JP6304875B2 - Automatic bill collector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a toll collector.

  Automatic toll collectors are installed at tollgates such as toll roads and parking lot entrances to automatically collect tolls. Such an automatic toll collector is a device that eliminates the need for a toll collector, accepts payment of a fee from the driver of the vehicle, and automatically pays out change. In the automatic toll collector, the coin tray and the handicapped lever at the coin slot protrude from the toll lane toward the lane so that the driver can smoothly pay the fee while riding the vehicle. Installed. Therefore, the vehicle may come into contact with the coin tray and the handicapped lever, and the vehicle may be damaged.

  For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an automatic toll collector in which such a countermeasure is taken. In this automatic toll collector, the protruding main body is positioned so that the holding force in the vertical direction of the protruding main body which is a coin tray protruding toward the lane of the road is larger than the holding force in the horizontal direction. It is attached to. That is, in this automatic toll collector, the protruding main body can be easily detached from the automatic toll collector when the vehicle contacts the protruding main body from the lateral direction and an external force is applied in the lateral direction. On the other hand, this automatic toll collector is configured such that the protruding main body portion is difficult to come off when an external force is applied to the protruding main body portion from a direction other than the lateral direction. As a result, the impact generated on the vehicle when the vehicle contacts the toll collector is reduced without reducing the usability.

JP 2009-157910 A

  By the way, in the automatic toll collector described in Patent Document 1, once a protruding portion such as a coin tray drops off, an attendant such as a toll collector needs to move to the automatic toll collector and reattach this protruding portion. There is. In particular, when the toll booth is completely unmanned, the staff is monitoring at a position far away from the automatic toll collector, so the burden of going to the toll collector to attach the protruding part is large. turn into.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and an object thereof is to provide an automatic toll receiver that can reduce the impact on the vehicle due to contact without dropping off the protruding portion. To do.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
The automatic toll collector in the first aspect of the present invention is an automatic toll collector that is disposed on a side of a lane and receives a toll from a vehicle on the lane, and protrudes toward the lane. And a housing in which a housing portion capable of housing the projecting portion is formed inside, and the projecting portion projecting from the front surface in a use position in a lane front-rear direction. And a guiding means for guiding the protruding portion to the housing portion when an external force is applied.

  According to the automatic toll collector having such a configuration, when an external force is applied in the front-rear direction of the lane of the protruding portion, the protruding portion is guided to the accommodating portion by the guiding means. That is, when the projecting portion comes into contact with a part of the vehicle, the impact on the vehicle can be reduced by retracting the projecting portion from the position where the guide means contacts the vehicle. Furthermore, the protrusion can be retracted from a position in contact with the vehicle without dropping off the protrusion by being housed in the housing in the housing via the guide means.

  Further, in the automatic toll receiver according to another aspect of the present invention, the guide means has a rotating shaft that rotatably supports the protruding portion, and an external force acts on the protruding portion in the front-rear direction of the lane. The projecting portion may be rotated around the rotation axis and guided to the housing portion.

  According to the automatic charge receiver having such a configuration, the projecting portion can be smoothly guided to the accommodating portion by the rotational motion via the rotating shaft.

  Furthermore, in the automatic toll collector according to another aspect of the present invention, the guide means is provided on one side of the projecting portion in the front-rear direction of the lane as the rotating shaft, and from one side of the front-rear direction of the lane to the other side. When an external force acts on the protrusion toward the first rotation shaft that rotates the protrusion and guides it to the housing part, and the protrusion from the other side in the lane front-rear direction to the protrusion And a second rotating shaft that rotates the projecting portion together with the first rotating shaft and guides it to the housing portion when an external force is applied.

  According to the automatic charge receiver with such a configuration, the guide means rotates the protruding portion around one of the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft. Therefore, even if the vehicle comes into contact with the projecting portion from one side and the other side (the forward direction and the backward direction) in the lane front-rear direction and the external force acts, the projecting portion is accommodated in the accommodating portion. Can do.

  In the automatic toll receiver according to another aspect of the present invention, the guide means supports the protruding portion with respect to the housing, and slides the protruding portion from the use position toward the housing portion. A slide rail that can be moved, and the guide means slides the protrusion along the slide rail to guide the housing when an external force acts on the protrusion in the lane front-rear direction. May be.

  According to the automatic toll receiver having such a configuration, when an external force acts on the protruding portion in the front-rear direction of the lane, the protruding portion is further slid on the slide rail so that the protruding portion slides. It can be smoothly guided to the housing part.

  Furthermore, the automatic toll collector according to another aspect of the present invention provides a force means for applying a force so that the protruding portion is directed from the use position toward the housing portion, and against the force by the force means, Holding means for holding the protruding portion in the use position.

  According to the automatic toll receiver having such a configuration, the protruding portion is held at the use position by the holding means while the force toward the housing portion is given by the applying means. On the other hand, when an external force is applied to the protrusion, the sum of the external force and the force applied by the applying means exceeds the holding force provided by the holding means, so that the holding by the holding means is released and the protrusion is applied by the force applied by the applying means. The part moves to the accommodating part. That is, even if the external force acting on the protrusion is small by the force applying means assisting the movement of the protrusion, the protrusion can be accommodated in the accommodating portion. Therefore, it is possible to more effectively reduce the impact on the vehicle due to contact with a part of the vehicle while maintaining the usability (function of the protruding portion) of the automatic toll receiver during normal use.

  Moreover, the automatic toll collector in another aspect of the present invention may include return means for returning the protruding portion located in the accommodating portion to the use position.

According to the toll collector with such a configuration, it is possible to prevent the protruding portion from being housed in the housing portion. In other words, the protrusion received by the external force can be easily returned to the use position by the return means, and the work load for returning the protrusion to the use position can be reduced.
In addition, you may enable it to return a protrusion part to a use position at arbitrary timings by making it a shape which can pull out a protrusion part directly by manual operation.

  In the automatic toll collector according to another aspect of the present invention, the return means may return to the use position using gravity acting on the protrusion.

According to the automatic toll receiver having such a configuration, the protruding portion can be automatically returned to the use position again without separately supplying power to the return means.
In addition, you may provide the shock absorbing material which absorbs an impact on the outer surface of a protrusion part.
By providing the cushioning material, it is possible to prevent the vehicle from being damaged even if the protruding portion automatically returns to the use position due to gravity and collides with the vehicle again.

  Furthermore, in the automatic charge receiver according to another aspect of the present invention, the return means may move the protrusion to the use position by receiving a signal from a remote place away from the housing.

  According to the automatic toll collector having such a configuration, the protruding portion can be returned to the use position at an arbitrary timing from a remote place. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the projecting portion from being returned to the use position before the vehicle that has contacted the projecting portion has moved from the front of the housing, and contacting the projecting portion with the vehicle again. Thereby, the damage which arises in a vehicle by contacting with a protrusion part can be suppressed.

  The automatic toll receiver according to another aspect of the present invention includes a conversion unit that converts the external force applied from at least one of the front and rear directions of the lane into a force directed from the use position toward the accommodation unit. You may do it.

  According to the automatic toll collector having such a configuration, the projecting portion can be smoothly guided by the accommodating portion in the housing by using the acting external force.

  Furthermore, in the automatic fee collection / reception device according to another aspect of the present invention, the protruding portion may include a coin receiving tray capable of receiving or dispensing coins.

  According to the automatic charge receiver having such a configuration, it is possible to improve convenience when the user pays the automatic charge receiver with coins by protruding the coin tray from the front surface of the housing. And when an external force acts by the vehicle contacting in the lane front-rear direction of the coin tray, the coin tray can be separated from the vehicle without dropping off. Therefore, after improving the convenience of the automatic toll collector, the impact on the vehicle due to the contact can be reduced and the safety can be improved.

  In addition, in the automatic toll collector according to another aspect of the present invention, the coin tray is disposed so as to cover the route guided by the storage unit from the lower side in the vertical direction, and the coin tray is dropped by moving. You may have the fall coin recovery part which receives and collects the coin to do.

  According to the automatic charge receiver of such a configuration, even when the coin tray has already been inserted into the coin tray and the coin tray has moved to the storage section and the coin has fallen into the housing, the falling coin collecting section The fallen coins can be collected and returned to the user, or can be processed continuously by the automatic fee collection machine. Thereby, even if a part of vehicle contacts a coin tray, it can prevent losing the coin which the user thrown into the coin tray.

  Further, in the automatic fee collection machine according to another aspect of the present invention, the protrusion includes a handicapped lever for the user to request assistance from the fee collection member when the user is a disabled person. Also good.

  According to the automatic toll receiver having such a configuration, the handicapped lever can be easily operated by touching the handicapped lever by protruding the handicapped lever from the front surface of the housing. And when an external force acts, such as a vehicle contacting in the lane front-back direction of a handicapped lever, it can be separated from a vehicle, without dropping a handicapped lever. Therefore, after improving the convenience of the automatic toll collector, the impact on the vehicle due to the contact can be reduced and the safety can be improved.

  An automatic toll collector according to the second aspect of the present invention is an automatic toll collector that is disposed on the side of a lane and collects a toll from a vehicle on the lane. A handicapped lever for the user to request assistance from a staff member, and a housing in which the handicapped lever is disposed on the front and a housing part capable of housing the handicapped lever is formed therein, A guide means for guiding the handicapped lever to the housing portion when an external force acts on the handicapped lever protruding from the front surface in a lane front-rear direction in the use position, and the guide means includes a plurality of the handicapped persons. A rotating shaft for rotatably supporting the lever, and the rotating shaft is provided with a plurality of the handicapped levers so as to protrude in different directions in a direction intersecting the rotating shaft; The stage, when an external force acts on one of the plurality of disabled levers in the front-rear direction of the lane, rotates the disabled lever on which the external force acts directly around the rotation axis, and guides it to the accommodating portion. The other handicapped lever is rotated around the rotation axis and guided to the use position.

  According to the toll collector with such a configuration, when an external force is applied in the front-rear direction of the lane of the handicapped lever, the other handicapped lever is automatically moved to the use position while being separated from the vehicle without dropping the handicapped lever. Can be moved. Accordingly, it is possible to easily return the handicapped lever to the use position again without applying power separately while reducing the impact on the vehicle due to the contact.

  According to the automatic toll collector of the present invention, when an external force is applied from the front-rear direction of the lane, the projecting portion is accommodated in the accommodating portion, thereby reducing the impact on the vehicle due to contact without dropping the projecting portion. be able to.

