JPS6313230B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data variable card that allows data such as programs to be arbitrarily changed as necessary.

[Prior art and its problems]

Conventional data cards such as program cards are marked by marking with a pencil, marker pen, etc., or by punching holes in the card.

If the data is set by marking it with a pencil, if you want to change or correct the data, you can erase it with an eraser, but if you change or correct it several times, the card surface will become dirty. As a result, the reliability of reading by the card reader decreases. Another drawback was that it was cumbersome to erase marks with an eraser and reapply marks with a pencil.

If the data is recorded by marking with a marker pen or punching holes,
Recorded data cannot be changed or modified. Therefore, there was a drawback that a new card was required each time the data to be recorded was changed.

Furthermore, with the aim of eliminating these drawbacks, data is created in which a required number of metal pieces are housed inside the card so that the data on the card can be changed by moving these metal pieces as necessary. A variable type card has been proposed in Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 50-50930.

However, this improved data variable card has an extremely complex structure, which not only makes the card expensive, but also limits the movement range of the required number of metal pieces stored inside. There were various practical problems, such as the need to use a magnet to move the metal piece.

[Purpose of the invention]

Therefore, the present invention has a simple configuration and can be manufactured at low cost, and also allows recording data to be set and corrected.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a data variable card that can be changed extremely easily.

[Means to solve the problem]

A feature of the present invention is that data pieces having the same thickness as the card board and having the same shape as the holes are fitted into all of the many holes transparently provided in the card board, and each data piece is , are frictionally held in each hole and can be depressed along each hole by applying a force exceeding this frictional force, and furthermore, the amount of depression of the data piece is indicated on the back of the card board. There is a protrusion that protrudes with a dimension smaller than the thickness of the card board.

〔Example〕

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the data variable card according to the present invention includes a card board 1, data pieces 2 provided in a matrix on the card board 1,
It is constituted by a protrusion 3 integrally formed to project from the back surface of the card board 1. The card board 1 is made of synthetic resin such as vinyl chloride. The data pieces 2 are fitted into all of the many holes transparently provided in the card board 1, have the same thickness as the card board 1, and are fitted into the holes by friction. While being held, it is provided so that it can collapse along this hole by applying a force that exceeds this frictional force. Note that the hole that accommodates and holds the data piece 2 has the same shape as the data piece 2, so the reference numeral for the hole is omitted. In this embodiment, the data piece 2 is obtained by cutting out a circular shape from the card board 1 using a press or the like, and then returning the cut out portion to its original shape and fitting it into the card board 1.

Here, setting of data to be recorded such as a program, correction, and change thereof will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

When setting the data to be recorded, place the card board 1 with the protrusion 3 facing downward as shown in Figure 4.
is placed on the table surface 4, and the data piece 2 is pushed in using a tapered stick 5 like a ballpoint pen. Then, the data piece 2 sinks to a position where it contacts the table surface 4 with which the protrusion 3 is in contact, but the amount of this depression is regulated to be equal to the height of the protrusion 3 (approximately half the thickness of the card board 1). Therefore, the data piece 2 will not fall off from the card board 1.

When changing or correcting data that has been recorded, place the card board 1 on the table surface 4 with the protrusion 3 facing upward, as shown in FIG. Just put it back.

As described above, the data variable card of the present invention allows data to be set, corrected, and changed extremely easily, and can be used repeatedly.

Next, with reference to FIG. 6, reading of the variable data card of the present invention by a card reader will be schematically explained.

The card reader is equipped with a card running path 8 defined by guide plates 6 and 7, and the card board 1 is transported along this card running path 8. The guide plate 7 is provided with a detecting member 9 that can be moved up and down to detect whether or not the data piece 2 in the card plate 1 has caved in. A roller is attached to the lower end of the detecting member 9, and this roller It can protrude into the travel path 8. Reference numeral 10 denotes a switch that is interlocked with the detection member 9, and a switch lever 10a is in elastic contact with the upper end surface of the detection member 9 to urge the detection member 9 downward. The switch 10 closes, for example, when the data piece 2 is depressed. Therefore, when the card board 1 is transported through the passage 8 by a card feeding device (not shown), it depends on whether the data piece 2 is depressed or not.
The switch 8 is opened and closed via the detection member 9, thereby reading the recorded data.

7 and 8 show another embodiment of the data variable card according to the present invention, in which the card board 1A of this embodiment has protrusions 3A around the hole in which the data piece 2A is accommodated and held. are arranged in a scattered manner. The usage of this card is exactly the same as in the previous embodiment.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the variable data card of the present invention, not only can the data card be used over and over again, but data can also be set extremely easily, and corrections and changes can also be made extremely easily. I can do it. Furthermore, since the configuration is very simple, the variable data card can be manufactured very easily and at low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of essential parts of an embodiment of a data variable card according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a left side view thereof, FIG.
The diagram is an explanatory diagram of data settings, corrections, and changes.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the data reading operation, FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a main part of another embodiment of the data variable card according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line of FIG. 7. 1,1A...Card board, 2,2A...Data piece, 3,3A...Protrusion.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In all of the many holes transparently provided in the card board,
A data piece having the same thickness as the card board and having the same shape as the hole is fitted, and each data piece is frictionally held in the hole and is held by a force exceeding this frictional force. A protrusion is provided on the back surface of the card board to limit the amount of depression of the data piece and has a dimension smaller than the thickness of the card board. A variable data card characterized by: 2. The variable data card according to claim 1, wherein the data pieces are arranged in a matrix. 3. The variable data card according to claim 1, wherein the protrusion dimension of the protrusion is approximately half the thickness of the card board.