NON-CONTACT TYPE AUTOMATIC TICKET GATE USED IN TICKET EXAMINATION PROCESSING SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a non-contact type automatic ticket gate suitable for a ticket examination processing system without using a magnetic ticket by applying a card-type non-contact ticket as a short-term ticket such as an ordinary ticket. SOLUTION: A card stacker for collecting and storing non-contact tickets has an opening for receiving the non-contact tickets, having a specific plane area slightly larger than the plane shape of the non-contact ticket at its upper part, and is composed of a stacker main body having a specific depth to store the received non-contact tickets in a state of being horizontally stacked, a receiving plate for loading the non-contact tickets received in the stacker main body, an elevating mechanism for vertically moving the receiving plate in the stacker main body, and a control means for controlling the elevating mechanism to constantly keep a specific distance from an opening position of the stacker main body to the non-contact ticket stored in the stacker main body. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI