JPH0225649Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a check writer, and more particularly to a currency mark printing device for printing multinational monetary unit symbols (currency marks) in a one-wheel type electric check writer.

The electric check lighter will be explained with reference to FIG. 1. A number keypad 2, an amount display section 3, a paper set button switch 4, etc. are arranged on the top surface of the check writer main body 1, and the front side of this operation section A paper carriage 5 is provided at the bottom so as to be movable from side to side, and by setting paper in this carriage 5 and ejecting it, a single letter wheel 6 built into the check writer body 1 is used to press the paper into the window hole of the paper holding plate 7 of the carriage 5. 8
A string of numbers is printed out in sequence.

However, in this type of electric check writer, there are limited types of monetary unit symbols (hereinafter referred to as currency marks) that are stamped at the beginning of the number string.
There was an inconvenience in that it was not possible to stamp currency marks that could correspond to the currencies of multiple countries.

It is not easy to replace the currency mark wheel installed inside the electric check lighter, and if the wheel with a large number of currency marks is incorporated, the electric check lighter itself becomes larger. There is.

In view of this, the present invention consists of a currency mark character wheel and a currency mark heading wheel that are separate from the check writer main body, and which are connected to the side of the check writer main body via a mounting part provided on the case. The object of this invention is to provide a currency seamer printing device for an electric check writer that is capable of printing a currency mark independently of the character wheel inside the main body.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which the currency mark printing device according to the present invention is coupled to an electric check writer, and FIG. 2 shows the same in a separated state.

This currency mark printing device 10 is shown in FIG. 3 as a side view with the outer cover 11 removed, FIG.
As shown from the front in the figure, the case 12 has a side surface shaped like a U-shape, and the gap 13 thereof is aligned with the movement trajectory of the carriage 5 of the electric check lighter main body 1.

A currency mark ring 14 is pivotally supported within the end of the upper case 12A, and at least one of a number of currency mark characters 15, 15, . ing.

This currency mark wheel 14 is block 16.
One type character 15 is positioned horizontally within the gap 13 by a click stopper 17 incorporated therein.

Further, a currency mark heading wheel 19 placed outside the case 12 is fixed to the shaft 18 of the currency mark wheel 14, and the currency mark characters 15, 15 of the currency mark wheel 14 are attached to the circumferential surface of the heading wheel 19. A currency mark display 20 corresponding to... is made, and this index wheel 19
When the currency mark display 20 is rotated to align the currency mark display 20 with a predetermined position (for example, directly above), the printed characters 15 of the same currency mark as the currency mark display 20 are positioned directly below.

A currency mark printing hammer 21 is installed inside the lower case 12B. In the illustrated embodiment, the hammer 21 is provided upward at the tip of a hammer lever 22 that is L-shaped. A plunger 25 of a solenoid 24 is connected to the solenoid 24, and when the solenoid 24 is energized, the plunger 25 is pulled against a spring 26.
The hammer 21 is adapted to strike the downward facing type 15 of the currency mark wheel 14. In the figure, reference numeral 27 denotes a cushion material that comes into contact with the hammer lever 22 when it returns to cushion the impact.

An ink supply mechanism that supplies ink to the printed characters 15 of the currency mark wheel 14 is connected to the upper case 12.
A lever 29 whose base is pivoted in A by a shaft 28
and a solenoid 31 to which a plunger 30 is connected to a position below the shaft 28 of the lever 29;
The block 1 is connected to the tip of the lever 29.
It consists of an interlocking lever 32 connected to one end of the currency mark wheel 14, and an ink roller 33 which is rotatable in contact with the characters 15, 15, . . . of the currency mark wheel 14, and when the solenoid 31 is energized, the lever
9 rotates clockwise in the figure around the shaft 28, thereby pulling the interlocking lever 32 and rotating the currency mark wheel 14 counterclockwise in the predetermined angle view via the block 16.
Ink is supplied from an ink roller 33 to the currency mark letters 15 to be printed in preparation for printing. In the figure, reference numeral 34 represents a cushion material that comes into contact with the lever 29 when it returns to cushion the impact thereof, and 29a represents a return spring.

The carriage 5 is an electric check lighter body 1.
It is the same as in the conventional system that the currency mark is sent by the built-in stepping motor for each character pitch, but in the present invention, after printing a number string of amounts, the currency mark printing position at the beginning of the number string is moved to the position of the currency mark printing device 10. It is set in advance so that it is sent to a position directly below the currency mark wheel 14.

The means for connecting the currency mark printing device 10 to the electric check writer main body 1 is provided by mounting bosses 35, 35 as a plurality of mounting portions on the side surface of the case 12.
... are provided, and are fixed to the electric check lighter main body 1 with screws 36 via these bosses.

Therefore, in order to print, first select the currency mark representing the monetary unit of the amount to be printed using the heading wheel 19 and align it, then the currency mark wheel 14 rotates accordingly and the currency mark representing the monetary unit of the amount to be printed is selected. The currency mark printed 15, which is the same as the current currency mark, is positioned directly below,
Ready to print. Also, if you enter the amount to be printed using the numeric keypad 2, a string of numbers representing that amount will be displayed on the amount display section 3, and if you insert paper into the carriage 5 and start printing,
The carriage 5 is moved from the print alignment mark M to the position of the character wheel 6, and printing is started.

When the printing of a predetermined amount number string is completed, the beginning part of the amount number string is marked by the currency mark printing device 10.
The solenoid 24 is energized, the plunger 25 is pulled, the hammer lever 22 is rotated counterclockwise, the hammer 21 is raised, and the paper is struck from the bottom side. Then, a currency mark in printed currency mark 15 is stamped on the paper. After printing is completed, the power to the solenoid 24 is cut off, the plunger 25 is returned by the spring 26, and the hammer lever 22 is returned.

Before printing the currency mark, the solenoid 31 of the ink supply mechanism is energized, and the lever 29
is rotated clockwise in the figure, the currency mark type 14 is rotated by a predetermined angle via the interlocking lever 32 and the block 16, and the ink roller 33 is brought into sliding contact with the type surface of the selected currency mark type 15 to apply ink. is supplied.

In addition, electric check lighter, ink supply mechanism,
The specific structure of the hammer operating mechanism and the like is not limited to the illustrated embodiment, and it goes without saying that the design can be changed as appropriate depending on the size and structure of the electric check lighter.

As explained above, the currency mark printing device according to the present invention is formed separately from the electric check writer main body, has a substantially horizontal U-shape, and has a gap in the middle through which a carriage on the check writer main body side can be inserted. A currency mark wheel having a plurality of types of currency mark letters arranged on its circumferential surface is rotatably supported in a case so that the selected currency mark letters face into the gap, and the currency mark letters are rotatably supported in the case. An ink supply mechanism for supplying ink to the surface is attached, and a currency mark header wheel displaying a currency mark corresponding to the currency mark printed letters of the currency mark wheel is rotated outside the case so as to rotate integrally with the currency mark wheel. A hammer for striking the currency mark letters of the currency mark wheel is installed inside the case on the opposite side of the currency mark wheel across the gap, and the hammer is provided on one side of the case. By connecting it to one side of the electric check lighter body through the mounting part,
The currency mark wheel is provided independently of the electric check writer, so there are no restrictions on the size of the currency mark wheel or the number of currency mark characters, and many types of currency mark characters can be provided. Therefore, there is no need to replace the currency mark type or prepare separate models for each country, and it has the excellent effect of being able to easily be used as currency in many countries.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a state where the currency mark printing device according to the present invention is coupled to an electric check writer, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same separated state,
Figure 3 is a side view with the outer case removed;
The figure is a partially sectional plan view, and FIG. 5 is a front view thereof. 1...Electric check writer main body, 5...Paper cartridge, 10...Currency mark printing device,
11... Outer cover, 12... Case, 13...
Gap portion, 14... Currency mark ring, 15...
...Currency mark type, 16...Block, 1
9... Currency mark heading wheel, 20... Currency mark display, 21... Hammer, 22... Hammer lever, 24, 31... Solenoid, 29...
...Lever, 33...Ink roller.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] It is formed separately from the electric check lighter body,
A currency mark wheel was selected, in which a number of types of currency mark type were arranged on the periphery of the case, which was almost horizontally U-shaped and had a gap in the middle through which the paper cartridge of the check writer main body could be inserted. The currency mark type is rotatably supported so as to face into the gap, and an ink supply mechanism is attached to supply ink to the type surface of the currency mark type, and the currency mark type corresponding to the currency mark type of the currency mark type ring is provided. A currency mark indicator wheel displaying a mark is rotatably provided outside the case so that it rotates integrally with the currency mark wheel, and a currency mark is placed inside the case on the opposite side of the currency mark wheel across the gap. A hammer for hitting the currency mark letters of the character ring is installed inside the case, and a mounting part is provided on one side of the case, so that the case can be connected to one side of the electric check writer main body via the mounting part. Currency mark printing device.