JPH0643081Y2 - Media issuing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention delivers a medium stacked in a hopper, performs a predetermined process on the medium by a medium processing unit, and discharges the medium after the process. The present invention relates to a medium issuing device which is discharged from a device and is issued to a customer.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an internal mechanism of a conventional medium issuing device, and here, a certificate issuing device used in a financial institution will be described as an example.

In the figure, 1 is a medium such as a single-leaf sheet for issuing to a customer as a certificate, 2 is a hopper that stacks a plurality of the mediums 1 and stocks the hopper 2. The hopper 2 has a possible opening, and a feeding roller 3 is provided on the bottom surface of the hopper 2.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a discharge port formed on the front surface of the apparatus, 5 denotes a shutter provided inside the discharge port 4 which can be opened and closed, and 6 is provided between the discharge port 4 and an opening on the lower surface of the hopper 2. It is a transport path.

Reference numeral 7 designates a plurality of pairs of transport rollers arranged along the transport path 6, and these transport rollers 7 are rotationally driven by a drive source (not shown). 1 is provided with a print section as a medium processing section, which includes the print head 8 and a platen 9 facing the print head 8.

In the above-mentioned configuration, in order to issue a certificate describing the transaction content to the customer, the feeding roller 3 is driven by a drive source (not shown) to rotate, and the lowermost one sheet of the medium 1 in the hopper 2 is moved to the hopper. It is fed to the transport path 6 through the opening on the lower surface of 2.

The fed-out medium 1 is sandwiched between a plurality of pairs of conveying rollers 7 provided in the conveying path 6 from above and below, and is conveyed toward the printing unit in accordance with its rotation.

When the print head 8 is conveyed to a predetermined position of the print section, the print head 8 prints according to the transaction content, and the medium 1 becomes a certificate.

When the printing is completed, the medium 1 as a certificate is further conveyed from the printing section by the conveying roller 7 in the conveying path 6 toward the discharge port 4, and when the medium 1 is conveyed before the discharge port 4, the shutter 5 of the discharge port is opened. The medium 1 is evacuated and opened, whereby the medium 1 is ejected from the ejection port 4 and issued to the customer.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, according to the conventional technology, when a plurality of media are issued to the same customer, the customer receives each media one by one and repeats the receiving operation until the last media is ejected. There is a problem of having to perform a troublesome operation.

Also, since the customer does not know the number of media to be issued,
There is also a problem that when the first ejected medium is received, it is mistaken for the transaction to be completed, and the customer returns without receiving the remaining medium, which causes a problem.

The present invention was made to solve the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to solve the troublesome operation of the customer receiving the media discharged one by one from the discharge port one by one, and to prevent the trouble from occurring due to the unremoved media.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a medium stacked in a hopper, performs a predetermined process on the medium in a medium processing unit, and discharges the processed medium from a discharge port to a customer. In a medium issuing device for issuing, a first conveying unit that is provided so as to extend from the hopper through the medium processing unit toward the discharge port, and that nips and conveys the medium fed from the hopper. And a retractable positioning stopper that also functions as a shutter and that is provided at the discharge port, and is provided between the positioning stopper and the first transport path. Separately, it has a pair of upper and lower second conveying means which are driven only at the time of collecting and discharging the medium, and one of them can be opened and closed with respect to the other, and when the medium is accumulated, the first one is opened with respect to the other. Means of transportation The medium sent from the second conveying means at the lower side is conveyed until the front end hits the stopper, the medium is accumulated, and when the accumulated medium is discharged, the medium is moved to the upper and lower sides. Second transport path that is sandwiched by the transport means and discharged to the customer from the discharge port, and an intermediate portion of the first sheet of media accumulated in the second transport path from the top to the bottom of the second transport path. When the second and subsequent mediums are conveyed by pressing the medium toward the conveying means, the frictional force between the second and lower mediums on the lower side is increased. The pressing means and the plurality of media are stacked on the second transport path, the rear end of the media previously stacked on the second transport path is pushed up against the pressing means, and the first The leading end of the succeeding medium conveyed by the conveying means is collided with the leading end of the second medium. Characterized in that a push-up means for positioning to enter under the rear end of the integrated media sending passage.

[Action]

According to the present invention having such a configuration, when a plurality of media are issued to the same customer, the first medium fed from the inside of the hopper to the first feeding path by the feeding roller is fed to the first feeding means. After carrying out predetermined processing in the medium processing section, further carrying and carrying until the leading end abuts on the positioning stopper by the second carrying means and stops, and is accumulated on the second carrying path. The first medium is pressed by the pressing means toward the lower side of the second conveying path in the second conveying path.

After that, after the second medium is fed out and processed by the medium processing unit, when this medium is conveyed by the first conveying unit, one of the second conveying units opens with respect to the other, The push-up member rises and pushes up the rear end of the medium in the second transport path, and in this state, the front end of the second medium hits the push-up member and the rear end of the first medium When the front end of the second medium is positioned below the medium, the push-up member moves down and the second transport unit is driven, and the second medium on the lower side transports the second medium. .

At this time, the medium is pressed by the pressing member toward the lower second transport means, so that the transport force for the medium is secured, and the second medium is slid under the first medium and stacked. be able to.

Further, when the third and subsequent certificates are issued, the above operation is repeated to collect the media, and after all the media to be issued have completed the integration, the positioning stopper retracts to remove the accumulated media. It is sandwiched by the upper and lower second conveying means and is discharged collectively from the discharge port to be issued to the customer.

〔Example〕

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a side view showing the internal mechanism of the medium issuing device of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the medium integration process in the embodiment of FIG.

Note that this embodiment will also be described using the certificate issuing device as an example.

In the figure, 1 is a medium, 2 is a hopper, 3 is a delivery roller, 4 is a discharge port, 6 is a conveyance path, 7 is a conveyance roller, 8 is a print head, and 9 is a platen. Since they are the same, the same reference numerals are given and detailed description thereof will be omitted, but in the present embodiment, the transport path 6 is made shorter than the conventional one to be the first transport path. Firstly, the transport roller 7 provided along
It is used as a transportation means.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a second transport path provided between the discharge port 4 and the first transport path 6, and the pair of transport rollers 7a and 7b provided at the second transport path 10 respectively transport belts 11a. , 11b are stretched, and the upper conveyor belt 11a can be moved up and down together with the conveyor roller 7a.
A pair of upper and lower second conveying means is constituted by 11a and 11b, and the second conveying path means is rotationally driven by a drive source different from the first conveying means composed of the conveying rollers 7. It has become.

Reference numeral 12 is a first magnet located above the second transport path 10, and the first magnet 12 is supported by a transport roller 7a on which the upper transport belt 11a is stretched via a link arm 13. The upper conveyor belt 11a is moved up and down by sucking or releasing it. Normally, the lower conveyor belt 7b is set in a suction state.
Is in contact with.

A pressing member 14 is a pressing member that presses the medium 1 conveyed to the second conveying path 10 toward the conveying belt 11b side below from above, and is urged by a spring.

Denoted at 15 is a retractable positioning stopper that also functions as a shutter provided in the discharge port 4, and is the same as the shutter 5 described above.

Reference numeral 16 is a second magnet connected to the positioning stopper 15. By attracting or releasing the second magnet 16, the positioning stopper 15 is operated to open and close the discharge port 4.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a push-up member as a push-up means that is provided on the opposite side of the positioning stopper 15 so as to be able to move up and down with a constant space sandwiching the second transport path 10, and 18 is a third magnet. The third magnet 18 is connected to the push-up member 17 via an arm 19.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

A certificate is generated in accordance with the instructed suction contents as in the conventional case, but if one medium is issued for this transaction, the operation is similar to the conventional operation, and therefore, The description of the operation is omitted, and the case where two or more media are issued for the instructed transaction content will be described.

According to the contents of the transaction instructed by the customer, the feeding roller 3 on the bottom of the hopper 2 is rotationally driven, and one lowermost layer of the media 1 stacked and stocked in the hopper 2 is fed to the first transport path 6.

The fed-out medium 1 is nipped by a conveying roller 7 from above and below, is conveyed to a printing unit as the conveying roller 7 rotates, and is conveyed to a predetermined position on a platen 9 by a print head 8. The transaction details instructed by are printed.

