JPS6213920B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a slip creation device using a credit card, and in particular, the direction in which paper is fed to a transaction record printing unit is made to match the direction in which the credit card is ejected, and the paper is cut after printing transaction data. Next, by using a mechanism that copies the embossed part of the credit card as a receipt, the device itself is made more compact, and the receipt and credit card are simultaneously discharged into the same return slot to prevent the customer from forgetting to take the receipt. Regarding the creation device.

Devices that use credit cards in automatic processing machines, such as cash dispensers, read the credit card inserted by the customer, and if it is a valid credit card, process the card according to the customer's request, and when the process is completed, print out the processed data. , the embossed data on the card is imprinted to create a receipt, and the credit card and receipt are ejected together to the return slot.

In addition, these cards are made of a hard material to prevent damage, and are provided with a magnetic stripe along the length of the card for recording predetermined magnetic data, and are further provided with embossing in parallel with the magnetic stripe. ing. Further, the embossed data includes an account number, name, etc. made up of a plurality of letters, numbers, symbols, etc. arranged in the longitudinal direction of the card and oriented so as to be readable in the lateral direction.

Further considering the mechanism for printing a slip, characters are usually printed in the width direction of the slip, that is, in horizontal writing. This is because if the printing direction of one piece of data is perpendicular to the conveyance direction, the feed change operation and conveyance can be combined, and furthermore, the supply of data to the print head can be easily controlled.

On the other hand, there are known devices for reading magnetic cards, such as devices that scan the card by moving the magnetic head in the longitudinal direction of the card, and devices that read the card while transporting the card with the magnetic head fixed.
The latter device is often used because of its miniaturization and control.

However, if you use a card like the one above,
In a conventional device that reads magnetic data and imprints embossed data parallel to the arrangement direction of printed characters on a slip, it is necessary to transport the slip perpendicular to the card transport direction.

Therefore, since the device for supplying slips to the printing mechanism, which is attached to the printing mechanism, is disposed at right angles to the card conveyance device, it has the disadvantage of being large in size. Furthermore, the conventional device has the disadvantage that the card must be converted in the right angle direction, making the device complicated.

In addition, since the card and the slip are returned separately to different return slots, there are some inconveniences in terms of operability, such as the customer forgetting to take them back.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate these conventional drawbacks and provide a slip creation device that is small, easy to control, and easy to operate for the user.

Therefore, the present invention has an insertion/ejection port provided on the front side of the device for inserting/ejecting the magnetic card and ejecting the paper on which the emboss has been copied, and separating the continuous paper after the transaction record is printed from the insertion/ejection port. On the card transport path up to the cutter part, there is a magnetic recording/reproducing section that reads and writes magnetic data to the magnetic recording medium, and a The magnetic card includes a card rotation mechanism unit that aligns the center line of the magnetic card along the hand direction with the center line of the card conveyance path, and an imprinter unit that copies the embossing on the magnetic card onto the paper. , further comprising a paper conveyance path for conveying the paper after embossed copying to the insertion/ejection port, and the transaction record printing section prints transaction data on the continuous paper conveyed and fed in the ejection direction of the magnetic card. Then, the printed continuous paper is separated by the cutter section, and the magnetic card is inserted into the separated paper from the insertion/ejection port, scanned for magnetic recording, and positioned so that it can be embossed and copied by the card rotation mechanism. The emboss is copied from the magnetic card, and is ejected from the insertion/ejection port via the paper transport path together with the magnetic card traveling in the ejection direction along the card transport path.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to examples.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a slip creating device according to the present invention using the credit card, particularly an outline of a slip printing mechanism and a conveying mechanism.

