JPS6220043Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a fare collection device that collects fares and other charges stored in a fare box from the fare box to a safe.

For example, bus fares are paid in small fare boxes (fare boxes).
It was temporarily stored in a storage room and then transferred to a large safe. Until the fare is transferred from the fare box to the safe, the fare is kept out of the sight of not only the driver who handles the fare, but also other people.Even if the fare is stolen, it is a small amount, so it is difficult to make people think that they should try it once. We are trying to prevent this. That is, conventional devices are designed in such a way that once the fare box is placed in a large mold, the shutter of the fare box automatically opens and charges such as fares are transferred to the safe. However, when this conventional device is installed in a safe, a wire is inserted from the outside into the opening of the toll box and the shutter is half-heartedly pulled, so as to intentionally cause the shutter mechanism of the toll box to malfunction. It would have been possible to commit fraud by withdrawing the fare box from the safe while it was closed, then open the shutter and steal the fare. Therefore, the present invention improves the device for collecting fares and other fees into a safe to prevent the above-mentioned intentional malfunctions, and provides a fee collection device with a simple mechanism and good operability. do. Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

In Fig. 1, the main body 2 of the toll collection device 1 is a toll box that stores collected tolls, and the main body 1 has a storage chamber 3 into which the toll box 2 is slidably inserted. A safe (not shown) is arranged below the room 3. The fare box 2 is provided with a handle 2a, a key hole 2b, and a take-out portion 2d of a bottom plate 2c that is locked to form a bottom part on the front side.
When the bottom plate 2c is unlocked using the key from b, the bottom plate 2
c is pulled out from the fare box 2 by pulling the takeout part 2d, the bottom of the fare box 2 is opened, and the fare stored therein is structured to fall from there.
In addition, a slide stand 4 is formed in front of the storage chamber 3 of the main body 1, and by placing the toll box 2 on this slide stand 4 and pushing it, the toll box 2 is moved to the guide plates 5 on both sides,
5 and is inserted into the storage chamber 3. Inside the storage chamber 3, both sides of the bottom of the fare box 2 are supported by sliding on support plates 6, 6 provided on both sides of the open bottom of the storage chamber 3. Further, on both side walls of the storage chamber 3, there are a plurality of slightly protruding guide rollers 7, 7.
... is provided, and by sliding both sides of the fare box 2 against each of the guide rollers 7, 7,...
This makes it easy to take in and out of the fare box 2. Reference numeral 9 denotes a key arm, the lower end of which is rotatably connected to a shaft 8 protruding from the front of the main body 1, and the upper end of which has a key 10.
It rotates along the front surface of the main body 1,
It is normally held at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. When the toll box 2 is inserted into the storage chamber 3 to the normal position, the worker rotates the key arm 9 to the chain line position, that is, to the position where the key 10 fits into the key hole 2b of the toll box 2, and then Insert it into the hole 2b and unlock the bottom plate 2c of the fare box 2. After that, storage room 3
When the bottom plate 2c is pulled out from the toll box 2 inside, the toll falls from the open bottom of the toll box 2 through the open bottom of the storage chamber 3.

Next, the configuration of each part, which is a feature of the present invention, will be explained.
In FIGS. 2 and 3, 11 is a shutter located below the opening bottom of the storage chamber 3. One end of the shutter is rotatably connected to a horizontal support shaft 12, and when it is in a horizontal position, Close the bottom opening of the storage chamber 3. Also, 1
3 is an arm, the lower end of which is fixed to a rotating shaft 14 rotatably passed through the lower part of one side wall of the storage chamber 3;
The upper end protrudes rearward into the storage chamber 3 in an inclined manner. One end of a connecting shaft 15 that rotates up and down is fixed to the end of the rotating shaft 14 of this arm 13 outside the storage chamber 3, and a roller 16 is rotatably pivoted coaxially to the tip of this connecting shaft 15. ing. This roller 16 is connected to the support shaft 12 of the shutter 11.
It is always in contact with the inner upper surface. Also, 17
18 is a spring body whose both ends are locked to the connecting shaft 15 and a predetermined location on the outer surface of one side wall of the storage chamber 3, such as a first spring; A tensioning spring body, for example a second spring, causes the second spring 18 to self-return the shutter 11 from the open state to the closed state.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be explained.

First, as shown by solid lines in FIGS. 2 and 3, the shutter 11 is normally held in a horizontal state (closed state) by the spring force of the second spring 18, and the roller 16 is pushed up by the shutter 11.
An arm 13 integrated with a roller 16 is made to protrude into the storage chamber 3. In this state, when the operator (worker) inserts the fare box 2 containing the collected tolls from the slide table 4 into the storage chamber 3, the arm 1
3 is pushed backwards by fare box 2. Then, as the arm 13 rotates backward, the roller 16 integrated with the arm 13 also rotates downward.
Push the shutter 11 downward around the support shaft 12. When the fare box 2 is inserted all the way into the storage chamber 3, the arm 13 rotates until the tip touches the bottom of the fare box 2 and stops, and the roller 16 opens the shutter 11 as shown in FIG. Press down to the desired position.

Now, the angle between the closed state and the open state of the shutter 11 is θ, and the angle of the shutter 11 when it is in the open state is θ.
If the force pushing the roller 16 by the spring force of the second spring 18 is F, then when the shutter 11 is in the open state,
The force x that pushes the roller 16 upward is x=Fcosθ. At this time, the spring force of the second spring 17 also acts in a direction to pull up the roller 16, and if this force is y, then a force (x+y) acts upward on the roller 16 in the open state. Shutter 1 here
If 1 is opened nearly 90 degrees and y is set small in advance, (x+y) will become small. In other words, shutter 1
When the toll box 1 is opened, the upward force applied to the roller 16 is small, so the force by which the arm 13 pushes up the toll box 2 is small, and the toll box 2 is held in a stable posture within the storage chamber 3. Furthermore, since the only external force applied to the fare box 2 is a small force from the arm 13, the worker only needs to put the fare box 2 into the storage chamber 3 and then release his/her hand to proceed to the next task.

That is, when the key arm 10 is operated to unlock the bottom plate 2c of the fare box 2 and the bottom plate 2c is pulled out, the arm 13 remains pressed by the lower opening edge of the fare box and does not return. Then, the fares stored in the fare box 2 fall from the open bottom of the fare box 2 through the open bottom of the storage chamber 3, and fall through the hopper 19 into the safe. When the collection of tolls is completed in this manner, the bottom plate 2c is returned to the toll box 2, locked, the key arm 10 is returned to its original position, and the toll box 2 is pulled out from the storage chamber 3. Then, the arm 13 becomes free, and the roller 16 has an upward direction (x
+y), the roller 16 begins to rotate upward. At this time, if only x is used, roller 1
Since it is difficult for the roller 16 to rotate upward, that is, to self-return, the first spring 17 applies a force y that causes the roller 16 to self-return a little. In this way, the roller 16 smoothly rotates upward at the same time as the fare box 2 is pulled out, and the shutter 11 moves to the second position.
It will return slightly due to the spring force of spring 18. Then, the angle θ becomes smaller, and the force of the shutter 11 pushing up the roller 16 becomes larger.Therefore, the shutter 11 returns by itself due to the spring force of the second spring 18, closing the opening bottom of the storage chamber 3, and the roller 1
6 and arm 13 also return to their original positions and wait until the next fee collection.

As explained above, according to the present invention, when the toll box is stored in the storage room, there is no fear that the toll box will be pushed out by the force of the shutter spring, and furthermore, the toll box will maintain a stable posture without worrying about it tilting. The operator only has to take his hand off the fare box to collect the fare, which greatly improves operability. In addition, since the shutter is opened and closed only by an arm, a roller, and a suitable spring body, the structure is simple, troubles such as breakdowns are reduced, and reliability is improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an overall perspective view showing an embodiment of the toll collection device according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged side sectional view of the main part in Fig. The figure is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 2 when the fare box is attached. 2...Toll box, 3...Storage room, 11...Shutter, 13...Arm, 16...Roller, 17,
18... Spring body (spring).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a storage chamber into which a fare box for storing collected charges is inserted; a shutter which is pivotally attached to one end of the open bottom of the storage compartment for collecting charges and rotates as appropriate to open and close the bottom; Inserting a fare box on the side wall of the room
An arm that is pivotally connected to be able to rotate freely when taken out,
It is equipped with a roller that rotates together with the arm to appropriately press the shutter in the opening direction, and a spring body that allows the roller and shutter to self-return. This fare collection device is characterized in that when the shutter is pushed open and the fare box is taken out from the storage chamber, the shutter self-returns in the closing direction and the arm and roller return to their original positions.