JP2010191862A - Ticket conveyance device and automatic ticketing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To convey a ticket toward a conveyance route selected from among three conveyance routes, while switching a conveyance direction surely and highly accurately, even if a ticket has low rigidity. <P>SOLUTION: A ticket conveyance device, which is a device for branching and conveying a ticket issued from a ticketing unit to a ticketing port, includes: a first conveyance route 30 linked to some ticketing unit; a second conveyance route 31 linked to another ticketing unit; a third conveyance route 32 linked to the ticketing port; a rotating guiding part 50 for guiding a ticket, while switching the conveyance direction of the ticket; a fixed guiding part 51 for guiding toward the third conveyance route, a ticket guided from the first conveyance route or the second conveyance route 31 via the rotating guiding part; a rotating driving part M for rotating the rotating guiding part; a rotation detection part 57 for detecting a rotation position of the rotating guiding part; and a control part for allowing the rotating guiding part to position on some position selected from among the three positions by controlling the rotating driving part based on the detected rotation position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a ticket transport device that transports tickets such as a toll road pass ticket, various facility entrance tickets, and various transportation tickets to a ticketing outlet, and an automatic ticketing system having the ticket transport device. .

  At the entrance of the toll road, there is an automatic ticketing machine that automatically issues the necessary passports for later settlement, but in order to make it easier for the driver to remove the issued passports, Accordingly, the height at which the pass ticket is issued is divided into three stages. In the case of a vehicle with a high vehicle height such as a truck, a pass ticket is issued from the ticket gate at the upper stage, and the height of the medium-sized vehicle etc. is relatively high. In the case of a high vehicle, a pass ticket is issued from the middle ticket gate, and in the case of a vehicle having a low vehicle height such as a small car, a pass ticket is issued from the lower ticket gate.

  In this way, although the ticketing opening is changed according to the type of vehicle, the pass ticket is stored in a state of being stored in a large amount in one storage box before the ticketing. Here, when the vehicle approaches the automatic ticketing machine, one pass ticket is drawn out from the storage box, and then various necessary information is written by the recording unit by printing or magnetic recording. And the pass ticket in which various information was written is discharged | emitted from this ticketing port, after being conveyed to the ticketing port determined based on the kind of vehicle.

  By the way, there is a case where a ticket is jammed between the time when one pass ticket is drawn out from the storage box and it is transported to the recording unit, and in particular, there is a high possibility that the ticket will be jammed at the payout unit that pays out one ticket from the storage box. . When a ticket jam occurs, the ticket is not transported to the ticket issuing slot, which causes a ticket stoppage state.

  Therefore, in order to reduce the possibility of such a ticket jamming as much as possible, a configuration in which two ticket issuing units mainly composed of a storage box, a feeding unit, and a recording unit are provided and one is used as a backup is considered. Yes. By doing in this way, even if a ticket issuing unit stops operation | movement by ticket jamming, a pass ticket can be issued continuously by the backup ticket issuing unit.

However, even when two ticket issuing units are provided, since the transport path is common, the passing ticket is transported bidirectionally, not in one direction, along the transport path.
That is, as shown in FIG. 13, when there is one ticket issuing unit 100, the supply source of the pass ticket 101 is one place, so the pass ticket 101 is transported in one direction along the transport path. Become. Then, the passing ticket 101 is issued from one of the ticketing outlets 102 by switching the conveyance destination in two directions in the middle of the conveyance path. However, when there are two ticket issuing units 100, as shown in FIG. 14, the supply source of the pass ticket 101 is two places, so that the pass ticket 101 is transported from both directions along the transport path. turn into. For this reason, it is necessary to switch the transport destination in three directions along the transport path.

Here, a flapper is provided which is provided on a three-way path where three conveyance paths intersect to switch a transaction medium conveyance destination in three directions (see Patent Document 1).
As shown in FIG. 15, the flapper 110 is provided on a three-way path where three conveyance paths, that is, a front conveyance path R1, a rear conveyance path R2, and a reversing section-side conveyance path R3 connected to the reversing section intersect. Each of the transport paths R1, R2, and R3 is formed in a triangular shape in plan view with the apex facing. A support column 111 is fixed at the center of the flapper 110 and is connected to a flapper solenoid (not shown). Then, the flapper 110 can be rotated and positioned in two positions by exciting or de-energizing the flapper solenoid.

  Specifically, when the flapper solenoid is not excited, the flapper 110 is positioned at a position where the left end portion is lowered and the right end portion is in contact with the upper stopper 113 as shown in FIG. . On the other hand, when the flapper solenoid is excited, the flapper 110 is positioned at a position where the right end portion is lowered and the left end portion is in contact with the upper stopper 113 as shown in FIG.

  Thus, the conveyance destination is switched in three directions by positioning the flapper 110 in two positions by ON (excitation) and OFF (non-excitation) control of the flapper solenoid. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when transporting from the front transport path R1 to the rear transport path R2 (arrow A), when transporting from the reversing section side transport path R3 to the front transport path R1 (arrow B), the rear transport path When transporting from R2 to the reversing section side transport path R3 (arrow C), the flapper solenoid is de-energized and the left end of the flapper 110 is lowered. Then, since the destination of the transaction medium is regulated by the inclination of the flapper 110, the transaction medium is naturally guided in the above-described direction.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 16, when transporting from the front transport path R1 to the reversing section side transport path R3 (arrow D), when transporting from the reversing section side transport path R3 to the rear transport path R2 (arrow E), rear When transporting from the transport path R2 to the previous transport path R1 (arrow F), the flapper solenoid is excited to keep the right end of the flapper 110 lowered. Then, since the destination of the transaction medium is regulated by the inclination of the flapper 110, the transaction medium is naturally guided in the above-described direction.

