Typewriting machines – Including plural – independently supported key-boards,...
Patent
1991-04-02
1993-11-09
Wiecking, David A.
Typewriting machines
Including plural, independently supported key-boards,...
400103, B41J 354
Patent
active
052596788
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a printing apparatus for negotiable instruments such as notes and checks, and securities such as stocks and bonds (hereinafter referred to collectively as "instruments"), and, in particular, to such a printing apparatus for instruments capable of printing necessary data on the instruments and judging whether or not the necessary data have been exactly printed.
BACKGROUND ART
Instruments are generally delivered to the recipient after necessary data have been printed thereon. For example, in cases of notes and checks, data such as the name of payer, the place of payment, the name of drawer, the place of drawing, the place of exchange, the name of the bank, the name of the bank branch, the account number or the like are printed thereon for each customer and they are delivered to the customer in the number that the customer requires.
These data usually include data consisting of visually recognizable characters, numerals, symbols, figures or the like and data consisting of magnetic ink recognition characters, numerals, symbols or the like (hereinafter referred to as "MICR character") or symbols such as barcodes (hereinafter referred to collectively as "visually unrecognizable data").
The "visually unrecognizable data" is recognizable as a symbol (such as a bar code), having a generally understood function, but such a symbol cannot generally be "read" or "recognized" by an ordinary person without the use of a reading device.
From the viewpoint of the nature of such instruments errors in the printing of these data are tollally inadmissible and, therefore, it is indispensable to judge after printing whether or not the data are exactly printed.
Although such judgment can be relatively easily made as to the data consisting of visually recognizable characters, numerals, symbols, figures or the like, since it is impossible to judge whether the visually unrecognizable data are exactly printed, unless they are read out by an independent reading-out apparatus after the instrument has been made out, it is troublesome to make such judgment.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing apparatus for instruments capable of printing necessary data on instruments on which visually unrecognizable data are to be printed and easily judging whether or not the data are exactly printed.
The above object of the present invention can be accomplished by a printing apparatus for instruments comprising a blank storing means for storing stacked instrument blanks therein, a first printing means for printing data consisting of visually recognizable characters, numerals, symbols, figures or the like on said instrument blanks, a second printing means for printing visually unrecognizable data on said instrument blanks, said second printing means being disposed downstream of said first printing means, a data reading-out means for reading out the visually unrecognizable data printed by said second printing means, said data reading-out means being disposed downstream of said second printing means, an instrument storing means for storing stacked instruments for which printing the data and reading out the data have been completed, said instrument storing means being disposed downstream of said data reading-out means, a blank transporting means for transporting the instrument blanks from said blank storing means to said instrument storing means via said first printing means, said second printing means and said data reading-out means, a control means for controlling said first printing means, said second printing means, said data reading-out means and said blank transporting means, and a discriminating means for judging based upon read-out signals from said data reading-out means whether or not said visually unrecognizable data have been exactly printed by said second printing means.
According to the present invention, since the printing apparatus for instruments includes the data reading-out means for reading out the visually unrecognizable data printe
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Laurel Bank Machines Co. Ltd.
Wiecking David A.
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