JP2002326757A - Bill receiving and processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill receiving and processing device of simple constitution, secure action, and favorable workability. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a bill arranging and stacking storage mechanism 8 provided with stacker belts 87 endlessly stretched between pulleys 871-873 disposed at three or more positions forming an interval a little smaller than width of a bill to carry the bill to a bill storage part 81, and a bill pushing mechanism 85 to stack the carried bills into arrangement in the bill storage part 81. It comprises a stacker unit 83 provided with pulleys 891 and 892 to stretch the stacker belts 87, and composed to be movable along a slide center shaft 834 to advance to/retract from the bills stacked in arrangement to advance toward the bills stacked in arrangement by rotating force as reaction of rotation of the stacker belts 87 stretched on the pulleys 891 and 892 around the pulleys 891 and 892.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill storage processing device for storing bills conveyed by a conveying means, and more particularly to a bill storage processing apparatus which can be moved forward and backward in a bill storage chamber, and which rotates a belt for a storage stacker. The present invention relates to a bill storage processing device having a stacker unit that can press and stack bills with force.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the technical development of the gaming industry, including pachinko games, has been remarkable. Recently, a betting machine which can use not only 500 yen coins but also banknotes has been provided. The sales of gaming arcades that install billboard lending machines are also growing rapidly. For this reason, in a pachinko game store equipped with a bill stand ball lending machine, the preparation and use frequency of 1,000-yen bills is increasing. In a pachinko amusement arcade where a banknote lending machine that uses 1,000 yen bills is arranged on a gaming island, an island management box provided at the end of the gaming island with a 1,000 yen bill inserted into the banknote lending machine. Some of them are stored in a banknote storage device called a so-called “stacker”. On the other hand, high-value banknotes such as 5,000-yen bills and 10,000-yen bills are currently used after being exchanged into 1,000-yen bills by currency exchange machines. When the change of money in this exchange machine is stopped (lack of bills), the clerk takes out the 1,000-yen bills stored in the stacker and transports the taken-out 1,000-yen bills to the exchange machine for replenishment, or attaches the exchange machine to the stacker. The 1000-yen bill collected from the bill lending machine between bills is reused by mechanically transporting the bill inside. A clerk worked to reuse the collected and stored bills. Recently, an island management box having a currency exchange function (a banknote processing apparatus) has also been provided.

[0003]

However, it is troublesome for a clerk to transfer banknotes from a stacker to a change machine. Further, a device in which an island management box and a money changer are arranged side by side has already been developed, but the structure of this conventional device is complicated. In the conventional device, when the thickness of the stacked banknotes changes, the urging force of the pressing means for pressing the banknotes changes, so that the operation is not stable and the reliability is poor. In addition, when the stacked banknotes are taken out, the pressing means is in the way, which makes the operation difficult. In addition, the complicated structure makes it difficult to repair in the event of trouble,
An increase in the size of the device itself is inevitable. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a banknote storing and processing apparatus having a simple configuration, a reliable operation, and good workability.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a bill storage processing device for stacking and storing bills inserted by a user in a bill storage chamber. Endlessly stretched at an interval slightly smaller than the width of the bill between pulleys arranged at more than one place, a stacker belt for transferring the bill to the bill storage room, and aligning and laminating the transferred bill in the bill storage room. With a bill pushing mechanism, and with a pulley for stretching the stacker belt, by moving along the slide axis,
The stacker belt stretched on the pulley is configured to be advanced and retracted with respect to the aligned stacked banknotes, and the stacker belt is turned around the pulley by a turning force as a reaction force. It is a bill storage processing device provided with a bill stacking and stacking storage mechanism including a stacker unit that moves forward.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. Note that a bill storage processing device in a pachinko parlor where the pachinko machine 2 is provided will be described as an example of a gaming machine, but the same applies to a gaming machine where other gaming machines are provided, such as a slot machine. It can be easily applied to financial institutions and other places handling bills.

The gaming island 1 in which the pachinko machines 2 are arranged is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a bill lending machine 3 between bill stands is provided between the pachinko machines 2, and a plurality of bill transporters 4 connected as transport means are housed inside the island. In addition, inside the game island 1, a supply gutter for pachinko balls, a collection gutter, a coin collecting device, and the like, which are hidden by the curtain plate 11 and the waist plate 12, are provided. Also,
FIG. 1 illustrates a lifting device 13 that lifts the balls collected by the collecting gutter to the supply gutter while polishing.

[0007] At the end of the gaming island 1 as described above, a bill storage processing device 5 according to the present invention used for storing and exchanging bills is provided.

The bill-betting machine 3 pays out bills of a number corresponding to the amount of the inserted bills and coins. For this reason, the bill-betting machine 3 is not shown, but includes a bill discriminator and a coin discriminator for discriminating the authenticity or denomination of the inserted bill and an amount corresponding to the inserted amount. It has a ball-counting mechanism for counting pachinko balls per minute. In addition, in order to make effective use of the space between the pachinko machines 2 arranged in line, the bill-betting machine 3 is opened in the vertical direction so that the bills are inserted in the upright state, that is, in the vertical position. A bill insertion slot 31 is provided, and the bill discriminating machine is configured so as to be connected to the bill insertion slot 31 so as to identify authenticity of a bill in a vertical position.

The gaming island 1 in which the bill-betting machine 3 having the above-described structure is arranged is usually constituted by arranging two rows of pachinko machines 2 back to back. The machine 3 is also arranged back to back (see FIG. 2). Then, the bills inserted into each of the bill slot machines 3 on both sides are conveyed toward the bill storage processing device 5 provided on the island end by the bill conveying device 4 disposed in a single line inside the gaming island 1. .

The banknotes inserted into the banknote lending machine 3 in the vertical position as described above are conveyed to the banknote storage processing device 5 in the vertical position by the banknote conveying device 4, that is, in the upright state. The bill transporting device 4 is configured so as to pinch and transport the bill in the longitudinal direction by, for example, an endless belt and a pulley or a roller. Then, the end of the bill transporting device 4 is connected to the bill storing and processing device 5 by an expansion mechanism 61 described later.

The bill storage processing device 5 installed at the end of the game island 1 has, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, an outer case 51 having a vertically long substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a bill storage device 6 and a currency exchange device described later inside. An inner case 56 provided with the dispensing machine 7 and the like is provided. The outer case 51 has a front door 52 that can be opened and closed, and the front door 52 is provided with a high-value banknote insertion slot 71 and a low-value banknote payout port 72. On the lower side of the front door 52, a mounting portion 53 capable of storing a ball box or the like is formed.
Further, an indicator light 54 is provided on the top plate of the outer case 51, and displays not only decorations but also a call display of a clerk in the event of trouble or the like.

An inner case 56 housed inside the outer case 51 is a box-shaped member having substantially the same shape formed in two layers, upper and lower, and a bill storage device 6 is formed on an upper layer side and a lower layer side is formed. Is provided with a money exchange payout machine 7. Then, the upper surface of the upper banknote storage device 6 is formed to be openable and closable so that the banknotes stored therein can be taken out and a reserve for exchange can be filled. According to this embodiment, a relatively large opening is provided on the upper surface of the inner case 56, and the center folding lid 57 having a hinge is provided in this opening. Therefore,
When the middle folding lid 57 is opened, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage device 6 can be taken out or a reserve for exchange can be filled. Also, in the event that a failure occurs in the banknote storage device 6, the middle folding cover 57 can be opened to perform a recovery operation, and daily maintenance can be performed.

On the other hand, on the lower layer side of the inner case 56, there is provided a money exchange payout machine 7 with a bill feeding mechanism constructed in a drawer type. Although a detailed description of the exchange payout machine 7 is omitted,
A slide receiving portion 58 is provided inside the inner case 56, and a slide rail 59 is provided on a side plate portion of the exchange payout machine 7, and the exchange payout machine 7 is configured to be slidable in the front-rear direction by allowing the two to play together. is there. Therefore, if the exchange payout machine 7 is pulled out to the front, internal maintenance work and the like can be easily performed.

Further, a low-value bill payout port 72 is opened in a panel 73 of the money changing and paying machine 7. This low bill outlet 7
2, according to the illustrated embodiment, a predetermined number of bills are paid out onto the tray portion 72a by the bill feeding mechanism, and the bent pieces 72b of the tray portion 72a prevent the bills from jumping out. Therefore, the user only has to receive the low-value banknote after the exchange on the tray 72a. In addition, below the tray 72a, a banknote storage unit 74 for storing banknotes miscounted as described later is formed, and the banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit 74 can be taken out by opening the locking device 75. It has become.

On the other hand, a stacker 55 for large bills is provided adjacent to the inner case 56 (see FIG. 5). The large bill stacker 55 communicates with the large bill insertion slot 71 provided in the front door 52 for inserting a large bill to be exchanged, that is, a 10,000-yen bill and a 5,000-yen bill. In addition, stack units 55a and 55b are provided for storing high-value banknotes that have passed through the banknote recognition machine 551 (not shown) in the vertical direction by denomination. In the illustrated embodiment, the stack portions 55a and 55b are provided so that the stored large bills can be easily taken out.
Is configured to be rotatable.

Accordingly, the banknote storing and processing device 5 including the banknote storage device 6 and the currency exchange and dispensing machine 7 constituted by the outer case 51 and the inner case 56 as described above, and the high-value banknote stacker 55, etc. And replenishment work,
Alternatively, maintenance work is extremely easy, and security in terms of security such as theft is high.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the flow of bills according to the present invention. That is, the low-value banknotes (thousand-yen bills) that the player has inserted into the banknote lending machine 3 in order to receive the lending ball are temporarily stored in the banknote storage room of the changer with a stacker (the banknote storage device 6), and the high-value banknotes (A 10,000-yen bill or a 5,000-yen bill) is reused to convert it into a 1,000-yen bill. Then, the player exchanges the 5,000-yen bill or the 10,000-yen bill into a 1,000-yen bill by the bill storage processing device 5, throws the exchanged bill into the bill-betting ball lending machine 3, and receives the ball lending, The bill returns to the bill storage processing device 5 again. In other words, the 1,000-yen bill is flowing in the game store.

In the flow in which the banknotes are recirculated, the banknotes inserted by the player into the bill slot machine 3 move upright. For this reason, the posture of the banknotes is not disturbed, and the edges of the banknotes are aligned neatly even in a stacked state for storing. Therefore, counting mistakes and the like are less likely to occur when the bills are reused as exchange bills.

Next, the details of the bill storage processing device 5 capable of executing the above-described processing will be described. First, a telescopic mechanism 61 is provided in a bill receiving portion, that is, a connecting portion between the inner case 56 and the end of the bill transporting device 4. The expansion / contraction mechanism 61 is for absorbing a deviation in the length of the banknote transport device 4 that varies depending on the length of the island of the game island 1. For this reason,
In the illustrated embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG.
1 is provided.

The telescopic member 611 is a substantially box-shaped member having a vertically long passage space 612 therein so that the bills conveyed upright by the bill conveying device 4 can pass therethrough. A telescopic guide is formed on the base. On the other hand, a guide receiver is formed in the inner case 56 corresponding to the above-mentioned telescopic guide. Further, a screw rod 613 for regulating the front and rear positions of the elastic member 611 is provided on the upper surface of the elastic member 611. Therefore, by rotating the screw rod 613, the protrusion amount of the elastic member 611 protruding from the inner case 56 is displaced. Therefore, the elastic member 611
The amount of protrusion is adjusted so that the front end portion of the banknote abuts against the end portion of the bill transport device 4. At the entrance of the passage space 612, there is provided a guide member formed into a curved shape in order to guide the bill smoothly.

According to the above-described elastic member 611, fine adjustment can be performed at the final end of the bill transporting device 4,
There is no fear that a gap is generated between the bill transporting device 4 and the bill storing and processing device 5 and the bill is spilled down. Also, if a trouble occurs in either the bill storage device 6 or the currency exchange / dispensing machine 7, the two devices are slid out through a slide rail, pulled out and repaired. Since the connection with the transport device 4 is performed,
The time required for repairs by the clerk is significantly reduced.

A bill retraction mechanism 62 fed by the bill transport device 4 is located downstream of the elastic member 611. The bill retraction mechanism 62 operates using the retraction motor 621 as a drive source as shown in FIG.
, A pull-in driven roller 624 and a pull-in pinching roller 6
25a and 625b and a pull-in belt 626 stretched between the rollers are configured as main components. And
The bill pull-in mechanism 62 is configured to pull the bills fed from the bill transporting device 4 into the bill storage processing device 5 by sandwiching the bills with a pair of sandwiching rollers provided in the draw-in opening 627. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the pull-in drive roller 62 located on the downstream side of the
3, the driven driven roller 624, and the driving side nipping roller 625a
And a driven side clamping roller 625 corresponding to the driving side clamping roller 625a.
b is provided. Then, when the draw-in drive roller 623 is driven to rotate by the draw-in motor 621 via the gear mechanism 622, the draw-in belt 626 that is in contact with the draw-in drive roller 623 advances and the drive-side holding roller 625a
Also rotate. Then, the bill sent from the bill transport device 4 in an upright state has the leading end of both the pulling and sandwiching rollers 625.
a and 625b, and is drawn into a bill passage 63 described later.

The bill passage 63 is provided with the pull-in belt 626,
And a guide wall 631 facing the pull-in belt 626 at an appropriate interval. The bill passage 63 communicates with a bill transfer path 641 formed by a transfer belt or the like described later. In addition, the bill passage 63
Has a height that allows the banknotes in the upright state to pass through, and has a width that does not allow the upright banknotes to fall over. And
In the illustrated embodiment, the retracting belt 626 and the rollers 623, 624, 625a, and 6
25b is configured to be located at the middle of the bill passage 63, in other words, approximately at the center in the height direction of the bill. However, the pull-in belt 626, the rollers 623, and the like may be configured in two upper and lower stages so as to clamp the vicinity of the upper edge and the lower edge of the bill, or may also clamp the middle stage of the bill. The configuration can be appropriately changed as necessary, such as a three-stage configuration.

In the illustrated embodiment, the guide wall 631 for forming the bill passage 63 is curved so as to change the traveling direction of the bill. In addition, a switching gate 642 that is normally closed so as to guide a bill to a bill transfer path 641 described below is provided in front of the bill passage 63. When any trouble occurs on the downstream side, the switching gate 642 opens the switching gate 642 using a gate solenoid or the like as a drive source, and transfers the bills drawn in as described above to the bill transfer path 641. It is configured to discharge to the side without sending it out.

The bill drawn into the bill passage 63 when the switching gate 642 is in the normal state when closed is guided by the switching gate 642 and sent to the bill transfer path 641. On the other hand, when the switching gate 642 is open,
The bills drawn into the bill passage 63 are discharged from a switching gate 642 that goes straight through the bill passage 63 and opens to a temporary storage portion formed outside the inner case 56 and inside the outer case 51.

The bill passage 63 is faced with a pull-in sensor 628 constituted by, for example, a pair of photosensors, and the passage or stop of the bill is detected and confirmed. Further, the open / close state of the switching gate 642 is monitored by a gate sensor 643.

