JP2001216533A - Protection cover for push button - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable even an elderly or physically handicapped person, who has difficulty in bending his or her fingers, to smoothly open a protection cover. SOLUTION: A protection cover which covers a push button 19 is provided on a ticket vending machine or an automatic adjustment machine for riding past/connection. A transparent cover plate 54 constituting this protection cover 50 is rotatably attached to a customer panel 14a and its lower part has a cured part 55. Consequently, the space formed between the transparent cover plate 54 and the customer panel 14a is enlarged in this curled part so that a finger can be easily inserted to this space, and thus the transparent cover plate 54 is smoothly opened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a push button protection cover for a fare or a destination provided in an automatic ticket vending machine or an automatic transit / transit automatic payment machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, an automatic ticket vending machine is provided with a push button for adults and a push button for children. When an adult uses such an automatic ticket vending machine, the push button for the child has a plate-like shape made of a transparent acrylic resin member so that the adult does not easily or mistakenly press the push button for the child. A protective cover is provided.

When a child uses an automatic ticket vending machine with such a protective cover, the child opens the protective cover upward and presses a desired push button. Thereafter, the protective cover is closed by its own weight. Similarly, such protective covers are used for push buttons for disabled persons who are eligible for discounts.

[0004] However, since the conventional protective cover is formed of a plate-like body that is linear from the upper end to the lower end, when the protective cover is opened upward by putting a finger on the lower end. The gap between the lower end of the protective cover and the surface of the automatic ticket vending machine is so small that a finger may hit the push button, which may cause an inconvenience that the customer pushes the unintended push button.

[0005] Further, as described above, if the gap between the lower end of the protective cover and the surface of the ticket vending machine is small, the elderly or physically handicapped who have difficulty with their fingers can smoothly insert their fingers into the gap. However, there is a disadvantage that the protective cover cannot be opened smoothly upward.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above point, and is intended for a push button which can smoothly open a protective cover even for an elderly person or a physically handicapped person whose finger is hard to bend. It is an object to provide a protective cover.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a plurality of push-buttons for displaying fees and the like provided on an automatic ticket vending machine (10) or a customer service panel (14a) of an automatic transit / transit payment machine. A push button protective cover for covering the button (19), the transparent cover plate (54, 72, 82) constituting the protective cover (50, 70, 80) includes the customer service panel (1).
4a) and is rotatably mounted on the transparent cover plate (54, 72, 8).
The lower part of (2) bends outward (55, 75, 8
A protective cover for a push button, characterized by having 5).

When the curved portion (55, 75, 85) is formed in the lower portion of the transparent cover plate (54, 72, 82) in this manner, the transparent cover plate and the customer service panel (14a) are formed in the curved portion. The gap between them increases, making it easier for fingers to enter the gap,
Even a physically handicapped person with a disability to finger can smoothly catch the finger on the lower part of the transparent cover plate and open the transparent cover plate. It is preferable to provide Braille on the surface of the curved portion, because the Braille fits the roundness of the finger, so that the Braille can be easily read.

According to the embodiment, the protective cover (50) is provided with a mounting member (60) fixed to the customer service panel (14a).
And a cover main body (52) rotatably mounted on the mounting member (60) and including the transparent cover plate (54) as a constituent element. It is preferable that a stopper (66) is provided on the attachment member so that the rotation of the cover body (52) is restricted.

The transparent cover plate (72) is attached to the customer service panel (14a) via a two-folded leaf spring (74) so as to contact the surface of the customer service panel (14a) in a closed state. It is preferable to provide it because the appearance of the device is improved.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on a preferred embodiment shown in the drawings, but the technical scope of the present invention is limited to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. Not something.

The push button protective cover according to the present invention comprises:
In addition to the automatic ticket vending machine, the present invention can be applied to an automatic payment machine. In the present embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to an automatic ticket vending machine will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an automatic ticket vending machine 10 using a protective cover according to the present invention. This vending machine 10
Has a ticket vending machine main body 12 and a customer service surface 14 arranged in front of the ticket vending machine main body 12 and inclined toward the near side. The customer service surface 14 has a guidance display section 16 on the upper side for displaying a guidance state such as an operation state of the automatic ticket vending machine 10, for example, "on sale" or "discontinuation".

On the customer service surface 14, a plurality of push buttons 18 for displaying a number of a fare to a desired destination are arranged. On both sides of each push button 18, a partition wall 18a is interposed so as not to mistake the adjacent push button 18. In the bottom row of the push button 18, the number of the child fee is displayed. A protective cover 50 according to the present invention is mounted on the row of the push buttons 19 for the child fee so that it can be opened and closed up and down. Hospitality 14
A number selection button 20 for selecting the number of tickets to be purchased is provided at the upper part of.

A cancel button 22 for canceling the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine 10 and a station call button 24 for calling a station attendant when the automatic ticket vending machine 10 fails are provided on the upper part of the customer service surface 14. Reference numeral 26 denotes a microphone, and reference numeral 28 denotes a speaker. When the station staff call button 24 is pressed, the microphone 26 and the speaker 28
The user has a conversation with the station staff via.

A coin insertion slot 30 for inserting coins when purchasing a ticket is provided below the customer service surface 14. Above the coin insertion slot 30, an operation guide display unit 32 for displaying the amount of the inserted money and for displaying the operation guide of the customer is provided. As the operation guide display unit 32, a liquid crystal display or a plasma display panel is used.

Further, a bill insertion slot 34 for inserting bills and a card insertion slot 36 for inserting prepaid cards are provided below the customer service surface 14. In the bill insertion slot 34, a bill to be inserted is inserted into the bill insertion slot 3.
The bill insertion guide member 38 for guiding the guide 4 is provided so as to protrude from the customer service surface 14. In the card insertion slot 36, a card to be inserted is inserted.
There is provided a card insertion guide member 40 for guiding the card.

A bill return port 42 for returning a bill when the change is a bill is provided below the bill insertion slot 34 on the customer service surface 14. This catch return port 42 is provided with a catching mechanism for holding the catch so that the catch does not jump out. A ticket receiving port 44 for issuing a ticket is provided below the card insertion slot 36. In this ticket receiving port 44,
A catching mechanism is provided for holding the ticket so that it does not jump out.

Reference numeral 46 denotes a coin discharge port for discharging return coins to be returned as they are, if the change coins or the inserted coins are pseudo coins or reading errors. The coin discharged from the coin discharge port 46 is received by the tray 48.

FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 show a push button protection cover 50 according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 2 and 3, according to this embodiment, the protective cover 50 includes a cover body 52.
And a mounting member 60 for rotatably mounting the cover main body 52 to the customer service panel 14a constituting the customer service surface 14 shown in FIG.

The cover body 52 is made of a synthetic resin material made of, for example, acrylic resin or a glass material, and a transparent cover plate 54 for rotatably supporting the transparent cover plate 54 with respect to the mounting member 60. Support member 56
It is composed of The transparent cover plate 54 has screws 57,
57 attached. The support member 56 may be formed of metal or a hard synthetic resin material.

The transparent cover plate 54 has a curved portion 55 such that the lower end portion is warped outward. Due to the curved portion 55, as shown in FIG. 3, the distance between the customer service panel 14a and the transparent cover plate 54 is increased, so that the finger F can easily enter. Therefore, when the transparent cover plate 54 is opened upward as indicated by the arrow, the operation can be performed smoothly without the finger F sticking to the lower end of the transparent cover plate 54.

The support member 56 has support shafts 58, 58 which face inward. The support shafts 58, 58
Support holes 64, 64 formed in the mounting member 60;
To be rotatably inserted. Therefore, the transparent cover plate 54
Is rotatably mounted on the mounting member 60 via the support shafts 58, 58.

The mounting member 60 has a bearing portion 62 projecting toward the front surface at the center in the longitudinal direction. The support holes 64 are formed at both ends of the bearing 62. Attachment members 6 at portions where the support members 56 are attached to attachment members 60 via support shafts 58, 58.
0, stopper portions 66, 6 protruding toward the front surface side.
6 are formed. The stoppers 66, 66 prevent the cover main body 52 from rotating upward by more than a predetermined amount. The attachment member 60 is fixed to the customer service panel 14a with screws 68 as shown in FIGS.

Next, the operation of the protective cover 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. In FIG. 3, in order to press the push button 19 for a child of a vending machine or a disabled person with a discount, The user first enters the cover body 52
A finger F is inserted between the lower end of the transparent cover plate 54 and the customer service panel 14a. At this time, in the present embodiment, since the lower end portion of the transparent cover plate 54 is the curved portion 55 so as to protrude outward, a gap between the transparent cover plate 54 and the customer service panel 14a is large, and the finger F becomes transparent. The finger F can easily enter the gap without being caught on the lower end of the cover plate 54. The curved portion 55
Is lifted by the finger F, and the cover body 52 is rotated upward to open.

When the cover body 52 is rotated upward, as shown in FIG. 4, the surface of the support member 56 of the cover body 52 comes into contact with a stopper 66 formed on the mounting member 60. The cover body 52 is prevented from rotating. In this state, the customer presses the push button 19 on which the desired fee is displayed. Open cover body 5
2 rotates downward by its own weight by releasing the finger F,
As shown in FIG. 3, the cover body 52 is closed so as to cover the push button 19.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which Braille 59 is provided on the transparent cover plate 54 for a visually handicapped person. This braille 59 is provided on the surface of the curved portion 55 of the transparent cover plate 54. Since the distal end portion of the finger F is curved when provided on the curved portion 55 in this manner, the braille portion 59 fits with the curved portion 55 for reading the braille 59 with the fingertip, and the braille 59 can be easily searched for with the fingertip.

FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment of the protective cover. The protective cover 70 includes a transparent cover plate 72,
And a leaf spring 74 folded in two. The leaf spring 74 is attached to the back surface of the upper part of the transparent cover plate 72. One plate portion of the plate spring 74 is the transparent cover plate 7.
2, and the other plate is fixed to the customer service panel 14a.

As described above, the transparent cover plate 72 is
4 and is attached to the customer service panel 14a. Since the thickness of the leaf spring 74 is thin, the back surface of the transparent cover plate 72 and the surface of the push button 19 provided on the customer service panel 14a are in close contact with each other. Even if the surface of the push button 19 and the transparent cover plate 72 come into contact in this way, as shown in FIG. Since the partition wall 18a is interposed, even if the transparent cover plate 72 is pressed by the partition wall 18a, it is prevented from rotating further downward.

The customer service panel 14a and the transparent cover plate 7
2, the transparent cover plate 72
Since a curved portion 75 curling outward is formed at the lower end of the transparent cover plate 72 as in the above-described embodiment, the gap does not become narrower at this portion, and the finger F enters sufficiently, and the transparent cover plate 72 is It can be opened upward. To open the transparent cover plate 72, it is opened upward against the elastic force of the leaf spring 74 in the closing direction. Then, the push button 19 is operated. After the operation, release the finger F,
The transparent cover plate 72 is closed by the elastic force of the leaf spring 74.

As described above, it is preferable that the gap between the transparent cover plate 72 and the customer service panel 14a is narrowed so that the push button 19 and the transparent cover plate 72 come into contact with each other. It does not affect the smooth opening and closing operation of the transparent cover plate 72.

FIG. 7 shows a modification of the protective cover shown in FIG. The protective cover 80 shown in FIG.
It comprises a transparent cover plate 82 and a bracket 84. The bracket 84 is fixed to upper left and right sides of the transparent cover plate 82 with screws 83.

The customer service panel 14a is provided with a flange 86 inside. The bracket 84 is rotatably connected to the flange 86 by a shaft 87.

As described above, the transparent cover plate 82 may be rotatably attached directly to the customer service panel 14a via the bracket 84 and the shaft 87. Protective cover 80
With such a configuration, the transparent cover plate 82 and the push button 19 are brought into contact with each other as shown in FIG.
The appearance of the automatic ticket vending machine may be improved. In this case, since the lower portion of the transparent cover plate 82 is formed as a curved portion 85 so as to protrude outward, the customer service panel 14a is provided at the curved portion 85 as in the example shown in FIG.
The gap between the transparent cover plate 82 and the transparent cover plate 82 becomes large, so that the finger F easily enters the gap, and the protective cover 80 can be smoothly rotated upward. Therefore, the protective cover 80 can be easily opened even for a physically handicapped person who has trouble with fingers.

[0036]

As described above, according to the push button protective cover of the present invention, the transparent cover plate has a curved portion so that the lower portion of the transparent cover plate constituting the cover body curls outward. As a result, the gap formed between the curved portion and the customer service surface having the push button becomes large, so that the finger can easily enter the gap, and even if the person is physically handicapped, the cover body Can be opened smoothly.

Further, since the braille is provided on the surface of the curved portion, the rounded fingertip portion and the curved portion fit when used by a visually impaired person, making it easier to read braille.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an entire automatic ticket vending machine using a push button protection cover according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the push button protection cover shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 3, and is an operation view showing a state where a cover main body is opened.

FIG. 5 is a modified example of the transparent cover plate shown in FIG. 2,
It is the perspective view which showed the example which provided Braille in the bending part.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a second embodiment of the protective cover.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a modification of the second embodiment shown in FIG.

[Description of Signs] 10 Automatic ticket vending machine 14a Customer service panel 19 Push button 50 Protective cover 52 Cover body 54 Transparent cover plate 55 Curved portion 60 Mounting member 66 Stopper portion 74 Leaf spring

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A push button protection cover for covering a plurality of push buttons (19) provided on a customer service panel (14a) of an automatic ticket vending machine (10) or a transit / transit automatic payment machine for displaying a fee or the like. The transparent cover plate (54, 54) constituting the protective cover (50, 70, 80)
72, 82) are rotatably attached to the customer service panel (14a), and a curved portion (55, 75, 85) in which a lower portion of the transparent cover plate (54, 72, 82) curves outward. A protective cover for a push button, comprising: 2. The push button protective cover according to claim 1, wherein Braille is provided on the surface of the curved portion. 3. The protection cover (50) is provided on the customer service panel.
(14a) and a mounting member (60) fixed to the mounting member (6
3. The push-button protective cover according to claim 1, further comprising a cover main body (52) rotatably mounted on the cover (0) and comprising the transparent cover plate (54) as a constituent element. 4. The push button protective cover according to claim 3, wherein a stopper (66) is provided on the mounting member (60) so that rotation of the cover body (52) is restricted. 5. The transparent cover plate (72) is attached to the customer service panel (14a) via a two-folded leaf spring (74), and contacts the surface of the customer service panel (14a) in a closed state. The protective cover for a push button according to claim 1, wherein the protective cover is provided so as to cover the push button.