JPH0624186A - Case for data recording card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a convenient and practical case for a data recording card which eliminates such an inconvenience that is brought about every time a data recording card such as an IC card with magnetic stripes is slipped in or out of the case to send the card through a magnetic stripe reading device, and prevents the abrasion of printing on the surface of the card. CONSTITUTION:A case 4 for a data recording card is comprised of a front sheet 4a for covering the front face of a data recording card 2 so that magnetic stripes 12 on the surface of the data recording card are exposed, and a rear sheet 4b for covering the rear face of the data recording card 2. Lower edges 6 of the front sheet 4a and rear sheet 4b are bonded with each other. Moreover, the front sheet 4a and the rear sheet 4b are bonded each other at least at either of side edges 6, 8 thereof. When the data recording card 2 is accommodated in the case 4, the magnetic stripes 12 are exposed, and therefore the card 2 is allowed to pass through a magnetic stripe reading device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information recording card case for accommodating an information recording card having a magnetic stripe, and more particularly to an information recording card without removing the information recording card from the information recording card case. The present invention relates to a case for an information recording card that can use the magnetic stripe.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An IC card as an information recording card housed in an IC card case has an outer diameter of about 54 × 8.
It is set to 5.6 × thickness 0.7 to 0.8 mm. I
An IC module is embedded in the C card. A magnetic stripe may be formed in order to use this IC card as a magnetic card. A conventional IC card case for accommodating the IC card comprises a top sheet and a back sheet, which are thermocompression-bonded to form a bag, and the IC card storage is provided between the top sheet and the back sheet. There is a space. The top sheet and the back sheet are formed so as to cover the entire front surface and the entire back surface of the IC card, respectively. Therefore, in the conventional IC card case, when the IC card is stored, the magnetic stripe portion arranged in a part of the IC card is covered with the sheet.

[0004]

The magnetic stripe of an IC card is often used on a daily basis, such as when opening an in-house door, buying a meal ticket with an employee number, or certifying an employee. Such an IC card is a conventional IC
When the card is stored in the card case, it is inconvenient and time-consuming because the IC card must be taken out from the IC card case every time it passes through the magnetic stripe reader. Further, if the IC card is frequently inserted and removed from the IC card case, the printing on the IC card surface may be dropped due to friction with the IC card case, or the IC card surface may be scratched. . In addition, the IC card may be subjected to a surface treatment that suppresses the generation of static electricity or the like that occurs when the card is repeatedly inserted and removed from the IC card case. There is also a possibility that the processing function of will decline.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the prior art, and an object thereof is to pass an information recording card such as an IC card having a magnetic stripe to a magnetic stripe reading device. An object of the present invention is to provide a convenient and practical case for an information recording card, which prevents inconvenience caused by inserting and removing the information recording card from the information recording card case and drop of printing on the card surface.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the information recording card case of the present invention has a surface that covers the surface of the information recording card so that the magnetic stripe existing on the surface of the information recording card is exposed. A sheet, and a back sheet that covers the back surface of the information recording card, the lower edge portion of the front sheet and the lower edge portion of the back sheet are joined, and the side edge portion of the front sheet and the side edge portion of the back sheet However, it is characterized by being joined at least on one side.

[0007]

In the case of the information recording card according to the present invention,
Since the surface sheet has a shape such that the magnetic stripe existing on the surface of the information recording card is exposed, if the surface having the magnetic stripe of the information recording card is housed so as to be located on the surface of the case for the information recording card, The magnetic stripe is exposed on the surface of the information recording card case. Therefore, the magnetic stripe exposed on the surface of the information recording card case can be passed through the card insertion groove of the magnetic stripe reading device without removing the information recording card from the information recording card case. When the information recording card is an IC card, the front sheet and the back sheet cover the IC module of the information recording card, so that the IC module is effectively protected from external noise, static electricity and the like.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an IC card case 4 as an information recording card case according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
2A and 2B are schematic diagrams when an IC card 2 as an information recording card having a magnetic stripe 12 on only one side is housed. FIG. 1A is a schematic front view, and FIG. It is a schematic side view which follows the bb line of FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic view of use when the IC card 2 is stored in the IC card case 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention when passing through the magnetic stripe reading device. The IC card 2 to be stored in the IC card case 4 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
Has a magnetic stripe 12 on only one side. The IC card case 4 according to this embodiment is composed of a top sheet 4a and a back sheet 4b, which are joined together at a lower edge portion 6 and side edge portions 8 and 10 to form a bag shape. . The topsheet 4a and the backsheet 4b are made of the same member or different members, and are joined at their lower edges 6 by means such as thermocompression bonding. Further, the IC card case 4 may be formed by folding back one sheet at the lower edge portion 6. . The topsheet 4a and the backsheet 4b can be integrally formed by some means. Top sheet 4a and back sheet 4b constituting this IC card case 4
Is formed by a vinyl chloride sheet, for example,
An antistatic material is preferably contained in order to take measures against static electricity. As a countermeasure against static electricity, a method of spraying an antistatic material on the back surface of the vinyl chloride sheet may be used. The IC card case 4 can also be formed of a polyester film. I according to this embodiment
To store the IC card 2 in the C card case 4 and pass through the magnetic stripe reading device 20, for example, as shown in FIG. The IC card case 4 has a magnetic stripe 12 on the surface of the IC card 2 when the IC card 2 is accommodated.
As shown in FIG. 2, the user has the magnetic stripe 1 on the surface of the IC card case 4 with the IC card 2 stored in the IC card case 4.
2 can be passed through the card insertion groove 24 of the magnetic stripe reading device 20.

In the IC card case 4 thus configured, the IC card 2 can be stored in the IC card case 4 and can pass through the magnetic stripe reader 20 while the IC module 1 is protected. , IC
This is convenient because there is no need to insert and remove the card 2 from the IC card case 4. In the present embodiment, the IC card 2 having the magnetic stripe only on one side is shown, but the IC card 2 housed in the IC card case 4 according to the present embodiment is
It may have magnetic stripes on both sides.

Next, an IC according to a second embodiment of the present invention
The card case 14 will be described. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the IC card case 14 according to the second embodiment of the present invention in which an IC card 22 having magnetic stripes on both sides is housed. FIG. 3A is a schematic front view. , Fig. 8
It is a schematic side view which follows the bb line | wire of (a). The IC card 22 housed in the IC card case 14 according to the second embodiment of the present invention has a magnetic stripe 12a and a magnetic stripe 12b on both the front surface and the back surface. Similar to the IC card case according to the first embodiment, the IC card case 14 according to the present embodiment is composed of a top sheet 4a and a back sheet 14b, which are the lower edge portion 6 and the side edges. The parts 8 and 10 are joined together to form a bag. The top side of the topsheet 4a has an IC when the IC card 22 is accommodated.
The length is such that the magnetic stripe of the card is exposed, and the shape is formed so as to cover the entire area below the position where the magnetic stripe exists on the surface of the IC card 22. In this embodiment, unlike the first embodiment, the back sheet 14b is formed so as to cover the entire back surface of the IC card 1. The back sheet 14b is formed with a thickness that allows it to pass through the card insertion groove 24 of the magnetic stripe reading device 20 together with the IC card 1. In order to store the IC card 22 in the IC card case 14, as shown in FIG. 3, the IC card 22 is stored so that the surface having one magnetic stripe 12a of the IC card is located on the surface of the IC card case 14. When the other magnetic stripe b is frequently used, the surface having the magnetic stripe 12b is the IC card case 1
Store so that it is located on the surface of 4. The IC card case 14 according to the second embodiment of the present invention has the same operation as that of the first embodiment. Particularly, in this embodiment, the IC
The magnetic stripe 12b of the IC card 22 located on the back surface of the card case 14 is protected by the back sheet 14b. An IC card 22 having magnetic stripes on both sides is used overseas, for example. The IC card 22 may have a magnetic stripe on only one side.

In the first and second embodiments described above, the shape of the surface sheet 4a is such that when the IC card 2 is housed, the portion where the magnetic stripe 12 is present on the surface of the IC card 2 is exposed and the IC module 1 of the IC card 2 is exposed. The existing part is the surface sheet 4
There is no particular limitation as long as it is covered with a. For example, IC
The IC card cases 4 and 14 are exposed so that some identification characters and symbols written on the surfaces of the cards 2 and 22 are exposed.
You can also make holes in the surface of the. Also, the back sheet 4
The shape of b is also not particularly limited. The topsheet 4a and the backsheets 4b and 14b may be joined at either the side edge portion 8 or the side edge portion 10. The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments and can be modified in various ways. For example, the IC card case has a surface sheet 4a.
Alternatively, the magnetic stripe 12 of the IC card 2 may be exposed by providing a folding piece and flipping the folding piece. In the case of this embodiment, when the IC card 2 is accommodated, the magnetic stripe 12
Is covered with the surface sheet 4a, and when the magnetic stripe 12 is used, the user turns up the folded piece of the surface sheet 4a to expose the magnetic stripe 12. Further, the IC card case may be configured such that a finger insertion slide hole is provided at a substantially central position of the topsheet 4a. In the case of this embodiment, when the IC card 2 is accommodated, the magnetic stripe 12 is covered with the topsheet 4a,
When using the magnetic stripe 12, the user slides the IC card 2 through the hole provided in the topsheet 4 a to expose the magnetic stripe 12.

[0012]

As described above, according to the information recording card case of the present invention, when the information recording card is stored in the information recording card case, the magnetic stripe portion of the information recording card is exposed on the surface. Therefore, the magnetic stripe exposed on the surface of the information recording card case can be passed through the card insertion groove of the magnetic stripe reading device without removing the information recording card from the information recording card case. Therefore, it is not necessary to insert and remove the information recording card from the information recording card case each time it passes through the magnetic stripe reading device. Further, it is possible to prevent the printing from being dropped on the surface of the information recording card and the deterioration of the function of the static electricity generation preventing process performed on the surface of the information recording card. Further, when the information recording card is an IC card, the front sheet and the back sheet cover the IC module of the information recording card, so that the IC module is protected from external noise, static electricity and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view and a side view of an IC card case according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the use of the IC card case according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic front view and a side view of an IC card case according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 IC Module 2 IC Card 4 IC Card Case 12 Magnetic Stripe 12a Magnetic Stripe 12b Magnetic Stripe 14 IC Card Case 20 Magnetic Stripe Reader 22 IC Card 24 Card Slot

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A card case of an information recording card having a magnetic stripe, comprising: a surface sheet covering the surface of the information recording card so that the magnetic stripe existing on the surface of the information recording card is exposed at least during use; A back sheet covering the back surface, the lower edge of the top sheet and the lower edge of the back sheet are joined together, and the side edge of the top sheet and the side edge of the back sheet are joined together at least at one side. A case for an information recording card, which is characterized in that 2. The case for an information recording card according to claim 1, wherein the back sheet covers the magnetic stripe formed on the back surface of the information recording card so as to be exposed. 3. The information recording card case according to claim 1, wherein the information recording card is an IC card.