JP2019091192A - Ticket processor - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a ticket processor capable of accumulating recording media such as baggage tags in an accumulation part in a state where the posture is stabilized.SOLUTION: A ticket processor 10 includes: a cutting part 14 for cutting a continuous medium fed from a feed part into a recording medium; a discharge part having a discharge port 5a for discharging the recording medium; and an accumulation part 6 provided below the discharge port and accumulating the recording medium from the discharge port. The accumulation part has a first guide member 61 remote from the opposite discharge ports to hold the recording medium therebetween, and a second guide member 62 closer to the discharge port than the first guide member. Around the discharge port, a leading member YB is provided which contacts the recording medium and leads the recording medium to the second guide member side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket processing apparatus that requires processing and accumulation of a single long ticket.

  There is known a ticket processing apparatus which is installed at an airport or the like and which is attached for sorting baggage received from a passenger for sorting baggage tags. Some airport automatic check-in machines print on roll paper by a printing mechanism, cut the printed roll paper at a predetermined length to create a baggage tag, eject the baggage tag from the discharge port, and stack it in a stacker ( Patent Document 1).

JP, 2017-144647, A

  However, in the prior art, when the discharged baggage tags are accumulated in the accumulation unit, the baggage tags may be bent and stretched in the accumulation unit so that the subsequent baggage tags may not get stuck in the accumulation unit, There is a problem that it may not be possible to stack a plurality of baggage tags in the accumulation unit in a state in which the.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket processing apparatus capable of accumulating recording media such as baggage tags in an accumulation unit in a state where the posture is stabilized.

The present invention provides a continuous medium supply unit;
A cutting unit that cuts the continuous medium fed from the supply unit into a recording medium;
A discharge unit having a discharge port for discharging the recording medium;
And a stacking unit provided below the discharge port and configured to stack the recording medium from the discharge port.
The stacking unit includes a first guide member far from the discharge port facing to each other to hold the recording medium therebetween, and a second guide member closer to the discharge port than the first guide member. And
A guide member is provided around the discharge port for guiding the recording medium to the side of the second guide member in contact with the recording medium.

  According to the present invention as described above, an effect is obtained that a plurality of recording media can be offset and accumulated in the accumulation unit in a state where the posture is stabilized.

It is a front view (FIG. 1 (a)) and right side view (FIG. 1 (b)) which show the external appearance of the airport automatic check-in machine in a 1st Example. It is a top view of the baggage tag outputted from the airport automatic check-in machine in a 1st example. It is explanatory drawing of the baggage tag roll paper in a 1st Example. It is a general | schematic expansion partial side sectional view which shows the structure of the baggage tag printer of an airport automatic check-in machine in 1st Example, and a stacker. FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial side sectional view schematically showing a configuration of a part of a luggage tag printer of an airport automatic check-in machine and a stacker in the first embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the accumulation | storage operation | movement of the baggage tag in 1st Example. FIG. 7 is an enlarged partial side sectional view schematically showing a configuration of a part of a baggage tag printer of an airport automatic check-in machine and a stacker in a second embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an airport automatic check-in machine will be described as an example of a ticket issuing processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. In the embodiments, constituent elements having substantially the same function and configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals and redundant description will be omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a front view (FIG. 1 (a)) and a right side view (FIG. 1 (b)) showing the external appearance of the airport automatic check-in machine of the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, an airport automatic check-in machine (hereinafter also referred to as a device) 10 is a multi-function terminal device installed at, for example, an airport etc., and performs boarding procedures and seat designations at the airport and user's operation. To accept and issue baggage tags. In the present embodiment, the apparatus 10 will be described only in the case of issuing a baggage tag to be wound around the handle of the baggage of the airport user.

  The apparatus 10 has a touch panel 1, a magnetic card reader 3 and a non-contact IC card reader 4 in the operation unit 2 below the touch panel, and a baggage tag printer under the operation unit (hereinafter also referred to as a printer) 5 and the stacker 6 are provided. The console unit 2 also includes other interface devices, but the description will be omitted.

  The touch panel 1 is disposed on the front surface (the operation surface facing the user) of the device 10, and receives the user's operation. The touch panel 1 includes a display unit such as a liquid crystal display and an input unit for receiving an input from the user, and displays information for guiding the operation of the customer on the display unit, and uses according to the guidance displayed on the display unit Accept the operation of the person.

