JP3008155B2 - Ticket payout 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 dispensing apparatus for dispensing various tickets such as admission tickets and coupon tickets. In particular, the present invention relates to a belt-shaped ticket payout apparatus in which a plurality of tickets are continuously connected via a perforation for separation. In other words, the present invention relates to an apparatus for paying out a strip-shaped ticket that breaks apart when a tensile force is applied.

[0002] A "belt-shaped ticket" in which a plurality of tickets are linked in a belt shape and a perforation line for separation is provided between the tickets, a through hole is further provided in the center of the perforation line or the like.

2. Description of the Related Art As a ticket dispensing apparatus, there are, for example, those described in US Pat. No. 5,113,758 and US Pat. No. 5,370,264. The ticket dispensing devices disclosed in these publications have a structure in which a belt-shaped ticket is dispensed between two upper and lower elongated guide plates that are stacked.

That is, a belt-shaped ticket sandwiched between a pair of elongated guide plates is dispensed by a pair of upper and lower rollers facing each other through respective window holes formed in the center of the left and right edges of the guide plate. .
Therefore, in the payout apparatus described above, when the belt-shaped ticket is fed between a pair of upper and lower rollers, it is necessary to feed the lengthwise line of the belt-shaped ticket perpendicular to the rotation axis of the roller. In addition, there is a drawback that the belt-shaped ticket is fed obliquely with respect to the traveling direction due to an imbalance in the frictional force of the rollers acting on the left and right edges of the belt-shaped ticket.

[0004] As a result, there has been a problem that the stop positions of the through holes of the band-shaped ticket and the perforation lines for separation are deviated from predetermined positions. Thus, there has been a problem that the number of paid out tickets is not accurately counted or the band-shaped ticket is cut off at a position different from a predetermined position.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to ensure that the payout position can be accurately maintained when a belt-shaped ticket is fed between payout rollers.

In other words, the present invention has been developed for the purpose of a payout apparatus in which the number of tickets to be paid out can be made accurately and separation between tickets can be made accurately.

According to the present invention, there is provided at least a roller means for connecting a plurality of tickets in a belt shape and paying out a belt-shaped ticket having a through hole at the center of a separation line of each ticket. Endless belt means having projections which are inserted between the roller means and can be inserted into respective through holes of the belt-shaped ticket, and means for movably extending the belt means. A ticket payout apparatus characterized in that

Further, the present invention is a ticket dispensing apparatus characterized by comprising a cover means for covering the belt means with the belt-shaped ticket interposed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on the embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment according to the present invention as viewed from the front side. FIG. 2 shows FIG.
FIG. 6 is a partially omitted perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a main part of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a ticket dispensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention has a substantially square front plate 1 and a pair of large L-shaped side plates 2 extending from the back surface of the front plate 1. , 3. In the belt-shaped ticket T (see FIGS. 1 and 3), a plurality of tickets 21, 22, 23, and 24 are coupled in a belt-like shape with a perforation line for separation.
Tickets 21 and 2 to be conveyed in the center of the perforation line
For example, through holes 20 for counting the number of fours are provided.

A passage for a belt-shaped ticket T is formed between the left and right side plates 2 and 3. That is, the passage of the belt-shaped ticket T is formed by a horizontally elongated slit-shaped payout opening opened at the center of the front plate 1 from a horizontally elongated slit-shaped insertion opening 5 (see FIG. 2) provided at the rear end of the pair of side plates 2 and 3. 6
(See FIG. 1). An endless belt 7 for positioning and transporting the ticket is stretched at the bottom of the center of the passage of the belt-shaped ticket T. The belt 7 is desirably formed of rubber. It is needless to say that a caterpillar type may be used by using metal or resin.

On the surface of the belt 7, a plurality of projections 7A are arranged at equal intervals as shown in the drawing. Of course, these projections 7A are formed at appropriate intervals so as to easily fit into the respective through holes 20 of the belt-shaped ticket T. In other words, the protrusion 7A is a through hole 20 provided between each of the tickets 21 to 24 of the belt-shaped ticket T.
In order to ensure the conveyance of the belt-shaped ticket T. That is, the positioning of the belt-shaped ticket T during transportation is made accurate.

The projection 7A is formed in a conical shape so as to be easily inserted into the through hole 20, but it is a matter of course that the projection 7A may be a cylindrical pin. Next is the belt 7 here
Will be described. First, an electric motor 9 is attached to the outside of one side plate 2, and an axial worm 10 is fixed to a rotating shaft of the electric motor 9 (see FIG. 1). The worm 10 meshes with a disk-shaped wheel 11 which is fixed to one end of a drive shaft 12 which rotatably penetrates a pair of side plates 2 and 3.

A drive roller 13 is fixed to the center of the drive shaft 12, that is, the drive shaft 12 between the pair of side plates 2 and 3 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). A drive gear 17 is fixed to the other end of the drive shaft 12 penetrating the side plate 3. The driving gear 17 meshes with an upper gear 18, and the gear 18 is fixed to one end of a rotating shaft that rotatably penetrates the pair of side plates 2 and 3. A payout roller 16 is fixed to the center of the rotating shaft, that is, to the rotating shaft between the pair of side plates 2 and 3 (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

The driving gear 17 and the gear 18 are the belt 7
The gear ratio is set to 1: 1 so that the payout roller 16 and the payout roller 16 rotate synchronously. The belt 7 is stretched by three-point support of a driving roller 13, a first roller 14, and a second roller 15, as shown in FIG. The first roller 14 and the second roller 15 are rotatably held between the pair of side plates 2 and 3, respectively. Therefore, the belt 7 stretched at three points is rotated in the direction of the white arrow in FIG. 3 by the rotation of the driving roller 13.

A groove for receiving the belt 7 is provided at least in the center of the driving roller 13 and the tension roller 15 as shown in FIG. As a result, the outer surface of the belt 7 and the surfaces of the rollers 13 and 15 are substantially flush with each other, so that the belt-shaped ticket T can be smoothly delivered. The reason why the center of the dispensing roller 16 is greatly depressed is to allow the protrusion 7A of the belt 7 to pass through.
As shown in FIG. 1, the upper part of the passage of the belt-shaped ticket T is covered with a slightly large L-shaped cover plate 8, and the cover plate 8 is pivotally connected so as to be freely opened and closed.

A groove 8A for passing the projection 7A is formed on the lower surface of the cover plate 8. Also cover plate 8
Is provided with an opening 8B so that the path of the belt-shaped ticket T can be visually confirmed from the outside. The payout roller 16 is, of course, provided to face the drive roller 13 with a gap substantially equal to the thickness of one ticket. The dispensing roller 16 may of course be a material having friction for dispensing the belt-shaped ticket T, for example, a roller having a knurled surface in addition to natural rubber or synthetic rubber.

When the first ticket 23 paid out in FIG. 3 is to be separated from the second ticket 24 following the second ticket 24, the second ticket 24 sandwiched between the driving roller 13 and the discharging roller 16 is used. The ticket 24 will not be pulled out. This is because the rollers 13 and 16 interpose the gears 17 and 18 and the drive shaft 12 of the roller 13 meshes with the worm 10 via the wheel 11. This ensures that the first ticket 23 and the second ticket 24 are separated from each other, and prevents the second ticket 24 from being illegally pulled out.

Reference numeral 19 shown on the left side of FIG. 2 denotes an operation piece, which is a through hole 2 of the belt-shaped ticket T.
0 is detected. The operating piece 19 is combined with, for example, a microswitch (not shown). Of course, a photo sensor or the like is used as another detecting means. In this embodiment having the above-described configuration, the cover plate 8 in FIG. 1 is opened, and the leading end of the belt-shaped ticket T is inserted from the insertion slot 5 in FIG. The through hole 20 at the tip of the inserted belt-shaped ticket T is fitted into the projection 7A, and the cover plate 8 is closed.

Thus, when the electric motor 9 of FIG. 1 is driven, the belt-shaped ticket T is guided toward the payout port 6 by the belt 7. At this time, the projections 7A provided on the belt 7 are sequentially inserted into the through holes 20, whereby the belt-shaped ticket T and the position of the belt 7 are accurately and reliably. The belt-shaped ticket T is covered with a belt 7 by a cover plate 8.
The projection 7A does not come out of the through hole 20 of the belt-shaped ticket T because the pressing is performed. As a result, the belt-shaped ticket T is prevented from shifting in the length direction and the width direction of the ticket transport belt 7.

Thus, when the leading end of the belt-shaped ticket T is sandwiched between the driving roller 13 and the payout roller 16, the preparation for paying out the ticket is completed. The payout of the ticket is performed by driving the rollers 13 and 16, and the conveyance of the ticket 23 is stopped at a position where the paid-out ticket 23 passes through the rollers 13 and 16, for example. Therefore, the tip of the next ticket 24 is sandwiched between the rollers 13 and 16 with the belt 7 interposed therebetween as shown in FIG. When a pulling force is applied to the paid-out ticket 23 in this state, a force is applied to a perforation between the ticket 23 and the next ticket 24.

As a result, both are separated by the perforation, and only the first ticket 23 is pulled out of the apparatus.

According to the present invention as described above, since the belt-shaped ticket is accurately positioned in the path of the belt-shaped ticket by the action of the belt, the stop position of the belt-shaped ticket when the conveyance is stopped is always kept constant. The big effect of sagging will be obtained. As a result, the number of paid out tickets can be accurately counted, and the tickets can be reliably separated from each other.

Further, since the ticket issuance means includes the worm and the wheel, a braking action is performed. For this reason, the tickets are reliably separated from each other, and illegal removal of the tickets is prevented.
Further, since the cover plate can be freely opened and closed with respect to the path of the band-shaped ticket, the inside of the path can be easily cleaned.

In other words, according to the present invention, a part of an endless elongate belt is movably inserted between a pair of rollers for paying out a belt-shaped ticket, and the belt is stretched. A protrusion is formed in the through hole of the ticket so as to be freely inserted, and one of the rollers is driven to pay out the belt belt via the belt, so that the payout of the belt ticket is performed reliably and accurately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment according to the present invention as viewed from the front side.

FIG. 2 is a partially omitted perspective view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 as viewed from the rear side.

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing a main part of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

T: belt-shaped ticket, 20: through hole, 21, 22, 23,
24: ticket, roller means ... 13: drive roller, 16: payout roller, belt means ... 7: belt, 7A: protrusion, belt stretching means ... 14: roller, 15: roller, Covering means 8: Cover plate, 8A: groove.

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] At least a roller means for connecting a plurality of tickets in a band shape and dispensing with a band-shaped ticket having a through hole at the center of a separation line of each ticket interposed therebetween, and inserted between the roller means Endless belt means having projections which can be inserted into respective through holes of the belt-shaped ticket, and means for movably extending the belt means. Dispensing device. 2. The ticket dispensing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: cover means for covering said belt means with said belt-shaped ticket interposed.