JPS5850389B2 - Bus/rail transfer management method - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a bus/railway transfer management method used to automatically process passengers who transfer from buses with fixed operating routes to railways with automatic ticket gates. be.

In order to alleviate or prevent traffic congestion in urban areas, there are examples of transportation policies that encourage route bus users to connect to the railway from the nearest station and then take the train to get to their destination.

In such cases, in order to efficiently and rationally process passengers transferring from a bus to a railway that has automatic diagonal passage, a transfer ticket will be issued that can be linked to the automatic ticket gate at the railway while on the bus. This idea is already being implemented in some areas.

However, in the known bus/rail transit management method, first, the transit passenger obtains a transit ticket from a transit ticket issuing machine on the bus, and then inserts the transit ticket into the automatic ticket vending machine at the transit station. Since you have to insert the ticket and buy a ticket for the automatic ticket gate again, the hassle of purchasing tickets for transit passengers is not reduced, and
It did not have a positive effect on the smoothness of the transfer stations, and secondly, there was the serious problem of not being able to prevent the fraudulent use of transfer tickets.

The cause of the problem lies in both the transfer ticket issuing machine installed on the bus and the ticket gate machine installed at the station.

That is, since the transfer ticket issuing machine is mounted inside the vehicle, there is a need for miniaturization and simplified management, so the date is not printed on the transfer ticket issued by the conventional transfer ticket issuing machine.

In addition, the transfer ticket issuing machine can be operated by the passenger who is planning to transfer from the bus to the railway to issue a transfer ticket to Renyin. Even customers who do not intend to transfer can obtain a transfer ticket. I can and also
It is possible that a passenger who intends to transfer may obtain more transfer tickets than the required number.

When a conventional ticket gate reads the information unique to a transfer ticket optically or magnetically recorded on the transfer ticket, it determines that the inserted ticket is valid, regardless of the date. Allow the passenger to enter the railway premises.

Therefore, it is possible to use a transfer ticket obtained after boarding a bus to use a railway on another day, or to use an extra transfer ticket obtained on another day.

In addition, conventional transfer ticket issuing machines are equipped with the railway route name,
Alternatively, transfer tickets with the name of the operating company, station name, and characters indicating that the ticket is a transfer ticket are stored in a cassette, etc., and issued one by one from the cassette. If a bus temporarily operates on a route other than the bus route, the printed items on the transfer ticket issued by the bus will no longer match the actual transfer station, so each time the bus route is changed, a cassette or transfer ticket will be printed. The need to exchange tickets is complicated.

In view of the above points, this invention is a method for managing transfers from route buses to railways that have automatic ticket gates, which reduces the trouble of obtaining tickets for transit passengers, and also reduces the hassle of obtaining tickets for passengers at transit stations. The purpose of this invention is to provide a transfer management method that improves the smoothness of transfers and prevents unauthorized use of transfer tickets.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In order to implement the bus/railway transfer management method according to the present invention, it is necessary to have a route bus that connects to a railway station where automatic ticket gates are installed with the transfers shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and described later. Ticket issuing machine (hereinafter simply referred to as issuing machine).

) is mounted in a position that can be operated and obtained by one bus passenger.

The issuing machine has a bottom plate 3 to which a body (to be described later) is attached and a casing 4 that covers the body, and has legs 2 fixed to the four corners of the bottom plate, and a stand 1 installed with bolts or the like in a place within the bus that can be controlled by the driver. It is installed by fixing it to the

FIG. 1 is a front view of the casing 4 with the front section removed as seen from the transfer ticket issuing machine, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line I-It in FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the casing with the top surface removed.

A frame 6 having a 7-shaped horizontal cross section extending vertically upward to near the top surface of the casing is fixed to the center of the upper surface of the bottom plate 3 by a bracket 7, and one side of the frame perpendicular to the vehicle surface. A horizontal shaft 8 is fixed at approximately the center of the height direction of 6a, and a roll paper P for making a transfer ticket is rotatably loaded on the horizontal shaft.

The housing 4 is removably secured to the bottom plate 3 by a known clip 5. By removing the clip and pulling out the housing upward, roll paper can be loaded and replenished.

The roll paper P is attached to a space provided between one side 6a of the frame 6 and the left side 4a of the housing 4 in FIG.

As will be clear from what will be described later on the front side of the other side 6b of the frame 6 (on the near side of the page in FIG. 1, on the left side in FIG. 2), the tip of the roll paper and the transfer ticket are placed in a vertical plane , a printing section that prints fixed items, dates, etc. on the roll paper, and a cutting section that cuts the printed portion to create a transfer ticket of a predetermined size.

The roll paper P is rewound from the winding section and placed in the frame 6.
A shaft 9 fixed parallel to the horizontal shaft 8 on the same side as the roll winding portion of one side portion 6a. J: The lower surface of the cylindrical roller r1 supported by the cone roller r2 is rotated halfway and is supported on the shaft 10 which is tilted and fixed to one side 6a of the frame 6.
Turn the upper surface half a turn, then turn the back side of the cylindrical roller r3, which is supported on the shaft 11 tilted downward and fixed at the front of one side of the frame 6, half a turn, and also turn the back side of the cylindrical roller r3, near the lower end of one side of the frame 6, half a turn. , the lower surface of a corn roller r4 supported on a shaft 12 tilted and fixed to the opposite side to the corn roller r2 on the same side as the vertical conveyance surface, and fixed horizontally to the frame 6 close to the same side as the corn roller r4. The lower surface of the cylindrical roller r supported on the shaft 13 is rotated half a turn.

By turning each cylindrical roller and cone roller half a turn and pulling them out, it is possible to guide the roll paper to the bottom end of the vertical conveyance plane, which is on a different plane from the loading position, without applying undue tension to the roll paper. In addition, it is possible to downsize the printing machine by loading roll paper, which otherwise occupies space, in close proximity to a conveying section, a printing section, etc., which will be described later.

In addition, each roller r1-r5 is rotatable, and 14 is a guide.

The shaft 13 of the lowermost cylindrical roller r5 is parallel and horizontal to the other side 6b of the frame 6, and a pair of shafts extend vertically upward along the frame 6 from near the outer peripheral surface at both longitudinal ends of the roller r5. A guide 15 is provided, and a pressure receiving plate 16 is attached between the guide 15 and the other side 6b of the frame 6 with screws 17.

A slight gap is formed between the pressure receiving plate 16 and the guide 15, and the roll paper P, which has been rotated by the roller r5 half a turn, is inserted into this gap.

A thermal printing plate 18 is provided between the pair of guides 15.

The heat printing plate 18 has shafts 19, 19 passing through the frame 6.
A pressing plate 21 is attached to the tip of the shafts 19, 19, and is fixed to a movable plate 20 which is supported on the top of the shaft so as to be movable in the axial direction.
The other end of a tension spring 22, which has one end fixed to the frame, is connected to the pressing plate 21 so as to be movable in the axial direction of the frame.

In this way, the thermal printing plate 18 is always urged in the direction of the roll paper P by the force of the tension spring applied via the pressure plate 22.

However, a plate 23 provided at the protruding tip of the frame 6 of the shafts 19, 19 has a roller 26 provided at the lower end of a link 25 that is swung by a cam 24 that constitutes a part of an interlocking mechanism to be described later. Since the thermal printing plate 18 is pushed in the opposite direction to the tension direction of the spring 22, the thermal printing plate 18 is separated from the roll paper P during standby.

The cam 24 is fixed on a shaft 29 that is rotated by a printing unit driving motor 27 via a transmission chain 28, and rollers 30, 30' provided at one end of the link 25 are attached to the circumferential surface of the heart cam 24. are in contact with each other on opposite sides, and the link 25 swings about a shaft 31 fixed to one side 6a of the frame 6 as a fulcrum as the cam rotates.

When the cam 24 rotates once by the motor 27 under the control of the issuing machine, the force is removed from the plate 23 during that time.
As a result of the force of the spring 22 being applied to the movable plate 20 via the suppressing plate 21, the thermal printing plate 18 is pressed against the roll paper P for a certain period of time.

In this case, a steel ball 32 is protruded from the pressing plate 21 or the movable plate 20, and the force of the pressing plate is applied to the movable plate via the steel ball, so even if the tension force of the spring 22 is uneven, The thermal printing plate 18 presses the entire contact surface of the roll paper with uniform force.

The roll paper P is a recording paper having a structure that has a heat-sensitive film on one side and a magnetic film on the opposite side, and the heat-sensitive side is connected to the thermal printing plate 1.
It is facing 8.

Therefore, when the thermal printing plate is pressed against the roll paper for a certain period of time,
As shown in Figure 5 A, fixed items such as the business temperature or route name of the railway to which you can transfer from the bus, the letters a1 indicating that it is a transfer ticket, and other valid period 32 for the same day are printed. be done.

