JPH02120995A - Composite card reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To completely suppress the illegal use due to duplication by embedding a close corresponding part of a shutter lever to be moved in the direction rectangular to a card insertion port so as to be opened and closed in an opposite wall face. CONSTITUTION:When a card is inserted into the card insertion port at the time of executing card transaction, the close corresponding part of the shutter lever 28 is closed in the direction rectangular to the card insertion part. At that time, the close corresponding part is embedded in the opposite wall face 15, the card inserted into the embedded part is completely locked and the data processing of the card is executed in the locked state. After ending the data processing, the shutter lever 28 is opened to allow the card to be ejected. Since the card can not be ejected during the data processing of the card, illegal use due to duplication can be completely suppressed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (a) Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a manual composite card reader that allows multiple types of card transactions such as IC cards and magnetic cards. This invention relates to a composite card reader that completely prevents unauthorized use.

(b) Prior Art In recent years, composite card readers have been known that have a high card transaction capacity that allows card transactions for both IC cards and magnetic cards.

This composite card reader is equipped with an internal slider that moves back and forth in conjunction with the insertion and removal of the card, and the sliding operation of this slider causes the IC contacts or magnetic stripe of the card to be connected to the internal IC contacts or the magnetic head. Data is processed in response to contact.

By the way, when inserting and removing a card, during a card transaction, the customer manually inserts the card into the card slot, locks the card based on this manual insertion, and after processing the card data, unlocks the card and allows the card to be taken out. There is.

However, due to the detection blind spots of the internal card detection sensor and card detection stopper in this card insertion slot, it is possible for unauthorized use by inserting two sheets of approximately the same size as the card and pulling out only the card. there were.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention provides a composite card reader that can stably take out cards and take effective power-saving measures even if the customer continues to hold the card during card transactions. For the purpose of providing.

(d) Means for solving the problem This invention locks the card based on manual insertion of the card into a card insertion slot that allows insertion of multiple types of cards such as IC cards and magnetic cards, and processes card data. A composite card reader that is later unlocked to allow cards to be taken out, comprising a shutter lever that operates in a direction perpendicular to the card insertion slot to open and close, and a closing portion of the shutter lever that is perpendicular to the card insertion slot. This is a composite card reader that is formed by immersing it into the opposing wall.

(E) Function of the Invention According to the present invention, upon card transaction, upon inserting the card into the card insertion slot, 1, the closing portion of the shutter lever closes in a direction perpendicular to the card insertion slot; At this time, the closing portion is immersed into the opposite wall to completely lock the inserted card, and data processing on the card is performed in this locked state.After data processing, the shutter lever is opened and the card is inserted into the card. Allows for removal of.

(f) Effects of the invention As a result, a card manually inserted for a card transaction can be completely locked by the closing portion of the shutter lever that is perpendicular to the card insertion slot, and this locking operation is made to correspond to card data processing. If so, card data processing will not be performed until the card is locked, and the card cannot be removed while the card data is being processed, so it is possible to completely prevent unauthorized use by stacking two cards.

(g) Examples An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a composite card reader, and in FIGS. 1 to 3, this composite card reader 11 can handle IC cards, magnetic cards, cards that share these, etc., and this type of card 12 is a composite card. The card transaction data is read into the reader 11 and processed.

The above-described composite card reader 11 has a card insertion slot 13 on the front surface into which a card 12 is inserted, and a card passage surrounded by an upper plate 14, a lower plate 15, a left side plate 16, and a right side plate 17 on the inside thereof. A slider 19 is provided inside the card 18 and slides in the front and back direction in conjunction with the insertion and removal operation of the card 12.

The above-mentioned slider 19 is pivotally supported by slide shafts 20 and 20 on both sides, and is allowed to slide in the direction of insertion and removal of the card 12. Usually, the slider 19 is inserted into the card insertion slot 131 by a spring 21.
It is energized and on standby to be located at P1.

When the card 12 is inserted, the tip of the card 12 comes into contact with the card receiving surface 22 that is vertically provided on the front side of the slider 19, so that the slider 19 is moved to the front slider against the biasing force of the spring 21. Slide it to the stopper surface 23 position.

By moving the slider 19 forward to this stopper position,
IIJ attached to this! A contact 25 of the moving lever 24 contacts an IC contact of the card 12 to process data on the card 12.

