JPH0243174A - Document storage device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To get rid of any jam occurrence in a document as well as to prevent any damage to the document from occurring by installing a slat part, being tilted in a direction of separating from the document, in a pressing plate as corresponding to the storage document thick-wall direction side. CONSTITUTION:Documents 5 after printing completion are conveyed and housed in a document storage part 72 in order by way of a conveyor passage 50. Since a slant part 78A is formed in a pressing plate 78 installed this storage part 72, thickness in a specified direction of the document subject to thickness due to a sticking part of a revenue stamp and a checkwriter part is absorbed by this slant part 78A, so that the document at the side of an endless flat belt 76 in a document group of many sheets being housed in the storage part 72 in succession can be thus straightened. In consequence, even if many sheets of documents are housed in the storage part 72, there is no jam at all, thus any damage to the document is preventable.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Industrial Application Fields This invention can be used, for example, to write necessary data such as amounts and bank code numbers in magnetic ink characters on documents such as checks and bills used in financial institutions. The present invention relates to a document storage device used in a MICR encoder for printing.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, the document storage device of the MICR encoder described above has been designed to press and hold documents standing upright on the bottom plate of the document storage section by the action of the document conveyance section. It consists of

(c) Problems to be solved by the invention However, the above-mentioned documents usually have a check mark part where check mark characters are formed and a revenue stamp pasting part where a revenue stamp is pasted, and the document is thick in a particular direction. For this reason, when a large number of documents are stored in the document storage section described above, the documents being transported and stored from the document transport section to the document storage section may jam due to the influence of the thick parts of the documents that have already been stored. There was a problem in that the document was damaged due to the occurrence of this jam.

In this invention, by making the shape of the suppression plate in the document storage part unique, it is possible to absorb the thickness of the document which becomes thick in a specific direction by the revenue stamp affixing part and the check writer part. To provide a document storage device capable of preventing document damage without causing jamming of documents even when a large number of documents are stored in a folder.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides a document storage device including a pressing plate for pressing a document stored in a document storage section, and the pressing plate corresponds to the thick side of the stored document. The document storage device is characterized in that the plate is provided with a slant portion that is inclined in a direction away from the document.

(e) Function According to the present invention, the thickness of the document, which becomes thick in a specific direction due to the revenue stamp affixing section and the check writer section, is absorbed by the above-mentioned slant section, and a large number of documents can be stored in the document storage section. Documents on the document transport unit side in a group of documents can be straightened.

(F) Effects of the Invention As a result, even when a large number of documents are stored in the document storage section, the documents do not jam, and damage to the documents can be prevented.

(g) Examples An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below based on the drawings.

The drawing shows a MICR encoder that prints data on a document, and in FIG. Documents 5 (see FIG. 4) such as checks and bills stored in bundles in a document feeding device 4 are provided with a display 3 that digitally and visually displays the contents of commands from the keyboard 2, and are moved to a feeding roller to be described later. The sheets are fed one by one to the conveyance path 6 by the action of the document printer 7, and while passing through the document printer 7, necessary data such as the above-mentioned amount and bank code number are printed in a predetermined field, and finally conveyed to the document storage device 8. It will be stored.

Further, the document issuance status and other information is printed and recorded on journal paper by the journal printer 9.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the aforementioned document printer 7 and the cassette base 11 that conveys the MICR ribbon 10. In this embodiment, the print magnets 12 and 12 are excited and the hammer 14 is driven by the actuator 13. This hammer 14 stamps the typeface of the print wheel 15 via the document 5 and the MICR ribbon 10, thereby printing necessary data such as an amount of money and a bank code number in a predetermined field on the document 5 described above.

In other words, the above-mentioned necessary data is printed by transferring the ink from the MICR ribbon 10 onto the above-mentioned document 5 by stamping with the hammer 14.

Here, in the vicinity of the above-mentioned print wheel 15, MI
A transmission type photoelectric sensor 16 is disposed at a position facing each other with the CR ribbon 10 and the document 5 interposed therebetween.

This transmission type photoelectric sensor 16 includes a light emitting element 17 and a light receiving element 1.
8 to detect the cutting of the MICR ribbon 10.

The above-mentioned cassette base 11 is provided with a spool drive shaft 20 that rotates intermittently in conjunction with the conveyance pulse motor 19 (see FIG. 4) when the hammer 14 finishes stamping. The MICR ribbon 10 described above is wound through the pulley 26C and the ribbon spool 21.

In this embodiment, the MICR ribbon 10 is wound in two stages, upper and lower, but in the drawing, the upper and lower ends are shown in the same state.

This MICR ribbon 10 has a lower winding portion 10a.
from the outer periphery of the swing arm 22 to the guide roller 23 at the free end.
, the print wheel 15 via a guide roller 24 near the print wheel 15 and a ribbon guide plate (not shown).
After being led out to the outer circumferential portion, it returns to the upper winding portion via the capstan roller 25, pinch roller 26, and guide rollers 27 and 28.

The above-mentioned pulley 26C for driving the upper ribbon is driven by an azupa pinch roller 26A which is slidably provided opposite to the upper peripheral surface of the capstan roller 25 via a transmission belt 26B.

A ribbon slack detection sensor 29 is disposed near the above-mentioned swing arm 22 to detect slack in the MICR ribbon 10 during operation of the device, and also slides into contact with the outer periphery of the winding portion 10a on the lower side of the MICR ribbon 10 to prevent braking. A ribbon near-end detection sensor 31 for detecting the remaining amount of the MICR ribbon 10 is disposed near the sensing lever 30 which also serves as the function.

Further, near the front of the guide roller 24 mentioned above, there is an MI
A ribbon blank detection sensor 32 for detecting ink peeling from the CR ribbon 10 is provided.

The ribbon blank detection sensor 32 is constituted by a transmission type photoelectric sensor including a light emitting element 33 and a light receiving element 34.

The running path of the MICR ribbon 10 described above includes the MIC led out from the ribbon spool 21 to the print wheel 15 side.
A ribbon tensioning mechanism 35 is provided to stretch a part of the R ribbon 10 on the side opposite to the glint wheel 15.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, this ribbon tensioning mechanism 35 includes a pinch roller arm 37 pivotally connected to a support shaft 36, the above-mentioned swing arm 22 pivotally connected to another support shaft 38, and a A link 42 whose one end is connected to the protruding pin 39 of the arm 22 via a long hole 40 and whose other end is connected to one free end of the above-mentioned pinch roller arm 37 through a pivot pin 41, and the above-mentioned pinch roller. The other free end of the pinch roller arm 37 is provided with a spring 43 that always biases the arm 37 toward the capstan roller 25 side, and a spring 44 that always biases the swing arm 22 toward the ribbon tension side. The above-mentioned pinch roller 26 is pivotally attached to the.

Then, as shown in FIG. 3, once the MICR ribbon 10 is in a slack state and the attachment of the ribbon 10 is completed, the pinch roller 26 is moved to the capstan roller 25 by the force of the spring 43 as shown by the arrow a in the same figure. When set against
Due to the force of the spring 44 and the interlocking action of each element 37, 42.22, the swing arm 22 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, and as shown in FIG.
The anti-print wheel 151! The ribbon 10 is stretched over the IJ to eliminate slack in the ribbon 10.

FIG. 4 shows the transport path 6 from the document feeding device 4 described above.
shows the planar structure leading to the document storage device 8 through
In this embodiment, opposing linear conveyance guides 45.4
6, and a second conveyance path 50 formed by a conveyance roller 48 disposed at the end of the first conveyance path 47 and an inverted conveyance guide 49, as described above. The entire transport path 6 is formed in a substantially inverted shape.

