JP2002114397A - Thin sheet transport apparatus and apparatus using it - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cope with a difference in distance between a sub-transport path and a main transport path. SOLUTION: In this thin sheet transport apparatus, a bill M supplied from a bill transport means 21 of a ball dispenser 20 functioning as the sub-transport path is delivered to a horizontal transport means 30 provided on the back side of a pachinko machine 10 and functioning as the main transport path through a bottomed thin sheet passage member 50 having an upstream passage member 52 and a downstream passage member 61 separably united in a body by fitting a locking projection 56 in a locking hole 63. The upstream passage member 52 is provided with a plate-like clamping member 53 and a wedge-like clamping member 55 for clamping a fixed frame plate 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a thin sheet conveying apparatus for conveying a thin piece such as a bill inserted from a plurality of entrances in a predetermined direction.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an apparatus of this type, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, pachinko balls are borrowed from banknote transfer means 21 of a ball lending machine 20 disposed between pachinko machines 10 arranged side by side. The bill M supplied as a wage is transferred to the pachinko machine 10
2. Description of the Related Art A thin sheet conveying device that transfers a banknote M to a safe (not shown) provided at an island end by transferring the sheet to a lateral conveying unit 30 provided on the back side of the sheet is well known. The bill transporting means 21 is configured to transport the bill M, for example, by sandwiching the bill M in a contact portion between two endless belts 22 arranged side by side.

[0003] On the other hand, each ball rental machine 20 of the lateral transport means 30
In the part facing the, a merging and transporting unit 31 of a mechanism for transporting the banknote M mainly between the rollers forming a pair in each part is installed, put into the ball lending machine 20 and transported by the banknote transporting means 21 It is configured to receive the bill M discharged to the back side.

[0004] A relay transport unit 32 is detachably installed between the merge transport units 31 so that a main transport path of a required length is formed. The relay transport unit 32 also transports the banknote M by sandwiching the banknote M between the close contact portions of the two endless belts 33 arranged side by side. The side wall portion is rotatably attached to the banknote M while the banknote M is being transported by the endless belt 33. When an inconvenience such as jamming of banknotes occurs, it is possible to easily cope with the inconvenience.

The bill transporting means 21 of the ball lending machine 20 is driven by a drive motor (not shown) built in the ball lending machine 20, and the merging transport unit 31 and the relay transport unit 32 of the lateral transport means 30 are also connected to the merging transport unit. As driven by a drive motor (not shown) installed at every 31 or at an appropriate interval at the merging and conveying unit 31,
The driving force is transmitted to each of them via a gear mechanism or the like.

[0006] A narrow gap between the opposed vertical plates is provided between the bill transporting means 21 of the ball lending machine 20 and the merging and transporting unit 31 of the lateral transporting means 30 so that the passage 5
1, for example, a bottomed flank passage member 50 made of a polymer resin.
Are mounted on the ball rental machine 20 or the like.

That is, the dimensions of the pachinko machine 10 and the ball lending machine 20 are different depending on the manufacturer, and the back of the ball lending machine 20 functioning as a sub-transport path and the lateral transport means functioning as a main transport path. The distance from the bottom 30 is slightly different each time a pachinko island is formed. Therefore, a plurality of bottomed thin sheet passage members 50 having different lengths of the bill passages 51 are prepared, and an optimum length selected from these is selected. The bottomed thin section passage member 50 is interposed between the ball lending machine 20 and the lateral transport means 30 to transfer the banknote M from the sub-transport path to the main transport path.

[0008]

For this reason, it is necessary to always store a plurality of types of bottomed thin-walled passage members having different lengths, so that production management is complicated. There was also a problem that the number of members to be brought into the construction site on Pachinko Island increased.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the bottomed flank passage member 50 is inserted from the inside into a mounting hole 24 provided in a fixed frame plate 23 for fixing the ball lending machine 20, and is fixed. When a banknote is jammed in the flank passage member 50, the ball lending machine 20 is first pulled out, and then the bottomed lamella passage member 50 is pulled out from the fixed frame plate 23 to the side where the ball lending machine 20 was installed, and jammed. There is also a problem that it is necessary to remove bills and the operation is complicated, and solving these problems has been an issue.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a thin sheet such as a bill supplied through a sub-transport path provided on both sides or one side of a main transport path. A thin sheet transport that passes from a sub-transport path to a main transport path through a bottomed thin sheet path member configured to allow a thin sheet to pass through a narrow gap between a pair of opposed vertical plates, and is transported in a predetermined direction by the main transport path. In the apparatus, a first passage member provided with a mounting means for attaching a bottomed lamella passage member to a mounting plate, and a lamella outlet side of the first passage member are inserted into a lamella entrance side and are separably integrated. A thin sheet conveying device of the first configuration, comprising a second passage member to be formed;

[0011] In the thin sheet conveying apparatus of the first configuration,
An engaging projection provided on the outer surface of the first passage member is removably fitted into an engaging hole provided on the second passage member so that the first passage member and the second passage member are separably integrated. A flake transport device of a second configuration,

In the above-described first or second configuration, the mounting means for the first passage member may be configured such that the mounting means for the first passage member is passed through the mounting hole formed in the mounting plate from the rear surface side to the front surface side, and is mounted on the front surface side of the mounting plate. A wedge-shaped sandwiching member provided on the surface of the member abutting on the plate, and a thin sheet conveying device of a third configuration including a plate-shaped sandwiching member provided on the surface of the member abutting on the back side of the mounted plate;

[0013] In the lamella conveying apparatus having any one of the first to third configurations, the surface of the plate-shaped holding member that abuts on the plate to be mounted may include:
A thin sheet transport device having a fourth configuration such that a positioning projection inserted into a positioning hole formed in the mounting plate is provided;

In the lamella conveying apparatus having any one of the first to third constitutions, the first passage member forms a short passage, and the second passage member forms a long passage. A flake transport device,

[0015] A game island apparatus characterized in that it is provided with a flake transport device having any one of the first to fifth configurations,
Is provided.

[0016]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention.
It will be described based on. In addition, in order to facilitate understanding, in these figures, parts having the same functions as those described in FIGS. 3 and 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The bottomed flank passage member 50 constituting the present invention.
Is composed of two members, an upstream passage member (a first passage member referred to as a solution) 52 and a downstream passage member (a second passage member referred to as a solution) 61 as shown in FIG. .

The upstream passage member 52 is made of, for example, a transparent synthetic resin plate, and has a vertically long cross section.
Is a passage member formed short in the horizontal direction, the vertical plates are separated from each other by, for example, about 3 to 4 mm on the exit side of the passage, and the upper plate and the lower plate are banknotes M to be accepted by the ball lending machine 20.
And the passage entrance side is farther apart than the width W of 1 mm, so that the bill M supplied from the bill transport means 21 of the ball lending machine 20 is easily inserted.

Plate-like holding members 53 (U) and 53 (B) are formed to project vertically from both upper and lower ends of the upstream passage member 52, and positioning rod-like projections 54 ( U) and 54 (B) are formed to protrude in the horizontal direction.

The wedge-shaped sandwiching members 55 (L) and 55 (R) are provided on both sides of the middle portion of the outer surface of the upstream passage member 52 on the passage outlet side.
Are formed so as to protrude in the horizontal direction so that the passage exit side is low and the passage entrance side is high.
(L) and 55 (R) are located at upper and lower positions, respectively, with small cylindrical protrusions 56 (LU), 56 (LB) and 56 (R).
U) and 56 (RB) are formed to protrude in the horizontal direction.

The wedge-shaped clamping members 55 (L), 55
The end on the passage entrance side of (R) is a plate-shaped sandwiching member 53 (U),
53 (B) is provided at a position where the fixed frame plate 23 can be clamped, and its maximum height is a wedge-shaped clamping member 55.
(L) and 55 (R) can pass through the mounting hole 24 of the fixed frame plate 23 when the vertical plate portion is bent so as to approach, and when the vertical plate portion is bent, when the vertical plate portion is bent, it can pass through the mounting hole 24. It is formed at an impossible height.

The upper, middle, and lower portions of the inner surface on the outlet side where the passage of the upstream passage member 52 is narrowed are provided with ridges 57 having a width of about 4 mm and a height of about 0.5 mm, for example. Are formed in the horizontal direction, so that the contact area between the upstream passage member 52 and the bill M to be conveyed is reduced to reduce the conveyance resistance.

The downstream passage member 61 is also connected to the upstream passage member 5.
A downstream banknote passage 51B having a flat and long cross section is formed in the horizontal direction by the same transparent synthetic resin plate as that of the second embodiment, and the passage entrance side is enlarged in diameter to reduce the diameter of the upstream passage member 52. The side is configured to insert.

Notches 62 (L) and 62 (R) are provided on both sides of the middle portion of the downstream passage member 61 on the passage entrance side.
There, the wedge-shaped sandwiching member 55 (L) of the upstream side passage member 52,
55 (R) can be fitted.

Notch 62 of downstream passage member 61
(L) and 62 (R) are located at upper and lower positions with locking holes 63 therebetween.
(LU), 63 (LB), 63 (RU), 63 (RB)
Are provided, and the locking projections 56 (LU), 56 (LB), 56 (RU), 56 (R) of the upstream-side passage member 52 are respectively provided.
B) is removably fitted.

Further, the middle portion of the downstream passage member 61 on the exit side of the passage is cut out in a U-shape, and a synthetic resin plate is extended only above and below the passage member to form a downstream bill passage 51B on the exit side. . A ridge 64 having the same shape as the ridge 57 is provided in the U-shaped downstream bill passage 51B.
7 is formed in the horizontal direction at the same level as that of FIG. 7, and also in this case, the contact area between the downstream-side passage member 61 and the bill M to be conveyed is reduced to reduce the conveyance resistance. Note that 65
(L) and 65 (R) are raised reinforcing portions in which a portion having a reduced horizontal dimension due to the formation of the notch 62 is made thicker.

Then, the diameter-reduced passage outlet side of the upstream passage member 52 is pushed into the passage upstream side where the diameter of the downstream passage member 61 is enlarged, and the locking projection 56 is fitted into the locking hole 63. When the upstream passage member 52 and the downstream passage member 61 are integrated with each other, the downstream bill passage 51B is configured to be slightly larger than the upstream bill passage 51A, and is conveyed through the upstream bill passage 51A. When the incoming bill M enters the downstream bill passage 51B, it is prevented from being caught.

The fixed frame plate 23 on which the bottomed thin-plate passage member 50 is mounted is provided with a vertically-elongated mounting hole 24 whose middle section is expanded left and right. Positioning hole 25 that can be fitted
(U) and 25 (B) have been established.

Therefore, the upstream passage member 52 and the downstream passage member 61 constituting the bottomed thin plate passage member 50 can be easily integrated by fitting the locking projection 56 into the locking hole 63, and Separation is easy by removing the locking projection 56 from the locking hole 63.

The upstream passage member 52 and the downstream passage member 61
Is inserted into the mounting hole 24 of the fixed frame plate 23 from the back side, and the rod-shaped projection 5
4 is inserted into the positioning hole 25 for positioning.
By applying force in a direction in which the wedge-shaped holding members 56 provided on the left and right approach each other to bend the vertical plate portion, the wedge-shaped holding members 56
Passes through the mounting hole 24.

By removing the bending of the vertical plate portion by removing the above-mentioned force, the high end face of the wedge-shaped sandwiching member 56 on the exit side of the passage abuts on the surface side of the fixed frame plate 23, and the fixed frame plate 23 Since the sandwiching member 53 and the wedge-shaped sandwiching member 56 are sandwiched, the bottomed flaky passage member 50 is fixed to the fixed frame plate 2.
3, the ball rental machine 20 and the lateral transport means 30
Is installed between The bottomed thin plate passage member 50 fixed to the fixed frame plate 23 can be easily removed from the fixed frame plate 23 by performing the reverse operation.

The upstream passage member 52 is formed such that the length of the upstream bill passage 51A is the minimum size required for the existing pachinko island, and the downstream passage member 61 is formed of the upstream passage member 5A.
The bill passage 51 when integrated with 2 is formed to the maximum size required for the existing pachinko island. For the pachinko island requiring an intermediate dimension, the downstream passage member 61 is cut off at the exit side of the downstream bill passage 51B.

The central portion of the vertical plate of the downstream passage member 61 provided with the swelling reinforcing portion 65 is easily bent, while the portion of the upper plate and the lower plate is hardly deformed. Therefore, if the downstream passage member 61 is sandwiched and fixed with a vice or the like so that a force in the direction of bringing the vertical plates closer to each other acts, the downstream reinforcement member 65 does not hinder the downstream passage member 61. Can be securely fixed, and can be easily cut with a saw or the like.