  The magnetic card reader 3 accepts the insertion of a card with a magnetic stripe by the user, and reads and writes various information on the magnetic stripe.

  The noncontact IC card reader 4 wirelessly communicates with the noncontact IC card in proximity by the user, and reads and writes various information on the noncontact IC card.

  The printer 5 prints characters and images according to various information on baggage tag roll paper (hereinafter, also referred to as roll paper) 11R wound in a roll shape, and prints the printed roll paper 11R at a predetermined length to a baggage tag (recording The medium is cut as a medium 20, and the baggage tag 20 is discharged from the apparatus through an outlet 5a provided on the front of the apparatus.

  The stacker 6 (stacking unit) is provided below the discharge port 5a on the front of the device, and the baggage tag 20 printed and cut by the printer 5 and discharged from the discharge port 5a from the vertical (vertical) direction to the user side Slope slightly and collect.

  The apparatus 10 configured in this way has a control unit configured by a CPU or the like (not shown), and the control unit operates the entire apparatus based on a control program (software) stored in a storage unit such as a memory. Control.

  The apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment receives the user's operation by performing the touch panel operation according to the guidance displayed on the touch panel 1 by the user, and reads various information from the magnetic card reader 3 or the noncontact IC card reader 4 or the like. The apparatus 10 transports the roll paper 11R while printing with the printer 5 on the supplied roll paper 11R based on the various information, and then cuts it and issues one baggage tag 20 as shown in FIG. Do. The discharged elongated baggage tags 20 are accumulated in the stacker 6. The user takes out and receives the baggage tags 20 accumulated in the stacker 6.

  FIG. 2 is a top view of a piece of luggage tag output from the device 10. As shown in FIG. 2, one baggage tag 20 in which the printed roll paper 11R is cut into a predetermined length is made up of a mount 22 and tag seals 23a, 23b and 23c attached to the mount 22. ing. Further, the mount 22 is formed with a half slit portion 24 for peeling the tag seals 23a, 23b and 23c from the mount 22.

  A heat sensitive surface 21 to be printed by the print head unit 13 is formed on the surface of the tag seal 23a, 23b, 23c. In the present embodiment, the tag seal is roughly divided into three areas. However, the tag seal may be divided into two or less or four or more areas.

  The cut side on the conveyance direction side where the baggage tag 20 is discharged is referred to as a front end FE, and the cut side on the opposite side is described as a rear end BE.

  The baggage tag 20 of this embodiment has a length of about 500 mm in the transport direction indicated by the arrow A in the figure, and a width of about 54 mm in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction. The baggage tag 20 is not limited to the size described above, and may be a long strip extending in the transport direction.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining the roll paper 11R. As shown in the figure, the roll paper 11R is loaded in the supply unit 11 of the apparatus as a cylindrical body wound with the heat-sensitive surface 21, which is a printing surface of the tag seal 23a or the like attached to the backing 22, facing outward.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory view for explaining the configuration of the roll paper supply unit 11, the printer 5 and the stacker 6 in the apparatus 10. FIG. 4 is a schematic enlarged side sectional view of a portion surrounded by a broken line BL in FIG. 1 (b).

  The printer 5 conveys the roll paper 11R supplied from the supply unit 11, prints characters and images on its printing surface, cuts the printed roll paper 11R at a predetermined length, and sets it as a baggage tag 20. Are discharged from the discharge port 5a to the outside of the apparatus.

  The supply unit 11 rotatably supports and accommodates the roll paper in a state in which the continuous roll paper 11R (continuous medium) is wound in a roll. The roll paper 11R is wound with its printing surface facing out, and is supplied to the printer 5 by rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow B in the figure. Accordingly, since the roll paper 11R is wound, the roll paper 11R is supplied to the printer 5 so that the printing surface is on the curved outer side.

  The printer 5 includes conveyance roller pairs 12 a and 12 b, a print head unit 13, and a cutting unit 14. The pair of transport rollers 12a and 12b transports the roll paper 11R supplied from the supply unit 11 in the transport direction indicated by the arrow A in the figure and sends it to the print head unit 13 and the cutting unit 14. The transport roller pair 12b is disposed downstream of the transport roller pair 12a in the transport direction.

  The print head unit 13 is a printing mechanism that is disposed downstream of the transport roller pair 12b in the transport direction, and prints characters and images on the printing surface of the roll paper 11R sent by the transport roller pair 12b. It is a mechanism.

