JPH0948534A - Note carrier - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily eliminate the trouble even if the width of island is different by providing a note carrier with a middle carriage unit equipped with a pair of note carriage rollers rotating interlocking with a merging transfer unit. SOLUTION: A note 100, which is sent in with its side up from an upstream relay carry unit 4, is carried to a downstream relay carry unit 4 on a main carriage path M, in such a way that it is caught with a pair of rotating rollers 24A and 24B on the side of main stream. On the other hand, the note 100, which is sent in through note carriage guides 8 and a pair of note carry rollers 71A and 72B of the middle carry unit from the carry mechanism C3 of a note thrower C, joins the main carriage path M while being curved by the rotating rollers 25A and 25B on the side of confluence, with the curved wall 23A or 23B of the confluence guide as a receiver, and also it is sent out to the downstream relay carry unit 4. The middle relay unit is screwed capably of mounting and removal to the flank fronting on the note thrower C of a merging transfer unit 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention receives a bill inserted into, for example, a bill inserting machine (usually formed as a part of an inter-mountain ball lending machine) installed on the side of a pachinko machine to receive a required portion, for example, The present invention relates to a device for transporting to the edge of a pachinko island.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a bill transporting device of this type, for example, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-28138 has been known. This bill transporting device is used by being arranged in a gap between a pair of pachinko machine rows that are installed back to back to form an island. Each pachinko machine row is provided with a ball lending machine equipped with one banknote insertion machine for every two pachinko machines, and the banknotes inserted into each banknote machine are transported on the backside of the machine. It is received by the device and conveyed to a bill storage unit provided at the end of a pachinko island.

In this case, the bill transporting device is constituted by connecting a plurality of transporting units, each of which has a transporting unit having a length corresponding to two pachinko machines. Each transport unit can merge and transport the banknotes from the banknote depositing machine by the merging roller in the middle part, and a driving device for activating the merging rollers and the transport belt of the transport unit is mounted in this part. ing.

That is, in each of the transport units, a merge transport unit installed corresponding to the bill inserting machine to merge and transport the bills is disposed in the middle, and linear transport units are disposed on both the upstream side and the downstream side of the merge transport unit. It is installed and these are integrated together.

However, there is no unified standard for the width of the pachinko machine from the historical background, and it varies depending on the manufacturer and region. There are two types, Kanto and Kansai. Further, there may be a case where one banknote inserting machine is provided for two pachinko machines or one banknote inserting machine as described above, and the arrangement pitch of the banknote inserting machines is not always constant. For this reason, in the conventional banknote transporting device, it is necessary to prepare various transporting units having different lengths, and there is a problem that it cannot be manufactured for general purposes. It was also necessary to store a long and bulky spare transport unit so that it could be replaced quickly in the event of a failure.

Further, in the conventional bill transporting device, the transporting units are connected and fixed in an inserting form. Therefore, if a failure occurs, even if the repairing is to be carried out, the defective portion is to be replaced for each transporting unit. However, there was a problem that it took time to recover. In addition, in the case of replacement, even if a part of the transport unit fails, there is a problem that it is uneconomical because the entire expensive transport unit must be replaced, and the applicant of the present invention has such a problem. To solve the point,
"A main transport path provided along a plurality of side-by-side gaming machines and a bill insertion slot provided between adjacent game machines, one end of which faces the other main transportation path. A banknote transport device that comprises a transport path, and transports a banknote inserted from the banknote slot through the sub-transport path and the main transport path to an end portion in the arrangement direction of the gaming machine, the main transport path. And a merging / conveying unit which is provided at each merging portion of the sub-conveying path and merging and conveying the bills from the sub-conveying path to the main conveying path,
It is composed of a relay transport unit which is provided between adjacent merge transport units and transports banknotes in the arrangement direction of the game table, and the merge transport units and the relay transport units are integrally formed. A proposal has been made in Japanese Patent Application No. 6-258727 that the bill transport device is formed so that the relay transport unit is detachably attached to the merge transport unit.

[0007]

The island width, that is, the dimension between the pachinko machines arranged on both sides of the main conveyance path of the banknote, differs depending on the store.
In the banknote transporting apparatus of No. 258727, it was necessary to make it possible to easily cope with different island widths.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided between a main conveyance path provided along a plurality of gaming machines arranged side by side and desired adjacent gaming machines. One end is exposed to the exit of the bill insertion machine, the other end is provided with a plurality of sub-conveyance paths leading to the main conveyance path, and the bills inserted into the bill insertion port are passed through the sub-conveyance path and the main conveyance path. A banknote transport device for transporting the banknotes to a required site in the arrangement direction of the gaming table is provided at each confluence portion of the main transport path and the sub transport path to merge the banknotes from the sub transport path to the main transport path. And a relay transport unit that is provided between adjacent merge transport units and transports banknotes in the arrangement direction of the gaming table, and each of the merge transport units and each relay transport unit. Are formed integrally with each other In the banknote transport device in which the relay transport unit is detachably formed in the merge transport unit, an intermediate transport unit including a pair of banknote transport rollers that rotates in conjunction with the merge transport unit is used. A banknote transport device having a first structure, which is detachably provided on the side facing the banknote inserting machine;

In the bill transporting device of the first construction,
A pair of bill transport rollers, a bill transport device having a second configuration, wherein one end of the merging transport unit is interlocked with a rotation shaft that is unsupported or easily inserted and removed via an endless belt,

In the bill transporting device of the second construction,
A banknote transporting device having a third configuration in which one banknote transporting roller is wound around the endless belt and rotates in conjunction with the merge transporting unit, and the other banknote transporting roller is pressed by a spring member.

In the banknote transporting device having the first to third configurations, a banknote transporting guide is detachably provided on the side of the intermediate transporting unit facing the banknote depositing machine or on the side of the banknote depositing machine facing the intermediate transporting unit. A banknote transport device having a fourth configuration;

In the bill transporting device of the fourth construction,
A bill transporting device having a fifth configuration in which a bill transporting guide is integrally detachable with one touch, is provided to solve the above-mentioned problems.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state of installation and use of the banknote transporting device 1 according to the present invention. As can be seen from the figure, the banknote transporting device 1 of the present invention is a pair of pachinko machines installed back to back to form an island. It is used by arranging it in the gap between the rows A and A.

A plurality of pachinko machines B are arranged side by side in each pachinko machine row A, and a part of the inter-ball-bending machine (not shown) is provided in each of the gaps between the pachinko machines B, B adjacent in the lateral direction. A bill insertion machine C is formed and inserted so as to be configured.
And each banknote insertion machine C has a banknote insertion slot C1 on its front surface.
, The banknote outlet C2 is provided on the back side, whichever banknote inserter C the banknote 100 is inserted into, the banknote outlet C2 on the backside
Is configured to be received by the main transport path M built in the bill transporting device 1 from the sub-transport route S facing the main transport route M, travel along the main transport route M, and be transported to a bill storage unit (not shown) provided at, for example, an end of an island. To do. Note that the banknotes 100 are inserted into each banknote inserting machine C in a horizontal standing posture, and are transported by the banknote transporting device 1 to the banknote storage unit in the horizontal standing posture.

The banknote transporting device 1 is arranged at each of the merging portions of the sub-transporting path S and the main transporting path M and merges and transports the banknote 100 from the sub-transporting path S to the main transporting path M.
And a relay transport unit 4 which is disposed between the adjacent merge transport units 2 and 2 to form a main transport path M together with the merge transport unit 2, and is disposed between the facing merge transport unit 2 and the bill insertion machine C. The sub-conveyance path S is constituted by the removable intermediate conveyance unit 7 and the bill conveyance guide 8.

Merging transport unit 2 and relay transport unit 4
As shown in FIG. 2, the transport mechanisms 22 and 42 for the banknotes 100 are respectively incorporated into the frames 21 and 41 to be integrated into a cassette type, and the respective merge transport units 2 are banknote depositing machines C and C (or main bodies) on both sides. The relay transfer unit 4 is detachably attached to the front and rear merge transfer units 2 and 2 as will be described later, by being screwed (see FIG. 6) to an inter-unit ball lender (not shown).

The merging / conveying unit 2 comprises a merging guide 23 forming a merging / conveying path of the main conveying path M and the sub-conveying path S, a pair of mainstream side rollers 24A, 24B and a pair of rollers provided so as to face the merging guide 23. Converging side rollers 25A, 2
5B and the transport mechanism 22 for the banknote 100, and the frame 2
It is formed so as to be provided inside 1.

Therefore, the relay transfer unit 4 on the upstream side
The banknotes 100 fed in from the above in a horizontal posture are sent out to the downstream relay transport unit 4 on the main transport path M so as to be sandwiched by the pair of rotating mainstream rollers 24A and 24B. On the other hand, the banknotes 100 fed from the transfer mechanism C3 of the banknote depositing machine C via the banknote transfer guide 8 and the pair of banknote transfer rollers 71A and 71B of the intermediate transfer unit 7 are curved walls 23A or 23 of the merging guide 23.
Upon receipt of B, the merging-side roller 25A or 25B that rotates rotates to join the main transport path M while curving and is sent to the relay transport unit 4 on the downstream side.

Further, the merging / conveying unit 2 has a pulley 3 for driving the banknote conveying rollers 71A, 71A of both the intermediate conveying units 7 via drive belts 72A, 72B.
1A and 31B are installed, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a drive motor 26 as a drive device for rotating the mainstream side rollers 24A and 24B, the merging side rollers 25A and 25B, and the pulleys 31A and 31B is mounted. To do.

As shown in FIG. 5, the gear 26a of the drive motor 26 and the gear 27 fixed to the lower part of the rotary shaft 24a of the mainstream side roller 24A are meshed with each other, and the frame 21 of the merging / conveying unit 2 is fixed. A gear 27A is provided above the rotary shaft 24a extending therethrough and a manual knob 2 for manually rotating the rotary shaft 24a in the reverse direction or in the forward direction.
7C, and the gear 27A meshes with a gear 27B fixed to the upper part of the rotary shaft 24b of the other main stream side roller 24B and a gear 28A fixed to the upper part of the rotary shaft 31a of the pulley 31A, respectively, and the gear 27B is It is configured to mesh with a gear 28B fixed to the upper portion of the rotary shaft 31b of the pulley 31B.

The gear 26a of the drive motor 26 also meshes with the gear 29 fixed to the lower part of the rotating shaft 25a of the merging side roller 25A, and extends upward through the frame 21 of the merging / conveying unit 2. Rotating shaft 25
The gear 29A is fixed to the upper part of a, the gear 29A and the gear 29B fixed to the upper part of the rotary shaft 25b of the other merging side roller 25B mesh with each other, and the gear 29C fixed below the gear 29B is an intermediate gear. 29D is configured to mesh with each other.

Therefore, when the drive motor 26 is rotated so that the mainstream side roller 24A rotates in the direction of the arrow,
The other main-stream side roller 24B also rotates in the direction of the arrow, so that the bill 10 supplied from the relay transport unit 4 on the upstream side.
0 can be sent to the downstream relay transport unit 4. In addition, the merging side rollers 25A and 25B, the pulley 31
Since A and 31B also rotate in the directions of the arrows, the banknote 100 is conveyed from the sub-conveyance path S to the main conveyance path M regardless of which side the banknote inserting machine C is inserted.

The manual knob 27C is removably attached to the upper end of the rotary shaft 24a, and the upper portion of the frame 21 of the merging / conveying unit 2 is detachably screwed onto the cover portion 2.
1a, and the lower ends of the rotary shafts 31a and 31b are simply fitted and supported so that the rotary shafts 31a and 31b can be pulled out upward by removing the upper cover portion 21a of the frame 21.
72B is constructed so that it can be easily bridged and removed from the lower ends of the rotary shafts 31a and 31b.

The merging / conveying unit 2 configured as described above
For example, as shown in FIG. 6, a pair of leg members 32, 32 are provided above and below both side surfaces of the frame 21, respectively.
It is configured to be screwed to the left and right banknote depositing machines C, C (or inter-mountain ball lending machine) via 2, 32, respectively. Therefore, if the leg members 32 of various lengths are prepared, it is possible to freely deal with the wide and narrow gaps between the bill inserting machines C and C (or the inter-ball renting machine).

The intermediate transfer unit 7 is detachably screwed to the side surface of the merging transfer unit 2 facing the banknote inserting machine C, and is directly driven by a drive belt 72 (reference numerals A and B are omitted). In the banknote transport roller 71A,
Make sure that the other banknote transport roller 71B is lightly pressed,
The rotary shaft 71b of the latter roller is biased by, for example, a spring 73 (see FIG. 2 or 8).

Therefore, the banknotes 100 inserted into the banknote inserters C and supplied through the banknote transport guides 8 rotate because the pulleys 31A and 31B of the merging / conveying unit 2 rotate in association with the rotation of the drive motor 26. , Pulleys 31A, 3
1B is lightly sandwiched between the banknote transport rollers 71A, 71B, 71A, 71B that rotate in conjunction with each other via the transport belts 72A, 72B, and transported to the merge transport unit 2 side.
When the banknote 100 is gripped by the banknote transfer interrupting unit having an appropriate configuration (not shown), the banknote transfer rollers 71A, 71B, 71
Since the banknote 100 easily slips even when A and 71B are rotating, the banknote conveying rollers 71A, 71B, 71A,
The conveyance in the direction of the merge conveyance unit 2 by 71B is interrupted.

As shown in FIG. 7, the banknote transport guide 8 has a pair of upper and lower parallel passing portions 81, 81 through which the banknote 100 can pass in a horizontal posture and can enter the inside of the intermediate transport unit 7. A plurality of fixing portions 82 which are inserted into the bill output port C2 of the bill inserting machine C to prevent rattling, and a pair of locking projections 83, 83 which are provided on the outer periphery of the tip of the fixing portion 82 located at the center. Since it is possible to bend the attachment portion side by the force of the finger so that the locking projections 83, 83 come close to each other, by integrally forming, for example, a synthetic resin, the banknote conveyance to the banknote discharge port C2. The guide 8 can be attached and detached with one touch. Since the bill transport guide 8 can be manufactured at a low cost, it is possible to easily deliver and install the bill transport device 1 to a pachinko parlor having a different island width by manufacturing 2-3 types having different projecting lengths L. Become.

On the other hand, the transfer mechanism 42 of the relay transfer unit 4
As shown in FIG. 2, two sets of master-slave pulleys 43A, 43B, 44A, 44B are rotatably attached to both ends of the frame 41, respectively.
Construct by multiplying by 5.

The two conveyor belts 45, 45 contact each other to form the main conveyor path M, and convey the banknotes 100 by sandwiching the contact surface between them. The input gear 46a fixed to the upper end of the rotary shaft of the main pulley 43A and the main pulley 4
The input gear 46b fixed to the upper end portion of the rotating shaft of 3B meshes with the intermediate gear 29D of the merging / conveying unit 2.

That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the relay transport unit 4 is constructed so that it can be detached from the front and rear merge transport units 2 and 2 with one touch, and can be mounted from above with one touch. At this time, the input gear 46b of the relay transport unit 4 is the intermediate gear 2 of the merge transport unit 2.
It is installed so that it can be disengaged from 9D. Therefore, the rotational power of the drive motor 26 is generated by the intermediate gear 29D and the input gear 46.
It is transmitted to the main pulleys 43B and 43A via b and 46a, and the two conveyor belts 45 and 45 travel simultaneously.

It is to be noted that the locking projection 30 provided on the merge transport unit 2 and the locking hole 47 provided on the relay transport unit 4 are formed so that they can be fitted to each other, and the locking projection 30 is fitted into the locking hole 47. Thus, the merge transport unit 2 and the relay transport unit 4, which are engaged and mounted with one touch, are configured so as not to be unintentionally separated from each other.

The frame 41 of the relay transport unit 4 is made of aluminum or aluminum alloy (for example, A606).
3S-T5 or the like), a long profile can be cut into a required length for use. That is,
The relay conveyance unit 4 having a different length from other parts such as a model of the pachinko machine B and a part connected to the bill storage part.
If necessary, the frame 41 is appropriately cut out from the shape member to manufacture the relay transfer unit 4. Therefore,
The relay transport unit 4 can easily cope with a change in length at low cost.

Further, the frame 41 of the relay transport unit 4
As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a pair of shielding members 48, 48 made of polymer resin capable of covering the transport mechanism 42 of the banknote 100 so as to be exposed are attached to both left and right sides. That is, the shielding members 48, 48 are attached to the bottom surface of the frame 41 by the mounting portion 4
9, 49 are detachably attached by, for example, screws, and self-hinge 50,
The side surface portions 51, 51 are continuously provided via 50, and further the locking portions 54, 54 having the metal balls 53, 53 urged by the springs 52, 52 are continuously provided at the tip end portion of the metal ball 53. , 53 are fitted into appropriate ones of a plurality of locking holes 55 arranged on both sides of the upper surface of the frame 41, respectively,
The side surface portions 51, 51 shield the transfer mechanism 42 from both sides, remove the metal balls 53, 53 from the locking holes 55, and rotate the side surface portions 51, 51 via the self-hinge 50, 50 to transfer. The mechanism 42 is configured to be exposed.

The shielding member 48 is formed of a resin having a high degree of hardness and flexibility, such as polypropylene, so that the side portion 51 is less likely to be broken from the self-hinge 50 even if the side portion 51 is repeatedly rotated. In addition, each shielding member 4
On the inside of the side surface of 8, the protruding portions 56 and 57 are formed separately in the upper and lower portions so that the non-contact portions of the conveyor belts 45 and 45 can be sandwiched from above and below with some margin.
Frame protrusions that guide the banknote 100 in a horizontal standing posture, which is conveyed by being sandwiched between the contact portions of the conveyor belts 45, 45 by the protruding portions 56, 56 and 57, 57 of 8, 48, and the banknotes 100 are appropriately arranged. It is configured so as not to be broken or clogged by touching 58 or the like.

Further, a shielding member 48 is set so that the relay conveyance unit 4 which is engaged and mounted cannot be separated from the merge conveyance unit 2 except for a specific person, and the conveyance mechanism 42 of the relay conveyance unit 4 is shielded. Side portion 51 of the
Anti-theft means 9 with a key 91 is provided which also prevents 51 from turning.

This theft prevention means 9 is shown in FIG. 10 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the pair of locking claws 92, 92 provided at one end are engaged with the pair of locking hooks 33, 33 provided at the upstream end of the merging / conveying unit 2, and the key 91 is rotated when the key 91 is rotated. The drop-preventing means 93 interlocking with the above is configured so as not to slip under the top plate 34 of the merging / conveying unit 2 so that it cannot be pulled out upward, and in this state, the pair of parallel vertical cylinders 94, 94 are locked. The side surface portion 5 of the shielding member 48 in which the metal ball 53 is fitted in the hole 55 and shields the transport mechanism 42.
1, 51 are constrained so as to cover from the outside, and both side surface portions 5
It is configured such that the 1, 51 cannot rotate.

Therefore, if the anti-theft means 9 is set, both side surfaces 51, 51 of the shielding member 48 cannot be rotated and the relay transport unit 4 cannot be removed from the merge transport unit 2, so the key 91 can be removed. Contact of the person other than the responsible person with the transport mechanism 42 is prevented, and thus the bill 100 during transportation can be reliably prevented from being stolen.

Further, the relay transport unit 4 having a pair of upper and lower banknote transport guides 59, 59 that can be retracted and provided at the downstream end.
Since the top plate missing portion 34a is provided on the top plate 34 of the merging / conveying unit 2 so as to be easily attached and detached, the top plate missing portion 34a
A horizontal covering portion 95 for closing the above is formed between the pair of locking claws 92, 92 of the antitheft means 9 so as to project.

Further, the levitation prevention means 35A, 35B are rotatably mounted on the upper surface of the merging / conveying unit 2 so as to be rotatable in a horizontal plane, and the levitation preventing means 35A, 35B are rotated to the side of the relay conveying units 4, 4 facing each other, thereby preventing the levitation. The cover member 9 in which the means 35A screws the downstream side of the relay conveyance unit 4 by the floating prevention means 35B via the horizontal covering portion 95 of the antitheft means 9.
The upstream side of the relay conveyance unit 4 is pressed via 8 to firmly fix the relay conveyance unit 4 and prevent dust and the like from entering the gear drive portion.

Further, in the relay conveyance unit 4, the bill 10
A sensor 99 for detecting the passage of 0 is installed, and when this sensor 99 detects the banknote 100 conveyed from the upstream side, the above-mentioned banknote conveyance interrupting means (not shown) installed in the sub-conveyance path S immediately downstream is provided. Is output from the banknote insertion slot C1 for a predetermined time, that is, while the time required for the banknote 100 detected by the sensor 99 to pass through the merging / conveying unit 2 on the downstream side has passed. The banknotes 100 to be transported on the main transport path M are controlled so that the banknotes 100 to be transported are not transported from the sub transport path S to the main transport path M.
And the banknotes 100 conveyed on the sub-conveyance path S are prevented from overlapping in the merging / conveying unit 2.

The sensor 99 is located at the nearest banknote slot C on the downstream side.
The banknote 100 inserted from 1 is the merging / conveying unit 2
The detection operation is performed only when the sub-conveyance path S is merged and conveyed to the main conveyance path M by the banknote 10
When the passage of 0 is detected, a control signal is output to the transport mechanism 42 of the main transport path M for a predetermined time, that is, the banknote 100 inserted from the banknote insertion slot C1 closest to the downstream side is sub-transfer path S by the merge transfer unit 2. From the above, the transport mechanism 42 of the main transport path M is configured to be stopped while the time required to be merge-transported to the main transport path M elapses. Banknotes 1 transported on the transport path S
It is also possible that 00 and 00 do not overlap each other in the merging / conveying unit 2.

Since the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the claims.

[0043]

Since the bill transporting device of the present invention is provided with the removable intermediate transporting unit, it can easily cope with different island widths. Particularly, in a device in which a pair of banknote transport rollers of the intermediate transport unit are provided so that one end of the merge transport unit can be interlocked with a rotary shaft that is unsupported or easily fastened by inserting and removing the endless belt, Since it is simple, there is an advantage that the delivery and installation can be done more easily, and in the device that presses the other banknote transport roller with the spring member on the banknote transport roller driven by the endless belt, a pair of banknotes Even if the transport roller is rotating, the bill can be slipped by grasping the bill, so that there is an advantage that it is possible to easily prevent the bill flowing through the main transport path and the bill flowing through the sub transport path from overlapping each other. .

Further, in the bill conveying device provided with the detachable bill conveying guide, the adaptability to the fluctuation of the island width is further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing a state where a banknote transport device is installed and used.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a structure of a main part of a bill transport device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a relay transport unit is mounted on the merge transport unit.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a relay transport unit is removed from a merge transport unit.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a meshed state of gears.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a mounting state of a relay conveyance unit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a bill conveyance guide.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a perspective view of the entire banknote transport device.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing the structure of a shielding member.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing the structure of the anti-theft means in a perspective view.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the anti-theft means is attached.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 banknote transport device 2 merge transport unit 21 frame 21a cover 22 transport mechanism 23 merge guide 23A, 23B curved wall 24A, 24B main stream side roller 24a, 24b rotary shaft 25A, 25B merge side roller 25a, 25b rotation Shaft 26 Drive motor 26a Gear 27, 27A, 27B, 27C Gear 27D Manual knob 28A, 28B Gear 29, 29A, 29B, 29C Gear 29D Intermediate gear 30 Locking protrusion 31A, 31B Pulley 31a, 31b Rotating shaft 32 Leg member 4 Relay Transport unit 41 Frame 42 Transport mechanism 43A, 43B Main pulley 44A, 44B Secondary pulley 45 Transport belt 46a, 46b Input gear 47 Locking hole 48 Shielding member 49 Mounting part 50 Self-hinge 51 Side part 52 Spring 53 Metal ball 54 Locking 55 locking hole 56/57 projecting portion 58 frame support 7 intermediate transfer unit 71A, 71B banknote transfer roller 71b rotating shaft 72A, 72B drive belt 73 spring 8 banknote transfer guide 81 passing part 82 fixing part 83 locking protrusion 9 anti-theft means 91 Key 92 Locking Claw 93 Falling Prevention Means 94 Vertical Body 95 Horizontal Cover 98 Cover Member 99 Sensor 100 Banknote A Pachinko Stand B B Pachinko Stand C Banknote Entry Machine C1 Banknote Entry C2 Banknote Exit C3 Transport Mechanism M Main Transport Path S Sub transport path

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A main transport path provided along a plurality of gaming machines arranged side by side and an exit of a banknote inserting machine provided between desired adjacent gaming machines, one end of which faces the other end of the bill feeding machine. A bill having a plurality of sub-conveyance paths leading to the main conveyance path, and conveying the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot to a required portion in the arrangement direction of the game table via the sub-conveyance path and the main conveyance path. A transport device is provided at each of the merging portions of the main transport path and the sub transport path, and a merging transport unit that merges and transports banknotes from the sub transport path to the main transport path, and between the adjacent merging transport units. It is composed of a relay transport unit provided between and for transporting banknotes in the arrangement direction of the gaming table, and each of the merge transport units and each of the relay transport units are integrally formed, and the relay transport unit is In the merge transport unit In a detachable bill transporting device, an intermediate transport unit including a pair of bill transport rollers rotating in conjunction with the merge transport unit can be detachably attached to a side of the merge transport unit facing the banknote insertion machine. A bill transporting device characterized by being provided. 2. A pair of banknote transport rollers is provided so as to be interlockable with an endless belt at one end of the merge transport unit to a rotary shaft that is unsupported or is easily inserted and removed. The banknote transport device according to claim 1. 3. The banknote according to claim 2, wherein one banknote transport roller is hung around the endless belt and rotates in conjunction with the merge transport unit, and the other banknote transport roller is pressed by a spring member. Transport device. 4. The bill conveying guide is detachably provided on the side of the intermediate feeding unit facing the bill feeding machine or on the side of the bill feeding machine facing the intermediate feeding unit. The described banknote transport device. 5. The bill transport guide is formed integrally and detachably with one touch.
The described banknote transport device.