Further, the conveyance pulley group 54 is interlocked with the driving timing pulleys 51 and 52 provided above and below the conveyance pulse motor 19 via the timing belt group 53, and the necessary parts of the belt group 53 and the pulley group 54 are , is arranged next to the second conveyance path 47,50, and is configured to convey and store documents 5, which are sequentially dispensed from the document dispensing device 4 described above, into the document storage device 8.

The document feeding device 4, which sequentially feeds out the documents 5 onto the above-mentioned conveyance path 6, has a pair of feed rollers 56, 56 disposed on the document feed side of the feed guide 55, and a pair of feed rollers 56, 56. A rubbing roller 57 is provided opposite to the rear feed roller 56, and the document 5 stored vertically in the document feeding section 58 is pressed in the direction of arrow C by the pressing plate 59, and each of the above-mentioned rollers 5
6.57, the document 5 is sequentially fed between the feed roller 60 and the pressure roller 61 on the starting end side of the conveyance path 6, starting from the document 5 at the forefront.

As shown in FIG. 5, the above-mentioned pressing plate 59 has the document bundle 5 stored in the document feeding section 58 in a direction corresponding to the direction in which the document bundle 5 becomes thick due to pasting of revenue stamps, check writer section, etc. A slant portion 59A is formed which is inclined in a direction opposite to the document 5, and the thickness of the above-mentioned check writer portion and revenue stamp pasting portion is absorbed by the unique shape of the pressing plate 59 (t).

The pressing plate 59 also includes an absorbing portion 59B for absorbing the fall of the document 5, a flat portion 59C for stabilizing the lower end of the document 5, and a feeding roller 59 for transporting the document 5.
It is provided with a convex portion 59D that applies pressure to the surface.

As shown in FIG. 6, the pressure roller 61 described above is pivotally connected to one free end of a thickness detection lever 64 that moves about a support shaft 62 against the force of a spring 63. A stopper 66 attached to the L half plate 65 is provided opposite to the free end 64a, and a plurality of documents 5 are fed out in the direction of arrow d of the free fI#A 64a at vertically spaced positions of the free end 64a. A plurality of feed-out detection sensors 67 are provided as detection means for detecting by the movement of.

This multiple feed detection sensor 67 is constituted by a photoelectric sensor, and the sensor 67 is also used as a feed prevention means.
pu (not shown), and is configured to prevent the document 5 from being fed out based on the output of the sensor 67.

In addition, in the vicinity of the above-mentioned multiple-feed-out detection sensor 67 and at a position that can be operated from the outside, the above-mentioned feed-out prevention is turned on.
A manually operated thickness detection switch 68 is installed as a prohibition means for prohibiting and canceling prohibition by turning OFF.

By turning on the thickness detection switch 68 described above, when a plurality of documents are being fed out, the feeding is prevented, and by turning the switch 68 OFF, it is possible to allow the feeding of multiple documents 5 and to reissue an error document. There is.

By the way, the aforementioned document storage device 8 is constructed as shown in FIGS. 4, 7 to 9.

That is, the document storage section 7 is made up of the bottom plate 69, the side plates 70 and storage roller guides 71 provided along the longitudinal direction of the document 5 on the left and right sides of the bottom plate 69.
2 is formed.

Further, the above-mentioned storage roller guide 71 includes a storage roller 73.
, 74.75 are mounted on shafts, and each of these storage rollers 73.7
An endless flat belt 76 is stretched between 4.75 and 4.75, and the document 5 carried out from the conveyance roller 77 at the end of the second conveyance path 50 is driven in the storage direction of the endless flat belt 76 to collect the document 5. It is configured to be stored in the storage section 72 one after another.

The document storage section 72 described above is provided with a pressing plate 78 that presses the document 5 stored on the bottom plate 69.
8 slide mechanisms (not shown) are provided in series, and the above-mentioned pressing plate 78 is always spring-biased toward the above-mentioned flat belt 76 by a spring force (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 9, the above-mentioned pressing plate 78 is tilted in a direction away from the document 5, corresponding to the direction in which the document 5 becomes thicker due to pasting of revenue stamps, check writer section, etc. Form the slant part 78A, and adjust the thickness of the above-mentioned check writer part and revenue stamp pasting part to the pressing plate 78A.
The unique shape of 8 is designed to absorb it.

