JP2907237B2 - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing apparatus which is installed at a station, a travel agency, or the like, and issues ticket paper such as a vehicle ticket, a reservation ticket, or an entertainment ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the structure of a conventional ticket issuing apparatus. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 1 denotes a ticket sheet issued as a ticket or a reservation ticket. The ticket sheet 1 is made of continuous paper having a plurality of sprocket holes at predetermined intervals along left and right edges. Perforations are provided in advance for the length of one sheet, and from this perforation,
Alternatively, it can be cut out every predetermined number of sheets.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a print head that prints on the note paper 1, and reference numeral 3 denotes a platen that is arranged to face the print head 2 with a predetermined interval, and a printing unit is configured by the platen 3 and the print head 2. ing. Reference numeral 4 denotes a tractor unit for supporting the ticket paper 1 in order to feed the ticket paper 1 out of a not-shown ticket paper storage unit. Through the arrow in the direction of the arrow in the figure.

[0005] Reference numeral 5 denotes a motor serving as a driving source when the ticket paper 1 is fed, reference numeral 6 denotes a belt stretched over the motor 5, and reference numeral 7 denotes a drive pulley connected to the motor 5 via the belt 6. Upon receiving the torque from the motor 5, the motor 5 rotates in the same direction. Reference numeral 8 denotes a drive shaft that rotatably mounts the drive pulley 7 on a frame or the like (not shown). Reference numeral 9 denotes a drive gear that is mounted on the drive shaft 8 so as to be coaxial with the drive pulley 7. It rotates in synchronization with 7. Reference numeral 10 denotes an idle gear. The idle gear 10 meshes with the drive gear 9 and a gear portion (not shown) of the platen 3 at an outer peripheral edge thereof.
Is transmitted to the platen 3. Reference numeral 11 denotes a feed roller provided coaxially with the drive pulley 7 so as to be rotatable.
Is wound downward and fed toward the printing section. Ticket paper 1 with these 5 to 11 parts
And a feed section for feeding.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a pair of paper guides disposed between the feed roller 11 and the platen 3 so as to guide the ticket paper 1 from the feed section to the printing section. Reference numeral 13 denotes a sensor provided between the paper guides 12 and serving as ticket paper monitoring means for detecting occurrence of a paper jam.
Is detected or not. For example, if it is detected that the ticket paper 1 is not being fed even though the motor 5 is driven, it is determined that the state of the paper is abnormal. It is determined by the section to detect the occurrence of paper jam or the like. Reference numeral 14 denotes an issuing port for issuing the ticket paper 1 on which necessary information has been printed in the printing unit. In the above-described configuration, in the issuing process of the ticket sheet 1, first, the ticket sheet 1 is set in the ticket issuing device in a printable state. That is, the end portion stored in a not-shown ticket paper storage portion in the form of continuous paper is pulled out and supported by the tractor unit 4, and the peripheral surface of the feed roller 11 is guided to the printing portion along the lower surface. In this state, when print data is transmitted from an external host computer or the like (not shown),
Also received by a control unit (not shown), and the control unit starts driving the motor 5.

When the motor 5 starts rotating, the rotational force of the motor 5 is transmitted to the drive pulley 7 via the belt 6, and the drive gear 9 and the feed roller 11 rotate via the drive shaft 8, and the drive gear 9 further rotates. The rotational force is transmitted to the gear portion of the platen 3 via the idle gear 10 meshing with the gear, and the platen 3 rotates at the same time. Further, the tractor unit 4 is provided by a transmission means (not shown).
The driving force of the motor 5 is also transmitted to the sprocket wheel, and the driving of the tractor unit 4 starts simultaneously with the drive pulley 7 and the like.

[0006] Thereby, the ticket paper 1 is fed out from a not-shown ticket storage unit, is guided from the tractor unit 4 through the feed mechanism unit, and is guided between the print head 2 and the platen 3 by the paper guide 12. Ticket paper 1 at the specified print position
Is reached, the print head 2 is driven by the control unit,
Printing of necessary items based on the print data received first is performed, and when predetermined printing is completed, the ticket paper 1 is fed out to the issuing port 14 by driving the motor 5 and is issued. Is cut out from the perforation by the operator or the attendant, and is taken out from the issuing port 14.

[0007]

However, in the above-described conventional structure, it is possible to forcibly pull out and remove a ticket sheet that has not been issued, that is, a ticket sheet that has not been printed yet. There was a problem that could be done. In other words, in order to perform the issuance process, the ticket paper is set in the initial state in which a continuous paper can be printed, and in this state, the issuing port is forcibly opened using a tool such as a driver to forcibly open the ticket paper. If you try to pull out
The ticket paper had a structure that could be easily pulled out. For this reason, when unprinted unprinted ticket paper is pulled out, the desired printing is performed on this ticket paper without permission, so that it is used as a issued ticket even though it has not been issued. There is a problem that a ticket may be generated and security may be reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and is intended to prevent counterfeiting in a state in which printing has not been completed, that is, in an unprocessed state. It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent ticket issuing device that prevents generation of tickets and improves security.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention is to feed a ticket paper from a ticket paper storage unit which stores continuous paper-like ticket paper by a feed mechanism, and to print the ticket paper at a printing unit. After the printing process, in the ticket issuing device that issues from the issuing port, an abnormal feed detection unit that detects the movement of the ticket paper other than during printing as an abnormal feed, and a feed stop for stopping the feed mechanism. an instruction unit, when the ticket sheet abnormality feed is detected by the feed feed mechanism according to an instruction of the stop instruction section is stopped with a feed stop mechanism and Ru <br/>, the abnormality feed detection unit, the feed stop mechanism good Ri to stop the feed mechanism of the ticket paper
We decided to prevent movement . Further, an alarm means for notifying the occurrence of an abnormal feed to the apparatus, and an alarm display instructing unit for instructing the alarm means to perform display are provided, and when an abnormal feed sheet is detected by the abnormal feed detecting unit, a feed is performed. to stop the feed mechanism Ri by the stopping mechanism was decided to display the alarm of the stop to at the same time as abnormal movement of the ticket paper. Furthermore, the device provided with a disabled print instruction unit for performing invalid printing by the print unit for the ticket paper which is abnormal feed, the abnormality by the feed detector when abnormality of the ticket paper is detected, the feed stop the I Ri feed mechanism to a mechanism to stop the ticket paper
At the same time as the movement is prevented , invalid printing is performed on the ticket paper.

[0010]

According to the above arrangement, when issuing a note sheet, the control unit first recognizes whether or not the apparatus is performing printing, and if it is determined that the apparatus is performing non-printing, the control unit determines whether or not the apparatus is performing non-printing. Start detection of abnormal feed in. And abnormal feed
Detecting feed of ticket paper by non-printing by detecting unit
If, inform that an abnormality feed instructions to an operator or attendant or the like the display of the alarm means is generated by alarm display instruction unit drives the feed stop mechanism to prevent it abnormal feeds ticket paper simultaneously . This feed stop machine
By the structure , the rotation of the feed mechanism is stopped and the ticket paper
Since prevent movement of withdrawal of the ticket paper is prevented. In an apparatus having an invalid print instruction unit, when an abnormal feed is determined, an invalid print instruction unit instructs the invalid print instruction unit to perform invalid print on a ticket sheet by a print head. Of course, the feed stop mechanism also acts at the same time, preventing the withdrawal of the note paper, so that the unprinted note paper is not removed from the apparatus.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the ticket issuing device, FIG. 2 is a schematic control system block diagram of the first embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the first embodiment. Note that the structure of the ticket issuing device in the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes an alarm unit for notifying an operator or a staff member of an abnormal feed when an abnormal feed is detected based on a detection result of a sensor as a ticket sheet monitoring unit. In addition, except for the feed stop mechanism for stopping the abnormal feeding of the ticket paper, the structure is almost the same as the structure described in the related art.
The description is omitted.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 15 denotes print data and the like transmitted from an external host computer, issues a print instruction, controls various driving operations for issuing a ticket, and performs processing based on a detection result. It is a control unit of the ticket issuing device that determines a procedure. Reference numeral 16 denotes an abnormal feed detection unit which determines an abnormal feed of the ticket paper 1 based on the detection result of the sensor 13 as the ticket paper monitoring means. The sensor 13 is composed of a pair of light receiving and emitting sensors, and is disposed to face each other with the ticket paper 1 interposed therebetween, and whether or not an optical signal from one light emitting sensor is received by the other light receiving sensor or not. By doing the ticket paper 1
This is to detect the presence or absence of. With this sensor 13,
Detects sprocket holes formed at both right and left edges of the ticket paper 1 at equal intervals, and the motor 5 is stopped, that is, from non-printing to non-printing, or vice versa. Is detected, the abnormal feed detecting section 16 detects that the ticket paper 1 is an abnormal feed. That is, the detection signal of the sensor 13 is transmitted to the abnormal feed detecting section 16, and from this detection signal , the abnormal feed detecting section 16 determines that the ticket paper 1 has moved (fed), and It is determined that the feed was performed when it did not, that is, it was in an abnormal state.

