JP4878705B2 - Media processing device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medium processing apparatus, and more particularly to a processing apparatus that is built in an automatic transaction apparatus provided in a financial institution or the like and processes receipt paper.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic cash transaction apparatus installed in a financial institution, a distribution mechanism, or the like is provided with a receipt issuing apparatus that issues a statement relating to cash handling or payment of a utility bill. The receipt issuing device includes a receipt supply unit, a printing unit, and a receipt cutting unit. When there is a receipt issuance request, roll-out receipt paper loaded in the receipt supply unit is fed out, transaction data is printed on the fed-out receipt paper at the printing unit, and then the receipt cutting unit has a predetermined size. And the cut material is conveyed to the customer receiving port as receipt paper.
[0003]
Receipt paper transported to the customer receiving port is normally extracted by the customer, but if it is not extracted after a predetermined time, or if the customer forgets to take it, the receipt paper is taken back into the device and provided in advance. It conveys to a certain intake part and accommodates in this intake part. The receipt paper accommodated in the take-in section is not only the one forgotten to be taken, but also includes, for example, a receipt paper in the case where the transaction is canceled after the transaction data is printed.
[0004]
The receipt taking-in unit is required to have a large capacity in order to continuously operate the automatic transaction apparatus and reduce the frequency of operator intervention. Naturally, a large space is required to accommodate a large number of receipt sheets in the take-in portion.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional apparatus, the motor for conveying the receipt paper after cutting to the customer receiving unit and the motor for conveying the receipt paper from the customer receiving unit to the receipt taking-in unit are the same, In some cases, the driving direction was reversed. A take-in roller is provided at the end of the receipt take-in portion, and the receipt paper sent by the take-in roller is fed into the receipt take-in portion.
[0006]
Therefore, when transporting the receipt paper to the customer receiving unit, taking roller for feeding the receipt paper to the receipt capture unit is rotated in a direction opposite to the direction for feeding the receipt taking unit receipt paper. Therefore, for example, when the receipt paper is fully stored in the receipt take-in portion, the upper receipt paper may come into contact with the take-in roller, and the receipt paper may be taken out of the take-in portion by the rotation of the take-in roller. was there. For this reason, the receipt take-in section has to set the maximum amount of receipt paper to be taken in such a way that the upper receipt paper does not contact the take-in roller. As a result, there is a problem that the receipt paper cannot be sufficiently accommodated.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention conveys the processed medium to the discharge port by rotating the driving means in the first direction, and moves the driving means in the second direction opposite to the first direction. in the medium processing apparatus for taking before SL taking unit is rotated, the medium was withdrawn at the outlet of the capturing means which is provided at an end portion of the take-in portion of the by RiSo置内to be rotated, before Symbol the driving means rotates the capturing means only when rotating in the second direction, said capturing means when rotating the drive means in the first direction so as not to rotate, rotating the take-in portion Rotating in the first direction by the driving means, and rotating in a direction for pressing the medium in the taking-in part, and rotating in the second direction by the driving means in the taking-in part A medium presser that rotates in a direction away from the medium is provided. It is characterized in.
[0008]
According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, when the medium is transported to the discharge port, the medium pressing means rotates in the direction of pressing the medium in the take-in part, so that the medium in the take-in part can be packed and accumulated. There is an effect that the capacity of the intake section can be further increased.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a medium processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a receipt issuing apparatus built in an automatic transaction apparatus will be described as an example of a medium processing apparatus.
[0010]
In FIG. 1, a receipt issuing device 1 is provided with a receipt supply unit 2, a receipt loading unit 3, a receipt transport path 4, and a receipt take-in unit 5. Two receipt papers 6 in the form of rolls can be placed on the receipt supply unit 2, and a lever unit 7 is provided at the lower part thereof. The lever portion 7 is composed of a gear and a cam, and is rotated clockwise around the fulcrum 7 a by driving the DC motor 8, so that the receipt paper 6 placed on the receipt supply portion 2 is transferred to the receipt loading portion 3. Move. The receipt paper 6 is a roll-shaped thermal paper, and the inside is a color development surface. Receipt paper 6 is preliminarily printed with ruled lines, specification slip types, and the like, and the receipt paper in units of issue is continuously connected.
