JPS635490A - 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 the tickets one by one.

Furthermore, when issuing a large number of boarding passes, it takes time to write the data, so data writing is generally progressed, and during this time, the suitability of the buyer is researched. for example,
For customers who purchase with a cash card, we conduct research to determine whether the card is appropriate, the bank balance, whether the card is an extremist, etc., but if the card is not suitable, the ticket may not be collected unless the seller returns to the counter where it was issued. As a means of collection, it is possible to let the ticket slide off the issuing slot, but it is not always possible to collect the ticket reliably by letting it slide down because static electricity is generated or the ticket becomes damp. Further, even if the tickets are dropped into the bottom of the hangar from the issuing slot, the tickets may slide down the inclined receiving plate and remain in an inclined position, which may disrupt the stacked state.

Therefore, if the bottom surface of the hangar is inclined, there is a problem in that the height of the hangar increases in proportion to the number of sheets stored.

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 can automatically and reliably collect tickets from an issuing slot as necessary.

Means for Solving the Problem A mounting plate that temporarily supports the tickets sent from the data writing unit in a stacked state between the data writing unit and the ticket issuing port is turned downward from a horizontal position. a hangar is provided below the placing plate; a receiving plate is provided at the ticket issuing opening that slopes downward from the outside toward the hangar; the rear end of the ticket on the placing plate; An actuating body having an abutting portion that abuts the edge is provided movably toward the receiving plate, the actuating body is connected to an actuating body drive unit operated by a discharge signal, and the receiving plate is attached to the end of the mounting plate. A stopper is formed to support the rear end of the ticket on the plate, and a placing plate drive unit operated by an issuance stop signal is connected to the placing plate, and the movable plate is moved from a horizontal position to an inclined position at the bottom of the hangar. A rocking body is rotatably provided in the lateral direction, and has a first pressing plate along the receiving plate and a second pressing plate abutting the lower surface of the movable plate on the free rotation end side. A photoelectric detector whose optical axis interferes with the falling path of the ticket is provided at a position movably attached to the hangar and spaced a certain distance upward from the bottom of the hangar, and an oscillation controlled by the photoelectric detector is provided. A moving body driving section is provided connected to the rocking body.

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 placement plate drive unit operates when receiving the issue stop signal, tilts the placement plate downward, and causes the ticket on the receiving plate or the ticket on the placement plate to slide down into the hangar. Furthermore, by rotating the oscillator by the oscillator drive unit, even if static electricity is generated on the receiving plate or the ticket is damp, the first pressing plate will not be able to shake the ticket on the receiving plate. Even if the ticket is tilted in the hangar, the movable plate is shaken by the second pressing plate to make the ticket fall horizontally.

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

Reference numeral 1 denotes a box-shaped hangar, and a feed roller 2 connected to a drive unit (not shown) is provided at the upper end of the hangar 1.
A ticket issuing port 3 is formed at the other end. This ticket issuing port 3
A receiving plate 4 that slopes downward from the outside to the inside is fixed to the. In addition, there are 5 tickets on both sides of the top of the stored Jifl.
An elongated mounting plate 6 is placed on both sides of the mounting plate. As shown in FIG. 4, these placement plates 6 include a guide surface 7 that guides the side edge of the ticket 5, 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. Projection piece 9 bent to
, 10 are integrally formed. A plate 12 is fixed to both sides of the hangar 1 to support both ends of a shaft 11 that rotatably holds the protrusions 9 and 10, and a groove 13 is formed to allow the protrusion 10 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 hangar 1. The projecting piece 10 of the left mounting plate 6 is a link 15.
The plunger 1 of the electromagnet 16, which is the driving part of the mounting plate, is
7, and the protrusion 9 of the right side mounting plate 6 is connected to the plunger 17 of the electromagnet 18 which is the mounting plate driving part via the link 15.
is connected to.

Next, in the upper part of the hangar 1, a step motor 19, which is an actuator drive unit, and rotatable shafts 20; 21 are provided.
Pulley 23 fixed to rotating shaft 22 of step motor 19
A belt 25 is wound around the pulley 24 fixed to the shaft 2o. Further, a belt 28, which is an operating body, is wound around pulleys 26 and 27 fixed at the center of the shaft 20.21, and the outer layer of this belt 28 has contact parts 30 and 31 having a light shielding piece 29 projecting to the left. 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 hangar 1. A detector 33 is also provided on the receiving plate 4.

