An apparatus (1) for inspecting an identity document (D) is disclosed, wherein the identity document, which includes an RFID tag and a printed code, is positioned on the apparatus in a reading area (3) where a linear image sensor, which is movable by a motor-driven command, performs a scan to read the code of the document, and in which an RFID device communicates with the RFID tag, authentication of the identity document being performed by comparing the information supplied by the linear image sensor and the information supplied by the RFID device.
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
A printing apparatus is disclosed that is suitable for controlling a barred access, with a front port for inserting and expelling tickets, sensor means for reading a ticket introduced into the port, an input/output interface and thermal printing means controlled by an electronic processor including a memory that can contain a script including an instruction to activate the printing means in response to an input signal received from the sensor means or via the interface and an instruction to send an output signal via the interface in response to a signal emitted by sensor means. A computerized central system, arranged outside the printing apparatus for controlling the barred access, is associated with the printing apparatus by means of an initial system configurations that is simplified.
G06F 17/00 - Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions
G07B 15/04 - Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems comprising devices to free a barrier, turnstile or the like
G07B 15/02 - Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points taking into account a variable factor such as distance or time, e.g. for passenger transport, parking systems or car rental systems
G06F 13/10 - Program control for peripheral devices
G06K 7/10 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation
G06K 7/14 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
H04N 1/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details thereof
A printing apparatus is disclosed, in which a printed document is separated from a continuous strip of paper by a blade driven by a reversible motor that has a forward rotation direction, in normal operation, and a backward rotation direction, for blade unlocking in the event of jamming of the blade, in which the backward rotation first has a free initial portion without transmitting force to the blade, then a tooth carried by the motor shaft knocks against another tooth carried by a hub of a gear that transmits force to the blade, unlocking the jam thereof.
B26D 5/20 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B26D 1/08 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type
B26D 1/09 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a linearly-movable cutting member wherein the cutting member reciprocates of the guillotine type with a plurality of cutting members
B26D 5/00 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B26D 5/08 - Means for actuating the cutting member to effect the cut
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B65H 35/06 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators from or with blade, e.g. shear-blade, cutters or perforators
B26D 1/00 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
B26D 7/00 - CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING - Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
A printing method and apparatus are disclosed, in which a printed document is separated from a continuous strip of paper by a cutting device having a movable blade that can adopt a rest position, in which the blade is retracted to leave free a passage for inserting the strip in a cutting zone, and at least one cutting position, in which the blade is advanced to obstruct the passage, with sensor means that is able to indicate when the blade is in the two positions.
B26D 5/20 - Arrangements for operating and controlling machines or devices for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting with interrelated action between the cutting member and work feed
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B26D 1/00 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor
B26D 7/00 - CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING - Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
A printing device for printing tickets in public places, with an anti-paper jam system in which an optical sensor for detecting the presence of paper is arranged at a zone where a rise of the paper occurs in case of occlusion of the paper outlet mouth; before the start of a print, the paper is retracted with respect to the sensor, whereby the sensor is OFF; when the print starts, the paper advances until arriving in front of the sensor, whereby the sensor turns ON; from this moment on, if the sensor returns OFF, it means that the paper is no longer detected by the sensor, because it has been raised by an occlusion, whereby the advancing of the paper is interrupted.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
A thermal printing device with a thermal print head, a platen roller opposite the print head and a protective film that is movable in a closed loop, wherein the thermal print head is arranged inside the closed loop formed by the film, so as to protect the thermal paper from damage caused by mechanical scraping by the print head; a use of the printing device is also disclosed for dispensing a printed ticket in real time, the ticket being at least partly covered by an opaque patina that is removable by scraping after printing to enable what has been printed to be viewed.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
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Printing device and method for controlling the printing device
A printing device is disclosed including a path for supplying thermal paper unwound from a roll to a thermal print head arranged for printing on a first side of paper, wherein a linear image sensor is arranged along the path, on a second side of paper opposite the first, transversely to an advancement direction of the paper, to detect the position of an alignment mark arranged on the paper.
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
B41J 3/407 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for marking on special material
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 11/46 - Controlling by marks or formations on the paper being fed
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Anti-jamming device for printing apparatuses with stacker
It is disclosed an anti-jamming device for a printing apparatus with stacker, for lottery or betting terminals, with a path of a continuous strip of paper, a printing device for printing a document on the strip, a cutting device for separating the document from the strip, a movement device for moving the document laterally to a stacking zone, a movable portion that bounds the path and is moved from the strip in the event of a jam, moving the portion causing printing to be stopped.
B65H 26/02 - Warning or safety devices, e.g. automatic fault detectors, stop-motions, for web-advancing mechanisms responsive to presence of irregularities in running webs
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B65H 20/32 - Arrangements for accumulating surplus web by making loops
B65H 29/46 - Members reciprocated in rectilinear path
B65H 31/06 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled on edge
G07B 5/08 - TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS - Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for avoiding incorrect action of the machine
G07F 17/24 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for parking meters
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
An apparatus and a printing method for lottery or betting terminals are disclosed, wherein a printed document is separated from a continuous strip of paper and then moved sideways to a document stacking zone according to a direction that is transverse to the document, which, by passing above two lateral protrusions, undergoes the folding of two lateral edges that, after passing over the protrusions, return to a normal position owing to the elasticity of the paper.
B41J 13/10 - Sheet holders, retainers, or stationary guides
B65H 35/00 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
B65H 35/06 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators from or with blade, e.g. shear-blade, cutters or perforators
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B65H 23/00 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs
B65H 37/00 - Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating devices for performing specified auxiliary operations
B65H 31/06 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled on edge
G07B 5/02 - TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS - Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for cutting-off or separating tickets
B65H 29/46 - Members reciprocated in rectilinear path
A printing mechanism having an engaging body that is rotatable between an engaging position, in which it retains a printing roller in a position facing a thermal printing head, and a disengaging position wherein it enables the printing roller to be removed; a reversible drive shaft rotating in one direction rotates the printing roller and rotating in the opposite direction moves the engaging body to the disengaging position, owing to a unidirectional joint that connects the drive shaft to the engaging body only when the drive shaft rotates in an opposite direction.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
A printer for kiosks is disclosed that includes an anti-intrusion door that is movable between a normal closed position and an open position in which it respectively closes and opens a passage through which a printed document is guided, moving from the normal closed position to the open position by a thrust exerted by the exiting document and returning to the closed position through the effect of its weight after the printed document has been removed.
B41J 13/00 - Devices or arrangements specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in short lengths, e.g. sheets
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
B41J 13/10 - Sheet holders, retainers, or stationary guides
B41J 15/04 - Supporting, feeding, or guiding devices; Mountings for web rolls or spindles
B65H 35/04 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers from or with transverse cutters or perforators
An apparatus and a method distributes printed slips or tickets that are obtained from a continuous strip of material in which the strip is cut by a stationary blade when the user tensions the strip by pulling an end thereof. A driven dragging roller that makes the strip advance in an intermittent manner is interrupted if a sensor detects that the strip is tensioned to be cut.
G07B 5/02 - TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS - Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for cutting-off or separating tickets
G07B 3/02 - Machines for issuing preprinted tickets from stock in wound strip form
B65H 35/00 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
B26F 3/00 - Severing by means other than cutting; Apparatus therefor
G07B 5/08 - TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS - Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for avoiding incorrect action of the machine
A cutting apparatus is disclosed for separating, intermittently, receipts or tickets from a continuous strip of material, in which the strip is cut by a stationary blade when the user tensions the strip by pulling an end thereof, in which the cut margin of the strip is disengaged from the blade by virtue of an elastically movable element that has a non cutting edge extending in length next to the entire length of a cutting edge of the blade, and in which the strip tensioned during the cut pushes the non cutting edge in a recessing position with respect to the cutting edge and after cutting the non cutting edge returns elastically to a protruding position beyond the cutting edge.
B26D 1/02 - Cutting through work characterised by the nature or movement of the cutting member; Apparatus or machines therefor; Cutting members therefor involving a cutting member which does not travel with the work having a stationary cutting member
B26D 7/00 - CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING - Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting
B65H 35/00 - Delivering articles from cutting or line-perforating machines; Article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices, e.g. adhesive tape dispensers
G07B 5/02 - TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS - Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for cutting-off or separating tickets
A ticket printer includes a path along which a strip of paper advances. The path terminates at a presentation outlet of a ticket separated from the strip. On the path, there is a movable deviating body that can selectively close or open an accumulating zone that branches off from the path and can receive a part of a strip that will be severed to form the ticket.
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
G07F 17/42 - Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for ticket printing or like apparatus
G07B 1/06 - Machines for printing and issuing tickets without selectable printing plates
B41J 3/30 - Typewriters or selective printing or marking mechanisms characterised by the purpose for which they are constructed for printing with large type, e.g. on bulletins, tickets
B41J 15/00 - Devices or arrangements specially adapted for supporting or handling copy material in continuous form, e.g. webs
B41J 11/70 - Applications of cutting devices cutting perpendicular to the direction of paper feed
In a ticket printer, an end of a paper sensor has an optic emitter and receiver arranged one after the other in the paper advancement direction and operationally connected together via a signal guide. The emitter and the receiver are arranged on one side of the path of the paper whereas the signal guide is arranged on the opposite side.
A print control device for a thermal printer for detecting a failure in a component of the thermal printer to prevent an incorrect printing of an item to be printed which provides for a thermal resistor associated with each component of the printer to render the printer inoperative when the component becomes defective, and a MOSFET for each thermal resistor associated with a feeder, a driver and a group detector which prevents the printer from printing when the thermal resistor changes the effective resistance in the circuit with the MOSFET and the group detector and driver.
B41J 2/35 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads providing current or voltage to the thermal head
A printing roll release and retainer mechanism to facilitate the insertion of a printing roller into a printing head of a thermal printer and to facilitate the locking thereof to the printing head and to facilitate the removal of the printing roller from the printing head wherein a holder is provided for receiving and permitting withdrawal of the printing roller and a pair of oppositely spaced members is provided for to hold the shaft roller.
A locking-release member is provided for the holder to facilitate locking of the roller to the printing head and removal therefrom, the oppositely spaced members have an arcuate configuration for receiving the shaft and is provided with a pair of portions extending from the ends of the arcuate configuration, the locking release member include spaced members with an arcuate configuration for receiving the shaft when the roller is inserted into the head, and a pair of members are provided for locking the roller to the printing head in one position of the locking-release member and for releasing the roller from the head in another position of the locking-release member.
A thermal printer head and print control device capable of controlling what is printed onto a voucher, which includes a printer head and an image control sensor placed in an upper part of the printer head, and including an electronic card on a control unit and cables for connecting the image control sensor to the electronic card and the control unit.
B41J 2/32 - Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
B41J 2/355 - Control circuits for heating-element selection
A limiting device to prevent unwanted removal of paper from a paper or ticket printing and dispensing apparatus for paper roll printers, including paper cutter actuating means, positioned between a ticket dispensing exit and a cutting device to cut paper onto which printing has taken place and for controlling feeding of the paper and for controlling operation of the printer; activation of the cutting device is responsive to either an incompletely printed ticket or an action externally of said apparatus or to completion of any printing onto the ticket; a movable member or curved door is provided to more from a deactivation position to an activation position to control the operation of the paper cutter and the curved door is responsive to completion of a ticket printing operation or an occlusion at the dispensing exit or to a pre-set printing operation.
An antijamming device for a printed ticket vending machine having an exit opening for exiting of a printed ticket and a control for controlling feeding of unprinted tickets to a printing mechanism for printing tickets, having a pathway through which printed tickets pass from the printing mechanism to the exit opening, and a sensor in the pathway for sensing when an occlusion occurs at the exit opening to prevent bunching of the printed tickets at the exit opening and stopping feeding of printed tickets to the exit opening.
B41J 11/00 - Devices or arrangements for supporting or handling copy material in sheet or web form
B65H 23/18 - Registering, tensioning, smoothing, or guiding webs longitudinally by controlling or regulating the web-advancing mechanism, e.g. mechanism acting on the running web
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