JPH05246602A - Tickets housing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a ticket housing device in which a ticket can be taken out with both hands, thereby making this taking-out work surely and easily, and the collapse of the tickets can be prevented. CONSTITUTION:This ticket housing device is provided with a housing unit 25, having a housing space 30 for storing tickets 22 in a stacked state, a ticket taking-out port 55 opened in the side of the housing space, and a stopper 60, provided on the taking-out port to arrange the tickets in the vertical direction. In this structure, the stopper 60 is divided into at least two parts in the vertical direction, and these divided stopper pieces 60a-60d are provided over between a first position, abutting one side edge parts of the tickets with a longitudinal shaft as a center, and a second position, separated from one side edge parts of the tickets to open the taking-out port, and also are always rotationally energized to the first position via coil springs 67.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ticket storing device for storing tickets such as cards in a vertically stacked posture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a card issuing device for issuing cards is provided with a ticket storing device for accumulating cards sent out one by one from a card outlet of the issuing device in a vertically stacked state. ..

This conventional ticket storage device is provided with vertically long storage boxes 1 as shown in FIG. An insertion port 3 into which a card 2 sent from a card outlet of an issuing device (not shown) is inserted is formed in the upper part of the storage box 1. The card 2 inserted in this insertion slot 3 is
A roller (not shown) is drawn into the storage box 1.

Inside the storage box 1, there is formed a card storage section 4 connected to the insertion slot 3. The card storage unit 4 includes a storage space 5 for storing the cards 2 drawn from the insertion slot 3 in a vertically stacked state. An elevating plate 6 for receiving the card 2 is provided on the bottom of the storage space 5, and the elevating plate 6 is moved up and down by a motor (not shown). And the lifting plate 6
Is lowered every time the card 2 is stored in the storage space 5, and the position of the uppermost card 2 is always kept constant.

Further, on the side surface of the storage box 1, there is an outlet 7 for taking out the cards 2 stored in the storage space 5.
Are formed. The take-out port 7 is formed vertically in the up-down direction so as to be along the storage space 5 and is continuous with the storage space 5.

A card guide 8 for preventing the stacked cards 2 from collapsing is provided in a portion of the storage space 5 facing the outlet 7. Card guide 8
Touches one edge of the stacked cards 2,
The card guide 8 is vertically divided into an upper guide 8a and a lower guide 8b at an intermediate portion in the vertical direction. The guides 8a and 8b are connected by a hinge 9 having a hinge shaft (not shown) extending in the horizontal direction. For this reason, the upper guide 8a and the lower guide 8b are adapted to be rotated in the up-down direction from a posture in which they are vertically erected about the hinge axis.

Incidentally, the upper guide 8a and the lower guide 8
A window 10 for confirming the amount of the cards 2 stored in the storage space 5 is formed in b, and the storage box 1 is provided with a door 11 for opening and closing the outlet 7. There is.

In order to take out the cards 2 stored in the storage space 5 in the card storage device for the card 2 constructed as described above, first, the door 11 is opened to expose the card guide 8. In this state, as shown in FIG. 9B, the upper guide 8a is tilted toward the front to expose the upper half cards 2 of the cards 2 stacked in the storage space 5, and the required number of sheets is taken out from the outlet 7 Take out from.

Further, in order to take out the remaining card 2 covered by the lower guide 8b, the lower guide 8b is raised toward you. Then, while supporting the lower guide 8b with one hand, the other hand is used to grip the card 2
Take it out through.

[0010]

By the way, in this conventional ticket storage device, the upper guide 8a is tilted downward from the vertically standing posture, so that the upper guide 8a is supported by hand when the card 2 is taken out. It is not necessary to keep it, and the stacked cards 2 can be taken out with both hands.

However, since the lower guide 8b is raised upward from the vertically erected posture, it will rotate downward and return to its original posture when the hand is released. For this reason, when the card 2 is taken out, it is necessary to hold the lower guide 8b in a position in which the lower guide 8b is raised by one hand, and the workability of taking out the card 2 becomes extremely poor. In addition, since the stored cards 2 must be grasped with one hand, there are problems that the cards 2 are easily collapsed and that many cards 2 cannot be taken out at one time.

Then, as shown in FIG. 11, when the magnetic tape 12 is attached to the back surface of the card 2, the thickness of the card 2 may be different between the side where the magnetic tape 12 is present and the side where the magnetic tape 12 is not present. When the cards 2 of this type are stacked on the elevating plate 6 of the storage space 5, as shown in FIG. 10, the overall shape of the stacked cards 2 warps in a bow shape, and a large number of cards 2 are moved up and down. It becomes impossible to stack them in a straight line.

Then, when the cards 2 are taken out, the upper guides 8a are kept in the posture in which the upper guides 8a are tilted toward the front side, so that when the holding of the cards 2 by the upper guides 8a is released, the stacked cards are It bulges like a bow. For this reason, the stacking posture of the cards 2 becomes unstable, and the cards may be easily collapsed.

Further, even if the cards 2 are stacked in a state where they are vertically aligned, the higher the stacking height of the cards 2, the more unstable the posture of the cards 2 becomes. When the card 2 is taken out, there is a problem that the part of the card 2 which is not held by the upper guide 8a easily collapses.

The present invention has been made under such circumstances, and the stacked tickets can be taken out by both hands without fail, and the taking-out work can be performed reliably and easily, and the tickets can be stored in the storage space. An object of the present invention is to provide a ticket storage device that can prevent collapse.

[0016]

Therefore, the ticket storage device of the present invention has a box-shaped storage unit having a storage space for storing issued tickets in a vertically stacked state, and an opening on a side surface of the storage unit. And a take-out port for taking out the bills stored in the storage space, and a vertical line by vertically contacting one side edge of the stacked bills provided on the take-out port so as to be separable. And a stopper for causing it.

The stopper is divided into two at least vertically along the stacking direction of the tickets.
These divided stopper pieces have a first position in contact with one side edge portion of the ticket with a vertical axis extending in the vertical direction as a center,
It is rotatably provided between a second position where the take-out port is opened by separating from the one side edge portion of the ticket, and the one side edge portion of the ticket is always provided via spring means. It is characterized in that it is urged to rotate toward a first position where it comes into contact with.

[0018]

According to this structure, since the plurality of stopper pieces for aligning the bills rotate about the vertical axis in the direction of approaching and separating from the bills, the stacked bills can be grasped by hand and brought to the front. When pulled out, the stopper piece is pushed by one side edge portion of the ticket and automatically rotates, so that the ticket is not obstructed.

Therefore, since it is not necessary to rotate the stopper pieces by hand, the stacked tickets can be grasped and taken out with both hands, and the tickets can be taken out reliably and easily.

Further, since the stopper pieces are divided in the stacking direction of the tickets, when taking out the tickets, the quantity of the tickets corresponding to the height of each stopper piece is taken out once, and all the tickets are taken out. If it is divided into multiple times and carried out in order from the top, the tickets remaining in the storage space will be held by other adjacent stopper pieces, and all the highly stacked tickets will be exposed at the outlet. It will not be done. Moreover, since the stopper piece is constantly urged to rotate in the direction of abutting one side edge of the stacked tickets, when the removal of the tickets is completed and the pressing by the tickets is released,
It automatically returns to the original first position. Therefore, particularly when the ticket is taken out several times, the collapse of the ticket remaining in the storage space can be reliably prevented.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 21 is a card supply device which constitutes an issuing unit, and the card supply device 21 is
It has a card outlet 23 for feeding out rectangular cards 22 as tickets one by one. Then, the card 22 sent to the card supply device 21 from the card outlet 23
A ticket storage device 24 for storing the is attached.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the ticket storage device 24 is provided with a storage unit 25 having a rectangular box shape. A caster 26 for moving the ticket storage device 24 to an arbitrary position is provided on the bottom surface of the storage unit 25.

Inside the storage unit 25, there is formed a card storage section 28 for storing the issued cards 22 in a vertically stacked posture. The card storage unit 28 includes a pair of side walls 2 arranged to face each other in the longitudinal direction of the card 22.
9a, 29b and a connecting wall 29c for connecting between one side edge portions of the side walls 29a, 29b are substantially U-shaped in a plan view, and a portion surrounded by these walls 29a to 29d is a card 22. A vertically long storage space 30 is formed for storing the. The front surface of the card storage portion 28, which faces the connecting wall 29c, is open as it is, and the opening height of the opening portion 31 extends over the entire height of the storage space 30.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the side surface 25 of the storage unit 25 which is abutted against the card supply device 21.
An insertion port 34 into which the card 22 is inserted is formed in a. The insertion port 34 is continuous with the card outlet 22, and the insertion ports 34 are fitted on both sides of the card outlet 23 when the storage unit 25 is abutted against the card supply device 21. Aperture holes 35a, 35b
Pins 36a and 36b to be inserted into the are protrudingly provided.

Therefore, by inserting the pins 36a and 36b into the fitting holes 35a and 35b, the card outlet 23 and the insertion port 34 are aligned, and the card 22 issued from the card outlet 23 is inserted into the insertion port 34. It is supposed to be.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, at the upper end of the storage unit 25, a card guide 38 for guiding the card 2 inserted in the insertion slot 34 to the upper end of the storage space 30.
Is provided. A feed roller 39 and a pinch roller 40 are vertically arranged on the card guide 38. These rollers 39 and 40 are for drawing the card 22 inserted into the insertion slot 34 into the storage space 30 through the card guide 38, and the rotation shaft 41 of the feed roller 39 has a belt type power transmission mechanism 42. It is interlocked with the drive shaft 44 of the drive motor 43 via the.

Therefore, when the feed roller 39 is rotationally driven, the feed roller 39 and the pinch roller 4
The card 22 is drawn in between 0 and 0, and the card 22 is sent to the upper end of the storage space 30 through the card guide 38.

A card guide 38 is provided in the storage space 30.
Lifting plate 47 for receiving the card 22 sent from the
Are arranged. The elevating plate 47 has a rectangular shape having substantially the same size as the card 22. A pair of protrusions 48a and 48b are provided on one side edge of the lift plate 47. The protrusions 48a and 48b are projected to the outside of the card storage unit 28 through slits 49a and 49b provided in the connecting wall 29c. A pair of screw shafts 50a and 50b extending in the vertical direction is arranged outside the connecting wall 29c. The screw shafts 50a and 50b are rotatably supported in the card storage unit 28, and the protrusions 48 of the lift plate 47 are provided on the outer circumferences of the screw shafts 50a and 50b.
a and 48b are screwed.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower ends of the screw shafts 50a and 50b are interlocked with a drive shaft 53 of a motor 52 capable of forward and reverse rotation via a belt-type power transmission mechanism 51. Therefore, the screw shafts 50a, 50b
When the motor is rotated by the motor 52, the elevating plate 47 is moved up and down along the screw shafts 50a and 50b.

By the way, as shown in FIGS.
On the front surface 25b of the storage unit 25, a card storage section 28
An outlet 55 is formed so as to be continuous with the opening 31 of the. The outlet 55 is opened and closed by a door 56, and the door 5
6 is pivotally supported by the storage unit 25 via a hinge 57 having a hinge shaft (not shown) extending in the vertical direction.
A stopper 60 is provided inside the take-out port 55 to prevent the cards 22 stacked on the elevating plate 47 from collapsing. The stopper 60 is in the form of an elongated strip plate in the stacking direction of the cards 22, that is, in the vertical direction, and is partially in contact with one side edge of the card 22 exposed at the take-out port 55. Then, the stopper 60 of this embodiment is
It is divided into four along the up-down direction, and these four stopper pieces 60a to 60d are pivotally supported by the side wall 29b of the card storage portion 28 via hinges 61 so as to be openable and closable.

The pivot structure of the stopper pieces 60a to 60d will be described by taking one stopper piece 60a as a representative. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, notches 62a and 62b are formed at upper and lower portions of one side edge portion of the stopper piece 60a, and curls are formed at upper and lower portions of the notch portions 62a and 62b, respectively. The shaft support portion 63a wound in a shape of
63b is formed. The front end of the hinge 61 is inserted into the notches 62a and 62b of the stopper piece 60a. The tip of the hinge 61 is provided with a pair of upper and lower engaging portions 64a and 64b bent in a substantially U shape. Engagement part 6
4a and 64b are connected to the shaft supporting portions 63a and 63b, and the engaging portions 64a and 64b and the shaft supporting portions 63a and 6b are connected.
A hinge shaft 65, which is a vertical axis, is vertically inserted between the hinge shaft 65 and the shaft 3b.

Therefore, each stopper piece 60a-60d
1 is a first position where it abuts on one side edge of the cards 22 stacked on the elevating plate 47 about the hinge shaft 65 as shown by a solid line in FIG. 1 and an imaginary line shown in FIG. In addition, it can freely rotate between the card 22 and the second position where the card 55 is separated from the card 22 and the take-out port 55 is opened.

Engaging portions 64a, 64 on the hinge shaft 65
A torsion coil spring 67 as a spring means is wound around the outer periphery of the intermediate portion located between b. The torsion coil spring 67 includes arm portions 67b and 67c extending outward in the radial direction at both ends of the coil portion 67a. One arm 67
b is locked to the stopper pieces 60a to 60d, and the other arm 67c is locked to the hinge 61. The torsion coil spring 67 constantly biases the stopper pieces 60a to 60d toward the first position, and when the stopper pieces 60a to 60d are rotated toward the second position. The coil portion 67a is wound around the coil 67a.

The stopper 6 is provided on the inner surface of the door 56.
A card guide 70 that contacts one side edge of the card 22 is provided in succession to 0. The card guide 70 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 3, the card guide 70 is supported at two upper and lower positions thereof so as to move toward and away from the inner surface of the door 56, and the card guide 70 is separated from the inner surface of the door 56 via a spring 71. Is urged by.

Therefore, when the door 56 is closed, the card guide 70 is elastically pressed against one side edge of the stacked cards 22 to prevent the card 22 from collapsing together with the stopper 60.

A sensor denoted by reference numeral 75 in the drawing is for detecting the position of the uppermost card 22 stacked on the elevating plate 47, and a signal from the sensor 75 causes the elevating motor 52 to move. Is driven, and the lift plate 47 is lowered. Therefore, the position of the uppermost card 22 is always kept constant.

Next, the ticket storage device 2 configured as described above.
The operation of No. 4 will be described.

The card 22 sent from the card outlet 23 of the card supply device 21 is inserted into the insertion opening 34 of the storage unit 25. Then, the card 22 is sandwiched by the feed roller 39 and the pinch roller 40 which are rotationally driven, drawn into the card guide 38, and sent out onto the elevating plate 47 of the storage space 30 from here. The elevating plate 47 is pulled up to the upper part of the storage space 30 as the stacking amount of the cards 22 is smaller.
By keeping the position of the uppermost card 22 stacked on the card 7 always constant, it is possible to prevent the fed card 22 from becoming vertical or turning inside out.

When the cards 22 are stored in the storage space 30, the card guide 7 is attached to one edge of the cards 22.
0 and the stopper 60 contact. By this contact, the card 22 causes the walls 29a, 29b, 29c of the card storage portion 28 to be removed.
The card 22 is pressed between the card guide 70 and the stopper 60, and the cards 22 are sequentially stacked in a line in the vertical direction.

In order to take out the cards 22 stored in the storage space 30 in this way, first open the door 56,
Through the outlet 55, the opening 31 of the card storage 28
Expose. When the door 56 is opened, the card guide 70 is separated from the card 22, and the take-out port 55 is widely opened. In this case, even if the card guide 70 is detached from the card 22, the stopper 60 is in contact with one side edge of the stacked cards 22, so that the stacked cards 2
2 never collapses.

When the door 56 is opened, a predetermined amount of cards 22 are grasped from above the stacked cards 22 with both hands,
Pull it out through the outlet 55. At this time, the stopper 60 that is in contact with one side edge of the card 22 is vertically divided into four stopper pieces 60a to 60d, and each stopper piece 60a to 60d is attached to the card storage portion 28. On the other hand, since it is rotatably supported about a hinge shaft 65 extending in the vertical direction, when the card 22 is grasped by both hands and pulled out to the front, any one of the stopper pieces 60a in contact with the pulled out card 22 The ˜60 d is pushed by the card 22 and automatically rotates toward the second position, which does not hinder the removal of the card 22.

Therefore, when removing the card 22,
It is not necessary to rotate the stopper pieces 60a to 60d by hand, and regardless of the stacking amount of the cards 22, the stacked cards 22 are grasped by both hands and the removal port 5 is used.
5 can be taken out. Therefore, the card 22 can be removed more reliably and easily than in the conventional case,
The workability is improved accordingly.

Further, by dividing the stopper 60 into four parts, the stopper pieces 60a to 60d corresponding to the card 22 to be taken out are rotated toward the second position. That is, when the cards 22 are taken out, the amount of the cards 22 corresponding to the height of each stopper piece 60a to 60d is taken out once, and all the cards 22 are taken out a plurality of times. The cards 22 remaining on the sheet 47 will be held by the other stopper pieces 60a to 60d, and the cards 22 stacked high.
Is not exposed at the outlet 55.

Moreover, since the stopper pieces 60a to 60d are always urged to rotate toward the first position, when the card 22 is completely taken out and the pressing by the card 22 is released, the stopper pieces 60a to 60d are stopped. The pieces 60a to 60d are automatically returned to the first position by the urging force of the torsion coil spring 67, and come into contact with one side edge of the card 22 remaining on the elevating plate 47. For this reason, particularly when the card 22 is removed in a plurality of times, the remaining card 22 can be prevented from being collapsed, and the subsequent card 22 can be easily removed.

Although a ticket is used as a card in the above embodiment, this ticket is not limited to a card.
For example, paper sheets such as tickets and labels may be used.

Further, since the number of divisions of the stopper is determined by the stacking height of the tickets, the number of divisions of the stopper is not limited to the four divisions as in the above embodiment, but at least two divisions are provided above and below. It is good if

[0048]

According to the present invention described in detail above, since it is not necessary to manually rotate the stopper piece when taking out the tickets, the stacked tickets can be used regardless of the stacking amount of the tickets. It can be grasped with both hands and taken out from the outlet. Therefore, the ticket can be taken out more reliably and easily than in the conventional case, and the workability is improved accordingly.

Further, since the stoppers are divided into upper and lower parts, the tickets remaining in the storage space are held by the other stopper pieces adjacent to each other, and all the highly stacked tickets are exposed to the outlet. There is no such thing. Moreover, the stopper piece automatically returns to the first position by the urging force of the spring means and abuts on the ticket remaining on the lift plate, so that there is an advantage that the collapse of the remaining ticket can be surely prevented. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a ticket storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a positional relationship between a storage space in a ticket storage device and a stopper and a card guide.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the ticket storage device with a door closed.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a ticket storage device showing a structure for moving up and down an elevating plate.

FIG. 5A is a perspective view around a stopper piece and a hinge.
(B) is a plan view of the stopper piece and the hinge.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state in which the ticket storage device is separated from the card supply device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a ticket storage device.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a state where the ticket storage device is abutted against the card supply device.

FIG. 9A is a front view of a conventional ticket storage device. (B)
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional ticket storage device.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the tickets are stacked in the conventional ticket storage device.

FIG. 11 is a plan view of a magnetic card as a ticket.

[Explanation of symbols]

22 ... Ticket (card), 25 ... Storage unit, 30 ... Storage space, 55 ... Take-out port, 60 ... Stopper, 60
a, 60b, 60c, 60d ... Stopper piece, 65 ... Vertical axis (hinge axis), 67 ... Spring means (torsion coil spring).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped storage unit having a storage space for storing issued tickets in a vertically stacked state, and a side opening of the storage unit for taking out the tickets stored in the storage space. The stopper is provided with a take-out port and a stopper provided at the take-out port for vertically aligning the one side edge portion of the stacked tickets so as to be vertically separable. Is at least vertically divided into two parts along the stacking direction of the tickets, and the divided stopper pieces are in contact with one side edge portion of the above-mentioned tickets about a vertical axis along the vertical direction, and
The ticket is provided so as to be rotatable between a second position where the take-out port is opened by being detached from the one side edge portion of the ticket, and the one side edge portion of the ticket is always provided via spring means. A ticket storage device for a ticket, characterized in that the ticket storage device is urged to pivot toward a first position in which the ticket comes into contact with.