JPH1135208A - Paper ejecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent paper sheets from being left out in a paper sheet ejecting port by arranging the paper sheet ejecting port in the vicinity of a card ejecting port so as to simultaneously grasp a card and a paper sheet and collecting paper sheets left out in the paper sheet ejecting port. SOLUTION: A paper ejecting device provided in a card dealing device includes a paper ejecting port 10 in the lower side of a card ejecting port 9, and a paper sheet such as a receipt is ejected by being superposed on a card. For issuing this receipt, when a paper sheet is detected by a paper sheet sensor 76, a motor is rotated until no paper sheets are detected, and a receiver is ready to receive a paper sheet. Then, after the passage of fixed time, the motor is reversibly rotated and, when the paper sheet sensor 76 detects no paper sheets, this control is finished determining the receiving of the paper sheet by the receiver. But when the paper sheet sensor 76 detects a paper sheet, by determining non-receiving of the paper sheet by the receiver, the motor is reversibly rotated for another fixed time and then the paper sheet is collected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper discharging device which is installed in a card transaction device such as an ATM or a CD and used for discharging a receipt on which transaction contents are printed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A card transaction device such as an ATM or a CD has a card processing device and a printing device installed therein, and prints the contents of the transaction by card processing on a long sheet of paper using a printing device, and uses the printed transaction as a receipt. Discharge with. The issuance of the receipt involves a process in which the printing device unwinds the paper from the roll paper, conveys it to the print head side, prints, cuts, and discharges the paper.

[0003]

By the way, when issuing a receipt together with returning a card, since the card outlet and the receipt outlet are separately set, when the customer receives the card, the customer must receive the receipt. There is a risk that others will take the receipt and forget it. Also, the recipient can grab the receipt being discharged from the receipt outlet,
It is also anticipated that the receipt outlet will be blocked by hand, which will hinder the paper ejection. Such interference may cause a jam. Further, if the customer throws away the receipt in a trash box, the receipt may be used for illegal transactions, and if the customer collects the receipt in a trash box, there is no doubt that a fire such as arson may occur. As a measure to prevent forgetting to take a receipt, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-20787 has been proposed. This is a method of taking out a card and a receipt from a common discharge port. However, since it is a dedicated machine, it lacks versatility.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet discharging apparatus which prevents a sheet from being left at a sheet discharging port.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the paper discharge device of the present invention has a paper discharge port (10) installed near a card discharge port (8) and a card (4) and a paper (4). 6) can be grasped at the same time, and the paper (6) left in the paper outlet (10) is collected.

The paper discharge device of the present invention has a card discharge port (8) for discharging a card (4), and is separately provided on the upper or lower side of the card discharge port, and is provided on the upper or lower side of the card. A paper outlet (10) for discharging paper (6),
Paper discharge means (drive rollers 52, 54, 56 and driven rollers 58, 60, 62) for discharging paper to the paper discharge port side in response to discharge of a card to the card discharge port; The card discharged to the exit and the paper discharged to the paper discharge opening can be simultaneously grasped and picked up by a recipient. With such a configuration, when the paper is ejected at the same time as the return or issuance of the card, the paper is ejected on the card so that the recipient can grasp the card and the paper,
It is possible to prevent misplaced paper such as receipts.

The paper discharge device according to the present invention is characterized in that, when the card is discharged to the card discharge port, a control means (a paper discharge / collection control unit 66) for discharging the paper to the paper discharge means in synchronization with the discharge. ). By ejecting the paper in synchronization with the ejection of the card, it is possible to prevent the user from forgetting to take the sheets due to the fact that the ejection of the two sheets becomes uneven.

The paper discharge device of the present invention is provided with a paper detection means (paper sensors 74, 76, 78) for detecting the presence or absence of the paper discharged to the paper discharge port side or the paper inserted into the paper discharge port from outside. And sheet recovery means (drive rollers 54 and 56 and driven rollers 60) for recovering the paper when the paper detection means detects the paper inserted into the paper discharge port after detecting the discharge of the paper. , 62)
And characterized in that: If the issued paper is left behind in the paper exit, collect the paper. Then, even if the recipient once receives the paper, the paper is collected when the paper is returned to the paper outlet. In this way, the recipient can be protected from misuse such as leaving or leaving the paper.

