JPH0962880A - Automatic ticket examination machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To open/close an insertion port with simple structure by providing a shutter mechanism opening/closing the insertion port operated when an upper cover is opened at the inner side of a cover. SOLUTION: The shutter mechanism 20 is provided with a shutter plate 24 having four holes 21a, 21b, 22a and 22b and an L-shaped lever 23 and with a hinge member 27 having two projections 25a and 25b and a lever 26. The shutter plate 24 is freely movably provided between a bending plate 7a bent to the insertion port 2-side of the upper cover 7a and a pressing plate 28 provided in parallel by leaving a prescribed space which is slightly larger than the thickness of the shutter plate 24. For closing the insertion port 24 with the shutter plate 24, locking is released, the cover is opened and the upper cover 7a is opened. Then, the lever 26 is pushed, the projections 25a and 22b are kept in a state where they are pulled out from the holes 21a and 21b, and the lever 23 is moved to the insertion port 2-side. Thus, the insertion port 2 becomes a state where it is closed by the shutter plate 24.

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 invention relates to an automatic ticket gate that can easily close the insertion slot when operation is stopped.

[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 top surface cover of the housing corresponding to the ticket entrance of the card handler is provided with the ticket entrance.

[0003]

However, in the above conventional automatic ticket gate, when a shutter is provided to prevent foreign matter from being inserted into the insertion opening when the operation of the main body is stopped, a shutter mechanism driven by a solenoid is provided. Therefore, the structure becomes complicated and the cost becomes high.

In particular, a shutter mechanism driven by a solenoid is also used for a temporary automatic ticket gate installed temporarily at a temporary ticket gate or at an entrance of various event venues. It was not a good idea to provide it.

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 open and close the insertion slot with a simple structure.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention has an upper cover for covering an upper surface of a housing forming a main body and having an insertion port for tickets and the like. In the above, a shutter mechanism for opening and closing the insertion opening operated when the upper cover is opened is provided inside the upper cover. Further, the shutter mechanism is provided with a lock mechanism for fixing the open position and the closed position, respectively. The automatic ticket gate is a doorless type.

[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) of FIG.
Indicates a 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. The shutter mechanism of the insertion slot 2 will be described later in detail with reference to FIGS.

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. . 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 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.

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 work on the lower housing 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.

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 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.

Next, the shutter mechanism 20 provided in the insertion slot 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of the insertion opening 2 of the upper housing H1 shown in FIG. 1 (b), and FIG.

The insertion slot 2 is provided at one end of the upper cover 7a which covers the upper surface of the upper housing H1 so that the tickets can be inserted obliquely downward as shown by the arrow a in FIG. It is configured. As shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3, the upper cover 7a is provided so as to be openable and closable in the ticket gate passage side direction via a hinge 7b provided on a flange (not shown) of the upper housing H1. There is. The upper cover 7a is the cover 7 on the ticket gate passage side of the upper housing H1.
When the upper cover 7a is opened, the upper cover 7a is unlocked and can be opened.

The shutter mechanism 20, as shown in FIG. 5A, has four holes 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b.
And a shutter plate 24 having an L-shaped knob 23 and a hinge member 27 having two protrusions 25a and 25b and a knob 26.

The shutter plate 24 includes a bent plate 7a 'which is bent toward the insertion port 2 side of the upper cover 7a, and a holding plate 28 which is provided in parallel with a predetermined gap slightly larger than the thickness of the shutter plate 24. It is provided so that it can move freely. Also,
The width of the shutter plate 24 (the length of the shutter plate 24 in the direction orthogonal to the arrow direction in (a) of FIG. 5) is determined to be slightly larger than the lateral length of the insertion slot 2.

The holes 21a, 21b and 22a, 22b
Is provided in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the shutter plate 24 (see the arrow in (a) of FIG. 5) with a predetermined gap, and the distance between the holes 21a and 21b and the holes 22a and 22b is It is determined to be at least larger than the vertical length of the insertion slot 2.

As for the knob 23, the staff member has a shutter plate 24.
The holding plate 28 that comes into contact with the knob 23 is provided with a notch (not shown) so that the shutter plate 24 can be moved.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the hinge member 27 is composed of a hinge member with a spring (not shown), and is configured to constantly press the projections 25a and 25b toward the bent plate 7a '. There is. The strength of the spring is determined so that the protrusions 25a and 25b are separated from the bent plate 7a 'side when the knob 26 is pressed in the direction shown by the chain double-dashed line in FIG. . Also,
The mounting intervals and sizes of the protrusions 25a and 25b are the same as those of the holes 21a and 21b and the hole 22 provided in the shutter plate 24.
It is decided that you can freely go in and out of a and 22b.
The holding plate 28 is provided with holes through which the protrusions 25a and 25b can pass.

When closing the insertion port 2 with the shutter plate 24, the lock is released and the cover 7 is opened, and then the upper cover 7a is opened (see the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 3). Then, the knob 26 is pressed to attach the protrusions 25a and 25b to the holes 21a and 2
It is kept in the state of being pulled out from 1b, and in this state, the knob 23 is moved to the insertion port 2 side. As a result, the insertion port 2 is closed by the shutter plate 24, and at this point the knob 2
When the hand is released from 6, the protrusions 25a and 25b are replaced by holes 22a and 2
2b, the shutter plate 24 is locked.

When the insertion opening 2 is opened, it is operated in the opposite manner to the above-mentioned closing. That is, the projections 25a and 25b are operated so as to be inserted into the holes 21a and 21b from the holes 22a and 22b, and in this case also, the shutter plate 24 is kept in the locked state.

After opening or closing the insertion opening 2, the upper cover 7a is closed, and then the cover 7 is closed and locked.

As described above, the shutter mechanism 20 of the insertion slot 2 of the automatic ticket gate according to the present embodiment can be manufactured at a low cost because it has a simple structure operated by a staff member, and in particular, it is simple. Suitable for automatic ticket gates of the type.

In the above example, the protrusions 25a, 25b
Although the two protrusions are provided, the number may be one. In this case, each of the holes 21a and 21b and the holes 22a and 22b is also one.

[0035]

In the automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, since the shutter mechanism for opening and closing the insertion opening operated when the upper cover is opened is provided inside the upper cover, the shutter mechanism can be simplified. It can be manufactured at low cost. Also,
When the shutter mechanism is provided with the lock mechanism for fixing the open position and the closed position, respectively, the open state or the closed state of the shutter mechanism can be locked. When the automatic ticket gate is of the doorless type, it can be a portable automatic ticket gate, and can be easily installed at a temporary ticket gate or the like.

[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 view of an insertion opening portion of FIG. 1 (b).

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

5A is a perspective view of a shutter plate, and FIG. 5B is a perspective view of a hinge member.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Main body (main body) of automatic ticket gate 2 Insertion port 3 Ejection port 4 Buzzer 5 Display part 6a-6d, 14a-14d Handle 7,11 Cover 7a Upper cover 7a 'Bending plate 8,12 Key hole 9,13 Handle cover 10 Collection box 11a Open / close cover 15a to 15d Fall prevention tool 16 Power source intake section 20 Shutter mechanism 1a, 21b, 22a, 22b Holes 23, 26 Knob 24 Shutter plate 25a, 25b Protrusion 27 Hinge member 28 Presser plate L lamp S sheet H case H1 upper case H2 lower case

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An automatic ticket gate having an upper cover that covers an upper surface of a casing forming a main body of the automatic ticket gate and has an insertion port for tickets, when the upper cover is opened inside the upper cover. An automatic ticket gate, which is provided with a shutter mechanism for opening and closing the insertion opening operated by the. 2. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the shutter mechanism is provided with a lock mechanism for fixing the open position and the closed position, respectively. 3. The automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the automatic ticket gate is a doorless type.