JP3105134B2 - Automatic page break mechanism - 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 page break mechanism of a passbook processor generally used in financial institutions such as post offices and banks.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a financial institution such as a post office or a bank, an automatic page-breaking mechanism of a passbook processing apparatus generally used has a page-breaking roller supported by an arm pressed against a page-breaking surface of a book. In some cases, the page is turned by rotating the page and transporting the passbook with the page turned up.

[0003] In recent years, there has been an increasing number of occasions where a plurality of page breaks are performed, such as by printing transaction information of multiple subjects such as time deposits and ordinary deposits at once in a passbook or automatically issuing a passbook. When performing a page break of a plurality of pages, first, a page break roller is pressed against the page break surface and rotated to turn up the first sheet and convey the passbook to perform a page break. Next, the passbook is transported again to the position of the page feed roller. In the same way, turn up the second sheet and transport the passbook,
Perform a page break. This operation is repeated until a predetermined number of page breaks are performed.

[0004]

In the conventional automatic page break mechanism, when a plurality of pages are to be broken, the page break operation is repeated one page at a time. There is a problem that the entire passbook processing time becomes longer.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in an automatic page-break mechanism according to the present invention, a part of a roller for pressing a page-breaking surface is formed by a friction member, and the roller is turned by the roller. The arm was provided with a hook for bending the page by hooking the leading end of the page.

[0006]

When the roller of the automatic page-break mechanism configured as described above is pressed against the page-breaking surface and makes one rotation, the first page rises with the rotation of the roller from the time when the friction member contacts the page. The page is curved and the leading edge of the page is hooked on the hook. When the roller makes another rotation in this state, the second page curves upward with the rotation of the roller from the time when the friction member contacts the page,
With the first and second pages overlapping, the leading edge of the page is hooked on the hook.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Elements common to the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a side view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view showing a passbook processing device of one embodiment.

In FIG. 2, a passbook processing device 1 includes a passbook 2
, Printing and reading of magnetic data. The passbook insertion / ejection port 3 inserts and ejects the passbook 2.
The printing unit 4 performs printing on the passbook 2 by the print head 5.
The platen 6 is provided to face the print head 5. The magnetic read / write unit 7 writes and reads magnetic information on the magnetic stripe of the passbook 2 using the magnetic head 8.

The automatic page feed mechanism 9 turns the pages of the passbook 2 by the page feed roller 10. The page break roller 10 is provided with an arm 2 attached obliquely from above with respect to the direction in which the passbook 2 is conveyed.
5 supported. The pressing member 21 is attached to a moving means such as a solenoid (not shown) via a spring 22 and is movable in the direction of the arrow DD ′, and is normally retracted from the page feed roller 10. The page feed motor 15 rotates the page feed roller 10 in the direction of arrow A.

The automatic page break mechanism 16 turns the pages of the passbook 2 by the page break roller 17 in the opposite direction to the automatic page break mechanism 9. The page feed roller 17 is supported by an arm 30 symmetrically attached to the arm 25. The pressing member 23 is attached to a moving means such as a solenoid (not shown) via a spring 22 and is movable in the direction of the arrow DD ′.
Usually, it is located away from the page feed roller 17. The page feed motor 18 rotates the page feed roller 17 in the direction of arrow B. The page / line detection sensor 11 reads a page mark printed on the passbook 2 and a printed line.

The transport path 12 connects the above-described parts and is constructed by an upper guide 12a and a lower guide 12b. The upper guide 12a and the lower guide 12b are fixed in parallel with each other. The transport roller 13 is used for the transport path 1
The bankbook 2 is provided at a predetermined interval, and is configured so that the bankbook 2 is sandwiched from above and below, and is rotatable forward and reverse by a transport motor 14. The transport roller 13 can press and release the passbook 2 by a solenoid (not shown) or the like.

In this embodiment, the transport motor 14 and the page break motors 15 and 18 will be described as stepping motors whose rotation amounts can be easily controlled. Optical sensors 19 and 20
Detects the insertion of the passbook 2, and a control unit (not shown) controls the transport amount of the passbook 2 based on the signals of the optical sensors 19 and 20.

In FIG. 1, an arm 25 for supporting a page break roller 10 of the automatic page break mechanism 9 is supported by a shaft 26. The shaft 26 is fixed to a side wall (not shown) of the passbook processing apparatus 1. On the upper side of the arm 25, a hook portion 27 is formed slightly outside the outer periphery of the page feed roller 10.

The page feed roller 10 is made of a smooth material such as resin, and only a part of the outer periphery is formed by the friction member 28. The circumferential length of the friction member 28 is such that the passbook 2 is
The length is set to be substantially the same as the distance from the end when stopped between the pressure member 0 and the pressing member 21 and the pressure contact surface with the page feed roller 10.

Above the page feed roller 10, an optical sensor is provided as detecting means. The optical sensors are light-emitting elements 29 mounted outside the width of the passbook 2, respectively.
And a light receiving element (not shown) on the front side. Light emitted from the light emitting element always enters the light receiving element, but when a page of the passbook 2 is turned, the light is momentarily blocked by the turned page.
In this way, detecting the moment when light does not enter the light receiving element,
Detect page turning. By providing the light-emitting element 29, it is possible to accurately detect whether a predetermined number of pages are turned up and held.

A description will be given of a page break operation of a plurality of pages by the automatic page break mechanism 9 as described above. FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are explanatory diagrams showing the page break operation of the automatic page break mechanism. When the passbook 2 is printed by the printing unit 4 and a page break is required, the passbook 2 is transported to the automatic page break mechanism 9 by being sandwiched by transport rollers 13.

The passbook 2 is transported to the automatic page break mechanism 9 and stops at a predetermined position. When the bankbook 2 stops, the moving means (not shown) is driven to move the pressing member 21 in the direction of the arrow D as shown in FIG. 3, and the pressing member 21 presses the bankbook 2 against the page break roller 10. While the page feed roller 10 is pressed against the page feed surface of the passbook 2, the page feed motor 15 is driven to rotate the page feed roller 10 in the direction of arrow A. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the first page is curved upward with the rotation of the page feed roller 10 from the time when the friction member 28 comes into contact with the page.

When the page break roller 10 further rotates in the direction of arrow A and the curved page passes through the light emitting element 29 as shown in FIG. 5, the light emitted from the light emitting element 29 is blocked by the page, and the page is turned. The rise is detected. Further, a page break roller 10
When the is rotated, the leading edge of the page is separated from the friction member 28 of the page feed roller 10 by the restoring force of the paper, and is hooked on the hook 27 of the arm 25 in a curved state as shown in FIG.
As described above, by rotating the page feed roller 10 once,
One page is turned.

When the page feed roller 10 is rotated one more time, the second page is curved upward with the rotation of the page feed roller 10 from the time when the friction member 28 comes into contact with the page. At this time, the second page does not receive the load of the first page because the leading end of the first page is hooked on the hook portion 27 and is greatly curved.

When the page break roller 10 is further rotated, the second page passes through the light emitting element 29, overlaps the first page, and its leading end is hooked on the hook 27. When the page feed roller 10 is rotated one more time in the same manner, the third page is turned up, and as shown in FIG. 7, the first and second pages are overlapped and the leading end is hooked on the hook 27.

As described above, the page feed roller 10 is rotated a predetermined number of times, and a predetermined number of pages are held while the leading end of the page is hooked on the hook portion 27. Here, it is assumed that the page break roller 10 is rotated three times and three pages are turned. Next, the transport roller 13 is rotated to move the passbook 2 in the direction of arrow C. When the distance between the binding 2a of the passbook 2 and the page feed roller 10 is reduced, the page jumps upward due to the restoring force of the paper as shown in FIG.

Further, when the passbook 2 is moved in the direction of arrow C, the binding 2a of the passbook 2
And the turned page is pressed against the opposite side of the passbook 2 by the page break roller 10 as shown in FIG. In this way, after turning up the pages one by one and holding a plurality of pages in the hook portion 27 of the arm 25, the passbook 2 is conveyed and the pages are turned at one time.

The components of the automatic reverse page break mechanism 16 include:
This is the same as the automatic page break mechanism 9 except that the arm 30 is symmetrically attached to the arm 25. In the reverse page break operation, the page break roller 17 is rotated in the direction of arrow B opposite to the page break roller 10 to turn up the page, and the passbook 2 is moved in the direction of arrow C 'to change the page break. Do.

The passbook 2 whose page has been changed is transported to a position facing the page / line detection sensor 11. Here, the page mark of the opened page is optically read, and it is checked whether the page is to be printed. If a predetermined page is opened, it is conveyed to the printing unit 4 and printed by the print head 5.
If it is not turned over, it is transported again to the automatic page break mechanism 9, and
A predetermined number of pages are turned. If the page has been turned too much, it is conveyed to the automatic reverse page feed mechanism 16 and a predetermined number of pages are turned back.

As described above, a part of the page feed roller is formed by the friction member, and the arm is provided with a hook for bending the page by hooking the leading end of the page turned by the page feed roller. By performing a page break at once after holding, it is possible to reduce the time required for the page break operation.

[0026]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

That is, a part of the roller for pressing the page-breaking surface is formed by a friction member, and a hook for bending the page by hooking the leading end of the page wound by the roller is provided on the arm, so that the page-breaking operation is performed. Can be shortened, and the entire passbook processing time can be shortened.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view showing a passbook processing device of one embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a page break operation of an automatic page break mechanism.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a page break operation of the automatic page break mechanism.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a page break operation of the automatic page break mechanism.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a page break operation of the automatic page break mechanism.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a page break operation of the automatic page break mechanism.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a page break operation of the automatic page break mechanism.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a page break operation of the automatic page break mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 9 Automatic Page Breaking Mechanism 10 Page Breaking Roller 25 Arm 27 Hook Part 28 Friction Member

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic page-break mechanism for rotating a roller supported by an arm against a page-breaking surface of a booklet-shaped medium, rotating the page-turned page, and transporting the booklet-shaped medium with the page turned up. A part of a roller that presses the page-breaking surface is formed of a friction member, and a hook that curves a page by hooking a tip of the page wound by the roller is provided on the arm. mechanism. 2. The automatic page break mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a detecting unit for detecting the page turning.