JPH05242324A - Card type gate device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a customer to extract a card inserted from a card inserting port at a gate inlet from a card return port at a gate outlet without stopping. CONSTITUTION:A card carrying mechanism 12 for carrying a card furthermore in a customer passing direction is arranged on the post stage of a card R/W 4 to extract a distance from the card inserting port up to the card return port 8. Consequently time required for the arrival of a customer inserting the card 9 into the insertion port 7 at the return port 8 is saved and the card 9 ejected from a card R/W 4 is quickly carried by a card carrying mechanism 12 to deliver the card 9 more quickly than the arrival of the customer, so that the customer can extract the card 9 from the return port 8 without stopping.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention uses a card-shaped recording medium such as a magnetic card (hereinafter simply referred to as a card) to enter a closed area such as a leisure land or an amusement park, or inside the area. The present invention relates to a card-type gate device that permits admission to amusement facilities.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of gate device usually has one staff member (companion) to greet guests and guide the facility, but to prevent congestion at the gate, insert a card. It is important that the customer does not stop when receiving or receiving. 7 and 8 show a conventional gate device using a magnetic card, FIG. 7 is a perspective view, and FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. In the figure, the gate device is a main body 1 placed along the direction of passage of the customer as shown by the arrow in FIG.
And a box 2 fixed on the main body 1
A staff member 3 is standing beside him. As shown in FIG. 8, a card reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as a card R /
W) 4 is accommodated, and the main body 1 accommodates a control unit 5 and a power source 6.

The box 2 is provided with a card insertion slot 7 on the entrance side and a card return slot 8 on the opposite side. When a customer inserts a card 9 into the card insertion slot 7, this card 9 is rolled. At 10, the card information is sent in the direction in which the customer passes, and the card information is read by the magnetic head 11. This information is judged by the control unit 5, and if the card 9 is normal, it is sent to the return port 8 as it is, or after new information is written and re-judged as necessary. Then, the customer takes it out and enters it under the instruction of the attendant 3. If the card 9 is defective, it is returned to the card insertion slot 7 by reversing the roller 10.
Refused to enter.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional gate apparatus, a customer who inserts the card 9 into the card insertion slot 7 while walking must stop when the card 9 is taken out again. There was a problem that the progress of customers was not smooth. The size of the card R / W 4 in the front-rear direction is originally small, and the customer does not need to take a step after inserting the card 9 into the card insertion slot 7
However, the card R / W 4 requires a certain amount of time to read, judge, and write information, so the customer must wait for the card 9 to come out near the card return port 8. Because. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a card-type gate device in which a customer can pass through a gate without stopping while the walking of the customer and the ejection of the card are synchronized to prevent congestion. Is.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a card carrying means is provided in the subsequent stage of the card reading means to carry a card sent from the card further in the direction of passage of a customer and then to return it from the card return port on the exit side. By doing so, the above-mentioned object is achieved. In that case, if one of the side walls forming the card passage of the card transport means cantilever-supports a movable part necessary for driving the card, and the other side wall is configured to be openable and closable with respect to this movable part, This makes it easier to deal with card jams.

[0006]

[Function] The card sent out from the card reading means is further conveyed in the customer's passing direction by the card conveying means to be returned, so that the distance from the card insertion slot to the return slot is lengthened and the customer becomes the card return slot. The time to reach the card can be extended, while the card transporting means for simply transporting the card can make the card moving speed faster than that in the card reading means, so the card can be sent to the return slot and taken out. It is possible to match the timing of. Also, if the movable part of the card carrier is cantilevered on one of the side walls and the other side of the side wall can be opened and closed with respect to the movable part, it can be opened and closed if the card is jammed in the carrier for some reason. You can easily remove the jammed card by opening the side plate on the other side to expose the movable part.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention in a leisure land gate device will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same reference numerals are used for the parts corresponding to the conventional example. Here, FIG. 1 is a side view showing the inside of the card type gate device, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing its appearance, and FIG.
1 is a plan view of the card R / W and the card transport mechanism in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 4, and FIG. It is a perspective view. First, in FIGS. 1 and 2, a card R / W 4 as a card reading means and a card carrying mechanism 12 as a card carrying means are fixed on the upper surface of the main body 1 containing the control unit 5, the power source 6 and the like (FIG. 1). , These are covered with a trapezoidal upper case 13.

In the upper case 13, an insertion port 7 for a card (magnetic card) 9 is provided on the entrance side in the direction of passage of a customer as shown by an arrow in FIG.
Is provided, and the other side of the card is judged to be normal 9
A return port 8 (hereinafter referred to as a normal card 9a) is provided. A return port 14 for a card 9 determined to be defective (hereinafter referred to as defective card 9b) is provided on the upper surface of the upper case 13. Upper case 13
In addition, a display section 15 for customers and a red lamp 16 indicating entry / exit are provided above the card insertion slot 7, and a display section 17 for staff is provided in front of the card return slot 14. ..

Next, referring to FIGS. 3 to 6, the card R / W4
The card transport mechanism 12 will be described in detail. In the figure, 18 and 19 are side plates that form a card passage of the card transport mechanism 12 and also serve as a support frame for the card R / W 4, and are screwed at the lower end bent outwardly into an L shape by a screw 20 (FIG. 3). It is fixed facing the main body 1. The side plates 18 and 19 are notched in a concave shape from the upper surface on the inlet side (the right end side in FIGS. 3 and 4), and the upper ends thereof are folded back in an inverted L shape, and the card R / W4 is folded in the folded portions. Are fixed with screws 21 (FIG. 3).

In the card R / W 4, a roller 10 and three magnetic heads 23 to 25 are provided with a card passage 22 (FIG. 4) interposed therebetween.
Are sequentially arranged along the card traveling direction (leftward in FIGS. 3 and 4). The magnetic head 23 is for reading data, 24 is for writing, and 25 is for re-reading (verify). The rollers 10 are connected to each other by a belt (not shown) and commonly driven by a single drive motor (not shown). A card sensor 26 (FIG. 4) which is an optical switch for detecting the insertion of the card 9 is arranged further in front of the roller 10 on the foremost side.

On the other hand, the card transport mechanism 12 has a card R
A card receiving passage 29 composed of upper and lower two plates 27 and 28 is formed near the card exit side of / W4, and two upper and lower belt conveyors 30 and 31 are arranged continuously to the card receiving passage 29. The belt conveyor 30 has a structure in which a belt 34 is wound around two front and rear rollers 32 and 33, and the roller 32 includes a side plate 18 and a frame 35 fixed to the side plate 18.
(FIG. 3) The roller 33 is fixed to a shaft 36 that is rotatably supported across and the roller 33 is cantilevered by the side plate 18.
It is rotatably supported by 7. A conveyance motor 38 is laterally attached to the side plate 18, and a belt 39 is hung between the output shaft and the shaft 36 via a pulley.
The speed of the carry motor 38 is controlled in two levels, high and low, by a controller (not shown).

The belt conveyor 31 has a structure in which a belt 42 is wound around four front and rear rollers 40 and a lower roller 41, and both rollers 40 and 41 are side plates 18.
It is rotatably supported by a shaft 43 that is supported by a cantilever. The belt conveyor 31 is not directly driven by the transport motor 38, but is driven in conjunction with the belt conveyor 30 when the belt 42 contacts the belt 34.

As will be described later, a pair of upper and lower rollers 44 and 45 for holding the return card are provided on the card return side of the card transport mechanism 12. The lower roller 45 is rotatably supported by a shaft 46 cantilevered by the side plate 18, and the upper roller 44 is cantilevered by the side plate 18.
It is rotatably supported by the tip of an arm 48 which is rotatably supported by 7. The arm 48 receives a force in a counterclockwise direction in FIG. 4 about a shaft 47 as a fulcrum by a torsion spring (not shown), and the upper roller 44 is pressed against the lower roller 45 by this force. Between the gripping rollers 44, 45 and the belt conveyor 31, a card return passage 49 composed of two upper and lower plates facing each other is formed (FIGS. 4 and 6), and the return of the normal card 9 is detected in the middle thereof. Card sensor 50 (Fig. 4)
Is provided.

The card transport mechanism 12 is also provided with a mechanism for sorting normal cards and defective cards on the front side of the belt conveyors 30 and 31. This sorting mechanism is composed of rollers 51 and 52, a selector 53, a solenoid 54 (FIG. 4), a defective card discharge passage 55 (FIG. 4), and the like. The card 9 taken in from the card R / W 4 into the card receiving passage 29 is removed. By switching the selector 53, it is divided into the card return port 8 side and the card return port 14 side.

In the distribution mechanism, the roller 51 faces the card receiving passage 29, is located behind the upper plate 27 forming the front half of the card receiving passage 29, and is rotatably supported across the side plate 18 and the frame 35. Is fixed to the shaft 56. The roller 52 is fixed to a shaft 57 that is rotatably supported across the side plate 18 and the frame 35 so as to face the defective card discharge passage 55, and the shafts 56 and 57 and the shaft 36 of the belt conveyor 30. A belt 58 is hung in a triangular shape via a pulley, and the rollers 51 and 52 are driven simultaneously with the belt conveyor 30.

The selector 53 is a triangular resin molded product,
A shaft 59 cantilevered by the side plate 18 so as to form the latter half of the card receiving passage 29 between the lower surface and the lower plate 28.
(FIG. 4) is rotatably supported, and a tension spring 61 hung between a pin 60 (FIG. 3) implanted on the side surface and a hook (not shown) provided on the side plate 18 above the pin 60 always keeps It is held in the illustrated position. The surface of the selector 53 facing the roller 51 is formed in an arc shape, and a notch 53a (FIG. 3) for escaping the roller 51 is formed in the center portion. In the state of FIG. 4, it partially overlaps with the roller 51 and is defective. The card discharge passage 55 is blocked.

The solenoid 54 is attached to the side plate 18, and its plunger 54a is connected to the pin 60 of the selector 53 through a link (not shown). The defective card discharge passage 55 is formed by two plates facing each other and the base 62, the lower end of which is close to the top of the selector 53, and the base 6
2 faces the defective card return port 14 (FIG. 2) of the upper case 13. A card sensor 63 for detecting the ejection of the defective card 9a is arranged on the exit side of the defective card ejection passage 55. On the card exit side of the card receiving passage 29, the card 9 is transferred from the card R / W 4 to the card transport mechanism 1.
Card sensor 6 that detects that the card has been completely delivered to
4 (FIG. 4) are provided.

A pressing roller 65 is provided on each of the rollers 40, 51 and 52. These pressing rollers 65 are rotatably attached to the tip of an arm (not shown in FIG. 3) which is rotatably supported by the side plate 18 via a shaft, and a torsion spring (not shown). By the force of, the roller is pressed against the roller 40 via the belt 34 or 42 and directly against the rollers 51 and 52.

All the movable parts of the card transport mechanism 12 described above are attached to one side plate 18 by cantilever support, and are not supported on the other side plate 19. The portion of the side plate 19 facing the movable portion is formed by a lid plate 19a made of a transparent plastic (polycarbonate, acrylic resin, etc.) plate material, and the lid plate 19a is an iron plate portion via three hinges 66 at the lower end portion. 19b is openably and closably connected.

A magnetizing plate 67 (FIGS. 3 and 6) made of an iron plate is fixed to two positions inside the upper end of the cover plate 19a.
Correspondingly, a magnet 69 is attached to the side plate 18 via a stay 68. A handle 70 is attached to the upper end of the cover plate 19a on the outer side of one magnetizing plate 67. In the cover plate 19a, the magnetizing plate 67 is the magnet 6
It is held upright by being attracted to
When 0 is pulled, the hinge 66 is turned upside down to expose the movable portion of the card transport mechanism 12.

The structure of the upper case 13 already described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 will now be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 as well. And the other part, that is, the upper wall 13b, the front wall 13c, the rear wall 13d and the left side wall 13e (FIG. 2).
The portions 13b to 13e other than a are integrated.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the side wall 13a is fixed to the main body 1 by a screw (not shown) at the lower end bent inwardly in an L shape. On the other hand, the side wall 13
The parts other than a are attached to the main body 1 by hinges 71 at the lower end of the side wall 13e so as to be openable and closable. Matched to the edge, card R / W
4 and the card transport mechanism 12 are covered as shown in FIG.

In such a gate device, when the customer inserts the card 9 into the insertion slot 7, the card sensor 26
The card R / W 4 is activated by the detection signal of 1., and at the same time, the card transport mechanism 12 is activated at a low speed, and the card 9 is driven by the roller 10 and advances in the card passage 22 to the left in FIG. Then, in the middle of the progress, the card information is first read by the read head 23, and the data is sent to the control unit 5 to determine whether the entry is possible. As a result, if the card 9 is normal, data such as the date and time of entry and the number of remaining valid times are written by the write head 24, the write data is checked by the read head 25, and then sent to the card transport mechanism 12. ..

The normal card 9a sent to the card transport mechanism 12 is drawn into the roller 51 and advances in the card receiving passage 29. At this time, the peripheral speed of the roller 51 is in synchronization with the roller 10, and the card 9a exiting the card R / W4
Are transferred to the card transport mechanism 12 at the same speed. The card 9 is eventually drawn into the belt conveyor 31, but when the card 9a moves away from the card R / W4 and completely moves into the card transport mechanism 12, the transport motor 38 is switched at high speed by a signal from the card sensor 64 which detects this. The card 9a is sandwiched between the belt 34 and the belt 42 and conveyed at high speed. Finally, the belt conveyor 31 pushes it between the gripping rollers 44 and 45,
At the same time, the card R / W is detected by the detection signal of the card sensor 50.
4 and the card transport mechanism 12 are stopped. Therefore, the normal card 9a projects from the card return port 8 and stops while being held between the holding rollers 44 and 45, and is taken out by the customer.

On the other hand, when the read head 23 reads out the card information and the entry is judged to be invalid due to the expiration of the card information, the solenoid 54 is immediately excited. As a result, the plunger 54a is sucked downward, and the selector 5
3 rotates clockwise around the shaft 59 as a fulcrum against the tension spring 61 to close the card receiving passage 29 and form a card passage with the roller 51.

Meanwhile, the defective card 9b is the card R / W4.
Although it is sent to the card transport mechanism 12 after passing through, the path is bent upward by the selector 53 when drawn into the roller 51, and is sent to the card discharge passage 55. When the defective card 9b is further moved upward by the roller 52 and reaches the card sensor 63, the card R is detected by the detection signal.
/ W4 and the card transport mechanism 12 are stopped. Therefore,
The defective card 9b stops while protruding from the return port 14 and is taken out by the customer. When the card sensor 63 detects that the defective card 9b is pulled out, the solenoid 5
The excitation of No. 4 is released, and the selector 53 returns to the illustrated state by the force of the tension spring 61.

In the above embodiment, the card carrying mechanism 12 is provided at the subsequent stage of the card R / W 4, and the card R / W 4 is provided.
The card 9 that has exited 4 is further transported in the direction of passage of the customer and then returned from the card return port 8. Therefore, even if the traveling speed of the card 9 inserted into the card insertion slot 7 by the customer in the card R / W 4 is slower than the walking speed of the customer for reading / writing or determining the card information, the card transport mechanism 12 is operated. By appropriately speeding up and pulling out the customer who is heading to the card return slot 8 on the way, the customer can send the card 9 to the card return slot 8 without delay and let the customer pull out the card 9 while walking. it can.

Further, in the above embodiment, all the movable parts of the card transport mechanism 12 are cantilevered by one side plate 18, and the part of the other side plate 19 facing this movable part is simply opened and closed as a transparent lid plate 19a. It is freely configured. Therefore, even if the card 9 is jammed in the card transport mechanism 12 for some reason, the upper case 13 is opened and the cover plate 1
The jammed card 9 can be easily taken out by opening 9a to the position of the chain line as shown by the arrow in FIG. At that time, since the lid plate 19a is transparent, the location of the card jam can be seen at a glance. The card R / W 4 is configured such that the upper part of the card R / W 4 can be lifted up with the card exit side as a fulcrum, and can be easily taken out when the card 9 is jammed.

[0029]

According to the present invention, the card ejected from the card reading means is further conveyed by the card conveying means in the traffic direction of the customer and returned, so that the return card can be returned to the customer without delay. It becomes possible to send it out to the mouth and make it stand by, so that the customer does not have to stop to take out the card, and the progress of the customer becomes extremely smooth even in the case of congestion. In that case, when the movable portion of the card conveying means is supported on one side plate all by cantilever and the other side plate is configured to be openable and closable with respect to the movable portion, when a card jam occurs in the card conveying means. You can easily take out this card by opening the side plate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the card R / W and the card transport mechanism in FIG.

4 is a vertical cross-sectional view of FIG.

5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line VV of FIG.

6 is a perspective view of a card transport mechanism portion of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 8 is a vertical cross-sectional view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 card R / W 7 card insertion slot 8 card return slot 9 cards 12 card transport mechanism 18 side plate 19 side plate

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A card comprising card reading means for sending out a card inserted from a card insertion opening on the entrance side along a direction of passage of a customer, and judging whether or not the customer can enter based on information read from the card. In the type gate device, after the card reading means, a card conveying means for further conveying the card sent out in the passenger's passing direction and then returning it from the card return opening on the exit side is provided. Gate device. 2. A movable part necessary for driving a card is cantilever-supported on one of the side walls forming a card passage of the card carrying means, and the other side wall is configured to be openable and closable with respect to the movable part. The card type gate device according to claim 1, wherein the gate device is a card type gate device.