JPH11185064A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recorder to permit winding of roll paper and easy removal of the roll paper wound by a winding roller without especially necessitating driving mechanism of a winding roller. SOLUTION: The recorder is provided with a platen roller 62 to transport journal paper JP drawn from a roll part R by rotation by bringing the journal paper JP into contact with it, a thermal head 61 to print information on the journal paper JP to be transported by the rotation of the platen roller 62 and a drop-in roller 54 to be brought into contact with the journal paper JP before printing to be transported, to be rotated in accordance with the journal paper JP before printing and to wind the journal paper JP after printing by introducing it between the drop-in roller 54 and the journal paper JP before printing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus which is applied to, for example, a ticket issuing terminal apparatus and issues journal paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A recording apparatus of this type has a holding portion for holding a roll portion of a roll paper. The roll paper is conveyed by rotation, and information is printed on the roll paper by a thermal head provided opposite to the platen roller. The roll paper on which the information is printed is wound up by a wind-up roller and collected.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, a driving mechanism for driving the take-up roller was specially required, so that there was an inconvenience that the configuration became complicated and the cost increased.

Further, since the take-up roller is provided in the apparatus main body, when taking out the roll paper wound up by the take-up roller, an operation of opening a cover and pulling out the roll paper is required, and workability is increased. There was an inconvenience of being bad.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
Provided is a recording apparatus that enables roll paper to be wound without specially requiring a drive mechanism of a wind roller, and that enables the roll paper wound by the wind roller to be easily removed. Aim.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is directed to a platen roller for transporting a roll paper drawn from a roll section by bringing the roll paper into contact with the roll paper and rotating the roll paper. A print head that prints information on roll paper conveyed by rotation of a platen roller, and is driven and rotated in contact with the conveyed roll paper before printing,
And a take-up roller for introducing the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing and winding the roll paper.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus body having a storage recess on an upper surface, a holding section provided in the apparatus body for holding a roll of roll paper, and a roll section held by the holding section. A platen roller for transporting the roll paper drawn from the roller by contacting and rotating the roll paper; a print head for printing information on the roll paper on the platen roller; and And a take-up roller that is driven and rotated in contact with the roll paper, and guides the leading end of the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing and winds the roll paper.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus body having a storage recess on an upper surface, a holding section provided in the apparatus body for holding a roll of roll paper, and a roll section held by the holding section. A platen roller that transports the roll paper drawn from the roller by contacting and rotating the roll paper; a print head that prints information on the roll paper on the platen roller; And a take-up roller that is driven to rotate in contact with the roll paper before printing, and that introduces the leading end of the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing and winds the roll paper.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus main body having a storage recess in an upper surface portion and forming a guide groove on an inner wall surface facing the storage recess, and a roll portion of a roll paper provided in the apparatus main body. , A platen roller for conveying the roll paper drawn from the roll held by the holding part and rotating the roll paper, and a print head for printing information on the roll paper on the platen roller The two ends of the support shaft are inserted into guide grooves in the accommodating recess so as to be detachably provided, and are driven to rotate in contact with the conveyed roll paper before printing, and the leading end of the roll paper after printing is provided. And a take-up roller for introducing the unit between the roll paper and the roll paper before printing.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus body having an openable and closable upper cover, a storage recess formed in the upper cover, and a holding section provided in the apparatus body for holding a roll portion of roll paper. A platen roller for transporting the roll paper drawn from the roll part held by the holding part by contacting and rotating the roll paper; a print head for printing information on the roll paper on the platen roller; A take-up roller that is provided in the printer, and is driven and rotated in contact with the conveyed roll paper before printing, and the leading end of the post-print roll paper is introduced between the pre-print roll paper and wound up. And

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus main body having an openable top cover, a storage recess formed in the top cover, and a holding section provided in the apparatus main body for holding a roll portion of roll paper. A platen roller for transporting the roll paper drawn from the roll part held by the holding part by contacting and rotating the roll paper; a print head for printing information on the roll paper on the platen roller; The print paper is rotatably provided in contact with the conveyed roll paper before printing, and is rotated by introducing the leading end of the printed roll paper between the roll paper before printing and winding. And a take-up roller.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus main body having an openable and closable upper cover, a storage recess formed in the upper cover, and a guide groove formed in the inner wall facing the inside of the storage recess. A holding unit provided in the apparatus main body for holding a roll portion of roll paper, a platen roller for transporting the roll paper drawn from the roll portion held by the holding portion while contacting and rotating the platen roller; A print head that prints information on roll paper on rollers, and both ends of a support shaft are inserted and inserted and removed in guide grooves in the storage recess, and come into contact with the conveyed roll paper before printing. And a take-up roller that is driven to rotate and introduces the leading end of the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing and winds the roll paper.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus main body having an openable and closable upper cover, a storage recess formed in the upper cover, and a guide groove formed in opposed inner wall surfaces in the storage recess. A holding unit provided in the apparatus main body and holding a roll portion of the roll paper; and a rotation unit provided at a rotating end of the top cover and brought into contact with the roll paper pulled out from the roll portion of the holding unit to rotate. A platen roller to be conveyed by a printer head, which prints information on roll paper on the platen roller, and both ends of the support shaft are detachably provided by inserting both ends of the support shaft into guide grooves in the storage recess.
And a take-up roller that is driven to rotate in contact with the conveyed roll paper before printing, and that introduces and winds the leading end of the post-print roll paper between the roll paper before printing.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 to 3 show an air ticket issuing apparatus, FIG. 1 is a front view thereof, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a side view thereof.

The airline ticket terminal device is a ticket issuing unit T.
And a journal printing section J. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an apparatus main body of the journal printing unit J. An operation panel 2 for issuing a ticket is provided on the upper front side of the apparatus main body 1, and a power switch 3 and a power switch 3 are provided below the operation panel 2. SC
An SI connector 4 is provided. A release lever 8 for opening a top cover 52, which will be described later, is provided on the upper surface of the apparatus main body 1. A storage recess 53 for storing the journal paper JP to be discharged is provided behind the release lever 8. Have been. On one side of the device body 1,
An exhaust port 17 for discharging air inside the apparatus is provided, and a power cable 18 is provided at the bottom of the apparatus main body 1.

A hopper unit 6 for storing boarding passes TP as tickets is provided at the front of the ticket issuing unit T. An inserter unit for inserting a hand ticket is provided above the hopper unit 6. 7 are provided.

On the upper surface of the ticketing section T, there are disposed a discharge stack section 11 for discharging and stacking the issued boarding pass, and a collecting stack section 12 for collecting the issued boarding pass. In the vicinity of the discharge stack section 11, a transport section release button 14 and a key place 15 for placing keys are provided.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the inside of the ticket issuing section T. The above-mentioned boarding pass TP is provided on the front side in the ticketing processing section T.
Is provided, and a take-out roller 21 for taking out a boarding pass TP is provided below the hopper 6. The boarding pass TP taken out by the take-out roller 21 is conveyed along a conveyance system 22 composed of a horizontal conveyance path 22a and a vertical conveyance path 22b. In the horizontal transport path 22a, the transport roller pair 23 extends in the transport direction of the boarding pass TP.
, A magnetic processing unit 25 for recording magnetic information on the boarding pass TP by the magnetic head 25a and reading and confirming the information is provided, and a printing unit for printing information on a printing surface of the boarding pass TP is provided in the vertical transport path 22b. 26 are provided. In the vicinity of the hopper 6, a transport drive motor 24 is provided as drive means for driving the take-out roller 21 and the transport system 22.

The boarding pass T is provided on the ticket exit side of the vertical transport path 22b.
A switching gate 27 for selectively guiding P to the discharge path 28 or the recovery path 29 is provided. The discharge path 28 is connected to the discharge stack section 11, and the recovery path 29 is connected to the recovery stack section 1.
2 are connected.

The inserter section 7 for inserting a hand ticket is connected to a magnetic processing section 25 via a transport system 19. A bar code reading unit 20 that reads a bar code of a manual ticket conveyed by the conveyance system 19 is provided below the conveyance path 19. The hand ticket includes, for example, a group ticket, a handwritten ticket, a special treatment certificate, and the like.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show the printing unit 26. FIG. In the figure, 32 is a platen roller as a support roller,
A thermal head 41 as a print head is opposed to the platen roller 32. The thermal head 41 is mounted on a support bracket 37 as mounting means,
The lower portion of the support bracket 37 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 38, and is urged by a spring 39 to rotate clockwise.

Further, a receiving portion 42 for receiving a cam 35 described later is provided at an upper end portion of the support bracket 37. A drive motor 34 for driving the head is provided near the receiving portion 42 of the support bracket 37, and the drive shaft 34 a of the head driving motor 34 is provided with the receiving portion 42 of the support bracket 37.
Is mounted.

Thermal head 41 and platen roller 32
And an ink ribbon 43 as a transfer material. Both ends of the ink ribbon 43 are wound around a hoisting shaft 46 and a delivery shaft 47, and guide rollers 45, 45
Has been passed over. The hoisting shaft 46 has a first gear 48,
The ribbon take-up motor 44 is connected via a second gear 49 and a third gear 50 to form a take-up means.

FIG. 13 shows a boarding pass TP. The boarding pass TP has a total length L of 140 mm, and has a printing surface on one side and a magnetic recording surface on the other side. The length l of the printing area on the printing surface of the boarding pass TP is 90 mm, and the magnetic recording surface is provided with a magnetic stripe 48a and a bar code 48b.

Next, a ticketing operation will be described. First,
The ticketing mode is designated by operating the operation panel unit 2.
As a result, information is exchanged with the host device in an interactive manner, and when a required ticket can be issued, the transport motor 24
Is driven. By this driving, the take-out roller 23 is rotated, and the transport roller pair 23 is rotated. One boarding ticket TP is taken out of the hopper 6 by the rotation of the take-out roller 23. The boarding pass TP is transported to the magnetic processing unit 25 along the horizontal transport path 22a by the rotation of the transport roller pairs 23,23. This magnetic processing unit 25
Then, the magnetic head 25a writes required information such as a destination, the number of flights, a seat, and the like on the magnetic stripe 48a of the boarding pass TP, and reads the written information.

The boarding pass TP that has been correctly magnetically processed is transported along the vertical transport path 22b, and when the leading end thereof is detected by the sensor 31, the head of the printing range reaches the platen roller 32 after a predetermined time. At this time, the driving of the transport drive motor 24 is temporarily stopped, and the cam 35 is rotated by the drive of the thermal head drive motor 34 as shown by the arrow in FIG.
Deviate from 2. Thus, the support bracket 37 rotates clockwise about the support shaft 38 by the urging force of the spring 39 and presses the tip of the thermal head 41 against the platen roller 32. From this state, the transport drive motor 24 is driven again, the ribbon winding drive motor 44 is driven, and a print signal is supplied to the thermal head 41. The boarding pass TP is conveyed by the drive of the transport drive motor 24, and the take-up shaft 46 is rotated via the gears 50, 49, 48 by the drive of the ribbon take-up drive motor 44, and the ink ribbon 43 is taken up. . As a result, information similar to the information recorded on the magnetic stripe 48a is printed on the surface of the boarding pass TP within a range of 90 mm as shown in FIG. The boarding pass TP printed in this manner is discharged to the discharge stack unit 11 via the switching gate 27 and the discharge path 28.

If the magnetic processing is not performed correctly in the magnetic processing unit 25, the magnetic processing unit 25 discharges the paper from the vertical conveyance path 22b to the collection stack 12 through the switching gate 27 and the collection path 29 without passing through the printing unit 26. Is done.

When the above-described printing operation is completed, the journal printing unit J is driven, and information similar to the information printed on the boarding pass TP is printed on the journal paper. By the above operation, a required boarding pass can be issued using the boarding pass TP stored in the hopper section 6.

FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing the journal printing section J, and FIG. 8 is an internal configuration diagram thereof. A storage recess 53 is provided on the top cover 52 of the apparatus main body 51 of the journal printing section J.
A drop roller 53 as a take-up roller that winds up the journal paper JP as rolled paper is provided on the inner bottom of the storage recess 53.

Guide grooves 55, 55 for guiding both ends of the shaft 53a of the drop roller 53 along the vertical direction are formed on both inner side walls of the storage recess 53. On the inner side of the apparatus main body 51 of the journal printing unit J, there is a journal paper J.
A sheet metal 60 having a holding portion 58 for holding the roll portion R of P and a guide portion 59 for guiding the extracted journal paper JP is provided.

A thermal head 61 is provided below the sheet metal 60 as a print head for printing information on the extracted journal paper JP. The thermal head 61 includes a platen roller 62 to be described later.
The spring member 63 which presses is connected.

In the vicinity of the thermal head 61, a drive motor 65 for driving the platen roller 62 is provided. The platen roller 62 is connected to the drive motor 65 via a motor pulley 66, a timing belt 67, a pulley 68, a gear 69, and a gear 70. The holding section 58 of the sheet metal 60 is provided with a detection sensor 71 for detecting the presence or absence of the journal paper JP.

As shown in FIG. 9, the upper cover 52 is attached to the apparatus main body 51 via a support shaft 73 so as to be openable and closable.
A platen roller 62 that supports the journal paper JP is rotatably attached to the rotating end. When the top cover 52 is closed, the gear 70 of the platen roller 62
Are connected to the gear 69 of the drive system.

Next, a case where roll paper is set will be described. At the time of this setting, first, as shown in FIG. 9, the release lever 8 is operated to open the upper cover 52, and the roll portion R of the roll paper is dropped into the holding portion 58 of the sheet metal 60. Next, after the leading end of the roll paper is pulled out along the guide portion 59 of the sheet metal 60, the upper cover 52 is closed to complete the setting.

Next, the printing operation of the journal printing unit J will be described. During this printing operation, the drive motor 65 is driven, and the thermal head 61 generates heat based on the print information. By driving the drive motor 65, the motor pulley 66, the timing belt 67, the gears 69, 70
, The platen roller 62 is rotated. The rotation of the platen roller 62 conveys journal paper JP as roll paper from the roll portion R, and information is printed on the conveyed journal paper JP by the heat generated by the thermal head 61. After this printing, the journal paper JP is guided into the storage recess 53 of the top cover 52 as shown in FIG.
The leading end contacts the upper surface of the journal paper JP before printing, is conveyed, enters the lower side of the drop roller 54, and is automatically wound by frictional force.

After the necessary amount of journal paper JP has been wound in this manner, the journal paper JP is pulled by a cutter 52a formed by the edge of the top cover 52 and cut by hand. After cutting, the journal paper JP wound together with the drop roller 54 is taken out from the guide grooves 55, 55 of the upper surface cover 52,
After removing the journal paper JP from the drop roller 54, only the drop roller 54 is dropped along the original guide grooves 55, 55 to prepare for the next winding.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the airline ticket terminal device. In the figure, 76 is a SCSI interface 75
And a control board with a built-in CPU connected to the host PC via the control board 76. The control board 76 controls the entire system.

That is, the control board 76 controls printing, magnetic encoding and transport in the ticket mechanism T and the journal mechanism J, and the operation unit 2.
Button switch and display are controlled.

FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing the operation timing at the time of issuing a ticket. As described above, the timing chart takes out the ticket TP from the hopper portion 6 of the ticket portion T in accordance with the ticket issuing instruction, temporarily checks the magnetic read / write after checking the magnetic read / write, and then performs the surface printing to discharge the ticket. After the end of the ticket processing, journal printing is performed as described above, and a copy of a sheet specification is printed.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the printed journal paper JP is wound up by the drop roller 54 which is driven and rotated by the conveyance of the journal paper JP, so that the drive mechanism and the drive source of the drop roller 54 are controlled. The configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced without special necessity.

Further, since the storage recess 53 is provided on the upper surface and the drop-in roller 54 is detachably provided in the storage recess 53, the winding state can be easily viewed from the outside and the required amount can be wound. After taking, it can be easily taken out.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention, the roll paper after printing is wound by the winding roller which is driven and rotated by the transport of the roll paper, so that a drive mechanism and a drive source of the wind roller are separately required. , The configuration can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

Further, since a storage recess is provided on the upper surface and a take-up roller is detachably provided in the storage recess, the winding state can be easily visually observed from the external appearance, and after the necessary amount has been wound, This has the effect that it can be easily taken out.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an air ticket issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an air ticket issuing device.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a journal printing unit.

FIG. 4 is an internal configuration diagram showing a ticketing processing unit.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a printing unit of the ticketing processing unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a thermal head of a printing unit is separated from a platen roller.

FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing a journal printing unit.

FIG. 8 is an internal configuration diagram showing a journal printing unit.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state in which an upper cover of a journal printing unit is opened.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a ticket issuing device.

FIG. 11 is a timing chart showing the operation timing of the ticket issuing device.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing the issued boarding pass.

[Explanation of symbols]

 51: Device main body 52: Top cover 53: Storage recess (storage recess) 54a: Support shaft 54: Drop roller (winding roller) 55: Guide groove JP: Journal paper (roll paper) R: Roll section 58: Holding section 61: thermal head (print head) 62: platen roller

Claims (8)

[Claims] A platen roller for transporting the roll paper drawn from the roll section by contacting and rotating the roll paper; a print head for printing information on the roll paper transported by the rotation of the platen roller; And a take-up roller that is driven to rotate in contact with the roll paper before printing, and that introduces and rolls the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing. apparatus. 2. An apparatus main body having a storage recess in an upper surface portion, a holding section provided in the apparatus main body for holding a roll section of roll paper, and a roll sheet pulled out from the roll section held by the holding section. A platen roller that conveys the paper by contacting and rotating the printhead; a print head that prints information on the roll paper on the platen roller; and a print head that is provided in the storage recess and contacts the conveyed roll paper before printing. And a take-up roller that is driven to rotate and guides the leading end of the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing and winds the roll paper. 3. An apparatus main body having a storage recess in an upper surface portion, a holding section provided in the apparatus main body for holding a roll section of roll paper, and a roll paper pulled out from the roll section held by the holding section. A platen roller that conveys by contacting and rotating the printhead; a print head that prints information on roll paper on the platen roller; and a roll paper that is detachably provided in the storage recess and is conveyed before printing. And a take-up roller that is driven to rotate in contact with the roll paper, and introduces and winds the leading end of the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing. 4. An apparatus body having a storage recess on an upper surface thereof and forming a guide groove on an inner wall surface facing the storage recess, and a holding section provided in the apparatus body for holding a roll portion of roll paper. A platen roller that conveys the roll paper drawn from the roll part held by the holding part by contacting and rotating the roll paper; a print head that prints information on the roll paper on the platen roller; The two ends of the support shaft are inserted into the guide grooves of the support shaft so as to be detachably provided, and are driven to rotate by contacting the conveyed roll paper before printing. A recording device, comprising: a take-up roller that is introduced between roll paper and taken up. 5. An apparatus body having an openable top cover, a storage recess formed in the top cover, a holding section provided in the apparatus body for holding a roll portion of roll paper, A platen roller for transporting the roll paper drawn from the held roll portion by contacting and rotating the roll paper; a print head for printing information on the roll paper on the platen roller; and a print head provided in the storage recess, A take-up roller that is driven to rotate in contact with the roll paper before printing that is being conveyed, and that introduces and winds the leading end of the roll paper after printing with the roll paper before printing. A recording device characterized by the following. 6. An apparatus body having a top cover that can be opened and closed, a storage recess formed in the top cover, a holding section provided in the apparatus body to hold a roll portion of roll paper, A platen roller for transporting the roll paper drawn from the held roll part by contacting and rotating the roll paper; a print head for printing information on the roll paper on the platen roller; and a detachably provided in the storage recess. A take-up roller that is driven and rotated by contacting the roll paper before printing that is conveyed, and that introduces and winds the leading end of the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing. A recording device, comprising: 7. An apparatus main body having an openable and closable upper surface cover, a storage recess formed in the upper surface cover, a guide groove formed in opposed inner wall surfaces in the storage recess, and provided in the apparatus main body. A holding unit for holding a roll portion of the rolled paper, a platen roller for conveying the roll paper drawn from the roll portion held by the holding portion and rotating the roll paper, and a roll paper on the platen roller. A print head for printing information, and both ends of the support shaft are detachably provided by inserting both end portions of the support shaft into guide grooves in the storage recess, and are rotated by contact with the conveyed roll paper before printing, whereby the printing is performed. And a winding roller for introducing the leading end of the subsequent roll paper between the roll paper before printing and winding the roll paper. 8. An apparatus main body having a top cover that can be opened and closed, a storage recess formed in the top cover, a guide groove formed in opposing inner wall surfaces in the storage recess, and provided in the apparatus main body. A holding unit that holds a roll portion of the roll paper, and a platen roller that is provided at a rotating end of the top cover and that conveys the roll paper drawn from the roll portion of the holding unit by rotating by contacting and rotating the roll paper. A print head for printing information on the roll paper on the platen roller; and a detachably provided insert end of the support shaft inserted into the guide groove in the storage recess. And a take-up roller that is driven to rotate in contact with the roll paper, and guides the leading end of the roll paper after printing between the roll paper before printing and winds the roll paper.