In addition, a magnetic head 2 disposed between the starting ends of the card passage 18
At step 6, the magnetic stripe of the card 12 inserted here comes into contact and magnetic data processing of the card 12 is performed.

Incidentally, the card insertion slot 13 is provided with a concave recess 27 that allows a finger to be inserted manually, and a shutter lever 28 that allows and restricts the insertion and removal of the card 12 inserted therein. has been done.

In order to prevent the card from being accidentally removed during card data processing, the shutter lever 28 closes the card insertion slot 13 by moving the shutter lever 28 downward, and when the data processing is completed, the shutter lever 28 is 28 is moved upward to open the card insertion slot 13 and allow the card to be removed.
The shutter lever 28 is opened and closed in conjunction with the movements of the slider 19 and the solenoid 31.

The support structure of the shutter lever 28 has a shutter piece 32 bent downward at the tip of the lever, and the lower part of the proximal end of the lever is pivoted on a first fulcrum pin 33 that is horizontally suspended on the upper surface of the upper plate 14. In this state, the first link piece 34 of the link mechanism 29 is connected to the upper part of the base end of the lever, and by moving the first link piece 34 back and forth, the shutter lever 28 is moved around the first fulcrum pin 33 as a fulcrum. The shirt flap piece 32 on the tip side moves up and down, opens the card insertion slot 13 when moving up, and closes the card insertion slot 13 in an orthogonal state when it moves down.

In this case, the shirt flap piece 32 that has moved downward is allowed to retract downward and engage with the engagement step portion 15a of the cutout lower plate 15, so that it can be closed in the retracted state. This results in
The card 12 inserted here is completely locked to accurately prevent unauthorized use of the card such as double use.

The link mechanism 29 described above includes first to third link pieces 34 to 3.
First, the front side of the first link piece 34 is pivotally connected to the shutter lever 28 mentioned above, and one side of the L-shaped second link piece 35 is attached to the rear side. One side of the third link piece 36 is pivotally connected to the other side, and the other side is pivotally connected to the shutter interlocking lever 30, which will be described later. Part 2
The shutter lever is freely rotatably supported on the upper plate 14 by the fulcrum pin 37, and the second link piece 35 is allowed to rotate using the second fulcrum pin 37 as a rotation fulcrum. 28 shirt shirt pieces 32 are moved up and down.

The shutter interlocking lever 30 described above is arranged long along the card insertion/removal direction, and the third link piece 36 described above is pivoted at right angles to the tip of this lever, and the rod 38 of the solenoid 31 is attached to the base end of the lever. are similarly pivoted at right angles, and the intermediate portion of the lever is rotatably supported on the upper plate 14 by a third fulcrum pin 39, and the third fulcrum pin 39 is provided as a rotation fulcrum to allow tilting.

In this case, a first position regulating piece 30a is provided protruding from the inner surface of the front end of the shutter interlocking lever 30, and the first position regulating piece 30a is attached to the position regulating piece 30a when the slider 19 is in the retracted position, which is the normal standby position. The initial position regulating piece 19a is in contact with the shutter interlocking lever 30 to regulate it to the initial position, and when the slider 19 moves forward, it is separated and the position regulation is released.

In conjunction with the release of this position restriction, the shutter interlocking lever 30 becomes a free state with the third fulcrum pin 39 as a pivot point, and based on this, the link mechanism 29 and position restriction are released and becomes a free state. At this time, the shutter piece 32 of the shutter lever 28 is set to move downward by its own weight from the upward movement position.

Further, a second position regulating piece 30b is provided protruding from the inner surface of the proximal side of the shutter interlocking lever 30, and a fourth fulcrum pin 40 planted on the upper plate 14 is connected to the second position regulating piece 30b. A pivotally supported position regulating lever 41 is adapted to be freely engageable and detachable.

A spring piece 42 is attached to this position regulating lever 41, and this spring piece 42 normally stands by in an unloaded state, and receives the pressing force of the slider when the slider moves forward, and is applied to the above-mentioned second position regulating piece 30b. If this bias remains, the second position regulating piece 30b and the position regulating lever 41 are normally in a disengaged state, but after card data processing, the solenoid 31 is turned on and the shutter is interlocked. When the lever 30 is moved in the opening direction, the position regulating lever 41 is biased into engagement with the second position regulating piece 30b in conjunction with the movement of the lever 30, thereby opening the opening.

In the figure, SWl is a card insertion detection switch, which detects the movement of the left side plate 16 which is allowed to move laterally based on the card insertion operation. Further, SW2 is a card insertion completion detection switch, which detects the card insertion completion position by the movement of the detection lever 43 corresponding to the tilting. Furthermore, SW3 is a shutter opening/closing detection switch, which operates to detect the opening/closing state of the shutter lever 28 in response to the movement of the first position regulating piece 30a that is linked to the opening/closing operation of the shutter lever 28.

The composite card reader 11 configured in this way usually
As shown in FIG. 3, the second position regulating piece 30b and the position regulating lever 41 are engaged, and the shutter interlocking lever 30 is regulated to the initial standby position parallel to the card insertion/removal direction.
The shutter piece 32 of the shutter lever 28 is moved upward by this lever 30 via the link mechanism 29, and the card insertion slot 13 is moved upward.
is in an open and closed state.

In this state, when the customer inserts the card 12 into the card insertion slot 13, the tip of the card 12 comes into contact with the card receiving surface 22 of the slider 19 located inside the card passage 18, causing the slider 19 to It is moved forward against the urging force of the spring 21 and pushed in until it comes into contact with the slider stopper surface 23 corresponding to the card processing position.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, in conjunction with the forward movement of the slider 19, the initial position regulating piece 19a of the slider is moved to the first
The shutter interlocking lever 30 is separated from the position regulating piece 30a.
As a result, the shutter interlocking lever 30 and the shutter lever 28 via the link device #129 move downward by their own weight, and the rear end of the inserted card 12 is locked by the shutter piece 32. Card data reading and writing processing is performed in this locked state.

At this time, the shirt flap piece 32 moves downward in a direction perpendicular to the card insertion slot 13 and sinks into the engagement step 15a of the lower plate 15, and in conjunction with the card locking operation caused by this sinking, the shutter opening/closing detection switch SW3 is activated. This ON operation provides a detection signal that allows processing of card data.
Card data processing begins.

Therefore, card data processing is not performed until the card is completely locked, and fraud prevention effects such as double use of cards can be accurately prevented and highly reliable card transactions can be performed.

When the data reading and writing process for the card 12 is completed, the solenoid 31 is temporarily turned ON, and based on this ON operation, the shutter lever of the shack lever 28 is moved through the shutter interlocking lever 30 and the link m mechanism 29. 32 moves up. At this time, the O of the solenoid 31
The second position regulating piece 30b and the position regulating lever 41 during N operation
As shown in FIG. 3, the shutter interlocking lever 30 is regulated to the initial position, thereby opening the card insertion slot 13 and allowing the card to be taken out.

Then, based on the card 12 being pulled out, the slider 19 returns to the original retreat standby position due to the return action of the spring 21, and at this time, the engagement between the second position regulating piece 30b and the position regulating lever 41 is released. At the same time, as shown in FIG. 5, the initial position regulating piece 19a of the slider and the first position regulating piece 30a come into contact with each other, and the shutter interlocking lever 30
The shutter lever 28 is opened to maintain the upward movement of the shutter lever 28, and the card insertion slot 13 is left open and ready for insertion of the next card.

As mentioned above, a card that is manually inserted for a card transaction can be completely locked by the shutter piece of the shutter lever that is perpendicular to the card insertion slot, and if this locking operation and card data processing are matched, the card Card data cannot be processed until it is locked, and the card cannot be removed while card data is being processed.
Unauthorized use by stacking sheets can be completely prevented.

In the correspondence between this invention and the configuration of the above-mentioned embodiment, the closing corresponding portion of this invention corresponds to the shirt flap piece 32 of the embodiment, and similarly, the recessed portion of the opposing wall surface is the engaging portion of the lower plate 15. Although it corresponds to the joint portion 15a, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a composite card reader, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of main parts of the composite card reader, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the composite card reader, and FIG. 4 5 is an explanatory view of the main part showing the card locked state, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of the main part showing the card unlocked state.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A composite card that locks the card by manually inserting the card into a card slot that allows multiple types of cards, such as IC cards and magnetic cards, and releases the lock after card data processing to allow the card to be removed. A composite card that is a reader and is provided with a shutter lever that operates in a direction perpendicular to the card insertion slot to open and close, and a closing portion of the shutter lever that is perpendicular to the card insertion slot is immersed into an opposing wall surface. leader.