JPH03212788A - Recording medium processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of roller pairs and to contract the depth size of the whole device by arranging an upper side branched carrier route and a printing means together with a main carrier and distributing a magnetically processed recording medium to the side of the printing means. CONSTITUTION:The main carrier F1 connected to an inlet/outlet 3a is formed by roller pairs 4 to 6 and a magnetic processing means 14 is arranged on a position equivalent to the roller pair 5. In addition, the printing means 20 is arranged so as to be opposed to the upper side branched carrier route F connected to the main carrier arranged between pairs of rollers 4, 5 and the recording medium C is distributed to the main carrier route F1 and the upper side branched carrier F by a distributing means 26 arranged in the vicinity of the means 14. Consequently, a pair of rollers can be reduced and the depth size of a device body 2 can be contracted.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a recording medium processing device, and more specifically, to processing of magnetic information, characters, The present invention relates to a recording medium processing device that performs printing processing of numerical information.

(Prior Art) An overview of a conventional example of this type of recording medium processing apparatus will be explained with reference to FIG.

The recording medium processing device 70 shown in the figure includes a device main body 71 formed in a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape, and one end 71a of the device main body 71 is provided with a storage medium (hereinafter referred to as a "card") C. At the same time, a drive motor 73 constituting a conveying means is disposed below the other end 71b of the apparatus main body 71.

Also, inside the device main body 71, first to fourth pairs of conveyance rollers 74 to 77 are arranged in a linear arrangement and spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval, and extend from the entrance/exit lower 2 to the fourth pair of conveyance rollers 7. It forms a conveyance path. Each of the conveying roller pairs 74 to 77 receives the driving force of the driving motor 73 and moves α1. It is driven in both directions α2, and the card C (details will be described later) is transported in the X2 direction as indicated by the arrow X.

A light emitting element 78. The first light-receiving element 79
A sensor 80A is arranged.

Also, the second. Second and third sensors 80B and 80C having a configuration similar to that described above are arranged on the conveyance path between the third pair of conveyance rollers 75 and 76.

Further, a fourth sensor 80D having a similar configuration to that described above is arranged on the conveyance path near the right side of the third conveyance roller pair 76 in FIG.

Said 2nd. Between the third pair of transport rollers 74 and 75, the first
．． A second gate 81, 82 and a printer receiving roller 83 are arranged, and furthermore, a thermal printer 84 is arranged above the printer receiving roller 83 with a print head in pressure contact with the printer receiving roller 83. Then, the cards C are sorted by the first and second gates 81 and 82 depending on whether character information etc. are printed on the cards C by a thermal printer or when the cards C are simply passed through. .

At a position corresponding to the fourth transport roller pair 76, a magnetic head 86 for processing magnetic information on the card C is arranged with its magnetic head surface facing the transport path.

With the recording medium processing device 70 having such a configuration, it is possible to process magnetic information, characters, and numerical information for the card C as shown in FIG.

The front surface of the card C is provided with a magnetic stripe MS as a magnetic information section for recording magnetic information, and a visible information recording section R as a printing section for printing character and numerical information such as date, balance, etc. There is.

However, in the case of the conventional device 70 having the above configuration, in order to accurately read and write magnetic information to the magnetic stripe MS of the card C and print processing such as character information to the visible information recording field R, the magnetic head 86 and thermal printer 84
Therefore, as mentioned above, the first to fourth pairs of conveyance rollers 74 to 77 are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance (usually a distance slightly larger than the length of the card C in the conveyance direction). , shall be arranged in a linear arrangement.

As a result, the depth dimension of the device main body 71 increases,
There was a problem in that it became an obstacle to space saving.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by improving the internal configuration of the device itself, it is possible to reduce the dimension in the depth direction and save space. The object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium processing device.

[Structure of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a recording medium processing device for processing a recording medium having a magnetic information section and a printing section. a magnetic processing means for reading and writing magnetic information on the recording medium provided approximately in the center of the apparatus main body; and a first pair of rollers disposed near the entrance within the apparatus main body; a main conveyance path formed including a second pair of rollers disposed close to the magnetic processing means and a third pair of rollers disposed near the other end of the apparatus main body; a conveyance means comprising a drive unit for driving a pair of rollers, and a conveyor means communicating with a main conveyance path between the first pair of rollers and the second pair of rollers, and disposed above the main conveyance path. an upper branching conveyance means; a sorting means disposed near the magnetic processing means for distributing recording media into a main conveyance path and an upper branching conveyance path of the upper branching conveyance means; and disposed facing the upper branching conveyance means. and printing means for performing printing processing on the printing section of the recording medium.

(for production) The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained below.

According to this device, the main conveyance path connected to the entrance/exit is connected to the first. Second. The third roller pair is formed using three pairs of rollers, the magnetic processing means is arranged at the same position as the second roller pair, and the first...
The printing means is placed facing the upper branch conveyance means connected to the main conveyance path between the second pair of rollers, and the recording medium is distributed between the main conveyance path and the upper branch conveyance means by the distribution means arranged near the magnetic processing means. Since the rollers are separated, one fewer pair of rollers is required than in the conventional example, thereby reducing the depth of the main body of the apparatus.

(Example) The present invention will be explained in detail below.

A recording medium processing apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped apparatus main body 2, and one end portion 2a of the apparatus main body
A card receiving body 3 having an entrance 3a for entering and exiting the card C as shown in FIG. are doing.

Also, inside the device main body 2, there is a first roller pair 4 located near the entrance/exit 3a, a second roller pair 5 located approximately in the center of the device main body 2, and a second roller pair 5 located at the other end of the device main body 2. The third pair of rollers 6 located near the portion 2b are spaced at a distance slightly larger than the length of the card C in the conveyance direction,
Moreover, it is arranged so as to be rotatable in the α1° and α2 directions. The entry/exit guide plates 7a, 7b arranged between the entrance/exit 3a and the first pair of rollers 4, the first . between the second roller pair 4, 5 and the second roller pair; Upper guide plates 8a and sb arranged between the third roller pair 5°6, and lower guide plate 8 arranged from the vicinity of the first roller pair 4 to the right side of the fourth roller pair 6
c, and each of these guide plates 7a, 7b, 8a, 8
b, 8c and the first to third roller pairs 4 to 6 form a main conveyance path F in the conveyance means 9.

A predetermined interval is provided between the upper guide plates 8a and 8b to open the main conveyance path F□ upward, and this area functions as a branching area for the cards C.

A light emitting element 11. A first unit consisting of a set of light receiving elements 12
．． A second optical sensor 13A, 13B is also provided on the right side of the second roller pair 5 in FIG. Fourth optical sensors 13C and 13D are respectively arranged,
These first to fourth optical sensors 13A to 13D constitute a position detection means 10 that sends out a position signal indicating the position of the card C.

In the vicinity (directly beside) the second pair of rollers 5 is a magnetic head 15 that reads magnetic information recorded on the magnetic stripe MS of the card C or writes magnetic information to the magnetic stripe MS and constitutes the magnetic processing means 14. is arranged with its magnetic head surface facing the main transport path F1.

Said 1st. A lower conveyance means 18 consisting of an upper inclined guide plate 16 and a printer receiving roller 17 is provided above the main conveyance path F1 between the second pair of rollers 4.5. That is, the lower inclined guide plate 16 has one end facing the main conveyance path F1 on the right side of the first roller pair 4 in FIG. The second roller pair 4 and 5 are arranged in an inclined manner with the other end facing below a substantially intermediate position. Further, the printer receiving roller 17 is rotatably arranged with its outer periphery located near the other end of the lower inclined guide plate 16. The upper inclined guide plate 16 and the outer periphery of the printer receiving roller 17 form an upper conveyance path F2.

A printer 21, such as a thermal printer, constituting printing means 20 is disposed on the lower outer periphery of the printer receiving roller 17 with its print head surface pressed against it by a spring 19.

β1. A distribution gate 23 is arranged so as to be rotatably supported in the β2 direction. The distribution gate 23 is connected to the β1. It is rotatably driven in the direction β2, and the cards C are sorted into the main conveyance path F1 and the lower conveyance path F2. The distribution gate 23, the support shaft 22. The connecting arm 24 and the electromagnetic solenoid 25 constitute a distributing means 26 .

FIG. 3 shows a belt system of the driving section 27 constituting the conveying means 9. As shown in FIG.

This belt system includes a driving pulley 29 connected to a driving shaft 28a of a drive motor 28, and the first to third roller pairs 4.
first to third pulleys 31 to 33 arranged coaxially with the printer receiving roller 17, respectively, a printer pulley 34 arranged coaxially with the printer receiving roller 17, an auxiliary pulley 35 arranged above the first pulley 31, A double boo 936 arranged above the second pulley 32 and the first to third guide pulleys 3
7 to 39.

And the driving boo 929. Third pulley 33°, second guide pulley 38, second pulley 32. First guide pulley 37. First pulley 31, auxiliary pulley 35. Outer pulley 36a of double pulley 36.

A main belt 40 is stretched along a path that passes through the third guide pulley 39 and reaches the driving pulley 29.

Further, an auxiliary belt 41 is stretched between the printer pulley 34 and the inner pulley 36b of the double pulley 36.

Next, the control system of the recording medium processing device 1 will be explained with reference to FIG.

This device 1 is for overall control, that is, operation control.

A CPU 42 that performs arithmetic control, storage control, etc., a program memory 43 that stores a control program, and a storage section that stores various information such as the name of the owner of the card C, a password, the date of issue of the card C, etc. 44 is provided.

The CPU 42 includes first to fourth optical sensors 13A to 1.
3D is connected. The CPU 42 also controls the electromagnetic solenoid 25. A drive control section 46 that drives the drive motor 28. A read/write controller 47 that controls the magnetic head 15
and a printer control section 48 that controls the printer 21.

Next, the operation of the apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be explained in FIGS. 5(a) to (e).
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In the initial state, the conveyance means 9 is stopped, and the gate 23 is rotated in the β1 direction as shown in FIG. 1 to block the main conveyance path F1.

From this state, when the card C is inserted into the doorway 3a as shown in FIG. 5(a), the first optical sensor 13A detects the inserted state of the card C and sends a position signal to the CPU 42.

The CPU 42 sends a control signal to the drive control section 46 and the read/write control section 47, and also sends a drive signal to the electromagnetic solenoid 25. As a result, the drive control unit 46 operates, starts the drive motor 28, rotates the drive unit 27, and rotates the first to third
The roller pairs 4 to 6 are each rotated in the direction of the arrow (α1 direction) shown in FIG.

Further, the read/write control unit 47 puts the magnetic head 15 in a read or write standby state under the control of the CPU 42 . Further, the electromagnetic solenoid 25 is operated by a drive signal from the CPU 42, and for distribution, the gate 23 is rotated in the direction of the arrow β2 to open the main conveyance path.

The card C taken into the device main body 2 is transferred to the first roller pair 4
After being conveyed by, the magnetic stripe MS comes into sliding contact with the magnetic head 15 as shown in FIG. 5(b) while being conveyed in the direction of arrow X under the conveying force of the second pair of rollers 5. , magnetic information (PIN number) for the magnetic stripe MS.

A reading process of the balance (remaining amount, etc.) or a writing process of magnetic information (purchase amount, etc.) is performed.

After this, the card C is further conveyed in the X direction.

As shown in FIG. 5(C), the card C is inserted into the third roller pair 6
While being conveyed by the third. Fourth optical sensor 1
At the stage of reaching 3C and 13D, this 3rd. Position signals are sent from the fourth optical sensors 13C and 13D to the CPU 42, respectively.

The CPU 42 sends a control signal for reversing the rotation direction to the drive control unit 46 based on the position signal from the third optical sensor 13C, and also sends a control signal to the drive control unit 46 to reverse the rotation direction based on the position signal from the fourth optical sensor 13D. The drive signal for 25 is released.

As a result, the drive motor 28 reverses, and the first to third roller pairs 3 to 6 rotate in the direction of the arrow α2 as shown in FIG. 5(d), thereby transporting the card C in the direction of the arrow X2. start. At the same time, the electromagnetic solenoid 23 returns to its initial state, and the distribution gate 23 rotates in the direction of the arrow β1 to block the main conveyance path F.

As a result, the card C is transported by the second pair of rollers 5 from the position of the sorting gate 23 to the upper transport path F2,
As shown in FIG. 5(e), it passes between the printer roller 17 and the print head surface of the printer 21.

At this time, the printer control unit 48 under the control of the CPU 42
operates and sends print information indicating the 9th day of the month and the remaining amount to the printer 21.

As a result, for the visible information record column R of card C, monthly 9
Text and numerical information indicating the date and remaining amount are printed.

Thereafter, the card C is conveyed by the conveying force of the printer rollers 17, guided by the upper guide plate 16, reaches the first roller pair 4, and further conveyed by the first roller pair 4 in the direction of arrow X2. and is discharged to the entrance/exit 3a.

At the stage when the rear end of the card C in the conveying direction passes the second optical sensor 13B, the CPU 42 which has received the position signal from the second optical sensor 13B sends a control signal to the drive control section 46, which causes the drive motor to 28 and returns to the initial state.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the front surface of the card C is subjected to magnetic processing and printing of characters, etc., but the magnetic head 15 is configured to slide into contact with a magnetic stripe provided on the back side of the card C. You can.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described in detail above, an upper branched conveyance path and a printing means facing the upper branched conveyance path are provided together with the main conveyance path, and the recording medium after magnetic processing is printed by the distribution means. Since the printing means is distributed to the means side, there is no need to arrange the printing means on the extension line of the magnetic processing means, and the number of roller pairs can be reduced, and the overall dimension in the depth direction can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to provide a recording medium processing device that can save space.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, Fig. 3 is a side view showing the belt system of the drive section of the device, and Fig. 4 is a control of the device. A block diagram showing the system,
5(a) to 5(e) are explanatory views of the operation of the same device, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the card, and FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view of the conventional device. 1... Recording medium processing device, 2... Device main body, 4,
5.6...1st. Second. Third roller pair, 9... Conveying means, 14... Magnetic processing means, 20...
・Printing means, 26... Sorting means. Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim] A recording medium processing device for processing a recording medium having a magnetic information section and a printing section, comprising: an entrance provided at one end of the device main body of the device; a magnetic processing means for reading and writing magnetic information on the recording medium provided therein; and a first magnetic processing means arranged near the entrance and exit in the apparatus main body.
a main transport path formed including a pair of rollers, a second pair of rollers disposed close to the magnetic processing means, and a third pair of rollers disposed near the other end of the apparatus main body; a conveyance means comprising a drive unit for driving first to third roller pairs; and a conveyance means that communicates with a main conveyance path between the first roller pair and the second roller pair, and that is connected to the main conveyance path. an upper branch conveyance means disposed above the magnetic processing means; a sorting means disposed near the magnetic processing means for distributing recording media into a main conveyance path and an upper branch conveyance path of the upper branch conveyance means; and the upper branch conveyance means. 1. A recording medium processing apparatus, comprising: a printing unit arranged facing the recording medium and performing printing processing on a printing section of the recording medium.