JP2001052257A - POS terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a POS terminal which enables stable supply of continuous paper at the time of printing. A POS terminal includes a keyboard, a magnetic card reader for reading information on a magnetic card, a display, and a printer. The POS terminal further includes a stocker for loading a continuous form paper having a folding perforation to be supplied to the printer, a paper holder slidably attached to the stocker, and pressing one end of the continuous form paper, and a POS terminal. And a sprocket for supplying the obtained continuous form to the printer.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention generally relates to a POS (Point of Sales) terminal, and more particularly to a POS terminal capable of paying for a purchase with a credit card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A general POS terminal includes a bar code reader for reading a bar code attached to a product, and displays the total amount of the product read by the bar code reader on a display such as an LCD, and displays the total amount in cash. Is usually settled.

[0003] However, POS terminals that use a credit card instead of cash to settle the purchase price are also used.
Some of these POS terminals do not include a barcode reader, and the input of the purchase price is performed by key input by an operator (store clerk).

[0004] In such a POS terminal, in order to print a transaction statement on a slip, for example, a continuous paper sheet stored in a paper stocker is used. The continuous form paper has a perforation for folding, and sprocket holes formed at a predetermined pitch on both sides.

[0005] The continuous paper is stored in a stocker in a state of being folded and bundled at a perforation, and by engaging a sprocket hole with a sprocket or a tractor,
The transaction information is sequentially sent out from the stocker, and the transaction information is printed by the printer for each transaction.

[0006] The structure of the conventional paper stocker mounted on the POS terminal merely makes it easy to set the continuous form paper, and it cannot be said that it corresponds to the complicated movement of the continuous form paper.

[0007]

The continuous paper is sequentially fed out of the paper stocker for each transaction, and the transaction information is printed. However, when the continuous paper in the paper stocker becomes small, the continuous paper is reduced.
The movement of the paper becomes unstable due to the pulling force from the printer, and the continuous paper jumps out of the paper stocker, which may cause a paper jam.

In particular, in the case of hard continuous paper, the unstable movement of the paper becomes remarkable. When the remaining number of papers in the paper stocker becomes two or three, the paper is strongly pulled from the printer side, and there is a very high possibility that the paper falls and a jam occurs. Become higher.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a POS terminal provided with a paper stocker for preventing continuous paper from falling down.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a keyboard, a magnetic card reader for reading information on a magnetic card, a display, a printer, and a continuous paper having a folding perforation to be supplied to the printer are provided. A stocker to be placed, a paper press slidably attached to the stocker, and pressing one end of the continuous paper, and a supply unit for supplying the continuous paper placed on the stocker to the printer. PO characterized by having
An S terminal is provided.

[0011] Preferably, the POS terminal includes a cutter for cutting the continuous form paper along a folding perforation. Further, an IC card reader for reading information of the IC card may be provided.

Since the POS terminal of the present invention has a paper holder slidably attached to a stocker,
The continuous paper sheet stored in the stocker does not fall down to the last sheet, and it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a paper jam due to the falling down of the paper sheet.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a keyboard, a magnetic card reader for reading information from a magnetic card,
A display, a printer, a stocker for stocking a continuous form sheet having a folding perforation to be supplied to the printer, and a last sheet of the continuous form sheet placed on the stocker being sufficiently attached to a back surface of the stocker. A POS comprising: an adhesive applied to the back surface of the stocker, which adheres with a weak adhesive force; and supply means for supplying the continuous paper placed on the stocker to the printer. A terminal is provided.

According to still another aspect of the present invention, a keyboard, a magnetic card reader for reading information on a magnetic card, a display, a printer, and a continuous sheet having folding perforations to be supplied to the printer are loaded. A stocker to be placed, a paper sandwiching member attached to the stocker for sandwiching the last one of the continuous papers placed on the stocker, and the continuous paper placed on the stocker to the printer. And a supply means for supplying the POS terminal.

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a POS terminal 2 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. A keyboard 6 having many keys 8 is mounted in the housing 4 of the POS terminal 2. These keys 8
Is mainly used for depositing the purchase price. The purchase price, total price, etc. of individual products entered from the keyboard 6 are displayed on the LCD.
10 is displayed.

The housing 4 further includes a magnetic card reader 12 for reading information of a magnetic recording type credit card.
And an IC card reader for reading information of the IC card inserted into the slot 13. The IC card is, for example, a kind of credit card, and information is recorded on the IC.

A printer 16 such as a dot printer is built in the housing 4, and information for each transaction is printed and delivered to a shopper as a sales slip for signature. Reference numeral 18 denotes a printed wiring board, on which the CPU 26, the memory 28, and the like shown in FIG. 2 are mounted.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a paper stocker, which includes a back plate 20a and a pair of side plates 20b and 20c for regulating both sides of the paper stored in the stocker 20.
A plurality of ridges (not shown) are formed on the surface of the back plate 20a.

A paper holder 22 is slidably mounted on a back plate 20a of the paper stocker 20. The paper holder 22 includes a back plate 22a and an end plate 22b bent substantially at right angles to the back plate 22a.
have.

When storing the continuous paper in the stocker 20, the paper press 22 is pulled up, and then the continuous paper 34 (see FIG. 3) in a bundle is set in the paper stocker 20. After the sheet is set, the end plate 22b of the sheet holder 22 is brought into contact with the end of the sheet 34 as shown in FIG.

According to the present embodiment, the continuous paper 34 which is bundled unless the paper presser 22 is necessarily pulled up when the paper is stored.
Cannot be set in the paper stocker 20, and the paper presser 22 is in a state of being fully pulled up. Therefore, the store clerk forgets to set the paper presser which causes the paper presser 22 to contact the end of the continuous paper 34. There is almost no fear.

The paper presser 22 is integrated with the continuous paper 34 stored in the paper stocker 20 and does not have a prominent sense of incongruity. Therefore, a natural image can be maintained without impairing the overall design.

Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a block diagram showing a schematic system of the POS terminal 2 of the present embodiment.
Information such as the price of each product input from the keyboard 6 is calculated by the CPU 26, stored in the memory 28, and displayed on the LCD 10.

The clerk receives cash from the shopper on the basis of the information displayed on the LCD 10, and gives change if there is change.

On the other hand, if the shopper wants to pay by a magnetic recording credit card instead of cash, the credit card information is read by the magnetic card reader 12. Information read by the magnetic card reader 12 is stored in the CPU 26,
The data is transmitted to the server of the credit company via the modem 30 and the public line 32.

When the validity of the used credit card is verified, a response is input to the CPU 26 via the public line 32 and the modem 30. CPU 26 is printer 1
6 to print the transaction information on the continuous form paper 34. The clerk separates the printed continuous form paper from the remaining paper, and the shopper signs a predetermined column, and the payment by the credit card is completed.

The case where the credit card is an IC card is the same as the case of the magnetic recording credit card. In this case, when the IC card is inserted into the slot 13 in FIG. 1, the IC card reader 14 reads the information of the IC card.

The read information is sent to the CPU 26 and the modem 3
0, transmitted to the server of the credit company via the public line 32. When the validity of the IC card is authenticated, a response is input to the CPU 26 via the public line 32 and the modem 30.

The CPU 26 drives the printer 16 to print the transaction information on a continuous paper. The continuous paper on which the transaction information is printed is separated from the remaining paper by the clerk, and the shopper signs a predetermined column, and the settlement by the IC card is completed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the first embodiment in a paper stock state, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a paper feed system of the first embodiment. The continuous paper 34 stored in the paper stocker 20 is fed out of the paper stocker 20 by driving a sprocket 36 of the printer 16.

That is, since the sprocket holes provided on both sides of the continuous form paper 34 are engaged with the sprocket 36, when the sprocket 36 rotates clockwise,
The continuous paper 34 is fed from the paper stocker 20.

The printer 16 according to the present embodiment is a dot printer, in which a continuous paper 34 is sandwiched between a print head 38 and a platen 40, and a wire projecting from the print head 38 according to recording information collides with the platen 40. The transaction information is printed on the continuous form paper 34.

After the printing is completed, the clerk pulls the end of the continuous paper 34 in the direction P, and the cutter 42
Along the perforations.

