JPH03147089A - Ticket ejector for automatic ticket machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent lowering of an operation rate due to the erroneous recognition of the number of ejection by moving a carrying member in a carrying direction by the prescribed quantity for each ticket. CONSTITUTION:The carrying member 10 in which the ticket 2 is placed and stored is moved in the carrying direction by the prescribed quantity at each introduction of the ticket 2. Therefore, the tickets 2 second and after are laminated at a position behind by the prescribed quantity in the carrying direction at the upper plane of the ticket 2 already stored. Thereby, plural tickets 2 are exposed to an ejector part 3 at a state where they are superimposed by changing the positions by the prescribed quantity behind the carrying direction sequentially, and a customer can easily recognize visually the number of ejection. In such a way, it is possible to prevent lowering of the operation rate due to the erroneous recognition of the ejected number of tickets.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [a) Industrial Application Field This invention relates to a ticket dispensing device installed in an automatic ticket vending machine installed at a transportation station, etc. The present invention relates to a ticket discharging device for a ticket vending machine.

(b) Conventional Technology When purchasing a ticket in an automatic ticket vending machine, the user inserts the required amount of cash and then operates a predetermined amount button. Some customers may purchase multiple tickets of the same amount, and in such a case, if the customer repeatedly inserts cash and operates the amount button for each ticket, the purchasing process becomes complicated. For this reason, we have traditionally provided a quantity button on the operation panel, and after inputting the amount, operate this quantity button to specify the number of purchased pieces.
There is an automatic ticket vending machine in which when a person then operates an amount button, the number of tickets for that amount specified by a number button is released. When such an automatic ticket vending machine dispenses a specified number of tickets one after another into the tray of the dispenser, there is a problem in that multiple tickets scatter into the tray, making it difficult for customers to take out multiple tickets. .

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, a stopper 54 is provided, and by contact with this stopper 54, a specified number of tickets are stored on the conveyor belt 55 before being released, as shown in FIG. There is a ticket discharging device 51 which uses sensors 57 and 58 to know the location of the ticket and projects a part of the ticket into the discharging section while holding the stored plurality of bills 52 inside the discharging port 59. Ta. In this way, when a plurality of stacked tickets are made to protrude from the discharge port, the plurality of tickets do not scatter, and the task of taking out the tickets becomes extremely easy.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the ticket discharging device of a conventional automatic ticket vending machine, multiple tickets were made to protrude from the dispensing opening in a state in which they were completely overlapped, so that the customer received only two copies. There was a problem in that only one ticket located at the location could be visually recognized, leading to a misunderstanding of the number of tickets to be released. For this reason, even though tickets for the specified number of schools have already been released, there may be a wait for the second and subsequent tickets to be released, and in such cases, the processing time for one customer becomes long. ~ There was a problem that the operating efficiency of automatic ticket vending machines decreased.

The purpose of this invention is to make it easier to visually check the number of tickets to be released by changing the position of multiple tickets little by little backwards and stacking them, thereby increasing the operating efficiency of automatic ticket vending machines due to misidentification of the number of tickets to be released. (d) Means for Solving the Problem The ticket discharging device for an automatic ticket vending machine according to the present invention is capable of stacking and storing a predetermined number of tickets on a conveying member. The ticket discharging device of an automatic ticket vending machine, which exposes a part of the ticket to the discharging section after the ticket is released, is characterized in that a moving storage means is provided for moving the conveying member by a predetermined amount in the conveying direction for each ticket.

te+ effect In the present invention, the conveying member on which the ticket is placed and stored moves in the conveying direction by a predetermined amount each time the ticket is guided. Therefore, the second and subsequent tickets are stacked a predetermined amount behind the top surface of the already stored tickets in the conveying direction. For this reason, a plurality of tickets are stacked one after another by a predetermined amount backward in the conveying direction and exposed to the discharge section, and the number of tickets to be discharged is easily visible to the customer. (f) Example 1 The figure is a side view showing the configuration of a ticket discharging device of an automatic ticket vending machine that is an embodiment of the present invention.

The ticket, on which printing and magnetic data have been written in a processing section (not shown), is conveyed in the direction of arrow A by the conveyance heald 5. This conveyor belt 5 is driven by a roller 4 to which the rotation of a motor M2 is transmitted. The ticket passes between the belt 5 and the presser roller 6, and is guided between the conveyor belt 10, which is the conveyor member of the present invention, and the guide 7. The ticket discharging device 1 is provided between the belt 5 and the discharging section 3.

This ticket discharging device 1 has a conveyor belt 10 stretched between rollers 9a to 9c, and a conveyor belt 10 attached to a roller 9b on the discharge port 8 side.
A stop roller 11 presses against the center roller 9c via a conveyor belt 10, a press roller 12 presses against the central roller 9c via a conveyor belt 10, a motor M1 that supplies rotational force to the roller 9a on the heald 5 side, and engages with the rotating shaft of the press roller 12. solenoid SO
It is composed of L1. The pressing roller 12 is pressed against the roller 9c via the conveyor belt 10 by driving the solenoid SQL1. Further, the stop roller 11 is supported by a lever 13 and swings so as to be attachable to the conveyor belt 10. Further, sensors S1 to S3 are provided at three locations in the storage section configured between the upper surface of the transport heald 10 and the guide 7. These sensors S1 to S3 are all constituted by photocouplers, and detect the presence or absence of a ticket depending on whether or not the light receiving element receives light from the light emitting element.

The stop roller 11 is normally in contact with the conveyance heald 10 due to its own weight. Therefore, when the transport heald 10 is not driven, the stop roller 1 is located between the storage section and the discharge port 8.
1, and the ticket 2 led from the processing section is placed in the storage section 1 with its front end in contact with the stop roller 11.
FIG. 2, which stops at 4, is a block diagram showing the configuration of the control section of the ticket discharging device.

The CPU 21 is connected to the ROM 23 and R via the internal lotus 22.
A M 24 and interfaces 25-27 are connected. A program that defines the processing operations of the CPU 21 is written in the ROM 23 in advance, and the CPU 21 executes processing according to this program. The data output at this time is stored in the RAM 24. for example,
Memory areas MAL and MA2 of the RAM 24 are allocated to a timer T and a counter C, respectively, which will be described later. Sensors S1 to S3 are connected to the interface 25, and ticket detection results by these sensors S1 to S3 are input to the CPU 21 via the interface 25.

A motor driver 2 and a solenoid driver 29 are connected to each of the interfaces 26, 27. The motor driver 28 drives the motors M1 and M2 based on control data output from the CPU 21. Also,
The solenoid driver 29 similarly drives the solenoid 5OLI according to the control data.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the control section of the ticket discharging device.

When discharging a ticket, the motor M2 is driven (nl) to rotate the belt 5 to transport the ticket that has passed through the processing section in the direction of arrow A and into the ticket discharging device 1. Ticket 2 includes guide 7 and conveyor belt 10
When the sensor S1 is turned off, the timer T is started and a certain period of time is set to 1 o'clock (n2 to n3). The time measured by the timer T is sufficient for the leading edge of the ticket 2 to move to a position where it contacts the stop roller 11 after passing the sensor S1. When timer T times up, solenoid SQL 1 and motor Ml are driven (n4, n5
). When the solenoid 5OLI is driven, the pressure roller 12
moves downward and comes into contact with the top surface of ticket 2. At this time, the conveyor belt 10 is moved by the rotation of the motor M1, and the conveyor belt 10 is moved by the pressure contact between the pressure roller 12 and the roller 9b.
conveying force is transmitted to the ticket 2. This makes ticket 2 the fourth
As shown in the figure, it moves toward the discharge port 8 while pushing up the stop roller 11 at the front end. When the ticket 2 reaches the position shown in FIG. 4 and the sensor S1 no longer detects the ticket 2, the motor 1 and the solenoid 5OLI are turned off (n
6-n8). This causes the ticket 2 to stop at the position shown in FIG.

Thereafter, the contents of the counter C are decremented, and the processes from n2 to n8 are performed continuously until the contents of the counter C become O (n9.n1o). This counter C is set with the number of purchased tickets designated by the customer. Therefore, the processes 02 to n8 are performed continuously for the specified number of purchased tickets.

As described above, since the negative ticket 2 is stopped in the state shown in FIG. 4, the second ticket 2' is placed on top of the ticket 2 as shown in FIG. At this time, the ticket 2 located on the lower side is stopped with a part of the front side in the conveying direction located below the stop roller 11, while the front end of the ticket 2' on the upper side is in contact with the stop roller 11. Let it stop. Therefore, ticket 2'
is located behind the ticket 2 by a predetermined amount in the conveyance direction.

When the processes n2 to n8 are executed from this state, the tickets 2 and 2' are conveyed in the direction of the discharge port 8 until the rear end of the ticket 2' passes the sensor S1.

Similar processing is performed for the third and subsequent tickets. now,
If the number of purchased items specified by the customer is three, the counter C is
The content of becomes O. At this time, motor M2 is stopped (nil), and solenoid SQL 1 and motor M1
(n12, n13). As a result, the three tickets are conveyed in the direction of the discharge port 8. The driving of the solenoid SQL 1 and the motor M1 continues until the rear end of the third ticket 2'' passes the position of the sensor S2 and the sensor S2 is turned on (n14 to n16). As shown in Fig. 6, the specified number of purchased tickets is partially protruded from the discharge port 8.At this time, the second and subsequent tickets are displaced backward in the conveyance direction by a predetermined amount. Since the tickets are stacked together, the front end of each roll has a stepped shape in the discharge section 3. Therefore, the customer can easily see the number of tickets discharged.

In the above processing, the processing of 02 to n8 is performed by the stop roller 11.
, the pressure roller 12, and the solenoid 5OL1 correspond to the movable storage means of the present invention. Note that when the customer takes out the ticket, the sensor S3 no longer detects the ticket and turns on.

At this time, the process ends (n17).

(Slight Effects of the Invention According to this invention, a plurality of tickets are stacked and stored while being displaced backwards in the transport direction by a predetermined amount of ¥.
The vicinity of the front end of each winding is exposed to the discharge section in a stepped manner. Therefore, it is possible to easily visually confirm the number of tickets ejected at the ejecting section, and there is an advantage that a decrease in operating efficiency due to misidentification of the number of ejected tickets can be prevented.

0 book 2 Transport heald (mobile storage means), Stop roller (moving storage means), Pressing roller (mobile storage means).

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) After stacking and storing a predetermined number of tickets on a conveying member, in the ticket discharging device of an automatic ticket vending machine that exposes a portion of the tickets to the discharging section, the conveying member is moved in the conveying direction by a predetermined amount for each ticket. A ticket discharging device for an automatic ticket vending machine, characterized in that it is provided with a movable storage means for discharging a ticket.