EP1326211B1 - Ticket dispensing apparatus - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a ticket dispensing apparatus, each of which is constituted by a detached section of a continuous strip of paper.
- the apparatus of the invention is associated with a printing machine of these tickets which forms the receipt or the written record of a transaction such as a payment by means of a credit card. And more specifically, a particular application of this device lies in its association with a thermal printer.
- the dispensing devices comprise, upstream of the cutting blade, means for guiding or supporting the extreme edge of the strip so that, when this strip is propelled (by a drive mechanism belonging in many applications to a printer) this front edge can pass over the blade.
- this guide or support is formed by a movable wall between a high position in which the extreme edge of the band can pass the high point of the cutting wire and a low position which is at the low point of the cutting line. This displacement is obtained under the effect of the tensile force applied to the band by the recipient of the ticket, causing cutting and against a return spring that tends to bring the wall up.
- This movable wall can affect the shape of an articulated flap.
- a minimum consumption of paper is sought.
- the paper consumption is more or less important depending on whether the unprinted part of the ticket is larger or smaller, as for example in the application WO0137223A.
- This unprinted portion depends exclusively on the distance, along the path of the paper, which separates the printer (the line of heating dots in a thermal printer) from the cutting blade.
- One of the problems to be solved is to minimize this distance while keeping the cutting quality irreproachable.
- the present invention relates to a ticket dispensing apparatus from a continuous paper web, each formed by an end section of this band that can be entered by a recipient of the ticket and detached by traction on this end, comprising a pinching mechanism of the paper along a transverse line of the strip, a cutting blade substantially transverse to the strip on the cutting edge of which, during the said pulling, the strip bears, the cutting edge of the blade being formed by a segment of a line intersecting the plane of the paper web in contact with the blade before cutting containing the nip, the apparatus also comprising a support member and guiding the strip between the pinching mechanism and the cutting blade, having a surface limited by an edge adjacent the blade and an adjacent edge of the pinching mechanism, movable between a first position dan wherein the edge of the adjacent surface of the blade is located entirely above the cutting edge of the blade and a second position in which this edge is located entirely below the cutting edge, with a return member of the guide element.
- the support and guide element is in the form of a flap hinged about a fixed axis, substantially parallel to the pinch line, located on the edge side of the element adjacent to this line and extending in the vicinity of the plane containing the pinch line and the midpoint of the cutting edge of the blade while the support surface is shaped such that, after about half of the cutting, the contact area the shutter with the band remaining to be cut away from the blade as the progress of cutting.
- Such a flap has several advantages, particularly in the case where the cutting blade is relatively close to the nip line of the strip. Indeed, in this case, the position of the pivot axis of the shutter as specified above, optimizes the size of the flap and balance its movement between the high point and the low point of the blade. In addition, the blade being close to the pinch line, there is a secondary problem which is the significant variation along the cutting line of the angle made by the strip when the blade passes under the effect of traction. the recipient of the ticket. This angle is relatively closed at the high point of the cut and opens quickly to be very obtuse low point, which places the paper in very unfavorable conditions to be properly cut.
- the paper no longer opposes much resistance to the tensile force since its uncut width has greatly diminished and becomes sensitive to the force exerted on him the hinged flap guide. Thanks to the evolution of the contact surface of the flap with the paper when the cut is approaching the low point of the blade, the flap of the invention has the advantage of not being a factor of opening of the angle above in the vicinity of this lower section point.
- the cutting blade is flat and is inclined so that the edge of the flap next to the cutting blade is closest to this blade in its first position. This arrangement eliminates the risk of seeing the front edge of the paper blade enter unexpectedly between the flap and the blade at the beginning of the advance of the band that can lead to a jam.
- the straight cutting edge of the blade is inclined to the plane passing through the pinch line and the shutter axis at an angle between 8 ° and 12 °.
- This angle preferably around 11 °, is the experimentally determined compromise value, which makes it possible to obtain a cut of the ticket under the lowest possible traction and without the paper slipping without being cut in the direction of the low point. Indeed, such sliding could lead to a crumpling of the paper before cutting, which would compromise the correct issue of the next ticket.
