JPH07249135A - Paper sheets issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatize the cancel job of a ticket piece and to rationalize the cancel job by holding the issued paper sheets being cancel objects, deliverying them one by one and transporting the delivered and issued paper sheets to a cancel processing means. CONSTITUTION:Scores of cancel tickets are set for a hopper for cancel ticket in an automatic cancel mechanism as an option unit. The cancel tickets which are set are delivered by a pickup roller 15 and a gate roller 16 one by one, and they are sent into the transportation path 14 of a paper sheets issuing device. Then, a cancel ticket processing operation is executed, and the tickets are discharged from an issuing port 12. When the cancel processing of the first ticket completes, the second cancel ticket is delivered, and the third ticket, the fourth ticket,... are sequentially processed. For giving priority over a new ticket issuing processing during the cancel processing, a system is controlled to execute an interruption processing by a key operation. In such a case, the cancel ticket which is already taken in is saved on the transportation path 14. The option unit 24 can easily be attached and detached, cost can be reduced by mass production and functions can flexibly be set in accordance with environment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet issuing apparatus for issuing a seat reservation ticket for a train, an air boarding ticket, and the like, and in particular, a paper sheet issuing apparatus suitable for improving the efficiency of canceling issued ticket pieces. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when canceling a seat reservation ticket or an airline boarding pass issued at a station or a travel agency, a medium (ticket piece) is inserted into the ticket piece issuing device to perform the cancellation work. . The processing amount of the cancellation work varies depending on the location of the station or the store, the season, and the like. When the processing amount is large, the load on the staff increases, and the efficiency of the window work significantly decreases. Therefore, a mechanism for automatically canceling and processing a plurality of media without requiring the intervention of a staff member is desired. Further, from the viewpoint of cost burden, it is desired that the automatic processing mechanism can be flexibly set / released according to the location. As a device related to this type, there is, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-276474, and even in the passbook issuing device described here, the clerk removes the medium (passbook) when the passbook is discarded. It inserts each copy, takes out after printing the discard information, and returns it to the customer.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, since the mediums are inserted and discarded one by one, it is necessary for an attendant to always intervene, and the burden on the attendant is large and there is a problem in work efficiency. The object of the present invention is to improve such problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet issuing apparatus having an automatic canceling mechanism capable of shortening the intervening time of the staff for inserting the medium one by one. Another object of the present invention is to make the automatic canceling mechanism removable so that the work can be efficiently performed and the cost can be reduced according to the amount of the canceling work handled.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the paper sheet issuing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a detaching means (2 in FIG. 3).
2, 23, 25, 27, etc.) has an automatic cancellation mechanism (holding / feeding means (24 in FIG. 1)) that can be detached and attached as an optional unit (automatic cancellation mechanism), and a plurality of cancellation tickets (for example, JR seats) When the cancel hopper in which the designated tickets and issued tickets including airline tower tickets are set is installed in the cancellation ticket insertion slot, the set ticket pieces are fed one by one, and the transportation means (14 in FIG. 1) is used. ) Is carried to the cancellation processing means (magnetic encoding section) on the apparatus main body side, and the cancellation processing is automatically performed.

[0005]

According to the present invention, if the revocation ticket is set in the revocation hopper of the automatic revocation mechanism, the revocation ticket is fed out one by one by the pickup roller and the gate roller, and is conveyed to the magnetic encoding section by the conveyance path.
Cancellation work is carried out automatically. Therefore, it is not necessary for an attendant to intervene during the work, and it is possible to reduce the burden of the attendant, reduce the burden, and efficiently perform the work. Further, the automatic canceling mechanism can be easily attached / detached as an option by using the paper sheet issuing apparatus having exactly the same configuration except for the automatic canceling mechanism including the canceling hopper. That is, the connector on the unit side is fitted to the connector on the apparatus body side, and the bracket on the unit side is supported and positioned by the supporting pins on the device body side. Further, a driving force is obtained via the transmission gear on the device side and the driving gear on the unit side. In this way, by making it an easily removable option unit, it can be installed based on the number of cancellations at each ticket sales station or store, which is useful for improving work efficiency and reducing costs.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the paper sheet issuing apparatus without the automatic canceling mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 1 is a first hopper (a hopper for a large ticket piece such as a designated ticket), 2 is a second hopper (a hopper for a small ticket piece such as a non-reserved limited express ticket), and 3 is a device. A main transport path, 4 is a gate roller for separating the bills one by one, 5 is a pickup roller, 6 is a drive roller for transporting the bills,
7 is a sub-conveyance path for returning the cancellation ticket to the rear of the printing unit, 8
Is a thermal head for printing, 9 is a write head for writing magnetic information on the magnetic surface of the back side of the ticket, 10 is a read head for similarly reading magnetic information, and 11 is a cancellation ticket for inserting a cancellation ticket. An insertion opening, 12 is an issuing opening for stacking issued tickets, 13 is a ribbon, and 14 is a cancellation ticket conveyance path. Further, it is provided with optional unit attachment means (connector, pin, etc.) and driving force transmission means (gear, etc.) which are not shown. Here, the operation of issuing a ticket when the automatic canceling mechanism of this embodiment (described later in FIG. 3) is not attached will be described. The bills set in the above hoppers 1 and 2 are the pickup roller 5 and the gate roller 4
Only the topmost first sheet is fed out by the drive roller 6 and conveyed to the printing section (including the thermal head 8 and the ribbon 13) through the conveyance path 3. After that, information such as a station name and a train name transmitted from a host device (not shown) is printed on the ticket by the thermal head 8 and the ribbon 13. After that, the ticket is conveyed to the magnetic encoding unit (including the write head 9 and the read head 10), and the write head 9 writes information such as the station name transmitted from the host device on the magnetic surface on the back surface of the ticket. Further, the write information is read by the read head 10,
It is checked whether the information is correctly written on the ticket, and if it is OK, the ticket is further conveyed, the ticket is issued to the issuing port 12, and the processing is ended. However, when canceling a once-issued ticket, the clerk inserts the issued ticket into the cancellation port 11. The inserted ticket strip (cancellation ticket) is transported to the magnetic encoding unit through the transport path 14 and read by the read head 10.
The information written on the magnetic surface of the ticket is read by.
Further, it is conveyed to the rear of the printing section through the sub-conveyance path 7 and temporarily stopped, and then again conveyed in the forward direction and conveyed to the printing section, and the scrap ticket mark is transferred to the thermal head 8 and the ribbon 1.
Printed by 3. Further, it is conveyed to the magnetic encoding unit, the write head 9 erases the information, and the read head 10 checks whether the information is erased, and the information is returned to the issuing port 12 and returned to the staff. At this time, the fact that the ticket has been canceled is reported to the host device via a communication line or the like. In the present embodiment, there is a small amount of work for canceling issued ticket pieces, and an attendant performs the cancel processing one by one without attaching an automatic canceling mechanism.

Next, an automatic canceling mechanism (option unit) which can be freely attached to and detached from the paper sheet issuing apparatus shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the automatic canceling mechanism according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, 15 is a pick-up roller for a cancellation ticket, 16 is a gate roller for a cancellation ticket,
Reference numeral 18 is a ticket pressing plate, 19 is a clutch, 20 is an idler gear, 21 is a gate roller driving gear, 22 is a bracket for supporting an optional unit, 23 is a clutch connector (on the optional unit side), 24 is an optional unit, 25 Is a pin on the device side for supporting the option unit, 26 is a gear for transmitting drive to the option unit, 27 is a connector on the device side, and 28 is a clutch gear for driving the pickup roller. When the option unit of the present embodiment is attached to or detached from the apparatus main body, the option unit side bracket 22 may be hooked on the apparatus side pin 25. Further, the device side pin 25 also serves as a positioning pin. When the bracket 22 is hooked on the pin 25, the device side gear 26 and the option side gear 21 are automatically meshed, and the gate roller 16 and the pickup roller 15 of the option unit are engaged. Can be driven. Furthermore, by connecting the device side connector 27 and the option side connector 23,
The clutch can be sucked and removed. According to this embodiment, the option unit can be easily attached to and detached from the apparatus main body.

Next, the ticket issuing operation when the automatic canceling mechanism shown in FIG. 3 is attached will be described. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a paper sheet issuing apparatus equipped with an automatic canceling mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 15 is a pickup roller for a cancellation ticket, 16 is a gate roller for a cancellation ticket, and 24 is an optional unit. The clerk sets dozens of cancellation cards in the cancellation ticket hopper (including 18 in FIG. 3) of the option unit 24. The set cancellation cards are fed out one by one by the pickup roller 15 and the gate roller 16, and are conveyed to the conveying path 14
The cancel ticket processing operation is performed in the same manner as the operation described with reference to FIG. When the cancellation process for the first sheet is completed, the cancellation card for the second sheet is paid out, and the same cancellation process is performed.
The cancellation process is performed as the first sheet, .... During this period, other staff can perform other tasks without any intervention. When giving priority to the new ticket issuance process during the cancellation process, the interrupt process is controlled by key operation. In this case, the revoked ticket that has already been taken in is retracted onto the transport path 14. According to the present embodiment, since a large number of cancellation tickets can be automatically processed by attaching the automatic cancellation mechanism (option unit), the burden on the staff can be reduced and the rationalization and efficiency of the work can be promoted. . Also,
The amount of cancellation work varies depending on the station or store,
Since the demand for the automatic cancellation function is different, the automatic cancellation mechanism can be easily attached and detached as an optional unit, which enables cost reduction due to mass production and flexible function setting according to the environment. In this embodiment, the automatic canceling mechanism having the hopper function is detachable, but the canceling ticket is set in the hopper for issuing a new ticket, and the operation mode is changed (for example, the issuing / cancelling mode is changed by the key operation of the staff member). The cancellation work may be automated by (switching). This method helps to downsize the device and save space.

[0009]

According to the present invention, it is possible to automatically cancel a seat reservation ticket for a train, a boarding pass for an airplane, etc., reducing the burden on staff and rationalizing the work (for example, personnel expenses). Savings) is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a paper sheet issuing apparatus to which an automatic canceling mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a paper sheet issuing device without an automatic canceling mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an automatic cancellation mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Drive Roller 9 Write Head 10 Read Head 12 Issue Port 14 Cancellation Ticket Conveying Path 15 Cancellation Ticket Pickup Roller 16 Cancellation Ticket Gate Roller 24 Automatic Cancellation Mechanism (Option Unit)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A means for printing on a paper sheet, a means for reading and writing magnetic information on a magnetic surface on the back surface of the paper sheet, a means for transporting the paper sheet, and a holding means for holding the paper sheet for issuing. In a paper sheet issuing apparatus provided with means for feeding one by one and means for canceling issued paper sheets, a means for holding the issued paper sheets to be canceled and feeding them one by one, A paper sheet issuing apparatus comprising: a means for conveying issued paper sheets to the cancellation processing means. 2. The paper sheet issuing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for attaching / detaching the holding / feeding means to / from the apparatus main body, and the holding / feeding means is configured as an optional unit.