JPH06208751A - Reader/writer equipped with card cleaner - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention removes stains on the surface of a card-shaped information recording medium by wiping off stains on the surface of the card-shaped information recording medium prior to reading and writing of data. It is an object of the present invention to prevent inconveniences such as occurrence of an error as a cause, contamination of the magnetic head, and scratches on the surface of the data recording area. The reader / writer device of the present invention is provided at a position near an end portion of the transport table 1 on the information recording medium insertion port 10 side, at a position corresponding to a data recording area 21 of the information recording medium 20. A cleaning tool for cleaning the surface of the information recording medium 10 is attached, and the cleaning tool is detachably attached to a cleaning tool attachment hole 4 formed of an elastic member and provided in the transport table 1. A supporting arm 3 and a cleaning roller rotatably supported by the roller supporting arm 3 in the same direction as the conveying direction of the information recording medium 10 and provided with its side surface pressed against the surface of the information recording medium 10. A reader / writer device having a card cleaning tool, characterized in that

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reader / writer device for a card-shaped information recording medium, and more particularly to a reader / writer equipped with a cleaning tool for cleaning the surface of the card-shaped information recording medium. Regarding the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, it is widely practiced to trade goods and provide services by using a card-shaped information recording medium that records money data or frequency data instead of money. It is becoming popular. Such a card-shaped information recording medium is provided with a data recording area for magnetically or optically recording data on its surface, and a magnetic head or an optical pickup device provided in a reader / writer device is used. The data recording area is scanned to read / write data. Therefore, when dirt is attached to the surface of the card body, an error may occur in reading and writing data. Further, when a card-shaped recording medium having dirt attached thereto is processed by a reader / writer device, there is a risk that the magnetic head or the optical pickup device may get dirty or the surface of the card body may be scratched.

Nowadays, a payment system using a card-shaped information recording medium is introduced even in a place where the environment of the card-shaped information recording medium is bad (for example, a place such as a gas station where oil easily adheres). However, in such a place, the above-mentioned drawbacks become particularly conspicuous, which may hinder the operation of the system.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and prevent an error or the like caused by dirt adhering to a card-shaped information recording medium.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a card-shaped information recording having a data recording area for magnetically or optically recording data on its surface. In a reader / writer device that magnetically or optically reads / writes data to / from a medium, an end portion of a transport table for transporting the information recording medium on the information recording medium insertion port side. A cleaning tool for cleaning the surface of the information recording medium is attached at a position near at least the data recording area of the information recording medium. A roller supporting arm removably mounted in a cleaning tool mounting hole provided on the table and a roller supporting arm rotatably supported by the roller supporting arm in the same direction as the conveying direction of the information recording medium to convey the side surface. From the cleaning roller protruding from the surface of the table And wherein the Rukoto.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are schematic diagrams showing a reader / writer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Magnetic card of the reader / writer device of this embodiment
The carrying table 1 for carrying the card 20 is provided with a cleaning tool mounting hole 4 for mounting a magnetic card cleaning tool near the insertion port 10 of the magnetic card 20 as shown in the figure. A magnetic roller composed of a cleaning roller 2 and a roller supporting arm 3 rotatably supporting the cleaning roller 2 in the cleaning mounting hole 4.
The cleaning tool is detachably attached.

The cleaning roller 2 is used to wipe off dirt on the surface of the magnetic card 20 transported on the transport table 1, and has a fine structure cloth or silicone used for cleaning the surface. It is covered with cloth. In addition, the cleaning roller 2
As shown in the figure, the roller support arm 3 rotatably mounts the cleaning tool mounting hole 4 in the same direction as the magnetic card 20 transporting direction, and as shown in FIG. Is slightly raised above the surface of the.

The roller support arm 3 is composed of two rod-shaped members that sandwich the cleaning roller 2 in the axial direction, and is inserted into and removable from a small hole on the side surface of the cleaning tool mounting hole 4. by this,
The magnetic card cleaning tool can be attached and detached, and the cleaning roller 2 can be easily replaced.

The roller support arm 3 is formed of a member having an appropriate elasticity. As a result, the magnetic card 20
When the cleaning roller 2 is carried on the carrying table 1, the cleaning roller 2 comes into contact with the surface of the magnetic card 20 and is slightly sunk, and the elastic force of the roller supporting arm 3 repels the magnetic field, so that the magnetic force is applied by an appropriate force. Card 2
The surface of 0 is pressed.

The structure of the roller support arm 3 is not limited to the above-mentioned one, but it can be easily attached and detached, and the cleaning roller 2 can be applied to the surface of the magnetic card 20 with an appropriate force. Anything can be used as long as it presses.

The magnetic card cleaning tool constructed as described above may be provided at a position corresponding to at least the data recording area 21 of the magnetic card 20 as shown in FIG.
It may be provided over the entire width direction of the carrying table 1 (direction perpendicular to the carrying direction of the magnetic card 20).

A transport tape of the reader / writer device of this embodiment.
In addition to the above-described magnetic card cleaning tool, the bull 1 has a carrying motor (not shown) for carrying a magnetic head 11 and a magnetic card 20 for reading and writing data, and a carrying roller. -La 12 and the like are provided.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
When the magnetic card 20 is inserted into the reader / writer device, the transport roller 12 rotates to transport the magnetic card 20. At this time, the cleaning roller 2 is pressed against the surface of the magnetic card 20 to wipe off the dirt on the surface of the data recording area 21.

Thereafter, the transport roller 12 further rotates to transport the magnetic card 20, and the magnetic head 11 reads / writes data from / in the data recording area 21.

Therefore, the reading and writing of data is always performed after the dirt on the surface of the data recording area 21 is wiped off, which causes an error due to the dirt on the magnetic card 20 or a magnetic field. No dirt is attached to the head 11.

In the present embodiment, the magnetic card 20 is used.
The reader / writer device for reading and writing data has been described above. However, the reading and writing of data is performed optically on a card-shaped information recording medium for optically recording data. Lee
It is needless to say that the same operation can be obtained by providing the lighter device with the optical card cleaning tool having the same structure.

[0018]

As described above, the reader of the present invention
The writer device is equipped with a cleaning tool near the card-shaped information recording medium insertion port of the transport table, so that the dirt on the surface of the card-shaped information recording medium is always wiped off before reading and writing data. Therefore, even when the reader / writer device is used in a place where the environment of the card-shaped information recording medium is bad, an error occurs due to contamination of the surface of the card-shaped information recording medium. Or dirt on the magnetic head,
This has the effect of preventing the inconvenience of scratches on the surface of the data recording area.

[0019]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration of a reader / writer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Transport Table 2 Cleaning Roller 3 Roller Support Arm 4 Cleaning Tool Attachment Hole 10 Insertion Port 20 Magnetic Card (Card-shaped Information Recording Medium)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reader / writer device for magnetically or optically reading / writing data on / from a card-shaped information recording medium having a data recording area for magnetically or optically recording data on its surface. The surface of the information recording medium is cleaned at a position near the information recording medium insertion opening side end of the transport table for transporting the information recording medium, at least at a position corresponding to the data recording area of the information recording medium. A cleaning tool is attached, and the cleaning tool is formed of an elastic member and is detachably attached to a cleaning tool mounting hole provided in the transport table. The roller support arm conveys the information recording medium in the transport direction. And a cleaning roller whose side surface is rotatably supported in the same direction as that of the cleaning table and whose side surface is raised from the surface of the transport table. Ita apparatus.