JPH08143192A - Roll-form medium handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a roll-form medium handling device capable of detecting a feed in a reverse state when a roll-form medium is pulled out even when the roll-form medium is contained in a wrong direction. CONSTITUTION: A receipt handling device 1 is provided with receipt containing parts 29a and 29b to contain roll-form receipts 28a and 28b and an actuator 41 and a microswitch 43 are arranged at the containing part. The actuator 41 is attached rotatably around a fulcrum 42 serving as a rotation fulcrum and the portion, ranging from the fulcrum 42 to a tip 41a, of the actuator 41 is bent along the outer shape of the receipt. Receipts 28 unrolled from rollers 30a and 30b are unrolled in such a state to make contact with a tip 41a. When the receipt is fed in a reverse state, the microswitch 43 is depressed by the actuator 41 and the change of the state of the actuator 41 is detected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a roll media handling device for handling roll media.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an apparatus for handling a roll-shaped medium, a roll-shaped medium stored at a predetermined position in the apparatus is pulled out by a feeding member and is fed to the front side for printing or the like.

[0003]

In the conventional apparatus, particularly when the roll-shaped medium is a heat-sensitive roll paper, when the roll-shaped medium is stored at a predetermined position, the medium may be stored in the wrong direction and the back side may be fed. If it is fed out, the coloring surface of the roll-shaped medium cannot come into contact with the print head in the apparatus. Therefore, although the printing operation is performed, there is a problem that the medium is not printed.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the present invention, the front side is positioned in the medium path of the back side feeding connecting the feeding position of the roll-shaped medium and the medium inlet of the feeding member. The roll-shaped medium handling device is provided with an actuator that comes into contact with the medium surface of the roll-shaped medium that is fed and a sensor that detects a change in the state of the actuator.

[0005]

After the roll medium is stored in the roll medium handling device so as to be fed in the back side feeding direction, the roll medium is fed out and guided to the medium inlet of the feeding member. Contact the tip of the actuator. When the roll-shaped medium is pulled out by the feeding member in this state, the state of the actuator changes due to the roll-shaped medium, and the sensor detects this.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a receipt handling device used in a financial institution such as a bank will be described as an example of the roll medium handling device. Note that elements common to the drawings are given the same reference numerals.

First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a receipt handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The receipt handling device 1 includes a card processing section 1a.
And a receipt handling unit 1b. Card processing unit 1
A has a card insertion / ejection port 23, a card transport path 24, and passage sensors 3a, 3b, and 3c provided in the card transport path 24 for detecting the passage of the card 1c. Card reader 2 along the insertion direction
5 and the emboss reader 26 are provided, and the card transport path 2
A card take-in section 27 is provided at the end of 4. The card reader 25 reads the magnetic stripe of the card 1c with the magnetic head 40, and the emboss reader 26 reads the card 1c.
Optically read the emboss formed on the surface c. After the reading result of the emboss reader 26 is recognized by a recognition circuit (not shown) or the like, the recognition result is sent to a journal printer unit (not shown) via a control unit (not shown). The card loading unit 27 is a card 1c that the customer forgets to take after the transaction is completed.
Capture and house.

The receipt handling section 1b includes a receipt transport path 3
4, 37, and passage sensors 4a to 4d and 5a to 5d provided on the receipt conveying paths 34 and 37 for detecting passage of the receipts 28 (28a, 28b). , Receipt storage 29 (29
a, 29b) and a pair of rollers 30 (3
0a, 30b) are provided, and a cutter knife 33 and a receipt printer unit 21 are provided along the receipt transport direction of the receipt transport path 34. Receipt transport path 34
The receipt 28 is provided at the connection position between the receipt conveying path 37 and
A blade 35 is provided for switching the transport direction of. At the end of the receipt transport path 37, a receipt loading section 36 is provided.

As shown in the figure, the receipt storage unit 29 has a recess at the bottom center, and stores the roll-shaped receipt 28 in the recess 29c. Further, the recess 29c is provided with an arrow E when the receipt handling unit 1b is attached to the receipt handling apparatus 1.
The receipt 28 is prevented from popping out of the storage section 29 due to an impact force generated by pushing the receipt handling section 1b in the direction. The receipt storage unit 29a stores auxiliary receipts 28a, and when all the receipts 28a in the receipt storage unit 29a have been fed out and run out, the roller 3
0b is driven and the receipt 28b for replenishment is fed out, and the down of the apparatus 1 due to the receipt exhaustion is reduced. Further, the storage unit 29 is provided with an actuator 41 and a micro switch 43, which will be described later in detail.
The cutter knife 33 cuts the receipt 28 for each transaction. Note that the receipt 28 is a heat-sensitive roll paper, and the outside thereof has a coloring surface 28c that is heated to generate a color.

The receipt printer unit 21 has a thermal head 31 and a platen 32 arranged so as to face the thermal head 31, and the thermal head 31 prints transaction data on the color development surface 28c side of the receipt 28. . The blade 35 is switched in the direction of arrow A when the customer forgets to take the receipt 28 that has been conveyed to the insertion / ejection port 23, or when printing of an error code or the like is recognized due to a failure, whereby the receipt 28 is received. Transport path 33
From the receipt transport path 37 to the receipt loading section 36.
Is stored in.

Here, in addition to FIGS. 2 and 3, the actuator 41 and the micro switch 4 provided in the storage section 29 are provided.
The mounting state of No. 3 will be described. 2A and 2B are schematic configuration diagrams showing the receipt storage portion of the first embodiment, where FIG. 2A shows a case where the receipt is fed on the front side, and FIG. 2B shows a case where the receipt is fed on the back side. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the receipt feeding position and the receipt entrance according to the embodiment, and the dotted lines Ca, Cb, Cc shown in the drawing are the feeding positions 28d.
And a receipt entrance 30c, and dotted lines Ca and C
The path surrounded by b indicates the medium path of the receipt fed on the front side, and the path surrounded by the dotted lines Cb and Cc indicates the media path of the receipt fed on the back side.

In both figures, the actuator 41 is attached to the receipt handling section 1b so as to be rotatable in the directions of arrows A and B with a fulcrum 42 as a pivot. From the fulcrum 42 side of the actuator 42 to the tip 41a, the receipt 28
Bends along the outline of. In addition, the actuator 4
The leading end 41a of No. 1 is located at a position projecting from the dotted line Ca. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2A, the receipt 28 pulled out in the arrow D direction by the roller 30 is
It comes out from the delivery position 28d while contacting the tip 41a. A micro switch 43 is provided on the rear end side of the actuator 41. When the actuator 41 is in the state shown in FIG. 3A, the switch is pressed down, and when the actuator 41 is in the state shown in FIG. The push is released.

The detection signal of the micro switch 43 is connected to a control unit (not shown). When the micro switch 43 changes to the state shown in FIG. 3B, the control unit detects this and the receipt 28 is supplied to the back side. It is prevented that the receipt 28 is sent to the receipt printer unit 21 while being fed from the back side by determining that the receipt 28 is being sent and turning on a display lamp (not shown) or prompting a staff member with voice guidance. . The width of the actuator 41 may be narrow or thick as long as it can rotate when the receipt 28 is fed on the back side.
Further, the width of the receipt 28 may be made equal to the axial length of the receipt 28 to cover the receipt 28. Thereby, even when the impact force generated when the receipt handling unit 1b is attached to the receipt handling apparatus 1 is large, the stored receipt 28 is prevented from jumping out from the storage unit 29 together with the recess 29c formed in the storage unit 29. can do.

Next, the feeding operation of the receipt 28 and the operation of the receipt handling device 1 of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The operation of delivering the receipt 28b is the same as the operation of delivering the receipt 28a, and therefore description thereof will be omitted.

