JPH0338633B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a slip issuing machine installed in an automatic teller machine that accepts magnetic cards and magnetic passbooks and automatically deposits and withdraws money online.

Automatic teller machines as automation equipment at bank counters,
Automatic teller machines and automatic teller machines, which are a combination of the two, are already widely used for the convenience of customers. These automatic transaction machines are equipped with a unit called a slip printer, and usually use two-ply, pressure-sensitive slip paper that is folded in a zigzag manner.

For example, as a conventional slip printer,
There is a device as shown in Publication No. 66069. In this device, the slip consists of a superimposed receipt slip and a transaction slip, and is transported along a transport path. On the way, predetermined information is printed by a printing device, and the slip is pressed against the embossed part of the magnetic card by an embossing roller. The letters, numbers, etc. will be printed. Of the slips printed or printed in this way, the receipt is wound up by a winding device and stored.
The transaction slip is cut by a cutting device for each transaction, separated from the receipt slip, and sent to a discharge conveyance path to be handed to the user.

By the way, when setting up the slip, first,
A worker takes out several transactions from a storage box containing folded slips, wraps the receipts around a take-up shaft, and cuts off the transaction slips from the perforations. From this state, fit the sprocket foil and the sprocket holes on both sides of the slip, rotate the separating guide plate for the lower transaction slip, and insert it a little toward the cutter, and insert the receipt slip through the sprocket. Wind it onto the take-up shaft. After this, when initialized, the timing sensor collects the transaction ticket and the system enters the initial state. However, in the past, when setting this, the transaction slip was aligned with the reference pin of the sprocket wheel, avoided the embossing roller, and passed through the narrow gap between the printing head and the anvil so as not to be misaligned, and the transaction slip was placed under the separation gate. I had to push it all the way in and wind up the receipt on the take-up shaft. In particular, the transaction slip must be pushed under the separation gate and guided to the cutter, but since it is inserted into a small gap, the work is delicate and difficult for inexperienced personnel. Stopping accidents sometimes occurred.

The present invention has been made focusing on the above circumstances,
The purpose is to provide a slip issuing device that can reliably set a slip with a single touch.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. In the figure, 1 is the main body of the automatic teller machine.An envelope slot 2 and a passbook slot 3 are provided on one side of the front of the main body 1, and a card slot 4 and a slip slot are provided on the other side of the front. An exit 5 and a cash outlet 6 are provided. Further, 7 is an operating section, and a deposit port 8 is provided next to this operating section 7. Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a card transport path 9 is provided on the upper side of the main body 1, and a photo interrupter 11 for detecting card insertion is provided on the card slot 4 side of the card transport path 9. is provided, and if a card insertion detection signal is not obtained by this photo interrupter 11, the card transport path 9 is temporarily stopped. At this time, the leading end of the card 10 is already inside the shutter 13. From this state, the motor 15 is reversed, and while the card 10 is being returned, the presence or absence of magnetism is again checked by the magnetic head 12, and the magnetic signal is sent to the photo interrupter 11 for detection.
If the image is not obtained by the time the image becomes clear, a timer is started, and the shutter 13 is closed after the conveyor belt 16 is returned to a point beyond the roller 16a at the tip.
If the detection photo interrupter 11 obtains a magnetic signal in the dark, the motor 15 is reversed again to take the card 10 into the main body 1. Note that if a magnetic signal cannot be obtained, the shutter 13 may be immediately closed to deny intrusion, or the conveyor belts 16, 1 may be closed.
If the card 7 is ejected in reverse, the acceptance rate of the card 10 will decrease. This is because the card 10 is inserted by the customer's hand, and there are considerable speed variations and the card is inserted diagonally up and down, making it more difficult to read the magnetic signal than the card 10. Therefore, if magnetic information is read while moving backwards, the probability of reading it increases even if it cannot be read forward. On the other hand, the card 10 from which the magnetic signal has been obtained is held between conveyor belts 16 and 17 and further conveyed, and the contents of the magnetic stripe 10a are read by the magnetic head 14. If the account information is read correctly here, the card 10 is further conveyed and stopped at the embossing station 18. At this time, pinch rollers 19, 19,
The card 10 is clamped by 20, 20. In this position, since the card 10 is pressure-transferred to the slip stretched over the entire embossed area, a small surface of approximately 6 mm between the magnetic stripe 10a and the end surface of the card 10 is firmly clamped.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, a slip issuing device is provided below the card transport path.
This slip issuing device has a slip storage section 131 and a slip transport path 132. Further, on the slip conveyance path 132, along the conveyance direction of the slip 21, a guide section A, a separating section B, a cutting section C, a printing section D,
An embossing section E, a separating section F, a winding section G, a direction changing section H, and a reversing section I are provided.

