JP2602322Y2 - Slip issuing section structure - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voucher issuing portion of an automatic processor which has a function of receiving a rigid card and issuing a voucher (receipt, specification, etc.) having a lower rigidity than the card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an automatic processor having a function of accepting a rigid card as described above and issuing a voucher having a lower rigidity than the card, there is, for example, a cash dispenser.

In this type of automatic payment machine, a card insertion slot for receiving a card, a voucher issuing slot for issuing a voucher, a money dispensing port, and the like are arranged close to each other at an easily operable position on the front of the machine. The mouth is formed as an opening that is the same as or slightly larger than the cross-sectional shape of the card, and the slip issuing port is formed as an opening that is the same as or slightly larger than the width of the slip.

At the time of use, a card is inserted into a card insertion slot and a predetermined operation is performed, whereby money is dispensed from a money dispensing port and a slip is issued from a slip issuing port.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, since the above-mentioned card insertion slot and the slip issuing slot are located close to each other, a user unfamiliar with this kind of machine may insert a card into the slip issuing slot. There is. In general, the width of the slip is wider than either the long side or the short side of the card, so that the width of the slip issuing port is naturally wider than the width of the card, and it is not impossible to insert halfway. Therefore, a card is stuck in the voucher issuance opening, and the voucher issuance passage is blocked,
There has been a problem that the slip issuance path may be damaged or damaged. Even if no abnormality occurs on the machine side, the card may be bent or the magnetic stripe portion may be damaged.

[0006] In view of the above, the present invention does not insert a card into a slip issuing port by mistake even if the user is unfamiliar, and does not cause a failure of an automatic processing machine or damage of the card. The purpose is to provide an issuer structure.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As a means for solving the problems of the prior art, the present invention provides an automatic processing having a function of accepting a card having rigidity and issuing a voucher having lower rigidity than the card. A voucher issuance portion provided on the outer surface of the automatic processing machine; a voucher passage extending rearward from the voucher issuance and having an upper surface and a lower surface facing each other at a required interval; On the upper and lower surfaces of the passage, formed from the vicinity of the voucher issuing port to the back direction, the cross-sectional shape in the vicinity of the voucher issuing port is a cross-sectional shape that cannot accept the cross-sectional shape of the card. And a regulating projection having a stepless surface.

At the time of issuing a voucher, the voucher is issued from a stepless surface of the voucher passage to a time when the voucher is formed by the regulating protrusion, and is curved in a wave shape following the cross-sectional shape of the regulating protrusion. And is held by the regulating projection.

On the other hand, since the slip issuing port has a shape that cannot accept the cross-sectional shape of the card due to the presence of the regulating projection, even if the card is to be inserted into this slip issuing port, it cannot be inserted. This prevents erroneous operation.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the appearance of an automatic dispensing machine as an example of an automatic processing machine. An upper surface of a machine body 1 having a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape is beveled to form an operation surface 2. A display unit 3 is disposed at the center of the display unit, and an operation unit 4 having operation buttons including ten-keys is disposed at the left and right portions and below the display unit 3. The vicinity of the boundary between the operation surface 2 and the front surface 1a of the machine is notched one step lower, and at the position of the notch 1b, a slip issuing port 5 and a card inserting port 6 are provided.
Are arranged adjacent to each other.

The slip issuing port 5 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the perspective view with a part cut away, a regulating projection 9 extending from the opening end to the back side of the facing surface of the slip issuing port 5 and the upper and lower opposing members 7 and 8 constituting the slip passage leading thereto, 10 are protruded so as to be located alternately up and down,
The tips of these regulating projections 9 and 10 are wrapped so as to be intertwined with each other in a small amount, and have a cross-sectional shape that cannot accept the cross-sectional shape of the card. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the regulating projections 9 and 10 have a short cross section, and three members are provided on the upper member 7 and four members are provided on the lower member 8.
1 is sent out in a shape curved into a waveform as shown by hatching in FIG.

The restricting projections 9 and 10 are formed as inclined surfaces 9a and 10a which become gradually lower toward the inner side of the slip passage.
The inner ends thereof are connected to the surfaces of the members 7 and 8, so that the inner sides of the regulating protrusions 9 and 10 are stepless surfaces 12 and 13 having no step with the passage surface of the slip passage.

The card insertion slot 6 has a slit shape so as to have the same or slightly larger dimension as the cross-sectional shape of the card 14. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 15 denotes a money outlet.

In the above-described automatic dispensing machine, if the user inserts the card 14 into the card insertion slot 6 and performs a predetermined input of a password, a withdrawal amount, and the like using the operation unit 4, the money dispensing slot is opened. From 15, for example, a bill is discharged.

At the same time, as shown in FIG. 7, a slip sheet 11a wound into a roll is fed by feed rollers 16, 16, and after a predetermined item is printed by a printing device 17, the cut sheet 11a is cut by a cutter 18 and sent out. 19, 19
Is sent to the slip issuing port 5 to be issued. At this time, the slip 11 has a stepless surface 12 at the back of the slip issuing port 5,
Although the sheet is sent in a flat state along 13, when it approaches the opening end of the slip issuing port 5, the sheet is sent out in a gradually waving state by the regulating projections 9 and 10. Since the slip 11 that is folded and sent out in a wavy shape has a strong waist, the slip 11 is sent while maintaining a standing posture with respect to the front surface 1a of the body 1 so that the user can easily take out the form. Can be.

On the other hand, even if the user is unfamiliar with trying to insert the card 14
A regulating projection 9 whose tip 4 faces the opening end of the slip issuing port 5;
.. Cannot be inserted by hitting the end face of..., The operator immediately notices an error and reinserts the card into the card insertion slot 6 again.

Therefore, the error can be noticed before the card 14 enters the slip issuing port 5, so that the card 14 is not damaged or the slip passage is not damaged.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are views corresponding to FIG. 3 showing modified examples of the regulating protrusions 9 and 10. FIG.
Is a triangular pyramid-shaped section, and FIG. 6 is a semi-cylindrical section. Also in these embodiments, the rear side of each of the regulating projections 9 and 10 is inclined and gradually lowers, and is continuous with the stepless surfaces 12 and 13 as in the embodiment of FIG. 3, and the operation is the same. is there.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, even when a card user tries to insert a card into the slip issuing slot, the cross-sectional shape near the slip issuing slot cannot accept the cross-sectional shape of the card. , So that incorrect insertion of the card is prevented at the entrance, the card hardly enters the passage,
The card is prevented from being damaged. On the other hand, at the time of issuing a voucher, the voucher is curved by the regulating projection, so that the rigidity of the voucher paper itself is higher than the rigidity of the voucher itself, so that the issued voucher projects forward from the voucher issuing port. The posture is obtained, and not only can the user be easily taken out, but also various effects such as that the issued slip is not dropped because the issued slip is gripped by the regulating projection.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an automatic dispensing machine as an example of an automatic processing machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an embodiment of a slip issuing port of the slip issuing unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a partially broken perspective view of the same.

FIG. 4 is an end view of the card.

FIG. 5 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing another embodiment of the slip issuing port.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing still another embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a slip issuing unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Airframe 4 Operation part 5 Slip issuing port 6 Card insertion slot 9, 10 Control protrusion 11 Slip 12, 13 Step-free surface

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A slip issuing unit structure definitive to an automatic processor having a function of issuing a low rigidity documents than the card with accepting a card having a rigidity, and a slip issue port provided in the outer surface of the automatic processor , Issue this slip
And document passage and the upper and lower surfaces extending on the far side faces at a predetermined spacing from the mouth, the slip onset on upper and lower surfaces of the slip passages
Formed from the vicinity of the gate to the back, near the slip issuing port
The cross-sectional shape of the card cannot accept the cross-sectional shape of the card
And the upper and lower surfaces of the slip passage are stepless on the back side.
A voucher issuing unit structure in an automatic processing machine, comprising a regulating projection serving as a difference surface.