JPH0452513B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a magnetic card handling device used in the business of financial institutions, and more particularly to a magnetic card imprint mechanism that can shorten card handling processing time.

Conventionally, when this type of magnetic card handling device imprints the embossment of a magnetic card onto journal paper, the receipt and card are temporarily stopped and then rolled over the embossment of the card using an imprint roller that is separate from the transport roller. The structure was such that it was carried out by For this reason, it is necessary to provide enough space for the imprint roller to reciprocate over the card, and it is also necessary to perform the receipt and journal paper printing operation (including the reversing operation) and the imprint operation separately, and it is necessary to perform the imprint operation separately until the card is ejected. It required a long processing time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, it is an object of the present invention to provide a magnetic card handling device in which the imprinting mechanism is miniaturized and the processing time until the bank magnetic card is ejected is shortened.

The magnetic card handling device according to the present invention has a magnetic card reading/writing device, a printing device, and an automatic receipt winding device on a card transport path, and imprints the emboss of the card on the journal paper while handling the card and the journal paper. An upper roller is provided for conveying the card, and a lower roller having a surface with a high friction coefficient is provided below the card conveyance path for conveying the card, and the card and journal paper are sandwiched between the upper and lower rollers to perform a changeover operation for printing on the journal paper. At the same time, the rollers are rotated to carry out imprinting while feeding the card and journal paper in the ejection direction.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1a is a schematic perspective view of the device;
Figure b is a front view of the device seen from the card insertion slot. Referring to FIG. 1a, the magnetic card handling device in this embodiment has a magnetic card reading/writing device (not shown) between the card insertion slot on the right side of the figure and the printing device on the left side. , an imprint mechanism is mounted, and an automatic winding device is further provided above the magnetic card reading/writing device. This figure shows this imprint mechanism section. The imprint mechanism section has L-shaped guide plates 2a and 2 with respect to the guide plate 1.
b are mounted vertically at regular intervals, and the guide plate 1 has an opening in its upper portion for imprinting. A stopper 3 is attached to the guide plate 1 on the printing device side. Lower transport rollers 4a, 4b for transporting cards are fixed to a shaft 5, and upper transport rollers 6a, 6b are fixed to a shaft 7. Levers 8a and 8b are also rotatably supported on the shaft 7. The levers 8a, 8b are fixed to the shafts 9a, 9b. The shafts 9a, 9b are connected by solenoids (not shown), and by rotating the shafts 9a, 9b, the levers 8a, 8b can be moved in the vertical direction. The levers 8a, 8b connect the shaft 7 and the shafts 9a, 9b, and the spring 1 hung on the levers 8a, 8b
rollers 6a, 0a, 10b via shaft 7;
6b is urged downward.

Drive motors (not shown) are connected to the shaft ends of the shafts 5 and 7, respectively, and upper conveyance rollers 6a and 6b
is the lower conveyor roller 4 through the square hole of the guide plate 1.
It is attached at a position where it contacts a and 4b.
The relationship between the lower conveyance rollers 4a, 4b, the card 11 (FIG. 1b), and the L-shaped guide plates 2a, 2b is as shown in FIG. The card 11 is mounted so as to have a certain gap (the thickness of the card) with respect to the upper side, and the card 11 is moved to the L-shaped guide plate 2a, by the lower conveyance rollers 4a, 4b.
The positional relationship is such that it is pressed against the upper side of 2b.

Next, the card handling operation in the apparatus of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. Figures 2 a to b show a card 11, a receipt 12, a printing device 13, a guide plate 1,
L-shaped guide plates 2a, 2b, stopper 3, upper conveyance rollers 6a, 6b, lower conveyance rollers 4a, 4b,
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the mutual relationship between shafts 9a, 9b, levers 8a, 8b, and springs 10a, 10b. FIG. 2a shows the card 11 emerging from a magnetic card reading/writing device (not shown). The lower conveyance rollers 4a and 4b rotate in the card suction direction. At this time, the levers 8a and 8b rotate upward, that is, counterclockwise in the figure, and escape due to the rotation of the shafts 9a and 9b. The card 11 is sucked in while being pressed against the upper sides of the L-shaped guide plates 2a, 2b by the lower conveyance rollers 4a, 4b, and is fed to the stopper 3. At this time, the position of the card is confirmed by the position inspection sensor, and the lower conveyance roller 4
Stop rotation of a and 4b.

Next, the levers 8a and 8b are rotated downward, that is, clockwise in the figure, by the rotation of the shafts 9a and 9b, and the upper conveyance rollers 6a and 6b are lowered from above.
It is urged by springs 10a and 10b. The leading end of the card 11 is sandwiched between the lower transport rollers 4a, 4b and the upper transport rollers 6a, 6b. In this state, the printing device starts printing,
The imprint operation starts at the same time as the receipt printing change operation. This state is the state shown in FIG. 2b. Only during the receipt printing changeover operation, the upper conveyance rollers 6a, 6b and the lower conveyance rollers 4a, 4b rotate in the ejection direction to send the inserted card in the ejection direction. At this time, the upper conveyance rollers 6a and 6b are urged downward by the springs 10a and 10b, and imprinting is performed while conveying the card 11 and the receipt 12. The imprinted receipt 12 is wound up by an automatic winding device (not shown).

After the imprint operation is completed, the lever 8a,
8b is returned upward, and the card 11 is ejected while being pressed against the upper sides of the L-shaped guide plates 2a, 2b by the lower conveyance rollers 4a, 4b. The state at this time is shown in FIG. 2c.

As explained above, according to the present invention, an upper roller that performs imprinting and conveys the card is provided on the card conveyance path having a magnetic card reading/writing device, a printing device, and an automatic receipt winding device. A lower roller with a surface with a high friction coefficient is installed under the road to convey the card, the card and the receipt are sandwiched between the two rollers, and the roller is rotated at the same time as the receipt printing change operation to separate the card and the receipt. Since imprinting is performed while feeding in the ejection direction, the imprint mechanism can be made smaller.
This has the effect of shortening the processing time until card ejection.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1a is a schematic perspective view of the magnetic card handling device including the imprint mechanism, Figure 1b is a front view of the imprint mechanism seen from the card insertion slot, and Figures 2a to c are card receipts. FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the imprint mechanism section showing the imprint operation order of FIG. 1... Guide plate, 2a, 2b... L-shaped guide plate, 3... Stopper, 4a, 4b, 6a, 6b... Roller,
5, 7, 9a, 9b... shaft, 8a, 8b... lever,
10a, 10b...Spring, 11...Card, 1
2...Receipt, 13...Printing device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An upper roller that conveys the card and journal paper while imprinting the card emboss on the journal paper is installed above the card transport path that has a magnetic card reading/writing device, a printing device, and an automatic receipt winding device. A lower roller having a surface with a high coefficient of friction for conveying the card is provided below the road, and the card and journal paper are sandwiched between the upper and lower rollers, and the roller is rotated at the same time as the changing operation of journal paper printing. A magnetic card handling device that performs imprinting while feeding cards and journal paper in the ejection direction.