CN216596366U - Ticket supply unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of bill selling equipment, and provides a bill supply unit.A liftable pressing plate is arranged in a bill storage bin and is pressed against the top of a bill, so that the bill can be stored in the bill storage bin smoothly; the driving motor provides driving force to drive the conveying belt to move, and then the pushing piece arranged on the conveying belt pushes the bills to move from one pack at the bottom end of the stacked bills, so that the bills can be pushed stably; the bill is separated from the conveying belt by the supporting roller, so that the bill is prevented from being carried away by the conveying belt under the condition that no pushing piece pushes the bill to cause the bill jamming. The ticket supply unit can realize the package-by-package ticket outlet of the tickets through the structure, can avoid the occurrence of card ticket faults, and is favorable for improving the overall reliability of equipment.

Description

Ticket supply unit

Technical Field

This application belongs to the bill equipment of selling technical field, and more specifically says, relates to a supply ticket unit.

Background

In the field of bill sale, such as in the field of lottery sale, various self-service vending machines appear, and a customer can purchase required bills on the self-service vending machine at any time according to needs, so that the self-service vending machine is convenient and fast. The ticket supply unit in the existing ticket self-service vending machine usually has a card ticket fault in the process of issuing tickets, so that the self-service ticket purchasing failure of customers is caused, and meanwhile, the maintenance time and the maintenance cost of equipment are increased.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application aims to provide a ticket supply unit so as to solve the technical problem that in the prior art, a card ticket fault is easy to occur to the ticket supply unit, so that the reliability of equipment is low.

In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the application is as follows: there is provided a ticket supply unit including:

the bill storage bin comprises a containing cavity and a pressing plate arranged in the containing cavity, the containing cavity is used for stacking and arranging a plurality of packs of bills, and the pressing plate can be pressed against the tops of the bills stacked and arranged in a lifting manner;

the conveying assembly is arranged at the bottom of the ticket storage bin and comprises a driving motor, a conveying rotating shaft in transmission connection with the driving motor and conveying rollers sleeved on the conveying rotating shaft, a group of conveying rotating shaft and the conveying rollers are respectively arranged at the front end and the rear end of the bottom of the ticket storage bin, conveying belts are sleeved on the two groups of conveying rotating shafts and the conveying rollers, pushing pieces are arranged on the conveying belts, the height of each pushing piece is larger than the thickness of a half pack of bills and smaller than the thickness of one pack of bills, and the pushing pieces are used for pushing the bills to move towards an outlet of the ticket storage bin from one pack at the bottom end of the stacked bills;

and the supporting roller is arranged at the bottom of the bill storage bin and abutted against the bottom surface of the bill and is used for separating the bill from the conveying belt.

Optionally, two side walls of the ticket storage bin are respectively provided with a vertical sliding groove, the two sliding grooves are arranged oppositely, one end of the pressing plate, which is connected with the ticket storage bin, is provided with a raised head portion, and the raised head portion extends into the sliding grooves and can move along the sliding grooves.

Optionally, a hollow tube is arranged at one end of the pressing plate connected with the ticket storage bin, a connecting rotating shaft penetrates through the hollow tube, the two end portions of the connecting rotating shaft correspond to the protruding head portions, and the pressing plate can turn around the connecting rotating shaft.

Optionally, the free end of the pressure plate has an inclined surface for avoiding the pushing member.

Optionally, the platen has a profile matching the profile of the document.

Optionally, the conveying assembly further includes a driving wheel connected to the driving motor, a driven wheel sleeved on the conveying rotating shaft and used for transmitting the power of the driving motor to the conveying rotating shaft, and a driving belt sleeved on the driving wheel and the driven wheel.

Optionally, a first sensor is arranged at the tail end of the ticket storage bin, and the first sensor is used for sensing the initial position of the pushing member.

Optionally, a second sensor is arranged at the bottom of the ticket storage bin, and the second sensor is used for detecting the ticket state and the empty bin state of the ticket storage bin.

Optionally, at least one set of the conveying rotating shaft and the conveying roller is arranged at the bottom of the ticket storage bin corresponding to the area between the two sets of the conveying rotating shaft and the conveying roller at the front end and the rear end.

Optionally, the ticket supply unit further comprises a ticket outlet channel assembly, the ticket outlet channel assembly comprises a gate arranged at the outlet of the ticket storage bin in an openable and closable manner and a ticket outlet channel arranged at the gate, the longitudinal sectional area of the ticket outlet channel is matched with the longitudinal sectional area of the ticket, and the pushing piece pushes the ticket to be output through the ticket outlet channel.

