JP6560994B2 - Recording medium processing apparatus and transport path cover - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording medium processing apparatus having a conveyance path through which a recording medium is conveyed, and a conveyance path cover used in the recording medium processing apparatus.

  In the recording medium processing apparatus, information is reproduced and recorded while the recording medium is conveyed along the conveyance path. Here, when the recording medium is a card on which information is magnetically recorded, the recording medium processing apparatus is configured as a card reader, and information is reproduced from the card by a magnetic head or the like (see Patent Document 1). In such a recording medium processing apparatus, a conveyance path plate is provided on the conveyance path so as to face the conveyance path, and the recording medium is conveyed along the conveyance path plate.

JP 2011-248652 A

  In the recording medium processing apparatus described in Patent Document 1 or the like, it may be required to detect the recording medium by an optical sensor while keeping the basic configuration such as the conveyance path and the conveyance mechanism in common. Therefore, if a hole is provided in advance in the conveyance path plate, detection by an optical sensor can be performed as an option through the hole. Therefore, the recording medium processing apparatus having the same basic configuration can be used as either a recording medium processing apparatus that performs detection using an optical sensor or a recording medium processing apparatus that does not perform detection using an optical sensor. it can.

  However, when the latter is used as a recording medium processing apparatus, the end of the recording medium is caught in the hole when a recording medium having a bent end is conveyed along the conveyance path, even though the hole is unnecessary. Trouble may occur.

  In view of the above problems, the object of the present invention is to solve the problem that the end of the recording medium is caught in the hole even when the hole is provided in the conveyance path plate arranged so as to face the conveyance path. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording medium processing apparatus capable of performing the above and a conveyance path cover for the recording medium processing apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the recording medium processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with a conveyance path extending along the conveyance direction of the recording medium, and a hole that faces the conveyance path and opens on the conveyance path side. It has a conveyance path board, and the conveyance path cover hold | maintained at the said conveyance path board in the state which overlapped with the said conveyance path board so that the said hole may be covered from the said conveyance path side, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  In the present invention, the transport path plate disposed so as to face the transport path is provided with a hole, but the transport path plate holds a transport path cover that covers the hole from the transport path side. For this reason, the problem that the end of the recording medium is caught in the hole can be solved. If the transport path cover is not attached to the transport path plate, the recording medium can be detected by the optical sensor through the hole. Therefore, a recording medium processing apparatus having the same basic configuration can be used as a recording medium processing apparatus that does not perform detection or the like using an optical sensor through a hole. On the other hand, if the transport path cover is removed, the optical sensor Thus, it can be used as a recording medium processing apparatus that detects a recording medium.

  In the present invention, the transport path cover may adopt an aspect made of a plate having flexibility in the plate thickness direction.

  In the present invention, it is possible to adopt a mode in which the transport path cover is held by the transport path plate by engagement with the transport path plate at both ends in the transport direction of the recording medium. That is, another aspect of the present invention is a transport path cover disposed in a state of being overlapped with a transport path plate facing a transport path in which a recording medium is transported in the recording medium processing apparatus, and is flexible in the plate thickness direction. It has the engaging part engaged with the said conveyance path board on the both ends of the board which has property. According to this aspect, the transport path cover can be attached to and detached from the transport path plate without much effort.

  In the present invention, the transport path plate is connected to the first plate portion parallel to the transport direction of the recording medium, and connected to the first plate portion on one side in the transport direction of the recording medium, and the transport path A second plate portion inclined obliquely in a direction away from the first plate portion, and a third plate portion connected to the first plate portion on the other side in the conveyance direction of the recording medium and inclined obliquely in a direction away from the conveyance path And the transport path cover includes a first cover portion that overlaps the first plate portion, a second cover portion that overlaps the second plate portion, and a third cover portion that overlaps the third plate portion. It is preferable to have. According to such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the recording medium from being caught by the conveyance path plate or the conveyance path cover.

