JPS6033487Y2 - Card punching device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a card punching device for punching cards such as train tickets in card processing devices such as automatic ticket gates.

Automatic ticket gates are one of the station's labor equipment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic ticket gate has a sorting section A that sorts the tickets K inserted in the direction of the arrow from the slot 1 in a predetermined direction, a boarding station for special tickets such as coupon tickets, Printing section B1 that thermally prints the date of boarding, etc. Magnetic reading/recording section 01 that reads information magnetically recorded on the ticket K or magnetically records predetermined information When the ticket K is collected, the ticket K is It consists of a ticket collecting section D1 for collecting tickets and a processing section E for punching the tickets K to be checked and discharging the tickets K out of the machine from the exit 2.

3 is a shutter drive unit that drives a shutter 4 to prevent further tickets from being inserted when a predetermined number of tickets K have been inserted into the aircraft, and 5 is a heating unit that thermally prints boarding stations, etc. 7 is the printing plate drive unit of the printing plate 6, and 7 is the ticket K.
Press rollers 8 are installed facing each other, and 9 is a gate for sorting out tickets to be collected and tickets not to be collected;
0 is a box for collecting collected tickets, 11 is a punching pin 1
This is a solenoid that energizes 2.

Each part is connected by a conveyance path 20 composed of rollers 13 and belts 14, and a ticket includes a pair of belts 14.
4.

D□ is a detector that detects when ticket K is inserted, D
2 is a detector that detects that the ticket K has been collected; D3;
is a detector that detects that the ticket K is taken out from the takeout port 2.

Necessary information is read (or written) on the ticket inserted from the slot 1, and if it is determined to be the correct ticket, the ticket is collected or collected from the ticket slot 2. By simultaneously opening a gate door (not shown), a passerby who has inserted a ticket K is allowed to pass.

At this time, the ticket K to be checked is punched as described above, but the punch must be made correctly at a predetermined position.

In other words, in order to make the ticket K machine readable,
As described above, magnetic recording is performed, and several recording tracks are provided for this purpose, and the holes are made in locations that do not interfere with this magnetic recording (reading).

This is something that should be kept in mind so as not to interfere with machine reading when collecting the tickets K that have been checked.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a card punching device that can punch holes accurately in predetermined positions of cards such as train tickets.

Although the present invention has a simple structure, it can prevent skew of cards.
Jams are prevented, and even skewed cards can be punched accurately.

The detailed objectives, configuration, and effects of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments of the present invention.

The embodiments described below are applied to the automatic ticket gate device of the present invention, but since the structure and operation of the automatic ticket gate device can be fully understood from the above explanation, the details will be omitted, and the present invention will be explained. Only the processing section E related to the gist will be described in detail.

FIG. 2 is a partial front view of FIG. 1, and the belts 22.degree. 22' are constructed so as to grip and convey the ticket from above and below on both sides.

A perforation mechanism 23 is installed on the upper side of the conveyance path composed of belts 22 and 22', and a stopper 24 is installed on the lower side of the conveyance path.

The side 11 of the drilling machine includes a solenoid 11 fixed to a housing 25 with a screw 26, a drilling pin 12 energized by the solenoid, a spring 27 that returns the drilling pin 12 when the solenoid 11 is deenergized, and a drilling pin. It is composed of a guide 28.

At the same time, the stopper (2) is composed of a solenoid 29, a stopper pin 30 urged by the solenoid, a spring 31 for returning the stopper pin 30, and a stopper pin guide 32.

As is clear from FIG. 2, each part of the stopper H, the solenoid 29, stopper pin 30, spring 31, and stopper bin guide 32, has the same shape as the solenoid 11, drilling pin 12, spring 27, and drilling bin guide 28 of the drilling mechanism, respectively. It is.

Furthermore, a tubular guide 33 for discharging drilling debris is installed on the lower side of the conveyance path, facing the drilling pin 12.

These configurations are made more clear by FIG. 3, which is a plan view taken along the line mm' of FIG. 2.

A guide body 35 is installed on the side plate 34 side of the casing along a conveyance path made up of belts 22, 22'.

This guide body 35 is located on the left end side in FIG. 2, protrudes onto the conveyance path, and regulates the ticket K being conveyed.

The stopper pin 3 is disposed at a position offset by α from the conveyance center S toward the opposite side of the conveyance path from where the guide body 35 is installed.

The perforation is made at the center of the front end of the ticket, as indicated by P in FIG.

Thus, the necessary information is read by the magnetic reading/recording section C,
Alternatively, after it is determined whether the written and inserted ticket is valid or invalid and whether it should be collected, the tickets to be collected are sorted at the gate 9 and stacked in the box 10. Ru.

This stack can be confirmed from the detection signal of the detector D2.

If the ticket is not collected, that is, if the ticket is inserted into an automatic ticket gate for the purpose of entering the station, a punch is punched in the processing section E to indicate that the ticket has been checked.

That is, the ticket K is conveyed in the direction of the arrow (see Fig. 3) by the belts 22, 22' in the processing section E, and the proximity of the ticket K to the stopper 24 is detected by a detector (not shown). The solenoid 29 is energized,
Therefore, the stopper pin 30 protrudes onto the conveyance path.

At this time, as described above, the ticket is defined by the guide body 35, and therefore the ticket is conveyed while rubbing against the guide body 35.

Since the guide body 35 has a widened front end B and is notched,
The front end of the ticket is easily guided without being caught on the guide body 35.

However, since the ticket is stopped by the stopper 24 and supported by the guide body 35 and the stopper pin 30, the stopper pin 30
The ticket K does not rotate or skew around the center, and the support action of the stopper pin 30 and the guide body 35 prevents the ticket K from being conveyed with a slight skew. be corrected.

When the ticket K is stopped at a fixed position, the solenoid 11 is activated and the punching pin 12 is energized.

Therefore, the perforation indicated by P in FIG.
is discharged through.

When drilling is completed, the solenoid 11 is deenergized and the drilling pin 1
2 returns to its initial state due to the restoring force of the spring 27.

Next, the solenoid 29 is deenergized 1, and the stopper pin 30 is retracted into the lower surface of the conveyance path by the restoration of the spring 31.

Therefore, the perforated ticket is conveyed by the belts 22, 22' or 14 and the rollers 13 and sent to the exit 2.

Therefore, a passerby who has inserted a ticket K can take this ticket K and enter directly.

Although the above explanation has been made with reference to automatic ticket gates that handle general magnetically recorded tickets, the present invention can also be implemented in automatic ticket gates that handle optically recorded tickets or other card processing devices. .

As explained above, according to the present invention, when the transported cards are stopped and punched, even if the cards are transported with a slight skew, the supporting action of the stopper pin and the guide body allows the cards to be Since the stopping positions can be aligned, it is possible to reliably punch holes in predetermined positions of cards such as tickets.

In addition, in this invention, the stopper pin, the perforation pin, and the solenoid that drives them have the same shape, so
The configuration can be simplified and can be produced in large quantities at low cost.

Furthermore, the stopper pin and punching pin are directly connected to each solenoid, and the punching pin is located in front of the card conveyance and is driven from the side facing the stopper pin, so the whole is compact and easy to assemble. Another feature is that the entire device can be made smaller.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the main parts of the same example, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the main parts of the same example. 11...First solenoid, 12...Drilling pin, 1
4.20... Conveyance path, 22.22'... Belt (conveyance path), 23... Perforation mechanism, 24... Stopper,
29... First solenoid, 30... Stopper pin, 35... Guide body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a conveyance path for conveying cards; a guide body disposed on one side of the conveyance path for guiding the cards being conveyed;
a rod-shaped stopper pin that is installed biased to the other side facing the guide body from the center of the conveyance path and stops cards that are being conveyed through the conveyance path while being guided on one side by the guide body; A first solenoid is directly connected to the stopper pin and drives the stopper pin in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance path, and the stopper pin is caused to project into the conveyance path by the driving of the first solenoid. A punching pin that operates in the direction of the conveyance path from the opposite side to the driving direction of the stopper pin and has the same shape as the stopper pin, and a punching pin directly connected to the punching pin and the first The solenoid is a card punching device comprising a second solenoid which is disposed on the opposite side of the conveyance path, drives the punching pin, and has the same shape as the first solenoid.