JPH0594572A - Examination ticket posture aligning device for automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the generation of deflected wear of a magnetic head which may cause defective magnetic processing for passenger tickets by allowing a small-size passenger ticket to alternately pass a magnetic processing face on one single side part of the magnetic head and a magnetic processing face on the other single side part. CONSTITUTION:This posture aligning device is provided with a ticket detecting means 4 for detecting the size of a passenger ticket inserted into a ticket insertion port A and a pair of 1st and 2nd posture aligning means 5, 6 forming a posture aligning passage T1W for allowing a large-size passenger ticket T1 to pass the whole surface of the magnetic processing face of the magnetic head B and a posture aligning passage T2W for allowing a small-size passenger ticket T2W to pass the magnetic processing face of one single side part of the head 2 or the magnetic processing face of the other single side part. When the means 4 detects the ticket T1, a control means 7 holds the means 5, 6 at their fixed positions, and when the means 4 continuously detects the ticket T2 or detects the ticket T2 continuously just after the ticket T1, alternately oscillates the means 5 to the fixed position side of the means 6 or the means 6 to the fixed position side of the means 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention uses a single magnetic head to magnetically process two types of magnetically processed tickets, which can be magnetically processed and are installed at ticket gates of railway line stations and entrances and exits of expressways. The improvement of the "Automatic ticket gate", more specifically, when a small-sized ordinary ticket is continuously or continuously inserted before or after a large-sized commuter ticket, the ordinary ticket is magnetized. Poor magnetic treatment of a ticket by alternately forming a posture alignment passage for passing the magnetic treatment surface on one side of the head and a posture alignment passage for passing the magnetic treatment surface on the other side of the magnetic head. The present invention relates to a ticket ticket alignment device for an automatic ticket gate, which can prevent the magnetic head from becoming worn out.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, in automatic ticket gates installed at the ticket gates of railway line stations, there are two types, large and small, such as regular tickets and regular tickets with magnetically recorded predetermined information on the back side. Is made so that it can be magnetically processed, and the ticket posture alignment device conveys regular tickets and ordinary tickets inserted from the ticket insertion slot, and one side is aligned to the conveyance reference plate and aligned vertically. However, the regular ticket and the ordinary ticket after the alignment are magnetically processed by a single magnetic head.

However, in the above-described ticket attitude aligning device for an automatic ticket gate, when an ordinary ticket is inserted into the ticket slot,
The posture alignment mechanism swings inside the transportation passage to form a posture alignment passage for a normal ticket together with the transportation reference plate.On the other hand, when the regular ticket is inserted into the ticket slot, the posture alignment mechanism It is configured to swing to its original fixed position and form a posture alignment passage for the regular ticket with the transport reference plate. For this reason,
The normal ticket after attitude alignment always passes through one of the magnetically processed surfaces of the magnetic head on the side of the transport reference plate for magnetic processing, and the regular ticket after attitude alignment has the magnetic head The magnetic processing is performed by passing through the entire magnetic processing surface. Therefore, in an automatic ticket gate that magnetically processes two types of large and small regular tickets and ordinary tickets with a single magnetic head, one side of the magnetic processing surface of the magnetic head that only magnetically processes ordinary tickets Since a part of a commuter pass ticket and an ordinary ticket will always pass through the magnetic processing surface of the, if a magnetic head in such a processing form is used for a long period of time, the commuter ticket and ordinary ticket will become magnetic. The magnetic processing surface on one side to be processed is worn away, so-called "uneven wear" occurs on the magnetic head, and as a result, defective reading or writing of magnetic information occurs on the regular ticket or regular ticket, and the ticket gate There was a problem that an error occurred in the validity judgment of.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the automatic ticket gate, and it is possible to obtain a small-sized ticket continuously or with a large ticket. Attitudinal alignment passage that allows the small-sized ticket to pass through the magnetically processed surface of one side of the magnetic head when continuously inserted before and after the same-sized ticket and the other side of the magnetic head By alternately forming posture alignment passages that pass through the magnetically treated surface of a part, it is possible to prevent uneven wear of the magnetic head, which causes defective magnetic treatment of a ticket, and the posture of the ticket gate of an automatic ticket gate. It is an object of the present invention to provide an aligning device.

[0005]

According to the present invention, an attitude alignment passage T1W for arranging two types of large and small magnetically processed tickets T1 and T2, which are inserted into a ticket slot A and which are to be ticket gates, in a vertically long attitude, is provided. A ticket gate orientation aligning device of an automatic ticket gate forming a T2W and sending it toward a single magnetic head B,
Two types of ticket T1, large and small, that have been inserted into the ticket slot A
The ticket detecting means 4 for detecting the size of T2, and the large-sized ticket T1 which is swingably arranged on both right and left sides in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the ticket conveying direction, are fixed at a fixed position to the magnetic head B.
Forming a posture alignment passage T1W for passing over the entire magnetically processed surface of the magnetic head B, and swinging inward at a fixed position to move the small-sized ticket T2 to the magnetically processed surface of one side of the magnetic head B or The pair of first attitude aligning means 5 and second attitude aligning means 6 forming an attitude aligning passage T2W to be passed through the magnetically processed surface of the other one side portion, and the ticket detecting means 4 detect the large-sized ticket T1. At this time, the first attitude aligning means 5 and the second attitude aligning means 6 are held at fixed positions, while the ticket detecting means 4 continuously supplies the small-sized tickets T2 or the large-sized tickets T2. The first posture aligning means 5 and the second posture aligning means 6 are alternately rocked to the inner side of the fixed position or the inner side of the fixed position when continuously detected before and after. The control means 7 and the control means 7 are used. By Rukoto it is had to solve the technical problems described above.

[0006]

In the automatic ticket inspection ticket posture aligning device configured as described above, when the ticket detecting means 4 detects a large-sized ticket T1, the control means 7 causes the first posture aligning means 5 to operate.
And holding the second attitude aligning means 6 in place, thus
The first attitude aligning means 5 and the second attitude aligning means 6 form an attitude aligning passage T1W for allowing the large-sized ticket T1 to pass over the entire magnetically processed surface of the magnetic head B. Further, when the ticket detecting means 4 detects the small-sized ticket T2 continuously or continuously before and after the large-sized ticket T1, the control means 7 positions the first attitude aligning means 5 at a fixed position. The first posture aligning means 5 is swung inward.
Is a fixed position and the second posture alignment means 6 together with the small-sized ticket T
A posture alignment passage T2W is formed to allow 2 to pass through the magnetically processed surface on one side of the magnetic head B, and then the control means 7 causes the second posture alignment means 6 to swing inward toward the fixed position. Therefore, the second attitude aligning means 6 and the first attitude aligning means 5 at the fixed position form an attitude aligning passage T2W for allowing the small-sized ticket T2 to pass through the magnetic processing surface of the other one side portion of the magnetic head B. ..

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in more detail based on the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a ticket ticket orientation aligning device of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the ticket ticket target aligning device includes two types of magnetically treatable large and small fixed ticket T1 and ordinary ticket. It is arranged between a ticket slot A for inserting T2 in a horizontal state and a single magnetic head B for magnetically processing the regular ticket T1 and the ordinary ticket T2.

As shown in FIG. 1, the commuter pass T1 is formed in a rectangular shape, and eight magnetic tracks (not shown) are provided on the back surface of the commuter pass T1 in parallel in the width direction. Predetermined information such as the issue date, usable period, used section, and section charge is magnetically recorded on these magnetic tracks. On the other hand, in the ordinary ticket T2, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the dimension of the long piece is substantially the same as the width dimension of the regular ticket T1, and the dimension of the short piece is approximately 1 / l of the width dimension of the regular ticket T1. It is formed in a rectangular shape of 2, and three magnetic tracks (not shown) are provided on the back surface thereof for convenience in parallel in the width direction. Predetermined information such as an issuing station, an issuing date, a used section, and a section charge is magnetically recorded on these magnetic tracks. Then, the magnetic head B
As shown in FIG. 1, there are provided eight magnetically-treated surfaces arranged in parallel in the width direction on the surface, and these magnetically-treated surfaces are used to magnetize the magnetic tracks of the regular and regular tickets T1 and T2. To process.

As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus of the present embodiment has a pair of guide plates 1 for guiding the fixed ticket T1 and the ordinary ticket T2 inserted from the ticket slot A into the inside of the ticket gate body.
2 and a ticket conveying means 3 which is arranged between the guide plates 1 and 2 and conveys the tickets T1 and T2 toward the magnetic head B, and a ticket slot between the guide plates 1 and 2. A ticket detecting means 4 arranged on the A side for optically detecting the size of each of the tickets T1 and T2, and a horizontal direction orthogonal to the ticket conveying direction of the ticket conveying means 3 at the end portions of the guide plates 1 and 2. Each ticket T1, T2 is swingably arranged on both left and right sides of the
A pair of first attitude aligning means 5 and second attitude aligning means 6 for arranging the sheets in a vertically long attitude, and the ticket conveying means 3, the first attitude aligning means 5 and the second attitude based on the detection signal of the ticket detecting means 4. It is composed of a control means 7 (see FIG. 4) for operating the aligning means 6.

The ticket conveying means 3 has a pair of conveyor belts 3 and 3 for sandwiching the front and back sides of the tickets T1 and T2 inserted into the ticket slot A, and a conveyor drive motor 3M described later. Upon activation, both conveyor belts 3, 3 rotate in opposite directions to convey the regular ticket T1 and the ordinary ticket T2 toward the magnetic head B.

The ticket detecting means 4 comprises four pairs of photosensors 41, 42, 43, each consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element.
44 is arranged in a plane rectangular shape so that the sizes of the regular ticket T1 and the ordinary ticket T2 can be determined. The first
The ticket detecting means 4 is constantly operated while the automatic ticket gate is in operation.
The light emitting element irradiates the light receiving element with light, and the fixed ticket T
When 1 cuts off the illumination of all four sets of photosensors 41, 42, 43, 44 (see FIG. 1), the light receiving elements of these photosensors output detection signals to the control means 7 (see FIG. 4), In addition, the ordinary ticket T2 has two predetermined photosensors 41, 42, 41, 43, 42, 44 or three predetermined photosensors.
Set of photosensors 41, 42, 43, 41, 42, 44
When the illuminating light is blocked (see FIGS. 2 and 3), the light receiving element of the photosensor outputs a detection signal to the control means 7.

The first posture aligning means 5 and the second posture aligning means 6 have the same structure. The first posture aligning means 5 includes a first support shaft 11 and a first support shaft 51 attached to a lower portion of the guide plate 1 located on the left side in the ticket width direction.
Is erected, and the bases of the first posture adjusting lever 52 and the first posture aligning lever 53 are mounted on the first support shaft 51 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction. The first posture adjusting lever 51 and the first posture aligning lever 53 are integrally clamped by a first torsion coil spring 54 wound around the first support shaft 51, and are located outside the base of the first posture adjusting lever 52. The first electromagnetic solenoid 5 fixed to the first support plate 11 on the side
5, the operating rod 55a is connected to the first posture adjusting lever 5
One end of the first tension coil spring 56 is connected to the inner side of the second base portion. The first posture adjusting lever 52 has a first eccentric roller 57 at its tip. The first eccentric roller 57 is formed in a drum shape in which the central portion of the peripheral surface is squeezed, and rotates in a counterclockwise direction by starting a first rotary drive motor 5M (see FIG. 4) described later. It is fixed to the rotary shaft 58 so as to be eccentrically rotatable. The first posture alignment lever 53
Has a first posture aligning plate 59 that extends toward the magnetic head B beyond the first eccentric roller 57 of the first posture adjusting lever 52 at its tip. The first posture aligning plate 59 is formed in a U-shaped vertical cross section that opens toward the ticket conveying means 3 side.
The central connecting plate that asymptotically inclines toward the ticket conveying means 3 side serves as the posture alignment surface 59a. On the other hand, in the second posture aligning means 6, a second support shaft 61 is erected on a second support plate 21 fixed to the lower part of the guide plate 2 located on the right side in the width direction of the ticket, and the second support shaft 61 is erected. A base portion of a second posture adjusting lever 62 and a second posture aligning lever 63 is attached to 61 so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction. The second posture adjusting lever 62 and the second posture aligning lever 63 are provided on the second support shaft 6
The operating rod 65a of the second electromagnetic solenoid 65 fixed to the second support plate 21 is integrally sandwiched by the second torsion coil springs 64 wound around 1, and is fixed to the second supporting plate 21 on the outer side of the base of the second posture adjusting lever 62. One end of the second tension coil spring 66 is connected to the inner side of the base of the second posture adjusting lever 62. The second posture adjusting lever 62 has a second eccentric roller 67 at its tip. This second eccentric roller 6
7 is formed in a drum shape with the central part of the peripheral surface squeezed,
It is eccentrically rotatably fitted to a second rotary shaft 68 that rotates in a clockwise direction when a second rotary drive motor 6M (see FIG. 4) described later is activated. The second posture aligning lever 63 has a second eccentric roller 67 of the second posture adjusting lever 62 at the tip thereof.
A second posture aligning plate 69 extending toward the magnetic head B side is provided. The second posture aligning plate 69 is formed in a U-shape in a vertical cross-section that opens toward the ticket transporting means 3 side, and the central connecting plate that is asymptotically inclined toward the ticket transporting means 3 side serves as the posture aligning surface 69a. Is becoming

As shown in FIG. 1, the first posture aligning means 5 and the second posture aligning means 6 are arranged such that when the operating rods 55a and 65a of the electromagnetic solenoids 55 and 65 move backward, respectively. The first posture aligning lever 53 of No. 5 comes into contact with the first outer stopper 5S1 arranged outside the first posture aligning two lever 53 to stop, and the second posture aligning lever 63 of the second posture aligning means 6 concerned. The eccentric rollers 57, 67 of the attitude adjusting levers 52, 62 of both the attitude aligning means 5, 6 are stopped by abutting the second outer stopper 6S1 arranged on the outer side of the second attitude aligning lever 63 and stopping. And the posture alignment plates 59 and 69 of the posture alignment levers 53 and 63
However, a posture alignment passage T1W that allows the commuter pass T1 to be aligned in a vertically long posture and pass over the entire magnetically processed surface of the magnetic head B.
To form. In addition, the first posture aligning means 5 and the second
In the posture aligning means 6, as shown in FIG. 2, the second posture aligning lever 63 of the second posture aligning means 6 has a second outer stopper 6S.
When the operating rod 55a of the first electromagnetic solenoid 55 of the first posture aligning means 5 is moved forward by the pulling force of the first tension coil spring 56 in the state where it is in contact with 1 and stopped, the first posture adjusting lever 52 and the first posture alignment The lever 53 swings inward of the fixed position, the first posture adjusting lever 52 comes into contact with the first inner stopper 5S2 arranged inside the first posture adjusting lever 52, and stops, and the first posture Alignment lever 53
Is brought into contact with the first middle stopper 5S3 arranged between the first outer stopper 5S1 and the first inner stopper 5S2 and stopped, whereby the posture adjusting lever 5 of the posture aligning means 5 and 6 is reached.
The eccentric rollers 57 and 67 of 2, 62 and the posture alignment plates 59 and 69 of the posture alignment levers 53 and 63 are used for the ordinary ticket T1.
Is arranged in a vertically long posture to form a posture alignment passage T2W for passing the magnetically processed surface of one side portion of the magnetic head B. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, the first posture aligning means 5 and the second posture aligning means 6 are stopped by the first posture aligning lever 53 of the first posture aligning means 5 contacting the first outer stopper 5S1. In this state, when the operating rod 65a of the second electromagnetic solenoid 65 of the second posture aligning means 6 is moved forward by the pulling force of the second tension coil spring 66, the second posture adjusting lever 62 and the second posture aligning lever 63 are in the fixed positions. The second inner stopper 6S2 in which the second posture adjusting lever 62 is disposed inside the second posture adjusting lever 62 by swinging to the side
And stops, and the second posture alignment lever 63 moves to the second position.
By contacting and stopping the second middle stopper 6S3 arranged between the outer stopper 6S1 and the second inner stopper 6S2, the posture adjusting levers 52, 6 of the posture aligning means 5, 6 are stopped.
2 eccentric rollers 57, 67 and posture alignment lever 53,
The posture alignment plates 59 and 69 of 63 form a posture alignment passage T2W for aligning the ordinary ticket T1 in a vertically long posture and passing it on the magnetic processing surface of the other one side portion of the magnetic head B.

The control means 7 is composed of a microcomputer, and as shown in FIG. 4, it is inserted into the ticket insertion slot A by detection signals from the photo sensors 41, 42, 43 and 44 of the ticket detection means 4. If it is determined whether the ticket is a regular ticket T1 or a regular ticket T2, and if the ticket is a regular ticket T1, the first posture adjusting lever 52 of the first posture aligning means 5 is determined. Also, the first attitude aligning lever 53, the second attitude adjusting lever 62 and the second attitude aligning lever 63 of the second attitude aligning means 6 are held in the fixed positions (see FIG. 1), and the ticket is determined as the ordinary ticket T2. In this case, first, the second posture adjusting lever 6 of the second posture aligning means 6
With the second and second posture aligning levers 63 held at the fixed positions, the first posture adjusting lever 52 and the first posture aligning lever 53 of the first posture aligning means 5 are swung inward toward the fixed position ( (Refer to FIG. 2) When memorizing this, and then determining that the ticket is a normal ticket T2, the first attitude adjusting lever 52 and the first attitude aligning lever 53 of the first attitude aligning means 5 are swung to the fixed position side. It is programmed to move and hold it in a fixed position, and to swing the second position adjusting lever 62 and the second position aligning lever 63 of the second position aligning means 6 inward of the fixed position (see FIG. 3). ing. That is, the control means 7 controls all the four photosensors 4 of the first ticket detection means 4.
When a detection signal is input from the light receiving elements 1, 42, 43, 44, the ticket inserted in the ticket slot A is a fixed ticket T1.
It is determined that a start signal is sent to the drive circuit 8 of the transport drive motor 3M, and the first electromagnetic solenoid 5 of the first attitude alignment means 5 is sent.
5, a drive signal to the drive circuit 9 of the first attitude alignment means 5, a start signal to the drive circuit 10 of the first rotary drive motor 5M of the first attitude alignment means 5, a drive circuit 11 of the first electromagnetic solenoid 65 of the second attitude alignment means 6. To the drive circuit 1 of the second rotary drive motor 6M of the second attitude aligning means 6.
The start signal is output to 2. Further, among the photosensors 41, 42, 43, 44 of the first ticket detecting means 4, two predetermined sets of photosensors 41, 42, 41, 43, 42, 4 are used.
4 or predetermined 3 sets of photosensors 41, 42, 43,
When a detection signal is input from 41, 42, 44, the ticket inserted in the ticket slot A is determined as a normal ticket T2, and a start signal is sent to the drive circuit 8 of the transport drive motor 3M as the first signal.
A disconnection command signal is sent to the drive circuit 9 of the first electromagnetic solenoid 55 of the attitude aligning means 5, a start signal is sent to the drive circuit 10 of the first rotary drive motor 5M of the first attitude aligning means 5, and a second attitude aligning means 6 is provided. An energization command signal is output to the drive circuit 11 of the second electromagnetic solenoid 65, and an activation signal is output to the drive circuit 12 of the second rotary drive motor 6M of the second attitude alignment means 6. Then, the two sets of photosensors 41, 42,
41, 43, 42, 44 or a predetermined three sets of photosensors 41, 42, 43, 41, 42, 44, the detection signals are input and the ordinary ticket T2 is continuously determined, or the regular ticket T1 When the ordinary ticket T2 is continuously judged before and after the judgment, an activation signal is sent to the drive circuit 8 of the conveyance drive motor 3M, and an energization command is sent to the drive circuit 9 of the first electromagnetic solenoid 55 of the first attitude alignment means 5. The drive signal for the drive circuit 10 of the first rotary drive motor 5M of the first attitude alignment means 5 and the disconnection command signal for the drive circuit 11 of the second electromagnetic solenoid 65 of the second attitude alignment means 6,
The start signal is output to the drive circuit 12 of the second rotary drive motor 6M of the second attitude alignment means 6.

In the thus constructed apparatus of this embodiment, the control means 7 inputs detection signals from the photo sensors 41, 42, 43 and 44 of all four sets of the ticket detection means 4 to the ticket slot A. When it is determined that the ticket inserted in the ticket is the regular ticket T1, the conveyor belts 3, 3 of the ticket conveyor means 3 are rotated by the start of the conveyor drive motor 3M, and the first attitude aligning means 5 is provided.
The first attitude aligning lever 53 is held in a fixed position by the retracting movement of the operating rod 55a of the first electromagnetic solenoid 55, and the second attitude aligning lever 63 of the second attitude aligning means 6 operates the operating rod of the second electromagnetic solenoid 65. 65a is held at a fixed position by the backward movement of 65a, and the eccentric rollers 57 and 67 of the posture adjusting levers 52 and 62 of both the posture aligning means 5 and 6 and the posture aligning plates 59 and 69 of the posture aligning levers 53 and 63 are fixed. The first eccentric roller 57 of the first attitude adjusting lever 52 of the first attitude aligning means 5 is formed while forming the attitude aligning passage T1W that allows the ticket T1 to pass over the entire magnetically processed surface of the magnetic head B.
Is eccentrically rotated counterclockwise by the activation of the first rotary drive motor 5M, and the second eccentric roller 67 of the second posture adjusting lever 62 of the second posture alignment means 6 is rotated by the second rotary drive motor 6M.
The eccentric rotation is performed in the clockwise direction by activating (see FIG. 1). As a result, the transport belts 3, 3 of the ticket transport means 3 take in the regular ticket T1 and transport it toward the magnetic head B side, and the eccentric rollers 57, 67 of both posture alignment means 5, 6 are transporting the regular time. The regular ticket T1 is arranged in a vertically long posture while guiding the long side of the ticket T1 toward the conveying direction, and the posture aligning plates 59 and 69 of both the posture aligning means 5 and 6 move the long side of the regular ticket T1. The commuter pass T1 is aligned in a vertically long posture so that the commuter pass T1 can be passed over the entire magnetically processed surface of the magnetic head B by squeezing it from both sides at the posture alignment surfaces 59a and 69a. Magnetic processing is performed on the entire magnetic processing surface.

Further, the control means 7 controls the predetermined two sets of photosensors 41, 42, 41, 43, 42, 4 of the ticket detecting means 4.
4 or predetermined 3 sets of photosensors 41, 42, 43,
When the detection signal is input from 41, 42, 44 and the ticket inserted into the ticket slot A is determined to be the ordinary ticket T2,
The transport belts 3, 3 of the ticket transport means 3 are transport drive motors 3M.
The first posture adjusting lever 52 and the first posture aligning lever 53 of the first posture aligning means 5 are rotated by the activation of
By the forward movement of the operating rod 55a of the electromagnetic solenoid 55, it swings inward toward a fixed position and stops, and the second attitude alignment lever 63 of the second attitude alignment means 6 causes the second electromagnetic solenoid 65 to move.
Is held in a fixed position by the backward movement of the operating rod 65a of
Posture adjusting levers 52 and 62 of the posture aligning means 5 and 6
Eccentric rollers 57, 67 and posture alignment levers 53, 6
The third posture alignment plates 59 and 69 form a posture alignment passage T2W for allowing the ordinary ticket T2 to pass through the magnetic processing surface of one side portion of the magnetic head B, and the first posture alignment means 5 is also provided.
The first eccentric roller 57 of the first posture adjusting lever 52 of the
When the rotary drive motor 5M is activated, it rotates eccentrically in the counterclockwise direction, and the second posture adjusting lever 62 of the second posture aligning means 6 is rotated.
The second eccentric roller 67 is eccentrically rotated in the clockwise direction by the activation of the second rotation drive motor 6M (see FIG. 2). As a result, the conveyor belts 3, 3 of the ticket conveying means 3 take in the ordinary ticket T2 and convey it toward the magnetic head B side, and the eccentric rollers 57, 67 of both posture aligning means 5, 6 convey the ordinary ticket. The normal ticket T2 is arranged in a vertically long posture while guiding the long side of the ticket T2 toward the conveying direction, and the posture aligning plates 59 and 69 of the posture aligning means 5 and 6 move the long side of the normal ticket T2. The ordinary ticket T2 is aligned in a vertically long posture so that the ordinary ticket T2 can be passed through the magnetically processed surface of one side of the magnetic head B by the attitude alignment surfaces 59a and 69a. Magnetic processing is performed on the magnetic processing surface of the one side portion of the head B.

Then, the control means 7 has the same function as the ticket detection means 4.
Set of photosensors 41, 42, 41, 43, 42, 44
Or three sets of photosensors 41, 42, 43, 41, 4
When the ticket input into the ticket slot A is judged continuously by inputting the detection signal from 2, 44, or when the ticket is judged as the ordinary ticket T2 continuously or before or after the judgment of the regular ticket T1, the ticket is judged as ordinary. When the ticket T2 is continuously determined, the conveyor belts 3 of the ticket conveyor 3 are rotated by activation of the conveyor drive motor 3M, and the first attitude alignment lever 53 of the first attitude alignment means 5 is moved to the first position. The second posture aligning means 6 holds the fixed position by the backward movement of the operating rod 55a of the electromagnetic solenoid 55.
Second posture adjusting lever 62 and second posture aligning lever 6
3 swings inward toward the fixed position by the forward movement of the operating rod 65a of the second electromagnetic solenoid 65 and stops,
Posture adjusting levers 52 and 62 of the posture aligning means 5 and 6
Eccentric rollers 57, 67 and posture alignment levers 53, 6
The third posture alignment plates 59 and 69 form a posture alignment passage T2W for allowing the ordinary ticket T2 to pass through the magnetic processing surface of the other one side portion of the magnetic head B, and the first posture alignment means 5 is also provided.
The first eccentric roller 57 of the first posture adjusting lever 52 of the
When the rotary drive motor 5M is activated, it rotates eccentrically in the counterclockwise direction, and the second posture adjusting lever 62 of the second posture aligning means 6 is rotated.
The second eccentric roller 67 is eccentrically rotated clockwise by the activation of the second rotation drive motor 6M (see FIG. 3). As a result, the conveyor belts 3, 3 of the ticket conveying means 3 take in the ordinary ticket T2 and convey it toward the magnetic head B side, and the eccentric rollers 57, 67 of both posture aligning means 5, 6 convey the ordinary ticket. The normal ticket T2 is arranged in a vertically long posture while guiding the long side of the ticket T2 toward the conveying direction, and the posture aligning plates 59 and 69 of the posture aligning means 5 and 6 move the long side of the normal ticket T2. The ordinary ticket T2 is aligned in a vertically long posture so that the ordinary ticket T2 can be passed through the magnetically processed surface of one side of the magnetic head B by the attitude alignment surfaces 59a and 69a. Magnetic processing is performed on the magnetic processing surface of the one side portion of the head B.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a large-sized ticket is inserted from the ticket slot,
The first posture aligning means and the second posture aligning means form a posture aligning passage that allows a large-sized ticket to pass over the entire magnetically treated surface of the magnetic head at a fixed position, and a ticket of a smaller size is continuous from the ticket insertion slot. Purposely or when continuously inserted before and after a large-sized ticket, the first posture aligning means swings inward of the fixed position to form the second posture aligning means at the fixed position. An attitude alignment passage is formed to allow a small-sized ticket to pass through the magnetically processed surface of one side of the magnetic head, and then the second attitude alignment means swings inward of the home position to move to the home position. The first attitude alignment means forms an attitude alignment passage that allows a small-sized ticket to pass through the magnetically processed surface of the other one side portion of the magnetic head, so that a large-sized ticket can be magnetized over the entire magnetically processed surface of the magnetic head. Small size ride that has been processed and put in first Is magnetically processed on the magnetically processed surface of one side of the magnetic head, and a small-sized ticket inserted later is magnetically processed on the magnetically processed surface of the other one side of the magnetic head. Even if a single magnetic head is used to magnetically process two types of tickets, large and small, the magnetic processing surface on one side of the magnetic head is not worn away, and this is due to the depletion of the magnetic head. It is possible to eliminate the cause of the reading failure and the writing failure of the magnetic information of the ticket.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state in which first attitude aligning means and second attitude aligning means in a ticket ticket attitude aligning device of an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention are held at fixed positions to form an attitude aligning passage for a regular ticket. It is a figure.

FIG. 2 shows a state in which the first attitude aligning means of the ticket ticket attitude aligning device swings inward of the fixed position to form the attitude aligning passage of the ordinary ticket with the second attitude aligning means in the fixed position. It is a top view shown.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a state in which a second attitude aligning means of the ticket ticket attitude aligning device swings inward of a fixed position to form an attitude aligning passage for a normal ticket with the first attitude aligning means in the fixed position. It is a top view shown.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the ticket sorting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 T1 regular ticket T2 ordinary ticket A ticket slot T1W, T2W posture alignment passage B magnetic head 4 ticket detecting means 5 first posture aligning means 6 second posture aligning means 7 control means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A single attitude is formed by forming attitude alignment passages T1W and T2W for aligning two types of large and small magnetically processed tickets T1 and T2, which are to be ticket gates and are inserted through a ticket insertion slot A, in a vertically long attitude. A ticket-ticket-posture alignment device for an automatic ticket gate that sends the ticket to a magnetic head B. The ticket ticket T1 of two types, large and small, is inserted into the ticket slot A.
The ticket detecting means 4 for detecting the size of T2, and the large-sized ticket T1 which is swingably arranged on both right and left sides in the horizontal direction orthogonal to the ticket conveying direction, are fixed at a fixed position to the magnetic head B.
Forming a posture alignment passage T1W for passing over the entire magnetically processed surface of the magnetic head B, and swinging inward at a fixed position to move the small-sized ticket T2 to the magnetically processed surface of one side of the magnetic head B or The pair of first attitude aligning means 5 and second attitude aligning means 6 forming an attitude aligning passage T2W to be passed through the magnetically processed surface of the other one side portion, and the ticket detecting means 4 detect the large-sized ticket T1. At this time, the first attitude aligning means 5 and the second attitude aligning means 6 are held at fixed positions, while the ticket detecting means 4 continuously supplies the small-sized tickets T2 or the large-sized tickets T2. The first posture aligning means 5 and the second posture aligning means 6 are alternately rocked to the inner side of the fixed position or the inner side of the fixed position when continuously detected before and after. Automatic control means including a control means 7 Ticket gate ticket posture alignment device of tag machine.