JPH065556B2 - Ticket processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention issues a coupon for external sale to a bus crew at a bus office, for example, and a coupon issued by a bus crew. The present invention relates to a coupon ticket processing device having a payment processing function of collecting and storing the collected paper in a state where it can be reissued.

<Prior Art> Conventionally, at a bus sales office, a plurality of types of coupons for external sale with different amounts and systems are prepared in advance, and these coupons are issued to bus crews. . Since there are multiple types of this type of coupon ticket, the coupon ticket is issued, and the unsold coupons brought back by the crew are collected and settled. For this reason, there is a problem that the management of the coupon ticket is complicated at the sales office, and a great deal of labor is required for each process of issuing and collecting the coupon ticket for the bus crew.

<Object of the Invention> The present invention has been made in view of the above problem, and by automating the issuance and collection of a plurality of types of coupons, the complexity of the management of coupons at a bus office or the like can be reduced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a coupon ticket processing device that eliminates labor and saves labor of issuing and collecting coupon tickets.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a coupon ticket processing device capable of minimizing the number of coupon tickets prepared by collecting unsold coupons in a state where they can be reissued. .

<Structure and effect of the invention> The present invention is a coupon ticket processing device for issuing different coupon tickets of different types and collecting issued coupon tickets, which is a machine for issuing issued coupon tickets. A coupon ticket outlet for discharging to the outside, a coupon ticket return opening for inserting an issued coupon ticket into the aircraft, and a plurality of accommodating units for individually storing coupon tickets in a stacked state for each coupon type Corresponding to each of the accommodating means, and a passage connecting the return opening of the coupon and the opening of each accommodating section and a passage connecting the opening of each accommodating section and a passage of the coupon. A sending means that is provided for sending out the uppermost coupon in each accommodating portion to the side of the coupon ticket conveying means from the opening, and a passage that connects the coupon return port and the opening of each accommodating portion when the coupon is collected. And the passage connecting the opening of each collection part and the outlet when issuing the coupon. A passage switching means for communicating with each other, a reading means for reading the type of the coupon ticket provided in the passage connecting the coupon return port and each accommodation portion, and a passageway connecting the reading means and both accommodation portions It is provided with a distribution unit that distributes the numbered tickets inserted according to the type of the numbered tickets read out and read by the reading unit to a passage leading to one of the accommodation units.

According to the present invention, since the different types of coupons are sent out from the individual accommodating units and conveyed to the coupon ticket outlet, the issuance of coupons of different types can be automated and the coupons of different types can be returned to the coupon return port. If the card is inserted, it can be conveyed to and collected in the corresponding storage section according to its type, so that the collection of coupons of different types can be automated. As a result, the complexity of the management of the coupon ticket is eliminated, and the labor of issuing and collecting the coupon ticket is realized.

In addition, since the collected coupons are collected in the accommodating unit for each type, the collected coupons can be reissued, and the number of prepared coupons can be minimized.

<Description of Embodiments> FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a coupon ticket processing device for issuing and collecting coupon tickets for a bus crew.

On the front surface of the box 1, a card insertion slot 11 for inserting an ID card given to a crew member, and an illuminated push button group 12 for instructing issuance of a plurality of types of coupon tickets by system, price, etc. And a coupon ticket return opening 14 for inserting the coupon ticket which the crew member brought back, and a coupon ticket outlet 13 through which the issued coupon ticket is released.
As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of types (two types in this embodiment) of booklet-shaped coupon tickets 2 each having a bar code 21 for type discrimination printed on the surface are housed therein.

As shown in FIG. 3, the coupon ticket processing device of the illustrated example has a coupon ticket storage case 3 having a plurality of accommodating portions 31 and 32 each having an open upper surface for accommodating the coupon tickets 2 of different types in a stacked manner. And a lift mechanism 4 that supports and raises and lowers the coupon tickets 2 in each of the accommodating portions 31 and 32, and a pressure roller 5 that regulates the rising end of the coupon tickets 2 that are arranged above the accommodating portions 31 and 32 and are stacked. Case 3 corresponding to the pressure roller 5
A pressing mechanism 6 which is provided in the rear part so as to be movable back and forth and pushes out the laminated uppermost coupon ticket 2 from the accommodating parts 31 and 32, and an accommodating part 31 which is arranged in the front part of the case 3 so as to face the pressing mechanism 6. , 32 for discharging the coupon ticket 2 from the coupon ticket outlet 32 to the coupon ticket outlet 13, and a recovery mechanism 8 having a switching flapper 88 interposed between the coupon return opening 14 and the conveyor roller 7.
And the accommodating portion 31 which is arranged so as to be movable in a direction perpendicular to the collecting and conveying path 81 and accommodates the inserted coupon ticket 2 according to its type.
Alternatively, it is composed of a distribution means 9 for distributing to 32.

On the rear wall of the coupon ticket storage case 3, there are storage units 31,
Slits (not shown) are opened in the vertical direction corresponding to 32, and the base end of the lift plate 41 in the lift mechanism 4 is engaged with each slit.

The lift mechanism 4 is mounted on the drive shaft 4 at an upper position behind the case 3.
2, the driven shaft 43 is arranged at the lower position, and both shafts 42, 43
A pulley 44, which is freely rotatable, is provided corresponding to each of the accommodating portions 31 and 32, and the upper and lower pulleys 44,
An endless belt 45 is wound and stretched between 44. The base end of the lift plate 41 is attached to each endless belt 45, and the lift plate 41 is supported horizontally in the accommodating portions 31 and 32. An electromagnetic clutch 46 is provided on the drive shaft 42 so as to correspond to each pulley 44.
When the pulley 6 is turned on, the pulley 44 is rotationally driven to move the elevating plate 41 up and down.

Each of the pressure rollers 5 is rotatably supported by one end of an L-shaped swinging rod 51 pivotally fixed to the machine base so as to correspond to each of the accommodating portions 31 and 32. A tension spring 52 is connected to the other end of the swing rod 51 to urge the upper surface of the coupon ticket 2 in which the pressure roller 5 is laminated. In front of the oscillating rod 51, a micro switch 53 is provided which is activated when the pressure roller 5 is tilted under the rising pressure of the coupon, and the switch 53 turns on the electromagnetic clutch 46 of the lift mechanism 4.
FF control.

The push-out mechanism 6 is configured by disposing a picker lever 61 above each of the accommodating portions 31 and 32. The picker lever 61 has an upper end pivotally fixed and a spring provided to urge the lower part forward, and each picker lever 61
A picker 62 whose tip is biased downward by a spring is pivotally fixed to the lower part of the. A notch 63 is provided at the tip of the picker 62, and the notch 63 and the rear side of the ticket 2 at the top of the stack are engaged with each other. A drive cam 64 that operates the picker lever 61 is provided on the front side, and a micro switch 65 that turns off the electromagnetic clutch 66 is provided on the rear side. The drive cam 64 includes an electromagnetic clutch 66 of a cam shaft 67.
To move the picker lever 61 forward and backward.

Pulleys 47, 68, 69 are fixed to the cam shaft 67, the drive shaft 42 of the lift mechanism 4 and the drive shaft of the stepping motor 10, respectively.
Wrap an endless timing belt 70 around 8,69,
A drive device for the pressing mechanism 6 and the lift mechanism 4 is configured.

The conveying roller 7 has a driving roller 71 and a driven roller 72 arranged vertically corresponding to the respective accommodating portions 31 and 32, and connects the driving roller 71 to a driving motor 74 which rotates in forward and reverse directions via a transmission means 73. The multi-valued ticket 2 extruded by the extruding mechanism 6 is delivered and conveyed, and is discharged from the chute 75 to the outlet 13.

In the collection mechanism 8, a pair of upper and lower rollers 82 and 83 connected to the drive motor 74 are arranged on the collection conveyance path 81 between the coupon return port 14 and the conveyance roller 7, and the front side is arranged. A sensor 84 for detecting the insertion of a coupon ticket and a shutter 85 are provided in front of the roller 82 at the position, and a bar code reader 86 for the coupon ticket is provided between the roller 82 at the front position and the roller 83 at the rear position. A shutter 87 that operates according to the reading result by the bar code reader 86 is provided behind the roller 83 at the position, and the shutter 87 and the conveying roller 7 are kept normally closed by a spring force. A switching flapper 88 that operates with the loaded coupon ticket 2 is provided. In the figure, 80 and 89 are solenoids for operating the shutters 87 and 85.

The sorting means 9 is located between the bar code reader 86 and the shutter 87, and is provided with a pair of endless timing belts 91 whose upper side is orthogonal to the collecting and conveying path 81 and whose upper side is aligned with the collecting and conveying path 81. It is constructed by stretching it in the position. As shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of wing pieces 92 are provided on the upper surface of each belt 91 at intervals slightly larger than the width of the coupon ticket 2.
So that the coupon ticket 2 can be supported between the wing pieces 92.
Each belt 91 is wound around the pulleys 96, 96, and the rotation shaft 93 of one pulley 96 is connected to the stepping motor 95 via the transmission means 94. The coupon ticket 2 supported by the transition of the belt 91. Is laterally moved to the position of one of the accommodating portions 31 or 32.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the circuit configuration of the coupon ticket processing device. The motors 10, 74, the electromagnetic clutches 46, 66, and the solenoids 80, 89 are connected via the output device interface circuit 100, and the photoelectric sensor 84, 76 and the microswitches 53 and 65 are connected to the CPU 102 via the input device interface circuit 101, respectively. The CPU 102 decodes and executes the program of the PROM 103, executes various arithmetic processing while reading / writing data from / to the RAM 104, and controls the operations of the input / output units in series.

FIG. 6 shows the control means 110 to 120 for the issuing operation of the coupon ticket in the coupon ticket processing apparatus.

First, when a crew member inserts an ID card through the card insertion slot 11, an internal card reader (not shown) discriminates this, and if it is a valid card, a group of illuminated pushbuttons 12 on the front side.
Flashes. When the crew member pushes the push button switch of the desired system, the stepping motor 10 is turned on in step 110 and the drive motor 74 is turned on in step 111 based on the issuing command from the CPU 102. By driving the stepping motor 10, the cam shaft 67 and the drive shaft 42 of the lift mechanism 4 are rotationally driven via the timing belt 70. Combination by system, for example, 3000 yen coupon ticket 1
In the case of one book and one 2000-yen coupon ticket, the electromagnetic clutch 66 of the corresponding housing portion 31, 32 is excited in step 112,
The picker cam 64 attached to the armature rotates clockwise. As a result, the picker 62 pushes out the stacking uppermost coupon ticket 2, carries the tip of the coupon ticket 2 into the transport roller 7, and the transport roller 7 discharges the coupon ticket 2 from the chute 75 to the outlet 13.

Step 11 is synchronized with the ON operation of the electromagnetic clutch 66.
At 3, the electromagnetic clutch 46 is excited, and the pulley 44 of the lift mechanism 4 mounted on the armature rotates clockwise so that the belt 45 moves. As a result, the lift plate 41 fixed to the belt 45 is used as the coupon ticket 2 in the stacked state.
, The switch 53 is pressed by pushing up the pressure roller 5 and tilting the swing rod 51. Whether the switch 53 in step 114 is turned on is
If “YES”, the process proceeds to step 115 and the CPU 10
2 turns off the electromagnetic clutch 46, and the lift plate 41 stops. At this time, the lift plate 41 is held at the position where the switch 53 is operated by the ratchet wheel and the reverse rotation stop notch (not shown) provided on the pulley 44.

On the other hand, one rotation of the drive cam 64 causes the picker lever 61 to move.
When the oscillates back, the picker lever 61 pushes the corresponding switch 65. As a result, the determination in step 116 becomes “YES”, the CPU 102 turns off the electromagnetic clutch 66 in step 117, and the next step 118 turns off the stepping motor 10.

When the conveying roller 7 conveys the entire length of the coupon ticket 2, the photoelectric sensor 76 detects this and the photoelectric sensor 76 of step 119 is detected.
Is YES, the CPU 102 stops the drive motor 74 in step 120 and ends the coupon ticket issuing operation.

FIG. 7 shows the control procedure of the collection operation of the coupon ticket 2 which the crew member brought back with reference numerals 121 to 147.

First, when the coupon ticket 2 that has been brought back is inserted into the coupon ticket return port 14, the photoelectric sensor 84 detects this and step 121
In step 122, the drive motor 74 is actuated to rotate counterclockwise and the solenoid 89 is turned on in step 123 to open the shutter 85. The inserted coupon ticket 2 is carried in. The photoelectric sensor 84 is at the rear end of the coupon ticket 2.
If the photoelectric sensor 84 is turned off in step 124, the determination is “YES”, and the next step 12
At 5, the solenoid 89 is turned off and the shutter 85 is closed.

The bar code 21 of the carried-in coupon ticket 2 is decoded by the barcode reader 86, and if the judgment in step 126 as to whether the barcode is valid is "NO", the process proceeds to the coupon ticket return processing in step 147 to drive. The motor 74 reversely rotates and the shutter 85 opens, and the coupon ticket 2 is returned to the coupon ticket return port 14.

When the determination in step 126 is “YES”, in the next step 127, it is determined by the bar code whether or not the coupon ticket 2 is of a type that can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 31 located on the extension line of the collecting and conveying path 81. To be judged. This step 1
When the determination at 27 is "YES", step 1 described later
After passing through 35 to 139, the solenoid 80 is excited and the shutter 87 rises (step 140), and the transport roller 7
Conveys the coupon ticket 2 to the accommodation section 31. At this time, the switching flapper 88 is pushed down by the coupon ticket 2.

On the other hand, when the determination in step 127 is “NO”, that is, when it is determined that the coupon ticket 2 is a coupon ticket of the type accommodated in the other accommodation section 32, the coupon ticket 2 is stopped from moving by the shutter 87 and at the same time. In step 128, the drive motor 74 is stopped, and in the next step 129, the lower roller of the roller 83 is lowered by a predetermined link mechanism and solenoid (not shown) to remove the nip of the coupon ticket 2.

At this time, the coupon ticket 2 is supported between the wing pieces 92 on the belt 91 as shown in FIG.
When the stepping motor 95 is turned on, the coupon ticket 2 moves in the sorting direction together with the belt 91. In the next step 131, it is determined whether or not the coupon ticket 2 has moved to reach the extension of the accommodating portion 32 by the number of drive pulses (for example, 200 pulses) for driving the stepping motor 95, and the determination is “YES”. If yes, step 13
The stepping motor 95 is stopped at step 2, and step 13
After the solenoid is turned off at 3 and the roller 83 is returned, the drive motor 74 is turned on at step 134, and the coupon ticket 2 is carried into the accommodation section 32 by the carrying roller 7.

When the coupon ticket 2 is carried into the accommodation unit 31 or 32,
The stacked coupons in the accommodating portion 32 are designed such that the upper surface thereof is lowered to the position 2a shown by the phantom line in FIG. 3 so that the coupons are normally carried in. First, in step 135, the stepping motor 10 In the next step 136, the electromagnetic clutch 46 is excited, respectively, and when the reverse rotation stop notch of the pulley 44 is released by the solenoid in step 137, the drive shaft 42 becomes rotatable in the counterclockwise direction.

Then, in step 138, the stepping motor 10 is rotated counterclockwise, and the lift plate 41 is moved to position 2 indicated by an imaginary line.
When descending to b, in step 139, the notch releasing solenoid is turned off and stopped.

In step 140, the solenoid 80 is turned on and the shutter 87 is opened, and in the next step 141, the photoelectric sensor 7
It is determined whether 6 detects the carrying-in of the coupon ticket. Whether the photoelectric sensor 76 is off in step 141 is “YE”.
In the case of S ″, in the next step 142, the coupon ticket return port 14
It is determined whether or not the photoelectric sensor 84 in the vicinity of is ON. If there is no inserted coupon ticket, the determination at step 142 becomes "NO" and the process proceeds to the next step 143, the solenoid 80 is turned off and the shutter 87 is closed, and at the next step 144, the drive motor 74 is turned on. In the following step 145, the stepping motor 10 is turned off,
In step 146, the electromagnetic clutch 46 is turned off to end the collecting operation and wait for the next issuing or collecting operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a coupon ticket processing apparatus, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of coupon tickets, FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the internal structure of the coupon ticket processing apparatus, and FIG. Perspective view of
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration example of the coupon ticket processing device, FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a control procedure of the issuing operation, and FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing a control procedure of the collecting operation. 2 …… Coupon ticket, 21 …… Bar code 3 …… Storage case, 31,32 …… Storage section 5 …… Pressure roller, 6 …… Extrusion mechanism 7 …… Conveying roller, 8 …… Collection mechanism 9 …… Sorting means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A coupon ticket processing apparatus for issuing different coupon tickets of different types and collecting the issued coupon tickets for discharging the issued coupon ticket to the outside of the aircraft. A coupon ticket outlet, a coupon ticket return port for inserting an issued coupon ticket into the aircraft, a plurality of accommodating units for individually storing coupon tickets in a stacked state for each coupon type, and the coupon ticket return A ticket connecting means provided in a passage connecting the mouth and the opening of each accommodating portion and a passage connecting the opening of each accommodating portion and the coupon ticket outlet, and in each accommodating portion provided corresponding to each accommodating portion. The sending means for sending the uppermost coupon ticket from the opening to the coupon ticket conveying means side and the passage connecting the coupon return port and the opening of each accommodating portion are connected to each other when the coupon ticket is collected. At the time of issuance, a passage switching hand that connects the passage connecting the opening of each collection unit and the outlet And a reading means for reading the type of the coupon ticket arranged in the passage connecting the coupon return port and each accommodation portion, and a reading means arranged in the passage connecting the reading means and both accommodation portions. A coupon ticket processing apparatus comprising: a distribution unit that allocates a coupon ticket that has been inserted according to the type of coupon ticket that has been read, to a passage leading to one of the accommodation units. 2. The sorting means includes an endless belt disposed orthogonally to a passage connecting the reading means and both accommodating portions, and a plurality of endless belts are provided on the endless belt at intervals according to the size of the coupon. The coupon ticket processing device according to claim 1, wherein the blade pieces are provided so as to project.