Patent ID: 7025264

Claim:
An automatic ticket checking apparatus comprising: a main body which defines a first passage to one side thereof and a second passage to another side thereof; first receiving means provided at one end of the main body for receiving a first magnetic ticket; a first conveying mechanism for conveying the first magnetic ticket in a first direction from the first receiving means to about a center of the apparatus along the first passage; first ticket checking means for reading information recorded on the first magnetic ticket and a first wireless ticket and judging whether or not the information read by the first checking means is valid; first eject means provided at about the center of the main body for ejecting the first magnetic ticket conveyed by the first conveying mechanism to about the center of the main body; second receiving means provided near the other end of the main body for receiving a second magnetic ticket; a second conveying mechanism arranged opposite side of the first conveying mechanism in the main body for conveying the second magnetic ticket in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the second receiving means to about the center of the main body along the second passage; second ticket checking means for reading information recorded on the second magnetic ticket and a second wireless ticket and judging whether or not the information read by the second checking means is valid; and second eject means provided at about the center of the main body for ejecting the second magnetic ticket conveyed by the second conveying mechanism to about the center of the main body.