  In the present invention, from the second cover portion, a first engagement portion that extends so as to overlap a side surface of the conveyance path plate and overlaps a surface of the conveyance path plate opposite to the conveyance path protrudes. It is preferable that a second engagement portion that protrudes from the third cover portion so as to overlap a side surface of the transport path plate and overlaps a surface of the transport path plate opposite to the transport path. . According to this configuration, the transport path cover can be easily detached from the transport path plate.

  In the present invention, the first engagement portion is provided at an end portion of the second cover portion on the opposite side to the first cover portion, and the second engagement portion is the first cover portion of the third cover portion. The aspect provided in the edge part on the opposite side to 1 cover part is employable. According to such a configuration, since the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are provided at positions that are largely separated from each other, the conveyance path cover can be reliably attached to the conveyance path plate.

  In the present invention, at least one of an edge of a portion located on the opposite side of the conveyance path in the first engagement portion and an edge of a portion located on the opposite side of the conveyance path in the second engagement portion. On one side, it is preferable that a protruding portion protruding in a direction away from the conveyance path plate is provided. According to such a configuration, the engagement at the first engagement portion or the second engagement portion can be easily released if the protruding portion is picked and moved away from the conveyance path plate.

  In the present invention, the transport path cover may have a side plate portion that overlaps a side surface of the transport path plate that is positioned in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the recording medium. According to such a configuration, the conveyance path cover and the conveyance path plate can be positioned by the side plate portion, so that the conveyance path cover can be provided at an appropriate position of the conveyance path plate.

  In the present invention, the transport path plate may adopt an aspect that supports one surface of the recording medium when the recording medium is transported.

  In the present invention, the recording medium is, for example, a card on which information is recorded.

In the present invention, the transport path plate disposed so as to face the transport path is provided with a hole, but the transport path plate holds a transport path cover that covers the hole from the transport path side. For this reason, the problem that the end of the recording medium is caught in the hole can be solved. If the transport path cover is not attached to the transport path plate, the recording medium can be detected by the optical sensor through the hole. Therefore, a recording medium processing apparatus having the same basic configuration can be used as a recording medium processing apparatus that does not perform detection or the like using an optical sensor through a hole. On the other hand, if the transport path cover is removed, the optical sensor Thus, it can be used as a recording medium processing apparatus that detects a recording medium.

1 is a plan view of a recording medium processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. It is a top view of the state before attaching a conveyance path cover to the recording medium processing apparatus to which this invention is applied. It is a perspective view of a conveyance path board and a conveyance path cover of a recording medium processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. It is a side view of a conveyance path board and a conveyance path cover of a recording medium processing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the recording medium 2 is conveyed in the X direction shown in FIGS. The Z direction is the thickness direction of the recording medium 2, and the Y direction is the width direction of the recording medium 2 orthogonal to the X direction that is the moving direction of the recording medium 2 and the Z direction that is the thickness direction of the recording medium 2. It is. In the following description, the X1 direction side is “front side (front side)”, the X2 direction side is “back side”, the Y1 direction side is “right”, the Y2 direction side is “left”, and the Z1 direction side is “upper side”. The Z2 direction side is defined as “lower side”.

(Schematic configuration of recording medium processing apparatus)
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a recording medium processing apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a state before the conveyance path cover is attached to the recording medium processing apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, the conveyance path cover 5 is provided with a diagonal line that rises to the right, and in the drawing, the conveyance path plate 4 is provided with a diagonal line that descends to the right.

  1 and 2, a recording medium processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is an apparatus for reproducing information recorded on the recording medium 2 and recording information on the recording medium 2. In this embodiment, the recording medium 2 is a card, and the recording medium processing apparatus 1 is a card reader. The recording medium 2 is, for example, a rectangular vinyl chloride card having a thickness of about 0.7 to 0.8 mm. The recording medium 2 is a magnetic card having a magnetic stripe (not shown) on which magnetic information is recorded formed on the surface. An IC chip (not shown) is fixed on the surface of the recording medium 2. That is, the recording medium 2 of the present embodiment is also a contact type IC card.

