JPH0991496A - Medium fetching device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the break down of a device when fetched receipts become full. SOLUTION: The fetching box 17 of a receipt fetching part 7 is provided with a first fetching and housing part 18 and an upper fixed guide 20 and a lower fixed guide 21 are provided above it. The tentative mounting part 22 of the receipt 9 is formed between both guides 20 and 21, a turnably movable guide 23 is provided above the upper fixed guide 20 and the second fetching and housing part 25 of the receipts 9 is formed above the upper fixed guide 20 and the movable guide 23. The movable guide 23 drops the receipt 9 of the tentative mounting part 22 into the first fetching and housing part 18 and fetches the receipt 9 to the second fetching and housing part 25 when the first fetching and housing part 18 is full. A receipt full detection sensor 19 for detecting the full of the receipts 9 in the first fetching and housing part 18 is provided in the fetching box 17.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medium take-in device for taking in a medium that a customer has forgotten to take into a device when issuing a medium such as a receipt on which transaction details are printed in an automatic transaction device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an automatic transaction apparatus, a receipt processing unit that issues a receipt on which a transaction content is printed to a customer and a receipt on which an error code is printed due to a receipt that the customer has forgotten to take or a failure of the equipment. Some are equipped with a receipt loading unit. In recent years, the number of transactions has increased with the 24-hour operation of the automatic transaction apparatus, and along with this, the number of receipts left unacquired or the number of device failures tends to increase.

[0003]

As the number of receipts to be taken into the apparatus increases, if the receipt taking-in portion of the apparatus has a small storage amount, the taking-in portion will soon become full. If the intake is full, the equipment may be shut down. When the equipment is out of service, a clerk must go to the equipment and take out a full receipt so that the equipment can be restarted. As a result, there is a problem that the operating efficiency is lowered and the staff of the staff is troubled.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is directed to a take-in means for taking in a medium to a temporary placing section for temporarily placing a medium, and to a lower part of the temporary placing section. A first medium loading storage portion provided, a second medium loading storage portion provided above the temporary loading portion, and a medium of the temporary loading portion is a first medium loading storage portion. And a lever member that is also taken into the second medium take-in storage section.

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the medium taken into the temporary placing section by the taking-in means is first taken into the first medium taking-in / holding section by the lever member. When the first medium loading / accommodating section is continuously loaded and the first medium loading / accommodating section is full, the lever member moves the medium from the temporary loading section to the second loading position.
Take it into the media take-in / holding section of. In this way, even if the first medium loading storage section is full, the medium can be loaded into the second medium loading storage section, so the operation of the device does not stop, and the hand of the clerk It doesn't bother me.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Elements common to the drawings are assigned the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing an automatic transaction device to which the present invention is applied. In the present invention, a receipt taking device in an automatic transaction device will be described as a medium taking device.

In FIG. 1, the automatic transaction device 1 has a card processing device 2 and a receipt handling device 3. Since the card processing device 2 is not directly related to the present invention, its explanation is omitted here. The receipt processing unit 3 includes a receipt storage unit 4
(4a, 4b), conveyance paths 5, 6, a receipt loading section 7 and a control section 8 are provided. Receipt storage 4a, 4
In b, two roll-shaped receipts 9 are stored so that they can be drawn out. The conveyance path 5 for the receipt 9 is provided with a plurality of detection sensors 10 for detecting the receipt 9 and conveyance rollers 11 for conveying the receipt 9 at a plurality of positions.
A cutter knife 12 for cutting the sheet into a predetermined length and a printing section 13 for printing on the receipt 9 are provided. The printing unit 13 is composed of a thermal head and a platen. In front of the apparatus 1 (on the left side in FIG. 1), an insertion / ejecting port 14 is provided through which the receipt 9 is ejected and a card is inserted. The detection sensor 10a near the insertion / ejection port 14 detects the passage of the receipt 9 and also detects the forgetting to remove the receipt 9 at the insertion / ejection port 14.

At the confluence position 15 of the conveying paths 5 and 6,
The blade 16 for switching the conveying direction of the receipt 9 is the fulcrum 1
It is attached so as to be rotatable around 6a. The blade 16 guides the receipt 9 conveyed from the printing unit 13 in the direction of the insertion / ejection port 14 and also the insertion / ejection port 14
The receipt 9 conveyed in the reverse direction is guided to the conveyance path 6. The detection sensor 10 and the transport roller 1 are also provided on the transport path 6.
1 is provided in plurality, and the transport path 6 transports the receipt 9 to the receipt loading unit 7.

Next, the receipt loading section 7 will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described below. FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are explanatory views showing the receipt loading section of the present embodiment. In both figures, a receipt taking-in box 17 is provided in the receipt taking-in section 7, and the inside of the receipt taking-in box 17 constitutes a first taking-in storing section 18 for storing a forgotten receipt. A receipt full detection sensor 19 for detecting the presence or absence of the receipt 9 is attached to both sides of the receipt receiving box 17, and the receipt full detection sensor 19 is filled with the receipt 9 in the first receiving storage portion 18. Detect that.

An upper fixed guide 20 and a lower fixed guide 21 are provided above the first loading / accommodating portion 18. As shown in FIG. 3, both fixed guides 20 and 21 are attached to both sides of the receiving box 17, and a space 22 between the two fixed guides 20 and 21 is sufficient to allow one receipt 9 to enter easily.
Is open. The gap 22 constitutes a temporary placement portion for the receipt 9 to be taken in. Further, the upper fixed guide 20 has a receipt placement section 20a, and this receipt placement section 20a constitutes a second loading storage section 25. Upper fixed guide 20
An abutting portion 20b is formed on the sheet, so that the receipts 9 can be aligned and placed when the receipt 9 is placed on the receipt placing portion 20a.

