JP2003025765A - Mechanism for processing booklet-like medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mechanism which makes the cover of a passbook stand upright in a satisfactory condition when the cover is closed and smoothly conveys the passbook when the cover is closed. SOLUTION: At a passbook closing part 4, a page turning-over roller part 14, a conveying roller 15, a push-up guide 16 and a conveying guide 17 are provided. The page turning-over part 14 has a rubber tip roller 19 fixed to a shaft 18 and an idling roller 20 fitted loosely to the shaft 18. A projecting part 21 is formed on the circumferential part 19a of the rubber tip roller 19. The idling roller 20 is also provided at an opposite position to the cover 13a of the passbook 13. On the upper end part of the push-up guide 16, a guide part 16a which guides the cover 13a to a spot above the page turning-over roller part 14 is formed on the upper end part of the push-up guide 16. When the cover 13a is made to stand upright, the rubber tip roller 19 is rotated and at the same time, is also rotated, even when the passbook 13 is closed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mechanism for processing a booklet medium such as a passbook used in a financial institution or the like, and more particularly to a mechanism for closing a booklet medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic transaction device used in a financial institution or the like, in order to prevent fraudulent carry-over passbooks or facilitate confirmation of carry-forwards, after the printing on the inside paper of the passbook is completed, the cover is turned on by the automatic page break mechanism. There is an increasing number of devices that perform printing such that a closed cover is a carry-on passbook. When carrying out the cover closing operation of the passbook, the passbook is conveyed in the open state, the push-up guide is projected from the outside of the cover to raise the cover, and when the cover is closed by 90 degrees or more, the passbook is placed with the center binding part at the top. By carrying it, the covers on both sides are brought together and the passbook is closed. When printing, carry it to the printing section with the passbook closed and print.

[0003]

In the conventional passbook closing mechanism, when the cover closing operation of the passbook is performed, the cover is erected by the push-up guide, and then the passbook is conveyed with the central binding portion at the top. . However, if the cover of the passbook has a curl in the turning direction, even if you try to raise the cover with the push-up guide, the cover cannot slip under the rollers on the outside of the cover and raise the cover, causing the cover closing operation. There was a possibility that it could not be done. Even if the temporary cover can be raised, if the cover is bent along the center binding due to the influence of temperature and humidity, the center binding will be the first to be conveyed due to the bending. There was a case that the load became heavy and eventually it became impossible to carry.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the first invention of the present application is to convey a booklet medium in an open state, and to project one of the projecting members in a direction orthogonal to the transporting direction. In a booklet-like medium processing mechanism that closes the medium by raising the cover and further rotating the one cover that has been raised around the central binding portion, outside the one cover that has been raised, The roller means is rotatably provided at a position facing the central portion of the cover sheet in the direction along the central binding portion. As a result, the bending of the cover that is erected can be corrected.

A second aspect of the present invention is a roller means that is rotatable while contacting with the outside of one of the upright cover sheets and that rotates in the direction in which the one cover sheet advances when the medium is conveyed to the leading edge of the central binding portion. It is provided. With this configuration, it is possible to satisfactorily transport the medium even when the load when transporting the medium with the central binding portion at the head is large.

A third aspect of the invention is provided with a roller means that contacts the outside of one cover when it rises and rotates in a direction to further raise the cover. With this configuration, even if the cover has a curl, the cover can be erected properly.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, a guide portion for guiding one standing cover in a predetermined direction is provided at the tip of the protruding member. With this configuration, even if the cover has a curl, the cover can be erected properly.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Elements common to the drawings are given the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a passbook closing mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a mechanism for closing the passbook will be described as an example of the booklet medium processing mechanism.

In FIG. 1, the passbook closing mechanism 1 is composed of a conveying path 2, a printing unit 3 and a passbook closing unit 4. The transport path 2 is composed of an upper guide 5 and a lower guide 6,
Conveying rollers 7a, 7b, 7c, 7d are rotatably arranged on the upper guide 5 side, and pressure contact rollers 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d are rotatably arranged on the lower guide 6 side. In addition, passbook detection sensors 9 and 10 are arranged at required locations on the transport path 2.

The printing unit 3 includes a print head 11 and a platen 12.
Composed of. The passbook 13 is conveyed between the print head 11 and the platen 12, and printing is performed on the passbook 13 that is stopped while the print head 11 moves in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface.

The passbook closing section 4 includes a page turning roller section 14,
A conveyance roller 15, a push-up guide 16 and a conveyance guide 17 are provided. As shown in FIG. 2, the page turning roller portion 14 has two rubber tip rollers 19 fixed to the shaft 18 and three idle rollers 20 loosely fitted to the shaft 18. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the passbook closing unit.
FIG. 3 is a side view showing the rubber tip roller. As shown in FIG. 3, the rubber tip roller 19 has a substantially fan-shaped cross section, and has a convex portion 21 on the circumferential portion 19a. The rubber tip roller 19 is rotated by the rotation of the shaft 18.