Reference numeral 17 denotes an alarm means for notifying an operator or a staff member of the fact that the ticket paper 1 has been abnormally fed, based on the judgment result of the abnormal feed detecting unit 16. May be a lamp or a buzzer. If the lamp is a lamp, it lights or blinks, and if it is a buzzer, a warning is issued.
Reference numeral 18 denotes an alarm display instruction unit for displaying the alarm unit 17. When an abnormal feed is detected by the abnormal feed detection unit 16, a control instruction is issued via the control unit 15 to display the alarm unit 17. Emits. Reference numeral 19 denotes a ratchet mechanism serving as a feed stop mechanism. When the abnormal feed detection unit 16 determines that the feed is abnormal, the drive gear 9 of the feed mechanism is used to prevent the ticket paper 1 from being pulled out from the issuing port 14. The ratchet mechanism 19 is configured to stop the rotation. The ratchet mechanism 19 is mounted so as to be rotatable around a shaft 20a, a magnet link 21 supporting a lower end of the ratchet 20, and a magnet link 21. And a plunger magnet 22 supporting the plunger magnet 22 so as to be able to protrude and retract in the direction of the arrow in the figure. The ratchet 20 is magnetized through the magnet link 19 by exciting the plunger magnet 22 by the feed stop instruction unit 23.
Is rotated about the shaft 20a, and meshes with the tooth bottom of the drive gear 9 to prevent the drive gear 9 from rotating. Further, when the excitation of the plunger magnet 22 is released, the ratchet 20 becomes the magnet link 21.
To return to the original position, and releases the lock that prevents the drive gear 9 from rotating.

The operation of the first embodiment will be described below with reference to the operation flowchart of FIG. The following symbol S indicates a processing step. First, when the power is turned on and the apparatus enters an operation start state, the control unit 15 determines whether or not the apparatus is in a printing state based on whether the motor 5 is driven or stopped (S1). In S1, when the motor 5 is driven, that is, when the apparatus is in the printing state, the detection signal of the sensor 13 is for detecting an abnormal feed of the ticket paper 1 during printing. That is, if the feed of the ticket paper 1 is not detected even though the motor 5 is driven, a paper failure such as a setting failure of the ticket paper 1 or occurrence of a jam is detected. If it is determined in S1 that the motor 5 is stopped, that is, the apparatus is in a non-printing state,
The detection signal of the sensor 13 is for detecting an abnormal feed of the ticket paper 1 during non-printing. In this state, the monitoring of the feed status of the ticket paper 1 is started, and the sprocket hole of the ticket paper 1 is detected by the sensor 13. By doing the ticket paper 1
Is detected (S2).

In S2, the sensor 13 detects the presence of the ticket paper 1 →
If no or no → present is detected, this detection signal is abnormal
Sent to the feed detector 16, the abnormal feed detection unit 16
In, the feed of the ticket paper 1 is recognized, and it is determined that the feed of the ticket paper 1 is abnormal. When it is determined that the feed is abnormal, the alarm display instruction unit 18 instructs the alarm unit 17 to display the lamp via the control unit 15 to turn on, blink, or generate a sound, and an abnormal feed occurs to an operator or a staff member. The effect is notified (S3). Further, the ratchet mechanism 19 is driven (S4). As described above, the operation of the ratchet mechanism 19 is such that when the plunger magnet 22 is excited by the feed stop instruction unit 23 (S4a), the magnet link 21 is attracted (S4b), and the ratchet 2 is moved.
0 is rotated about its shaft 20a as a fulcrum (S4c), and the ratchet 20 meshes with the tooth bottom of the drive gear 9 (S4d). Thereby, the drive gear 9
Feed Organization rotation stops the stop (S5), withdrawal of the ticket sheet 1 is prevented. The ratchet mechanism 1
The release of 9 is performed by providing a release means (not shown), for example, a release switch, and releasing the excitation of the plunger magnet 22 by operating this.

Next, a description will be given of a second embodiment based on FIGS. FIG. 4 is a schematic control block diagram of the ticket issuing device of the second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, when the ticket paper 1 is forcibly fed at all, instead of the alarm mechanism of the apparatus of the first embodiment, invalid printing is performed on the ticket paper 1 by the print head 2. The fed and fed ticket paper 1 is provided with an invalid print instructing unit for making it unusable thereafter.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 24 denotes an invalid print instruction section, which is one of the leading ends of the fed continuous paper when the sensor 13 detects the feed of the ticket paper 1 even when the apparatus is not printing. The print head 2 instructs the print head 2 to perform invalid printing on the ticket paper 1 corresponding to the minute, whereby the print head 2 prints characters such as “invalid” on the ticket paper 1.

The operation of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, when the power is turned on and the apparatus enters an operation start state, the control unit 15 determines whether or not the apparatus is in a printing state based on whether the motor 5 is driven or stopped (S11). In S11, when the motor 5 is driven, that is, when the apparatus is in the printing state, the detection signal of the sensor 13 is for detecting an abnormal feed of the ticket paper 1 at the time of printing, 1 detects a sheet abnormality such as a setting failure or a jam. If it is determined in step S11 that the motor 5 is in the stopped state, that is, the apparatus is not in the printing state, the sensor 1
Numeral 3 is for detecting an abnormal feed of the ticket paper 1 at the time of non-printing. In this state, monitoring of the feed status of the ticket paper 1 is started, and based on the detection result by this monitoring, the ticket paper at the time of non-printing is detected. 1 (S1)
2).

When the sensor 13 detects the presence / absence or absence / absence → present of the ticket paper 1 in S12, this detection signal is different.
The abnormal feed is sent to the normal feed detecting unit 16 and detected.
The feed of the ticket paper 1 is recognized by the unit 16 and an abnormal feed of the ticket paper 1 is determined. If it is determined that the abnormal feed, the control unit 15 instructs the invalid print the print head 2 by disabling the print instruction unit 24, by the instruction, "invalid"
Are printed on the ticket paper 1 (S13). Next, the ratchet mechanism 19 is driven (S14). The operation of the ratchet mechanism 19 operates in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
That is, when it is determined that the feed is abnormal based on the detection signal of the sensor 13, the feed stop instruction unit 23 is transmitted via the control unit 15.
To excite the plunger magnet 22 (S14).
a), the magnet link 21 is attracted (S14)
b), the ratchet 20 is rotated about its axis 20a as a fulcrum (S14c), and the ratchet 20 is meshed with the tooth bottom of the drive gear 9 (S14d). As a result, the rotation of the drive gear 9 stops, the ratchet mechanism 19 stops (S18), and the pulling out of the ticket paper 1 is prevented. The release of the ratchet mechanism 19 is performed by the first
This is the same as the embodiment. In the above-described embodiment, the feed stop mechanism is a ratchet mechanism that meshes with the drive gear. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The rotation of the tractor unit is prevented, and the rotation of the drive pulley and the platen is stopped. It is also possible to use any mechanism that can stop the feeding of the ticket paper. Also, the alarm means described in the first embodiment is replaced by the second
It is also conceivable to provide both the functions of performing the invalid printing and also displaying the alarm by providing the apparatus for performing the invalid printing according to the embodiment.

