JPH03225491A - Card processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent magnetic information from being destroyed without moving or extracting a card while performing card processing by providing a cover which closes a card insertion port by performing manual scan from the outside, and a lock mechanism which locks the cover at a closed position. CONSTITUTION:The cover 6 closes the card insertion port 4 by performing the manual scan, and the card 8 inserted to a card processor is prevented from being touched from the outside. A lever 25 comprising the lock mechanism of the cover 6 is turned rearward against a spring 32 by pressing the guide plane of a lug part 29 with a pin 28 by descent of the cover 6. When the lower terminal of the cover 6 is abutted on a lower limit stopper 5 for cover and the pin 28 passes the lug part 29, it is released from the pin 28, therefore, it is turned and is returned with the force of the spring 32, and the cover 6 is locked at a closing position by connecting the pin 28 to the lug part 29. In such a way, it is possible to prevent the magnetic information recorded on the card 8 from being destroyed by preventing a hand directly touching on the card 8 by closing the card insertion port 4.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a card processing device.

[Prior Art 1] In recent years, in card-type vending machines, telephones, etc., with the demand for smaller and lighter main devices, the card processing devices built into the main devices have also tended to be smaller. A major obstacle to miniaturization is the long card transport path, and for this reason, recently, the card is not completely taken into the card processing device, but only the length necessary and sufficient to read, write, and confirm magnetic information. A proposal has been made to shorten the card transport path by importing the card.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in such a card processing device in which the card conveyance path is shortened, the rear end of the card protrudes outside from the card insertion slot, so it is difficult to touch it by hand. I can do it,
Therefore, although the card is locked in the processing position by an appropriate locking mechanism, if the card is accidentally moved or forcibly removed during card processing, the magnetic information recorded on the card may be destroyed. There was a problem.

Furthermore, since the card is usually locked and unlocked by a driving means such as a solenoid, extra driving force is required, making it difficult to apply to telephones that do not use commercial power as a driving power source.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and its purpose is to close the card insertion slot so that the card cannot be touched directly, and to prevent the card from being moved or removed. To provide a card processing device which mechanically locks and unlocks a card and eliminates a driving source.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made to achieve the above object, and a first aspect of the present invention is to provide a cover that is manually operated from the outside to extend the card insertion slot, and a cover that is manually operated from the outside to extend the card insertion slot. It is composed of a lock lIM that locks in the distribution position.

A second invention, based on the first invention, includes a card transport mechanism that operates in conjunction with the closing operation of the cover and transports the card inserted into the card insertion slot to a predetermined position, and a card transport mechanism that transports the card inserted into the card insertion slot to a predetermined position. A detection mechanism that detects the card, a lock release mechanism that operates in conjunction with the detection mechanism to release the lock of the cover by the lock mechanism, and a card that operates in conjunction with the lock release mechanism to eject the card into the card insertion slot. A discharge mechanism is provided.

A third invention is based on the second invention, and further includes a blocking mechanism that blocks the closing operation of the cover, and a cover release mechanism that is operated by a normally inserted card and releases the blocking of the closing operation of the cover by the blocking mechanism. It is something.

[Function] In the present invention, the cover manually closes the card insertion slot and prevents the card inserted into the card processing device from being touched from the outside. A locking mechanism locks the cover in the Wg chain position. The card transport mechanism operates in conjunction with the closing operation of the cover, and transports the card inserted into the card insertion slot to a predetermined position.

The lock release mechanism operates in conjunction with a detection mechanism that detects termination of the provided service, and unlocks the cover by the lock mechanism. The card ejection mechanism operates in conjunction with the lock release mechanism to eject the card into the card insertion slot. Block a! The mechanism normally prevents the cover from closing. The cover release mechanism is actuated by the card when the card is inserted normally, and releases the blocking of the wg movement of the cover by the blocking mechanism.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an example shown in the drawings.

1 to 14 show an embodiment of the card processing device according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the entire device, and FIG. 2 is a locking mechanism for locking the cover. Figure 3 is a diagram showing the unlocking by the first card ejection mechanism of the locking mechanism, Figure 4 is a diagram showing the card transport and ejection mechanism, and Figure 5 is a diagram showing the card transport and ejection mechanism. ll
! Figure 6 shows the path rR of the shutter mechanism.
7 is a diagram showing the shutter mechanism in the open state, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the cover in the open state, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the closed state.
The figure shows the cover in a closed state, Figure 10 shows the card detection mechanism and shutter mechanism, and Figure 11 shows the card detection mechanism detecting a card and the shutter mechanism blocking the passage. Figure 12 is a plan view of the card detection mechanism,
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the blocking mechanism and the cover release mechanism, and FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the blocking mechanism in operation.

This embodiment shows an example in which the present invention is applied to a card processing device built into a card-type telephone, and a credit card and an IC card are used together as the cards.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a card processing device, which is equipped with a box-shaped device housing 2 that is long in the front and back direction, and has a card insertion slot 4 formed in the center of its front panel 3. A cover lower limit stopper 5 is provided below and protrudes forward. Reference numeral 6 denotes a cover 6 that moves up and down along the front plate 3 and closes the card insertion slot 4 when opened and closed manually by the user from outside the card processing device W1, and this cover 6 is normally located in the upper position. When the card is locked, the card insertion slot 4 is opened, and when the card 8 is unlocked and the card 8 is inserted, the card insertion slot 4 is pushed down by hand against the spring 7 to close the card insertion slot 4. It is composed of

Reference numerals 9 and 10 denote an upper plate and a lower plate which are disposed in the device housing 2 so as to face each other in parallel with a predetermined interval above and below, and a card processing conveyance path 11 is formed between these two plates. The front end thereof communicates with the card insertion slot 4. A slider 14 serving as a card ejection mechanism is disposed on the upper surface of the upper plate 9 and guided and held so as to be movable back and forth and up and down along guide grooves 13 of a pair of left and right slide guides 12A and 12B. The guide groove 13 is inclined rearward and obliquely downward, and the rear end thereof is bent into a substantially hook shape so as to point downward. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the slider 14 is biased forward (in the direction of the card insertion slot 4) by a spring 15.
It has a card receiving piece 16 integrally located on the front side and protruding into the card processing conveyance path 11 on the lower surface of the rear end, and the card 8 (for example, a credit card, etc.) into which this card receiving piece 16 is inserted is When pressed by an IC card (such as an IC card), it moves backward along the guide groove 13 and at the same time gradually descends, and when it reaches the innermost position, its lower surface presses the card 8 against a magnetic head (not shown). ing.

Reference numeral 20 denotes an actuating lever as a detection means for detecting a call service. It is held movably in the front-rear direction by the long groove 22 inserted through it, and is provided with a spring (
(not shown), and is configured to be moved forward and backward in conjunction with on-hook and off-hook operations of the handset. That is, when the handset is placed on the hook, it is moved backwards by the hook lever (not shown) (as shown in Figure 6), and when the handset is removed from the hook, it is released from the hook lever. Therefore, it moves to the front position shown in FIG.

25 is a lever that constitutes a locking mechanism for the cover 6;
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, this lever 25 has a lower end attached to the outer surface of a right side plate 26 disposed on the right side of the upper plate 9 and the lower plate 10, and is rotatable in the front and rear directions by a shaft 27. A claw portion 29 is disposed in a pivotally supported manner and locks the bottle 28 protruding from the right side surface of the cover 6 at the upper end thereof when the cover 6 is closed.
is integrally protruded toward the front. The claw portion 29 is formed in a triangular shape so that its upper surface forms a downwardly inclined guide surface, and is positioned directly below the bottle 28 and within its movement trajectory. Therefore, the lever 25 is rotated backward against the spring 32 by the bottle 28 pressing the guide surface of the claw part 29 as the cover 6 is lowered, and the lower end of the cover 6 is brought into contact with the lower limit stopper 5 for the cover. When the bottle 28 comes into contact and passes the claw part 29, it is released from the bottle 28, so it is returned to its original state by the force of the spring 32.
The claw portion 29 locks the bottle 28, thereby locking the cover 6 in the closed position. Further, a guide bin 30 is provided protruding from the back surface of the upper end of the lever 25. This guide bin 30
is provided corresponding to the actuating lever 20, and is inserted into a guide groove 31 formed in an arc shape on the right side plate 26 with the shaft 27 as the center.
It is located behind the bending part 20a provided at the front end of the locking mechanism, and these constitute an unlocking mechanism of the locking mechanism. That is, when the lever 25 is in the locked state of the cover 6 (FIG. 2), when the actuating lever 20 moves backward with the on-hook operation of the handset, the bent portion 20a
engages with the bottle 30 and presses it backward, so the lever 25 is rotated clockwise in FIG. unlock. Therefore, the cover 6 is raised and returned by the spring 7, and the card insertion slot 4 is opened.

The cover 6 is attached to one end of a pair of left and right arms 34, and a shaft 35 is horizontally suspended between the other ends of these arms 34. The shaft 35 is connected to the right side plate 26,
On the other hand, the WN is inserted and held in a longitudinally elongated hole 37 formed in a left side plate 36 disposed on the left side of the upper and lower plates 9 and 10 so as to be movable back and forth.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a card hook as a card transport mechanism that takes in a predetermined amount of the card (ZC card) 8 inserted into the card insertion slot 4 into the card processing transport path 11 by operating when the cover 6 is closed. 38 is the fourth
As shown in the figure and Fig. 5, the V
A bottle 39 provided in the N@ portion is slidably inserted into an inverted-shaped guide groove 42 provided in a plate 41 erected on the upper plate 9, and the rear end is inserted into the shaft 35. are connected to each other via a longitudinal long groove 43. Also, card hook 3
A card intake air 44 is integrally provided at the front end of the cover 8 and protrudes downward, and this card intake air 44 is normally located inside and above the card insertion slot 4, and when the cover 6 is closed. In conjunction with the backward movement of the shaft 35, the card hook 38
moves backward together with the shaft 35 and at the same time rotates in the counterclockwise direction as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.
5 is released and the cover 6 is opened, the card hook 38 moves forward as the shaft 35 moves forward and at the same time rotates clockwise in FIG. 4 to release the locked state of the card 8 by the claw portion 44. do. For this reason, the slider 14
is moved forward and returned by the force of the spring 15, causing a portion of the card 8 to protrude outside from the card insertion slot 4, and returned to the user.

In this case, since this embodiment uses a credit card and an IC card in combination, when using a credit card, an IC card is used.
It is necessary to prevent the card from being pushed into the card storage position, and for this purpose, a stopper 47 is provided to stop the credit card and prohibit insertion into the IC card storage position, as well as to notify that the card has been inserted correctly. That's what I do. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the front end of the stopper 47 is rotatably supported in the vertical direction by a shaft 48, and is given a counterclockwise rotational habit by a spring 49, and is normally rotated by the shaft 35. By preventing upward rotation, the card locking portion 50 provided at the rear end protrudes into the card processing conveyance path 11 and prevents further insertion of the card 8. Therefore, when the IC card 8 is inserted until its insertion end comes into contact with the card locking portion 50, the IC card 8 stops, and in this state, the cover 6
When you pull down the card slot 4 with your hand, the shaft 3
5 moves backward along the long groove 37 to release the stopper 47, so the stopper 47 is rotated upward in the counterclockwise direction by the force of the spring 49 about the shaft 48 as shown in FIG. Route 11 is opened. Then, when the card processing conveyance path 11 is released, the fourth
The card hook 38 in the figure and FIG. 5 is the rj of the cover 6!
Time linked to 4e work! ilJ operates and takes the IC card 8 into the card storage position.

A detection mechanism 55 for detecting insertion of the card 8 and a shutter mechanism 56 are disposed at the boundary between the card insertion slot 4 and the card processing conveyance path 11, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12. . The detection mechanism 55 includes a rotary lever 58 rotatably supported by a shaft 57 perpendicular to the upper side of the card processing conveyance path 11 . The rotation lever 58 has a spring 5
9 gives a clockwise rotational habit in FIG.
A rotatable normal card detection roller 60 that enters into one side is attached, and a bin 62 of a shutter plate 61 constituting the shutter mechanism 56 is attached to the rear arm portion 58b.
A long hole 63 that is long in the front-rear direction is formed to be engaged with.

The roller 60 has a trapezoidal annular groove formed on its circumferential surface,
The distance from the bottom of the groove to the right side plate 26 is set to be approximately equal to the width of the card 8, and the width of the bottom of the groove is approximately equal to the thickness of the card 8, and is maintained at approximately the same height as the card processing conveyance path 11. There is. Then, the rotation lever 58 is pressed by the card 8 inserted into the card insertion slot 4 by the roller 60.
When the card is moved out of the card processing conveyance path 11 through the notch 64 provided in the left side plate 36, it is rotated clockwise against the spring 59.

In this case, the roller 60 does not operate when a fraudulent card that is thinner or wider than a regular card is inserted, and is not ejected.

The shutter mechanism 56 operates in conjunction with the card detection mechanism 55 to control the opening and opening of the card processing conveyance path 11, and the shutter mechanism 56 operates in conjunction with the card detection mechanism 55 to control the opening and opening of the card processing conveyance path 11. We are prepared. Although the shirt shirt plate 61 is given the habit of rotating in the opening direction, that is, in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. By being prevented from moving, the card processing conveyance path 11 is closed, and when the rotary lever 58 rotates due to the withdrawal of the roller 60 due to the insertion of a regular card, the bin 63 is moved to the rear of the elongated hole 62. Since it is released from the edge, it is rotated counterclockwise by the force of the spring 66 as shown in FIG. 11, and the card processing and conveyance path 11 is opened.

Further, the shirt top plate 61 is locked in the closed position by a hook 67 which rotates in conjunction with the operating lever 20, as shown in FIG. 6, when the handset is in an on-hook state. The hook 67 is attached to the right side plate 26 (first
The locking recess 70 provided at the lower end is arranged so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction by a shaft 68 on the outer surface of the lower end thereof, and is provided with a counterclockwise rotational habit by a spring 69. The bottle 71 of the shirt shirt plate 61 is stopped from below, and the shirt shirt plate 61 is locked in the closed position. Then, with the off-hook operation of the handset, the operating lever 2
0 is released from the lever 7 and moves forward as shown in FIG.
7 in the clockwise direction against the spring 69.
Since the engagement recess 70 and the bottle 71 are disengaged, the lock state of the shirt flap plate 61 is released, and the shirt flap plate 61 is unlocked.
Make it ready for opening.

In FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 75 denotes a discharge mechanism that discharges the first card when it is necessary to additionally insert a second card during a call. The push button 77 has an operating section that projects outward from a button insertion hole 76 provided in the front plate 3, and an intermediate section that is rotatably supported in the front and rear directions by a shaft 79. a link 80 whose lower end is connected to the rear end of the push button 77; and a lever which is movably disposed in the right side plate 26 in the front and back direction through a bin 81 and a long hole 82, and whose front end is connected to the upper end of the link 80. 83 and this lever 83
The hook 86 includes a spring 84 that biases the lever rearward, and a hook 86 whose rear end is rotatably attached to the lever 83 via a shaft 85. The hook 86 has a substantially triangular engagement portion 87 protruding toward the r direction at its front end, and is held substantially horizontally. is installed protrudingly. When the push button 77 is pressed by hand and the link 80 is rotated counterclockwise about the shaft 79 as shown in FIG. 3, the lever 83 is moved forward against the spring 84, and the hook is accordingly moved. 86 also moves forward, and the engaging portion 87 overcomes the engaging pin 90 and engages with the pin 90. Further, when the lever 83 moves forward, the bent piece 83a rides on the sensor 92 (FIG. 1) and turns on the switch. The switch is turned on earlier than the cover 6 is unlocked, and this time difference is used as the processing time to reduce the remaining power of the first card to zero.

When you release your finger from the push button 77, the spring 84 that urges the lever 83 backward rotates the lever 25 backward against the spring 32 via the hook 86, and the claw portion of the lever 25 rotates backward against the spring 32. 29 and the cover 6 are disengaged from the bin 28. Therefore, the cover 6 is raised and returned by the spring 7, and the card insertion slot 4 is opened.
When the cover 6 is opened, the card hook 38 (
4 and 5) moves forward with the forward movement of the shaft 35, and at the same time rotates clockwise in FIG. 4 to release the locked state of the card 8 by the claw portion 44.
is moved forward and returned by the force of the spring 15, causing a part of the card 8 to protrude outside from the card insertion slot 4, making it possible to exchange it with a second card.

In FIGS. 1, 13, and 14, 100 indicates incomplete insertion when the insertion end of the card 8 does not come into contact with the card locking portion 50 of the stopper 47 (FIG. 8), or when the card is not inserted at all. This blocking mechanism prevents the closing operation of the cover 6 when the cover 6 is not in use. The oval 100 includes an inverted hook member 102 that is rotatably supported by a shaft 101 in the front-back direction. The hook member 102 has a bent portion pivotally supported by the shaft 101, and the rear end is connected to the shaft 3.
A hook-shaped retaining part 104 is provided to engage with the shaft 35 and prevent the shaft 35 from moving backward, and a long hole 105 that is long in the vertical direction is provided at the lower end. 107 bins 108 are inserted. The slide member 107 constitutes a cover release mechanism that is operated by the card 8 when the card 8 is inserted normally and releases the blocking mechanism 100 from blocking the cover 6 from closing. It is arranged to be movable in the front and back direction by a support bin 109 and a long hole 110, and a link 11 is provided at the rear end.
One end of 1 is connected. The link 111 is rotatable in a horizontal plane and is given a clockwise rotation behavior in FIG. The holder 113 is normally located at the card insertion slot 4 (!l) from the card locking portion 50 of the stopper 47, and when pushed backward by the inserted card 8, the link 1]-1 moves counterclockwise in FIG. At this time, the slide member 107 moves backward as the holder 113 is pressed by the card 8, and the slide member 107 moves to the side of the card processing conveyance path 1].
02 in the counterclockwise direction as shown in FIG. 14 to release the lock of the shaft 35 by the retaining portion 104. Therefore, the cover 6 is in a state where it can be closed.

Note that card processing by the card processing device 1 is not performed unless the user inserts the card 8 into the card insertion slot 4 and closes the cover 6.

[Effect of the Invention J As explained above, the card processing device according to the present invention is provided with a cover that closes the card insertion slot by manual operation from the outside and a locking mechanism that locks this cover in the closed position. If you accidentally move the card during the process,
It is possible to prevent destruction of magnetic information without removing the card, and in addition to the locking mechanism, the card transport mechanism, lock release mechanism, card ejection mechanism, blocking mechanism, and cover release mechanism are all mechanically interlocked. Since it operates and does not require any driving source such as a solenoid, it is suitable for application to equipment and devices that do not use commercial power.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 14 show an embodiment of the card processing device according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the entire device, and FIG. 2 is a locking mechanism for locking the cover. Figure 3 is a diagram showing the unlocking by the first card ejection mechanism of the locking mechanism, Figure 4 is a diagram showing the card transport and ejection mechanism, and Figure 5 is a diagram showing the card transport and ejection mechanism. Effect f
6 is a diagram showing the passage of the shutter mechanism in the closed state, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the passage of the shutter mechanism in the open state, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the cover in the open state, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the tE state. 10 is a diagram showing the card detection mechanism and the shutter mechanism. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the card detection mechanism detecting a card and the shutter mechanism opening the passage. FIG. 12 is a plan view of the card detection mechanism, FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the blocking mechanism and cover release am, and FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the blocking mechanism in operation. 4...Card insertion slot, 6...Cover 8--Card, 14...Slider, 2o--Activation lever, 25-Hook, 55...Shutter mechanism, 60 Hook member, 107...Lever , 38... Car card detection mechanism, 56... Roller, 102... Slide member.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A card processing device comprising: a cover that is manually operated from the outside to close a card insertion slot; and a locking mechanism that locks the cover in the closed position. (2) The card processing device according to claim (1), further comprising: a card transport mechanism that operates in conjunction with the closing operation of the cover and transports a card inserted into the card insertion slot to a predetermined position; a detection mechanism that detects the end; a lock release mechanism that operates in conjunction with the detection mechanism to unlock the cover by the lock mechanism; and a lock release mechanism that operates in conjunction with the lock release mechanism to eject the card into the card insertion slot. A card processing device characterized by being provided with a card ejection mechanism. (3) The card processing device according to claim (2), further comprising: a blocking mechanism for blocking the closing operation of the cover; a card detecting mechanism for detecting insertion of a card; and a card detecting mechanism for detecting insertion of a card; A card processing device comprising: a cover release mechanism that releases the blocking of the closing operation;