JP2002302292A - Thin piece carrying device and using device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thin piece carrying device preventing a carrying failure such as jamming of a thin piece in a guide conductor. SOLUTION: This thin piece carrying device 300 put a thin piece 100 inserted from a sub carrying portion C into a merging carrying portion 2 through a guide conductors 8. The merging carrying portion 2 merges the thin piece 100 with a main carrying part 4 for carrying. Carrying rollers composed of opposite rollers 41A, 41B with a driving motor 26A is provided in a middle point of the guide conductor 8. The thin piece 100 is forcibly carried by the carrying rollers, so that preventing the thin piece 100 from jamming in the guide conductor 8. The carrying roller can be changed to rollers with protrusions. When the sub carrying portion C in a front side and the sub carrying portion C in a rear side are dislocated L3, the guide conductor 8 need to be just curved. One guide conductor 8 and opposite rollers 71A, 71B for taking in can be removed. As a using device, there is a pachinko island device 50 wherein the sub carrying portion C is disposed in a pachinko machine B for carrying a bill 100.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lamella transporting device for transporting lamellas such as banknotes inserted from a plurality of entrances in a predetermined path direction, and a device utilizing the lamella, for example, a plurality of pachinko machines. The present invention relates to a pachinko tajima device provided with a flake transport device for transporting bills and the like in which the game balls are inserted as loan consideration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Pachinko gaming machines, or gaming machines such as pachinko / slot gaming machines provided with a bouncing function or a slot machine function at the gate of the pachinko gaming machine (in the present invention, these gaming machines are collectively referred to as: A plurality of pachinko machines are arranged as shown in FIG. 6 and a single block is configured as a pachinko machine 500. This pachinko machine 500 has a plurality of pachinko machines inside a pachinko parlor. It seems to have arranged "islands", so it is commonly called "islands".

In the following drawings, portions indicated by the same reference numerals are portions having the same functions as the portions denoted by the same reference numerals described in any of the drawings. In addition, an extremely thick line portion in the drawing is a portion drawn by omitting an end face or a cross section of the portion. Further, in the present invention, a member refers to a constituent material constituting each constituent part.

[0006] As shown in FIG. 6, bills inserted as loan consideration for game balls used for pachinko game play,
A configuration is known in which a thin-sheet conveying device 300 for conveying a thin sheet 100 such as a slip or a card is assembled to a pachinko tajima device 500.

In FIG. 6, in the pachinko machine 500, a plurality of pachinko machines B are arranged on a front row side and a rear row side, and the pachinko machines B are used at required positions between the pachinko machines B. A game ball, that is, a sub-transport path S portion for turning a thin piece 100 inserted into a ball lending device for lending a pachinko ball (the entire device is not shown) into a main transport path M into one block. The configured sub-transport portion C is arranged. In the following description, the upstream side or the downstream side refers to the upstream side or the downstream side in the flow of the lamella 100 in the main transport path M.

A main transport path M is formed in a space between the pachinko machine B on the front row and the pachinko machine B on the rear row.
The main transport path portion 300A is provided, and the lamella 100 from the sub transport section C is transported by the main transport path section 300A, for example, a storage box 110 provided at the end of the main transport path M.
The thin section 100 is stored.

Here, the distinction between the front row side and the rear row side is intended to explain the configuration in an easily understandable manner, and does not mean to relate to the arrangement in the store. It is also well known that the pachinko machines are arranged only on the front row or the rear row. It should be noted that the front side and the rear side are intended to make the configuration easy to understand, and do not indicate the relationship with the state in which the devices are arranged.

[0008] In order to cope with the difference in the size of the pachinko machine B and to facilitate the assembly of the lamella conveyance device 300 on site, as shown in FIGS. A main transport section formed by uniting the converging portions of the conveying path S into a block unit as a merging and conveying section 2 and forming a unit of the main conveying path M disposed between the merging and conveying sections 2 into a block unit A configuration is known in which the distance L1 between the sub-conveying paths S can be changed only by changing the length L9 of the main conveying portion 4 by arranging the main conveying portion 4 separately. The length L2 is the length between the sub-transport portions C, for example, the length of the pachinko machine B.

Further, specific details of the configuration are, for example,
As shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 10, the transport configuration in the sub-transport portion C is such that the thin sheet 1 is placed between two endless belts which are arranged opposite to each other and are transported at the same speed, such as belts C3a and C3b.
The transport mechanism in the main transport section 4 is similarly configured by an opposed belt transport mechanism using belts 45A and 45B.

The opposed belt transport mechanism 45B of the main transport section 4
The belt transmission configuration 4G by 45B is driven by a transmission mechanism such as the [transmission mechanism configuration] in FIG. 10, and the holding plate 2z on the bottom side of the gear transmission mechanism 2G of the combined conveyance section 2
, The driving motor, ie, the driving motor 26
Gears 29-2 rotated through gear 26a by
The belts 45A and 43B are respectively driven by drive-side pulleys 43A and 43B provided on the shafts of two gears 46a and 46b interlocking with 9d.
45B.

Then, the opposing belt transport mechanism 45A / 45
By disposing the driven pulleys 44A and 44B driven by B at the end positions close to the next merged and transported portion 2, the driven pulleys 44A and 44B are inserted into the next merged and transported portion 4. Therefore, the drive motor, that is, the drive motor 26 is a drive source for driving the transmission mechanism in each transfer of the combined transfer portion 2 and the main transfer portion 4.

The facing portion 42 facing the belts 45A and 45B and the facing portion facing the belts C3a and C3b
To provide a very small gap to the extent that
They are almost in contact with each other.

The driving configuration of the opposing belt transport mechanisms C3a and C3b of the sub-transport portion C is such that the pulleys C1a and C1b or the pulleys C2a and C2b
Is driven by a drive motor (not shown) of the ball lending device (not shown) provided inside the sub-transport portion C.

[0014] Opposite belt transport mechanism C3a of sub transport section C
C3b is surrounded by an appropriate protective cover C3 except for a guide piece C1A provided at the thin section inlet C1 and a thin section outlet C2 for sending out the thin section 100, and is opposed to the main transport section 4. The belt conveying mechanisms 45A and 45B are provided with a guide piece 59A provided at an end on the side where the thin pieces 100 fed from the merged and conveyed portion 2 are taken in, and an end on the side where the conveyed thin pieces 100 are fed into the next merged and conveyed portion 2. Guide piece 59B provided
, And is surrounded by an appropriate protective cover 4A.

As shown in FIG. 8, the main transport portion 4 is configured to be detachable from the merging / transporting portion 2. At the time of mounting, the guide piece 59B provided on the main conveying portion 4 is merged and transported. While being inserted into the guide piece 2B part of the part 2,
The bottom surfaces of both ends of the main transport portion 4 are held by the receiving members 2a and 2b projecting from the merged transport portion 2, and the holes 47A of the latching members 47 projecting from the upper surface side of the main transport portion 4,
The protrusion 30 provided on the upper surface side of the merged transport portion 2 is inserted and held.

The thin piece 100 inserted from the sub-transport portion C
The transport configuration in the convey section 2 is that the thin piece 100 is guided by the guide pieces 23A1 and 23A2 whose curved surfaces are opposed to each other, and that the rollers 25A arranged in the middle part of the downstream guide piece 23A1, ie, convey for confluence. The roller is transported while being in contact with one surface of the thin piece 100 and is inserted into the main transport portion 4 on the downstream side. This transport arrangement is likewise arranged symmetrically with respect to the sub-transport part C on the opposite side.

The transport configuration of the thin section 100 fed from the upstream main transport section 4 in the merged transport section 2 is guided by guide pieces 23B1 and 23B2 whose planes are opposed to each other, and is arranged so as to face and contact. The two rollers (referred to as opposed rollers in the present invention) 24A and 24B are transported while sandwiching both surfaces of the thin piece 100, and are inserted into the main transport portion 4 on the downstream side. Then, the merging and conveying portion 2 is a required portion, for example, the guide pieces 23A1, 23A.
2. It is surrounded by an appropriate protective cover 2A, leaving portions such as the guide pieces 23B1 and 23B.

As shown in FIG. 10, the frame holding portion of the joining and conveying portion 2 holding the mechanical portion is a frame 2 in which holding plates 2z arranged vertically are fixed by columns (not shown) arranged at appropriate positions.
y, and each of the guide pieces is vertically symmetrically formed and fixed to the holding plate 2z or integrally formed with the holding plate 2z. Are held by bearings (not shown) arranged on the holding plate 2z.

Note that the axis of each roller is the axis of a code obtained by changing the alphabetic character at the end of the code of each roller to lower case. In FIG. 10, the gears 27 to 27C · 2
Similarly to the gears 29 to 29D, the portions 8A and 28B are also transmission mechanism portions for driving the shafts of the respective rollers of the combined conveyance portion 2. Each belt is constituted by a flat belt having a required width.

In the configuration shown in FIGS. 7 to 10 (hereinafter referred to as a first prior art), the width W outside the front sub-transport portion C and the rear sub-transport portion C, for example, a pachinko tajima device 5
When the width W of 00 is different, for example, the width W changes due to the difference in the depth of an operation mechanism (not shown) attached to the pachinko machine provided on the back side of the pachinko machine B, or the width of the pachinko machine is changed. The width W changes depending on circumstances such as an indoor passage.

For this reason, as shown in FIG. 11, a guide conduit 8 for guiding and bridging the thin pieces 100 between each sub-transport portion C and each merged-transport portion 2 is provided separately.
The width W is made to correspond to the length L5 of the guide conduit 8, and the take-in opposed rollers 71A and 71B are disposed at a position where the thin piece 100 enters the merged and transported portion 2 from the guide conduit 8, so that the take-in is positively performed. (Hereinafter, referred to as a second prior art) is well known.

The shaft 71a of one of the opposing rollers 71A and 71B is driven by an interlocking mechanism (not shown) interlocked with the drive motor 26, and the other roller 71B is driven by a spring 73 to the roller 71B.
Is pressed against the roller 71A.

Further, when the width W is large and the guide conduit 8 alone cannot take in the lamella 100 or the lamella is unstable, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, as shown in FIGS. A configuration in which the take-in portion by the opposed rollers 71A and 72B is configured as a separate take-in auxiliary portion 7, and is attached and fixed to the joining / conveying portion 2 by an appropriate fixing tool, for example, a screw (hereinafter, referred to as a third conventional device). Technology) is well known.

Then, the take-in opposed roller roller 71A
A portion 72B is a flat belt 72 between a pulley 31A driven by an interlocking mechanism (not shown) interlocked with the drive motor 26 and a take-in roller 71A as shown in FIG.
A, and the flat belt 72A and the other roller 71B face each other.

Therefore, the width W of the pachinko tajima device 500 can be increased by the length L5 of the guide line 8 plus the length L4 of the catching rope portion 7. is there.

In FIG. 13, the guide conduit 8 is provided at one end of the guide conduit 8 such that the side of the sub-conveying section C in FIG. The inward hooking claw 82 and the outward hooking claw 83 can be fixed simply by inserting them. The merging and conveying portion 2 shown in FIG. 8
1 is inserted into upper and lower portions of the opposing rollers 71A and 71B of the intake port 2C and held. The width W can be adjusted by changing the amount of insertion of the insertion portion 81.

Further, a conveyer roller, that is,
In the conveyance at the roller 25, the shape of the roller 25 is changed to a ridged roller 251 provided with a ridge 251A having an annular outer surface 251z as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 10 [protrusions with protrusions], the protrusions 251A1 are replaced with protrusions 251A provided with protrusions 251A arranged at equal intervals.
The guide groove 232 is formed in the wall of the guide piece 23A2 facing the 51A.
a is provided to transport the transport 100 reliably while forming the bent portion 100B in the thin piece 100 (hereinafter, referred to as a fourth conventional technique).
Is well known.