According to the present embodiment, since one end of the paper stored in the paper stocker 20 is pressed by the paper presser 22, the driving force of the sprocket 36 is lost even if the paper in the paper stocker 20 becomes small. As a result, the paper does not fall down, and the occurrence of paper jam can be prevented.

Referring to FIG. 5, there is shown a perspective view of a POS terminal 2 'according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 11 denotes a slot for inserting a magnetic recording type credit card, and the reading head of the magnetic card reader 12 shown in FIG.

A plurality of ridges 24 are formed on the back plate 20a of the paper stocker 20. In the present embodiment, an adhesive 44 having a slight adhesive strength and capable of easily peeling the paper is applied to the ridge 24. That is, the last sheet of the continuous form paper 34 in a bundle is fixedly bonded to the back plate 20a of the paper stocker 20 to suppress unstable movement of the paper.

The adhesive force of the adhesive 44 applied to the ridge 24 is such that the last sheet of the continuous form paper 34 does not fall down promptly due to the driving force of the sprocket 36, so that the final adhesive sheet 44 has a final strength. , The last continuous form is also pulled by the sprocket 36 and sucked and printed normally, and there is no operational problem. The clerk does not need to be aware of anything, and only needs to set the continuous paper 34 bundled in the conventional manner in the paper stocker 20.

Referring to FIG. 6, there is shown a partial cross-sectional schematic side view of a POS terminal 2 ″ according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
The same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The POS terminal 2 ″ of the present embodiment has a paper sandwiching member 46 attached to the paper stocker 20. One end of the paper sandwiching member 46 is connected to the paper stocker 2
It has an elastic arm 48 fixed to 0 and a head 50 fixed to the other end of the elastic arm 48.

The last sheet of the continuous paper 34 is sandwiched between the backrest plate 20a by the paper sandwiching member 46, and the bundled continuous paper 34 is stored in the paper stocker 20.

Also in the present embodiment, the paper sandwiching member 46 can prevent the premature falling of the continuous paper 34, which has been reduced, in a timely manner. The last sheet is pulled by the driving force of the sprocket 36 and printed normally,
No operational problems.

[0043]

Since the present invention is configured as described above in detail, it is possible to effectively prevent the continuous form paper stored in the paper stocker from falling down, and to prevent the occurrence of paper jam due to the falling down. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a POS terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a system configuration of the POS terminal.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the first embodiment in a state where continuous paper is stored in a paper stocker.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a paper feed system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a POS terminal according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional side view of a POS terminal according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Keyboard 8 Key 10 LCD 12 Magnetic Card Reader 14 IC Card Reader 16 Printer 20 Paper Stocker 22 Paper Holder 34 Continuous Paper 36 Sprocket 38 Printhead 40 Platen 42 Cutter 44 Adhesive 46 Paper Inserting Member

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kazumi Tone 4-1-1, Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa F-term within Fujitsu Limited (reference) 2C058 AB16 AC04 AD01 AE03 AF05 AF51 LA03 LA25 LB03 LB17 LC11 3E042 BA07 BA18 CC02 CC03

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A keyboard, a magnetic card reader for reading information on a magnetic card, a display, a printer, a stocker for loading a continuous paper sheet having a folding perforation to be supplied to the printer, A POS terminal comprising: a paper presser slidably mounted to hold one end of the continuous form paper; and supply means for supplying the continuous form paper placed on the stocker to the printer. . 2. The POS terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a cutter for cutting the continuous form paper printed by the printer along the perforations. 3. A keyboard, a magnetic card reader for reading information on a magnetic card, a display, a printer, a stocker for stocking continuous paper having a folding perforation to be supplied to the printer, and a stocker mounted on the stocker. An adhesive applied to the back surface of the stocker for bonding the last sheet of the placed continuous paper to the back surface of the stocker with a sufficiently low adhesive strength; and the continuous paper placed on the stocker. And supply means for supplying the POS to the printer. 4. A keyboard, a magnetic card reader for reading information on a magnetic card, a display, a printer, a stocker for loading a continuous paper sheet having a folding perforation to be supplied to the printer, A sheet sandwiching member attached to the stocker for sandwiching the last sheet of the loaded continuous paper; and supply means for supplying the continuous paper placed on the stocker to the printer. A POS terminal, comprising: