JPH05108913A - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the robbery by controlling a ticket to be returned to a ticket box by driving a carrier means in the direction opposite to the processing time using a control means when a cover opening/closing detection means detects the opening of a cover. CONSTITUTION:In the normal use of the device, if a cover 15 is open when sensors 12 and 13 are detecting a ticket 1 in a carrier means during the printing operation, a control part 20 for preventing robbery sends back the ticket 1 by the carrier means after stopping the printing operation of a printing head 8 or the like during the printing operation and by driving a motor 10 immediately in the opposite direction to the printing time during non-printing operation. Accordingly, since a sprocket hole on the ticket 1 is successively removed from the sprocket of a tractor at the end of a tractor unit 5, the ticket 1 is entered in a ticket box 2 from an ejecting port 4 by its own weight, and finally the edge of the ticket 1 falls to be housed in the ticket box 2 from the ejecting port 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention issues a predetermined ticket such as a train ticket or various coupon tickets by performing a process such as printing or magnetic writing on a continuous ticket medium and cutting the processed part. 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 device. In the figure, 1 is an unprocessed continuous ticket medium, here a folding sheet having sprocket holes (not shown) on both sides. I'm using it. 2 is this ticket medium 1
A ticket box for storing a ticket is provided with a door 3 that can be locked by a lock (not shown) on the front surface (the side or the back surface may be used), and has a drawer hole 4 for drawing the ticket medium 1 on the top surface. There is.

A tractor unit 5 having a tractor belt with sprocket pins is provided on the ticket box 2.
Printing is performed via the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon cassette 7 on the ticket medium 1 which is conveyed by the pin wheel 6 having a sprocket pin, the tractor unit 5, the pin wheel 6 and a guide plate. The print head 8 and the platen 9, the motor 10 as a power source for driving the conveying means, etc., the mini-pitch belt 11 forming a part of the power transmitting means, and the presence or absence of the ticket medium 1 in the conveying means are checked. A printer unit including sensors 12 and 13 as medium detecting means for detecting and a cutter 14 as cutting means for cutting a printed portion of the ticket medium 1 printed by the print head 6 is provided.

Here, one end of the tractor unit 5 is located above the extraction 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 installed opposite to each other at a position above the pin wheel 6, and the print head 8 is mounted together with the ink ribbon cassette 7 on a carriage (not shown), such as a space motor or ribbon feed motor (not shown). Space operation and ribbon feed are performed by.

Further, the rotational force of the motor 9 is transmitted to the pulley provided coaxially with the pin wheel 6 via the mini pitch belt 10 and also to the tractor unit 5 and the platen 9 via an idle gear or the like. As a result, the tractor unit 5, the pin wheel 6, and the platen 9 rotate synchronously. 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. Is operated by a drive mechanism (not shown).

Reference numeral 15 is a cover for covering the printer section, which is attached to the ticket box 2 via a shaft 16 and 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. Further, the cover 15 is provided with a lock (not shown) so that it can be locked in the closed state.

Reference numeral 18 is a micro switch fixed on the ticket box 2, reference numeral 19 is a switch pressing piece provided on the inner surface of the cover 15, and the switch pressing piece 18 presses the micro switch 18 when the cover 15 is closed. Then, for example, it is turned off, and both of them constitute a cover opening / closing detecting means for detecting opening / closing 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 staff member such as an operator unlocks the door 3 and the cover 15 with a key to unlock the door 3, opens the door 3 and stores the unprocessed continuous ticket medium 1 in the ticket box 2, and
The cover 15 is opened from the position A to the position B.

Then, the leading end of the ticket medium 1 is drawn out onto the ticket box 2 through the drawing hole 4, and the sprocket hole of the ticket medium 1 is fitted to the 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. After that, when the power of the device is turned on and the set switch or the like is pressed, the motor 10
Rotates by a certain amount, and the rotational force is transmitted to the tractor unit 5, the pin wheel 6, and the platen 9 via the mini-pitch belt 11, etc., so that the tractor unit 5, the pin wheel 6, and the platen 9 are synchronized. Then rotate.

