JP2817040B2 - Paper feeder - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a printer as an output unit housed in a main body of a box.
The present invention relates to a paper feeding device for feeding printing paper output from the printer to a discharge port opened on a side surface of the apparatus main body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A control unit, an operation unit, a printer as an output unit, and the like are housed in an apparatus body composed of a box.
2. Description of the Related Art In some cases, printing paper output from a printer is discharged from a discharge port formed in a front side surface of an apparatus main body. In this case, the printer is disposed near the discharge port in the apparatus main body so that the discharge section of the printer faces the discharge port of the apparatus main body, and the printing paper discharged from the discharge section of the printer is discharged to the apparatus main body. They are sent directly to the exit.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a printer in which a printer is housed in a main body composed of a box, and a gap between a discharge port formed in the main body and a discharge portion of the printer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper feeder that can smoothly feed printing paper discharged from a printer to a discharge port of an apparatus main body when the printer is arranged in an open state.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a printer as an output unit is housed in an apparatus main body formed of a box, and printing paper output from the printer is opened on a side surface of the apparatus main body. A paper feed device for feeding print paper discharged from the printer to the discharge port, a motor for rotating the paper feed roller, and a print paper discharged from the printer. And a paper tray provided between the paper feed roller and the discharge port and guiding the print paper discharged from the paper feed roller to the discharge port. It is characterized by having.

When the printing paper discharged from the printer is guided to the paper feed roller by the guide, the printing paper is fed by the paper feeding roller, and the printing paper discharged from the paper feeding roller is received by the paper receiving table. Is supplied to an outlet formed on a side surface of the apparatus main body.

It is preferable that the paper feed roller comprises a pair of upper and lower paper feed rollers, and one of the paper feed rollers is driven to rotate by a motor.

The guide comprises a pair of upper and lower guide plates, a lower guide plate extending horizontally from the paper feed roller side to the discharge portion side of the printer, and a lower portion extending downward from the tip of the horizontal plate portion. An inclined plate portion that is inclined and extends to the vicinity of the tip of the discharge portion of the printer, and an upper guide plate is a horizontal plate portion that extends horizontally from the paper feed roller side to the discharge portion side of the printer; It is preferable to have an inclined plate portion inclined upward from the tip of the plate portion and extending to a position above the discharge portion of the printer.

It is preferable that a sensor for detecting that the printing paper is passing through the guide section is provided, and the motor is rotated for a predetermined time by a detection signal of the sensor.

[0009]

1 to 7 show one embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus according to the present embodiment is installed in a pachinko parlor, and is used for exchanging pachinko balls for prizes, or for outputting expected payouts of pachinko machines. .

As shown in FIG. 7, the main body 1 of the apparatus is formed of a rectangular box. As shown in FIG. 1, a card reader 2, a small printer 3, a touch monitor 4, a printer 5 capable of outputting B4 size paper, a keyboard 6, a CPU 7, as shown in FIG.
Etc. are accommodated.

The card reader 2 reads information recorded on a card and records the latest information. Information recorded on the card includes personal address, name,
The telephone number, the number of pachinko balls, etc. are recorded. For example, in the case of exchanging prizes using the present apparatus, when a card is inserted into the card reader 2, information recorded on the card is read, and thereafter, a prize displayed on the screen of the touch monitor 4 is displayed. If you choose your favorite prize,
The small printer 3 outputs paper on which the number of balls used for prize exchange, the name of the prize, the number of remaining pachinko balls, the shipping date of the prize, etc. are printed. Is to be sent to individuals.
Then, the latest number of remaining balls is recorded in the card reader 2 and returned.

The touch monitor 4 is configured to display a prize at the time of prize exchange as described above, as well as a predicted payout of a pachinko machine on the day, and the like. The prediction is configured to be output from a printer 5 that can output B4 size paper.

The keyboard 6 is used for inputting information when a pachinko parlor prepares or changes a payout prediction.

The CPU 7 performs the various processes described above.

Hereinafter, the structure of the present apparatus will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 7, the apparatus main body 1 is a rectangular box, and an upper surface 10 is formed on an inclined surface whose height increases from the front to the rear. Is formed on a vertical surface 11a in the vicinity of the upper end portion, and a lower portion thereof is an inclined surface 11b which moves away rearward downward.
Is formed.

