JPS60167065A - Reader of plate storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable reading out a magnetic card and an IC card by one device by providing a magnetic head and a contact head on one end and the other end, respectively, and by abuting either one of heads on a guide groove selectively. CONSTITUTION:When the right end of a reading head member 4 is pressed downward, a detaining tool 13 is engaged therewith, which causes a magnetic head 6 to stop in the condition where it protrudes at a guide groove. When a magnetic card MK is shifted in the condition, the magnetic head 6 is suppressed to the surface of a magnetic strip and reads out information, which is outputted. When the magnetic card is completely read out, the engagement of the detaining tool 13 is released. Then the reading head member 4 stops with its both ends floating from the guide groove. When an IC card K is shifted in this condition, its top abuts on a stopper 8 and stops. When the left end of the reading head member 4 is pressed and engaged with a detaining tool 14 at this time, a contact pin 9a is brought into contact with a contact point of the IC card K, and information interchange with a computer becomes possible.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Technical field) The present invention relates to a reading device for a plate-shaped storage medium.

(Prior Art) At present, magnetic cards in which a magnetic strip a as shown in FIG. 1(A) is attached to a plate-like substrate are widely used for cash cards, credit cards, etc. For program cards, etc. that have a large amount, use the same figure (
An electrically rewritable semiconductor memory circuit C as shown in FIG.
IC cards equipped with these are now in use, and the two types coexist, taking advantage of their respective characteristics. - Incidentally, since these magnetic cards and the IC car 1 have completely different operating principles, a dedicated reading device must be used for reading them, which is inconvenient to use.

(Objective) In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a reading device for a plate-shaped storage medium that can read magnetic cards, cards, and IC cards with one device.

(Structure) Therefore, details of the present invention will be described below based on illustrated embodiments.

Fig. 2.3 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which reference numeral 1 indicates two guide plates 1a and lb on one side and a wall surface 1c.
This is a frame member in which a guide groove 2 which is connected to each other to form a guide groove 2 that is open on three sides is formed, and a window 3 through which a reading head member 4 (described later) is inserted is formed in the upper guide plate 1a. Reference numeral 4 designates the above-mentioned reading head member, in which a magnetic heald 6 is attached via a leaf spring 7 to one half of the base 5, which has an obtuse-angled "V" shape in cross section, at a location where it contacts the magnetic strip of the magnetic card. At the same time, the IC card stopper 8 is formed by installing six tips downwardly on the other side, and a contact plate 9 is attached to the contact having a plurality of contact pins 9a, or in the vicinity thereof. It is configured by disposing a micro switch 10 for detecting an IC card.

This base body 5 is rotatably attached to the upper guide plate 1a with a shaft 11 provided in its center and biased by coil springs 12 so as to lift both ends.

Note that reference numbers 13 and 14 in the figure indicate springs 13a and 1, respectively.
4a shows the readhead lock biased towards the center.

In this embodiment, when the right end of the reading head 4 is pressed downward, the locking tool 13 engages to move the magnetic head 6 into the guide groove.
It stands still in a protruding state (4th illustration). In this state, one side of the magnetic card MK is placed against the wall surface 1c of the guide groove 2 and moved toward the other end, thereby being lifted in both directions against the leaf spring 7, and a constant pressure is applied to the surface of the magnetic string. (II), the information on the moving magnetic strip is read and output to a computer (not shown).

When reading of the magnetic card is completed, when the engagement IL tool 13 is released, both ends of the reading head member 4 are lifted from the guide groove 2 by the biasing force of the spring 12, and the positioning member 8 is moved into the guide groove 2. Stand still in the protruding position (m). In this situation, place the IC card K on the wall 1 from the right end.
When the other end of the IC card is brought into contact with c and the other end is moved, the tip of the IC card rests on the stopper 8 and the movement is stopped and raised (IV)
. At this point, when the left end of the reading head 4 is pressed downward and the left end is engaged with the engaging tool 14, the contact pins 9a, 9a, etc. come into contact with the contacts of the IC card, and at the same time, the microswitch IO is activated. It becomes possible to exchange information with a computer (not shown) (V).

(Effect) Second, as explained, according to the present invention, the magnetic t
\Rad, a contact head is installed on the other side, and either one of them is brought into contact with the guide groove selectively, so the magnetic head is used for magnetic cards, and the contact head is used for IC cards. can be set in the guide groove, and two types of cards with different operating principles can be read with one device.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1A and 1E are perspective views showing an example of a magnetic card and an IC card, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a device showing an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. The sectional views taken along the line xx' and FIGS. 4(I) to 4(V) are explanatory diagrams showing the operation of the same apparatus, respectively. 1... Frame member 2... Guide groove 4...
Reading head member 5...Base 6...Magnetic head 8...Stopper 9...Contact head

Claims (1)

[Claims] A plate-shaped memory comprising a frame member having a guide groove for guiding a plate-shaped storage medium, and a reading head member having contact means on one half and magnetic head means on the other half, one half of which selectively abuts the guide groove. Media reader.