JPH03210690A - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a ticket from being issued using a defective form by discharging a cut sheet to a defective form discharge port, and re-issuing a new ticket automatically when it is decided by a deciding means that the length of the cut sheet is shorten than prescribed length. CONSTITUTION:When ticket face data accompanying ticket issuance is inputted, input data is stored in a memory part 34, and the draw-out of roll paper 4 is started. When the prescribed length of the drawn out roll paper 4 is detected by a detecting means 22, the draw-out is stopped, and the roll paper is cut into the prescribed length by a cutting part 13. The cut length of the cut sheet is detected by detecting parts 23 to 25, and it is decided whether the length of the cut form satisfies a ticket face area enough to write prescribed information or not on the basis of this detected result. Then, when the length of the cut form does not satisfy the ticket face area, it is considered to be a waste ticket, and is carried along a carrying passage, and is discharged from the defective form discharge port 3, and the draw-out of the roll paper 4 is instructed again, and the new ticket is re-issued automatically. Thus, the issuance of the ticket by the defective form can be prevented.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is installed in stations, travel agencies, etc., and issues tickets, such as train tickets and airline tickets, on which information input by an operator is written. It is related to the device.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, with the technological development of electronic computers and their peripheral equipment,
Tickets such as tickets and reservation tickets for vehicles such as trains and airplanes,
Ticket issuing devices that can efficiently and automatically issue tickets depending on the destination, date and time, etc. have been put into practical use, and the demand for them is increasing year by year.

In this type of device, the ticketing paper used for issuing tickets is usually a roll of continuous paper, which is made up of several hundred sheets of ticket paper and is wound in a roll shape.

Using this continuous roll of paper means stacking one sheet at a time, whereas multiple sheets of single-leaf paper cut in advance to the size of a ticket are stored in a designated storage section within the device. This eliminates the need for complex paper conveyance functions, such as a storage unit that accommodates paper sheets and a separation and feeding mechanism that separates and feeds sheets one by one from this storage unit, making it possible to simplify the conveyance mechanism. ,
It was very advantageous.

For this reason, in the past, a continuous sheet of paper with the length of several hundred tickets was wound up into a roll, rotatably stored in a ticket issuing device so that it could be pulled out from the end, and then pulled out. One end is cut to a desired size, and an operator writes contents based on data manually entered from an input device on the cut paper to complete a ticket, which is then issued from a ticket issuing slot.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, according to the above-mentioned conventional technology, the roll paper that is the ticketing paper has a magnetic information area on the back side for writing magnetic information, so the paper becomes thicker, and therefore, the roll paper used as the ticketing paper becomes thicker. In this case, there may be unevenness in the amount of feed.

If the feeding amount is uneven, the cutting position of the paper to be cut to a predetermined size may shift.

If the cutting position is misaligned, not only will the size of the cut paper become uneven, but
Sometimes the length of the ticket is not longer than the specified length, and if the ticket is cut at a position shorter than the specified length, there is not enough printing area to print the necessary information associated with ticket issuance. In addition, there was a problem in that the magnetic writing area was insufficient and could no longer be used for magnetic writing.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is made by cutting at a shifted position instead of a predetermined position.
If sufficient printing area and magnetic recording area cannot be secured, the paper will be rejected as defective paper that is not suitable for ticketing.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a reliable ticket issuing device that uses only cut paper having a length that allows writing of necessary information as ticket issuing paper, and prevents issuing of tickets using defective paper.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention unrolls the end of a roll paper, cuts it into a desired length by a cutting section, writes the face data on the writing area of the cut paper to create a ticket, and then transports the paper by a transport means. A ticket issuing device that issues a ticket from a ticket issuing slot includes a memory unit that stores the ticket face data to be written on the cut paper, a detection unit that detects the length of the cut paper, and a detection unit that detects the length of the detected ticket face based on the ticket face data. and determining means for determining whether the cut paper has a predetermined length sufficient for writing, and when the length of the cut paper is determined by the determining means to be less than the predetermined length. The defective paper is ejected to the paper ejection port, and a new ticket is automatically reissued by instructing the roll paper to be fed out again.

[For production]

With the above-described configuration, when ticket face data associated with ticket issuance is input by an operator operation, the input data is stored in the memory section, and thereafter, feeding of the roll paper is started.

When the detection means detects that a predetermined amount of the rolled paper has been fed out, the feeding of the rolled paper is stopped and the cut section cuts the rolled paper into a predetermined length.

The length of the cut paper is detected by a detection section, and based on the detection result, it is determined whether the length of the cut paper fills a ticket surface area sufficient to write predetermined information.

If the ticket area is filled, the ticket data previously stored in the memory section is written by the writing means, and when the ticket is completed, it is transported by a group of transport rollers and issued from the ticket issuing port.

Furthermore, if the length of the cut sheet does not fill the ticket surface area, the sheet is regarded as a waste sheet, is conveyed along the conveyance path, and is discharged from the defective sheet discharge port.

When it is confirmed that the defective paper has been ejected, the machine instructs to feed out the roll paper for reissue, and performs the same ticket issuing operation thereafter.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an internal schematic diagram of the ticket issuing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the ticket issuing device, and FIG. 3 is an operational flowchart of this embodiment.

First, the internal mechanism for performing the ticket issuing operation will be explained with reference to FIG. In the figure, 1 is a ticket issuing device, with a ticket issuing port 2 for issuing tickets with necessary information written on the front, and a ticket issuing port 2 for discharging defective paper deemed unsuitable for ticket issuing on the top. A defective paper outlet 3 is provided.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a roll of paper as ticket issuing paper stored in the ticket issuing device 1, which is made up of several hundred consecutive tickets of a predetermined size and is wound into a roll. The roll paper 4 is printable on the front side and has a magnetic information storage section on the back side, and is rotatably stored so that the end can be pulled out.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a pull-out roll provided near the pull-out opening for the roll paper 4;
It is designed to be wrapped around and rolled out.

6 and 7 are transport healds that are passed around guide rollers 8 and 9 in order to transport the rolled paper 4; 10 is a driven pulley that is fixed coaxially with the guide roller 8;
The timing belt 11 is connected to a pulse motor 12, and the rotational force from the pulse motor 12 is transmitted to the guide roller 8 via the timing belt 11.

A cutting section 13 is provided in front of the transport healds 8 and 9 and cuts the roll paper 4 into a predetermined length.

Reference numeral 14 designates a plurality of pairs of conveyance rollers made up of a feed roller and a pressure roller that are pressed against each other in order to convey the cut paper cut in the cutting section 13 to the next process. 1 transport path A.

15 is a roll paper detection sensor arranged between this first conveyance path A.

16 is a second conveyance path B vertically rising from the first conveyance path A provided horizontally, and a second conveyance path B that is bent horizontally again and extends to the ticket issuing port 2. A plurality of pairs of conveyance rollers for conveying cut sheets are arranged along the third conveyance path C, and are made up of a feed roller and a pressure roller that are pressed against each other.

These conveyance rollers 16 are connected to a DC motor 18 via a timing belt 17, and power is transmitted from the DC motor 18.

Further, the conveyance roller 14 of the first conveyance path A is attached to a drive pulley 20 coaxially with the conveyance roller 16 at the lowermost end of the second conveyance path B by a timing heald 19.
It is connected to the DC motor 18 via the DC motor 18, so that power is transmitted thereto.

It should be noted that among these conveyance rollers 16, a plurality of pairs of conveyance rollers 16a located near the timing slit, which will be described later,
16b and 16c are connected to D by the timing held 17a.
It is connected to the C motor 18 and power is transmitted thereto.

Further, the amount of feed of the roll paper 4 by the conveyor belts 6 and 7 and the amount of feed of the cut sheet by the conveyor roller 14 are controlled by a conveyance control section, which will be described later, so as to be linked at a constant speed.

21 is a disc-shaped timing slit provided approximately in the middle of the second conveyance path B; 22 is this timing slit 2;
This is a slit detection sensor that counts the feed amount of the cut paper by detecting the position of the first slit, and constitutes a detection means that detects the length of the cut paper together with the sensor 23, which will be described later.

Sensors 23, 24, and 25 are arranged along the second conveyance path B and are composed of a pair of receiving/emitting elements. The sensor 25 detects the position of the cut paper during reading and writing, and detects the printing start position of the first line.

Based on the detection results of these sensors 23 to 25, it is determined whether the length of the cut sheet fills a predetermined card surface area, that is, whether it has a desired length or not. Judgment is made by the control unit.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a magnetic writing head provided between the sensor 24 and the timing slit 21, which writes a note input from an input device (not shown) into the magnetic information storage area of the cut sheet 5 conveyed through the second conveyance path B. Write data.

27 is a magnetic reading head disposed between the timing slit 21 and the sensor 25, which reads the information written in the magnetic information storage area of the cut paper 5.
It is confirmed whether the information written by the write head 26 is correct.

28 is a print head provided near the end of the second conveyance path B; 29 is a platen provided opposite to this print head 28;
The printing unit consisting of the above prints the face data on the surface of the cut paper.

