JPH05186103A - Alignment device for ticket and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an alignment device for tickets and the like with a simple structure which aligns completely tickets whose parts are deformed due to curling or the like as well as tickets of different sizes. CONSTITUTION:At one side part 13 of a carrying passage 12 which carries tickets P1, P2, plural rollers 21-25 including a reverse crown roller 24, and a blet 26 which is engaged between the respective rollers 21-25 to run the tickets P1, P2 in a carrying direction, and is engaged so as to rotate the roller 24 in an opposite direction are integratedly-constituted so as to protrude over the carrying passage 12. Therefore, by making one end of the ticket or the like come into contact with the reverse crown roller, rising-up is generated along a constricted part, and the ticket or the like is placed in an unstable condition for easy alignment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket arranging device for arranging data-storing tickets of different sizes, such as commuter tickets and boarding tickets, so that the data can be read. The present invention relates to a ticket aligning device for surely aligning an inserted ticket or a partially curled ticket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, automatic ticket gates have been introduced in railway stations to save labor in ticket gate operations. When you insert a commuter pass (large ticket) or a train ticket (small ticket) that magnetically stores data such as the destination or pass period into the ticket insertion slot, the automatic ticket gate will read the data in the device and then the commuter ticket or boarding If the ticket is correct, it will open the gate and pass passengers.

[0003]

As described above, it is necessary for the automatic ticket gate apparatus to handle two types of tickets having different sizes, and the size of the ticket insertion slot is set so that the commuter ticket can be inserted from the longitudinal direction. ing. Therefore, when inserting a small-sized ticket into a commuter ticket, there is play at the ticket insertion opening, and the ticket is inserted in a diagonal direction, a lateral direction, a vertical direction, or the like without being aligned. On the other hand, in order to read the data with the data reading device, it is necessary to align the commuter pass and the ticket at a position where the data can be read. Since the commuter passes are inserted from the longitudinal direction, they can be almost aligned by transporting them to the data reading device as they are. However, since the direction and the position of the ticket are not uniform when it is inserted, the data cannot be read if it is conveyed as it is. Therefore, an alignment device is provided in the conveyance path from the ticket insertion port to the data reading device. Was there. Examples of the configuration of such a ticket aligning device are disclosed in Japanese Examined Patent Publication Nos. 52-29960 and 62-48266. However, the conventional aligning device has a complicated structure and may not be smoothly aligned especially when the tickets are obliquely inserted. In this case, a malfunction such as the gate not opening may occur. Was becoming. In particular, when a partially curled ticket is inserted sideways, it is often not aligned, and in some cases, the ticket may get into the gap in the device and cannot be easily removed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket arranging device which has a simple structure and is capable of surely arranging not only tickets having different sizes but also tickets partially deformed due to curl or the like. It is in.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The above object according to the present invention
Is for large and small tickets inserted from the ticket insertion slot,
A ticket arranging device for arranging so that predetermined processing can be performed.
In addition, a plurality of roller groups including a reverse crown roller,
When running while energizing large tickets and small tickets in the transport direction
Both ends of one end of the bills that abut the reverse crown roller.
The reverse claw is urged in a direction opposite to the carrying direction.
Hook between the rollers to rotate
The rotated belt is communicated with the insertion slot, and the large ticket and
And a small ticket on the side of the transport path that transports them in a predetermined direction.
When the small ticket is transported to the transport path,
Rotate the roller and the belt integrally toward the transport path
And contact one end of the small ticket with the reverse crown roller.
After making it unstable and turning it,
A ticket sorting device configured to guide and align
Is achieved.

[0006]

In other words, if one end of a small ticket such as a passenger ticket comes into contact with the side surface of the reverse crown roller during transportation, the small ticket rises along the constricted shape and becomes unstable, and at the same time, flips in the direction opposite to the transportation direction. Will be As a result, the entire small ticket is likely to be displaced, and the small tickets can be easily aligned by continuing to bring them into contact with the belt. Therefore, even if a small ticket is inserted in the lateral direction or a part is curled, it is possible to surely align the data and read the data.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a ticket sorting device to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 is a plan view schematically showing the construction of a ticket sorting device, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of an automatic ticket gate, FIG. 3 is a plan view of a main part for explaining the discrimination of tickets, and FIG. 4 is a ticket. FIG. 8 is a side view of the main part showing the aligning action of the class. Although the feature of this embodiment is the aligning action of tickets,
For convenience of description, the operation and the like of the automatic ticket gate to which the present invention is applied will be first described, and then the main part will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic ticket gate 1 is provided with a ticket insertion slot 2, a ticket ejection slot 3 and a gate 4. A commuter pass or a boarding ticket inserted into the ticket insertion slot 2 is conveyed in the device 1 as indicated by an arrow A, and a ticket arrangement device 11 as shown in FIG. 1 is provided in the conveyance path. After being aligned by the ticket aligning device 11, it is conveyed to a data reading device (not shown). If the read data is correct, the gate 4 is opened so that passengers can pass through and extract the ticket from the exit 3. Further, the width W of the ticket insertion slot 2 is set to a width (substantially shorter width) in which a commuter ticket corresponding to a large-sized ticket in the present invention can be inserted from the longitudinal direction.

By the way, in order to align the small tickets, that is, the boarding tickets, it is necessary to determine whether the inserted ticket is a large ticket or a small ticket. Therefore, in the device 1, a discriminating device as shown in FIG. 3 is provided before the ticket aligning device 11. The discriminating device is composed of sensors 5a to 5d positioned so that the commuter pass P1 can be simultaneously applied. As shown in the figure, the sensors 5a to
By arranging 5d, the commuter pass P1 being conveyed can be simultaneously hung on the sensors 5a to 5d, and in this case, it is determined as the commuter pass P1. However, when the boarding ticket P2 is inserted, it is not applied to all the sensors 5a to 5d at the same time, and in this case, it is determined as the boarding ticket P2.

Next, the ticket sorting device 11 will be described with reference to FIG. The ticket aligning device 11 includes a plurality of rollers 2
1 to 25 and a belt 26 wound around each roller 21 to 25
It is configured to reciprocate around the roller 25 from a position shown by a solid line to a position shown by a virtual line in the figure, and further from a position shown by a virtual line to a position shown by a solid line. In addition,
The position indicated by the solid line is the position where the commuter passes P1 are aligned,
The position indicated by an imaginary line is the position when the ticket P2 is aligned. Such position control is automatically performed by a drive mechanism (not shown) after the determination device determines that the ticket is the commuter ticket P1 or the boarding ticket P2.

The rollers 21, 22, 23 and 25 are crown rollers, but the roller 23 is an eccentric roller, and the reverse crown roller 24 is formed in a shape with constricted sides as shown in FIG. The belt 26 wound around the rollers 21 to 25 travels in the direction of arrow B by the rotation of the roller 25, for example. Since the roller 22 is an eccentric roller, the running belt 26 may travel in a straight line as shown in the figure, or the conveyor path 1
In some cases, the car may run closer to the top and drive. As for the reverse crown roller 24, since the belt 26 is hung on the surface opposite to the conveying path 12, the belt 26 rotates in the direction of arrow C, and the side surface of the roller 24 directly moves to the commuter ticket P1 or the boarding ticket P2. Will come into contact with the side surface of.

Although the rollers 21 to 25 and the belt 26 are provided on the left side portion 13 of the conveying path 12 in this embodiment, the right side portion is constituted by a vertical wall surface bent in an L shape, and this wall surface is formed. It is the alignment reference surface 14. Further, a conveyor belt 31 is provided above the conveyor path 12 so as to obliquely cross the conveyor path 12 as indicated by an imaginary line. The conveyor belt 31 is wound around the rollers 32 and 33, and the lower side surface thereof conveys the commuter pass P1 and the boarding ticket P2 in the direction of arrow A while pressing the commuter pass P1 and the boarding ticket P2 so as not to float up from the conveyance path 12.

Next, the operation of aligning the tickets will be described. First,
A case where the commuter pass P1 is inserted will be described. When the commuter pass P1 is discriminated by the discriminating device, each roller 2
The positions of the belts 1 to 25 and the belt 26 are controlled to the positions shown by the solid lines in FIG. At this time, the width W1 between the outer side surface of the belt 26 and the alignment reference surface 14 is determined by the commuter pass P inserted in the longitudinal direction.
The width of the commuter pass P1 is slightly wider than the width of 1, and the commuter pass P1 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow A to enter the width W1. Then, part of the belt 26 is intermittently projected onto the conveying path 12 by the eccentric roller 22, so that the commuter pass P1 is pressed against the alignment reference surface 14. The commuter pass P1 is the alignment reference plane 1
While being pressed against the belt 4, the belt 26 and the conveyor belt 3
Since it is urged in the direction of arrow A by 1, it is conveyed while being aligned.

On the other hand, when the ticket P2 is inserted, the following notable alignment action is performed. That is, when the boarding ticket P2 is inserted, the discriminating device discriminates it as the boarding ticket P2, and the rollers 21 to 25 and the belt 26 are positioned at the positions indicated by imaginary lines. As a result, the rollers 21, 22,
The belts 23, 24 and the belt 26 running in the direction of the arrow B are jutting out so as to be pushed out onto the conveying path 12. In this state, it is assumed that the ticket P2 is skewed and is transported at a position away from the alignment reference plane 14. When one end of the ticket P2 hits the side surface of the reverse crown roller 24 as shown in FIG. 1, the whole of the ticket P2 is urged in the direction of arrow A by the conveyor belt 31, so that one end of the ticket P2 is as shown in FIG. Then, the reverse crown roller 24 rides along the constricted portion. Further, since the reverse crown roller 24 is rotating in the direction of arrow C, one end of the ticket P2 is urged to be repelled. As a result, the ticket P
No. 2 is conveyed while being pressed by the conveyor belt 31, but the pressing is weakened due to the ride-up by the constricted portion and the urging in the C direction, resulting in an unstable state.

The boarding ticket P2 is continuously conveyed by the conveyor belt 31 even during the transition to the unstable state. Therefore, the ticket P2 is conveyed in the direction of arrow A while rotating counterclockwise from the position shown by the dotted line in FIG. And the ticket P2
Is conveyed in an unstable state, and when the side surface of the ticket P2 comes into contact with the belt 26 on the outside of the roller 23, it is guided toward the alignment reference surface 14 and coupled with the conveyance of the conveying belt 31 which crosses diagonally. It gradually comes closer to the alignment reference plane 14 direction. Further, since the belt 26 intermittently protrudes onto the conveying path 12 by the eccentric roller 22, the eccentric roller 22 further aligns the ticket P2 while it is conveyed to the position of the roller 21 after coming into contact with the roller 23. It will be pushed toward the reference surface 14 side. Therefore, FIG.
While being transported from the position indicated by the dotted line to the tip of the transport path 12, the tickets P2 are substantially aligned along the alignment reference plane 14.

On the other hand, when the ticket P2 is inserted from the beginning so as to be conveyed in the substantially central portion of the conveyance path 12, the conveyance belt 31 is conveyed so as to gradually approach the alignment reference plane 14 and a part thereof is conveyed. By contacting the belt 26, it is pushed toward the alignment reference surface 14 side in the same manner as described above, and alignment is performed. Further, when the ticket P2 is inserted along the alignment reference plane 14 from the beginning, it is conveyed by the action of the conveyor belt 31 so as not to be separated from the alignment reference plane 14 and further pushed by the belt 26, which is favorable. The alignment will be done.

The structure for integrally rotating the rollers 21 to 25 and the belt 26 is not particularly limited, but the rollers 21 to 25 are provided on a common substrate and, for example, the position of the roller 25 is a fulcrum. There is a structure to reciprocate by a plunger or the like so as to rotate. Further, in the structure for conveying tickets, the conveyor belt 31 may be provided above and below and the tickets may be sandwiched and conveyed.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be variously modified. For example, when the reverse crown roller 24 is configured to rotate without using the belt 26, it may be formed in a tapered conical shape. Further, the application of the present invention is not limited to the automatic ticket gate, but can be widely applied to automatic vending machines handling different denominations, entrance gates, and the like.

[0019]

The ticket aligning apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of roller groups including rollers having side faces formed in an inverted crown shape on one side of a conveying path for conveying the tickets, and a space between the rollers. While running around in the direction of transporting tickets,
A belt wound around to reversely rotate the reverse crown roller is provided, and when the small ticket is inserted, the plurality of rollers and the belt are integrally positioned in a state of overhanging on the transport path. As configured. Therefore, when a small ticket is inserted, one end of the small ticket rises along the reverse crown roller and the entire small ticket becomes unstable,
At the same time, one end is repelled, which facilitates misalignment for alignment. In this state, since the belt is urged in the conveying direction, the small tickets are aligned while being conveyed, so that the small tickets can be aligned regardless of the conveying position or curling. Therefore, it becomes possible to read data reliably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a ticket sorting device showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of an automatic ticket gate to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing discrimination of tickets.

FIG. 4 is a side view of an essential part for explaining the action of the reverse crown roller.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Automatic ticket gate 2 Ticket insertion slot 3 Ticket exit 4 Gate 5a-5d Sensor 11 Ticket alignment device 12 Conveyance path 13 Side part 14 Alignment reference plane 21-25 Roller 22 Eccentric roller 24 Reverse crown roller 26 Belt 31 Conveyor belt P1 Commuter ticket P2 Ticket A Ticket transportation direction B Belt running direction C Roller rotation direction W, W1 width

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket aligning device for aligning a large ticket and a small ticket inserted through a ticket insertion slot so that a predetermined process can be performed, a plurality of roller groups including reverse crown rollers, and the large ticket and the small ticket. While traveling while urging the small ticket in the conveying direction, the reverse crown roller is rotated so as to urge one end of the tickets contacting the reverse crown roller in a direction opposite to the conveying direction. A belt wound around a plurality of rollers is provided on a side portion of a transport path that communicates with the insertion slot and transports the large-sized ticket and the small-sized ticket in a predetermined direction, and the small-sized ticket is transported to the transportation path. When the plurality of rollers and the belt are integrally rotated toward the conveyance path, one end of the small ticket is brought into contact with the reverse crown roller to make it in an unstable state, and the belt is rotated. By Configuration the ticket such alignment device so as to inner to align.