JP2002239477A - Apparatus for cleaning game medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game medium cleaning apparatus constituted so that a cleaning liquid is hardly spilled from a tank by simple constitution when the cleaning liquid is recovered/returned to the tank or when the tank vibrates. SOLUTION: This game medium cleaning apparatus is provided with a cleaning means for cleaning a game medium 14 with a cleaning liquid, the tank 6 for storing the cleaning liquid, a cleaning liquid supplying means 84 for supplying the cleaning liquid from the tank 6 to the cleaning means, a cleaning liquid recovering means 10 for recovering/returning the cleaning liquid supplied to the cleaning means to the tank 6 and a water absorbing member 80 which is constituted of a water absorbing material and inserted into the tank 6 for absorbing/holding the cleaning liquid in the tank 6. The tank 6 is packed with the member 80 fit to the interior shape of the tank 6. The member 80 consists of two members one of which is arranged on the supply side where the absorbed cleaning liquid is supplied to the cleaning means by the means 84 and the other is arranged on the recovery side where the cleaning liquid is recovered from the cleaning means and returned to the upper part of the tank 6 by the means 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a washing machine mainly used for washing game media used for game machines and the like, for example, medals and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2986766 and Utility Model Registration No. 3064602, a cleaning device is provided with a tank for storing a cleaning liquid at a lower portion of the device, and the cleaning liquid is supplied from the tank. In addition to supplying the cleaning liquid to the inside, the cleaning liquid in the apparatus is collected and the cleaning liquid is circulated.

[0003]

However, in such an apparatus, a box-shaped person having an open top surface of the tank is used, and the cleaning liquid collected from the inside of the apparatus rebounds and spills, and the tank is spilled. There is a problem that the cleaning liquid spills even when vibrated. Further, since the collected cleaning liquid contains impurities, it was necessary to provide a separate filter. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a game medium washing apparatus in which a washing liquid is hardly spilled when a washing liquid is collected in a tank or a tank vibrates with a simple configuration.

[0004]

Means of the present invention include a washing means for washing a game medium with a washing liquid, a tank storing the washing liquid, a washing liquid supply means for supplying the washing liquid from the tank to the washing means, A cleaning liquid recovery unit that recovers the cleaning liquid supplied to the cleaning unit to the tank, and a water absorbing member that is made of a water-absorbing material, is inserted into the tank, and absorbs and holds the cleaning liquid in the tank. It is characterized by the configuration provided.

In this means, since the water absorbing member is inserted into the tank, the inside of the tank is in a state where the water absorbing member is seen instead of the state where the conventional liquid level is seen. When the tank is vibrated and moves downward, the washing liquid is shaken in the tank when the tank vibrates. Further, since there is no liquid level, the liquid level does not undulate, so that the cleaning liquid and the cleaning liquid can be prevented from spilling and scattering. Since impurities such as dust contained in the collected cleaning liquid are also captured by the water absorbing member, it is not necessary to provide a separate filter to circulate the cleaning liquid. Further, even if foreign matter (medals, screws, etc.) falls into the tank, the washing liquid does not spill or scatter, and the fallen foreign matter is on the water absorbing member and can be immediately removed.

[0006] In the means of the present invention, it is preferable that the water-absorbing member is filled according to the inner shape of the tank. In this configuration, since the water-absorbing member is filled according to the inner shape of the tank, the cleaning liquid is less likely to spill.

In the means of the present invention, the water-absorbing member supplies the absorbed cleaning liquid to the cleaning means by the cleaning liquid supply means, and the cleaning liquid recovery means supplies the cleaning liquid from the cleaning means to the tank. And a member on the recovery side for recovering the cleaning liquid to the upper part. In this configuration, since the water-absorbing member includes the member on the supply side and the member on the recovery side, even if the water-absorbing member is contaminated with impurities in the cleaning liquid, it is only necessary to replace the water-absorbing member on the recovery side and maintenance is easy And the cost of the replacement water absorbing member can be reduced.

In the means of the present invention, the tank is provided below the cleaning means, a cleaning liquid in the vicinity of a lower portion of the tank is supplied to the cleaning means by the cleaning liquid supply means, and the cleaning means is supplied by the cleaning liquid recovery means. It is preferable that the cleaning liquid is collected from above to the upper part of the tank. In this configuration, by installing the tank below the washing means, supplying the washing liquid from near the lower part of the tank, and collecting the washing liquid above the tank, the filtering function of the water absorbing member is sufficiently exhibited, and the collected washing liquid is provided. The cleaning solution does not need to be replaced frequently because impurities contained in the cleaning solution can be efficiently removed and reused.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention are generally described.
A medal which is a game medium collected from a game island, a game machine, a game medium lending machine, etc. is conveyed by a conveyance means, and during conveyance,
This is a game medium washing apparatus configured to wash with a washing means using a washing liquid and remove and wash the washing liquid of medals with a drying means.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 12, the game medium washing apparatus comprises a main body frame 1, a conveying means 2 (a conveyor 1).
8), separation / separation means 3, washing means 4 (washing liquid application section 4)
7, a polishing unit 48), a drying unit 5, a tank 6 associated with the cleaning unit 4, and the like. These will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body frame 1 has a configuration in which an inclined gutter 10 is supported by legs 11 and 12. The gutter portion 10 has an opening 13 opening downward at an inclined lower end. Also, body frame 1
A game medium insertion port 15 is provided at an upper position on the downstream side of the gutter 10 for inserting medals 14 as game media collected from a game machine or the like into the apparatus. The input is performed by, for example, a lift. A washed medal 14 is placed on the hopper 1 at the upper end of the gutter 10 at an angle.
6 is provided with a game medium discharge port 17 for discharging.

The transporting means 2 is for transporting the medals 14 placed thereon in the game medium washing apparatus.
The portion immediately before the game medium outlet 17 is constituted by the drying roller of the drying means 5. As shown in FIG. 1, the conveyor 18 is inclined substantially parallel to the gutter 10 at a position away from the bottom of the gutter 10, and is detachably provided on the main body frame 1 with a lower end as a starting end. The start end is located below the inlet 15, and the end is located near the outlet 17. Conveyor guides 19 for preventing medals from spilling from the conveyor 18 are attached to both side surfaces of the conveyor 18. The reason why the start end of the conveyor 18 is inclined is that even if the medals 14 on the conveyor 18 are stacked, the stacked medals slide down to easily separate the medals one by one.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, the conveyor 18 includes a conveyor frame 22 on which a driving roller 20 and a driven roller 21 are mounted, and an endless belt 23 stretched over the driving roller 20 and the driven roller 21. Made up of The conveyor frame 22 is provided with the upper conveyor frame 2
When the conveyor frame 22 is separated from the main body frame 1, the two parts of the lower frame 4 and the lower conveyor frame 25 are connected by an end connecting portion 26 so that the connecting frame 26 can be freely bent. Has become.
A drive roller 20 is provided at an upper end of the inclined conveyor frame 22, and is driven by gears 28, 29, 30, 31 by a motor 27 provided on the main body frame 1. At the lower end of the conveyor frame 22, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the driven roller 21 is provided together with a tension spring 32 for setting the tension of the endless belt to be stretched. The tension spring 32 is connected to the lower conveyor frame 2.
5 and a spring receiver 34 provided on a bearing portion of the driven roller 21.

