JPH0336156A - Ticket storing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the overflow of tickets in all processes by stopping a ticket issued section and a driving means for a moving element with a detection signal from an overflow sensor in overflowing, when the moving element gets to the terminal of the ticket stored section. CONSTITUTION:A ticket 2 issued from a ticket issued section 1 is carried to a ticket storing section 4 by a carrying mechanism 3, and in the ticket stored section 4 the carried ticket 2 is supported in a leaned condition by a moving element 20. The moving element 20 is moved to the back portion of the ticket storing section 4 by a driving means 23 in sequence with the increase of stored numbers. Next, in overflowing when the moving element 20 gets to the terminal of the ticket storing section 4, an overflow sensor 30 outputs a detection signal. At least, the ticket issued section 1 and the driving means 23 for the moving element 20 are stopped by the operation of a switch means 27 in accordance with the detection signal. It is thus possible to prevent the overflow of the ticket 2 in all processes and eliminate the after-set monitoring of a ticket issued numbers.

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 bell I/
A conveyance mechanism such as a conveyor is provided, and a ticket storage section is provided that extends downward from the extension surface of the conveyance path by the conveyance mechanism, and the ticket issued by the ticket issuing section is conveyed to the ticket storage section by the conveyance mechanism. In the ticket storage section, the conveyed tickets are supported in a leaning state by a movable body that is approximately parallel to the direction of conveyance by the conveyance mechanism, and as the number of tickets sent to the ticket storage section increases, the pressure of the tickets causes the movable body to move slightly. There is a ticket storage device that stores a large number of tickets in a stacked state by moving the tickets one by one.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Generally, the number of tickets to be issued can be set in the ticket issuing section of the label issuing machine section, but when different types of tickets are set in unit numbers, the total number of tickets can be set in the ticket storage section. Capacity may be exceeded. In such a case, the tickets will overflow in the ticket storage section and the ticket transport route, so
Tickets must be issued while monitoring storage conditions.

To solve the problem, the present invention includes a conveying mechanism for conveying tickets issued from a ticket issuing section in one direction, and a ticket storage section having a placement surface that supports the lower edge of the ticket, and is connected to a driving means. A movable body is provided to be movable along the extending direction of the placement surface, an overflow sensor is provided at the end of the movement locus of the movable body, and a detection signal from the overflow sensor causes at least the ticket issuing unit and the movable body to be moved. A switch means is provided for cutting off a drive circuit between the drive means and the drive means.

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, and as the number of stored tickets increases, the movable body is moved by a driving means. When the movable body reaches the end of the ticket storage section and overflows, the overflow sensor can output a detection signal, and by operating the switch means based on this detection signal, at least the ticket It is possible to stop the issuing unit and the drive means for the movable body, thereby preventing overflow of tickets in all processes and making it unnecessary to monitor the number of issued tickets after setting them.

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 conveyance mechanism 4 includes a pair of seven pulleys 6 around which a belt 5 is wound, a roller 7 that faces one of the pulleys 6 and contacts the belt 5, and a plurality of arms 9 that rotatably support a presser roller 8. and a pair of left and right arms 11 that rotatably support left and right pairs of presser rollers 10, respectively, are mounted on a frame 13. These arms 9, 11 are held by a shaft 12 so as to be freely movable by 1". Further, the frame 13 is 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 conveyance mechanism 3 is inclined so as to convey the ticket 2 backward upwardly. A cutter 15 for cutting the long paper into the size of the ticket 2 is shown on the right.

The ticket storage section 4 includes a guide plate 1G, 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 to the frame 7 and rotating them several times, 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.

This drive means 23 is composed of a motor 24 that can freely rotate in forward and reverse directions, and a gear mechanism 25 that transmits the same rotation of the motor 2/I to the upper pulley 18 of the rear no. moreover,
- On the inner surface of the frame 17 in the example, a separator guide 2 is provided.
The separator guide 26 has a lower end bent along the extension surface of the belt 5, and a side surface of the separator guide 26 is provided with a drive shaft for the motor 24. A stack sensor (microswitch) 27 connected to the circuit is installed so that its position can be adjusted freely.

Furthermore, the lower end of a contact piece 28 having a beam 11 property is fixed to the lower front surface 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, on one side of the rear end of the guide plate 16,!
! :I l Flood 〒1f An overflow sensor (micro switch) 30 that is turned on when it comes into contact with the - side of the moving object 20 is attached. Then, switch means (not shown) that is turned off when the overflow sensor 30 is turned off when a detection signal indicating that the overflow sensor 30 is turned on are connected to the drive means 14 and the motor 24 of the label printing machine 1 and the transport mechanism 3, respectively. 4 drive circuits are connected. Of course, the overflow sensor 30 itself may have a function as a switch means. Further, on the spindle 18a of the pulley 18 on the side of the transport mechanism 3, a toothed portion 32 is provided on the outer peripheral surface.
A pair of left and right toothed rollers 31 are rotatably held. The radius of these toothed rollers 31 is set to be slightly larger than the rotation radius of the belt 19 on the pulley 18. That is, the toothed portion 32 of the toothed roller 31 protrudes above the conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism 3. Furthermore, an annular groove 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).
. Further, an annular groove 35 is formed on the outer periphery of the presser roller 10 to allow the round belt 33 to escape.

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.

The ticket 2 ejected from the ticket issuing unit 1 is conveyed backward while being held by the belt 5, the roller 7, and the presser roller 8. The receiver is raised along the surface 21 because the ticket 2 contacts the ticket 2 and is still conveyed in this state. At this time, the ticket 2 pressed by the presser rollers 7--10 always comes into contact with the toothed portion 32 of the toothed roller 31 that protrudes above the conveyance path by the conveyance mechanism 3, so that the rear end is The edge is pressed toward the ticket storage section 4 side. As a result, the ticket 2 is delivered between the receiving surface 2 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 has an independently suspended arm 11.
Since the ticket 2 is held in place, both sides of the ticket 2 are pressed with equal pressure points. Thereby, it is also possible to prevent the ticket 2 from meandering. Furthermore, since the mounting surface 6 of the ticket storage section 4 is inclined backwardly, the ticket 2 sent 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 several tickets 2 have been sent out, and in this state, the contact piece 28 maintains the stack sensor 27 in an OFF state because the pressure J 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 28 is elastically bent by the pressure of the tickets 2. Stack sensor 27
Turn on. As a result, the motor 24 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 pressure 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,
Between the face 21 and the separator guide 26, the receiver prevents too much gap between the tickets 2 or too close contact between them, which prevents the tickets 2 from falling over and prevents the tickets 2 from falling over.
The inner ticket 2 will not be pushed up due to friction with the following ticket 2. Furthermore, since the ticket 2 in the ticket storage section 4 is received by the surface 21 and is supported perpendicularly to the mounting surface 22 that slopes backward and downward, 1hj22
This prevents the ticket 2 that follows the previously stored ticket 2 from slipping away from the placement surface 22.
The two edges of the ticket 2 in the ticket storage section 4 can be neatly aligned.

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, in the ticket issuing department l, different types of tickets 2
How to set the number of sheets per line
However, even if the number of issued tickets is greater than the maximum storage capacity of the ticket storage section 4 due to an operational error, the number of issued tickets
The issuance of the ticket 2 can be automatically stopped and the PAD of the ticket 2 on the conveyor (11q3 and the ticket handling machine ffB4) can be prevented.

Furthermore, a separator guide 26 is provided on the entrance side of the ticket storage section 4.
is provided, it is possible to prevent the ticket 2 from falling toward the stack sensor 27 side even if the tip 4 of the ticket 2 is somewhat long. Furthermore, since a portion of the contact piece 28 protrudes from the open portion 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. can.

In the embodiment described above, the surface of the belt 19 is
2 to support the ticket 2, however, the surface of the guide plate 16 may be used as a placement surface, and the ticket 2 may be stored while disappearing backwards on this placement surface.

In this case as well, the 1f moving object 20 is located at the battlefield i+'+i
It is moved by being fixed to a belt placed along it.

Incidentally, ``Misfire 19'' also applies to the case where a tag is issued as a ticket (ii).

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. As the number of tickets stored increases, the movable body is sequentially moved toward the rear of the ticket storage section by the driving means, and the overflow sensor outputs a detection signal when the movable body reaches the end of the ticket storage section and overflows. By operating the switch means based on this detection signal, it is possible to stop at least the ticket issuing section and the drive means for the movable body, thereby preventing overflow of tickets in the entire process and making it possible to set and monitor the number of tickets to be issued. It has the effect of making it unnecessary.

[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. , Figure 4 shows teeth (=
A longitudinal side view showing the relationship between the J 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, 20...movable body, 21...receiver is surface, 2
2... Placement surface, 23... Drive means, 30... Overflow sensor

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 drive means for moving the movable body, an overflow sensor disposed at a terminal end of a movement locus of the movable body, and the overflow. A ticket storage device comprising a switch means for cutting off at least a drive circuit between the ticket issuing section and the drive means of the movable body based on the output of a sensor.