JP5293511B2 - Cleaning card and cleaning method for card processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-cost cleaning card which has enough rigidity against contact pressure of a roller disposed at a card slot and is easy to be introduced inside a card processor, and to provide a cleaning method using the same. <P>SOLUTION: The cleaning card having a virtually square flat shape includes: a laminated body in which a fibre layer is formed at least on one surface side of a core member via a first adhesive layer; and a rigidity reinforcement sheet from one end to the other at least on one side of the cleaning card via a second adhesive layer on at least on one surface side of the laminated body. In the cleaning card, the rigidity reinforcement sheet is 5 to 20 mm long from the side of the card toward a side on the other side, a compression amount of the laminated body and core material is larger than 1.4 mm, and a compression amount of the part which has the rigidity reinforcement sheet, of the cleaning card is 0.4 to 1.4 mm. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cleaning card and a cleaning method for a card processing apparatus having a card insertion slot using the cleaning card.

  2. Description of the Related Art In a card processing device (hereinafter, also simply referred to as “device”) that has a card insertion slot and processes a card such as a magnetic card, ID card, or IC card inside the device, Dust or dust around the device, or hair or sebum caused by the user, or debris such as component scrap generated by driving the components inside the device is written into the card of the device and the information recorded on the card This is a cause of deterioration in processing performance such as reading and card conveyance.

  Therefore, in general, in a card processing apparatus having a card insertion slot, a cleaning card provided with a fiber material such as a nonwoven fabric on one side of the core material is inserted from the insertion slot to clean the inside of the apparatus in order to remove the above-mentioned dust. Cleaning is performed to collect dust inside the apparatus by passing a card.

  In Patent Document 1, as such a cleaning card, a super extra fine fiber woven knitted fabric laminate formed by laminating super extra fine fiber woven knitted fabric on at least one surface of a resin sheet is disclosed.

  In general, the card insertion slot is provided with one or a plurality of rollers for introducing a card to be processed into the apparatus, and this roller contacts the card to grab the card, and the roller for grabbing the card. As the card rotates, the card is introduced into the apparatus.

  However, in the conventional cleaning card, the core material is made of paper or fiber cloth having low rigidity, and the rigidity of the portion including the core material and the fiber material is the rigidity of the card such as an IC card to be processed by the card processing apparatus. It was low compared. Therefore, when the cleaning card is inserted into the card insertion slot, as shown in FIG. 1, the cleaning card 140 is bent by the pressure when the roller 150 comes into contact with the cleaning card 140 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as buckling). ), The roller could not grasp the cleaning card, and it was difficult to introduce the cleaning card into the apparatus. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an example of a cleaning card and a roller in the card insertion slot, and the cleaning card 140 is represented by a thin line for simplicity of explanation.

  The above problem can be addressed by changing the type and thickness of the core of the cleaning card to increase the rigidity of the cleaning card. However, a new cleaning card can be manufactured by changing the type and thickness of the core. This is accompanied by a change in the manufacturing equipment, which takes time and cost.

  For this reason, there is a demand for a low-cost cleaning card that has sufficient rigidity with respect to the contact pressure of the roller at the card insertion slot and that can be easily introduced into the apparatus, and a simple cleaning method.

JP-A-6-335998

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has a low-cost cleaning card that has sufficient rigidity with respect to the contact pressure of the roller of the card insertion slot and can be easily introduced into the inside of the apparatus. It is an object to provide a cleaning method.

  As a result of intensive studies by the present inventors, a rigid reinforcing sheet having a specific size or more is provided to reinforce the rigidity at the portion where the roller on the insertion direction side of one surface of the conventional cleaning card with insufficient rigidity comes into contact. Thus, the present inventors have found that the roller can easily grasp the cleaning card and that the cleaning card can be easily introduced into the apparatus, thereby completing the present invention.

That is, the first cleaning card according to the present invention is a cleaning card having a substantially square planar shape,
On at least one surface side of the laminate in which the fiber layer is provided on at least one surface side of the core material via the first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer is provided from one end to the other end of at least one side of the cleaning card. Through which a rigid reinforcing sheet is provided,
The rigid reinforcing sheet has a length of 5 to 20 mm from the side toward the opposite side,
and,
About the amount of compression, which means the amount of deformation of the object measured by applying a load of 10 N at a speed of 10 mm / min to an iron hard ball having a diameter of 5 mm for the object to be measured,
The amount of compression of the laminates and the core is greater than 1.4 mm, the compressed amount of portion having a rigid reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is characterized in that it is a 0.4～1.4Mm.

The second cleaning card according to the present invention is a cleaning card having a substantially square planar shape,
At least one surface side of the laminate in which the fiber layer is provided on at least one surface side of the core material via the first adhesive layer, at least a part of at least one side of the cleaning card via the second adhesive layer. And a rigid reinforcement sheet is provided,
The rigid reinforcing sheet has a length of 5 to 20 mm from the side toward the opposite side,
and,
About the amount of compression, which means the amount of deformation of the object measured by applying a load of 10 N at a speed of 10 mm / min to an iron hard ball having a diameter of 5 mm for the object to be measured,
The amount of compression of the laminates and the core is greater than 1.4 mm, the compressed amount of portion having a rigid reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is characterized in that it is a 0.4～1.4Mm.

As in the first and second cleaning cards described above, the rigidity of a highly compressed laminate (a conventional cleaning card having insufficient rigidity) is reinforced on all or part of at least one side of the cleaning card. By providing a rigid reinforcing sheet having a specific length and a compression amount, the cleaning card can be given sufficient rigidity against the contact pressure of the roller, and the cleaning card can be easily introduced into the card processing apparatus. Become.
Note that the compression amount is obtained by applying a load of 10 N at a speed of 10 mm / min to an iron hard ball having a diameter of 5 mm with respect to an object to be measured using a small desktop testing machine: EZtest manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation. It means the amount of deformation of the object to be measured.
In addition, the term “substantially square” is a concept including a shape including a rounded corner of a cleaning card in addition to a general rectangle including a rectangle and a square.

  In the second cleaning card according to the present invention, the rigid reinforcing sheet preferably has a width of 3 to 44 mm.

  In the first and second cleaning cards according to the present invention, it is preferable that the rigid reinforcing sheet is also provided on the opposite side because the cleaning card can be inserted from any direction.

The card processing apparatus cleaning method according to the present invention is a card processing apparatus cleaning method performed using the cleaning card,
It is characterized by being inserted into the card insertion slot of the card processing device with the side where the rigidity reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is provided facing.

  In a preferred embodiment of the card processing device cleaning method according to the present invention, the card processing device may be a card printer.

  The cleaning card according to the present invention can reinforce the rigidity of the cleaning card by providing a sheet that reinforces the rigidity of the laminate at a specific portion of the cleaning card. Further, since conventional cleaning can be used with simple processing, changes in the manufacturing process can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost and labor can be reduced. The cleaning method of the card processing apparatus according to the present invention has an effect that the cleaning card is sufficiently rigid with respect to the contact pressure of the roller of the card insertion slot and easily introduced into the apparatus.

FIG. 1 is a front view schematically showing a buckling state of a conventional cleaning card at a card insertion slot. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the layer configuration of the cleaning card according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view schematically showing an example of the cleaning card according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing another example of the layer configuration of the cleaning card according to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a plan view schematically showing another example of the cleaning card according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a plan view schematically showing another example of the cleaning card according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a plan view and a front view illustrating the dimensions of the cleaning card, the driving roller and the driven roller of the card processing apparatus used in Example 2, and the arrangement of the sheet, the driving roller, and the driven roller with respect to the cleaning card. FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a plan view and a front view illustrating the dimensions of the cleaning card, the driving roller and the driven roller of the card processing apparatus used in Example 4, and the arrangement of the sheet, the driving roller, and the driven roller with respect to the cleaning card. FIG.

  The cleaning card, the method for manufacturing the cleaning card, and the cleaning method for the card processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described first.

(Cleaning card)
The first cleaning card according to the present invention is a cleaning card having a substantially square planar shape,
On at least one surface side of the laminate in which the fiber layer is provided on at least one surface side of the core material via the first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer is provided from one end to the other end of at least one side of the cleaning card. Through which a rigid reinforcing sheet is provided,
The rigid reinforcing sheet has a length of 5 to 20 mm from the side toward the opposite side, and
The compression amount of the laminate and the core material is larger than 1.4 mm, and the compression amount of the portion having the rigid reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is 0.4 to 1.4 mm.

The second cleaning card according to the present invention is a cleaning card having a substantially square planar shape,
At least one surface side of the laminate in which the fiber layer is provided on at least one surface side of the core material via the first adhesive layer, at least a part of at least one side of the cleaning card via the second adhesive layer. And a rigid reinforcement sheet is provided,
The rigid reinforcing sheet has a length of 5 to 20 mm from the side toward the opposite side, and
The compression amount of the laminate and the core material is larger than 1.4 mm, and the compression amount of the portion having the rigid reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is 0.4 to 1.4 mm.

  As described above, a specific length and compression amount that can reinforce the rigidity of a laminate having a high compression amount (a conventional cleaning card having insufficient rigidity) on all or a part of at least one side of the cleaning card. By providing the rigid reinforcing sheet having the above, it is possible to give the cleaning card sufficient rigidity against the contact pressure of the roller, and the cleaning card is easily introduced into the card processing apparatus.

  Hereinafter, the first and second cleaning cards according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an example of the first cleaning card according to the present invention.
2A is a side view of the cleaning card 1, and there is a laminated body 60 in which the fiber layer 30 is provided on the one surface side of the core material 10 via the first adhesive layer 20. A rigid reinforcing sheet 50 is provided on the side through a second adhesive layer 40.
FIG. 2B is a plan view of the cleaning card 1 and shows that the rigid reinforcing sheet 50 is provided from one end to the other end of the side 70 of the fiber layer 30 (laminated body 60).
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing an example of the second cleaning card according to the present invention.
3A is a side view of the cleaning card 1 and is the same as FIG. 2A, but in the plan view of FIG. 3B, the side 70 of the fiber layer 30 (laminated body 60) is shown. It shows that a rigid reinforcing sheet 50 is provided in part.

  Thus, the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided from one end to the other end of at least one side of the laminate in the first cleaning card, while at least one of at least one side of the laminate in the second cleaning card. Provided in the department.

The rigid reinforcing sheet may be provided on both surfaces of the laminate 60 as shown in FIG. It is preferable to provide the rigid reinforcing sheet on one side of the laminate 60 as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 because the labor and cost of the rigid reinforcing sheet can be reduced rather than providing the rigid reinforcing sheet on both sides of the laminate 60 as shown in FIG. .
As shown in FIG. 4, the provision of the rigid reinforcing sheets on both sides of the laminate has the advantage that the cleaning card can be inserted into the drive roller of the card processing apparatus regardless of the front and back sides.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the rigid reinforcing sheet may be provided on both sides 70 of the fiber layer 30 (laminated body 60) facing each other. By providing the rigid reinforcing sheets on both sides facing each other as shown in FIG. 5, the cleaning card can be inserted from any direction regardless of the card insertion direction, and there is an advantage that the cleaning efficiency is improved.

In the first and second cleaning cards according to the present invention, the length of the rigid reinforcing sheet, that is, the length of the rigid reinforcing sheet represented by 80 in FIG. 2B and FIG. 20 mm. When this length is shorter than 5 mm, the roller in the card insertion slot for introducing the card into the apparatus cannot sufficiently hold the cleaning card, the cleaning card buckles, and the cleaning card is difficult to be introduced into the apparatus. . Also, it is the fiber layer of the cleaning card that has the ability to collect fine dust and clean the inside of the apparatus. If the length of the rigid reinforcing sheet provided on the fiber layer is longer than 20 mm, the card insertion slot The roller makes it easier to grasp the cleaning card, but the fiber layer area of the cleaning card is reduced and the cleaning performance is reduced. The thickness is 20 mm or less. When there are two or more rigid reinforcing sheets as shown in FIG. 5, the length of each rigid reinforcing sheet may be 5 to 20 mm.
The length of the rigid reinforcing sheet is preferably 5 to 15 mm from the viewpoint of good balance.

  In the second cleaning card, the width of the rigid reinforcing sheet, that is, the length represented by 90 in FIG. 3B may be appropriately adjusted according to the width of the roller in the apparatus to be cleaned. Since the roller width of the apparatus is 3 to 44 mm, it is preferably 3 to 44 mm, and more preferably 3 to 30 mm.

In the first and second cleaning cards, the position of the rigid reinforcing sheet may be a position in contact with the side 70 in FIG. 2B or FIG. 3B on the card insertion direction side.
In the second cleaning card, the position in the width direction of the rigid reinforcing sheet may be appropriately adjusted according to the width of the roller in the apparatus to be cleaned.

In the first and second cleaning cards according to the present invention, the compression amount of the laminate and the core material is larger than 1.4 mm, and the compression amount of the portion having the rigid reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is 0.4 to 1.4 mm. is there.
If the amount of compression of the laminated body and the core material excluding the rigid reinforcing sheet portion from the cleaning card is larger than 1.4 mm, the laminated body does not have sufficient rigidity and thus is difficult to be introduced into the card insertion slot. If the amount of compression of the rigid reinforcing sheet portion of the cleaning card provided with the rigid reinforcing sheet via the second adhesive layer on such a laminate is 0.4 to 1.4 mm, the cleaning card has sufficient rigidity. The cleaning card is easily introduced into the card insertion slot.
If the compression amount of the rigid reinforcing sheet portion is larger than 1.4 mm, the cleaning card does not have sufficient rigidity without changing from the compression amount of the laminate itself. On the other hand, when the amount of compression of the rigid reinforcing sheet portion is smaller than 0.4 mm, the rigidity is too high, resulting in a problem that transportability inside the apparatus is lowered.
The compression amount of the rigid reinforcing sheet portion is preferably 0.5 to 1.4 mm.
In the present invention, the compression amount means a small tabletop testing machine manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation: EZtest, and an object to be measured, that is, an iron hard ball having a diameter of 5 mm with respect to a laminate or a cleaning card, has a speed of 10 mm. It means the amount of deformation of the object measured by applying a 10N load at / min. A large amount of compression means that the amount of deformation of the object is large and the rigidity is low, and a small amount of compression means that the amount of deformation of the object is small and the rigidity is high.

The shape of the cleaning card may be a substantially rectangular planar shape, and may be a general rectangle or square, or a shape in which the corners of the cleaning card are rounded as shown in FIG.
The size of the cleaning card is not particularly limited, and may be appropriately adjusted according to the device to be cleaned. The size of a general magnetic card or IC card processed by the apparatus is 54.0 mm x 85.6 mm in accordance with JIS X-6301. It should be the same level.

  Hereinafter, the core material, the first adhesive layer, the fiber layer, the second adhesive layer, and the rigid reinforcing sheet, which are essential components of the cleaning card according to the present invention, will be described in order.

(Core material)
A core material is a member used as the support body of a cleaning card.
As the core material, a paper material or a fiber cloth support in which the compression amount of a conventionally known nonwoven fabric cleaning card is larger than 1.4 mm can be used.
Examples of the fiber cloth include conventionally known non-woven fabrics, woven fabrics, and knitted fabrics.

The nonwoven fabric is not particularly limited, and a nonwoven fabric used in a conventionally known cleaning card can be used.
Examples of the nonwoven fabric include nylon fibers, polyester fibers, polyamide fibers, acrylic fibers, polyvinyl alcohol fibers, polyolefin fibers, and the like.
Basis weight of the nonwoven fabric is not particularly limited, preferred from the viewpoint of it is 30~3000g / ^{m 2} increases the effect of collecting fiber waste by the core material, and more preferably 10 to 1000 g / ^{m 2.}
The processing method of the nonwoven fabric fiber may be appropriately selected as necessary, and is not particularly limited, but processing methods such as spunbond, thermal bond, and chemical bond can be used.
In addition, the nonwoven fabric may be subjected to functional processing such as water-repellent processing and oil-repellent processing as necessary.

The fiber forming the woven or knitted fabric is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include nylon fiber, polyester fiber, polyamide fiber, acrylic fiber, polyvinyl alcohol fiber, polyolefin fiber, and the like, and polyester fiber is particularly preferable.
When using a woven fabric or a knitted fabric as a fiber layer, it is preferable that the end surface is laser-cut from the viewpoint that the fibers are not easily dropped.
Basis weight of the woven or knitted fabric is not particularly limited, preferred from the viewpoint of it is 30 to 500 g / ^{m 2} increases the effect of collecting fiber waste, and more preferably 70~200g / ^{m 2.}

  The woven structure of the woven fabric may be any of plain weave, satin weave, twill weave, etc., and can be appropriately selected and used. A plain weave is preferable because the woven structure of the woven fabric is strong and resistant to friction and can be used repeatedly.

  As the knitting structure of the knitted fabric, a known knitting structure may be used, and examples thereof include knitted knitting, garter knitting, and rubber knitting.

In the first and second cleaning cards according to the present invention, when the core material is made of a woven fabric and / or a knitted fabric, the end surface thereof is preferably laser-cut.
When the core material is a woven or knitted fabric, cutting with a general metal blade may cause the fiber waste to easily fall off from the end face, and the cleaning card itself may generate fiber waste, which may reduce the cleaning performance. . On the other hand, it becomes difficult for fiber waste to fall off by laser-cutting the end face, and generation of fiber waste from the cleaning card can be suppressed.
A conventionally known method can be used for the laser cutting process.
For example, the method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-070427 can be used for the laser cut treatment, and specifically, a CO ₂ gas laser or a YAG (yttrium, aluminum, garnet) laser can be used.

(First adhesive layer)
A 1st contact bonding layer is a layer provided in order to adhere | attach the fiber layer mentioned later on the said core material.
The first adhesive layer may be formed using a conventionally known adhesive without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

As the adhesive, conventionally known adhesives can be used. For example, urea resin, melamine resin, phenol resin, epoxy resin, vinyl acetate resin, vinyl acetate-acrylic copolymer resin, EVA resin, acrylic resin, Polyvinyl ether resin, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate resin, polystyrene resin, polyester resin, polyurethane resin, polyamide resin, polychlorinated polyolefin resin, polyvinyl vinyl resin, acrylate copolymer, Arbitrary adhesives such as methacrylic acid ester copolymers, natural rubbers, cyanoacrylates, and silicones can be used.
The adhesive may be preliminarily molded into a sheet shape.

(Fiber layer)
The fiber layer is a layer made of fibers that collect dust such as dust, dust and component waste in the card printer.
The fiber layer may be provided on at least a part of at least one surface side of the cleaning card as shown in FIG. 2A in accordance with the card printer to be cleaned. However, as shown in FIG. It may be provided on the side. It is preferable that it is provided on both surfaces of the core material from the viewpoint of improving the cleaning performance.

As the fiber of the fiber layer, the nonwoven fabric, woven fabric, or knitted fabric mentioned in the above core material can be used.
In the first and second cleaning cards according to the present invention, when the fiber layer is made of a woven fabric and / or a knitted fabric, the end surface thereof is preferably laser-cut.

The thickness of the fiber is preferably 1 dtex or less from the viewpoint of enhancing the dust collection effect, and more preferably 0.2 dtex or less.
The length of the said fiber is not specifically limited, It can select and use suitably, A long fiber is preferable and it is preferable that it is 25 mm or more.

  When providing a fiber layer on both surfaces of a 1st core material, the fiber layer of the said both surfaces may differ in the kind, thickness, length, etc. of a fiber, and may differ.

(Second adhesive layer)
The second adhesive layer is a layer provided for adhering the rigid reinforcing sheet to the fiber layer.
The second adhesive layer may be formed using a conventionally known adhesive without departing from the gist of the present invention, and those mentioned in the first adhesive layer can be used. The material of the first adhesive layer and the material of the second adhesive layer may be the same or different.

(Rigid reinforcement sheet)
The rigidity reinforcing sheet of the present invention is provided to reinforce the rigidity of the laminate composed of the core material, the first adhesive layer, and the fiber layer, and to impart rigidity to the cleaning card according to the present invention.
The compression amount of the rigid reinforcing sheet portion is preferably 0.5 to 1.4 mm.

The material of the rigid reinforcing sheet is not particularly limited as long as it has the above compression amount, and a core material of a card to be processed by a card processing device such as an IC card or a magnetic card can be used. For example, polyester Examples thereof include resins, polypropylene resins, polyethylene resins and polycarbonate resins.
As the rigid reinforcing sheet, polyester resin is preferable, and polyethylene terephthalate is more preferable.

  What is necessary is just to set the thickness of a rigid reinforcement sheet | seat suitably according to the thickness of the said core material or a fiber layer, and the magnitude | size of the card insertion port of the apparatus of cleaning object.

(Cleaning card manufacturing method)
In the cleaning card according to the present invention, an adhesive sheet serving as the first adhesive layer is applied to at least one surface side of the core material, or an adhesive sheet is pasted as an adhesive layer on both surfaces obtained by molding the adhesive. A fiber layer is bonded onto the first adhesive layer to produce a laminate. Next, an adhesive sheet serving as a second adhesive layer is applied to at least one surface side of the laminate, or an adhesive sheet is attached to both surfaces obtained by molding the adhesive as an adhesive layer. A rigid reinforcing sheet is attached to the substrate.
In addition to this, an adhesive as a first adhesive layer is applied to the fiber layer, or an adhesive sheet is attached to both sides of the adhesive, and a core material is attached to the first adhesive layer for lamination. Body, apply adhesive as the second adhesive layer to the rigid reinforcing sheet, or attach an adhesive sheet on both sides of the molded adhesive, and attach the second adhesive layer to the laminate A cleaning card may also be produced. At this time, it is preferable that the fiber layer is not crushed.

For the production of the laminated body part, a core material and a fiber layer that have been cut into a desired size are prepared in advance, and may be prepared for each sheet, or a roll-shaped core material and a fiber layer are prepared. You may produce continuously by performing the sticking by an contact bonding layer, and cutting to a desired magnitude | size. A continuous production method is preferred from the viewpoint of production efficiency.
When the core material and / or the fiber layer is made of a woven fabric or a knitted fabric, it is preferable to laser-treat the end face as described above.

  Adhesion using an adhesive may be performed by adhering a core material or a fiber layer to be bonded, and then appropriately performing drying or heat treatment according to the type of the adhesive. For example, when a polyester resin-based adhesive sheet is used in a continuous system, the core material, the first adhesive layer, and the fiber layer can be laminated on a heated press roll at a temperature of 130 ° C. for 1 minute.

(Cleaning method for card processing equipment)
A card processing apparatus cleaning method according to the present invention is a card processing apparatus cleaning method performed using the cleaning card,
The card processing device is inserted into the card insertion slot with the side where the rigidity reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is provided facing.
That is, the side 70 provided with the rigidity reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card shown in FIGS. 2B and 3B is inserted toward the card insertion slot. As described above, the cleaning card is easily introduced into the apparatus by inserting the rigid reinforcing sheet in the insertion direction so that the rigid reinforcing sheet is easily held by the driving roller or the driven roller in the card insertion opening.
When the rigid reinforcing sheets are provided on both sides of the cleaning card as shown in FIG. 5, they may be inserted from either direction.

The card processing device may be a card processing device that performs processing such as production or ticketing of a conventionally known card, reading of information recorded on the card, or writing of information on the card, for example, a card printer or a card insertion slot. Examples include vending machines, ticket machines, ticket gates, and ATMs (automated teller machines).
In a preferred embodiment of the cleaning method for a card processing apparatus according to the present invention, even in a card printer, the cleaning card is unlikely to buckle at the card insertion slot, and can be cleaned efficiently.
When using a cleaning card provided with a rigid reinforcing sheet only on one side of the laminate as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, the rigidity reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is placed on the surface closer to the driving roller than the driven roller in the card processing apparatus. It is preferable to insert it with the surface provided with.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples. These descriptions do not limit the present invention.

The core material used was a black spunbond nonwoven fabric (thickness 450 μm, basis weight 150 g / m ² ) manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc.
Toray Co., Ltd. Toraysee (polyester fiber plain weave, thickness 160 μm, basis weight 70 g / m ² ) was used for the fiber layer.
As the adhesive sheet, an ester hot melt resin having a basis weight of 30 g / m ^{2 and} a chemit film manufactured by Toray Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. were used.
As the rigid reinforcing sheet, polyethylene terephthalate (thickness: 188 μm) manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc. was used.

  The thicknesses of the core material, the fiber layer, and the rigid reinforcing sheet were measured using a digital micrometer manufactured by Sony Corporation and Mu Mate (anvil, spindle outer diameter 6.5 mm).

As the card processing apparatus (1), an ID card printer having a driving roller having a diameter of 14 mm and a width of 10 mm and a driven roller having a diameter of 10 mm and a width of 3 mm was used.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the driving roller and the driven roller of the card processing apparatus (1) and the arrangement thereof.
(A) of FIG. 7 and (i) of (b) have shown the side view of the drive roller 110 and the driven roller 120, respectively.
7A and 7B are front views of the driving roller 110 and the driven roller 120, respectively.
FIG. 7C shows the arrangement of the driving roller and the driven roller at the card insertion slot of the card processing apparatus (1). As shown in FIG. 7C, the center of the driving roller and the driven roller are located on the same straight line.
FIG. 7D shows the arrangement of the driving roller and the driven roller of the card processing device (1) with respect to the card width. The driving roller and the driven roller are centered in the width direction at a position 14 mm from the right end in the card insertion direction.
In the side views of the rollers in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the holes for receiving the shafts 130 that support the rollers are omitted for the sake of simplicity.

The card processing apparatus (2) used an ID card printer having one driving roller having a diameter of 14 mm and a width of 10 mm and two driven rollers having a diameter of 10 mm and a width of 3 mm.
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the arrangement of the driving roller and the driven roller of the card processing device (2).
FIG. 8A shows the arrangement of the driving roller and the driven roller at the card insertion port of the card processing device (2), and FIG. 8B shows the driving roller and the driven roller of the card processing device (2) with respect to the card width. Shows the arrangement. As shown, the driven roller is positioned higher than the driving roller in the height direction from the front, and is positioned on both sides of the driving roller in the width direction. The center of the drive roller is located 14 mm from the right end in the card insertion direction.

(Production Example 1)
The fiber layers are laminated on both surfaces of the core material via an adhesive sheet, and laminated with a hot press roll at a temperature of 130 ° C. for 1 minute, and the laminate is laser-cut into a card shape of 86 mm × 54 mm, A laminate (1) was obtained. The thickness of the laminated body (1) was 800 μm. The amount of compression was 2.2 mm.

(Production Example 2)
A laminated body is produced in the same manner as in Production Example 1, and then a rigid reinforcing sheet having a length of 15 mm and a width of 54 mm on the side of the card insertion direction on one side of the laminated body has the same dimensions as the rigid reinforcing sheet. Lamination was performed via an adhesive sheet to obtain a cleaning card (1). The amount of compression of the rigid reinforcing sheet portion was 1.4 mm.

(Production Example 3)
A laminate is produced in the same manner as in Production Example 1, and then a rigid reinforcing sheet having a length of 15 mm and a width of 12 mm is placed on the upper surface in contact with the drive roller of the card processing apparatus (1) (d in FIG. ) The same dimensions as the rigid reinforcing sheet at the position shown in the plan view (the right end of the sheet is located 8 mm from the right side in the insertion direction side at the front end and the insertion direction side edge). Lamination was performed via an adhesive sheet to obtain a cleaning card (2). The compression amount of the rigid reinforcing sheet portion was 1.4 mm.

(Production Example 4)
A laminate is produced in the same manner as in Production Example 1, and then a rigid reinforcing sheet having a length of 10 mm and a width of 30 mm is placed on the lower surface in contact with the drive roller of the card processing apparatus (2) ( The same as the rigid reinforcing sheet at the position shown in the plan view of b) (the right end of the sheet is located at the tip on the card insertion direction side and the side on the insertion direction side at a position 6 mm from the right side in the insertion direction). A cleaning card (3) was obtained by pasting together through an adhesive sheet having dimensions. The compression amount of the rigid reinforcing sheet portion was 1.5 mm.

(Production Example 5)
A cleaning card (4) was obtained in the same manner as in Production Example 2 except that the size of the rigid reinforcing sheet was 4 mm in length and 54 mm in width in Production Example 2.

(Production Example 6)
A cleaning card (5) was obtained in the same manner as in Production Example 3 except that the size of the rigid reinforcing sheet was 4 mm in length and 12 mm in width in Production Example 3.

(Production Example 7)
A cleaning card (6) was obtained in the same manner as in Production Example 4 except that the size of the rigid reinforcing sheet in Production Example 4 was 4 mm long and 30 mm wide.

Example 1
The cleaning card (1) manufactured in Manufacturing Example 2 is placed in the card insertion slot of the card processing device (1) so that the surface having the rigid reinforcing sheet is in contact with the driving roller, and the side where the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided. The insertion of the cleaning card into the apparatus was successful without any problems.

(Example 2)
In the card insertion slot of the card processing apparatus (1), the cleaning card (2) manufactured in Manufacturing Example 3 is placed on the upper side so that the surface having the rigid reinforcing sheet is in contact with the drive roller, and the side where the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided The insertion of the cleaning card into the apparatus was successful without any problems.

(Comparative Example 1)
When the insertion of the laminate produced in Production Example 1 was attempted 10 times in the card insertion slot of the card processing apparatus (1), it was buckled at the roller part 4 times and could not be inserted.

(Comparative Example 2)
At the card insertion slot of the card processing device (1), the cleaning card (4) manufactured in Manufacturing Example 5 is placed on the upper side so that the surface having the rigid reinforcing sheet is in contact with the drive roller, and the side where the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided When the insertion was attempted 10 times toward the insertion opening, the roller was buckled twice and could not be inserted.

(Comparative Example 3)
At the card insertion slot of the card processing device (1), the cleaning card (5) produced in Production Example 6 is placed on the upper side so that the surface having the rigid reinforcing sheet is in contact with the drive roller, and the side where the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided When the insertion was attempted 10 times toward the insertion opening, the roller was buckled twice and could not be inserted.

(Example 3)
At the card insertion slot of the card processing device (2), the cleaning card (1) produced in Production Example 2 is placed on the lower side so that the surface having the rigid reinforcing sheet is in contact with the drive roller, and the side where the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided When the insertion was tried 10 times with the insertion point facing the insertion opening, it was able to be inserted without any problem.

Example 4
At the card insertion slot of the card processing device (2), the side where the cleaning card (3) manufactured in Manufacturing Example 4 is placed so that the surface having the rigid reinforcing sheet is in contact with the drive roller, and the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided. When the insertion was tried 10 times with the insertion point facing the insertion opening, it was able to be inserted without any problem.

(Comparative Example 4)
An attempt was made to insert the laminate produced in Production Example 1 10 times into the card insertion port of the card processing apparatus (2), but it was buckled at the roller portion 8 times and could not be inserted.

(Comparative Example 5)
At the card insertion opening of the card processing device (2), the cleaning card (4) manufactured in Manufacturing Example 5 is placed on the lower side so that the surface having the rigid reinforcing sheet is in contact with the drive roller, and the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided. When the insertion was attempted 10 times with the side facing the insertion port, the roller was buckled 5 times and could not be inserted.

(Comparative Example 6)
At the card insertion slot of the card processing device (2), the cleaning card (6) manufactured in Manufacturing Example 7 is placed on the lower side so that the surface having the rigid reinforcing sheet is in contact with the drive roller, and the rigid reinforcing sheet is provided. When the insertion was attempted 10 times with the side facing the insertion port, the roller was buckled 4 times and could not be inserted.

  Table 1 shows a summary of the dimensions of the rigid reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card used in the above examples and comparative examples, the types of card processing devices, and the insertion results.

From Table 1, the cleaning cards of Examples 1 to 4 to which the rigid reinforcing sheet was attached did not buckle at the roller part during insertion, and could be inserted without any problem.
However, in the laminates of Comparative Examples 1 and 4 in which the rigid reinforcing sheet is not attached, that is, the conventional cleaning card, and the cleaning cards of Comparative Examples 2-3 and 5-6 having a short length of 4 mm, Insufficient rigidity and buckling due to pressure from the roller at the time of insertion may not be possible.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st cleaning card 2 2nd cleaning card 3 Cleaning card 4 of manufacture example 3 Cleaning card 10 of manufacture example 4 Core material 20 First adhesive layer 30 Fiber layer 40 Second adhesive layer 50 Rigid reinforcement sheet 60 Lamination Body 70 Side 80 on the insertion direction side Length of rigid reinforcement sheet 90 Width of rigid reinforcement sheet 100 Insertion direction 110 Drive roller 120 Driven roller 130 Support shaft 140 Conventional cleaning card 150 Roller

Claims (6)

A cleaning card having a substantially square planar shape,
On at least one surface side of the laminate in which the fiber layer is provided on at least one surface side of the core material via the first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer is provided from one end to the other end of at least one side of the cleaning card. Through which a rigid reinforcing sheet is provided,
The rigid reinforcing sheet has a length of 5 to 20 mm from the side toward the opposite side,
and,
About the amount of compression, which means the amount of deformation of the object measured by applying a load of 10 N at a speed of 10 mm / min to an iron hard ball having a diameter of 5 mm for the object to be measured,
The amount of compression of the laminates and the core is greater than 1.4 mm, wherein the amount of compression of the portion having a rigid reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is 0.4～1.4Mm, cleaning card. A cleaning card having a substantially square planar shape,
At least one surface side of the laminate in which the fiber layer is provided on at least one surface side of the core material via the first adhesive layer, at least a part of at least one side of the cleaning card via the second adhesive layer. And a rigid reinforcement sheet is provided,
The rigid reinforcing sheet has a length of 5 to 20 mm from the side toward the opposite side,
and,
About the amount of compression, which means the amount of deformation of the object measured by applying a load of 10 N at a speed of 10 mm / min to an iron hard ball having a diameter of 5 mm for the object to be measured,
The amount of compression of the laminates and the core is greater than 1.4 mm, wherein the amount of compression of the portion having a rigid reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is 0.4～1.4Mm, cleaning card.   The cleaning card according to claim 2, wherein a width of the rigid reinforcing sheet is 3 to 44 mm.   The cleaning card according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the rigid reinforcing sheet is also provided on the opposite side. A method for cleaning a card processing apparatus using the cleaning card according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A cleaning method for a card processing apparatus, wherein the card insertion slot of the card processing apparatus is inserted with the side where the rigidity reinforcing sheet of the cleaning card is provided facing.   The card processing device cleaning method according to claim 5, wherein the card processing device is a card printer.

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