JPH0426926Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] "Industrial application field" This invention relates to a fare box with a ticket issuing mechanism that is attached to vehicles such as route buses and trains, and can collect fares and issue tickets. .

``Prior Art'' There is a demand for tickets to be sold inside the vehicle, but selling tickets by hand by the crew is not preferable because it increases the burden on the crew. From this point of view, it is conceivable to install a ticket issuing machine inside the car, but this would be relatively effective and large.

Furthermore, the document JP-A No. 52-25190 discloses a fare collection device for a one-man bus in which an operation panel is provided on the side of the fare collection machine on the driver's side, and a ticket release button is set on the operation panel. ing. This device sells tickets by operating the ticket release button on the operation panel in response to a passenger's request to purchase a ticket and inputting the fare. After selling the ticket, the driver operates the reset button again. to return the device to fare collection mode. In other words, this kind of fare collection device automatically switches to fare collection mode after the ticket is sold and cannot collect the fare.
In addition, this device does not allow passengers to purchase tickets through their own operations, which places a burden on the driver and is inconvenient for users.

``Problem that the invention aims to solve'' Since fares are paid when passengers get off the train, coupon tickets are often purchased at the time of paying the fare.
Therefore, the ticket vending machine needs to be installed near the fare box to make it easier for users to use it. Since fare boxes are placed near the driver, they cannot take up a large space for installation, so they must be made as small as possible. Moreover, it is preferable to use an automatic vending system in consideration of user convenience.

This idea was made to solve these problems, and by using the coin verification function installed inside the fare box to also sell coupon tickets, it is possible to automate the sale of coupon tickets by the user's operation. To provide a fare box with a coupon ticket issuing mechanism that can be constructed relatively inexpensively and compactly as a whole.

``Means for solving the problem'' According to this invention, the fare box is provided with a ticket issuing mechanism, and a mode changeover switch is provided to switch between exchange mode and coupon mode. It is considered to be an exchange mode,
During the money exchange mode, money is inserted into the money slot, and when the money checking means determines that the money is correct, that is, it is a predetermined amount, the corresponding money to be exchanged is dispensed. Further, when money is inserted into the money slot with the mode changeover switch switched to the coupon mode, the coin is judged to be correct by the coin verification means, and if it is judged to be correct, the coupon issuing mechanism is driven and a coupon ticket is automatically issued. In addition, for example, when issuing multiple types of coupons, if the inserted money is determined to be correct by the coin verification means, the coupon issuing mechanism is put into a state where it can issue tickets, and, for example, the ticket issuing operator of the desired coupon is pressed. A desired coupon ticket is issued by the operation. Thereafter, when the coupon is removed from the coupon issuing mechanism, this is detected by the recovery means and the mode changeover switch is restored to the exchange mode.

By doing so, the currency exchange coin slot, coin verification means, coin storage, etc. in a conventional fare box can be used for the purpose of selling coupons, and the entire fare box can be made inexpensive and compact. In addition, when purchasing a coupon ticket, the passenger must operate the mode changeover switch to switch to the coupon mode. This is done in the same way as before, and although it is necessary to switch the mode switch when purchasing a ticket, this is a very simple operation and has the great advantage of being able to purchase the ticket inside the train.

``Operation'' To purchase a coupon ticket, press the operation button of the ticket issuing mechanism provided in the fare box, and the switching switch will switch from exchange mode to coupon mode, and this state will be maintained. After that, when money is inserted from the money slot, the inserted money is identified by the coin verification means, and when the amount reaches a predetermined value or exceeds a predetermined value, the ticket is sent out from the ticket slot by the ticket issuing means. If the purchaser stands still in the protruding state and, for example, the amount inserted is greater than the amount issued, the purchaser removes the ticket, and the recovery means of the ticket issuing mechanism automatically switches the changeover switch from the ticket mode back to the exchange mode. It will be done.

``Example'' Hereinafter, an example of the fare box with a ticket issuing mechanism according to this invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Fare box box 1 as shown in Figures 1 and 2
A fare input slot 12 is provided on the top surface of the vehicle 1, and tickets such as numbered tickets and coupon tickets and coins as fares are inserted into the fare input slot 12. The inserted coins are transported by the belt of the confirmation belt mechanism 13, and after visually confirming that they are regular fares, the coins are separated into bills and coins by the ticket/coin separation mechanism 14. The separated bills are directly stored in a coin/note storage section 16 in the hangar 15. On the other hand, the separated coins are sorted by denomination by the coin sorting mechanism 17, and the coins to be used as exchange funds are selected by the exchange money dispensing mechanism 1.
8, and other coins are stored in the coin/ticket storage section 16.

A coin slot 19 is provided on the top surface of the fare box case 11, and when a coin is inserted into the coin slot 19 as exchange money, the coin is verified by coin type by the coin verification mechanism 21, and the coin is verified. The exchange money dispensing mechanism 18 is operated by the signal, and a predetermined exchange money is dispensed into the receiving tray 22. The coins coming out of the coin validating mechanism 21 are guided to a coin sorting mechanism 17, sorted, and then stored in a money tube or a coin/note storage section 16 of a currency exchange/dispensing mechanism 18.

When a banknote is inserted as exchange money into the banknote slot 23 provided on the top surface of the fare box case 11, the banknote is identified by the banknote validator 24, and the currency exchange/dispensing mechanism 18 is activated by the identification signal, and a predetermined banknote is activated. The exchange money is paid out to the tray 22. The banknotes that have passed through the banknote validator 24 are stored in a banknote storage section 25 in the hangar 15. Further, the amount of money is stored in the memory 26 in the hangar 15 based on the signal identified by the bill validator 24.

In this example, the case 31 of the coupon ticket issuing machine is removably attached to one half of the upper surface of the fare box case 11. This ticket issuing machine is capable of issuing three types of tickets, and ticket issuing ports 32a, 32b, and 32c are opened on one side of the ticket issuing machine case 31, and the ticket issuing machine case 31 Ticket issuing operators 33a, 33b, and 33c are provided to protrude from the upper surface of the machine. Furthermore, an operation button 34 for a mode changeover switch is provided on the top surface of the fare box casing 11, and near the operation button 34 there are a display section 35 indicating a state in which money can be exchanged and a display section 36 indicating that a coupon ticket can be sold. is provided. The mode changeover switch is normally set to the exchange mode, and a display indicating that currency can be exchanged appears on the display section 35, but no display appears on the display section 36. A cover 37 is provided on the upper surface of the ticket issuing machine case 31 so as to be openable and closable by a hinge 38, and a connector 39 is connected to a connector provided on the side surface of the fare box case 11 on the side of various input ports.

Ticket issuing mechanisms having the same configuration are provided in the ticket issuing machine case 31 for the ticket issuing ports 32a, 32b, and 32c, respectively. For example, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, this ticket issuing mechanism includes a pair of opposing support plates 41 and 42.
A horizontal partition plate 43 is connected between the support plates 41 and 42, and the upper part of the partition plate 43 is used as a ticket storage section 44. Positioned, partition plate 4
3 and the coupon tickets 45 are stacked and stored on the top.

Ticketing operator 33 (any one of 33a to 33c)
When the rotation mechanism 46 is operated, the rotation mechanism 46 is mechanically driven. This rotation rotates the delivery wheel 47 by a certain angle. In this example, the ticket issuing operator 33 operates to push the button into the ticket issuing machine case 31, and the slight linear movement operation is amplified and converted into rotational movement by the rotation mechanism 46. For this reason, the large gear 48 faces the outer surface of the support plate 42 and is rotatably attached around a shaft 49, and the lower end of the rod-shaped ticketing operator 33 is rotatably attached to the large gear 48 by a connector 51. It will be done. A small gear 52 is meshed with the large gear 48, and the small gear 52 is fixed on a rotating shaft 53, and the rotating shaft 53 is inserted and held by the support plates 41 and 42.

A pawl holder 54 is fixed to the rotation shaft 53 facing the inner surface of the support plate 42, and a pawl 55 is rotatably attached to the pawl holder 54. A feed-out wheel 47 is rotatably held on a rotation shaft 53, and a ratchet wheel 56 that engages with a pawl 55 is integrally formed on the side surface of the feed-out wheel 47 facing the pawl holder 54, as shown in FIG. is formed. The ratchet wheel 56 has a notch 58 formed at a position opposite to the rotating shaft 53 to engage the pawl 55 in one direction (in the figure, counterclockwise), and the pawl holder 5
The claw spring 59 installed between the claw 5 and the claw 5
5 is rotationally biased to engage a ratchet wheel 56.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a cam plate 61 is attached to the side surface of the delivery wheel 47 on the support plate 41 side. A positioning lever 62 is attached to the inner surface of the support plate 41 so as to be rotatable about a shaft 63, and a roller 64 is attached to the positioning lever 62 at a rotating position.
The positioning lever 62 is rotationally biased by a coil spring 65, and the roller 64 is pressed against the cam surface of the cam plate 61. When the ratchet wheel 56 rotates approximately 180 degrees, the delivery wheel 47 rotates exactly 180 degrees.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, an opening 66 is formed in the partition plate 43 for the delivery wheel 47, the ticket 45 is positioned on the delivery wheel 47, and a leaf spring 67 is placed on the ticket 45. One end of the plate spring 67 is pressed into contact with the plate spring 67, and the other end of the leaf spring 67 is fixed to a connecting piece 68 between the support plates 41 and 42. Therefore, the lowest layer of coupons 45 is elastically pressed against the delivery wheel 47. As shown in FIG. 7, the delivery wheel 47 has an oval-shaped cross section perpendicular to the shaft, and its straight portion is normally the same as the ticket 45.
It is in contact with Further, a friction body 69 made of urethane or the like is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the delivery wheel 47.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a guide piece 71 is attached to the support plate 42 in a protruding manner, and the ticketing operator 33 is inserted into the hole of the guiding piece 71, and the insertion portion of the ticketing operator 33 is made thin. The vertical movement range of the ticket issuing operator 33 is limited. The large gear 48 is a coil spring 7
2, and after operating the ticketing operator 33 downward, when the hand is released from the ticketing operator 33, the ticketing operator 33 and the large gear 48 are returned to their original positions by the spring force of the coil spring 72. .

A lock mechanism 73 is provided to prevent operation by the ticket issuing operator 33, and the locked state of the lock mechanism 73 can be released by energizing a solenoid 74. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the shutter lever 75 is at the fulcrum 76.
A part of the shutter lever 75 is extended to the outside through a square hole 80 formed in the support plate 42, and a locking lever 77 is fixed to the extended portion 75a. Lock lever 7
7 is rotatably attached to the support plate 42 by a shaft 78, and the tip of the locking lever 77 is attached to the large gear 48.
The large gear 48 is prevented from rotating when the ticket issuing operator 33 is operated, that is, the ticket issuing operator 33 is prevented from being operated. The shutter lever 75 is pivoted clockwise in FIGS. 4 and 6 by the coil spring 81, and the locking lever 77 is therefore biased in the direction of engagement with the protrusion 79, and the ticket issuing operator 33 is locked. in a state.
However, when the solenoid 74 is energized, the shutter lever 75 is attracted to the solenoid 74 as shown in FIG.
is pushed down, the locking lever 77 rotates and disengages from the protrusion 79, and the lock is released.

The end of the shutter lever 75 is bent upward at a substantially right angle and extended to form a shutter 82, which faces the distal end of the ticket 45 on the delivery side and is located at the ticket slot 32 (32a in FIG. 2). - 32c), this coupon ticket slot 32 is blocked. However, when the solenoid 74 is energized and the ticket issuing operator is unlocked, that is, the shutter lever 75 is rotated, the shutter 82 is lowered and the ticket slot 32 is opened. Further, in this example, a brush 83 for preventing double-sheet feeding is provided between the shutter 82 and the coupon ticket 45. Furthermore, when the coupon 45 is sent by a predetermined amount by the delivery car 47 and protrudes from the coupon slot 32, and the purchaser removes the protruding coupon, this is detected by the sensor 84 (for example, the issuing element and the light receiving element). It is configured to The coupon 45 is attached to the connecting piece 68 in the storage section 44
A sensor 85 (also composed of, for example, a light emitting element and a light receiving element) is attached to detect whether or not there is a light emitting element inside.

A controller, not shown, is provided within the fare box case 11. As shown in FIG. 8, this controller 91 receives a signal indicating the amount of money sorted by the coin sorting mechanism 17, a signal indicating the amount of money identified by the bill validator 24, a signal indicating the state of the mode changeover switch 92,
A signal from the ticket sales reset switch 93 is input. A control signal for the payout mechanism 18 and write data for the memory 26 are output from the controller 91 . Further, a coupon ticket issuing machine 94 is connected to the controller 91, and the ticket issuing machine 94 is connected to the ticket issuing machine case 31.
A set signal indicating whether the ticket 45 is attached to the fare box case 11, a residual signal of the sensor 85 indicating whether the ticket 45 is in the ticket storage section 44, and a signal indicating whether the ticket has been removed. A ticket issue signal from the sensor 84 indicating this is output to the controller 91, and a lock release signal is output from the controller 91 to the solenoid 74.

The controller 91 is generally composed mainly of a microcomputer. Mode changeover switch 92
is always in a currency exchange mode, and when a coin is inserted into the coin slot 19 or bill slot 23 and the coin sorter 17 or bill validator 24 determines that the coin is correct, the amount is detected. The controller 91 controls the payout mechanism 18 in accordance with the amount to pay out exchange coins at the same time as in the conventional fare box.

To purchase a coupon, press the mode switch 92
When the operation button 34 is pressed, that state is maintained and the mode is changed to the ticket mode. However, the controller 91 checks the state of the mode changeover switch 92 as shown in FIG. 9 (step S ₁ ), and changes to the ticket mode. If so, it is checked by the set signal whether the ticket issuing machine case 31 is set in the fare box case 11 (step _S2 ), and if it is set, the ticket 45 is set by the remaining signal.
Check whether the
_S3 ). If there are any coupons remaining, the exchange display section 35 is turned off and the coupon display section 36 is brought into a display state (step _S4 ). Next, the coin slot 19 or bill slot 23
The coins inserted into the bank are identified by the coin sorting mechanism 17 or the bill validator 24, the identified amount is input to the controller 91 (step _S5 ), and the input amount is added (step _S6 ). Although not shown in the figure, the input amount is displayed on the display section (step _S7 ). It is checked whether the amount is a predetermined value, for example, 2,000 yen or more (step S ₈ ), and if it is a predetermined value, a lock release signal is supplied to the solenoid 74 (step S ₉ ). Therefore, the locking lever 77 is rotated to release the lock and the shutter 82 is also opened. When the purchaser operates the ticket issuing operator 33, the rotating mechanism 46 is driven, the pawl wheel 56 rotates half a time, the delivery wheel 47 also makes a half revolution, and the coupon 45 in the lowest layer is affected by the frictional force with the delivery wheel 47. Ticket number 3 for a predetermined amount
The ticket protrudes from 2 to the outside, and the purchaser can remove the ticket and obtain it. After releasing the lock, the controller 91 stores the inserted amount in the memory 26 (step _S10 ). When the ticket is removed, the sensor 84
When a ticket issuing signal is input from (step _S11 ), it is checked whether the amount inserted exceeds a predetermined value (step _S12 ), and if it exceeds the predetermined value, the excess amount is given as change. The dispensing mechanism 18 is controlled as follows (step S ₁₃ ). Thereafter, the mode changeover switch 92 is restored to the exchange mode, the display section 36 is turned off, and the exchange display section 35 is turned on (step _S14 ).

If the amount inserted does not reach the predetermined value in step _S8 , it is checked whether the ticket sales reset switch 93 has been turned on (step _S15 ), and if it has been turned on, the payout mechanism 18 is controlled and the The input amount is paid out (step _S16 ). This payout is in case a passenger accidentally operates the
The ticket sales reset switch 93 is provided at a location that can only be operated by the crew member. Note that the memory 26
In addition to a semiconductor memory, an electromagnetic counter or the like can also be used. At the same time as the lock is released, the ticket issuing operator 33 may be controlled by, for example, a plunger solenoid to automatically issue tickets.

In other words, if there is only one type of ticket to be sold, the ticket can be automatically issued at the same time as the lock is released.

``Effects of the invention'' As described above, according to this invention, a ticket issuing mechanism is installed in the fare box, and by using a mode changeover switch, it can be used as a coin entrance, coin verification means, coin storage, etc. Accordingly, the overall structure can be made smaller and inexpensive. Since the mode changeover switch is always in the exchange mode, currency exchange is often performed, but the exchange operation can be performed in the same manner as before.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the fare box with a ticket issuing mechanism according to this invention, Fig. 2 is an external perspective view of its upper part, Fig. 3 is a plan view showing an example of the coupon issuing mechanism, and Fig. 4 The figure is a front view of the locked state in Fig. 3, Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along line AA of Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along line BB of Fig. 5 in the unlocked state, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken along line BB of Fig. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line CC, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the relationship between the controller and its surroundings, and FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing part of the operation of the controller. 11... Fare box case, 15... Hangar, 17...
...Coin sorting mechanism, 18... Dispensing mechanism, 19...
Coin slot, 21... Coin verification mechanism, 23...
Bill slot, 24... Bill validator, 31... Ticket issuing machine case, 33, 33a to 33c... Ticket issuing operator,
34...Mode changeover switch operation button, 91...Control room, 92...Mode changeover switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Utility Model Registration Request] A ticket issuing device comprising a coin checking means for checking coins inserted from a coin slot, a hanger for storing the inserted coins, and a ticket issuing mechanism for issuing tickets. In a fare box with a mechanism, it is possible to switch between the exchange mode and the coupon mode, and there is a mode switch that is normally set to the exchange mode, and a mode switch that is set to the exchange mode and when money is inserted into the money slot. When the coins are inserted and judged to be correct by the coin checking means, the coins are inserted into the coin slot with the dispensing means dispensing the corresponding exchange coins, and the mode changeover switch being switched to the coupon mode. and when the coin verification means determines that the ticket is correct, the ticket issuing means drives the ticket issuing mechanism to issue a coupon; and the mode is switched by detecting that the coupon is removed from the ticket issuing mechanism. A fare box with a coupon ticket issuing mechanism, characterized by being provided with a recovery means for returning the switch to exchange mode.