JP2005187151A - Conveyer and ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To move a sheet (paper sheet) aside with a simple and inexpensive constitution without generating twist or distortion of the conveyed sheet. <P>SOLUTION: In a ticket issuing device 1, a paper sheet 100a taken out of a paper roll 10a and conveyed through a conveyance route 20A is made to orbit along a spirally wound moving-aside guide 40. The paper sheet is moved aside toward a common conveyance route 20C provided on the backward of the conveyance route 20A, then, guided to the common conveyance route 20C as shown in the figure. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for conveying a sheet.

  There is a ticket issuing device that processes sheets fed from roll paper and issues tickets such as boarding tickets and meal tickets. In this type of ticketing device, in order to cope with the problem that when the roll paper runs out, it is not possible to issue a ticket until a new roll paper is replenished. In some cases, when the roll paper runs out, the paper is fed out from another roll paper and the ticketing process is continued. In addition, there is a type in which a plurality of types of tickets can be issued by a single ticketing device by properly using sheets fed from different roll papers.

  In this way, in a ticketing apparatus that accommodates a plurality of roll papers, in order to reduce the number of parts and to reduce the size of the ticketing apparatus, a printing unit that prints the design of the ticket and an encoding unit that writes magnetic data are installed on the roll paper. In most cases, they are shared without being provided separately. In such a case, the printing unit and the encoding unit are provided along a common conveyance path, and a sheet supplied to the common conveyance path from among the sheets fed from each roll paper is located before the common conveyance path. Can be switched.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a transport path 20A for transporting a sheet 100a fed from a roll paper and a transport path 20B for transporting a sheet 100b fed from another roll paper are arranged in the ticket issuing device. On the other hand, there is a common transport path 20C that is shared by the transport of the paper 100a transported through the transport path 20A and the paper 100b transported through the transport path 20B and includes a printing unit and an encoding unit. When the paper 100b is provided, the paper 100b transported through the transport path 20B may be guided to the common transport path 20C as it is. However, when the paper 100a is used, if the width (W) of the paper 100a perpendicular to the transport direction is relatively large, a relatively long distance L is set between the transport path 20A and the common transport path 20C. Otherwise, the paper 100a may be twisted or distorted when the paper 100a is guided to the common transport path 20C, or the paper 100a may be jammed between the transport path 20A and the common transport path 20C. is there.

  For this reason, in the ticket issuing apparatus 1 described in Patent Document 1, among the papers fed out from each of the two roll papers A, the paper that has passed through the ticket feeding path 4b is wound by the offset roller 9, and the width is increased. By rotating in a spiral manner along the outer peripheral surface of the roller 9, the paper is brought closer to the ticket common conveyance path 5 without being twisted or distorted and guided to the ticket common conveyance path 5. Similarly, Patent Document 2 discloses that a common conveyance path is formed by winding a sheet that has passed through the first conveyance path 16 among the sheets fed from the roll papers R1 and R2 around the cylindrical path changing member 40. It is described that the sheet is brought closer to the side of the sheet and guided to a common conveyance path.

JP-A-5-225411 JP 2000-293713 A

  By the way, in the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, in order to perform the width alignment of the conveyed paper, a roller for offsetting, a support member for rotatably supporting this roller, A driving circuit for rotating the roller must be incorporated in the ticket issuing device, which increases the cost of the ticket issuing device. In addition, it is necessary to secure a space in the ticketing device for installing a roller for a width, a supporting member, and a drive circuit. In particular, a roller for a width must be inclined at an angle. Therefore, a relatively large installation space is required.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to reduce the width of a sheet with a simple and inexpensive configuration without causing twisting or distortion of the conveyed sheet (paper). Is to do so.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is transported through a first transport path, a second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path, and the first transport path. A guide that guides the sheet to the second conveyance path after being narrowed toward the second conveyance path, and spirally winds a substantially cylindrical member through which the sheet passes. And a guide provided with the guide.

  The present invention also provides a first transport path, a second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path, and a sheet transported through the first transport path. 2 is a guide that is guided to the second transport path after being narrowed to the side of the second transport path, and is arranged in two upper and lower plate-like members with an interval equal to or greater than the thickness of the sheet. And a guide formed by spirally winding the guide.

  The present invention also provides a first transport path, a second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path, and a sheet transported through the first transport path. 2 is a guide guided to the second transport path after being narrowed to the side of the second transport path, and is configured by a substantially plate-shaped member wound spirally, and the side of the member in contact with the sheet The sheet is provided with a guide provided with protrusions on both sides with an interval through which the sheet can pass inside along the direction in which the sheet is conveyed.

  According to such a configuration, the conveyance device causes the sheet conveyed through the first conveyance path to circulate along the spirally wound guide and narrows the sheet toward the second conveyance path. It leads to a 2nd conveyance path | route above.

  The present invention also provides a first transport path, a second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path, and a sheet transported through the first transport path. A guide that is guided to the second transport path after being narrowed to the side of the second transport path, the guide being formed by spirally winding a substantially cylindrical member through which the sheet passes. A ticketing device is provided that includes a ticketing means for processing a sheet transported through a transporting path of 2 and creating a ticket and issuing the ticket.

  The present invention also provides a first transport path, a second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path, and a sheet transported through the first transport path. 2 is a guide that is guided to the second transport path after being narrowed to the side of the second transport path, and is arranged in two upper and lower plate-like members with an interval equal to or greater than the thickness of the sheet. A ticket issuing device is provided that includes a guide wound spirally and a ticket issuing means for processing the sheet conveyed through the second conveyance path to create a ticket and issuing the ticket.

  The present invention also provides a first transport path, a second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path, and a sheet transported through the first transport path. 2 is a guide guided to the second transport path after being narrowed to the side of the second transport path, and is configured by a substantially plate-shaped member wound spirally, and the side of the member in contact with the sheet The sheet is conveyed through the second conveying path, with a guide provided with convex portions on both sides with an interval through which the sheet can pass inside along the direction in which the sheet is conveyed. There is provided a ticket issuing apparatus including ticket processing means for processing a received sheet to create a ticket and issuing the ticket.

  According to such a configuration, the ticket issuing apparatus circulates the sheet that has been conveyed through the first conveyance path along the guide wound in a spiral shape, and narrows the sheet toward the second conveyance path. It leads to a 2nd conveyance path | route above.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to perform the width adjustment of the sheet with a simple and inexpensive configuration without causing twist or distortion in the conveyed sheet.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the internal structure of the ticket issuing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment. As shown in the figure, in this ticket issuing apparatus 1, two roll papers 10a and 10b are accommodated side by side, and are conveyed from a conveyance path 20A for conveying the paper 100a fed out from the roll paper 10a and from the roll paper 10b. A transport path 20B for transporting the transported paper 100b, and a common transport path 20C shared for transporting the paper 100a transported through the transport path 20A and the paper 100b transported through the transport path 20B. ing.

  Sheets for ticket creation are wound around the roll sheets 10a and 10b. The paper 100a fed out from the roll paper 10a is transported to the front of the offset guide 40 by transport rollers 30a1, 30a2, and 30a3 provided on the transport path 20A. On the other hand, the paper 100b fed out from the roll paper 10b is transported to the front of the common transport path 20C by transport rollers 30b1, 30b2, and 30b3 provided on the transport path 20B.

  The margin guide 40 narrows the sheet 100a transported through the transport path 20A toward the transport path 20B provided on the back side of the transport path 20A in FIG. It is a guide that leads to 20C. The marginal guide 40 is configured by forming a substantially cylindrical member in a spiral shape through which the paper 100a can pass.

  Either the paper 100a transported through the transport path 20A or the paper 100b transported through the transport path 20B is alternatively supplied to the common transport path 20C. A cutting unit 50, a printing unit 60, and an encoding unit 70 are provided along the common conveyance path 20C. Hereinafter, in the present specification, the sheets 100a and 100b supplied to the common transport path 20C are referred to as “sheet 100” unless it is particularly necessary to distinguish between them.

  The cutting unit 50 cuts the conveyed paper 100 into a ticket size. The printing unit 60 prints the design and characters of the ticket on the cut paper 100. The encoding unit 70 writes, as magnetic data, information indicating the ticket type code, the date and time of issuance, the expiration date, and the like on the cut paper 100 on which the designs and characters are printed. In addition, in order to enable writing of information indicating the above-described type code, ticketing date and time, expiration date, and the like on the back surface of the paper 100a, 100b wound around the roll paper 10a, 10b, and holding the written information. The surface processing for magnetic recording is performed.

  The ticket created as described above is transported to a ticket discharge port (not shown) and discharged. The conveyance rollers 30c1, 30c2, 30c3, and 30c4 are for conveying the paper 100 in the common conveyance path 20C.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the positional relationship between the margin guide 40 and the transport paths 20A, 20B, and 20C when viewed from the direction of the arrow indicated by the thick line in FIG. As shown in the figure, the sheet 100a conveyed through the conveyance path 20A is spirally circulated along the marginal guide 40, and is on the side of the conveyance path 20B provided in parallel with the conveyance path 20A. And then guided to the common transport path 20C. Thus, since the sheet 100a is spirally wound along the marginal guide 40, the side of the common conveyance path 20C is longer than the case where the sheet 100a is linearly guided from the conveyance path 20A to the common conveyance path 20C. To be widened. Therefore, even if the distance L between the conveyance path 20A and the common conveyance path 20C is not so large, the paper 100a can be guided to the common conveyance path 20C without causing twisting or distortion. The sheet 100b conveyed through the conveyance path 20B is supplied to the common conveyance path 20C through the lower portion of the margin guide 40.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the width guide 40 is formed with a conveyance hole 40a having a vertical width Y that is equal to or greater than the thickness of the paper 100a and a horizontal width X that is equal to or greater than the horizontal width of the paper 100a along the conveyance direction. ing. The sheet 100a is guided from the transport path 20A to the common transport path 20C through the transport hole 40a. Further, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), for example, the marginal guide 40 has two plate-like members 41 having convex portions 41a formed on both side edges, and the convex portions 41a face each other. It is produced by laminating as described above and winding it once in a spiral.

  The convex portion 41a plays a role of preventing the paper 100a being conveyed from sticking out of the offset guide 40 while ensuring an interval that is equal to or greater than the thickness of the paper 100a between the two plate-like members 41. Yes. The material of the plate-like member 41 may be any material that is relatively easy to form in a spiral shape, such as plastic, and that can maintain the shape once formed in a spiral shape. . Of course, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the offset guide 40 may be manufactured by spirally winding a cylindrical member 42 in which the transport hole 40a is formed. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, two plate-like members 43 are bonded together by sandwiching two spacers 44a and 44b extending in the conveyance direction of the paper 100a between both side edges, and this is spirally formed. The marginal guide 40 may be manufactured by winding the wire around. The roles of the spacers 44a and 44b are the same as those of the convex portion 41a described above.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the ticket issuing apparatus 1, the paper 100 a that has been fed from the roll paper 10 a and conveyed through the conveyance path 20 </ b> A is fed to the marginal guide 40 that is spirally wound. It is made to circulate along, and after being narrowed to the side of the common conveyance path 20C, it is guided to the common conveyance path 20C. Therefore, even if the distance L between the conveyance path 20A and the common conveyance path 20C is not so large, the sheet 100a can be guided to the common conveyance path 20C without causing twisting or distortion. Further, unlike the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is not necessary to incorporate a marginal roller, its driving circuit, or the like into the ticketing apparatus 1, so that the manufacturing cost of the ticketing apparatus 1 can be reduced and the paper 100a It is possible to reduce the installation space for the members required to reduce the width. Further, the margin guide 40 can be manufactured easily and inexpensively.

[Modification]
(1) In the above-described embodiment, the marginal guide 40 rotated once in a spiral shape is illustrated, but the number of windings spirally wound is not limited to one, and is appropriately changed according to the distance to be narrowed. Is possible. Further, although depending on the conveying speed of the paper 100a, the quality of the paper 100a, and the size of the spiral, the marginal guide 40 is necessarily constituted by a cylindrical member 42 as shown in FIG. There is no need. For example, it may be a marginal guide in which the single plate-like member 41 shown in FIG. 4A is spirally wound so that the surface provided with the convex portion 41a faces the inside of the spiral. .

(2) Further, depending on the distance to be brought closer, the size of the spiral, etc., the approaching guide 40 is formed of the cylindrical member 42 shown in FIG. 4B or the plate-like member shown in FIG. As shown in the member 41 or the structure shown in FIG. 5, side walls, convex portions 41a, and spacers 44a and 44b are provided to prevent the sheet 100a being conveyed from protruding from the side edge portion of the offset guide 40. It does not have to be. The inventors of the present application, as a result of the experiment, under certain conditions, such as when the distance to be widened is relatively small, even if the side wall or the convex portion 41a, the spacers 44a, 44b, etc. are not provided on the marginal guide 40, It is confirmed that the sheet 100a is spirally wound along the marginal guide 40 and guided to the common conveyance path 20C without any trouble.

  However, in this case, the marginal guide 40 is formed, and the gap between the two upper and lower plate-like members wound spirally is such that the paper 100a can pass, that is, the thickness of the paper 100a or more. It is necessary to keep an interval. For this reason, the upper and lower two plate-like members that are spirally wound are supported so that the upper and lower two plate-like members are arranged substantially in parallel with an interval equal to or greater than the thickness of the paper 100a. A member is required. For example, columnar spacers can be provided between the two upper and lower plate-shaped members along the conveyance direction of the sheet 100a at both side edge portions, and the plurality of columnar spacers can be used as support members. Further, even if such a spacer is not provided between the upper and lower two plate-like members, the upper and lower two plate-like members are arranged substantially parallel to each other with an interval equal to or greater than the thickness of the paper 100a. You may provide the supporting member which supports two plate-shaped members from the outside. As described above, when the side guide 40 is not provided with the side wall, the convex portion 41a, the spacers 44a, 44b, etc., the upper and lower two plate-like members are perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the paper 100a. It is desirable that the lateral width is substantially the same as or larger than the lateral width of the paper 100a.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the ticket issuing device 1 that issues a ticket such as a ticket, an admission ticket, or a meal ticket has been described. For example, a plurality of roll papers are accommodated and used. The present invention is applied to a cash register that feeds paper from another roll paper and continues printing receipts when the roll paper runs out, or a printer that prints images and characters by using different paper fed from different roll paper. You may apply. Further, the sheet to be conveyed is not limited to the sheet fed from the roll sheet, and any sheet having a relatively large lateral width in the direction perpendicular to the conveying direction may be used. Further, for example, a plastic thin plate having a certain flexibility, a sheet made of vinyl chloride, or the like other than paper may be conveyed.

It is a figure which illustrates the internal structure of the ticket issuing apparatus. It is a figure shown about the positional relationship of the margin guide 40 and each conveyance path | route 20A, 20B, 20C at the time of seeing from the direction of the arrow shown by a thick line in FIG. It is a perspective view shown about the margin guide 40. FIG. It is a figure shown about the plate-shaped member 41 used in order to manufacture the marginal guide 40. FIG. It is a figure shown about the cylindrical member 42 used in order to manufacture the marginal guide 40. FIG. It is sectional drawing shown about the plate-shaped member 43 used for manufacturing the marginal guide 40, and spacer 44a, 44b. It is a figure for demonstrating the prior art.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Ticket issuing apparatus, 10a, 10b ... Roll paper, 100a, 100b ... Paper, 20A, 20B ... Conveyance path, 20C ... Common conveyance path, 30a1-30a3, 30b1-30b3, 30c1-30c4 ... Conveyance roller, 40 ... Decay Guide, 40a ... conveying hole, 41, 43 ... plate-like member, 41a ... convex part, 42 ... cylindrical member, 44a, 44b ... spacer, 50 ... cutting part, 60 ... printing part, 70 ... encoding part.

Claims (10)

A first transport path;
A second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path;
A guide that guides the sheet conveyed through the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path after being narrowed toward the second conveyance path, and the sheet passes through the inside. A conveyance device comprising: a guide formed by spirally winding a cylindrical member. The conveying device according to claim 1, wherein the substantially cylindrical member includes a plurality of plate-like members. A first transport path;
A second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path;
A guide that guides the sheet conveyed through the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path after being narrowed toward the second conveyance path, and is equal to or greater than the thickness of the sheet. And a guide formed by spirally winding two upper and lower plate-like members arranged substantially in parallel with each other. The apparatus further comprises a support member that supports the two upper and lower plate-shaped members so that the two upper and lower plate-shaped members are arranged substantially in parallel with an interval equal to or greater than the thickness of the sheet. The transport apparatus according to claim 3. 4. The width of the two upper and lower plate-shaped members that is perpendicular to the direction in which the sheet is conveyed is equal to or greater than the width of the sheet in the vertical direction. 5. Conveying device. A first transport path;
A second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path;
A guide that guides the sheet conveyed through the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path after being narrowed toward the second conveyance path and is spirally wound. Consists of a plate-like member, and the surface of the member on the side in contact with the sheet is provided with convex portions on both sides with an interval through which the sheet can pass inside along the direction in which the sheet is conveyed. A conveying device comprising: a guided guide. The conveying apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a conveying unit that feeds and conveys the sheet wound around the roll sheet to the first conveying path. A first transport path;
A second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path;
A guide that guides the sheet conveyed through the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path after being narrowed toward the second conveyance path, and the sheet passes through the inside. A guide formed by spirally winding a cylindrical member;
A ticket issuing device comprising: ticket issuing means for processing a sheet conveyed through the second conveyance path to create a ticket and issuing the ticket. A first transport path;
A second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path;
A guide that guides the sheet conveyed through the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path after being narrowed toward the second conveyance path, and is equal to or greater than the thickness of the sheet. A guide formed by spirally winding two upper and lower plate-like members arranged in parallel with an opening,
A ticket issuing device comprising: ticket issuing means for processing a sheet conveyed through the second conveyance path to create a ticket and issuing the ticket. A first transport path;
A second transport path provided substantially parallel to the first transport path;
A guide that guides the sheet conveyed through the first conveyance path to the second conveyance path after being narrowed toward the second conveyance path and is spirally wound. Consists of a plate-like member, and the surface of the member on the side in contact with the sheet is provided with convex portions on both sides with an interval through which the sheet can pass inside along the direction in which the sheet is conveyed. A guide that has been
A ticket issuing device comprising: ticket issuing means for processing a sheet conveyed through the second conveyance path to create a ticket and issuing the ticket.

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