The medium 1 on which printing has been completed is again conveyed by the conveying roller 7 in the first conveying path 6 toward the discharge port 4.

At this time, since the push-up member 17 is in a standby state under the first transport path 6, the medium 1 is transported as it is, enters the second transport path 10, and is further transported by the transport belts 11a and 11b. When the tip of the medium 1 hits the positioning stopper 15 in front of the second transport path 10, the rotation of the transport rollers 7a and 7b in the second transport path 10 is stopped and the transport of the medium 1 is stopped. In (4), it waits for the second and subsequent media to be conveyed and stops.

Then, the second medium 1 is fed out from the hopper 2 in the same manner as the first medium 1 and subjected to the printing process, and then is conveyed to the second conveying path 10 by the conveying roller 7.

At this time, the transport rollers 7a and 7b of the second transport means provided in the second transport path 10 are the transport rollers 7 that are the first transport means.
Since it is driven separately from and stopped, the second medium 1
Even if the transport roller 7 is rotated to transport the second medium, the first medium 1 is moved to the second position with the positioning stopper 15 abutting against the second medium 1.
It is stopped at the position where it was stopped on the transport path 10.

Here, a procedure for accumulating the second medium 1 that has been conveyed and the first medium 1 that has stopped by contacting the positioning stopper will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 2 (a), the first magnet 12
And the link arm 13 raises the upper carrying roller 7a and the carrying belt 11a of the second carrying means to separate them from the lower carrying roller 7b and the carrying belt 11b.
The third magnet 18 is attracted and the arm 19 pushes up the member.
17 is moved up, and the rear end of the first medium 1 staying in the second transport path 10 is pushed upward.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the second medium 1 is conveyed by the conveying rollers 7, the tip of the second medium 1 strikes the push-up member 17, whereby the tip of the second medium 1 is conveyed. Is positioned below the trailing edge of the first medium 1.

After this, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the third magnet 18
Is released to lower the push-up member 17 and retract it from the transport path 6, and the second transport means is driven to transport the second and subsequent media 1 by the belt 11b on the lower side thereof. It is slid under the medium 1 and collected.

In this state, the upper conveyor belt 11a is raised, but the pressing member 14 urged by the spring causes the medium 1 to move.
Is pressed against the lower transport belt 11b, the second medium 1 slides under the first medium 1 and collides with the positioning stopper 15 to accumulate at a position where it is stopped.

Further, when the third and subsequent mediums 1 are issued, the above-described stacking operation is repeated, and after the stacking of the predetermined number of media 1s to be issued is completed, the second magnet 16 is attracted to the discharge port. Positioning stopper 15 that doubles as shutter 5
Of the plurality of media 1 accumulated on the second transport path 10 by retracting the sheet from the transport path 6 and opening the sheet, and at the same time attracting the first magnet 12 to lower the upper transport belt 11a.
Between the lower conveyor belt 11b and the conveyor belt 11b.
By rotating the plurality of media 1 in a batch
More discharged and issued to customers.

From the point of view of customer service, if the method is to integrate subsequent media on the preceding media, edit the entered transaction data and print the last data on the first media. However, according to the above-described embodiment, since the subsequent medium is accumulated under the preceding medium, processing means such as print data editing and processing time are unnecessary. Become.

[Effect of device]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY As described above, the present invention is provided so as to extend from a hopper accumulating media to a discharge port via a media processing unit, and to sandwich and convey the media fed from the hopper. A first transport path having a transport means, a retractable positioning stopper that also functions as a shutter provided in the discharge port, and is provided between the positioning stopper and the first transport path. Separately from the means, a pair of upper and lower second members that are driven only when collecting and discharging the medium
Of the medium, one of which can be opened and closed with respect to the other, and the one end of the medium sent by the first conveying means is abutted against the stopper in a state where one is opened with respect to the other when accumulating the medium. When the medium is conveyed by the second conveying means on the lower side to collect the medium and the accumulated medium is discharged, the medium is sandwiched by the upper and lower second conveying means and discharged from the discharge port to the customer. The second transport path for the second transport means and the intermediate portion of the first medium accumulated in the second transport path from above to the second transport means on the lower side, and the second transport path on the lower side. When the second and subsequent media are transported by the second transport means, the lower second transport means and the pressing means for increasing the frictional force between the second and subsequent media, and the plurality of media When accumulating on the conveying path, the rear end of the medium previously accumulated on the second conveying path is used as the pressing means. And pushes it up, and collides the leading end of the following medium conveyed by the first conveying means, and positions the leading end of the medium to be inserted below the rear end of the medium accumulated in the second conveying path. The following effects can be obtained because of the configuration including the pushing-up means.

That is, in the present invention, when a plurality of media are issued to the same customer, after all the media are accumulated in the second transport path, they are collectively ejected from the ejection port and issued to the customer. As a result, the customer can reliably receive the media that are collectively ejected at one time, and the receiving operation is not repeated many times as in the conventional case. It is possible to eliminate the annoyance to the customer and to prevent the occurrence of troubles due to forgetting to remove the second and subsequent media.

Further, when a plurality of media are stacked on the second transport path, the pressing means presses the intermediate portion of the first media from the upper side to the second transport means on the lower side, and the lower second transport means is pressed. When the second and subsequent media are transported by the second transport means, the frictional force between the lower second transport means and the second and subsequent media is increased, so that the transport force reaches the positioning stopper. The effect that it can be forcibly maintained and reliable transportation is obtained,
This allows the media to be aligned and accumulated on the second transport path.

Further, since the push-up member forcibly guides between the first sheet of medium to which a pressing force for forcibly obtaining the conveying force is applied and the lower second conveying means, a curved three-dimensional conveying path is formed. Since it is not necessary and a flat transport path is sufficient, it is possible to obtain an effect that it can be applied to an apparatus having a small thickness.

Further, since the pair of upper and lower second transport means provided in the second transport path are driven only when the medium is collected and discharged, that is, the first transport means provided in the first transport path removes the medium. Since it is in a stopped state while being conveyed, it is possible to obtain an effect that an unnecessary conveying force is not applied to the accumulation medium and the accumulation medium is not buckled or damaged.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a side view showing an internal mechanism of a medium issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a process of accumulating media in the embodiment of FIG. FIG. 3 is a side view showing the internal mechanism of a conventional medium issuing device. 1 ... Medium 2 ... Hopper 6 ... First transport path 7 ... Transport rollers 11a, 11b ... Transport roller 10 ... Second transport path 11a, 11b ... Transport belt 12 ... First magnet 14 …… Pressing member 15 …… Positioning stopper 16 …… Second magnet 17 …… Pushing member 18 …… Third magnet

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A medium issuing device for feeding out a medium stacked in a hopper, performing a predetermined process on the medium by a medium processing unit, and discharging the processed medium from a discharge port to a customer. A first transport path which is provided so as to extend from the hopper through the medium processing section toward the discharge port, and which has a first transport means for sandwiching and transporting the medium fed from the hopper. And a retractable positioning stopper that also functions as a shutter provided at the discharge port, and is provided between the positioning stopper and the first transport path, and when collecting and discharging the medium separately from the first transport means. It has a pair of upper and lower second conveying means that are driven only when one of the second conveying means is opened and closed with respect to the other, and is fed by the first conveying means in a state where one is opened with respect to the other when accumulating media. Come medium The second conveying means on the lower side to collect the medium until the tip of the sheet hits the stopper, and when the accumulated medium is discharged, the medium is sandwiched between the upper and lower second conveying means. The second transport path for discharging to the customer from the discharge port and the intermediate portion of the first medium accumulated in the second transport path are pressed from the upper side to the lower second transport unit side. A plurality of sheets, a pressing means for increasing the frictional force between the second transporting medium on the lower side and the mediums on the second and subsequent sheets when transporting the second medium onward by the second transporting means on the lower side. The medium is accumulated on the second conveying path, the rear end of the medium previously accumulated on the second conveying path is pushed up against the pressing means and is conveyed by the first conveying means. The leading edge of the following medium coming in A medium issuing device, comprising: a push-up means for positioning so as to enter below a rear end.