JPH05314333A - Ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily manage unissued tickets and to prevent the labor of manual separation with respect to the ticket issuing machine which magnetically records and prints data on a cut ticket to issue it. CONSTITUTION:The ticket issuing machine having a magnetic recording part 5 which magnetically records ticket issue data on a magnetic recording part 11 of a cut ticket 1a and a print part 6 which prints ticket issue information on the magnetically recorded ticket 1a is provided with ticket set parts 3a and 3b, where a continuous medium 1 where individual tickets 1a are separated by perforations 17 is stored, and a prefeed part 4 which carries the continuous medium 1 in ticket set parts 3a and 3b and cuts it by perforations 17 and holds the cut ticket 1a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

(Table of Contents) Industrial Application Field of the Invention Conventional Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems (FIG. 1) Action Example (a) Description of Issue Ticket (FIGS. 2 to 4) b) Description of ticket issuing machine (FIGS. 5 to 7) (c) Description of pre-feed unit (FIGS. 8 to 13) (d) Description of magnetic recording unit and printer unit (FIG. 1)
4 to FIG. 20) (e) Description of ticket issuing operation (f) Description of other embodiments Effect of the invention

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing machine for magnetically recording, printing and issuing data on a ticket.

In the aviation industry, etc., CRS (Computer Reser
We are building an airline ticket reservation and ticketing system called vation system) to strengthen our ability to attract customers. In such a system, it has become an important issue to improve the efficiency of business processing (reservation and boarding fare settlement work) for passengers, which has increased significantly in recent years.

Therefore, an airline ticket with a magnetic stripe (ATB ticket; Automated Ticket) capable of collectively managing these
The introduction of Bording Pass) is expanding rapidly, and there is a demand for a ticket issuing machine that is easy to manage and easy to handle.

[0005]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional airline ticket issuing machine has a magnetic recording section and a printing section for magnetically recording ticket issuing information on a ticket and printing the ticket issuing information, and accommodates cut paper. There are ones in which a cut sheet is unwound and magnetically recorded and printed, and another in which a continuous paper is accommodated and magnetically recorded and printed on the continuous paper.

[0006]

However, the prior art has the following problems. Although magnetic recording and printing are easy with the one that contains cut paper, it is difficult to manage the separated cut paper because the issued ticket is expensive securities and it is necessary to manage it. Therefore, even if the unissued ticket is lost, it is difficult to find it.

In the case of containing cut sheets, the mechanism for separating the cut sheets becomes complicated. In the case where the continuous paper is accommodated, the issued ticket can be easily managed, but it is difficult to continuously magnetically record and print the continuous paper.

In the case of containing the continuous paper, it is necessary to manually separate the issued tickets issued, which is troublesome. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket issuing machine which can easily manage an unissued ticket and can prevent the labor of separating the ticket by hand.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing machine which can be arranged between desks by downsizing the device.

[0010]

FIG. 1 shows the principle of the present invention. According to claim 1 of the present invention, the magnetic recording unit 5 for magnetically recording the ticket issuing data in the magnetic recording unit 11 of the cut ticket 1a.
And a printing unit 6 for printing the ticket issuing information on the magnetically recorded ticket 1a, the ticket 1a is perforated 1
Ticket set portions 3a, 3 for storing the continuous medium 1 separated in 7.
b and the continuous medium 1 of the ticket setting units 3a and 3b,
It is characterized in that a pre-feed section 4 for cutting the separated ticket 1a by cutting at the perforations 17 is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect,
A cut 18 is provided on both sides of the perforation 17 of the continuous medium 1. Claim 3 of the present invention is claim 1
2 or 3, the ticket setting sections 3a and 3b are provided in the lower portion of the apparatus, the pre-feed section 4 conveys the sheet to the rear section of the apparatus, and the magnetic recording section 5 and the printing section 6 convey the sheet 1a.
Is discharged to the front part of the device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second or third aspect, the pre-feed section 4 is the continuous medium 1
Is conveyed, the perforation 17 is positioned at the position of the cutter 47, and the perforation is cut by the cutter 47.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is based on the fourth aspect.
The pre-feed unit 4 pulls the continuous medium 1 from both sides when cutting the continuous medium 1. A sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the fourth or fifth aspect, the pre-feed section 4 is provided with a width-shifting mechanism 49 for shifting the width of the cut bill 1a.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth aspect, the magnetic recording section 5 is
The cut ticket 1a is magnetically recorded while being conveyed by a belt, and a width adjusting mechanism 58 for adjusting the width of the conveyed ticket 1a in the width direction is provided.

An eighth aspect of the present invention is based on the first, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, or the seventh, the printing section 6 is provided.
Is characterized by aligning the leading ends of the magnetically recorded tickets 1a and printing by the printing mechanism 60.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the ticket setting portions 3a and 3b for setting the continuous medium 1 are provided so that the continuous medium 1 can be used for management. A unit 4 is provided so that the continuous medium 1 is cut and supplied to the magnetic recording unit 5 so that magnetic recording and printing can be performed in units of cut tickets, which facilitates magnetic recording and printing, and the ejected tickets. No need for separation.

Further, in order to facilitate cutting, the continuous medium 1
If the perforation is put in to make the cutting easier and further cutting, the ticket issuing speed will be slowed down accordingly, so the pre-feed section 4
By cutting the continuous medium with and making it stand by, it was possible to prevent the ticketing speed from decreasing.

In the second aspect of the present invention, the continuous medium 1 is provided with the perforations 17 at the perforations 17 to make it easier to cut the medium and to use an inexpensive burst cutter. According to claim 3 of the present invention, the ticket setting parts 3a and 3b are provided in the lower part of the device, and are conveyed to the rear part of the upper part of the device by the pre-feed part 4,
The magnetic recording unit 5 and the printing unit 6 provide a transportation path for carrying out the ticket 1a to the front of the apparatus. Therefore, the height and depth of the apparatus can be reduced and the apparatus can be made compact.

In claim 4 of the present invention, the pre-feed section 4
Since the continuous medium 1 is transported, the perforation 17 is positioned at the position of the cutter 47, and cutting is performed by the cutter 47, so that the medium cutting is reliable and easy.

In the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the continuous medium 1 is cut, the continuous medium 1 is pulled from both sides to apply tension, so that the cutting of a thick ticket becomes easier and more reliable.

In claim 6 of the present invention, the pre-feed unit 4
Since the width adjusting mechanism 49 for adjusting the width of the cut ticket 1a is provided, it is possible to align the orientation of the ticket 1a that is easily inclined by cutting and stabilize the conveyance.

In claim 7 of the present invention, the magnetic recording portion 5 is
Since the cut ticket 1a is magnetically recorded while being conveyed by the belt, and the width adjustment mechanism 58 for moving the conveyed ticket 1a in the width direction is provided, the magnetic recording portion of the ticket 1a can be reliably magnetically recorded without speed fluctuation. it can.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, since the printing unit 6 aligns the leading ends of the magnetically recorded tickets 1a and prints them by the printing mechanism 60, the printing arrangements are aligned and higher quality tickets can be issued.

[0024]

【Example】

(a) Description of issued ticket FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a storability characteristic diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. Is.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the heat sensitive layer 14 is provided on one surface of the paper base 13, and the heat sensitive layer 14 is provided on the surface thereof.
A paper base 1 covered with a protective layer 15 made of a water-soluble resin
A magnetic stripe 11 is provided on the other surface of the magnetic recording medium 3.

The heat-sensitive layer 14 is composed of an irreversible pigment, a developer and a binder. Thus, by providing the protective layer 15 on the surface of the heat-sensitive layer 14, it is possible to physically prevent a solvent such as alcohol, a plasticizer or the like from entering the heat-sensitive layer 14, and to prevent the chemical reaction of the coloring portion of the heat-sensitive layer 14. Discoloration due to decomposition can be prevented.

Since the color-forming dye of the heat-sensitive layer 14 is an irreversible pigment, it can withstand long-term storage and is suitable as a reservation ticket. Further, since the magnetic stripe 11 is provided on the surface of the paper base 13 opposite to the surface on which the heat sensitive layer 14 is provided, the entire heat sensitive layer 14 side can be used as a printing surface,
Sufficient printing is possible, and since heat is not directly received during printing, magnetic recording data does not change.

In the example shown in FIG. 2B, in addition to the configuration of FIG. 2A, the magnetic stripe 11 side of the paper base 13 is also
The protective layer 16 is provided to prevent the solvent, the plasticizer and the like from soaking into the heat sensitive layer 14 from the magnetic stripe 11 side through the paper base 13 to further improve the storage stability.

As shown in FIG. 3, this airline ticket 1a is in the form of continuous paper 1, and since each ticket is disassembled by a device, perforations 17 are provided at folds 19 to facilitate separation by the device. Therefore, cut portions (cut portions) 18 are provided on both sides of the perforation 17.

The two perforations 17 in the ticket 1a are used because they are manually separated when the ticket is used. In this heat-sensitive airline ticket, as shown in the storage ratio characteristic diagram of FIG. 4, the heat-sensitive ticket not provided with the conventional protective layer 15 has a residual rate of the coloring portion of 50% with respect to the solvent and with respect to fats and oils. , 30%, and 10% with respect to the plasticizer, whereas in the heat-sensitive ticket of the present invention of FIG. 2 (A), 100% with respect to the solvent and 100% with respect to the oil and fat, the plasticizer On the other hand, it was proved that the storability was sufficient with almost no change of 90%.

(B) Description of Ticket Issuing Machine FIG. 5 is an external view of an airline ticket issuing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a unit drawing of the airline ticket issuing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view of an air ticket issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 5, 2 is an airline ticket issuing machine,
20 is the case, 21 is the insertion slot, unrecorded
An unprinted ticket is inserted for printing and magnetic recording, and 22 is an internal stacker (hopper).
A magnetic recording issuance ticket is stored, and 23 is an outlet, which is an outlet for ejecting a printed / magnetically recorded issuance ticket.

Reference numeral 24 is a display unit (LCD) for displaying guidance, and 25 is an indicator (LE).
D) is a device for displaying the state of the device and the like, and 26 is an operation key, which is covered with a cover and has keys for various operations.

In FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, 3a and 3b are ticket setting parts, which are provided in the lower part of the apparatus 2 and on which the continuous paper 1 of FIG. 3 is set, respectively, 4 is a pre-feed unit, The continuous paper 1 of the set sections 3a and 3b is separated and cut into each issuance ticket 1a, which is moved to the side and put on standby, and 5 is an MS (magnetic recording) unit. The ticket issuing data is magnetically recorded on the stripe 11, and 6 is a printer unit for thermally recording and issuing on the printing surface 12 of the magnetically recorded issuing ticket 1a.

27a and 27b are slide rails,
An item for pulling out the ticket set units 3a and 3b, the pre-feed unit 4, the MS unit 5, the printer unit 6 and the like from the housing 20, and 28 is a reject unit, which is an abnormally issued ticket 1a in which magnetic recording was not properly performed. Etc. are stored.

In this embodiment, the issued tickets 1a are stocked in the form of continuous paper 1. The reason for this is the issue ticket 1
Since a is the original of securities, a stock number is attached to each issued ticket 1a, and if it is continuous paper, it cannot be taken out illegally unless the paper is cut.
It can be managed if there is no fraud such as withdrawal, but if it is separated, it will be difficult to check even if the ticket is fraudulently removed, and it will be difficult to manage it. There is.

On the other hand, since it is difficult to convey the continuous paper as it is for magnetic recording and it is necessary to manually cut the discharged continuous paper, the prefeed unit 4 cuts and separates the continuous paper 1. And then MS the separated ticket
Magnetic recording is performed by the unit 5, printing is performed by the printer unit 6, and issuance is performed.

In addition, the pre-feed unit 4 separates the continuous paper 1 in advance, waits for the separated ticket 1a, and conveys the separated ticket to the MS unit 5 in response to a ticket issuing command.
Improved the ticketing speed.

Further, the printer unit 6 adopts a direct printing method using a thermal head, and is a simple and hassle-free printing unit. In this device, the ticket setting units 3a and 3b are provided in the lower part of the device, and the pre-feed unit 4, the MS unit 5, and the printer unit 6 are provided in the upper part thereof to make the height and depth of the device compact. Since the unit 4 is provided obliquely and the transport path is set from the lower part of the device to the back and further from the back to the front, the device can be made more compact.

In addition, the insertion port 21 is used for printing and magnetically recording on a manually inserted ticket such as a ticket that needs additional information or an unissued ticket.
From the above, an issuance ticket is inserted into the MS unit 5, magnetically recorded, printed by the printer unit 6 so that it can be issued. When an internal stacker 22 is provided and a large amount of group tickets are issued, I tried to stack them.

(C) Description of Pre-Feed Unit FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a pre-feed unit of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the pre-feed unit of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. It is a principal part block diagram of an Example pre-feed unit.

In FIG. 8, reference numerals 40a and 40b denote issuing ticket suction ports for sucking the continuous paper 1 of the ticket setting units 3a and 3b, and 41a and 41b are entrance side conveying rollers for respectively feeding the paper. For carrying, 41c, 4
1d is a pinch roller, which is the conveying rollers 41a, 4a,
It is for sandwiching the sheet between the sheet 1b and the sheet 1b and conveying the sheet.

Reference numerals 42a and 42b are exit side conveying rollers for conveying the paper, respectively, and 44a and 44b are pinch rollers, for nipping and conveying the paper between the conveying rollers 42a and 42b. belongs to.

PM1 and PM2 are pulse motors for driving the conveying rollers 41a and 42a, 41b and 42b, 43a and 43b are timing belts, and the conveying rollers are driven by the rotational force of the pulse motors PM1 and PM2. It is for rotating 41a and 42a and 41b and 42b.

MG1 and MG2 are magnets, and the pinch rollers 44a and 44b are connected to the transport rollers 42a and 4 respectively.
2b is pressed and released, and S1 and S2 are medium passage sensors for detecting passage of the cut medium.

Reference numeral 45 is a cam, which linearly drives the link 46, PM3 is a pulse motor which rotates the cam 45, 46 is a link, which linearly moves by rotation of the cam 45, 47a, A burst cutter 47b is driven by a link 46 and burst cuts the perforations 17 of the continuous paper 1.

S3 is a cut position sensor, which is a link 4
6 detects the positions of the cutters 47a and 47b at the cutting position, and S4 is a retracted position sensor that detects the position of the link 46 and detects the cutters 47a and 4b.
It is to detect that 7b is in the retracted position.

9 and 10, the unit frame 48 is provided with a carrying roller 41a and a carrying roller 42a, and the carrying roller 41a is geared with the timing belt 43a driven by the driving gear 411 of the pulse motor PM1. 410 is provided, and the transport roller 42a is provided with
A gear 420 meshing with the timing belt 43a, a gear 421 integral with the gear 420, and a gear 422 are provided, and auxiliary gears 423 and 424 are further provided.

The gears 420 to 4 of the carrying roller 42a
24, as shown in FIG.
1, a one-way clutch 4 that operates only in the B direction in the figure
21a and the gear 422 is also provided with a one-way clutch 422a that operates only in the B direction in the figure. The gear 421 meshes with the gear 423, the gear 423 meshes with the gear 424, and the gear 424 meshes with the gear 422. ing.

Therefore, when the timing belt 43a is driven in the B direction in the figure, the rotation of the gear 420 and the gear 421 is changed by the one-way clutch 421a.
The conveyance roller 42a is transmitted to the shaft of a and rotates in the B direction (normal rotation direction) in the drawing.

At this time, the gear 422 is rotated from the gear 421 to the gears 423 and 424 in the direction A (reverse rotation direction), but idles by the operation of the one-way clutch 422a.

Next, the timing belt 43a is set at A in the figure.
When driven in the direction, the gear 420 and the gear 421 rotate, but by the operation of the one-way clutch 421a, they rotate idle, and the gear 421 causes the gear 4 to pass through the gears 423 and 424.
22 rotates in the B direction (normal rotation direction) in the drawing and is transmitted to the shaft of the conveyance roller 42a by the one-way clutch 422a, and the conveyance roller 42a rotates in the B direction (normal rotation direction) in the drawing.

As described above, even if the timing belt 43a is fed in the B direction (normal rotation direction), the transport roller 42a
Even if it is sent in the A direction (reverse direction), the B direction (forward direction)
Is rotated to transport the medium in the forward direction.

Further, as shown in FIG. 10B, the right frame 48 is provided with a width-adjusting spring 49, and the cut ticket 1a is pressed against the left-side frame 48 to be width-adjusted. The configuration of FIGS. 9 and 10 is the same as that of the ticket setting unit 3a of FIG.
Although only the suction port 40a side corresponding to the above is described, the suction port 40b side corresponding to the ticket setting portion 3b has the same configuration.

FIG. 11 is a time chart of the pre-feed operation according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 12 and 13 are operation explanatory views (No. 1) and (No. 2) of the pre-feed unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 12 (A), in the initial state, the cutters 47a and 47b are in the cutting position and block the conveyance path. In this state, the operator operates an operation lever (not shown), Retract the pinch roller 41c,
The continuous paper 1 is inserted into the suction port 40a, butted against the spine portion of the cutter 47a, the pinch roller 41c is closed, and the leading end of the continuous paper 1 is conveyed to the transport roller 41a and the pinch roller 41c.
And then set the medium.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12B, first,
In order to retract the cutter 47a, the magnet MG1 is driven, the retracted pinch roller 44a is closed, the cutter pulse motor PM3 is rotated counterclockwise (CCW direction), and the link 45 is moved to the right in the drawing by the cam 45. Move
The cutter 47a is retracted.

The rotation of the pulse motor PM3 is turned off when the retract sensor S4 goes low and reaches the retract position. Next, when the transport pulse motor PM1 is rotated counterclockwise (forward rotation direction), the transport rollers 41a, 42
When a is rotated in the clockwise direction by the timing belt 43a and conveys the medium, and the medium passage sensor S1 detects the front end of the medium and becomes low, the perforation of the medium 1 is cut by the cutter 47.
The transport pulse motor PM1 is driven and stopped until the position is set to a.

In this state, the perforation 17 of the medium (continuous paper) 1 is positioned at the position of the cutter 47a. Next, as shown in FIG. 13A, the pulse motor P for conveyance is used.
When M1 is rotated in the clockwise direction (CW direction) by 3 to 5 steps, the transport roller 41a is rotated in the reverse direction, and the transport roller 42a moves the one-way clutches 421a and 422a shown in FIG.
By the operation of the
2a is pulled to apply tension to the medium to facilitate cutting.

Further, as shown in FIG. 13B, the cutter pulse motor PM3 is rotated counterclockwise to move the cam 4
5, the link 46 is moved to the left in the drawing, and the cutter 4
The perforation of the medium 1 is tapped with 7a to burst cut.

At this time, tension is applied to the medium 1 as shown in FIG. 13A, and cut portions 18 are provided on both sides of the perforation 17 of the medium 1 as shown in FIG. You can surely cut.

When the pulse motor PM1 is rotated in the clockwise direction (CW direction) by 40 steps after the completion of the medium cutting, the conveying roller 41a is rotated in the reverse direction, and the conveying roller 42a is rotated.
Are the one-way clutches 421a and 422 of FIG.
By the operation of a, the cut medium 1a is rotated in the normal direction, separated from the continuous medium 1, and stands by at the exit side.

After that, when the magnet MG1 is turned off,
The pinch roller 44a retracts, and the width-adjusting spring 49 provided on the right side frame 48 shown in FIG. 10B moves the cut medium 1a to the left frame 48.

After this, when a ticket issuing command arrives, FIG.
The cut medium 1 which is on standby after performing the sequence from (B)
While feeding a to the magnetic recording unit 5, the continuous medium 1 is fed,
Cut and let it stand by.

As described above, since the continuous paper 1 is cut in advance and made to stand by as the ticket 1a, the ticket 1a can be immediately supplied to the magnetic recording unit 5 after the ticket issuing command arrives, and the ticket issuing speed can be improved. ..

In FIGS. 12 and 13, the ticket setting section 3a
Although the operation on the suction port 40a side corresponding to the above is described, the operation is the same on the suction port 40b side corresponding to the ticket setting unit 3b, and in this case, the cutter driving unit PM3, the cam 45, and the link 46 are shared. ..

(D) Description of Magnetic Recording Unit and Printer Unit FIG. 14 is a sectional view of an MS unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
5 is an exploded view of the MS unit of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram of the essential parts of the MS unit of one embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 14, the MS unit 5 is
A hand insertion portion 5b for receiving a hand insertion ticket, an MS read / write portion 5a for magnetically recording data on the magnetic stripe 11 of the ticket, and a hand insertion ticket waiting portion 5 for waiting the hand insertion ticket.
c, and as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the hand insertion portion 5
An upper conveyor belt 52 is provided on the entire b, the MS read / write unit 5a, and the manually inserted ticket standby unit 5c.

In the MS read / write section 5a, the data is magnetically recorded on the lower conveyor belt 53 for conveying by sandwiching the ticket 1a with the upper conveyor belt 52, and the magnetic stripe 11 on the lower surface of the conveyed ticket 1a. Write head 50 for recording
And a read head 51 for reading data magnetically recorded on the magnetic stripe 11 of the ticket 1a and performing read-after-check.

Further, a guide roller 50a facing the write head 50, a guide roller 51a facing the read head 51, a gate 54 for guiding the magnetically recorded bill 1a to the printer unit 6 or the hand insertion portion 5b, and the bill 1a. And a discharge roller 55 for discharging to the printer unit 6.

The hand insertion portion 5b has a shutter 56 provided at the insertion opening 21 and a shutter 56 according to manual insertion.
And a magnet MG3 that opens the door and switches the gate 54 to the hand insertion portion 5b side.

The upper conveyor belt 5 is provided in the manually inserted ticket waiting portion 5c.
There are provided a roller 57 that faces the roller 2 and a magnet MG4 that retracts and presses the roller 57 against the upper conveyance belt 57.

In FIG. 16, the MS read / write unit 5
In a, a right side frame 59 is provided with a side biasing spring 58 for biasing the transport ticket 1a to the left frame (guide) 59 at the write head 50 and the read head 51.

To explain this operation, the ticket 1a conveyed from the pre-feed unit 4 is conveyed while being sandwiched between the upper conveyor belt 52 and the lower conveyor belt 53, and the write head 50 causes the magnetic stripe 11 of the ticket 1a to be conveyed. The data is magnetically recorded on the recording medium, the recorded content is read by the read head 51, and the recording medium is ejected to the printer unit 6 by the ejection roller 55 via the gate 54.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 16, the conveying ticket 1a is conveyed by being moved to the left guide 59 having the heads 50 and 51 by the one-sided spring 58, so that the magnetic stripe 11 of the conveying ticket 1a can be reliably conveyed. The heads 50 and 51 can write / read.

Further, since it is conveyed by the conveyor belts 52 and 53, the heads 50 and 51 can write / read accurately without fluctuations in speed. On the other hand, in the case of a hand-inserted ticket, the shutter 56 is opened by the magnet MG3, the gate 54 is operated to connect the hand-inserted section 5b and the MS read / write section 5a, and the inserted ticket 1a from the insertion slot 21 is conveyed upward. It is conveyed by the belt 52, and is made to stand by in the manually inserted ticket waiting section 5c through the MS read / write section 5a.

When a ticket issuing command arrives, the magnet MG4 of the manually inserted ticket waiting section 5c is driven to press the roller 57 against the upper conveyor belt 52, and the inserted ticket 1a is conveyed to the MS read / write section 5a, and the MS read / write section 5a is read. The write unit 5a is sandwiched between the upper transport belt 52 and the lower transport belt 53 to transport the data, the write head 50 magnetically records data on the magnetic stripe 11 of the ticket 1a, the read head 51 reads the recorded content, and the gate is read. The sheet is discharged to the printer unit 6 by the discharge roller 55 via 54.

FIG. 17 is a sectional view of a printer unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 60 is a thermal head, which is composed of a line thermal head, and which thermally prints on the heat-sensitive ticket with a protective layer of FIG. 2, 61 is a platen, which is provided facing the thermal head 60, and 62 is The lever is a member for keeping the distance between the thermal head 60 and the platen 61 constant, and the MG 5 is a magnet for driving the lever 62.

Reference numeral 63 is a conveyor belt, on which the printed ticket 1 is printed.
a is a conveyer belt, 64 is a conveyer belt, and the printed ticket 1a is a hopper (internal stacker) 2
2, 65 is a gate for guiding the printed ticket 1a to the hopper 22 or the discharge port 23, and MG6 is a magnet for switching and driving the gate 65.

Reference numeral 66 is a gate, which guides the printed ticket 1a to the reject box 28 or the discharge port 23, MG 7 is a magnet, which drives the gate 66 by switching, PM 4 is a pulse motor, The conveyor belt 64 and the like are driven.

To explain this operation, the transport ticket 1a from the MS unit 5 hits the thermal head 60,
While the tip is aligned and sent to the platen 61,
Line recording is performed by the thermal head 60.

To discharge to the discharge port 23, the magnet M
Since G6 is turned on, the gate 65 is at the position shown by the dotted line in the figure, and the gate 66 is at the position shown by the solid line in the figure, the ticket 1a is discharged to the discharge port 23, and the magnet MG6 is turned off to be discharged to the hopper 22. Then, the ticket 1a is guided to the hopper 22 with the gate 65 at the position indicated by the solid line in the figure.

On the other hand, in the case of a reject ticket such as a magnetic recording error, the magnet MG7 is turned on, the gate 66 is set at the position shown by the dotted line in the figure, and the ticket 1a is guided to the reject box 28.

FIG. 18 is a front view of essential parts of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 19 is a schematic view of essential parts of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining the head attaching / detaching operation according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the thermal head 60
Are attached to the bracket 600, and the positioning shafts 601 and 602 are attached to both ends of the bracket 600.
And a pin 603 is provided on the bracket 600.
And a leaf spring 604 is provided.

On the other hand, the apparatus is provided with a rotary lever 606 which rotates about a fulcrum 607, and the rotary lever 606 has a pin 603 of the bracket 600 and a leaf spring 6 at the center thereof.
A hanger 608 having a positioning groove 609 into which 04 is fitted is provided, and is biased counterclockwise by a spring 605.

The bracket 6 is attached to the frame on the apparatus side.
Positioning groove 6 engaging with positioning shaft 602 of 00
10 are provided. Further, the shaft 61a of the platen 61
The axis X near the
A lever 62 that pushes up the thermal head 60 against the biasing force of 05 is provided. The lever 62 is a stopper 620.
The rotation position in the clockwise direction is restricted by and is urged in the clockwise direction by the spring 621, and is driven counterclockwise by the magnet MG5 via the lever X.

In such a structure, the spring 6
21 causes the lever 62 to hit the stopper 620,
The rotation position is regulated, and the thermal head 60 is maintained at a distance of about 0.1 to 0.2 mm from the platen 61.

Therefore, the discharge roller 5 of the MS unit 5
The ticket 1a discharged from the sheet 5 abuts between the platen 61 and the thermal head 60, and the leading ends thereof are aligned. After that, when the magnet MG5 is driven, when it rotates about the axis Y, the lever 62 rotates clockwise about the axis X via the shaft X of the lever X, and a gap is formed between the lever 62 and the thermal head 60. Therefore, the thermal head 60 is lowered by the spring 605, and the thermal head 60
Is driven by the spring 605.
Then, the platen 61 is fed so that the thermal recording can be performed by the thermal line head 60.

At this time, the position of the thermal head 60 with respect to the platen 61 is determined by the positioning shaft 602 of the bracket 600 to which the thermal head 60 is fixed.
The rotation lever 606 is lowered, and the positioning groove 6 of the frame
Secured by entering 10.

As for the position in the left-right direction, as shown in FIG. 19, the pin 603 of the bracket 600 is inserted into the positioning groove 609 of the hanger 608, and the opposite side is the leaf spring 604.
It is secured by pressing with and positioning is easy.

Further, the thermal head 60 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), the positioning groove 60 of the hanger 608.
Since it is possible to rotate around the pin 603 fitted in 9,
Rotate following the platen 61 to keep the printing pressure constant,
The print density can be made constant according to the thickness variation of the cut ticket 1a, the eccentricity of the platen 61, and the like.

On the other hand, the rotating lever 60 of the bracket 600
20A, the rotation lever 606 is rotated upward to attach the bracket 600 to which the thermal head 60 is fixed to the platen 61 and the positioning groove 61, as shown in FIG.
20, the leaf spring 604 of the bracket 600 is pressed with a finger, the tab portion of the leaf spring 604 is removed from the hanger 608, and the pin 603 is used as a fulcrum, as shown in FIG.
When the bracket 600 to which the thermal head 60 is fixed is turned downward, the bracket 600 to which the thermal head 60 is fixed can be pulled out from the hanger 608.

The mounting of the bracket 600 on the rotary lever 606 is reversed, and the pin 603 of the bracket 600 is inserted into the positioning groove 610 of the hanger 608, and then the leaf spring 604 side is pushed in.

In this way, the thermal head 60 can be easily attached and detached. (e) Description of ticket issuing operation The ticket issuing operation will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in the pre-feed unit 4, as described above, the continuous paper 1 of the ticket setting units 3a and 3b is cut, width-aligned, and waited. When the ticketing order comes,
The pre-feed unit 4 conveys the cut ticket 1a to the MS unit 5, the MS unit 5 biases the ticket 1a, magnetically records data on the magnetic stripe 11 of the ticket 1a, and sends it to the printer unit 6.

