JPH0944709A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate the application of an automatic ticket examination machine for both entrance and exit by dividing a casing forming the main body of the machine into upper and lower parts and also securing the free turning of the upper casing to the lower one. SOLUTION: A casing H forming the external shape of a main body 1 is divided into an upper casing H1 and a lower casing H2 at about half height position. A card handler is built into the casing H1 and takes the passenger tickets, etc., inserted through a slit 2 prepared on the upper side face at the entrance into the main body 1. The casing H2 contains a collection box 10 for the tickets and a control board including a CPU which controls the main body, etc. Furthermore, the casings H1 and H2 are connected to each other via a turntable mechanism T placed at the center part between the faces of both casings, so that they can be freely turned. In such a constitution, the casing H1 is turned half after a cover 7 is opened and a nut is removed when the automatic ticket examination machine that is used for entrance or exist is used vice versa.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate,
In particular, it relates to an automatic ticket gate that can be applied to both ticket gates and ticket exits with one automatic ticket gate body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to perform a ticket gate (entry) and an exit ticket (entrance) with an automatic ticket gate, two types of automatic ticket gates, one for entrance and one for entrance, are installed at the ticket gate, or an automatic ticket gate. It is configured by incorporating two card handlers for entry and exit in the housing of the main body (hereinafter referred to as the main body).

[0003]

However, when two types of automatic ticket gates for entrance and exit are installed at the ticket gate, the installation cost is high, and when two sets of card handlers are built in the housing. Has a drawback that not only is the case lengthened and the size increased, but also the control device is complicated and the cost is increased.

In particular, when an automatic ticket gate is installed at a temporary ticket gate for rush hour at a station or at the entrance of various event venues, it is operated exclusively for entrance in the morning and exclusively for entrance in the afternoon. However, it is not a good idea to use an automatic ticket gate installed at such a special entrance / exit as an expensive automatic ticket gate.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic ticket gate that can easily switch one automatic ticket gate to entrance or exit only. It is in.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention divides a casing forming a main body into upper and lower parts, and rotates the central part of the divided surface. A table mechanism is provided, and the upper housing of the two divided housings is rotatably provided with respect to the lower housing. Further, the automatic ticket gate is a type without a door.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is a front view of the doorless type automatic ticket gate according to the embodiment as seen from the ticket gate passage side, and FIG. 1B is a right side view of FIG. 1A.

A casing H having the outer shape of the main body 1 is divided into an upper casing H1 and a lower casing H2 by being divided into upper and lower portions at a position of about half height. Figure 2 (a)
Shows the divided upper housing H1 and (b) shows the divided lower housing H2.

Although not shown, a card handler is incorporated inside the upper housing H1, and tickets (main body) inserted through an insertion opening 2 provided at an upper side surface of an entrance side of the upper housing H1. 1 is an admission ticket when it is installed at the entrance / exit of the event venue. Hereinafter, the admission ticket is also referred to as a boarding ticket.) It is configured so that it can be taken into the main body 1. Then, among the tickets taken in the main body 1, the tickets that need to be returned to the user are conveyed to the outlet 3 provided on the upper surface of the upper housing H1 on the exit side and returned. It is configured to be able to.

In FIG. 1, L is a lamp provided near the outlet 3, which lights up in blue when the tickets inserted from the inlet 2 can be allowed to pass through the ticket gate passage. When the passage is not permitted, it lights up in red, and when the tickets are for children, it lights up in yellow to notify the user and staff. That is, in the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment, when the lamp L lights up in red, it means that the door of the automatic ticket gate equipped with the door is closed.

In FIG. 1, 4 is a buzzer provided on the side of the ticket gate passage of the upper housing H1 and is configured to ring when the lamp L lights up in red, and the ticket gate is rejected. This is configured so that the user and the staff can be notified by voice.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 5 denotes a display plate, which is provided to display the operating state of the main body 1 to the user. The arrow shown in the figure indicates that the main body 1 is in operation and the user can enter the ticket gate passage. When the operation is stopped, a bar-entry graphic with a bar is displayed in the horizontal center of the circle to inform the user that he / she cannot enter the ticket gate passage.

A total of four concave handles 6a to 6d are provided on the front side and the back side of the lower part of the entrance side and the exit side of the ticket gate passage of the upper housing H1. The body H1 is configured to be portable. The cover 7 on the side of the upper housing H1 on the side of the ticket gate is constructed so that a key (not shown) can be inserted into the key hole 8 to unlock it, and the handle cover 9 can be opened by inserting a hand. . Then, when the cover 7 is opened, maintenance of the card handler and the like can be performed.

The above-mentioned upper casing H1 is used to hold tickets in the main body 1
It is an insertion type that takes in the inside, reads the data recorded on the tickets through the magnetic head and performs arithmetic processing,
When the ticket is an IC card having a wireless communication function, and the IC card and the main body 1 exchange data to perform an automatic ticket gate, in the case of the non-contact type, the entrance side of the upper housing H1 is provided. An antenna is provided for communicating with the IC card.

The lower housing H2 has a collection box 10 for collecting tickets that do not need to be returned to the user, and a control board (not shown) having a CPU for controlling the main body 1 and the like. Is provided.

The portion of the cover 11 on the ticket gate passage side of the lower housing H2 facing the collection box 10 is an openable / closable cover 1.
Since it is configured as 1a, the recovery box 10 can be taken out of the main body 1. That is, this opening / closing cover 11a
Like the cover 7 of the upper housing H1, the key can be inserted into the key hole 12 to unlock it, and the handle cover 13 can be opened by inserting the hand.

On the front and back sides of the entrance and exit sides of the ticket gate passage of the lower housing H2, there are provided a total of four handles 14a to 14d similar to the handles of the upper housing H1.
The lower case H2 can be carried by a person in charge.

From the plurality of L-shaped members (four in the illustrated example) whose lower surface corresponds to the floor surface G at a predetermined interval on the lower ticket passage side and the opposite side of the lower housing H2. Fall prevention tools 15a to 15d are provided. Of these fall prevention devices 15a to 15d, the fall prevention device 1 on the side of the ticket gate
The fall prevention tools 15b and 15d on the opposite side of 5a and 15c are provided so as to be offset from each other so that their mounting positions do not match. Therefore, when storing the main body 1 in a warehouse,
The storage space can be reduced because the fall prevention devices of the main bodies do not contact each other.

These fall prevention tools 15a to 15d
1 protrudes into the ticket gate passage, but as shown in FIG. 1B, the sheet S stretched over the ticket gate passage does not obstruct the passage of the user.

The above-mentioned upper casing H1 and lower casing H2 are
Rotation is automatically connected by a rotary table mechanism T provided at the center of the lower surface of the upper housing H1 and the center of the upper surface of the lower housing H2.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1B, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3, showing the details of the rotary base mechanism T. , Will be described with reference to FIG.

The turntable mechanism T is made of a synthetic resin ring member 20 whose lower surface is fixed to the frame F1 of the lower housing H2 and whose upper surface is open, and is rotatable in an inner cylinder of the ring member 20. It has a cylindrical portion 21a having an outer diameter to be inserted and a rotating member 21 having a collar portion 21b placed on the upper surface of the ring member 20. Then, this rotating member 21
A flange member 22 is provided on the lower surface of the ring member by screwing so that the rotating member 21 does not come off from the ring member 20.

As shown in FIG. 4, an arcuate groove 22 is provided on the upper surface of the ring member 20 over 180 °. A pin 23 provided on the rotary member 21 is movably provided in the groove 22.

Therefore, the rotary member 21 can reciprocate within a range in which the pin 23 can move within the groove 22, that is, within a range of 180 °.

A plurality of (three in the illustrated example) split pins 24a to 24 are provided on the upper surface of the rotating member 21 at a predetermined interval.
c is projected. These split pins 24a to 24c are
Holes 25a-2 provided in the frame F2 of the upper housing H1
It is positioned so that it can be inserted into each of 5c.
This positioning is such that when the pin 23 is located at one end of the groove 22, the upper housing H1 and the lower housing H2 are parallel in the longitudinal direction, and the pin 23 is at the other end of the groove 22. When it is positioned at, the upper casing H1 rotates half a turn (180
It is determined that the upper housing H1 and the lower housing H2 are parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction by rotating (rotating).

Further, on the upper surface of the rotating member 21, a plurality of (4 in the illustrated example) screw holes 26a to 26a are provided at a predetermined interval.
26d is provided, and the split pins 24a to 24c described above are provided.
The frame F2 of the upper housing H1 positioned at is fixed by the nuts N, N, N.

The terminal mounting plate 27 is screwed to the upper surface of the rotating member 21 so that the wiring sockets S1 to S3 can be mounted. By mounting the plugs P1 to P3 in the socket, the upper housing H1 and the lower housing H2 can be electrically connected.

In order to install the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment in, for example, a temporary ticket gate, first, two staff members carry the lower housing H2 to the installation place by using the handles 14a to 14d. Then, two staff members carry the upper housing H1 by using the handles 6a to 6d, and place the split pin 2 on the lower housing H2.
Place according to the instructions of 4a to 24c. After that, the upper housing H1 and the lower housing H2 are fixed with nuts N, N ... And the cover 7 is closed to complete the installation. In addition, the drive power source is provided with a power source cord under the above-mentioned seat S, and the lower housing H
It is taken in from the power supply intake part 16 provided in the lower part of 2.

When the upper casing H1 is rotated a half turn and the automatic ticket gate that has been used as an entrance or exit until then is used for entrance or entrance, the cover 7 is opened and the nuts N and N are opened.
Is removed and the upper housing H1 is rotated half a turn.

The automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment is of a type without a door, but when the automatic ticket gate has a door, the door and its drive unit are provided in the lower housing H2.

Further, regardless of the presence or absence of a door, when detecting an unpaid person in the ticket gate passage, a predetermined number is set in the upper casing H1 or the lower casing H2 or both casings H1 and H2 along the ticket passage passage direction. A human detector including a photoelectric element or the like is provided at a distance. At this time, when detecting an adult and a dwarf separately, an arm parallel to the ticket gate is provided on the upper part of the upper housing H1, and a human detector is also provided on the arm.

[0032]

In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, the casing forming the main body is vertically divided into two parts, and the rotary table mechanism is provided at the center of the divided surface. Since the upper housing is rotatably provided with respect to the lower housing, the upper housing can be rotated half a turn using the rotating table mechanism, and can be easily applied for entry or exit. Also, when the automatic ticket gate is of the type without a door, it can be a simple automatic ticket gate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a front view of an automatic ticket gate of a doorless type according to an embodiment as seen from a ticket gate passage side, and FIG. 1B is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state when the housing is divided into two.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Main body (main body) of automatic ticket gate 2 Insertion port 3 Ejection port 4 Buzzer 5 Display section 6a to 6d, 14a to 14d Handle 7, 11 Cover 8, 12 Key hole 9, 13 Handle cover 10 Collection box 11a Open / close cover 15a to 15d Fall prevention tool 16 Power supply intake part 20 Ring member 21 Rotating member T Rotating table mechanism L Lamp S Seat H Case H1 Upper case H2 Lower case

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A housing forming a main body of an automatic ticket gate is vertically divided into two parts, and a turntable mechanism is provided in a central portion of a surface of the two parts, and an upper housing of the two parts is a lower part. An automatic ticket gate, which is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the housing. 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the automatic ticket gate is a type without a door.