JPH04213536A - Play facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently and smoothly collect flat bodies input to a leased machinery and make a wide space needless by providing a flat body carriage condition display part on the basis of a detection result by a plural number of detection means to detect passing of the flat bodies. CONSTITUTION:A projector 11 and a photoelectric switch 12 as a detection means to detect passing of sandwich-carried notes (a) in the neighborhood of the starting edge part of a downstream side sandwich-carrier body 5 are provided on each of carrier units (d). Simultaneously, a lamp 13 as a display part to display the carriage state of the notes (a) by way of switching ON by switching ON of the photoelectric switch 12 by passing of the notes (a) is provided, and even on the upper edge part of a row of stands, a lamp 14 as a display part to display the carriage state of the notes (a) by way of switching ON by switching ON of each of the photoelectric switches as the lamp 13 is provided. Consequently, it is possible to know sandwitch-carriage situations of clogging of the notes (a) and others from a lighting state of the lamp 14, even though roughly.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a device used for conveying thin plate-like objects such as banknotes and cards, and in particular, it is used to convey thin plate-like objects such as banknotes and cards. When transporting banknotes from a bill insertion machine for each game, such as a ball lending machine installed between adjacent game machines in each row, to a collection section installed at one end of the row of game machines in the game equipment installed. The present invention relates to a thin plate-like object conveying mechanism useful for.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional thin plate-like object conveying mechanism of this type, a device is known in which a thin plate-like object is held and conveyed in a horizontal position by a conveying device and a guide device that are arranged vertically opposite each other. .

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In this case, since the width of the device is greater than the width of the thin plate-like body, in particular,
In order to remove the clogged thin plate-shaped object laterally and outwardly, a space is required on the outside of the device to pull out the clogged thin-plate-shaped object laterally, and the above-mentioned problem arises. When used to transport banknotes, etc. between the rows of play machines in the equipment, installing the transport mechanism between the rows of play machines may unduly increase the interval between the rows of play machines, leading to an increase in the size of the play equipment. There were drawbacks. It is also possible to separate the conveyance device and the guide device vertically by a large distance so that the clogged thin plate-like object can be extracted from above. It takes a lot of effort and time to remove the jam, and it is unsuitable for use as a transport mechanism in play equipment, where it is strongly required to be able to clear the jam easily and quickly. An object of the present invention is to provide a thin plate-shaped body conveying mechanism which can eliminate such conventional drawbacks and is particularly suitable for conveying banknotes, cards, etc. in the above-mentioned game equipment.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] A thin plate-like object conveying mechanism according to the present invention, which was taken to achieve the above object, includes a conveying device that can be driven and rotated about an up-down axis and a guide device installed opposite to the conveying device. , a clamping and conveying mechanism is provided that clamps the thin plate-shaped body in an up-down position and conveys it along a fixed path, and the guide device is configured to be repositionable to a position where the clamping action by the conveying device is released. The operation of the present invention having such a characteristic configuration is as follows.

[0005]

[Operation] In other words, since the thin plate-like object is held and conveyed in an up-and-down position by the conveyance device and the guide device, the clogged thin plate-like object can be extracted upwardly, and as a whole, the clogged thin plate-like object can be extracted and released. The left and right width can be made extremely small, including the space required. Moreover, since the guide device is configured to be repositionable to the clamping release position, by changing the position of the guide device, the clogged thin plate-like object can be easily and quickly removed from the clamping conveyance path without being cut or damaged. . Moreover, the thing that needs to be repositioned to release the clamp is
Since it is a guide device rather than a conveyance device, the structure for changing the position can be simplified.

[0006]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the left and right width of the equipment space is small, and the jam can be easily and quickly cleared. The present invention has achieved the effect that it is particularly useful as a transport mechanism that is strongly required to have a small size and to be able to easily and quickly clear the blockage.

[0007]

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be explained based on the drawings. A plurality of pachinko machines A... are arranged in a row, and each of the adjacent pachinko machines A, A... is positioned at every other place and accepts a banknote a in an up-down position, and has an up-down position on the back. Two rows of pachinko machines with ball lending machines B... that can be fed out in a posture are placed back to back with a small distance (about 20 cm) between them, and between these two rows of pachinko machines, each A pachinko game facility is constructed by providing a mechanism D for conveying bills a sent out from a ball lending machine B to a storage section C provided at one end of a row of machines. Note that the ball lending machine B... is equipped with an identification function, and sends out the banknote a to the back only when the banknote a is good, and returns it from the banknote receiving slot b when the banknote a is defective. It is configured.

