JPH0696240B2 - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: (a) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that is internally configured in, for example, an automatic ticket vending machine used in station service, and more specifically, perforating a ticket issuing sheet. The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for accurately issuing perforations in a position and performing ticket issuing processing.

(B) Conventional technology In recent years, when issuing perforated tickets such as round-trip tickets and perforated numbered tickets with perforations, perforation processing is performed while transporting ticket-issuing paper to reduce the ticketing time. A means is desired, and in this case, as an example thereof, a rotary processing method in which the perforation processing is performed by synchronizing the perforation rotary cutter with the transportation speed of the ticket-issuing paper is effective.

At this time, it is difficult to adjust the initial setting position that sets the position for synchronously rotating the perforation rotary cutter, so it is difficult to set the clerk, and when the power is turned off, the setting of the perforation rotary cutter that is set is set. The position may be slightly displaced, which causes an error with respect to the perforation processing position, and the perforation cannot be accurately inserted at the perforation processing position.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention The present invention is capable of easily setting staff members and accurately inserting a perforation into a perforation processing position even if the perforation rotary cutter moves slightly from the standby position. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem This invention relates to a standby position in which the perforated rotary cutter is stopped after rotation of the perforated line and stands by, and a perforated rotary cutter on the front side in the rotation direction from the standby position. It is a ticket issuing device in which a rotation start position for starting rotation corresponding to the perforation processing position is set.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, the set position of the perforation rotary cutter is set in two stages, that is, the standby position and the rotation start position. Therefore, when perforating, the rotation start is started from the standby position. Since the rotation starts after it is aligned with the position, even if the perforation rotary cutter is displaced unexpectedly at the standby position, it is absorbed to correct it at the rotation start position, and it is accurate for the perforation processing position of the ticketing paper. Perforate into.

Further, when the clerk sets the initial setting position of the perforation rotary cutter, it is sufficient to set the cutter position to a standby position having a wide range, which makes it extremely easy for the clerk to adjust the setting.

(F) Embodiment of the Invention One embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

The drawing shows a ticket issuing device incorporated in an automatic ticket vending machine, and in FIG. 5, this ticket issuing device 11 is provided with a roll paper holder 13 holding a roll paper 12 for ticket issuing, and roll paper 12 fed from this is In the cutter device 14, the ordinary ticket length, the large ticket length, and the multiple ticket length are cut according to the ticket issuing signal,
And printer of thermal printing method using thermal head 15
The printed contents corresponding to each ticket are printed with, and the ordinary ticket is discharged to the saucer 17 through the ordinary ticket discharge / conveyance path 16, and the large ticket is perforated by the perforation device 18, and then the large ticket. Discharge transport path 19
It is discharged to the tray 17 through the, and the spliced coupons are similarly perforated by the perforation device 18, and then the coupon ticket discharge / conveyance path.
It is discharged to the saucer 17 via 20.

The ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path 16 has a leading end side connected to a feeding section of the roll paper 12 via a cutter device 14 and a printing device 15, and a trailing end side from which a lower ticket discharging port 21 communicating with an external tray 17 is connected.
Is connected in a straight line with respect to. By connecting in a straight line, the ticket is discharged at the shortest discharging distance, and the ticketing time is shortened.

A common starting end of the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 and the number-of-times ticket discharging / conveying path 20 is connected to the starting end side of the ordinary ticket discharging / conveying path 16, and the first distribution plate 22 is connected to the connection branch portion. Is arranged, and the distribution control is performed by the first distribution plate 22 to one of the transport paths.

In addition, the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 corresponds to the position of the above-mentioned first distribution plate 22 on the starting end side, and at the subsequent stage, a comb-tooth-shaped sewing machine that rotates in synchronization with the conveying speed of the roll paper 12 at the same speed. A perforation device 18 provided with an eye-rotating cutter 23 is provided, and the end side thereof is connected to the intermediate portion of the ordinary ticket discharge / conveyance path 16 described above.

Further, the above-described multi-pass ticket discharging / conveying path 20 has a perforation device 18 having a starting end side common to the starting end side of the large-sized ticket discharging / conveying path 19 described above.
Is connected to the rear stage side, and the terminal side is inclinedly connected to the ticket outlet 21 below.

In addition, a second distribution plate 24 is provided at a branch portion between the large-sized ticket discharge / conveyance path 19 and the multiple ticket discharge / conveyance path 20 which are commonly connected, and the distribution control is performed to either one.

In this case, the coupon ticket discharge / conveyance path 20 includes the first and second distribution plates.
It is formed in a relatively long conveying path via 22, 24, and this conveying length is a conveying path suitable for the length of the coupon ticket of the long piece. Therefore, there is no possibility of causing a conveyance obstacle such as abutting on the tray 17 of.

In the figure, S1 is an ordinary ticket detection sensor, S2 is an ordinary large-sized ticket detection sensor, S3 is a splicing number ticket detection sensor, M1 is a discharge motor, M2 is a conveyance motor, M3 is a perforation motor, and 25 is a third collection roller. A distribution plate, 26 is a conveyance roller, and 27 is a conveyance guide member.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the above-described perforation device 18 is provided with a comb-tooth-shaped perforation rotary cutter 23 that forms perforations in the conveying process. It is provided so that the roll paper 12 is rotated at a rotation speed that is synchronized with the conveyance speed of the roll paper 12 guided to form a perforation while passing through the perforation device 18.

In this perforation rotary cutter 23, comb teeth cutters 29 having a roll paper width length are fixed to both side planes of a flat plate-shaped rotary shaft 28 by fixing each screw 30 in a state of being divided into two in the circumferential direction. Every time the flat plate-shaped rotary shaft 28 is rotated by half, the tip edge of the comb-shaped cutter 29 comes into contact with the surface of a cylindrical toothed tooth 31 to be described later, and perforations are formed on the roll paper 12 passing between them.

In this case, the perforation rotary cutter 23 is rotated in the same direction as the conveyance direction that does not give resistance to the roll paper 12 to form perforations so as not to overload the bill surface. Therefore, it is possible to obtain beautiful perforations that are smooth and have good quality.

Then, the perforated rotary cutter 23 is replaced with the gate-shaped frame 32.
It is supported by the portal frame 32 in a state where it is supported by the upper part of the above, and a cylindrical receiving tooth 31 in a free state for receiving the comb tooth cutter 29 is opposed to the lower part. Both ends of each of these are rotatably supported by a gate-shaped frame 32.
Is arranged at the common start end of the large-sized ticket discharge / conveyance path 19 and the multiple-number ticket discharge / conveyance path 20.

The rotational force of this perforated rotary cutter 23 is
One shaft portion of the flat plate type rotary shaft 28 extending laterally is rotated by receiving the driving force of the perforation motor M3 via a rotary drive device (not shown).

Further, a rotary plate 33 for positioning the comb teeth cutter is fixed to one shaft portion of the flat plate-shaped rotary shaft 28 extending to the side,
The rotating plate 33 has fan-shaped notch detecting portions 34 formed on the outer peripheral edge at two locations in the circumferential direction corresponding to the above-mentioned both comb tooth cutters 29, 29, and the outer peripheral edge of the rotating plate 33 is U-shaped. A photoelectric detection type rotational position detection sensor S4 sandwiched between is arranged to detect the position of the comb tooth cutter 29 in the rotational direction.

As a result, the standby position P1 for the comb-tooth cutter 29 that stops rotation and waits after perforation processing, and the standby position P1
A rotation start position that rotates the comb-tooth cutter 29 corresponding to the perforation processing position of the roll paper 12 on the front side in the rotation direction.
Position control to P2.

In this case, the rotation position detection sensor S4 is set to the standby position P1 when the cutout detection unit 34 is in the translucent state in which the transmissive light is allowed to pass, and the position that is rotated forward from this and changed from the translucent state to the light-shielded state The rotation start position is set to P2.

At this time, the cutout amount of the cutout detection portion 34 is made into a fan shape, for example, by making a large cutout of about 30 °, thereby making it possible to widen the permissible angle of the light-transmitting area where the standby position P1 should be formed, and perforation rotation. Even if the cutter 23 slightly tilts, the standby position P1 can be sufficiently maintained.

Furthermore, when the operator sets the initial setting position of the perforation rotary cutter, it is sufficient to set the wide light transmission allowable range of the standby position P1 so that the rotation position detection sensor S4 can detect it. Becomes extremely easy.

Fig. 6 shows a block diagram of the control circuit of the perforation device, CP
The U61 controls each circuit device according to the program stored in the ROM, and stores the control data in the RAM and reads it.

The carry motor control circuit 62 receives the ticket issuing signal from the CPU 61 and drives and controls the carry motor M2 at a predetermined carry speed according to the ticket type.

The perforation motor control circuit 63 controls the perforation rotation cutter 23 to the standby position P1 and the rotation start position P2, and also rotates the perforation rotation cutter 23 in synchronization with the carry motor M2.
In addition, if necessary, the speed is controlled at high and low speeds, and perforations matching the desired perforation pitch are appropriately and continuously formed.

The signal amplifier 64 amplifies the detection signal from the rotational position detection sensor S4 to an appropriate value and outputs it to the CPU 61.

The operation state of the ticket issuing device thus configured will be described with reference to FIG.

When issuing a perforated ticket such as a perforated large-sized ticket or a perforated number-of-staples ticket, in the first step 71, the perforation ticket issuance signal is input to convey the perforated ticket. While driving the motor M2 to feed the roll paper 12 to a predetermined length, the printing device 15 prints the print content corresponding to the perforation ticket on the fed roll paper 12, and the roll paper 12 on the perforation device 18 side. Guide to the transport path. With this carrying operation, in the second step 72, the rotation position detection sensor S4 confirms whether or not the position of the comb tooth cutter 29 is at the standby position P1, and if it is not at the standby position P1, it is determined as an error. Staff processing is done,
If it is in the standby position P1, in a third step 73, the perforation motor M3 is driven to rotate the comb tooth cutter 29 to the rotation start position P2.
Then, in the fourth step 74, the rotation position detection sensor S4 is shielded from the light transmitting state, and the position of the comb tooth cutter 29 is changed to the rotation start position P2.
If it is detected that the perforation is reached, the driving of the perforation motor M3 is stopped in the fifth step 75, and in the sixth step 76, the perforation processing position of the conveyed roll paper 12 is perforated. If the position corresponding to the comb tooth cutter 29 is reached, in the seventh step 77, the rotation speed of the perforation motor M3 is rotated in synchronization with the transfer speed of the transfer motor M2, and the roll paper 12 is rotated.
Form perforations on.

In this case, for the roll paper 12 guided to the perforation device 18, the perforation rotary cutter 23, as shown in FIG.
Start to rotate at the timing according to the perforation cutting position,
As shown in FIG. 4, the comb tooth cutter 29 makes circumferential contact with the surface of the cylindrical tooth receiving tooth 31 to make a perforation on the bill surface. And
After forming perforations, in step 78, the perforation cutter that further rotates
Based on the detection of the notch detection portion 34 of the rotary plate 33 rotating integrally with the rotary position detection sensor S4, the comb tooth cutter
It is confirmed that 29 has been set to the standby position P1, and in the ninth step 79, the perforation rotary cutter 23 is further rotated by a constant angle, for example, about 10 °, and the notch detection unit 34
The position is controlled so that the detection light is transmitted through the central portion of the fan-shaped notch so as to prepare for the next perforation processing.

Then, the perforated perforated ticket is cut into a predetermined perforated perforated ticket length by the cutter device 14, and then subjected to the sorting action to release the perforated perforated large ticket. From the transport path 19 through the ordinary ticket discharge transport path 16, the lower tray
The perforated numbered spliced ticket discharged to 17 is discharged to the lower tray 17 via the numbered ticket discharging / conveying path 20.

In this case, since the perforation processing can be performed while the roll paper 12 is being conveyed, the printing finish is good, and in particular, continuous printing suitable for a long side splicing coupon ticket can be performed.

As described above, the perforation rotary cutter is set at the two stages of the standby position and the rotation start position, and the rotation start position is adjusted after the standby position is adjusted to the rotation start position. Correction processing is performed to absorb the position error, and the perforation processing is accurately performed on the roll paper.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the ticket issuing device of the present invention corresponds to the ticket issuing device 11 of the embodiment, and hereinafter, similarly, the ticket issuing paper corresponds to the roll paper 12, and the perforation is rotated. The cutter corresponds to the perforated rotary cutter 23, the standby position corresponds to the standby position P1, the rotation start position corresponds to the rotation start position P2, but the present invention is limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment. It is not something that will be done.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 1 is a side view of a perforation device, Fig. 2 is a partially longitudinal front view of the perforation device, and Figs. 3 and 4 are movements of a perforation rotary cutter. FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view of the ticket issuing device, FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the perforation device, and FIG. 7 is a flow chart of perforation processing. 11 …… Ticket issuing device, 12 …… Roll paper 23 …… Perforated rotary cutter, P1 …… Standby position P2 …… Rotation start position

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket-issuing device for making a perforation on a ticket-issuing paper to issue a ticket, which is a comb-tooth-shaped perforated cutter that is rotated in synchronization with a conveying speed of the ticket-issuing paper during perforation processing. A standby position in which the cutter stops rotating after perforation processing and stands by, and a rotation start position in which the perforation rotary cutter is rotationally started corresponding to the perforation processing position of the ticket-issuing paper on the front side in the rotation direction from the standby position. Set ticket issuing device.