Reference numeral 30 denotes an endless ink ribbon interposed between the print head 28 and the platen 29 for printing by the print head 28, and 31 is an ink ribbon cassette containing the ink ribbon 30.

32 is a switching blade, and this switching blade 32 detects the length of the cut paper in the second conveyance path B, and removes defective paper that does not have a predetermined length and is determined to be unissueable. It leads to the fourth conveyance path which extends to the defective paper discharge port 3 mentioned above.

Next, to explain the functional bronc based on Fig. 2, 33
is the main control unit, which controls and gives instructions to each component shown below.

A memory section 34 stores programs executed by the main control section 33, ticket face data transmitted from a central processing unit (not shown) via the communication control section 35, and other data necessary for ticket issuing processing.

A print control section 36 supplies print data from the main control section 33 to the print head 28 shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 37 denotes a magnetic writing section, which writes in the magnetic information area of the cut sheet based on magnetic data from the main control section 33 using the magnetic writing head 26 shown in FIG. 38 is a magnetic reading section, which uses the magnetic reading head 27 shown in FIG. 1 to read the data written by the write head 26, transmits this to the main control section 33, and checks whether the contents of the pig are correct or not. do.

Reference numeral 39 denotes a cutter control section for the cutting section 13 provided on the first conveyance path A to cut the roll paper 4 into a predetermined length, and its drive is controlled via the cutter drive motor 13a.

Reference numeral 41 denotes an issuance detection unit 42 that detects and confirms whether or not a completed ticket with all necessary information written in it has been issued to the ticket issuance port 2 using a sensor located at the end of the third conveyance path C;
A sensor located at the end of the fourth conveyance path detects and confirms whether or not defective paper that has been determined to be unissueable due to some factor such as magnetic information abnormality is discharged to the defective paper discharge port 3. This is the discharge detection section.

Reference numeral 43 denotes a conveyance control unit, which detects each position of the ticket surface according to the processing process by a detection sensor group 44, and has a drive device group 45, in order to convey the ticket to a predetermined position and along a predetermined conveyance path.
and controls the driving of the transport path switching device group 46.

Reference numeral 47 denotes a keyboard as an input means for inputting information necessary for ticket issuance.

The ticket issuing operation with the above configuration is shown in Figures 1 and 2.
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in the figure.

Note that S below indicates a processing step.

First, when the operator inputs various ticket data associated with ticket issuance from the keyboard, such as destination, date and time, number of tickets, etc. (Sl), the information is sent to a central processing unit (not shown), and this central processing unit issues tickets based on this ticket data. Commands and various ticket face data to be written on the ticket are transmitted (S
2).

The transmitted ticket face data is stored in the memory section 34 via the main control section 33 and the communication control section 35 (S3).

Based on the ticket issuing command, the main control unit 33 rotates the pulse motor 12 to rotate the timing heald 11 and the driven pulley 10.
, and the conveyor belts 6 and 7 through the guide rollers 8.9, and start feeding out the roll paper 4 (34).
.

The rolled paper 4 that has been fed out passes through the cutting section 13 and is transported on the first transport path A by the transport rollers 14 (S
5).

When the leading edge of the roll paper 4 is detected by the roll paper detection sensor 15 provided in the first conveyance path A (S6
), from that point on, the conveyance control unit 43 controls the pulse motor 1.
Counting of the second feed amount is started (S7).

When a predetermined count value is reached, that is, when the paper has been fed by a length sufficient to obtain the desired paper surface, the driving of the pulse motor 12 is stopped to stop conveyance of the roll paper 4 (S9).

After the conveyance is stopped, the cutter 13 is driven via the cutter drive motor 13a to cut the roll paper 4 into a predetermined length (
SIO).

After cutting is completed, the DC
The motor 20 is driven, and the timing belt 17 starts rotating the conveyance roller groups 16 of the second conveyance path B and the third conveyance path C via the driven pulley 20, and the cut paper is transferred to the second conveyance path B. (Sll).

The leading edge of the cut paper that has been transported in this way is
3 is detected (S12), the slit detection sensor 2 detects the slit of the timing slit 21 from the time of detection until the end of the cut sheet is detected by the same sensor 23.
2, the feed amount of the cut paper is counted (S13).

The timing slit 21 at this time is the conveyance roller group 1.
The power is transmitted through the DC motor 18 driving the timing belt 6 and the timing heald 17a, and the magnetic writing head 26 and the magnetic reading head 27 control the writing density of magnetic data, etc. by the timing belt 17 or the timing belt 17a. This is to minimize the error caused by Therefore, the amount of paper feed per timing slit 21 by the transport roller group 16 and the amount of paper feed per one timing slit 21 by the transport rollers 16a to 16c are set to be equal.

Then, based on the detection result of the slit detection sensor 22, the main control unit 33 determines whether the length of the cut sheet that has been conveyed satisfies the ticket surface area on which predetermined information can be written. A judgment is made (S14).

If the ticket surface area is filled, the card surface data previously stored in the memory section 34 in S3 is written into the magnetic writing section of the cut paper by driving the magnetic writing head 26 according to instructions from the magnetic writing section 38 ( S15).

The written data is read by the magnetic reading head 27 provided in front of the timing slit 21, and the correctness of the content is confirmed (S16).If any abnormality is detected in the written information, the cut The paper is determined to be defective, and the process proceeds to S19, where it is discarded. If no abnormality is detected, it is determined that the ticket can be issued, and when the ticket is sent to the printing section, the printing control section 36 drives the print head, platen 29, and ink ribbon cassette 31 to print on the printing area of the cut paper. Various ticket face data stored in the memory section 34 are printed (S17).

When the ticket is completed in this way, the third
The ticket is conveyed through the conveyance path C, issued to the ticket issuing port 2, and then issued to the third ticket issuing port.
When the sensor detects the end of the cut sheet near the end of the conveyance path C, it is confirmed that the cut sheet has been issued to the ticket issuing port 2 (31B).

In addition, if it is determined in S14 that the length of the cut sheet does not fill the ticket surface area, the cut sheet is sent to the printing section and a pattern for the discarded ticket is printed by the print head 18 (S1
9).

The conveyance path switching device group 45 switches the switching blade 30 in the direction of guiding it from the third conveyance path C to the fourth conveyance path (320).

As a result, the cut paper determined to be a waste ticket is sent to the fourth conveyance path by the switching blade 30, is discharged to the defective paper discharge port 3, and the defective paper is detected by a sensor near the end of the fourth conveyance path. When the end of the paper is detected, it is confirmed that the paper has been issued to the defective paper outlet 3 (S21).

When it is confirmed that the defective paper has been ejected, the main control unit 33 instructs to feed out the roll paper 4 in order to issue a ticket again, and the ticket issuing operation is performed in the same manner.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, a ticket is created by writing the face data on the writing area of the cut paper which is cut into a desired length by the cutting section after pulling out the end of the roll paper, and then transported by the transport means. A ticket issuing device that issues a ticket from a ticket issuing slot includes a memory unit that stores the ticket face data to be written on the cut paper, a detection unit that detects the length of the cut paper, and a detection unit that detects the length of the detected ticket face based on the ticket face data. and determining means for determining whether the cut sheet has a predetermined length that is sufficient for writing, and the length of the cut sheet detected by the detection unit has reached the predetermined length by the determining means. When it is determined that there is no defective paper, it is ejected to the defective paper outlet and a new ticket is automatically reissued.

For this reason, if the paper cut from the roll paper has a sufficient area for writing information, it will be issued from the ticket issuing slot after writing the face information, and if the paper is not long enough, it will be issued from the ticket issuing slot. is ejected to the defective paper ejection port.

When it is confirmed that the roll paper has been ejected, an instruction is given to feed out the roll paper again, and the ejected tickets are automatically reissued.

Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the issue of defective tickets in which the ticket data is not sufficiently written, and it is possible to provide a reliable device.

In addition, even if paper is determined to be defective and is ejected to the defective paper ejection port, the face data that was supposed to be written on the defective paper is stored in the memory, so even if defective paper is detected, it will be reused again. There is no need to enter data, and data only needs to be entered once, which improves operability for operators, reduces waiting time by eliminating the need for re-entering data, and improves customer service by preventing the issuance of defective tickets. be able to.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an internal schematic diagram of the ticket issuing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the ticket issuing device, and FIG. 3 is an operational flowchart of this embodiment. 1...Ticket issuing device 2...Ticket issuing port 3...
- Defective paper discharge port 4... Roll paper 12... Pulse motor 13... Cut section 15... Cut paper detection sensor 16... Conveyance roller group 1 21... Timing slit 22... Slint Detection sensors 23 to 25...Sensor 26...Magnetic writing head 27...Magnetic reading head 28...Print head 8...DC motor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A feeding device that feeds out the end of the roll paper, a cutting unit that cuts the roll paper to a desired length, and a writing device that writes the card face data in the writing area of the cut paper that has been cut from the roll paper. a memory unit for storing the face data; a detection unit for detecting the length of the cut paper; and a determining means for determining whether or not the cut paper has a predetermined length, and when the length of the cut paper is determined by the determining means to be less than a predetermined length, the cut paper is ejected to a defective paper discharge port. A ticket issuing device characterized in that it automatically reissues a new ticket.