KR100424770B1 - Automatic ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic ticket machine. This includes a case having a ticketing port, a storage unit for storing a ticket, a transport unit for withdrawing and transferring the ticket of the storage unit, a horizontal transport unit for transporting the transported ticket to the ticketing port side, and a ticket transfer from the horizontal transport unit. A ticket automatic ticketing machine including an information input unit for inputting information and outputting the information to the ticketing port, wherein the horizontal conveying unit is a driving conveyor that circulates at a predetermined angle with respect to the ticket conveying path, and a driving means for operating the driving conveyor. And a driven conveyor which circulates simultaneously with the drive conveyor and transfers the ticket therebetween.

Ticket automatic ticketing machine of the present invention made as described above, it is possible to correctly align the position of the ticket in the process of passing the ticket transferred through the transfer unit to the information input unit. Therefore, even if the ticket is distorted or skewed by various causes while the ticket is transported, the ticket transported to the information input unit always takes a aligned position so that accurate information can be input and accordingly, the ticket can be smoothly transported. It works.

Description

Ticket vending machine {Automatic ticket issuing device}

The present invention relates to a ticket automatic ticketing machine, and more particularly, to a ticket automatic ticketing machine having a transport sorting unit for aligning a ticket transported along a predetermined path in the ticketing machine at the same time.

With the development of science and technology, the ticketing service, which previously had to go through human hands, has gradually become a substitute for the ticketing system.

There are many types of ticket vending machines that automatically issue tickets. Commonly found around us are ticket machines for subway tickets and ticket passes for highways.

The ticket automatic ticketing machine transfers the ticket stored in the inside of the device and has a basic mechanism for discharging the ticket after inputting predetermined information into the ticket.

Figure 1 schematically shows the internal appearance of a ticket automatic ticket machine in general.

As shown, the ticket automatic ticketing machine has a case 1 having a plurality of ticketing slots 74 on one side wall, and an accommodating part 3 installed inside the case 1 and supplied with a ticket therein. And a transfer unit 5 which draws tickets one by one from the storage unit 3 and moves them upward, a horizontal transfer unit 7 which receives the tickets from the transfer unit 5 and transports them horizontally. And an information input unit 9 for inputting information necessary for the ticket transferred through the sending unit 7 and discharging to the outside through the ticketing port 74.

The horizontal transfer unit 7 and the information input unit 9 are fixed to the support plate 12 fixed in the case 1 and providing a support surface.

The horizontal transfer unit 7 transfers the ticket which has been transferred through the transfer unit 5 horizontally and should be delivered in a state aligned with the information input unit 9. However, the conventional horizontal transfer unit 7 as described above transfers tickets but does not align the tickets.

2 is a view illustrating the horizontal transfer unit separately.

As shown in the drawing, the conventional horizontal transfer unit 7 includes two timing belts 18 and 19 which are mutually interviewed and circulated, and a motor which allows the timing belts 18 and 19 to circulate along a predetermined path. 24).

Each of the timing belts 18 and 19 is a belt having teeth formed on its inner surface, and teeth are formed on the outer circumferential surfaces of the rollers 14, 15, 20, and 23, respectively.

In the two timing belts 18 and 19, the lower timing belt 19 has its track maintained by a plurality of rollers 15, 20 and 23, and in particular, the two left and right rollers 20 have the transfer part ( 5) and the timing belt 19 is located close to the information input unit 9 so that the transfer unit 5 and the information input unit 9 can be horizontally connected.

In addition, a motor 24 for rotating the timing belt 19 is fixed to a predetermined position of the support plate 12.

In addition, the other timing belt 18 provided in the upper portion has a conveying path of a substantially triangular form. The outer surface of the timing belt 18 interviews the upper surface of the lower timing belt 19. Therefore, when the lower timing belt 19 is circularly moved along the arrow a direction, the upper timing belt 18 is also driven and circulated, and the ticket transferred through the transfer part 5 enters between the rollers 14 and 20, and the arrow is moved. After horizontally conveyed along a direction, it is transmitted to the information input unit 9.

However, the conventional horizontal transfer unit 7 configured as described above has a problem in that the function of transferring the ticket from the transfer unit 5 to the information input unit 9, but does not adjust the position of the ticket. That is, since the ticket is always supported by one or more rollers 14 and 15 in a state sandwiched between the timing belts 18 and 19, there is a limit that the position adjustment with respect to the belts 18 and 19 is not smooth. A press plate (not shown) is provided to adjust the position of the ticket relative to the belts 18 and 19, but the press plate alone has been somewhat unreasonable in accurately aligning multiple tickets that are continuously transported.

On the other hand, as the known fact that the conveying part 5 is composed of a plurality of rollers and belts, the mutual positions of the rollers and belts are deformed according to the aging of the apparatus or seasonal temperature changes, so that the position of the ticket with respect to the belt is slightly shifted. Can lose.

In addition, various magnetic signals are input to the ticket entering the information input unit 9, and the input signal is read out and a predetermined content is printed. If the ticket is drawn in the information input unit 9 in a crooked state as described above, Correct ticketing of the ticket may not be possible, and the ticket may be physically caught while the ticket passes through the information input unit 9, thereby making the transfer itself impossible.

In any case, if the position is gradually changed while the ticket is moved from the storage portion to the ticketing port 74 side, ticketing itself becomes impossible and a failure of the apparatus is caused.

The present invention has been created to solve the above problems, in the process of passing the ticket conveyed through the conveying unit to the information input unit can be correctly aligned the position of the ticket is misplaced by various causes while the ticket is conveyed through the conveying unit It is an object of the present invention to provide a ticket automatic ticketing machine configured to be able to input accurate information and thus to smoothly transfer a ticket by taking a state aligned at a constant position as much as the ticket transferred to the information input unit at any time.

1 is a view schematically showing the overall appearance of a conventional ticket vending machine.

2 is a view showing a conventional horizontal transfer unit installed in the automatic ticket machine.

3 is a view showing a horizontal transfer unit of the automatic ticket machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the horizontal conveying part of FIG. 3 viewed from an arrow A direction. FIG.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a part of the horizontal transfer unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing an elastic support block provided in the horizontal transfer unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a perspective view showing a first roller applied to the horizontal transfer unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a view showing for explaining the operation of the horizontal transfer unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: Case 3: storage

5: transfer unit 7: horizontal transfer unit

9: Information record 12: Support plate

14, 15: Roller 18, 19: Timing belt

20,23: Roller 24,42: Motor

30: feed sorter 32: first roller

34: second roller 36: third roller

38: fourth roller 40: driving roller

44,46: First and second belt 48: Electric belt

50: elastic support block 52: rotating support shaft

54: Spring 56: Side disc

58: roller support bracket 60: through hole

62: disk friction surface 64: moving pass

66: first roller surface 68: second roller surface

70: driven conveyor 72: driven conveyor

74: ticketing gate 76: ground floor

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a case having at least one ticketing port, an accommodating part for accommodating a plurality of tickets in the case, a conveying part for extracting the tickets in the accommodating part and transporting the ticket along a predetermined path; In the automatic ticketing machine including a horizontal transfer unit for receiving the ticket transferred from the transfer unit to transfer to the ticketing port side, and an information input unit for receiving the ticket from the horizontal transfer unit to record predetermined information in the ticket and to send it to the ticketing port. The horizontal transfer unit is supported on a support plate having a support surface parallel to the ticket transfer path and perpendicular to the transfer ticket to transport and align the ticket. The horizontal transfer unit is rotatably installed on the support plate, and the center of rotation is rotated. A plurality of rollers inclined at an angle with respect to the support surface of the support plate; A drive conveyor having a first belt circulating along the plurality of rollers; Drive means for circulating the first belt; A plurality of rollers in close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the first belt and operated by a driving conveyor, the rollers being rotatably installed on the support plate, the center of rotation of which is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the support surface of the support plate; And a driven conveyor having a second belt circulating around the roller, the outer circumferential surface of which is interviewed corresponding to the first belt.

In addition, the roller of the drive conveyor is composed of a first roller in close proximity to the information input unit side, and a second roller in close proximity to the transfer unit side and parallel to the first roller, the first and second rollers are the support plate It is inclined so as to have an angle between 88 degrees and 89.5 degrees with respect to the supporting surface of the roller, and the roller of the driven conveyor is disposed on the side of the third roller and the second roller located at the side of the first roller. It is composed of a fourth roller positioned to be installed at an angle to each of the first and second rollers, the drive means, the motor is fixed to the support plate and the drive roller is fixed to the drive shaft, the drive roller and It characterized in that it comprises a transmission belt for connecting the first roller.

In addition, the first roller is a roller having a first roller surface and a second roller surface partitioned on the outer peripheral surface thereof, the first belt is wound on the first roller surface, the transmission belt is a second roller surface It is characterized by winding on each.

In addition, the end of the first roller has the same central axis of rotation as the first roller is fixed to the side disk of a constant thickness through which the bottom surface of the edge portion of the ticket during transportation passes to the upper side, the ticket on the side of the side disk It characterized in that the elastic pressing means for elastically close to the outer peripheral surface of the side disk while passing through the disk.

In addition, the elastic pressing means is an elastic support block which is rotated to the outer peripheral surface side of the side disk in the state supported by the support plate and the disk friction surface in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the side disk, and the elastic means for providing a rotational force to the elastic support block Characterized in having a.

Hereinafter, the ticket automatic ticketing machine of the present invention will be described in more detail through one embodiment.

Basically, the present invention relates to a transfer sorting unit 30 installed at a position of an existing horizontal transfer unit and configured to transfer a ticket received from a transfer unit to an information input unit, aligning the ticket to a correct position, and then transferring the ticket. That is, the present invention has a function of arranging tickets as well as functioning as a conventional horizontal transfer unit.

3 is a diagram illustrating a transfer sorting unit of an automatic ticketing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the transfer sorting unit 30 according to the present embodiment is installed horizontally between the transfer unit 5 and the information input unit 9 to transfer the ticket T transferred through the transfer unit 5 to the information input unit 9. To the side.

The transfer alignment unit 30 is supported on the support plate 12 and the driving conveyor 70 and the driven conveyor 72 and the conveyor to provide a transport path of the ticket (T) between the interview between them, the drive conveyor 70 And an elastic support block (50) which provides a friction force to the ticket (T) which is elastically supported in the direction of arrow a and starts to exit the conveyors (70, 72).

The driving conveyor 70 includes a first belt 44 circulating between the first roller 32 and the second roller 34 and the first and second rollers 32 and 34. The first roller 32 and the second roller 34 are rollers whose outer circumferential surfaces are convexly curved, and their center of rotation is inclined at an angle of θ to the support surface of the support plate 12 as shown in FIG. 4. Lost The angle θ is between 88 degrees and 89.5 degrees.

The driven conveyor 72 corresponding to the drive conveyor 70 is parallel to the drive conveyor 70 as a whole. The driven conveyor 72 includes a second roller 46 which winds around the third roller 36, the fourth roller 38, and the third and fourth rollers 36 and 38. Of course, the third and fourth rollers 36 and 38 are inclined at the same direction and angle as the first and second rollers 32 and 34.

The third roller 36 is located close to the outer circumference of the upper side of the first roller 32, the fourth roller 38 is located close to the outer circumference of the upper side of the second roller (34). Therefore, the first and second belts 44 and 46 are in close contact with each other between the first and third rollers 32 and 36 and the second and fourth rollers 34 and 38.

In addition, the first roller 32 and the second roller 34 are spaced apart by a distance of at least the length of the ticket (T). Therefore, as long as the ticket T passing through the transfer alignment unit 30 is positioned between the first and second rollers 32 and 34, the position of the ticket 44 in the width direction of the belts 44 and 46 can be adjusted.

The driving means for circulating the first belt 44 includes a motor 42 having a drive roller 40 on a drive shaft, and a drive roller 40 and a first roller 32 to connect the motor 42. It comprises a transmission belt 48 for transmitting the driving force of the first roller (32). The motor 42 is fixed to the support plate 12.

Meanwhile, as described below with reference to FIG. 7, two roller surfaces (66 and 68 in FIG. 7) are formed on the first roller 32. That is, the first belt 44 and the transmission belt 48 may be simultaneously wound by forming two roller surfaces 66 and 68 on one roller. In addition, a side disk (56 in FIG. 7) is fixed to an end of the first roller 32. The side disc 56 is a disc having the same center of rotation as the first roller 32 and having a constant thickness.

The side disk 56 passes through the bottom surface of the edge portion of the ticket (T) to be transported to the upper portion and provides the friction force in the opposite direction to the ticket (T) together with the elastic support block (50).

The elastic support block 50 provided on the upper portion of the first roller 32 is a block rotatable in the direction of arrow a with respect to the rotation support shaft 52. The pivot support shaft 52 is provided with a spring (54 in FIG. 5) to elastically support the elastic support block 50 in the direction of arrow a.

The elastic support block 50 is provided with a disk friction surface (62 in FIG. 6) in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the side disk 56. Accordingly, the ticket T passing between the side disk 56 and the disk friction surface 62 by being elastically pressed in the direction of arrow a by the elastic force of the spring (54 in FIG. 5) is The frictional force in the direction of the arrow R2 of FIG.

4 is a plan view of the transport alignment unit of FIG. 3 viewed from the arrow A direction.

Referring to the drawings, it can be seen that the first, second, third and fourth rollers 32, 34, 36 and 38 are inclined by the angle θ with respect to the support surface 76 of the support plate 12. As described above, the inclination angle θ is about 88 to 89.5 degrees with respect to the support surface 76. More preferably, however, the angle is set to 89 degrees so that the angle between the first and second belts 44 and 46 and the support surface 76 of the support plate 12 is about 1 degree.

Since the first and second belts 44 and 46 are inclined at the angle with respect to the support plate 12 as described above, the ticket T moving in the direction of the arrow C gradually moves toward the support plate 12 during the movement and finally Alignment is performed by its inner edge portion contacting the support surface 76 of the support plate 12.

If the angle between the support plate 12 and the belt 46 is greater, the proximity speed to the support plate 12 side of the ticket T will be faster.

In any case, by the circular movement of the first and second belts 44 and 46, the ticket T is in contact with the support surface 76 of the support plate 12 and continues to move along the belt in the first roller 32. And between the third roller 36. As soon as the ticket T reaches between the first roller 32 and the third roller 36, the outer edge portion of the ticket T is the disk friction surface of the side disk 56 and the elastic support block 50. Between 62).

The dynamics at the moment when the ticket T is inserted between the first roller 32 and the third roller 36 will be described later with reference to FIG. 8.

On the other hand, the third roller 36 is supported by a roller support bracket (58). The roller support bracket 58 is a member that is fixed to the support plate 12 to support the third roller 36, and the rotation support shaft 52 is fixed to an outer surface thereof. The pivot support shaft 52 is a shaft fitted into the through hole (60 in FIG. 6) of the elastic support block 50.

A spring 54 is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the pivot support shaft 52. The spring 54 surrounds the rotation support shaft 52 and elastically supports the elastic support block 50 in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing a part of the feed alignment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, the driving force of the motor 42 is transmitted to the first roller 32 through the electric belt 48 so that the ticket T is in the direction of arrow C between the first and second belts 44 and 46. It can be seen that it is being transferred. As described above, the ticket T moves in the direction of arrow C and also moves in the direction of arrow d such that the inner edge portion is in contact with the support plate 12.

In addition, the elastic support block 50 is located on the upper side of the side disk 56 is fixed to the outer end of the first roller (32). The elastic support block 50 is elastically supported in the direction of the arrow a by the spring 54 so that its disk friction surface (62 in Fig. 6) is in close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the side disk 56 as described above.

The diameter of the side disk 56 is equal to the diameter of the outer circumferential surface formed by the transmission belt 48. In addition, the distance h from the support surface 76 of the support plate 12 to the side disk 56 is equal to the width of the ticket T so that the inner edge portion of the ticket is in close contact with the support surface 76. In this state, the outer edge portion can pass through the upper portion of the side disk 56.

6 is a perspective view showing the elastic support block upside down.

Referring to the drawings, a moving path 64 that is a passage through which the ticket T passes is formed on the inner side of the elastic support block 50. The moving path 64 is a groove having a constant depth, and a disk friction surface 62 is formed on the upper side thereof. The disk friction surface 62 is a portion in contact with the upper outer peripheral surface of the side disk 56 as described above.

As long as the elastic support block 50 has a disk friction surface that can be in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the side disk 56, its shape can be modified as much as possible.

7 is a perspective view showing a first roller installed in the transfer alignment unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the first roller surface 66 and the second roller surface 68 are integrally formed on the first roller 32. The side disk 56 is fixed to the side of the first roller surface 66. The outer and outer circumferential surfaces of the first and second roller surfaces 66 and 68 are convexly curved.

8 is a view for explaining the operation of the transfer alignment unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the transfer alignment unit 30 according to the present embodiment transfers the ticket T in the direction of the arrow C, while the inner edge portion is in contact with the support surface 76 of the support plate 12. To achieve. The principle of movement of the ticket T toward the support plate 12 is as described above.

On the other hand, when the ticket T moves in the direction of arrow C while being in contact with the support surface 76 and is caught between the first roller 32 and the third roller 36, the rear end of the ticket T is in the direction of the arrow b. You will hear This is because the inner edge portion of the ticket T is already in contact with the support surface 76 and the first and third rollers 32 and 36 are inclined at the angle with respect to the support plate 12.

That is, when the ticket T moves in contact with the support surface 76 of the support plate 12 and is sandwiched between the first and third rollers 32 and 36, the force is applied to the ticket in the direction of the arrow d. Is applied. The force in the direction of the arrow d causes friction between the support plate 12 and the ticket edge, which in turn exerts a force of R1 on the ticket.

The force R1 causes a rotation moment centered on the center of the second roller surface 68 to cause the rear end of the ticket to be lifted in the direction of the arrow b. This phenomenon can be eliminated by canceling the force of R1 by applying a force in the direction R2 to the outer edge portion of the ticket T. That is, by providing a force in the direction of the arrow R2 to the outer edge portion of the ticket (T) it is possible to prevent the lifting phenomenon of the rear end of the ticket.

The force in the R2 direction is provided by the side disk 56 and the elastic support block 50 as described above. That is, the outer edge portion of the ticket passes between the side disk 56 and the disk friction surface (62 in FIG. 6) to provide a force of R2 to the ticket, eventually leading to the second roller surface 68. Forces R1 and R2 are applied to the ticket at the same time so that no ticket spreading occurs on the support plate 12.

The force R2 can be controlled by controlling the elastic force of the spring (54 in Fig. 4).

Eventually, the transfer sorting unit 30 of the ticket automatic ticketing machine of the present invention made as described above is brought into close contact with the support surface 76 of the support plate 12 and is aligned with the elastic support block 50. And by maintaining the close state stably by the side disk 56, align the tickets transported remotely through the transfer unit to the correct position and transfers to the information input unit.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated in detail through the specific Example, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various deformation | transformation is possible for a person with ordinary knowledge within the scope of the technical idea of this invention.

Ticket automatic ticketing machine of the present invention made as described above, it is possible to correctly align the position of the ticket in the process of passing the ticket transferred through the transfer unit to the information input unit. Therefore, even if the ticket is distorted or skewed by various causes while the ticket is transported, the ticket transported to the information input unit always takes a aligned position so that accurate information can be input and accordingly, the ticket can be smoothly transported. It works.

Claims (5)

A case having at least one ticketing port, an accommodating part for storing a plurality of tickets in the case, a conveying part for extracting the ticket in the accommodating part and transporting the ticket along a predetermined path, and receiving the ticket transferred from the conveying part In the automatic ticketing machine including a horizontal transfer unit for transferring to the ticketing port side, and an information input unit for receiving a ticket from the horizontal transfer unit and recording predetermined information in the ticket and sending it out to the ticketing gate, The horizontal transfer unit is supported on a support plate having a support surface parallel to the ticket transfer path and perpendicular to the transfer ticket to transport and align the ticket. The horizontal transfer unit is rotatably installed on the support plate, and its center of rotation is rotated. A drive conveyor having a plurality of rollers inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the support surface of the support plate, and a first belt circulating in a circulating motion of the plurality of rollers; Drive means for circulating the first belt; A plurality of rollers in close contact with the outer circumferential surface of the first belt and operated by a driving conveyor, the rollers being rotatably installed on the support plate, the center of rotation of which is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the support surface of the support plate; And a driven conveyor having a second belt circulating around the roller, the outer circumferential surface of which is interviewed corresponding to the first belt. The roller of the drive conveyor is composed of a first roller close to the information input unit side, and a second roller close to the transfer unit side and parallel to the first roller, wherein the first and second rollers are supported by the support plate. It is inclined so as to have an angle between 88 degrees and 89.5 degrees with respect to the surface, and is inclined toward the information input unit, The roller of the driven conveyor is composed of a third roller located on the side of the first roller and a fourth roller located on the side of the second roller, and are inclined at the same angle as the first and second rollers, respectively. The drive means, the ticket auto ticketing machine comprising a motor fixed to the support plate and a drive roller is fixed to the drive shaft, and an electric belt connecting the drive roller and the first roller. delete The method of claim 1, The first roller is a roller having a first roller surface and a second roller surface partitioned on the outer circumferential surface thereof, wherein the first belt is wound on the first roller surface, and the transmission belt is on the second roller surface, respectively. Ticket vending machine, characterized in that the winding. The method of claim 3, At the end of the first roller has the same center of rotation axis as the first roller is fixed to the side disk of a constant thickness through which the bottom surface of the edge portion of the ticket during transportation passes to the upper portion, and the ticket on the upper side of the side disk Ticket ticketing machine, characterized in that the elastic pressing means for elastically close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the side disk while passing through. The method of claim 4, wherein The elastic pressing means has an elastic support block that is rotated to the outer peripheral surface side of the side disk in a state supported by the support plate and the disk friction surface is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the side disk, and the elastic means for providing a rotational force to the elastic support block Ticket vending machine, characterized in that.