EP1309380A1 - Device for treating forms, especially betting slips - Google Patents

Device for treating forms, especially betting slips

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EP1309380A1
EP1309380A1 EP01967273A EP01967273A EP1309380A1 EP 1309380 A1 EP1309380 A1 EP 1309380A1 EP 01967273 A EP01967273 A EP 01967273A EP 01967273 A EP01967273 A EP 01967273A EP 1309380 A1 EP1309380 A1 EP 1309380A1
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abutment
transport path
pressure
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Hartmut Kamin
Günter Baitz
Wolfgang Malke
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Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH
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Wincor Nixdorf GmbH and Co KG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/06—Lottos or bingo games; Systems, apparatus or devices for checking such games
    • A63F3/0625—Devices for filling-in or checking
    • A63F3/064—Electric devices for filling-in or checking
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J15/00—Devices or arrangements of selective printing mechanisms, e.g. ink-jet printers or thermal printers, specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
    • B41J15/04—Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J25/00—Actions or mechanisms not otherwise provided for
    • B41J25/304—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface
    • B41J25/316—Bodily-movable mechanisms for print heads or carriages movable towards or from paper surface with tilting motion mechanisms relative to paper surface

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  • the invention relates to a device for processing forms, in particular betting slips or the like, comprising a reading station with a transport device forming a column-shaped transport path for the betting slip and a reading head arranged in the path of the transport path and connected to a control and evaluation unit.
  • a machining process usually takes place as follows.
  • a betting slip filled out by a customer is inserted into the reading station and scanned using the reading head, for example a scanner.
  • the scanned data is saved and the customer receives the bet slip or a copy of it back as a receipt. If the customer wants to redeem a profit, the betting slip or copy of the receipt is reinserted into a reader.
  • the control and evaluation unit checks whether the recorded data correspond to a winning combination. Then the presented betting slip must be validated to prevent misuse by presenting the same betting slip multiple times.
  • a device of the type mentioned is known for example from DE 69 121 035 T2.
  • This font shows a facsimile device with an approximately horizontal transport path for an incoming document, which can be scanned with a reading head arranged in the path of the transport path. Downstream of the reading head there is a printing device with an ink jet printer which can be moved transversely to the transport direction of the document and which can be moved into a rest position provided at the end of the printing line.
  • the printing device is used to print a transmission protocol on the back of the document whose content is to be transmitted.
  • EP 0 718 110 A describes a thermal printer in which the thermal print head can be adjusted between a working position in which it rests under pressure on a pressure roller forming the pressure abutment and a position in which the thermal print head is lifted off the printing roller.
  • the invention has for its object to design a device of the type mentioned so that the sequence of the machining operations described above is simplified.
  • a pressure device connected to the control and evaluation unit is arranged with a pressure abutment and a printhead which is close to a rest position remote from the pressure abutment and one close to the pressure abutment Working position is adjustable, and that a sheet tray is arranged downstream of the pressure abutment.
  • the device according to the invention offers the possibility, on the one hand, of reading a betting slip and, on the other hand, of checking it for possible winning combinations. to devalue means of the printing device.
  • the print head When the betting slip is read in, the print head is put into its rest position, so that the betting slip passes through the reading station and can be returned to the customer unchanged.
  • the print head For validation, the print head is moved into its working position so that the betting slip presented by the customer to redeem a possible win can be provided with a validation print immediately or after being read again.
  • the printing device can also be used to print a receipt on the betting slip. It is advantageous that the cancellation or receipt printout can contain variable information such as the date, a consecutive number, information about the acceptance point, changing advertising imprints and the like.
  • the sheet support arranged downstream of the pressure abutment serves to catch the betting slips after passing through the reading station and the printing station, the sheets falling into the sheet deposit due to gravity.
  • the transport device can have, in a manner known per se, at least two drivable roller pairs which define the transport path and which - viewed in the transport direction - are arranged in front of or behind the reading head, the pressure abutment being a pressure roller which can be driven by the drive of the transport roller. This saves you having your own drive for the printing roller.
  • the print head is a thermal print head arranged on a swivel support, so that the printhead can be adjusted in a simple manner by a swivel movement of the swivel support.
  • a special receipt can also be printed.
  • the invention proposes that 'between the transport web and the platen gap a feed is provided for a printing medium. This means that the receipt can be printed with the same printing device that also performs the cancellation printing.
  • the device expediently has a bearing for a supply roll of a web-shaped print carrier and a feed device for the print carrier, a cutting device for separating a printed section from the print carrier web being arranged near the print abutment.
  • the cutting device can be arranged in front of or behind the pressure roller.
