JPH02201591A - Processor for booklets - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To arrange an automatic paging means near an exit/entrance and to miniaturize a processor by saving a part to be normally discharged from the exit/entrance of a medium to a save part, which is formed between the exit/entrance and the automatic paging means, at the time of paging operation. CONSTITUTION:Paging is executed by an automatic paging means 7 and the paging is executed while carrying booklets in the direction of an exit/entrance 2. Here, the rear edge (the exit/entrance 2 side) of a bankbook P is guided by a shutter gate 3, which is also used as a distributing means, and falls down to a bankbook save part 26 while being deformed. Thus, since the part to be normally discharged from the medium exit/entrance 2 is saved to the save part 26, which is formed between the exit/entrance 2 and automatic paging means 7, at the time of paging operation, the automatic paging means 7 can be arranged near the exit/entrance 2 and the processor can be miniaturized.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a booklet processing device applied to a passbook printer unit installed in an automatic teller machine, for example. The present invention relates to a booklet processing device having a function of automatically turning over 111 quanta.

(Prior Art) In recent years, automatic teller machines (hereinafter referred to as ATMs) have come into widespread use. Usually, these types of devices are equipped with a passbook printer unit as a booklet processing device, and are used to record transaction details. The information is printed on a passbook as a pamphlet, and after the transaction is completed, the passbook is released into the outlet to be delivered to the customer. Further, when printing on the passbook extends to the next page, the page is conveyed to an automatic page turning means and turned over, and then it is checked whether or not it is the correct page, and if it is correct, printing is restarted.

Furthermore, in the past, when the automatic page turning means turned the pages, the bankbook was kept interposed in the conveyance path.

(WJ problem to be solved by the invention) As mentioned above, conventionally, when turning the pages by automatic page turning means, the passbook is left interposed in the conveyance path, so The distance between the device and the device needs to be at least longer than the length of an open bankbook, which poses a problem in that it becomes an obstacle to miniaturization.

The present invention was made based on the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a booklet processing device that can have an automatic page turning means close to the entrance and exit, and that can be made smaller. be.

[tδ Formation of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention provides a booklet processing device having a function of automatically turning over a plurality of pages of booklets. a booklet conveying path, an automatic page turning means provided opposite to the booklet conveying path for turning over the covers and intermediate pages of the booklets, and an automatic page turning means provided between the automatic page turning means and the doorway for turning the booklets. a booklet evacuation section for evacuation of a part of;
111) Sorting means provided in the vicinity of the child evacuation section for retracting a part of the 1!1 children from the booklet transport path to the booklet evacuation section when the automatic page turning means performs a page turning operation. The structure is as follows.

(Function) According to the present invention, during a page turning operation, a portion of the medium that would normally be ejected from the medium entrance/exit can be retracted into a retraction section formed between the medium entrance/exit and the automatic page turning means. The turning means can be placed near the entrance and exit, making miniaturization possible.

(Example) An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an outline of a passbook printer unit 1 as a 111 quantum class processing device of the present invention.
2 indicates the main body of the ATM, 2 is a media entrance/exit for discharging booklets to 4, 3 is a shutter gate for opening/closing the entrance/exit 2, and III)-/- formed in this lower part J) It also serves as a sorting means 27 for sending a part of the bankbook P to a second bankbook saving section 26 as a class saving section.

When the passbook P is opened and inserted from the entrance/exit 2 at h3, the optical detector 4 is activated, the shutter gate 3 is opened by the electromagnetic torque 7 noid (not shown), and then the conveyor roller pair 5 of the first conveyor stage 20 is activated. It is driven by the stepping motor 6 and is transported to the back side of the passbook printer unit 1 via the first transport path 20a.

An automatic page turning means (
An automatic turn page) 7, a magnetic head 8, a line find 9 as a detection means, a printing means 10, and first to fourth booklet issuing sections 11 to 14 are arranged.

When the bankbook P or ticket Q is transported, the automatic page turning means 7 is rotated in the transport direction by a dedicated motor (not shown) so as not to get in the way.

Then, the magnetic stripes affixed to the front and back covers of the accepted bankbook P are scanned by the magnetic spatula 8, and customer information such as account number is read. If it is correct, it is accepted; if it is incorrect or poorly read, it is returned to the entrance/exit 2.

In the passbook P that has been correctly accepted, an optical line finder 9 located at the back side reads page marks, printed lines, etc. of the opened pages. This Line Find 9 printing information allows you to print additional information for unfilled bankbooks,
The transaction printing is performed.

It is well known that the printing information is exchanged online, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

When the print lines on that page are full, the bankbook P is returned to the automatic page turning means 7 and a page turning operation is performed. Then, it is checked by the line finder 9 whether the page has been turned over correctly, and if the page has not been turned over correctly at this time, the automatic page turning means 7 performs the turning operation again. Then, when it is confirmed that the book has been turned over correctly, the unfilled portion is recorded by the printing means 10 at the time of no. Furthermore, as a matter of course, there is a limit to the number of pages in the bankbook P, and if the last line of the last page is printed, there will be no extra space -). At this time, the first. Second booklet publishing department 11.
A new passbook P will be issued from 12 onwards.

However, in this example, the third booklet issuing section 13 is used for issuing tickets Q, but it can be changed to issuing passbooks P according to the specifications. Moreover, it can accommodate a large number of passbooks P such as those for ordinary deposits, time deposits, general accounts, and transfers only.

Picker device 15 as means for taking out new passbook P
When the passbook P is issued, the account number, name, etc. are printed on the cover, and after the cover is turned over if necessary, customer information such as the account number is written on the magnetic stripe of the passbook P. Thereafter, the unfilled portion is printed and returned to the customer through entrance 2. In addition, when a new passbook is issued, Printing Bay Passbook P will be the first
The bankbook P is temporarily saved in the passbook saving section 16 of the bank account, and when returned, it is returned to the customer consecutively with the new passbook P.

On the other hand, for transactions other than passbook transactions, a single ticket Q is used. In this embodiment, the ticket Q is selectively taken out and issued by the picker device 15.15 from two locations, the third]111 child issuer 13 and the fourth 1111 child issuer 14. When a ticket Q is issued from the third subsidiary issuing unit 13, the first transport Q20a is moved in the discharge direction (the entrance/exit 2
direction), and the transaction details are printed in the printing unit 10. This amount is then released to the entrance/exit 2 and handed over to the customer. Also, the fourth II+? -f'- is from 1 issue part 14 to single ticket Q
When issued, after being taken out by the picker device 15, it is conveyed toward the back side along the first conveyance path 20a, and after being printed by the printing means 10, it is conveyed reversely and discharged to the entrance/exit 2. Ru.

Further, automatic machines in banks and the like, especially in securities companies, may need to transmit a large amount of messages to the general public or individuals. At this time, a single sheet Q is used, but since there is often insufficient capacity for one sheet, a temporary storage section 17 is provided to temporarily store the printed sheets Q, and multiple sheets Q are accumulated. Later, it can be discharged all at once to the entrance/exit 2.

Also, since it is an automatic machine, you may forget to take out the single FQ or passbook P, but it is designed so that you can retrieve it to prevent the machine from going down.

First, we will explain the case where you forget to take the ticket Q. +1
After releasing the ticket Q, if the timer monitor determines that the ticket Q has been left behind, the ticket Q at the entrance/exit 2 will be transferred to the first conveyance path 20.
a, and is further transported to the back side through the first transport path 20.
A gate roller 19 serving as a folding means 11i disposed on the terminal end side of the paper is operated, and the paper is guided to the second conveyance path 20b.
It is collected and accumulated in the collecting section 21.

On the other hand, if you forget to take out the passbook P, move the tip of the passbook P to the first passbook retracting section 1 in the first conveyance path 21a in the same way as the ticket Q.
It is conveyed until it reaches the state where it is stuck in 6. Thereafter, the gate roller 19 is operated to push the central part of the bankbook P, and the bankbook P is automatically folded in half, and is sent into the second conveyance path 20b and collected in the collection section 21.

At this time, since the ticket Q is the same method as the closed J method of the passbook P as is well known, both the passbook P1 and the ticket Q are collected by the same collection unit 2.
1 can be accumulated in an orderly manner.

In addition, 22 is a journal, which is the part where transaction records at the ATM are printed and rolled up, and 23 is a slip Q.
It is a conveyance path to other units, is connected to the banknote dispensing section of the ATM, and is used when discharging the ticket Q along with banknotes. 24 is a power supply device, and 25 is an ink ribbon for printing.

Next, the page turning operation of the bankbook P will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

First, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the automatic page-turning means 7 includes a swinging page-turning roller 7a and a lower transport guide that swings together with the page-turning roller 7a to curve the passbook P. The structure includes a bending plate 59 which also serves as a member, and a pair of upper transport guide plates 56a and 56b which are used as transport guides for the passbook P when the passbook P is closed and are opened when the pages are turned.

The pages of the bankbook P can be turned in either the forward direction or the reverse direction, and the conveyance position of the bankbook P is supported as necessary, and at the same time, the moving page turning means 7
The direction of movement is also indicated.

FIG. 2 shows the state immediately before the end of the page turning operation in the forward direction.

The page is turned by an automatic page-turning means 7, and the page is turned while being conveyed in the direction of the entrance/exit 2. Here, the rear end of the passbook P (on the entrance/exit 2 side) is guided by the shutter gate 3 which also serves as the sorting means 27, and the second
It is designed to be dropped into the passbook saving section 26 of the bankbook.

Further, FIG. 3 shows a reverse page turning operation.

In reverse direction page turning, when the passbook P is conveyed to the page turning start state, the rear end (on the entrance/exit 2 side) of the passbook P is guided by the shutter gate 3 which also serves as the sorting means 27, and the second passbook is retracted while being deformed. It is designed to be dropped into the section 26.

Note that FIG. 4 shows an actual page turning operation.

First, as shown in FIG. 4(a), when the page to be turned is conveyed to a predetermined position, the upper conveyance guide plate 56a is moved.

56b is rotated upward, and the swinging arm 60 holding the page turning roller is rotated counterclockwise to obtain the state shown in FIG. 4(b). Thereafter, by rotating the page-turning roller 7a by a page-turning remoter (not shown), the page-turning roller 7a, which is a high-friction member, curls only one page of the passbook P by frictional force, and once it is detected by the detector S, it is temporarily stopped. Then, the state shown in FIG. 4(C) is obtained.

Thereafter, the page turning roller 7a is rotated at a predetermined number of revolutions (2 to 3
(Rotation) Rotate the passbook P in the opposite direction to make it look like the broken line in Figure 4 (C), then immediately reverse the automatic page turning motor and simultaneously transport the passbook P in the X direction to open the turned page. Then the page turning ends.

Thereafter, the bankbook P is conveyed in the Y direction, and by reading the page marks of a known bankbook using an optical line finder 9 (see FIG. 1), it is detected whether or not it has been turned over to the correct page.

Then, when it is detected that the paper has been correctly turned over, the remaining print information is printed. Further, when over-turning is detected, the operations shown in FIGS. 4(a) to 4(e) are performed on the bankbook P, and when a failure in turning is detected, a try operation is performed.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, during page turning operation, the portion that would normally be ejected from the media outlet is transferred to the recess portion formed between the outlet and the automatic page turning means. This allows the automatic page turning means to be placed near the entrance and exit, which has the effect of making it more compact.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing the overall structure of the booklet processing apparatus, and FIG.
The figure is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the main part showing the forward direction page turning operation state, FIG. 3 is the operation explanatory diagram of the main part showing the forward direction page turning operation state,
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the page turning operation. 1... Booklet processing device (passbook printer unit), 2
... Entrance/exit, 7... Automatic page turning means, 20a...
Booklet transport path, 26...Booklet evacuation section (passbook evacuation section)
, 27... Sorting means, P... Booklets (passbook). Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 3 (a) Figure (c) (d) Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a booklet processing device having a function of automatically turning over multiple pages of booklets, a booklet entrance/exit, a booklet transport path starting from this entrance/exit, and a booklet transport path provided opposite to the booklet/transport path. an automatic page-turning means for turning over the covers and intermediate pages of booklets;
a booklet evacuation section provided between the automatic page turning means and the entrance for evacuation of a part of the booklets; and a booklet evacuation section provided near the booklet evacuation section that removes the booklet during page turning operation by the automatic page turning means. 1. A booklet processing apparatus, comprising: sorting means for retracting a part of the booklets from the booklet transport path to the booklet retracting section.