JPS6166671A - Blank guide unit for printing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the titled unit capable of feeding of blanks from two directions toward a printing section by providing at least two blank charging ports having different dimentions each other, the one is along the feeding direction of the first blank, the other is toward the edge of the former. CONSTITUTION:The one blank 200 (continuous blank, sheet or the like) is charged from a charging port 202 in the direction of allows P1, P2 by blank guides 28, 31, and discharged in the direction of an allow P3, and the other blank 300 (bill blank, check blank or the like) is charged from a charging port 302 in the direction of an allow Q1 and discharged in the direction of an allow Q2, and being printed at a printing section 105a or the like during that time. The blank 300 is not bent and a clogging of paper is difficult to be generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION "Field of Industrial Application" The present invention relates to a paper guide device for a printing device.

``Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention'' Conventional printing devices (printers) cannot print bills, checks, etc.
It was extremely difficult to print on paper (cut paper, special paper), and even more so, it was impossible to print continuously.

Therefore, a bill printing method as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-29182 has been proposed, but this is just a conventional printer with a device for bills and checks added. Because it uses a feeding mechanism, the paper must be set face down and vertically at the rear.

Therefore, the paper path is curved, and for printing, the paper passes under the rollers and faces up at a steep angle, so there are many paper jams at the exit, and the paper is not loaded upside down. Therefore, there was a problem in that it was not possible to check the bill issue number or bank-specific paper after setting, and it was not possible to prevent missetting.

Furthermore, printing had to be performed at a different angle of 90'', resulting in problems such as poor line printing accuracy and print quality, poor visibility, and inability to read accurately with OCR or the like.

In addition, as a guide exclusively for conventional bill paper,
There is a method disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 26351, but this method also does not solve the problems of the conventional method because the form is sent upside down and transported in a crooked manner.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate all the drawbacks of the prior art described above and to provide a paper guide device for a printing device that is improved.

"Means and effects for solving the problem" The present invention provides paper loading in two different directions, at least a first paper loading direction and a second paper loading direction toward the side line of the first loading direction. It is characterized by having an entrance.

"Example" Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a device to which the printing device is applied.

The printing device includes a loading device (bill paper cassette) 107,
A cross-feeding device (input hopper) 106 that cross-feeds paper to the printing means 105, and a printing means (bill specification printer) 10.
5 and a discharge device (output stacker) 108. In addition, the code 101.102.103.104
each includes the main unit (processor), CRT display, keyboard, and floppy disk drive (8in
ch).

The printing device will be described in detail below.

(Configuration) FIG. 7 is an overall schematic diagram of the printing device, including the charging device 10.
7, a lateral feed device 105, a printing means 105, and a discharge device (stacker) 108.

1. The charging device 107 is formed into a cassette shape, as shown in FIG. Phthalo rotates in the direction of arrow A to block cassette 5, and cassette 5 and Phthalo are made of acrylic material, which is transparent to avoid static electricity.
The paper loaded in the cassette 5 can be checked from the outside.

Note that the symbols 1a, lb, lc, and 1d indicate four types of paper, and the sizes of the papers 1a, 1b, and IC11d are as follows.
1 respectively. ,xm,.

jl tXmt , 12 xXIIz , II a
It is xmz. And these papers 1a, 1b,
One type of paper out of 1c and 1d is loaded into the cassette 5.

The cassette 5 is provided with screw holes 7a at appropriate intervals according to the type of paper to be set, and by screwing the guide post 7 into the appropriate screw hole 7a, the paper can be loaded into the cassette 5. It is configured so that even small-sized paper can be loaded into the cassette 5.

In addition, protruding areas 8.9 are formed on the bottom 5a of the cassette 5, and each area 8.9 has a plurality of cuttable protrusions 8a, 9a, which provide a connection to the traversing device 106. When installed, specific information is recognized by the combination of the notches, for example, the protrusion 8a distinguishes the paper type (bill, check, receipt, etc.), and the protrusion 9a distinguishes the bank, branch, etc. It has become.

Further, the back surface of the cassette 5 is provided with an uneven low left so that the cassette 5 does not easily slip out of the hand when being attached to and removed from the traversing device 106 or when being carried.

Further, cutouts 12a and 12b are formed in the lower right portions of the cassette 5 and Phthalo, respectively.
, 12b constitute a notch 12, in which a pressing member that presses the paper in the cassette 5 from the back of the cassette 5 against a feed roller (to be described later) on the front with a constant pressure is located, and the lid The structure is such that a feed roller is located on the side.

(2) End-of-life device Next, the lateral feed device 106 is shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 and FIG. 1.

The cross-feeding device 106 is provided with a roller 11 that determines the mounting portion 40 and cent position with respect to the charging device 107, and a bar 14 having a microswitch 10. Note that the bar 14 is rotatable about a fulcrum 14a, and is biased in the direction of arrow B by a spring 14b.

Further, a feed roller (feed roller) 19 for feeding out the sheets of paper 1 one by one in the loading device 107 is connected to the cutout portion 1.
It is located at 2.

A conveyance guide 13 for correctly conveying the fed paper 1 to the printing means 105 and rollers 20 and 21 for conveying it along the guide 13 are provided.

As shown in FIG.
05a and a second printing section 105b.

Inside the printing means 105, as shown in FIGS. 1, 8, and 9, there are a paper guide 28.31, a horizontal feed roller 22, a feed roller 24.25.32, and a sprocket pin 33.
, a head 34, a platen 35, a guide 30, and an annual ring 26 are provided.

Further, a sensor (not shown) is provided at a suitable location of the printing means in order to control the passage timing and stop position of the paper depending on the size of the paper to be loaded. Paper guide 31
．． The second paper consists of a flat guide part 28 with a printing part and a guide part 31 with a curved surface, and both horizontal ends of the paper guide (guide part) 28 are transparent, so it is possible to feed the bill paper horizontally. At the same time, it is now possible to print on continuous paper or single sheet paper as before. Note that in FIG. 1, the head 34 performs printing by moving in the left-right direction of the figure.

Note that paper guides 28, 31 are shown in FIG.

In FIG. 11, a first paper 200 (for example, continuous paper 29, sheet paper 36) is loaded from the first paper loading port 202 in the direction of arrows P, , P, and is discharged in the direction of arrow P3. Further, the second paper 300 (eg, bill paper 1) is loaded from the second paper loading port 302 in the direction of arrow Q+force, and is discharged in the direction of arrow Q2. Note that the reference numeral 105a indicates a first printed portion, and this first printed portion 105a does not necessarily have to be in the illustrated position, but may be in any position above, below, to the left, or to the right of the illustrated position. .

As shown in FIG. 7, the escape device ejecting device 108
The main body 54 is provided with a notch 51 and a side plate 53 of the protrusion 5L. This side plate 53 is configured to be slidable according to the size of paper to be printed. This ejecting device 108 includes the printing means 1
It is designed to be installed slightly below the 05 outlet.

(Function) Below, the function of each device when printing on bill paper using a printing device will be explained.

In addition, in FIG. 1, the bill paper 1 is
-Move like ■→■.

Moreover, FIG. 10 shows the printed bill paper 1.

Loading First, as shown in FIG. 3, bank bill papers to be printed are loaded into the cassette 5 in order of bill number. At this time, if necessary depending on the size of the bill paper, the guide post 7 is screwed into an appropriate screw hole 7a so that the right end of the bill paper is aligned with the right end of the cassette 5 and does not move within the cassette 5.

Next, the lid is tightened, and the notch in the protrusion 8a on the bottom 5a registers that the paper is a bill paper.

For example, if all three 8a are intact, it is bill paper, 8a
If you cut out the first one, it will be set as a check paper, etc. Similarly, banks and branches are set using the projections 9a.

Next, this charging device 107 is attached to the traversing device 106. The type and number of the handprint can be checked at any time through the transparent phthalo even after wearing.

In FIG. 4.5.6, when the cassette 5 is loaded in the direction of arrow C, the bar 14 moves downward about the fulcrum 14a because the roller 11 is pushed down by the bottom 5a of the cassette 5. As a result, the micro-sinch 10 is pushed down below the passage surface of the bottom 5a of the cassette 5, making loading of the cassette 5 smooth. The roller 11 is in the bottom recess 1
5, the cassette 5 is placed in the correct position (see FIG. 6). At the same time, the microswitch 10 is turned on and off by the protrusions 8a and 9a, and the identification signal of the cassette 5 is sent to the processor body 101.

Next, the user uses the keyboard 103 to read out a list of the parties to whom the bill is to be issued, and instructs printing of names, amounts, etc. It is checked whether the loaded cassette 5 is of the specified type of bank/branch name, and if there is no mistake, the feed roller 19 feeds out the upper bill paper, and the paper is passed along the conveyance guide 13 to the roller. 20.21, the paper is conveyed to the first printing section 205a of the printing means 105 through the paper guide 28. Each sensor then stops the printer at the position where the first print item is to be printed.

In the first printing section LQ5a, the roller 22 is separated from the bill paper, and instead, the rollers 24, 25 rotate while supporting the bill paper, sending the bill paper up and down to print necessary items at necessary locations. Note that printing is performed using a known dot matrix method. Note that since the bill paper is supported by rollers that are vertically separated from the printing section, it is possible to print on the upper and lower edges of the bill paper, which was previously impossible to print on. Furthermore, image characters such as company seals can be printed out at high speed by having a memory in the printing means 105.

Next, in the first printing section 105a, the bill paper with the necessary items printed as shown by the O mark in FIG. 10 is sent by the roller 22 to the second printing section 105a. Here, the annual ring 26 is used to write the amount i (¥238.000) in Figure 10 on the bill paper.
．． 0001) is printed in rough letters. Here, printing is carried out on the bill paper by horizontally feeding it one digit at a time, but if a printing error occurs, for example, if the number of digits or the number to be printed is incorrect, the roller 22 is reversed and the paper is printed on the bill paper. The bill is returned to the first printing unit IQSa, and a diagonal line or the like is printed in the amount column to make the bill unusable. Also, rollers 22 and 25 can accommodate differences in paper size.
The amount is set correctly in the amount printing area. Since the paper is fed horizontally along the paper guide 28, there is no variation in printing along the line, and reading errors are less likely to occur even if the paper is read later using OCR or the like. Further, since the paper only moves in the lateral direction along the guide 28, it is easy and there is hardly any clumping.

- Spots After the specified printing has been completed, the bill is transferred from the ejection port to the ejection device 10.
It is discharged at 8. At this time, since the discharge device 108 is installed slightly below the discharge port of the printing means 105, the bill paper is discharged so as to fall downward by gravity. Then, the promissory note sheets are pushed forward by the protrusion 52 and stacked on the main body 54 without changing the arrangement when set.

At this time, by sliding the side plate 53 according to the size of the paper, the printed handprint paper can be easily taken out through the notch 51 after printing is completed.

', sheet 7, or when printing on continuous paper or sheet paper as a normal printer, as shown in Figures 8 and 9, the paper guide 3
In the case of continuous paper, in combination with sprocket pin 33 (at this time, 24.25
．． 32 roller is away from the guide as shown by the arrow), and in the case of sheet paper, rollers 24, 25, 32
By moving in the direction of arrow E and combining with rollers 24, 25, and 32, printing can be performed in the same manner as in conventional printers.

In other words, in the case of continuous paper, the paper 29 passes through the paper guides 31.28 along the dotted line arrow, exits the platen 35, is set on the sprocket pin 33, and then exits from above the guide 30 (in this case, Feed roller 24.25.
32 are separated), the head 34 causes the platen 35 to
A printing operation is performed in the portion, and the paper 29 is fed out one by one using the sprocket pin 33. Therefore, the transport path 28 for issuing bills and checks also serves as a paper guide in this case (see FIG. 8).

In addition, when using sheet paper, in this case, the guide 30 is lifted and held in the direction of arrow F as shown in the figure in order to facilitate the insertion of the paper. Next, due to the single paper use switching, the rollers 24, 25, and 32 are in pressure contact and on standby, respectively, as shown in the figure. When a sheet of paper 36 is inserted in the direction of the dotted arrow, the rollers 24, 25, and 32 automatically rotate to suck in the sheet and stop at the platen portion 35 position. The printing operation is performed while feeding the paper with the same roller. In addition, the paper is
In the sprocket portion 33, the pin does not engage, but is pushed out through the upper flat portion and is completed (see FIG. 9).

In addition, in the case of the above-mentioned continuous paper or sheet paper, there is no need for troublesome operations such as removal of attached devices as in conventional bill-only machines. Of course, the rollers will move slightly in the handprint mode and the normal printer mode, but
These can be done using only a mode changeover switch by setting in advance so that each part moves to an optimal position and moves when two modes are selected.

These charging device 107, cross-feeding device 106, and discharging device 1
08 is provided in the printing means 105 so that it can be easily attached and detached, so it can be removed when not in use and does not take up extra space, and it is easy to handle even if it gets stuck. It is easy and has the effect of good workability in transportation and packaging.

Further, the printing means 205 has a display section on which an image of an error status code is displayed, so that when a jam occurs, it is possible to indicate in which part the jam occurs.

Although this embodiment has been described as being applied to a device that vertically feeds bill paper horizontally, the present invention is not limited to this; for example, the device may be configured to feed horizontally. It is also possible.

Further, it is not necessary that the charging device, the traversing device, the printing means, and the discharging device all be lined up horizontally.

For example, the charging device may be configured to be attached to the traversing device from the front or the rear.

Furthermore, the charging device, the cross-feeding device, the printing means, and the discharging device are not necessarily required to be separate, and the cross-feeding device may be integrated with the printing means.

"Effects of the Invention" As described above, the present invention has separate loading ports for paper such as continuous paper and sheet paper, and special paper such as bills and checks, and the paper is directed from two directions toward the printing section. It is possible to send If the paper guide is configured so that the special paper is inserted in the same direction as the printing direction of the printing unit, that is, the scanning direction of the head, the paper will not bend, there will be less jamming of bills, checks, etc., and the quality will be higher. It is possible to perform good printing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the flow of bill paper by attaching a loading device, a lateral feed device, and an ejecting device to the printing means, Fig. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a device to which the printing device is applied, and Fig. 3 is an illustration of the installation. Fig. 4.5.6 is an explanatory drawing showing how the charging device is attached to the cross-feeding device, Fig. 7 is an overall schematic diagram of the printing device, Fig. 8.9 is an explanation of the printing means. Figure 10 is an explanatory diagram of bill paper, and Figure 11 is an external perspective view of the paper guide 28.31. 1...Bill paper, 28.31...Paper guide, 29
. . . Continuous paper, 36 . . . Sheet paper, 105 . . . Printing means, 106 .

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Paper guide of a printing device characterized by having paper loading ports in two different directions, at least a first paper loading direction and a second paper loading direction facing a side line of the first paper loading direction. Device. (2) The paper guide device according to claim (1), wherein either one of the first paper loading direction and the second paper loading direction is the same direction as the printing direction of the printing section. .