JP2553155B2 - Ticket issuing device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a ticket issuing device that records necessary information on a pre-stored unprinted ticket paper and discharges it as a ticket. Ticket issuing device for handling the above-mentioned ticket paper.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, reservation systems have been developed in various fields including the field of traffic passengers and entertainment fields such as theater and music concerts.

In such a system, in order to accurately manage a large amount of reservation information according to the reservation form, automation of reservation has been promoted from the past, and along with that, ticket issuing devices for each industry have been proposed and put into practical use. Has been done.

Such ticket issuing devices include those that handle web-shaped ticket papers and those that handle single-cut ticket papers.

A device that handles web-shaped ticket has the advantage of being able to prevent the skew of the ticket and the deviation of the print start position by mounting a pin tractor device, but to separate the issued ticket as a single sheet,
It is necessary for the operator to take time and to provide a pin tractor device and a cutter device.

For this reason, recently, a device for handling single-cut ticket paper that does not require cutting has been widely used.

Therefore, as a conventional ticket issuing apparatus for handling a single ticket, there is an apparatus as shown in FIG. 5, which will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The drawing is a schematic side view, in which 1 is a ticket issuing device, 2 is a single-cut ticket paper, and an unwritten magnetic stripe for pre-printing by a bidding device etc. is printed on the ticket paper in advance. Has been done.

3 is a ticket cassette, 4 is a stage for accumulating ticket 2,
Reference numeral 5 denotes a picker roller that comes into contact with the uppermost sheet of the paper sheets 2 deposited on the stage 4, and the picker roller 5 is rotationally driven in the paper feeding direction by a drive motor (not shown).

Reference numeral 6 denotes a sheet feeding / separating portion of the paper sheet, which is arranged so as to face the picker roller 5, and the separating / sheet feeding portion 6 serves as an overrun preventing mechanism.

The separating / feeding unit 6 is driven by a driving motor (not shown) so as to rotate in a feeding direction, and a separating roller 8 which contacts the feeding roller 7 and rotates in a counter feeding direction by a driving motor (not shown). It is made up of more.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a traveling path of the ticket paper 2, and the traveling path 9 is the ticket issuing device 1
It is formed along a wall-shaped running reference surface 10 provided in the device.

Reference numeral 11 denotes an aligner portion installed on the traveling path 9, and the aligner portion 11 presses the aligner belt 12 installed so as to be closer to the reference surface 10 with a certain pressing force. It is composed of an aligner roller 13.

Reference numerals 14a to 14f denote traveling rollers that travel the paper sheet 2 along the traveling path 9, and the traveling rollers 14a to 14f are rotationally driven in the paper sheet traveling direction by a drive motor (not shown).

Reference numerals 15a to 15f are pressure rollers abutting on the traveling rollers 14a to 14f, respectively.
The contact of the 5f causes a frictional force between the paper sheet 2 and the traveling rollers 14a to 14f, and the frictional force causes the paper sheet 2 to travel.

Reference numeral 16 is a magnetic read / write unit installed on the traveling path 9, and the magnetic read / write unit 16 is a magnetic write head 17 for magnetically writing various information on the magnetic stripe on the ticket 2 and the written information. It has a magnetic read head 18 for reading for confirmation.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a printing unit installed on the traveling path 9.
Has a thermal print head 20 for writing characters and the like on the ticket paper 2, and a platen roller 21 arranged to face the thermal print head 20.

 22 is an outlet and 23 is a ticket stacker.

 The operation of the apparatus having the above configuration is as follows.

First, when a ticket issuing command is input from a keyboard (not shown), a drive motor (not shown) is driven to raise the stage 4 and set the ticket 2 at the paper feeding position.

Next, when the picker roller 5 is rotated in the paper feeding direction and the ticket paper 2 on the stage 4 is fed out, the ticket paper 2 enters the contact portion between the paper feed roller 7 and the separation roller 8 of the separation paper feed unit 6.

Here, due to the rotation of the paper feed roller 7, a frictional force acts between the separating roller 8 and the paper sheet 2 in the paper feeding direction, and the paper sheet 2 is fed without any overrun.

As described above, the separating paper feeding section 6 separates the fed paper sheets 2 and conveys them separately.

Then, the paper sheet 2 is passed between the aligner belt 12 and the aligner roller 13 of the aligner section 11 to move the paper sheet 2 to the reference surface 10.
While pressing it, the traveling position and traveling angle of the ticket 2 are corrected.

After correcting the traveling position and traveling angle, the traveling rollers 14a,
The paper 2 is conveyed by 14b and sent to the magnetic read / write unit 16.

In the magnetic read / write unit 16, the magnetic write head 17 magnetically writes the ticket information on the magnetic stripe on the ticket 2. Further, the ticket information written by the magnetic read head 18 is read and confirmed.

The paper sheet 2 that has been magnetically written is used for the traveling rollers 14c, 14
It is sent to the printing unit 19 by d.

In the printing unit 19, the thermal printing head 20 prints necessary items on the ticket paper 2 which is determined to be satisfactorily read by the magnetic reading.

After this, the ticket paper 2 that has been magnetically written and printed
Is discharged from the discharge port 22 to the ticket stacker 23, and finally the stage 4 is lowered by a certain amount to reset the ticket paper 2.

 This completes the ticket issuing operation.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, according to the conventional technology with the above-mentioned configuration, there is a problem that only one type of ticket can be issued. For example, in the case of an airline ticket, it is necessary to issue an airline ticket and a boarding pass depending on the situation. Therefore, it is necessary to install two ticket issuing devices, which results in separate ticketing ports, which deteriorates operability, and requires more than twice the installation space.

As a result, it becomes expensive as a whole and cannot be used in a ticket issuing device which must be finished at a low price and small size.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to obtain a ticket issuing device having a simple structure, excellent operability, and space saving.

[Means for solving the problem]

Therefore, the present invention is provided with a reference surface for conveying ticket paper,
In the ticket issuing device which conveys a ticket along the reference surface and issues a ticket, a first ticket cassette is provided at an end of a first conveyance path formed along the reference surface, and a second ticket cassette is provided. To
It is arranged with the first paper sheet cassette in a direction orthogonal to the reference plane, and the feeding position of the paper sheet is separated by a predetermined amount from the feeding position of the first paper sheet cassette so as not to affect the conveyance of the fed paper sheet. Conveyance that has an abutting roller that is positioned and has an opening facing the reference surface, conveys the paper sheet fed from the second paper sheet cassette toward the reference surface, and stops rotation when the paper sheet hits the reference surface Means are provided, and a second transport path connecting the transport means and the first transport path is formed along the reference plane.

[Action]

According to the above configuration, when a desired ticket is designated by the keyboard, if the ticket is a ticket of a ticket cassette provided along the reference surface, the ticket or the ticket is newly arranged in parallel. In the case of a paper sheet of another paper sheet cassette, the paper sheet is taken out from the paper sheet cassette and fed out toward the reference surface by the abutting roller, and when the leading edge of the paper sheet hits the reference surface, A slip occurs due to the abutting force, the paper sheets merge with the running path provided along the reference surface, and the ticket runs along the running path to the discharge port while one side is in contact with the running surface. Thereby, at least one type of ticket can be freely selected and issued, and the operation is easy with a simple mechanism.

〔Example〕

 Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the same.

In the following description, the same parts as those of the above technology are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.

In the figure, reference numeral 24 is a ticket issuing device, 2a is a single-cut sheet of paper accumulated in the paper sheet cassette 3, and an unwritten magnetic stripe is pre-printed on the securities paper 2a for use by a bidding device or the like when used. ing.

Reference numeral 25 denotes a paper ticket cassette, and the paper money 2b is deposited on the stage 26 as in the paper ticket cassette 3. The paper sheet cassettes 25 are installed substantially side by side with the paper sheet cassette 3, and the upper end opening is located slightly above the upper end opening of the paper sheet cassette 3.

Reference numeral 27 denotes a traveling path of the ticket paper 2, and this traveling path 27 is formed along a wall-shaped reference surface 10 provided inside the ticket issuing device 25 as in the conventional case.

28 is a picker roller that comes into contact with the uppermost one of the paper sheets 2b accumulated on the stage 26.
28 is rotationally driven in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane 10 by a drive motor (not shown).

Reference numeral 29 denotes a sheet feeding / separating unit (separating sheet feeding unit) that is arranged to face the picker roller 28. The separating sheet feeding unit 29 directs the sheet 2b in the sheet cassette 25 toward the reference surface 10. Separate and feed at a right angle.

The separation sheet feeding unit 29 is in contact with the sheet feeding roller 30 that is rotationally driven in the sheet feeding direction A by a driving motor (not shown), and rotates in the counter sheet feeding direction by the driving motor (not shown). It comprises a separating roller 31 for

The principle of the separation / feeding operation is the same as the known one, and the description thereof will be omitted.

Reference numeral 32 denotes an abutting roller provided between the separating / feeding unit 29 and the reference surface 10, and the abutting roller 32 is rotationally driven at a right angle to the reference surface 10 by a drive motor (not shown). Reference numeral 33 is a pressure roller that comes into contact with the abutting roller 32.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of an essential part showing the details of the configuration of the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the essential part.

When a force larger than the power transmission force is applied to the power transmission system of the abutting roller 32, a slip of power transmission occurs, whereby the rotation of the abutting roller 32 is stopped and the ticket is fed to the traveling path 9. A slip mechanism is provided as a ticket merging mechanism for merging.

That is, 32a is a rotary shaft of the abutting roller 32, 34 is a grooved pulley fixed to the rotary shaft 32a, 35 is a shaft which rotates clockwise by the drive of a drive motor (not shown), and 36 is fixed to the shaft 35. A grooved pulley 37 is a round belt hung on the grooved pulleys 34 and 36.

Here, the coefficient of friction between the grooved pulley 34 and the round belt 37 is
Set it to be smaller than the reference surface contact force of 2b. As a result, when the ticket 2b hits the reference surface 10, the round belt 37
The grooved pulley 34 slips, and the rotation of the shaft 35 is not transmitted to the grooved pulley 34.

It should be noted that if the abutting force becomes too large, even though the force is from the right angle direction, the load on the ticket paper 2 will be too heavy, which is not preferable. Therefore, for example, the abutting roller 32 is rotated about three times the distance between the contact points of the abutting roller 32 and the reference surface 10, and the grooved pulley 34 and the round belt are rotated so that slip is generated for further rotation. Set the friction coefficient of 37.

Returning to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, 38a and 38b are traveling rollers for traveling the paper sheet 2b along the traveling path 27.
38a and 38b are rotationally driven in the paper sheet traveling direction by a drive motor (not shown).

Reference numerals 39a and 39b denote pressure rollers which are in contact with the traveling rollers 38a and 38b, respectively.
The contact between a and 39b causes a frictional force between the paper sheet 2 and the traveling rollers 38a and 38b, and the frictional force causes the paper sheet 2b to travel.

Reference numeral 16 is a magnetic read / write unit.
The writing unit 16 has a magnetic write head 17 for magnetically writing various information on the magnetic stripe on the paper sheet 2b, and a magnetic read head 18 for reading the written information for confirmation.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a printing unit, which has a thermal printing head 20 for writing characters and the like on the ticket paper 2b, and a platen roller 21 arranged to face the thermal printing head 20.

 The operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described below.

First, when a ticket-issuing command is input from a keyboard (not shown) and the ticket-issuing command is the ticket 2a of the ticket cassette 3, processing is performed by the same operation as that of the above-described conventional technique.

On the other hand, when the ticket issuing instruction is the paper sheet 2b of the paper sheet cassette 25, the drive motor (not shown) raises the stage 26 to set the paper sheet 2b to the paper feeding position.

Then, the picker roller 28 is rotated in the paper feeding direction to feed the ticket paper 2b on the stage 26. In the separating / feeding unit 29, the sheet feeding roller 30 feeds the ticket 2b to the traveling path 27, and the separating roller 31 pushes the overrun ticket 2b back to the ticket cassette 25.

A technique for separating the fed-out ticket paper 2b into one sheet in the separation paper feeding unit 29 is known, and therefore the description thereof will be omitted.

As described above, one sheet of paper sheet 2b is separately fed from the paper sheet cassette 25 to the traveling path 27 from the direction perpendicular thereto.

Subsequently, the front end of the paper sheet 2b in the traveling direction enters between the abutting roller 32 and the pressure roller 33 installed on the entry point of the traveling path.

After the paper feed roller 30 is stopped, the abutting roller 32 is rotated at a right angle to the reference plane 10 by a drive motor (not shown),
Abut 2b against the reference surface 10.

When the ticket 2b hits the reference surface 10, the round belt 37 and the grooved pulley 34 slip, the rotation of the shaft 35 is not transmitted to the grooved pulley 34, and the abutting roller 32 does not rotate. Here, the paper sheet 2b comes into contact with the reference surface 10 and is sandwiched between the abutting roller 32 and the pressure roller 33.

 As a result, the traveling position and traveling angle are aligned with the reference plane 10.

After the traveling position and traveling angle of the ticket 2b are corrected as described above, the traveling rollers 38a and 38b are used to drive the traveling rollers.
The paper sheet 2b is conveyed to 14b and sent to the magnetic read / write unit 16. Subsequent processing is the same as the above-mentioned operation, and therefore its explanation is omitted.

Although the above description has been given with the configuration in which one ticket cassette is added, a plurality of ticket cassettes may be added, and the above configurations are provided for each of them, and each ticket is merged and fed to the traveling path. It should be possible to issue a large number of paper sheets.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, the supply port of the paper sheet cassette loaded with the paper sheets is arranged so as to be orthogonal to the reference plane, and the paper sheet fed out from the paper sheet cassette is on one side thereof. In a ticket issuing device that travels along a running path provided along the reference surface and issues a ticket from an outlet while the side is in contact with the reference surface, the ticket is provided at a position higher than the supply opening of the paper cassette by a predetermined height. Another paper sheet cassette in which the supply port is located and parallel to the reference plane is arranged in parallel with the paper sheet cassette, and is fed out from the supply port of the other paper sheet cassette. Separating paper feeding means for separating and feeding the paper sheets to be fed at right angles toward the reference surface, and feeding the paper sheets fed from the other paper feeding cassette between the separating paper feeding means and the reference surface. Direction in which the leading edge in the paper direction strikes the reference plane at a right angle And abutting roller which is rotationally driven,
The abutting roller is provided with a ticket merging mechanism that causes slipping when the leading edge of the ticket abuts against the reference surface and merges the ticket on the traveling path.

For this reason, it is possible to freely select and issue two or more types of paper sheets, and also to share the traveling path and various devices associated therewith, as well as the discharge port. Can be improved.

Further, the respective paper feed cassettes are arranged such that their respective supply ports are arranged so as to be orthogonal to each other, and are arranged so as to be displaced by a predetermined height, thereby providing a feeding mechanism for feeding the paper feeds from the respective paper feed cassettes. Since it does not have to be provided at the same height, a simple mechanism can be realized without complicating the mechanism, and it is fed from a ticket cassette arranged so as to feed the ticket toward the reference plane. Since the abutting roller and the paper sheet merging mechanism for merging the paper sheet into the traveling path are also displaced without interfering with the feeding mechanism of the paper sheet cassette arranged so that the supply port is orthogonal to the reference plane, Since a complicated mechanism is unnecessary and a simple mechanism can be provided, it is possible to provide a small-sized and inexpensive device.

Further, the tip end side of the paper sheet fed out from the paper sheet cassette arranged so that the paper sheet supply port is parallel to the reference surface hits the reference surface by the abutting roller, and slip occurs due to the abutting force at this time. By doing so, it is possible to join the running path, and after that, it is possible to run to the discharge port while making one side contact with the reference surface by the running roller of the running path, so this ticket only once in the perpendicular direction, Merging to the traveling path can be performed only by changing the traveling direction, and there is an effect that a complicated mechanism for merging can be eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the same, FIG. 3 is a plan view of essential parts of the same embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a front view of essential parts thereof. The figure is a schematic side view showing a conventional example. 2a, 2b …… Ticket paper 3 …… Ticket cassette 4 …… Stage 9 …… Traveling path 10 …… Reference plane 16 …… Magnetic read / write section 19 …… Printing section 25 …… Ticket cassette 26 …… Stage 27 …… Traveling path 28 …… Picker roller 29 …… Separation paper feed section 32 …… Abutting roller 33 …… Pressure roller

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ticket issuing apparatus, comprising: a reference surface for conveying a ticket; and a ticket issuing device for conveying a ticket along the reference surface, wherein a first paper cassette is formed along the reference surface. The second paper sheet cassette is provided at the end of the first conveying path, and the second paper sheet cassette is aligned with the first paper sheet cassette in a direction orthogonal to the reference plane so that the fed paper sheet is not affected. The feeding position is located at a predetermined distance from the feeding position of the first paper sheet cassette, the opening is provided toward the reference surface, and the paper sheet fed from the second paper sheet cassette is conveyed toward the reference surface, A conveyance means having an abutting roller that stops rotating when the paper sheet hits the reference surface is provided, and a second conveyance path that connects the conveyance means and the first conveyance path is formed along the reference surface. Ticket issuing device.