JPH0562038A - Separation/accumulation device for ticket or the likes - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To accumulate tickets to be returned from the ticket processor of an automatic adjustment machine with smaller tickets accumulated on larger tickets and to return them in a lump. CONSTITUTION:The device consists of a temporary holding part 3 provided on the end part of a returning carrying path 1, a card pressor 8 provide at a position which does not about on a normal-sized tickets out of card-sized tickets to be discharged to the temporary holding part 3 and which abuts on the card-sized tickets, a card holding plate 4 holding the card-sized tickets to be guided by the card pressor 8 and discharged, a separation panel 5 which is arranged to be faced with the card holding plate 4 and provided with a cutoff 5a guiding the normal-sized tickets in a direction getting apart from the card holding plate 4 and a tong piece 5b guiding the card-sized tickets to the card holding plate, and a shutter 7 which is closed until all the tickets to be returned to the temporary holding part 3 are held and is opened when all the tickets are held.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticketing / separating / stacking device, and more particularly to a ticketing machine such as an automatic ticket gate or an automatic checkout machine, in which a plurality of tickets of different sizes are inserted. At times, it relates to the ones in which small tickets can be returned by stacking them on top.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, even when two or more tickets are inserted into a ticket processor, one entry / exit processing and one payment processing are performed with these tickets. For example, JP-A-58-78280).

For example, when the user of a commuter's ticket pays with an automatic payment machine, when the payment is done with a prepaid card and a coupon ticket, in addition to the card-sized commuter's ticket, a card-sized prepaid card and Edmon Linn A ticket type (normal ticket size) coupon ticket is inserted. After the settlement process is completed, the commuter pass and the prepaid card are returned to the outlet, and the coupon ticket is collected in the automatic settlement machine. Also,
When the payment processing operation is canceled halfway or when the inserted tickets cannot be paid for, all the tickets such as the inserted commuter pass are returned to the outlet. This return is performed in the order processed in the automatic checkout machine.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional ticket handling machine for a plurality of tickets, the returned tickets are discharged in the processing order, so that the ordinary ticket size cards are used. Before you receive all the tickets, you may feel that the normal size tickets may not be returned under the size ticket There was a problem that the user left.

In order to solve such a problem, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 56-74786,
It is conceivable that all the tickets will be stacked and returned together to the outlet, but even with this,
It is not possible to solve the drawback that ordinary ticket sizes are below card size tickets.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object thereof is a device for separating and stacking passenger tickets such that small passenger tickets can be stacked and returned upward. To provide.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the device of the present invention is a device for separating and stacking tickets, which is provided in a return transportation path in a ticket processing machine such as an automatic checkout machine. At the temporary holding part provided at the position where the tickets that are transported on the return transport path fall, and at the position that does not come into contact with ordinary-sized tickets among the tickets that are discharged to the temporary holding part And a card retainer provided at a position abutting the card-sized tickets, a card holding plate for holding the card-sized tickets discharged by being guided by the card retainer, and the card holding plate And has a notch for guiding ordinary ticket size tickets in a direction away from the card holding plate,
And a separation plate having a tongue that guides card-sized tickets to the card holding plate side, and provided at the lower part of the temporary holding section, and closed until all returned tickets are held, It also has a shutter that opens when all the tickets are held.

[0008]

In the above structure, when the card-sized tickets fall into the temporary holding portion, they are guided onto the card holding plate by the card retainer and the separating plate. Further, when the ordinary ticket size tickets fall into the temporary holding section, they are guided by the separating plate so as to be separated from the card holding plate. As a result, the ordinary ticket size tickets are located on the card size tickets in the temporary holding section, and when the shutter is opened, they are returned in this state.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment, showing an example of being incorporated in a return conveyance path of an automatic settlement machine.

The conveying direction of the lower end portion of the return conveying path 1 consisting of a pair of belt conveyors is slightly leftward from right below,
Further, the idling roller 2 is attached to the stepped portion at the lower end thereof.
Is provided, and the tickets released from the idling 2 are configured to drop into the temporary holding section 3 provided so as to face the lower end of the return transport path 1.

The temporary holding section 3 is provided in parallel with the return conveyance path 1 for holding card-sized tickets, and a left side of the card holding plate 4 with a predetermined interval. The separation plate 5 provided, two guide plates 6a and 6b provided on the left side of the separation plate 5 at a predetermined interval, and provided at the lower ends of the card holding plate 4 and the lower guide plate 6b, The shutter 7 is provided so as to be movable in the left-right direction by a solenoid (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the separating plate 5 has a notch 5a having a width slightly wider than the width of the ordinary ticket size tickets a at the upper end thereof, and next to the notch 5a. The tongue piece 5b is formed and bent in the opposite direction to the card holding plate 4 side. The tip of the notch 5a is slightly bent toward the card holding plate. The card retainer 8 has a width slightly narrower than the width of the tongue piece 5b, and the upper end portion thereof is rotatably supported by the shaft 2a of the idling roller 2 and the lower end portion thereof has the tongue piece 5b. It is placed on the card holding plate 4 facing the.

Reference numeral 9 in the drawing denotes an auxiliary return path, one end of which faces the shutter and the other end of which faces the discharge port of an automatic settlement machine (not shown).

Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described. Tickets conveyed by the return conveyance path 1 are conveyed with one side (in this embodiment, the left side as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3) in the conveying direction aligned as in the well-known automatic checkout machine. Will be done.

When an ordinary ticket size ticket a is first conveyed, the ticket a is transferred to the idling roller 2
Since it does not come into contact with the card retainer 8 even when released from above, it falls from the notch portion 5a of the separating plate 5 to the upper surface side of the separating plate 5 and is placed on the shutter 7 (FIG. reference).

Next, when a card-sized ticket b is conveyed, the ticket b is idling roller 2
Since a part of the card is held by the card retainer 8, the falling direction is regulated to the card holding plate 4 side, and the tongue piece 5b forcibly changes the falling direction to the card holding plate 4 side and falls. It is placed on the shutter 7 (see the chain line arrow B in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3).

When the ordinary ticket size a tickets a are subsequently conveyed from the return conveyance path 1, the temporary holding section 3 is guided like the one-dot chain line B in the same manner as described above.
Retained within. Further, when the card-sized tickets b are further conveyed from the return conveyance path 1, they are guided like the chain line a and held in the temporary holding section 3 in the same manner as described above.

Therefore, in the temporary holding unit 3, among the returned tickets, the card-sized tickets b are on the right side (lower side), and the ordinary ticket-sized tickets a are on the left side (upper). Become.

When it is detected by a sensor (not shown) that all the returned tickets are held in the temporary holding section 3,
The shutter 7 is opened, and the tickets held in the temporary holding section 3 are conveyed to the discharge port by the auxiliary conveying path 9 at a time.

Therefore, at the outlet, the ordinary ticket size tickets are stacked on the card size ticket tickets and discharged.

As described above, in the apparatus of this embodiment, the ordinary ticket size ticket is stacked on the card size ticket in the temporary holding section, so that the smaller ticket size is used. It will be returned on top and the user can easily check the number of sheets returned. Moreover, since all the tickets are returned in a lump, it is possible to effectively prevent forgetting to retrieve them.

Although the above-mentioned embodiment shows an example applied to an automatic checkout machine, it can be applied to an automatic ticket gate.

[0023]

In the device of the present invention, the card size ticket and the ordinary ticket size tickets are separated in the temporary holding section, and the ordinary ticket size ticket is stacked on the card size ticket. Therefore, the smaller size of the tickets is returned and the user can easily check the number of returned tickets. Moreover, since all the tickets are returned in a lump, it is possible to effectively prevent forgetting to retrieve them.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram when separating ordinary ticket size tickets.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram when separating card-sized tickets.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Return transportation path 3 Temporary holding section 4 Card holding plate 5 Separation plate 7 Shutter a Regular ticket size ticket b Card size ticket

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ticket separating and stacking device provided on a return transportation path in a ticket processing machine such as an automatic settlement machine, wherein the ticket transportation device is provided at a position where the tickets transported on the return transportation path fall. And a card provided at a position where it does not come into contact with ordinary ticket-sized tickets out of the tickets that are discharged to the above-mentioned temporary holding section and that comes into contact with card-sized tickets A holding plate for a card that holds a card-sized ticket that is guided and discharged by the card holder, and a normal-sized ticket that is provided so as to face the card holding plate. A separation plate having a notch that guides away from the card holding plate, and a tongue piece that guides card-sized tickets to the card holding plate side, and a lower part of the temporary holding section, Returned Closed until all tickets compound is retained, and a shutter that opens when all tickets such is held, separation and stacking apparatus of ticket class, characterized in that it comprises a.