JPH0883359A - Ticket feeder of ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a ticket feeding device for a ticket issuing machine, which can minimize the period for which the ticketing operation is stopped and which does not cause paper jam or paper breakage. [Structure] Auxiliary feeding roller 2 for feeding a spare ticket 1B
Switching means 9 for separating 6 from the second paper feeding path 25
0 is provided, and when a paper out of the common paper feeding path 23 is detected, the feeding feeding roller 7 and the auxiliary feeding roller 26 are driven to move the paper 1B from the second paper feeding path 25. After feeding the common paper feeding path 23 side, when the printing paper detection sensor 19 detects the paper sheet 1B, the switching means 90 is operated to disengage the auxiliary feeding roller 26 from the second paper feeding path 25. . As a result, even if the feeding speeds of the feeding roller 7 and the auxiliary feeding roller 26 are different from each other, a part of the paper sheet 1B will not be in an excessive state or an excessive tensile force will not act.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket feeding device for a ticket issuing machine which feeds a band-shaped ticket toward a printing position for printing a ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When issuing a ticket, a conventional ticket-issuing machine for issuing a ticket while printing necessary information on the ticket paper is configured as shown in FIG.

That is, in the conventional ticket issuing machine, one winding body 2 formed by winding a strip-shaped paper sheet 1 is supported by a support rod 3 which is erected in the lateral direction, and below the printing device 4. And holds the paper sheet 1 of the winding body 2 in a plurality of guide members 5a to 5a.
While being guided to the supply path 6 by d, the paper is fed along the supply path 6 by being sandwiched by the supply roller 7 and the supply pressing roller 8 and sent out. Then, the ticket 1 fed to the supply path 6 is inserted into the upper blade 9a.
After cutting into a ticket 1a of a predetermined length by a cutter device 9 composed of a lower blade 9b and a lower blade 9b, the printer head 10 of a printer 4 arranged downstream of the cutter device 9 in the paper feeding direction prints on the ticket 1a. The sheet is discharged to the outlet 12 by the rotation operation of the discharge feed roller 11.

Reference numeral 13 is a perforation roller for making perforations in the paper sheet 1, 14 is a pressing roller for pressing the paper sheet 1 toward the perforation roller 13 side, and 15 is a platen roller arranged facing the printer head 10. , 16a, 16b are ejecting guide members for guiding the printed ticket 1a to the outlet 12, and 17 is ejected for pressing the ticket 1a in cooperation with the ejecting feed roller 11 so as to eject the ticket 1a. A pressing roller, 19 is a pair of print side detection sensors for detecting the presence or absence of the paper sheet 1 immediately before the printing position, and 20 is a main frame to which these parts are attached.

However, since such a conventional paper feeding apparatus for a ticket issuing machine has a structure for holding only one winding body 2, when the paper sheet 1 of this winding body 2 runs out of paper. There is a problem that the ticket issuing operation is stopped, and when the ticket issuing machine is used as a ticket vending machine, the selling operation is stopped and the sales amount is reduced. Therefore, conventionally, in order to deal with this problem, the ticket paper 1 of the ticket mount 2 is
The clerk confirmed that the number of remaining tickets was low and replaced it with a new ticket housing 2, but in this case, there is a problem that the ticket housing 2 cannot be used to the end.

FIG. 12 shows a method for dealing with this problem.
A ticket feeding device for a ticket issuing machine having a structure as shown in FIG. That is, the first and second support rods 21 and 22 are erected in the lateral direction, and the first and second support rods 21 and 2 are
The two common winding papers 2 (2A, 2B) are supported by 2 and stored in respective predetermined places, and the paper sheets 1A, 1B of both the winding bodies 2A, 2B are selected and fed. A feeding path 23, a first paper feeding path 24 for feeding the paper sheet 1A of the winding body 2A, and a second paper feeding path for feeding the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B. 25 and. Further, the auxiliary feeding roller 26 and the auxiliary roller 27 are attached to the main frame 20 at a position facing the second paper feeding path 25, and the paper sheet of the winding body 2B is provided between the auxiliary feeding roller 26 and the auxiliary roller 27. Hold 1B in a sandwiched state. When the paper sheet 1A of the winding body 2A is used up, the auxiliary feed roller 26
Is rotated to feed the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B to the common paper sheet feeding path 23 side, and the feed roller 7 is also rotationally driven to be fed to the common paper sheet feeding path 23 side. The printed ticket paper 1B is further fed to the printing side, and the ticket issuing process is performed.

According to this structure, the paper sheet 1A of the winding body 2A
Even when the paper runs out, the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B continues to be used.
Can be sent to perform the ticket issuing process, the period for which the ticket issuing operation is stopped can be minimized, and the ticket can be used almost to the end. In this regard, it is confirmed by a staff member at the time of inspection etc. that the ticket 1A of the winding body 2A is lost and the ticket 1B of the winding body 2B is fed to perform the ticket issuing process in this way. In this case, the clerk manually moves the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B from the second paper sheet feeding path 25 to the first paper sheet feeding path 24, and at the same time, the second supporting rod 2
The wound body 2B supported by 2 is transferred to the first support rod 21 side. Then, the spare winding body 2B is set again on the second support rod 22, and the paper sheet 1 of the winding body 2B is set.
B is set in the second paper feeding path 25 to prepare for the next paper out.

[0008]

However, as shown in FIG.
According to the ticket feeder of the ticket issuing machine as shown in FIG.
When the paper sheet 1A of A is lost and the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is continuously fed to perform the ticket issuing process, the auxiliary feed roller 26 and the feed roller 7 for supply are rotationally driven to wind the paper. Since the paper sheet 1B of the body 2B is being fed, if the feed speeds of the auxiliary feeding roller 26 and the feeding roller 7 do not match, a part of the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is excessive. There is a possibility that paper jams or paper breakage may occur due to a state or excessive tensile force.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to minimize the period during which the ticketing operation is stopped and to use the ticket until the end, but at the same time jam the paper or break the paper. An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket feeding device for a ticket issuing machine that does not cause such problems.

[0010]

In order to solve the above problems, a ticket feeding device for a ticket issuing machine according to the present invention is provided with a first and second ticket holding means for storing and holding a ticket and a printing position. Common paper feeding path for selecting and feeding the paper sheets held by the first and second paper sheet holding means provided on the upstream side of the paper sheet feeding direction, and the common paper sheet feeding path Paper sheet main feeding means for feeding the paper sheet to the printing location side, printing side detection means for detecting the presence or absence of the paper sheet at the location where the paper sheet main feeding means is arranged, and a common paper sheet feeding path And a first paper sheet holding means, and a first paper sheet feeding path for feeding the paper sheet held by the first paper sheet holding means and a first paper sheet feeding means. A second supply-side holding means is provided between the first supply-side detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a paper sheet in the supply path, the common paper-sheet supply path and the second paper-sheet holding means side. A second paper sheet feeding path through which the paper sheet held by the means is fed; a second supply side detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of the paper sheet in the second paper sheet feeding path; Sheet feeding means for feeding the sheet held by the second sheet holding means to the common sheet feeding path side, and the sheet feeding auxiliary means. Switching means for separating the feeding drive portion of the feeding means from the second paper sheet feeding path;
When the paper supply side detecting means detects the paper shortage in the first paper sheet feeding path and the print side detecting means detects the paper shortage in the common paper sheet feeding path, the paper sheet main feeding means and the paper ticket auxiliary feeding means. The paper feeding means is driven to feed the paper money held by the second paper money holding means from the second paper money feeding path to the common paper feeding path side, and thereafter the paper money is printed. And a control means for controlling the switching drive means to operate so that the feeding drive section of the paper ticket auxiliary feeding means is disengaged from the second paper feeding path when it is detected by the detection means. is there.

[0011]

With the above structure, after the paper out of the first paper sheet feeding path is detected, the main paper sheet feeding means and the paper sheet auxiliary feeding means are driven and held by the second paper sheet holding means. While the printed paper sheet is fed from the second paper sheet feeding path to the common paper sheet feeding path side, after that, when the paper sheet is detected by the printing side detection means, the switching means is operated to activate the ticket. Since the feeding drive unit of the paper auxiliary feeding means is separated from the second paper feeding path, the paper is almost driven by only one of the paper auxiliary feeding means and the main paper feeding means. Will be sent and sent,
Even if there is a difference in the feed speed between the paper sheet auxiliary feeding means and the paper sheet main feeding means, the paper sheet will not be partially in excess and will not be affected by excessive pulling force. It will be sent without.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. It should be noted that components having the same functions as those of the conventional ticket issuing machine are designated by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 2, in this ticket issuing machine, two winding bodies 2 (2A, 2) are provided below a main frame 20 to which a printing device 4 (see FIG. 1) and the like are attached.
B) is supported by first and second support bars 21 and 22 as first and second paper sheet holding means standing upright in the lateral direction, and is stored at predetermined positions.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in the vicinity of the main frame 20, the winding body 2A is provided on the upstream side of the printing position of the printer head 10 for printing on the ticket 1a in the sheet feeding direction. A common paper feeding path 23 for selecting and feeding the paper 1 (1A, 1B) from 2B and the paper 1 of the common paper feeding path 23 are fed to the print location side of the printer head 10. Supply roller 7 and supply pressure roller 8 as main paper sheet supply means, and paper sheet 1 (1A in the vicinity of the supply roller 7 and supply pressure roller 8 in the common paper sheet supply path 23). , 1B), a pair of printing side detection sensors 19 for detecting the presence or absence of the first support rod 21 provided between the common paper feeding path 23 of the paper sheet and the storage place of the winding body 2A.
1A of the paper sheet 1A of the wound body 2A held at
Paper sheet feeding path 24 and the first supply side detection sensor 7 for detecting the presence or absence of the paper sheet 1A in the first paper sheet feeding path 24.
3, and the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B, which is provided between the common paper feeding path 23 and the storage place of the winding body 2B and is held by the second support rod 22, is fed. 2 paper ticket feeding route 25
A second supply side detection sensor 74 for detecting the presence or absence of the paper sheet 1B in the second paper sheet feeding path 25; and a second supply side detection sensor 74 arranged to face the upper end portion of the second paper sheet feeding path 25. Auxiliary feeding roller 26 and auxiliary roller 27 as a paper sheet auxiliary feeding means for feeding the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B held by the second supporting rod 22 to the common paper sheet feeding path 23 side; The auxiliary feeding roller 26, which is the feeding driving unit of the paper auxiliary feeding unit, is
The switching means 90 for separating from the paper sheet feeding path 25 and the control means (not shown) are provided.

The main frame 20 also includes a winding body 2
The guide members 28a and 28b for guiding the A paper sheet 1A of A to the first paper sheet feeding path 24 and the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B are secondly arranged.
Member 29a, 29 for guiding the paper sheet feeding path 25 of
b and one of the ticket papers 1A and 1B, a common paper ticket feeding path 23
The guide members 30a and 30b for guiding to are fixed respectively. A part of the guide member 30a also has a function of guiding the paper sheet 1A of the winding body 2A guided to the first paper sheet feeding path 24 to the paper sheet common feeding path 23.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 5, a paper feed motor 31 is arranged in the substantially central portion of the main frame 20, and the drive belt 32 is driven by driving the paper feed motor 31.
The feed roller 7 for supply and the platen roller 15 are rotated in synchronism with each other. The supply pressing roller 8 arranged so as to face the supply roller 7 is supported by a pair of pressing roller arms 34 rotatable about the horizontal shaft 33, and one end of which is retained by the roller arm 34. The supply pressing roller 8 is biased toward the supply roller 7 by the roller spring 35 (see FIG. 3). Further, the printer head 10 is attached to a heat radiating plate 37 that can swing around a horizontal shaft 36, and is biased toward the platen roller 15 by a spiral spring 37a. In addition, the heat sink 37
A static elimination brush 38 is attached to the downstream side of the printer head 10 in the paper sheet feeding direction.

A cutter device 9 including an upper blade 9a and a lower blade 9b is provided on the upstream side of the printer head 10 in the paper feeding direction.
And the pair of print side detection sensors 19 described above are provided. Reference numeral 39 denotes a cutter motor for driving the cutter device 9. The cutter motor 39 swings one blade (for example, the lower blade 9b) via a cam (not shown) so that the paper 1
Disconnect.

A discharge drive motor 40 is directly connected to the discharge feed roller 11. In addition, the discharge feed roller 11
The discharge pressing roller 17 arranged so as to oppose is rotatably supported by a shaft provided on the discharge roller bracket 41 (see FIGS. 6 and 7). Then, the discharging roller bracket 41 is rotatably supported by a pressing roller spring shaft 42 that is erected laterally on the main frame 20, and is discharged by a pressing roller spring 43 that is externally mounted on the pressing roller spring shaft 42. The pressing roller 17 is urged toward the discharging feed roller 11 side.

Further, the discharge guide member 16b arranged on the lower side is largely inclined downward at the outlet 12 side portion, and is switched between the discharge guide member 16b and the upper discharge guide member 16a. A guide 45 is provided. The switching guide 45 is rotatably supported about a horizontal shaft 46, and is rotated by a discharge solenoid 48 via a solenoid lever 47 rotatably supported by a horizontal pin 47a. Then, during the normal operation of the ticket issuing machine, the rod of the discharge solenoid 48 is largely projected upward, the switching guide 45 is positioned as shown in FIG. 6, and the ticket 1a is placed on the exit side (the arrow direction in FIG. 6). While being ejected, the ticket body 2 such as the beginning and the end of the ticket 1
If there is a risk of discharging the end of the
5 is switched as shown in FIG. 7 so that the end portion of the ticket mounting body 2 is discharged to a predetermined position in the ticket issuing machine main body (lower side of the ticket issuing machine main body in this embodiment) and is output to the outside. Configured to not.

Further, the pressing roller 14 arranged to face the perforation roller 13 is a perforation roller lever 5
0 through main frame 20 and auxiliary frame 51
(See FIG. 3) Perforation lever shaft 52 disposed between
The press roller 14 is rotatably supported by the perforation roller shaft 52 and is urged toward the perforation roller 13 by a perforation spring 53 that is mounted on the perforation lever shaft 52.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the auxiliary feed roller 26, which serves as the feeding drive unit of the paper sheet auxiliary feed means, can be separated from the second paper feed path 25 by the switching means 90. Has been done.

That is, the auxiliary feed roller 26 is directly connected to the geared motor 54, and these are supported by the roller arm 55. The roller arm 55 is the main frame 2
0 is rotatably supported by a roller stud 56 erected in the lateral direction, and a direction in which the auxiliary feed roller 26 is separated from the auxiliary roller 27 together with the roller arm 55 by a torsion coil spring 59 mounted on the roller stud 56. Is urged by. The roller arm 55 has an operation lever portion 5 so that the roller arm 55 can be manually operated.
5b is formed. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the roller arm 55 is provided with a pin portion 55a protruding laterally, and the pin portion 55a is engageable with a solenoid lever 61 rotated by an arm releasing solenoid 60. There is. That is, the arm release solenoid 6 is attached to the solenoid holder (not shown) attached to the auxiliary frame 51.
0 is fixed, a fulcrum stud 78 that rotatably supports the solenoid lever 61 is fixed, and the arm release solenoid 60 is driven to move the solenoid lever 61 from the position shown in FIG. 8 to the position shown in FIG. It is designed to rotate. Reference numeral 79 is a tension spring that biases the solenoid lever 61 toward the position shown in FIG. The recess 6 is formed at one end of the solenoid lever 61.
1a and a step 61b following the recess 61a are formed, and the pin 55a of the roller arm 55 engages with the recess 61a or step 61b of the solenoid lever 61.

As shown in FIG. 10 and the like, the auxiliary roller 27, which is arranged so as to face the auxiliary feed roller 26, is rotatably supported by a roller stud 63 provided upright on a roller bracket 62 which is movable in the lateral direction. Has been done. That is,
Two slide shafts 64 are erected on the main frame 20 along the horizontal direction, and the roller bracket 62 is slidable in the horizontal direction via a hub 65 fixed to the roller bracket 62. The shaft 69 is inserted into the spring plate 66 fixed to the main frame 20 in a horizontal posture parallel to the main frame 20, and the lever frame 67 fixed to the roller bracket 62 is parallel to the roller bracket 62. Body 7 in various lateral positions
0 is fitted, and a pair of tension springs 68 are hung across the shafts 69 and 70, and the roller brackets 62 are biased toward the main frame 20 by the tension springs 68.

A rectangular hole 66a is formed in the upper surface of the spring plate 66, and the end of the lever frame 67 is extended upward in a stepwise manner. The extension 67a of the lever frame 67 is a spring. Plate 66
The sliding range of the roller bracket 62 is regulated by penetrating through the rectangular hole 66a and projecting upward. Further, a lock lever 71 is arranged so as to cover the upper side of the lever frame 67, and the lock lever 71 is pivotally supported by the above-mentioned shaft body 70 fitted in the lever frame 67. A leaf spring 72 is interposed between the lock lever 71 and the lever frame 67, and the leaf spring 72 allows the grip portion 71 a formed on the lock lever 71 and the lever portion 6 formed on the roller bracket 62.
2a and 2a are urged to open each other. Further, hook-shaped locking portions 71b are formed on both side surfaces of the lock lever 71, and at the position shown in FIG. 10, the locking portions 71b of the lock lever 71 are applied to the spring plate 66 by the urging force of the leaf spring 72. Locked to the attached protruding shaft 77,
The sliding movement of the roller bracket 62 is prevented. Further, the lock lever 71 is formed with a hanging portion 71c that hangs toward the upper surface of the lever frame 67, and the position of the rotation of the lock lever 71 is restricted even when the roller bracket 62 is slid. .

At a position near the lower portion of the main frame 20, an auxiliary switch 75 for manually driving a perforation solenoid (not shown) for canceling perforations and a paper feed for manually driving the paper feed motor 31 are provided. And a switch 76 are provided. Further, the ticket paper 1 is only wrapped around the shaft portion (not shown) of the ticket packaging body 2, and the final end of the ticket paper 1 is easily separated from the shaft portion.

In the above structure, the paper sheet 1A of the winding body 2A supported by the first supporting rod 21 is the guide member 28.
The paper is fed to the first paper feeding path 24 along a and 28b, and is guided to the paper common feeding path 23 along the guide members 30a and 30b. Then, the paper is fed to the printer head 10 side by the feed roller 7 and cut into a ticket 1a having a predetermined length by a cutter device 9, and
Printing is performed by the printer head 10. Thereafter, the printed ticket 1a is ejected to the ejection port 12 by the ejection feed roller 11. At this time, the switching guide 45 is in the posture shown in FIG.

Here, with the wound body 2A still remaining, the wound body 2B is set in advance on the second support rod 22. That is, before setting the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B, as shown in FIG. 9, the auxiliary feed roller 26 and the auxiliary feed roller 26 are in a posture in which they are separated upward. And
From this state, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, the staff member guides the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B to the second paper sheet feeding path 25 along the guide members 29a and 29b, and the winding body 2B. Ticket paper 1
With the tip of B slightly inserted between the auxiliary feed roller 26 and the auxiliary roller 27, the operation lever portion 55b of the roller arm 55 is manually pushed toward the solenoid lever 61. As a result, the roller arm 55 is rotated against the torsion coil spring 59, and the pin portion 55a is fitted into the recess 61a of the solenoid lever 61. As a result, the leading end portion of the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is fed auxiliary. Roller 26 and auxiliary roller 2
It is held in a stand-by state in which it is sandwiched between 7 and 7 with a slight protrusion.

From this standby state, when the paper sheet 1A of the winding body 2A disappears due to the sale of the ticket 1a and the paper-free state is detected by the first supply side detection sensor 73, the last paper sheet 1A is detected. After the portion is discharged to a predetermined location in the ticket issuing machine body in the state shown in FIG. 7, the geared motor 5 is automatically
4 is driven to rotate the auxiliary feed roller 26, the paper feed motor 31 is driven to rotate the supply roller 7, and the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is fed along the paper sheet common feed path 23. To be When the front end of the paper 1B of the winding body 2B reaches the position of the print side detection sensor 19, a signal for detecting the paper 1 is output by the print side detection sensor 19, and as shown in FIG. The rod portion of the release solenoid 60 is retracted and the solenoid lever 61 is rotated counterclockwise. Along with this, the pin portion 55a of the roller arm 55 separates from the concave portion 61a of the solenoid lever 61 and is positioned at the step portion 61b, and the auxiliary feed roller 26 separates from the auxiliary roller 27 as the solenoid lever 61 rotates. After this, the driving of the auxiliary feed roller 26 is stopped.

As described above, after the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is detected by the print side detection sensor 19, the auxiliary feed roller 26 is separated and stopped, and is fed only by the feed roller 7 for feeding. It Therefore, since the paper sheet 1 is fed while being driven by only one of the auxiliary feed roller 26 and the feed roller 7, the feed speed between the auxiliary feed roller 26 and the feed roller 7 is different. Even if it occurs, a part of the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is prevented from being in an excessive state or an excessive tensile force is applied, and the paper sheet 1B is fed without causing paper jam or paper breakage. Be paid.

Further, as described above, the paper sheet 1 of the winding body 2A.
When A disappears, the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is automatically fed, so that the suspension time of the ticket issuing operation can be minimized, and the paper sheet 1A of the winding body 2A is almost finished. Can be used.

After this, when the staff member confirms that the paper sheet 1A of the winding body 2A has been exhausted and the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B has been fed at the time of a periodic inspection or the like, the winding body 2B. Ticket paper 1
B is manually transferred to the first paper sheet feeding path 24 side. First, as shown in FIG. 4, the grip portion 71 of the lock lever 71
By grasping a and the lever portion 62a of the roller bracket 62, the lock lever 71 is rotated to the position shown by the phantom line in FIG. 4, and the locking portion 71b of the lock lever 71 is disengaged from the protruding shaft 77. Then, the auxiliary roller 27 is moved to the second position by sliding the roller bracket 62 or the like to the position indicated by a virtual line in FIG.
The paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B falls below the auxiliary roller 27, and the posture along the side of the first paper sheet feeding path 24 is retreated. Become. As described above, the ticket 1B can be easily moved to the first ticket feeding path 24 side by the operation of simply gripping and pulling the grip portion 71a of the lock lever 71 and the lever portion 62a of the roller bracket 62. When the grip portion 71a and the lever portion 62a are released, the lock lever 71 and the like return to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 by the biasing force of the tension spring 68. Thereafter, the wound body 2B is manually transferred from the second support rod 22 side to the first support rod 21 side, and
Along the paper feeding path 24 side, and finally, as described above, the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is set on the second support rod 22, and the second paper feeding path 25 is set. At the same time, it will be in a standby state that can handle the next piece of paper.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, the switching means for disengaging the feeding drive portion of the paper ticket auxiliary feeding means from the second paper feeding path is provided to detect the first feeding side. When the paper-side detecting means detects the paper-out in the first paper-sheet feeding path and the print-side detecting means detects the paper-out in the common paper-feeding path, the main paper feeding means and the paper-sheet auxiliary feeding means are driven. Then, the paper sheet held by the second paper sheet holding means is fed from the second paper sheet feeding path to the common paper sheet feeding path side, and thereafter the paper sheet is detected by the printing side detecting means. At this time, the switching means is operated to disengage the feeding drive unit of the paper ticket auxiliary feeding means from the second paper feeding path, so that the paper sheet is the paper sheet main feeding means or the paper sheet feeding means. Since only one of the auxiliary feeding means is driven to feed the paper, the main feeding means for paper and the auxiliary feeding means for paper Even if there is a difference in the feed rate between and, it is possible to prevent a part of the paper sheet from being in an excessive state or to exert an excessive tensile force, resulting in paper jam or paper breakage. Will be sent without any. As a result, the reliability of the ticket issuing machine is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ticket feeding device of a ticket issuing machine and its vicinity according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a schematic configuration of the ticket paper feeding device and its vicinity.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the ticket feeding device and its vicinity.

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the ticket feeding device and its vicinity.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the ticket paper feeder and the vicinity thereof.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a paper discharge portion of the ticket paper feeder.

FIG. 7 is a front view for explaining an operation of a paper discharge portion of the ticket paper feeder.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a main portion of the ticket paper feeder.

FIG. 9 is a main part front view for explaining the operation of the ticket paper feeding device.

FIG. 10 is a left side view of a longitudinal section of a main part of the ticket paper feeder.

FIG. 11 is a front view of a ticket feeding device of a conventional ticket issuing machine and its vicinity.

FIG. 12 is a front view of another conventional paper feeding device of a ticket issuing machine and its vicinity.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1A, 1B Ticket paper 1a Ticket 4 Printing device 7 Supply roller 8 Supply roller 10 Printer head 11 Discharge roller 15 Platen roller 17 Discharge roller 19 Printing side detection sensor 21 First support bar ( 1st ticket holding means) 22 2nd support rod (2nd ticket holding means) 23 Common ticket feeding path 24 1st ticket feeding path 25 2nd ticket feeding path 26 Auxiliary Feeding roller (feeding drive portion of the paper sheet auxiliary feeding means) 27 Auxiliary roller 54 Geared motor 55 Roller arm 55a Pin portion 55b Operation lever portion 56 Roller stud 59 Torsion coil spring 60 Arm release solenoid 61 Solenoid lever 61a Recess 61b step Part 73 First supply side detection sensor 74 Second supply side detection sensor 90 Switching means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A paper ticket feeder of a ticket issuing machine for feeding a belt-shaped paper ticket to a printing position where the ticket is printed, the first and second ticket papers respectively storing and holding the ticket papers. Holding means, and a common paper feeding path for selecting and feeding the paper sheets held on the first and second paper sheet holding means provided upstream of the printing position in the paper feeding direction. A paper sheet main feeding means for feeding the paper sheet on the common paper sheet feeding path to the print location side;
The first paper sheet is provided between the print side detection means for detecting the presence or absence of the paper sheet at the location where the main paper sheet feeding means is provided, the common paper sheet feeding path, and the first paper sheet holding means. A first ticket feeding path through which the ticket held by the holding means is fed; a first supply side detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of the ticket in the first ticket feeding path; A second paper sheet feeding path provided between the common paper feeding path and the second paper sheet holding means side for feeding the paper sheet held by the second paper sheet holding means; Second supply side detection means for detecting the presence / absence of a paper sheet in the second paper sheet feeding path, and the second paper sheet feeding path disposed so as to face the second paper sheet feeding path.
The second ticket includes a paper sheet auxiliary feeding unit for feeding the paper sheet held by the paper sheet holding unit to the common paper sheet feeding path side, and a feeding drive unit of the paper sheet auxiliary feeding unit. When the switching means for separating from the paper feeding path and the first feeding side detecting means detect the paper shortage in the first ticket feeding path and the printing side detecting means detects the paper shortage in the common paper feeding path. The main paper feeding means and the auxiliary paper feeding means are driven to move the paper held by the second paper holding means from the second paper feeding path to the common paper feeding path side. When the paper sheet is detected by the printing side detection means, the switching means is operated to disengage the feeding drive section of the paper sheet auxiliary feeding means from the second paper sheet feeding path. A ticket feeding device for a ticket issuing machine, comprising: