JPH0546143Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] (a) Industrial application field This invention relates to a passbook processing machine when a passbook is used as a transaction medium, such as an automatic teller machine used in banking operations.

(b) Conventional technology The passbook processing machine such as the automatic teller machine mentioned above is
When a passbook with a predetermined page open is inserted into the passbook, the magnetic stripe provided on the passbook is scanned with a magnetic head to read out necessary information and identify the customer.

Therefore, the inside of the automatic teller machine is
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 112466, the transport path of an open passbook is equipped with a magnetic head that is fed in a direction perpendicular to the transport method, and the transport path is arranged such that the magnetic head contacts the magnetic stripe. An opening for scanning the magnetic head is provided in the lower guide plate, and this opening is closed by a band-shaped guide that moves simultaneously with the scanning of the magnetic head, so that the tip of the bankbook is pulled into the opening when the bankbook is conveyed. It is configured so that it does not hang.

However, simply forming an opening in the lower guide plate does not allow the magnetic head to protrude enough to come into contact with the passbook, resulting in reading errors due to deformation due to the frequency of use of the passbook. There is a point.

To solve this problem, an opening for the magnetic head to enter is formed not only on the lower guide plate but also on the side frame so that it connects to the scanning opening described above, so that the magnetic head fully protrudes toward the passbook side. It is possible to configure

With this configuration, the above-mentioned reading failure can be solved, but a new problem arises in that the leading end of the passbook gets caught in the opening formed in the side frame, resulting in poor conveyance.

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention In order to bring the magnetic head into sufficient pressure contact with the passbook, this invention forms openings in the side frame and lower guide plate of the transport path and allows the magnetic head to scan. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bankbook processing machine that can perform reliable read/write processing and in which both of the openings do not obstruct the conveyance of the bankbook.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems This invention forms a passbook conveyance path with a lower guide plate and side frames on both sides, and a magnetic head that scans the magnetic stripe of the passbook on the lower guide plate side. The device has a read/write position set, wherein an opening for entering the conveyance path of the magnetic head and an opening for a scanning path are provided in the one side frame and the lower guide plate in correspondence with the read/write position. The passbook processing machine is characterized in that both openings are opened so that both openings are connected, and each of the openings is equipped with a transport guide lid that can be opened and closed to close each opening in a flush state. .

(E) Effect According to this invention, until the passbook inserted into the passbook processing machine is conveyed along the passbook conveyance path to the read/write position of the magnetic head, the side frame and lower side of the passbook conveyance path are Since the opening for entering the conveyance path of the magnetic head and the opening for the scanning passage provided in the guide plate are both flush with the conveyance guide lid, the tip of the passbook to be conveyed is aligned with both of the above. The passbook will not get caught in the opening and the conveyance guide force for the passbook will not work.

Moreover, when the magnetic stripe of the passbook reaches the read/write position of the opening and the magnetic head starts scanning, each transport guide lid opens both openings, so the magnetic head can To scan a magnetic stripe by entering an opening without being obstructed by a guide lid.

(f) Effects of the invention Therefore, this invention can produce the following effects.

Γ The opening for entering the magnetic head's conveyance path and the opening for the scanning path make it possible to project the magnetic head to a position where it comes into sufficient pressure contact with the passbook, allowing it to lead accurately even if the passbook is deformed. - Light processing is possible.

Γ Since both openings are closed flush with the conveyance guide lid, even in the case of a deformed bankbook, obstacles during conveyance are eliminated and the conveyance posture of the bankbook is accurately regulated.

(G) Example of the invention An example of the invention will be described below with reference to drawings.

The drawing shows an automatic teller machine, and as shown in FIG. The passbook is comprised of side frames 3, 3 for regulation, and the opened bankbook is transported with the display side with the magnetic stripe facing down.

A read/write position by the magnetic head is set in the middle of the conveyance path 1, and at this position, one side frame 3 and the lower guide plate 2 have an opening 4 for the magnetic head to enter the conveyance path, and an opening 4 for the scanning path. An opening 5 is opened.

The relationship between these openings 4 and 5 and the bankbook A and its magnetic stripe B is shown in a schematic diagram in FIG. still,
The arrows in FIGS. 1 and 2 indicate the conveyance direction of the bankbook A.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the magnetic head C is attached to a head pedestal 6, and normally
As the passbook A reaches the read/write position and the magnetic stripe B overlaps the opening 5 of the lower guide plate 2 and stops,
It enters the conveyance path 1 through the opening 4 of the side frame 3, moves along the guide rod 7, that is, moves through the opening 5, and at this time comes into contact with the magnetic stripe B to perform a predetermined read/write operation.

