JP2749486B2 - Ticket collection device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket collecting apparatus for performing information processing on tickets inserted into an information processing apparatus, and then sequentially organizing the tickets and collecting them in a ticket collection box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, such a ticket collecting apparatus is provided with a plurality of pairs of conveying rollers along a conveying path from a ticket inserting section to a ticket collecting box. Is transported in a transport path by a transport roller that is rotated by a driving force from a drive unit, and is discharged to a ticket collection box after performing information processing such as information reading of the ticket.

Here, in order to realize a high-speed information processing apparatus, the transport speed of a ticket being transported along a transport route is maintained at a constant speed (about 1 m / sec or more), and the ticket is collected. It is desired that the discharge speed at the time of discharging into the box is also high, and that the paper is collected in the ticket collection box while being organized.

[0004] Since there are various sizes of tickets to be handled, the ticket collection box is formed according to the largest ticket to be collected.

[0005]

Since the discharge speed at the time of discharging the ticket to the ticket collection box is high, the ticket discharged to the ticket collection box may be inverted or upright. The stacking property (stacking storage property) of the tickets in an organized state is deteriorated. That is, when collecting different kinds of tickets having different paper qualities and sizes in the same ticket collection box, it is difficult to obtain a stackability in an organized state in the ticket collection box.

If the transport speed in the transport path is reduced stepwise or gradually toward the ticket collection box in order to obtain good stackability of the tickets in the ticket collection box, information processing is not possible. However, there is a disadvantage that the processing efficiency of ticket collection is reduced.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a drive is driven by a single driving unit along a transport path from a ticket insertion unit for inserting a ticket to a ticket collection box for sequentially organizing and collecting the tickets. In a ticket collection device having a transport means provided with a plurality of transport rollers for transporting the ticket together with the ticket,
Positioned immediately before the transport roller with the tip close to the ticket collection box
The ejection speed of the ticket when detected by the detected sensor.
The speed is reduced from the transport speed in the transport path and the
When the trailing edge of the ticket is detected by the sensor, the ticket is ejected.
A speed reducing means for returning the output speed to the transport speed in the transport path is provided in connection with the drive unit.

[0008]

The ticket inserted from the ticket insertion section is transported along the transport path by the transport means, and is eventually discharged into the ticket collection box and collected. Ticket even if the discharge speed immediately before discharging the ticket into the collection box is to be decelerated than the conveying speed in the conveying path of the deceleration means, enhanced processing efficiency of the ticket collecting the conveying rate in the conveyance path in the high speed Conveyance speed of tickets moving in the collection box
Degree slows and turns inside the ticket collection box or becomes upright
To prevent stacking and improve the stackability.
When the is detected by the sensor, the ejection speed of the ticket is normal
Most of them move into the ticket collection box to return to the transport speed of
The last collected ticket is discharged vigorously at the end of the ticket collection box.
To be stacked in the front of the ticket collection box.
Tickets that are sequentially discharged are stacked flat
This ensures that the stacking order of the tickets is correct,
There is no risk of jamming.

[0009]

An example of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG surface. Ticket insertion part (not shown) into which ticket 1 is inserted and this ticket 1
A conveyance path 5 is formed between the ticket collection box 2 for collecting the paper and the lower guide plate 3 and the upper guide plate 4 in parallel.

Here, a plurality of transport rollers 6, 7, 8 are arranged along the transport path 5, and pinch rollers 9, 10,, are provided on the outer peripheral surfaces of these transport rollers 6 to 8, respectively.
11 is pressed. Further, pulleys 13, 14, 15 are fixed to the roller shaft 12 of the transport rollers 6 to 8,
Drive belts 19 and 20 for transmitting a driving force are wound between these pulleys 13 to 15 and a pulley 18 fixed to a motor shaft 17 of a motor 16 as a driving unit. Then, these transport rollers 6 to 8, pinch rollers 9 to 11, pulleys 13 to 15, 18, and belts 19, 20
The motor 16 forms a transport unit 21 for transporting the ticket 1 in the transport path 5. Note that tension pulleys 22 and 23 for applying tension are in contact with the outer peripheral surfaces of the drive belts 19 and 20.
Also, the diameter of each of the transport rollers 6 to 8 and the pulleys 13 to 1
5 have the same diameter, and each of the transport rollers 6 to 8 is set to rotate at the same peripheral speed.

Next, the transport roller 6 is located immediately before the ticket collection box 2, and the transport roller 6 is transported to a position immediately before the transport roller 6 along the transport direction of the ticket 1. An optical sensor 24 for detecting the ticket 1 is provided. The sensor 24 is connected to a detection circuit (not shown) that generates a detection signal in accordance with detecting a leading end portion and a trailing end portion of the ticket 1. While receiving a detection signal based on the detection of the tip, the rotation speed of the motor 16 is reduced,
The sensor 24 is connected to a control unit (not shown) for increasing the number of revolutions of the motor 16 in response to a detection signal based on the detection of the rear end of the ticket 1. A detecting means is formed by the sensor 24 and the detecting circuit, and the detecting means and the control section control the discharge speed immediately before discharging the ticket 1 to the ticket collection box 2 by the transporting in the transport path 5. A deceleration means for decelerating from the speed is formed.

In such a configuration, the transport rollers 6 to
8 is rotationally driven by the driving force of the motor 16,
The ticket 1 inserted from the ticket insertion section is transported in the transport path 5 by being sandwiched between the transport rollers 6 to 8 and the pinch rollers 9 to 11, and discharged to the ticket collection box 2. Here, the transport speed when the ticket 1 is transported in the transport route 5 is high (about 1 m / sec.
The rotation speed of the motor 16 is set so as to satisfy c).

Next, when the leading end of the ticket 1 conveyed toward the ticket collection box 2 is detected by the sensor 24 and a detection signal from the detection circuit is input to the control unit, the rotation speed of the motor 16 is reduced. At the same time, the peripheral speed of each of the transport rollers 6 to 8 decreases. Therefore, immediately before the ticket 1 is discharged to the ticket collection box 2, the discharge speed of the ticket 1 becomes low (about 0.5 m / sec).
For this reason, the ticket 1 discharged after passing between the transport roller 6 and the pinch roller 9 located immediately before the ticket collection box 2 is prevented from being inverted or set up in the ticket collection box 2. . Moreover, even if the transport speed at the time of transport in the transport path 5 is increased, the stacking property is not deteriorated, and the processing efficiency of ticket collection is improved.

The trailing end of the ticket 1 to be discharged is the sensor 2
4, when the detection signal from the detection circuit is input to the control unit, the rotation speed of the motor 16 increases, the peripheral speed of each of the transport rollers 6 to 8 increases, and the transport speed of the ticket 1 is again increased. Becomes

[0015]

[0016]

[0017]

[0018]

[0019]

Further, in the actual施例described above, approximately 1 m / sec and about 0.5 m / sec as the conveying speed of the ticket 1
Has been described as the high speed and low speed standards, respectively, but the transport speed is not limited thereto.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the driving force from one drive unit is provided along the transport path from the ticket insertion unit for inserting the tickets to the ticket collection box for sequentially organizing and collecting the tickets. In a ticket collection device having a transport unit that is provided with a plurality of transport rollers that transports the ticket while being driven to rotate,
A transport row in which the tip of the ticket is located immediately before the ticket collection box
The delivery speed of the ticket in the transport path when
Slow down from the feed speed and the trailing end of the ticket
When passing through the transport roller located just before the box,
Since the deceleration means for returning the ticket discharge speed to the transport speed in the transport route is provided in connection with the drive unit, the overall transport speed in the transport route can be increased. It is possible to reduce the discharge speed immediately before the ticket collection box,
Therefore, the transport speed of the ticket moving in the ticket collection box is low.
Can be prevented from turning over or standing upright in the ticket collection box to improve the stackability, and
By increasing the overall transport speed, it is possible to improve the efficiency of ticket collection.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ticket 2 ticket collection box 5 transport path 6, 7, 8 transport roller 16 drive unit 2 1 transport means 24 sensor

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A scratch along the conveying path from the ticket insertion unit for inserting the ticket ticket collecting box for collecting the ticket is sequentially organized
In the ticket collection device having a transporting unit that is rotationally driven by the driving force from the plurality of driving units and has a plurality of transport rollers that transport the ticket, the tip of the ticket is the
The sensor located just before the transport roller near the box
When detected, the discharge speed of the ticket
And the rear end of the ticket is
The discharge speed of the ticket when detected by the sensor
A ticket collection device, wherein a deceleration means for returning to a transport speed in a transport path is provided in connection with the drive unit.