JPH046630B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention is directed to, for example, a pachinko game machine in which a plurality of pachinko machines are installed side by side, in which a bill insertion machine for changing money is inserted between adjacent pachinko machines. A thin plate-like body conveying device used for conveying sent-out banknotes to a collection unit provided at one end of the pachinko machine line on the back side of the pachinko machine line, and in detail, the flexible thin plate-like body is a clamping conveyance mechanism that clamps and conveys the thin plate-shaped body in cooperation with an endless rotating belt and a plurality of rollers arranged at intervals shorter than the length of the thin plate-shaped body in the conveyance direction;
The present invention relates to a thin plate-like object conveying device that is provided with a merging guide mechanism that guides the thin plate-like object from between the rollers to join the conveyance path of the nipping conveyance mechanism.

[Conventional technology]

The above-mentioned thin plate-like object conveying device was developed by the present applicant using an endless rotating belt and a plurality of rollers so that thin plate-like objects such as banknotes sent from a plurality of different positions can be conveyed together in a series of conveyance paths. This device is constructed by providing a nipping conveyance mechanism that nip and convey the thin plate-like object in cooperation with the rollers, and a merging guide mechanism that guides the thin plate-like object from between the rollers to join the conveyance path of the nipping conveyance mechanism. All of the plurality of rollers constituting the nipping and conveying mechanism were rollers of the same diameter.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

For this reason, for example, if all of the plurality of rollers are configured to have a small diameter, the approximately V-shaped area sandwiched between the roller on the downstream side in the conveyance direction facing the merging section from the merging guide mechanism and the endless rotating belt will be As a result, the acceptable range for the thin plate-shaped object guided by the merging guide mechanism and attempting to join the conveyance path of the clamping conveyance mechanism becomes narrower, resulting in folding or bending on the leading end side in the conveyance direction. When the thin plate-like bodies try to merge, their tips tend to deviate to the outside of the rollers and fall out of the acceptable range, which has the drawback that it is difficult to reliably merge the thin plate-like bodies into the conveyance path of the nipping conveyance mechanism.

Also, contrary to the above, if all the rollers are configured to have a large diameter, the range in which thin plate-like objects can be accepted becomes wider, and even thin plate-like objects with folds or bends on the leading end side in the conveyance direction can be accepted. Although it is easy to reliably join the conveyance path of the clamping conveyance mechanism, it requires a large space to arrange multiple rollers configured with large diameters, which has the disadvantage of causing an increase in the size of the thin plate conveyance device. .

An object of the present invention is to avoid increasing the size of a thin plate-like object conveying device while making it easy to reliably merge a thin plate-like object with a tendency to fold or bend on the leading end side in the conveyance direction into the conveyance path of a clamping conveyance mechanism. The point is to make it possible.

[Means for solving problems]

A characteristic configuration of the thin plate-shaped object conveying device according to the present invention for achieving the above object is that flexible thin plate-shaped bodies are arranged at intervals shorter than the length of the endless rotating belt and the thin plate-shaped bodies in the conveying direction. A thin plate-like object that is provided with a nipping and conveying mechanism that pinches and conveys the thin plate-like object in cooperation with a plurality of rollers, and a merging guide mechanism that guides the thin plate-like object from between the rollers to join the conveyance path of the nipping and conveying mechanism. In the conveyance device, a roller on the downstream side in the conveyance direction facing the confluence section from the confluence guide mechanism is configured to have a larger diameter than the other rollers,
This configuration provides the following effects.

[Effect]

Since the roller on the downstream side in the conveyance direction facing the merging section from the merging guide mechanism is configured to have a large diameter, the approximately V-shaped area sandwiched between this roller and the endless rotating belt is wide, and the merging guide mechanism The range in which a thin plate-like object that is guided by the conveyance mechanism and tries to join the conveyance path of the clamping conveyance mechanism is widened.

Moreover, by using the empty space obtained by configuring the other rollers to have relatively small diameters as part of the space for the various members that make up the thin plate conveying device, the thin plate conveying device can be made larger. It is possible to avoid becoming

〔Effect of the invention〕

Therefore, even if the thin plate-shaped object has a tendency to fold or bend on the leading edge side in the conveyance direction, it can be reliably merged into the conveyance path of the clamping conveyance mechanism, thereby preventing clogging at the point where the confluence guide mechanism joins the clamping conveyance mechanism. While avoiding this, it is possible to avoid an increase in the size of the thin plate-like object conveying device due to this.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

8 and 9 show a pachinko gaming facility in which a plurality of pachinko machines A are arranged in a row, and adjacent pachinko machines A are arranged in a row. A banknote A, which is a flexible thin plate-shaped body configured in a rectangular shape or a shape close to it, is placed in a posture in which the long sides of the banknotes are located above and below each other between the two tables A and A, respectively. Two rows of pachinko machines are arranged back-to-back with a small distance between them, and each row of pachinko machines has a banknote insertion machine B that can accept and send out banknotes at the back. It is configured by providing a bill conveying device D that conveys the bills a sent out from the bill inserting machine B to a storage section c provided at one end of the table row.

Note that the bill insertion machine B has a function of identifying whether the bill a is good or bad, and sends the bill a to the back only if the bill a is good, and if the bill a is defective, it sends the bill to the back. It is configured to be returned to entrance b.

The banknote conveyance device D is divided into a plurality of units in the conveyance direction, with a portion spanning the length of adjacent pachinko machines A and A across the banknote insertion machine B being one unit, and each divided unit d is divided into a first Figures to Figures 4,
And, as shown in FIG. 7, clamping and conveying mechanisms 1 and 2 that clamp the banknote a from the thickness direction and convey the banknote a in a posture in which the long sides of the banknote a are located above and below.
Transport case 3 with the two sets arranged in the transport direction.
An opening 3A is formed inside the conveyance case 3 on both sides of the conveyance case 3 and approximately at the center in the conveyance direction, and an opening 3A is formed to receive the banknote a sent out from the banknote insertion machine B, and the opening 3A is located on the upper side of the conveyance. The conveying mechanism 1 located on the downstream side of the conveyance from the opening 3A is passed through between the conveyance terminal end of the clamping conveyance mechanism 1, 2 and the conveyance start end of the clamping conveyance mechanism 1, 2 located adjacent to the downstream side of the conveyance. , 2 toward the beginning of the conveyance.
A merging guide mechanism E is provided for merging and conveying the merging and transporting materials.

The clamping and conveying mechanisms 1 and 2 operate by cooperating with the endless rotating belt 1B and the endless rotating belt 1B, which is wound around a plurality of pulleys 1A attached at predetermined intervals in the banknote conveying direction. It is composed of a plurality of rollers 2A disposed opposite to the endless rotary belt 1B in order to nip and convey the same.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, among the plurality of pulleys 1A, each of the pulleys 1A located at both ends in the banknote conveyance direction is connected to a pulley 1A located in the middle of the other pulleys 1A.
It is configured to have a larger diameter than A, and the transport case 3 and the stays 6A, 6A fixed thereto make the 2
It is integrally rotatably attached to a second support shaft 19, which will be described later, which is rotatably supported at a point.

Among the plurality of rollers 2A, those located at both ends in the banknote conveyance direction, that is, the large diameter pulley 1A
Each of the rollers 2A corresponding to the rollers 2A is configured to have a larger diameter than the other intermediate rollers 2A, and is rotatably supported at two points by the conveyance case 3 and a stay 6B fixed thereto. It is attached to the third support shaft 26 in an integrally rotating state. The large-diameter rollers 2A, 2A are configured to be movable within a certain range toward the side away from the large-diameter pulley 1A, and the large-diameter rollers 2A are arranged to be movable within a certain range.
A pair of upper and lower springs 33, 33 as a biasing mechanism that biases the large diameter pulley 1A through the
As shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, the large diameter roller 2A can be moved between a clamping position where it is in elastic contact with the endless rotating belt 1B and a clamping release position where it is spaced apart from the endless rotating belt 1B. It consists of

Further, the plurality of intermediate pulleys 1A have one of a pair of guide plates 5, 5 for transporting and guiding the non-pinched portion of the clamped and conveyed banknote a from both sides in the thickness direction thereof.
The plurality of intermediate rollers 2A are supported in a state where they are urged to move toward the nipping side via a spring 34.
It is supported by the other of the pair of guide plates 5, 5 via a spring 35 in a state where it is urged to move toward the holding side.

Guide plate 5 on the side that supports the intermediate pulley 1A
is attached to the transport case 3 via a plurality of upper and lower brackets 4A, 4B, and of these upper and lower brackets 4A, 4B, the upper bracket 4A is attached to the guide plate 5 so as to be swingable. ing. And this upper bracket 4A
The state in which the guide member 5 is locked and fixed to the transport case 3 by swinging to elastically engage with the plate spring 7 attached to the transport case 3 (see Fig. 5)
Then, by swinging the upper bracket 4A to release the engagement with the leaf spring 7, the guide member 5
and a state in which a space 8 is formed between the conveyor case 3 and the endless rotary belt 1B allowing the endless rotating belt 1B to be replaced from above (see FIG. 6).

Further, the guide plate 5 on the side that supports the intermediate roller 2A is attached to the transport case 3 so as to be swingable around a lower fulcrum P, and by swinging this guide plate 5, the bill a is held between the guide plates 5. Clamping position (5th
(see figure) and a clamping release position (see Figure 6) where the clamping action is released.
5 is a leaf spring that elastically engages and holds the fixing piece 10 attached to the upper end of the guide plate 5 connected to the transport case 3.

The merging guide mechanism E moves the banknotes a into the opening 3 through cooperation between a receiving belt 11 that comes into contact with the banknotes a from the banknote insertion machine B, and this receiving belt 11.
It is composed of a plurality of receiving rollers 12 installed opposite to a receiving belt 11 in order to pinch and convey the bill A, and the receiving belt 11 conveys the non-pinched portion of the bill a from both sides in the thickness direction. It is wound around a plurality of pulleys 14 supported by one of a pair of receiving guide plates 13, 13 to be guided, and the plurality of receiving rollers 12 are supported by the other receiving guide plate 13. There is. Note that the receiving belt 11 is
It can swing integrally with the roller 12 around the vertical axis X located at the end of the conveyance, and is urged to swing toward the roller by a spring 15. By changing the position of the swing arm 16 of the roller 12 within the elongated hole 17a of the bracket 17 attached to the transport case 3, the receiving belt 11 can be fixed in any swing position.

As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, and FIG. 10, the terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotationally guides the endless rotating belt 1B located on the upper side in the conveying direction in each of the divided units d. The first spindle 18 of the first pulley 1A located at the lower end of the belt and the second pulley 1A located at the starting end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotatably guide the endless rotating belt 1B located at the lower side in the conveyance direction. The second support shaft 19 of one electric motor 20 and the operation shaft 20a of one electric motor 20 are connected to gears 21, 22,
By interlocking and connecting via 23, it is configured to drive the two endless rotating belts 1B, 1B. Further, in order to integrally rotate the second pulley 1A and the drive pulley 14 located at the conveyance terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 14 that rotationally guide the one receiving belt 11, the drive pulley 14 is frictionally moved. A spring 29A is provided which presses against the second pulley 1A side via the plate 24, and the drive pulley 14 and the roller are located at the conveyance terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 14 that rotationally guide the other receiving belt 11. In order to rotate the drive pulley 14 integrally with the roller 2A, a spring 29B is provided which presses the drive pulley 14 against the roller 2A side via the friction plate 25.
9 and 26 are interlocked and connected via gears 27 and 28, so that the two receiving belts 11 and 11 can be driven in synchronization with the two endless rotating belts 1B and 1B.

30 in FIGS. 2 and 7 indicates the transport case 3.
It is a lid that can be attached to the transport case 3 to close a portion corresponding to the opening 3A among the upper openings of the 31
is a lid that can be attached to the transport case 3 to close the other part of the upper opening, and both types of lids 3
0 and 31 are the holes formed in these and the transport case 3.
A member 32a that can clamp and fix the lids 30 and 31 to the transport case 3 by expanding the diameter of the insertion end side while being inserted into a hole formed in It is attached to the transport case 3 by a fixture 32 consisting of the following.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the thin plate-like object conveying device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 1 and 2 are a cross-sectional plan view and a longitudinal rear view of the arrangement part of the merging guide mechanism, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are
The figures are a cross-sectional plan view and a longitudinal side view showing the connecting part of the transport case, Figs. 5 and 6 are longitudinal front views of the transport case, Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the transport case, and Figs. 8 and 9 are A front view and a cross-sectional plan view of the pachinko gaming equipment, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional plan view of the main part, and FIGS. 11A and 11B are schematic explanatory views showing the operation of the merging guide mechanism. 1, 2...Pinching conveyance mechanism, 1A...Pulley, 1
B... Endless rotating belt, 2A... Roller, a...
Thin plate-like body, E...merging guide mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A flexible thin plate-like body a is attached to an endless rotating belt 1B.
and a plurality of rollers 2A disposed at intervals shorter than the length of the thin plate-like body a in the conveying direction, and a pinching and conveying mechanism 1, 2 that pinches and conveys the thin plate-like body a between the rollers 2A. From the clamping conveyance mechanism 1, 2
A thin plate-like object conveying device is provided with a merging guide mechanism E for merging and guiding a conveyor path, and a roller 2A on the lower side in the conveying direction facing the merging portion from the merging guide mechanism E is connected to the other rollers 2A. A thin plate-like object conveying device configured with a larger diameter than the above.