JPS63141195A - Ticket issuing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that is built into and used in an unmanned parking ticket issuing machine installed in a time-restricted parking area.

(B) Background of the Invention The above-mentioned unmanned parking ticket issuing machine incorporates a roll of paper as the base paper for parking tickets, and sequentially cuts parking tickets into ticket-sized pieces from this roll of paper, and enters necessary information (for example, parking start time, etc.) on each ticket. Conventionally, as a method of managing the remaining roll paper m, a roll paper is kept in the aircraft, and when parking tickets are issued and the remaining roll paper reaches a predetermined number, This is detected mechanically or optically and a near-end signal is generated.
I was trying to remind people to change the roll paper.

However, in such conventional burial methods, it is difficult for staff members who carry out periodic inspections to know when the roll paper should be replaced, unless the above-mentioned near-end signal is issued at the time of the inspection rounds. Not only is it difficult to make decisions, but in some cases, parking tickets are issued until the roll runs out before the staff comes to inspect them, which ultimately makes it impossible to issue parking tickets, hindering the effective use of the parking lot. was there.

(c) Purpose of the Invention In view of the above points, the present invention is provided with a plurality of rolls of paper inside, and when the roll of paper in use runs out, issuing of tickets is continued using other rolls of paper. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device that automatically switches between

(D) Structure of the Invention This invention connects a printer to the latter stage of a conveyance path, connects a plurality of ticketing units to the conveyance path, and each ticketing unit has a roll paper storage section and a first part that detects roll paper outage.
It has a sensor, a second sensor that detects the cutting position of the roll paper, and a cutter that cuts the roll paper into ticket-sized pieces. If the second sensor does not detect a ticket even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed after sending out the cut ticket, it is determined that a ticket feeding error has occurred and other ticket issuing units are activated. The ticket issuing device is characterized in that it is equipped with a control means for controlling the ticket issuing device.

(E) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, the first sensor detects a piece of roll paper in the ticket issuing unit that is currently issuing tickets, and detects that there is no roll paper at the cutting position of the ticket issuing unit. When a complete paper out condition detected by the second sensor occurs,
The control means operates another ticket issuing unit to automatically continue the ticket issuing operation in place of the ticket issuing unit that caused the paper roll to run out.

In addition, when a jam occurs in the ticket issuing unit that is currently issuing tickets and the ticket issuing preparation process is not completed after a predetermined period of time, the second sensor detects this and other ticket issuing units Tickets will be automatically issued on your behalf.

(f) Effects of the invention In this way, if the paper roll runs out in the ticket issuing unit that is currently issuing tickets, tickets will be automatically issued from another ticket issuing unit, so there will be no failure to issue tickets and the paper will be parked. Vehicle lots, etc. can be used effectively. Furthermore, during inspection rounds, the staff member only needs to load a new roll of paper into the ticket issuing unit that has run out of roll paper, so there is no need to worry about when to replace the roll paper, and maintenance becomes easier.

Even if a jam occurs in the ticket issuing unit currently in use, other ticket issuing units issue tickets in the same way, so there is no problem with ticket issuing.

(g) Examples of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the internal structure of the parking ticket processing device, in which two ticket issuing units 1.2 are provided one above the other, and a conveyance path extending in the vertical direction is formed on the sides of these ticket issuing units 1, 2.

The conveyance path consists of main rollers 3a and 3 provided in three stages, upper and lower.
Endless belt 4a wrapped around b and 3c.

4b and main rollers 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d.

It consists of a conveyor belt mechanism 7 in which an endless belt 6 wound around a belt 5e is superimposed in a horizontal direction, and the parking ticket fed out from the ticket issuing units 1 and 2 is transferred to both endless belts 4a.
, 4b and 6 and conveyed upward.

The conveyor belt mechanism 7 supplies the conveyed parking ticket to the printer 8 at its upper end. The printer 8 prints predetermined information on the parking ticket and then discharges it to the takeout port 9. A belt mechanism 10 for discharging the parking ticket is provided between the printer 8 and the takeout port 9.

This discharge belt mechanism 10 and the conveyor belt mechanism 7 are driven by a single motor M1.

In other words, the rotational force of motor M1 is generated by belt 11 and pulley 1.
2 and 13, it is first sent to the belt mechanism 10 for discharging the parking ticket to drive it, and then sent to the uppermost main pulley 3a of the belt mechanism 7 for conveying the parking ticket by the belt 14 and pulley 17 to drive it. drive

Note that the belt mechanism 10 for discharging parking tickets has a ticket issuing ttIi
A sensor S2 that detects parking yt at the 8N position and a sensor S1 that detects a released parking ticket are provided.

On the other hand, roll paper A is loaded in each roll paper storage section of each ticket issuing unit 1, 2. Further, in each unit, the leading end of the roll paper A reaches a cutter 19.20 via the guide plate 18, and the cutter 19.20 cuts the leading end portion into a ticket-sized piece after the roll paper is fed out.

For this feeding, the leading end of the roll paper is inserted into a feeding belt mechanism 21.22 driven by motors M2 and M3, and the cutter 19.20 is
It is provided in the middle of 2.

Each feeding belt mechanism 21 of the upper and lower ticket issuing units 1.2.
22 is connected at its leading end to the conveyor belt mechanism 7 constituting the conveyance path, and that of the ticket issuing unit 1 on the upper side is connected below the middle main pulley 3b. Feeding flat bar 2 that interrupts communication
3 is equipped.

In addition, that of the lower ticket issuing unit 2 is connected to the lower side of the lower main pulley 3C, and similarly the feeding flapper 24
will be equipped.

Each ticket issuing unit 1.2 is equipped with a sensor 83, S4 for detecting the rolled paper, and a sensor S5.86 for detecting the leading edge of the rolled paper fed out by the feeding belt mechanism 21.22.

FIG. 2 shows the control circuit of FIG. 1, where CP'U 25 is R
Each circuit device is controlled according to the program stored in the OM 26, the control data is stored in the RAM 27, and the control unit 28 controls the two ticket issuing units 1 along with the readout size.
．． Select and activate 2.

The processing operation of the device configured in this way in FIG. 1 is shown in FIG.
This will be explained using FIGS. 4 and 5.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart that does not show the overall processing operation. In a state where the sensor S2 detects that the parking ticket is not released to the release belt mechanism 10 corresponding to the takeout port 9, for example, the ticket issuing unit 1 on the upper side is selected and used, the roll paper A of the unit is cut into ticket-sized pieces by the cutter 19, and the parking ticket is sent to the position of the sensor S2 through the conveyor belt mechanism 7 driven by the motor M1. It will be done.

This state is the ticket issuance preparation process (steps n1 and n2)
.

If this ticket issuance preparation process is normal, when a ticket issuance command is input, the printer 8 performs a predetermined printing operation on the parking ticket, and then the discharge belt mechanism 10 driven by the motor M1
through the outlet 9 (steps n3, n4.
n5. n6).

As sensor S1 detects this parking ticket release, the same ticket issuance preparation process as described above is performed, and each time the next ticket issue command is input, the parking ticket release operation is repeated, and in response to an error in ticket processing. If there is, the ticket issuing operation is stopped (steps n7, n8, n9, n10).

4 and 5 explain in detail the ticket issuance preparation process among the processing operations shown in FIG. 3.

That is, in FIG. 4, when the ticket issuance l$ preparation process is required, the motor M1 is turned on, drives the conveyor belt mechanism 7, and checks the ticket issuing unit currently issuing tickets (steps n11 and n12).

Assuming that the ticket issuing unit 1 on the upper side is being used continuously, the roll paper out sensor S3 of this unit is checked, and if there is any roll paper, the sensor M2 is turned on for a certain period of time to feed the roll paper A. When the sensor S5 in the feeding belt mechanism 21 detects the leading edge of the roll paper, the motor M2 is stopped. However, if the sensor S5 does not emit a detection signal for a certain period of time, it is assumed that the roll paper has been fed out incorrectly (steps n13. n14. n15. n16.
n17) ,.

However, when it is detected in step n13 that the paper roll is out of the ticket issuing unit 1, the process immediately moves to step n27, where the sensor S4 detects whether or not the paper roll A is present in the ticket issuing unit 2 on the lower side.

The subsequent processing operations will be explained later as they will be explained later.

When the roll paper Δ is normally fed out in the ticket issuing unit 1, the cutter 19 is turned on to cut the roll paper A into ticket-sized pieces to create a parking ticket, and then the flapper 23 transports the feeding belt mechanism 21. It is communicated with the belt mechanism 7 (steps n18, n19, n20).

Thereafter, the parking ticket is transported to the position of the sensor S2 as explained in FIG. 3, and when this is done normally, the motor M
1 is turned off to complete the processing operation (step n22.'
n23. n24).

However, if the sensor S5 does not turn off when the parking ticket is fed out, and a certain period of time has passed, it is determined that the parking ticket is not fed out to the conveyor belt mechanism 7 and a jam has occurred in the feeding belt mechanism 21, and the lower ticket issuing unit It is determined from the signal of the sensor S4 whether or not there is paper on the roll for 2 (steps n25, n2B, n27).

If the roll paper runs out in the lower ticket issuing unit 2, a ticket issuing preparation error is detected and the fifth step starts from step n28.
The process moves directly to n24 in the figure and stops the processing operation. In addition, even if there is roll paper Δ, if a jam occurs in the feeding belt mechanism 22 as in step n26, step n2
The process moves from 9 to n28 and similarly stops the processing operation.

However, when there are no such troubles, the roll paper is fed out, cut, and conveyed to the sensor S2 as in the case of the upper ticket issuing unit 1, and the processing operation is completed (steps n30 to 39.n24).

In addition, even though the parking ticket is fed out toward the conveyor belt mechanism 7, if the sensor S6 does not turn off and this state continues for a certain period of time, this is determined to be a jam in the roll paper and is treated as a ticket preparation error. , stop the processing operation. (Step n
40. n41. n42. nn24).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart when the lower ticket issuing unit 2 is selected in step n12 of FIG.
The movement from steps n43 to n71 and n24 is the same as that shown in FIG. 4, so the explanation will be omitted.

As described above, according to this embodiment, for example, when one of the ticket issuing units 1.2 is used to issue a parking ticket and this unit runs out of roll paper (this is shown in FIG. step n13, step n43 in FIG.
(corresponding to step n6 in FIG.
(corresponding to step n46 in FIG. (corresponds to step n52 in the figure)
In this case, another ticket issuing unit is immediately selected and a parking ticket is issued from now on, so that the inability to issue a parking ticket due to the above-mentioned trouble does not occur.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the conveyance path of the present invention corresponds to the conveyance belt mechanism 7 of the embodiment, and similarly, the first sensor is the roll paper out detection sensor S3. S4, the second sensor corresponds to the roll paper leading edge detection sensor S5.8G, and the 11i1J control means corresponds to CPtJ25, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

Second, although the invention has been applied to a parking ticket issuing device in the above-described embodiment, it is of course applicable to other ticket issuing devices, for example, for issuing game tickets at places such as amusement parks.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is an internal configuration diagram of a parking ticket issuing device, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the entire processing operation, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the ticket issuing preparation processing operation in FIG. 3 in detail.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Connect the printer to the latter stage of the transport path, Multiple ticketing units are connected to the above transport route. Continuing, Each ticketing unit has a storage area for roll paper, The first sensor detects when roll paper is out, roll paper A second sensor detects the cutting position of the roll. It has a cutter that cuts paper into ticket-sized pieces, The first sensor of the operating ticketing unit is low. There is no paper, the second sensor detects that the predetermined time has elapsed. When the ticket is not detected even after the ticket is cut, Even if a predetermined time elapses after sending out a ticket, the second When the sensor does not detect a ticket, the ticket feeding error determines that the ticket is not valid and controls the operation of other ticket issuing units. control means to control the Ticketing device.