JPH06115761A - Passbook slip printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate processing a jam by driving a feed motor in a reverse direction to its drive direction at the time of detecting a medium jam, and stopping the feed motor in the case that a medium arrives in a position preset as the position where a jam is easily removed. CONSTITUTION:In the case of processing a slip, when it is detected to be inserted to a slip insertion port by a sensor 9, a solenoid 30 is driven by a control part 29 to place clamp rollers 19 to 22 in an on-condition, and also switching a blade 10 to a slip running side to rotate a feed motor 25 in a forward direction. In this way, printing is performed in accordance with a procedure determined by a kind of business. Here after turning on the sensor 9, in the case of the lapse of preset time of a timer before turning on a sensor 8 for detecting the slip to lead to a predetermined position, a medium jam is judged to be generated, and after stopping the motor 25, it is rotated in a reverse direction and stopped when the sensor 9 is turned on.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a passbook voucher printer which is installed at a counter of a financial institution, prints on a passbook, a slip, a certificate, etc., and reads / writes on a magnetic stripe of the passbook / certificate. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a conventional example of this type of passbook slip printer. In the figure, a passbook insertion slot 1 for inserting a passbook or a certificate is composed of an upper guide 3 and a lower guide 4 which form a passage for the passbook or the certificate. The slip insertion slot 2 for inserting a slip is composed of an upper slip guide 5 and a lower slip guide 6 which form a traveling path of the slip.

The sensor 7 is provided near the passbook insertion slot 1. The sensor 8 includes a print head 23 and a platen 24.
It is provided in front of the printing section consisting of (insertion side).
The sensor 9 is provided near the slip insertion slot. The blade 10 is for switching between the passbook, the certificate, and the slip.

Feed rollers 11, 12, 13, 14,
15 and 16 are clamp rollers 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, which are opposed to each other,
It is for clamping and carrying the inserted medium, and the clamp rollers 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22 are in an open state when the medium is not carried, and not shown when the medium is carried. With one or more solenoids
It is designed to clamp the media. Further, each of the feed rollers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 is configured by providing a plurality of rollers on the same axis, and the clamp rollers 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 are opposed to each other. The same number of feed rollers are provided. Feed rollers 11, 12, 13, 1
4, 15, 16 and clamp rollers 17, 18, 1
9, 20, 21, 22 are driven by a feed motor 25, respectively.

An upper rear guide 26 and a lower rear guide 27 for guiding the medium printed by the print head 21 are provided at the rear of the printing unit composed of the print head 23 and the platen 24. Stripe unit 28
Is for reading from and writing to the magnetic stripe attached to the passbook and the certificate.

The control unit 29 is for controlling each unit described above, and the housing 30 is for mounting each unit. 6 and 7 are operation flowcharts of the conventional example having the above-described configuration. The operation of the conventional example will be described below with reference to the same drawings. When processing a slip, the operator inserts it through the slip insertion slot 2 while holding the slip by hand. Then, the sensor 9 detects the slip and is turned on (SA1). Therefore, the control unit 29 turns on the clamp rollers 19, 20, 21, 22 by a solenoid (not shown) (transportable state) (SA2), and the blade. Switch 10 to the slip running side (S
A3), the feed motor 25 is rotated in the direction in which the medium is conveyed rearward from the insertion slot (hereinafter referred to as the forward direction) (SA4), a predetermined value is set in the timer (SA5), and the conveyance of the slip is started. . After this, the sensor 8
When is turned on (SA6), the slip is conveyed by a specified amount and the feed motor 25 is stopped (SA8). Then, printing is performed according to the procedure determined by the type of transaction (SA9). When printing is completed (SA10) control unit 29
Rotates the feed motor 25 in the direction in which the medium is conveyed from the rear to the insertion port (hereinafter referred to as the reverse direction) (SA1
1) Set a predetermined value in the timer (SA
12) The transportation of the slip starts.

After that, when the sensor 9 is turned on (SA1
3) After carrying the specified amount of the slip (SA14), the feed motor 25 is stopped (SA15), and the clamp rollers 19, 20, 21, 22 are turned off (not carried) by the solenoid (not shown), and the processing is ended. Yes (SA1
6). However, before the sensor 8 is turned on, when the timer value becomes 0 (SA17), the control unit 29 determines that a medium jam has occurred, stops the feed motor 25 (SA18), and clamps the roller roller 19. , 20, 21,
22 is turned off by a solenoid (not shown) (SA
19) Stop the process.

Similarly, before the sensor 9 is turned on, even when the timer value becomes 0 (SA20), the control unit 29 determines that a medium jam has occurred and stops the feed motor 25 (SA21). Clamp rollers 19, 20, 2
The solenoids (not shown) turn off 1 and 22 (SA22), and the process is stopped. It should be noted that similar processing is performed when processing the communication, but detailed description thereof will be omitted.

[0009]

However, according to the prior art having the above-described configuration, the processing is stopped when the control unit determines that a medium jam has occurred, so that the jammed medium remains in the apparatus. Here, for example, between the upper guide 3 and the lower guide 4 in FIG. 5, the upper slip guide 5 and the lower slip guide 6
If a slip remains in the space or between the upper rear guide 26 and the lower rear guide 27, removal of the jam medium requires removal of the cover and disassembly of the device. Therefore, if the jam occurs at the above position, it becomes very difficult to remove the jam medium, and it takes a long time to recover the device.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a device capable of removing a jammed medium without removing a cover or disassembling the device, and quickly recovering the jammed medium. To aim.

[0011]

To achieve the above object, the present invention moves a jam medium to a position where it can be easily removed. That is, according to the present invention, a traveling path provided with traveling guides for media on the upper and lower sides, a feed roller for conveying the medium along the traveling path, a feed motor for driving the feed roller, and a medium on the traveling path. In a passbook slip printer equipped with a jam detecting means for detecting a jam, a printing means for performing a printing process on a medium, and a control section for controlling the operations of these, when a jam of the medium is detected by the jam detecting means, the jam is detected. The drive direction of the feed motor when it is detected is recognized from the inside of the control unit, the feed motor is driven in the direction opposite to this drive direction, and the feed is performed at the time when the medium reaches a position preset as an easy-to-remove position. A jam processing control means for stopping the driving of the motor is provided.

[0012]

According to the present invention having the above structure, when the jam detecting means detects a jam of the medium while the medium is traveling along the traveling path by the conveying means, the jam processing control means feeds when the jam is detected. The drive direction of the motor can be recognized from the inside of the control unit, and the feed motor can be driven in the direction opposite to this drive direction to convey the jammed medium to a position where it can be easily removed.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a blade 10, clamp rollers 17 to 22, a print head 23, a feed motor 25, a sensor 7, a sensor 8,
The sensor 9 and the stripe unit 28 are controlled by a control unit 29 having a timer inside. Here, in the present embodiment, “when a jam of the medium is detected by the jam detecting unit, which is claimed in the claims of the present application, the driving direction of the conveying unit when the jam is detected is recognized from the inside of the control unit. However, the "jam processing control means" which drives the conveying means in the opposite direction to this driving direction and stops the driving of the conveying means when the medium reaches a position preset as an easy-to-remove position "is the controller 29. Also serves. Three
Reference numeral 0 is a solenoid for turning on and off the clamp rollers 17 to 22. The numbers attached to the respective elements are the same as those in the conventional passbook slip printer shown in FIG. Also, regarding other configurations, FIG.
Since it has the same configuration as the conventional passbook slip printer shown in,
The description of the configuration is omitted.

2 and 3 are flow charts showing the operation of this embodiment, and the operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the figures. When processing a slip, the operator inserts it through the slip insertion slot 2 while holding the slip by hand. Then,
Since the sensor 9 detects the slip and is turned on (SB
1), the control unit 29 controls the clamp rollers 19, 20, 2
The solenoids (not shown) 1 and 2 are turned on (transportable state) (SB2), the blade 10 is switched to the slip traveling side (SB3), and the feed motor 25 is rotated in the forward direction (SB4). The existing value is set in the timer (SB5), and the transportation of the slip starts. After that, when the sensor 8 is turned on (SB6), the slip is conveyed by a specified amount (SB7), and the feed motor 25 is stopped (SB8). Then, printing is performed according to a procedure determined by the type of transaction (SB9). When printing is completed (SB10), the control unit 29 controls the feed motor 2
5 is rotated in the reverse direction (SB11), a predetermined value is set in the timer (SB12), and the delivery of the slip is started. After that, when the sensor 9 is turned on (SB1
3) After feeding the specified amount of the slip (SB14), the feed motor 25 is stopped (SB15), and the clamp rollers 19, 20, 21, and 11 are turned off (not fed) by a solenoid (not shown) (SB16). ), The processing ends. This process is similar to the conventional one.

However, in SB6, when the value of the timer becomes 0 before the sensor 8 is turned on (SB1
7), the control unit 29 determines that a medium jam has occurred and stops the feed motor 25 (SB18). here,
Normally, as shown in the side view of FIG. 4, the conveyance jam causes wrinkles at the leading end 31a of the medium 31 with respect to the conveyance direction due to some cause, and a frictional force between the upper guide A and the lower guide B causes a feed roller. It is caused by the fact that the feeding force by C and the clamp roller D becomes larger and the medium cannot be conveyed.

However, since wrinkles do not normally occur at the rear end portion 31b of the medium 31 with respect to the transport direction F, the leading end portion 31a of the medium 31 is transported by transporting in the direction opposite to the transport direction when a jam occurs. In many cases, it can be conveyed while stretching the wrinkles. Therefore, after the feed motor 25 is stopped at SB18, the control unit 29 rotates the feed motor 25 in the reverse direction of the reverse direction (SB
19) A preset value is set in the timer (SB20), and the jam medium starts to be conveyed. After that, when the sensor 9 is turned on (SB21), after feeding the jam medium by a specified amount, the feed motor 25 is stopped and the clamp rollers 19, 20, 21, 22 are turned off by the solenoid 30, and the jam medium is easily removed. It is conveyed to the insertion slot 2. However, if the timer value becomes 0 before the sensor 9 is turned on at SB21 (SB
25), the control unit 29 determines that the sheet cannot be conveyed in either direction, and does not perform the process of SB22, and the SB23, S23
The process of B24 is performed, and the process ends.

Similarly, in SB13, when the value of the timer becomes 0 before the sensor 9 is turned on (SB2
6) The control unit 29 determines that a medium jam has occurred, stops the feed motor 25 (SB27), further rotates the feed motor 25 in the reverse forward direction (SB28), and sets the predetermined value to the timer. (SB29), and after feeding the jammed medium by the specified amount (SB29)
31), stop the feed motor 25 (SB32),
Clamp rollers 19, 20, 2 by solenoid 30
1, 2 and 22 are turned off, and the jam medium is easily removed on the platen 21 (the upper head is not provided.
3 can be moved to remove the jammed medium).
However, in SB30, when the timer value becomes 0 before the sensor 8 is turned on (SB34), the control unit 2
9 judges that it cannot be conveyed in either direction, and S
The processing of SB32 and SB33 is performed without performing the processing of B31, and the processing is terminated.

Note that the slip can be discharged to the passbook insertion slot 1, and the process of the present invention can be added to the passbook process.

[0019]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a traveling path provided with medium traveling guides on the upper and lower sides, a feed roller for conveying a medium along the traveling path, and a feed roller for driving the same In the passbook slip printer, the feed motor, the jam detecting unit that detects a jam of the medium on the traveling path, the printing unit that performs the printing process on the medium, and the control unit that controls the operation of the jam are provided. When the jam of the medium is detected by the detection means, the drive direction of the feed motor at the time of detecting the jam is recognized from the inside of the control unit, the feed motor is driven in the opposite direction to the drive direction, and the position is preset as an easy-to-remove position. Since the jam processing control means for stopping the drive of the feed motor at the time when the medium reaches the above position is provided, it is possible to easily remove the jam medium. It can be moved.

As a result, it is possible to remove the jam medium without removing the cover or disassembling the device, and there is an advantage that the restoration at the time of jam occurrence can be performed quickly.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view illustrating a medium jam.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing a conventional example.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of a conventional example.

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 7,8,9 Sensor 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Feed Roller 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 Clamp Roller 25 Feed Motor 29 Control Section 30 Solenoid

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A traveling path provided with traveling guides for media on the upper and lower sides, a feed roller for conveying the medium along the traveling path, a feed motor for driving the feed roller, and a medium for conveying the medium on the traveling path. In a passbook slip printer including a jam detection unit that detects a jam, a printing unit that performs a printing process on a medium, and a control unit that controls operations of these, when a jam of the medium is detected by the jam detection unit,
The drive direction of the feed motor when a jam is detected is recognized from the inside of the control unit, the feed motor is driven in the direction opposite to this drive direction, and when the medium reaches a position preset as an easy-to-remove position, the medium is moved. A passbook slip printer provided with jam processing control means for stopping driving of a feed motor.