JPH05213488A - Alignment device for ticket of various kinds for use in automatic charge receiving device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To receive charges very quickly by using a single inlet for different means of payment in an automatic charge receiving device. CONSTITUTION:An automatic charge receiving device comprises an inlet portion A for cards of different size, an alignment portion B for aligning the cards so that they all point to a fixed direction, a discharge portion C for the cards being aligned, and a control portion D for ordering operation required at the alignment portion B, and in the alignment portion B first and second alignment disks R1, R2 both of which rotates within a plane are provided parallel to each other, and the direction of each card S is controlled by collaboration of reversing rollers CR3, CR4 which make contact with each other as they are intermittently controlled by the alignment disk R1, so that the cards are always discharged while pointing in the fixed direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for arranging multiple types of tickets in an automatic toll collection device, and more specifically, when various tickets of different sizes are received in one window, they are automatically aligned and rear processing is performed. The present invention relates to a device for carrying to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method of collecting tolls on, for example, toll roads, there are known a direct collecting method by a collector and an unmanned and labor-saving method using an automatic toll collection machine. The former direct handling method is labor-saving because a collector is placed at each gate, and there is also a problem in hygiene because the vicinity of the gate is a poor working environment filled with automobile exhaust gas, etc. It is obvious that the method using the automatic toll collection machine of is desirable. Conventionally, as the latter automatic toll collection machine M, as shown in FIG. 8, it has an inlet for coins and bills and a card-only insertion slot W1 to W3 such as a prepaid card, and payment is made by coins or bills of bill type or It is known that the card is inserted into each of the insertion ports W1 to W3 according to the card type.

[0003]

[Problems of the prior art] However, since the toll collection for an automatic toll collection machine for a vehicle is normally carried out while the passenger is still on board, for convenience, depending on the payment method, within the reach of the payer such as the driver. In addition, it is necessary to arrange each collection slot and card insertion slot adjacent to each other so that vehicles of different heights such as trucks and passenger cars pass at random at the toll road.
There is a drawback that the automatic toll collection device M becomes very large, for example, it is necessary to install a number of 1 to W3 above and below according to the height of each vehicle type, and the payer also has a receiving port according to currency or card type. Alternatively, there is a problem that it takes time to pay the fee because of having to find an insertion port, which causes congestion.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an apparatus for arranging multiple tickets in an automatic toll collection apparatus that unifies a collection slot even if payment means are different and collects fees very quickly. It was made for the purpose of providing.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. 1 is a plan view of an essential part of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an essential part of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a conceptual side view of an automatic toll collection device to which the embodiment of the present invention is applied. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the apparatus 1 for arranging multiple tickets in the automatic toll collection device M of the present invention makes the orientations of the insertion portions A of the cards S of different sizes and the orientations of the cards S constant as necessary. Alignment part B to be changed
And a control section D for instructing necessary operations in the aligning section B. As shown in FIG. 3, the multi-valued ticket aligning apparatus 1 of the present invention is provided with a branch M1 and a magnetic card processor M3, a coupon ticket processor M4, and bills to which the cards S sorted by the branch are then sent. The discriminator M5 is connected.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, the insertion portion A has a counter shape made of, for example, a metal plate having a smooth surface such as stainless steel on which cards S having different sizes such as bills and prepaid cards are placed and inserted. The insertion section A1, the take-in rollers PR1 to PR3 for feeding the inserted card S in the direction of the alignment section B, and the sensors FS1 to FS3 for detecting the presence of the card to be fed and discriminating the type of the bill. It

The take-in rollers PR1 to PR3 are formed of rubber rolls having a large surface friction coefficient, etc., and are driven by a drive roller DR facing a window hole A2 provided in the supporting surface of the insertion portion A1.
It is arranged corresponding to 1 to DR3 (shown by the dotted line). The drive rollers DR1 to DR3 are driven simultaneously with the detection of the card S, and are driven by the synchro belt 6 until the passage of the card S is completed.

As the sensors FS1 to FS3, for example, three sensors FS1 to FS3 are arrayed in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction as shown in the drawing, and the width of the card S inserted by these sensors is detected and predicted in advance. With multiple types of cards,
Each sensor is arranged at a position where the card can be detected regardless of the size of the card inserted, and the card length is detected based on the card passage time, for example. Sensors FS1 to FS3
Can be any one such as one that detects light interruption using a photoelectric tube and one that detects electricity interruption by an energizing roll.

The alignment part B is connected to the slide base 1 continuing from the insertion part A.
The slide direction of the card S on the sliding base 1 is provided along
A circular hole is provided along the first alignment disc R1 and
Arranged so that the surface is flush with the second aligned disc R2
To be done. It is sent here before the first aligned disc R1.
Insert the card S by touching the surface of the card S for a short time
Feed roller CR1 for urging in the direction and first alignment disk R1
The card S sent up is slightly moved in the direction of the alignment disc R1.
Table with the first aligned disc R1 that is rotating by pressing only for a time
Of the first alignment disc that deflects the card S by surface friction
With the reversing rollers CR3 and CR4 arranged at the periphery,
The surface of the card S is pressed and rotated for a short time.
1 The surface of the card S is slid on the card S due to surface friction with the aligned disc R1
Width adjustment to send to the reference plane G direction provided on one side of the plate 1
Contact the roller CR2 with the surface of the ejected card S for a short time.
One that urges the card S in the feeding direction with the posture kept touching
It is sent to the next transport roller CR6 and the second alignment disc R2.
Push the card S in the direction of the second disc R2 for a short time.
By pressing and rotating, the surface friction with the rotating second alignment disk R2
The width of the width of the card S that is sent while further correcting the direction of the card S
It consists of La CR5.

The above-mentioned feeding roller CR1 and width-shifting roller CR2
, Reversing rollers CR3, CR4, width-adjusting roller CR5, and primary transport roller CR6 are all solenoids (the figure is complicated, so they are omitted, but the axes of rollers CR1 to CR6, PR1 to PR3, etc. are supported, respectively, and are perpendicular to the plane of the drawing). (Supported in the direction), the card S is brought into contact with the surface of the card S for a required time, and a window hole A2 is provided at a position corresponding to the feeding roller CR1 and the primary conveying roller CR6 of the sliding base 1. The rollers driven by the synchro belt 6 and the round belt 8 are arranged from the lower surface.

Further, since the card S is constantly biased toward the reference plane, as shown in FIG. 1, the first and second alignment disks R1,
The steel balls SB1 and SB2 may be supported on R2 in an idle state and contact the surface of the card S to be inserted by its own weight so that the card is always biased toward the reference plane G. When ejecting the cards, the steel balls SB3 and SB6 are supported in an idle state on the second aligning disc R2 and the sliding base 1 so that the cards S do not go too far, and the aligning disc R2 and the slide discs R2 are supported by their own weight. Slip base 1
It may be configured to come into contact with the top and to brake the inserted card 1. In addition, SB4 and SB5 in the figure are sliding bases 1.
The above figure shows an anti-slip ball which is supported in an idle state and contacts the sliding base 1 by its own weight and which is provided to prevent excessive rotational deflection of the card 1, and is provided as necessary.

The ejecting section C contacts the card S whose orientation has been corrected in the direction of the reference plane G for a short period of time while contacting the card S for biasing in the ejecting direction, and the ejected card. In order to discharge S to the rear, it is composed of carry-out rollers CR8 to CR10 that sandwich and urge the card S until the discharge. This width adjusting roller CR7, unloading roller CR
8 to CR10 also have the same mounting structure as the feed roller CR1 and the like of the alignment section B.

The control unit D determines the discrimination circuit D1 for discriminating the type of the inserted bill and its initial posture from the information on the presence / absence of passage of the card S and the required passage time obtained from the sensors FS1 to FS3, and the discrimination result. Required Role CR1 Based
.About.CR10 and a command circuit D2 for driving with a predetermined time lag. The command circuit D2 is, as shown in FIG. 4, specifically, a control circuit D21, a solenoid selection circuit D22, and a drive circuit D23 for each solenoid. It consists of and.

The above-mentioned time lag is a value obtained from an empirical value from the friction resistance of the card S, the alignment disks R1 and R2 in contact with the card S, and the rollers CR1 to CR10. The operating time is about the same. The reason why the sensors FS1 to FS3 are provided is that the reversing rollers CR3, CR depend on the size of each card S to be inserted and the direction of insertion.
4, it may not be necessary to drive the width-adjusting roller CR5 and the width-adjusting roller CR7, and this is to selectively drive them.

[0015]

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The most extreme example of the operation of the present invention is the case where the card S is inserted sideways. Therefore, this case will be described first.

In FIG. 4, when the card S is inserted sideways into the insertion section A, the width and length of the card S are detected by the sensors FS1 to FS3. This information is immediately input to the discriminating circuit D1, and the command circuit D2 issues an operation command according to the operation time lag of each solenoid. That is, the card S is taken into the alignment section B by the simultaneous driving of the take-in rollers PR1 to PR3.

At the insertion portion B, the feeding roller CR1 is immediately lowered by the operation of the solenoid to feed the card S to the first aligning disc R1. If the card S passes, the feed roller CR1
Turns to the original state and at the same time reverse rollers CR3 and CR4
Is also lowered by the operation of the solenoid and presses the card S onto the first alignment disc R1. Due to the contact friction at this time, the card S rotates together with the first alignment disk R1 to change its direction, and is placed in a substantially vertical position.

The rotation amount of the card S is determined by the reversing roller CR.
Although it depends on the size of the contact time of 3, CR4, the most convenient time length is obtained by the cut-and-try method, and this is the set timer value. Also, the rotated card S has a sliding base 1
Rotation is blocked by hitting the side wall or the anti-slave balls SB4,5, so it will not rotate more than 180 degrees.
Simultaneously with the end of the deflection, the reversing rollers CR3 and CR4 are pulled up by the operation of the solenoid, and then immediately descend and are discharged in the direction of the reference plane G by the contacting width adjusting roller CR2.

At the time of ejection, the card S hits a wall provided along the reference surface G and assumes a vertically long posture, but since the leading end of the card on the sending side tends to be in a posture away from the reference plane G as shown in the drawing, face this. It is corrected by the operation of the width-shifting roller CR5 and the second aligning disc R2. In addition, width drawing ball SB1,
When 2 is provided, the posture control becomes easier. As a result, the card S, which is arranged substantially vertically, is urged in the discharge direction by the width-shifting roller CR7 and the carry-out rollers CR8 to CR10, which are also brought into downward contact by the operation of the solenoid. As a result, the card S inserted in the horizontally long arrangement is deflected to the vertically long arrangement. After that, the card S is transferred to each processing section at the rear as shown in the document 2.

Next, a case where the card S is inserted in a vertically long arrangement will be described with reference to FIG. When the card S is inserted vertically into the insertion section A as described above, the sensor F at the insertion section is inserted by the card S.
The width and length of the card S are detected by S1 to FS3. This information is immediately input to the discriminating circuit D1, and the command circuit D2 issues an operation command for vertical insertion according to the operation time lag of each solenoid. First for this portrait orientation
Since it is not necessary to operate the aligning disc R1, the reversing roller CR3,
CR4 is stopped without lowering, and other rolls are operated as above. By this operation, the card S is ejected along the reference plane G.

Next, a case where the cards are inserted in a diagonal arrangement will be described with reference to FIG. The attitude of the card S, which is inserted diagonally, is determined from the time lag of the detection information of the sensors FS1 to FS3 and the length information, and is sent in the same manner as in the case of the horizontally arranged card described above. Go But each roll C
The operation time of R1 to CR10 is different from that of the above-described horizontally long arrangement in that it is controlled by the operation time set according to the correction angle. In addition, there is no need for deflection for a size that fills the width of the insertion slot like the 1,000-yen bill, so only the rolls that operate in the feed direction (CR1, CR6, from the information of the sensors FS1 to FS3 that detected this fact). CR8 to CR10) are activated, and the rest are put into a dormant state. The cards S are discharged from the multi-sided ticket arranging device, sorted as shown in FIG. 3, and sent to the processing sections Q1 to Q3, where necessary post-processing is performed.

[0022]

As described above, the present invention is applicable to bills,
Even an arbitrary card S, such as a card or a coupon ticket, can be used as a single receiving slot, and the user can store the card without hesitation, and the number of receiving slots can be greatly reduced, so the charge is automatic. The receiving device can be made compact. Further, since the received card S is always discharged from the discharging portion in a fixed posture, it becomes easy to perform subsequent processing in the device, which contributes to downsizing of the receiving device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an essential part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of an essential part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of an automatic fee collection device to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control circuit.

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory view of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory view of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A ... Card insertion section A1 ... Insertion section B ... Alignment section C ... Card ejection section D ... Control section D1 ... Discrimination circuit D2 ... Command circuit G ... Reference plane S ... Card 1 ... First alignment disk R2 ... No. 2 Alignment discs R FS1 to FS4… Sensors PR1 to PR3… Intake rollers CR1… Infeed rollers CR2… Width aligning rollers CR3, CR4… Reversing rollers CR6… Primary transport rollers CR5… Width aligning rollers CR7… Width aligning rollers CR8 to CR10 ... unloading roller

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An insertion section A for cards of different sizes, an alignment section B for aligning the orientation of the cards in a fixed posture, a discharge section C for aligned cards, and necessary operations in the alignment section B. And a control section D for instructing, and the insertion section A is an insertion section A1 of a card S having a different size.
Take-in roller P that sends the inserted card S to the alignment section B
R1 to PR3 and sensors FS1 to FS4 for detecting the presence of the card S to be sent and discriminating the type of the card S, and the aligning section B can be rotationally driven around a vertical axis with respect to the feeding plane of the card S. A first alignment disk R1 and a second alignment disk R2, which are arranged substantially in the same plane as the card feed plane and are arranged in the feed forward direction, and the card S located in front of the first alignment disk R1. Contact the card S for a short time
Roller CR for urging the sheet in the direction of the first aligned disc R1
1 and the card S sent out on the first alignment disk R1 are pressed in the direction of the alignment disk R1 for a short time, and the surface friction of the rotating first alignment disk R1 causes the card S to be in the plane. And the reversing rollers CR3 and CR4 arranged on the peripheral portion of the first aligning disc and the first aligning disc R1 rotating by pressing the deflected card S surface for a short time.
By the surface friction between the card S and the width-approaching roller CR2 that sends out the card S toward the reference plane G provided on one side of the plane, the surface of the ejected card S is kept in contact with the surface for a short period of time and the card S is kept in the feeding direction. Energizing primary transport roller CR6
And the card S sent on the second aligned disc R2
The ejecting section C comprises a width-shifting roller CR5 which presses the aligning disc R2 for a short time and sends it while further correcting the orientation of the card S by the surface friction with the rotating second aligning disc R2. Is the reference plane G
Width-applying roller CR7 that contacts the component for a short time and urges it in the ejection direction while giving a component force in the direction, and the ejected card S
Roll-out rollers CR8 to CR that urge contact with each other until they are discharged
The control unit D comprises a discriminating circuit D1 for discriminating the type of inserted bill and its initial attitude from the information on whether or not the card S has passed and the required transit time obtained from the sensors FS1 to FS3.
And the required rolls CR1 to CR10 based on this determination result
And a command circuit D2 for driving with a predetermined time lag. Arrangement device for multiple tickets in automatic toll collection device characterized by the above