As shown in FIG. 11, the guide portion A has a pressing guide 24 whose one end is rotatably supported. It is designed to press the slip 21 that has been placed.

Further, the separation section B is constituted by a separation rod 26a and a wedge-shaped separation plate 26 whose one end is rotatably supported by the separation rod 26a.

Further, the cutting section C includes a rotary cutter 28.

The printing section D has a main body 32 rotatably supported at one side of its lower end, and a dot head 34 is attached to the main body 32. Further, a magnet 31 is connected to the central portion of one side of the main body 32. Furthermore, a guide plate 36, which is a highly flexible leaf spring, is attached to the lower end of the dot head 34. And the dot head 34
An anvil 3 for receiving the slip 21 is provided on the lower end surface of the
5 are spaced apart and facing each other.

Further, the embossing station 18 has an embossing roller 6 over the entire embossing area shown in FIG.
1, the slip 21 and the card 10 come into contact with each other.

That is, as shown in FIG.
Pressure transfer is performed by moving in the direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of 0).

The belts 63, 63 are stretched over the conveyance path of the card 10, and are arranged as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7.

That is, in FIG. 5, there is an 8 mm non-embossable area on both sides of the entire width of the card 10. For this reason, the belts 63, 63 are very thin and thinner than the emboss height of the card 10.
Therefore, even if the roller 61 in FIG. 5 descends and strongly presses the slip 21 against the card 10, the belt portion hardly contacts the card 10 and does not affect the embossed imprint. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the imprint roller 61 has cams 72 formed on both sides of the imprint area so as to escape upward and diagonally by about 2 mm so as not to catch the end face of the card 10 and cause a jam.

Since the lengths of the belts 63, 63 differ due to the movement of the imprint roller 61, it is necessary to use a swinging tension roller as the roller 65 shown in FIG. 7. In FIG. 7, if the imprint roller 61 is stopped at a position where the left initial position cell 73 is darkened, the belt 63 will be positioned above the card conveyance position. Since the conveyor belt 63 has only a small length on both sides relative to the document width, the central portion of the document 21 will be hit by an increase in temperature and humidity. This was a cause of jamming when the card 10 collides with the slip 21 during transportation, but by using the roller 65 as a tension roller, the belts 63, 63 are positioned above the card transportation position, and the slip 21 is lifted up. This makes it possible to prevent troubles caused by collisions with cards. As shown in Fig. 5, the imprint roller 61 has a central part made of extremely hard rubber and is used for embossing printing of cards.
A groove was provided, and the outer side of the groove was used as a pulley portion that made rolling contact with the belts 63, 63. The bearings on both sides move while being guided by the cam plate in order to release the roller 61 upwards outside the embossing area and press it with an appropriate pressure inside the embossing area.
Also, a bearing is used to prevent the load from increasing within the embossed area. Normally, the imprint roller 61 is moved to the cam plate 7 by just the tension of the belt.
4 is difficult, so a spring (not shown) is used to press it upward.

Further, the separation section F has a separation gate 37,
This isolation gate 37 is operated by a magnet 38. Furthermore, the guide 141
Roller 1 that conveys the transaction slip guided by
42 and 143 have a structure as shown in FIG.

Further, the winding section G has a winding shaft 39, and a high friction member 39a is wound around this winding shaft 39. A plurality of press rollers 50a, 50b, and 50c are pressed against the high friction member 39a. These presser rollers 50a, 50b, 50c
are attached to the tips of guide plates 40a, 40b, and 40c that are urged toward the winding shaft 39 by an urging member.

Further, in the direction changing section H, a plurality of guide plates 132, 133, 134 for guiding the end surfaces of the conveyor belts 78, 78 are arranged on the inner surface of the pedestal 131 thereof. These guide plates 133, 134, 1
The thickness dimension 35 is made thinner stepwise along the flying direction of the statement slip 22. Further, a stopper 137 is provided above the pedestal 131 and is moved up and down by a magnet 136.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the reversing section I has a switchback section 81 formed by belts 86, 78 and rollers 86, 87 at a section where a gate 80 branches off from the middle of the conveying path.

Next, a method for setting the slip 21 will be explained based on FIG. 4.
First, pull out the slips 21 in a stacked state, then open the presser guide plate 24 and insert the sprocket foil 2 into the first hole of the transaction statement slip 22 of the slip 21.
Fit it to the reference pin 5. After that, the separation plate 26
Then, overlap the first hole of the copy journal 23 with a different reference pin of the same color as the transaction statement slip 22, and then press the presser guide 2.
4 and press it into the sprocket wheel 25. When the sprocket wheel 25 is driven from this state, the lower transaction slip 22 is inserted into the rotary cutter 28 along the guide 20, and the upper journal 23 is fed along the upper guide 29, and the two conveyors Separated into paths. Then, when the paper is conveyed as it is, the two are reunited at the printing section 30. When the slip 21 is introduced into the printing section 30, the magnet 31 is energized, the printer main body 32 is rotated counterclockwise about the support shaft 33, and the dot head 34 is separated from the anvil 35. After being separated in this manner, the slip 21 is introduced. At this time, the introduction end of the slip 21 is guided by the guide plate 36 of the dot head 34 and is smoothly introduced and passed. Next, the slips 21 are sent to the separating section F through the embossing station 18 in a stacked state. At this time, the magnet 38 is energized and the separation gate 37 is rotated and closed as shown by the imaginary line. The timing of this closing can be determined by first mounting the slip 21 on the sprocket wheel 25 and turning it on when the drive is applied by operating a switch. Due to this closure, both the slips 21 are separated by the separation gate 37 and the guide plate 49.
It is guided by the dancer roller 44, rolls up upward, passes between the dancer roller 44 and the guide 40a, and further
It is transported upwards. This slip 21 is guide 4
After being raised along the winding axis 0a, the winding material is wound up by the drive of the roller 50a caused by the rotation of the winding shaft 39, and further guided by the guides 40b and 40c, and wound around the winding shaft 39 while changing the direction sequentially by the drive of the rollers 50b and 50c. The drive of the conveyor belt 63 and sprocket 25 is stopped after the drive continues for about two revolutions. If the motor 43 continues to rotate in this state, the dancer roller 44 will be pulled to the right, making the cell 45 dark. If the driving of the motor 43 is stopped in this state, the two slips are pulled out from the lower storage box 46 in a stacked state and are stretched from the sprocket wheel 25 to the winding shaft 39. In this state, the magnet 31 is de-energized and the printer body 32 is lowered to the normal printing position. and,
Since the set position (perforation) changes according to a signal from a timing sensor attached to the same axis of the sprocket wheel 25, the rotary cutter 28 is operated at that timing to cut only the statement slip 22 side. After this cutting, the magnet 38 is released and the separation gate 37 is retracted upward by the force of the spring. When the slip sprocket conveyor belt is rotated in this state, the front and rear cut statement slips 22 are driven together with the upper copy journal 23, but when the cut point approaches the separating section F, the paper's rigidity causes the rear statement slip 22 to move together with the upper copy journal 23. It will progress soon. At a point 5 mm ahead of the rollers 58, 58 of this separation section 50, approximately one transaction is reached.
When the re-cutting position of 140mm comes, the rotary cutter 28 is operated and set again according to the signal from the timing disk. At this time, the statement slip 22 reaches the embossed portion 18 as shown in FIG. By the way, since the first printing position of the slip 21 is approximately 50 mm from the leading edge, a feed of 85 mm is applied by adding the distance of 35 mm from the cut position. During this feeding period, all rollers including the sprocket 25, belts 63, 63, and rollers 58, 58 are fed. Winding shaft 39
The drive motors 43 of the drive rollers 50a, 50b, and 50c are all driven locally by detecting loosening of the dancer roller 44. That is, detector 4
Whenever 5 becomes bright, the motor 43 is turned on until it becomes dark.
is now being driven. Therefore, if the backup journal 23 is cut off midway, the dancer roller 44 will not be able to be pulled to the right no matter how long it takes, so journal breakage can be detected by monitoring the timer. At the end of the feed, the transaction statement slip 22 is held between the rollers 58, 58. In this state, the sprocket 25, belt 63,
63 is stopped and locked by the pulse motor and only the pinch rollers 58, 58 are driven, only one statement slip 22 is released while the copy journal and the next statement slip 22 remain in their current positions. Become. At this time, if the pinching force of the rollers 67 and 68 in FIG. 7 is too strong, the statement slip 22 will be torn, so it is necessary to adjust the pinching force to an appropriate level. Furthermore, if the friction coefficient of the surfaces of the belts 63, 63 is high, the resistance at the imprint rollers 61, rollers 67, 68 will be strong when the belts are pulled out.
If the statement slip 22 is scratched or the pressure exceeds the pressure,
There will be tension marks. Good sliding can be achieved by covering the surfaces of the belts 63, 63 with nylon canvas. The first cut transaction statement slip 22 is conveyed by the pinch rollers 58, 58, guided to the direction changing section H, and collected into the slip collection box 79.

Next, we will discuss the flow of the actual transaction after the preparations are completed. Since the slip has been set and prepared in the first printing position, the card 10 is accepted and stopped at the embossing station 18.
Next, if you continue printing about 7 lines of transaction information, 38mm will remain to the rear edge. Therefore, if it is fed further by 3 mm, it will reach the cut position and the cut will be made here. When the card is fed 63 mm after cutting, the embossed area of the slip 21 matches the embossed area 69 of the stopped card 10, so the feed of the slip 21 is stopped at this point and the card waits at the left position shown by the dashed line in Fig. 7. The motor 70 of the embossing roller 61 is rotated to the left and swung to the right via the chain 71. As a result, the embossing roller 61 gradually descends along the cam plate 72 as shown in FIG. 7, strongly presses the slip 21 against the card 10 in the embossing area, transfers it under pressure, and escapes upward at the right relief part. At this point, the right initial position cell 73 is blocked by the arm 74 and stopped. As a result, all processing on the slip 21 is completed, and the card 10 is returned to the front of the shutter and stopped. Thereafter, in order to return to the initial position, the sprocket 25 and conveyor belts 63, 63 are driven to feed the slip 21 by 22 mm. After that, rollers 58, 58, 142, 143
By driving only the transaction slip 22, the rollers 58, 58 pull out only the transaction statement slip 22, and the roller 1
42 and 143 to convey it to the direction changing section H. During this transaction, the feed of the slip 21 causes the dancer roller 44 to move to the left, creating slack, so the motor 43 operates to take up the slack and wind up the backup journal 23 onto the winding shaft 39. On the other hand, the transaction statement slip 22 that has entered the direction changing section 77 is reversed and moved to the right by the conveyor belts 78, 78 when it is unnecessary to eject it, such as during the initial auto-setting, when printing a small total, or when a transaction is not completed due to an error. It is run and collected in a slip collection box 79. On the other hand, when the transaction is completed properly and the transaction statement slip 22 is released to the customer, the conveyor belts 78, 78 rotate normally and convey it to the left to the gate 80.
and is guided to the switchback section 81. If the magnet 82 is activated, the card will not enter the switchback section 81 and will be ejected from the slip outlet 5 to the customer, but the direction of imprinting on the slip 21 is determined by the insertion direction of the card 10 and the embossing direction. If the switch is not made, the statement slip 22 will be sent to the customer upside down. This switchback part 81 includes two belts 78, 78, a pinch roller 85 in contact with the belts 78, 78, and a belt 78, 7 on the opposite side.
One wide belt 8 placed in the middle of 8
6, a pinch roller 87 in contact with this, and an intrusion detector 88 of the statement slip 22. When the statement slip 22 enters the switchback section 81, the belt 78,
78 rotates downward, so the pinch roller 8
5 is also rotating downwards. On the other hand, the pinch roller 87 remains stationary without rotating.
When the tip of the statement slip 22 blocks the detector 88, the general conveyance path is stopped. At this time, the rear end of the statement slip 22 is held by rollers 85, 85 and belts 78, 78. In this state, magnets 89 and 90 are
When turned ON, the rollers 85, 85 are pulled further to the left than the belt 86, and the roller 87 presses and clamps the statement slip 22 against the belt 86. When the belt 86 is driven in the same direction again in this state, the statement slip 22 is transferred to the belts 78, 78, 9, which are an extension of the original conveyance path.
1,91 and goes in the direction of release. At this time, the statement slip 22 has already been reversed so that the front side is the top side.

When the leading edge of the statement slip 22 reaches the detector 92, the shutter 93 is closed by operating the magnet 94, and the clutch 95 is engaged to drive the card 10 in the ejection direction, and the shutter 93 is opened by exciting the magnet 94. Ru. The clutch 95 is released to stop the card 10 at a position where the rear end of the card 10 is between the magnetic head 12 and the insertion detector 11. Stop at the position you set. Regarding the card 10, if a magnetic signal cannot be obtained when inserted, it is completely ejected to the outside of the pinch roller, but when returning the card after the transaction is completed, the insertion detection 11 is kept in the dark for 30 seconds at the same time as the card is ejected. This is because a timer for forgetting to take the card 10 is set, and if the customer does not take the card 10 within this time, the card 10 is automatically collected into the device. This is because if the customer leaves without completing the transaction due to unmanned operation, the staff will not be present, so if you leave it as it is after the timeout, there is a risk that the next customer will steal it. This is because it needs to be kept as a bank. On the other hand, if a magnetic signal cannot be obtained and the card is returned, this cannot be said to be a legitimate bank user, and the fact that the returned card is not taken means that it is not the card 10 but paper or a foreign object that was inserted as a mischief. It's better to For this reason,
The insertion detection 11 will be kept bright so that the forget-to-remove timer is not set. When the card 10 and statement slip 22 are removed by the detectors 11 and 92, the shutter 93 is closed and the system returns to the insial. If the card 10 and statement slip 22 are not removed within the 30 seconds set by the timer, the motor 96 is reversed and the gate 80 is removed from the magnet 8.
2 is excited and the opened card 10 is collected into the collection warehouse 97 and the statement slip 22 is collected into the collection warehouse 79. This statement slip 2
The reason why the statement slip 22 is not passed through the switchback part 81 during the collection and transportation of the items 22 is to reduce the failure rate, and when it is normally collected from the direction changer part 77, the statement slip 22 is turned upside down, and once discharged, it is straight. This is because they are collected face-up in the collection box 79, making it easy to distinguish between them.

Next, the payment machine provided below and close to the slip unit will be explained. First, papers A and B taken in from the 10,000 yen safe 103 and 1,000 yen safe 104 by the take-in rollers 101 and 102, respectively, are counted by the counters 105 and 106, then discriminated by the overlap detector 107, and sent to the detector 108. If the ticket is correct when the tip of the ticket arrives, it is gate 10.
9 is thrown to the left by a magnet 110 and guided into an impeller 111, and gradually pushed out from the impeller 111 by an arm 112 and accumulated on a belt 113 which is rotating in reverse. The reason why the stacked tickets are stopped and stacked upward is because the arm 112 is nested with the lower belt 113.
Tickets determined to be fraudulent will be guided to the second gate 114 by the gate 109 to the right and transferred to the reject warehouse 1.
15. Genuine bills are counted by a counter 116a, and fraudulent bills are counted by a counter 116b, and the counts are compared. If you wish to release the statement slip 22 together with the withdrawal payment paper A or B, use the switch back section 81 in Fig. 5 to pinch the row 8.
5, 85 and conveyor belts 78, 78, the tip is once stopped and held with the detector 88 in the dark. In this state, the receiving and payment accumulation of 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen is completed, the waste paper to be paid is accumulated on the stack belt 113, and the conveyance of the belt is temporarily stopped. The rotation of the impeller 111 also stops when the rotation of the dispensing conveyance path stops. In this state, if the slip 21 is driven in the same direction as the conveyor belts 78, 78, the slip 22 will be moved to the stopped impeller 1.
It falls into 11. After falling and driving the withdrawal conveyance path for a short time after a predetermined time elapses, statement slip 2 will be displayed.
2. Stack the paper face up on top of the payment paper. Thereafter, the dispensing conveyance path is once stopped, and the arm 112 is excited by a magnet and lowered, and the sheet A or B and the statement slip 22 are clamped between the roller 120 attached to the tip of the arm 112 and the belt 118. When the rotational direction of the upper conveyance motor 121 is reversed, the waste paper is discharged toward the customer. When the leading edge of the paper darkens the detector 122, a shutter (not shown) is opened by exciting the magnet 125, and when the trailing edge illuminates the detector 126, ejection and conveyance is stopped. In the case of this payment, a forget-to-take timer is also set, and unless the customer removes the paper within 30 seconds and illuminates the detector 122, the magnet (not shown) will be turned off and the arm 112 will be raised to the upper insial position. . In this state, the motor 121 is reversed and recovered, and the shutter 124 is closed when the detector 122 is bright. Once the ticket is arm 112
If you hit it against the machine and then perform a reverse drive, the tickets that were crumpled will be aligned. When the arm 112 is rotated again by a magnet (not shown) when this alignment is completed, the tip roller 120 presses the ticket against the reversing belt, and the stopper function of the arm 112 nested with the belt is lost, so the tab is removed. After passing through the normal conveyance path, it goes to the reject side. Here, the second gate 114 is connected to the magnet 1 by the reject counter/detector 116b.
27 to open the ticket and drive the ticket to the collection box 128.

As explained above, in the present invention, after the slip is separated by the separator, it is polymerized again and supplied to the printing device, and when it is set, the separation gate is closed and the slip is wound up by the winding section, and when it is issued, the separation gate is closed. Since it is configured to release the transaction slip and separate the transaction slip, when setting, it is possible to automatically set the slip by simply separating the slip into separate pieces and inserting it.
This makes it extremely easy to set the slip, and it is also possible to prevent the apparatus from stopping due to incorrect or incorrect setting of the slip.

Further, in the present invention, the positions of the printing device and the embossed portion are not limited by the position of the cutting device, and the printing device and the embossed portion can be placed at any location.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cash deposit machine, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a slip issuing machine. 4
The figure is a front view, FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional front view showing the embossing roller and magnetic card, FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing the roller that conveys the slip to the direction changing section, and FIG. 7 is the conveyor belt that conveys the slip. Side view shown, No. 8
9 is a perspective view showing a magnetic card, FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a slip in a meandering state, and FIG. 11 is an enlarged front view showing a part of the slip conveyance path. 23...Receipt slip, 22...Transaction slip, 21...Slip, 26
... Separator, 28 ... Cutting device, 145 ... Detector.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A conveyance means for conveying a slip consisting of a superimposed receipt slip and a transaction slip, and a conveyance means provided at the entrance of the conveyance means and interposed between the receipt slip and the transaction slip for carrying the slip. A separation body that separates the receipt slip and the transaction slip; a cutting device that cuts the transaction slip separated by the separation body; and a state in which the transaction slip that has passed through this cutting device and the receipt slip are superposed again. A printing device that is introduced and performs printing; a separation gate that separates the transaction slip and receipt that have passed through this printing device again; a winding unit that winds up the receipt that has been separated by the separation gate; and a transaction slip transport means for transporting the transaction slips separated by the separation gate, and when setting the slip, the receipt slip and the transaction slip separated by the separator are rolled up by the winding section after closing the separation gate. The transaction slip is cut after being wound up by the take-up unit, and when the slip is issued, the transaction slip and receipt printed by the printing device are removed from the separation gate and the transaction slip is transported. A slip issuing device characterized in that it is conveyed by a means.