JP2508750B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

Description: (a) Technical field to which the present invention pertains The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate apparatus for performing ticket gate processing of ticket gates such as airline tickets, for example.

(B) Conventional technology The automatic ticket gate used for the automatic ticket gate operation at the airport in the above-mentioned example cuts an airline ticket, which the passenger has entered into the slot, inside the
One of the stubs will be returned to the passenger as a boarding pass, and the other will be retained inside as a recovery ticket.

By the way, with such an automatic ticket gate, since it is not known whether the passenger will put the airline ticket upside down,
Even if an airline ticket is turned upside down, the stub (boarding pass) to be returned to the passenger is always directed upward and sent to the return slot, and therefore a front / back reversing means is provided inside. There is.

FIG. 5 shows a conventional example of an automatic ticket gate equipped with such a front / back reversing means. The ticket gate inserted into the slot 51 is
The front-back identification sensor 52 determines the front-back orientation, and in the case of the front-side insertion, the conveyance path 53 is sent as it is, and in the case of the back-side insertion, the flapper 54 puts the ticket into the reversing path 55 with its front end facing down. The sheet is guided in, the front and back reversing roller 56 is applied, and the sheet is sent out from the rear end side upward, and the front and back is reversed and returned to the original transport path 53.

Next, after reading the information with the magnetic head, the cutting device 58
(Since this part is the same as the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, the description is omitted.) The ticket gate is divided into front and rear, the front stub is placed on the transport path 59 and sent to the return port 60, and the rear part The stub is led to the collection path 62 selected by the flapper 61, and the collection box
Collect to 63.

However, the configuration shown in FIG. 5 has the following problems.

When the ticket is turned upside down, the ticket is turned upside down in the preceding stage of the magnetic head 57, so that it takes time to read information by the magnetic head due to the loss of time.

○ Since the front and back of the ticket is cut before it is cut,
The 55 has to be long according to the total length of the ticket gate, and has a large reversing mechanism.

○ Due to the double structure of the flapper 54 for reversing the front and back, the flapper 61 for recovery, and the reversal path 55 and the recovery path 62, the size becomes large and the space utilization efficiency deteriorates.

(C) Problem to be Solved by the Invention This invention is a front and back reversing means for one stub after cutting,
An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate measure having a compact and simple structure by arranging the other stub collecting means in the same place and in the same route.

(D) Means for Solving the Problem The present invention cuts into two pieces using a cutting device while the ticket gate inserted into the slot is being conveyed along the ticket conveying path, and returns only one half of the ticket. A device for delivering to the mouth, and forming a collecting path for the other half ticket branching from the ticket conveying path in the latter stage of the cutting device, and in the half ticket collecting path,
The automatic ticket gate is equipped with front and back reversing means for aligning the front surface of the stubs so that they are sent out to the return slot.

(E) Operation of the Invention According to the present invention, the ticket inserted into the slot with the front side facing upward and the ticket gate inserted into the slot with the rear side facing downward are first cut and sent to the return slot. Only when it is necessary to reverse the front and back of one stub, insert the stub into the stub collection path after cutting, then turn the stub back to the ticket transport path and turn the other stub back and forth. Collect through the stub collection path through the means.

(F) Effect of the invention As described above, the front and back reversing means is arranged in the latter stage of the cutting device,
By using the inside of the recovery path, the front and back reversing means and the recovery means are provided at the same location and the same path. As a result, there is no need to provide an independent reversing path for the front and back reversal in the path, and a single flapper And a single recovery path (reversal path), a compact and simple device can be obtained.

Further, since only the cut stubs need to be turned upside down, the turnover space in the collection path can be shortened and the size can be further reduced.

If the front and back of the ticket are aligned on the front side, the information can be read first regardless of the orientation of the inserted ticket gate, which speeds up information reading.

(G) Embodiment of the Invention Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The automatic ticket gate shown in FIG. 1 is used for ticket processing of airline tickets, and a slot 2 for the ticket A is opened on one side of the device case 1 and a return slot 3 is opened on the other side. Mouth 2,
3 are connected by the ticket conveying path of the belt conveyor group described below.

There is a cutting device 4 in the middle of the ticket transport path,
The first upper and lower belt conveyors 5 and 6 are connected between the cutting device 4 and the cutting device 4. In the upper and lower belt conveyors 5 and 6, magnetic heads 7 and 8 are arranged vertically with a portion where both belts are in contact with each other, and displaced in the conveying direction. The upper magnetic head 8 is for reading information of a ticket inserted into the slot 2 with the back side facing upward, and the lower magnetic head 7 is for reading information of a ticket inserted with the surface facing upward. Whether the ticket voucher A is facing up or down is discriminated depending on whether the head reads the information.

Second upper and lower belt conveyors 9 and 10 are arranged following the cutting device 4, and the tips of the ticket gate A into which the first upper and lower belt conveyors 5 and 6 have entered the upper and lower belt conveyors 9 and 10 collide with each other. A stopper 11 is provided, and a clamper 12 that holds the rear end of the ticket gate A stopped by the stopper 11 is provided near the end of the first upper and lower belt conveyors 5 and 6.

The stopper 11 is retracted from the ticket transport path after the ticket A is cut.

Of the second upper and lower belt conveyors 9 and 10, the lower belt conveyor is divided into front and rear parts 10a and 10b, and a front / back reversing means 13 is provided between them.

That is, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, when the dividing flapper is provided with the collecting flapper 14 and the flapper 14 is at the position of the solid line (lower side), the stub passes above it and the return port is returned. Up to 3. Conversely, when it is at the position of the chain line (upper side), the stub is dropped down. This downward path 15 leads to the recovery box 18 via the recovery belt conveyors 16 and 17, but at the upper position of the recovery belt conveyors 16 and 17, the guide plate 19 of the reversing path 15 and the solenoid 20 are provided. A front and back reversing touch roller 22 connected to the plunger 21 is provided.

The solenoid 20 rotates a support fitting 24 around a support shaft 23, and the front-back reversing touch roller 22 pivotally supported on the upper end of the support fitting 24 is connected to the pulley 2 of the second lower belt conveyor 10b.
The belt 26 wound around 5 is separated from and contacted with the belt 26. 27 is a solenoid for operating the recovery flapper.

Further, one printing device 28 is installed at an intermediate portion of the second upper and lower belt conveyors 9 and 10b, that is, at a position subsequent to the front / back reversing means 13.

In FIG. 1, S1 is a sensor for detecting a ticket insertion, S2 is a sensor for detecting that the ticket A has reached the cutting position, S3 is a sensor for detecting a stub of the return slot 3, and S4 is a stub. Is a sensor for detecting that the front and back reversing means 13 has entered.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, in which the CPU 29 is based on the inputs from the magnetic heads 7 and 8 and the sensors S1 to S4, and the clamper 12, the stopper 11, and the stopper 11 in accordance with the program stored in the ROM 30. The cutting device 4, the recovery flapper 14, the belt conveyor drive motor M, and the front / back reversing roller 22 are drive-controlled, and the RAM 31 stores information read by the magnetic head.

Next, the processing operation of the automatic ticket gate will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the first sensor S1 detects the ticket that has been inserted into the slot 2 in the first step n1, the motor M is driven in the second step n2, the belt conveyor moves, and the first belt conveyors 5 and 6 are ticket gates. The ticket A is conveyed, and the information is read in the third step n3 by one of the magnetic heads 7 and 8 in the middle of the transportation.

In the fourth step n4, the stopper 11 projects to the collision position, and the fact that the ticket A has collided with this, the fifth step n5
Then, when the second sensor S2 detects, the clamper 12 operates in the sixth step n6 to clamp the rear end of the ticket gate.

Therefore, the ticket gate A is stopped at the cutting position, and the cutting device 4 divides it into the front and rear in the seventh step n7.

In the eighth step n8, the disconnection timer is turned on, and in the ninth step n9, the recovery flapper 14 is rotated to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

Then, in the tenth step n10, as the cutting tire times up, in the eleventh step n11, the cutting device 4
At the 12th step n12, the stoppers 11 are turned off.

In the thirteenth step n13, whether or not it is necessary to reverse the front and back of the ticket depending on which of the magnetic heads 7 and 8 has read the information in the third step n3 is required. If not, immediately. The process moves to the 18th step n18, but if necessary, the process moves to the 14th step n14.

In the fourteenth step n14, the recovery flapper 14 is rotated to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 2, and the stubs (boarding tickets) conveyed by the second belt conveyors 9 and 10a are guided downward to be turned upside down. It leads to the inversion path 15 of 13.

When the fourth sensor S4 detects this in the fifteenth step n15, the recovery flapper 14 is turned off to the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 2, and in the sixteenth step n16, the front / back reversing roller 22 is rotated by the solenoid 20, A stub is sandwiched between the roller 22 and the belt 25 around the pulley 25 and the wound belt 26.

For this reason, the stubs are affected by the running force of the belt 26
It passes between 26 and the recovery flapper 14, and is extracted upward from the front / back reversing means 13, and is turned upside down between the belt conveyors 9 and 10b to enter.

In the eighteenth step n18, it is determined whether or not the printing process is necessary for the stubs conveyed to the return slot 3, and the printing process when it is necessary is performed in the nineteenth step n19.

After that, when it is conveyed by the belt conveyors 9 and 10b and the stub reaches the return port 3, at the 20th step n20, the third sensor S3
Detects this.

At the twenty-first step n21, the recovery flapper 14 again rotates to the position indicated by the chain line in FIG. 2, and at the twenty-second step n22, the front and back reversing roller 22 is separated from the belt 26, and at the twenty-third step n23, the clamper 12 moves. Release the other stub remaining in the cutting position.

Therefore, the stub is conveyed and enters the reversing path 15 of the front / back reversing means 13.

When this is detected by the fourth sensor S4 in the 24th step n24, the recovery belt conveyors 16 and 17 operate, and the 25th step n24.
At 25, it is collected in the collection box 18.

As this recovery is confirmed in the 26th step n26,
The recovery flapper 14 returns to the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 2, and the motor M is turned off (27th step n27, 28th step n28),
The ticket gate processing ends.

In this way, whichever of the magnetic heads 7 and 8
Depending on whether it is used to read the information, it is determined whether the ticket has been inserted into the slot 2 or whether it is face-up or face-down. The stub is turned upside down and returned to the customer.

Therefore, since the front surface of the stub drawn by the customer from the return port 3 is always facing upward, the boarding data on the front surface of the ticket can be quickly read.

Further, the front / back reversing means 13 has its reversing path 15 communicated with the recovery belt conveyors 16 and 17, whereby the front / back reversing mechanism and the recovery mechanism are provided at the same location and in the same path, thereby effectively utilizing the space. Can be done.

Further, since the object to be turned upside down is the stub and not the ticket ticket A as a whole, the inverting path 15 can be made short according to the length of the stub.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the ticket conveying path of the present invention is the belt conveyor 5 of the embodiment.
In the same manner, the stub collection path corresponds to the reversal path 15 and the collection belt conveyors 16 and 17 communicating with the stub collection path. It is not limited to only.

[Brief description of drawings]

 The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is an internal side view of an automatic ticket gate, FIG. 2 is an enlarged side view of the front and back reversing means, FIG. 3 is a control block diagram, and FIG. 5 is an internal flowchart of the conventional automatic ticket gate apparatus. A: ticket gate, 2 entry slot, 3 return slot, 4 cutting equipment 5,6,9,10a, 10b ...... belt conveyor 7,8 ...... magnetic head, 11 ...... stopper 12 ...... Clamper, 13 ... front and back reversing means 14 ... Recovery flapper, 15 ... Reversing path 16, 17 ... Recovery belt conveyor 22 ... Front and back reversing roller

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket gate inserted into a slot is divided into two pieces by a cutting device while being conveyed along a ticket conveyance path.
A device for sending out only one of the stubs to the return port, and forming a recovery path for the other stub that branches off from the ticket transportation route in the latter stage of the cutting device, and in the stub recovery path, the return port An automatic ticket gate equipped with front and back reversing means for aligning the front side of stubs so that they are sent out.