JPH0962879A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability by freely turnably providing the cover of a casing positioned in the shift direction of a clerk operation part with a lower part as a center and connecting the cover with the clerk operation part. SOLUTION: The lower part of the cover 11b at the side of the exit side of a lower casing H2 is freely turnably fitted to the frame of the lower casing H2 through hinges 31a and 31b. Metallic part 35 having a long hole 35s extending in a vertical direction is provided for the inner side of the upper part of the cover 11b, and a connection rod 36 connected to the clerk operation part 20 is inserted into the long hole 35a so that it can freely move. The clerk operation part 20 connected to the connection rod 36 is provided on a horizontal rail 37 provided for the frame of the lower casing H2 so that it can freely move. When the metallic part 35 moves with the opening of the cover 11b, the clerk operation part 20 can move to the outside of the lower casing H2 as shown by an arrow (b). In such a case, the clerk operation part 20 is positioned just under a clerk's eyes and it comes to a position superior in visibility.

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 easily operated by a staff member.

[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 built in a single housing. A cover on a side wall of the housing is configured to be openable and closable, and when the cover is opened, a staff operation unit such as a switch group operated by a staff appears.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional automatic ticket gate has a drawback that the operator's operation portion is formed on the side surface of the casing, so that the visibility is poor and the operation is difficult.

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 having a clerk operation section which is excellent in operability of a clerk.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention is provided with a clerk operation section horizontally movable in a casing forming a main body,
It is characterized in that the cover of the casing located on the moving direction side of the clerk operation section is rotatably provided around the lower part, and the cover and the clerk operation section are connected.
Further, the cover is a side cover on the entrance side or the exit side of the ticket gate passage.

[0006]

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 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 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. . 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 on one side of the ticket gate passage (on the exit side in FIG. 1A, the upper housing H).
1 is attached to the lower housing H3 in the direction opposite to that shown in FIG. 1 (a), and an operator operating section 20 which will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS. There is.

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 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 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.

Next, with reference to FIGS.
Will be described. 3 is an enlarged left side view of the lower housing H2 shown in FIG. 1A, FIG. 4 is a detailed view of the left side portion of the lower housing H2, and FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG.

A cover 11 on the side surface on the outlet side of the lower housing H2
As for b, the lower part is a lower housing H via hinges 31a and 31b.
The handle cover 33 is rotatably attached to a second frame (not shown), and a handle cover 33 that is opened and closed by the key hole 32 is provided on the upper portion, similarly to the covers 7 and 11a described above.

When a key (not shown) is inserted into the key hole 32 and the handle cover 33 is rotated, the locking piece 34a located on the back surface of the handle cover 33 separates from the back surface and the locking piece 34b. Is separated from the engaging piece H2 'provided on the lower housing H2 side. Therefore, at the time of unlocking, the clerk can put his / her hand inside the handle cover 33, and by pulling the hand to the front, the cover 11b can be opened as shown by the arrow A in FIG.

Inside the upper part of the cover 11b, there is provided a metal fitting 35 having an elongated hole 35a extending in the vertical direction.
A connecting rod 3 connected to the operator operating section 20 in the elongated hole 35a
6 is movably inserted. The operator operating unit 20 connected to the connecting rod 36 has a connector 20a for connecting an external device such as a microcomputer, and switches 20b, 20b for setting various modes, like the known operator operating unit. , And is movably provided on a horizontal rail 37 provided on the frame of the lower housing H2. Therefore, when the metal fitting 35 moves along with the opening of the cover 11b, the clerk operation section 20 can move to the outside of the lower housing H2 as shown by the arrow B in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the clerk operation unit 20 when it has moved to the outside of the lower housing 20. The clerk operation unit 20 is located just below the clerk's eyes and is in a position with excellent visibility. At the same time, the position is excellent in operability.

The clerk operating section 20 moved to the outside of the lower housing H2 presses the cover 11b toward the lower housing H2 (after pressing the cover 11b) in the direction opposite to arrow A in FIG. The key inserted into the key hole 32 is rotated in the direction opposite to the unlocking direction to lock the handle cover 33, and the cover 11b is fixed to the lower housing H2.

In the above example, the clerk operation unit 20 is provided on the entrance side or the exit side of the ticket gate passage, but it may be provided on the ticket gate passage side. However, since the width of the ticket gate passage is limited, the workability can be further improved in the above example.

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 case H1 or the lower case H2 or both cases H1 and H2 along the direction of the ticket gate. 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.

[0029]

In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, the clerk operating section is provided in the housing forming the main body so as to be movable in the horizontal direction, and the cover of the housing located in the moving direction of the clerk operating section is provided. Since the cover is provided rotatably around the lower part and the cover and the attendant operation section are connected, an automatic ticket gate with excellent operability can be provided. Further, when the cover is a side cover on the entrance side or the exit side of the ticket gate passage, it can be located at a position where it can be easily operated by a staff member.

[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.

3 is an enlarged left side view of the lower housing of FIG. 1 (a).

FIG. 4 is a detailed view of the left side portion of the lower housing of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main body (main body) of the 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, 33 Handle cover 10 Collection box 11a Open / close cover 11b cover 15a to 15d fall prevention tool 16 power supply intake section 20 staff operation section 31a, 31b hinge 32 key hole 35 metal fitting 36 connecting rod 37 rail L lamp S seat H case H1 upper case H2 lower case

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A clerk operating section is provided movably in a horizontal direction in a case forming a main body of an automatic ticket gate, and a cover of the case located on the moving direction side of the clerk operating section is centered around a lower part. The automatic ticket gate is characterized in that it is rotatably provided, and that its cover and its staff operation unit are connected. 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the cover is a side surface on the entrance side or the exit side of the ticket gate passage.