JPH0576772U - Automatic page breaker for passbooks - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide an automatic page-breaking device for a passbook which has a relatively simple structure and can particularly turn over a cover. A stop member 32 that can move in and out of the transport path 1 and can move in parallel along the transport path 1, and a forward and reverse upper roller that transports a passbook on the transport path 1 11a and the lower roller 11b can be brought into contact with and separated from each other, and the passbook sent by the first conveying roller 11 is further conveyed to the stop member 32 side, and at the same time, the upper roller of the pair of rollers. 29a of the second transport roller 29, which is provided so as to be vertically movable and is capable of forward and reverse rotation.
And between the first and second transport rollers 11 and 29, while pressing the rear end in the transport direction of the passbook whose front end in the transport direction is regulated by the stop member 32 projecting into the transport path 1, And a pressing means 15 that is vertically movable.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a passbook printer used at a counter of a financial institution or an automatic page breaker of a passbook in an automatic teller machine, and more particularly to an automatic page breaker suitable for turning a thick cover.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 A technique disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 3-77798 is known as an automatic page break mechanism suitable for turning over thick covers.

In this, a page-turning roller and a press roller are provided in the conveying path so as to face each other, and a shutter that is retractable from the conveying path is provided on the other side (downstream side in the conveying direction). The page turning is performed by continuously rotating the page turning roller while the tip of the passbook is pressed against the shutter.However, for the thick cover and thin pages, The pressure contact force between the page turning roller and the press roller is changed. That is, in the case of a thick cover, the pressure contact force is strengthened, and conversely, in the case of a thin content medium, the pressure contact force is weakened.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 In the above-mentioned prior art, the pressure contact force between the page-turning roller and the press roller is changed according to the thickness of the medium to be turned over, so a complicated mechanism for changing the pressure contact force in two steps is required. In addition, there is a drawback that a large space must be provided near the transport path. In addition, even if the pressure contact force was increased, it was not possible to accurately turn the cover by simply rotating the page-turning roller.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional device, and to provide an automatic page-breaking device for a passbook which has a relatively simple structure and in particular can accurately turn over a cover.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in the present invention, a first transport roller that transports a passbook and is capable of forward and reverse rotation, and in which an upper roller and a lower roller can come into contact with and separate from each other, and the first transport roller. The second pass roller which is further forwarded by the upper pass roller of the pair of rollers and is capable of forward and reverse rotation, and the first feed roller with respect to the second feed roller. A stop member that is provided on the opposite side of the first and second conveying rollers, is movable in and out of the conveying path of the first and second conveying rollers, and is movable in parallel along the conveying path; and the first and second conveying rollers. And a pressing means that presses the rear end in the transport direction of the passbook whose front end in the transport direction is regulated by the stop member protruding in the transport path and is vertically movable with respect to the transport path. did.

[0007]

[Action]

 When the upper roller of the second transport roller is moved upward and opened, the passbook whose front end and rear end are restricted between the stop member and the pressing means is pushed back to the pressing step side by the stop member. The upper page of the passbook is bent. When the closed first transport roller is reversed while the pressing means is moved upward, the top page of the passbook is elastically returned to turn the page.

[0008]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an automatic page breaker according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view taken in the direction of arrow B of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 3 (a) to 3 (f) are schematic diagrams showing each process of page turning operation. It is a figure.

The automatic page breaker shown in FIG. 1 is provided in the vicinity of the printing section of a passbook printer. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a passbook conveyance path, which extends in the left-right direction of the figure. Reference numeral 2 is a print head unit, and 3 is a discharge roller for discharging the passbook to the automatic page breaker side, and an automatic page breaker is provided downstream of this.

In the automatic page breaker, reference numeral 11 is a first conveying roller including an upper roller 11a and a lower roller 11b. When the solenoid 12 is turned on, the lower roller 11b rotates counterclockwise around a fulcrum 13. It is attached to a moving arm 14, and when the solenoid 12 is turned on, it descends downward and separates from the upper roller 11a.

Reference numeral 15 is a pressing roller (pressing means) having teeth formed on its surface, and 16 is a regulating roller which is arranged on the downstream side thereof and has teeth formed on its surface similarly to the pressing roller 15. Drive-coupled. That is, as is apparent from FIG. 2, the levers 22 and 23 are attached to the tips of the key-shaped arms 20 and 21 which are connected to the plungers of the solenoids 17 and 18 and rotate about the fulcrum 19. , 23 rotate the pressing roller arm 24 and the regulating roller arm 25 to rotate the pressing roller 15 and the regulating roller 16 to move them up and down with respect to the transport path 1.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a back-pushing member that is driven by a solenoid 27 via an arm 28 and is retractable with respect to the conveying path 1. Reference numeral 29 denotes a second conveying roller composed of an upper roller 29 a and a lower roller 29 b. 29a is attached to the tip of an arm 31 driven by a solenoid 30, and is brought into contact with and separated from a lower roller 29b by turning the solenoid 30 on and off.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a stop member having a stop piece 32 a at the tip end on the side toward the second conveyance roller 29 around the fulcrum 33, which is retractable with respect to the conveyance path 1, and has an end portion opposite to the stop piece 32 a. The stop coil 32a is always urged upward by the tension coil spring 34 provided in the above. However, in the normal state (position shown in FIG. 1), the tapered portion 32b contacts the guide plate 35 fixed to the main body side. They are in contact with each other so that the stop piece 32a does not project upward.

The stop member 32 is connected to the horizontal moving member 36 by a fulcrum 33. The horizontal moving member 36 is drivingly connected to the pinion 37 by engaging a rack portion 36 a on the lower surface with the pinion 37. The motor 38 horizontally moves in the horizontal direction of FIG. When the horizontal moving member 36 is advanced to the right side in the figure, the stop member 32 is also advanced, but with this, the tapered portion 32b slides relatively to the guide piece 35, and by the action of the tension coil spring 34, The stop piece 32a projects into the transport path 1. Note that 39 is a passbook located between the first and second transport paths 11 and 29.

Next, the cover-turning operation of the passbook 39 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in (a), the passbook 39 is conveyed in the arrow direction (leftward direction) by the first and second conveying rollers 11 and 29. At this time, the pressing roller 15 and the regulation roller 16 are located above the transport path 1, and the stop piece 32a of the stop member 32 is retracted from the transport path 1.

Next, when the stop member 32 is moved to the second conveying roller 29 side (to the right), the taper portion 32 b is separated from the guide piece 35, so that the action of the spring 34 causes the stop piece 32 a to move. Then, as shown in FIG. 3B, the tip of the passbook 39 (the binding portion side) is contacted. At this point, the pressing roller 15 is descending to press the rear end of the passbook 39, the upper roller 29a of the second conveying roller 29 is moving upward, and the back pressing member 26 is conveyed to the conveying path. The passbook 39 is curved upward because it is projected into the inside 1. At this time, the lower roller 11b of the first transport roller 11 is also moved downward and opened.

In this state, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the stop member 32 is advanced to the right side of the figure, the passbook 39 as a whole is pushed back by the stop member 32 in the direction opposite to the conveyed direction. The rear end of the passbook enters between the rollers 11a and 11b that are already open, but the top cover 39a is pressed by the pressing roller 15 at its front end and is prevented from moving, as shown in the figure. Deflection is formed in the. In the process of (6), the back pushing member 26 pushes back the passbook in a state in which the entire passbook is slightly curved upward, and the pressing roller 15 presses the tip of the passbook, so that the beat 39a is easily bent. There is.

Here, when the first conveyor roller 11 is closed and the roller is rotated four times to convey the passbook in the opposite direction and the stop member 32 is still pushed rightward, as shown in (d). In addition, the loop of the cover sheet 39a becomes larger, and a part of the loop is regulated by the regulation roller 16.

Then, as shown in (e), when the pressing roller 15 is moved upward, the cover sheet 39a is lifted up following the elasticity of the waist. At this time, the stop member 32 is returned to the original position in the left direction.

When the first transport roller 11 continues to rotate in the reverse direction, the cover 39a of the passbook 39 and other pages spread in the opening direction as shown in (f), and the cover 39a is pushed by the pressing roller 15. By turning off, the turning operation is completed.

Although the lower roller 11b of the first transport roller 11 is moved up and down by the solenoid 12, the point is that the passbook can be smoothly inserted into the upper and lower rollers 11a and 11b when the passbook 39 is fed back. For good reason, a mechanism for moving the upper roller 11a up and down may be used, or a spring may be used instead of a solenoid to change the gap between the upper and lower rollers 11a and 11b according to the thickness of the passbook 39. ..

Further, when the lower roller 29b of the second transport roller 29 is arranged on the slightly downstream side (stop member 32 side), when the passbook 39 is gripped in this nip portion, the passbook 39 becomes slanted and goes upward. It is easy to bend and a loop for turning pages is easily formed.

[0023]

[Effect of the device]

 According to the first aspect of the present invention, one end of the passbook is pressed by the pressing roller and the other end is pushed by the stop member, and a loop is surely formed even on a thick cover to turn the page. It can be performed. According to the second aspect of the invention, since the back-passing member is used to bend the passbook upward when turning the pages, the accuracy of turning the pages can be further increased.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an automatic page breaker according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view on arrow B of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing each process of a page turning operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Conveying Path 11 First Conveying Roller 15 Pressing Roller 26 Back Pushing Member 29 Second Conveying Roller 32 Stopping Member 32a Stopping Piece

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A first transport roller that transports a passbook, which is reversible and in which an upper roller and a lower roller can come into contact with and separate from each other, and the passbook sent by the first transport roller is further transported. A pair of rollers, an upper roller of which is vertically movable, and which is capable of forward and reverse rotation, and a second transport roller which is provided on the opposite side of the first transport roller with respect to the second transport roller. Between the first and second conveying rollers and the stop member that can freely move in and out of the conveying path by the second conveying roller and can move in parallel along the conveying path, A stop member holds down the rear end of the passbook in the transport direction whose front end is regulated in the transport direction, and includes a pressing unit that is vertically movable with respect to the transport path, and moves the upper roller of the second transport roller upward. Opened In this state, the passbook whose front end and rear end are regulated between the stop member and the pressing means is pushed back toward the pushing means by the stop member, and the top page of the passbook is bent, and the pushing means is An automatic page breaker for a passbook, characterized in that, in a state where the passbook is moved upward, the first feed roller which is closed is reversed to utilize the elastic return of the upper page of the passbook to perform page turning. 2. Between the stop member and the pressing means,
2. An automatic page breaker for a passbook according to claim 1, further comprising a back pushing member that protrudes into the conveyance path and bends the passbook upward during a page turning operation.