JP2003296794A - Paper money storage device for game isle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the paper money storage device of an isle by which each kind of paper money is identified and stored at each money kind, and the paper moneys, etc., which are not identified (e.g. uncounted paper moneys in a reject part) are automatically re-identified, and stored in a storage part by money kind. <P>SOLUTION: The paper money storage device of an isle managing device sorts the co-existing paper moneys which are carried from a game medium lending machine arranged in the game isle, by money kind in a paper money identifying part, a carries the sorted paper moneys to respectively corresponding paper money storing parts by kind, and stores them. The device includes a function for automatically re-identifying the paper moneys which cannot be identified in business, and re-identifying the rejected paper moneys to be stored in each paper money storing part by kind. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention collects a bill inserted into a game medium lending machine provided in a position adjacent to a gaming machine on a gaming island in which a plurality of gaming machines are installed in a group by a bill transporting device. The present invention relates to a bill storage device for gaming islands arranged and stored.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Normally, in a game arcade, a plurality of gaming machines (for example, pachinko gaming machines) are installed linearly in a lateral direction to construct a gaming island. Such a game island,
For example, it is constructed with equipment as shown in FIG.
In FIG. 7, a gaming island 1 (island where bills can be used) is a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 2, which are linearly arranged laterally.
2, ... and game medium lending machines 3, 3 arranged adjacent to each other (game medium lending machine into which bills can be inserted) ...
, And an island transport path 4 as a bill transport device that transports the bills inserted into the respective game media lending machines 3, 3, ...
And the island management device 5 provided at the island edge. According to the game island 1 constructed in this way, the banknotes inserted into the respective game medium lending machines 3, 3, ... Are transported to the island edge by the island transport path 4 provided inside the game island or the like. The banknote storage device provided in the island management device 5 is arranged and stored.

Each of the above-mentioned game media lending machines 3, 3, ...
In that case, lending machines using 1,000 yen bills were the mainstream,
In recent years, even high-value banknotes (for example, 5,000 yen banknotes and 10,000 yen banknotes) have become available for lending. In addition to high-value banknotes, 2,000-yen banknotes have also appeared on the market, supporting multiple (four denomination) denominations of 1,000-yen, 2,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 10,000-yen banknotes. There is a demand for a bill storage device that can be sorted and stored.

By the way, in correspondence with bills of plural denominations,
As a prior art for individually storing the bills of each denomination, for example, the technology of a so-called denomination-based bill storage device disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-227727 (hereinafter referred to as prior art) is disclosed. . In this prior art, FIG.
As shown in, a banknote storage device for storing three kinds of banknotes of 1,000 yen banknotes, 5,000 yen banknotes and 10,000 yen banknotes is shown. , The sorting transport path 6 connected to the island transport path 4, the storage boxes 7a, 7b, 7c for storing the bills of each denomination connected to the sorting transport path 6, and the sorting transport path 6 The denomination identifying means 8 provided on the upstream side and the flappers 9a, 9 provided at the branch points of the sorting conveyance path 6 to the storage boxes 7a, 7b.
and b. The flappers 9a and 9b respectively correspond to the denominations identified by the denomination identifying unit 8 with respect to the bills conveyed from the upstream of the sorting conveyance path 6 and correspond to the identified denominations. Storage boxes 7a, 7b, 7
The opening and closing is controlled so as to lead to c. Although not shown, when the bills stored in any of the storage boxes 7a, 7b, and 7c are full, the bills of which denominations cannot be identified, and two or more bills have been conveyed in an overlapping manner. A reject unit for temporarily storing bills and the like is provided.

According to the bill storing device having such a structure,
The banknotes of each denomination are conveyed in a mixed state (posture) by the island transfer path 4 provided inside the game islands of the game medium lending machines 2, 2, ... And enter the sorting transfer path 6. And
The flappers 9a and 9b are controlled to be opened and closed by the denomination identifying unit 8 identifying the denomination of the bill, so that the bills of each denomination correspond to the corresponding storage boxes 7a, 7b and 7c, respectively.
Be guided inside. For example, if the banknote that has been conveyed is a 1,000-yen banknote, only the flapper 9a is opened, the 1,000-yen banknote is guided into the storage box 7a, and if the banknote is a 5,000-yen banknote, the flapper Only 9b is opened, the 5000 yen bill is guided into the storage box 7b, and when the bill is a 10,000 yen bill, both flappers 9a and 9b are not opened and the 10,000 yen bill is It is guided into the storage box 7c. In this way, the bills of each denomination correspond to the corresponding storage boxes 7a,
It is arranged to be stored separately in 7b and 7c.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

By the way, each of the game medium lending machines 3, 3, ... In the game island 1 described above discriminates whether the inserted bill is usable or not, and identifies the denomination of the bill. It is equipped with an identification function (banknote identification device), counts the identified banknotes of each denomination, and uses each count value as a control unit of the island management device 5 and a so-called hall computer that manages the entire game store. The money input information is output as a sales total. However, in the above-described banknote storage device of the prior art, the banknotes conveyed when the banknote storage box for each denomination is full of banknotes are stored in the reject unit, and the banknotes whose denominations cannot be identified are also stored. Similarly, bills and the like that have been conveyed in a stack of two or more sheets are also configured to be once stored in the reject unit. However, regarding the bills stored in the reject unit (uncounted bills),
It is not configured to collate the count value of each denomination in the total count of sales by the hall computer, and in some cases, the mismatch between the total count of the sales and the banknotes actually stored ( Occasionally, the number of sheets loaded into each lending machine may have an error of the number of sheets. In addition, since the banknotes stored in the reject section also have mixed denominations, it is necessary to take them out of the reject section and collect them by sorting work by the clerk, and add the sales total in the reject section to the hall computer. However, it may take time or a counting error may occur.

In view of the above points, the present invention identifies the bills conveyed from within the game island, stores them by denomination, and mixes bills (uncounted bills) stored in the reject unit.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote storage device for a gaming island that automatically separates and pays out one banknote and then re-identifies the banknote to store the banknote in a storage section for each denomination corresponding to each banknote. I am trying.

[0008]

According to claim 1 of the present invention, a gaming medium lending machine adjacent to a plurality of gaming machines for receiving banknotes, and a banknote discharged from the gaming medium lending machine are conveyed to an island edge. It is connected to the banknote conveyor and the banknote conveyor,
Based on the storage / conveyance path provided with the banknote identification unit for identifying the banknotes transported from the banknote transport device and the identification result of the banknote identification unit, the banknotes determined to be storable are stored separately for each denomination. A banknote storage unit, a reject unit that stores banknotes that have been determined to be unacceptable, a storage detection unit that detects the presence or absence of banknotes stored in the reject unit, and a control unit that performs a series of banknote storage operations. In the banknote storage device provided, the banknote storage device stores and conveys banknotes in the reject unit by separating and ejecting the banknotes one by one, and the banknotes separated by one and delivered by the banknote storage path. An open / close reject transport path that transports in a direction opposite to the path, and an introduction guide unit that guides the banknotes transported by the reject transport path to the storage transport path, are provided in the reject unit by the storage detection unit. When it is determined that there are banknotes, the banknotes stored in the reject unit are separated one by one from the reject unit and dispensed into the reject transport path, and the banknotes transported by the reject transport path are rejected by the introduction guide unit. The object is achieved by the configuration of the bill accommodating device of the game island, which is guided from the storage container to the storage / conveyance path, is again discriminated by the bill discriminating unit, and is discriminated and stored in the bill storing unit for each denomination.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the object is achieved by the configuration in which the storage transport path and the reject transport path are operated by a common transport means.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will now be described in detail based on the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to 6 show an embodiment of a bill storage device for a gaming island according to the present invention. It should be noted that, here, although it is described that four denominations of banknotes are stored in each banknote storage unit, the number of denominations is not limited. In FIG. 1, the banknote storage device 10 is provided in an island management device 5 (see FIG. 7) at the end of an island, and the game medium lending machines 2, 2, ... Receiving port 11 for receiving banknotes conveyed by path 4
And is sandwiched and conveyed by the storage / conveyance path 20 provided with the banknote identification unit 21 for identifying the denomination and authenticity of the banknote entering from the receiving port 11, and provided from the center to the rear end of the storage / conveyance path 20. It is composed of a posture conversion unit (not shown) that guides a banknote to a stack device 30 as a banknote storage unit that stores banknotes by denomination, and a control unit 12 that controls a series of banknote storage operations in the banknote storage device 10. .

The posture changing unit changes the conveyance posture of the bill conveyed by the island conveyance path 4 and entering from the receiving port 11,
It is changed according to the transport path entrance 31 of the stacking device 30. It should be noted that the banknotes identified by the banknote identifying unit 21 that identifies the denomination of the banknote that has been transported near the start end of the storage / transportation path 20 and the banknotes that have passed through the storage / transportation path 20 are not stacked in any stack. Device 30 or reject unit 8 described later
It is transported to 0.

The stacking device 30 is composed of a rectangular casing 32 that covers the whole of the stacking device 30. The casing 32 is attached to the island management device 5 and extends along the front-rear direction. And is supported so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction, for example, about the depth of the housing 32 so that it can be freely taken in and out. Therefore, even when it is installed at the end of a game island such as a wall island, it is possible to easily insert the bill into each bill insertion slot. Further, the front surface of the stack device 30 is covered with a stack portion cover 32a and a transport path front surface cover 32b, and the right side surface in FIG. 1 is covered with a side surface cover 32c of the stack device 30. ing.

The stack portion cover 32a is constructed so that it can be opened and closed with respect to the housing 32 by a locking operation.
In FIG. 1, the storage boxes 41 to 71 of the internal stack portions 40 to 70 can be inserted and removed (cartridge type) in a state where the left butterfly shaft is opened as a center. Further, the conveyance path front cover 32b is supported such that the left end thereof can be opened and closed in FIG. 1, and by opening the conveyance path front cover 32b, a bill conveyance trouble (banknote jam) in the banknote sorting conveyance path 33 can be obtained. Etc.) can be dealt with. Incidentally, these covers 32a,
32b is preferably a plurality of transparent windows 3 so that the internal condition of the housing 32 can be seen, as shown in FIG.
2d and 32e are provided.

Further, the side cover 32c of the stacking device 30 is constructed so that its protrusion (not shown) can be engaged with an engaging hole 32f provided on the back surface of the housing 32, and the housing is covered. It is removable from the body 32 (Fig. 4).
reference). Therefore, even if a banknote transport trouble (banknote jam or the like) occurs inside the banknote sorting / transporting path 33, the banknote can be removed without breaking it. In addition, the stack device 3
The 0 side cover 32c may be openably and closably supported on the housing 32 by, for example, a hinge.

Further, the stacking device 30 is provided with a bill sorting / carrying path 33 so as to vertically penetrate these four stacking portions 40 to 70, and the bill sorting / carrying path 33 is provided in the housing 32. Is opened as the transport path inlet 31 at the upper part of the casing 32 of the stack device 30.
When it is pulled out to the front, it is removed from the banknote sorting / conveying path 33, and the conveying path inlet 31 is exposed to the outside so that it also serves as a banknote insertion port 43 described later.

