JPS635084Y2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention] (a) Industrial application field This invention relates to a ticket issuing device for issuing ticket pieces such as a single ticket or a plurality of tickets and coupon tickets.

(b) Problems to be solved by conventional techniques and ideas In conventional ticket issuing devices that handle, for example, train tickets as ticket pieces, when purchasing multiple tickets or multiple tickets, generally the tickets are placed in a tray. It takes a long time to eject tickets because they are ejected one by one, and multiple tickets are disposed of in a disorderly manner on the tray, making it difficult for the purchaser to collect the tickets. Efficiency gains are hindered. Moreover, if the released tickets are not arranged and scattered, it is inconvenient for the purchaser to handle and store them, and there is also the problem that the tickets are easily scattered.

Therefore, in order to solve these problems, in Utility Model Application Publication No. 58-71862, when discharging a plurality of tickets, the tickets are once sorted and stacked using a pooling device, and then the stacked tickets are released. Equipment is shown. However, even with this ticket issuing device, the ejected tickets are not integrated into a single unit, so there is a possibility that they will be scattered later, and there is also a problem in terms of storage. Therefore, there is a need for a ticket issuing device that has a function of discharging a plurality of tickets in a bag when a specific operation is performed. This ticket issuing device requires a new structure for dispensing a plurality of tickets and storing them in a single bag.

However, the latter ticket issuing device requires a structure that stores multiple tickets in a bag, which the former ticket issuing device does not have. If provided, the structure of the ticket issuing device becomes complicated and the price increases.

In view of the above points, the purpose of this invention is to make it possible to use a common structure for discharging multiple ticket pieces such as train tickets and for discharging bag-packed coupon pieces. To provide a ticket issuing device with a simple structure for discharging a plurality of stacked ticket pieces.

(c) Means for solving the problem This invention consists of a stacking part of the ticket storage bag that stores the ticket pieces, a ticket storage bag that is taken out from the stacking part, and a stacking part that stores the ticket pieces. The present invention includes a supply unit that opens the top and supplies the taken-out ticket storage bag to the alignment and accumulation position to be used, and a means for selectively operating the supply unit before conveying the ticket pieces to the alignment and accumulation position. Discharging the accumulated ticket pieces stored in the ticket piece storage bag from the same alignment and accumulation position,
Or it can be released as is.

(d) Function In the ticket issuing device according to this invention, when the supply unit that supplies the ticket storage bags to the alignment and accumulation position is not operated, the ticket issuing device operates the ticket issuing device while arranging a plurality of ticket pieces one by one at the alignment and accumulation position as in the conventional case. They are accumulated, and when a plurality of them are accumulated, they are released at once. On the other hand, when the supply section is operated before conveying the ticket pieces to the alignment and accumulation position, the ticket piece storage bag is first conveyed to the alignment and accumulation position with the top open. Next, the ticket pieces are transported, and since there is a ticket storage bag with an open top at the alignment and accumulation position, the transported ticket pieces are stored in the ticket storage bag.

(e) Effect of the invention According to this invention, when the supply unit that supplies the ticket storage bags to the alignment and accumulation position is operated, the ticket storage bags are conveyed to the alignment and accumulation position, and then the tickets are loaded into the bag from above. When the pieces are stored and the supply section is not operated, the ticket pieces are directly aligned and stacked at the alignment and accumulation position, and in either case, tickets can be issued from the same alignment and accumulation position. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately provide an alignment and accumulation section for discharging a plurality of ticket pieces and an alignment and accumulation section for discharging bagged ticket pieces, and the structure can be simplified and constructed at low cost. In addition, at the alignment and accumulation position, when a plurality of ticket pieces are discharged, they are once pooled, so that the ticket pieces are prevented from being randomly discharged into the tray, and there is an advantage that the operating efficiency of the ticket issuing device is improved.

(f) Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall structural diagram of a ticket issuing device showing this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a structural diagram showing a ticket stacking section 42 of the same ticket issuing device. The cutting mechanism 39 is a device that cuts the roll paper 37 sent by the feeding mechanism 38 into a fixed size, and the cut pieces are sent one by one to the printing mechanism 40 where they are printed in a predetermined manner. The printed cut piece is further led to an encoding mechanism 41, and predetermined information is written therein. The ticket on which predetermined information has been written is conveyed by the conveyor belt 9 to the ticket stacking section 42, ticket discharging mechanism 29, or collecting mechanism 30. A flapper 10 is provided at the end of the conveyor belt 9, the direction of which is switched by a solenoid 19, and the ticket carried out from the conveyor belt 9 is either ejected as a single ticket or inserted into the collection roller section 18 or the ticket accumulation section 42. is introduced into the guide 12 for use. A flapper 43 whose direction is switched by a solenoid (not shown) is provided at the conveying end of the roller unit 18 for discharging or collecting single bills. The flapper 43 is switched to the collection mechanism 30 when the ticket is switched to the side, and when a ticket with an abnormality due to trial printing, a printing error, a predetermined information writing error, etc. is collected.

A customer service operation button panel (not shown) is provided with a destination price button, a multiple ticket purchase button, and a coupon purchase button. When the destination price button is pressed, that is, when a single ticket is issued, tickets with no abnormalities in printing and writing are discharged into the receiving tray 33 through the single ticket discharging mechanism 29.
Further, tickets with the above-mentioned abnormalities are collected into a used ticket collection box 32 through the collection mechanism 30. This waste ticket collection is confirmed by the sensor 31 provided in the waste ticket collection box 32.

As shown in FIG. 2, the ticket stacking section 42 is supplied with a rotating insertion roller 20 and a facing roller 27 that are arranged opposite to each other via an insertion guide 12, and a ticket storage bag supplying section 36, which will be described later. Positioning guide 1 that guides ticket storage bags to the alignment and accumulation position
5. It includes a ticket piece feed roller 8 and a tension roller 22 which are arranged opposite to each other, and a stopper 17 that is horizontally moved by a solenoid 21 and stops the ticket and the ticket storage bag. Ticket storage bag supply section 3
Reference numeral 6 constitutes a stacking section that stacks ticket storage bags with the top open, and includes single-ticket takeout means (not shown).
Then, take out the ticket storage bags one by one from the stacking section and transfer them to the supply conveyor belt 3 with the top open.
5 to the positioning guide 15. As the single sheet take-out means, a known structure consisting of a roller or the like that feeds out the sheets one by one is used.
The positioning guide 15 has a vertical part that holds the ticket storage bag vertically, and an inclined part that is inclined diagonally with respect to the vertical part and holds the upper end of the ticket storage bag together with the holding guide 14 arranged in parallel. Consisting of The ticket storage bag taken out from the ticket storage bag supply section 36 is carried along the inclined part of the positioning guide 15 from the direction of arrow B, and the upper part is opened at the stopper 17 located at the bottom of the positioning guide 15. stand still in a state. This stationary position is the alignment and accumulation position where the tickets are stacked while being aligned. In addition, the single sheet take-out means, the supply conveyor belt 3
5, holding guide 14, positioning guide 15,
Tension roller 22 and ticket piece feed roller 8
constitutes the "supply section that takes out one ticket storage bag from the stacking section (ticket storage bag supply section) and supplies it to the alignment and stacking position with the top open."

An example of a preferable ticket storage bag used in the ticket issuing device according to this invention is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3A, this ticket storage bag is a vertically elongated storage bag used for storing the ticket, and has a rectangular storage bag portion that stores the ticket 7 by the front side 1 and the back side 2. It has 4. The storage bag portion 4 has a depth that exposes the upper end of the ticket 7, and an opening 3 is formed approximately in the center of the surface 1. As shown in FIG.
It is formed longer than the surface 1 by a length that can cover the upper end of the surface. That is, as shown in 2a of Figure B,
By bending the portion longer than the surface 1 in the direction of the arrow E, the stored ticket 7 can be prevented from flying out, which is useful for storing multiple tickets. and,
This is convenient because the purchaser can check the presence or absence of the stored tickets and the information content through the opening 3, and can easily take out the tickets one by one from the opening by pressing the surface of the tickets with his or her fingertips. Further, a notch 5 is made in the vicinity of the ticket insertion slot on the surface 1, and the ticket 7 is stored by folding the notch 6 outward.
can be taken out smoothly. This ticket storage bag is made of paper or the like, but an anti-magnetic material may be used to protect the ticket.

At the alignment and accumulation position where such ticket storage bags are placed on the stopper 17, a ticket feed roller 8 is disposed opposite to the opening 3. The ticket feed roller 8 receives a driving force from the insertion rotation roller 20 via a transmission belt 28 and rotates in the direction of arrow C. The rotation roller 20 for insertion is driven by a motor (not shown) or the like. Further, on the back surface 2 side, a tension roller 22 is arranged opposite to the ticket piece feed roller 8. The tension roller 22 is rotatably held at one end of a lever 24 that rotates around a fulcrum 25, and a spring 23 is attached to the other end of the lever 24. By the action of the spring 23 and lever 24, the tension roller 22 moves the ticket storage bag to the back side 2 against the ticket piece feed roller 8.
It is biased so as to be pressed from. Further, the tension roller 22 rotates with the movement of the ticket storage bag when the ticket storage bag is fed along the positioning guide 15, and smoothly brings the ticket storage bag to the stopper 17. Note that whether or not the ticket storage bags have been set at the alignment/accumulation position is determined by measuring the feeding time from the start of operation of the ticket storage bag supply section 36 with a timer, or by providing a sensor at the alignment/accumulation position. .

As described above, since the ticket storage bag is pressed from the back surface 2 by the tension roller 22, a portion of the ticket feeding roller 8 enters the inside through the opening 3. Therefore, the ticket 11 inserted into the storage bag section 4 is moved between the ticket piece feed roller 8 and the tension roller 2.
2, and is smoothly fed into the interior by the rotation of the ticket feed roller 8 until it reaches the bottom of the storage bag portion 4. In this way, since the ticket feed roller 8 is introduced through the opening 3, the ticket can be surely inserted all the way to the bottom of the storage bag section 4, and the tickets can be stored in correct alignment. It is accumulated in the bag portion 4.

In addition, the ticket storage bag has a positioning guide 1
5 and the holding guide 14,
Since the upper end of the back surface 2 is held open and the ticket insertion angle of the storage bag section 4 is large, it is possible to insert the ticket even if it is deformed or curled, thereby preventing mistakes in inserting the ticket. Prevented. In such an arrangement, the first ticket 13 that is conveyed along the insertion guide 12 has the back side 2 and
The second ticket comes into contact with the upper end of the stored ticket 11 and is smoothly inserted.

Further, the stopper 17 is moved by the suction of the solenoid 21 to open the passage to the discharge roller section 16. That is, the ticket storage bag containing a plurality of accumulated tickets or tickets falls naturally when the stopper 17 is opened, and is sent to the discharging roller section 16 by the rotation of the ticket feed roller 8. Then, the multi-ticket tickets or the multi-ticket tickets stored in the ticket storage bag, carried out from the alignment and accumulation position, are discharged to the tray 33 disposed below the discharge roller section 16. Note that the release of a single ticket, a multi-ticket ticket, or a multi-ticket ticket stored in the ticket storage bag is confirmed by a sensor 34 provided in the tray 33.

Next, the control section of this ticket issuing device is shown in FIG.
The control circuit 50 includes a CPU (not shown) that controls ticket issuing processing operations of this ticket issuing device, a RAM (not shown) that stores input information regarding the ticket desired by the purchaser, and a single ticket or multiple tickets based on the input information. It includes a ROM (not shown) that stores a control program for determining whether to release either a single ticket or a coupon ticket. this
The RAM has a storage area where the flag is set to "1" when the multiple purchase button is pressed, and a storage area where the flag is set to "1" when the multiple purchase button is pressed.
Contains storage space. The respective outputs of switches 58 including the destination price button, switches 59 including the multiple ticket purchase button and the coupon purchase button are connected to the control circuit 50.
A write head 5 included in the encoding mechanism 41
1 and reading head 52 are connected via an amplifier 53 to a control circuit 50, from which information to be printed is output to a thermal head 57 of printing mechanism 40. The sensors 31 and 34 are also connected to a control circuit 50 via an amplifier 54, and the solenoids 19 and 21 and a solenoid 56 for the flapper 43 are connected to the control circuit 50 via a power circuit 55 for driving solenoids. . Furthermore, a conveyor belt driving motor 60 is connected to the control circuit 50 via a power circuit 62 that drives the motor.
A motor 61 for driving an insertion rotation roller and the like are connected.

Next, the ticket issuing processing operation of this ticket issuing device will be explained with reference to FIG.

Here, it is assumed that the purchaser presses any one of the destination price button, the multiple ticket purchase button, and the coupon purchase button. Note that when purchasing multiple tickets, both the multiple ticket purchase button and the destination price button are usually pressed. Based on the input information of the purchaser, a ticket is created from step n1 (hereinafter, step ni is simply referred to as ni) to n5. That is, after the roll paper 37 is fed to a fixed size and cut, printing and information writing (encoding) are performed on the cut pieces based on input information, and the presence or absence of abnormalities such as encoding errors by the takeover head 52 is checked. Ru. If the ticket you created has an error such as an encoding error, please use Fratupa 10 and 43.
switches to the collection side, and the ticket is collected in the waste ticket collection box 32 (n11, n12). After this, return to n1 and proceed to create a ticket again.

When a normal ticket is created, on n6,
It will be determined whether you purchase a single ticket or not. This judgment is
This is done depending on whether or not a flag indicating multiple ticket purchase or a flag indicating multiple ticket purchase is set to "1" in the RAM storage area. When purchasing a single ticket, the flapper 10, 43 is switched to the ejection side, and the ticket is guided to the single ticket ejection mechanism 29 and ejected into the tray 33 (n13, n14).

Next, you will be asked whether to purchase multiple copies at n7. When the flag representing the purchase of multiple tickets is set to "1", the ticket storage bag is not supplied, the ticket is guided by the flapper 10 to the insertion guide 12, and then the ticket is inserted through the insertion guide 12. It is inserted into the alignment and accumulation position without the storage bag, that is, onto the stopper 17. Similarly, after passing through n1 to n5, tickets with no abnormality are stacked in alignment at this alignment and stacking position by the action of the ticket piece feed roller 8. This sorting and accumulation is performed until the preset number of issued tickets is accumulated in response to the pressing of the multiple ticket purchase button (n15). When the predetermined number of issued tickets are stacked in a line, the stopper 17 is opened and the plurality of tickets are discharged all at once into the tray 33 via the discharge roller section 16 (n17, n16). This allows the purchaser to take out a plurality of tickets at once from the tray 33, which is convenient in terms of handling and storage. Furthermore, even if an error such as an encoding error occurs during ticket issuance, the ticket has not been released at the time of occurrence, so the abnormal ticket can be quickly processed to avoid trouble with the purchaser.

Also, the flag indicating the purchase of a coupon on n7 is "1"
, it is determined that you are purchasing a coupon ticket,
The supply conveyor belt 35 is driven (n7') and the ticket storage bags are supplied to the alignment and accumulation position. That is, one ticket storage bag is taken out from the ticket storage bag supply section 36 and supplied onto the stopper 17 along the positioning guide 15. When it is confirmed that the ticket storage bag is set at the alignment and accumulation position (n8), multiple tickets are created one after another, and tickets with no abnormality are placed into the ticket storage bag via the insertion guide 12. . After a predetermined number of tickets are arranged and stacked by the action of the ticket piece feed roller 8 and stored in the ticket storage bag, the stopper 17 is released and the tickets are transferred to the receiving tray 33 via the discharging roller section 16 for the number of times the tickets are stored in the bag. Tickets are released (n9-n18). Even in the case of discharging multiple tickets and discharging multiple tickets as described above, tickets with abnormalities are always sent to the discarded ticket collection box 3.
2 will be collected.

In the above explanation, the ticket purchase button, the flag that is set to "1" when this button is pressed, and the steps n7 and n7' described above are the "supply before transporting the ticket pieces to the alignment and accumulation position" of the present invention. means for selectively operating the section.

As described above, the ticket storage bag is selectively supplied to the common alignment and accumulation position based on the input information, and the storage of the coupon ticket in the ticket storage bag and the alignment and accumulation of multiple tickets are respectively carried out smoothly. Therefore, the collection time for the purchaser is shortened, and the operational efficiency of the discarded ticket device is improved. Furthermore, by sharing the alignment and accumulation position, the internal configuration of the ticket issuing device can be made smaller, and the cost of the device can be reduced.

In addition, this invention can be used to store coupons in addition to coupons.
It can be applied to devices that store commemorative tickets and the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an overall structural diagram of a ticket issuing device that is an embodiment of this invention, and Fig. 2 is a ticket stacking section 4 of the same ticket issuing device.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a preferable ticket storage bag used in the ticket issuing device according to the invention, and FIG. 3A is a perspective view of the external appearance of the ticket storage bag when the ticket is not stored. , FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control section of the ticket issuing device, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the ticket issuing processing operation of the ticket issuing device. It's a chat. 8...Ticket piece feeding roller, 9...Transport belt, 1
2...Insertion guide, 14...Retention guide, 1
5... Positioning guide, 17... Stopper, 2
2... Tension roller, 29... Single ticket discharging mechanism, 30... Collection mechanism, 36... Ticket storage bag supply section, 42... Ticket stacking section, 50... Control circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A ticket storage bag for storing the ticket pieces in a device that transports ticket pieces on which predetermined information content is printed to an alignment and accumulation position where they are stacked one by one while arranging them, and discharges the ticket pieces at once when a plurality of ticket pieces are stacked. a stacking section that stacks the ticket pieces with the top open, a supply section that takes out one ticket storage bag from the stacking section and supplies it to the alignment and stacking position with the top open, and a supply section that stacks the ticket pieces with the top open. A ticket issuing device comprising: means for selectively operating the supply section before conveying the ticket to the ticket issuing device.