The beneficial effect of the confession ticket unit that this application provided lies in: compared with the prior art, the bill supply unit has the advantages that the liftable pressing plate arranged in the bill storage bin is pressed against the top of the bill, so that the bill can be stored in the bill storage bin smoothly; the bottom of the bill storage bin is provided with a conveying assembly, a driving motor provides driving force to drive a conveying rotating shaft to rotate, and further drive a conveying roller to rotate, the rotating conveying roller drives a conveying belt to move, a pushing piece arranged on the conveying belt pushes bills to move towards an outlet of the bill storage bin from a bottom pack of the stacked bills, the bills can be stably pushed by the conveying mode, the height of the pushing piece is larger than the thickness of a half pack of bills and smaller than the thickness of a pack of bills, so that the lower pack of bills can be pushed to move smoothly each time, and other bills cannot be driven to move to cause card bills; the bills can be separated from the conveying belt by the supporting rollers which are arranged at the bottom of the bill storage bin and are abutted to the bottom surface of the bills, so that the bills are prevented from being taken away by the conveying belt under the condition that no pushing piece pushes the bills to cause the bill blocking. The ticket supply unit can realize the package-by-package ticket outlet of the ticket through the structure, can avoid the occurrence of card ticket faults, and is favorable for improving the overall reliability of equipment.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a ticket supply unit provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a platen according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a ticket unit according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating an assembled conveying assembly and supporting rollers according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial schematic view of a transfer module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a ticket issuing passage assembly according to an embodiment of the present application.

Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:

100. a ticket storage bin; 110. mounting a bottom plate; 120. pressing a plate; 121. connecting the rotating shaft; 122. a hollow tube body; 123. an inclined surface; 130. a chute; 140. a second inductor; 150. a bill; 200. a transfer assembly; 210. a drive motor; 220. a transmission rotating shaft; 230. a conveying roller; 240. a conveyor belt; 250. a pusher member; 260. a first inductor; 270. a driving wheel; 280. a driven wheel; 290. a drive belt; 300. supporting the rollers; 310. a support shaft; 400. a ticketing channel assembly; 410. a gate; 4101. a first mounting slot; 4102. a second mounting slot; 4103. a sensing part; 412. a shutter plate; 4121. a waist hole; 413. a gate motor; 414. a gate sensor; 415. a support bar; 420. and (4) a ticket outlet channel.

Detailed Description

In order to make the technical problems, technical solutions and advantageous effects to be solved by the present application clearer, the present application is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected to" another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be indirectly connected to the other element.

It will be understood that the terms "length," "width," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the application and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be constructed in operation as a limitation of the application.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.

Referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4 together, a ticket supply unit provided in an embodiment of the present application will now be described. The ticket supply unit provided by the embodiment of the application can be applied to an instant lottery ticket vending machine, is used for drawing tickets of whole packages of instant lottery tickets and can also be applied to similar ticket drawing equipment of whole packages of tickets.

The ticket supply unit of the embodiment of the application comprises a ticket storage bin 100, a conveying assembly 200 and a supporting roller 300.

Specifically, the bill storage bin 100 includes a containing cavity and a pressing plate 120 disposed in the containing cavity, the containing cavity is used for stacking and arranging multiple packages of bills 150, and the pressing plate 120 is liftably pressed against the tops of the multiple packages of bills 150 stacked and arranged. Preferably, the size of the storage bin 100 matches the size of the whole pack of bills 150, the height of the storage bin 100 can be designed according to actual needs, and the higher the height of the storage bin 100 is, the more the whole pack of bills 150 can be accommodated. The bills 150 are pressed by the pressing plate 120, and along with the package-by-package output of the bills 150 at the bottom, the pressing plate 120 is lowered, so that the pressing plate 120 can always abut against the package of bills 150 at the top, and therefore, the bills 150 which are bent and deformed can be pushed by the pushing piece 250 smoothly, the bills are prevented from being jammed due to the bending of the bills 150, and the bills 150 cannot be inclined in the process of being lowered along with gravity.

Specifically, the conveying assembly 200 is disposed at the bottom of the ticket storage bin 100, the conveying assembly 200 includes a driving motor 210, a conveying rotating shaft 220 in transmission connection with the driving motor 210, and a conveying roller 230 sleeved on the conveying rotating shaft 220, a set of conveying rotating shaft 220 and conveying roller 230 are disposed at the front end and the rear end of the bottom of the ticket storage bin 100 respectively, a conveying belt 240 is sleeved on the two sets of conveying rotating shaft 220 and conveying roller 230, a pushing member 250 is disposed on the conveying belt 240, the height of the pushing member 250 is greater than the thickness of a half pack of tickets 150 and smaller than the thickness of a pack of tickets 150, and the pushing member 250 is configured to push the tickets 150 to move to the outlet of the ticket storage bin 100 from a pack at the bottom of the stacked tickets 150.

Alternatively, the driving motor 210 may be a stepping motor or a servo motor, etc., and the driving motor 210 provides power for drawing the whole pack of bills 150.

The transmission shaft 220 is in transmission connection with the driving motor 210, for example, the transmission shaft 220 may be connected with the driving motor 210 through a transmission component, or the transmission shaft 220 may be directly connected with the shaft of the driving motor 210, and the driving motor 210 transmits power to the transmission shaft 220 to drive the transmission shaft 220 to rotate. The front end and the rear end of the bottom of the ticket storage bin 100 are respectively provided with a group of conveying rotating shafts 220 and conveying rollers 230, conveying belts 240 are sleeved on the two groups of conveying rotating shafts 220 and conveying rollers 230, one of the two groups of conveying rotating shafts 220 and conveying rollers 230 is correspondingly arranged at the rear end of the ticket storage bin 100, namely at the tail end of the whole pack of tickets 150 stored in the ticket storage bin 100, and the other group of the two groups of conveying rotating shafts 220 and conveying rollers 230 is correspondingly arranged at the front end (outlet end) of the ticket storage bin 100, namely at the end where the whole pack of tickets 150 are firstly output. The distance between the two sets of conveying rotating shafts 220 and the conveying rollers 230 at the front end and the rear end is greater than or equal to the moving distance of the whole pack of bills 150 in the bill storage bin 100.

Specifically, in conjunction with fig. 4, the pushing member 250 is provided on the transfer belt 240, and the pushing member 250 can move synchronously along with the transfer belt 240. The pushing member 250 may be attached to the surface of the conveying belt 240 by welding, but the pushing member 250 may be attached to the conveying belt 240 by other means, such as fixing with screws, or adhering with adhesive glue. The pushing member 250 may be configured as a push plate, a push rod, a push block, or the like. The pushing member 250 pushes the bill 150 to be output from the tail end to the front end of the bill storage bin 100, i.e. the bill 150 is transferred to the outlet of the bill storage bin 100.

Specifically, the conveying belt 240 is driven by the driving motor 210 to circularly reciprocate, the pushing piece 250 moves along with the conveying belt 240 to contact with the bills 150 and pushes the bills 150 one by one from the bottom end of the stacked bills 150, and the pushing piece 250 circularly enters the pushing process of the next pack of bills 150 after each pack of bills 150 is successfully ejected by pushing the pushing piece 250 along with the circulating movement of the conveying belt 240.

Specifically, the height of the pushing member 250 is designed to be larger than the thickness of the half pack of bills 150 and smaller than the thickness of the whole pack of bills 150, so that when the pushing member 250 pushes the bills 150, only one pack of bills 150 can be pushed each time, on one hand, the target bills 150 can be pushed smoothly, and on the other hand, the bills 150 adjacent to the target bills 150 can be moved without being tied.

Specifically, referring to fig. 3, the supporting roller 300 is disposed at the bottom of the hopper 100 and abuts against the bottom surface of the bill 150 for separating the bill 150 from the conveyor belt 240. The supporting roller 300 is positioned right below the bills 150 stacked, the surface of the supporting roller 300 is in contact with the bottom surface of the bottommost pack of bills 150, the supporting roller 300 plays a supporting role on the whole stacked bills 150, the stacked whole pack of bills 150 is prevented from pressing the conveying belt 240, the load of the conveying belt 240 is increased, and the condition that the conveying belt 240 takes away the bills 150 without the pushing piece 250 to cause ticket jamming can be avoided.

Compared with the prior art, the ticket supply unit provided by the application has the advantages that the liftable pressing plate 120 arranged in the ticket storage bin 100 is pressed against the top of the ticket 150, so that the ticket 150 can be stored in the ticket storage bin 100 smoothly; the bottom of the ticket storage bin 100 is provided with a conveying assembly 200, a driving force is provided by a driving motor 210 to drive a conveying rotating shaft 220 to rotate, and further drive a conveying roller 230 to rotate, the rotating conveying roller 230 drives a conveying belt 240 to move, and then a pushing piece 250 arranged on the conveying belt 240 pushes the tickets 150 to move towards the outlet of the ticket storage bin 100 from a bottom pack of the stacked tickets 150, so that the tickets 150 can be pushed stably by the conveying mode, and the pushing piece 250 is arranged to be larger than the thickness of half packs of tickets 150 and smaller than the thickness of one pack of tickets 150, so that only the lower pack of tickets 150 can be pushed to move smoothly each time, and other tickets 150 cannot be driven to move to cause card tickets; the bill 150 can be separated from the conveyor belt 240 by the supporting roller 300 which is arranged at the bottom of the bill storage bin 100 and is abutted against the bottom surface of the bill 150, so that the problem that the bill 150 is carried away by the conveyor belt 240 without being pushed by the pushing piece 250 to cause the bill jam is avoided. The ticket supply unit can realize the package-by-package ticket outlet of the ticket 150 through the structure, can avoid the card ticket fault, and is favorable for improving the integral reliability of equipment.

In another embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 and 2, two side walls of the hopper storage 100 are respectively provided with a vertical sliding slot 130, the two sliding slots 130 are disposed oppositely, one end of the pressing plate 120 connected to the hopper storage 100 is provided with a protruding head, and the protruding head extends into the sliding slot 130 and can move along the sliding slot 130.

Specifically, the pressing plate 120 is arranged in a manner of being capable of being lifted relative to the ticket storage bin 100, and correspondingly, the two opposite side walls of the ticket storage bin 100 are respectively provided with a vertical sliding groove 130, the two sliding grooves 130 are arranged oppositely and in parallel, and the pressing plate 120 extends into the sliding grooves 130 by virtue of the raised head part at the end part thereof to form a movable connection with the ticket storage bin 100. The nose portion is movable along the slide channel 130 and the platen 120 is movable up and down within the slide channel 130 along with the nose portion.

Specifically, the pressing plate 120 can be driven by a lifting mechanism to lift along the sliding slot 130, for example, the pressing plate 120 can be connected to a lifting cylinder, the lifting cylinder drives the pressing plate 120 to lift, and the pressing plate 120 can always abut against the topmost one pack of bills 150. When no ticket exists in the ticket storage bin 100, the pressing plate 120 rises along with the lifting cylinder, so that the staff can add the ticket 150 into the ticket storage bin 100 conveniently.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the pressing plate 120 descends along the chute 130 by its own gravity, and as the bottom bills 150 are output one by one, the protruding head of the pressing plate 120 moves downward in the chute 130 under its own gravity, and the pressing plate 120 descends, so that the pressing plate 120 always abuts against the topmost one of the bills 150 by its own gravity. Through the matching of the raised head part and the chute 130 and the lifting mode realized by the self gravity action of the pressing plate 120, the pressing plate 120 does not need to additionally increase other mechanisms, and the pressing effect on the bill 150 can be realized only through a simple structure, so that the integral structure of the bill supply unit is simple and reliable.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 and 2, one end of the pressing plate 120 connected to the ticket storage bin 100 has a hollow tube 122, a connecting shaft 121 is disposed through the hollow tube 122, two ends of the connecting shaft 121 are correspondingly protruding portions, and the pressing plate 120 can turn around the connecting shaft 121.

Specifically, in this embodiment, one end of the pressing plate 120 connected to the ticket storage bin 100 is a hollow tube 122, and the hollow tube 122 may be formed by bending the pressing plate 120 body or by connecting a hollow tube. Preferably, in conjunction with fig. 2, the body of the pressure plate 120 is bent into a hollow tube 122 with a C-shaped cross section, so as to simplify the overall structure of the pressure plate 120.

A connecting rotating shaft 121 penetrates through the hollow tube 122, the pressing plate 120 is connected with the ticket storage bin 100 by virtue of the connecting rotating shaft 121, namely, two ends of the connecting rotating shaft 121 extend into the corresponding sliding grooves 130, and two end parts of the connecting rotating shaft 121 are correspondingly convex head parts. The pressing plate 120 can be turned over relative to the connecting rotating shaft 121, the pressing plate 120 descends along the sliding groove 130 under the action of self gravity along with the package output of the bills 150 at the bottom, when the bills 150 in the bill storage bin 100 are all output, the pressing plate 120 can be lifted to the top position of the bill storage bin 100 along the sliding groove 130, then the pressing plate 120 is turned over along the connecting rotating shaft 121, a worker can conveniently add the bills 150 into the bill storage bin 100, and after the bills 150 are added into the bill storage bin 100, the pressing plate 120 is turned back to the position of pressing the topmost one of the bills 150.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the free end of the pressing plate 120 has an inclined surface 123, and the inclined surface 123 is used for avoiding the pushing member 250.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the free end of the pressing plate 120 is provided with an inclined surface 123, the inclined surface 123 inclines upwards or downwards relative to the pressing plate 120 body, and the inclined surface 123 is used as a buffering and avoiding structure, which is mainly used to prevent the situation that when some bills 150 are deformed, the pushing member 250 cannot effectively push the bills 150, but directly pushes the bills 120 to cause the dead jam of the bill supply unit.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to FIG. 1, the platen 120 has a profile that matches the profile of the document 150.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the overall shape of the pressing plate 120 matches the shape of the whole package of bills 150, the outer surface of the whole package of bills 150 is generally rectangular, correspondingly, the outer surface of the pressing plate 120 contacting the bills 150 is also rectangular, the pressing plate 120 is pressed against the whole package of bills 150 with uniform force, and the length of the pressing plate 120 in the conveying direction of the bills 150 is slightly smaller than the length of the whole package of bills 150 to prevent the pressing member 250 from pushing the pressing plate 120 when pushing the bills 150 to cause the equipment to be stuck. Of course, in other embodiments, the platen 120 may be designed in other shapes.

Specifically, the thickness of the platen 120 can be designed according to actual conditions, so that the platen 120 can well press the bill 150 at the bottom by its own gravity.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 5, the transmission assembly 200 further includes a driving wheel 270 connected to the driving motor 210, a driven wheel 280 sleeved on the transmission shaft 220 for transmitting the power of the driving motor 210 to the transmission shaft 220, and a driving belt 290 sleeved on the driving wheel 270 and the driven wheel 280.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the driving wheel 270 is sleeved on the driving shaft of the driving motor 210, the driven wheel 280 engaged with the driving wheel 270 is sleeved on the transmission rotating shaft 220 of the transmission assembly 200, and the driving belt 290 is sleeved on the driving wheel 270 and the driven wheel 280. The driving wheel 270, the driven wheel 280 and the driving belt 290 transmit the power of the driving motor 210 to the transmission shaft 220, so that the transmission shaft 220 drives the transmission roller 230 to rotate, and then drives the transmission belt 240 to move back and forth circularly.

Through the transmission connection mode, one driving motor 210 can drive a plurality of groups of conveying rotating shafts 220 and conveying rollers 230 to rotate at the same time, so that the integral structure of the ticket supply unit is simplified, the failure rate of equipment is reduced, and the maintenance is simplified.

Preferably, the conveyor belt 240 is a synchronous belt, the inner side (the side contacting the conveyor roller 230) of the conveyor belt 240 has belt teeth, and the surface of the conveyor roller 230 has gear teeth matching with the belt teeth.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1, 3 and 4, a first sensor 260 is disposed at the rear end of the hopper 100, and the first sensor 260 is used for sensing the initial position of the pushing member 250.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the tail end of the ticket storage bin 100, that is, the tail end of the whole pack of tickets 150 stored in the ticket storage bin 100, is defined as the initial position of the pushing member 250, a first sensor 260 is disposed at the initial position of the pushing member 250, and the position information of the pushing member 250 is detected by the first sensor 260.

Alternatively, the first sensor 260 may employ a photoelectric sensor or similar other sensor.

When the ticket is normally drawn, the driving motor 210 drives the conveying belt 240 to rotate, the pushing member 250 starts to move synchronously with the conveying belt 240 from the initial position, and the pushing member 250 contacts with a pack of tickets 150 at the bottommost part of the ticket storage bin 100, so as to push the pack of tickets 150 to move towards the outlet of the ticket storage bin 100; after the pushing member 250 successfully pushes out the pack of bills 150, the conveying belt 240 continues to rotate, the pushing member 250 continues to move, when the first sensor 260 detects the pushing member 250, the driving motor 210 stops working, and meanwhile, the pushing member 250 also stops moving, so that the bill drawing of the pack of bills 150 is completed. When a plurality of packs of bills 150 need to be output simultaneously, after the bill drawing of one pack of bills 150 is finished, the steps are continuously repeated to enter the bill drawing process of the next pack of bills 150.

In another embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1, a second sensor 140 is disposed at the bottom of the ticket storage 100, and the second sensor 140 is used for detecting the ticket-containing status and the empty status of the ticket storage 100.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the second sensor 140 may employ a photoelectric sensor, such as a photoelectric correlation sensor. The second sensor 140 is arranged at the bottom of the ticket storage bin 100 corresponding to the position of the bottommost pack of tickets 150, when the bottommost last pack of tickets 150 is pushed out, the second sensor 140 detects that no ticket 150 exists in the ticket storage bin 100, and then an empty bin state signal is sent out to remind a worker to add the ticket 150 into the ticket storage bin 100.

Optionally, a plurality of second sensors 140 are disposed at the bottom of the hopper 100 for improving the accuracy of the detection of the bills 150 and ensuring that the hopper 100 can be restocked in time.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 3 and 4, at least one set of the conveying rollers 230 and 220 is disposed at the bottom of the hopper 100 corresponding to the area between the two sets of the conveying rollers 230 and 220 at the front end and the rear end.

Specifically, in this embodiment, in order to improve the supporting force for the conveying belt 240, and avoid the collapse of the conveying belt 240 between the front and rear conveying shafts 220 and the conveying rollers 230 from affecting the conveying effect, and even the jam of the tickets due to the collapse and downward bending of the conveying belt 240, at least one set of the conveying shafts 220 and the conveying rollers 230 is added in the region between the two sets of the conveying shafts 220 and the conveying rollers 230. When one set of the transfer shaft 220 and the transfer roller 230 is added, the added set of the transfer shaft 220 and the transfer roller 230 is disposed at the middle position.

In another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 1 and 4, a mounting base plate 110 for mounting the conveying assembly 200 is disposed at the bottom of the bill storage 100, a plurality of supporting shafts 310 are disposed on the mounting base plate 110 in parallel and at intervals along the moving direction of the bills 150, and at least one supporting roller 300 is sleeved on each supporting shaft 310.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the bottom of the ticket storage bin 100 is connected to the mounting base plate 110, and the conveying assembly 200 is fixedly mounted on the mounting base plate 110. Along the moving direction of the bill 150, a plurality of supporting shafts 310 are disposed on the mounting base plate 110 in parallel and at intervals, and at least one supporting roller 300 is sleeved on each supporting shaft 310. The support roller 300 can rotate around the support rotation shaft 310, and the rolling surface of the support roller 300 abuts against the bottom surface of the bottommost pack of bills 150. When the pushing piece 250 pushes the bottommost pack of bills 150 to move, the supporting roller 300 rotates along with the bills 150, the supporting roller 300 provides supporting force for the bills 150 and can assist the pushing piece 250 to convey the bills 150 together, and rolling friction is formed between the supporting roller 300 and the bills 150, so that the wear of the packs of the bills 150 can be reduced as much as possible.

Specifically, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 4, two supporting rollers 300 are sleeved on each supporting shaft 310, the two supporting rollers 300 are uniformly sleeved on the supporting shaft 310, and the supporting rollers 300 on the supporting shafts 310 can exert uniform supporting force on the bill 150, so as to ensure that the bill 150 can be pushed smoothly.

Of course, it is understood that in other embodiments, a plurality of support rollers 300 may be sleeved on each support shaft 310, and the plurality of support rollers 300 are uniformly sleeved on the support shaft 310.

In another embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 1 and 6, the ticket supply unit further includes a ticket outlet channel assembly 400, the ticket outlet channel assembly 400 includes a gate 410 openably disposed at the outlet of the ticket storage 100, and a ticket outlet channel 420 disposed at the gate 410, a longitudinal cross-sectional area of the ticket outlet channel 420 matches a longitudinal cross-sectional area of the ticket 150, and the pushing member 250 pushes the ticket 150 to be output through the ticket outlet channel 420.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the gate 410 is driven by the gate motor 413 to open and close, the gate 410 is plugged at the outlet of the ticket storage bin 100 in the non-ticket drawing mode, and when the ticket supply unit enters the ticket drawing mode, the gate 410 is opened to release the plugging of the outlet of the ticket storage bin 100. The shutter motor 413 is installed on a shutter plate 412, and the shutter plate 412 is a plate disposed opposite to the shutter 410, and the shutter plate 412 may be coupled to the installation base plate 110.

Specifically, in an embodiment, referring to fig. 6, the gate plate 412 is provided with an elongated waist hole 4121, the gate sensor 414 is disposed at a position corresponding to the waist hole 4121, the gate 410 is provided with a sensing portion 4103, the sensing portion 4103 is a rod body perpendicular to the gate 410 body, the sensing portion 4103 passes through the waist hole 4121 and extends into a sensing area of the gate sensor 414, the gate motor 413 can drive the sensing portion 4103 to move along the waist hole 4121, and the length of the waist hole 4121 is greater than or equal to the opening stroke of the gate 410. The shutter sensor 414 detects the opening or closing of the shutter 410 by detecting the moving position of the sensing part 4103.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 6, when the sensing part 4103 moves to one end of the kidney hole 4121, the gate 410 is opened, and when the sensing part 4103 moves to the other end of the kidney hole 4121, the gate 410 is closed. Preferably, one shutter sensor 414 is provided at each of both ends of the waist hole 4121 to detect position information of the sensing part 4103 reaching both ends of the waist hole 4121.

When the ticket supply unit enters a ticket outlet mode, firstly, the gate motor 413 controls the gate 410 to be opened, then, the driving motor 210 drives the pushing piece 250 to move, the pushing piece 250 pushes the pack of tickets 150 at the bottom of the ticket storage bin 100 to gradually move to the gate 410 and output from the opening of the gate 410, namely, once ticket outlet is completed, after the pack of tickets 150 are completely conveyed out from the gate 410, the gate motor 413 controls the gate 410 to be closed, and the closed gate 410 protects the tickets 150 in the ticket storage bin 100 and prevents people from maliciously taking the tickets 150 from the outside.

Specifically, in another embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 6, the gate 410 is formed with an elongated first mounting slot 4101, the driving shaft of the gate motor 413 is inserted into the first mounting slot 4101, the first mounting slot 4101 is perpendicular to the waist hole 4121 of the gate plate 412, and the driving shaft rotates and moves along the first mounting slot 4101 along with the operation of the gate motor 413, so that the sensing portion 4103 of the gate 410 moves in the waist hole 4121.

Specifically, when the waist hole 4121 is vertically disposed on the gate plate 412, the first installation slot 4101 is transversely disposed on the gate 410, when the gate motor 413 starts to work, the driving shaft moves along the first installation slot 4101 while rotating, so as to drive the entire gate 410 to ascend and descend, correspondingly, the sensing part 4103 of the gate 410 vertically moves in the waist hole 4121, the ascending and descending of the gate 410 corresponds to the opened and closed states of the gate 410, for example, when the gate 410 integrally ascends, the gate 410 is gradually opened, and when the sensing part 4103 of the gate 410 vertically moves to the highest position in the waist hole 4121, the gate 410 is completely opened; when the shutter 410 is lowered as a whole, the shutter 410 is gradually closed, and when the sensing portion 4103 of the shutter 410 is vertically moved to the lowest position in the kidney hole 4121, the shutter 410 is completely closed. Similarly, the gate 410 may be designed to be in a closed state when it is raised and in an open state when it is lowered.

In other embodiments, when the waist hole 4121 is transversely formed on the gate plate 412, the first installation slot 4101 is vertically formed on the gate 410, and the left and right movement of the gate 410 corresponds to the opening and closing of the gate 410, and the opening and closing of the gate 410 is performed according to the same principle.

Optionally, in combination with fig. 6, in order to ensure the installation stability of the gate 410 and avoid the gate 410 from shaking, tilting, etc. during the opening and closing process, a second installation slot 4102 parallel to the waist hole 4121 of the gate 412 is formed in the middle of the gate 410, and the support rod 415 fixed on the gate 412 extends into the second installation slot 4102 to support and fix the gate 410.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 6, the ticket exit channel assembly 400 further includes a ticket exit channel 420 disposed at the gate 410. The ticket outlet passage 420 is formed by enclosing an upper side plate, a lower side plate arranged opposite to the upper side plate, a left side plate and a right side plate which are arranged between the upper side plate and the lower side plate, and the gate 410 is used for blocking a blocking part of the ticket 150 and can extend into the ticket outlet passage 420 to block the ticket outlet passage 420.

The distance between the upper side plate and the lower side plate of the ticket outlet channel 420 is larger than the thickness of one pack of tickets 150 and smaller than the thickness of two packs of tickets 150, preferably, the distance between the upper side plate and the lower side plate is twice of the thickness of the whole pack of tickets 150, so that the situation that the push piece 250 enters the lower surface of the ticket 150 and cannot effectively push the ticket 150 when the ticket 150 inclines up and down in the ticket outlet process while only one pack of tickets 150 can be output in each ticket outlet process is ensured, and the ticket 150 is jammed in the ticket outlet channel 420.

The distance between the left side plate and the right side plate of the ticket outlet channel 420 is matched with the output width of the whole pack of tickets 150, and the left side plate and the right side plate can prevent the tickets 150 from inclining left and right in the ticket outlet process, so that the tickets 150 can be output according to the designed path.

When the ticket outlet passage 420 is designed, the distance between the upper side plate and the lower side plate as well as the distance between the left side plate and the right side plate is designed, so that the longitudinal sectional area of the ticket outlet passage 420 is matched with the longitudinal sectional area of the ticket 150, the smoothness of ticket outlet can be ensured, and the occurrence of ticket jamming is avoided.

Preferably, referring to fig. 6, the entrance of the ticket exit passageway 420 is designed in a trumpet shape, that is, the upper and lower side plates corresponding to the entrance of the ticket exit passageway 420 are respectively designed with an inclined surface, and the upper and lower inclined surfaces form an outwardly opened trumpet-shaped entrance, so that the ticket 150 can smoothly enter the ticket exit passageway 420 without being stuck at the entrance of the ticket exit passageway 420 due to the skew and the like.

In another embodiment of the present application, the ticket exit passageway assembly 400 further comprises a ticket exit sensor disposed in the ticket exit passageway 420 at a position corresponding to the position where the ticket 150 passes to detect whether the ticket is successfully issued.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, the ticket issuing sensor may be a photoelectric sensor, such as a photoelectric correlation sensor, or may be another type of sensor, and the ticket issuing sensor is used to detect whether the ticket 150 passes through the ticket issuing passage 420.

The working principle of the ticket supply unit of the embodiment of the application is as follows:

when a pack of bills 150 needs to be output at a time, the gate motor 413 (the driving motor 210) rotates to drive the gate 410 to move, when the gate sensor 414 detects that the gate 410 is in an open state, the gate motor 413 stops rotating, the driving motor 210 starts working, the driving motor 210 drives the conveying belt 240 to rotate, the pushing piece 250 also moves towards the stacked whole pack of bills 150 with the same linear velocity as the conveying belt 240, when the pushing piece 250 contacts the stacked whole pack of bills 150, the lowest pack of bills 150 is moved towards the bill outlet channel 420 by the pushing piece 250, when the bill outlet sensor detects that the bills 150 pass through the bill outlet channel 420 and normally leave the bill outlet channel 420, the gate motor 413 starts rotating and drives the gate 410 to move, when the gate sensor detects that the gate 410 is in a closed state, the gate motor 413 stops rotating, the driving motor 210 continues to drive the pushing piece 250 to move, when the first sensor 260 detects the pushing member 250, the driving motor 210 stops working, and the process of drawing the whole pack of bills 150 is finished.

When a plurality of packs of bills 150 need to be output simultaneously, similar to the above-mentioned process of drawing tickets for purchasing one pack of bills 150, after the unit for providing tickets delivers one pack of bills 150, the process of drawing tickets for one pack of bills 150 is finished, then the unit for providing tickets enters the process of drawing tickets for the second pack of bills 150, the second pack of bills 150 repeats the same process of drawing tickets as the first pack of bills 150 to finish drawing tickets, and so on, and finally, drawing tickets for the corresponding number of bills 150 is finished.

The present application is intended to cover various modifications, equivalent arrangements, and adaptations of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A ticket supply unit, comprising:

the bill storage bin comprises a containing cavity and a pressing plate arranged in the containing cavity, the containing cavity is used for stacking and arranging a plurality of packs of bills, and the pressing plate can be pressed against the tops of the bills stacked and arranged in a lifting manner;

the conveying assembly is arranged at the bottom of the ticket storage bin and comprises a driving motor, a conveying rotating shaft in transmission connection with the driving motor and conveying rollers sleeved on the conveying rotating shaft, a group of conveying rotating shaft and the conveying rollers are respectively arranged at the front end and the rear end of the bottom of the ticket storage bin, conveying belts are sleeved on the two groups of conveying rotating shafts and the conveying rollers, pushing pieces are arranged on the conveying belts, the height of each pushing piece is larger than the thickness of a half pack of bills and smaller than the thickness of one pack of bills, and the pushing pieces are used for pushing the bills to move towards an outlet of the ticket storage bin from one pack at the bottom end of the stacked bills;

and the supporting roller is arranged at the bottom of the bill storage bin and abutted against the bottom surface of the bill and is used for separating the bill from the conveying belt.

2. The ticket supply unit of claim 1, wherein two side walls of the ticket storage bin are respectively provided with a vertical chute, the two chutes are arranged oppositely, one end of the pressing plate connected with the ticket storage bin is provided with a raised head part, and the raised head part extends into the chute and can move along the chute.

3. The ticket supply unit of claim 2, wherein the end of the pressing plate connected with the ticket storage bin is provided with a hollow tube, a connecting rotating shaft penetrates through the hollow tube, the two ends of the connecting rotating shaft are correspondingly provided with the raised head portions, and the pressing plate can turn around the connecting rotating shaft.

4. A ticket supply unit as claimed in claim 1 wherein the free end of the pressure plate has an inclined surface for avoiding the urging member.

5. The ticket supply unit of claim 1 wherein the platen has a profile that matches a profile of the ticket.

6. The ticket supply unit of claim 1, wherein the transport assembly further comprises a driving wheel connected to the driving motor, a driven wheel sleeved on the transport shaft for transmitting the power of the driving motor to the transport shaft, and a driving belt sleeved on the driving wheel and the driven wheel.

7. A ticket supply unit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trailing end of the magazine is provided with a first sensor for sensing the initial position of the pusher member.

8. A ticket supply unit as claimed in claim 7, wherein a second sensor is provided at the bottom of the ticket storage chamber for detecting the available and empty states of the ticket storage chamber.

9. The ticket supply unit of any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein at least one of said transport spindles and said transport rollers is provided at the bottom of said hopper corresponding to the area between the two sets of said transport spindles and said transport rollers at the front and rear ends.

10. The ticket supply unit of any one of claims 1 to 8 further comprising a ticket exit channel assembly including a gate openably disposed at an outlet of the ticket storage bin and a ticket exit channel disposed at the gate, the ticket exit channel having a longitudinal cross-sectional area matching a longitudinal cross-sectional area of the ticket, the pusher urging the ticket out through the ticket exit channel.

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