JPH08187907A - Apparatus for printing passbook or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an apparatus for printing a passbook or the like capable of preventing foreign matters such as coins fallen in and adjacent the insertion slit from coming Into the conveying path, and reducing the leakage of noise generated during printing from the insertion slit to outside. CONSTITUTION: An opening part is made near the insertion slit of a lower conveying guide 3, and a rotatable shutter plate 1 is provided on the opening part, wherein the shutter plate 1 rotates for covering the opening part during the conveying period of a passbook 10 and also rotates for blocking the conveying path distance between the lower conveying guide 3 and the upper conveying guide 2 during the printing operation. Thus, foreign matters such as coins are prevented from coming in the proximity of the printing head, and noise is attenuated during the printing operation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a passbook printing apparatus for printing transaction contents and the like on a passbook and a slip, and particularly to prevent foreign matter other than a desired medium such as a passbook from entering the inside of the apparatus during a printing operation. The present invention relates to a passbook printing apparatus capable of preventing noise and reducing noise during printing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a passbook printing apparatus installed inside a customer counter of a financial institution such as a bank is buried obliquely on an operator's desk inside the counter for operability and space saving, and the operator deals with the customer. The transaction details corresponding to the above are printed on passbooks. This passbook type printing device may exchange coins with a customer, and when foreign substances such as coins and clips are accidentally dropped on the obliquely embedded printing mechanism, the foreign substances may cause jams on pages of passbooks or the like. There was a possibility of causing troubles such as damage of the print head.

A conventional printing apparatus for preventing foreign matter from entering the printing mechanism is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-181650.
As described in JP-A No. 61-55053, a large number of metal wires are provided at the insertion port of passbooks, and the intrusion of a falling coin is detected by the change in capacitance of the metal wires. It has been proposed that the tip of the discharge port is bent and the bent portion is configured so that a thick and hard object such as a coin does not enter.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned printing mechanism according to the prior art can detect the intrusion of coins but cannot prevent the intrusion of coins, and further, the non-conductive foreign matter, for example, the coated clip. And the like cannot be detected, and the printing apparatus described later has a problem that it cannot prevent intrusion of soft foreign matter or extremely thin foreign matter.

In particular, in a printing device such as a bankbook used as a terminal device of a bank or the like, coins or clips other than a desired printing medium (passbook, slip, etc.) are located in the vicinity of the insertion slot of the medium due to the environment in which it is used. If it falls, it may enter the inside of the device. At this time, if the operator prints on the print medium without noticing the entry of foreign matter, it may cause a jam of the medium or damage of the print mechanism, which is a problem. . In addition, if the foreign matter entering was a coin, it also caused a problem of hindering accounting operations at banks and the like.

Further, the printing apparatus according to the prior art has a problem that the print sound such as wire dots easily leaks to the outside because the insertion opening of the passbooks is always open, and it particularly makes noise in the bank.

A first object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned problems caused by the prior art, and to provide a passbook printing apparatus capable of preventing foreign matters such as coins from entering with a simple structure. A second object of the present invention is to provide a passbook printing apparatus capable of reducing noise during printing.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is a passbook printing apparatus for printing on passbooks conveyed from an insertion port, in which the passbooks guided through the insertion port are conveyed. A guide and a lower conveyance guide, a conveyance roller that nips the passbooks inserted in the conveyance guide by at least one set of rollers and conveys between the upper and lower conveyance guides, and prints on the passbooks conveyed by the upper and lower conveyance guides. A print head, a detection unit that detects that a passbook is inserted in the upper and lower transport guides and that a passbook is located in the print head, and the entire width of the lower transport guide near the insertion port of the lower transport guide. Or a shutter plate that rotates in the passbook-conveying direction within the opening, and the shutter plate is used when the passbooks are conveyed by the detection unit. Covering the opening and conveyable to rotate the passbook, characterized in that it operates as to close the gap between the upper and lower conveying guide at least when the passbook is positioned to the print head.

In the present invention, the shirt plate is
The second feature is that the width is the same as the width of the lower conveyance guide, and the length of the passbook in the conveyance direction is equal to or larger than the assumed foreign material size. The desk is slanted so that the insertion port is located on the desk surface. A third feature is that it includes a slope that is buried in the container and collects the foreign matter that has fallen from the opening to the operator.

[0010]

In the passbook printing apparatus having the above characteristics, the shutter plate is rotated by the detection unit so that the passbooks can be transported while covering the opening while transporting the passbooks, and the passbooks are positioned on the print head. By operating so as to close the space between the upper and lower transport guides during operation, even if the operator accidentally drops coins or the like from the insertion port toward the inside of the device, the operator moves downward from the opening provided in the lower transport path. It is possible to prevent the guided sound from entering the inner part of the apparatus, and it is possible to reduce the printing sound leaking to the outside by closing the space between the upper and lower conveyance guides during the printing operation.

Further, according to the present invention, the shutter plate has the same width as the upper conveying guide width and is assumed to be a foreign substance, for example, 500.
By making the size of a yen coin or larger, it is possible to prevent the intrusion of foreign matter that is supposed to occur without fail, and it is buried obliquely on the desk so that the insertion port is located on the desk surface, and the foreign matter that has fallen from the opening can be handled by the operator. By providing the slope for collecting, the desk surface can be effectively used and the invading foreign matter can be efficiently collected by the operator.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the passbook printing apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of a passbook printing apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views for explaining a mechanism near an insertion opening of a passbook, and FIG. 4 is a passbook printing apparatus. It is a figure which shows the system desk which embedded. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the main configuration of the passbook printing apparatus to which the present invention is applied is an upper conveyance guide 2 (a reference numeral is not shown in the drawing, which is composed of a guide portion 2a and a guide portion 2b whose tip is bent upward. ), A lower conveyance guide 3 (not shown in the drawing) including a guide portion 3a, a guide portion 3b, and a guide portion 3c whose tip is bent downward, and an insertion opening portion A between the upper and lower conveyance guides 3 and 4. A plurality of transport rollers 4a / 4b / for transporting the passbooks 10 inserted in the
4a '/ 4b' / 4a "/ 4b" and the guide portion 2a
Detection unit 7 (for example, a photocoupler) that detects the passbooks 10 inserted in the printer, the print head 5 and the platen 6 that print the transaction contents and the like on the conveyed passbooks 10, and the passbooks 10
Is disposed between the guide portion 3a and the guide portion 3b and a detection portion 12 (for example, a photocoupler) for detecting that the print head 5 has reached between the transport rollers 4a 'and 4b'. Shutter plate 1 that rotates about its center
With. The vertical transport guides 2 and 3 and other mechanisms are fixed to a side frame (not shown).

The shutter plate 1 includes the guide 3a.
And 3b, which forms a part of the lower conveyance guide 3 by rotating around the shaft 1c and closing to form a part of the lower conveyance guide 3, and by rotating to a vertical position, a predetermined size (for example, 5
It is configured so as to form an opening through which a foreign matter having a diameter of (00 yen coin) or less is dropped. Therefore, in the shutter plate 1, as shown in FIG. 2 in the opened state and FIG. 3 in the closed state, the crank portion 1d provided at the end portion of the shaft 1c is
It is biased by the spring 9 in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG.
Also, the spring 11 connected to the solenoid 8 in the direction of the arrow B attracts the same, and when the solenoid 8 is not driven, the attraction force of the springs 9 and 11 is equalized as shown in FIG. (Referred to as the position), and when the solenoid 8 is in a driven state, the lower transport guide 3 is held by keeping the shutter plate 1 closed (called the first position) by pulling the spring 11 by the solenoid 8 as shown in FIG. To form a part of.

The passbook printing apparatus according to the present embodiment can be used independently as an ordinary apparatus, but as shown in FIG. As a result, it is common to use the desk top surface 14a in a flat manner for effective use on the desk.
It is possible to add a guide mechanism up to the passbook insertion port of the printing device 16 so that the printing device 16 is completely embedded in the system desk 14, but in this case, the conveyance path becomes redundant and printing is performed. There is a problem that it causes a problem that the processing time becomes long. For this reason, the above-mentioned slanting buried type is adopted in order to bring the insertion port of the printer 16 close to the desk top surface 14a.

In the passbook printing apparatus thus constructed, the power supply of the apparatus is not turned on and the solenoid 8 is not driven when not in use, so that the attraction forces of the springs 9 and 11 shown in FIG. 2 are equal. The shutter plate 1 maintains a vertical state, and the plate 1 closes the space (conveyance path) between the upper and lower conveyance guides 2 and 3 and forms an opening in the middle of the conveyance path between the guide portions 3a and 3b. . As a result, even if the operator accidentally drops a foreign substance such as a coin into the insertion opening of the printing apparatus, the foreign substance falls from the opening, is collected by the slope 15 in FIG. 4, and enters the vicinity of the print head. It is possible to prevent a failure from occurring.

When the operator inserts the passbooks, the printing apparatus detects the insertion of the passbooks by the detection unit 7,
By this detection, the solenoid 8 attracts the spring 11 against the spring 9 and rotates the crank portion 1d of the shaft 1c, so that the shirt plate 1 covers the opening and forms a conveyance path as shown in FIG. Turn to. As a result, the printing apparatus uses the inserted passbooks 10 as the print head 5
It is conveyed to the position by the conveying rollers 4a and 4b.

Next, in this apparatus, the passbooks 10 are the print heads 5.
When the detection unit 12 detects that the position has been reached,
The printing operation is started after the driving of the solenoid 8 is stopped and the shutter plate 1 is returned to the state shown in FIG. Therefore, during the printing operation, the shirt plate 1 forms an opening for dropping foreign matters in the passage of the passbook to prevent the coins 13 and the like from entering the print head, and closes the passage during the printing. Therefore, the print sound of the print head 5 leaking from the insertion port can be reduced.

Further, in this apparatus, when the printing operation is completed and the passbooks 10 are returned between the conveyance guides 2a and 3b, and the detection section 12 detects this, the solenoid 8 is driven to move the shutter plate 1 to the position shown in FIG. Then, the passbooks 10 are discharged, and after the passbooks 10 are discharged, the solenoid 8 is driven again to close the shutter plate 1.

In the above embodiment, the width of the shirt plate 1 is the same as the width L of the lower conveying guide 3, and the length in the conveying path direction is not less than the diameter of the 500-yen coin. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is preferable that the maximum size of the assumed foreign substance is + α. Further, the shutter plate is a single member and can open and close the opening of the conveying path and the opening and closing of the conveying path, so that the shutter plate has a simple structure.

[0020]

As described above, in the passbook printing apparatus according to the present invention, the shutter plate covers the opening while the passbook is being conveyed by the detection unit so that the passbook can be conveyed so that the passbooks can be conveyed. When the operator accidentally drops coins or the like from the insertion port toward the inside of the device by operating so as to close the space between the upper and lower transport guides when the It is possible to prevent the sheet from being guided downward from the opening to enter the inner part of the apparatus, and it is possible to reduce the printing sound leaking to the outside by closing the space between the upper and lower conveyance guides during the printing operation.

Further, according to the present invention, the shutter plate has the same width as the upper conveying guide width and is assumed to be a foreign substance, for example, 500.
By making the size of a yen coin or larger, it is possible to prevent the intrusion of foreign matter that is supposed to occur without fail, and it is buried obliquely on the desk so that the insertion port is located on the desk surface, and the foreign matter that has fallen from the opening can be handled by the operator. By providing the slope for collecting, the desk surface can be effectively used and the invading foreign matter can be efficiently collected by the operator.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a passbook printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining a mechanism in the vicinity of an insertion opening for passbooks according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining a mechanism in the vicinity of an insertion opening for passbooks according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example in which the printing apparatus according to the present embodiment is incorporated in a system desk.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Shutter plate, 1c ... Shaft, 1d ... Crank part,
2 ... upper transport guide, 3 ... lower transport guide, 4a-4b "...
Conveyor rollers, 6 ... Platen, 7 and 12 ... Detection section, 9 and 11 ... Spring, 10 ... Passbooks.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A passbook printing apparatus for printing passbooks conveyed from an insertion port, wherein an upper conveyance guide and a lower conveyance guide for guiding the passbooks inserted from the insertion port, and a conveyance guide inserted into the conveyance guide. A conveyance roller that holds the passbooks between at least one pair of rollers and conveys them between the upper and lower conveyance guides, a print head that prints on the passbooks conveyed by the upper and lower conveyance guides, and the passbooks are inserted into the upper and lower conveyance guides. Detection unit for detecting that the passbooks are located in the print head, and an opening opening over the entire width or a part of the width of the lower conveyance guide in the vicinity of the insertion opening of the lower conveyance guide, and the opening. A shutter plate that rotates in the passbook-conveying direction in the unit, and the shutter plate covers the opening when the passbook is conveyed by the detection unit and rotates so that the passbooks can be conveyed; Less A passbook printing apparatus which operates so as to close the space between the upper and lower transport guides when the passbooks are located at the print head. 2. The passbook according to claim 1, wherein the shirt plate has the same width as the width of the lower conveyance guide, and the length in the conveyance direction of the passbook is equal to or larger than the assumed size of the foreign matter. Printing device. 3. The slope according to claim 2, wherein the slope is embedded in a desk so that the insertion port is located on a desk surface, and a slope for collecting foreign matter dropped from the opening to an operator is included. Passbook printing device.