deformation.
Further, in the medium processing apparatus described above, the emboss is formed on the surface of the card-like medium, and the pressing member is disposed at a position that contacts the surface of the card-like medium on which the IC terminal and the emboss are not formed. Since the discharge member is disposed on the card-like medium side where the card is formed, the embossing formed on the surface of the card-like medium can be prevented from being damaged by the pressing member.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a mechanical configuration of a card reader 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, an IC card 20 having an IC terminal 20a on the surface is considered as a card-like medium for reading or writing information. However, what kind of card-like medium is used in applying the present invention? Absent.

  The card reader 1 shown in FIG. 1 mainly includes a housing member 11 that houses about half of the IC card 20 and a drive mechanism 12 that transmits a driving force for moving the housing member 11.

  The housing member 11 has a card insertion slot 11a, and when the IC card 20 is inserted, the cross section is U-shaped so that at least a part of the upper and lower surfaces of the IC card 20 can be covered. It has become. That is, the housing member 11 has a lower surface plate on which the IC card 20 is placed, and an upper surface plate that faces the lower surface plate and covers the upper surface of the IC card 20. A processing hole 11b is formed.

  The information processing hole 11b is a hole for bringing the IC contact (block) 17 (see FIG. 3) into contact with the IC terminal 20a on the surface of the IC card 20. In other words, the contact (contact) between the IC terminal 20a and the IC contact 17 is allowed by the information processing hole 11b. Although not visible in FIG. 1, the IC contact 17 is held by an IC contact holding member 15a on the back side of the spring member 15 (side facing the IC card 20). Further, the bent portion 15 d of the spring member 15 is fixed to the main body of the card reader 1. The flexible substrate 26 is made of a flexible material, and one end thereof is attached to the IC contact 17 and the other end is attached to the housing member 11.

  A rack 14 that meshes with the pinion gear 12f is provided at the left end portion of the upper surface plate of the housing member 11 when viewed from the insertion direction of the IC card 20. Then, the driving force from the actuator 13 is transmitted to the housing member 11 via the driving mechanism 12 and the rack 14.

  The drive mechanism 12 includes a plurality of interlocking gears 12a to 12e and a pinion gear 12f, and can transmit the driving force to the pinion gear 12f as the rotation shaft of the actuator 13 rotates. In particular, in this embodiment, the deceleration ratio is set high. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the housing member 11 from being displaced in the middle of housing the IC card 20 in the housing member 11. That is, for example, when the bent IC card 20 is pushed into the housing member 11, the drive mechanism 12 having a high reduction ratio can function as a stopper for preventing the housing member 11 from moving to the processing position.

  Note that a sensor 18 (see FIG. 4) that detects the completion of housing of the IC card 20 and starts driving by the drive mechanism 12 is provided inside the housing member 11. The mechanical configuration of the sensor 18 is as follows. This will be described later with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the rack and pinion has been described as an example of the drive mechanism 12. However, for example, the pinion gear 12f and the rack 14 may be replaced with a rubber roller and a rubber belt, and in addition, a wire, a lead screw, and a worm and wheel. Any mechanism may be used as long as it can transmit the driving force from the actuator 13 to the housing member 11.

On the other hand, a leaf spring 16 is provided at the right end portion of the upper surface plate of the housing member 11 when viewed from the insertion direction of the IC card 20. The leaf spring 16 has a contact portion 16 a that contacts the IC card 20. The contact portion 16 a faces the lower surface plate of the housing member 11 and presses the IC card 20 against the lower surface plate. As a result, the IC card 20 can be held in the state of being accommodated in the accommodating member 11. Also, after the yield capacity member 11 starts to move once, so that from the IC card 20 comes out of the accommodation member 11 can be prevented securely.