As a result, the bill medium 1 is fed from the tractor unit 5 through the pin wheel 6 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 holes of the ticket medium 1 and the sprocket pins of the pin wheel 6 are automatically fitted. 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, and the ticket can be issued, and the printing medium 1 stands by for printing.

The ticket is issued as follows. First,
Print data input by a keyboard 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 by the print head 8 via the ink ribbon of the ink ribbon cassette 7, and the motor 10 is operated for each line of printing. The ticket medium 1 is driven by a fixed amount and the ticket medium 1 is fed.

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

When the ticket is repeatedly issued and the last one is issued, the sensors 12 and 13 are turned off and the ticket medium 1 cannot be detected. At this time, the sensors 12 and 13 are detected.
Based on the output of, the display means (not shown) displays a replenishment instruction of the ticket medium 1 to a staff member such as an operator, whereby the ticket medium 1 is set in the same manner as described above. Further, when the ticket medium 1 causes a jam or the like during printing, the sensors 12 and 13 can detect the occurrence of the jam or the like.

Further, when the apparatus is in a normal state, the cover 1
When 5 is deliberately opened, the switch pressing piece 19 provided on the cover 15 is separated from the micro switch 18, so that the micro switch 18 is turned off.
Based on this, an alarm is issued by an alarm generating means (not shown).

[0015]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional ticket issuing device, when the cover is deliberately opened as described above, the alarm is issued by the alarm generating means, but the staff such as the operator. If such a situation occurs in the gap away from the device, the unprocessed ticket medium set in the transportation means including the tractor unit and the pin wheel is conveyed by the transportation means before the staff hears the alarm and returns. There is a risk that the ticket medium in the ticket box may be removed from the ticket box or stolen by pulling out the ticket medium from the drawer hole, and it cannot be said that it is necessarily excellent in safety.

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

[0017]

To achieve this object, the present invention provides a ticket box which accommodates a continuous ticket medium and is provided with a drawing hole for the ticket medium, and a ticket medium pulled out from the drawing hole. A transporting means for transporting the sheet, a ticket medium detecting means for detecting the presence or absence of a ticket medium in the transporting means, a processing means for performing a predetermined process such as printing on the ticket medium transported by the transporting means, It has a cutting means for cutting the processed portion, and a ticket issuing port for ejecting the processed portion cut by the cutting means as a predetermined ticket, and further comprises the conveying means, the ticket medium detecting means, the processing means, and the cutting means. In a ticket issuing device having an openable / closable cover provided so as to cover and a cover opening / closing detection means for detecting opening / closing of the cover, a 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 opening / closing detecting means detects the opening of the cover while the ticket medium detecting means detects the presence of the ticket medium in the conveying means during the operation of the apparatus. At this time, the control means controls the transportation means so as to drive the transportation means in a direction opposite to that at the time of processing to return the ticket medium into the ticket box.

Therefore, according to this, even if the cover is deliberately opened by the staff in the gap away from the device, the ticket medium can be surely prevented from being stolen, and the security against theft can be improved. It will be excellent.

[0020]

[Examples] Examples 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 an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a ticket medium and 2
Is a ticket box, 3 is a door, 4 is an outlet, 5 is a tractor unit, 6 is a pin wheel, 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,
Since these correspond to those in FIG. 5 and have the same configuration, the description thereof is omitted here.

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

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the control for preventing the theft of the ticket medium 1. The operation of the above-mentioned configuration will be described with reference to FIG. Since the procedure for setting the ticket medium 1 and issuing the ticket is performed in the same manner as in the conventional case, here, the ticket medium 1 is used.
Step S shown in FIG. 2 is only the operation for theft prevention of
Follow the instructions below.

