JPH0769974B2 - Ticket processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial field of application) The present invention is for issuing tickets such as boarding pass, etc., which exchanges data with a host device via a subscriber telephone line, and issues conversationally. The present invention relates to a ticket processing device such as a device.

(Prior Art) Generally, when purchasing a boarding pass for an aircraft, it is necessary to purchase a reservation pass at an airline sales office or travel agency and exchange the reservation pass at the airport. The tickets could not be issued directly. Therefore, recently, a device capable of directly issuing a boarding pass has been considered (see Japanese Patent Application No. 62-162876).

By the way, in this type of device, there is no compact device which is provided with a hopper for storing a ticket and is capable of handling a manually inserted ticket.

Further, in the above-mentioned device, when the magnetic information writing / reading process is performed at the position determined by the boarding pass standard or the like, the magnetic information writing / reading position is determined by the positioning accuracy of the boarding pass. Precision is determined. Therefore, the boarding pass is positioned by abutting the boarding pass on the stopper member. That is, the roller that conveys the boarding pass is driven for a time sufficient to hit the stopper member after being detected by the sensor. In this case, the roller is configured to easily slip so that the tip of the roller does not bend even when the boarding pass is in contact with the stopper member. For this reason, the boarding pass may slip due to the roller, and the boarding pass may not reach the stopper member even if the roller is rotated for a predetermined time.

Therefore, the leading edge of the boarding pass may not reach the leading edge of the stopper member (stopper means), and the positioning accuracy with respect to magnetic processing or the like cannot be made constant.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention provides an apparatus that includes a ticket storage unit in which a ticket is stored and that can process a ticket inserted manually.
The device itself can be made compact.

Further, by stopping the ticket from the ticket storage portion and the ticket inserted manually by the same stopper member and magnetically recording, the ticket can be stopped and magnetically recorded with stable positioning accuracy.

Further, since it is detected that the ticket has reached the stopper member, it can be detected that the ticket has definitely reached the magnetic recording unit, and the transportation of the ticket is stopped based on the detection. Therefore, when the magnetic processing by the magnetic head is performed, the magnetic processing can be surely performed without the ticket moving.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A ticket processing device according to the present invention includes an insertion section for inserting a ticket, a ticket accommodation section for accommodating the ticket, and a magnetic recording section capable of recording magnetic information. The ticket inserted into the insertion section is conveyed in a first direction along the ticket accommodation section from the insertion section along a conveyance path formed between the insertion section and the ticket accommodation section, and A ticket accommodated in the ticket accommodating portion is conveyed from the ticket accommodating portion, which is a direction opposite to the first direction, in a second direction of the conveying path along the insertion portion, and in the second direction. First conveying means for conveying the conveyed ticket along the first direction of the conveying path, the ticket inserted on the inserting section and provided on the conveying path and close to the insertion section, and the first section. The presence of the ticket transported along the second direction by the transport means of A first sensor, provided on the conveyance path and downstream of the first sensor along the first direction, rotatably supported in a direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the conveyance. A plurality of projecting portions are provided at a tip portion projecting in the path along a direction orthogonal to the first direction of the ticket, projecting in the transport path, and along the first direction by the first transport means. A stopper member for stopping the transported ticket, a second sensor provided on the transportation path and in the vicinity of the stopper member for detecting that the ticket is stopped by the stopper member, on the transportation path and It is provided close to the stopper member,
A magnetic head that moves in a direction orthogonal to the first direction and writes magnetic information in the magnetic recording portion of the ticket stopped by the stopper member, on the conveyance path and on the stopper member, the second sensor, and The ticket, which is provided on the downstream side along the first direction with respect to the magnetic head and is accommodated in the ticket accommodating portion, is conveyed along the second direction by the first conveying means. Third to detect
When the third sensor detects that the ticket has been conveyed in the second direction by the first conveying means, the stopper member is controlled to remove the stopper member from the conveying path. When the presence of the ticket, which is conveyed along the second direction and passed through the stopper member, is detected by the first control means for retracting and the first sensor, or the insertion is performed. When it is detected that the ticket has been inserted into the section, the first transporting means is controlled, and the ticket that has been transported along the second direction and the ticket that has been inserted into the insertion section are transferred to the first section. The second control means and the second sensor for transporting the ticket in the first direction causes the stopper member to transport the ticket that has been transported along the first direction under the control of the second control means. When it is detected that has been sealed,
Third control means for controlling the first transport means to stop the transport of the ticket, and when the transport of the ticket by the first transport means is stopped based on the control of the third control means. Fourth control means for moving the magnetic head in a direction orthogonal to the first direction to write magnetic information in the magnetic recording portion of the ticket stopped by the stopper member, and the fourth control When the writing of the magnetic information to the magnetic recording portion of the ticket is completed by the means, the stopper member is controlled to retract the stopper member from the transport path, and the first transport means is controlled to remove the ticket. The fifth control means for transporting along the first direction, the ejecting portion for ejecting the ticket on which the magnetic information is written by the magnetic head, and the first control means based on the control by the fifth control means.
The ticket being conveyed along the first direction by the conveying means in a branch path formed between the conveying path between the stopper member and the third sensor and the discharging section. By doing so, it is composed of a second carrying means for carrying to the discharge section.

(Operation) According to the present invention, a ticket provided with a magnetic recording section capable of recording magnetic information is inserted into the insertion section, the ticket is accommodated in the ticket accommodation section, and the ticket is formed between the insertion section and the ticket accommodation section. The ticket inserted into the insertion portion is conveyed in the first direction along the ticket accommodating portion from the insertion portion by the first conveying means along the conveying path and is accommodated in the ticket accommodating portion. The ticket is conveyed in the second direction of the conveying path along the insertion section from the ticket accommodating portion opposite to the first direction, and the ticket conveyed in the second direction is the conveying path. A first sensor, which is conveyed along the first direction of, and is provided on the conveyance path and in the vicinity of the insertion portion, and the ticket inserted in the insertion portion and the second conveyance means by the second conveyance means. The presence of the ticket conveyed along the direction is detected, and the first
Is provided on the downstream side of the sensor in the first direction, is rotatably supported in the direction orthogonal to the first direction, and has the above-mentioned first portion of the ticket at the tip portion protruding into the transport path. A stopper member having a plurality of protrusions along a direction orthogonal to the direction 1 to stop the ticket which is projected in the transport path and is transported in the first direction by the first transport means, A second sensor provided on the conveyance path and close to the stopper member detects that the ticket is stopped by the stopper member, and is provided on the conveyance path and close to the stopper member. A magnetic head that moves in a direction orthogonal to the direction 1 to write magnetic information in the magnetic recording portion of the ticket stopped by the stopper member, and then on the transport path and on the stopper member;
The third sensor is provided downstream of the second sensor and the magnetic head in the first direction, and the ticket accommodated in the ticket accommodating portion is treated by the first conveying means. When it is detected that the ticket has been conveyed along the second direction and the third sensor has detected that the ticket has been conveyed along the second direction by the first conveying means, The control means controls the stopper member to retract the stopper member from the conveyance path, the first sensor conveys the stopper member in the second direction, and the first control means controls the stopper member to move the stopper member. When the presence of the passed ticket is detected or the insertion of the ticket into the insertion portion is detected, the second control means controls the first conveying means to move along the second direction. Being transported The ticket and the ticket inserted in the insertion portion are conveyed in the first direction, and are conveyed along the first direction by the second sensor under the control of the second control means. When it is detected that the ticket is stopped by the stopper member, the third control means controls the first transport means to stop the transport of the ticket, and the third control means is controlled. When the conveyance of the ticket by the first conveying means is stopped on the basis of the above, the fourth control means moves the magnetic head in a direction orthogonal to the first direction and is stopped by the stopper member. When the magnetic information is written in the magnetic recording portion of the ticket and the writing of the magnetic information in the magnetic recording portion of the ticket is completed by the fourth control means, the stopper member is controlled by the fifth control means. From the above transport path The stopper member is retracted, the first conveying means is controlled to convey the ticket along the first direction, and the first conveying means is controlled by the first conveying means under the control of the fifth control means. The ticket is conveyed along the first direction, and is conveyed by a branch path formed between the conveying path between the stopper member and the third sensor and the discharging section. It is designed to be transported to.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

2 and 3 show a ticket issuing device. The device body 10 is provided with a keyboard 11 and a ten-key pad 12, from which the issuance of boarding passes, reservations,
Information such as changes, inquiries, inquiries, etc. is entered, and if the customer wishes to issue a boarding pass etc. using a credit card from the numeric keypad 12, for example, the customer may enter the personal identification number of the credit card. It has become.

Further, a hopper 13 as a ticket housing portion for housing an unissued boarding pass is provided on the upper part of the device body 10, and a cover 15 that is opened and closed by a key 14 is provided in the hopper 13. . A stacker 16 for accommodating the issued boarding pass is provided near the hopper 13, and an ejecting unit 17 for ejecting a journal paper P printed by a journal printing unit, which will be described later, is provided.

Further, an operation panel 18 is provided on the front surface of the device body 10. The operation panel 18 is provided with the journal paper feed switch 19 and a lamp group 20 for performing power-on / off display, input enable display, in-call display, and alarm display.

Further, on the front surface of the apparatus main body located near the operation panel 18, there is provided a display section 21 composed of, for example, a plasma display, and this display section 21 is provided with information input from the keyboard 11 and a telephone line 22. Information sent from a host device (not shown) is displayed. The display unit 21 is provided on a rotating unit 23 that is openable and closable in the apparatus body 10. A known magnetic card reader 24 is provided on the upper part of the rotating unit 23, and the magnetic information of the credit card, for example, can be read by the magnetic card reader 24.

In addition, a power switch 25 is provided on the front surface of the rotating portion 23, and a ticket insertion opening 26 that doubles as an insertion portion and an ejection portion is provided. In the ticket insertion slot 26, for example, a group airline ticket, a handwritten airline ticket, a statement of credit in which a ticket issuance record is recorded, a special treatment certificate, and the like are inserted. Of these, for example, the complimentary card is smaller than other tickets,
The ticket insertion slot 26 is configured to be able to position any of these large and small tickets.

FIG. 4 shows the ticket insertion slot 26. The ticket slot 26 is
The lateral length 1a is matched with the lateral length of the large ticket, and the lateral length of the small ticket from the left end of the ticket insertion opening 26 in the figure.
A guide portion 27, which is shorter than the longitudinal length 1c of the ticket insertion opening 26, is provided at the bottom of the ticket insertion opening 26 at a position corresponding to 1b, along the insertion direction of the ticket.

With this configuration, large tickets such as group tickets will not be displayed
It is inserted in the upper part of 27 and guided by both lateral ends of the ticket slot 26. In addition, a ticket such as a coupon is inserted between the left end of the ticket insertion slot 26 and the guide portion 27 and guided by these.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the apparatus main body 11 is provided with a floppy disk device 28. In the floppy disk device 28, a floppy disk can be inserted / removed in a state in which the rotating portion 23 is opened. Has become.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of the apparatus main body 10.

A circuit board 30 on which a control circuit is provided and a power supply circuit 31 are provided on the inner bottom of the device body 10.

A boarding pass TP is accommodated in the hopper 1. This boarding pass TP can be transported along the short side direction in order to shorten the transportation time. This boarding pass TP is a holding member
It is held by 32 and is taken out by take-out roller 33 1
The sheets are taken out one by one to the transport path 34. Transport path
Conveyor rollers 35 and 36 are provided at a predetermined distance from each other at 34,
An insertion roller 37 is provided near the ticket insertion opening 26. Driven rollers 38, 39, 40 are pressed against the transport rollers 35, 36 and the insertion roller 37, respectively. The take-out roller 33, the transport rollers 35 and 36, and the driven roller 37 are provided with pulleys 41, 42, 43, and 44, respectively, and a belt 45 is wound around these pulleys 41 to 44. A pulley 46 provided on the motor MT1 is meshed with the belt 45, and the take-out roller 33, the conveyance rollers 35 and 36, and the insertion roller are included.
37 is driven by this motor MT1.

The transport roller 35 is fixed to a frame 131 by a bearing 130 via a shaft 35a, and washers 132, 132 are fitted on the shaft 35. The transport roller
38 is not fixed to the frame 131 but is positioned so as to be movable only in the vertical direction with respect to the transport roller 35,
Washers 133, 133 are fitted on the shaft 38a. The shaft 38a is pulled toward the conveyance roller 35 by springs 134, 134 so that the washers 133, 133 and the washers 132, 132 come into contact with each other. Further, a one-way clutch or the like (not shown) is incorporated so that the transport roller 38 does not rotate in the arrow X direction.

As a result, a gap C regulated by the washers 132, 132 and the washers 133, 133 is formed between the transport roller 35 and the transport roller 38. The gap C is the diameter of the conveying roller 35 D _F, the diameter of the conveying roller 38 D _G,
If the diameter of the washer 132 is D ₁ and the diameter of the washer 133 is D ₂ ,
The formula shown below holds.

C = 1/2 {(D 1 + D 2) - (D F + D G)} Further, when the thickness of the boarding pass TP and t, the set value of C is in the range of (t <C <2t) You can set it to.

Therefore, the take-out roller 33 is rotated by the rotation of the motor MT1, and the lower one of the boarding pass TP accommodated in the hopper 13 is moved to the conveying roller 35 side by the friction with the take-out roller 33. Then, when the leading edge of the boarding pass TP enters the gap C set between the transport rollers 35 and 38, the gap C allows one reject ticket TP to pass but not more than two reject tickets TP. Since the carrying roller 38 is set and the carrying roller 38 does not rotate in the direction of the arrow X, the second boarding pass TP moved together with the boarding pass TP is not carried by the braking action of the carrying roller 38 and the first boarding pass TP. Only the next stage is conveyed.

As a result, by abutting the washers 132, 133,
A predetermined gap C can be provided between the transport rollers 35, 38, and adjustment work for setting the gap C through which the ticket TP passes can be omitted. By controlling the size of the washer, the boarding pass Double feeding of T can be prevented. Further, it is possible to reduce the variation in the set value of the gap.

Further, a spring clutch (not shown) is provided between the take-out roller 33 and its pulley 41 and between the carry roller 35 and its pulley 42, and the take-out roller 33 and the carry roller 35 are solenoids SL1 and SL2, respectively. When the stopper members 1a and 2a are engaged, they slip with the pulleys 41 and 42, respectively.

Further, a stopper member 47 for positioning the boarding pass supplied from the hopper 13 or the ticket insertion opening 26 with the insertion roller 37 is provided between the transport roller 36 and the insertion roller 37, and this stopper member 47 is provided. Is the solenoid SL
It is designed to be driven by three. The solenoid SL3 is provided in the magnetic recording encoding unit 48 provided with a bar code reader and a magnetic information reader / writer. Details of the magnetic recording encoding unit 48 will be described later.

Further, the hopper 13 is provided with a sensor SR10 for detecting the presence / absence of the boarding pass TP, and a paper feed sensor as a third sensor for detecting the feeding of the boarding pass TP between the transport rollers 35, 36.
Positioning sensor SR2 as a second sensor for detecting that the tip of the boarding pass has reached the stopper member 47 in the magnetic recording encoding unit 48 between the SR1, the transport roller 36, and the insertion roller 37, and the ticket insertion An insertion sensor SR3 as a first sensor for detecting the insertion of a ticket is provided between the mouth 26 and the insertion roller 37.

On the other hand, a branch path 49 is provided near the transport roller 36. A sorting gate is provided between the branch path 49 and the transport path 34.
50 are provided. The sorting gate 50 is constantly rotated to the transport path 34 side by its own weight, and the boarding pass TP taken out from the hopper 13 is transported by pushing up the sorting gate 50. Also, the magnetic recording encoding unit
The boarding pass processed by 48 is fed back to the carrying path 34 by the carrying roller 36 and the driven roller 39 by the reverse rotation of the motor MT1, and is guided to the branch path 49 via the sorting gate 50. A printing unit 51 is provided at the end of the branch path 49.

The printing unit 51 includes a platen roller 52, and a thermal head 54 that contacts the platen roller 52 via an ink ribbon 53.
The ink ribbon 53 is housed in a ribbon cassette 55. A pulley 56 is provided on the platen roller 52 via a one-way clutch (not shown), and a belt 57 is wound around the pulley 56. Pulleys 58 and 59 are meshed with this belt 57.
59 is a motor MT3 provided at the same position as the motor MT1.
Is driven by. Therefore, the platen roller 52 is rotated when the motor MT3 is rotated in the forward direction, and is stopped when the motor MT3 is rotated in the reverse direction. Further, a pulley 61 that drives the ink ribbon 53 via the pulley 60 is meshed with the pulley 56, and the ink ribbon 53 is also driven by the motor MT3. The boarding pass on which the required information is printed by the printing unit 51 is stored in the stacker 16.

The branch path 49 is provided with a print start sensor SR6 for detecting a boarding pass and outputting a print start signal.
A ribbon detection sensor SR7 is provided in the traveling portion of 3.

On the other hand, a journal printing unit 62 is provided near the pulley 58. That is, the pulley 63 is meshed with the pulley 58. The pulley 63 is provided with a platen roller 64 via a one-way clutch (not shown). The platen roller 64 is stopped when the motor MT3 is rotating in the forward direction, and is rotated in the reverse direction. If it is to be rotated. A heat sensitive head 65 is brought into contact with the platen roller 64 via a journal paper (heat sensitive paper) P, and required information is recorded on the journal paper P. The printed journal paper P is discharged from the discharge unit 17 to the outside of the apparatus main body 10. still,
The journal printing unit 62 is provided with a paper detection sensor SR11 that detects the presence or absence of the journal paper P.

By the way, the platen roller 52 is provided on the apparatus main body 10 side, and the thermal head 54, the ink ribbon 53, the pulleys 60, 61,
The light emitting diode LED that constitutes the ribbon detection sensor SR7 is
It is provided on a rotating portion 23 provided on the apparatus body 10. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the ink ribbon 53 can be easily replaced by opening the rotating portion 23.

Next, the magnetic recording encoding unit 48 described above will be described.

6 to 10 show the magnetic recording encoding unit 48. The magnetic recording encoding unit 48 includes a head drive unit 71 provided with a magnetic head and the like, and a ticket holding unit 72 provided in the head drive unit 71 and forming a part of the transport path 34.

9 and 10 show the head drive unit 71. In the head drive unit 71, along the longitudinal direction,
Guide shafts 73, 74, 75 are provided, and a head unit 76 is movably provided on the guide shafts 73, 74, 75. The head unit 76 is provided with a magnetic head 77 and a bar code reading section 78. The magnetic head 77 is a combination head, and has the functions of reading, writing, and verifying (read-after-write). Each function is a separate step, and in any moving direction of the head unit 76. It is possible to do. Further, the same magnetic head 77 can cope with two types of coercive force of high and low of 2750 (Oe) and 650 (Oe). Further, the barcode reading unit 78,
It is composed of a light emitting diode (not shown) and a phototransistor. As shown in FIG. 22 (a), the positions of the magnetic head 77 and the bar code reading unit 78 are defined corresponding to the positions of the magnetic stripe and the bar code provided on the boarding pass or the like.

A head unit 76 is provided between the guide shafts 74 and 75.
A screw 79 screwed to the is provided. A pulley 80 is provided at one end of the screw 79, and the pulley 80 is connected via a belt 81 to a pulley 82 provided on the motor MT2. Therefore, the head unit 76 is moved in the directions of arrows A and B shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 according to the driving direction of the motor MT2. The moving position of the head unit 76 is determined by H / P (home position) sensors SR4 and E / P (home position) sensors SR4, E / P ( End position) Detected by blocking sensor SR5.

Further, the other end of the clew 79 has an encoder section 84
Is provided. The encoder unit 84 includes, for example, a disk (not shown) provided with a plurality of slits along the circumferential direction, and a photocoupler 84a for detecting the slits.
The recording density of the magnetic head 77 is controlled according to the output signal of the encoder section 84.

Further, the magnetic head 77 and the bar code reading section 78 are provided with a guide section 85. Inclined portions 85a and 85b are provided at both ends in the moving direction of the guide portion 85, and the inclined portions 85a and 85b allow the head to smoothly move toward the boarding pass TP and the like positioned as shown by the two-dot chain line. Unit 76 is designed to be mobile. Further, during the movement of the head unit 76, the guide portion 85 causes the rotation conveyance path 96 described later.
Instead of holding the boarding pass.

11 to 13 show the ticket holding unit 72. The ticket holding unit 72 is provided with a fixed transport path 72a which constitutes a part of the transport path 34. As shown in FIG. 11, the base end of the stopper member 47 is rotatably supported by a shaft 90 on the upper surface of the fixed conveyance path 72a. The tip of the stopper member 47 has a fixed transport path 72.
It has a plurality of projecting portions that can project from the respective through holes 91 provided in a. Also, the stopper member
A spring 92 is provided at the base end portion of 47, and the stopper member 47 is biased by the spring 92 in the direction in which the tip end portion thereof always projects from the through hole 91.

Further, the solenoid SL3 is provided on the upper surface of the ticket holding unit 72. This solenoid SL3 is attached to a holder 93 provided on the upper surface of the fixed transport path 72a, and together with the ticket holding unit 72, the head drive unit 71.
It is designed to be attached to. As shown in FIG. 13, the solenoid SL3 is provided with a mover 94, and one end of the mover 94 is provided at the base end of the stopper member 47 when the solenoid SL3 is turned on. Protruding
Being able to abut 47a. In this state, the stopper member 47 is rotated against the urging force of the spring 92, and its tip is pulled out from the transport path 34.

On the other hand, on the lower surface of the fixed transfer path 72a, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, there are provided a transfer path 95 composed of a leaf spring which constitutes the transfer path 34 together with the fixed transfer path 72a, and a rotary transfer path 96. Has been. The transport path 95 and the rotary transport path 96 are provided corresponding to the transport position of the boarding pass TP. A base end portion of the rotary conveyance path 96 is rotatably held by a shaft 97, and one end portion of the shaft 97 has one end as shown in FIG. 7 and FIG.
Gears 98 are provided. A gear 98 is meshed with the gear 97, and a gear 100 is meshed with the gear 99 via a gear 99 provided coaxially with the gear 98. The gear 100 is formed in a fan shape and is urged by a spring 101 so as to be in the state shown in FIG.

Normally, the head unit 76 is stopped at the position shown in FIG. The head unit 76 is provided with a tilted pressing member 76a. The pressing member 76a is a frame 72b of the ticket holding unit 72 in the state shown in FIG.
A through hole 72c (shown in FIG. 7) provided in the. Therefore, the gear 100 is rotated in the direction of the arrow D as shown by the dotted line in FIG.
As shown in the figure, it is substantially parallel to the fixed transport path 72a.

In this state, when the head unit 76 is moved in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG. 9, the pressing member 76a is pulled out from the through hole 72c accordingly. Therefore, the gear 100 is rotated in the E direction shown in FIG. 7 and rotated to the position shown by the solid line. Therefore, since the rotary conveyance path 96 is rotated to a position orthogonal to the fixed conveyance path 72a as shown in FIG. 17, the head unit 76 can be moved.

FIG. 18 shows the configuration of the control system.

The main control unit 110 controls the entire apparatus, and the main control unit 110 is composed of a ROM in which an internal program loader (IPL) is stored via a bus line 111.
An IPL memory 112, a main memory 113 including a RAM, and character font memories 114 and 115 including a ROM storing a character font and a RAM are connected.

The bus line 111 is connected to the keyboard 11 and the numeric keypad 12 via the keyboard control unit 116, and the magnetic card reader 24 is connected to the bus line 111 via the magnetic card reader interface 117 (the interface is referred to as I / F). ing.

Further, the floppy disk device 28 is provided on the pass line 111.
Is connected to the display unit 2 via the display control unit 118.
1, a display control unit 118 is connected to a bus line 111, and a memory 119 including a RAM for storing text is connected to the display control unit 118. The floppy disk FD mounted on the floppy disk device 28 stores data such as system programs, firmware and character fonts. The stored programs and data are
When the power of the apparatus main body is turned on, the main memory 113 and the character font memory 115 are loaded by the IPL stored in the memory 112.

The journal printing unit 62 is connected to the bus line 111 via the printing unit (I / F) 120, and the telephone line 22 and the telephone 121 are NC.
U (Network Control Unit) / Modem 1
22, connected to the bus line 111 via the communication control unit 123. The communication control unit 123 automatically dials when power is supplied to the apparatus main body, and is designed to connect to the host apparatus. Further, the telephone 121 is capable of talking even when the power of the device main body is off.

Further, the operation panel 18 is connected to the bus line 111, and the printing unit 51, the bar code reading unit 78, and the magnetic head are connected.
77, the transport mechanism unit 124 is connected to the bus line 111 via the printing unit (I / F) 125, the bar code reader (I / F) 126, the magnetic processing (I / F) 127, and the transport control unit 128, respectively. There is.

In addition, the transport mechanism section 124 includes various sensors SR1 described above.
~ SR11, solenoids SL1 ~ SL3, motors MT1, MT2, MT3 are connected.

The operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 to 21.

First, a ticketing operation using the boarding pass TP housed in the hopper 13 will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20. The operation of the boarding pass TP in this ticket issuing operation is as shown by a solid arrow in FIG.

That is, in a state where the ticketing mode is specified by operating the keyboard 11, information is exchanged with the host device in an interactive manner, and when the required boarding ticket can be emitted, the motor MT1 is driven in the forward direction and the take-out roller 33, Conveyor rollers 35, 3
6, the insertion roller 37 is rotated, and the boarding pass TP from inside the hopper 13.
Is taken out. When the boarding pass TP is taken out, the paper feed solenoid SL1 is turned off, the stopper member 1a is engaged with the take-out roller 33, and the take-out roller 33 is stopped regardless of the rotation of the motor MT1. The boarding pass TP thus taken out is conveyed in the second direction through the conveyance path 34, and when the leading end of the boarding pass TP is detected by the paper feed sensor SR1, the solenoid SL3 is detected.
Is turned on and the tip of the stopper member 47 is pulled out from the inside of the transport path 34. Therefore, the boarding pass TP is conveyed toward the ticket insertion slot 26. Then, when the rear end of the boarding pass TP is detected by the paper feed sensor SR1, the solenoid SL2 is turned off to stop the transport roller 35, and further, the positioning sensor SR2 and the insertion sensor SR3 sequentially pass the boarding pass TP.
Is detected. When the boarding pass TP is detected by the insertion sensor SR3, the boarding pass TP is passed through SR2 and the boarding pass TP is not detected. Then, by detecting the boarding pass TP by the insertion sensor SR3, the motor MT1 is driven in the reverse direction, the solenoid SL3 is turned off, and the stopper member 4
7 is inserted into the transport path 34. Therefore, boarding pass TP
Is conveyed by the insertion roller 37 in the opposite direction as the first direction, and comes into contact with the stopper member 47 in the closed state, that is, the end of the boarding pass TP comes into contact with the stopper member 47 by the positioning sensor SR2. When it is detected that the motor MT1 is reached, the motor MT1 is stopped. At this time, immediately after the boarding pass TP comes into contact with the stopper member 47, the insertion roller 37 is rotated, but since the driven roller 40 and the insertion roller 37 are made of a material having a small friction coefficient, the boarding pass The TP and the insertion roller 37 slip and the boarding pass TP is not conveyed, and is stopped at the contact position with the stopper member 47, that is, the position of the magnetic recording encoding unit 48. Boarding pass during this suspension
The TP is held between the insertion roller 37 and the driven roller 40.

When the motor MT1 is stopped and the boarding pass TP is stopped as described above, the motor MT2 is driven and the output signals of the H / P (home position) sensor SR4 and the E / P (end position) sensor SR5 are output. The head unit 76 is reciprocated. When the head unit 76 reciprocates, the magnetic head
For example, the necessary information such as the destination, the number of flights, the seat, and the like, and the reading operation of the written information are performed by the 77.
In this case, the barcode reading operation is not performed.

Then, when it is determined by the H / P sensor SR4 that the head unit 76 has returned to the home position, the solenoid SL3 is turned on, the stopper member 47 is pulled out from the conveyance path 34, and the motor MT1 moves in the opposite direction. Driven.
Therefore, the boarding pass TP is transported in the first direction in which the transport path 34 is separated from the ticket insertion port 26, and is guided to the branch path 49 via the sorting gate 50. Print start sensor SR at the tip of boarding pass TP
When detected by 6, the solenoid SL3 is turned off and the stopper member 47 is inserted into the conveyance path 34.
After that, the motor MT3 is driven in the forward direction to rotate the platen roller 52, and the print signal is supplied to the thermal head 54, so that the surface of the boarding pass TP is changed to the above-mentioned state as shown in FIG. 22 (b). Information similar to the information recorded on the magnetic stripe MS is printed. When this printing is completed, the boarding pass TP is stored in the stacker 16.

On the other hand, when the printing operation is completed, the motor MT3 is rotated in the reverse direction, the platen roller 64 of the journal printing unit 62 is driven, and the print signal is supplied to the thermal head 65, so that the journal paper P, for example, the boarding pass. Information similar to that printed on TP is printed.

If an error occurs in the process using the magnetic head 77, the head unit 76 is reciprocated again,
The magnetic head 77 writes required information such as the destination, the number of flights, and the seat, and re-reads the written information (retry).

If an error occurs even after the rereading operation (retry), the motor MT1 is driven in the forward direction, and the boarding pass TP is ejected from the ticket insertion slot 26.

Through the above operation, the required boarding pass can be emitted using the boarding pass TP stored in the hopper 13.

Further, since the reading operation is performed by moving the magnetic head 77 instead of moving the boarding pass TP, the magnetic head 77 can be moved without performing complicated control such as re-transporting the boarding pass TP. It is possible to re-read by simply re-reading, and even if it could not be read due to dust etc., there is a possibility that it can be read by re-reading, boarding pass TP to be excluded
Can be reduced, and the processing time can be shortened.

Next, the operation when a ticket is inserted through the ticket insertion slot 26 will be described with reference to FIG. The operation of the ticket in this case is as shown by the dotted line in FIG. The ticket slot 26
Each of the tickets inserted from is attached with a bar code indicating the ticket type, and in the case of a group airline ticket, a magnetic stripe is further provided.

That is, when a large ticket or a small ticket is inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26, and this is detected by the insertion sensor SR3, the motor MT1 is driven in the reverse direction, and the inserted ticket is first moved by the insertion roller 37 and the driven roller 40. And is conveyed inside the apparatus main body 10 in the direction of. At this time, since the solenoid SL3 is in the off state, the stopper member 47 projects into the inside of the conveying path 34, and the conveyed ticket comes into contact with this stopper member 47. Further, when the ticket is conveyed into the conveyance path 34 and is detected by the positioning sensor SR2,
Motor MT1 is stopped. In this state, the motor MT2
Is moved in the forward and reverse directions according to the outputs of the H / P sensor SR4 and E / P sensor SR5, the head unit 76 is reciprocally moved, and the barcode is read by the barcode reader 78 and inserted. The type of ticket that was sold is determined. After that, an operation according to the discriminated bill type is performed, and when this operation is completed, the solenoid SL3 is turned on and the stopper member 4
7 is pulled out from the transport path 34, the motor MT1 is driven in the opposite direction, and the ticket is transported to the branch path 49.

Here, for example, if a group airline ticket is inserted, first,
While the head unit 76 makes one reciprocation, the bar code is read and the information on the magnetic stripe is read. In the next one reciprocation, the required information is written and the written information is read. The operation of the magnetic head 77 shown in FIG. 21 shows the case of this group airline ticket. After this, the group airline ticket is conveyed to the printing unit 51, the required information is printed and stored in the stocker 16, and the journal printing unit 62 is also used.
At, the journal is printed.

Further, when a handwritten airline ticket or a special treatment certificate is inserted, when the barcode is read, it is conveyed to the stacker 16 without performing magnetic processing.

Further, when the credit statement is inserted, first, the bar code is read, and then it is conveyed to the printing unit 51 without performing magnetic processing, the required information is printed, and stored in the stocker 16. To be done. Then, the journal printing unit 62 is driven to print the journal.

When an error occurs in the processing using the barcode reading unit 78 and the magnetic head 77, the head unit 76
Back and forth again, the bar code reader 78, magnetic head
The re-reading operation (retry) of the bar code, magnetic stripe, etc. is performed by 77.

If an error occurs even after the reread operation (retry), the motor MT1 is driven in the forward direction, and the airline ticket or the like is ejected from the ticket insertion opening 26.

As a result, the barcode reading unit is not used for moving air tickets, etc.
Since the reading operation is performed by the movement of 78 and the magnetic head 77, the barcode reading unit 78 and the magnetic head 77 can be moved without performing complicated control such as re-transporting an airline ticket or the like. Rereading can be done just by redoing, and even if it cannot be read due to dust etc., it can be read by rereading, it is possible to reduce the rejected airline tickets etc., and also the processing time It can be short.

Further, a switch for forcible discharge is provided on the keyboard 11, and when the switch is turned on, the motor MT1 rotates the take-out roller 33, the drive rollers 35, 36, and the insertion roller 37, so that the ticket held on the conveyance path 34 is printed. It may be configured so that it can be discharged from the insertion opening 26. In this case, when a ticket is held on the transport path 34, it can be automatically discharged to the outside of the device by the forced discharge switch.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the device itself is made compact in a device that is provided with a ticket storage part in which a ticket is stored and that can handle a manually inserted ticket. You can

Further, by stopping the ticket from the ticket storage portion and the same stopper member for the manually inserted ticket and magnetically recording the same, the ticket can be stopped and magnetically recorded with stable positioning accuracy.

