JPS61241177A - Passbook printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To contrive higher utilization efficiency of an automatic transaction device and better service to customers, by turning a passbook to a correct direction when it is detected that the passbook is inserted in a wrong direction. CONSTITUTION:When insertion of the passbook is sensed, the passbook is fed to the position of a magnetic stripe, and a transversely moving roller 10 is rotated until the left side of the passbook comes into contact with a stopper 11. When the magnetic stripe 21 is not detected by a magnetic head 13, a passbook-inverting action is initiated, an upper feeding passage is drawn upward so that the passbook can be rotated, and a turntable 12 is lifted up to support the passbook. Then, the turntable 12 is rotated to turn the passbook by 180 deg.. Thereafter, the turntable 12 and the upper feeding passage are lowered, an inversion flag is set ON, and a magnetic stripe detecting action is again conducted. When the stripe is detected, magnetic stripe data are read, and when the data are normal, printing is conducted on the passbook, and then the passbook is returned. When the read data are abnormal, the passbook is returned, thereby finishing the operation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (AlTechnical Field) The present invention relates to a passbook printing device that is installed in an automatic transaction processing device or the like and prints transaction details on an inserted deposit passbook or the like.

(b) Summary of the Invention The passbook printing device according to the present invention detects that the passbook is inserted in the wrong direction by the passbook direction detection means, rotates the passbook so that it is in the correct orientation, and then prints the passbook. do.

(C) Prior art and its drawbacks A passbook printing device installed in an automatic transaction processing device such as a bank prints a passbook in a predetermined direction (printing direction) from the passbook insertion slot provided on the operation panel of the automatic transaction processing device. The transaction details are printed on the passbook that is inserted into the machine, and then ejected. However, with conventional passbook printing devices, it is not possible to print on a passbook unless it is inserted in the correct orientation, and the user must eject the passbook and ask the user to reinsert it in the correct orientation. Ta. Therefore, if the passbook is inserted in the wrong direction, it takes time to print the passbook. In addition, many of the users who insert their passbooks in the wrong direction are inexperienced in operating such devices, and as a result, it takes time to operate the automatic transaction processing devices, which reduces the efficiency of using the automatic transaction processing devices. At the same time, it was also a nuisance to other customers.

+d) Purpose of the Invention In view of the above drawbacks, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bankbook printing device that corrects the orientation of a bankbook and prints even if the bankbook is inserted in the wrong direction.

(e) Structure and Effects of the Invention This invention includes a print head that prints transaction details on a passbook set in a predetermined position and in the correct orientation, and a passbook that is inserted through a passbook insertion slot and is conveyed to the position of the print head. a passbook printing device having a passbook conveying device; The present invention is characterized by comprising a passbook rotating means for rotating the passbook so that it is oriented in the correct direction before the passbook transporting device transports the passbook to the position of the print head when the passbook transporting device detects that the passbook has been moved.

With the above configuration, according to the present invention, even if a passbook is inserted in the wrong direction, the passbook direction detection means detects the orientation, and based on the detection, the passbook rotation means rotates the passbook in the correct printing direction. However, in this state, the passbook transport device transports the passbook to the printing position, so even if a passbook is inserted in the wrong direction, the orientation can be corrected and printed without being ejected. . As a result, it is possible to improve the utilization efficiency of an automatic transaction processing device, etc. equipped with this passbook printing device, and to improve the service to customers.

(fl Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a passbook printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Inside the passbook insertion slot 1, lower conveyance rollers 2, 3, 4, etc. 5 and upper conveyance rollers 5.6, 7.8.Lower conveyance roller 2
, 3, 4.5, and a conveyor belt 16 is stretched between both left and right ends of the upper conveyor roller 6.7. The external shape of the passbook insertion slot 1 is sufficiently thicker in the vertical direction than the thickness of the passbook (and the width is approximately 14 AO). This length is approximately the same as the width of a savings passbook. Based on this, the passbook is driven in the passbook insertion direction and ejection direction by a drive device (not shown).

First upper and lower transport rollers 2 and 6 and second upper and lower transport rollers 3
．． A shifting roller 10 is installed perpendicularly to the conveyance direction on the side of the conveyance path between the conveyance path and the conveyance path, and a stopper 11 is disposed on the left side of the conveyance path in the conveyance direction. Upper conveyance roller 6.7. The conveyance belt 16 and the shifting roller 10 (hereinafter, these rollers will be referred to as the upper conveyance path) are pulled upward by a solenoid (not shown) when a passbook is reversed, which will be described later.

A turntable 12 is installed below the conveyance path.

This turntable 12 is a table for supporting and rotating a bankbook, and is rotated by a turntable driving device 12a, and is moved upward only when the bankbook is rotated to support the bankbook. Further, a magnetic head 13 is provided near the second lower conveyance roller 3 . This magnetic head 13
reads the magnetic stripe formed on the surface of the inserted passbook. A print section sensor 14 is installed on the conveyance path between the second upper and lower conveyance rollers 3 and 7 and the third upper and lower conveyance rollers 4 and 8 to detect the already printed portion of the passbook. The detection output of the printing section sensor 14 is notified to the control section, and the next line to be printed is determined. Furthermore, a print head 15 for printing transaction details on the passbook is installed above the conveyance path between the third upper and lower conveyance rollers 4 and 8 and the fourth upper and lower conveyance rollers 5 and 9. When the printing lines of the passbook are stopped at this position, the control section drives this print head 15 to print transaction details and the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a bankbook inserted into the bankbook printing device. The bank passbook commonly used today is approximately 17cm long when opened.

It is about 14cm wide. Although this figure shows the inside of the passbook in an open state, a magnetic stripe 21 is formed on the cover (back side in the figure), and transaction details are printed on each page of the passbook. Transaction details are already printed on pages 20a and 20b of this page, and when this passbook is inserted next, the details will be printed starting from 20c.

Note that since the passbook insertion slot 1 of the above-mentioned passbook printing device has a width of 14G, the insertion direction of the passbook is restricted to either the upper direction or the lower direction of the passbook.

The operation of the passbook printing device according to the above embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 showing the operation of the control section.

Step nl (hereinafter, ni is simply referred to as nt).

) to determine whether to insert a passbook, the position of the magnetic stripe (
Magnetic stripe on passbook 2 if passbook is oriented correctly
1 is above the magnetic head 13 (n2), and at this position, the shifting roller 10 is rotated until the left side of the passbook hits the stopper 11 (n3). This operation compensates for errors on the left and right sides of the passbook conveyance path. Here, if the magnetic head 13 detects the magnetic stripe 21 (n4), if the magnetic stripe 21 is detected, proceed to n13; if no magnetic stripe is detected, proceed to n6 (
n5). .

Below n6 is a passbook reversal operation. At n6, the reversal flag that will be sent when the bankbook is reversed is determined, and if it is set, it is assumed that the bankbook has already been reversed and the magnetic stripe on the opposite side has been detected, and the process proceeds to n15, where the bankbook is ejected and the operation ends. If the reversal flag remains reset,
Assuming that the magnetic stripe detection operation on the opposite side has not yet been performed, pull up the upper transport path and make the passbook rotatable.
7) Raise the turntable 12 to support the passbook (n8). Next, the turntable 12 is rotated to flip the passbook 180 degrees (n9). Then turntable 12
．． The upper conveyance path is lowered (n10, n1l), the reversal flag is set (n12), and the operation returns to the magnetic stripe detection operation for n2 and below.

Note that the turntable 12 and n7 to nil correspond to the passbook rotating means of the present invention, and n4. n5 and magnetic head 1
3 corresponds to the magnetic stripe detection means of the present invention.

When a magnetic stripe is detected in the magnetic stripe detection operation, the process proceeds to n13, where the magnetic stripe data is read and it is determined whether or not the magnetic stripe data is normal. If it is normal, print on the passbook at n14 and then return the passbook (n15); if it is not normal, proceed directly to n15, return the passbook, and finish the operation.

In this way, with this passbook printing device, if the inserted passbook is inserted in the wrong direction, the passbook will be rotated to the correct direction and conveyed to the print head position to print, so it will not be possible to insert the passbook in the wrong direction. You can print without having to return the item even if it is returned to you. Therefore, when such a device is installed in an automatic transaction processing device or the like, it is possible to improve the usage efficiency of the automatic transaction processing device, and there is an advantage that it also leads to improved services for customers.

In this embodiment, the passbook insertion direction is restricted to two directions by the passbook insertion slot 1, so the passbook is rotated only once within the device, but in the case of a device with two or more insertion directions. , just set the rotation angle and number of rotations corresponding to that direction.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a passbook printing device which is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a bank deposit passbook inserted into the above embodiment, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the operation of the control section of the above embodiment. FIG. 12-Turntable, 13-Magnetic head, 15-Print head.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A passbook printing device that has a print head that prints transaction details on a passbook set in a predetermined position and in the correct orientation, and a passbook transport device that transports the passbook inserted from the passbook insertion slot to the position of the print head. and a passbook direction detection means for detecting a state when a passbook is inserted in the wrong direction from the passbook insertion slot; A passbook printing device comprising a passbook rotating means for rotating the passbook so that it is oriented in the correct direction before the conveyance device conveys the passbook to the position of the print head. (2) The passbook direction detection means includes a magnetic head that detects a magnetic stripe formed on the cover of the passbook, and a magnetic stripe detection means that determines whether or not the magnetic stripe is detected by the magnetic head. The passbook printing device described in Section 1.