JP2001190825A - Bill carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill carrying device capable of preventing a jam of a bill in a crossing part by preventing a bill carried along a main carrying passage and a bill transferred to the main carrying passage side from the inter- stand machine side from simultaneously arriving at the crossing part of the main carrying passage and an inter-stand machine side bill carrying passage. SOLUTION: This bill carrying device 20 is provided with a main carrying device 22 extending in the island row direction on the back face side of a game machine row 2 and carrying the bill in an erected state along the main carrying passage 21 having one end connected to a bill recovering storage part and plural carrying passage changing devices 50 respectively arranged in a position in close vicinity to a bill sending-out port of respective inter-stand machines 3 on the main carrying passage. The respective carrying passage changing devices selectively change a part of the main carrying passage to a position for carrying the bill by the main carrying device and a position for taking in the bill from the bill sending-out port side of the respective inter-stand machines.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill transfer device for collectively collecting bills from a plurality of game medium lending machines installed in a game arcade such as a pachinko hall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a game hall such as a pachinko hall, a plurality of pachinko machines or slot machines are arranged side by side to form one gaming machine row, and two such gaming machine rows are arranged back to back. Thus, one gaming island is configured, and a gaming-medium renting machine is arranged between adjacent gaming machines in each gaming machine row or at predetermined intervals. When bills can be used with this machine, a bill validator is provided inside the machine, and a bill transport device is arranged on the back side of the gaming machine row on the gaming island, The banknotes inspected by the discriminator are sent out from the banknote delivery port on the back side to the banknote transfer device side, and are conveyed to a banknote collection and storage unit arranged at the end of a game island or the like to be collected.

[0003] As the bill transporting device, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-55414, the bill transporting device extends in the island row direction on the back side of the gaming machine row and has one end connected to a bill collecting and storing unit. A main transport device that transports banknotes along the main transport path (a pinch transport device referred to in the above publication).
And a plurality of connecting and conveying devices (similarly, a guide mechanism) that convey the banknotes along each of the connecting and conveying routes, one end of which is connected to the main conveying path and the other end of which is connected to the bill outlet of each inter-machine. Things are known. Each of the main transporting device and each of the connecting transporting devices is configured to pinch and transport the banknotes in a vertically upright state with a belt and a roller.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional bill transport device, the bill transported along the main transport path and the bill transported from the connecting transport path side to the main transport path side are simultaneously connected to the main transport path. There is a problem that when the vehicle arrives at a connection point (so-called intersection or intersection) with the transport path, the paper money tends to be jammed due to rubbing against each other.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, and an object thereof is to provide an image forming apparatus in which the main transport path intersects the banknote transport path on the side of the stand-to-machine and along the main transport path. It is an object of the present invention to provide a bill transporting device that can prevent bills from being jammed at intersections by preventing the bills to be conveyed and the bills transferred from the inter-table machine side to the main conveyance path side from arriving at the same time. .

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an invention according to claim 1 is provided in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged side by side, between adjacent gaming machines in a row of gaming machines or at a predetermined position. The inter-machines that at least perform the lending control of the game media by inserting the bills are arranged, and the bills inserted into these inter-machines are inserted into the gaming island from the bill sending port provided on the back side of each inter-machine. As a bill transporting device that transports to a bill collecting and storing unit disposed at a predetermined location, a bill extends along the main transport path extending in the island row direction on the back side of the gaming machine row and having one end connected to the bill collecting and storing unit. A main transport device that transports vertically or diagonally, and disposed on the main transport path at a position close to a bill delivery port of each inter-machine, and a part of the main transport path is used for bills by the main transport device. Transport position and bills of each machine Configured to include a plurality of conveying path changing device for selectively changed from the mouth side to the position and to capture the bill Eject and.

In this configuration, the transport path changing devices are respectively disposed on the main transport path at positions close to the bill outlets of the inter-machines, and each of the transport path changing devices is configured to partially occupy the main transport path, for example, Is set at the position where the banknotes are transported by the main transport device, and when the banknotes are inserted into the inter-machine and there are no banknotes being conveyed on the upstream side of the main transport path, the banknotes are sent from the bank outlet of the inter-machine The banknotes conveyed along the main conveyance path and the banknotes transferred from the stand-to-stand machine side to the main conveyance path side are simultaneously moved to the position where the Does not arrive at the intersection with the transport path, and banknote jam at the intersection is prevented.
Further, since the banknotes are introduced into the main transport path in a straight state without being bent in front of the main transport path as in the related art, the banknote jam at the intersection can be more reliably prevented from this point.

[0008] The inventions according to claims 2 and 3 both provide an example of a specific form of the bill transport device according to claim 1. That is, in the case of the invention according to claim 2,
The main transporting device separates the main transporting path at one position at each position close to the bill outlet of each inter-machine and divides the main transporting path into a plurality of divided transporting paths. Each of the belt devices is configured such that an endless belt wound around pulleys at both ends in the transport direction is independently driven for each divided transport path. In addition, each of the transport path changing devices supports a pulley at one end of at least one pair of belt devices constituting a corresponding divided transport path, and a position where the supporting portion side of the pulley faces the island row direction and A belt swingable to a position facing the banknote delivery port side, and the belt moves on the platform when the platform swings to a position facing the banknote delivery port side of the machine. An intermediate pulley for bending the endless belt of the device is provided.

In the case of the invention according to claim 3, the main transporting device separates the main transporting path into two portions at each of positions close to the bill outlet of each inter-machine and separates the main transporting path into a plurality of divided transporting paths. Divided, these divided transport paths are constituted by at least a pair of belt devices that respectively pinch bills,
In each of the belt devices, endless belts wound around pulleys at both ends in the transport direction are driven independently for each divided transport path. In addition, each of the transport path changing devices supports at least a pair of belt devices as a whole that constitute a divided transport path between two separated portions of the main transport path at a position close to the bill outlet of the inter-table machine. In addition, the belt device has a rotatable turntable between a position facing the island row direction and a position facing the bill sending port side of the inter-table machine.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show the entire equipment of a gaming island A of a slot machine provided with a bill transport device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In this gaming island A, a plurality of (four in the figure) slot machines 1, 1,... Are arranged side by side to form one machine row 2, and two machine rows 2 are arranged back to back. The inter-machine 3 is disposed between two adjacent slot machines 1 and 1 in each machine row 2 and on the left side of the leftmost slot machine 1, respectively.

The slot machine 1 and the inter-machine 3 of each of the machine rows 2 are mounted on the same mounting table 6, and a wife plate 7 is vertically provided at each end of the game island A in the island row direction. An island host 8 is provided on the side of the one end plate 7. This island host 8 has a built-in safe 9 as a bill collection and storage unit. The mounting shelves 1 are arranged above the slot machines 1 in each machine row 2 in order from the lower side.
1, a lamp plate 12 and a curtain plate 13 are provided. The lamp plate 12 is provided with a lamp 14 and the like which are turned on when a player calls an employee of a game hall.

Each of the inter-machines 3 has a vertically-elongated bill insertion slot 16 in the upper portion of the front surface thereof.
When a predetermined banknote (for example, a 1,000-yen bill) is inserted with its short side set up vertically, the slot machine 1 on the right is instructed to pay out a predetermined number of medals and the inserted banknote is provided on the back side. The bill is sent out from a bill delivery port (not shown) to the bill transport device 20 side.

The banknote transporting device 20 collects all the banknotes sent out from the banknote outlet of each inter-machine 3 and transports them to the safe 9 in the island host 8. In addition, a main transport device 22 that transports banknotes along a main transport path 21 that extends horizontally in the island row direction at substantially the same height as the banknote insertion slot 16 of the inter-table machine 3 is provided. One end of the main transport path 21 is connected to the safe 9 through the end plate 7, and bills of each inter-machine 3 except for the inter-machine 3 farthest from the island host 8 of the machine row 2. At each position close to the mouth, each is separated at one place and divided into two parts. In the case of FIG. 2, it is divided into five divided transport paths 23, 23,.

As shown in detail in FIGS. 3 to 6, each of the divided transport paths 23 is constituted by a total of two to four belt devices 24, 24,. The banknotes w by the belt devices 24, 24,.
Are vertically conveyed while being held vertically at two locations. Each of the belt devices 24 has two pulleys 25 and 26 at both ends in the transport direction, and an endless belt 27 wound between the two pulleys 25 and 26.

Each of the divided transport paths 23, except for the one closest to the island host 8, substantially corresponds to the sum of the width of one slot machine 1 and the width of one inter-machine 3. And two pairs of upper and lower belt devices 24, 2 forming left and right side walls of the divided transport path 23, respectively.
Each of the pulleys 25 on the island host 8 side is connected to the divided transport path 23 as shown in FIGS.
A pair of left and right pulley shafts 33, 33 provided vertically between a bottom plate 31 and a top plate 32 are rotatably mounted on the left and right in two vertical stages. On the other hand, each pulley 26 on the side opposite to the island host 8 is provided vertically between the swing table 36 and the top plate 37 as shown in FIG. The left and right pulley shafts 38 (only one is shown) are rotatably mounted on the left and right sides in two vertical stages.

The swing table 36 is connected to and supported by a rotating shaft 41a of a motor 41 installed at a position close to the bill outlet of each machine 3 on the main transport path 21. The pulley shaft 38 is rotatably provided at a position where the support portion side faces the island row direction and at a position where the support portion side faces the bill sending port side of each of the inter-machines 3 which is substantially perpendicular to the island row direction. The base side of the swing table 36, that is, the bottom plate 3 of the divided conveyance path 23
The two pulley fixing shafts 42, 42 and 2
And two intermediate pulleys 45, 45 or 46, 4, respectively, on the pulley fixing shafts 42, 42 and the pulley moving shafts 43, 43.
6 is rotatably mounted. The intermediate pulley 45 of each pulley fixing shaft 42 is in contact with the outside of the endless belt 27 of the belt device 24, and each pulley fixing shaft 42 stands vertically between the oscillating table 36 and the top plate 37. Fixed. The intermediate pulley 46 of each pulley moving shaft 43 abuts from the inside of the endless belt 27 of the belt device 24, and a self-propelled carriage 47 with a built-in motor is provided at the lower end of each pulley moving shaft 43, The self-propelled carriage 47 moves on a rail 49 laid on the bottom surface thereof while being buried in a bit 48 formed on the swing table 36. By the support structure of the swing table 36 and the intermediate pulleys 45 and 46 thereon, and a control unit 60 described later for controlling the operation thereof, each divided conveyance path 23 is provided.
The pulleys 26 on the opposite side of the island host 8 of the belt devices 24, 24,...
The portion is extended in the island row direction and selectively transports the bill w by the main transport device 22 and is selectively bent at a substantially right angle to the island row direction to take in the bill w from the bill delivery port side of each inter-machine 3. The transport path changing device 50 is configured to be close to the bill outlet of each inter-machine 3 except for the inter-machine 3 farthest from the island host 8 of the machine train 2. One is provided for each of the positions.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, each of the transfer path changing devices 50 is provided at an intermediate portion of each of the divided transfer paths 23 except for the divided transfer path 23 farthest from the island host 8 of the main transfer path 21. , A belt length adjusting section 51 for adjusting the belt length when changing the position of the pulley 26 on the side opposite to the island host 8 of the four belt devices 24, 24,... The belt length adjusting unit 51 includes a plurality of intermediate pulleys 52, 52,... Around which the endless belt 27 of each belt device 24 is wound, and an actuator (not shown) for horizontally moving one intermediate pulley 52 of each belt device 24. ), The horizontal movement of the intermediate pulley 52 absorbs the slack of the endless belt 27 of each belt device 24, and adjusts the length of the belt device 24 in the transport direction, that is, the belt length. The plurality of intermediate pulleys 5
.., Except for the intermediate pulley which is horizontally moved by the actuator, and at least one intermediate pulley for each belt device 24 is connected to a motor (not shown) so as to be able to transmit power. The endless belt 27 of each belt device 24 is independently driven for each divided conveyance path 23 via pulleys.

As shown in FIG. 2, each belt device 24 of the divided transport path 23 furthest from the island host 8 of the main transport path 21 has a pulley 26 opposite to the island host 8 in an island array by an intermediate pulley 55 as shown in FIG. It is bent in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction and is provided so as to face the bill sending port side of the machine 3, and at least one of the pulleys 25 and 26 and the intermediate pulley 55 can transmit power to a motor (not shown). It is connected to the.

FIG. 7 shows a configuration of a control system of the transport path changing device 50. Reference numeral 60 denotes a control section of the transport path changing apparatus 50. The control section 60 comprises a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The motor 41 which is an operating part of the changing device 50
And the self-propelled carriage 47. Reference numeral 61 denotes a main conveyance path sensor that detects that the bill w is conveyed on the divided conveyance path 23 adjacent to the upstream side of the conveyance path changing device 50, and the detection signal of the main conveyance path sensor 61 is the control unit. 60 is input. The control unit 60 is connected to one or two inter-machines 3 corresponding to the conveyance path changing device 50 so as to be able to exchange signals, and operates when the conveyance path changing device 50 is operated (that is, the island of the belt device 24). When the position of the pulley 26 on the side opposite to the host 8 is changed, an operation signal is output to the belt length adjusting unit 51 in order to adjust the belt length in synchronization with the operation.

Next, the operation of the bill transport device 20 in the first embodiment, particularly the transport of the bill w in the divided transport path 23 on the swing table 36 of the transport path changing device 50 (transport at the intersection) will be described with reference to the drawings. This will be described with reference to FIG.

Normally, the swing table 36 of the transport path changing device 50
The upper divided transport path 23 (specifically, the pulley 26 on the opposite side of the island host 8 of each belt device 24 constituting the divided transport path 23)
The intersection transport path (part) is waiting at the main line position facing the island row direction (step S1). When the bill w is conveyed from the upstream divided conveyance path 23 adjacent to the conveyance path changing device 50, a total of two pairs of upper and lower pairs forming the left and right side walls of the intersection conveyance path on the swing table 36 are provided. 4
The bill w is nipped between two upper and lower portions by two belt devices 24, 24, and is conveyed to the island host 8 side.

When the bill w is inserted into the inter-machine 3 corresponding to the transport path changing apparatus 50 (step S2), the control of the transport path changing apparatus 50 which receives information on the insertion of the bill from the inter-machine 3 is performed. The unit 60 first determines whether or not the bill w has been conveyed to the upstream divided conveyance path 23 adjacent to the conveyance path changing device 50 based on the signal of the main conveyance path sensor 61 (Step S3). When the bill w is being conveyed, the control unit 60 outputs a signal to the stand machine 3 until the bill w passes on the swing table 36 of the conveyance path changing device 50. The input banknotes are made to wait in 3 (step S6).

On the other hand, when the bill w is not being conveyed, the motor 41 of the conveyance path changing device 50 operates under the control of the control unit 60, and the oscillating base 36 is rotated by approximately 90 degrees. The intersection conveyance path on the shaking table 36 faces the bill outlet side of the inter-machine 3, and the two self-propelled vehicles 47, 47 on the shaking table 36 run on the rails 49 in the bit 48, respectively. Four intermediate pulleys 46, 4 on pulley moving shafts 43, 43 respectively supported by both self-propelled trucks 47, 47
.. Correspond to the four belt devices 24, 2 respectively.
By extruding the endless belts 27 of 4, 4,... To the upstream side in the transport direction, the swing table 36 as shown by a solid line in FIG.
The upper intersection transport path is bent at a substantially right angle to the island row direction, and is changed to a state facing the bill sending port side of the inter-table machine 3. In this state, the banknote w is received from the banknote delivery port of the inter-table machine 3 into the intersection transport path on the swing table 36 and transported to the island host 8 (step S4).

Thereafter, the swing table 36 is rotated by approximately 90 degrees in the opposite direction, and each self-propelled carriage 47 on the swing table 36 returns to the original position, thereby causing the intersection on the swing table 36 to cross. The transport path returns to the normal main line position (step S
5).

As described above, the main transfer path changing device 50 causes the intersection transfer path on the swing table 36, that is, the main transfer path 21.
Is selectively changed to a position facing the main line position and a position facing the bill sending port side of the stand-to-machine machine 3, so that the sheet is conveyed along the main conveyance path 21 as in a conventional banknote conveyance device. Since the bill w and the bill w transferred from the inter-machine 3 to the main transport path 21 do not arrive at the intersection at the same time, it is possible to prevent bill jam at the intersection due to this. it can. Further, since the bill w is introduced into the main transport path 21 in a straight state without being bent in front of the main transport path 21 as in the related art, the bill is more reliably prevented from being jammed at the intersection from this point as well. can do.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show a banknote transporting device 70 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This bill transfer device 70
A main transport path 72 that extends in the island row direction on the back side of the machine row 2 and that conveys banknotes w along a main transport path 71 having one end connected to the safe 9 (see FIG. 2) in the island host 8; , A plurality of connecting / conveying devices 73, 73,...
Above and at a position close to the bill outlet of each inter-machine 3 (in other words, at a location where the main transport path 71 and an extension of the connecting transport path 74 which is the transport path of each connecting transport device 73 intersect). . Are provided.

The main transport path 71 is separated into two portions at each position close to the bill feeding port of each inter-machine 3 and is divided into three portions each having a length located on the back side of the slot machine 1. The long divided conveyance path 76 and the short divided conveyance path 77 located on the back side of the inter-machine 3 are alternately arranged. Each of the divided transport paths 76 and 77 is constituted by a belt device 78 or 79 having a plurality of pairs (two or three pairs as described later in detail) of left and right side walls. It is designed to be conveyed while being held vertically. Each of the above belt devices 7
8, 79 are two pulleys 8 at both ends in the transport direction, respectively.
0, 80 or 81, 81 and these two pulleys 80, 8
0 or 81, 81 and an endless belt 82 or 83 wound around.

Each of the connecting / conveying devices 73 is provided with a total of two to four belt devices 86, 86,... Constituting a pair of upper and lower sides forming left and right side walls of the connecting / conveying path 74, and these belt devices 86, 86,. The bill w is conveyed while being held upright at the upper and lower two places. Each belt device 86 includes two pulleys 87, 8 at both ends in the transport direction.
7 and an endless belt 88 wound around the two pulleys 87, 87.
The four belt devices 86, 8 on both the upstream side (inter-machine 3 side) and the downstream side (main transport path 71 side)
Each of the pulleys 87 of a pair of right and left pulley shafts 93 provided vertically between the bottom plate 91 and the top plate 92 of the connecting conveyance path 74 is provided.
(Only one of them is shown in FIG. 10). A motor 96 is connected to each pulley shaft 93 so as to be able to transmit power on the upstream side in the transport direction of the connecting transport path 74, and the four belt devices 86, 86,...

Of the divided transport paths of the main transport path 71, a belt device 78 constituting left and right side walls of the divided transport path 76 on the back side of the slot machine 1 is not shown, but is not shown. Similarly to the case of the belt device 86, two pairs of upper and lower pairs are provided, two by four in total. These belt devices 78,... The wound endless belt 82 is independently driven by a motor (not shown).

On the other hand, the divided transport path 77 on the back side of the
The belt devices 79 constituting the left and right side walls are provided in a total of three pairs, six in each of three upper and lower stages, and these belt devices 79, 79,.
Are arranged on the turntable 101. That is, the pulleys 81 of the six belt devices 79, 79,... At both ends in the transport direction of the belt device 79 are vertically provided between the turntable 101 and the top plate 102 of the transport path changing device 75. A pair of pulley shafts 103 (only one is shown in FIG. 10) are rotatably mounted on the left and right in three stages up and down, and a motor 106 is connected to each pulley shaft 103 at one end in the transport direction so that power can be transmitted. , This motor 10
6 drive the six belt devices 79, 79,... Synchronously. In addition, the pulleys 81 of the respective belt devices 79 on the turntable 101 are alternately positioned with the pulleys 87 of the respective belt devices 86 of the connecting / conveying device 73 when viewed from the side, approaching each other, and transferring the bill w. This relationship can be easily performed, and the relationship between each belt device 7 and the
The same applies to the pulley 80 of FIG.

The rotary table 101 is connected to and supported by a rotary shaft 107a of a motor 107 at the center thereof.
07, each belt device 79 on the turntable 101 is rotatably provided at a position facing the row of islands and at a position facing the bill sending port side or the connecting conveyance path 74 side of the inter-table machine 3. Although not shown, each transport path changing device 75 has a control unit that controls the operation of the motor 107 and, consequently, the turntable 101.
Is performed in accordance with the flowchart of the conveyance of the intersection shown in FIG. 8, as in the case of the rotation control of the oscillating table 36 in the first embodiment.

In the second embodiment,
The main line on which the intersection conveying path (in other words, three to six belt devices 79, 79,... Constituting the left and right side walls thereof) which is the divided conveying path 77 on the rotary table 101 is directed in the island row direction by the conveying path changing device 75. The bill w conveyed along the main conveyance path 71 and the main conveyance path 71 from the inter-machine 3 side are selectively rotated and changed to the position and the position facing the bill feeding port side of the inter-machine 3. Since the bills w transferred to the side do not arrive at the intersection at the same time, it is possible to prevent bills from being jammed at the intersection due to this.

The present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments, but includes various other forms. For example, in each of the above-described embodiments, in each of the main transfer devices 22 and 72, the main transfer paths 21 and 71 are used.
Belt devices 24, 78, 7 each having a pair of left and right side walls in two upper and lower stages, two pairs in total, or three pairs in upper and lower stages, three pairs in total
9, the banknote w is configured to be pinched and transported by these belt devices. However, as a main transport device of the present invention, the banknotes are pinched and transported by a pair of belt devices, or one belt device is used. The bill may be pinched and transported by a combination of the device and the roller.

Further, in the second embodiment, not only the transport path changing devices 75 are arranged on the main transport path 71 and in the vicinity of the bill outlets of the inter-machines 3, but also the The connecting / conveying device 73 is arranged corresponding to each of the bill sending ports of the machine 3, and the bill w sent from the bill sending port of the stand-to-machine 3 via the connecting / conveying device 73 is turned on the turntable 101 of the conveying path changing device 75. Upper belt device 79
However, in the present invention, the connecting and conveying device 73 is omitted, the length of the belt device 79 on the turntable 101 is set to be long, and the banknotes sent out from the banknote outlet of the inter-machine 3 are set. The belt device 7 directly on the turntable 101
Of course, it may be configured to receive on the 9 side.

Further, in the flowchart of the intersection transfer shown in FIG. 8, when the bill w is inserted into the inter-machine 3 and there is a bill w on the upstream side of the main line, the inter-machine 3 is kept until the bank note w on the upstream side of the main line passes by. In the present invention, the banknote w may be on standby, but the present invention may temporarily suspend the operation on the upstream side of the main line, and receive the banknote w from the inter-machine 3 to the intersection transport path. Alternatively, if there is time until the banknotes w on the upstream side of the main line reach the position of the intersection transport path, the banknotes w may be received from the stand-to-machine 3 side to the intersection transport path first.

[0036]

As described above, according to the bill transporting apparatus of the present invention, the transporting path changing device is disposed at the intersection of the main transporting path and the bill transporting path on the inter-table machine side. It is transported along the main transport path by selectively changing a part of the main transport path by the device to a position for transporting banknotes by the main transport device and a position for taking in bills from the banknote delivery port side of the inter-table machine. And the bills transferred from the inter-machine side to the main transport path side do not arrive at the intersection at the same time, so that bill jam at the intersection due to this can be prevented. In addition, since the bill is introduced into the main transport path in a straight state without bending, the bill can be more reliably prevented from being jammed at the intersection from this point.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a gaming island of a slot machine provided with a bill transport device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing a transport path structure of the bill transport device.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control system of the transport path changing device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of conveyance at an intersection.

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view illustrating the overall configuration of a bill transport device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a side view of a main part of the bill transport device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A game island w bill 1 slot machine (game machine) 2 machine row (game machine row) 3 machine 9 safe (banknote collection and storage unit) 20, 70 banknote transport device 21, 71 main transport path 22, 72 main transport device 23, 76, 77 Divided transport path 24, 78, 79 Belt device 25, 26, 80, 81 Pulley 27, 82, 83 Endless belt 36 Swing table 46 Intermediate pulley 50, 75 Transport path changing device 101 Turntable

Claims (3)

[Claims] An inter-machine that at least controls the lending of game media by inserting bills between adjacent gaming machines in a gaming machine row in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged side by side or at predetermined intervals. It is a bill transport device for transporting the bills inserted into these inter-machines from a bill sending-out port provided on the back side of each inter-machine to a bill collection and storage unit arranged at a predetermined location in the gaming island, A main transport device that extends in the island row direction on the back side of the gaming machine row and transports banknotes in an upright state along a main transport path connected at one end to the bill collection and storage unit; A part of the main transport path is arranged at a position close to the bill delivery port of the inter-machine, and is selected between a position where the bill is transported by the main transport device and a position where the bill is taken in from the bill delivery port side of each inter-machine. Transport path change devices that change the path Paper money transport device, characterized in that it comprises a. 2. The main transport device according to claim 1, wherein the main transport path is divided into a plurality of divided transport paths by separating the main transport path at one position at each position close to the bill feeding port of each of the inter-machines. Each of the belt devices is configured such that the endless belts wound around the pulleys at both ends in the transport direction are independently driven for each divided transport path. Each of the transport path changing devices supports a pulley at one end of at least one pair of belt devices constituting a corresponding divided transport path, and a position and a platform where the supporting portion side of the pulley faces the island row direction. A swing table that can be turned to a position facing the bill sending port side of the intermediary machine, and when the swing table is turned to a position facing the bill sending port side of the machine, it moves on the swing table. D of the above belt device Paper currency transport device comprising an intermediate pulley according to claim 1 for folding the dress belt. 3. The main transport device separates the main transport path into two divided transport paths at two locations, each of which is adjacent to a bill delivery port of each machine, and divides the main transport path into a plurality of divided transport paths. Each of the belt devices is configured such that the endless belts wound around the pulleys at both ends in the transport direction are independently driven for each divided transport path. Each of the transport path changing devices is configured to form a divided transport path between two separated portions of the main transport path at a position close to the bill feeding port of the inter-table machine. 2. The bill transporting device according to claim 1, further comprising a rotatable table that supports the belt device and is rotatable between a position facing the bank row and a position facing the bill sending port side of the machine.