JP2016212590A - Ticket issuing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ticket issuing machine for securing mounting strength of a receiving tray part.SOLUTION: A ticket issuing machine 3 includes a case part 10 serving as a body part of the ticket issuing machine 3, a door part 11 which may open and close an inner part of the case part 10, and a receiving tray part 12 in which an issued ticket is put. The receiving tray part 12 is attached to the door part 11 so as to be hidden in the inner part of the door part 11. Accordingly, since the receiving tray part 12 is protected by the door part 11, the mounting strength of the receiving tray part 12 is secured.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a ticket issuing machine that issues tickets.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ticket issuing machine that issues tickets by drawing a belt-shaped roll paper, printing it, cutting it into a predetermined length, and discharging it to a tray part is well known (see Patent Document 1, etc.). 2. Description of the Related Art Some ticketing machines installed in a train such as a route bus have, for example, a ticket tray part attached to a door part that opens and closes the inside of a housing part. The tray part is attached to the door part of the ticket issuing machine via a hinge mechanism. Accordingly, for example, when the door portion is opened, the saucer portion is allowed to move with the hinge mechanism as a fulcrum, and the saucer portion can contact the housing portion to open the door portion. Avoid situations that will disappear.

JP-A-11-161822

However, since the tray portion has an attachment structure through a hinge mechanism, there is a problem in attachment strength.
The objective of this invention is providing the ticket issuing machine which can ensure the attachment intensity | strength of a saucer part.

  A ticketing machine that solves the above-mentioned problems is a method of drawing tickets created by drawing a roll paper set inside a housing unit by a ticketing unit and printing it, and cutting the printed roll paper by a cutting unit. In the configuration for discharging to the tray part and issuing the ticket, the tray part is attached so as to be embedded inside the door part that opens and closes the inside of the housing part.

  According to this configuration, since the saucer portion is attached so as to be embedded inside the door portion, an attachment structure in which the saucer portion is protected by the door portion can be provided. Thereby, even if an impact or the like is applied to the saucer part, it is supported by the door part, so that it is possible to secure the attachment strength of the saucer part.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the attachment intensity | strength of a saucer part can be ensured in a ticket issuing machine.

The perspective view which looked at the fare box with a ticket-issuing machine of one Embodiment from the upper surface side. The perspective view which looked at the fare box with a ticket issuing machine from the back side. The perspective view which looked at the ticket issuing machine from the upper surface side. The perspective view which looked at the ticket issuing machine from the back side. The perspective view which shows the ticket issuing machine of the state which opened the door part. The disassembled perspective view which shows the attachment structure of a saucer part. The internal block diagram of the ticket issuing machine which shows the surrounding structure of a ticket issuing unit. The internal perspective view of the ticket issuing machine which shows the shape of a guide part. (A) is an operation | movement figure which shows the state which the ticket issuing unit pulled in roll paper, (b) is an operation | movement figure which shows a state when a cutting part cut | disconnects roll paper. (A) is a top view of the cutting part and guide part before a cutting | disconnection, (b) is a top view of the cutting part and guide part at the time of cutting | disconnection. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the cut | disconnected ticket is falling. Explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the tickets with a curl are falling.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a ticket issuing machine will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the fare box 1 with a ticketing machine is provided with the fare box 2 which can accommodate a fare, and the ticketing machine 3 which issues the ticket regarding boarding. The fare box 2 includes, for example, an operation button 4, a display unit 5 for displaying a payment fare, a coin receiving port 6 serving as a coin slot, a bill receiving port 7 serving as a bill slot, and an IC serving as a place for holding an IC card. A card reading unit 8 and a magnetic card reading unit 9 serving as a place through which a magnetic card is passed are provided. The ticket issuing machine 3 is attached and fixed to the side wall surface of the fare box 2 and is electrically connected to the fare box 2. The ticket issuing machine 3 performs a ticket issuing operation based on a control command input from the fare box 2.

  As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the ticket issuing machine 3 includes a housing 10 that is a main body of the ticketing machine 3, a door 11 that can open and close the inside of the housing 10, and ticketed tickets. And a tray portion 12 to be put therein. The door part 11 is provided with a lock part 11a, and an opening operation of the door part 11 is permitted by inserting a regular key into the lock part 11a and turning it. The saucer part 12 is integrated with the door part 11 by being fixed to the door part 11. The tray part 12 receives tickets that fall from the inside of the ticket issuing machine 3, and is arranged at the lower part of the front surface 11 b of the door part 11.

