JPH02306391A - Slip processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use a single typing printer for the case to issue both a slip and a card by using a part of the slip issuing route of a detailed statement, etc., and a part of the card issuing route of a transfer card, etc., in common. CONSTITUTION:Both the slip sent from a slip issuing part 5 and the card sent from a card issuing part 29 are conveyed respectively as being placed on a common conveying route (a) in a range extending from the front to the rear of a printing position by the typing printer 11, and at the time to be conveyed in the common part (a) of the conveying route, transaction data is printed by the typing printer 11. Thus, both the slip and the card can be printed by using the single typing printer, and the number of the printers to be used can be reduced, and simultaneously, by using the issuing routes of the slip and the card in common partially, a space occupied by those can be reduced, and the small-sized and light slip processing device can be obtained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a slip processing device having a function of issuing cards such as transfer cards and prepaid cards in addition to a function of issuing slips such as statement slips.

(b) Conventional technology For example, a slip processing device built into an automatic teller machine such as an automatic teller machine usually reads and processes a transaction card inserted by a customer and processes the transaction. At the same time, a slip such as a detailed statement with the transaction data printed thereon is issued, and the same transaction data is printed and recorded on journal paper. Therefore, the media handled by the slip processing device are cards, statement slips, and journals, but in addition to these original functions, there are also devices equipped with the function of issuing transfer cards and prepaid cards as needed.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional type of slip processing device with a transfer card issuing function, the statement issuing route and the slip issuing route were independent, so the printer for printing the statement and the transfer Since the card printing printer is installed separately on the above issuing route, the space occupied by the two issuing routes and the two printers increases, the size of the device increases, and the weight of the device also increases. However, due to the complexity of the structure, the number of assembly steps increased, resulting in higher costs.

In view of the two-pronged problem, this invention partially shares the route for issuing slips such as statement slips and the route for issuing cards such as transfer cards, thereby using a single printing printer for printing slips and cards respectively. The purpose is to provide a slip processing device that can be used at the time of issuance.

(d) Means for Solving Problems This invention includes a slip issuing section and a card issuing section inside, and each issuing route from both issuing sections to a slip ejection port and a card ejection port on the front of the main body of the device is provided. A slip processing device is provided with a printer for printing in the middle of these issuance paths, and the slip issuance path and the card issuance path merge at least in an area sandwiching the printing position by the above-mentioned printer. to form a shared transport route I7
The invention is characterized in that it is a slip processing device.

(E) Effect According to the present invention, the slips fed out from the slip issuing section and the cards fed out from the card issuing section share a common conveyance path in the range before and after the printing position by the printing printer. The transaction data is printed by a printing printer while being transported along this common transport route.

(F) Effects of the invention Therefore, it is possible to print on both slips and cards using a single printing printer, which reduces the number of printers used and partially eliminates the issuance route for slips and cards. By sharing these, the space they occupy can be reduced and a small and lightweight slip processing device can be manufactured. Furthermore, costs can be reduced by simplifying the structure and simplifying assembly by reducing the number of parts used.

(g) Examples The present invention will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a slip processing device 1 according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of a card issuing unit, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the addition of optional functions to the slip processing device 1.

A card insertion slot (and card ejection port) 3 and a statement slip ejection port 4 are arranged vertically in the front of the device main body 2, and the card insertion port 3 is connected to a horizontal card conveyance path 5 inside the device main body.
is connected. This card conveyance path 5 is composed of a plurality of pairs of conveyor rollers 6, 7, 8, and takes in and conveys a transaction card inserted into the card insertion slot 3 by a customer during a transaction, and then reverses the card after the transaction is completed. Release and convey.

Therefore, in the card conveyance path 5, a card reader 9 that reads card information and an image sensor 10 that photographs the embossed code engraved on the card surface are installed in this order from the card insertion slot 3 toward the inner back side. A printer 11 is installed at the back of the printer. Immediately after the card reader 9, a collecting section 12 for collecting used or forgotten cards, and a chute 13 for dropping cards from the card transport path 5 into the card collecting section 12 are provided.

At the innermost part of the main body 2 of the apparatus, a statement issuing section 14 is provided above the pair of transport rollers 8, 8 at the end of the card transport path 5, and an option space 15 is formed below. The statement issuing unit 14 is connected to the above-mentioned statement discharge port 4 by a statement issuing route 16, and this statement issuing route 16 is configured to pass through the printing position of the printer 11.

The part of the statement issuing path 16 from the statement issuing unit 14 to the position just before the printer 11 is configured to be conveyed downward by a pair of conveyor rollers 1.7.17 and 18.18. In the range between the front and rear of the printing position No. 11 (indicated by arrow A), the above-mentioned card transport path 5 and the transport path are shared.

That is, the bill A sent through the pair of transport rollers 17.17 and 18.18 passes through the pair of terminal transport rollers 8.8 of the card transport path 5 and passes through the printing position, that is, the shared transport path A. After passing, it is sent through a pair of transport rollers 19 and 19 onto a transport belt conveyor 20 below.

The conveyance belt conveyor 20 constituting the latter stage of the statement issuing paths 1 and 6 is located directly below the conveyance roller pair 19, 19 and the discharge roller pair 2 provided immediately before the statement discharge port 4].
21 and below the card reader 9, and is constructed by winding a belt 20e around pulleys 2Qa and 20b. A plurality of holding rollers 22 are arranged at appropriate positions in the middle of the conveyor, and these are brought into contact with the belt surface.

In addition, immediately below the front end of the conveyor belt conveyor 20, in consideration of the case where the customer forgets to take the statement A discharged to the statement discharge port 4, the statement mA collected by commuting of the conveyor belt conveyor 20 is stored. A vote collection section 23 is provided.

A journal processing section 24 is provided in the second part of the card reader 9 of the main body 2 of the apparatus. This journal processing section 24
is a printer 25 (
For example, the printer has a thermal printer), and after printing, the journal paper B is taken up by the motor M1 by the printing amount on the winding shaft 26.
It is designed to be wound up.

The statement issuing unit J4 has a box 27 in which statements are accumulated and stored, and from this box 27 a pair of feeding rollers 2
8.28, it is configured to feed the statement slip to the statement issue path 16 described above.

The optional space 5 is loaded with a modularized card issuing unit 29 shown in FIG.

This card issuing unit 29 is for issuing transfer cards (or prepaid cards) C, and this unit arranges and accumulates transfer cards C on a suppression table 31 in a box 30, and suppresses them. By pushing up the stand 31 with the force of the spring member 32, the second most transfer card C is brought into contact with the protrusion plate 33.

Cards are fed out from the modular unit 29 by the projecting plate 33 sliding to project the uppermost transfer card C to the side, and then the feeding roller 34 feeding out the card.

Still, the card issuing unit 29 is modularized into a shape and size suitable for the option space 15, so that when it is set in the option space 15, the card dispensing unit 35 communicates with the above-mentioned common conveyance path A. It is configured.

A slip processing bag with the above configuration! 1 is used by being built into an automatic transaction machine such as an automatic teller machine.

Now, when the customer inserts the transaction card D into the card insertion [ ] 3, it is taken into the card transport path 5 and transported, the card reader 9 reads the card information, and the image sensor 10 embosses the card. The entire surface including the code is read sequentially.

Then, when the transaction processing specified by the customer is executed,
While the transaction card D travels along the card transport route 5 and is returned to the card insertion slot 3, the statement slip A is fed out from its issuing unit 14 to the statement issue route 16 for a predetermined length. This statement slip A is printed by the printer 11 at this portion when being transported along the shared transport path A. This is transaction data containing card information read by the card reader 9.

The statement slip A then passes between the transport belt conveyor 2o and the holding rollers 22, and is discharged to the statement discharge port 4 by the discharge roller pair 21.

In addition, in the journal processing unit 24, the printer 31 prints the same transaction data printed on the statement slip A and the data of the entire card surface including the embossed code read by the image sensor 10 on the journal paper B, and then Winding shaft 2
Wind it up to 6.

In addition, when it becomes necessary to issue a transfer card C in transaction processing, the transfer card C is fed out from the card issuing unit 29 to the shared transport route A, and when the card passes through the shared transport route I, the transfer card C is sent to the printer. 11 prints predetermined information, and then releases the transfer card C into the card insertion slot 3 through the card conveyance path 5.

In this way, the route 16 for issuing statement slips A and the route 5 for issuing transfer cards C are merged in the range before and after the printing position by printer 11 to form a common conveyance route A. Since the information is printed on statement A1 and transfer card C in the shared transport route A section, statement A
and a single printer 1 for printing on the transfer card C.
This can be done in 1. Therefore, since the number of printers is reduced and the issuing route is shared, the internal configuration of the device main body 2 can be simplified, the device main body 2 can be made smaller, and it can be easily assembled, making it possible to reduce costs. .

In the correspondence between the structure of this invention and the above-described embodiment, the slip issuing section of this invention corresponds to the statement issuing section 5 of the above-mentioned embodiment, and similarly, the card issuing section corresponds to the card issuing unit 29. Correspondingly, the slip and card ejection ports correspond to the card insertion slot 3 and the statement ejection port 4, and the respective issuance routes correspond to the card transport route 5 and the statement issue route 16, but other configurations are also included. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram of a slip processing device, FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of a card issuing unit, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the slip processing device. 3... Card insertion slot 4... Statement ejection slot 5.
...Card transport path 11...Printer 14...
Statement issuing unit 16... Statement issuing route 29... Card issuing unit I... Shared transport route

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Equipped with a slip issuing section and a card issuing section inside, with respective issuance paths from both issuing sections to the slip ejection port and card ejection port on the front of the main body of the device, as well as printing in the middle of these issuance paths. A slip processing device in which a slip issuing route and a card issuing route merge to form a shared transport route at least in an area sandwiching the printing position of the printing printer. .