Conveyance guide lids 8 and 9 are attached to the openings 4 and 5 of the side frame 3 and the lower guide plate 2, respectively, and during passbook conveyance processing, these conveyance guide lids 8 and 9 cover the openings 4 and 5 flush with each other. The openings 4 and 5 are closed and then opened outward by the magnetic head C prior to read/write processing, so that the magnetic head C is not obstructed from entering the openings 4 and 5.

The above-described opening and closing operations of the transport guide lids 8 and 9 are performed in conjunction with each other, and are controlled by an opening and closing drive mechanism 10.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower guide plate 2 and the fixed frame 11 below it
A space 12 is formed between the fixed frame 11 and a cam disc 13 having a rotating shaft 13a, which is rotated by a motor (not shown). A first parallel quadruple link 15 is driven via the parallel quadruple link 15, and a second parallel quadruple link 16 is further driven by the movement of the first parallel quadruple link 15.

The first parallel quadruple link 15 is connected to the fixed frame 1
1 side and the above cam driven roller 1
4, and two rigid links 15b and 15c whose lower ends are supported by pins 18 and 18, respectively, on the flange plate 17 on the fixed frame 11 side. It is composed of a combination of

The second parallel quadruple link 16 is attached to the lower guide plate 2 side, and is supported by pins 19, 19 on the horizontal link 16a located parallel to the passbook transport direction and on the lower guide plate 2, respectively. It is constructed by combining two rigid links 16b and 16c.

Further, one rigid link 15c in the first parallel quadruple link 15 is connected to the second parallel quadruple link 16.
The first and second parallel quadruple links 15 and 16 are interlocked and connected by extending to the horizontal link 16a and being pivotally connected to the horizontal link 16a.

Further, a tension spring 20 is attached between the flange plate 17 and the second parallel quadruple link 16,
That force causes the cam driven roller 14 to move the cam disc 13
The first and second parallel quadruple links 15, 16 are biased in a direction in which they are in constant contact with.

Lateral link 1 in second parallel quadruple link 16
An arm 21 extending below the lower guide plate 2 is integrally provided from 6a, and a transport guide lid 9 is fixed to the tip of this arm. and the third
When the cam driven roller 14 is in contact with the large diameter portion of the cam disk 13 as shown in the figure, the conveyance guide lid 9 closes the opening 5 of the lower guide plate 2, and the cam disk 13 rotates half a turn. Cam driven roller 14 in small diameter part
When the two come into contact with each other, the conveyance guide lid 9 is opened downward as shown in FIG.

There is a substantially V-shaped lever 2 on the outer surface of the side frame 3.
and a substantially oval-shaped lever 23 are mounted side by side by pins 24 and 25, respectively. On the other hand, the eccentric collar 2 is attached to the second parallel quadruple link 16.
6 is pivotally supported, and this eccentric collar 26 sneaks under the substantially V-shaped lever 22 and is in a state of lifting the lever upward, and the substantially V-shaped lever 23 is supported by a roller pivoted at one end thereof. 27 is engaged onto the substantially V-shaped lever 22, and both levers 22 and 23 are combined so as to rotate in conjunction with each other. This engagement is maintained by a tension spring 28 that is stretched between the side frame 3 and the substantially curved lever 23.

The substantially bent lever 23 has an arm 29 extending from the other end to the back side of the conveyance guide lid 8, and an idling roller 30 is pivotally supported at the tip of the arm.

The transport guide lid 8 for opening and closing the opening 4 of the side frame 3 has a guide plate 31 integrally formed on its outer surface as shown in FIG. At the same time, a tension spring 33 is tensioned between the lower end of the guide plate 31 and the side frame 3 to constantly urge the transport guide lid 8 to rotate in the direction of opening outward about the hinge 32. It is worn. Therefore, due to the action of the tension spring 33, the conveyance guide lid 8 and the idle roller 30 are in pressure contact with each other. When the cam driven roller 14 is in contact with the large diameter portion of the cam disk 13, the idle roller 30 presses down the conveyance guide lid 8 against the tension spring 33, and as shown in FIG. The opening is closed, and a cam driven roller 14 is attached to the small diameter portion of the cam disk 13.
When the two are in contact with each other, the idle roller 30 is lifted upward by the rotation of the substantially bent lever 23, and the conveyance guide lid 8 is opened outward and upward by the tension spring 33.

In this way, the opening and closing of both transport guide lids 8 and 9 are linked.

Further, both the transport guide lids 8 and 9 have openings 4 and 9.
In order to detect that the optical sensor 5 is blocked, a light shielding plate 34 is attached to the cam disk 13, and the optical sensor 3
This is designed to block the optical path of No. 5.
In other words, the light shielding position is the detection position.

Furthermore, in order to detect that both conveyance guide lids 8 and 9 are in a state in which both openings 4 and 5 are opened, the horizontal link 15a of the first parallel quadruple link 15 is
A light shielding plate 36 is attached to the light shielding plate 36 to block the optical path of the optical sensor 37. In other words, the light-blocking position is the detection position.

In an automatic teller machine having such a configuration, when a customer inserts a bankbook, it is sent along conveyance path 1. At this time, the cam disk 13 is in the state shown in FIG. 3 in which the cam driven roller 14 is in contact with its large diameter portion, and the conveyance guide lids 8 and 9 are in a state in which the corresponding openings 4 and 5 are closed, respectively. (Figures 3 and 5).

Therefore, the bankbook A is conveyed while its posture is regulated by the lower guide plate 2 and the side frames 3, 3.
The openings 4 and 5 are also regulated in their posture by the transport guide lids 8 and 9 that close these, and the bankbook tip and bankbook side end are prevented from protruding into the openings 4 and 5.

When the passbook A stops at a position where the tip and side edges pass the openings 4 and 5 and the magnetic stripe B overlaps the opening 5 of the lower guide plate 2, the motor rotates the cam disk 13 by half a turn, and the small diameter portion The cam driven roller 14 is in contact with. Therefore, the first parallel quadruple link 15 moves parallelly from the state shown in FIG. 3 to the state shown in FIG. The four-parallel link 16 also moves in parallel so that its horizontal link 16a moves in a horizontal arc.

The horizontal link 16 of this second parallel quadruple link 16
The horizontal arc movement a is performed by, on the one hand, pulling the transport guide lid 9 attached to the arm 21 downward from the opening 5;
The opening 5 of the lower guide plate 2 is opened by moving it laterally from directly below the opening 5 to the lower side of the lower guide plate 2.

On the other hand, since the eccentric collar 26 of the horizontal link 16a escapes from the substantially V-shaped lever 22 in the downward and horizontal direction,
The lever 23 and the substantially oval-shaped lever 23 that is engaged with the lever 23 via the roller 27 are connected to a tension spring 28.
The free rotating roller 30, which had been holding down the conveyance guide lid 18 from the back side, escapes upwards around the pin 25, and therefore the conveyance guide lid 8 moves outward around the hinge 32 under the force of the tension spring 33. Flick it upward to open the opening 4 of the side frame 3.

Such opening of the openings 4 and 5 is detected when the light shielding plate 36 blocks light from the optical sensor 37 due to the movement of the horizontal link 15a of the first parallel quadruple link 15.

In response to this detection signal, the magnetic head C starts moving, enters the conveyance path 1 through the opening 4 of the side frame 3, and scans the magnetic stripe B as it passes through the opening 5 of the lower guide plate 2.

When the predetermined read/write operation by the magnetic head C is completed and the magnetic head C leaves the conveyance path 1 again, the cam disk 13 rotates another half turn and presses the cam driven roller 14 with its large diameter portion. , 1st
The second parallel quadruple links 15 and 16 move in the opposite direction, and therefore the lower guide plate 2
The transport guide lid 9 closes the opening 5 of the transport guide. Further, the idle roller 30 descends, pushing down the conveyance guide lid 8 against the tension spring 33 and closing the opening 4 of the side frame 3.

Such openings 4 and 5 are closed by the cam disk 1.
3 is detected by performing the above-mentioned half rotation and the light shielding plate 34 shielding the optical sensor 35 from light.

In this way, when transporting the passbook, the openings 4 and 5
If the transport guide lids 8 and 9 are used to cover the transport guide lids 8 and 9, the lower guide plate 2 and the side frame 3 can accurately regulate the posture of the passbook during transport, and this regulating force will not be lost at the opening. do not have. Moreover, a situation in which the leading end and side ends of the bankbook A rush into the openings 4 and 5 can be avoided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of this invention; Fig. 1 is a plan view of the main part of the conveyance path of an automatic teller machine, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the conveyance path opening and the passbook, and Fig. 3 is an opening/closing diagram. 4 is a side view of the drive mechanism in the operating state shown in FIG. 3; FIG. 5 is a side view of the opening/closing mechanism of the side frame portion; FIG. 6 is a side view of the operating state shown in FIG. 5; The figure is an enlarged perspective view of the conveyance guide lid of the side frame portion. 1... Conveyance path, 2... Lower guide plate,
4, 5... Opening, 8, 9... Conveyance guide lid, 1
0... Opening/closing drive mechanism, A... Passbook, B... Magnetic stripe, C... Magnetic head.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] The lower guide plate and the side frames on both sides form a passbook transport path, and the read/write position of a magnetic head that scans the magnetic stripe of the passbook is provided on the lower guide plate side. In the set apparatus, an opening for entering the conveying path of the magnetic head and an opening for the scanning path are provided in the one side frame and the lower guide plate corresponding to the read/write position. The passbook processing machine is opened so that the two openings are connected, and each of the above openings is equipped with a transport guide lid that can be opened and closed to close each opening in a flush manner.