Common Bezel Opening for Ticket and Bill Handling
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manufacturing cost of information terminals is increased due to separately configured ejection slots for printed coupons and insertion slots for bills, leading to complex and costly designs.
Innovation Solution
Integration of both ejection and insertion slots into a common opening part on the front face of the information terminal, with guided paths at a predetermined angle to prevent paper jams and optimize space usage, allowing for a simpler and more cost-effective design.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If ejection slot and insertion slot are separately configured, then functional reliability is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the ejection slot and insertion slot into a single common opening part on the front face of the terminal. The printed matter ejection path and paper sheet insertion path both converge to this common opening, eliminating the need for separate slots and reducing structural complexity while maintaining functional reliability through proper path separation internally.
Solution Approach 2:
The common opening part serves multiple functions: it acts as both the ejection slot for printed coupons and the insertion slot for bills. This multi-functional design reduces the number of components needed and simplifies the overall device structure while ensuring both functions operate reliably through dedicated internal pathways.
2Reliability
If ejection slot and insertion slot are separately configured, then functional reliability is improved, but manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
By combining the ejection and insertion slots into a single common opening, the patent reduces the number of manufacturing steps, components, and assembly operations required. This merging approach directly lowers manufacturing cost while maintaining functional reliability through proper internal path design that prevents interference between the two functions.
3Reliability
If ejection path and insertion path are arranged at predetermined angle, then paper jam prevention is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs asymmetric arrangement of the ejection path and insertion path, positioning them at a predetermined angle to each other rather than parallel or overlapping configurations. This asymmetric design naturally prevents paper jams by ensuring papers cannot accidentally enter the wrong path, while the angle arrangement itself provides the necessary functional separation without requiring additional complex mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
An information terminal which allows an increase in a manufacturing cost to be suppressed is disclosed. A ticket printer is held above a paper sheet processing device. A guide by which a ticket or the like ejected from a ticket ejection slot of the ticket printer is guided and an insertion slot of a paper sheet processing device are held in a state in which the guide and the insertion slot have a predetermined angle. A ticket or the like which is printed by the ticket printer is supplied from the ticket ejection slot of the ticket printer via the guide to an opening part of a bezel. On the other hand, a paper sheet which is inserted into the paper sheet processing device is supplied from the opening part of the bezel to the insertion slot of the paper sheet processing device.