JPH0430075B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) This invention relates to a ticket printing and issuing machine.

(Prior Art) A conventional ticket printing and issuing machine that prints and issues tickets using a thermal transfer film is shown in FIG. The thermal transfer film F is wound up into a roll with the side coated with the transfer agent facing outward and is mounted on a feeding reel 1, and the feeding end of the thermal transfer film F is hung on a tension arm 2. After passing, feed roller 3
It passes between the thermal printing head 6 and the head pressing drive roller 7, and is then passed between the thermal printing head 6 and the head pressing drive roller 7, and then the separation roller 8.
After passing between the feed roller 9 and the pinch roller 10, and being stretched around the tension arm 11, it is wound onto the take-up reel 12. The first pinch rollers 4 and 10 are biased by a spring (not shown).
The feed rollers 3 and 9 are constantly pressed. moreover,
The thermal printing head 6 is arranged so as to be rotatable in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure, and is urged by a spring (not shown), and is driven by a head pressing drive roller 7.
is being pressed. Then, the original note P supplied from the original note supply mechanism 14 is printed by the printing head 6, the printed original note P is printed by the printing head 6, and the printed original note P is fixed. After that, the ticket is stored in a ticket discharging section (not shown) via the ticket conveyance path 15.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in this type of ticket printing and issuing machine, the ticket ejection part is fixed and protrudes from the outside of the machine, so
The ticket ejector is open when in use or not, so foreign objects may accidentally enter the interior and cause malfunctions, and operators should not place clothing in the protruding ticket ejector. There are also drawbacks such as the operator's clothes being damaged or damaged by getting caught, and furthermore, the operator or the like may be injured by hitting the protruding ticket ejection section.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by improving the configuration of the ticket takeout section, it is possible to eliminate the intrusion of foreign objects by closing the ticket takeout section and ensure the safety of the operator. The purpose of this invention is to provide a ticket printing and issuing machine that is capable of printing and issuing tickets.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention prints an original note supplied from a supply unit that supplies the original note in a printing unit, and takes out the printed original note from the issuing machine main body. In a ticket printing/issuing machine that discharges original tickets into a ticket storage member provided in a section for issuing, the ticket storage member is made to protrude outward from the ticket takeout section depending on whether or not an original ticket is issued in the ticket takeout section. A ticket storage member support part is provided which is rotated to cover the takeout part.

(Function) According to the above-described ticket printing and issuing machine, in the ticket takeout section, when issuing an original ticket, the ticket storage member support section rotates so as to project the ticket storage member outward;
Further, since the ticket storage member rotates to cover the ticket take-out part when no original tickets are issued, it is possible to prevent foreign matter from entering the issuing machine body and to prevent danger when no original tickets are issued.

(Example) This invention will be described with reference to an example shown in the drawings.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the ticket printing/issuing machine of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a schematic explanatory view showing the inside thereof, Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view of the thermal transfer printing mechanism portion, and Fig. 5 6 is a cutaway side view of the same portion, FIG. 7 is a back view of the link mechanism, FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional plan view showing the winding mechanism of the thermal transfer film, and FIG. Figure 9 is a front view of the pressure fixing mechanism, Figure 10 is a bottom view of the mechanism, Figure 11 is a vertical sectional view of the writing section, Figure 12 is a front view of the sorting gate, and Figure 13 is a perspective view of the original note storage member. Figures 14A and 14B are a plan view and a side view of the original note, Figure 15 is an explanatory diagram showing the printing yield of the thermal transfer film, and Figure 16 is an example of the ticket printing and issuing machine applied. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a printing device. In each figure, 128 is a ticket printing and issuing machine, and this ticket printing and issuing machine 128 includes an issuing machine main body 20, an original ticket supply mechanism 21, and a thermal transfer printing mechanism 3.
3. Link mechanism 73, thermal transfer film winding mechanism 74, pressure fixing mechanism 96, and ticket storage mechanism 12
It is equipped with 7.

The early issuing machine main body 20 has doors 132 and 13 on the front.
3 is attached so as to be freely openable and closable, and casters 142 are attached to the lower surface so as to be movable (see FIG. 2). As shown in FIG. 3, the original note supply mechanism 21 is arranged at the upper right side of the issuing machine main body 20 in the drawing, and is configured to feed the original notes P one by one to the thermal transfer printing mechanism 33. This original note P has one side as a printing surface Pa, and the other side as a magnetic recording surface, as shown in FIG. 14A and B.
Each is formed as Pb. The original note supply mechanism 21 supplies an original note P formed in advance into a card shape.
It has a hopper 22 which is stored so that the printing surface Pa is always facing upward, and a card holding member 23 is placed on the topmost original card P with a large number of cards stored in this hopper 22. There is. This card holding member 23 has a concave portion 23a formed on the bottom surface in the feeding direction of the original note P, and the concave portion 23a serves as an escape route for a picker 25, which will be described later, and feeds out the original note P one by one to the topmost original note P. It is configured as follows. Further, this card holding member 23 is formed with relief portions (not shown) for actuators of detectors 31A and 31B, which will be described later. Below the hopper 22, a picker 25 and a throat knife 26, which are rotated in the direction of arrow A by a winding feed motor 24, are arranged respectively. When operated, the picker 25 rotates in the direction of arrow A, and the rotation of the picker 25 causes the original documents P to pass through the throat knife 26 one by one through the original document supply path constituted by a plurality of sets of feed rollers 27A and 27B. 28. An original note detector 29 is disposed in the original note supply path 28, and this original note detector 29 detects that one sheet is supplied from within the hopper 22, and the supplied original note P is placed in a predetermined position. position, i.e. thermal printing head 3
The configuration is such that one original note P is kept on standby in front of 0. Further, in the lower part of the hopper 22, a shortage detector 31A for detecting a shortage of original notes P in the hopper 22 and a non-existence detector 31B for detecting a state of no original notes P in the hopper 22 are arranged, respectively. .

At the rear end of the original note supply path 28, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, and 6, there is a thermal transfer printing mechanism that thermally transfers and prints visual information on the printed surface of the original note P. 33 are arranged. This thermal transfer printing mechanism 33 performs dot matrix type thermal printing in which the thermal recording surface 30a is positioned at a desired angle so that it can come into contact with the leading end surface of the original document P supplied to the vicinity of the end of the original document supply path 28. A head 30 and a head pressing drive roller 32 are arranged opposite to the head 30, and a thermal transfer film F is stretched such that the intermediate portion thereof is in close contact with the heat generating portion 30b of the thermal recording surface 30a of the thermal printing head 30. . The head block 40 holding the thermal printing head 30 has a fourth
5 and 6, it is attached to one end of a support shaft 48 which is rotatably supported on the issuing machine main body 20, and is arranged to be rotatable in the direction of arrow I. Further, the support shaft 48 has a bearing 49
The housing 50 is inserted into the housing 50 and attached to the issuing machine main body 20 via a screw 50a, so that the housing 50 is rotatable. A lift plate 51 is pivotally attached to the support shaft 48, and a pin 52 attached to the lift plate 51 is loosely fitted into the head block 40 and is attached to the lift plate 51. A set shaft 53 is inserted through the extending portion on the side to which the pin 52 is attached. In addition, the lift plate 51
The spring 55 whose movement in one direction is restricted by the holder 54 attached to the set shaft 5
3 is biased in the direction of arrow B, so that the set shaft 53 is inserted into a set hole 57 provided in the main body 20 of the light emitting device. Further, a detector such as a micro switch 58 is disposed on the back side of the set hole 57 to detect whether or not the set shaft 53 is correctly set in the set hole 57. In the figure, reference numeral 59 denotes a head pressing spring, one end of which is hooked to the spring retainer 60 of the lift plate 51, and the other end is in contact with the head lock 40. The biasing force is head block 40
The thermal printing head 30 attached to the head block 40 is biased so as to press against the head pressing drive roller 31. 61 is
This is a holding hole 61 provided in the issuing machine body 20, into which a set shaft 53 is fitted (see FIG. 5). In addition, the support shaft 4
A link holder 63 to which a link pin 62 is attached is attached to the other end of the link 8 via a screw 63a. One end portions of a pair of links 64 and 65 are loosely fitted and supported by the link pin 62 of the link holder 63, respectively. This pair of links 64,6
The other ends of the rollers 5 are loosely fitted and supported by link pins 62 attached to bosses 68 and 69 of levers 66 and 67 that pivotally support the pinch rollers 37 and 43, respectively. Further, the levers 66 and 67 are pivoted by a lever shaft 70 attached to the issuing machine main body 20. Boss 6 of the levers 66, 67
A spring hanger 71 is attached to 8 and 69, and the other end of a spring 72 whose other end is attached to the issuing machine main body 20 is attached to this spring hanger 71. The pinch roller 37 is applied with a biasing force, and the pinch roller 37 comes into contact with the feed-back roller 36, and then the pinch roller 4
3 are adapted to come into contact with the feed roller 42, respectively. The head block 40, the support shaft 48, the set shaft 53, the ring holder 63, the links 64, 65, and the lever 6 constructed in this way
6 and 67 constitute a link mechanism 73 (see FIG. 7). And this link mechanism 73
Pinch roller 37 and pinch roller 43
The thermal transfer film F
The conveyance path is expanded when loading.

The thermal transfer film F has a width smaller than the width in the direction intersecting the conveying direction of the original note P, and is wound up into a roll with the transfer agent coated side facing outward and is then placed on a feed reel. 34, and this feeding end is attached to the issuing machine body 2.
After the film is stretched over a tension arm 35 whose one end is rotatably supported at 0, the film passes between a return feed roller 36 equipped with a one-way clutch having a counterclockwise sliding action and a pinch roller 37, and a film no-detector is detected. 38, is passed over the guide roller 39, is sandwiched between the thermal printing head 30 and the head pressing drive roller 32, and is further pivoted to the head block 97 holding the thermal printing head 30. After being stretched around a roller 41, it passes between a feed roller 42 and a pinch roller 43 equipped with a one-way clutch having a clockwise sliding action, and is hooked onto a tension arm 44 whose one end is pivoted to the issuing machine body 20. Pass it over,
It is adapted to be wound onto a take-up reel 45.
The feed roller 42 and the return feed roller 36 are configured to transmit information through a transmission member such as a belt 46a on the back side, but for the thermal transfer film F, only one roller 36 or the feed roller 42 is always driven. It serves as a mechanism for transmitting force. This drive is performed by a forward/reverse motor 46 in synchronization with the head pressing drive roller 31. 47 in the figure is a film shortage detector.

Next, the thermal transfer film winding mechanism (also referred to as the thermal transfer film supply mechanism) 74 shown in FIG. A brake mechanism 76 is attached to the back side of the feed reel 34 (on the issuing machine main body 20 side). This brake mechanism 76 is connected to the reel shaft 7
An adjusting bolt 80 for adjusting the biasing force of the compression spring 79 whose movement on one side is restricted passes through the presser plate 77 that is fitted into the presser plate 77 . Reference numeral 78 is a brake plate, and the brake plate 78 has one side in sliding contact with the presser plate 77 and the other side in sliding contact with the feeding reel 34. By pressing the brake plate 78 through the presser plate 77 with the biasing force of the compression spring 79, the feed reel 34
The brake plate 78 also comes into pressure contact with the brake plate 78. As a result, the brake is applied by the frictional force between the brake plate 78 and the feed reel 34. 81
81 is a lid that holds down the thermal transfer film F so that it does not shift, and this lid 81 has an internal engaging projection 81.
a is configured to be removably attached to the recess 82 a of the shaft center 82 of the feed reel 34 , and the lid 81 is configured to be attached to the shaft center 82 . In addition, the shaft core 82
A leaf spring 83 is attached to the hub around which the thermal transfer film F is wound.
F' is arranged so that it does not rotate within the feed reel 34. Next, the operation of attaching and detaching the thermal transfer film F within the feed reel 34 will be explained. First, the lid 81 is pulled out in the direction of arrow C in the drawing, so that the engaging protrusion 81a of the lid 81 is pushed out from the recess 82a of the shaft core 82. Remove the lid 81 and screw 81b to it.
One frame 34a of the reel 34 attached via the frame 34a will come off. Next, the leaf spring 8 is attached to the shaft center 82.
Take out the empty hub F′ held through 3,
The hub F' around which a new thermal transfer film F is wound is fitted, the lid 81 having the frame 34a is fitted onto the shaft core 82, and the engaging protrusion 81a is engaged with the recess 82a.

On the other hand, the mounting portion of the take-up reel 45 is constructed as follows. That is, the issuing machine main body 20
A locking mechanism 85 consisting of a leaf spring 86 and a stop fitting 87 for holding the take-up reel 45 is attached to a shaft core 84 which is rotatably attached to a reel shaft 75A attached to the reel shaft 75A. The stop hole formed in the take-up reel 45 at the position where the take-up reel 45 is located and the stop fitting 87 fit together to set the take-up reel 45 at the fixed position, and the take-up reel 45 is configured to be detachable from the shaft center 84. There is. Further, a leaf spring 88 is attached around the axis of the take-up reel 45, into which the leading end of the thermal transfer film is fitted. A motor 89 for driving the take-up reel 45 is disposed on the back side of the take-up reel 45, and driving force is transmitted through a gear 90 attached to a motor shaft 89a. Also,
A brake gear 91 meshing with the gear 90
is fitted with the holding plate 77A and is also in sliding contact with the shaft core 84. The presser plate 77A is fitted with the reel shaft 75A and has an adjustment bolt 80A passing through it that adjusts the biasing force of the compression spring 79A. The brake gear 91 fitted with the plate 77A is pressed into contact with the plate 77A. As a result, the driving force of the motor 89 is transmitted to the brake gear 9 via the motor shaft 89a and the gear 90.
1, the shaft core 84 is driven by the frictional force between the brake gear 91 and the shaft core 84, and the take-up reel 45 is rotated. These parts constitute a drive mechanism 140. Further, when an excessive load is applied to the thermal transfer film F wound on the take-up reel 45, that is, when the thermal transfer film F is reversely fed, slippage occurs between the brake gear 91 and the shaft core 84. This generates a slip mechanism that disperses excessive force and prevents the thermal transfer film F from breaking. Reference numeral 81A denotes a lid for holding the wound thermal transfer film F in place, and the lid 81A has an internal engaging protrusion 81b that can be detachably attached to the recess 84a of the shaft core 84 of the take-up reel 45. The lid 81A is configured to be attached to the shaft core 84. Next, the operation of attaching and detaching the take-up reel 45 will be explained. First, when the lid 81A is pulled out in the direction of arrow D in the drawing, the lid 81A is pulled out in the direction of arrow D in the drawing.
The engagement protrusion 81b of 1A is disengaged from the recess 84a of the shaft core 84, and the lid 81A and the take-up reel 45 attached thereto via the screw 84b are disengaged. Next, the used thermal transfer film F wound around this take-up reel 45 is removed, the empty take-up reel 45 is inserted into the shaft core 84, and the engaging protrusion 81b of the lid 81A is inserted into the shaft core 84. It will be held by being engaged with the recess 84a. In addition, the feed reel 3
The brake mechanism 76 of No. 4 is configured to prevent the feeding reel 34 from idling due to the tensile force of the thermal transfer film F being fed out.

The tension arm 35 is connected to the arrow E in FIG.
When the thermal transfer film F fed out from the feeding reel 34 is reversely fed and returned, an appropriate tension is applied to the thermal transfer film F. A tension arm 35 is provided below this tension arm 35.
A detector 93 is arranged to detect the position of the
In the normal state, that is, when the thermal transfer film F is fed out or reversed and returned, the position of the tension arm 35 is determined by the detector 93.
It is located higher up and is less likely to be detected. If the thermal transfer film F breaks or becomes too slack between the feed reel 34 and the feed-back roller 36, the tension arm 35 rotates downward due to its own weight, and the detector 93
It will be detected. Further, the tension arm 44 is rotatable in the direction of the arrow J shown in the figure, and is supported by a spring (not shown).
4 is always urged in the original document transport direction, and the speed becomes slower than the winding speed of the thermal transfer film F.
It is configured to apply appropriate tension to the slack thermal transfer film F between the feed roller 42 and the take-up reel 45. Also, tension arm 4
A detector 94 for detecting the position of the tension arm 44 is disposed on the right side of the feed roller 4 .
2, when the tension arm 44 is not operating, the tension arm 44 is in a position where it is detected by the detector 94, and the feed roller 42
The thermal transfer film F is fed, the tension arm 44 is rotated to the left by the biasing force of the spring, and when it is no longer detected by the detector 94, the motor 89 is driven and the take-up reel 45 is rotated. The thermal transfer film F is wound up. Further, as the thermal transfer film F is wound, the tension arm 44 is rotated to the right, and when detected by the detector 94, the motor 89 is stopped and the take-up reel 45 also stops rotating. It's getting old.

Additionally, if the thermal transfer film F breaks between the take-up reel 45 and the feed roller 42 for some reason, the tension arm 44 rotates to the left due to the biasing force of the spring, and the detector 94 detects Since it is no longer detected, it is clear that the thermal transfer film F is cut. In addition, the separation roller 41
If the thermal transfer film F is cut between the tension arm 44 and the tension arm 44, the feed roller 42 feeds the thermal transfer film F, and when the cut end on the feed roller 42 side passes the feed roller 42, a detector is detected as described above. 9
Detected at 4. Further, if the thermal transfer film F breaks between the return roller 36 and the guide roller 39, it is detected by the film non-detector 38 and it is known that the thermal transfer film F is broken.

Further, in the original note transporting direction of the thermal transfer printing mechanism 33, there is a ticket transport path 95 for transporting the transfer-printed original ticket P separated from the thermal transfer film F by the separation roller 41, a pressure fixing mechanism 96, and a ticket transport path. 108 are arranged in series and are adapted to be driven by a motor 98 transmitted through a transmission member, for example a belt, on the back side. The ticket conveyance path 95 is constituted by a conveyance roller 99 and a variable speed feed roller 100, and is configured to convey the transfer-printed original note P at a medium speed, and transfer it to a pressure fixing mechanism 96, the details of which will be described later. There is. Further, the pressure fixing mechanism 96
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, there is a fixing feed roller 101 attached to a frame 96A fixed to the issuing machine main body 20, and a pin 96B disposed on the lower side opposite to this, and a pin 96B on the frame 96A. The pressure roller 102 of the frame 96C is swingably mounted through the frame 96C, the intermediate roller 103 in contact with the fixing feed roller 101, and the intermediate roller 10
3 and a silicon-impregnated roller 104 in contact with the roller. Further, the frames 96A, 9
The portion opposite to the pivot portion of 6C is connected to both rollers 101 and 10 via a biasing member, for example, a large number of disc springs 96D.
2 are biased so that they come into contact with each other. This pressure fixing mechanism 96 fixes the original note P printed by the thermal transfer printing mechanism 33 and is moved by the note conveyance path 95 between the fixing feed roller 101 and the pressure roller 10.
2, the visual information on the printed surface of the original note P is fixed by the pressure of the pressure roller 102, and at the same time, the silicone impregnated with the silicone impregnated roller 104 is applied and fixed on the printed surface, and the silicone is applied. The original note P is transferred to a note transfer path 108. Note that 105 in the figure is a detector that detects that the original note P has arrived at the pressure fixing mechanism 96.

In addition, the ticket transfer path 108 is shown in FIGS. 3 and 11.
As shown in the figure, two pairs of upper and lower conveyor belts 106
a, 106b, 107a, 107b and between the mutually opposing surfaces of the lower conveyor belts 106a, 106b and the variable speed feed roller 109. It is designed to be transported at high speed. 110a, 110
b is a belt drive roller, 111a, 111
b, 112, 113 are belt guide rollers. Further, a magnetic recording device 97 for magnetically recording machine-readable information on the magnetic recording surface of the original note P is arranged in the middle of the note transfer path 108. This magnetic recording device 97 has a structure including a write magnetic head 114 and a read magnetic head 115 provided at a subsequent stage. 116 is a magnetic head 114,
115 is a head pressing roller disposed opposite to the head 115. Further, in the ticket transfer path 108, there is a magnetic writing timing detector 117 and a magnetic reading completion detector 118, and furthermore, a magnetic writing timing detector 117 and a magnetic reading completion detector 118 are provided to determine whether visual information is printed on the printing surface of the original ticket P by the thermal transfer printing mechanism 33. A reflective print detector 119 is provided as a print discrimination device 141 for detecting. Further, at the terminal end of the ticket transfer path 108, a ticket storage member such as a ticket storage box 120 and a sorting gate 123 are provided.
A ticket storage mechanism 127 is provided,
This ticket storage box 120 is constructed as shown in FIGS. 3 and 13. That is, a part of the ticket storage box 120 from which the printed and issued tickets are discharged is protruded from the left side of the ticket printing and issuing machine 128, so that the ticket can be easily taken out from the device 128. There is. The ticket storage box 120 having the ticket retrieval notch 120a is fitted with a pin 135 constituting a ticket storage member support inside the device 128,
It is configured to be rotatable in the direction of arrow G in the figure using this pin 135 as a fulcrum. However, ticket storage box 1
When the cover 20 is rotated in the direction of arrow G in the figure, it becomes a lid that covers the ticket takeout section 136, and the ticket storage box 120 is stored in the main body 20 of the ticket printing and issuing machine 128. Therefore, there is no risk of foreign objects entering the inside of the ticket printing/issuing machine 128, and since the ticket storage box 120 does not protrude outside the device, there is no risk of damage to the operator's clothes or injury. It disappears.

Further, a solenoid 137 and a spring (not shown) are attached to the ticket storage box 120, and the solenoid 137 is connected to a power switch 139 disposed in the operating section 138 of the operating device 129. It is now working properly. Therefore, when the power switch 139 of the operating device 129 is turned on, the solenoid 13
7 is excited, the ticket storage box 120 stored inside the main body 20 of the ticket printing and issuing machine 128 is rotated against the urging force of the spring, and can store the completed ticket issued by the ticket printing and issuing machine 128. It is something. Further, when the power switch 139 is turned off, the solenoid 137 is deenergized, and the ticket storage box 120 is rotated by the biasing force of the spring to become a lid covering the ticket outlet 136 and stored in the ticket printing/issuing machine 128.
Therefore, the ticket storage box 120 can be rotated simply by operating the power switch 139 at the start and end of the machine, which not only saves the effort of manually rotating it, but also prevents foreign objects from entering the ticket printing/issuing machine 128. There is no risk of intrusion, etc., and since the ticket ejection port does not protrude outside the device, there is no risk of damage to the operator's clothing or injury. As described above, it is possible to protect the printing and issuing machine main body 20 housed inside the ticket printing and issuing machine 128, and to ensure the safety of the operator and the like. In the above embodiment, the ticket storage box 120 is automatically opened using a combination of a solenoid 137 and a spring. It may be something that has both functions. In this case, the bottom of the ticket storage box 120 is connected to the bottom part 13 of the ticket ejection part 136 of the issuing machine main body 20.
By bringing it into contact with 6a, downward movement is restricted. (See Figure 13). A sorting gate 123 is provided between the ticket transfer path 108 and the ticket storage box 120, and this sorting gate 123 is driven by a solenoid 124. That is, the gate 1
A reference numeral 23 stores the tickets conveyed by the ticket transfer path 108 via the spring 123a into the ticket storage box 1.
It is designed to guide you to 20. On the other hand, when the solenoid 124 is actuated, the gate 123 rotates in the direction of the arrow H against the biasing force of the spring 123a, thereby guiding the conveyed original note P to the take-in path 121 and transferring it to the second note. It is designed to be stored in a storage box 122. Further, 125 is a discharge detector that detects that the original ticket P has been discharged into the ticket storage box 120. The separation roller 41 is a roller for separating the thermal transfer film F and the original document P on which transfer printing has been performed, and the separation roller 4
1 and pulling the thermal transfer film F with a feed roller 42 located above a separation roller 41, the original document P and the thermal transfer film F are inevitably separated. .

Next, the ticket issuing operation of the device will be explained.

In response to a print start signal from an operation unit (not shown), one original document P waiting in the original document supply path 28 is sent to the head pressing drive roller 31 in synchronization with the start of the operation of the picker 25. The thermal film F fed by the feed roller 42 and the head pressing drive roller 31 start feeding at the same conveying speed as the original note P just before the original note P reaches the head pressure drive roller 31. Then, the thermal transfer film F is superimposed on the original document P, and is conveyed while being pressed against the thermal printing head 30 by the head pressing drive roller 31. Next, the thermal printing head 30 performs thermal transfer printing of visual information from the thermal transfer film F side using a dot matrix method. The timing of this thermal transfer printing is determined by operating a timer by detecting the trailing edge of the original note P with a note detector 29 that detects pooled notes. Even after printing is completed, the thermal transfer film F is moved to a position where the original document P exceeds the separation roller 41, and the original document P on which the visual information has been transferred is separated from the thermal transfer film F, and the transport roller 9
9 and the speed change feed roller 100,
The ticket is taken into the ticket conveyance path 95 with the speed changed from mm/sec to 500 mm/sec. On the other hand, thermal transfer film F
is sent to the take-up reel 45 side by the feed roller 42 and is paid out from the pay-out reel 34, and as the tension arm 44 rotates to the left, the motor 89 is driven by the signal from the detector 94 and the take-up reel is 45. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 15, the thermal transfer film F requires a printing area of only the L dimension for one original document P, and due to the separation between the original document P and the thermal transfer film F, the next printing area is The waste generated between the two, that is, the dimension m _-1 cannot help but become extremely large.
This dimension m _-1 separates the thermal transfer film F from the original document P, so the thermal transfer film F is separated by the separating roller 4.
1, the heat generating part 30b of the thermal printing head 30 and the separation roller 41
This dimension m _-1 is made as small as possible to improve the yield of the thermal transfer film F. That is, at the same time as the original note P is taken into the note conveyance path 95, the forward/reverse rotation motor 46 reverses, and the thermal transfer film F is returned to the feed roller 36.
It is configured such that it is sent backwards and returned by a predetermined amount.

Further, the original note P separated from the thermal transfer film F and taken into the note conveyance path 95 is transferred to the conveyance roller 9
9. Convey at medium speed with the non-printed side edges held by the variable speed feed rollers 100;
The paper is transferred to a pressure fixing mechanism 96 to fix the visual information printed on the printed surface of the original ticket P, and at the same time coated with silicone to create a printed surface that is sufficiently durable for automatic ticket gates as mechanical reading devices. Obtainable.

Next, the original document P having passed through the pressure fixing mechanism 96 and on which the visual information has been fixed is transferred to the conveyor belts 106a, 106.
b and the variable speed feed roller 109,
The ticket is taken into the transfer path 108 with the speed changed from mm/sec to 1500 mm/sec, and the two pairs of upper and lower belts 106
A, 106b, 107a, and 107b hold both side edge portions and convey at high speed. Then, the original note P is conveyed with its magnetic recording surface facing the magnetic recording device 97, and after machine-readable information is magnetically recorded by the write magnetic head 114, it is read and checked by the read magnetic head 115, and at the same time, it is sent to the print detector. 119, the level of the reflected light is checked and it is detected that the printed surface of the original note P is printed. Then, the ticket is detected by the discharge detector 125 and discharged to the ticket discharge port 120. Thus, the information magnetically recorded on the original note P is read by the magnetic head 11.
If it is read and checked in step 5 and determined to be abnormal, or if the print detector 119 checks the level of reflected light and determines that there is no printing, the solenoid 124 is energized, and the solenoid 124 is energized. The sorting gate 123 rotates in the direction of the arrow H in the figure, and abnormal bills conveyed through the ticket transfer path 108 are taken into the ticket take-in path 121 and stored in the ticket storage box 122. Further, the sorting gate 123 is connected to the ticket transfer path 108 via a solenoid 124 deenergized by a timer.
The original note P being conveyed is discharged to a note discharge port 120. By automatically storing abnormal tickets in the cabin in this way, abnormal tickets can be identified at a glance, and furthermore, it is possible to identify abnormal tickets from among a large number of tickets at the ticket ejection slot when consecutive tickets are issued. This will save you the trouble of searching.

Further, when the thermal transfer film F mounted on the feed reel 34 is detected to be absent by the film non-detector 38, a means is taken to send a signal to an operation section (not shown) to notify an attendant. Then, a new thermal transfer film F is loaded.

Next, a method of loading the thermal transfer film F will be explained.

By pulling out the set shaft 53 attached to the lift plate 51 which is pivoted to the support shaft 48 from the set hole 57 and rotating it in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure, the pin 52 loosely fitted into the head block 40 will come into contact with the head block 40. Since the contact head block 40 also rotates at the same time, the support shaft 48 also rotates. As a result, the link holder 63 attached to the other end of the support shaft 48 rotates and comes into contact with the pinch roller 37 and the feed roller 42 which are in contact with the feed back roller 36 through a pair of links 64 and 65. Each of the pinch rollers 43 is rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure to separate them. Furthermore, by fitting the set shaft 53 into the holding hole 61, the pinch rollers 37, 43 are moved to the feed back roller 36, the feed roller 4.
2, and the head block 40
The thermal printing head 30 attached to the head is held and fixed at a distance from the head pressing drive roller 31. Thereafter, after loading a new thermal printing film F according to the loading path, the set shaft 53 inserted into the holding hole 61 is pulled out and inserted into the set hole 57, and the pinch rollers 37, 43,
The thermal printing head 30 returns to its original state, the thermal transfer film F is stretched, and preparations for issuing the next ticket are completed. In this way, the link mechanism 7 connects the thermal transfer printing mechanism 33 and the thermal transfer film winding mechanism 74.
3, a loading path for the thermal transfer film F can be formed with one touch, and the thermal transfer film F can be loaded with a single touch.
The device can be loaded extremely easily.

It should be noted that the above embodiment is merely an example, and it goes without saying that each member can be replaced with another member having the same function. For example, in the above embodiment, the fixing mechanism is a pressure fixing mechanism, but the fixing mechanism is not limited to this, but a flash fixing mechanism having a xenon flash tube is used, and the fixing mechanism is a pressure fixing mechanism. The visual information on the original note may also be fixed.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the configuration of a printing system to which a ticket printing and issuing machine is applied, which includes a ticket printing and issuing machine 128 in which the issuing machine main body 20 is housed, an operating device 129 with a built-in control circuit, and an operating device. CRT display 13 that displays the guidance operated by 129
0 and a charge display 131 that displays the charge of the issued ticket.
The system consists of the following, and the ticket printing and issuing machine 128, CRT display 130, and fee display 131 are each controlled by the operating device 129.

FIG. 17 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the ticket printing and issuing machine of the present invention, FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of the main part of the same example, and FIG. 19 is a control circuit diagram of the same example. , a second original note supply mechanism 143 for supplying original notes P' of a desired length is added to the previous embodiment. That is, the reel 153 is attached to the bottom right end of the issuing machine body 20 in the drawing. The reel 153 is loaded with a belt-shaped original note material P' that is wound up into a roll with the heat-sensitive printing surface facing outward. At a position adjacent to this reel part 153,
An original note material shortage detector 155 is arranged to detect a shortage of original note material P' wound around the reel portion 153. In addition, this reel part 1
An alignment roller 156 is arranged at a position close to the alignment roller 153, and a conveyance roller 15 consisting of a presser roller 157a and a fixed-size feed roller 157b is arranged at a desired distance from the alignment roller 156.
8 is placed. The fixed size feed roller 157
b is configured to be driven via a fixed-size feed drive motor 160, which will be described later, to feed the original note material P' passing between a fixed-size feed roller 157b and a presser roller 157a. Between the transport roller 158 and the alignment roller 156, an original note material presence/absence detector for detecting the presence or absence of the original note material P', for example, an optical detector 159 consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element, is arranged.

The rear part of the conveyance roller 158 (alignment roller 1
56), a pair of feed rollers 160
A, 160b are arranged, and a cutter portion 161 having a pair of cutter blades 161a, 161b is provided between the conveyance roller 158 and the feed rollers 160a, 160b at upper and lower positions across the conveyance path. The feed rollers 160a, 160
A printing section 162 that heat-sensitively prints visual information on the printing surface of the original note material P' is disposed at the rear part of b (on the opposite side of the cutter section 161). That is, the supply path 16 formed by the feed rollers 160a and 160b
Near the end of 3, there is a dot matrix type thermal printing head 30 whose heat-sensitive recording surface is positioned at an angle where it can come into contact with the leading end surface of the original note material P' to be supplied.
and a head pressing drive roller 32 are arranged to face each other. The feed rollers 160a, 160
An original document pool detector, for example, an optical detector 164 consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element, is arranged between the printing head 30 and the printing head 30.

As shown in FIG. 18, the heat generating part 30a of the printing head 30 and the center of the head pressing drive roller 32 are arranged so as to coincide with each other, and the distance between the center line M and the cutter part 161 is equal to the short paper P'b. It is longer by L than the length X and is arranged at a distance shorter than the length Y of the long ticket P'a. Furthermore, the original note material P' is being conveyed to a position distant from the center line M by a distance L. That is, the distance from the cutter portion 161 is the same as the length Y of the short ticket P'a.

The second original note supply mechanism 15 configured in this way
4 is selectively used alternately with the first original note supply mechanism 21, and the second original note supply mechanism 154 further selectively feeds short notes P'a and long notes P'b. At least three types of tickets with different lengths can be printed and issued. In addition, the second original note supply mechanism 154 is configured such that the short note P'a
Alternatively, when the long note P'b signal is input to the control unit 171, the output signal from the control unit 171 is input to the printing unit, cutter 161, fixed length feed motor 170, and original note pool detector 166, and each member is is configured to operate. However, short ticket
When the output signal of P'a is input to the control section 171,
The cutter section 161 is actuated by the output signal from the control section 171, and the cutter section 161 operates to cut the original note material P' into the short note P'a length
After being cut to a fixed size, the short note P'a is transferred to the printing section, and at the same time, the fixed size feed motor 170 is driven, and the original note material P' is transferred by the fixed size feed roller 158, so that the tip part is It stops when it is transported to a predetermined position. On the other hand, the cut short note P'a is printed by the printing head 30 and sent to the next pressure fixing mechanism 96. Further, when the signal of the long note P′b is input to the control unit 171, the sizing drive motor 170 is driven by the output signal from the control unit 171 to rotate the sizing feed roller 157b. The original note material P' is sent out by the rotation, and its leading end enters the printing section 162, and printing in the printing section 162 is started in response to a signal from the control section 171. Then, fixed size feed roller 157b
When the printing unit 16 sends the length Y of the long note P′b,
2 is temporarily stopped, and the sizing drive motor 170 is also stopped. When the printing section 162 and the sizing drive motor 170 stop, an output signal from the control section 171 causes the cutter blade 1 of the cutter section 161 to
61a and 161b operate to convert the original note material P' into a long note.
After cutting P′b to length Y, control section 1 is cut again.
The output signal from 71 is input to the printing section 162 and the fixed size drive motor 170, and the printing section 162 starts printing, and the fixed size drive motor 170 is driven to move the leading edge of the original note material P' to a predetermined position. It will be transported to. Further, the long paper P'b printed and cut by the printing section 162 is conveyed to the next pressure fixing mechanism.

The above points are different from those of the embodiment described above, and the other points are almost the same as the embodiments described above, so a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention provides a rotatable ticket storage member and rotates the ticket storage member manually or automatically. This makes it easy to take out the ticket, and since the ticket is stored when not issued, the ticket ejection section can also be closed, eliminating the risk of foreign objects entering the inside. Because there is no cover, the operator's clothes will not get caught, and there is no risk of damage or injury. Furthermore, it has excellent effects such as being able to provide a product with an extremely simple structure and extremely high reliability at a low cost. Furthermore, when issuing a ticket, the ticket accommodating member protrudes from the issuing machine main body by the operation of the ticket accommodating member supporting portion, so that the stored ticket can be easily taken out.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing an example of a conventional device;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
4 is a cross-sectional plan view of the thermal transfer printing mechanism portion, FIG. 5 is a front view of the print head portion, and FIG. 6 is a cutaway side view of the same portion. Figure 7 is a rear view of the link mechanism part;
Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional plan view showing the winding mechanism of the thermal transfer film, Fig. 9 is a front view of the pressure fixing mechanism, Fig. 10 is a bottom view thereof, and Fig. 11 is a longitudinal sectional view of the writing part. , FIG. 12 is a front view of the sorting gate portion, FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the original note storage member, and FIG. 14 is a front view of the sorting gate portion.
Figures A and B are plan and side views of the original note, No. 15
FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing the printing yield of thermal transfer film, FIG.
FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the ticket printing and issuing machine of the present invention, FIG. 18 is an enlarged view of the main part of the same example, and FIG. 19 is a control circuit diagram of the same example. 20...Issuing machine main body, 21...Original note supply mechanism,
22... Hopper, 25... Picker, 30... Thermal printing head, 33... Thermal transfer printing mechanism, 34...
...Feeding reel, 35, 44... Tension arm, 40... Head block, 45... Take-up reel, 64, 65... Link, 73... Link mechanism, 76... Brake mechanism, 85... Lock mechanism, 92...Slip mechanism, 96...Pressure fixing mechanism, 104...Silicon impregnated roller, 120...
Ticket storage member, 128...Ticket printing and issuing machine, 130...
...CRT display.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A printing unit prints an original note supplied from a supply unit that supplies the original note, and discharges the printed original note to a note storage member provided in a take-out unit of the issuing machine main body. In a ticket printing and issuing machine used for issuing tickets, the ticket storage member is rotated to protrude outward from the ticket take-out part or to cover the ticket take-out part depending on whether or not an original ticket is issued in the ticket take-out part. A ticket printing and issuing machine characterized by being provided with a member support section.