A movable guide 23 is rotatably attached to the main body of the apparatus 1 (not shown) about the fulcrum 24 above the first loading / accommodating portion 18. As shown in FIG. 3, the movable guide 23 is located between the upper fixed guides 20 and rotates within a range from above the receipt placement portion 20a of the upper fixed guides 20 to below the lower fixed guides 21. The rotating operation of the movable guide 23 is performed by a plunger magnet described later and a spring (not shown).

A take-in roller 26 and a pressure roller 27 in pressure contact with the take-in roller 26 are provided at one end of the take-in box 17.
The receipt 9 sent through the transport path 6 is the rollers 2
It is taken into the temporary placement part 22 by 6, 27.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control system of this embodiment. In FIG. 4, the control unit 8 controls the operation of the receipt handling apparatus 3 as a whole. Therefore, although circuits other than those shown in the figure are actually connected to the control unit 8, only the portions related to the present invention are shown here. That is, the controller 8 is connected to the forget-to-remove sensor 10a, the receipt full sensor 19, the motor drive circuit 29, and the magnet drive circuit 30. The forget-to-remove detection sensor 10a is used when the receipt 9 is issued, as described above.
When the customer inserts the receipt 9
This is a sensor that detects that you have forgotten. The motor drive circuit 29 drives the motor 31 that rotationally drives the transport roller 11 and the take-in roller 26 on the transport path 6, and the magnet drive circuit 30 drives the plunger magnet 32 for rotating the movable guide 23 shown in FIG. To drive.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the embodiment, and FIGS. 6 to 8 are explanatory diagrams showing the operation of the embodiment. First, the operation of issuing the receipt 9 will be briefly described. When an instruction to issue the receipt 9 is issued, the receipt 9 is delivered to the transport path 5 from the storage section 4a or 4b and cut by the cutter knife 12 into a predetermined length. Thereafter, the transaction content is printed by the printing unit 13, further transported through the transport path 5 and discharged from the insertion / discharge port 14.

When the forgetting-to-take detection sensor 10a detects that the customer forgets to take the receipt 9, the control section 8 starts the taking-in operation (step 1). That is, after the blade 16 is switched, the receipt 9 is conveyed backward in the conveying path 5 to the merging position 15, and further in the conveying path 6 toward the receipt receiving portion 7. Here, the control unit 8 checks whether or not the first loading storage unit 18 in the receipt loading box 17 is full by the receipt full detection sensor 19 (step 2). At this time, the position of the movable guide 23 of the receipt loading section 7 is located at the position shown in FIG. 2, that is, above the mounting section 20a of the upper fixed guide 20. When it is determined that the first loading storage unit 18 is not full, the receipt roller 26 loads the receipt 9 into the temporary placement unit 22 in the state shown in FIG. 2 (step 3).

Next, the controller 8 controls the plunger magnet 32.
Is sucked and the movable guide 23 is rotated downward. Thereafter, the attraction of the plunger magnet 32 is released, and the movable guide 23 is returned to the original position shown in FIG. 2 (step 4). As a result, the receipt 9 in the temporary placement section 22 is knocked down and is taken into the first taking-in storage section 18 (step 5). This state is shown in FIG. By repeating the above operation, the receipts 9 are sequentially taken into the first taking-in / holding unit 18.

In step 2, the first loading storage section 18
Is determined to be full, the control unit 8 controls the receipt 9
Of the plunger magnet 32 and the movable guide 23 to the lower fixed guide 21
(Step 6). The receipt 9 sent next is taken in by the take-in roller 26 to the temporary placement part 22 (step 7). This state is shown in FIG. Next, the attraction of the plunger magnet 32 is released and the movable guide 2
3 is raised to its original position (step 8). By this operation, the receipt 9 that was in the temporary placement section 22 is placed on the movable guide 23 and moved above the second loading storage section 20a (step 9). This state is shown in FIG.

If the receipt 9 is further sent when the first loading storage section 18 is full, the operations from step 6 to step 9 described above are repeated, and the receipt 9 is received.
The movable guide 23 is rotated below the lower fixed guide 21 before taking the sheet into the temporary placement portion 22, and the receipt 9 placed on the movable guide 23 at this time is the receipt placement portion 20 a of the upper fixed guide 20. Mounted on the lower fixed guide 21
It doesn't fall below. This completes the receipt 9 receipt operation.

[0019]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the second intake storage section is provided in addition to the first acquisition storage section, and the first acquisition storage section is full. At this time, the second loading / storing unit is switched to the loading unit, so that even if the first loading / storing unit is full, the apparatus is not brought down and the staff such as a staff member for recovery is troubled. Also disappears.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing an automatic transaction device.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a receipt loading unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a receipt loading unit according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a control system according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Receipt handling device 7 Receipt loading section 9 Receipt 18 First loading / storing section 19 Receipt full detection sensor 22 Temporary loading section 23 Movable guide 25 Second loading / storing section

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A take-in means for taking in a medium to a temporary placing section for temporarily placing a medium, a first medium taking-in storing section provided below the temporary placing section, and the temporary A second medium loading / accommodating portion provided above the loading portion, and the medium of the temporary loading portion is loaded into the first medium loading / accommodating portion and the second medium loading / accommodating portion. A medium take-in device comprising a lever member. 2. The medium loading device according to claim 1, wherein the lever member is capable of loading a medium, and the second medium loading / holding section holds the medium. 3. A detection means for detecting the amount of the taken-in medium in the first medium taking-in / holding unit is provided, and the lever member first puts the medium in the temporary placing unit into the first medium-taking-in / holding unit. The lever member takes in the medium of the temporary loading section to the second medium take-in / holding section when taking in and detecting that the first medium take-in / holding section is full based on the detection result of the detecting means. The medium intake device according to claim 1.