JPH0679353B2 - Automatic ticket gate - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate installed in a station of a transportation facility, and more specifically, a commuter ticket and a regular ticket as well as a coupon ticket. The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate device that can handle cards.

(Prior Art) In recent years, in order to cope with the increasing number of users of ticket tickets (called ticket cards) in automatic ticket gates, it has become possible to handle not only commuter tickets and tickets but also ticket cards. Development of automatic ticket gates is in progress.

In this type of automatic ticket gate, it is necessary to print the boarding station name and boarding date, or punch a punch indicating the number of times of use, at different positions depending on the number of times of use. Therefore, a means for stopping the conveyed coupon ticket card at a different position for each use is required.

As this stopping means, in the past, Japanese Patent Publication No.
Some are disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 4.

This is a configuration in which a plurality of stoppers, each driven by a solenoid, are forcibly set in and out of the coupon ticket card transport path to forcibly stop the coupon card that is sandwiched and transported by the transport belt. There is.

However, in the conventional example, only one end portion in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the coupon card is sandwiched and transported by the transport belt, and the distance between the transport belt and the stopper is long. Has become. For this reason, when the device accepts a coupon card with a bending tendency, it is not possible to reliably prevent the coupon ticket card from rising on the transport path due to the bending tendency, and the coupon card and the stopper A contact failure may occur, the coupon card cannot be reliably stopped at a predetermined position, and the printing device may be displaced.

For this reason, in this conventional device, guide members are provided along both upper and lower sides of the transportation path of the coupon ticket card, and the coupon card is guided between the mutually opposing surfaces of the guide member, whereby the transport attitude of the coupon card is improved. I am trying to correct it.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, since the guide member itself does not have a conveying function, when the coupon card has a bending tendency, the coupon card is conveyed by frictional contact with the guide member. Not only will the posture be impaired and printing misalignment will occur, but in extreme cases, the coupon card may be damaged or jammed.

The present invention has been made based on the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to use a coupon ticket card that can process coupon cards even if the coupon card has a bending tendency. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus capable of reliably punching a position according to the number of times and printing a boarding station name, a boarding date, and the like.

[Means for Solving the Problems] (Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention conveys a commuter pass or ticket inserted into an insertion port toward a delivery port, and is provided on the way of the delivery. The discriminative writing means processes the information for the commuter pass or the ticket, and in the case of the ticket, indicates that the ticket has been used by the ticket punching unit provided on the downstream side of the discrimination writing means in the transport direction. In an automatic ticket gate for punching holes, it is possible to use the same number of times as the commuter ticket provided on the way of transportation, and to store the number-of-times information indicating the number of times it has been used. A plate and a central portion and one end portion in the direction orthogonal to the transportation direction of the coupon ticket card on the horizontal plate surface of the coupon card for transporting the coupon card on the horizontal plate. A coupon ticket provided between the discriminating and writing means and the punching unit for tickets, which is provided between two sets of conveyor belts that are held and conveyed along the conveying direction of the card, and is conveyed on a horizontal plate by the conveyor belt. In order to make a hole indicating the number of times the card has been used at a predetermined position, it is in the vicinity of the two sets of conveyor belts for holding the coupon card in order to stop the coupon card at a desired position, and transporting the coupon card It is divided into a plurality of rows along the direction and is provided in the same number as the number of times the coupon can be used, and has a stop pin that projects in the direction orthogonal to the horizontal plate from the horizontal plate surface to the coupon card side and stops the coupon card. The coupon ticket stopping means and the discrimination writing means further comprise a reading means for reading the usage count information stored in the coupon card, and the usage count information read by the reading means is used. The stop pin control means for projecting any one of the stop pins toward the coupon card side of the horizontal plate based on the report, and the coupon card stopped by the stop pin projected by the stop pin control means. A coupon ticket having a punching mechanism for a coupon ticket card and a printing means arranged in parallel with the punch mechanism for a coupon ticket card to print a boarding station name and a boarding date on the coupon card. The ticket gate processing means is provided.

(Operation) That is, according to the present invention, a plurality of stop pins for stopping the coupon card are provided in the vicinity of two sets of conveyor belts for holding the coupon card and conveying it along the horizontal plate, and
Arranged in multiple rows along the transportation direction of coupon cards,
It is configured to project from the horizontal plate toward the coupon card and stop the coupon card.

