JP3223010B2 - Receipt issuing 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 receipt issuing device provided in a cash register such as an electronic cash register or a point-of-sale (POS) terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional receipt issuing apparatus of this type, a printing section is provided along a conveyance path of a receipt sheet drawn from roll paper, a cutter section is provided downstream of the printing section, and a further downstream section is provided. There was a receipt issuing port on the side. The cutter unit includes, for example, a slit-shaped paper cutting unit, a cutter blade, a driving mechanism for the cutter blade, and the like. Receipt paper sent from the printing unit passes through the paper cutting unit, and goes out of the apparatus from the receipt issuing port. When the drive mechanism is operated in the discharged state, the cutter blade moves so as to close the sheet cutting section and cuts the receipt sheet.

[0005] Each time a sales registration of a product purchased by one customer is performed by a cash register, the sales registration data is printed line by line on receipt paper by the printing unit.
Also, every time the closing key is operated after the sales registration of all the products purchased by one customer is completed, the closing unit such as the total amount is printed on the receipt paper line by line by the printing unit.
Feed a few lines of receipt paper. Then, after the printed portion has passed through the paper cutting section, the drive mechanism is activated and the receipt blade is cut by the paper cutting section with the cutter blade, whereby the product registration data for one customer is printed. Was issued a receipt.

[0004]

The issued receipt is handed over to the customer and stored by the customer. For this reason,
If a hole of the same size is made in each receipt, for example, in the upper central portion, it becomes easier to arrange by passing a string or the like through the hole.

However, the conventional receipt issuing apparatus does not have a function of automatically punching a receipt to be issued. Therefore, for example, a store prepares a commercially available punch at a cash register, and the store prepares the punch. Alternatively, the customer had to open a hole in the issued receipt by manipulating it. Even if the punching machine is to be incorporated into the receipt issuing device, a driving mechanism for operating the punching machine is required in addition to the punching machine, and there is a concern that the configuration is complicated.

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a receipt issuing apparatus capable of automatically operating a punching means without using a driving mechanism dedicated to punching to punch a hole in an issued receipt and issuing a receipt that is easy to organize with a simple configuration. It is intended to provide.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a printing means is provided along a conveying path of a receipt paper drawn from roll paper, and a paper cutting section, a cutter blade and a cutter are provided downstream of the printing means. Providing cutter means provided with a blade driving mechanism, and sending out receipt paper on which the product registration data for one customer registered and sold by the cash register by the printing means is printed to the cutter means, and the printed portion is a paper sheet. In a receipt issuing device that cuts a receipt sheet by a sheet cutting unit by driving a driving mechanism after moving through a cutting unit and moves a cutter blade to issue a receipt on which product registration data for one customer is printed, On the upstream side of the paper cutting section of the cutter means, in conjunction with the cutter blade, the cutter blade cuts the receipt paper simultaneously or simultaneously. It is provided with a perforation means for opening the substantially center hole of the receipt paper before being.

[0008]

According to the present invention having such a configuration, the receipt paper on which the merchandise registration data of one customer registered and sold by the cash register by the printing means is printed is sent to the cutter means, and the printed portion is printed. Is passed through the paper cutting section, the drive mechanism is driven. Thereby, the cutter blade moves and the receipt paper is cut at the paper cutting section. At this time, the punching means operates in conjunction with the movement of the cutter blade, and the receipt is positioned at the same time as, or before, the paper cutting unit at the same time as or before the receipt paper is cut at the paper cutting unit by the cutter blade. A hole is punched almost in the center of the paper. The position of this hole corresponds to the upper center of the receipt issued to the next customer.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side view schematically showing a schematic structure of a receipt issuing device 1 according to the embodiment. The receipt issuing device 1 includes a roll paper storage unit 3 for storing roll paper 2 and a roll paper storage unit 3. Conveying means 5 for conveying the receipt paper 4 pulled out of the storage section 3, printing means 6 for printing data on the receipt paper 4 conveyed by the conveying means 5, and receipt paper on which data printing is performed by the printing means 6. 4 has a structure in which it is connected to a main body 8 having a cutter means 7 for cutting it.

The printing means 6 comprises, for example, a thermal print head 6a, which drives the print head 6a to print data on the receipt paper 4 on a platen roller 6b provided opposite the print head 6a. Configuration.

The conveying means 5 includes a stepping motor (not shown), and transmits the rotation of the stepping motor to the platen roller 6b via a motor gear 5a, an idle gear 5b, and a platen gear 5c. Then, the roll paper 2 stored in the roll paper storage unit 3
When the receipt paper 4 pulled out of the printer is guided by the paper guide 9 and fed into the main body 8 through the paper insertion opening 10, it is wound around the platen roller 6b, passes through the printing means 6, and further passes through the cutter means 7. A sheet transport path is formed so as to be discharged from a receipt issuing port (not shown) to the outside.

The parts described so far are the same as those of a conventionally well-known receipt issuing device. The present embodiment is characterized in that a perforating means is provided in the cutter means 7 and a hole 12 is formed in the upper center of the issuance receipt 11 as shown in FIG. 2, and the structure of the cutter means 7 in this embodiment will be described below. This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the main structure of the cutter means 7. As shown in FIG. The substrate 21a of the L-shaped cutter frame 21 has an upstream printing means 6 near its tip.
The paper cutting opening 22 for inserting the receipt paper 4 sent out in the direction of arrow A in the figure is formed in the width direction, and the square window 23 is formed in the longitudinal direction from the middle part to the rear end part. I have.

A cutter blade 2 is provided on the upper surface of the substrate 21a.
4 is slidably mounted in a longitudinal direction of the substrate 21a (directions of arrows B1 and B2 in FIG. 3) by a pair of mounting tools 25a and 25b with the blade edge 24a facing the paper cutting port 22. Then, the rear end 2 of the cutter blade 24
4b is bent upward to face the side plate 21b of the cutter frame 21, and a tension spring 26 is stretched between the rear end 24b and the side plate 21b.
A part of both sides of the cutter blade 24 in front of the rear end is bent downward to form a pair of bent pieces 27a, 27a.
b (not shown), and these bent pieces 27a and 27b protrude downward from the square window 23.

On the other hand, a solenoid 28 as a drive mechanism of the cutter blade 24 is fixed to the lower surface of the substrate 21a, and a pair of plungers 29 attached to the tip side of a plunger 29 which is movable by energization of the solenoid 28. The engagement shafts 30a, 30b are engaged with engagement U-grooves 31a, 31b (31b not shown) formed on the distal end edges of the bent pieces 27a, 27b, respectively, from the inside, so that the power of the solenoid 28 is increased. Is transmitted to the cutter blade 24.

That is, when the solenoid 28 is energized and the plunger 29 is retracted, the cutter blade 24 slides in the direction of the tip of the substrate 21a (in the direction of arrow B1 in the figure) against the urging force of the tension spring 26. And the cutting edge 24a
When the user closes the paper cutting port 22, the receipt paper 4 inserted through the paper cutting port 22 is cut. Thereby, the receipt 11 is issued from the receipt issuing port.

Thereafter, when the energization of the solenoid 28 is stopped, the cutter blade 24 slides in the rear end direction (the direction of arrow B2 in the drawing) of the substrate 21a by the urging force of the tension spring 26 to return to the original position. Return.

A punching means 32 is fixed to the upper surface of the cutter blade 24. The piercing means 32 includes a rod-shaped piercing cutter 32 a and a support member 32 b for supporting the tip of the piercing cutter 32 a toward the tip of the substrate 21 a of the cutter frame 21, and is interlocked with the cutter blade 24. The tip of the piercing cutter 32a
The cutter blade 24 protrudes in the same position as the tip of the blade edge 24a or slightly in the direction of the tip of the substrate 21a from the blade edge.

That is, when the solenoid 28 is energized, the cutter blade 24 moves toward the tip of the substrate 21a (arrow B in the figure).
When it slides in one direction, the perforating means 32 also moves in the same direction, and the perforating cutter 32a presses the substantially central portion of the receipt paper 4 slightly upstream of the paper cutting port 22. At this time, the receipt paper 4 hardly slacks before or is being cut by the cutter blade 24,
The hole 12 is opened at a substantially central portion of the receipt paper 4 by the perforation cutter 32a.

Thereafter, the energization of the solenoid 28 is released, and the cutter blade 24 is moved toward the rear end (in the direction of arrow B2 in the figure).
When slid, the perforating means 32 also returns to the original position in conjunction with it.

The receipt issuing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration is used by being incorporated in, for example, an electronic cash register. The control unit of the electronic cash register sends out the print data of the merchandise registration data to the receipt issuing device 1 every time the merchandise sales are registered. Further, when the closing key is operated and input to declare the end of the registration of the product purchased by one customer, the printing data of the closing data such as the total amount and change amount of the customer is transmitted, followed by a feed command of several lines. To send a receipt issuing command.

The receipt issuing device 1 prints data on the receipt paper 4 by the printing means 6 while feeding the receipt paper 4 line by line by the transport means 5 each time print data is received from the electronic cash register.

When a feed command of several lines is received, the receipt paper 4 is fed by the transport means 5 for several lines. As a result, the portion of the receipt paper 4 on which the product registration data and the closing data for one customer are printed passes through the paper cutting opening 22 of the cutter unit 7.

Subsequently, when receiving the receipt issuing command, the receipt issuing device 1 energizes the solenoid 28.
As a result, the cutter blade 24 moves toward the front end of the substrate 21 a of the cutter frame 21 to close the paper cutting port 22,
Cut the receipt paper 4 and print the printed portion of the receipt
Issued as 1.

At this time, the perforating means 32 operates in conjunction with the cutter blade 24, and slightly before the cutter blade 24 cuts the receipt paper 4 or while the cutter paper 24 is cutting the receipt paper 4, slightly upstream of the paper cutting port 22. A hole 12 is formed in a substantially central portion of the receipt paper 4 by a punch cutter 32a.

Thereafter, the energization of the solenoid 28 is released, and the cutter blade 24 and the piercing means 32 return to their original positions.

Therefore, 1 is set in the electronic cash register.
When the sales registration of the product purchased by the customer is performed and the end of the registration is instructed by the closing key operation, the receipt 11 on which the registration data of the product purchased by the customer and the total data thereof are printed and is issued. The hole 12 is automatically opened in the upper center of the receipt 11 issued to the next customer.

That is, the receipt issuing device 1 of the present embodiment
Since the receipts 11 issued from are all issued with the holes 12 automatically opened, the receipts that are easy for the customer to organize can be easily delivered, and the serviceability can be improved. In this case, the piercing means 32 is provided with the cutter blade 24.
Since a driving mechanism dedicated to drilling is not required, the configuration is simple.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0031]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the perforating means is automatically operated without using a driving mechanism dedicated to perforating, and one per customer issued to each shopper. It is possible to provide a receipt issuing device that can make a hole of the same size at the same position on each receipt on which merchandise sales data is printed, and that can issue a receipt that is easy for a shopper to organize with a simple configuration.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an example of a receipt issued in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main structure of the cutter means in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Receipt issuing device 2 ... Roll paper 4 ... Receipt paper 5 ... Conveying means 6 ... Printing means 7 ... Cutter means 11 ... Receipt 12 ... Hole 21 ... Cutter frame 22 ... Paper cutting opening 24 ... Cutter blade 28 ... Solenoid 32 ... Perforation means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cutter provided with a printing means along a transport path of a receipt paper drawn from roll paper, and a paper cutting section, a cutter blade, and a driving mechanism of the cutter blade provided downstream of the printing means. Means, a receipt paper on which the product registration data of one customer registered and sold by the cash register by the printing means is printed is sent to the cutter means, and the printed portion has passed through the paper cutting section. A receipt issuing device that drives the drive mechanism later to move the cutter blade to cut the receipt paper at the paper cutting unit and issue a receipt on which product registration data for one customer is printed, The receipt paper is cut by the cutter blade in cooperation with the cutter blade, on the upstream side of the paper cutting unit in the cutter means. Receipt issuing apparatus characterized in that a perforation means for opening the substantially center hole of the receipt paper prior Noto are simultaneous or disconnected.