JP2900515B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Technical field to which the invention pertains This invention has a ticket alignment function for receiving a ticket such as a commuter pass or a ticket used in a station service and aligning it on a reference plane. Related to such automatic ticket gates.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, an automatic ticket gate has an input port at one end and a discharge port at the other end, and the above-mentioned input port and the discharge port are linked by a belt conveyance system, and at the same time, from the input port. Toward the outlet, ticket alignment mechanism, magnetic data reader, magnetic data writer,
A magnetic data check unit, a punch punching unit, and a thermal printing unit are provided.

The above-described ticket alignment mechanism built in such an automatic ticket gate was configured, for example, as shown in FIG.

That is, a slot 91 is formed to allow both a commuter pass as a large-sized ticket and a ticket as a small-sized ticket, and a frame 92 is disposed following the slot 91. Is used as a reference surface 93 for ticket alignment, and pulleys 96, 97 are connected to the frame 92 via pulley shafts 94, 95.
The endless conveyance belt 98 is stretched between these pulleys 96 and 97, and the conveyance belt 98 is widely separated from the reference surface 93 on the input port 91 side and narrow on the inner back side. In addition to being inclined so as to be separated from each other, a width-adjusting roller 99 is provided on the halfway portion of the above-described transport belt 98 on the side opposite to the reference surface, and an inclined guide plate 100 is provided at a stage subsequent to the width-adjusting roller 99.

This conventional ticket alignment mechanism retracts the above-mentioned width-adjusting roller 99 and the inclined guide plate 100 when a commuter pass is inserted, and turns the direction of the ticket to some extent by the above-mentioned width-adjusting roller 99 when inserting a ticket. Thereafter, one side of the above-described ticket is gradually urged toward the reference surface 93 by the inclined guide plate 100 to align the tickets.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-described conventional mechanism, the width shifting roller 99
After turning the direction of the ticket to some extent, use the inclined guide plate 10
Since the alignment process is gradually performed at 0, the distance and the alignment time required for ticket alignment become longer, and if the inclination angle of the above-described transport belt 98 is increased for the purpose of shortening the distance required for ticket alignment, ticket jamming occurs. There was a point.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic ticket gate that can reduce the distance and the alignment time required for ticket alignment and reduce the size and size of the entire alignment mechanism.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, an insertion port for allowing large and small tickets of different sizes to be inserted is widely separated from an insertion port side with respect to a reference plane for ticket alignment, and the inside depth is narrow. An automatic ticket gate equipped with a separated conveyor belt, and a large-sized ticket is inserted from a neutral position to a width approaching side from a neutral position in response to the insertion of a small-sized ticket on the opposite reference surface side in the middle of the conveyor belt. A deflecting roller which is operated from the neutral position to the retreat side in accordance with the deflecting roller, and a deflecting detection sensor for detecting the diverting of the small-sized ticket is provided at the next stage of the deflecting roller; The present invention is characterized in that the automatic ticket gate is provided with an operation means for operating the deflecting roller to the width approaching side based on a detection output of a sensor.

(E) Action According to the present invention, when a small-sized ticket is inserted into the above-mentioned slot, the ticket is conveyed to the inner side by the conveyor belt, and then the ticket is changed to the neutral position. When the roller hits the roller, the rotation of the deflecting roller and the driving of the above-mentioned transport belt cause
When the direction of the ticket changes to some extent, the above-mentioned deflection detection sensor detects this deflection, and the above-described operating means operates the deflection roller to the width approaching side by the detection output of the detection sensor, and this deflection is detected. The small-sized ticket is forcibly aligned with the reference plane by the direction roller.

(F) Effects of the invention As described above, after the direction of the ticket has changed to some extent,
Since the tickets can be forcibly aligned by the deflecting rollers described above, the distance and the alignment time required for ticket alignment can be reduced, and the overall mechanism can be reduced in size and size.

(G) Embodiment One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

The drawings show a ticket alignment mechanism incorporated in an automatic ticket gate. In FIGS. 1 and 2, an L-shaped frame 1 is provided, and the inner surface of a vertical portion of the frame 1 is used as a reference surface 2 for ticket alignment.
And

An insertion slot 3 is formed at one end of the above-mentioned frame 1, and the size of the insertion slot 3 is a predetermined size that allows both a commuter pass as a large-sized ticket and a ticket as a small-sized ticket. It is set to the size of.

For this reason, the above-mentioned ticket can be inserted in any of the horizontal direction (see FIG. 6) and the vertical direction (see FIG. 10).

A pulley shaft 4,
5 on the upper and lower sides, and these pulley shafts 4 and 5 are driven by pulleys 6 and 7
Are each mounted on a shaft.

In addition, pulley shafts 8 and 9 are vertically mounted on the above-mentioned frame 1 on the inner rear side, and driving pulleys 10 and 11 are mounted on the pulley shafts 8 and 9 respectively.

A transparent endless type upper belt 12 is stretched between the upper driven pulley 6 and the driving pulley 10 on the same side, and the transparent belt between the lower driven pulley 7 and the driving pulley 11 on the same side is also transparent. The endless type of lower Venet 13 is stretched.

The upper belt 12 and the lower belt 13 are the reference surface 2
The belt 3 is inclined so that the slot 3 side is widely separated and the inner side is narrowly separated, and a commuter pass and a ticket are conveyed by the opposed portions of the upper and lower belts 12 and 13.

Here, the driving belt 14 is attached to the upper driving pulley 10 described above.
And a drive belt (not shown) is also stretched over the lower driving pulley 11 to transmit power.

A deflecting roller 15 is disposed on the side opposite to the reference surface in the middle of the above-described belts 12 and 13 at the ticket transfer area. The deflection roller 15 is formed of a tapered roller having a large diameter at both upper and lower portions and a small diameter at the center.

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the deflection roller 15 is moved from the neutral position (see FIG. 3) to the width approaching side (see FIG. 4) in response to the insertion of a small-sized ticket (ticket). , And in response to the insertion of a large-sized ticket (commuter pass) from the neutral position (see FIG. 3) to the evacuation side (see FIG. 5).

The operation mechanism of the above-described deflection roller 15 is configured as follows.

That is, the base end 18a of the substantially U-shaped arm 18 is fitted on the operation shaft 17 of the actuator 16, the deflection roller shaft 19 is stretched around the free end 18b of the arm 18, and the deflection roller shaft 19 is The drive pulley 20 is fitted to the lower part of the drive roller, and the deflection roller 15 is fitted to the upper part of the drive roller. The actuator 16 is driven to operate the deflection roller 15 from the neutral position to the width approaching side or the retracting side. ing.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a first sensor 21 and a second sensor 22 each having a light emitting element and a light receiving element are separately arranged in the above-mentioned slot 3 so that the ticket,
It is configured to detect the insertion of a ticket.

A third sensor 2 is provided on the reference surface 2 near the driven pulleys 6 and 7.
3 and a fourth sensor 24 is disposed at a position opposite to the belts 12 and 13 near the driven pulleys 6 and 7, and these sensors 23 and 24 are disposed.
Is configured to determine the type of the inserted ticket.

That is, a commuter pass (57.5 x 85m
m), the first, second, third, and fourth sensors 21 to 24 are simultaneously shielded from light to determine that the inserted ticket type is a commuter pass, and a ticket (30 In the case of (× 57.5 mm), since all the sensors 21 to 24 are not simultaneously shaded, it is determined that the inserted ticket type is a ticket.

Further, a fifth sensor 25 as a deflection detection sensor for detecting that the ticket has been deflected to some extent is disposed between the belt 12 and the next stage of the deflection roller 15 in the neutral state. I have.

The point that the above-mentioned ticket is deflected to some extent and shields the fifth sensor 25 from light will be described below.

There are two types of ticket insertion directions for the above-described insertion slot 3, that is, horizontally long (see FIG. 6) and vertically long (see FIG. 10).

First, when the ticket B is inserted into the above-mentioned slot 3 horizontally, the ticket B is sandwiched by the upper and lower belts 12 and 13 and is conveyed to the portion where the deflecting roller 15 is provided. It comes into contact with the direction roller 15 (see FIG. 6).

Next, the direction of the above-mentioned ticket B is slightly changed by the driving force of the belts 12 and 13 in the direction of the arrow and the rotational force of the deflection roller 15 (see FIG. 7).

Next, the direction is changed to some extent by the continuous addition of the driving force and the rotational force to the ticket B, and a part of the ticket B shields the fifth sensor 25 from light (see FIG. 8).

On the other hand, when the ticket B is vertically inserted into the above-mentioned slot 3, the ticket B is sandwiched between the upper and lower belts 12, 13 and is conveyed to the portion where the deflecting roller 15 is provided. It contacts the deflection roller 15 (see FIG. 10).

Next, the direction is slightly changed by the rotational force of the deflection roller 15 with respect to the above-mentioned ticket B (see FIG. 11).

Next, the direction is changed to some extent by the continuous addition of the rotational force of the deflecting roller 15 to the above-mentioned ticket B and the driving force of the belts 12 and 13 in the direction of the arrow. The light is shielded (see FIG. 12). In this way, when the direction of the above-described ticket B changes to some extent, the fifth sensor 25 as the deflection detecting sensor is shielded (see FIGS. 8 and 12). .

FIG. 14 shows a control circuit of the ticket aligning mechanism.
Sensor 21, second sensor 22, third sensor 23, fourth sensor 2
4. Based on the input from the fifth sensor 25, the actuator 16 and a transport system drive (not shown) are driven according to the program stored in the ROM 28, and the RAM 29 stores necessary data.

Here, the above-mentioned actuator 16 is an operating means for operating the above-mentioned deflecting roller 15 to the width approach side based on the detection output of the fifth sensor 25.

The operation of the thus arranged ticket aligning mechanism will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In a first step 31, the CPU 30 sends the first sensor 21 and the second
By determining whether at least one of the sensors 22 is shielded from light, a commuter pass or ticket B for the slot 3 is determined.
It is determined whether or not there is insertion, and at the time of insertion, the process proceeds to the next second step 32.

In the second step 32, the CPU 30 drives a transport system driving device (not shown) to drive the upper belt 12 and the lower belt.
13 and the deflection roller 15 is rotated clockwise in FIG.

Next, in a third step 33, the CPU 30 sets the first to fourth sensors 2
By determining whether or not 1 to 24 are simultaneously shielded, the type of ticket (commuter pass or ticket B) inserted into the insertion slot 3 is determined.

When the commuter pass is determined, the process proceeds to the seventh step 37. On the other hand, when the ticket is determined, the process proceeds to the next fourth step 34.

In the seventh step 37 described above, the CPU 30
To move the deflecting roller 15 from the neutral position shown in FIG. 3 to the retracted position shown in FIG.
To avoid interference.

Next, in an eighth step 38, the CPU 30 conveys the commuter pass to the next magnetic data processing section, and then proceeds to the next ninth step 39. In the ninth step 39, the CPU 30 controls the actuator 16 described above. After returning, the deflecting roller 15 in the retracted state shown in FIG. 5 is returned to the neutral position shown in FIG.

On the other hand, in the above-described fourth step 34, the CPU 30 executes the turning of the ticket. That is, by driving the upper and lower belts 12, 13 and rotating the deflection roller 15, the ticket B is changed from the state of FIG. 6 to the state of FIG. 8, or from the state of FIG. 10 to the state of FIG. .

Next, in a fifth step 35, the CPU 30 determines whether or not the direction of the ticket B has changed to some extent (see FIGS. 8 and 12) by determining whether or not the fifth sensor 25 has been shielded from light. And
When the fifth sensor 25 is shielded, the process proceeds to the next sixth step 36.

In the sixth step 36, the CPU 30 drives the actuator 16 to move the deflection roller 15 from the neutral position shown in FIG.
The user moves to the width approaching position shown in the drawing and presses and biases one side of the ticket B toward the reference surface 2 by the deflection roller 15 so that the other side of the ticket B is forced into contact with the reference surface 2. (See FIGS. 9 and 13).

Next, in an eighth step 38, the CPU 30 conveys the ticket B to the next magnetic data processing section, and then proceeds to the next ninth step 39. In the ninth step 39, the CPU 30 After returning, the deflecting roller 15 in the width-adjusted state in FIG. 4 is returned to the neutral position in FIG. 3, and a series of processing for ticket alignment and conveyance is completed.

Thus, after the direction of ticket B has changed to some extent,
Since the ticket B can be forcibly aligned by the above-mentioned deflection roller 15, compared with the conventional one in which the direction of the ticket is deflected to some extent by the conventional width-shifting roller 99 (see FIG. 16), the ticket alignment is improved. The required distance and alignment time can be reduced, and the entire alignment mechanism can be reduced in size and size.

In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the large-sized ticket of the present invention corresponds to the commuter pass of the embodiment, and similarly, the small-sized ticket corresponds to the ticket B, and The belt corresponds to both the upper belt 12 and the lower belt 13, the deflection detecting sensor corresponds to the fifth sensor 25, and the operating means corresponds to the actuator 16. It is not limited to only.

For example, it is a matter of course that the arm 18 and the deflection roller 15 may be configured to be operated by other means such as a single or a plurality of solenoids, instead of the actuator 16 described above.

[Brief description of the drawings]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a plan view of a ticket aligning mechanism, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the deflecting roller is moved toward the width, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the deflecting roller is retracted, and FIG. 6 is a view showing a state in which a horizontally inserted ticket is conveyed. Plan view, FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an initial state of turning of a ticket, FIG. 8 is a plan view when a sensor is shielded, FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an aligned state, FIG. 10 is a vertically inserted ticket FIG. 11 is a plan view showing an initial state of turning of a ticket, FIG. 12 is a plan view showing when a sensor is shielded, FIG. 13 is a plan view showing an aligned state, and FIG. 14 is control. FIG. 15 is a flow chart, and FIG. 16 is a schematic plan view showing a conventional ticket alignment mechanism. 2 ... Reference plane, 3 ... Injection port 12 ... Upper belt, 13 ... Lower belt 15 ... Deflection roller, 16 ... Actuator 25 ... Fifth sensor, B ... Ticket

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07B 11/00 G07B 15/00 B65H 9/16

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate having an entrance for accepting large and small tickets of different sizes and a conveyor belt whose entrance side is widely separated from a reference plane for ticket alignment and whose inner side is narrowly separated. A midway portion of the conveyor belt, on the side opposite to the reference surface, from the neutral position to the width approaching side in response to the insertion of a small-sized ticket, and from the neutral position to the evacuation side in response to the insertion of a large-sized ticket. A deflecting roller to be operated; a deflecting detection sensor for detecting a deflecting of a small-sized ticket at a stage subsequent to the deflecting roller; and the deflecting based on a detection output of the deflecting detection sensor. An automatic ticket gate equipped with operation means for operating the rollers to the side of the width.