JP2593771Y2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate machine which inserts a plurality of tickets in one ticket processing and processes the ticket, such as an ordinary ticket and an express ticket, that is, a so-called automatic ticket handling type. About ticket gates.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
As shown in the official gazette, regular tickets and limited express tickets (hereinafter referred to as
An automatic ticket gate has been proposed which can insert a plurality of tickets and perform a single ticket gate processing as shown in FIG.

[0003] In such a multi-ticket type automatic ticket gate, when the tickets are returned from the outlet in the order of insertion into the slot, the user (passenger) leaves before receiving all the tickets. The problem arises.

[0004] To prevent such inconveniences, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 56-74786,
A proposal has been made in which all tickets are discharged collectively to an outlet.

[0005] However, in the above-mentioned conventional collective discharge device, a small-sized ticket (for example, a width of 30 mm and a length of 57.5 mm (Edmonson ticket)) is placed under a large-sized ticket. When the sheets are stacked and discharged, the user may think that all the tickets have not been returned, and may stop in the ticket gate passage for a long time, thereby lowering the ticket processing efficiency.

Therefore, the applicants will explain later with reference to the drawings. Even if tickets of different sizes are inserted into the insertion slot in any order, the direction of the ticket may be inserted in any direction. Also proposes an automatic ticket gate that can be conveyed to the exit side in order from a ticket with a large surface and a large size.

[0007]

By the way, in order for the user to hold the ticket that has come out of the outlet, it is preferable that the ticket protrudes as much as possible from the outlet. However, there is a drawback that a complicated mechanism is required to stack the tickets of different sizes and discharge them at the same end, which increases the cost.

Therefore, the present invention uses a simple mechanism to reduce the size of a large-sized ticket in order by stacking the large-sized ticket in a stack and discharging the ticket as long as possible. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can be protruded from the vehicle.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a transport mechanism having a holding section for temporarily holding a ticket between an insertion slot and a discharge slot of a main body, and inserting the transfer mechanism. While a plurality of tickets inserted from the mouth are conveyed to the outlet by the conveyance mechanism, the ticket processing is performed by performing arithmetic processing based on data recorded on the tickets, and from the holding unit. In an automatic ticket gate equipped with a discharge mechanism that sequentially conveys a large-sized ticket toward the discharge port side, in the automatic ticket gate, the conveyance direction is directed to the discharge port side, below the conveyance end side of the discharge conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism. A stopper provided between the end of the belt conveyor and the end of the conveyor, and a stopper for stopping the movement of the ticket by the belt conveyor, and the end of the conveyor of the belt conveyor A first pinch roller provided and movably provided in the direction of the belt conveyor, and a first pinch roller provided on the conveyance end side of the belt conveyor and movably provided in the direction of the belt conveyor, and provided on the side of the belt conveyor. A second pinch roller that applies a conveying force to the ticket on the belt conveyor when moved; and a second pinch roller until the ticket is discharged from the discharge conveyance path onto the belt conveyor and the ticket comes into contact with the stopper. while,
First pinch roller control means for moving the first pinch roller in a direction away from the belt conveyor, and releasing the stop state of the stopper when all tickets are placed on the belt conveyor, Discharge control means for urging the second pinch roller toward the belt conveyor, and driving the belt conveyor from when the discharge control means starts operating until the ticket protrudes from the discharge port by a predetermined amount. And a drive control means.

[0010]

In the above arrangement, when all the tickets conveyed from the discharge conveyance path are placed on the belt conveyor, the stopper is released from the stop state and the second pinch roller is urged toward the belt conveyor. Then, the belt conveyor is driven to project the ticket from the discharge port by a predetermined amount.

[0011]

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 automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment. A ticket insertion slot 1 is provided at an upper part of one end side (right side in FIG. 1) of a main body a of the automatic ticket gate.
An outlet 2 for returning the ticket to the user is provided on the upper surface on the other end side.

A transport mechanism 3 is provided in the main body a of the insertion port 1 and the discharge port 2. The transport mechanism 3 is for sequentially reading the data such as the size and the like from the inserted ticket from the inserted ticket to the aligned transport path 3a for arranging the tickets inserted from the insertion port 1 in order from the insertion port 1 to the discharge port 2. The read transport path 3b having the magnetic heads H ₁ and H ₂ , the main transport path 3c having the temporary holding section 4, and writing, printing,
Post-processing conveyance path 3d having post-processing unit 5 such as punching
And a discharge mechanism 1 including a first pinch roller and a second pinch roller, which will be described later, including the characteristic components of the present invention.
0.

Although the details of the temporary holding section 4 have been separately proposed by the present applicants, they will be omitted before the last one of a plurality of tickets is inserted. And the wings W ₁ , W ₂ , W ₃ , and W ₄ are appropriately selected and driven, and are reserved in the retaining portions 4 a, 4 b, and 4 c with the upper, middle, and lower stoppers S. When the ticket is valid, the post-processing section 5 writes the ticket data and the like and discharges the ticket to the outlet 2. If there is even one invalid ticket, the ticket can be returned from the outlet 2 without writing the ticket data. Like that.

When the ticket is inserted into the insertion port 1 with the front side (the surface on which the boarding section or the like is printed) facing upward, the temporary holding section 4 is set in the discharge port 2. Drive in the direction of the solid arrow to send the ticket to the main transport path 3c.
When the reverse side is up, that is, when it is inserted upside down into the insertion slot 1, the belt conveyor of the temporary holding section 4 is driven in the direction of the dashed line arrow (see FIG. 1) to reverse the ticket and to make the main transport path 3c To be sent to the server. Therefore, even a ticket that is inserted upside down into the insertion slot 1 can be sent to the post-processing unit 5 with the front side up, and the printing unit and the like of the post-processing unit 5 when inserted with the front side up One type is sufficient, and the post-processing unit 5 can be simplified.

Further, each stopper S ₁ , S
_2, causes suitably selected driving the S _3, on, in, each stock portion 4a of the lower, 4b, 4c appropriately selected by driving the post-processing unit 5 from a large ticket size in the order (the discharge port 2) side It is configured to be able to send out.

In FIG. 1, C is a controller mainly composed of a microcomputer which controls the main body a. The discharge mechanism 10 according to the present embodiment is also controlled by the controller C. FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the discharge mechanism 10, and FIG. 3 is a diagram in which three types of large, medium, and small tickets A, B, and C are stacked and discharged from the discharge port 2. FIG.

The discharge mechanism 10 has a belt conveyor 11 provided below the discharge end of the discharge conveyance path 3e. The belt conveyor 11 is driven by a motor M different from a drive motor (not shown) of the transport mechanism 3, is provided with the transport direction facing the discharge port 2, and has a ticket on the belt conveyor 11. It is inclined so that it will not fall easily even if it is placed.

The wing W ₅ is provided in a discharge conveyance path 3 e facing the conveyance start end side of the belt conveyor 11,
It is provided so as to move as indicated by a two-dot chain line by a solenoid (not shown). The first pinch roller 12a and the second pinch roller 12b are provided above the conveying end side of the belt conveyor 11, and are urged toward the belt conveyor 11 by a solenoid (not shown) as shown by a two-dot chain line. It is configured to:

FIG. 4 shows the positional relationship between the belt conveyor 11 and the two pinch rollers 12a and 12b. The first pinch roller 12a is located at the upper middle of a pair of belt conveyors 11a and 11b forming the belt conveyor 11. And
Further, the second pinch roller 12b is connected to the belt conveyor 11b.
Is positioned opposite the upper end of the.

The stopper 13 is provided between the end of conveyance of the belt conveyor 11 and the discharge port 2, and can stop a ticket moving by the conveyance force of the belt conveyor 11, and is not shown. It is configured to be driven by a solenoid to move to a position where the stop state is released (see FIG. 5 described later).

The mounting table 14 is provided on the conveyor start end side of the belt conveyor 11, and the upper end thereof is located on the belt conveyor 1.
1 and has a function of receiving the ticket on the belt conveyor 11 so as not to fall.

Next, the operation of the automatic ticket gate according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In order to simplify the description, the ticket will be described as a set of two tickets. Now, in insertion slot 1,
When two tickets, i.e., the largest ticket and the smaller ticket are inserted, the first ticket, that is, the largest ticket, is transported from the discharge transport path 3e. Will be. In this case, the wing W ₅ is set to the solid line position in FIG. 2. Also, the second pinch roller 12
a moves in a direction away from the belt conveyor 11 until the ticket a contacts the stopper 13 (FIG. 5A).
reference). In FIG. 5, components with arrows indicate moving states, and components without arrows indicate stationary states. In FIG. 5A, the ticket a is guided onto the belt conveyor 11 from the conveyance start end of the belt conveyor 11, and the leading end in the conveyance direction is received by the stopper 13 and placed on the belt conveyor 11.

The ticket A received by the stopper 13 is effectively prevented from falling by the first pinch roller 12a being urged toward the belt conveyor 11 (see FIG. 5B).

When the tickets inserted into the insertion slot 1 are all the same size, the order in which the tickets are discharged from the temporary holding section 4 is not particularly limited. At this time, as ticket are shown in B and C in FIG. 3, when the smallest size tickets and ticket size size in the wings W ₅ Figure 2
Is set in the solid line position, tickets pass through the upper surface of Ungu W _5. Also, most cases of large ticket (for tickets Yi in FIG. 3), the wings W ₅ is set to the two-dot chain line position in FIG. 2, ticket passes through the lower surface of the wing W _5.

Next, wing W ₅ is set to the two-dot chain line position. Therefore, the next ticket sent to the discharge conveyance path 3e b, the tip portion of the conveying direction through the upper surface of the wing W ₅ is conveyed as thrown by aiming at the stopper S, boarding It is placed on the ticket a (see the chain line arrow in FIG. 2). Also during the transportation of the ticket B, the first pinch roller 12a operates in the same manner as in FIGS. 5A and 5B (FIG. 5).
(C) and (d)). Although not shown in FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. 2, when there is a next ticket C, the ticket is placed on the ticket B in the same manner as described above.

All the tickets a and b are on the belt conveyor 11
When it is detected by the sensor (not shown) that the device is placed on the stopper, the stopper S retreats as indicated by an arrow, and the second pinch roller 12b advances to the belt conveyor 11 side. That is, the stopper S releases the stop state, and the second pinch roller 12b applies a conveying force to the tickets A and B on the belt conveyor 11 (see FIGS. 5E and 5F). When the tips of the tickets a and b protrude from the position of the outlet 2 by a predetermined amount, that is, when the user protrudes by an amount that makes it easy for the user to grip the ticket, the motor M driving the belt conveyor 11 is used. Is stopped (see FIG. 5 (g)).

Therefore, the tickets A and B have the largest size ticket A below, the smallest size ticket B upward, and the leading ends of all the tickets A and B in the transport direction. They can be sent out to the discharge port 2 side. Therefore, the user can check all the returned tickets, and can easily take out the ticket from the outlet 2 and leave the ticket gate passage.

[0028]

[Effects of the Invention] The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has the second pinch roller in the ejection mechanism, so that a small-sized ticket is placed on a large-sized ticket, and the ejection is performed with the leading ends aligned. An amount that can be easily gripped by the user can be projected from the exit.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a discharge mechanism and guide means.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a stacked ticket on a discharge port side.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a relationship between a belt conveyor and a pinch roller.

FIG. 5 is a detailed diagram for explaining a discharge operation of a ticket.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 the body of the outlet 3 transport mechanism 3e discharge conveyance path 10 discharge mechanism 11 belt conveyor 12a first pinch roller 12b second pinch roller 13 stop a automatic ticket gate (body) W ₅ Wing Lee, B, C ticket

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Miki Komori 11-2, Hirade Industrial Park, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Pref. Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. Utsunomiya Office (56) References JP-A-56-74786 (JP, A) JP-A-2-310228 (JP, A) JP-A-6-84020 (JP, A) JP-B-51-11959 (JP, B1) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07B 11 / 00 G07B 15/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A transport mechanism having a holding section for temporarily holding tickets is provided between an insertion slot and a discharge slot of a main body of an automatic ticket gate, and a plurality of tickets inserted from the insertion slot are provided. While being transported to the outlet by the transport mechanism, the ticket processing is performed by performing arithmetic processing based on the data recorded in the tickets, and the size of the ticket increases from the holding section toward the outlet. An automatic ticket gate provided with a discharge mechanism for sequentially conveying the tickets from the ticket type, a belt conveyor provided below a conveyance end side of a discharge conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism whose conveyance direction is directed to the discharge port side, A stopper that is provided between the end of conveyance of the belt conveyor and the discharge port and stops the movement of tickets and the like by the belt conveyor, and a stopper that is provided on the end of conveyance of the belt conveyor, and A first pinch roller movably provided in the direction A, and provided on the conveyance end side of the belt conveyor, and movably provided in the direction of the belt conveyor;
A second pinch roller that applies a conveying force to the tickets on the belt conveyor when moved to the belt conveyor, and the tickets are discharged onto the belt conveyor from the discharge / conveyance path and the tickets are discharged. A first pinch roller control means for moving the first pinch roller in a direction away from the belt conveyor until the abutment with the stopper, and when all the tickets are placed on the belt conveyor. Discharge control means for releasing the stop state of the stopper and urging the second pinch roller toward the belt conveyor, and a predetermined amount of tickets and the like from the discharge port from the time when the discharge control means starts operating. And a drive control means for driving the belt conveyor until the belt is protruded.