JP2898335B2 - Ticket posture alignment and transfer device of automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a ticket posture of an automatic ticket gate that corrects and arranges the postures of tickets having different sizes, such as a regular ticket and a regular ticket, in a fixed direction. The present invention relates to an improvement in an alignment transport device.

[Conventional technology and problems to be solved by the invention]

2. Description of the Related Art In an automatic ticket gate that turns on tickets of different sizes, such as a regular ticket and a regular ticket, a ticket attitude aligning and conveying device is provided at the next stage of the ticket slot. This ticket attitude aligning and conveying device forms an ordinary ticket arrangement passage through which an ordinary ticket can pass when a regular ticket is inserted into a ticket slot, and changes the width when the regular ticket is inserted, and changes the width of the regular ticket. To form a commuter pass alignment passage that can pass through.

However, in the above-mentioned ticket attitude alignment and conveyance device, the state where the ordinary ticket alignment passage is formed is determined as the localization, and the commuter ticket alignment passage is formed only when a regular ticket is inserted, and immediately returns to the home position after passing the ticket. It takes time to process ticket gates for commuter pass passengers because it is configured to
During the morning / evening rush hours when there are many commuter pass passengers, there is a problem that ticket processing for passengers is delayed, and the frequency of transition from the ordinary ticket aligned passage state to the commuter ticket aligned passage state is high, This caused equipment failure.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems in the conventional ticket attitude alignment and conveyance device, and has been developed in consideration of the above-described problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket attitude aligning and conveying device. According to the present invention, only when a ticket having a size different from that of the ticket that has passed the previous time is entered, the transition operation from one of the aligned passage states at that time to the other aligned passage state is performed, and a ticket of the same size is entered. In such a case, the problem is solved by maintaining the state of the aligned passage already formed for the previous ticket.

[Means for solving the problem]

Means adopted by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned technical problem will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention, a transport mechanism (2) for transporting two or more types of tickets (T1, T2) having different sizes, and a wall-shaped ticket guide disposed on one side along the transport mechanism (2) (11) and an alignment passage (W1, W2) arranged on the opposite side of the ticket guide (11), one end of which is rotatably supported and the other end of which is rotated and displaced, according to the width size of the passing ticket.
And a ticket attitude aligning means (3) formed between the ticket attitude (3) and the driving means (4 ') for rotating the ticket attitude aligning means (3). In the aligning / conveying means, the driving means (4 ') keeps holding the position of the ticket attitude aligning means (3) even after passing the ticket, and the size of the next inserted ticket is different from the size of the last inserted ticket. Only when the ticket attitude alignment means (3)
By rotating each of them so as to be controlled so as to be displaced to a position corresponding to the size of the ticket (T1, T2) inserted this time and to maintain the state thereof, To solve the technical issues.

(Operation)

In the ticket attitude aligning / transporting apparatus configured as described above, the driving means (4 ') operates to activate the ticket attitude aligning means (3) only when the size of the inserted ticket is different from the size of the immediately preceding inserted ticket. ) Is rotated to form an alignment path (W1, W2) for the tickets (T1, T2) to be aligned between the ticket guide (11) and this state is maintained even after the tickets have passed. On the other hand, when the size of the tickets (T1, T2) is the same, the driving means (4 ') is not operated, and the ticket attitude arranging means (3) responds to the immediately preceding ticket by the ticket guide (11). The alignment passage formed between them is maintained as it is.

With such a configuration, for example, during commuting hours, commuter pass passengers are almost always continuous, so that the ticket attitude aligning means (3) can perform most of the alignment processing at the commuter pass position, so that quick ticket gate processing is possible. Can be performed. On the other hand, since the ordinary tickets are continuous except during the commuting time, most of the arrangements can be performed with the ticket posture aligning means (3) at the corresponding position. As a result, the number of operations for the alignment process is significantly reduced, which greatly contributes to high reliability and long life of the device.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, what is designated by reference numeral (1) is a channel-shaped ticket passage described from a ticket insertion port to a ticket discharge port of an automatic ticket gate (not shown). This ticket aisle (1) is designated by the symbol (2)
And a guide provided on both sides thereof, and a long plate-shaped ticket guide (11) is fixed to one side. On the opposite side, a short side plate (12) facing the ticket guide and a ticket posture aligning means (3) following this are arranged.

In the ticket transport mechanism (2), the ticket input port side extends slightly diagonally away from the ticket guide port (11) from the ticket guide (11), and includes an upper drive pulley (21b), an upper driven pulley (21a), and By rotating a pair of endless belts (21c, 22c), which are tensioned between the lower drive pulley (22b) and the lower driven pulley (22a), in opposite directions, a normal ticket (T1) having a different size and a regular The ticket (T2) is transported along the ticket guide (11) from the ticket slot to the ticket slot.

An auxiliary roller (21d) that guides the front and back surfaces of the ordinary ticket (T1) and the regular ticket (T2) on both sides of the pulley is provided on the support shaft of the driven pulley (21a, 22a) on the ticket slot side, respectively. , 22d).

The ticket alignment mechanism (3) indicated by the reference numeral (3)
Has one end pivotally supported and the other end pivotally displaced to form an alignment passage (W1, W2) between the ticket guide (11) and the passage according to the width of the passing ticket. ing. The ticket alignment mechanism (3) of the embodiment includes a support shaft (31b) erected on a horizontal substrate (31a) of a base (31) fixed to a bottom plate (13) of a ticket passage (1), and a support shaft (31b). (31b) and a pair of upper and lower posture correction levers (32, 32) rotatably mounted on
And (2) a posture alignment arm (33) rotatably attached to the support shaft (31b).

The attitude correcting lever (32) is connected to the horizontal pulley (3) on the driven pulley (21a, 22a) side of the ticket transport mechanism (2).
Extension coil spring (32b) locked to pin (31c) of 1a)
The clockwise rotation is promoted by the control, and a first closing stopper (S1) disposed on the ticket transport mechanism (2) side by operating a self-holding solenoid (4) described later.
Rotate until it comes into contact with. This posture correction lever (3
At the end of 2), a posture correcting roller (32a) is provided. The posture correction roller (32a) is connected to both posture correction levers (32,
It is fitted eccentrically to the rotary shaft (32d) inserted through the endless belt (21c, 22c) at the approximate center of the ticket transport mechanism (2), as shown in FIG. The small-diameter portion at the center portion faces the ticket transport path (R). Then, the attitude correcting roller (32a) is connected to the rotating shaft (3
2d) is eccentrically rotated counterclockwise by the drive of a motor (not shown) connected to the lower transmission pulley (32e) via a belt (32f) to the lower transmission pulley (32e), and the regular ticket (T1) and the regular Correct the attitude of the ticket (T2) so as to follow the ticket guide (11) (see FIGS. 1 and 3).

On the other hand, the posture alignment arm (33) faces a rubber pad (32c) provided substantially at the center of both posture correction levers (32.32). The posture alignment arm (33) is wound around the support shaft (31b) and has one end at a posture correction lever (3).
The torsion coil spring (33b) locked in 2) is biased in the closing direction with respect to the position correction lever, and is moved toward the ticket transport mechanism (2) with the rotation of the position correction lever (32). The rotary operation is performed between the disposed second closing stopper (S2) and the third opening stopper (S3) disposed on the opposite side of the second closing stopper. The posture alignment arm (3
At the tip of 3), that is, at the tip of the ticket guide (11), a posture alignment guide (33a) having a vertical section of "U-shape" opened toward the ticket transport mechanism (2) is fixed. The attitude alignment guide (33a) is located between the attitude correction roller (32a) and the drive pulleys (21b, 22b) of the ticket transport mechanism (2), and is positioned close to the ticket guide (11). The vertical wall (33a1) is inclined so as to approach the drive pulleys (21b, 22b) asymptotically from the distal end of the posture alignment arm (33).

The one designated by reference numeral (4) is a self-holding solenoid, which constitutes a driving means (4 ') together with the torsion coil spring (33b) and the like. The self-holding solenoid (4) is fixed to the vertical board (31d) of the base (31), and its plunger (41) is connected to the extension coil spring (32).
On the opposite side of b), it is connected to a posture correcting lever (32) and rotates the ticket posture aligning means (3).

When a voltage of a predetermined polarity is applied between the input terminals, the self-holding solenoid (4) pulls in the plunger (41) (retreats), keeps the state as it is, and keeps the retreat state even if the energization is stopped. For example, a configuration is known in which a permanent magnet capable of forming a magnetic circuit is arranged via a plunger (41), and the magnetic circuit is closed at the plunger retracted position and held by the magnetic force of the permanent magnet. . And
By applying a voltage of the opposite polarity between the input terminals, the magnetic field of the permanent magnet is canceled, so that the permanent magnet can be freely moved to the extended position. In the embodiment, the plunger returns to the extended position and stops (holds) by the urging force of the torsion coil spring (33b). When it is desired to change the state in this way, it is only necessary to input a drive signal for a short time, and one of these two states can be held without power supply.

The self-holding solenoid (4) is driven by a plunger (41) in response to two types of input signals determined according to detection conditions of each ticket (T1, T2) of a photo sensor (5) described later.
The plunger (41) is kept in the state of advance or retreat as long as a retreat operation is possible and a signal different from the previously input signal is not input.

Therefore, the driving means (4 ') mainly composed of the self-holding type solenoid and the aforementioned stopper and torsion coil spring.
Means for arranging said ticket posture even after passing the ticket (3)
Is maintained, and only when the size of the next inserted ticket is different from the size of the previously inserted ticket, the ticket attitude aligning means (3) is rotated and the currently inserted ticket (T1, T2 ) Is displaced to a position corresponding to the size, and the state is maintained (controlled).

The one designated by reference numeral (5) is a plunger (41) of the self-holding solenoid (4) by optically detecting the ordinary ticket (T1) and the regular ticket (T2) inserted into the ticket slot. Is a photosensor which is a detection unit for causing the unit to move forward and backward. The photo sensor (5) is provided on the driven pulley (21a, 22a) side of the ticket transport mechanism (2).
When the beams of at most three optional photosensors are simultaneously cut off, an ordinary ticket alignment signal is output, and the self-holding solenoid (4) is excited accordingly. If all four beams are cut off at the same time,
The commuter pass alignment signal is output, and the self-holding solenoid (4) is correspondingly excited to the opposite polarity to release the retracted state, and the extended state is held by the torsion coil spring and the stopper.

As described above, in the embodiment, when the state is changed by using the self-holding solenoid, the predetermined signal may be output for a short time. In the embodiment, the control circuit has a simple configuration in which an output according to the size is applied every time a ticket is inserted, and the output does not change (ignored) when the size of the inserted tickets is the same. Of course, the control may be appropriately performed so that the output is performed only when the size of the inserted ticket differs in the logic circuit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a transition operation of the ticket attitude alignment mechanism of the above-described embodiment device, and a flowchart showing schematic control. The operation of the apparatus according to the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be briefly described. In the state shown in FIG. 1 (the holding state after passing the ordinary ticket), when the regular ticket (T2) is inserted into the ticket slot, the photo sensor (5) The plunger (41) of the self-holding solenoid (4) retreats as shown in FIG. 3 based on the commuter pass alignment signal from. At this time, the posture correcting lever (32) of the ticket posture aligning mechanism (3) rotates counterclockwise while resisting the tensile force of the tension coil spring (32b), and the rubber pad (32c) moves to the posture aligning arm (33). Then, the posture aligning arm is rotated until it comes into contact with the third opening limit stopper (S3) so as to be in a position suitable for the commuter pass width (fourth.
See figure). Thereby, the posture alignment guide (33a) forms the commuter pass alignment passage (W2), and the posture of the passing commuter pass is aligned. This state is maintained as it is. Then, in the above-mentioned state, when a regular ticket (T2) of the same size is continuously inserted into the ticket slot, the self-holding solenoid (4) keeps holding the plunger (41) in the retracted state. Therefore, the width of the commuter pass alignment passage (W2) of the previous commuter pass (T2) is maintained as it is, and the current commuter pass is also properly aligned.

However, if the regular ticket (T1) of a size different from that of the previous regular ticket (T2) inserted and passed in the above (according to) state is inserted into the ticket slot,
As shown in FIG. 1, the plunger (41) of the self-holding solenoid (4) is unlocked in response to the ordinary note alignment signal from the photo sensor (5), and is ready to advance,
Therefore, the posture correction lever (32) is connected to the extension coil spring (32).
Since it is rotated clockwise by the pulling force of b) and returned to the position where it comes into contact with the first closing limit stopper (S1), the posture adjusting arm (33) is turned by the closing force of the torsion coil spring (33b). ), Hits the second closing stopper (S2) and stops at that position, and sets the attitude alignment guide (33a) to a position suitable for the width of the ordinary note (see FIG. 4). In this way, the attitude alignment guide (33a) forms a normal ticket alignment passage (W1) having a width appropriate for alignment of the ordinary ticket (T1) between the ticket guide (11) and the attitude of the passing ordinary ticket. . This state is maintained as it is. In this state, the posture correction lever (32) and posture alignment arm (33)
And a gap (S) is formed between them. Since the plunger (41) of the self-holding solenoid (4) is held in the advanced posture alignment guide (33a) by the tension force of the extension coil spring (32b), the ordinary ticket alignment for the ordinary ticket (T1) is performed. The passage (W1) is maintained as it is after passing the ticket. If the next ticket inserted from the ticket slot is an ordinary ticket (T1) of the same size, the plunger (41) of the self-holding solenoid (4) is held in the advanced state. , The state where the ordinary ticket arrangement passage (W1) is suitable for the previous ordinary ticket (T1) is maintained as it is, and the arrangement operation is performed without any trouble. On the other hand, when the size of the inserted tickets is different (commuter ticket insertion), the driving means is actuated correspondingly for the first time, and the width of the alignment passage is changed to that for regular use. Hereinafter, similar control is repeated.

In this way, the alignment passage is always adjusted to the width suitable for the inserted ticket, but it is not necessary to change the width of the alignment passage as long as tickets of the same size continue, as a result, the processing time is shortened, the durability of the mechanism is extended, and Power saving is achieved.

Although the device of the present embodiment is generally configured as described above,
The present invention is by no means limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the technical scope described in “Claims”. By connecting the mold solenoid (4) to the attitude correcting lever (32) of the ticket aligning mechanism (3), the ordinary ticket aligning passages (W1) having different widths are provided between the attitude aligning guide (33) and the ticket guide (11). ) And the commuter pass alignment passage (W2) are described. However, two general solenoids, which move the plunger forward and backward by energization and disconnection, are used to reverse the posture correction lever (32) on both sides. The orientation aligning guide (33) and the ticket guide (11) are arranged in such a manner that the plungers of the pair of solenoids are connected to the attitude correcting lever and alternately move forward and backward according to the detection conditions of the photosensor (5). Between It is also possible to form a pass-through ticket passage (W1) and a commuter pass pass (W2) (in this case, no power-saving effect is obtained). ),
The fluid supply circuit of this fluid pressure cylinder is connected to a photo sensor (5).
By alternately shutting off according to the detection conditions, a regular ticket alignment passage (W1) and a commuter ticket alignment passage (W2) having appropriate widths are formed between the posture alignment guide (33) and the ticket guide (11). Such a configuration naturally belongs to the technical scope of the present invention. It is also possible to increase the specified position by adapting the driving means and its control unit to make the ticket size judgment correspond to two or more ticket types.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, according to the present invention, only when the ticket size is different from the previously inserted one, the ticket posture aligning means is rotated and an appropriate An arrangement passage for tickets having a width is formed, and when the ticket sizes are the same, the ticket arrangement means is configured to maintain the arrangement passage formed for the previous ticket. The frequency of operation for setting the alignment passage state corresponding to the size is significantly reduced.

Therefore, the device of the present invention can shorten the ticket processing time for commuter pass passengers concentrating in the morning and evening, and ordinary ticket passengers concentrating in the daytime, perform a smooth ticket gate operation, and provide a long service life for components. Its practical merits, such as extension, are extremely large.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a device of this embodiment, in which a ticket attitude aligning mechanism approaches a ticket transport mechanism and forms a normal ticket aligning passage with a ticket guide. FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the attitude aligning mechanism, FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a state in which the ticket attitude aligning mechanism of the apparatus forms a commuter pass aligning path between the ticket conveying mechanism and the ticket guide, and FIG. 3A and 3B are an explanatory diagram illustrating a transition operation of a ticket attitude alignment mechanism of the device and a flowchart illustrating schematic control. (11): ticket guide, (2): ticket transport mechanism, (3): ticket attitude alignment mechanism, (4): self-holding solenoid, (4 ′): drive means, (T1): ordinary ticket, ( W1): Ordinary ticket alignment passage, (T
2): Commuter pass, (w2): Commuter pass aligned aisle.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. Two or more types of tickets (T
1, T2), a wall-shaped ticket guide (11) arranged on one side along the transport mechanism (2), and an opposite side of the ticket guide (11). A ticket posture in which one end is rotatably supported at one end and the other end is rotationally displaced to form an alignment passage (W1, W2) corresponding to the width size of the passing ticket between the ticket guide (11) and the ticket guide (11). Alignment means (3) and said ticket attitude alignment means (3)
And a driving means (4 ') for rotating the ticket position in an automatic ticket gate, wherein the driving means (4') holds the position of the ticket posture aligning means (3) even after the ticket has passed. Subsequently, only when the size of the next inserted ticket is different from the size of the previously inserted ticket, the ticket attitude aligning means (3) is rotated to change the size of the currently input ticket (T1, T2). The ticket attitude alignment and conveyance means of the automatic ticket gate controlled to be displaced to the set position and maintain the state.