The fixed items are printed in advance each time one transit ticket is issued.

The roll paper on which fixed items have been printed by the primary printing section using the thermal printing plate 18 is advanced to the secondary printing section provided above.

Above the guide 15, a print head 33 is fixed on the same vertical plane as the guide, and is composed of a bar-shaped segment made of a heat generating element and a group of seven white segment segments.

A suppressing plate 34 is provided between the print head 33 and the other side 6b of the frame 6 so as to face the print head.

This pressing plate 34 is supported on the front surface of a holding plate 35 so as to be able to swing freely back and forth and left and right with respect to the print head. It is fixed to the tip of 37'.

The shafts 37 and 37' are passed through bearings 40 and 40' through guide plates 39 fixed to the tips of shafts 38 and 38' fixed to the back of the frame 6 at rectangular corners,
A connecting plate 41 is attached to the tip protruding from the bearing.

A compression spring 43 is installed between the stopper 42 mounted on the shafts 37, 31' and the guide plate 39, so that the pressing plate 34 is moved to the printing head via the shafts 37, 37' and the holding plate 35. 33 is energized.

A steel ball 44 is also fixed to the holding plate 35 or the pressing plate 34, so that the suppressing plate 34 prints the roll paper P with a uniform force over its entire surface, regardless of variations in the compressive force of the spring 43. It is pressed against the head 33.

A roller 45 is rotatably attached to the connecting plate 41, and a cam 46 for driving the suppressing plate of the secondary printing section is adjacent to the roller 45, and a cam 46 for driving the thermal printing plate of the primary printing section is mounted adjacent to the roller 45. 2
4 and is attached to an arm 47 fixed on a common rotation axis 29.

As shown in FIG. 4, this cam 46 consists of a mountain portion 46a and a hill portion 46b that continues rearward in the direction of movement of the cam.
One rotation of the rotating shaft 29 engages the roller 45 and causes it to roll along its cam surface.

As a result, the pressing plate 34 is moved in a direction away from the print head 33 via the roller 45 against the spring 43.

An index plate 48 in the shape of a roughly notched disk is fixed on the rotating shaft 29, and light is emitted on both sides of the index plate in such a way that light is received at the notch for the index and light is blocked by parts other than the notch. A position detector 49 consisting of an element and a light receiving element is provided, and a signal from this position detector is used to stop the motor 27 every time the cams 24 and 46 make one revolution. There is.

The cam 46 engages the roller 45 to separate the press plate 34 from the print head 33 while the printing machine is on standby.

When the motor 27 is started when issuing a ticket, the cam 46 moves to the fourth position.
As the rollers 45 are removed by rotating clockwise in the figure, the press plate 34 presses the roll paper P against the print head 33, and at the same time, a known date setting device (comprised of a digital switch) is installed in each segment of the print head 33. A digitized date signal from (not shown) is applied, and the date is entered in a barcode b1 in a predetermined blank field of the card after the primary printing shown in FIG. is printed with the number b2.

b3 is the issuing machine number. This means that all the necessary printing items for the transfer ticket to be issued by the issuing machine have been printed.

The cam 46 is rotated at a constant speed, and the roller 45 is rotated at a constant speed.
The time from when it comes off the end of the hill portion 46b of No. 6 to when it engages with the tip of the mountain portion 46a is the pressing time of the suppressing plate 34 against the print head.

Then, when the roller 45 comes into contact with the peak of the cam, the position detector 49 is activated, the motor 27 is stopped, and the cam is moved so that the roller 45 is stopped in the recess at the top of the peak 46a due to inertial rotation. Designed.

However, due to the inertia of the motor 27, the rollers may go over the peak 46a.

The hill portion 46b of the cam is provided to be continuous with the mountain portion 45a,
And, toward the end, the distance from the axis 29 gradually increases/
- It is hollowed out, so that when the cam 46 still rotates due to inertia after the motor stops, the force of the spring 43 acts to prevent the cam from overrunning.

Note that the front and rear ends of the cam surface are curved so that the rollers can smoothly ride on and off the cam surface.

Above the secondary printing section, a drive roller r6 and a pinch roller r7 are provided in a pressed contact state.

Since it is difficult to install each roller in close proximity to the printing head 33 and the pressing plate 34, these rollers are provided at a distance slightly shorter than the length of a portion of the transfer ticket from the printing head, etc., and the issuing machine In the standby state, the starting end of the roll paper is pressed between the rollers r6 and r7.

Therefore, in this embodiment, in the standby state, the roller rQ
In the jr'l and secondary printing sections, all the items to be printed on the transfer ticket are printed, and in the -next page printing section, only fixed items are printed.

When the push button 50 protruding from the top surface of the housing 4 is pressed, the drive roller r6 is rotated by the transport motor 51, and the roll paper P is sent out by a predetermined length.
a guide 53 connected to the outlet 52 opened on the top surface of the casing;
53', and the tip of the roll paper is made to protrude from the opening 52 by a length that can be picked up.

Immediately after that, roller r6. A cutter 54 provided above r7 is operated by a solenoid 55 or the like to cut the roll paper along the opening cutting line l in FIG.
Create.

In parallel with this, the above-described primary printing section and secondary printing section operate.

rg and rg are pinch rollers that keep the transfer ticket cut by the cutter 54 protruding from the takeout port 52 until the passenger picks it out from the takeout port 52.

As described above, bus passengers who are planning to transfer to the railway can
By pressing once the push button 50 of the above-mentioned issuing machine to which a name plate such as "Transfer Ticket Issuing Machine" is attached, predetermined fixed items, dates, and bar codes as shown in the opening of Figure 5 are printed. , you can get one transfer ticket with a blank field in the center.

After obtaining a transfer ticket, when passengers get off the bus and enter the premises of the transfer station, they use a special ticket gate set up for passengers transferring from the bus.

In front of the entrance of this dedicated ticket gate, a message indicating that it is for transit only is displayed to smoothly guide transit passengers.

Dedicated ticket gate (hereinafter simply referred to as ticket gate).

), as shown in FIG. 6, roughly consists of a casing 56 that also has the function of forming a ticket gate passage, a ticket slot 57 provided on the front top surface of the casing, and a ticket slot 57 provided on the rear top surface of the casing. The transfer ticket (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as a ticket) is connected from the input port 57 to the withdrawal port 58.

) to the outlet 58 in a controlled manner based on predetermined conditions, a barcode reading section B, an encoding section C, and a printing section provided on the conveyance path of the ticket transportation mechanism. and a ticket stopping mechanism E.

When a transfer ticket is inserted into the input slot 57, the ticket transport mechanism A is started based on the input detectors 59, 59' shown in FIG. 7 outputting detection signals.

In the barcode reading section B, the ticket conveyance mechanism A is arranged between the upper boob 9110 and 112 of one of the pulleys r10+r11°r121r13 that are arranged above and below the conveyance surface in front and back along the conveyance direction of the barcode reading section, and on the lower side. It is constructed by tensioning belts 60 and 61 between pulleys rlljr13.

r14tr15 are tension pulleys.

The belts 60 and 61 clamp the central part of the transfer ticket in the width direction, and both sides of the belt are stretched so that the barcode described above is exposed on the outside of the belt no matter which side it is located in the width direction. The ticket is conveyed in a state where it is projected outward.

In FIG. 8, reference numeral 62 denotes an upper inter-Royo-shaped frame, which is continuous in the ticket conveying direction, and has vertical walls 6 at the center and one side.
The shafts 63 and 64 of the lower pulley are supported by the shafts 63 and 64 of the lower pulleys 2a and 62b.
The lower pulley r1□1r13yr14 and belt 6
1 is provided, and the latter vertical wall 62a.

Guides 65 and 65' are attached to the upper end of the belt 62c to maintain the positional relationship between the belt and the ticket being conveyed.

66 is a transmission gear fixed to the shaft 64.

The barcode reading section B is composed of a reflection type optical reader 67 consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and a reading timing trunk pass detector 68 provided in front of this reader.

A pair of the readers 67 are arranged on opposite sides of the belt 60, so that the barcode can be read by either reader regardless of the direction in which the ticket is inserted. ing.

When the ticket inserted in this way is conveyed by the belt 60, 61 and operates the ticket passing detector 68, and the trailing edge of the detection signal is obtained, that is, the trailing edge of the ticket passes the detector 68. At that time, the barcode reader 67 starts reading the face of the ticket.

The detection signal from the reader 67 is given to the judgment section of the ticket gate, where it is compared with the date signal obtained from the date setter installed in the aircraft or the date signal transmitted from the central control room, and it is determined whether the ticket is valid or invalid. It is determined whether

If the ticket is determined to be valid as a result of barcode determination,
Encoding section c1 printing section and ticket stopping mechanism E to be described later
is activated and the inserted ticket is returned and allowed to pass through the ticket gate passage, and if it is determined to be invalid, the ticket is immediately returned and the ticket gate passage is closed.

The ticket that has passed through the barcode reading section B is sent to the encoding section C at the next stage.

As shown in FIG. 9, the ticket conveyance mechanism in the encoding section includes the rear pulley r12. Two pairs of upper and lower rollers rta F rl7 + rlg l rl9 are arranged at a distance slightly smaller than the ticket length from r13.
Orl6)rts is a pinch roller, rl7. rl is a drive roller, shafts 69 and 70 of the drive roller are rotatably supported by the frame 62, shafts 69 and 70 are interlocked by a transmission gear, etc., and a pulley (not shown) fixed to one shaft 69 is connected to the shaft 69 and 70. ), the transmission belt 13 is passed around the drive pulley 72 of the motor 71.

The encoding section C includes the two pairs of rollers r16. r1. .

The magnetic recording head 74 and the head presser 75, which are opposed to each other with the ticket conveying surface as a boundary, between rl8 j and rl9, the rear pulleys r1□, r13, and the roller r16. Ticket passage detector 7 for encoding timing provided between rl□
It consists of 6.76'.

Based on the signal output when the ticket passage detector 76 detects the passage of the trailing edge of the ticket, the controller of the ticket gate gives a preset encoded signal to the magnetic recording head 74 to record the ticket's magnetic field. Information necessary for automatic ticket gates, such as the name of the station where the ticket gate is installed (boarding station name), the valid section,
Record the current date, etc.

The magnetic recording of the ticket gate information by the encoder C is performed when the ticket is determined to be valid as a result of the barcode determination described above, and when the ticket is invalidated, only the output signal from the ticket passage detector 76 is recorded. In this case, the magnetic recording start condition is not satisfied,
Ticket gate information is not recorded.

Head presser 75 of the encoding section C, ticket passage detector 7
6 and pinch rollers r16, rl are attached to a lid-shaped upper frame 77.

The upper frame 77 extends from the encode portion C to the printing portion to be described later, and the portion corresponding to the encode portion has a lower loco-shaped cross section, and has a pair of vertical portions 77a and 77b.
The pinch roller shaft 18. γ9 is supported.

Further, the portion corresponding to the printing portion does not have the vertical portion, but only has a flat plate portion 77c corresponding to the bottom portion of the lower lattice shape.

The one vertical portion 77a and the frame 62
By connecting one vertical part 62b on the outside of
0), the upper frame is further provided with a spring clamp 82 on the side opposite to the hinge, and the upper frame is always elastically fastened to the frame 62 by this spring clamp (see Figure 11). Figure, 12th
(see figure).

To explain the structure of the spring clamp 82 in more detail, the upper and lower ends of the two tension springs 83 and 83' are connected by pins 84 and 85 to form a spring clip, and the upper pin 84 is connected to the upper frame 77. A lever 87 is rotatably supported at the tip of a support piece 86 attached to the upper surface of the frame 62, protruding from the vertical portion 77b, and a hook 88 is attached to the outer surface of the vertical wall 62c on the outside of the frame 62. It has become.

Then, when the lever 81 is rotated outward, the spring clip is lowered and the lower pin 85 is positioned below the hook 88, so when the lever 87 is rotated upward again to be parallel to the upper surface of the upper frame 77, Since the upper pin 84 exceeds the dead center of the spring, the lever is prevented from reversing, and the lower pin 85 is locked to the hook 88, causing the spring 8
A tensile force of 3.83' presses the upper frame 77 against the frame 62.

The transit ticket that has passed through the encoding section C is then sent to the printing section.

The aforementioned barcode reading and encoding is performed while the ticket is being transported at a constant speed, but since printing is done using a thermal printing plate, it is necessary to stop the ticket for a certain period of time.

Therefore, a part of the ticket transport mechanism and a ticket stopping mechanism E are provided in this printing section.

These will be explained first.

In the area where these mechanisms are provided, the outer vertical wall 62C of the frame 62 is cut out, and drive rollers r20 + r21 are provided on shafts 89 and 90 passing through the central vertical wall 62a.

Further, a mounting plate 91 having a T-shaped cross section when cut perpendicular to the conveyance direction is fixed to the central vertical wall 62a.
Two vertical shafts 92, 92' on each side of the vertical wall 62a are passed through the horizontal portion 91a of the mounting plate so as to be vertically movable, and stopper rings 93, 93 are provided at the downwardly projecting ends of each shaft. ' is fixed, and the upper end of each shaft is fixed to a roller support plate 94.

The roller support plate 94 includes the drive roller r2o.

Pinch roller r22 t r2 at the position corresponding to r21
3 is attached to the roller support plate, and the upper end of a tension spring 95 whose lower end is fixed to the frame 62 with its lower end downward is fixed to the roller support plate (FIG. 8).

A plurality of springs 95 are provided, which bias the roller support plate 94 downward, so that the pinch roller r2
2 + r23 is constantly pressing the drive roller r20tr2□.

Therefore, when a ticket advances from the encoding section C in this state, the roller r20.

r22. By r2□ and r23, it passes through the printing section at the same speed.

However, above the rear end of the printing section on the ticket conveyance surface, a stopper 96 that crosses the ticket conveyance direction is provided on the upper frame 11.
The stopper 96 is rotatably attached to a fulcrum 97 provided on the rear end surface of the flat plate portion 71C, and is normally kept upwardly away from the ticket conveying surface by a spring 98 provided at one end of the stopper.

Reference numeral 99 denotes a solenoid that operates the stopper. When energized, the lever 100 swings downward about the fulcrum 101 via the iron core that is attracted. Therefore, the roller 102 attached to the tip of the lever operates the stopper. 96 is moved downward to block the ticket conveyance surface.

At the same time, the tip of another lever 104 having a fulcrum 103 provided on the horizontal portion 91a of the mounting plate 91 is pushed downward by the roller 102, so the lever 104 rotates around the fulcrum 103. The lever 104
The roller support plate 9 is
4 against the spring 95.

Therefore, the pinch roller r22tr23 is separated from the drive rollers r2o and r21.

The solenoid 99 is energized when the ticket is determined to be valid as a result of the barcode reading and determination described above.

In this way, when the ticket determined to be valid passes through the encoding section and enters the printing section, the pinch rollers r2□, r2
3 is lifted, no conveying force is applied to the ticket from the drive rollers, the ticket advances only by inertia, and is actively stopped by the stopper 96.

Therefore, the ticket is held still in a predetermined position without being subjected to undue impact.

The horizontal portion 91a of the mounting plate 91 also has vertical shafts 106, 107 with bearings 10 on both sides of the central vertical wall 62a.
8 and 109 so as to be vertically movable, and the lower end portions protruding downward from the mounting plates 91 of both shafts are connected by a connecting plate 110.

A holding plate 111 is fixed to the lower center surface of the connecting plate 110, and a roller 113 is rotatably held on the holding plate by a shaft 112.

An eccentric cam 115 connected to the rotating shaft of a motor 114 is provided below the roller 113, and the roller 113 and the cam 1
The circumferential surfaces of No. 15 are opposed to each other.

A notched disk-shaped index plate 116 is provided on the rotating shaft of the motor.
is fixed, and position detectors 117 consisting of a light emitting element and a light receiving element are provided on both sides of the index plate and are shielded from light by the index plate and are provided so as to receive light only at the notch.

The vertical shafts 118 and 119 of Sansui are attached to the flat plate part 77c of the upper frame 71 mentioned above, and are arranged in two directions along the ticket conveying direction.
The upper end portions of both shafts are connected by a strip-shaped plate 122.

The lower ends of both shafts are connected by a rectangular connecting plate 123, and the shafts 11B, 119 are connected to the flat plate portion 77c.
A stopper nut 124 is attached to the upper side of the flat plate part in the middle of the
A shaft 125 screwed together is passed through the shaft so as to be movable up and down, and the lower end of the shaft is fixed to the connecting plate 123, and a compression spring 1 is mounted on the shaft 125 between the connecting plate 123 and the flat plate part 77c.
26 is installed.

A thermal printing plate 121' is provided below the connecting plate 123 via a mounting plate 127 with its printed surface facing downward, and the mounting plate 127 is attached above the screws 128 which are vertically movable through the plate at the four corners. After the compression spring 129 is attached to the protruding portion, a nut 130 is screwed to the tip that penetrates the connecting plate 123 and projects upward from the connecting plate, thereby allowing the flat plate portion 77c of the upper frame 77 and the connecting plate 123 to be connected downwardly. It is installed by being energized by the

Further, the connecting plate 123 has vertical shafts 10 and 12 extending downwardly on both outer sides in a direction perpendicular to the ticket conveyance direction.
A presser bar 13L132 is attached to the upper end surface of the presser bar 13L132.

The maximum diameter portion of the thermal printing plate driving cam 115 is in contact with the roller 113 in the standby state of the ticket gate, and therefore, the upper end surfaces of the vertical shafts 106 and 107 are at the highest level, and the presser foot Connecting plate 123 via rods 131 and 132
is lifted against the spring 126.

Therefore, the heat printing plate 127' is connected to the drive roller r2.
It is separated from the upper surface of the pressure receiving plate 133 provided in the middle between o and r2□.

The pressure receiving plate 133 is fixed to the central vertical wall 62a of the frame 62 via a fixing plate 134.

Then, after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the ticket determined to be valid is activated by the winding pass detector 135 after the end of encoding, that is, as described above, the ticket is moved to a predetermined position by the actions of the shrine transport mechanism and the ticket stop mechanism. When the ticket is stopped, the thermal printing plate driving motor 114 rotates.

As a result, the minimum diameter portion of the cam 115 gradually comes into contact with the roller 113 and reaches the maximum diameter portion again.

Meanwhile, as the contact surface with the roller 113 becomes the smallest diameter part, the upper end of the vertical shaft 106 and 107 descends, and in order to remove the force from the presser bars 131 and 132, the compression spring 126
As a result, the connecting plate 123 and the heat printing plate 127' are lowered (FIGS. 14 and 15 show this state).

) The printing surface of the thermal printing plate is brought into contact with the heat-sensitive surface of the ticket that is stopped by the stopper 96, and the ticket is further pressed against the pressing plate 133.

As shown in FIG. 5, the thermal printing plate 127 prints the name of the station where the ticket gate is installed and the valid boarding section C from the station in the blank space of the transfer ticket T1 issued by the bus.

The suppression time of the hot printing plate is set depending on the circumferential shape of the cam 115 and the diameter of the cam.

Furthermore, depending on the tightness of each of the nuts N25 and 130, the pressing force of the thermal printing plate 127' against the ticket can be adjusted, and the sharpness of the printed characters can be adjusted.

Then, when the maximum diameter portion of the cam comes into contact with the roller 113 again, the index plate 116 and the position detector 117 stop the motor 114 and wait for the next transfer ticket to be inserted with the thermal printing plate restored.

In this manner, when the printing of the ticket is completed, the solenoid 99 is no longer energized, the stopper 96 is returned by the spring 98, the roller support plate 94 is returned by the spring 95, and the pinch roller r22. r23 is the drive roller r2 again
o, r2□, the ticket is sent out from the printing section, and the drive roller and pinch roller r2 driven by the motor 72, transmission belt 73, other transmission gears, etc.
4 + r25, it is delivered to the outlet 58.

As described above, the transfer ticket T2 is returned from the takeout exit 58 after the ticket gate determines that it is valid and prints the station name, etc., and if a passenger or a station staff member looks at the face of the ticket, it is obvious at a glance which station the boarding station is. In addition, you can use the regular ticket gate at the station where you get off, or the regular payment machine if necessary, to tap the hot water.

As described above, according to the present invention, the transfer ticket issuing machine installed in the bus prints the fixed items and the date of issue in a visible manner, and also records the date of issue so that it can be read by the automatic ticket gate. A transfer ticket is issued, and the ticket gate at the station reads the date of issue from the inserted transfer ticket to determine whether the ticket is valid or invalid, and if the ticket is determined to be valid, it receives information necessary for automatic ticket gates. The transfer ticket is encoded, and the name of the transfer station, valid section, etc. are printed in the printing blank field of the transfer ticket before it is returned to the customer, resulting in the following unique effects.

First, if a passenger transferring from a bus to a railway obtains a transfer ticket issued on the bus, he or she can enter the station premises by simply inserting the ticket into the ticket gate at the transfer station; You can use the ticket from the station you get off at until you exit the bath.
The hassle of obtaining tickets for transit passengers will be greatly reduced, and
At transit stations, you can go directly to the ticket gates, which greatly improves the smoothness of travel for all groups.

Second, fixed items such as the name of the railway company or route, characters indicating that the ticket is valid only on that day, and the date of issue are printed in a visible manner on the transfer ticket. This has the effect of preventing unauthorized use of a Tako transfer ticket that differs from the date of bus use.

Third, the issue date is recorded on the transfer ticket issued on the bus, which can be read at the ticket gate, and the issue date is read from the transfer ticket inserted into the ticket gate when entering the station to check the validity of the inserted ticket. Since we decided to allow or disallow entry based on whether the ticket is invalid or not, customers may overlook the issue date printed on the face of the ticket and the text stating that it is valid only on that day, or ignore it even though they know this. Even if the passenger attempts to enter on a day different from the date of issue, the ticket gate will determine that the ticket is invalid and will prevent entry, thereby preventing unauthorized use of the transfer ticket before entry.

Fourth, when the ticket gate at the transfer station determines that the inserted transfer ticket is valid, it encodes the information necessary for automatic ticket gates on the transfer ticket, and also prints the name of one of the transfer stations on the ticket. , the valid section etc. are printed out in a visible manner before being returned to the passenger, so the transfer ticket obtained on the bus can be used from the train exit station to the hot springs, and the time required for customer processing during the transportation route is significantly reduced. In addition to being shorter, you can visually check the valid section of your ticket from the time you enter to the time you exit the bath, so when you are passing through, you can quickly avoid the obstruction of traffic flow by being blocked from exiting the hot water by the ticket gate. You can use the payment machine to smoothly pass through the hot spring ticket gate.

Fifth, bus transfer ticket issuing machines only print the issue date and a message saying "Only on the same day" and record the issue date so that it can be read by automatic ticket gates. Station (transfer station) names and valid sections are printed and encoded at the ticket gates at each transfer station, so even if a bus for one route is substituted or transferred for another route, the bus The transfer ticket issuing machine mounted on the train can be used as is for passengers transferring from the other lines to the railway, providing great flexibility and labor-saving effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show a specific example of a device used to implement the bus/railway transfer management method according to the present invention, and FIGS. 1 to 4 show a diagram of a transfer ticket issuing machine mounted on a bus. An example is shown in Fig. 1 is a front view with the front part of the casing removed, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-I in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along line II-I in Fig. 1.
The figure is a plan view with the top surface of the casing removed, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the relative relationship between the cams and rollers of the interlocking mechanism of the primary printing section and the secondary printing section. In Figure 5, ticket 42 shows the stamp notification by the primary printing department and secondary printing department of the transfer ticket issuing machine, and C shows the state in which printing by the ticket gate machine has been added. Figure 6 is a schematic diagram showing the general configuration of a ticket gate installed at a transfer station, and Figures 7 to 15 show specific examples of ticket gates installed at transfer stations.
7 is a sectional view of the barcode determination section, FIG. 8 is a sectional view corresponding to the line ■-■ in FIG. 7, and FIG. A sectional view showing the stop mechanism, and FIG. 10 is a plan view of the same part as FIG. 9. Fig. 11 is a side view of the encoding section, printing section, and ticket stop mechanism; Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ of Fig. 11;
3 is a plan view corresponding to FIG. 9, FIG. 14 is a side view showing the thermal printing plate drive mechanism, and FIG. 15 is a sectional view taken along line xv-xv in FIG. 14. In Figures 1 to 3, P...roll paper, r1-r9...roller, 16...thermal printing plate, 33...printing head , 54...
Cutter, 52... Output port, 50...
Push button, in Fig. 6, A...Pandal transport mechanism, B...Barcode reading section, C...Encoding section, D...Printing. Part, E...Ticket stopping mechanism, 57...Insertion slot, 58...
Outlet, 67...Barcode reader, 74...
...Magnetic head, 96...Stopper, 12
7'...Heat stamp version.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 The transfer ticket issuing machine installed on the bus should visually print at least the date of issue, text indicating that the ticket is valid only on that day, and other fixed items such as the name of the railway route to which you can connect if necessary. , a transfer ticket with a printing blank field and the date of issue recorded so that it can be read at the ticket gate at the transfer station is issued to the bus passenger, and the ticket gate at the transfer station reads the ticket after it has been inserted. The issue date is read from the transfer ticket to determine whether the transfer ticket is valid or invalid, and if it is determined to be valid, entry is permitted and the information necessary for automatic ticket gates at the exit station is encoded into the transfer ticket. A bus/railway characterized in that the transfer ticket is returned to the connecting passenger after the station name, valid section, etc. of the transfer station is printed in the printing blank field of the transfer ticket. Transfer management method.