  The flapper 110 is provided with springs (not shown) at the right end and the left end, respectively, and rotated by the flapper solenoid and then pulled toward the stopper 113 so that the right end or the left end is in contact with each other. It has become. Therefore, even after the flapper 110 is rotated by the flapper solenoid, if it receives an external force against the spring force, the flapper 110 is allowed to rotate slightly in the opposite direction.

  Accordingly, the transaction medium is transported so as to get over the flapper 110 by slightly rotating the flapper 110 during the transport described above. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, when transported from the front transport path R1 to the rear transport path R2 (arrow A), the flapper 110 is moved while slightly pressing down the right end of the flapper 110 in contact with the stopper 113. It is transported as if it gets over it. Further, when transported from the reversing unit side transport path R3 to the front transport path R1 (arrow B), the transport is carried over the flapper 110 while slightly pushing up the left end of the flapper 110.

JP 2003-182908 A

  However, since the transaction medium needs to get over the flapper 110 against the spring force as described above, a certain degree of rigidity (stiffness) is required. Therefore, it must be a highly rigid transaction medium such as PET. If a transaction medium with low rigidity such as paper is used, the transaction medium itself is deformed, so that it cannot get over the flapper 110, resulting in clogging. Therefore, when the flapper 110 is used, high rigidity is required for the transaction medium, and a wide variety of transaction media cannot be widely used.

  Further, since the flapper 110 gets over in many directions, the adjustment of the spring force is very difficult, and the adjustment work is troublesome. Particularly, since the posture of the flapper 110 changes depending on the strength of the spring force, it is difficult to perform highly accurate positioning. For this reason, the reliability of the transfer direction switching accuracy is lowered.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and its purpose is to select from three transport paths while switching the transport direction reliably and with high accuracy even for tickets having low rigidity. It is providing the ticket conveyance apparatus which can convey tickets toward the made conveyance path, and an automatic ticketing system which has this.

The present invention provides the following means in order to solve the problems and achieve the object.
The ticket transport apparatus according to the present invention is provided between a plurality of ticket issuing units that issue one ticket stored in a storage box and a ticketing outlet that discharges the issued tickets to the outside. A ticket transport device for branching and transporting tickets issued from one of the ticket issuing units to a ticket opening, and connected to the first transport path connected to one of the ticket issuing units and the other ticket issuing unit. The second transport path, the third transport path connected to the ticketing outlet, and the junction point where the three transport paths meet are connected to connect two of the three transport paths. And a rotation guide unit that guides downstream while switching the transport direction of the tickets, and is provided between the rotation guide unit and the third transport path, the first transport path or From the second transport path via the rotation guide A fixed guide portion that guides the tickets that have been placed toward the third conveyance path, a rotation drive portion that rotates the rotation guide portion, a rotation detection portion that detects a rotation position of the rotation guide portion, A control unit that controls the rotation driving unit based on the detected rotation position and positions the rotation guide unit at any position selected from the three positions. And

In the ticket transport device according to the present invention, even if tickets cannot be issued from any ticket issuing unit due to some reason such as ticket jamming, tickets can be issued from other ticket issuing units. Without causing it, it is possible to reliably transport the tickets to the ticket opening and issue them.
In particular, the conventional one is configured to switch the conveyance destination to three by positioning the position in two by solenoid excitation and non-excitation control, but the rotation guide unit according to the present invention is different from this. The position is switched to three positions so as to connect the selected two of the two transport paths. That is, the first conveyance path and the second conveyance path, or the first conveyance path and the third conveyance path, or the second conveyance path and the third conveyance path are smoothly connected. Switch to three preset positions so that tickets can be transported. Therefore, the rotation guide unit can smoothly transport the tickets toward the selected transport path without giving any resistance (load) to the tickets. In addition, since the resistance to overcoming the spring does not act as in the prior art, even a soft ticket with low rigidity such as paper can be reliably switched and transported.

  In addition, since the conventional one needs to take into account the resistance to overcoming the spring, it takes time to adjust the flapper. However, as described above, the overcoming resistance does not act on the rotation guide part, so it is easy and It can be installed reliably. Furthermore, since the conveyance direction can be switched with high accuracy, the tickets can be reliably conveyed in a desired direction.

  Further, the ticket transport apparatus according to the present invention is the ticket transport apparatus according to the present invention, wherein the third transport path is disposed in the vicinity of the fixed guide portion while restricting the lift of the transported tickets. A guide is provided for guiding toward the vehicle.

  Moreover, the ticket transport apparatus according to the present invention is the ticket transport apparatus of the present invention, comprising a plurality of the ticket issuing port and the third transport path, the first transport path and the second transport path, At least one of the above, there is a guide mechanism for guiding the other third transport path connected to the other ticketing outlet and guiding it downstream while switching the transport direction of the tickets to the junction point. The guide mechanism is provided and guides the tickets transported from the first transport path or the second transport path toward the third transport path or the rotation guide unit, or the rotation. The tickets that have been guided from the guide section are guided toward the third transport path.

  The automatic ticketing system according to the present invention is an automatic ticketing system that is installed at an entrance of a toll road and detects information related to the vehicle height of a vehicle approaching the entrance, and the ticket transport device of the present invention. A ticketing machine, and the control unit determines a ticketing outlet for discharging the tickets from the plurality of ticketing outlets based on the detected information, and the tickets are directed to the determined ticketing outlet. In this way, the rotation driving unit is controlled.

According to the ticket transport apparatus according to the present invention, even if it is a soft ticket with low rigidity, it is directed toward the transport path selected from the three transport paths while switching the transport direction reliably and with high accuracy. Tickets can be transported.
In addition, according to the automatic ticketing system according to the present invention, since the automatic ticketing machine having the above ticket transporting device is provided, the tickets can be discharged from the ticketing slot without causing the ticketing stop, and stable automatic Tickets can be issued.

It is a figure which shows one Embodiment which concerns on this invention, Comprising: It is an installation figure of the automatic ticketing system installed in the entrance of the toll road. It is an internal block diagram of the automatic ticketing machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a middle three-way flapper mechanism provided in the automatic ticketing machine shown in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the state which is switching the conveyance direction of a pass ticket by the three-way path flapper mechanism shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which has switched the conveyance direction of the pass ticket to the direction different from FIG. 4 by the three-way path flapper mechanism shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which has switched the conveyance direction of the pass ticket to the direction different from FIG. 4 by the three-way path flapper mechanism shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a lower three-way flapper mechanism provided in the automatic ticketing machine shown in FIG. 2. It is a figure which shows the state which is switching the conveyance direction of a pass ticket by the three-way path flapper mechanism shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which has switched the conveyance direction of the pass ticket to the direction different from FIG. 8 by the three-way path flapper mechanism shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the state which has switched the conveyance direction of the pass ticket to the direction different from FIG. 8 by the three-way path flapper mechanism shown in FIG. It is a simplified block diagram in the automatic ticketing machine shown in FIG. It is the figure which anticipated the difference of ticketing time by the combination of a ticketing unit, a ticketing port, and a conveyance path | route. It is a conventional figure in the case of conveying a passing ticket from one ticketing unit toward three ticketing openings. It is a figure in the case of conveying a passing ticket from two ticketing units toward three ticketing openings. It is a figure which shows an example of the conventional three-way path flapper, Comprising: It is a figure which shows the state which the left end part fell and the flapper is rotating to the position where the right end part went up. It is a figure which shows the state which the flapper is rotating from the state of FIG. 15 to the position where the right end part fell and the left end part raised.

Hereinafter, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, a case where a ticket transport apparatus is applied to an automatic ticket issuing machine will be described as an example.
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic ticketing system 1 includes an automatic ticketing machine 2 that issues a pass ticket (tickets) T and an entrance sensor (sensor) 3. The entrance sensor 3 is installed at the entrance of the toll road R, detects information related to the vehicle height from the vehicle C approaching the entrance, and outputs it to the automatic ticketing machine 2.

The automatic ticketing machine 2 has selected two ticketing units 10 and 11 for issuing a pass ticket T, three ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14 for discharging the pass ticket T to the outside, and the issued ticket T A ticket transport device 15 that branches and transports to any one of the ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14 and a housing 16 that houses these components.
The ticket issuing units 10 and 11 are arranged in two upper and lower stages, each of which includes a storage box 20 capable of storing a plurality of pass tickets T, a pay-out unit 21 for paying out one pass ticket T from the storage box 20, and a pay-out unit 21. And a recording unit 22 for writing necessary information by printing, magnetic recording, or the like.

The storage box 20 is a box that can store a plurality of unused pass tickets T in which information is not written in an aligned and stacked state, and the pass ticket T located in the uppermost stage is taken out by the feeding unit 21. It is like that. In addition, a sensor S1 for detecting the remaining amount of the pass ticket T is provided in the storage box 20, and the detection result is output to the control unit 4 described later.
The pay-out unit 21 plays a role of paying out one pass ticket T located at the top of the pass tickets T stored in the storage box 20 and sending it to the recording unit 22. In addition, the feeding unit 21 is provided with a sensor S <b> 2 that detects the pass ticket T, and outputs a detection result to the control unit 4.
The recording unit 22 writes information necessary for passing the toll road R by printing, magnetic recording, or the like (for example, entrance name, date of entry, etc.) on the pass ticket T sent by the payout unit 21. It has become. The recording unit 22 is also provided with a sensor S <b> 2 that detects the pass ticket T, and outputs the detection result to the control unit 4.

The ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14 are provided on the wall surface of the housing 16 in a state of being divided into upper and lower three stages. Of these, the upper ticketing gate 12 is a ticketing gate for issuing a pass ticket T mainly for vehicles of large vehicles (trucks, etc.) with a high vehicle height, and the middle ticketing port 13 is a medium-sized vehicle with a relatively high vehicle height. The ticket outlet 14 for issuing a pass ticket T for a vehicle of a car, and the ticket outlet 14 on the lower stage is a ticket outlet for issuing a pass ticket T for a small vehicle having a low vehicle height.
In order to deliver the transported ticket T that has been transported to the driver, the ticket issuing outlets 12, 13, and 14 are configured to discharge the ticket T to the outside until about half of the ticket is exposed.

  The ticket transporting device 15 is provided between the two ticketing units 10 and 11 and the three ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14. The ticket transporting device 15 receives the ticket T issued by any of the ticketing units 10 and 11. It plays a role of transporting to one of the selected ticketing outlets 12, 13, 14.

  The ticket transport device 15 includes a first transport path 30 connected to the upper ticket issuing unit 10, a second transport path 31 connected to the lower ticket issuing unit 11 (other ticket issuing units), and each ticket issuing. It is mainly composed of a third conveyance path 32 connected to the mouths 12, 13, and 14, and three three-way flapper mechanisms 35, 36, and 37 that guide downstream while switching the conveyance direction of the pass ticket T. ing.

  Of the three three-way flapper mechanisms 35, 36, and 37, the three-way flapper mechanism 35 disposed in the middle stage is connected to the first conveyance path 30, the second conveyance path 31, and the middle stage ticketing opening 13. It is provided at the junction point where the third conveyance path 32 connected to the junction. The middle three-way flapper mechanism 35 transports the pass ticket T issued by the upper ticketing unit 10 toward the middle ticketing opening 13 or transports it to the lower three-way flapper mechanism 36, or the lower stage. The ticket T has a role of transporting the passing ticket T issued by the ticket issuing unit 11 toward the middle ticketing opening 13 or transporting it to the upper three-way flapper mechanism 37.

In addition, the first transport path 30 of the present embodiment is composed of two transport paths, an A transport path 30a and a B transport path 30b, and is connected to the upper ticketing opening 12 at the junction of both the transport paths 30a and 30b. The three conveyance paths 32 are arranged so as to further merge. An upper three-way flapper mechanism 37 is provided at a point where the A transport path 30a, the B transport path 30b, and the third transport path 32 merge.
The upper three-way flapper mechanism 37 functions as a guide mechanism that guides downstream while switching the transport direction of the pass ticket T. The upper ticket issuing unit 10 uses the upper ticket issuing unit 10 to issue the pass ticket T issued by the upper ticket issuing unit 10. It is transported toward the center 12 or transported to the middle three-way flapper mechanism 35, or the ticket T issued by the lower ticketing unit 11 is transported toward the upper ticketing slot 12.

Similarly, the second transport path 31 includes two transport paths, that is, an A transport path 31a and a B transport path 31b, and a third ticketing path 14 connected to the lower ticketing port 14 at the junction of both the transport paths 31a and 31b. It arrange | positions so that the conveyance path 32 may join further. A lower three-way flapper mechanism 36 is provided at a point where the A transport path 31a, the B transport path 31b, and the third transport path 32 merge.
Similarly, the lower three-way flapper mechanism 36 functions as a guide mechanism that guides downstream while switching the transport direction of the pass ticket T. The lower pass ticket unit 11 issues the pass ticket T issued by the lower ticket issuing unit 11. It is transported toward the ticketing opening 14 or transported to the middle three-way flapper mechanism 35, or the transportation ticket T issued by the upper ticketing unit 10 is transported toward the lower ticketing opening 14. .

  By the way, the 1st conveyance path 30, the 2nd conveyance path 31, and the 3rd conveyance path 32 are arranged mutually opposed, and are provided with a pair of endless belts 40 wound between two pulleys 41. The passing ticket T is sandwiched between the pair of endless belts 40, and one of the four pulleys 41 wound around the pair of endless belts 40 is driven by a motor (not shown) so that the passing ticket T is conveyed. ing.

Next, the above-described middle three-way flapper mechanism 35 will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 3, the three-way path flapper mechanism 35 connects two conveyance paths among the three conveyance paths 30, 31, 32, that is, the first conveyance path 30 and the second conveyance path. 31, or a flapper portion that switches to three positions so as to connect the first conveyance path 30 and the third conveyance path 32, or the second conveyance path 31 and the third conveyance path 32 ( Rotation guide unit) 50 and a fixed guide (fixed guide unit) 51 provided between the flapper unit 50 and the third transport path 32 are mainly configured.

  Two flapper portions 50 are arranged in parallel at intervals not exceeding the width (short) of the pass ticket T, and are connected to each other by a shaft 52 rotated by a pulse motor M. As a result, the two flapper sections 50 can be precisely rotated by a minute angle around the rotation axis L by forward and reverse rotation of the pulse motor (rotation drive section) M. The operation of the pulse motor M is controlled by the control unit 4, and as described above, plays a role of rotating the flapper unit 50 so as to connect two of the three transport paths 30, 31, and 32. ing.

  The flapper portion 50 is formed so as to extend toward the first conveyance path 30 and the second conveyance path 31 with the shaft 52 as a center, and the respective leading ends thereof are lateral to the pulleys 41 of both the conveyance paths 30 and 31. It is supposed to be located in. Thereby, according to rotation, two front-end | tips can be located in the near side of the passing ticket T conveyed between a pair of endless belts 40, or can be located in the back | inner side.

Further, the flapper portion 50 has an outer peripheral surface formed by the first guide surface 50a, the second guide surface 50b, and the third guide surface 50c, and the pass ticket T according to the two tip positions described above. The surface to be guided along is switched.
That is, when connecting the 1st conveyance path 30 and the 2nd conveyance path 31, as shown in FIG. 4, the pass ticket T conveyed from any one conveyance path is made into the 1st guide surface 50a. While being guided above, the position is switched to the position to be directed to the other conveyance path.
When the second transport path 31 and the third transport path 32 are connected, as shown in FIG. 5, the pass ticket T transported from the second transport path 31 is transferred to the third guide surface 50c. The position is switched to the upper guide position.
When connecting the first transport path 30 and the third transport path 32, as shown in FIG. 6, the pass ticket T transported from the first transport path 30 is transferred to the second guide surface 50b. The position is switched to the upper guide position.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the fixed guide 51 transfers the pass ticket T guided on the second guide surface 50 b or the third guide surface 50 c of the flapper unit 50 to the third transport. It performs the function of guiding toward the road 32. That is, it fulfills the function of guiding the pass ticket T guided from the first transport path 30 or the second transport path 31 via the flapper unit 50 toward the third transport path 32.
As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed guide 51 is sandwiched between two flapper portions 50 and is disposed in a state where the base end side is located in the vicinity of the shaft 52. That is, the fixed guide 51 does not rotate with the rotation of the shaft 52 and is always disposed in a fixed state in which the posture is stable.

  In addition, guide guides 53 are provided in the vicinity of the flapper unit 50 and above and below the fixed guide 51 to assist the guided pass ticket T in the guide direction. The guidance guide 53 functions to suppress the floating of the guided ticket T and to smoothly direct the ticket T in the guidance direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pulse motor M rotates the two flapper sections 50 via the shaft 52 as described above, and switches the position of the flapper section 50 according to the rotation direction and the rotation amount, thereby controlling the conveyance direction. It is supposed to be.
A disc-shaped slit plate 55 is attached to the shaft 52. The slit plate 55 is formed with a plurality of slit holes 55a at equal intervals along the circumferential direction. In FIG. 3, the number of slit holes 55a is omitted. An optical sensor 56 is provided so as to sandwich the slit plate 55. The optical sensor 56 includes a light emitting unit (not shown) that emits light toward the slit plate 55, and a light receiving unit (not shown) that receives light that has passed through the slit plate 55 through the slit hole 55a. The rotational position of the flapper unit 50 is detected based on the number of received light beams, that is, the number of pulses.
The slit plate 55 and the optical sensor 56 function as a rotation detection unit 57 that detects the rotation position of the flapper unit 50.
The above-described configuration is an example of the rotation detection unit 57, and other methods that can detect the minute rotation angle amount of the flapper unit 50 may be used.

  The pulse motor M rotates based on the detected rotational position when rotating the flapper unit 50, and is set in advance so that any one of the selected positions (each position can smoothly transport the pass ticket T). The flapper portion 50 is positioned accurately. In particular, since it can be rotated based on the number of pulses, the flapper unit 50 can be positioned with high accuracy of about ± 1 degree.

Next, the lower three-way flapper mechanism 36 described above will be described in detail.
As shown in FIG. 7, the lower three-way flapper mechanism 36 is mainly composed of a flapper portion 60 rotated by a pulse motor M and a fixed guide 61 in the same manner as the middle three-way flapper mechanism 35. Yes.
Two flapper portions 60 are arranged in parallel at intervals not exceeding the width (short) of the pass ticket T, and are connected to each other by a shaft 52 rotated by a pulse motor M. As a result, the two flapper portions 60 can be precisely rotated by a minute angle around the rotation axis L by forward and reverse rotation of the pulse motor M.

The flapper portion 60 is formed so as to extend toward the A conveyance path 31a and the B conveyance path 31b of the second conveyance path 31 with the shaft 52 as the center, and the respective leading ends thereof are pulleys 41 of both the conveyance paths 31a and 31b. It is designed to be located on the side. Thereby, according to rotation, two front-end | tips can be located in the near side of the passing ticket T conveyed between a pair of endless belts 40, or can be located in the back | inner side.
Further, the flapper portion 60 has an outer peripheral surface formed by the first guide surface 60a, the second guide surface 60b, and the third guide surface 60c, and the pass ticket T is received according to the two tip positions described above. The surface to be guided along is changed.

That is, when the A transport path 31a and the B transport path 31b of the second transport path 31 are connected, as shown in FIG. 8, the pass ticket T transported from any one of the transport paths is transferred to the first transport path 31a. While guiding on the guide surface 60a, the position is switched to a position to be directed to the other conveyance path.
Further, when the A transport path 31a of the second transport path 31 and the third transport path 32 are connected, the pass ticket T transported from the second transport path 31 is shown in FIG. The position is switched to the position of guiding on the third guide surface 60c.
Further, when the B transport path 31b of the second transport path 31 and the third transport path 32 are connected, the pass ticket T transported from the second transport path 31 is shown in FIG. The second guide surface 60b is switched to a guide position.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the fixed guide 61 transfers the pass ticket T guided on the second guide surface 60 b or the third guide surface 60 c of the flapper portion 60 to the third transport. Guide to the road 32. In addition, a guide guide 63 is provided in the vicinity of the flapper portion 60 and above the fixed guide 61 to guide the guided pass ticket T in the guide direction. The guidance guide 63 functions to suppress the lift of the guided ticket T and to smoothly turn the ticket T in the guidance direction.

  The upper three-way flapper mechanism 37 is basically the same as the lower three-way flapper mechanism 36 described above, and can be configured upside down.

As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic ticket issuing machine 2 calculates the vehicle height from the information related to the vehicle C output from the entrance sensor 3, and based on the vehicle height, the three ticket issuing ports 12, 13, and 14. A control unit 4 for determining a ticketing outlet for discharging the passing ticket T from the inside is provided. That is, the control unit 4 determines the ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14 to be used so that the passing ticket T can be delivered at an optimum height corresponding to the vehicle height.
And the control part 4 controls each component comprehensively so that the pass ticket T may be conveyed to the determined ticketing outlet 12,13,14. That is, while controlling the conveyance direction of the 1st conveyance path 30, the 2nd conveyance path 31, and the 3rd conveyance path 32, it controls each three-way path flapper mechanism 35, 36, 37, and a conveyance direction is desired. Switch to direction. Thereby, it can convey reliably to the ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14 which selected the issued ticket T.

  The control unit 4 also determines which of the ticket issuing units, the upper ticketing unit 10 or the lower ticketing unit 11, issues the pass ticket T. In addition, based on the detection results from the various sensors S1 and S2 provided in the ticket issuing units 10 and 11, in the event that a ticket jam or shortage of the passing ticket T occurs in the ticket issuing units 10 and 11, The ticket issuing units 10 and 11 are controlled to be switched. As a result, it is possible to prevent the ticketing from being stopped.

