A lottery self-service sales terminal and distribution method

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of lottery machines, and in particular to a lottery self-service sales terminal and a lottery distribution method. The lottery self-service sales terminal includes a ticket bin, a ticket outlet, and a ticket taking part. The ticket bin has a plurality of lottery tickets separated from each other stacked therein, and the ticket taking part takes out a single lottery ticket from the ticket bin and sends the lottery ticket out of the ticket outlet. The lottery distribution method includes the steps of: stacking the lottery tickets separated from each other into the ticket bin; when a user buys a lottery ticket, the paper separation rubber roller is activated to send the lottery ticket out of the ticket outlet. The present invention eliminates the need for a cutting device, directly separates the lottery tickets from each other before the lottery is produced or sold, and then sells the separated lottery tickets by self-service, which reduces costs and improves stability. Since the lottery tickets are separated from each other, they can be stacked in large quantities in a certain space, without considering the limitation that the original lottery tickets can only be stacked in books of 150 tickets.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of lottery machines, and in particular to a lottery self-service sales terminal and a lottery distribution method. Background Art

[0002] Self-service lottery ticket sales have become popular as a relatively common lottery ticket sales method. Most of the lottery tickets involved in self-service sales are instant lottery tickets, that is, the type of lottery tickets that can directly know whether they have won a prize. In the prior art, instant lottery tickets are connected by stamp holes and need to be separated by tearing or cutting. The corresponding self-service lottery ticket vending machines must be equipped with cutting devices. The general cutting methods are fixed knife retreat tearing, guillotine type cutting and guillotine type breaking. The mechanical structures corresponding to these cutting methods are relatively complex, lack stability, and have high costs, which restricts the promotion of self-service lottery ticket vending machines. Most importantly, there are about 150 tickets in a book connected by stamp holes. If the number needs to be increased, 150 tickets in 2 or 3 books must be manually glued together through fragile stickers to meet the paper feeding of the lottery ticket machine with a cutting device (the paper feeding of the lottery ticket machine with a cutting device is continuous). When the user purchases, if the lottery ticket being issued is pulled before it is cut, the subsequent lottery tickets may be directly pulled out, affecting the normal use of the lottery ticket machine.

[0003] Therefore, a lottery self-service sales terminal and a distribution method are needed, in which there is no cutting device. Summary of the invention

[0004] In order to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides a lottery self-service sales terminal and a lottery dispensing method, which solves the problems of the existing lottery machines with cutting devices having complex structures, low stability and high costs.

[0005] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve its technical problem is:

[0006] A lottery self-service sales terminal is provided, comprising a ticket bin, a ticket outlet and a ticket taking part, wherein a plurality of lottery tickets separated from each other are stacked in the ticket bin, and the ticket taking part takes out a single lottery ticket from the ticket bin and sends the lottery ticket out from the ticket outlet.

[0007] As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the ticket taking part includes a paper separating rubber roller and a ticket dispensing rubber roller, the paper separating rubber roller is located on the side close to the ticket compartment, the ticket dispensing rubber roller is located between the paper separating rubber roller and the ticket dispensing port, and the rotation speed of the ticket dispensing rubber roller is greater than that of the paper separating rubber roller.

[0008] As a further improvement of the above technical solution, it also includes a ticket discharging sensor, which is located at the ticket discharging rubber roller. When the ticket discharging sensor detects that the lottery ticket is separated from the ticket discharging rubber roller, the ticket discharging sensor sends a signal and the paper separation rubber roller stops rotating.

[0009] As a further improvement of the above technical solution, it also includes a counterweight block, which presses the stacked lottery tickets in the ticket compartment to facilitate the ticket taking part to take the lottery tickets.

[0010] As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the lottery tickets are stacked along their own gravity direction, the counterweight block is located on the side of the ticket bin close to the paper separation rubber roller, and the counterweight block moves downward in the vertical direction as the number of lottery tickets decreases.

[0011] As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the lottery tickets are stacked perpendicular to their own gravity direction, the counterweight block is located on the side of the ticket bin away from the paper separation rubber roller, the side of the counterweight block close to the lottery tickets is an inclined surface, and the counterweight block moves downward in the vertical direction as the number of lottery tickets decreases, and the counterweight block always presses the lottery tickets against the side wall of the ticket bin.

[0012] As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the bottom surface of the ticket bin is inclined, and the height of one side of the bottom surface close to the ticket taking portion is lower than the height of the other side.

[0013] As a further improvement of the above technical solution, a ticketless sensor is installed at the bottom of the ticket bin. After the ticketless sensor detects that the lottery tickets are sold out, it sends a signal to prompt that the lottery tickets are sold out and need to be refilled.

[0014] A lottery ticket distribution method is also provided, comprising the following steps:

[0015] S1 puts the separated lottery tickets into a ticket bin;

[0016] S2 user buys a lottery ticket, the paper separation roller starts, and the lottery ticket is sent out from the ticket outlet.

[0017] As a further improvement of the above technical solution, the following steps are also included:

[0018] After the S3 lottery ticket is sent out from the ticket outlet, the next lottery ticket to be sold enters the paper separation rubber roller area, and the paper separation rubber roller stops rotating;

[0019] S4 replenishes lottery tickets after they are sold out or are about to be sold out.

[0020] The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: the present invention eliminates the need for a cutting device, directly separates lottery tickets from each other before they are produced or sold, and then sells the separated lottery tickets by self-service, thereby reducing costs and improving stability; since the lottery tickets are separated from each other, they can be stacked in large quantities in a certain space, without considering the limitation that the original lottery tickets can only be stacked in books of 150 tickets. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] The present invention is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

[0022] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of a lottery self-service sales terminal in one embodiment of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 2 It is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a lottery self-service sales terminal in one embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] This section will describe in detail the specific embodiments of the present invention. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the accompanying drawings. The purpose of the accompanying drawings is to supplement the description of the text part of the specification with graphics, so that each technical feature and the overall technical solution of the present invention can be understood intuitively and figuratively, but it cannot be understood as a limitation on the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0025] In the description of the present invention, if it involves a description of orientation, such as "upper", "lower", "front", "back", "left", "right", etc., the orientation or position relationship indicated is based on the orientation or position relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation of the present invention. When a feature is referred to as "set", "fixed", or "connected" to another feature, it can be directly set, fixed, or connected to the other feature, or it can be indirectly set, fixed, or connected to the other feature.

[0026] In the description of the present invention, if "several" is involved, it means one or more, if "multiple" is involved, it means more than two, if "greater than", "less than" or "exceed" is involved, it should be understood as not including the number itself, if "above", "below" or "within" is involved, it should be understood as including the number itself. If "first" or "second" is involved, it should be understood as being used to distinguish technical features, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features or implicitly indicating the order of the indicated technical features.

[0027] In addition, unless otherwise defined, the technical terms and scientific terms used in the present invention have the same meanings as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art. The terms used in the present invention are only for describing specific embodiments, not for limiting the present invention.

[0028] In order to more clearly illustrate the lottery self-service sales terminal in the embodiment provided by the present invention, the lottery here uses the instant lottery issued by the welfare lottery and the sports lottery.

[0029] Reference Figure 1, shows a schematic diagram of the structure of a lottery self-service sales terminal in an embodiment of the present invention. The ticket bin 1 and the ticket outlet channel 5 are directly the ticket taking part of the lottery self-service sales terminal in this embodiment. A number of lottery tickets 2 are stacked in the ticket bin 1 along the vertical direction (that is, the lottery tickets are arranged perpendicular to their own gravity direction and stacked along their own gravity direction). After the user purchases the ticket by himself, the control center (main board) receives the signal, and the motor 3 controls the paper separation rubber roller 31 and the lottery tickets 2 to be separated by the paper separation rubber roller 31 in cooperation with the rubber pad. A single lottery ticket enters between the paper separation rubber roller 31 and the rubber pad, and the paper separation rubber roller 31 drives the lottery ticket to move relative to the rubber pad, that is, the paper separation rubber roller 31 drives the lottery ticket to overcome the friction force of the lottery ticket relative to the rubber pad to separate the lottery tickets. For the stacked lottery tickets 2, the bottom lottery ticket is separated and sent out by the ticket outlet channel 5.

[0030] Since using a single paper separation rubber roller 31 to separate and feed paper at the same time is prone to paper jams, it is not stable and reliable, especially during self-service sales, the delivery of lottery tickets needs to minimize paper jams. Therefore, the next lottery ticket to be sold should be pre-positioned, that is, partially contacted with the paper separation rubber roller 31, and the rotation of the paper separation rubber roller 31 can directly drive the lottery ticket to be separated when it is started next time. Therefore, a ticket dispensing rubber roller 32 is provided here, and the rotation speed of the ticket dispensing rubber roller 32 is much greater than that of the paper separation rubber roller 31 (generally, the speed difference is more than one time). The first lottery ticket passes through the paper separation rubber roller 31 for paper separation, and the paper is fed by the ticket dispensing rubber roller 32. When the first lottery ticket completely leaves the paper separation rubber roller 31, the paper separation rubber roller 31 continues to rotate to separate the second lottery ticket. The first lottery ticket 31 is driven by the ticket dispensing rubber roller 32 to move quickly. When the first lottery ticket 31 leaves the ticket dispensing rubber roller 32 and triggers the photoelectric sensor 4, the paper separation rubber roller 31 stops rotating. Due to the speed difference between the ticket dispensing rubber roller 32 and the paper separation rubber roller 31, the second lottery ticket still stays at the position of the paper separation rubber roller 31. The first lottery ticket is fed out from the ticket dispensing channel 5, and the second lottery ticket is pre-positioned.

[0031] A ticketless sensor 7 is installed at the bottom of the ticket bin 1. The ticketless sensor 7 can be a photoelectric sensor or a gravity sensor. When the ticketless sensor 7 detects that there is no ticket, it sends a signal to the control center, and the device will prompt that the lottery tickets are sold out and need to be reloaded.

[0032] In addition, a counterweight block 6 is provided in the ticket chamber 1 , and the counterweight block 6 presses down the lottery ticket 2 on the side close to the paper separation rubber roller 31 . The counterweight block 6 moves along the vertical track, so that the lottery ticket 2 tends to move toward the paper separation rubber roller 31 .

[0033] Preferably, the bottom of the ticket bin 1 is an inclined surface, and the side close to the paper separation rubber roller 31 is lower. The lottery ticket 2 moves closer to the paper separation rubber roller 31 under the action of gravity, and the counterweight block 6 ensures the reliability of paper feeding.

[0034] Reference Figure 2, shows a three-dimensional schematic diagram of a lottery self-service sales terminal in one embodiment of the present invention. When adding lottery tickets to the sales terminal, the top cover of the ticket compartment 1 can be directly opened to put in the stacked lottery tickets.

[0035] In another embodiment of the present invention, the lottery tickets 2 are not stacked in the vertical direction, but in the horizontal direction (that is, the lottery tickets are arranged parallel to their own gravity direction and stacked perpendicular to their own gravity direction). In this embodiment, for the stacked lottery tickets 2, the lottery tickets closest to the paper separation rubber roller 31 are sent out from the ticket outlet channel 5 after paper separation. At this time, the counterweight block 6 also changes its position. The counterweight block 6 is located on the side of the ticket bin 1 away from the paper separation rubber roller 31, and the side of the counterweight block 6 close to the lottery ticket 2 is an inclined surface. That is to say, as the number of lottery tickets 2 decreases, the counterweight block 6 gradually moves downward, and the inclined surface of the counterweight block 6 continues to press the lottery ticket 2 to the side close to the paper separation rubber roller 31 (that is, the side wall of the ticket bin 1).

