JPS6121717Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a recording medium ejecting device used in a recording medium information processing apparatus that reads and processes information recorded on a recording medium such as a tag or a price tag.

Conventionally, this type of tag information reading and processing device
A large number of tags on which information such as product numbers and prices are recorded in optically readable characters such as OCR characters are continuously transferred to a transfer path provided in the main body of the tag information reading and processing device, and during this transfer, A device is known in which information on a bill is read by an optical character reader and the read information is transferred to an information processing device for information processing.

Normally, with some types of such tag information reading and processing devices, if even part of the information recorded on a single tag is unreadable by the above-mentioned reader, the tag information is disposed of at the end of the transport path. A reject mechanism installed at the exit is activated to eject unreadable bills into a stacker installed below the bill ejection port.

Next, the rejected bills are taken out from the stacker, and instead of being continuously transferred, only one bill is first transferred into the transfer path, and the reader reads all the information on the bill, and the information processing device reads it. After completing information processing, only one next bill is transferred. If the rejected bill cannot be read by the reader even after it is transferred again, it is rejected again and ejected to the stacker, and then taken out again and the information on the part that could not be read is removed. is input directly into the information processing device from the keyboard provided on the main body to process the information on the reject note, and only after the information processing of this note is completed can the transfer of the next reject note begin. ing.

Therefore, in order to process the information on the re-rejected bills, it is necessary to take out the stacker attached to the main body, then pick up one bill in the stacker and perform a key input operation. Pull out the stacker with bills in it from the stacker storage part of the main unit, take out one bill from the stacker, and after taking out more bills, put the stacker back into the main unit for the next bill to be rejected. This work used to be very troublesome and time consuming.

In addition, in order to eliminate the inconvenience of putting the stacker in and out of the main body, the re-rejected bills are directly ejected into the stacker storage area without storing the stacker in the stacker storage area, and the hands can be removed from the entrance of the stacker storage area. There is also a way to directly take out the bills by inserting them, but if the bills are stuck to the wall of the stacker storage, it is difficult to remove the bills because the entrance to the stacker storage is usually narrow. Ta.

The present invention was devised in view of the above circumstances, and aims to provide a recording medium ejecting device in an information processing apparatus that can quickly take out a recording medium ejected into a stacker storage section from which a stacker has been taken out. .

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

First, the schematic structure of the tag information reading and processing device to which the recording medium ejecting device according to the present invention is applied will be explained based on FIGS. 1 and 2 together with its operation. 1 is the tag information reading and processing device main body A base 2 is provided approximately at the center in the vertical direction, and a machine frame 3 is provided above the base 2. An operation panel 4 is provided on the front of the machine frame 3.
The apparatus has operating members necessary for reading the bill information, such as a power switch 5, a bill transfer start switch 6, and a keyboard 7.

8 is a display panel, a display section 9 displays tag information read by a reader 17, which will be described later, and information that the reader 17 could not read is displayed on the tag 12.
It has an error stage number display lamp 10 etc. that displays the stage of the information.

Further, an opening (not shown) is provided in the center of the upper surface of the machine frame 3, and a hollow rectangular parallelepiped-shaped hopper 11 is detachably attached to the main body 1 through the opening.

The hopper 11 stores a stack of tags 12 on which information such as a product number and price is recorded and displayed in three stages using optically readable characters such as OCR characters.

Next, at the lower end of the hopper 11 attached to the main body 1, as shown in FIG. 2, a bill delivery mechanism (not shown) having a delivery roller 13 is provided.
By operating a predetermined switch on the operation panel 4, the delivery roller 13 rotates in the direction of the arrow to deliver bills 12 one by one.
is sent out from the bill delivery opening of the hopper 11 to the entrance of the transfer path 14.

The transfer path 14 is located above the base 2 and is provided on the left side of the machine frame 3 along the left-right direction.

Then, the tag 12 is delivered to the entrance of the transfer path 14.
is held by a pair of upper and lower rotary transfer rollers 15, 15 at its front and back edges, and is transferred to the transfer path 1.
The bills are transferred to a bill ejection port 16 provided at the left end of the bill.

Between the entrance of the transfer path 14 and the bill ejection port 16,
Three optical character readers 17 are provided,
Each reader 17 is adapted to be able to read information on each stage of the tag 12 being transferred along the transfer path 14, respectively.

Each reader 17 is connected to an information processing device (not shown), and each reader 17 is connected to an information processing device (not shown).
It is designed to process the information transferred from 7.

Further, a stacker storage section 18 is provided below the bill ejection port 16 of the transfer path 14, and the stacker storage section 18 has an opening surface that opens at the front surface of the machine frame 1. This opening surface is the insertion port 20 of the stacker 19.
A hollow rectangular box-shaped stacker 19 is removably housed in the stacker storage section 18 through the insertion opening 20. Note that the lower opening surface of the stacker 19 is arranged so as to face the bill ejection port 16 of the transfer path 14.

Next, a reject plate 21 is disposed above the stacker 19, and the lower end of the reject plate 21 is inserted through a shaft 24 in the vicinity of a bill ejection opening 22 provided on the left side of the machine frame 3. It is pivoted so that it can rotate within a predetermined range, and is constructed so that its upper end can be brought into contact with and separated from the bill ejection port 16 of the transfer path 14, and the upper opening surface of the stacker 19 or The bill dispensing opening 22 can be opened and closed freely.

Normally, the reject plate 21 is in a state where it closes the upper part of the stacker storage section 18 and opens the bill ejecting port 22, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, but the reader 17 reads the information on the bills 12. If this is not possible, a reject plate drive mechanism (not shown) is activated by a reject command output from the information processing device.
is activated to open the upper part of the stacker storage section 18 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG.
It is becoming more and more occluded.

A receiving box 23 for receiving bills 12 dispensed from the bill dispensing opening 22 is detachably attached to the outer left side of the main body 1.

The bill 12 that has been transferred to the bill ejection port 16 of the transfer path 14 passes through the upper surface of the reject board 21 and is disposed of when all the information on the bill 12 is read by the reader 17. It enters the receiving box 23 via the exit 22, and if all the information on the note 12 is not read by the reader 17, the stacker 19
It enters the stacker 19 through the upper opening surface.

Next, the recording medium ejecting device, which is the main part of the present invention, will be explained based on FIGS. 3 to 5.

A mounting frame 30 is erected at the rear of the base 2, and an operating mechanism 31 is provided at the upper part of the mounting frame 30, located behind the bill ejection port 16 of the transfer path 14. This operating mechanism 31 is a well-known lock switch mechanism, and a holding frame 32 attached to the mounting frame 30
an actuating lever 34 having a substantially L-shaped side surface, a bent portion rotatably pivoted to the holding frame 32, and an engaging pawl 33 at one end;
An actuating roller 34 rotatably attached to the lower end of the
a and shafts 37 and 37 inserted through the small holes 35 and 36, respectively, so as to be able to move up and down, and to be freely engaged with and disengaged from the engaging claw 33 of the operating lever 34. an actuating plate 39 having an engaging pawl 38 that can be engaged with the actuating lever; a spring 41 that is provided between the actuating plate 39 and the locking portion 40 of the actuating lever 34 and constantly biasing the actuating plate 39 upward; Lever 34
and a spring 43 that always biases the actuating piece 42 in the direction of protruding from the holding frame 32.

The operating mechanism 31 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in c and d, by once pressing the actuating piece 42 of the actuating lever 34, which projects obliquely from the holding frame 32, backward (to the right in Fig. 3),
Engagement claw 33 of actuation piece 42 and engagement claw 3 of actuation plate 39
8 are engaged with each other, and the actuating piece 42 is held within the holding frame 32. (Fig. 5 c) Next, when the lower end of the actuating piece 42 is pushed backward again from the state shown in Fig. 5 c, the actuating piece 42 and the actuating plate 39
The engagement between the engagement claws 33 and 38 is released, the actuation plate 39 is moved upward by the urging force of the spring 41, and then the actuation piece 42 is projected forward by the urging force of the spring 43 and is engaged. The stop portion 40 is the actuating plate 3
9 and held in an inclined state as shown in FIG. 5a.

Thereafter, each time the actuating piece 42 of the actuating lever 34 is pushed backwards, the actuating mechanism 31 changes into two states: a state where the actuating piece 42 is protruded from the holding frame 32 in an inclined state, and a state where the actuating piece 42 is retracted. repeat.

In addition, a bill guide member 44 is provided in front of the operating mechanism 31.
is installed. The bill guide member 44 includes a support part 46 whose upper end is rotatably attached to a part of the mounting frame 30 via a shaft 45, and a substantially central part of the upper edge connected to the lower end of the support part 46. Approximately square bill guide plate 47
and extrusion rollers 48, 48 rotatably pivoted on both sides of the lower end of the bill guide plate 47.

The support portion 46 is connected to the actuating piece 4 of the actuating lever 34.
2, the actuating roller 3 of the actuating piece 42
4a can come into contact with it freely.

The bill guide plate 47 is disposed at the rear of the stacker storage section 18, and the extrusion roller 48 is arranged on the rear wall surface 19a of the stacker 19 stored in the stacker storage section 18.
It is designed so that it can freely come into contact with and separate from it.

Next, the operation of the bill retrieval device having the above configuration will be explained.

First, the operation of storing rejected bills 12 in the stacker 19 will be explained.

The solid line in FIG. 3 shows a state in which the stacker 19 is stored in the stacker storage section 18, and the bill guide member 44 is suspended due to its own weight and the operating lever 3 is
4 and the rear wall surface 19a of the stacker 19.

Now, when a predetermined switch on the operation panel 4 is operated, the tag 12 in the hopper 11 is transferred along the transfer path 14. If there is a tag 12 that cannot be read by the reader 17 during transfer, the reject mechanism is activated, the reject plate 21 opens, and the tag 12 falls from the tag ejection port 16 into the stacker 19, resulting in the two points shown in Figure 3. It is stored as shown by the chain line.

Next, the operation for taking out the stacker 19 containing the reject bills 12 from the stacker storage section 18 will be explained.

When the stacker 19 is pushed slightly backward, as shown by the solid line in FIG.
It comes into contact with the extrusion roller 48 and pushes it backward.
Then, when the bill guide member 44 does not rotate rearward and its support portion 46 pushes the actuating piece 42 of the actuating lever 34 backward, the engagement between the actuating lever 34 and the actuating plate 39 is released as described above. , the actuation piece 42 projects forward in an inclined state. This operating piece 42 rotates the bill guide member 44 forward, and the pushing roller 48 of the bill guide member 44 pushes the stacker 19 in the stacker storage section 18 forward.

When the stacker 19 protruding from the stacker storage section 18 is completely pulled out, the operating lever 34,
The bill guide member 44 and the like are held in the state shown by solid lines in FIG.

Next, the operation of the bill guide member 44 in the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 will be explained.

Now, after taking out the rejected bills 12 from the stacker 19 pulled out from the stacker storage section 18 as described above and loading them into the hopper 11 again, when a predetermined operation is performed on the operation panel 4, the transfer mechanism etc. are activated. Then, one bill 12 is transferred along the transfer path 14. If there is a step on the tag 12 that cannot be read by the reader 17, the error step number display lamp 10 on the display panel 8 lights up, and the reject mechanism is activated again to open the reject plate 21 and read the tag 12.
falls through the bill ejection port 16 again and this time hits the bill guide plate 47 of the bill guide member 44 and is guided by this to the vicinity of the insertion opening 20 of the stacker storage section 18.