  The cutting unit 14 cuts the roll paper 11 </ b> R fed from the supply unit 11. The cutting unit 14 is disposed downstream of the print head unit 13 in the transport direction and upstream of the discharge port 5a, and cuts the roll paper 11R printed by the print head unit 13 with a predetermined length in the transport direction. . The cutting unit 14 cuts the entire width direction of the roll paper 11R with a cutter extending in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction. The transport roller pairs 12a and 12b have a discharge function of discharging the baggage tag 20 because the roll paper 11R is transported until it is cut.

  The discharge port 5a of the discharge unit is an opening formed on the front surface of the supply unit 11, and discharges the baggage tag 20 cut by the cutting unit 14 to the front of the apparatus. Therefore, the baggage tag 20 cut by the cutting unit 14 is freely dropped from the discharge port 5 a and discharged to the outside of the apparatus and accumulated in the stacker 6.

  Around the discharge opening 5a, for example, in the upper part of the discharge opening 5a, the baggage tag 20 is in contact with the baggage tag 20 to the second guide member 62 side (side closer to the discharge opening 5a than the first guiding member 61). A guiding member YB for guiding is provided. The guiding member YB is a flexible plate or movable plate that presses the baggage tag 20 in a direction (downward) transverse to the direction in which the baggage tag 20 is discharged. The induction member YB can be made of, for example, a resin film.

  The printer 5 is arranged such that the transport roller pair 12b, the print head portion 13, the cutting portion 14 and the discharge port 5a project forward from the front surface of the apparatus 10 shown in FIG.

  The stacker 6 is disposed below the outlet 5a and collects baggage tags dropped from the outlet 5a. The stacker 6 is a cylindrical box at the top of which is formed an opening 6a through which a baggage tag passes and which is closed by the bottom 6b and the side member SB. As described above, the stacker 6 is arranged such that the opening 6a is located below the outlet 5a, and the ticketed baggage tag 20 is taken by the user from above.

  Next, the stacker 6 will be described based on an explanatory view showing the configuration of the stacker of FIG.

  FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial side sectional view schematically showing the configuration of a part of the printer 5 and the stacker 6 in the apparatus 10. As shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic enlarged partial cross-sectional side view of the front portion of the device 10 taken along line xx in FIG. 1 (a).

  Further, the stacker 6 is provided with a contact member TB disposed above the first guide member 61 and facing the discharge port 5 a of the printer 5. The contact member TB is a plate-like member made of transparent resin. Alternatively, the contact member TB may be a rod-like member. The contact member TB guides the roll paper 11R to the opening 6a of the stacker 6 below by bringing the front end portion FE of the roll paper 11R discharged from the discharge port 5a into contact.

  In FIG. 5, the stacker 6 is closer to the discharge port 5 a than the first guide member 61 and the first guide member 61 which are far from the discharge port 5 a facing each other so as to hold the baggage tag 20 therebetween. A guide member 62 is provided. A stacker 6 of a cylindrical box is configured by the first guide member 61 and the second guide member 62, and a pair of facing side members SB connecting the two members and a bottom 6b.

  Further, the first guide member 61 at the lower part of the stacker 6 is provided with an opening KA with a door DR made of a transparent resin or the like for taking out a dropped object in case the object is dropped accidentally in the stacker 6 It is done.

  Furthermore, the stacker 6 is provided with a horizontal shaft HS which extends parallel to the enlarged portion 61 d of the first guide member 61 which is bridged between the pair of side members SB at the bottom 6 b thereof. The horizontal shaft HS is disposed at a position where the front end FE of the luggage tag 20 contacts when the rear end BE of the luggage tag 20 is in contact with the guiding member YB. Furthermore, the horizontal shaft HS may be disposed at a height from the bottom 6 b such that the tag seal 23 a of the front end FE of the luggage tag 20 contacts.

  The first guide member 61 is a plate-like member disposed to face the discharge port 5 a of the printer 5. The first guide member 61 is formed with an inclined surface shape 61c which protrudes in the direction opposite to the bending direction of the baggage tag 20 discharged from the discharge port 5a. The first guide member 61 guides the baggage tag 20 discharged from the discharge port 5a downward. That is, the first guide member 61 and the guide member 61 have an inclined surface shape 61c which is inclined downward toward the discharge port 5a.

  The second guide member 62 is a flat member formed to extend from the top to the bottom, and is continuous (so that there is no projection) throughout the entire opening 6 a and the bottom 6 b. It is formed. The second guide member 62 is disposed such that its lower portion is closer to the front of the device 10 than its upper portion. Thus, the first guide member 61 and the second guide member 62 are disposed such that the lower portion thereof is closer to the front surface of the device 10 than the upper portion.

  In this manner, the distance between the first guide member 61 and the second guide member 62 is gradually narrowed in the inclined surface shape 61 c from the top to the bottom of the stacker 6, that is, from the top to the bottom of the stacker 6. Accordingly, the distance between the first guide member 61 and the second guide member 62 is narrowed. That is, the stacker 6 is a second lower portion of the inclined surface shape 61 c of the first guide member 61 and larger than the first distance K 1 between the lower end of the inclined surface shape 61 c and the second guide member 62. It has an enlarged portion 61d which defines the space K2.

  The lower end of the inclined surface shape 61c is provided at a position P1 where the half slit portion 24 of the baggage tag 20 is located from the bottom 6b when the front end FE of the baggage tag 20 reaches the bottom 6b of the stacker 6.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic view for explaining the accumulation operation of the baggage tag 20 in the present invention.

  First, as shown in FIG. 6A, when the first baggage tag is issued, the roll paper 11R pushes the guide member YB provided at the discharge port 5a and is discharged downward. The front end portion FE of the printed roll paper 11R is discharged from the discharge port 5a and enters the opening 6a of the stacker 6, and the roll paper 11R enters the interior of the stacker 6 while curving the heat sensitive surface outward. The roll paper 11 </ b> R is guided between the first guiding member 61 and the second guiding member 62 as it is.

  Here, since the inclined surface shape 61c of the first guide member 61 is inclined so as to protrude downward in the direction opposite to the bending direction (projecting direction) of the roll paper 11R, the front end portion of the roll paper 11R Even if the FE contacts, it is guided by the inclined surface shape 61 c of the first guide member 61. In addition, even if the front end portion FE temporarily contacts the second guide member 62, it is guided downward along the flat surface shape of the second guide member 62 in the overhang state.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6B, when the rear end BE of the luggage tag 20 is cut by the cutting unit 14, the rear end BE of the baggage tag 20 is sandwiched between the discharge port 5a and the guiding member YB. Thus, the front end FE of the baggage tag 20 reaches the horizontal shaft HS. It is preferable to set the depth position of the bottom portion 6b in accordance with the length of the baggage tag 20 so that this state (the state in which the front end portion FE does not contact the bottom portion 6b when cutting the rear end portion BE). Thus, the guiding member YB is configured to hold the rear end BE of the luggage tag 20 such that the rear end BE remains at the discharge port 5a. Thereby, it is possible to avoid that the front end FE of the luggage tag 20 collides with the bottom 6 b and is bent when the rear end BE is cut. Furthermore, the guiding member YB is also configured such that the front end of the succeeding roll paper 11R pushes the back surface of the rear end BE of the luggage tag 20 after cutting. As a result, the contact between the later baggage tag and the former baggage tag 20 becomes smooth, and the baggage tag 20 comes close to the inclined surface shape 61 c.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6C, when the rear end BE of the luggage tag 20 is freed from the guiding member YB by cutting, the rear end BE of the cut baggage tag 20 is attached to the abutting member TB. It will repel towards and move to the contact member TB side. Therefore, the space of the opening 6a for the entry of the baggage tag 20 to be issued next becomes wider.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6D, the baggage tag 20a to be issued next gets on the baggage tag 20 and is issued and accumulated along the back of the baggage tag 20. Also, when the next baggage tag 20a is issued, it is moved downward gradually by friction with the preceding baggage tag 20, and it falls to the bottom 6b of the stacker 6 by being detached from the guiding member YB.

  As shown in FIG. 6 (d), the baggage tag 20a which has fallen to the bottom 6b of the stacker 6 has a large space (enlarged portion 61d) under the half slit portion 24 so that the baggage tag 20a is bent in the stacker 6. It is accumulated so as to lean on the first guide member 61 and the horizontal shaft HS without tension.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the rear end BE of the issued baggage tag 20 is always suppressed by the guiding member YB at the discharge port 5a, so the position of the rear end BE of the baggage tag 20 is loose. It is not stuck and always in the same position. The baggage tag 20a to be issued next is accumulated on the baggage tag 20. In addition, the baggage tag that has fallen to the bottom 6 b of the stacker 6 is accumulated so as to lean on the first guide member 61 and the horizontal shaft HS, so that the front end FE of the baggage tag 20 is not bent. There is a gap between the two guide members 62, and the baggage tag 20 to be issued next is smoothly accumulated. As described above, it is possible to stack a plurality of baggage tags 20 without changing the order of ticket issuance.

  In the present embodiment, although the first guide member 61 and the second guide member 62 are plate-like members, they may be parallel bar-like members extending downward, and a plurality of members may be arranged in the transport direction.

  The configuration of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment except that the configuration of the stacker is different from that of the first embodiment. Therefore, although different parts will be described, the same parts as those of the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the configuration of the present embodiment, a pair of long hole grooves TG opposed to a pair of facing side members SB connecting the first guide member 61 and the second guide member 62 is cut and horizontal By providing springs SP at both ends of the shaft HS, the horizontal shaft HS supporting the front end FE of the luggage tag 20 is movable upward and downward.

  In the operation of the second embodiment, the horizontal shaft HS is removed even when there is a falling object larger than the C dimension exceeding the length of the long hole groove TG as shown in FIG. 7 when the falling object in the stacker 6 is taken out. It becomes possible to take out by pushing down below. In the first embodiment, when there is a similar dropped object, the fixed horizontal shaft HS is crossed and the dropped object is taken out.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the guide member YB is provided at the outlet 5a of the luggage tag 20, and the first guide member is bent in a Z shape in accordance with the position of the half slit portion 24 of the luggage tag 20. 61 and a second guide member 62 which is straight, and by arranging the horizontal shaft HS in the stacker 6 according to the height of the front end FE of the luggage tag 20, the horizontal shaft HS is made movable An advantage is obtained that it is easier for the dropped object to be taken out than in the first embodiment.

  In the first embodiment and the second embodiment, although an application example with a printer for a baggage tag such as a check-in machine has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto. It is applicable also in the apparatus which requires accumulation. In the present invention, as long as it is an apparatus for discharging a band housed in a roll, the present invention is also applicable to a printer apparatus, an information kiosk terminal, an automatic transaction apparatus, and the like.

  In the first and second embodiments, the recording medium is described as a baggage tag, but the invention is not limited thereto, and the recording medium stored in a roll may have no seal.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Apparatus 2 ... Operation table part 5 ... Printer 5a ... Discharge port 6 ... Stacker 6a ... Opening part 6b ... Bottom part 61c ... Sloped surface shape 61d ... Enlarged part 11 ... Supply part 11R ... Roll paper 13 ... Print head part 14 ... Cutting Part 20: Baggage tag 22: Mount 23a, 23b, 23c: Tag seal 24: Half slit part 61: First guide member 62: Second guide member SB: Side member TG: Long slot groove SP: Spring YB: Induction member HS: Horizontal shaft

Claims (9)

A supply unit for supplying a continuous medium,
A cutting unit that cuts the continuous medium fed from the supply unit into a recording medium;
A discharge unit having a discharge port for discharging the recording medium;
And a stacking unit provided below the discharge port and configured to stack the recording medium from the discharge port.
The stacking unit includes a first guide member far from the discharge port facing to each other to hold the recording medium therebetween, and a second guide member closer to the discharge port than the first guide member. And
And a guide member for guiding the recording medium to the side of the second guide member in contact with the recording medium and provided around the discharge port.   2. The ticket processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first guide member has an inclined surface shape which is inclined downward toward the outlet.   The first guiding member is an enlarged portion below the inclined surface shape to define a second distance larger than a first distance between the lower end of the inclined surface shape and the second guiding member. 3. The ticket processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising an opening provided in the enlarged portion.   4. The ticket processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the stacking unit includes a horizontal shaft extending parallel to the enlarged portion of the first guide member.   The horizontal shaft is disposed at a position where the front end of the recording medium contacts when the rear end of the recording medium contacts the guide member. Ticketing processing device.   6. The ticket processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the horizontal shaft is provided on the stacking portion so as to be movable up and down.   7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide member is a flexible plate or a movable plate that presses the recording medium in a direction crossing a direction in which the recording medium is discharged. Ticketing processing device described in.   8. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the guide member is configured to hold the rear end of the recording medium such that the rear end of the recording medium remains at the discharge port when the recording medium is cut. The ticket processing apparatus according to any one of the above.   9. The apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the guide member is configured such that the front end of the subsequent continuous medium comes in contact with the rear surface of the rear end of the recording medium after cutting. Ticketing device described.

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