By adopting the above configuration, for example, even when a folded coupon card is received, a position where there is no bend on the horizontal plate, that is, a position where the coupon is lifted from the horizontal plate in the vicinity of the conveyor belt that holds the coupon card. All stop pins can be projected to the non-existent position, and it can surely abut on a part of the coupon card of any stop pin, so print the name of the boarding station and the boarding date, and position it according to the number of times it is used. It is possible to reliably perform punching and printing of the boarding station name and boarding date.

Also, by arranging the stop pins in multiple rows,
All the stop pins can be arranged at a position where the coupon card does not rise above the horizontal plate.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show the automatic ticket gate 1 of this embodiment.

This automatic ticket gate 1 includes a device body 2 formed in a vertically long box shape, and an insertion port 3 and a delivery port 4 for media such as a commuter pass A, a ticket B, and a coupon card C provided in the device body 2. The processing unit 5 that is provided, the opening / closing doors 6a and 6b that are attached to the apparatus body 2 so as to be horizontally openable and closable and that block or open the passage of the user of the apparatus, and the area through which the user of the apparatus body 2 passes. Sensor 7 on the wall facing the sky
A conveyor path 8 of, for example, a belt conveyor provided in a region from the insertion port 3 to the outlet 4 of the processing unit 5, and a medium conveyor surface formed by the conveyor path 8 are arranged to face each other and will be described in detail later. It has a discrimination writing means 9a, a ticket ticket processing unit 9b as ticket ticket processing means, and a ticket punch unit 9c as ticket punching means.

Here, the ticket validating unit 9b for a coupon ticket will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The ticket processing unit 9b for the coupon ticket stops the coupon ticket card stopping means 11 for stopping the coupon ticket C on the transport path 8 at a position according to the number of times of use, and the coupon ticket stopping means 11 The ticket card information C is provided with the ticket gate information giving means 12 for giving the ticket-processed identification information to the area corresponding to the number of times of use.

The coupon ticket card stopping means 11 has 11 punched holes 13-1 with the upper end surface aligned with the transport surface of the transport path 8 and all the intervals in the arrow X direction shown in FIG. Through 13
A horizontal plate 14 having a hole -11, eleven push solenoids 15 fixedly arranged below the eleven holes 13-1 to 13-11 provided in the horizontal plate 14, and each push solenoid 15 Driven by the above-mentioned holes 13-1 to 13-
It has a configuration including 11 push pins 16 which are projecting and retracting upward from 11 as stop pins. Then, one of the push solenoids 15 ... Is driven to push the push pin 16 corresponding to the push solenoid 15 upward from the horizontal plate 14, so that the pushed push pin 16 is contacted with the end of the coupon card C. It is designed to be brought into contact with and stopped at a predetermined position.

Further, the push pins 16 ... Are arranged near the conveyor belts 8a and 8b forming the conveying path 8. Therefore, in the coupon card C, the non-floating portion held by the conveyor belts 8a and 8b abuts on the push pin 16, and a reliable stopping operation can be performed.

The wicket information providing means 12 is provided with a punching mechanism portion 17 for a coupon ticket card and a thermal stamp 18 as printing means, which are arranged in parallel so as to face the conveyance surface near the horizontal plate 14.

The punch mechanism section 17 is a punch drive section 19 using a solenoid.
And the punch drive unit 19 causes the arrows Z ₁ and Z ₂ shown in FIG.
A punching punch 20 that is driven in the direction to punch punching holes H ₁ , H _{2 and the} like as identification information in the punching area H of the coupon card C on the conveying surface, and a receiving hole portion 21 of the punching punch 20. It has.

Further, a thermal stamp 18 as a printing means is used, and the head portion 18a is faced to the transport surface, and in the printing area P of the coupon card C, "Tenno" as identification information indicating a boarding station name, for example, Tennoji station. The letters and the boarding date are printed.

22a and 22b shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 are conveyance guides arranged on both sides of the conveyance path 8.

The coupon card C, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7,
On the surface side, a punching area H capable of punching 11 punch holes, a printing area P capable of printing the characters "TENO" and the boarding date 11 times are provided in parallel arrangement, and On the back side, a magnetic stripe S is provided, which stores the number-of-uses information in the form of magnetic information. The information stored in the magnetic stripe S is read by the first read magnetic head 23a incorporated in the discriminating / writing means 9a and rewritten by the first write magnetic head 23c.

Here, the control system of this apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

This control system has a control unit 24 for performing overall control. The control unit 24 has an insertion sensor 25 arranged near the insertion port 3 and conveyor belts 8a, 8b constituting the conveyance path 8.
Is connected to the conveyance drive unit 26 that drives the X direction.

Further, the control unit 24 controls the discrimination writing unit 9a, the coupon ticket card stopping unit 11, and the punch driving unit 19 and the recording unit 18 of the ticket gate information giving unit 12.

The discrimination writing means 9 is provided on the lower surface side of the transport path 8 and is a commuter pass.
A first reading magnetic head 23a as a reading means for reading information of A, ticket B, and coupon card C, and a second reading magnetic head provided on the upper surface side of the transport path 8 for reading information of commuter ticket A and ticket B. 23b, a first writing magnetic head 23 provided on the lower surface side of the conveying path 8 for writing information on the commuter pass A and the coupon card C
c, and a second write magnetic head 23d provided on the upper surface side of the transport path 8 for writing information on the commuter pass A.

Further, a number discriminating unit 27 for discriminating the number of times of use of the coupon card C at this time is provided based on the number of times of use of the coupon card C read by the first read magnetic head 23a.

The coupon ticket card stopping means 11 is a solenoid control portion 28 as stop pin control means for selectively controlling the 11 push solenoids 15 according to the number of times the coupon ticket card C has been used, based on the determination result of the coupon determination portion 27. It is equipped with.

Next, referring to FIG. 9 (a),
Referring to (b), and the ticket processing unit 9b for the coupon ticket
The operation will be mainly described.

When the coupon card C is inserted into the insertion slot 3 of this device and the coupon card C is detected by the insertion sensor 25, the transport drive unit 26 moves the conveyor belts 8a, 8b on the basis of the detection result of the insertion sensor 25. Driving in the direction, whereby the coupon card C is conveyed to the position of the discrimination writing means 9a.

In the discriminating / writing means 9a, the magnetic stripe S of the coupon card C conveyed by the first read magnetic head 23a.
The number-of-uses information stored in is read, and then the information is written by the first write magnetic head 23c. Further, the result read by the first read magnetic head 23a is sent to the number-of-times determining unit 27 by the control unit 24, where the number of times the coupon card C has been used is determined.

On the other hand, the coupon card C is further X from the position of the magnetic head 23.
Is conveyed in the direction, and the conveying front end reaches the horizontal plate 14, and at this time, the determination result of the number-of-times determination unit 27 is controlled by the control unit.
Solenoid control unit 28 loaded through 24, if the result of the determination is that the number of times of use is zero
13-1 to 9 (a), the push pin 16 is projected to the conveying surface as indicated by a mark, and the coupon card C is stopped at the position shown in FIG. 9 (a). Let

At this stage, under the control of the control unit 24, the punch driving unit 19 drives the punching punch 20 in the Z ₁ direction to move the punching punch 20 to the first position of the punching area H of the coupon card C as shown in FIG. Drill the punch hole H ₁ shown.

At the same time, the recording means 18 also operates, and its head portion 18a is at the very first position of the printing area P, the character "Tenno" corresponding to the name of the boarding station, Tennoji, and the boarding date, for example 16th, is "16". To print.

On the other hand, when the determination result of the number-of-times determining unit 27 described above indicates that the number of times of use is one, based on the operation of the push solenoid 15 corresponding to the hole 13-2, as shown in FIG. 9B. The push pin 16 protrudes in the Z ₂ direction from the punched hole 13-2 to regulate the position of the coupon card C, and the punching punch 20 punches the punch H _{2 at} a position separated from the punched hole H ₁ by a distance t. Further, the recording unit 18 adds the date "17" to the second position of the print area P and the character "Tenno" and the boarding date, for example, 17th.

The coupon card C for which such processing has been completed is further conveyed in the X direction, is sent to the outlet 4, and is delivered to the user.

Next, the thermal stamp 18 as the recording means will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 to 14.

FIG. 10 shows an external appearance of the thermal stamp 18. In the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes a main body, and the main body 30 has a substantially rectangular shape, and one end of the upper surface thereof makes it easy to carry in the coupon card C. The first printed circuit board 31 is adhered to the upper surface portion while having the inclined guide surface 30a.