  In the present embodiment, the contact portion 16a faces the lower surface plate and presses the IC card 20 in the direction in which the lower surface plate is located. Conversely, the IC card 20 faces the upper surface plate and raises the IC card 20 upward. The face plate may be pressed in a certain direction. In the present embodiment, the leaf spring 16 is provided at the right end portion of the upper surface plate of the housing member 11 when viewed from the insertion direction of the IC card 20, but this installation location may be any location. . However, an emboss 20b is formed on the surface of the IC card 20 shown in FIG. 1, and this emboss 20b is formed on the left end portion of the surface of the IC card 20 when viewed from the insertion direction of the IC card 20. Is common. Therefore, as in this embodiment, by providing the leaf spring 16 at the right end portion of the upper surface plate of the housing member 11 when viewed from the insertion direction of the IC card 20, the emboss 20 b is caused by the contact portion 16 a of the leaf spring 16. It can be prevented from being damaged. If the contact portion 16a of the leaf spring 16 rides on the emboss 20b many times, the leaf spring 16 may be prematurely deteriorated, but such a problem can be solved.

  In the present embodiment, the leaf spring 16 is described as an example of the holding member that holds the IC card 20 in the state of being housed in the housing member 11. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, two plates. The IC card 20 may be sandwiched and held in the thickness direction of the IC card 20 (or a direction orthogonal thereto) using the spring 16.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining how the housing member 11 is moved by the drive mechanism 12. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view for explaining how the housing member 11 is moved by the drive mechanism 12. 2A and 3A show a state before the IC card 20 is inserted into the card reader 1. FIG. In FIG. 3, an alternate long and short dash line X indicates an outer frame (front panel) of a device in which the card reader 1 is incorporated. That is, the card reader 1 side from the alternate long and short dash line X cannot be visually recognized from the outside.

  First, the IC card 20 is inserted into the card insertion slot 11a of the card reader 1 (accommodating member 11). When the IC card 20 is inserted all the way into the housing member 11, the insertion of the IC card 20 is completed (see FIGS. 2B and 3B). The position of the accommodating member 11 shown in FIGS. 2B and 3B is an “accommodating position” where the IC card 20 is accommodated. That is, the position immediately before the movement of the housing member 11 is started.

  Here, a sensor 18 for starting driving by the driving mechanism 12 is provided in the back of the housing member 11. The mechanical configuration of the sensor 14 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the sensor 18 is provided in the back of the housing member 11. 4 (b) and 4 (c) are enlarged views of the square frame shown in FIG. 4 (a).

  A push switch is provided as a sensor 18 at the back of the housing member 11 (see FIG. 4B), and when the tip of the IC card 20 in the insertion direction collides with the sensor 18 (see FIG. 4C), An IC card accommodation completion signal is sent from the sensor 18 to an information processing unit (not shown) of the card reader 1. The information processing unit that has received this transmits a drive signal to the actuator 13. As a result, the rotation shaft of the actuator 13 starts to rotate, the driving force is transmitted to the housing member 11 via the drive mechanism 12, and the housing member 11 starts moving.

  In the present embodiment, the sensor 18 is disposed behind the housing member 11, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the sensor 18 may be disposed anywhere on the housing member 11. In the present embodiment, a push switch is used as an example of the sensor 18, but an optical switch using a light emitting element and a light receiving element can also be used.

  After the housing member 11 starts moving from the “housing position”, the movement of the housing member 11 stops when it moves to a position where information is read from or written to the IC card 20 (FIG. 2 (c) and (Refer FIG.3 (c)). The position of the housing member 11 shown in FIGS. 2C and 3C is a “processing position” where information is read from or written to the IC card 20 via the IC contact 17. That is, it means a position immediately after the movement of the housing member 11 is completed.

  The process until the information is read or written to the IC card 20 will be described more specifically. First, the IC card 20 is inserted into the housing member 11, and the movement of the housing member 11 is started by the sensor 18 (see FIG. 3B). Thereafter, the tip of the housing member 11 comes into contact with 15c per degree of the IC contact holding member 15a. Then, the accommodating member 11 further moves to the back side of the apparatus (right side in FIG. 3), and the IC contact holding member 15a (IC contact 17) supported by the guide pin 15b moves in a direction approaching the accommodating member 11. . The IC contact holding member 15a stops moving to the back side of the apparatus by the stopper 25. At this time, since the IC contact holding member 15a is moving in the direction approaching the housing member 11, the IC contact 17 and the IC terminal 20a of the IC card 20 are in contact with each other, and IC communication is performed. When the storage member 11 returns to the storage position, the reverse operation is performed. In this embodiment, the IC contact holding member 15a is brought close to the IC card 20 through the guide pin 15b. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, using one or a plurality of link mechanisms, the IC contact holding member 15a is held. The member 15a may be brought into contact with or separated from (separated from) the IC card 20.

  As described above, in the card reader 1 according to the present embodiment, the housing member 11 receives the driving force from the actuator 13 via the driving mechanism 12 and moves back and forth in the IC card insertion direction or the opposite direction (slide). (Fig. 2 and Fig. 3).

  Here, consider a case where the IC card 20 is slightly deformed. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the curved IC card 20 is inserted into the card reader 1.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the IC card 20 inserted into the card reader 1 is curved and warped. However, even if it is IC card 20 of such a form, as shown in FIG.5 (b), when it is inserted in the card insertion slot 11a of the accommodating member 11, it will become a flat and straight form inside the accommodating member 11. FIG. It becomes a close form. That is, the curvature of the curved portion 20 c of the IC card 20 is reduced by the housing member 11. In this state, the housing member 11 in which the IC card 20 is housed moves to the predetermined position described above (FIG. 5C). As described above, even if the IC card 20 is slightly deformed, the card is not transferred from the curved portion 20c of the IC card 20 when the card is transported (FIG. 5B → FIG. 5C). By causing the pressure to be applied not to the transport path but to the housing member 11 and absorbing the deformation in the form of the IC card 20 by the housing member 11, it is possible to prevent the card transport load from increasing.

[Effect of the embodiment]
As described above, according to the card reader 1 according to this embodiment, even if the IC card 20 is flat and straight, or the IC card 20 is curved or partially bent. Even if it exists, since the movement itself of the accommodating member 11 is performed by the drive mechanism 12, it is possible to prevent the variation in the transport load due to the form of the IC card 20. And by suppressing the variation in the transport load, the card can be transported appropriately using a small and inexpensive actuator.

Further, by pressing the IC card 20 accommodated in the accommodating member 11 by the contact portion 16a of the leaf spring 16, it is possible to prevent the IC card 20 from coming out of the accommodating member .

  Further, the sensor 18 is provided at the bottom of the housing member 11, and when the housing of the IC card 20 is completed, the housing member 11 is smoothly moved to contribute to a rapid medium processing.

  In the card reader 1 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, a discharge member 19 for forcibly discharging the IC card 20 from the “processing position” of the storage member 11 toward the “storage position” is provided. It has been.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the forced discharge function of the discharge member 19.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the discharge member 19 includes a knob portion 19 a that is pinched and pulled by an operator, and a scratch portion 19 b that is connected to the knob portion 19 a and pulls out the IC card 20. When the discharge member 19 is not used, as shown in FIG. 1, the knob portion 19a has a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the card insertion direction. When the storage member 11 is in the “processing position” and the storage member 11 cannot be returned to the “storage position” due to some trouble, the operator raises a part of the knob portion 19a (FIG. 6 ( a)) Pull the knob portion 19a forward as it is. Then, since the bent end of the scratched portion 19b is hooked on the end portion of the IC card 20, the IC card 20 is forcibly ejected as the knob portion 19a is pulled (FIG. 6B).

  Thus, even if the IC card 20 is clogged in the card reader 1, the IC card 20 can be discharged from the card reader 1 using the discharge member 19.

[Modification]
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the housing member 11 </ b> A showing a modification regarding the form of the housing member 11. FIG. 7A shows the form of the housing member 11 in the above-described embodiment (however, the information processing hole 11b provided in a part of the upper surface plate is not shown).

