JPH02277672A - Transferring apparatus for continuous paper - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a continuous paper from being unexpectedly cut thereby to positively transfer said paper, and to positively cut said paper upon necessities by changing the relative speed of a first and a second transfer means when a cut part of said continuous paper is present in the vicinity of a cutting roller, so that said continuous paper is cut at said cutting part. CONSTITUTION:Since a sprocket 22 as a first transfer means 42 is rotated with the same speed as a wind-up reel 30 of a second transfer means 44, an upper paper 21a can slide on the surface of a driving roller 43a without being cut at a cutting part 40 and is wound up by the wind-up reel 30. When a solenoid 46 is turned ON, a pinch lever 47 is pulled and a pinch roller 43b is pressed against the driving roller 43a, giving the transferring force to a pair of transfer rollers 43. Accordingly, a transfer means 44 has a transferring force larger than the wind-up force of the wind-up reel 30. Meantime, as the sprocket 22 is stopped rotating at a position slightly passing the contacting position where the cutting part 40 is in touch with a cutting roller 45, the tensile force acting on the upper paper 21a is gradually increased and becomes maximum at contacting parts 45a-45e of a large diameter, so that the upper paper 21a is cut along the cutting part 40.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention is directed to conveying continuous paper in which tear portions consisting of discontinuous cuts such as perforations are formed at a predetermined pitch. The present invention also relates to a continuous paper conveyance device having a function of tearing continuous paper from a tearing section as necessary.

(Prior art) Normally, when a user makes a card transaction in an automatic teller machine, transaction information such as account number and transaction details is printed on two sheets of journal paper, one of which is printed continuously. The paper is wound onto a reel as a copy slip, and the other is issued to the user as a receipt.

Further, the copy slip wound on the reel is removed and collected, for example, at the end of one day's transactions.

Previously, when collecting slips wound on a reel,
Continuous paper is cut using a cutter mechanism provided upstream of the reel unit in the conveying direction. However, if the continuous paper is conveyed through the cutters of the cutter mechanism, the continuous paper may get caught on the cutter blade, causing a paper jam. In addition, the cutter blade has to be replaced periodically, which makes maintenance troublesome.

Therefore, recently, as shown in Fig. 5, a continuous paper sheet in which tear portions a... consisting of discontinuous cuts such as perforations are formed at a predetermined pitch, is made so that the center part is thicker and the ends are thicker. As time went on, a system was developed in which the paper was wrapped around a drum-shaped roller C that was not thin, and the tension caused by conveyance was concentrated on the central part d that was in contact with the continuous sheet, so that the paper was torn and separated from the central part of the tearing part a.

However, when drum-shaped rollers C are used, the tension on the continuous paper sheet is concentrated at one point in the center d, and if the tension on the continuous paper sheet increases for some reason during conveyance, it may easily break. There was a problem of being exposed.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in the conventional continuous paper conveyance device using drum-shaped rollers, if the tension increases for some reason while the continuous paper is conveyed, the continuous paper is easily cut. There were times when I ended up. For this reason, if this continuous paper conveyance device is used to convey duplicate slips in an automatic teller machine, the duplicate slips will break during transportation and cannot be wound onto the reel, resulting in the transaction having to be interrupted. There was a serious problem that it disappeared.

Accordingly, the present invention is capable of reliably transporting continuous paper in which tearing parts such as discontinuous cuts are formed at a predetermined pitch while preventing accidental tearing, and furthermore, it is possible to reliably transport continuous paper in which tearing parts such as discontinuous cuts are formed at a predetermined pitch. It is an object of the present invention to provide a conveying device for continuous paper having a function of reliably tearing paper.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a method for transporting continuous paper in which tear portions consisting of discontinuous cuts are formed at a predetermined pitch. The conveyance device selectively varies the relative conveyance speed between a first conveyance means for conveying the continuous paper and a first conveyance means provided in the continuous paper conveyance direction of the first conveyance means. a second conveyance means capable of transporting the continuous paper; and a continuous sheet of paper is provided between the second conveyance means and the first conveyance means so as to be wound around the continuous sheet of paper, and the second conveyance means and the first conveyance means contact each other in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the continuous paper. a tearing roller having a plurality of contact portions, and in a state where the tearing portion is located near the tearing roller, the first. The structure is such that the tension of the continuous paper is increased by changing the phase and relative speed of the second conveyance means, and the continuous paper is torn at the tearing portion.

(Function) Since the tearing roller around which the continuous paper is wound has a plurality of contact portions that make contact in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction of the continuous paper, the tension applied to the continuous paper during conveyance is concentrated at multiple points. Even if the tension of the continuous paper changes slightly, it is reliably conveyed without being torn from the tearing part. Also,
At the time of tearing, by increasing the tension beyond a certain value by increasing the conveyance speed of the second conveyance means, tearing starts near the plurality of contact points of the tearing roller, and it is possible to tear from the tearing part. becomes.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

FIG. 2 shows a card slip unit 1 to which the conveying device A of the present invention is applied, and this card slip unit 1 is incorporated into an automatic deposit machine or the like (not shown).

Moreover, a card transport path 3 for transporting a card C inserted from the card insertion slot 2 is provided inside the card slot 2 . In this card conveyance path 3, first to fourth conveyance roller pairs 4.5.6 are provided at a predetermined interval along the conveyance direction of the card C.
．． 7 are arranged.

At a position corresponding to the first pair of transport rollers 4, there is a card insertion detector 8 for detecting that the card C has been inserted, and a card insertion detector 8 for detecting that the magnetic tape is pasted on the card C in its proper position. A magnetic detector 9 is provided for this purpose. Further, a shutter 10 for regulating or permitting insertion of the card C is provided between the first pair of conveying rollers 4 and the second pair of conveying rollers 5. A contact 11 for reading and writing information to the IC card is provided between the and the third pair of conveying rollers 6. Also, at a position corresponding to the third pair of conveying rollers 6, a contact 11 is provided for reading and writing information to the IC card. , upper and lower magnetic heads 12.
13 are arranged.

Further, a card collection warehouse 14 is provided at the rear of the fourth pair of transport rollers 7.

Further, a slip storage section 20 is provided in the rear part of the card slip unit 1. Inside this slip storage section 20,
Journal paper 21 is stored in a folded state.

The journal paper 21 is a two-layer folded paper of pressure-sensitive coloring type, consisting of an upper paper 21a as a continuous paper and a lower paper 21b that is cut as appropriate. has been done. journal paper 2
1 is separated into upper and lower parts by a separation gate 23, and the lower paper 21b
After being inserted into the cutter 24, the paper is overlapped again with the upper paper 21a in the printing section 25 and sent to the imprint section 26.

Further, a separation gate 27 is provided near the imprint section 26 to separate the journal paper 21 into an upper paper 21a and a lower paper 21b. The bottom paper 21b separated by the separation gate 27 is conveyed along a receipt conveyance path 28 and is discharged from a receipt discharge port 29. When the user forgets to take out the issued receipt R, or when the user performs a key operation on the CRT display (not shown) indicating that the receipt R is not required to be issued, the receipt conveyance path 28 It is designed to rotate in the opposite direction.

Further, the upper paper 21a separated by the separation gate 27 is wound onto a winding reel 30. Further, the winding reel 30 is wound by a mechanism 38. It is equipped with That is, guide arms 31.31 are provided on both sides, and these guide arms 31.31 are rotatably supported around a fulcrum 32.32, and at their rotary ends there is a pressing member for pressing against the winding shaft 33. A roller 34 is attached to each. Then, the upper paper 21a separated by the separation gate 27 is guided to the winding shaft 33 along the guide arm 31, and is pressed against the winding shaft 33 by a suppressing roller 34 and wound up. .

On the other hand, a receipt collection storage 35 is provided in the front part of the winding reel 30. This receipt collection warehouse 35 is
It is connected to the receipt conveyance path 28 via the recovery conveyance path 36. Further, a recovery gate 37 is provided at the introduction portion of the recovery conveyance path 36. The collection gate 37 is
When the user forgets to take out the issued receipt R, or when the user operates a key on the CRT display section indicating that it is not necessary to issue the receipt R, it is rotated downward and sent backwards. The receipt R is guided to a collection conveyance path 36.

Therefore, when a user makes a transaction, first, the color C
Key operations are performed according to the operating procedure displayed on the RT display section, and the card C is inserted from the card insertion slot 2. The card C inserted from the card insertion slot 2 is detected by the insertion detector 8, and when the magnetic detector 9 detects proper magnetism on the card C, the shutter 7 opens and allows the insertion of the card C. At the same time, the first to fourth
The transport roller pairs 4 to 7 rotate in the taking direction, and the card C
is taken in.

Note that the card C may be a magnetic card or an IC card. In the case of an IC card, magnetic detector 1 is activated when the card is inserted.
2 is ignored. When the card C is taken in, information is read and written in accordance with the type of card C. That is, magnetic tape is pasted on the front. Information is read and written using the magnetic head 12 if the card is attached to the back, the magnetic head 13 if the card is pasted on the back, and the contact 11 if the card is an IC card.

