JPH0512853Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] This invention relates to a banknote conveying device for reliably conveying banknotes to one side and collecting them.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, for example, a plurality of ball exchange machines arranged side by side between pachinko machines are equipped with a bill slot or the like in addition to a hard slot, and the bills inserted into the bill slot are passed through a bill discriminating device. After passing through, the coins are sent into a storage case for collecting banknotes installed on the back side of the coin exchange machine.

Therefore, in the conventional banknote collection system having multiple collection points, the banknotes are collected manually after a predetermined time has elapsed, so there are problems such as requiring a lot of labor and manpower.

Therefore, this idea can transport banknotes reliably,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote conveying device that can collect banknotes at one place.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, this invention provides two horizontal rows of banknote discriminating devices 3F and 3R each having a banknote inlet on the front side and a banknote output port on the rear side. The banknote ejection ports of each row are arranged to face each other, and a banknote transport path is formed between the rows of the banknote discriminating devices 3F and 3R arranged oppositely by a transport body that rotates endlessly. The one banknote discriminating device 3 is installed on the banknote conveyance path.
A first guiding path 21 is provided, which communicates with the outlet of the other banknote discriminating device 3R, and is provided with an assisting roller 39 that follows the conveyance body in elastic contact with the conveyor, and communicates with the outlet of the other banknote discriminating device 3R, and is provided in the passage. A part of an auxiliary roller 51 which is driven in elastic contact with the conveyance body and has a belt 57 wound around its outer periphery is provided protrudingly, and the first guiding path 21
A second taxiway 23 is provided which merges with the first,
A third guide path 25 that merges with the second guide paths 21 and 23 and can be connected to an upstream banknote conveyance path is provided.

[Effect]

In such a banknote conveying device, the banknotes inserted from the banknote input port are discriminated by the banknote discriminating devices 3F and 3R, and the banknotes that have passed through the device are separated from the banknote discriminator 3F and 3R by the banknote discriminator 3F and 3R.
Or the banknote conveyance device 15 from the second guideway 21, 23
sent to. Further, banknotes from the upstream banknote conveyance path 15 are conveyed through the third guide path 25.

In this case, the banknotes sent from the first, second, and third guiding paths 21, 23, and 25 may overlap at the banknote merging section.
In the present invention, a belt 57 that is driven in elastic contact is provided on the second guiding path 2 at the merging part, so that the belt 57 squeezes the banknotes and uses a strong friction to reliably force-feed the banknotes, thereby preventing banknote jams. The banknotes are conveyed in one direction without any problems, and the banknotes are collected in one place, thereby improving the collection efficiency.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of this invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show a bill conveyance device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and in this embodiment, a bill conveyance device for a pachinko machine is illustrated, but it is not limited to a pachinko machine, and can be used for other gaming machines. Needless to say, it is possible to adopt the system.

First, the perspective explanatory view of the bill conveying device shown in FIG. 1 will be generally described.

Ball exchange machines 3F and 3R are provided adjacent to the game machine 1 (for example, a pachinko machine, etc., as shown by chain lines), and the ball exchange machines 3F and 3R have a coin slot 5, a ball receiving slot 7, a change receiving slot 9, and a ball changing machine 3F and 3R. Each conveying device (not shown) is equipped with a bill slot 11, etc., and is used to collect coins, sort and discharge change, and supply balls.
is provided between the ball exchanger 3F and the ball exchanger 3R facing back to back.

The bill inlet 11 is connected to the outlet 1 on the front side of the bill discriminating device 13 built in the ball exchangers 3R, 3F.
9 and 19 are provided on the rear side of the device 13, respectively, and the outlet ports 19 and 19 are continuous with the banknote conveying device 17.

The banknote conveyance device 17 has a banknote conveyance path 15 formed by a rubber belt type conveyor 41 that rotates endlessly, and the path 15 communicates with the outlet 19 of the one banknote discriminating device 3F. A first guideway 21 that communicates with the outlet 19 of the other bill discriminating device 3R, a second guideway 23 that merges with the first and second guideways 21 and 23, and an upstream bill conveyance path 15a. A connectable third guideway 25 is provided.

The outline of the banknote conveyance path 15 is that three rubber belt type conveyance bodies 41 are stretched along the longitudinal direction on the bottom surface of a frame 37 formed in a U-shape, and are fixed to the back surface of the frame 37. It is formed by a pressing pulley 61 that protrudes from the opening of and comes into elastic contact with the central conveying body 41.

More specifically, a plurality of guide pulleys 27, 43 and an intermediate pulley 49, which are rotatably supported at both ends by a U-shaped frame 37, are arranged along the longitudinal direction. The interval is set to be shorter than the longitudinal dimension of the bill, so that the two pulleys are always applied to the bill.
As shown in FIG.
7a and 43a arranged in three rows in the width direction,
The carrier 41 is wound around each pulley 27, 43. The guide pulley 43 on the conveyance terminal side serves as a drive pulley, and the pulley shaft 43a is connected to the motor shaft of a drive motor 47a, and the motor 47 is housed in a drive motor case 45 attached to the lower part of the frame 37. has been done.

A plurality of intermediate pulleys 49 are provided between the guide pulley 27 on the transport start end side and the guide pulley 43 on the transport end side to prevent the transport body 41, which is wound around each guide pulley 27, 43, from sagging at the intermediate portion. Preventing.

The first guide path 21 includes an assisting roller 29 that contacts the guide pulley 27.

The assisting roller 29 is provided with a roller surface protruding from an opening on one side wall of the first guideway 21, and one end is fixed to a boss 31 protruding from the one sidewall of the guideway 21, and the free end of the spring 33 is , the roller shaft 35 of the assisting roller 29 is pressed against the guide pulley 27 at all times.

Thereby, the assisting roller serves to reliably feed the banknotes from the first guide path 21 to the banknote transport path 15.

Furthermore, a pair of auxiliary rollers 51 is provided between the guide pulley 27 and the next intermediate pulley 49 on the starting end side of the bill conveyance path 15 . The auxiliary rollers 51 protrude from the notch opening and are arranged symmetrically with the transport body 41 in between.

The auxiliary roller 51 is rotatably supported at the tip of an arm 55 whose one end is swingably supported by a bracket 53 protruding from the side wall of the frame 37. The auxiliary roller 51 has the conveying body 41
Two rubber belts 57 are wound around in parallel with. And, it is always urged toward the banknote conveyance path 15 side by a spring or the like (not shown).

As a result, the first, second and third taxiways 21, 2
A belt 57 wound around the auxiliary roller 51 squeezes the banknotes fed out from the banknotes 3 and 25, and the banknotes are reliably drawn into the banknote transport path 15 by strong friction.

On the other hand, the pressing roller 61 that is in elastic contact with the central conveyor 41 is provided with an arm 65 that is swingably supported at one end by a bracket 63 protruding from the side wall of the frame 37. A pressure roller 61 is rotatably supported and always urged toward the conveyor 41 by a spring or the like (not shown).

Note that a bill collection case (not shown) is provided at the final end of the bill conveyance path 15.

In the banknote conveying device configured in this way,
The next banknote transport path 15a is connected to the third guiding path 25, and the banknotes inserted from the banknote slot are judged by the banknote discriminating device 13 as to whether they are genuine or not.
The banknotes that have passed through the device 13 are sent out, for example, from the outlet 19 and guided to the banknote transport path 15 through the first guide path 21. The banknotes hanging on the first guiding path 21 are reliably fed by the assisting rollers 29, and are further guided to the banknote conveying path 15 by the auxiliary rollers 51. Similarly, the second taxiway 2
3 and the third guideway 25 are transferred to the auxiliary roller 5.
1 to the banknote conveyance path 15, and the banknotes in the path 15 are conveyed while being held by a pressing roller 61 that comes into elastic contact with the central conveyance body 41. Therefore, it is reliably sent to one side without causing a conveyance jam.

[Effect of idea]

At the banknote merging part, the banknotes sent from the first, second, and third guiding paths 21, 22, and 23 may overlap, but in the present invention, the banknotes sent from the first, second, and third guiding paths 21, 22, and 23 may overlap. A belt 5 that follows the path 2 in an elastic manner
7, the belt 57 squeezes the banknotes and the strong friction allows the banknotes to be reliably fed by force, conveying them in one direction without causing banknote jams, collecting banknotes at one location, and improving collection efficiency. In addition, in the present invention, as described above, the assisting roller 39 is brought into elastic contact within the first guiding path 21, thereby preventing the device from increasing in size.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show a banknote conveying device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view, FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view explanatory view showing main parts, and FIG. - A sectional view taken in the direction of arrows, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory perspective view taken in the direction shown in FIG. 2. Explanation of symbols representing main parts of the drawings, 11...
...Banknote slot, 13...Banknote discrimination device, 15...
Banknote conveyance path, 21...first guideway, 23...second guideway, 25...third guideway, 41...transport body, 39...assistance roller, 51...assistance roller,
57...Belt.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] Two horizontal rows of banknote discriminating devices 3F and 3R each having a banknote inlet on the front side and a banknote output port on the rear side, and a banknote output port in each row. are arranged so as to face each other, and a bill conveyance path is formed between the rows of the banknote discriminating devices 3F and 3R arranged oppositely by an endlessly rotating conveyor; , said one banknote discrimination device 3F
A first guide path 2 that communicates with the outlet of the guide path 2 and is provided with an assisting roller 39 in the path that is driven in elastic contact with the conveyance body.
1 is provided, communicates with the outlet of the other banknote discriminating device 3R, and elastically follows the conveying body within the passage,
A part of the auxiliary roller 51 having a belt 57 wound around its outer periphery is provided protrudingly, and a second guideway 23 is provided which merges with the first guideway 21, and merges with these first and second guideways 21, 23. A bill conveying device characterized in that a third guide path 25 connectable to an upstream bill conveying path is provided.