JP3983372B2 - Ticketing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
  The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device, and more particularly to a ticket issuing device that performs a ticket issuing operation using a plurality of roll papers that are printed on the surface.
[0002]
[Prior art]
  Ticket issuing devices are used to issue tickets for various transportation facilities, entrance tickets for recreational facilities, meal tickets for restaurants, and the like. Such various ticket pieces are printed on the roll paper stored inside the ticket issuing device, but when the roll paper is used up, it is necessary for the administrator to detect this and replace it with a new roll paper. The user will not be able to use it. In order to eliminate such inconvenience, a conventional ticketing apparatus 1 using a plurality of roll papers as shown in FIG. 12 is used.
[0003]
  Hereinafter, the ticket issuing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The ticket issuing apparatus 1 includes a pair of roll papers 2 and 3, and each of the belt-like papers 4 a and 4 b (generally indicated by reference numeral 4) unwound from the roll papers 2 and 3 is a pair of feed mechanisms 6. , 7 to the guide mechanism 8. The feed mechanisms 6 and 7 include an upper roller 9 and a lower roller 10, and a switching roller 11 is disposed between the belt-like sheets 4 a and 4 b corresponding to the upper roller 9 and the lower roller 10. The switching roller 11 is manually swung so as to be alternately pressed against the upper roller 9 or the lower roller 10, and the operation position thereof is switched. In this prior art, a gear 12 is fixed coaxially to the lower roller 10, and rotation from the motor 13 is transmitted to the gear 12. The rotation of the lower roller 10 is also transmitted to the upper roller 9.
[0004]
  The guide mechanism 8 includes a driving roller 14 and a pressing roller 16 that is pressed against the driving roller 14 by a biasing means 15. A cutter 17 and a print head 18 are arranged on the downstream side of the guide mechanism 8 with respect to the transport direction A1 of the strips 4a and 4b shown in FIG. The strip 4 near the print head 18 is pressed against the print head 18 by a platen roller 19, and the drive roller 14 and platen roller 19 of the guide mechanism 8 are driven to rotate by a motor 20.
[0005]
  In such a ticket issuing apparatus 1, as an example, roll paper2Unrolled strip paper4aIs conveyed to the guide mechanism 8 by the feed mechanism 7. At this time, the switching roller 11 is switched to the side of the belt 4b to be used. Strip paper guided by the guide mechanism 84aAfter being cut to a predetermined length by the cutter 17, predetermined items are printed by the print head 18 and issued as predetermined ticket pieces.
[0006]
  Also roll paper4aThe administrator will roll the paper if it is used up3Strip from paper 4bIs inserted between the upper roller 9 and the switching roller 11 of the feed mechanism 6 and the operating position of the switching roller 11 is manually switched to the upper roller 9 side as described above.
[0007]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
  In the prior art ticketing apparatus 1, two roll papers 2,3However, one of the roll papers 2 and 3 that is not in use is merely for replenishment, and the ticket issuing operation cannot be performed using any side of the roll papers 2 and 3, so that the usability is improved. There is a problem that it is low.
[0008]
  Further, when the roll papers 2 and 3 to be used are switched, it is necessary to manually switch the operating position of the switching roller 11 after the leading end of the roll paper for replenishment is manually conveyed to the feed mechanisms 6 and 7 as described above. In addition, there is a problem that the operation for switching the roll papers 2 and 3 to be used is troublesome and the usability is low.
[0009]
  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and is to provide a ticket issuing apparatus that is greatly improved in usability with a simple configuration.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  Invention of Claim 1Is a ticket issuing device that issues a ticket piece in which predetermined items are printed on a strip unrolled from a roll body, and a plurality of roll bodies and a first belt body and a second belt body from each roll body are respectively guided. The first and second guide rollers, the first and second guide rollers to the printing means for printing on the belt-like body, the first transport path and the second belt-like body for the first belt-like body and the second belt-like body It is arranged on the transport path so as to be able to swing in the direction intersecting the transport direction of each strip in each transport path, and at the one end position of the swing, the first strip is sandwiched and the second strip At the other end position of the swing, the second belt is sandwiched and separated from the first belt, and either the first belt or the second belt is switched to the printing means. Switching means for conveyingAnd when the switching means moves to the one end position, the second belt-like shape is disposed on the downstream side in the conveyance direction in each of the conveyance paths with respect to the switching means, and swings in conjunction with the swinging operation of the switching means. A ticket issuing apparatus comprising alternate holding means for holding a body and holding the first belt-like body when the switching means moves to the other end position..
[0011]
  Claim 2The described inventionWith respect to the first guide roller and the second guide roller, the first detection means and the second detection means, which are respectively arranged on the upstream side in the transport direction and detect each band-like body, and the first detection means or the second detection means, And a control means for driving the corresponding guide roller based on the detection output when the corresponding belt-like body is detected and transporting the belt-like body to at least the switching means.The ticket issuing device according to claim 1..
[0012]
[Operation]
  According to the present invention, the first and second strips unrolled from the plurality of roll bodies are guided by the first guide roller and the second guide roller, respectively. The first and second strips guided by the first and second guide rollers are conveyed to the printing unit via the switching unit. Here, at the one end position of the switching means for performing the swinging operation, the switching means sandwiches the first strip and separates from the second strip, and at the other end position of the swing, the switching means is the second strip. And is separated from the first belt, and the first belt or the second belt is switched and conveyed to the printing means.
[0013]
  Therefore, in the present invention, printing is performed using any one of the strips from a plurality of roll bodies by switching the swinging operation position of the switching means between the one end position and the other end position. It can be carried out. Further, if the swinging operation of the switching means is electrically controlled, it is possible to perform an operation such as switching a plurality of roll bodies alternately every arbitrary number of ticket issuing operations. Thereby, the usability of the ticket issuing device is greatly improved.
[0014]
  Also,When the alternate holding means is used, the alternate holding means swings in conjunction with the swing operation of the switching means. When the switching means moves to the one end position, the alternate holding means holds the second band, and when the switching means moves to the other end position, the alternate holding means holds the first band.
[0015]
  Thereby, when the switching means moves to the one end position to sandwich the first belt-like body and is separated from the second belt-like body, the alternate holding means holds the second belt-like body. On the other hand, when the switching means moves to the other end position to sandwich the second belt-like body and is separated from the first belt-like body, the alternate holding means holds the first belt-like body. That is, since the strips that are not used for printing by the switching means are held by the alternate holding means, the next time the strips held by the alternate holding means are used for printing, There is no misalignment regarding the printing of the belt-like body held by the holding means.
[0016]
  Thereby, even when the first and second strips are used while being switched to each other, both do not cause misregistration with respect to printing, so both strips are printed as if using the same strip. In this respect, the usability of the ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention is improved.
[0017]
  Also,Claim 2In the ticket issuing device, when the first detection means, the second detection means and the control means are used, the first belt-like body and the second belt-like body from the plurality of roll bodies are directed toward the first guide roller and the second guide roller. When the first detection means and the second detection means are passed, the first detection means and the second detection means detect the strips. The control means drives the corresponding guide roller based on the detection output of the first detection means or the second detection means to convey the belt-like body to at least the switching means.
[0018]
  As described above, any one of the strips that have reached the switching means is selected by the switching means and printing is performed. That is, in the ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention, an autoloading function is realized with respect to the belt-like body, and the labor and labor of setting the roll body in a printable state after the roll body is stored in the ticket issuing apparatus are remarkably improved.
[0019]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
  The present invention will be described below with reference to examples.
[0020]
  1 to 11 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a partial sectional view of a ticket issuing apparatus 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the ticket issuing apparatus 21. 3 is a sectional view of the ticket issuing device 21 as a whole, FIG. 4 is a plan view of the switching mechanism of the ticket issuing device 21, FIG. 5 is a front view of one operation state of the switching mechanism, and FIG. 6 is the other operation of the switching mechanism. FIG. 7 is a plan view of another part of the switching mechanism, FIG. 8 is a front view of the other part of the switching mechanism, and FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the ticket issuing device 21 FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation example of this embodiment, and FIG. 11 is a front view showing an operation state of the switching mechanism.
[0021]
  Hereinafter, the overall configuration of the ticket issuing apparatus 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The ticket issuing device 21 is operated on the front surface of the housing 22 to request a change in the bill insertion slot 23, a coin insertion slot 24, a display unit 25 for displaying the amount of inserted coins, etc. To enter the type of ticket pieces issued by the ticket issuing device 21 such as a ticket return lever 26, a ticket for various transportation facilities, an admission ticket to an amusement facility, or a dining room ticket, and the number of tickets that can be purchased in a batch for each type. A plurality of selection buttons 27, a change return port 28, and a ticket strip outlet 29 are provided.
[0022]
  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, a pair of roll papers 30 and 31 arranged vertically are provided on the lower side inside the ticket issuing device 21. The leading ends of the roll papers 30 and 31 are unwound, and the belts 32a and 32b (generally indicated by reference numeral 32) are connected to the print head 36 via a switching mechanism 35 including a switching device 33 and an alternate holding mechanism 34. And the head roller 37. The printed belt-like paper 32 is cut into a predetermined length by a cutter 38 and is carried out of the ticket issuing device 21 by a carry-out roller 39. As will be described later, which of the roll papers 30 and 31 is used first and which is used for replenishment can be arbitrarily selected.
[0023]
  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 1 and FIGS. 4-8, the detail of a structure of the ticket issuing apparatus 21 is demonstrated. The strips 32a and 32b unwound from the pair of roll papers 30 and 31 extend upward and are inserted into the guide frame 42 in which the lower passage 40 and the upper passage 41 are formed. On the upstream side of the lower passage 40 and the upper passage 41 of the guide frame 42, for example, paper sensors 43 and 44 made of a photo interrupter are arranged. The switching mechanism 35 is provided across the passages 40 and 41 in the guide frame 42.
[0024]
  A configuration example of the switching mechanism 35 is shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 to 8. The switching device 33 provided in the switching mechanism 35 includes a switching motor 45, and the rotation of the switching motor 45 is transmitted to the rotating body 46, and the rotating body 46 is rotated around an axis perpendicular to the paper surface of FIGS. 1, 5, and 6. Are driven to rotate in both directions. The rotating body 46 is provided with a protrusion 47 at a position displaced in the radial direction from the center of rotation. The protrusion 47 is engaged with a long groove 49 provided in the swing lever 48.
[0025]
  The guide frame 42 includes a pair of vertical panels 50 and 51 extending in the vertical direction and parallel to each other, and the swing lever 48 is swingably mounted on the outside of the vertical panel 50 between the vertical panels 50 and 51. The shaft 52 is fixed. The swing lever 48 is a substantially rectangular plate having a substantially seven-digit shape, and includes a long plate portion 53 in which the long groove 49 is formed, and a protruding portion that extends laterally from one end of the long plate portion 53. 54. In the vicinity of the one end portion of the long plate portion 53, a protrusion 55 protruding along the extending direction of the long plate portion 53 and a protrusion 56 extending substantially opposite to the protruding portion 54 are substantially Y-shaped. It is formed to become.
[0026]
  Holding members 59 and 60 for holding the platen rollers 57 and 58 are provided between the vertical panels 50 and 51 of the shaft 52 so as to be swingable with respect to the shaft 52, respectively. The holding member 59 includes a shaft 61 that rotatably supports the platen roller 57, a holding portion 63 that is rotatably provided with respect to the shaft 52 between the vertical panels 50 and 51, and the shaft of the holding portion 63. The connecting portion 64 that extends upward from a position opposite to the shaft 61 with respect to the insertion position of 52, and the engaging protrusion 65 that extends through the vertical panel 50 from the end of the connecting portion 64 to the vertical panel 50 as an example. Are provided. The holding member 60 includes a shaft 62 that rotatably supports the platen roller 58, a holding portion 66 that is rotatably provided with respect to the shaft 52 between the vertical panels 50 and 51, and the holding portions 66. A connecting portion 67 extending obliquely downward from a position opposite to the shaft 62 with respect to the insertion position of the shaft 52, and an engagement protrusion extending through the vertical panel 50 from the end of the connecting portion 67 to the vertical panel 50 as an example. Part 68 respectively. A coil spring 69 is provided on the shaft 52 between the holding members 59, 60, and both ends of the coil spring 69 are engaged with the connecting portions 64, 67 of the holding members 59, 60 on the outside, respectively. The springs 57 and 58 are biased so as to be separated from each other.
[0027]
  Hereinafter, FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 will be referred to together. The switching device 33 is provided with an upper rubber roller 70 and a lower rubber roller 71 with which the platen rollers 57 and 58 can abut. Rotating shaft 72 of each rubber roller 70, 71,74Is rotatably supported by the vertical panels 50 and 51 of the guide frame 42. A gear 73 is coaxially fixed to a portion protruding through the vertical panel 50 of the rotating shaft 72, and a large diameter gear 75 and a small diameter gear 76 are coaxially connected to a portion protruding through the vertical panel 50 of the rotating shaft 74. Fixed to. The gears 73 and 75 are arranged so as to mesh with each other. Further, the rotation of the stepping motor 77 is transmitted to the gear 76 by the timing belt 78.
[0028]
  Regarding the switching device 33 having such a configuration, the alternate holding mechanism 34 arranged on the downstream side in the transport direction of the strips 32a and 32b includes holding rubbers 79 and 80 as shown in FIGS. Yes. The upper holding rubber 79 is fixed to a support plate 81 disposed above, and the lower holding rubber 80 is fixed to a support plate 82 disposed below the upper holding rubber 79. One end of each of the support plates 81 and 82 is inserted into a groove (not shown) formed in the vertical panel 51 so as to be angularly displaceable. For example, the support plate 81 has a terminal position (shown by a solid line in FIG. 8) when moving downward, and the support plate 82 has a terminal position (shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 8) when moving upward. 50 respectively. A spring 83 is connected between the end portions of the support plates 81 and 82 projecting outward from the vertical panel 50, and urges the support plates 81 and 82 in a direction close to each other. Between the holding rubbers 79 and 80, guide members 84 and 85 that define the upper passage 41 and the lower passage 40 are provided between the vertical panels 50 and 51. The guide member 84 extends in the left-right direction in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6, and one end portion of the guide member 85 is integrally connected to the left end portion, and the guide member 85 is inclined from the connection position with the guide member 84. Inclined downward and extends.
[0029]
  Between the ends of the support plates 81 and 82 that protrude outward from the vertical panel 50, the vicinity of the tip of the protruding portion 54 of the swing lever 48 is disposed. The support plates 81 and 82 are alternately pressed upward or downward by the protrusions 54. When the support plate 81 is pressed upward by the protruding portion 54, the support plate 82 connected to the support plate 81 by the spring 83 is elastically pulled upward by the spring force of the spring 83. When the support plate 82 is pressed downward by the protrusion 54, the support plate 81 connected to the support plate 82 by the spring 83 is elastically pulled downward by the spring force of the spring 83. Here, the spring 83 is attached so as to extend in directions inclined with respect to the pressing directions of the holding rubbers 79 and 80 against the guide members 84 and 85, respectively.
[0030]
  With respect to the switching mechanism 35 having such a configuration, a print head 36 fixed to a frame 86 provided around the shaft 92 so as to be angularly displaceable is disposed on the downstream side in the conveyance direction of the belt 32. A head roller 37 is disposed to face the print head 36. The frame 86 is coupled to the frame 89 so as to be angularly displaceable, and the frame 89 is provided around the shaft 90 so as to be angularly displaceable. An electromagnetic solenoid 91 is connected to the side opposite to the print head 36 with respect to the shaft 90 of the frame 89 so as to be angularly displaceable. When the electromagnetic solenoid 91 is energized / interrupted, the frame 89 swings around the shaft 90, and in conjunction with this, the frame 86 is angularly displaced around the shaft 92, and the print head 36 is moved relative to the head roller 37. Proximity / separation displacement. A gear 93 is coaxially connected to the head roller 37, and the gear 93 is rotationally driven by a timing belt 78 that is driven to travel by the stepping motor 77. A cutter 38 is disposed on the downstream side in the transport direction with respect to the print head 36. The above-described transport roller 39 is disposed further downstream than the cutter 38. The transport roller 39 includes a pair of rollers 94 and 95, and the roller 95 is driven to rotate by a motor 96.
[0031]
  Hereinafter, the electrical configuration of the ticket issuing device 21 will be described with reference to FIG. The ticket issuing apparatus 21 includes a control unit 97 configured to include a microcomputer as an example, and the control unit 9797The print head 36, paper sensors 43 and 44, switching motor 45, stepping motor 77, electromagnetic solenoid 91 and motor 96 are connected to the printer. In addition, the display unit 25, the change return lever 26, the selection button 27, the bill validator 98 for determining the authenticity of the inserted banknote and the type of the banknote, receiving the banknote, etc. A coin mech 99 or the like for discriminating the authenticity, type, etc. is connected.
[0032]
  Hereinafter, the operation of the ticket issuing apparatus 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 and 11 together. In the following description, a case where a new pair of roll papers 30 and 31 are loaded in the ticket issuing device 21 will be described, and then a case where one of the roll papers 30 and 31 is out of paper will be described. For example, roll paper 31 is loaded into the ticket issuing device 21 as a supplement. When the pre-ticketing process described below is completed, the roll paper 30 is loaded. The leading end of the strip-shaped paper 32b unrolled from the roll paper 31 is connected to the paper sensor.43Is inserted into the lower passage 40 described above. In step a1 of FIG.97Waits until the paper detection signal from each of the paper sensors 43 and 44 detects a change from the OFF state in which the strips 32a and 32b are not detected to the ON state in which the paper is detected. In this example, the belt-like paper 32b is detected first. If the determination in step a1 is affirmative, in step a2, the control unit97Drives the switching motor 45 to displace the rotating body 46 by a predetermined angle in the direction of the arrow A1 in FIG. 5, and moves the protrusion 47 from the position indicated by the broken line in FIG. 5 to the position indicated by the solid line. Thereby, the switching lever 48 is switched from the posture shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 to the posture shown by the two-dot chain line.
[0033]
  As a result, the switching lever 48 is angularly displaced in the direction indicated by the arrow B1 in FIG.55Is the engaging protrusion of the holding member 5965The holding member 59 is angularly displaced in the direction of the arrow B1 in FIG. Since the holding members 59 and 60 are connected by the coil spring 69 as described above, the other holding member 60 is also angularly displaced in the direction of the arrow B1 in FIG. Switching with the platen roller 58 pressed against the lower rubber roller 71motorThe rotation of 45 is stopped.
[0034]
  Further, by the above-described angular displacement operation of the switching lever 48, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the protrusion 54 of the switching lever 48 pushes the support plate 82 downward. Since the support plates 81 and 82 are connected to each other by the spring 83, the support plate 81 is also pulled downward by the spring force of the spring 83. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5 in the alternate holding mechanism 34, the holding rubber 79 is pressed against the guide member 84 in the upper passage 41, and the holding rubber 80 is separated from the lower passage 40. The state of the switching mechanism 35 at this time is shown in FIG.
[0035]
  Next, in step a3, the stepping motor 77 is rotationally driven. As a result, the timing belt 78 is driven to run, and the rubber rollers 70 and 71 and the head roller 37 are rotated. Accordingly, when the leading end of the strip-shaped paper 32b is inserted along the lower passage 40 to the switching mechanism 35, the leading end of the strip-shaped paper 32b is sandwiched between the platen roller 58 and the lower rubber roller 71 and conveyed. In step a4, the control unit97Is a predetermined distance from the amount of rotation of the stepping motor 77 so that the leading edge of the strip 32b reaches the standby position P1 shown in FIG.After sendingWaitMake. If the determination in step a4 is affirmative, the rotation of the stepping motor 77 is stopped and the process proceeds to the ticket issuing process. For example, the operation switching to the transition may be performed by detecting, with a switch or the like, an operation of closing the front cover of the housing 22 that has been opened for loading the roll papers 30 and 31.
[0036]
  On the other hand, following the roll paper 31, the roll paper 30 to be used first is loaded, the belt-like paper 32a is unwound, and the leading end thereof passes through the paper sensor 44 and is inserted into the above-described upper passage 41. To do. Thereafter, the same processing as in steps a1 to a4 is executed for the belt-like paper 32a, and the switching lever 48 is switched from the posture shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 to the posture shown by the solid line. The intermediate state of the switching mechanism 35 at this time is shown in FIG.
[0037]
  As a result, the switching lever 48 is angularly displaced in the direction indicated by the arrow B2 in FIG. 6, the projection 56 of the switching lever 48 pushes down the engagement projection 68 of the holding member 60, and the holding member 60 is moved in the direction of the arrow B2 in FIG. Is angularly displaced. Since the holding members 59 and 60 are connected by the coil spring 69, the other holding member 59 is also angularly displaced in the direction of the arrow B2 in FIG. Switching with the platen roller 57 pressed against the upper rubber roller 70motorThe rotation of 45 is stopped.
[0038]
  Further, by the above-described angular displacement operation of the switching lever 48, the protrusion 54 of the switching lever 48 pushes the support plate 81 upward as shown in FIGS. Since the support plates 81 and 82 are connected to each other by the spring 83, the support plate 82 is also pulled upward by the spring force of the spring 83. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6 in the alternate holding mechanism 34, the holding rubber 80 is pressed against the guide member 85 in the lower passage 40, and the holding rubber 79 is separated from the upper passage 41. As a result, the band-like paper 32b of the lower passage 40 is sandwiched between the holding rubber 80 and the guide member 85 and the position in the transport direction is fixed. On the other hand, in the upper passage 41, the belt-like paper 32a can be conveyed. The state of the switching mechanism 35 at this time is shown in FIG.
[0039]
  Next, when the stepping motor 77 is rotationally driven, the timing belt 78 is driven to rotate, and the rubber rollers 70 and 71 and the head roller 37 are rotated. Therefore, when the leading end of the strip-shaped paper 32a is inserted along the upper passage 41 to the switching mechanism 35, the leading end of the strip-shaped paper 32a is sandwiched between the platen roller 57 and the upper rubber roller 70 and conveyed. At this time, although the lower rubber roller 71 is rotating in the lower passage 40, the belt-like paper 32b is sandwiched between the holding rubber 80 and the guide member 85 as described above, so that the positional deviation on printing does not occur. Even when the print head 36 is a thermal print head and the belts 32a and 32b are thermal papers, the lower rubber roller 71 rotates on the lower surface side opposite to the upper surface in FIG. 1, which is the print surface of the belt 32b. Further, it is possible to prevent the belt-like paper 32b from being colored and soiled by frictional heat between the lower rubber roller 71 and the belt-like paper 32b.
[0040]
  Control unit97However, the stepping motor 77 is rotated until the leading end of the belt-like paper 32a is conveyed by a predetermined distance to reach the standby position P1 shown in FIG. When the belt-like paper 32a is conveyed by the predetermined distance, the rotation of the stepping motor 77 is stopped, and the transition to the ticket issuing process is performed by a predetermined switching operation. As described above, when the loading of the roll papers 30 and 31 is completed and the operation of switching to the ticket issuing process is performed, a predetermined ticket issuing process is executed on the belt-like paper 32a from the roll paper 30.
[0041]
  When the roll paper 30 is used up during the ticketing operation and the paper is out of paper, the control unit 97 drives the switching motor 45 to switch the switching lever 48 from the posture shown by the solid line in FIG. 1 to the posture shown by the two-dot chain line. . As a result, the platen roller 57 is separated from the upper rubber roller 70, the platen roller 58 is pressed against the lower rubber roller 71, and conveys the belt-like paper 32b. Further, the holding rubber 79 is pressed against the guide member 84, and the holding rubber 80 is separated from the lower passage 40. Thereby, printing is continued by the roll paper 31 for replenishment.
[0042]
  At this time, since the belt-like paper 32b from the roll paper 31 is held with the position in the transport direction fixed between the holding rubber 80 and the guide member 85, even if the roll paper 30 is switched to the roll paper 31, A voucher having the same print position as the voucher printed on the roll paper 30 can be issued.
[0043]
  Further, since the spring 83 is mounted in directions inclined with respect to the pressing directions of the holding rubbers 79 and 80 to the guide members 84 and 85, respectively, the guide members 84 and 85 are attached to the vertical panels 50 and 51 as described above. With respect to the mounting state in which the angular displacement is allowed, the generation of mounting backlash is prevented, and the occurrence of positional deviation on printing is prevented with respect to the holding operation of the belt-like papers 32a and 32b by the holding rubbers 79 and 80.
[0044]
  The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and includes a wide variety of modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
[0045]
【The invention's effect】
  By using the ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. The first and second strips unrolled from the plurality of roll bodies are guided by the first guide roller and the second guide roller, respectively. The first and second strips guided by the first and second guide rollers are conveyed to the printing unit via the switching unit. Here, at the one end position of the switching means for performing the swinging operation, the switching means sandwiches the first strip and separates from the second strip, and at the other end position of the swing, the switching means is the second strip. And is separated from the first belt, and the first belt or the second belt is switched and conveyed to the printing means.
[0046]
  Therefore, in the present invention, printing is performed using any one of the strips from a plurality of roll bodies by switching the swinging operation position of the switching means between the one end position and the other end position. It can be carried out. Further, if the swinging operation of the switching means is electrically controlled, it is possible to perform an operation such as switching a plurality of roll bodies alternately for every arbitrary number of ticket issuing operations. Thereby, the usability of the ticket issuing device is greatly improved.
[0047]
  In the ticket issuing device of the present invention, when the alternate holding means is used, the alternate holding means swings in conjunction with the swinging operation of the switching means. When the switching means moves to the one end position, the alternate holding means holds the second band, and when the switching means moves to the other end position, the alternate holding means holds the first band.
[0048]
  Thereby, when the switching means moves to the one end position to sandwich the first belt-like body and is separated from the second belt-like body, the alternate holding means holds the second belt-like body. On the other hand, when the switching means moves to the other end position to sandwich the second belt-like body and is separated from the first belt-like body, the alternate holding means holds the first belt-like body. That is, since the strips that are not used for printing by the switching means are held by the alternate holding means, the next time the strips held by the alternate holding means are used for printing, There is no misalignment regarding the printing of the belt-like body held by the holding means.
[0049]
  Thereby, even when the first and second strips are used while being switched to each other, both do not cause misregistration with respect to printing, so both strips are printed as if using the same strip. In this respect, the usability of the ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention is improved.
[0050]
  Moreover, in the ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention, when the first detection means, the second detection means, and the control means are used, the first and second guide bodies from the plurality of roll bodies are replaced with the first guide roller and the second guide. When the first detection means and the second detection means are passed toward the roller, the first detection means and the second detection means detect the strips. The control means drives the corresponding guide roller based on the detection output of the first detection means or the second detection means to convey the belt-like body to at least the switching means.
[0051]
  As described above, any one of the strips that have reached the switching means is selected by the switching means and printing is performed. That is, in the ticket issuing apparatus of the present invention, an autoloading function is realized with respect to the belt-like body, and the labor and labor of setting the roll body in a printable state after the roll body is stored in the ticket issuing apparatus are remarkably improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view of a ticket issuing device 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the ticket issuing device 21. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the entire ticket issuing device 21. FIG.
4 is a plan view of a switching mechanism 35 of the ticket issuing device 21. FIG.
5 is a front view of one operation state of a switching mechanism 35. FIG.
6 is a front view of the other operation state of the switching mechanism 35. FIG.
7 is a plan view of the vicinity of an alternate holding mechanism 34 of a switching mechanism 35. FIG.
8 is a side view of another part of the switching mechanism 35. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the ticket issuing device 21.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the present embodiment.
11 is a front view showing an operation state of the switching mechanism 35. FIG.
FIG. 12 is a system diagram of a prior art ticket issuing apparatus 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
21 Ticketing equipment
30, 31 roll paper
32a, 32b Strip paper
33 switching device
34 Alternate holding mechanism
35 switching mechanism
36 Print head
40 Lower passage
41 Upper passage
42 Guide frame
43,44 Paper sensor
45 switching motor
46 Rotating body
47 Protrusions
48 Swing lever
49 Long groove
50,51 vertical panel
54 Protrusion
55, 56 protrusion
57,58 Platen roller
59, 60 Holding member
64,67 connecting part
65, 68 engagement protrusion
69 Coil spring
70 Upper rubber roller
71 Lower rubber roller
77 Stepping motor
79,80 Retaining rubber
81,82 support plate
83 Spring
84, 85 Guide member

Claims (2)

In a ticket issuing device for issuing a ticket piece on which predetermined items are printed on a belt-like body unrolled from a roll body,
Multiple roll bodies,
A first guide roller and a second guide roller through which the first and second strips from each roll body are respectively guided;
From the first and second guide rollers to the first and second transport paths of the first and second strips to the printing means for printing on the strip, each strip in each transport path It is arranged so as to be able to swing in a direction crossing the transport direction. At the one end position of the swing, the first band is sandwiched and separated from the second band, and at the other end position of the swing Switching means for sandwiching the second strip and separating from the first strip and switching and transporting either the first strip or the second strip to the printing means ;
The switching means is disposed on the downstream side in the transport direction in each of the transport paths, swings in conjunction with the swinging operation of the switching means, and the second strip is moved when the switching means moves to the one end position. The ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising alternate holding means for holding and holding the first belt-like body when the switching means moves to the other terminal position .   With respect to the first guide roller and the second guide roller, a first detection unit and a second detection unit that are arranged on the upstream side in the transport direction and detect each band-like body, and the first detection unit or the second detection unit, The ticket issuing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a control unit that drives a corresponding guide roller based on the detection output when the corresponding band is detected and transports the band to at least the switching unit.

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