JPH0212583A - Device for issuing ticket or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To maintain the positioning accuracy of magnetic reading, etc., at a fixed level by stopping the carrying of a ticket sheet when it is detected that the ticket sheet reaches a stopper member at the time of processing the ticket sheet. CONSTITUTION:When it becomes possible to issue a desired ticket, a motor MT1 is driven in the normal direction and one sheet of the ticket TP is taken out from a hopper 13. When a sensor SR3 detects the ticket TP, the motor MT1 is driven in an opposite direction and, at the same time, a stopper member 47 is inserted into a carrying path 34. Then the ticket TP is carried in the opposite direction by means of a carry-in roller 37 and, when a positioning sensor SR2 detects that the end section of the ticket TP abuts the stopper member 47, the motor MT1 is stopped. Then a head unit makes reciprocating motions and a magnetic head 77 writes desired information and read the written information. Therefore, the positioning accuracy of magnetic reading, etc., can be maintained at a fixed level.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to ticket issuance that exchanges data with a host device via, for example, a subscriber telephone line and issues boarding passes etc. in a conversational manner. Regarding equipment.

(Prior art) Generally, when purchasing an aircraft boarding pass, the ticket is purchased at an airline office or travel agency, and the ticket is exchanged for a boarding pass at the airport. It was not possible to issue tickets directly. Therefore, recently, a device capable of directly issuing a boarding pass has been considered (see Japanese Patent Application No. 162,876/1983).

By the way, in this type of device, when writing and reading magnetic information at a position determined by boarding pass standards, etc., the positional accuracy of writing and reading magnetic information depends on the positioning accuracy of the boarding pass. is determined. Therefore, the boarding pass is positioned by abutting the boarding pass against a stopper member. In other words, the roller that conveys the boarding pass is driven for a sufficient period of time after it is detected by the sensor to hit the stopper member. In this case, the roller is configured to easily slip so that its tip does not bend even when the boarding pass hits the stopper member. Therefore, the conveyance of 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 period of time.

Therefore, the tip of the boarding pass may not reach the tip of the stopper member (stopper means), making it impossible to maintain constant positioning accuracy for magnetic processing and the like.

Further, in the above-described device, the boarding passes taken out from the hopper by the take-out roller rotate in opposite directions,
In addition, two conveyor rollers with a gap for one sheet convey one sheet at a time, thereby preventing the sheet from being taken twice. However, in order to provide a gap between the two conveyance rollers, one of the conveyance rollers is fixed, and the other conveyance roller is mechanically adjusted and fixed using screws or the like so that the gap becomes a set value. For this reason, there is a possibility that variations may occur in the adjustment, and the adjustment requires skill, and furthermore, there are disadvantages in that the work efficiency is low.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) This invention has the problem that when processing tickets, the leading edge of the ticket may not reach the stopper means, and the positioning accuracy for magnetic processing etc. cannot be made constant. To provide a ticket issuing device which eliminates the drawbacks and can ensure that the leading edge of the ticket reaches a stopper means when processing the ticket and makes positioning accuracy such as magnetic reading constant. With the goal.

Furthermore, in this invention, there is a possibility that the gap between the two conveying rollers that conveys the bills one by one from the storage section may vary, and the adjustment requires skill.
Moreover, it eliminates the drawback of poor work efficiency, and eliminates the gap between the two conveyance rollers that convey the bills in the storage section one by one. W1 work can be omitted,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket issuing device capable of eliminating variations in adjustment and improving work efficiency.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The ticket issuing device of the present invention includes a conveying means for conveying tickets along a conveying path, a conveying means provided in the middle of the conveying path, and a ticket issuing device to be conveyed. a stopper means for positioning and holding the stopper means; a detection means for detecting whether or not the ticket has reached the stopper means; and when the detection means detects that the ticket has reached the stopper means, the transport means a magnetic recording means that is moved along one side of the ticket and records required information on the ticket as magnetic information; It consists of a reading means for reading recorded magnetic information.

Further, the ticket issuing device of the present invention includes a storage section for storing a plurality of tickets, a pressing means for pressing the tickets stored in the storage section, and a state in which the tickets stored in the storage section are pressed by the pressing means. A take-out means takes out the bills stored in the section one by one, and a gap between the two conveyance rollers is regulated by contact between two washers, and the regulated gap is used to take out the bills by the take-out means. It is composed of a conveying means for conveying items one by one.

