JPH0883361A - Ticket feeder of ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a paper ticket feeder for a ticket issuing machine, which can minimize the period of suspension of the ticket issuing operation. [Structure] The two ticket mounting bodies 2A and 2B are held by the first and second support bars 21 and 22. Then, a first paper sheet feeding path 24 to which the paper sheet 1A of the ticket housing 2A is fed and a second paper sheet feeding path 25 to which the paper sheet 1B of the ticket housing 2B is fed.
And a common paper feeding path 23 for selecting and feeding these paper sheets 1A and 1B and a paper sheet of the ticket body 2B arranged facing the second paper feeding path 25. 1B is provided with an auxiliary feed roller 26 and an auxiliary roller 27 for feeding the paper sheet common feed path 23 side, whereby when the ticket paper 1A runs out, the auxiliary feed roller 26 and the auxiliary roller 2 are provided.
7 is driven to feed the ticket paper 1B to the printing location side.

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 including a lower blade 9b and a lower blade 9b, printing is performed on the ticket 1a by a printer head 10 of a printer 4 arranged downstream of the cutter device 9 in the paper sheet feeding direction. 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. The pressing roller 19 is a pair of print side detection sensors that detect the presence or absence of the paper sheet 1 immediately before the printing position.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional ticket feeder of a ticket issuing machine, one winding body 2 is used.
Since it is a structure that holds only the paper sheet 1 of this winding body 2.
If the paper runs out of paper, the ticketing operation will be stopped, and if this ticketing machine is used as a ticket vending machine, the selling operation will be stopped and the sales amount will decrease. Therefore, in the past, in order to deal with this problem, a staff member confirmed that the ticket paper 1 of the ticket packaging body 2 was low and replaced it with a new ticket packaging body 2. In this case, however, This causes a problem that the body 2 cannot be used to the end.

The present invention solves the above problems, and provides a ticket feeder for a ticket issuing machine, which can minimize the period for which the ticket issuing operation is stopped and can use the ticket almost to the end. The purpose is to do.

[0007]

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 Is provided between the main ticket feeding means for feeding the above-mentioned ticket to the printing location side, the common ticket feeding path and the first ticket holding means, and the first ticket holding means is provided. It is provided between the first paper sheet feeding path through which the held paper sheet is fed, the common paper sheet feeding path and the second paper sheet holding means side, and the second paper sheet holding means is provided. A second paper sheet feeding path through which the held paper sheet is fed, and a paper sheet that is arranged facing the second paper sheet feeding path and is held by the second paper sheet holding means. Common to ticket paper Delivering the supply path side is that a ticket auxiliary paper feeding unit.

[0008]

In the above structure, usually, the paper sheet of the first paper sheet holding means is pulled out to the common paper sheet feeding path via the first paper sheet feeding path, and the paper sheet is fed by the main paper sheet feeding means. It is sent to the printed side. When the paper sheet stored and held by the first paper sheet holding means runs out of paper, the paper sheet auxiliary feeding means is driven to be stored and held in the second paper sheet holding means. After the paper is pulled out to the common paper feeding path through the second paper feeding path, the paper main feeding means feeds the paper to the printing location side. As a result, even when the paper sheet stored and held by the first paper sheet holding means runs out of paper, the paper sheet that has been stored and held by the second paper sheet holding means is subsequently fed to issue a ticket. Can be carried out, the period for which the ticketing operation is stopped can be minimized, and the ticket can be used almost completely. After that, when the staff member confirms that the ticket paper stored and held by the first paper sheet holding means is out of paper at the time of inspection, the second paper sheet holding means stores and holds it. The existing paper sheets are manually moved to the storage holding positions on the first paper sheet feeding path side and the first paper sheet holding means side, and the spare paper sheet is supplied to the second paper sheet feeding path and the second paper sheet feeding path. It is placed in the storage holding position on the paper sheet holding means side so that it can automatically cope with the next paper shortage.

[0009]

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 paper 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. The first support rod 21 is provided between the paper feed roller 7 and the paper feed roller 8 as the paper sheet main paper feeding means, and the paper sheet common paper feed path 23 and the storage portion of the winding body 2A.
1A of the paper sheet 1A of the wound body 2A held at
Paper sheet feeding path 24, the paper sheet common feeding path 23, and the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B that is held by the second support rods 22 provided between the storage location of the winding body 2B. Of the second paper sheet feeding path 25 through which the paper is fed, and the winding body 2B which is disposed so as to face the upper end portion of the second paper sheet feeding path 25 and is held by the second support rod 22. An auxiliary feed roller 26 and an auxiliary roller 27 are provided as a ticket paper auxiliary feeding means for feeding the paper sheet 1B of No. 1 to the common paper feeding path 23 side.

