JPH0735038B2 - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device configured internally in, for example, an automatic ticket vending machine used in station service, and more specifically, to a ticket issuing sheet being conveyed. The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that inserts a perforation accurately at a predetermined position to perform a ticket issuing process.

(B) Conventional technology In recent years, one ticketing device is required to issue a plurality of types of tickets, such as a large-sized round-trip ticket for round-trip boarding, a multiple-numbered ticket, etc. Further, perforations are required to be formed at the cut-off positions of the round-trip ticket and the coupon ticket.

When issuing perforated tickets such as the above-mentioned perforated round-trip ticket and number-of-staples ticket, perforation processing is performed on the paper while conveying the ticket-issuing paper to reduce the ticketing time. Since it is highly efficient, its adoption is desired.

When this perforation processing means is adopted, if the synchronizing means for rotating the rotary perforation rotary cutter in synchronization with the conveying speed of the ticket-issuing paper is adopted, this synchronization means allows the perforations to be formed only at a constant pitch. Since it does not enter, it is not possible to insert perforations at a predetermined position according to the ticket type.

For example, in synchronization with the printing operation, it is not possible to convey only the ticket or rotate only the perforation cutter, and there is a problem that the perforation processing is restricted to a specific ticket type that has been set. .

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention The present invention, when performing perforation processing while transporting a ticket-issuing sheet, accurately controls the perforation rotary cutter independently at a predetermined position of the ticket-issuing sheet in correspondence with the ticket type. An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device capable of perforating.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem The present invention relates to a conveying means for conveying a ticket-issuing paper sheet at a predetermined speed, and a comb-teeth-like sewing machine for making perforations on the ticket-issuing paper sheet conveyed by the conveying means by a rotation operation. A ticket issuing device, comprising a perforated cutter and issuing perforated tickets, wherein when a cut signal is given, the perforated cutter is rotationally controlled in synchronization with a conveying speed of a conveying means to cut. When no signal is given, the ticket issuing device is provided with a control means for retracting the perforated cutter from the conveying means so as not to contact the perforated sheet.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, the control means drives and controls the perforation rotary cutter independently of the transportation means for transporting the ticket-issuing paper, and during the driving, the rotation of the perforation rotation cutter is controlled by the transportation means. Since it is synchronized with the transport speed of the, the high-speed perforation processing is possible, and since the perforation rotary cutter is retracted from the transport means when it is not driven, the transport means transports ticket-issuing paper corresponding to various tickets. As a result, perforations can be made on the ticket-issuing paper at various pitches.Therefore, the perforation rotary cutter can be controlled to rotate and stop according to the ticket type, without being restricted by the ticket type. Perforations can be accurately placed at predetermined positions on the paper, and various types of perforated tickets can be issued.

(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, and in FIG. 2, this ticket issuing device 11 is provided with 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 via 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 has a starting end side connected to the feeding section of the roll paper 12 via the cutter device 14 and the printing device 15, and a trailing end side from which a lower ticket discharging port 21 communicating with an external tray 17 is connected.
Is connected in a straight line with respect to. 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. The first distribution plate 22 controls distribution to one of the transport units.

In addition, the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 corresponds to the position of the above-mentioned first distribution plate 22 on the starting end side, and at the subsequent stage, a comb-tooth-shaped sewing machine that rotates in synchronization with the conveying speed of the roll paper 12 at the same speed. A perforation device 18 provided with an eye-rotating 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 ticket large-sized ticket detection sensor, S3 is a spelling number ticket detection sensor, M1 is an ejection motor, M2
Is a conveyance motor, M3 is a perforation motor, and 25 is a third collection motor.
A distribution plate, 26 is a conveyance roller, and 27 is a conveyance guide member.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, 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 perforation rotary cutter 23, comb teeth cutters 29 having a roll paper width length are fixed to both side planes of a flat plate-shaped rotary shaft 28 by fixing each screw 30 in a state of being 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.

In this case, since the perforation rotary cutter 23 is rotated in the same direction as the conveyance direction that does not give resistance to the roll paper 12 so as not to overload the face of the paper, a smooth perforation with good quality and beautiful perforations is provided. Can be obtained.

Then, the perforated rotary cutter 23 is replaced with the gate-shaped frame 32.
A cylindrical receiving tooth 31 in a free state, which is supported on the upper portion of the above, and receives the comb tooth cutter 29 on the lower portion opposite thereto, is supported by the portal frame 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).

Further, a rotating plate 33 for positioning the comb-teeth cutter is attached to one shaft portion of the flat plate-shaped rotating shaft 28 extending to the side,
The rotary plate 33 is provided with two notch detecting portions 34 formed in a fan shape along the outer peripheral edge, corresponding to the two comb tooth cutters 29, 29 described above in two positions in the circumferential direction. A photoelectric detection type rotational position detection sensor S4 for photoelectrically detecting the rotational position of the notch detection unit 34 with the outer peripheral edge of the U-shaped being sandwiched is disposed,
The rotation position of the comb cutter 29 is detected.

By detecting the rotational position of the comb-tooth cutter 29, the comb-tooth cutter 29 is stopped at the stand-by position after the perforation processing and stands by, and from this standby position P1 in the front side in the rotating direction further rotated. The position of the comb-tooth cutter 29 is controlled to a rotation start position P2 which starts rotation corresponding to a predetermined position of the roll paper 12 to be perforated.

In this case, the rotational position detection sensor S4 is set to the standby position P1 when the cutout detection portion 34 of the rotating plate 33 is in the light-transmitting state, and is rotated forward from the position to change the light-transmitting state. The position changed to the light-shielded state is set as the rotation start position P2.

In addition, the notch amount of the notch detection unit 34 in a fan shape, for example, 30
It is provided with a relatively large notch at about °, which allows a wide permissible angle of the light transmission region and a wide permissible setting range of the standby position P1. Therefore, even if the perforation rotary cutter 23 is slightly rotated, it is maintained within the set range of the standby position P1.

Furthermore, when setting the initial setting position of the perforation rotary cutter 23 by the clerk, it is sufficient to set the widely set light-transmitting permissible area of the standby position P1 so as to be detected by the rotational position detection sensor S4. The setting adjustment of the perforation rotary cutter 23 becomes extremely easy.

Figure 1 shows the block diagram of the control circuit of the perforation device, CP
The U61 controls each circuit device according to the program stored in the ROM, and stores the control data in the RAM and reads it.

The print control circuit 62 receives the ticket issuing signal from the CPU 61, outputs it to the printing device 15 to drive the thermal head, and transfers it to the transport motor M2 side in synchronization with the printing sequence (heating, cooling) of thermal printing. Output a drive pulse signal.

The conveyance motor control circuit 63 receives a signal from the print control circuit 62 described above, and also receives a ticket issuing signal from the CPU 61,
The conveyance motor M2 is drive-controlled to start, stop, and a predetermined conveyance speed according to the ticket type.

The timer circuit 64 counts the drive pulse signal of the transport motor M2 to accurately grasp the transport position of the roll paper 12, and when the ticket comes to the perforation processing position corresponding to the rotation start position P2, the perforation processing is performed again. Time when is completed.

At this time, the perforation processing position of the roll paper 12 is from the time when the position corresponding to the rotation start position P2 is reached to the position where the processing is completed, as the perforation processing operation, the synchronization signal is input to the AND circuit 65, As a result, the drive pulse signal of the carry motor M2 is given to the perforation motor control circuit 66, and the perforation motor M3 rotates in synchronization with the carry motor M2.

The perforation motor control circuit 66 receives the drive pulse signal of the perforation motor M3 directly from the timer circuit 64, controls the position of the perforation rotary cutter 23 between the standby position P1 and the rotation start position P2, and also performs perforation processing. Rotation control from the completion position to the standby position P1 is performed.

Thus, during perforation processing, the perforation motor M3 is driven in synchronization with the pulse signal that drives the conveyance motor M2, and the perforation rotation cutter 23 is thereby rotated in synchronization with the conveyance speed of the roll paper 12. In addition, the perforation motor M3 is activated, stopped, and synchronously controlled in accordance with printing and pitch that differ for each ticket type to form a desired perforation. In the figure, 67 is an OR circuit.

The operation state of the ticket issuing device thus configured will be described with reference to FIG.

When issuing a perforated ticket such as a perforated large-sized ticket or a perforated number-of-staples ticket, in the first step 71, the perforation ticket issuance signal is input to convey the perforated ticket. The motor M2 is driven to feed the roll paper 12 to a predetermined length, and the printer 15 prints the print content corresponding to the required perforation ticket on the fed roll paper 12, and the roll paper 12 is perforated. Guide it to the conveying path on the 18th side. Due to this difference in transport movement, in the second step 72, it is determined whether or not the position of the comb-tooth cutter 29 is at the standby position P1 by the rotational position detection sensor S4. If it is not at the standby position P1, it is determined as an error. Staff processing is done,
If it is in the standby position P1, in a third step 73, the perforation motor M3 is driven to rotate the comb tooth cutter 29 to the rotation start position P2.
Then, in the fourth step 74, the rotation position detection sensor S4 is shielded from the light transmitting state, and the position of the comb tooth cutter 29 is changed to the rotation start position P2.
If it is detected that the setting has been made in step 5, in step 5 the drive of perforation motor M3 is stopped and it is made to stand by at that position, and in step 6 76, the perforation processing position of the roll paper 12 conveyed. Comes to a position corresponding to the comb tooth cutter 29 to be perforated, the seventh step 77 causes the perforation motor M3, which is synchronously controlled with the drive pulse signal of the conveyance motor M2, to change the conveyance speed of the conveyance motor M2. It rotates synchronously and forms perforations on the roll paper 12.

In this case, for the roll paper 12 guided to the perforation device 18, the perforation rotary cutter 23, as shown in FIG.
Start to rotate at the timing according to the perforation cutting position,
As shown in FIG. 6, the comb-shaped cutter 29 makes circumferential contact with the surface of the cylindrical tooth receiving tooth 31 to make a perforation on the bill surface. And
After forming perforations, in step 78, the perforation cutter that further rotates
It is confirmed that the comb tooth cutter 29 is set to the standby position P1 based on the detection of the notch detection unit 34 of the rotary plate 33 that rotates integrally with 23 and the rotation position detection sensor S4. At 79, the perforation rotary cutter 23 is further rotated by a constant angle, for example, about 10 °, and the notch detection unit
The position is controlled so that the detection light can be transmitted through the central portion of the 34 fan-shaped notches, and is prepared for the next perforation processing.

Then, the perforated perforated ticket is cut into a predetermined perforated perforated ticket length by the cutter device 14 and is then subjected to the sorting action, so that the perforated perforated large ticket is a large perforated ticket. Receiving tray on the lower side from the discharging / conveying path 19 through the ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path 16
The perforated numbered spliced tickets discharged to 17 are discharged to the lower tray 17 via the coupon ticket discharging / conveying path 20.

In this case, without pausing the roll paper 12,
Since the perforations are processed while being conveyed, the printing finish is good, and in particular, it is suitable for continuous printing of long side spliced coupons.

As described above, a perforation motor independent of the carry motor is provided, and during perforation processing, when the perforation processing is performed in synchronization with the synchronous signal of the carry motor, the perforation processing is performed according to the ticket type. Can rotate and stop the perforation motor to insert perforations at a predetermined position on the ticket-issuing paper.

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 perforation The rotary cutter corresponds to the perforated rotary cutter 23, the control means corresponds to the control circuit such as the timer circuit 64 and the perforated motor control circuit 66, and the carry motor is the carry motor.
Although it corresponds to M2, 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 block diagram of a control circuit of a perforation device, FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view of a ticket issuing device, FIG. 3 is a side view of the perforation device, and FIG. FIGS. 5 and 6 are explanatory views showing the operating state of the perforation rotary cutter, and FIG. 7 is a perforation processing flowchart. 11 …… Ticket issuing device, 12 …… Roll paper 23 …… Perforation rotary cutter, 64 …… Timer circuit 66 …… Perforation motor control circuit, M2 …… Conveyor motor M3 …… Perforation motor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sewing machine comprising: conveying means for conveying a ticket-issuing sheet at a predetermined speed; and comb-teeth-shaped perforated cutter for perforating the ticket-issuing sheet conveyed by the conveying means by a rotation operation. A ticket issuing device for issuing a grain-processed ticket, wherein when a cut signal is given, the perforation rotary cutter is rotationally controlled in synchronization with the carrying speed of the carrying means, and when the cut signal is not given, A ticket issuing device having a control means for retracting the perforated cutter from the transport means so as not to contact the ticket-issuing paper.