As shown in FIG. 1, a touch monitor 4 is disposed and fixed in an upper portion of the apparatus main body 1 and a CRT of the touch monitor 4 is provided in an opening formed in an upper surface 10 of the apparatus main body 1. A touch screen formed on the display unit is disposed.

In front of the touch monitor 4, a card reader 2 and a small printer 3 are disposed on the left and right, and are fixed on a front side surface 11 of the apparatus main body 1 and fixed on a support plate 12 extending horizontally inward. I have. And card reader 2
Of the apparatus main body 1 and the discharge port of the small printer 3
Are arranged so as to face the card insertion slot 13 (see FIG. 7) formed on the vertical surface 11a of the front side surface 11 and the discharge port 14 of the small printer 3, respectively.

Below the touch monitor 4 and toward the front,
A printer 5 and a keyboard 6 capable of outputting B4 size paper are disposed slightly behind the inclined surface 11 b of the front side surface 11 of the apparatus main body 1.

The CPU 7 is arranged and fixed on the bottom of the apparatus main body 1.

Hereinafter, a mounting structure of the printer 5 capable of outputting B4 size paper, and a paper for feeding the printing paper output from the printer 5 to the discharge port 15 formed on the inclined surface 11b of the front side surface 11 of the apparatus main body 1. The structure of the feeder will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the printer 5 is mounted and fixed on a printer stand 20. The printer base 20 equipped with the printer 5 is the printer base 2
The slide rail means provided on the left and right sides of the apparatus main body 0 are movably supported in the apparatus main body 1 in the front-rear direction and can be pulled out to the outside.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the printer base 20 has side edges bent upward at the left and right ends of a horizontal plate on which the printer 5 is mounted. A pair of support plates 21 are provided upright at the left and right front ends. The support plate 21 is a vertically-elongated, rectangular, shallow, box-shaped member. The support plate 21 is disposed on the inner surface of a side edge rising at the left and right ends of the printer stand 20 with the open side facing inside. It is fixed to the side edge and the bottom.

On the left and right support plates 21, a keyboard stand 23 is provided.
Are mounted so as to straddle, and the keyboard base 23 is fixed to the support plate 21 with set screws 24. The keyboard 6 is placed and fixed on the keyboard stand 23.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS.
A pair of roller support plates 25 for supporting the paper feed roller are plate members having an inverted L-shaped cross section, which are disposed so as to be separated from each other on the left and right sides, and the upper horizontal plate portion is disposed on the lower surface of the keyboard table 23 and stopped. The keyboard 26 is fixed to the keyboard base 23 with screws 26, and the vertical plate extends vertically downward from the lower surface of the keyboard base 23. A pair of upper and lower paper feed rollers 27 are arranged between the lower ends of the rear ends of the roller support plates 25 and rotatably supported.

As shown in FIG. 6, a gear 28 is fixed to one shaft end of the lower paper feed roller 27. The motor 29 is fixed to one support plate 21 erected on the printer stand 20, and a belt 30 is stretched between a gear 28 of the paper feed roller 27 and a gear 31 fixed to a rotation shaft of the motor 29. I have.

Therefore, when the lower paper feed roller 27 is rotated by the motor 29, the paper supplied between the pair of upper and lower paper feed rollers 27 is formed on the front side of the apparatus main body 1 by the paper feed rollers 27. Is sent to the discharge port 15 which is in use.

A sensor 34 is provided in a guide section to be described later, and the motor 29 supplies a print sheet discharged from the printer 5 to the discharge port 15 of the apparatus main body 1 for a predetermined time according to a detection signal of the sensor 34. It is configured to rotate only as long as it is performed. The sensor 34 is, for example, a photoelectric switch, and is embedded in the inclined plate portion 32b of the upper guide plate 32.

The paper tray 3 is located between the left and right roller support plates 25.
5 are provided. The paper receiving table 35 has side edges bent downward at the left and right ends of the horizontal plate, and each side edge is fixed to a vertical plate portion of the left and right roller support plates 25 with set screws 36. One end of the paper tray 35 is the upper and lower paper feed rollers 2.
7, and the other end faces a discharge port 15 formed in the apparatus main body 1. Therefore, the paper discharged from the upper and lower paper feed rollers 27 is sent to the discharge port 15 while sliding on the paper receiving table 35.

A guide for guiding the printing paper discharged from the printer 5 between the upper and lower paper feed rollers 27 is provided between the printer 5 and the upper and lower paper feed rollers 27. The guide is a pair of upper and lower guide plates 32, 3
3.

One end of the lower guide plate 33 is disposed between the vertical plate portions of the left and right roller support plates 25 and is fixed to the vertical plate portions. The lower guide plate 33 extends horizontally from the vicinity of the paper feed roller 27 to the discharge section 5a side of the printer 5. , And an inclined plate portion 33b inclined downward from the tip of the horizontal plate portion 33a and extending to near the tip of the discharge portion 5a of the printer 5. The upper surface of the discharge portion 5a of the printer 5 has an inclined surface that is inclined upward toward the front end. One end of the upper guide plate 32 is disposed between and fixed to the vertical plate portions of the left and right roller support plates 25, and is a horizontal plate that extends horizontally from near the paper feed roller 27 to the discharge unit 5a side of the printer 5. A horizontal plate portion 32a and an inclined plate portion 32b which is inclined upward from the tip of the horizontal plate portion 32a and extends to a position above the discharge portion 5a of the printer 5.

The upper surface of the horizontal plate portion 33a of the lower guide plate 33 is disposed at substantially the same height as the upper end of the lower paper feed roller 27, and the horizontal plate portion 32a of the upper guide plate 32 is provided.
A gap is formed between the sheet and the horizontal plate portion 33a of the lower guide plate 33. Also, the upper guide plate 32
Is a horizontal plate portion 33 of the lower guide plate 33.
a, the inclined plate portion 32b of the upper guide plate 32 extends toward the printer 5 more than the inclined plate portion 33b of the lower guide plate 33, and the tip thereof extends to the discharge portion 5a of the printer 5. It is arranged in a position above.

Therefore, the leading end of the printing paper discharged from the printer 5 first comes into contact with the inclined plate portion 32b of the upper guide plate 32 to contact the inclined plate portion 32b of the upper guide plate 32.
b while being guided by the lower surface of the lower guide plate 33, and then coming into contact with the inclined plate portion 33 b of the lower guide plate 33.
While being guided by the upper surface of the inclined plate portion 33b, and then the horizontal plate portions 32a, 33a of the upper and lower guide plates 32, 33.
Into the gap between. And the upper and lower horizontal plate portions 32a,
33a, is inserted between the upper and lower paper feed rollers 27 through the gap between them,
Sent by 7. As described above, the paper fed from the paper feed roller 27 slides on the paper receiving table 35 while being discharged from the discharge port 15.
Sent to

The paper feeder is configured as described above. Therefore, when the printing paper is output from the printer 5, the printing paper is guided between the upper and lower paper feed rollers 27 by the upper and lower guide plates 32 and 33 as described above. When the print paper enters the guide portion, the sensor 34 detects it and the motor 29 rotates for a predetermined time, and the paper feed roller 27 is driven to rotate.
Sent by 7. The printing paper sent forward by the paper feed roller 27 is sent to the discharge port 15 of the apparatus main body 1 while sliding on the paper receiving table 35.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment. In the present embodiment, the printer table 20 on which the printer 5 is mounted is supported movably back and forth in the apparatus main body 1 by sliding rail means provided on the left and right sides of the printer table 20 in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment. And can be pulled out.

However, unlike the above embodiment, the paper feeder and the keyboard 6 are not fixed to the printer stand 20. The keyboard 6 is arranged and fixed at an appropriate position in the apparatus main body 1.

