Hand-held card reading machine

Abstract

The invention relates to a manual card reader (1), which is characterized in that a concave section (4) with a depressed shape towards the card inserting direction for inserting and reading card is positioned on a frame (3) with a card insert opening (2), a card (5) is inserted from the concave section (4) till the card reaches the stop position, and then the card (5) is taken out; a guiding section (19) is formed on both sides of the frame (3) to guide the card (5) when the card is inserted; a detection sensor (12) for measuring the card (5) is positioned on the card withdrawing direction (B) of the concave section (4); an exerting member (20) forcing the card (5) towards the guiding section (19) positioned on the side of the detection sensor (12) is arranged on the side of the guiding section (19) positioned on the reverse side of the detection sensor (12), a side edge end (20a) along the card taking out direction of the exerting member (20) is the card inserting direction (F) of the card insert opening (2). The manual card reader has an advantage of improving the magnetic reading performance when the card is inserted.

Description

[0001] This application is a divisional application of the patent application No. 03138602.4 entitled "Manual Card Reader". technical field [0002] The invention relates to a manual card reader for reading and writing cards such as magnetic cards and IC cards, in particular to a gate mechanism and a card guide mechanism of the manual card reader. Background technique [0003] Whether it is a manual or an electric card reader, it is necessary to have countermeasures against the insertion of foreign objects other than coins and paper cards, and misbehavior and mischief of lead wire-like things. [0004] Among the electric card readers, there is one that has: a full shutter provided at the card insertion port; a drive source such as a solenoid that opens and closes the full shutter; and a pre-reading head that reads information on the card to be inserted before insertion. In this case, the pre-reading head is used to judge whether the card to be inserted is a legitimate card, ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0008] However, in the above-mentioned electric card reader, since the gate mechanism has a solenoid, it will take up a large space and the cost will also increase. Therefore, in terms of size and cost, it is difficult to apply it to a manual card reader. Currently it is more difficult

[0009] In addition, in the manual card reader 103 having the above-mentioned discharge holes 101, 102, only by dropping the inserted foreign matter and discharging it, it is impossible to prevent things such as iron wires from being inserted from the card insertion port and causing bad behavior inside.

[0010] Moreover, in a manual card reader having a gate that can be locked by using the above-mentioned plunger, the gap between the solenoid body and the plunger tends to become large, so the precision of gate locking is poor.

In addition, one solenoid has one locking part, and if the cost is to be suppressed, there is only one locking part, and the locking strength is insufficient. On the other hand, increasing the number of locking parts and increasing the locking strength of the gate will result in a very high cost

In addition, the electric power required to drive the solenoid increases the power consumption of the entire device

[0011] However, in the above-mentioned manual card reader, one side of the card is only guided by the movable push rod 205, so it is difficult to determine the orientation of the card to the left and right when the card is inserted, and magnetic reading errors may occur.

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