JPH0558514A - Magnetic write/readout device and issuing method for ticket and its kind - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To conduct with high precision the write/readout processing of the magnetic information of a magnetic stripe by making constitution in which magnetic heads are once put into an opening condition by means of a magnetic head opening mechanism and positioning between the magnetic stripe and magnetic heads is carried out by conducting rolling and alignment to a predetermined reflence position. CONSTITUTION:When a ticket 9 is drawn out of a ticket housing portion and transported to a magnetic lead light portion, a control portion detects this and acturates a magnetic head opening mechanism 102 and releases a push- presisng condition that is being conducted by means of a redout head 15 and a write head 16 against the ticket 9. As a result, the load of the ticket 9 is reduced. Also, aligner rollers 101a, 101b conducts the alignment action of the ticket 9 through the travel of the ticket 9. And, when this action is carried out while the reciprocal transport of the ticket 9 is being conducted, the end surface of the ticket 9 butts against a travel guide 8, and accordingly, the position of the magnetic stripe 9a of the ticket 9 and the positions of the write head 15 and the readout head 16 come to coincide with each other accurately.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a magnetic writing / reading device for reading and writing a magnetic stripe provided in advance on a ticket, and a ticket for a vehicle, a designated ticket, etc. using the magnetic writing / reading device. The present invention relates to a ticket issuing method used for issuing tickets.

[0002]

[Prior Art] When purchasing a boarding pass for an aircraft, etc., purchase the reservation ticket at an airline sales office or a travel agency,
Redeem your reservation ticket for your boarding pass at the airport. There is also provided a device that can directly issue a boarding pass.

FIG. 2 shows a sectional view of such a conventional ticket issuing device. In FIG. 2, inside the main body case 1,
A ticket receiving unit 2 and a ticket discharging unit 3 are provided in the upper left portion. Further, a ticket storage portion 4 is provided in the lower left portion, and a journal printing portion 7, a ticket printing portion 5, and a magnetic read / write portion 6 are provided in the right portion in order from the top.

In such a device, the ticket storage unit 4 stores an unissued boarding pass or the like. This ticket is paid out from the ticket storage unit 4 by the pay-out roller 17, and is conveyed toward the magnetic read / write unit 6 by the feed roller 18. The magnetic read / write unit 6 includes a read head 1
5 and a writing head 16 are provided. Rollers 19 are provided on the read head 15 and the write head 16 with a ticket sandwiched therebetween.
6 is configured to be pressed against the ticket.

The write head 16 magnetically records predetermined ticket information necessary for issuing a ticket on the magnetic stripe of the ticket. The reading head 15 checks whether the ticket information has been correctly written. After that, the ticket is conveyed toward the ticket printing unit 5. The ticket printing unit 5 is provided with an ink ribbon 20, a print head 21 and a platen 22. Here, the ink ribbon 20 is superposed on the face of the ticket, and predetermined print information is recorded on the platen 22 by the print head 21. As the printing ticket information, for example, a part of the content read by the reading head 15 is used.

After the printing is completed, the ticket is ejected to the ticket ejecting section 3 by the ejecting roller 23. On the other hand, when the staff uses a ticket prepared in advance, this ticket is inserted from the ticket receiving unit 2. When a ticket is inserted into the ticket insertion portion 2, the sensor (not shown) detects the insertion, the stopper 12 is opened, and the feeding roller 11 is driven. The stopper 12 is
Retreat in the direction of the arrow and allow the supply of tickets. In this way, the ticket thus supplied can be read by the bar code reader 13.
The barcode attached to the face of the ticket is read. This bar code is provided to identify the ticket type. When the reading of the barcode is completed, the ticket is conveyed toward the blade 14.

A travel guide is provided on the ticket transportation path to facilitate the transportation. FIG. 3 shows an explanatory view of the travel guide of the magnetic read / write unit 6. The traveling guide 8 is provided along the conveyance path and supports one end surface of the ticket 9 when traveling. As a result, the ticket 9 is positioned during traveling, and the magnetic stripe 9 previously provided on the ticket 9 is provided.
The read / write of the magnetic information of a is performed by the read head 15 and the write head 16.

FIG. 4 shows an explanatory view of the operation of the blade 14.
When the blade 14 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 4A, it is pushed away by the ticket.
The ticket that has passed through the blade 14 is sent to the magnetic read / write unit 6, and the information written in the magnetic stripe 9a is read in advance. Then, when the entire ticket passes through the magnetic read / write unit 6, its transportation is stopped,
This time, the ticket is conveyed in the opposite direction, and the writing head 16 records predetermined ticket information. Further, the reading head 15 checks the contents. Then, in the same manner as described above, the ticket is conveyed to the ticket printing unit 5 and a predetermined printing is performed. In this case, as shown in FIG.
Since 4 has returned to the direction of guiding the ticket in the direction of the arrow, it will be conveyed in a direction different from the first entry path.

The ticket is issued as described above,
Such an issue history is recorded in the journal printing unit 7 provided in the upper right portion of the main body case 1. The journal printing unit 7 is provided with a recording paper 24, a print head 25, and a platen 26. The recording paper 24 is made of a thermal transfer paper, and the print head 25 records data for directly issuing a ticket.

On the other hand, when the customer requests a change in the contents of the boarding pass due to a change in the travel schedule or the like, a new ticket is issued and the issued ticket is inserted from the ticket receiving section 2,
Perform ticket invalidation processing. In this case, the ticket is sent from the ticket receiving section 2 through the blade 14 to the magnetic read / write section 6, and after the contents thereof are confirmed, the ticket printing section 5 performs processing such as scrap ticket printing on the ticket surface. Done. After that, the ticket is discharged to the ticket discharging unit 3 and disposed of by a staff member.

[0011]

As described above, in the conventional ticket issuing device, the traveling guide 8 stabilizes the traveling of the ticket 9 as shown in FIG. However, since the traveling guide 8 only supports one side of the ticket 9, there is some effect of traveling stability, but the ticket 9
It is easy for the ticket 9 to move in the lateral direction (direction perpendicular to the carrying direction) during the carrying. On the other hand, the magnetic stripe 9a is provided with a plurality of tracks, and read / write of these tracks requires very high accuracy. Therefore, ticket 9
Although high accuracy is required for the read / write of the magnetic stripe 9a, the position of the ticket 9 is not constant,
There is a problem in that the read / write heads 15 and 16 and the magnetic stripe 9a are displaced from each other and accurate read / write cannot be performed. The present invention has been made to solve the above conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a magnetic writing / reading device and a ticket issuing method capable of performing accurate read / write of a magnetic stripe of a ticket.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a magnetic writing / reading device has a magnetic stripe provided in advance on a ticket, and magnetic information is written and read on a transportation path of the ticket. In a magnetic writing / reading device which is provided with a magnetic head and presses the magnetic head onto the ticket to read / write a magnetic stripe of the ticket, a magnetic head opening mechanism for releasing the pressed state of the magnetic head onto the ticket. The magnetic head is once opened by the opening mechanism, and in this state, the bill is aligned with a predetermined reference position, and an alignment means for positioning the magnetic stripe and the magnetic head is provided. To do. A magnetic writing / reading device according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in addition to the first aspect of the present invention, it is provided with a monitoring unit that determines whether or not the tickets have reached a predetermined alignment position.

In the ticket issuing method according to the third aspect of the present invention, a magnetic head opening mechanism for releasing the pressure contact state of the magnetic head to the ticket and the magnetic head once opened by the opening mechanism, and in this state the ticket is opened. A magnetic writing device that includes an aligning unit that aligns the magnetic stripe and the magnetic head with respect to a predetermined reference position, and presses the magnetic head against the ticket to read and write the magnetic stripe of the ticket. A reading mechanism is provided inside the device in a ticket transport path from a ticket storage section for storing tickets to a ticket ejection section, and a ticket printing section for printing the ticket is provided in the transport path, The writing / reading mechanism writes and reads the magnetic information on the ticket supplied from the storage unit, prints the ticket by the ticket printing unit, and then ejects it from the ticket ejection unit. It is characterized in that.

In the ticket issuing method according to the fourth aspect of the invention, a ticket receiving portion for supplying a ticket from the outside of the apparatus is provided at the end of the ticket transport path, and the magnetic head is opened to release the pressure contact state of the magnetic head. A head opening mechanism; and an aligning means for temporarily opening the magnetic head by the opening mechanism, aligning the ticket with a predetermined reference position in this state, and positioning the magnetic stripe and the magnetic head. , A magnetic writing / reading mechanism that presses the magnetic head against the ticket to read / write the magnetic stripe of the ticket is provided in the ticket conveying path from the ticket receiving section to the ticket discharging section, and prints on the ticket A ticket printing unit for performing the above is provided in the conveyance path, and the magnetic writing / reading mechanism causes the ticket supplied from the ticket receiving unit to
After writing and reading the magnetic information, the ticket printing unit prints on the ticket, and then the ticket is ejected from the ticket ejecting unit.

[0015]

In the magnetic writing / reading device of the present invention, the ticket is provided with a magnetic stripe in advance, and the conveyance path of the ticket is provided with a magnetic head for reading and writing the magnetic information. In such an apparatus, when the ticket travels on the conveying path, the magnetic head opening mechanism releases the pressure contact state of the magnetic head to the ticket. In this state, the aligning means aligns the ticket with respect to a predetermined reference position, positions the magnetic head and the magnetic stripe, and then returns the magnetic head to the pressure contact state with the ticket. Therefore, it is possible to perform the writing and reading processes of the magnetic information of the magnetic stripe with high accuracy.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the ticket issuing device of the present invention. The apparatus shown in the figure is characterized in that the magnetic read / write unit 6 is provided with an aligning means 101 and a magnetic head opening mechanism 102.
Since it is the same as that of the above-mentioned device, the corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof is omitted. FIG. 1 shows a specific configuration of a magnetic writing / reading device including an aligning means 101 and a magnetic head opening mechanism 102. The aligning means 101 is a pair of tapered aligner rollers 101 for holding the front and back sides of the ticket 9.
a, 101b, and the magnetic head opening mechanism 102 is
It is composed of a solenoid. Aligner roller 1
01a and 101b are provided before and after the read / write heads 15 and 16, however, only a pair of aligner rollers are shown here in order to avoid complexity in the drawing. The aligner rollers 101a and 101b are made of an elastic material such as urethane and drive the ticket 9 in the direction of the travel guide 8 as the ticket 9 travels.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the driving principle of the ticket 9 by the aligner roller. That is, the aligner roller 101
Since a and 101b hold the ticket 9 in a pressed state, the contact portion A of the aligner rollers 101a and 101b with the ticket 9
Is deformed in the direction of the running guide 8 due to its elasticity. When the ticket 9 travels in this state, the contact portions of the aligner rollers 101a and 101b always rotate while deforming. As a result, the ticket 9 is driven toward the running guide 8 by the deforming force of the aligner rollers 101a and 101b.

Next, the aligning operation of the magnetic writing / reading device thus constructed will be described. First, when the ticket 9 is unwound from the ticket storage unit 4 and conveyed to the magnetic read / write unit 6, when a control unit (not shown) detects this, the magnetic head opening mechanism 102 is operated to operate the read head 15 and the writing unit. The pressed state of the head 16 against the ticket 9 is released. As a result, the load on the ticket 9 is reduced. Further, as the ticket 9 travels, the aligner rollers 101a and 101b perform the alignment operation of the ticket 9 as described above. If this operation is performed while the ticket 9 is being transported back and forth, the end surface of the ticket 9 will be
Therefore, the positions of the magnetic stripe 9a of the ticket 9 and the positions of the read / write heads 15 and 16 are accurately aligned with each other.

FIG. 7 shows another embodiment in which a monitoring means for monitoring the alignment state of the tickets 9 is provided. In this embodiment, a position detection sensor for detecting the end face position of the ticket 9 on the side opposite to the traveling guide 8 side is provided as the monitoring means 103, and the detection output of this position detection sensor is the monitoring control unit of the control unit 200. Two
It is configured to be input to 02. The position detection sensor is composed of an optical sensor, and detects whether or not the end surface of the ticket 9 is at a predetermined position due to the shielding and transmission of light by the ticket 9. When the aligning means 101 aligns the tickets 9 while carrying them back and forth, the monitoring means monitors the position of the tickets 9 and operates the alignment control unit 201 to reach a predetermined position to perform the aligning operation. Repeat. Therefore, the magnetic stripe 9a of the ticket 9 and the read / write heads 15 and 16 can be positioned more accurately.

Next, a second embodiment in which the transportation path for the ticket 9 is formed on a ring will be described. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the ticket issuing device. In the figure, the control unit 50 includes a main control unit 51, an input device 52, and a display device 53. The main controller 51 is connected to the host computer 30 via a communication line. Further, the main body unit 60 includes a power supply device 61, a host interface unit 62, a control unit 63,
An operation panel 64, a display lamp group 65, a display unit 66, and a journal printer unit 67 are provided. Further, in the mechanism unit 70, for example, here, three ticket storage units 71,
72, 73, magnetic read / write unit 74, ticket printing unit 7
5, a ticket ejecting section 76, a ticket receiving section 77, and a bar code lead section 78 are provided. In the figure, a host computer 30 comprises a computer or the like provided in a calculation center that performs centralized management such as seat reservation.

FIG. 9 is an external perspective view of the ticket issuing device of the present invention. The control unit 50 shown in FIG. 8 includes, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, a display device 53 such as a cathode ray tube display and an input device 52 such as a keyboard. The control unit 50 is composed of a commonly used personal computer or the like. The host interface unit 62 shown in FIG. 8 of the main body unit 60 is a circuit for controlling communication with the control unit 50. The control unit 63 of the main body 60 is a circuit for controlling the operation of the entire main body,
A predetermined operating power is supplied from the power supply device 61.

The operation panel 64 is provided on the front surface of the main body 60 as shown in FIG. 9, and is provided with the display lamp group 65 and the display unit 6.
Equipped with 6. In the display lamp group 65, for example, a lamp for distinguishing between on / off of the power supply, an online state and an offline state, and other lamps for displaying an alarm are arranged. Further, the display unit 66 is composed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and is provided to display the state in words when a ticket is jammed during transportation or when the ticket storage unit runs out of tickets. ..

On the front surface of the main body 60 shown in FIG.
Ticket accepting unit 7 for accepting unissued tickets and issued tickets
7 and a ticket ejecting section 76 for ejecting a printed ticket. Then, detachable ticket storages 71, 72, 73 are accommodated in the upper portion of the main body 60 shown in FIG. That is, in this embodiment, three cassette type ticket storage portions are provided, and each of them is configured to store an arbitrary type of ticket. A journal printing section 67 is provided inside the main body section 60, and a mechanism section 70 is provided below the journal printing section 67. The journal print result is taken out from the take-out port 79.

On the front surface of the main body 60 shown in FIG.
A door, which is opened and closed by a key (not shown), is provided for inserting and removing the ticket storage units 71, 72, 73. Further, on the side surface of the main body portion 60, a door for replenishing the journal printing paper, a door for replacing the ink ribbon for printing on the face of the bill, a door for taking out the jammed bill, and the like are provided. Has been.

FIG. 10 shows a sectional view of the ticket issuing device of the present invention. This cross section is obtained by removing the outer wall on the right side of the main body 60 shown in FIG. 9, and a circuit such as the control unit 63 shown in FIG. 8 is incorporated inside the outer wall on the left side of the main body 60. In FIG. 10, ticket storage units 71, 72, 73 are provided to store, for example, unissued boarding passes for airline A, airline B, and airline C, respectively. There is.

These are cassette type constructions, and they are compatible with each other and can be inserted at any position.
Then, in order to detect these insertion states, the detector D
1, D2, D3 are provided. This detector D1, D
The type of ticket is identified by 2, 2 and D3, and the requested ticket is delivered to the transport path.

FIG. 11 shows a schematic view of this ticket selection mechanism. As shown in the figure, the ticket storages 71, 72, 73 respectively have
Protrusions 711, 721, 731 are attached at different positions. The detectors D1, D2, D3 are photocouplers, and optically detect the positions of the protrusions 711, 721, 731, respectively. Then, the information is input to the cassette identification circuit 110. The cassette identification circuit 110 has
There is a table or the like showing which type of ticket is stored in which type of cassette. Selection circuit 112
However, if you try to issue a selected ticket,
The transfer control circuit 111 receives the command of the selection circuit 112 and the output of the cassette identification circuit 110, drives a necessary transfer mechanism, and sends it to the transfer path. In addition, the ticket storages 71, 7
Tickets stored in 2, 73 are detectors D4, D5, D
The presence or absence thereof is detected by 6.

FIG. 12 shows a schematic diagram of a ticket presence / absence detector. The figure shows the detector D4 of FIG. 10 more specifically. In the figure, for example, the bottom plate 7 of the ticket storage portion 71
10 is provided with a protrusion 712, which is detected by the near-end detection unit 717 on the same principle as the protrusion shown in FIG.
That is, the near-end detector 717 is composed of a photocoupler similar to the detectors D1, D2 and D3 shown in FIG. The protrusion 712 is fixed to a bottom plate 710 on which the ticket 9 is placed, and the bottom plate is subjected to a force by a spring 713 so as to be constantly pushed upward. Therefore, when the remaining amount of the ticket 9 becomes small, the protrusion 712 is pushed upward, and the near-end detection unit 717 detects this when the protrusion 712 rises above a certain level.

On the other hand, in the end detecting section 718, the sensor is arranged so as to sandwich the bill 9 and the bottom plate 710, and when the bill 9 is lost, the bill is lost through a through hole (not shown) provided in the bottom plate 710. To detect. Detector D4
In this way, the near end detection unit 717 and the end detection unit 718 are operated to manage the ticket.

Ticket storages 71, 72, 7 having the above construction
If the operator sets in advance a frequently used ticket, complicated operations such as conventional cassette replacement and various ticket management can be eliminated. The payout rollers 81 and 8 shown in FIG.
2, 83 and solenoids MG1, MG2, MG3 are used.

FIG. 13 shows an explanatory view of the operation of the ticket payout mechanism. First, the pay-out roller 83 starts to rotate in the arrow direction when paying out a ticket. Also, the solenoid MG3 is
It is pushed down in the direction of the arrow and pushes the feeding roller 83 against the upper surface of the ticket 9. As a result, the ticket 9 is paid out in the direction of the arrow. The paid-out ticket 9 is conveyed on a conveying path shown by a broken line in FIG. Feed roller 8
4, 85 and 86 are each composed of a pair of rollers and are driven by a motor M4. Each of the feed rollers 84, 85, 86 is composed of a roller, one of which rotates in the forward direction and the other of which rotates in the reverse direction, and is configured to separate the bills 9 one by one and feed them to the conveying path.

Detectors D7, D8, D9 and D10 are provided for detecting the payout of the ticket 9. These are also composed of photocouplers. From the outputs of these detectors, it is possible to identify from which ticket storage unit the ticket 9 has been paid out.

FIG. 14 shows an explanatory view of a method for discriminating the paid out tickets. As shown in the figure, when the detectors D7 and D8 are turned on, it is confirmed that the ticket has been paid out from the upper cassette, and when all the detectors D7, D8, D9, and D10 are turned on, from the middle cassette It is confirmed that the ticket has been paid out. Also, when the detectors D9 and D10 are turned on, it is confirmed that the ticket has been paid out from the lower cassette. In this way, it is confirmed whether or not the wrong ticket has been paid out.

The detectors D8 and D10 among them are provided to detect whether or not the payout of the ticket is completed. Further, the ticket storages 71, 72, 73 are respectively provided with feeding rollers, 81, 82, 83 and solenoids M.
G1, MG2, MG3 and feed rollers 84, 85,
It is unitized with peripherals such as 86. Therefore, in this embodiment, for example, according to the customer's request, 1
You can easily increase or decrease from 3 to 3. It is also possible to add more after use. Therefore, a device having an appropriate price structure can be provided according to the demand of the user of the device.

In FIG. 10, ticket storage portions 71, 72, 7
The ticket fed from 3 to the transport path reaches the drum 96. The drum 96 is driven by a motor M1 and its rotation is controlled by so-called rotary encoders 98 and 97, respectively. Both are connected by a belt or the like (not shown). A ticket is wound around the outer peripheral surface of the drum 96 and conveyed. Therefore, a plurality of pressure rollers (not shown) are in contact with the drum 96 in order to bring the ticket into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the drum. A bar code reader 78, a magnetic reading head 742, and a magnetic writing head 741 are arranged on the outer circumference of the drum 96. The detectors D11, D12, D13 are provided in the vicinity of the detectors, respectively. The detector D11 is a sensor for detecting the bar code reading timing, the detector D12 is a sensor for detecting the magnetic reading timing, and the detector D13 is a sensor for detecting the magnetic writing timing.

On the outer circumference of the drum 96, the alignment means 1
A plurality of aligner rollers 04 are provided, and the magnetic read head 742 and the magnetic write head 741 are provided with a solenoid MG8 as a magnetic head opening mechanism for opening the pressure contact state of these magnetic heads to the ticket. Figure 15
FIG. 6 is a view of the drum 96 as viewed from above. That is, a flange portion 96a having a function as the traveling guide 8 of the first embodiment described above is provided on one end side of the drum 96 in the axial direction, and serves as a reference surface for the alignment operation by the alignment means 104. The monitoring means 1 is provided on the opposite side of the flange portion 96a.
As 05, a position detection sensor for detecting the position of the ticket 9 is provided. Then, the output of the position detection sensor is input to the monitoring control unit 204 provided in the control unit 63, and the alignment control unit 203 is configured to perform the alignment operation on the reference plane based on the signal from the monitoring control unit 204. Has been done.

FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the drum 96. In FIG. 1A, first, the drum 96 winds a ticket conveyed in the arrow direction around the outer peripheral surface and rotates in the forward direction (counterclockwise direction) to read a bar code, magnetic writing, magnetic reading, or the like. After that, the sheet is conveyed in the direction of the arrow, reversed, conveyed in the direction of the arrow, and fed into the printing unit 90 shown in FIG. Further, the ticket received from the ticket receiving portion 77 shown in FIG. 10 is fed in the direction of the arrow as shown in FIG. 16B and is wound around the drum 96 which rotates in the forward direction of the arrow. After that, the drum 96 reverses and the ticket is conveyed in the direction of the arrow, as shown in FIG.

When the issued ticket is to be stored, the ticket sent from the ticket receiving section 77 shown in FIG. 10 is wound around the drum 96 as shown in FIG. When the invalidation process is completed, the sheet is conveyed in the direction of the arrow. This is sent to the ticket storage portion 73 shown in FIG. In order to control the transportation of such a ticket, blades B1, B2, B3, B4 shown in FIG.
Each swing in the traveling direction of the ticket.

As shown in FIG. 10, the bar code reader 78, the magnetic head 742, and the magnetic head 742 are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the drum 96.
By providing 741 etc., the printing unit 90 is
6 can be arranged sufficiently close to each other, and the size of the device can be reduced.

In the printing section 90 shown in FIG.
1, a print head 94, and a platen 93 are provided. The ink ribbon 91 is wound by the motor M2. Further, the printing unit 90 itself is formed into a cassette, and the detector D14 detects whether or not the cassette is mounted. The print head 94 is operated to be separated from the platen 93 by the solenoid MG4 when the print unit 90 is attached or detached or when printing is not performed. The printing unit 90
When a ticket enters the detector D1 in order to detect it.
5 are provided. Further, the printed ticket is discharged toward the discharge portion 76 by the feed roller 95,
A detector D16 is provided to detect the start and completion of the discharge.

A feed roller 99, a detector D7 and a stopper 89 are provided in the ticket receiving portion 77 for inserting a ticket from the outside. When the leading edge of the inserted ticket is detected by the detector D17 and hits the stopper 89, the solenoid MG5 operates and retracts the stopper 89 in the arrow direction to permit the insertion of the ticket. At that time,
The feed roller 99 operates and the ticket is fed inside. For this reason, the feed roller 99 is initially in the open state, and the ticket is clamped at the start of conveyance. The journal printing unit 67 shown in the upper right of FIG. 10 includes a recording paper 671 made of a thermal transfer paper or the like.
Further, a platen 673 and a print head 674 for printing on this are provided. The recording paper 671 is conveyed to the printing unit via the guide roller 672, and the ticket issuance is recorded.

The operation of the apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration will be described below with reference to an operation flowchart. FIG. 17 is a flow chart of a ticket payout operation. In the figure, first, when a ticket issuing command for issuing a ticket is issued in step S1, FIG.
The main motor M1 of 0 turns on to rotate in the forward direction, and the motor M4 for rotating the feed rollers 84, 85, 86 turns on to start the carrying operation (step S2).

Here, for example, if a ticket is paid out from the middle-stage ticket storage section 72, the solenoid MG2 is turned on (step S3), and then the detectors D9 and D7 are turned on to detect the payout of the corresponding ticket. To do. When the payout of the ticket is completed, the detectors D10 and D8 are switched from on to off. The above-described operations of steps S4 to S7 are monitored by a timer alarm, and when the detector does not perform the detection operation for a predetermined time or longer, a warning such as a jam is given (step S
9). When the payout of the ticket is completed, the solenoid MG2 is turned off and the motor M4 is also turned off to end the payout (step S8).

FIG. 18 shows a ticket alignment operation flowchart. When the ticket is guided by the blade B3 through the blades B1 and B2 in FIG. 10 and is wound around the outer periphery of the drum 96, the detector D11 is turned on to detect the drum winding (step S1). As a result, the alignment control unit 203 turns on the solenoid MG8, and the write head 741 and the read head 7 are turned on.
42 is opened (step S2). Then detector D12
When D13 and D13 are turned on (steps S3 and S4), the traveling of the ticket 9 is confirmed, and thus the predetermined alignment operation is performed as described above. The alignment operation is performed once or a plurality of times by rotating the drum 96. After that, the monitoring control unit 204 determines whether or not the position of the ticket 9 is within the reference range based on the output of the position detection sensor (step S).
5) If it is not within the reference range, the process returns to step S2 to repeat the alignment operation again. In step S5,
If the ticket 9 is within the reference range, wait for the detector D11 to turn on (step S6), and when this turns on, the alignment control unit 203 turns off the solenoid MG8,
The write head 741 and the read head 742 are returned to the normal state (pressing contact with the ticket). Also, in step S3,
In both S4 and S6, a timer alarm for jam detection is activated (step S8).

FIG. 19 shows a flowchart of the magnetic recording operation on a ticket. When the ticket is guided by the blade B3 through the blades B1 and B2 in FIG. 10 and is wound around the outer periphery of the drum 96, the detector D11 is turned on to detect the drum winding (step S1). After that, the above-described alignment operation is performed (step S2), and then the bar code reader 78 starts reading the bar code on the bill surface (step S3). If it is determined from the bar code that the ticket type is correct (step S4), the ticket turns on the detector D12 (step S4).
5) Then, the ticket information is magnetically recorded on the ticket surface (step S7). This is due to the magnetic writing head 741.