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 FIGS. 1 to 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 a pair of print side detection sensors 19 for detecting the presence or absence of the ticket 1 at the position immediately before the printing position. Three
A cutter motor 9 drives the cutter device 9. The cutter motor 39 swings one blade (for example, the lower blade 9b) through a cam (not shown) to cut the paper sheet 1.

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 as a paper sheet auxiliary feed means is directly connected to the geared motor 54, and these are supported by the roller arm 55. The roller arm 55 is rotatably supported by a roller stud 56 erected laterally on the main frame 20, and a torsion coil spring 59 mounted on the roller stud 56 assists the auxiliary feed roller 26 together with the roller arm 55. The roller 27 is biased in a direction away from the roller 27. The roller arm 55 has this roller arm 5
An operation lever portion 55b is formed so that 5 can be manually operated. 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 60 is fixed to the solenoid holder (not shown) attached to the auxiliary frame 51, and the fulcrum stud 78 that rotatably supports the solenoid lever 61 is fixed. By driving the solenoid lever 6
1 is rotated from the position shown in FIG. 8 to the position shown in FIG. In addition, 79 is a solenoid lever 61
Is a tension spring that urges to the position side shown in FIG.
A recess 61a and a step 61b that follows the recess 61a are formed at one end of the solenoid lever 61. The recess 61a or the step 61b of the solenoid lever 61 is formed.
The pin portion 55a of the roller arm 55 is engaged with the.

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. .

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the detection levers 73a and 74a detect the presence or absence of the paper sheet 1 in the first and second paper sheet feeding paths 24 and 25, respectively. Two supply side detection sensors 73, 74 are provided. In addition,
An auxiliary switch 75 for manually driving a perforation solenoid (not shown) for canceling perforations and a paper feed switch 76 for manually driving the paper feed motor 31 are provided near the lower portion of the main frame 20. Has been. 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 1A of the winding body 2A is exhausted due to the sale of the ticket 1a and the paper-free condition is detected by the first supply side detection sensor 73, the last of the paper 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.

In this way, after the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B is detected by the printing 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, the paper sheet 1B of the winding body 2B does not have a part in an excessive state or an excessive tensile force is applied,
It is delivered without any problem.

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 time for suspending the ticket issuing operation can be minimized. Further, the ticket paper 1A of the winding body 2A can be used almost to the end.

After that, when a 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, 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.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the first paper sheet feeding path and the second paper sheet feeding path are provided so as to face the second paper sheet feeding path. By providing the paper sheet auxiliary feeding means for feeding the paper sheet held by the second paper sheet holding means to the common paper sheet feeding path side, it is stored and held in the first paper sheet holding means. When the used paper sheet runs out, it is possible to drive the paper sheet auxiliary feeding means and feed the paper sheet stored and held in the second paper sheet holding means to the printing position side.
As a result, the time for canceling the ticket issuing operation can be minimized. Further, it is conceivable to separately feed the respective paper sheets of the first paper sheet feeding path and the second paper sheet feeding path, but in this case, in addition to the above configuration, the first paper sheet feeding path A separate feeding means for feeding the paper sheets on the paper sheet feeding path is required, which increases the manufacturing cost. Therefore, according to the present invention, since the means for feeding the paper sheets of the first paper sheet feeding path is not provided, each of the first paper sheet feeding path and the second paper sheet feeding path is provided. It is possible to minimize the suspension of the ticketing operation at a low cost as compared with the structure in which the ticket is fed separately. Further, since the ticket can be used almost to the end, further cost reduction can be achieved.

[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.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1A, 1B Ticket paper 1a Ticket 4 Printing device 7 Feeding feed roller (Ticket main feeding means) 8 Feeding holding roller (Ticket feeding means) 9 Cutter device 10 Printer head 11 Ejection feeding roller 15 Platen roller 17 Ejection pressing roller 19 Print side detection sensor 21 First support rod (first ticket holding means) 22 Second support rod (second ticket holding means) 23 Common paper feeding path 24 First ticket feeding path 25 Second ticket feeding path 26 Auxiliary feeding roller (ticket auxiliary main feeding means) 27 Auxiliary roller (ticket auxiliary main feeding means) 73 First feeding side detection sensor 74 Second supply side detection sensor

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;
A first ticket feeding path provided between the common ticket feeding path and the first ticket holding means for feeding the ticket held by the first ticket holding means; A second ticket feeding path which is provided between the common ticket feeding path and the second ticket holding means side and through which the ticket held by the second ticket holding means is fed ,
And a paper sheet auxiliary feeding means for feeding the paper sheet, which is arranged facing the second paper sheet feeding path and held by the second paper sheet holding means, to the common paper sheet feeding path side. Ticket paper feeding device of ticket issuing machine.