[0036] In summary, the entire distribution process of the lottery self-service sales terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

[0037] S1 puts the separated lottery tickets into a ticket bin;

[0038] S2 user buys lottery ticket, the paper separation roller starts, and the lottery ticket is sent out from the ticket outlet;

[0039] After the S3 lottery ticket is sent out from the ticket outlet, the next lottery ticket to be sold enters the paper separation rubber roller area, and the paper separation rubber roller stops rotating;

[0040] S4 replenishes lottery tickets after they are sold out or are about to be sold out.

[0041] In S1, the lottery tickets can be separated by cutting them directly in the production stage, or by cutting the lottery tickets before sale and then putting them into the ticket bin.

[0042] It should be clear that whether the lottery tickets are cut before sale to obtain separate lottery tickets, or the lottery tickets are directly cut during the production stage to obtain separate lottery tickets, the cost is greatly reduced because the cutting device is omitted during the ticket sales stage.

[0043] Cutting the lottery tickets before they are sold can be done in batches at low cost in the industry, without the need to set up additional cutting devices during the final sale; directly cutting the lottery tickets during the production stage is cheaper in terms of process operation than setting stamp holes between the lottery tickets. Overall, the cost of the entire stage from production to ticket sales has been greatly reduced.

[0044] The above is a specific description of the preferred implementation of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and technicians in the relevant field can make various equivalent modifications or substitutions without departing from the purpose of the present invention. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

Claims

1. A lottery self-service sales terminal, characterized in that: It includes a ticket bin, a ticket outlet and a ticket taking part, wherein a plurality of lottery tickets separated from each other are stacked in the ticket bin, and the ticket taking part takes out a single lottery ticket from the ticket bin and sends the lottery ticket out from the ticket outlet; The ticket taking part comprises a paper separation rubber roller and a ticket dispensing rubber roller, wherein the paper separation rubber roller is located at a side close to the ticket chamber, and the ticket dispensing rubber roller is located between the paper separation rubber roller and the ticket dispensing port, and the speed of the ticket dispensing rubber roller is at least one times the speed of the paper separation rubber roller; It also includes a ticket discharging sensor, which is located at the ticket discharging rubber roller. When the ticket discharging sensor detects that the lottery ticket is separated from the ticket discharging rubber roller, the ticket discharging sensor sends a signal and the paper separation rubber roller stops rotating. The bottom surface of the ticket bin is inclined, and the height of one side of the bottom surface close to the ticket taking portion is lower than the height of the other side; It also includes a counterweight block, which compresses the lottery tickets stacked in the ticket chamber to facilitate the ticket taking part to take the lottery tickets; The lottery tickets are stacked perpendicular to their own gravity direction, the counterweight block is located on the side of the ticket bin away from the lottery tickets, the side of the counterweight block close to the lottery tickets is an inclined surface, and the counterweight block moves downward in the vertical direction as the number of lottery tickets decreases, and the counterweight block always presses the lottery tickets against the side wall of the ticket bin.

2. The lottery self-service sales terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that: A ticketless sensor is provided at the bottom of the ticket bin. After the ticketless sensor detects that the lottery tickets are sold out, it sends a signal to prompt that the lottery tickets are sold out and need to be refilled.

3. A lottery ticket distribution method of a lottery ticket self-service sales terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 2, characterized in that: The steps include: S1 puts the separated lottery tickets into a ticket bin; S2 user buys lottery ticket, the paper separation roller starts, and the lottery ticket is sent out from the ticket outlet; S3 After the lottery ticket is sent out from the ticket outlet, the next lottery ticket to be sold enters the paper separation rubber roller area, the paper separation rubber roller stops rotating, and the counterweight block presses the lottery ticket against the wall of the ticket bin; S4 replenishes lottery tickets after they are sold out or are about to be sold out.

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