KR101508757B1 - Apparatus for reading and branding medium - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, provided is an apparatus for reading and branding a medium which includes: a bottom body; a top body which is formed separately from the bottom body in order for the medium for reading and branding to pass; a movement part for moving the medium between the bottom body and the top body; a reading part which is formed at one of the bottom body or the top body, and reads information of the inserted medium; a branding part which is formed at one of the bottom body or the top body as being protruded outward, and prints information according to the reading result of the reading part on the medium; and a first medium hooking prevention part which is formed at one of the bottom body or the top body, and prevents the moving medium from being hooked by the branding part.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR READING AND BRANDING MEDIUM [0002]

The present invention relates to a medium reading device.

Optical card readers are generally used to code and input relatively simple selection information to a computer system. Examples of applications of such optical card readers include preparation of answer sheets and applications for employment in various tests. It is also used when a customer wants to quickly provide a service to a large number of customers that can be provided only when a small amount of information is selected. An example of such a service is issuing a bookmark in a racetrack.

At this time, the optical card reader is a device which scans an original image such as a document, a picture or a film and converts it into digital data. In this case, the digital data may be displayed on a monitor of the computer or printed by a printer and produced as an output image.

A related art is Korean Registered Patent No. 1183672 (Registered on Sep. 11, 2012, OCR type reading and writing device).

According to the embodiment of the present invention, a jam may occur due to the medium being read by the medium when the medium is read and the result thereof is swept, and a medium jam preventing portion may be formed before the sweeping portion to prevent the jam And to provide a medium reading and writing apparatus.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an ink jet recording apparatus including a lower body, an upper body spaced apart from the lower body so that a medium for reading and posting can pass therethrough, a moving unit moving the medium between the lower body and the upper body, A reading unit formed on any one of the lower main body and the upper main body to read information of the loaded medium; and a control unit which is formed to protrude from any one of the lower main body and the upper main body, And a first medium jam preventing portion formed in any one of the lower main body and the upper main body for preventing the medium being moved from being caught in the sweep portion, A sweeping device is provided.

At this time, the sweep portion and the first medium jam preventing portion may be formed in the upper body.

The first media jam prevention part may include protrusions formed to protrude to move the medium passing between the lower main body and the upper main body to move to the upper end of the sweeping part.

The protrusions may be formed in a plurality of shapes, and the plurality of protrusions may be formed in parallel with a direction in which the medium moves.

The protrusion may be formed in a streamlined shape so that the height of the protrusion increases along a direction in which the medium moves between the lower main body and the upper main body.

The moving unit may include a plurality of first conveying roller units formed on the lower main body and a second conveying roller unit formed on the upper main body corresponding to the first conveying roller unit, have.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the reading section is formed in the upper main body, and the lower main body has elasticity such that the reading section can press the medium toward the reading section when the medium is read in correspondence to the reading section, And may further include a tension portion formed so as to be tapered.

In addition, the present invention may further include a second medium jam preventing portion for preventing the medium from being caught by the tension portion.

At this time, the second medium jam prevention portion may be formed on both front and rear sides of the tension portion with respect to the moving direction of the medium.

The second media jam prevention portion may be formed to be inclined so that the height decreases toward both front and rear sides with respect to the tension portion.

According to the embodiments of the present invention, the medium reading device can prevent jamming due to jamming of the medium at the time of sweep, by forming the medium jamming prevention portion before the sweep portion.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a perspective view of a media reader device according to one embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an enlarged view showing a first medium jam preventing portion of a medium reading device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is an enlarged view showing a second medium jam preventing portion of a medium reading device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to the specific embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. The description will be omitted.

2 is an enlarged view of a first medium jam preventing portion of a medium reading device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the medium jam preventing portion of the medium reading device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view showing a second medium jam preventing portion of a medium reading device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an apparatus for reading a medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a lower body 100, an upper body 200, a moving unit 300, a reading unit 400, a sweep unit 500, And a first medium jamming prevention part 600. [0033]

A medium for reading and posting can be passed through the space separated from the lower body 100 and the upper body 200 by a predetermined distance from the lower body 100 and the upper body 200. The medium may be an OMR answering sheet formed of various paper, an application for employment, a bookmark issue place, and the like. One side of the upper body 200 may be rotatably coupled to one side of the lower body 100. The upper main body 200 is rotated and opened from the lower main body 100 to remove the medium caught between the upper main body 200 and the lower main body 100 or a malfunction may occur in the lower main body 100 or the upper main body 200 If it occurs, you can open it and check it easily.

The apparatus for reading the medium according to the present invention can obtain the information of the medium while passing the medium through the spaced space between the lower main body 100 and the upper main body 200, .

The moving unit 300 moves and passes the medium introduced between the lower body 100 and the upper body 200. That is, the moving unit 300 is formed in the lower main body 100 and the upper main body 200 to advance the medium for reading in a spaced space formed between the lower main body 100 and the upper main body 200, The finished media can be moved back or forward for postmarking. In other words, the medium is drawn into the medium reading device, and is moved forward and backward by the moving part 300, and is read and panned, and the postmarked medium can be discharged to the outside by the moving part 300.

1, the moving unit 300 includes a plurality of first conveying roller units 310 formed on a lower main body 100, a plurality of second conveying roller units 320 provided on an upper main body 200, Can be formed. The first conveying roller portion 310 formed at the lower portion and the second conveying roller portion 320 formed at the upper portion are in contact with each other so that the first conveying roller portion 310 and the second conveying roller portion 320 rotate Thereby moving the medium therebetween. At this time, power for rotation can be provided only to the first conveying roller unit 310. [ The rotation force externally provided rotates the first conveying roller unit 310 and the second conveying roller unit 320 contacting the first conveying roller unit 310 rotates by friction with the first conveying roller unit 310.

In addition, the first conveying roller unit 310 and the second conveying roller unit 320 may be formed in plural to move the introduced medium more stably. 1, a plurality of first conveying roller units 310 are formed in front of the upper main body 200, and a plurality of second conveying roller units 320 are disposed in front of the lower main body 100 . The first conveying roller portion 310 and the second conveying roller portion 320 formed at the front side move the introduced medium into the upper body 200 and the lower body 100. A plurality of first conveying roller units 310 and a plurality of second conveying roller units 320 are formed in the rear of the upper and lower main bodies 200 and 100, respectively, which can discharge the medium to the outside.

The medium passing between the upper main body 200 and the lower main body 100 can move forward or backward in accordance with the rotational direction of the first conveying roller unit 310 and the second conveying roller unit 320. [ That is, when the medium is first drawn, the first conveying roller unit 310 rotates in the clockwise direction, and the second conveying roller unit 320 which is in contact with the first conveying roller unit 310 rotates counterclockwise to advance the medium. Once the medium is advanced and reading of the information of the medium is completed, it may be necessary to reverse the medium to sweep the sweep location. At this time, the first conveying roller unit 310 rotates in the counterclockwise direction, and the second conveying roller unit 320 rotates in the clockwise direction, thereby reversing the medium. The first conveying roller unit 310 rotates in a clockwise direction and the second conveying roller unit 320 rotates in a counterclockwise direction and can be discharged to the outside.

The reading unit 400 according to the present invention can be formed in any one of the lower main body 100 and the upper main body 200 to read the information of the loaded medium. As shown in FIG. 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the reading unit 400 may be disposed in the upper main body 200. The tension unit 700 may be formed on the lower body 100 in correspondence with the reading unit 400 formed on the upper body 200. The tension unit 700 may have a predetermined elasticity and may be protruded to press the medium toward the reading unit 400 when the reading unit 400 reads the medium. At this time, the reading unit 400 may be formed of a contact image sensor. The medium pressurized by the tension unit 700 is brought into close contact with the reading unit 400 to be precise and accurate reading results can be obtained.

The sweeping part 500 according to the present invention is formed to protrude from any one of the lower main body 100 and the upper main body 200 and can print information according to the read result of the reading part 400 on the medium. At this time, the sweep unit 500 may include a thermal print head to apply heat to the medium to print necessary information. 1 and 2, a sweeping part 500 according to the present invention may be formed on the upper body 200. [ A sweeping part 500 is formed on the upper body 200 to print information on the upper surface of the medium.

At this time, the medium moving to the sweeping part 500 may be jammed due to the protruding part of the sweeping part 500, which may cause jam. Accordingly, the medium reading device according to the present invention may include a first medium jam preventing portion 600 that prevents the media from jamming in the sweep portion 500 to prevent jamming of the sweep portion 500 .

2, the first medium jam prevention part 600 is formed before the sweeping part 500 with reference to the moving direction of the medium, and moves between the lower main body 100 and the upper main body 200 So that the medium is guided to the upper end of the sweeping part 500. That is, by guiding the medium to the upper end of the sweeping part 500, it is prevented that the medium being jammed by the protruding sweeping part 500 causes the jam to occur.

At this time, the first medium jam prevention part 600 may include a protrusion to lift the medium. The protrusions are formed in a plurality of rows and are formed in parallel with the moving direction of the medium, and guide the medium to the upper end of the sweeping part 500 stably.

The protrusions may be inclined so that the height of the protrusions increases along the direction in which the medium moves between the lower body 100 and the upper body 200. At this time, the shape of the projection may be formed in a smooth streamline shape as shown in Fig. 2 when viewed from the side. Since the protrusion is formed in a streamlined shape, the medium can move with a minimum resistance along the first medium jam preventing part 600, so that it can smoothly rise without jams and move to the top of the sweeping part 500. At this time, the highest point may be formed to be similar to or slightly lower than the height of the upper end of the sweeping part 500. If the highest point of the first media jam preventing part 600 is formed too high, the medium may be guided to the upper main body 200 rather than to the upper end of the sweeping part 500 to cause the jamming.

As shown in FIG. 3, the tension unit 700 formed on the lower main body 100 may be formed to protrude by elasticity, and jamming may occur due to the moving medium being caught on the protruded portion. Accordingly, the medium reading device according to the present invention may further include a second medium jam preventing portion 800. [

The second medium jam prevention part 800 prevents the medium moving between the upper main body 200 and the lower main body 100 from jamming due to the protruding area of the tension part 700. [ At this time, the second medium jam prevention part 800 may be formed on both front and rear sides of the tension part 700 based on the moving direction of the medium. The medium moving on the tension unit 700 can move forward or backward with respect to the tension unit 700. [ That is, the medium may advance for reading the medium at first, and may be reversed for postmarking of the medium later. Therefore, the medium reading device according to the present invention can prevent both of the jamming on both sides by providing the second medium jam preventing portion 800 on both sides of the tension unit 700. [

At this time, the second medium jam prevention part 800 may be formed so that its height decreases toward the front and rear sides with respect to the tension part 700. [ In other words, the height of both ends of the upper end of the tension unit 700 is decreased to minimize the friction between the medium and the tension unit 700 due to the back and forth movement of the medium, The jam can be prevented.

3, the second media jam preventing part 800 according to the present invention is formed on both sides of the front and rear of the tension part, so that the media can be smoothly and stably moved on the tension part 700 without interfering with the medium .

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. The present invention can be variously modified and changed by those skilled in the art, and it is also within the scope of the present invention.

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600: first medium jam prevention part
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800: Second medium jam prevention part

Claims (10)

A lower main body;
An upper body spaced apart from the lower body so that a medium for reading and posting can be passed;
A moving unit for moving the medium between the lower main body and the upper main body;
A reading unit formed in any one of the lower main body and the upper main body for reading information of the loaded medium;
A saddle portion protruding from any one of the lower main body and the upper main body, for printing information on the medium according to the read result of the reader; And
And a first medium jam preventing portion formed in any one of the lower main body and the upper main body to prevent the moving medium from being caught in the sweep portion,
The moving unit includes:
A plurality of first conveying roller units formed on the lower main body; And
And a second conveying roller portion formed in the upper body corresponding to the first conveying roller portion, thereby conveying the fed-in medium.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the sweep portion and the first medium jam preventing portion are formed on the upper body.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the first medium jam prevention portion comprises:
And protrusions formed between the lower main body and the upper main body to protrude so as to lift the medium passing through the upper main body and move to the upper end of the sweeping part.
The method of claim 3,
The protrusions are formed in a plurality of,
Wherein the plurality of protrusions are formed in parallel with a direction in which the medium moves.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the protrusion is formed in a streamlined shape so that the height of the protrusion increases along a direction in which the medium moves between the lower main body and the upper main body.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the reading unit is formed in the upper body,
Characterized in that the lower main body further comprises a tension portion which is resiliently formed so as to be able to press the medium toward the reading portion when the medium is read in correspondence with the reading portion, And
8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising a second medium jam preventing portion for preventing the medium from being caught by the tension portion.
9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the second medium jam prevention portion comprises:
And is formed on both front and rear sides of the tension portion with respect to a moving direction of the medium.
10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the second medium jam prevention portion comprises:
Wherein the guide portion is formed so as to be inclined so that the height decreases toward both front and rear sides with respect to the tension portion.

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