JP2546253Y2 - Ticket collection device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket collection device, and more particularly to a device capable of collecting a ticket uniformly in a collection box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, among tickets inserted into the body of a ticket processing machine such as an automatic checkout machine or an automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as a body), a ticket which does not need to be returned to a user is called a main body. It is configured to be collected in a collection box provided inside.

The collection of a ticket into a collection box is performed by a belt conveyor driven at a constant speed, one end of which is connected to the ticket processing unit side of the main body and the other end of which is connected to the collection box.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional ticket collection device is configured so that the ticket is always discharged into the collection box by a belt conveyor having a constant conveying speed. At a constant release rate into the collection box, and was stored in the collection box with a bias. For this reason, even if the collection box is not full and the ticket spills out of the collection box, or if a full sensor is attached to the collection box, the collection box must be filled before it actually fills. There was an inconvenience that the main body stopped.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket collection device capable of uniformly storing a ticket in a collection box. It is in.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, of the tickets inserted into the main body, a ticket which does not need to be returned is collected into a collection box provided in the main body. In the ticket collection device to be collected, at one end of the upper opening of the collection box, a transport mechanism for releasing the ticket at a release speed reaching the other end of the upper opening, and a ticket released from the transport mechanism. And a collision body provided at a receiving position and reciprocating from one end to the other end of the upper opening.

[0007]

In the above arrangement, the ticket released from the transport mechanism collides with the collision body and falls. Since the collision body reciprocates through the upper opening, the ticket falls on average in the collection box.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment. A collection box 1 is provided in a main body (not shown), and is formed of an upper opening type box formed in a volume capable of storing a predetermined number of tickets. ing.

A belt conveyor (corresponding to the transport mechanism of the present invention) formed by forming a part of a pair of endless belts facing each other 2
Is provided in a substantially horizontal state with one end thereof facing one end of the upper opening 1a of the collection box 1 and the other end facing a ticket processing section (not shown) provided in the main body. I have.

The belt conveyor 2 is configured to be driven by a motor (not shown) whose rotation is controlled by a controller (not shown) for integrally controlling the main body (not shown). ing. The conveying speed of the belt conveyor 2 is determined so that the ticket a released from the belt conveyor 2 reaches one end of the upper opening 1a (the side opposite to the belt conveyor 2).

The collision body 3 has a downwardly inclined surface, is provided at the upper opening 1a and at a position for receiving a ticket a released from the belt conveyor 2, and is provided at one end of the upper opening 1a. It is provided so that it can reciprocate to the end side. That is, the collision body 3 is provided in the reciprocating chain 4 provided in the upper opening 1a.

In the above configuration, when the main body operates and a ticket a that needs to be collected occurs in the main body, the motor is started and the conveyance of the belt conveyor 2 is started.

Accordingly, the ticket a is discharged from one end of the belt conveyor 2 toward one end of the upper opening 1a. At this time, the reciprocating motion of the collision body 3 is started by the chain 4. Therefore, the ticket a released from one end of the belt conveyor 2 collides with the collision body 3 and falls into the collection box 1. Since this drop is performed through the reciprocating collision body 3, the stacked state of the tickets a stored in the collection box 1 is substantially uniform, and the volume of the collection box 1 can be used without waste. Become. The chain 4 stops driving when the driving of the belt conveyor 2 is stopped, and when the belt conveyor 2 is driven again, the chain 4 starts reciprocating again from the previously stopped position. You.

In the above-described embodiment, the driving of the collision body 3 is started when a ticket to be collected is generated.
During operation of the main body a, it may be driven at all times.
Further, the shape of the collision body 3 may be a vertical wall instead of the inclined surface.

[0015]

The present invention provides a transport mechanism for releasing a ticket at one end of an upper opening of a collection box at a release speed reaching the other end of the upper opening, and a ticket released from the transport mechanism. And a collision object provided so as to reciprocate from one end to the other end of the upper opening, so that the ticket falls into the collection box via the collision object. Therefore, the tickets can be stacked almost uniformly in the collection box, and the collection box can be used effectively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 collection box 1a opening 2 belt conveyor (transportation mechanism) 3 colliding body a ticket

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A ticket that is not required to be returned among the tickets inserted into the body of a ticket processing machine such as an automatic payment machine is collected in a collection box provided in the body of the ticket processing machine. In the ticket collection device, at one end of an upper opening of the collection box, a transport mechanism for releasing a ticket at a release speed reaching the other end of the upper opening, and a position for receiving a ticket released from the transport mechanism. And a colliding body provided so as to reciprocate from one end of the upper opening to the other end thereof.