JPH0336149A - Ticket storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To feed a ticket into a ticket storing section without wandering by pivotally mounted a pair of pressure rollers lined near the ticket storing section on an arm with independent displacement to approximately uniform clamping force given to both sides of the ticket by a rotational element and the pressure rollers. CONSTITUTION:A ticket 1 issued from a ticket issued section 1 is delivered to a ticket storing section 4 by delivering mechanism 3, and in the ticket storing section 4 a delivered ticket 2 is supported by a movable element 20 in a leaned condition. At this time, a pair of pressure rollers lined near the ticket storing section 4 are pivotally mounted on an arm 11 with independent displacement. Clamping force given to both sides of the ticket 2 by a rotational element 19 and the pressure rollers 10 can be thus approximately uniformed to feed the ticket 2 into the ticket storing section 4 without wandering even if the rotational element 19 and the pressure rollers 10 are subjected to the resistance of the ticket storing section 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket storage device for sorting and storing tickets issued from a ticket issuing section in a stacked state.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a conveyance mechanism having belts or rollers and a presser roller pressed against these belts or rollers is connected to a ticket issuing section of a label issuing machine, etc. A ticket storage section extending in a downward direction is provided, and the ticket issued in nine rows by the ticket issuing rfl+ is conveyed to the ticket storage section by a conveyance mechanism, and in the ticket storage section, the conveyed ticket is transferred in the direction of conveyance by the conveyance mechanism. It is supported in a leaning state by a substantially parallel movable body, and as the number of tickets sent to the ticket storage section increases, the movable body is moved little by little by the pressure of the tickets, so that a large number of tickets can be stored in a stacked state. There is a ticket storage device.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Conventionally, only one presser roller is arranged coaxially, so if there is unevenness in the parallelism of the rotational axis of the belt or roller, or the rotational axis of the presser roller, the problem may occur. cannot be held with uniform pressing force on both sides. On the other hand, when the ticket, which has been transported in a plane direction by the transport mechanism, is raised vertically on one surface of the movable body, resistance is encountered.

Therefore, at least the belt or roller and presser roller located at the end of the conveyance mechanism are subject to resistance at the entrance of the ticket storage section, and unless both sides of the ticket are held with uniform pressure, the tickets will remain meandering and stacked in the ticket storage section. This state of irregularity cannot be corrected.

To solve the problem, a transport mechanism for transporting tickets issued from a ticket issuing unit in one direction and a ticket storage unit having a placement surface that supports the lower edge of the ticket is provided, and the movable body A rotating body that is movable along the extending direction of the surface and that conveys the ticket is disposed at the terminal end of the conveying mechanism, and a pair of presser rollers that are in contact with both sides of the rotary body, and these presser rollers A pair of arms that rotatably hold each of the arms are biased toward the rotating body and displaceable independently.

The ticket issued by the ticket issuing section is conveyed to the ticket storage section by a conveyance mechanism, and in the ticket storage section, the conveyed ticket is supported in a leaning state by a movable body. Since the presser roller is supported by an independently displaceable arm, the clamping force exerted on both sides of the ticket by the rotary body and the presser roller can be approximately equalized, and as a result,
Even if the rotating body and the pressing roller receive resistance from the ticket storage part, the ticket can be fed into the ticket storage part without meandering.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a conveyance mechanism 4 is provided that conveys a ticket 2 issued from a ticket issuing section 1 such as a label printer to a storage section 3. This conveyor also has a plurality of arms that rotatably support a pair of pulleys 6 around which the belt 5 is wound, a roller 7 that faces one of the pulleys 6 and contacts the belt 5, and a presser roller 8. 9, and a pair of left and right arms 11 that rotatably support left and right pairs of presser rollers 10 are mounted on a frame 13.These arms 9 and 11 are movable up and down by a shaft 12. The frame 13 is also provided with a driving means 14 for driving one of the pulleys 6. This driving means 1
4 is a structure for transmitting the rotational force of the motor to the pulley 6 through gears or the like. Such a conveying mechanism 3 is inclined so as to convey the ticket 2 rearward and upward. The ticket issuing unit 1 has a built-in printing unit (not shown) and a cutter 15 that cuts the long paper printed by the printing unit into the size of the ticket 2.

The ticket storage section 4 has a guide plate 16, which has one end close to the rear end of the transport mechanism 3 and slopes downward toward the other end, on a frame 17 (only one side is shown in FIGS. 1 and 2). It is formed by fixing pulleys 18 arranged outside both ends of these guide plates 16 and rotatably attaching them to the frame 17, and winding a belt 19 around these pulleys 18.

This belt 19 is formed with a mounting surface 22 that is supported by the guide plate 16 and supports the ticket 2.

Furthermore, a movable body 20 having a receiving surface 21 orthogonal to the mounting surface 22 is fixed to the belt 19 . Further, the frame 17 is provided with a drive means 23 for driving one of the pulleys 18.

The drive means 23 includes a motor 24 that can freely rotate in forward and reverse directions, and a gear mechanism 25 that transmits the rotation of the motor 24 to the pulley 18 at the rear. Furthermore, a separator guide 26 is provided on the inner surface of the frame 17 on the negative side.
The lower end of this separator guide 26 is bent along the extension surface of the belt 5, and a stack connected to the drive circuit of the motor 24 is attached to the side surface of the separator guide 26 so as to be able to adjust its position in the direction toward and away from the belt. A sensor (microswitch) 27 is attached so that its position can be freely adjusted.

Furthermore, the lower end of an elastic contact piece 28 is fixed directly below the front of the separator guide 26 .

This contact piece 28 protrudes from an opening 29 formed in the separator guide 26, and the receiver faces the surface 21, and turns on the stack sensor 27 by the bending action caused by the pressure of the ticket 2. Furthermore, an overflow sensor (microswitch) 30 that is turned on when it comes into contact with one side of the movable body 20 is attached to an example of the rear end of the guide plate 16. This overflow sensor 30 is activated by the drive means 1 of the label issuing machine 1 and the transport mechanism 3 in response to an ON signal.
4 and the motor 24 are stopped. Furthermore, a pair of left and right toothed rollers 3 having toothed portions 32 on the outer peripheral surface are disposed on the spindle of the pulley 18 on the conveyance mechanism 3 side] 8a.
1 is rotatably held. The radius of these toothed rollers 31 is the same as the radius of the belt 19 on the pulley 18.
The radius is set to be slightly larger than the turning radius of. That is, the m-plane 32 of the toothed roller 31 protrudes in two parts from the conveyance path by the conveyance mechanism 3. Furthermore, an annular ring 34 around which a round belt 33 is wound is formed on both sides of the rear pulley 6 and on the left and right toothed rollers 31 (see FIG. 4). In addition, the presser rollers 10 are in contact with a part of the outer periphery of the belt 19 and the toothed roller 31 as rotating bodies, respectively, and the presser rollers 10 also have an annular shape on the outer periphery to release the round belt 33. full 35
is formed.

In such a configuration, in the initial state, the home position of the movable body 20 is determined, and a constant distance is formed between the receiving surface 21 and the separator guide 26.

Then, the ticket 2 issued from the ticket issuing section 1 is conveyed backward while being held between the belt 5, the roller 7, and the presser rollers 7 to 8, so that the leading edge is placed on the receiving surface 21.
Alternatively, this receiver comes into contact with the ticket 2 supported on the surface 21, and since it is still conveyed in this state, the receiver is raised along the surface 21. At this time, the ticket 2 pressed by the presser roller 10
Since this always comes into contact with the toothed portion 32 of the toothed roller 31 that protrudes above the conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism 3, the rear end edge is pressed toward the ticket storage section 4 by the toothed portion 32. Thereby, the ticket 2 is sent out between the receiving surface 21 and the separator guide 26 without being jammed between the exit side of the conveyance mechanism 3 and the entrance side of the ticket storage section 4. Moreover, the presser roller 10
is held by the independently suspended arm 11, so the ticket 2
Press both sides with equal pressure. Thereby, it is also possible to prevent the ticket 2 from meandering. Furthermore, the ticket storage section 4
Since the placing surface 16 of the ticket holder is inclined backwardly, the ticket 2 delivered to the ticket storage section 4 falls backward and is supported by the surface 21.

This makes it easy to stand the ticket 2 perpendicular to the placement surface 22.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which some tickets 2 have been fed out, and in this state, the contact piece 28 maintains the stack sensor 27 in the OFF state because the pressure received from the tickets 2 is low. As shown in FIG. 6, when the number of tickets 2 sent out between the surface 21 and the separator guide 26 reaches a certain number, the contact piece 2
8 is elastically bent by the pressure of the ticket 2 and turns on the stack sensor 27. As a result, the motor 2/I is driven, and the rear pulley 18 rotates clockwise to drive the belt 19 and the front pulley 18. Therefore, the movable body 20 moves rearward, and the receiver widens the distance between the surface 21 and the separator guide 26. As a result, the II force of the ticket 2 against the contact piece 28 decreases, and the contact piece 28 returns due to its own elasticity, turning off the stack sensor 27 and repeating the operation of stopping the motor 24. In this way, the movable body 20 moves intermittently. Therefore, when the movable body 20 is stopped, the receiver does not have too much of a gap between the surface 21 and the separator guide 26 and the tickets 2, and does not come in too close contact with each other.
This prevents the ticket 2 from falling down, and also prevents the ticket 2 in the ticket storage section 4 from collapsing due to friction with the following ticket 2.
I don't even have to drink twice. Furthermore, since the ticket 2 in the ticket storage section 4 is received by the surface 21 and is supported perpendicularly to the placement surface 22 which is inclined backward downward, the placement surface 22
As a result, the ticket 2 that follows the previously stored ticket 2 will not slide away from the placement surface 22, and therefore, the ticket 2 in the ticket storage section 4 will not fall down. You can neatly align the edges with the - of ticket 2.

If the issuing operation of the tickets 2 is continued in this way, the number of tickets 2 stored in the ticket storage section 4 will gradually increase, and if the movable body 20 moves backward due to this increase and interferes with the overflow sensor 30, the overflow sensor 30 is turned on,
This ON signal stops the remoter 24, and also stops the issuing operation of the ticket issuing section 1 and the transporting operation of the transporting mechanism 3. Therefore, the ticket issuing department 1 issues a ticket 2 with a different neck.
Although the number of issued tickets is set for each unit number of tickets, even if you specify a number of issued tickets that is larger than the maximum storage capacity of the ticket storage section 4 due to an operational error, the issuance of the ticket 2 will be automatically stopped. , it is possible to prevent the ticket 2 from becoming loose in the transport mechanism 3 and the ticket storage section 4.

Furthermore, there is a separator guide 2 on the entry [1 side] of the ticket storage section 4.
6, even if the length of the ticket 2 is somewhat long, it is possible to prevent the ticket 2 from falling toward the stack sensor 27 side. Further, since a portion of the contact piece 28 protrudes from the opening 29 of the separate guide 26, it is not subjected to excessive pressure from the ticket 2, thereby preventing permanent deformation of the contact piece 28.

In the embodiment described above, the surface of the belt 19 was used as the placement surface 22 to support the ticket 2, but the surface of the guide plate 6 was used as the placement surface, and the ticket 2 was slid backward onto this placement surface. It may also be stored while

Also in this case, the movable body 20 is moved by being fixed to a belt extending along the mounting surface.

Note that the present invention can also be applied to the case where tags are issued as tickets.

Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is constructed as described above, the ticket issued by the ticket issuing section is conveyed to the ticket storage section by the conveyance mechanism, and the conveyed ticket is propped up by the movable body in the ticket storage section. However, since the pair of presser rollers arranged near the ticket storage section are supported by independently displaceable arms, the clamping force exerted on both sides of the ticket by the rotating body and the presser rollers is approximately equalized. As a result, even if the rotating body and the pressing roller receive resistance from the ticket storage section, the ticket can be fed into the ticket storage section without meandering.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a side view, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state in which the ticket storage section is fully stocked with tickets, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the conveyance mechanism. , FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view showing the relationship between the toothed roller and the presser roller, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are side views showing the operation of the stack sensor. 1... Ticket issuing unit, 2... Ticket, 3... Conveyance mechanism, 4...
・Ticket storage section, 10... Presser roller, 11... Arm, 1
9... Rotating body, 20... Movable body, 22... Placement surface, 31... Rotating body

Claims (1)

[Claims] a conveyance mechanism that conveys a ticket issued from a ticket issuing unit in one direction; a ticket storage unit that has a placement surface that supports the lower edge of the ticket;
a movable body held movably along the extending direction of the placement surface; a rotary body disposed at the terminal end of the conveyance mechanism to convey the ticket; and a pair of movable bodies in contact with both sides of the rotary body. A ticket storage device comprising a presser roller and a pair of arms that rotatably hold each of the presser rollers and are biased toward the rotating body and held independently displaceable. .