JPH05143781A - Card removal sheet and method for using the sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To remove the jammed card by providing a hook part to be engaged with a card in the width direction of a carrier path and inserting a card removal sheet with the head cleaning member coated or adhered. CONSTITUTION:In a rectangular card removal sheet 31, a hook part 32 is provided at one end in the carrier direction. The hook part 32 assumes a comb line, and the comb teeth are bent diagonally in the opposite direction of the sheet width direction. A base material 31b of the card removal sheet 31 is made of steel, on the surface of which the head cleaning member 31a is coated or adhered so that the magnetic head is not flawed. At the jam generation, it becomes the card removal mode automatically or by the command. When the card removal sheet is inserted, the jammed card is removed from a carrier path. It becomes a cleaning mode by the command, and the magnetic head cleaning operation is automatically performed when inserting the card removal sheet. Thus, the jammed card can be removed without disassembling the device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card removing sheet for removing a jammed card and a card reader device using the card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, card reader devices have been used in a wide range of fields such as financial automation equipment and telephones.
Further, its application is being expanded.

FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the structure of a conventional card reader device in which the other side frame is removed, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a partial plan view of FIG. 8. 2 side frames 2,
Cards 3 are arranged in parallel with each other at intervals of 0.5 mm to 1 mm wider than the cards 4. Seat guide upper 5, Seat guide lower 6
Is attached to the side frames 2 and 3. The feed rollers 7, 8 and 9 are motors 1 provided on the side frame 2.
From 0, power is transmitted through the belt 11 to rotate, and one is attached to the center of the shafts 12, 13 and 14 supported by the side frames 2 and 3. Pressure rollers 15,1
6 and 17 are supported by pressure springs 18 and 19, and the displacement of the pressure springs 18 and 19 causes the pressure rollers 15, 16 and 17 to move to the feed roller 7,
It is pressed against 8 and 9. The platen 20 rotates in the opposite direction B to the rotation direction A of the motor 10 by the coaxial gear 21 and gear pulley 22. The thermal head 23 is free to move up and down, but is regulated by the link 24. The U-shaped link 24 is connected to the plunger 25 and moves in the direction of arrow CD.

The ends of the torsion springs 26 are hooked on the thermal head 23 and the side frames 2 and 3, respectively (the torsion springs on the side frame 3 side are not shown), and the force for pushing the thermal head 24 toward the platen 20 side. give. The link 24 has an eggplant-shaped hole, and when the plunger 25 is sucked, the link 24 moves in the direction of arrow D. As a result, the thermal head 23 comes into pressure contact with the platen 20. The knob 27 is provided on the shaft of the motor 10. The magnetic head 28 is in contact with the feed roller 8b. The feed roller 8 includes a feed roller 8b corresponding to the pressure roller 16 and a feed roller 8a corresponding to the magnetic head 28 at the center of the conveying path.

Next, the operation will be described. Insert card 2 into slot 2
When it is inserted from the position 9, the card 4 is taken into the apparatus by the feed force generated by the feed rollers 7, 8 and 9 and the pressure rollers 15, 16 and 17. The data of the card 4 is read by the magnetic head 28 and the residual frequency is sent to a higher order not shown. The upper rank calculates the current usage count and the remaining count of the card 4. After the calculation, the used frequency can be printed on the card 4 by the thermal head 23, and the remaining frequency can be written by the magnetic head 28. Then, the card 4 is ejected from the stacker opening 30.

[0006]

In the conventional card reader device, as shown in FIG. 9, when a card causes a skew in the conveying path and a diagonal corner comes into contact with a side frame to cause a jam, There was a problem in that it could not be taken out easily, and it had to be disassembled to a state close to total disassembly, resulting in a long machine down.

The same is true for cleaning a dirty magnetic head, which is troublesome.

The present invention can remove a card without disassembling the device when the card jams in the conveying path or when the magnetic head becomes dirty, and a card removing sheet for cleaning the magnetic head and a method of using the sheet. Is intended to provide.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the card removing sheet of the present invention is provided with a hook portion which engages with the card in the width direction of the conveying path.

In order to achieve the above object, a hook portion for engaging the card is provided in the width direction of the conveying path, and
A sheet is coated with or adhered to a head cleaning machine.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, when a jam occurs, the sheet is used in a card removing mode automatically or by a command, and a card removing sheet provided with a hook portion for engaging the card in the width direction of the conveying path. When the is inserted into the device, the jamming card is removed from the transport path.

In order to achieve the above object, the method of using the sheet is changed to a cleaning mode by a command, and when a card removing sheet coated with a cleaning material or adhered to the sheet is inserted into the apparatus, the magnetic head cleaning operation is automatically performed. I do.

[0013]

When the card removing sheet configured as described above is inserted into the device in the card removing mode, the card removing sheet moves along the conveying path and the hook portion engages with the jammed card. Then, the skew is corrected and the card is ejected together. Further, when the card removing sheet is inserted into the device in the cleaning mode, the card removing sheet removes dirt on the magnetic head with the head cleaning material coated or adhered.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the card can be removed without disassembling the apparatus and the magnetic head can be cleaned when the card jams in the conveying path or when the magnetic head becomes dirty. Of.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The elements common to the drawings are given the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is a front view and a plan view of a card removing sheet showing an embodiment. The card removing sheet 31 has a rectangular shape, and a hook portion 32 is provided at one end in the carrying direction. The width dimension F is shorter than the width dimension of the card transport path by about 0.5 mm, and the dimension in the longitudinal direction is sufficiently long. The hook portion 32 has a comb-teeth shape, and the comb-teeth are alternately bent obliquely in the opposite direction in the sheet thickness direction. The dimension E between the tips of the alternately bent comb teeth is about 0.5 mm larger than the thickness of the card 4. The base material 31b of the card removing sheet 31 is made of steel, and a head cleaning material 31a is coated or adhered on the surface so as not to scratch the magnetic head.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit according to the embodiment. The microcomputer 33, based on a control program built in the motor 10, the thermal head 2
3, the plunger 25, the magnetic head 28, the operation unit 34, the display unit 35, the sensors 36, 37 are controlled. Motor 10,
Thermal head 23, plunger 25, magnetic head 28
Drives the card reader device 1 shown in FIG. The sensor 36 is provided in the insertion slot 29 and detects whether or not the card 4 is inserted. The sensor 37 is provided at the stacker opening 30 and detects whether the card 4 has been ejected.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart in the card removal mode for removing the jammed card, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart in the magnetic head cleaning mode for cleaning the magnetic head.

FIG. 5 to FIG. 7 are card removal state diagrams.

Next, the operation in the card removal mode will be described with reference to FIG. In the business mode, the microcomputer 33 executes the operation described in the related art. When the microcomputer 33 can not detect the card 4 even after the elapse of a predetermined time using the sensor 37, to display the "jam" on the display unit 35 in step S _1, stopping the rotation of the motor 10 in step S _2. When the microcomputer 33 recognizes that the jam clearance switch of the operation unit 34 has been pressed in step S _3, it switches the mode to the card removal mode. In step S ₄ , the microcomputer 3
3 rotates the motor 10 in the card transport direction A. When the card removing sheet 31 is inserted through the insertion port 29 as shown in FIG. 5, the card removing sheet 31 is conveyed in the direction of arrow F by the feed roller 7, and the hook portion 32 at the leading end of the card 4 causes a jam. The tip portion (in FIG. 5, the left side when viewed from the arrow F direction) is abutted. When the card 4 is pushed in the direction of the arrow F by the card removing sheet 31, the skew is gradually corrected as shown in FIG. 6, and when the skew eventually disappears as shown in FIG. It is discharged to 30. During this time, the microcomputer 33 detects the card removal sheet 31 by the sensors 36 and 37, and the sensor 3
After recognizing that the detection signal of the card removal sheet 31 has disappeared from 6 and 37, the motor 10 is stopped in step S ₆ . Further, in step 7, the display of "jamming" output to the display unit 35 is stopped. Then, in step 8, the operation mode is switched to. The operation described in the related art will be executed below.

Next, the operation in the magnetic head cleaning mode is shown in FIG.
It will be explained based on. The microcomputer 33 recognizes that the switch for the magnetic head cleaning operation unit 34 is depressed in the step S _10, it switched to the cleaning mode. In step S ₁₁ , the microcomputer 33 detects with the sensor 36 whether the card removal sheet 31 has been inserted into the insertion slot 29. When the insertion is detected, the microcomputer 33 rotates the motor 10 in the card carrying direction A in step S ₁₂ . The card removal sheet 31 is conveyed in the conveying path toward the stacker opening 30,
The magnetic head 28 is abutted on the way to remove dirt. When the sensor 33 detects the card removal sheet 31 in step S ₁₃ , the microcomputer 33 reverses the motor 10 in step S ₁₄ . The sensor 36 is the card removal sheet 31.
Is detected, the number of reciprocations is once and recorded in a built-in counter (not shown). In step S ₁₆ , the microcomputer 3
3 If match by comparing a set value N and the counter value set in advance, the process returns to step S _12, repeated from step S ₁₂ to step S _16. When the counter value matches the set value N, stops the rotation of the motor 10 in step S _17, switches the operational mode in step S _18.

In the present embodiment, the mode is switched to the card removing mode by the switch of the operation unit after the occurrence of the jam, but the card removing mode may be automatically switched or the knob provided on the motor shaft is manually operated. You may rotate with.

Further, although the hook portion of the card removing sheet is provided at one end portion in the carrying direction, it may be provided at both end portions or may be provided at an intermediate portion.

Although the card removing sheet is used for both card removal and head cleaning, it may be provided separately.

Although the card removing sheet is made of steel, it may be made of resin.

[0026]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

By providing a hook portion on the card removing sheet and inserting the card removing sheet into the device switched to the card removing mode, the card causing the jam can be removed without disassembling the device.

Further, by coating or adhering a head cleaning material on the card removing sheet and inserting the card removing sheet into a device switched to the cleaning mode,
The dirt on the magnetic head can be removed without disassembling the device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view and a front view of a card removal sheet.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control unit according to an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart in the card removal mode.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart in the cleaning mode.

FIG. 5: Card removal state diagram (1)

FIG. 6: Card removal state diagram (2)

FIG. 7: Card removal state diagram (3)

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a conventional card reader device.

9 is a partial plan view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card Reader Device 4 Card 31 Card Removal Sheet 31a Head Cleaning Material 32 Hook

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A card removing sheet for removing a card jammed in a card conveying path of an apparatus, wherein a card engaging sheet is provided in a width direction of the conveying path. .. 2. The card removing sheet according to claim 1, wherein a head cleaning material is coated on or adhered to the sheet. 3. When a jam occurs, the card removal mode is automatically or commanded, and when the card removal sheet according to claim 1 or 2 is inserted, the card causing the jam is removed from the conveyance path. How to use the sheet. 4. A method of using a sheet, wherein when a cleaning mode is instructed and the card removing sheet according to claim 2 is inserted, a magnetic head cleaning operation is automatically performed.