JPS6230146Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a fare storage device that is installed in a one-person bus or the like and separates coupons, bills, and coins and stores them in separate locations in a fare box.

2. Description of the Related Art There is a bill separating device as a conventional fare storage device.

This ticket/coin separation device normally separates the ticket paid as a fare and coins and stores them in separate locations in the fare box, and does not take bills into account.

However, the number of cases in which fares are paid in bills is increasing, and in this case, a bill inspection and storage device is installed in parallel or in tandem with the conventional ticket/coin separation device.
The bills that have been inspected in the bill inspection and storage device are stored in a bill storage box provided at the end of the bill conveyance path of the bill inspection and storage device.

However, when using the conventional method as mentioned above,
It requires the fare box and bill storage box of the normally used ticket/coin separation device, which not only increases the space required, but also requires the management of both the fare box and the bill storage box. There were some inconveniences.

In addition, it has been considered that the ticket/coin separating device itself is used to process bills, but the separation of coupon tickets and coins in the ticket/coin separating device is done through the rotation of the brush and the separation of coupon tickets and coins. Because it uses a separation function that takes advantage of the difference in specific gravity between Therefore, there was no choice but to adopt a structure in which the coins and coins were stored in a single storage section without being separated.

The present invention was devised to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional examples described above, and provides a fare storage device in which the ticket and coins are stored separately in the ticket storage part of the fare box. It is intended to provide.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings showing one embodiment thereof.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of a fare collection device showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a ticket/coin conveying device consisting of a conveyor belt 2 for conveying coupons and coins, and pulleys 3, 3' for the conveyor belt 2.

A first brush 4 that contacts the conveyance belt 2 and rotates in the same direction as the rotation direction of the pulley 3 is provided at the conveyance end side of the bill conveyance device 1, and a tip of the first brush 4 and its brush piece. A bill separating means 6 is provided which comprises a first brush 4 and a second brush 5 rotating in the opposite direction.

As is clear from its configuration, this bill/coin separation means 6 has a structure in which coins with a high specific gravity press and bend the brush piece of the rotating first brush 4 and fall as they are from the end of conveyance due to their own weight, whereas coins with a low specific gravity The coupon ticket is swept up by the brush piece of the rotating first brush 4 and carried between it and the second brush 5, and is carried as it is to the opposite side of the first brush 4 and falls.

That is, the bill/coin separating means 6 is the first brush 4
With this as a boundary, only coins are dropped on the ticket/coin conveying device 1 side, and coupon tickets are dropped on the opposite side.

On the other hand, the ticket/coin conveying device 1 is placed below the ticket/coin conveying device 1.
A partition member 7 is provided which lightly contacts the surface of the conveyor belt 2 and has an extremely slippery surface over the ticket/coin conveyance portion.

For some reason, this partition member 7 may cause the coupon ticket to remain attached to the surface of the conveyor belt 2.
If the coupon passes past the brush 4, the ticket is immediately clamped between the conveyor belt 2 and returned to the original slot.

The above configuration is the same as that of a conventional bill/coin separation device.

The coupon tickets and coins dropped onto the conveyor belt 2 are conveyed by the conveyor belt 2, and
At the end of conveyance of the conveyance belt 2, only the coupon ticket is swept up between the first brush 4 and the second brush 5 by the first brush 4, and the ticket is scraped up by the first brush 4 at the conveyance end of the conveyance belt 2. The ticket is thrown to the opposite side, falls from there into the guide hole 9, and is stored in the ticket storage section 8' of the fare box 8.

On the other hand, due to its weight, the coin overcomes the scraping force by the first brush 4 and is moved to the conveyor belt 2.
The coins fall directly from the conveyance end side and are stored in the coin storage section 8'' of the fare box 8 through the guide hole 10 located directly below.

Also, for some reason, the first brush 4
The ticket that passes through the first brush 4 without being swept up by the conveyor belt 2 remains caught on the surface of the conveyor belt 2, and remains pressed against the conveyor belt 2 by the partition member 7. , are transported to the original insertion point by the conveyor belt 2, and are returned to the first brush 4 along with the newly inserted coupons and coins.
The separation storage operation is performed by

In one embodiment of the present invention, a first bill conveying device 11 and a second bill conveying device 11 are added to the conventional bill separating device described above.
A tag conveying device 12 is provided.

The first bill conveying device 11 includes a conveying belt 13,
Pulleys 14, 14' that drive this conveyor belt 13
, the other conveyor belt 15 , and this conveyor belt 1
5 and the pulleys 16, 16' that drive the conveyor belts 13,
15, the bills being conveyed are inspected by a bill inspection device 17, which is usually used in automatic ticket vending machines, etc.
It has come to be determined and inspected by

On the other hand, the second bill conveying device 12
8 and a pulley 19,1 for this conveyor belt 18
9', which is located close to the lower side of the bill/coin separating device and is arranged to convey the bills conveyed by the first bill conveying device 11 to just below the conveyance end side of the conveyor belt 2. There is.

In addition, a detection switch 20 for detecting the passage of a bill is provided at a predetermined position in the bill conveyance path by the conveyor belt 18, and the bill conveyed by the conveyor belt 18 is placed on the rotating shaft of the pulley 19 as a coupon ticket. A bill guide 21 leading to a guide hole 9 which is a falling passage is rotatably provided.

22 is excited by a timer (not shown) operated by the detection switch 20, and the tag guide 21
This is a solenoid that rotates the tag from the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1 to the position where the bill is guided into the guide hole 9 as shown in FIG.

23 is a guide for inserting bills.

In this embodiment configured as described above, the coupon tickets and coins dropped onto the conveyor belt 2 are stored in the fare box 8 as described above.

On the other hand, the bill inserted into the bill insertion guide 23 is conveyed by the first bill conveying device 11 to the second bill conveying device 12.

During this transportation, it is detected whether the bill is a counterfeit or not and its amount.

The bills conveyed to the second bill conveying device 12 are then conveyed by the second conveying device 12 to just below the terminal end side of the conveying belt 2.

While the second bill conveyance device 12 is transporting the bills, the detection switch 20 is activated by the passage of the bills;
A timer set to a predetermined time (not shown) is driven.

The timer energizes the solenoid 22 and the bill guide 2
1 rotates to the position shown in FIG. It falls and is stored.

At this time, if there is no bill guide 21, there is a risk that the bills that have been conveyed may curl up or otherwise illegally enter the guide hole 10 side, so the bill guide 21 makes sure that the bills that have been conveyed are not inserted into the guide hole 10 side. It is designed to lead up to 9.

Then, when the timer reaches a predetermined time, the solenoid 22 is deenergized, and the bill guide 21 returns to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1, preparing for the passage of the next bill.

However, in the illustrated embodiment, the tag inspection device 17
Although the first bill conveyance device 11 was provided to provide a
If it can be attached to the side, or if the inspection device 17 itself is unnecessary, the first conveyance device 11 can be omitted.

In addition, the tag inspection device 17 is connected to the second tag conveying device 12.
If a part of the output of this tag inspection device 17 is used as a tag detection signal, the detection switch 20 becomes unnecessary.
If the bill detecting portion of the second bill conveying device 12 is placed sufficiently close to the conveyance end side of the conveying belt 2, the solenoid 22 may be energized by the detection output from this bill detecting portion. good.

This is because the length of the bill is sufficiently larger than the distance from the conveyance end side of the conveyor belt 18 to the guide hole 9, and when the detection output of the bill detection part disappears, most of the bills that have passed are This is because it has already entered the guide hole 9.

Furthermore, since the bill guide 21 operates only when guiding bills to the guide hole 9, when the inserted coin passes through the guide hole 10 and falls into the fare box 8, it hits the bill guide 21 and the coin is removed. The inconvenience of dropping to the guide hole 9 side does not occur.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, bills can be stored in the coupon storage section of the fare box of the ticket/coin separating device, and there is no need for a separate fare box for storing bills. In a one-man bus, etc., less space is required for fare collection, and fare boxes can be easily managed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged perspective view of FIG. 1. Explanation of the symbols: 1: Ticket/coin transport device, 6: Ticket/coin separation means, 8: Toll box, 12: Bill transport device, 20: Detection switch, 21: Bill guide, 22: Solenoid.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A ticket/coin transport device that transports dropped tickets and coins, a rotary action of a rotating brush provided at the end of the transport of the ticket/coin transport device, and a difference in specific gravity between the ticket and coin are used to transport the ticket and coins. A ticket/coin separating device comprising: a ticket/coin separating means for separating coins; a fare box having a ticket storage section for storing the tickets separated by the ticket/coin separating means; and a coin storage section for storing the separated coins. , a bill conveyance device provided directly below and close to the bill conveyance device, a bill detection switch provided in the conveyance path of the bill conveyance device, and a bill detection switch provided in the conveyance path of the bill conveyance device; a bill guide that protrudes from the end of the bill conveying path formed by the bill conveying device to the ticket drop path in order to guide the bills conveyed by the bill conveying device to the ticket storage section of the fare box for a period of time; A fee storage device consisting of: