JPH0887615A - Ticket-vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To provide a ticket vending machine that can issue receipts and the like without enlarging the device. [Structure] A bill processing unit 9 for handling bills inserted from a bill insertion slot 5 is provided with a printing unit 25 as a printing unit for printing and issuing a receipt or the like.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket vending machine for selling tickets such as boarding tickets and entrance tickets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ticket vending machines such as ticket vending machines can handle only coins, but in recent years, ticket vending machines capable of handling banknotes as well as coins have been developed and put into practical use. .

This type of ticket vending machine has a coin insertion slot and a bill insertion slot on the front of the main body. The coins inserted from the coin insertion slot are inserted by the coin processing device incorporated in the main body and also into the bill insertion section. The banknotes inserted through the mouth are processed by the coin processing devices incorporated in the main body.

By the way, since the ticket vending machine as described above does not have a function of issuing a receipt or the like, for example, when it is attempted to issue a receipt or the like simultaneously with the issuance of a ticket, a coin processing device or a bill is issued. It is necessary to incorporate a printing device such as a printer in the main body separately from the processing device.

[0005]

However, when a printing device such as a printer is incorporated into the main body, there is a problem that the device becomes large. The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a ticket vending machine that can issue a receipt or the like without increasing the size of the device.

[0006]

To achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that a printing means for printing and issuing a receipt or the like is provided in the bill processing apparatus.

[0007]

According to the above construction, since it is not necessary to incorporate a printing device such as a printer into the main body in addition to the coin processing device and the bill processing device, a receipt or the like can be issued without upsizing the device. it can.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and a front surface 1a of the main body 1 has a display unit 2, an operation panel 3, a coin slot 4, as shown in FIG. A bill insertion slot 5, a ticket and change discharge slot 6, a bill discharge slot 7 and the like are provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, inside the main body 1, a coin processing device 8 for handling coins inserted from the coin insertion port 4 is incorporated, and a bill inserted from the bill insertion port 5 is inserted. The banknote handling apparatus 9 for handling is incorporated.

As shown in FIG. 2, the banknote processing device 9 is equipped with a banknote discriminating section 10 as a banknote discriminating means for discriminating the banknotes thrown in from the banknote slot 5, and the banknote discriminating section 10 is a true The banknotes discriminated as bills are stored in the 1,000-yen banknote primary storage unit 14, the 5,000-Yen banknote primary storage unit 15, and the 10,000-Yen banknote primary storage unit 16 by the banknote transport mechanism 11, which is the first banknote transport unit. It is designed to be transported to either one.

Therefore, the 1,000-yen bill primary storage section 14,
5,000 yen banknote primary storage section 15, 10,000 yen banknote primary storage section 16
For example, when one of the ticket issuing keys arranged on the operation panel 3 is pressed, the banknotes held by the banknote transport mechanism 11 cause the banknote transport mechanism 11 to store the 1,000-yen banknote secondary storage section 17 and the 5,000-yen banknote secondary storage section 1
It is adapted to be conveyed to any one of the 8, 10,000-yen banknote secondary storage section 19.

The bills discriminated as counterfeit bills by the bill discriminating unit 10 are returned to the bill insertion slot 5. The bill transport mechanism 11 includes, for example, a pair of transport belts 12.
a and 12b, and a plurality of drive rollers that rotate and drive the conveyor belts 12a and 12b, and a conveyor path 13 is formed between the conveyor belts 12a and 12b.

Further, the banknote processing device 9 includes banknote take-out rollers 20 and 21 as banknote take-out means for taking out the banknotes stored in the 1,000-yen banknote secondary storage section 17 and the 5000-yen banknote secondary storage section 18 one by one. The banknotes taken out from the 1,000-yen banknote secondary holding section 17 and the 5,000-yen banknote secondary holding section 18 by these banknote take-out rollers 20, 21 are
A bill transport mechanism 22 which is a second bill transport means transports the bill as a fishing tag to the bill discharge port 7.

The bill transport mechanism 22 includes, for example, a pair of transport belts 23a and 23b and the transport belts 23.
It is composed of a plurality of drive rollers that rotate and drives a and 23b, and a transport path 24 is formed between the transport belt 23a and the transport belt 23b.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bill processing apparatus 9 is provided with a printing section 25 as a printing means for printing and issuing a receipt or the like. As shown in FIG. 3, the printing unit 25 includes a printing mechanism unit 26 and a paper supply unit 27 that supplies roll paper 30 as printing paper to the printing mechanism unit 26. The banknote transport mechanism 11 includes a print head 28 and a platen 29 that face each other across the transport path 13.

On the other hand, the paper supply unit 27 supplies the paper delivery rollers 31 and 32 arranged in the vicinity of the roll paper 30 and the roll paper 30 delivered from the paper delivery rollers 31 and 32 to a predetermined length. It comprises a cutter mechanism 33 for cutting the roll paper 30 and a transport belt mechanism 34 for transporting the roll paper 30 passing through the cutter mechanism 33 to the printing mechanism unit 26, and the roll paper 30 is formed to have substantially the same width dimension as a banknote.