- a thermal printer comprises a roll 1 (called capstan) for driving the paper, motorized by means not shown, on which a print head 2 is supported by means of a line of heating points 3
- the printing paper 4 is driven by the roll under the line of heating points 3, an elastic return device maintaining the pressure of the head 2 on the capstan 1.
- the paper is supported and guided by the upper surface 5a of a spacer piece 5 forming part of the apparatus frame to reach and slide on the upper surface 7 of a hinged flap 6 to the machine frame immediately behind the support part 5.
- the axis 8 of articulation of the flap 6 is located in the plane of the guide surface 5 a and is substantially parallel or at the line of heater points, with the axis of the capstan 1.
- the flap 6 has an edge 9 which is close to a cutting blade 10 and another edge 11 substantially parallel to the edge 9 which is adjacent to the piece 5 of paper support.
- the cutting blade 10 is parallel to the line of heating points and the hinge pin 8 of the flap to the frame of the device. It has a cutting edge (or cutting line) 10 a which intersects the plane of the surface 5 is therefore of the plane which contains the paper web out of the printer.
- the cutting blade 10 is arranged so that its cutting edge 10 has a midpoint 10 d in the plane of the guide 5 which contains the axis 8.
- one half of the cutting edge is above this plane and contains the point upper 10 c cut where the cutting edge occurs when a user of the device pulls on the end of the strip presented to him.
- the other half of the cutting edge is below this plane and contains the bottom d -cut point, at which the cut ends at the edge of the strip opposite the edge where the cutting occurred.
- This blade 10 is finally shown inclined towards the flap; in other words the plane through the axis 8 and line 3 of heating dots is not perpendicular to the cutting blade so that the top half of the cutting edge 10 of the blade has to be closest to the pane when it is in its state shown in Figure 1, that is to say before any cutting.
- the upper surface 7 of the shutter has two portions 7 a , 7 b .
- the portion 7 has is that which is in contact with the paper tape to the top of the blank until such time as they reach the vicinity of the point 10b in the middle of the blade edge 10.
- This portion 7 has the surface 7 is substantially a flat surface which passes above the axis 8.
- the paper tape 4 stretched by the user begins to bear on the part 7 b of the surface which is formed as a kind of chamfer on the flap allowing the paper that bears on it to pass gradually under the hinge pin 8.
- FIG 2 we see that the contact of the flap with the paper strip 4 moves away from the cutting blade as the cutting progresses.
- This arrangement makes it possible to reduce the deviation of the paper by the flap, the latter being elastically returned to its position shown in FIG. 1 by a return spring schematically represented at 12 in FIG. 3. Indeed, the shutter 6 pushes upwards. the paper with a force even greater than the spring 12 is bandaged. This force tends to lift the paper so open the angle A, which affects the quality of the cut especially in its second half. It will be understood from FIG. 2 that this angle A will be all the less open as the point of contact of the shutter and the paper moves away from the blade.
- the zone 7b of the upper surface of the flap 6 is designed so as to allow this distance, and, moreover, to virtually erase the flap at the end of cutting to take advantage of the minimum value of the angle A imposed by the construction of the apparatus (relative position of the cutting edge of the blade and, for example, the outlet of the guide surface 5 a ).
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La présente invention concerne un appareil distributeur de tickets, chacun d'eux étant constitué par un tronçon détaché d'une bande continue de papier.The present invention relates to a ticket dispensing apparatus, each of which is constituted by a detached section of a continuous strip of paper.
Plus précisément, l'appareil de l'invention est associé à une machine d'impression de ces tickets qui forme le reçu ou la trace écrite d'une transaction telle qu'un paiement par le moyen d'une carte de crédit. Et plus précisément encore, une application particulière de cet appareil réside dans son association à une imprimante thermique.More specifically, the apparatus of the invention is associated with a printing machine of these tickets which forms the receipt or the written record of a transaction such as a payment by means of a credit card. And more specifically, a particular application of this device lies in its association with a thermal printer.
Il existe deux variantes principales dans les machines à délivrer les tickets : celles dans lesquelles le ticket se présente au destinataire détaché ou prédétaché de la bande de laquelle il est issu, et celles dans lesquelles le ticket se présente attaché à la bande et c'est par une traction de celui-ci qu'il se détache de la bande en passant sur le bord tranchant d'une lame de coupe. Les machines selon cette dernière variante présentent l'avantage d'un dispositif de coupe statique sans pièces en mouvement, donc d'entretien simplifié et fonctionnant sans nécessiter d'apport d'énergie pour déplacer la lame mobile de coupe. En revanche, leur inconvénient réside dans l'absence d'un bord découpé pour le ticket net et précis. Il s'agit souvent d'un bord dentelé ou en biais alors que le ruban a plutôt été déchiré que découpé sur une lame. En effet, si la lame possède un fil tranchant au lieu de dents, la difficulté naît de l'amorce de la coupe qui doit être franche et réalisée quelle que soit la force de traction sur le ticket par son destinataire.There are two main variants in the ticket-issuing machines: those in which the ticket is presented to the seconded or pre-stuck recipient of the strip from which it is issued, and those in which the ticket is attached to the strip and that is by pulling it off the band by passing over the cutting edge of a cutting blade. The machines according to this latter variant have the advantage of a static cutting device without moving parts, thus simplified maintenance and operating without requiring energy input to move the movable cutting blade. On the other hand, their disadvantage lies in the absence of a cut edge for the net and precise ticket. This is often a serrated or angled edge while the ribbon has rather been torn than cut on a blade. Indeed, if the blade has a sharp wire instead of teeth, the difficulty arises from the beginning of the cut which must be frank and performed regardless of the pulling force on the ticket by the recipient.
L'état de la technique dans ce domaine comprend des dispositifs dans lesquels une lame est en forme de V avec une pointe centrale sur laquelle s'amorce la découpe du papier quand le destinataire tire dessus. Cependant, une telle lame est de fabrication complexe et coûteuse.The state of the art in this field includes devices in which a blade is V-shaped with a central point on which the cutting of the paper begins when the recipient pulls on it. However, such a blade is complex and expensive to manufacture.
On a récemment proposé de remplacer la lame ayant un fil de coupe en V par une lame ayant un fil de coupe rectiligne,sécant de la bande de papier supposée horizontale et possédant ainsi un point haut et un point bas de sorte que, lorsque l'on tire sur la bande, le contact initial de cette dernière avec la lame s'opère au niveau du bord de la bande au point haut de la lame à l'endroit de laquelle l'effort de traction est concentré pour constituer une amorce franche de découpe.It has recently been proposed to replace the blade having a V-cut wire by a blade having a straight cutting wire, secant of the supposedly horizontal paper web and thus having a high point and a low point so that, when the web is pulled, the initial contact the latter with the blade takes place at the edge of the strip at the high point of the blade where the tensile force is concentrated to form a sharp cutting primer.
En général les appareils distributeurs comportent en amont de la lame de coupe un moyen de guidage ou de soutien du bord extrême de la bande pour que, lorsque cette bande est propulsée (par un mécanisme d'entraînement appartenant dans de nombreuses applications à une imprimante) ce bord avant puisse passer au-dessus de la lame. Dans le cas du développement récent exposé ci-dessus, ce guide ou ce soutien est formé par une paroi mobile entre une position haute dans laquelle le bord extrême de la bande peut passer le point haut du fil de coupe et une position basse qui se situe au niveau du point bas du fil de coupe. Ce déplacement est obtenu sous l'effet de l'effort de traction appliqué à la bande par le destinataire du ticket, provoquant la découpe et à l'encontre d'un ressort de rappel qui tend à ramener la paroi en position haute. Cette paroi mobile peut affecter la forme d'un volet articulé.In general, the dispensing devices comprise, upstream of the cutting blade, means for guiding or supporting the extreme edge of the strip so that, when this strip is propelled (by a drive mechanism belonging in many applications to a printer) this front edge can pass over the blade. In the case of the recent development described above, this guide or support is formed by a movable wall between a high position in which the extreme edge of the band can pass the high point of the cutting wire and a low position which is at the low point of the cutting line. This displacement is obtained under the effect of the tensile force applied to the band by the recipient of the ticket, causing cutting and against a return spring that tends to bring the wall up. This movable wall can affect the shape of an articulated flap.