[0011]
The receipt loading unit 3 can be loaded with roll-shaped receipt paper 6 and includes a feeding belt 9, a conveyance belt 10 and a separation guide 11. The feeding belt 9 is wound around the pulleys 12 and 13 and rotates the receipt paper 6 to feed the leading end of the receipt paper 6. The conveyor belt 10 is wound around a pulley coaxial with the pulley 13 and the pulley 14, and further conveys the leading end portion of the fed receipt paper 6. The separation guide 11 separates the leading end portion of the receipt paper 6 from the wound state. The receipt loading unit 3 is provided with a sensor 15 for detecting the presence or absence of the receipt paper 6 and a sensor 16 for detecting that the leading edge of the receipt paper 6 has been fed out.
[0012]
The receipt transport path 4 is composed of three parts. That is, the print conveyance path 18 from the receipt loading unit 3 to the branch point 17, the discharge conveyance path 20 from the branch point 17 to the customer receiving port 19, and the intake conveyance path 22 from the branch point 17 to the receipt take-in unit 5. It consists of. A print unit 25 including a thermal head 23 and a platen roller 24, a cutting unit 26 for cutting the receipt paper 6 into a size of an issue unit, and a sensor 27 for detecting the passage of the printed receipt paper along the print conveyance path 18. Is provided. A switching blade 28 that switches the receipt paper conveyance direction is provided at the branch point 17 so as to be rotatable about a fulcrum 28a.
[0013]
A conveyance roller 29, a mark sensor 30, and a detection sensor 31 are provided along the discharge conveyance path 20. Each of the transport rollers 29 can rotate in both directions. The mark sensor 30 detects a mark printed on the receipt paper 6 in advance, and determines the cutting position of the receipt paper 6 by this detection. The detection sensor 31 detects the presence or absence of the cut receipt paper 6. The customer receiving port 19 is where the cut receipt paper 6 is delivered to the customer.
[0014]
Along the take-in conveyance path 22, carry rollers 32 and 33, a take-in roller 34, and passage sensors 35 and 36 are provided. The take-in roller 34, together with the driven roller 43, takes the received receipt paper into the receipt take-in unit 5 and is attached to the shaft 34 a.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the vicinity of the take-in roller 34 in the embodiment. In FIG. 2, a gear 46 is attached to the shaft 34 a of the take-in roller 34 via a one-way clutch 45. The gear 46 meshes with the gear 47, and the gear 47 rotates integrally with the pulley 48. A belt 49 is wound around the pulley 48, and the belt 49 rotates by a rotational force from a driving source (a motor 41 described later). The rotational force transmitted to the pulley 48 is transmitted to the shaft 34a when the rotational direction is the direction in which the take-in roller 34 rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. Not transmitted. That is, the take-in roller 34 rotates only when taking receipt paper into the receipt take-in section 5.
[0016]
The shaft to which the gear 47 is attached is attached to the side wall of the presser lever 38 via the torque limiter 50. When the gear 47 rotates, it rotates about the fulcrum 38a of the presser lever 38. However, since the torque limiter 50 is interposed, the rotation stops when a load exceeding a certain level is applied to the presser lever 38.
[0017]
FIG. 3 is a side view showing the vicinity of the take-in roller 34 in the embodiment. 1, 2, and 3, a stacking unit 37 in which receipt paper 6 is stacked in the receipt taking-in unit 5, a presser lever 38 that presses the receipt paper 6 stacked in the stacking unit 37 from above, and a presser lever A full detection sensor 39 is provided for detecting the height of the receipt paper 6 accumulated in conjunction with the paper 38 and detecting that the receipt take-in section 5 is full. The stacking unit 37 includes a stacking bracket 51.
[0018]
A stacking guide 52 is formed at the front end of the stacking bracket 51, and the upper end of the stacking guide 52 is positioned below the lower conveyance guide 53 as shown in FIG. It comes to get in. In addition, there is a distance a in the horizontal direction between the inner side of the collecting guide 52 (the side on which the end of the collected receipt paper contacts) and the taking-in roller 34, and is almost below the taking-in roller 34. The receipt paper accumulated in half is prevented from contacting. As a result, it is possible to prevent end face galling that occurs when the end of the receipt paper comes into contact with the roller.
[0019]
The motor 40 rotates the pulleys 12, 13, 14 and the platen roller 24. The motor 41 drives the switching blade 28, the conveyance roller 29 of the discharge conveyance path 20, the conveyance rollers 32 and 33 and the intake roller 34 of the intake conveyance path 22, and the presser lever 38. The switching blade 28 receives the power of the motor 41 via a gear provided with a torque limiter that can transmit only a certain or less rotational force on the shaft 28a, and switches the conveyance direction of the receipt paper 6.
[0020]
When the motor 41 is rotating forward, the receipt paper is switched so as to be conveyed from the printing conveyance path 18 to the discharge conveyance path 20, and when the motor 41 is reversed, the receipt paper is transferred from the discharge conveyance path 20 to the take-in conveyance path 22. To be transported to
[0021]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, when the roll-shaped receipt paper 6 is set in the left-side receipt supply unit 2, the DC motor 8 is driven and the lever 7 under the receipt paper 6 rotates around the fulcrum 7a in the clockwise direction. And move to the supply section on the right. The moved receipt paper 6 is further driven by the DC motor 8 to rotate the lower lever 7 in the clockwise direction, and the receipt paper 6 moves to the receipt loading unit 3. The lever 7 rotates about 90 degrees and maintains that state. As a result, the receipt paper 6 is held in the receipt loading unit 3. The receipt loading unit 3 is provided with a cover (not shown) so as to hold the receipt paper 6 from above.
[0022]
The receipt paper 6 moved to the receipt loading unit 3 and placed on the feeding belt 9 is detected by the sensor 15 as being set in the receipt loading unit 3. By this detection, the motor 40 is rotated forward. The feeding belt 9 and the conveying belt 10 are rotated by the forward rotation of the motor 40. The receipt paper 6 rotates counterclockwise by the rotation of the feeding belt 9, and the leading end of the receipt paper 6 is separated from the receipt paper main body by the separation guide 11 in contact with the receipt paper 6. The leading end portion of the separated receipt paper is transported in the direction of the print transport path 18 by the transport belt 10. The receipt paper 6 is conveyed by a predetermined distance from the time when the leading edge of the receipt paper 6 passes the sensor 16 and stopped. This position is a position where the leading end has passed through the printing unit 25 and has reached the cutting unit 26. Thereby, loading of the receipt paper 6 is completed.
[0023]
When the receipt issuing device 1 receives a print processing command in accordance with the transaction contents of the automatic transaction device, the motor 40 and the motor 41 are rotated in the forward direction synchronously. The receipt paper 6 is conveyed by a predetermined amount by the conveyance belt 10 and the platen roller 24 by the normal rotation of the motor 40, and then the transaction content is printed by the print head 23. When printing is completed, the receipt paper 6 is conveyed from the print conveyance path 18 toward the discharge conveyance path 20 by the forward rotation of the motor 41.
[0024]
At this time, the switching blade 28 at the branch point 17 is at a position for guiding the receipt paper 6 toward the discharge conveyance path 20 by the forward rotation of the motor 41 as shown in FIG. When the receipt paper 6 is detected by the mark sensor 30 disposed in the discharge conveyance path 20, the rotation of the motor 40 and the motor 41 is stopped, and the conveyance of the receipt paper 6 is stopped.
[0025]
Here, the receipt paper 6 is cut into a predetermined length by the cutting unit 26. The cut printed receipt paper 6 is transported to a position protruding a predetermined amount from the customer receiving port 19 by the transport roller 29 driven by the forward rotation of the motor 41 and stops. When the receipt paper 6 is pulled out by the customer, the receipt issuing process is terminated. The withdrawal of the receipt paper 6 is detected by the sensor 31.
[0026]
When a predetermined time elapses without the receipt paper 6 protruding from the customer receiving port 19 being pulled out by the customer, the apparatus determines that the customer has forgotten to take the receipt. In this case, first, the motor 41 is reversely rotated. The reverse rotation of the motor 41 causes the switching blade 28 to rotate to a position for guiding the receipt paper from the discharge conveyance path 20 to the take-in conveyance path 22 as shown in FIG. The feed rollers 32 and 33 and the take-in roller 34 in the take-in conveyance path 22 rotate so as to convey the receipt paper in the direction of the receipt take-in portion 5.
[0027]
The receipt paper 6 that has been forgotten to be taken is transported in the discharge transport path 20 in the opposite direction by the transport roller 29 and further fed into the take-in transport path 22. In the take-in conveyance path 22, the paper is further conveyed by conveyance rollers 32 and 33, the leading portion of the receipt paper 6 is detected by the sensor 36, and is accumulated in the accumulation unit 37 by the intake roller 34. The motor 41 is stopped after a certain period of time has elapsed since the sensor 36 detected the leading portion of the receipt paper 6. The take-in roller 34 stops rotating after rotating for a certain period of time.
[0028]
Next, the operation in the receipt taking-in part will be described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 are explanatory views showing the operation of the receipt taking-in portion. After the forgotten receipt paper 6 is accumulated in the accumulating unit 37, the motor 41 rotates forward again in the next issuing process. Due to this forward rotation, rotational force is transmitted through the belt 49, pulley 48, gear 47 and torque limiter 50 shown in FIG. 2, and the presser lever 38 of the receipt take-in portion 5 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. . At this time, the take-in roller 34 does not rotate by the action of the one-way clutch 45 shown in FIG.
[0029]
The presser lever 38 gradually descends and comes into contact with the upper surface of the stacked receipt paper 6 to press the receipt paper 6. Although the motor 41 continues to rotate, the presser lever 38 maintains the contact state by the action of the torque limiter 50. Accordingly, when the apparatus 1 is in a standby state (non-operating), the receipt paper 6 that is forgotten to be removed is pressed by the presser lever 38.
[0030]
When the receipt paper 6 is forgotten to be removed, the motor 41 is reversely rotated as described above. When the motor 41 rotates in the reverse direction, the take-in roller 34 is rotated by the action of the one-way clutch 45, and the presser lever 38 is rotated in the clockwise direction in FIG. In this state, the receipt paper 6 is taken in by the take-in roller 34.
[0031]
When the receipt paper 6 in the stacking unit 37 gradually increases and the position of the upper surface of the stacked receipt paper 6 becomes higher, the upper surface 6a of the receipt paper 6 comes into contact with the take-in roller 34 as shown in FIG. Become. Even in this state, the receipt issuing apparatus 1 performs a receipt issuing process according to a command from the host apparatus. Therefore, the motor 41 may rotate forward with the receipt paper 6 in contact with the take-in roller 34.
[0032]
However, in the present embodiment, when the motor 41 rotates in the forward direction, the take-in roller 34 does not rotate due to the action of the one-way clutch 45, so the receipt paper 6 that contacts the take-in roller 34 is received by the rotation of the take-in roller 34. It is not taken out of the take-in part 5. Further, when the receipt paper 6 is newly taken, the take-up roller 34 rotates in contact with the already collected receipt paper 6, and the receipt paper 6 already collected by this rotation is in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. In this case, however, the movement of the stacked receipt paper 6 is blocked by the stacking guide 52 shown in FIG.
[0033]
【Effect of the invention】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the take-in means is rotated only when the medium is taken into the take-in portion, and the take-in means is not rotated in other cases. Even when there is so much medium that comes in contact with the take-in means, the medium is not ejected from the take-in section by the take-in means and can be further taken in, and the capacity of the take-in section can be increased.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a medium processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the vicinity of a take-in roller in the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a side view showing the vicinity of a take-in roller in the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the switching blade.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation of the switching blade.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the receipt taking-in unit.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the receipt taking-in unit.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the operation of the receipt taking-in unit.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receipt issuing device 5 Receipt taking-in part 6 Receipt paper 34 Taking-in roller 41 Motor 45 One-way clutch

Claims (2)

The processed medium is conveyed to the discharge port by rotating the driving means in the first direction, and the take-in portion in the apparatus is rotated by rotating the driving means in the second direction opposite to the first direction. In the medium processing apparatus for rotating the take-in means provided at the end of the take-in, and taking in the medium that has not been taken out at the discharge port into the take-in part,
Rotate the take-in means only when rotating the drive means in the second direction, and prevent the take-up means from rotating when rotating the drive means in the first direction;
Rotation is provided in the take-in section, and the drive means rotates in the first direction so that the medium in the take-up section is pressed, and the drive means rotates in the second direction. By means of this, a medium processing device is provided, which is provided with a medium pressing means that rotates in a direction away from the medium in the take-in portion. Said medium pressing means, medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein after said drive means has stopped the rotation of the first direction to maintain a state of pressing the medium in the capture section.

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