JPH0962876A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily open/close a cover by providing a recessed part or a projecting part which is freely attachably/detachably engaged with the projecting part or the recessed part of the cover for a casing and providing a hook part engaged with the casing for the upper part of the cover. SOLUTION: A pair of projecting parts 31a and 31b are provided downward at the lower part of the cover 11C by leaving prescribed intervals along the passage direction of a ticket examination passage. The projection parts 31a and 31b are freely attachably/detachably engaged with the recessed parts 32a and 32b provided for the frame F of a lower casing H2. Thus, the cover 11C can be removed from the lower casing H2 when the cover 11C is lifted up. In a rotary shaft, a pair of engaging pieces 35a and 35b are fixed to the side of bearings 34a and 34b. The engaging pieces 35a and 35b form the hook part with engaging pieces 38a and 38b. The hook part protrudes toward the inner direction of the lower casing H2 and it can rotate to a downward range from a horizontal direction by a prescribed angle.

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, the present invention relates to an automatic ticket gate, in which the cover of the casing forming the main body of the automatic ticket gate can be easily removed and installed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a main body of an automatic ticket gate of this type (hereinafter referred to as a main body) has a device such as a card handler and a control device necessary for the automatic ticket gate incorporated in a single housing. The cover on the side of the ticket gate of the case is screwed to the case so that the protrusions do not appear on the surface, and the cover is devised so that the user's clothes and the like are not caught.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate, since the cover is screwed to the frame of the housing, there is a disadvantage that opening and closing of the cover is troublesome during maintenance.

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 in which the cover can be opened and closed easily.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is an automatic ticket gate in which a casing forming a main body is provided with an openable and closable cover. In addition to providing a convex portion or a concave portion, the housing is provided with a concave portion or a convex portion which is detachably fitted to the convex portion or the concave portion, and a hook portion which is engaged with the casing is provided on an upper portion of the cover. It is a feature. Further, the hook portion is characterized in that it can be operated when the lockable opening / closing cover for taking out the collecting box for collecting the tickets is opened.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 (a) is a front view of a portable doorless type automatic ticket gate according to one embodiment as seen from the ticket gate passage side, and FIG. 1 (b) is a right side view of the above (a). Yes, it is an automatic ticket gate that is particularly suitable for temporary ticket gates at stations and entrances and exits of various event venues.

A housing H, which is the outer shape of the main body 1, is divided into an upper housing H1 and a lower housing H2 by being vertically divided at a position of about half height. Figure 2 (a)
Shows the divided upper housing H1 and (b) of FIG.
Indicates a divided lower housing H2.

Although not shown, a card handler is incorporated in the upper housing H1, and tickets (main body) inserted from an insertion opening 2 provided on the upper side surface of the entrance 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 ticket inserted through the inlet 2 allows passage 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, reference numeral 4 denotes a buzzer provided on the side of the ticket gate passage of the upper housing H1, which 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 for displaying 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 rear 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 unlocked by inserting a key (not shown) into the key hole 8 and inserting a hand into the handle cover 9 to provide a hinge provided at the bottom of the cover 7. It is configured so that it can be opened by rotating around 7a, 7a. Therefore, 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 passage side of the lower housing H2 facing the collection box 10 is an openable cover 1 which can be opened and closed.
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 is inserted into the key hole 12 to unlock, the hand is put into the handle cover 13, and the hinge 11a 'provided below the opening / closing cover 11a is centered. It is constructed so that it can be opened by rotating it. The opening / closing mechanism of the opening / closing cover 11a will be described later with reference to FIGS.
The covers 11b and 11c located on both sides of 1a will be described later with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

On the front side and the back side of the entrance and exit sides of the ticket gate passage of the lower housing H2, a total of four handles 14a to 14d similar to the handles of the upper housing H1 are provided.
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.

In order to install the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment at a temporary ticket gate or the like, first, two staff members make a lower case H2.
The handles 14a to 14d are used to carry them to the installation site for installation, and then two staff members handle the upper housing H1 to the handles 6a to 6d.
It is carried by using 6d and placed on the lower housing H2. After that, the upper housing H1 and the lower housing H2 are fixed with nuts N and N, and the cover 7 is closed to complete the installation. Further, the driving power source is taken in from a power source taking-in portion 16 provided in the lower part of the lower housing H2 by disposing the power cord under the seat S described above.

Although the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment is of a type without a door, 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, the upper housing H1 or the lower housing H2, or both of the housings H1 and H2 are provided with predetermined directions along the ticket gate 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.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged detailed view of a portion (a) of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is BB of FIG.
It is a line sectional view. In addition, the mechanism of this a part is the lower housing H
The handle cover 13 of the upper housing H1 has the same mechanism as that of the handle cover 13 of the lower housing H2. The description of the part is omitted.

The handle cover 13 is provided so as to be able to move in and out of the handle window 20 provided in the opening / closing cover 11a, and has a shape that covers the entire handle window 20. And
The size of the handle window 20 is determined so that the fingers of one of the hands of the attendant can be inserted therein.

A stopper 21 reaching the rear surface of the opening / closing cover 11a is provided on the upper surface of the rear surface of the handle cover 13, and is attached to both sides of the lower portion of the handle cover 13 between the opening / closing cover 11a. Hinges 22a, 2
2b are provided respectively. Therefore, the handle cover 13 is kept flush with the surface of the open / close cover 11a by the stopper 21 and includes the open / close cover 11a.
1 The whole can be kept flat.

The biasing member 23 comprises a hinge with a spring,
The pivot axis position of the hinge is positioned below the pivot axis position of the hinges 22a and 22b of the handle cover 13. The lower portion 23a of the hinge is attached to the rear surface of the opening / closing cover 11a, the upper portion 23b thereof is slidably abutted against the lower portion of the rear surface of the handle cover 13, and the upper portion 23b of the hinge 23a (FIG. 4). , (Not shown in FIG. 5), the handle cover 13 is constantly urged toward the front side of the opening / closing cover 11a (see the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 5).

Accordingly, the handle window 20 is closed by the handle cover 13 until the handle cover 13 is pushed inside the lower housing H2 by an attendant, and the handle cover 1
When 3 is pushed inside the lower housing H2 by the hand (finger) of the clerk, it can be opened and the opening / closing cover 11a can be held by the hand of the clerk. At this time, the handle cover 13 has a spring-loaded hinge urging member 2 having a rotation axis located below the rotation axes of the hinges 22a and 22b of the handle cover 13.
Since it is biased by 3, the handle cover 13 can be opened and closed smoothly.

The lock member 24 having the key hole 12 is provided on the opening / closing cover 11a on the right side of the handle cover 13. The surface having the key hole 12 is the opening / closing cover 11
It is formed on the same surface as the surface of a (see FIG. 4).

The back side of the lock member 24 (inside the lower housing H2)
Is provided with a pair of locking pieces 25a and 25b that can be rotated by 180 ° around the axis of the key hole 12 when a key (not shown) is inserted and rotated.

One of the pair of locking pieces 25a, 25b is located on the back side of the handle cover 13 when the locking member 24 is in the locked state and is in the unlocked state. It is configured to be detached from the back surface of 13. The other locking piece 25b is located on the back side of the engaging piece 26 provided on the frame (not shown) of the lower housing H2 when the locking member 24 is in the locked state, and is in the unlocked state. Is configured to be disengaged from the position of the engaging piece 26 (see the chain line and the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3).

Therefore, when the locking member 24 is in the locked state, the opening operation of the handle cover 13 is blocked by the locking piece 25a, and the opening operation of the opening / closing cover 11a is blocked by the locking piece 25b. On the other hand, when the lock member 24 is in the unlocked state, the handle cover 13 can be opened, so that the operator's hand can be put in the handle window to hold the opening / closing cover 11a. Then, the opening / closing cover 11a is attached to the hinge 11a '.
It is possible to take out the recovery box 10 inside the open / close cover 11a from the lower housing H2 by opening it around the center.

To set the opening / closing cover 11a in the lower housing H2, the opening / closing cover 11a is rotated about the hinge 11a ', and then the key is rotated to lock the locking member 24. Thereby, the handle cover 13 and the opening / closing cover 11a
Is locked.

Although the above description is for the opening / closing cover 11a provided in the lower housing H2, the cover 7 provided in the upper housing H1 is also configured in the same manner as the opening / closing cover 11a described above. Therefore, the maintenance of the card handler 5 and the like can be easily performed by opening the cover 7.

Next, the opening / closing and locking mechanism 30 of the covers 11b, 11c on the side of the ticket gate of the lower housing H2 will be described. Since the covers 11b, 11c are the same mechanism,
The description will focus on the cover 11c located on the left side.

FIG. 6 is a front view in which the surface of the lock mechanism 30 portion of the cover 11c is cut away, and FIG. 7 is C- of FIG.
It is a C line sectional view.

At the lower part of the cover 11c, a pair of convex portions 31a, 3 are provided at a predetermined interval along the passage direction of the ticket gate passage.
1b is provided downward. These convex portions 31a, 3
1b is a recess 3 provided in the frame F of the lower housing H2
It is configured to be detachably fitted to the 2a and 32b.

Therefore, the cover 11c can be removed from the lower housing H2 by lifting the cover 11c upward. In this fitting, the cover 11c may be provided with a concave portion and the frame F may be provided with a convex portion.

The lock mechanism 30 is provided on the upper inside of the cover 11c and has a rotary shaft 33 extending horizontally in the direction of the ticket gate. The rotating shaft 33 is a bearing 3 fixed to the back surface of the cover 11c with a predetermined space.
It is rotatably provided via 4a and 34b.

A pair of locking pieces 35a and 35b are fixed to the rotary shaft 33 on the bearing 34a and 34b sides, respectively. These locking pieces 35a and 35b are engaged pieces 38 described later.
A hook portion of the present invention is formed together with a and 38b. The hook portion of the present invention projects inward of the lower housing H2 and is configured to be rotatable by a predetermined angle downward from the horizontal direction (solid line position in FIG. 7). And the position of the chain line).

The rotary shaft 30 has locking pieces 35a, 35b.
It has coil springs 36a and 36b nearby,
The locking pieces 35a and 35b are urged to keep them in the horizontal direction. The strength of these coil springs 36a and 36b is such that when a staff member rotates a lever 37 provided at a portion located inside the opening / closing cover 11a on one end side of the rotary shaft 33 with one hand, the rotary shafts are rotated. It is designed so that 33 can be easily rotated.

A hole 35 is formed in each locking piece 35a, 35b.
a ', 35b' are provided, and each locking piece 35a, 3
The engagement pieces 38a and 38b provided on the frame F of the lower housing H2 are configured to be engaged with each other when 5b is kept horizontal.

Although the lock mechanism 30 of the cover 11c located on the right side of the open / close cover 11a has been described above, the cover 11b lock mechanism 30 located on the left side of the open / close cover 11a also has the lever 37 mounted on the right side (open / close state). Cover 11
It is the same except that it is mounted on the (a side).

When maintenance such as replacement of the control board provided in the lower housing H2 becomes necessary and the cover 11b or 11c needs to be opened, first, when the above-mentioned recovery box 10 is taken out, Similarly, the open / close cover 11a is unlocked and opened.

When the opening / closing cover 11a is opened, the lever 3
7 appears, rotate the lever 37 to rotate the locking piece 35.
When a and 35b are disengaged from the engagement pieces 38a and 38b and the cover 11b or 11c is lifted up in this state,
The cover 11b or 11c can be removed from the lower housing H2.

In order to attach the removed cover 11b or 11c to the lower housing H2 again, first, the cover 11b or 1 is attached.
1c of the convex portions 31a and 31b, the frame F concave portion 32a,
When the lever 37 is fitted to the housing 32b and is moved to the lower housing H2 side while the lever 37 is rotated, the locking pieces 35a, 35b and the engaging pieces 38a, 38b are engaged with each other when the lever 37 is released. 11b or 11c is fixed to the lower housing H2.

When the tips of the locking pieces 35a, 35b are bent and the cover 11b or 11c is pushed down toward the lower housing H2, the locking pieces 35a, 35b automatically engage with the engaging pieces 38a, 38a. 38b may be engaged.

[0046]

According to the automatic ticket gate of the present invention, the cover is provided with a convex portion or a concave portion at the bottom thereof, and the housing is provided with a concave portion or a convex portion which is detachably fitted to the convex portion or the concave portion. Since the hook part which is engaged with the casing is provided on the upper part of the cover, there is a feature that the cover can be easily opened and closed.
Further, when the opening / closing cover with a lock for the collection box is opened to open the cover, the opening / closing cover can be locked indirectly.

[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 detailed view of a part (a) of FIG. 1 (a).

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a cover by cutting off a part thereof.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main body (main body) of the automatic ticket gate 2 Insertion port 3 Ejection port 4 Buzzer 5 Display part 6a-6d, 14a-14d Handle 7,11 Cover 8,12 Key hole 9,13 Handle cover 10 Collection box 11a Open / close cover 15a- 15d Fall prevention tool 16 Power supply intake section 20 Handle window 22a, 22b Hinge 23 Biasing member 24 Locking member 25a, 25b Engaging piece 26 Engaging piece 30 Locking mechanism 31a, 31b Convex section 32a, 32b Recess 33 33 Rotating shaft 34a, 34b Bearing 35a, 35b Locking piece (hook part) 36a, 36b Coil spring 37 Lever 38a, 38b Engaging piece (hook part) L Lamp S Seat F Flange H Housing H1 Upper housing H2 Lower housing

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate having an openable and closable cover provided on a casing forming a main body of the automatic ticket gate, wherein a convex portion or a concave portion is provided at a lower portion of the cover and the convex portion or the concave portion is provided on the casing. An automatic ticket gate, wherein a concave portion or a convex portion that is detachably fitted to the housing is provided, and a hook portion that is engaged with the housing is provided on an upper portion of the cover. 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the hook portion is operable when a lockable opening / closing cover for taking out a collection box for collecting tickets is opened. .