JPS6049984B2 - magnetic media feeder - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION When sending a magnetic medium (a magnetic card or a magnetic passbook), the present invention provides a magnetic medium having a structure that keeps the feeding load of the magnetic medium approximately constant and adds a pressing force to the magnetic medium. The present invention relates to a media feeding device.

Over the past few years, systems using magnetic cards have been rapidly developed, and are now widely used as cash cards in the financial sector, particularly banks. Among these, various functions are incorporated and used in magnetic card readers incorporated into cash dispensers, teller's machines, and the like.

However, these devices are inevitably expensive,
Although it can be adopted in high-end machines with high-performance systems, it is difficult to incorporate it into popular machines that are intended to be inexpensive due to the cost.

As a means to solve this problem, a so-called hand-scan type magnetic card reader has been developed, which reads the recorded contents on a magnetic medium by moving the magnetic medium by hand. Its uses are rapidly expanding as attention is focused on improved performance and lower costs. On the other hand, data entry work at counters in bank transactions is done manually by bank staff using keyboards, etc. In particular, inputting many numerical values such as customer code numbers and account numbers is very cumbersome and prone to mistakes. The frequency of doing so is also extremely high.

In such cases, if a magnetic stripe is attached to a part of the bank passbook and necessary information such as the bank code number, fulcrum number, customer code number, account number, etc. is magnetically recorded, this recorded information can be used. can be read by the hand scan and input from the terminal to the main computer, so the numerical input work is simplified, the work is freed from troublesome work, and the errors mentioned above are also eliminated.

However, the base of the magnetic card is made of synthetic resin and has a thickness of 0.7 mm.
Tnm is the standard, whereas the base of a magnetic passbook is made of multiple sheets of paper and has a thickness of 1.5 to 27 rrm.
It will be about.

In this way, since the magnetic media of the magnetic card and the magnetic passbook are significantly different in terms of quality and size, two readers are required to read the information magnetically recorded on the magnetic card and the magnetic passbook. Unit (for magnetic cards and magnetic passbooks)
, which increases the size and cost of the device. Therefore, a device for reading information magnetically recorded on a magnetic card or magnetic passbook using one reading unit [first
Figures A and b] can be considered, but this has various drawbacks as shown below. In other words, Fig. 1 A and b are guide 1,
1'' is set slightly wider than the thickness of the magnetic passbook 2 as shown in a, and the crimping width 4-1 sandwiched between the magnetic head 3 and the crimping roller 4 is set as shown in b. The thickness of the magnetic card 5 is set to be slightly smaller than the thickness of the magnetic card 5.
In FIG. 1a, when the magnetic passbook 2 is manually fed in the direction of the arrow 6 and the tip 2-1 of the magnetic passbook is held between the magnetic head 3 and the pressure roller 4, the pressure width 4-1 Since the magnetic passbook 2 is considerably narrower than the thickness of the magnetic bankbook 2, a sudden load change occurs to the manual feeding, and the speed of the manual feeding becomes unstable, which tends to lead to errors in reading the information.
Further, in FIG. 1b, when the magnetic card 5 is manually fed in the direction of the arrow 6, the guide width 1-1 is considerably wider than the thickness of the magnetic card, so the effect of the guides 1, 1'' is reduced. The position of the magnetic card tip 5-1 entering the magnetic head 3 is not constant, and the manual feeding speed becomes unstable, which tends to lead to errors in reading the information.The present invention solves this problem. The width of the guide path changes according to the thickness of the magnetic medium having different thicknesses such as the magnetic card and the bankbook, and the guide path is always pressed appropriately against the side surface of the magnetic medium. Because it applies pressure,
This has the effect of reinforcing the weak strength of a magnetic medium such as a bankbook, and improves the operability during manual feeding. The present invention will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 2A, b, and c.

3. FIG. 2a shows a plan view of the magnetic medium feeding device of the present invention, which has an elastic body 9 having a shape as shown in FIG. 2c on the opposite surface of the guide 7. The elastic body 9 is made of a material having an elastic force such as maltbrene, foamed urethane rubber, or foamed polystyrene, and when this elastic body 9 is attached to the holder 8, the elastic body 9 acts to press the guide 7. A magnetic head 10 is fixed approximately at the center of the guide 7 by a holding member 11 .

When the magnetic medium 12 (magnetic card or magnetic passbook) shown in FIG. 2b is inserted in the direction of arrow 14 from the opening 13 in FIG. Push the insertion end 9-1 of 9 (shaped as shown to facilitate insertion).

The portion of the elastic body 9 that contacts the magnetic medium 12 is recessed, and the magnetic medium 12 is held between the elastic body 9 and the guide 7 as shown in FIG. 2b. Then, the magnetic medium 12
is pressed against the guide 7 by the elastic body 9. When the magnetic medium 18 is further advanced in the direction of the arrow 14, the magnetic stripe (not shown) attached to the guide 7 side of the magnetic medium 12 slides on the gap part (not shown) of the magnetic head 10, Information is written to or read from the magnetic stripe by the magnetic head 10 .

At this time, the surface of the magnetic medium 12 facing the magnetic head 10 is pressed more strongly than other surfaces by the convex portions 9-2 of the elastic body 9 as shown in FIG. 2c.

When the magnetic medium 12 is further advanced in the direction of the arrow 14, the magnetic medium 12 passes through the elastic body 9 and the guide 7 and is released from being held by both. When the magnetic medium 12 is ejected from the ejection end 9-3 of the elastic body 9, the elastic body 9 returns to the state before the magnetic medium 12 was inserted, as shown in FIG. 2a, by its own elastic force. In this state, the discharge end 9-3 of the elastic body 9 is approximately L-shaped as shown in the figure, so that the magnetic medium 12 is difficult to be inserted from the discharge end 9-3. In this way, the magnetic medium feeding device of the present invention has a thickness of 0.
．． Even if you use a magnetic card based on synthetic resin of 77r$t, or a magnetic passbook based on a passbook made of multiple sheets of paper and about 1.5 to 2 centimeter thick, The elastic body 9 provides a guide width that corresponds to the thickness of these magnetic cards and magnetic passbooks.

Therefore, in the case of a magnetic card, the insertion position of the magnetic card into the magnetic head 10 is constant, and in the case of a magnetic passbook, the weakness of the magnetic passbook is reinforced. This ensures that information can be written to or read from the magnetic card or magnetic passbook.

In the above embodiment, the case where the magnetic medium is transferred manually is illustrated, but the present invention is not limited to such manual feeding, but can also be applied to automatic feeding.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1a is a plan view when a magnetic passbook is passed through the manual magnetic medium feeder, Fig. 1b is a plan view when a magnetic card is passed through the manual magnetic medium feeder, and Fig. 2a is a A plan view of the magnetic medium feeding device of the present invention, FIG. 2b is a plan view of the magnetic medium feeding device of the present invention when the magnetic medium is held between
FIG. 2c is a plan view of an elastic body used in the magnetic medium feeding device of the present invention. In the figure, 7 is a guide, 9 is an elastic body, 9-1 is an insertion end, 9-2 is a convex part, 9-3 is an ejection end, 10 is a magnetic head, 12 is a magnetic medium, and 12-1 is a magnetic medium. There is a tip.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A guide for guiding a magnetic medium, an elastic body facing the guide and having a biasing force in the direction of the guide, and a magnetic head provided facing the elastic body, A magnetic medium feeding device that writes information to or reads information from the magnetic medium using the magnetic head by being conveyed while being held between an elastic body and the guide. 2. The magnetic medium feeding device according to claim 1, wherein a portion of the elastic body facing the magnetic head has a convex portion.