Insert your hand into the insertion slot 20 to take out the tag 12, and input the information on the error row displayed on the keyboard 7.
input into the information processing device. When the information processing of this tag 12 is completed, the sending mechanism, transfer mechanism, etc. are activated again, and the transfer and reading of the next tag 12 is started. If this tag 12 cannot be read by the reader 17,
The same action as above is performed.

In addition, the operation for storing the stacker 19 in the stacker storage section 18 in the state shown by the solid line in FIG.
The rear wall surface 19a of 9 is the bill guide member 44 and the actuating piece 42.
etc., the actuating lever 34 and the actuating plate 39 are engaged again, returning to the initial state shown by the solid line in FIG.
It is stored in 8.

Therefore, according to the bill retrieval device configured as described above, the stacker 19 can be easily attached and detached by simply pushing the stacker backward, and even when the stacker 19 is removed, it can be easily removed from the stacker storage section 18. Since the member that can take out the tag 12 and perform the operation of inserting and removing the stacker 19 and the member that guides the tag 12 to the insertion opening 20 of the stacker storage section 18 are the same, special members are required to perform the respective functions. The number of parts is smaller than that in the case of a conventional structure, and the production cost can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, the bill guide member 44 is configured to be held alternately in two states, the tilted state and the hanging state, by the operating mechanism 31, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the sixth embodiment As shown in the figure, a spring 50 is provided between the upper part of the mounting frame 30 and the support portion 46 of the bill guide member 44 to bias the bill guide member 44 so that it is always tilted, and when the stacker 19 is stored. A stopper 51 for preventing the stacker 19 from protruding forward due to the biasing force of the spring 50 may be rotatably mounted near the insertion opening 20 of the machine frame 3 via a shaft 52. ,
Further, although the insertion opening 20 of the stacker storage section 18 is configured to guide rejected bills 12, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be configured to guide bills 12 that are not rejected. When the stacker is removed from the stacker storage section 18, the bill is guided to the vicinity of the bill ejection opening, and when the stacker is inserted into and removed from the stacker storage section, the structure may be configured as long as it does not interfere with the operation of inserting and removing the stacker. Various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

As described above, according to the recording medium ejecting device of the present invention, it is possible to quickly and easily take out the recording medium ejected to the stacker storage section from which the stacker has been taken out, and the operation of inserting and removing the stacker into and out of the stacker storage section can also be performed smoothly. obtain.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show each embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a perspective view of the appearance of a bill information reading and processing device to which the bill takeout device of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 3 is a side view showing the bill ejecting mechanism with the stacker stored in the bill information reading and processing device, and FIG. 4 is a side view showing the bill ejecting mechanism with the stacker removed from the bill information reading and processing device. FIG. 5 is a side view of the main part showing the operating state of the operating mechanism, FIG. 5 a shows a state where the operating piece protrudes forward and maintains an inclined state, and FIG.
Figure 5c shows the state in which the engagement claw of the actuation lever presses the actuation plate and moves the actuation plate slightly upward, and Figure 5c shows the engagement claw of the actuation lever and the engagement claw of the actuation piece. Fig. 5d shows a state in which the engagement claw of the actuation lever is disengaged from the engagement claw of the actuation plate by pushing the actuation lever fully backward. , FIG. 6 is a side view showing a modification of the bill takeout device of the present invention. 1... Bill information reading and processing device main body, 12... Bill,
14...transfer path, 16...bill discharge port, 18...stacker storage section, 19...stacker, 31...operating mechanism, 44...bill guide member.

Claims (1)

[Claims for Utility Model Registration] An information reading and processing device that processes information by reading information recorded on a recording medium that is transferred through a transfer path provided in the information reading and processing device main body, a stacker storage section capable of removably storing a stacker for storing recording media discharged from a recording medium discharge port of a path; A recording medium ejected from the recording medium ejection port is guided to the vicinity of the recording medium ejection port of the stacker storage section, and the recording medium is removed from the vicinity of the recording medium ejection port when the stacker is stored in the stacker storage section. A recording medium ejecting device in an information reading and processing device, comprising: a guide member;