Hereinafter, the structure of the paper feeding device will be described. A pair of vertically supporting plates 50 (only one supporting plate 50 is shown in the figure, but a pair of right and left supporting plates) are provided to be protruded inward from the front side surface 11 of the apparatus body 1. It is fixed to the lower surface of the plate 12 and is disposed at an obliquely upper position in front of the printer 5. These support plates 50 are formed with a pair of vertically long elongated holes 51 in the front and rear, respectively. And a pair of left and right vertical roller support plates 25A
(In the figure, only one roller support plate 25A is shown, but there is a pair of left and right.) A pair of left and right support plates 50 having the long holes 51 are arranged inside and fixed with set screws 52. You. At this time, the set screw 52 is stopped at the lowermost position of the long hole 51.

A pair of upper and lower paper feed rollers 27, a paper receiving table 35, and a pair of upper and lower guide plates 32 and 33 are fixed to the left and right roller support plates 25A in the same manner as in the above embodiment. In the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, a sensor 34 for detecting passage of a sheet is provided in the guide portion, and the motor 29 is rotated for a predetermined time when the sensor 34 detects the sheet. .

Therefore, the printing paper discharged from the printer 5 is sent to the discharge port 15 of the apparatus main body 1 by the paper feed roller 27 in the same manner as described in the above embodiment.

In the present embodiment, when pulling out the printer 5 from the apparatus main body 1, the set screws 52 of the left and right roller support plates 25A are loosened to prevent the printer 5 from interfering with the paper feeder. The left and right roller support plates 25A are lifted upward, and the set screw 52 is fixed at the uppermost end position of the long hole 51. With the paper feeder lifted up in this way, the printer table 20 on which the printer 5 is mounted is pulled forward.

Incidentally, in the above embodiment, since the paper feeder is fixed to the printer table 20, even if the printer table 20 on which the printer 5 is mounted is pulled out, the printer 5 interferes with the paper feeder. Never.

[0043]

As described above, according to the paper feeding apparatus of the present invention, in the case where a printer as an output unit is housed in the apparatus body composed of a box, the printing paper output from the printer is provided. Can be smoothly fed into the discharge port opened on the side surface of the apparatus main body.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a paper feeder fixed to a printer base on which the printer is mounted.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the main part.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a roller support plate and a paper tray.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view illustrating a discharge unit of the printer and a main part of a paper feeding device.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view showing a paper feed roller and a driving unit.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an apparatus containing a printer, a paper feeder, and the like.

FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Apparatus main body 2 Card reader 3 Small printer 4 Touch monitor 5 Printer 5a Discharge part 6 Keyboard 7 CPU 10 Top surface 11 Front side 12 Support plate 13 Insertion port 14,15 Discharge port 20 Printer stand 21 Support plate 22,24,26,36 , 52 Set screw 23 Keyboard stand 25, 25A Roller support plate 27 Paper feed roller 28, 31 Gear 29 Motor 30 Belt 32 Upper guide plate 33 Lower guide plate 34 Sensor 35 Paper tray 50 Support plate 51 Slot

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A paper feeder in which a printer as an output unit is accommodated in an apparatus main body formed of a box, and print paper output from the printer is fed to a discharge port opened on a side surface of the apparatus main body. A paper feed roller for feeding print paper discharged from the printer to the discharge port, a motor for rotating the paper feed roller, and guiding the print paper discharged from the printer to the paper feed roller. A sheet of paper provided with a guide, and a paper tray provided between the paper feed roller and the discharge port and guiding the printing paper discharged from the paper feed roller to the discharge port. Feeder. 2. The paper feed roller according to claim 1, wherein the paper feed roller comprises a pair of upper and lower paper feed rollers, and one of the paper feed rollers is rotated by a motor. Paper feeder. 3. A guide plate comprising a pair of upper and lower guide plates, a lower guide plate extending horizontally from the paper feed roller side to a discharge unit side of the printer,
An inclined plate portion that is inclined downward from the tip of the horizontal plate portion and extends to near the tip of the discharge portion of the printer, and the upper guide plate is located at the discharge portion side of the printer from the paper feed roller side. 3. A horizontal plate portion extending horizontally from the front end of the horizontal plate portion, and an inclined plate portion inclined upward from a tip of the horizontal plate portion and extending to a position above a discharge portion of the printer. Paper feeder. 4. A sensor for detecting that printing paper has passed through the guide section, wherein the motor is configured to rotate for a predetermined time according to a detection signal of the sensor. Claim 1, 2, or 3
Paper feeder as described.