JPH0320795B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a document issuing device for issuing, for example, a commuter pass or a certificate of deposit.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, this type of document issuing device, for example, a ticket issuing device, accepts an application form inserted by an attendant, reads the applicant's name from the application form, and reads the applicant's name from the application form. The read name is transferred and printed at a predetermined position on the ticket along with the printing of the riding section, period of use, etc.
In addition, a plurality of dot print heads or segment type print heads corresponding to a predetermined print string are arranged, and these print heads print the ticket price, ticket issue number, date, etc. at predetermined positions on the application form. I'm starting to do that.

By the way, in such a ticket issuing device, the staff determines the end of the issuing process by ejecting the ticket, and then sets/resets the application form.

However, if there is a rush of applicants, for example, the user may accidentally insert another application form before the names have been transcribed. In such a case, there is a drawback that misalignment of the transfer on the ticket paper or misalignment of the printing on the application form occurs, resulting in an issuance error.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in the conventional method, a different application form may be mistakenly inserted even though it is being processed, and in such a case, an issuance error occurs. It was hot.

Therefore, this invention can prevent mistakes in issuance of certificates due to incorrect insertion of application forms.
The purpose is to provide a document issuing device that can improve reliability.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above object, the document issuing device of this invention takes in a first application form in which the applicant's name is written. a loading means, and a first application form which is loaded by the loading means;
a first conveyance means for conveying the first application form in the direction of the first conveyance means; the first conveyance means is provided at a predetermined position on a path on which the first application form is taken in and conveyed by the taking means and the first conveyance means, and the first application form is detected when the application form passes through the first conveyance means; a first detection means; a means for prohibiting a second application form on which the applicant's name is written by detection by the first detection means from being taken into the taking means; a transcription means for transcribing the applicant's name written on the first application form conveyed in the first direction by the conveyance means onto a document; and a transcription means provided in the first direction with respect to the transcription means. , a second detection means for detecting that the first application form has reached a predetermined area; and a second detection means for detecting that the first application form has reached a predetermined area; a stopping means for stopping the conveyance of the means; an issuance instruction means for instructing the issuance of a certificate on which the name has been transcribed by the transfer means; a second conveyance means for conveying the certificate in the direction of; an issuance means for issuing the certificate in accordance with instructions from the issuance instruction means;
The first application form is transferred to the second application form by the conveyance means of
and a release means for releasing the prohibition by the prohibition means when the object is conveyed in the direction and deviates from the predetermined area detected by the second detection means.

(Function) This invention can prevent application forms from being inserted during processing by the above-described means, thereby avoiding application forms from being duplicated or being shifted from a predetermined area. It's something you get.

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

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an example of a ticket issuing device for issuing commuter passes, etc., as an example of the document issuing device of the present invention.

In Figures 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes the main body, which consists of an operating machine 2 that is operated by an attendant, and an issuing machine 3 that issues commuter passes and passenger tickets in response to commands from the operating machine 2. .

The issuing machine 3 includes a control unit 4 composed of a microcomputer and its peripheral circuits, a name transcription unit 5 connected to the control unit 4 via an interface 5', and a ticket issuing unit that actually issues commuter passes and tickets. A mechanism section 6, a mechanism controller 7 that controls the drive mechanism of the ticket issuing mechanism section 6 according to commands from the control section 4, a print controller 8 that controls the printing form in the ticket issuing mechanism section 6, a power supply circuit 9, etc. are stored. . The name transfer unit 5 is detachably attached to the issuing machine 3, and the application paper input/output tray 5a is exposed on one side of the issuing machine 3. Further, on one side of the issuing machine 3, there is provided a ticket paper discharge tray 10 from which issued commuter passes and train tickets are discharged. Furthermore, although not shown, a journal printer is set on the top surface of the issuing machine 3 for printing and recording various information related to issuing tickets.

FIG. 3 shows the main parts of the control section 4 and name transcription unit 5.

That is, the name transfer unit 5 has a charge coupled device (hereinafter abbreviated as CCD) 15 for reading the name from the commuter pass purchase application form. The CCD 15 is a line image sensor in which several hundred image sensors are arranged in a row, and is driven by a CCD drive circuit 16. Thus, CCD15 and
The name information signal obtained by the CCD drive circuit 16 is sent to the card face synthesis circuit 17.

The ticket face synthesis circuit 17 receives information set by the operation of the operating device 2, such as boarding section information and expiration date information, from the control unit 4, selects a pattern corresponding to the setting information from the memory 18, and performs the above-mentioned processing. This combines the name information signal with the card face pattern to be issued.

Once all the card face information necessary for issuing is synthesized by the card face composition circuit 17, this information is supplied to the print controller 8. Then,
A command is sent from the control section 4 to the mechanism controller 7 in accordance with the composite information signal supplied to the print controller 8, and the ticket issuing mechanism section 6 is thereby operated to perform the printing process of the commuter pass. There is.

FIG. 4 shows the internal mechanism of the name transfer unit 5.

That is, one end of the application form input/output tray 5a is led out from the front end surface (right side in the figure) of the housing 20. In the housing 20, a transmitted light type paper detection sensor 21 is disposed at a position corresponding to the other end of the tray 5a, and a driving roller 2 facing vertically and connected with a gear is disposed.
2a and 22b are provided. Drive roller 22
a is connected to a rotating shaft of a pulse motor 24 by a belt 23.

On the other hand, idle rollers 25a and 25b are provided on the rear end surface (left end surface in the figure) of the housing 20 so as to face each other in the vertical direction. A conveyor belt 2 is attached to the drive roller 22a and the idle roller 25a.
6 is stretched, and a conveyor belt 27 is stretched between the drive roller 22b and the idle roller 25b.
These conveyor belts 26, 27 have tension rollers 28a, 28b, 29a, 29b, 3 in the middle.
0a and 30b, the belts 26 and 27 are brought into close contact with each other, thereby forming a clamping conveyance path 31 for the paper.

A reflective light type paper detection sensor 32 is disposed on the conveyance path 31 near the drive roller 22a.
A dot printing type printing section 33 is disposed on the rear side of the sensor 32. Further, the conveyance path 31 extends to a certain extent rearward than the idle rollers 25a, 25b, and a transmitted light type paper detection sensor 34 is disposed near the idle rollers 25a, 25b in this extended portion. .

A mirror 35, a lamp 36, and a lens 3 are arranged in the upper part of the housing 20 from approximately the middle part to the rear side.
7, and the CCD 15 are arranged in this order.
In this way, the light emitted from the lamp 36 is transmitted to the printing section 33 and the idle roller 25 in the conveyance path 31.
The beam is irradiated to a position approximately midway between the beams a and 25b. If a sheet of paper is present at the light irradiation position, reflected light is generated and guided to the CCD 15 via the mirror 35 and lens 37.

Note that a tray 5a is provided on the front end surface side of the housing 20.
A rotary solenoid 39 is provided below the shutter 40.
It is designed to open and close (move up and down). This shutter 40 moves upward to be located between the other end of the tray 5a and the sensor 21, and prevents the insertion of paper.

Furthermore, a connector 41 is provided on the rear end surface side of the housing 20 . This connector 41 is
This is for electrical connection with the control section 4.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained with reference to FIG.

For example, suppose now that a commuter pass purchase application form P as shown in FIG. 6 is inserted into the tray 5a in the direction of arrow a. Then, the leading edge of the paper P is detected by the sensor 21. As a result, the pulse motor 24 is rotated in the forward direction, and the paper P is moved by the belt 26,
27, and is held therein and conveyed on the holding conveyance path 31 to the left in the figure.

When the leading edge of the paper P is detected by the sensor 32, the lamp 36 is turned on and the light is emitted from the conveyance path 3.
It is irradiated to a predetermined position on 1. Further, when the paper P passes the sensor 21, the shutter 40 is closed (raised) by the rotary solenoid 39.
Inputting the next paper P is prohibited.

When the paper P is exposed to the irradiation light, reflected light is generated, which is reflected by the mirror 35 and the lens 37.
The light is guided to the CDD 15 through the photoelectric converter 15, where it is photoelectrically converted.
That is, the information on the paper P is read.

By the way, a name reading instruction mark (thick black line) M is formed at the side edge of the name entry column A of the paper P, and at the same time as this mark M is read, a reading mark detection signal is generated in the control section 4. A pulse counter (not shown) is activated. This pulse counter counts the drive pulses to the pulse motor 24, and the moving distance of the paper P can be determined based on this count value.

In this way, as the paper P moves, the name (and gender and age) in the name entry column A is read.
Then, when the count value of the pulse counter reaches a predetermined value, that is, when the name entry field A passes the light irradiation position, the lamp 36 is turned off.

On the other hand, the read name information is stored in the card face synthesis circuit 1.
7, where it is combined with a pattern corresponding to riding section information, period of use information, etc. selected from the memory 18. Then, by printing these combined information on the ticket paper, a commuter pass T as shown in FIG. 7 is formed. In other words, the name (and gender and age) written on Form P.
is transferred to a predetermined position on the commuter pass T as is.

In this way, when the commuter pass T is being issued, the paper P is transferred to the idle rollers 25a and 25a.
5b and is detected by the sensor 34. When the paper P is detected by the sensor 34, the operation of the pulse motor 24 is stopped and the printer is placed in a standby state.

