JPH07115515B2 - Passbook printer - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a so-called passbook printing device for printing on a passbook, a form, etc., and particularly to a passbook printing device having a passbook automatic page changing mechanism.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional device, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 57-57990, an automatic page winding device for booklets is arranged at the rear of the printing unit so that booklets such as passbooks can be automatically page-changed. Has become.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

Since the automatic pager shown in the above-mentioned prior art is a device in which the conveying path is linear or planar, the depth of the device from the insertion port for booklets is large, and the entire device must be large. There is no problem, and there is no consideration for downsizing passbook printers (hereinafter also simply referred to as "devices"), especially for downsizing the depth of devices, such as at financial institutions. There was a serious problem when installing in a narrow space.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to solve the above-described problems in a conventional passbook printing apparatus, greatly reduce the size of the apparatus, and reduce the size of the installation environment. It is to provide a high-performance passbook printer.

[Means for solving problems]

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is a printing unit that prints on passbooks,
In a passbook type printer having an automatic page break mechanism arranged at the rear of the printing unit, a passbook type conveyance path of the automatic page break mechanism is bordered by a position of a stitch portion of a passbook to be handled,
The portion of the passbooks corresponding to the page to be changed is substantially linear on the extension of the main conveyance path of the printing unit, and the portion corresponding to the page of the passbooks not to be changed is the substantially linear portion. It is achieved by a passbook-type printing device characterized by being formed into a smoothly bent shape.

[Action]

In the present invention, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the printing section and the page changing section, which are arranged linearly (on a plane),
As shown in FIG. 3 (b), by arranging them partially in an inclined shape or in a curved shape, it is possible to greatly reduce the depth dimension of the device. As shown in FIG. 3 (b), by arranging a part of the page changing mechanism in an inclined shape or a curved shape, it is possible to increase the height as compared with the printing section in the related art as shown in FIG. 4 (a). However, the upper space of the page changing mechanism which has a small space and has an upper space can be moved downward, and there is an effect that the usability is improved as shown in FIG. 4 (b). .

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a passbook printing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a passbook, 2 is a passbook insertion part, 3
Is a pair of passbook conveying rollers, 4 is a magnetic head for reading the magnetic stripe on the passbook 1, 5 is a print head for printing on the passbook 1, 6 is a platen, and 7 is a page changing roller.

As shown in the drawing, a substantially linear (planar) conveyance path (conveyance surface) is formed from the passbook insertion portion 2 to the magnetic reading portion and the printing portion to the entrance of the page changing mechanism portion. At the tip of this, the portion of the page-changing mechanism portion facing the page-changing roller 7 is flat but inclined upward, and further ahead of the holding roller pair is an arc-shaped curved surface.

The operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below.

When the passbook 1 is inserted from the passbook insertion unit 2, the information is sucked into the apparatus by the passbook conveying roller pair 3 and the information recorded on the magnetic stripe 101 provided on the display is read by the magnetic head 4. On the basis of the read information, the passbook 1 prints the print head 5 and the platen 6 in order to perform desired printing.
And the print head 5 operates together with the carrier 8 and the print ribbon mechanism 9 to perform printing.

When the printing is performed over a large number of lines and exceeds the initially opened page and reaches the next page, the passbook 1 is sent to the page changing mechanism section further behind the printing section in order to perform a page break. The page changing mechanism section is composed of a page changing roller 7, a pair of holding rollers 10, guides 12 and 13 for guiding the passbook 1, and a sensor 21 for detecting the position of the passbook.

In the operation of the page changing mechanism section, first, the page 1a of the passbook 1 to be page-changed is stopped at a predetermined page changing position on the conveying path of the inclined portion located on the extension of the main conveying path. This positioning is performed by the sensor 21. In addition,
At this time, the page 1b on the opposite side of the page 1a to be page-changed and which is not page-changed
Is held at a position bent by the guide 13 with the binding portion 1c of the passbook as a boundary.

Next, by controlling the rotation of the page-changing roller 7, the page 1a to be page-changed is transferred above the page-changing roller 7 as shown in FIG. 2 (a), and then the passbook 1 is held by the holding roller. versus
By being moved to the left in the figure by the rotation of 10, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the passbook 1 does not change the page 1b.
And the page change is completed.

The passbook 1 whose page has been changed is sent to the printing unit again, and the remaining printing is performed on a new page. In this case, the page code printed on each page of the passbook is read by the sensor 15 in order to check that the page change has been performed correctly. The passbook 1 after printing is updated and recorded by the magnetic head 4 as necessary, and is discharged to the outside of the apparatus.

In this embodiment, the guides 12 and 13 of the page changing mechanism are
Position and shape do not hinder the page change operation, and
Since it is configured to reduce the depth dimension of the device,
The effect is that the device can be downsized while improving the performance of the device as a whole.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the guide 12 of the page changing mechanism section is formed into an inclined flat surface, but a push bar is provided on the lower surface of the guide 12 so that the page of the page changing portion is bent upward during the page changing operation. By doing so, page change can be made more reliable.

The apparatus of the above-mentioned embodiment is configured to have two upper and lower passbook insertion sections, and the upper insertion section is mainly used for approval printing on slips and the like, and the lower insertion section is used for printing passbooks. It is configured.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a passbook printer having a printing unit for printing on a passbook and an automatic page break mechanism arranged behind the printing unit, the automatic page break mechanism Passing the passbooks, the portion corresponding to the page to be changed of the passbooks is substantially linear on the extension of the main transporting path of the printing unit, with the position of the binding portion of the passbooks to be handled as a boundary. Also, since the portions corresponding to the pages of the passbooks that do not have page breaks are formed in a shape that is smoothly bent from the substantially linear portion, respectively, the device is significantly downsized and suitable for the installation environment,
This is a remarkable effect that a compact and high-performance passbook printing apparatus can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of each passbook printing device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a page changing operation, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are schematic side views showing comparison with a conventional example. is there. 1: passbook, 2: passbook insertion part, 3: passbook conveying roller pair, 4: magnetic head, 5: print head, 6: platen, 7: page change roller, 1
0: Holding roller pair, 12, 13: Guide 15, 21: Sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A passbook printing apparatus having a printing unit for printing on a passbook and an automatic page break mechanism arranged behind the printing unit, wherein a passbook transport path of the automatic page break mechanism is handled. At the position of the binding portion of the passbooks, the portion corresponding to the page to be changed in the passbooks is substantially linear on the extension of the main transport path of the printing unit, and the portion of the passbooks is changed. A passbook printing apparatus, characterized in that portions corresponding to non-paged portions are formed in a shape that is smoothly bent from the substantially linear portion.