In such a structure, when a receipt issuing key (not shown) provided on the operation panel 3 is pressed, the paper feeding rollers 31 and 32 rotate in a predetermined direction. As a result, the roll paper 30 is sent to the cutter mechanism 33 and cut into a predetermined length by the cutter mechanism 33. The roll paper 30 cut into a predetermined length by the cutter mechanism 33 is conveyed to the print mechanism unit 26 by the convey belt mechanism 34, and the print head 28 of the print mechanism unit 26.
The receipt amount is printed by. Then, the roll paper 30 on which the receipt amount is printed is conveyed to the bill discharge port 7 by the bill conveyance mechanism 11 and the bill conveyance mechanism 22, and is issued as a receipt.

Further, for example, when printing the detailed data of the banknotes stored in the 1,000-yen banknote secondary storage unit 17 on the roll paper 30, the detailed data print output button provided in the main body 1 is pressed. Then, the paper feeding rollers 31, 3
When the roll 2 rotates in a predetermined direction, the roll paper 30 is sent to the cutter mechanism 33, and is cut into a predetermined length by the cutter mechanism 33. Then, the roll paper 30 cut into a predetermined length by the cutter mechanism 33 is transported to the printing mechanism unit 26 by the transport belt mechanism 34, and the printing mechanism unit 2
The print head 28 of 6 prints the detailed data of the reserved bill. Then, the roll paper 30 on which the detailed data of the reserved banknotes is printed is conveyed to the 1,000-yen banknote secondary storage unit 17 by the banknote transport mechanism 11.

In the ticket vending machine according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above, the printing unit 25 for printing and issuing a receipt or the like.
Is provided in the banknote processing device 9, it is not necessary to install a printing device such as a printer in the main body 1 separately from the coin processing device 8 and the banknote processing device 9. Therefore, a receipt or the like can be issued without upsizing the device.

A printing unit 25 for printing and issuing receipts and the like
Since the banknote processing apparatus 9 is provided with the detailed data of each banknote stored in the 1,000-yen banknote secondary storage unit 17, the 5,000-Yen banknote secondary storage unit 18, and the 10,000-Yen banknote secondary storage unit 19. Can be printed out.

Further, the roll paper 30 printed by the printing unit 25 is conveyed to the bill discharge port 7 by using the bill conveying mechanisms 11 and 22 provided in the bill processing unit 9, whereby the bill processing unit 9 is processed. Since it is not necessary to provide a print paper transport mechanism therein, it is possible to prevent the bill processing device 9 and the ticket vending machine from becoming large.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to provide a ticket vending machine that can issue receipts and the like without upsizing the device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a bill processing apparatus incorporated in the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a printing unit provided in the bill processing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a ticket vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Main body 4 ... Coin slot 5 ... Banknote slot 7 ... Banknote discharge port 8 ... Coin processing device 9 ... Banknote processing device 10 ... Banknote discrimination part 11 ... Banknote conveyance mechanism 17 ... Thousand yen bill secondary storage part 18 ... Five Thousand-yen banknote secondary storage section 19 ... 10,000-yen banknote secondary storage section 20, 21 ... Banknote take-out roller 22 ... Banknote transport mechanism 25 ... Printing section 26 ... Printing mechanism section 27 ... Paper supply section

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A main body having a coin insertion slot and a bill insertion opening, a coin processing device incorporated in the main body for handling coins inserted from the coin insertion opening, and a coin insertion portion incorporated in the main body from the bill insertion opening. A ticket vending machine provided with a banknote processing device for handling inserted banknotes, characterized in that a printing means for printing and issuing a receipt or the like is provided in the banknote processing device. 2. The ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the printing means comprises a printing mechanism section and a sheet supply section for supplying a printing sheet to the printing mechanism section. 3. The banknote processing device is first banknote transfer means for transferring banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion slot to a banknote holding section via a banknote discriminating section, and is held in the banknote holding section. The banknote taking-out means for taking out the banknotes, and the second banknote carrying means for carrying the banknote taken out from the banknote holding section by the banknote taking-out means to the banknote discharging port are provided. Ticket-vending machine. 4. The paper printed by the printing means is
4. The ticket vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the ticket dispenser is transported to the bill outlet by the second bill transport means. 5. The ticket vending machine according to claim 4, wherein a receipt amount is printed on the paper printed by the printing means. 6. The paper printed by the printing means is
The ticket vending machine according to claim 3, wherein the ticket is transferred to the banknote holding unit by the first banknote transfer unit. 7. The ticket vending machine according to claim 6, wherein detailed data of the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit is printed on the paper that has been printed by the printing unit.