JP2000123204A - Ticket alignment device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact ticket alignment device integrated into an automatic ticket examining machine or the like. SOLUTION: One side of a ticket is made to butt on a flat substrate 1, and the other side is made butt on a width biasing mechanism 9 in the middle of the carriage of the ticket on an alignment carrying path 2 so that the attitude of the ticket can be aligned in this ticket alignment device. The width biasing mechanism 9 is constituted of an arm 6 axially supported at the upstream side of the carrying direction of the alignment carrying path 2 so as to be freely rotatable, and extended to the downstream side of the carrying direction, and equipped with a roller 3 in almost the middle position, spring 7 for energizing the top end side of the arm 6 for always rotating it to the substrate side, and solenoid 8 provided on the same side as the top end side of the arm for rotating the top end side of the arm 6 so as to separate it from the substrate 1 against the energization of the spring 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket arranging device incorporated in station equipment such as an automatic ticket gate and an automatic payment machine, or various ticket handling machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, automatic ticket gates include various types of tickets such as ordinary tickets, coupon tickets, commuter passes, etc. Or a card such as an SF card which can be directly inserted into and exited from an automatic ticket gate, including a card such as an SF card) is positioned at the position of the magnetic head for reading, and the ticket alignment device for adjusting the transport posture of the ticket. Is provided.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a ticket arranging device incorporated in a conventional automatic ticket gate. Alignment in the ticket arranging device is performed by bringing one side a 'of the ticket a into contact with the substrate 20 having a flat surface while the ticket a is being conveyed. Therefore, on the front surface of the substrate 20,
As the ticket A is transported, the transport direction is the substrate 2 so that one side A ′ of the ticket A can gradually approach the substrate 20.
There is provided an alignment conveyance path 21 which is provided so as to intersect with a pair of endless belts.

[0004] Tickets to be inserted into an automatic ticket gate include large tickets of commuter pass size such as commuter tickets and SF cards in addition to small tickets such as ordinary tickets. , In addition to the above-described alignment conveyance path 21,
A roller 22 for positively bringing the ticket a into contact with the substrate 20 on the side facing the surface of the substrate 20
And a width shifting mechanism a 'including a guide plate 23 and the like.

Although not shown, the rollers 22 are arranged on the alignment conveyance path 2.
The arm 25 is configured to be rotated in the direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 2) for transporting the ticket a by the same drive source as that of the arm 1 and is fixed to a rotatable support shaft 24 at the distal end side. It is provided in.

The guide plate 23 is located on the downstream side (the left side in FIG. 2) of the alignment conveyance path 21 with respect to the roller 22 and is fixed to the same support shaft 24 as the support shaft 24 of the roller 22. And an arm 26 different from the arm 25 of the roller 22.
Is provided at the tip side. Further, a guide piece 23 ′ is provided at the end of the guide plate 23 for causing the small ticket to approach the substrate 20 side.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 27 denotes a spring, one end of which is connected to an arm 26 on the opposite side of the substrate 20 about the support shaft 24 and the other end of which is located on the downstream side in the transport direction of the alignment transport path 21. It is connected to the frame F of the automatic ticket gate in which the ticket aligning device is installed. Therefore, this spring 27
The roller 22 and the guide plate 23 around the support shaft 24
Is constantly urged to rotate toward the substrate 20 (see the arrow in FIG. 2).

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 28 denotes a solenoid, which is provided on a frame F on the opposite side of the substrate 20 with respect to the support shaft 24, and extends and contracts in a direction in which a drive rod 28 'of the solenoid 28 extends (see FIG. (See arrows) are provided so as to maintain the relationship facing the biasing direction of the spring 27.

When the solenoid 28 is turned off and the drive rod 28 'is extended by the spring 7 (see the arrow in FIG. 2), the roller 22 and the guide plate 23 rotate around the support shaft 24 toward the substrate 20. (See the arrow in FIG. 2), and when the solenoid 28 is ON, the drive rod 2 is turned ON.
When 8 ′ is reduced (see the arrow in FIG. 2), the roller 22 and the guide plate 23
7 is turned away from the substrate 20 (see the arrow in FIG. 2 and the positions of the roller 22 and the guide plate 23 shown in FIG. 2).

In the ticket arranging apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, the ticket S inserted into the automatic ticket gate is controlled by sensors S1 to S5 comprising photoelectric elements arranged at predetermined intervals so as to detect the size of the ticket. If it is determined to be a small ticket,
The solenoid 28 is turned off, the roller 22 and the guide plate 23 are rotated toward the board 20, and a small ticket is
0 can be forcibly contacted. Also, the sensor S
When it is determined that the ticket is a large ticket from 1 to S5, the solenoid 28 is turned on, and the roller 22 and the guide plate 23 are rotated away from the substrate 20 (see the state of FIG. 2).
Large tickets can pass.

[0011]

However, in the above-described conventional ticket aligning apparatus, the roller and the guide plate are mounted on separate arms, respectively, so that the overall weight is increased, and therefore, the driving mechanism for driving them is required. Unless a large solenoid is used, there is a disadvantage that an operation corresponding to the transport speed of the ticket cannot be secured. Further, since the width of the passage of the small and large tickets is regulated by the guide plate, both the roller and the guide plate must be located at positions where the small and large tickets can be moved closer to each other. Was.

Further, since a guide piece (see 23 'in FIG. 2) for narrowing a small ticket is provided at the end of the guide plate, the entire length of the guide plate becomes longer, and the overall weight is reduced. There is a drawback that the ticket aligning device becomes larger as the size increases.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a small-sized ticket aligning device which requires only a small solenoid.

[0014]

In order to achieve the above object, a ticket aligning apparatus according to the present invention abuts one side of the ticket on a flat substrate while the ticket is being transported on an aligned transport path. In the ticket aligning device that adjusts the transport attitude of the ticket by contacting the other side with the width-shifting mechanism, the width-shifting mechanism is rotatably pivoted upstream in the transport direction of the alignment transport path. An arm that is supported and extends downstream in the transport direction and has a roller at a substantially intermediate position; a spring that constantly biases the distal end side of the arm toward the substrate side; And a solenoid provided on the same side as the distal end of the arm for rotating the distal end of the arm away from the substrate against the urging force. Further, a fixed guide plate fixedly provided at an interval at which a large-sized commuter ticket can be conveyed is provided downstream of the arm.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view when a ticket aligning apparatus according to the present invention is incorporated in an automatic ticket gate. Like the conventional ticket aligning device, the ticket aligning device is arranged such that, while the ticket a is being conveyed, one side a ′ of the ticket a contacts the substrate 1 having a flat surface, and This is performed by bringing the side a "side into contact with a width-shift mechanism described later. Therefore, on the front surface of the board 1, one side a 'side of the ticket a gradually increases as the ticket a is conveyed. 1, an alignment conveyance path 2 is provided in which a pair of endless belts are provided opposite to each other so that the conveyance direction intersects the substrate 1.

The roller 3 and the guide plate 4 constitute a part of the width shifting mechanism a of the present invention, and are provided on the opposite side of the substrate 1 with respect to the alignment conveyance path 2. The roller 3 is configured to rotate in the direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 1) in which the ticket a is transported by the same driving source as the alignment transport path 2, and is rotated about the support shaft 5. The arm 6 is freely rotatably supported, and is provided at a substantially intermediate position of an arm 6 whose leading end extends downstream in the transport direction of the alignment transport path 2. The guide plate 4 is provided at the tip of the arm 6.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 denotes a spring, one end of which is connected to an arm 6 on the opposite side of the substrate 1 about the support shaft 5 and the other end of which is located on the downstream side of the alignment conveyance path 2 in the conveyance direction. It is connected to the frame F of the automatic ticket gate in which the ticket aligning device is installed. Therefore, the spring 7 always urges the roller 3 and the guide plate 4 to rotate toward the substrate 1 around the support shaft 5 (see the arrow in FIG. 1).

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 8 denotes a solenoid, which is provided on a frame F on the distal end side of the arm 6, and a driving rod 8 ′ of the solenoid 8 is connected to the support shaft 5 through a connecting rod 9. The spring 7 is connected to the arm 6 on the opposite side. Note that the solenoid 8 may be provided on the upstream side in the transport direction of the alignment transport path 2 as shown in FIG.

When the solenoid 8 is turned off and the drive rod 8 'is extended by the spring 7 (see the arrow in FIG. 1), the roller 3 and the guide plate 4 rotate toward the substrate 1 around the support shaft 5. (See the arrow in FIG. 1), and when the solenoid 8 is turned on and the drive rod 8 'contracts (see FIG. 1).
1), the roller 3 and the guide plate 4 are rotated about the support shaft 5 in the direction away from the substrate 1 against the spring 7 (see the arrow in FIG. 1 and the rollers 3 and 4 shown in FIG. 1). (See position of guide plate 4).

In FIG. 1, G is a fixed guide plate fixed to the frame F at the tip end of the guide plate 4. The fixed guide plate G is provided with an interval at which a large-sized commuter pass ticket can be transported in an aligned state with the board 1.

In the ticket arranging apparatus having the above-mentioned structure, the ticket S inserted into the automatic ticket gate is controlled by sensors S1 to S5 comprising photoelectric elements arranged at predetermined intervals so as to detect the size of the ticket. If it is determined to be a small ticket,
The solenoid 8 is turned off, and the roller 3 and the guide plate 4 are turned off.
Is rotated toward the substrate 1 so that a small ticket can be forcibly brought into contact with the substrate 1. When a large ticket is determined by the sensors S1 to S5, the solenoid 8 is turned ON, and the roller 3 and the guide plate 4 are rotated away from the substrate 1 (see the state of FIG. 1), and the large ticket is Guide plate 4
And then aligned while passing through the fixed guide plate G. As described above, when the ticket a is a large ticket, it can be narrowed by the fixed guide plate G, so that the structure can be simplified without the need for a conventional movable guide for a large ticket. . Therefore, there is a feature that the layout can be freely changed such that the roller 3 and the guide plate 4 can be integrated.

In the above-described example, the ticket arranging apparatus according to the present invention is applied to an automatic ticket gate. However, it can be applied to an automatic checkout machine and other ticket handling machines. Therefore,
When referring to a ticket in the present invention, various tickets are included.

[0024]

According to the present invention, the width adjusting mechanism of the ticket aligning apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
An arm that is rotatably supported on the upstream side in the transport direction of the alignment transport path and extends downstream in the transport direction and has a roller at a substantially intermediate position, and the tip side of the arm is always connected to the substrate side. A spring that urges the spring to rotate,
A solenoid provided on the same side as the distal end of the arm for rotating the distal end of the arm away from the substrate against the bias of the spring can reduce the width of the mechanism. Therefore, a small solenoid is sufficient, and the ticket alignment device itself can be downsized. Further, when a fixed guide plate fixedly provided at an interval at which a large commuter pass ticket can be conveyed is provided downstream of the arm, alignment and conveyance of the large coupons can be performed more effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration when a ticket sorting apparatus according to the present invention is incorporated in an automatic ticket gate.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a schematic configuration when a conventional ticket sorting apparatus is incorporated in an automatic ticket gate.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Substrate 2 Alignment conveyance path a Width shift mechanism 3 Roller 4 Guide plate 5 Support shaft 6 Arm 7 Spring 8 Solenoid 8 'Drive rod 9 Connecting rod A Ticket S1 to S5 Sensor G Fixed guide plate

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tomohiro Yamada 11-2 Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture F-term in the Utsunomiya Signal Office of Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. 3E027 AA03 AA06 3F102 AA16 BA02 BB04 CA04 CB02 DA02 EA13 EA14 EC04 EC11 FA03

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. During the transportation of a ticket on an aligned transportation path,
In a ticket aligning device in which one side of the ticket is brought into contact with a flat substrate and the other side is brought into contact with a width-shifting mechanism to adjust the transport posture of the ticket, the width-shifting mechanism includes: An arm that is rotatably supported on the upstream side in the transport direction of the road and extends downstream in the transport direction and has a roller at a substantially intermediate position, and the distal end side of the arm is always connected to the substrate side. A ticket aligning device comprising: a spring for urging the arm to rotate; and a solenoid for rotating the distal end of the arm away from the substrate against the urging of the spring. 2. A ticket arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a fixed guide plate fixedly provided at an interval capable of carrying a large commuter pass size ticket is provided downstream of the arm. apparatus.