JPH03221492A - Roller and page turn-over mechanism using same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To certainly turn over a page by making the rigidity of a roller used in the turn-over of the page of a booklet variable. CONSTITUTION:A new passbook 19 is delivered to a feed path one at a time by a delivery roller 20 and, after it is confirmed that a correct passbook is normally delivered by an optical reading mechanism 2 or a magnetic writing/ reading mechanism 3, printing is applied to the cover of the passbook by a printing head 5. Next, the passbook is fed to a page turn-over unit 6 and the turn-over of the cover thereof is performed. At this time, the pressure between a page turn-over roller 7 necessary for turning over the cover and the passbook becomes twice or more that necessary for turning over middle paper. In order to obtain this pressure difference in this roller 7, the rubber part 17 of the hollow roller 7 is deformed to correspond to the thickness difference at every pages necessary for turning over the middle papers and, when the cover is turned over, pressure is transmitted by the fluid 21 in a cylinder 20 through a pipe 22 and the rigidity of the rubber part 17 can be enhanced. By this constitution, the roller capable of certainly turning over a page can be obtained.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a roller suitable for use in a passbook page changing mechanism in an automatic teller machine, a bank fPj1 issuing device, etc. used in financial institutions, and a roller using the same. Concerning a page change mechanism for booklets.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device for turning over the inner page and cover of a booklet such as a bankbook, for example, a device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 168696/1980 has been known.

This device uses the suction force of a solenoid to hold a booklet against a roller that turns pages using frictional force.
By pressing with a roller or the like and further increasing the pressing force when turning the cover compared to when turning the inner paper, a driving force sufficient to turn the highly rigid cover was obtained.

According to this method, the same page turning roller allows
Since the required pressing force can be applied to the cover and inner paper, which have different stiffnesses, it is said that each function can be used to turn pages with high reliability.

However, this method requires an actuator such as a solenoid and a link mechanism to press the booklet against the reroller that turns the pages, and another set of actuators to obtain the large pressing force necessary to turn the cover. Since a link mechanism is required, there is a problem that the mechanism becomes complicated and large-scale.

As a solution to this problem, the applicant previously proposed (
There is a page turning roller (see Japanese Patent Application No. 62-279879) in which a portion of the page turning roller is hollowed out to increase its ability to deform under load.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, although the actuator and link mechanism described above can be omitted in the above-mentioned prior art, it is difficult to determine the elasticity of the page-turning roller with respect to the range of variation in the thickness of the booklet. It has been found that there is a problem in that it is not easy to determine the material of the elastic body constituting the page turning roller and the size of the hollowed out part of the elastic body.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional technology, to make it possible to reliably change pages using a page change roller, and to It is an object of the present invention to provide a roller suitable for use in a page changing mechanism of a bankbook, in which the material and shape of the page changing roller can be easily determined, and a page changing mechanism using the same.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is to provide a roller used for changing pages of booklets, characterized in that the stiffness of the roller for changing pages is variable, and the above-mentioned roller and a roller for rotating the roller. This is achieved by a page changing mechanism characterized by having means and means for gripping booklets.

[Effect]

In the roller according to the present invention, by providing a space in the roller, even when the distance between the roller and the conveyance path guide plate is constant, it is possible to absorb differences in thickness due to differences in pages of a booklet. Since the pressure difference between pages can be reduced, the inner pages can be turned under uniform conditions. Furthermore, as will be described later, by varying the stiffness of the rollers when turning over the inner paper and when turning over the cover using various means, it is possible to obtain a large pressing force when turning over the cover.

In the page change mechanism according to the present invention using the roller configured as described above, by adjusting the stiffness of the roller according to the object to be handled, page change operation can always be performed with an appropriate pressing force, and the reliability of page change operation can be improved. You can increase your sexuality.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 schematically shows a passbook printing mechanism equipped with a passbook issuing function and installed in an automatic cash handling device, which represents an embodiment of the present invention. The outline of the passbook printing operation among the operations of this device is as follows.

Normally, a bankbook with the page to be printed opened by the customer is sucked into the insertion slot 1, and transported by a conveying roller to the optical reading mechanism 2. It is conveyed to the magnetic writing/reading mechanism 3, where the page code printed on the passbook and the magnetically recorded data are read. Thereafter, the passbook is conveyed to the front of the print head 5, and necessary printing is performed. Here, when the line to be printed becomes full, it is conveyed to the page changing unit 6 and turned over to a new page by the page changing roller 7. After that, the passbook is conveyed to the optical reading mechanism 2 again,
If the page code is read and the correct page is opened, the print head 5 performs the remaining printing.

Also, if the page code is not turned over as a result of reading, the passbook is conveyed to the page change unit 6 again,
Further, perform a flipping motion. As a result of reading the page code,
Even if there is too much turning, the passbook is again conveyed to the page change unit 6. In this case, the page change roller changes its position, the passbook is turned in the opposite direction, and the passbook is again conveyed to the optical reading mechanism 2 in the same way. , read the page code,
Check whether the correct page was opened.

Here, too, if the page has not been turned over, the above-mentioned operation is repeated. If the correct page is opened, the rest of the information is printed, magnetically recorded, and the passbook is returned to the customer.

FIG. 3 shows the details of the page change unit 6. The page change roller 7 is driven by a motor 8 via a pulley 9° belt 10.

Further, reference numeral 11 indicates an arm that switches the position of the page change roller 7 in order to turn the page in the forward direction and the reverse direction, and is driven by a solenoid 12. Reference numeral 13 denotes a shutter that opens a part of the conveyance path when performing a page turning operation, and is driven by a solenoid (not shown).

Further, numeral 14 indicates the passbook being processed, and numeral 15 indicates the inner sheet of the passbook that has been turned over halfway by the refill roller 7. The passbook 14 is pressed against the guide plate 16 by the rubber portion of the page change roller 7, pressure is generated between the page change roller 7 and the inner paper, and the inner paper is moved by the frictional force. The difference in thickness caused by the pages of the bankbook 14 is absorbed by the deformation of the rubber portion of the page changing roller 7.

Returning to FIG. 2, the operation of the passbook issuing portion of the device of this embodiment will be described. In the figure, 17 and 18 indicate hoppers for storing new passbooks, and in this example, two systems of passbook issuing sections are installed before and after the passbook printing mechanism section. Reference numeral 19 indicates a new passbook, which is fed out one by one onto the conveyance path by a feeding roller 20 as required.

After confirming by the optical reading mechanism 2 or the magnetic writing/reading mechanism 3 that the correct bankbook has been normally fed out, the print head 5 prints on the cover of the new bankbook 19 that has been fed out. Next, the paper is conveyed to the page change unit 6, and the cover is turned over. At this time, the cover is turned over using the page change roller 7, but the pressure between the page change roller 7 and the passbook required to turn the cover is more than twice the pressure required to turn the inner paper (measurement method 4 to 6 times), depending on the In this embodiment, the following method is used to obtain this pressure difference.

FIG. 1(a) shows a sectional view of a detailed configuration example of the page changing roller 7, and FIG. 1(b) shows a partially cutaway side view of the related mechanism. The rubber part 17 of the page changing roller 7 is hollow, and deforms to accommodate the difference in thickness of each page required for turning the inner paper, and also relieves pressure on the passbook. In addition, when turning over the cover, solenoid I8
The piston 19 is driven by the piston 19, and pressure is transmitted by the fluid 2I inside the cylinder 20 via the pipe 22, so that the rigidity of the rubber part 17 can be increased. It goes without saying that the page changing roller 7
The shaft 24 is also formed with a through hole for fluid communication.

In the page change roller 7 shown in this embodiment, the rubber portion 17 of the hollow page change roller 7 deforms accordingly to cope with the difference in thickness of each page required for turning the inner paper. In addition, when turning over the cover, pressure is transmitted by the fluid 21 inside the cylinder 20 through the pipe 22, and the rigidity of the rubber part 17 is increased, so that the page can be changed reliably. It is possible to realize a roller suitable for use in a page change mechanism of a bankbook, which is capable of changing the number of pages, and whose material and shape can be easily determined.

In addition, the page changing mechanism configured using the above rollers is
As explained above, the passbook printing mechanism equipped with the passbook issuing function shown in FIG. 2 enables reliable page changing operations.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention for obtaining the pressure difference. In the page change roller 7 shown in this embodiment, a space 25 is provided in the rubber portion 17 so as to penetrate from the side surface thereof, and a slidable stopper 26 is inserted inside the space 25. FIG. 4(a) shows the state of the page changing roller 7 when turning over the inner paper, and FIG. 4(b) shows the state of the page changing roller 7 when turning over the cover. The stopper 26 mentioned above is mechanically driven by a wire 28 guided through a coil spring 27.

According to this embodiment, it is possible to realize a roller suitable for use in a page changing mechanism of a bankbook, which can perform page changing reliably, and whose material and shape can be easily determined. Further, a page changing mechanism constructed using this roller can perform reliable page changing operations.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the present invention for obtaining the pressure difference. In the page change roller 7 shown in this embodiment, the rubber part 17 has a space 30 penetrating from the side thereof, and has the flexibility necessary for turning over the inner paper, and when turning over the cover. , solenoid 3
1 is suctioned, the top 33 is moved by the lever 32, and the spacer 34 is pushed into the space 30 to obtain the rigidity necessary for turning over the cover. Note that a groove is provided on the circumference of the fitting portion of the top 33 with the lever 32, so that it can follow the rotation of the roller.

Furthermore, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the present invention for obtaining the pressure difference. In the page changing roller 7 shown in this embodiment, as in the configuration shown in FIG. 5, the motor 35 moves the belt 36. Pulley 37. Gear pair 38. The holder 39 holds the rubber part 17
By rotating the cam 40 inside the space 39,
This changes the stiffness of the rubber portion 17.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 described above, the amount of deformation of the space in the roller rubber portion can be set to an optimum value depending on the shapes of the spacer and the stopper. In addition,
The effects obtained by the configuration examples shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 are substantially the same as the effects obtained by the configuration example shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing still another embodiment of the present invention for obtaining the pressure difference. In the page changing roller 7 shown in this embodiment, the roller 41 itself is fixed to a shaft 42 without a core, and a stopper 43 fixed to the shaft 42 is provided on one side of the roller 41, and a shaft is provided on the opposite side. It is equipped with a pressure plate 44 that is movable in the direction. The roller 41 is capable of large deformation when not under pressure from the pressure plate 44, and this is a state suitable for turning over the inner paper. Further, when pressure is applied to the roller 41 by a pressure plate 44 using a solenoid or the like (not shown), the roller 41 moves to the stopper 44.
3 and the pressure plate 44, the amount of deformation is limited and the rigidity appears to be increased, which makes it possible to generate the pressure necessary for turning over the cover.

Furthermore, in FIG. 8, the page changing roller 7 is constructed by combining a roller 46 having the above-mentioned space 45 in the rubber portion and a roller 47 having no space. , belt 48a and pulley 49a
, a belt 48b and a pulley 49b are driven by a motor (not shown).

The effects obtained by the configuration examples shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 are substantially the same as the effects obtained by the configuration example shown in FIG. 4.

It goes without saying that the embodiments shown above are shown by way of example, and the present invention should not be limited thereto.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, by making the stiffness of the roller used for changing pages of booklets variable, it is possible to perform page changing reliably, and The material and shape of the roller can be easily determined, making it possible to create a roller that is suitable for use in the page changing mechanism of passbooks.In addition, by using this roller, the page changing operation can always be performed with an appropriate pressing force, and the page changing operation can be improved. This has the remarkable effect of realizing a page change mechanism that can improve the reliability of the system.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a detailed configuration example of a page change roller according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a passbook printing mechanism equipped with a passbook issuing function according to the embodiment, and FIG. 4 to 8 are diagrams showing other configuration examples of the page changing roller. 7, page change roller, 14: passbook being processed, 15: inner page of passbook turned up halfway, 17: rubber part of page change roller, 25, 30.39 and 45: space (hollow part), 21: fluid, 26: stopper, 34 spacer, 40: cam, 4 pressure plate, 46: roller with hollow part, 47: roller without hollow part. Figure (a) (b) 0 9 3 Figure 3 Figure (a) Figure 3 Figure 1 Figure 5 Figure 7 Figure 9a

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a roller used for changing pages of booklets,
A roller for changing pages, characterized in that the stiffness of the roller is variable. 2. The rigidity of the roller is changed by filling a space provided inside the roller with fluid and adjusting the fluid pressure by a pressure adjustment means communicating with the space. 1. The roller described in 1. 3. A claim characterized in that the rigidity of the roller is changed by providing a pressing member that pushes the inner surface of the roller outward in a space provided inside the roller, and driving the pressing member from the outside. The roller according to item 1. 4. The roller according to claim 1, wherein the rigidity of the roller is changed by inserting or removing a member into or out of a space provided inside the roller to fill the space. 5. The rigidity of the roller can be changed by disposing a member in a space provided inside the roller that can switch between filling the space and leaving the space, and placing a member on the shaft that supports the roller. Claim 1, characterized in that the switching is performed by switching the state of the member via a provided transmission means.
Roller mentioned. 6. The roller according to claim 1, wherein the rigidity of the roller is changed by adjusting the clamping pressure by pressure means provided on the side of the roller. 7.Claim 1, wherein the rigidity of the rollers is changed by selectively using a roller with a large deformation capacity against a load and a roller with a small deformation capacity against a load.
Roller mentioned. 8. A page changing mechanism comprising the roller according to any one of claims 1 to 7, means for rotating the roller, and means for gripping booklets.