JPH08174932A - Medium handling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a superior medium handling device capable of preventing a medium from remaining and from running out in the way of printing. CONSTITUTION: A medium detection sensor 17 that detects the presence or absence of a detail form 5 which is used in the double transactions is provided at a position upstream side of a cutter knife 23 in a medium-conveying direction by a length between a top end section and a bottom end section of the detail form 5. A counter circuit that counts a value corresponding to a conveyed distance of the detail form 5 from the detection of absence of the detail form 5 to the stopping thereof, is provided. A control section 28 that calculates a length of the detail form 5 from the position of the cutter knife 23 to the bottom end section based on the counted result by the counter circuit and judges in accordance with the result whether or not the detail form 5 remaining at a position upstream side of the cutter knife 23 in the medium-conveying direction on a conveying passage 8 is issued, is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medium handling device that cuts a continuous medium into a predetermined length and prints the medium to issue the medium, and particularly to a medium handling device for a customer in an automatic transaction device used in a bank or the like. That is, the present invention relates to a medium handling device that issues a statement slip.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic transaction device used in a bank or the like has a built-in medium handling device. With this medium handling device, the contents of a transaction made by a customer are printed on a statement sheet which is a medium. And then issue it to the customer.

By adopting the heat-sensitive recording method as the printing method of the statement sheet shifts from the impact head to the thermal head, it remains blank before printing and is stored in the medium storage portion in a continuous state. Has been done. Then, when a transaction is made, it is conveyed so as to be pulled out from the medium storage unit, cut by a cutting means to a predetermined length issued in one transaction, and thereafter, the transaction content along with a ruled line, a bank name, a logo mark, etc. The print data is printed by the printing means. Then, when printing is completed, it is conveyed to the discharge port, discharged from the apparatus, and issued to the customer.

On the other hand, the statement slips that were not issued to the customer are
It is taken in by the medium taking-in section provided in the medium handling apparatus.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional medium handling apparatus, the statement sheet is a blank sheet when it is a continuous sheet, and the minimum length required for issuing the statement sheet is guaranteed by the marker. There was no ku. Therefore, even if the presence or absence of the statement slip can be detected by the medium detection sensor, when the statement slip becomes low, it is possible to detect how long the cutting means is to the rear end of the statement slip. It was impossible.

Therefore, even if the statement slips of a length necessary for a predetermined number of transactions are continuous in the state where the statement slips are stored in the medium storage unit, the statement slips are for some reason thereafter. If the operator cuts off the appropriate length, the statement sheet used for final issuance will be insufficient, and the statement sheet will be exhausted while printing the print data by the printing means. I was afraid.

[0007] When the previous transaction is completed and the statement slip used for the next transaction is cut, the length of the statement slip that is located upstream of the cut statement slip in the medium conveying direction and used for final issuance However, if the length of the statement slip is shorter than the predetermined length due to the above reasons or the like, if the length of the statement slip is shorter than the arrangement interval of the feeder roller pair which is provided in the conveying path and conveys the statement slip, the feeder. There is a risk that the pair of sheets will not be able to convey the statement slip and will remain on the conveying path. In order to remove the remaining detailed bills, the apparatus had to be stopped temporarily, and there was a problem that a great amount of time was spent.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a feeder roller provided with a plurality of continuous media stored in a medium storage section and fed to the medium transfer path. The medium is conveyed by a pair, and the medium is cut to a predetermined length by the cutting means while the conveyance is stopped at every predetermined distance, and the predetermined data is printed by the printing means and issued to the customer. In the medium handling device that takes in the medium that has not been issued to the customer to the medium take-in unit, the medium is provided in a conveyance path that is separated from the cutting means by a predetermined amount in the medium conveyance direction and more than the length of the medium issued in one transaction. A medium detection sensor that detects the presence or absence of a medium, a counting unit that counts the transport distance of the medium from when the trailing end of the continuous medium passes the medium detection sensor to when the continuous medium stops, and the counting result Calculate media length , In accordance with the calculated result, is provided with a control unit for determining whether to issue a medium remaining in the medium conveyance direction upstream from the printing means a medium transport path.

[0009]

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, when the medium detecting sensor detects "no medium", the counting means including the counter circuit counts the transport distance of the medium until the continuous medium stops. Then, the length of the continuous medium is calculated from the counting result, the distance between the cutting means and the medium detection sensor,
Based on the calculation result, it is determined whether or not to issue the medium remaining on the medium conveyance path and upstream of the printing unit in the medium conveyance direction.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that elements common to the drawings are given the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the structure of a card processing / detailed form handling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that in the present embodiment, a detailed form will be described as the medium to be issued, and a detailed form handling device will be described as the medium handling device.

In FIG. 1, a card processing / detailed slip handling device 1 built into an automatic transaction device (not shown) is a card.
The processing unit 2 and the statement handling device 4 are included. In addition, in the front part of the card processing and statement handling device 1,
An insert / eject port 40 is provided, from which a customer inserts a cash card used in an automatic transaction device, and a cash card and a statement slip are processed / carded.
It is discharged to the outside of the statement handling device 1. The inserted cache card is detected by the medium detection sensor 7.

In the rear of the cash card transport path 29 provided in the card processing device 2, if a customer forgets to take out the discharged cash card, the card that takes in the cash card and accommodates it. A terminal 3 is provided.

At the rear of the statement slip issuing device 4, there are a medium storage section 6a and a medium storage section 6b in which the statement sheet 5 as a blank continuous medium is stored in the form of a roll. In addition, an insertion / exhaust port 40 through which the statement slip 5 is discharged to the outside of the card processing and statement handling device 1 is provided in the front portion. The medium transport port 8a near the medium storage unit 6 to the insertion / ejection port 40 are connected by a transport path 8 through which the statement slip 5 is transported.

Then, along the conveying path 8, the statement 5
A plurality of feeder rollers 9a, 9b, 9c,
9d, 9e, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12
a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 13a, 13b are provided, and a pair of feeder rollers 10a, 10b, 11 are provided.
The interval between adjacent feeder rollers of a, 11b, 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d is one transaction of statement slip 5 (one transaction is cut to the length at which statement slip 5 is issued. The length is equal to or less than the length from the front end portion to the rear end portion).

Along the transport path 8, the medium detection sensors 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1 for detecting the statement slip 5 are also provided.
9, 20, and 21 are provided. Medium detection sensor 1
Reference numerals 4 and 15 detect the insertion of the statement slip 5 into the transport path 8, and the medium detection sensor 17 detects the presence or absence of the statement slip 5, which will be described later based on the detection result of the medium detection sensor 17. The counter circuit 31 as a counting means starts counting. Further, the medium detection sensor 19 detects the ejection of the statement slip 5. Then, the other medium detection sensors 16 and 1
8, 20, and 21 monitor the conveyance of the statement slip 5, and when an abnormality is detected, a signal is transmitted to the control unit 28 described later.

Further along the conveying path 8 between the feeder roller pair 9e and the feeder roller pair 10a, a predetermined amount (downstream from the medium detecting sensor 17 in the medium conveying direction for two transactions).
A cutter knife 23, which is a cutting means for cutting the statement slip 5, is provided at a distant position, and the length from the print position of the first line of the statement slip 5 to the rear end is equal to or more than the length of the cutter knife 23. A server which is a printing means for printing predetermined data, that is, transaction data, on the statement sheet 5 at positions separated in the direction.
A round head 24 and a platen 26 facing the thermal head 24 are provided. Further, between the thermal head 24 and the feeder roller pair 11a, a blade 25 for switching the transport path of the statement sheet 5 is provided.

The thermal head 24 is separated from the platen 26 by energizing a plunger magnet (not shown), and is pressed against the platen 26 when the energization is stopped. Further, the blade 25 is rotated by energizing the plunger magnet (not shown), and when the energization of the plunger magnet is turned off, the blade 25 returns to the position indicated by the solid line by the spring (not shown).

At the bottom of the medium storage unit 6, there is provided a medium take-in box 27 for accommodating the bills 5 and the like forgotten by the customer. It is switched to the pair of feeder rollers 12a, 12b, 12
The statement slip 5 is taken into the medium take-in box 27 by c and 12d.

The card processing / detailed slip handling device 1
Are controlled by the control unit 28. Next, the above card treatment
The structure of the control system that controls the statement handling device 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of one embodiment.

In FIG. 2, a control circuit 28 is connected to a detection circuit 30, a counter circuit 31, a memory 32, a transport system drive unit 33, and a card processing device 2.

The detection circuit 30 includes the medium detection sensors 14, 1
The light emitting elements of 5, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 20 and 21 are caused to emit light. Then, the detection result of each medium detection sensor is determined by the detection circuit 30 and transmitted to the control unit 28. The counter circuit 31 starts counting when the rear end of the statement slip 5 passes through the medium detection sensor 17 and the medium detection sensor 17 detects “no statement slip” and counts until the conveyance of the statement slip 5 is stopped. Continue. The memory 32 stores the counting result counted by the counter circuit 31. Then, from the counting result, the statement sheet 5 from the cutter knife 23 to the rear end portion
The control unit 28 counts the length and the processing of the statement sheet 5 on the transport path 8 and upstream of the cutter knife 23 in the medium transport direction is determined from the count result. Further, the transport system drive unit 33 includes a pair of feeder rollers 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d,
9e, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b, 12a, 12
b, 12c, 12d, 13a and 13b are connected to drive and stop the respective feeder rollers.

Next, the operation of issuing the statement slip of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described. Before performing the issuing operation, the statement slip 5 is set in the statement slip handling device 4. The set of statement slip 5 is
First, the statement sheet 5 whose operator is continuous paper is stored in the medium storage portions 6a and 6b. The medium storage section 6a
When the detailed slips 5 stored in the
The replenishment statement sheet 5 stored in the medium storage portion 6b is to be used by driving a and 13b.

When the tip of the statement slip 5 in which the operator is stored in the medium storage portion 6a is inserted into the medium transport port 8a of the transport path 8, the medium detection sensor 10 and the medium detection sensor 15 are inserted.
Detects statement slip 5. As a result, the feeder system 9 rotates the feeder rollers 9a, 9b, 9c and 9d, and the statement slip 5 stored in the medium housing portion 6a is fed to the feeder rollers 9a and 9b. 9c, 9d conveys in the direction of the insertion / ejection port 40. When it is conveyed to the position just before the cutter knife 23, the pair of conveyance rollers 9a, 9b, 9c,
The rotation of 9d is stopped. This completes the setting of the statement sheet 5. When the statement sheet 5 stored in the medium storage portion 6b is inserted into the medium transport port 8a of the transport path 8,
It is conveyed from the pair of feeder / rollers 13a to a little downstream in the medium conveying direction and stopped there.

When the statement card 5 is set, the customer inserts the cash card from the insertion / ejection port 40, and the medium detection sensor 7 detects the cash card, the transport system drive unit 33 causes the feeder roller to be fed. Pair 9a, 9b, 9
c, 9d, 10a, and 10b rotate, and the statement slip 5 is transported along the transport path 8. Predetermined amount (usually a cutter knife 2
3 to the length of one statement slip 5 issued in one transaction, that is, the length from the front end to the rear end of the statement slip issued in one transaction) When the statement slip 5 is conveyed, Transport system drive unit 3
3, the feeder roller pairs 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 1
The rotation of 0a and 10b is stopped, and the transportation of the statement slip 5 is stopped. Then, the cutter knife 23 is driven and the statement sheet 5 is cut. At this point, the length of statement 5 is
The length of one statement slip issued in one transaction, that is, one transaction.

By energizing a plunger magnet (not shown), a gap is created between the platen 26 and the thermal head 24. Then, by the transport system drive unit 33,
In the statement sheet 5 cut by rotating the pair of drawers 10a and 10b, the printing position of the first line of the statement sheet 5 is the thermal head 24.
Is conveyed to a position corresponding to the print position of. The conveyance system drive unit 33 stops the rotation of the feeder rollers 10a and 10b, and stops the conveyance of the statement slip 5. Then, the power supply to the plunger magnet (not shown) is stopped, and the thermal head 24 is pressed against the platen 26.

The transport system drive unit 33 causes the rollers 10a,
While the 10b rotates and the statement sheet 5 is conveyed, predetermined transaction data is printed by the thermal head 24. When printing is completed, the transport system drive unit 33 causes the roller 10 to move.
a, 10b, 11a, 11b rotate to insert / eject port 4
The statement sheet 5 is conveyed and discharged to 0.

When the above-mentioned operation is repeated, the bills 5 stored in the medium storage portion 6a are reduced. Then, when the rear end of the statement slip 5 passes through the medium detection sensor 17 and the medium detection sensor 17 detects “no statement slip”, the counter circuit 31 starts counting and the statement slip 5 is stopped for cutting. Continue counting until done. Even if the medium detection sensor 17 detects “no statement slip”, the statement slip 5 stops after being conveyed by one transaction, so at this point, the medium detection sensor 17 detects “no statement slip”. However, this does not affect the processing of the statement slip 5 issued in the transaction.

When one transaction is transported and stopped, the statement 5
Is cut by a cutter knife 23. The above-mentioned processing from printing to issuance is performed on the cut statement sheet 5. On the other hand, the control unit 28 determines, based on the counting result of the counter circuit 31 and the distance between the cut knife 23 and the medium detection sensor 17,
The length from the cutting means to the rear end of the statement slip 5 remaining on the transport path 8 and upstream of the cutter knife 23 in the medium transport direction is calculated.

According to the above calculation result, for example, the length of the statement slip 5 from the cutting means to the rear end is one transaction (the length from the front end to the rear end of the statement slip 5 issued in one transaction is 101).
If it is 101 mm or more and less than 102 mm, it is used in the next transaction, and in the subsequent transaction, the replenishment statement sheet 5 stored in the medium storage section 6b is fed out and used.

Next, the statement sheet 5 from the cutting means to the rear end portion
If the length is 102 mm or more and less than 140 mm, if one transaction is cut, the remaining bills 5 are too short to be transported. Therefore, 102 mm or more and 140 mm
The statement sheets 5 below are not used for the next transaction, but are conveyed to the medium receiving box 27 and taken in. Further, if the length of the statement sheet 5 from the cutting means to the rear end is 140 mm or more and less than 170 mm, it takes a long time to take it into the medium take-in box 27 as it is. After being cut to a length, it is transported to the medium intake box 27 and taken in.

Further, the statement sheet 5 from the cutting means to the rear end portion
If the length is 170 mm or more and less than 202 mm, one transaction is conveyed from the cutter knife 23, the conveyance is stopped, the statement sheet 5 is cut and printed. And
The remaining statement sheets 5 are sequentially conveyed to the medium receiving box 27 and taken in.

In the above embodiment, the medium detecting sensor 1
7 detects "no statement slip", calculates the length of the statement slip 5 from the cutter knife 23 to the rear end at the time when the conveyance of the statement slip 5 is stopped next, and according to the calculation result. Then, it is decided whether or not to issue the statement sheet 5 remaining upstream of the cutter knife 23 in the medium conveying direction, and therefore the statement sheet 5 to be printed has a length of one predetermined transaction. Therefore, the statement 5 will not be lost during printing, and the statement 5 will not be too long to be conveyed.

Further, the length of the statement sheet 5 from the cutter knife 23 to the rear end is calculated, and the processing for the statement sheet 5 remaining upstream of the cutter knife 23 in the medium transport direction is changed according to the calculation result. As a result, the statement 5 is prevented from being lost during printing on the statement 5, and the statement 5 is issued in addition to preventing the statement 5 from being too short to be transported. Although it is decided not to do so, it is possible to prevent that it is too long to be taken into the taking-in unit 27, and it is possible to carry out a more favorable statement slip process.

In the present embodiment, the distance from the cutter knife 23 to the medium detecting sensor 17 is two transactions, but it is not necessarily two transactions and may be one transaction or more.

In the case of such a configuration, the thermal head 24 is located on the conveying path 8 at the time when the statement slip 5 is next stopped after the medium detection sensor 17 detects "no statement slip". Calculate the length of the statement sheet 5 from to the rear end,
By determining whether or not to issue the statement sheet 5 remaining upstream of the thermal head 24 in the medium conveying direction according to the calculation result, the minimum length required for conveying the statement sheet 5 is guaranteed. Therefore, the length of the statement sheet 5 is too short and the statement sheet 5 cannot be transported. Therefore, even if the statement sheet 5 cannot be used for issuance, it can be taken in the medium receiving box 27, and the statement sheet 5
Does not remain in the transport path 8. In addition,
The statement sheet 5 printed by the round head 24 always has the length necessary for one transaction.
The statement 5 will not be lost during printing on the.

[0037]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the presence or absence of a medium is provided in a transport path which is separated from the cutting means by a length equal to or more than the length of the medium issued in one transaction and upstream in the medium transport direction. The medium detection sensor for detecting, the counting means for counting the transport distance of the medium after the trailing end of the continuous medium passes through the medium detection sensor until the continuous medium stops, and the counting result of the counting means By providing the control unit that calculates the length and determines whether or not to issue the medium remaining on the medium transport path on the medium transport path and upstream of the printing unit in the medium transport direction, the printing unit The medium on which printing is performed is
Since all of them have the length of the medium required for one transaction, the medium does not run out during printing on the medium. Further, since the minimum required length for transporting the medium can be guaranteed, the medium cannot be transported and remains in the apparatus, and the medium that is not issued can be captured in the medium capturing unit. it can.

As a result, good medium processing can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of a card processing / detailed slip handling device of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control system of one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card processing and statement handling device. 2 Card processing device 4 Specification sheet handling device 5 Specification sheet 8 Conveying path 17 Medium detection sensor 24 Thermal head 27 Medium intake box 28 Control section

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A continuous medium housed in a medium housing section is fed to a medium carrying path, and the medium carrying path is carried by a plurality of feeder rollers provided in the medium carrying path, and each time a predetermined distance is carried. While stopping the conveyance, the cutting means cuts it to a predetermined length and the printing means prints predetermined data to issue it to the customer, while the medium not issued to the customer is taken into the medium take-in section. In the medium handling device, a medium detection sensor that is provided in a conveyance path separated by a predetermined amount upstream of the medium length in the medium conveyance direction from the cutting means and detects the presence or absence of the medium, and after the continuous medium Counting means for counting the transport distance of the medium from the end passing the medium detection sensor until the continuous medium stops, and the length of the continuous medium is calculated from the counting result of the counting means, and according to the calculation result , On the media transport path A medium handling apparatus, comprising: a control unit that determines whether to issue a medium that remains upstream of the printing unit in the medium conveying direction. 2. A continuous medium stored in a medium storage section is fed to a medium transport path, and the medium transport path is transported by a plurality of feeder rollers provided in the medium transport path, each time a predetermined distance is transported. While stopping the conveyance, the cutting means cuts it to a predetermined length and the printing means prints predetermined data to issue it to the customer, while the medium not issued to the customer is taken into the medium take-in section. In the medium handling device, a medium detection sensor for detecting the presence / absence of a medium, which is provided in the transport path upstream of the cutting means in the medium transport direction by the length from the leading end to the trailing end of the medium issued in two transactions. And counting means for counting the transport distance of the medium from the time when the trailing edge of the continuous medium passes the medium detection sensor until the continuous medium stops, and the length of the continuous medium is calculated from the counting result of the counting means. , Depending on the calculation result A medium handling apparatus, comprising: a control unit that determines whether or not to issue a medium that remains on the feed path and upstream of the cutting unit in the medium conveyance direction. 3. The medium handling apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the control unit changes the processing of the medium according to the counting result of the counting unit. 4. If the length of the medium when one transaction is subtracted from the length of the medium calculated by the counting result of the counting means is within a permissible range for a predetermined length, it is issued as one transaction. The medium handling device according to claim 2. 5. When the length of the medium when one transaction is subtracted from the length of the medium calculated by the counting result of the counting means is equal to or less than a predetermined length, the medium is taken into the medium take-in section without being cut. The medium handling device according to claim 2. 6. The length of the medium when one transaction is subtracted from the length of the medium calculated by the counting result of the counting means is a predetermined length or more, and when one transaction is subtracted, the surplus length is not conveyed. The medium handling device according to claim 2, wherein the medium handling device is cut into a half length if possible, and the pieces are sequentially loaded into the medium loading portion. 7. The length of the medium when one transaction is subtracted from the length of the medium calculated by the counting result of the counting means is a predetermined length or more, and even if one transaction is subtracted, the extra length is conveyed. The medium handling device according to claim 2, wherein the remaining medium is taken into the medium take-in unit after cutting one transaction if the length is possible.