EP1210713A1 - Cleaning card - Google Patents
Cleaning cardInfo
- Publication number
- EP1210713A1 EP1210713A1 EP00967623A EP00967623A EP1210713A1 EP 1210713 A1 EP1210713 A1 EP 1210713A1 EP 00967623 A EP00967623 A EP 00967623A EP 00967623 A EP00967623 A EP 00967623A EP 1210713 A1 EP1210713 A1 EP 1210713A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- card
- cleaning
- card according
- coating
- carrier element
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K13/00—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism
- G06K13/02—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism the record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card
- G06K13/08—Feeding or discharging cards
- G06K13/0868—Feeding or discharging cards using an arrangement for keeping the feeding or insertion slot of the card station clean of dirt, or to avoid feeding of foreign or unwanted objects into the slot
- G06K13/0893—Feeding or discharging cards using an arrangement for keeping the feeding or insertion slot of the card station clean of dirt, or to avoid feeding of foreign or unwanted objects into the slot the arrangement comprising means for cleaning the card upon insertion
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
- G06K19/02—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the selection of materials, e.g. to avoid wear during transport through the machine
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- G—PHYSICS
- G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
- G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
- G11B5/00—Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
- G11B5/41—Cleaning of heads
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a cleaning card according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Such generic cleaning cards are used to periodically clean a reading head, such as a magnetic head, of a card reader from impurities (for example from fatty residues or dirt particles) and thus the reliable, permanent reading of a magnetic strip as a data carrier or a chip information (e.g. smart card).
- a reading head such as a magnetic head
- impurities for example from fatty residues or dirt particles
- a chip information e.g. smart card
- cleaning cards made of a composite material, which usually consist of a hard plastic on which a plastic sponge or the like. Fleece covering is applied.
- this plastic sponge is drenched with an alcohol-based cleaner, which is used to clean the magnetic or chip reading head and is intended to remove any dirt that adheres there.
- Such a known cleaning card which usually has the dimensions of a data card provided for the card reading device, is inserted into the card reading device instead of this data card for cleaning the magnetic reading head, the fleece coming into contact with the head, removing any dirt and after completion Cleaning process is transported out again to be removed.
- a conventional fleece often proves to be unsuitable for cleaning if a reading head is very dirty is (not only due to fatty residues, for example also due to atmospheric dirt, which can build up on the contacts and between them). More precisely, the well-known cleaning fleece on cleaning cards is not able, in the case of heavy soiling, to ensure that dirt particles adhering to the head are completely removed. Rather, they are often only moved by the cleaning process (without being completely removed and removed), or else, due to the lack of sufficient friction and abrasion effect of the nonwoven material, stick to the reading head.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to improve a generic cleaning card so that it not only has improved cleaning properties, in particular also in the case of heavy soiling and strongly adhering dirt particles, but also for better removal of the dirt particles loosened during a cleaning process provides.
- the cleaning card according to the main claim which is offered under the designation CC "No. 2" ensures that the profiling of the coating not only improves the abrasion properties of dirt on reading heads can be achieved (without thereby affecting the service life or functionality of the reading head itself), the recesses provided according to the profiling according to the invention also offer an ideal possibility for reliably and completely removing coarse dirt particles from the sensitive writing / reading gap in front of the card reader head of a reading device; the same applies to chip card reading contacts or the like.
- read head should be understood to mean any read or contact element for card-based data carriers, in particular also sliding contacts or the like.
- the depressions provided according to the invention are honeycomb-shaped, such, for example diamond-shaped honeycombs, being particularly favorably delimited by a grid of coating material (fleece) applied to the flat side of the carrier element.
- depressions according to the invention depend on the reading head to be cleaned in a concrete manner, the cleaning card according to the invention being suitable, depending on the configuration of the depressions, choice of material for the coating, etc., for a large number of different card reading devices, for example for cash cards, washing machine cards Transport, boarding cards or the like is suitable.
- a flocking adhesive for example dispersion adhesive or one- or multi-component, solvent-containing adhesive
- a screen printing process for example by means of a screen printing process, and then applied the intended Purpose of appropriate flocking z.
- polyester cellulose is selected.
- the support element is provided with the coating, in particular flocking, on one or both sides, and / or whether the cleaning card according to the invention is for dry cleaning (ie without additional, liquid) Detergent), or with a detergent soaking the coating.
- the coating in particular flocking
- the cleaning card according to the invention is for dry cleaning (ie without additional, liquid) Detergent)
- a detergent soaking the coating ie without additional, liquid Detergent
- Corresponding flock fibers, the layer thickness, etc. are, as stated, determined in accordance with the application.
- a particularly favorable embodiment of the present invention has also been found to be the measure of designing the length of the cleaning card in such a way that the card reading device (and in the event of a failure of the transport mechanism) can be pulled out of the arrangement manually in the fully inserted state, so that In such a failure, an expensive expansion or Repair process can be avoided.
- the present invention provides a cleaning card system which has advantageous practical properties with improved Combined cleaning effect and flexibility in application.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic plan view of a cleaning card according to a first embodiment of the invention
- Fig. 2 a sectional view along the
- FIG. 3 a top view analogous to FIG. 1 of a cleaning card according to a second embodiment.
- the coating 14 consists of a screen-printed, in the manner shown lattice-shaped adhesive pattern, which carries electrostatically applied flock fibers made of polyester, which are applied to both sides of the carrier element 12 with a maximum thickness of approximately 0.5 mm.
- the diamond-shaped or honeycomb-shaped depressions 16 then result from the spaces between the individual webs of flocking material and expose the surface of the carrier element 12.
- a surface area 18 has remained uncoated on both sides of the carrier element 12 in order to on the one hand to offer a user an attack surface for handling, and on the other hand to offer space for the provision of imprints (a warning arrow 19 with the direction of insertion is shown).
- a warning arrow 19 with the direction of insertion is shown.
- the user does not come into contact with the liquid when handling the card.
- the cleaning card shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is inserted into the card reader in practical use instead of an intended data carrier card, and the reading heads are cleaned by means of the flocking 14 by means of the motorized insertion and removal process.
- the diamond-shaped gaps 16 ensure that loosened dirt particles can be reliably and completely transported out of the reading device, and in addition, the webs of flock material delimiting the diamonds 16 act as brushes, which additionally reliably and carefully protect the sensitive reading heads clean. This process applies both to dry cleaning processes and to the additional use of cleaning fluid with which the coating 14 can be soaked.
- the embodiment 20 of FIG. 3 differs from the first embodiment on the one hand in that this - thicker - cleaning card (0.6 mm thick polyester as carrier element 26) is a card that does not have a length 1 is only significantly longer than the actual data carrier card used in the corresponding reading device, and this length 1 (in the present example 190 mm) is dimensioned such that an end grip section 28 always comes out of the reading device (or its cleaning device) even when the cleaning card 20 is fully inserted Insertion slot) and thus, even if the motor card ejection fails, can easily be pulled out again manually.
- the coating 22 provided here corresponds to the coating 14 described in connection with FIG. 1 with a regular pattern of diamond-shaped depressions 24 between a lattice pattern made of glued-on flocking material, with the exception that the flock surface 22 of FIG. 3 is only on one side on the carrier element 26 is applied.
- the present invention is neither restricted to plastic material for the carrier element (any other materials, including environmentally friendly and easy to dispose of, such as paper or cardboard or composites) can be used, nor is the present invention certain flock material (or material for flock fibers) specified. Depending on the intended use, fibers made of plastic, textile, natural raw materials or the like can also be used here. Ultimately, the dimensions to be selected depend on the application.
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- Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)
- Cleaning Implements For Floors, Carpets, Furniture, Walls, And The Like (AREA)
Abstract
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE29914446U | 1999-08-20 | ||
DE29914446U DE29914446U1 (en) | 1999-08-20 | 1999-08-20 | Cleaning card |
PCT/EP2000/008014 WO2001015146A1 (en) | 1999-08-20 | 2000-08-17 | Cleaning card |
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EP1210713A1 true EP1210713A1 (en) | 2002-06-05 |
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EP00967623A Withdrawn EP1210713A1 (en) | 1999-08-20 | 2000-08-17 | Cleaning card |
Country Status (5)
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EP (1) | EP1210713A1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU7773400A (en) |
DE (1) | DE29914446U1 (en) |
HK (1) | HK1049062A1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2001015146A1 (en) |
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EP1437679A1 (en) * | 2002-12-24 | 2004-07-14 | Taiwan Bor Ying Corporation | Apparatus for cleaning head of surface-contact memory card slot |
US8323779B2 (en) | 2004-05-28 | 2012-12-04 | Kicteam, Inc. | Cleaning cards |
US7732040B2 (en) | 2004-05-28 | 2010-06-08 | Enefco International, Inc. | Patterned cleaning card and method of manufacturing same |
DE102004032314B4 (en) * | 2004-07-03 | 2006-09-07 | HÄNSEL VERBUNDTECHNIK GmbH | Cleaning card for card reading or money counting devices and method for their production |
DE202005016573U1 (en) * | 2005-10-20 | 2006-01-05 | Jfa Jenner Flock-Applikationen E.K. | cleaning element |
DE102007038229A1 (en) * | 2007-08-13 | 2009-02-26 | Continental Automotive Gmbh | Method for operating a tachograph of a motor vehicle and tachograph for performing the method |
CN105437561B (en) * | 2015-10-27 | 2018-02-13 | 诸暨双林电脑防护用品有限公司 | ATM is cleaned with efficient magnetic head to be blocked |
Citations (1)
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JPH04157609A (en) * | 1990-10-19 | 1992-05-29 | Csk Corp | Cleaning card |
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US5525417A (en) * | 1994-10-14 | 1996-06-11 | Clean Team Company | Dual purpose cleaning card |
JPH1097710A (en) * | 1996-08-02 | 1998-04-14 | Nitto Denko Corp | Tacky adhesive type cleaning sheet, image forming material having cleaning member and cleaning method of image forming device |
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- 1999-08-20 DE DE29914446U patent/DE29914446U1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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- 2000-08-17 AU AU77734/00A patent/AU7773400A/en not_active Abandoned
- 2000-08-17 EP EP00967623A patent/EP1210713A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2000-08-17 WO PCT/EP2000/008014 patent/WO2001015146A1/en active Application Filing
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JPH04157609A (en) * | 1990-10-19 | 1992-05-29 | Csk Corp | Cleaning card |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 016, no. 448 (P - 1423) 17 September 1992 (1992-09-17) * |
See also references of WO0115146A1 * |
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AU7773400A (en) | 2001-03-19 |
DE29914446U1 (en) | 1999-12-16 |
WO2001015146A1 (en) | 2001-03-01 |
HK1049062A1 (en) | 2003-04-25 |
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