The shaft 18 is rotated by a motor (not shown). Although not shown, a slit disk having a plurality of slits is fixed to the end of the shaft 18, and the rotation angle of the shaft 18 can be controlled by detecting the position of the slit with a sensor. It has become.

In FIG. 1, the page-turning roller portion 14 is normally used for turning the inside paper of the passbook 13, but in the present embodiment, by using the page-turning roller portion 14, the passbook 13 That is, the cover closing operation is performed well. The transport roller 15 is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown) and is movable in the vertical direction in the figure. When the conveying roller 15 moves upward, it comes into contact with the idle roller 20 of the page turning roller unit 14 and rotates the idle roller 20.

The push-up guide 16 is moved in the vertical direction in the figure by a solenoid (not shown). The tip portion 16a of the push-up guide 16 is formed as a guide portion. That is, when the cover of the bankbook 13 is closed, the push-up guide 16 is moved upward to lift the cover, and at that time, the guide portion 16a has a shape that guides the cover in the direction in which it should advance.

The transport guide 17 is rotatable around the lower end 17a, but when the cover of the passbook 13 is closed, it is pressed against the passbook and stopped at the position shown in FIG. A passbook detection sensor 22 is provided above the passbook closing unit 4 and detects the cover or the inside paper of the rolled-up passbook 13.

Next, the cover closing operation of the passbook according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10 are explanatory views showing the cover closing operation in the embodiment. First, as shown in FIG. 4, the passbook 13 is conveyed from the left side in the drawing in the opened state. The passbook 13 is transported by the transport rollers 7a, 7b, 7c and the pressure contact roller 8.
a, 8b, 8c. At this time, the cover 13a that is closed is conveyed to the top. After a lapse of a certain time from the time when the leading portion of the cover sheet 13a is detected by the passbook detection sensor 9, the conveyance of the passbook 13 is stopped and a solenoid (not shown) is driven to move the push-up guide 16 upward. Since the cover 13a is located above the push-up guide 16 by driving the solenoid, as shown in FIG.
a is pushed up.

The push-up guide 16 stops at a predetermined position, but at the stopped position, the guide portion 16a is oriented to guide the cover 13a above the page turning roller portion 14. Therefore, even if the front cover 13a has a curl outward, the front cover 13a is not guided below the page turning roller unit 14 but guided to above the page turning roller unit 14.

By increasing the amount of upward movement of the push-up guide 16, the cover 13a is turned over to the page-turning roller portion 14.
However, in this case, in order to increase the movement amount, it is necessary to provide, for example, a link mechanism, which increases the cost of the device. Further, when the cover is inserted below the page-turning roller portion 14, the push-up guide 1
If 6 is provided close to the page-turning roller portion 14, this can be prevented for the time being. However, in this case, the tip of the cover sheet 13a is likely to abut against the page-turning roller portion, and the push-up guide also needs to be raised. Come on. In the present embodiment, without changing the amount of movement of the push-up guide 16,
The cover sheet 13a can be guided above the page turning roller portion 14.

After moving the push-up guide 16, the motor (not shown) is driven to move the page-turning roller portion 14 to the position shown in FIG.
Then, the passbook 13 is conveyed again in the same direction by rotating in the direction indicated by the arrow. When the passbook 13 is conveyed, the cover 13a is guided by the guide portion 16a and advances, but the cover 13a eventually comes into contact with the page turning roller portion 14. Page turning roller 14
Has already rotated in the direction of the arrow, and the cover sheet 13a contacting the page turning roller 14 is pushed upward by the convex portion 21 of the rubber tip roller 19 as shown in FIG.

As described above, when the cover 13a of the passbook 13 is erected, by rotating the page turning roller portion 14, it is possible to reliably prevent the leading end of the cover 13a from entering below the page turning roller portion 14. can do.

The passbook 13 is further conveyed, and the cover 13a is erected as shown in FIG. The push-up guide 16 descends and the rotation of the page-turning roller portion 14 is stopped at an appropriate timing in the operation of raising the cover sheet 13a. The page turning roller portion 14 stops at a position where the convex portion 21 is located above. 7 and 8 show the cover sheet 13
FIG. 7 is a side view and FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a state in which a stands upright.

In the passbook 13 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cover 13a is bent along the central binding portion 13b. As shown in both figures, when the cover 13a is erected almost vertically,
The cover 13a is the idle roller 20 of the page turning roller unit 14.
However, the bending of the cover 13a is not corrected.

When the passbook 13 is further conveyed by the conveying roller 7c and the pressure contact roller 8c, as shown in FIG.
The front side of the cover sheet 13a is in pressure contact with the idle roller 20 of the page turning roller portion 14, and the back side of the cover sheet 13a is in pressure contact with the conveyance guide 17. At this time, since the idle roller 20 is also provided at a position facing the central portion of the cover sheet 13a (center idle roller), the bending of the cover sheet 13a is corrected as shown in FIGS. 9 and 2.

The passbook 13 is continuously conveyed by the conveying roller 7c and the pressure contact roller 8c. When the cover 13a stands up, the passbook detection sensor 22 detects the cover 13a. A motor (not shown) is driven at a predetermined timing from this detection time point to rotate the shaft 18. As a result, the rubber tip roller 19 moves in the direction of the arrow shown in FIG.
3 is rotated in the direction of drawing it between the page turning roller portion 14 and the conveying roller 15.

When the rubber tip roller 19 rotates, the convex portion 21 is brought into pressure contact with the front side of the cover sheet 13a, and the cover sheet 1 is subjected to frictional force.
3a is biased obliquely downward. This makes it easier for the passbook 13 to enter between the page turning roller portion 14 and the conveying roller 15 with the central binding portion 13b at the top. At this time, the transport roller 15 is located below the upper surface of the lower guide 6,
It does not touch the bankbook 13 that is sent in. The rubber tip roller 19 rotates several times and then stops with the convex portion 21 facing upward.

FIG. 10 shows a state in which the passbook 13 is drawn between the page turning roller portion 14 and the conveying roller 15. After the rubber tip roller 19 is stopped, the transport roller 15 is moved upward. The conveyance roller 15 stops when the closed passbook 13 is sandwiched between the conveyance roller 15 and the idle roller 20 of the page turning roller unit 14. At this time, the passbook 13 is not in contact with the rubber tip roller 19. Here, the transport roller 15 is rotated in the arrow direction shown in FIG. Due to this rotation, the passbook 13 is further transported in the direction of the transport roller 7d in the closed state. Passbook 1 that is transported with the central binding portion 13b at the top
3 is detected by the passbook detection sensor 10, the conveyance is stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed from that point, and the cover 13a is completely closed.

[0027]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the roller means is rotatably provided at a position facing the central portion of the cover on the outer side of the cover which is erected. Can be corrected. Further, since the roller means is provided which is rotatable while contacting with the outer side of the standing cover and rotates in the direction in which the cover advances when the medium is conveyed to the front of the center binding portion, the medium binding is performed with the center binding portion at the top. The medium can be satisfactorily transported even when the load is high when the medium is transported.

Further, since the roller means for rotating the cover in a direction for further raising the cover is provided, the cover can be erected well even if the cover has a curl. Further, since the guide portion is provided at the tip of the projecting member for projecting the cover sheet, the cover sheet can be properly erected even when the cover sheet has a curl.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a passbook closing mechanism according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a passbook closing unit.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a rubber tip roller.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a cover closing operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a cover closing operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a cover closing operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a cover closing operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a cover closing operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a cover closing operation in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a cover closing operation according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Passbook closing mechanism 4 Passbook closing section 13 Passbook 13a cover 14 Page turning roller 16 Push-up guide 17 Transport guide 19 Rubber tip roller 20 Idol Laura 21 convex

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI theme code (reference) G07D 9/00 436 G07D 9/00 436A (72) Inventor Chiaki Nagaoka No. 3 Futabacho, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture Oki Information Systems Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tsutomu Kurihara 3-1, Futaba-cho, Takasaki-shi, Gunma F-Term (Reference) in Oki Information Systems Co., Ltd. 2C059 FF00 3E040 AA07 BA07 FG04 FK05

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A booklet-shaped medium is conveyed in an open state, a projecting member is projected in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction to erect one cover sheet, and the one erect cover sheet is centered around a central binding portion. In a booklet-shaped medium processing mechanism that performs a closing operation of a medium by rotating the roller, a roller is provided at a position on the outside of the one cover that has been erected and that faces a central portion of the one cover in a direction along the central binding portion. A booklet-shaped medium processing mechanism characterized in that the means is rotatably provided. 2. A booklet-shaped medium is conveyed in an open state, a projecting member is projected in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction to erect one cover sheet, and after the one cover sheet is erected, the central binding portion is set to the front. In the booklet-shaped medium processing mechanism that performs the closing operation of the medium by transporting the medium by the
A booklet-shaped medium processing mechanism, characterized in that a roller means is provided which rotates in a direction in which the one cover moves when a medium is conveyed through the central binding section first. 3. The booklet-shaped medium processing mechanism according to claim 2, wherein the roller means has a protrusion that contacts the outside of the one cover. 4. A booklet-shaped medium is conveyed in an open state, a projecting member is projected in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction to erect one cover sheet, and the one erect cover sheet is centered around a central binding portion. In a booklet-shaped medium processing mechanism that performs a closing operation of a medium by rotating, the one cover comes into contact with the outside of the cover when the cover stands upright,
A booklet-shaped medium processing mechanism, characterized in that roller means for rotating the cover in a direction to further stand is provided. 5. A booklet-shaped medium is conveyed in an open state, one of the cover sheets is erected by projecting a projecting member in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction, and the one erected cover sheet is centered around a central binding portion. In a booklet-shaped medium processing mechanism that performs a closing operation of a medium by rotating the booklet-shaped medium, a guide portion that guides the one standing cover in a predetermined direction is provided at a tip portion of the protruding member. Media processing mechanism.