JP3280166B2 - Certificate issuing machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides various types of certificates, such as a resident's card and a seal seal certificate, by directly selecting necessary documents without going through the office of the government office. For example, the present invention relates to an automatic certificate issuing machine for a local government that can automatically issue a certificate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, automatic issuing machines for certificates have been installed in the vicinity of offices of government offices, and when the offices are congested or when the offices are closed on Sundays, etc., they do not go through the offices of the offices. The certificate has been made available automatically. These automatic certificate issuing machines do not require the applicant to fill out the application form, have the advantage of obtaining documents in a relatively short time compared to the person in charge of processing at the counter, or when the office is closed. The advantage is that you can get a certificate.

When a certificate applicant obtains various certificates, such as a resident's card and a seal stamp certificate, using such an automatic certificate issuing machine, the applicant can directly select necessary documents while looking at the display section. And money, etc. On the other hand, the automatic certificate issuing machine obtains information from a database connected to the host computer and starts printing, and the printed paper is sent to the paper transport path and delivered to the applicant. If only one sheet is issued in this case,
For example, when issuing a personal seal certificate or resident's card in individual units, it is issued through the paper transport path as it is printed, but if the paper becomes part of multiple sheets, for example, In the case where the paper is issued, it is necessary to align these papers in the vertical or horizontal direction, bind them with a stapler, and further make a contract. An example of this contract is to make a small punch hole by stacking a plurality of sheets. These small punched holes indicate the identification number or the like of the municipality as a whole by numerals or symbols.

[0004]

However, the binding / signing mechanism is fixed to the transport chassis, and binds at one side perpendicular to the transport direction of the paper transport path to perform the signature. Commonly used certificate papers include A5 landscape, B5 landscape, B5 portrait, and A4 portrait, but the printing width of the printing device is B5
A horizontal (257 mm) so-called B4 size printing device and a paper transport path through which B5 horizontal paper passes are required.
For this reason, there is a problem that the entire apparatus becomes large. In addition, it is also possible to respond by moving the binding / signing mechanism depending on whether the binding position is vertical or horizontal, but in consideration of a driving mechanism that actually moves the binding / signing mechanism and a space for the movement. , And becomes more complicated, and as a result, the whole device becomes larger.

In addition, the paper feed cassette of the printing apparatus must be separated depending on whether the paper is B5 or landscape or vertical, and in the above case, four types of paper feed cassettes are required. After all, the whole device becomes large. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem. In the case where the paper size is the same and the printing direction is different between vertical and horizontal, the certificate is printed by rotating it 90 degrees in the transport path. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic certificate issuing machine in which the width of a paper feeding path and a printing apparatus for use are reduced to reduce the device size of the automatic certificate issuing machine and the type of a necessary paper cassette is reduced. I do.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems According to the first aspect of the present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method of designating the type of a certificate to be issued and designating necessary items to be described in the certificate to be issued. Instruction input means for inputting an instruction related to processing, certificate creating means for creating a certificate to be issued whose type and necessary items are designated by the instruction input means, instruction input processing, certificate creation processing, etc. In the automatic certificate issuing machine provided with control means for controlling a certificate, when the certificate created by the certificate creation means is one set of a plurality of certificate sheets, the plurality of certificate sheets are The binding means for binding and the certificate to be issued
A paper rotation determining unit that determines whether or not to rotate the certificate paper by 90 degrees based on the paper size and the presence or absence of binding, and a certificate paper on which necessary items are described by the certificate creating unit are attached to the binding unit. A paper rotation mechanism for rotating the certificate paper by 90 degrees in the transport path up to the paper path, and controlling the paper rotation mechanism only when the paper rotation determination means determines that the certificate paper needs to be rotated by 90 degrees. hand,
An automatic certificate issuing machine comprising a paper rotating mechanism control unit for rotating each created certificate paper by 90 degrees in a transport path.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the first aspect, the paper rotating mechanism is provided upstream of the transport path. It is. The third aspect of the present invention is the first aspect.
In the automatic certificate issuing machine described above, the paper rotating mechanism control means rotates the conveyed certificate sheets one by one in the paper rotating mechanism.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the first aspect, the binding means binds the transported certificate sheet on one side perpendicular to the transport direction. An automatic certificate issuing machine, wherein the certificate paper to be rotated and rotated by 90 degrees by the paper rotation mechanism control means is only a B5 landscape size.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the certificate sheet does not need to be bound even if the certificate sheet has a B5 horizontal size, the sheet rotating mechanism control means sets the certificate sheet to 9 sheets.
5. The automatic certificate issuance machine according to claim 4, wherein the paper rotation mechanism is controlled so as not to rotate by 0 degrees.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the first aspect, the binding means binds the transported certificate sheet on one side perpendicular to the transport direction. An automatic certificate issuance machine which is arranged and binds the certificate paper without rotating even if the paper size of the certificate is A5 horizontal, B5 vertical or A4 vertical. .

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the fourth aspect, wherein the certificate has four types of paper sizes of A5 width, B5 length, B5 width, and A4 length. The automatic certificate issuing machine is characterized in that B5 vertical and B5 landscape certificate papers are taken out from the same paper cassette.

[0012]

The certificate issuance machine of the present invention having the above-described structure is configured such that the instruction input means specifies the type of the certificate to be issued and the necessary items to be described in the certificate to be issued. The certificate creation unit creates a certificate to be issued with the type and necessary items specified by the instruction input unit. The instruction input process and the process of creating certificates are performed by the control unit.

If the certificate created by the certificate creating unit is a set of a plurality of certificate sheets, the binding unit binds the plurality of certificate sheets. Here, the paper rotation determining means determines whether to rotate the certificate paper by 90 degrees based on the paper size of the certificate to be issued and the presence or absence of binding.

The paper rotating mechanism can rotate the certificate paper on which necessary information is described by the certificate creating means by 90 degrees in the transport path leading to the binding means. Only when it is determined by the paper rotation determining means that the certificate paper needs to be rotated by 90 degrees, the paper rotation mechanism is controlled to rotate each created certificate paper by 90 degrees in the transport path. That is, when it is not necessary to rotate the certificate sheet 90 degrees, the created certificate sheet is transported in the same direction without rotating the certificate sheet 90 degrees.

Therefore, if it is determined that the certificate paper needs to be rotated by 90 degrees, the certificate paper is turned by the paper rotating mechanism.
After being rotated 0 degrees, it is bound by the binding means,
Others are bound by the binding means without being rotated 90 degrees. The operation and effect of the 90-degree rotation as required will be described with reference to specific examples.

For example, in a case where the binding means is arranged so as to bind the transported certificate sheet on one side perpendicular to the transport direction, the binding means may have a 90-degree B5 horizontal size. If it is rotated by 90 degrees, it can be transported in the same way as for B5 vertical before rotating by 90 degrees. Then, the printing width of the printing mechanism for printing the necessary items in the certificate creating means is good for B5 vertical. As described in claim 5, even when the certificate paper is B5 horizontal size, when it is not necessary to bind the certificate paper, the certificate paper may not be rotated 90 degrees.

A commonly used certificate sheet is A5 landscape.
There are B5 horizontal, B5 vertical and A4 vertical. When printing is performed with B5 landscape, the printing width is B5 even though the size of the paper itself is the largest in A4 length.
The size of the entire apparatus is large because it is set for the horizontal size (257 mm) and a paper transport path for passing B5 horizontal paper is required.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, the paper size of the certificate is A5 landscape, B5 length, B5 landscape, A4 landscape.
Even in the case of the four types of vertical paper, the certificate paper of B5 vertical and B5 horizontal can be taken out from the same paper cassette, and the printing width of the printing mechanism corresponds to 210 mm of A4 vertical paper, which is the maximum paper. It is enough
The transport path can also be set to a width that can transport A4 length. In this way, three types of paper cassettes are sufficient,
Further, the printing width of the printing mechanism and the size of the transport path can be reduced, and the size of the entire apparatus can be further reduced.

Further, the paper rotating mechanism is arranged such that the certificate paper on which necessary items are described by the certificate creating means can be rotated by 90 degrees in the transport path to the binding means. Is, as shown in claim 2,
It is conceivable to provide it upstream of the transport path. And
It is conceivable that the conveyed certificate paper is rotated one by one by a paper rotation mechanism.

The reason for rotating one sheet at a time is mainly to simplify the structure and to improve the reliability. Of course, it may be rotated after storing a plurality of sheets.
It is more complicated than rotating one by one, and the reliability is slightly lower. Therefore, if priority is given to the fact that the rotation is reliably performed while having a relatively easy structure, a configuration in which the rotation is performed one by one is preferable. Then, a mechanism arrangement is possible in which the sheet is rotated one sheet at a time on the upstream side of the transport path and sent to the downstream side, and when the required number of sheets are gathered, the front, rear, left and right are aligned, and the sheets are bound by the binding means.

It should be noted that a seal is also made at the same time as or after binding by the binding means.
An example of this contract is to make a small punch hole by stacking a plurality of sheets. These small punched holes indicate the identification number or the like of the municipality as a whole by numerals or symbols. This seal means may be arranged as a set with the binding means.

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view of an automatic certificate issuing machine embodying the present invention. In the following description, first, the basic configuration of the certificate issuing machine of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, and then the basic operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. Next, with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9, mechanisms related to the transport path including the paper rotating mechanism of the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, a card insertion slot 2 is provided on a front panel of a housing 1a of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 according to the present embodiment.
a is provided with a magnetic stripe 41 on which various information such as a user ID identification code including a personal identification number of each user as shown in FIG. 2 is recorded.
This is for inserting the card 40. A card reader 2 (see FIG. 3) as a well-known instruction input unit is provided behind the card insertion slot 2a. Above the card reader 2, the user inputs desired information by directly touching a CRT display device 3 on which an operation method, guidance, and the like are displayed, and a displayed portion on the CRT display device 3. A touch panel 4 is provided as a well-known instruction input unit capable of performing such operations.

In the vicinity of the magnetic card reader 2, there is provided a call button 22 for calling a clerk in the event of trouble or the like. An assist bar 42 is provided so as to be easily operated when using the automatic letter issuing machine 1. Further, below the assist bar 42, a part of the housing 1a has a size enough to fit below the knee of the person riding the wheelchair so that the user of the wheelchair can easily use the wheelchair. A dug 43 is formed, and a shock absorbing sheet 44 for absorbing a shock when a part of a wheelchair collides is provided on an inner surface of the dug 43.

The height and position of each operation unit of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 are laid out so that a user of a wheelchair can easily operate it. On the front panel, a coin insertion slot 5a and a bill insertion slot 6a for paying a fee are formed on the right side of the touch panel 4, and these are a well-known coin sorting and collecting device (coin mech) 5 and a bill, respectively. It is in communication with a recovery device (build burr) 6. These coin insertion slot 5a and bill insertion slot 6a
Below, a take-out port 8 for taking out change and receipts, and a laser printer 1 as an illumination creating means to be described later.
A certificate outlet 7 for discharging a certificate such as a resident card printed at 1 is formed. The touch panel 4
An operation indicator 10 for indicating whether the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 is in a usable state or in an unusable state is provided above the operation display 10.
Is provided.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, the automatic certificate issuing machine 1
Will be described. The automatic certificate issuing machine 1 of the present embodiment includes a CP connected to a host computer 31.
It operates according to a command from U13 and constitutes the control means of the present invention. Further, in the present invention, the setting is made so that the CPU 13 also functions as a paper rotation determining means for determining whether to rotate the certificate paper by 90 degrees and a paper rotating mechanism control means for controlling the paper rotating mechanism. Have been.

The CPU 13 includes the card reader 2, the CRT display device 3, the touch panel 4, the coin sorting and collecting device 5, the bill collecting device 6, the laser printer 11, the call button 22, and the receipt. A receipt printer 12 for printing, a paper transport unit 51 for transporting and aligning documents, and a paper transport unit 51
A paper discharge unit 53 for receiving documents from the user and issuing the documents to the applicant, a paper rotation mechanism 80 for rotating the paper one by 90 degrees one by one, and when the number of documents printed by the laser printer 11 is plural. A stapler 14 for binding the edges of the documents, a stamping machine 15 for marking the documents, an utterance device 16 for explaining the operation method and the like by voice, and a control device for controlling the CPU 13. A hard disk memory 17 as storage means for storing an operation program and the like, and a remote panel 18 for notifying a person in charge of the operation status of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 and the pressing of the call button 22 are connected. .

The stamping machine 15 performs this operation by stacking a plurality of sheets and making small punch holes. These small punched holes indicate the identification number or the like of the municipality as a whole by numerals or symbols. The host computer 31 is connected to a database 32 in which data such as family register and address of each resident is stored. Further, the host computer 31 has the monitoring terminal 9
6 is connected, and the operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 can be monitored.

Next, the basic operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. The automatic certificate issuing machine 1 normally displays a predetermined card insertion screen on the CRT display device 3 by the CPU 13, and determines whether or not the ID card 40 is inserted (step 100. Hereinafter, steps will be simply referred to as S.
It is written. ). When the user uses the automatic certificate issuing machine 1, the user inserts the ID card 40 into the card insertion slot 2a of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 first, so that the CPU 13 checks whether the ID card 40 is inserted into the card reader 2. Whether the ID card 40 is inserted or not (S1).
00: YES), and instructs the card reader 2 to read data (S110).

The card reader 2 reads data recorded on the ID card 40 and transfers the data to the CPU 13. The CPU 13 checks whether the inserted ID card 40 is a card for the automatic certificate issuing machine (S120). If the card is not a card for the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 (S120: NO), the ID card 40 is ejected from the card insertion slot 2a (S130), and the fact is displayed on the CRT display device 3 (S14).
0).

On the other hand, if the inserted card is for the automatic certificate issuing machine (S120: YES), a recitation number input guidance process is performed (S150). this is,
The screen display prompting the user to input the recite number is displayed on the CRT display device 3, and a signal is also sent to the utterance device 16 to utter "Please input the recite number".

Then, it is determined whether or not the user touches the touch panel 4 to input a recitation number (S16).
0), when input, the CPU 13 transmits the user ID identification code of the user recorded on the ID card 40 and the input recite number to the host computer 31. The host computer 31 checks the user ID identification code transmitted from the CPU 13 against the password (S1).
70), if the recitation number is not correct for the user ID identification code (S180: NO), the CPU 13
, And the recitation number guidance process (S150) is performed again. In other words, the screen display that prompts you to enter
It is displayed on the T display device 3 and is also generated from the utterance device 16.

If the recitation number is correct (S180:
YES), CPU 13 performs a certificate selection guidance process (S190). In this guidance process, the name of the certificate that can be handled and the like are displayed on the CRT display device 3 and a signal is also sent to the utterance device 16 to utter "Please select a required certificate".

The user can select a required menu by touching a portion of the touch panel 4 on which a menu to be selected is displayed. In the CPU 13,
It is determined whether or not this menu selection input has been performed (S
200). Here, the menu that can be selected in S200 will be described. In this embodiment, it is possible to issue a resident's card and a seal certificate.

When a selection is input (S200: YE)
S), the CPU 13 performs a copy number selection guidance process (S210 in FIG. 5). This copy number selection guidance process
A screen prompting the user to select the number of copies is displayed on the CRT display device 3, and a signal is also sent to the utterance device 16 to utter "Please select the required number of copies". User is touch panel 4
The required number of copies can be selected by touching.

When the number of copies is input (S2
20: YES), the CPU 13 calculates the fee of the certificate selected by the user, and displays a screen prompting the user to input the fee on the CRT display device 3 (S230). The user enters a fee according to the fee display. If the fee is a coin, it is inserted from the coin insertion slot 5a and enters the coin sorting and collecting device 5. If the bill is a bill, it is inserted through the bill insertion slot 6a and enters the bill collection device 6. At this time, if necessary, change is paid out from the coin sorting and collecting device 5 and discharged from the take-out opening 8. The receipt is printed by the receipt printer 12 and discharged from the outlet 8.

When the CPU 13 confirms receipt of the prescribed fee (S240: YES), and confirms that the fee has been collected, the CPU 13 transmits a command to the card reader 2 and inserts the ID card from the card insertion slot 2a. Let it drain. Upon detecting that the ID card has been removed, a screen notifying that a certificate is being created is displayed on the CR.
It is displayed on the T display device 3. In addition, a signal is also sent to the utterance device 16 to utter the message "Certificate is being prepared now, please wait for a while" (S250).

At the same time, the CPU 13 requests the host computer 31 for data necessary for issuing a certificate. The host computer 31 is a database 3
2 to extract necessary information from the user ID identification code obtained from the ID card and the data such as the type of the document selected as described above, and the CPU 13 of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1
Send to

The CPU 13 sends the data transferred from the host computer 31 to the laser printer 11 for printing, and the certificate printed by the laser printer 11 is conveyed and stapled at the end by the stapler 14, and the stamper 15 After being signed, the certificate is discharged from the certificate discharge port 7 (S260). This certificate creation / discharge process will be described later with reference to FIG. In addition, a signal was sent to the vocalization device 16 and said, "Certificate is completed.
Please be careful not to forget the receipt and card. ".

Then, it is detected whether or not the certificate presented to the certificate outlet 7 has been taken by the applicant (S27).
0), if the certificate is taken (S270: YES), CP
U13 displays an end screen (S280). After a while, the same card insertion screen as described above is displayed on the CRT display device 3, and the above operation is repeated.

If it is detected that the certificate delivered to the certificate outlet 7 is not taken by the applicant even after the predetermined time has passed (S270: NO), the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 sends the certificate The certificate inserted into the discharge port 7 is collected inside (S290) and stored in the collection tray 76. The remote panel 33 is provided near the person in charge, and when the user presses the call button 22 or when the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 runs out of printing paper, for example, the remote panel 33 emits a lamp or chime. Inform the person in charge by means such as

Next, the certificate creation / discharge process in S260 will be described with reference to FIG. During this process, a process of determining whether to rotate the certificate sheet by 90 degrees is performed. First, the CPU 13 issues a certificate creation command to the host computer 31 to request data necessary for issuing a certificate (S310). Then, the data of the certificate sent from the host computer 31 is sent to the laser printer 11 for printing (S320).
Next, it is checked whether the designated certificate size is B5 horizontal (S330), and if it is B5 horizontal (S3).
30: YES), it is checked whether or not the applied certificate is a family card (S340).

If it is a family vote (S340: YES)
Rotates the paper printed and sent by the laser printer 11 90 degrees one by one in the paper rotation mechanism 80 (S360), and sends the paper to the paper alignment unit. The detailed configuration of the paper alignment unit will be described later. When a predetermined number of sheets are stored in the sheet alignment unit, the sheets are aligned (S37).
0), a binding process (S380), and a signing process (S390) are performed and sent to the certificate discharging unit to be finally issued (S).
400).

If the paper size is not B5 horizontal in S330 (S330: NO), it is checked whether the paper is a family card (S350), and if it is a family card (S350: YE).
In step S), the sheet printed and sent by the laser printer 11 is sent to the sheet aligning unit as it is (without rotating the sheet 90 degrees). As described above, when a predetermined number of sheets are stored in the sheet aligning unit, the sheets are aligned (S370), and the binding process (S38).
0), a contract process (S390) is performed, and the certificate is sent to the certificate discharging unit and issued (S400).

On the other hand, in S350, the certificate is not a family card,
That is, if it is a personal slip (S350: NO), the printed certificate is sent to the certificate output unit via the paper alignment unit (S400). In the case of a personal vote in S340 (S340:
NO) is also sent to the certificate discharging unit in the same manner as described above (S40).
0).

Next, the structure related to the paper rotating mechanism of the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 shows a laser printer 11 and a paper transport unit 5.
8 is a side view including the sheet discharging unit 53, FIG. 8 is a plan view of a sheet aligning and feeding unit, and FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway side view of the sheet rotating mechanism.

Inside the right side of the housing 1a of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1, a laser printer 11 which constitutes a part of the certificate creation means from the lower part, a paper transport unit 51 for aligning paper thereon, a stapler 14, The stamping machine 15 and the like are attached to the main body side of the housing 1a, respectively, and the paper discharge unit 53 is attached to the door side of the housing 1a. Therefore, when the door is opened, the paper discharge unit 53 also opens outward, and the paper transport unit 51 and the laser printer 11 attached to the main body are exposed to facilitate operations such as maintenance.

The guide plate 54 constituting the paper transport unit 51 guides the paper discharged from the upper discharge port 11a of the laser printer 11 to the first rubber roller 55a and the pinch roller 55b. A multi-feed sensor 78 for detecting multi-feed of paper is disposed on the guide plate 54, and the presence or absence of multi-feed of paper is checked.

Immediately after the first rubber roller 55a and the pinch roller 55b, a paper rotating mechanism 80 for rotating the produced certificate paper by 90 degrees in the transport path is provided, and the certificate paper is rotated by 90 degrees. When it is necessary to rotate the certificate paper, rotate the certificate paper 90 degrees and then shoot the paper.
Guide to 5. As shown in FIG. 9, the paper rotating mechanism 80 is driven by a rotary solenoid 83, a solenoid 87, and the like. The paper rotating mechanism will be described in detail in conjunction with the operation described later.

The outlet 55c of the chute 55 (FIG. 7)
), A paper alignment tray 56 rotatable about a fulcrum 56c is disposed. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, when a predetermined number of sheets (indicated by P in FIG. 8) are continuously discharged onto the sheet aligning tray 56, the motor 59 rotates to drive the belt 58. As a result, the paper holding block 57 fixed to the belt 58 slides on the guide bar 60 to the left, and the paper holding claws 57a (two places) fixed to the paper holding block 57 move the end of the paper to the position shown in FIG.
8 so as to be pushed to the left. Also,
A plurality of width alignment plates 74 are provided for moving and aligning a plurality of sheets stored on the sheet alignment tray 56 in the width direction.

A rubber roller 56a (see FIG. 7) and a pinch roller 56b are arranged at the left end of the sheet aligning tray 56.
When the solenoid 71 is sucked, the nip is released via the link 72 to form a gap therebetween, and the leading end of the sheet pressed by the sheet pressing claw 57a is inserted into the gap. On the left side of the paper aligning tray 56, a stamping machine 15 and staplers 14 on both sides thereof are arranged, respectively.
The paper on the paper alignment tray 56 is bound by the stapler 14 and signed by the stamp machine 15.

The paper discharge tray 61 constituting the paper discharge unit 53 is disposed below the stamping machine 15 and the stapler 14, and the paper on the paper alignment tray 56 is nipped by a rubber roller 56a and a pinch roller 56b to the left. After being sent, it is discharged onto the sheet discharge tray 61. On the left side of the paper discharge tray 61, a certificate discharge port 7 provided with a shutter 68 is disposed, and the paper on the paper discharge tray 61 is provided by a pinch roller 63a on the paper discharge tray and a paper holding paper 6
After being gripped by the plurality of rubber rollers 66a on 5, the rubber roller 66a is driven clockwise to be discharged from the certificate discharge port 7.

FIG. 9 shows in detail a paper rotating mechanism 80 for rotating the certificate paper provided in the chute 55 by 90 degrees, and a plastic rotation urged by a compression spring 88 from below the chute 55. Possible rollers 8
And a rubber roller 81 slidable downward by a solenoid 87 and rotatable by a rotary solenoid 83.

Next, an operation method of the main mechanism of the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 of the present embodiment will be described. When the applicant selects a certificate and obtains a certificate, when the type, number of copies, etc. of the certificate are selected and a fee is entered, the CPU 13 accesses the host computer 31 and searches the database 32 for the corresponding data. Extract. At this time, CPU1
3 determines whether or not to rotate the certificate paper by 90 degrees based on the type, size, number of sheets, etc. of the applied certificate.

Then, the extracted data is stored in the laser printer 1.
Send to 1 for printing. The printed paper is output face down from the upper discharge port 11a of the laser printer 11, passes through the guide plate 54, and reaches the double feed sensor 78 to check for the presence of double feed. When it is determined that the double feed is not performed, the plurality of rubber rollers 55a and the pinch rollers 5
It is sent into the chute 55 by the pair of 5b. At this time, if the certificate selected by the applicant does not need to rotate 90 degrees, the certificate enters the chute 55 and the first rubber roller 5
The certificates are sent to the right in the chute 55 by the 5a and the pinch roller 55b.

Then, from the chute outlet 55c, the fulcrum 5
The sheet is discharged face-up onto the sheet aligning tray 56 which is circularly moved clockwise around the center 6c and is in the state of a two-dot chain line. When a predetermined number of sheets are continuously discharged face-up onto the sheet aligning tray 56, the motor 59 rotates to drive the belt 58.
The paper pressing block 57 fixed to the paper slides on the guide bar 60 to the left, and the paper pressing claws 57a (two places) fixed to the paper pressing block 57 push the end of the paper to the left.

Next, when the solenoid 71 is sucked, the pinch roller holder 73 is rotated clockwise by the link 72 to form a gap between the rubber roller 56a and the pinch roller 56b that have been nipped, and the paper pressing claw 57a The pressed paper passes through this gap and has
5 and paper insertion openings 15 of the stapler 14 on both sides thereof
a. The leading edge of the sheet is pressed against the inside of the sheet insertion slot by the sheet pressing claw 57a, and the right and left ends of the sheet are aligned. The width of each of the plurality of sheets on the sheet alignment tray 56 is adjusted by moving in the direction. As a result, the sheets are aligned in the front, rear, left and right directions. Thereafter, the sheets are bound by the stapler 14 and stamped by the stamping machine 15.

After the paper is nipped by the rubber roller 56a and the pinch roller 56b, returned to the right and the leading end of the paper is pulled out from the insertion slot 15a, the paper aligning tray 56 is moved in a counterclockwise arc around the fulcrum 56c. Exercise Figure 7
The state of the solid line inside. The sheet is nipped by the rubber roller 56a and the pinch roller 56b, and is sent to the left and discharged onto the sheet discharge tray 61. Since the left side of the discharge tray 61 is high and inclined, the discharged sheet slides down to the lower right, but is stopped by the sheet receiving plate portion 61a at the right end of the discharge tray 61.

Then, a motor (not shown) is driven to rotate the belt, and the paper presser 65 slides downward by a pull spring. As a result, the paper on the discharge tray 61 is gripped by the pinch roller 63b on the discharge tray and the rubber rollers 66a on the paper presser 65, and the rubber roller 6
6a is driven clockwise to feed the sheet to the upper left. The shutter 68 is opened toward the inside, and the sheet is sent out further until the leading end comes out of the housing 1a. The customer picks up the sheet and senses it, closes the shutter 68 and ends the issuing operation.

Next, a case will be described in which the certificate selected by the applicant is required to rotate the paper by 90 degrees. In this case, the B5 vertical certificate paper, which is printed by rotating the characters by 90 degrees with respect to the paper sent in the B5 vertical direction in the laser printer 11, enters the chute 55 and pinches the first rubber roller 55a. The sheet is fed into the chute 55 by the roller 55b, and the leading edge of the sheet is detected by the detection sensor 55d, and the driving of the rubber roller 55a is stopped.

Then, the rubber roller 55a is slid upward by an eccentric shaft or the like by driving a motor (not shown) to make the paper free. The rubber roller 55a to be slid is a rubber roller 55a that holds the sheet when the center of the B5 sheet comes to the center of the roller 81 of the sheet rotating mechanism 80, and corresponds to each of two rollers upstream and downstream in FIG.

Thereafter, the solenoid 87 sucks, and the roller 81 slides downward against the compression spring 89 to pinch the paper between the roller 82 and the lower roller 82. Then, the rotary solenoid 83 rotates, and the gears 84 and 85 rotate the roller 81 by 90 degrees. The B5 vertical sheet sandwiched between the rollers 81 and 82 is rotated 90 degrees to be in a B5 horizontal state, and thereafter, the solenoid 87 and the rotary solenoid 83 are respectively restored, and the roller 81 returns upward.

Then, the rubber roller 55a is slid downward by the driving of a motor (not shown) to
Grip the paper with b. Thereafter, as in the case where the sheet is not rotated, the certificates are sent to the right in the chute 55 and discharged from the chute outlet 55c onto the sheet aligning tray 56 in a face-up state. Paper rotation mechanism 8
In the case of 0, the printed certificate sheets are rotated one by one, and a predetermined number of sheets are discharged onto the sheet alignment tray 56. The document is further bound and signed, and issued from the certificate discharge port 7 in a B5 landscape state. During the rotation of the paper by 90 degrees, the paper feed by the rubber roller 55a is stopped. Therefore, it is necessary to rotate the paper or adjust the printing speed of the laser printer 11 until the next paper is completely discharged from the laser printer 11. There is.

As is apparent from the above description, in the automatic certificate issuing machine 1 of the present embodiment, the certificate paper size is B
Even if the binding / signing is required with five widths, the paper can be used by rotating the paper by 90 degrees after printing, so that the laser printer 11 as a printing device is used for A4 size (21
0 mm), and the width of the sheet conveyance path up to the sheet rotating mechanism portion may be A4 width. Therefore, the volume for mounting these can be reduced, and the device size of the automatic certificate issuing machine can be further reduced.

Since the B5 landscape certificate is rotated by 90 degrees after printing, it can be handled in the same manner as the B5 portrait until then.
It is possible to use only four types, that is, four lengths and B5 length, which has the effect of contributing to miniaturization of the overall device size.

As described above, in the above-described embodiment, an example embodying the present invention has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the paper rotating mechanism 80 may be changed to a position different from that of the present embodiment, or a rotary solenoid may be used. It is sufficiently possible to achieve the object of the present invention by changing the 87 to a pulse motor. For example, in the above embodiment, the sheets are rotated by 90 degrees one by one. However, the arrangement may be such that when the required number of sheets are accumulated, they are aligned and then rotated by 90 degrees, followed by binding and signing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an automatic certificate issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an ID card used in the automatic certificate issuing machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a part of the operation of the automatic certificate issuing machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a certificate creation / discharge process by the automatic certificate issuing machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a side view including a laser printer, a sheet transport unit, and a sheet discharge unit 53 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of a sheet alignment feeding unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway sectional view of the paper rotating mechanism of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Certificate automatic issuing machine 1a ... Case 3 ... CRT display device 4 ... Touch panel 7 ... Certificate discharge port 11 ... Laser printer 11a ... Top discharge port 14 ... Stapler 15 ... Seal machine 31 ... Host computer 32 ... Database 51 ... Paper transport unit 53 Paper discharge unit 55 Chute 55a Rubber roller 55b Pinch roller 56 Paper alignment tray 61 Paper discharge tray 80 Paper rotation mechanism 81, 82 Roller 83, 87 Rotary solenoid 84 Gear 88, 89 … Compression spring

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. Instruction input means for inputting an instruction relating to a granting process such as designation of a type of a certificate to be issued and designation of necessary items to be described in the certificate to be issued; A certificate creation means for creating a certificate to be issued with specified items; and a control means for controlling the instruction input processing and the certificate creation processing, and the like. Means for binding a plurality of certificate sheets when the certificate created by the means is a set of a plurality of certificate sheets; and a sheet size and binding status of the certificate to be issued. From
And a paper rotating determining means for determining whether or not to rotate 90 degrees the certificate paper, the serial placement certificate paper requirements by the certificate generation unit, in the transport route to the binding means 90
A paper rotation mechanism for rotating the certificate paper, and controlling the paper rotation mechanism only when it is determined that the certificate paper needs to be rotated by 90 degrees by the paper rotation determination means, to generate each certificate. An automatic certificate issuing machine comprising: a paper rotation mechanism control unit configured to rotate paper by 90 degrees in a transport path. 2. The automatic certificate issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein said paper rotating mechanism is disposed upstream of said transport path. 3. The automatic certificate issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein said paper rotating mechanism control means rotates the certificate paper to be conveyed one by one in said paper rotating mechanism. 4. The certifying device according to claim 1, wherein the binding means is arranged so as to bind the transported certificate paper at one side perpendicular to the transport direction, and a certification object to be rotated by 90 degrees by the paper rotating mechanism control means. 2. The automatic certificate issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein the size of the paper is B5 width only. 5. The paper rotation mechanism control means controls the paper rotation mechanism so as not to rotate the certificate paper by 90 degrees when the certificate paper does not need to be bound even if it is B5 landscape size. The automatic certificate issuing machine according to claim 4, characterized in that: 6. The binding means is arranged so that the conveyed certificate paper is bound on one side perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and the paper size of the certificate is A5 landscape, B5 length, A4 length. 2. The automatic certificate issuance machine according to claim 1, wherein even if the binding is required, the certificate paper is bound without rotating. 7. The paper size of the certificate is A5 landscape / B.
It is considered to be 4 types of 5 vertical, B5 horizontal, A4 vertical,
5. The automatic certificate issuing machine according to claim 4, wherein the certificate papers of 5 vertical and B5 landscape are taken out from the same paper cassette.