JP2821745B2 - Card processing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a card processing device, and more particularly, to a card (prepaid card: prepaid card) such as a telephone card, an orange card and the like. The present invention relates to a card processing device for processing.

(Related Art) In recent years, devices using the above-described cards have been frequently used in various fields. For example, fields such as a card-type telephone, a card-type automatic ticket vending machine, and a card-type amusement machine correspond to this.

By the way, in each device as described above, the card which has normally used up the prepaid amount is returned to the user after forming a perforated hole indicating that the card has been used, and the user who has received this card is Is generally thrown into a trash box and discarded.

However, when you use a lot of cards,
With the conventional return processing and disposable method, there is a problem that the card cannot be collected, resources are wasted, and this is reflected in the card cost and causes an increase in cost.

(Problems to be Solved by the Present Invention) As described above, the conventional device has a problem that a large amount of cards cannot be collected, resulting in waste of resources constituting the cards and an increase in card costs.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a card processing apparatus that enables collection of used cards, thereby saving resources and reducing costs due to card reuse.

(Configuration of the present invention)

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, a card processing device according to the present invention takes in a magnetic card to which processing information including prepaid amount information is attached, and performs processing on the magnetic card. A card processing apparatus, comprising: a housing provided with a card inlet on one wall surface, and a card collection port provided on the other wall surface opposite to the wall surface; A main drive which is provided in a region extending to a substantially central portion of the card and conveys a magnetic card inserted in the card inlet for performing read / write processing, or conveys the magnetic card to the card inlet. A mechanism unit, an auxiliary drive mechanism unit that is provided in an area from the main drive mechanism unit to the card collection port in the housing and conveys a magnetic card to the card collection port; A magnetic head arranged to face the passage area of the card and reading the processing information from the magnetic card and writing predetermined information to the magnetic card; and the magnetic card slides the magnetic head against the main drive mechanism. A drive command to move the magnetic card is issued to the main drive mechanism when the non-expiration detection signal is input. Control means for issuing a drive command to the two drive mechanism parts to convey the magnetic card to the card collection port when input, and the prepaid amount information read from the magnetic card by the magnetic head to the control means When the prepaid amount information has expired and the magnetic card has been used, an expiration detection signal is output. It is characterized in that it has a determining means for sending the expiration detection signal to the control means.

(Operation) Hereinafter, the operation of the card processing device according to the above configuration will be described.

When a magnetic card with processing information including the advance payment information is inserted into a card slot of the apparatus, the main drive mechanism takes in the magnetic card and transfers processing information for the magnetic card to a magnetic head. Read with. Of the processing information read by the magnetic head, the advance payment amount information is provided to the determination means via the control means.

The determination means determines whether the prepaid amount information is in an expired state, and sends a non-expiration signal to the control means if it is not in the expired state, and sends an expiration signal to the control means if it is in the expired state.

The control means, upon receiving the non-expiration detection signal, causes the main drive mechanism to perform an operation for performing a write process when there is write information, and immediately when there is no write information, To carry out the operation of transporting the card to the card inlet. Thereby, the main drive mechanism unit performs a transport operation of sliding the magnetic card to the magnetic head when there is write information,
Alternatively, when there is no write information, the magnetic card is immediately conveyed to the card inlet.

On the other hand, when the control means receives the expiration detection signal, the control means instructs the two drive mechanisms to convey the magnetic card to the card collection port. As a result, the auxiliary drive mechanism unit conveys the magnetic card to the card collection port and performs the collection process.

(Embodiments of the present invention) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The card processing apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a housing 4 provided with a card inlet 2 on one wall surface and a card collection port 3 on the other wall surface, and the card inlet port of the housing 4. A drive mechanism 5 provided in a region from the card 2 to the card collection port 3, and reading and writing of magnetic information arranged facing a passage area of a magnetic card C which is a kind of a card conveyed by the drive mechanism 5. And a magnetic head 6 which has a reading function and constitutes a detecting means described later.

The drive mechanism 5 is provided in a region extending from the card inlet 2 to a substantially central portion of the housing 4, and is provided in a region extending from the main drive mechanism 5 A to the card collection opening 3. And an auxiliary driving mechanism 5B.

The main drive mechanism 5A is provided with a magnetic card C in an area extending from the card inlet 2 provided in the housing 4 to a substantially central portion of the housing 4.
And a central guide portion 8 arranged at predetermined intervals and a magnetic card C to be inserted into the intake side guide portion 7 forming the linear transport path. A card transport unit 9 for slidingly contacting the head surface of the magnetic head 6.

The card transport section 9 includes a driving pulley 10 disposed with a periphery facing a traveling path between the central guide section 8 and a discharge-side guide section 8A described later, and a total length of the magnetic card C with respect to the driving pulley 10. At an interval L1 slightly smaller than L, and
A driven pulley 11 arranged with its outer periphery facing the traveling path between the intake-side guide portion 7 and the central guide portion 8; a driving belt 12 stretched between the driving pulley 10 and the driven pulley 11; Arrow A shown in FIG. 1 on the driving pulley 10 via a belt 12a.
1, a drive motor 13 for applying a rotational force in the A2 direction, and a housing 4
Bearing portions 14a, 14b fixed to the wall surface of the
And pressing rollers 15a and 15b that are supported by the bearings 14a and 14b, respectively, and are arranged so that their outer peripheral portions come into contact with a driving belt 13 stretched around the driving pulley 10 and the driven pulley 11, and both pressing rollers 15a. , 15b to the driving pulley 10 and the driven pulley 11, respectively.

The auxiliary drive mechanism 5B receives a driving force from the main drive mechanism 5A and recovers and drives the magnetic card C sent through the main drive mechanism 5A to the card recovery port 3 in a pressed state. That is, the auxiliary drive mechanism 5B has an outer peripheral portion facing the transport path of the magnetic card C in the vicinity of the card recovery port 3 of the recovery-side guide portion 5B provided on the right side in FIG. Collection side driven pulley 17 placed in the state
A collection belt 18 stretched between the driving pulley 10 and the collection driven pulley 17; a collection pressing pulley 19 arranged in a state where an outer peripheral portion thereof is brought into contact with the collection driven pulley 17; The vehicle includes a bearing portion 20 that supports the pulley 19 and a pressing leaf spring 21 that applies an urging force to press the collecting-side pressing pulley 19 toward the collecting-side driven pulley 17.

FIG. 3 shows an alternative mechanism of the recovery-side pressing pulley 19 and the pressing leaf spring 21 in the auxiliary drive mechanism 5B. As shown in FIG. 3, one end is fixed to the upper surface of the recovery-side guide 8A by a screw 22. Pressed leaf spring 23 made of stainless steel etc.
Can also be used.

Since the pressing leaf spring 23 is made of stainless steel, the friction coefficient of the surface is small, so that even when the magnetic card C is not present on the recovery-side driven pulley 19, the rotation is not hindered at all, and Magnetic card C
At the time of passing, the magnetic card can be smoothly passed while pressing.

Next, a control system of the present apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

The control system includes a control unit 30 for performing overall control, a detection unit 31 connected to the control unit, a write / read drive circuit.
32, a card driving means 34 comprising the driving mechanism section 5 and a driving mechanism section controller 33.

The detecting means 31 takes in the magnetic head 6 and the prepayment amount information read from the magnetic card C by the magnetic head via the control means 30, and the expiration state of the prepayment amount information, that is, the magnetic card C is used. A determination means 34 for determining the state of completion and sending the determination result to the control means 30 as an expiration detection signal.

Next, the operation of the apparatus 1 according to the above-described embodiment will be described mainly on the operation of collecting the magnetic card C.

When the owner of the magnetic card C inserts his or her magnetic card C into the card slot 2, the card driving means 34 of this device starts operating under the control of the control means 30, and the driving motor
13 rotates the driving pulley 10 in the direction of arrow A1. As a result, the magnetic card C is moved by the drive belt 12 to the magnetic head 6.
Is transported to a position where it comes into sliding contact with the head surface.

In this state, the writing process on the magnetic surface of the magnetic card C by the magnetic head 6 and the reading process of the magnetic information attached to the magnetic surface are performed, and at the same time, the advance payment attached to the magnetic card C by the magnetic head 6 is performed. The amount information is also read, and the information is sent to the determination unit 34 via the control means 30.

The determination unit 34 captures the read information described above and determines whether or not the read information is in the expired state of the magnetic card C. When it is determined that the state is the expiration state, the result of the determination is sent to the control means 30 as an expiration detection signal.

Thereby, the control means 30 sends a card recovery signal to the drive mechanism controller 33 of the card drive means 34, and the drive mechanism controller 33 controls the drive motor 13 again by the arrow.
By rotating the magnetic card C in the A1 direction, the magnetic card C is sent to the card collection port 3 via the collection-side guide portion 8A. The magnetic card C sent out is collected by a person in charge of the apparatus and is subjected to a process for reuse.

On the other hand, when the determination unit 34 determines that the prepaid amount information of the magnetic card C is not in the expired state, a detection signal to that effect is sent to the control means 30, and thereafter, based on the control by the control means 30, The magnetic card C is returned to the card slot 2 and returned to the user.

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

(Effect of the present invention)

As described above, according to the present invention, the prepaid amount information read by the magnetic head from the magnetic card is taken into the discriminating means via the control means, and the prepaid amount information is expired by the discriminating means and the magnetic card is used. Sometimes, an expiration detection signal is sent to the control means, otherwise, a non-expiration detection signal is sent to the control means. When the signal is a non-expiration detection signal, the control means instructs the main drive mechanism to convey the magnetic card to the card inlet. To the main drive mechanism to return the card to the user by returning the magnetic card from the card slot, or when the expiration detection signal, the control means to the main drive mechanism and the auxiliary drive mechanism The auxiliary drive mechanism performs the card collection and conveyance operation by issuing a drive instruction to convey the magnetic card to the card collection slot to perform the magnetic card collection process. As long as the prepaid amount information is on the magnetic card, the magnetic card is securely returned to the user from the card slot, and when the prepaid amount information is lost on the magnetic card, the card collection operation is performed reliably. As a result, the card can be reused, and there is an effect that resource saving and card cost can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, the magnetic card transport path can be shortened by adopting a structure for transporting the magnetic card to the card inlet or to the card recovery port, so that the overall structure can be reduced in size. There is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line II of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view showing a modification of the auxiliary drive mechanism of the embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the embodiment. Main symbols C in the drawing C: magnetic card 1: card processing device 2: card inlet 3: card recovery port 30: control means 31: detecting means 34: card driving means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card processing device for taking in a magnetic card to which processing information including prepaid amount information is attached and processing the magnetic card, wherein a card inlet is provided on one wall surface, and A housing provided with a card collection port on the other opposing wall surface; and a magnetic field provided in an area extending from the card insertion port to a substantially central portion of the housing within the housing, and inserted into the card insertion port. A main drive mechanism for transporting the card for performing read / write processing, or for transporting the magnetic card to the card inlet; and within the housing, from the main drive mechanism to the card collection port. An auxiliary drive mechanism provided in the area and transporting a magnetic card to the card collection port; and an auxiliary drive mechanism arranged to face the pass area of the card, and reading the processing information from the magnetic card. A magnetic head that writes predetermined information to the magnetic card, and issues a drive command to the main drive mechanism so that the magnetic card slides the magnetic head, and a non-expiration detection signal is input. A drive command is issued to the main drive mechanism to transport the magnetic card to the card inlet, or when an expiration detection signal is input, the magnetic card is recovered to the two drive mechanisms by the card collection. Control means for issuing a drive command to convey to the mouth, the prepayment amount information read from the magnetic card by the magnetic head via the control means, the prepayment amount information has expired and the magnetic card has been used Discriminating means for sending an expiration detection signal to the control means when the expiration detection signal is received, and a non-expiration detection signal otherwise. Processing apparatus.