JPH01294424A - Apparatus for detecting a series of cards during movement - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effect an automatic registration of a pitch detecting part with a detected part of a series of cards, by providing a machine frame with a movable member for regulating said cards and a follower member movable along the movable member one-half the moving distance thereof and having the pitch detecting part attached thereto. CONSTITUTION:When moving a movable member 34 in the direction of a supporting plate 30, a belt 40 fixed to the movable member 34 is pulled in the same direction, a pulley 39 with the belt 40 entrained thereabout rotates counterclockwise and a pitch detecting part 6 attached to an attaching part 35C together with its follower member 35 rotates in the direction of the supporting plate 30. Given that the difference in width between a series of cards 22 small in width and a series of cards 23 larger in width is W and that the belt 40 entrained about the pulley 39 is pulled a distance W, the center of the pulley 39 moves one-half the distance W in the same direction with the moving distances of the movable member 34 and the follower member 35 in the ratio 2:1. The movable member 34 is fastened to a guide rod 33 by turning a tightening bolt 38 and, in response to changes from the width of the cards 22 to that of the cards 23, the registration of the pitch detecting part 6 with the detected part 23A is attained.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a continuous bill transfer detection device that detects the transfer pitch when transferring continuous bills such as price tags that are detachably connected as a single hole. .

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as this type of continuous bill transfer detection device, one used in a continuous bill printing device as shown in FIG. 5 is known.

1 in the figure is continuous bill printing'! A paper supply roller 2 provided on the right side of the main body 1 of the A-book storage bowl is wound with a continuous bill 3 in the form of a roll, which is formed of a single leaf hole and is separably connected. A hole is provided at the center of the tip of each single leaf hole in this continuous tag 3, and when the continuous tag 3 is cut out as a single leaf hole and used as a price tag, a thread or the like is passed through the hole to attach it to a product. It is something. This hole is used as a detected portion 3A when the pitch detecting section 6, which will be described later, detects the transfer pitch of the consecutive bills 3. The continuous bills 3 are transferred by a transfer mechanism 5 provided on the left side of the main body 1 along a transfer path 4 indicated by an arrow in the figure. A pitch detection section 6 installed facing the transfer path 4 is configured to detect the transfer pitch of the consecutive bills 3, and its transfer signal is supplied to the transfer mechanism 5. The transfer mechanism 5 drives the drive motor 5A in response to the supplied signal, and the paper feed roller 7 rotates as a result of this drive, and the paper pressure roller 8 presses and follows the paper feed roller rough to sandwich the continuous bills 3 and continuously transfer them. Print tag 3 on printing section 9
Transport to. The printing section 9 has a printing head lO and a platen 1.
1. The print head 1O prints desired information on each single bill stop of the continuous bill 3 held by the platen 11 via the print ribbon 16 supplied from the ribbon supply roller 12 and wound around the ribbon take-up roller 13.

The pitch detecting section 6 in the main body 1 of the continuous bill printing apparatus is located at the position shown in FIG. 5 and is constructed as follows. As shown in FIG. 6, a machine frame 14 is attached to a predetermined location on the main body 1, and a paper presser 15 that regulates the continuous bills 3 being transferred through the transfer path 4 is attached to the machine frame 14 and is rotatable in the vertical direction. installed. A pitch detection section 6 consisting of an optical sensor having a light emitting element and a light receiving element arranged in line with this paper presser foot 15 or a machine frame 14
A pair of upper and lower ends fixed to the end portion 14A of the support plate 14B are attached to the support plate 14B.

When the pitch detecting section 6 configured as described above detects the transfer pitch of the continuous bills 3, the continuous bills 3 transferred from the paper supply roller 2 pass through the paper presser 15 and reach the pair of support plates 1.
4B, and then the paper presser is rotated downward to hold down the continuous bills 3 and regulate the vertical direction of the transfer path 4 of the consecutive bills 3 in the machine frame 14. Thereafter, the position of the predetermined detected portion 3A formed in each single leaf hole of the continuous bill 3 and the pitch detection portion 6
Match the position of In this way, the pitch detection section 6
The light emitted from the light emitting element is detected by being received by the light receiving element on the opposite side via the detected portion 3A formed at a predetermined position of the single leaf hole.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) According to such a conventional continuous bill transfer detection device.

There were some problems as follows.

(1) If the position of the pitch detection section is fixed in advance, it is not possible to freely displace the pitch detection section to adapt to consecutive bills with different widths, and therefore The variety is extremely limited.

(2) When matching the position of the pitch detection part to the position of the detected part of the newly supplied consecutive bills, this positioning is done by visual measurement, so positional deviations may occur and it takes time to perform one positioning. etc., it is difficult to quickly and easily align the pitch detection section and the detected section of the consecutive bills.

In order to overcome the problems of the above-mentioned prior art, the present invention has the following features:
By regulating the width according to the width of the consecutive bills supplied, the pitch detection section can be automatically displaced with just this operation, and at the same time, the positioning of the pitch detection section and the detected section of the consecutive bills can be automatically adjusted. An object of the present invention is to provide a continuous bill transfer detection device that can quickly and easily detect the transfer pitch of consecutive bills.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. That is, a movable member that movably restricts one side of the consecutive bills is attached to a machine frame provided facing the transfer path of the consecutive bills, and a movable member is connected to the movable member via a connecting mechanism, so that one side of the movable member Providing a driven member that follows the movable member when moving in the direction and moves a distance equivalent to one half of the moving distance,
A pitch detection section for detecting the transfer pitch of consecutive bills is attached to this driven member.

(Function) In the sewerage invention having the above structure, when the continuous bill wound around the paper supply roller is transferred along the transfer path and loaded into the main body of the continuous bill printing device, the transfer detecting device loads the continuous bill as described above. The movable member is manually moved so that it comes into contact with one side of the continuous bill. When moving this movable member,
Via a driven member or a coupling mechanism, it is automatically moved in the same direction as the moving direction of the movable member by a distance corresponding to one-half of its moving distance. The pitch detection section attached to the driven member that moves in this manner is displaced together with the driven member, and thus the pitch detection section and the detected section of the consecutive bills are automatically aligned.

In this way, the pitch detection part is configured to be able to be displaced according to the width of the consecutive bills supplied, and by regulating the width of the consecutive bills, the pitch detection part and the detected part of the consecutive bills are automatically adjusted. Once alignment is achieved, the transfer pitch of consecutive bills can be detected quickly and easily.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings (particularly FIGS. 1 to 3).

The first embodiment of the present invention is used in a continuous bill printing device as shown in FIG. 5 in the same way as the conventional example, and the machine frame 24 is positioned approximately in the same position as the pitch detection section 6 shown in the same figure. It is attached to 1. As shown in FIG. 1, this machine frame 24 has a through hole (hereinafter simply referred to as a detected part) 22A as a detected part at a predetermined position of a single leaf hole. A fixed regulating member 25 that regulates the side 22B is fixedly installed, and a paper presser 26 that regulates the continuous bills 22 being transferred through the transfer path 4 (indicated by an arrow in the figure) is attached to the fixed regulating member 25 and rotates in the vertical direction. It is attached so that it can move freely.

Guide rods 27 and 28 are installed on the machine frame 24 parallel to the transfer path 4 on the front side and the back side in the figure, respectively.

A support stand 29 that slides in the direction along the transfer path 4 is attached to the guide rod 27, 28, and support plates 30, 31 on the right end side and the left end side in the figure are respectively erected on this support stand 29. ing. As shown in FIG. 2, a tightening bolt 32 is installed at the right end side of the support base 29 in the figure so as to reach the guide rod 27 through the support base 29, and is inserted into an insertion hole with a screw cut inside the support base 29. When the tightening bolt 32 is rotated, the tip 32A of the tightening bolt 32 and the circumferential surface of the guide rod 27 come into contact with and separate from each other, so that the support base 29 is fixed or movable with respect to the guide rod 27, respectively. It is configured.

A guide rod 33 is installed between the support plates 30 and 31,
The guide rod 33 includes a movable member 34 in order from the support plate 30 to the support plate 31, a driven member 35 that is connected to the movable member 34 via a connection mechanism to be described later, and is driven by the movable member 34, and a sliding member. It is attached so that it can move freely. A buffer spring 36 is arranged between the movable member 34 and the driven member 35 so as to be wound around the guide rod 33.
When the driven member 4 and the driven member 35 approach each other, they are urged in the direction of separating them. In addition, the driven member 35 and the support plate 3
A pair of return springs 37 that bias the driven member 35 in the direction of the support plate 31 are attached between the drive member 1 and the support plate 31 . Further, the movable member 34 is provided with a regulating portion 34A that cooperates with the fixed regulating member 25 to regulate the other side 22C of the consecutive bills 22.

A through hole 34B is provided in the center of the movable member 34 along the vertical direction thereof, and the lower end opening surface of the through hole 34B reaches the guide rod 33. A tightening bolt 38 is attached to this through hole 34B, and the rotation of this tightening bolt 38 causes the tightening bolt 3
The distal end 38A of the guide rod 33 and the circumferential surface of the guide rod 33 come into contact with and separate from each other, so that the movable member 34 is fixed or movable with respect to the guide rod 33, respectively. The driven member 35 has a mounting arm 35A having a U-shaped side surface, and when the driven member 35 slides along the guide rod 33 in the right direction in FIG. Part 35
The driven member 35 is configured to be prevented from moving when it is brought into contact with B. Further, the mounting arm 35A of the driven member 35 has the continuous bills 22 loaded in the transfer path 4.
A mounting portion 35C is provided that protrudes toward the movable member 34 with the space between them, and a pitch detecting portion 6 having a light emitting element and a light receiving element is attached to this mounting portion 35C. In this way, the consecutive bills 22 are transferred between the attachment parts 35C, and the negative side 22
B is regulated by the fixed regulating member 25, while the other side 22C is regulated by the regulating part 34A of the movable member 34.

The connection mechanism that connects the movable member 34 and the driven member 35 is as follows. The driven member 35 has a pulley 39 rotatably attached to the lower surface of the arm 35A on the stopper part 35B side, and a rubber belt 40,
One end thereof is fixed to the support plate 30 of the machine frame 24 and the other end is fixed to the movable member 34 via a pulley 39, and is suspended between these ends.

Regarding the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration, the first
This will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 3.

First, the regulating part 34A of the movable member 34 (the surface perpendicular to the width direction and the transport direction of the consecutive bills 22, that is, the surface that comes into contact with the other side of the consecutive bills) is fixed to the fixed regulating member 25 (one side of the consecutive bills is It is initially set so that when n is at a position that coincides with the surface to be contacted (the surface to be contacted), the detection section 6 is located on the same line.

When applying a continuous bill 22 having a width 'I< to this embodiment, the continuous bill 22 is loaded along the transfer path 4 shown by the arrow in FIG. , its-
The side 22B is brought into contact with the fixed regulating member 25. Then, rotate the paper presser foot 26 downward, hold the paper presser foot 26, and hold the paper presser foot 26 in a state where one side 22B of the consecutive bills 22 and the fixed regulating member 25 are in contact with each other.J! Regulation is performed so that one consecutive bill 22 is transferred.

Next, the tightening bolt 32 is rotated in one direction to release the pressure contact between the tip 32A of the tightening bolt 32 and the guide rod 27,
The support stand 29 is made slidable in the direction along the transfer path 4 of the continuous bills 22. Pitch detection section 6 and detected section 2 of consecutive bills 22
2A are aligned in a straight line in the width direction, and then rotate the tightening bolt 32 in the other direction to bring the tip 32A of the tightening bolt 32 into pressure contact with the guide rod 27. to fix the support stand 29 to the guide rod 27.

Further, the tightening bolt 38 is rotated in one direction to release the pressure contact between the tip 38A of the tightening bolt 38 and the guide rod 33, and the movable member 34 is made slidable with respect to the guide rod 33. And the other side 22C of the consecutive bills 22 and the regulating part 34A of the movable member 34
The movable member 34 is moved until the two come into contact with each other. consecutive bills 2
After the other side 22C of 2 contacts the regulating portion 34A of the movable member 34, the tightening bolt 38 is rotated in the other direction to bring the tip 38A of the tightening bolt 38 into pressure contact with the guide rod 33, and the movable member 34 is fixed to the guide rod 33. At this time, the pitch detecting section 6 and the detected portion 22A of the consecutive bills 22 are aligned in the vertical direction (see Fig. 2), and thus the pitch detecting section 6 and the detected section 22A of the consecutive bills 22 are aligned. or achieved.

Next, a wide continuous bill 23 is replaced with the narrow continuous bill 22.
The case where this is applied to this embodiment will be explained (see FIG. 3).

The consecutive bills 23 are assembled by bringing the - side 23B into contact with the fixing regulating member 25 and rotating the paper presser 26 downward, in the same manner as described above for the consecutive bills 22.
Regulate 3B. After that, the tightening bolt 3 of the movable member 34
8 in one direction to make the movable member 34 slidable against the guide rod 33, and adjust the movement of the movable member 34 until it comes into contact with the regulating portion 34A or the other side 23C of the continuous bill 23. do. At this time, when the movable member 34 is moved in the direction of the support plate 30, the belt 40 fixed to the movable member 34 is pulled in the same direction, and as the belt 40 is pulled, the pulley 39 on which the belt 40 is suspended is pulled. It is rotated counterclockwise. This rotation of the pulley 39 in the counterclockwise direction causes the driven member 35 and the mounting portion 35 of the driven member 35 to
The pitch detection unit 6 attached to C moves in the direction of the support plate 30.

Here, if the difference in width between the narrow consecutive bills 22 and the wide consecutive bills 23 is W, each detected portion 22A of the consecutive bills 22 and 23 is
, 23A is W/2 (see FIG. 3).

That is, when the belt 40 suspended on the pulley 39 is pulled a distance @W, the center of the pulley 39 moves in the same direction by a distance $W/2, and the ratio of the moving distances of the movable member 34 and the driven member 35 becomes 2. :l (principle of movable pulley).

After the pulley 39 and the pitch detecting section 6 installed on the mounting section 35C of the driven member 35 having the pulley 39 are displaced as described above, the tightening bolt 38 of the movable member 34 is rotated in the other direction to remove the movable member. 34 is fixed to the guide rod 33. In this way, as the width changes from the narrow consecutive bills 22 to the wide consecutive bills 23, alignment between the pitch detection section 6 and the detected section 23A is achieved, and the transfer pitch of the consecutive bills 23 is detected. The preparations are now complete.

When the detection of the transfer pitch of the consecutive bills 23 is completed, that is, the printing operation is completed and another consecutive bill is to be supplied, the movable member 34 is released from the fixed state by rotating the tightening bolt 38 in one direction as described above. do. Movable member 34 released from fixed state
As the driven member 35 moves in the direction of the support plate 31 due to the elastic return force of a pair of return springs 37 attached to the driven member 35, the driven member 35 is pulled in the same direction via the belt 40 and moves. On the one hand, the driven member 35 returns to the vicinity of the pole of the support plate 31, and on the other hand, the movable member 34 moves back to the vicinity of the pole of the support plate 31.
5 and the buffer spring 28 interposed between the driven member 35 and the driven member 35, the driven member 35 moves to a position closer to the supporting plate 30 than the driven member 35.

In this way, the movable member 34 can be easily operated by reaching out from the front side in FIG. You will be on standby under the system.

As explained above, in this embodiment, the driven member 35 having the movable member 34 and the pitch detection section 6 is movable by following the movable member 34 using the pulley 39 and the belt 40. Since the member 34 is configured to move a distance equivalent to one-half of the moving distance, the width of the new wide continuous bill 23 can be regulated by only a - degree operation, and at the same time, the width of the new wide continuous bill 23 can be adjusted. Since the positioning of the detected portion 23A of No. 3 and the pitch detecting portion 6 is automatically performed, the work is quick and easy.

A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. In particular, the coupling mechanism for coupling the movable member 44 and the driven member 45 in this embodiment includes racks 43, 46, a small pinion 41, and a large pinion 42, as will be described in detail later.

As shown in FIG. 141ffl, support plates 30.31 are erected at both ends of the support base 29 in the longitudinal direction.
A guide rod 33 is installed between 31.

At a predetermined location above the guide rod 33, there is a small pinion 4 that meshes with each other and has a tooth number ratio of 1:2.
1 and a large pinion 42 are attached by suitable means (not shown). Further, as shown in the figure, a movable member 44 integrally constructed with a rack 43 is slidably attached to the guide rod 33, and the rack 43 and the small pinion 41 are in a positional relationship in which they mesh with each other.

Further, a driven member 45 is slidably attached to the guide rod 33, and has a notch 45A formed along the guide rod 33 at a lower part of the center in the direction of the pitcher's force, which is slightly longer than the moving distance of the guide rod 33. A rack 46 is integrally formed on the driven member 45 in the notch 45A. The driven member 45 having such a configuration is arranged with respect to the guide rod 33 so that the rack 46 thereof meshes with the large nion 42 as shown in the figure.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be explained.

When another wider consecutive bill is supplied and the width is to be regulated according to the width of that consecutive bill, the movable member 44 is moved a necessary distance toward the support plate 30 along the guide rod 33. This movement of the movable member 44 causes the rack 43 integrated with the movable member 44 to move in the same direction and the same distance. The movement of the rack 43 is achieved through the rotation of the small pinion 41 that meshes with the rack 43 in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing, and the subsequent rotation of the large pinion 42 that meshes with the small pinion 41 in the clockwise direction in the drawing. The rack 43 is attached to the rack 46 integrated with the driven member 45.
It is transmitted as movement in the same direction as .

The moving distance of the rack 46, that is, the moving distance of the driven member 45, is set to the ratio of the number of teeth of the small pinion 41 and the large pinion 42 to 1:2 as described above.
This corresponds to one-half of the distance traveled. In this way, the present embodiment can also achieve the same functions and effects as those of the first embodiment.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention provides a continuous bill transfer detection device in which a pitch detecting section detects the detected portion of a continuous bill being transferred along a transfer path. A movable member movably regulating one side of the consecutive bills is connected to the provided machine frame via a connecting mechanism,
A driven member that follows the movable member and moves a distance equivalent to one-half of the moving distance of the movable member when the movable member moves in one direction is provided, and the pitch detection section is attached to the driven member. Therefore, the moving distance of the driven member always corresponds to one-half of the moving distance of the movable member. It is not necessary to take the trouble of displacing the detection part and aligning it with the detected part of the consecutive bills. In other words, if the width of a new consecutive bill is regulated using the movable member, the driven member and the pitch detecting section are automatically moved by this operation alone, and as a result, the pitch detecting section and the detected section of the consecutive bills are Positioning can be done automatically.

As described above, the present invention not only allows quick and easy positioning work between the pitch detection section and the detected section, but also has the versatility of applying continuous bills having various widths. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the main parts of the first embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of the main parts, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the main parts, and Fig. 4 is a second embodiment of the invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing the continuous bill printing device, and FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the main portion of the conventional example. 4... Transfer path 6... Pitch detection section 22... Consecutive bills 22A, 23
A...Detected part

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a continuous bill transfer detection device in which a pitch detection section detects a detected portion formed approximately at the widthwise center of consecutive bills being transferred along a transfer path, the continuous bill transfer detection device is provided facing the transfer path. a movable member movably regulating one side of the continuous bill; and a movable member connected to the movable member via a coupling mechanism to follow the movable member when the movable member moves in one direction. 1. A continuous bill transfer detection device comprising: a driven member that moves by a distance corresponding to one-half of the moving distance of the continuous bill; and the pitch detection section is attached to the driven member. (2) The coupling mechanism includes a pulley rotatably attached to the driven member, and a belt having one end fixed to the machine frame and the other end fixed to the movable member via the pulley. The first claim characterized in that
Device for detecting transfer of consecutive bills as described in Section 1. (3) The coupling mechanism includes racks attached to the movable member and the driven member, respectively, and a small pinion and a large pinion that mesh with each other on each rack, and teeth of the small pinion and the large pinion. Claim 1 characterized in that the ratio of numbers is 1:2.
Device for detecting transfer of consecutive bills as described in Section 1.