JPH01220656A - Thin plate-shaped member conveyer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a hold conveying mechanism to easily change its conveying distance by juxtaposing the mechanism in a conveying direction in a condition that a thin plate-shaped member can be delivered between adjacent conveying units. CONSTITUTION:A note charge machine B is provided with a function discriminating a note (a) for whether or not it is good while accepting, feeding and transferring the note and a function automatically feeding the inferior note (a) to be returned to an accepting port (b). A note conveyer provides a hold conveying mechanism 2, provided with a note accepting part 3 respectively in two or more parts spacing a juxtaposed interval of the charge machine B in the conveying direction, between rows of beds in a condition that each accepting part 3 is positioned corresponding to the charge machine B. The hold conveying mechanism 2 holds the note from the thickness direction in a condition that the note (a) is positioned in a vertical attitude along the conveying direction. A conveying unit 2A, conveyable along a linear route of length corresponding to the juxtaposing interval of the accepting part 3, is juxtaposed in a plural quantity in the conveying direction in a condition with the note (a) deliverable between the adjacent units, while the accepting part 3 is provided in the intermediate part in the conveying direction of the note (a).

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a game equipment in which, for example, a banknote insertion machine for playing is interposed between adjacent game machines (pachinko machines, etc.) arranged in rows. , is a device useful for conveying and collecting banknotes sent from each bill insertion machine to the back side of a row of game machines to a storage section provided at one end of a row of game machines. A clamping conveyance device that can be conveyed along a fixed path while being held in a position along the direction of the thickness, and is equipped with thin plate-like object receiving sections at multiple locations appropriately spaced in the conveyance direction. The present invention relates to a thin plate-like object conveying device provided with a mechanism.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in constructing the clamping and transporting device, the entire clamping and transporting mechanism was constructed as one unit 7).

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, when using this conventional device, once the clamping conveyance mechanism is manufactured to have a desired conveyance distance, it is virtually impossible to change the conveyance distance later. For example, when applied to bill conveyance in the above-mentioned amusement facility, the following disadvantages occur.

In other words, in play equipment, it is common for each play equipment to have a different number of play machines arranged side by side, and as a result, the transport distance required for each play equipment also generally differs. Therefore, in such a case, in the conventional device, the clamping and conveying mechanism must be designed and manufactured to specifications with different required conveyance distances for each amusement facility, which inevitably increases costs.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate such inconveniences.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A characteristic configuration of the thin plate-like object conveying device according to the present invention is that, when the pinching and conveying mechanism is configured, the thin plate-like object is positioned in a posture along the conveying direction, and the thin plate-like object is A plurality of conveyance units that can be sandwiched and conveyed at a distance corresponding to the juxtaposition spacing of the receiving sections are arranged side by side in the conveyance direction in a state in which thin plate-like objects can be transferred between adjacent conveyance units, and each of the conveyance units The receiving section is provided at the intermediate portion of each unit in the conveyance direction, and the effects thereof are as follows.

[For production]

In other words, since the clamping transport mechanism is constructed by connecting multiple transport units configured to the same specifications in parallel in the transport direction, the transport distance of the clamping transport mechanism can be easily changed by changing the number of transport units arranged in parallel. can do. Moreover, since the thin plate-shaped object receiving section is provided at the intermediate portion of the conveying unit in the conveying direction, the receiving section and the connecting section can be mutually connected, for example, when the thin plate-like object receiving section is provided at the connecting section of adjacent conveying units. The receiving section and the connecting section can both be configured exclusively, without mutually restricting their configurations.
It is possible to minimize the occurrence of troubles such as clogging of the thin plate-shaped body in the receiving part and the connecting part.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Therefore, according to the present invention, the structure can be easily and inexpensively configured to have a desired conveyance distance, and the thin plate-like object can be conveyed smoothly and reliably. We have now been able to provide a thin plate-like object conveying device that is useful for.

〔Example〕

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, there are multiple pachinko machines (A
)... are arranged in a row, and the pachinko machines (
A) Accept the banknote (a) (an example of an I plate-shaped body) from the front in an up-down position with the paper surface along the up-down direction, and place the banknote (a) (an example of an I plate-shaped body) from the front in a vertical position, and Two rows of pachinko machines are arranged back-to-back with a small distance between them, and each banknote insertion machine (B) is arranged with a banknote insertion machine (B) for lending balls that can be sent out at )... A pachinko game facility is constructed by providing a bill conveyance device for conveying bills (a)... from between the machine rows to a storage section (C) provided at one end of the machine rows.

The banknote insertion machine (B) has a function of accepting, sending and transferring banknotes (a) and identifying whether the banknotes (a) are good or bad, and a function of automatically returning defective banknotes (a) to the receiving port (b). It is equipped with

The bill conveying device includes the inserting machine (B) in the conveying direction.
Bill receiving sections (3) and
・The clamping and conveying mechanism (2) equipped with
is arranged between the rows of tables in a state corresponding to the loading machine (B).

The clamping and conveying mechanism (2) clamps the banknote (a) from the thickness direction in a state in which the banknote (a) is positioned vertically along the conveyance direction, and corresponds to the juxtaposed spacing of the receiving section (3). A plurality of transport units (2A) that can be transported along a straight path of length are transported by adjacent transport units (2^), (2A)...
The banknotes (a) are arranged in parallel in the conveyance direction in a state in which banknotes (a) can be transferred between them, and each conveyance unit (2A) is provided with the receiving section (3) at an intermediate portion in the conveyance direction. There is.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 9, the conveyance unit (2A) has an upwardly closed U-shape, and receives banknotes (a) from the left and right outside at the longitudinal center of each opposing plate. In cooperation with a plurality of rollers (5) in the urine conveying direction installed opposite to the conveying portion of the frame (4) in which a receiving opening (4A) is formed (4^°), , an upper conveyor belt (6) that receives banknotes (a) from the upper conveyor unit (2^) and conveys the banknotes (a) to near the center, and a plurality of rollers (5) in the feeding direction attached to the conveyance section thereof.゛)・
・In collaboration with the group, the banknotes (a) are accepted from the upper side conveyor belt (6) and both receiving openings (4^), (4A'), and the lower side conveyor belt (2A) (in addition, the banknotes (a) are In the terminal conveyance unit (2A), the lower side conveyor belt (6') is held and conveyed to a position where it can be delivered to the storage section (C)].
In addition, by working with the rollers (7), (7'), etc. installed opposite to the conveying section, the banknotes (a) fed from the left and right input machines (B), (B) are ) (8) which receives and conveys the conveyance belt to the conveyance start end by the lower side conveyor belt (6'').

(8゛) is attached to the frame (4). The upper side conveyor belt (6) uses a pulley (9B) located at the conveyance end of a group of pulleys (9) that rotationally guides its conveyance operation part as a driving pulley, and the lower side The conveyor belt (6゛) has a pulley (9°) that rotationally guides the conveyance acting part of the conveyor belt...The pulley (9°) located at the conveyance starting end of the group is the driving pulley, and the above-mentioned Among the rollers (5゛) corresponding to the lower side conveyor belt (6°), the one located at the conveyance start end (5A'') is a driving roller, and is the transfer conveyor belt) (8).

One of the conveyor belts (8) located on the same side as (6) and (6°) is on the lower side of the pulley (10) that rotationally guides it. transport bell)
The drive pulley (10A) at the conveyance end located between the drive pulley (9A') in (6') and the conveyor end pulley (10A) is used as the drive pulley, and the other transfer conveyance bell 1-(8') rotates it. Among the guiding pulleys (10'), the pulley at the conveyance end (IOA') located between the drive roller (5A) and the drive roller (5A) is used as the drive pulley.

And each of the drive pulleys (9B) and (9A').

(10A), (IOB”) and drive roller (5A
") are synchronously driven by one electric motor (11), and specifically, both conveyor belts) (6)
, (6') drive pulley (9B), (9A')
connects the pulley shafts (9b) and (9a') to the output shaft (lla) of the motor (11) and gears (C,
CZ) and (C3), and the drive roller (58") connects its roller shaft (5a') to the lower drive pulley shaft (9a'). It is configured to be driven by interlocking through gears (C4) and (cs),
Drive pulley (IOA) of one receiver m conveyor belt (8)
The friction plate (12) is attached to the lower drive pulley shaft (9a').
(8') (7)
The %lK dynamic wheel (IOA') is interlocked with the drive pulley shaft (5a') via the friction plate (12'), and is deactivated when a load above a certain level is applied to it. The device is configured to be driven in the state.

Rollers (corresponding to the conveyor belts (6), (6')
5), (5)... group includes guide pairs (13), (14), (13') that prevent the pinched and conveyed banknote (a) from falling down.
, (14') one guide (13) , (13'
), and the guide (13), (
13') is configured to release the clamping by swinging around the fulcrums (R) and (R'). The conveyor belt (6)
, (6°) corresponding rollers (9), (9')・
・The group is supported by the other guides (14), (14'), and the conveyor belts (6), (6') are in a state where the rollers (9), (9')... are released from the clamping state. It is configured such that it can be pulled out upwards.

° The above-mentioned transfer conveyance bell) (8), (8°) and the corresponding rollers (7), (7')... group are pulleys (10).

(10')...Conveyance guide (15) that supports the group,
(15") and rollers (7), (7')... Conveyance guides (16), (16') that support the group can be freely swung around the drive pulley axis (X), (X'), respectively. At the same time, attach it to the frame (4) and attach it to the pulley side conveyance guide (1).
5), (15") to the rotor side conveyance guide (16)
, a spring (17) that biases the rocking toward the (16°) side.
, (17°) and by changing the mounting and fixing position to the frame (4) in the transport direction, the roller side transport guides (16), (16°) can be moved to any swinging position with the springs (17), ( Links (18) and (18') are provided to hold against the biasing force of 17°), and thereby,
By swinging around the driving pulley axes (X) and (X''), the conveyance start end can be moved in the left-right direction with respect to the frame (4), that is, the conveyance end.

In addition, the transport unit (2^) can be attached to the frame (4) via a fixture (19) in order to close the portion of the upper opening of the frame (4) that corresponds to the receiving portion (3). a first lid (20), a second lid (21), (21) that can be attached to the frame (4) via a fixture (19) to close the remaining opening; (21).

Lid open detection switch (sh) that turns on when one of the fixtures (19) for (21) is released
.

(SW), sensors (Sl) and (St) that detect the passage of the banknote shaft near the start of conveyance by both conveyor belts (6) and (6°), respectively;
SL).

The lamp (22), which lights up when (Sz) is turned on, (
22).

(23) is a controller using a microcomputer,
(24) is a monitoring monitor, and the controller (23) is
It has the functions [1] to (8) listed below.

(1) When a banknote (a) is inserted into the input machine (B), a conveyance unit (2A) that receives the banknote (a) from the input machine (B) and a downstream conveyance unit (2A) connected to it (
2A).

[2] Of the sensors (Sl) and (SZ), the paper for the upper sensor (Sl) (hereinafter referred to as the first sensor, and the lower sensor (hereinafter referred to as the second sensor)) The first sensor (Sl
) A function to drive the lower transport unit (2A) connected to the transport unit (2A) to which the transport unit (2A) is attached.

[3] After the second sensor (SZ) detects the end of the banknote, there is a set time (the time required for transporting the banknote from the second sensor (SZ) position to the first sensor (Sl) position of the lower side transport unit (2A)). time] has elapsed, the transport unit (2A
).

[4] After the second sensor (SZ) detects the end of the banknote, even if the set time has elapsed, the first
If the sensor (S,) does not detect the leading edge of the banknote, the second
It is determined that a blockage has occurred in the conveyance from the sensor (SZ) to the first sensor (Sl), and the conveyance unit (2A) equipped with the first sensor (Sl) and the conveyance unit (2A) located above it ( 2A) function to stop driving.

[5] After the first sensor (Sl) detects the end of the banknote, set time [from the first sensor (Sl) position to the second sensor
If the second sensor (SZ) does not detect the leading edge of the banknote even after (the time required for transporting it to the 5th position plus the margin time), the first sensor (Sυ) to the second sensor (
It was determined that a blockage had occurred in the conveyance to the S block, and the above-mentioned No. 1. A transport unit (equipped with second sensors (Sl) and (St)
2A) and the transport unit located above it
(2A) Function to stop driving.

[6] After the banknote (a) is delivered to the feeding machine (B), the set time [the time required for transporting from the feeding machine (B) to the second sensor (SZ) position plus the margin time] If the beginning of the bill is not detected by the second sensor (SZ) after a period of time has elapsed, it is determined that a blockage has occurred in the conveyance from the insertion machine (B) to the second sensor (s2), and the paper money from the insertion machine (B) is Banknote (a)
A function to stop driving the transport unit (2A) that receives the transport unit (2A) and the transport unit (2^) located above it.

[7] A function that activates the monitoring monitor (24) to display a clogging state when the clogging is determined.

[8] A function that activates the monitoring monitor (24) to display the lid open state by turning on the lid open switch (S...).

[Another example]

■ As shown in Figure 11, the bill passage detection sensor (S
) is provided in such a state that the banknote (a) is detected at the central part of the conveyance by the lower side conveyor belt (6') in each conveyor unit (2A)..., and the lower side sensor (S) is connected to the upper side sensor (S). The presence or absence of clogging is detected depending on whether the detection delay time is outside or within the set time, and when it is detected, the clogging occurs in the transport unit L-(2A) and the transport unit located above it (2A)... Configure to stop the drive.

■ As shown in Fig. 12, a banknote passage sensor (S) is provided in a state to detect a banknote (a) at the center of transport by the upper transport belt (6) in each transport unit (2A). The presence or absence of clogging is detected based on whether the detection delay time of the lower side sensor (S) with respect to the side sensor (S) is outside or within the set time, and when it is detected, the clogging occurs in the transport unit (2A) and the upper side. The transport unit (2^) located at the transport unit (2^) is configured to stop driving.

■ As shown in FIGS. 13(a) and 13(b), a plurality of banknote passage detection sensors (S)... are connected to at least the re-conveyance bells of each conveyance unit (28) (6), ( 6
”) is set up to detect banknotes (a) near the start and end of conveyance, and whether or not jams occur depending on whether the detection delay time of the lower side sensor (S) relative to the upper side sensor (S) is outside or within the set time. is detected, and when the presence is detected, the drive of the clogging conveyance unit (2A) and the conveyance unit (2A) located above it is stopped.

■ As shown in Figure 14, the bill passage detection sensor (S
), the lower side transport bell of each transport unit (2A)...)
(6') is arranged to detect the banknote (a) near the conveyance start end, and whether or not a jam occurs depends on whether the detection delay time of the lower side sensor (S) with respect to the upper side sensor (S) is outside or within the set time. is detected, and when the presence is detected, the drive of the transport unit (S) in which the clogging occurs and the transport unit (2^) located above it is stopped.

■ It is configured to detect clogging based on the load applied to the motor (11).

(2) Constructed to detect clogging by detecting slippage of conveyor belts (6) and (6').

■ Regardless of whether or not the bill (a) is sent out from the input machine (6), the motor (1) of each unit (2^) is always activated.
1) Configure to drive...

■ All of the motors (11) of each unit (2^)..., feeder (6), sensor (Sl),
・Provide a manual switch that allows the drive to take priority over the above.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 10 show an embodiment of the thin plate-shaped object conveying device according to the present invention, FIGS. 1 and 2 are a front view and a cross-sectional plan view of the pachinko game equipment, and FIG. 4 and 5 are enlarged cross-sectional plan views of the main parts, Fig. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional front view of the main parts, Fig. 7 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional side view of the main parts, and Figs. 8 and 9.
The figure is an enlarged longitudinal sectional front view of main parts showing the operation, and FIG. 10 is a transmission system diagram. Figure 11, Figure 12, Figure 13 (a),
(b) and FIG. 14 are schematic side views of main parts showing other embodiments. (2)...Pinch conveyance mechanism, (3)...
Thin plate-like object receiving section, (2^)...transport unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. The thin plate-shaped body (a) can be held in the direction of thickness in a state along the conveyance direction and conveyed along a certain path, and can be conveyed at appropriate intervals in the conveyance direction. A clamping and conveying mechanism (2) equipped with thin plate-like object receiving sections (3) at multiple separated locations.
A thin plate-like object conveying device is provided with a thin plate-like object conveyance device, in which the holding and conveying mechanism (2) is configured to sandwich the thin plate-like object (a) from the thickness direction while positioning it in a posture along the conveyance direction. A plurality of transport units (2A) capable of transporting at a distance corresponding to the juxtaposition spacing of the receiving portions (3)... can transfer the thin plate-like object (a) between adjacent transport units (2A), (2A). The thin plate-like object conveying device is arranged in parallel in the conveying direction in such a state, and the receiving section (3) is provided at an intermediate portion of each of the conveying units (2A) in the conveying direction. 2. Each of the conveyance units (2A) pinches and conveys the thin plate-shaped body (a) using a drive belt and a plurality of roller groups in the conveyance direction arranged opposite to the conveyance surface of the drive belt. The thin plate-like object conveying device according to item 1.