JP2668698B2 - Ticketing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that cuts and issues tickets one by one from a large number of printed tapes, and in particular, runs out of tape (cut out). The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device capable of detecting a jam in a ticket.

(Background of the Invention) As a method of collecting empty cans such as coffee and juice, a so-called Tsukuba method has been proposed. In this method, when empty cans conforming to the standard are put into the empty can collection machine, a collection cooperation certificate such as an auxiliary ticket is issued as a compensation, and a lottery ticket issued by the local government etc. is issued to the user by collecting a specified number of these This is a system in which the winners are selected by a lottery established by the local government and the prizes are paid.

As an apparatus for issuing such tickets, a tape on which a large number of tickets are printed at predetermined intervals is provided with an identification mark indicating the delimitation of each ticket in advance, and the identification marks are detected and the tickets are printed one by one. Is issued. That is, the tape feeding is started based on the ticket issuing instruction signal, the tape feeding is stopped by detecting the identification mark, and one ticket is cut.

This ticket device has a function to detect when a tape runs out and a function to detect a jam when a tape is stuck somewhere for maintenance and maintenance. It is necessary to take measures such as taking action.

In order to detect this out of bill, it is possible to detect the presence or absence of the tape with an optical sensor in the vicinity of the position where the tape comes out of the roll. That is, the light emitting device and the light receiving device are arranged to face each other with the tape interposed therebetween. In addition, since it is only necessary to detect that a ticket does not appear at the ticket issuing port of the ticket issuing apparatus, it is conceivable to arrange a light emitting device and a light emitting device for detecting the passage of the ticket immediately before the ticket issuing port. .

However, when the light emitting device and the light receiving device are separately provided for the bill exhaustion and the ticket jamming as described above, there is a problem that the number of parts increases, the device becomes complicated, and the device becomes large.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances,
Loss of tape (out of ticket) or jamming of the tape without separately providing the light emitter and receiver on both sides of the tape or ticket path, and without increasing or complicating the number of parts To provide a ticket issuing device capable of preventing the occurrence of inconvenience that a ticket is not issued even though the user has performed a predetermined act of inserting an empty can or a coin. Aim.

(Structure of the Invention) According to the present invention, an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device which cuts a ticket from a tape on which a large number of tickets are printed by a cutter and issues the identification mark between the tickets. While printing, a pair of rollers having electrodes facing each other on both sides of the tape sandwiching the tape is provided, and the tape is fed based on a ticket issuing instruction signal, and feeding means for detecting the ticket runout by the electrical connection between the two electrodes, A mark detecting means that faces the one side surface of the tape between the feeding means and the cutter and detects the identification mark, and the mark detecting means detects the identification mark after the feeding means starts feeding the tape based on the ticket issuing instruction signal. A ticket issuing device, comprising: a control device that measures a time until the time of purchase and determines that the ticket is jammed when the time becomes longer than a predetermined set time. Is done.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a drawing of a tape, FIG. 3 is an operation flow chart, and FIG. 4 is an overall outline of an empty can collecting machine to which this ticket issuing device is applied. FIG.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 10 is a cylindrical empty can, and the empty can 10 is inserted through the inlet 12. The input port 12 is provided with an input door 14 that opens and closes with the lower edge as a fulcrum. The charging door 14 holds the empty can 10 in its open position, and drops into the can passage 16 in the closed position. This input door 14
Is attached with can material discriminating means 18. That is, the can material determining means 18 is composed of a metal sensor for determining a magnetic material (for example, iron) and a non-magnetic material (for example, aluminum) and a non-metal sensor for determining between metal and non-metal.

The inserted empty can 10 is judged by the can discriminating means 20 composed of an optoelectronic switch or the like as to whether it is an empty can having a predetermined shape and dimensions. Reference numeral 24 denotes foreign matter selection means, and the can determination means 20
When a non-standard empty can 10, a stone, a piece of wood, or the like is thrown in as a foreign substance, these are discharged to the discharge port 26 as foreign matter.

If the empty cans conform to the standard, the ticket issuing device 28 described later issues one auxiliary ticket to the ticket issuing port 30 and at the same time, the empty can 10
Is sent to the pressing means 32 through the can passage 16 and pressed.

The pressing means 32 includes a cam 32B rotated by a motor 32A.
However, it is configured to push the pusher 32C. Numeral 34 is a weight sensor consisting of a swing lever 34A, which holds the empty can at the press position if the empty can 10 is not packed with foreign matters such as stones, and a pin is attached to the empty can that is heavier than the specified.
Swing clockwise around the 34B to drop the empty cans into the collection box. The appropriate empty can 10 caught by the weight sensor 34 is detected by the press sensor 36, and the motor 32A is started to start pressing. Also this press sensor 36
Detection means, can separation means 38 such as conveyors and sorting mechanisms
Starts. When the empty can is properly pressed, the empty can is dropped onto the conveyor means 38 between the end of the lever 34A of the weight sensor 34 and the inner wall of the can passage 16.

Conveyor means 38 is started by the press sensor 36,
The motor 38A rotates forward and backward based on the output of the can material discriminating means 18. For example, for magnetic metal cans such as iron, rotate clockwise in FIG. 7 to the collection box 40A on the right side, and for non-magnetic metal cans such as aluminum, rotate counterclockwise and on the left side. To the collection box 40B. In addition, near the entrance of each collection box 40A, 40B, a can passing sensor 42A, 4
2B is attached, the conveyor means 38 is stopped after a certain period of time after finally confirming the drop of the can, and the sensors 42A, 42B have continuous outputs, so that the recovery boxes 40A, 4
Detect full 0B.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a main controller composed of a microcomputer, which controls each unit based on the output of each sensor.

Next, the ticket issuing device 28 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the ticket issuing device 28 sandwiches the tape 50, which is supplied from a roll 52 formed by winding the tape 50, between the pair of guide rollers 54 and 56 and guides the tape 50 downward to further guide the tape 50. It is formed so that it passes between the sandwiching plates 58 and 60, and is sandwiched between the drive roller 62 and the idler roller 64 and fed downward. Idler roller 64
Is pressed against the side of the idler roller 64, and the rotation amount thereof corresponds to the feed amount of the tape 50 held. Reference numeral 66 denotes an encoder as a feed amount detecting means, and its rotation axis is an idler roller.
Connected to 64. Reference numeral 68 denotes a motor that drives the drive roller 62 to form a feeding means for feeding the tape, and the motor 68 has a reduction gear incorporated therein.

A cutter 70 is provided below the rollers 62 and 64, and the tape 50 is guided to the cutter 70 by sandwiching plates 78 and 80.
As shown in FIG. 1, the cutter 70 includes a fixed blade 72, which comes out of the rollers 62 and 64 and is close to one side of the tape, a rotary blade 74 which rotates to face the fixed blade, and a rotary blade 74. And a motor (not shown) for rotating and returning. When the rotary blade 74 rotates while the tape 50 is between the blades 72 and 74, the tape 50 is cut by the blades 72 and 74.

76 is an optical sensor as mark detection means, and a roller
It is arranged between 63, 64 and the cutter 70. This optical sensor 76
Is opposed to one side surface of the tape 50. A window is provided on one of the sandwiching plates 78, 80 for guiding the tape 50 coming out of the rollers 62, 64 to the cutter 70, and the optical sensor 76 faces this window. As shown in FIG. 2, a ticket A is printed at regular intervals on the tape 50, and an identification mark B is printed between the tickets A. The optical sensor 76 is located on the trajectory m, and determines the presence or absence of the identification mark B based on reflected light of light emitted from a built-in light source.

44A is a control device of the ticket issuing device 28, and this control device 44A
The output signal a of the optical sensor 76 and the output signal b of the encoder 66 are input to the input device via an input interface (not shown) or the like. The control device 44A outputs drive signals c and d to the motor 68 of the roller 62 and the motor of the cutter 70, respectively, via an output interface (not shown) and driver circuits 82 and 84.

Reference numerals 86a and 86b denote ticket-out detecting means for judging the ticket-out based on the presence or absence of the tape 50 between the rollers 62 and 64. This means 86
a and b are formed by electrical contacts for electrically detecting that the rollers 62 and 64 are directly connected. That is, each roller 62,
Electrodes facing each other are provided on the surface of 64, and when the tape 50 is sandwiched, the contacts are insulated from each other, and when the tape 50 is not present, the contacts are brought into contact with each other to electrically conduct the contacts. In this way, the presence / absence of the tape 50 is determined by the on / off between the two contacts,
The output signal e is input to the controller 44A.

 The ticket issuing device 28 operates as follows.

The empty can 10 is put into the charging port 12, and the material is determined by the can material determining means 18 and the can determining means 20 determines that the can is a can. Be guided. When the press sensor 36 detects that the empty can 10 has entered the press means 32, the motor 32A is started to start the press operation, and the motor 38A of the can separation means 38 is started. The forward / reverse rotation direction of the motor 38A is determined based on the determination result of the can material determination means 18. When any of the can passing sensors 42A and 42B detects the passage of the pressed empty can, the main controller 44 stops the conveyor means 38. When the main control unit 44 determines that an empty can conforming to the standard has been inserted, it outputs a ticket issuing instruction signal x to the control unit 44A.

The controller 44A sends a drive signal c to the motor 78 for driving the drive roller 62 based on the ticketing instruction signal x, and starts the motor 68 (FIG. 3, step 100). Control device 4
4A detects whether or not the rollers 62 and 64 are in contact with each other based on the on / off signal e of the ticket out detecting means 86a and 86b (step 102). If it is ON, it is determined that the ticket has run out because there is no tape 50 between the rollers 62 and 64, the motor 68 is stopped (step 104), and a message to that effect is displayed (step 10).
6). For example, if you then open the loading door 14 to load a can,
It is possible to give a warning by voice such as "out of ticket" or to display by a display plate such as a liquid crystal display or an indicator light.

When the signal e is off and the tape 50 is not cut, the time T required to feed one ticket is monitored from the output of the optical sensor 76. That is, the light sensor 76 is off when there is a mark,
It is turned on when there is no mark, and the time interval T for detecting the mark B from this on / off is monitored.

While the tape 50 is being fed, the output pulses of the encoder 66 are accumulated in the counter 44B, and the count value N causes the tape 5
A feed amount of 0 is detected. The time interval T detected by the optical sensor 76 is required for normal operation until the count value N becomes larger than the count value N ₀ corresponding to the distance l ₀ which is slightly smaller than the feed amount 1 for one ticket. are compared than the maximum value of time slightly greater time T ₀ (step 108, 110).
If T ≧ T ₀ , it is considered that a jam has occurred under the rollers 62, 64, especially near the entrances of the sandwiching plates 78, 80, so the motor 68 is stopped (step 112), and the jam is displayed. (Step 114). The next mark B while T <T ₀
If the optical sensor 76 is turned off and the optical sensor 76 is turned off (step 116), the motor 78 is stopped to stop the feeding of the tape 50 (step 118). Next, a signal d is sent to the motor of the cutter 70 to start the cutter 70 (step 120), and after the single ticket A is separated, it is returned (step 122). As a result, only one ticket A is cut and discharged to the ticket issuing port 30.

In the above embodiment, the drive roller 62 that feeds the tape 50 and the roller 64 are used to detect the ticket exhaustion, but the present invention detects the ticket exhaustion using other rollers such as the guide rollers 54 and 56. Is also good.

In this embodiment, the main control device 44 and the control device 44A are shown separately, but it is a matter of course that one CPU may have both functions.

Further, the present invention can be applied not only to the empty can collecting machine but also to a device that emits various tickets or tickets, and includes such a device.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the present invention provides electrodes facing each other on the peripheral surfaces of a pair of rollers that sandwich a tape, detects electrical contact between the two electrodes, and detects a ticket breakage. Since the mark detection means for detecting the identification mark from one side surface of the tape is provided between the tapes, it is possible to detect the running out of the ticket and the jam of the ticket without providing the light emitting device and the light receiving device on both sides of the tape. Therefore, the number of parts does not increase and the apparatus does not increase in size. Further, it is possible to prevent a disadvantage that a ticket is not issued even though the user inserts an empty can or a coin.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a drawing of a tape, FIG. 3 is an operation flow chart, and FIG. 4 is an overall schematic view of an empty can collecting machine to which this ticket issuing device is applied. 28 …… Ticket issuing device, 44A …… Control device, 50 …… Tape, 66 …… Encoder as feed amount detecting means, 68 …… Motor as feeding means, 70 …… Cutter, 76 …… Mark detecting means Optical sensor, A: ticket, B: identification mark, x: ticketing instruction signal.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket-issuing device for cutting a ticket from a tape on which a large number of tickets are printed by a cutter so as to issue the identification mark between the tickets while sandwiching the tape. Feeding means for feeding a tape on the basis of a ticket issuing instruction signal and having a pair of rollers each having electrodes facing each other on the outer periphery, and for detecting the running out of the ticket by electrical contact between the two electrodes, and a tape between the feeding means and the cutter. Mark detecting means facing the one side surface to detect the identification mark, and measuring the time from when the feeding means starts feeding the tape based on the ticket issuing instruction signal to when the mark detecting means detects the identification mark. And a control device for determining that the ticket is jammed when the time is longer than a predetermined set time.