JP2578897Y2 - Ticketing device - Google Patents

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 for generating and issuing a stored fair card by recording predetermined data such as money on a raw card on which predetermined data such as money is not recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of ticket issuing apparatus feeds raw cards one by one from a hopper on which raw cards are stacked to an encoding section, and records predetermined value data by a magnetic head, or Along with the value data, predetermined contents such as a validity period are printed by a thermal head.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, since the cleaning of the magnetic head and the thermal head is performed by the operator, it requires human labor, and if the cleaning is forgotten, card damage or encoding error may occur. There was a drawback that it easily occurred.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing apparatus which can automatically perform cleaning at the time of encoding.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a hopper in which raw cards, on which predetermined data such as amount of money, etc. are not recorded, are stored in a stacked state.
The raw cards are sent out one by one to a magnetic head or an encoding unit having a magnetic head and a thermal head via a feeding mechanism, and the fed raw cards are provided with predetermined data such as an amount of money or predetermined data such as an effective period. in issuing apparatus for printing the content, in the raw card stack in the hopper, and records data indicating that a cleaning card for cleaning the magnetic head or a thermal head Cree
It is characterized by the interposition of a ning card .

[0006]

[Action] In the above structure, when the cleaning card is sent to the encoding unit, magnetic heads or sub Maruheddo is Ru is cleaned by the cleaning card.
Also, when encoding the card, the cleaning card
Is recognized as a cleaning card and recognized as an abnormal card
Never be.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an apparatus according to an embodiment. In the hopper S, a number of raw cards C, C... And one cleaning card C0 are stacked and stored at the top.

In the raw card C, data indicating that it is a normal raw card is recorded in advance. For example, data that can be distinguished from an abnormal card that has been used once is recorded.

The cleaning card C0 has at least a surface in contact with a magnetic head and a thermal head, which will be described later, coated with a well-known cleaning agent, and has data indicating that it is a cleaning card.

A lower portion of the hopper S is opened, and an idler roller I and a feed roller F which form a well-known feeding mechanism are provided in the opening portion. Cards are placed. A weight W is provided above the hopper S in an inserted state, so that a predetermined pressure is applied to the stacked cards.

The encoding section E is provided at a lower portion of the hopper S so as to face the feed roller F, and is arranged along a flow in a conveying direction on a conveying path A formed by a pair of endless belts.
Read magnetic head h, magnetic head H, thermal head T
Is provided.

The magnetic head for reading h includes a feed roller F
Whether or not the raw card C drawn from is a normal card,
The magnetic head H is for writing predetermined data such as the amount of money, and the thermal head T is for checking predetermined data such as the validity period of the card. This is for printing the contents.

In the embodiment of the apparatus having the above construction, when all the raw cards C are fed to the encoding section E by the feed roller F, the cleaning card C0 is moved to the feed roller F.
To the encoding unit E. Therefore, the magnetic heads h and H and the thermal head T are automatically cleaned by the contact of the cleaning card C0.

Further, since the cleaning card C0 is identified as the cleaning card C0 by the reading magnetic head h, a controller composed of a microcomputer (not shown) for controlling the apparatus of this embodiment controls the cleaning card. It is not recognized as an abnormal card. Therefore, the apparatus of the present embodiment performs a predetermined encoding process without performing an abnormal stop or the like.

In the embodiment described above, the cleaning card C0 is placed on the top of the raw card C.
This may be located at the bottom of the raw card C or in the middle of the raw card C. For example, a cleaning card C0 may be interposed every predetermined number of raw cards C (for example, every 1000).

[0016]

Ticketing apparatus according to the present invention according to the present invention, during the raw card stack in the hopper, indicating a cleaning card for cleaning the magnetic head or a thermal head
Since the cleaning card recording the data is interposed, the magnetic head or thermal head Ru are automatically cleaned by the cleaning card. Also the car
When encoding the code, the cleaning card
Is recognized as an abnormal card
Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A conveying path C raw card C0 cleaning card E encoding unit F feed roller h reading magnetic head H magnetic head I idler roller S hopper W weight

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Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A magnetic head or a magnetic head and a thermal head, one by one, through a feeding mechanism, from a hopper in which raw cards on which predetermined data such as amount of money are not recorded are stored in a stacked state. In the ticketing device that sends out the predetermined data such as the amount of money or the predetermined content such as the validity period to the unprocessed raw card, the stacking of the raw card in the hopper is performed. Cleaning car for cleaning magnetic or thermal heads
Cleaning card with data indicating that it is
A ticket issuing device characterized by interposing a ticket.