Further, since it is detected that the ticket has reached the stopper member, it can be detected that the ticket has definitely reached the magnetic recording unit, and the transportation of the ticket is stopped based on the detection. Therefore, when the magnetic processing by the magnetic head is performed, the magnetic processing can be surely performed without the ticket moving.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and is a side sectional view showing the structure of the main part, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing the appearance of a ticket issuing device according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the ticket insertion slot, FIG. 5 is a side view of the main part shown for explaining the configuration of the printing section, and FIGS. 6 to 8 are magnetic recording encoding units. , Sixth
The drawings are top views, FIGS. 7 and 8 are side views seen from different directions, FIGS. 9 and 10 are head drive units, and FIG. 9 is a top view and FIG. FIG. 11 is a side view, FIGS. 11 to 14 show a ticket holding unit, FIG. 11 is a top view, FIG. 12 is a side view, and FIG. 13 is a side view of the main part showing the arrangement of solenoids. FIGS. 14 and 15 are bottom views of the ticket holding unit, and FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along line FF shown in FIG. 6, showing the structure of the magnetic recording encoding unit, FIGS. Each of the figures is for explaining the operation of the rotary conveyance path, and is shown in FIG. 11 as CC.
Fig. 18 is a sectional view taken along the line, Fig. 18 is a diagram showing the configuration of the control system,
19 to 21 are diagrams for explaining the operation of the present invention, FIG. 22 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the boarding pass, and FIGS. 23 and 24 are the conveyance rollers 35, 38. FIG. 3 is a side cross-sectional view showing an arrangement configuration and seen from different directions. 10 ... Device main body, 11 ... Keyboard, 12 ... Numeric keypad, 13 ... Hopper, 18 ... Operation panel, 21 ... Display section, 23 ... Rotating section, 24 ... Magnetic card reader, 26 ... … Ticket slot, 27 …… guide, 33 …… take-out rollers, 35,36,
38 …… Conveying roller, 37 …… Insertion roller, 47 …… Stopper member, 48 …… Magnetic recording encoding unit, 51 …… Printing section, 52 …… Platen roller, 53 …… Ink ribbon, 54
...... Thermal head, 62 …… Journal printing section, 65 …… Thermal head, 72a …… Fixed transport path, 96 …… Rotary transport path, 110…
… Main control unit, 132, 133 …… Washers, MT1 to MT3 …… Motor, SL1 to SL3 …… Solenoid, SR1 …… Paper feed sensor, SR2
...... Positioning sensor, SR3 …… Insertion sensor, SR4 …… H / P
(Home position) sensor, SR5 …… E / P (end position) sensor, SR6 …… Print start sensor.

Continuation of front page (56) Reference JP-A-57-14988 (JP, A) JP-A-49-107800 (JP, A) JP-A-63-8139 (JP, A) JP-A-63-136297 (JP , A) Actually open 59-104267 (JP, U) Actually open 61-172362 (JP, U) Actually open 62-56551 (JP, U) Special public Sho 56-3590 (JP, B2) Special public Sho 56-30591 (JP, B2)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An insertion section for inserting a ticket having a magnetic recording section capable of recording magnetic information, a ticket accommodation section for accommodating the ticket, and a conveyance formed between the insertion section and the ticket accommodation section. Along the road, the ticket inserted in the insertion section is conveyed from the insertion section in a first direction along the ticket accommodation section, and the ticket accommodated in the ticket accommodation section is in the first direction. Is conveyed in the second direction of the conveying path along the insertion portion from the ticket accommodating portion in the opposite direction, and the ticket conveyed in the second direction is along the first direction of the conveying path. A first transporting means for transporting, and a ticket provided on the transporting path and close to the insertion part, and transported along the second direction by the ticket inserted in the insertion part and the first transporting means. A first sensor for detecting the presence of the ticket; and a first sensor on the conveyance path. Is provided on the downstream side with respect to the first direction, is rotatably supported along the direction orthogonal to the first direction, and has the first portion of the bill at the tip portion protruding into the transport path. A stopper member having a plurality of protrusions along a direction orthogonal to the direction, protruding into the conveyance path, and stopping the ticket conveyed along the first direction by the first conveying means; A second sensor provided on the conveyance path and close to the stopper member for detecting that the ticket is stopped by the stopper member; and a second sensor provided on the conveyance path and close to the stopper member, A magnetic head that moves in a direction orthogonal to the direction 1 and writes magnetic information in the magnetic recording portion of the ticket stopped by the stopper member; and on the transport path and the stopper member, the second sensor, and The ticket, which is provided on the downstream side of the magnetic head in the first direction and is accommodated in the ticket accommodating portion, is conveyed along the second direction by the first conveying means. And a third sensor for detecting that the ticket is conveyed by the first conveying means along the second direction by controlling the stopper member to convey the ticket. The first control means for retracting the stopper member from the road, and the existence of the ticket conveyed by the first sensor along the second direction and passed through the stopper member under the control of the first control means. Is detected or when it is detected that the ticket has been inserted into the insertion section, the first transporting means is controlled to insert the ticket into the ticket and the insertion section transported along the second direction. Was done By the second control means for transporting the ticket in the first direction, and the second sensor, the ticket transported along the first direction based on the control by the second control means. When it is detected that the ticket is stopped by the stopper member, the first control means is controlled to stop the transportation of the ticket, and the third control means controls the third control means based on the control of the third control means. When the transportation of the ticket by the first transporting means is stopped, the magnetic head is moved in a direction orthogonal to the first direction so that the magnetic recording portion of the ticket stopped by the stopper member is magnetized. Fourth control means for writing information, and when the fourth control means finishes writing the magnetic information to the magnetic recording portion of the ticket, controls the stopper member to retract the stopper member from the transport path. Let ,
Fifth control means for controlling the first transport means to transport the ticket along the first direction, an ejecting section for ejecting the ticket on which magnetic information is written by the magnetic head, The ticket conveyed along the first direction by the first conveying means under the control of the control means of No. 5, the conveying path between the stopper member and the third sensor, and the discharge. A second transporting unit that transports the sheet to the discharging section by transporting the sheet in a branch path formed between the sheet processing section and the section.