JP2597766B2 - Receipt import method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic transaction apparatus installed in a financial institution or the like. The present invention relates to a capturing method for capturing a receipt or the like on which a daily total, a total, or the like is printed later, into a receipt capturing unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional technique of a receipt taking mechanism in an automatic transaction apparatus will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG.
Is a main part explanatory view. A card is inserted into an insertion / ejection port 1, data necessary for a transaction is input by a customer operation unit (not shown), card stripe data is read by a card recognition unit 2, and then embossing is performed. The reading unit 3 optically reads the embossed characters on the card. Reference numerals 4 and 5 denote receipt storage boxes, and the storage box 5 is used for replenishment.
The receipt passes through a receipt traveling path 6 by a conveyor belt or a roller (not shown), and after the transaction data is printed by a printing unit 7, the receipt is cut by a cutting unit 8 and discharged together with the card from the insertion / ejection port 1. Reference numeral 9 denotes a switching blade. The customer forgets to take out the receipt ejected from the insertion / ejection port 1 and does not remove the receipt, or performs a test print at the start-up of the apparatus or a daily total or total after completion of all transactions. When the recorded receipt is taken in, the switching blade 9 is pushed up in the direction of the arrow by the suction of a plunger magnet (not shown). Then, the transport roller or the transport belt is rotated in the reverse direction, the receipt is taken into the traveling path 10, taken into the receipt taking section 11, and the card is taken into the card taking section 13 through the card running path 12. The above operation is controlled by the control unit 14.

[0003] Such a receipt is fed to the receipt take-in section 11 by a feed roller 15 as shown in FIGS.
a and 15b, and are conveyed to each other with a gap therebetween,
Guides 16a, 1a, which support both sides of the receipt and run immediately above the receipt taking-in section to temporarily hold the receipt.
6b. Reference numeral 17 denotes a lever, which guides 16a, 1a by suction of a plunger magnet (not shown).
By pushing down the receipt supported between 6b in the direction of the arrow, the receipt is taken into the take-in section and the operation is completed. When a predetermined amount of receipts are stacked in the receipt take-in unit 11 and the receipts are full, the sensors 18a and 18b detect the receipts and instruct the attendant operation panel that the receipts are full, the apparatus stops operation, and the attendant stops. The receipt of the receipt take-in section 11 is removed.

However, as shown in FIG. 5, the receipt may be curled due to static electricity or the like and may be curved or may be obliquely caught and may be detected by the sensors 18a and 18b. A problem in which the clerk operation panel indicates that the receipt is full and the machine goes down, and every time the clerk must go to the machine and hold down or remove such a receipt. There is. If this occurs in an unmanned store during a holiday operation, the machine is down while the power is on, waiting for a clerk, so that the machine cannot be used practically.

[0005]

The problem to be solved is that although the receipt take-in section is not full, the receipt is curled or the like and detected by the sensor, and the reception panel is filled with the receipt. And the machine goes down.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a detecting means for detecting that a certain amount of receipts taken in a take-in section are stacked, and a guide for running the receipt to a position directly above the take-up section and temporarily holding the receipt. And a lever that presses the receipt supported by the guide above the guide to the take-in section.

[0007]

According to the above arrangement, when the receipt means detects that a certain amount of receipts are stacked before the receipt taking operation starts, the receipt is curled or obliquely moved by moving the lever up and down. The normal stacking state that is not an abnormal stacking state is detected, and the detection is performed in a state where the detection means does not detect the abnormal stacking state by pressing the receipt with a lever when detecting, and the detection detects the receipt. By starting the loading operation only when no receipt is detected, the apparatus stops only when a certain amount of receipts are stacked.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Since the entire structure of the apparatus and the basic structure of the receipt take-in unit are the same as those of the above-described conventional technology, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, and description will be made using the same reference numerals. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
The receipts are pinched and conveyed by a and 15b, are opposed to each other with a gap therebetween, are conveyed and pinched between guides 16a and 16b that support both sides of the receipt and run just above the receipt take-in section to temporarily hold the receipt. . Reference numeral 17 denotes a lever, which presses down a receipt, which has been pushed down in the direction of the arrow by suction of a plunger magnet (not shown) and carried in, and stores it. The operation of taking in a receipt which records the customer's forgetting to take it up, the start-up of the apparatus or the daily total / total will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. S1 Before starting the receipt fetching operation, it is determined whether or not the first receipt of the receipt fetching operation is to be fetched. In the case of the first fetching operation, the process proceeds to S2. S2 It is determined whether the sensor is off. When the S3 sensor is OFF, the receipt is conveyed to the receipt receiving unit. In step S4, the plunger magnet is turned on, the lever is operated, the receipt is pressed downward, the receipt is taken in, and the processing is terminated. The above is the basic operation, but sometimes the first receipt is not taken or the sensor does not turn off.
The case will be described below. S5 If it is determined in S1 that the first receipt is not taken, it is determined whether or not the sensor is OFF. If the sensor is OFF, the process proceeds to S3. If the sensor is not OFF in S6 and S5, the number of times of operation of the lever (in the case of a receipt in which the daily total and the total are recorded, since a plurality of receipts are ejected, the pressing operation of the lever corresponding to the number is required). Must be set on the counter, and it is determined whether or not the setting has been performed. If the S7 counter is not set, the required number of operations is set. When the counter is set, the plunger magnet is turned on, the lever is operated, the receipt is pressed down to take in the receipt, the lever is kept down and the receipt is pressed. S9 It is determined whether or not the sensor is OFF. S10 If the sensor is not OFF, that is, if the sensor is ON, in this case, the receipt is in a state of being fully filled in the receipt taking-in section (in S8, the receipt is pressed while the lever remains down). Therefore, the receipt is not in a state of curl or the like but in a normal stacking state.), A full error state occurs, and the apparatus stops. If the S11 sensor is OFF, the receipt is not full, so the plunger magnet is turned OFF and the lever is returned upward. S12: The receipt is conveyed to the receipt taking section. S13: Turn on the plunger magnet and operate the lever to take in the receipt. S14 Subtract one from the set number of counters. It is determined whether or not the S15 counter is 0, and if it is 0, the process is terminated. If the S16 counter is not 0, the operation from S8 is repeated for the number of times set by the counter since the receipt still comes out, and the operation is terminated when there are no more receipts. If the sensor is ON instead of OFF in S17 S2, the receipt is detected by the sensor. Therefore, the lever is reciprocated up and down by repeatedly turning on and off the plunger magnet. When the receipt is curled or stuck obliquely, a normal lamination state is obtained. S18 Then, it is determined whether or not the sensor is OFF, and
In the case of the FF, the detected receipt is excluded, and the process proceeds to S3. If the receipt is not OFF, the process proceeds to S6 because the receipt may still be sent.

[0009]

According to the present invention described in detail above, when a receipt detecting sensor detects a receipt, the lever for pushing the receipt into the receiving portion is moved up and down a plurality of times to curl or obliquely catch the receipt. Judgment of receipt stacking status with normal stacking status, which has been eliminated, and judgment of receipt stacking status with a reliable stacking status so that sensors are monitored while the receipt is pressed with the lever Can be performed. As a result, when a receipt taking operation occurs, the sensor grasps the receipt stacking status of the receipt taking part by the sensor before the receipt is conveyed, and judges that the receipt is full or the receipt is curled etc. Has the effect of being able to. In addition to the receipts that the customer forgot to take or the test printing at the start-up of the device, etc., as well as the reliable stacking of receipts, the daily totals and totals after the completion of all transactions for the day are printed according to the specifications. Since it is possible to reliably take in a plurality of determined receipts, the apparatus can be automatically closed and the power can be turned off.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a main part of the automatic transaction apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a receipt taking section.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a receipt taking section.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a state where a receipt is curled.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Receiving unit 15a, 15b Feed roller 16a, 16b Guide 17 Lever

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A detecting means for detecting that a certain amount of receipts taken in a taking-in section is stacked, and facing each other with a gap therebetween, supporting both sides of the receipt and running to a position directly above the receipt taking-up section. A guide that temporarily holds receipts, and a receiving portion that is positioned above the guides and that operates in a direction perpendicular to the receipts supported by the guides in the gap between the guides and that is supported on both sides by the guides. Before the receipt taking operation is started, when the detecting means detects that a certain amount of receipts is stacked, the lever is moved up and down to bring the receipts into a stacked state, and further, the detecting means Lever detects the receipt by pressing the receipt with the lever, and starts the capture operation only when the receipt does not detect it. Receiving method, characterized by starting.