JPH085575B2 - Roll paper feed mechanism - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Outline] A roll paper feeding mechanism formed so that a roll paper is rewound to be supplied to a printing unit. An apparatus is provided by automatically replenishing roll paper. The basic unit is an additional unit that contains an auxiliary hopper that holds replenishment roll paper and a discharge mechanism that discharges the auxiliary roll paper to the hopper when the roll paper ends, for the purpose of extending the operating time of the roll paper. It is configured to be provided by being loaded on.

[Industrial application field]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roll paper feeding mechanism formed so that a roll paper is rewound to be supplied to a printing unit.

At an automatic teller machine or the like, a receipt is issued to the customer for the contents of the transaction, while the bank is so arranged that a copy is printed by a journal.

The issuance of such a receipt is formed by sending the roll paper stored in the hopper installed in the automatic teller machine to the printing unit, cutting it to a predetermined length after printing, and winding the journal. Take it out from the reel
After printing, it is stored by being wound up by a take-up reel.

Therefore, the operation of the automatic teller machine is stopped when the receipt is not issued or the journal is not printed.

However, the operating hours of such automatic teller machines have recently been required to be extended due to unmanned stores and increase in holiday operations.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, it is configured as shown in the conventional explanatory view of FIG. 4A is a block diagram and FIG. 4B is a block diagram.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the basic unit 10 includes a card reader unit 3, a receipt issuing unit 4, and a journal unit 7.
And are housed in a housing 10A.

Further, the housing 10A is provided with an insertion port 2 for inserting and removing the card 8, and the card 8 is transferred by the transfer mechanism 17 from the insertion port 2 to the card reader unit 3 or from the card reader unit 3 to the insertion port 2. The receipt issued by the receipt issuing unit 4 is formed to be transferred to the insertion port 2 by the transfer mechanism 16.

Then, by inserting the card 8 into the insertion slot 2, the transfer mechanism 17 takes the card 8 into the card reader unit 3, and the contents of the card 8 are read by the card reader unit 3.

The data read by the card reader unit 3 is (b)
As shown in, the control unit 1A stores the data in the memory unit 1B under control, and the memory unit 1B stores the matching result of the read data and the input transaction information D at the same time. Thus, the print data D1 is sent to the receipt issuing unit 4 and the print data D2 is sent to the journal unit 7, and the print output by the print data D1 and D2 is performed.

Printing by the print data D1 in this case is performed by sending the roll paper 9 set in the hopper 5 to the printing unit 6 in the receipt issuing unit 4, and after the printing by the printing unit 6 is completed, the roll paper 9 is cut. A receipt is formed by being cut into a predetermined length by the portion 4A.

Further, the receipt is transferred to the insertion port 2 by the transfer mechanism 16.

Usually, the card 8 is transferred at the same time as the receipt is transferred, and the receipt and the card 8 are superposed on the insertion slot 2 and discharged.

On the other hand, in the printing with the print data D2, in the journal section 7, the journal 7C rewound from the rewind reel 7A is printed by the printing section 7D, and after printing, the take-up reel 7B winds it. .

Therefore, when the card 8 is inserted into the insertion slot 2 and a deposit or payment transaction is performed, the receipt issuance section 4 issues a receipt, the receipt and the card 8 are ejected into the insertion slot 2, and In the journal section 7, the contents of the transaction are printed as a copy, and the printed journal 7C is stored in the take-up reel 7B.

Further, in such a configuration, when either one of the set roll paper 9 in the receipt issuing unit 4 or the journal 7C in the journal unit 7 is finished,
Since the receipt issuance due to the transaction and the copy printing by the journal 7C will not be performed, the end signal is sent from the receipt issuing unit 4 and the journal unit 7, the operation of the device is stopped, and the roll paper 9 or the journal 7C is newly set. By doing so, the operation of the device is restarted.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, if the apparatus is stopped during unmanned operation and on holidays, the operation of the apparatus will be stopped until a maintenance person is dispatched and the roll paper 9 or the journal 7C is newly set.

Therefore, there is a problem that the operation is stopped for a long time, and it makes no sense to operate the apparatus unmanned or on a holiday.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to extend the operating time of the apparatus by automatically replenishing roll paper.

[Means for solving the problem]

 FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the principle of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, an additional unit in which an auxiliary hopper for holding replenishment roll paper and an ejection mechanism for ejecting the replenishment roll paper to the hopper upon completion of the roll paper are housed are stacked on the basic unit. It is configured so that it is provided.

With this configuration, the above-mentioned problems can be solved.

[Action]

That is, an additional unit to be loaded on the basic unit is provided, and when the roll paper set in the hopper of the basic unit is completed, the auxiliary roll paper stored in the auxiliary hopper of the additional unit is discharged to the hopper by the discharge mechanism. It was done like this.

Therefore, even if the roll paper is finished, the auxiliary roll paper is set in the hopper, and the receipt is issued by the auxiliary roll paper, which makes it possible to issue twice the amount of the receipt as compared with the conventional one, and the operation of the apparatus can be performed. You can extend the time.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an embodiment according to the present invention.
(A) is a block diagram, (b) is a block diagram, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a discharging mechanism of the present invention. Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals denote the same objects.

As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the above-mentioned basic unit 10
In addition, the auxiliary hopper 13 holding the replenishment roll paper 14 and the additional unit 11 configured by accommodating the journal portion 12 in the housing 11A are formed to be laminated.

Further, the replenishment hopper 13 is provided with a discharging mechanism 15, and the replenishment roll paper 14 is driven by the driving of the discharging mechanism 15 to replenish the hopper.
The journal 12C is discharged from the hopper 5 as shown by the arrow 13 and is rewound from the rewinding reel 12A in the journal 12 and is printed by the printing unit 12D. After printing, the journal 12C is wound onto the take-up reel 12B. ing.

Therefore, such an additional unit 11 is added to the basic unit 10
By stacking them on top of each other, the journal portion 12 and the discharging mechanism 15 provided in the additional unit 11 are formed so as to be controlled as shown in (b).

When the roll paper 9 in the receipt issuing unit 4 is exhausted, an end signal is sent from the receipt issuing unit 4 to the control unit 1A, printing by the print data 1D is stopped, and the ejection mechanism 15 is driven by a command from the control unit 1A. The replenishment roll paper 14 stored in the replenishment hopper 13 is discharged.

Therefore, by setting the supplementary roll paper 14 in the receipt issuing unit 4, the above-mentioned end signal is released, and the print data is
Printing with D1 starts.

When the journal 7C in the journal unit 7 is exhausted, the end signal is sent from the journal unit 7 to the control unit 1A, and printing by the print data D2 is switched by the control of the control unit 1A as shown by the dotted line. 12
Can be formed as is done by.

The discharge of the replenishment roll paper 14 is configured as shown in FIG.

The hopper 5 is provided with a tray 5A for accommodating the roll paper 9, a belt 5B for rewinding the roll paper 9 and a separating spatula 5C arranged at the delivery port 5D, and the roll rewound by driving the belt 5B. The leading end of the paper 9 is formed so as to be delivered from the delivery port 5D by the guide of the separation spatula 5C.

Also, the replenishment roll paper set in the replenishment hopper 13
A discharge mechanism 15 including an arm 15B that holds 14 and a magnet 15A that rotates the arm 15B as indicated by an arrow is provided.

Therefore, the end of the roll paper 9 is detected by the light emitted from the emitting element 5F by the sensor 5E, the end signal E output from the sensor 5E notifies the control unit 1A of the end of the roll paper 9, and the control unit 1A outputs the end signal. A drive command is output to the magnet 15A of the discharging mechanism 15 by E, the arm 15B is rotated by the driving of the magnet 15A, and the supplementary roll paper 14 is discharged to the tray 5A of the hopper 5.

In this case, when the arm 20 for setting the roll paper 9 is provided in the hopper 5, the magnet 21 is driven immediately before the drive command of the magnet 15A and the arm 20 is rotated as shown by the arrow. To do.

In this way, the replenishment roll paper 14 becomes the saucer 5A of the hopper 5.
The arms 15B and 20 are first returned to their original state by being discharged to the belt.
It is sent from the outlet 5D by driving 5B, and the end signal E
By canceling the, the receipt of the supplementary roll paper 14 is issued.

Therefore, when the roll paper 9 is exhausted in the receipt issuing unit 4, the supplement roll paper 14 is set in the hopper 5, and when the journal 7C is exhausted in the journal unit 7, the printing process is switched to the journal unit 12. In either case, printing can be restarted immediately, and the operation of the apparatus can be continued without setting the new roll paper 9 or journal 7C as described above.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when the roll paper in the basic unit is exhausted by loading the supplementary unit on the basic unit, the replenishment roll paper is replenished, and when the journal is exhausted, the supplementary unit is added. Printing can be performed by the journal unit provided in the.

Therefore, as compared with the conventional case, the time for supplying new roll paper and journal is extended, and the operating time of the apparatus can be extended.

Further, since the extension of the operating time can be performed by attaching / detaching the additional unit, it becomes easy to freely extend the operating time according to the presence / absence of a maintenance person, for example, and the practical effect is great. .

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is an explanatory view of the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of an embodiment according to the present invention, (a) is a configuration diagram, (b) is a block diagram, and FIG. 3 is a discharge mechanism of the present invention. Explanatory drawing, FIG. 4 is a conventional explanatory drawing, (a) is a block diagram and (b) is a block diagram. In the figure, 5 is a hopper, 6 is a printing unit, 9 is roll paper, 10 is a basic unit, 11 is an additional unit, 13 is a supplement hopper, 14 is supplement roll paper, and 15 is a discharge mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A roll unit (9) is provided with a printing unit (6) which is housed in a basic unit (10) for performing predetermined printing, and a hopper (5) for setting roll paper (9). An auxiliary hopper (13) for holding replenishment roll paper (14) in a roll paper feeding mechanism that is fed back to the printing unit (6),
An additional unit (11) containing a discharge mechanism (15) for discharging the replenishment roll paper (14) to the hopper (5) upon completion of the roll paper (9) is provided in the basic unit (10). A roll paper feed mechanism characterized by being provided by being stacked.