JPH02120997A - Composite card reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stably eject a card and to effectively execute power saving by executing unlocking operation in the case of ejecting the card and attaining card lock by the combination of levers. CONSTITUTION:A slider 19 is advanced based upon card insertion operation to an insertion port 13, a shutter lever 28 is closed through a rink mechanism 29 by the position regulation releasing action of the shutter interlocking lever 30 interlocking with the advancing operation and the inserted card is locked so that the data processing of the card can be executed in the locked state. After ending the data processing, the shutter lever 28 is opened by a driving means 31 to allow the card to be ejected, the shutter interlocking lever is unlocked interlocking with shutter lever unlocking mechanisms 30b, 41, so that the insertion port is waited in the opened state. Even when a customer continuously holds the rear end of a card, the card can be ejected without generating a trouble in the internal unlocking operation, and since a lock solenoid is unnecessary, power saving effect can be surely obtained.

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 with improved operating performance.

(B) Prior Art In recent years, composite card readers have been known that have a high card transaction capacity that allows card transactions using 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, when a customer holds the rear end of the card in their hand and inserts the card into a predetermined position, the inserted card is locked by a lock mechanism that works with a lock solenoid. After data processing, the card is allowed to be removed by a lock release action linked to the lock release solenoid.

When the customer unlocks the lock as described above, the customer must hold the rear end of the card to prevent the card from flying out due to the pressure of the inner spring and to be able to receive the card immediately. Losing the unlock operation after processing,
The card remains automatically locked, making it impossible to remove the card, and two solenoids are always required to lock and unlock the manual card, making it unsuitable for power saving measures.

(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 Problems The present invention is a composite card reader that processes data on IC contacts or magnetic stripes of a card by sliding a slider that moves back and forth in conjunction with the insertion and removal of a card. , a shutter lever that opens and closes the card insertion slot, and a shutter interlock that is connected to the shutter lever and whose position is regulated by the slider when the slider is in a retreat standby position, and whose position is released by separating from the slider when the slider moves forward. a lever, a link mechanism for closing the shutter lever in conjunction with release of the position restriction of the shutter interlocking lever, a driving means for opening the shutter lever via the shutter interlocking lever, and a linkage mechanism for operating the shutter lever to open via the shutter interlocking lever; The present invention is a composite card reader including a shutter lever opening and locking mechanism that biases and engages a shutter interlocking lever to open and lock a biasing lever that is biased in response to the pressing force of the slider when the slider moves forward.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, the slider moves forward based on the operation of inserting the card into the insertion slot, and the shutter is released via the link mechanism by the position restriction release action of the shutter interlocking lever that is linked to this forward movement. The lever is closed, the card inserted here is locked, and data on the card is processed in this locked state. After data processing, the shutter lever is opened by the driving means, and the card is allowed to be taken out based on this opening operation, and the shutter lever opening and locking mechanism is interlocked to open and lock the shutter interlocking lever, and the insertion slot is opened. f in open state? and is ready for the next card insertion.

(f) Effects of the invention As a result, when the customer takes out the card, the unlock operation is performed and the card is securely allowed to be taken out, so there is no need to hold the rear end of the card all the time. It can also be taken out without any hindrance to the internal unlocking operation.

In particular, since the card is locked by a combination of levers, a lock solenoid is not required, and by reducing the number of solenoids, a power saving effect can be reliably achieved.

(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 the card reader 11 is surrounded by an upper plate 14, a lower plate 15, a left MLJ plate 16, and a right side plate 17 on the inside thereof. A slider that slides in the front and back direction in conjunction with the insertion and removal operation of the card 12 is installed in the passage 18.

The above-mentioned slider 19 is pivotally supported on both sides by slide shafts 20 and 20, and is allowed to slide in the direction of insertion and removal of the card 12, and is normally biased by a spring 21 to stand by so as to be positioned on the card insertion slot 13 side. There is.

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,
A contact 25 of a tilting lever 24 attached thereto contacts an IC contact of the card 12 to process data on the card 12.

Further, a magnetic head 2 disposed on the starting end side 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 is moved downward to close the card insertion slot 13, and when the data processing is completed, the shutter lever 28 is moved downward. is configured to open the card insertion slot 13 by moving the card upward to 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 to 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 upward, and closes the card insertion slot 13 in an orthogonal state when moving down.

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 above-mentioned shutter lever 28, and one side of the second link piece 35, which is shaped like a rear side, is pivoted to the shutter lever 28. 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. the second
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 rotational fulcrum to allow tilting.

In this case, the tip of the shutter interlocking lever 30 f@I) PI
A first position regulating piece 30a is protruded from the inner surface of the slider 19, and when the slider 19 is in the retracted position, which is the normal standby position, the first position regulating piece 30a is provided with a first position regulating piece 30a.
9a is in contact with the shutter interlocking lever 30 to restrict it to the initial position, and when the slider 19 moves forward, it separates and the position restriction is released.

In conjunction with the release of this positional restriction, the shutter interlocking lever 30 becomes a free state using the three third fulcrum pins as pivot points, and based on this, the link mechanism 29 and positional restriction are released and the shutter interlocking lever 30 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. If this bias remains, normally the second position regulating piece 30b and the position regulating lever 41
However, after card data processing, when the solenoid 31 is turned on and the shutter interlocking lever 30 is moved in the opening direction, the position regulating lever 41 is moved to the second position in conjunction with the movement of this lever 30. It is provided so as to be biased into engagement with the position regulating piece 30b to open and lock it.

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 in all directions 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, and the first position regulating piece 30a
The opening/closing status is detected in response to the movement of the door.

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 moves upward from this lever 3o via the link mechanism 29, and the card insertion slot 13
is in the unlocked 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, and the slider One is moved forward against the biasing force of the spring 21 and pushed in until it comes into contact with the slider stopper surface 23 corresponding to the corner 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
Separated from the position regulating piece 30a, the shutter interlocking lever 30
As a result, the shutter lever 2 via the shutter interlocking lever 3o and the link mechanism 29 is released.
8 moves downward by its own weight and locks the rear end of the inserted card 12 with the shirt flap piece 32. In this locked state, card data reading and writing processing is 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 piece 32 of the shutter lever 28 is moves upward. 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 restricted to the initial position of the restricted state, the card insertion slot 13 is opened and locked, and the card is allowed 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 3a come into contact with each other, and the shutter interlocking lever 3o
The shutter lever 28 is opened and locked to maintain its upward movement, and the card insertion slot 13 is kept open and ready for insertion of the next card.

As mentioned above, when taking out the card, the opening and closing operation is performed to ensure that the card is in a state that allows the card to be taken out, even if the customer continues to hold the rear end of the card. , there is no problem with the internal unlocking operation, and it can be taken out stably.

Furthermore, since the card is locked by a combination of levers, a lock solenoid is not required, and by reducing the number of solenoids, it is possible to reliably achieve power saving and cost reduction.In particular, it is possible to use batteries as a drive source in taxis, etc. Suitable for power-saving composite card readers.

In correspondence between this invention and the configuration of the embodiment described above, the card insertion slot of this invention is the card insertion slot 1 of the embodiment.
3, and similarly below, the driving means corresponds to the solenoid 31, and the biasing lever is
Although the shutter lever opening locking mechanism corresponds to the position regulating lever 41 and the second position regulating piece 30b and the position regulating lever 41, 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. 11... Composite card reader 12... Card 13.
...Card insertion slot 19...Slider a...Initial position regulating piece 28...Shutter lever...Link mechanism 30...Shutter interlocking lever a...First position regulating piece b...Second Position regulating piece 31... Solenoid...
Position regulation lever

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A composite card reader that processes data on the IC contacts or magnetic stripe of a card by the sliding operation of a slider that moves back and forth in conjunction with the insertion and removal of a card, comprising a shutter lever that opens and closes the card insertion slot; , a shutter interlocking lever connected to the shutter lever, whose position is regulated by the slider when the slider is in a retreat standby position, and whose position is released by separating from the slider when the slider moves forward; a link mechanism that interlocks to close the shutter lever; a drive mechanism that opens the shutter lever via the shutter interlocking lever; A composite card reader comprising a shutter lever opening and locking mechanism that causes a biasing lever that is biased to be biased to engage with a shutter interlocking lever to open and lock the shutter lever.