JPS62263590A - Ticket storage for ticket vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to a ticket storage device for a ticket vending machine.

Conventional technology For example, for airplane boarding passes, data is input and written according to the customer's order, and the tickets are then automatically issued one by one.

Problems that the invention aims to solveHowever, when a leader of a group receives many tickets by himself,
It is very troublesome to receive each one one by one.

Further, when issuing a large number of boarding passes, it takes time to write the data, so data writing is progressed in -a, and during this time, the suitability of the buyer is researched. for example,
For customers who purchase using a cash card, we conduct research on the suitability of the card, their bank balance, and whether they are extremist thinkers.

Tickets may not be collected unless the seller returns to the issuing counter. One possible means of collection is to let the ticket slide off the issuing slot, but this is not always possible due to the generation of static electricity.

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a ticket storage device for a ticket vending machine that automatically and reliably collects tickets from an issuing slot as necessary.

Means for Solving the Problems A mounting plate is provided between the data writing unit and the ticket issuing port on which the ticket sent from the data writing unit is placed, and a hangar is provided below the mounting plate, A receiving plate is provided at the ticket issuing opening that slopes downward from the outside toward the hangar, and an actuating body is provided that pushes the rear end edge of the ticket on the placing plate onto the receiving plate in response to an ejection signal, and the above-mentioned A stopper is formed at an end of the placing plate to support the rear end of the ticket on the receiving plate, and a drive unit is provided to tilt the placing plate downward toward the hangar in response to an issue stop signal, and is grounded to the hangar. A conductive brush is provided to protrude from the surface of the receiving plate.

Operation: Therefore, the tickets sent from the data writing section are stacked on the stacking plate, and the operating body is operated to issue the tickets to the receiving plate of the ticket issuing port. The stopper prevents the ticket from sliding from the receiving plate into the hangar. The drive unit operates when receiving the issuance stop signal, tilts the placing plate downward, and causes the ticket on the receiving plate or the ticket on the placing plate to slide down into the storage. Even if static electricity is generated on the receiving plate, the static electricity is removed because the brush is grounded, and since it protrudes from the surface of the receiving plate, the tickets on the receiving plate can surely slide down into the hangar.

Example An embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a box-shaped stocker, and a feed roller 2 connected to a drive unit (not shown) is provided at one end of the upper part of the stocker 1, and a ticket issuing opening 3 is formed at the other end. This ticket issuing port 3 has a receiving plate 4 that slopes downward from the outside to the inside.
is fixed. Further, on both sides of the upper part of the stocker 1, elongated placement plates 6 on which both sides of the tickets 5 are placed are arranged.

As shown in FIG. 3, these placement plates 6 include a guide surface 7 that guides the side edge of the ticket 2, a stopper 8 that interferes with the extended surface of the bottom surface of the receiving plate 4, and a guide surface 7 at both ends of the guide surface 7. Projecting pieces 9 and 10 are integrally formed.

A plate 12 is fixed to both sides of the stocker 1 to support both ends of a shaft 11 that rotatably holds the protrusions 9 and 1o, and a groove 13 is formed to allow the protrusion 1o to protrude outward. Guide plates 14 facing the upper surface of the tip of the mounting plate 6 are fixed to both inner surfaces of the stocker 1. The protruding piece 10 of the left mounting plate 6 is connected via a link 15 to a plunger 17 of an electromagnet 16 which is a driving part, and the protruding piece 9 of the right mounting plate 6 is connected via a link 15 to a plunger 17 of an electromagnet 16 which is a driving part. It is connected to the plunger 17 of the electromagnet 18.

Next, a step motor 19 and rotatable shafts 20 and 21 are provided at the top of the stocker 1, and the step motor 1
A belt 25 is wound around a pulley 23 fixed to a rotating shaft 22 of the rotor 9 and a pulley 24 fixed to a shaft 2o. Also,
A belt 28, which is an actuating body, is wound around pulleys 26, 27 fixed at the center of the shaft 20, 21, and on the outer periphery of this belt 28 there are projecting pieces 30, 3 having a light shielding piece 29 projecting to the left.
1 is fixedly provided. A detector 32 whose optical axis is blocked by a light shielding piece 29 is fixed to the inner surface of the upper left side of the stocker 1 . A detector 33 is also provided on the receiving plate 4. Furthermore, there is a lock 3 inside the stocker 1.
4 forms a hangar 36 which opens and closes a door 35.

Furthermore, a sliding plate 37 made of synthetic resin is fixed to the receiving plate 4, and a conductive brush 38 is fixed to the end of this sliding plate 37. This brush 38 is connected to the receiving plate 4 and the sliding plate 37.
It protrudes from the surface of the metal stocker 1 and is further grounded to the outer surface of the metal stocker 1 by a lead wire 39, and a resistor 4o is connected to the middle of the lead wire 39.

As shown in FIG. 4, a paper feeding device 41 that stacks a large number of tickets 5 and supplies them one by one, an encoder 42, and a printing section 44 that is a data writing section are connected by a conveyance path 43.

In such a configuration, when selling boarding passes, information such as destination, departure time, number of tickets, etc. are asked from the customer, and these data are input. As a result, the tickets 5 are fed one by one from the paper feeder 41, the encoder 42 reads the contents of the magnetic stripe formed on the tickets 5 or writes predetermined data, and the printing unit 44 prints the input data. The tickets 5 sent one by one from the printing unit 44 are placed one by one on the placement plate 6 of the stocker 1 with their leading edges aligned by the projections 31, as shown in FIG. 7(a). Laminated. When the number of tickets is counted and reaches the ordered number, the tickets 5 on the placement plate 6 are issued at once, but until then, the suitability of the buyer is researched. For example, for customers who purchase using a cash card, we research the suitability of the card and the amount of their bank account balance. If not, the electromagnets 16 and 18 are energized by the issuance stop signal. In this case, the issuance stop signal may be a human operation such as a switch operation. As a result, the mounting plate 6 rotates about the shaft 11 from the state shown in FIG. 5 to the state shown in FIG. If yes, the step motor 19 rotates by a predetermined number of steps in response to an ejection signal from the host computer, and after passing through the state shown in FIG. 7(b), the rear end of the ticket 5 is moved as shown in FIG. 7(c). The protruding piece 30 pushes out the edge, and the protruding piece 3o reaches the home position P. The detector 33 detects the presence of the ticket 5 on the receiving plate 4 and outputs an ON signal. When the customer receives the ticket 5 on the receiving plate 4, the detector 33 is turned off, and in response to this signal, the step motor 19 rotates and the seventh
As shown in Figure (d), the belt 28 rotates, and the protruding pieces 30,
31 moves clockwise, and when the protruding piece 31 is detected by the detector 32, the step motor 19 stops. This stopping position is a position where the protruding piece 3o aligns the tip of the next ticket 5 to a fixed position, and this position is the home position of the protruding pieces 30, 31.

If you fail to take the ticket 5 on the receiving board 4, the ticket 5 will be removed from the receiving board 4.
Although it slides on the top toward the ticket issuing port 3 side, it does not slide down into the hangar 36 because it is supported by the stopper 8 of the mounting plate 6. Ticket 5
When a certain period of time has elapsed during which the issuance is present on the receiving plate 4, an issuance stop signal is output according to the software program, and in response to this signal, the electromagnets 16 and 18 are energized, and the mounting plate 6 is rotated to stop the stopper 8. Evacuate to the side. Therefore, the ticket 5 on the receiving plate 4 will not slide into the hangar 36 and be taken away by a third party. In this case, static electricity may be generated on the surface of the receiving plate 4, but the static electricity on the brush 38 is removed, and the brush 38 protrudes from the surfaces of the sliding plate 34 and the receiving plate 4, and the brush 38 protrudes from the surface of the receiving plate 4 and the sliding plate 4. The ticket 5 is separated from the surface of the plate 37. Therefore, the ticket 5 is surely slid down into the hangar 36.

Further, since the potential on the brush 38 side due to static electricity gradually decreases due to the presence of the resistor 40, it is clearly distinguished from the signal, thereby preventing the occurrence of malfunctions. Although some of the tickets 5 in the hangar 36 are valid, a third party cannot take them out without permission. When disposing of the product, the person in charge unlocks the lock 34 and opens the door 35.

Note that the data writing section is not limited to the printing section 39, but may be one that writes data using a magnetic head.

Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is constructed as described above, it is also possible to stack the tickets sent one by one from the data writing section on the placing plate and issue them all at once to the receiving plate by operating the operating body. As a result, it is possible to improve service by eliminating the troublesomeness of customers receiving multiple tickets one by one.In addition, the drive unit can be operated to tilt the placing plate downward as necessary.
Tickets on the receiving plate or tickets on the placing plate can be slid down into the hangar. In this case, even if static electricity is generated on the receiving plate, the static electricity is removed because the brush is grounded and the receiving plate Because it protrudes from the surface of the tray, it has the effect of allowing the tickets on the receiving plate to reliably slide down into the hangar.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1 is a partially cutaway side view, Fig. 2 is a front view seen from the ticket issuing port side, and Fig. 3 shows the mounting structure of the mounting plate. FIG. 4 is a layout diagram showing the arrangement of the paper feed device, encoder, printing unit, and stocker; FIG. 5 is a front view showing how tickets are stacked on a stacking plate; FIG. FIG. 7 is a front view with the plate rotated downward, and a side view showing the ticket issuing operation.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A mounting plate is provided between the data writing unit and the ticket issuing port to temporarily support the tickets sent from the data writing unit in a stacked state, and a hanger is provided below this mounting plate, and the tickets are A receiving plate is provided at the issuing port that slopes downward from the outside toward the hangar, and an actuator is provided that pushes the rear end edge of the ticket on the placing plate onto the receiving plate in response to an ejection signal. A stopper is formed at the end of the receiving plate to support the rear end of the ticket on the receiving plate, and a drive unit is provided to tilt the placing plate downward toward the hangar in response to an issuance stop signal, and the plate is grounded to the hangar. A ticket storage device for a ticket vending machine, characterized in that a conductive brush is provided to protrude from the surface of the receiving plate.