EP0363992A2
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Card reader having locking mechanism
Assignee: Omron Corp
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Filing: 1989-10-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-10-14
Abstract
Abstract A composite card reader (11) used for IC cards, magnetic cards and the like to which the card is manually inserted and extracted is dislosed. The composite type card reader (11) has a shutter lever (28) for opening and closing a card inlet (13), a locking mechanism for locking the card by closing the shutter lever (28), and a lock releasing mechanism for releasing the lock by opening the shutter lever (28). A shutter closing lever (32) included in the locking mechanism and a shutter opening lever (30) included in the lock releasing mechanism can be alternately engaged with a roller (38) included in a link mechanism (29) coupled to the shutter lever (28). In order to maintain the lock released state by the lock releasing mechanism, a shutter linked lever which is moved in relation to the shutter lever (28) has its position regulated by a slider (19) which slides in response to the insertion of the card (12). A controlling portion including a CPU is provided, which prohibits operation of the locking mechanism when insertion of a magnetic card is detected by a magnetic head (26). The magnetic head (26) is supported by a frame having a projection on one end, which can swing with a contact point between the projection and a support base being a support point of swinging.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiyotaka Sugino
- 👤 Teruyoshi Yufu
- 👤 Masayuki Ishii
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 21:19
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K13/00; G06K13/02; G06K13/08; G06K13/0868; G06K13/0875; G06K13/085; G06K7/00; G06K7/0013; G06K7/0021; G06K7/0086; G06K7/08; G06K7/082; G06K7/083; G06K7/084
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
A card reader, comprising: a housing (14, 15, 16 and 17) having an inlet (13) through which a card (12) is inserted, for accepting the card (12) inserted through said inlet (13); shutter means (28) which can be opened and closed for opening and closing said inlet (13) of said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17); a link mechanism (29) having a rotatable roller (38) and connected to said shutter means (28), said link mechanism (29) being movable in response to the opening and closing of said shutter means (28); first and second levers (32 and 30) operatively engageable with said roller (38) of said link mechanism (29); first driving means (33) operatively connected to said first lever (32) for closing said shutter means (28); and second driving means (31) operatively connected to said second lever (30) for opening said shutter means (28).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
143 words
A card reader, comprising: a housing (14, 15, 16 and 17) having an inlet (13) through which a card (12) is inserted, for accepting the card (12) inserted through said inlet (13); shutter means (28) which can be opened and closed for opening and closing said inlet (13) of said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17); a link mechanism (29) having a rotatable roller (38) and connected to said shutter means (28), said link mechanism (29) being movable in response to the opening and closing of said shutter means (28); first and second levers (32 and 30) operatively engageable with said roller (38) of said link mechanism (29); first driving means (33) operatively connected to said first lever (32) for closing said shutter means (28); and second driving means (31) operatively connected to said second lever (30) for opening said shutter means (28).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A card reader according to claim 1, wherein said first and second levers (32) and (30) are operated to be alternately engaged with said roller (38) of said link mechanism (39) by said first and second driving means (33) and (31).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
69 words
A card reader according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a slider (19) provided in said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17), sliding in response to the card (12) inserted through said inlet (13) of said housing; and a contact brush (25) which can be in contact with an IC contact point of the card for data processing, when said slider (19) is moved to a prescribed position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A card reader according to claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a magnetic head (26) for reading data of a magnetic card.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
108 words
A card reader, comprising: a housing (14, 15, 16 and 17) for accepting a card; locking means (28) for locking the card (12) to prevent extraction of the card (12) accepted in said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17); means (25) for processing data by using the card (12) locked by said locking means (28); means (31, 42, 79, 80) for releasing the lock to permit extraction of the card (12) with the data processed, from said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17); and means (19a, 80a, 80b, 91) for maintaining lock released state until the card is again accepted by said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
108 words
A card reader, comprising: a housing (14, 15, 16 and 17) for accepting a card; locking means (28) for locking the card (12) to prevent extraction of the card (12) accepted in said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17); means (25) for processing data by using the card (12) locked by said locking means (28); means (31, 42, 79, 80) for releasing the lock to permit extraction of the card (12) with the data processed, from said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17); and means (19a, 80a, 80b, 91) for maintaining lock released state until the card is again accepted by said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
236 words
A card reader, comprising: a housing (14, 15, 16 and 17) having an inlet (13) through which a card (12) is inserted, for accepting the card (12) inserted through said inlet (13); a slider (19) provided in said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17) movable between a standby position and a position apart from said standby position in response to the card inserted/extracted through said inlet (13); shutter means which can be opened and closed for opening and closing said inlet (13) of said housing; a shutter linked lever (80) connected to said shutter means (28), said shutter linked lever (80) having its position regulated by said slider (19) to prevent closing of said shutter means (28) when said slider (19) is positioned at said standby position, its position released from regulation when said slider (19) moves from said standby position; means for closing said shutter means (28) in relation to the release of said position regulation of said shutter linked lever (80); driving means (31) for opening said shutter means (28) through said shutter linked lever (80); and an engaging member (91) provided engageable with said shutter linked lever (80) to prevent closing of said shutter means (28) when said shutter means (28) is opened by said driving means (31), said engaging member (91) engaging with said shutter linked lever (80) until said shutter linked lever (80) has its position regulated by said slider (19).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
236 words
A card reader, comprising: a housing (14, 15, 16 and 17) having an inlet (13) through which a card (12) is inserted, for accepting the card (12) inserted through said inlet (13); a slider (19) provided in said housing (14, 15, 16 and 17) movable between a standby position and a position apart from said standby position in response to the card inserted/extracted through said inlet (13); shutter means which can be opened and closed for opening and closing said inlet (13) of said housing; a shutter linked lever (80) connected to said shutter means (28), said shutter linked lever (80) having its position regulated by said slider (19) to prevent closing of said shutter means (28) when said slider (19) is positioned at said standby position, its position released from regulation when said slider (19) moves from said standby position; means for closing said shutter means (28) in relation to the release of said position regulation of said shutter linked lever (80); driving means (31) for opening said shutter means (28) through said shutter linked lever (80); and an engaging member (91) provided engageable with said shutter linked lever (80) to prevent closing of said shutter means (28) when said shutter means (28) is opened by said driving means (31), said engaging member (91) engaging with said shutter linked lever (80) until said shutter linked lever (80) has its position regulated by said slider (19).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
A card reader according to claim 6, wherein said engaging member (91) is moved apart from said shutter linked lever (80) when said slider (19) moves to said standby position.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
A card reader according to claim 7 or 6, further comprising means (24, 25) to be electrically connected to an IC card, and a magnetic head (26) for reading data from a magnetic card.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
81 words
A composite type card reader having a card accepting portion (18), a magnetic head (26), an IC contact portion (25) and a locking mechanism (28 and 33) for locking a card accepted in said card accepting portion (18), comprising: determining means (1) for determining whether or not magnetism is detected by said magnetic head (26); and means for prohibiting operation of said locking mechanism (28 and 33), in response to a determination by said determining means (1) that magnetism is detected.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
81 words
A composite type card reader having a card accepting portion (18), a magnetic head (26), an IC contact portion (25) and a locking mechanism (28 and 33) for locking a card accepted in said card accepting portion (18), comprising: determining means (1) for determining whether or not magnetism is detected by said magnetic head (26); and means for prohibiting operation of said locking mechanism (28 and 33), in response to a determination by said determining means (1) that magnetism is detected.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
101 words
A magnetic head supporting apparatus comprising: a support base (65 and 66) having an upper surface on which a support pin (63 and 64) is provided; a frame (62) idly fitted on said support pin (63 and 64), having a projection (69) which can be in contact with said upper surface of said support base (65 and 66); and a resilient member (68) for pressing said frame (62) to said support base (65 and 66); whereby said frame (62) can swing about a point at which said projection (69) is in contact with the upper surface of said support base (65).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
101 words
A magnetic head supporting apparatus comprising: a support base (65 and 66) having an upper surface on which a support pin (63 and 64) is provided; a frame (62) idly fitted on said support pin (63 and 64), having a projection (69) which can be in contact with said upper surface of said support base (65 and 66); and a resilient member (68) for pressing said frame (62) to said support base (65 and 66); whereby said frame (62) can swing about a point at which said projection (69) is in contact with the upper surface of said support base (65).
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