Then, in synchronization with the generation of the ticket issuing start signal,
A paper discharge signal is generated in the control section 4, and the pulse motor 24 is operated in reverse. Then, paper P
is moved backward, and at the same time as the paper P passes the sensor 34, the pulse counter is activated. Then, the count value of the pulse counter reaches a predetermined value, that is, the print field B of the paper P is
3, the printing unit 33 is activated and the ticket price, ticket issue number, and date are sequentially printed in the printing field B as the paper P moves backward. and,
The count value of the pulse counter reaches a predetermined value.
That is, when the printing field B passes the printing section 3, the operation of the printing section 33 is stopped.

Further, when the paper P is moved backward and is no longer detected by the sensor 34, the rotary solenoid 3
9, the shutter 40 is opened (lowered), and the paper P on which the printing process has been performed is vigorously discharged to the tray 5a.

Also, at this time, the issued commuter pass T is
It has already been discharged to the ticket discharge tray 10.

By the way, the time from when the sensor 21 detects the paper P to when the sensor 32 detects the paper P is measured by a timer (not shown). When the sensor 32 does not detect the paper P within a certain period of time, the operation of the pulse motor 24 is stopped. That is, the inserted paper P is detected by the sensor 21.
When the sensor 32 is detected, the pulse motor 24 is rotated in the normal direction, but if the paper P is picked up before reaching the sensor 32, the operation of the pulse motor 24 is automatically stopped. .

Further, for example, if the paper P is inserted in the opposite direction (rightward in the figure), the name entry field A will be out of the light irradiation position, and therefore the mark M will not be detected. In this case, after the paper P is detected by the sensor 34, a paper ejection signal is generated and the pulse motor 24
is operated in reverse. Therefore, the paper P is ejected without being subjected to the issuing process and the printing process.

As described above, it is possible to prevent another application form from being inserted during the issuance process and printing process due to the insertion of a certain application form.

That is, when an application form is inserted, the shutter is closed, and other application forms are prohibited from being taken in until this application form is ejected. This makes it impossible to insert another application form until the issuing process and printing process are completed. Therefore, application forms may be duplicated and jammed, or the paper being processed may shift from the designated area.
This makes it possible to prevent issuance errors that occur when names, ticket prices, etc. are processed out of sync.

Although the above embodiment has been described using a ticket issuing device as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various issuing devices that issue various documents such as time deposit certificates and stock certificates.

It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is impossible to insert another application form until the issuance process and printing process are completed, so it is impossible to insert another application form. It is possible to provide a document issuance device that can prevent mistakes in issuance of certificates and improve reliability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the ticket issuing device, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the main parts of FIG. 2. Fig. 4 is a configuration diagram showing the internal mechanism of the name transfer unit, Fig. 5 is a timing chart shown to explain the operation, Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an application form, and Fig. 7 is a diagram showing the issued periodic It is a figure showing an example of a ticket. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Main body, 2...Operation device, 3...Issuing machine, 4...Control unit, 5...Name transcription unit, 5a...Application form input/output tray, 6...Ticket issuing mechanism section, 10...Ticket paper ejection tray, 15...CCD , 21, 32, 34...Paper detection sensor, 22a, 22b...Drive roller, 2
4... Pulse motor, 25a, 25b... Idle roller, 26, 27... Conveyance belt, 31... Clamping conveyance path, 33... Printing section, 39... Rotary solenoid,
40...Shutter, A...Name entry field, B...Print field,
M... Name reading instruction mark, P... Commuter pass purchase application form, T... Commuter pass.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A taking means for taking in a first application form on which the applicant's name is written; and a first means for transporting the first application form taken in by the taking means in a first direction. a first detection means, which is provided at a predetermined position on a route for taking in and conveying the first application form by the taking-in means and the first carrying means, and detects passage of the application form; a prohibition means for prohibiting the second application form on which the applicant's name is written by the detection by the first detection means from being taken into the taking means; a transcription means for transcribing the applicant's name written on the first application form conveyed to the document; and a transcription means provided in the first direction with respect to the transcription means, the first application form a second detection means for detecting that a predetermined area has been reached; and a stop means for stopping the conveyance of the first conveyance means when the second detection means detects the location of the first application form. and an issuance instructing means for instructing the issuance of a document having a name transcribed by the transcription means, and a second means for conveying the first application form in a second direction in response to an instruction from the issuance instructing means. a conveyance means; an issuance means for issuing the certificate in response to an instruction from the issuance instruction means; and the first application form is conveyed in the second direction by the second conveyance means to the second detection means. a document issuance device comprising: a canceling means for canceling the prohibition by the prohibition means when the document deviates from the predetermined area detected by the document issuing device.