First, the antitheft control unit 20 determines whether or not the device is normal in the operating state of the device, for example, whether a jam or the like has occurred (S1). If the device is normal, then the antitheft control is performed. The section 20 determines the tractor unit 5 based on the detection states (ON or OFF) of the sensors 12 and 13.
Then, it is determined whether or not the ticket medium 1 is present in the conveying means including the pin wheel 6 and the like (S2).

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

When the apparatus is printing, the antitheft control unit 20 stops the printing operation of the print head 8 (S).
5) Immediately after printing, if motor 1 is not printing
0 is driven in the direction opposite to that at the time of printing, and the ticket medium 1 is fed backward by the conveying means. As a result, the sprocket holes of the ticket medium 1 are 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 pull-out port 4 by its own weight and finally the tip of the ticket medium 1. Are dropped and stored in the ticket box 2 through the drawer opening 4. 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 from the antitheft control unit 20 (S6).

As described above, in this embodiment, when the cover 15 is opened while the sensors 12 and 13 detect the ticket medium 1 in the conveying means in the normal state of the apparatus, the ticket medium 1 is fed backward. Then, the bill medium 1 is stored in the bill box 2 to prevent the bill medium 1 from being stolen. However, if the device is not normal in S1, the theft prevention control unit 20 determines whether the device is printing. If it is being printed, the anti-theft control unit 20 stops the printing operation of the print head 8 and the like (S8), and if there is an abnormality, a display means (not shown) indicates that an abnormality has occurred. Display (S9).

If there is no ticket medium 1 in S2, the ticket medium 1 is refilled by a display means (not shown) according to an instruction from the antitheft control unit 20 (S10).
In the above-described embodiment, folding paper is used as the ticket medium 1, and the transporting means for transporting the folding paper is composed of the tractor unit 5 and the pin wheel 6, but roll paper is used as the ticket medium 1. A plurality of roller pairs that sandwich and convey the roll paper may be used as the conveying means.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the two sensors 1
Although it is determined whether or not the ticket medium 1 is present in the conveying means based on the states of 2 and 13, the ticket medium 1 is present in the conveying means based on the state of either one of the sensors 12 and 13. Of course, it may be determined whether or not. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the apparatus for printing the ticket medium and issuing it as a ticket has been described, but the same applies to an apparatus for performing a magnetic writing process and a printing process on a ticket medium with a magnetic stripe and issuing it as a ticket. Applicable.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, the cover opening / closing detecting means detects the opening of the cover while the ticket medium detecting means detects the presence of the ticket medium in the conveying means during the operation of the apparatus. Then, the control means drives the conveying means in a direction opposite to that at the time of processing to return the ticket medium to the inside of the ticket box. Even if the ticket medium is opened, it is possible to reliably prevent the ticket medium from being stolen, and it is possible to obtain a ticket issuing device having excellent security against theft.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

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

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ticket medium 2 ticket box 3 door 4 drawer port 5 tractor unit 6 pin wheel 8 print head 9 platen 10 motor 12 sensor (medium detection means) 13 sensor (medium detection means) 14 cutter (cutting means) 15 cover 17 discharge port 18 Micro switch (cover open / close detection means) 19 Switch pressing piece (cover open / close detection means) 20 Anti-theft control unit (control means)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket box containing a continuous ticket medium and having a drawing hole for the ticket medium, a conveying means for conveying the ticket medium pulled out from the drawing hole, and the presence or absence of the ticket medium in the conveying means. A ticket medium detecting means for detecting the above, a processing means for performing a predetermined process such as printing on the ticket medium conveyed by the conveying means, a cutting means for cutting a processed portion of the ticket medium, and a cutting means for cutting the same. An openable and closable cover which has a ticket issuing port for discharging the processed portion as a predetermined ticket and is provided so as to cover the conveying means, the ticket medium detecting means, the processing means, and the cutting means, and this cover. In a ticket issuing device having a cover opening / closing detecting means for detecting opening / closing, the cover opening / closing detecting means is in a state in which the ticket medium detecting means detects the presence of a ticket medium in the conveying means during operation of the apparatus. 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.