JPH0737155Y2 - Card processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial Utilization Field The invention is, for example, a prepaid card reader / writer provided in an automatic transaction processing device for executing transaction processing using a prepaid card as a medium. The present invention relates to a card processing device.

(B) Conventional Technology As a card processing apparatus of the above-mentioned example, for example,
There is a device having a structure as shown in FIGS.

That is, the card insertion opening 62 is provided in the front part of the device main body 61,
A stopper 65 as a card insertion preventing member is pivotally attached to an L-shaped bracket 63 forming an upper wall of the card insertion opening 62 via a support shaft 64, and a predetermined portion of the stopper 65 is a solenoid as a driving means. While being connected to the plunger 67 of 66, a spring retainer 68 is provided at a position near the support shaft 64 of the stopper 65, and a preventive piece as a preventive portion is provided at a lower portion of the free end.
69 are integrally formed.

Further, on the solenoid 66 side of the above-mentioned L-shaped bracket 63, a through hole 70 for appropriately inserting the above-mentioned preventive piece 69 into the card passage 62a of the card insertion opening 62 is formed while the bracket 63 is provided. A pin 71 is projectingly provided on the side opposite to the solenoid, and a return spring 72 is stretched between the pin 71 and the spring retainer 68.

Then, according to this conventional device, the prepaid card B is inserted into the above-mentioned card insertion slot 62 from the direction of the arrow in FIG.
During the processing of the prepaid card B, the plunger 67 projects due to the drive of the solenoid 66, and resists the spring force of the return spring 72 and the stopper 65.
8 is moved downward from the solid line position in FIG. 8 to the imaginary line β position in FIG. 8 about the support shaft 64, and the preventing piece 69 is provided in the card passage 62a through the through hole 70. Card slot 62
Block part of the card to prevent other cards from being inserted in the correct direction.

(C) Problems to be solved by the device However, the conventional device has the following problems.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, since the above-mentioned prevention piece 69 is formed substantially at right angles to the main surface of the prepaid card B, other prepaid cards B are not legitimate while the previous prepaid card B is being processed. When it is inserted in a different direction, for example, as shown by an arrow x in FIG.
A force in the direction of arrow y in FIG. 9 is applied to the inner end surface 69a of 69, and the above-mentioned stopper 65 moves undesirably in the direction of arrow z in FIG. 9, and the prepaid card B is erroneously inserted into the device. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a card processing device capable of surely preventing erroneous insertion of another card even when another card is inserted from an oblique direction different from the normal direction during card processing.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a card insertion opening, a blocking position located in the card insertion opening, and a blocking position for blocking a part of the card insertion opening and a card insertion opening. A card processing device comprising: a card insertion prevention member movable to an open position to be opened; and a drive means for driving the card insertion prevention member, wherein the card insertion prevention member has a card insertion direction with respect to a card insertion direction. And a lateral side surface of the card processing device having a wedge-shaped recess.

(E) Function According to this invention, the side surface of the prevention portion of the card insertion prevention member with respect to the card insertion direction is formed with a wedge-shaped recess, so that another card is inserted from an oblique direction while the previous card is being processed. Even if an attempt is made, this card is caught in the above-mentioned wedge-shaped recess, no action force is generated to push open the prevention portion of the card insertion prevention member, and the card cannot be inserted inward.

(F) Effect of Invention As a result, there is an effect that it is possible to reliably prevent erroneous insertion of another card during card processing.

(G) Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawings show a card processing device, and in FIGS. 1 to 3, a card insertion port 2 is provided in the front part of the device main body 1, and a card passage 2a is formed in this card insertion port 2.

Further, an L-shaped bracket 3 forming the upper wall of the card insertion slot 2 is provided, and a stopper 5 as a card insertion preventing member is pivotally attached to the bracket 3 via a support shaft 4.

The stopper 5 is formed by bending a metal flat plate into a substantially L-shape when viewed from above. A spring retainer 6 is provided near the support shaft 4 of the stopper 5, and a fourth retainer is provided at a lower portion of the free end.
As shown in the figure, wedge-shaped preventive pieces 7 each having an acute-angled side surface with respect to the card insertion direction are integrally formed.

Further, a predetermined portion of the stopper 5 described above is connected to a plunger 9 of a solenoid 8 as a driving means.

On the other hand, on the solenoid 8 side of the L-shaped bracket 3 described above, the wedge-shaped prevention piece 7 described above is appropriately inserted into the card insertion slot 2.
A through hole 10 for insertion into the card passage 2a is formed, and a spring locking pin 11 is provided on the opposite solenoid side of the bracket 3 so as to project from the pin 11 and the spring retainer 6. A return spring 12 is stretched between them.

Corresponding to the position where the return spring 12 is stretched, the lower part of one surface of the L-shaped stopper 5 described above is cut out in a substantially semicircular shape to form a cutout portion 13, and the stopper 5 and the return spring 12 are connected. Each element is assembled compactly while preventing interference.

The illustrated embodiment is configured as described above, and the operation will be described below.

When the prepaid card A is inserted into the above-mentioned card insertion slot 2 from the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1, the prepaid card A is taken into the main body 1 of the apparatus from the card passage 2a and the transaction processing is executed.

During the processing of the prepaid card A, the plunger 9 is projected by the driving of the solenoid 8 and resists the spring force of the return spring 12 to stop the stopper 5.
3 is moved downward from the solid line position in FIG. 3 to the imaginary line α position in FIG. 3 about the spindle 4, and the preventive piece 7 is inserted in the card passage 2a through the through hole 10 described above. Then, a part of the card insertion slot 2 is cut off to prohibit the insertion of other prepaid cards from the normal direction.

Even if another prepaid card A is inserted from the different direction, that is, the oblique direction indicated by the arrow a in FIG. 2 during the processing of the above-mentioned prepaid card A, the prepaid card A will be treated as described above as shown in FIG. The pre-paid card A cannot be inserted inward because there is no force generated by being caught by the wedge-shaped prevention piece 7 and pushing the prevention piece 7 of the stopper 5 open.

As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent erroneous insertion of another prepaid card from an oblique direction different from the normal direction during card processing.

FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the card processing apparatus. In this embodiment, the plunger 15 of the solenoid 14 is provided with a wedge-shaped taper portion 16.
Are integrally formed.

That is, the solenoid 14 is attached to the bracket 3 so that the driving direction of the plunger 15 is the vertical direction,
A wedge-shaped tapered portion 16 is integrally formed on a predetermined portion of the plunger 15 which also serves as a stopper.

With this configuration, the number of parts of the card misinsertion prevention mechanism as a whole can be significantly reduced, and the configuration can be simplified.

In this embodiment as well, the other effects are almost the same as those of the previous embodiment. Therefore, in FIG. 5, the same parts as those in FIG. The detailed description is omitted.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the card of the present invention corresponds to the prepaid card A of the embodiment. Similarly, the card insertion preventing member is the stopper 5 and the first embodiment of the first embodiment. It corresponds to the plunger 15 of the second embodiment, the drive means corresponds to the solenoid 8 of the first embodiment and the solenoid 14 of the second embodiment, and the prevention portion and the wedge-shaped recess are the wedge-shaped prevention pieces 7 of the first embodiment.
Also, although it corresponds to the wedge-shaped taper portion 16 and its shape of the second embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-mentioned embodiment.

For example, instead of the prepaid card A as the above card, another magnetic card may be used.

[Brief description of drawings]

 FIG. 1 is a side view showing a card processing device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the card processing device, FIG. 3 is a front view of the card processing device, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view showing another embodiment of the card processing device, FIG. 6 is a side view showing a conventional card processing device, and FIG. 7 is a plan view of the conventional card processing device. FIG. 8 is a front view of a conventional card processing device, and FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a conventional card erroneous insertion state. 2 ... Card insertion slot, 5 ... Stopper 7 ... Preventing piece, 8 ... Solenoid 14 ... Solenoid, 15 ... Plunger 16 ... Tapered portion, A ... Prepaid card

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A card insertion port, and a card located in the card insertion port and movable between a blocking position for blocking a part of the card insertion port and a release position for opening the card insertion port. A card processing device comprising an insertion prevention member and a drive means for driving the card insertion prevention member, wherein a lateral side surface of the prevention portion of the card insertion prevention member is formed into a wedge-shaped recess. Formed card processing device.