JPH01247355A - Booklet processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform exact printing process by providing a positioning means which is arranged on a carrying passage formed by a carrying means and positions plural kinds of taken in booklets and a control means to control the positioning means to position the booklets during information process executed by an information processing means. CONSTITUTION:When a bank book T has been inserted into an inserting gate 2, a carrying means 3 starts to carry the bank book T under a carrying passage in a direction denoted by X1, and an information processing means 5 performs information processing on the bank book T. In this case, a control means 30 controls a booklet positioning means 10 to position each of the booklets. Thus the information processing on the booklets can be exactly executed respectively.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a booklet processing device, and more specifically, to a booklet processing device that takes in and processes booklets such as passbooks used in financial transactions. The present invention relates to a booklet processing device.

(Prior art) Passbooks, which are a type of booklet used in banks and other financial institutions, do not have a constant width. Therefore, equipment manufacturers have to adjust the width of the passageway for passbooks for each user. The present invention provides a booklet processing device having a transport path width corresponding to the limited transport path width.

In recent years, in order to make it possible to handle passbooks of a certain width or less, devices having a function of aligning passbooks have begun to be provided.

Devices with this type of alignment function are often
A reference guide is set up, bankbooks of various widths are brought to the guide side using some sort of alignment means, the alignment means is released, and the passbooks are then conveyed to an information processing means such as a magnetic head or a printing printer. to read and write information on this passbook,
It performs information processing such as printing.

However, in the conventional device described above, since the passbook is conveyed to the information processing means after the alignment means is released, the part of the passbook on the opposite side of the guide is completely free, especially when printing on the passbook with a printing printer. As a result, when the print head of the print printer runs on the print surface of the bankbook, print skew occurs, making it impossible to perform accurate print processing.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> As described above, in the conventional device, there is a problem in that accurate information processing on the bankbook cannot be performed due to the configuration of the alignment means.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a booklet processing apparatus that can accurately perform information processing on different types of booklets.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a booklet processing device that takes in booklets, transports the booklets with a conveying means, and writes information on the booklets with an information processing means. an aligning means arranged facing the conveyance path formed by the means, for aligning a plurality of types of booklets taken in by the device; and controlling to align the booklets during information processing by the information processing means. and control means.

(for production) The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration will be explained below.

When this device takes in a plurality of types of booklets, they are each transported by a transport means and subjected to information processing by an information processing means. At this time, under the control of the control means, the alignment means performs alignment for each booklet. As a result, information processing for each booklet is accurately executed.

(Example) Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below.

Figure 1 shows a passbook processing device 1, which is a type of booklet processing device.
This shows that.

This passbook processing device 1 includes a box-shaped device main body 1A, an insertion port 2 for a passbook T provided on one wall of the device main body 1A, and a conveyance path F connected to the insertion port 2. a conveyance means 3 and a conveyance path F disposed near the insertion port 2;
A shutter 4 configured to be able to appear and retract from the shutter is provided. Also, a magnetic head section 6 and a printing means 7 such as a printer, which constitute the information processing means 5 and arranged facing the conveyance path F, and an optical element that optically detects whether or not the printing means 7 is performing a printing process on the passbook T. 8 and a booklet or the like alignment means 10 (details will be described later) including four alignment levers 9a to 9d facing the conveyance path F.

The conveying means 3 includes a lower conveying guide arranged vertically in the area extending from the insertion opening 2 to the discharge opening 11 provided on the other wall of the device, with an interval slightly larger than the thickness of the passbook T. As shown in FIG. It is provided with a total of seven sets of transport rollers 16, which are arranged at a predetermined interval and are arranged in pairs, upper and lower, and are driven toward and away from each other in the vertical direction by solenoids (not shown).

The shutter 4 is driven by a solenoid (not shown), and normally protrudes into the conveyance path F to block the conveyance path F, and when the passbook T is inserted, it is sunk downward from the conveyance path F so as not to obstruct passage of the passbook F. ing.

The optical element section 8 includes a light emitting and light receiving element section 24 disposed at a position slightly closer to the insertion opening 2 than the printing means 7.
, a lens 25, and a support roller 26 disposed on the conveyance path F, and the printing state on the passbook T passing over the support roller 26 is optically detected.

Here, the booklet alignment means 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

This booklet alignment means 10 is rotatably provided along the conveyance direction of the conveyance path F and below the conveyance path [. That is, bracket 1
a rotary shaft 17 attached to the side plate 14 via a rotary shaft 17; four positioning levers 9a to 9d fixed upwardly to the rotary shaft 17 in the arrangement shown in FIG. 1; and the rotary shaft 17. A rotary solenoid 19 for driving, a two-stage transmission arm 20.21 that transmits the rotational force of the rotary solenoid 19 to the rotor tower shaft 17, each of the positioning levers 9a to 9d, and the lower conveyance guide plate 13. and the lower surface side of each. In addition, 14 springs 22a to 22d are provided to apply a biasing force in the Y1 direction (direction toward the side plate 15 side), which is omitted in FIG.

That is, the side plate 15 functions as a reference guide for the alignment operation of the booklet alignment means 10 when passbook bottoms having different widths are conveyed to the conveyance path F.

Further, the positioning levers 9a are located at the third and fourth position from the insertion port 2 side.
The alignment lever 9b is similarly placed between the 4th and 5W1 conveyance rollers 16, and the alignment lever 9G is placed between the 5th conveyance roller 16 and the printing means 7. The position lever 9d is connected to the printing means 7 and the sixth conveyance roller 1.
6, respectively. By arranging each of the alignment levers 9a to 9d in this manner, the alignment levers 9a and 9b have an alignment function for bankbooks T having different widths, and the alignment levers 9c and 9d function to align bankbooks T after alignment. When the bankbook T is sent to the position corresponding to the printing means 7, the function of preventing the occurrence of print skew is performed by performing "11" on the bankbook T.

Next, the main parts of the control system of this device will be explained with reference to FIG.

This control system includes a control means 3 that controls the entire device.
0, and the optical element section 8.0 is controlled by the control means 30. Operation control of the conveying means 3, information processing control such as reading or writing control on the bankbook T by the magnetic head section 8, printing control on the bankbook T by the printing means 7, rotary solenoid 1
9 drive control is performed.

Next, the operation of the device having the above configuration will be explained.

When the passbook T is taken into this device through the insertion slot 2, the shutter 4 is opened and the transport means 3 is started to transport the passbook T in the direction of arrow X1 along the lower transport path.

When the passbook T is loaded into this device, the rotary solenoid 19 is turned on, and the alignment levers 9a to 9d are retracted in the direction of arrow Y2, leaving the conveyance path F open.

In this state, the lower part of the bankbook is transported by the first to fifth transport rollers 16 to a position facing the magnetic head section 6 (aligned position), and is temporarily stopped there.

Next, the third to fifth conveyor rollers 16 are separated vertically by a solenoid (not shown), and the passbook T
be completely free. When the rotary solenoid 19 is turned off in this state, each alignment lever 9a to 9d is displaced in the direction of arrow Y1 by the biasing force of the springs 22a to 22d.
An alignment operation is performed to shift the image to the side.

After adjusting the bankbook T, the solenoid is turned off again and the third to fifth conveyor rollers 16 are in contact with each other, and the bankbook T is gripped between them.In this state, the rotary solenoid 19 is turned on again and each The alignment levers 9a to 9d are retracted in the Y2 direction.

Next, the passbook T is conveyed to a position where the magnetic stripe section (not shown) under the gripped passbook comes into contact with the magnetic head section 6, and the information on the magnetic stripe section is read. Detects printed lines. Then, based on the detection result of the optical element section 8, the passbook T is roughly conveyed to the printing means 7 and set at a predetermined printing position. At this time, the rotor solenoid is turned off, and each alignment lever 9a to 9d is displaced in the direction of arrow Y1 by the biasing force of the springs 22a to 22d. Then, the positioning levers 9G and 9d perform a position regulating operation to shift the bankbook T toward the side plate 15, and the bankbook T becomes fixed. If the printing means 7 performs the required printing in the printing field of the passbook T in this state, accurate printing processing without printing skew will be executed.

Also, when printing line breaks on the passbook T, turn on the - end [coat resoloid 19 and move the alignment levers 9G and 9d to Y].
After retracting in two directions and transporting the passbook T by a predetermined printing pitch by the fifth and sixth transport rollers 16, the rotary solenoid 14 is turned off, and the alignment lever 9c,
By displacing the passbook 9d in the Y1 direction, printing can be performed by the printing means 7 with the bottom of the passbook held in a fixed position.

Thereafter, the passbook T is discharged toward the discharge port 11 by the sixth and seventh conveyance rollers 16.

The operations described above are performed for various passbooks T having different widths.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the invention.

[Effects of the Invention 1] According to the present invention described in detail above, by using the booklet alignment means for aligning the booklets under the control of %lJ by the control means, it is possible to accurately adjust the alignment of several types of booklets. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a booklet processing device that can perform various information processing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged front view of the means for aligning booklets in the same device, Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of the same device, and Fig. 4 is an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main parts of the control system of the device. 1... Passbook processing device, 3... Conveying means, 5...
Information processing means, 10...Booklet sorting means, [...Transportation path. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a booklet processing device that takes in booklets, transports the booklets using a conveyance means, and writes information on the booklets using an information processing means, the device is arranged facing a conveyance path formed by the conveyance means, and the booklets are taken in by the device. 1. A booklet processing device comprising: an alignment means for aligning a plurality of types of booklets; and a control means for controlling the alignment of the booklets during information processing by an information processing means.