JPH0452207Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a medium guide mechanism provided in a guide body provided for inserting a medium into the front of a device that handles media such as bankbooks and slips.

[Conventional technology]

A passbook processing device conventionally used in financial institutions such as banks is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 56-58892, and the description will be based on this.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a conventional medium guide mechanism of a device for handling bankbooks, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line A--A in FIG. 3.

In FIGS. 3 and 4, reference numeral 1 denotes a horizontal planar guide body on which the passbook is placed when the passbook is inserted into the device. A guide surface 2 that serves both as a guide and as a positioning reference is formed by a protrusion 3. Also,
A recess 4 is formed in a predetermined position of the guide body 1, and a plurality of elongated holes 5 are provided in the recess 4, the longitudinal direction of which is perpendicular to the direction in which the passbook is inserted.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a movable guide, and the movable guide 6 is provided with a protrusion 7 similar to the protrusion 3 at a position opposite to the protrusion 3, and a guide surface 8 that guides the other end of the passbook. It is formed.

8 is the guide body 1 from the bottom surface of the movable guide 6.
A screw 10 protrudes from the bottom of the guide body 1 through the elongated hole 5, and by screwing the nut 10 onto the screw 9 and tightening it, any part of the elongated hole 5 in the guide body 1 can be inserted. A movable guide 6 is fixed in position.

In order to form a guide width corresponding to the width of the passbook to be processed using the above-described configuration, first, the guide body 1 is
Loosen the nut 10 from below to make the movable guide 6 movable, move it to a position with about 0.5 mm margin relative to the width of the passbook to be used, and then loosen the nut 10 from below again. Tighten and secure.

As a result, even if the width of the passbook used at each financial institution is different, the guide width can be set according to the width of the passbook that you are trying to use, so you can use one device to handle passbooks of all sizes. It was designed to be able to respond to

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional technology, in order to move the movable guide, it is necessary to operate the nut on the lower side of the guide body, so this is often done by maintenance personnel, and it is difficult for maintenance personnel to try to use it. This poses a problem in that the burden on maintenance personnel increases because it requires troublesome operations such as setting an appropriate margin depending on the size of the medium to be used.

In addition, as a media processing device, there are devices that can process two sheets of normal width media at the same time, or devices that can process media that is wider than the normal width media, but the conventional guide However, there is a problem in that the mechanism cannot be used as a processing device for such media.

The present invention was developed to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to set the position of the guide surface according to the size of the medium to be processed without asking maintenance personnel to operate it. It can be easily operated according to the size of the media without the need for troublesome setting operations, and can be applied to devices that can process two sheets of normal width media at the same time, as well as devices that can process wide media. The purpose is to

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention includes a guide body having a guide surface formed protrudingly along one side edge of a flat horizontal surface, and allows a medium to travel along the guide surface on the horizontal surface of the guide body. In the medium guide mechanism for inserting the medium into the device, the cylindrical member is formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof with a running surface that is flush with the horizontal surface and a medium guide surface that is perpendicular to the running surface and projects from the horizontal surface. A guide section is provided to

Further, a flat surface coplanar with the horizontal surface is provided at a position reversed from the guide portion to form a substantially cylindrical rotating medium guide, and the rotating medium guide is positioned approximately at the center of the horizontal surface of the guide body. To,
The media guide surface is rotatably mounted in a position where the medium guide surface is parallel to the guide surface back to back.

[Effect]

With the above-described configuration, when two media of normal width are to be processed at the same time, the rotating media guide is rotated in either the left or right direction, and the guide section consisting of the running surface and the media guide surface is moved from the guide body. exposed on a horizontal surface.

As a result, the medium guide surface of the guide portion is arranged to stand up perpendicularly from the horizontal surface, and the running surface is flush with the horizontal surface. Therefore, since the guide body has two guide surfaces, a guide surface and a medium guide surface, it is sufficient to abut the medium against each guide surface and run the medium along them.

Furthermore, if the rotary media guide is further rotated from the state where this guide surface is exposed to expose the flat surface, all the horizontal surfaces of the guide body can become the same plane, so the media guide surface is placed at one end of the horizontal surface. As a result, a wide medium only needs to abut one side edge of the medium against this guide surface and run along this.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the medium guide mechanism;
FIG. 2A shows a state when a medium of normal width is processed, and FIG. 2B shows a state when a wide medium is processed. FIG. 2 is an external view of the apparatus equipped with the medium guide mechanism shown in FIG. 1.

In FIGS. 1A and B and FIG. 2, 17 is a main body of a device such as a printer, and 18 is a guide body provided horizontally in front of the device body 17 for inserting a medium into the device body 17. A flat horizontal surface 19a and a protrusion 19b vertically raised along one side edge of the horizontal surface 18a.
The side surface of this protrusion 19b, that is, the vertical surface that continuously rises from the horizontal surface 19a serves as a guide surface 20 when inserting the medium into the device.
is formed.

Further, an elongated hole 21 parallel to the protrusion 19b is provided approximately in the middle of the horizontal surface 19a of the guide body 18.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a substantially cylindrical rotating medium guide, and this rotating medium guide 22 has a medium guide surface 22a cut out at right angles on the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical member, one of which stands up perpendicularly from the horizontal surface 19a, and this medium guide surface. 22a and a running surface 22b that is flush with the horizontal surface 19a, and when rotated around this guide portion and the rotation axis 23, the opposite side which has just been reversed. It has a structure in which a flat surface 22c is formed at the position.

This rotating medium guide 22 is connected to a rotating shaft 23.
The guide body 17 is rotatably disposed from the lower surface side of the guide body 17, and is attached so that a portion thereof is exposed from the elongated hole 21 of the horizontal surface 19a. Note that at this time, if the guide portion is exposed, the medium guide surface 22
Only the portion a protrudes from the horizontal surface 19a, and the running surface 22b
is flush with the horizontal surface 19a, and the medium 1 with the exposed flat surface 22c is flush with the horizontal surface 19a.
and the horizontal surface 19a are set and installed so that they become the same flat plane.

24a is a medium of normal width such as a passbook, 24b is a medium of normal width such as a slip, and 25 is a medium wider than normal width.

When processing media 24a and 24b of normal width with the above-described configuration, the rotating media guide 22 is rotated about the rotating shaft 23 as shown in FIG. By holding the guide portion at a position exposed from the elongated hole 21 of the guide body 18, the medium guide surface 22a of this guide portion is made to protrude from the elongated hole 21. As a result, two guide surfaces, the previously described existing guide surface 20 and this newly protruding medium guide surface 22a, are formed in parallel on the guide main body 18.
Media 24a and 24b having a normal width are simultaneously abutted against both guide surfaces 20 and 22a with one end thereof to serve as a guide, and are made to travel along the guide surfaces and inserted into the apparatus.

In addition, when processing a wide medium 25, the first
As shown in FIG. B, the rotary medium guide 22 in the state shown in FIG. to hold. Thereby, the flat surface 22c is the horizontal surface 1 of the guide body 18.
9a, the wide medium 25 is placed on the guide surface 20 provided at one end of the guide body 18.
By running it against one end of the machine, it can be inserted into a predetermined processing position within the apparatus.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the present invention, in order to process multiple types of media with different widths using the same device, the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical member has a running surface for running the medium and a right angle from this running surface. In addition to providing a guide portion formed by a media guide surface, a flat surface is provided at a position reversed from this guide portion to form a substantially cylindrical rotating media guide, and this rotating media guide is used to hold media such as passbooks. The guide body is rotatably attached so as to be exposed from the horizontal surface of the guide body provided in front of the media processing device to be processed.

Therefore, by rotating the rotating media guide and exposing the guide portion on a horizontal surface, it is possible to form another media guide surface in addition to the existing guide surface. By flipping it over, the flat surface can be exposed, making it compatible with devices that print on two media at the same time, such as passbooks and slips for the same transaction, or that process wide media. can.

This operation can be performed simply by rotating the rotary media guide, so there is no need to ask maintenance personnel to do so, as in the past.
Therefore, the burden on maintenance personnel can also be reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the medium guide mechanism of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of an apparatus equipped with the medium guide mechanism shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a conventional medium guide mechanism. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line A--A in FIG. 3. 18...Guide body, 19...Horizontal surface 19a,
19b... Projection, 20... Guide surface, 22... Rotating medium guide, 22a... Medium guide surface, 22
b... Running surface, 22c... Flat surface, 23... Rotating shaft, 24... Normal width medium, 25... Wide medium.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] The medium is provided with a guide body having a guide surface protruding along one side edge of a flat horizontal surface, and the medium is moved along the guide surface on the horizontal surface of the guide body. In the medium guide mechanism for inserting the medium into the device, a guide portion is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical member by a running surface that is flush with the horizontal surface and a medium guide surface that is perpendicular to the running surface and projects from the horizontal surface. and a flat surface coplanar with the horizontal surface at a position reversed from the guide part to form a substantially cylindrical rotating medium guide, and this rotating medium guide is connected to the guide body. A medium guide mechanism, characterized in that the medium guide surface is rotatably mounted substantially in the center of a horizontal plane in such a manner that a medium guide surface is parallel to the guide surface back to back.