The pressing plate 78 also includes a recess 78B that facilitates the removal of the document 5, an absorbing portion 78C that absorbs the fall of the document 5, and a suppressing convex portion 78D that stabilizes the pressing force against the document 5. It is provided with a relief portion 78B that provides a relief effect for the lighter portion.

On the bottom plate 69 of the document storage section 72 described above, spacers 80 serving as frictional resistance reducing means for reducing the contact area with the document 5 are adhered and fixed along the width direction of the document storage section 72 described above.

Further, in the longitudinal direction of the document storage section 72 and at a position substantially corresponding to the end of the spacer 80, an inclined surface 80A forming a step between the storage start end side and the storage middle to end #A sides is provided.
The inclined surface 80A is configured to quantify the frictional resistance after stacking the documents and to stabilize the pressing force when the documents move slightly.

Further, a stopper 81 having an inverted cross-sectional shape is provided at a portion of the document storage section 72 that substantially corresponds to the storage roller 75 so that the stopper 81 can be pulled out and inserted in the direction of the arrow e in FIGS. 7 and 9. and documents of different lengths 5
The length of the document storage section 72 described above is configured to be variable in accordance with this.

Sliding guide rods 82 are provided on both left and right sides of the stopper 81 mentioned above.
82, and connect these left and right sliding guide rods 82, 82 to the sliding guide grooves 8 of the side plate 70 and storage roller guide 71.
By inserting the stopper 81 into and out of the stopper 3 and 83, the stopper 81 can be pulled out.

Furthermore, there is also a U-shaped document holding rod 84 that can be inserted into and taken out from the end surface of the above-mentioned pressing plate 78 on the stopper 81 side.
When the stopper 81 is operated, the holding rod 84 is operated correspondingly, thereby improving the storage performance of the document 5.

The illustrated embodiment is constructed as described above, and its operation will be explained below.

The bundle of documents 5 vertically stored in the document feeding section 58 shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 is sequentially fed out by the drive of the document feeding device 4, and then conveyed to the first conveyance path 47. In the conveyance path 47, the above-mentioned document printer prints necessary data such as an amount of money and a bank code number in a predetermined field of the above-mentioned document 5 in response to a print command based on a key operation on the keyboard 2.

After the printing is completed, the document 5 is transferred to the first conveyance path 47.
from there through the second conveyance path 50 to the document storage section 7.
2 is transported and stored.

Incidentally, since the pressing plate 78 provided in the document storage section 72 described above is formed with a slant section 78A as shown in FIG. This thickness can be absorbed by the slant portion 78A, and the documents 5 on the endless flat belt 761111 in a group of multiple documents sequentially stored in the document storage portion 72 can be straightened.

As a result, even if a large number of documents 5 are stored in the document storage section 72, the documents 5 will not be jammed, and damage to the documents can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a MICR encoder, Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the internal structure of a document printer, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a telephone tensioning mechanism, and Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the structure of the conveyance path from the document feeding device to the document storage device, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pressing plate, FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the m structure for detecting the thickness of the document, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a plan view of the document storage device, FIG. 8 is a front view of the document storage device, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of essential parts of the document storage device. 5...Document 8...Document storage device 72...Document storage section 78...Press plate 78A...Slant section Fig. 1 MICR Nijicoater b Gold 11 Fig. 1 Fig. 3 Nobon bulge tile - left B111 Fig. 2 D point δ〕Gutter υ; Rino Pl! Kenyari-ku Z-bu 3,000, 5,000...
・Docune] Figure 5: Illustration of the stinging tank of the cypress

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A document storage device equipped with a pressing plate that presses a document stored in a document storage section, the pressing plate having a slant portion that slopes away from the document in a direction corresponding to the thickness direction of the stored document. A document storage device equipped with