JPS62229385A - Ic card reader writer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm a loading by a visual observation by exposing a part of the IC card from an above-mentioned device main body to an external part when the IC card is inserted and suppressing an inserting distance to the minimum limit, in an IC card reader writer device. CONSTITUTION:An IC card is inserted from a card inserting point 11 into an IC card reader writer device 2 and mounted on a card receiving surface 12A of a pan 12. The contact of the IC card, at such a time, is located in an IC card reader writer device main body. Thus, an operator recognizes that the IC card is set. Next, by the manual operation, a handle knob 15 is rotated in the clock-wise direction, and then, a shaft 16 fitted to the handle knob 15 is rotated and a shaft 20 is rotated through a pulley 17, a belt 24 and a pulley 21. Thus, eccentric cams 18 and 22 are rotated, card holding fittings 25 are pressed down, a card is fixed and a contact part 26 is contacted with the contact of the card.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] This invention is directed to a so-called IC incorporating an integrated circuit (IC).
The present invention relates to an IC card reader/writer device used for reading the contents of a card or writing information thereto.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 4 shows an IC card as an identification card shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 53-6491.

One person is the card body with ICIB (for example, read-on-memory) inside, the IC [the contact of IC1B, 1D
is a protective film that protects the IC1B installed inside from damage. 1 is an IC card, and the above code 1
It is inserted from each insertion element A to 1D.

FIG. 5 shows a conventional IC card reader/writer device as shown, for example, in the catalog of IC card reader 2-ita manufactured by Tokyo Tatsuno, a type A company. In the same figure, 2Fi IC card reader/writer device body, 3 is an IC card reader/writer device.
4 is a reader/writer contact portion for contacting the contact 1C of the IC card 1, and 5 is a main body slope 3 provided at the bottom of the contact portion 4. 6 is a sensor that detects that the IC card 1 is inserted into the IC card reader/writer device, and 7 is an IC sensor that detects when the IC card 1 is inserted.
A holding mechanism that holds the card 1; 8 is a contact portion that abuts the IC card 1 provided on the contact portion 4 and transmits the movement of the IC card 1 to the contact portion 4; 9 is an electrical signal provided on the contact portion 4; This is a contact for extraction.

Next, the operation will be explained. Figure 5 (A) shows the state in which the IC card 1 is about to be inserted, and Figure 5 (B)
connects the IC card 1 to the IC card reader/writer device body 2
The IC card 1 is shown in a state in which the IC card 1 is in contact with the IC card contact portion 8 of the contact portion 4. FIG. 5(C) shows the final IC card insertion state after the IC card is further inserted into the IC card reader/writer device. In the process from FIG. 5(B) to FIG. 5(C), as the IC card 1 is inserted, the IC card contact portion 8 moves to the back. As a result, the contact section 4 also moves to the back along the main body slope 3, and during this movement, the main body slope 5 provided at the bottom of the contact section 4 and the slope 3 provided on the card reader/writer device main body 2 As it moves to the back, the contact portion 4 moves upward.

At the final stage, the electrical signal extraction contact 9 provided on the contact portion 4 comes into contact with the contact 1C of the IC card 1.

In the final stage of FIG. 5(C), the IC card 1 is completely submerged into the IC card reader/writer device main body 2, and this state is detected by the sensor 6, and the holding mechanism 7 works to hold the IC card 1iIc. It is held in the cart reader/writer device.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Since the conventional IC card reader/writer device [1 is inserted as described above, the insertion length of the IC card into the device for inserting the IC card and bringing the contacts of the IC card into contact with each other is the same as that of the IC card. It requires a length equivalent to the size of the device, and because the IC card is inserted into the device, it is impossible to confirm the IC card while it is inside the device. There are nine problems such as anxiety.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when the IC card is inserted into the main body of the device,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an IC card reader/writer device that can confirm the validity of IC card insertion, easily attach the IC card to the device body, and eliminate psychological anxiety.

[Means to solve all problems]

ICC card reader writer device and IC according to the present invention
A part of the IC card is exposed to the outside from the device body so that the IC card can be seen from the outside when attached to the card device body.