[0020]

According to the present invention as described above, according to the present invention, communication
After a predetermined printing process in connection sheet-like ticket paper, the ticket issuing apparatus which issues from the issue port, the ticket paper other than the printing
Comprising an abnormal feed detection unit for detecting a moving as abnormal feed, said a feed stop instruction section for stopping the feed mechanism, and a feed stop mechanism Ru stops the feed mechanism in accordance with an instruction of the feed stop instruction unit, said abnormal feed If the ticket paper of abnormal feed is detected by the detection unit, to stop the feed mechanism Ri by the feed stop mechanism
And preventing the movement of the ticket sheet Te, further, an alarm means for notifying abnormality feed generated in the device, and provided with an alarm display instruction unit for instructing the display of said alarm means, abnormal feed is detected Feed mechanism
In the event that the paper feed is stopped, an alarm indicating that an error has occurred is displayed at the same time. In addition, an invalid print instruction means for performing invalid printing by a printing means for invalidating the ticket paper fed abnormally is provided. Invalid printing is performed on the printed ticket paper.

For this reason, even if the ticket paper is not printed, a forced feed operation, that is, if the issuing port is forcibly opened with a tool such as a driver and the ticket paper is fed, this is immediately performed. , And the feed stop mechanism is actuated, so that it is no longer possible to easily pull out the unprinted ticket paper from the issuing port as in the prior art. Also, by providing an alarm means for notifying the occurrence of an abnormal feed of ticket paper , an operator or a staff member can immediately recognize this abnormal feed,
It is possible to cope with the subsequent treatment. In addition, invalid printing is performed on the ticket paper that was forcibly fed in order to pull it out, and even if it is pulled out, the printed ticket paper is invalidated, so it is forged and used without permission. And an excellent device with secured security can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a main part of a ticket issuing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic control block diagram of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic control system block diagram of a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a main part of a conventional ticket issuing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 ticket paper 2 print head 5 motor 9 drive gear 13 sensor 15 control unit 16 abnormal feed detection unit 17 alarm unit 18 alarm unit instruction unit 19 ratchet mechanism 23 feed stop instruction unit

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket issuing apparatus which feeds a ticket paper from a ticket paper storage unit which stores continuous paper ticket paper by a feed mechanism, performs a predetermined printing process in a printing unit, and then issues it from an issuing port. An abnormal feed detection unit that detects the movement of the ticket paper other than during printing as an abnormal feed; a feed stop instruction unit for stopping the feed mechanism; and a feed mechanism that is stopped by an instruction from the feed stop instruction unit.
Comprising a feed stop mechanism and that causes, when the ticket sheet abnormality feed is detected by the abnormality-feed detection unit, and wherein preventing the movement of the ticket sheet by stopping the feed mechanism Ri by the feed stop mechanism Ticket issuing device. 2. An alarm means for notifying the occurrence of an abnormal feed, and an alarm display instructing unit for instructing the alarm means to perform a display. to prevent movement of the ticket paper to stop the feed mechanism Ri by the stop mechanism <br/>
2. The ticket issuing device according to claim 1, wherein an alarm of occurrence of an abnormality is displayed at the same time. 3. A provided an invalid print instruction unit for performing invalid printing by abnormal-fed printing section for the ticket paper was, the abnormality by the feed detector when abnormality of the ticket paper is detected, the feed stop claim and performs invalid printing on at the same time as ticket paper by Ri to stop the feed mechanism to prevent movement of the ticket sheet in mechanism 1 or claim 2
The ticket issuing device described.