JPH0358183A - Magnetic stripe reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To stably carry various mediums different in stiffness of paper and length in the breadthwise direction by mounting a shutter mechanism to cover a carriage movement hole part. CONSTITUTION:A shutter 1 is mounted on a head movement hole part 17; and when a medium whose magnetic stripe is not read neither written is carried, the shutter 1 is closed to prevent the medium from penetrating the head movement hole part 17 used as the movement guide of a head carriage 9. When data of the magnetic stripe is read and written, a shutter motor 2 rotates a driving shaft 3 to open the shutter 1 whose rear side a rack is constituted on, and thereafter, a head motor 12 rotates a lead screw 13 to move the head carriage 9. Thus, various mediums different in stiffness of paper and length in the breadthwise direction are stably carried.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a magnetic stripe league for reading and writing magnetic stripe data by pressing a button on a financial passbook or the like.

Prior Art First, a conventional magnetic stripe reader will be described with reference to FIG. 1 is a medium transport path, 2 is a magnetic head, 3 is
is the head carriage, 4 is the guide shaft, 5 is the lead screw, 6 is the position sensor, 7 is the motor 8 is the encoder! -, 9 is a frame, 1o is a power transmission belt, 11 is an electric circuit board, 12 is a guide plate, and 13 is a head movement hole.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In conventional magnetic stripe readers, only a guide plate is provided around the head carriage, but a shutter for preventing the medium from entering the head movement hole is not provided. Therefore, it has not been possible to prevent jamming, etc. due to intrusion of various media other than the dedicated media, which have weak stiffness and different lengths in the width direction, into the head movement hole.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a financial terminal that can stably transport various media having different paper stiffness and widthwise length.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes a magnetic stripe reader equipped with a shutter.

Function: Due to the above structure, a shutter is installed in the head movement hole of the magnetic stripe reader, which prevents various types of media with paper stiffness and widthwise length from entering the head movement hole, and ensures stable ejection. A portable financial terminal can be configured.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of a financial terminal having a magnetic stripe reader according to the present invention will be described.

In Figure 1, 1 is the shutter, 2 is the shutter motor that drives the shutter, and 3 is the shutter '41XtJ.
J-axis, 4 is the shutter holding material that attaches the shutter 1 to the module chassis 5, 6 is the shutter sensor 7 that indicates the opening and closing of the shutter, is the module frame, 8 is the magnetic head}'', 91d is the head carriage, 1o is the position of the head carriage. MR sensor that takes the timing of encoding, 11 is a linear magnet scale magnetized at a pitch according to the recording density of the medium, 12 is a head motor that moves the hendo carriage, 13 is a lead screw, 14 is FPC, 16 is An electric circuit board, 16 a medium conveyance path, and 17 a head movement hole.

To explain the operation of the magnetic stripe reader/writer module configured as above, first, when transporting a medium on which the magnetic stripe is not read or written, shutter 1 is
Since the media are closed, it is possible to prevent the medium from entering the head movement hole 17 which also serves as a movement guide for the head carriage 9.

Next, when reading or writing data on the magnetic stripe, the shutter motor 2 rotates the drive shaft 3 to open the shutter 1 on which a rack is constructed on the back side.

Thereafter, the head motor 12 is rotated, and the head screw 13 is rotated to move the head carriage 9. At this time, the head carriage 9 passes slightly in front of the open shutter 1, so even if the shutter 1 moves in the direction of closing due to some external factor, it will not touch the side wall of the head carriage 9 before contacting the head 8. Because of the contact, the head 8 is not damaged, and at the same time, the shutter 1 is prevented from closing when the head carriage 9 moves.

After the read/write process is completed, the shutter is closed by reversing the above operation.

Effects of the Invention The present invention makes it possible to create a financial terminal machine that can stably convey the medium covering the carriage movement hole.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a magnetic nutri puller according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. D) is a sectional view of the same in the closed state, and FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C are a plan view, a front view, and an A-A sectional view of a conventional magnetic stripe reader/writer module, respectively. 1...Shutter, 2...Shutter motor 3...Shutter drive shaft, 8...
...Magnetic head, 9...Head carriage, 1
2... Head motor 13... Lead screw

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A magnetic stripe reader comprising a magnetic head and a head carriage that are movable in a direction perpendicular to the running direction of a medium, and a shutter that can be opened and closed in a direction parallel to the running direction of the medium. (2) When the shutter is closed, the head carriage cannot move, and once the shutter is opened,
2. The magnetic stripe reader according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic stripe reader is arranged so that when the head carriage starts to move, the shutter cannot be closed until the paper has finished moving.