JPH0316274B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic passbook printing device that automatically prints predetermined data on a deposit passbook or the like used in a bank, for example.

In recent years, with the development of electronic computers, deposit operations in financial institutions such as banks are shifting to an online processing system using electronic computer storage devices as ledgers. In addition, in the above-mentioned business, transactions without a bankbook are increasing due to the spread of automatic transfers such as salary transfers, telephone charges, gas charges, cash dispensers, automatic deposit machines, etc. For these transactions, when the customer brings the passbook to the bank at a later date, the details of the transaction are printed out using the output from the storage device, so-called later printing (or other day printing). In addition, these transaction details are printed not only on the passbook but also on the journal tape built into the teller's machine, and this journal tape becomes the bank's copy. However, with the increase in transactions without passbooks, the number of lines printed at a later date (one line per transaction) has decreased.
It is often 10 or more lines, and it is not uncommon for 30 or more lines to be printed at a later date. Therefore, the information may not be able to be accommodated on one page of a passbook and may span several pages. However, conventionally, the teller himself opens a predetermined page each time and inserts it into a teller's machine equipped with a passbook printing device. Additionally, when all lines on the open page of the passbook have been printed, the passbook is returned to the teller, who then turns it over and reinserts it.

However, it is time-consuming for the teller to open, change pages, and re-insert the documents themselves, which is one of the causes of processing delays, especially during busy periods. Furthermore, the conventional teller's machine with a passbook printing device has a printing mechanism for printing on passbooks and a printing mechanism for printing on journal paper, which has the disadvantage of increasing the size of the device. The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to automatically turn the page within the device when all lines of the open page are printed, and then print again, so that a predetermined page is printed. The present invention aims to provide a small-sized automatic printing device for bankbooks etc. that can reliably print on paper.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings. First, the bankbook V will be explained based on FIGS. 1 to 3. The bankbook V consists of a front cover 1 and a back cover 2 made of thick pieces of paper, and a somewhat thin inner paper 3 bound in a notebook shape between them. Inner paper 3... is, for example, four sheets bound, and as shown in Fig. 3, there are multiple printed lines m... with ruled lines drawn for each item.
A printing column 3a having a number of characters is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the cover 1 has the bankbook name 1a, code number 1b, owner name 1c, financial institution name 1d, etc. printed thereon, and also indicates the direction of insertion into the automatic bankbook printing device main body 10, which will be described later. An arrow 1e is marked. As shown in Figure 2, the back cover 2 has a notes column 2a and a magnetic stripe which is a recording section that can electrically and automatically record information necessary for the account, such as account number and pages to be printed. 2b is printed. Also, as shown in Figure 1, when looking at the passbook V from the cover 1 side, a cut is made so that a part of the back cover 2, which is the 5th page, is exposed at the left corner of the opening side of the inner paper 3 on the 4th page. A gap is provided. Then, on all pages 1, 3... except the back cover 2, the notch area is gradually increased, and the inner paper 3 overlaps on the back side.
A presser notch 4 is provided which is cut out in a stepwise manner so that a portion of the presser foot is exposed. Page numbers 4a are sequentially assigned to the exposed portions of these pressing notches 4. Furthermore, as shown in Figure 2, the bankbook V
When viewed from the back cover 2 side, the notch area is reversed from when viewed from the cover 1 side.In other words, the back cover 2 is the largest and then the inner paper 3 of the 4th page is placed on the back side. A turning notch 5 in which a part of the inner paper 3 to be overlapped and a part of the cover 1 is cut out in a stepwise manner is provided. Page numbers 5a are sequentially assigned to the exposed portions of these turning notches 5. Note that 6 is a notch for detecting the directionality of the bankbook V.

Next, the automatic bankbook printing device will be explained based on FIGS. 4 to 6. In the figure, 10 is the main body of the automatic passbook printing device, and 11 is a housing. On the front side of the housing 11 is a keyboard section 1 consisting of various keys 12a...
2 is provided, and an insertion slot 13 for receiving the bankbook V is also provided. A display screen 14 is provided above the insertion slot 13 for displaying information input from the keyboard section 12 or the like. Inside the casing 11, there are provided a page turning section 15 as a page turning means, a conveying path 16 as a conveying means, and a printing section 17 as a printing means. Reference numeral 18 denotes a reading section comprising a lamp 18a, a light-receiving section 18b, and a magnetic head (not shown), which are provided opposite the insertion slot 13 on the entrance side of the page-turning section 15. A sub-base 20 is provided below the reading section 18, and is fixed to a slide housing 19 constituting the page turning section 15. It is screwed into screws 22a and 22b. The screws 22a and 22b are connected to the housing 11.
pulleys 23a and 23b, each of which has a belt 23 wrapped around it, are fitted to one end of the pulley. Furthermore, one side of the screw 22
A driven pulley 24b is fitted to b, and a drive belt 24 is stretched between this and a drive pulley 25a of a drive motor 25 that can rotate in forward and reverse directions. Therefore, the drive motor 25 rotates the drive pulley 25a in the forward or reverse direction to rotate the screws 22a, 22.
b rotates in the same direction, and the sub-base 20 rotates in the same direction as the housing 11.
It is designed to be able to reciprocate in the width direction. Further, the sub-base 20 is cut out in a substantially L-shape, and a rotary solenoid 26 is pivotally supported at the protruding end thereof, and a claw piece 27, which is a presser body, is fitted onto the rotating shaft 26a of the solenoid 26. . And the sub-base 2 on the opposite side from the rotary solenoid 26
On the 0 end is an auxiliary drive motor 28 that can rotate in forward and reverse directions.
A main gear 28a fitted to this rotating shaft can rotate a gear 30a fitted to a shaft 30 of a bearing 29 via an idle gear 28b. Further, a ratchet gear 30b and a rotating lever 30c are fitted into the shaft 30, and the ratchet gear 30b is connected to the gear 30.
It is fixed to a. An idle roller 31, which together with the rotating lever 30c constitutes a turning body 30a, is bored at the tip end of the rotating lever 30c on the claw piece 27 side. This idle roller 31 extends from the detection notch 6 side of the passbook V when the claw piece 27 presses the presser notch 4 of a predetermined page 2 or 3...
The distal end thereof can be engaged with the turning notch 5 of pages 1 to 3 corresponding to the pressing notch 4 (that is, the previous page of the pressed page). Further, a locking pawl body 32 is pivotally supported in the middle of the rotating lever 30c, and a locking pawl 32a provided at one end of the locking pawl 32a is biased toward the ratchet gear 30b by a torsion spring 33, and the other end is biased toward the ratchet gear 30b. An auxiliary pawl 32b provided in the section is urged to engage with a first release pawl 34a provided in the first solenoid 34. Therefore, by energizing the first solenoid 34, the first release pawl 34a and the auxiliary pawl 32b are disengaged, and the lock pawl body 32 is urged by the torsion spring 33 and locked. The pawl 32a engages with the ratchet gear 30b, so that the rotational force of the main gear 28a is directly transmitted to the rotating lever 30c. Also, a second release pawl 35a is located at a position facing the first solenoid 34 via the ratchet gear 30b.
A second solenoid 35 is provided. By energizing the second solenoid 35, the second release pawl 35a presses and urges the lock pawl body 32 that has rotated 180 degrees, thereby locking the ratchet gear 3.
The locking claw 32a is separated from the locking claw 32a. Furthermore, a feeding/clamping roller 36 is pivotally supported on the rotary lever 30c with a narrow gap from the idle roller 31, and this is connected to the shaft 3.
It is rotatable via a belt 36a by the rotation of a pulley 30d fitted to the end of the belt 36a. 3
7 is a page-turning guide plate when opening and closing the bankbook V.

The conveyance path 16 is provided at a predetermined interval at a position approximately at the same height as the insertion opening 13, and conveyance rollers 38 are connected to a drive source (not shown) capable of forward and reverse rotation.
and first guide plates 39, 39 and page-turning guide plate 3 that pivotally support both ends of these conveyance rollers 38 and guide both sides of the passbook V being conveyed.
It consists of a pair of upper and lower second guide plates 40, 40 provided in the extending direction of the transport rollers 7 at substantially the same height as the transport position of the transport rollers 38.

Next, the printing section 17 will be described. Reference numeral 42 denotes a pin carriage that is guided by shafts 42a, 42a and is biased by a spring (not shown) so as to be able to reciprocate in the width direction of the housing 11. The pin carriage 42 is provided with a pin group 43a consisting of pins 43 fitted at predetermined intervals in the vertical and width directions. Further, a plurality of solenoids 44 are arranged on the back side of the pin carriage 42, and flexible wires 44a are protruded from each solenoid 44. The ends of the flexible wires 44a are arranged in a line in the vertical direction, and are arranged to face the upper and lower lines of the pins 43, respectively.
A support shaft 45a is provided on the front side of the pin carriage 42, and sector gears 46 are fitted onto this at a predetermined interval similar to the width direction of the pins 43. The sector gear 46... has a protrusion 46a on the pin 43 side.
... and is biased by a tension spring 45b. Also, the sector gear 46... is a rotating gear 47.
..., and a set bar 47a provided on a rotary gear 47 is engaged with the arm 46b of the sector gear 46. Therefore, when a predetermined solenoid 44 is energized, its flexible shaft 44a protrudes, and the opposing pin 4
3 to protrude toward the sector gear 46 side, the sector gear 46 rotates until its protrusion 46a engages with the protruding pin 43, and the rotary gear 47 follows via the set bar 47a. 48
is a return post that comes into contact with the protruding pins 43 and pushes them back to the position before the protrusion when the pin carriage 42 moves back. On the other hand, printing gears 49a..., 49b... are meshed with the upper and lower parts of the rotating gear 47...
These are printing wheels 5 on which printed characters such as numbers and alphanumeric characters are embossed at predetermined intervals on the peripheral wall.
Arms 51a..., 51 along with 0a..., 50b...
b... is pivotally supported at one end. Each arm 51a
..., 51b... The other end is a tension spring 52a..., 5
Type hammer cam 53 is forced by 2b...
It is in contact with and can be rotated freely. Further, the lower printing wheels 50a... are opposed to the conveyance path 16, and the type hammer cams 53... and the tension springs 52
By being biased by a..., the upper guide plate 4
A conveyance path 16 is passed from a printing port (not shown) drilled at
It can be protruded freely. Upper printing wheel 50b...
is facing the platen 54, which includes the housing 1.
A journal tape 55 is stretched from a journal shaft 55a provided on the upper rear side of the device 1, and the journal tape 55 is wound around a winding arm 55b. In this way, the single printing mechanism is configured to print on the passbook V and the journal tape 55. Further, P is a mark sensor which is provided facing the conveyance path 16 and detects the printing line m in the opened bankbook V to confirm the presence or absence of printing, and also sends a command signal to the printing section 17 or the page turning section 15. , 57 are connectors for receiving information from a control unit, which is a storage device of a computer (not shown), and for power supply.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained based on FIGS. 1 to 9. With the cover 1 of the passbook V to be printed facing up, the passbook is inserted into the insertion slot 13 in the direction of the arrow 1e, the start button is pressed, and a code number, etc. is keyed into the keyboard section 12. The reading section 18 confirms the insertion of the passbook V, detects the leading edge and direction, energizes a drive source (not shown) and the auxiliary drive motor 28, and reports the insertion of the passbook V to the control section. When the insertion direction of the bankbook V is correct, the conveyance rollers 38... rotate forward, and the main gear 28a rotates the feeding and holding roller 36 forward, so that the bankbook V is inserted into the page-turning section 15 in the first direction.
Grasp and transport in the direction. (At this time, the first solenoid 34 is deenergized, and the locking pawl 32 of the locking pawl body 32
a is not engaged with the ratchet gear 30b. )
If the insertion direction is incorrect, the main gear 28a etc. rotate in the opposite direction to insert the passbook V into the insertion slot 1, which is the second direction.
It is transported in three directions and then discharged. The reading unit 18 detects the rear end of the passbook V in the correct insertion direction,
It issues a signal to stop the conveyance at a predetermined position and reads the page number to be printed from the magnetic stripe 2b. Next, the drive motor 25 is energized to move the sub-base 20, and when the claw piece 27 faces the presser notch 4 to be pressed, the movement is stopped, and the rotary solenoid 26 is energized to rotate the claw piece 27. .
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the claw pieces 27 fix the predetermined holding notches 4, and the idle rollers 31 engage with the corresponding turning notches 5 from one side edge of the passbook V. and the first solenoid 34
is excited, and the locking pawl 32a engages the ratchet gear 30.
b, the rotating lever 30c rotates clockwise. The cover 1 and the inner paper 3, which are held between the feeding and holding roller 36 and the idle roller 31, are rotated and the pages are turned as shown in FIG. At this time, the second solenoid 35 is energized, and the second release claw 35a urges the rotated lock claw body 32 to disengage it from the ratchet gear 30b, completing the page-turning operation. The passbook V is held between the feeding and holding roller 36 and the conveying rollers 38, and is conveyed to the printing section 17. The mark sensor 56 detects opened pages 1 and 2.
The line m to be printed is detected from the printing lines m to 3, and the feeding of the bankbook V is stopped when the line m faces the printing wheel 50a. In the printing section 17, the pin carriage 42 is moved forward and the pins 43...
facing the flexible wire 44a one row at a time,
A predetermined solenoid 44 is energized based on information such as the date of key-in, the summary, and each amount. The solenoid 44 causes the pin 43 to protrude, rotates the sector gear 46, rotation gear 47, etc., and rotates the printing wheel 5.
Predetermined printed characters 0a and 50b are made to face the passbook V and the platen 54. When the pin carriage 42 finishes forward movement (that is, it moves from the position shown by the two-dot chain line to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 6), the type hammer cam 53 ... rotates in unison with the printing wheel 50a.
..., 50b... passbook V and journal tape 5
5 and print. Next, rotating gear 47
is reversely rotated to return the protrusion 46a of the sector gear 46 to the position before rotation, and the pin carriage 42 is moved back to align the pins 43 with the return post 48 to the position before the protrusion. Furthermore, when a printing command is received from the control section at a later date, the bankbook V is conveyed by one line and the above-mentioned operation is performed to print. When printing is completed, or when all open pages 1, 2, 3, etc. are printed at a later date, the mark sensor P issues a command to the conveyance path 16 to reverse the conveyance rollers 38 and the feeding and holding rollers 36. Then return the passbook V to the position where the rear end edge contacts the claw piece 27. and second solenoid 3
5, and the locking pawl 32a is set to the ratchet gear 30.
b and rotate the rotating lever 30c counterclockwise.
Rotate 180° and close the passbook V. If printing is in progress at a later date, the sub-base 20 is shifted by one page, the page is turned as described above, the page is conveyed to the printing section 17 for printing, and then returned to the page-turning section 15 again. Next, the rotary solenoid 26 is deenergized, the claw piece 27 is returned to its original position, and the bankbook V is conveyed to the insertion slot 13. The reading unit 18 detects the insertion side tip of the bankbook V and reports the bankbook ejection to the control unit, and the bankbook V is ejected from the insertion slot 13 and all operations are completed.

In addition, in the above embodiment, printing was explained for a bank passbook, but it may be used for a passbook for other purposes, and the printing section 17 is not limited to the one shown (numeric keypad system); Any structure that can reliably print is fine.

As explained above, according to the present invention, when printing all lines on the open page of a passbook, the device automatically turns the pages and prints, which saves the user's labor and ensures that the desired pages are printed. Transaction information can be printed, which has the effect of improving reliability.

Furthermore, since a single printing mechanism prints on bankbooks and journal paper, the device can be made more compact.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of the passbook, Fig. 2 is a back view thereof, Fig. 3 is a front view of the passbook in an open state, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of the passbook automatic printing device. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal side view of the same, FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway cross-sectional plan view, FIGS. 7 and 8 are schematic perspective views of the main parts, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the operation. It is a diagram. V... Passbook, 13... Insertion slot, 18... Reading section, 16... Conveyance path, 15... Page turning section, 17...
Printing section, 55...Journal tape.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In devices that print transaction information on passbooks having multiple lines of printing on the print surface, a single printing means for printing on the print surface of passbooks and journal paper, and a turning device for turning over the pages of said passbooks. a page means, a conveying means for conveying the bankbook to the printing means and the page turning means, and a conveying means for conveying the bankbook to the printing means and the page turning means; 1. An automatic printing device for bankbooks, comprising: a control means for controlling the turning of pages of a bankbook.