Dans l'application de l'invention relative à la délivrance du ticket imprimé, on recherche une consommation minimale de papier. Or, pour une impression donnée, la consommation de papier est plus ou moins importante selon que la partie non imprimée du ticket est plus ou moins grande comme par exemple dans la demande WO0137223A. Cette partie non imprimée dépend exclusivement de la distance, le long du trajet du papier, qui sépare l'imprimante (la ligne de points chauffants dans une imprimante thermique) de la lame de coupe. L'un des problèmes à résoudre est de réduire au maximum cette distance tout en conservant à la découpe une qualité irréprochable.In the application of the invention relating to the issuing of the printed ticket, a minimum consumption of paper is sought. However, for a given impression, the paper consumption is more or less important depending on whether the unprinted part of the ticket is larger or smaller, as for example in the application WO0137223A. This unprinted portion depends exclusively on the distance, along the path of the paper, which separates the printer (the line of heating dots in a thermal printer) from the cutting blade. One of the problems to be solved is to minimize this distance while keeping the cutting quality irreproachable.
Pour résoudre ces problèmes, la présente invention a pour objet un appareil distributeur de ticket à partir d'une bande de papier continue, chacun formé par un tronçon d'extrémité de cette bande susceptible d'être saisi par un destinataire du ticket et détaché par traction sur cette extrémité, comprenant un mécanisme de pincement du papier le long d'une ligne transversale de la bande, une lame de coupe sensiblement transversale à la bande sur le bord coupant de laquelle, lors de la traction susdite, la bande prend appui, le bord coupant de la lame étant formé par un segment d'une droite sécante du plan de la bande de papier au contact de la lame avant découpe contenant la ligne de pincement, l'appareil comprenant aussi un élément de support et de guidage de la bande entre le mécanisme de pincement et la lame de coupe, présentant une surface limitée par un bord voisin de la lame et un bord voisin du mécanisme de pincement, mobile entre une première position dans laquelle le bord de la surface voisin de la lame est situé entièrement au-dessus du tranchant de cette lame et une seconde position dans laquelle ce bord est situé entièrement en-dessous du tranchant, avec un organe de rappel de l'élément de guidage vers sa première position, dans lequel appareil l'élément de support et de guidage se présente sous la forme d'un volet articulé autour d'un axe fixe, sensiblement parallèle à la ligne de pincement, situé du côté du bord de l'élément voisin de cette ligne et s'étendant au voisinage du plan contenant la ligne de pincement et le point milieu du tranchant de la lame tandis que la surface de support est de forme telle que, après environ la moitié de la découpe, la zone de contact du volet avec la bande restant à découper s'éloigne de la lame au fur et à mesure de la progression de la découpe.To solve these problems, the present invention relates to a ticket dispensing apparatus from a continuous paper web, each formed by an end section of this band that can be entered by a recipient of the ticket and detached by traction on this end, comprising a pinching mechanism of the paper along a transverse line of the strip, a cutting blade substantially transverse to the strip on the cutting edge of which, during the said pulling, the strip bears, the cutting edge of the blade being formed by a segment of a line intersecting the plane of the paper web in contact with the blade before cutting containing the nip, the apparatus also comprising a support member and guiding the strip between the pinching mechanism and the cutting blade, having a surface limited by an edge adjacent the blade and an adjacent edge of the pinching mechanism, movable between a first position dan wherein the edge of the adjacent surface of the blade is located entirely above the cutting edge of the blade and a second position in which this edge is located entirely below the cutting edge, with a return member of the guide element. to its first position, in which apparatus the support and guide element is in the form of a flap hinged about a fixed axis, substantially parallel to the pinch line, located on the edge side of the element adjacent to this line and extending in the vicinity of the plane containing the pinch line and the midpoint of the cutting edge of the blade while the support surface is shaped such that, after about half of the cutting, the contact area the shutter with the band remaining to be cut away from the blade as the progress of cutting.
Un tel volet présente plusieurs avantages, en particulier dans le cas où la lame de coupe est relativement proche de la ligne de pincement de la bande. En effet, dans ce cas, la position de l'axe d'articulation du volet telle que précisée ci-dessus, permet d'optimiser l'encombrement de ce volet et d'équilibrer son débattement entre le point haut et le point bas de la lame. En outre, la lame étant proche de la ligne de pincement, il se crée un problème secondaire qui est la variation importante le long du fil de coupe de l'angle que fait la bande au passage de la lame sous l'effet de la traction du destinataire du ticket. Cet angle est relativement fermé au point haut de la coupe et s'ouvre rapidement pour être au point bas très obtus, ce qui place le papier dans des conditions très défavorables pour être correctement coupé. En outre, au voisinage du point bas, le papier n'oppose plus beaucoup de résistance à l'effort de traction puisque sa largeur non coupée a beaucoup diminuée et devient sensible à l'effort qu'exerce sur lui le volet articulé de guidage. Grâce à l'évolution de la surface de contact du volet avec le papier lorsque la découpe se rapproche du point bas de la lame, le volet de l'invention présente l'avantage de ne pas être un facteur d'ouverture de l'angle susdit au voisinage de ce point inférieur de coupe.Such a flap has several advantages, particularly in the case where the cutting blade is relatively close to the nip line of the strip. Indeed, in this case, the position of the pivot axis of the shutter as specified above, optimizes the size of the flap and balance its movement between the high point and the low point of the blade. In addition, the blade being close to the pinch line, there is a secondary problem which is the significant variation along the cutting line of the angle made by the strip when the blade passes under the effect of traction. the recipient of the ticket. This angle is relatively closed at the high point of the cut and opens quickly to be very obtuse low point, which places the paper in very unfavorable conditions to be properly cut. In addition, in the vicinity of the low point, the paper no longer opposes much resistance to the tensile force since its uncut width has greatly diminished and becomes sensitive to the force exerted on him the hinged flap guide. Thanks to the evolution of the contact surface of the flap with the paper when the cut is approaching the low point of the blade, the flap of the invention has the advantage of not being a factor of opening of the angle above in the vicinity of this lower section point.
Selon une autre caractéristique de l'invention, la lame de coupe est plane et est inclinée de manière que le bord du volet voisin de la lame de coupe soit au plus proche de cette lame dans sa première position. Cette disposition permet de supprimer le risque de voir le bord avant de la lame de papier s'introduire intempestivement entre le volet et la lame au début de l'avance de la bande pouvant conduire à un bourrage.According to another characteristic of the invention, the cutting blade is flat and is inclined so that the edge of the flap next to the cutting blade is closest to this blade in its first position. This arrangement eliminates the risk of seeing the front edge of the paper blade enter unexpectedly between the flap and the blade at the beginning of the advance of the band that can lead to a jam.
Enfin, le bord tranchant rectiligne de la lame est incliné sur le plan passant par la ligne de pincement et l'axe du volet d'un angle compris entre 8° et 12°. Cet angle, de préférence autour de 11°, est la valeur de compromis déterminée expérimentalement, qui permet d'obtenir une découpe du ticket sous une traction la plus faible possible et sans que le papier ne glisse sans être découpé en direction du point bas. En effet, un tel glissement ne pourrait conduire qu'à un froissement du papier avant cette découpe, ce qui compromettrait l'émission correcte du ticket suivant.Finally, the straight cutting edge of the blade is inclined to the plane passing through the pinch line and the shutter axis at an angle between 8 ° and 12 °. This angle, preferably around 11 °, is the experimentally determined compromise value, which makes it possible to obtain a cut of the ticket under the lowest possible traction and without the paper slipping without being cut in the direction of the low point. Indeed, such sliding could lead to a crumpling of the paper before cutting, which would compromise the correct issue of the next ticket.
D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention ressortiront de la description donnée ci-après à titre purement indicatif d'un exemple de réalisation d'un appareil de délivrance de tickets imprimés.Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will emerge from the description given below purely for the purpose of illustrating an exemplary embodiment of a printed ticket issuing apparatus.
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- les figures 1 et 2 sont deux vues schématiques de l'appareil selon l'invention, la figure 1 représentant par une vue en coupe au voisinage de l'amorce de la découpe l'appareil dans son état après l'impression d'un ticket mais avant le début de sa découpe, et la figure 2 représentant par une vue en coupe au voisinage de la fin de la découpe l'appareil dans son état en fin d'opération,
- et la figure 3 est une représentation en perspective du volet mis en oeuvre dans l'appareil et son emplacement par rapport à la lame de coupe.
- Figures 1 and 2 are two schematic views of the apparatus according to the invention, Figure 1 showing a sectional view in the vicinity of the primer of the cut the device in its state after the printing of a ticket but before the beginning of its cutting, and FIG. 2 represents, by a sectional view near the end of the cut, the apparatus in its state at the end of the operation,
- and Figure 3 is a perspective representation of the flap implemented in the apparatus and its location relative to the cutting blade.
De manière connue, une imprimante thermique comprend un rouleau 1 (appelé cabestan) d'entraînement du papier, motorisé par des moyens non représentés, sur lequel prend appui une tête d'impression 2 par l'intermédiaire d'une ligne de points chauffants 3. Le papier à imprimer 4 est entraîné par le rouleau sous la ligne de points chauffants 3, un dispositif élastique de rappel maintenant la pression de la tête 2 sur le cabestan 1.In known manner, a thermal printer comprises a roll 1 (called capstan) for driving the paper, motorized by means not shown, on which a
A la sortie de l'imprimante, le papier est supporté et guidé par la surface supérieure 5a d'une pièce entretoise 5 faisant partie du bâti de l'appareil pour parvenir et glisser sur la surface supérieure 7 d'un volet 6 articulé au bâti de la machine immédiatement derrière la pièce de support 5. L'axe 8 d'articulation du volet 6 est situé dans le plan de la surface de guidage 5a et est sensiblement parallèle, soit à la ligne de points chauffants, soit à l'axe du cabestan 1. Le volet 6 possède un bord extrême 9 qui est voisin d'une lame de coupe 10 et un autre bord 11 sensiblement parallèle au bord 9 qui est voisin de la pièce 5 de support du papier.At the exit of the printer, the paper is supported and guided by the
La lame de coupe 10 est parallèle à la ligne de points chauffants et à l'axe 8 d'articulation du volet au bâti de l'appareil. Elle possède un bord tranchant (ou fil de coupe) 10a qui est sécant du plan de la surface 5a donc du plan qui contient la bande de papier au sortir de l'imprimante. La lame de coupe 10 est disposée de manière que son tranchant 10a ait un point milieu 10d dans le plan du guide 5 qui contient l'axe 8. Ainsi, une moitié du tranchant est au-dessus de ce plan et contient le point supérieur 10c de coupe à l'endroit duquel se produit l'amorce de découpe lorsqu'un usager de l'appareil tire sur l'extrémité de la bande qui lui est présentée. L'autre moitié du tranchant est sous ce plan et contient le point 10d inférieur de découpe, à l'endroit duquel la coupe prend fin au bord de la bande opposé au bord où s'est produit l'amorçage de la découpe. Cette lame 10 enfin est représentée inclinée en direction du volet ; en d'autres termes le plan passant par l'axe 8 et la ligne 3 de points chauffants n'est pas perpendiculaire à la lame de coupe de manière que la moitié supérieure du tranchant 10a de la lame soit au plus proche du volet lorsqu'il est dans son état représenté à la figure 1, c'est-à-dire avant toute découpe.The
La surface supérieure 7 du volet présente deux portions 7a, 7b. La portion 7a est celle qui est en contact avec le ruban de papier au début de la découpe jusqu' à ce que celle-ci parvienne au voisinage du point 10b au milieu du tranchant de la lame 10. Cette partie 7a de la surface 7 est sensiblement une surface plane qui passe au-dessus de l'axe 8. Lorsque l'on parvient à la moitié de la découpe environ, le ruban de papier 4 tendu par l'usager commence à prendre appui sur la partie 7b de la surface qui est formée comme une sorte de chanfrein sur le volet permettant au papier qui prend appui sur elle de passer progressivement sous l'axe d'articulation 8. Dans cette configuration, représentée à la figure 2, on voit que le contact du volet avec la bande 4 de papier s'éloigne de la lame de coupe au fur et à mesure de la progression de la découpe. Cette disposition permet de réduire la déviation du papier par le volet, ce dernier étant rappelé élastiquement vers sa position représentée à la figure 1 par un ressort de rappel schématiquement représenté en 12 à la figure 3. En effet, le volet 6 repousse vers le haut le papier avec une force d'autant plus grande que le ressort 12 est bandé. Cette force tend donc à soulever le papier donc à ouvrir l'angle A, ce qui affecte la qualité de la coupe surtout dans sa deuxième moitié. On comprend, au vu de la figure 2, que cet angle A sera d'autant moins ouvert que le point de contact du volet et du papier s'éloigne de la lame. La zone 7b de la surface supérieure du volet 6 est dessinée de manière à permettre cet éloignement, et, en outre, à pratiquement effacer le volet en fin de découpe pour profiter de la valeur minimale de l'angle A imposé par la construction de l'appareil (position relative du tranchant de la lame et, par exemple, de la sortie de la surface de guidage 5a).The
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- A device for dispensing tickets from a continuous strip of paper (4), each ticket being formed by an end segment of the strip suitable for being grasped by a user of the ticket and detached by the user pulling on said end, the device comprising:- a mechanism for pinching the paper along a line (3) extending across the strip (4);- a cutter blade (10) extending substantially across the strip so that the strip bears against a cutting edge (10a) of the blade when the above-specified traction is applied thereto, the cutting edge (10a) of the blade (10) being formed by a straight line segment that intersects the plane of the strip of paper (4), which plane contains the pinch line (3) and is in contact with the blade (10) prior to the start of cutting; and- a support and guide element (5) for supporting and guiding the strip (4) between the pinch mechanism (3) and the cutter blade (10), the element presenting a surface (7) defined by an edge (9) close to the blade (10) and an edge (11) close to the pinch mechanism, the element being movable between a first position in which the edge (9) of its surface (7) close to the blade (10) is situated entirely above the cutting edge (10a) of said blade, and a second position in which said edge (9) is situated entirely below said cutting edge, with a return member (12) urging the guide element (6) towards its first position, the device being characterized in that the support and guide element is in the form of a flap (6) hinged about a fixed axis (8) substantially parallel to the pinch line (3), situated beside the edge (11) of the element that is close to the pinch line and extending in the vicinity of the plane containing the pinch line (3) and the midpoint (10b) of the cutting edge (10a) of the blade (10), and in that the surface (7) of the flap (6) is of a shape such that about halfway through cutting and thereafter the zone of contact between the flap (6) and the strip (4) that remains to be cut moves away from the blade (10) as cutting progresses.
- A device according to claim 1, characterized in that the cutter blade (10) is plane and slopes in such a manner that the edge (9) of the flap adjacent to the cutter blade (10) is closest to said blade (10) when it is in its first position.
- A device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the rectilinear cutting edge (10a) of the blade slopes relative to the plane containing the pinch line (3) and the axis (8) of the flap (6) at an angle lying in the range 8° to 12°.
Priority Applications (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP20020290006 EP1326211B1 (en) | 2002-01-03 | 2002-01-03 | Ticket dispensing apparatus |
| DE2002611840 DE60211840T2 (en) | 2002-01-03 | 2002-01-03 | Device for issuing cards |
| ES02290006T ES2263747T3 (en) | 2002-01-03 | 2002-01-03 | TICKETS DISTRIBUTOR DEVICE. |
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| EP20020290006 EP1326211B1 (en) | 2002-01-03 | 2002-01-03 | Ticket dispensing apparatus |
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