JP2002348020A - Bank note collection device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bank note collection device capable of installing a plurality of stackers capable of performing classified collection of bank notes at an adequate height. SOLUTION: Stackers 21A and 21B, and stackers 21C and 21D are provided above and below a bank note receiving port 25 connected to a bank note carrying line 3, respectively, the bank note receiving port 25 and the stackers are connected to each other via horizontal passages 26A, 26C, 26D, 26E, 26G and 26H, an upward feed passage 26B and a downward feed passage 26F. A feed passage switching means is installed in middle parts P1, P2 and P3 of the upper feed passage 26B and the lower feed passage 26F so that the bank notes M which are fed upwardly or downwardly can be fed in the vertical direction or horizontal direction.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting bills installed at an end of a game island such as a pachinko island.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As illustrated in FIG. 5, a recent pachinko gaming island 1 in which a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 are arranged side by side.
At 0, a pachinko ball lending machine 2 is installed beside each of the pachinko gaming machines 1 so that a player can pay out lending balls without leaving the seat.

[0003] A predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out when a player inserts bills into the betting machine 2 and performs necessary operations. In addition, a bill transfer line 3 for collecting bills inserted into the pachinko ball lending machine 2 is provided inside the pachinko gaming island 10.
The bill is sent from the bill transport line 3 to the bill collecting device 20 installed at the end of the zero.

[0004] In the bill collecting device 20, a stacker 2 for storing the bills collected by the bill conveying line 3 is stored.
1 and a control means 22 for controlling the banknote collection mechanism of the stacker 21 and the banknote transport line 3, and a door 2 provided with a lock 23.
4 so that it can be confined.

[0005] Since a new bill of 2,000 yen was issued in the year 2000, there are four types of banknotes that can use four kinds of bills of 1,000 yen bill, 2,000 yen bill, 5,000 yen bill, and 10,000 yen bill. Ball rental machines have recently been developed.

Therefore, it is necessary to install four stackers in the bill collecting device so that bills of four denominations can be sorted and collected. Usually, a card collecting device, a pachinko ball counting machine is provided below the bill collecting device. There is no space to install four stackers in the lower part of the bill receiving port from the bill transport line, and if four stackers are installed in the upper part of the bill receiving port, the mounting position of the stacker will be higher. There was a problem that it became too difficult to take out the bills.

[0007]

Therefore, there is a need to provide a bill collecting apparatus in which four stackers can be installed without impairing the workability so that bills of four denominations can be sorted and collected. Had been an issue.

[0008]

According to the present invention, as a specific means for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a bill installed at the end of a game island and conveyed by a bill conveying device installed in the game island is provided. In a banknote collecting apparatus provided with a stacker for receiving and storing stacks, a stacker is provided above and below a banknote receiving port to which an end portion of the banknote transporting device is connected, and a banknote provided with a path switching means between each stacker and the banknote receiving port. A bill collection device of a first configuration that is connected via a transport path,

[0009] In the bill collecting device of the first configuration,
The above-mentioned problem of the prior art is solved by providing a bill collection device having a second configuration in which the path switching means is provided on the downstream side of the bent portion of the bill conveyance path bent upward or downward. Is what you do.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. In addition, in order to facilitate understanding, in these figures, parts having the same functions as the parts described in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bill collecting apparatus 20 of the present invention comprises four stackers, namely, stackers 21A and 21B installed above a bill receiving port 25 connected to the bill transport line 3, and 21C and 21D installed below the receiving port 25.

The bill receiving slot 25 and the stackers 21A and 21B
Are the horizontal transport path 26A, the upper transport path 26B, and the horizontal transport path 26.
C, 26D, and the bill receiving slot 25 and the stackers 21C, 21D are connected to the horizontal transport path 26A, a part of the upper transport path 26B, the horizontal transport path 26E, the lower transport path 26F, and the horizontal transport path 26F. The connection is made via one of the transmission paths 26G and 26H.

The traverse path 26A is bent 90 degrees in the horizontal direction on the way, and the terminal end of the traverse path 26A and the start end of the upper path 26B are connected, for example, via the course changing means 27 shown in FIG. The banknotes M are connected (not shown in FIG. 1, the same applies hereinafter), and the bills M that have been transported horizontally are turned around and sent upward. In addition, the upper end of the upper feed path 26B and the start end of the horizontal feed path 26C are also connected via the course changing means 27, so that the banknote M sent upward is turned and transported in the horizontal direction. ing.

Further, the upper feed path 26B is provided with an intermediate portion P1,
At two points P2, for example, the transport path of the banknote M is branched as shown in FIG. 4, and a shutter 28 made of a ferromagnetic material, for example, a ferritic stainless steel is installed at the branch, and the control unit 22 Electromagnets 29A and 29B whose energization is controlled are installed on both sides of the upper feed path 26B,
The lower side of the shutter 28 is moved by switching the energization to the electromagnet, the entrance to the upper upper feed path is appropriately switched, and the banknote M being fed upward enters the desired upper feed path.

The upper end of the upper left feed path in FIG. 4 is connected to the horizontal feed path 26E via the course changing means 27 in the case of the intermediate part P1, and is connected via the course change means 27 in the case of the intermediate part P2. Because it is connected to the traverse path 26D,
The banknote M that has entered the upper transport path on the left side of the drawing at the intermediate portion P1 proceeds to the horizontal transport path 26E, and the banknote M that has entered the upper transport path on the right side of the drawing.
The bill M that has entered the upper transport path on the left side of the drawing at the intermediate portion P2 proceeds to the horizontal transport path 26D and is moved to the stacker 21.
The bill M stored in B and entered the upper transport path on the right side of the drawing is transported upward as it is and proceeds to the horizontal transport path 26C, where the stacker 21A
Is stored in.

The horizontal transport path 26E, the downward transport path 26F, and the downward transport path 26
F and the horizontal transport path 26G, and the downward transport path 26F and the horizontal transport path 26H are also connected via the course changing means 27 so that the transport direction of the bill M can be changed. Also, the down route 26F
Also, at the intermediate portion P3, the downward feed path is branched in the same manner as in FIG. 4, and a shutter and an electromagnet are provided at the branch portion,
One of the lower transport routes is a horizontal transport route 26G via the route changing means 27.
, And the other downward transportation path is connected to the horizontal transportation path 26H via the course changing means 27.

Therefore, the banknote M that is being sent down in the down-feeding path 26F can be fed down as it is by the energization switching of the electromagnet provided in the intermediate portion P3, enter the traversing path 26H, and be stored in the stacker 21D. It is also possible to switch the feeding path at the intermediate portion P3, convey the sheet from the horizontal feeding path 26G to the stacker 21C, and store it in the stacker 21C.

It is possible to freely store which denominations are stored in which stacker. However, a 1,000-yen bill having the largest collection amount is stored in the stacker 21B having the shortest conveyance path, and 10,000 yen has the second largest collection amount. The bills are stored in the stacker 21A whose transport path is the second shortest,
The 5,000-yen bill with the third largest collection amount is stored in the stacker 21C with the third shortest conveyance path, and the 2,000-yen bill with the smallest collection amount is stored in the stacker 21D with the longest transportation path. This is preferable from the viewpoint of reducing generation of transfer power and transfer power.

When the relationship between the stacker and the denominations to be stored is set as described above, the banknote M conveyed from the banknote conveying line 3 of the pachinko gaming island 10 is used for the denomination discriminating means provided in the horizontal transport path 26A. 30, when it is recognized that the bill is, for example, a thousand-yen bill, the control signal output by the control means 22 causes the electromagnet 29B to be energized in the intermediate portion P1 to move the lower side of the shutter 28 to the left in the drawing,
In 2, the electromagnet 29A is energized and the lower side of the shutter 28 moves to the right in the drawing.

By the movement of the shutter 28 as described above, the bill M being fed upward in the upper feed path 26B enters the upper feed path on the right side in the drawing at the intermediate portion P1 and is fed upward as it is. At P2, since the vehicle enters the upper transport path on the left side of the drawing and reaches the horizontal transport path 26D, it is stored in the stacker 21B that is to store a 1,000-yen bill.

On the other hand, when the banknote M conveyed from the banknote conveying line 3 is identified by the denomination identifying unit 30 to be, for example, a 10,000-yen bill, the control signal output from the control unit 22 outputs the intermediate portion P1, In both P2, the electromagnet 29B is energized, and the lower side of the shutter 28 moves to the left side in the drawing.

By the movement of the shutter 28 as described above, the bill M which has been sent upward in the upper feed path 26B enters the upper feed path on the right side of the drawing in both the intermediate portions P1 and P2 and is fed upward as it is. , Stacker 21 that is to store 10,000-yen bills via traverse path 26C at the top
A is stored.

When the banknote M conveyed from the banknote conveying line 3 is identified by the denomination discriminating unit 30 to be, for example, a 5,000-yen bill, the control signal output from the control unit 22 outputs the intermediate portion P1. , The lower part of the shutter 28 is moved rightward in the drawing by energizing the electromagnet 29A, and one of the electromagnets is energized in the intermediate portion P3.
The upper transport path 26B is transported to the horizontal transport path 26E, and the lower transport path 26F
The banknote M that is sending down the banknotes enters one of the lowering paths, changes direction, and is stored in the stacker 21C that is to store 5,000-yen bills through the horizontal path 26G. I have.

Further, when the banknote M conveyed from the banknote conveying line 3 is identified by the denomination identifying unit 30 to be, for example, a 2,000-yen bill, the control signal output from the control unit 22 outputs the intermediate portion P1. In the electromagnet 29A
To move the lower side of the shutter 28 to the right side in the drawing, and to energize the other of the electromagnets in the intermediate portion P3, to convey the upper magnet from the upper feed path 26B to the horizontal feed path 26E,
The bill M that has been fed down 6F enters the other lower feed path and is also sent down as it is at the intermediate portion P3.
After passing through H, the 2,000-yen bill is stored in the lowermost stacker 21D.

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

For example, the shutter 28, the electromagnets 29A,
The route switching means such as 9B can be incorporated in the route changing means 27.

Further, the traverse paths 26C, 26D, 26G, 2
The course of 6H is bent 90 degrees in the horizontal direction so that the transport direction of the bill M is parallel to the transport direction in the bill transport line 3,
It is also possible to change the direction of the stackers 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D so that the direction in which the banknotes M are stored is orthogonal to that shown in FIGS.

[0028]

As described above, in the bill collecting apparatus of the present invention, stackers are dispersed and installed above and below the bill receiving port to which the terminal end of the bill transporting device is connected, and each stacker and the bill receiving port are arranged. Are connected via a bill transport path provided with a path switching means in the middle, so that even when a plurality of stackers are installed so that a plurality of denominations can be sorted and collected, the installation position of the stacker is too high. Never. Therefore, the banknotes stored in the stacker can be easily taken out, and the maintenance of the equipment can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an example of a bill collecting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view when the bill collecting device shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from above.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a main part (path changing means) of the bill collecting device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a main part (a route switching unit) of the bill collecting apparatus.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko gaming machine 2 Ball lending machine between two units 3 Banknote transfer line 10 Pachinko gaming island 20 Banknote collection device 21, 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D Stacker 22 Control means 23 Lock 24 Door 25 Banknote inlet 26A Sideways path 26B Overfeed Roads 26C, 26D, 26E Lateral transport path 26F Lower transport path 26G, 26H Lateral transport path 27 Route changing means 28 Shutter 29A, 29B Electromagnet 30 Denomination identifying means M Banknotes PI, P2, P3 Intermediate part

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A bill collecting device provided at an end of a game island and having a stacker for receiving bills conveyed by a bill conveying device installed in the game island, a terminal portion of the bill conveying device is connected. A bill collecting device, wherein stackers are provided above and below a bill receiving port, and each stacker and the bill receiving port are connected via a bill conveying path provided with a path switching means in the middle. 2. The bill collecting device according to claim 1, wherein the feed path switching means is provided on the downstream side of the bent portion of the bill conveying path bent upward or downward.