Ticket Conveyance Extension for Improved Visibility
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Image recording devices face difficulties in making small printed tickets easily visible and graspable due to their small size and tendency to fall or become lost when discharged.
Innovation Solution
A recording device with a cutting unit that extends the last ticket by an additional length after output, keeping it connected at the discharge opening, and a control method that conveys and cuts the recording medium to ensure the ticket is longer and easier to see and handle, while leaving a portion uncut to prevent falling.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the recording medium is cut at the predetermined position after conveying only the specified ticket length, then the ticket size is small and precise, but the printed output is difficult to see and the ticket is difficult to grasp by hand
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making only the last ticket longer than the specified ticket length, while keeping other tickets at the precise predetermined length. This is achieved by detecting when the last ticket is being output and adjusting the conveyance distance accordingly, so that the extension benefit is localized to where it is most needed (the final ticket) without affecting the precision of other tickets.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses preliminary action by advancing the last ticket by the additional distance before the cutting operation occurs. The control unit detects that this is the last ticket and pre-positions it further along the conveyance path, ensuring that when cutting happens, the ticket already extends beyond the discharge opening for better visibility and graspability.
2Manufacturing precision
If the ticket is conveyed only the specified ticket length and then cut, then the cutting position is precise, but the ticket falls away from the discharge opening and may become lost or soiled
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making only the last ticket extend beyond the discharge opening through additional conveyance, while other tickets are cut at the precise predetermined position. This localized extension ensures the last ticket remains retained without compromising the cutting precision needed for other tickets.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses preliminary action by advancing the last ticket by the additional distance before cutting occurs. This pre-positioning ensures the ticket is already extended beyond the discharge opening when cutting happens, preventing it from falling away while maintaining accurate cutting.
3Volume of moving object
If the discharge opening is located in the back of a recessed part, then the device structure is compact, but small tickets are even more difficult to see and grasp
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses preliminary action by advancing the last ticket by the additional distance before it reaches the discharge opening in the recessed part. This pre-extension ensures that even though the discharge opening is recessed, the ticket still protrudes far enough to be easily seen and grasped by the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the conveyance distance parameter for the last ticket, adding the additional distance beyond the specified ticket length. This parameter adjustment compensates for the recessed discharge opening location, ensuring adequate ticket visibility and accessibility without changing the physical structure of the device.
Data Source
AI summary
A recording device has a recording unit that records on a recording medium, a transportation unit that conveys and discharges from an discharge opening the recording medium recorded by the recording unit, a cutting unit that cuts the recording medium recorded by the recording unit at a predetermined position on the transportation path of the transportation unit, and a control unit that causes a ticket to be output by causing the recording unit to record on the recording medium while causing the transportation unit to convey the recording medium only a specified ticket length and causing the cutting unit to cut. When a next ticket is not output after a ticket is output, the control unit causes the output ticket to be recorded and conveyed the specified ticket length, advanced a preset additional transportation distance, and then cut by the cutting unit.