  As shown in FIG. 7B, the accommodating member 11A is provided with a notch 11c in the vicinity of the card insertion slot 11a. Thereby, when taking out a card | curd from 11 A of accommodation members, it can make it easy to take out.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the housing member 11 </ b> B showing a modification example regarding the form of the housing member 11.

  The housing member 11B shown in FIG. 8 is a box having a lower surface plate 11Bb on which the IC card 20 is placed and an upper surface plate 11Ba that covers the upper surface of the IC card 20 so as to face the lower surface plate 11Bb. The top plate 11Ba can be opened and closed.

  When accommodating the IC card 20 in the accommodating member 11B, the upper surface plate 11Ba is opened, and the IC card 20 is accommodated from the opened gap (see FIG. 8A). The accommodating member 11B moves to the inside of the card reader 1 while sliding on the support plate 31 by a belt, a wire, or the like (see FIG. 8B). When the end (front side end) of the housing member 11B moves to the tip of the support plate 31, the support plate 31 moves into the card reader 1 together with the housing member 11B (see FIG. 8C).

  Thus, as an example of the housing member, a box-shaped housing member 11B as shown in FIG. 8 may be used. Even the housing member 11 </ b> B can cover the upper and lower surfaces of the IC card 20, so that it is possible to absorb the deformation in the form of the IC card 20. In the housing member 11B, similarly to the housing member 11, the sensor 18 is attached (see FIG. 4), the discharge member 19 is attached (see FIG. 6), or the IC contact 17 is brought into contact with the IC terminal 20a. For example, an information processing hole 11b may be formed (see FIG. 1).

  The medium processing apparatus according to the present invention is useful as a device that can prevent variations in the transport load due to the form of the card-like medium.

It is a perspective view which shows the machine structure of the card reader which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view for demonstrating a mode that an accommodating member moves with a drive mechanism. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating a mode that an accommodating member moves with a drive mechanism. It is a figure which shows a mode that the sensor is provided in the back of the accommodating member. It is sectional drawing which shows a mode that the curved IC card is inserted in a card reader. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the forced discharge function of a discharge member. It is the schematic of the accommodation member which shows the modification regarding the form of an accommodation member. It is the schematic of the accommodation member which shows the modification regarding the form of an accommodation member.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card reader 11 Housing member 12 Drive mechanism 12a-12e Interlocking gear 12f Pinion gear 13 Actuator 14 Rack 15 Spring member 15a IC contact holding member 16 Leaf spring 17 IC contact 18 Sensor 19 Discharge member 20 IC card

Claims (3)

In a medium processing apparatus that reads or writes information on a card-like medium,
An accommodation member that covers at least a part of the upper and lower surfaces of the card-like medium and accommodates the card-like medium;
A driving mechanism for transmitting a driving force to the housing member;
An IC contact that abuts on an IC terminal disposed on the surface of the card-like medium and reads or writes information on the card-like medium ,
The storage member is moved by the drive mechanism from a storage position where the card-like medium is stored to a processing position where information is read from or written to the card-like medium ,
The housing member includes a holding member that holds the card-like medium in a state of being housed in the housing member, and a discharge member that forcibly ejects the card-like medium from the processing position toward the housing position,
The housing member includes a lower surface plate on which the card-like medium is placed, and an upper surface plate that faces the lower surface plate and covers the upper surface of the card-like medium,
The holding member is a pressing member that faces either one of the lower surface plate or the upper surface plate and presses the card-like medium against either the lower surface plate or the upper surface plate,
An emboss is formed on the surface of the card-like medium, and the pressing member is disposed at a position that contacts the surface of the card-like medium on which the IC terminal and the emboss are not formed, and the emboss is formed. The medium processing apparatus, wherein the discharge member is arranged on the card-like medium side . The accommodating member is a box having a lower surface plate on which the card-like medium is placed and an upper surface plate that faces the lower surface plate and covers the upper surface of the card-like medium,
The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the card-like medium is accommodated in the accommodating member by opening and closing the upper surface plate. The housing member is configured to detect a receiving completion of the card media, the media processing device according to claim 1, wherein further comprising a sensor for starting driving by the drive mechanism.

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