Also, from each sub-transport portion C to the merged-transport portion 2
When the flakes 100 to be inserted into the conveyer unit 2 are simultaneously inserted with the flakes 100 to be inserted into the merging and conveying unit 2, the flakes 100 overlap each other, and the flakes 10 overlap.
In addition to damaging 0, the transport operation is broken.

For this reason, each sub-transport portion C and main transport portion 4
Detection section (not shown) for detecting the transport of the thin section 100
Is provided to detect the transport state of each slice 100, and when the slice 100 from the main transport portion 4 is inserted into the merged transport portion 2, the insertion from the sub-transport portion C corresponding to the merged transport portion 2 is stopped. Such a configuration (hereinafter, referred to as a fifth related art) is well known.

Further, the transport operation of the merging transport section 2 and the main transport section 4 is always and continuously performed (hereinafter referred to as a sixth mode).
And the main transport portion 4 only when the lamella 100 is inserted from the sub-transport portion C.
(Hereinafter, referred to as a seventh conventional technique) is known.

In the above configuration, the front sub-transport portion C and the rear sub-transport portion C are arranged symmetrically with respect to the combined transport portion 2, but as shown in FIG. Part C
And the position of the rear sub-transport portion C are shifted to the upstream side and the downstream side by a distance L3, and the convey portion 2S1 for the front sub-transport portion C and the convey portion for the rear sub-transport portion C A configuration in which 2S2 is provided (hereinafter, referred to as an eighth conventional technique) is well known. And another space portion D,
For example, it is a part used for a player's bag or a shelf for storing valuables.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 14, when the width W is large, similar to the second and third prior arts described above,
The guide conduit 8 is provided.

Further, in the above-described configuration, each of the combined transport portions 2
A drive motor 26 is arranged in 2S1 and 2S2, for example, as shown in FIG. 10. However, such a drive motor 26 is provided with a drive motor 26 only in one of the merging and conveying portions 2. A configuration in which all the combined transport portions and the main transport portion are driven in conjunction with each other (hereinafter, referred to as a ninth conventional technique) is well known.

[0034]

The second prior art described above
In a third prior art configuration, the flakes 100
Has a disadvantage in that the sub-transport portion C at that location must be removed and the stranded thin section 100 must be taken out.

Further, in the configuration of the third prior art, since the belt transmission mechanism in the take-in assisting part 7 and the mounting operation thereof are complicated, there is a disadvantage that the apparatus cannot be provided at low cost.
In order to avoid such an inconvenience, the configuration of the second conventional technique is adopted. When the width W is large, the slice 100 inserted from the sub-transport portion C is stopped without reaching the take-in opposite roller. As a result, as in the case described above, there is a disadvantage that the lamella 100 gets stuck in the guide conduit 8.

Further, in the configuration of the eighth prior art,
The arrangement of the merging and transporting portion is such that the merging and conveying portion 2S1 corresponding to the front side sub-transporting portion C and the merging and conveying portion 2 corresponding to the rear side sub-transporting portion C are separately provided. Since the position of the front belt 45A and the position of the rear belt 45B in 45B are shifted from each other, the structure is complicated and expensive, and there are inconveniences that the apparatus cannot be provided simply and inexpensively. . For this reason, such a thin sheet conveying device without such inconvenience and its utilization device,
For example, there is a problem that it is desired to provide a pachinko tajima device.

[0037]

According to the present invention, there is provided a merging / conveying portion for conveying thin pieces inserted from a plurality of sub-conveying portions into a main conveying path as described above, A main transport section for transporting the flakes along the main transport path, and a guide conduit for guiding the flakes between the sub-transport section and the merged transport section. A first configuration in which a transport device is provided with a guide conduit transport unit that provides a transport roller with a drive motor at an intermediate position of the guide conduit;

[0038] In the lamella conveyance device similar to the lamella conveyance device in the above-mentioned first configuration, the guide conduit is arranged between the upstream sub-transport portion and the downstream merge portion. A second configuration in which an upstream / downstream guide conduit transport unit is provided with a transport roller with a drive motor at an intermediate position in the guide conduit;

In the above first and second configurations,
In the third configuration in which the transport roller is configured by an opposing roller, and in the first and second configurations, the transport roller is configured by a roller provided with a ridge,
A fourth configuration in which a guide groove facing the ridge is provided in a wall of the guide conduit;

In the pachinko tajima device, the above-mentioned problem is solved by the fifth configuration in which the flake transport device according to the first to fourth configurations is provided.

[0041]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As an embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to the above-described first to ninth conventional techniques will be described.

[0042]

[First Embodiment] A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
An embodiment will be described. The configuration of the first embodiment is the same as that of FIG.
The points different from the configuration of the second prior art are the following points.

The first point is that a conveying roller provided with a driving motor, for example, opposed rollers 41A and 41B driven by a driving motor 26A is provided at an intermediate position of the guide conduit 8.

The facing rollers 41A and 41B are configured to press the roller 41B against the roller 41A by a spring 41C, similarly to the facing rollers 71A and 71B for taking in.

Second, the opposing rollers 41A, 41
The portion B is changed to a ridged roller 251 similar to the [projected ridge type configuration] or the [projection-free ridge type configuration] in the fourth prior art in FIG. , A guide groove 232a facing the ridge 251A of the ridged roller 251.

Third, the control section (not shown) for controlling the driving of each section controls the outer peripheral speed of the opposing rollers 41A and 41B or the ridged roller 251 and the traveling speed of the opposing belt transport mechanisms C3a and C3b. , Opposed roller 71A ・ 7
1B and the outer peripheral speed of the opposing belt transport mechanism C3a / C3b, the outer peripheral speed of the opposing rollers 41A / 41B or the ridged roller 251 and the outer peripheral speed of the opposing rollers 71A / 71B. In this order, the driving is performed at a speed slightly increased, for example, at a speed increased by 3 to 5%, so that the conveyance of the lamella 100 is not slackened.

In other words, the structure of the first embodiment is, in general, firstly, a combined transport section that transports the thin pieces 100 inserted from the plurality of sub-transport sections C to the main transport path M and transports them. 2 and a main transport section 4 for transporting the flakes 100 introduced from the merge transport section 2 along the main transport path M. The sub transport section C and the merge transport section are provided. In the lamella conveyance device 300 provided with the guide conduit 8 for guiding the lamella 100 between the guide tub 2 and the pallet 2, a conveyance roller with a drive motor, for example, a drive motor 26 </ b> A is driven midway along the guide conduit 8. This constitutes the above-described first configuration provided with a guide conduit conveying means provided with the opposing rollers 41A and 41B or the ridged roller 251.

Secondly, in the above-mentioned first configuration, the third configuration in which the transport roller is composed of opposed rollers 41A and 41B, and the transport roller in the form of a ridge, for example, The above-described fourth configuration in which a roller provided with the ridge 251A, for example, a ridged roller 251, and a guide groove 232a opposed to the ridge 251A provided in the wall of the guide conduit 8 are provided. It is what constitutes.

Third, in the pachinko tajima device 500, a fifth configuration is provided in which the flake transport device 300 according to the first, third, and fourth configurations is provided. It becomes.

More specifically, when the conveying rollers are constituted by the opposing rollers 41A and 41B, as shown in FIG. 2, roller holes A1B are provided in the wall portions on both sides at an intermediate position of the guide conduit 8. Thus, the opposing rollers 41A and 41B are configured such that their outer surfaces are inserted into the passage of the guide conduit 8.

