JPS6033687A - Ticketing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that prints on the ticket surface and also incorporates magnetic information in the magnetic stripe portion, and particularly relates to a ticket issuing device that is characterized by its miniaturization.

Conventional technology and its problems In conventional ticket issuing devices, information on the ticket is printed by thermal printing, but in order to prevent distortion of characters due to changes in the ticket transportation speed, a stepping motor is used in the transportation section. The drive step of the motor is synchronized with the thermal printing signal that drives the printing gutter. Also, the magnetic information writing part that writes the magnetic information can be used to write the ticket. Since magnetic writing can be performed at a higher speed than printing, an AC motor or a DC motor is provided separately from the stepping motor. When writing magnetic information, changes in the ticket transport speed affect the variation in the bit interval of the magnetic information written on the ticket surface, so a pulse generator is used to encode and write in synchronization with the ticket feeding speed. In order to reduce wow and flutter, which is caused by fluctuations in motor rotation, flyboil is provided. In this way, in ticket issuing devices using conventional drive methods, the drive systems for the printing section and the magnetic information writing section are separate, and a large number of photoelectric switches are installed along the conveyance path to obtain position information of the ticket to be issued. Since it is necessary to provide the following, the configuration has also become complicated. Therefore, it is difficult to miniaturize such a ticket issuing device, and this has been a major problem, especially in the case of a ticket issuing device mounted on a bus or the like, which requires miniaturization.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the problems of conventional ticket issuing devices, and provides a ticket issuing device that can be mounted on a bus or the like by simplifying the structure of the drive unit and reducing the overall size. With the goal.

Structure and Effects of the Invention The present invention is a ticket issuing device that has a printing section that prints information on the face of a ticket and a magnetic information writing section that writes magnetic information on a magnetic stripe on the surface of the ticket, and that is variable. A timing generating means for generating a timing signal having one clock time; and a timing generating means that operates based on the timing of the timing generating means and conveys the ticket to be issued along a conveyance path including a printing section and a magnetic information writing section. a conveying means including a variable speed motor; a driving means that operates based on the timing of the timing generating means and drives the printing section and the magnetic information writing section;
A feature 71 further includes a control means for controlling the general feeding means and the driving means based on the timing of the timing generation means.

As described above, according to the present invention, the transportation of the ticket necessary for ticket issuing processing and the writing of printing and magnetic information are performed based on the timing of the timing generation means, and the same is true for transportation for printing and writing of magnetic information. Since one motor is used for one general feeding, the plate groove can be configured simply and miniaturization is possible. Conventionally, each mechanism was controlled by detecting the movement of the ticket using a position detector such as a photoelectric switch or a microswitch. Since this type of detector can be omitted, it contributes to miniaturization, and it is also possible to use an iS- ticket issuing system that eliminates malfunctions due to their failure and has high reliability (iS-1). be.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an overall external view of a ticket issuing device mounted on a bus according to the present invention. In this figure, a ticket issuing device main body 1 is placed inside a bus, and is connected to an attendant operation box 2 operated by a driver via a connecting cable. The attendant operation box 2 is provided with a ticket issuing button 3, and based on the operation thereof, the ticket issuing device main body 1 issues a ticket.

A roll paper 4 is provided inside the ticket issuing device main body 1, and the ticket after printing and magnetic information is ejected from the outlet 5 and issued.

FIG. 2 is a mechanical diagram showing the internal configuration of the ticket issuing device main body. In this figure, a stepping motor 6 is used as the drive source for the ticket.
A timing belt 9 that drives the ram 7 and the platen roller 8 is provided on its drive shaft.
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A timing bell 1-11 is stretched between rollers provided coaxially with the feed roller 10 and the feed roller 10, and both of these are driven by a steering wheel and a ping motor G.

The leading end of the roll paper 4 is held by a feed roller 10 and a press roller 12 in contact with it, and is drawn out along a guide 13. A cutter 15 driven by a solenoid '14 is provided in the lfl feed path of the roll paper, and a platen that is in contact with a thermal head 1G and a part of its hem 1 is located at a position away from the cutter 1 by the equinox of the ticket. A roller 8 is provided and constitutes a number-mark printing section for the ticket. A belt 21 is stretched along the roller pads 19 and 20 that contact the IJ-rollers 17 and 1B and the encode drum 7, and the ticket is conveyed along the circumference of the encode drum 7. Furthermore, the roller pad 19 inside the encode drum 7
A writing magnetic head 22 is provided at a position facing the roller pad 20, and a reading magnetic head 23 is provided at a position in contact with the roller pad 20.
is provided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of this ticket issuing device. This ticket issuing device has a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 30 as a control means, and a memory 31 for storing the calculation processing procedure is connected to the CPU 30. An operation box 2 is connected. Furthermore, a timing generation circuit 33 is connected to the CPU 30, which generates timing signals to be applied to each section. The timing generation circuit 33 generates timing signals of different clocks under the control of the CPU 30. The timing signal is sent to a stepping motor control circuit 34 which determines the rotational speed of the stepping motor 6, and a printing control circuit 35 which controls the printing section.
This is given as a timing signal to the encode control circuit 36 which writes the electric strength information. The print control circuit 35 and the encode control circuit 36 each correspond to the aforementioned thermal head 16.
and a writing magnetic head 22. It controls the reading magnetic head 23, and the solenoid control section 37 operates the solenoid 14 that drives the force and the 7-taper 15.

Next, the operation of the ticket issuing device will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 and the timing diagram 1- of FIG. 5. The numbers indicated using lead lines in the flowchart indicate operation step 7 of CI) U 30. In the initial state, the leading end of the ticket is sandwiched between the thermal head 16 and the platen roller 8, and the trailing end is forcefully cut by the cutter 15, so that the ticket is ready for issuing. Now, at time L1, when a ticket issuing signal is given from the staff-operated box 2, the operation starts.
0), the timing generation circuit 33 generates a timing clock signal with a long period, for example, CR50011Z. The stepping motor 6 is then driven via the stepping motor control circuit 34. Then, the platen roller 8 and the feed roller 10 are driven via the timing belts 9 and 11, and the ticket is pushed out by the platen roller 8. In step 41, it is checked whether the timing clock is O or not, and when the pulse generation scoots, step 4
2, the print data is transmitted from the CPU 30 to the thermal terminal 16 via the print control circuit 35. And the timing clock is set to 1 at Ste knobs 43 to 46.
And #c L! -IJ・-Heat the thermal head 16, and if the timing clock is <0, then the thermal head 16
Perform thermal printing with the heating turned off, and step 4
Proceed to step 7 and press z 7 to finish printing the ticket. If the printing has not been completed yet, the process returns to step 42, further transfers the printing data to the thermal gutter 16, and performs the necessary printing process on the ticket according to the printing data given from the CPU 30. Then, when the printing of the ticket is completed at time t2, magnetic information is subsequently written, but since this can be done at a higher speed than thermal printing, the process proceeds to step 48 and is shown in FIG. 5 (al). The timing noggle given to the stepping motor 6 is 2 K llz
ni” makes you have two stomachs. Then, the steering/knocking motor 6 will rotate at four times the speed, and the ticket will be conveyed at high speed and moved along the circumference of the encoder ram 7. Step 49.5 starts counting the timing clocks and checks whether the number of clocks reaches a predetermined value.
0). This is to take the timing from when the ticket leaves the thermal head 16 to when it reaches a predetermined write position of the magnetic stripe, and when the predetermined number is reached at time L3, the process advances to step 51 and the fifth G as shown in figure (C)
Writing of this encoder 1-' is started. This writing heart↓
This is performed by applying write data to the write magnetic head 22 from the CPU 30 via the encode control circuit 36. Next, the count of clocks is 2, which is the number of clocks.
It is checked whether the number of write data has reached the number of write data (steps 52 and 53). This is 0.9 mmt with 4 pulses
! This is because this length corresponds to 1 bit of 1-minute data of the card face information.

If this reaches the number of written data at time t4, as shown in FIG. Start reading the magnetic information written in the command as shown in the figure (dl) (Step 5
5). Then, it similarly starts counting the timing clock and checks whether the clock reaches a predetermined number (steps 56 and 57), and waits for the end of reading. When this number reaches a predetermined number, the generation of the timing clock by the timing generation circuit 33 is stopped (step 58), and at the same time, reading of the magnetic information is stopped (step 59). Then, in step 60, it is checked whether the read data is normal. If the data is normal, the writing of the data is inappropriate, and the process returns to step 40 to start reissuing the ticket. If the data is normal, the process proceeds to step 61, where the solenoid is 14 is driven and the cutter 15 cuts the ticket. By doing so, the roll paper 4 will be
is pulled out by the feed roller 10, and its end is sandwiched between the thermal head 16 and the platen roller 8. Therefore, by each cutting operation, preparation for issuing the next ticket is completed.

Although this embodiment has been described with respect to a ticket issuing device installed inside a lotus train, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various ticket issuing devices such as a ticket issuing device installed in a normal station premises and a parking ticket etc. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of the ticket issuing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a mechanical diagram of the ticket issuing device main body, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing its electrical configuration, FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the ticket issuing operation, and FIG.
The figure is a time chart showing the operation of each part at that time. i -1111--Ticket issuing device main body 2---1 Attendant operation box 6-----Stessobing motor 7--
---Encode drum 10-----Feed roller 14--Solenoid 15--
-Ichiriki Sota I 6-"-Thermal head 22-1--
[Common Kt head 23------Reading magnetic head 30---CP U31---Memory 3
3-1-----Timing generation circuit 35-----1 Printing control circuit 36-----Encoding control circuit Patent applicant Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. agent Patent attorney Yoshiki Okamoto (ll! 11 people) 2nd Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A timing signal having a variable clock time is generated in a ticket issuing device that has a printing section that prints information on the ticket surface and a magnetic information writing section that writes magnetic information on the magnetic stripe on the surface of the ticket. a timing generating means; and a conveying means including a variable speed motor that operates based on the timing of the timing generating means and conveys the ticket to be issued along a conveyance path including the printing section and the magnetic information writing section; a drive means that operates based on the timing of the timing generation means and drives the printing section and the magnetic information writing section; and a control means that controls the conveyance means and the drive means based on the timing of the timing generation means. A ticket issuing device comprising: (2) The control means controls the IM sending means to convey the note passing through the printing section at a low speed by varying the clock time of the timing generating means, and the magnetic 2. The ticket issuing device according to claim 1, wherein the ticket issuing device controls the ticket passing through the information writing section to be driven at high speed. (3) The ticket issuing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the motor of the conveying means is a stamping motor. (4) The ticket issuing device according to claim 3, wherein the control means controls the stevening motor based on the number of pulses thereof.