It is a schematic diagram which shows a mode that the toll collection machine of this invention is installed. It is a cross-sectional view explaining the part which throws in the coin in the coin processing part of the automatic toll collection machine of 1st embodiment of this invention in detail. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the coin processing part of the automatic fee collection machine of 1st embodiment of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view explaining in detail the part which throws in the coin in the coin processing part of the automatic bill receiver of 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the coin processing part of the automatic fee collection machine of 2nd embodiment of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view which shows a mode that the coin receiving tray of the coin processing part of the automatic toll receiver of 3rd embodiment of this invention rotates around a 1st rotating shaft. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a mode that the coin tray of the coin processing part of the automatic toll receiver of 3rd embodiment of this invention rotates around a 2nd rotating shaft. It is a cross-sectional view explaining in detail the part which throws in the coin in the coin processing part of the automatic bill receiver of 4th embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the coin process part of the automatic fee collection machine of 4th embodiment of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view explaining in detail the part which throws in the coin in the coin processing part of the automatic bill receiver of 5th embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the coin process part of the automatic fee collection machine of 5th embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view explaining in detail the part which throws in the coin in the coin processing part of the automatic toll receiver of the 1st modification of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view explaining in detail the part which throws in the coin in the coin processing part of the automatic toll receiver of the 2nd modification of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the user operation part of the automatic toll collection machine of 6th embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows a disabled person switch of the toll collection machine of 6th embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows a disabled person switch of the automatic toll collection machine of 6th embodiment of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view showing a handicapped switch of a toll collection device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional view showing a handicapped switch of the automatic toll collection device of the seventh embodiment of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional view which shows the 2nd direction fixing | fixed part of a disabled person switch of the toll collection machine of 7th embodiment of this invention.

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Hereinafter, a first embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.
As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic toll collector 100 according to the first embodiment is installed at a toll gate on a toll road. The automatic toll collector 100 is arranged on the side of the lane 5 and can receive money unattended from the vehicle 4 passing on the lane 5. The automatic toll collector 100 includes a housing 1 that is a main body of the automatic toll collector 100, a coin processing unit 20 that processes coins out of money, and a user operation unit 3 that processes banknotes, pass tickets, and the like. ing.

  The casing 1 has a rectangular shape extending in the vertical direction in the vertical direction, and a front panel 1a having a front surface 1b that is parallel to the side of the lane 5 facing the lane 5 in the width direction of the lane 5. have. It is said. The housing 1 is arranged such that the front surface 1b of the front panel 1a is spaced from the end portion at the side of the lane 5 by a predetermined distance defined by law. And the housing | casing part 10 which can accommodate the coin tray 21 is formed in the housing | casing 1 inside.

  The accommodating portion 10 is a space (accommodating space) formed such that a part of the front surface 1b of the front panel 1a of the housing 1 is recessed. The accommodating portion 10 is a space of a size that allows the coin tray 21 to be completely accommodated in the housing 1 so as not to protrude from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 when a later-described coin tray 21 is accommodated. Is formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the coin processing unit 20 processes coins to be inserted by a user such as a driver of the vehicle 4 passing on the lane 5. The coin processing unit 20 includes a coin receiving tray 21 that is a protruding portion that protrudes from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1, a coin processing device 22 that processes coins received by the coin receiving tray 21, and a coin processing device from the coin receiving tray 21. A coin guide path 23 for sending coins to 22, a change return port 24 for returning coins out of change, and a change guide path 25 for sending change paid out from the coin processing device 22 to the change return port 24. ing. Further, the coin processing unit 20 guides the coin tray 21 into the housing 1 and a falling coin recovery that collects coins that fall from the coin tray 21 while the coin tray 21 is guided by the storage unit 10. Part 27, a force applying means 28 for applying a force so that the coin tray 21 is directed toward the accommodating section 10, and a holding means 29 for holding the coin tray 21 in a use position which is the front surface 1b of the housing 1. .

  The coin tray 21 is a coin slot that is arranged so as to protrude from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1 so as to be able to receive coins that are thrown from the driver of the vehicle 4. The coin tray 21 is a protruding portion that protrudes toward the lane 5 in the automatic toll collector 100. The protruding portion is a member that has a function for a user on the vehicle 4 to use the automatic toll receiver 100 and protrudes from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1. Here, in this embodiment, the position where the coin tray 21 is disposed so as to protrude from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 is referred to as a use position, which is a position where the user inserts coins during normal use. The coin tray 21 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape whose upper side in the vertical direction is open. Specifically, the coin tray 21 is arranged in parallel with the first member 21a arranged in parallel to the lane 5 width direction (up and down direction in FIG. 2) and the lane 5 front and rear direction (in FIG. 2 left and right direction in FIG. 2). It has the 2nd member 21b and the 3rd member 21c which forms the bottomed cylindrical shape by connecting the 1st member 21a and the 2nd member 21b.

  The first member 21 a protrudes in a flat plate shape from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1 toward the lane 5. The first member 21a has a rectangular flat plate portion having a rectangular shape and an arc-shaped flat plate portion integrally connected to the lower side in the vertical direction of the rectangular flat plate portion. The arc-shaped flat plate portion has a linear shape on the front surface 1b side of the housing 1 and is smoothly connected to the rectangular flat plate portion, and a rectangular flat plate portion on the lane 5 side, which is the side away from the front surface 1b side of the housing 1. Is formed in an arc shape from the contact point on the lower side in the vertical direction toward the front surface 1b side of the housing 1.

  The second member 21 b extends so as to form a flat plate shape parallel to the front surface 1 b of the housing 1. The second member 21b has the same shape as the first member 21a, and is a straight portion where no arc is formed. The second member 21b is in relation to the first member 21a via the rotation guide means 263 described later. Connected vertically. And the opening 21d is formed in the 2nd member 21b at the vertical direction lower side of the connection part with the 1st member 21a, and it connects with the coin guide path 23 mentioned later by this opening 21d.

  The third member 21 c is a curved plate member that connects the first member 21 a and the second member 21 b, and forms a bottomed portion of the coin tray 21. The third member 21c is connected to the first member 21a and the second member 21b with the shape seen from the upper side in the vertical direction forming an arc shape. And the 3rd member 21c has comprised the spherical surface shape which converges gradually toward the contact point of the perpendicular direction lower side of the connection part of the 1st member 21a and the 2nd member 21b.

The coin processing device 22 processes the coins received from the user in the coin tray 21, and collects and collects coins of different denominations and pays out the necessary amount of change.
The coin guide path 23 is a transport path for transporting coins that have been thrown into the coin tray 21 to the coin processing device 22.

The change return port 24 is an opening formed in the housing 1 for the user to receive the coins paid out from the coin processing device 22 as change. The change return port 24 is formed to be recessed from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1.
The change guide path 25 is a conveyance path that conveys coins paid out from the coin processing device 22 to the change return port 24.

  When the external force is applied to the coin tray 21 from the rear side (right side of the drawing in FIG. 2) on one side of the lane 5 in the longitudinal direction of the lane 5 toward the front side (left side of the drawing in FIG. 2) as the other side, The tray 21 is guided to the accommodating portion 10 inside the housing 1. Specifically, the guide means 26 in the first embodiment has a rotation shaft 26 a that rotatably supports the coin tray 21 with respect to the housing 1. When an external force is applied to the coin tray 21 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side, the guide means 26 rotates the coin tray 21 around the rotation shaft 26 a and guides it to the storage unit 10.

  The rotating shaft 26a is connected to the housing 1 so as to extend in the vertical direction along the back surface facing the front surface 1b of the front panel 1a of the housing 1. The rotating shaft 26a is also connected to the coin tray 21 at a corner portion on the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5, which is a connection portion between the first member 21a and the second member 21b of the coin tray 21. That is, the guide means 26 guides the coin tray 21 to be accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 by rotating the coin tray 21 clockwise (in the direction of FIG. 2A) around the rotation shaft 26 a with respect to the housing 1.

  The falling coin collecting unit 27 collects coins that have fallen from the coin receiving plate 21 into the housing 1 when the coin receiving plate 21 moves toward the housing unit 10. The falling coin collecting unit 27 is disposed so as to cover the coin tray 21 on the lower side in the vertical direction than the coin tray 21 on the path along which the coin tray 21 is guided to the storage unit 10. The falling coin collecting unit 27 in the present embodiment is configured to receive the trajectory of the coin tray 21 from the lower side in the vertical direction, and the falling coin that sends the coins collected by the receiving unit 27a to the change return port 24. And a guide path 27b.

The receiving portion 27a has a rectangular box shape with a shallow depth in the vertical direction, and an opening connected to the falling coin guide path 27b is formed in the bottom portion. The receiving portion 27a is formed so that the bottom portion is inclined toward the opening connected to the falling coin guide path 27b.
The falling coin guide path 27 b is a conveyance path that is connected from the receiving portion 27 a to the change return port 24 and conveys the coins collected by the reception portion 27 a to the change return port 24.

  The force applying means 28 is a spring member such as a coil spring that connects the second member 21 b of the coin tray 21 and the inside of the housing 1. The applying means 28 applies force to the coin receiving tray 21 from the use position toward the accommodating portion 10. Note that the force applying means 28 is not limited to a spring member, and may be, for example, a hydraulic cylinder or the like, as long as the force is applied so as to pull the coin tray 21 into the accommodating portion 10.

  The holding means 29 holds the coin receiving tray 21 in the use position against the force applied by the spring member, which is the applying means 28, toward the housing portion 10 until an external force of a predetermined magnitude acts on the coin receiving tray 21. ing. The holding means 29 is locked by a member installed on the coin tray 21 side and the housing 1 side, and has a structure in which the lock is easily released when an external force having a predetermined size is generated. . As the holding means 29 in the first embodiment, for example, a ball catch, a magnet catch or the like that is provided between the second member 21b side of the coin tray 21 and the back surface of the front panel 1a and used for fixing the door. Can be adopted. The magnitude of the external force that unlocks the holding means 29 is preferably determined in advance by appropriately calculating from the magnitude of impact generated in the vehicle 4 at the time of contact, the magnitude of external force applied to the coin tray 21 during normal use, and the like.

  The user operation unit 3, together with the coin processing unit 20, receives money and exchanges a pass / receipt with the automatic fee collection machine 100 through each mouth and each button. The user operation unit 3 includes a fee display unit 31 for displaying a fee, a bill insertion port 32 into which a bill is inserted, a bill return port 33 for returning a bill, and a receipt issuance for receiving a receipt issuance instruction. It has a button 34 and a receipt issuing port 35 for sending the receipt outward. In addition, the user operation unit 3 includes a pass ticket insertion slot 36 into which a pass ticket is inserted, a card insertion slot 37 into which a credit card or the like is inserted, and a receipt call button 38 for calling a receipt person in the event of an abnormality. doing.

Next, the operation of the automatic charge collector 100 according to the first embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.
In the automatic toll collector 100 according to the first embodiment as described above, when a passing ticket is inserted into the passing ticket insertion slot 36 by a user such as a driver of the vehicle 4 parked on the front surface 1b side of the housing 1, Based on the magnetic information of the pass ticket, a charge corresponding to the vehicle type and travel distance is calculated and displayed on the charge display unit 31. Then, the user inserts money into the coin tray 21 and the bill insertion slot 32 in accordance with the charge display on the charge display section 31. Then, the automatic fee collection machine 100 counts the inserted money, and when there is a change based on the difference between the counting result and the previous charge, the change is received from the change return port 24 and the banknote return port 33. return.

  In particular, when the user pays with coins, when the user throws the coin into the coin tray 21 protruding from the automatic charge receiver 100, the coin is connected via the coin guide path 23 connected to the second member 21b. Is collected by the coin processing device 22. Then, when change occurs in the coin processing device 22, change is paid out to the change return port 24 through the change guide path 25.

  Further, when a part of the vehicle 4 such as a door mirror comes into contact with the coin tray 21 and an external force acts on the coin tray 21 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5, which is the traveling direction of the vehicle 4, the coin tray 21. The holding means 29 holding the position 21 at the use position is unlocked. When the lock is released, the coin receiving tray 21 is pulled by the spring member as the force applying means 28 by applying a force toward the accommodating portion 10. The coin tray 21 is vigorously accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 by rotating clockwise about the rotation shaft 26a by the force pulled by the applying means 28 together with the acting external force.

  Furthermore, when an external force is applied to the coin tray 21 and the coin is already put in the coin tray 21, the coin falls into the housing 1 as the coin tray 21 rotates. The dropped coin is dropped and collected in the receiving part 27a of the falling coin collecting part 27. And since the inclination is provided in the bottom part of the receiving part 27a, it is guided to the fall coin guide path 27b and returned to a user at the change return port 24.

  According to the automatic toll collector 100 as described above, when an external force is applied from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 of the coin tray 21 toward the front side, the coin tray 21 is moved by the rotary shaft 26a serving as the guide means 26. Guide to the container 10. Therefore, when the vehicle 4 traveling on the lane 5 approaches the toll collector 100 in order to pay a fee, and the door mirror of the vehicle 4 comes into contact with the coin tray 21, the coin tray 21 is placed in the housing 1 in the housing 1. 10 can be accommodated. That is, when it comes into contact with a part of the vehicle 4, the coin tray 21 can be retracted from the position where the rotating shaft 26 a serving as the guide means 26 contacts the vehicle 4. As a result, the impact on the vehicle 4 can be reduced. Further, the coin tray 21 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 in the casing 1 while being connected to the casing 1 via the rotation shaft 26 a of the guide means 26. Therefore, the coin tray 21 can be retreated from the position in contact with the vehicle 4 without dropping off. Therefore, when an external force is applied from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the vehicle 4 toward the front side, the impact on the vehicle 4 due to the contact can be reduced without dropping the coin tray 21.

  Moreover, the coin receiving tray 21 can be smoothly guided to the accommodating part 10 by the rotational motion via the rotating shaft 26a. Therefore, the guide means 26 for reducing the impact on the vehicle 4 due to the contact can be configured with a simple structure without dropping the coin tray 21.

  Furthermore, a spring member that is a force applying means 28 that applies a force from the use position toward the storage portion 10 to pull the coin tray 21 and a holding means 29 that is unlocked when an external force of a predetermined magnitude is applied. Is provided. Therefore, the coin tray 21 is held at the use position by the holding means 29 while a force directed toward the housing portion 10 is applied by the spring member. On the other hand, when an external force is applied to the coin tray 21 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side, the sum of the external force and the force generated by the force applying means 28 is used by the holding means 29. The coin receiving tray 21 can be moved to the storage unit 10 by exceeding the holding force held in the storage unit 10. That is, even if the external force acting on the coin tray 21 is small by assisting the movement of the coin tray 21 to the receiving portion 10 by the spring member as the force applying means 28, the external force of a predetermined magnitude is used. If there is, the coin tray 21 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 10. Therefore, the impact on the vehicle 4 due to contact with a part of the vehicle 4 can be more effectively reduced while maintaining the function as the coin tray 21 which is the usability of the automatic toll receiver 100 during normal use. Can do.

  Moreover, the falling coin collection | recovery part 27 is arrange | positioned so that the coin receiving tray 21 on the path | route guided to the accommodating part 10 may be covered from a perpendicular direction lower side. Therefore, the coins that have fallen from the coin tray 21 can be collected by the receiving portion 27a of the falling coin collecting portion 27. That is, even if the coin tray 21 is moved to the storage unit 10 after the coin has already been put into the coin tray 21 and the coin falls into the housing 1, the dropped coin is transferred from the change return port 24 to the user. Can be returned to. Thereby, even if a part of the vehicle 4 comes into contact with the coin tray 21, the coin can be returned to the user without losing the coins inserted into the coin tray 21 by the user.

  Further, the third member 21c is formed so that the shape of the coin tray 21 viewed from the upper side in the vertical direction is an arc shape. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the rotational movement when the coin tray 21 is guided to the storage unit 10 by the rotation shaft 26a from interfering with the components inside the housing 1 and being hindered. Thereby, the guide means 26 can guide the coin tray 21 to the accommodating part 10 more efficiently.

  Moreover, the coin receiving tray 21 can be protruded from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1 by arranging the protruding portion as the coin receiving tray 21. Therefore, convenience can be improved when the user pays by inserting coins into the automatic fee collection machine 100. And when external force acts by the vehicle 4 contacting the lane 5 front-back direction of the coin receiving tray 21, etc., the coin receiving tray 21 can be accommodated in the accommodating part 10, and the vehicle 4 without dropping the coin receiving tray 21. Can be separated from. Therefore, after improving the convenience of the automatic toll collector, the impact on the vehicle 4 due to the contact can be reduced and the safety can be improved.

<< Second Embodiment >>
Next, with reference to FIG.4 and FIG.5, the toll collection machine 100 of 2nd embodiment is demonstrated.
In the second embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The automatic toll receiver 100 of the second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the return guide means 262 of the coin processing unit 202 also serves as the return means.

  That is, the return guide means 262 of the coin processing unit 202 in the automatic toll receiver 100 of the second embodiment tilts the lower side in the vertical direction of the rotation shaft 26 a parallel to the back surface of the housing 1 toward the inside of the housing 1. And an inclined rotation shaft 262a. Moreover, the automatic fee collection / reception device 100 of the second embodiment does not have the force applying means 28 and the holding means 29.

  The inclined rotation shaft 262a is a guide means for guiding the coin tray 21 to the storage unit 10, but uses the gravity acting on the coin tray 21 to return the coin tray 21 positioned in the storage unit 10 to the use position. It is also a means. That is, the inclined rotation shaft 262a is in a use position before the external force is applied to the coin tray 21 accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 by an external force by using the gravity acting on the coin tray 21 as a return means. The coin tray 21 is moved. Specifically, the inclined rotation shaft 262a is arranged such that one end faces the back surface of the front panel 1a and the other end extends along a surface that extends perpendicularly to the front surface 1b of the housing 1 in the vertical direction. 1 is arranged so as to enter the accommodating portion 10 toward the inside of the housing 1. In other words, the inclined rotation shaft 262a is a rotation shaft 26a that is disposed to be inclined from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 by a predetermined angle α.

  In addition, what is necessary is just to select suitably the predetermined angle (alpha) of the inclination rotating shaft 262a according to the environment to be used, such as the mass of the coin tray 21 and the magnitude | size of the external force which wants to move the coin tray 21 to the accommodating part 10.

  The coin tray 21 has a protrusion 21e that adjusts its position so that it does not protrude too much from the front surface 1b of the housing 1. The protruding portion 21e extends from the third member 21c to the front side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 so as to come into contact with a part of the rear surface side of the front panel 1a in the housing portion 10.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the coin tray 21 of the second embodiment is arranged with the coin tray 21 having the same shape as that of the first embodiment according to the inclination of the rotation shaft 26 a, but the shape inside the coin tray 21. Is preferably formed so as to be inclined toward the opening 21f of the connection portion with the coin guide path 23 even if the inclined rotation shaft 262a is inclined. And the coin tray 21 in 2nd embodiment is not limited to being the same shape as 1st embodiment. For example, you may change the shape of the coin tray 21 so that the opening part of the coin tray 21 may become horizontal.

Next, the operation of the automatic charge receiver 100 according to the second embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.
The automatic toll collector 100 according to the second embodiment as described above supports the coin tray 21 with an inclined rotation shaft 262a that is inclined during normal use. Therefore, the coin tray 21 is supported by the housing 1 by the protrusion 21e while hanging from the inclined rotation shaft 262a by gravity acting on the coin tray 21 itself. As a result, the coin tray 21 is arranged at a position protruding from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 which is the use position.

  When a part of the vehicle 4 comes in contact from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side and an external force acts on the coin tray 21, the coin tray 21 rotates clockwise about the inclined rotation shaft 262a (the direction in FIG. 4A). ) And is accommodated in the accommodating portion 10. Thereafter, the gravity acting on the coin tray 21 rotates counterclockwise around the inclined rotation shaft 262a and automatically returns to the use position which is the front surface 1b of the housing 1.

  According to the automatic bill collector 100 of the second embodiment as described above, the position of the coin tray 21 is returned from the storage unit 10 to the use position by the inclined rotation shaft 262a as the return means. Therefore, it can prevent that the coin receiving tray 21 will be in the state accommodated in the accommodating part 10. FIG. Thereby, the coin tray 21 which external force received can be easily returned to a use position by the inclination rotation axis | shaft 262a which is a return means, and the burden which returns the coin tray 21 to a use position can be reduced.

  Further, even if the coin tray 21 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 10, the tilt rotation shaft 262 a serving as the return means is inclined, so that the gravity rotating on the coin tray 21 is used to center the tilt rotation shaft 262 a. Can be rotated. That is, the coin receiving tray 21 accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 can be automatically returned to the use position again. Therefore, the coin tray 21 can be automatically returned to the use position again without applying power to the coin tray 21 accommodated in the accommodating portion 10.

<< Third embodiment >>
Next, the automatic toll collector 100 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the third embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The automatic toll collector 100 according to the third embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that there are two rotating shafts 26 a of the guide means 26 of the coin processing unit 203.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the coin processing unit 203 in the automatic fee collection / reception device 100 of the third embodiment rotates the circular coin tray 213 and the circular coin tray 213 in different directions into the storage unit 10. And rotation guide means 263 for guiding.

  The circular coin tray 213 has a shape different from that of the coin tray 21 and is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape having a semicircular shape opened from the upper side in the vertical direction. Specifically, the circular coin tray 213 includes a semi-cylindrical upper cylinder that forms a bottomed cylindrical side surface part, and a semi-spherical lower cylinder that forms a bottomed cylindrical bottom part. have.

The upper cylinder is formed in a semi-cylindrical shape with one surface forming a flat surface, and the flat surface portion is arranged in parallel with the front surface 1 b of the housing 1.
The bottom tube is a bottomed tube-shaped bottom by smoothly connecting a semicircular disk portion integrally connected to form a flat surface with the flat surface portion of the upper tube, and the semicircular disk portion and the upper tube in a spherical shape. And a hemispherical portion forming the portion. In the lower cylinder, an opening 21g of a connection portion with the coin guide path 23 is formed in the semicircular disk portion.

  As the rotation guide means 263, the coin receiving tray 21 is rotated in the clockwise direction (the direction of FIG. 6A) to receive it in the receiving portion 10, and the coin receiving tray 21 is in the direction of rotation opposite to that of the first rotating portion 2631. And a second rotating portion 2632 accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 by rotating counterclockwise (direction of FIG. 7B).

  The first rotating portion 2631 guides the circular coin tray 213 clockwise to the accommodating portion 10 when an external force is applied to the circular coin tray 213 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side. A rotation shaft 263a is provided.

  The first rotating shaft 263 a is provided on the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 with respect to the circular coin tray 213 on the front surface 1 b of the housing 1. Specifically, the first rotating shaft 263a fixes the circular coin tray 213 so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing 1 at a corner on the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 of the circular coin tray 213. The first rotating shaft 263 a is a rotating shaft 26 a extending in the vertical direction, and guides the circular coin tray 213 to be accommodated in the storage unit 10 by rotating the circular coin tray 213 clockwise.

  The second rotating portion 2632 rotates the circular coin tray 213 and the first rotating portion 2631 as a unit when an external force is applied to the circular coin tray 213 from the front side to the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5. Guide to 10. The second rotating shaft 263c includes a second rotating portion main body 263b that rotatably supports the first rotating portion 2631, and a second rotating shaft 263c that rotatably supports the second rotating portion main body 263b with respect to the housing 1. have.

  The 2nd rotation part main part 263b has comprised the O-shaped frame with the inside opened. The second rotating portion main body 263b rotatably supports one end and the other end of the first rotating shaft 263a on the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 of the internal opening. That is, the 2nd rotation part main body 263b is rotatably arrange | positioned at the opening part so that the circular coin receiving tray 213 may be surrounded from the circumference | surroundings.

  The second rotating shaft 263c is disposed on the front side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 with respect to the circular coin tray 213 on the front surface 1b of the housing 1 in parallel with the first rotating shaft 263a. That is, the second rotation shaft 263c is the front end of the frame body that is the second rotation portion main body 263b in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 and rotates the second rotation shaft 263c main body counterclockwise with respect to the housing 1. It is fixed as possible. The second rotating shaft 263c is a rotating shaft 26a that extends in the vertical direction, and rotates the main body of the second rotating shaft 263c counterclockwise so that the circular coin tray 213 and the first rotating portion 2631 are accommodated in the receiving portion 10. invite.

  Moreover, the receiving part 27c of the falling coin collection | recovery part 27 is formed so that the track | orbit of the coin receiving tray 21 may be received largely from a perpendicular lower side like 1st embodiment and 2nd embodiment. Therefore, the receiving part 27c in 3rd embodiment is formed larger than the receiving part 27a of 1st embodiment and 2nd embodiment.

Next, the operation of the automatic charge receiver 100 according to the third embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.
In the automatic toll receiver 100 of the third embodiment as described above, a part of the vehicle 4 comes into contact with the circular coin tray 213 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 that is the forward direction of the vehicle 4 toward the front side. External force acts. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the circular coin receiving tray 213 is guided by the first rotating portion 2631 and rotated around the first rotating shaft 263 a in the clockwise direction and guided to the storing portion 10. The

  On the other hand, if the vehicle passes too far in front of the automatic toll collector 100 and the door is retracted in a half-open state, a part of the vehicle 4 moves from the front side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 that is the backward direction of the vehicle 4 toward the rear side. An external force acts on the circular coin tray 213 in contact. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7, the circular coin tray 213 is rotated by the second rotating portion 2632 so that the circular coin tray 213 rotates counterclockwise around the second rotating shaft 263c together with the first rotating shaft 263a. 10 is guided and accommodated.

  According to the automatic bill collector 100 of the third embodiment as described above, the rotation guide means 263 includes the first rotation unit 2631 and the second rotation unit 2632. Therefore, the circular coin tray 213 can be rotated about any of the first rotating shaft 263a and the second rotating shaft 263c rotating in different directions. Therefore, the circular coin tray 213 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 even if the vehicle 4 comes into contact from either the front side or the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 and an external force acts on the circular coin tray 213. That is, the circular coin tray 213 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 in the housing 1 regardless of the direction of the vehicle 4 in the front-rear direction. Thereby, the impact to the vehicle 4 by contact can be more effectively reduced without dropping the circular coin tray 213.

  Moreover, the shape which the coin receiving tray 21 saw from the perpendicular direction upper side has comprised the semicircle shape. Therefore, an external force acts from either the front side or the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5, and the coin tray 21 rotates about one of the first rotary shaft 263a and the second rotary shaft 263c. Can also be prevented from interfering with the components in the housing 1 and hindering the rotational movement. Thereby, the structure which has the two rotating shafts 26a can be formed easily, and the rotation guide means 263 can guide the circular coin receiving tray 213 to the accommodating part 10 more efficiently.

  In addition, the circular coin tray 213 which is a coin tray in 3rd embodiment is not necessarily limited to what has comprised the semicircle shape. That is, the coin tray in the third embodiment may have a shape smaller than the rotation trajectory of the rotation guide unit 263 so as not to hinder the movement when the coin tray is accommodated by the rotation guide unit 263, for example, has a trapezoidal shape. It may be.

<< 4th embodiment >>
Next, the automatic toll collector 100 according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the fourth embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The automatic toll collector 100 according to the fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment with respect to the coin processing unit 204.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the coin processing unit 204 in the automatic toll receiver 100 of the fourth embodiment is a storage unit for storing the conversion coin tray 214 and the conversion coin tray 214 having different shapes from the first embodiment. 10, a slide guide means 264 that guides to 10, and an integrally falling coin collecting unit 274 that is integrated with the coin guide path 23. In addition, the coin processing apparatus 22 and the change return port 24 in 4th embodiment are the structures similar to 1st embodiment.

  The conversion coin tray 214 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape having a shape different from that of the first embodiment in which the upper side in the vertical direction is opened. Specifically, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is formed in a trapezoidal shape in which the shape seen from the upper side in the vertical direction forms a hypotenuse where the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 is inclined. The conversion coin tray 214 is disposed so as to protrude obliquely from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 toward the lower side in the vertical direction. The conversion coin tray 214 has an opening 21h at the bottom and is connected to the coin guide path 23. The conversion coin tray 214 is provided to be inclined toward the opening 21 h so that the inserted coins are sent to the coin guide path 23. The conversion coin tray 214 has a conversion unit 6 that converts an external force acting from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side into a force from the use position toward the storage unit 10. In addition, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 has a protruding portion 21e that comes into contact with a part of the housing portion 10 on the back side of the front surface 1b of the housing 1 in order to adjust the position so as not to protrude too much from the front surface 1b of the housing 1. It extends from the side toward both sides in the front-rear direction of the lane 5.

  The conversion unit 6 breaks down the external force acting from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side into a force in the direction from the use position toward the accommodation unit 10 and a force toward the front side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 as it is. And converted. The conversion unit 6 is an inclined surface corresponding to a trapezoidal hypotenuse that is a rear side surface of the conversion coin tray 214 in the front-rear direction of the lane 5. The inclined surface which is the conversion unit 6 is preferably provided with an inclination of 45 ° with respect to the front-rear direction of the lane 5, but the external force acting from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 is received from the use position. It suffices if it is formed so as to be inclined with respect to the front-rear direction of the lane 5 so that it can be converted into a force in a direction toward the vehicle 10.

  The slide guide means 264 has a slide rail 264 a that supports the conversion coin tray 214 with respect to the housing 1 so as to be slidable from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1 at the use position toward the housing portion 10. The slide guide means 264 is arranged such that the slide rail 264a is inclined so as to incline toward the upper side in the vertical direction from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 toward the inside of the housing 1 which is the accommodating portion 10. The slide rails 264a are two rails that support the conversion coin tray 214 from the lower side in the vertical direction and are arranged in parallel in the front-rear direction of the lane 5.

  The slide guide means 264 also serves as a return means by arranging the slide rail 264a in an inclined manner. In other words, the slide guide means 264 uses the slide rail 264 a to guide the conversion coin tray 214 to the storage unit 10, while the conversion coin tray 214 stored in the storage unit 10 is moved by the gravity acting on the conversion coin tray 214. It is moved to the front surface 1b of the housing 1 and returned to the use position. Specifically, the slide guide means 264 is arranged such that one end of the slide rail 264 a faces the front surface 1 b of the housing 1, and the other end of the slide guide unit 264 is located upward in the vertical direction from the one end in the housing portion 10. ing. That is, the slide guide means 264 is arranged with the slide rail 264a inclined from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 by a predetermined angle β with respect to the horizontal plane.

  In addition, what is necessary is just to select suitably the predetermined angle (beta) at the time of arrange | positioning the slide rail 264a according to use environments, such as the magnitude | size of the external force which wants to move the mass of the coin tray 21 and the coin tray 21 to the accommodating part 10, etc. .

  In the integrated falling coin collecting unit 274, the coin guide path 23 and the falling coin collecting unit 27 in the first embodiment are integrated. That is, when the conversion coin tray 214 moves toward the storage unit 10, the integrally falling coin collection unit 274 collects the coins that have fallen from the conversion coin tray 214, and not the change return port 24 but the coin processing device 22. Conveying.

Next, the operation of the automatic charge receiver 100 according to the fourth embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.
In the automatic toll collector 100 according to the fourth embodiment as described above, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is supported on the slide rail 264a that is disposed at an inclination during normal use. Therefore, the conversion coin tray 214 is supported by the projection 21e with respect to the housing 1 while sliding down the slide rail 264a by gravity acting on the conversion coin tray 214 itself. As a result, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is disposed at a position protruding from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 which is the use position.

  When a part of the vehicle 4 such as a door mirror comes into contact with the conversion coin receiving tray 214 to the inclined surface that is the conversion portion 6, an external force acts on the conversion coin receiving tray 214 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side. This external force is decomposed by the conversion unit 6 into a force in the direction from the use position toward the accommodation unit 10 and a force in the forward direction of the lane 5 in the front-rear direction. And the conversion coin receiving tray 214 slides along the slide rail 264a which is the slide guide means 264 by the force in the direction from the use position toward the storage unit 10 among the decomposed forces. The slide coin 214 that has been slid is accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 that is inside the housing 1. Thereafter, the conversion coin tray 214 slides down the slide rail 264a due to the gravity acting on the conversion coin tray 214, and the conversion coin tray 214 automatically returns to the use position which is the front surface 1b of the housing 1.

  Further, when an external force is applied to the conversion coin receiving tray 214 and the coin is already put in the conversion coin receiving tray 214, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 slides and the coin falls into the housing 1. To do. The dropped coins are dropped and collected in the integrated falling coin collecting unit 274 and sent to the coin processor.

  According to the automatic toll receiver 100 of the fourth embodiment as described above, an external force acts on the conversion coin receiving tray 214 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side, so that the slide rail 264a of the slide guide means 264 is applied. Slide to slide up. Therefore, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 can be more smoothly guided to the storage unit 10 by using an external force that acts. Therefore, the guide means 26 that reduces the impact on the vehicle 4 due to the contact without dropping the conversion coin receiving tray 214 can be configured with a simple structure.

  Further, even if the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 10, it slides on the slide rail 264a using the gravity acting on the conversion coin receiving tray 214 by the inclined slide rail 264a serving as the return means. Can be lowered. That is, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 can be automatically returned to the use position again. Thereby, the conversion coin tray 214 accommodated in the accommodating part 10 can be automatically returned to a use position again. Therefore, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 can be automatically returned to the use position again without applying power separately.

  Furthermore, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is provided with an inclined surface that is formed to be inclined with respect to the front-rear direction of the lane 5 as the conversion unit 6. Thereby, the external force which acts toward the front side from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 can be easily converted into a force from the use position toward the housing portion 10. That is, when an external force acting on the conversion coin tray 214 is generated from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side, the force toward the accommodation unit 10 can be effectively applied to the conversion coin tray 214. it can. Thereby, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 can be guided more smoothly by the accommodating part 10 in the housing 1.

  In addition, although the inclined surface which is the conversion part 6 in this embodiment is provided only in the side surface which faces the back side of the lane 5 front-back direction of the conversion coin receiving tray 214, it is not limited to this. For example, the conversion coin tray 214 may provide the conversion unit 6 with the front side surface in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 as an inclined surface, and the conversion unit 6 with both the front side and the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 as the inclined surfaces. It may be provided. That is, if the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is provided with the conversion portion 6 so as to convert an external force acting from at least one of the front side or the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 into a force directed from the use position toward the housing portion 10. Good.

<< 5th embodiment >>
Next, with reference to FIG.10 and FIG.11, the automatic toll collector 100 of 5th embodiment is demonstrated.
In the fifth embodiment, the same components as those in the fourth embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The automatic toll collector 100 according to the fifth embodiment is different from the fourth embodiment in that the coin processing unit 205 includes an automatic return means 7.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the coin processing unit 205 in the automatic toll receiver 100 according to the fifth embodiment includes a horizontal slide guide unit 265 in which the slide rail 264 a is disposed horizontally, and a remote remote from the housing 1. It has an automatic return means 7 that moves the conversion coin receiving tray 214 from the storage unit 10 to the use position by receiving a signal from the ground. Further, the coin processing unit 205 includes a force applying unit 28 that applies a force so that the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is directed toward the housing unit 10, and a holding unit 29 that holds the conversion coin receiving tray 214 at a use position that is the front surface 1 b of the housing 1. And have. Note that the force applying means 28 and the holding means 29 in the fifth embodiment have the same configuration as in the first embodiment.

  The horizontal slide guide means 265 supports a conversion coin receiving tray 214 similar to that of the fourth embodiment so as to be slidable horizontally from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 which is the use position to the housing portion 10 with respect to the housing 1. Yes. In the horizontal slide guide means 265, the slide rail 264a used in the slide guide means 264 of the fourth embodiment is horizontally arranged from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 toward the housing portion 10.

  The automatic return means 7 receives a signal from the remote monitoring terminal 8 that monitors and controls the automatic charge receiver 100 at a remote location away from the housing 1 with the conversion coin receiving tray 214 stored in the storage section 10, Push and move toward the use position. The automatic return means 7 has a cylinder part 71 that pushes the conversion coin tray 214 accommodated in the accommodation part 10 toward the use position, and a control part 72 that moves the cylinder part 71 in response to a signal from the remote monitoring terminal 8. doing.

The cylinder unit 71 is a hydraulic cylinder that is driven by receiving a signal from the control unit 72. When a signal is input from the control unit 72, the cylinder unit 71 is driven to extend horizontally along the slide rail 264 a from the housing unit 10 toward the front surface 1 b of the housing 1.
The cylinder unit 71 is not limited to a hydraulic cylinder, and for example, a pneumatic cylinder or a solenoid may be used.

  When the sensor (not shown) detects that the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is stored in the storage unit 10, the control unit 72 sends a signal to the remote monitoring terminal 8 disposed in the remote place. send. Further, when a signal is input by operating the remote monitoring terminal 8, the control unit 72 outputs a signal for driving the cylinder unit 71.

Next, the operation of the automatic charge receiver 100 according to the fifth embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.
In the automatic toll collector 100 of the fifth embodiment as described above, when a part of the vehicle 4 such as a door mirror comes into contact with the conversion coin receiving tray 214, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is directed from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side. External force acts on the. As a result, the holding means 29 that holds the position of the conversion coin receiving tray 214 at the use position is unlocked. When the lock is released, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is pulled by being applied by the spring member that is the force applying means 28 so as to be directed toward the accommodating portion 10. The conversion coin tray 214 is slid and slid on the slide rail 264a by the force pulled by the applying means 28 together with the acting external force and is vigorously accommodated in the accommodating portion 10.

  Thereafter, information that the converted coin tray 214 has been stored in the storage unit 10 is sent from the control unit 72 to the remote monitoring terminal 8 as a signal. Then, a staff member operating the remote monitoring terminal 8 is notified that the converted coin tray 214 is stored in the storage unit 10. When an attendant operates the remote control terminal to input to return the conversion coin receiving tray 214 to the use position, the control unit 72 that receives the signal from the remote operation terminal outputs a signal for driving the cylinder unit 71. When a signal is input, the cylinder portion 71 moves toward the front surface 1b of the housing 1. Due to the movement of the cylinder part 71, the conversion coin tray 214 is pushed and starts moving from the storage part 10 toward the front surface 1 b of the housing 1. After that, the conversion coin tray 214 continues to move so as to be pushed out to the cylinder portion 71 and returned to the use position, and the holding means 29 is locked again.

  In the automatic toll receiver 100 of the fifth embodiment as described above, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 supported by the slide rail 264a disposed horizontally in the horizontal slide guide means 265 is used by the spring member as the force applying means 28. A force is applied from the use position toward the housing portion 10. A holding means 29 is provided that is unlocked when an external force having a predetermined magnitude is applied. Therefore, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is held at the use position by the holding means 29 while a force directed toward the housing portion 10 by the spring member is applied. On the other hand, when an external force is applied to the conversion coin receiving tray 214 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side, the sum of the external force and the force by the applying means 28 is held at the use position by the holding means 29. By exceeding the holding force, the conversion coin tray 214 can be moved to the storage unit 10. That is, even when the external force acting on the conversion coin tray 214 is small by assisting the movement of the conversion coin tray 214 to the receiving portion 10 by the spring member that is the force applying means 28, the spring member has a predetermined size. If it is an external force, the conversion coin tray 214 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 10. Therefore, the impact on the vehicle 4 due to contact with a part of the vehicle 4 can be more effectively reduced while maintaining the usability of the automatic toll collector 100 during normal use.

  Moreover, the coin receiving tray 21 can be returned to the use position by receiving a signal from a remote place by the automatic return means 7. That is, by operating the remote monitoring terminal 8 at a remote place, the cylinder portion 71 can be driven to move the conversion coin tray 214 accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 to the use position. Therefore, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 can be returned to the use position at an arbitrary timing from a remote place. Therefore, before the vehicle 4 in contact with the conversion coin receiving tray 214 finishes moving from the front of the housing 1, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is returned to the use position, and the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is brought into contact with the vehicle 4 again. Can be prevented. Thereby, the damage which arises in the vehicle 4 by contacting with the conversion coin receiving tray 214 can be suppressed.

In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is accept | permitted in the range which does not deviate from the summary. For example, as a first modification of the fourth embodiment, the slide guide means 264 may be slidably movable with the conversion coin tray 214 horizontally from the front surface 1b of the housing 1.
That is, in the first modified example, as shown in FIG. 12, the slide rail 264a is not horizontally inclined from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 by a predetermined angle β with respect to the horizontal plane, and is arranged horizontally as in the fifth embodiment. Yes.

  Since the slide rail 264a is arranged horizontally, when the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 as compared with the fourth embodiment, the influence of force such as gravity toward the front surface 1b of the housing 1 is reduced. The conversion coin tray 214 is difficult to receive. Therefore, when the vehicle 4 comes into contact with the conversion coin receiving tray 214, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 can be stored in the storage unit 10 without requiring a larger force than in the fourth embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently house the housing 10 with a simple configuration, and to prevent damage to the vehicle 4.

Further, as a second modification of the fourth embodiment, the slide guide means 264 may be slidable so that the conversion coin tray 214 is lowered from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1.
That is, in the second modification example, as shown in FIG. 13, the slide rail 264a is disposed so as to be inclined from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 by a predetermined angle β with respect to the horizontal plane. Moreover, the holding means 29 similar to 1st Embodiment which hold | maintains the conversion coin receiving tray 214 in a use position until the external force of a predetermined magnitude | size acts so that the conversion coin receiving tray 214 may not be accommodated in the accommodating part 10 by dead weight. Is provided.

By arranging the slide rail 264a so as to be directed downward in the vertical direction toward the inside of the housing 1, the conversion coin receiving tray 214 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 using gravity. Therefore, when the vehicle 4 contacts the conversion coin receiving tray 214, it can be accommodated in the accommodating portion even with a slight force. Therefore, the conversion coin tray 214 can be efficiently accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 with a simple configuration.
In the case of the second modification, it is more preferable to change the shape of the conversion coin tray 214 so that the opening of the conversion coin tray 214 is horizontal.

<< 6th embodiment >>
Next, with reference to FIG. 14 to FIG. 17, a toll collector 100 according to the sixth embodiment will be described.
In the sixth embodiment, the same components as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. The automatic toll collector 100 according to the sixth embodiment further includes a disabled switch 9.

  That is, the automatic toll collector 100 according to the sixth embodiment includes a disabled person switch 9 as a configuration of the user operation unit 3 on the lower side as shown in FIG. The handicapped person switch 9 is a switch operated when the user is a handicapped person to request assistance from a charge collection person who is a staff member. The handicapped person switch 9 has a display indicating that it is an input device for a handicapped person for a user such as a driver of the vehicle 4 in the lane 5. The handicapped person switch 9 calls a toll collector by being turned on by the user.

  Further, in the automatic toll collector 100 according to the sixth embodiment, a lever accommodating portion 11 that accommodates a disabled lever 91 of a disabled switch 9 described later is formed as the accommodating portion 10. The lever accommodating portion 11 is a space (accommodating space) formed inside the casing 1 by opening a part of the front surface 1b of the casing 1 in a rectangular shape. The lever accommodating portion 11 is formed as a space of a size that allows the handicapped lever 91 to be completely accommodated in the housing 1 so as not to protrude from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 when the handicapped lever 91 is accommodated. Has been.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the handicapped switch 9 includes a handicapped lever 91 that protrudes from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1 and a lever guide unit 92 that is a guide unit 26 that moves the handicapped lever 91 in two different directions. Have.

  The handicapped lever 91 is a protruding part for a user such as a driver of the vehicle 4 to use the automatic fee collection machine 100 as in the coin tray 21. Here, in the sixth embodiment, an initial position before the user operates the disabled switch 9 is referred to as a use position. The handicapped lever 91 has a rod shape and projects vertically from the front surface 1b at the use position. Specifically, the handicapped lever 91 includes a lever main body portion 91a that extends vertically from the front surface 1b in a cylindrical shape, and a spherical lever tip provided at the end of the lever main body portion 91a that protrudes from the housing 1. Part 91b.

  The lever guiding means 92 includes a first direction T1 that is a direction in which the handicapped lever 91 is moved so as to turn on the handicapped switch 9 and a second direction T2 that is a rotational direction in which the handicapped lever 91 is accommodated in the lever accommodating portion 11. The handicapped lever 91 is moved in two different directions. Here, the first direction T1 in the present embodiment refers to the movement of the lever main body 91a along a plane orthogonal to the front surface 1b of the housing 1 so that the lever tip 91b is moved in the vertical direction of the housing 1. Direction. The second direction T2 is a direction that rotates around a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction.

  The lever guide means 92 supports a lever support shaft 921 that supports the handicapped lever 91 so as to protrude vertically from the front surface 1b of the housing 1 in the use position, and a first end portion of the lever support shaft 921 that rotatably supports the lever support shaft 921. One support receiving portion 922. The lever guide means 92 can rotate the other end of the lever support shaft 921 that is not supported by the first support receiving portion 922, and supports the second support receiving portion so as to be movable in the lane 5 width direction. 923. The lever guiding means 92 has a shaft maintaining portion 924 that applies a force to the lever supporting portion so as to maintain the position of the handicapped lever 91 at the use position.

  The lever support shaft 921 is a rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction when the handicapped lever 91 is rotated in the second direction T2. Specifically, the lever support shaft 921 is a shaft member extending in the vertical direction in a state where the handicapped lever 91 is disposed at the use position. The lever support shaft 921 includes a lever support shaft main body 921a connected to the handicapped lever 91, a first support portion 921b disposed at one end of the lever support shaft 921, and a first support portion 921b of the lever support shaft 921. 2nd support part 921c arrange | positioned at the other edge part opposite.

The lever support shaft main body 921a is integrally connected to the end of the lever main body 91a on the side where the lever tip 91b is not formed at the central portion in the vertical direction.
The first support portion 921b is formed at the end portion on the lower side in the vertical direction of the lever support portion main body at the use position. The first support portion 921b has a spherical shape.
The second support portion 921c is formed at the end portion on the upper side in the vertical direction of the lever support portion main body at the use position. The second support portion 921c has a spherical shape.

  The first support receiving portion 922 rotatably supports the first support portion 921b with the center point of the first support portion 921b having a spherical shape as the rotation center. The first support receiving portion 922 is fixed inside the housing 1 and has a concave portion 922a that is recessed in a spherical shape facing the upper side in the vertical direction. The first support receiving portion 922 supports the lever support shaft main body 921a in a tiltable and rotatable manner like a ball joint by fitting the first support portion 921b into the concave portion 922a.

  The second support receiving portion 923 supports the second support portion 921c so as to be rotatable in the second direction T2 and swingable in the lane 5 width direction, which is a direction approaching the front surface 1b of the housing 1. . The second support receiving portion 923 is fixed inside the housing 1. The second support receiving portion 923 has an arc shape centering on the first support receiving portion 922 and extends in the lane 5 width direction. The second support receiving portion 923 is formed with a groove portion 923a facing downward in the vertical direction along the lane 5 width direction. Specifically, the second support receiving portion 923 is a rail that is fixed inside the housing 1 and has a C-shaped cross section so that the opening is directed downward in the vertical direction. The second support receiving portion 923 moves the second support portion 921c around the first support receiving portion 922 along the extending direction of the second support receiving portion 923 by fitting the second support portion 921c into the groove portion 923a. It is possible. Further, the second support receiving portion 923 supports the lever support shaft main body 921a together with the first support receiving portion 922, so that the lever support shaft 921 can be rotated around the axis like a radial bearing.

  The shaft maintaining part 924 applies a force to maintain the posture of the lever support shaft 921 in the initial state so as to maintain the state where the handicapped lever 91 is disposed at the use position. Specifically, the shaft maintaining unit 924 maintains an initial posture in which the lever supporting shaft 921 extends in the vertical direction and the disabled lever 91 protrudes vertically from the front surface 1b of the housing 1. Let Therefore, the shaft maintaining portion 924 applies a force acting in the lane 5 width direction and a force acting around the lever support shaft main body 921a to the lever support shaft main body 921a. For example, the shaft maintaining portion 924 in the present embodiment is a spring member such as a coil spring that connects the lever support shaft main body 921a and the inside of the housing 1.

  The shaft maintaining unit 924 is not limited to a spring member, and may be a hydraulic cylinder or the like, for example. Further, the shaft maintaining portion 924 is not limited to a structure that applies force to the lever support shaft 921, but may be a structure that directly applies force to the handicapped lever 91. Any structure may be used as long as the position is maintained at the use position.

Next, the operation of the handicapped switch 9 in the automatic charge collector 100 according to the sixth embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.
In the automatic toll collector 100 according to the sixth embodiment as described above, when a user such as a driver of the vehicle 4 parked on the front surface 1b side of the housing 1 uses the disabled switch 9, the user can use the disabled lever 91. Is moved downward in the first direction T1. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 16, when the user touches the handicapped lever 91 from the upper side in the vertical direction to the lower side, the handicapped lever 91 is pushed downward in the vertical direction. . When an external force acts on the handicapped lever 91 downward in the vertical direction, the second support portion 921c moves along the second support receiving portion 923 so as to approach the front surface 1b of the housing 1, and the lever support shaft main body 921a. Is inclined so that the upper side in the vertical direction is closer to the front surface 1b. As a result, the handicapped person switch 9 is actuated, and a signal is sent to the control unit of the automatic toll collection machine 100 (not shown) to call a receipt person in a remote place. After that, when the external force acting downward in the vertical direction is lost due to the user's hand or the like being separated, the force is working to return the lever support shaft 921 to the initial posture by the shaft maintenance unit 924. The lever support shaft 921 is pulled, and the handicapped lever 91 returns to the use position. Thereby, the handicapped lever 91 is automatically returned to the use position.

  As shown in FIG. 17, a part of the vehicle 4 comes into contact with the disabled lever 91 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 to the front side, and an external force acts on the disabled lever 91 toward the front in the front-rear direction of the lane 5. When an external force acts on the disabled lever 91 toward the front in the front-rear direction of the lane 5, the lever support shaft 921 is rotated clockwise in the second direction T2 by the first support receiving portion 922 and the second support receiving portion 923 (FIG. 17). In the A direction). Thereby, the handicapped lever 91 is guided and accommodated in the lever accommodating portion 11. After that, when the external force acting in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 disappears due to the separation of the vehicle 4, the force is applied so that the lever support shaft 921 is returned to the initial posture by the shaft maintaining portion 924. The handicapped lever 91 rotates to return to the use position. Thereby, the handicapped lever 91 is automatically returned to the use position.

  On the other hand, when the user goes too far in front of the automatic toll collector 100 and retreats the door in a half-open state, a part of the vehicle 4 comes into contact with the handicapped lever 91 from the front side to the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5. External force acts on the. In this case, the lever support shaft 921 is rotated counterclockwise in the second direction T2 by the first support receiving portion 922 and the second support receiving portion 923. Thereby, the handicapped lever 91 is guided and accommodated in the lever accommodating portion 11.

  According to the automatic toll collector 100 as described above, when an external force is applied from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 of the handicapped lever 91 toward the front side, the handicapped lever 91 is moved to the housing portion 10 by the lever guiding means 92. I can guide you. Therefore, when the vehicle 4 traveling on the lane 5 approaches the automatic toll collector 100 to pay a fee and the door mirror or the like of the vehicle 4 contacts the disabled lever 91, the disabled lever 91 is accommodated in the housing of the housing 1. It can be accommodated in the part 11. That is, when a part of the vehicle 4 is contacted, the lever guide means 92 can move the handicapped lever 91 to a position away from the position where the handicapped lever 91 is contacted. As a result, the impact on the vehicle 4 can be reduced. In addition, the handicapped lever 91 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 in the casing 1 while being connected to the casing 1 via the lever support shaft 921 of the lever guiding means 92. Therefore, the handicapped lever 91 can be separated from the vehicle 4 without dropping.

  In addition, by setting the protruding portion as the handicapped lever 91, the handicapped lever 91 can be arranged to protrude from the front surface 1 b of the housing 1. Therefore, even if a physically handicapped person having a disability in a part of the body function is a user, the handicapped lever 91 can be easily touched and operated. Accordingly, the convenience of the automatic toll collector 100 can be improved, and the impact on the vehicle 4 due to the contact can be reduced to improve safety.

  Furthermore, the handicapped lever 91 can be rotated in any direction in the second direction T2 by the lever guiding means 92. Therefore, the handicapped lever 91 can be accommodated in the lever accommodating portion 11 in the housing 1 even when an external force is received from any direction in the front-rear direction of the lane 5.

  Note that a rotation holding means (not shown) that does not rotate the first support portion 921b in the second direction T2 between the first support portion 921b and the first support receiving portion 922 until an external force of a predetermined magnitude is applied. It may be provided. As the rotation holding means, for example, a ball catch or a magnet catch can be employed. By providing such rotation holding means, unnecessary movement of the handicapped lever 91 can be suppressed.

  Moreover, the handicapped person switch 9 is provided with the automatic reset means 7 which moves the handicapped lever 91 from the lever accommodating part 11 to a use position by receiving the signal from the remote place away from the housing | casing 1 like 5th embodiment. It may be. This prevents the handicapped lever 91 from being returned to the use position before the vehicle 4 in contact with the handicapped lever 91 finishes moving from the front of the housing 1, and prevents the handicapped lever 91 from coming into contact with the vehicle 4 again. it can.

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Next, with reference to FIG. 18, the automatic toll collector 100 according to the seventh embodiment will be described.
In the seventh embodiment, the same components as those in the sixth embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted. In the automatic toll collector 100 according to the seventh embodiment, the handicapped switch 9 according to the sixth embodiment further includes a plurality of handicapped levers 91.

That is, in the automatic toll receiver 100 of the seventh embodiment, as shown in FIG. 18, three handicapped levers 91 in the horizontal direction that intersects the lever support shaft 921 with respect to the lever support shaft 921. They are evenly spaced so that they extend along different directions (radially). The handicapped lever 91 according to the seventh embodiment includes, in the use position, a first handicapped lever 911 that is disposed so as to protrude vertically from the front surface 1b of the housing 1, and a clockwise direction in the second direction from the first handicapped lever 911 (FIG. 18). The second handicapped lever 912 disposed at a position 120 degrees apart in the direction A) and the third handicapped lever disposed at a position 120 degrees apart from the first handicapped lever 911 and the second handicapped lever 912, respectively. 913.
The first handicapped lever 911, the second handicapped lever 912, and the third handicapped lever 913 have the same configuration as the handicapped lever 91 in the sixth embodiment, and only the arrangement is different.

  The lever guiding means 92 has a second direction fixing portion 93 that fixes the position of the lever support shaft 921 in the second direction T2. The second direction fixing portion 93 fixes the position so that the lever support shaft main body 921a does not rotate when the lever support shaft main body 921a rotates only a predetermined angle with respect to the first support receiving portion 922. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 19, in the second direction fixing portion 93, a structure like a ball plunger is provided in the first support portion 921b and the first support receiving portion 922. A structure provided on the first support portion 921b of the second direction fixing portion 93 is a hemispherical spherical protrusion portion 93a protruding from the surface of the first support portion 921b. The spherical protrusion 93a can be recessed or protruded from the surface of the first support portion 921b by an elastic member such as a spring. And as a structure provided in the 1st support receiving part 922 of the 2nd direction fixing | fixed part 93, the recessed part 922a of the 1st support receiving part 922 corresponds to the hemispherical protrusion formed in the 1st support part 921b. It has a spherical recess 93b that is recessed spherically from the surface. The second direction fixing portion 93 has a lever supporting shaft main body 921a so that the spherical protrusion 93a and the spherical depression 93b correspond to the first handicapped lever 911, the second handicapped lever 912, and the third handicapped lever 913. Are arranged at evenly spaced positions in the circumferential direction.

Next, the operation of the handicapped switch 9 in the automatic toll receiver 100 of the seventh embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.
In the automatic toll collector 100 of the seventh embodiment as described above, a part of the vehicle 4 comes into contact with the first handicapped lever 911 in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side. External force acts forward. When an external force of a predetermined magnitude or more acts on the first handicapped lever 911 forward in the front-rear direction of the lane 5, a force that rotates the lever support shaft 921 clockwise in the second direction T2 acts. When a force for rotating the lever support shaft 921 is applied, the spherical protrusion 93a of the first support portion 921b is displaced from the spherical recess portion 93b to the second support receiving portion 923. Therefore, the spherical protrusion 93a is pushed by the surface of the concave portion 922a of the first support receiving portion 922 and dented toward the center of the first support portion 921b, and the first support portion 921b is unfixed and moves in the second direction T2. Rotate clockwise. Thereafter, when the first support portion 921b is rotated by 120 °, the adjacent spherical recess portion 93b and the spherical protrusion portion 93a are engaged. Thereby, the position of the lever support shaft 921 is fixed again. At this time, the first handicapped lever 911 that is in contact with the vehicle 4 and directly applied with an external force is guided to and stored in the lever storage portion 11. At the same time, the third handicapped lever 913 is guided from the lever housing portion 11 toward the use position.
Similarly, when an external force acts on the first handicapped lever 911 from the front side to the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5, the second direction T2 rotates counterclockwise (direction B in FIG. 18), and the first handicapped person The lever 911 is guided and accommodated in the lever accommodating portion 11. At the same time, the second handicapped lever 912 is guided from the lever accommodating portion 11 toward the use position.

  According to the automatic toll receiver 100 as described above, when an external force is applied from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 of the first handicapped lever 911 toward the front side, the first handicapped lever 911 to which the external force is directly applied. While guiding to the accommodating part 10, the 2nd handicapped lever 912 or the 3rd handicapped lever 913 which the other external force does not act directly can be guided to a use position. Therefore, when the vehicle 4 or the like comes into contact, the other second handicapped lever 912 or the third handicapped lever 913 is automatically moved to the use position while being separated from the vehicle 4 without dropping the contacted first handicapped lever 911. Can be made. Therefore, it is possible to easily return the handicapped lever 91 automatically to the use position again without applying power separately, while reducing the impact on the vehicle 4 due to contact.

  Note that the number of the handicapped levers 91 is not limited to three, and a plurality of handicapped levers 91 may be placed in a use position when another handicapped lever 91 to which an external force is directly applied is accommodated. Any structure that can be guided is acceptable. That is, the number may be changed as appropriate according to the automatic toll collector 100 used. For example, the plurality of disabled levers 91 may be two or four.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings, the configurations and combinations of the embodiments in the embodiments are examples, and the addition and omission of configurations are within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. , Substitutions, and other changes are possible. Further, the present invention is not limited by the embodiments, and is limited only by the scope of the claims.

In the present embodiment, the automatic toll collector 100 installed at a toll gate on a toll road as the automatic toll collector 100 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be a toll collection machine 100 that is provided and performs automatic settlement.
In the present embodiment, the embodiment using the rotating shaft 26a as the guide means 26 and the embodiment using the slide rail 264a are described separately, but the present invention is not limited to this. You may use the guide means 26 which used the rotating shaft 26a and the slide rail 264a simultaneously.

  Furthermore, the external force received by the coin receiving tray 21 and the handicapped lever 91 that is the protruding portion is not only the force acting from the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 toward the front side, but conversely from the front side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 It may be a force acting toward. At this time, it is possible to cope with this by changing the position where the rotation shaft 26a which is the guide means 26 is provided or the position where the conversion unit 6 of the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is provided. For example, in the first embodiment, the rotating shaft 26a is disposed on the front side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5, or the rotating portion 26a is disposed on the upper side or the lower side of the coin tray 21 and the conversion unit 6 is provided with the coin receiving portion. It can respond by doing.

  Moreover, the conversion part 6 provided in the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is not limited to the case of the slide guide means 264 that is the guide means 26 having the slide rail 264a, but the guide means 26 having the rotating shaft 26a. It may be provided in some cases. Further, the handicapped lever 91 may be provided. For example, an inclined surface may be provided on the side surface on the rear side in the front-rear direction of the lane 5 of the coin tray 21 in the first embodiment to form the conversion unit 6.

  Furthermore, you may provide the buffer material which absorbs an impact in the outer surface of protrusion parts, such as the coin tray 21 and the 1st handicapped lever 911. That is, by providing a cushioning material on the outer surface of the protruding portion, it is possible to reduce damage to the vehicle 4 when the vehicle 4 collides. For example, when the coin tray 21 automatically returns to the use position as in the second embodiment or the third embodiment, there is a possibility of colliding with the vehicle 4 again. Even in such a case, since the shock absorber 21 is provided in the coin tray 21, it can reduce effectively that a vehicle is damaged.

  The falling coin collecting unit 27 and the integrated falling coin collecting unit 274 are not limited to the combination of the coin processing units 20, 202, 203, 204, and 205 described in the embodiment. For example, you may use the structure which conveys the coin collect | recovered like the integrally falling coin collection | recovery part 274 with respect to the coin tray 21 and the guide means 26 of 1st embodiment instead of the change return port 24. FIG. Moreover, you may use the structure which conveys the collect | recovered coin like the fall coin collection | recovery part 27 with respect to the conversion coin receiving tray 214 and the slide guide means 264 of 4th embodiment to the change return port 24. FIG. That is, the structure such as the coin tray 21 and the guide means 26 and the structure for collecting the coins falling into the housing 1 may be used in any combination.

Furthermore, it is good also as a structure which can manually return protrusion parts, such as the coin receiving tray 21 accommodated in the accommodating part 10, the 1st disabled person lever 911, etc. by the user. For example, when the coin tray 21 has a structure in which the coin tray 21 is moved to the accommodating portion 10 by the applying means 28 as in the first embodiment, a groove that can be gripped and pulled out by the coin tray 21 and the like. May be provided. Moreover, when it is set as the structure returned by the automatic return means 7 containing the cylinder part 71 which is an actuator after being accommodated in the accommodating part 10 like 5th embodiment, except for performing the returning operation, the accommodating part It is good also as a structure where a lock | rock is not applied even after the conversion coin receiving tray 214 is accommodated in FIG.
By doing in this way, the accustomed user can easily return to a use position by pulling out a protrusion part manually. Thereby, for example, the user can return the coin tray 21 to the use position by himself and continue to use the automatic fee collector 100. Therefore, the convenience and operability of the automatic toll receiver 100 can be improved.

Moreover, in this embodiment, although the coin tray 21 is described as a coin slot which receives a coin, it is not limited to this. That is, the coin tray 21 may be used as a change tray for the change return port 24.
Thus, by using the coin tray 21 as a change tray, the coin tray 21 can be protruded from the housing 1 and can be easily collected by the user. Thereby, the convenience and operability of the automatic toll collection device 100 can be further improved.

  Furthermore, when the coin tray 21 is used as a change tray, the change may be paid out into the coin tray 21 in some cases. In such a case, if the coin tray 21 is to be accommodated in the accommodating portion 10, there is a risk that the change will fall into the housing 1. Therefore, a lid member that closes the opening at the top of the coin tray 21 may be provided when the coin tray 21 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 10 of the coin tray 21. For example, it is good also as a structure which provides a board member in the upper part of the accommodating part 10, and closes the opening of the coin receiving tray 21 simultaneously with accommodating.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Automatic toll collector 1 ... Housing 10 ... Storage part 1a ... Front surface 20, 202, 203, 204, 205 ... Coin processing part 21 ... Coin tray 21a ... First member 21b ... Second member 21c ... Third member 22 ... Coin processing device 23 ... Coin guide path 24 ... Change return port 25 ... Change guide path 26, ... Guide means 26a ... Rotating shaft 27 ... Drop coin recovery part 27a, 27c ... Receiver 27b ... Drop coin guide path 28 ... Force Means 29 ... Holding means 3 ... User operation part 31 ... Charge display part 32 ... Bill insertion slot 33 ... Bill return slot 34 ... Receipt issue button 35 ... Receipt issue slot 36 ... Passage ticket insertion slot 37 ... Card insertion slot 38 ... Receiver call button 4 ... vehicle 5 ... lane 262 ... return guide means 262a ... tilt rotation shaft 213 ... circular coin tray 263 ... rotation guide means 2631 ... 1st rotation part 263a ... 1st rotation axis 2632 ... 2nd rotation part 263b ... 2nd rotation part main body 263c ... 2nd rotation axis 264 ... Slide guide means 264a ... Slide rail 214 ... Conversion coin tray 6 ... Conversion part 274 ... Integral falling coin collecting part 265 ... Horizontal slide guide means 7 ... Automatic return means 71 ... Cylinder part 72 ... Control part 8 ... Remote monitoring terminal 9 ... Disabled switch 91 ... Disabled lever 91a ... Lever body part 91b ... Lever tip part 92 ... Lever Guide means 921 ... Lever support shaft 921a ... Lever support shaft main body 921b ... First support portion 921c ... Second support portion 922 ... First support receiving portion 922a ... Recessed portion 923 ... Second support receiving portion 923a ... Groove portion 924 ... Shaft maintaining portion T1 ... first direction T2 ... second direction 11 ... lever housing part 911 ... first handicapped Bar 912 ... Second handicapped lever 913 ... Third handicapped lever 93 ... Second direction fixing part 93a ... Spherical protrusion 93b ... Spherical depression

Claims (19)

An automatic toll collector disposed on the side of the lane and for collecting tolls from vehicles on the lane,
A protruding portion protruding toward the lane;
A housing in which the projecting portion is disposed on the front surface and an accommodating portion capable of accommodating the projecting portion is formed inside,
In the use position, when an external force acts in the lane front-rear direction on the projecting portion projecting from the front surface, guide means for guiding the projecting portion to the housing portion;
Equipped with a,
The guide means includes a slide rail that supports the protrusion with respect to the housing and moves the protrusion slidably from the use position toward the housing portion.
The guiding means, wherein when an external force in the lane longitudinal direction protruding portion is applied, along said slide rail and slide the projecting portion, characterized that you guided to the receiving portion by the automatic toll collection machine . An automatic toll collector disposed on the side of the lane and for collecting tolls from vehicles on the lane,
A protruding portion protruding toward the lane;
A housing in which the projecting portion is disposed on the front surface and an accommodating portion capable of accommodating the projecting portion is formed inside,
In the use position, when an external force acts in the lane front-rear direction on the projecting portion projecting from the front surface, guide means for guiding the projecting portion to the housing portion;
Force applying means for applying a force so that the protruding portion is directed from the use position toward the housing portion;
Holding means for holding the protruding portion in the use position against the force of the force applying means;
A toll collection machine characterized by comprising: An automatic toll collector disposed on the side of the lane and for collecting tolls from vehicles on the lane,
A protruding portion protruding toward the lane;
A housing in which the projecting portion is disposed on the front surface and an accommodating portion capable of accommodating the projecting portion is formed inside,
In the use position, when an external force acts in the lane front-rear direction on the projecting portion projecting from the front surface, guide means for guiding the projecting portion to the housing portion;
Return means for returning the protruding portion located in the accommodating portion to the use position;
With
The automatic fee collection device according to claim 1, wherein the return means returns to the use position using gravity acting on the protrusion. An automatic toll collector disposed on the side of the lane and for collecting tolls from vehicles on the lane,
A protruding portion protruding toward the lane;
A housing in which the projecting portion is disposed on the front surface and an accommodating portion capable of accommodating the projecting portion is formed inside,
In the use position, when an external force acts in the lane front-rear direction on the projecting portion projecting from the front surface, guide means for guiding the projecting portion to the housing portion;
Return means for returning the protruding portion located in the accommodating portion to the use position;
With
The return means moves the protruding portion to the use position by receiving a signal from a remote place away from the housing, and is a toll collector. An automatic toll collector disposed on the side of the lane and for collecting tolls from vehicles on the lane,
A protruding portion protruding toward the lane;
A housing in which the projecting portion is disposed on the front surface and an accommodating portion capable of accommodating the projecting portion is formed inside,
In the use position, when an external force acts in the lane front-rear direction on the projecting portion projecting from the front surface, guide means for guiding the projecting portion to the housing portion;
With
The protrusion includes a coin tray that can receive or dispense coins,
The coin tray is arranged so as to cover the route guided by the housing part from the lower side in the vertical direction,
An automatic toll collector, further comprising a falling coin collecting unit that receives and collects coins that fall as the coin tray moves. An automatic toll collector disposed on the side of the lane and for collecting tolls from vehicles on the lane,
A protruding portion protruding toward the lane;
A housing in which the projecting portion is disposed on the front surface and an accommodating portion capable of accommodating the projecting portion is formed inside,
In the use position, when an external force acts in the lane front-rear direction on the projecting portion projecting from the front surface, guide means for guiding the projecting portion to the housing portion;
With
The automatic charge receiver according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion includes a disabled lever for the user to request assistance from the charge receiver when the user is a disabled person. The guide means has a rotation shaft that rotatably supports the protrusion,
7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when an external force is applied to the protrusion in the front-rear direction of the lane, the protrusion is rotated around the rotation axis and guided to the housing portion. Automatic toll collector described in the section. The guide means is provided on one side of the protrusion in the lane front-rear direction as the rotating shaft, and when an external force acts on the protrusion from one side of the lane front-rear direction to the other side, A first rotation shaft that rotates the protrusion and guides it to the housing;
A second rotating shaft for rotating the protruding portion together with the first rotating shaft to guide the accommodating portion when an external force is applied to the protruding portion from the other side in the lane front-rear direction toward the one side;
8. The automatic toll collector according to claim 7, further comprising: An automatic toll collector disposed on the side of the lane and for collecting tolls from vehicles on the lane,
A protruding portion protruding toward the lane;
A housing in which the projecting portion is disposed on the front surface and an accommodating portion capable of accommodating the projecting portion is formed inside,
In the use position, when an external force acts in the lane front-rear direction on the projecting portion projecting from the front surface, guide means for guiding the projecting portion to the housing portion;
With
The guide means has a rotation shaft that rotatably supports the protrusion,
When an external force acts on the protrusion in the lane front-rear direction, the protrusion is rotated around the rotation axis and guided to the accommodating portion.
The guide means is provided on one side of the protrusion in the lane front-rear direction as the rotating shaft, and when an external force acts on the protrusion from one side of the lane front-rear direction to the other side, A first rotation shaft that rotates the protrusion and guides it to the housing;
A second rotating shaft for rotating the protruding portion together with the first rotating shaft to guide the accommodating portion when an external force is applied to the protruding portion from the other side in the lane front-rear direction toward the one side;
A toll collection machine characterized by having a toll. The guide means includes a slide rail that supports the protrusion with respect to the housing and moves the protrusion slidably from the use position toward the housing portion.
The said guide means slides the said protrusion part along the said slide rail, and guides to the said accommodating part, when the external force acts on the said protrusion part in the said lane front-back direction. Item 10. The automatic toll collector according to any one of items 9 to 9. Force applying means for applying a force so that the protruding portion is directed from the use position toward the housing portion;
Holding means for holding the protruding portion in the use position against the force of the force applying means;
11. The automatic toll collector according to claim 1, further comprising: The automatic charge receiver according to any one of claims 1 and 5, further comprising return means for returning the projecting portion located in the housing portion to the use position. . 13. The automatic fee collection device according to claim 12, wherein the return means returns to the use position using gravity acting on the protrusion. The said return means moves the said protrusion part to the said use position by receiving the signal from the remote place away from the said housing | casing, The claim 12, The claim 13, The claim 13 characterized by the above-mentioned. Automatic toll collection machine according to item 1. The said protrusion part has a conversion part which converts the external force which acts from at least one of the said lane front-back direction into the force which goes to the said accommodating part from the said use position, The any one of Claims 1-14 characterized by the above-mentioned. Automatic toll collection machine according to item 1. The said protrusion part contains the coin tray which can receive or discharge | pay out a coin, The automatic toll collection machine as described in any one of Claim 1 to 4 and Claim 6 to 15 characterized by the above-mentioned. . The coin tray is disposed so as to cover the path guided by the housing portion from the lower side in the vertical direction, and has a falling coin collecting portion that receives and collects coins that fall by moving the coin tray. The automatic toll collector according to claim 16, characterized in that The said protrusion part contains a handicapped lever for the said user to ask a toll collector when a user is a handicapped person, The Claims 1-5 and Claim 7 characterized by the above-mentioned. A toll collector according to any one of claims 1 to 17. An automatic toll collector disposed on the side of the lane and for collecting tolls from vehicles on the lane,
A disabled lever for the user to request assistance from a staff member when the user is disabled,
A housing in which the handicapped lever is disposed on the front surface and a housing portion capable of housing the handicapped lever is formed inside;
In the use position, when an external force acts on the handicapped lever projecting from the front surface in the front-rear direction of the lane, guide means for guiding the handicapped lever to the housing portion;
With
The guide means has a rotation shaft that rotatably supports the plurality of disabled levers,
The rotating shaft includes
A plurality of the handicapped levers are provided in a direction intersecting the rotation axis and projecting in different directions,
When an external force acts on one of the plurality of handicapped levers in the anteroposterior direction of the lane, the guiding means rotates the handicapped lever on which the external force acts directly around the rotation axis and guides the housing part. In addition, an automatic toll collection machine characterized in that the other handicapped lever is rotated around the rotation axis and guided to the use position.

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