JPS647410Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Purpose of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device for an automatic ticket gate that issues new tickets by reading purchase information of old tickets.

(Prior art) When purchasing a ticket that will be used for a longer period of time, such as a commuter pass, it is generally recommended to purchase a new ticket between two weeks before the expiry date of the old ticket and the day of the expiry date. It's getting old.

Conventionally, old tickets that have not yet expired are collected by staff and stored with a mark indicating that they cannot be used, thereby preventing the used tickets from being misused.

As a device for automating such collection work, as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 55-97679, there is a device that prints an obsolete ticket mark on the tickets to be collected so that they cannot be used again. However, in recent years, with the spread of automatic ticket gates and commuter pass vending machines, commuter passes with magnetically recorded information on the ticket face have come into use (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 115600/1983). Such commuter passes can be used in automatic ticket gates even if they have a retired ticket mark printed on them.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) Therefore, if used commuter passes were to be diverted by staff, or if they were stolen or lost, there was a risk that they would be misused. On the other hand, in a device of the type shown in JP-A No. 49-115600 that reads information on old notes and issues new notes, the magnetic information on the old notes may become distorted during long-term use, or Trouble may occur at the time of purchase due to various reasons, such as forgetting to change some of the purchase information (for example, validity period) of the ticket.

This invention was devised to solve the above problem, and its purpose is to read the information on old tickets and issue new tickets. To provide a ticket issuing device for an automatic ticket gate, which prevents the misuse of old tickets and also enables prompt and appropriate response to troubles that may occur when purchasing new tickets. be.

[Structure of the invention] (Means for solving the problem) In order to solve the above problem, the present invention provides an insertion slot for taking in old tickets with magnetically recorded judgment information and purchase information for automatic ticket gates, and a A reading means for reading information recorded on the old ticket taken in, a holding section for temporarily holding the old ticket after reading by the reading means, and issuing a new ticket based on the information read by the reading means. an issuance means for erasing the automatic ticket gate determination information of the old ticket held in the holding section after the next customer inserts the old ticket into the insertion slot; The present invention also includes a storage box for collecting old tickets from which judgment information has been erased.

(Function) With the above configuration, the present invention functions as follows. When a used old ticket is inserted into the insertion slot of the ticket issuing device, the old ticket is taken into the device. Judgment information and purchase information for automatic ticket gates are magnetically recorded on the old ticket. The magnetic information recorded on the old note taken into the device is read by the reading means. The old ticket whose information has been read by this reading means is temporarily held in the holding section. The issuing means issues a new ticket based on the information on the old ticket held in the holding section. After a new ticket is issued, the next old ticket is inserted into the insertion slot. When the next old ticket is inserted, the automatic ticket gate determination information of the old ticket held in the holding section is erased by the erasing means. The old ticket from which the determination information has been erased is stored in the storage box.

(Example) The present invention will be described below based on an example shown in FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG. 1 is a side view showing the structure of an automatic commuter pass vending device. This device consists of an old ticket reader X that reads the information written on a used old commuter pass and stores the old commuter pass in a storage box, and a It also includes a ticket issuing section Y that prints and issues new commuter passes. In FIG. 1, a main body 1 of the device incorporates the old ticket reading section X and the ticket issuing section Y. On the upper left side of this main body 1 is the original commuter pass P1.
A hopper 2 for accommodating a commuter pass P2 and a hopper 2' for accommodating an original commuter pass P2 of a different ticket type from the original P1 are provided in close proximity. A first original document supply mechanism 3 that supplies the original documents P1 one by one to the hopper 2, and a second original document supply mechanism 3' that also supplies the original documents P2 one by one to the hopper 2' are arranged opposite to each other. has been done. Selection of the original tickets P1 and P2 (for example,
For men and for women), the old ticket reading section automatically based on the
Further, by pressing the selection button 5, the user selects the desired validity period. When the validity period is selected, the amount of the corresponding commuter pass is displayed on the display section 6. When the purchaser inserts money from the money slot according to the amount displayed on the display section, the input amount is displayed on the display section 7. When the input amount displayed on the display section 7 becomes the same as or more than the purchase amount displayed on the display section 6, the purchaser presses an issue button 9 to start ticket issuing operation. Note that 8 is a display section for displaying the difference as change when the input amount displayed on the display section 7 is larger than the purchase amount displayed on the display section 6. Further, 61 is a call push button for calling the staff, 62 is a cancellation push button when the purchaser wishes to cancel the purchase of the ticket due to the purchaser's convenience, 6
Reference numerals 2 and 64 denote a microphone and a speaker used when responding to an attendant called by the push button 61.

Next, the first original note supply mechanism 3 and the second
The configuration of the original note supply mechanism 3' will be described in detail. Inside the hopper 2, 2', a large number of original bills P1, P2, each formed in the form of a card, are stacked with the printed side facing upward, and a card holder 10, 10' is placed on top of the stack, Being pressed. As shown in FIG. 3, the original note feeding mechanism 3, 3' is driven by a forward/reversible note feeding motor 11 driven in response to a ticket issuing command, and a picker knife 12 or 12' is driven via a clutch mechanism (not shown). It is configured to move back and forth. The original documents P1 or P2 in the hopper 2 or 2' are sent out one by one through the throat knife 13 or 13' by the reciprocating movement of the picker knife 12 or 12'.
At this time, the original tickets P1 and P2 are transferred to the hopper 2,
2' in the lateral direction of the original note, and the conveying direction is changed to the longitudinal direction in the original note supply path 15.
The direction changing unit 16 for changing the direction of the original notes P1 and P2 includes a pair of take-out rollers 17a and 17b or 17'a and 17'b that take out the original notes P1 and P2 fed out from the hoppers 2 and 2'. and the original note P1 taken out by this take-out roller,
Or stopper pins 18, 18' for aligning P2 in a predetermined position, and solenoids 19, 19' for simultaneously operating the stopper pins 18, 18' and the take-out rollers 17a, 17'a in response to a selection command for original notes P1, P2. Direction changing rollers 20a and 20b are provided which operate in conjunction with this solenoid, and the ticket feeding motor 11 is configured to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise in response to a ticket issuing command. For example, the ticket feeding motor 1
1 rotates clockwise, the picker knife 12 that sends out the original note P1 moves in the direction of the arrow X and the solenoid 19 is turned on, so that the take-out rollers 17a and 17b come into contact with each other from a detachable state. Also, stopper pin 18'
is raised to a position that blocks the supply path of the original note, and the direction changing rollers 20a, 20b are further removed from the contact state, and the original note P1 is taken out onto the supply section 15. In this way, when the original note P1 is fed onto the supply path 15 in an aligned manner, the note feeding motor 11 stops driving, and the solenoid 19 is turned off, so that the take-out rollers 17a and 17b are brought out of contact. The stopper pin 18' is removed from the supply section 15.
It descends further down to its original position. Next, the direction changing rollers 20a and 20b come into contact with each other from the removable state and sandwich the supplied original note P1, and
The original note P1 is transferred toward the exposure section 22 installed in a direction perpendicular to the original document P1. On the other hand, when the note feed motor 11 rotates counterclockwise, the original note P2
The picker knife 12' that sends out the picker knife 12' moves in the direction of the arrow Y and the solenoid 19' is turned on, so that the take-out rollers 17'a and 17'b come into contact with each other from a detachable state. Also, stopper pin 18
is raised to a position where it closes the supply path 15 of the original note, and the direction changing rollers 20a and 20b are further removed from the contact state and the original note P2 is taken out onto the supply path 15. In this way, when the original note P2 is aligned and supplied onto the supply path 15, the note feeding motor 11 stops driving as described above, and the solenoid 1
9' is turned OFF, the take-out rollers 17'a,
17'b is released from the contact state. Further, the stopper pin 18 is lowered to its original position below the supply path 15, and further the direction changing rollers 20a, 20
b grips the supplied original note P2 by coming into contact with it from the detachable state, and transports it toward the exposure section 22 installed perpendicularly to the supply path 15. That is, the take-out rollers 17a, 17b, 17a,
17'b and direction changing rollers 20a, 20b
has a one-way rotating clutch (not shown),
Removal of different types of original notes P1 and P2 can be switched depending on the rotational direction of one note feeding motor 11.

In addition, in FIG. 1, the original note P1 or P2 whose direction has been changed is moved by the first feed rollers 21a, 21b and the first detector 1 along the note conveyance direction.
4, exposure section 22, second feed rollers 23a, 23
b, a printing section 28 consisting of a sorting roller 24, a second detector 25, a thermal head 26 and a platen roller 27, a third detector 29, and a fourth detector 3;
0, an encoding section 33 consisting of a magnetic write head 31 and a magnetic read head (reading means) 32 shown in FIGS. 7a, b and 8 a, b;
The detectors 34 are arranged in sequence, and the first sorting guide 3
5 and the third sorting guide 36, the tickets that are normally printed and recorded are sent out to the discharge port 37 and issued. In other words, each of these parts constitutes a ticket issuing means. Further, the system is configured such that fraudulently printed and recorded tickets are sent to a waste ticket box 38 and accumulated therein.

In the magnetic write head 31, a write head 31a is arranged to write the purchase information A of the commuter pass shown in FIG. 4, and a write head 31b is arranged to write the commuter pass judgment information B for automatic ticket gates. Further, among the magnetic reading heads 32, a reading head is arranged at 32a for reading purchase information A written on the commuter pass, and at 32b for reading automatic ticket gate judgment information B written on the commuter pass. .

On the other hand, 4 is an insertion slot into which the old ticket Q is inserted, 39 is a storage unit that takes in and temporarily holds the old ticket Q inserted into the insertion slot 4, and 40 is a collection box that accumulates the old ticket Q that has been taken in. be.

Furthermore, rails 41 for drawing out the main body 1 are laid at the bottom of the apparatus, and a high voltage power source 42 for exposure and a capacitor 43 are arranged between the rails.

Furthermore, a first motor 44 and a second motor 45 are arranged above the exposure high-voltage power supply 42, and the output shaft 45-s of the second motor 45 is connected to the shaft 46 of the conveyor belt drive roller 46. -s via a timing belt (not shown).

On the other hand, the output shaft 45-s of the second motor 45 is also connected to the shaft 54-s of the conveyor belt drive roller 54 via a timing belt (not shown), and the drive rollers 46 and 54 each have a a rotary clutch (not shown);
The conveyor belts 55, 56 are rotated in the rotation direction of the motor 45.
It is configured to change the direction of conveyance. For example, when taking the old note Q into the device, the second motor 45 is driven to rotate counterclockwise, and the drive roller 54 drives the conveyor belts 55, 56. When issuing a new note P, the second motor 45 is rotated clockwise, and the drive roller 46 drives the conveyor belts 55, 56. In other words, the ticket is always on the conveyor belts 55, 5.
It is designed so that it can be transported on the tension side of 6. Further, when the old bill Q is inserted into the insertion slot 4, the second motor 45 detects this with the fifth detector 47 provided nearby and starts driving, and the shutter 48 also operates. Then, the old note Q is taken into the device, and the first conveyance path sorting guide 35 rotates counterclockwise to pass the magnetic reading head 32. The magnetic reading head 32 reads the contents magnetically recorded on the old note Q passing through it. If there is no error in the contents, the second conveyance sorting guide 49 rotates counterclockwise, and the first stopper 50 disposed on the front side of the conveyance path of the holding section 39 operates and opens. Ticket Q
is sent to the holding section 39.

Further, a reflecting mirror 57 is attached to the holding section 39, so that the printed contents of the old tickets temporarily held in the holding section 39 can be easily viewed from the operating side of the staff, that is, from the side opposite to the customer service side. There is. Therefore, even if a new ticket is not issued, there is an advantage that even if trouble occurs with the purchasing customer, it can be dealt with quickly. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 2, if a viewing window 58 is provided on the customer service side so that the customer can easily see the old ticket Q temporarily stored in the holding section 39, the customer will be satisfied even more quickly. Therefore, the effect of being able to process quickly can be obtained. A sixth detector 51 is provided above the holding section 39, and the old ticket Q is detected in the holding section 39.
By detecting that the
The first stopper 50 returns and the second motor 45 stops.

In addition, old tickets Q temporarily held in the holding section 39
When the next purchasing customer inserts the old ticket Q into the insertion slot 4 and the fifth detector 47 detects the old ticket Q, or when the old ticket collection button (not shown) inside the device is pressed, the above-mentioned hold is activated. A second stopper 52 located on the delivery side of the section 9 is actuated to open. That is, the old ticket Q is sent out from the storage section 39, and is further removed by a permanent magnet (erasing means) provided on the sending side.
53, only the part of the automatic ticket gate determination information B (see FIG. 4) of the magnetic information is erased and stored in the collection box 40.

Note that the second motor 45 is connected to the seventh detector 34.
The rotation speed of the second motor 45 is lowered in response to a signal that detects the tip of the old ticket Q, and the speed becomes such that the magnetic reading head 32 can read the contents of the ticket.If the reading result is correct, the second motor 45 lowers the rotation speed. This has been increased to reduce the waiting time for customers.

On the other hand, the output shaft 44-s of the first motor 44 is connected to the shaft 21a-s of the first feed roller 21a via a timing belt (not shown). This first motor 44 is rotationally driven by the above-mentioned ticket issuing command, and the original paper P1 or P2 sent out by the original paper supply mechanism 3 or 3' is held between the first feed rollers 21a, 21b and transferred to the exposure section 22. do. When the original note P1 or P2 passes through the first detector 14, the first detector 14 detects the rear end of the original note P1 or P2, and the exposure section 22 activates the original note P1 or P2 based on this detection signal. Perform chemical exposure. The original note P1 or P2 that has been exposed is transferred while being held by the second feed rollers 23a, 23b, and as the sorting roller 24 rotates counterclockwise, the original note P1 or P2 is transferred to the second detector 25. The paper is transferred to the printing section 28, where it is printed by the thermal head 26. The second detector 25 detects the leading edge of the original document P1 or P2, thereby reducing the rotation speed of the first motor 44 to a printable speed. A signal to start printing is issued by detecting the trailing edge of the ticket P1 or P2. That is, the distance from the second detector 25 to the heat generating part 26h of the thermal head 26 is positioned so that it is equal to or larger than the distance from the rear end of the original document to the printing start position.

Printing in the printing section 28 is performed while the original note P1 or P2 is held and conveyed between the platen roller 27 and the thermal head 26, but when printing is completed, the third detector 29 detects the leading edge of the original note. However, by increasing the rotational speed of the first motor 44, the speed at which the original ticket is conveyed is increased, thereby shortening the ticket issuing time. When the original note P1 or P2 passes through the first detector 14 again, the first detector 14 detects the rear end of the original note, and the original note is in a state where it cannot be recolored by the exposure section 22. That is, after the fixing exposure is performed, the sheet is conveyed while being held between the second feed rollers 23a and 23b. Then, as the sorting roller 24 rotates clockwise, the original note P1 or P2 is sent to the encoding section 33. At this time, the fourth detector 30
detects the leading edge of the original note, and this detection signal is transmitted to the magnetic write head 31. The magnetic writing head 31 simultaneously records magnetic information B for an automatic ticket gate and purchase information A for a commuter pass vending machine as shown in FIG. 4 on the transported original ticket. Then, the magnetic reading head 32 reads and checks whether the recorded contents are correct or not, and if the contents are correct, the third distribution guide 36 is activated to send them out to the ejection port 37. On the other hand, if the recorded content is incorrect, the third sorting guide 36 does not operate.
The original ticket is taken into the waste ticket box 38.

Next, Fig. 5 is a block diagram showing the flow of the system of this device from when an old note is inserted into the insertion slot 4 until issuing a new note, and Fig. 6 is a timing chart showing the operation of this device. be. first. The old ticket reading operation is carried out when the purchasing customer inserts the old ticket Q into the insertion slot 4, which sends a signal to the shutter 48, which opens the shutter 48, and then the first sorting guide 3.
5, and the old ticket Q is taken into the device (see FIGS. 6a and 6b). When the old ticket Q passes through the seventh detector 34, a signal is sent to the magnetic reading head 32 of the encoder 33, and the purchase information A and automatic ticket gate determination information B magnetically recorded on the ticket are read. (See Figure 6C). When the magnetic reading head 32 finishes reading the purchase information A and the automatic ticket gate determination information B, a signal is sent to the second sorting guide 49 (see FIG. 6d).
The second sorting guide 49 rotates counterclockwise, the first stopper 50 is opened, the old notes Q are sent to the holding section 39 and temporarily held, and a signal is emitted from the sixth detector 51. The first stopper 50 is returned to its original position (see FIG. 6e).

Therefore, the old ticket Q temporarily reserved in the holding section 39 is released by a signal when the next purchasing customer inserts the old ticket Q into the insertion slot 4 or presses an old ticket collection button (not shown) in the device. The second stopper 52 is opened, and the permanent magnet 53 generates automatic ticket gate judgment information B.
only is erased and stored in the collection box 40 (sixth
(see figure f).

Next, in the ticket issuing operation, the purchasing customer inserts the old ticket Q into the insertion slot 4, and the purchase information A is read by the magnetic reading head 32, whereby the original ticket P1 stored in the hopper 2 and hopper 2' is And selection of P2, for example, discrimination between men's and women's products, is automatically performed. However, the purchaser presses the selection button 5.
After selecting and inserting money, the issuing button 9 is pressed to issue a signal to start supplying original notes (see Figure 6A), and one original note is taken out from the hopper 2 or 2'. Ru.

Thus, the extracted original note passes through the first detector 14, and a detection signal is transmitted to the exposure section 22 (see FIG. 6B). When the original note that has been subjected to activation exposure in the exposure section 22 passes through the second detector 25, a detection signal is transmitted to the printing section 28 (see FIG. 6C), and the printing section 28 prints the ticket surface. When the printed original ticket passes through the third detector 29 and the first detector 14 (see FIG. 6D), a detection signal is sent to the exposure unit 22 again, and fixing exposure is performed (the first detector 14). (See Figure 6E). Then, the original note after the fixing exposure is detected by the fourth detector 30.
When it passes through, a detection signal is sent to the encoder 33, magnetic information B and purchase information A are simultaneously written by the magnetic reading head 31, and a reading check is performed by the magnetic reading head 32.

In this way, when the original note that has been magnetically recorded in the encoder 33 passes the seventh detector 34, a signal is transmitted to the first sorting guide 35 (see FIG. 6F). Since it is rotated clockwise, the original note is ejected to the ejection port 37 and issued as a new note P. Then, a detection signal indicating the completion of ejection is generated by a detector (not shown) (see FIG. 6G). At this time, if there is a problem with the printing or magnetic recording of the ticket, the original ticket will not be discharged to the discharge port 37 but will be stored in the waste ticket box 38.

However, since the old ticket Q inserted by the purchaser is temporarily stored in the holding section 39, if the purchaser has trouble with the new ticket P at the time the new ticket P is issued, the clerk will It is possible to visually confirm the face of the old ticket Q temporarily stored in the storage section 39 through the reflecting mirror 57, and also through the viewing window 58 for purchasers.
Since the purchaser can visually see the old ticket Q that he or she has inserted through the holder, it is possible to promptly deal with troubles that may occur when the new ticket P is not issued.

Furthermore, since the old ticket Q is collected in the storage box 40 with the automatic ticket gate judgment information erased,
It is impossible to illegally take out old tickets Q whose expiry date remains from the storage box 40 and use them again.

In addition, in one embodiment of the present invention, a new ticket is issued by inserting the old ticket into the insertion slot and inserting money, but if an automatic payment machine is installed, it will be possible to issue a new ticket It also has the advantage that charges can be settled by inputting the information.

Although the above embodiment has been described using an automatic commuter pass vending device as an example, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, but can be used in general devices that feed different types of cards.

[Effects of the invention] As explained above, according to the invention, since the automatic ticket gate judgment information is erased from old tickets, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use of collected old tickets. In addition, after the next old ticket is inserted from the insertion slot, the automatic ticket gate judgment information of the old ticket is deleted, and until then it is held in the holding section without being deleted, so if a problem occurs at the time of purchase. , the ticket before the magnetic information is erased can be taken out from the holding section and immediately returned to the owner. Therefore, it is possible to respond quickly and appropriately to various troubles that are expected to occur when purchasing new tickets.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figures 1a and 1b show one embodiment of the present invention, in which a is a back view of the automatic commuter pass issuing machine, b is a left side view thereof, Figure 2 is a front view showing the customer service side of the machine, and Figure 2 is a front view showing the customer service side of the machine. Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the original ticket supply device, Figure 4 is a diagram showing the encoding information of the commuter pass, Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the machine, Figure 6 is a timing chart showing its operation, 7a and 7b are top and left side views of the magnetic write head, and FIGS. 8a and 8b are top and left side views of the magnetic read head. A...Purchase information, B...Judgment information for automatic ticket gates, 4...Insertion slot, 28...Printing section (issuance means),
32...Magnetic reading head (reading means), 33
... Encoding part (issuance means), Q ... old ticket, P
...New ticket, 39...Reservation section, 40...Storage box, 5
3...Permanent magnet (erasing means).

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] An insertion slot for taking in old tickets with magnetically recorded judgment information and purchase information for automatic ticket gates, a reading means for reading the information recorded on the old tickets taken in from this insertion slot, and an old ticket after being read by the reading means. a holding section for temporarily holding a ticket; an issuing means for issuing a new ticket based on information read by the reading means; and a holding section for issuing a new ticket based on information read by the reading means; An automatic ticket gate comprising: erasing means for erasing automatic ticket gate judgment information of old tickets; and a storage box for collecting old tickets whose automatic ticket gate judgment information has been erased by the erasing means. ticket issuing device.