JP2661825B2 - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention performs a process such as printing or magnetic writing on a continuous ticket medium, cuts the processed portion, and issues it as a predetermined ticket such as a train ticket or various coupons. The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of a conventional ticket issuing apparatus. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes an unprocessed continuous ticket medium, in which folded paper having sprocket holes (not shown) on both sides is used. I'm using 2 is this ticket medium 1
A door 3 that can be locked by a lock or the like (not shown) is provided on the front (the side or the back is also acceptable), and a drawer hole 4 for pulling out the ticket medium 1 is provided on the upper surface. I have.

A tractor unit 5 having a tractor belt with sprocket pins is provided on the ticket box 2.
And a pin wheel 6 having a sprocket pin, and printing on the ticket medium 1 conveyed by conveying means formed by the tractor unit 5, the pin wheel 6, a guide plate and the like via an ink ribbon of an ink ribbon cassette 7. A print head 8 and a platen 9; a motor 10 as a power source for driving the conveying means and the like; a mini-pitch belt 11 forming a part of a power transmission means; and presence / absence of the ticket medium 1 in the conveying means. The printer unit is provided with sensors 12 and 13 as medium detecting means for detecting, and a cutter 14 and the like as cutting means for cutting the printed portion of the bill medium 1 printed by the print head 6.

[0004] Here, one end of the tractor unit 5 is located above the drawing hole 4, and the pin wheel 6 is arranged at the other end of the tractor unit 5. The print head 8 and the platen 9 are opposed to each other at a position above the pin wheel 6, and the print head 8 is mounted on a carriage (not shown) together with the ink ribbon cassette 7, and a space motor and a ribbon feed motor (not shown) The space operation and the ribbon feed are performed.

The torque of the motor 9 is transmitted to a pulley provided coaxially with the pin wheel 6 via a mini-pitch belt 10 and also to the tractor unit 5 and the platen 9 via an idle gear or the like. Thereby, the tractor unit 5, the pin wheel 6, and the platen 9 rotate in synchronization. On the other hand, the sensor 12 is arranged on the tractor belt in the tractor unit 5, and the sensor 13 is arranged so as to detect the presence or absence of the ticket medium 1 before the printing position between the print head 8 and the platen 9, respectively. Are operated by a drive mechanism (not shown).

Reference numeral 15 denotes a cover for covering the printer unit, which is attached to the ticket box 2 via a shaft 16 and which is opened and closed by rotating about the shaft 16 as a fulcrum. A ticket issuing port 17 for issuing the processed portion of the ticket medium 1 as a predetermined ticket is provided. The cover 15 is provided with a lock (not shown) so that it can be locked in a closed state.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a microswitch fixed on the ticket box 2, and 19 denotes a switch pressing piece provided on the inner surface of the cover 15. When the cover 15 is closed, the switch pressing piece 18 presses the microswitch 18. For example, the cover 15 is turned off, and both of them constitute a cover open / close detecting means for detecting the open / close of the cover 15.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. First, the setting of the ticket medium 1 is performed as follows.
A clerk such as an operator unlocks the door 3 and the cover 15 by using a key to release the lock, and opens the door 3 to store the unprocessed continuous ticket medium 1 in the ticket box 2.
The cover 15 is opened from the position A to the position B.

[0009] Then, the tip of the ticket medium 1 is pulled out to the ticket box 2 through the drawer hole 4 and the sprocket hole of the ticket medium 1 is fitted to a sprocket pin provided on the tractor belt of the tractor unit 5. The door 3 and the cover 15 are closed and the lock is locked again. Then, when the power of the apparatus is turned on and the set switch or the like is pressed, the motor 10
Is rotated by a fixed amount, and its rotational force is transmitted to the tractor unit 5, the pinwheel 6, and the platen 9 via the mini-pitch belt 11 and the like, so that the tractor unit 5, the pinwheel 6, and the platen 9 are synchronized. And rotate.

Thus, the leading end of the bill medium 1 is fed from the tractor unit 5 via the pinwheel 6 to the space between the print head 8 and the platen 9 until it reaches just before the cutter 14. At the time of this feeding, the sprocket hole of the bill medium 1 and the sprocket pin of the pin wheel 6 are automatically engaged. When the setting of the ticket medium 1 is completed in this way, the ticket medium 1 is detected by the sensors 12 and 13 so that the ticket can be issued, and waits for printing.

Issue of a ticket is performed as follows. First,
Print data input by a keyboard or the like (not shown),
Alternatively, when print data transferred from a host (not shown) is received, the print data is sequentially printed on the ticket medium 1 via the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon cassette 7 by the print head 8, and the motor 10 is turned on for each print line. The ticket medium 1 is driven by a fixed amount to perform a line feed.

