JP2000040170A - Ticket issuing device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform suppressing to a state where an operator can easily remove ticket paper jamming and to automatically restore a ticket issuing process by moving jammed ticket paper backwards. SOLUTION: This device is provided with roll-like ticket paper 2, a main carrying path 4 for carrying the ticket paper 2, a feed roller 3 for feeding the ticket paper 2 to the main carrying path 4, a pulse motor (driving device) 5 for driving the feed roller 3, a controller 12 for controlling the pulse motor 5 and a cutting device 9 for cutting the ticket paper 2 made to pass through the main carrying path 4. In this case, a first sensor 15 for detecting the passing of the tip of the ticket paper 2 on the upstream side of the main carrying path 4 and a second sensor 8 for detecting the passing of the tip of the ticket paper 2 on the downstream side of the main carrying path 4 are provided and the controller 12 is provided with a control part 13 for driving the pulse motor 5 based on the output of the first and second sensors 15 and 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing apparatus and a ticket issuing method capable of detecting and removing a jam of a ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A ticket issuing apparatus used for a ticket vending machine such as a ticket cuts and prints a roll-shaped ticket when a user tries to purchase a ticket, and writes magnetic information if necessary. It is cut out and issued as a ticket. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ticket issuing apparatus of this type generally has the following configuration. In FIG. 2, 1 is a ticket issuing device, 2 is a rolled bill, 3 is a feed roller for sending the bill 2 to the main transport path 4, 5 is a pulse motor (drive device) for controlling the feed roller, and 6 is a main transport. This is a ticket guide provided on the road 4.
A sensor 7 for detecting the passage of the leading end of the bill is provided upstream of the feed roller 3, and a sensor 8 for sensing the bill 2 passing through the bill guide 6 is provided downstream of the bill guide 6. ing. Information detected by these sensors 7 and 8 is input to the control device 12. Reference numeral 9 denotes a cutting mechanism that cuts the note paper, and the note conveyance path from the feed roller 3 to the cutting mechanism 9 constitutes the main conveyance path 4.
Reference numeral 10 denotes a thermal head that prints predetermined information on a ticket, and is provided to face the platen roller 11. The entire device is controlled by the control device 12.

In the above-mentioned conventional ticket issuing apparatus 1, a ticket is issued as follows. First, the bill 2 is manually inserted into the feed roller 3. At this time, the sensor 7 detects that the leading end of the bill 2 has passed the sensor 7 on the upstream side.
And the control device 12 drives the feed roller 3 via the pulse motor 5. Then, the ticket 2 is fed by the feed roller 3
Is sent out into the note guide 6. Here, the interval between the paper guides 6 is actually smaller than that shown in the figure.
It has a long configuration. When the leading end of the bill 2 passes through the sensor 8 on the downstream side, the sensor 8 outputs the information to the control device 12, and the controller 12 counts the distance that the leading end of the bill 2 should advance from the position of the sensor 8. I do. When the note 2 continues to advance and the advance distance is equal to the length of the ticket to be obtained plus the distance from the sensor 8 to the cutting mechanism 9, the control device 12 controls the feed roller 3. Is stopped, and the cutting mechanism 9 cuts the note paper 2 to obtain a ticket piece cut into a predetermined size. At this time, the leading end of the cut ticket piece is sandwiched between the thermal head 10 and the platen roller 11, and the platen roller 11 rotates and the ticket surface is printed.

[0004]

By the way, the above-mentioned conventional ticket issuing apparatus 1 has the following problems. In other words, since the ticket guide 6 is long, while the tip of the ticket 2 passes through the ticket guide 6, depending on the cutting state of the tip of the ticket 2 and the processing state in the ticket guide 6, it is extremely rare. However, the note paper 2 may be jammed in the note guide 6. In such a case, once a paper jam occurs,
Since the leading end of the bill 2 is not detected by the sensor 8 on the downstream side, the feed roller 3 continues to feed the bill 2, and the bill is entangled in the bill guide 6. ing. Furthermore, in the worst case, there is a problem that a situation that cannot be dealt with by the operator may occur such that the ticket guide 6 must be disassembled in order to remove the jammed ticket 2.