Next, a bill transfer path 641 communicating with the bill path 63 is formed by a bill transfer mechanism 64. The bill transfer mechanism 64 uses a drive motor 66 provided in a drive mechanism storage section 65 formed on the side of the bill retraction mechanism 62 of the inner case 56 as a drive source. Further, it is constituted by a transfer belt connected to the drive motor 66 via a drive mechanism. In the illustrated embodiment, the transfer belt is formed by the transfer belt 69 and the stacker belt 87. In this embodiment, a flat belt is used for the transfer belt 69 and a round belt is used for the stacker belt 87.Both of the belts may be flat belts or round belts, or other belts. It may be a combination.

The drive mechanism housing section 65 includes an inner case 56.
Is formed by partitioning a part of the partition wall 651. still,
The partition wall 651 forms a reference surface 821 of a bill storage mechanism 8 described later. That is, it forms the back wall of the bill storage room. The output shaft of the drive motor 66 includes:
A first transfer drive gear 662 having a first transfer drive pulley 661 is provided. Further, the first transfer driving gear 66
The driven gear 2 meshes with the driven gear 2. The drive gear and the driven gear have the same number of teeth, and are configured to rotate at a constant speed. The driven gear serves as a storage drive gear 81 of the banknote storage mechanism 8.

A transfer rotary shaft 67 is provided near the downstream end of the bill passage 63, that is, near the switching gate 642, and a first transfer driven pulley 671 is provided on the transfer rotary shaft 67. The first transfer drive pulley 661 of the first transfer drive gear 662 and the first transfer driven pulley 671
Between the drive force transmission belt 6 and the timing belt
63 is installed. Further, a second transfer drive pulley 672 is provided on the transfer rotary shaft 67.

On the other hand, a transfer driven shaft 68 corresponding to the transfer rotary shaft 67 is provided at an appropriate interval at a position where a bill transfer path 641 along the side edge of the inner case 56 is formed.
The transfer driven shaft 68 has a second transfer driven pulley 681.
Is provided. Then, a transfer belt 69 is stretched between the second transfer drive pulley 672 of the transfer rotary shaft 67 and the second transfer driven pulley 681 of the transfer driven shaft 68.
Although the transfer belt 69 is formed by a timing belt, it may be formed by a round belt or the like.

According to the illustrated embodiment, the second transfer drive pulley 672, the second transfer driven pulley 681, and the transfer belt 69 are located near the upper edge and the lower edge of the upright bill. As described above, each pulley is formed in two upper and lower stages set at intervals slightly smaller than the upper and lower widths of the banknote, and a transfer belt is stretched over each of these pulleys to form two upper and lower stages.

The second transfer drive pulley 672 and the second transfer drive pulley 672
A transfer tension roller 561 for transferring banknotes in the driving direction of the transfer belt 69 in cooperation with the transfer driven pulley 681 or the transfer belt 69 is provided. The transfer tension roller 561 is provided on a side door 562 that can be opened and closed via a hinge on the side surface of the inner case 56 (see FIG. 8). Therefore, when the side door 562 is in a closed state, the banknote is sandwiched between the transfer belt 69 and the transfer tension roller 561, and the banknote is transferred in the traveling direction of the transfer belt 69. On the other hand, when the side door 562 is opened, the sandwich between the transfer belt 69 and the transfer tension roller 561 is released, so that the bill cannot be transferred. A door open / close sensor 563 for detecting the open / close state of the side door 562 is provided. The door opening / closing sensor 563 is constituted by, for example, a limit switch. The opening and closing mechanism of the side door 562 allows the banknote to be easily removed even if a trouble occurs when the banknote changes direction near the banknote turning guide 564 described later.

A bill turning guide 564 is provided around the second transfer driven pulley 681 to make the transferred bills U-turn. That is, the bill transfer path 641 is formed in a U-shape. The bill turning guide 564 for this purpose is formed in a substantially semicircular shape on the side of the second transfer driven pulley 681 with an interval allowing passage of bills. In the embodiment, the bill turning guide 564 is divided, and one half is formed on the side door 562, and the other half is formed on the inner case 56 side.

In the bill transfer mechanism 64 having the above-described structure, the bill taken in from the draw-in port 627 is kept in an upright state, the second transfer drive pulley 672, the draw driven roller 624 of the draw-in mechanism 62 and the transfer The sheet is nipped by the action of the belt 69 and the transfer tension roller 561 and transferred in the direction of the second transfer driven pulley 681. Then, when the bill reaches the position of the second transfer driven pulley 681, the bill is turned in a U-turn by the bill turning guide 564 and guided toward the bill storage chamber.

Inner case 5 for housing bill storage processing device 5
6 is provided with a bill storage mechanism 8 in combination with the bill transfer mechanism 64. The bill storage mechanism 8 shares a drive source with the above-described bill transfer mechanism 64 and acquires a forward force for maintaining a stacked state by advancing a stacker unit 83 for aligning and stacking bills described later.

The inner case 56 is provided with a bill storage unit 82 and a stacker unit 83 formed to be slightly larger than a bill. According to the illustrated embodiment, the bill storage unit 82 uses the partition wall 651 that divides the drive mechanism storage unit 65 as a reference surface 821 of the bill storage mechanism 8, that is, an upright surface that starts storing bills. The bill storage unit 82 is located on the side of the bill transfer mechanism 64 described above. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 13, the stacker unit 83 is configured to be able to be gradually moved in parallel and to be able to slip according to the stored amount of the banknotes stored in the reference surface 821, and to be stacked in the reference surface 821 direction, that is The bill can be advanced toward the front of the bill by the turning force of the transfer belt.

The stacker unit 83 is configured so as to advance in the direction of the reference surface 821 with an appropriate pressing force so that the stacked bills do not collapse, and to be able to move in the bill storage unit 82 in the front-rear direction. Therefore, in the embodiment of FIG. 9, a slide support plate 831 is provided on one side of the stacker unit 83, and a guide roller 832 is provided on the slide support plate 831.

On the other hand, on one side of the inner case 56, a slide base 833 is formed in a fixed shape.
3 is provided with a slide center shaft 834. Then, the slide center shaft 834 is held between the guide rollers 832. Therefore, one side of the stacker unit 83 is movably supported by the slide center shaft 834 without any resistance.

Further, the other side of the stacker unit 83 is connected to a support rail 84 provided above the bill transfer mechanism 64 described above.
The support roller 842 that rolls on the top 1 movably supports in the front-rear direction. Therefore, the stacker unit 83
Can move smoothly while maintaining the parallelism with respect to the reference plane 821 when an external force is applied. Therefore, for example, when the banknote storage room is full and a banknote is to be taken out, the stacker unit 83 is made to slip by pulling lightly toward the user, and after taking out the banknote, the stacker unit 83 moves forward to the original position by releasing the hand. It is driven back.

A bill pushing mechanism 85 for pushing out bills, which will be described later, is housed inside the stacker unit 83 in a floating state in the bill storage section 82 as described above. Further, the stacker unit 83 is configured to be able to move forward in order to maintain an appropriate pressing force on the stacked banknotes as the amount of stored banknotes increases or decreases.

First, the stacker unit 83 will be described. The front side of the stacker unit 83, that is, the side on which the bills are stacked has a slightly larger area than the bills, but has an opening slightly smaller than the bills on the inside except for the edges. Then, a bill pushing plate 851 of a bill pushing mechanism 85 described later faces the opening. Further, a bill standby groove formed in a groove shape is provided at the upper and lower edges of the opening, and the upper edge and the lower edge of the bill are locked.

The bill pushing mechanism 85 inside the stacker unit 83 will be described. The stacker unit 83 includes the bill pushing plate 851 and a pushing drive source for driving the bill pushing plate 851, as shown in FIGS. 11, 12, and 13, for example. The bill pushing plate 851 is
One end is slidably pivotally attached to the rear substrate 836 of the stacker unit 83, and is supported by a cross arm 852 which is pivotally attached at the middle point. In addition, cross arm 8
The other end of 52 is also slidably connected to the bill pushing plate 851. The cross arm 852 is connected to the bill pushing plate 8.
51 are provided on the upper edge side and the lower edge side.

The bill pushing plate 851 has a slot 8
A cam plate 853 having 53a is provided. On the other hand, the bill pushing motor 854 as a pushing drive source has a drive pin 855a.
The driving piece 855 having the eccentric position is provided.
The drive pin 855a is loosely coupled to 3a. Then, when the bill pushing motor 854 makes one rotation, the bill pushing plate 851 makes one reciprocation. The bill pushing plate 851 determines whether or not the bill pushing plate 851 has correctly returned to a predetermined position, in other words, whether or not the transferred bill can be received in the bill standby groove.
Is detected by the stack confirmation sensor 856.

Therefore, when the bill pushing motor 854 is driven in a state where the bills are locked in the bill standby groove, the bill pushing plate 851 moves forward, so that the bills are unlocked and the bills are stacked at the rearmost position. It is pushed out behind the bill.

Next, the operation of maintaining the state of the stacked banknotes will be described. This action is performed by the action of the stacker belt 87 in the bill storage mechanism 8 that works in cooperation with the bill transfer mechanism 64 described above, and the bill transfer mechanism 64 and the bill storage mechanism 8 are driven by a common drive source.

Further, the bill transfer mechanism 64 and the bill storage mechanism 8 are provided with a drive source for extending the transfer belt endlessly between pulleys arranged at three or more places and providing a drive source for rotating the transfer belt, thereby forming a standing state. The banknote transfer means is configured to transfer the banknote inserted in the above-mentioned state to the banknote storage room while standing. Therefore, the banknote storage mechanism 8 includes the first storage fixed shaft 8 erected on one of the four corners of the inner case 56 at intervals and at the base end of the slide center shaft 834.
61, a second storage fixed shaft 862 erected on the tip side of the slide center shaft 834, which is another corner, and a third storage fixed shaft erected near the bill turning guide 564 of the above-mentioned bill transfer device. 863. Further, a first driven pulley 871 for the stacker, a second driven pulley 872 for the second stacker, and a third driven pulley 873 for the third stacker, which change the direction of a later-described stacker belt 87, are attached to the storage fixed shafts 861, 862, and 863, respectively. Are provided respectively. Further, a storage drive belt formed of a timing belt between a driven gear meshing with a drive gear of the drive mechanism, that is, a bill storage drive gear 81 and a storage drive pulley provided on the first storage fixed shaft 861. 88 is installed. Each driven pulley is
It is provided in two upper and lower stages corresponding to each pulley and belt of the bill transfer mechanism 64 described above.

On the other hand, on one side of the stacker unit 83, that is, on the side on which the support roller 842 is provided, a first moving pulley 89 is provided.
1 is provided. Further, the other side of the stacker unit 83, that is, the slide support plate 831 provided with the guide roller 832
Is provided with a second moving pulley 892. Each of the driven pulleys 871, 872, 873 and each of the movable pulleys 89
The stacker belt 87 is stretched between 1,892.
In the illustrated embodiment, the stacker belt 87 is used.
Is formed by a round belt. In addition, the second moving pulley 892 is located slightly inside a line connecting the outlines of the first stacker driven pulley 871 and the second stacker driven pulley 872, and makes it easier to apply tension to the stacker belt 87. I have.

The stacker belt 8 stretched as described above.
Reference numeral 7 contacts the bill transfer belt 69 of the above-described bill transfer mechanism 64 between the first moving pulley 891 and the third stacker driven pulley 873. And in this contact part, a bill can be pinched.

In the vicinity of the first moving pulley 891, a guiding piece 835 for guiding a bill to the front side of the stacker unit 83 is provided.
Is provided. The leading end of the guide piece 835 slightly extends to an inner position of the transfer belt 69. Therefore, the leading end of the banknotes transported sandwiched between the stacker belt 87 and the banknote transport belt 69 is moved to the stacker unit 83.
Can be guided to the front side. In the illustrated embodiment, the bill guiding piece 835 is connected to a bill pushing plate 8 described later.
An outer guiding piece 835a having a front end surface substantially aligned with the position of the forward movement of the bill 51 and having a side end surface capable of aligning the rear end of the bill, the leading end of the bill slides to change the traveling direction of the bill. Inner guide piece 835b having guide surface
Are combined.

A kick pulley 893 is provided at a position facing the first moving pulley 891,
The bill whose course has been changed by 5 can be pinched. The rotation axis of the kick pulley 893 is located between the outer guide piece 835a and the inner guide piece 835b.

By the way, a bill storage device generally requires a pressing means in order to maintain the posture of the stacked bills, and conventionally, a spring, a weight or the like has been used as this pressing means. For this reason, the conventional banknote storage device is large in size and heavy in weight due to its complicated structure, and it has been necessary to take out the stacked banknotes against the pressing force. Therefore, the work of removing bills is a troublesome work, and extra work is required at the time of restoration and the like. Further, when the pressing force fluctuates, the bill is disturbed, and the ends of the bill are not aligned neatly. For this reason, when reusing as a bill for exchange, it has caused a miscount.

Therefore, in the present invention, the posture of the stacked banknotes is adjusted by utilizing the turning force of the stacker belt 87 in the banknote transfer mechanism 64 provided for transferring the banknotes without providing any special pressing means. Get the forward force to hold. That is, the above-mentioned upper and lower two banknote transfer belts 69 and the stacker belt 87 circling the upper and lower two belts,
When the banknotes are driven in a predetermined direction by the rotation of a drive motor 66 which is a common drive source, the banknotes pass through the banknote passage 63 and the banknote transfer path 6.
41, and the stacker unit 83 advances toward the stacked banknotes. this is,
Since the stacker unit 83 is supported so as to be able to move in parallel and the stacker belt 87 is inserted through the stacker unit 83, the stacker unit 83 itself is driven by the stacker belt 87. Can be In the present invention, the stacked banknotes can be pressed by the stacker unit 83 which is freely movable in parallel, so that the structure is extremely simple.

In the above-described embodiment, the banknote transfer belt 69 and the stacker belt 87 are disposed at substantially the same height, and the banknote transfer belt 69 and the stacker belt 87 are brought into contact with each other. Although the bills are sandwiched between the two belts 69 and 87 to be transported, the height of the bill transport belt 69 and the height of the stacker belt 87 are changed so that the two belts 69 and 87 are Even without direct contact, bills can be transferred. Also, the stacker unit 8
Since the stacker 3 obtains a force to advance the stacker unit 83 toward the stacked banknotes by driving the stacker belt 87, the stacked state of the banknotes can be maintained.

Next, the operation of the banknote storage processing device 5 having the above-described configuration (the flow of banknotes until the banknote is stored) will be described.
First, a bill (thousand-yen bill) inserted by the player into the bill slot machine 3 is transported to the end of the gaming island 1 by the bill transporting device 4 inside the gaming island 1. An escrow function for controlling the timing of merging is provided in the vicinity of the merging point so that the banknotes that are conveyed from the banknote lending machine 3 on the downstream side do not overlap the banknotes being conveyed from the upstream.

The bill conveyed to the most downstream end by the bill conveying device 4 is taken into the device from the inlet 627 of the bill storing / processing device 5 and detected by the pull-in sensor 628. Next, the bill is guided to the bill transfer path 641 by the guide wall 631. At the transfer destination of the bill, there is some abnormality, for example, the center folding lid 57 or the side door 56.
When the banknote 2 is open or the banknote is jammed, the switching gate 642 is opened to discharge the banknote to the side. The opening and closing of the middle folding lid 57 is detected by a lid position sensor 571 composed of, for example, a limit switch.

As the bill further advances in the bill passage 63, the bill turning guide 56 near the end of the transfer belt 69.
4 makes a U-turn, and reaches the position of the bill guiding piece 835 of the stacker unit 83 while being sandwiched between the transfer belt 69 and the stacker belt 87. This bill guiding piece 835
Has reached the position, the traveling direction is changed by approximately 90 degrees by the action of the bill guiding piece 835, and the bill advances along the bill waiting groove to a predetermined position where the leading end contacts the side plate 823 of the bill storage unit 82. . In addition, the fact that this bill has reached the predetermined position means that the end of the bill is detected by the end detection sensor 1 in this embodiment.
01 to confirm.

When the bill reaches the predetermined standby position, the bill pushing motor 854 is driven to drive the bill pushing plate 851
To move forward. Then, the lock between the bill and the bill standby groove is released, and the latest bill is added to the rear side of the last stacked bill.
At this time, there is a recoil due to the bill pushing plate 851, but this recoil is absorbed by the stacker unit 83 retreating slightly. Therefore, the stacked state of the banknotes is not disturbed.

When the above operation is repeated to sequentially add newly transferred bills to the rear side of the already stacked bills, the thickness of the stacked bills increases. However, in the stacker unit 83, as described above, the forward force accompanying the turning direction of the stacker belt 87 is obtained while the banknote storage processing device 5 is operating. Therefore, although the position of the bill guiding piece 835 varies depending on the amount of stored bills, the pressing force on the bill does not vary. That is, the stacked state of the banknotes can be always maintained by the same pressing force.

Eventually, if the stacker unit 83 gradually retreats due to an increase in the thickness of the stored banknotes as the number of stacked banknotes increases, the banknote storage unit 82 will not be able to store any more banknotes. Therefore, in the present invention, the full sensor 102 is provided, and the full position sensor 102 detects the retreat position of the stacker unit 83. Then, by the operation of the full sensor 102, the stacked bill is displayed or notified so as to remove the stacked bill, and the bill storage processing device 5 is displayed.
Suspends the operation of and removes the full bill.
At this time, if the stacker unit 83 is pulled to the front, the stacker unit 83 temporarily retreats because it slips with respect to the stacker belt 87. When the stacker unit 83 is retracted, the banknote can be easily taken out. After the banknote is taken out, if the hand is released, the stacker unit 83 returns to the original state.

On the other hand, the banknote storing and processing apparatus 5 of the present invention is provided with a money changing and dispensing machine 7 provided with a banknote pay-out mechanism below.
Therefore, during the operation of a game store, a certain amount of 1,000 yen bill stock is always required. Therefore, a reserve sensor 103 that is activated when the number of stacked bills decreases is provided. When the stored bill decreases to a predetermined amount or less, a signal is issued to prompt replenishment of bills.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a series of operations described above. That is, step (hereinafter, S
At 1, the bill is received and delivered from the bill transport device 4, and at S 2, the bill is pulled in by the operation of the bill withdrawing mechanism 62. At S 3, it is monitored by the pull-in sensor 628 whether or not the pulled-in bill has passed. Otherwise, the process branches to error processing.

The passed bill is transferred to the bill transport mechanism 64 in S4.
Is transferred to the stacker unit 83. In the stacker unit 83, the trailing edge of the bill is detected by the edge detection sensor 101. If the trailing end of the bill cannot be detected in S5, the bill is not correctly sent to the bill standby groove, and the process branches to error processing. At S6, the bill fed into the bill standby groove is made to stand by, and at S7, after detecting the trailing end of the bill, a wait time of a predetermined time, for example, 1 second is provided. After the elapse of the predetermined time, the bill pushing motor 854 of the bill pushing mechanism 85 is turned on in S8.

When the bill pushing motor 854 is turned on, the bill pushing plate 851 moves forward, the bills in the bill waiting groove are added to the rear side of the already stacked bills, and the storage of the bills is terminated in S9. Then, in S10, the bill pushing motor 854 is turned off to end a series of operations.

The control of the above-described series of operations is performed by the control unit of the banknote storing and processing device 5 including the CPU as shown in the block diagrams of FIGS. It is done centered.

Further, the banknote storing and processing apparatus 5 of the present invention can exchange high-value banknotes for low-value banknotes. That is, a 10,000-yen bill and a 5,000-yen bill can be exchanged for a 1,000-yen bill, and the 1,000-yen bill for the exchange can be covered by the 1,000-yen bill inserted into the bill lending machine 3. This exchange is performed by an exchange payout machine 7 provided below the bill storage device 6.

As shown in FIG. 16, the money changing and dispensing machine 7 is provided with a stacker 5 for a large bill through a bill storage processing device 5.
5 and exchange various information with each other. As shown in FIG. 17, the stacker 55 for high-value banknotes includes a high-value stacker bill (identification machine), and also stores a 5,000-yen stack motor for storing 5,000-yen bills and a 10,000-yen bill. Of the stacker 55
Is controlled by a control device mainly including a CPU provided in the CPU. Further, the identification signal of each bill and the drive signal of the stack motor are transmitted to the control device of the bill storage processing device,
Exchange various information.

The money changing and dispensing machine 7 temporarily accumulates a predetermined number of bills while counting the number of bills sent from the passage opening communicating with the bill storing section 82 by the bill feeding roller 111 connected to the bill dispensing motor of the bill feeding mechanism. Then, the predetermined number of banknotes are supplied to the tray 72 by driving the extrusion motor.
extruded to a and supplied to the user. That is, if you want to exchange 10,000 yen bills for 1,000 yen bills, you will get 10 sheets, if you pay 5,000 yen bills, you will get 5 sheets,
The money is temporarily stored in a preparation position formed inside the exchange payout machine 7. The number of sheets at this time is detected by a sensor. If the number is insufficient, the branching unit is switched to guide the bill to the banknote holding unit 74 so that the remaining banknote does not go outside. In this embodiment, the banknotes not reaching the predetermined number are reserved inside by switching the cam.

A bill feeding motor for feeding bills from the bill storage device 6 to the currency change dispenser 7 is connected with a feed roller 111 facing a passage provided in a reference surface 821 of the bill storage unit 82. Then, by the rotation of the feed roller 111, the bill is fed downward from the earliest bill, that is, the old bill stored first. For this reason,
The same bills can be always circulated without staying in the bill storage unit 82 forever.

Further, the banknote storing and processing apparatus 5 of the present invention can exchange high-value banknotes for low-value banknotes. That is, a 10,000-yen bill and a 5,000-yen bill can be exchanged for a 1,000-yen bill, and the 1,000-yen bill for the exchange can be covered by the 1,000-yen bill inserted into the bill lending machine 3. This exchange is performed by an exchange payout machine 7 provided below the bill storage device 6.

The money changing and dispensing machine 7 is provided with a bill feeding roller 111 of a bill feeding mechanism through a passage communicating with the bill storing section 82.
Counting the bills sent by the tray unit 7
A predetermined number is stored in 2a. That is, ten yen bills are exchanged for 1,000 yen bills, and five thousand yen bills are accumulated for five thousand yen bills. The number of sheets at this time is detected by a sensor, and if it is insufficient,
By switching the branching unit, the banknotes are guided to the banknote holding unit 74 by switching the branching unit of the tray unit 72a so that the remaining bills do not go outside. In this embodiment, the banknotes not reaching the predetermined number are reserved inside by switching the cam.

In order to feed the bills from the bill storage device 6 to the money changing and dispensing machine 7, a feed roller 111 is provided in a passage provided in the reference surface 821 of the bill storage unit 82.
The first bill is fed downward by one rotation.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately implemented unless the configuration described in the claims is changed. For example, in the illustrated embodiment, each pulley is axially mounted on a fixed shaft, but may be a tension pulley.

[0073]

In summary, according to the bill storage processing device of the first aspect, the pressing force for holding the stacked bills can be obtained from the stacker belt, so that the structure is simple and the operation is stable. It is possible to provide a bill storage processing device that has been described.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of a gaming island provided with a bill storage processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of a gaming island.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bill storage processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a flow of bills in the bill storage processing device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a flow of banknotes in the money exchange payout machine.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the flow of bills between the bill storage processing device and the bill-betting machine.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view in which a part of the bill storage processing device is cut away.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view in which a side door is opened and a part of the banknote storage processing device is shown in which a change-out payout machine is pulled out;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the bill storage processing device.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing a main part of the bill storage device.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a main part of the bill storage device,
It shows a state in which the bill pushing plate of the stacker unit is at the normal position where it is retracted.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a main part of the bill storage device,
The state in which the bill pushing plate of the stacker unit advances and pushes bills is shown.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a bill pushing mechanism.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart for storing bills.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of a control system in the bill storage processing device.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a relationship between a bill storage processing device, a stacker for large bills, and a money change dispenser.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a relationship between the bill storage processing device and a stacker for large bills.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming island 2 Pachinko machine 3 Banknote lending machine 31 Banknote insertion slot 4 Banknote transfer device 5 Banknote storage processing device 6 Banknote storage device 611 Telescopic member 64 Banknote transfer mechanism 66 Drive motor 69 Transfer belt 7 Currency exchange machine 8 Banknote Storage mechanism 82 Banknote storage unit 83 Stacker unit 832 Guide roller 834 Slide center shaft 841 Bearing rail 842 Bearing roller 85 Banknote pushing mechanism 87 Stacker belt

Continued on front page F term (reference) 2C088 BA96 BC78 BC79 3E040 AA01 FA02 FC01 FC02 FF01 FG01 3F054 AA03 AC07 BA11 BB01 BG05 BJ01

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A bill storage processing device for stacking and storing bills inserted by a user in a bill storage room, wherein the pulleys disposed at three or more places are stretched endlessly at intervals slightly smaller than the width of the bills. A stacker belt for transferring bills to the bill storage chamber, a bill pushing mechanism for aligning and laminating the transferred bills in the bill storage chamber, a pulley for stretching the stacker belt, and a slide. By moving along the axis, the stacking belt stretched around the pulley is configured to move forward and backward with respect to the aligned stacked banknotes, and the swiveling force is a reaction force that rotates around the pulley. And a stacker unit for advancing toward the aligned and stacked banknotes, and a banknote aligning and stacking storage mechanism comprising: