JP3716138B2 - Automatic certificate issuing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The apparatus for automatically issuing certificates according to the present invention relates to an apparatus for automatically issuing so-called certificates such as a resident's card or certificate in a local government, or a graduation prospective certificate in a university.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, the issuance of so-called certificates, such as resident's cards and seal certificates in local governments, or prospective graduation certificates at universities, has been carried out by staff members in the counter work, aiming to improve efficiency and improve services, regardless of weekdays or holidays. There is an increasing need for a so-called automatic certificate issuing device that allows a user to directly operate at any time to obtain desired certificates.
[0003]
In response to these needs, automatic issuing devices for various certificates have appeared. However, such conventional products have various problems such as large devices, high costs, and time-consuming issuance. In addition, the certificates are required to be stamped in red with a certificate of jurisdiction, etc.
[0004]
In recent years, monochrome electronic printing called so-called LBP (Laser Beam Printer) is commonly used to print the certificate of the contents of such certificates. Generally, the certification part is black and the authentication stamp part is printed in red with a red color, or the certificate with the content certification part printed in black from a monochrome LBP is placed in the rear part and printed with the red stamp mechanism. Has been done.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Among the above prior arts, the color LBP in the former is still much slower than the monochrome LBP in terms of printing speed, and the apparatus has a large problem in practical use, such as a large size and a large cost. . On the other hand, in the latter case, there are a red stamp printing method, a stamp roller method and a serial wire dot method as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-254514. There was also a problem with replenishment.
[0006]
On the other hand, in the case of serial wire dot printing, if you are forced to print the desired seals while stopping printing for each line in red printing, if you try to print and issue the certificates continuously, until the red printing is completed The printing of the content certification part of the subsequent certificate in the LBP must be stopped, which causes a serious problem that a significant processing speed is delayed in issuing a plurality of certificates.
[0007]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic certificate issuing device comprising a small and efficient red mark printing method.
[0008]
Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic certificate issuing device that performs stable red printing so as to facilitate separation from a certificate after printing a red ribbon.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to carry out the above object, the electronic printing means for printing the certification contents of the certificates, and the certificates printed by the printing means are transported without stopping from the first transport means, Synchronously with the transfer of the red mark printing position to the desired position, the red mark printing means consisting of the thermal line print head is moved and positioned in the direction perpendicular to the certificate transfer direction and pressed against the certificate being transferred. It is equipped with vermilion printing means that prints the seal of the certification stamp in vermilion, and realizes an extremely small and efficient automatic certificate issuing mechanism.
[0010]
In order to carry out the other object, there is provided an auxiliary roller for peeling the ribbon which is rotatably mounted on both sides of the thermal line print head.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the apparatus for explaining the main part of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view for explaining the whole apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a top view for explaining the main part of the red print part of the present invention, FIG. 4 is an enlarged view for explaining the auxiliary roller of the red mark printing portion, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view for explaining an example of a certificate, and FIG. 5 is a view for explaining the element arrangement of the red mark print head.
[0012]
Referring to FIG. 2, a certificate automatic issuing device according to the present invention includes a so-called operation unit 1 for selecting and operating a certificate desired by a user, and a certificate automatic issuing mechanism for automatically issuing a certificate by printing, transporting the certificate, and the like. A part 2, a cash part 3 for depositing / withdrawing a certificate issuance fee, an ID reader 4 for identity verification, a receipt issuing part 5 for issuing a receipt, and a control device 6 for controlling them. .
[0013]
When issuing the certificate 10, the user first selects a desired certificate menu desired to be issued from the touch panel screen 1 a of the operation unit 1, and inserts the ID card 7 into the ID reader 4 according to voice guidance or the like. The transaction is started by inserting the direction of the arrow 7A in FIG. 1 and inputting the password from the screen 1a to confirm the identity.
[0014]
When the transaction menu for the certificates and the identification are completed, the desired certificate 10 is printed and stacked by the certificate automatic issuing mechanism unit 2 when a desired fee is inserted from the coin insertion slot 31 and the bill insertion slot 32. The certificate issuance port 8 issues a batch.
[0015]
At the same time, a receipt and change are issued from the receipt issuing unit 5 and the change mouth 33, and a series of certificate issuing processes is completed.
[0016]
In FIG. 1, a control device 6 mounted on the back surface of the operation unit 1 has a connection function with a host device (not shown) and performs a certificate issuing process in the entire device of the present invention.
[0017]
The desired certificate 10 selected and input from the touch panel screen 1a of the operation unit 1 is printed and issued by the certificate automatic issuing mechanism unit 2. The issuing process in the certificate automatic issuing mechanism unit 2 will be described below.
[0018]
The certificate 10 to be issued instructed by the control device 6 is printed by the electronic printing device 11 in a desired format with the printing surface facing downward, and sent to the first conveying means 12.
The electronic printing apparatus 11 includes electronic printing means, and certificate papers 111a, 112b, and 113c of desired sizes are stored in a plurality of paper hoppers 111, 112, and 113, respectively. To be sent from.
[0019]
The certificate sheet sent from the sheet hopper is printed with the desired certificate contents by the electronic printing unit 114 and sent to the first conveying means 12. The first conveying means is provided with a vermilion printing means 13 for printing a certification mark in vermilion. The sent certificate 10 is conveyed with the printing surface on the red marking printing means 13 side, and the red printing is performed. A desired authentication mark is printed in red in a desired position on the certificate 10 while passing in front of the means 13, transported to the stack 14, and stacked.
[0020]
The red mark printing means 13 prints a desired authentication mark with a red mark at a desired position on the certificate 10 efficiently, so that the certificate 10 does not stop the conveyance and the red mark printing means 13 It is moved and positioned at a desired position in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and printing is performed while transporting to a desired position of the certificate 10 being transported.
[0021]
The red mark printing means 13 is mounted on a carrier 15 and prints a desired red mark on the certificate 10 by a so-called thermal line print head 16 in which dots are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the certificate 10. Pressing means 18 for pressing the print head 16 on the platen 17; when the desired red print is completed, the print head is moved to the retraction head retraction means 18a; and the print head 16 is moved to the desired position on the certificate 10. A carrier driving means 21 configured to move and position in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the certificate 10 and a ribbon cassette 19 mounted on the red marking printing means 13 so that the red marking printing can be performed. The red ribbon ribbon 20 is driven and controlled by the control device 6 via the drive circuit 6a. To have.
[0022]
In FIG. 3, the carrier drive means 21 comprises a carrier motor 23, a belt 24, and a support rail 22, and as shown by an arrow 25, supports the slide so that it can freely slide in the left and right directions in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the certificate 10. Supported by the rail 22 and driven by the carrier motor 23 via the belt 24, the thermal line print head 16 is moved and positioned at a desired position orthogonal to the conveyance of the certificate 10. When the certificate 10 has been transported to a desired position, the thermal line print head 16 sandwiches the red stamp ribbon 20 on the platen 17 as described above and presses the certificate 10 to place a desired imprint on the desired position. It is designed to print. The ribbon motor 26 is a motor that winds the red ribbon and is driven in synchronization with the pressing of the thermal line print head 16.
[0023]
3 and 4, the auxiliary roller 201 is mounted on both sides of the thermal line print head 16 so as to be freely rotatable with a slight protrusion p from the print surface 16 a of the print head. A shift amount d is shifted in the conveyance direction A direction of the certificate 10 from the contact portion 202 of the platen 17, and the certificate 10 is pressed against the platen 17 at a contact point 203 with the certificate 10. The ribbon 20 is made of a ribbon that is thermally transferred with thermal energy from the print head 16, and the print point is set to be on the contact point 202 between the print head 16 and the platen 17. For this reason, when the thermal line print head 16 performs thermal transfer printing on the certificate 10 being conveyed via the ribbon 20, the ribbon 20 and the certificate 10 are easily separated after printing by the action of the auxiliary roller 201. .
[0024]
In FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, the content certification unit 10a printed on the certificate 10 is printed by the electronic printing apparatus 11 and the red mark 10b is conveyed in the Y direction as described above. The thermal line print head 16 is moved and positioned in the direction X perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the certificate 10 and desired red mark printing is performed. In FIG. 5, when a desired red mark is to be printed at a position (x1, y1) from the reference of the certificate 10, x1 moves the thermal line print head 16 in the direction X orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the certificate 10. The y1 is determined by the conveyance of the certificate 10 in the conveyance direction Y, and the thermal line print head 16 is driven to be printed in synchronization with the desired conveyance amount of the certificate 10.
[0025]
The thermal dot elements 16a of the thermal line print head 16 are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction Y of the certificate 10, and the certificate 10 is printed in the direction X in which the row direction of the normal content certification unit 10a is orthogonal to the conveyance direction Y. In FIG. 4, the direction of the red mark is printed in the direction of the conveyance direction Y as shown in the figure. When the row direction of the content certification unit 10a is different from that in FIG. 5, that is, in the case of the certificate 10 printed so that the direction of the transport direction Y is the row direction of the certificate 10 (not shown). Needless to say, the red mark positioning in the row direction on the certificate 10 is determined by the transport amount of the certificate 10, and the red mark positioning in the line feed direction is determined by the movement amount of the thermal line print head 16. In this case, the imprint output is controlled so that only the direction of the red mark corresponds to the printing direction of the content certification unit 10a, and the desired red mark is made in the desired direction.
[0026]
The certificate 10 with a red mark on the certificate 10 is sent to the stacker 14. The stacker 14 includes an upper transport guide 14a, a lower transport guide 14b, a switching gate 28, and a shutter 27. The upper transport guide 14a is raised upward until a desired number of certificates are stacked in the stacker 14. . When the stack of the certificates 101 stacked in the stacker 14 is completed, the upper transport guide is lowered, and is sandwiched between the lower transport guide 14b and is transported and issued in the issuing direction 10A. Yes.
[0027]
When the certificate 101 stacked in the stacker 14 stacks the certificate 102 larger than the predetermined size, the switching gate 28 is moved to the position of the gate position 28a and the apparatus below the stacker 14 along the curved guide 29. The certificate 102 is once stacked so that the tip of the certificate 102 is guided therein. When the desired number of sheets has been stacked, the certificate 102 is sandwiched between the upper conveyance guide 14a and the lower conveyance guide 14b and pulled in a predetermined amount, and then the switching gate 28 is lowered to the gate position 28b. Is delivered and issued in the issuing direction 10A in the same manner as described above.
[0028]
The shutter 27 has a slope 27a, and is held so as to freely rotate around its fulcrum 27b with its own weight. When the certificates 101 and 102 are conveyed and issued in the issuing direction 10A, the shutter 27 has its own weight as a slope 27a. It is pushed away and conveyed and issued.
[0029]
If the certificates 101 and 102 issued to the issuing port 8 are pulled out by the operator and are not taken after a predetermined time, the certificates 101 and 102 are regarded as forgotten and are again stored in the stacker 14. The blind 36 that has been pulled in by its own weight and hangs down by its own weight is pushed away and sent to the second transport means 34. The certificates 101 and 102 are further sent to the collection stacker 35 by the transport means 34 and are collected and stored.
[0030]
The collection stacker 35 is provided with a curved guide 30 at the tip. When collecting and storing a certificate 102 larger than a predetermined size, the tip of the certificate 102 is curved and guided by the guide 30 as shown in the drawing. It is designed to be stored in the space.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a highly efficient automatic certificate issuing device that can realize printing, red stamping, and issuance of certificates with an extremely small and simple mechanism as compared with the conventional method.
[0032]
The vermillion print head can be made to a relatively small size that covers the normal vermillion size, and by moving the certificate in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance of the certificate by the red mark head, any position on the certificate Red mark can be printed on. In addition, since the red mark can be printed as an imprint image consisting of dots, an automatic certificate issuing device can be used without restrictions such as the number of imprints, the direction of the imprint, the shape of the imprint, and the format of the certificate. Can be provided.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an apparatus for explaining the main part of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating the entire apparatus of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a plan view for explaining the main part of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view for explaining the auxiliary roller of the red stamp printing unit. FIG. 5 is a view for explaining an example of a certificate.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a dot arrangement of a red mark head.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Operation part, 1a ... Touch panel screen, 2 ... Certificate automatic issue mechanism part, 3 ... Cash part, 4 ... ID reader, 5 ... Receipt issue part, 6. ..Control device, 6a ... Drive circuit, 7 ... ID card, 8 ... Certificate issuing port, 9 ... Receipt issuing port, 10 ... Certificate, 11 ... Electronic Printing device 12... First conveying means 13. Red mark printing means 14. Stacker 15. Carrier 16. Thermal line print head 17. Platen 18. ..Head pressing means, 18a ... head retraction means, 19 ... ribbon cassette, 20 ... ribbon, 21 ... carrier driving means, 22 ... support rail, 23 ... carrier driving motor , 24 ... belt, 25 ... carrier moving direction, 2 ... Ribbon motor, 27 ... Shutter, 28 ... Switching gate, 29 ... Guide, 30 ... Guide, 31 ... Coin slot, 32 ... Bill slot, 33 ... Change port, 34 ... second transport means, 35 ... collection means, 36 ... blind, 101,102 ... certificate, 111, 112, 113 ... paper hopper, 111a, 112b , 113c: paper, 114: electronic printing unit, 201: auxiliary roller, 202: head contact point, 203: auxiliary roller contact point, d: head contact at the auxiliary roller contact point Amount of shift from the point, p ... Amount of protrusion of the auxiliary roller from the head surface.

Claims (2)

In the automatic certificate issuing device that prints and issues certificates,
An operation unit that receives a selection input of a menu of certificates desired to be issued;
Printing means for printing certificates received through the operation unit ;
A vermilion printing means for printing a seal imprint on the certificate printed by the printing means ;
The red mark printing means is
A thermal print head that heats the vermilion ribbon and prints it on certificates,
When printing vermilion on certificates, the thermal print head is pressed against the certificate side, and after completion of vermilion printing, driving means for retracting the thermal line print head,
Separation rollers attached to both sides of the ribbon and arranged so as to protrude from the printing surface of the thermal print head and come into contact with the certificates
Characterized in that it comprises a. The automatic issuing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
The separation roller is arranged in a downstream direction in which the certificates are conveyed from a place where the thermal print head prints the certificates via the ribbon.

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