The banknote conveying mechanism D is divided into a plurality of units in the conveying direction, with the portion spanning the length of the adjacent pachinko machines A and A sandwiching the ball lending machine B being one unit, and each divided unit d... The banknote a is held in a vertical position by a transport device 2 that can be driven around the vertical axis and a guide device 3 installed opposite to the left and right sides of the transport device 2 in a U-shaped fixed frame 1 that is open upwards. The two holding and conveying mechanisms 5, which hold and convey banknotes A over a distance corresponding to the length of the pachinko machine A along a certain path 4, are in a state where banknotes a can be transferred from the one on the upper side of conveyance to the one on the lower side of conveyance. In addition to the above-mentioned gripping conveyance mechanism 5
, 5 are located on both sides of the banknote transfer location between the banknotes 5 and 5 from the outside perpendicular to the clamping and transporting direction, that is, ports for supplying banknotes a and a sent from the ball lending machines B and B to the clamping and transporting path 4. 6, 6 are provided. The conveyance device 2 includes a guide plate 2 that prevents the clamped and conveyed banknotes a from falling over a certain level.
A plurality of grooved pulleys 2C for hanging round conveyance belts 2B so as to rotate them along the clamping conveyance path 4.
. . . are supported at intervals, and a motor 2D for driving one of these pulleys 2C . . . is provided to form a belt conveyor. The distance between the pulleys 2C is such that at least two of the pulleys 2C can be pressed against the clamped and conveyed bill a. Among the pulleys 2C, a plurality of pulleys 2C located in the middle in the parallel direction are biased to move in the clamping direction via a spring 2E, and the guide plate 2A is connected to the stay 2a, It is attached to the fixed frame 1 via 2b. Among the upper and lower stays 2a, 2b..., the upper stay 2a... is in a state where it is connected to the fixed frame 1 by swinging, and when it is detached from the fixed frame 1 and the round belt is inserted from above between the guide plate 2A and the fixed frame 1. It is configured to be freely switchable between a state in which a passage 2c is formed that allows the pulley 2B to be replaced with the pulley 2C. In addition, in each divided unit d..., the lower pulley 2C1 in the upper conveying device 2
By interlocking the shaft 2C'1 of . The motor 2D is configured to be shared between the transport devices 2, 2. A leaf spring 7 elastically engages and holds the movable upper stay 2a connected to the fixed frame 1.

The guide device 3 has a plurality of clamping press wheels 3B corresponding to the respective pulleys 2C in the transport device 2 pivoted on a guide plate 3A that prevents the clamped banknotes a from falling over a certain level. By swinging with the lower part as a fulcrum R, it is configured to be able to be changed between a clamping action position where the bill a can be clamped with the conveyance device 2 and a position where the clamping action is released. Of the pressing wheels 3B..., those located in the middle in the parallel direction are connected to the springs 3B, respectively.
It is urged to move in the clamping direction via C. Reference numeral 8 denotes a fixed piece that can be switched between a posture in which the guide device 3, that is, the guide plate 3A is held in the clamping position by tensioning the fixed frame 1, and a tension release posture by swinging; This is a leaf spring that elastically engages and holds the fixed piece 8 in a tensioned position. The banknote supply port 6 forms a notch 6a in the side plate portion of the fixed frame 1 to allow the banknote a to be transferred into the fixed frame 1, and also holds the banknote a to be sent out and gradually holds the banknote a along the conveyance path 4.
It has a structure in which a pair of front and rear guide plates 6A and 6B are provided to change the posture along the direction and guide it to the starting end of the lower side conveyance mechanism 5. The divided unit d... is a pachinko machine A.
Each guide plate 2 of the lower conveyance mechanism 5 in the upper divided unit d is connected and connected in such a manner that its position can be changed in the clamping conveyance direction in order to accommodate changes in the adjacent spacing between...
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the end portions 2Aa, 3Aa of A, 3A and the starting end portions 2Ab, 3Ab of the upper conveyance mechanism 5 in the dividing unit d located on the lower side are The guide plate starting end portions 2Ab, 3 of the upper conveyance mechanism 5 are configured to intersect with each other in the clamping conveyance direction while allowing relative movement in the conveyance direction.
Ab is bent so that its distal end is gradually positioned outward. In addition, the starting end of the lower side conveyance mechanism 5 and the ball lending machine B in each of the divided units d...
In order to ensure the transfer of the bill a from the banknote to the starting end of the transport mechanism 5, the delivered banknote a is held between the starting end of the transport mechanism 5 while the banknote a is receiving the sending action from the ball lending machine B. The starting end pressing ring 3B' of the guide device 3 in the lower side transport mechanism 5 is configured to transport the defective banknote a at the starting end of the transport mechanism 5.
The defective banknote a due to the return of the defective banknote a from
In order to prevent damage to the banknotes, the solenoid 10 is activated based on a defective banknote return signal from the ball lending machine B to automatically change the position to the clamp release position. Furthermore, each dividing unit d... is provided with a light projector 11 and a photoelectric switch 12 for detecting passage of the clamped and conveyed banknotes a near the starting end of the downstream side conveyance mechanism 5.
Lamps 13 are provided which are turned on when the photoelectric switches 12 are turned on when a banknote passes, and the lamps 13 are also provided at the upper end of the table row when the photoelectric switches 12 are turned on in the same way as the lamps 13.
A lamp 14 is provided which is lit by the following. Therefore, from the lighting condition of the lamp 14, it is possible to roughly know the clamping and conveying situation, such as jamming of banknotes a.

[0010] According to the above-mentioned configuration of the embodiment, it is possible to sandwich and transport the bills a... sent out from each ball lending machine B. When banknotes a or a group of overlapping banknotes a from the clamping conveyance path 4 are supplied to the starting end of the downstream conveyance mechanism 5 at the same time or at approximately the same time, they are stacked and conveyed in a clamping manner. When the jammed bill a occurs, the guide device 3 at the jammed location is changed to the clamping release position to easily release the clamping on the jammed bill a without damaging the jammed bill a. The round belt 2B can be taken out quickly, and the round belt 2B can be removed due to damage or wear.
When it is time to replace belt B, the belt can be replaced easily and quickly from above by simply swinging the upper stay 2a to the passage forming state.

[0011] The present invention may also be implemented as listed below. (2) In the above embodiment, a flat belt or a timing belt is used as the belt 2B. (2) As shown in FIG. 11, the conveying device 2 is configured as a belt conveyor using a flat belt with a large vertical width. (2) As shown in FIG. 12, the conveying device 2 is configured as a belt conveyor equipped with upper and lower belts 2B, 2B. ■ In the above embodiment, each motor 2D..., belt 2B..., pulley 2C
It is configured to automatically detect clogging based on load fluctuations. ■ If a blockage occurs, it is configured to automatically stop clamping conveyance based on the detection of the blockage. In this case, the banknote a from the ball lending machine B while the clamping and conveyance is stopped is
In order to prevent clogging at the supply port 6, there is a means for automatically stopping bill feeding by the ball lending machine B based on the detection of the clogging, and a means for automatically stopping the bill feeding by the ball lending machine B based on the detection of the clogging. It is desirable to use a means for automatically closing the receiving opening 6 and a means for automatically activating a warning lamp or the like so as not to insert the banknotes a into the ball lending machine B based on the detection of the clogging. ■
A banknote holding and conveying mechanism for relaying is provided between the ball lending machine B and the supply port 6. In this case, even if the distance between the ball lending machine B and the supply port 6 is long, the banknotes a can be reliably fed into the supply port 6. Further, in this case, it is desirable that the relay banknote clamping and conveying mechanism is configured to automatically switch to the clamping and conveying release state based on the detection of defective banknotes in the ball lending machine B. (2) Passage of banknotes a through the clamping conveyance path 4 is performed using a magnetic switch. ■ As shown by the imaginary line in Figure 1, the lamp 1
A centralized monitoring panel 16 for central management equipped with a lamp 15 that lights up in the same manner as 3 or 14 is installed and implemented. In addition to banknotes, the thin plate-shaped body a targeted by the present invention includes various cards made of paper, plastic, and the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

[Figure 1] Side view of play equipment

[Figure 2] Cross-sectional plan view

[Figure 3] Perspective view of main parts (divided unit)

[Figure 4] Enlarged cross-sectional plan view of main parts

[Figure 5] Cross-sectional view taken along line V-V in Figure 4

[Figure 6] VI-VI line sectional view in Figure 4

[Figure 7] Enlarged longitudinal sectional front view of main parts showing belt replacement status

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Figure 8: Enlarged cross-sectional plan view of main parts

[Figure 9] Enlarged cross-sectional plan view of main parts

[Fig. 10] Cross-sectional view taken along line X-X in Fig. 9

[Fig. 11] Longitudinal front view of main parts showing another embodiment

[Figure 12
】Longitudinal front view of main parts showing another embodiment

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Conveyance device 3 Guide device a Thin plate-like body 4 Clamping conveyance route 5 Grasp conveyance mechanism 6 Thin plate supply port

Claims (1)

[Claims] A game machine row is constructed by arranging multiple game machines side by side in the horizontal direction.
At a plurality of specific locations between the plurality of adjacent gaming machines,
A gaming rental machine is provided that can receive a flat body from the front side of the gaming machine row and send it out to the back side of the gaming machine row with its plate surface oriented in the vertical direction; A gaming facility is provided with a clamping and conveying device that receives and clamps the flat bodies sent out from each of the rental gaming machines, and conveys them along the gaming machine row to a specific position on the back side of the gaming machine row. clogging detection means for detecting clogging of the flat body being transported by the clamping and transporting device; drive stopping means for stopping driving of the clamping and transporting device based on the clogging detection result by the clogging detection unit; A gaming machine comprising: a display means for displaying that the flat object should not be thrown into the gaming rental machine based on a result of clogging detection by the clogging detecting means.