By sending the ticket medium 1 with this line feed,
The leading end of the ticket medium 1 passes between the blades of the cutter 14 and is gradually discharged from a ticket issuing port 17 provided in the cover 15. When printing is completed, also at this time, the motor 10 is driven by a fixed amount to feed a fixed amount of the ticket medium 1, and then the ticket medium 1 is cut by the cutter 14, and the printed portion is replaced by a train ticket or a coupon ticket. Etc. is issued as a predetermined ticket.

When the last one is issued after the issuance of the ticket is repeated, the sensors 12 and 13 are turned off and the ticket medium 1 is not detected.
The replenishment instruction of the ticket medium 1 is displayed to a staff member such as an operator by a display means (not shown) based on the output of the ticket medium 1, whereby the setting of the ticket medium 1 is performed as described above. Further, when the paper medium 1 has a jam or the like during printing, the occurrence of the jam or the like can be detected by the sensors 12 and 13.

Further, when the apparatus is in a normal state, the cover 1
5 is intentionally pryed open, the switch pressing piece 19 provided on the cover 15 is separated from the microswitch 18, and the microswitch 18 is turned off.
Based on this, an alarm is issued by an alarm generating means (not shown).

[0015]

However, in the above-described conventional ticket issuing apparatus, when the cover is intentionally opened as described above, an alarm is issued by the alarm generating means, but a staff such as an operator is required. If such a situation occurs in a space away from the apparatus, etc., the unprocessed ticket medium set in the conveyance means including the tractor unit and the pin wheel etc. before the clerk hears the alarm and returns is transported. There is a risk that the ticket medium in the ticket box may be pulled out and stolen from the drawer hole through the drawer hole, and there is a problem that the security is not necessarily excellent in security.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to realize a ticket issuing apparatus which is excellent in security against theft of a ticket medium.

[0017]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve this object, the present invention provides a ticket box containing a continuous sheet medium and having a hole for drawing out the sheet medium, and a sheet medium drawn out of the hole. Transport means for transporting the ticket medium, a ticket medium detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a ticket medium in the transport means, a processing means for performing predetermined processing such as printing on the ticket medium transported by the transport means, A cutting means for cutting the processed part, a ticket issuing port for discharging the processed part cut by the cutting means as a predetermined ticket, and the transport means, the ticket medium detecting means, the processing means, and the cutting means; In a ticket issuing device having an openable / closable cover provided to cover and a cover open / close detecting means for detecting opening / closing of the cover, control means for performing control for preventing the theft of the ticket medium is provided. Those were example.

[0018]

According to the present invention having the above-described structure, the cover medium opening / closing detecting means detects the opening of the cover in the state where the ticket medium detecting means detects the presence of the ticket medium in the transport means during the operation of the apparatus. At this time, the control means controls the transport means to be driven in the direction opposite to the direction of the processing to return the ticket medium to the inside of the ticket box.

Therefore, according to this, even if the clerk intentionally pryes the cover away from the apparatus, the ticket medium can be reliably prevented from being stolen, and the security against theft can be improved. It will be excellent.

[0020]

Embodiment An embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of a ticket issuing device according to one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a ticket medium, 2
Is a ticket box, 3 is a door, 4 is a drawer, 5 is a tractor unit, 6 is a pinwheel, 7 is an ink ribbon cassette, 8 is a print head, 9 is a platen, 10 is a motor, 1
1 is a mini-pitch belt, 12 and 13 are sensors, 14 is a cutter, 15 is a cover, 16 is a shaft, 17 is an outlet, 1
8 is a micro switch, 19 is a switch pressing piece,
These correspond to those in FIG. 5 and have the same configuration, so that the description thereof is omitted here.

Reference numeral 20 denotes control means for monitoring the detection signals of the microswitch 18 and the sensors 12 and 13 in this embodiment and controlling the operation of preventing the ticket medium 1 from being stolen based on a program stored in a memory (not shown). The anti-theft control unit, and the anti-theft control unit 20
Is a CP used in a conventional device for printing processing and the like.
It can be held as one function of the main controller by U or the like.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing control for preventing theft of the ticket medium 1. The operation of the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIG. The procedure for setting the ticket medium 1 and issuing the ticket is performed in the same manner as in the prior art.
Step S shown in FIG.
It will be described according to.

First, in the operation state of the apparatus, the anti-theft control unit 20 determines whether or not the apparatus is normal, for example, whether or not a jam has occurred (S1). The unit 20 controls the tractor unit 5 based on the detection state (ON or OFF) of the sensors 12 and 13.
Then, it is determined whether or not the ticket medium 1 is present in the transport means including the pin wheel 6 and the like (S2).

