JP6357977B2 - Automatic ticketing machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic ticketing machine that is installed at a train station or the like and issues tickets such as a boarding ticket, a seat designation ticket, and an express ticket.

  A conventional automatic ticketing machine installed in a station or the like has an operation opening, which is a space divided by two side walls, a front wall, and a bottom, on the front of the device, and a card insertion slot on the front wall. Ticketing outlets and the like are provided to issue tickets, commuter passes, and the like (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-198480 (paragraphs 0002, 0016-0018, FIGS. 1 and 2)

However, in the above-described conventional technology, since the card insertion slot, ticket issuing slot, etc. are directly open on the front wall of the operation opening of the automatic ticketing machine, the automatic ticketing machine is used as a station for purchasing express tickets, etc. If it is installed outdoors such as in a home, the media such as express tickets and cards will be used when it rains, when inserting a ticket for payment, when taking out a special express ticket, etc. There is a problem of getting wet. This is a particular problem when the automatic ticketing machine is installed in a home without a roof.
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and means for preventing wetness of a medium such as an express ticket or a card even when an automatic ticketing machine is installed outdoors such as a station platform. The purpose is to provide.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a housing, an opening formed on the front surface of the housing, and a medium handling port that is disposed on the back side of the opening and inserts and / or discharges a medium. A panel in which a notch is formed in front of the medium handling port is formed in the opening, the upper end of the notch is formed in a mountain shape, and a peak is formed on the upper part of the upper end. A groove having a shape is formed, and a chamfer is provided on the upper part of the groove .

  As a result, the present invention can prevent rainwater that falls from the upper side through the front surface and falls into the opening from flowing into the medium handling port and falling onto the medium handling port. There is an effect that the medium can be prevented from getting wet.

Explanatory drawing which shows the external appearance of the automatic ticketing machine of Example 1 Explanatory drawing which shows the card handling part of Example 1. Explanatory drawing which shows the panel of Example 1. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the panel of Example 2. FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the panel of Example 3 ((a) Front view, (b) Enlarged view of AA cross section) Explanatory drawing which shows the effect | action of Example 3.

  Embodiments of an automatic ticketing machine according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The automatic ticket issuing machine according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an automatic ticketing machine, which is installed at a platform of a station, and has a function of issuing tickets as a medium such as a train ticket, seat reservation ticket, commuter pass, and various reservation tickets to customers. Have. The automatic ticketing machine according to the present embodiment is a card-dedicated automatic ticketing machine that pays a fee with a card as a medium possessed by a customer.
An operation display unit 2 is provided on the front surface of the housing 3 of the automatic ticketing machine 1 and is configured by a combination of a display screen such as an LCD and an input means such as a touch panel. It has a function of displaying a screen for prompting the customer's treatment and receiving input from the customer by the input means.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a front door which is a part of the front plate of the housing 3, and a staff member who performs maintenance of the automatic ticketing machine 1 performs maintenance or the like when troubles such as replenishment of paper sheets or jamming occur. Open and close for.
Reference numeral 5 denotes a ticket handling unit as a medium handling unit, and a ticket for fare adjustment is inserted in the center in the height direction on the back side of the rectangular opening 5a provided on the front side of the front door 4. In addition, there is a ticket insertion / extraction port as a medium handling port for discharging issued express tickets etc., and the boarding section recorded on the magnetic stripe etc. of the customer's ticket inserted from the ticket insertion / extraction port It has a function of reading and writing ticket information such as the expiration date and issue date, a function of printing ticket information and notes on a ticket issued to a customer, and the like.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a card handling unit as a medium handling unit, which is used for an IC chip or a magnetic stripe of a customer IC card or credit card inserted from a rectangular opening 6a provided on the front side of the front door 4. It has a function of reading and writing card information such as recorded cash balances and account information of customer accounts.
Since the ticket handling unit 5 has the same configuration as the card handling unit 6 except that the handled medium is different, only the card handling unit 6 will be described in the following description.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the card handling unit 6 is provided with a card insertion / ejection port 10 as a medium handling port for inserting and ejecting a customer's card at the center in the height direction on the back side of the opening 6a. The card insertion / extraction port 10 takes in the customer's card into the housing 3 and discharges the card after processing such as reading, and places the customer's card on the card. Is composed of a stage 12 for guiding the card to the card insertion / removal hole 11 and for placing the card discharged from the card insertion / removal hole 11 to be taken out by the customer, and guide plates 13 erected on both side edges of the stage 12. Is done.

In addition, in order to ensure the visibility and operability of the card on the stage 12, an inclined surface 15 that is inclined downward from the upper end of the opening 6 a toward the back side is provided above the stage 12. In order to support the stage 12, a support base 16 having a slope inclined upward from the lower end of the opening 6a toward the back side is provided below the opening 12, and a frame is provided around the opening 6a. A body 17 is provided.
As described above, since the card insertion / ejection port 10 of the present embodiment is disposed at a position that does not protrude from the front surface of the front door 4, the stage 12 is not damaged by being pushed from directly above, and is operated by the customer. However, it does not cause injury such as injury by hooking a hand or the like on the corner or the like of the stage 12.

In the front of the card insertion / discharge port 10 of the card handling unit 6 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. A panel 20 is provided.
The panel 20 is a plate-shaped member that is formed of a metal material such as a steel plate and covers the inclined surface 15 provided on the upper side of the opening 6a. The lower side of the stage 12 is a frame body on the lower side. A cutout portion 21 is formed in a rectangular shape with a width equivalent to the opening on the inner side of 17.

Further, in order to improve the visibility and operability of the card on the stage 12, the notch portion 21 is formed with a chevron portion 22 whose upper end portion is notched into a convex mountain shape on the upper side. In the central portion, which is the top portion of the portion 22, a relief portion 23 that is notched in a convex arc shape on the upper side is formed in order to prevent a finger or the like from hitting the card when the card is inserted or removed.
That is, the notch portion 21 of the present embodiment is composed of a rectangular notch on the lower side, a chevron portion 22 and a relief portion 23.

As described above, in this embodiment, the opening 20a of the card handling unit 6 of the front door 4 is provided with the panel 20 that covers the upper part thereof and forms the notch 21 in front of the card insertion / discharge port 10. It is possible to prevent rainwater falling from the upper side of the front door 4 and falling into the opening 6a from flowing into the card insertion / discharge port 10 which is a medium handling port and falling onto the stage 12 or the like. It is possible to prevent the card from getting wet when the card is inserted, ejected, or removed.
Moreover, since the mountain-shaped part which notched the upper end part of the notch part 21 in the mountain shape was provided, the visibility and operativity of the card | curd on the stage 12 can be improved.

Furthermore, since the central portion of the chevron 22 is provided with a relief portion 23 cut out in an arc shape, it is possible to prevent a finger or the like from hitting at the time of card insertion / removal, and to further improve operability at the time of card insertion / removal. Can be improved.
Furthermore, since the card handling unit 6 of this embodiment has no portion protruding from the front surface of the front door 4 such as a rain guard, for example, the stage 12 can be prevented from being damaged by being pushed from above. It is possible to prevent the operating customer from catching his hand or the like on the corner of the stage 12 to cause injury such as injury.

Below, the automatic ticketing machine of a present Example is demonstrated using FIG. Note that parts similar to those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 4, the panel 20 covering the upper side of the opening 6 a of the card handling unit 6 of the present embodiment has an upper portion of the chevron 22 and the relief 23 formed at the upper end of the notch 21. A mountain-shaped groove 30 is formed along the shape of the mountain-shaped portion 22 and the relief portion 23.

  The groove 30 is a bottomed groove formed by digging the front surface of the panel 20, and since the size of the water droplet formed by rainwater is about 0.5 to 4 mm in diameter, the depth is 2 mm. The groove width is formed to be 3 mm or more and 5 mm or less as described above. Rainwater falling from the upper side of the groove 30 along the front surface of the front door 4 is captured and guided downward from the stage 12 to the side. It has the function of dropping it.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the mountain-shaped portion 22 formed on the upper end portion of the notch portion 21 and the mountain-shaped groove 30 are provided on the upper portion of the escape portion 23. Therefore, in addition to the same effects as those of the first embodiment, Thus, rainwater falling on the opening 6a along the front surface of the front door 4 from above can be captured by the groove 30 and guided from the stage 12 to the side to be dropped downward, so that the rainwater flows into the medium handling port. The card can be prevented from flowing into the card insertion / ejection port 10 and falling onto the stage 12 or the like, and the card can be prevented from getting wet when the card as the medium is inserted, ejected, or removed. .

Below, the automatic ticketing machine of a present Example is demonstrated using FIG. 5 and FIG. The same parts as those in the first embodiment and the second embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted.
In the panel 20 covering the upper side of the opening 6a of the card handling unit 6 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, a groove for rainwater that falls from the upper side to the opening 6a along the front surface of the front door 4 is provided. In order to more easily capture by 30, chamfering 40, which is a slope inclined upward from the bottom toward the front side, for guiding rainwater to the bottom of the groove 30, on the front side of the upper end face of the groove 30. Is provided (see FIG. 5B).

Further, the upper end surface of the chevron 22 and the escape portion 23 formed at the upper end of the notch 21 of the panel 20 is formed on the inner side of the housing 3 from the end surface as shown in FIG. A chamfer 41a which is a slope inclined upward toward the inner side of the housing 3 is provided, and a thin plate portion 41b is formed on the front side of the upper end face thereof.
By providing such a thin plate portion 41b, when the size of the water droplet and the drop angle are the same, the thin plate with a thin tip has a horizontal movement distance compared to the thick plate shown in FIG. Becomes shorter, and it becomes possible to drop water drops almost directly below.

This is because a thin plate with a thin tip has a smaller surface tension with the end surface when a water drop falls.
The thin plate portion 41b formed by the chamfer 41a may be provided on the entire upper end surface of the chevron portion 22 and the relief portion 23, but at least above the stage 12 on the upper end surface of the notch portion 21. It is sufficient to form in the area.

  Thus, in this embodiment, since the thin plate portion 41b is provided on the front surface side of the upper end surface of the notch portion 21, in addition to the same effects as those of the second embodiment, the thin plate portion 41b is transmitted from above to the front surface of the panel 20. It becomes possible to make it easy for the rain water falling on the notch portion 21 to fall directly below the inside of the housing 3, and the rain water flows into the card insertion / discharge port 10 which is a medium handling port, and on the stage 12. It is possible to prevent the medium from getting wet when the card as the medium is inserted, ejected, or removed.

In the above embodiments, the panel 20 is described as being formed of a metal material such as a steel plate, but the panel 20 may be formed of a transparent resin material such as polycarbonate or acrylic. In this way, it is possible to further improve the visibility at the time of inserting, discharging, and taking out a medium such as a card.
Further, in each of the above embodiments, the panel 20 is described as being provided in place of the frame body 17, but the rectangular cutout on the lower side remains the frame body 17, and the chevron 22 and / or the relief on the upper side. A panel in which a cutout portion made of the portion 23 is formed may be provided, and a panel in which the cutout portion made of the chevron portion 22 and / or the relief portion 23 is formed on the inner surface on the upper side of the frame body 17 is fitted. You may make it.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the medium handling port has been described as performing insertion and ejection of a card or a ticket that is a medium. However, a bill insertion port that only inserts a banknote that is a medium or a boarding that is a medium Even if the present invention is applied to an automatic ticket issuing machine having a ticket discharge port that only discharges tickets such as tickets, the same effect as described above can be obtained. In short, if the panel 20 of the present invention is provided at the medium handling port for inserting and / or discharging the medium, the medium can be prevented from getting wet.

  Furthermore, in each said Example, although demonstrated that the automatic ticketing machine 1 was an automatic ticketing machine only for a card, even if it applies this invention to the automatic ticketing machine which enabled the payment of the charge by a banknote or a coin, it is the same. The effect of can be obtained. In this case, when providing the banknote handling part and the coin handling part as the medium handling part, the panel 20 described in each of the above embodiments is provided at the banknote insertion / extraction port, the coin insertion port, and the coin payout port. If so, it is possible to prevent wetting of the bills and coins that are the medium.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the automatic ticketing machine 1 has been described as being installed at the station platform. However, the automatic ticketing machine 1 is installed in a parking ticket automatic ticketing machine installed in a parking lot or a self-service gas station. If the present invention is applied to an automatic ticketing machine that discharges a receipt or the like, the same effect as described above can be obtained. In this case, when the automatic ticketing machine includes a medium handling unit for banknotes and coins, if the panel 20 of the present invention is provided at the medium handling port for banknotes and the like, Wetting can be prevented.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic ticketing machine 2 Operation display part 3 Housing | casing 4 Front door 5 Ticket handling part 5a, 6a Opening part 6 Card handling part 10 Card insertion / extraction port 11 Card insertion / extraction hole 12 Stage 13 Guide plate 15 Inclined surface 16 Support stand 17 Frame Body 20 Panel 21 Notch portion 22 Angle portion 23 Escape portion 30 Groove 40, 41a Chamfer 41b Thin plate portion

Claims (6)

The body,
An opening formed in the front surface of the housing;
A medium handling port that is arranged on the back side of the opening and performs medium insertion and / or ejection,
The opening is provided with a panel having a notch formed in front of the medium handling port,
While forming the upper end of the notch in a mountain shape, forming a mountain groove in the upper part of the upper end ,
An automatic ticketing machine, wherein a chamfer is provided at an upper portion of the groove . In the automatic ticketing machine according to claim 1,
2. The automatic ticketing machine according to claim 1, wherein the chamfer is a slope inclined upward from the bottom of the groove toward the front. In the automatic ticketing machine according to claim 1 or claim 2,
An automatic ticket issuing machine, wherein a relief portion is provided at a central portion of an upper end portion of the notch portion. In the automatic ticketing machine as described in any one of Claim 1 thru | or 3,
An automatic ticketing machine, wherein a thin plate portion is formed on an upper end surface of the notch portion. In the automatic ticketing machine according to claim 4 ,
The automatic ticket issuing machine, wherein the thin plate portion is formed on a front side of the end face. In the automatic ticketing machine as described in any one of Claim 1 thru | or 5 ,
The automatic ticketing machine, wherein the panel is made of a transparent resin material.

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