JP3273122B2 - Card insertion guide body and card reader using the same - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card insertion guide and a card reader using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various card readers for recording information signals on magnetic cards, prepaid cards and other various cards, and reading information signals recorded on the cards, and various reading / writing devices such as passbook readers and receipt readers. Widely used in the field. A recording medium having an information recording unit such as a magnetic stripe is inserted into these reading / writing devices, and the recording medium is sent to recording / reproducing means such as a magnetic head through a transport path provided in the reading / writing device. Then, predetermined information is written in the information recording section of the recording medium by the recording / reproducing means, or the information written in the information recording section is read.

In such a card reader and the like, a card insertion guide is used to improve convenience and operability when inserting the card, and card insertion guides having various shapes are manufactured. Have been. FIG. 2 shows an example of the card insertion guide body 30. The card insertion guide body 30 has guide plates 22, 23, 24, 24 at the top, bottom, left, and right. 21 are formed. The left and right guide plates 24 and 24 are provided in parallel with each other in the vertical direction, and the upper and lower guide plates 22 and 23 are
4 and 24 are formed vertically and integrally. The lower surface of the guide plate 22 provided at the upper part is an inclined surface which becomes closer as the distance from the guide plate 23 becomes deeper into the card insertion passage 21. Further, the front end of the guide plate 23 projects forward from the front end of the guide plate 22.

Accordingly, in the example shown in FIG. 2, when the card 3 is inserted into the card insertion passage 21, the card can be placed on the upper surface of the guide plate 23 and inserted into the card insertion passage 21. Excellent in nature. Further, if a display section is provided on the front surface of the upper guide plate 22 to display operation guidance or the like as indicated by reference numeral 25, operability can be further improved.

FIG. 3 shows another example of a conventional card insertion guide body. In FIG. 3, the card insertion guide body 40 is
A pair of guide plates 42, 42 formed in parallel with the horizontal direction
And vertically integrated guide plates 43, 43 for connecting the left and right ends of the guide plates 42, 42. These upper, lower, left and right guide plates 42, 42, 4
The space formed by 3 and 43 is a card insertion passage 41.
It has become. In each of the guide plates 42, 42, a notch 42a, 42a starting from a card insertion end is provided at a central portion in the left-right direction.
Are formed. The insertion guide body 40 is vertically symmetrical when viewed from the card insertion end side, and can be used without distinguishing the vertical direction. Card insertion passage 41
When the card 3 is inserted into the card insertion guide body 40,
Insert the card 3 horizontally from the front of the card.

[0006]

Some users who use a card reader or the like for business use the card insertion guide body by turning it upside down by 180 degrees so that it is upside down. Therefore, the card insertion guide 30 shown in FIG.
When the card is inserted upside down, the guide plate 23 located above the guide plate 22 located below is longer in the card insertion direction than the guide plate 22 located below, so that the card is inserted into the card insertion passage 21. The guide plate 23 when trying to
Is in the way, making it difficult to insert the card. Therefore, the one shown in FIG. 2 is used for upward, and a separate one for upside down is required, resulting in an increase in cost.

Further, according to the card insertion guide body 40 as shown in FIG. 3, which is vertically symmetrical, that is, has the same shape even when it is turned upside down, it can be used both upward and downward. Therefore, costs can be reduced. However, as shown in FIG. 3, since the upper and lower sides are symmetrical, when inserting a card, the card insertion path 41 must be determined and inserted into the card insertion path 41 from directly in front. There is a problem that operability is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and can be used for both upward and downward applications and has good operability. An object is to provide a card reader using the same.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A card insertion path is formed by two guide plates provided in parallel with each other, and the card is inserted into the card insertion path with the plane of the card parallel to the guide plate. The board is
It has a cutout starting from the card insertion end, and the cutouts of the two guide plates are displaced from each other.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a card insertion path is formed by two guide plates provided in parallel with each other, and the card is inserted into the card insertion path with the plane of the card parallel to the guide plate. In the card insertion guide body described above, the two guide plates have a notch portion starting from the card insertion end, and the notch portions of the two guide plates are
It is characterized in that the positions are shifted from each other and are point-symmetrical when viewed from the card insertion end side.

[0011] The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
The card insertion guide described above is used.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of a card insertion guide according to the present invention and a card reader using the same will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a card insertion guide body for inserting the card 3 and guiding the card 3 to a card reader (not shown). On the front side of the card insertion guide body 1 in the card insertion direction, two guide plates 2, 2 whose inner walls are vertically opposed to each other, are provided so as to be substantially parallel to the plane of the card 3 to be inserted. The guide plates 2 and 2 form a card insertion passage 8 for guiding the card 3 when the card 3 is inserted into the card insertion guide body 1. The left and right ends of the two guide plates 2 are integrally connected by side walls 6.

Next, details of the shape of the guide plate 2 will be described. Each guide plate 2 has one notch 2c starting from the card insertion end 2b. The notches 2c, 2c formed in the respective guide plates 2, 2 are displaced from each other, and if the notch of the upper guide plate is on the right, the notch of the lower guide plate is on the left. Are formed symmetrically with respect to the axis X when viewed from the card insertion end 2b side.

Therefore, even if the card insertion guide 1 is rotated by 180 degrees about the axis X, the positions of the notches 2c, 2c of the two guide plates 2, 2 are the same, so that one card insertion guide is provided. 1 can be used without distinction for upward, downward, etc., and the cost can be reduced.

To insert the card 3 into the card reader or the like via the card insertion guide 1 according to the above-described embodiment,
The card 3 is rotated in a horizontal plane as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, and one corner of the card 3 is inserted from the direction of arrow Y toward the notch 2c. The card 3 is placed on the guide plate 2 and the card 3 is rotated in a horizontal plane so that the orientation of the card 3 matches the orientation of the card insertion guide body 1.
Push the card into the card insertion passage 8. In this manner, one corner of the card 3 is pressed against the lower guide plate 2 from the notch 2c of the upper guide plate 2 and the card may be inserted while correcting the posture of the card 3 in this state. Excellent operability. Further, as shown by reference numeral 4, the card insertion slot 1
If the display section is provided above, the operability can be further improved.

The notches 2c and 2c formed in the guide plates 2 and 2 do not have to be completely symmetrical with respect to the axis X when viewed from the card insertion end 2b side. Good. Because, even if it is not formed point symmetric,
This is because the operability does not change. However, if the cutouts 2c, 2c are formed completely symmetrically with respect to the axis X as viewed from the card insertion end 2b side, the card reader can be used regardless of whether it is upward or downward. Since the card insertion guide body 1 can be assembled to a main body such as the above, there is an advantage that the assembling operation is simplified.

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a card insertion passage is formed by two guide plates provided in parallel with each other, and the card is inserted into the card insertion passage with the plane of the card parallel to the guide plate. In the card insertion guide body to be inserted, the two guide plates have cutouts starting from the card insertion end, and the cutouts of the two guide plates are displaced from each other. It can be used without distinction such as for use for downward and for downward, and cost can be reduced. In addition, since one corner of the card is pressed against the lower guide plate from the cutout of the upper guide plate, and the card can be inserted while correcting the posture of the card in this state, the operability is excellent. ing.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the card insertion passage is formed by the two guide plates provided in parallel with each other, and the card is inserted into the card insertion passage with the plane of the card parallel to the guide plate. In such a card insertion guide body, the two guide plates have cutout portions starting from the card insertion end, and the cutout portions of the two guide plates are displaced from each other and viewed from the card insertion end side. Because it is formed so as to be point symmetrical, since the card insertion guide body can be assembled to the main body of a card reader or the like without worrying about distinction for upward and downward use,
The assembling operation is simple.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a card insertion guide according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional card insertion guide body.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another example of a conventional card insertion guide body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Card insertion guide body 2 Guide plate 2c Notch part 3 Card 4 Display part

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card insertion guide body in which a card insertion passage is formed by two guide plates provided in parallel with each other, and a card is inserted into the card insertion passage with a plane of the card parallel to the guide plate. The two guide plates have notches starting from a card insertion end, and the notches of the two guide plates are displaced from each other. 2. A card insertion guide body in which a card insertion passage is formed by two guide plates provided in parallel with each other, and a card is inserted into the card insertion passage with a plane of the card parallel to the guide plate. The two guide plates have notches starting from the card insertion end, and the notches of the two guide plates are displaced from each other and are formed point-symmetrically as viewed from the card insertion end side. A card insertion guide body characterized in that: 3. A card reader using the card insertion guide according to claim 1.