When the tip of the receipt 28a is inserted into the roller 30a after the receipt 28a is stored in the storage portion 29a, the roller 30a is driven by the driving means (not shown) to feed the receipt 28a, and the transaction 28 is in a waiting state.
At this time, when the receipt 28a is fed from the back side, the extended portion of the receipt 28a causes the actuator 41 to rotate in the direction of arrow A, as shown in FIG. 2B. The rotation of the actuator 41 causes the device 1 to turn on a display lamp or prompt an attendant with voice guidance to notify the operator of an erroneous operation.

After this, the customer inserts the card 1c into the discharge port 2
When inserted from 3, the card 1c is conveyed through the card conveying path 24, the data of the magnetic stripe of the card 1c is read by the card reader 25, and the emboss of the card 1c is read and recognized by the emboss reader 26. When the customer guides the device to input desired transaction information from an operation unit (not shown), the device 1 communicates with a higher-level device (not shown), and the higher-level device supports the transaction processing corresponding to the information input by the customer together with operation processing support. It is transmitted to the control unit of the automatic transaction device (not shown). As a result, the automatic transaction device performs a deposit transaction, a withdrawal transaction, and the like according to the transmitted content. In accordance with this processing operation, the thermal head 31 of the receipt printer unit 21
Prints the transaction details on the receipt 28a. Further, the receipt 28a is cut by the cutter knife 33 into a single-cut form, and when the printing of the transaction contents is completed, the receipt 28a is conveyed to the receipt conveying path 34 and discharged from the insertion discharge port 23.

The content of the magnetic stripe of the card 1c is updated, and the card 1c is transported to the card transport path 24 and returned from the insertion / ejection port 23 to the customer at the same time as the receipt 28a in the form of a single slip. Here, the customer receives the card 1c and the receipt 2
If the user forgets to remove 8a, the card 1c is taken into the card taking-in section 27, and the blade 35 of the single-cut receipt 28a is switched and taken into the receipt taking-in section 36.

In the first embodiment, the microswitch 43 is used to detect the state change of the actuator 41. However, if the state change of the actuator 41 can be detected, it is not limited to the microswitch 43 and, for example, an optical sensor is used. It may be a sensor or another sensor.

Further, the actuator 41 has been described as being stationary at a position as shown in FIG. 2A due to its own weight. However, when the actuator 41 swings due to vibration or friction with the receipt 28, the actuator 41 is biased by a biasing means or the like. It is also possible to provide.

In the first embodiment, since the backside feeding of the receipt 28 can be detected by the actuator 41 and the micro switch 43, even a plain receipt is stored in the storing section 29 without knowing the storing direction, and the backside is stored. There is no erroneous operation that the sheet is sent to the receipt printer unit 21.

Second Embodiment In the second embodiment, the actuator is directly attached to the microswitch and the backside feeding of the receipt is detected by the change in the state of the actuator. This will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a receipt storage portion of the receipt handling apparatus of the second embodiment.

An actuator 430a is rotatably attached to the micro switch 430 with a fulcrum 431 as a fulcrum. Tip 4 of actuator 430a
30b is positioned between the above-mentioned dotted lines Cb and Cc. Therefore, the receipt 28 fed on the front side is the roller 3
When it is pulled out by 0, the receipt 28 fed on the back side does not come into contact with the leading end 430b but comes into contact with the leading end 430b to rotate the actuator 430a in the arrow A direction. The micro switch 43 is pressed by the rotation of the actuator 430a in the direction of the arrow A, the detection signal is sent to a control unit (not shown), and the control unit detects this and confirms that the receipt 28 is fed on the back side. By making a determination and turning on a display lamp (not shown) or prompting the attendant with voice guidance as in the first embodiment, it is possible to prevent the receipt 28 from being sent to the receipt printer unit 21 while being fed from the back side. Other structures are the same as in the first embodiment.

Incidentally, the micro switch 43 of the second embodiment.
0 is pressed down when the receipt 28 is fed on the back side, but like the first embodiment, the receipt 28 is pressed.
The pressing of the micro switch 43 may be released when the sheet is fed from the back side.

Next, the receipt feeding operation of the second embodiment will be described. In addition, the payout operation of the receipt 28b is performed by the receipt 28
The operation of the receipt handling apparatus 1 is the same as that of the feeding operation a, and the description thereof is omitted because it is the same as that of the first embodiment.

When the tip of the receipt 28a is inserted into the roller 30a after the receipt 28a is stored in the receipt storage portion 29a, the roller 30a is driven by a driving means (not shown) to feed the receipt 28a and wait for a transaction. . At this time, if the receipt 28a is fed from the back side, the unwound portion of the receipt 28a comes into contact with the actuator 430a and the actuator 430a causes the arrow A to move.
Rotate in the direction. As a result, the device 1 lights up the display lamp or prompts the staff with voice guidance to notify the operator of the erroneous operation.

In the second embodiment, the micro switch 430 is used.
The actuator 430a is directly attached to the rear side of the receipt 28 and the front end 430b of the actuator 430a is positioned in the medium path of the receipt 28 to be fed by the back side. You can

The actuator 430a of the second embodiment is
It may be formed in a rod shape or a plate shape. Further, the fulcrum 431 of the actuator 430a does not have to be limited to the position shown in FIG. 4 as long as the receipt of the back side feeding can be detected.

In this embodiment, the coloring surface 28 of the receipt 28 is
c is provided on the outside, the receipt 28 is indicated by the arrow B.
The case where the receipt 28 is fed in the direction is defined as the front-side feeding, and the case where the receipt 28 is extended in the direction of the arrow F is defined as the back-side feeding. In this case, the case of feeding in the direction of arrow B may be regarded as the back side feeding, and this back side feeding may be detected, or the front side feeding feeding in the direction of arrow F opposite to this back side feeding may be detected. May be.

The actuator and the microswitch of the present embodiment can be applied not only to the receipt handling device 1 but also to various devices using a roll-shaped medium. Further, the roll-shaped medium is not limited to the thermal paper.

[0031]

As described in detail above, the present invention provides
The tip of the actuator is positioned in the medium path of the backside feeding that connects the feeding position of the roll-shaped medium and the medium inlet of the feeding member, and the outer surface of the roll-shaped medium fed on the backside is brought into contact with the tip of this actuator. Since the state of the actuator is changed by the pulling-out operation of the feeding member and this state change is detected by the sensor, it is possible to prevent the roll-shaped medium from being drawn by the back side feeding by mistake in the storing direction.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a receipt handling device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a receipt storage portion of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a receipt delivery position and a receipt entrance according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a receipt storage portion of a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 receipt handling device 28a, 28b receipt 28d feeding position 30a, 30b roller 30c receipt inlet 41, 430a actuator 41a, 430b tip 43, 430 micro switch

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A roll-shaped medium handling device for pulling out a stored roll-shaped medium by a feeding member and feeding it from the front side. A backside feeding medium path having a leading end connecting a feeding position of the roll-shaped medium and a medium inlet of the feeding member. An apparatus for handling a roll-shaped medium, comprising: an actuator positioned inside of the roll-shaped medium and brought into contact with a medium surface of a roll-shaped medium; and a sensor for detecting a state change of the actuator. 2. A roll-shaped medium handling device for pulling out a stored roll-shaped medium by a feeding member and feeding it to the front side. A front-side feeding medium path having a leading end connecting a feeding position of the roll-shaped medium and a medium inlet of the feeding member. A roll-shaped medium which is provided with an actuator formed along the roll-shaped medium, which is positioned outside and comes into contact with the medium surface of the rolled-out medium, and a sensor which detects a change in the state of the actuator. Handling equipment.