  • the cutting device is arranged upstream of the printing abutment behind a guide surface which, on the one hand, directs leaves emerging from the transport path and, on the other hand, guides the printing medium to the printing device. In this way, unintentional cutting of the sheet coming out of the reading device can be avoided.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 show a schematic side view of a betting slip processing according to the invention. Device in two different positions of the printhead,
  • FIG. 3 shows a view corresponding to FIG. 1 of a second embodiment of the processing device according to the invention with a
  • FIG. 4 is an illustration of detail A in Figure
  • the device for processing betting slips shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a device frame 10 with a vertical wall 11 to which a reading device for betting slips, generally designated 12, is attached.
  • the reading device has a housing 14 which has an input slot 16 on its upper side and an output slot 18 on its underside for a betting slip 20 indicated by dash-dotted lines. Between the input slot 16 and the output slot 18 extends a transport path designated 22, on which a reading head or scanner 24 is arranged.
  • the transport path 22 is defined by a transport device 26, which comprises a first pair of transport rollers 28 above the reading head 24 and a second pair of transport rollers 30 below the reading head 24.
  • the pair of transport rollers 30 is driven by a motor 32.
  • the first pair of transport rollers 28 is driven by a pair of transmission rollers 34 from the pair of transport rollers 3 ' 0.
  • a sheet tray 36 formed by a curved sheet metal or the like for catching the betting slips 20 emerging from the dispensing slot 18.
  • a printing device generally designated 38.
  • device arranged. This comprises a thermal print head 40 which is fastened to a swivel support 44 which is pivotably mounted about an axis 42.
  • the swivel bracket 44 is designed in the form of a two-armed lever and has on its lever arm remote from the printhead 40 a longitudinal slot 46 into which a pin 48 engages, which is fastened to a gear wheel 52 rotatably mounted about an axis 50.
  • the gear 52 meshes with a pinion 54, which sits on the output shaft of a motor 56.
  • the swivel carrier 44 and thus the print head 40 can be pivoted between the rest position shown in FIG. 1 and the print position shown in FIG is applied.
  • the roller-shaped pressure abutment 58 is also driven by a pair of transport rollers 30 via a gear 59.
  • baffle plate 60 On the underside of the housing 14 of the reading device 12, a baffle plate 60 is arranged, which serves to insert a betting slip 20 emerging from the output gap 18, which is represented by a broken line in FIGS. 1 to 3, into the pressure gap between the pressure abutment 58 and to head the printhead 40, as shown by the chain line.
  • the reading head 24 is connected to a control and evaluation unit 62, to which the data recorded by the reading head are fed.
  • the control and evaluation unit 62 also controls the printing device 38, i.e. the print head 40 and the motor 56, as indicated by the dash-dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the processing device described so far can be used to first of all filled betting slip to be read, which is guided by the transport device 26 along the transport path 22 past the reading head 24.
  • the data acquired in the process are fed to the control and evaluation unit 62.
  • the betting slip 20 is issued through the output gap 18 of the housing 14 and collected by the sheet tray 36.
  • the device can also be used to read a betting slip receipt or the double of the betting slip kept by the customer if the customer wishes to redeem a profit.
  • the data recorded by the reading head 24 are then compared in the control and evaluation unit 62 with the data already stored and the possible winning combinations.
  • the betting slip is subsequently canceled by means of the printing device 38.
  • the print head 40 is pivoted into its printing position shown in FIG. 2, so that the betting slip emerging from the output gap 18 can be provided with a cancellation stamp on its way to the sheet deposit 36.
  • the printing device 38 can also be used to print a betting slip receipt.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show a further embodiment of the invention, the parts which correspond to the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2 being provided with the same reference symbols.
  • the frame 10 of the processing device has a bearing 64 for a supply roll 66 of a web-shaped pressure carrier 68, which is guided through a gap 70 in the vertical frame wall 11 by means of a feed device 72 (FIG. 4) to the printing device 38.
  • the feed device 72 comprises a pair of transport rollers 74, the rollers of which are driven by a motor 76.
  • the pair of transport rollers 74 is arranged such that the print carrier web 68 is guided along the underside of the guide plate 60 through a cutting device 78 to the pressure abutment 58.
  • the cutting device 78 comprises, in a manner known per se, a cylindrical rotary knife 80 which has two axially parallel slots 82 and 84 for the passage of the print carrier web 68.
  • This rotary knife 80 can be rotated back and forth about the cylinder axis by means of a motor 86.
  • a stationary blade 88 Within the rotary knife 80 there is a stationary blade 88 which cooperates with a cutting edge 90 which delimits the slot 84.
  • the feed device 72 for the print carrier 68 is activated and the print head 40 is pivoted into its printing position shown in FIG.
  • the data read by the read head 24 are then printed out via the print head 40 with the corresponding acknowledgment notes.
  • the section or document carrying the receipt print is separated from the print carrier web 68 by the cutting device 78 and also falls into the sheet tray 36.
  • the embodiment shown in Figure 3 thus allows reading the betting slip, printing a receipt or receipt, reading the receipt and validating the same.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a device for treating forms, especially betting slips or the like, comprising a reader with a transport device that forms a gap-type transport path for a betting slip. In the path of said transport path a reading head is disposed and is linked with a control and evaluation unit. In the projection of the at least one vertically aligned transport path a printer is disposed below the reading heat that is linked with the control and evaluation unit. Said printer comprises an abutment and a print head that can be adjusted between an abutment remote rest position and an abutment proximal operative position. Downstream of the abutment and below said abutment a sheet tray is provided.

Description

Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten von Formularen, Device for processing forms,
inbesondere Wettscheinenespecially betting slips
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten von Formularen, insbesondere Wettscheinen oder dergleichen, umfassend eine Lesestation mit einer eine spaltförmige Transportbahn für den Wettschein bildenden Transportvorrichtung und einen im Weg der Transportbahn angeordneten Lesekopf, der mit einer Steuer- und Äuswerteeinheit verbunden ist.The invention relates to a device for processing forms, in particular betting slips or the like, comprising a reading station with a transport device forming a column-shaped transport path for the betting slip and a reading head arranged in the path of the transport path and connected to a control and evaluation unit.
Derartige Vorrichtungen werden beispielsweise in Lotto- Annahmestellen oder Wettbüros verwendet. Ein Bearbeitungsvorgang läuft dabei üblicherweise folgendermaßen ab. Ein von einem Kunden ausgefüllter Wettschein wird in die Lesestation eingeführt und mit Hilfe des Lesekopfes, beispiels- weise eines Scanners, abgetastet. Die abgetasteten Daten werden gespeichert und der Kunde erhält den Wettschein oder eine Kopie desselben als Quittung zurück. Will der Kunde einen Gewinn einlösen, so wird der Wettschein oder die Quittungskopie wieder in ein Lesegerät eingeführt. In der Steuer- und Auswerteeinheit wird geprüft, ob die erfaßten Daten einer Gewinnkombination entsprechen. Anschließend muß der präsentierte Wettschein entwertet werden, um einen Mißbrauch durch mehrfaches Präsentieren desselben Wettscheines zu verhindern.Devices of this type are used, for example, in lottery acceptance points or betting shops. A machining process usually takes place as follows. A betting slip filled out by a customer is inserted into the reading station and scanned using the reading head, for example a scanner. The scanned data is saved and the customer receives the bet slip or a copy of it back as a receipt. If the customer wants to redeem a profit, the betting slip or copy of the receipt is reinserted into a reader. The control and evaluation unit checks whether the recorded data correspond to a winning combination. Then the presented betting slip must be validated to prevent misuse by presenting the same betting slip multiple times.
Bisher benötigte man zur Durchführung dieser Vorgänge verschiedene Geräte oder es wurden einfach integrierte Entwertungsstempel verwendet.Previously, various devices were required to carry out these processes, or simply integrated cancellation stamps were used.
Eine Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art ist beispielsweise aus der DE 69 121 035 T2 bekannt. Diese Schrift zeigt ein Faksimilegerät mit einer annähernd horizontalen Transportbahn für ein einlaufendes Schriftstück, das mit einem im Wege der Transportbahn angeordneten Lesekopf abgetastet werden kann. Stromabwärts des Lesekopfes ist eine Druckein- richtung mit einem quer zur Transportrichtung des Schriftstückes bewegbaren Tintenstrahldrucker angeordnet, der in eine am Ende der Druckzeile vorgesehene Ruhestellung gefahren werden kann. Die Druckvorrichtung dient dazu, auf die Rückseite des Schriftstückes, dessen Inhalt übertragen wer- den soll, ein Übertragungsprotokoll aufzudrucken.A device of the type mentioned is known for example from DE 69 121 035 T2. This font shows a facsimile device with an approximately horizontal transport path for an incoming document, which can be scanned with a reading head arranged in the path of the transport path. Downstream of the reading head there is a printing device with an ink jet printer which can be moved transversely to the transport direction of the document and which can be moved into a rest position provided at the end of the printing line. The printing device is used to print a transmission protocol on the back of the document whose content is to be transmitted.
Die EP 0 718 110 A beschreibt einen Thermodrucker, bei dem der Thermodruckkopf zwischen einer Arbeitsstellung, in der er unter Druck an einer das Druckwiderlager bildenden Druckwalze anliegt, und einer Stellung verstellbar ist, in der der Thermodruckkopf von der Druckwalze abgehoben ist.EP 0 718 110 A describes a thermal printer in which the thermal print head can be adjusted between a working position in which it rests under pressure on a pressure roller forming the pressure abutment and a position in which the thermal print head is lifted off the printing roller.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrichtung der eingangs genannten Art so auszubilden, daß der Ablauf der vorstehend beschriebenen Bearbeitungsvorgänge vereinfacht wird.The invention has for its object to design a device of the type mentioned so that the sequence of the machining operations described above is simplified.
Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß in Verlängerung der mindestens annähernd vertikal gerichteten Transportbahn unterhalb des Lesekopfes eine mit der Steuer- und Auswerteeinheit verbundene Druckvorrichtung mit einem Druckwiderlager und einem Druckkopf angeordnet ist, der zwischen einer dem ' Druckwiderlager fernen Ruhestellung und einer dem Druckwiderlager nahen Arbeitsstellung verstellbar ist, und daß stromabwärts des Druckwiderlagers unterhalb desselben eine Blattablage angeordnet ist.This object is achieved in that in extension of the at least approximately vertically directed transport path below the reading head, a pressure device connected to the control and evaluation unit is arranged with a pressure abutment and a printhead which is close to a rest position remote from the pressure abutment and one close to the pressure abutment Working position is adjustable, and that a sheet tray is arranged downstream of the pressure abutment.
Die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung bietet die Möglichkeit, einerseits einen Wettschein einzulesen und andererseits ihn nach dem Überprüfen auf mögliche Gewinnkombinationen mit- tels der Druckvorrichtung zu entwerten. Beim Einlesen des Wettscheines wird der Druckkopf in seine Ruhestellung gestellt, so daß der Wettschein die Lesestation durchläuft und unverändert an den Kunden zurückgegeben werden kann. Zur Entwertung wird der Druckkopf in seine Arbeitsstellung verstellt, so daß der von dem Kunden zur Einlösung eines möglichen Gewinnes präsentierte Wettschein unmittelbar oder nach abermaligem Einlesen mit einem Entwertungsaufdruck versehen werden kann.The device according to the invention offers the possibility, on the one hand, of reading a betting slip and, on the other hand, of checking it for possible winning combinations. to devalue means of the printing device. When the betting slip is read in, the print head is put into its rest position, so that the betting slip passes through the reading station and can be returned to the customer unchanged. For validation, the print head is moved into its working position so that the betting slip presented by the customer to redeem a possible win can be provided with a validation print immediately or after being read again.
Die Druckvorrichtung kann auch dazu verwendet werden, den Wettschein mit einem Quittungsaufdruck zu versehen. Von Vorteil ist, daß der Entwertungs- oder Quittungsaufdruck variable Informationen enthalten kann wie z.B. das Datum, eine fortlaufende Nummer, Informationen über die Annahmestelle, wechselnde Werbeaufdrucke und dergleichen.The printing device can also be used to print a receipt on the betting slip. It is advantageous that the cancellation or receipt printout can contain variable information such as the date, a consecutive number, information about the acceptance point, changing advertising imprints and the like.
Die stromabwärts des Druckwiderlagers angeordnete Blattauflage dient zum Auffangen der Wettscheine nach dem Durchlaufen der Lesestation und der Druckstation, wobei die Blätter aufgrund der Schwerkraft in die Blattablage fallen.The sheet support arranged downstream of the pressure abutment serves to catch the betting slips after passing through the reading station and the printing station, the sheets falling into the sheet deposit due to gravity.
Die Transportvorrichtung kann in an sich bekannter Weise mindestens zwei die Transportbahn definierende antreibbare Walzenpaare haben, die - in Transportrichtung betrachtet - vor bzw. hinter dem Lesekopf angeordnet sind, wobei das Druckwiderlager eine Druckwalze ist, die von dem Antrieb der Transportwalze antreibbar ist. Dadurch spart man einen eigenen Antrieb für die Druckwalze.The transport device can have, in a manner known per se, at least two drivable roller pairs which define the transport path and which - viewed in the transport direction - are arranged in front of or behind the reading head, the pressure abutment being a pressure roller which can be driven by the drive of the transport roller. This saves you having your own drive for the printing roller.
Bei einer bevorzugten Ausführungsform ist der Druckkopf ein an einem Schwenkträger angeordneter Thermodruckkopf, so daß das Verstellen des Druckkopfes auf einfache Weise durch ei- ne Schwenkbewegung des Schwenkträgers realisiert werden kann. Anstatt dem Kunden den Wettschein unmittelbar als Quittung zurückzugeben, kann auch eine spezielle Quittung gedruckt werden. Hierzu wird erfindungsgemäß vorgeschlagen, daß' zwischen der Transportbahn und dem Druckwiderlager ein Zuführ- spalt für einen Druckträger vorgesehen ist. Damit kann die Quittung mit derselben Druckvorrichtung gedruckt werden, die auch den Entwertungsdruck vornimmt.In a preferred embodiment, the print head is a thermal print head arranged on a swivel support, so that the printhead can be adjusted in a simple manner by a swivel movement of the swivel support. Instead of returning the betting slip to the customer as a receipt, a special receipt can also be printed. For this purpose, the invention proposes that 'between the transport web and the platen gap a feed is provided for a printing medium. This means that the receipt can be printed with the same printing device that also performs the cancellation printing.
