JPH0113432B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improvement in a ticket inserter device which distributes tickets conveyed by rotating rollers to a stacker on or below a horizontal table using a switching gate and then carries them out.

Conventionally, in this type of sheet inserter device, the horizontal table had to be as long as or longer than the sheet, which caused problems such as an increase in the size of the device and poor operability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket inserter device that solves the above-mentioned problems.

However, the ticket inserter device according to the present invention has the following features:
The rear end of the cut sheet being guided and carried out onto the horizontal table by the switching gate is detected, the switching gate is moved, and the rear end of the cut sheet is moved between a part of the switching gate and a fixed member facing it. The feature is that the cut sheet is held on a horizontal table by holding it in place. Hereinafter, one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a conveyance roller that is rotationally driven by a rotation drive means (not shown), and a pinch roller 2 is pressed against and rotatably supported by the conveyance roller. A switching gate 5 is provided behind both rollers 1 and 2 so as to be rotatable around a shaft 12. A horizontal table 4 is provided behind the switching gate 5, and a stacker 8 is arranged below the horizontal table 4. Detectors 9 and 10 each include a light emitting element and a light receiving element. Further, 6 is a cut guide plate, the lower end of which acts as a fixing member for holding the cut with a part of the switching gate 5, as will be described later.

The tickets 3 and 7 brought in from the front of the rotating rollers 1 and 2 are conveyed one by one between the rotating rollers 1 and 2. When the switching gate 5 is positioned at the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 1 by a drive means (not shown), the single sheet 3
is the horizontal table 4 along the top surface of the switching gate 5.
will be guided upwards. When the detector 9 detects passage of the trailing edge of the cut sheet 3 and outputs a detection signal, a driving means (not shown) rotates the switching gate 5 upward in response to this detection signal. As a result, as shown in FIG. held horizontally. Therefore, even if the horizontal table 4 is made sufficiently smaller than the size of the cut sheet, there is no problem in holding the cut sheet.

Note that the detector 10 is provided for the purpose of detecting the removal of a cut sheet held horizontally.

When the switching gate 5 is in the upper position as shown in FIG. 2, the cut sheet 7 is guided by the lower surface of the switching gate 5 and carried out into the stacker 8.

As described above, the ticket inserter device according to the present invention can reliably hold the ticket in a horizontal state even if the horizontal table is shortened, so that the device can be miniaturized. In conventional devices, in order to increase the conveyance speed of tickets, it was necessary to have a sufficient length of the horizontal table, and there was a problem that the conveyance speed was limited due to the size of the device, but with the present invention, The tobacco problem can also be solved at the same time. Furthermore, since the horizontal table can be shortened and the tip of the cut sheet can be held in a state protruding from the horizontal table, it is easy to remove the cut sheet to be carried out and the operability can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are schematic cross-sectional views showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the switching gate in a horizontal state, and FIG. 2 shows the state in which the switching gate is rotated upward and Shows the state where it is held. 1... Conveyance roller, 2... Pinch roller, 3, 7...
Single sheet, 4...Horizontal table, 5...Switching gate, 6
...Single guide plate, 8...stacker, 9, 10...detector, 12...shaft.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. At least one pair of opposing rotating rollers, a movable switching gate provided at the rear thereof, a horizontal table provided at the rear thereof, and a stacker provided below the stacker; In a ticket inserter device that conveys a ticket carried in to the back and selectively carries it out onto the horizontal table or into the stacker under the guidance of the switching gate, the ticket inserter device includes a detector for detecting the rear end of the ticket. , when the detector detects the rear end of the cut sheet guided onto the horizontal table by the switching gate, the switching gate is moved, and the rear end of the cut sheet guided onto the horizontal table by the switching gate is moved. A cut inserter mechanism, characterized in that it is configured to clamp the rear end of a cut and hold it on the horizontal table.