The upper conveyor frame 24 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6A and FIG. 6, a hook-shaped frame engaging portion 35 for mounting the conveyor frame 22 on the main body frame 1 is provided.
As shown in (a) to (c), the frame engaging hole 3 for inserting the frame engaging portion 35 of the conveyor frame 22 is provided.
6 and a frame fixing member 37 that fits between the frame engaging portion 35 inserted into the frame engaging hole 36 and the frame engaging hole 36 to fix the conveyor frame 22 to the main body frame 1. The frame fixing member 37 is retracted from a fixing position for fixing the conveyor frame 22 to the main body frame 1 (the state shown in FIG. 6C) and between the frame engaging portion 35 and the frame engaging hole 36, and the conveyor frame 22 and the main body frame 1 and the release position (FIG. 6 (a),
(State of (b)).

Accordingly, when the conveyor 18 is attached to the main body frame 1, FIGS. 3 (a), 3 (b) and 4
(A) and (b), first, the frame fixture 37
Is moved to the release position, and the vicinity of the central portion of the conveyor 18 is pressed in the direction of arrow 38 so that the conveyor frame 22
Is straightened, and the frame engagement portion 35 of the upper conveyor frame 24 is inserted into the frame engagement hole 3 of the main body frame 1.
Fit to 6. And the frame fixture 37,
When it is moved in the direction of arrow 39 shown in FIG. 4 (a), the frame fixing tool 37 fits between the frame engaging portion 35 and the frame engaging hole 36 at the fixing position, fixing the conveyor 18 to the main body frame 1 and 4B, the frame fixing member 37 locks the frame engaging portion 35 against the acting force of the frame engaging portion 35 trying to escape by the reaction force of the endless belt 23 of the conveyor 18. Secure as shown.
When removing the conveyor 18, the frame fixture 37
Is moved to the release position to retract the frame fixing member 37 from between the frame engaging portion 35 and the frame engaging hole 36.
Then, the conveyer frame is bent by the contracting action of the endless belt 23 stretched on the conveyer frame 22, the frame engaging portion 35 is detached from the frame engaging hole 36, and the conveyor 18 is removed.

As shown in FIG. 7, the frame fixing member 37 is biased toward the fixing position by a spring 40 so that the outer shape of the frame engaging portion 35 is inclined downward from the frame fixing member 37 direction. When the frame engaging portion 35 is inserted into the frame engaging hole 36, the inclined portion 41 pushes away the frame fixing tool 37 and moves to the release position, so that the frame engaging portion 35 is inserted. Since the frame fixing member 37 is later fitted between the frame engaging portion 35 and the frame engaging hole 36 by the spring 40, it is not necessary to move the frame fixing member 37 to the open position when the conveyor 18 is mounted, which makes it easier. The conveyor 18 can be attached to the main body frame 1.

When the conveyor is removed from the body frame 1, the tension of the endless belt 23 causes the conveyor frame 22
Is bent at the connection portion, the tension of the endless belt 23 stretched on the conveyor 18 is relaxed, and the conveyor frame 22 is further bent, so that the endless belt 23 hangs down from the conveyor frame 22, and the endless belt 23 ends from the conveyor frame 22. The belt 23 can be easily removed (see FIG. 5).

As described above, when the conveyor 18 is mounted, the conveyor 18 is easily mounted and fixed to the main body frame 1 simply by pressing the central portion of the conveyor 18 and inserting the frame engaging portion 35 into the frame engaging hole 36. To remove the conveyor 18, the conveyor 18 is easily removed from the main body frame 1 simply by moving the frame fixing member 37 to the release position. Then, by further bending the removed conveyor frame 22, the endless belt 23 stretched on the conveyor frame 22 can be easily removed.

The endless belt 23 used for the conveyor 18 is a rubber belt having a large number of projections (made of PVC).
The protrusions make the medals hard to slip and allow the medals to be polished like a brush when polishing the medals.

A spill prevention guide 42 is provided near the start end of the conveyor 18 so that the
5 is prevented from spilling from the start end side of the conveyor 18 and, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. I have. At a portion where the spill prevention guide 42 and the belt surface of the conveyor 18 are close to each other, some notches 43 are provided in the spill prevention guide 42 so that medals do not pass therethrough so that foreign substances and cleaning liquid on the conveyor 18 are discharged from the notches 43. It has become. And, a little away from the spill prevention guide 42 in the traveling direction of the conveyor 18,
A medal limit sensor 44 is provided, and when a supply amount of medals collected from a game island or the like is larger than the processing capacity of the game medium washing device and medals are accumulated on the conveyor 18 up to the position of the limit sensor 44, By detecting this, the supply of medals to the game medium washing device is stopped.

The separation / separation means 3 is provided at an upper portion near the center of the conveyor 18 and, as shown in FIGS.
Separating means 45 for separating medals stacked and placed on the conveyor one by one, and iron foreign matter on the conveyor
(A screw or an iron plate). The separating means 45 is formed of a rubber belt of the same material as the belt surface of the conveyor 18, and has a length substantially the same as the width of the conveyor 18, and the tip of the separating means has a thickness of about one medal with respect to the belt surface of the conveyor 18. At a position separated by a distance from the conveyor 18, it is provided so as to hang in a direction crossing the conveyor 18. The separating means 46 is provided with a magnet having a length substantially equal to the width of the conveyor 18 in a direction crossing the conveyor 18. The separating means 45 and the separating means 46 are integrally formed and attached to the conveyor frame 22.

Thus, even if the medals supplied to the start end of the conveyer 18 are stacked and conveyed, the medals are separated and conveyed one by one by a separating member, and iron foreign substances (such as screws and iron plates) other than medals are removed. Even if it is present on the conveyor 18, it is removed by the magnet which is the sorting means 46,
The device can be prevented from malfunctioning.

The cleaning means 4 is provided behind the separation / separation means 3, comprises a cleaning liquid application section 47 and a polishing section 48, and is attached to the conveyor guide 19. The cleaning liquid application section 47 constantly supplies the cleaning liquid supplied from the tank 6 described later to the belt surface of the conveyor 18, and as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a box-like shape extending over the entire width of the conveyor 18. The cleaning liquid is supplied via the section 49. The box-like portion 49 is inclined along the conveyor 18, lacks the lower end wall of the inclination, and the front half of the upper wall bends to the bottom side to approach the bottom edge. The edge is formed with irregularities, and the outflowing cleaning liquid has a substantially flat and pleated shape, and reaches the vicinity of the outlet of the separation / separation means 3. As a result, the washing liquid is applied substantially evenly to the medals on the conveyor 18 that has exited the separation / separation means 3.

The polishing section 48 includes, as shown in FIGS.
A flat surface is formed on the lower surface of the polishing surface 50, and the lower surface is formed of a polishing member 51 disposed below the cleaning liquid application unit 47. The polishing surface 50 is formed by attaching an abrasive of the same material as the belt surface of the conveyor 18. Has the same width as the belt surface,
It has a large number of projections, and its polishing surface 50 faces the belt surface of the conveyor 18, sandwiches medals with the belt surface, and polishes the surface of the medals coated with the cleaning liquid. The polishing member 51 having the polishing surface 50 includes:
The polishing surface 50 is supported by the polishing member supporting portion 52 attached to the conveyor guide 19 at a position where the polishing surface 50 is located at a distance of approximately one medal from the belt surface of the conveyor 18. As shown in FIG. 9, the polishing member supporting portion 52 is formed by a member having an L-shaped cross-section and a supporting surface 53 protruding inward from both sides fixed to the conveyor guide 19, and supports both side edges of the polishing member 51. The polishing member 51 is pressed from above to the support surface side by a plate spring 54 attached to the lower surface of the box-shaped portion 49 of the cleaning means 4. The polishing member 51 has a bent edge 5 bent downward toward the start end of the conveyor 18.
5, the bent edge 55 is engaged with the member end of the polishing member support portion 52 and locked when the polishing member 51 moves in the conveyor traveling direction (see FIG. 9A).

As a result, the medals 14 conveyed by the conveyor 18 are sandwiched between the polishing surface 50 of the polishing member 51 and the belt surface of the conveyor 18.
Is continuously driven, and is conveyed while being polished by the friction between the belt surface of the conveyor 18 and the polishing surface 50 of the polishing member 51. If the material of the polishing surface 50 of the polishing member 51 is the same as the material of the belt surface of the conveyor 18, the frictional force applied to both surfaces of the medal becomes almost the same, so that both surfaces of the medal can be ground substantially evenly. it can. The transport speed of the medals at this time is about 1/2 of the transport speed of the conveyor 18.
About. The plurality of protrusions provided on the belt surface of the conveyor 18 and the polishing surface 50 of the polishing member 51 polish the surface of the medal like a brush by friction of each surface.

The polishing member 51 is bent at the start end of the conveyor 18 and is caught by the polishing member support 52 at the edge thereof, and is constantly urged in the direction of the belt surface of the conveyor 18 by the leaf spring 54. The medals are conveyed, and the belt surface of the conveyor 18 and the polishing surface 5 of the polishing member 51
When the surface of the medal is polished with 0, the polishing member 51 is prevented from moving with the operation of the conveyor 18. When the bent edge 55 of the polishing member 51 that is hooked on the polishing member supporting portion 52 is pushed up in the direction of arrow 56 in FIG. 9B, the polishing member 51 can be easily pulled out in the direction of arrow 57 and removed. Since the polishing member 51 can be easily fixed simply by being inserted between the polishing member support portion 52 and the leaf spring 54, the replacement of the polishing member 51 is easy.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 10, a conveyance detection guide 58 having a plate-shaped conveyance guide function is provided near the drying means 5 at the end of the conveyor 18 of the polishing member 51. A conveyance path 59 for guiding medals from the end of the conveyor 18 to the drying means 5 is formed, and the conveyance path 5
Nine medals are detected to be clogged. That is, a clogging detection sensor 60 that detects clogging of medals in the conveyance path 59 based on a distance from the conveyance detection guide 58 is provided above the conveyance detection guide 58. Since the conveyance detection guide 58 is pressed by the leaf spring 54, the conveyance detection guide 58 can be displaced upward against this, and the detection sensor 60 detects the displacement. That is,
The conveyance detection guide 58 also serves as a detection piece of the clogging detection sensor 60, and when a medal is jammed in the conveyance path 59, the medal pushes up the conveyance detection guide 58, and the conveyance detection guide 58 and the clogging detection sensor 60 As the distance decreases, the clogging detection sensor 60 detects that medals are clogged in the transport path 59.

Thus, even if the medals are jammed at the widthwise end of the conveyance path 59, for example, the medal pushes up the entire conveyance detection guide 58 and displaces it, so that the distance between the conveyance detection guide 58 and the jam detection sensor 60 is increased. When the jam is detected, the jam detection sensor 60 detects the jam of the medals in the transport path 59, and the motor 27 as the driving source stops.
This prevents the drying rollers 61 and 62, which will be described later, from rotating while the medals are jammed.
62 can be prevented. When a clogged medal is detected, in addition to stopping the motor 27 described above,
The clogging may be eliminated by rotating the motor 27 in the reverse direction.

The drying means 5 is provided behind the end of the conveyor 18 and, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 10, comprises a pair of upper and lower drying rollers 61 and 62. The lower drying roller 61 serves as a driving roller connected to the motor 27, and the upper drying roller 62 serves as the lower drying roller 6.
It serves as a driven roller that rotates in accordance with one rotation. The driving motor 27 of the conveyor 18 is commonly used to drive the drying roller 61. That is, the gear 63 meshing with the gear 30 is fixed to the rotating shaft of the drying roller 61.

Each of the drying rollers 61 and 62 has a structure in which a water-absorbing material is wound around the same cylindrical central core 64. As shown in FIGS.
5 are inserted into the central core 64 from both sides of the drying rollers 61 and 62, respectively. The central core 64 of the drying roller and the rotating shaft 65 are fixed by pins 66 so that the drying roller does not run idle. A bearing 67 (a bearing with an outer ring) is attached. And this drying roller 6
As shown in FIG. 11D, the roller support guides 1 and 62 are pressed and urged to rotate while holding the medals guided from the conveyor 18 by the transport path 59, as shown in FIG.
8, the roller fixing member 69, and the fixing member 70 support the outer peripheral portion of the rotary bearing 67 in a fixed state.

The roller support guide 68 is provided on the main body frame 1.
The rotation bearings 6 of the lower drying roller 61 are positioned in such a manner that the inclined surfaces 71, 72 formed by bent portions at the rear end are opened rearward.
7 are provided so as to contact the outer periphery. The slope 71 also comes into contact with the rotary bearing 67 of the upper drying roller 62 in a state where the upper extension is fixed. Further, when the roller is fixed to the extending portion above the rotating bearing 6,
A guide slope 73 that does not come into contact with 7 is provided. Guide slope 7
Reference numeral 3 is provided as a guide urging unit. The roller fixing member 69 has, on both sides, lever-shaped parts 75 rotatably supported by the shaft 74 on the main body frame 1 corresponding to the outer circumferences of the rotary bearings 67 at both ends of the upper drying roller 62. As shown in FIGS. 11 (c) and 11 (d), the plate-shaped members 76 are connected to each other so that both of them can rotate similarly. And an inclined portion 77 for pressing the outer periphery of the rotary bearing 67 of the upper drying roller 62 from behind. The inclined portion 77 is provided as a guide urging portion that presses the rotary bearing 67 of the upper drying roller 62 toward the lower drying roller 61 when rotating to the position where the fixing device 70 is locked.

The fixture 70 is, as shown in FIG.
A hook-shaped portion 79 is bent at the other end of a plate-shaped cover member 78 whose one end is rotatably supported at a position above the rear end of the main body frame 1. The hook-shaped portion 79 is fixed by a roller. It is provided so as to lock the plate-like body 76 provided with the member 69. The locked state is such that the roller fixing member 69 is rotated and the upper drying roller 62 is moved by a predetermined amount to the lower drying roller 61.
(See FIG. 11D)
It is.

In order to attach the drying rollers 61 and 62 to the main body frame 1, as shown in FIG.
Rotation bearings 67 are mounted on both ends of the rotation shafts 65 of the first and second rotation shafts 65, respectively, and the rotation bearings 67 of the lower drying roller 61 are inserted between the inclined surfaces 71 and 72 of the roller support guide 68 so that the lower drying roller 61 is rotated. It is supported by the main body frame 1 (see FIG. 3A). Then, the upper drying roller 62 is placed on the roller fixing member 69 so as to be in contact with the lower drying roller 61 (see FIG. 11B), and the roller fixing member 69 is slowly slid.
Is rotated to the roller support guide 68 side. Then, the rotation bearing 67 of the upper drying roller 62 on the roller fixing member 69
Is held between the guide slope 73 of the roller support guide 68 and the slope 77 of the roller fixing member 69 (FIG. 11).
(C)). When the roller fixing member 69 is further rotated and pressed against the roller support guide 68, the rotary bearing 67 of the upper drying roller 62 slides between the guide slope 73 of the roller support guide 68 and the inclined portion 77 of the roller fixing member 69. The contact position changes from the guide slope 73 to the upper part of the slope 71 on the way, and is gradually urged toward the drying roller 61 on the lower side. And the roller support guide 6
8 and the roller fixing member 69, the upper drying roller 6
After the second rotary bearing 67 is supported at a predetermined support position, when the roller fixing member 69 is fixed by the fixing member 70, the drying rollers 61 and 62 are attached to the main body frame 1. The fixing device 70 is held at the fixing position by a reaction force in the direction of opening the roller fixing member 69 due to the elasticity of the drying rollers 61 and 62. The game medium discharge port 17 of the main body frame 1 is located on the outlet side of the upper and lower drying rollers 61 and 62 supported as described above, that is, on the payout side. The inclined surfaces 73 and 77 as the guide urging portions are provided on both the roller support guide 68 and the roller fixing member 69. However, even if they are provided on either one, the guides are substantially the same if the angle and the position are appropriately determined. A biasing action can be provided.

The medals dried by the water-absorbing material on the surfaces of the drying rollers 61 and 62 are conveyed to the game medium discharge port 17 behind the drying rollers and discharged to the hopper 16 therefrom to complete the washing of the medals. . Drying roller 61,
The cleaning liquid absorbed by the drying roller 62 is squeezed toward the inlet side by the urging of the drying roller, and is discharged to the gutter 10 of the main body frame 1 below the drying rollers 61 and 62.

The tank 6 is provided at a lower portion of the main body frame 1 and has a box shape for storing a cleaning liquid. Tank 6
As shown in FIG. 12, a sponge 80 serving as a water supply member is filled up to about 8 minutes of the internal volume of the tank 6. The sponge 80 has a shape conforming to the shape of the inside of the tank, and is divided into upper and lower portions 81 and 82. The sponge 81 on the upper side is fine and the sponge 81 contains impurities from the cleaning liquid collected from the cleaning device. Acts as a filter to remove. In addition, the lower sponge 82 is coarse,
The washing liquid is absorbed and held to near the saturated water supply of the sponge. As a result, even when the tank 6 vibrates, the cleaning liquid is absorbed by the sponge and thus does not easily spill. Even if the cleaning liquid is collected from the cleaning means 4 to the upper part of the tank 6, the cleaning liquid is absorbed by the upper sponge 81 and the cleaning liquid does not easily rebound. Has become. Further, even if foreign matter such as a screw or a medal falls from the apparatus main body into the tank, the foreign matter is separated from the cleaning liquid on the upper surface of the sponge, so that it can be easily removed.

The suction side end of the hose 83 for supplying the cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid application unit 47 is inserted into the lower sponge 82 and reaches near the lower part of the tank, and the cleaning liquid absorbed by the lower sponge 82 is supplied with the cleaning liquid. The water is sucked by a pump 84 as a means and supplied to the cleaning liquid application unit 47 through a hose 85. The pump 84 is provided at an appropriate position near the tank 6 in the main body frame 1. Further, the cleaning liquid discharged from the conveyor 18 and the drying rollers 61 and 62 travels along the gutter 10 of the main body frame 1 which is a cleaning liquid collecting means, and is collected from the opening 13 of the gutter 10 of the main body frame 1 to the upper portion of the tank 6. You. The collected cleaning liquid is subjected to removal of impurities by an upper sponge 81 and a lower sponge 8.
Sent to 2.

Even if the sponge 80 is not divided into two parts, a supply side and a recovery side, the effect of suppressing the spillage of the cleaning liquid can be obtained.
By dividing the sponge 80 into two parts, a supply side and a recovery side, even if the sponge is contaminated by impurities in the cleaning liquid, it is only necessary to replace or wash the upper sponge 81, and maintenance becomes easy. In the present embodiment, two sponges 80 are used. In the case where the sponges 81 and 82 are integrated, if the integrated sponge absorbs the cleaning liquid to near the saturated water absorption, the collected cleaning liquid may not be able to be sufficiently absorbed. (A state in which the vicinity of the upper part of the sponge does not absorb the cleaning liquid). Also, if the shape of the upper sponge 81 is made lower at the center and higher at the end, the collected cleaning liquid is surely absorbed by the upper sponge 81, and the impurities contained in the cleaning liquid are more reliably removed. Can be.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 13, the sponge 80 may be divided into two parts 86, 87 on the left and right sides, a cleaning liquid may be supplied from one sponge 87, and the cleaning liquid may be collected on the other sponge 86. . In this case, the recovered cleaning liquid is returned to the tank 6 by a pipe 88 inserted into the sponge 86, and the sponge 86 captures foreign matter.

The following configuration is also conceivable as another embodiment. The outline is similar to the above embodiment,
A medal which is a game medium collected from a game island, a game machine, a game medium lending machine, etc. is conveyed by a conveyance means, and during conveyance,
This is a game medium washing apparatus configured to wash with a washing means using a washing liquid and remove and wash the washing liquid of medals with a drying means. In the following description, the same parts as those in the above embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

This game medium washing apparatus is shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the main body frame 1, the conveying means 2 (conveyor 18), the separation / separation means 3, the cleaning means 4 (the cleaning liquid
7, a polishing unit 48), a drying unit 5, a tank 6 associated with the cleaning unit 4, and the like. These will be described below.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the main body frame 1 has a configuration in which an inclined gutter portion 10 is supported by legs 11 and 12. The gutter portion 10 has an opening 13 opening downward at an inclined lower end. Further, the main body frame 1 is provided with a game medium insertion port 15 at an upper position on the downstream side of the gutter 10 for inserting a medal 14 which is a game medium collected from a game machine or the like into the apparatus. The input is performed by, for example, a lift. And gutter part 10
A game medium discharge port 17 for discharging the washed medals 14 to the hopper 16 is provided at the upper end of the inclined surface.

The transport means 2 is for transporting the medals 14 placed thereon in the game medium washing apparatus.
The portion immediately before the game medium outlet 17 is constituted by the drying roller of the drying means 5. As shown in FIG. 14, the conveyor 18 is tilted substantially parallel to the gutter portion 10 at a position away from the bottom of the gutter portion 10 and is detachably provided on the main body frame 1 with a lower end as a starting end. The start end is located below the inlet 15, and the end is located near the outlet 17. Conveyor guides 19 for preventing medals from spilling from the conveyor 18 are attached to both side surfaces of the conveyor 18. The reason why the start end of the conveyor 18 is inclined is that even if the medals 14 on the conveyor 18 are stacked, the stacked medals slide down to easily separate the medals one by one.

In addition, the upper part of the end of the conveyor 18 is rotated around the end of the conveyor 18 as an axis, and a polishing member 51 described later is sandwiched and fixed together with the conveyor 18 so that the conveyor 18 does not move upward. Is provided. The upper frame 89 includes a cleaning liquid application unit 4 that applies a cleaning liquid to medals described below.
7 and a clogging detection sensor 6 for detecting clogging of medals
0, a leaf spring 54 for urging the polishing member 51 toward the belt surface of the conveyor 18 and an upper frame engaging portion 89a for fixing the upper frame 89 at a position sandwiching the polishing member 51
(See FIG. 16a).

As shown in FIGS. 14 to 18, the conveyor 18 includes a conveyor frame 22 on which a driving roller 20 and a driven roller 21 are mounted, and an endless belt 23 stretched over the driving roller 20 and the driven roller 21. Made up of The conveyor frame 22 has two parts, an upper conveyor frame 24 and a lower conveyor frame 25, connected by an end connecting part 26. When the conveyor frame 22 is separated from the main body frame 1, the connecting part 26 is used as an axis. It can be folded freely. A drive roller 20 is provided at an upper end of the inclined conveyor frame 22, and is driven by gears 28, 29, 30, 31 by a motor 27 provided on the main body frame 1. At the lower end of the conveyor frame 22,
As shown in FIG. 17, the driven roller 21 is provided together with a tension spring 32 for setting the tension of the endless belt to be stretched. The tension spring 32 is disposed between a spring support 33 provided on the lower conveyor frame 25 and a spring support 34 provided on a bearing portion of the driven roller 21.

As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 18A and FIG. 18, a hook-shaped frame engaging portion 35 for mounting the conveyor frame 22 to the main body frame 1 and a polishing member engaging pin 90 for mounting the polishing member 41 are provided. As shown in FIGS. 16 and 18, the main body frame 1 is fitted into a frame engaging hole 36 for inserting the frame engaging portion 35 of the conveyor frame 22, and the conveyor frame 22 is attached to the main body frame 1. A frame fixing device 37 for fixing is provided. The frame fixing device 37 is positioned above an upper frame engaging portion 89a provided on the upper frame 89, and is turned from a position where the upper frame 89 sandwiches the polishing member 51. The fixing position (the state shown in FIG. 18 (c)) for fixing so as not to move, and the conveyor frame 22 and the book While separating from the body frame 1,
A release position in which the upper frame 89 is retreated from the upper portion of the upper frame engaging portion 89a and is rotatable (FIG. 18A,
(state of (b)).

Accordingly, when the conveyor 18 is attached to the main body frame 1, FIGS. 16 (a), (b), (c),
As shown in (d), first, the frame fixture 37 is moved to the release position, and the upper frame 89 is rotated and retracted from the mounting position of the conveyor frame 22. Then, the vicinity of the central portion of the conveyor 18 in which a polishing member 51 described later is attached to a polishing member engaging pin 90 provided on the upper conveyor frame 24 is pressed in the direction of arrow 38 (see FIG. 16B), While straightening the frame 22, the frame engaging portion 35 of the upper conveyor frame 24 is fitted into the frame engaging hole 36 of the main body frame 1 (see FIG. 16C), and the polishing member 51 fixes the upper frame 89 to the conveyor frame 22. Is rotated to a position where it is sandwiched between. When the frame fixing tool 37 is moved in the direction of arrow 39 shown in FIG. 16C, the frame fixing tool 37 fits between the frame engaging portion 35 and the frame engaging hole 36 at the fixing position, The upper frame fixing portion 37a is located above the upper frame engaging portion 89a, fixing the conveyor 18 to the main body frame, and reducing the action force of the frame engaging portion 35 to escape by the reaction force of the endless belt 23. The frame fixture 37 locks the frame engaging portion 35 against the upper frame 8
9 is fixed so as not to rotate upward, and the frame fixing member 37 is opposed to the force of the upper frame 89 to rotate upward by the reaction force of the leaf spring 54 provided on the upper frame 89. The upper frame fixing portion 37a locks the upper frame engaging portion 89a (the state shown in FIG. 16D). When the conveyor 18 is removed, the frame fixing member 37 is moved to the release position to retract the frame fixing member 37 from between the frame engaging portion 35 and the frame engaging hole 36, and the upper portion of the upper frame engaging portion 89a. The upper frame fixing portion 37a is retracted from the position. When the upper frame is rotated and retracted from the position where the conveyor frame 22 is mounted, the conveyor frame 22 is bent by the expansion and contraction of the endless belt 23 adjusted by the conveyor frame 22, and the frame engaging portion 35 is engaged with the frame. The conveyor 18 is detached from the mating hole 36 and removed.

When the conveyor is removed from the main body frame 1, the tension of the endless belt 23 makes the conveyor frame 22
Is bent at the connection portion, the tension of the endless belt 23 stretched on the conveyor 18 is relaxed, and the conveyor frame 22 is further bent, so that the endless belt 23 hangs down from the conveyor frame 22, and the endless belt 23 ends from the conveyor frame 22. The belt 23 can be easily removed (see FIG. 17).

As described above, when the conveyor 18 is mounted, the conveyor 18 is easily mounted and fixed to the main body frame 1 simply by pressing the central portion of the conveyor 18 and inserting the frame engaging portion 35 into the frame engaging hole 36. To remove the conveyor 18, the conveyor 18 is easily removed from the main body frame 1 simply by moving the frame fixing member 37 to the release position. Then, by further bending the removed conveyor frame 22, the endless belt 23 stretched on the conveyor frame 22 can be easily removed.

The endless belt 23 used for the conveyor 18 is a rubber belt having a large number of protrusions (made of PVC).
The protrusions make the medals hard to slip and allow the medals to be polished like a brush when polishing the medals.

A spill prevention guide 42 is provided near the start end of the conveyor 18 so that the
The medals inserted from 5 are prevented from spilling from the start end side of the conveyor 18 and, as shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. I have. At a portion where the spill prevention guide 42 and the belt surface of the conveyor 18 are close to each other, some notches 43 are provided in the spill prevention guide 42 so that medals do not pass therethrough.
Is discharged. A medal limit sensor 44 is provided at a position slightly away from the spill prevention guide 42 in the traveling direction of the conveyor 18, and a supply amount of medals collected from a game island or the like is determined by a processing capacity of the game medium cleaning device. In many cases, when medals are accumulated on the conveyor 18 up to the position of the limit sensor 44, the medal is detected and the supply of medals to the game medium washing device is stopped.

The separation / separation means 3 is provided in the upper part near the center of the conveyor 18 and separates the medals stacked on the conveyor one by one as shown in FIGS. It is provided with a means 45 and a separating means 46 for removing iron foreign matter (screw or iron plate) on the conveyor. The separating means 45 is formed of a rubber belt of the same material as the belt surface of the conveyor 18, and has a length substantially the same as the width of the conveyor 18, and the tip of the separating means has a thickness of about one medal with respect to the belt surface of the conveyor 18. At a distance of
It is provided so as to hang down in a direction crossing the conveyor 18. By using a rubber belt as the separating means 45, even if a medal bites between the separating means and the conveyor, the separating means can be prevented from being elastically deformed and damaging the belt surface of the conveyor. The separating means 46 is provided with a magnet having a length substantially equal to the width of the conveyor 18 in a direction crossing the conveyor 18. The separating means 45 and the separating means 46 are integrally formed and attached to the conveyor frame 22.

Thus, even if the medals supplied to the start end of the conveyer 18 are stacked and conveyed, the medals are separated and conveyed one by one by a separating member, and iron foreign matters (such as screws and iron plates) other than medals are removed. Even if it is present on the conveyor 18, it is removed by the magnet which is the sorting means 46,
The device can be prevented from malfunctioning.

The cleaning means 4 is provided behind the separation / separation means 3 and comprises a cleaning liquid application section 47 and a polishing section 48. The cleaning liquid application section 47 is provided on an upper frame 89, and the polishing section 48 It is attached to the conveyor frame 22 by a polishing member engaging pin 90. The cleaning liquid application unit 47 is configured to constantly supply the cleaning liquid supplied from the tank 6 described later to the belt surface of the conveyor 18, and as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, a box-like shape extending over the entire width of the conveyor 18. The cleaning liquid is supplied via the section 49. The box-shaped portion 49 is provided with a plurality of holes for discharging the cleaning liquid in a horizontal line at the lower edge of the start end side of the conveyor 18, and the discharged cleaning liquid travels along the upper surface of the polishing member 51 and is separated and separated. It reaches the vicinity of Exit 3.

The polishing member 51 is shown in FIGS. 14, 19, and 20.
As shown in the figure, the polishing member guide portions 51b at both ends are arranged between the upper frame 89 of the cleaning liquid application section 47 and the conveyor 18, and the polishing is performed by using the same material with substantially the same width as the belt surface of the conveyor 18. And a central portion where a polishing surface 50 is formed by attaching a material. Polished surface 50
Is designed to oppose the belt surface, sandwich the medal between the belt surface, and polish the surface of the medal to which the cleaning liquid is applied. The polishing surface 50 includes a polishing member guide portion 51b.
The polishing member 51 is held at a position at a distance of about one medal with respect to the belt surface of the conveyor 18. The polishing member engaging holes 51 a provided at both ends of the polishing member 51 are provided.
With this, it can be attached to the polishing member engaging pin 90 provided on the conveyor frame 22. The polishing member 51 is pressed against the conveyor frame 22 by the leaf spring 54 attached to the lower surface of the upper frame 89. By directly attaching the polishing member 51 to the conveyor frame 22 in this manner, the distance between the polishing surface 50 and the belt surface is smaller than that in the embodiment described above in which the polishing member 51 is supported by the polishing member support portion 52. Errors can be reduced.

As a result, the medals 14 conveyed by the conveyor 18 are sandwiched between the polishing surface 50 of the polishing member 51 and the belt surface of the conveyor 18.
Is continuously driven, and is conveyed while being polished by the friction between the belt surface of the conveyor 18 and the polishing surface 50 of the polishing member 51. If the material of the polishing surface 50 of the polishing member 51 is the same as the material of the belt surface of the conveyor 18, the frictional force applied to both surfaces of the medal becomes almost the same, so that both surfaces of the medal can be ground substantially evenly. it can. The transport speed of the medals at this time is about 1/2 of the transport speed of the conveyor 18.
About. The plurality of protrusions provided on the belt surface of the conveyor 18 and the polishing surface 50 of the polishing member 51 polish the surface of the medal like a brush by friction of each surface.

As shown in FIG. 14, FIG. 19 and FIG.
A conveyance detection guide 58 having a plate-shaped conveyance guide function is provided close to the conveyance path 59. A conveyance path 59 for guiding medals from the end of the conveyor 18 to the drying means 5 is formed. It is designed to detect clogging. That is, a clogging detection sensor 60 that detects clogging of medals in the conveyance path 59 based on a distance from the conveyance detection guide 58 is provided above the conveyance detection guide 58. Since the conveyance detection guide 58 is pressed by the leaf spring 54, it can be displaced upward against this,
The detection sensor 60 detects the displacement. That is, the conveyance detection guide 58 also serves as a detection piece of the clogging detection sensor 60, and when a medal is jammed in the conveyance path 59, the medal pushes up the conveyance detection guide 58, and the conveyance detection guide 58 and the clogging detection sensor By reducing the distance of 60, the clogging detection sensor 60 detects that medals are clogged in the transport path 59.

Thus, for example, even if the medals are jammed at the width direction end of the conveyance path 59, the medal pushes up the entire conveyance detection guide 58 and displaces it, so that the interval between the conveyance detection guide 58 and the jam detection sensor 60 is increased. When the jam is detected, the jam detection sensor 60 detects the jam of the medals in the transport path 59, and the motor 27 as the driving source stops.
This prevents the drying rollers 61 and 62, which will be described later, from rotating while the medals are jammed.
62 can be prevented. When a clogged medal is detected, in addition to stopping the motor 27 described above,
The clogging may be eliminated by rotating the motor 27 in the reverse direction.

The drying means 5 is provided behind the end of the conveyor 18, and as shown in FIGS.
It consists of a pair of drying rollers 61 and 62 at the top and bottom. The lower drying roller 61 serves as a driving roller connected to the motor 27, and the upper drying roller 62 serves as a driven roller that rotates in accordance with the rotation of the lower drying roller 61. ing. The driving motor 27 of the conveyor 18 is commonly used to drive the drying roller 61. That is,
A gear 63 meshing with the gear 30 is fixed to a rotating shaft of the drying roller 61.

Each of the drying rollers 61 and 62 has a structure in which a water-absorbing material is wound around the same cylindrical central core portion 64, and as shown in FIGS. The shaft 65 is inserted into the central core 64 from both sides of the drying rollers 61 and 62, and the central core 64 of the drying roller and the rotating shaft 65 are fixed by pins 66 so that the drying roller does not run idle. Rotating bearing 67
(Bearing with outer ring) is attached. Then, the drying rollers 61 and 62 are pressed and urged to rotate while nipping the medals guided from the conveyor 18 by the conveying path 59, as shown in FIG. The support guide 68, the roller fixing member 69, and the fixture 7
0, the outer peripheral portions of the rotary bearings 67a and 67b are fixedly supported.

The roller support guide 68 is attached to the main body frame 1.
The rotation bearings 6 of the lower drying roller 61 are positioned in such a manner that the inclined surfaces 71, 72 formed by bent portions at the rear end are opened rearward.
7b is provided so as to be in contact with the outer periphery. The slope 71 also comes into contact with the rotary bearing 67a of the upper drying roller 62 with the upper extension part fixed. Further, a guide surface 73 which does not come into contact with the rotary bearing 67a when the roller is fixed is provided in a portion extending above the roller. The guide surface 73 is provided as a guide urging unit. The roller fixing guide 69 is provided between the rotary bearings 6 at both ends of the upper drying roller 62.
21a is attached to the tip of a lever-like portion 75 rotatably supported by a shaft 74 on the main body frame 1 corresponding to the outer circumference of FIG.
As shown in (c) and (d), there is an inclined portion 77a for pressing the rotating bearing 67b of the lower drying roller 61 from behind, and an inclined portion 77b for fixing the rotating bearing 67b of the lower drying roller 61 from behind. are doing. The inclined portion 77a that presses the rotating bearing 67 of the upper drying roller 62 from behind is provided with a fixture 70.
The upper drying roller 62
Is provided as a guide urging unit that presses the rotary bearing 67a of FIG. By providing the inclined portion 77b for fixing the lower drying roller 61, when the lower drying roller 61 rotates, it is possible to prevent the position of the lower drying roller 61 from shifting due to the elasticity of the drying rollers 61 and 62. The washing liquid can be removed from the game medium by rotating the 62 stably.

In order to attach the drying rollers 61 and 62 to the main body frame 1, as shown in FIG.
Rotation bearings 67a, 67 on both sides of the rotation shaft 65
7b, and the rotary bearing 67b of the lower drying roller 61
Is inserted between the inclined surfaces 71 and 72 of the roller support guide 68 to support the lower drying roller 61 on the main body frame 1.
(See FIG. 21A). The roller fixing member 69 is set so that the upper drying roller 62 contacts the lower drying roller 61.
The roller fixing member 69 is slowly placed on the roller support guide 68 side (see FIG. 21B). Then, the rotary bearing 67a of the upper drying roller 62 on the roller fixing member 69 is held between the guide inclined surface 73 of the roller support guide 68 and the upper inclined portion 77a of the roller fixing member 69 (FIG. 21 (c)). )reference). When the roller fixing portion 69 is further rotated and pressed against the roller support guide 68, the lower inclined portion 77 b of the roller fixing member 69 is moved together with the inclined surfaces 71 and 72 of the roller support guide 68 and the lower drying roller 6.
The rotating bearing 67a of the upper drying roller 62 is fixed to the guide inclined surface 73 of the roller support guide 68 and the upper inclined portion 77 of the roller fixing member 69.
a, the contact position changes from the guide slope 73 to the upper part of the slope 71 on the way, and the lower drying roller 6
It is urged slowly in one direction. Then, after the rotating bearing 67a of the upper drying roller 62 is supported at a predetermined designated position by being sandwiched between the roller support guide 68 and the roller fixing member 69, when the fixing member 70 fixes the roller fixing member 69, the drying roller 61 , 62 are attached to the body frame 1. At the outlet side of the upper and lower drying rollers 61, 62 supported as described above, that is, at the pay-out side, the game medium outlet of the main body frame 1 is located. In addition, the slopes 73 and 77a as the guide urging portions are
8 and the roller fixing member 69 are provided, but even if they are provided on either one, substantially the same guide urging action can be exerted if the angle and the position are appropriately determined.

The medals dried by the water-absorbing material on the surfaces of the drying rollers 61 and 62 are conveyed to the game medium discharge port 17 behind the drying rollers, discharged to the hopper 16 from there, and the washing of the medals is completed. . Drying roller 61,
The cleaning liquid absorbed by the drying roller 62 is squeezed toward the inlet side by the urging of the drying roller, and is discharged to the gutter 10 of the main body frame 1 below the drying rollers 61 and 62.

The tank 6 is provided in the lower part of the main frame 1 and has a box shape for storing a cleaning liquid. Tank 6
As shown in FIG. 22, a sponge 80 serving as a water supply member is filled up to about 8 minutes of the internal volume of the tank 6. The sponge 80 has a shape conforming to the shape of the inside of the tank, and is divided into upper and lower portions 81 and 82. The sponge 81 on the upper side is fine and the sponge 81 contains impurities from the cleaning liquid collected from the cleaning device. Acts as a filter to remove. In addition, the lower sponge 82 is coarse,
The washing liquid is absorbed and held to near the saturated water supply of the sponge. As a result, even when the tank 6 vibrates, the cleaning liquid is absorbed by the sponge and thus does not easily spill. Even if the cleaning liquid is collected from the cleaning means 4 to the upper part of the tank 6, the cleaning liquid is absorbed by the upper sponge 81 and the cleaning liquid does not easily rebound. Has become. Further, even if foreign matter such as a screw or a medal falls from the apparatus main body into the tank, the foreign matter is separated from the cleaning liquid on the upper surface of the sponge, so that it can be easily removed.

The sponge 80 filled in the tank 6
The insertion position of the hose 83 is provided with a notch 80a for inserting the hose 83 (see FIG. 23) so that the sponge 80 does not contact the hose 83. Thus, even when the tank 6 is detached to replace the cleaning liquid or the sponge 80, the hose 83 can be easily removed.
Can be inserted and removed. The sponge 80 filled in the tank 6 has the same shape as the notch 80a of the sponge 80 in order to prevent the cleaning liquid from flowing from the upper sponge 81 so as to isolate the hose 83. Cleaning liquid guide member 91 slightly higher than the height of 80
(See FIG. 24). Cleaning liquid guide member 9
1 is provided with a plurality of permeation holes 91a through which the cleaning liquid permeates up to near the height of the lower sponge 82. For example, even if the collected cleaning liquid is not absorbed well by the upper sponge, The freshly collected cleaning liquid does not flow into the insertion position of 83,
The cleaning liquid is supplied to the hose 83 only from the lower sponge 82. Further, compared to a case where the hose 83 is directly inserted into the sponge 80, it is possible to prevent the cleaning liquid from being sucked together with the cleaning liquid.

As shown in FIG. 22, the suction side end of the hose 83 for supplying the cleaning liquid to the cleaning liquid application section 47 is inserted into the portion surrounded by the cleaning liquid guide member 91 and the corner of the tank, and reaches near the lower part of the tank. The cleaning liquid that is substantially inserted into the lower sponge 82 and absorbed by the lower sponge 82 is sucked out by a pump 84 as cleaning liquid supply means, and supplied to the cleaning liquid application section 47 via a hose 85. The pump 84 is provided at an appropriate position near the tank 6 in the main body frame 1. Further, the cleaning liquid discharged from the conveyor 18 and the drying rollers 61 and 62 travels along the gutter 10 of the main body frame 1 which is a cleaning liquid collecting means, and is collected from the opening 13 of the gutter 10 of the main body frame 1 to the upper portion of the tank 6. You. The collected cleaning liquid is removed of impurities by the upper sponge 81 and sent to the lower sponge 82.

[0066]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the cleaning liquid can be prevented from dropping and scattering in the tank due to the vibration of the tank and the like, the cleaning liquid can be filtered, and the foreign matter falling into the tank can be easily removed. Play. The invention described in claim 2 has an effect that the cleaning liquid is less likely to spill. The invention according to claim 3 has an effect that the replacement of the water-absorbing member to be used becomes easy, and the cost of the water-absorbing member can be reduced.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, impurities contained in the collected cleaning liquid can be efficiently removed and reused, so that the cleaning liquid does not need to be replaced frequently.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic longitudinal sectional side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view seen in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are schematic side views of different stages, sequentially showing a conveyor attaching process in the embodiment. FIGS.

4A and 4B sequentially show a conveyor attaching process in the embodiment following FIG. 3, and FIGS. 4A and 4B are schematic side views of different stages, respectively.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side view showing a state where the conveyor in the embodiment is bent.

FIG. 6 shows a process of attaching the conveyor frame to the attachment portion in the embodiment, and (a) to (c) are partially enlarged perspective views of different stages.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged perspective view showing another embodiment of a configuration for mounting a conveyor frame according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 shows a polishing member according to the embodiment (a).
Is a schematic plan view, and (b) is a side view thereof.

9A and 9B show a process of removing the attached abrasive member according to the embodiment, wherein FIG. 9A is a partial perspective view of the attached state, and FIG.

FIG. 10 is a schematic partial enlarged side view showing a state in which medals are clogged near an outlet of the washing means in the embodiment.

11A and 11B show a process of attaching a drying roller according to the embodiment, in which (a), (b) and (c) are side views of main parts at different stages in sequence, and (d) is a main part showing a mounted state. It is a side view.

FIG. 12 is a schematic vertical sectional side view showing the tank in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a schematic vertical sectional side view showing another embodiment of the tank portion in the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a schematic vertical sectional side view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a schematic plan view seen in the direction of arrow B in FIG. 14;

16 (a) to (d) are schematic side views of different stages, respectively, showing a conveyor attaching process in the other embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a schematic side view showing a state in which the conveyor according to the other embodiment is bent.

FIG. 18 shows a process of attaching a conveyor frame to an attachment portion according to the other embodiment, and FIGS.
(C) is a partial enlarged perspective view of a different stage.

19A and 19B show a polishing member according to another embodiment, wherein FIG. 19A is a schematic plan view and FIG. 19B is a side view thereof.

FIG. 20 is a partial perspective view showing a state before the polishing member is mounted, and FIG. 20 (b) is a partial perspective view showing the state before the polishing member is mounted in the other embodiment.

21 (a), (b), and (c) are side views of main parts at different stages in order, and (d) shows a state where the drying roller is mounted in the other embodiment. It is a principal part side view.

FIG. 22 is a schematic perspective view showing a tank and the inside of the tank according to the other embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a schematic perspective view showing a sponge used for a tank in the other embodiment.

FIG. 24 is a schematic perspective view showing a cleaning liquid guide member used for a tank in the other embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body frame 2 Conveying means 3 Separation / separation means 4 Cleaning means 5 Drying means 6 Tank 10 Gutter part 11, 12 Leg part 13 Opening 14 Medal 15 Input port 16 Hopper 17 Discharge port 18 Conveyor 19 Conveyor guide 20 Drive roller 21 Follower roller 22 Conveyor frame 23 Endless belt 24 Upper conveyor frame 25 Lower conveyor frame 26 Connecting part 27 Motor 28, 29, 30, 31 Gear 32 Tension spring 33, 34 Spring receiver 35 Frame engaging part 36 Frame engaging hole 37 Frame fixing member 37a Upper part Frame fixing parts 38, 39 Arrows 40 Spring 41 Inclined part 42 Spill prevention guide 43 Notch 44 Limit sensor 45 Separation means 46 Separation means 47 Cleaning liquid application part 48 Polishing part 49 Box upper part 50 Polishing surface 51 Polishing member 51a Polishing Material engaging hole 51b Polishing member guide 52 Polishing member support 53 Support surface 54 Leaf spring 55 Bending edge 56, 57 Arrow 58 Transport detection guide 59 Transport path 60 Clogging detection sensor 61, 62 Drying roller 64 Central core 65 Rotating shaft 66 Pin 67 Rotating bearing 67a Upper drying roller rotating bearing 67b Lower drying roller rotating bearing 68 Roller support guide 69 Roller fixing member 70 Fixture 71, 72 Inclined surface 73 Guide inclined surface 74 Shaft 75 Lever-shaped portion 76 Plate-shaped body 77 Inclined portion 77a Upper inclined portion for drying roller 77b Inclined portion for lower drying roller 78 Cover member 79 Hook-shaped portion 80 Sponge 80a Notch 81 Upper sponge 81a Notch 82 Lower sponge 82a Notch 83 Hose 84 Pump 85 Hose 86 Left sponge 87 Right Sponge 88 pipe 89 Upper frame 89a Upper frame engaging portion 90 Polishing member engaging pin 91 Cleaning liquid guide member 91a Transmission hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] A washing means for washing a game medium with a washing liquid; a tank storing the washing liquid; a washing liquid supply means for supplying the washing liquid from the tank to the washing means; and a washing liquid supplied to the washing means. A game medium washing apparatus comprising: a washing liquid collecting means for collecting into a tank; and a water absorbing member which is made of a water-absorbing material, is inserted into the tank, and absorbs and holds the washing liquid in the tank. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the water-absorbing member is filled in accordance with an inner shape of the tank. 3. A member on the supply side where the water absorbing member supplies the cleaning liquid absorbed by the cleaning liquid supply means to the cleaning means, and a recovery means for recovering the cleaning liquid from the cleaning means to the tank by the cleaning liquid recovery means. Side members,
The game medium cleaning device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: 4. The cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein the tank is provided below the cleaning unit, a cleaning liquid near a lower portion of the tank is supplied to the cleaning unit by the cleaning liquid supply unit, and the cleaning liquid recovery unit supplies the cleaning liquid from the cleaning unit to an upper part of the tank. The game medium cleaning device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the cleaning solution is collected.