The shaft 4 of the opposing rollers 41A and 41B
1a and 41b are held by bearings (not shown) provided on the projecting portions projecting from the upper and lower portions of the guide conduit 8, and a drive motor 26A for driving the shaft 41a of the driving roller 41A is connected to the guide conduit 8. It is configured by attaching to the overhanging part that protrudes from the lower part. The spring 41C is, for example, bridged between the upper and lower portions of the shaft 41b and an appropriate latching portion 41C1 provided opposite to the shaft 41b.

In the case where the transport roller is formed as a ridged roller 251, although not shown, in FIG. 2, the roller hole A1B is provided only on one side wall of the guide conduit 8. , The roller 41A is changed to the ridged roller 251 and the wall on the opposite side of the location where the roller hole A1B is provided is provided with the [protrusion with projection] configuration or the [non-projection ridge configuration] in FIG. And a guide groove similar to the guide groove 232a is provided. Needless to say, the length L7 of the guide conduit 8 is changed according to the change of the width W.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment, a transport roller with a drive motor provided at an intermediate position of the guide conduit 8, for example, the opposed rollers 41A and 41B driven by the drive motor 26A, or the drive motor Since the flank roller 251 driven by 26A and the guide groove 232a are configured to convey the flakes 100 in the guide conduit 8, a failure such that the flakes 100 get stuck in the guide conduit 8 may occur. Can be eliminated.

[Second Embodiment] A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The configuration of the second embodiment differs from the first configuration in the following.

First, the guide conduit 8 in the first embodiment is used.
The configuration of the portion, that is, the configuration in which a transport roller with a drive motor is provided at an intermediate position of the guide conduit 8 is provided between the sub-transport portion C and the merge transport portion 2 in the configuration of the first prior art in FIG. It is a part changed as follows.

Second, due to the above change, the lamella conveyance having a width W larger than the width W in the first prior art configuration of FIG. 9 and up to about the width W in the second prior art configuration of FIG. This is a portion configured so as to be used for the device 100. Needless to say, the length L6 of the guide conduit 8 is changed corresponding to the change of the width W.

That is, the configuration of the second embodiment is generally similar to the configuration of the first embodiment described above, and is similar to the first configuration, the third configuration, the fourth configuration, and the fourth configuration. This constitutes the fifth configuration.

According to the configuration of the second embodiment,
In a device having a relatively large width W, the counter rollers 71A and 71B for taking in and a transmission mechanism for the counter rollers 71A and 71B are not required, and the apparatus can be configured simply and inexpensively.
As in the case of the above-described first embodiment, it is possible to eliminate a failure in which the lamella 100 gets stuck in the guide conduit 8.

[Third Embodiment] The third embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. The configuration of the third embodiment is different from the configuration of the first embodiment in the following points.

First, the configuration of the guide conduit 8 in the first embodiment, that is, the configuration in which a conveying roller with a drive motor is provided at an intermediate position of the guide conduit 8, is shown in FIG.
As in the configuration of the eighth prior art, the arrangement position of the front sub-transport portion C and the rear sub-transport portion C is shifted to the upstream side and the downstream side by the distance L3. Part.

Secondly, due to the above change, the merging / conveying portion 2S1 and the merging / conveying portion 2S2 in the configuration of the eighth prior art shown in FIG. This is a portion configured so that it can be changed to a simple and inexpensive configuration in which only one transport portion 2 is provided.

In other words, the configuration of the second embodiment is generally, firstly, the same as that of the above-described first configuration, in the above-described sub-transportation section on the upstream side. The guide conduit 8 is arranged between C and the merging and conveying portion C on the downstream side, and is driven by a conveying roller with a driving motor, for example, a driving motor 26A, at an intermediate position of the guide conduit 8. Opposing rollers 41A and 41
B or the above-described second configuration in which the upstream and downstream guide conduit conveying means provided with the ridged roller 251 is provided.

Second, in the above-described second configuration, the third configuration in which the transport roller is composed of the opposing rollers 41A and 41B, and the transport roller in the form of a ridge, The above-described fourth configuration in which a roller provided with the ridge 251A, for example, a ridged roller 251, and a guide groove 232a opposed to the ridge 251A provided in the wall of the guide conduit 8 are provided. It is what constitutes.

