JPH0546831A - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily correct a position shift between the position of a cut mark on printing paper and a separating position by changing an output signal outputted to a control motor driving a feed means CONSTITUTION:The cut marks for separation are provided for tape-shaped printing paper 12 at every prescribed interval, and a detection sensor 28 detects the position. The feed device 14 is composed of a feed motor 16, a step motor 18 driving the feed roller 16, a controller 20 controlling the step motor 18 and an operation box 22. Speed and a distance for feeding printing paper 12 are decided by the number of pulses outputted from the controller 20 to the step motor 18, and the number of the pulses can be set and altered by the operation box 22. Namely, the number of the pulses equivalent to the number of the rotations of the step motor 18 rotating the roller 16 by the distance of the position shift is corrected by the operation box 22 when there is the position shift between the cut mark position and the separating position.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device such as a ticket or a food ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a feeding device for sequentially feeding a series of printing papers, a cutting device such as a cutter for cutting the printing papers into one ticket, and a cutting machine for cutting the printing papers.
And a movement control device that controls the feeding device so that the position of the detected cut mark is detected by the detection sensor and the detected cutting mark is moved to the cutting position by the cutting device. There is a ticket issuing device.

In the ticket issuing apparatus having the above structure, when a ticket is sold, a series of printing papers are sequentially fed by the feeding device. When the detection sensor detects the cut mark for separation attached to the printing paper, the movement control device moves the printing paper by a certain distance, and the detected position of the cut mark is set to the position of the cutting device such as a cutter. To move. Then, the separating device separates a series of printing papers at the position of the cut mark to make one ticket.

[0004]

In the ticket issuing device having the above-mentioned structure, the ticket issuing device manager sets this setting in advance before the ticket is sold so that the ticket can be successfully separated at the position of the cut mark. There is a need to.

As a conventional setting method, after the ticket issuing device is installed, a ticket issuing test is performed to confirm whether or not the printing paper 112 is cut at the position of the cut mark 112a. If the printing paper 112 is not properly separated, as shown in FIG. 4, the distance B between the position of the cut mark 112a and the position of the cut mark 112,
The detection sensor 128 is moved from the position indicated by the solid line to the position indicated by the dotted line so that the position of the cut mark 112a coincides with the cut-off position.

Such setting work is complicated, and in particular, the detection sensor needs to be removed by removing the screw or the like to which the detection sensor is attached each time the position is changed, which is extremely difficult. It was complicated.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing apparatus which can easily correct the distance between the position of the cut mark and the cutting position of the cutting device.

[0008]

A ticket issuing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a feeding device including a feeding means such as a feeding roller and a feeding belt for sequentially feeding a series of printing sheets and a control motor for driving the feeding means. , A separating device such as a cutter that separates the printing paper into a single ticket, a detection sensor that detects the cutting mark for cutting attached to the printing paper, and the detection sensor detects the cutting mark and detects it. In a ticketing device consisting of a movement control device that controls the control motor so that the position of the cut mark is moved by the feeding device to the position where the cutting device separates, the position of the cut mark and the position where the cutting device separates the position. A correction device is provided to correct the deviation distance by changing the output signal output from the movement control device to the control motor.

[0009]

[Operation] In the ticket issuing device configured as described above, a ticket issuing test is performed after the ticket issuing device is installed. If there is a displacement distance between the position of the cut mark and the separation position by the separation device, the correction device changes the output signal output from the movement control device to the control motor by the displacement distance. By doing so, the detection sensor
Change the distance to move to the disconnecting device after detecting the black mark.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 10 is a ticket issuing device installed in a ticket vending machine. The ticket issuing device 10 prints information such as a boarding station name and a section code on a tape-shaped printing paper, cuts it into a certain length, and sells it as one ticket 13.

Reference numeral 12 is a tape-shaped printing paper. The tape-shaped printing paper 12 is provided with cut marks 12a for separating at regular intervals.

Reference numeral 14 is a feeding device for sequentially moving the tape-shaped printing paper 12 at a constant speed and a constant distance.
The feeding device 14 includes a pair of feeding rollers 16 for feeding the printing paper 12 from above and below, a step motor 18 for driving the feeding roller 16, a control device 20 for controlling the step motor 18, and It comprises an operation box 22 for operating the control device 20. The feeding speed and the feeding distance of the printing paper 12 are determined by the number of pulses output from the controller 20 to the step motor 18, and the number of pulses can be changed by the operation box 22.

Reference numeral 24 is a printing device for printing the boarding station or the like on the surface of the tape-shaped printing paper 12. Printer 24
Are connected to the control device 20.

Reference numeral 26 is a cutter for cutting the tape-shaped printing paper 12 into one ticket 13. The cutter 26 is connected to the control device 20.

Reference numeral 28 is a detection sensor for detecting the cut mark 12a provided on the surface of the printing paper 12. The detection sensor 28 is a reflection type sensor that detects reflected light from a cut mark provided by a black line.
The detection sensor 28 is connected to the control device 20, and when the detection sensor 28 detects the cut mark 12a, the control device 20 sends a predetermined number of pulses to the step motor 18 to send the feed roller 16. Rotate a given number of times. Then, the cut mark 12a can be moved from the position of the detection sensor 28 to the position of the cutter 26, and the printing paper 12 can be separated by the cutter 26 at the position of the cut mark 12a.

When initially setting the ticket issuing apparatus 10 having the above-mentioned structure, a ticket issuing test is carried out to correct the deviation between the position of the cut mark 12a and the cutting position cut by the cutter 26. -A description will be given based on the chart and FIG.

In step 1 of the flow chart of FIG. 2, a ticket issuing test is conducted. Then go to step 2.

In step 2, the ticket 13 is cut off at the ticketing test and the cut mark 12a.
If the positions of and match, the settings are made in step 3 in that state, and the process ends.

Then, if there is a displacement distance A between the cut mark 12a and the separation position, the process proceeds to step 4.

In step 4, the number of pulses corresponding to the number of rotations of the step motor 18 for rotating the feed roller 16 by the position displacement distance A is corrected by the operation box 22. Then, the procedure returns to the ticket issuing test in step 1.

In step 1, a ticket issuing test is conducted with the above correction, and if there is still a displacement distance,
The correction is repeated in the same manner so that the cut mark 12a and the cut-off position completely match.

According to the above method of correcting the positional deviation distance,
There is no need to move the detection sensor as in the conventional case, and the positional deviation distance can be corrected by simply changing the number of pulses output from the control device 20 to the step motor 18 by the operation box 22. It is easy and can be done easily.

In the above embodiment, the step motor 1
8 shows the structure of the ticket issuing device 10 in FIG. 8, but when the feed roller 16 or the feed belt is moved by using a motor with an encoder in place of the step motor 18, the control device enco The position shift distance can be easily corrected by changing the number of pulses output to the output terminal.

[0025]

According to the ticket issuing apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, the output signal output from the movement control device to the control motor is output from the movement control device to the control motor with respect to the displacement distance between the position of the cut mark and the separation position of the separation device. Since the correction can be performed only by changing it, the detection sensor does not have to be moved as in the conventional case, the work is very simple, and the displacement distance can be corrected with high accuracy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a ticket issuing device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a cutter, a detection sensor, and printing paper.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for correcting a positional deviation distance.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a detection sensor, a cutter, and printing paper in a conventional ticket issuing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ...... Ticket issuing device 12 ... Printing paper 14 ... Feeding device 16 ... Feeding roller 18 ... Step motor 20 ... Control device 22 ... Operation box 24 ... Printing device 26 ... Cutter 28 ... Detection sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cutter for cutting a printing paper into a single ticket, and a feeding device including a feeding means such as a feeding roller and a feeding belt for feeding a series of printing paper and a control motor for driving the feeding means. Etc., a detection sensor that detects the cut mark for cutting attached to the printing paper, the detection sensor detects the cut mark, and the position of the detected cut mark is determined by the separation device. In the ticket issuing device, which includes a movement control device that controls the control motor so that the cutting device is moved up to the feeding device, the distance between the position of the cut mark and the separation position of the cutting device is controlled by the movement control device. A ticket issuing device, comprising: a correction device that corrects by changing an output signal output to a printer.