JP2013025511A - Ticket issuing machine whose orientation is changeable - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket issuing machine whose front face can be oriented to both of a salesclerk side and a customer side without causing any problem, such as fouling of a power cord and clogging in a cord insertion groove, in changing the orientation.SOLUTION: The ticket issuing machine is constituted of a ticket issuing machine body A including an operation part and a box case B which rotatably holds the ticket issuing machine body A by 180 degrees. A semicircle shaped cord insertion groove 22 through which a power code coming from the ticket issuing machine body A is slidably inserted is formed on the upper face of the box case B. A code winder 23 which functions to always wind the power cord 21 coming from the thicket issuing machine body A inserted through the cord insertion groove 22 and hanging is arranged in an appropriate place inside of the box case B so as to tense the power code 21.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vending machine capable of changing direction, and more specifically, a vending machine that issues and sells various vouchers such as restaurant vouchers and usage rights in sports clubs. The present invention relates to an improvement of a ticket vending machine that can change the direction.

  For example, in restaurants and the like, liquidation is performed by ticket vending machines and registers. And in the sales-style stores that offer a small amount of menus to many customers in a short period of time, such as standing bite buckwheat and ramen stores, and there are few additional orders, ticket machines operated by customers are rarely used. Absent. On the other hand, in a business style store such as an izakaya where menus are diverse and additional orders are frequently generated, a register operated by a store clerk is often used.

  However, recently, there are restaurants, etc., that have a business style like a ramen shop at lunch time and a business style like a tavern at dinner time. In many cases, both a ticket vending machine and a register are installed and used appropriately. I am doing.

  In this way, if both a ticket vending machine and a register are installed, and it is decided to use them according to the business style at lunch and dinner, the benefits of both the ticket vending machine and the register can be obtained, but on the other hand, the store space Problems such as poor utilization efficiency and operational costs.

  In addition, in sports clubs and the like, a daily ticket, a school coupon ticket, or a use ticket for each facility such as a pool, fitness, machine gym, etc. is issued so that facilities can be used even by non-regular members. Ticket vending machines are also used for the clearing of such vouchers. However, there are not always ticket vending machine users at certain times, as in the Tachibana buckwheat and ramen shops. Since there are many members such as annual contracts and there are not many users who use ticket machines other than the members, the operation cost becomes a problem more than the case of the restaurant.

  In view of such circumstances, the applicant of the present application has a function of displaying a screen for ticket sales operations such as food tickets and gift certificates on the display device of the ticket vending machine. A screen for ticket sales operation is displayed with the front facing the customer side, and at the time of operation performed by the store clerk, it is possible to display the register screen with the front of the ticket vending machine facing the inside of the counter, and the ticket vending machine itself and In order to make effective use of the counter space, the front of the ticket vending machine can be directed to either the store clerk side or the customer side, and when the ticket vending machine is facing the customer side when selling tickets for customers Control means for displaying a ticket sales operation purpose screen for a customer on a display device and displaying a register screen for a store clerk when the front of the ticket vending machine is facing the store clerk during a register operation other than when the customer sells a ticket Set up Proposed a ticket machine, characterized in that the (JP 2007-293525).

JP 2007-293525 A

  However, in the case of the invention according to the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-293525, when the ticket vending machine is facing the customer side for ticket sales to customers, a screen for ticket sales operation purpose for customers is displayed on the display device. When the front of the ticket vending machine is facing the store clerk during register operations other than ticket sales, the register screen for the clerk should be displayed, and the front of the ticket vending machine may be directed to either the store clerk side or the customer side. Each time the orientation is changed, the power cord for supplying power to the ticket vending machine is entangled, or the semicircular cord insertion groove formed on the upper surface of the box case on which the ticket vending machine body is placed is clogged. In many cases, the change in the direction of the ticket vending machine was hindered (see FIG. 4).

  The present invention was made in order to solve the above problems in a vending machine capable of changing the direction, and is a vending machine capable of directing the front to either the store clerk side or the customer side when changing the direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vending machine capable of changing the direction in which the power cord is tangled or clogged in the cord insertion groove and does not interfere with the direction change.

  The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-described problem is constituted by a ticket vending machine main body including an operation unit, and a box case that holds the ticket vending machine main body so as to be rotatable by 180 degrees, A ticket vending machine formed with a semicircular cord insertion groove for slidably inserting a power cord coming out of the ticket vending machine main body, and is inserted into the cord insertion groove and hangs down at an appropriate position in the box case. This is a vending machine capable of changing its direction, characterized in that a cord winder for acting and tensioning the power cord coming out of the main body of the ticket vending machine is provided at all times.

  In one embodiment, the cord winder is of a type in which a mainspring spring is built in a winding drum and the power cord is wound with the restoring force of the mainspring spring.

  The ticket vending machine according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, and the cord winder that acts and tensions the power cord coming out from the ticket vending machine body that is inserted into the cord insertion groove and hangs down at an appropriate position in the box case. Since the ticket vending machine body is rotated in one direction and the power cord is pulled, it is pulled out from the cord winder in a tensioned state, and the ticket vending machine body is rotated in the opposite direction to supply power. When the cord is pushed back into the cord insertion groove, it is unwound in a tensioned state by the automatic winding function of the cord winder, so that the power cord is always kept in a tensioned state without slackening. Therefore, there is an effect that there is no possibility that the change of the direction of the ticket vending machine will be hindered by the power cord being entangled or being stuck in the cord insertion groove.

It is a partial cutaway perspective view which shows the structure of the ticket vending machine which can change direction based on this invention. It is a partial cutaway perspective view which shows one operation state of the ticket vending machine which can change direction based on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control part of the ticket vending machine which can change direction based on this invention. It is a partial cut-away perspective view which shows the problem on the operation | movement of the conventional ticket vending machine which can change direction.

  The direction changeable ticket vending machine according to the present invention comprises a ticket vending machine main body A and a box case B that holds the ticket vending machine main body 180 so as to be rotatable by 180 degrees, as shown in FIG. Considering that the power cord 21 coming out from the main body A is kept in a constant tension state in the box case B, the power cord 21 is tangled or clogged, which hinders the change of the orientation of the ticket vending machine main body A. It is configured not to come. EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated in detail based on drawing.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the ticket vending machine main body A includes a touch panel 1, a printer 2, and a coin insertion part 3, a coin payout part 4, a bill insertion / removal part 5, a key operation part 6, etc., which are not shown in detail. Consists of. On the other hand, a semi-circular cord insertion groove 22 is slidably inserted into the upper surface of the box case B so that the power cord 21 coming out from the lower surface of the ticket vending machine main body A is slidable. 22 hangs down into the box case B.

  Since the power cord 21 hung down in the box case B is in a slack state in the box case B, it passes through the cord insertion groove 22 repeatedly as the ticket vending machine A rotates 180 degrees forward and backward. Pulled or pushed back. For this reason, the slackened power cord 21 may be caught between the bottom surface of the ticket vending machine main body A and the upper surface of the box case B, which may cause a situation where smooth rotation of the ticket vending machine main body A is hindered (FIG. 4). reference).

  Therefore, in the present invention, the cord winder 23 that acts to always wind up the middle portion of the power cord 21 that is suspended in the box case B through the cord insertion groove 22 is disposed at an appropriate position in the box case B. The power cord 21 is always kept in tension by the action of the cord winder 23.

  As the cord winder 23, the most simple type is a type in which a mainspring spring is built in a winding drum and wound by the restoring force of the mainspring spring. In that case, when the ticket vending machine main body A rotates in one direction and the power cord is pulled, the winding drum rotates against the restoring force of the mainspring spring, so that the power source wound on the winding drum is The code 21 is paid out. At that time, the power cord 21 maintains a tension state due to the relationship between the tensile force accompanying the rotation of the ticket vending machine main body A and the restoring force of the mainspring spring.

  Further, when the ticket vending machine body A rotates in the opposite direction and the power cord 21 is pushed back into the cord insertion groove 22, only the restoring force of the mainspring spring acts on the power cord 21, so that the power cord 21 is in a tension state. It is automatically wound on the winding drum while maintaining Thus, since the power cord 21 is always kept in a tension state, the power cord 21 does not sag and does not get caught between the bottom surface of the ticket vending machine body A and the top surface of the box case B.

  The configuration of the cord winder 23 is not limited to that described above, and various other types can be adopted as long as they operate in the same manner.

  Reference numeral 24 in the figure indicates a shaft hole for the rotation axis of the ticket vending machine main body A formed in the upper surface of the box case B, but the mechanism for rotating the ticket vending machine main body A 180 degrees forward and backward is arbitrary. A rotating shaft may be attached to the lower surface of the ticket vending machine main body A itself, and a direction changing mechanism such as a turntable for supporting the entire ticket vending machine main body A may be disposed on the upper surface of the box case B. is there.

  The touch panel 1 constituting the ticket vending machine main body A is a display device for operating the ticket vending machine and the register by touching the screen with a finger or a dedicated pen, and detects the position touched by the finger on the screen. Specify the position and give the corresponding instructions. The ticket vending machine body A includes a control unit that performs display control including the CPU 10, the ROM 11, the RAM 12, the I / O port 13, and the like (see FIG. 3). A touch panel 1, a printer 2, a coin insertion unit 3, a coin payout unit 4, a bill insertion / removal unit 5, and a key operation unit 6 are connected to the I / O port 13.

  The ROM 11 stores a control program such as a display program for displaying a ticket sales operation screen and a register screen on the touch panel 1, and the RAM 12 stores various data such as data input from the touch panel 1. The The touch panel 1 is directed to the customer side during a time period in which the customer operates, and is used to display a menu for ticket sales operation, for example, a menu that changes according to time such as a breakfast menu or lunch. In addition, the register screen is displayed so as to be directed to the store clerk side (inward of the cashier counter) during the time zone operated by the store clerk.

  The coin insertion unit 3, the coin payout unit 4, and the bill insertion / removal unit 5 can transmit and receive data using the common I / O port 13, regardless of whether the customer operation or the store clerk operation is used. Made. Thereby, it becomes possible to perform settlement using the common coin insertion part 3, coin payout part 4 and bill insertion part 5 at the time of customer operation and at the time of store clerk operation. It is possible to automatically perform the clearing work up until the change is paid out without requiring a change operation by the clerk manually.

  Although the invention has been described in some detail in its most preferred embodiments, it will be appreciated that a wide variety of embodiments can be constructed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not limited to that particular embodiment, except as limited in the appended claims.

1 Touch panel 2 Printer
3 Coin insertion part 4 Coin payout part 5 Bill insertion part 6 Key operation part 10 CPU
11 ROM
12 RAM
13 I / O port 21 Power cord 22 Cord insertion groove 22
23 Winding tool 24 Shaft hole A Ticket vending machine B Box case

Claims (2)

A ticket vending machine main body including an operation unit, and a box case that holds the ticket vending machine main body so as to be rotatable by 180 degrees. A ticket vending machine formed with a circular cord insertion groove,
A cord winder is provided at an appropriate position in the box case to act and tension the power cord coming out of the main body of the ticket vending machine that is inserted into the cord insertion groove and hangs down. A vending machine with a changeable orientation.   The vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the cord winder is of a type in which a mainspring spring is built in a winding drum and the power cord is wound by a restoring force of the mainspring spring.

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