NO173156B

NO173156B - TICKET MACHINE BEARING DEVICE

Info

Publication number: NO173156B
Application number: NO911980A
Authority: NO
Inventors: Stig Olav Skeie
Original assignee: Eckhoff Ind Design Sigrid
Priority date: 1991-05-22
Filing date: 1991-05-22
Publication date: 1993-07-26
Also published as: NO911980L; NO173156C; NO911980D0

Description

Foreliggende oppfinnelse angår en bæreanordning for en billettmaskin, og særlig for en billettmaskin av elektronisk type, med tastatur, display-anordninger og mottaksmuligneter for betalings-plastkort. The present invention relates to a carrying device for a ticket machine, and in particular for a ticket machine of electronic type, with a keyboard, display devices and receiving mullignet for plastic payment cards.

I samband med utviklingen av en ny type bærbar billettmaskin av typen nevnt ovenfor, har det vist seg nødvendig også å legge omtanke i utformingen av en god bæreanordning for en slik maskin. In connection with the development of a new type of portable ticket machine of the type mentioned above, it has also proved necessary to put thought into the design of a good carrying device for such a machine.

Selv om billettmaskinen i utgangspunktet er utformet for å være bærbar og for å brukes f.eks. av en vandrende billettør, foreligger det også et naturlig behov for at maskinen kan brukes stasjonært, f.eks. slik som av en bussjåfør, i en tradisjonell billettluke osv. Derfor vil en søke å konstruere en bæreanordning av en type som tillater hurtig og enkel påsetting på, og avtaging av maskinen fra denne bæreanordningen. Although the ticket machine is basically designed to be portable and to be used e.g. by a traveling ticket taker, there is also a natural need for the machine to be used stationary, e.g. such as by a bus driver, in a traditional ticket booth, etc. Therefore, one will seek to construct a carrying device of a type that allows quick and easy attachment and removal of the machine from this carrying device.

Videre er en godt ergonomisk utformet billettmaskin konstruert slik at billettørens tastatur- og display-flate utgjør en av maskinens store flater som i bruk vender oppad, av hensyn til lesbarhet av displayet og gode håndteringsmuligheter på tastaturet. Derfor vil en slik maskin i bruksfasen stikke markant ut fra kroppen, og den vil befinne seg i en lett betjenbar høyde nær eller like under beltestedet. Furthermore, a well ergonomically designed ticket machine is constructed so that the ticket taker's keyboard and display surface constitutes one of the machine's large surfaces that faces upwards in use, for reasons of readability of the display and good handling options on the keyboard. Therefore, in the use phase, such a machine will protrude markedly from the body, and it will be at an easily operable height close to or just below the belt location.

Billettmaskinen vil fortrinnsvis være konstruert relativt flat, dvs. med en høyde som er klart mindre enn den utoverragende dimensjonen (i bruksfasen), for at den ikke skal bli for stor og uhåndterlig. The ticket machine will preferably be constructed relatively flat, i.e. with a height that is clearly smaller than the protruding dimension (in the use phase), so that it does not become too large and unwieldy.

Det er imidlertid et faktum at en billettør, f.eks. på ferjer o.l., må bevege seg i trange passasjer, og det oppstår derfor et behov for også å kunne få med seg billettmaskinen på en enkel måte uten at denne stadig støter borti hindringer fordi den rager et stykke ut fra billettørens kropp. However, it is a fact that a ticket taker, e.g. on ferries etc., have to move in narrow passages, and there is therefore a need to also be able to bring the ticket machine with them in a simple way without this constantly bumping into obstacles because it protrudes a bit from the ticket taker's body.

Foreliggende oppfinnelse har som siktemål å tilveiebringe en løsning som spesielt tilfredsstiller det sistnevnte behov, The aim of the present invention is to provide a solution which particularly satisfies the latter need,

og som også gir de forannevnte muligheter for god ergonomi og enkel innfesting. and which also provide the aforementioned opportunities for good ergonomics and easy attachment.

Oppfinnelsen er definert nøyaktig i de vedføyde patent-kravene. The invention is defined precisely in the appended patent claims.

Bæreanordningen ifølge oppfinnelsen skal nå belyses nærmere med henvisning til de vedføyde figurene, hvor The carrying device according to the invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the attached figures, where

fig. 1 viser bæreanordningen med påmontert billettmaskin i en bruksfase, sett i perspektiv, dog uten et selesystem for feste til billettørens kropp, fig. 1 shows the carrying device with attached ticket machine in a phase of use, seen in perspective, however without a harness system for attachment to the ticket taker's body,

fig. 2a, b viser en typisk billettmaskin med inngrepsmidler i bakkant for feste til bæreanordningen, fig. 2a, b show a typical ticket machine with engagement means at the rear edge for attachment to the carrier device,

fig. 3a, b viser bæreanordningens bakplate fra to sider, og fig. 3a, b show the carrier device's back plate from two sides, and

fig. 4a, b, c, d viser forskjellige stillinger for en billettmaskin på bæreanordningen. fig. 4a, b, c, d show different positions of a ticket machine on the carrier.

Slik det vises på fig. 1, kan billettmaskinen 1 festes på en festeanordning 2 som inngår i den komplette bæreanordningen. I bæreanordningen inngår også et ikke vist rem- eller selesystem som fester anordningen til billettørens kropp. Den elektroniske billettmaskinen 1 er utformet for å være godt og enkelt betjenbar, og omfatter derfor et tastatur med brukervennlige trykknapper, og et lettleselig og relativt stort display-vindu på maskinens overside 5. Av rent visuelle og ergonomiske grunner har derfor billettmaskinen 1 mål som gjør at den stikker et godt stykke ut fra billettørens kropp i bruksfasen. Det er derfor ønskelig å kunne endre stillingen for billettmaskinen på festeanordningen 2, og dette foregår som vist nedenfor. As shown in fig. 1, the ticket machine 1 can be attached to a fastening device 2 which is part of the complete carrying device. The carrying device also includes a strap or harness system, not shown, which attaches the device to the ticket holder's body. The electronic ticket machine 1 is designed to be easy and easy to operate, and therefore includes a keyboard with user-friendly push buttons, and an easy-to-read and relatively large display window on the upper side of the machine 5. For purely visual and ergonomic reasons, the ticket machine 1 therefore has dimensions that make that it protrudes a good distance from the ticket taker's body during the use phase. It is therefore desirable to be able to change the position of the ticket machine on the fastening device 2, and this takes place as shown below.

Slik det vises i fig. 1, omfatter festeanordningen 2 en bakplate 3 som ligger mot billettørens kropp, og nederst er bakplaten bøyd ut i en flate 6 som med underliggende polstring sørger for å gi et behagelig anlegg mot billettørens hofte/lår-parti når billettøren beveger seg. As shown in fig. 1, the fastening device 2 comprises a back plate 3 which lies against the ticket taker's body, and at the bottom the back plate is bent out into a surface 6 which, with underlying padding, provides a comfortable fit against the ticket taker's hip/thigh part when the ticket taker moves.

I fig. 2a og 2b vises selve billettmaskinen 1 fra to vinkler, og i tillegg til de trekk som allerede er nevnt, fremgår her deler 7, 8 i billettmaskinens bakkant som samvirker med deler på festeanordningens bakplate for å feste billettmaskinen til festeanordningen. På billettmaskinens bakside 7, dvs. den side som vender mot billettørens kropp i bruksfasen, er det i overkant anordnet to sylindriske hylser 8 som utgjør inngrepsmidler for feste til opphengssystemet på festeanordningens bakplate 3. In fig. 2a and 2b the ticket machine 1 itself is shown from two angles, and in addition to the features already mentioned, parts 7, 8 in the rear edge of the ticket machine are shown here which cooperate with parts on the back plate of the fastening device to fasten the ticket machine to the fastening device. On the back side 7 of the ticket machine, i.e. the side that faces the ticket taker's body during the use phase, two cylindrical sleeves 8 are arranged at the top which constitute engagement means for attachment to the suspension system on the back plate 3 of the attachment device.

Fig. 3a viser i detalj et eksempel på et leddopphengssystem 4 for feste av billettmaskinen 1 til bakplaten 3. Med et slikt leddopphengssystem oppnås at billettmaskinen 1 kan innta en stabil bruksposisjon slik som vist i fig. 1, og det gis også muligheter for at billettmaskinen kan dreies og nedsenkes for å innta en stabil bæreposisjon med tastatur- og displayflaten 5 liggende inn mot bakplaten 3, slik at billettmaskinen 1 da ikke rager like markant ut fra billettørens kropp, og derved er lettere medbringbar gjennom smale passasjer. Fig. 3a shows in detail an example of an articulated suspension system 4 for attaching the ticket machine 1 to the back plate 3. With such an articulated suspension system, it is achieved that the ticket machine 1 can assume a stable use position as shown in fig. 1, and options are also provided for the ticket machine to be turned and lowered to take a stable carrying position with the keyboard and display surface 5 lying against the back plate 3, so that the ticket machine 1 then does not protrude as markedly from the ticket taker's body, and is thereby easier portable through narrow passages.

Det synes klart at også andre typer leddopphengssystemer kan konstrueres med samme funksjon, og det understrekes at den viste utførelsen i fig.3og fig.4er å oppfatte som et eksempel, idet oppfinnelsen i sin mest generelle form defineres av det vedføyde selvstendige patentkravet. It seems clear that other types of articulated suspension systems can also be constructed with the same function, and it is emphasized that the embodiment shown in fig.3 and fig.4 is to be understood as an example, as the invention in its most general form is defined by the attached independent patent claim.

Leddopphengssystemet 4 ifølge den foretrukne utførelse utgjøres hovedsakelig av tre sylindrisk utformede lågere, The articulated suspension system 4 according to the preferred embodiment consists mainly of three cylindrically designed bearings,

hvorav det ene, med referansetall 12, er stasjonært opplagret hovedsakelig nederst på bakplatens forside, et andre lager 13 one of which, with reference number 12, is stationary stored mainly at the bottom of the front of the back plate, a second storage 13

er glidbart innfestet i to parallelle spor 15 som strekker seg hovedsakelig vertikalt nedover bakplaten 3, og et tredje lager 11 befinner seg imellom de to nevnte lagrene og er forbundet med hvert av de to nevnte lagrene via flate plater 9 og 10, hvorved lageret 11 er bevegelig i retning ut fra og opp og ned langs bakplaten 3. Det øvre dreibare lageret 13, som er glidbart anordnet, er innspent mellom to like glidetapper 14 is slidably fixed in two parallel tracks 15 which extend mainly vertically down the back plate 3, and a third bearing 11 is located between the two mentioned bearings and is connected to each of the two mentioned bearings via flat plates 9 and 10, whereby the bearing 11 is movable in the direction outwards and up and down along the back plate 3. The upper rotatable bearing 13, which is slidably arranged, is clamped between two identical sliding pins 14

som ligger i de nevnte sporene 15, og som har hvert sitt oppragende øre 16 med hull som er innrettet med det gjennomgående hullet i det sylindriske lageret 13. which lie in the aforementioned grooves 15, and which each have their own projecting ear 16 with holes which are aligned with the through hole in the cylindrical bearing 13.

Slik det også fremgår av fig. 4, festes billettmaskinen As can also be seen from fig. 4, attach the ticket machine

til leddopphengssystemet 4 ved at en tilpasset sylindrisk tapp eller stav (ikke vist på tegningen) tres gjennom heholdsvis en første av billettmaskinens opplagringshylser 8, videre gjennom hullet i ett av ørene 16, gjennom hylsen 13, hullet i det andre øret 16, samt gjennom billettmaskinens andre opplagringshylse 8. Derved er hele festeoperasjonen utført, og en slik opera-sjon utføres i løpet av få sekunder. Billettøren kan så enkelt ved å ta tak i selve billettmaskinen, løfte denne opp, slik at lageret 13 bringes til sin øverste mulige posisjon i glidesporene15, og billettmaskinen 1 vil så av sin egen tyngde svinge ned og innta nettopp en slik posisjon som vist i fig. 1. Lageret11ligger da helt inn mot bakplaten 3, og stillingen er stabil på grunn av billettmaskinens 1 moment om det øverste lagerets to the joint suspension system 4 in that a suitable cylindrical pin or rod (not shown in the drawing) is threaded through respectively the first of the ticket machine's storage sleeves 8, further through the hole in one of the ears 16, through the sleeve 13, the hole in the other ear 16, and through the ticket machine's second storage sleeve 8. The entire fastening operation is thereby carried out, and such an operation is carried out within a few seconds. The ticket taker can then simply by grabbing hold of the ticket machine itself, lift it up, so that the bearing 13 is brought to its highest possible position in the sliding tracks 15, and the ticket machine 1 will then swing down under its own weight and take exactly such a position as shown in fig . 1. The bearing 11 then rests completely against the back plate 3, and the position is stable due to the moment of the ticket machine 1 about the top bearing

13 akse. 13 axis.

Fig. 3b viser festeanordningen 2 fra baksiden, dvs. den side som ligger mot billettørens kropp. Bakplaten 3 og den polstrede og utoversvingte flaten 6 fremgår av figuren. Fig. 3b shows the fastening device 2 from the rear, i.e. the side that lies against the ticket holder's body. The back plate 3 and the padded and outwardly curved surface 6 can be seen in the figure.

I fig. 4 vises forskjellige posisjoner for billettmaskinen 1 på bakplaten 3. I fig. 4c vises den samme situasjon som i fig.1, dvs. den stabile bruksposisjonen for billettmaskinen. Slik det fremgår av denne figuren, har billettmaskinens overside en noe nedoverskrånende eller tilnærmet horisontal stilling. Leddopphengssystemet 4 på bakplaten låses i en stabil posisjon av billettmaskinens moment/tyngde. In fig. 4 shows different positions for the ticket machine 1 on the back plate 3. In fig. 4c shows the same situation as in fig.1, i.e. the stable use position for the ticket machine. As can be seen from this figure, the upper side of the ticket machine has a somewhat downward sloping or almost horizontal position. The articulated suspension system 4 on the back plate is locked in a stable position by the moment/weight of the ticket machine.

Den omtalte og ønskede bæreposisjon for billettmaskinen vises i fig. 4a, mens en mellom-posisjon vises i fig. 4b. Det er enkelt å forestille seg at dersom man fra stillingen vist i fig. 4c griper om billettmaskinens utragende, fremre kant og vipper denne oppover mot kroppen, vil det midtre lageret eller dreieleddet 11 enten bli stående stabilt i sin posisjon inn mot bakplaten 3, hvorved en situasjon som vist i fig. 4d vil fremkomme, eller, dersom dreieleddet 11 bringes til å fjerne seg noe fra bakplaten 11, fås den situasjon som vises i fig. 4b. Dersom så situasjonen i fig. 4b forfølges, ender en opp med situasjonen i fig. 4a, hvor billettmaskinen ligger an stabilt i en nedsenket bæreposisjon og med sin korte dimensjon ragende ut fra billettørens kropp. Lengden av platen 10 er tilpasset slik at dreieleddet 11, som her fungerer som understøttelses-punkt for billettmaskinen, havner på utsiden av loddlinjen fra billettmaskinens tyngdepunkt, og derved oppnås en stabil stilling. The discussed and desired carrying position for the ticket machine is shown in fig. 4a, while an intermediate position is shown in fig. 4b. It is easy to imagine that if one, from the position shown in fig. 4c grabs the ticket machine's protruding, front edge and tilts it upwards towards the body, the middle bearing or pivot joint 11 will either remain stable in its position towards the back plate 3, whereby a situation as shown in fig. 4d will appear, or, if the pivot joint 11 is brought to remove itself somewhat from the back plate 11, the situation shown in fig. 4b. If the situation in fig. 4b is pursued, one ends up with the situation in fig. 4a, where the ticket machine rests stably in a lowered carrying position and with its short dimension protruding from the ticket taker's body. The length of the plate 10 is adapted so that the pivot joint 11, which here functions as a support point for the ticket machine, ends up on the outside of the plumb line from the center of gravity of the ticket machine, thereby achieving a stable position.

Stillingen vist i fig. 4d kan også benyttes som en bæreposisjon, men er da avhengig av at dreieleddet 11 kan låses inntil bakplaten 3. Videre må da en låsemulighet anbringes i det øverste dreieleddet 13, dersom ikke posisjonen bare skal benyttes i forbindelse med at billettøren holder om billettmaskinen i denne stillingen, eventuelt for å vippe maskinen raskt unna ved passering av en hindring. The position shown in fig. 4d can also be used as a carrying position, but is then dependent on the swivel joint 11 being able to be locked against the back plate 3. Furthermore, a locking option must be placed in the top swivel joint 13, if the position is not only to be used in connection with the ticket taker holding the ticket machine in this position, possibly to tip the machine away quickly when passing an obstacle.

Det er også mulig å gi avkall på en slik stilling som fig. 4d viser, ved at billettmaskinens bakside utstyres med et It is also possible to waive such a position as fig. 4d shows, in that the back of the ticket machine is equipped with a

ekstra hylse-sett lenger ned for innfesting av dreieleddet 11 på tilsvarende måte som det øvre, glidbare dreielageret 13-16 festes til maskinens øvre opplagringshylser 8. Derved oppnås de samme bevegelsesmuligheter som vist i fig. 4a, b, c, mens fig. 4d utelukkes. Innfestings-operasjonen vil imidlertid ta noe lengre tid. extra sleeve-set further down for attaching the pivot joint 11 in a similar way to the way the upper, sliding pivot bearing 13-16 is attached to the machine's upper storage sleeves 8. The same movement possibilities as shown in fig. 4a, b, c, while fig. 4d is excluded. The fixing operation will, however, take somewhat longer.

Claims

1. Carrying device for ticket machine (1), comprising a harness or strap system for attachment to the ticket taker's body, as well as a fastening device (2) for the ticket machine (1), hanging in the harness or strap system, characterized in that the fastening device (2) comprises a) a rigid but rearwardly padded back plate (3) for bearing against the ticket taker's body, and b) an articulated suspension system (4) for attaching the ticket machine (1) to the back plate (3), so that the ticket machine (1) can take a stable position of use with a longest dimension directed from the ticket taker's body, as a keyboard and display surface (5) is then operable on the upper side of the machine (1), and further so that the ticket machine (1) can be turned from the use position and lowered to take up a stable carrying position with said surface ( 5) towards the back plate (3), so that the machine (1) then has an essentially shortest dimension directed out from the ticket taker's body.

2. Carrying device according to claim 1, characterized in that the back plate (3) is provided at the bottom with a padded and outwardly curved surface (6) to provide a comfortable fit against the ticket holder's body/thigh.

3. Carrying device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the ticket machine (1) on the side (7) which is intended to face the ticket taker's body in the use phase is equipped with engagement means (8) for attachment to the joint suspension system (4) of the attachment device (2).

4. Carrying device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the joint suspension system (4) comprises two plates (9, 10) placed centrally on the outside of the fastening device (2) counted from the ticket holder's body, which plates (9, 10) are attached to each other with a pivot joint (11) so that the two plates (9, 10) can form an angle with each other around the pivot joint (11), and where the one and lower plate (10) is attached to the back plate near its lower end with a mainly horizontally layered and stationary pivot joint (12), while the second and upper plate (9) is attached to the back plate (3) with a mainly horizontal pivot bearing (13-16) which is in turn arranged to slide mainly vertically on the back plate (3).

5. Carrying device according to claim 4, characterized in that the ticket machine's (1) engagement means comprise storage sleeves (8) for a cylindrical pin which is fed in through these and through a sleeve (13) which forms part of the sliding pivot bearing on the back plate (3), which sleeve then occupies a position between the two mentioned storage sleeves (8).

6. Carrying device according to claim 5, characterized in that the sliding pivot bearing (13-16) on the back plate (3) further comprises two identical sliding pins (14) in mainly vertical and parallel grooves (15) in the back plate (3), where each sliding pin (14) has an ear (16) and the pivot bearing sleeve (13) is clamped between the two ears (16), the ears (16) also having holes so that the aforementioned cylindrical pin can be threaded through the holes located on each side of the sleeve (13), when the ticket machine (1) attached to the back plate (3).

7. Carrying device according to claim 6, characterized in that the ticket machine's engagement means also comprise further storage sleeves, arranged on the same side of the machine as the first-mentioned storage sleeves (8), for a further cylindrical pin which is inserted through the further storage housings and through the pivot joint (11), which is designed with a bore adapted to the further the pin, as the swivel joint (11) is then fixed in a position between the two further storage sleeves.