  The saucer portion 12 is in an attached state where it sinks into the inside of the door portion 11 from an attachment hole 13 penetrating the door portion 11. Thereby, since the pair of opposing side walls 14 contacts the inner wall surface of the door portion 11, the strength of the tray portion 12 with respect to the attachment to the door portion 11 is ensured. The upper surface opening 16 into which a hand is taken when taking out the tickets in the tray 12 is formed in an inclined shape so that the height decreases toward the front side. The saucer portion 12 is arranged such that a part of the upper surface frontage 16 is located behind the front surface 11 b of the door portion 11. In the door portion 11, an inclined portion 17 that secures an opening area (amount of opening) of the upper surface opening 16 is formed above the tray portion 12. An opening 18 that secures an opening area (opening amount) of the upper surface opening 16 is cut out in the door 11 (inclined portion 17).

  As shown in FIG. 5, a strip-shaped roll paper 21 is set inside the housing unit 10. Inside the housing unit 10, a ticket issuing unit 22 that draws the roll paper 21 and creates tickets is provided below the roll paper 21. The ticket issuing unit 22 draws the roll paper 21 and conveys it while printing, and creates the tickets by cutting the roll paper 21 into a predetermined length. The door part 11 is connected to the housing part 10 via a hinge part 23. The door part 11 of this example is opened upward by providing the hinge part 23 at the lower part of the ticket issuing machine 3.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the tray portion 12 is fastened and fixed to the inner wall of the door portion 11 by a plurality of screws 27 together with a tray back portion 26 that forms a path for tickets on the back surface of the tray portion 12. The saucer portion 12 has a front opening (rear front opening) 28 formed on the back side, and a screw 27 is passed through a flange portion 29 formed in a zone of the rear front opening 28, and the screw 27 is provided inside the door portion 11. It is being fixed to the door part 11 by fastening to a pair of attachment plate 11c (FIG. 6 shows only one side). The flange portion 29 of the saucer portion 12 is formed so as to be orthogonal to the side wall 14 of the saucer portion 12. It can be said that the tray part 12 of this example is supported by the inner wall surface of the door part 11 by contact | abutting to the edge of the attachment plate 11c, and the periphery of the attachment hole 13. FIG. A bent portion 30 is formed at the lower portion of the tray back portion 26 to send the dropped tickets to the tray portion 12 side. The bent portion 30 is formed by bending the plate material of the tray back portion 26.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the ticket issuing unit 22 includes a printing unit 33 that performs a printing process on the roll paper 21, a conveyance drive unit 34 that conveys the roll paper 21, and a cutting unit 35 that cuts the printed roll paper 21. With. The ticket issuing unit 22 draws the roll paper 21 by a predetermined amount by the conveyance drive unit 34, prints a predetermined character or pattern by the printing unit 33, and after printing, sends out a predetermined amount by the conveyance drive unit 34, and then by the cutting unit 35 By cutting the roll paper 21, tickets are created. Below the ticket issuing unit 22, a pair of chutes 36 and 37 are provided as a passage when the tickets created by the ticket issuing unit 22 fall. The chutes 36 and 37 are made of a plate material that is opposed to each other and extends in the height direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the cutting unit 35 includes a driving blade 40 as a blade that moves when the roll paper 21 is cut, and a fixed blade 41 that is fixedly disposed so as to face the driving blade 40. . The cutting portion 35 is provided with a relief groove 42 as a gap for securing a space for movement of the drive blade 40. The driving blade 40 has a cutting edge formed in a substantially V shape (see FIG. 10). The fixed blade 41 has a cutting edge formed in a straight line and is disposed at a position slightly higher than the drive blade 40. The escape groove 42 is disposed at a position facing the drive blade 40 and is formed in a horizontal region.

  The ticket issuing machine 3 includes a guide unit 43 that can support the roll paper 21 from the back side when the roll paper 21 is cut by the driving blade 40 of the cutting unit 35. The guide portion 43 of this example has a two-sheet structure in which a resin sheet-like support portion 45 is attached to a frame 44 made of a metal plate material. At the upper end of the guide portion 43 (support portion 45), a projection portion 46 that supports the roll paper 21 from the back is provided.

Next, the operation of the ticket issuing machine 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 9 to 12.
As shown in FIG. 7, the roll paper 21 set in the ticketing machine 3 changes its direction while being in contact with a guide 48 provided on the upper part of the ticketing unit 22 and is drawn into the ticketing unit 22. By the way, the roll paper 21 drawn into the ticket issuing unit 22 has a large resistance at the corner when the paper turning angle θ is small in the path while being drawn into the ticket issuing unit 22, and slip occurs during paper conveyance in the ticket issuing unit 22. May occur. If this happens, tickets shorter than usual will be issued. Therefore, in this example, the substantially square-shaped guide 48 is provided on the path from the roll paper 21 to the ticket issuing unit 22 to increase the bending angle θ, thereby enhancing the conveyance force of the conveyance drive unit 34. Suppress the occurrence of slip. The ticket issuing unit 22 prints the print data on the roll paper 21 by the printing unit 33 when the print data corresponding to the ticket issue contents is input from the controller.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, the roll paper 21 on which the ticket issuing contents are printed is pulled out by a certain amount by the transport driving unit 34. As shown in FIG. 9B, the ticket issuing unit 22 pulls out a predetermined amount of the rolled paper 21 after printing, and cuts the rolled paper 21 by the cutting unit 35. The cut tickets pass through a path between a pair of opposed chutes 36 and 37 and fall to the tray 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the guide portion 43 (support portion 45) is provided with a protrusion 46 that supports the roll paper 21 from the back side when the roll paper 21 is cut. When the blade 40 is actuated, the roll paper 21 is supported on the back by the protrusion 46 so that the roll paper 21 does not enter the escape groove 42. Thereby, the situation where the cut tickets are not dropped while being sandwiched between the escape grooves 42 is avoided. Therefore, even if the roll paper 21 has a curl wrinkle, the roll paper 21 can be more reliably cut and dropped downward.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the cut coupons fall into the saucer portion 12 so that the lower end stands at the bent portion 30 of the saucer back surface portion 26 and falls down with this as a fulcrum. By the way, since the notch 49 exists by providing the opening part 18 inside the door part 11, when the cut | disconnected ticket takes the locus | trajectory like the figure, a ticket is notched. There is a possibility of being caught by the portion 49, and it is assumed that it does not reach the tray portion 12. As a countermeasure, the stepped position (the position of the bent portion 30) existing in the innermost part of the saucer portion 12 from the end edge (tip of the notch portion 49) P <b> 1 of the opening portion 18 formed in the door portion 11. The distance L1 to P2 may be dealt with by forming it longer than the overall length La of the tickets. When the user confirms that the tickets have entered the tray 12, the user puts his hand into the tray 12 from above and takes out the issued tickets from the tray 12.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when a ticket with a large curl is dropped, if the length L2 in the height direction of the chutes 36 and 37 is set to be larger than the curl diameter R, a pair of tickets Between the shoots 36 and 37, causing clogging. This can be dealt with, for example, by shortening the length L2 in the height direction of the chutes 36 and 37, but a paper jam detection sensor (one example is a photocoupler) 50a is provided inside the chutes 36 and 37. , 50b must be provided, so that the chutes 36, 37 need to have a certain length.

  Therefore, in the case of this example, among the pair of chutes 36 and 37, the chute 36 located on the side on which the tickets with curled ridges are wound is arranged on the path through which the tickets falling from the ticket issuing unit 22 pass. A stepped portion 51 is provided. The step portion 51 is formed by bending the plate material of the chute 36. In the step portion 51, the length L2 in the dropping direction of the tickets is set to be equal to or smaller than the minimum diameter of the curl diameter R, and the length L3 in the direction intersecting the dropping direction is set to a value about 1/2 of the minimum curl diameter. ing. By doing so, the tickets are not easily caught between the chutes 36 and 37, which is more advantageous for preventing the tickets from being clogged.

According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since the saucer portion 12 is attached to the door portion 11 so as to be embedded in the door portion 11, an attachment structure in which the saucer portion 12 is protected by the door portion 11 can be provided. Therefore, even if an impact or the like is applied to the saucer portion 12, it is supported by the door portion 11, so that the mounting strength of the saucer portion 12 can be ensured.

  (2) If the tray part 12 is attached so as to be embedded inside the door part 11, the door part 11 does not interfere with the housing part 10 when the door part 11 is opened. Therefore, the mounting structure of the saucer portion 12 is not affected by the interference with the housing portion 10, so there is no problem even if the saucer portion 12 is fixed to the door portion 11.

  (3) When the door portion 11 is opened, the tray portion 12 does not interfere with the housing portion 10, so that the door portion 11 can be greatly opened. Therefore, maintainability in the ticket issuing machine 3 can be ensured.

  (4) The tray portion 12 is arranged so that a part of the upper surface opening 16 into which a hand is placed when taking out the tickets is located behind the front surface 11 b of the door portion 11. Thereby, since it becomes possible to suppress the amount which the saucer part 12 jumps out from the front of the door part 11, the situation where a user contacts the saucer part 12 can be restrained few.

  (5) The cutting portion 35 is provided with a guide portion 43 that can support the roll paper 21 from the back side when the roll paper 21 is cut by the drive blade 40. By the way, the cutting portion 35 is provided with a relief groove 42 as a space for the drive blade 40 to move. However, if the cutting portion 35 is provided with the guide portion 43, for example, when the roll paper 21 with curled ridges is cut. Even so, the cut tickets are supported by the guide portion 43 and are difficult to enter the escape groove 42. Therefore, a situation in which the tickets enter the escape groove 42 is avoided, which is advantageous in preventing the tickets from being jammed.

(6) The saucer part 12 is formed in an inclined shape so that the height decreases toward the front side. Therefore, it is possible to make it easier to see the tickets issued and discharged to the tray 12.
(7) On the door portion 11, a tapered inclined portion 17 that opens the inside of the saucer portion 12 is formed above the saucer portion 12. Therefore, the inside of the saucer part 12 can be easily confirmed. In addition, the inside of the tray 12 can be easily confirmed even from the side of the ticket issuing machine 3.

  (8) The door portion 11 is provided with an opening 18 that opens the inside of the saucer portion 12 above the saucer portion 12. Therefore, the inside of the saucer portion 12 can be easily confirmed through the opening 18. Moreover, since it becomes possible to put a hand into the saucer part 12, it can also make it easy to take out the ticket issued.

  (9) The distance L1 from the edge of the opening 18 (the tip of the notch 49) P1 to the deepest stepped position (position of the bent portion 30) P2 of the tray 12 is from the total length La of the tickets. Is also formed long. Therefore, it is possible to make it difficult for a ticket to be caught at the edge of the opening 18 and stop, which is advantageous for making it difficult for the ticket to be jammed.

  (10) Of the pair of chutes 36 and 37, the chute 36 located on the side on which the tickets with curled ridges roll up is provided with a step portion 51 disposed on the path along which the tickets are dropped. The step portion 51 is configured such that the length L2 in the dropping direction of the tickets is set to be equal to or less than the minimum diameter of the curl diameter, and the length L3 in the direction intersecting with the dropping direction is set to a value about ½ of the minimum curl diameter. Yes. Accordingly, since the cut tickets are not easily caught between the chutes 36 and 37, it is more advantageous to prevent the tickets from being jammed.

Note that the embodiment is not limited to the configuration described so far, and may be modified as follows.
The method of creating tickets by the ticket issuing unit 22 (the method of conveying the roll paper 21 and the method of cutting) can be appropriately changed to various modes.

-The attachment position of the saucer part 12 is not limited to the front lower part of the door part 11, but should just be arrange | positioned at the door part 11. FIG.
-The inclination part 17 of the door part 11 is abbreviate | omitted, and it is good also considering the front surface 11b as a planar shape.

-The upper surface frontage 16 of the saucer part 12 may be entirely exposed on the front surface 11b side of the door part 11.
-The shape of the guide part 43 and the position of the projection part 46 can be suitably changed to things other than embodiment.
-The shape of the projection part 46 of the guide part 43 is not restricted to square shape, For example, you may change into other shapes, such as a triangular shape.

The guide portion 43 is not limited to a two-sheet structure, and one member may be formed.
-The attachment structure of the saucer part 12 is not restricted to being connected with the door part 11 via the attachment plate 11c, It is possible to change suitably, such as being fixed to the door part 11 directly.

-You may change the shape of the saucer back surface part 26 to shapes other than embodiment.
-The structure of the cutting part 35 can be changed into structures other than embodiment. Further, the shape of the drive blade 40 is not limited to a V-shaped blade edge, and can be changed to other blade edge shapes.

The tray 12 is not limited to being a separate part from the door 11 and may be integrally formed with the door 11.
-The saucer part 12 and the saucer back part 26 are not restricted to a separate structure, and may be integrated.

-Tickets are not limited to tickets for boarding, but can be changed to various issuing media.
Next, technical ideas that can be grasped from the above-described embodiment and other examples will be described below together with their effects.

  (B) The roll paper set inside the housing part is drawn and printed by the ticket issuing unit, and the tickets created by cutting the printed roll paper at the cutting part are discharged to the tray part. In the ticket-issuing machine which issues a ticket, when the roll paper was cut | disconnected with the drive blade of the said cutting part, the guide part which can support the said roll paper from the back side was provided. By the way, the cutting part has a gap that is located when the drive blade is driven, but if the roll paper has a curled ridge, the cut bills may enter this gap and not fall downward There was sex. Therefore, in this configuration, since the roll paper is supported from the back side by the guide unit when the roll paper is cut by the driving blade of the cutting unit, the cut tickets may enter the gap. Absent. Therefore, it becomes possible to make the cut | disconnected ticket more reliably fall to a saucer part.

  (B) In the ticket issuing machine, the tray portion is formed in an inclined shape so that the height decreases toward the front side. According to this configuration, it is possible to make it easier to see the issued tickets.

  (C) In the ticket issuing machine, an inclined portion that opens the inside of the tray portion is formed on the door portion above the tray portion. According to this configuration, it is possible to easily check the inside of the tray part.

  (2) In the ticket issuing machine, an opening for opening the inside of the tray portion is formed in the door portion above the tray portion. According to this configuration, it is possible to easily check the inside of the tray part.

  (E) In the ticket issuing machine, the distance from the edge of the opening formed in the door part to the stepped position existing in the innermost part of the tray part is greater than the total length of the tickets. It is formed long. According to this configuration, it is advantageous to make it difficult for the tickets to be jammed.

  (F) The ticket issuing machine includes a pair of chutes that form passages for the tickets cut by the cutting unit, and is located on a side of the pair of chutes where the tickets with curled ridges are rolled up. The chute includes a step portion disposed on a path along which the tickets fall, and the step portion has a length in the drop direction of the tickets set to be equal to or less than a minimum curl diameter and intersects the drop direction. The length in the direction to be set is set to a value of about ½ of the minimum curl diameter. According to this configuration, it is further advantageous to make it difficult to cause clogging of tickets.

  (G) In a fare box that can store a fare, a ticket created by drawing the roll paper set inside the housing part with a ticket issuing unit and printing it, and then cutting the printed roll paper at the cutting part. A ticket issuing machine for discharging the ticket to the tray portion and issuing a ticket is provided, and the tray portion is attached so as to be embedded inside the door portion that opens and closes the inside of the housing portion.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Ticketing machine, 11 ... Door part, 11b ... The front of a door part, 12 ... Receptacle part, 16 ... Upper surface opening, 21 ... Roll paper, 22 ... Ticketing unit, 35 ... Cutting part, 40 ... Driving blade, 43 ... Guide Department.

Claims (3)

Issuing a ticket by drawing the roll paper set inside the housing part by the ticketing unit, printing it, and cutting the roll paper after printing at the cutting part to the tray part In the machine
The ticket receiving machine, wherein the tray part is attached so as to be embedded inside a door part that opens and closes the inside of the housing part. The said tray part is arrange | positioned so that a part of upper surface frontage which puts a hand when taking out the said tickets may be located in the back rather than the front of the said door part. Ticketing machine. 3. The ticket issuing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a guide unit capable of supporting the roll paper from a back side when the roll paper is cut by a driving blade of the cutting unit.