When the ticket medium 1 is present, the antitheft control unit 20 determines whether the cover 15 is open based on the detection state (ON or OFF) of the microswitch 18 (S3), and opens the cover. If not, the process returns to S1, but if it is open, the anti-theft control unit 20 subsequently determines whether or not the apparatus is printing (S4).

If the apparatus is printing, the anti-theft control unit 20 stops the printing operation of the print head 8 or the like (S
5) Immediately after printing, if printing is not in progress,
0 is driven in a direction opposite to the printing direction, and the ticket medium 1 is fed backward by the transport means. As a result, the sprocket hole of the ticket medium 1 is sequentially disengaged from the sprocket of the tractor at one end of the tractor unit 5, so that the ticket medium 1 enters the ticket box 2 from the outlet 4 by its own weight, and finally the tip of the ticket medium 1 Falls from the outlet 4 into the ticket box 2 and is stored. Simultaneously with the reverse feeding operation of the ticket medium 1, an alarm is issued by an alarm generating means (not shown) according to an instruction of the antitheft control unit 20 (S6).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the cover 15 is opened while the sensors 12 and 13 are detecting the bill medium 1 in the conveying means in a normal state of the apparatus, the bill medium 1 is fed back. Then, the ticket medium 1 is stored in the ticket box 2, thereby preventing the ticket medium 1 from being stolen. If the apparatus is not normal in S1, the anti-theft control unit 20 determines whether the apparatus is printing. (S7), and if printing is in progress, the anti-theft control unit 20 stops the printing operation of the print head 8 or the like (S8), and then displays on the display means (not shown) that an abnormality has occurred. It is displayed (S9).

If the ticket medium 1 is not present in S2, a display means (not shown) is displayed to replenish the ticket medium 1 according to an instruction from the antitheft control unit 20 (S10).
In the above-described embodiment, foldable paper is used as the ticket medium 1 and the transport means for transporting the foldable paper includes the tractor unit 5 and the pin wheel 6, but roll paper is used as the ticket medium 1. Alternatively, a plurality of roller pairs for nipping and transporting the roll paper may be used as a transport unit.

In the above-described embodiment, two sensors 1
Although it is determined whether or not the ticket medium 1 is present in the transport means based on the states of the sensors 2 and 13, the ticket medium 1 is present in the transport means based on one of the states of the sensors 12 and 13. Of course, it may be determined whether or not this is the case. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an apparatus for performing printing processing on a ticket medium and issuing it as a ticket has been described. However, an apparatus for performing magnetic writing processing and printing processing on a ticket medium with a magnetic stripe and issuing the ticket as a ticket is also similarly described. Applicable.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, during operation of the apparatus, the ticket medium detecting means detects that there is a ticket medium in the transport means, and the cover opening / closing detecting means detects the opening of the cover. Then, since the control means controls the conveyance means to drive the conveyance means in the opposite direction to the processing and returns the ticket medium to the inside of the ticket box, the cover is deliberately placed in a gap etc. Even if it is broken open, the ticket medium can be reliably prevented from being stolen, and the effect of realizing a ticket issuing device excellent in security against theft can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of a ticket issuing device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing the internal structure of a conventional ticket issuing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 ticket medium 2 ticket box 3 door 4 drawer port 5 tractor unit 6 pinwheel 8 print head 9 platen 10 motor 12 sensor (medium detecting means) 13 sensor (medium detecting means) 14 cutter (cutting means) 15 cover 17 discharge port 18 Micro switch (cover open / close detecting means) 19 Switch pressing piece (cover open / close detecting means) 20 Theft prevention control unit (control means)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-64-1091 (JP, A) JP-A-2-71391 (JP, A) JP-A-1-310496 (JP, A) 123051 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 2-108174 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 1-155569 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket box for accommodating a continuous sheet medium and having a hole for drawing out the sheet medium, conveying means for conveying the sheet medium drawn out from the drawing hole, and presence or absence of the sheet medium in the conveying means. Medium detecting means for detecting a sheet medium, processing means for performing predetermined processing such as printing on the ticket medium conveyed by the conveying means, cutting means for cutting a processed portion of the ticket medium, and cutting by this cutting means An openable and closable cover having a ticket issuing port for discharging the processed portion as a predetermined ticket and provided to cover the transporting means, the ticket medium detecting means, the processing means, and the cutting means; A ticket issuing device having a cover opening / closing detecting means for detecting opening / closing, wherein the ticket medium detecting means detects the presence of a ticket medium in the transport means during operation of the apparatus, and the cover opening / closing detecting means When detecting opening of the cover, ticket issuing apparatus characterized by comprising control means for controlling to return the ticket medium in ticket box and driven in the opposite direction to the time of processing the transport means.