JPS5853655Y2 - Bus fare box with ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] This invention is equipped with a ticket vending machine that allows customers to exchange money or sell coupons at their choice by using a bill or coin verifier built into the fare box. Regarding bus fare boxes.

Currently, some one-man buses are equipped with a fare box and a separate ticket vending machine that sells tickets separately.

This ticket vending machine must be equipped with a verification device to verify the authenticity of the banknotes or coins inserted by the customer, which increases the size of the device and increases costs. The distance between the entry fare box and the ticket vending machine was also inconvenient.

This idea was made in view of the above points, and was designed to integrate a ticket vending machine that sells coupons into a bus fare box equipped with a money changer that has at least one of a bill validator and a coin validator. In addition, the bill validator and/or coin validator can be used as both a money exchange machine and a ticket vending machine to reduce the size and cost of the device. To provide a bus fare box equipped with a coupon vending machine that can do both.

This invention will be explained below with reference to embodiments of the accompanying drawings.

Figures 1 and 2 are a front view and a side view of a bus fare box equipped with a ticket vending machine according to this invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a fare box body with a money exchange machine, which has a built-in bill validator and coin validator for the exchange machine.

Reference numeral 2 is an input slot for fares and numbered tickets, 3 and 4 are bill and coin input slots for exchanging money or purchasing coupons, and 5 is a receiving tray for exchange coins.

6 is a ticket vending machine section, and 7 is a push button A, B, C, D and a change button for selecting, for example, a 100 yen 80 yen ticket, a 50 yen ticket, a 200 yen ticket, respectively. As described later, each push button is provided with an illumination lamp inside so that the selectable button is illuminated from inside.

8 is a coupon outlet. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the internal structure of the coupon vending machine section.

10A, 10B, 10C, and 10D are the aforementioned push buttons A-
Store coupons 11A to 11D with different fares corresponding to D in cassettes 12A to 12D and slit them one by one) 14A
This is a coupon feeding device that feeds out coupons from 14D to 14D, the details of which will be described later.

Reference numeral 30 denotes guide rollers, which are arranged in two rows at vertically shifted positions so as to sandwich the conveyor belt 31 .

Reference numeral 32 denotes a drive roller provided at the top, which is driven by a motor (not shown) and rotates in the direction of arrow P when any of the push buttons A to D is pressed, thereby moving the conveyor belt 31 in the direction of the arrow.

33, 34, and 35 are guide rollers at the ends for tensioning the endless conveyor belt 31.

Spacing between each guide roller 30 and upper guide roller 30
The distance between the drive roller 32 and the coupon tickets 11A to 11D, respectively.
The length is set to be shorter than the shortest of the two.

Reference numeral 34' designates a guide plate for the ticket loading section, 35' a guide plate for the intermediate section, and 36.degree. 37 a guide plate for the discharging section.

Therefore, the coupons 11A to 11D fed out from the slits 14A to 14D by the coupon feeding devices 10A to 10D are guided by the guide plate 34', sandwiched between the guide roller 30 and the conveyor belt 31, and sent upward. The ticket is then lifted up between the upper guide roller 30 and the conveyor belt 31, passes between the drive roller 32 and the conveyor belt 31, is guided by the guide plates 36 and 37, and is discharged to the coupon outlet 8. be done.

Next, details of the ticket dispensing device (10A to 10D have the same structure, so the numbers A to D are omitted) will be explained in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 11.

In Figures 4 to 7, 12 is a cassette;
1 is stored alternately with spacers 19, which will be described later.

In the cassette 12, pedestals 15 at the same height from the bottom surface 12a are fixed to the side surface of the cassette 12 at multiple locations with screws 16, as well as a notch 12b for easy insertion of the coupon, a notch 12c for a sensor, and a feeding claw 13. Notch 12d, long hole 12e for
A slit 14 for extruding coupons is also provided.

17 is the first slide plate, and screw 1 is attached to the side of the cassette 12.
7a and the long hole 12e, the coupon ticket 1 can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction.
It is fixed according to the length of 1.

18 is a second slide plate, and screw 1 is attached to the first slide plate 17.
8a and the elongated hole 17b, the first one can be adjusted in the width direction and fixed according to the width of the 1.7 ticket 11. Second slide plate 17
．． 18 are provided at intervals of at least one coupon ticket or more from the pedestal 15.

The feed-out pawl 13 enters into the notch 12d from below and moves in the direction of arrow Q (see FIGS. 4 and 5), thereby serving to feed out the lowest layer ticket 11 from the slit 14.

19 is a spacer, which is metal. It is made of a thin plate of plastic or the like, and has a shape as shown in FIG. 8, and is cut out at least at a portion corresponding to the base 15 and a portion corresponding to the movement range of the feed-out claw 13 when stored in the cassette 12.

Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the tickets are stored one by one on top of the coupon ticket 11.

In addition, one of the parts 19a and 19b extending toward the rear of the ticket 11 as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.
Excise only or both 9a.

In this way, by using the spacer 19, the feeding pawl 13 can fully engage with the rear end 11a of the coupon ticket 11 at the position indicated by 13' in FIG.

Therefore, even thin coupon tickets can be reliably sent out from the slit 14.

When the coupon is sent out, the spacer 19 on the upper side falls as indicated by the phantom line 19' in FIG. 5, and the next coupon 1 is released.
1 is placed on the pedestal 15.

Incidentally, when the coupon ticket 11 is sent out part way by the feeding pawl 13, it is held between the rollers 30 and the conveyance belt 31 shown in FIG. 3, as described above, and is pulled out and conveyed.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a lid body placed on top of the ticket 11 at the top, and plays a heavy role of pressing the ticket 11 against the upper surface of the pedestal 15 with an appropriate force.

FIGS. 9 to 11 are diagrams showing the structure of the main body side of the coupon dispensing device 10 to which the above-mentioned cassette 12 is installed,
FIGS. 9 and 11 show the state in which the cassette 12 with no coupons stored therein is installed, and FIG. 10 shows the state in which the cassette 12 is not installed.

In the figure, 21 is a feeding claw 13 fixed to the frame 10a.
The guide bar 22 is a drive motor, and is provided with a rotating shaft 23 that rotates at a low speed via a reduction gear mechanism (not shown).

24 is a crank fixed to the rotating shaft 23; 25 is a connecting link, which connects the tip of the crank 24 and the base 13a of the feed pawl 13 slidably attached to the guide bar 21 to the shaft 26;
．． Connect via 27.

28 is a sensor which is pivotally attached to a part of the frame 10a by a shaft 28a, has a right-handed rotation ability as shown in FIG. It comes into contact with the side surface of the coupon ticket 11 stored in the cassette 12 to detect its presence or absence.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a clamp device, in which a clamp piece 29a is rotatably attached to a bracket 29b fixed to the frame 10a by a shaft 29c, and is biased clockwise by a spring 29d as shown in FIG. The distal end of the cassette 12 is inserted into the slit 12f of the placed cassette 12 and clamped.

A relief hole 10b is formed at the bottom of the frame 10a so as not to impede movement of the feed claw 13.

In the ticket dispensing device configured as described above, when the motor 22 is energized, the motor 22 rotates until the crank 24 rotates once and then automatically stops.

One rotation of the crank 24 causes the feed claw 13 to reciprocate along the guide bar 21 via the connecting link 25.

As a result, the lowest ticket 11 stored in the cassette 12 as described above is sent out from the slit 14 (
(See Figure 5).

FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram showing the electrical system in this embodiment, and 40 is a coin verification device that verifies the coins inserted from the coin slot 4 in FIGS. 1 and 2, and controls, for example, the 100 yen OK signal The signal is sent to the signal generator 42.

Reference numeral 41 denotes a banknote validator which verifies the banknotes inserted from the banknote input slot 3 shown in FIGS.

43 is a money exchange machine. Further, 22A to 22D are driving motors for the ticket dispensing devices 10A to 10D in Fig. 3 (same as 22 in Figs. 9 and 10), and 5A to 8E are respective push buttons A to E of the selection button I in Fig. 1. A self-returning normally open switch that turns on when pressed respectively, ``A'', ``E'' is a push button A~
Lamps S, -S4 that illuminate E from the inside are switches that are turned on when there are coupons in each of the coupon feeders 10A-10D, respectively, and are activated by the sensors 28 shown in FIGS. 9-11.

S, is a switch that is turned on when there is a coin for exchange in the exchange machine 43, and 86 to StO are control switches such as analog switches and relay switches that are controlled on and off by signals emitted from the control signal generator 42, respectively. It is.

One end of each of the control switches S6 to StO is commonly connected and a power supply +■ is applied thereto.

According to this embodiment configured in this way, the operation is as follows.

First, when a coin is inserted from the coin slot 4 in FIGS. 1 and 2 or a bill is inserted from the bill slot 3, the first
The coin verifier 402 and banknote verifier 41 in FIG.
, generates a signal to turn on the switch of the circuit that sells the coupons that can be sold at that amount.

At this time, each coupon feeding device 10A~ in FIG.
If coupons are stored in each of the cassettes t-12A to 12D of 10D, the switches t-12A to 12D are all turned on, so the lamps LA to LD of the push buttons A-D are lit.

In addition, if there are coins for exchange in the exchange machine 43, switch S,
is also on, so the lamp LE of push button E also lights up.

Of these push buttons A to E, the push button that is illuminated by a desk light indicates that it can be selected by the passenger at that time.

Therefore, if the passenger presses push button A, motor 22A
is energized and rotates, the ticket sending device 10A is operated, and the aforementioned mechanism sends out one 80 yen stacked ticket 11A from the slit 14A of the cassette 12A in FIG. 31 and rises, and is ejected from the coupon outlet 8.

Passengers can simply pull out their ticket.

When any of the other push buttons B to D for selecting a coupon ticket is pressed, the respective coupon tickets are sold in the same manner as described above.

In addition, when a passenger presses push button E (Figure 1) for currency exchange selection,
The exchanger 43 is energized, and an exchange coin ejecting mechanism (not shown) is activated to eject, for example, 10 100 yen coins for a 1,000 yen bill, or 10 1,000 yen coins for a 100 yen coin, into the tray 8.

The mechanism is the same as the conventional one, so its explanation will be omitted.

When the sale of the coupon is completed, for example, the guide plate 36 in FIG.
．． A sale completion signal Z1 from a photoelectric sensor or the like provided at a position 37 is input to the control signal generator, and when the exchange is completed, an exchange completion signal Z2 from the money exchange machine 43 is input to the control signal generator.

Control signal generator 42 thereby controls control switch 86
~Since all SIOs are turned off, all lamps LA-LE are turned off.

In addition, in this embodiment, it is possible to exchange money or sell coupons by inserting banknotes and coins, but if only banknotes or coins can be inserted, either a banknote validator or a coin validator is required. Of course, it is sufficient to provide only the one that is.

As mentioned above, the bus fare box according to this invention has a money exchange machine and a ticket vending machine integrated, so the coin and banknote validator can be used for both money exchange and ticket vending, so the whole device It can be made into a sheet type and can be manufactured at low cost.

Moreover, the passenger can arbitrarily select the required ticket or exchange using the selection button, and can immediately pay the fare by inserting one of the exchanged coins or the ticket into the fare slot, which is extremely convenient.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

All figures show examples of this invention, and the first
Figure 2 and Figure 2 are front and side views of a bus fare box equipped with a ticket vending machine, Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing the internal structure of the ticket vending machine, and Figure 4 is a cassette for storing the ticket. plan view of
Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along line I-I in Fig. 4 with the coupon ticket and spacer stored, and Figs. A side view seen from one direction, Figure 8 is a plan view of the spacer, Figures 9 and 10.
The figures are a front view and a plan view of the ticket dispensing device, and the first
1 is a side view seen from the direction of arrow IV-IT in FIG. 9, and FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram of the electrical system. 1... Fare box body, 2... Fare slot, 3... Bill slot, 4... Coin slot, 5...・Reception IIL 6...Ticket vending machine section, 7...Selection button, 8...Ticket exit, 10 (10A to 10D)...Quantity release Sending device, 11 (11A to 11D)... Coupon ticket,
12 (12A to 12D)...Cassette for storing coupons, 13...Feeding claw, 19...
Spacer, 22 (22A to 22D)... Drive motor, 30° 33 to 35... Guide roller,
31... Conveyor belt, 32... Drive roller.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Regarding a bus fare box equipped with a money changer having at least one of a banknote validating device and a coin validating device, a ticket vending machine for selling coupons is integrally provided, and the banknote or coin validating device is installed as a single unit. a control signal generator that generates a signal that enables exchange and ticket sales according to coin verification results; a selection button for selecting exchange and ticket sales; and a control signal generator for currency exchange and ticket sales. and an energizing circuit that selectively operates the ticket dispensing device of the ticket vending machine or the exchange coin ejecting mechanism of the money exchange machine according to the selection result of the selection button when the signal enabling generation is generated. A bus fare box equipped with a ticket vending machine featuring the following features: