JPH02284287A - Discrimination medium issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase the angle of opening of a door independently of the set state of a device by selecting the right or the left as the opening direction of the door. CONSTITUTION:Holes 151a to 151d arranged symmetrically to the center line on both of upper and lower corner parts of a door 2, attaching holes 152 provided in upper end parts of both of right and left frames of an enclosure 1A, a hinge attaching tool 155 which is attached to attaching holes 152 with screws 153 and is provided with an upper hinge pin 154 as one body, lower attaching holes 156 provided symmetrically to the center line on the lower frame of the enclosure 1A, and a lower hinge attaching tool 160 which is attached to lower attaching holes 156 with screws 157 and is provided with setting holes 159 for setting of a lower hinge pin 158 are provided, and the lower hinge pin 158 is attached to the right or left setting hole 159 by an attaching screw 161. Thus, the door is opened to the right or the left of the enclosure on demand, and the angle of opening of the door can be increased independently of the set state.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to an identification medium issuing device, and more specifically,
The present invention relates to an identification medium issuing device that is attached to a portable object such as airline baggage and issues an identification medium such as a luggage tag for identifying an individual owner.

(Prior art) A conventional example of a tag issuing device, which is an example of this type of device, is shown in the first example.
This will be explained with reference to FIG.

One tag issuing device 200 shown in the figure is placed near each of a ticketing/check-in counter 201 and a baggage counter 202 that handle airline baggage.

Further, near the ticketing/check-in counter 201 and the baggage counter 202, as shown in FIG. 11, a weighing device 203 for measuring the weight of baggage checked in by customers is arranged. The tag issuing device 200 and the weighing machine 20
3 means that, as shown in FIG.
3, and the positional relationship between the two is not necessarily fixed.

In this case, if the door 200a provided in the tag issuing device 200 is to open only to the right as shown in FIG. 11, the following problems will occur.

That is, when the operator attempts to open the door 200a due to the need for maintenance of the ticket issuing unit of the tag issuing device 200 or replacement of consumables, the tag issuing device 200 on the side of the baggage counter 202 moves in the opening direction of the door 200a. Since there is no obstacle, the door 200a can be opened wide.

On the other hand, in the tag issuing device 200 on the ticket issuing/check-in counter 201 side, the weighing machine 203 is arranged on the right side, so J! Even if you try to open 200a, the weighing machine 203
becomes an obstacle, and the opening angle of the door 200a becomes narrow, making it impossible to perform sufficient maintenance work.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and improves the mounting structure between the door and the casing in the tag issuing device, so that the door can be opened regardless of the installation state. It is an object of the present invention to provide an identification medium issuing device that can increase the angle.

[Structure of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides an identification medium issuing device that includes a door and attaches necessary identification information to an identification medium sheet stored therein and issues this as an identification medium. The device further includes an opening/closing support mechanism portion that selectively supports either the left or right end joining region of the surface to the casing in an openable/closable manner with respect to the casing.

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

According to this device, the opening/closing support mechanism selectively supports either the left or right edge joining area of the door with respect to the housing in an openable/closable manner, so that the door can be moved to the left or right of the housing as needed. It will open in either direction.

(Example) The present invention will be explained in detail below.

1 to 4 show a tag issuing device 1, which is an example of an identification medium issuing device.

This tag issuing device 1 has a housing IA having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and an open front side, and a door 2 is selectively attached to the front of the housing IA to either open to the left or open to the right with respect to the housing IA.

Opening/closing support mechanism part 1 for attaching this door 2 to the housing IA
50 will be detailed later.

In the lower part of the interior of the housing IA, paper (identification medium paper) Po for a tag P as an identification medium (discussed later) is carried as a continuous form, that is, a sewing machine is attached to the paper Po at predetermined intervals as a boundary part. A storage box 3 is arranged as a storage means for storing marked and continuous forms.

Further, on the back side of the storage box 3, a power supply section 8 which outputs a DC voltage is arranged, although not shown in FIG.

Further, in the lower frame of the housing IA, a ticket issuing counter 4 for counting the number of issued tags P is arranged on the right side when viewed from the front, and on the left side, a ticket issuing counter 4 for counting the number of issued tags P is arranged, and on the left side, the main power of the tag issuing device 1 is turned on.
A power switch 5 for turning off is arranged.

On the other hand, above the storage box 3, a printing unit 6, the details of which will be described later, is attached via a slider rail 9 so as to be retractable from the housing IA.

A discharge lower for discharging the tag P is provided at the top of the printing unit 6.

Further, on the back side of the printing unit 6, there is shown the image shown in FIG.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, a control circuit unit is arranged.

Here, the opening/closing support mechanism section 150 that supports the surface 2 in an openable/closable manner relative to the housing IA will be described with reference to FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b). FIG. 3(a) shows a case where the door 2 is used to open to the left, and FIG. 3(b) shows a case where the door 2 is used to open to the right.

The opening/closing support mechanism section 150 has holes 151a and 151b drilled in both upper and lower corners of the door 2 in a symmetrical arrangement.

151c, 151d, mounting holes 152 provided at the upper ends of both left and right frames of the housing IA, and screws 15 in the mounting holes 152.
3 and the hole 151 at the top of the surface 2.
a, a hinge fixture integrally equipped with an upper hinge pin 154 to be inserted into 151c, lower mounting holes 156 symmetrically provided in the lower frame of the housing IA, and the lower mounting hole 15
6 using screws 157, and a lower hinge mounting hole 159 provided with a symmetrical mounting hole 159 for mounting a lower hinge pin 158 that can be inserted into the holes 151b and 151d provided at the lower part of the surface 2. It is equipped with a tool 160. The lower hinge pin 158 is attached to the mounting screw 1.
61 so that it can be attached to either the left or right attachment hole 159 of the lower hinge attachment 160.

On the front of the printing unit 6, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG.

A display section consisting of an operation key part 10a for sending command signals such as paper ejection, local, reset, etc., and a group of lamps indicating jam, ribbon cut, paper cut, online, operable, power, original, and other abnormalities. 10b is provided.

Also, directly below this operation section 10 is a sheet of paper P. An insertion port 11 for insertion is provided. Paper sheets P are placed on both sides of this insertion slot 11. Width regulation guides 12a and 12b that regulate the width of
is provided.

Next, the internal structure of the printing unit 6 will be explained with reference to FIG.

Inside this printing unit 6, paper P is stored. , a conveying means 50 for conveying the tag P, and a sheet P conveyed by the conveying means 50. and each paper P cut by the cutting means 60. The tag number on your mobile phone as described below.

Printing means 70 for printing identification information such as purpose, place name, flight number, etc.
is built-in.

The conveyance means 50 is a conveyance guide plate 18a that forms a conveyance path from the insertion opening 11 to the discharge lower.

18b, 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b.

21, a first sensor 13 consisting of a light emitting element 13a and a light receiving element 13b forming an optical path that intersects the transport path between the transport guide plates 18a and 18b, and the transport guide plates 18a and 18.
b and the conveyance guide plate 19a.

A pair of first conveyance rollers 14a, 14b provided at the boundary with the conveyance guide plate 19b, and a pair of second conveyance rollers 15a provided at the boundary between the conveyance guide plates 20a, 20b and the conveyance guide plate 21.

15b, and a pair of discharge rollers 37a and 37b provided near the discharge lower.

The first conveyance rollers 14a, 14b are connected to a roller motor 22 fixedly arranged inside the printing unit 6 via a timing belt (not shown).

Further, although not shown, a timing pulley with a built-in one-way clutch is attached to the shafts of the first conveyance rollers 14a and 14b, and this timing pulley is used to convey the paper P. When rotating in the conveyance direction, the first conveyance roller 14 idles.
a and 14b are designed not to rotate.

On the other hand, when the timing pulley reverses, the one-way clutch engages with the shafts of the first conveyance rollers 14a, 14b, and the first conveyance roller 14a.

14b is rotatably driven.

Further, although not shown, power transmission between the first conveyance rollers 14a, 14b and the second conveyance rollers 15a, 15b is performed via a chain.

The chain wheels attached to the shafts of the first transport rollers 14a and 14b are equipped with spring clutches (not shown), and when the stopper of the spring clutch is released and the wheels are rotated in the paper transport direction, the first transport is stopped. The rollers 14a and 14b are rotatable, and the wheels idle when the stopper is applied.

The stopper is operated by a solenoid.

The conveyance guide plates 19a and 19b and the conveyance guide plate 20
A and 20b form a gap into which a cutter 16, which will be described later, enters.

Among the conveyance guide plates 19a, 19b, 20a, 20b,
Each of the conveyance guide plates 19a and 20a is rotatably supported at one end, and the conveyance guide plates 19a and 20a support the paper P. It is designed to rotate according to the deflection of the paper Po during cutting.

The transport guide plate 19a is provided with a locking mechanism (not shown), and the transport guide plate 19a is provided with a locking mechanism (not shown).
When it is necessary to open 9a, the locking mechanism is released. Therefore, when paper Po is cut, paper P. Only the conveyance guide plate 20a rotates in accordance with the deflection of the conveyance guide plate 20a.

Further, the conveyance guide plate 19a is urged in the opening direction by a spring (not shown), and the conveyance guide plate 20a is urged in the closing direction by a spring (not shown).

The carry-out rollers 37a and 37b are connected to a discharge roller motor 38 by a chain, and are driven by the discharge roller motor 38.

Further, a second sensor 39 including a light emitting element 39a and a light receiving element 39b is provided near the discharge rollers 37a and 37b.

Further, although not shown, the discharge rollers 37a and 37b have a built-in one-way clutch so that the discharge rollers 37a and 37b can freely rotate in the direction in which the tag P is discharged. Furthermore, a pair of discharge rollers 37a
, 37b, so that the tag P in the middle of printing smoothly enters between the discharge rollers 37a and 37b.

Here, the first and second conveyance rollers 14a114b,
15a, 15b, the plantain roller 26, and the discharge rollers 37a, 37b.
The distance from a and 15b is set to a value smaller than the length of two tags P in the transverse direction.

Moreover, between the second conveyance rollers 15a, 15b and the platen roller 26, and between the platen roller 26 and the carry-out roller 37,
a and 37b are each set to a value smaller than the length of one tag P in the lateral direction.

Furthermore, the cutting sensor 17 is disposed at a distance from the position of the cutter 16 that is greater than the length of one tag P in the transverse direction and smaller than the length of two tags P.

With this configuration, the paper P.

At the final stage after being cut one after another, a piece of paper P corresponding to one tag P is placed in front of the cutter 16. will remain.

And the last paper P. is conveyed to the thermal head 27 side, and the cutting sensor 17 detects the paper P. When it is detected that there is no conveyance roller 1, the first and second conveyance rollers 1 are moved under the control of the CPU 102.
4a, 14b, 15a.

15b is reversed, and the last sheet P. is returned to the insertion slot 11.

The cutting means 60 is connected to the conveyance guide plate 19a119b.
a plate-shaped cutter 16 with a V-shaped cutting edge facing the gap between the two; a cutter drive unit 61 that drives the cutter 16;
Paper P to be cut by the cutter 16. The cutting sensor 17 includes a light emitting element 17a1 and a light receiving element 17b for detecting the position of the light emitting element 17a1 and the light receiving element 17b.

The cutter drive unit 61 includes a slide guide (not shown) that linearly guides the cutter 16 toward the conveyance path, a tension spring 23 that urges the cutter 16 away from the conveyance path, and this tension spring. 23 and a cutter motor 24 having an eccentric cam 25 attached to the drive shaft, and by starting the cutter motor 24 with the eccentric cam 25 engaged with the cutter 16, the cutter 16 is linearly displaced from the position shown in FIG. 3 to a position penetrating the conveyance path.

The printing means 70 includes a platen roller 26 and a platen thermal head 27 in which heating elements are arranged in a straight line, and a platen roller 26 that faces the conveyance path and is placed in a pressure-bonded state. It has a thermal transfer ribbon 28 that passes therethrough.

The thermal transfer ribbon 28 is in the form of a tape, and a supply reel 29a on which the thermal transfer ribbon 28 before use is wound is arranged before the thermal head 27, and a supply reel 29a on which the thermal transfer ribbon 28 after use is wound on the downstream side of the thermal head 27. A take-up reel 29b is arranged.

Although not shown, a timing pulley and a chain wheel are attached to the shaft of the platen roller 26, and a timing pulley and a pulley attached to a platen motor (pulse motor) 33 disposed near the roller motor 22 are attached to the shaft of the platen roller 26. A timing belt (not shown) is stretched.

Further, a chain (not shown) is stretched between the chain wheel attached to the platen roller 26 and the chain wheel attached to the shaft of the take-up reel 29b.

Furthermore, a friction plate (not shown) is pressed into contact with the take-up reel 29b.

That is, the platen roller 26 and the take-up reel 29b are
It is driven by the same platen motor 33, and is configured to wind up the transfer ribbon 28 by the amount fed by the platen roller 26 on a take-up reel 29b.