Inside the frame 20, a conveyance path 22 linearly extending from the insertion port 21 of the recording medium 2 along the conveyance direction (X direction) is configured. As indicated by an arrow M, the recording medium 2 is Then, it is transported along the transport path 22. On both sides of the conveyance path 22 in the width direction, guide portions 23 and 24 for guiding both ends of the recording medium 2 in the width direction are configured. The recording medium processing apparatus 1 has a transport mechanism 3 that transports the recording medium 2 along the transport path 22, and the transport mechanism 3 moves the recording medium 2 inserted from the insertion port 21 to the back side (X2 direction side). ), And after the predetermined processing is completed, it is transported to the near side (X1 direction side) and discharged from the insertion port 21. The transport mechanism 3 includes a motor 31 and a belt transmission mechanism 32 that transmits the rotation of the motor 31. The rotation of the motor 31 is transmitted to the rotation shaft 33 via the belt transmission mechanism 32. A roller 34 is fixed to the rotation shaft 33 at a position overlapping the conveyance path 22 in the Z direction, and the recording medium 2 is conveyed by the rotation of the roller 34. Here, in the recording medium processing apparatus 1, the IC contact module 11, the magnetic head 12, and the like are disposed so as to face the conveyance path 22, and various information is reproduced and recorded from the recording medium 2 conveyed on the conveyance path 22. Is done.

  In the recording medium processing apparatus 1 configured as described above, on the inner side of the frame 20, the conveyance path plate 4 (members hatched in FIG. 2) faces the conveyance path 22 from the lower side (Z2 direction side). The conveyance path plate 4 is fixed to the frame 20. The conveyance path plate 4 supports one surface (lower surface) of the recording medium 2 when the recording medium 2 is conveyed. Further, in the recording medium processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, the conveyance path cover 5 (the member indicated by hatching in FIG. 1) overlaps the conveyance path plate 4 from the conveyance path 22 side (upper side / Z1 direction side).

  The conveyance path plate 4 and the conveyance path cover 5 extend along the conveyance direction of the recording medium 2, and are arranged on substantially the entire conveyance direction of the conveyance path 22. However, the width of the conveyance path plate 4 and the conveyance path cover 5 is narrower than the width of the conveyance path 22, and the conveyance path plate 4 and the conveyance path cover 5 are on the left side (Y2 direction side) in the width direction of the conveyance path 22. Is arranged. In this embodiment, an upper surface cover 25 is provided on the opposite side (upper side / Z1 direction side) of the conveyance path plate 22 and the conveyance path cover 5 with respect to the conveyance path 22. The end of the transport path cover 5 on the left side (Y2 direction side) is opposed to the upper side (Z1 direction side) via the transport path 22.

  Here, the transport path plate 4 is formed with a hole 49 formed of a through hole that opens on the transport path 22 side. In this embodiment, the hole 49 includes holes 491, 492, and 493 formed at locations that are separated from each other in the transport direction. The hole 49 is an opening for detecting the recording medium 2 by an optical sensor as an option. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, if the transport path cover 5 is not attached to the transport path plate 4, the recording medium 2 can be detected by the optical sensor through the hole 49. In this embodiment, when the recording medium 2 is not detected by the optical sensor, recording is performed with the transport path cover 5 attached to the transport path plate 4 and the hole 49 covered by the transport path cover 5 as shown in FIG. A medium processing apparatus 1 is used.

(Configuration of the conveyance path plate 4 and the conveyance path cover 5)
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the conveyance path plate 4 and the conveyance path cover 5 of the recording medium processing apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied. FIGS. 3A and 3B are respectively the conveyance path plate 4 and the conveyance path cover. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a conveyance path cover 5 is overlapped on a conveyance path plate 4. 4 is a side view of the conveyance path plate 4 and the conveyance path cover 5 of the recording medium processing apparatus 1 to which the present invention is applied. FIGS. 4 (a), 4 (b), and 4 (c) are respectively the conveyance path plate 4 and FIG. The side view of the state which isolate | separated and the conveyance path cover 5, the side view of the state which accumulated the conveyance path cover 5 on the conveyance path board 4, and the engagement state in the both ends of the conveyance path board 4 and the conveyance path cover 5 are shown. It is a side view.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the conveyance path plate 4 includes a flat plate-like first plate portion 41 parallel to the conveyance direction of the recording medium 2, and one side (front side / front side) of the first plate portion 41 in the conveyance direction. The second plate portion 42 is connected on the X1 direction side, and the third plate portion 43 is connected to the first plate portion 41 on the other side (back side / X2 direction side) in the transport direction. The second plate portion 42 is an inclined plate portion that is inclined obliquely in a direction away from the transport path 22 toward the front side (X1 direction side), and the third plate portion 43 is on the back side (X2 direction side). The inclined plate portion is inclined obliquely in a direction away from the conveyance path 22 as it goes.

The conveyance path plate 4 includes a fourth plate portion 44 bent from the right edge (Y1 direction side) of the first plate portion 41 to the lower side (Z2 direction side) and the left side of the first plate portion 41 (Y2 direction side). The fifth plate portion 45 is bent downward (Z2 direction side) from the edge of the frame, and the fourth plate portion 44 and the fifth plate portion 45 are positioned and fixed to the frame 20 shown in FIG. Used for. Accordingly, the fourth plate portion 44 and the fifth plate portion 45 do not face the conveyance path 22. In this embodiment, the fourth plate portion 44 is formed over the same length as the first plate portion 41, whereas the fifth plate portion 45 is closer to the center of the first plate portion 41 in the length direction. It is formed only at the position. The fourth plate portion 44 is larger in the vertical direction (Z direction) than the fifth plate portion 45, and a plurality of holes 441 are formed in the fourth plate portion 44. However, the 4th board part 44 does not face the conveyance path 22, and the hole 441 is not covered with the conveyance path cover 5 demonstrated below.

  The conveyance path cover 5 overlaps the conveyance path plate 4 on the conveyance path 22 side, a first cover portion 51 that overlaps the first plate portion 41 of the conveyance path plate 4, and a second plate portion of the conveyance path plate 4. A second cover portion 52 that overlaps 42, and a third cover portion 53 that overlaps the third plate portion 43 of the conveyance path plate 4. Therefore, the second cover portion 52 covers the three holes 49 (holes 491, 492, 493) of the transport path plate 4. The width of the first cover portion 51 is narrower than the width of the first plate portion 41 of the conveyance path plate 4, and the first cover portion 51 overlaps the approximate center in the width direction of the conveyance path plate 4. Here, the first cover portion 51 has a constant width over substantially the entire direction along the transport direction, but the width is narrow on the labor side.

  The conveyance path cover 5 is made of a plate having flexibility in the plate thickness direction. In this embodiment, the transport path cover 5 is made of a metal plate such as a stainless steel plate. The transport path cover 5 is held by the transport path plate 4 by engagement with the transport path plate 4 at both ends in the transport direction. More specifically, in the conveyance path cover 5, it extends from the second cover portion 52 so as to overlap the side surface 46 of the conveyance path plate 4, and is on the surface opposite to the conveyance path 22 of the conveyance path plate 4. The overlapping first engaging portion 56 protrudes, and the first engaging portion 56 is engaged with the second plate portion 42 of the conveyance path plate 4. Further, in the transport path cover 5, the second cover extends from the third cover portion 53 so as to overlap the side surface 46 of the transport path plate 4 and overlaps the surface of the transport path plate 4 opposite to the transport path 22. The joining portion 57 protrudes, and the second engaging portion 57 is engaged with the third plate portion 43 of the transport path plate 4.

  In this embodiment, the first engaging portion 56 is provided at the end of the second cover portion 52 on the opposite side to the first cover portion 51. For this reason, the first engagement portion 56 extends from the conveyance path 22 side so as to overlap the side surface 461 on the near side of the conveyance path plate 4 and overlaps the surface of the conveyance path plate 4 opposite to the conveyance path 22. The second plate portion 42 of the conveyance path plate 4 is engaged. The second engaging portion 57 is provided at the end of the third cover portion 53 on the side opposite to the first cover portion 51. For this reason, the second engaging portion 57 extends from the conveyance path 22 side so as to overlap the side surface 462 on the back side of the conveyance path plate 4 and overlaps the surface of the conveyance path plate 4 opposite to the conveyance path 22. The third plate portion 43 of the conveyance path plate 4 is engaged.

  Further, in the transport path cover 5, an edge of a portion located on the opposite side of the transport path 22 in the first engagement portion 56 and an edge of a portion located on the opposite side of the transport path 22 in the second engagement portion 57. At least one of them is provided with a protruding portion 58 protruding in a direction away from the transport path plate 4. In this embodiment, the protruding portion 58 is provided at the edge (tip portion) of the portion of the second engaging portion 57 located on the side opposite to the conveyance path 22 and has a curved shape. Therefore, if the protruding portion 58 is picked and moved away from the conveyance path plate 4, the engagement at the second engagement portion 57 can be easily released, and then the conveyance path cover 5 is shifted. The engagement at the first engagement portion 56 can be easily released. Therefore, after manufacturing with the recording medium processing apparatus 1 with the transport path cover 5 attached to the transport path plate 4, the transport is performed when the hole 49 is used to adjust the optical sensor for detection. The path cover 5 can be easily removed from the transport path board 4.

Further, the transport path cover 5 includes a side plate portion 59 that overlaps the side surface 46 that is positioned in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction in the transport path plate 4. In this embodiment, the transport path cover 5 has side plate portions 59 that overlap the side surfaces 46 that are positioned in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction in the transport path plate 4 at a plurality of locations that are separated in the transport direction. In this embodiment, the side plate portion 59 is configured to bend downward from the right edge of the second cover portion 52 and overlap the right side surface of the second plate portion 42 of the transport path plate 4. Further, the side plate portion 59 is configured to bend downward from the left and right edges of the third cover portion 53 and overlap the left and right side surfaces of the third plate portion 43 of the transport path plate 4. Therefore, since the conveyance path cover 5 and the conveyance path plate 4 can be positioned in the left-right direction by the side plate portion 59, the conveyance path cover 5 can be provided at an appropriate position of the conveyance path plate 4 in the left-right direction.

(Main effects of this form)
As described above, the recording medium processing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment is in a state where the recording medium 2 is overlapped with the conveyance path 22, the conveyance path plate 4 facing the conveyance path 22, and the conveyance path plate 4 from the conveyance path 22 side. And a conveyance path cover 5 held by the conveyance path plate 4. For this reason, a hole 49 is provided in the transport path plate 4, but the hole 49 is covered with the transport path cover 5. Therefore, even when the recording medium 2 or the like having a bent end is transported through the transport path 22, the problem that the end of the recording medium 2 is caught in the hole 49 can be solved. If the transport path cover 5 is not attached to the transport path plate 4, the recording medium can be detected by the optical sensor through the hole 49. Therefore, the recording medium processing apparatus 1 having the same basic configuration can be used as a recording medium processing apparatus in which the recording medium 2 is not detected by the optical sensor through the hole 49, while the transport path cover is used. If 5 is removed, it can be used as a recording medium processing apparatus that does not detect the recording medium by an optical sensor.

  Moreover, since the conveyance path cover 5 is held by the conveyance path plate 4 by engagement with the conveyance path plate 4 at both ends in the conveyance direction, the conveyance path cover 5 is removed from the conveyance path without much effort. It can be detached from the plate 4. More specifically, the conveyance path cover 5 is made of a flat plate having flexibility in the plate thickness direction, and engaging portions (first engagement) that engage with the ends of the conveyance path plate 4 on both sides. It has a mating part 56 and a second engaging part 57). Accordingly, the transport path cover 5 can be easily detached from the transport path plate 4.

  Further, the conveyance path plate 4 has inclined plate portions (second plate portions 42) that are inclined obliquely in a direction away from the conveyance path 22 on both sides of the flat plate-like first plate portion 41 parallel to the recording medium 2 being conveyed. And the third plate portion 43), the transport path cover 5 includes a first cover portion 51 that overlaps the first plate portion 41, a second cover portion 52 that overlaps the second plate portion, and a third plate portion 43. It has the 3rd cover part 53 which overlaps. For this reason, it is possible to suppress the recording medium 2 from being caught by the conveyance path plate 4 and the conveyance path cover 5.

[Other embodiments]
In the above-described embodiment, the first engagement portion 56 and the second engagement portion 57 are respectively on the edge in the conveyance direction of the second cover portion 52 of the conveyance path cover 5 and the edge in the conveyance direction of the third cover portion 53. Although it was comprised so that it may connect, you may form an engaging part so that it may connect with the both edges of the direction orthogonal to a conveyance direction in the conveyance path cover 5. FIG.

  In the above embodiment, the transport path cover 5 covers all of the holes 49 of the transport path plate 4, but when a plurality of holes 49 are formed, only a part of the plurality of holes 49 is covered, The hole 49 may be opened.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Recording medium processing apparatus, 2 ... Recording medium, 3 ... Conveyance mechanism, 4 ... Conveyance path board, 5 ... Conveyance path cover, 6 ... Conveyance path, 11 ... IC contact module, 12 ... Magnetic head, 20 ... Frame, 21 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Insert port, 22 ... Conveyance path, 31 ... Motor, 32 ... Belt transmission mechanism, 34 ... Roller, 41 ... 1st board part, 42 ... 2nd board part, 43 ... 3rd board part, 44 ... 4th board part 45, fifth plate portion, 49, 491, 492, 493 ... hole, 51 ... first cover portion, 52 ... second cover portion, 53 ... third cover portion, 56 ... first engagement portion, 57 ... first. 2 engaging portions, 58 ... projecting portions, 59 ... side plate portions

Claims (11)

A conveyance path through which the recording medium is conveyed;
A conveyance path plate facing the conveyance path and provided with a hole opened on the conveyance path side;
A transport path cover held by the transport path plate in a state of overlapping the transport path plate so as to cover the hole from the transport path side;
A recording medium processing apparatus comprising:   The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transport path cover is made of a plate having flexibility in a plate thickness direction.   The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transport path cover is held by the transport path plate by engagement with the transport path plate at both ends in the transport direction of the recording medium. . The transport path plate is connected to the first plate section parallel to the recording medium transport direction on one side of the recording medium transport direction and away from the transport path. A second plate portion inclined obliquely to the first plate portion and a third plate portion connected to the first plate portion on the other side in the conveyance direction of the recording medium and inclined obliquely in a direction away from the conveyance path. And
The transport path cover includes a first cover portion that overlaps the first plate portion, a second cover portion that overlaps the second plate portion, and a third cover portion that overlaps the third plate portion. The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 3. From the second cover portion, a first engaging portion that extends so as to overlap a side surface of the transport path plate and overlaps a surface on the opposite side of the transport path of the transport path plate protrudes,
From the third cover portion, a second engaging portion that protrudes so as to overlap a side surface of the transport path plate and overlaps a surface of the transport path plate opposite to the transport path protrudes. The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 4. The first engagement portion is provided at an end of the second cover portion opposite to the first cover portion,
The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the second engagement portion is provided at an end portion of the third cover portion opposite to the first cover portion.   At least one of the edge of the portion located on the opposite side of the conveyance path in the first engagement portion and the edge of the portion located on the opposite side of the conveyance path in the second engagement portion, The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a protruding portion protruding in a direction away from the conveyance path plate is provided.   The said conveyance path cover has a side-plate part which overlaps with the side surface located in the direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the said recording medium in the said conveyance path board, The Claim 1 thru | or 7 characterized by the above-mentioned. Recording medium processing apparatus.   The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance path plate supports one surface of the recording medium when the recording medium is conveyed.   The recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium is a card on which information is recorded. A transport path cover disposed in a state of being overlapped with a transport path plate facing a transport path in which a recording medium is transported in the recording medium processing apparatus;
A transport path cover, characterized by having an engaging portion that engages with the transport path plate on both ends of a plate having flexibility in the thickness direction.

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