Further, when the detector D13 is turned on (step S8), the magnetic information written this time is read by the read head 74.
2 is read (step S10). Here, it is determined whether or not the magnetic data is normal (step S11).
When the detector D11 is switched from on to off, the motor M1
Turns off and conveyance stops. Incidentally, the above steps S5, S
In any of 8 and S12, the time alarm for jam detection described above with reference to FIG. 17 operates (steps S6, S9, S13). In addition, the above step S
If it is determined in step 4 that the ticket types are different, or if the magnetic data is determined to be abnormal in step S11, the ticket is ejected and the processing ends (step S).
15).

FIG. 20 is a flow chart of the face printing operation. When printing on the face of the bill, first, the solenoid MG7 operates to switch the conveyance direction of the bill by the blade B4 (step S1). Then, the motor M1 is turned on and this time starts rotating in the reverse direction (clockwise direction). Thus
The transportation of the ticket to the printing unit 90 is started (step S2).
When the ticket goes to the printing unit 90, the detector D15 is turned on to detect the entry into the printing unit 90.

Next, after a certain period of time, the motor M1 is temporarily turned off and temporarily stopped in order to start printing on the bill surface (step S4). Then, the solenoid MG4 operates to press the print head 94 against the ticket on the platen 93 (step S5). After that, the motor M1 is turned on again, the conveyance is restarted (step S6), and the printing on the bill surface is started (step S7). In this case, the platen 93 rotates,
The winding motor M2 for the ink ribbon 91 also rotates.

When the detector D15 is switched from on to off (step S8), the end of printing is detected and the solenoid MG is
7 switches the blade B4, and the solenoid MG4 pressing the print head 94 is turned off (step S9). The printed ticket is discharged by the discharge roller 95, and the discharge is completed when the detector D16 is switched from on to off. In this way, magnetic recording and printing are performed on the face of the bill fed from the bill storage section 72, and the bill is discharged to the bill discharge section 76. On the other hand, when the operator inserts a ticket from the ticket receiving unit 77, the following operation is performed.

FIG. 21 is a flow chart of the ticket suction operation. When a ticketing command is issued in the figure (step S
1), a ticket insertion guide is displayed on the operation panel 64 shown in FIG. 9 (step S2). When the operator inserts the ticket in accordance with this, the detector D17 is turned on (step S3),
The solenoid MG5 is turned on and the stopper 89 is retracted (step S4). The feed roller 99 starts sucking the ticket, the motor M1 is turned on, and the feeding operation is started.
Further, the solenoid MG6 is turned on, the direction of the blade is switched, and the ticket is guided to the outer periphery of the drum 96. After that, the magnetic recording on the ticket shown in FIG. 19 and the printing on the ticket surface shown in FIG. 20 are subsequently performed.

On the other hand, when the issued ticket is inserted from the ticket receiving section 77, the initial operation is as shown in the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the invalidation processing operation thereafter. When the ticket is wound on the drum 96, the above-described alignment operation is performed (step S1), and then the read head 742 is used to read and verify the magnetic data. In this case, the ticket is conveyed until the head sensor D13 is turned on (step S2). Then, in step S3, the drum 96 further continues to rotate in the forward direction, and the magnetic head cancels the magnetic data by the write head 741 and confirms the reading by the read head 742. After that, when the detector D11 is switched from on to off (step S4), the motor M1 stops the conveyance of the ticket (step S5).

In this way, the issued ticket wound on the drum 96 is magnetically invalidated, the motor M1 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the ticket is sent to the printing section 90. This feeding operation is similar to that shown in FIG.
In the ticket invalidation process, in step S7 of FIG. 20, a predetermined character indicating that the ticket is scrapped is printed on the surface of the ticket. FIG. 23 shows a flow chart of the operation for storing a waste ticket.
When the printing of the scrap ticket on the printing unit 90 is completed (step S
1) This time, the discharge roller 95 reversely rotates, the ticket is fed back into the apparatus, and is wound around the outer periphery of the drum 96 (step S
2).

Then, when it is detected that the end of the ticket has passed the detector D11, the drum 96 is reversed (step S
3), this time the ticket is one of the ticket storages, for example, the ticket storage 73
Transport in the direction. In that case, the blade B3 guides the ticket toward the ticket storage portion. This is as already described in FIG. In this case, the feed roller 86 is rotated in the reverse direction by the motor M4, and the abandoned ticket is stored in the ticket storage portion 73.
As a result, the operator does not have to worry about mistakenly taking out a scrapped ticket from the ticket ejection unit 76.

In the above embodiment, the aligner roller is used as the aligning means, but the aligner roller is not limited to this, and any mechanism for aligning the ticket in the reference plane direction by running the ticket may be used. Other configurations may be used. Figure 2
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the aligning means. In this example, the end face of the bill 9 is pressed in the reference plane direction by an aligner roller 106 made of an elastic member having a U-shaped cross section in contact with the bill 9.

In the second embodiment, the monitoring means 105
However, as in the case of the first embodiment, the monitoring means 105 may be omitted and only the magnetic head opening mechanism MG8 and the aligning means 104 may be provided. Further, any number of ticket storage means may be used, and any one of them may be used for storing a waste ticket.

[0056]

As described above, according to the magnetic writing / reading device of the present invention, the pressure contact state of the magnetic head with respect to the bill is temporarily released, and the bill is aligned with the reference position in that state.
Since the magnetic stripe provided on the ticket and the magnetic head are positioned, writing and reading of magnetic information on the magnetic stripe can be performed with high accuracy. Also,
Since the device equipped with the monitoring means monitors that the device is aligned at a predetermined reference position, the magnetic writing and reading processes can be further performed with high accuracy. Further, according to the ticket issuing method of the present invention, the magnetic writing / reading device having the above-described configuration is provided to issue the ticket. Therefore, when the ticket has different outer dimensions such as different ticket types. However, since the magnetic information can be written / read accurately, the reliability of the operation can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a magnetic writing / reading device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of the blade action of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the ticket issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the aligning means.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram of another embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the ticket issuing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an external perspective view of the ticket issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a sectional view of a second embodiment of the ticket issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a ticket selection mechanism.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a ticket presence / absence detection mechanism.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory view of a ticket payout mechanism.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a method of discriminating a paid-out ticket.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of an essential part of a second embodiment of the ticket issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is an operation explanatory diagram of a drum.

FIG. 17 is a ticket payout operation flowchart.

FIG. 18 is a ticket alignment operation flowchart.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a magnetic recording operation on a ticket.

FIG. 20 is a flow chart of a face printing operation.

FIG. 21 is a ticket suction operation flowchart.

FIG. 22 is an invalid processing operation flowchart.

FIG. 23 is a flow chart showing an operation for storing a scrap ticket.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of another aligning means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2, 77 ticket receiving section 3, 76 ticket discharging section 4, 71, 72, 73 ticket storing section 5, 75 ticket printing section 8 running guide 9 ticket 15, 742 reading head 16, 741 writing head 96a flange section 101, 104 Aligning means 102 Magnetic head opening mechanism 103, 105 Monitoring means MG8 solenoid (magnetic head opening mechanism)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A ticket is provided with a magnetic stripe in advance, and a magnetic head for writing and reading magnetic information is provided on a transportation path of the ticket, and the magnetic head is pressed against the ticket to cause the magnetic stripe of the ticket. In a magnetic writing / reading device for reading and writing, a magnetic head opening mechanism for opening a pressed state of the magnetic head to the ticket, and a magnetic head once opened by the opening mechanism, and the ticket is predetermined in this state. The magnetic writing / reading device is provided with an aligning unit that aligns the magnetic stripe and the magnetic head with respect to the reference position of. 2. The magnetic writing / reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising monitoring means for determining whether or not the tickets have reached a predetermined alignment position. 3. A magnetic head opening mechanism for releasing the pressure contact state of the magnetic head to the ticket, and the magnetic head once opened by the opening mechanism, and in this state, the ticket is aligned with a predetermined reference position. And a magnetic writing / reading mechanism for aligning the magnetic stripe and the magnetic head, the magnetic writing / reading mechanism for press-contacting the magnetic head with the ticket to read / write the magnetic stripe of the ticket. A ticket printing section for printing a ticket on the transportation path from the ticket storage section for storing the ticket to the ticket discharging section, and the storage section is provided by the magnetic writing / reading mechanism. After the magnetic information is written and read on the ticket supplied from the section, the ticket is printed by the ticket printing section and then ejected from the ticket ejecting section. How to go. 4. A magnetic head opening mechanism for opening a pressure contact state of the magnetic head to the ticket, the ticket receiving portion supplying a ticket from the outside of the device at the end of the ticket transport path, and the opening mechanism. The magnetic head is once opened, and in this state, the ticket is aligned with respect to a predetermined reference position, and an alignment means for positioning the magnetic stripe and the magnetic head is provided. A magnetic writing / reading mechanism for reading and writing the magnetic stripe of the ticket is provided in the ticket conveying path from the ticket receiving section to the ticket discharging section, and a ticket printing section for printing the ticket is provided on the conveying path. The magnetic writing / reading mechanism performs writing and reading check of magnetic information on the ticket supplied from the ticket receiving unit, and then prints on the ticket by the ticket printing unit. Ticket class issuing method characterized by discharging from serial ticket discharge portion.