JPS5818672B2 - Card Hatsukousouchi - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an apparatus for issuing cards with monetary value, such as stored cards.

Regarding the stored card in the above example, necessary data such as account number and deposit balance are recorded on this card, and the deposit balance is recorded and updated, but this recording means includes magnetic recording that can be read and written mechanically. and a printed record that can be visually read by the card user.

1. In the case of the above-mentioned magnetic recording, it is possible to update the record many times, but in the case of print recording, there is a limit to the number of printed fields, so the number of updates of the record is limited.

Therefore, even if there is still a deposit balance on the stored card, there may be cases where the printing field has already disappeared and the card cannot be used. In such cases, a new card will be issued and the deposit balance of the old card will be transferred to the new card. It will be rewritten as .

The new card mentioned above is issued by the card issuing device, and the deposit balance of the old card is rewritten by the card collection device 1, which reads the data of the old card, sends this data to the new card issuing device, and issues a new card. It is done with a device.

To issue a new card in this way, you need a card issuing device,
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a card issuing device that can read the data of an old card and rewrite this data to a new card and issue it with a combined device.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the card issuing device of the present invention connects the card entrance and exit and the card collection box with a conveyance device that sends out and takes in cards, and inserts new cards into this conveyance device. The system is configured with a means for switching between the route leading to the entrance and exit of the card and the route leading to the card collection box, so when replacing a used old card with a new card, change the sorting means so that the card is in the direction of the collection box. Insert the old card into the entrance/exit, let the transport device take it inside, read the data recorded on the old card while it is being collected in the collection box, and then use the sorting means to insert the new card into the entrance/exit. The new card can be sent out to the entrance/exit, and the data read from the old card can be written during this sending out to issue a new card. This allows one card issuing device to issue the old card. Along with collecting
Issuance of a new card can be carried out through a series of operations, and the handling of the device is extremely simple and can be easily carried out even by ordinary customers.

Furthermore, issuing a new card and collecting old cards are performed by a single device, which simplifies the configuration and significantly reduces costs.

An embodiment of the present invention having such characteristics will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows a stored card 40.
A magnetic stripe 41 is formed on one side, and data is written and read by a magnetic head on this magnetic stripe 41, and data necessary for the card such as account number, bank balance, number of printed lines, etc. Adashi,
Data such as the deposit balance and the number of printed lines are updated and recorded each time the card is used.

On the other side of the card 40 described above, there are a plurality of print fields 42 for printing and recording the balance for the user to read visually.
* is formed, and the number of uses is limited by the number of columns in this print column 42.

In other words, each time the card 40 is used, the used amount is subtracted from the above-mentioned printing field 42, a new balance is printed in the printing field 42, and then all printing fields 42 are printed. This makes the card unusable and requires a new card to be issued.

In FIG. 1, a card slot 1 is used for inserting a used card, that is, an old card, and for ejecting a newly issued new card.

The first card transport unit 2 has forward and reverse transport functions, and when rotating forward, it takes in the old card inserted from the card slot 1, and when it rotates in reverse, it takes the new card into the card slot 1.
released into the

A reading/writing magnetic head 3, a printing printer 4, and a recovery flapper 5 for encoded defective cards are provided in the conveyance path of the first card conveyance section 2. The box 6 is positioned, and the flapper 5 moves up to collect the new card with defective encoding.

A first detector PH1 and a second detector PH2 for detecting cards are provided on the card entrance 1 side of the transport path of the first card transport section 2.
are arranged along the conveyance path from the card entrance/exit 1 side.

The detectors PHI and PH2 detect the insertion of the old card and the ejection of the new card in the order in which the cards are detected.

The route changing flapper 7, which serves as a means for sorting, is divided into a route for transporting the old car 1 in the direction of the collection box 8 and a route for transporting the new card issued from the new card issuing unit 9 in the direction of the card entrance 1. Normally, it has a switching function, and as a special function, when two or more new cards are simultaneously dispensed from the new card issuing section 9, it is switched to collect them in the ejected defective card collection box 10.

This switching operation is performed by an appropriate structure such as a low clean lens.

The second conveyance section 11 conveys the old card conveyed to the above-mentioned route change flapper 7 to the collection box 8, but a card store 12 for temporarily storing the old card is provided in the middle of the conveyance. By moving downward, the store 12 releases the conveying action to the card and stores it, and by moving upward, it applies the conveying action and conveys the card.

This second conveyance unit 11 has a third card that detects the old card.
A detector PH3 is provided.

The new card issuing section 9 is a storage box 1 that stores the new card.
3, and a friction roller 14 which is located on the front side of the storage box 13 and takes out a new card.

The friction roller 14 rotates when a suitable electromagnetic clutch is turned on, and by this rotation, one of the new cards in the front row is fed out.

The third transport unit 15 transports the new card issued by the new card issuing unit 9 to the first transport unit 2.

A fourth detector PH4 is provided at an open position between the friction roller 14 and the third conveyance section 15 to detect a new card being fed out.

The operation of issuing a new card will be explained with reference to the drive control circuit shown in FIG.

The route changing flapper 7 is normally in an upwardly moved state so as to connect the third conveying section 15 and the first conveying section 2, and the encoded defective card flapper 5 is in a downwardly moving condition.
Conveyance by the first conveyance section 2 is not obstructed.

When the old card is inserted into card slot 1, the first detector P
H1 first detects the old card, then the second detector PH2
is detected.

Therefore, the signal from the amplifier 18 is input to the AND gate 22, and then the signals from the amplifier 17 and the differentiating circuit 21 are input to the AND gate 22, so a signal is output from the AND gate 22, and this signal causes the 3F
F (abbreviation for flip-flop) 25 and the fourth FF 26 are set, so the power amplifier 2 of the third FF 25
The signal via the power amplifier 30 of the fourth FF 26 operates the relay X2 to lower the route changing flapper 7 and connect the first conveyance section 2 and the second conveyance section 11. The motor 31 of the first transport section 2 is rotated in the forward direction, and the first transport section 2 is rotated in the forward direction to take the old card into the card store 12 of the second transport section 11 via the flapper 7. transport.

When the old card is transported to the card store 12, the third detector PH3 detects this, the fourth FF'2'6 is reset by a signal via the amplifier 19, the motor 31 is stopped, and the first transport is started. Normal rotation conveyance of section 2 is stopped.

While the old card is being transported through the first transport section 2, necessary data such as the account number and deposit balance that were magnetically recorded on the old card are read by the magnetic head 3 and stored in an appropriate storage device.

Next, when the issuing switch 32 is turned on to issue a new card, the first FF 23 is set via the differentiating circuit 20.
Further, the second FF 24 is also set, and the third FF 25 is reset.

For this purpose, the route changing flapper 7 moves upward to its original position, connects the third conveyance section 15 and the first conveyance section 2, and connects the second FF2.
The signal transmitted through the power amplifier 28 of No. 4 operates the relay X1 to reverse the motor 31, reverse the first transport section 2, direct the transport direction toward the card entrance/exit 1 side, and transfer the first FF2
The signal via the power amplifier 27 of No. 3 is sent to the electromagnetic clutch 33.
is operated to drive the friction roller 14 and simultaneously drive the second and third conveyance sections 11 and 15.

Therefore, the old cards stored in the card store 12 are collected in the collection box 8, and a new card is taken out from the storage box 13 and transported to the first transport section 2 via the third transport section 15.

Note that when a new card is fed out and this new card is detected by the fourth detector PH4, the first FF23 is reset by a signal via the amplifier 16 of the fourth detector PH4, and the new card is fed out by the friction roller 14. will be stopped.

In the first transport section 2, during the transport, the magnetic head 3
The data such as the account number and deposit balance recorded on the old card are magnetically recorded, and the printer 4 prints the deposit balance in the printing field on the first line.

When the data recording is completed, the new card is ejected outward from the card slot 1, and this ejection is detected by the second and first detectors PH2 and PH1.

In addition, since the card detection order is that the second detector PH2 comes first, no signal is output from the AND gate 22, and the first FF
The second FF24 is reset by the PH1 signal,
The reverse transport of the first transport unit 2 is stopped, and the operation of issuing a card update from an old card to a new card is stopped.

If only a new card is to be issued without collecting the old card, the new card can be issued by operating the issue switch 32.

In this case, the data to be recorded on the new card must be input into the storage device separately.

In the above embodiment, one magnetic head 3 is used as the data reading/writing device, but the data reading/writing device is divided into two parts: a reading magnetic head and a writing magnetic head. It may be configured as follows.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a schematic side view, FIG. 2 is a control circuit block diagram, and FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the front and back sides of stored art. ... Card entrance/exit, 2 ... First conveyance section, 3 ... Magnetic head, 7 ... Flapper for route change, 8 ... Collection box , 9...
New card issuing department, 11...Second conveyance department, 15.
...Third transport section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a card issuing device that accepts an old card on which data has been recorded up to the limited number of times and issues a new card, when the old card is inserted and the new card is inserted. A card exit/exit from which the card comes out; a transport unit that sends a new card to the card exit or takes in a card inserted into the card exit; a collection box that collects the cards taken in by the transport unit; The distribution means is located between the box and the card entrance and exit, and switches between a route for guiding a new card to the card entrance and a route for leading the old card to the collection box; L1 has a data reading/writing device that reads the data recorded on this card in between and writes the read data to this card until a new card is sent out to the card entrance/exit. A card issuing device characterized in that the conveying section between the means and the means is configured to be capable of forward and reverse rotation.