| 摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/SE91/00874 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 11, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 11, 1993 PCT Filed Dec. 18, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/11613 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 1992.An apparatus and method for automatically printing, reading and otherwise treating an information-carrying document, particularly apparatus having a mechanically dividable circular pathway for reading and otherwise processing ATB-ticket (Automated Ticket/Boarding document) at airport passenger gates, so-called gate readers (8), and a method in which such apparatus is used. The gate reader (8) includes a simple, dividable ticket cylinder (16) which lacks a casing and which includes a drive motor (9A), drive belts (9B, 9C), a first cog wheel (9D) which is firmly mounted on the body of the gate reader (8) and which functions to drive a second cog wheel (9E) mounted on one side of the drive wheel (22) and concentrical with the drive shaft (21). For the purpose of discharging separated ticket parts, the gate reader (8) is also provided with ticket switching devices (17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E) of particular construction and mounted in a particular manner, and also with means for dividing an ATB-ticket (1) into its separate parts. |