In the paper discharging apparatus according to the present invention, the paper collecting means also serves as the paper discharging means, and conveys the paper in a direction opposite to a discharging direction. The paper discharging means and the paper collecting means are also used, and the paper discharging and the paper collecting are performed by control. With such a configuration, the mechanical configuration can be simplified.

In the paper discharge device of the present invention, when the receiver inserts the paper from the paper discharge port, the paper collection means performs the paper conveyance in a direction opposite to a discharge direction of the paper, so that The paper is collected. By using both the sheet discharging unit and the sheet collecting unit, the sheet discharging and the sheet collecting are performed by the control, so that the mechanical configuration can be simplified.

Further, in the paper discharging apparatus according to the present invention, the paper collecting means constitutes a part of the paper discharging means, and is provided in the middle of a discharge path for conveying the paper to the paper discharging port. A guide for closing the discharge path at the time of collection is provided. By having such a guide,
The discharge path can be closed at the time of paper collection, and the reliability of paper collection can be improved.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of a sheet discharging device. FIG. 1 shows the entire system, and FIG. 2 shows a portion of the sheet discharging device. In this embodiment, the paper discharge device is configured as a paper discharge mechanism that forms a part of the card transaction device 2. The card transaction device 2 performs a business transaction or the like by using a card 4 on which unique data is recorded by magnetic recording, and issues a receipt or the like for confirmation at the same time as the ejection of the card 4. The paper discharge device issues and discharges the paper 6 such as a receipt to a recipient. A paper discharge port 10 is provided adjacent to the card discharge port 8. In this case, a paper outlet 10 is provided below the card outlet 8, and the paper 6 is discharged so as to overlap the card 4 on the lower surface side of the card 4 to be discharged. The recipient can receive the card 4 and the paper 6 with a single grip.

The card transaction device 2 has a card transport mechanism 12 for transporting the card 4. The card transport mechanism 12 hangs a belt 18 around rollers 14 and 16 as means for supporting the lower surface side of the card 4 to be transported, and also provides rollers 20 and 22 above the belt 18 to hang a belt 24, , 24 to convey the card 4 therebetween. The roller 20 is a driving roller, and a motor (not shown) as a driving means is connected to a rotating shaft thereof, and its rotation is controlled by a card transport control unit 28 of a card processing control unit 26.

A magnetic head 30 is provided at an intermediate portion between the belts 18 and 24. The magnetic head 30 is means for reading recorded data of a magnetic stripe of the card 4 and magnetically writing desired data to the magnetic stripe. Reading and writing of magnetic recording by the magnetic head 30 are performed through a magnetic head control unit 32.

The card transaction device 2 has a printer device 34. The printer 34 includes a print head 3 together with a transport roller 36 serving as a paper transport unit.
The transport roller 36 is driven by a motor 37. The print head 38 is controlled by a print control unit 44 of the printer control unit 42, and the print head 38 is driven according to print data. The printing control and the sheet conveyance are synchronized, and the sheet 6 is conveyed by a predetermined amount for each printing line, and the sheet conveyance is performed for the printing line and the margins before and after the printing line. The paper feed is performed by controlling the motor 37 by the paper transport control unit 46 and controlling the rotation of the motor which is the driving means of the transport roller 36.

The paper 6 on which predetermined printing is performed is fed out of the roll paper 40. In this embodiment, in order to correct the curl, the rewind portion of the roll paper 40 is concave so that the upper surface side is concave. The paper is sent from the lower side to the transport roller 36 side, and a predetermined amount is sent out by the rotation of the transport roller 36, and is transported to the cutter device 48 side. The cutter device 48 is a unit that cuts and separates the long paper 6 into the paper 6 as a strip of paper, and controls the vertical movement of the cutter blade by the rotation of the motor 43 by the paper cutter controller 49. .

The card processing control unit 26 and the printer control unit 42 are linked with an interface (I / F) 51 and a host device 53 to exchange print data.
The control of sheet conveyance and sheet cutting is controlled by the host device 53.

Further, the cut paper 6 after the printing is completed.
Is sent out to the sheet discharge path 50. Paper discharge path 50
Is a path connecting the paper discharge section of the cutter device 48 and the paper discharge port 10, provided with drive rollers 52, 54, 56 and driven rollers 58, 60, 62, and arrives at the paper discharge path 50. The paper 6 is discharged or collected. A guide 59 for guiding the sheet 6 to be discharged to be sandwiched is provided near the meshing portion of the driving roller 52 and the driven roller 58.
Is provided. The guide 59 is formed of, for example, a synthetic resin plate as an elastic material. Drive roller 54
A collection port 80 is formed at the lower part of the bent sheet discharge path 50. A guide 81 made of an elastic material for collecting and guiding the collected paper 9 is provided in the collection port 80. The lower part of the guide 81 is screwed, and the upper part is attached rotatably with the lower part as a fulcrum.
The upper portion of the guide 81 forms a discharge path by receiving the conveying force of the sheet at the time of discharging the sheet and bends below the discharge path.

The drive rollers 52, 54 and 56 are provided with a motor 64 as a drive means, and the rotation of the motor 64 is controlled by a sheet discharge / recovery controller 66 based on sheet detection. The rotation of the motor 64 is controlled by the drive roller 5.
2, 54 and 56 are transmitted to the drive roller 52 through a torque limiter 68 and the drive roller 56 through a torque limiter 70. Torque limiter 6
Numerals 8 and 70 are means for idling and stopping the discharge of the sheet when an excessive force which hinders the sheet conveyance is applied to the sheet 6 to be discharged. At the time of paper collection, the drive rollers 54 and 56 are reversed to perform paper collection. A collection tray 72 for storing the collected paper 6 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, a first paper sensor 74 is provided near the roller 58, a second paper sensor 76 is provided inside the roller 62, and a second paper sensor 76 is provided outside the drive roller 56. Three paper sensors 78 are provided.
Each of the paper sensors 74, 76, 78 is constituted by, for example, an optical detection means, and detects the arrival of the leading end of the paper 6, detects the presence or absence of the leading end, and the passage of the trailing end or the leading end. The signal is taken into the paper discharge / collection control unit 66 and used for starting or completing control of paper discharge and paper collection.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.

FIG. 3 shows a control operation for issuing the paper 6 as a receipt accompanying the insertion and ejection of the card 4. A step S1 decides whether or not the card 4 has been inserted into the card outlet 8. In the embodiment of the present invention, the card outlet 8 is configured to be shared with the insertion slot. When the card 4 is inserted, the process proceeds to step S2, and the card 4 is transported by the card transport mechanism 12 to the magnetic head 30 side. In step S3, a process of reading card data stored in the magnetic stripe of the card 4 is performed. In this reading process, the ID and other unique data recorded on the card 4 are read, and communication with the host device 53 is performed.

In step S4, the card processing controller 26 determines whether or not data has been received from the host device 53. If not, the process waits in step S4. If data has been received from the host device 53, the process proceeds to step S5, where printing is performed on the paper 6 together with writing processing on the magnetic stripe of the card 4.

In step S6, the process proceeds to a receipt issuing operation, and in step S7, it is determined whether the preparation for receipt receipt is completed. The discharge preparation is an operation of transporting and storing the printed paper 6 as a receipt.

After this process, the receipt is ejected in step S8, and the card 4 is ejected in step S9, and all the processes are completed.

Next, FIGS. 4 and 5 show processing from printing to paper discharge. Circles A in FIGS. 4 and 5 indicate connectors. In step S11, printing for one line is performed.
In step S12, the motor 37 is driven to
, One line of paper is fed. In step S13, the motor 6 controlled by the paper discharge / collection control unit 66
4 starts rotating.

In step S14, when the paper sensor 74 detects the leading end portion of the paper 6 through the sandwiching of the paper 6 between the driving roller 52 and the driven roller 58, the flow proceeds to step S14.
The process proceeds to 15, and the motor 64 is stopped.

A predetermined n lines are printed on the paper 6, and the contents of the transaction are displayed by this printing.
In step S16, it is determined whether or not n lines have been printed on the paper 6. If the print line has not reached the predetermined n lines, the process proceeds to step S17 to perform printing, the sheet is fed in step S18, and the process returns to step S14. When the printing of n lines is completed in step S16, the process proceeds to step S19, in which a necessary amount of m lines of paper is fed as a margin, and the sheet 6 is cut in step S20.

In step S21, it is determined whether or not the paper sensor 74 has detected the paper 6. If the paper is not detected, a jam or the like occurs, and the paper 6 is correctly guided to the paper discharge path 50. It is determined that the motor 64 has not been turned on, the process proceeds to step S22, and the motor 64 is stopped.
At step 3, an error occurrence is instructed and displayed.

In step S21, the sheet sensor 74 detects the sheet 6
Is detected, it indicates that the paper 6 has reached the paper discharge path 50, the process proceeds to step S24, the rotation of the motor 64 stopped during printing is restarted, and the process proceeds to step S25. Transition. The rotation of the motor 64 is an operation of discharging the paper, and the rotation of the paper 6 promptly moves the paper 6 through the paper discharge path 50. However, the leading end reaches the paper sensor 76 soon.
Is detected.

If the paper 6 is not detected by the paper sensor 76 in step S25 even after the motor 64 is rotated for a predetermined time, the flow proceeds to step S26 to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed. Move to S27,
The motor 64 is stopped. That is, if the paper sensor 76 does not detect the paper 6 even after the motor 64 is rotated for a certain period of time, the paper 6 may be jammed or damaged in the middle. The rotation of the motor 64 is promptly stopped, an error is instructed in step S28, and the display is performed.

In step S25, the sheet 6 is detected by the sheet sensor 76.
Is detected, the motor 64 is rotated until the paper 6 is not detected in step S29. The fact that the sheet 6 is not detected means that the end of the sheet 6 has been detected. In step S30, the motor 64 is stopped so that the receiver can receive the sheet 6.

After a lapse of a predetermined time in step S31, the flow shifts to step S32 to reverse the motor 64. In step S33, it is determined whether the reverse rotation state has passed for a predetermined time. In step S34, the paper sensor 76
Is determined, and if the sheet 6 is not detected, the control ends because the receiver has removed the sheet 6.

However, even if the predetermined time has elapsed, if the paper sensor 76 detects the paper 6 in step S34, it is determined that the recipient has forgotten to take out the paper 6, and the process proceeds to step S34.
The process proceeds to step S35, and after the motor 64 is rotated backward for a certain period of time to collect the paper 6, the process proceeds to step S36 to stop the motor 64.

Next, FIG. 6 shows a control operation when the receiver returns the paper 6. In step S41, the receiver 6 returns the paper 6 once received to the paper outlet 10, and when the paper sensor 78 detects the paper 6, the process proceeds to step S42.
And the motor 64 is reversed. As a result, paper 6
Is sandwiched between the driving roller 56 and the driven roller 62,
Due to the rotation, the sheet is conveyed through the sheet discharge path 50 in a direction opposite to the discharge direction. In step S43, it is determined whether or not the paper sensor 76 has detected the leading edge of the paper 6, and if not, the process proceeds to step S44 to determine whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed. After elapse, the process proceeds to step S45 to stop the motor 64, and ends the collection control.

If the sheet sensor 76 has detected a sheet in step S43, the process proceeds to step S46, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step S47, in which the reverse rotation of the motor 64 is stopped, and the sheet 6 is normally operated. It is determined that the paper has been collected, and the paper collection operation ends.

With reference to FIGS. 7 to 14, the operation of discharging the paper 6 in response to the insertion and discharge of the card 4, that is, the operation of issuing a receipt will be described.

FIG. 7 shows a standby state for receipt issuance. From this standby state, printing is performed while the paper 6 is conveyed. In this case, the paper is transported by the rotation of the transport roller 36. The leading end of the paper 6 hits the guide 59 by the paper conveyance, and is guided and pinched between the driving roller 52 and the driven roller 58 which rotate by the elasticity of the guide 59. The leading end of the sheet 6 conveyed while being sandwiched between the driving roller 52 and the driven roller 58 is a sheet sensor 7
4 and the drive roller 52 stops at the time of this detection. This stop control is performed by the sheet discharge / collection control unit 66.
When the detection signal of the sheet sensor 74 is received, the sheet conveyance by the driving roller 52 and the driven roller 58 is stopped. At this point, the printing operation is continued, and the paper is being conveyed by the conveyance roller 36. As shown in FIG. 8, the paper 6 is bent by the amount of the paper conveyance on the front side of the driving roller 52 and the driven roller 58, and A loop L is formed and stored.

When the printing of the paper 6 is completed, the paper is conveyed by the length that the printed portion of the paper 6 passes through the paper cutter device 48, and the trailing end is cut. As shown in FIG. 9, the cut sheet 6 is conveyed through the sheet discharge path 50 by the rotation of the driving roller 52 and the driven roller 58, and is driven by the driving roller 54, the driven roller 60, and the driving roller 5.
6 and the driven roller 62 are fed to the sheet discharge port 10 side. At this time, the leading end of the paper 6 is
Is detected by The card 4 is discharged so that the leading end of the receipt 4 overlaps the lower side of the discharged card 4 by a predetermined amount from the detection of the paper sensor 76. At this point, the paper transport stops and waits for receipt of a receipt. As shown in FIG. 10, the recipient can pick up and receive the paper 6, that is, the receipt together with the card 4.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, when the card 4 is received and only the paper 6 is left, the paper 6
Is detected by the paper sensor 76. In this state, the collection mode is set, and the drive rollers 54 and 56 rotate in the direction opposite to the sheet discharge, and the sheet 6 is transported in the sheet discharge path 50 in the reverse direction, guided by the guide 81, and It is conveyed toward the collection port 80 formed on the side, and as shown in FIG.

Next, as shown in FIG. 13, after the recipient has received the paper 6 together with the card 4, if the recipient returns the paper 6 to the paper outlet 10, the collection mode is also set. When the paper 6 is detected by the paper sensor 78, the driving rollers 54 and 56 rotate in the direction opposite to the direction in which the paper is discharged, and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, the sheet 6 is conveyed in the sheet discharge path 50 in the reverse direction and is collected on the collection tray 72.

In this embodiment, the paper 6 is ejected to the lower surface of the card 4. However, the paper 6 may be ejected to the upper surface of the card 4. Alternatively, the card 4 may be ejected vertically. The paper 6 may be set to be ejected and ejected to the side surface thereof.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects can be obtained. a. Since the paper such as the receipt is discharged so as to overlap the card, the recipient can receive the card and the paper with a single grasp, and can prevent the receipt or the like from being forgotten. b. Since a forgotten receipt or a receipt that has been refused can be automatically collected, the recipient can be protected from misappropriation or misuse of personal information written on the receipt. c. If the recipient returns the paper to the paper exit,
Since the paper can be automatically and reliably recovered in the recovery mode, inconveniences such as paper jam due to paper disposal can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a card transaction device which is one embodiment of a paper discharge device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a sheet discharging device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a main routine of the card transaction device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a first stage of a sheet discharging operation.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the second half of the sheet discharging operation shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a paper collection operation.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a standby state of a sheet discharging operation.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a sheet printing operation.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a sheet discharging operation.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating reception of a sheet discharged together with a card.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating leaving of a sheet.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a paper collecting operation.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating paper return.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a paper collecting operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 Card 6 Paper 8 Card outlet 10 Paper outlet 52 Driving roller (Paper discharging means) 54, 56 Driving roller (Paper discharging means, Paper collecting means) 58 Follower roller (Paper discharging means) 60, 62 Driving roller (Paper discharging) Means, paper collection means) 66 paper discharge / collection control unit (control means) 74, 76, 78 paper sensor (paper detection means)

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Claims (6)

[Claims] A card ejection port for ejecting a card, a paper ejection port provided at an upper or lower side separately from the card ejection port for ejecting a sheet to an upper or lower side of the card, and a card ejection port. Paper discharge means for discharging the paper to the paper discharge port side in response to discharge of the card to the exit, wherein the card discharged to the card discharge port and the paper discharged to the paper discharge port Wherein the receiver is capable of simultaneously grasping the sheet. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for causing said paper discharge means to discharge said paper in synchronization with said discharge when said card is discharged to said card discharge port. Paper ejection device. 3. A sheet detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of the sheet discharged to the sheet discharge port side or a sheet inserted from the outside into the sheet discharge port, and the sheet detecting means detects discharge of the sheet. 2. The sheet discharging device according to claim 1, further comprising: a sheet collecting unit that collects the sheet when the sheet inserted into the sheet discharging port is detected. 4. The sheet discharging apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said sheet collecting means also serves as said sheet discharging means, and performs sheet conveyance in a direction opposite to a discharging direction. 5. The paper collecting means according to claim 1, wherein when the receiver inserts the paper from the paper discharge port, the paper is conveyed in a direction opposite to a discharge direction of the paper so as to collect the paper. The sheet discharging device according to claim 3, wherein 6. The paper collecting means, which forms a part of the paper discharging means, is provided in the middle of a discharging path for conveying a sheet to the paper discharging port, and has a guide for closing the discharging path at the time of collecting the paper. The paper discharge device according to claim 3, further comprising: