FR2588106A1 - AUTOMATIC TICKET DISPENSER WITH MANUAL CONTROL - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION CONCERNS AN AUTOMATIC DISPENSER OF TICKETS IN PAPER, CARDBOARD, PLASTIC OR OTHER MATERIALS, MAINLY CONSISTS OF A TICKET MAGAZINE, A DEVICE FOR TRAINING TICKETS PIECE BY PIECE TOWARDS A DISTRIBUTION LIGHT, AND A DISTRIBUTION LIGHT. MANUAL CONTROL OF THE DRIVE DEVICE. THIS AUTOMATIC TICKET DISPENSER IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT THE TICKETS 4 ARE BROUGHT ONE BY ONE TO THE DISTRIBUTION LIGHT 15 BY THE INTERMEDIATE OF A CLAMP COMPOSED OF A FIXED JAW 45 COOPERATING WITH A MOBILE JAW 46, THIS LATEST COMBINING PIECE-BY-PIECE DRIVE AND EJECTION MEANS OF THE TICKETS 4. THE INVENTION CONCERNS PLANNED OBJECT DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS.

Description

The present invention relates to a vending machine for

  tickets made of paper, cardboard, plastic or other material, consisting mainly of a ticket store, a device for training tickets piece by piece

  to a dispensing light, and a manual control of said device

  tif of training. Ticket dispensers known in the current state of the art are very often composed of a large number of parts, which increases

  the fragility and complexity of the device. In addition, these distributors of

  are characterized by unreliable operation, while not being

  not a very economical acquisition cost.

  Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide

  an automatic ticket machine which is extremely

  simple and efficient way, thus obtaining a very economical device.

  nomic. Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket dispenser for which a very simple manual action allows

  to obtain a single ticket without risk of error or deterioration of

  him one. For this purpose, the invention relates to an automatic ticket dispenser made of paper, cardboard, plastic or other material, consisting mainly of a ticket store, a device for entrarment of tickets piece by piece

  to a dispensing light, and a manual control of said device

  tif, a vending machine characterized by the fact that

  tickets are brought one by one to the distribution light via

  clamp consisting of a fixed jaw co-operating with a jaw

  re movable, the latter having means of entrarnement and ejection

piece by piece of tickets.

  The invention will be better understood with reference to the following description

  made by way of non-limiting example and in the attached drawing in which:

  FIG. 1 is a view in elevation and in section of the automatic dispenser

  ticket tick as it stands in front of the user

  FIG. 2 is a view in elevation and in section of the automatic dispenser

  ticket tick of FIG. 1, in a direction I-I

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the ticket magazine of the

  automatic transmitter according to the invention.

  We refer to all the figures.

  The vending machine 1, intended for piece-by-piece distribution 2-

  tickets such as meal tickets, metro tickets or any other object

  logue paper, cardboard or plastic material, consists mainly of a box 2 containing both a magazine 3 in which tickets 4 are arranged in the form of a stack, and means of entrarnement and ejection 5 tickets 4 , on which a user can act via

a manual control button 6.

  This manual control knob 6 is located on the front face 7 of the housing 2 and is integral with the free end of a control rod 8 moving in a vertical light 9 arranged for this purpose in the face

front 7 of the housing 2.

  The magazine 3, as shown in FIG. 3, has a section slightly greater than the dimensions of the tickets 4 to be dispensed, so as to allow the progressive sliding of the stack of tickets 4 downwards.

  when such tickets are successively extracted from the distributor.

  Of course, the body of the magazine 3 is secured by some means.

  conque relative to the casing 2, and rests for example on the bottom 10 thereof.

  In order to facilitate the downward progression of the stack of tickets 4 si-

  killed in the magazine 3, this stack is surmounted by a pressing element,

  including counterweight 11 sliding towards the bottom of the store 3 at-fur- and-

  the distribution of tickets.

  The purpose of the ticket dispenser according to the invention is to extract successively and one by one the various tickets 4

constituting the stack.

  For this purpose, the last ticket 12 of this stack is automatically ame-

  come into contact with drive and ejection means located under the

  stack as shown in Figure 2, and this by the aforementioned pressing element.

  According to the invention, the means for entraring and ejecting tickets 4

  successive stages consist of gear wheels 13 whose teeth 14 have been

  grab the underside of the last ticket 12 of the stack so that

  cause the movement of the latter towards a deflector 18 and then towards the light

  distribution member 15 located in the front face 7 of the housing 2.

  This plurality of toothed wheels 13 visible in FIG.

  integrally on a motor shaft 16 ensuring their entratiement. This axis 16 engages in two holes 17 (FIG. 3) arranged in the side walls of the magazine 3, and thereby providing two bearings allowing

  the rotation of the shaft 16 provided with the toothed wheels 13.

  - 3- In order to ensure the guidance of the ticket 12 during ejection, the store

  3 comprises an inclined deflector 18 (Figures 2 and 3). This deflector 18 de-

  mouth on the front face 7 of the housing 2 of the distributor at the dispensing light 15, which guides the front edge 19 of the ticket 12 to said distribution light 15. Of course, while the ticket 12 in progress ejection is in

  contact with the teeth 14 of the toothed wheels 13, it is necessary to

  manage a space of about two to three millimeters between the deflector 18

  and the periphery of the gears 13 to allow the passage of

  cket 12 to the light distribution.

  It should be noted that according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the magazine 3 is provided at its rear face 20 with a support 21

  of appropriate form. This support 21 integral with the face 20 provides a bu-

  to avoid that, when filling the magazine 3 with tickets, they do not tilt back and fall into the

bottom of the device.

  It is understood that to ensure the distribution of tickets 4, it is

  necessary to rotate the axis 16 provided with the gear wheels 13.

  For this purpose, this axis 16 is provided at its end 22 si-

  killed outside the store 3, a drive wheel 23 secured in rotation

with the axis 16.

  This drive wheel is rotated by a set of levers cooperating with the control button 6, and to confer on the axis 16, the toothed wheels 13 and the driving wheel 23, a jerky movement

  type "ratchet" to ensure ejection piece by piece tickets 4.

  More specifically, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention,

  the drive wheel 23 has several, for example four holes 24 regularly distributed and arranged in the particular case shown, to

  angular intervals of 90 degrees.

  These holes 24 cooperate, for one with the end portion 26 of a drive lever 27, and for the other 28 with the end portion 29 of a

locking lever 30.

  For this purpose, the respective end portions 26 and 29 of the control lever

  27 and the locking lever 30 have the shape of a claw 31 s'-

  successively in the holes 24 of the driving wheel 23-in the

rotation of it.

  The drive lever 27 is itself actuated by the user via the control rod 8 (FIG. 2) connected to said lever.

  by means of a hinge 32.

  mande 8 which passes through the vertical light 9 of the front face 7, is

  itself articulated by means of a hinge 33 secured to the bortier 2.

  The control rod 8 ends with the control button 6 located at the front face 7 of the dispenser so as to be accessible to the user, and allowing the latter to actuate said control rod

  8, and therefore the entraining lever 27 and the drive wheel 23.

  It should be noted that in the case shown, the driving wheel 23

  carries four holes 24 regularly spaced, a pressure of the user on the control button 6 is reflected on the driving wheel 23 by

  via the drive lever 27 and its end portion 26.

  In this case, the action of the training lever 27 on the drive wheel 23 results in the rotation of 90 degrees thereof in the direction of clockwise, which results in the displacement of the last ticket 12

  from the battery to the dispensing light 15.

  When the user releases his pressure on the control button 6,

  it is necessary for it to return to its original position. This is obtained

  n, for example, by the action of an elastic element such as the return spring 34. For this purpose, the return spring 34 is connected, on the one hand, the boftier 2 providing an attachment point, and on the other hand, at the stem

  8 as shown in FIG.

  It should be noted that the substantially vertical return action exerted by

  the spring 34 on the control rod 8 and the training lever 27 ris-

  than to cause rotation of the driving wheel 23 in the counterclockwise direction, because of the friction of the end portion

  26 of the drive lever 27 against said drive wheel 23.

  This is to be avoided, otherwise the ticket 12 which appears at the level of

  distribution light 15 would tend to return to its original position.

  when releasing the control knob 6.

  For this purpose, the driving wheel 23 is given an operation of the

  type "ratchet", and this through the locking lever 30. This last

  denier is articulated about an axis 35 secured to the housing 2, and its end portion 29 engages in the hole 28 when the drive lever 27 arrives in its lowest position. Therefore, during the ascent of said drive lever 27, the drive wheel 23 is maintained in its

  -position by. the locking lever 30.

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  Of course, it is necessary to facilitate the penetration of grif-

  31 of the drive lever 27 and the locking lever 30 in the holes 24 of the driving wheel 23. For this purpose, the locking lever 30 is

  connected to one end 36 of a return spring 37, the other end

  mité 38 thereof being connected to a fixed attachment point 39 provided for example by a wall of the magazine 3 as shown in Figure 1, Similarly, the entrarment lever 27 is connected to one ends 40 of a return spring 41, the other end 42 thereof being connected to a movable attachment point 43. This mobile attachment point

  43 is secured to the control rod 8 as shown by the point connection

  44 in FIG. 1. As a result, regardless of the position of the lever

  27, the spring 41 has a tendency to return the driving lever

  27 with a constant force towards the driving wheel 23.

  It should be noted that the particular embodiment of the vending machine as described above is absolutely not limiting, and it can be considered more generally that tickets 4 are brought

  one at a time to a distribution light 15 via a pin

  this composed of a fixed jaw 45 cooperating with a movable jaw 46, the latter consisting of entrarment and ejection means

piece by piece of tickets 4.

  In the embodiment shown in the figures, said fixed jaw 45 consists of the assembly constituted by the magazine 3 containing a stack of tickets 4 and surmounted by a pressing element 11 acting on the

  top of the stack of tickets 4, and a deflector 18 defining with the

  mobile choket 46 a passage neck 47.

  In the same way, according to the embodiment shown, the jaw

  mobile 46 is constituted by means for entraring and ejecting the

  12, these training means being urged in rotation by means of

  yen motors manually operated by the user.

  The driving means of this movable jaw 46 are in fact constituted by the toothed wheels 13, and the motor means actuated by the user are constituted by the assembly formed by the control knob 6, the control rod 8, the pry lever 27, the drive wheel 23 and

  30. Of course, according to another embodiment of the invention,

  Unrepresented invention of the invention, the constituent parts of the movable jaw 46 can be composed by a cylindrical drum mounted on the axis 16 and used in place of the gear wheels 13. In this case, this - 6

  cylindrical drum will preferably be coated with a rough material pre-

  feeling a good coefficient of friction with respect to the ticket 12.

  With regard to the drive means, the drive wheel 23 may be composed of a toothed gear similar to the gear wheels 13 for the sake of simplification, this toothed wheel being further provided with holes 24 (FIG.

re 2).

  In another embodiment not shown, the drive wheel 23 may consist of a circular disk provided with holes, but different

gear wheels 13.

  It should also be noted that the ticket dispenser according to the present invention also corresponds to an original ticket selection and evacuation process. Indeed, the last ticket 12 of the ticket stack 4 is clamped between the constituent elements of the movable jaw 46 and the constituent elements of the fixed jaw 45, then the selection and advancement of said ticket 12 is ensured. in a passage neck 47 leading to a dispensing light 15, while simultaneously with the advance of the ticket 12, the latter frictionally drives the next ticket. This one

  is thus put in a waiting position and comes to a stop against the deflec-

  in zone 48 thereof, whereas the other tickets 4 of the

  stack are still in storage position.

  This method of selecting and training successive tickets is very advantageous, since there is always a ticket in the waiting position, and which is therefore already partially engaged in the passage neck 47,

  while the other tickets 4 located above him in the stack are

core in storage position.

  The method of selection and entrarnement or evacuation of successive tickets as described above, as well as the various embodiments of the automatic ticket dispenser according to the invention are ultimately characterized by a high reliability of functioning and

  through the use of a minimum of parts, which results in a cost of

  quisition and use very economical.

  It should also be noted that the operational safety can be

  increased by choosing for the spring 34 an adjustable force spring.

  Indeed, this has the effect of being able to modulate the restoring force of the

  8, the driving lever 27 and the toothed wheels 13 depending on the thickness and strength of the tickets 4, which allows

  to avoid that they are damaged by the teeth 14.

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  Although the invention has been described in connection with a form of

  particular, it is understood that it is by no means limited and that various modifications of shapes, dimensions or combinations of these elements can be made without departing from the framework and the spirit. of the invention. - 8-

Claims (16)

claims   1. Automatic ticket dispenser made of paper, cardboard, plastics   tick or other, consisting mainly of a ticket shop, a   the training of tickets one piece at a time to a distribution light   tion, and a manual control of said drive device, automatic dispenser characterized in that the tickets (4) are brought one by one to the dispensing light (15) via a composite clamp   of a fixed jaw (45) cooperating with a movable jaw (46), this latter   having means for driving and ejecting piece by piece tickets (4).   2. Ticket dispenser according to claim 1, characterized by the   said fixed jaw (45) consists of a set of several elements   including the magazine (3) containing a stack of tickets (4), a   pressing member (11) acting on the top of the stack of tickets (4), and a   baffle (18) defining with the movable jaw (46) a neck of   ge (47) for the tickets (4), said deflector (18) opening into the light re distribution (15).   3. Ticket dispenser according to claim 1, characterized by the   said means for driving and ejecting the ticket (12) are   cited in rotation by motor means manually actuated by the user.   4. Ticket dispenser according to claim 1, characterized by the   said means for driving and ejecting piece by piece   ckets (4) are constituted by a plurality of toothed wheels (13) integrally mounted on a motor shaft (16), the teeth (14) of said toothed wheels (13) frictionally driving the last ticket (12) of the stack of tickets (4)   to the deflector (18) and the dispensing light (15).   5. Ticket dispenser according to claim 1, characterized in that said means for driving and ejection piece by piece tickets (4) are constituted by a cylindrical drum integrally mounted on a   shaft (16) and coated with a rough material having a high coefficient of friction ment.   6. Ticket dispenser according to claim 2, characterized in that said pressing element acting on the top of the stack of tickets   (4), is constituted by a counterweight (11) sliding towards the bottom of the magazine   sin (3) as and when ticket distribution. 2 5 8 8 1 0 6   - 9- Ticket dispenser according to claim 2, characterized by the   the magazine (3) is provided with a support element (21)   on the rear face (20) of the magazine (3).   8. Ticket dispenser according to claim 3, characterized in that said motor means actuated manually by the user are constituted by a set of elements, comprising a control button (6), a control rod (8), a driving lever (27), a driving wheel (23) mounted integrally on the driving shaft (16) which it entrains in   rotation, and a locking lever (30).   9. Ticket dispenser according to claim 4, characterized in that the toothed wheels (13) comprise in the vicinity of their periphery a set of four holes (24) radially spaced apart by an angular gap.   90 degrees, and cooperating, for one (25), with the final part   of the drive lever (27) and for the other (28) with the   terminal (29) of the locking lever (30).   10. Ticket dispenser according to claim 9, characterized in that said respective end portions (26) and (29) levers   driving (27) and locking (30) are in the form of a claw (31).   successively in the holes (24) of the driving wheel (23) during the rotation of it.   11. Ticket dispenser according to claim 8, characterized in that the locking lever (30) is articulated about an axis (35), and further connected to one end (36) of a return spring (37) whose other end (38) is connected to a fixed attachment point (39) in solidarity with the store (3).   12. Ticket dispenser according to claim 8, characterized in that the drive lever (27) is connected to the control rod (8) by a hinge (32), and further connected to one of the ends (40) of a return spring (41) whose other end (42) is connected to a movable attachment point (43), the latter being secured to the rod of   control (8) via a link (44).   Ticket dispenser according to claim 8, characterized by the   the control rod (8) is articulated at one of its ex-   tremities by a hinge (33) integral with the bortier (2), the other end,   free and provided with a control button (6) moving in a light   vertical re (9) arranged in the front face (7) of the housing (2).   Ticket dispenser according to claims 8 and 13, characterized 2588 1 06 - 10 -   in that the control rod (8) is connected to a compression spring   pel (34) integral with the housing (2), this return spring (34) acting according to   a substantially vertical direction and with a possibly   adjustable. 15. Method of selecting and evacuating tickets, implemented by   the ticket dispenser according to any preceding claim   characterized in that the last ticket (12) of the stack of tickets (4) is clamped between the constituent elements of the movable jaw (46) and the constituent elements of the fixed jaw (45), then the the selection and the advancement of said ticket (12) in a passage neck (47) towards a dispensing light (15) and simultaneously with the progress   of the ticket (12), the latter rubs in the next ticket.   16. The method of selection and evacuation according to claim 15,   characterized in that the ticket following the ticket (12) is placed in a waiting position and abuts against the deflector (18) in the zone (48) thereof, while the other tickets (4) from the stack are still in storage position.