JPH05201172A - Page turning-over mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a page turning-over mechanism capable of preventing the turning- over of a plurality of pages regarding the page turning-over mechanism capable of conducting preliminary turning-over operation. CONSTITUTION:A carrying path 6, oppositely faced feed roller 83 and first press roller 84, a turning-over roller 81 and a second press roller 82 oppositely faced at the interval of approximately the half of the length of a passbook 5 to these rollers, and a push-up means 85 mounted to the lower section of the carrying path 6 at the center of the interval and curving the passbook 5, in which a section near intermediate binding is held by the feed roller 83 and the first press roller 84 and a section near a front end is held by the turning-over roller 81 and the second press roller 82, up to upper specified height are provided. The passbook is pushed up, the turning-over roller 81 is turned, pages are sprung up to the upper section of the turning-over roller 81, the passbook 5 is forwarded by the turning-over roller 81 and the feed roller 83 and pages are turned over in a page turning-over mechanism, and preliminary turning-over operation, in which the turning-over roller 81 is rotated in the direction that pages are turned over before the passbook is pushed up by the push-up means 85 and the passbook is swollen upward and returned to an original state, is conducted at least once.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a page turning mechanism of a passbook printer used in financial institutions, and more particularly to a page turning mechanism capable of performing a preliminary turning operation before turning a page.

Recently, as a part of computer banking system in financial institutions, an automatic cash dispenser (Cash Dispense
r: CD), Automatic deposit and withdrawal machine (Automatic Teller Mach
The entry machines operated by tellers are widely used as automatic transaction devices such as ine: ATM) and at tellers.

[0003] In these devices, a passbook printing mechanism having a page turning mechanism is often used to simplify the operation of a customer or a teller, but a plurality of pages are turned over, and it is necessary to turn back the page. Not only a returning mechanism is required, but also a processing time is long. Therefore, a method for preventing the occurrence of plural sheets is desired.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art A page turning mechanism is described in Japanese Patent Application No. 03-293539 "Page turning mechanism" by the present applicant, which will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same reference numerals denote the same objects throughout the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 7, the bookkeeping machine has a device body 2 having an insertion slot 1 into which a passbook 5a is horizontally inserted, and a keyboard 3 for operating and inputting a customer's account number and transaction contents.
And a display 4 on which the contents of operation processing are displayed. The device body 2 is connected to a computer center (not shown) by a line.

FIG. 8 is an internal side view of the passbook printer.
In the figure, 6a is a conveyance path, 7 is a printer section, and 8 is a page turning section. R1 to R3 are feed rollers, pulse motor
It is connected to M1 (hereinafter referred to as the motor).

Therefore, when the teller inserts the passbook 5a in the direction of the arrow A from the insertion slot 1, the passbook 5a is conveyed along the conveying path 6a by the rollers R1 to R3, the reading sensor S confirms the page and the printable line, and the printer unit Set to 7.

When the keyboard 3 is operated to input the amount of money or the like, it is displayed on the display 4. Confirm this and press the confirmation button to communicate with the computer center,
The transaction data is printed on the passbook 5a by the printer unit 7.

When the last line of the page is printed in the middle of printing, the passbook 5a is sent to the page turning unit 8 to turn the page, and the printer unit 7 continues printing again. When printing is completed, the passbook 5a is ejected to the insertion slot 1 in the direction of arrow B.

Next, details of page turning will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. As shown in the side view of FIG. 9, the page turning unit 8 includes a page turning roller 81a and a pressing roller 82a at an interval of the length of almost one page of the passbook 5a on the conveying path 6a.
A feed roller 83a and a press roller 84a are arranged.

The turning roller 81a is actually provided with a tooth profile on its outer periphery in order to make the passbook 5a bulge and flip up, but it is omitted in the drawing. Presser rollers 82a, 84
Pressure 85a is provided below between a and
86a is attached to the shaft 90a of the turning roller 81a by sliding the fitting hole 92 therein.

Further, a plunger magnet (hereinafter referred to as PM) 88 for moving the pressure 85a up and down via a lever 87 and a spring 89 are provided, one end of which is rotatably attached to the shaft of the feed roller 83a, and a horizontal posture by its own weight. The movable guide plate 60 that holds the above constitutes a part of the upper side of the transport path 6a.

Further, a page turning operation detection sensor S1 for detecting the maximum position where the page to be turned up is shielded by the shielding plate 61 provided on the movable guide plate 60 of the passbook 5a, and the flipping up of the page is detected. A flip-up detection sensor S2 is provided.

The turning roller 81a and the feed roller 83a are connected to the motors M2 and M3, and their rotations are independently controlled in the forward and reverse directions. The pressing rollers 82a and 84a are pressed against the turning roller 81a and the feed roller 83a by springs (not shown), and open / close by exciting / releasing PM (not shown).

The pressure 85a is normally located below the conveying path 6a, and is raised by the excitation of the PM 88 to push the passbook 5a from below. Along with this, the movable guide plate 60 is indicated by arrow C.
Rotate in the direction.

The separator 86 is formed of, for example, a metal plate, the lower half of which is formed in a semicircular shape that is inside the outer periphery of the lower half of the turning roller 81a, and an arc extending from the upper half of the turning roller 81a to the outside. And the slopes formed by the projections that engage the stop pins 91, the guide surfaces a, b
Is provided.

After the page is flipped up by the page-turning roller 81a, the separator 86 rotates in the reverse direction while the page is in contact with the page-turning roller 81a, so that the page is rubbed with the page-rolling roller 81a made of rubber or the like. Is wound under the turning roller 81a and is bent, resulting in poor turning. Therefore, in order to prevent this, the wound page is held by the guide surface a so as not to contact the turning roller 81a.

The guide surface b of the separator 86 is used for rewinding, which will be described later, and although not shown, a feed roller, a pressing roller, a pressure, a lever, PM, and other sensors which are also used for page rewinding are turned up. The rollers 81a and the pressing roller 82a are provided at symmetrical positions with respect to the axes.

Since it has such a configuration, its operation will be described with reference to the operation process chart of FIG. First, the passbook 5a is moved in the direction of arrow A in FIG.
When it is fed to the page turning portion 8a shown in (a) and the tip is detected by a sensor (not shown), the turning roller 81a and the pressing roller 82a, and the feeding roller 83a and the pressing roller 84a are passed.
Stop with 5a clamped.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), the pressing roller
After opening 82a, 84a, the pressure 85a pushes up the passbook 5a by exciting PM89 and presser rollers 82a, 84a.
Close.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10 (c), the feed roller
The turning roller 81a rotates in the direction of the arrow without rotating 82a, the page turning operation is started by the friction between the turning roller 81a and the page surface, and the turning page further expands.

As the page expands, the movable guide plate 60 is pushed up and rotated. When the turning motion detection sensor S1 detects the highest position of the bulge, the excitation of the PM 88 is released, the pressure 85a is lowered, the presser roller 82a is opened, and only the page to be turned remains to be swollen, and the next page and thereafter. Returns to a flat position.

Then, as shown in FIG. 10 (d), when the pressing roller 82a is closed and the turning roller 81a is rotated in the direction of the arrow, the swollen page is turned up and finally flipped up. The sensor S2 detects and the rotation of the turning roller 81a is stopped. The flipped page is held on the guide surface a of the separator 86.

Next, as shown in FIG. 10 (e), the passbook 5a is moved in the direction of arrow B by the reverse rotation of the turning roller 81a and the feed roller 83a, and the page repelled is the separator.
The page is pushed by 86. When the page turning is completed, the movable guide plate 60 returns to the original position.

The turned-up page is confirmed by the reading sensor S, and if there are two or more turned-up pages, the page-turning roller 81a and the pressing roller 82a are turned to the above-mentioned page turning side on the right side in the drawing. The page is returned in the opposite direction.

In this way, printing is continued on the passbook 5a, which is automatically page-turned.

[0027]

According to the above-mentioned conventional method, in the page turning mechanism, the passbook is pushed upward in a curved shape by the pressure, further swollen by the turning roller, and further swung by the rotation of the turning roller. When the pages are tightly lifted, the pages are swollen and flipped up when there is strong adhesion between the pages, and multiple pages are turned.When multiple pages are turned, it is necessary to perform the unwinding operation by the unwinding mechanism. There is a problem that the number of points increases, the space is increased, the device becomes large, and the bookkeeping processing time is long.

An object of the present invention is to provide a page turning mechanism in which the turning operation is smoothly performed and a plurality of pages are prevented from being turned over so that the turning back operation is unnecessary.

[0029]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the present invention. In the figure, 5 is a passbook, 6 is a transport path, and 81,82.
Is a feed roller and a first pressing roller which are arranged to face each other in the vertical direction of the conveying path 6, and 83 and 84 are approximately half the length of the passbook 5 with respect to the feeding roller 83 and the first pressing roller 84 in the conveying path 6. The turning roller and the second pressing roller 85, which are vertically opposed to each other with a space of, are provided below the transport path 6 at a substantially central position of the spacing, and are transported through the transport path 6 to move the vicinity of the saddle stitch. It is a pushing-up means that pushes up the passbook 5 that is sandwiched by the feed roller 83 and the first pressing roller 84 and is sandwiched by the turning roller 81 and the second pressing roller 82 in the vicinity of the leading end in a curved shape upward to a predetermined height.

Therefore, when the passbook 5 conveyed through the conveying path 6 is clamped near the saddle stitch by the feed roller 83 and the first pressing roller 84, and near the tip by the turning roller 81 and the second pressing roller 82. After stopping and rotating the page to be turned by the turning roller 81 by a predetermined rotation in a direction to inflate it and inflating it, at least one preliminary turning operation for returning to the original state is performed, and then the passbook 5 is raised by the lifting means 85 to a predetermined height. Push up and rotate the page-rolling roller 81 in the direction in which the passbook 5 is turned up to flip up the page above the page-turning roller 81,
The page is rolled up so that the page that is flipped up from the passbook 5 is controlled by the rotation of the page turning roller 81 and the feed roller 83.

[0031]

[Function] A feed roller near the saddle stitch of the passbook 5 for page turning
83 and a first pressing roller 84, and the vicinity of the tip is turned between a turning roller 81 and a second pressing roller 82, and a turning roller
After turning the page to be turned 81 a predetermined number of times in the turning direction to inflate it, perform a preliminary turning operation to return to the original state at least once, and the top page, that is, the page to be turned and the next page and below. Isolate contact with lower pages of.

After that, when the passbook 5 is pushed up to a predetermined height by the pushing-up means 85 and rotated in the direction in which the passbook 5 is turned up, only the page to be turned up, which is separated from the lower page, is swollen, and the page is turned up. Is flipped up above the turning roller 81, and then the turning roller 81 and the feeding roller.
By turning 83, the page that has flipped the passbook 5 is transferred in the direction in which the page is turned up, and page turning is performed.

In this way, it is possible to prevent a plurality of sheets from being rolled up together, there is no need for rewinding, the time required for rewinding is eliminated, and the processing time can be shortened and shortened.

[0034]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention (corresponding to claim 1, claim 2 and claim 3) will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same reference numerals denote the same objects throughout the drawings.

The pressing rollers 82a and 84a shown in FIG.
Corresponding to the presser roller 82 and the first presser roller 84 of FIG.
The pressure 85a, the lever 87, and the PM 88 correspond to the pushing-up means 85 in FIG.

In the block diagram of FIG. 2, 10 is a turning control unit, 11 is a step number setting unit, 12 is a sensor amplifier, 13 is a motor driver, 14 is a magnet driver, and S3 is a preliminary turning position detection sensor.

The preliminary turning position detection sensor S3 is a conveyance roller.
The leading edge of the passbook 5a, which is placed on the sheet 6a and is conveyed for page turning, is detected. The page turning control unit 10 includes a processor (CPU) and a control program, and the CPU controls each unit according to the control program to perform page turning sequence control.

That is, when the passbook 5a is sent to the page turning section, the motors M1 and (not shown) are driven, and
The motor M2 is driven to convey the passbook 5a, and the preliminary turning position detection sensor S3 stops at the position where the tip of the passbook 5a is detected,
At the time of page turning, after moving the passbook 5a to the page turning position (step number N1), the step number setting section 11a
Drive the motor M2 by the number of steps N1 set in
After rotating the page-turning roller 81a in the page-turning direction, the page-turning roller 81a is rotated in the opposite direction by the number of steps N1 to return to the original state.

Next, the motors M2 and M3 are driven by the step number N2 set in the step number setting section 11b so as to move the passbook 5a to the page turning position, and the tip of the passbook 5a is detected by a sensor (not shown). The turning roller 81a and the feed roller 83a are rotated until they are rotated.

Further, PM (not shown) is operated to open the pressing rollers 82a and 84a, PM88 is excited to operate the pressure 85a, and the pressing rollers 82a and 84a are closed, and then the motor M2 is driven.

Further, based on the detection signal of the turning operation detecting sensor S1, the excitation of PM88 is released and the pressing roller 82a
Is closed and the motor M2 is driven to rotate the turning roller 81a in the turning direction.

Further, based on the detection signal of the flip-up detection sensor S2, the motors M2 and M3 are driven to turn the passbook 5a so that the passbook 5a is conveyed in the direction in which the flipped-up page is turned.
The 81a and the feed roller 83a are rotated.

The step number setting section 11 controls the motor M2 to rotate the turning roller 81a in the turning direction during the preliminary turning operation.
In the memory in which the number of steps N1 for rotating is set, the number of steps N1 is the number of steps N1 when the passbook 5a is conveyed to the page turning position and stopped, and when the number of steps N1 is rotated in the pre-turning rotation of the turning roller 81a. Read at the end.

Since it has such a structure and function, its operation will be described below with reference to the flow charts and explanatory diagrams of FIGS. 3 and 4. 3A to 3C show the preliminary turning operation according to the present invention, and thereafter, FIG. 10A to FIG.
Same as (e). FIG. 4 shows.

First, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the passbook 5a is sent to the page turning portion 8a in the direction of arrow A, and the passbook 5a is turned over by the turning roller 81a and the pressing roller 82a, and the feeding roller 83a and the pressing roller 84a. When the front end is detected by the preliminary turning position detection sensor S3, the conveyance is stopped.

At this stop position, the saddle stitch of the passbook 5a is a page-turning roller.
Approximately 1/3 of the distance between 81a and feed roller 83a Turning roller 81a
It is a position that has progressed from. When the preliminary turning operation is performed at such a position, the page separation effect is great.

Then, the step number N1 is read out from the step number setting section 11 and the turning roller 81a is driven by driving the motor M2.
Rotates in the direction of turning the page by the number of steps N1,
Inflate the page as shown in (b).

From the step number setting unit 11 again, the step number
When N1 is read and the motor M2 is driven, the turning roller 81a rotates in the reverse direction by the number of steps N1, and as shown in FIG. 4 (c), the swollen page is returned to the original state and preliminary turning is performed. The operation ends. This preliminary turning operation separates the close contact between the uppermost page and the lower page to be turned.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4 (d), the motor M
The page turning roller 81a and the feed roller 83a are rotated by driving M2, and the passbook 5a is transferred in the direction of arrow A and stopped at the page turning position.

Then, the presser rollers 82a and 84a are opened, the PM 88 is excited, the pressure 85a rises, and the passbook is passed.
5a is pushed up, the pressing rollers 82a, 84a are closed there, and the page is swollen by the turning of the turning roller 81a by the drive of the motor M2.

When the swelling progresses and the shield plate 61 of the movable guide plate 60 shields the turning operation detection sensor S1 and is detected, the motor M2 stops and the turning roller 81a rotates based on the detection signal. Is stopped, the excitation of PM88 is released, and pressure 85a descends. Then, the pressing roller 82a is opened, and only the page to be turned remains in a swelled state, and the pages after the next page return to a substantially flat posture.

Then, when the pressing roller 82a is closed and the turning roller 81a is rotated in the turning direction, the swollen page is further swollen and finally flipped up. When this is detected by the flip-up detection sensor S2, the turning roller 81a and The passbook 5a is transported in the direction of the arrow B by the rotation of the feed roller 83a, and the page flipped up is pushed by the separator 86 and turned over.

For the turned-up page, the page is confirmed by the reading sensor S and printing is continued. Further, FIG. 5 shows a different embodiment (corresponding to claim 1, claim 2 and claim 4). 5 differs from the embodiment described with reference to FIG. 2 in that the motor M2 is moved to the step number N1 in the preliminary turning operation.
Instead of rotating the turning roller 81a only by rotating the turning roller 81a, the predetermined height of the bulge of the uppermost page is detected by the sensor, and the next operation is instructed by the detection signal.

That is, in FIG. 5, the turning control unit 10a is
In the preliminary turning operation, when the motor driver 13 is instructed to drive the motor M2 to rotate the turning roller 81a in the turning direction, the swelling of the passbook 5a is detected based on the detection signal detected by the preliminary operation detecting sensor S4. Rotate 81a in the opposite direction to return it to its original state. After that, it has the same function as the turning control unit 10 described in the above embodiment.

The preliminary operation detection sensor S4 is a sensor for detecting the bulge height of the page bulged by the rotation of the page-rolling roller 81a during the pre-rolling operation. The counter 15 is activated by the start of rotation of the turning roller 81a during the preliminary turning operation, and counts the number of steps N2 of the motor M2 until the preliminary operation detecting sensor S4 detects the bulge height of the bulged page.

With this configuration and function, the operation is the same as and in the flow chart of FIG. 3 in the above-mentioned embodiment, and is different only in and. Therefore only and are shown in FIG.

Then, the turning roller 81a is driven by the motor M2.
Rotates in the page-turning direction to inflate the page. When the turning roller 81a starts rotating, counting of the number of steps of the counter 15 is started.

Preliminary movement detection sensor S4
Based on the detection signal detected by the counter 15, the counter 15 stops counting, and the counted number of steps N2 is sent to the turning control unit 10a,
When the motor M2 is driven, the page turning roller 81a rotates in the reverse direction by the number of steps N2, and the swollen page is returned to the original state. This completes the preliminary turning operation.

In this way, it is possible to prevent a plurality of page turnings from occurring, so that the processing time extended to carry out the returning turning is eliminated, the service is improved, and the returning turning mechanism is required. Therefore, a large number of parts can be reduced, the space can be reduced, and the device can be downsized and the cost can be improved.

In the above example, the case in which the preliminary turning operation and the page turning operation are performed at different positions has been described, but the preliminary turning operation may be performed at the page turning position. In the above example, the case where the preliminary turning operation is performed once has been described, but it may be repeated a plurality of times. If the separation due to the contact between the pages is insufficient at one time due to the paper quality etc., it may be performed a plurality of times. Can be separated by. In this case, it is needless to say that it is necessary to provide a counter for counting the number of preliminary turning operations to count up to the set number.

[0061]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the first aspect, in the page turning operation, the pre-turning operation is controlled to be performed at least once before the tip of the passbook is pushed up by the pushing-up means. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of multiple page turning of multiple pages due to the close contact of the uppermost page and the lower page,
The service time is improved by eliminating the extended processing time for rewinding, and since no rewinding mechanism is required, a large number of parts can be reduced, the space can be reduced, and the device can be downsized. The cost can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, by making the positions for performing the pre-turning operation and the page-turning operation different from each other, it is possible to very easily separate the contact between the uppermost page and the lower page, and to turn a plurality of pages. Can be prevented more reliably.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the swelling of the page to be turned by the turning of the turning roller in the turning direction during the pre-turning operation makes it easy to bring the uppermost page and the lower page into close contact by rotating the turning roller a predetermined number of steps. Can be separated into

According to the present invention, the swelling of the page to be turned by the turning of the turning roller in the turning direction at the time of the pre-turning operation is performed by swelling the page to a predetermined height so that the close contact between the uppermost page and the lower page is surely separated. Can be made There is an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an operation process chart of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a different embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a different embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a bookkeeping machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 8 is an internal side view showing an outline of a passbook printer.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a conventional page turning mechanism.

FIG. 10 is an operation process diagram of a conventional example

[Explanation of symbols]

5,5a is a passbook, 6,6a is a transport path, 1
0 and 10a are turning control units, 11 is a step number setting unit, 15 is a counter, 81 and 81a are turning rollers, 82 is a second pressing roller, 82a and 84a are pressing rollers, 83 and 83a are feeding rollers, and 84 is First pressing roller, 85 is a lifting means, 85a
Is pressure, S4 is preliminary movement detection sensor,

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A passbook (5) formed by saddle stitching a plurality of sheets
A transport path (6) for transporting the paper, a feed roller (83) facing the top and bottom of the transport path (6), and a first roller.
Pressing roller (84), and the feed roller (83) and the first pressing roller in the conveying path (6).
A turning roller (81) and a second pressing roller (82) which are vertically opposed to each other at an interval of about half the length of the passbook (5) with respect to the (84), and the center of the interval. It is provided below the conveying path (6) at a position, is conveyed through the conveying path (6), and the vicinity of the saddle is clamped by the feed roller (83) and the first pressing roller (84), And a push-up means (85) that pushes up the passbook (5) sandwiched between the turning roller (81) and the second pressing roller (82) upward in a curved shape up to a predetermined height. Pass the passbook (5) that has been conveyed (6) to the feed roller.
(83) and the first pressing roller (84) sandwich the vicinity of the saddle stitch, and the turning roller (81) and the second pressing roller
(82) When the vicinity of the tip end is nipped, the page to be turned by the turning roller (81) is rotated in the turning direction to inflate, and after at least one preliminary turning operation for returning to the original state, By pushing up the passbook (5) to a predetermined height by the pushing-up means (85), the page-rolling roller (81) is rotated in the direction in which the passbook (5) is turned up, and the page is flipped up above the page-turning roller (81). The page turning mechanism is controlled so as to move the passbook (5) in a direction in which the flipped page is turned by the rotation of the turning roller (81) and the feeding roller (83). 2. The page turning mechanism according to claim 1, wherein a position where the preliminary turning operation is performed is different from a pushing position of the passbook (5) by the pushing means (85). 3. The turning roller (81) for the preliminary turning operation.
The swelling of the page to be rolled due to the rotation of the
3. The page turning mechanism according to claim 1, wherein the turning roller (81) is rotated by a predetermined number of steps. 4. The turning roller (81) for the preliminary turning operation.
The swelling of the page to be rolled due to the rotation of the
The page turning mechanism according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the page turning mechanism is inflated to a predetermined height.