JPH0641336B2 - How to set slip paper - Google Patents

Description

Description: (a) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a voucher such as a receipt or a copy journal issued to a customer in an automatic teller machine or an apparatus for handling forms used in banking business. The present invention relates to a method for setting slip sheets for automatically initializing sheets.

(B) Background of the Invention Conventionally, in an apparatus for carrying and processing slip sheets of this type, two slip sheets provided in a belt shape are superposed and continuously conveyed, and two sheets are superposed in the conveying process. The transaction data is printed on the slip paper, then one is cut into a certain size for issuance and is discharged, and the other is wound for a copy.

However, when initially setting a stack of two sheets of slip paper, an attendant guides both slip paper sheets through a series of conveyance lines such as between rollers to be set and between print facing portions, and both slip paper sheets are set. It is necessary to set them while considering so as not to interfere with each other. For this reason, the setting work is troublesome and troublesome, and the initial setting operation cannot be easily performed.

(C) Object of the Invention Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for setting a slip sheet, which can automatically set the slip sheet and eliminate the troublesome initial setting work by a staff member.

(D) Summary of the Invention The present invention is characterized in that it is a method for setting a slip sheet in which both slip sheets are independently conveyed in a set state in which two sheets are stacked and set automatically.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, at the time of setting, one of the slip sheets to be set is driven and set so that the two slip sheets to be set do not interfere with each other at the time of setting. Since these slip sheets are set by driving, it is possible to accurately set both of these slip sheets.

Therefore, the two slip sheets are automatically set without the need for a staff member, labor can be saved based on this automation, and the two sheets can be set in a stacked state easily and in a short time.

(F) Embodiment of the Invention One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawing shows a slip issuing device built into an automatic teller machine, and in FIG. 1, this slip issuing device stacks a receipt 11 to be issued to a customer and a journal 12 for backup, and stacks them separately and independently. The feed line 13, an imprint roller 14 as a printing device installed in the line 13, a dot printer 15, and a card transport path 17 for transporting the cash card 16 to these print positions are provided.

The above-described receipt 11 has dotted line perforations 1a at a constant length in the conveyance width direction, and these perforations 11 are further provided.
A detection mark (not shown) printed in black is provided on one side edge between a and 11a, and the receipt 11 is stored in the receipt storage box 18 in a state of being folded in a number at the perforations. Then, the starting end side of the receipt 11 is taken out in a continuous state from the open side of the upper surface of the box 18.

Similarly, the journal 12 also has dotted line perforations 12a at constant lengths in the conveyance width direction, and a detection mark printed in black on one side edge between the perforations 12a, 12a (not shown). ), The journal 12 is folded in a large number at the perforation and is housed in the journal housing box 19, and the journal 12 is continuously connected from the open side of the upper surface of the box 19. The starting side is taken out.

In the above-mentioned stacking feed line 13, several receipt take-out rollers 20 ... And their pinch rollers 21 ... Are sequentially arranged on the starting side from the take-out position of the receipt 11 to the subsequent stage, and the journal take-out rollers 22. The pinch rollers 23 ... Are sequentially arranged from the take-out position of the journal 12 to the subsequent stage.

These take-out rollers 20, ..., 22 ... Are respectively driven by a first pulse motor M ₁ for receipt feeding and a first pulse motor M ₂ for journal feeding, either synchronously or independently.

In the subsequent stage of each of the rollers 20 to 23, a plurality of pairs of guide rollers 24 corresponding to the upper and lower sides are arranged along the transport direction, and between the stands of the guide rollers 24.
An imprint roller 14 as a printing device and a dot printer 15 are arranged.

The imprint roller 14 is a roller for copying the emboss code of the cash card 16, and the cash card 16 is sandwiched between the upper and lower sides of the roller 14 and the print compatible roller 25 to emboss the code on the receipt 11 and the journal 12. Is printed.

The dot printer 15 is provided with a print head 26 and a platen 27 at a vertical position sandwiching the sheet transport surface, and prints the transaction content on the receipt 11 and the journal 12 transported during this period.

Then, in the latter stage of the printing position, the journal conveyor belt 2
8, the journal 12 conveyed from the former stage is guided by the belt 28 to the take-up reel 29 arranged in the latter stage and wound up. This journal transport belt 28 is composed of several journal take-up rollers 3
0, and the third winding motor M ₃ for winding the journal drives the above-described winding reel 29 and journal receiving roller 30.

By the way, as shown in FIG. 2, in the branch path between the journal 12 and the receipt 11, when the journal 12 is initially set, the leading end side of the carried journal 12 is taken into the journal carrying belt 28 side. The guide plate 28a is provided with a take-in guide 28a, and the first solenoid SOL ₁ connected to the take-up guide 28a advances the guide plate 28a onto the stacking and conveying line 13 to take in and guide the journal 12. Move backwards.

A pair of winding guide levers 29a, 29a facing each other is provided on the end side of the conveyor belt 28, and the levers 29a, 29a turn on the second and third solenoids SOL ₂ and SOL ₃ . By operation, a narrow guide path for the take-up reel 29 is formed, and the journal 12 conveyed and guided by the guide path is wound in the winding groove 29b of the take-up reel 29.
Is wound around and wound around, and the pair of levers 29b, 29b is opened by the OFF operation.

On the other hand, in the subsequent stage of the printing position on the receipt side, the receipt feeding roller 31 driven by the receipt driving fourth pulse motor M ₄ and the clamp roller 3 which is in contact with the receipt feeding roller 31.
2 is provided, and a cutter device 33 and a distribution plate 34 are provided in the subsequent stage.

A plurality of pairs of guide rollers 35 ... And feed rollers 36 ... Are arranged on one side of the distribution, and the receipt 11 is guided to the receipt discharge port 37 by these rollers 35 ... 36. It is guided to the receipt collection box 38 via the guide roller 35 and the feed roller 36.

In addition, the above-mentioned feed roller 36 is the positive / negative of the fifth motor M ₅ .
The receipt 11 is conveyed in a predetermined direction in response to the reverse conveyance action.

The card transport path 17 described above uses the imprint roller 14 for inserting the cash card 16 inserted through the card insertion port 39.
Of the card reader 40 and the first / second card detection sensor S in the carrying path 17.
_1. S ₂ and the card taking-in roller 41 and the corresponding pinch roller 42 are arranged in the carrying direction,
6 advances and retreats on the conveyance path 17, and the emboss code of the card 16 is copied.

The receipt 11 and the journal 12 described above are
Fifth motor _M 1 the rollers 20 to 24, 3 through ~M ₅
By the forward / reverse action of 0 to 32, 35, and 36, the stacking conveyance and the conveyance control as an independent conveyance device are performed. For example, when independently conveying the receipt 11 side, the receipt 11 is retractably independently conveyed through the roller of the first and fourth, fifth motor M _1, M _4, M ₅ and its sequence.

When the journal 12 is independently conveyed, the journal 12 is independently conveyed so as to be movable back and forth via the second and third motors M ₂ and M ₃ and the rollers of the series.

Therefore, when the embossing code is imprinted only on one sheet, for example, the journal 12, it is imprinted on the journal 12 with the other receipt 11 retracted, and the non-printed area of the retracted receipt 11 Used as the print area.

When printing on only one sheet, for example, the receipt 11, with the dot printer 15, the journal 12 is retracted or a part of the journal 12 is made insensitive.
Printing is performed on the receipt 11 with the feeding of the journal 12 stopped, and the non-printing area of the journal 12 is effectively used as the next printing area.

Even when the receipt 11 side is imprinted only or the journal 12 side is printed, only one of them is imprinted or printed by the same independent transport operation. Furthermore, when superimposed conveying, by synchronously driving the first to fifth motor M ₁ ~M _5, receipt 11 and the journal 12 is conveyed superposed, and in this conveying process when necessary, overlaid printing facilities To be done.

A receipt mark detection sensor S ₃ and a journal mark detection sensor S ₄ are arranged between the above-described imprint roller 14 and the dot printer 15 in the subsequent stage, and these sensors S ₃ , S ₄ are It is arranged at a position corresponding to each detection mark of the receipt 11 and the journal 12, and when the detection marks are detected through these sensors S ₃ and S ₄ , the initial setting direction of the receipt 11 or the journal 12 is not appropriate. If it is determined that there is an error, and it cannot be detected, it is determined that the state is an erroneous set state.

Further, based on the detection signal, the control unit receives the receipt 1
1 and the journal 12 are accurately fed and controlled. For example, when a receipt detection sensor S ₃ detects the detection mark of the receipt 11 is a print position where it and the corresponding print head 26 perforations 11a to the platen 27 is opposed,
The sheet is quickly skipped and moved forward in the conveying direction to avoid the printing on the perforation 11a and be conveyed.

In the figure, SW ₁ is a receipt detection switch, which detects the presence / absence of the receipt 11 at the receipt taking-out portion, and S
W ₂ is a journal detection switch, which detects the presence / absence of the journal 12 in the journal extraction portion. Further, a receipt detection sensor S ₅ is provided in the preceding stage of the printing position, and a journal detection sensor S ₆ is provided in the preceding stage of the take-up reel 29, and when the receipt 11 and the journal 12 are controlled for each feed. Presence / absence is detected. 43 is a guide member.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of a control circuit for the receipt 11 and the journal 12 at the time of initial setting.
Drives and controls each circuit device according to the program stored in the ROM 45, and the RAM 46 stores the data,
read out. The interface 47 is a circuit device and a CPU.
44 is connected.

The operation state of the initial set of the voucher issuing apparatus thus configured will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

When initially setting these two types of paper, it is suitable to carry the sheets one by one independently and perform the initial setting. First, in the first step 51, the journal 12 is stored in the journal storage box 19 for the journal 12. It is detected by the journal detection switch SW ₂ that the sheet can be further conveyed, and in the second step 52, the receipt detection sensor S ₅ also detects that the other receipt 11 has not been delivered from the receipt storage box 18 either. For example, in the third step 53, the first solenoid SOL ₁ is turned on to move the intake guide plate 28a forward, and the journal 1
2 is provided so as to be guided to the take-up reel 29 side, and in the fourth and fifth steps 54 and 55, the second and third solenoids SOL ₂ and SOL ₃ are turned on respectively, and the pair of take-up guide levers 29 a and 29 a. When the take-up conveyance path is formed in step 6, the journal 12 is conveyed and driven in the sixth step 56, and if it is detected by the journal detection sensor S ₆ that the tip of the journal 12 has passed in the seventh step 57, the eighth step is performed. At 58, the time until the tip portion of the journal 12 is wound several times on the take-up reel 29 is set, and at a ninth step 59, it is determined whether or not the set time is up, and the time is up. Then, the journal 12 is wound around the take-up reel 29 several times, and it is determined that the journal 12 is initially set. In the tenth step 60, the first solenoid SOL ₁ OF
And F, to retract the capture guide plate 28a to the original position, at the 11-twelfth step 61, 62, the second and third solenoid _SOL 2-SOL ₃ are respectively OFF, ON hinder the winding operation When the journal 12 is moved to the empty position, the transportation of the journal 12 is stopped in the thirteenth step 63, and the initial setting operation of the journal 12 is completed.

If it is determined in the above-mentioned second step 52 that the receipt 11 has been delivered from the receipt storage box 18, the receipt 11 is immediately reversed in the fourteenth step 64 so as not to hinder independent conveyance of only the journal 12. In the fifteenth step 65, when the receipt detection sensor S ₅ no longer detects the fed receipt 11, the receipt 11 is fed back and it is determined that the receipt 11 is stored in the receipt storage box 18. The reverse feed drive is stopped, and after the stop, the processing from the third step 53 onward is performed.

Then, when the setting of the journal 12 is completed, the operation for setting the receipt 11 is started, and in the twenty-first step 71, the receipt detection switch SW indicates that the receipt 11 is stored in the receipt storage box 18 and can be conveyed. ₁ detects, and in the 22nd step 72, whether the other journal 12 is set is detected by the journal detection sensor S ₆ , and if the journal 12 is set, this receipt is sent in the 23rd step 73. 11 and the journal 12 are synchronously overlapped and conveyed, and in the twenty-fourth step 74, the receipt mark detection sensor S ₃
When the first detection mark on the receipt 11 is detected and confirmed, the receipt 11 is stopped at the print setting position in the 25th step 75, and the receipt 11 is initially set.

In the second step 52 described above, the journal 1
If it is determined that 2 is not set, the setting operation of the journal 12 after the first step 51 is performed at 26 step 76, and after the journal is set, the processing after the 23rd step 73 is performed.

In this way, the initial setting of both the receipt 11 and the journal 12 is completed.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the initial setting of the receipt 11 and the journal 12 can be automatically performed, it is possible to perform a labor-saving setting operation that does not require a staff member.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the slip sheet of the present invention corresponds to the receipt 11 and the journal 12 of the embodiment, and hereinafter, the overlap feed line corresponds to the overlap feed line 13. , The storage unit corresponds to the receipt storage box 18 and the journal storage box 19, and the independent transport device is the first to fifth motors M _{1 to} M.
₅ and the rollers 20 to 24 and 30 to 32 and the sensors S _{3 to} S ₆ of the transport system, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view of a slip issuing device, FIG. 2 is a side view of a main part of the slip issuing device, FIG. 3 is a control circuit block diagram at the time of setting, and FIG. Is a flowchart for setting a journal, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart for setting a receipt. 11 ...... receipt, 12 ...... journal 13 ...... overlapped feeding line, 18 ...... receipt storage box 19 ...... journal storage box 20-24, 30-32 ...... roller S ₁ to S ₆ ...... sensor

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Reference number within the agency FI Technical display location G07D 9/00 J 8513-3E (72) Inventor Kenji Doi 10 Hanazono Dodocho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture Address within Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-58-6866 (JP, A) JP-A-52-13911 (JP, A) JP-A-58-69653 (JP, A) JP-A-56- 127534 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for each of the first and second voucher sheets is provided at the front stage of the transport path, and a stack feed line for stacking and transporting both of the voucher sheets is provided at the subsequent stage of the stack. A slip issuing device provided with a conveying path for separating and conveying both of the slip sheets in the latter stage of the line, and an independent conveying device for independently advancing and retracting the slip sheets in the stacking feed line. A method of setting a slip sheet, comprising setting one of the slip sheets and then independently transporting the other slip sheet at the time of initial setting of the slip sheet.