A boarding station name recording section 32 for recording a boarding station name and a boarding date recording section 33 for recording a boarding date are formed on one end side of the first printed circuit board 31 to form a head section 18a.

The head portion 18a is projected slightly to the upper surface side so that good adhesion with the coupon card C can be obtained.

Also, a second printed circuit board 35 having a connector 34 is provided on the lower surface of the main body 30, and the second printed circuit board 35 is provided.
The harness 35 and the first printed circuit board 31 are connected by a harness (not shown).

Further, mounting screws 36 ... Are provided on the main body 30 so that the thermal stamp 18 can be mechanically fixed to the mounted portion.

FIG. 11 shows a layout of the boarding station name recording section 32 and the boarding date recording section 33 in the head section 18a, which are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the transfer direction of the coupon card C, and the arrangement direction is a lead wire described later. The boarding station name recording section 32 and the boarding date recording section are arranged in a direction orthogonal to the derivation direction of 38 ...
33 and 33 can be placed in close proximity.

FIG. 12 shows the basic structure of the plane electrode portion of the boarding station name recording section 32.The plus comb electrode group 35 and the minus comb electrode group 36 are combined so as to engage with each other to form an electrode plane, and printing is performed. Station name should be resistor (conductive pattern) 37
Is provided so as to be in electrical contact with the comb-shaped electrode groups 35 and 36 and overlapped on the electrode plane, and a station name is printed by applying a voltage to the comb-shaped electrode groups 35 and 36. In addition, in FIG. 12, a blackened portion is printed.

FIG. 13 shows the boarding date recording section 33, in which the first and second recording sections 33a and 33b composed of seven segments are arranged side by side, and the first and second recording sections 33a and 33b of the first and second recording sections 33a and 33b are arranged. The lead wires 38 ... Are led out in a direction orthogonal to the arrangement direction.

Also, the first and second recording portions 33a and 33b are arranged on an electrode plane in which each segment is a combination of a positive comb-shaped electrode group 39 and a negative comb-shaped electrode group 40 intermeshing with each other as shown in FIG. A resistor (conductive pattern) 37 is superposed on each other, and the date is printed by applying a voltage to each segment.

When operating the automatic ticket gate, the thermal stamp 18
The boarding station name recording unit 32 and the boarding date recording unit 33 are checked for electrical continuity. Then, it is checked once again that the current supply is defective, and if it is determined that the power supply is defective both times, it is judged as "abnormal ticket occurrence" and the number-of-times ticket card C is ejected without being printed and a message to that effect is displayed. Then the station staff is informed.

Then, in the present apparatus configured as described above,
Not only commuter pass A and ticket B, but also coupon card C, punch holes H ₁ , H ₂ , ... as identification information that has been processed quickly and accurately, and the letters "Tenno" which is the name of the boarding station Since the boarding date is added, the ticket processing of the coupon card C can be handled. As a result, by improving this function, a smoother ticket gate operation can be performed.

Further, since the ticket processing unit 9b for the coupon ticket is provided at the subsequent stage of the discrimination writing means 9a, the coupon ticket card C inserted from the insertion slot 3 can be sent to the discrimination writing means 9a as it is at high speed without being temporarily stopped. Therefore, the coupon card C can be processed without deteriorating the conventional high speed. When the ticket processing unit 9b for the coupon ticket is provided before the discrimination writing means 9a, the coupon card C inserted from the insertion slot 3 is temporarily stopped and processed, and then the transport speed is increased again. It must be sent to the discriminating and writing means 9a in a state, a long conveyance distance is required to increase the speed, which is not only space disadvantageous, but also the processing time must be reduced. Further, since the punch mechanism section 17 and the recording means 18 which are the constituent means of the ticket validating unit 9b are arranged in parallel, punching and recording can be performed at the same time, and high-speed processing of the coupon card C is possible. Becomes Further, since the coupon ticket card stopping means 11 is composed of the push pins 16 provided in the same number as the coupon ticket count, the structure and control are simple.

Further, since the recording means forms the boarding station name recording section 32 and the boarding date recording section 33 on the same substrate 31, the structure is simple and the printing interval can be narrowed.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION Since the present invention is configured as described above, not only is it possible to process coupon cards, but even if the coupon card has a bending tendency, the number of times it can be used It is possible to provide an automatic ticket gate apparatus capable of reliably punching at a suitable position and printing the boarding station name and boarding date.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view showing the entire construction of the automatic ticket gate apparatus with a part thereof cut away, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the same. FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing a ticket processing unit for a coupon ticket card, which is a main part, FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the same, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the front side of the coupon card, and FIG. 7 is a coupon ticket. FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the back side of the card, FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the control system, and FIG.
Figure is an explanatory view showing the operating state of the ticket processing unit for coupon cards, Figure 10 is a perspective view of the thermal stamp,
Figure 11 shows the layout of the boarding station name recording section and boarding date recording section in the head section, Figure 12 shows the basic structure of the flat electrode section of the boarding station name recording section, and Figure 13 shows the basic boarding date recording section. FIG. 14 is a view showing the structure, and FIG. 14 is an enlarged view of an electrode plan view of the boarding date recording section. 1 ... Automatic ticket gate, 3 ... Insertion port, 4 ... Sending port, 8
...... Conveyance path, 9a …… Discrimination writing means, 9b …… Ticket ticket processing means (wicket processing unit for ticket), 9c …… Punch unit for ticket, 11 …… Ticket card stopping means, 16… …
Stop pin (push pin), 17 ... Punching means (punch mechanism), 18 ... Recording means (thermal stamp), 23a ...
... first read magnetic head (reading means), 28 ... solenoid control section (stop pin control means), 18a ... head section, 31 ... printed circuit board, 32 ... boarding station name recording section, 33 ...
… Boarding date recording section, A …… Period, B …… Ticket, C …… Coupon card.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Katsuhiko Muramatsu 70 Yanagi-cho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Toshiba Yanagimachi factory (72) Inventor Toshio Kimura 1086-125, Koizumi-cho, Yamatokoriyama-shi, Nara (72) Invention Person Tadahiro Okada Kofudai, Toyono-cho, Toyono-gun, Osaka Prefecture 4-10-17 (72) Inventor Yasuro Okada 5-4-2-101, Nagayoshi Hirano-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture (56) Reference JP-A-2-178896 (JP) , A) JP-A-2-252089 (JP, A) JP-A-53-126899 (JP, A) Actual Kaihei 1-100261 (JP, U) JP-B 55-43714 (JP, B2) JP-B 60-51158 (JP, B2) SHOKO 59-40694 (JP, Y2)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A commuter pass or ticket inserted in an insertion slot is conveyed toward an outlet, and information for the commuter pass or ticket is processed by a discriminating and writing means provided on the way of the conveyance.
In the case of a ticket, an automatic ticket gate apparatus for punching a ticket indicating that the ticket has been used by a ticket punch unit provided on the downstream side of the discrimination writing means in the transport direction, and a commuter pass provided on the way of transportation. A horizontal plate that guides a coupon card that can be used a predetermined number of times with the same size as and stores the number-of-uses information indicating the number of times it has been used, and the number of times for transferring the coupon card on this horizontal plate. The central portion and one end of the ticket card on the horizontal plate surface and in the direction orthogonal to the transportation direction of the coupon card are sandwiched and transported along the transport direction of the coupon card 2
A pair of conveyor belts is provided between the discrimination writing means and the ticket punch unit, and a hole indicating the number of times of use is formed at a predetermined position of the coupon card conveyed on the horizontal plate by the conveyor belt. The number of times the coupon ticket can be used is divided into a plurality of rows in the vicinity of the two sets of conveyor belts for holding the coupon ticket card in order to stop the coupon card at a desired position. A coupon ticket card stopping means having a stop pin that is provided in the same number as the above, projects from the horizontal plate surface toward the coupon card card in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal plate and stops the coupon card, and the determination writing means, Further, it is provided with a reading means for reading the number-of-uses information stored in the coupon ticket card, and one of the stop pins is read based on the number-of-uses information read by the reading means. A stop pin control means for projecting the flat plate toward the coupon card side, a punch mechanism part for a coupon card for making a hole in the coupon card stopped by the stop pin projected by the stop pin control means, and this number of times. An automatic ticket gate device, which is provided in parallel with a ticket card punch mechanism section, and is provided with a ticket ticket processing means for printing the station name and boarding date on the coupon card. . 2. The automatic ticket gate apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing means has a head section in which a boarding station name recording section and a boarding date recording section are formed side by side on the same substrate.