JPH10307937A - Card type magnetic recording medium processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a card processor which bends a card by a pressure belt and also suppressing the rotations of the card in a card carrying mode to ensure the stable R/W operations of the card. SOLUTION: A card C which is carried in a direction A by a conveyor belt B is pressed by the pressure belts 1g and 1g' of the pressure parts 1 and 1'. Thus, the card C is bent along a magnetic head H. Under such conditions, the belts 1g and 1g' are placed so as to tilt toward a substrate 2 against the direction A at the moving front side of each belt. Thus, the force is generated by the friction caused between the card C and both belts 1g and 1g' to press the card C to the substrate 2. As a result, the card C moves while touching a face that is set in parallel to the direction A of the substrate 2 and accordingly the rotations (skews) of the card C are suppressed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card-shaped magnetic recording medium processing apparatus for reading or writing data on a card-shaped magnetic recording medium, and more particularly to a card which suppresses rotation of the card-shaped magnetic recording medium during transportation. The present invention relates to a magnetic recording medium processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a general card processing device such as an automatic ticket gate is a card-shaped magnetic recording medium (hereinafter, referred to as a commuter pass).
The card is pressed by a rubber roller or the like and brought into close contact with the magnetic head to read or write data (hereinafter abbreviated as R / W) on the card.

In this general card processing apparatus, the contact portion between the magnetic head and the card is very small, so that there is a problem in adhesion. As a conventional technique for bringing a card into close contact with a magnetic head, for example, a technique previously proposed by the present applicant is to deform a card in a direction along the magnetic head using a pressing (flat) belt. There is a card processing device that improves the adhesion and stably performs R / W on the card (see Japanese Patent Application No. 8-194991).

[0004]

However, in the card processing apparatus of the prior application using the pressing belt, the force for pressing the card in the direction of the magnetic head in order to suppress the wear of the magnetic head and the transport load when the card enters. Is suppressed as much as possible.
Further, since this pressing force is generated by the tension of the pressing belt, it is difficult for the card and the pressing belt to adhere to each other. For this reason, the card conveyed on the magnetic head may be slightly meandered to cause rotation (skew) of the conveyed card. If the card is rotated (displaced), there is a problem that R / W with the magnetic head cannot be performed accurately.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and uses a pressing belt to bend and deform a card with a small pressing force, and suppresses the rotation of the card at the time of conveyance, so that the card is transferred to the card. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card processing apparatus that stably performs R / W of the card. Incidentally, the rotation of the card could be suppressed by a general card processing device using a rubber roller. In other words, in this card processing apparatus, since the pressing force is obtained by deforming the rubber roller, the contact area between the card and the rubber roller is large, so that the conveying belt and the card slide even if the conveying belt slightly meanders, The card was prevented from rotating.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a magnetic head in which a contact surface with a card is formed to be convex toward the card side, and the magnetic card is provided with the magnetic head. Transport means for transporting the magnetic head in contact with the head; and a belt-shaped elastic pressing belt provided at a position facing the contact surface of the magnetic head, wherein the pressing belt is formed by a top of the contact surface of the magnetic head. Is pressed in a direction perpendicular to the direction, and the card conveyed by the conveyance means is pinched between the magnetic head and moved, whereby the card is curved and deformed in a direction along the convex shape of the contact surface. Means for writing data to the card and reading data from the card with the magnetic head. A conveying guide unit having a guide surface that stands upright along the conveying direction of the unit, and is disposed so that the moving direction of the pressing belt is inclined with respect to the guiding surface, and is sandwiched between the pressing belt and the magnetic head. The card-shaped magnetic recording medium is configured to move in contact with the guide surface of the transport guide means.

According to such a configuration, the card is moved in the transport direction by the transport means, is sandwiched between the magnetic head and the pressing belt, and is curved and deformed along the contact surface of the magnetic head. At this time, since the moving direction of the pressing belt is inclined, the force between the card and the pressing belt exerts a force to bend the movement of the card toward the conveyance guide means due to the friction between the card and the pressing belt. As a result, the card moves while abutting on the guide surface of the conveyance guide means, and the rotation of the card during conveyance is suppressed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the transport guide means has the guide surface facing one side surface along a transport direction of the magnetic head, It is assumed that the pressing belt is arranged such that the ejection side of the card-shaped magnetic recording medium in the moving direction is inclined toward the guide surface with respect to the transport direction. Further, claim 3
In the invention described in (2), in the invention described in (2), the pressing head is supported by tilting the pressing belt with respect to the magnetic head so as to support the magnetic head in opposition to the guide surface of the transport guiding means. It is provided with a support means having a joining surface for supporting the means.

According to this configuration, the magnetic head and the pressing means are supported by the supporting means in a fixed positional relationship, and the magnetic head is disposed so as to face the guide surface of the transport guiding means, so that the pressing belt is formed. The front side of the movement direction is inclined toward the conveyance guide means with respect to the conveyance direction. In addition, as a specific configuration of the supporting means according to the third aspect, in order to support the magnetic head at an angle with respect to the pressing means, in the invention according to the fourth aspect, the magnetic head of the joining surface is provided. The thin plate is attached to a part of the seat that supports the magnetic head. In the invention according to the fifth aspect, the portion of the seat that supports the magnetic head on the joining surface is inclined. A step is provided at a part of the seat for supporting the magnetic head on the joining surface.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of the card processing device of the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, the present card processing apparatus includes a transport belt B as a transport means for nipping and transporting a card C between endless belts B1 and B2 composed of a pair of flat belts, and a card C transported by the transport belt B. A magnetic head H for performing R / W to the
Pressing portions 1 and 1 ′ as pressing means for pressing the card C in the direction of the magnetic head H to bend and deform, the substrate 2 as conveyance guiding means for guiding the conveyance of the card C, the magnetic head H and the pressing portion 1 , 1 'at a predetermined position.

The card C is, for example, a commuter pass or an ordinary pass used in an automatic ticket gate and the like, and has a magnetic portion for recording data. The transport belt B is driven by the rotation of a transport pulley connected to a motor (not shown), and is an endless belt.
The card C is attached so as to be transported in the transport direction A by the movement of B1 and B2.

The magnetic head H is arranged at a predetermined position on the conveyor belt B, and incorporates a magnetic element (not shown) at the top. The top surface (contact surface) of the magnetic element is formed to be convexly curved toward the conveyed card C. This magnetic head H
Is attached to a predetermined position of the block 3 as described later, and the top of the top surface pushes upward the lower surfaces of the pressing belts 1g, 1g 'of the pressing portions 1, 1' described later. Also,
At the center of the magnetic head H, there is provided a concave portion H ′ that escapes interference with the transport belt B.

The pressing portion 1 is a cylindrical front side rotatable around a shaft 1a and a shaft 1b supported by a block 3, respectively, at front and rear positions in the conveying direction A across the top of the top surface of the magnetic head H. A roller 1d and a rear roller 1e are provided. The shaft 1 is located at a position above the apex and farther from the magnetic head H than the front roller 1d and the rear roller 1e.
A crown roller 1f is provided, which is rotatable about a shaft 1c supported by the block 3 in parallel with a and 1b. Then, an elastic pressing belt 1g is wound in a substantially triangular shape around the outer peripheral side surfaces of the front roller 1d, the rear roller 1e, and the crown roller 1f. Further, the conveying belt B of the pressing portion 1
On the opposite side with respect to, a pressing portion 1 ′ having the same configuration as the pressing portion 1 is provided, and this pressing portion 1 ′ is provided with a shaft 1 a and a shaft 1 b.
Front rollers (not shown) that are freely rotatable around
An elastic pressing belt 1g 'is wound in a substantially triangular shape around the outer peripheral surface of a rear roller 1e' and a crown roller 1f 'rotatable about a shaft 1c.

On the substrate 2, a side surface opposite to the mounting surface of the magnetic head H to the block 3 is fixed, and the substrate surface (guide surface) is fixed.
Are parallel to the transport direction A. As described later, the card C is transported along the substrate surface. Block 3
Supports the shafts 1a to 1c of the pressing portions 1 and 1 'above the joint surface 3a, and supports the magnetic head H below the joint surface 3a. The lower section supporting the magnetic head H has a cross-sectional shape of:
It is substantially L-shaped according to the shape of the magnetic head H. By the block 3, the pressing portions 1, 1 'and the magnetic head H are supported in a fixed positional relationship.

The positional relationship between the pressing portions 1, 1 'and the magnetic head H is, as shown in FIG.
The direction of the center axis Ha of the magnetic head H (the direction connecting the apexes of the contact surfaces) is slightly inclined forward (the right side in the figure) in the transport direction A with respect to the directions a to 1c. When the block 3 is arranged so that the center axis Ha of the magnetic head H is perpendicular to the transport direction A, the direction in which the pressing belts 1g, 1g 'of the pressing portions 1, 1' move is determined by the direction of the substrate surface of the substrate 2 (the transporting direction). (Parallel to the direction A)) and is directed to the substrate 2 side. Thus, when the card conveyed by the conveyance belt B passes through the pressing portions 1 and 1 ', its moving direction is bent toward the substrate 2 by the frictional force with the pressing belts 1g and 1g'.

In a general card processing apparatus using the above-described rubber roller, if the direction of the rotation axis of the rubber roller is inclined with respect to the center axis of the magnetic head, the contact force between the card and the magnetic head becomes small, and the card can be transferred to the card. R / W becomes difficult. However, when the pressing belt is used as in the present embodiment, even if the pressing belt is slightly displaced with respect to the magnetic head by tilting each axis of the pressing portion, the contact state between the card and the magnetic head hardly changes. , R / W to the card is possible.

In order to maintain the above positional relationship, in the present embodiment, for example, it is assumed that a thin plate is sandwiched between seats for joining the block 3 and the magnetic head H. FIG. 3 shows a joint state between the block 3 and the magnetic head H. However, FIG. 3 is a diagram when viewed from below in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, a thin plate 4 is attached to the end of the joint surface 3a of the block 3, and the magnetic head H is fixed by screws or the like via the thin plate 4. Therefore, the magnetic head H has an inclination with respect to the joining surface 3a according to the thickness of the thin plate 4. On the other hand, the axes 1a to 1c of the pressing portions 1 and 1 'are fixed at a right angle to the block 3 (see FIG. 2), so that the positions of the pressing portions 1 and 1' and the magnetic head H as described above. Relationships are maintained.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. The R / W processing on the card C in the card processing apparatus is performed in the same manner as the processing in the conventional card processing apparatus.
This is performed by moving the magnetic material portion while contacting the magnetic element surface of the magnetic head H. That is, card C
With the magnetic part of the transfer belt B facing the magnetic head H,
When the card C is nipped, the card C moves in the transport direction A by the movement of the upper and lower transport belts B.
When the front end of the card C reaches the outer peripheral portions of the pressing belts 1g, 1g 'located at the lower ends of the front rollers 1d, 1d', the upper surface of the front end of the card C contacts the outer peripheral surfaces of the pressing belts 1g, 1g '. Then, the front end of the card C is pushed down.

The front end of the card C advances between the magnetic head H and the outer peripheral surfaces of the pressing belts 1g, 1g ', and moves toward the vicinity of the top T of the magnetic head H. At this time, card C
, A force acts to bend the moving direction toward the substrate 2 due to friction with the pressing belts 1g and 1g '. With this frictional force,
The card C is moved toward the substrate 2 side and moves in the transport direction A while the side surface is in contact with the substrate 2.

When the front end of the card C reaches the vicinity of the top of the magnetic head H, the card C is sandwiched between the top surface of the magnetic head H and the pressing belts 1g, 1g '.
g and 1g ', while passing in the direction of the magnetic head H, pass through the top of the magnetic head H as the transport belt B moves. Further, the front end of the card C is
It moves to the outer peripheral portion of the pressing belts 1g, 1g 'located at the lower end of the rear rollers 1e, 1e' along g, 1g '.

At this time, since the card C is curved and deformed in a direction along the arc-shaped magnetic element surface of the magnetic head H, the contact area between the card C and the magnetic head H is increased, and And the magnetic head is improved in adhesion. Further, since the frictional force with the pressing belts 1g, 1g 'continues to act on the card C, the card C is pressed against the substrate 2 and moves in the transport direction A. In this manner, the card C stably moves while being in contact with the magnetic element surface of the magnetic head H, and the R / W processing is reliably performed by the magnetic head H.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the pressing portions 1, 1 'and the magnetic head H are slightly tilted so that the block 3
And the direction in which the pressing belts 1g and 1g 'move is directed to the substrate 2 side with respect to the transport direction A, so that the card C moves in the transport direction A while abutting on the substrate 2. Even when the card C is bent and deformed by the relatively small pressing force of the belts 1g and 1g ', the rotation (skew) of the card C can be suppressed, and the R / W to the card is performed.
Can be performed stably.

In the embodiment described above, the magnetic head H is inclined with respect to the joint surface 3a by sandwiching the thin plate 4 at the portion of the seat where the block 3 and the magnetic head H are joined. Is not limited to this. For example,
Instead of the block 3, as shown in FIG. 4 (A), a block 3 'having a structure in which the seat portion is inclined in advance is used,
As shown in FIG. 4 (B), a block 3 ″ having a step in a part of the seat may be used. Further, each axis of the pressing portion is fixed at a right angle to the joint surface of the block, and the magnetic head is formed. Is fixed in an inclined manner, but conversely, each axis may be fixed in an inclined manner with respect to the block, and the magnetic head may be fixed at a right angle.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the moving direction of the pressing belt is inclined toward the conveying guide means with respect to the conveying direction, so that the card can be placed in a plane parallel to the conveying direction of the conveying guide means. The card moves in the transport direction while contacting the card, so that even if the card is bent and deformed by the pressing belt, the rotation of the card can be suppressed, and the R /
W can be performed stably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a main part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a positional relationship between a pressing portion and a magnetic head according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a mounting state of the block and the magnetic head according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an exemplary view showing another mounting state of the block and the magnetic head.

[Explanation of symbols]

 C Card (card-shaped magnetic recording medium) H Magnetic head B Conveying belt A Conveying direction 1, 1 'Pressing portion 1a, 1b, 1c Shaft 1d, 1d' Front roller 1e, 1e 'Rear roller 1g, 1g' Press belt 2 Substrate 3, 3 ', 3 "Block 3a Joining surface 4 Thin plate

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A magnetic head having a contact surface with a card-shaped magnetic recording medium that is convexly curved toward the medium side; and a conveying unit that conveys the card-shaped magnetic recording medium while making contact with the magnetic head; A belt-shaped elastic pressing belt is provided at a position facing the contact surface of the magnetic head, and the pressing belt is pressed in a direction perpendicular to the contact surface by a top of the contact surface of the magnetic head, and is conveyed by the transport unit. Pressing means for bending the card-shaped magnetic recording medium in a direction along the convex shape of the contact surface by moving the conveyed card-shaped magnetic recording medium between the magnetic head and the magnetic head. A card-shaped magnetic head, wherein the magnetic head performs at least one of writing data to the card-shaped magnetic recording medium and reading data from the card-shaped magnetic recording medium In the recording medium processing apparatus, the recording medium processing apparatus includes a conveyance guide unit having a guide surface that stands upright along a conveyance direction of the conveyance unit, and the movement direction of the pressing belt is inclined with respect to the guide surface, and the pressing belt and the pressing belt The card-shaped magnetic recording medium processing device, wherein the card-shaped magnetic recording medium sandwiched between the magnetic head and the magnetic head moves while being in contact with a guide surface of the transport guide means. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance guide means has the guide surface facing one side surface along the conveyance direction of the magnetic head, and the pressing belt moves the ejection direction of the card-shaped magnetic recording medium in the movement direction. 2. The card-shaped magnetic recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the card-shaped magnetic recording medium processing apparatus is arranged to be inclined toward the guide surface with respect to the transport direction. 3. A supporting means having a joining surface for supporting the magnetic head in opposition to the guide surface of the transport guiding means and for tilting the pressing belt with respect to the magnetic head to support the pressing means. The card-shaped magnetic recording medium processing device according to claim 2, further comprising: 4. The supporting means attaches a thin plate to a part of a seat for supporting the magnetic head on the joining surface,
4. The card-shaped magnetic recording medium processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the magnetic head is supported at an angle with respect to the pressing unit. 5. The magnetic head according to claim 1, wherein said support means inclines and supports the magnetic head with respect to said pressing means by inclining a portion of said joint surface of a seat for supporting said magnetic head. Item 4. A card-shaped magnetic recording medium processing apparatus according to Item 3. 6. The magnetic head according to claim 1, wherein said support means is provided with a step on a part of said joint surface for supporting said magnetic head, thereby supporting said magnetic head at an angle to said pressing means. Item 4. A card-shaped magnetic recording medium processing apparatus according to Item 3.