JPH07101122A - Bankbook processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To miniaturize a mechanism below a page sensor unit which serves to read a page information of a bankbook. CONSTITUTION:A bankbook processing device comprises a conveying path, along which a bankbook T inserted into an insertion and discharge port in a spread position is conveyed, a page sensor unit 24 for detecting a page information appended to a predetermined position on respective pages of the bankbook, and a printing unit for printing the page information on the bankbook. The page sensor unit 24 is disposed at least rearwardly of the printing unit, and the conveying path is formed to be narrowed to a maximum thickness of the bankbook T near an area which is subjected to detection by the page sensor unit 24 and to hold that portion of the bankbook T, to which the page information of the bankbook is appended, at a focal point of the page sensor unit 24. Accordingly, that portion of the bankbook T, to which the page information of the bankbook is appended, is held at the focal point of the page sensor unit 24. Thus a pressing roller below the page sensor unit 24, which would have been required, is dispensed with.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a passbook processing apparatus for reading page information from a passbook and performing a printing operation on a predetermined page.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a bankbook processing apparatus such as an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) carries a bankbook inserted in its insertion / exit opening by a carrying mechanism and performs predetermined operations such as page detection and printing. After that, it is discharged from the combined discharge outlet. A schematic operation of such a passbook processing apparatus will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a main part of the passbook processing apparatus. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view for explaining the transport path near the page sensor unit. In FIG. 3, the spread passbook T is inserted into an insertion / discharge port (hereinafter referred to as an insertion port) 12 of the passbook processing apparatus 10, and the passbook T is discharged after a predetermined process is completed. S1 and S2 are sensors composed of photocouplers, and the passbook T has an insertion opening 22.
It is provided to detect whether or not it has been inserted into.

14a, 16a, 18a, 20a, 22a
Is a feed roller provided above the transport path L, and is rotationally driven by the pulse motor M. At the lower part of the transport path L, facing the feed rollers, the pressing rollers 14a,
16a, 18a, 20a, 22a are provided. The pulse motor M, the feed rollers 14a to 22a, and the pressing rollers 14b to 22b constitute a transport mechanism. By these transporting mechanisms, the passbook T is transported in a direction F (right to left direction on paper) and a direction R (left to right direction on paper). The transport mechanism is a pulse motor M.
Since it is driven by, the transport distance of the passbook T can be controlled by controlling the number of drive pulses given to the pulse motor M.

S3 and S4 are sensors composed of photocouplers for detecting the front end of the passbook T. Reference numeral 24 denotes a page sensor unit that optically reads a bar code and a tag code (hereinafter referred to as page information) that displays the number of pages printed at a predetermined position outside the entry field on each page of the passbook T. Then, the number of double-page spreads of the passbook T is detected. A pressing roller 26 is provided to face the page sensor unit 24. The pressing roller 26 is biased upward by a biasing member (not shown) so as to constantly press the passbook T against the page sensor unit 24. The configuration of the conveyance path near the detection area of the page sensor unit 24 will be described later.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a print head that performs a printing operation by reciprocating in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface. Reference numeral 30 denotes a platen installed so as to face the print head 28. A print unit 31 is configured by the print head 28 and the platen 30.

Next, the structure of the conveyance path near the detection area of the page sensor section 24 will be further described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 4, 36A and 36B are guides for smoothly carrying the passbook T. The pressing roller 26 is the holder 2
It is rotatably held by 6a. The holder 26a is
While being supported rotatably around the fulcrum portion 26b,
The biasing member 27 constantly biases upward. Therefore, the passbook T is pressed toward the page sensor unit 24.
Therefore, a portion of the passbook T to which page information is attached (hereinafter referred to as a reading surface) and the contact surface 2 of the page sensor unit 24.
It comes into close contact with 4a. The contact surface 24a corresponds to a detection area for reading page information attached to the reading surface. The page sensor 24 is configured such that when the contact surface 24a is in close contact with the reading surface, the position of the reading surface matches the focal length of the page sensor unit 24. The detection sensitivity of the page sensor 24 is best when the reading surface is at the focal length position. Therefore, since the reading surface of the passbook T is brought into close contact with the contact surface 24a by the pressing roller 26 biased upward, the page sensor unit 24 can accurately read the page information attached to the passbook T. Further, when the page sensor 24 reads the page information, the pressing roller 26 rotates in accordance with the movement of the passbook T, so that the passbook T is smoothly conveyed.

Next, the page reading operation and the printing operation of the passbook T will be described with reference to FIG. When the passbook T in the spread state is inserted into the insertion port 12, the sensors S1 and S2 which detect the passbook T give a detection signal to a control unit (not shown). Upon receiving the detection signal, the control unit rotates the pulse motor M to drive the transport mechanism so that the passbook T is captured and transported in the direction F.

When the control section detects the front end of the passbook T by the sensors S3, S4, the sensors S3, S are arranged so that the position with the page information enters the reading area of the page sensor section 24.
The passbook T is conveyed for a predetermined distance from 4, and then the page sensor unit 24 is caused to start the reading operation of the page information.

Next, the passbook T read by the page sensor unit 24
When the print position (line position) to be printed is determined according to the page information of, the distance to carry the passbook T is calculated in order to match the print position with the print head 28. The passbook T is conveyed to the printing unit 31 according to the calculated distance.

After the printing operation is performed by the print head 28 on the passbook T conveyed to the printing unit 31, the pulse motor M is rotated in the opposite direction to convey the passbook T in the direction R and insert it. Eject from 12.

As described above, the sensors S3 and S4 provided immediately in front of the page sensor unit 24 detect the page information reading position and the carrying distance when the passbook T is carried to the printing position. It acts to output a signal. That is, this detection signal indicates that the passbook T has reached the reference position.

[0013]

In order to downsize the conventional passbook processing apparatus described above, the page sensor unit 2 shown in FIG. 3 is used.
4 It is necessary to remove the pressure roller 26 from the space below and place components such as a power supply in place of it. However, if the pressing roller 26 is abolished, the focal length of the page sensor unit 24 cannot be maintained, so that page information cannot be detected stably. Therefore, it is impossible to abolish the pressing roller 26 provided in the space below the page sensor unit 24.

In view of the above points, the present invention has a small mechanism for occupying the space below the page sensor unit, and enables downsizing of the device, and moreover, a passbook processing device which stably holds the focal length of the page sensor unit. The purpose is to provide.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a passage is provided in which a passbook inserted into the insertion / ejection port in a spread state is conveyed and a predetermined position of each page of the passbook. In a passbook processing device having a page sensor unit for detecting the page information and a printing unit for printing predetermined information on the passbook,
The page sensor unit is arranged at least behind the printing unit, and the conveying path is narrowed to the maximum thickness of the passbook in the vicinity of the detection area of the page sensor unit, and the portion to which the page information of the passbook is attached is paged. It is characterized in that it is formed so as to be held at the focal length of the sensor section.

[0016]

In the passbook processing apparatus of the present invention, the passbook is squeezed to its maximum thickness in the conveyance path near the detection area of the page sensor unit, and the portion with page information is set to the focal length of the page sensor unit. Retained. Further, since the page sensor unit is disposed behind the printing unit, the carrying state of the passbook in the carrying path near the page sensor unit does not affect the printing operation.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view for explaining a conveyance path near a page sensor unit in an embodiment of the passbook processing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram in the embodiment. In FIGS. 1 and 2, members that are the same as or correspond to those in FIGS. 3 and 4 showing a conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

First, the structure of the conveyance path 50 near the detection area of the page sensor 24 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. In FIG. 1, reference numerals 50A and 50B denote an upper surface guide and a lower surface guide (hereinafter, both may be simply referred to as a guide) that constitute a conveyance path, and the narrowed portion 5 is formed in a convex shape.
4A and 54B are provided. Guides 50A and 50B
Is provided so that the squeezing portions 54A and 54B face each other and the portion facing the position of the passbook T where the page information is attached is squeezed.

The page sensor portion 24 has a contact surface 24 in the opening 51 formed in the narrow portion 54A of the upper surface guide 50A.
a is fixed so as to face the passbook T. Narrowing part 5
The distance between 4A and 54B (hereinafter referred to as inter-guide distance) is set to be approximately the same as the maximum thickness of the passbook T. Since the guides 50A and 50B are fixed to the device casing, the inter-guide distance has a fixed value. Therefore, the reading surface of the passbook T is
The position of this reading surface is almost held at the focal length of the page sensor unit 24 because it is brought into close contact with the contact surface 24a of No. 4 of FIG. That is, the conveyance path in the vicinity of the detection area of the page sensor unit 24 is narrowed to the maximum thickness of the passbook T, and the reading portion with the page information of the passbook T is held at the focal length of the page sensor unit 24. Is formed in.

As described above, by constructing the conveying path 50 near the page sensor unit 24 as shown in FIG. 1, unlike the prior art, the page sensor unit does not require a complicated mechanical unit such as a pressing roller. The passbook T can be brought into close contact with the contact surface 24a of 24 so that the reading surface of the passbook T can be held at the focal length of the page sensor unit 24. Therefore, since components such as a power source can be arranged below the transport path 50, there is an effect that the passbook processing apparatus can be downsized.

However, if the transport path 50 of FIG. 1 is directly applied to the conventional example shown in FIG. 3, the following problems will occur. That is, the passbook T is passed through the narrowed portions 54A, 54
Since it is conveyed while being sandwiched between B, a frictional resistance acts on the conveyed passbook T. That is, the page sensor unit 2
There is a possibility that the passbook T conveyed from the No. 4 to the printing unit 31 is not conveyed by a normal distance due to the action of resistance force. Therefore, since the passbook T is not transported by the distance that the transport mechanism operates during the printing operation and the transport operation preceding it,
There is a possibility that an error may occur in the print position or the print quality may deteriorate.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the page sensor section 24 at the end of the conveying path behind the printing section 31 as shown in FIG. It is designed so that it does not interfere with the transport operation. This will be described below.

The page reading operation and the printing operation of the passbook T will be described with reference to FIG. When the passbook T in the spread state is inserted into the insertion port 12 of the passbook processing apparatus 10A, the sensors S1 and S2 that detect the passbook give a detection signal to a control unit (not shown). Upon receiving the detection signal, the control unit rotates the pulse motor M to drive the transport mechanism so that the passbook T is captured and transported in the direction F.

When the front end of the passbook T is detected by the sensors S3 and S4, the control unit conveys the passbook T by a predetermined distance so that the position of the passbook T to which the page information is attached falls within the detection area of the page sensor 24. Then, the page information of the passbook T is read by the page sensor unit 24. Note that the passbook T only passes through the printing unit 31 and is not printed there.

The control unit determines the print position (line position) to be printed according to the page information of the passbook T read by the page sensor unit 24, and then, in order to match the print position with the print head 28, the passbook T Sensor S3 for detecting the front end of
The print transport distance required when transporting the print head 28 from S4 is calculated.

Next, the transport mechanism is reversed to transport the passbook T in the direction R and stop at a position before the sensors S3 and S4. Next, the transport mechanism is rotated forward and the passbook T is moved in the direction F.
Then, the passbook T is conveyed from the positions of the sensors S3 and S4 to the printing unit 31 by the printing conveyance distance.

The passbook T conveyed to the printing unit 31 is printed by the print head 28. After this printing operation, the transport mechanism is reversed again to transport the passbook T in the direction R and eject it from the insertion slot 12.

According to the above-described embodiment, the resistance is not applied to the passbook T conveyed to the printing unit 31 during the printing operation and the conveying operation prior to the printing operation, so that the printing position is accurate and The printing quality is effectively maintained.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the guides 50A and 50B shown in FIG. 1 are fixed to the apparatus casing,
The distance between guides does not change. However, when the lower surface guide 50B is not fixed to the apparatus casing and biasing members are provided at both lower end portions of the lower surface guide 50B and the lower surface guide 50B is always biased toward the upper surface guide 50A, the passbook T becomes a page. Since it is pressed by the sensor unit 24, the passbook T for the contact surface 24a
Adhesion of the reading surface of is good. Therefore, in this case, the reading accuracy of the page sensor unit 24 is improved.

[0030]

As described above, according to the passbook processing apparatus of the present invention, the conveyance path near the detection area of the page sensor section for detecting page information is narrowed to the maximum thickness of the passbook, and
The portion with page information is held at the focal length of the page sensor unit. Therefore, unlike the prior art, the pressing roller below the page sensor unit is not required, and the device can be downsized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view illustrating a conveyance path near a page sensor unit in an embodiment of a passbook processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a passbook processing apparatus in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional passbook processing device.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view illustrating a conveyance path near a page sensor unit in a conventional passbook treatment apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 24 page sensor section 31 printing section 50 conveying path 50A upper surface guide 50B lower surface guide 54A, 54B narrowing section T passbook

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Masayasu Mikawa 4-3, Jonai, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture Shinko Seisakusho Co., Ltd. Inside the factory (72) Inventor Tatsuya Takekawa 4-3-1, Tsunashima-higashi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Matsushita Communication Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masakazu Terami 1-7-12 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo Off the coast Electric Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transport path for transporting a passbook inserted in an insertion / ejection port in a spread state, a page sensor unit for detecting page information attached to a predetermined position of each page of the passbook, and the passbook. In a passbook processing device having a printing unit that prints predetermined information, the page sensor unit is disposed at least behind the printing unit, and the transport path is in the vicinity of the detection area of the page sensor unit, A passbook processing apparatus, which is formed so as to be squeezed to a maximum thickness and to hold a portion of the passbook to which the page information is attached at a focal length of the page sensor unit.