[For production]

The IC card reader/two-item device in this invention is an I.
The part of the C card that is not provided with an ICi is exposed outside the device body, the part of the IC card that is provided with an IC is inserted into the device main body, and stored in the IC of the IC card via the IC contacts. Continuously display the information that has been written, or write the required information.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an IC card reader showing an embodiment of the present invention.
Provide an external view of the writer device. In the figure, 2 is the main body of the IC card reader/writer device, which is inserted through each of the insertion elements described below. Reference numeral 10 denotes a box-shaped part of the IC card reader/writer device main body 2, and the IC card is horizontally installed at the lower edge of the front side plate 10A among the side plates forming the side surfaces. It has an elongated rectangular card insertion slot 11t for insertion. Reference numeral 12 denotes a tray for the IC card 1 formed by extending the bottom plate of the box-shaped s10 from the card insertion slot 11 side, and a tray notch 1 is provided in the center of the front edge.
3, and a frame-shaped projecting edge portion 12Bk is provided on the edge other than the tray notch 131, projecting upward from the card receiving surface 12A of the tray 12. In addition, this projecting edge 1
2B is the side plate 1 on both sides of the front side plate of the box-shaped part 2.
0B.

It is connected to 10C. Reference numeral 15 denotes a handle knob provided on the upper outer side of the front side plate 10A of the box-shaped portion 10, and is provided so as to be rotatable by manual operation.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the device shown in FIG. 1. 1
6 is the front side plate with 10 holes! A shaft 17 has a handle knob 15 attached to one end thereof, a driving pulley 17 is attached to the shaft 16, and an eccentric cam 18 is attached to the shaft 16. This axis 16 is.

The front side plate of the box-shaped part 10 is horizontally supported by a bearing 19 provided on the pack side plate 100 of the box-shaped part 10, which is arranged opposite to the 10 people.
and is disposed substantially perpendicular to the pack side plate 10D. A shaft 20 is disposed in the same direction as the shaft 16, is supported by a bearing 21 provided on the pack side plate 10D, has a pulley 21 having the same shape as the pulley 17, and an eccentric cam 22 having the same shape as the eccentric cam 18. has been established.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a belt stretched between both goose IJ 17 and 21, and the relative positional relationship between both eccentric cams 18 and 22 is the same.

Reference numeral 25 designates a U-shaped card holding metal fitting that is biased upward by a spring (not shown) attached to the inner surface of the top plate 10E (see FIG. 1) of the box-shaped portion 10; The central plate 2 is always in contact with the eccentric cam 18.22 due to the
5A and both side plates 25B and 25C, which are disposed facing downward on both sides of the center plate 25A. 26 is an I fixedly installed on the lower surface side of the center plate 25A of the card holding fitting 25.
It is a contact part with a contact pin 9 for the contact of the C card 1 provided at the bottom, and this contact pin 9 is brought into contact with the contact 1C of the IC card 1 to output or write information from the IC card 1. Note that the contact bottle 9 is connected to a terminal device (not shown) via an IC card reading/writing circuit (not shown).

The bottom of the box-shaped part 10? The vertical and horizontal dimensions of the card receiving surface 12A of the receiving tray 12 are slightly larger than the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the IC card 1.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of this invention will be explained. IC
The card 1 is inserted into the IC card reader/writer main body 2 through the card insertion slot 11 and placed on the card receiving surface 12A of the receiving tray 12.

At this time, a part of the IC card 1 is exposed to the outside on the tray 12, so the operator can see the IC card 1.
f: It is possible to recognize that the IC card is set in the IC card reader/writer device.

Next, when the handle knob 15 is manually rotated clockwise by the operator, the shaft 16 attached to the handle knob 15 is rotated in the same direction.

The rotational force of the shaft 16 is also transmitted to the shaft 20 via the pulley 1f→belt 24→pulley 21. Therefore, axis 16.
Both eccentric cams 18.22fl are synchronous due to the synchronous rotation of 20! /(Rotate, apply downward force from both left and right sides of the IC card holding fitting 25, and push down the IC card holding fitting 25 while keeping it in a horizontal state. This will cause the tray 1 to
Both left and right end portions of the IC card 1 set in the holder 25 are clamped and fixed between the lower ends of the side plates 25B and 25C of the holding fitting 25 and the card receiving surface 12A, and the IC card 1 is fixed to the card reader/writer device. is maintained by

On the other hand, the contacts 9 of the contact portion 26 that have descended as the IC card holding fitting 25 has descended come into contact with the contacts 1C of the IC card 1. As a result, an IC card reading/writing circuit (not shown) is activated, and the contents written in the IC 7B of the IC card 1 are read and transmitted to, for example, a tff personal computer (not shown). On the contrary, the write information is transmitted from the input information of, for example, a burner computer (not shown) to the above-mentioned IC card reading/writing circuit (not shown) and contacts 9. It is written to IC1B of IC card 1 via IC.

After reading and/or writing information on the IC card 1, the handle knob 15 is rotated counterclockwise. The r>IC card 1 is released from the IC card holding fitting 25 by the operation opposite to that described above. The operator lifts the IC card 1 from the tray notch 13, moves it over the protruding edge 12B, and pulls it out toward the user to take it out of the card reader/writer device.

FIG. 3 is an internal insertion view of a device showing another embodiment of the invention. 12C is the sloped surface of the protruding edge of the saucer 12!
! It is provided on both sides of the tray notch 13 at the edge of the card receiving surface 12A, and rises upward from the card receiving surface 12A toward the front. A drive motor 30 is provided on the outer surface of the back side plate 100 and is fixed to the main body 2 of the apparatus, and its rotating shaft is connected to the shaft 16 into which the bearing 19 is fully fitted. 31
is a card detector such as a photocoupler, which is provided at a position close to the back side plate 10D of the receiving tray 12 to detect the IC card 1. 32 is a pair of grooves provided on both left and right sides of the back side plate 10D side of the saucer 12; 33;
is the back side plate 100 provided corresponding to flt32.
The pair of holes, 34, are closed by the armature of a pair of solenoids 34 provided on the outside of the back side plate 10D. This armature 34A does not protrude inwardly from the back side plate 10D when the nonnoid 34 is not energized, and projects inwardly from the back side plate 10D when the solenoid 34 is energized, and its lower half is disposed in the groove 32. The upper half is arranged to protrude upward from the card receiving surface 12A. In addition, the drive motor 30 and the card detection 53
1 and solenoid 34 are connected to a control circuit (not shown) and sequentially controlled. Further, the appearance of the IC card reader/writer device is similar to the figure WJ1 except for the reference numeral 151ft.

When the IC card 1 is set in the tray 12 as described above, the upper side of the card detector 31 is covered by the IC card 1, so that the card detector can detect that the IC card 1 is set in the IC card reader/writer device. Detected by 31. This detection signal causes the rotation shaft of the drive motor 30 to rotate forward by a predetermined rotation angle, thereby rotating the shaft 16 together with the shaft 20 by a predetermined rotation angle. Due to this operation of the eccentric cam 18.degree. 22, the card holding fitting 25 is pushed down, and the IC card 1 is automatically held within the IC card reader/writer device.

After processing the information on the IC card 1, when a processing completion signal is input to the control circuit (not shown) by, for example, an operator operating an external terminal device, the drive motor 30 reversely rotates by a predetermined rotation angle to remove the IC card. 1 to card holding bracket 25
free from Next, the solenoid 34 is temporarily excited, and the armature 34A temporarily projects inward from the back side plate 10D side. At this time, the rear edge of the IC card 1 is strongly struck by the end face of the armature 34A, so that the IC card 1 is guided by the slanted edge surface 12C and ejected forward.

In the first embodiment, manual operation using the handle knob 15 is shown, but other mechanisms that allow manual operation such as an operation lever may be provided.

In addition, in each of the above embodiments, an IC using a magnetic recording film
A well-known magnetic reading/writing mechanism for cards can be easily added to all of the above embodiments, and in this case, conventional magnetic cards and IC cards can be mixed, and the magnetic card system can be changed from a magnetic card system to an IC card system. This has the effect of making the transition smoother.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when an IC card is installed in an IC card reader/writer device, a part of the IC card is exposed to the outside from the main body of the IIC card league device, and the insertion distance of the IC card into the main body of the device is reduced. Since the number of IC cards inserted is kept to the minimum necessary, it is possible to visually confirm that the IC card is inserted, which provides psychological security and allows the device to be small and inexpensive. effective.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an external view of a device showing one embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is a perspective view showing the entire internal structure of the case shown in Figure 1.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an example of an IC card, and FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a conventional IC card reader/writer device. In the figure, 1 is an IC card, 1A is the IC card body,
1BiZ C, I Cfl contact! , 2ft IC cart reader/writer device body, 9 is a contact, 10 is a box-shaped part, 10D
is the back side plate, 11 is the card insertion slot, 12 is the saucer,
12 is the card receiving surface, 15 is the handle knob, 16.
20 is a shaft, 17.21 is a pulley, 18 and 22 are eccentric cams, 19.21 is a bearing, 24 is a belt, 25 is an IC card holding fitting, 26 is a contact part, 30 is a drive motor, 31 is a card detector, 32f'i groove, 33 a hole, 34 a solenoid, and 34A an armature. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts. /'To18 1A 113 mouth 34A 7-Ma+1 completed! 6 Figure 1? Written amendment to the proceedings (method) % formula % 1. Indication of the case Patent Application No. 60-239054 2.
Name of the invention IC card reader/writer device 3, Representative of the person making the amendment Moriya Shiki & Date of the amendment order March 31, 1986 6, Subject of the amendment (column (2) of the title of the invention in the application form) Details Column 7 for the title of the invention in the specification, details of the amendment (1) The column for the title of the invention in the application is amended as shown in the attached sheet. "IC) Card League/Writer Device" shall be amended to "rIC Card Reader/Writer Device". 8. At least one application form after amendment of catalog of attached iFs.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] (1) An IC card insertion slot for receiving an IC card having a built-in IC in the card body and exposed contacts of the IC is provided in the main body of the device, and the IC card is inserted through the IC card insertion slot and the The IC card is used in an IC card reader/writer device that reads information stored in the IC of the IC card from the IC contacts of the IC card installed in the device main body, and stores required information. An IC card reader/writer characterized in that when the IC card is installed in the device main body, a part of the IC card is exposed to the outside of the device main body through the insertion slot, so that a part of the IC card is visible. Device. (2) A tray having a card receiving surface for placing the IC card when the IC card is installed in the device main body is provided in the device main body, and a part of the card receiving surface is placed in the card insertion slot. The IC according to claim 1, wherein the IC is exposed to the outside of the device main body.
Card reader/writer device. (3) The IC placed on the card receiving surface of the tray
The IC according to claim 2, characterized in that the tray is provided with a card detector for detecting a card.
Card reader/writer device. (4) A holding means is provided which is movable up and down and moves downward to clamp and fix the IC card placed on the card receiving surface of the tray between the card receiving surface and the card receiving surface. An IC card reader/writer device according to claim 2 or 3. (5) The IC card reader/writer device according to claim 4, wherein the holding means moves downward in response to a card detection signal from the card detector to fix the IC card. (6) After the reading and writing of information on the IC card is completed, the holding means moves upward to release the fixation of the IC card, and the holding means is provided with ejection means for ejecting the released IC card out of the receiving tray. An IC card reader/writer device according to claim 4, characterized in that: (7) A magnetic recording medium layer is provided on the IC card, and when the IC card having the magnetic recording medium layer is mounted on the device main body, information written in the magnetic recording medium layer is read from the magnetic recording medium layer. Claims 1 to 6 include a magnetic reading/writing means capable of writing required information to the magnetic recording medium layer.
The IC card reader/writer device according to any one of the above items.