JP3435299B2 - Card checker - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is installed at a counter in a station and recorded on tickets such as ordinary tickets and commuter passes or cards such as prepaid cards. The present invention relates to a card checker used for confirming the contents of data being written, or a so-called window checker. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, at a counter of a station, a card checker is provided for processing tickets and cards which have been rejected by an automatic ticket gate or an automatic payment machine. I have. The card checker takes in tickets (including cards, the same applies hereinafter) inserted from an insertion slot into a card checker main body, and returns the taken tickets to the insertion slot again. And a magnetic head capable of reading data recorded on the tickets and writing predetermined data as necessary. The card checker is provided with a display unit for displaying read data on a display screen, a numeric keypad for inputting predetermined data, and the like. [0005] By the way, the shape of the tickets processed by the card checker is larger than the size of an Edmonson ticket such as an ordinary ticket, a card size such as a commuter pass, a prepaid card, or a stored fair card, and more than a card size. Have a large ticket size, such as a large express ticket, which is not uniform. [0006] Therefore, the insertion slot and the transport path of the card checker main body are designed for the largest-sized tickets (large-sized tickets) so as to be able to handle all the above-mentioned tickets. However, in the above-mentioned conventional card checker, when a ticket having a large shape such as a card size or a large ticket is used, there is little allowance in the transport path, that is, so-called play, so Alignment conveyance for positioning tickets along the reference plane is easily performed, but in the case of small tickets such as ordinary tickets, play is large and it is difficult to align along the reference plane, and thus alignment conveyance is difficult. There was a disadvantage. [0008] When the alignment conveyance is not normal, the position of the magnetic head does not coincide with the position of the data recording portion of the ticket, causing a reading defect or a writing defect. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a card checker capable of aligning and conveying even small tickets. [0010] In order to achieve the above object, a card checker according to the present invention takes in tickets and the like inserted from an insertion slot of the card checker main body into the card checker main body, It has a transport path for discharging the captured tickets to the insertion slot again, and a magnetic head provided in the middle of the transport path, and is recorded on the tickets inserted through the magnetic head. In a card checker that reads data and writes data as necessary, a reference to keep one side of the tickets conveyed on the conveyance path in a predetermined state by contacting one side of the tickets. Surface and a ticket or the like conveyed in a predetermined direction on the conveyance path is oriented on the conveyance path so as to face the reference plane side.
A first pinch roller kicked, tickets such to be conveyed in the other direction opposite to the predetermined direction in the conveying path perform orientation to face said reference plane, provided that the transport path
A second pinch roller, and when the conveyed ticket is conveyed in the predetermined one direction, the first pinch roller is brought into contact with the conveyance path to operate, and the conveyed ticket is The second pinch roller is brought into contact with the transport path when the type is transported in the other direction opposite to the predetermined direction.
And a pinch roller driving mechanism that operates by pressing. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a partial plan view of the inside of a card checker main body according to an embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a transport path,
Is formed as a reference surface 2 on which the postures of tickets and the like conveyed on the conveyance path 1 are aligned in a predetermined state. The reference surface 2 is formed in a flat surface so that one side of the ticket can be brought into contact with the ticket and conveyed to maintain the posture of the ticket in a predetermined state. In FIG. 1, a is an ordinary ticket of the Edmonson ticket type.
It belongs to the smallest form of small ticket. Then, when one side (the upper side in FIG. 1) of this small ticket a is brought into contact with the reference surface 2 and conveyed, it is configured to be aligned in a predetermined state. The transport path 1 includes transport belts 1a and 1b driven by a motor (not shown) as shown in FIG.
And a pair of upper and lower rollers R1 and R2 for transporting the ticket shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 described later from both sides. The transport belt 1a is provided near the reference surface 2, and the transport belt 1b is provided at a substantially central position. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the conveyor belt 1a can effectively convey a small ticket a. In FIG. 1, 2a is a first pinch roller, 2b
Denotes a second pinch roller, which is made of an elastic material such as synthetic rubber, and is transported in the transporting direction of the transporting path 1 so that it can rotate freely when it comes into contact with tickets and the like transporting the transporting path 1. Along with the predetermined spacing,
At least a small ticket to be conveyed (see a in Fig. 1)
, That is, on the conveyor belt 1a provided near the reference surface 2 side. The first pinch roller 2a and the second pinch roller 2b are provided between a reference surface 2 and a wall surface 3 forming a passage of a transport path 1 provided opposite to the reference surface 2. The support shaft 4 is provided on a frame 5 rotatably provided on the support shaft 4. The first pinch roller 2a and the second pinch roller 2b are located on both sides around the support shaft 4, and furthermore, the support shaft 2 of each pinch roller 2a, 2b.
The axis directions of a 'and 2b' are angles θ1 with respect to the reference plane 2.
, Θ2 are determined to be slightly smaller than 90 °. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1. As is apparent from FIG. 2, the first pinch roller 2a and the second pinch roller 2b are formed by the frame 5 When one of the pinch rollers is rotated in any one direction around the center of the transport belt 1a, the pinch roller can contact the upper surface of the transport belt 1a. In FIG. 2, the first pinch roller 2a
Indicates a state in which it is in contact with the conveyor belt 1a. The movement of the pinch rollers 2a, 2b, that is, the rotation of the frame 5, is configured to be performed by a solenoid 6, which is omitted in FIG. 1, and forms a part of the drive mechanism of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 7a and 7b denote guide plates for tickets and the like, which are provided so as to sandwich the transport belts 1a and 1b from above and below, and which pinch rollers 2a and 2b and rollers R1 and R2. It is provided so as not to hinder the driving of the motor. The solenoid 6 is fixed to the frame F of the card checker main body, and when the rod 6a of the solenoid 6 contracts, the first pinch roller 2a comes into contact with the conveyor belt 1a, and the rod 6b extends. At this time, as shown in FIG. 3, the second pinch roller 2b is configured to abut on the transport belt 1a. The contraction of the rod 6a of the solenoid 6, that is, the timing when the first pinch roller 2a abuts on the conveyor belt 1a is when a ticket is taken in from an insertion slot (not shown) (FIG. 1). , See arrow in FIG. 2)
The extension of the rod 6a of the solenoid 6, that is, the timing when the second pinch roller 2b abuts on the conveyor belt 1a is when discharging tickets and the like from the inside of the card checker body to the insertion slot (FIGS. 1 and 3). Arrow)). Therefore, the axis directions of the support shafts 2a 'and 2b' of the pinch rollers 2a and 2b are determined at the predetermined angles θ1 and θ2 smaller than 90 ° with respect to the reference plane 2 as described above. Therefore, regardless of the transport direction of the tickets, the tickets are always oriented such that one side faces the reference plane 2 side. In particular, since the pinch rollers 2a and 2b are provided near the reference surface 2, even small tickets are effectively aligned and conveyed by the pinch rollers 2a and 2b.
Reading defects and writing defects can be effectively prevented. According to the card checker of the present invention, there is provided a card checker in which one side of a ticket conveyed on a conveyance path is brought into contact with the card so that the posture of the ticket is kept in a predetermined state; A first pinch roller provided on the transport path, for arranging the tickets and the like conveyed in a predetermined direction on the road so as to face the reference plane side, and a predetermined direction on the transport path. A second pinch roller provided on the transport path for orienting the tickets conveyed in the opposite direction to the reference plane, and the conveyed tickets being in the predetermined one direction When the first pinch roller is transported to the transport path,
Brought into contact is actuated, in its transport when the ticket such that its conveying is conveyed in the other direction opposite to the predetermined direction
Since the pinch roller drive mechanism is operated by bringing the second pinch roller into contact with the road , the conveying posture of the conveyed tickets can always be maintained in a predetermined state.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a partial plan view of the inside of a card checker according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when a frame rotates. [Description of Signs] 1 Conveying paths 1a, 1b Conveying belt 2a First pinch roller 2b Second pinch roller 3 Wall surface 4 Support shaft 5 Frame 6 Solenoid 6a Rod

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-5-101230 (JP, A) Japanese Utility Model Showa 52-40799 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Utility Model Showa 55-117059 (JP, U) (58) Field (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07B 11/00 G06K 13/063

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A ticket inserted from an insertion slot of the card checker main body is taken into the card checker main body, and the taken ticket is discharged again to the insertion slot. And a magnetic head provided in the middle of the transport path, read data recorded on the inserted tickets via the magnetic head, and write the data as necessary. In the card checker described above, one side of the tickets conveyed on the conveyance path is brought into contact with
A reference surface to maintain the attitude of the ticket such a predetermined condition, the ticket class conveyed in a predetermined direction in the conveying path perform orientation to face said reference surface, to the conveying path
A first pinch roller provided, and orients the tickets or the like conveyed in the other direction opposite to the predetermined one direction on the conveyance path so as to face the reference plane.
A second pinch roller provided on the transfer path, and a first pinch roller contacting the transfer path when the conveyed ticket or the like is transferred in the predetermined one direction. A pinch roller driving mechanism for operating and operating the second pinch roller in contact with the transport path when the transported ticket is transported in the other direction opposite to the predetermined direction. A card checker comprising: