JPH0630865U - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] Prevent passengers from accidentally taking away tickets. [Structure] A detection sensor 7 for detecting the user's hand inserted into the discharge port 3 and the tip of the return ticket C on the transport direction side is discharged until the sensor 7 detects the user's hand. When the user's hand is detected near the outlet 3, the conveyance force of the discharge conveyance path 6 is such that the tip portion thereof protrudes from the discharge port 3 by a length sufficient to be held by the user's hand. And an adjusting mechanism 10 for adjusting.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, and more particularly, to an automatic ticket gate that prevents passengers from accidentally removing tickets.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Currently, the automatic ticket gates that are often used are installed in the main body of the automatic ticket gate (hereinafter referred to as the main body) by the previous user when the user continuously uses the automatic ticket gate, such as during rush hours. From the outlet to the ticket (normal ticket, commuter pass or prepaid card, etc., the entire medium on which data is recorded that can be automatically ticketed by inserting it into the insertion slot of the main unit. It is configured so that the ticket for the next user projects from the exit even if the preceding user does not advance from the ticket gate passage.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, when there are two or more tickets to be returned in the main body, when one ticket is ejected from the outlet, the next ticket is immediately ejected. Since it protrudes to, the previous user was likely to accidentally take the ticket protruding from the outlet and take it away, mistaking it as his own ticket.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and its purpose is to provide an automatic ticket gate in which a ticket is not accidentally taken away by a previous user. It is in.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention takes in a ticket inserted into an insertion opening of the main body into the main body, and stores the data recorded in the taken ticket. It is read out, and based on the read data, arithmetic processing is performed to enter and exit, and among the inserted tickets, the ticket that needs to be returned is placed facing the exit of the main body. In an automatic ticket gate that is returned from the discharge port via the discharge transport path, the detection means for detecting the user's hand inserted to the discharge port and the detection means are the user's hand. Until it is detected, the tip of the ticket to be returned on the transport direction side is near the outlet, and when the user's hand is detected, the tip is long enough to be held by the user's hand. For the time being, It is characterized by having an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the conveying force of the conveying path out.

[0006]

[Action]

 In the above configuration, the adjusting mechanism causes the tip of the returned ticket to be near the outlet until the detecting means detects the user's hand, and when the user's hand is detected. Make sure that the tip of the tip projects from the outlet for a length that can be sufficiently held by the user's hand.

[0007]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a section of a part of an automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment.

An insertion opening 2 for a ticket C is provided at an upper portion on one end side (right side in the illustrated example) of the main body 1, and at the upper end on the other end side, the ticket C is discharged slightly toward the center. Exit 3 is provided. Then, in the main body 1 between the insertion opening 2 and the ejection opening 3, an alignment conveyance path 4 for positioning and aligning the ticket C inserted from the insertion opening 2 in a predetermined direction, a reading head H ₁ , and a writing head. Conveyance consisting of a main conveyance path 5 having H ₂ and H ₃ for verification, and an ejection conveyance path 6 for ejecting a ticket C, which needs to be returned, out of the tickets C taken in the main body 1 to the ejection port 3. Road a is provided.

The transport path A is a well-known transport path that is formed by pairing endless belts that are rotationally driven by the motor M. The discharge transport path 6 has a characteristic configuration of the present invention, which will be described later. An element adjustment mechanism is incorporated.

The cover 3 a provided so as to surround the discharge port 3 includes a sensor (photodetector of the present invention) formed of a photoelectric element for detecting a user's hand (not shown) inserted into the discharge port 3. 7) is provided. The detection signal detected by the sensor 7 is configured to be input to a controller 8 including a microcomputer that controls the main body 1 as a whole.

In FIG. 1, S is a human detector for detecting the entrance and exit of a user into the ticket gate passage, and D is a door for opening and closing the ticket gate passage, which is a known automatic ticket gate. It is configured in the same way as.

The adjusting mechanism 10 is attached to the discharge / conveyance path 6 as shown in detail in FIG. That is, the adjusting mechanism 10 sandwiches the conveyance path 6 so as to be positioned in the middle in order to guide the ticket C conveyed by the discharge conveyance path 6, and the upper end portion faces the inside of the discharge port 3. The pair of guide pieces 11a and 11b and the upper end of one guide piece 11a are provided so as to be constantly urged, and hold the ticket C between the guide piece 11b and the guide piece 11b until the user takes it away. It comprises a pinch roller 12 and a rotatable pressing roller 14 which comes into contact with the discharge conveyance path 6 by the solenoid 13 or separates from the discharge conveyance path 6.

The discharging / conveying path 6 loses its conveying force when the ticket C is released from the turn belt 5a provided on the terminal side of the main conveying path 5 (the starting end side of the discharging / conveying path 6). Has been done. Then, the starting end portion side of the boarding ticket C in the carrying direction at the time when the carrying force is lost is held by the pinch roller 12, and the starting end portion of the boarding ticket C slightly projects from the discharge port 3. The position of the turn belt 5a with respect to the discharge conveyance path 6 is determined.

When the pressing roller 14 is brought into contact with the discharging / conveying path 6, the conveying force of the discharging / conveying path 6 is generated, and when the ticket C is removed from the pressing roller 14, the conveying force is lost. . Then, the starting end portion of the ticket C at the time when the carrying power is lost is sufficiently projected from the outlet 3 so that the user can take it out.

Next, the operation of ejecting the ticket C of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment will be described. Now, it is assumed that the ticket C inserted in the main body 1 is returned to the user. In this case, the solenoid 13 is controlled by the controller 8 so that the pressing roller 14 separates from the discharge / conveyance path 6 (see FIG. 2B).

Therefore, when the carrying force of the discharge carrying path 6 is released from the carrying force of the turn belt 5a provided on the terminal side of the main carrying path 5, there is no more carrying force, and the leading edge of the ticket C The portion is held between the pinch roller 12 and the guide piece 11b in a state where the portion is slightly out of the discharge port 3, that is, in a state where the user can recognize the existence of the ticket C to be returned.

In this state, when the user inserts his / her hand into the discharge port 3, this inserted state is detected by the sensor 7 and input to the controller 8. Based on this input, the controller 8 causes the solenoid 13 to bring the pressing roller 14 into contact with the discharge / conveyance path 6. At the time of this contact, since the boarding ticket C exists between the press roller 14 and the discharging and conveying path 6, the ticket C is transferred by the discharging and conveying path 6 to the terminal portion of the ticket C. Is conveyed until it is released from the pressing roller 14 (see FIG. 2A). The amount of protrusion of the ticket C from the outlet 3 at the end of this transportation is about half of the length of the ticket C, like the protrusion amount in the conventional automatic ticket gate. Therefore, the user can easily take the ticket C away.

As described above, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, the user does not project from the outlet 3 until the user puts his / her hand into the outlet 3, so that the former user mistakenly takes it out. The inconvenience of being displayed is prevented.

[0019]

[Effect of device]

 The automatic ticket gate according to the present invention includes a detection means for detecting the user's hand inserted into the outlet, and the transportation direction side of the returned tickets until the detection means detects the user's hand. When the user's hand is detected and the tip of the user's hand is in the vicinity of the outlet, the tip is projected so that it is long enough to be held by the user's hand. Since the adjusting mechanism for adjusting the carrying force of the carrying path is provided, the ticket does not protrude from the outlet until the user puts his / her hand into the outlet. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the previous user accidentally takes away the ticket.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the vicinity of a discharge port.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main body of the automatic ticket gate (main body) 2 Insertion port 3 Ejection port 6 Ejection and transport path 7 Sensor (detection means) 10 Adjustment mechanism 13 Solenoid 14 Presser roller C Tickets (tickets)

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ticket that is inserted into the insertion slot of the main body of the automatic ticket gate is taken into the main body of the automatic ticket gate, and the data recorded in the taken ticket is read and read. In addition to performing arithmetic processing based on the data obtained and entering and exiting, the tickets that need to be returned among the inserted tickets are provided facing the exit of the main body of the automatic ticket gate. In an automatic ticket gate, which is configured to return from the discharge port via the discharge conveyance path, a detection unit for detecting the user's hand inserted into the discharge port, and the detection unit for detecting the user's hand. Until the end of the ticket to be returned is in the vicinity of the discharge port, and when the user's hand is detected, the tip is long enough to be held by the user's hand. So that it protrudes from the outlet, Automatic ticket machines and having a an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the conveying force of the discharge conveying path.