In view of the above circumstances, according to the present invention, a ticket jam generated in a ticket issuing apparatus is detected and supply of the ticket is stopped so that the operator can easily remove the ticket jam. It is possible to put
It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket issuing apparatus and a ticket issuing method capable of automatically returning a ticket issuing step by retracting a jammed ticket.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ticket issuing apparatus, comprising: a roll-shaped ticket; a main transport path on which the ticket is transported; and a feed roller for feeding the ticket to the main transport path. A driving device that drives the feed roller, a control device that controls the driving device, and a cutting device that cuts the note paper that has passed through the main transport path. A first sensor that detects the passage of the leading end of the bill on the upstream side of the paper, and a second sensor that detects the passage of the leading end of the bill on the downstream side of the main transport path. And a controller for driving the driving device based on the outputs of the first and second sensors.

[0007] According to this ticket issuing device, the control device controls the drive device, and the drive device drives the feed roller, so that the bill is sent out to the main transport path side. When the first sensor provided on the main transport path detects the leading end of the bill, the information is output to the control unit, and the control unit outputs a length corresponding to the distance between the first sensor and the second sensor. The driving device is driven so that the paper sheet is sent out. Thereafter, when the second sensor does not detect the passage of the leading end of the ticket, the control unit determines that a sheet jam has occurred, stops the driving device, and stops the first device.
It is suppressed that a note having a length longer than the distance between the sensor and the second sensor is sent out.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ticket issuing method in which a roll-shaped ticket is fed to a main transport path by a feed roller, and the ticket passing through the main transport path is cut to issue a ticket. Detect the presence or absence of the leading end of the bill on the upstream side and the downstream side, and after the leading end of the bill has passed on the upstream side, the feed roller lengthens the bill by a predetermined length. And then, when it is detected on the downstream side that the leading end of the bill is not passed, the delivery of the bill by the feed roller is stopped.

According to this ticket issuing method, after the passage of the leading end of the bill is detected in the upstream portion on the main transport path, the bill is sent out over a predetermined length, and thereafter, the passage of the leading end of the bill is detected downstream. If not, it is considered that a paper jam has occurred, the rotation of the feed roller is stopped, and feeding of the paper more than the predetermined length is suppressed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ticket issuing method according to the second aspect, after the delivery of the bill is stopped, the feed roller is rotated in reverse to retract the bill. It is characterized by.

According to this ticket issuing method, after the feeding of the ticket is stopped, the feeding roller is rotated in the reverse direction to retract the ticket and take out the ticket from the main transport path.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the ticketing method of the third aspect, after the bill is retracted, the feed roller is rotated again in the forward direction to advance the bill. It is characterized by.

According to this ticket issuing device, after the paper sheet is taken out from the main transport path, the feed roller is driven again in the forward direction to advance the paper sheet, and the paper sheet is transported again to the main transport path.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The basic configuration of the ticket issuing apparatus of the present embodiment is the same as that of the above-described conventional ticket issuing apparatus, and only different points will be described below.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a ticket issuing apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, a hole 14 is provided on the upstream side of the ticket guide 6 (near the entrance). Above the hole 14, a sensor for detecting the presence or absence of a ticket in the ticket guide 6 (the 1 sensor) 15 is provided. The light from the sensor 15 reaches the note 2 through the hole 14 and is
Can be sensed, and the detection result is output to the control unit 13 of the control device 12. The sensor 8 for detecting the leading end of the bill 2 passing through the bill guide 6 constitutes a second sensor. The control unit 13 of the control device 12 includes the sensors 7, 8, 15
, The pulse motor 5 is driven based on the output.

A process for detecting and eliminating a paper jam in the ticket issuing apparatus 1 having the above configuration will be described. First, the bill 2 is manually inserted into the feed roller 3. At this time, the sensor 7 outputs to the control unit 13 of the control device 12 that the leading end of the bill 2 has passed the sensor 7. And the control unit 13
Drives the feed roller 3 via the pulse motor 5, and the paper sheet 2 is fed into the paper guide 6 by the feed roller 3. Here, the interval between the bill guides 6 is smaller and longer than that shown in the drawing. When the sensor 15 detects the leading end of the bill 2 in the bill guide 6, a detection signal is output to the control unit 13, and the control unit 13 counts the feeding amount of the bill 2. There is almost no slip between the feed roller 3 and the bill 2 and the feeding is proportional to the rotation amount of the feed roller 3. Since the feed roller 3 is driven by the pulse motor 5, the feeding amount of the bill 2 can be accurately obtained by the pulse amount applied to the pulse motor 5. Sensor 1
Assuming that the distance between the sensor 5 and the sensor 8 is L and the feed amount of the pulse motor 5 in one step is d, the sensor 15
L / d pulse is detected after detecting the tip of
Should be moved to the position of the sensor 8. If the tip of the bill 2 does not reach the position of the sensor 8 even when the L / d pulse is applied to the pulse motor 5, it is considered that a jam of the bill has occurred for some reason.

In this case, the control unit 13 stops driving the feed roller 3. Thereafter, the control unit 13 drives the pulse motor 5 in the reverse direction, and retreats the ticket 2 from the ticket guide 6 and takes it out. Further, the pulse motor 5 is driven in the forward direction again, the bill 2 is advanced again, and the bill 2 is fed into the bill guide 6 in the same manner as described above.

As described above, according to the ticket issuing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment, when the ticket 2 is jammed in the ticket guide 6, the control unit 13 stops driving the feed roller 3 and the ticket 2
Stop the transport of Therefore, the note paper 2 is
The paper jam in the paper guide 6 can be kept in a small state because the paper jam is not sent out more than the distance between the paper guide and the sensor 8, and the operator can easily remove the paper jam. is there. Further, the pulse motor 5 is rotated in the reverse direction,
By retreating the paper sheet 2 and taking it out of the paper sheet guide 6, the restart can be made easy. Then, it is possible to automatically restart by moving the ticket paper 2 forward again.

In this embodiment, if a sensor is further provided near the middle of the paper guide 6 and the same control is performed, in the case where a jam occurs, the repair work is further facilitated. Further, the case where the jam in the paper guide 6 between the feed roller 3 and the cutting mechanism 9 is detected has been described. However, when the paper guide 6 is provided everywhere in the ticket issuing apparatus, the present invention is applied to each case. Is also good. Further, not only a paper jam in the paper guide 6 but also a paper jam at an arbitrary position on the main transport path may be detected. Further, a sensor is provided before and after the place where the paper sheet may be jammed, and when the upstream sensor detects the paper sheet and performs a predetermined feeding after the downstream sensor cannot detect the paper sheet, the paper feeding is performed. Stopping the roller can prevent jamming of a hard-to-repair ticket.

[0020]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. According to the ticket issuing apparatus and method according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, when a ticket is jammed in the middle of the main transport path or at a place where the jam of the ticket may occur, the sensor downstream of the ticket is used. If the control device cannot detect, the control device stops driving the feed roller and stops the transportation of the ticket. Therefore, it is possible to keep the paper jams in a minor state, and the operator does not have to disassemble the apparatus in order to remove the complicatedly entangled papers. It is possible to easily remove the paper jam and repair the device.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, after the transportation of the ticket is stopped at the stage when the paper jam occurs, the transportation direction of the ticket is reversed and the ticket is taken out from the main transport path. Therefore, it is possible to make the restart easy.

According to the ticket issuing method of the present invention, after the ticket is taken out from the main transport path, the ticket is advanced again and sent out to the main transport path. Therefore, even if a paper jam occurs,
It is possible to restart automatically.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a ticket issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a conventional ticket issuing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 ticket issuing device 2 note paper 3 feed roller 4 main transport path 5 pulse motor (drive device) 8 sensor (second sensor) 9 cutting device 12 control device 13 control unit 15 sensor (first sensor)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A roll-shaped paper sheet, a main transport path on which the paper sheet is transported, a feed roller for feeding the paper sheet to the main transport path, a driving device for driving the feed roller, In a ticket issuing device comprising: a control device for controlling a device; and a cutting device for cutting the note paper that has passed through the main transport path, the passage of the tip end of the ticket sheet is detected upstream of the main transport path. A first sensor that detects the passage of the leading end of the bill downstream of the main transport path, and wherein the control device is configured to output the first and second sensors based on outputs of the first and second sensors. A ticket issuance device having a control unit for driving the driving device. 2. A ticket issuing method in which a rolled sheet is sent to a main transport path side by a feed roller, and the ticket passing through the main transport path is cut to issue a ticket. Detecting the presence or absence of the leading end of the bill, and after the leading end of the bill has passed on the upstream side, sends the bill over a fixed length by the feed roller, and then the downstream side Wherein the sending of the bill by the feed roller is stopped when it is detected that the leading end of the bill has not passed. 3. The ticket issuing method according to claim 2, wherein, after the delivery of the ticket is stopped, the feed roller is rotated in reverse to retract the ticket. 4. The ticket issuing method according to claim 3, wherein, after retracting the ticket, the ticket is rotated forward again to advance the ticket.