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

For example, the thin sheet conveying device of the present invention can be used as a conveying device for a prepaid card or the like.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, the dimensions of pachinko machines and ball rental machines differ from manufacturer to manufacturer.
Therefore, even if the dimensions between the main transport path such as banknotes installed on the back of the pachinko machine and the auxiliary transport path such as ball rental machines installed between the pachinko machines differ for each pachinko island, the length of the passage Since the bottomed flank passage member that can be easily adjusted is used, it can be easily handled, and since it can be handled by one bottomed flaked passage member, inventory management of parts is also simplified.

According to the thin sheet conveying apparatus of the second invention, the first and second passage members constituting the bottomed thin sheet passage member can be easily integrated and separated.
The gap between the sub-transport path and the main transport path can be more easily handled.

Further, according to the thin sheet conveying device of the third invention, since the first passage member of the bottomed thin sheet passage member includes the wedge-shaped holding member and the plate-shaped holding member, the fixed frame plate and the like are provided. The bottomed thin-plate passage member can be easily attached to the attached plate.

According to the thin sheet conveying apparatus of the fourth invention, a positioning projection inserted into a positioning hole formed in a mounting plate such as a fixed frame plate is provided on the first passage member of the bottomed thin sheet passage member. So that it can be easily positioned and mounted.

Further, according to the thin sheet conveying apparatus of the fifth invention, the sub-conveying path and the main conveying path can be separated only by separating the second path member without cutting the first path member of the bottomed thin sheet path member. In some cases, it is possible to cope with the gap between the road and the road, and the coping is easy.

According to the game island apparatus of the sixth invention,
It is possible to achieve excellent functions and effects that can be achieved by the lamella apparatus of the first to fifth aspects.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a state in which a bottomed flake passage member is mounted, (A) is a view seen from the back side of a fixed frame plate,
(B) is the figure seen from the fixed frame board surface side.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a game island.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pachinko machine 20 Ball lending machine 21 Banknote transfer means 22 Endless belt 23 Fixed frame plate 24 Mounting hole 25 Positioning hole 30 Lateral transfer means 31 Combined transfer unit 32 Relay transfer unit 33 Endless belt 50 Bottom thin section passage member 51 Banknote passage 51A Upstream bill passage 51B Downstream bill passage 52 Upstream passage member 53 Plate-shaped clamping member 54 Bar-shaped projection 55 Wedge-shaped clamping member 56 Locking projection 57 Protrusion 61 Downstream passage member 62 Notch 63 Locking hole 64 Protrusion 65 Emphasis reinforcement part M banknote

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hideyuki Sanwa 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yukio Kitazawa 2-chome Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka No.5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroaki Mannen 2-5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kazuo Kameda Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 2-5-2-5 2-5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Seiichiro Saito 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka F-term in Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (reference) 2C088 BC79 EA48 3E040 AA01 FG03 3F049 AA01 BA00 CA00 DA02 DA12 DB13 LA10 LB04

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A thin sheet, such as a banknote, supplied through a sub-conveying path provided on both sides or one side of a main conveying path so that the thin sheet can pass through a narrow gap between a pair of opposed vertical plates. A mounting means for transferring a bottomed lamella passage member to a plate to be mounted in a lamella transporting device that transfers from a sub-carrier path to a main conveyance path via a configured bottomed lamella passage member and conveys the main conveyance path in a predetermined direction. And a second passage member which is detachably integrated with the first passage member so that the lamella outlet side of the first passage member is inserted into the lamella entrance side. 2. A first passage member and a second passage member, wherein an engagement projection provided on an outer surface of the first passage member is removably fitted into an engagement hole provided on the second passage member. 2. The lamella conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the flakes are separated and integrated. 3. A wedge-shaped pinch provided on a surface of a member which passes through a mounting hole formed in a mounting plate from a back surface to a front surface and abuts on a front surface of the mounting plate. 3. The thin sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a member, and a plate-shaped holding member provided on a surface of the member that comes into contact with a back surface of the mounted plate. 4. The plate-shaped holding member has a positioning projection, which is inserted into a positioning hole formed in the mounting plate, on a surface of the plate-shaped holding member that contacts the mounting plate. A flake transport device according to any one of the above. 5. The first passage member forms a short passage, and the second passage member has a second passage member.
The thin sheet conveying device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the path member forms a long path. 6. A game island apparatus provided with the thin section conveying device according to claim 1.