  Each transport path 30, 31, 32 and each ticket issuing slot 12, 13, 14 are appropriately provided with a sensor S <b> 2 that detects a passing ticket T, and outputs a detection result to the control unit 4. The control unit 4 performs transportation control of the pass ticket T and confirmation of a jam of the pass ticket T based on the detection results from these sensors S2.

Next, the case where the passing ticket T is issued using the automatic ticketing system 1 configured as described above will be described below.
As shown in FIG. 1, when the vehicle C approaches the entrance of the toll road R, the entrance sensor 3 reacts. The reacted entrance sensor 3 detects information related to the vehicle height from the vehicle C and outputs it to the control unit 4 of the automatic ticketing machine 2.

  Then, the control unit 4 determines from the vehicle height information sent from the entrance sensor 3 that the approaching vehicle C is a medium-sized vehicle, for example. Subsequently, the control unit 4 determines to use the middle ticketing port 13 optimum for the medium-sized vehicle from among the three ticketing ports 12, 13, and 14. Subsequently, the control unit 4 recognizes that the passing ticket T is sufficiently stored in the storage box 20 and then activates the lower ticketing unit 11, for example, and passes the ticket issued from the ticketing unit 11. The conveyance direction of the 2nd conveyance path 31 and the 3rd conveyance path 32, and the action | operation of each three-way flapper mechanism 35 and 36 are controlled so that ticket T goes to the ticketing opening 13 of the middle stage.

  Specifically, the flapper portion 60 of the lower three-way path flapper mechanism 36 is rotated to switch to a position that connects the A transport path 31a and the B transport path 31b of the second transport path 31 as shown in FIG. . That is, the flapper unit 60 is rotated so that the pass ticket T conveyed from the A conveyance path 31a is guided on the first guide surface 60a. Further, the flapper section 50 of the middle three-way path flapper mechanism 35 is rotated to switch to a position where the second transport path 31 and the third transport path 32 are connected as shown in FIG. That is, the flapper unit 50 is rotated so that the passing ticket T conveyed from the B conveyance path 31b of the second conveyance path 31 is guided on the third guide surface 50c.

When the lower ticket issuing unit 11 receives an instruction from the control unit 4, as shown in FIG. 2, the delivery unit 21 delivers one pass ticket T located at the uppermost stage from the storage box 20 and sends it out to the recording unit 22. The recording unit 22 writes necessary information on the sent ticket T by printing, magnetic recording, or the like, and then sends it to the A transport path 31 a of the second transport path 31.
Then, the A transport path 31a transports the received pass ticket T toward the lower three-way path flapper mechanism 36. When transported to the three-way flapper mechanism 36, the passing ticket T is naturally guided on the first guide surface 60a of the flapper 60, as shown in FIG. It is conveyed to the conveyance path 31b side.

Next, the B conveyance path 31 b conveys the sent pass ticket T toward the middle three-way path flapper mechanism 35. When transported to the three-way flapper mechanism 35, the passing ticket T is naturally guided on the third guide surface 50c of the flapper portion 50 as shown in FIG. It is conveyed to the third conveyance path 32 side.
Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the third transport path 32 transports the sent pass ticket T toward the middle ticketing slot 13. As a result, as shown in FIG. 1, the pass ticket T in which necessary information is written can be discharged to the outside from the ticket outlet 13 in the middle stage.

By the way, when the control unit 4 determines that the vehicle C approaching the entrance is a large vehicle (a truck or the like) with a high vehicle height, it determines to use the upper ticketing opening 12.
In this case, the flapper portion of the upper three-way path flapper mechanism 37 is rotated to switch to the position where the A transport path 31 a of the first transport path 30 and the third transport path 32 are connected.
As a result, the pass ticket T issued from the upper ticketing unit 10 can be transported to the upper ticketing port 12 and discharged from the ticketing port 12 to the outside.

Further, when the control unit 4 determines that the vehicle C approaching the entrance is a small vehicle with a low vehicle height, it determines to use the lower ticketing opening 14.
In this case, the position at which the flapper section 60 of the lower three-way path flapper mechanism 36 is rotated to connect the A transport path 31a of the second transport path 31 and the third transport path 32 as shown in FIG. Switch to. That is, the flapper unit 60 is rotated so that the passing ticket T conveyed on the conveyance path is guided on the third guide surface 60c.
As a result, the passing ticket T issued from the lower ticketing unit 11 can be transported to the lower ticketing port 14 and discharged from the ticketing port 14 to the outside.

As described above, depending on the vehicle height, it is possible to reliably transport the passing ticket T issued from the upper ticketing unit 10 or the lower ticketing unit 11 to the selected ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14 for driving. Can pass the pass ticket T at an optimum height for the person.
By the way, if a ticket jam occurs in the lower ticketing unit 11 or the A transport path 31a of the second transport path 31, the control unit 4 is based on the detection results from the various sensors S1 and S2. Immediately know that a ticket jam has occurred. Then, the control unit 4 operates the upper ticketing unit 10 to issue the pass ticket T. At the same time, the direction of transport of the first transport path 30 and the second transport path 31 and the three-way path flapper mechanisms 35 and 36 so that the pass ticket T is directed to the selected ticketing outlets 12, 13 and 14. , 37 are controlled.

For example, when using the middle ticketing opening 13, the flapper part of the upper three-way flapper mechanism 37 is rotated to connect the A conveying path 30a and the B conveying path 30b of the first conveying path 30 to each other. By switching to, the transport direction of the A transport path 30a of the first transport path 30 is controlled in a direction toward the middle three-way path flapper mechanism 35. Further, the flapper section 50 of the middle three-way path flapper mechanism 35 is rotated to switch to a position where the first transport path 30 and the third transport path 32 are connected as shown in FIG. That is, the flapper unit 50 is rotated so that the pass ticket T conveyed from the B conveyance path 30b of the first conveyance path 30 is guided onto the second guide surface 50b.
As a result, the pass ticket T issued from the upper ticketing unit 10 can be conveyed to the middle ticketing port 13 and discharged from the ticketing port 13 to the outside.

When the lower ticketing opening 14 is used, the flapper portion of the upper three-way flapper mechanism 37 is rotated to connect the A transport path 30a and the B transport path 30b of the first transport path 30. Switch to. Then, the flapper section 50 of the middle three-way path flapper mechanism 35 is rotated so that the B transport path 30b of the first transport path 30 and the B transport path 31b of the second transport path 31 are rotated as shown in FIG. Switch to a connectable position. That is, the flapper unit 50 is rotated so that the passing ticket T conveyed from the B conveyance path 30b of the first conveyance path 30 is guided on the first guide surface 50a. Further, the flapper portion 60 of the lower three-way path flapper mechanism 36 is rotated to switch to the position where the B transport path 31b of the second transport path 31 and the third transport path 32 are connected as shown in FIG. That is, the flapper unit 60 is rotated so that the passing ticket T is guided on the second guide surface 60b.
As a result, the passing ticket T issued from the upper ticketing unit 10 can be transported to the lower ticketing port 14 and discharged from the ticketing port 14 to the outside.

  As described above, even if the ticket T is issued from the upper ticketing unit 10, it can be reliably transported to the selected ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14, and the ticket T at the optimum height for the driver. Can be handed over. Therefore, even if a ticket jam occurs in the lower ticketing unit 11 or the A transport path 31a of the second transport path 31, the selected ticketing outlets 12, 13, It is possible to continue transporting to 14 and delivering it to the driver.

In particular, each three-way flapper mechanism 35, 36, 37 is configured such that the flapper portions 50, 60 are switched to three positions. Conventionally, the position is set to two by solenoid excitation and non-excitation control, and the conveyance destination is switched to three.
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, taking the middle three-way path flapper mechanism 35 as an example, the flapper unit 50 switches to three positions so as to connect two selected ones of the three transport paths 30, 31, and 32.
Therefore, the three-way flapper mechanism 35 can smoothly transport the traffic ticket T toward the selected transport path without giving any resistance (load) to the traffic ticket T. Therefore, since the resistance to overcoming the spring does not act unlike the conventional case, even if the pass ticket T has a low rigidity such as paper, the transport direction can be reliably switched and transported.

Moreover, since it is necessary to consider the resistance to overcome the spring in the conventional one, it takes time to adjust the flapper. It can be adjusted easily and reliably, and the transport direction can be switched with high accuracy. Therefore, the pass ticket T can be reliably conveyed in the desired direction.
The three-way path flapper mechanism 35 is configured by a combination of a flapper portion 50 and a fixed guide 51. In particular, since the fixed guide 51 is used, it is not necessary to design the shape of the flapper portion 50 into a complicated shape, and it can be designed as simple as possible, and the direction can be changed at a steep angle. Is also possible. Therefore, the degree of freedom in design can be improved.

Further, since the guide guide 53 is provided, the guide can be guided in the transport direction while suppressing the rising of the passing ticket T being transported, so that the direction can be smoothly changed in a short distance toward the guide direction.
Further, since the rotation position of the flapper unit 50 can be detected by the rotation detection unit 57 composed of the slit plate 55 and the optical sensor 56, the current position can be grasped accurately and accurately at all times. Can be performed more reliably, and the reliability of conveyance can be improved.

  The above-described points are the same for the upper three-way flapper mechanism 37 and the lower three-way flapper mechanism 36.

Further, according to the automatic ticketing machine 2 of the present embodiment, the pass ticket T fed from the upper ticketing unit 10 or the lower ticketing unit 11 is transported by the ticket transporting device 15, so the ticketing unit 10 or the ticketing unit 11. Even if the remaining amount of the ticket is insufficient or clogged in any of the above, it can be reliably transported to the ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14 where the pass ticket T has been selected without causing the trouble of ticketing stop, and stable automatic ticketing It can be carried out.
In particular, when issuing a pass ticket T, the upper ticket issue unit 10 and the lower ticket issue unit 11 are appropriately used according to the position of the ticket outlets 12, 13, and 14 to be used. Tickets can be issued. That is, the ticketing time can be increased.
This point will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.

  FIG. 11 is a simplified diagram of the inside of the automatic ticketing machine 2. In FIG. 11, each of the above-described transport paths is described by being divided into transport paths “A” to “G”. The definitions of these transport paths “A” to “G” are as follows.

  The conveyance path “A” is an A conveyance path 30 a of the first conveyance path 30 provided between the upper ticketing unit 10 and the upper three-way flapper mechanism 37. The conveyance path “B” is a third conveyance path 32 provided between the upper three-way flapper mechanism 37 and the upper ticketing opening 12. The conveyance path “C” is a B conveyance path 30 b of the first conveyance path 30 provided between the upper three-way path flapper mechanism 37 and the middle three-way path flapper mechanism 35. The conveyance path “D” is a third conveyance path 32 provided between the middle three-way flapper mechanism 35 and the middle ticketing opening 13. The transport path “E” is a B transport path 31 b of the second transport path 31 provided between the middle three-way flapper mechanism 35 and the lower three-way path flapper mechanism 36. The conveyance path “F” is a conveyance path 31 a of the second conveyance path 31 provided between the lower ticketing unit 11 and the lower three-way flapper mechanism 36. The conveyance path “G” is a third conveyance path 32 provided between the lower three-way flapper mechanism 36 and the lower ticketing opening 14.

In this case, FIG. 12 shows the result of predicting the difference in ticketing time depending on the combination of the position of the ticketing units 10 and 11, the transport route passed, and the ticketing outlets 12, 13, and 14.
As shown in FIG. 12, when a ticket T issued by the upper ticketing unit 10 is issued from the upper ticketing slot 12 using the transport routes “A” and “B”, and the lower ticketing unit 11. The ticket issuing time is the earliest when the ticket T is issued from the lower ticketing slot 14 using the transport routes “F” and “G”.
On the other hand, when the ticket T issued by the upper ticketing unit 10 is issued from the lower ticketing slot 14 using the transport routes “A”, “C”, “E”, “G” When the ticket T issued by the lower ticketing unit 11 is issued from the upper ticketing slot 12 using the “F”, “E”, “C”, and “B” transport routes, the most transported The ticketing time is the slowest because the route is long.

  Therefore, when both the upper ticketing unit 10 and the lower ticketing unit 11 are operating normally, the upper ticketing unit 10 is used to issue the pass ticket T from the upper ticketing slot 12, and the lower ticketing unit 10 is used. When issuing the pass ticket T from the mouth 14, it is preferable to determine a conveyance path | route so that the lower ticket issuing unit 11 may be utilized. In this way, by using the ticket issuing units 10 and 11 in accordance with the positions of the ticketing outlets 12, 13 and 14 to be used, it is possible to speed up the ticketing time.

  The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the ticket transport device is applied to an automatic ticketing machine that issues a pass ticket has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this case. For example, a ticket issuing ticket for various facilities is issued. The present invention may be applied to a machine or a ticketing machine that issues tickets for various transportation facilities.
In particular, even a very soft ticket such as a receipt can be reliably transported, so that the ticket transport device can be applied to a wide range of fields.

Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the example provided with two ticketing units and three ticketing outlets, it is not limited to these numbers. You may change suitably according to a use etc.
Further, the flapper portion is positioned using the slit plate and the optical sensor. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other configurations may be adopted as long as positioning is possible. For example, the flapper portion may be rotated after once detecting 0 point. Even in this case, highly accurate positioning can be performed.

C ... Vehicle M ... Pulse motor (rotary drive)
T ... Passage ticket (tickets)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Automatic ticketing system 2 ... Automatic ticketing machine 3 ... Entrance sensor (sensor)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 ... Control part 10, 11 ... Ticket issuing unit 12, 13, 14 ... Ticket issuing port 15 ... Ticket conveyance apparatus 20 ... Storage box 30 ... 1st conveyance path 30a ... A conveyance path (1st conveyance path)
30b ... B transport path (first transport path)
31 ... 2nd conveyance path 31a ... A conveyance path (2nd conveyance path)
31b ... B transport path (second transport path)
32 ... Third conveying path 35 ... Three-way path flapper mechanism 36, 37 ... Three-way path flapper mechanism (guide mechanism)
50, 60 ... Flapper part (rotation guide part)
51, 61 ... Fixed guide (fixed guide)
53, 63 ... guide guide 57 ... rotation detector

Claims (4)

Tickets issued from one of the ticketing units, provided between a plurality of ticketing units that issue one ticket stored in a storage box and a ticketing outlet that discharges the issued tickets to the outside Is a ticket transport device that branches and transports
A first transport path connected to any of the ticketing units;
A second conveyance path connected to the other ticketing unit;
A third transport path connected to the ticketing opening;
Rotation guide unit that is provided at a junction point where the three conveyance paths merge and switches to three positions so as to connect two conveyance paths among the three conveyance paths and guides downstream while switching the conveyance direction of the tickets. When,
The ticket, which is provided between the rotation guide unit and the third conveyance path, is guided through the rotation guide unit from the first conveyance path or the second conveyance path to the third conveyance path. A fixed guide for guiding toward the conveyance path;
A rotation drive unit for rotating the rotation guide unit;
A rotation detection unit for detecting a rotation position of the rotation guide unit;
A control unit that controls the rotation driving unit based on the detected rotation position and positions the rotation guide unit at any position selected from the three positions. A ticket transport device. In the ticket transport apparatus according to claim 1,
In the vicinity of the fixed guide portion, a ticket guide device is provided, wherein a guide guide is provided for guiding to the third transport path while restricting the lift of the transported tickets. In the ticket transport apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
A plurality of the ticket issuing opening and the third transport path are provided,
At least one of the first transport path and the second transport path joins the other third transport path connected to the other ticket issuing port, and the ticket is connected to the joining point. A guide mechanism is provided that guides downstream while switching the transport direction of the
The guide mechanism guides the tickets transported from the first transport path or the second transport path toward the third transport path or the rotation guide section, or from the rotation guide section. A ticket transport apparatus that guides the guided tickets toward the third transport path. A sensor that is installed at the entrance of the toll road and detects information related to the vehicle height of the vehicle approaching the entrance;
An automatic ticketing machine having the ticket transport device according to claim 3,
The control unit determines a ticketing outlet that discharges the tickets from the plurality of ticketing outlets based on the detected information, and sets the rotation driving unit so that the tickets are directed to the determined ticketing outlet. An automatic ticketing system characterized by control.

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