A ribbon sensor 34 consisting of a light emitting element 34a and a light receiving element 34b is arranged between the supply reel 29a and the thermal head 27, and the ribbon sensor 34 detects the presence or absence of the thermal transfer ribbon 28.

Further, a ribbon cutting sensor 36 consisting of a light emitting element 36a and a light receiving element 36b is arranged between the thermal head 27 and the take-up reel 29b.
6 detects the cutting state of the thermal transfer ribbon 28.

In FIG. 3, 30 is a peeling roller that separates the tag P from the thermal transfer ribbon 28, and 31 and 32 are guide rollers for the thermal transfer ribbon 28.

Here, the paper P. and the shape of the tag P will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5(a) and 5(b).

Paper P. The individual unprinted tags P forming the fifth
As shown in Figure (b), the upper paper PI + the lower paper P2 are stacked in the form of a belt, and both end joints of the upper paper PL + lower paper P2 are strongly adhered with an adhesive 80, and further inside the adhesive 80. is coated with glue 81 which functions as a mounting part for attaching it to baggage as a portable object.

Then, the above-mentioned tag P is perforated at the boundary of each ticket piece to carry a continuous form, and as shown in FIG. Storage box 3
It is designed to be accommodated in

Moreover, the paper P. Each tag P forming the rectangular shape,
That is, the dimension in the short direction is L1 + the dimension in the short direction is L
2, it is formed so that the relationship L<L2 holds, and it is conveyed along the transverse direction.

Next, the overall configuration of a tag processing system including the tag issuing device 1 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

This tag processing system includes a ticket issuing/check-in counter 121 similar to the conventional example and a baggage dedicated counter 122.

The ticket issuing/check-in counter 121 includes the tag issuing device 1 and a terminal computer main body 90a.

A terminal computer 90 as a remote control means having a keyboard 90b and a display section 90c is arranged.

The ticket issuing/check-in counter 121 is further provided with a boarding pass issuing machine 93 that issues boarding passes, and a ticket issuing machine 94 that issues tickets and boarding passes.

In addition, the baggage tag issuing device 1. A terminal computer 90 similar to that described above and a ticket reader 91 for reading the identification information of the tag P are arranged.

Both of the tag issuing devices 1 are arranged slightly apart from the terminal computer 90, and are connected by connecting cables 95a and 95b, respectively.

Each terminal computer 90 has lines 92a and 92, respectively.
It is connected to a host computer 95 via b.

Next, the control system of the tag issuing device 1 and the terminal computer will be explained with reference to FIG.

This tag issuing bag W1 includes a program memory 101 that stores a program for controlling the entire device, and a CPU 10 that controls the entire device based on the program.
The control means 100 is provided with a control means 100 consisting of 2.

An interface 103 for transmitting information between the operating section 102, ticket issuing counter 4, and terminal computer 90 is connected to the CPU 102, respectively.

Furthermore, an interface 103 of the tag issuing device 1;
A power supply control section 141 is provided between the power supply section 8 and the power supply section 8 .

The CPU 102 includes a first sensor 13 . Roller motor 22. Ejection roller motor 38
and a second sensor 39 are connected to each other.

Further, the cutter motor 27 of the cutting means 60 and the cutting sensor 17 are connected to the CPU 102 .

Furthermore, the CPU 102 includes a storage means 1, which will be described in detail later.
10 is connected to the platen motor 33 . of the printing means 70 . A head control section 27a that controls the thermal head 27, a ribbon sensor 34, and a ribbon cutting sensor 36 are connected.

The storage means 110 stores information on various character fonts, and stores information on various character fonts in a character font memory 111. A custom character memory 112 for registering custom characters, a reception buffer 113 for storing received information. It is equipped with a ticket face print data buffer 114 for editing the face of the tag P.

FIG. 9 shows the host computer 91. From the terminal computer 90 to the CPU 1 via the interface 103
This shows the content of the identification information for the tag P sent to 02.

The identification information includes a kanji code 121 indicating the final destination;
The three-letter letter code 122 indicates the final destination. The carrier code and flight number indicating the first section 123, the carrier code and flight number indicating the second section 124, the third section
Carrier code and flight number indicating section 125, 3-letter code indicating first connecting point 126, 3-letter code indicating second connecting point 127, stand number 128 indicating the tag number. Reversal presence/absence 129 indicating whether or not to reverse printing in a specific area
, class 130 for shading printing in a specific area
．． It includes information such as 131 character fonts such as Gothic typeface and Mincho typeface, and 132 number of sections. This identification information is stored in the character font memory 111.

FIGS. 10(b) to 10(d) show the format of the face of the tag P corresponding to the identification information.

FIG. 10(b) shows the case where the identification information is printed on the tag P in black and white reversed, Gothic type (shown in bold), Mincho type, and shaded.

FIG. 4(C) shows a case where the same identification information as FIG. 4(b) is printed, but the difference is that there is no shading.

Further, FIG. 10(d) shows a case where black-and-white inversion is further eliminated than in the case of FIG. 6(c).

FIG. 10(a) shows the color arrangement of the wide, multicolored thermal transfer ribbon 28.

This thermal transfer ribbon 28 has a configuration in which three colors, black, blue, and red, are arranged along the feeding direction (the transversal direction of the tag P) in the manner shown in FIG. It becomes.

Incidentally, a part of the tag P is used as a passenger slip, and the other part is used as a verification piece.

Next, the operation of the tag issuing device 1 having the above configuration is mainly performed in the opening direction of the door 2, and is shown in FIG. 3(a).

The explanation will be made with reference to (b) and FIG.

In this embodiment, the ticket issuing/check-in counter 20
The door 2 of the tag issuing device 1 on the first side is configured to open to the left, and the door 2 of the tag issuing device 1 on the baggage counter 202 side is configured to open to the right.

That is, in the tag issuing device 1 on the ticket issuing/check-in counter 201 side, the hinge pin 154 of the hinge fixture 155 is inserted into the left hole 15 of the door 2, as shown in FIG.
1a, insert the hinge fitting 155 into the screw 153.
Attach it to the left frame of the housing IA using the . In addition, the lower hinge pin 1 is inserted into the mounting hole 159 on the left side of the lower hinge fixture 160.
58, and with the lower hinge pin 158 inserted into the hole 151b at the lower left of the door 2, the lower hinge fixture 160 is attached to the lower frame of the housing IA using screws 157.

As a result, the door 2 can be opened to the left side using the left frame side of the housing 2 as a fulcrum, and the weighing machine 20 can be opened as shown in FIG.
Even if the weighing machine 203 is present, the weighing machine 203 does not become an obstacle, and the door 2 can be opened wide to perform maintenance work, parts replacement, etc.

On the other hand, in the case of the tag issuing device 1 on the baggage counter 202 side, as shown in FIG.
With the hinge pin 154 of No. 55 inserted into the hole 151b on the right side of the door, the hinge fixture 155 is attached to the fabric frame of the housing IA using screws 153. In addition, the lower hinge fitting 16
Attach the lower hinge pin 158 to the mounting hole 159 on the right side of door 2.
1d, the lower hinge fixture 160 is attached to the lower frame of the housing IA using screws 157.

Thereby, the door 2 is in a state where it can be opened to the right side using the right frame side of the housing 2 as a fulcrum.

The present invention can be modified in various ways other than the embodiments described above.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention described above, the opening direction of the door relative to the housing can be selected to either open to the left or open to the right, so that the door can be opened regardless of the installation state of this device. An identification medium issuing device capable of increasing the angle can be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device according to the embodiment of the present invention with the lid open;
The figure is an explanatory diagram showing both the lid open state and the enlarged state of the operation part of the same device, FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b) are exploded perspective views showing the configuration of the opening/closing support mechanism of the same device, and The figure is an enlarged sectional view of the printing unit of the device, FIG. 5(a) is a perspective view of paper used in the device, and FIG. 5(b) is an explanatory diagram of a tag (unprinted) issued by the device. , FIG. 6 is a layout diagram of a tag processing system including the device, FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the tag processing system including the device, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the control system of the device, and FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the tag processing system including the device. An explanatory diagram showing the content of identification information in the device, FIG. 10(a) is an abbreviated plan view of a thermal transfer ribbon, FIGS. 10(b) to (d) are plan views of a tag, and FIG. 11 is an outline of a conventional device. FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Tag issuing device, IA... Housing, 2... Door, 150... Opening/closing support mechanism part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an identification medium issuing device that includes a door and attaches necessary identification information to an identification medium sheet stored inside and issues this as an identification medium, the joining area of either the left or right end of the door with respect to the casing is connected to the casing. 1. An identification medium issuing device comprising an opening/closing support mechanism that selectively and openably supports an identification medium.