Furthermore, a movable plate 35 is placed on the bottom surface 34 of the hangar 1. A rocking body 37 is attached to a projection piece 36 provided on the outer surface of the hangar 1 so as to be rotatable about a support shaft 38 . This rocking body 37 has links 39 and 40 rotatably connected by pins 41, a first pressing plate 42 is provided at the tip of the link 39, and a second pressing plate 43 is rotatably connected to the tip of the link 4o by a pin 44. They are connected so that they can move freely. The second press plate 43 is rotatably held on the inner surface of the hangar 1 by a support shaft 45. Further, a stopper 46 that supports the pressing plate 43 in a horizontal state is fixed to the hangar 1. moreover,
An electromagnet 47, which is a rocking body drive section, is fixed to the lower part of the hangar 1. The plunger 48 of this electromagnet 47 is urged by a spring 49 and is connected to the rocking body 37 and the link 40 by a link 50. The first pressing plate 42 normally contacts the upper surface of the receiving plate 4, but does not come out from the rib 51 formed on the receiving plate 4. In addition, the receiving plate 4
A slit 52 is formed in which the link 39 escapes.

Further, the hangar 1 is provided with a photoelectric detector 53 located at a certain height from the bottom surface 34 to detect the ticket 5. This photoelectric detector 53 is connected to a hole 54 formed in the front and rear surfaces of the hangar 1.
It consists of a light-emitting element 55 and a light-receiving element 56 facing each other. A photoelectric detector 57 for detecting the ticket 5 on the bottom surface 34 of the hangar 1 includes a light-emitting element 59 and a light-receiving element 6 facing the rear surface of the hangar 1, the bottom surface 34, and the hole 58 formed in the movable plate 35.
0 and more.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, a paper feeding device 61 that stacks a large number of tickets 5 and supplies them one by one, an encoder 62, and a printing section 63 that is a data writing section are connected by a conveyance path 64. .

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, a driver 65 is connected to the output side of the photoelectric detector 53, and the electromagnet 47 is connected to the output side of this driver 65.

In such a configuration, when selling boarding passes, the customer inputs the destination, departure time, number of tickets, etc. As a result, the tickets 5 are fed one by one from the paper feeder 61, the encoder 62 reads the contents of the magnetic stripe formed on the ticket 5 or writes predetermined data, and the printing section 63 prints the input data. The tickets 5 sent one by one from the printing unit 63 are placed on the placement plate 6 of the hangar l with their leading edges aligned by the contact unit 31 as shown in FIG. 9(a). Laminated one by one. 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. 7 to the state shown in FIG. If it is, the step motor 19 rotates by a predetermined number of steps in response to the discharge signal from the host computer, and after passing through the state shown in FIG. 9(b), the rear end of the ticket 5 is moved as shown in FIG. 9(Q). The abutting portion 30 pushes out the edge, and the abutting portion 30 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 3
3 becomes ○FF, and upon receiving this signal, step motor 1
9 rotates, the belt 28 rotates as shown in FIG. 9(d), and the contact parts 30 and 31 move clockwise,
When detected by the detector 32, the step motor 19 stops.

This stop position is a position where the abutting section 30 aligns the leading edge of the ticket 5 to be sent next, and this position is a position where the abutting section 30, 3
This is the home position of 1.

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 to the bottom surface 34 of the hangar 1 because it is supported by the stopper 8 of the mounting plate 6. When the ticket 5 remains on the receiving plate 4 for a certain period of time, 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 placing plate 6 rotates to close the stopper. 8 to the side. Therefore, the ticket 5 on the receiving plate 4 will not slide down to the bottom surface 34 of the hangar 1 and will not be taken away by a third party. Some of the tickets 5 in hangar 1 are valid, but soldiers cannot take them out without permission. When disposing of the items, the person in charge unlocks the lock of hangar 1 and opens the door.

In this way, the receiving plate 4 is rotated by the electromagnets 16 and 18 as needed to cause the ticket 5 to fall onto the bottom surface 34 of the hangar 1, but the receiving plate 4 may be charged with static electricity or the ticket 5 may become damp. Then, the ticket 5 remains on the receiving plate 4. Therefore, no matter how much time passes after the electromagnets 16 and 18 operate, the photoelectric detector 53 does not operate. At this time, - after a certain period of time has elapsed, the electromagnet 47 is energized once every 2 seconds.

The swinging body 37 rotates around the support shaft 53 as a fulcrum.

As a result, the first pressing plate 42 shakes the ticket 5 on the receiving plate 4 and promotes the ticket 5 to slide down as shown in FIG. At this time, since the ticket 5 falls tilted, conventionally it is maintained in the tilted position forever, and subsequent tickets 5 may follow suit, but according to the second invention, By moving the movable plate 35 up and down, the ticket 5 that falls at an angle can be adjusted to a horizontal position. That is, when the ticket 5 falls, the optical axis of the photoelectric detector 53 is cut off, so it turns ON, but if it is turned ON for 1 second,
It is determined that the ticket 5 is tilted or the number of tickets 5 stored in the hangar 1 has reached a certain number. The selection between the two judgments is determined by conveying the output of a counter (not shown) for counting the tickets 5 in the hangar 1 and the detection signal of the photoelectric detector 53. When it is determined that the ticket 5 is in a tilted state, the electromagnet 47 operates 10 times with an excitation cycle of 1 second every 2 seconds. As a result, the second pressing plate 43 repeats the vertical movement ten times to raise and lower the movable plate 35. Since the movable plate 35 is pushed at a portion away from the center, it rises and falls in a state of inclination to one side.

Therefore, the ticket 5 is gradually adjusted to a horizontal position.

Note that the same objective can be achieved even if the electromagnet 47 is constantly excited at regular intervals regardless of the operation of the photoelectric detector 53. Further, the data writing section may write data magnetically.

Effects of the Invention Since the present invention is configured as described above, even if the receiving plate is charged with static electricity or the ticket is damp, the first suppression plate can shake the ticket on the receiving plate to promote the slipping. I can do it,
In addition, even if the ticket falls on an incline, the movable plate can be raised and lowered by the second pressing plate to straighten the ticket horizontally, thereby making the bottom of the hangar level and reducing the height of the hangar. In addition, the photoelectric detector can drive the oscillator drive section only when necessary, thereby reducing power consumption.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a vertical side view, FIG. 2 is a vertical side view showing the operation of the rocking body, and FIG.
The figure is a front view seen from the ticket issuing port side, Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the mounting structure of the mounting plate, Figure 5 is a layout diagram showing the arrangement of the paper feeder, encoder, printing section, and hangar. Figure 6 is a circuit diagram,
FIG. 7 is a front view showing the state in which tickets are stacked on the mounting plate;
Figure 8 is a front view with the mounting plate rotated downward, Figure 9
The figure is a side view showing the ticket issuing operation. 1... Hangar, 3... Ticket issuing port, 4... Receiving plate, 5
...Ticket, 6...Place plate, 16.18...Electromagnet (
Placement plate drive unit), 19... Step motor (operating body drive unit), 28... Belt (actuating body), 30.31...
Contact portion, 34...bottom surface, 35...movable plate, 37...
- Oscillating body, 42... first pressing plate, 43... second pressing plate, 47... electromagnet (oscillating body drive section), 53...
・Photoelectric detector, 63...Printing section (data writing section)

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 is rotatable downward from a horizontal position. A hangar is provided below the placing plate, and a receiving plate is provided at the ticket issuing opening that slopes downward from the outside toward the hangar, and a contact portion that abuts the rear edge of the ticket on the placing plate is provided. an actuating body having an actuating body movable toward the receiving plate, the actuating body being connected to an actuating body drive unit operated by a discharge signal, and the rear end of the ticket on the receiving plate being connected to an end of the placing plate. A stopper is formed to support the above-mentioned plate, and a mounting plate drive unit operated by an issuance stop signal is connected to the mounting plate, and a movable plate is provided at the bottom of the hangar so as to be rotatable from a horizontal position to an inclined position. A rocking body having a first pressing plate along the receiving plate and a second pressing plate abutting the lower surface of the movable free end side of the movable plate is rotatably placed in the hangar about an axis in the left and right direction. A photoelectric detector whose optical axis interferes with the falling path of the ticket is provided at a position spaced a certain distance upward from the bottom of the hangar, and the oscillating body drive unit controlled by this photoelectric detector is connected to the oscillating body. A ticket storage device for a ticket vending machine, characterized in that the device is connected to the ticket vending machine.