JPS6227934Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] The present invention relates to an automatic recording device, and in particular an automatic recording device that automatically sucks a recording medium in a bank automatic teller machine, etc., and returns it after predetermined data processing. Regarding.

[Problems that conventional techniques and ideas attempt to solve]

Conventionally, cash dispensing machines that automate bank teller operations,
In automatic recording devices such as cash deposit machines or cash dispensing and deposit machines, by setting an external recording medium (hereinafter simply referred to as external medium) in the form of a ticket, ledger, or booklet (passbook) in a predetermined position, Alternatively, an internal recording medium such as a cut sheet that is preset inside the machine (hereinafter simply referred to as internal medium)
By operating a button or the like, the recording medium is automatically transferred and set to the required printing position, and after printing the necessary data, it is automatically transferred and returned to the predetermined position or a position near it. However, in this conventional type, if the media return process becomes temporarily unnecessary due to the need to continue printing or the need to carry over a booklet, etc., there may be a malfunction in the printing unit, or the insertion of a defective medium that is not genuine. In the event that proper media processing becomes impossible due to a transport accident, etc., these defective or unnecessary media will be returned to the above-mentioned designated location or a location nearby. The customer assumes that the returned media has been properly processed and takes it home, and the bank forgets to remove the media or confirm that it has not been processed. There are problems such as subsequent transactions being interrupted and data records of the previous customer being printed for the next customer.

[Means and actions for solving problems]

The purpose of the present invention is to automatically record media by constantly transporting media for which regular media processing has not been completed or impossible to a return unit different from the regular return unit, such as a return box provided inside an automatic recording device. By allowing the device to continue operating, customers, etc., are prevented from taking the media home, and the bank side is able to reduce the number of times when they forget to remove the media or confirm that the media is unprocessed, thereby making it easier for future transactions. Discontinuation and persistence of previous customer's data records to the next customer〓〓〓〓
The object of the present invention is to reduce the problems associated with the conventional type described above.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a mechanical part of an automatic recording apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a recording medium 1 is an external medium before media processing, or an external or internal medium after regular media processing, and a recording medium 2 is an internal medium before media processing;
Recording medium 3 is an external or internal medium present at the printing position, and recording media 4 and 5 are external or internal media on which regular media processing is incomplete or impossible. Further, the detectors 11 to 15 detect the set state of each recording medium 1 to 5, and the detector 13'
detects the medium mark on the recording medium 3, and the detector 1 detects the medium mark on the recording medium 3.
3'' detects the required print position on the recording medium 3. These detectors are, for example, optical sensors that detect light from a light emitting source (not shown) that is shattered or reflected by each recording medium. The operation of the mechanism shown in FIG. 1 will be explained below.

FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of a control section that controls the mechanism section of FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, a controller 75 comprehensively controls a print drive circuit 71, a medium condition control circuit 72, and a motor control circuit 73, and is connected to a central calculation center (not shown). . First, consider the case of inhaling an external medium. When the medium is set at position 1 (1 to 5 indicate the recording medium as well as simply the position) by an operation by a customer, the detector 11
External medium set detection circuit 5
1 sends a set signal. As a result, the medium state control circuit 72 sends a medium set state signal to the controller 75 and motor control circuit 73. The controller 75 confirms that there is no error signal f and sends an external medium suction command a to the motor control circuit 73. Motor control circuit 73 then drives motor 31 via motor drive circuit 61, for example in the forward direction, so that the media is transferred from position 1 to position 3. Further, when inhaling the internal medium, in accordance with the operation of a button (not shown), the controller 75 confirms that there is no error signal f and sends out an internal medium inhalation command b. As a result, the motor control circuit 73 is connected to the two
Two motors 31 and 33 are driven simultaneously, and one motor is driven from a stacker (not shown) provided inside the device.
A sheet or a volume of internal media is transferred to position 2. When the top of this medium passes the detector 12,
Internal media transport detection circuit 52 issues an internal media transport signal. As a result, the medium state control circuit 72 sends a motor drive stop signal to the motor control circuit 73, and the motor 33 is stopped. Furthermore, the motor 31
The forward drive of the chisel transports the media to position 3.

As mentioned above, the external or internal medium transferred to position 3 is detected by three detectors 13, 13' and 1.
3'', i.e. the detector 13
detects the state in which the medium has largely passed through the predetermined position 3 and sends an overrun signal to an overrun detection circuit 53 serving as a transport state detection means, whereby the medium state control circuit 72 generates an error signal f. In addition, the detector 13' detects a medium mark printed at a predetermined position on the medium, that is, it detects whether the medium is a regular medium or not, or even if the medium is a regular medium, whether it is set upside down, upside down, or left and right. If such a defective medium is detected, the medium mark detection circuit 53' serving as defective medium detection means sends out a defective medium occurrence signal. As a result, the medium condition control circuit 72 generates an error signal f. Furthermore, the detector 13'' detects the print position, and if the print position is not detected, the print position detection circuit 53'' serving as print state detection means sends out a print position non-detection signal.
As a result, the medium condition control circuit 72 generates an error signal f. If none of these error signals f occurs, the medium condition control circuit 72 sends a suction completion signal to the print drive circuit 71, and the print drive circuit 71 operates based on a print command signal from the controller 75. Printing section 41 and platen 4
Printing is executed by 2 and 2. Further, this printing drive circuit 71 performs a self-check of printing, and generates an error signal f in the case of printing abnormality. In this way, a transport accident is detected by the overrun detection circuit 53, a defective medium is detected by the medium mark detection circuit 53', and an accident in the printing section etc. is detected by the print position detection circuit 53''. and the print drive circuit 71.

Next, consider the case where the error signal f occurs.
In this case, media processing involves moving the media within the device.
There are cases where the medium is stored in the taken-in medium storage box 34 and cases where it is discharged to the outside via a position 5 different from the initial setting position 1, and the selection of these two cases is set in advance in the controller 75. If the former case of internal capture is selected, the controller 75 receives the above-mentioned error signal f and sends out an internal capture command c, thereby causing the motor control circuit 7
3 drives the motor 31 in the forward direction via the motor drive circuit 61, so that the medium is transferred to the internal uptake medium storage box 34, and when the medium passes the detector 14, it is output from the uptake completion detection circuit 54. The medium condition control circuit 72 controls the motor 31 in response to the capture completion signal.
The motor control circuit 73 is commanded to stop. Also,
If the latter case of external discharge is selected, the controller 75 receives the above-mentioned error signal f, sends an external discharge command d, and the motor control circuit 73 causes the motor 31 to move in the reverse direction via the motor drive circuit 61. At the same time, the clutch 32 is driven via the clutch drive circuit 62 to drive the roller 25. The medium is thus transferred from position 3 to position 5 and further discharged to the outside. In this case, after a certain period of time after the lower end of the medium passes the detector 15, the medium state control circuit 72 stops the motor 31 and turns off the drive of the clutch 32 in response to the external discharge completion signal from the external discharge detection circuit 55. A command is given to the motor control circuit 73. Thus, when the error signal f occurs, the medium is transferred to an internal storage box or ejected from a position different from the initial setting position.

Further, unlike the above case, if no error signal f occurs even after printing is completed, the controller 75 sends out a medium return command e, and the motor control circuit 73 sends a medium return command e to the motor drive circuit 61.
via which the motor 31 is driven in the opposite direction, so that the medium is discharged from position 3 past position 1 to the outside.

Note that 21 to 25 in FIG. 1 are medium transport rollers, and the roller gap can be automatically adjusted according to the thickness of the medium. Further, switching of the transfer route between positions 1, 2, and 5 of the medium and position 3 in FIG. 1 is performed by a separator (not shown) that is switched by a magnet or the like. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the defective or unnecessary media are individually transferred to a storage box inside the device or discharged to the outside, but defective or unnecessary media are temporarily held inside and then If proper media processing is performed on the medium that has been set up again, it is also possible to discharge the defective or unnecessary medium and the properly processed medium to the outside together.

[Effect of idea]

According to the present invention, defective media such as media that is not genuine, media that is inserted in the wrong direction, media that has incomplete printing due to a malfunction in the printing section, or media that cannot be properly processed due to transportation accidents, etc. Alternatively, the automatic recording device continues to operate by detecting missing and unnecessary media and constantly transporting these media to a return department different from the regular return department, thereby preventing customers etc. from taking only those media home. In addition, on the bank side, it is possible to reduce the number of times when banks forget to remove defective or unnecessary media or confirm that they are unprocessed.
This makes it possible to reduce interruptions in subsequent transactions and the possibility that data records of previous customers remain for the next customer, which helps to solve the problems of the conventional system described above.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part of a mechanical section of an automatic recording apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of a control section that controls the mechanical section of FIG. 1. (Explanation of symbols), 1 to 5...Recording medium, 11,
12, 13, 13', 13'', 14, 15...detector, 21-25...medium transfer roller, 31...motor, 32...clutch, 34...internal intake medium storage box, 41... Printing section, 51... External medium detection circuit, 52... Internal medium detection circuit, 53...
...Overrun detection circuit (transfer state detection circuit), 5
3'...Medium mark detection circuit (defective medium detection circuit), 53''...Print position detection circuit, 54...Internal intake detection circuit, 55...External release detection circuit, 61
... Motor drive circuit, 62 ... Clutch drive circuit, 63 ... Motor drive circuit, 71 ... Print drive circuit, 72 ... Medium condition control circuit, 73 ... Motor control circuit, 75 ... Controller. 〓〓〓〓

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An automatic recording device that automatically performs suction transfer, data printing, and return transfer of a recording medium includes a medium transfer section that transfers the recording medium, a printing section that prints data on the recording medium, and a medium processing of the recording medium. and a failure detection unit that detects that a failure has occurred in the recording device, and when the failure detection unit detects the failure, the recording medium is always transferred to a return unit different from the regular return unit, and the recording medium is transferred to a return unit different from the regular return unit. 1. An automatic recording device characterized in that the operation of the recording device is continued in such a manner that the recording device is taken in by the user.