In the printer unit 6, the tips are aligned, thermal recording is performed by the thermal head 60, and the recording is discharged to the discharge port 23 or the hopper 22. This pre-feed unit 4
Since the continuous paper 1 is conveyed, positioned, cut, separated, and put on standby while the cut ticket 1a of FIG. 1 is conveyed, the cut ticket 1a can be created and waited during the magnetic recording and printing of the preceding cut ticket 1a. , The ticketing speed can be improved.

Further, since the ticket setting units 3a and 3b store the airline tickets in the form of continuous paper, the securities can be easily managed, fraud and the like can be immediately detected, and the pre-feed unit 4 can be used to cut the bills. Because it will be separated, in the separation ticket 1a,
Magnetic recording and printing are possible, magnetic recording is reliable, and there is no need for separation after ejection.

(F) Description of Other Embodiments In addition to the above embodiments, the present invention can be modified as follows. In the above-described embodiment, the printing unit has been described as a thermal head type, but other well-known printing types can also be adopted.

As described in the air ticket, boarding ticket, boarding ticket,
It can also be applied to other issued tickets such as reservation tickets. Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments, various modifications are possible within the scope of the gist of the present invention, and these modifications are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
It has the following effects. Since a ticket setting part that can set continuous media and a pre-feed part that cuts continuous media are provided, securities can be managed with continuous media, magnetic recording and printing on cut media, and magnetic recording and printing can be done easily .

Since the continuous medium is provided with perforations,
Thick media can be easily cut at the pre-feed section. As described above, even if the continuous medium is used, the ticket issuing speed can be improved by cutting the continuous medium in the pre-feed unit and keeping it in a standby state.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an airline ticket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an airline ticket according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a storability characteristic diagram of an example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an external view of an airline ticket issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a unit withdrawal diagram of the ticket issuing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of an airline ticket issuing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a pre-feed unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a pre-feed unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a main part configuration diagram of a pre-feed unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a time chart diagram of the pre-feed operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view (1) of the pre-feed unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view (No. 2) of the pre-feed unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a sectional view of an MS unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of an MS unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram of a main part of an MS unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a sectional view of a printer unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a front view of the main part of the printer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining the head attaching / detaching operation according to the embodiment of this invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Issue Ticket 2 Air Ticket Issuer 3a, 3b Ticket Set Section 4 Pre-Feed Unit 5 MS Unit 6 Printer Unit 11 Magnetic Stripe 12 Printing Surface 13 Base 14 Heat Sensitive Layer 15, 16 Protective Layer 17 Perforation 18 Cut Section 19 Fold 23 Discharge port 47 Cutter 49 Width adjustment springs 52, 53 Conveyor belt 58 Offset spring

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A magnetic recording unit (5) for magnetically recording ticket-issuing data on a magnetic recording unit (11) of a cut ticket (1a).
And a printing unit (6) for printing the ticket issuing information on the magnetically recorded ticket (1a), wherein a continuous medium (1) in which the ticket (1a) is separated by perforations (17) is stored. The ticket setting section (3a, 3b) and the continuous medium (1) of the ticket setting section (3a, 3b) are conveyed, cut at the perforations (17), and the separated ticket (1a) is placed on standby. A ticket issuing machine provided with a feed section (4). 2. Perforations (17) of the continuous medium (1)
2. The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, wherein cuts (18) are provided on both sides of the ticket issuing machine. 3. The ticket setting section (3a, 3b) is provided in the lower part of the device, and is conveyed to the rear part of the upper part of the device by the pre-feed part (4), and the magnetic recording part (5) and the printing part (6). The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the ticket (1a) is discharged to the front part of the device by means of. 4. The pre-feed unit (4) conveys the continuous medium (1), positions a perforation (17) at a position of a cutter (47), and cuts by the cutter (47). 4. The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 5. The ticket issuing machine according to claim 4, wherein the pre-feed section (4) pulls the continuous medium (1) from both sides when the continuous medium (1) is cut. 6. The ticket issuing machine according to claim 4, wherein the pre-feed section (4) is provided with a width-shifting mechanism (49) for shifting the cut ticket (1a). 7. The width adjusting mechanism (58) for magnetically recording the cut ticket (1a) while the magnetic recording section (5) conveys the cut ticket (1a) while conveying the cut ticket (1a) by a belt. ) Is included.
Or a ticket issuing machine of 3 or 4 or 5 or 6. 8. The printing unit (6) aligns the leading ends of the magnetically recorded tickets (1a) and prints by a printing mechanism (60). 5 or 6 or 7 ticket issuing machines.