The customer inserts the credit card 17 to be used into the insertion/ejection port 1 in the longitudinal direction. At this time, the shutter 2 is not open, so the credit card 17 is inserted through the card gap 2' in the shutter 2, and in that state, the credit card 17 is moved from the front surface F to the rear surface R along the card conveyance path 3 by rollers R1 and R2. It is sent out in the direction of arrow A. Next, it is fed into the card reader/writer section 16, the magnetic head MH reads the magnetically recorded contents of the credit card 17, and then sent out from the card reader/writer section 16 and sent out to the table swing mechanism 4 by rollers R4 and R5. Ru. On the other hand, the slip printing mechanism feeds the continuous paper 11 stored in the paper feed section 12 in the direction of arrow B by feeding out the tractor TR, and
The data is sent to the printer section 9 according to the guidance in step 6. In the printer section 9, the continuous paper 11 is printed by the printing head 9', the ribbon of the ribbon cartridge 10, and the platen 18.
, and according to a command from the printer section 9, the printing head 9' is able to read the printout of the processing content in the paper ejection and feeding direction, and the printing head 9' is moved in a direction perpendicular to the paper feeding direction to print on the continuous paper 11. conduct. The printed continuous paper 11 is divided into a journal 11A and a receipt 11B by the end of the cutter 8, and the journal 11A is passed through the upper surface of the rotary blade 7 of the cutter portion 8, and the receipt 11B is passed through the lower surface. In the imprinter section 5, the receipt 11B and the journal 11A are combined again to form the continuous paper 11, and then the credit card 17 is rotated 90 degrees by the table swing mechanism 4, and the continuous paper 11 and the overlapping roll 5' are pressed against the credit card 17. The embossed display symbol is copied so that it can be read in the conveyance direction of the continuous paper 11, that is, in parallel with and in the same direction as the printed characters. After copying, in the normal case, the table swing mechanism 4 is returned to its original position, and the receipt 11B is cut by the rotary blade 7 and the fixed blade 6. The journal 11A is guided by a roller R7 in the direction of arrow C in conjunction with printing and line feed, and is successively rolled up into the winding section 13. Receipt 1
1B is sent out in the direction of arrow D by rollers R8 and R9, and passes through the lower surface of the gate 14 to the roller R1.
2 and R13, the receipt 11B is further sent out in the direction of arrow E, and at this time the shutter 2 is opened and the receipt 11B is ejected to the insertion/ejection opening 1 by the rollers R1 and R2. On the other hand, the credit card 17 is now sent out along the conveyance path 3 in the direction of arrow A' by rollers R4 and R5, processed and recorded by the card reader/writer section 16, and then transferred to the insertion/ejection port 1 by rollers R1 and R2. It is discharged. In this case, the discharge is performed simultaneously with the receipt 11B. Therefore, the shutter 2 is opened when the credit card 17 and the receipt 11B are ejected, but is closed at the same time as the ejection is completed.
However, if an abnormality occurs after the credit card 17 is inserted, that is, if the credit card 17 is read by the card reader/writer section 16 but is not the correct credit card 17, it is immediately returned to the insertion/ejection port 1. Also, if an abnormality occurs during processing, put the credit card 17 and receipt 11B together after imprinting and move them to roller R in the direction of arrow D.
8, R9, move the gate 14 as shown by the dotted line, and move the roller R through the top surface of the gate 14.
10 and R11, it is discharged to the reject box 15 as shown by arrow E.

Conventionally, such a slip creation device does not have a table swing mechanism 4. In other words, the paper travel path of the slip printing mechanism and the credit card 1
7 are perpendicular to each other in the imprinter section 5, and the credit card 17 inserted in the longitudinal direction overlaps the continuous paper 11 without changing its direction in the imprinter section 5. This has the disadvantage that the device becomes larger in the width direction. Therefore, the slip printing mechanism has to be provided in the left-right direction with respect to the front-back arrangement of the credit card 17 conveyance mechanism, which is disadvantageous in terms of the device configuration and causes the problem that the device itself becomes large in size.
In addition, the receipt 11B has to be conveyed in the lateral direction to be discharged, which has disadvantages such as poor operability, such as difficulty in conveying and difficulty in taking out the receipt at the discharge port.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems by providing a table swing mechanism in such an apparatus, and using the table swing mechanism to rotate the credit card in the imprinter section by 90 degrees and place it in a predetermined position for copying. By moving,
The continuous paper traveling path of the slip printing mechanism is arranged in parallel with the credit card conveying path and receipt ejecting path of the conveying mechanism to achieve miniaturization.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a conventional imprinter section. The credit card 17 moves in the direction of arrow A along a conveyance path indicated by a two-dot chain line. The credit card 17 that has passed through the card reader/writer section 16 is overlapped with the continuous paper 11 from the slip printing mechanism.
By driving the roll 5' in the 5'' direction while pressing with the roll 5', the embossed symbol of the credit card 17 is copied onto the continuous paper 11. In this case, the slip printing mechanism places B at the center line of the continuous paper 11. The continuous paper 11 is running as follows.

Therefore, the conveyance path of the credit card 17 and the travel path of the slip printing mechanism are arranged to intersect at right angles at the imprinter section. So credit card 17
When configuring a device with a transport mechanism and a slip printing mechanism, for example, if the credit card transport system is arranged in the front-rear direction, the slip printing mechanism system will be installed in the left-right direction, so the external size of the device itself tends to be large. It was hot.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the table swing mechanism according to the present invention. The table swing mechanism is cam 4A
The credit card 17 is composed of a lever 4B and a holder 4C, and the credit card 17 moves in the direction of arrow A along a traveling path indicated by a two-dot chain line. Card reader/writer section 16
The credit card 17 that has passed through is inserted into the holder 4C, and as the cam 4A rotates in the direction of the arrow 4A', the credit card 17 inserted into the lever 4B and the holder 4C is centered around the rotation pin 4B' as shown by the dotted line. will be moved to In this state, the continuous paper 11 conveyed in the direction matching the card running direction can be overlapped with the credit card 17, so that the roll 5' of the imprinter section 5
The embossed symbol on the credit card 17 can be copied onto the continuous paper 11, which is pressure-sensitive paper, by driving the continuous paper 11 in the direction of the arrow 5'' while pressing it with the paper. It can be aligned with the center of the conveyance path.After copying is completed, by further rotating the cam 4A in the direction 4A', the lever 4B and the credit card 17 return to the original position shown by the solid line.As shown in FIG. If the direction of the credit card 17 is simply changed, methods (a) and (b) can be considered.However,
In the case of (a), the center of the credit card 17 is shifted as shown in _l1 before and after the direction change. Therefore, it is necessary to add a mechanism to align the center of the imprinter section 5 with the center of the conveyance path of the credit card 17, and in the case of (b), when the credit card 17 is rotated, it moves backward by _l2 . A means for conveying the credit card 17 after rotation is required.

Therefore, by providing the table swing mechanism 4 according to the present invention, by rotating the cam 4A, the credit card 17 can be moved to a predetermined imprinting position in the imprinter section 5 at the same time as the direction is changed, and the credit card 17 can be easily moved after imprinting. It can be restored.

As explained above, the present invention prints transaction data in a transaction record printing section on a continuous sheet of paper that is conveyed and fed in the ejection direction of a magnetic card, then separates the printed continuous sheet with a cutter section, and then separates the separated sheets. The emboss is copied from the magnetic card that is inserted through the insertion/ejection port, the magnetic recording is scanned, and the card rotation mechanism section is positioned so that the emboss can be copied. The credit card 17 is configured to be ejected together with the magnetic card that has traveled.
The conveyance path of the card and the conveyance path of the continuous paper 11 of the slip printing mechanism are arranged vertically, and the conveyance means for cards and receipts can be formed thin in the thickness direction of these media. In comparison, the apparatus has the advantage of being more compact in terms of its configuration, and therefore the outer size of the apparatus itself can be made smaller.

Furthermore, the effects of the present invention can be summarized as follows: Not only is the card miniaturized, but it is also possible to read and write imprint and magnetic data by simply moving the card back and forth in a straight line, which simplifies control.

Emboss imprinting can be done when the process has been successfully completed and after printing to that effect, and the conclusion of the transaction can be finally verified.

Since the card and receipt are returned to the same return slot and at the same time, there is no chance of forgetting to take them.

There is less jamming because no force is applied to the card itself due to rotation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view of essential parts of a slip creation device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a conventional imprinter section, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a table swing mechanism according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a view of a credit card It is a direction change explanatory diagram. In the figure, 1... Insertion/ejection port, 2... Shutter, 3... Card transport path, 4... Table swing mechanism, 4A... Cam, 4B... Lever, 4C...
... Holder, 5 ... Imprinter section, 6 ... Fixed blade, 7 ... Rotating blade, 8 ... Cutting section, 9 ... Printer section, 10 ... Ribbon cartridge, 11 ...
Continuous paper, 11A... Journal, 11B... Receipt, 12... Paper feed section, 13... Winding section, 14...
...Gate, 15...Redirect Box, 16...
. . . card reader/writer section, 17 . . . credit card, 18 . . . platen.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A magnetic card having a magnetic recording medium affixed in the longitudinal direction and having embossed fonts arranged parallel to the magnetic recording medium and erected so as to be readable from the lateral direction is supplied, and a magnetic card is supplied from a supply section. In a slip creation device that prints a transaction record on a supplied continuous sheet of paper and copies the emboss on the supplied magnetic card in the width direction of the continuous sheet of paper, a device is provided at the front of the device for inserting/ejecting the magnetic card. It also has an insertion/ejection port for ejecting the paper on which the emboss has been copied, and the magnetic recording medium is located on the card transport path between the insertion/ejection port and the cutter section that separates the continuous paper after printing the transaction record. a magnetic recording and reproducing unit that reads and writes magnetic data to and from the card; each comprising a card rotation mechanism unit that aligns the card with the center line of the card transport path, and an imprinter unit that copies the emboss onto the continuous paper,
Furthermore, it has a paper transport path that transports the paper after embossed copying to the insertion/ejection port, and prints the data of the transaction record on the continuous paper that is transported and fed in the ejection direction of the magnetic card, and then prints the paper. The finished continuous paper is separated by the cutter section, and the separated paper is inserted through the insertion/ejection port to scan the magnetic recording, and the card rotation mechanism section records the paper, which is positioned so that it can be embossed and copied. A slip creation device characterized in that the emboss is copied from a magnetic card, and the emboss is ejected from the insertion/ejection opening via the paper transport path together with the magnetic card traveling in the ejection direction along the card transport path.