JPH03102490A - Ticket-vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable tickets with different ground colors corresponding to the kinds of the ticket by operating a first or second feeder corresponding to the content of a ticket issuance instruction, and operating a cutter at a state where a ticket issuing sheet on one side is sent from the cutting position of the cutter by required length. CONSTITUTION:A control part 11, when detecting a second ticket issuance instruction signal Sb, feeds a second ticket issuing sheet 2b until the tip part of the second ticket issuing sheet 2b is detected with a sensor 9 by operating the motor 8b of the second feeder 10b. Next, the control part 11 issues the ticket by operating the cutter 4 and cutting the tip part of the second ticket issuing sheet 2b. The control part 11, when detecting a first ticket issuance instruction signal Sa, feeds a first ticket issuing sheet 2a until the tip part of the first ticket issuing sheet 2a is detected with the sensor 9 by operating the motor 8a of the first feeder 10a, and next, issues the ticket by operating the cutter 4 and cutting the tip part of the first ticket issuing sheet 2a. Thereby, it is possible to issue the ticket by cutting the first and second ticket issuing sheets 2a, 2b with the different ground colors selectively with a single cutter 4.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industry” number one field of use The present invention relates to a ticket vending machine.

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional ticket vending machine is constructed as shown in FIG. A supply reel 1 is wound with a belt-shaped ticketing paper 2. The ticketing paper 2 pulled out from the supply reel 1 passes between a pair of rolls 3a and 3b and is wrapped around a cutter device 4. Here, a print head 5 is disposed in front of the cutter device 4. 6a and 6b indicate an upper blade and a lower blade of the cutter device 4. When the control section 7 detects the ticket issuing instruction signal S, it instructs the print head 5 to print items on the ticket surface based on the contents thereof, and also operates the motor 8 to rotate one of the rolls 3a to print the ticket paper 2. Cutter device 4
The sensor 9 arranged at the position P on the lower side of the ticketing paper 2
transport until the tip is detected. Thereafter, the control unit 7 operates the cutter device 4 as shown in FIG. 5, and dispenses the printed leading edge C of the ticket paper located between the cutter device 4 and the sensor 9 as one ticket.

In such a configuration, the base color of the ticket always remains the same as the color of the ticketing paper 2, even though only the printed content on the ticket surface is changed.
In order for the clerk to identify the issued ticket, it is necessary to decipher the printed content on the ticket surface.

Therefore, it is conceivable to issue tickets with different background colors depending on the ticket so that the clerk can identify the ticket without having to read the printed content on the ticket surface. FIG. 6 shows that the first supply reel 1a and the second supply reel 1b contain first ticketing sheets 2 having different ground colors.
a and the second ticketing paper 2b are wrapped up. Moreover, here, the first ticketing instruction signal S is preliminarily applied to the first ticketing sheet 2a.
The face of the ticket corresponding to a is printed in advance at predetermined intervals.

On the second ticket issuing paper 2b, ticket faces corresponding to the second ticket issuing instruction signal sb are printed in advance at predetermined intervals. The first and second ticketing sheets 2a and 2b are pulled out from the first and second supply reels la and lb, and are wound around the first and second cutter devices 4a and 4b, respectively. The first control unit 7a that has detected the first ticketing instruction signal Sa operates the first motor 8a until the first sensor 9a detects the leading edge of the first ticketing paper 2a, so that the first ticketing paper 2a can be printed. After the paper 2a is transferred by the required length, the first cutter device 4a is operated to cut the leading edge of the first ticket paper 2a and issue it. The operation of the second control section 7b that has detected the second ticket issuing instruction signal sb is also similar.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention With the configuration shown in FIG. 6, tickets with different ground colors can be issued depending on the type of ticket, but a cutter device, a control unit, and a sensor are required for each ticket. hand,
When the types of tickets handled increase, there is a problem in that the configuration of the device becomes large-scale.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing machine which can issue tickets with different background colors depending on the type of ticket, and which can have a simple configuration.

Means for Solving the Problems The ticket issuing machine of the present invention has a belt-shaped second ticket issuing sheet {J
a first feeding device that pulls out a first ticketing sheet from a feeding section and passes it over a common cutter device, and a second feeding device that pulls out a first ticketing sheet and a second feeding device that pulls out a second ticketing sheet between the feeding section and the cutter device;
A feeding device is provided, and the first feeding device or the second feeding device is operated according to the contents of the ticketing instruction to feed one ticketing paper by the required length from the cutting position of the cutter device, and then the cutter The device is characterized in that it includes a control section that operates the device.

According to this configuration, the control section selectively operates the first or second feeding device depending on the content of ticketing, and transports the first or second ticketing paper by a required length. Then, the control unit operates a single cutter device regardless of the ticket issue content,
The ticketing paper that has been transferred to the required length is cut and dispensed.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 3. Components having the same functions as those shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 will be described with the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 shows a ticket issuing machine of the present invention. The first as a supply section,
The second supply reel 1a, lb has the first supply reel 1
A first ticketing paper 2a is mounted on the second supply reel 1b, and a second ticketing paper 2b is mounted on the second supply reel 1b. The first ticketing paper 2a is a pair of rolls 3a of the first feeding device 10a.
, 3b to the cutter device 4, and the second
-5- Paper 2b is a pair of rolls 3a+3 of the second feeder Job.
b, and extends over the cutter device 4. Here, the transport path of the second ticketing paper 2b from the second supply reel 1b to the cutter device 4 is as follows:
It is formed below the transport path of the first ticketing sheet 2a from a to the cutter device 4.

When the control unit 11 detects the second ticket issuing instruction signal sb, it operates the motor 8b of the second feeding device tob so that the sensor 9 detects the leading edge of the second ticketing paper 21) as shown in FIG. The second ticketing paper 2b is transferred until Next, the control unit 11 operates the cutter device 4 to cut the leading end of the second ticket paper 2b and dispense it, as shown in FIG.

When the control unit II detects the first ticket issuing instruction signal Sa, it operates the motor 8a of the first feeder 10a and operates the first ticket issuing instruction signal Sa until the sensor 9 detects the leading edge of the first ticket issuing paper 2a. The first ticket paper 2a is transferred, and then the cutter device 4 is operated to cut the leading end of the first ticket paper 2a and dispense it.

-〇1 The first and second ticketing sheets 2a, 2 with different background colors like this
b can be selectively cut with a single cutter device 4 to issue tickets, and the structure is more economical than a structure in which a cutter device is provided for each ticket sheet.

In the above embodiment, the first and second ticketing sheets 2a and 2b are respectively provided on the first and second supply reels 1a. 1b, but it can be stored by folding it in a zigzag shape to a predetermined length, and it can also be pulled out and passed over the cutter device 4, or it can be made into a strip.

In each of the above embodiments, the first and second ticketing forms 2a. 2b
Although the case has been described as an example, the same applies to the case where there are three or more types of ticketing paper, and each ticketing paper is pulled out from the supply section and passed through a common cutter device.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, the first and second ticketing sheets are pulled out from the supply section and passed over a common cutter device, and the first and second ticketing sheets are drawn out from the supply section and passed through the common cutter device, and the first and second ticketing sheets are drawn out from the supply section and passed through the common cutter device. A first feeding device that pulls out the ticketing paper and a second feeding device that pulls out the second ticketing paper are provided.
A control section is provided that operates the cutter device while operating the first feeding device or the second feeding device to feed one ticket paper by the required length from the cutting position of the cutter device. selectively operate the ↓ or second feeding device to transport the first or second ticketing paper with a different background color by the required length, and then the ticketing paper that has been transported by the required length. By cutting and dispensing with a cutter device, it is possible to selectively cut and issue multiple ticketing sheets with a single cutter device, which is simpler than using a cutter device for each ticketing sheet. It can be configured as follows.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 to 3 are block diagrams showing the ticket issuing process of an embodiment of the ticket vending machine of the present invention, Figures 4 and 5 are block diagrams showing the ticket issuing process of a conventional ticket vending machine, and Figure 6 is a block diagram showing the ticket issuing process of a conventional ticket vending machine. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a problem to be solved by the invention. 1. a. 1b--first and second supply reels, 2a, 2
b...First and second ticketing paper, 4...Cutter device, 10a, IOb...First and second feeding device, 11
...control section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Draw out the belt-shaped first and second ticketing sheets from the supply section and pass them over a common cutter device, and between the supply section and the cutter device, a first feeding device that pulls out the first ticketing sheet and a second A second feeding device is provided to pull out the ticketing paper, and the first feeding device or the second feeding device is operated according to the contents of the ticketing instruction to cut one of the ticketing papers by the required length to the cutting position of the cutter device. A ticket vending machine comprising a control unit that operates the cutter device in a state in which the cutter device is fed from the cutter device.