JP2010285245A - Roll paper installing mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely cut printed paper in a specified length without hindering printing by eliminating the occurrence of a delivery failure of paper from roll paper. <P>SOLUTION: After setting the roll paper 8 and 9 between side frames 3 and 4, a front part of a stopper arm 24 returns to a position for contacting with the side frame 4, so that a stopper formed above and below a tip of the stopper arm 24 enters the side frame 4 from a recess hole formed at the side frame 4, and contacts with and presses down the roll paper 9 so that the roll paper 9 at the standby position side does not strike on the roll paper 8 set at the delivery position side. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a roll paper mounting mechanism for mounting a plurality of roll papers arranged in the radial direction and accommodated between side frames.

For example, an automatic cash transaction apparatus that performs a transaction by a customer's operation prints the transaction contents of a receipt by a statement slip printing unit at the end of the transaction and issues it to the customer. A roll paper in which the paper is wound in a roll shape is mounted, and the paper is fed out from the roll paper and cut into a specified length so as to be conveyed to the statement slip printing unit as a receipt.
As a conventional roll paper mounting mechanism used in such an automatic teller machine, a plurality of roll papers are arranged in the radial direction so as not to contact each other and are held between the side frames, and the roll paper on the feeding unit side is used up. Is used for printing by feeding the roll paper to the feeding portion side (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 7-10330 A

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, the position of the roll paper mounted on the rear side of the roll paper on the feeding unit side may be shifted due to an impact applied from the outside, and may come into contact with the roll paper on the feeding unit side, In such a case, there is a problem that paper feeding failure occurs, and as a result, printing is hindered and it is difficult to cut the paper to a specified length.

  An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem.

  Accordingly, the present invention stores at least two rolls of paper rolls arranged in the radial direction between the opposing side frames, one of which is mounted at a feeding position, and the other roll paper is mounted at a standby position behind the feeding position, In the roll paper loading mechanism that feeds the paper from the roll paper loaded in the feeding position and conveys the paper to the processing unit, the tip of the stopper arm arranged along the outside of one side frame is the tip of the side frame. The rear portion of the stopper arm is pivotally supported on the one side frame so that the stopper portion can be contacted and separated, and a stopper portion is formed on the top and bottom of the stopper arm so as to protrude toward the one side frame, The one side frame is provided with a relief hole that allows the upper and lower stopper portions to enter and exit, and the upper and lower stopper portions are respectively provided. By entering the inside of the one side frame from the escape hole, the roll paper mounted at the standby position is suppressed by the upper and lower stopper portions so as not to move to the roll paper mounted at the feeding position. It is characterized by that.

  In the present invention, the standby position side is pressed so that the roll paper on the standby position side does not come into contact with the roll paper set on the feeding position side with the stopper portion entering the inside of the side frame from the escape hole. Even when an impact or the like is applied to the roll paper loading mechanism from the outside, the position of the roll paper loaded behind the roll paper on the feeding position side is not shifted and does not contact the roll paper on the feeding position side. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the occurrence of paper feeding failure, so that there is no problem in printing, and the printed paper can be surely cut to a specified length.

  Also, if it is necessary to remove the roll paper due to an abnormal operation of the device or a device accident, the stopper part is released from the escape hole by moving the position of the stopper arm by pushing the stopper arm, and the stopper is released. There is also an effect that the roll paper can be removed by an operator operation.

Plan view showing Example 1 Front view Perspective view Explanatory drawing of the automatic teller machine using the embodiment Block diagram of automatic teller machine Plane explanatory diagram of the operation when the escape hole is not divided Side view of the operation when the escape hole is not divided Explanatory drawing of operation when roll paper is tilted when escape holes are not divided Operation perspective view Plan view showing Example 2 Front view Perspective view Plane explanatory diagram of manual operation Front view of manual operation

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  1 is a plan view showing the first embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view, FIG. 4 is an external explanatory view of the automatic teller machine, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the automatic teller machine. .

  In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic cash transaction apparatus (hereinafter referred to as “ATM”). In addition to a statement slip printing unit 10 that prints transaction contents on a receipt, a control unit 11 that controls the entire ATM, and a communication line. Communication unit 12, storage unit 13 for storing data necessary for transactions and control programs executed by control unit 11, customer operation unit 14 having a touch panel, card handling unit 15, passbook handling unit 16, when conducting a transaction A journal printer unit 17 for printing transaction results on journal paper, a banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 18, a coin deposit / withdrawal unit 19 and the like.

  On the front side of the ATM 1, as shown in FIG. 4, the customer operation unit 14, the card insertion / discharge port 15 a of the card handling unit 15, the passbook insertion / discharge port 16 a of the bankbook handling unit 16, and the banknote deposit / withdrawal port 18 a of the banknote deposit / withdrawal unit 18. A coin deposit / withdrawal port 19a of the coin deposit / withdrawal unit 19 is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the statement slip printing unit 10 is provided with the roll paper mounting mechanism of the embodiment, and a plurality of (see FIG. 3) between the two side frames 3 and 4 facing each other. In this case, the roll papers 8 and 9 made of 2 rolls of thermal paper or the like can be set (attached) by being arranged almost horizontally in the radial direction. The roll papers 8 and 9 are obtained by winding a long thermal paper or the like into a roll shape, and a conveyor belt 20 that conveys the roll paper 8 while rotating the roll paper 8 at the lower part of the feeding position where the roll paper 8 is set. A peeling claw 31 for peeling the leading end 8a of the thermal paper or the like fed from the roll paper 8 by the transport belt 20 is provided.

  Further, the statement slip printing unit 10 includes a print head (thermal head in this embodiment) 6 that performs thermal printing on thermal paper, a platen roller 22 disposed opposite to the print head 6, and a roll peeled off by the peeling claw 31. A conveyance guide 5 that guides the leading end 8a of the paper 8 so as to be guided between the print head 6 and the platen roller 22, and a cutter 7 that cuts the thermal paper after printing into a predetermined length is provided with the thermal paper conveyance. The thermal paper after printing, which is provided on the downstream side of the print head 6 in the direction, is cut by the cutter 7 and is issued as a receipt to a customer from a receipt discharge port (not shown).

  The transport belt 20 is driven by a pulse motor 21 via a drive transmission mechanism such as a gear, and the platen roller 22 is driven by a pulse motor 23 via a drive transmission mechanism such as a gear.

  On the other hand, the roll paper loading mechanism is provided with sensors S2 and S3 for detecting the first roll paper 8 and the second roll paper 9 set between the side frames 3 and 4, respectively. Yes. Sensors S2 and S3 for detecting the roll paper 8 and roll paper 9, respectively, are arranged according to the number of roll paper sets. The arranged sensors S2 and S3 are connected to the control unit 11, and detect presence / absence of the roll paper 8 and the roll paper 9 based on the output changes of the sensors S2 and S3.

  A stopper arm 24 is provided along the outside of one side frame 4. The stopper arm 24 is supported by the side frame 4 so that the front part can be brought into and out of contact with the side frame 4, and is supported by the motor 25 via a drive transmission mechanism such as a gear and a link. It moves in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG.

  Then, the top and bottom of the stopper arm 24 are divided into upper and lower portions, and stopper portions 24a and 24b are formed to project toward the side frame 4, and the stopper portion 24a and Escape holes 4a and 4b, in which 24b can enter and exit from the inside of the side frame 4, are divided into upper and lower parts.

  When two stopper portions 24a and 24b formed on the stopper arm 24 enter the inside of the side frame 4 through the escape holes 4a and 4b, the roll paper 8 and the roll paper 9 set between the side frames 3 and 4 are provided. Between the roll paper 9 and the rear side roll paper 9, and the roll paper 9 is prevented from rolling and coming into contact with the roll paper 8 set on the front side feeding position side.

  When the control unit 11 determines that the roll paper 8 is not present based on the output of the sensor S2, the motor 25 moves the stopper arm 24 to the position 24A indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, and the stopper portions 24a and 24b escape. The roll paper 9 is released from the holes 4a and 4b, so that the roll paper 9 is released from the stopper portions 24a and 24b and can be moved to the setting position of the first roll paper 8, that is, the feeding position. The roll paper 9 is set on an arm 30 that holds the roll paper so that the roll paper 9 can be moved to the feeding position.

  The operation of the above configuration will be described below.

In operating the ATM 1, first, the roll paper 8 and the roll paper 9 are set between the side frames 3 and 4 of the roll paper mounting mechanism provided in the statement slip printing unit 10.
The set roll paper 8 is placed on the transport belt 20 provided at the feeding position, and the roll paper 9 is placed on the arm 30 provided at the standby position.

  After the roll papers 8 and 9 are set, the conveying belt 20 is driven by the pulse motor 21 and the platen 22 is rotated by the pulse motor 23 in order to reach the leading end 8 a of the roll paper 8 to the print head 6. Both of the pulse motors 21 and 23 are rotated so that the roll paper 8 rotates in the direction of arrow C shown in FIG.

  When the leading end 8 a reaches the peeling claw 31 while the roll paper 8 rotates, the leading end 8 a is peeled off from the roll paper 8. After the peeling, the pulse motors 21 and 23 continue to rotate so that the thermal paper is fed from the roll paper 8, and when the leading edge 8a is sandwiched between the print head 6 and the platen 22, the print head 6 applies the transaction content to the thermal paper. Is printed. When printing is completed, the thermal paper is fed by a predetermined length, cut by the cutter 7, and then issued as a receipt to a customer from a receipt discharge port (not shown).

  Such issuance of receipts is repeated, and when the control unit 11 determines that there is no roll paper 8 based on the output of the sensor S2, the motor 24 moves the stopper 24 to the position of the stopper 24A. Accordingly, the roll paper 9 can be moved to the feeding position where the first roll paper 8 has been set. The roll paper 9 is moved from the standby position to the feeding position by rotating the arm 30 through a driving mechanism (not shown) by a motor (not shown).

  By the way, in this embodiment, when the roll papers 8 and 9 are set between the side frames 3 and 4 of the roll paper loading mechanism, the stopper arm 24 is moved by the motor 25 to the position 24A indicated by the two-dot chain line, The stoppers 24a and 24b come out of the escape holes 4a and 4b by moving away from the side frame 4, and after the roll papers 8 and 9 are set, the front part returns to a position where it comes into contact with the side frame 4 by reverse rotation of the motor 25. The parts 24a and 24b enter the inside of the side frame 4 through the escape holes 4a and 4b and contact the roll paper 9 so that the roll paper 9 at the rear standby position does not contact the roll paper 8 set on the feeding position side. I can press it.

  Therefore, even if an impact or the like is applied from the outside to the roll paper mounting mechanism or the like, the position of the roll paper 9 mounted at the standby position is not shifted and does not contact the roll paper 8 on the feeding side. It is possible to eliminate the occurrence of paper feeding failure, to prevent printing trouble, and to reliably cut the thermal paper used as a receipt to the specified length without causing any deviation in the feeding amount. An effect is obtained.

  In addition, the stopper arm 24 is divided into front and upper portions to form stopper portions 24a and 24b. Correspondingly, relief holes 4a and 4b are divided and provided at corresponding portions of the side frame 4.

  However, as shown in FIG. 7, when one vertically long stopper portion 24d is formed in the front portion of the stopper 24, the escape hole 4c provided in the side frame 4 also becomes one long long hole. When the roll paper 9 is tilted and moved as shown in FIG. 6 when moved to the feeding position side, the roll paper 9 is caught in the escape hole 4c as shown in FIG.

  Therefore, as in the above embodiment, by forming the stopper portion 24a and the stopper portion 24b of the stopper 24 in a vertically divided manner, the relief holes 4a and the relief holes 4b of the side frame 4 can also be divided and formed. Accordingly, when the roll paper 9 is moved from the standby position to the feeding position side, even if the roll paper 9 is inclined, the roll paper 9 is smoothly moved to the feeding position side without being caught in the escape holes 4a and 4b. It is possible to prevent the operation from being stopped due to the failure of the apparatus.

Further, when the ATM 1 is operated, the roll paper 8 is set between the side frames 3 and 4, and after the roll paper 8 is set, when the leading end 8 a of the roll paper 8 is sandwiched between the print head 6 and the platen 22, the print head 6 is printed.
Visibility is important when visually checking the remaining amount of roll paper 8 during the operation of ATM1.

  If the stopper arm 24 is not formed by dividing the stopper portion 24a and the stopper 24b into upper and lower portions, the stopper arm 24 has a shape that hides the entire roll paper 8, and the visibility of the roll paper 8 from the direction of the arrow D is poor. Therefore, the stopper arm 24 is formed by dividing the stopper portion 24a and the stopper 24b into upper and lower portions, thereby improving the visibility of the roll paper 8 from the direction of the arrow D as shown in FIG. Can be improved.

  FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the second embodiment, FIG. 11 is a front view, and FIG. 12 is a perspective view. In ATM1, the roll paper loading mechanism is as described above, and the statement slip printing unit 10 is the roll paper 8, 9 as shown in FIG. The two side frames 3 and 4 that determine the set position of the paper, the peeling claw 31 for peeling the tip 8a from the roll paper 8, the transport belt 20 that carries the tip 8a peeled from the roll paper 8, and the arm on which the roll paper 9 is placed 30 and a stopper arm 24 and the like.

  The statement slip printing unit 10 includes a print head 6 for printing on thermal paper fed from the conveyance guide 5 and roll papers 8 and 9, a platen roller 22 disposed opposite to the print head, and the thermal paper after printing to a specified length. A cutter 7 for cutting the sheet into a receipt and a receipt discharge port (not shown) are provided.

A conveyor belt 20 for conveying the roll paper 8 is driven by a pulse motor 21 via a drive transmission mechanism such as a gear.
As shown in FIG. 5, the print head 6 is controlled by the control unit 11 to print on thermal paper sent between the platen roller 22 and the print head 6. At this time, the opposed platen roller 22 is driven by the pulse motor 23 via a drive transmission mechanism such as a gear.

  The cutter 7 is controlled by the control unit 11 and cuts the printed thermal paper into a predetermined length.

  The roll paper loading mechanism is provided with sensors S2 and S3 for detecting the first roll paper 8 and the second roll paper 9 set between the side frames 3 and 4, respectively. The sensors S2 and S3 for detecting the roll paper 8, the roll paper 9 and the like are arranged according to the number of roll paper sets. The arranged sensors S2 and S3 are connected to the control unit 11 and detect the presence / absence of the roll paper 8 and the roll paper 9 based on the output changes of the sensors S2 and S3.

A stopper arm 24 is rotatably supported on the side frame 4, and stopper portions 24 a and 24 b formed on the upper and lower front portions of the stopper arm 24 are connected to the side frame 4 through escape holes 4 a and 4 b provided in the side frame 4. In order to prevent the roll paper 9 on the rear side from coming into contact with the roll paper 8 that has entered the inside of the paper and is set on the feeding position side, the roll paper 9 is contacted and pressed. Further, a bent rear portion 24 e is provided behind the rotation support portion of the stopper arm 24 so as to enter between the side frames 3 and 4.
The motor 25 drives the arm 30 via a gear 29 and a drive transmission mechanism (not shown).

  In such a configuration, when the control unit 11 determines that there is no roll paper 8 based on the output of the sensor S2, the motor 25 is driven and the shaft 27 is driven by the drive transmission mechanism such as the gear 26 and a link (not shown). As shown in FIG. 13, the link 28 fixed to the shaft 27 comes into contact with the bent rear portion 24e provided behind the rotation support portion of the stopper arm 24 and is pushed in the arrow E direction as shown in FIG. Thus, the stopper portions 24a and 24b are retracted from the escape holes 4a and 4b to the outside of the side frame 4 by rotating the stopper arm 24 in the arrow A direction and moving the stopper arm 24 to the position 24A indicated by the two-dot chain line.

  In addition to the above operation, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, by driving the motor 25, an arm 30 that holds a roll paper having a fulcrum 30a as a rotation center through a drive transmission mechanism (not shown) such as a gear or a link. Is rotated (raised) to move the roll paper 9 to the first roll set position. In this way, both the stopper arm 24 and the arm 30 are driven and driven together by the motor 25 to move the roll paper 9 reliably.

  According to the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the roll paper 9 on the rear side does not come into contact with the roll paper 8 on which the stopper portions 24a and 24b of the stopper arm 24 are set on the feeding position side. In order to contact and press the roll paper 9, even if an external impact is applied to the roll paper loading mechanism or the like, the position of the roll paper 9 loaded at the standby position shifts and contacts the roll paper 8 on the feeding side. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the occurrence of defective feeding of the thermal paper, no problem in printing, and to reliably cut the thermal paper as a receipt to a specified length. Is obtained.

  Further, the driving of the stopper arm 24 for holding the roll paper 9 at the standby position and the arm 25 for moving the roll paper 9 from the standby position to the feeding position are driven by the motor 25 using the same drive source. The mounting mechanism can be reduced in size, the mounting space in the apparatus can be reduced, and the assembly in the apparatus is facilitated.

  In addition, in ATM, it may be necessary to remove the roll paper 8 due to an abnormal operation of the apparatus or an apparatus accident. In this case, since the roll paper 8 is moved to the rear standby position and removed, it is necessary to retract the stopper arm 24 to a position 24A indicated by a two-dot chain line. In such a case, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the link 28 is manually brought into contact with the bent rear portion 24e of the stopper arm 24 and pushed in the direction of the arrow F to move the position of the stopper arm 24 to 24A. Since 24a and 24b can be extracted from the escape holes 4a and 4b, the roll paper 8 can be moved to the standby position and removed by an operator operation.

  As described above, in this embodiment, since the stopper arm for preventing the movement of the roll paper 9 can be manually moved, it is possible to remove the roll paper even in the case of an abnormal operation of the apparatus or an apparatus accident. There is also an effect that can be performed arbitrarily.

  In each of the above embodiments, the roll paper mounting mechanism mounted on the ATM has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, various commuter tickets, tickets, tickets for various events, etc. are issued. It can also be applied as a roll paper mounting mechanism of a ticket issuing apparatus.

  In addition, the roll paper to be used is not limited to thermal paper, but can be applied to paper (including paper having a magnetic stripe) used for various types of tickets, and further to paper fed from roll paper. The processing unit that performs processing is not limited to a printing unit that prints transaction details, but may be a printing unit that uses ink, toner, or the like, or a magnetic recording unit that writes magnetic data.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic teller machine 3, 4 Side frame 4a, 4b Escape hole 5 Conveyance guide 6 Print head 7 Cutter 8, 9 Roll paper 8a Roll paper tip 10 Statement slip printing part 11 Control part 12 Communication part 13 Storage part 14 Customer operation Section 15 Card handling section 16 Passbook handling section 17 Journal printer section 18 Banknote deposit / withdrawal section 19 Coin deposit / withdrawal section 20 Conveyor belt 21 Pulse motor 22 Platen roller 23 Pulse motor 24 Stopper arm 24a, 24b Stopper section 24e Bend rear section 25 Motor 26 Gear 27 Shaft 28 Link 29 Gear 30 Arm 31 Peeling claw S1, S2, S3 Sensor

Claims (2)

At least two rolls of paper rolls are stored in the radial direction between the opposing side frames, one of which is loaded at the feeding position, the other roll paper is loaded at the standby position behind the feeding position, and loaded at the feeding position. In the roll paper mounting mechanism that feeds the paper from the rolled paper and transports it to the processing unit,
The front part of the stopper arm arranged along the outside of one side frame is pivotally supported by the one side frame so that the front part of the stopper arm can contact and separate from the side frame. In addition, a stopper portion is formed at the tip of the stopper arm so as to protrude toward the one side frame, and a relief hole is provided in the one side frame to allow the stopper portion to enter and exit. The roll paper loaded at the standby position is suppressed by the stopper portion so as not to move to the roll paper loaded at the feeding position by entering the inside of the one side frame from the escape hole. A roll paper mounting mechanism. In Claim 1, the arm which mounts roll paper in the standby position is provided,
The stopper arm and the arm on which the roll paper is placed are connected to the same drive source by the respective drive transmission mechanisms,
The drive source rotates the stopper arm so that the upper and lower stopper portions of the stopper arm are retracted from the escape hole of the one side frame to the outside of the side frame, and the roll paper at the standby position is moved to the feeding position. A roll paper mounting mechanism characterized in that it can be interlocked with the rotation of the arm to be moved.

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