JP5742459B2 - Media processing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus that is installed in a financial institution and takes in a medium composed of a passbook and a slip set by an operator and performs a printing process on the medium.

  As a conventional medium processing device, a passbook slip printer has an inserter unit provided with a passbook insertion slot and a slip insertion slot in two stages on the front side, and the passbook and slip conveyance paths are merged into one A passbook that forms a transport path leading to the printing unit, and the passbook inserted through the passbook insertion slot is positioned against the reference surface by a width-shifting roller provided in the passbook transport path, and then recorded on the magnetic stripe of the passbook The information is read and conveyed to the printing unit, and the slip inserted from the slip insertion slot is positioned by abutting against the reference surface by a width-adjusting roller provided in the slip conveyance path, and then transported to the printing unit. After the printing process, the transport path is switched at the junction, and the sheet is discharged from the original passbook insertion slot or slip insertion slot into which the medium is inserted (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-281245 (paragraphs 0002, 0003, 0011-0024, FIG. 3)

  However, in the above-described conventional technology, the passbook insertion slot and the slip insertion slot are arranged in two upper and lower stages, and the passbook or the slip is inserted horizontally, so it is necessary to install the passbook slip printer on a desk or the like. Therefore, since the horizontal installation width is large, there is a problem that the work space on the desk at the reception desk of the financial institution becomes narrow.

In addition, a dedicated insertion slot for inserting the passbook and slip is provided, and the inserted medium is processed by a single printing unit, so that the medium is ejected after processing such as printing on one of the media. If the process is not completed, processing of other media cannot be performed, and there is a problem that it takes time to process the media in the counter transaction.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and it is an object of the present invention to improve the space utility of a space where a medium processing apparatus is installed and to provide means for reducing the time required for processing a medium. To do.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a medium composed of a first medium and a second medium inserted in the depth direction from a medium insertion / ejection port provided in the front of the apparatus main body with the printing surface vertical. In the medium processing apparatus for discharging from the medium insertion / discharge port after processing, a medium transport path for taking in the medium inserted from the medium insertion / discharge port and transporting the medium in the insertion direction, and the insertion direction of the medium transport path A print conveyance path that conveys the medium delivered from the medium conveyance path along the print reference plane for positioning the lower end of the medium in the insertion direction, and the print conveyance path. is a medium processing unit and the medium printing unit is provided for printing to a medium, and a temporary save part provided in the branched transport path that branches from the connecting portion with the print transport path and the medium conveying path, said Provided at the connecting part Is characterized in that a, a conveying path switching unit for switching the conveying direction in the direction of the printing conveyance path or the branch conveying path.

  Thereby, the present invention can reduce the horizontal installation width of the media processing device, improve the space utility of the space where the media processing device is installed, and enable simultaneous processing of the passbook and slip, The effect that the processing time in transaction can be shortened is acquired.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a passbook slip printer according to a first embodiment. Explanatory drawing which shows the installation state of the passbook slip printer of Example 1. Explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure seen from the side of the passbook slip printer of Example 1. Explanatory drawing which shows the cross section seen from the front side along the AA cross section line of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the cross section seen from the upper surface side along the BB cross section line of FIG.

  Embodiments of a medium processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a passbook slip printer as a medium processing apparatus, printing processing for two types of media comprising a passbook as a first medium and a slip as a second medium, and magnetic data on the magnetic stripe of the passbook. The recorded passbook information is read and written. Here, a control unit (not shown) provided in the passbook slip printer 1 controls data transmission / reception with a host device, conveyance of a medium, printing processing, reading / writing processing of magnetic data, and the like.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes a medium insertion / discharge port, which is provided on the front side of the apparatus main body of the passbook slip printer 1 (referred to as the operator side, left side in FIG. 3) for both insertion and discharge of the passbook and slip. These two openings have a size that allows the largest medium to be inserted among media handled in transactions (referred to as handling media).

  The passbook slip printer 1 of the present embodiment takes in the medium (passbook and slip) inserted from the medium insertion / extraction port 2 with the printing surface vertical, and the processed medium is the medium insertion / discharge port 2 with the printing surface vertical. Media take-out and discharge unit 3 to be discharged from the medium, medium printing unit 4 for printing transaction details and processed items on the passbook and slip delivered from the medium take-out and discharge unit 3, and passbook page change are required In this case, a medium processing unit 6 having a passbook page turning unit 5 and the like for page turning is arranged side by side in the medium insertion direction, and the passbook inserted from the medium insertion / discharge port 2 is inserted into the medium take-out / discharge unit 3. When the slip is inserted from the medium insertion / ejection slot 2 during the printing process to the passbook, the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 Temporarily withdraw the slip of the slip taken in by switching the transport path switching unit 7 After the processing passbook is temporarily evacuated to the unit 8, the processed passbook is conveyed to the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 and discharged from the medium insertion / ejection port 2, the temporarily saved slip is temporarily returned to the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 It is configured to be conveyed to the medium processing unit 6, to be conveyed to the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 after being printed on the slip, and to be discharged from the medium insertion / discharge port 2, and to the passbook slip printer 1 as shown in FIG. 2. The medium insertion / exhaust port 2 is installed vertically long under the desk or the like on which the input device 10 as a host device for performing the instruction input is placed. In addition, the temporary saving unit 8 of the present embodiment is provided in the horizontal direction of the medium processing unit 6.

  The medium printing unit 4 includes a print head 4a for printing on a bankbook and a slip, a platen 4b and an ink ribbon cassette 4c provided opposite to the print head 4a (see FIG. 5), and a print conveyance path to be described later. 23 has a function of printing on a passbook and slips conveyed by the machine 23.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 11 denotes a medium transport roller, which sandwiches two types of media consisting of a passbook and a slip inserted from the medium insertion / ejection port 2 with the printing surface vertical, by a pair of rollers, and is inserted or discharged. That is, it is a transport roller that transports in the R direction or F direction indicated by the arrow in FIG. 3, and as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. It is provided so as to be retractable from the conveyance path 12.

Further, in this embodiment, the passbook and slip inserted from the medium insertion / ejection port 2 are nipped and conveyed by the medium conveyance roller 11 and are taken into the medium intake / discharge unit 3.
FIG. 3 shows the state where the temporary retracting portion 8 and the branch conveyance path 31 (described later) provided on the front side of the sheet are omitted.

Reference numeral 13 denotes an insertion sensor, which is an optical sensor arranged in the immediate vicinity of the medium insertion / ejection port 2 and detects the insertion and ejection of the medium and the length of the inserted medium in the insertion direction. have.
Reference numeral 14 denotes a medium set sensor, which is an optical sensor disposed on the back side (right side in FIG. 3) above the medium reference surface 15 of the medium conveyance path 12, and the lower end of the medium is located on the medium reference surface 15. The medium is taken into the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 by detecting that it has been abutted and positioned, and detecting the front end of the medium inserted from the medium insertion / ejection port 2 in the insertion direction (R direction). Detect that.

  Reference numeral 16 denotes a width adjusting roller, which is a pair of rollers for nipping and transporting the medium. The medium set indicates that the lower end of the medium has not been abutted against the medium reference surface 15 due to a warp of a passbook or a slip. When detected by the sensor 14, it has a function of forcing the medium against the medium reference surface 15, and is provided so as to be retractable from the medium conveyance path 12. The width adjusting roller 16 is hatched for distinction (see FIG. 3).

Reference numeral 21 denotes a print conveying roller, which is positioned on the medium reference surface 15 and conveys the medium delivered from the medium conveying path 12 of the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 in the F direction or the R direction, As shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the medium is transported along the print transport path 23 between the pair of transport guides 23 a and 23 b with the lower end of the medium along the print reference surface 22.
As shown in FIG. 5, each print transport roller 21 is provided in a state where a pair of transport rollers are abutted in the print transport path 23. The print reference surface 22 is provided at a position flush with the medium reference surface 15 of the medium take-out / discharge unit 3.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a magnetic head, which is attached at a position corresponding to a magnetic stripe provided in the passbook, and reads and writes passbook information recorded on the magnetic stripe.
A page sensor 26 reads a page mark provided on each page of the bankbook and determines a print character.

  Reference numeral 31 denotes a branch conveyance path. As shown in FIG. 5, the conveyance path 31 branches from the connecting portion between the medium conveyance path 12 and the print conveyance path 23 and reaches the temporary retracting section 8. Then, the bankbook and the slip whose conveyance direction has been switched are sandwiched between the pair of conveyance guides 31a and 31b by the branch conveyance roller 32 and conveyed in both forward and reverse directions.

The transport path switching unit 7 is disposed at a connection portion between the medium transport path 12 and the print transport path 23, and includes a transport direction switching mechanism including a switching blade, a driving mechanism thereof, and the like. A function of switching the transport direction of the transported medium to the direction of the print transport path 23 or the branch transport path 31 is provided.
Each branch conveyance roller 32 is provided in a state where a pair of conveyance rollers abut each other in the branch conveyance path 31 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

The medium take-out / discharge unit 3 includes a medium transport roller 11, a width adjusting roller 16, a medium reference surface 15, an insertion sensor 13, a medium set sensor 14, and the like.
The medium processing unit 6 includes a print conveyance path 23 having a print conveyance roller 21, a print reference surface 22, a magnetic head 25, a page sensor 26, a medium print unit 4 having a print head 4a, a passbook page turning unit 5, and the like. The temporary evacuation unit 8 includes a branch conveyance path 31 having a branch conveyance roller 32 and the like.

Hereinafter, the processing operation of the medium processing by the passbook slip printer 1 of the present embodiment will be described.
In the explanation below, the operator at the reception desk of a financial institution conducts a transaction (for example, a withdrawal transaction using a withdrawal slip) based on the passbook and slip received from the customer, and writes the transaction content in the passbook. An example in which predetermined items are simultaneously printed on a slip will be described.

  In the initial state of the passbook slip printer 1 of this embodiment, the medium transport roller 11 of the medium take-out and discharge unit 3 is in a state where a pair of transport rollers are abutted in the medium transport path 12, and the width adjusting roller 16 is from the medium transport path 12. In the retracted state, the transport path switching unit 7 switches the transport direction to a direction in which the medium transported from the medium transport path 12 is guided to the print transport path 23.

  When an operator opens a customer's passbook entry page and inserts a passbook in the direction along the orthogonal direction of the binding from the medium insertion / ejection port 2, the control unit (not shown) of the passbook slip printer 1 The insertion sensor 13 detects the insertion of the medium, rotates the medium transport roller 11 of the medium take-out / discharge section 3 in the transport direction in the R direction (see FIG. 3), and sandwiches the medium to insert the medium (R direction). To start taking in the medium take-out / discharge unit 3.

  The control unit that started taking in the inserted medium rotates the medium transport roller 11 until the medium set sensor 14 detects the leading end in the medium insertion direction (R direction), and the medium set sensor 14 moves the leading end of the bankbook. When detected, all the medium transport rollers 11 are stopped, the medium transport rollers 11 are retracted from the medium transport path 12, the passbook is dropped by its own weight, and abuts against the medium reference surface 15. As a result, the lower end of the bankbook is automatically positioned at the same height as the print reference surface 22.

If the medium set sensor 14 does not detect a passbook even after a predetermined time has elapsed, the control unit sandwiches and conveys the passbook by the width adjusting roller 16 and forcibly passes the passbook that has not been dropped. Hit it.
Then, the control unit sandwiches the positioned passbook again by the medium transport roller 11. In the case of positioning by the width adjusting roller, the width adjusting roller 16 is retracted from the medium conveying path 12 after being held by the medium conveying roller 11. As a result, the passbook positioned on the medium reference surface 15 is taken into the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 while being held between the medium transport rollers 11.

In addition, during the conveyance of the medium by the medium conveyance roller 11, the control unit measures the elapsed time from when the insertion sensor 13 detects the leading edge in the medium insertion direction, and the insertion sensor 13 detects the trailing edge of the medium. Waiting for detection, when the insertion sensor 13 detects the trailing edge of the medium, the length of the medium is detected based on the elapsed time, and the medium is a passbook or a slip depending on the length. The determination result, that is, the type of the previous medium is stored in a storage unit (not shown) (in this stage, the inserted medium is determined to be a passbook, and the storage unit indicates that the previous medium is a passbook). save.).

  Then, the control unit conveys the passbook positioned by the medium conveyance roller 11 of the medium take-in / discharge unit 3 in the direction of the print conveyance path 23 (R direction), and transfers the passbook from the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 to the print conveyance path 23. Is transferred to the print transport roller 21, and the medium is recognized as a passbook depending on the type of the medium stored in the storage unit, and the passbook is transported to a reading position on the page sensor 26 to read the page mark and this transport. In this process, the magnetic head 25 reads the passbook information such as pages in the book from the magnetic stripe of the passbook.

  The control unit that has read the passbook page mark and passbook information transports the passbook to the passbook printing position by the print transport roller 21, and performs print processing on the passbook by the print head 4a. In this case, if a page break is necessary, the print conveyance roller 21 conveys it to the passbook page turning unit 5 and performs the page turning process, and then the printing process is performed.

  When the insertion sensor 13 detects the leading edge in the insertion direction (R direction) of a new medium (slip in this embodiment) inserted from the medium insertion / ejection port 2 in the course of the printing process on the passbook, The insertion is accepted, and in the same manner as in the case of the bankbook described above, the slip is transported into the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 by the medium transport roller 11 for positioning, and the length of the medium detected based on the elapsed time is determined. It is determined that the medium is a slip, the fact that the subsequent medium is a slip is stored in the storage unit, and the slip is taken into the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 while being sandwiched between the medium transport rollers 11.

  The control unit that has taken the slip into the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 switches the slip conveyance direction to the direction of the branch conveyance path 31 by the conveyance path switching unit 7, and is positioned by the medium conveyance roller 11 of the medium intake / discharge unit 3. The slip is conveyed in the insertion direction (R direction), delivered from the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 to the branch conveyance roller 32 of the branch conveyance path 31, and transferred to the temporary retracting unit 8 by the branch conveyance roller 32 rotating in the forward direction. The slip, which is a subsequent medium, is temporarily saved.

  Then, when the control unit recognizes that the printing process on the passbook has been completed and the slip has been transported to the temporary saving unit 8, the transport path switching unit 7 changes the transport direction of the passbook after the printing process is completed. Switching from the print transport path 23 to the transport direction to the medium transport path 12 of the medium take-in / discharge unit 3, and the passbook after the printing process is transported by the print transport roller 21 in the direction of the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 (F direction). At the same time, the current entry page and the like are written in the passbook information of the magnetic stripe of the passbook by the magnetic head 25 in the course of the transfer, the passbook is transferred to the medium transfer roller 11 of the medium transfer path 12, and the passbook is further discharged by the medium transfer roller 11. Then, the insertion sensor 13 detects the leading end of the passbook in the discharge direction and transports it for a predetermined distance, and then stops the medium transport roller 11 to discharge the passbook from the medium insertion / discharge port 2, To confirm the receipt of the passbook by the operator by the difference 13.

  After confirming receipt of the passbook by the operator, the control unit switches the transport direction of the temporarily retracted slip from the branch transport path 31 to the medium transport path 12 of the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 by the transport path switching unit 7. Then, the temporarily retracted slip is conveyed in the direction of the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 by the branch conveyance roller 32 rotating in the reverse direction and delivered to the medium conveyance roller 11 in the medium conveyance path 12. The slip is transported until the leading end in the transport direction of the slip is detected, the media transport roller 11 is stopped, the media transport roller 11 is reversed, and the slip is transferred to the media reference of the media transport path 12 in the same manner as in the case of the bankbook. It is dropped on the surface 15 by its own weight and abuts, and the lower end of the slip is automatically positioned at the same height as the printing reference surface 22.

Then, the control section switches the transport direction of the positioned slip by the transport path switching section 7 to the transport direction from the medium transport path 12 of the medium take-out / discharge section 3 to the print transport path 23, and the positioned slip is changed to the medium. It is sandwiched again by the transport roller 11 and transported in the direction of the print transport path 23 (R direction), which is transferred from the medium take-out / discharge section 3 to the print transport roller 21 of the print transport path 23 and stored in the storage section. The medium is recognized as a slip depending on the type of the later medium, the slip is conveyed to a slip printing position, and printing processing on the slip is performed by the print head 4a.

  When the printing process on the slip is completed, the control unit transports the slip on which the printing process has been completed in the direction (F direction) of the medium take-out / discharge unit 3 by the print transport roller 21, and the medium transport roller 11 in the medium transport path 12. The sheet is further conveyed in the discharge direction (F direction) by the medium conveying roller 11 and the insertion sensor 13 detects the leading end of the sheet in the discharge direction and conveys the sheet for a predetermined distance. Then, the medium conveying roller 11 is stopped and the medium is inserted. The slip is discharged from the discharge port 2, and the insertion sensor 13 confirms receipt of the slip by the operator.

Here, in this embodiment, the medium type (either passbook or slip) is determined by detecting the medium length of the inserted medium. However, the control command from the host apparatus or the operation panel of the apparatus, etc. It is also possible to specify the medium type by controlling the medium processing operation according to the specified result.
In this way, the processing operation of the medium processing for continuously and simultaneously processing the passbook and slip by the passbook slip printer 1 of the present embodiment is performed.

If only the passbook is processed, only the passbook processing operation described above is executed. If only the slip is processed, the medium of the processing operation for processing only the passbook described above is replaced with the slip. To execute.
In the above description, the previous medium is a passbook, but the same applies to the case where the previous medium is a slip. In this case, it is preferable to execute a process for processing only the slip first and to save the passbook to the temporary saving unit 8 during the slip printing process.
Further, it may be possible to set which medium of the passbook or slip for which printing has been completed is to be preferentially ejected by a control command from the upper apparatus or an operation panel of the apparatus.

  As described above, the passbook slip printer 1 according to the present embodiment is provided with a medium insertion / ejection port for inserting and ejecting a passbook or slip with a printing surface vertical, and a medium process for performing print processing on the passbook and slip. Since the unit 6 and the temporary saving unit 8 for temporarily saving the passbook or slip are arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction, the passbook slip printer 1 is compared with the conventional passbook slip printer 1 that inserts and discharges with the printing surface horizontal. As shown in FIG. 2, the work space on the desk can be widened, and a passbook slip printer can be installed even in a narrow space such as under the desk. It is possible to improve the space utility of the space where the passbook slip printer 1 such as a reception counter is installed.

  Further, since the transport direction is switched by the transport path switching unit 7 and the subsequent medium is temporarily retracted to the temporary retracting unit 8, the subsequent medium is printed without waiting for the completion of discharging the processed medium. It is possible to accept two types of media, and normally it is possible to simultaneously process two types of media consisting of a passbook and a slip submitted at the same time in a window transaction, thereby shortening the processing time in the window transaction.

Further, since the medium is dropped and positioned on the medium reference surface 15 by utilizing the weight of the medium, the medium abutting process itself can be omitted, and the width adjusting function to the medium reference surface 15 can be simplified. At the same time, it is possible to increase the processing speed of the passbook slip printer 1 by speeding up the width adjusting process.
Further, since the medium insertion / extraction port 2 for inserting both the passbook and the slip is provided, the operator does not mistake the medium insertion / extraction port 2, and the processing time for the counter transaction is prevented by preventing the medium from being re-executed. Can be shortened.

  As described above, in this embodiment, a medium consisting of a passbook and a slip inserted with the printing surface vertical from the medium insertion / ejection slot is inserted into the medium insertion / ejection printer that ejects the medium from the medium insertion / ejection slot after processing. The medium inserted from the outlet is taken in, and the medium transport path for transporting the medium in the insertion direction and the medium delivered from the medium transport path in the insertion direction of the medium transport path are positioned at the lower end of the medium. Branches from a medium processing section provided with a print conveyance path that conveys in the insertion direction along the print reference plane, a medium printing section that performs printing on the medium, and a connection section between the medium conveyance path and the print conveyance path. By providing a temporary evacuation part provided in the branch conveyance path and a conveyance path switching part provided in the connecting part for switching the conveyance direction to the direction of the print conveyance path or the branch conveyance path, Setting It is possible to reduce the width and improve the space utility in the space where the passbook slip printer such as the reception counter is installed, and simultaneously process the passbook and slip, thereby shortening the processing time in the counter transaction. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Passbook slip printer 2 Medium insertion discharge port 3 Medium intake / discharge part 4 Medium printing part 4a Print head 4b Platen 4c Ink ribbon cassette 5 Passbook page turning part 6 Medium processing part 7 Conveyance path switching part 8 Temporary save part 10 Input device 11 Medium Conveying roller 12 Medium conveying path 12a, 12b, 23a, 23b, 31a, 31b Conveying guide 13 Insertion sensor 14 Medium set sensor 15 Medium reference surface 16 Widening roller 21 Print conveying roller 22 Printing reference surface 23 Printing conveying path 25 Magnetic head 26 Page sensor 31 Branch conveyance path 32 Branch conveyance roller

Claims (3)

A medium that discharges the medium composed of the first medium and the second medium, which are inserted in the depth direction from the medium insertion / ejection port provided on the front surface of the apparatus main body, through the medium insertion / ejection port after processing. In the processing device,
A medium conveyance path for taking in the medium inserted from the medium insertion / extraction port and conveying the medium in the insertion direction;
A print transport path that is provided downstream of the medium transport path in the insertion direction and transports the medium delivered from the medium transport path in the insertion direction along a print reference surface for positioning the lower end of the medium. A medium processing unit provided in the print conveyance path and provided with a medium printing unit that performs printing on a medium;
A temporary save part provided in the branched transport path that branches from the connecting portion with the print transport path and the medium conveying path,
A medium processing apparatus, comprising: a conveyance path switching unit that is provided in the connection unit and switches a conveyance direction to the direction of the print conveyance path or the branch conveyance path. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1,
A medium processing apparatus that accepts insertion of the second medium from the medium insertion / ejection port during a printing process on the first medium by the medium printing unit. The medium processing apparatus according to claim 1,
A medium processing apparatus that accepts insertion of the first medium from the medium insertion / ejection port during a printing process on the second medium by the medium printing unit.

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