When the information on the imported card C is read,
Further, the card is taken into the card transport path 3 and transported to the imprint section 26 .

On the other hand, at this time, the subrocket wheel 22 is rotated, and the lower paper 21b of the journal paper 21 is moved by the cutter 24.
At the same time, the upper paper 21a passes through the cutter 24.
passes through the upper part of the printing unit 25, and is sent to the printing unit 25.
In step 5, the upper paper 21a and the lower paper 21b are again superimposed.

After that, the printing unit 25 prints the transaction record on the journal paper 21, and prints the upper paper 21a and the lower paper 21b.
The same content is printed. Then, the journal paper 21 that has been printed is sent to the imprint section 26 and superimposed on the card C. In this imprint section 26, the upper surface of the journal paper 21 is pressed by a pressure roller 26a, and the embossment of the card C is copied. Since the journal paper 21 is a pressure coloring type,
The two images are taken together.

As a result, printing and imprinting on the journal paper 21 is completed. Thereafter, the bottom paper 21a of the journal paper 21 is cut by the cutter 24 for only the current transaction, and is issued as a receipt R to the user. That is, the journal paper 21 is separated by the separation gate 27, and the lower paper 21b is transferred as a receipt R to the receipt conveyance path 28.
transported in the direction of Further, the upper paper 21a of the journal paper 21 is guided upward by the separation gate 27 and wound up onto the winding reel 30.

The top paper 21a of the journal paper 21 wound up by the winding reel 30 is wound up continuously as a bank transaction record.

On the other hand, when the transaction is completed, the receipt R conveyed to the receipt conveyance path 28 is discharged from the receipt discharge port 29 and issued to the user. When the transaction is completed, the card C is returned from the card insertion slot 2.

The card C returned to the card insertion slot 2 is removed by the user.

If the user forgets to take out the returned card C, the card C will be taken in again and the card collection unit 14
will be collected.

The card collection unit 14 collects not only cards that have been left behind, but also cards that are instructed to be collected by a command from a host computer or the like.

Further, the ejected receipt R is taken out by the user, but if the user forgets to take it out, the receipt conveying path 28 is reversed and taken into the apparatus. The received receipt R is conveyed in the direction of the collection conveyance path 36 by a collection gate 37 located in the middle of the receipt conveyance path 28. The receipt R conveyed to the collection conveyance path 36 is further conveyed and collected in the receipt collection warehouse 35.

Further, the conveyance device A that conveys the journal paper 21 has a tearing section 40 that is made up of discontinuous cuts such as perforations.
... are formed at a predetermined pitch, so that the upper paper 21a as a continuous paper is not accidentally torn (it can be transported so as to be reliably wound onto the winding reel 30. For example, when collecting the upper paper 21a1 wound up on the winding reel 30, that is, the copy slip, at the end of the day's bank transactions, the upper paper 21a is torn from the tearing part 40 as described later. It is now possible to do so.

Next, the conveyance device A will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 3, and 4. In FIGS. 1 and 4, only the upper sheet 21a of the journal paper 21 consisting of two sheets is shown, and the lower sheet 21b, which is issued as a receipt R to the user, is omitted.

That is, the conveyance device A includes a first conveyance means 42 which is made up of the sprocket 22 and conveys the journal paper 21 through feed holes 41 . . . , 41 . The transport means 42 is composed of the winding reel 30 provided in the transport direction of the upper paper 21a and a transport roller pair 42 disposed in front of the winding reel 30, and the transport speed relative to the first transport means 42 can be selectively adjusted. a tearing roller 45 on which the upper paper 21a in a continuous state is wound between the second conveying means 44 and the first conveying means 42; It is configured with the following.

Conveying roller pair 43 which is a component of the second conveying means 44
is composed of a drive roller 43a and a pinch roller 43b that rolls into contact with the drive roller 43a.
As shown in FIG. 3, b moves toward and away from the drive roller 43a as a pinch lever 47 rotates using a solenoid 46 as a drive source.

Further, the driving roller 43a and the winding reel 30 are driven by the same driving source. That is, as shown in FIG.
4 to the winding reel 30, and the winding direction (
It is designed to be driven in the direction of arrow a). Further, the driving force of the motor 50 is transferred to the second
The driving force is transmitted to the driving roller 43a via a driving force transmission system 57.

Torque limiter 5 incorporated in the first driving force transmission system 54
3 prevents the winding reel 30 from rotating when the tension when winding up the upper paper 21a exceeds a certain value, and prevents the upper paper 21a from being inadvertently torn from the tearing part 40... The structure is as follows.

In addition, the tearing roller 45 is, as shown in detail in FIG.
Five contact portions 45a contact the upper paper 21a by alternately forming large diameter portions and small diameter portions as if a plurality of spindle rollers were lined up.
45d and four non-contact parts 4 that do not contact the upper paper 21a.
6a to 46d. In addition, the first contact portion 45a and the fifth contact portion 45d that are in contact with both sides of the ζ paper 21 are formed slightly wider than other portions,
This increases the effectiveness of preventing accidental tearing.

Further, a presser roller 60 is disposed on the lower surface side of the tearing roller 45 so as to sandwich the upper paper 21B, so as to be able to hold the leading end of the upper paper 21a after being torn.

Therefore, during normal transactions, the second conveyance means 4
The solenoid 46 of No. 4 is in the OFF state, and the pinch lever 47 is not pulled and is in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. therefore,
Since the pinch roller 43b is spaced apart from the drive roller 43a, there is no conveyance force even though the drive roller 43a is rotating. Therefore, the first conveyance means 4 at this time
The conveying speeds of the sprocket 22 and the winding reel 30 of the second conveying means 44 during winding are the same. Therefore, the upper paper 21a has a certain value or more, that is,
It is wound up onto the winding reel 30 while sliding on the surface of the drive roller 43a without generating any tension that would cause it to be torn from the tearing part 40.

Further, in order to tear the upper paper 21a from the tearing section 40 when collecting a copy slip, etc., the solenoid 46 is turned on by pressing a tearing button arranged on an operator monitor (not shown). As a result, the pinch lever 47 is pulled and the pinch roller 43b is moved to the drive roller 4 as shown by the broken line in FIG.
3a, the conveying roller pair 43 has a conveying force.

Thereby, the second conveying means 44 can move the winding reel 30
It becomes a conveying force stronger than the hoisting force. On the other hand, the upper paper 21a
The rotation of the sprocket 22 constituting the first conveyance means 42 stops at a position slightly beyond the contact position of the tearing portion 40 formed in the tearing roller 45 .

Along with this, the tension applied to the upper paper 21a gradually increases, and as it increases, the tension of the upper paper 21a wound around the tearing roller 45 in a dogleg shape becomes uneven depending on the direction intersecting the conveyance direction. It becomes maximum at the contact parts 45a to 45e, which are the large diameter parts of the tearing roller 45. For this reason,
As shown by C in FIG.
It will be torn along.

In addition, when winding up the upper paper 21a again with the winding reel 30 in order to restart the next transaction, the sprocket 22 is driven and at the same time the separation gate 27 is moved to the solid line state in FIG. Guide the tip upward. At this time, the pinch roller 43b of the transport roller pair 43 is in a state separated from the drive roller 43a, the upper paper 21a passes between them, and the winding mechanism 38 wraps it around the winding shaft 33 of the winding reel 30 again. It is now ready for winding.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, as continuous paper, you can use a copy slip with perforations (upper paper 21
Although the case where the application is applied to a) has been described, the invention is not limited to this, and the tearing roller 45 has a structure in which a plurality of spindle-shaped rollers are connected. It may have other shapes as long as it has a row 6 shape.

It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without changing the gist.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent inadvertent tearing of continuous paper in which tearing portions consisting of discontinuous cuts are formed at a predetermined pitch, and to transport the paper reliably. Moreover, it is possible to provide a conveying device for continuous paper having a function of reliably tearing paper from the tearing portion as necessary.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the conveyance device, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a card slip unit to which the conveyance device is applied, FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the conveyance device, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of main parts. , FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional tearing mechanism. A... Conveyance device, 21a... Continuous paper (upper paper) 42
...first conveyance means, 44...second conveyance means, 4
5... Tearing roller, 45a to 45e... Contact portion. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue No. 4 Illustrated Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] A conveyance device for continuous paper that conveys continuous paper having tearing portions consisting of discontinuous cuts formed at a predetermined pitch, comprising a first conveyance means for conveying the continuous paper; and a first conveyance means for conveying the continuous paper. a second conveyance means provided in the continuous paper conveyance direction and capable of selectively varying the relative conveyance speed with the first conveyance means; and the second conveyance means and the first conveyance means. and a tearing roller having a plurality of contact parts that are arranged so that the continuous paper is wound around the continuous paper in a direction intersecting the conveying direction of the continuous paper, and the tearing part is located near the tearing roller. When the first
2. A continuous paper conveyance device, characterized in that the relative speed of the second conveyance means is changed to increase the tension of the continuous paper, and the continuous paper is torn at a tearing portion.