JPH07120444B2 - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Use The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device internally configured in, for example, an automatic ticket vending machine used in station service, and more specifically, ordinary tickets, large tickets, The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for issuing various tickets, such as perforated multi-pass tickets.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, various types of tickets, such as small-sized ordinary tickets, large-sized tickets such as round-trip tickets with perforations, and spell-count tickets with many perforations with long pieces, are available depending on the type of ticket. Tickets are issued by a dedicated ticket issuing device.

However, when issuing these various tickets, a dedicated ticket issuing device is required for each ticket type, which increases the number of installations, which is uneconomical, has a low operating rate, and requires a large installation space. Was.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention The present invention can issue various types of ordinary tickets, large-sized tickets, and spelling-number tickets with one device, and is an effective issue of ordinary tickets that are frequently used. An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device that can perform effective ticket issuing processing for large-sized tickets and spelled number-of-times tickets without hindering processing, has a high ticket issuing processing capability, and is downsized.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem The present invention is a ticket issuing device that issues a ticket by executing a cutting process of a cutting unit and a printing process of a printing unit on a ticket-issuing sheet fed from a feeding unit Is connected to the feeding section of the ticket-issuing paper through the cutting section and the printing section, and the trailing end side is connected to the ticket discharge port by a straight conveyor belt, and the starting end side is the ordinary ticket discharge conveyance. A large-size ticket discharging / conveying path connected in common to the starting end side of the path and having a perforation device arranged at the starting end side, and a terminal end side connected to an intermediate portion of the ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path, and a starting end side. A ticket issuing device comprising a perforated-number ticket discharging / conveying path connected to a rear side of a perforation device arranged in the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path, and a terminal side thereof connected to a ticket discharging port through a conveying guide member. It is characterized by being.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, the ordinary ticket is used for the ordinary ticket discharge / conveyance path, the large-sized ticket is changed to the large-sized variation discharge / conveyance path, and the number-of-stitch tickets is changed to the number-of-stitch-times ticket discharge / conveyance path. Since corresponding discharge transport paths are provided, various tickets can be selected and issued by properly using these transport paths.

Therefore, although it is a one-ticket issuing device, it has a high ticket processing capacity for issuing multiple ticket types, reducing the number of installed devices and reducing costs.
It is possible to efficiently improve the operating rate and save space.

Furthermore, since the ordinary ticket discharge / conveyance path is formed by a conveyor belt with a linear discharge distance set to be short,
Regular tickets and large tickets connected to this transport path can be discharged in the shortest time, and even large tickets with high transport resistance can be smoothly transported and released without being jammed by the guide member due to friction. can do.

Furthermore, since the perforation device, which is considered to be an obstacle to the ticket issuing process for the ordinary ticket, is formed on a conveyance path different from the ordinary ticket discharging and conveying path, it does not hinder the ticket issuing process for the ordinary ticket. Despite having the function of issuing large-sized tickets and spelled-count tickets, high-speed processing equivalent to that of an independent ordinary ticket issuing device can be obtained when issuing ordinary tickets.

Furthermore, since the splicing-counting ticket discharging and conveying path is connected to the latter stage of the perforation apparatus through the conveyance guide member, the perforation apparatus can be operated in a state where the large-sized ticket and the binding-counting ticket are unrelated to the ordinary ticket. It can be shared, and the size of the device can be reduced.

Further, by connecting the end side of the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path to the middle part of the ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path, the ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path is utilized as much as possible to increase the speed of the ticket issuing process and further the apparatus. Can be miniaturized.

Furthermore, although the discharge conveyance path is set to be long for the number-of-staples ticket discharging and conveying path, since the long-piece number-of-times ticket is passed through an independent conveying path and the large-sized ticket conveying path is not used, It is possible to form a long discharge and transport path suitable for eliminating a jam that is likely to be induced in the spelling coupon and prevent the jam.

When a perforation rotary cutter is used for the perforation device described above, the cutter can be rotated in synchronization with the transportation speed of the ticket-issuing paper, so that perforation processing can be performed while the ticket-issuing paper is transported, and the perforation processing can be performed. Even when inserting the ticket, the ticketing time can be surely shortened.

(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 ticket issuing device incorporated in an automatic ticket vending machine. In FIG. 1, this ticket issuing device 11 includes a roll paper holder 13 holding a roll paper 12 for ticket issuing, and roll paper 12 fed from this roll paper 12 is In the cutter device 14, the ordinary ticket length, the large ticket length, and the multiple ticket length are cut according to the ticket issuing signal,
And printer of thermal printing method using thermal head 15
The printed contents corresponding to each ticket are printed with, and the ordinary ticket is discharged to the saucer 17 through the ordinary ticket discharge / conveyance path 16, and the large ticket is perforated by the perforation device 18, and then the large ticket. Discharge transport path 19
It is discharged to the tray 17 through the, and the spliced coupons are similarly perforated by the perforation device 18, and then the coupon ticket discharge / conveyance path.
It is discharged to the saucer 17 via 20.

The ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path 16 is composed of a conveying belt, and the starting end side of the ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path 16 is passed through the cutter device 14 and the printing device 15 to the roll paper 12.
Is connected to the feeding portion of the above, and the end side from this is linearly inclined and connected to the lower ticket discharge port 21 communicating with the external tray 17. By connecting in a straight line, the ticket is discharged at the shortest discharging distance, and the ticketing time is shortened.

A common starting end of the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 and the number-of-times ticket discharging / conveying path 20 is connected to the starting end side of the ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path 16, and the first distribution plate 22 is connected to the connection branch portion. Is arranged, and the distribution control is performed by the first distribution plate 22 to one of the transport paths.

Further, the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 is composed of a conveying belt, and the starting end side thereof corresponds to the position of the above-mentioned first distributing plate 22, and in the subsequent stage, in synchronization with the conveying speed of the roll paper 12 at the same speed. A perforation device 18 including a rotating comb-tooth-shaped perforation rotary cutter 23 is provided, and the end side thereof is connected to the intermediate portion of the ordinary ticket discharge / conveyance path 16 described above.

Further, the above-described multi-pass ticket discharging / conveying path 20 has a perforation device 18 having a starting end side common to the starting end side of the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 described above.
Is connected to the rear stage side, and the terminal side is inclinedly connected to the ticket outlet 21 below.

In addition, a second distribution plate 24 is provided at a branch portion between the large-sized ticket discharge / conveyance path 19 and the multiple ticket discharge / conveyance path 20 which are commonly connected, and the distribution control is performed to either one.

In this case, the coupon ticket discharge / conveyance path 20 includes the first and second distribution plates.
It is formed in a relatively long conveying path via 22, 24, and this conveying length is a conveying path suitable for the length of the coupon ticket of the long piece. Therefore, there is no possibility of causing a conveyance obstacle such as abutting on the tray 17 of.

In the figure, S1 is an ordinary ticket detection sensor, S2 is an ordinary large-sized ticket detection sensor, S3 is a splicing number ticket detection sensor, M1 is a printing motor, M2 is a conveyance motor, M3 is a perforation motor, and 25 is a third for collection. A distribution plate, 26 is a conveyance roller, and 27 is a conveyance guide member.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, the above-described perforation device 18 is provided with a comb-tooth-shaped perforation rotary cutter 23 that forms perforations in the conveying process. It is provided so that the roll paper 12 is rotated at a rotation speed that is synchronized with the conveyance speed of the roll paper 12 guided to form a perforation while passing through the perforation device 18.

In this perforated rotary cutter 23, comb-shaped cutters 29 having a roll paper width length are fixed to both flat surfaces of a flat plate-shaped rotary shaft 28 by fixing each screw 30 in a state of being equally divided into two in the circumferential direction. Every time the flat plate-shaped rotary shaft 28 is rotated by half, the tip edge of the comb-shaped cutter 29 comes into contact with the surface of a cylindrical toothed tooth 31 to be described later, and perforations are formed on the roll paper 12 passing between them.

Then, the perforated rotary cutter 23 is replaced with the gate-shaped frame 32.
The gate-shaped frame is supported by the upper part of the
Support at 32. Both ends of these are rotatably supported by a gate-shaped frame 32, and the frame 32 is arranged at a common starting end portion of the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 and the number-of-times ticket discharging / conveying path 20.

The rotational force of this perforated rotary cutter 23 is
One shaft portion of the flat plate type rotary shaft 28 extending laterally is rotated by receiving the driving force of the perforation motor M3 via a rotary drive device (not shown).

In this case, the cylindrical tooth 31 is in a free state, but may be provided so as to rotate in synchronization with the perforation rotary cutter 23.

FIG. 6 shows a block diagram of the control circuit of the ticket issuing device, which includes a CPU 61.
Controls each circuit device according to the program stored in the ROM 62, and stores the control data in the RAM 63 and reads it.

The operation state of the ticket issuing device configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9.

First, when issuing ordinary tickets, as shown in FIG.
Based on the input of the ticket issuing signal for the ordinary ticket, in the first step 71, the carry motor M2 is driven and the roll paper 12 is fed.
Is fed to a predetermined length, and in a second step 72, the fed roll paper 12 is cut into a regular ticket length by a cutter device 14, and in a third step 73, the printing content of the regular ticket is printed by the printing device 15. . Then, after printing, in the fourth step 74, the first distribution plate 22 set to the fixed position is set.
The ordinary ticket is discharged to the receiving tray 17 below through the ordinary ticket discharge / conveyance path 16 by the sorting action.

Further, FIG. 8 shows a case where a large-sized ticket with perforations is issued, and in step 11 81, the transport motor M2 is driven and the roll paper 12
Is fed for a predetermined length, and in the twelfth step 82, the first distribution plate 22 is distributed,
The roll paper 12 is set so as to be guided toward the large-sized ticket discharge / conveyance path 19 side. Then, in the thirteenth step 83, the fed roll paper 12 is printed by the printer 15
The printing contents of the large-sized ticket are printed by and are guided to the perforation device 18. Then, in a fourteenth step 84, as shown in FIG. 2, the perforation rotary cutter 23 rotates with respect to the roll paper 12 guided to the perforation device 18 at a timing corresponding to the perforation cutting position. First, as the roll paper 12 is rotated at the same speed as the conveyance speed, as shown in FIG.
29 makes peripheral contact with the surface of the cylindrical tooth receiving tooth 31, and perforates the large-sized ticket.

In this case, since the perforation rotary cutter 23 is rotated in the same direction as the conveying direction that does not give resistance to the large-sized ticket conveyed in the conveying direction to form the perforations, an overload may be given to the sheet surface. Without, smooth and beautiful perforations can be obtained. Then, in the fifteenth step 85, the perforated large-sized ticket is cut into the large-sized ticket length by the cutter device 14, and then in the sixteenth step 86, it is placed at a fixed position on the second distribution plate 24. By the set sorting action, the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 is discharged to the lower tray 17 via the ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path 16.

FIG. 9 shows the case of issuing a number-of-staples ticket with perforations. In step 21 91, the transport motor M2 is driven to roll paper 12
In a 22nd step 92, the first distribution plate 22 is distributed so as to guide the roll paper 12 to the rotation speed discharge transport path 20 side on the perforated side, and the 23rd step At 93, the second distribution plate 24 is distributed,
The roll paper 12 is set so as to be guided to the side of the number-of-times ticket discharge / conveyance path 20. Then, in a twenty-fourth step 94, the printing device 15
Print the printed contents of the coupon ticket with
Lead to.

In a twenty-fifth step 95, perforations are continuously placed on the roll paper 12 guided to the perforation device 18 at required pitches in the same manner as the large-sized ticket described above. Then, at the 26th step 96, when the perforations corresponding to the specified number of sheets are inserted, at the 27th step 97, the cutter device 14 cuts the coupons into lengths, and then at the 28th step 98, the coupons are conveyed by the transport rollers. In response to the transport driving force of 26 or the like, the tray 17 below the coupon discharge transport path 20
Is released to.

In this case, since it is possible to perform perforation processing while conveying the coupon ticket, the printing finish is good and continuous printing can be performed.

As described above, since there are transport processing routes according to each type of the small-sized ordinary ticket, the large-sized large-sized ticket, and the long-sized spliced number-of-times ticket, various types of tickets can be used by properly using these transportation paths. It has a high ticketing processing capability that can select and issue a ticket.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the ticket issuing device of the present invention corresponds to the ticket issuing device 11 of the embodiment, and hereinafter, similarly, the ticket issuing paper corresponds to the roll paper 12, and the cutting unit is The printing device corresponds to the cutter device 14, and the printing unit corresponds to the printing device 15. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a ticket issuing device, FIGS. 2 and 3 are explanatory views showing an operating state of a perforation rotary cutter, and FIG. 4 is a perforation device. Partial longitudinal front view, FIG. 5 is a side view of the perforation device, FIG. 6 is a control circuit block diagram of the ticket issuing device, and FIGS. 7 to 9 are flowcharts of the ticket issuing device. 11 …… Ticket issuing device, 12 …… Roll paper 14 …… Cutter device, 15 …… Printing device 16,19,20 …… Ejecting and conveying path, 18 …… Perforation device 21 …… Ticket ejection port, 23 …… Sewing machine Eye rotation cutter 27 …… Transportation guide member

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket issuing device for issuing a ticket by performing a cutting process of a cutting unit and a printing process of a printing unit on a ticket-issuing paper fed from a feeding unit, the starting side of which is through the cutting unit and the printing unit. Connected to the feeding section of the issued ticket paper, and the end side is connected to the ticket outlet in a straight line by a conveyor belt, and the starting end side is commonly connected to the starting end side of the ordinary ticket discharge conveying path. In addition, a perforation device is provided at the starting end side, and the end side is connected to the middle part of the ordinary ticket discharging and conveying path, and the starting end side is arranged at the large ticket discharging and conveying path. A ticket issuing device, comprising: a perforated-number ticket discharging and conveying path, which is connected to a rear side of a perforated device and whose end side is connected to a ticket discharging port through a conveying guide member.