JPH0745485Y2 - Banknotes transportation device in amusement equipment - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial field of application> The present invention is installed inside an island composed of two rows of gaming machines, for example, a row of gaming machines such as a pachinko machine, back to back with a small space between them. The present invention relates to a bill conveying device in a gaming facility that conveys bills inserted in a bill lending machine installed between adjacent pachinko machines to a predetermined place.

<Prior Art> Conventional banknote transporting devices have a method of sandwiching banknotes in a thickness direction with a belt or a method of sandwiching banknotes with a roller, but since both require two driving units, In order to open and close, it was difficult to open and close because the mechanism for disconnecting from the drive unit was complicated. In addition, since the endless belts and rollers that hold the banknotes are always rotatably fixed in contact with each other, when the banknotes are jammed in the transport device, the endless belts are easily The structure was such that the contact between the roller and the roller could not be released.

Therefore, according to Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 60-106744, the banknotes are nipped and conveyed in an up-and-down posture by a conveyance device that can be driven and rotated about the axis and a guide device that is provided opposite to the conveyance device. There has been proposed a thin plate-like body transport mechanism in which the position of the guide device can be changed to a position where the clamping action is released.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> In the conventional banknotes conveying device, when a jam occurs due to wrinkles, folds, stains, etc. of the banknotes, the banknotes are retained while being clamped. It was necessary to remove the jammed paper money by removing it or disassembling the device itself to release the contact of the endless belt or roller.

This work usually has to be done inside a narrow island of about 100 to 150 mm, and it is extremely difficult to remove jammed banknotes without damaging it, and at the same time, the ball lending machine installed between the pachinko machines during that work. There was a problem that I had to stop lending.

Moreover, since the accidents in which the banknotes are clogged are concentrated around the receiving section that changes the transport direction, the removal work is more difficult.

Further, even in the above-described thin plate transporting device capable of changing the position of the guide device, the position change is insufficient to remove the jammed banknotes, and the removing operation cannot be performed.

In addition, maintenance work such as replacement of worn and deteriorated endless belt rollers holding bills and replacement of springs urging the rollers also requires disassembling the device inside a narrow island. Therefore, it was a very difficult task.

An object of the present invention is to provide a structure in which, when a jam of bills or a maintenance work occurs, the work of removing the jammed bills and replacing parts can be easily performed in a short time even in a narrow island. Is.

<Means for Solving the Problem> In order to achieve such an object, the present invention is a bill transporting device in a gaming facility such as a pachinko parlor that transports bills, and a bill receiving part is provided at the center of the transport device. Provided on both left and right sides of the bill accepting portion are the transport main body portion, and the transport main body portion abuts against the endless belt and a base portion that rotationally drives the endless belts engaged with a plurality of belt pulleys in the transport direction. And a lid-like portion that rotatably supports a plurality of rollers at a position facing the belt pulley.
The lid-shaped portion is hinged to the lower edge of the base portion along the transport direction so as to be openable and closable, and a locking metal fitting for fixing the lid-shaped portion to the base portion is provided at the upper edge portion, The lid-like portion of the transport main body is configured so that the entire front surface can be opened independently on the left and right sides in the transport direction.

<Operation> According to the present invention, the banknotes are nipped by the endless belt and the plurality of rollers in each conveying main body and conveyed by the rotation of the endless belt. Since the lid-shaped portion attached by the locking metal fitting is rotatably supported, when the banknotes are jammed, the lid-shaped portion of the main body including the occurrence portion is fixed to the locking metal fitting. You can easily untie it and rotate it by hand with the lower edge as a fulcrum to open it from the basic part at about a right angle or more, as a result, the endless belt holding the bills and the roller are greatly separated, Can remove jammed banknotes without damaging them. Further, the maintenance work of the transfer device can be easily and quickly carried out while checking the inside, the fingertips, etc. by the lid-shaped portion which can be opened widely. Moreover, since it can be opened for each transport main body, even if the lid-shaped portion is opened, it does not affect other parts.

<Embodiment> One embodiment of the present invention will be described below as a bill, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a card or the like may be used.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the state of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the inside of a pachinko machine island in which the bill transporting device of the present invention is installed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the bill transporting device 1 of the present invention has a bill accepting part in the central part and also has a transporting main body part arranged on both left and right sides of the accepting part. The banknotes 30 inserted in the banknote insertion slot 6 of the banknote ball lending machine 3 installed between the two pachinko machines 2 adjacent to each other are installed in the island inside 4 which is constructed by backing back two rows with a small space. It is to be transported to a collection unit (not shown).

The bill 30 inserted into the bill insertion slot 6 of the bill lending machine 3 is
An identification device inside the bill dispenser 3 determines whether the bill is a true bill or a false bill, and the bill 30 determined to be a true bill is guided to the bill accepting portion of the bill transporting device 1 according to the present invention. It

As shown in FIG. 3, the banknotes conveying apparatus 1 is driven by the worms 24 and 25 and the worm wheels 26 and 27, which are fixed to the rotary shaft 23 of the motor 22 in two stages.
To drive the endless belts 7, 8 and 7a, 8a to rotate.

The endless belts 7, 8 and 7a, 8a are fixed to the base portion 16 by a plurality of belt pulleys 9 so as not to fall off, and the endless belts 7, 8 and 7a, 8a rotate together in the direction of arrow A in FIG. ing.

Further, a plurality of rollers 10 are rotatably supported by the lid-shaped portion 11, and the position of the roller 10 is such that when the lid-shaped portion 11 is closed, it comes into contact with the endless belts 7 and 8, and The position is such that the banknote 30 can be sandwiched between the belt pulley 7 and the belt pulley 9 relative to the belt pulley 9. Further, the space between the rollers 10 in the lateral direction is kept such that the bill 30 always corresponds to two places (a total of four rollers). That is, it is arranged narrower than the length of the banknote 30 to be conveyed.

The lid-shaped portion 11 has a lower edge hinged to the base portion 16 along the carrying direction so that the upper portion opens and closes.
Is closed on the front side (left) and opened on the other side (right) for repairs, etc., but is normally closed. This side (left) and the other side (right)
Side, that is, the transport main body on both left and right sides centering on the central receiving portion that communicates with the bill dispenser 3 is formed as one unit, and by designing an island design for each pachinko parlor by connecting multiple units ( Length).

Then, the lid-like portion 11 is firmly engaged with the base portion 16 by the locking fittings 12 and 13, and inside thereof, the endless belts 7 and 8 and the roller 10 are in contact with each other,
The banknote 30 has its endless belts 7 and 8 in the thickness direction.
It is nipped by the roller 10 and is conveyed in the long side direction of the banknote 30.

Reference numerals 14 and 15 are hinges that are attached to the base portion 16 so that the lid-shaped portion 11 can be opened and closed.

On the other hand, in the illustrated embodiment, the lid portion 11 has a base portion 16
The protruding portion 18 that abuts the micro switch 17 provided with is fixed, and the lid-shaped portion 11 is provided when the bill 30 is jammed or maintained.
When is opened, the micro switch 17 is turned on, and it is formed so as to notify the opening state of the lid-like portion 11 to the outside by, for example, blinking an indicator light, and informs the central management room and the like that repair is being performed.

Reference numerals 19 and 19a denote bill introduction guide plates joined to the bill lending machine 3 for bills, which constitute a bill receiving portion provided in the central portion of the conveying device, and are rotatable about axes 31 and 31a. Formed and combined with the rotation around the shafts 21 and 21a of the bill introducing / conveying units 20 and 20a so that the bill lending machine 3 for bills can be joined even if the island width is different for each pachinko parlor. Is formed in.

The bill introduction guide plate 19 is inserted from the bill introduction guide plate 19 with three conveyance rollers 32a and three guide rollers (not shown) being pivotally supported by the shafts 31a at the tip portions of the bill introduction conveyance units 20 and 20a. The banknotes 30 that have been transferred are simultaneously pinched in the short side direction by the three transport rollers 32a and the three guide rollers. For this reason, creases and the like are less likely to occur, the bills are conveyed in the thickness direction so that jamming does not occur, and the shaft 21a fixed to the base portion 16 also has a conveyance roller 32a and a guide roller (not shown), respectively. The banknotes 30 which are supported by two shafts and are sandwiched in the thickness direction are further transferred into the transfer main body part 33 by the two transfer rollers 32a and the guide rollers which are axially supported further.

The transport roller 32a is rotated by the drive belt 36 that transmits the rotation from the motor 22. Further, the transport roller 32a is rotated by the rotation of the drive belt 36, and this rotation causes the guide roller to roll at the same time.

Further, the contact between the transport roller 32a and the guide roller is such that the guide roller and the shaft 31a are biased by a hinge spring (not shown), and the slot 30 in which the shaft 31a is loosely fitted returns the bill 30 in the direction opposite to the transport direction. Even if a force is applied to the shaft 31a, the shaft 31a slightly moves due to the bias of the hinge spring and the elongated hole that loosely fits, so that there is a slight gap, and the shaft 31a is easily returned when returned.

This return is identified by the bill identifying device inside the bill lending machine, but the identification of the long side direction of the bill is performed by the bill entering the entire length into the identifying device, but when the full length of the bill is about to enter, a fold or the like is generated. Some banknotes are returned.

A detachable cover 34 is attached to the base portion 16 inside the bill introducing / conveying portion 20.
Is attached to the central part of the base portion 16 so that clogging of bills can be removed and maintenance can be easily performed.
It is formed by 35 so that it can be attached to and detached from the base portion 16.

The locking fittings 12 and 13 are easily unlocked when the lid-shaped portion 11 is opened.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the illustrated embodiment, but the present invention can be appropriately implemented unless the configuration described in the scope of claims for utility model is changed. For example, the present invention can be applied not only to a gaming machine using a pachinko machine but also to a gaming machine in which coin game machines such as a slot machine are arranged in a row.
Further, if the lid-shaped portion can be opened larger than a right angle and the opening portion is formed to be large, maintenance work and the like becomes easier.

<Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above description, in the gaming equipment of the present invention, in which bills are sandwiched and conveyed by the endless belt provided in the basic portion and the roller rotatably supported by the lid-like portion. In the bill transporting device, since the lower edge of the lid-like portion is openably and closably attached to the base portion along the transportation direction, and the upper edge portion is engaged with the locking metal fitting, the locking metal fitting should be removed. For example, the lid-shaped part can be opened, and when the lid-shaped part is opened, the basic part and the lid-shaped part are formed so as to open at least approximately at a right angle. In addition, the effect that it can be easily played inside a small game facility is great. Moreover, since it is possible to open the left and right sides individually, centering on the bill receiving part where there is a high risk of jamming of bills,
Not only can the removal operation be performed by opening the lid state of the necessary portion, but also the bills jammed in the receiving portion can be removed from both the left and right sides, and the removal operation becomes extremely easy. And, being able to do the work in a short time means that the operation time of the game equipment is short, such as lending a ball lending machine during that time, and the effect of minimizing the annoyance time to customers and the decrease in sales of pachinko halls is the game. It is remarkable in equipment.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a perspective view of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the inside of an island of a pachinko machine equipped with the bill transporting device of the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a front view of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Banknote conveying device, 2 ... Pachinko machine, 3 ... Banknote ball lending machine, 7, 8 ... Endless belt, 9 ... Belt pulley, 10
... Roller, 11 ... Lid-shaped part, 12, 13 ... Locking metal fittings, 14, 15 ... Hinge, 19 ... Banknote introduction guide plate, 20 ... Banknote introduction transport section, 30 ...
Banknotes, 33 ... Transport main body.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claims: 1. A bill conveying device in a gaming facility such as a pachinko parlor that conveys bills, wherein a bill receiving portion is provided at a central portion of the conveying device, and a conveying main body is provided on both left and right sides of the bill receiving portion. The transport main body portion includes a base portion that rotationally drives an endless belt that is engaged with a plurality of belt pulleys in a transport direction, and a plurality of positions at a position that can contact the endless belt and that faces the belt pulley. A lid-shaped portion that rotatably supports a roller, and the lid-shaped portion is hinged to the lower edge of the base portion along the transport direction so as to be openable and closable, and the lid-shaped portion is attached to the base portion. A bill in a game facility characterized in that a locking metal fitting to be engaged is arranged at an upper edge portion, and a lid-like portion of a conveying main body portion is configured to be capable of opening the entire surface independently left and right on a front surface of one side in a conveying direction. Type transport device.