JPH01129382A - Tickets issuing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent the disturbance of the azimuth of a recording means and a tickets by providing an engagement means to be engaged with a guide means for turning a turning carrying path accompanying the movement of the recording means in the recording means and turning the turning carrying path before recording/reproducing information by the recording means. CONSTITUTION: The guide means 98a and 99a are provided on both end parts of a shaft part 97 whose center part is provided on the base end part of the turning carrying path 96, the engagement means 100 to be engaged with the guide means 98a and 99a for turning the turning carrying path 96 accompanying the movement of the recording means is provided in the recording means and the turning carrying path 96 is turned before recording/reproducing the information by the recording means. In such a manner, even in the case of turning the turning carrying path 96 accompanying the movement of the recording means, the disturbance of the azimuth of the recording means and the ticket kind is prevented.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [LI aspect of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention is directed to a ticket system that issues boarding passes etc. in a conversational manner by exchanging data with a host device via, for example, a subscriber telephone line. Regarding the issuing device.

(Prior Art) When issuing a ticket, this type of ticket issuing device stops the ticket to be issued, for example, within a conveyance path, and in this state, the ticket issuing device consists of a magnetic head and a barcode reading unit. By moving the head unit, necessary information is recorded and reproduced on the tickets.

This ticket issuing device is provided with a rotating conveyance path within the conveyance path. This rotary conveyance path constitutes a part of the conveyance path when the tickets are stopped in the conveyance path, and when the head unit is moved to perform the required processing on the tickets, the rotating conveyance path is used to prevent the floating of the head unit. It is designed to be rotated to a position where there is no problem and to be taken out from the conveyance path.

By the way, the above-mentioned rotating conveyance path is designed to be rotated prior to the movement of the head unit, but as the head unit moves, the tickets move, and the magnetic head of the head unit and the ticket provided on the ticket move. The azimuth of the magnetic stripe may shift. When the azimuth shifts in this way, it may be difficult to accurately record and reproduce information. Therefore, it has been desired to prevent the azimuth from being disturbed due to the movement of the head unit.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) This invention solves the problem of azimuth disturbances occurring between the ticket and the recording means due to the rotation of the rotating conveyance path as the recording means moves. The object is to provide a ticket issuing device that can prevent azimuth disturbance even when the rotating conveyance path is rotated with the movement of the recording means.

[Structure of the Invention (Means for Solving Problems)] This invention comprises a rotary conveyance path capable of supporting tickets stopped within the conveyance path, and a central portion at the base end of the rotary conveyance path. a shaft section provided to rotatably hold a rotary conveyance path; a recording means for recording and reproducing required information on and from tickets that are moved along the shaft section and stopped within the conveyance path; , a guide means provided continuously at both ends of the shaft in the moving direction of the recording means and around the shaft; and a guide means provided on the recording means and engaged with the guide means to rotate as the recording means moves. and an engaging means that rotates on the dynamic conveyance path.

(Function) This invention provides guide means at both ends of the shaft part whose central part is provided at the base end of the rotary conveyance path, and which engages with the guide means in the recording means so that the guide means is engaged with the recording means as the recording means moves. By providing an engaging means for rotating the rotary conveyance path by rotating the rotary conveyance path before recording and reproducing information by the recording means,
This prevents the azimuth of tickets and recording means from becoming disordered.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show a ticket issuing device. The device main body 10 is provided with a keyboard 11 and a numeric keypad 12. Information such as issuance of boarding passes, reservations, changes, inquiries, reservations, etc. is entered manually from the keyboard 11, and information such as customer information is entered from the numeric keypad 12, for example. When a customer wishes to issue a boarding pass or the like using a credit card, the customer enters the credit card's PIN number manually.

Further, a hopper 13 for storing unissued boarding passes is provided at the top of the device main body 10, and a cover 15 that can be opened and closed by a key 14 is provided on the hopper 13. In the vicinity of this hopper 13, a stacker 16 is provided in which issued boarding passes are stored, and a journal paper P printed by a journal printing section to be described later is provided.
A discharge section 17 from which the water is discharged is provided.

Furthermore, an operation panel 18 is provided on the front side of the device main body 10. The operation panel 18 is provided with the journal paper feed switch 19, and is also provided with a group of lamps 20 for displaying power on, power off, input possible, call in progress, and alarm, respectively.

Further, a display section 21 consisting of, for example, a plasma display is provided on the front of the device body located near the operation panel 18, and the display section 21 includes the keyboard 1.
1 and information sent from a host device (not shown) via a telephone line 22 are displayed.

This display section 21 is provided on a rotating section 23 that can be freely opened and closed in the main body 10 of the apparatus. A well-known magnetic card reader 24 is provided on the upper part of this rotating part 23, and the magnetic information of a credit card, for example, can be read by this magnetic card reader 24.

Further, a power switch 25 is provided on the front side of the rotating portion 23, and a ticket insertion slot 26 is also provided. For example, a group airline ticket, a handwritten airline ticket, a credit statement in which a copy of the airline ticket issuance is recorded, a credit card, etc. are inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26.

For example, gift certificates are smaller in size than other tickets, and the ticket insertion slot 26 is configured to be able to position both large and small tickets.

FIG. 4 shows the ticket insertion slot 26. Ticket insertion slot 26
, whose lateral length 1a matches the lateral length of the large roll, and at a position from the left end of the ticket insertion slot 26 in the illustration to the lateral length l of the small bill, A guide portion 27 is provided at the bottom of the ticket insertion slot 26 along the ticket insertion direction and is lower than the longitudinal length lc of the ticket insertion slot 26.

In such a configuration, a large roll of group airline tickets or the like is inserted into the upper part of the guide section 27 and guided by both lateral ends of the ticket insertion slot 26. In addition, small tickets such as complimentary certificates can be inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26.
It is inserted between the left end of the guide section 27 and the guide section 27, and is guided by these.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, the device main body 11 is provided with a floppy disk device 28, which allows a floppy disk to be inserted and removed when the rotating portion 23 is open. It has become.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the main body 10 of the apparatus.

At the inner bottom of the device main body 10, a circuit board 30 on which a control circuit is disposed is provided, as well as an electric circuit 3].

The hopper 13 accommodates a boarding pass TP. This boarding pass TP can be transported along its lateral direction in order to shorten the transport time. This boarding pass TP is held down by a pressing member 32, and the take-out roller 3
3, one by one is taken out to the conveyance path 34. On the conveyance path 34, conveyance rollers 3 are installed at a predetermined interval.
5.36 are provided, and an insertion roller 37 is provided near the ticket insertion slot 26. These transporters 35.36
, the insertion roller 37 has driven rollers 38, 39, .
40 are pressed together. Pulleys 41, 42, 43, and 44 are provided on the take-out roller 33, the transport rollers 35, '36, and the insertion roller 37, respectively, and a belt 45 is wound around these pulleys 41-44. This heald 45 has a pulley 46 provided on the motor MTI.
The take-out roller 33 and the conveyance roller 35 are engaged with each other.
．． 36, the insertion roller 37 is driven by this motor MTI.

In addition, spring clutches (not shown) are provided between the take-out roller 33 and its pulley 4 and between the transport roller 35 and its pulley 42, and the take-out roller 33 and the transport roller 35 are connected to a solenoid SLI, a solenoid SLI,
When the stopper parts +41a and 2a of SL2 are engaged, they are configured to slip on the pulleys 41 and 42, respectively.

Further, a stopper member 47 is provided between the conveyance roller 36 and the insertion roller 37 to position the boarding pass supplied from the hopper 13 or the ticket type population 26 with the insertion roller 37. Member 47
is driven by solenoid SL3. This stopper member 47 and solenoid SL3 are provided in a magnetic recording encode unit 48 provided with a bar code reading device and a magnetic information reading/writing device. The details of this magnetic recording S, A encoding unit 48 will be explained later.

Further, the hopper 13 is provided with a sensor 5R10 for detecting the absence of a nail in the boarding pass TP, and a paper feed sensor SRI that detects the feeding of the boarding pass TP between the conveyance rollers 35 and 36 is provided. Further, a conveying roller 36,
A positioning sensor →j-S R2 is provided between the insertion rollers 37 to detect the presence or absence of a boarding pass. This positioning sensor SR'' is provided on the light emitting diode LDI or the magnetic recording encoder unit 48, and is provided on the photodiode I)D1 or the apparatus main body 10 side.

Furthermore, an insertion sensor SR3 is provided between the ticket insertion slot 26 and the insertion roller 37 to detect insertion of a ticket.

On the other hand, four branch paths are provided near the conveyance roller 36. The phase of these four branch paths and the conveyance path 34! A gate 50 for distribution is provided between T.

During this sorting, the gate 50 is always rotated toward the conveyance path 34 by its own weight, and the boarding passes TP taken out from the hopper 13 are conveyed by pushing up the gate 50. Further, the boarding passes processed by the magnetic recording encoding unit 48 are reversely transported through the transport path 34 by the transport roller 36 and the driven roller 39 by the motor MTI being reversely rotated, and the boarding passes are sorted through the gate 50. and is led to a branch road 49. A printing section 51 is provided at the end of these four branch paths.

The printing section 51 includes a platen roller 52 and a thermal head 54 that comes into contact with the platen roller 52 via an ink ribbon 53, and the ink ribbon 53 is housed in a ribbon cassette 55. A pulley 56 is provided on the platen roller 52 via a one-way clutch (not shown), and a belt 5 is connected to the pulley 56.
It is multiplied by 7. This belt 57 has a pulley 58.
59 are engaged with each other, and the pulley 59 is connected to the motor MTI.
It is designed to be driven by a motor MT3 provided at the same position as . Therefore, the platen roller 5
2 is rotated when the motor MT3 is rotated in the forward direction,
It is designed to stop if rotated in the opposite direction.

Further, a pulley 61 that drives the ink ribbon 53 via a pulley 60 is meshed with the pulley 56.
The ink ribbon 53 is also driven by the motor MT3. The boarding pass on which necessary information has been printed by the printing section 51 is stored in the stacker 16.

A print start sensor SR6 is provided on the branch path 49 to detect the boarding pass and output a print start signal, and a ribbon detection sensor SR7 is provided on the running section of the ink ribbon 53.

On the other hand, a journal printing section 62 is located near the pulley 58.
is provided. That is, the pulley 58 includes the pulley 6.
3 are engaged. This pulley 63 is provided with a platen roller 64 via a one-way clutch (not shown), and this platen roller 64 is connected to the motor MT3.
If it is rotated in the forward direction, it will be stopped, and if it is rotated in the opposite direction, it will be rotated. A thermal head 65 is brought into contact with this platen roller 64 via a journal paper (thermal paper) P, and required information is recorded on the journal paper P by this thermal head 65. The journal paper P on which this printing has been performed is discharged from the discharge section 17 to the outside of the main body 10 of the apparatus. Note that the journal printing section 62 is provided with a paper detection sensor SRI 1 that detects the presence or absence of the journal paper P.

By the way, the platen roller 52 is provided on the apparatus main body 10 side, and the light emitting diode LD2 constituting the thermal head 54, the ink ribbon 53, the pulley 60, 61, and the ribbon detection sensor SR7 is a rotating part provided on the apparatus main body 10. 2
3. Therefore, as shown in Figure 6,
By opening the rotating portion 23, the ink ribbon 53 can be easily replaced.

Next, the configuration of each part will be explained.

7 to 9 show the configuration of the insertion roller 37 and the driven roller 40. FIG. The insertion roller 37 is provided on a shaft 37a at a predetermined distance, and the shaft 37a is rotatably provided on the frames FLI and FL2. Also,
The driven roller 40 is provided on a shaft 40a at a predetermined distance, and the levers 40a are rotatably provided on the frames FL1 and FL2. Coil springs SPI and SF3 are installed on the outer surfaces of the frames FLI and FL2, and these coil springs SPI and SF3 are pressed around the periphery of the support 40a. Therefore, a required tension is applied to the driven roller 40 by these coil springs SPI and SF3.

The insertion roller 37 has a conveying force sufficient to convey the boarding pass TP, and as will be described later, when the magnetic recording encode unit 48 records and reproduces information on the boarding pass TP. It is necessary to rotate the boarding pass TP in the opposite direction, and to bring the boarding pass TP into contact with the stopper member 47 together with the driven roller 40, and in this state to slip the boarding pass TP against the ticket using a conveying force to prevent the ticket from becoming jammed. In order to obtain this effect, in this embodiment, the insertion roller 37 is made of silicone rubber.

FIG. 10 shows the material of the insertion roller 37 and the driven roller 40.
Coil springs SPI and SP2 that apply the required tension to
It shows the relationship of conveying force according to the type (A, B%C; tension - A<B<C).

As is clear from the figure, if the tension of the same type of coil spring is increased, the conveyance force will be increased;
Of these, silicone rubber has the least influence on errors in ticket material and coil spring tension. Further, since silicone rubber has elasticity, it is possible to appropriately set the frictional force with the ticket compared to metals such as aluminum. Therefore, silicone rubber is the best material for the insertion roller 37.

Next, the aforementioned magnetic recording encode unit 48 will be explained.

11 to 13 show the magnetic recording encode unit 48. FIG. Magnetic recording encode unit 4
8 is a head drive unit 7 provided with a magnetic head etc.
1, provided above this head drive unit 71,
The ticket holding unit 72 constitutes a part of the conveyance path 34.

First, the ticket holding unit 72 will be explained.

In FIG. 11, the ticket holding unit 72 is provided with a frame 72a. This frame 7'2a is a side frame 48a of the magnetic recording encode unit 48,
48b. As shown in FIG. 12, a fixed conveyance path 72b forming a part of the conveyance path 34 is provided on the back side of the frame 72a. The stopper member 47 is provided on the surface of the frame 72a. Support portions 47a and 47b are provided at both ends of the stopper member 47 in the longitudinal direction and at the base end. The distal end portions of the support portions 47a, 47b protrude toward the head drive unit 71 through through holes 72cs72d provided in communication with the frame 72a1 fixed conveyance path 72b.

Further, the through holes 72c and 72d each have a holding portion +4726 provided at the base end portion or the frame 72a.

The tip of 72f is penetrated, and the support portion 47a,
47b is held in rotation 1] (+:) by shafts 72g and 72h provided at the tips of the holding members 72e and 72f. Therefore, the stopper member 47 rotates around these shafts 72g and 72h as fulcrums. The distal end of the stopper member 47 can pass through a plurality of through holes 91 provided in communication with the frame 72a1, fixed conveyance path 72b1, and a rotary conveyance path 96, which will be described later. The transport path 34 can be shut off.

Furthermore, the solenoid SL3 is provided on the top surface of the ticket holding unit 72. As shown in FIG. 14, this solenoid SL3 is attached to a holder 93 provided on the upper surface of the frame 72a.
The tip of the mover 94a of L3 is connected to the stopper member 4.
7 is engaged with a through hole 47d of an engaging portion 47c provided upright at the center of the engagement portion 47c.

In such a configuration, when the solenoid SL3 is in the OFF state, the tip of the I mover 94a is spaced apart from the iron core 94b, as shown in FIG. 14. Therefore, the stopper member 47 is brought into contact with the frame 72a, and the tip of the stopper member 447 is inserted into the ticket conveyance path 34.

On the other hand, when the solenoid SL3 is turned off, it is attracted to the movable element 94a or the iron core 94b. Therefore, the stopper member 47 is rotated in the direction of arrow C in the figure, and its tip portion is pulled out from the conveyance path 34.

FIG. 15 shows one part of the stopper (47) taken out.

In the magnetic recording encoding unit 48, when performing information recording/reproducing processing on a ticket, when the ticket is brought into contact with the tip of the stopper member 47 by the insertion roller 37 and the driven roller 40, the conveyance force of the insertion roller 37 is , is transmitted to the tip of the stopper member 47 by the ticket. Here, when a force Fl, for example, is applied to the tip of the stopper member 42 by a ticket, the stopper member 47 has a force of M 1 f
An exciting moment is added. However, the stopper member 47
When the rotation center RC of the stopper member 47 is provided on the same side of the conveyance path 34 as the tip of the stopper member 47 as shown in FIG.
acts in the direction of closing.

Therefore, the ticket is not rolled up, and the accuracy of ticket positioning can be improved.

On the other hand, FIG. 16 shows the structure of a conventional stopper member. In this way, when the rotation center RC of the stopper member 47p is provided on the side opposite to the tip of the stopper member 47p, when a force of, for example, F2 is applied to the stopper member 47p by a ticket, the stopper member 47p M on 47p
2 moments occur. The direction of this moment M2 acts in the direction of opening the stopper member 47p, which may cause the ticket to turn over and deteriorate the positioning accuracy.

Next, the head drive unit 71 will be explained.

17 and 18 show the head drive unit 71. FIG. The head drive unit 71 is provided with guide shafts 74 and 75 along the elongated direction.
．． 75 is provided with a movable head unit 76. The head unit 76 is provided with a magnetic head 77 and a barcode reading section 78.

The magnetic head 77 is a combination head and has read, write, and verify (read-after-write) functions, and each function is performed in a separate process.
In addition, it is possible to move the head unit 76 in any direction.

Furthermore, the same magnetic helad 77 can handle two types of high and low coercive forces, 2750 (Oe) and 650 (Oe). Further, the barcode reading section 78 is composed of a light emitting diode and a phototransistor (not shown). These magnetic, head 7
7. As shown in FIG. 33(a), the barcode reading unit 78 has its arrangement position defined in accordance with the position of the magnetic stripe and barcode provided on the boarding pass or the like.

Further, seven screws screwed into the head unit 76 are provided between the guide shafts 74 and 75.

A pulley 80 is provided at one end of the screw 79, and this pulley 80 is connected via a belt 81 to a pulley 82 provided on the motor MT2. Therefore, the head unit 76 is moved in the directions of arrows A and B shown in FIGS. 17 and 18 depending on the driving direction of the motor MT2. The movement position of the head unit 76 is H/P (home position) where the blocking member 83 provided on the head unit 76 is formed by a photo coupler provided at both ends of the head drive unit 71 in the longitudinal direction.
Sensor SR4, E/P (end position) sensor SR
Detected by blocking 5.

Further, at the other end of the screw 79, an encoder section 84 is provided on the outer surface of the side frame 48b, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 17. The encoder section 84 is made up of, for example, a disk (not shown) provided with a plurality of slits along the circumferential direction, and a photocoupler 84a that detects the slits. The recording density by the magnetic head 77 is controlled.

In addition, the magnetic helad 77 and the barcode reading section 78
is provided with a guide member 85, and this guide member 8
5, the boarding pass T located as shown by the two-dot dashed line
The head unit 76 is designed to be able to move smoothly with respect to P, etc. Furthermore, the head unit 76
While the guide member 85 is moving, the guide member 85 moves along the rotary conveyance path 9, which will be described later.
6, it is designed to guide and hold boarding passes. Details of this guide member 85 will be described later.

Furthermore, the head drive unit 71 includes the
As shown in the figure, a fixed conveyance path 9 made of a leaf spring constitutes a part of the conveyance path 34 together with the above-mentioned fixed conveyance path 72b.
5 and a rotary conveyance path 96 are provided. These fixed conveyance path 95 and rotary conveyance path 96 are provided corresponding to the ticket conveyance position. When conveying tickets, this rotary conveyance path 96 is connected to the fixed conveyance path 72 as shown in FIG.
It is set in a position parallel to b. In this state, the ticket is stopped between the fixed conveyance path 72b and the rotary conveyance path 96, and the magnetic head 77 provided in the head unit 76 or the barcode reading section 7
When recording and reproducing information using the head unit 8, the rotary conveyance path 96 is rotated to a position that does not interfere with the movement of the head unit 76, as shown by the dotted line in FIG.

That is, the base end portion of this rotary conveyance path 96 is held by a rotatable shaft 97. At both ends of this shaft 97,
As shown in FIG. 1, large diameter portions 98.99 are provided, and groove portions 98a199a serving as guide means are provided along the axial direction in these large diameter portions 98.99. These grooves 9
8a199a is provided so that both ends in the axial direction are located on the back side of the large diameter portion 98.99, respectively, as shown in the figure, and the portion that transitions from the front side portion to the back side portion is hereinafter referred to as the rotation area RTEI. , RTE2. In addition, the groove portion 9
The front side portions of 8a and 99a are hereinafter referred to as recording areas RCE. An engagement pin 100 provided on the head unit 76 can be engaged with these grooves 98a199a, and as the head unit 76 moves, the engagement pin 100 can be engaged.
00 and the groove portions 98 a s 99 a, the shaft 9
7 and the rotating conveyance path 96 are configured to be rotated.

That is, normally the head unit 76 is as shown in FIGS.
It is stopped at the home position shown in the figure, and the engagement pin 100 is engaged with a groove portion 98a located on the back side of the large diameter portion 98. Therefore, the rotary conveyance path 96 is substantially parallel to the fixed conveyance path 72b, as shown in FIG. 14, FIG. 1, and FIG. 19.

On the other hand, when recording and reproducing information on the ticket, the head unit 76 is moved from the home position in the direction of arrow A in the figure. Along with this, the engagement pin 100 moves within the groove 98a, and when the engagement pin 100 passes through the rotation area RTEI of the groove 98a, the shaft 97 and the rotation conveyance path 96 move as shown in FIG. It is rotated in the direction of the arrow. Therefore, the rotary conveyance path 96 is separated from the fixed conveyance path 72b as shown in FIG. 20, and the head unit 76 is allowed to move.

In the above state, when the head unit 76 moves within the recording area RCE along the axis 97, the engagement bin 100 is pulled out from the groove 98a of the large diameter portion 98, and when the head unit 76 is further moved, the engagement bin 100 is pulled out from the groove 98a of the large diameter portion 98. 100 is the large diameter part 99
is engaged with the groove portion 99a. Then, when the engagement bottle 10 passes through the rotation region RTE2 of the groove portion 99a, the shaft 97 and the rotation conveyance path 96 are rotated in the direction of the arrow E shown in FIG. 20, and returned to the state shown in FIG. 19. Ru. Further, when moving the head unit 76 that has been moved to the end position (large diameter portion 99 side) to the home position side, the operation opposite to the above is performed.

By the way, when the rotary conveyance path 96 is located in a position parallel to the fixed conveyance path 72b, it is necessary to maintain a constant distance from the fixed conveyance path 72b, and when the rotary conveyance path 96 is rotated from this position, It is necessary to reliably engage the engagement pin 100 with the grooves 98a and 99a, and to maintain the rotational position accurately so as not to interfere with the running of the head unit 76. For this reason, the support 97 to which the rotary conveyance path 96 is attached is provided with means for regulating the operation of the rotary conveyance path 96.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 21 and 22, a locking member 10 is attached to the tip of the shaft 97 protruding from the side frame 48b.
The central part of 1 is fixed. This locking member 101 is
For example, it is in the shape of a crank that is closer to the side frame 48b from one end or the other end. The side frame 48b located within the rotation range of one end of the locking member 101 has a locking member 10 attached to the side frame 48b, which
first and second abutting members 48c against which one end of 1 abuts;
48d is provided. Further, one end of a coil spring 102 is attached to the other end of the engaging row member 101.

The other end of this coil spring 102 is attached to the side frame 48.
It is attached to b.

In the above configuration, when the rotary conveyance path 96 is in a position parallel to the fixed conveyance path 72b as shown in FIG. This state is maintained by the biasing force of the coil spring 102.

Further, when the rotary conveyance path 96 is rotated as shown in FIG. be done.

Next, the guide member 85 provided in the above-mentioned head unit 76 will be further explained.

FIG. 24 shows the guide member 85.

Slanted portions 85a1 are provided at both ends of the guide portion jrA85 in the moving direction.
85b is provided, and these inclined parts 85a185b
When the head unit 76 moves, the ticket held inside the magnetic recording encoder unit 48 is scooped up so that the head unit 76 can be moved smoothly.

Furthermore, when the barcode reading section 78 reads the barcode provided on the face of the ticket, it is necessary to maintain a constant distance 11 between the barcode reading section 78 and the face of the ticket, as shown in FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG. 26, the output signal of the barcode reading section becomes maximum at a certain distance from the object to be read.
Even if the distance is about 0.5 mm from this point, the output signal will suddenly drop, and the reading accuracy will not be compensated.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, a magnetic head 77 is placed around the barcode reading section 78 of the guide member 85.
A holding part 85c is provided that is lower than the surface of the card and higher than the barcode reading part 78, and the distance between the barcode reading part 78 and the face of the ticket is 1.
1 is held constant so that barcodes can be read at maximum output. This holding part 85c and the fixed conveyance path 72b
The distance 12 is the winding thickness +0, 1 to 0, 3 m
ml=stage setting.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 27, the fixed conveyance path 72b has a magnetic head 7 of the head unit 76 along the longitudinal direction.
A sliding contact member 103 with which 7 is slidably contacted is provided. This sliding contact member 103 protects the magnetic head 77, allows the magnetic head 77 to move smoothly, maintains a constant contact pressure between the magnetic head 77 and the ticket, and furthermore, allows the magnetic head 77 to move in contact with the ticket. In this case, it is provided for the purpose of preventing the occurrence of skew in the ticket due to the frictional force between the magnetic heald 77 and the ticket.

Therefore, the material of the sliding contact member 103 is required to have a high coefficient of friction against the ticket, a low coefficient of friction against the magnetic head 77, a low compression set, and excellent wear resistance.

In general, urethane rubber, CR (chlorobrane rubber) sponge, PE (polyethylene) foam, etc. are known as materials used for such purposes. However, urethane rubber and CR sponge have a large coefficient of friction with the magnetic head, and, for example, when the magnetic head 77 is moved idly during initial setting of the apparatus main body 10, a large torque is required.

On the other hand, plastics and the like have too small a coefficient of friction between the magnetic head and the ticket, making them unsuitable.

High-density microcell urethane foam (FORON: manufactured by Inoue MCP Co., Ltd.) was recognized as the most suitable material meeting the above conditions.

FIG. 28 shows the characteristics of high-density microcellular urethane foam in comparison with other materials.

In this high-density microcell urethane foam, the optimum example for the above conditions is density -〇, 32g/cm
3. Tensile strength - 14.7 kg/cm2, elongation - 155%, tear strength - 3.4 kg/cm, compressive residual strain -
3.1%, friction coefficient (paper) -〇, 5, friction coefficient (SUS
Nissin stainless steel) - 〇, 6.

FIG. 29 shows the configuration of the control system.

The main control unit 110 controls the entire device,
This main control unit 110 is connected via a path line 111 to an IPL memory 112 consisting of a ROM in which an internal program loader (IPL) is stored, a main memory 113 consisting of a RAM, and a ROM and RAM in which character fonts are stored. Configured character font memory 11
4.115 is connected.

In addition, the pass line 111 includes a keyboard control section] 1
Keyboard 11 via 6, and Chinky Pacito 12
is connected, and the magnetic card reader interface 1]7
A magnetic card reader 24 is connected via an interface (referred to as I/F).

Further, a floppy disk device 28 is connected to the pass line 11, and a display unit 21 is connected via a display control unit 118, and the display control unit 118 is connected to the pass line 111 and stores text. A memory 119 consisting of RAM is connected. A floppy disk FD installed in the floppy disk device 28
The system program, firmware, character fonts, and other data are stored in the main memory 113, and when the main body of the device is powered on, the IPL stored in the memory 112 causes the stored programs and data to be stored in the main memory 113. and the character font memory 115.

In addition, the journal printing section 62 is connected to the printing section (1/F) 120.
A telephone line 22 and a telephone set 21 are connected to the pass line 111 via an NCU (network control unit)/modem 122 and a communication control section 123. Communication control unit 12
No. 3 is configured to automatically dial when the power is turned on to the main body of the device to establish a connection with the host device.

Furthermore, the telephone 121 is capable of making calls even when the main body of the device is powered off.

Further, an operation panel 18 is connected to the pass line 111, and a printing section 51, a barcode reading section 78, a magnetic head 77, and a transport mechanism section 124 are connected to the printing section (I
/F) 125, a barcode reader (I/F) 126, a magnetic processing (I/F) 127, and a transport control unit 128.

Further, the aforementioned various sensors SRI to SRI 1, solenoids SL1 to SL3, and motors MT1, MT2, and MT3 are connected to the transport mechanism section 124.

The operation in the above 1.14 configuration will be explained using FIGS. 30 to 32.

First, regarding the ticket issuing operation using the boarding pass TP stored in the hopper 13, see FIGS. 30 and 31. 1. I will explain. The general operation of the boarding pass TP in this ticket issuing operation is as shown by the solid arrow in FIG. 30.

That is, in a state where the ticket issuing mode is designated by operating the keyboard 11, information is exchanged with the host device in an interactive manner, and when the required boarding pass can be issued, the motor MT
1 is driven in the forward direction, the take-out roller 33, conveyance rollers 35, 36, and insertion roller 37 are rotated, and one boarding pass TP is taken out from inside the hopper 13. When the boarding pass TP is taken out, the paper feed solenoid SLI is turned off, the stopper member 1a is engaged with the take-out roller 33, and the take-out roller 33 is stopped regardless of the rotation of the motor MTI. This taken out boarding pass TP is conveyed through the conveyance path 34, and when the leading end of the boarding pass is detected by the paper feed sensor SRI, the solenoid SL3 is turned on and the leading end of the stopper member 47 is pulled out from within the conveying path 34. be done. Therefore, the boarding pass TP is conveyed toward the ticket insertion slot 26.

When the rear end of the boarding pass TPO is detected by the paper feed sensor SRI, the solenoid SL2 is turned off and the conveyance roller 35 is stopped, and furthermore, the rear end of the boarding pass TP is detected by the positioning sensor SR2. When it is done (
31), the motor MTI is driven in the opposite direction, the solenoid SL3 is turned off, and the stopper member 47 is inserted into the conveyance path 34. Therefore, the boarding pass TP is conveyed in the opposite direction by the insertion roller 37 and comes into contact with the stopper member 47 in the closed state, after which the motor MTI is stopped. At this time, immediately after the boarding pass TP contacts the stopper member 47, the insertion roller 37 is being rotated, but since the tension of the driven roller 40 is weak, the boarding pass TP and the insertion roller 37 slip and the boarding pass The TP is not conveyed but is stopped at the position where it contacts the stopper member 47, that is, within the magnetic recording encode unit 48. During this stop, the boarding pass TP is held between the insertion roller 37 and the driven roller 40.

When the motor MT1 is stopped and the boarding pass TP is stopped as described above, the motor MT2 is driven and operates according to the output signals of the H/P (home position) sensor SR4 and the E/P (end position) sensor SR5. , the head unit 76 is reciprocated.

During the reciprocating movement of the head unit 76, the magnetic helad 7
7, writing of necessary information such as destination, number of flights, seats, etc., and reading of the written information are performed.

In this case, no barcode reading operation is performed.

Then, the head unit 7 is detected by the H/P sensor SR4.
When it is determined that 6 has returned to the home position,
The motor MTI is driven in the forward direction (section b shown in FIG. 31), and the rear end of the boarding pass TP is separated from the stopper member 47. Thereafter, the solenoid SL3 is turned on, the stopper member 47 is pulled out from the conveyance path 34, and in this state, the motor MTI is driven in the reverse direction. Therefore, the boarding pass TP is conveyed along the conveyance path 34 in the direction away from the ticket insertion slot 26, and is sorted via the gate 50 to the branch path 49.
guided by. When a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the rear end (leading edge in the conveyance direction) of the boarding pass TP is detected by the print start sensor SR6, the solenoid SL3 is turned off and the stopper member 47 is inserted into the conveyance path 34. At the same time, the motor MT3 is driven in the forward direction, the platen roller 52 is rotated, and a print signal is supplied to the thermal head 54, so that the surface of the boarding pass TP is printed as shown in FIG. 33(b).
As shown in FIG. 2, information similar to the information recorded on the magnetic stripe MS is printed.

When this printing is completed, the boarding pass TP is stored in the stacker 16.

On the other hand, when the printing operation is completed, the motor MT3 is reversely rotated, the platen roller 64 of the journal printing section 62 is driven, and a printing signal is supplied to the thermal head 65, so that the journal paper P is printed, for example, on a boarding pass. T
Information similar to that printed on P is printed.

In the process using the magnetic heald 77, if an error occurs, the motor MTI is driven in the forward direction and the boarding pass TP is ejected from the ticket insertion slot 26.

Through the above operations, the boarding pass T stored in the hopper 13
P can be used to issue the required boarding pass.

Next, the operation when a ticket is inserted through the ticket insertion slot 26 will be explained using FIG. 32. The general operation of the ticket in this case is shown by the dotted line in FIG. still,
Each ticket inserted through the ticket insertion slot 26 has a bar code indicating its ticket type, and in the case of a group ticket, a magnetic stripe is also provided.

That is, when a large roll or a small roll is inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26 and this is detected by the insertion sensor SR3, the motor M
The TI is driven in the opposite direction, and the inserted ticket is transferred to the insertion roller 3.
7 and a driven roller 40 to be transported into the apparatus main body 10 . At this time, since the solenoid SL3 is in the OFF state, the stopper member 47 is protruded into the transport path 34, and the transported ticket comes into contact with the stopper member 47. Further, when the ticket is conveyed into the conveyance path 34 and this is detected by the positioning sensor SR2, the motor MTI is stopped. In this state, motor MT2 is connected to H/P sensor SR4 and E/P sensor S.
The head unit 76 is moved back and forth by being moved in the forward and reverse directions in response to the output of R5, and the barcode is read by the barcode reader 78 to determine the inserted bill type. After this, an operation is performed according to the discriminated ticket type, and when this operation is completed, the motor MTI is driven in the forward direction (copy 0 shown in Figure 32), and the leading edge of the ticket in the transport direction is The stopper is separated from the member 47. Thereafter, the solenoid SL3 is turned on, the stopper member 47 is pulled out from the conveyance path 34, the motor MTI is driven in the opposite direction, and the ticket is conveyed to the branch path 49.

For example, if a group ticket is inserted, first,
During one reciprocation of the head unit 76, information on the magnetic stripe is read as well as the barcode, and the next one is read.
In the round trip, writing of required information and reading of the written information are performed a). The operation of the magnetic helad 77 shown in FIG. 32 shows the case of this group ticket. Thereafter, the group ticket is conveyed to the printing section 51, where necessary information is printed by the operations described above and stored in the stocker 16. Furthermore, a journal is printed at the journal printing section 62.

Furthermore, when a handwritten airline ticket or complimentary ticket is inserted, once the barcode is read, the ticket is conveyed to the stacker 16 without being subjected to magnetic processing.

Furthermore, when a credit statement is inserted, the barcode is first read, and then it is conveyed to the printing unit 51 without magnetic processing, the required information is printed, and it is stored in the stocker 16. be done. Then, the journal printing section 62 is driven to print the journal.

According to the embodiment described above, grooves 98a and 99a extending from the front surface to the back surface in the axial direction are provided in the large diameter portion 98.99 of the support 97 that rotatably holds the rotary conveyance path 96.
Engagement bin 10 provided in head unit 76 at 99a
0, so that the rotary conveyance path 96 is rotated as the head unit 76 moves. Therefore, since the rotary conveyance path 96 is rotated as the head unit 76 moves, the operating time is longer than in the conventional case where the rotary conveyance path is first rotated and then the head unit is driven. can be shortened.

Further, the operating mechanism of the rotary conveyance path 96 includes grooves 98a and 99a provided in the shaft 97, and the engagement bin 10 that engages with the grooves 98a and 99a.
It has a simple configuration with only 0, and does not require a separate driving means such as a solenoid to rotate the rotation conveyance path 96.
However, when the rotary conveyance path 96 is rotated, it moves between the fixed conveyance path 72b and the head unit 76.
It is possible to downsize the device configuration.

Further, since the rotation conveyance path 96 is rotated on both sides of the recording area RCE, it is possible to prevent azimuth disturbance due to magnetic processing by the magnetic head 77.

Further, the locking member 1 is attached to the lever 97 provided with the rotary conveyance path 96
01, and within the rotation range of this locking member 1010, the side frame 48b corresponding to the opening/closing position of the rotation conveyance path 96 is provided.
First and second abutting members 48c and 48d are provided, and a locking member 101 is attached to these first and second abutting members 48c and 48d.
The abutting state is maintained by the biasing force of a coil spring 102 provided between the other end of the locking member 101 and the side frame 48b. Therefore, the rotating conveyance path 96
The mutual spacing between the fixed conveyance path 72b and the fixed conveyance path 72b can be maintained reliably, and the engaging bin 100 can be reliably engaged with the grooves 98a and 99a when the rotary conveyance path 96 is open. , it is possible to prevent the head unit 76 from being obstructed.

Further, the rotation fulcrum of the stopper member 47 is set to the conveyance path 34.
The stopper member 47 is provided on the same side as the tip end thereof. Therefore, even when the ticket comes into contact with the tip of the stopper member 47, the force applied from the ticket generates a moment in the direction in which the stopper member 47 closes, so the ticket does not roll up and the ticket This makes it possible to improve positioning accuracy.

Further, the head unit 76 is provided with a guide member 85, and the inclined portions 85 are provided at both ends of the guide member 85 in the moving direction.
A and 85b are scooping up the ticket. therefore,
When the head unit 76 moves, it is possible to prevent the end of the winding from being bent or damaged.

Furthermore, a holding portion 85c is provided in a portion of the guide member 85 that corresponds to the periphery of the barcode reading portion 78.
5c makes it possible to maintain a constant distance between the face of the card and the barcode reading section 78.

Therefore, since a read signal can be obtained from the barcode reading section 78 at maximum output, it is possible to improve barcode reading accuracy.

Further, a sliding contact member 103 is provided at a portion of the fixed conveyance path 72b where the magnetic heald 77 comes into sliding contact, and the sliding contact member 103 has a large friction coefficient with respect to the ticket, a small friction coefficient with respect to the magnetic held 77, and Constructed of high-density microcell urethane foam with low compression set and excellent wear resistance. Therefore, head unit 76
When moving the magnetic head 77, the magnetic head 77 can be moved smoothly, the surface of the magnetic head 77 can be protected, and the skew of the ticket due to the movement of the magnetic head 77 can be prevented. It is.

Further, in the magnetic recording encoding unit 48, when processing for the ticket is completed, first, the motor MTI is driven in the forward direction to separate the ticket from the stopper member 47, and in this state, the solenoid SL3 is turned on and the stopper member 47 is moved away from the stopper member 47. The member 47 is pulled out from within the conveyance path 34 and the ticket is conveyed to the printing section 51. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the ticket from being rolled up or bent and jammed during transportation, which would occur when the stopper member 47 is pulled out while the ticket is in contact with the stopper member 47.

Furthermore, the insertion roller 37 is made of silicone rubber. Therefore, when the ticket is being conveyed, the ticket can be transported reliably, and when the ticket comes into contact with the stopper member 47, it can surely slip against the ticket and prevent the ticket from clogging. It is.

Note that this invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
Of course, various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, guide means are provided at both ends of the shaft portion whose central portion is provided at the base end of the rotary conveyance path, and the guide means is provided at the recording means. An engaging means is provided that engages with the rotary conveyance path and rotates the rotary conveyance path as the recording means moves, and by rotating the rotary conveyance path before the recording means records and reproduces information, the ticket or the like can be Thus, it is possible to provide a ticket issuing device that can prevent disturbances in the azimuth of the recording means.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a top view of the main part showing one embodiment of the rotary conveyance path, FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing the external appearance of a ticket issuing device to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 5 is a side sectional view showing the configuration of the main parts of the ticket issuing device; FIG. 6 is a side view of the main parts shown to explain the structure of the printing section; FIG. 7 9 to 9 respectively show the configuration of the insertion roller, FIG. 7 is a top view showing only the main parts, and FIG. 8 is a top view showing only the main parts.
The figure is a front view showing only the essential parts, Fig. 9 is a side view showing only the essential parts, Fig. 10 is a diagram showing characteristics depending on the material of the insertion roller, and Figs. 11 to 13 are magnetic recording encoder units. Figure 11 is a top view of the main parts, Figure 12 is a top view of the main parts, and
13 are side views seen from different directions, FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-I in FIG. 11, and FIG. 15.
FIG. 16 is a side sectional view of the main parts shown for explaining the operation of the stopper member, FIGS. 17 and 18 are respectively showing the head drive unit, and FIG. 17 is a top view of the main parts. , Fig. 18 is a side view of the main part, Fig. 19, Fig. 2
Figure 0 is shown to explain the operation of the rotary conveyance path, and Figures 21 to 2 are perspective views showing only the main parts.
Figure 3 shows the locking member of the rotary conveyance path, and the 21st
The figure is a side view of the main part, Fig. 22 is a front view of the main part, Fig. 23 is a side view of the main part showing different operating states from Fig. 21, and Fig. 22 is a front view of the main part.
4 and 25 show the guide member, FIG. 24 is a perspective view showing only the main part, and FIG. 25 is a side sectional view of the main part.
Fig. 26 is a diagram showing the characteristics of the barcode reading section, Fig. 27 is a front view showing the configuration of the sliding contact member, Fig. 28 is a diagram shown to explain the material of the sliding contact member, and Fig. 29 is a diagram showing the control FIGS. 30 to 32 are diagrams showing the system configuration, respectively, are diagrams shown to explain the operation of the ticket issuing device, and FIG. 33 is a diagram shown to explain the configuration of the boarding pass. 10...Device main body, 18...Operation panel, 21...
・Display section, 23... Rotating section, 24... Magnetic card reader, 26... Ticket insertion slot, 27... Guide section, 33.
...Take-out roller, 35.3'6...Transport roller, 3
7... Insertion roller, 47... Stopper member, 48
...Magnetic recording encode unit, 48e, 48d.
... Contact member, 51 ... Printing section, 52 ... Platen roller, 53 ... Ink ribbon, 54 ... Thermal sensitive ＼
Rad, 62... Journal printing section, 65... Thermal head, 72a... Fixed conveyance path, 85... Guide member,
85c... Holding section, 96... Simultaneous conveyance path, 98a,
99a...Groove portion, 100...Engagement pin, 101...
- Locking member, 102... Coil spring, 103... Sliding contact part (A, 1] 0... Main control unit, to MTI - MT3.
...Motor, 5L1-~SL3...Solenoid, SR
I...Paper feed sensor, SR2...Positioning sensor, S
R3...Insertion sensor, SR4...H/P (Bahm position) sensor, SR5...E/P (end position) sensor, SR6...Print start sensor. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 2 Figure 3 Weak - Tenrayoso with 1 coil -! Hikidai 1
2 Figure 13 C-＼ RC Figure 15 RC Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 22 Figure 23 Figure 24 Tρ (b) Figure 33

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A rotary conveyance path capable of supporting tickets stopped within the conveyance path, and a shaft portion having a central portion provided at the base end of the rotary conveyance path and rotatably holding the rotary conveyance path. a recording means for recording and reproducing necessary information on the ticket or the like that is moved along the shaft and stopped within the conveyance path; A guide means provided continuously around the recording means, and an engaging means provided on the recording means and engaged with the guide means to rotate on a rotating conveyance path as the recording means moves. Characteristic ticket issuing device. (2) The ticket issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the guide means includes a groove, and the engagement means includes an engagement pin that is engaged with the groove.