JPH0239292A - Ticket sheet running mechanism for ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply plural tickets from one ticket issue slot by running ticket sheets of single slips from a ticket sheet cassette along the reference face of a running path one by one to join this ticket sheet to another ticket sheet by a separating and supply means at the time of issuing two or more tickets like a passenger ticket and a super-express ticket, an admission ticket and a seat reservation ticket, or an airline ticket and a board ticket. CONSTITUTION:Ticket sheets 2a' as single slips, where an unwritten magnetic stripe is already printed, accumulated in a ticket sheet cassette 3 are led out one by one, and the ticket sheet 2a' is run along a reference face 10 of a running path 27. Ticket sheets 2b which are accumulated in a ticket sheet cassette 25 and will pair with ticket sheets 2a' are led out one by one, and the ticket sheet 2b is put on the ticket sheets 2a by a joining roll 32 rotated at right angles to the reference face, and these two ticket sheets are pressed and closely brought into contact with each other by a pressure roll 33. Thereafter, this laminated body is caught between a pair of running rolls and is sent to a magnetic read/write part. Thus, plural kinds of thicket are issued to one ticket issue slot, and the device constitution is simplified and the cost of the device is reduced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that writes necessary information on pre-stored unprinted ticket paper and releases it as a ticket. This paper pertains to the ticket running mechanism of the ticket issuing device.

[Conventional technology]

BACKGROUND ART In recent years, reservation systems have been developed in various fields, including the field of transportation and entertainment such as theater and music concerts.

In such systems, in order to accurately manage a large amount of reservation information depending on the reservation type, automation of reservations has been promoted for a long time, and ticketing devices for various industries have been proposed and put into practical use. has been done.

Such ticket issuing devices include those that handle web-shaped tickets and those that handle single ticket tickets.

Devices that handle web-shaped tickets have the advantage of being equipped with a bin tractor device to prevent skewing of tickets and misalignment of the printing start position. In addition, it is necessary to have a bin tractor device and a cutter device.

For these reasons, there has recently been a demand for a device that handles single-ticket tickets that does not require cutting.

When handling tickets, there is a risk that the tickets may move too fast or run diagonally on the travel path, so the ticket running mechanism is equipped with a mechanism to prevent or correct such occurrences. There is a need.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view showing a conventional example of a ticket running mechanism of this type of ticket issuing device.

In the figure, ■ is a ticket issuing device, 2 is a single ticket, and an unwritten magnetic stripe is printed in advance on the ticket to be read by a bidding device or the like during use.

3 is a ticket cassette; 4 is a stage for stacking ticket sheets 2; 5 is a stage for stacking ticket sheets 2;
is a picker roller that comes into contact with one of the uppermost sheets of ticket sheets 2 accumulated on the stage 4, and the picker roller 5 is rotationally driven in the sheet feeding direction by a drive motor (not shown).

Reference numeral 6 denotes a ticket paper separation/feeding section disposed opposite to the picker roller 5, and this paper separation/feeding section 6 serves as a heavy speed prevention mechanism.

The separation paper feed section 6 includes a paper feed roller 7 that is rotated in the paper feeding direction by a drive motor (not shown), and a separation roller 8 that is in contact with the paper feed roller 7 and rotated in the opposite paper feeding direction by a drive motor (not shown). It is more structured.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a travel path for the ticket paper 2, and the travel path 9 is formed along a wall-shaped travel reference surface 10 provided within the ticket issuing device 1.

11 is an aligner section installed on the running path 10,
The aligner section 11 includes an aligner belt 12 which is placed with its front side closer to the reference surface 10, and this aligner belt 1.
It is composed of an aligner roller 13 that presses the aligner roller 2 with a constant pressing force.

14a to 14f are running rollers that run the ticket 2 along the running path 9, and the running rollers 14a to 14f are rotationally driven in the ticket running direction by a drive motor (not shown).

15a to 15f are the running rollers 14a to 14, respectively.
The pressure rollers 15a to 15f contact the ticket sheet 2 and the running roller 1.
Frictional force is generated between 4a to 14f, and the ticket paper 2 runs due to this frictional force.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a magnetic read/write unit installed on the running path 9, and the read/write unit 16 includes a magnetic write head 17 for magnetically writing various information on the magnetic stripe on the ticket paper 2. It has a magnetic read head 18 that reads the written information for confirmation.

19 is a printing section installed on the running path 9;
has a thermal printing head 20 for writing characters, etc. on the ticket paper 2, and a platen roller 21 disposed opposite to the nuclear thermal printing head 20.

22 is a discharge port, and 23 is a ticket stacker.

The operation of the apparatus with the above configuration is as follows.

First, when a ticket issuance command is input from a keyboard (not shown), a drive motor (not shown) is driven to raise the stage 4 and set the ticket paper 2 at the paper feeding position.

Next, when the picker roller 5 is rotated in the paper feeding direction and the ticket paper 2 on the stage 4 is fed out, the ticket paper 2 enters the contact area between the paper feed roller 7 and the separation roller 8 of the separation paper feed section 6.

Here, due to the rotation of the paper feed roller rough, a frictional force acts between the separation roller 8 and the ticket paper 2 in the paper feeding direction, so that the paper ticket 2 has no weight and 1
A sheet of ticket paper 2 is fed.

As described above, the ticket sheet 2 fed out by the separation sheet feeding section 6
are separated into one sheet and transported.

Subsequently, the ticket sheet 2 is passed between the aligner belt 12 and the aligner roller 13 of the aligner section 11, and the travel position and travel angle of the ticket sheet 2 are corrected while pressing the ticket sheet 2 against the reference surface 10.

After correcting the running position and running angle, the running roller 14a
, 14b to transport the ticket 2 to the magnetic read/write unit 1.
Send to 6.

In the magnetic read/write section 16, a magnetic write head 17
Ticket information is magnetically written on the magnetic stripe on the ticket paper 2. Furthermore, the written ticket information is read and confirmed by the magnetic lead bet 18.

The ticket paper 2 subjected to the magnetic writing process is transported by a running roller 14c,
14d, it is sent to the printing section 19.

In the printing section 19, the thermal printing head 20 prints necessary information on the ticket 2 that has been determined to be well read by the magnetic reading described above.

Thereafter, the ticket paper 2 that has been subjected to the magnetic writing process and the printing process is discharged from the discharge port 22 to the ticket stacker 23, and finally, the stage 4 is lowered by a certain amount to bring the ticket paper 2 into a reset state.

This completes the series of ticket issuing operations.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, according to the conventional technology having the above-mentioned configuration, since the running path is provided in a straight line along the reference plane, various problems described below occur.

In other words, since only one ticket paper cassette can be installed on a running route, only one type of ticket can be issued, such as train tickets and limited express tickets, theater tickets and reserved seat tickets, etc.
In the case of airplanes, if two or more tickets need to be issued, such as a flight ticket and a boarding pass, two devices must be installed, which not only has poor operability but also increases equipment costs. There is a problem.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention has a configuration in which tickets of the second and subsequent types are run along a reference surface after joining the running path, and multiple types of tickets are run to one ticket issuing gate. The purpose of this invention is to realize a paper ticket running mechanism that allows

A further object of the present invention is to obtain a configuration in which the above-described merging operation is performed using a driving mechanism of a traveling roller system, thereby realizing simplification of the device configuration and reduction in cost.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a solenoid that controls the drive of a traveling roller system and adjusts the rotation angle.

Drive control of merging roller systems with different drive timings is performed.

That is, the present invention separates and feeds single tickets from a ticket cassette onto a running path one by one, and moves the tickets to a predetermined position by a running row while traveling along a reference plane of the running path. In a ticket running mechanism of a ticket issuing device that writes and discharges various ticket information on a ticket paper cassette, a paper separating and feeding means is provided for separating and feeding the tickets in a ticket paper cassette at right angles toward the reference plane;
A merging roller is provided between the paper separation and feeding means and the reference surface for merging the ticket paper into the travel path.

Further, a first urging means that always urges a pressure roller facing the merging roller in a direction of separation, and a second urging means that always urges a pressure roller facing the traveling roller in a direction of contact. and a single solenoid that connects a plunger to the first and second biasing means and is driven to attract the plunger and release the bias of both biasing means.

By controlling the driving timing of the solenoid, the first and second urging means are selectively activated and released, thereby bringing two types of pressure rollers in different directions into contact with each other and separating from each other. It is characterized by being performed alternately.

[For production]

With the above configuration, the present invention drives the solenoid to attract the plunger to move the pressure roller facing the merging roller in the direction of separation when the tickets separated and fed from the ticket cassette are merged into the travel path. energized first
The biasing means of the second biasing means is released and the pressure roller comes into contact with the merging roller, while the second biasing means that biases the pressure roller facing the traveling roller in the direction of contact is released. Then, the pressure roller separates from the traveling roller,
It works so that only the drive of the merging roller is transmitted to the ticket.

In addition, when the ticket is run along the travel path after merging at one end, the pressure roller facing the merging roller is urged in the direction of separation by stopping the drive of the solenoid and releasing the suction of the plunger. The pressure roller is moved away from the merging roller by the biasing of the first biasing means, while the second biasing means biases the pressure roller facing the traveling roller in the direction of contact. The pressure roller comes into contact with the running roller due to the bias, and only the drive of the running roller is transmitted to the ticket.

〔Example〕

Examples will be described below according to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a main part of the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the main part.

FIG. 4 is a schematic front view showing a ticket issuing device to which the same embodiment is applied, and FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the same.

First, the configuration of the entire apparatus will be explained using FIGS. 4 and 5.

In the following explanation, the same parts as those in the above technique are given the same reference numerals, and the explanation will be omitted.

In the figure, 24 is a ticket issuing device, 2a is a ticket paper stacked in the ticket paper cassette 3, and the ticket paper 2a has an unwritten magnetic stripe in advance to be read by a bidding device etc. when used. printed.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a ticket cassette, in which ticket papers 2b are piled up on a stage 26, similar to the ticket cassette 3 described above. The ticket cassette 25 is installed almost side by side with the ticket cassette 3, and its upper end opening is located slightly above the upper end opening of the ticket cassette 3.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a travel path for the ticket paper 2, and the travel path 27 is formed along a wall-shaped reference surface 10 provided within the ticket issuing device 25, as in the conventional case.

28 is the top 1 of the ticket sheets 2b deposited on the stage 26.
The picker roller 28 is a picker roller that comes into contact with the sheet, and the picker roller 28 is rotationally driven in a direction perpendicular to the reference surface 10 by a drive motor (not shown).

Reference numeral 29 denotes a ticket paper separation and feeding section (separation paper feeding means) disposed on the picker roller 2B, and the separation paper feeding section 29 separates the ticket paper 2b in the ticket paper cassette 25 toward the reference surface 10. Separate and feed paper at right angles.

The separation paper feeding section 29 includes a paper feeding roller 30 that is rotated in the paper feeding direction A by a drive motor (not shown), and a paper feeding roller 30 that is in contact with the paper feeding roller 30 and rotated in the opposite paper feeding direction by a drive motor (not shown). It consists of a separation roller 31.

The principle regarding the paper separation and feeding operation is the same as that of a known one, so a description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 32 denotes a merging roller provided between the separation sheet feeding section 29 and the reference surface 10, and the merging roller 32 is driven to rotate at right angles to the reference surface 10 by a drive motor (not shown). 33 is a pressure roller that comes into contact with the merging roller 32.

In this embodiment, the merging roller 32 is connected to the ticket paper 2b.
It also functions as an aligner roller that aligns the surface with the reference surface.

34a and 34b are running rollers that run the ticket 2b along the running path 27, and the running rollers 34a and 34b are rotationally driven in the ticket running direction by a drive motor (not shown).

35a and 35b are the running rollers 34a and 34, respectively.
The pressure rollers 35a and 35b are in contact with each other, and a frictional force is generated between the ticket 2 and the running rollers 34a and 34b, and this frictional force causes the ticket 2b to run.

The details of this embodiment will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 36 denotes a roller bracket rotatable about a shaft 37, and the pressure roller 33 described above is rotatably held at one end of the roller bracket 36.

A spring 37 is hooked to the front end of the roller bracket 36 (on the pressure roller 33 holding side), and the spring 37 urges the pressure roller 33 in a direction away from the merging roller 32.

With the above, the pressure roller 3 facing the merging roller 32
3 in the direction of separation.

On the other hand, the roller bracket 38 is a roller bracket rotatable about a shaft 39, and the pressure roller 35a described above is rotatably held at one end of the roller bracket 38.

Reference numeral 40 denotes a first link fixedly fixed to the shaft 39, and the outer end of the first link 40 has a guide groove 41 for a limiter 45, which will be described later.

Reference numeral 42 denotes a spring hooked on the guide groove 41 side of the first link 40, and the spring 42 biases the plunger roller 35a in a direction in which it comes into pressure contact with the running roller 34a.

The above constitutes the 20th urging means that always urges the pressure roller 35a facing the traveling roller 34a in the contact direction.

43 is a second link rotatable about the shaft 44; one end of the second link 43 has a protruding limiter 45 that engages with the guide groove 41 of the first link 40; A bottle 46 is formed protruding from the end.

47 is the above-mentioned opening 5-ra bracket 36 and the second link 4.
30, 48 is the solenoid 47
The plunger 49 is a bottle that is fixed horizontally through the Kahai plunger 48.

A spring 50 has one end hooked to the bin 49 and the other end hooked to the rear end of the roller bracket 36. If the spring 50 is pulled up even slightly by the plunger 48, the length increases so as to overcome the biasing force of the spring 37. and setting the biasing force.

Reference numeral 51 designates a third link having one end rotatably engaged with the bin 49 and the other end rotatably engaged with the bin 46 of the second link 43, and the third link 51 is engaged when the plunger 48 is not sucked. so that the limiter 45 maintains an idle state in the guide groove 41 of the first link 40, and when the plunger 48 is attracted, the limiter 45 moves into the guide groove 4.
The length is set so that the first link 40 comes into contact with the lower end surface 41a of the first link 40 and rotates in the direction away from the pressure roller 35a against the biasing force of the spring 42.

Reference numeral 52 denotes a limiter that sets the lowering limit of the plunger 48, and the limiter 48 prevents the limiter 45 of the second link 43 from coming into contact with the upper end surface 41b of the guide groove 41.

The operation of this embodiment with the above configuration will be explained below.

FIGS. 6(a), 6(b), and 6(C) are perspective views showing the operation of this embodiment.

First, when a ticket issuance command is input from a keyboard (not shown), if the ticket issuance command is for the ticket paper 2a of the ticket paper cassette 3, processing is performed in the same manner as in the description of the prior art described above.

On the other hand, if the ticket issuance command is for the ticket paper 2b of the ticket paper cassette 25, the stage 26 is raised by a drive motor (not shown) and the ticket paper 2b is set at the paper feeding position.

At this time, the solenoid 47 is energized in parallel, and the plunger 48 is attracted.

When the plunger 48 starts suctioning, as shown in FIG. 6(a), the biasing force of the spring 50 overcomes the biasing force of the spring 37, causing the roller bracket 36 to rotate in the direction of arrow a with the shaft 37 as a fulcrum. The ranger roller 33 comes into pressure contact with the merging roller 32.

On the other hand, the third link 51 rises due to the suction of the plunger 48 and pulls up the bin 46 of the second link 43, so the second link 43 rotates about the shaft 44 in the direction indicated by the arrow. When the plunger 48 is completely raised, the limiter 45 comes into contact with the lower end surface 41a of the guide groove 41 of the first link 40, and rotates the first link 40 in the direction of arrow C against the biasing force of the spring 42. do.

As a result, the shaft 39 fixed to the first link 40 similarly rotates in the direction of arrow C, and the roller bracket 38 fixed to the shaft 39 also rotates in the direction of arrow C, so that the pressure roller 35a moves to the traveling roller 34b. More disengagement.

Here, the binker roller 28 is rotated in the paper feeding direction to feed out the ticket paper 2b on the stage 26. In the paper separation and feeding section 29, a paper feed roller 30 feeds the ticket paper 2b onto the running path 27, and a separation roller 31 pushes the accelerated paper ticket 2b back into the paper ticket cassette 25.

Since the technique of separating the fed-out ticket paper 2b into one sheet in the paper separation/feeding section 29 is well known, a description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, one ticket sheet 2b is separated and fed from the ticket cassette 25 to the running path 27 from the right angle direction.

Subsequently, the leading end of the ticket 2b in the advancing direction enters between the merging roller 32 and the pressure roller 33 which are in contact with each other by the driving of the solenoid 47 as described above.

At this time, the traveling roller 34a and the pressure roller 35a
are separated from each other, allowing the ticket 2b to enter.

After the paper feed roller 30 has stopped, the merging roller 32 is rotated perpendicularly to the reference surface 10 by a drive motor (not shown) to abut the ticket 2b against the reference surface 10.

This aligns the running position and running angle with the reference.

At this time, even if the traveling roller 34a is driven, since the pressure roller 35a is separated, the driving force is not transmitted to the ticket paper 2b.

Next, release the suction of the solenoid 47 and release the plunger 4.
8 begins to descend, as shown in Figure 6(b), the third
As the second link 51 descends to lower the pin 46, the second link 43 rotates in the direction of arrow d about the shaft 44, and the limiter 45 returns to the state in which it plays within the guide groove 41.

As a result, the first link 40 rotates in the direction of arrow e due to the biasing force of the spring 42, the shaft 39 fixed to the first link 40 similarly rotates in the direction of arrow e, and the roller fixed to the shaft 39 rotates in the direction of arrow e. The bracket 38 also rotates in the direction of arrow e, and the pressure roller 35a presses the running roller 34a.

On the other hand, the spring 50 overcomes the biasing force of the spring 37 and continues to bias the roller bracket 36 in the direction of arrow a until the plunger 48 is completely lowered.

That is, the plunger 48 starts descending, and the limiter 5
2, the ticket paper 2b is held by both the merging roller 32 and the pressure roller 33, as well as the running roller 34a and the pressure roller 35a, as shown in FIG. 6(b).

Thereby, the ticket paper 2b that is in contact with the reference surface 10 will not be misaligned before starting to travel.

In this way, the ticket 3b is passed from the merging roller 32 in a different direction to the traveling roller 34a in a relay manner.

Subsequently, when the plunger 48 hits the limiter 52 and descends completely, the spring 3 is released as shown in FIG. 6(C).
The biasing force 7 overcomes the spring 50, and the roller bracket 36 is now rotated in the direction of the arrow f.

As a result, the pressure roller 33 separates from the merging roller 32.

Subsequently, the running roller 34a is rotationally driven in the running direction by a motor (not shown) to start running the ticket paper 2b.

At this time, since the merging roller 32 and the pressure roller 33 are separated from each other, the running of the ticket paper 2b is not hindered.

Moreover, even if the merging roller 32 is driven at this time,
Since the pressure roller 33 is separated, its driving force is not transmitted to the ticket paper 2b.

Further, the running roller 34b and the running roller 14b continue to run, and the ticket paper 2b is sent to the magnetic read/write section 16. Since the subsequent processing is similar to the above-mentioned operation, the explanation will be omitted.

Note that the above explanation was given using a configuration with one ticket cassette or an additional ticket cassette, but it is also possible to have multiple ticket cassettes, and each ticket cassette can be provided with the above configuration so that each ticket cassette can be fed and merged onto the travel path. It may also be possible to send multiple tickets, thereby allowing a large number of tickets to be issued.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the ticket running mechanism of the ticket issuing device is provided with a separating paper feeding means for separating and feeding the tickets in the ticket cassette at right angles toward the reference plane. A merging roller for merging the ticket paper into the traveling path is provided between the paper separation and feeding means and the base surface, and a first urging means for constantly urging a pressure roller facing the merging roller in the separating direction; A second urging means that always urges a pressure roller facing the roller in the contact direction, and a plunger is connected to the first and second urging means, and the plunger is driven to attract and urge both. Since a single solenoid for releasing the energization of the means is provided, the solenoid for controlling the driving of the traveling roller system can control the driving of the merging roller system having different rotation angles and drive timings.

This makes it possible to run the second and subsequent types of tickets along the reference plane after merging them into the running path, thereby realizing a ticket running mechanism that allows multiple types of tickets to run to one ticket issuing gate. There is an effect.

Furthermore, the merging operation can be performed using a traveling roller drive mechanism, simplifying the device configuration.

This has the effect of reducing prices.

In addition, the first biasing means and the plunger are connected by a spring, and the biasing force of the spring is set to overcome the biasing force of the first biasing means for a certain period during the operation of the plunger. For example, when switching the running direction, the pressure rollers in two directions simultaneously perform a relay operation in which they come into contact with each other, so that the ticket is always held and there is no deviation from the reference plane.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a main part showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the main part, Fig. 3 is a front view of the main part, and Fig. 4 is a ticket issuing device to which the embodiment is applied. FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing the configuration, and FIG. 6(a) is a schematic side view of the same. (b) and (C) are perspective views showing the effect of the same embodiment, and the seventh
The figure is a schematic side view showing a conventional example. 32...Merge roller 33...Pressure roller 34a...Traveling roller 35a...Pressure roller 36...Roller bracket 37...Spring 38...Roller bracket, first link, guide groove, spring, Second link limiter solenoid plunger spring

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Separate and feed single tickets from a ticket cassette onto a running path one by one, and run the tickets along the reference plane of the running path using a running roller to move them to a predetermined position. In a ticket running mechanism of a ticket issuing device that writes various ticket information at a position and releases the ticket, a separating paper feeding means is provided for separating and feeding the tickets in the ticket cassette at right angles toward the reference plane, and A merging roller for merging the ticket into the running path is provided between the paper means and the reference surface, and a first urging means for constantly urging a pressure roller facing the merging roller in a direction of separation; A second urging means that always urges the pressure roller in the contact direction, and a plunger is connected to the first and second urging means, and the plunger is attracted by driving to urge both urging means. By controlling the drive timing of the solenoid, the first and second biasing means are selectively activated and released, thereby allowing the first and second biasing means to be biased in different directions. A ticket running mechanism for a ticket issuing device characterized by alternately bringing two types of pressure rollers into contact and away from each other. 2. The first urging means and the plunger are connected by a spring, and the urging force of the spring is set so as to overcome the urging force of the first urging means for a certain period during the operation of the plunger. A ticket running mechanism for a ticket issuing device according to claim 1.