JPH05242325A - Card type gate device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a customer from staying at a gate inlet by enabling the customer to extract also a card judged as a defective card while continuing walking. CONSTITUTION:A normal card return port 8 for ejecting a normal card 9a allowing entrance is arranged on the opposite side of a card inserting port 7 where a customer inserts a card 9 and also a defective card return port 14 for ejecting a defective card 9b rejected at its entrance is upwards and independently arranged on an intermediate part between both the ports 7, 8. Consequently the customer can extract the defective card 9b also while advancing to the outlet side without returning to the card inserting port to extract the defective card 9b like a convensional constitution, so that a customer's flow is made smooth and customer's stay at the gate inlet can be reduced.

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 in order to prevent congestion at the gate, It is important that the customer's walking motion does not stop during insertion or removal. 5 and 6 show a conventional gate device using a magnetic card. FIG. 5 is a perspective view and FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. In the figure, the gate device is composed of a main body 1 placed along the direction of passage of a customer shown by an arrow in FIG. 5, and a box 2 fixedly mounted on the main body 1, and an attendant 3 stands on the side of the main body 1. .. As shown in FIG.
A card reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as a card R / W) 4 is stored in the box 2, and a control unit 5 and a power supply 6 are stored in the main body 1.

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 card return port 8 as it is, or after writing new information and re-judging as necessary. Then, the customer extracts this and enters with the permission of the staff member 3. If the card 9 is defective, it is returned to the card insertion slot 7 by the reverse rotation of the roller 10, and the entry is rejected.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional gate device, when the card is normal, it is sent to the card return slot along the direction of travel of the customer, and after the card is removed, the next card is removed. It is possible to accept customers and the customer can enter smoothly. However, once the defective card is inserted, even though the customer has passed through the gate, only the card is returned to the card insertion slot, so the customer needs to return to remove it, and here the customer's There was a problem that the walking movement stopped and the flow became worse. Further, during the card return process, the next customer may try to insert the card forcibly, and the card may be clogged at the entrance side of the card R / W. In that case, the retention of the customer becomes worse. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a card-type gate device which allows a customer to walk smoothly even if a defective card is inserted so that the customer can walk smoothly. ..

[0005]

According to the present invention, a normal card return port for ejecting a normal card which a customer is permitted to enter and a defective card return port for ejecting a defective card which is refused are provided separately. The above-mentioned object is achieved by arranging all of the return openings at positions away from the card insertion opening in the direction of passage of the customer.

[0006]

[Function] By providing the normal card return port and the defective card return port separately and arranging the normal card return port as well as the defective card return port at a position away from the card insertion port in the direction of travel of the customer, The customer does not have to return to remove the defective card, and the walking motion of the customer does not stop. Further, by providing the card return ports for each as described above, it is easy to distinguish whether the card is right or wrong.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 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.
Is a plan view of the card R / W and the card transport mechanism in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. First, in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the card R / W 4 and the card transport mechanism 12 are fixed on the upper surface of the main body 1 that houses the control unit 5, the power supply 6, and the like.
These are covered with a trapezoidal upper case 13. The card transport mechanism 12 is for further transporting and returning the card discharged from the card R / W 4 in the customer's passing direction.

The upper case 13 is provided with an insertion slot 7 for a card (magnetic card) 9 on the entrance side in the direction of passage of a customer as shown by the arrow in FIG. 2, and on the opposite exit side is a card judged to be normal. A normal card return port 8 for returning 9 (hereinafter referred to as a normal card 9a) is provided. Further, on the upper surface of the upper case 13, a defective card return port 14 for returning the card 9 determined to be defective (hereinafter, referred to as defective card 9b) is provided. The upper case 13 is also provided with a display section 15 for customers and a red lamp 16 indicating entry / disapproval above the card insertion slot 7. Further, a display section 17 for staff is provided in front of the defective card return slot 14. It is provided.

Next, referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the card R / W
4 and 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, 19 are notched in a concave shape from the upper surface on the inlet side (right end side in the figure), and the upper ends thereof are folded back in an inverted L shape, and the card R /
W4 is 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, 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 in the vicinity of the card exit side of / W4, and further, two upper and lower belt conveyors 30 and 31 are disposed subsequently to the card receiving passage 29. The belt conveyor 30 has two front and rear rollers 3.
A belt 34 is wound around 2 and 33, and the roller 32 is fixed to a shaft 36 that is rotatably supported across the side plate 18 and a frame 35 (FIG. 3) fixed to the side plate 18, and The shaft 33 is rotatably supported by a shaft 37 which is cantilevered by the side plate 18. The side plate 18 has a conveyance motor 3
8 is mounted sideways, 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 on the upper end of an arm 48 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. A card return passage 49 composed of two upper and lower plates facing each other is formed between the gripping rollers 44, 45 and the belt conveyor 31 (FIG. 4), and a card sensor 50 for detecting the return of the normal card 9 is provided in the middle thereof. Is provided.

The card transport mechanism 12 is also provided with a mechanism for sorting the normal card 9a and the defective card 9b 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.
By switching the selector 53, the cards 9 taken in are sorted into the normal card return port 8 side and the defective 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.
A tension spring 61 (FIG. 3) rotatably supported by (FIG. 4) and hooked 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. )
Therefore, it is always held in the illustrated posture. Selector 53
The surface 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 part. In the state of FIG. It blocks the exit 55.

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 that detects the return of the defective card 9 is arranged on the exit side of the defective card discharge passage 55. On the card exit side of the card receiving passage 29, the card 9 is inserted from the card R / W 4 to the card transport mechanism 12.
Card sensor 64 that detects that the card has been completely delivered to
Is provided,

As shown in FIG. 4, the rollers 40, 5
A pressing roller 65 is provided on each of 1, 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.

In such a gate device, when the customer inserts the card 9 into the card insertion slot 7, the card R / W 4 is activated by the detection signal of the card sensor 26, and at the same time, the card transport mechanism 12 is activated at a low speed. Then, the card 9 is driven by the roller 10 and advances in the card path 22 toward 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 it is possible to enter, the normal card 9a is the writing head 2
Data such as the date and time of entry and the number of remaining valid times are written at 4, and the read 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 normal card 9a 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 signal from the card sensor 64 that detects this causes the transport motor 38 to move at high speed. The normal 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, and at the same time, the card R / W 4 and the card transport mechanism 12 are stopped by the detection signal of the card sensor 50.
Therefore, the normal card 9a is projected from the normal card return port 8 and stopped 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 the card information and the entry is judged to be invalid due to expiration or expiration of the number of times, the solenoid 54 is immediately excited. As a result, the plunger 54a is sucked downward,
The selector 53 rotates clockwise about the shaft 59 as a fulcrum against the tension spring 61 to close the card receiving passage 29 and form a gap with the roller 51. During that time, the defective card 9b passes through the card R / W 4 and is sent to the card transport mechanism 12, but when drawn by the roller 51, the path is bent upward by the selector 53 and sent to the card discharge passage 55. When the defective card 9b is sent further upward by the roller 52 and reaches the card sensor 63, the detection signal from the defective card 9b causes the card R / W 4 and the card transport mechanism 1 to be operated.
2 is stopped. Therefore, the defective card 9b is stopped in a state of protruding from the defective card 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 excitation of the solenoid 54 is released,
The selector 53 returns to the illustrated state by the force of the tension spring 61.

As described above, in the illustrated embodiment, the normal card return port 8 for returning the normal card 9a which allows the customer to enter is provided on the opposite side of the card insertion port 7 while the entry is denied. Since the defective card return port 14 for discharging the defective card 9b is separately provided at a position distant from the card insertion port 7 in the customer's passing direction,
Even if it is determined that the defective card is defective, the defective card 9b can be taken out while walking, and the flow of customers becomes smooth. Further, since the defective card return port 14 is provided upward between the card insertion port 7 and the normal card return port 8, the defective card 9 can be immediately recognized.

In the illustrated embodiment, in particular, a card transport mechanism 12 is provided at the rear stage of the card R / W4, and the normal card 9a that has exited the card R / W4 is further transported in the direction of passage of the customer and then the normal card return port 8 is provided. Since it is configured to be returned from the customer, a plurality of customers can enter the gate device, and the stay of customers at the gate entrance is further reduced. In addition, removing the belt conveyors 30 and 31 from the card transport mechanism 12,
The object of the present invention can be achieved by using only the distribution mechanism.

[0024]

According to the present invention, a normal card return slot and a defective card return slot are provided separately, and these return slots are arranged at positions distant from the card insertion slot in the direction of passage of the customer. As a result, even if the card is determined to be defective, the customer can remove the card while continuing to walk, and since the flow of the customer is not disturbed, the customer is less likely to stay at the gate entrance. In addition, both the customer and the clerk can understand that the card is defective.

[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.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Card R / W 7 Card insertion slot 8 Normal card return slot 9 Card 14 Bad card return slot

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Read information from a card inserted by a customer into a card insertion slot, determine whether or not the customer can enter based on this information, and then eject the card from the card return slot and return it to the customer. In the card-type gate device, a normal card return slot for ejecting normal cards that allow customers to enter and a defective card return slot for ejecting defective cards that refused to enter are provided separately. A card type gate device, characterized in that the card type gate device is arranged at a position distant from the insertion port in the passing direction of the customer.