(Function) According to the present invention, when it is detected that the bills have reached the stopper means when processing the bills, the conveyance of the bills is stopped.

In addition, the present invention takes out the bills stored in the storage section by the ejecting means, restricts the gap between two conveying rollers rotating in opposite directions by contacting two washers, and uses this restricted gap. The tickets taken out by the above-mentioned taking out means are conveyed one by one.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show a ticket issuing device. The main body 10 of the device includes a keyboard 11, a numeric keypad 1<RAD 1
The keyboard 11 inputs information such as issuance of boarding passes, reservations, changes, inquiries, reservations, etc., and the numeric keypad 12 allows customers to input boarding passes, etc. using their credit cards, for example. If the customer wishes to issue a credit card, he or she must enter his/her credit card PIN number.

Further, a hopper 13 for storing unissued boarding passes is provided at the top of the device main body 10, and a cover 15 that can be opened and closed by a key 14 is provided on the hopper 13. In the vicinity of this hopper 13, a stacker 16 is provided in which issued boarding passes are stored, and a journal paper P printed by a journal printing unit (described later) is provided.
A discharge section 17 from which the water is discharged is provided.

Furthermore, an operation panel 18 is provided on the front side of the device main body 10. The operation panel 18 is provided with the journal paper feed switch 19, and is also provided with a group of lamps 20 for displaying power on, power off, input possible, call in progress, and alarm, respectively.

Further, a display section 21 consisting of, for example, a plasma display is provided on the front of the device body located near the operation panel 18, and the display section 21 includes the keyboard 1.
1 and information sent from a host device (not shown) via a telephone line 22 are displayed. This display section 21 is provided on a rotating section 23 that can be freely opened and closed in the main body 10 of the apparatus. A well-known magnetic card reader 24 is provided on the upper part of this rotating part 23, and the magnetic information of a credit card, for example, can be read by this magnetic card reader 24.

Further, a power switch 25 is provided on the front side of the rotating portion 23, and a ticket insertion slot 26 is also provided. For example, a group airline ticket, a handwritten airline ticket, a credit statement in which a copy of the airline ticket issuance is recorded, a complimentary gift certificate, etc. are inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26.

For example, gift certificates are smaller in size than other tickets, and the ticket insertion slot 26 is configured to be able to position both large and small tickets.

FIG. 4 shows the ticket insertion slot 26. Ticket insertion slot 26
The horizontal length Ia of the small ticket matches the horizontal length of the large roll, and the ticket is inserted from the left end of the ticket insertion slot 26 at a position that matches the horizontal length lb of the small ticket. A guide portion 27 is provided at the bottom of the slot 26 along the ticket insertion direction and is shorter than the length lc of the ticket insertion slot 26 in the longitudinal direction.

In such a configuration, a large roll of group airline tickets or the like is inserted into the upper part of the guide section 27 and guided by both lateral ends of the ticket insertion slot 26. In addition, small tickets such as complimentary certificates can be inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26.
It is inserted between the left end of the guide section 27 and the guide section 27, and is guided by these.

Further, the device main body 11 is provided with a floppy disk device 28, as shown in FIG. It has become.

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

A circuit board 30 on which a control circuit is disposed is provided at the inner bottom of the device main body 10, and a power supply circuit 31 is also provided.

The hopper 13 accommodates a boarding pass TP. This boarding pass TP can be transported along its lateral direction in order to shorten the transport time. This boarding pass TP is held down by a pressing member 32, and the take-out roller 3
3, the sheets are taken out one by one onto the conveyance path 34. On the conveyance path 34, conveyance rollers 3 are installed at a predetermined interval.
5.36 are provided, and an insertion roller 37 is provided near the ticket insertion slot 26. These conveyor rollers 35.3
6. The insertion roller 37 has driven rollers 38 and 39, respectively.
．． 40 are pressed together. Pulleys 41, 42, 43, and 44 are provided on the take-out roller 33, the conveyance roller 35, 36, and the driven roller 37, respectively, and a belt 45 is wrapped around these pulleys 41-44. This belt 45 has a boo 946 provided on the motor MT1.
are engaged with each other, and the take-out roller 33 and the conveyance roller 35
．． 36, the insertion roller 37 is driven by this motor MT1.

The conveyance roller 35 is connected to the bearing 1 via a shaft 35a.
30 to the frame 131, and the shaft 35 has washers 132, 132 fitted therein. The conveyance roller 38 is not fixed to the frame 131, but is positioned so as to be movable only in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance roller 35, and washers 133, 133 are fitted onto its shaft 38a. The shaft 38a is pulled toward the conveying roller 35 by a spring 134, 134, so that the washer 133, 133 and the washer 132, 132 are in contact with each other. Further, a one-way clutch or the like (not shown) is incorporated to prevent the conveyance roller 38 from rotating in the direction of arrow X.

As a result, a gap C is created between the conveyance roller 35 and the conveyance roller 38, which is regulated by the washers 132, 132 and 133, 133. This gap C has the diameter of the conveyance roller 35 as DF, the diameter of the conveyance roller 38 as Dl, and the diameter of the washer 132 as Dl.
If the diameter of the washer 133 is D2, the following formula holds true.

C=1/2 1 (Dt +02) −(Dp +D
a)) Also, if the thickness of the boarding pass TP is t, then
The setting value of C may be set in the range of (t<C<2t).

Therefore, due to the rotation of the motor MTI, the take-out roller 3
2 rotates, and the lower one of the boarding passes TP stored in the hopper 13 moves toward the conveying roller 35 due to friction with the take-out roller 33. When the tip of the boarding pass TP enters the gap C set between the conveyance roller 35 and the conveyance roller 38, the gap C is such that one exclusion ticket TP passes through, but two or more do not pass through. is set, and the conveyance roller 38 does not rotate in the direction of the arrow X. Therefore, the second boarding pass TP that has moved together with the boarding pass TP is not conveyed by the braking action of the conveyance roller 38, and the first boarding pass' Only rP is transported to the subsequent stage.

As a result, by abutting the washers 132 and 133, a predetermined gap C can be provided between the transport rollers 35 and 38, and the adjustment work of setting the gap C through which the boarding pass TP passes can be omitted. By managing the dimensions of the washer, it is possible to prevent boarding passes TP from being fed multiple times. Also, the variation in gap setting values is small (
can do.

Further, spring clutches (not shown) are provided between the take-out roller 33 and its pulley 41 and between the transport roller 35 and its pulley 42, and the take-out roller 33 and the transport roller 35 are connected to solenoids SL1 and SL1, respectively.
When the stopper members 1 a s 2 a of SL2 are engaged, they are configured to slip on the pulleys 41 and 42, respectively.

Furthermore, a stopper member 47 is provided between the conveyance roller 36 and the insertion roller 37 to position the boarding pass supplied from the hopper 13 or the ticket insertion slot 26 with the insertion roller 37. Part +44
7 is adapted to be driven by a solenoid SL3. This solenoid SL3 is provided in a magnetic recording encode unit 48 that is provided with a bar code reading device and a magnetic information reading and writing device.

The details of this magnetic recording encode unit 48 will be described later.

Further, the hopper 13 is provided with a sensor 5R10 that detects the presence or absence of the boarding pass TPO, and a paper feed sensor SR1 that detects the feeding of the boarding pass TP is provided between the transport rollers 35 and 36.
, a positioning sensor SR2 for detecting that the leading edge of the boarding pass has reached the stopper member 47 in the magnetic recording encoder unit 48, and a positioning sensor SR2 for detecting that the leading edge of the boarding pass has reached the stopper member 47 in the magnetic recording encoder unit 48, and a positioning sensor SR2 for detecting that the leading edge of the boarding pass has reached the stopper member 47 in the magnetic recording encoder unit 48, and An insertion sensor SR3 for detecting insertion of a ticket is provided between the two.

On the other hand, a branch path 49 is provided near the conveyance roller 36. A distribution gate 50 is provided between the branch path 49 and the transport path 34.

During this sorting, the gate 50 is always rotated toward the conveyance path 34 by its own weight, and the boarding passes TP taken out from the hopper 13 are conveyed by pushing up the gate 50. Further, the boarding passes processed by the magnetic recording encoder unit 48 are reversely conveyed through the conveyance path 34 by the conveyance roller 36 and the driven roller 39 by the reverse rotation of the motor MTI, and sorted through the gate 50. It is led to a branch path 49 via the branch path 49. A printing section 51 is provided at the end of this branch path 49.

The printing section 51 includes a platen roller 52 and a thermal head 54 that comes into contact with the platen roller 52 via an ink ribbon 53, and 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 5 is connected to the pulley 56.
It is multiplied by 7. This belt 57 has a pulley 58.
59 are engaged with each other, and the pulley 59 is connected to the motor MTI.
It is designed to be driven by a motor MT3 provided at the same position as . Therefore, the platen roller 52 is rotated when the motor MT3 is rotated in the forward direction, and stopped when the motor MT3 is rotated in the reverse direction. Furthermore, a pulley 61 that drives the ink ribbon 53 via a 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 necessary information has been printed by the printing section 51 is stored in the stacker 16.

A print start sensor SR6 is provided on the branch path 49 to detect the boarding pass and output a print start signal, and a ribbon detection sensor SR7 is provided on the running section of the ink ribbon 53.

On the other hand, a journal printing section 62 is located near the boot 958.
is provided. That is, the pulley 6 is attached to the bush 58.
3 are engaged. This pulley 63 is provided with a platen roller 64 via a one-way clutch (not shown), and this platen roller 64 is connected to the motor MT3.
If it is rotated in the forward direction, it will be stopped, and if it is rotated in the opposite direction, it will be rotated. A thermal head 65 is brought into contact with this platen roller 64 via a journal paper (thermal paper) P, so that required information is recorded on this journal paper P. The journal paper P on which this printing has been performed is discharged from the discharge section 17 to the outside of the main body 10 of the apparatus.

Note that the journal printing section 62 is provided with a paper detection sensor SRI 1 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 light emitting diode LED constituting the thermal head 54, the ink ribbon 53, the pulley 60, 61, and the ribbon detection sensor SR7 is provided on the rotating part provided on the apparatus main body 10. 2
3. Therefore, as shown in Figure 5,
By opening the rotating portion 23, the ink ribbon 53 can be easily replaced.

Next, the aforementioned magnetic recording encode unit 48 will be explained.

6 to 10 show the magnetic recording encode unit 4
8. Magnetic recording encoding unit 48
is a head drive unit 71 provided with a magnetic head etc.
9 and 10 show the head drive unit 71. The head drive unit 71 is provided with a ticket holding unit 72 which forms part of the transport path 34. FIGS. The head drive unit 71 is provided with guide shafts 73, 74, 75 along the longitudinal direction,
A head unit 76 is movably provided on this guide shaft 73, 74, 75.

The head unit 76 is provided with a magnetic head 77 and a barcode reading section 78.

The magnetic head 77 is a combination head and has read, write, and verify (read-after-write) functions, and each function is performed in a separate process.
In addition, it is possible to move the head unit 76 in any direction. Also, 2750 (Oe) 6
The same magnetic helad 77 can also handle two types of coercive force, high and low, of 50 (Oe). Further, the barcode reading section 78 is composed of a light emitting diode and a phototransistor (not shown). These magnetic helads 77 and barcode reading section 78 are connected to the 22nd
As shown in Figure (a), the positions of magnetic stripes and barcodes provided on boarding passes and the like are defined in accordance with their positions.

Further, a screw 79 screwed into the head unit 76 is provided between the guide shafts 74 and 75.

A pulley 80 is provided at one end of the screw 79, and this 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 depending on the driving direction of the motor MT2. The movement position of the head unit 76 is determined by the blocking member 8 provided on the head unit 76.
3 is an H/P (home position) consisting of photocoupler provided at both ends of the head drive unit 71 in the longitudinal direction.
Sensor SR4, E/P (end position) sensor S
Detected by blocking R5.

Furthermore, an encoder section 84 is provided at the other end of the screw 79. This encoder section 84 is, for example, a disk (
(not shown) and a photocoupler 84a that detects the slit, and the recording density by the magnetic head 77 is controlled in accordance with the output signal of the encoder section 84.

In addition, the magnetic head 77 and the barcode reading section 78
A guide portion 85 is provided. Slanted portions 85a185b are provided at both ends of the guide portion 85 in the moving direction, and these sloped portions 85a.

85b allows the head unit 76 to move smoothly with respect to the boarding pass TP, etc. located as shown by the two-dot broken line. Further, while the head unit 76 is moving, the guide section 85 guides and holds the boarding pass in place of a rotary conveyance path 96, which will be described later.

11 to 13 show the ticket holding unit 72. FIG. This ticket holding unit 72 includes the conveyance path 34
A fixed conveyance path 72a that constitutes a part of the transport path 72a is provided.

As shown in FIG. 11, the base end of the stopper member 47 is rotatably supported on the upper surface of the fixed fine feed path 72a by a shaft 90. The tip of this stopper member 47 is connected to a plurality of through holes 91 provided in the fixed conveyance path 72a.
It is said that it is possible to protrude from the In addition, the stopper member 47
A spring 92 is provided at the base end of the spring 92.
As a result, the stopper member 47 is biased in such a direction that its tip always protrudes from the through hole 91.

Furthermore, the solenoid SL3 is provided on the top surface of the ticket holding unit 72. This solenoid SL3 is attached to a holder 93 provided on the upper surface of the fixed conveyance path 72a, and is attached to the head drive unit 71 together with the ticket holding unit 72. This solenoid SL3 has a mover 94 as shown in FIG.
is provided, and one end of this mover 94 is adapted to come into contact with a protrusion 47a provided at the base end of the stopper member 47 when the solenoid SL3 is turned on. . In this state, the stopper member 4
7 is rotated against the biasing force of the spring 92 so that its tip end is pulled out from the conveyance path 34.

On the other hand, on the lower surface of the fixed conveyance path 72a, there are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 15, a conveyance path 95 made of a leaf spring and a rotary conveyance path 96, which together with the fixed conveyance path 72a constitute the conveyance path 34, are provided. The conveyance path 95 and the rotary conveyance path 96 are provided corresponding to the conveyance position of the boarding pass TP.

The base end of this rotary conveyance path 96 is rotatably held by a fence 97, and one end of this shaft 97 is
As shown in the figure, a gear 98 is provided. This gear 9
7 is meshed with a gear 98 and a gear 100 via a gear 99 coaxially provided with the gear 98. This gear 100 is formed into a fan shape and is biased 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. A tilted pressing member 76a is installed in this head unit 76.
a shows the ticket holding unit 72 in the state shown in FIG.
It protrudes from a through hole 72c (shown in FIG. 7) provided in the frame 72b. Therefore, the gear 100 is rotated in the direction of the arrow, as shown by the dotted line in FIG.
The rotating conveyance path 96 is connected to the fixed conveyance path 72 as shown in FIG.
It is assumed to be almost parallel to a.

In this state, when the head unit 76 is moved in the direction of arrow A shown in FIG.
a is pulled out from the through hole 72c.

Therefore, the gear 100 is rotated in the E direction shown in FIG. 7, and is rotated to the position shown by the solid line. Therefore, since the rotating conveyance path 96 is rotated to a position perpendicular to the fixed conveyance path 72a as shown in FIG.
movement is possible.

FIG. 18 shows the configuration of the control system.

The main control unit 110 controls the entire device,
This main control unit 110 is connected via a path line 111 to an IPL memory 112 consisting of a ROM in which an internal program loader (IPL) is stored, a main memory 113 consisting of a RAM, and a ROM and RAM in which character fonts are stored. Configured character font memory 11
4.115 is connected.

The pass line 111 also includes a keyboard control section 11.
6 via keyboard 11, and numeric keypad 12
is connected to the magnetic card reader interface 117.
A magnetic card reader 24 is connected via an interface (referred to as 1/F).

Further, a floppy disk device 28 is connected to the pass line 111, and a display unit 21 is also connected via a display control unit 118, and the display control unit 118 has a RAM that is connected to the pass line 111 and stores text. A memory 119 consisting of is connected. A floppy disk FD installed in the floppy disk device 28
stores data such as system programs, firmware, and character fonts, and when m[ is inserted into the main body of the device, the stored programs and data are stored in the main memory by the IPL stored in the memory 112. 113 and character font memory 115.

In addition, the journal printing section 62 is connected to the printing section (1/F) 120.
The telephone line 22 and the telephone 121 are connected to the pass line 111 via an NCU (network control unit)/modem 122 and a communication control section 123. Communication control unit 12
No. 3 is configured to automatically dial when the power is turned on to the main body of the device to establish a connection with the host device.

Furthermore, the telephone 121 is capable of making calls even when the main body of the device is powered off.

Further, a conversion panel 18 is connected to the pass line 11], and a printing unit 51, a barcode reading unit 78, a magnetic helad 77, and a conveyance mechanism unit 124 are connected to the printing unit (11), respectively.
/F) 125, a barcode reader (1/F) 126, a magnetic processing (1/F) 127, and a conveyance control unit 128.

Furthermore, the aforementioned various sensors SRI to 5RII, solenoids SL1 to SL3, and motors MTI, MT2, and MT3 are connected to the transport mechanism section 124.

In the above configuration, the operation will be explained using FIGS. 19 to 21.

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

That is, in a state where the ticket issuing mode is designated by operating the keyboard 11, information is exchanged with the host device in an interactive manner, and when the required boarding pass can be issued, the motor MT
I is driven in the forward direction, the take-out roller 33, conveyance rollers 35, 36, and insertion roller 37 are rotated, and one boarding pass TP is taken out from the hopper 13. When the boarding pass TP is taken out, the paper feed solenoid SLI 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 MTI. This taken out boarding pass TP is conveyed through the conveyance path 34, and when the leading end of the boarding pass is detected by the paper feed sensor SRI, the solenoid SL3 is turned on and the leading end of the stopper member 47 is pulled out from within the conveying path 34. be done. Therefore, the boarding pass TP is conveyed toward the ticket insertion slot 26.

When the rear end of the boarding pass TP is detected by the paper feed sensor SRI, the solenoid SL2 is turned off to stop the conveyance roller 35, and the positioning sensor SR2 and the insertion sensor SR3 sequentially detect the boarding pass TP. is detected. When the boarding pass TP is detected by this insertion sensor SR3, the boarding pass TP is passed through the SR2, and the boarding pass T
P is not detected. Then, upon detection of the boarding pass TP by the insertion sensor SR3, the motor MT1 is driven in the opposite direction, and the solenoid SL3 is turned off.
A stopper member 47 is inserted into the conveyance path 34. Therefore, when the boarding pass TP is conveyed in the opposite direction by the insertion roller 37 and comes into contact with the stopper member 47 in the closed state, the boarding pass TP is detected by the tight positioning sensor SR2.
When it is detected that the end of the motor MTI has contacted (reached) the stopper member 47, the motor MTI is stopped. At this time,
Immediately after the boarding pass TP contacts 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 with a small coefficient of friction, the boarding pass TP and the insertion roller 37 are rotated. The insertion roller 37 slips and the boarding pass TP is not conveyed, and the contact position with the stopper member 47 is reached, that is, magnetic: c! The recording encoder unit 48 is stopped at the position of the recording encoder unit 48. During this stop, the boarding pass TP is held between the insertion roller 37 and the driven roller 40.

When the motor MTI is stopped and the boarding pass TP is stopped as described above, the motor MT2 is driven, and the motor MT2 is driven according to the output signals of the H/P (home position) sensor SR4 and the E/P (end position) sensor SR5. , the head unit 76 is reciprocated. During the reciprocating motion of the head unit 76, the magnetic head 77 writes necessary information such as destination, number of flights, seats, etc., and reads the written information. In this case, no barcode reading operation is performed.

Then, the head unit 7 is detected by the H/P sensor SR4.
When it is determined that 6 has returned to the home position,
When the solenoid SL3 is turned on, the stopper member 47
is pulled out from the conveyance path 34, and furthermore, the motor MTI is driven in the reverse direction. Therefore, the boarding pass TP is
4 are conveyed in a direction away from the ticket insertion slot 26, and the sorted tickets are guided to the branch path 49 via the gate 50. Boarding pass TP
When the leading edge of is detected by print start sensor SR6,
The solenoid SL3 is turned off and the stopper member 47 is inserted into the conveyance path 34. After this, motor M
T3 is driven in the forward direction, the platen roller 52 is rotated, and a print signal is supplied to the thermal head 54, so that the magnetic stripe MS is printed on the surface of the boarding pass TP as shown in FIG. 22(b). The same information as recorded in 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 reversely rotated, the platen roller 64 of the journal printing section 62 is driven, and a printing signal is supplied to the thermal head 65, so that the journal paper P is printed, for example, on a boarding pass. T
Information similar to that printed on P is printed.

If an error occurs in the process using the magnetic head 77, the head unit 76 is moved back and forth again, and the magnetic head 77 writes necessary information such as destination, number of flights, seats, etc., and writes the written information. A reread operation (retry) is performed.

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

Through the above operations, the boarding pass T stored in the hopper 13
P can be used to issue the required boarding pass.

Furthermore, since the reading operation is performed by moving the magnetic head 77 rather than by moving the boarding pass TP, the magnetic head 77 can be read without performing complicated control such as re-transporting the boarding pass TP. It is possible to re-read the boarding pass by simply re-moving it, and even if it cannot be read due to garbage etc., it may be possible to read it by re-reading, and the number of rejected boarding pass TPs can be reduced, and the processing The time can also be shortened.

Next, the operation when a ticket is inserted through the ticket insertion slot 26 will be explained using FIG. 21. The movement of the ticket in this case is as shown by the dotted line in FIG. Note that each ticket inserted through the ticket insertion slot 26 is provided with a bar code indicating the ticket type, and in the case of a group ticket, a magnetic stripe is further provided.

That is, when a large roll or a small roll is inserted into the ticket insertion slot 26 and this is detected by the insertion sensor SR3, the motor M
The TI is driven in the opposite direction, and the inserted ticket is transferred to the insertion roller 3.
7 and a driven roller 40 to be transported into the apparatus main body 10 . At this time, since the solenoid SL3 is in the OFF state, the stopper member 47 is protruded into the transport path 34, and the transported ticket comes into contact with the stopper member 47. Further, when the ticket is conveyed into the conveyance path 34 and this is detected by the positioning sensor SR2, the motor MTI is stopped. In this state, motor MT2 is connected to H/P sensor SR4 and E/P sensor S.
The head unit 76 is moved back and forth by being moved in the forward and reverse directions in response to the output of R5, and the barcode is read by the barcode reader 78 to determine the inserted bill type. Thereafter, an operation is performed according to the determined ticket type, and when this operation is completed, the solenoid SL3 is turned on, the stopper member 47 is pulled out from the conveyance path 34, and the motor MTI is driven in the reverse direction. The tickets are transported to four branch routes.

For example, if a group ticket is inserted, the first step is to
While the head unit 76 makes one reciprocation, the information on the magnetic stripe is read as well as the barcode, and the next one is read.
During the round trip, writing of required information and reading of the written information are performed. Magnetic head 7 shown in FIG.
Operation 7 shows the case of this group ticket. Thereafter, the group ticket is conveyed to the printing section 51, where necessary information is printed and stored in the stocker 16, and further, a journal is printed at the journal printing section 62.

Furthermore, when a handwritten airline ticket or complimentary ticket is inserted, once the barcode is read, the ticket is conveyed to the stacker 16 without being subjected to magnetic processing.

Furthermore, when a credit statement is inserted, the barcode is first read, and then it is conveyed to the printing unit 51 without magnetic processing, the required information is printed, and it is stored in the stocker 16. be done. Then, the journal printing section 62 is driven to print the journal.

If an error occurs in the process using the barcode reading section 78 and magnetic head 77, the head unit 76 is moved back and forth again, and the barcode reading section 78 and magnetic head 77 read the barcode, magnetic stripe, etc. A reread operation (try) is performed.

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

As a result, the reading operation is performed by the movement of the barcode reading unit 78 and the magnetic heald 77 rather than the movement of the airline ticket, etc., so complex control such as re-transporting the airline ticket, etc. is not possible. By simply moving the barcode reading section 78 and magnetic head 77 again, you can reread the barcode, even if the barcode cannot be read due to dust etc.
There is a possibility that the information can be read by re-reading, and the number of airline tickets etc. to be rejected can be reduced, and the processing time can also be shortened.

In addition, a switch for forced ejection is provided on the keyboard 11,
When this switch is turned on, the take-out roller 33, drive rollers 35, 36, and insertion roller 37 are rotated by the motor MTI, so that the tickets held on the conveyance path 34 can be ejected from the ticket insertion slot 26. in this case,
When a ticket is held on the conveyance path 34, it can be automatically ejected from the device by using the forced ejection switch.

As described above, when processing the bills, if it is detected that the bills have reached the stopper member, the conveyance of the bills is stopped. Thereby, when processing the bills, the leading edge of the bills can reliably reach the stopper member, and positioning accuracy such as magnetic reading can be made constant.

Also, a conveyor roller 3 that conveys tickets one by one from the hopper
This can be set by regulating the gap between 5.38 and 38 with a washer. As a result, the ill! Work can be saved, variations in adjustment can be eliminated, and work efficiency can be improved.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, when processing bills, the leading edge of the bills reliably reaches the stopper member,
It is possible to provide a ticket issuing device that can maintain constant positioning accuracy such as magnetic reading.

In addition, it is possible to eliminate the adjustment work for the gap between the two conveyance rollers that take out tickets one by one from the hopper.
It is possible to provide a ticket issuing device that can eliminate variations in adjustment and improve work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing the external appearance of the ticket issuing device according to the invention, respectively. Fig. 4 is a front view showing the ticket insertion slot, Fig. 5 is a side view of the main parts shown to explain the configuration of the printing section, and Figs. 6 to 8 each show the magnetic recording encode unit. , 6th
The figure is a top view, FIGS. 7 and 8 are side views viewed from different directions, and FIGS. 9 and 10 respectively show the head drive unit. FIG. 9 is a top view, and FIG. 1 is a side view, FIGS. 11 to 14 show the ticket holding unit, and FIG. 1 is a top view, FIG.
Figure 13 is a side view of the main parts showing the arrangement configuration of the solenoid;
Fig. 14 is a bottom view of the ticket holding unit, Fig. 15 shows the configuration of the magnetic recording encode unit, and sectional views taken along line F-F shown in Fig. 6, Figs. 16 and 17 are These are shown to explain the operation of the rotating conveyance path, and are a cross-sectional view taken along the line C-C shown in FIG. 11, m 1
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the control system, FIGS. 19 to 21 are diagrams shown for detailed explanation of this invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the structure of the boarding pass, and FIGS. 23 and 24 are side sectional views showing the arrangement of the conveyance rollers 35 and 38, respectively, as seen from different directions. 10...Device body, 11...Keyboard, 12...
・Numeric keypad, 13...Hopper, 18...Operation panel, 21...Display section, 23...Rotating section, 24.
...Magnetic card reader, 26...Ticket insertion slot, 27...
・Guide part, 33... Take-out roller, 35.36.38
...Conveyance roller, 37...Insertion roller, 47...
Stopper member, 48... Magnetic recording encode unit, 51... Printing section, 52... Platen roller, 5
3... Ink ribbon, 54... Thermal head, 62...
... Journal printing section, 65 ... Thermal head, 72a
...Fixed transport path, 96...Rotating transport path, 110...
・Main control unit, 132.133... washer, MT1~
MT3...Motor, SLI to SL3...Solenoid, SRI...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. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue TP (a) (b)

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Conveyance means for conveying the tickets along the conveyance path, stopper means provided in the middle of the conveyance path to position and hold the conveyed bills, and whether the bills have reached this stopper means? a detection means for detecting whether or not the ticket has reached the stopper means; a means for stopping the conveyance of the ticket by the conveyance means when the detection means detects that the ticket has reached the stopper means; and a direction along one side of the ticket. magnetic recording means for recording required information as magnetic information on the ticket by being moved along the stopper means; and reading means for reading the magnetic information recorded on the ticket that is positioned and held by the stopper means. Characteristic ticket issuing device. (2) a storage section for storing a plurality of tickets; a pressing means for pressing the tickets stored in the storage section; and a pressing means for pressing the tickets stored in the storage section; A take-out means takes out the bills one by one, and the gap between the two conveyance rollers is regulated by contact between two washers, and the regulated gap is used to convey the bills taken out by the take-out means one by one. A ticket issuing device characterized by comprising: a conveying means for carrying out the operation; and a ticket issuing device.