JPH0587664U - Ticket collection device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Corrected) [Purpose] Among tickets inserted into the main body of ticket processing machines such as automatic payment machines, tickets that do not need to be returned are placed in the main body of the ticket processing machine. The collection boxes are collected by uniformly stacking them on the collection box provided, and the collection boxes are effectively used. A transport mechanism 2 that discharges a ticket a at one end of an upper opening 1a of a collection box 1 at a discharge speed reaching the other end of the upper opening 1a, and a ticket a discharged from the transport mechanism 2 The collision body 3 is provided at a position for receiving the collision and reciprocates from one end side to the other end side of the upper opening 1a.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket collecting device, and more particularly, to a ticket collecting device capable of collecting tickets uniformly in a collecting box.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Conventionally, among the tickets that have been inserted into the main body (hereinafter referred to as the main body) of a ticket processing machine such as an automatic checkout machine or an automatic ticket gate, a ticket that does not need to be returned to the user is provided inside the main body. It is configured to be collected in a recovery box.

Collection of the tickets into the collection box is performed by a belt conveyor driven at a constant speed, one end of which is connected to the ticket processing unit side of the main body and the other end is connected to the collection box. .

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, since the conventional ticket collecting device described above is configured such that the ticket is constantly discharged into the collection box by the belt conveyor having a constant transport speed, the discharging speed of the ticket into the collection box is constant. So, it was stored in the collection box. For this reason, even if the collection box is not full, if the ticket is spilled from the collection box or the collection box is equipped with a full sensor, the collection box is actually full. There was an inconvenience that the main body stopped before it became.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket collecting device capable of uniformly storing tickets in a collection box. In the offer of.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the device of the present invention is a ticket collecting device for collecting a ticket that does not need to be returned among the tickets inserted in the main body in a collecting box provided in the main body, It is provided at one end of the upper opening of the collection box, at a position where the ticket is discharged at a discharging speed reaching the other end of the upper opening, and at a position for receiving the ticket discharged from the transport mechanism. It has a collision body provided so as to move back and forth from one end side of the upper opening to the other end side.

[0007]

[Action]

 In the above structure, the ticket released from the transport mechanism collides with the colliding body and falls. Since this collision body reciprocates through the upper opening, the ticket will drop into the collection box on average.

[0008]

【Example】

 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. A collection box 1 is provided in a main body (not shown) and is composed of an upper opening type box formed in a volume capable of storing a predetermined number of tickets. Has been done.

A belt conveyor (corresponding to the transport mechanism of the present invention) 2 formed by opposing a part of a pair of endless belts has one end facing the one end of the upper opening 1 a of the collection box 1. The other end is provided in a substantially horizontal state with the other end facing a ticket processing unit (not shown) provided in the main body.

The belt conveyor 2 is configured to be driven by a motor (not shown) that is rotationally controlled by a controller (corresponding to the control means of the present invention) (not shown) that totally controls the main body. Has been done. The conveying speed of the belt conveyor 2 is determined so that the ticket a discharged from the belt conveyor 2 reaches one end side of the upper opening 1a (the side opposite to the belt conveyor 2).

The collision body 3 has a downwardly inclined surface, is provided in the upper opening 1a and at a position for receiving the ticket a released from the belt conveyor 2, and from the one end side of the upper opening 1a. It is provided so that it can reciprocate toward the other end. That is, the collision body 3 is provided on the reciprocating chain 4 provided in the upper opening 1a.

In the above-mentioned configuration, when the main body is operated and a ticket B that needs to be collected is generated in the main body, the motor is activated to start the conveyance of the belt conveyor 2.

Therefore, the ticket a is discharged from one end of the belt conveyor 2 toward one end of the upper opening 1a. At this time, the collision body 3 is started to reciprocate by the chain 4. Therefore, the ticket a released from one end of the belt conveyor 2 collides with the collision body 3 and falls into the collection box 1. Since this drop is performed via the reciprocating collision body 3, the stacked state of the tickets a stored in the collection box 1 becomes substantially uniform, and the volume of the collection box 1 can be used without waste. Becomes The chain 4 stops driving when the belt conveyor 2 stops driving, and when the belt conveyor 2 drives again, the chain 4 starts reciprocating again from the position where it stopped previously. Be done.

In the above-described embodiment, the driving of the collision body 3 is started when the ticket a to be collected is generated. However, the collision body 3 may be always driven during the operation of the main body a. Further, the shape of the collision body 3 may be a vertical wall instead of the inclined surface.

[0015]

[Effect of the device]

 The device of the present invention is provided at one end of the upper opening of the collection box, at a transport mechanism that discharges a ticket at a discharge speed reaching the other end of the upper opening, and at a position that receives the ticket discharged from the transport mechanism. And the collision body provided so as to reciprocate from one end side to the other end side of the upper opening, the ticket drops into the collection box through the collision body. Therefore, the tickets can be stacked almost uniformly in the collection box, and the collection box can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 collection box 1a opening 2 belt conveyor (transport mechanism) 3 collider a ticket

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ticket that does not need to be returned among the tickets inserted into the main body of a ticket processing machine such as an automatic payment machine is collected in a collection box provided in the main body of the ticket processing machine. In the ticket collecting device, a transport mechanism that discharges a ticket at one end side of the upper opening of the collection box at a discharge speed reaching the other end of the upper opening, and a position that receives the ticket discharged from the transport mechanism. And a collision body that is provided so as to reciprocate from one end side to the other end side of the upper opening, and a ticket collecting device.