JP2013257827A - Ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable one printing part to print media having different physical characteristics, such as size and thickness.SOLUTION: A medium is discriminated by a sensor for medium discrimination, and a medium of any size is caused to always run along a fixed guide side in a printing part to be printed by moving a movable guide to a position suitable to the medium. That is, in a ticket issuing machine for printing media in a plurality of kinds of sizes, the ticket issuing machine includes a sensor for medium discrimination for discriminating sizes of the plurality of kinds of media, a mechanism for moving the movable guide on the basis of information obtained by the sensor for medium discrimination to stably carry the medium between the movable guide and the fixed guide, and a printing head unit arranged on the mechanism.

Description

  The present invention is a device that can issue a magnetic ticket such as a large-sized magnetized ticket, Edmonson ticket, magnetic commuter pass, etc. having different sizes and thicknesses and a card such as an IC card board ticket in one unit. This is related to the ticket issuing machine.

  Currently, a ticket issuing machine that can issue magnetic tickets such as large-sized magnetized tickets, Edmonson tickets, magnetic commuter passes, and cards such as IC card tickets, with a magnetic ticket and a card printing unit, respectively. Yes.

  Therefore, it is necessary to provide a dedicated space for each, and there is a drawback that the entire apparatus becomes large.

  This drawback is a great obstacle to downsizing an apparatus that can issue various media. In order to compensate for this drawback, the mounting density of the entire apparatus is excessively increased, and the conveyance path may be complicated.

JP 11-259694 A

  The problem to be solved is that the printing parts of media having different physical characteristics such as size and thickness are made into one common printing part.

  According to claim 1, in a ticket issuing machine for printing on a plurality of types of media, a medium discrimination sensor for discriminating the sizes of the plurality of types of media, and information obtained by the medium discrimination sensor. A ticket issuing machine comprising: a mechanism for moving a movable guide originally and stably conveying a medium between the movable guide and the fixed guide; and a print head unit arranged on the mechanism.

  The most important feature of the present invention is that a medium having a different size is discriminated by a sensor, a guide that moves according to the size is provided, and each medium is printed by the same print head unit.

  Since the present invention can print media of different sizes with one printing unit, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to provide each with a printing unit, and the entire apparatus can be downsized.

It is explanatory drawing which showed the outline | summary of the mechanism which looked at the printing part from the front. Example 1 It is explanatory drawing which showed the outline | summary of the mechanism which looked at the printing part from the upper surface. Example 1

  The purpose of printing media of different sizes and thicknesses with the same printing unit is realized by arranging a sensor that identifies the medium and a movable guide based on the information.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of Embodiment 1 of the present invention, where 1 is a print head unit. 2 is a medium discrimination sensor, 3b is a movable guide, 4a, 4b, 4c are rollers, and 5 is a medium.
1 to 4 are the same as in FIG. 2, and 6a and 6b are fixed guides.

  When the medium 5 is discriminated by the medium discriminating sensor 2, the movable guides 3a and 3b move to positions that match the medium.

  By restricting the distance from the fixed guides 6a and 6b by the movable guides 3a and 3b, it is possible to always advance in the print unit along the fixed guides 6a and 6b.

  The medium 5 regulated by the movable guides 3a and 3b and the fixed guides 6a and 6b travels between both guides and is printed by the print head unit.

  The positions of the movable guides 3a and 3b can be changed depending on the type of the medium 5, and the medium 5 having different sizes can be stably conveyed, so that one printing section can be provided.

  The present invention has a structure in which a ticket issuing device is equipped with a function of discriminating a medium, and a print head unit is arranged on a mechanism that stably conveys various media by a guide that is movable based on the information. Features.

  It can be applied to all devices that can issue various types of ticket.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Print head unit 2 Medium discrimination sensor 3a, 3b Movable guide 4a, 4b, 4c Roller 5 Medium 6a, 6b Fixed guide

Claims (1)

In ticket issuing machines that print on multiple types of media,
A medium discrimination sensor for discriminating the sizes of the plurality of types of media;
A mechanism for moving the movable guide based on the information obtained by the medium discrimination sensor, and stably transporting the medium between the movable guide and the fixed guide;
A ticket issuing machine comprising a print head unit disposed on the mechanism.

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