JPH05342229A - Data input/output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable businessat data processing at oil feeding field and to improve working efficiency by providing a case with a door open/close detection switch to set off in the state where the door is entirely opened and to set on in the state where the door is entirely closed after the entirely-opening of the door. CONSTITUTION:In this data input/output device 3, a printer 8 is arranged in a case 3a. The bottom of a open/close door 18 is fixed to one terminal of a nearly-U-shaped lever 16 of which the other terminal is freely rotatably fitted to the case 3a with a pin and the open/close door 18 is freely rotatably fitted to the case 3a by the lever 16. Furthermore, the door open/close detection switch 20 is provided for the case 3a by positioning under the lever 16 and the contact point 20a of the door open/close detection switch 20 is projected upward. Consequently, only by slightly opening the open/close door 18 to degree of half-opening to correct the rolling-in or the folding of slip paper for a customer, the door opening/closing detection switch 20 is not set to be off but kept in the state of on. Consequently, the state is handled as the same state with that where the door is entirely closed and the printer is kept to be used.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outdoor data input / output device which is installed adjacent to a fuel dispenser at a service station for fueling automobiles and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a gas station, as shown in FIG. 6, in order to improve the work efficiency, such as card reading and bill issuing which are incidental to the fueling work, near the fueling machine 1 as shown in FIG. For example, an outdoor data input / output device 3 is installed on an island 2 on which the fuel dispenser 1 is erected. The data input / output device 3 includes a card reader 4 for reading a card owned by a customer, a keyboard 5 for inputting / outputting refueling data, a display 6, a printer 8 and the like.

The data input / output device 3 is connected to the refueling machine 1 and is connected to a data input / output device (hereinafter referred to as POS) 15 for a gas station installed in an office or the like in the gas station. , The keyboard 5 is operated to control the refueling machine 1, and the printer 8 receives the refueling data from the refueling machine 1.
To print refueling data and other customer data on slip paper,
Pass the issued refueling slip to the customer. Then, the refueling data is stored in the POS 15.

By the way, the slip paper used in the printer 8 is a continuous two-sheet paper with perforations, and one of the two papers is given to the customer, and the other one is reserved for the gas station. store. This slip is issued, for example, as shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-205372 previously proposed by the applicant, by storing the slip sheet for printing together with the printer 8 in the case 3a of the data input / output device 3 in the storage portion. After printing two sheets at the same time by the printer 8, the customer's one is discharged to the outside of the case 3a, and the one reserved for the gas station is stored in the case 3a.

When taking out a reserve slip stored in the case 3a or when refilling a new slip paper, an opening / closing door 18 for inserting and removing the slip paper is provided on the front surface of the case 3a.
Open and do this. When the open / close door 18 is opened to take in and out the slip paper, the outdoor data input / output device 3 cannot be used, and the refueling data output during this period is printed by the printer provided in the POS 15. Issue from.

[0006]

The printer 8 provided in the outdoor data input / output device 3 cannot be used when the opening / closing door 18 is open. If you are involved with a copy slip, or
Even when the folding slip paper stored in the case 3a is to be refolded, even if the opening / closing door 18 is opened even slightly, the printer 8 cannot be used, and it is troublesome to entangle or fold the folding paper. In the meantime, the PO in the office
Since the slip is issued from S15, the clerical work cannot be performed at the refueling site, and the slip must be taken from the refueling site to the office away from the refueling site, which is troublesome and the work efficiency is not good.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the inconveniences of the conventional example and to disable the use of the printer when the opening and closing doors need only be slightly opened, for example, when slip sheets are rolled up or folded. The object of the present invention is to provide a data input / output device that prevents the above and enables office work processing at a refueling site.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a data input / output device in which a case with a built-in printer is provided with an opening / closing door for slipping in / out slip paper, and after the door is fully opened, it is turned off. The gist of the present invention is to provide a door opening / closing detection switch, which is turned on when the door is fully closed, on the case.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the slipping of slips for customers,
Or the door open / close detection switch will not turn off if the open / close door is only slightly opened halfway to fix the fold.
Since it remains in the ON state, it is treated as the same state as the door fully closed state, and the printer continues to be used.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional side view of a printer portion, which is a main part showing an embodiment of a data input / output apparatus of the present invention. The same components as those described above are designated by the same reference numerals. The data input / output device 3 of the present invention also has the printer 8 arranged in the case 3a, and the entrance 8 of the slip paper 9 before printing is provided on the lower surface of the case of the printer 8.
a has an outlet 8b for a customer slip 9a and a copy slip 9b after printing on the lower front part of the case, and a storage section 10 for the slip paper 9 before printing and a post-printing slip are formed in the case 3a below the printer 8. And a storage section 11 for the copy slip 9b.

In the storage portion 10 for the slip paper 9 before printing, an L-shaped receiving plate 13 is obliquely installed with the front side facing upward at a height position approximately midway between the opposing left and right supporting plates 12, 12. Backing plate 13
A plate 14 for holding the slip paper 9 is continuously provided in the front extension direction of the.

Below the storage unit 10, a storage unit 11 for storing the slip slip paper 9 is formed between the support plates 12 and 12, and these storage units 1
An opening / closing door 18 for taking in and out the slip paper 9 is provided in the case 3a located at the front of the storage unit 11. Reference numeral 7 in the figure denotes an outlet for the slip paper 9.

As shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the opening / closing door 18 has a lower end fixed to the other end of a substantially U-shaped lever 16 whose one end is rotatably attached to the case 3a by a pin 19. The lever 16 rotatably attaches to the case 3a. And
A door open / close detection switch 20 is provided on the case 3a so as to be located below the lever 16, and the contact 20 of the door open / close detection switch 20 is provided.
a is projected upward.

Further, a plate 17 for controlling on / off of the door open / close detection switch 20 is attached to the case 3a so as to be rotatable coaxially with the lever 16 by a pin 19 attached to the lever 16 on the case 3a. A circular arc-shaped long hole 17a is formed in the plate 17, and a pin 21 protruding from the lever 16 is slidably inserted into the long hole 17a. The plate
17 is the contact 20 of the door open / close detection switch 20 in the lower position of rotation.
By pressing a, it is formed in a shape away from the contact 20a at the upper position, and a spring 22 for frictionally holding the plate 17 at the upper rotating position is elastically mounted on the pin 19 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 shows a control circuit diagram of the printer by the door opening / closing detection switch 20. A refueling data signal from the control device 23 provided in the refueling machine 1 and an ON / OFF signal from the door opening / closing detection switch 20 are stored in the office. The oil replenishment data signal which is introduced into the POS 15 and is input while the ON signal is being input from the door opening / closing detection switch 20 is supplied to the printer 8 of the data input / output device 3.
In addition, the refueling data signal input when the OFF signal is input from the door opening / closing detection switch 20 is introduced to the printer 26 of the POS 15 as a slip issuing signal.

Next, the operation will be described. The slip paper 9 before printing is stored in the storage unit 10. In this state, the open / close door 18 is closed as shown in FIG. 2, the lower end of the plate 17 pushes the contact 20a of the door open / close detection switch 20, and the contact 20a is opened. It is turned on, and the on signal from here is input to the POS 15.

Therefore, when the refueling data signal output from the refueling machine 1 is output from the control device 23, this refueling data signal is output to the POS 15, where the door open / close detection switch
Since the ON signal from 20 is input, a voucher issuance signal is output to the printer 8 of the data input / output device 3, and after being printed by the printer 8, it exits from the exit 8b to produce the customer voucher 9a and the copy voucher 9b. Then, the customer slip 9a is discharged from the take-out port 7 to the outside of the case 3a, while the copy slip 9b is guided to the back surface of the plate 14 and folded and stacked in the storage section 11 below.

Now, for example, in order to fix the winding of the customer slip sheet and to fold the copy slip 9b of the storage section 11, the opening / closing door 18 is rotated slightly toward the front and opened to be integrated with the opening / closing door 18. The lever 16 provided as a target rotates about the pin 19 as an axis. At this time, the lever 16 is rotated by the pin 21 moving along the inside of the elongated hole 17a, so that the rotation of the opening / closing door 18 is not transmitted to the plate 17 and the plate 17 does not move. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the pin 21 of the lever 16 has a long hole.
The plate 17 keeps pressing the contact 20a of the door open / close detection switch 20 until the half-opened state where it reaches the upper end of 17a,
The output of the ON signal from here is uninterrupted.

As a result, even when the refueling is finished when the open / close door 18 is half opened and the refueling data signal is output from the control device 23 on the refueling machine 1 side, this signal is output to the outdoor data input / output device 3 as well.
It enters the printer 8 on the side, a slip is issued from here, and it can be processed at the refueling site.

When the copy slip 9b stored in the storage unit 11 is taken out or the slip paper 9 is replenished in the storage unit 10, the opening / closing door 18 is placed further forward than the half-open state as shown in FIG. open. As a result, the lever 16 pivots further around the pin 19 as an axis, and the pin 21 that is in contact with the upper end of the elongated hole 17a pulls up the plate 17. As a result, the plate 17 separates from the contact 20a of the door open / close detection switch 20,
The contact 20a is turned off, and this off signal is output to the POS 15.

Therefore, when the opening / closing door 18 is fully opened,
When the refueling data signal is output from the control device 23 of the refueling machine 1, this refueling data signal is output to the POS 15, and the OFF signal from the door open / close detection switch 20 is input.
A slip issue signal is output to the printer 26 on the S15 side, and the slip is issued from here.

When the opening / closing door 18 is closed, if the opening / closing door 18 is rotated upward, the lever 16 rotates about the pin 19 as a central axis, and the opening / closing door 18 moves in the closing direction. At this time, the plate 17 is a spring
The lever 16 does not move due to the frictional force due to the elastic force of 22 and does not move, but only the lever 16 moves downward via the pin 21 and the long hole 17a, and the contact 20a of the door opening / closing detection switch 20 Keeps off. Then, after moving the lever 16 until the pin 21 reaches the lower end of the long hole 17a, and further pushing it down, the plate 17 is pushed down together with the lever 16 via the pin 21 and the long hole 17a, and finally the plate 17 The lower end pushes the contact 20a of the door open / close detection switch 20 to turn it on.

Therefore, when closing the opening / closing door 18, the door opening / closing detection switch 20 is turned on at the end of the operation of pulling up the opening / closing door 18. Therefore, in order to turn on the opening / closing door 18, the opening / closing door 18 must be completely closed. Is prevented.

In the above embodiment, the door open / close detection switch
The lever 16 and the plate 17 were used to control the timing of turning the 20 on and off, but the invention is not limited to this.
It is also possible for the switch itself to have this function.

[0025]

As described above, the data input / output device of the present invention cannot be used with the printer when the opening / closing door needs only a small opening such as when the slip sheet is rolled up or folded. Since it is possible to improve the work efficiency, it is possible to perform office work at the refueling site.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of a printer portion, which is a main part of a data input / output device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view of an opening / closing door portion which is a main part of the data input / output device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of an opening / closing door portion which is a main part of the data input / output device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of an opening / closing door portion, which is a main part of the data input / output device of the present invention, in a half-opened state.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional side view of the opening / closing door portion, which is a main part of the data input / output device of the present invention, in a state where the door is fully opened.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a data input / output device of the present invention in a state of being adjacent to a fuel dispenser.

FIG. 7 is a control circuit diagram of the printer of the data input / output device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Oiler 2 ... Island 3 ... Data input / output device 3a ... Case 4 ... Card reader 5 ... Keyboard 6 ... Display 7 ... Ejection port 8 ... Printer 8a ... Inlet 8b ... Exit 9 ... Voucher paper 9a ... Customer voucher 9b … Copy slip 10… Storage part 11… Storage part 12… Support plate 13… Receiving plate 14… Plate 15… Data input / output device for gas station 16… Lever 17… Plate 17a… Slot 18… Open / close door 19… Pin 20… Door Open / close detection switch 20a ... Contact 21 ... Pin 22 ... Spring 23 ... Control device 26 ... Printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data input / output device in which an opening / closing door for slipping in / out a slip sheet is provided in a case having a built-in printer, and a door opening / closing detection switch which is turned off when the door is fully opened and is turned on when the door is fully closed after the door is fully opened is provided. A data input / output device provided in a case.