Third, in the pachinko tajima apparatus 500, a fifth configuration in which the flake transport device 300 according to the second to fourth configurations is provided is configured.

Then, specifically, as shown in FIG.
In the rear guide conduit 8 in the first embodiment of FIG. 2, the end of the guide conduit 8 on the side of the sub-transport portion C and the opposing roller 4
1A and 41B, and a portion between the end of the guide conduit 8 on the side of the merging and transporting portion 2 and the opposing rollers 41A and 41B, respectively, are formed by bending in a curved shape, so that the upstream side is formed. The thin section 100 is configured to be conveyed between the sub-conveying section C arranged on the side and the merged conveying section 2 arranged on the downstream side. Needless to say, the lengths L7 and L8 of the guide conduit 8 change one or both of the length L7 and the length L8 in accordance with the change in the width W.

The guide conduit 8 between the front sub-transport portion C and the junction transport portion 2 is formed as a straight guide conduit. When the front sub-transport portion C is disposed on the upstream side and the rear sub-transport portion C is disposed on the downstream side, the arrangement of the guide conduit 8 is reversed from the above arrangement. That is, it is only necessary to configure it.

Therefore, according to the configuration of the third embodiment, even in the case where the front sub-transport path C and the rear sub-transport path C are deviated from each other, the conveyance with the drive motor With the simple and inexpensive configuration in which the sub-conveying portion C side and the merging / conveying portion 2 side of the guide conduit 8 provided with the use rollers are bent, the merging / conveying portion 2 can be shared and merged. At the same time, similarly to the above-described first and second embodiments, it is possible to eliminate a failure such that the lamella 100 gets stuck in the guide conduit 8.

Further, the guide conduit 8 is connected to the sub-transport portion C on the upstream side.
Is connected to the merging / conveying portion 2 on the downstream side, so that the lamella 100 is connected to the intake port 2 of the merging / conveying portion 2.
Since the conveyance is not reversed in the vicinity of C, it is possible to eliminate a failure in which the slice 100 gets stuck in the vicinity of the intake 2C.

[Modification] The present invention includes the following modifications. (1) In the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the length L7 of the front guide conduit 8 and the length L7 of the rear guide conduit 8 are different from each other.

(2) In the structure of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the length L6 of the front guide conduit 8 and the length of the rear guide conduit 8
The length L6 is different from the length L6. (3) In the configuration of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the length L7 of the front guide conduit 8 and the length L8 of the rear guide conduit 8 are different from each other.

(4) In the structure of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 or the structure of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, either the front guide conduit 8 or the rear guide conduit 8 is used. One,
Like the guide conduit 8 in the configuration of the second prior art shown in FIG. 11, the guide conduit 8 is simply a short straight guide conduit 8 without a transport roller with a drive motor.

In the case of this configuration, the length of the mere short straight guide conduit 8 is set to be very short as compared with the flake 100, so that the flake 100 may get stuck in the guide conduit 8. I try not to.

(5) In the configuration of the third embodiment shown in FIG.
The straight guide pipe 8 is configured as a simple straight guide pipe 8 in the same manner as (4). (6) In the configuration of the third embodiment of FIG. 5, the configuration of the merging and conveying portion 2 is similar to that of the second embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 4, except that the take-in opposed rollers 71A and 71B are removed. I do.

(7) In the configuration of the third embodiment shown in FIG.
The guide conduit 8 provided with a transport roller with a drive motor is formed so that the bending shape is a gentle bent line with an obtuse angle.

(8) In the configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 or the configuration of the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, either the front guide conduit 8 or the rear guide conduit 8 is used. One is removed.

(9) In the configuration of the third embodiment shown in FIG.
The guide tube 8 having the front side length L7 is removed. (10) The guide tube 8 is configured such that the mounting portion by the hooks 82 and 83 is changed to mounting by a vertically long rectangular flange and mounting screws.

(11) The mounting portion of the guide conduit 8 by the hooks 82 and 83 or the mounting by the flange and the mounting screw of the above (10) can be connected to the intake port 2C of the merging and conveying portion 2.
, And the insertion portion 81 of the guide conduit 8 is modified so as to be inserted into the thin section derivation portion C2 of the sub-transport portion C.

[0078]

According to the present invention, as described above, since the transfer roller with the drive motor is disposed at a position midway along the guide conduit, there is no trouble in which the flakes are stuck in the guide conduit. There are features.

In the case where the sub-transport portions are displaced from each other, since the guide conduit is connected from the upstream sub-transport portion to the downstream merged-transport portion, the apparatus can be simply and inexpensively constructed. In addition, there is a feature that a trouble such as a dead end of a thin section can be eliminated in the vicinity of the intake port of the merging and conveying part.

Further, in a utilization apparatus applied to a pachinko tajima apparatus using thin pieces as banknotes, the above-mentioned features allow
There is an effect that features such as a reduction in the operation loss of the device can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS.
14 to 14 show the prior art, and the contents of each drawing are as follows.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional plan view of the entire configuration.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 8 is a front view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 13 is an exploded perspective view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional plan view of a main part configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Conveyance Portion 2B Guide Piece 2C Intake Entrance 2G Transmission Mechanism 2S1 Convergence Transport Portion 2S2 Convergence Transport Portion 2a Receiving Tool 2b Receiving Tool 2y Frame 2z Holding Plate 4 Main Transport Portion 4A Protective Cover 4G Transmission Mechanism 8 Guide Conduit 23 Guide piece 24 Opposite roller 25A Roller 26 Drive motor 26A Drive motor 26a Gear 27C Manual knob 29-29D Gear 30 Projection 41A / 41B Roller 41B Roller hole 41C Spring 41C1 Hanging portion 41 / 41b Shaft 42 Opposite belt transport mechanism 43A · 43B pulley 43C to 43E roller 44A · 44B pulley 45A · 45B belt 46a · 46b gear 59A · 59B guide piece 71A · 71B roller 100 thin piece 110 storage box 232a guide groove 251 ridged roller 251A ridge 251A1 projection 251z circle Annular outer surface 300 Thin-sheet conveying device 500 Pachinko-Tajima device C Sub-conveying part C1a / C1b Pulley C2 Thin-sheet outlet C2a / C2b Pulley C3a / C3b Belt L1 Distance L2-L9 Length M Main conveying path S Sub-conveying path W Width

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────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 BA88 BA89 BC79 EA44 3F049 AA01 DA12 LA09 LB04 3F101 LA09 LA10 LB04

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A merging and transporting section that merges and transports thin pieces inserted from a plurality of sub-transporting sections into a main transporting path, and transports the thin pieces that are introduced from the merging and transporting section along the main transporting path. A thin sheet transporting device comprising a main transport portion and a guide conduit for guiding the slices between the sub-transport portion and the merged transport portion, wherein a transport with a drive motor is provided at an intermediate position of the guide conduit. And a guide conduit conveying means provided with a roller. 2. A merging / conveying section for converging and feeding thin pieces introduced from a plurality of sub-conveying sections to a main conveying path, and conveying the thin pieces introduced from the merging / conveying section along the main conveying path. A thin conveyance device provided with a main conveyance portion and a guide conduit for guiding the slices between the sub conveyance portion and the merged conveyance portion, wherein the upstream sub conveyance portion and the downstream side A thin sheet conveying apparatus comprising: an upstream / downstream guide conduit conveying means for disposing the guide conduit between the merging and conveying portion and providing a conveying roller with a drive motor at an intermediate position of the guide conduit. 3. The thin sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said conveying roller is constituted by an opposing roller. 4. The transfer roller according to claim 1, wherein the guide roller comprises a roller provided with a ridge, and a guide groove facing the ridge is provided in a wall of the guide conduit. 3. The thin sheet conveying device according to claim 2. 5. A pachinko tajima apparatus comprising the thin sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1. Description: