JP3422604B2 - Ticketing device with bagging function - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function for issuing and issuing a large number of tickets to be issued. 2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a ticket vending machine installed at a railway line station for selling tickets such as ordinary tickets and coupons has a ticketing device with a bag filling function inside. When a customer inserts money and presses a normal ticket fare button, the ticket issuing device creates and issues a normal ticket to be issued,
When a customer inserts money and presses a coupon button for a coupon, the ticket issuing device creates a large number of coupons to be issued, packs them and issues them. [0003] By the way, coupons used for railway lines include ordinary coupons (one set of 11 tickets) that enable trains to be hopped on and off between stations in a given section, and trains hop on and off over a specific wide area. Coupons (1 set for 11 tickets), staggered coupons (1 set for 12 tickets) that allow trains to get on and off only at specific times, discounts that allow trains to get on and off only on holidays There are multiple types such as coupons (one set of 14 tickets). Generally, among these multiple types of coupons, coupons with relatively high demand (for example,
Ordinary coupons) are sold in bags with the above-mentioned ticket vending machines, but other coupons, namely uniform coupons, staggered coupons or discount coupons, each have a ticketing device with a bagging function inside. Are sold in coupons at vending machines. [0004] However, in a sales form in which a plurality of types of coupons are sold by ticket vending machine or coupon vending machine for each ticket type, when a user purchases a coupon, a ticket vending machine that sells a desired coupon is sold. In recent years, in order to increase the convenience of customers who purchase coupons, it is necessary to search for multiple machines or coupon vending machines. Attempts to sell coupons of various types have been made, and for this reason, the emergence of a ticketing device with a bagging function that can issue such multiple types of coupons in bags for each type has been eagerly desired. is there. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] The present invention has been developed to meet the above-mentioned demands, and is to be issued in a bag in which a plurality of types of tickets to be issued are packed in large numbers for each ticket type. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a ticket issuing device with a bag filling function that can print a ticket type of a ticket to be issued and pack and issue a large number of tickets corresponding to the ticket type in the bag. is there. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a ticket processing means for creating and sending a plurality of types of tickets as a set of a large number of tickets, and Bag feeding means for feeding a bag for packing a number of tickets to be created for each ticket type from the bag storage section, and a bag type corresponding to the type of the ticket created by the ticket processing means in the bag fed by the bag feeding means. The present invention employs a printing means for printing, and a bag packing means for packing and issuing a large number of tickets sent out by the ticket processing means in a bag on which a ticket type is printed by the printing means. Hereinafter, a ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.
The ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function of the present invention issues a regular ticket while being controlled by a control unit which is stored in a ticket vending machine (not shown) installed at a railway line station and controls the entire ticket vending machine, and issues a regular ticket. A plurality of types of coupons, such as a number of ordinary coupons, uniform coupons, staggered coupons, or discount coupons, are issued in a bag with a ticket type printed thereon. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function according to the present embodiment has a casing (1) that constitutes an apparatus main body.
Inside, a controller (6) comprising a ticket processing means (2), a bag feeding means (3), a printing means (4), a bag filling means (5) and a CPU.
When a normal ticket is issued, the controller (6) controls the ticket processing means (2) so that the normal ticket is issued through the bagging means (5) to the issuing port of the housing (1). (1A), and the controller (6) controls the ticket processing means (2), the bag feeding means (3), the printing means (4) and the bag filling means (5) when the coupon is issued, Various coupons packed in a bag for each ticket type
Issued from (1) issuer (1A). The ticket processing means (2) includes a roll paper storage section (7) for storing roll paper (R) which is used as a ticket for ordinary tickets and various coupons, and a roll paper storage section (7). ) And a guide roller (9) for guiding the free ends of a pair of roll paper (R) loaded in parallel with ) And a cutter (10) that cuts the free end of the roll paper (R) sent from the fixed-size feed roller (9).
And the print head (11) on the surface of the paper cut by the cutter (10).
a) and a platen (11b) to print the face information necessary for a normal ticket and the face information required for various coupons, and a thermal printing machine (11) to print the face information printed by the thermal printing machine (11). And an encoding unit (12) for magnetically recording on the back side of the paper. The encoding unit (12) holds a first conveyor belt (14) and a second conveyor belt (15) rotating in a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction on an outer peripheral side surface of a rotatable disk (13) in a predetermined vertical direction. The disk (1
3) A ticket inlet (16) and a ticket outlet (17) are formed on the left and right sides of the disk (13), and a magnetic field is formed along the outer peripheral side of the disk (13) at the contact point between the disk (13) and the second conveyor belt (15). A write head (18) for writing face information and a read head (19) for reading face information, each comprising a head, are arranged, and are rotated at a fixed angle in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction at the note discharge port (17). A possible sorting member (20) is provided, and the first transport belt (14) and the second transport belt (15) are connected to the ticket outlet (17)
The normal side ticket and the coupon ticket on which the face information can be normally magnetically recorded by contacting the third conveyor belt (21) with the third conveyor belt (21) on the first conveyor belt (14) and the third conveyor belt (2).
Issued ticket transport path (2) sent out to bagging means (5) by (1)
2), on the other hand, the ordinary ticket or coupon ticket for which the face information could not be normally magnetically recorded is discarded by the second transport belt (14) and the third transport belt (21) into the waste ticket box (B). ) Is formed to form a collection ticket transport path (23) for sending and collecting the collected ticket. In the ticket processing means (2), when a normal ticket is issued, the fixed-size feed roller (9) feeds the free end of the roll paper (R) by the fixed length of the ticket length and cuts it by the cutter (10). And cutter (10)
The thermal printing machine (11) takes in the ticket cut by the printer and sends out the ticket information to the encoding unit (12) through the ticket introduction port (16) while printing the face information of the ordinary ticket to be issued on the ticket. (12) operates as described below to send out a normal ticket on which ticket information is magnetically recorded to the bagging means (5) from the issued ticket transport path (22). The ticket processing means (2)
When a coupon is issued, the free end of the roll paper (R) is fed by the fixed length feed roller (9) by the ticket length by the number of coupons to be issued. The thermal printing machine (10) sequentially takes in the ticket cut by (10), prints the face information of the ordinary ticket on the ticket, and sends it one by one to the encoding unit (12) through the ticket inlet (16). Sending and encoding unit (12)
Operates as described later, and sequentially sends out the coupons in which the face information is magnetically recorded one by one to the bag packing means (5) from the issued ticket transport path (22). When the encoding unit (11) magnetically records the face information on the ticket of the ordinary ticket or coupon to be issued, as shown in FIG. 2, the first transport belt (14) and the second transport belt (15) ) Rotates the disk (13) in a counterclockwise direction, and passes the ticket paper sent from the thermal printing machine (11) through the ticket inlet (14) to the disk (13) and the first transport belt (14). The sorting member (20) is moved by the disk (13) and the second conveyor belt.
(15), the ticket is taken in by the disc (13) and the second transport belt (15), and the writing head (18) is issued on the ticket, a normal ticket or coupon. The ticket information is magnetically recorded to create an ordinary ticket or coupon to be issued. Then, the reading head (19) reads the magnetically recorded face information recorded by the writing head (18) and outputs it to the controller (6).
By comparing the face information to be recorded by the write head (18) with the face information read by the read head (19), it is determined whether or not the face information is normally magnetically recorded. If it is magnetically recorded, the disc (13) and the second transport belt (15) transfer the ordinary ticket or coupon to the disc (13) and the first
The paper is sent out between the conveyor belts (14), and the sorting member (20) is rotated clockwise by a certain angle to rotate the disk (13) and the first conveyor belt.
The ordinary ticket or coupon ticket sent again by (14) is guided from the ticket outlet (17) to the issued ticket transport path (22). However, when the face information is not normally recorded magnetically,
As shown in FIG. 3, the first conveyor belt (14) and the second conveyor belt (15) rotate the disk (13) clockwise, and the distribution member (20) rotates counterclockwise by a certain angle. And the disk (1
3) and the ordinary transport ticket or coupon ticket sent by the second transport belt (15) from the ticket exit (17) to the recovered ticket transport path (23)
To guide. As shown in FIG. 1, the bag feeding means (3) comprises a bag storage section (25) and a bag feeding mechanism (26). The bag storage section (25) is formed in a horizontally elongated box shape, and is provided with a bag holding member (27) provided on the left side inside and a bag pressing member (28) slidably disposed on the right side inside in the left-right direction. Many bags (A) for packing coupons are stored between them. The bag storage section (25) forms a bag feeding port (29) below the bag holding member (27) by making the bag holding member (27) shorter than the bag pressing member (28), By connecting the bag pressing member (28) to a spring member (tensile coil spring) (30), the bag pressing member (28) urges the bag (A) toward the bag holding member (27). . The bag feeding mechanism (26) includes a bag feeding cam (31) and a plurality of feeding rollers (32) for feeding the bag.
The cam (31) makes one rotation in the clockwise direction and enters the bag feeding port (29) of the bag storage section (25), so that only one bag (A) is inserted from the bag feeding port (29). The bag is fed out to the feed roller (32), and the feed roller (32) rotates to feed the bag (A) to the next printing means (4). Bag (A)
The bag is formed between the long piece (A1) on the front side and the short piece (A2) on the back side, and the surface of the long piece (A1) is held in the bag storage section (25) with the ticket holding member (27). It is stored in a state where it faces. The printing means (4) is, as shown in FIG.
It consists of a thermal printer consisting of a print head (34) and a platen (35), and is placed on the surface of the long piece (A1) of the bag (A) fed from the feed roller (32) of the bag feeding means (3). Ticket processing means
The ticket type corresponding to the type of coupon created by (2) is printed, and the bag (A) is sent to the bag packing means (5). More specifically, if the coupon ticket created by the ticket processing means (2) is a normal coupon ticket,
(A) On the surface of the long piece (A1) is printed a normal coupon (Fig. 4
If the coupon ticket produced by the ticket processing means (2) is a uniform coupon ticket, a uniform coupon is printed on the surface of the long piece (A1) of the bag (A) (not shown), and the ticket processing means If the coupon created by (2) is a staggered coupon, the staggered coupon is printed on the surface of the long piece (A1) of the bag (A) (not shown), and is generated by the ticket processing means (2). If the coupon is a discount coupon, the discount coupon is printed on the surface of the long piece (A1) of the bag (A) (not shown). As shown in FIG. 1, the bag packing means (5) includes an issued ticket transport path (22) of the ticket processing means (2) and a printing means (3).
Bagging mechanism (37) arranged at the merging site in the bag delivery direction
And a delivery roller (38) arranged near the issuing port (1A) of the housing (1). The bag packing mechanism (37) includes a transport roller (39) disposed above the junction, and a clockwise direction or counterclockwise disposed below the junction to be joined to or separated from the transport roller (39). Feed roller with stopper (40) swinging in the circumferential direction and feed roller with stopper
(40) and a bag opening member (41) for opening the bag, which is disposed between the issued ticket transport path (22) of the ticket processing means (2), and a bag disposed below the feed roller with stopper (40). And a ticket alignment member (42) swinging in a fan shape toward the opening member (41). When the ticket processing means (2) creates a normal ticket and sends it out of the issued ticket transport path (22), the bag filling mechanism (37) transports the ordinary ticket to the transport roller (40) with stopper as shown in FIG. Roller (39) pinches the ordinary ticket and sends it out via roller (38).
Issued from (1A). When the printing means (4) prints and sends out the type of coupon ticket to the bag (A), as shown in FIG. The bag (A) sent from the printing means (4) is swung in the circumferential direction and separated from the transport roller (39) to receive the bag (A) sent from the printing means (4) with the stopper of the roller with stopper (40), and then the roller with stopper (40). Swings counterclockwise and abuts the transport roller (39), thereby causing the transport roller (3
9) and feed roller with stopper (40), long piece of bag (A) (A1)
After that, the bag (A) is returned to the printing means (3) side by the transport roller (39) and the feed roller with stopper (40) until the bag opening member (41) enters the bag portion. After the opening for introducing the coupon is formed between the long piece (A1) and the short piece (A2) of the bag (A), the feed roller with stopper (40) swings clockwise again to convey the transport roller. Leave (39). Each time a coupon ticket sequentially sent one by one from the issued ticket transport path (22) of the ticket processing means (2) enters the bag portion from the opening of the bag (A), the ticket alignment member (42) moves to the left. When the coupon is pushed into the bag portion and all the coupons to be issued are stored in the bag (A), the feed roller with stopper (40) rocks in the counterclockwise direction and the transport roller ( 39), the bag (A) is sandwiched and sent out from the issuing port (1A) via the sending roller (38). As described above, the ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function having the above-described structure is capable of dispensing a bag by the bag dispensing means (3).
(A) The ticket processing means by printing means (4) on the surface of the long piece (A)
(2) Coupon type to be issued (general coupon,
Print a uniform coupon, a staggered coupon or a discount coupon and print the same type of coupon (ordinary coupon) in which the bag packing means (5) is sent one by one from the ticket processing means (2) to the bag (A). Tickets, uniform coupons, staggered coupons, discount coupons, etc.) and issued from the issuing port (1A). Therefore, it is possible to pack a plurality of types of coupons such as ordinary coupons, uniform coupons, staggered coupons or discount coupons into one set with a large number of coupons per set, and a bag filled with coupons ( A) is printed with the ticket type of the coupon in the bag.
The type of coupon in the bag can be easily confirmed from the outside of (A). The fixed-size feed roller of the ticket processing means (2)
(9), platen (11b) and second transport belt (15) of thermal printer (11), cam (31) of ticket feeding means (3) and feed roller
(32), the platen (35) of the printing means (4), and the transport roller (39) of the bag packing means (5) are each operated by an electric motor (not shown). In addition, the cutter (10) of the ticket processing means (2), the sorting member (20), the feed roller with stopper (40) of the bag packing means (5).
The ticket aligning member (42) is operated by an electromagnetic solenoid (not shown). As described above, the ticket issuing apparatus with the bag filling function of the present invention prints the type of ticket to be issued by the printing means on the bag fed out by the bag feeding means, and prints a large number of sheets. A large number of tickets to be issued are created by the ticket processing means for creating a plurality of types of tickets as one set, and a large number of tickets to be issued are packed into bags and issued by the bag filling means. . Therefore, if used as a ticket vending machine, it is possible to pack a plurality of types of coupons for each ticket type with one ticket vending machine or coupon vending machine. Since the type of the coupon in the bag is printed, the type of the coupon in the bag can be easily confirmed from outside the bag. As a result, customers who purchase coupon tickets, as before,
Since there is no need to search for a ticket vending machine or a coupon vending machine that sells the desired coupon, the convenience for the coupon purchaser is greatly improved, and the coupon is taken out of the bag by taking out the coupon from the bag. There is no need to check the ticket type.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a ticket issuing device with a bag filling function according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the operation when the encoding unit of the ticket processing means constituting the ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function of the present invention can normally magnetically record face information on a ticket of a normal ticket or coupon to be issued. It is. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation performed when the encoding unit of the ticket processing unit constituting the ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function of the present invention cannot normally magnetically record face information on a ticket of a normal ticket or coupon to be issued. FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view when a printing means constituting the ticket issuing apparatus with a bag filling function of the present invention prints a ticket type corresponding to a normal number of tickets on a bag. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation when a bagging means constituting the ticketing apparatus with a bagging function of the present invention issues a normal ticket. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the operation when the bagging means constituting the ticketing apparatus with a bagging function of the present invention packs and issues coupons. [Description of Signs] (2) Ticket processing means (3) Bag feeding means (25) Bag storage section (4) Printing means (5) Bag packing means (A) Bag

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(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Stored in a ticket vending machine installed at a railway line station
Bagging function that can pack many tickets
A per ticketing system, ticket, as well as ordinary tickets to the one set in a large number of sheets, Hitoshi
Multiple types of times, such as one-time tickets, jet lag tickets and discount tickets
A ticket processing means (2) for preparing and sending several tickets, and a bag (A) for packing a large number of coupons created by the ticket processing means (2) for each ticket type from the bag storage section (25). Bag feeding means (3) to be fed out, and printing means (Printing means for printing a ticket type corresponding to the type of coupon created by the ticket processing means (2) on the bag (A) fed by the bag feeding means (3) ( and 4), and bagged means for issuing stuffed with the ticket processing means (2) number Fare for feeding the bag to denomination is printed by the printing means (4) (a) (5), the Equipped with a ticket issuing device and a ticket
A ticket issuing device with a bag filling function , wherein the ticket can be issued of any of the above types .