JPH10218409A - Paper sheet separating device and ticket separating device for automatic ticket examining device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To aim at the natural displacement of sheets so as to securely separate them by setting an upper carrying belt and a lower carrying belt having a carrying distance in the predetermined range, in which plural overlapped paper sheets are separated one by one, in the same carrying direction, and giving a difference between the carrying speed of the upper and the lower belts. SOLUTION: A ticket throw-in port 12 has a lateral long hole part, and a separating and carrying passage L1, in which tickets are pinched for carrying, is arranged inside of the opening part. An upper carrying belt 13 and a lower carrying belt 14 are provided in an upper part and a lower part of the separating and carrying passage L1 opposite to each other with a space for taking the overlapped tickets at the same time. A driving gear G2 is engaged with a driven gear G1, which is fixed to a rotary shaft 15 of an upper carrying pulley P2, so as to rotate the upper carrying belt 13. On the other hand, the lower carrying belt 14 is stretched between the lower carrying pulleys P3, P4 and a driven pulley 5 of a carrying motor M, and rotated in the same direction with the upper carrying belt 13. Gear ratio between the driving gear G2 and the driven gear G1 is set different from each other so as to change the upper and the lower carrying speed, and the carrying speed in the upper and the lower belts is thereby changed so as to separate the tickets.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper sheet separating apparatus which is internally provided in a ticket slot of an automatic ticket gate for station services, for example, and more particularly to a paper ticket separating apparatus such as a small ticket or a large commuter pass. The present invention relates to a paper sheet separating apparatus and a ticket separating apparatus for an automatic ticket gate that reliably take in one sheet at a time when receiving sheets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, as shown in FIG. 15, a paper sheet separating apparatus of this type includes a paper
2. A plurality of sheets are aligned and stacked, and the stacked sheets 1
52 are provided with a pickup roller 153 for initial feeding, and a gate roller 1 for separating sheets in the feeding direction.
54 and its corresponding roller 155 are opposed to each other, and further, sandwiching rollers 156 and 157 at the start end of a transport system for sandwiching and transporting the separated paper sheets one by one in the subsequent stage are opposed to each other.

[0003] From this state, as shown in FIG.
The pickup roller 153 is driven to feed out the paper sheet 152, and at the time of this feeding operation, the paper sheet 152 is separated from the vertically facing gate roller 154 for separation and the corresponding roller 15.
After being separated one by one by the action of separation from the sheet 5, the sheet is guided to a transport system inside the sheet.

[0004]

However, when feeding out such paper sheets, the leading edge alignment of the paper sheets is a prerequisite at the time of initial setting. When the stacked or deformed sheets are fed out, or when a plurality of stacked sheets are unstably inserted manually, the sheet may hit the fixedly installed gate roller 154 to cause a jam. Gate roller 154 to prevent two sheets from being taken out.
Is set high, but the paper 152 is locked at the gate roller 154 depending on the initial feeding state of the paper and the manner of insertion.

For example, as shown in FIG. 17, when the second sheet 152a from the bottom is taken in first at the time of sheet feeding, the rubber hardness of the gate roller is high. This locks multiple stacked sheets. Further, since the next ticket is not waited and fed at the position of the gate roller 154 until the separation is completed, the separation processing time per one sheet is long. Furthermore, in an automatic ticket gate, if two tickets of different sizes, such as a small ticket such as an Edmonson ticket (ticket) and a large ticket such as a commuter pass, are handled in a lump, the lock is applied. The separation performance was insufficient due to the fear that it could not be applied.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an upper conveying means and a lower conveying means with a conveying speed difference for separating paper sheets.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet separating apparatus and a ticket separating apparatus for an automatic ticket gate in which a plurality of stacked sheets are naturally shifted in the conveying direction due to the difference in conveying speed, and a separating operation is reliably obtained.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A sheet separating apparatus for separating a plurality of stacked sheets one by one, wherein upper and lower conveying means having a predetermined range of conveying distance required for separating the sheets are provided. It is set in the transport direction and has a relative speed difference.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a second conveying means which is slower is provided at an intermediate position in the conveying direction of the slower conveying means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a third transporting means is provided downstream of the second transporting means, the third transporting means being capable of switching between a low speed and a high speed.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ticket separating apparatus of an automatic ticket gate provided with the sheet separating apparatus according to the first, second or third aspect.

[0011]

According to the present invention, a plurality of stacked sheets guided between the upper conveying means and the lower conveying means are conveyed while receiving a vertical speed difference therebetween. One of the paper sheets is conveyed at a high speed, and the other is conveyed at a slow speed, and is separated in a conveying direction. Further, the speed difference is further increased by the slower second transport means provided at the intermediate position in the transport direction of the slower transport means, so that the separating action of the plurality of sheets is increased.

[0012] Further, separation suitable for the type of paper sheet to be separated is performed by a third conveying means which permits switching between a low conveying speed and a high conveying speed. Such a paper sheet separating apparatus is provided in a ticket separating apparatus of an automatic ticket gate, and various tickets are subjected to ticket gate processing.

[0013]

As a result, since the transport speed difference between the upper transport means and the lower transport means shifts the paper sheets in the vertical direction while shifting, the sheets can be reliably separated one by one. Further, since the upper and lower conveying means convey in the same direction, even if there is a deformed sheet, the sheet can be quickly separated without jamming the sheet. Further, even if the thickness of the paper sheet becomes large when inserting a plurality of paper sheets, or even if the insertion is unstable, the paper is received without being locked by the transport means, so that the paper sheet is received without being locked. Allow. Therefore, the separation processing time can be reduced.

[0014] When a slower second transport means is provided at an intermediate position in the transport direction of the slower transport means, separation transport can be performed with a two-stage speed difference in the transport direction. For example, at the time of taking in, the taking-in is relatively fast, and a large speed difference is provided in the middle part, so that a plurality of stacked sheets can be surely separated, and a separating process suitable for manual sheet inserting operation can be performed. . In this case, by setting the speed difference to be larger, the separation / conveyance distance and the processing time can be reduced.

Further, in the case where a third conveying means is provided at the subsequent stage of the second conveying means so as to allow the speed to be switched between a low speed and a high speed, the conveying speed according to the kind of paper sheet to be separated is set. By switching, the optimum separating operation can be selected.
For example, when a separating operation is not required or when a plurality of small tickets that can be easily separated are stacked and conveyed, the conveying process can be performed at a high speed.

When such a paper sheet separating apparatus is provided in a ticket separating apparatus of an automatic ticket gate, a ticket gate suitable for using two types of tickets such as a ticket and a commuter pass can be performed.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows a ticket separating device 11 internally provided at a ticket slot of an automatic ticket gate. This ticket separating device 11 can be used to collect two sets of tickets T1 and T2. At the same time, two tickets are taken in and separated and guided one by one to the magnetic data processing unit at the subsequent stage. The ticket slot 12 on the front face is used to pile up the upper ticket T1 and the lower ticket T2 at the same time. A separate transport path L1 for holding and transporting one or two tickets in a stacked manner is provided inward of the ticket slot 12 so as to allow insertion.

The separation conveyance path L1 is connected to the upper conveyance belt 1 that extends linearly inward in the horizontal direction and communicates with the ticket slot 12.
3 and the lower transport belt 14 are vertically opposed, and the opposed vertical direction is opposed to each other by a predetermined facing gap (for example, about 0.3 mm) which allows a two-layered ticket to be taken in collectively.
In addition, it has a transport length required to separate the two tickets T1 and T2 taken in batch.

As shown in FIG. 2, the upper transport belt 13 is provided with upper transport pulleys P1, P2 disposed at front and rear positions in the transport direction.
P2, between which the upper transport pulley P2
A driving gear G2, which will be described later, meshes with a driven gear G1 fixed on the rotating shaft 15 of the first gear 15 to transmit power, and based on this, the upper transport belt 13 rotates in the transport direction.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the lower transport belt 14 is provided with a lower transport pulley P
3 and P4, and a drive pulley P5 attached to the main shaft of the transport motor M1, and the lower transport belt 14 is moved upward by driving the transport motor M1.
3 rotates in the same transport direction.

As shown in FIG. 4, the driving gear G is mounted on the rotating shaft 16 of the lower transport pulley P2 at the rear of the transport direction.
2 is fixed, and the driving gear G2 meshes with the driven gear G1 to transmit power from the lower conveyor belt 14 to the upper conveyor belt 13. Also, at this time, the gear ratio is made different for the ticket separation, and the conveying speed of the upper and lower conveyor belts 13 and 14 is changed to give a speed difference.

In this case, the upper transport belt 13 is set at a low transport speed (about 350 mm / s) and the lower transport belt 14
Is set to a high transfer speed (about 1000 mm / s). Thereby, the upper transport belt 13 and the lower transport belt 14
, A difference in transport speed occurs, and the two overlapping tickets T1, T
2 leads to the ticket T1,
Since T2 is conveyed while being shifted in the conveying direction, it is surely separated one by one.

The upper and lower conveyor belts 1 having different speed differences.
3 and 14 are conveyed in the same direction, so even if a deformed ticket is guided here, the conveyed ticket is conveyed while pulling the same ticket from the front and rear in the conveying direction on the upper and lower belt surfaces, thereby eliminating ticket jamming. Separation and transportation can be performed quickly.

Further, when a two-layer ticket is inserted, even if the two-layer ticket becomes thicker, or if the two-layer ticket is inserted in an unstable state, it may be moved in the transport direction. In this case, the two-tiered ticket is smoothly accepted without being locked because the difference in transport speed is given and the two-way ticket is taken in at this time.

The first to twelfth ticket detection sensors S1 to S12 are arranged at substantially constant intervals from the start end to the end of the separation conveyance path L1 so that two stacked tickets T1 and T2 or a single ticket can be used. Is detected, and the transport motor M1 is turned on / off based on the detected information.

The separated and conveyed ticket is conveyed by the upper and lower conveyor belts 13 and 14 on the upper and lower surfaces, and is guided by the left and right conveyance guide frames 17 and 18 to the subsequent connection conveyance path L2. It is led.

The ticket separating apparatus 11 configured as described above
5 and 6 show the separation operation of a two-layered ticket using
A description will be given with reference to FIG. Now, as shown in FIG. 5, when a pair of a large ticket T1 such as a commuter pass and a small ticket T2 such as a ticket is inserted into the ticket slot 12 in a stacked manner, Even if the inserted tickets T1 and T2 are not aligned, the upper ticket T1 is conveyed at a low speed in contact with the low-speed upper conveyance belt 13 in the separation conveyance path L1, and the lower ticket T2 is not conveyed. Since the sheet is conveyed at high speed in contact with the surface of the lower conveying belt 14, the lower ticket T2 is advanced to the front and rear positions in the conveying direction at the end side of the separated conveying path L1, and the upper ticket T
They are separated by ones.

In spite of such separation of two different kinds of tickets, the same operation and effect can be obtained when two sheets of the same kind are separated. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when two upper and lower tickets T3 and T4 of a commuter pass or a ticket are inserted into the ticket slot 12 in a stacked manner, the inserted two tickets T3 and T4 are inserted. This is because the upper ticket T3 is conveyed at a low speed in contact with the surface of the lower upper conveyor belt 13 and the lower ticket T4 is conveyed at a higher speed in contact with the surface of the lower conveyor belt 14 in the separated conveyance path L1. At the end of the transport path L1, the lower ticket T4 is advanced at the front and rear positions in the transport direction, and the upper ticket T3 is separated from the lower ticket T4.

As described above, the ticket on which the upper conveyor belt and the lower conveyor belt have different conveying speeds are conveyed while being shifted in the conveying direction, so that they can be separated one by one without fail. Since the separation is performed while taking in, the separation processing time can be reduced.

[Second Embodiment] A ticket separating apparatus 71 shown in FIG. 7 takes in two tickets T1 and T2 to be used as a pair and simultaneously separates them one by one at a later stage. One or two sheets are inserted into a ticket slot 72 having a horizontally long opening through which two upper tickets T1 and lower tickets T2 are allowed to be inserted at one time in a stacked manner. A separation conveyance path L3 for pinching and conveying two tickets is provided.

The separation conveyance path L3 is connected to the upper conveyance belt 7 that extends linearly in the horizontal direction inward and communicates with the ticket slot 72.
3, a lower conveyor belt 74 provided opposite thereto, and a pair of front and rear low-speed intermediate rollers R1, R2, R3, R4 disposed at intermediate positions in the conveying direction of the two conveyor belts 73, 74. .

The upper and lower transport belts 73 and 74 are opposed to each other with a certain gap therebetween so as to allow a batch of tickets to be taken in at a time, and separate the two tickets T1 and T2 taken in at once. It has the required transport length.

As shown in FIG. 8, the upper transport belt 73 is provided with upper transport pulleys P6 and P6 disposed at front and rear positions in the transport direction.
P7, between which the upper transport pulley P7
A driving gear G4, which will be described later, meshes with a driven gear G3 fixed on the rotating shaft 75 of the first gear 75 to transmit power, whereby the upper conveying belt 73 rotates in the conveying direction.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 9, the lower transport belt 74 is provided with lower transport pulleys P8 to P10 arranged in the transport direction.
The lower transport belt 74 rotates in the same transport direction as the upper transport belt 73 based on driving the transport motor M2. The lower transport belt 74 is stretched between drive pulleys P11 attached to the main shaft of the transport motor M2.

The above-mentioned driving gear G4 is fixed on the rotating shaft 76 of the lower conveying pulley P10 at the rear part in the conveying direction, and the driving gear G4 meshes with the driven gear G3 to engage the lower conveying belt 74.
The power is transmitted to the upper conveying belt 73 from the upper side. Also, at this time, the gear ratio is made different for the ticket separation, and the conveying speed of the upper and lower conveying belts 73, 74 is changed to give a speed difference.

In this case, the upper conveying belt 73 is set at a low conveying speed (about 350 mm / s), and the lower conveying belt 74 is set.
Is set to a high transfer speed (about 1000 mm / s). Thereby, the upper conveyor belt 73 and the lower conveyor belt 74
, A difference in transport speed occurs, and the two overlapping tickets T1, T
When 2 is guided, the upper and lower tickets T1 and T2 are conveyed while being shifted in the conveying direction, so that they are reliably separated one by one.

As shown in FIG. 10, a pair of upper and lower low-speed intermediate rollers R1, R2, R3, R4 are disposed at front and rear positions in the transport direction. At a very low speed (100 mm / 100 mm / h) via a drive belt 78 stretched between a large-diameter pulley P12 attached to one end of the rotary shaft 77 of R1 and a small-diameter pulley P13 attached to the above-mentioned rear upper rotary shaft 75. s).

A belt 80 of the same speed is stretched between the rotating shaft 77 of the extremely low speed and the rotating shaft 79 of the roller R3 on the rear upper side, and the low speed intermediate rollers R1 to R4 transmit power to the same low speed. Being rotated.

As described above, the slower intermediate rollers R1 to R5 are located at intermediate positions in the transport direction of the upper upper transport belt 73, which is slower.
By providing R4, three types of transport contact rotating bodies, high speed, low speed and extremely low speed, are combined, and the ticket passing there is separated and transported with a two-stage speed difference in the transport direction. Can be. For example, at the time of taking in, a relatively large speed difference (350 mm / s to 1000 mm / s) is taken relatively quickly, and a large speed difference (100 mm / s to 100 mm / s) is taken in the middle part.
(1000 mm / s), a plurality of stacked tickets can be surely separated, and thereafter, the speed difference is slightly large, and the speed is again led to the subsequent stage. For this reason, the separation process is suitable for the manual operation of inserting a ticket. In this case, by setting a large speed difference, the separation conveyance distance and the processing time can be reduced.

The first to twelfth ticket detection sensors S1 to S12 are arranged at substantially constant intervals from the start end to the end of the separation transport path L3, so that two stacked tickets T1 and T2 or a single ticket can be obtained. The transport state of the ticket is detected, and the transport motor M2 is turned on / off based on the detected information.

The separated and conveyed ticket is conveyed between upper and lower conveying belts 73 and 74 on the upper and lower surfaces, and both sides are guided by the conveying guide frames 81 and 82 on the both sides, and the subsequent connecting conveying path L4 is guided. It is led to.

The ticket separating apparatus 71 thus configured
When separating two different tickets T1 and T2 or the same type of tickets T3 and T4 using the same type of ticket, the separation of the speed difference between the upper and lower stacked tickets as shown in FIGS. The sheet is conveyed while being deviated in the conveying direction by applying an action to surely separate sheets one by one.

[Third Embodiment] A ticket separating apparatus 111 shown in FIG. 11 uses two sets of tickets T1 and T2 to be used in pairs.
A horizontally elongated opening which allows the upper ticket T1 and the lower ticket T2 to be inserted in a lump and to be inserted into the magnetic data processing section at the subsequent stage one by one at the same time as they are taken in a stack. A separation transport path L5 for nipping and transporting one or two tickets is provided inside the ticket slot 112 having a portion.

The separation conveyance path L5 includes an upper conveyance belt 113 extending linearly in the horizontal direction communicating with the ticket slot 112, a lower conveyance belt 114 opposed thereto, and both conveyance belts 113, 114, intermediate speed rollers R5 and R6 disposed at intermediate positions in the transport direction, and variable speed switching rollers R7 and R8.

The upper and lower transport belts 113 and 114 are opposed to each other with a predetermined facing gap that allows the two-layered tickets to be taken in collectively, and the two tickets taken in batches T1 and T2.
Has the transport length required to separate the.

As shown in FIG. 12, the upper transport belt 113 is provided with an upper transport pulley P1 disposed at the front and rear positions in the transport direction.
4 and P15, a driving gear G6, which will be described later, meshes with a driven gear G5 fixed on the rotating shaft 115 of the upper conveying pulley P15 on the rear side to transmit power. The belt 113 rotates in the transport direction.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 13, the lower transport belt 114 is provided with each of the lower transport pulleys P16 to P16 arranged in the transport direction.
The lower conveyor belt 114 rotates in the same conveyance direction as the upper conveyor belt 113 based on the driving of the conveyor motor M3, which is stretched over a drive pulley P19 attached to P18 and the main shaft of the conveyor motor M3.

The above-mentioned driving gear G6 is fixed on the rotating shaft 116 of the lower conveying pulley P18 at the rear portion in the conveying direction, and the driving gear G6 meshes with the driven gear G5 to form the lower conveying belt 1
Power is transmitted from 14 to the upper transport belt 113. Also, at this time, the gear ratio is made different for the ticket separation, and the transport speed of the upper and lower transport belts 113 and 114 is changed to give a speed difference.

In this case, the upper transport belt 113 is set at a low transport speed (about 350 mm / s),
14 is set to a high speed (about 1000 mm / s). As a result, a conveyance speed difference occurs between the upper conveyance belt 113 and the lower conveyance belt 114, and when the two superimposed tickets T1 and T2 are guided, the upper and lower ones T1, T2 are located.
Since T2 is conveyed while vigorously shifting in the conveyance direction,
Separated one by one.

The low-speed intermediate rollers R5 and R6 are provided with a pair of upper and lower low-speed intermediate rollers R5 and R6 at an intermediate portion in the transport direction, and a large-diameter pulley attached to one end of the upper roller R5 on the rotating shaft 117. Power is transmitted at an extremely low speed (about 100 mm / s) via a drive belt 118 stretched between P20 and a small-diameter pulley P21 mounted on the above-described rear upper rotating shaft 115. Further, variable speed switching rollers R7 and R8, which will be described later, are provided at the subsequent stage in the transport direction.

The above-mentioned variable speed switching rollers R7 and R8 are
As shown in FIG. 14, the variable speed drive belt 120 is provided between a drive pulley P22 attached to the main shaft of the variable speed motor M4 and a driven pulley P23 fixed on the rotating shaft 119 of the upper variable speed switching roller R7. The variable speed switching rollers R7 and R8 are driven at a high speed (about 1000 mm / s) based on the switching of the rotation speed of the variable speed motor M4.
And an extremely low speed (about 100 mm / s).

Normally, when a single ticket is set at a high speed and does not require a separating operation, or when a combination of tickets is easily separated, the ticket is separated at a high speed. At the time of stacking and separating two sheets including a ticket, the sheet is rotated at an extremely low speed so as to surely separate the sheets.

As described above, by providing the variable speed switching rollers R7 and R8 that allow switching between the low speed and the high speed after the low speed intermediate rollers R5 and R6, the optimum speed according to the type of the ticket to be separated is provided. The separation operation can be performed by selecting the transport speed.

Also, the first to twelfth ticket detection sensors S1 to S12 are arranged at substantially constant intervals from the start end to the end of the separation conveyance path L5, so that the two stacked tickets T1 and T2 or a single ride can be taken. The conveyance state of the ticket is detected, and the conveyance motor M3 and the variable speed motor M4 are turned on / off based on the detected information.
FF operation is performed.

The separated and conveyed ticket is conveyed between upper and lower conveyor belts 113 and 114 on the upper and lower surfaces, and both sides are guided between the left and right conveyance guide frames 121 and 1222 while being guided by the subsequent connection conveyance path L6. It is led to.

The ticket separating apparatus 11 configured as described above
1 to use different types of tickets T1, T2 or similar tickets T3, T4
In the case of performing the separating operation of the two-stacked ticket, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the upper and lower stacked tickets are separated by a speed difference and conveyed while shifting in the conveying direction. Separate the sheets one by one.

As described above, if any one of the ticket separating apparatuses 11, 71, 111 having stable high-speed separating performance is provided at the ticket slot of the automatic ticket gate, the ticket can be combined with the ticket of another company's line. A ticket check process suitable for simultaneous use of two tickets, in which a pair of tickets is used, can be performed.

In correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the paper sheet separating apparatus of the present invention corresponds to the ticket separating apparatus 11, 71, 111 of the embodiment. The leaves correspond to the tickets T1, T2, T3, T4, and the upper and lower transport means are the upper transport belts 13, 73, 1 respectively.
13 and each of the lower conveying belts 14, 74 and 114, the second conveying means corresponds to each of the low-speed intermediate rollers R1 to R6, and the third conveying means corresponds to the variable speed switching rollers R7 and R8.
However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a ticket separating apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of an upper transport side of the ticket separating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the lower ticket conveying side of the ticket separating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional front view showing a transfer terminal portion of the ticket separating apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a separated transport state of different types of tickets according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a separated transport state of the same type of ticket according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a ticket separating apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of an upper transport side of a ticket separating apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a lower transport side of a ticket separating apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a vertical cross-sectional front view showing an intermediate transfer portion of a ticket separating apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a side view of a ticket separating apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a plan view of an upper transport side of a ticket separating apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the lower part transport side of the ticket separating apparatus according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a vertical cross-sectional front view showing an intermediate transfer portion of a ticket separating apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a side view of a conventional paper sheet separating apparatus at the time of initial setting of feeding.

FIG. 16 is a transport explanatory view showing a normal separation state of a conventional sheet separating apparatus.

FIG. 17 is a transport explanatory view showing a locked state of a sheet in the conventional sheet separating apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 71, 111 ... ticket separating device 12, 72, 112 ... ticket slot 13, 73, 113 ... upper transport belt 14, 74, 114 ... lower transport belt L1, L3, L5 ... separation transport path T1-T4 ... Tickets R1 to R6: Low speed intermediate rollers R7, R8: Variable speed switching rollers

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A sheet separating apparatus for separating a plurality of stacked sheets one by one, comprising upper and lower conveying means having a predetermined range of conveying distance required for separating the sheets. Wherein the conveying means are set in the same conveying direction and have a relative speed difference. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the slower conveying means is located at an intermediate position in the conveying direction.
2. The paper sheet separating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a second conveying means which is slower. 3. The paper sheet separating apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising a third conveying means provided at a subsequent stage of the second conveying means so as to allow the speed to be switched between a low speed and a high speed. 4. A ticket separating apparatus for an automatic ticket gate provided with the sheet separating apparatus according to claim 1.