Zweckmäßigerweise hat die Vorrichtung ein Lager für eine Vorratsrolle eines bahnförmigen Druckträgers und eine Zu- führeinrichtung für den Druckträger, wobei nahe dem Druckwiderlager eine Schneidevorrichtung zum Abtrennen eines bedruckten Abschnittes von der Druckträgerbahn angeordnet ist.The device expediently has a bearing for a supply roll of a web-shaped print carrier and a feed device for the print carrier, a cutting device for separating a printed section from the print carrier web being arranged near the print abutment.
Die Schneidevorrichtung kann an sich vor oder hinter der Druckwalze angeordnet sein. Bei einer bevorzugten Lösung ist die Schneidevorrichtung aber stromaufwärts des Druckwiderlagers hinter einer Leitfläche angeordnet, welche einerseits aus der Transportbahn austretende Blätter und andererseits den Druckträger zu der Druckvorrichtung leitet. Damit kann ein unbeabsichtigtes Zerschneiden des aus der Lesevorrichtung kommenden Blattes vermieden werden.The cutting device can be arranged in front of or behind the pressure roller. In a preferred solution, however, the cutting device is arranged upstream of the printing abutment behind a guide surface which, on the one hand, directs leaves emerging from the transport path and, on the other hand, guides the printing medium to the printing device. In this way, unintentional cutting of the sheet coming out of the reading device can be avoided.
Weitere Merkmale und Vorteile der Erfindung ergeben sich aus der folgenden Beschreibung, welche in Verbindung mit den beigefügten Zeichnungen die Erfindung anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen erläutert. Es zeigen:Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description, which explains the invention with reference to exemplary embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Show it:
Figur 1 und 2 eine schematische Seitenansicht einer erfindungsgemäßen Wettschein-Bearbeitungs- Vorrichtung in zwei verschiedenen Stellungen des Druckkopfes,1 and 2 show a schematic side view of a betting slip processing according to the invention. Device in two different positions of the printhead,
Figur 3 eine der Figur 1 entsprechende Ansicht einer zweiten Ausführungsform der erfindungs- gemäßen Bearbeitungsvorrichtung mit einer3 shows a view corresponding to FIG. 1 of a second embodiment of the processing device according to the invention with a
Vorratsrolle für einen Druckträger undSupply roll for a print carrier and
Figur 4 eine Darstellung der Einzelheit A in FigurFigure 4 is an illustration of detail A in Figure
3 in vergrößertem Maßstab.3 on an enlarged scale.
Die in den Figuren 1 und 2 dargestellte Vorrichtung zur Be- arbeitung von Wettscheinen hat einen Geräterahmen 10 mit einer vertikalen Wand 11, an der eine allgemein mit 12 bezeichnete Lesevorrichtung für Wettscheine befestigt ist. Die Lesevorrichtung hat ein Gehäuse 14, das an seiner Oberseite einen Eingabeschlitz 16 und an seiner Unterseite ei- nen Ausgabeschlitz 18 für einen strichpunktiert angedeuteten Wettschein 20 hat. Zwischen Eingabeschlitz 16 und Ausgabeschlitz 18 erstreckt sich eine mit 22 bezeichnete Transportbahn, an der ein Lesekopf oder Scanner 24 angeordnet ist. Die Transportbahn 22 wird von einer Transportvor- richtung 26 definiert, die ein erstes Transportwalzenpaar 28 oberhalb des Lesekopfes 24 und ein zweites Transportwalzenpaar 30 unterhalb des Lesekopfes 24 umfaßt. Das Transportwalzenpaar 30 wird von einem Motor 32 angetrieben. Das erste Transportwalzenpaar 28 wird über eine Getriebeverbin- düng 34 von dem Transportwalzenpaar 3'0 her angetrieben.The device for processing betting slips shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a device frame 10 with a vertical wall 11 to which a reading device for betting slips, generally designated 12, is attached. The reading device has a housing 14 which has an input slot 16 on its upper side and an output slot 18 on its underside for a betting slip 20 indicated by dash-dotted lines. Between the input slot 16 and the output slot 18 extends a transport path designated 22, on which a reading head or scanner 24 is arranged. The transport path 22 is defined by a transport device 26, which comprises a first pair of transport rollers 28 above the reading head 24 and a second pair of transport rollers 30 below the reading head 24. The pair of transport rollers 30 is driven by a motor 32. The first pair of transport rollers 28 is driven by a pair of transmission rollers 34 from the pair of transport rollers 3 ' 0.
Unterhalb der Lesevorrichtung 12 befindet sich eine von einem gekrümmten Blech oder dergleichen gebildete Blattablage 36 zum Auffangen der aus dem Ausgabeschlitz 18 austretenden Wettscheine 20.Below the reading device 12 is a sheet tray 36 formed by a curved sheet metal or the like for catching the betting slips 20 emerging from the dispensing slot 18.
Ferner ist unterhalb des Ausgabeschlitzes 18 der Lesevorrichtung 12 eine allgemein mit 38 bezeichnete Druckvorrich-. tung angeordnet. Diese umfaßt einen Thermodruckkopf 40, der an einem um eine Achse 42 schwenkbar gelagerten Schwenkträger 44 befestigt ist. Der Schwenkträger 44 ist in Form eines zweiarmigen Hebels ausgebildet und hat an seinem dem Druckkopf 40 fernen Hebelarm einen Längsschlitz 46, in den ein Zapfen 48 eingreift, der an einem um eine Achse 50 drehbar gelagerten Zahnrad 52 befestigt ist. Das Zahnrad 52 kämmt mit einem Ritzel 54, das auf der Ausgangswelle eines Motors 56 sitzt. Durch Drehen des Zahnrades 52 mittels des Motors 56 kann der Schwenkträger 44 und damit der Druckkopf 40 zwischen der in der Figur 1 dargestellten Ruhestellung und der in Figur 2 dargestellten Druckstellung verschwenkt werden, in der er an einem unmittelbar unterhalb des Ausgabespaltes 18 angeordneten walzenförmigen Druckwiderlager 58 anliegt. Das walzenförmige Druckwiderlager 58 wird ebenfalls über ein Getriebe 59 von dem Transportwalzenpaar 30 her angetrieben.Furthermore, below the output slot 18 of the reading device 12 is a printing device, generally designated 38. device arranged. This comprises a thermal print head 40 which is fastened to a swivel support 44 which is pivotably mounted about an axis 42. The swivel bracket 44 is designed in the form of a two-armed lever and has on its lever arm remote from the printhead 40 a longitudinal slot 46 into which a pin 48 engages, which is fastened to a gear wheel 52 rotatably mounted about an axis 50. The gear 52 meshes with a pinion 54, which sits on the output shaft of a motor 56. By rotating the gear wheel 52 by means of the motor 56, the swivel carrier 44 and thus the print head 40 can be pivoted between the rest position shown in FIG. 1 and the print position shown in FIG is applied. The roller-shaped pressure abutment 58 is also driven by a pair of transport rollers 30 via a gear 59.
An der Unterseite des Gehäuses 14 der Lesevorrichtung 12 ist ein Leitblech 60 angeordnet, das dazu dient, einen aus dem Ausgabespalt 18 austretenden Wettschein 20, der in den Figuren 1 bis 3 durch eine gestrichelte Linie dargestellt ist, in den Druckspalt zwischen dem Druckwiderlager 58 und dem Druckkopf 40 zu leiten, wie dies durch die strichpunktierte Linie wiedergegeben ist.On the underside of the housing 14 of the reading device 12, a baffle plate 60 is arranged, which serves to insert a betting slip 20 emerging from the output gap 18, which is represented by a broken line in FIGS. 1 to 3, into the pressure gap between the pressure abutment 58 and to head the printhead 40, as shown by the chain line.
Der Lesekopf 24 ist mit einer Steuer- und Auswerteeinheit 62 verbunden, der die von dem Lesekopf erfaßten Daten zugeführt werden. Die Steuer- und Auswerteeinheit 62 steuert ferner die Druckvorrichtung 38, d.h. den Druckkopf 40 und den Motor 56, wie dies durch die strichpunktierten Linien in den Figuren 1 und 2 angedeutet ist.The reading head 24 is connected to a control and evaluation unit 62, to which the data recorded by the reading head are fed. The control and evaluation unit 62 also controls the printing device 38, i.e. the print head 40 and the motor 56, as indicated by the dash-dotted lines in Figures 1 and 2.
Die soweit beschriebene Bearbeitungsvorrichtung kann dazu verwendet werden, zunächst einen von einem Kunden ausge- füllten Wettschein zu lesen, der von der Transportvorrichtung 26 entlang der Transportbahn 22 an dem Lesekopf 24 vorbei geführt wird. Die dabei erfaßten Daten werden der Steuer- und Auswerteeinheit 62 zugeführt. Der Wettschein 20 wird durch den Ausgabespalt 18 des Gehäuses 14 ausgegeben und von der Blattablage 36 aufgefangen.The processing device described so far can be used to first of all filled betting slip to be read, which is guided by the transport device 26 along the transport path 22 past the reading head 24. The data acquired in the process are fed to the control and evaluation unit 62. The betting slip 20 is issued through the output gap 18 of the housing 14 and collected by the sheet tray 36.
Die Vorrichtung kann aber auch dazu verwendet werden, eine Wettscheinquittung oder das von dem Kunden behaltene Doppel des Wettscheines zu lesen, wenn der Kunde einen Gewinn ein- lösen möchte. Die dabei von dem Lesekopf 24 erfaßten Daten werden dann in der Steuer- und Auswerteeinheit 62 mit den bereits abgespeicherten Daten und den möglichen Gewinnkombinationen verglichen. Um ein mehrfaches Präsentieren des Wettscheines oder der Wettscheinquittung zu verhindern, wird der Wettschein anschließend mittels der Druckvorrichtung 38 entwertet. Hierzu wird der Druckkopf 40 in seine in der Figur 2 dargestellte Druckstellung verschwenkt, so daß der aus dem Ausgabespalt 18 austretende Wettschein auf seinem Weg zur Blattablage 36 mit einem Entwertungsdruck ver- sehen werden kann.However, the device can also be used to read a betting slip receipt or the double of the betting slip kept by the customer if the customer wishes to redeem a profit. The data recorded by the reading head 24 are then compared in the control and evaluation unit 62 with the data already stored and the possible winning combinations. In order to prevent the betting slip or the betting slip receipt from being presented multiple times, the betting slip is subsequently canceled by means of the printing device 38. For this purpose, the print head 40 is pivoted into its printing position shown in FIG. 2, so that the betting slip emerging from the output gap 18 can be provided with a cancellation stamp on its way to the sheet deposit 36.
Die Druckvorrichtung 38 kann auch dazu verwendet werden, eine Wettscheinquittung zu drucken. Hierzu wird auf die Figuren 3 und 4 verwiesen, welche eine weitere Ausführungsform der Erfindung zeigen, wobei die mit der Ausführungs- form gemäß den Figuren 1 und 2 übereinstimmenden Teile mit denselben Bezugszeichen versehen sind.The printing device 38 can also be used to print a betting slip receipt. For this purpose, reference is made to FIGS. 3 and 4, which show a further embodiment of the invention, the parts which correspond to the embodiment according to FIGS. 1 and 2 being provided with the same reference symbols.
Der Rahmen 10 der Bearbeitungsvorrichtung hat ein Lager 64 für eine Vorratsrolle 66 eines bahnförmigen Druckträgers 68, der durch einen Spalt 70 in der vertikalen Rahmenwand 11 hindurch mittels einer Zuführeinrichtung 72 (Figur 4) zur Druckvorrichtung 38 geführt wird. Die Zuführeinrichtung 72 umfaßt ein Transportwalzenpaar 74, dessen Walzen durch einen Motor 76 angetrieben werden. Das Transportwalzenpaar 74 ist so angeordnet, daß die Druckträgerbahn 68 an der Unterseite des Leitbleches 60 entlang durch eine Schneidevorrichtung 78 zum Druckwiderlager 58 geführt wird.The frame 10 of the processing device has a bearing 64 for a supply roll 66 of a web-shaped pressure carrier 68, which is guided through a gap 70 in the vertical frame wall 11 by means of a feed device 72 (FIG. 4) to the printing device 38. The feed device 72 comprises a pair of transport rollers 74, the rollers of which are driven by a motor 76. The pair of transport rollers 74 is arranged such that the print carrier web 68 is guided along the underside of the guide plate 60 through a cutting device 78 to the pressure abutment 58.
Die Schneidevorrichtung 78 umfaßt in an sich bekannter Weise ein zylindrisches Drehmesser 80, das zwei achsparallele Schlitze 82 und 84 zum Durchtritt der Druckträgerbahn 68 hat. Dieses Drehmesser 80 kann mittels eines Motors 86 um die Zylinderachse hin und her gedreht werden. Innerhalb des Drehmessers 80 befindet sich eine stationäre Klinge 88, die mit einer Schneidekante 90 zusammenwirkt, welche den Schlitz 84 begrenzt.The cutting device 78 comprises, in a manner known per se, a cylindrical rotary knife 80 which has two axially parallel slots 82 and 84 for the passage of the print carrier web 68. This rotary knife 80 can be rotated back and forth about the cylinder axis by means of a motor 86. Within the rotary knife 80 there is a stationary blade 88 which cooperates with a cutting edge 90 which delimits the slot 84.
Sind mittels des Lesekopfes 24 die Daten eines von dem Kunden ausgefüllten Wettscheines gelesen worden, so wird die Zuführeinrichtung 72 für den Druckträger 68 aktiviert und der Druckkopf 40 in seine in der Figur 2 dargestellte Druckstellung verschwenkt. Die von dem Lesekopf 24 gelese- nen Daten werden dann über den Druckkopf 40 mit den entsprechenden Quittungsvermerken ausgedruckt. Der den Quittungsdruck tragende Abschnitt oder Beleg wird durch die Schneidevorrichtung 78 von der Druckträgerbahn 68 abgetrennt und fällt ebenfalls in die Blattablage 36.If the data of a betting slip filled in by the customer has been read by means of the reading head 24, the feed device 72 for the print carrier 68 is activated and the print head 40 is pivoted into its printing position shown in FIG. The data read by the read head 24 are then printed out via the print head 40 with the corresponding acknowledgment notes. The section or document carrying the receipt print is separated from the print carrier web 68 by the cutting device 78 and also falls into the sheet tray 36.
Die in der Figur 3 dargestellte Ausführungsform ermöglicht somit das Lesen des Wettscheines, das Drucken eines Beleges oder einer Quittung, das Lesen der Quittung und das Entwerten derselben.The embodiment shown in Figure 3 thus allows reading the betting slip, printing a receipt or receipt, reading the receipt and validating the same.
Mit der vorstehend beschriebenen Vorrichtung können . auch andere Formulare, Belege und dergleichen gelesen und bedruckt werden. With the device described above can. other forms, receipts and the like can also be read and printed.

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1. Vorrichtung zum Bearbeiten von Formularen, insbesondere Wettscheinen oder dergleichen', umfassend eine Lesesta- tion (12) mit einer eine spaltförmige Transportbahn (22) für den Wettschein (20) bildenden Transportvorrichtung (26) und einen im Weg der Transportbahn (22) angeordneten Lesekopf (24), der mit einer Steuer- und Auswerteeinheit (62) verbunden ist, dadurch gekenn- zeichnet, daß in Verlängerung der mindestens annähernd vertikal gerichteten Transportbahn (22) unterhalb des Lesekopfes (24) eine mit der Steuer- und Auswerteeinheit (62) verbundene Druckvorrichtung (38) mit einem Druckwiderlager (58) und einem Druckkopf (40) angeord- net ist, der zwischen einer dem Druckwiderlager (58) fernen Ruhestellung und einer dem Druckwiderlager (58) nahen Arbeitsstellung verstellbar ist, und daß stromabwärts des Druckwiderlagers (58) unterhalb desselben eine Blattablage (36) angeordnet ist. 1. Device for processing forms, in particular betting slips or the like ' , comprising a reading station (12) with a transport device (26) forming a slit-shaped transport path (22) for the betting slip (20) and one in the path of the transport path (22) arranged reading head (24), which is connected to a control and evaluation unit (62), characterized in that in extension of the at least approximately vertically directed transport path (22) below the reading head (24) one with the control and evaluation unit ( 62) connected printing device (38) is arranged with a pressure abutment (58) and a printhead (40) which is adjustable between a rest position remote from the pressure abutment (58) and a working position close to the pressure abutment (58), and that downstream of the Pressure abutment (58) below which a sheet tray (36) is arranged.
2. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Transportvorrichtung (26) mindestens zwei die Transportbahn (22) definierende antreibbare Walzenpaare (28, 30) hat, die - in Transportrichtung betrachtet - vor bzw. hinter dem Lesekopf (24) angeordnet sind, und daß das Druckwiderlager (58) eine Druckwalze ist, die von dem Antrieb (32) der Transportwalzen (28, 30) antreibbar ist.2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the transport device (26) has at least two drivable roller pairs (28, 30) defining the transport path (22), which - viewed in the transport direction - are arranged in front of or behind the reading head (24) , and that the pressure abutment (58) is a pressure roller which can be driven by the drive (32) of the transport rollers (28, 30).
3. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 1 oder .2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Druckkopf (40) ein an einem Schwenkträger (44) angeordneter Thermodruckkopf ist.3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or .2, characterized in that the print head (40) is a thermal print head arranged on a swivel support (44).
4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß zwischen der Transportbahn (22) und dem Druckwiderlager (58) ein Zuführspalt für einen Druckträger (68) vorgesehen ist.4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that between the transport path (22) and the pressure abutment (58) is provided with a feed gap for a pressure carrier (68).
5. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß sie ein Lager (64) für eine Vorratsrolle (66) eines bahnförmigen Druckträgers (68) und eine Zuführeinrichtung (72) für den Druckträger (68) hat und daß nahe dem Druckwiderlager (58) eine Schneidevorrichtung (80) zum Abtrennen eines bedruckten Abschnittes von der Druckträgerbahn (68) angeordnet ist. 5. The device according to claim 4, characterized in that it has a bearing (64) for a supply roll (66) of a web-shaped print carrier (68) and a feed device (72) for the print carrier (68) and that near the pressure abutment (58) a cutting device (80) for separating a printed section from the print carrier web (68) is arranged.
6. Vorrichtung nach Anspruch 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Schneidevorrichtung (80) stromaufwärts des Druckwiderlagers (58) hinter einer Leitfläche (60) angeordnet ist, welche einerseits aus der Transportbahn (22) austretende Blätter (20) und andererseits den Druckträger (68) zu der Druckvorrichtung (38) leitet. 6. The device according to claim 5, characterized in that the cutting device (80) upstream of the pressure abutment (58) is arranged behind a guide surface (60) which on the one hand from the transport path (22) emerging sheets (20) and on the other hand the pressure carrier (68 ) leads to the printing device (38).
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