JPH07220148A - Rotating device for automatic user processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the compact and simple rotating device for automatic user processor by providing a bearing which supports an upper plate rotatably and a positioning member abutted by plural parts on the inner peripheral or outer peripheral side of a ring part so as to rotate it. CONSTITUTION:This device is provided with an upper plate 3 mounted with a user processor (a), a lower plate 1 equipped with foot parts 5a-5d to be put on the floor F, and a ring part 2 at the back of the upper plate 3 or on the upper surface of the lower plate 1. It is also provided with a bearing on the upper surface of the lower plate 1 which supports the upper plate 3 rotatably or at the lower surface of the upper plate 3 and a positioning member on the upper surface of the lower plate 1 or at the lower surface of the upper plate 3 so that the ring part 2 can be rotated by abutted on at least more than three parts at the inner peripheral or outer peripheral side of the ring part. Thus, the upper plate 3 mounted with the user processor (a) put on is rotated through the bearing. The rotation is performed through the positioning of the ring part 2 by the positioning member.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rotating device for a self-supporting customer processing machine operated by a user, such as a self-standing automatic ticket vending machine, an automatic checkout machine, or various automatic vending machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a self-supporting automatic ticket vending machine
For maintenance and inspection, the worker needs a predetermined space on the opposite side (rear surface) of the customer service side to work. Therefore, there is a drawback that the space on the customer side becomes small and the floor area cannot be effectively used.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention has previously filed Japanese Patent Application No. 5-2.
No. 2195: A customer processing machine was put on a turntable, and the other side of the customer service surface was rotated to the customer service surface side for maintenance and inspection. did.

The customer processing machine according to the above proposal only needs to have a space on the back side so that the customer processing machine can rotate, and the floor area on the customer side can be increased.

[0005]

However, since the rotating device for making the customer processing machine according to the above-mentioned proposal the rotary type has to be mounted on the heavy customer processing machine and rotated. In addition, there is a drawback that the rotating device becomes large and complicated and the cost becomes high.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object thereof is to provide a small-sized and simple structure rotary device for a self-supporting user processing machine. is there.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an apparatus of the present invention has an upper plate on which a customer processing machine is mounted on an upper surface, and a leg portion which is mounted on a floor surface on a lower surface. A lower plate, a ring portion provided on the back surface of the upper plate or an upper surface of the lower plate, and a bearing provided on the upper surface of the lower plate or the lower surface of the upper plate that rotatably supports the upper plate, Positioning provided on the upper surface of the lower plate or the lower surface of the upper plate so as to contact the inner or outer peripheral side of the ring portion at at least three points and rotate the ring portion. And a member.

[0008]

In the above structure, the upper plate on which the customer processing machine is mounted rotates via the bearing. And that rotation is
The ring portion is positioned by the positioning member.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of an automatic ticket vending machine as a customer processing machine, and FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof.

The automatic ticket vending machine a is provided on the rotating device a according to this embodiment. This rotating device (a) has a minimum distance on the floor surface F inside the station, and as shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. It's kept between 'and.

The rotating device B is mainly composed of a lower plate 1, a ring portion 2, an upper plate 3, a bearing and a positioning member described later.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the lower plate 1 as seen from the automatic ticket vending machine a side, and the size of the plane is equal to the size of the plane of the automatic ticket vending machine a and is close to a vertically long square. It is formed in a rectangular shape. In the central portion of the lower plate 1, a circular hole 4 having a sufficiently large diameter, for example, a diameter half the length of the short side of the lower plate 1 is provided as shown in the figure. In addition, leg portions 5a to 5d having a height slightly larger than the thickness of the electric wire b for driving the automatic ticket vending machine a are provided on a square on the back surface side (floor surface F side) of the lower plate 1.

Around the hole 4 on the upper surface of the lower plate 1, a plurality of bearings (12 in the illustrated example) 6, 6 ... And a positioning member (4 in the illustrated example) 7 made up of the bearings. , 7 ...
And are provided. Of these, the bearings 6, 6 ... Are provided at equal intervals so as to be located on the lower surface of the ring portion 2 provided on the lower surface of the upper plate 3.

Dampers 8 and 8 are provided above and below the hole 4 on the right side of the central vertical line on the upper surface of the lower plate 1, respectively. It is configured to abut the pressing pieces 8a, 8a.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 9 denotes a lock mechanism provided on the upper surface of the lower plate 1 on the customer service side (lower side in FIG. 3) of the automatic ticket vending machine a, and when the operation pin 9a is pushed down, the lock pin 9b is pressed.
Is retracted to be disengaged from an engagement piece (described later) provided at a predetermined position on the outer peripheral side of the ring portion 2.

Next, the structure of the upper plate 3 will be described with reference to FIG. The upper plate 3 shown in FIG. 4 is an automatic ticket vending machine a.
It is the top view seen from the side. The upper plate 3 is formed to have the same planar shape as the lower plate 1, and the same hole 10 as the hole 4 is provided at a position facing the hole 4 of the lower plate 1. ing. Therefore, when the upper plate 3 is superposed on the lower plate 1, both holes 4 and 10 are located at the same position.

The upper surface of the upper plate 3 is provided with screw holes 11 and 1 in a square.
1 are provided respectively, and the leg portions a ′, a ′ ... of the automatic ticket vending machine a placed on the upper surface of the upper plate 3 can be fixed by screws (not shown).

On the back surface side of the upper plate 3, as shown in FIG. 5A which is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 4, the ring portion 2 is provided by screwing with the hole 10 inside. ing.

The ring portion 2 is provided on the upper plate 3 side,
It is composed of a flat ring piece 2a with which the bearing 6 abuts, and a ring piece 2b located below the ring piece 2a and having an inverted L-shaped cross section. Then, the positioning member 7 is configured to abut on the inner peripheral side of the ring piece 2b. (See FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B).

On the rear surface side of the central plate of the upper plate 3, the hole 10 is formed.
As shown in FIG. 5C, the stopper 1 is
2 is provided by screwing so that it can be brought into contact with the pressing piece 8a of the damper 8.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 13 denotes engagement pieces provided on the back surface of the upper plate 3 at predetermined outer positions of the ring portion 2 by screwing, respectively, and the back surface side of the automatic ticket vending machine a is located on the front side. 3, that is, in FIG. 3, when the ring portion 2 is rotated clockwise by 180 °, the lock pin 9b of the lock mechanism 9 is retained in the recess 13a of the engaging piece 13 and the upper plate 3 is retained. Is provided on the back side of. Note that FIG. 4 shows a state in which the back side of the automatic ticket vending machine a is located on the front side.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes a lock provided on the automatic ticket vending machine a, which is used to allow the attendant to rotate the automatic ticket vending machine a when performing maintenance and inspection of the automatic ticket vending machine a. .

As shown in FIG. 6, when a key (not shown) is inserted into the lock 20 and the lock 20 is rotated, a lever 21 is rotated and a wire provided at the tip of the lever 21 is rotated. 22 is configured so that the push pin 23 provided on the upper plate 3 can be moved downward.

As shown in FIG. 4, the push-out pin 23 is located on the left side of the central vertical line on the upper side of the upper plate 3 and on the ring portion 2.
The lower end of the push-out pin 23 is provided in a case 24 provided at a position located outside of the upper plate 3 and penetrates the upper plate 3 and the projection 25 having an inverted cross section provided on the lower surface of the upper plate 3. It is provided so that it can be moved (see E- in FIG. 4).
(Refer to the upper plate 3 portion of FIG. 6 showing the E line cross section).

FIG. 3 shows the upper surface of the lower plate 1 which faces the push pins 23 provided on the upper plate 3 when the automatic ticket vending machine placed on the upper plate 3 faces the front. Locking pin 26 is provided.

The engaging pin 26 is movably provided in a vertical direction in a case 27 provided on the lower plate 1, that is, in the axial direction of the push pin 23, and is always attached upward by a spring 28. It is configured to be activated. And
The upper end side of the locking pin 26 has a through hole 25 ′ of the protrusion 25.
When the push pin 23 moves upward from and becomes empty,
It is constructed so that it can be inserted into the through hole 25 '(see the lower plate 1 portion of FIG. 6 showing the cross section along the line DD of FIG. 3).

Therefore, when the locking pin 26 enters the through hole 25 'of the protrusion 25 while the lock 20 is operated by the key and the push pin 23 is moving upward, the upper plate 3 described later rotates. Will be locked.

When the lock pin 20 is operated by a key to move the push-out pin downward and push out the locking pin 26 from the through hole 25 'of the projection 25, the upper plate 3 can be unlocked. It becomes a state.

In the device a of the present embodiment having the above-mentioned structure, the electric wire b for driving the automatic ticket vending machine a fixed on the upper plate 3 is arranged on the floor F up to the center of the holes 4, 10. It is installed and taken into the inside of the automatic ticket vending machine a.

Therefore, the upper plate 3 is set to 1 as described later.
Even if the automatic ticket vending machine a rotates back and forth at 80 °, the electric wire b
Since there is a sufficient margin in the rising portion of, the excessive force does not act and there is no risk of damaging the electric wire b.

Next, the operation of rotating the automatic ticket vending machine a during maintenance and inspection will be described. This rotation is performed by rotating the upper plate 3.

In order to rotate the automatic ticket vending machine a during maintenance, first, as described above, the locking pin 26 is pushed out from the through hole 25 'of the projection 25 using the key to be unlocked.
Next, when the automatic ticket vending machine a is rotated in the clockwise direction, the upper plate 3 can be smoothly rotated by the bearings 6, 6, ... And the positioning members 7, 7.

When this rotation is a half rotation, the stopper 12 abuts on the pressing piece 8a of the damper 8 to gradually weaken the rotational force thereof, and the lock pin 9b engages the engaging piece 13a.
It is fitted in the concave portion 13a. Therefore, the clerk side of the automatic ticket vending machine a is set in the front position.

When the maintenance and inspection of the automatic ticket vending machine a is completed and the automatic ticket vending machine a is rotated counterclockwise and set to the original position, the operation pin 9a of the lock mechanism 9 is pressed by the foot of the clerk. As a result, the lock pin 9b is disengaged from the recess 13a, and the upper plate 3 becomes rotatable. When the automatic ticket vending machine a is rotated in this state, the stopper 12 comes into contact with the pressing piece 8a of the damper 8 to gradually weaken its rotational force, and when the rotation reaches a predetermined position, the locking pin 26 causes the through-hole. Inserted in 25 'and locked. Therefore, when the customer-facing side of the automatic ticket vending machine a faces the customer-side B, it is kept in the locked state.

As described above, in the device a of this embodiment, the upper plate 3 can be rotated by a simple mechanism by using the bearings 6, 6 ... And the positioning members 7, 7. Also, the lock mechanism 9 is used to prevent the upper plate 3 from rotating during maintenance and inspection, and the dampers 8 and 8 are provided to gradually reduce the force at the end of rotation and to be installed on the upper plate 3. The automatic ticket vending machine "a" is not adversely affected. Further, since the lock 20 is provided, the automatic ticket vending machine a cannot be rotated without a key possessed by the attendant, and safety can be maintained.

In the above embodiment, the upper plate 3 is rotated clockwise during maintenance and inspection.
When the is rotated counterclockwise, the dampers 8 and 8 are positioned on the left side of the central vertical line of the lower plate 1, and the pressing pieces 8a and 8a are set so as to face the left side, respectively.

Further, the ring portion 2 is provided on the upper plate 3, and the bearings 6, 6 ... And the positioning members 7, 7 ... Are provided on the lower plate 1, but these are reversed, that is, the top and bottom of the above-mentioned embodiment. The arrangement relationship of may be reversed.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the customer processing machine for users is an automatic ticket vending machine, but it may be an automatic checkout machine or various automatic vending machines.

[0039]

The rotating device for a self-standing customer processing machine according to the present invention has a lower plate having an upper plate for mounting the customer processing machine on the upper surface and a leg portion for mounting on the floor surface on the lower surface. A plate, a ring portion provided on a back surface of the upper plate or an upper surface of the lower plate, a bearing provided on an upper surface of the lower plate or a lower surface of the upper plate for rotatably supporting the upper plate, and A positioning member provided on the upper surface of the lower plate or the lower surface of the upper plate so as to contact the inner or outer peripheral side of the ring portion at at least three points and rotate the ring portion. Therefore, the structure is simple, the size is small, and the manufacturing cost is low.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an apparatus according to an embodiment when an automatic ticket vending machine is used as a customer processing machine.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a lower plate.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an upper plate.

5A is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 4, FIG. 5B is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 4, and FIG. 5C is C of FIG.
It is a -C line sectional view.

6 is an explanatory diagram of the lock including a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG. 3 and a cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lower plate 2 Ring part 3 Upper plate 4,10 Holes 5a-5d Leg part 6,6 ... Bearing 7,7 ... Positioning member 8,8 Damper 8a, 8a Pressing piece 9 Lock mechanism 9a Operation pin 9b Lock pin 12 Stopper 13 Engaging piece 20 Lock 23 Push-out pin 25 Protrusion 25 'Through hole 26 Locking pin y Rotating device b User a to user processing machine (automatic ticket vending machine)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An upper plate on which a customer processing machine is placed on an upper surface, a lower plate having legs on the lower surface, which are placed on the floor, and a rear surface of the upper plate or an upper surface of the lower plate. And a bearing provided on the upper surface of the lower plate or the lower surface of the upper plate that rotatably supports the upper plate, and at least three or more points on the inner peripheral side or the outer peripheral side of the ring part. A self-supporting customer processing machine, characterized by having a positioning member provided on the upper surface of the lower plate or the lower surface of the upper plate so that the ring portion abuts at a location and the ring portion rotates. Rotating device.