JPH03212784A - Recording medium processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contract the size of a depth direction and to save a space by dividing carriers into two sides, a lower side and an upper side, and distributing a magnetically processed recording medium to the side of a printing means. CONSTITUTION:A recording medium ejecting port 3b and a recording medium inserting port 3a are respectively arranged on the upper and lower positions of the end part of a device body 2 and a lower side carrying means 51 connected to the insertion port 3a and an upper side carrying means 52 connected to the ejecting port 3b are branched between pairs of rollers 5, 6. On the other hand, a magnetic processing means 14 is arranged on almost the center part of the means 51, the printing means 20 is arranged so as to be opposed to an upper carrier F2 of the means 52 and the recording medium C is distributed by a distributing means 26. Consequently, the number of roller pairs in the depth direction and the depth size of the device body 2 can be contracted.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a recording medium processing device, and more specifically, to processing of magnetic information, characters, The present invention relates to a recording medium processing device that performs printing processing of numerical information.

(Prior Art) An overview of a conventional example of this type of recording medium processing apparatus will be explained with reference to FIG.

The recording medium processing device 70 shown in the figure includes a device main body 71 formed in a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape, and one end 71a of the device main body 71 is provided with a storage medium (hereinafter referred to as a "card") C. At the same time, a drive motor 73 constituting a conveying means is disposed below the other end 71b of the apparatus main body 71.

Also, inside the device main body 71, first to fourth pairs of conveyance rollers 74 to 77 are arranged in a linear arrangement and spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval, and extend from the entrance/exit lower 2 to the fourth pair of conveyance rollers 7. It forms a conveyance path. Each of the conveying roller pairs 74 to 77 receives the driving force of the driving motor 73 and moves α1. α2 is driven in both directions, and the arrow X1. of card C (details will be described later). Conveyance is performed in the X2 direction.

A light emitting element 78. The first light-receiving element 79
A sensor 80A is arranged.

Also, the second. Second and third sensors 80B and 80C having a configuration similar to that described above are arranged on the conveyance path between the third pair of conveyance rollers 75 and 76.

Further, a fourth sensor 80D having a similar configuration to that described above is arranged on the conveyance path near the right side of the third conveyance roller pair 76 in FIG.

Said 2nd. Between the third pair of transport rollers 74 and 75, the first
．． Second games h81 and 82 and a printer receiving roller 83 are arranged, and furthermore, a thermal printer 84 is arranged above the printer receiving roller 83 with its print head in pressure contact with the printer receiving roller 83. Then, the cards C are sorted by the first and second gates 81 and 82 depending on whether character information etc. are printed on the cards C by a thermal printer or when the cards C are simply passed through. .

At a position corresponding to the fourth transport roller pair 76, a magnetic head 86 for processing magnetic information on the card C is arranged with its magnetic head surface facing the transport path.

With the recording medium processing device 70 having such a configuration, it is possible to process magnetic information, characters, and numerical information for the card C as shown in FIG.

The front surface of the card C is provided with a magnetic stripe MS as a magnetic information section for recording magnetic information, and a visible information recording section R as a printing section for printing character and numerical information such as date, balance, etc. There is.

However, in the case of the conventional device 70 having the above configuration, in order to accurately read and write magnetic information to the magnetic stripe MS of the card C and print processing such as character information to the visible information recording field R, the magnetic head 86 and thermal printer 84
Therefore, as mentioned above, the first to fourth pairs of conveyance rollers 74 to 77 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance (usually a distance slightly larger than the length of the card C in the conveyance direction). , shall be arranged in a linear arrangement.

As a result, the depth dimension of the device main body 71 increases,
There was a problem in that it became an obstacle to space saving.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by improving the internal configuration of the device itself, it is possible to reduce the dimension in the depth direction and save space. The object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium processing device.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a recording medium processing device for processing a recording medium provided with a magnetic information section and a printing section. an ejection port and an insertion port for a recording medium provided vertically; a magnetic processing means for reading and writing magnetic information on the recording medium provided approximately in the center of the device main body; A lower roller comprising a first pair of rollers placed near the insertion opening, a second pair of rollers placed close to the magnetic processing means, and a third pair of rollers placed near the other end of the device main body. a lower conveyance means including a side drive section and forming a lower conveyance path;
An upper conveyance path that branches from the lower conveyance path between the third pair of rollers and communicates with the discharge port via an upper area of the lower conveyance path, and an upper side that applies conveyance force to the recording medium in the upper conveyance path. an upper conveyance means comprising a drive unit; the lower side;
an upper conveyance means distributing means disposed at a branch position for distributing the recording medium from the lower conveyance path to the upper conveyance path; and a printing unit disposed facing the upper conveyance path for performing printing processing on the printing section of the recording medium. means and said lower side.

It has a driving means for applying driving force to both upper driving parts.

(for production) The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained below.

According to this device, an ejection port and an insertion port for recording media are provided in an upper and lower arrangement at the end of the main body of the device, and a lower transport means communicating with the insertion port and an upper transport means communicating with the ejection port are connected to the second transport device. ．． The structure is such that the magnetic processing means is disposed approximately at the center of the lower conveyance means, the printing means is disposed facing the upper conveyance path of the upper conveyance means, and the distribution means is configured to branch between the third pair of rollers. Since the recording medium is sorted by the following, the number of roller pairs arranged in the depth direction can be reduced compared to the conventional example, and the depth dimension of the apparatus main body can be reduced.

(Example) The present invention will be explained in detail below.

A recording medium processing apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped apparatus main body 2, and one end portion 2a of the apparatus main body
A card holder 3 for a card C as shown in FIG. 6 is attached to the holder. This card holder 3 has an ejection port 3b and an insertion port 3 for the card C arranged vertically and at regular intervals.
A is provided.

Further, a drive motor 28 such as a pulse motor constituting a drive means 9, which will be described later, is disposed on the upper side of the other end 2b of the main body 2.

Inside the apparatus main body 2 are a lower conveyance means 51 and a magnetic head 15 constituting the magnetic processing means 14. Upper conveyance means 5
2. Sorting game that constitutes the sorting means 26) 23. A printer 21 such as a thermal printer constituting the printing means 20
and position detection means 10 are respectively arranged.

The lower conveyance means 51 includes a first pair of rollers 4. located near the insertion opening 3a. A second roller pair 5 located approximately in the center of the device body 2 and the other end 2 of the device body 2
The lower driving section consisting of the third pair of rollers 6 located slightly in front of the card C is moved at a distance slightly larger than the length of the card C in the conveyance direction, and at a distance of α1. It is arranged so that it can rotate in the α2 direction.

Further, in order to form a linear lower conveyance path F1 connecting the first to third roller pairs 3 to 5, a lower upper guide plate 8a,
The lower inner guide plate 8b and the lower lower guide plate 8c are arranged with an interval slightly larger than the thickness of the card C. The lower lower guide plate 8C has one end close to the insertion opening 3a, and the other end protrudes slightly to the right in FIG. 1 from the third roller pair 6.

The lower upper guide plate 8a has one end close to the insertion opening 3a, and the other end close to the second
It is made to protrude to the right side of the roller pair 5. Further, the lower inner guide plate 8b is arranged to sandwich the third pair of rollers 6 and protrude on both sides thereof. There is an open area with a predetermined distance between the other end of the lower upper guide plate 8a and one end of the lower inner guide plate 8b, and this open area is for the card C. It is designed to function as a branch area.

The magnetic processing means 14 includes a magnetic head 15 disposed near (directly beside) the second pair of rollers 5 with its magnetic head surface facing the lower transport path F1, and a head support that supports the magnetic head 15. 55.

The magnetic head 15 reads the magnetic stripe MS of the card C.
It is designed to read magnetic information recorded on the magnetic stripe MS or write magnetic information to the magnetic stripe MS.

Further, the head support part 55 is rotatably supported at one end by a head support shaft 56 attached to the apparatus main body 2, and a head support member having the magnetic head 15 attached to the other end. 57 and this head support member 5
7 toward the lower conveyance path F1 side. With this configuration, the head support member 57 can be rotated upward about the head support shaft 56 to expose the magnetic head surface of the magnetic head 15 to the space.

The upper conveyance means 52 includes an upper drive section including a printer receiving roller 17 disposed diagonally above the second roller pair 5 and a discharge roller pair 59 disposed diagonally above the first roller pair 4; An upper upper guide plate 60a and an upper lower guide plate 60b that are arranged in parallel and form an upper conveyance path F2.
It is equipped with.

One end of each of the guide plates 60a, 60b is located close to the discharge port 3b, and the other end of each guide plate is located near the printer receiving roller 17. Then, the printer receiving roller 1 is
7 and reaches between both guide plates 60a and 60b,
Furthermore, an upper conveyance path F2 is formed which continues to the discharge port 3b.

The distributing means 26 is configured to distribute the support shaft 22 in the branch area.
β4. It is equipped with a distribution gate 23 supported rotatably in the β2 direction and an electromagnetic solenoid 25 that applies rotational force to the support shaft 22 via a connecting arm 24. Open the lower conveyance path F1,
By rotating in the β2 direction, the lower conveyance path F is blocked and the cards C located on the third roller pair 6 side are distributed to the upper conveyance path F2.

The printing means 20 is provided with a spring 19 that arranges the printer 21 so that its print head surface is in contact with the upper outer periphery of the printer receiving roller 17 and presses the printer 21 against the printer receiving roller 17.

The position detecting means 10 includes first to fifth optical sensors 13A to 13E, each of which is a set of a light emitting element 11 and a light receiving element 12.

The first optical sensor 13A is located between the insertion opening 3a and the first roller pair 4, and the second and third optical sensors 13B and 13C are located on both the left and right sides of the second roller pair 5. The sensors 13D are arranged at the right end of the lower conveyance path F in FIG. 1, respectively. Further, the fifth optical sensor 13E is connected to the discharge port 3.
It is placed near b. The first to fifth optical sensors 13A to 13E each send out a position signal indicating the position of the card C.

FIG. 3 shows the belt system of the drive means 9.

This belt system includes a driving pulley 29 which has a double structure including an inner pulley 29a and an outer pulley 29b connected to a driving shaft 28a of a drive motor 28, and a driving pulley 29 which is coaxially arranged with the first to third roller pairs 4 to 6, respectively. 1st to 3rd pulleys 31 to 33
a printer pulley 34 coaxially arranged with the printer receiving roller 17; a discharge pulley 35 coaxially disposed with the discharge roller pair 59; A second guide pulley 36°37 is provided.

Then, the inner pulley 29a, the discharge pulley 35, the first
Pulley 31. First guide pulley 36, second pulley 32. A main belt 40 is stretched on a path leading to the second guide pulley 33 and the inner pulley 29.

Further, an auxiliary belt 41 is stretched between the outer pulley 29b and the printer pulley 34.

Next, the control system of the recording medium processing device 1 will be explained with reference to FIG.

This device 1 is for overall control, that is, operation control.

A CPU 42 that performs arithmetic control, storage control, etc., a program memory 43 that stores a control program, and a storage section that stores various information such as the name of the owner of the card C, a password, the date of issue of the card C, etc. 44 is provided.

The CPU 42 includes first to fifth optical sensors 13A to 1.
3D is connected. The CPU 42 also controls the electromagnetic solenoid 25. A drive control section 46 that drives the drive motor 28. A read/write controller 47 that controls the magnetic head 15
and a printer control section 48 that controls the printer 21.

Next, the operation of the apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be explained in FIGS. 5(a) to (e).
).

In the initial state, the driving means 9 is stopped, and the gate 23 is rotated in the β2 direction as shown in FIG. 1 to block the lower conveyance path F□. do.

From this state, when the card C is inserted into the insertion slot 3a as shown in FIG. 5(a), the first optical sensor 13A detects the insertion state of the card C and sends a position signal to the CPU 42.

The CPU 42 sends a control signal to the drive control section 46 and the read/write control section 47, and also sends a drive signal to the electromagnetic solenoid 25. As a result, the drive control unit 46 operates, starts the drive motor 28, rotates the belt system, and moves the first to third roller pairs 4 to 6 in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG. 5(a).
α1 direction), and the card C is conveyed in the arrow X1 direction and taken into the device main body 2.

Further, the read/write control unit 47 puts the magnetic head 15 in a read or write standby state under the control of the CPU 42 . Further, the electromagnetic solenoid 25 is operated by a drive signal from the CPU 42, and for distribution, the gate 23 is rotated in the direction of the arrow β1 to open the main conveyance path.

The card C taken into the device main body 2 is transferred to the first roller pair 4
After being conveyed, the magnetic stripe MS comes into sliding contact with the magnetic head 15 as shown in FIG. 5(b) while being conveyed in the direction of arrow X1 under the conveying force of the second pair of rollers 5. Magnetic information (PIN code) for magnetic stripe MS.

A reading process of the balance (remaining amount, etc.) or a writing process of magnetic information (purchase amount, etc.) is performed.

Such processing by the magnetic head 15 starts when the leading end in the insertion direction of the card C passes the second optical sensor 13B, and continues until the rear end in the insertion direction passes the third optical sensor 1aC.

After this, the card C is further conveyed in the X□ force direction.

As shown in FIG. 5(C), the card C is inserted into the third roller pair 6
When the tip reaches the fourth optical sensor 13D while being conveyed by the
Send to 42.

The CPU 42 sends a control signal for reversing the rotation direction to the drive control unit 46 based on the position signal from the third optical sensor 13C, and releases the drive signal to the electromagnetic solenoid 25.

As a result, the drive motor 28 rotates in the reverse direction, and the third pair of rollers rotates in the direction of arrow α2, as shown in FIG. 5(d), and begins to transport the card C in the direction of arrow X2. At the same time, the electromagnetic solenoid 23 returns to its initial state, and the distribution gate 23 rotates in the direction of the arrow β□ force, thereby entering a state of blocking the lower conveyance path F1.

As a result, the card C is transported by the third pair of rollers, guided toward the printer 21 by the sorting gate 27, and enters the upper transport path F2.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5(e), the visible information recording portion R of the card C passes between the printer 21 and the printer receiving roller 17.

At this time, the printer control unit 48 under the control of the CPU 42
operates and sends print information indicating the 9th day of the month and the remaining amount to the printer 21.

As a result, for the visible information record column R of card C, once a month
Text and numerical information indicating the date and remaining amount are printed.

Thereafter, the card C is conveyed by the conveyance force of the printer roller 17, and then is further conveyed by the ejection roller pair 59 to the ejection port 3b.
is discharged to.

At the stage when the rear end of the card C in the conveyance direction passes the fifth optical sensor 13E, the CPU 42 which has received the position signal from the fifth optical sensor 13E sends a control signal to the drive control section 46, which causes the drive motor to 28 and returns to the initial state.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the front surface of the card C is subjected to magnetic processing and printing of characters, etc., but the magnetic head 15 is configured to slide into contact with a magnetic stripe provided on the back side of the card C. You can.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, with the above structure, the conveyance path is divided into two, a lower side and an upper side, and the lower side conveyance path is equipped with a magnetic processing means, and the upper side conveyance path is equipped with a magnetic processing means. Since the printing means is provided and the recording medium after magnetic processing is distributed to the printing means side by the distribution means, there is no need to arrange the printing means on an extension of the magnetic processing means, and the number of roller pairs can be reduced. It is possible to provide a recording medium processing device that can reduce the overall dimension in the depth direction and save space.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, Fig. 3 is a side view showing the belt system of the drive section of the device, and Fig. 4 is a control of the device. A block diagram showing the system,
5(a) to 5(e) are explanatory views of the operation of the same device, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the card, and FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view of the conventional device. 1... Recording medium processing device, 2... Device main body, 4, 5
．． 6...1st. Second. Third roller pair, 9...driving means, 14...magnetic processing means, 20...printing means, 26...distributing means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A recording medium processing device for processing a recording medium provided with a magnetic information section and a printing section, which includes a recording medium discharge port and a recording medium disposed vertically at one end of the main body of the device. an insertion port; a magnetic processing means for reading and writing magnetic information on the recording medium provided approximately in the center of the device main body; and a first magnetic processing device provided near the insertion port in the device main body.
, a second roller pair disposed close to the magnetic processing means, and a third roller pair disposed near the other end of the apparatus main body. a lower conveyance means forming a conveyance path; an upper conveyance path that branches from the lower conveyance path between the second and third roller pairs and communicates with the discharge port via an upper region of the lower conveyance path; and an upper conveyance means including an upper drive unit that applies a conveyance force to the recording medium in the upper conveyance path, and is arranged at a branch position of both the lower and upper conveyance paths and performs recording from the lower conveyance path to the upper conveyance path. a distributing means for distributing media; a printing means disposed facing the upper conveyance path and performing a printing process on a printing section of the recording medium; and a driving means for applying driving force to both the lower and upper drive sections. A recording medium processing device comprising: