EP0274294B1 - Fahrkartenausgabevorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0274294B1
EP0274294B1 EP87402663A EP87402663A EP0274294B1 EP 0274294 B1 EP0274294 B1 EP 0274294B1 EP 87402663 A EP87402663 A EP 87402663A EP 87402663 A EP87402663 A EP 87402663A EP 0274294 B1 EP0274294 B1 EP 0274294B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/44—Means for handling copy matter
    • B41K3/48—Means for handling copy matter for conveying intermittently to or from stamping station
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/62—Details or accessories
    • B41K3/625—Arrangement of counting devices
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41K—STAMPS; STAMPING OR NUMBERING APPARATUS OR DEVICES
    • B41K3/00—Apparatus for stamping articles having integral means for supporting the articles to be stamped
    • B41K3/62—Details or accessories
    • B41K3/64—Stamping mechanisms controlled by feed of copy matter
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B1/00—Machines for printing and issuing tickets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B5/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines
    • G07B5/02—Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for cutting-off or separating tickets
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B5/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines
    • G07B5/08—Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for avoiding incorrect action of the machine
    • G07B5/10—Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for avoiding incorrect action of the machine indicating when ticket supply is exhausted

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  • the present invention relates to a ticket issuing system.
  • the invention relates to a system for issuing tickets from a strip of paper mounted on a support, which comprises means for delivering a warning signal when the length of strip of paper remaining on the support is equal to the length corresponding to a predetermined number of tickets.
  • Some ticket machines operate without the permanent presence of an attendant. This only intervenes for periodic maintenance operations. This is typically the case for paid parking kiosks. Such machines are in particular described in French patent application 85 ; filed by the applicant.
  • the motorist who wants to leave his vehicle parked must introduce into the terminal parking an amount which corresponds to the desired parking time.
  • the terminal issues the motorist with a ticket bearing at least the current date and the authorized parking time limit, taking into account the sum paid by the motorist. The motorist must then place this ticket behind the windshield of his vehicle so that the parking control staff can check if the parked vehicle is in a regular situation.
  • the paper when it is of the thermal printing and pre-printed type, is quite expensive. It is therefore particularly advantageous for the company that manages the paid parking lot to replace the paper as late as possible.
  • the definition of when to replace the paper depends on both the frequency of the maintenance attendant's visits and the frequency of use by the parking lot users.
  • the document FR-A-2 164 125 describes a machine for printing and automatically distributing parking tickets.
  • the parking ticket machine has no means of controlling the consumption of paper used to make the tickets.
  • Document US-A-4,533,926 describes a system for managing the data printing tape of a recorder.
  • the paper strip has regularly spaced marks. The counting of these marks makes it possible, by difference, to deduce therefrom the remaining paper length.
  • this system is not suitable for the distribution of tickets, in particular because it does not provide absolute detection of the number of tickets remaining.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a ticket printing system provided with means for detecting exhaustion of the paper stock which is reliable and easy to adjust and which can be easily adapted to the desired triggering threshold.
  • the ticket issuing system comprising a strip of paper mounted on a support for issuing said tickets, means for printing the strip for printing a ticket, drive means for said strip for passing it through said printing means and means for cutting a ticket from the rest of said strip after printing, is characterized in that said strip of paper is pre-printed and has a pre-printed mark for each portion of strip corresponding to a ticket and a specific mark corresponding to a number of tickets remaining on the strip equal to P, and in that said system comprises in in addition to means for developing a reference signal representing a predetermined number N of tickets, unique means for detecting said mark and said marks, capable of delivering a first signal when they detect the passage of said mark and a second signal at each once they detect the passage of one of said marks, the detection of said marks controlling said cutting means, storage means, means for loading said number into said storage means when said first signal is transmitted and for decreasing by a unit the content of said storage means each time a second signal is transmitted, and means for comparing the content of
  • the processing system associated with the detector for example, an optical sensor can easily generate the warning signal corresponding to the minimum reserve of paper.
  • this system does not require any particular initial adjustment of the machine since the specific mark is carried by the strip of paper itself.
  • the paper is a pre-printed paper comprising end-of-paper length markers corresponding to a ticket and the printing system includes means for detecting these markers.
  • said mark is also pre-printed and the detector on the passage of said mark delivers a signal having specific characteristics so that the mark is distinguished from "normal" marks.
  • the paper is stored on its support in the form of a reel. Marking is carried out along a radius of the edge of the paper reel, which gives a mark on each turn of the paper reel.
  • the distance between two consecutive marks is a function of the radius of the turn considered also depending on the thickness of the paper, the value of the radius itself being a function of the length of strip still remaining on the spool.
  • This second embodiment of the invention requires more extensive processing of the information, but it has the advantage of being able to be implemented with paper which is not pre-printed.
  • the system comprises a support 2 for a reel 4 of paper used for the manufacture of tickets.
  • the paper strip 6 is driven, for example, by a drive roller 8 and a counter roller 10.
  • the roller 8 is rotated by a motor 12 so that the advance of the paper strip 6 takes place at known speed.
  • the paper strip is guided to pass through a printing head 13 which, in the example described, is thermal. Thermal printers are well known and therefore need not be described in detail.
  • a paper cutting device comprising a fixed knife 14 and a movable knife 16 whose movements are controlled by a motor 18. After being cut from the rest of the strip, the ticket 20 is collected in a chute 22.
  • the paper strip 6 is of the pre-printed heat-sensitive type.
  • the strip of thermosensitive paper 6 comprises, in each portion of strip Z corresponding to a ticket, pre-printed indications A, B, C and a marking point P.
  • the marking point P disposed at proximity of an edge of the paper strip 6, has the function of allowing the indexing of the pre-printed mentions A, B, C with respect to the mentions to be printed on the ticket using the head d printing 13.
  • the printing system further comprises, as shown in FIG. 1, an optical sensor 24 placed upstream of the printing head 12. The sensor 24 is arranged to detect the identification points P and send an indexing signal each time a point P is detected.
  • the various information to be printed on the ticket is printed in columns of successive points extending in the direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the strip of paper.
  • This synchronization is obtained by means of a wheel 26 provided on its periphery, of regularly spaced notches 28.
  • the wheel 26 is driven in rotation by the drive roller 8 and has a speed of rotation which is proportional to the speed of travel of the paper strip.
  • a second optical sensor 30 delivers a synchronization signal at each passage of a notch.
  • a microprocessor 32 controls the starting of the motor 12.
  • the strip of heat-sensitive paper 6 therefore advances at known speed.
  • the microprocessor controls the activation of the thermal printing head 13.
  • the columns of points are successively printed in synchronism with the synchronization pulses delivered by the sensor 30.
  • the motor 12 continues to control the advance of the paper strip of a predetermined length, then the motor is stopped.
  • the microprocessor 32 then controls the motor 18 associated with the movable knife 16 to cut the printed ticket 20 from the rest of the paper strip, and the ticket 20 falls into the chute 22.
  • the microprocessor can be programmed so that, when the mark for the next ticket appears, the means for cutting the paper 14, 16 are controlled, and the start of printing of the ticket is only ordered when the strip of paper has been driven by a determined length, this length being controlled by the pulses delivered by the sensor 30 cooperating with the notched wheel 26.
  • Figure 2 shows a strip of preprinted paper to achieve this result.
  • zone Z corresponding to the ticket located, for example, 500 tickets before the end of the paper reel, an additional mark M500 is pre-printed which is arranged so that it can be seen by the detector 24 during the travel portion of the strip which s extends between the last printing operation and the cutting of the ticket 20.
  • the M500 mark may be pre-printed at the same time as the other particulars on the strip.
  • the pre-printing and reel-forming machine includes a counter which controls the printing of the M500 mark when it has counted 500 tickets.
  • This mark can have any shape. It suffices that the detector 24 delivers in its passage an electrical signal easily distinguishable from that which is delivered during the passage of an indexing point P. It may be an elongated line, as shown in the figure 1, it can still be two consecutive points etc ...
  • the mark M marque can also be added manually during the preprinting of the paper strip. More precisely when the pre-printing and reel-forming machine arrives at the 500th ticket, the machine stops and a mark is affixed manually at the appropriate place. This is for example a sticker with this mark and glued to the strip.
  • the microprocessor 32 increments a counter 40 to the value 500. On each subsequent detection of an indexing point P the counter 40 is decremented by one. Thus the content of the counter 40 is equal to the number of tickets still available on the reel 4.
  • the counter 40 is associated with a programmable digital comparator 42.
  • the comparator 42 is loaded with a value N which corresponds to the minimum number of tickets below which the paper reel must be changed. When the counter 40 reaches the value N, the comparator 42 delivers a signal which controls the appearance on an display device 44 of alarm information to inform the maintenance person that he must replace the coil.
  • a second specific mark M200 distinguishable by the sensor 24 of the mark M500, to identify the fact that, after this ticket, the length of remaining strip of paper only allows 200 tickets to be printed. Indeed, in certain cases the detection of the mark M500 may be defective, and not taken into account by the counter 40.
  • the counter 40 is forced to the value 200. If the number N with which the comparator 42 is preloaded is greater than 200 the warning signal is immediately issued. Otherwise, the content of the counter 40 is decremented by one each time a ticket is issued until it reaches the value N.
  • FIG. 3 shows a reel of paper 50 constituted by a hub 52 and a strip of paper 54 wound on this hub.
  • the marking is obtained by making a hollow marking along a radius 55 of the edge of the paper reel. This marking creates a notch Ei in each turn of the reel on the edge of the paper strip.
  • These notches E i , E i + 1. Are detectable. by the optical detector 24. It is understood that the length L i of the strip of paper separating two consecutive notches E i , E i + 1 depends on the position of the portion of strip of paper considered on the reel. The distance L i decreases as one approaches the hub 52 of the coil.
  • the detector 24 delivers a pulse each time a notch E i passes in front of it. This pulse initializes a phase of counting a counter. This counter is incremented by the pulses delivered by the sensor 30 associated with the notched wheel 26. The counter counts these pulses. The counting is interrupted when the optical detector 24 delivers the next pulse corresponding to the passage of the next notch E i .
  • the wheel 26 being driven with a speed proportional to that of the movement of the paper strip, the content of the counter effectively represents the distance between the two notches
  • the simplest method is as follows :
  • the pitch corresponding to the passage of two consecutive notches 28 of the wheel 26 being perfectly known, for example 0.3 mm, it is easy to determine the number P1 of pulses delivered by the sensor 30 which corresponds to the length L1
  • the content of the counter is compared to the number P1.
  • this content becomes equal to P1, it has been detected that the turn being printed contains the 500th ticket from the end of the reel.
  • the variant embodiment which has just been described requires supplying the microprocessor 32 with the information corresponding to the thickness e of the paper strip. This can be annoying due to the possible dispersion of reparameter from one reel of paper to another. To remedy this drawback, the microprocessor 32 can be programmed to perform this calculation.
  • the microprocessor uses the signals delivered by the sensors 24 and 30, calculates the lengths separating two consecutive notches for two turns separated by a number of turns m known.
  • the length L2 is calculated between two notches separated by 4 consecutive notches, for example between the notches E i and E i + p then the length L3 between the notch E i + p and the notch E i + 2p the value L2 / p provides an average value of l2 and L3 / p provides a mean value of l3, and m is equal to p.
  • the system which has just been described is particularly well suited to the problem posed. In fact, it can be set to issue the warning signal when the number of tickets remaining is equal to the number desired by the machine manager.
  • the counter allowing the development of the warning signal being initialized when the specific mark is detected, the system is not dependent on the interventions which could have taken place on the machine, in particular interruptions of electric supply for maintenance operations .

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  1. Ausgabevorrichtung für Fahrkarten und andere Zahlungsbelege, umfassend einen auf einen Halter (2) montierten Papierstreifen (16) zur Herstellung der genannten Belege, Druckvorrichtungen (13) für den Streifen zum Bedrucken eines Belegs, Antriebsvorrichtungen (8,10,12) für den besagten Streifen, um ihn zu den besagten Druckvorrichtungen zu befördern, sowie Vorrichtungen (14,16) zum Abschneiden eines Belegs vom Rest des genannten Streifens nach seiner Bedruckung, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der besagte Papierstreifen (6) vorbedruckt ist und eine vorgedruckte Markierung (P) für jedes Stück Streifen aufweist, das einem Beleg entspricht, sowie eine besondere Marke (M), die einer der Zahl P entsprechenden Anzahl von auf dem Streifen verbleibenden Belegen entspricht, sowie dadurch, daß die besagte Vorrichtung außerdem über Vorrichtungen (32,42) verfügt, die ein Vergleichssignal auslösen können, das einer vorher bestimmten Anzahl N von Belegen entspricht, einmalige Tastvorrichtungen (24), die die besagte Marke (M) und die genannten Markierungen (P) erfassen und ein erstes Signal aussenden können, wenn sie das Vorbeiziehen der genannten Marke (M) entdecken, sowie ein zweites Signal jedes Mal, wenn sie das Vorbeiziehen einer der genannten Markierungen entdecken, wobei die Erfassung der besagten Markierungen (P) die besagten Abschneidevorrichtungen (14,16) steuert, sowie Vorrichtungen zum Speichern (40), Vorrichtungen (32), um die besagte Anzahl (P) in die besagten Speichervorrichtungen einzugeben, wenn das erste Signal ausgesandt wird, und um den Inhalt der besagten Speichervorrichtungen bei jedem Mal um eine Einheit zu verringern, wenn ein zweites Signal ausgesandt wird, sowie Vorrichtungen (42) zum Vergleichen des Inhalts der besagten Speichervorrichtungen mit der Anzahl N und zum Ausgeben des besagten Alarmsignals, wenn der Inhalt der besagten Speichervorrichtungen gleich N wird.
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