The bill sorting / carrying path 33 conveys bills in the longitudinal direction downward as shown in FIG.
It includes a plurality of conveyor belts 34 and a plurality of pulleys 35 shown on the left side in FIG. 3 to guide each of the stack parts 40 to 70. These pulleys 35 are two on the back surface. Drive device including drive motor (not shown)
Are driven to rotate respectively. Further, the banknote sorting / conveying path 33 is attached to the inside of the side cover 32c of the stacking device 30 and is constituted by a guide pulley 33a that opposes the pulley 35. (See Figure 3)

As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote sorting / conveying path 33 includes a stack section 40 for 10,000-yen banknotes, a stack section 50 for 5,000-yen banknotes, a stack section 60 for 2,000-yen banknotes, and a stack for 1,000-yen banknotes. Gate valves 37 are provided at the height positions corresponding to the portions 70, respectively. These partition valves 37 allow the banknotes conveyed through the banknote sorting / conveying path 33 to pass through when they are in the retreat position, but correspond to the banknotes conveyed through the banknote sorting / carrying path 33 when in the operating position. Stack unit 40 for 10,000-yen banknotes, Stack unit 50 for 5,000-yen banknotes
The stack portion 60 for 2,000 yen bills or the stack portion 70 for 1,000 yen bills is guided. Incidentally, the sluice valve 37 corresponding to the stack portion 70 for the 1,000-yen bills at the bottom is always fixed at the operating position because the frequency of transportation (number of transported sheets) is high.

Further, the stack portion 40 for the 10,000-yen banknote in the upper stage
Above the gate valve 37 corresponding to the stack device 30.
The switching unit 22 for guiding the bills to the reject unit 80, which is placed in the uppermost stage of the casing 32 of the box and is detachable from the stacking device 30 and has a rectangular box shape, is provided.
When there is a banknote whose denomination and authenticity cannot be discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit 21 of 0, or two or more banknotes which have been conveyed in an overlapping manner and which are determined to be unacceptable, or the stacking device 30 However, if the banknotes cannot be stored due to some trouble, the banknotes transported through the storage / transportation path 20 are removed from the storage / transportation path 20 by the operation of the switching unit 22.
Is guided to the inside of the reject unit 80, is conveyed from the storage port 81 of the reject unit 80 to the inside of the reject unit 80, and is temporarily stored therein.

The sluice valve 37 and the switching unit 22 are also provided.
Identifies the denomination and the authenticity of the conveyed bill by the bill identifying unit 21, and the drive control is performed based on the bill identification signal, so that the bill corresponding to the denomination is conveyed. Before, it moves to the operating position and guides the bill to any of the corresponding stacking units 40 to 71 or the rejecting unit 80. For example, when the bill identifying signal detects that the passing bill is a 10,000-yen bill, the sluice valve 37 corresponding to the 10,000-yen bill stacking unit 40 moves to the operating position, which results in a 10,000-yen bill. The banknotes are guided from the banknote sorting / conveying path 33 into the 10,000-yen banknote stacking section 40 by the sluice valve 37.

Therefore, since the stack sections 40 to 70 have the same structure, the stack section 40 for 10,000 yen bills will be described below. Stack part 40 for 10,000 yen bills
(50, 60, 70) is a storage box 41 for storing the banknotes guided by the partition valve 37 from the banknote sorting and conveying path 33.
(51, 61, 71) and a detection sensor 42 (52, 62, 72) in the transport path to the storage box 41 (51, 61, 71). The detection sensor 42 (52, 62, 72) counts the bills guided to the 10,000-yen bill stack section 40 (50, 60, 70) each time, and controls the count value by the island management device 5. Part 12
And it is designed to be sent to the hall computer as sales output.

Further, the side cover 32c of the stacking device 30 has the stacking parts 5 as shown in FIGS.
Corresponding to 0, 60 and 70, bill insertion ports 53, 63 and 73 each having a narrow rectangular shape are provided on the right side surface thereof.
Regarding the stack section 40, when the stack device 30 is pulled out forward from the island management device 5 along the guide rails 5a, the transport path inlet 31 that opens to the upper part of the housing 32 is provided.
Since it is exposed to the outside, it can be used (combined) as the bill insertion slot 43 for the stack section 40 as well.
In the above description, the transport path inlet 31 is the bill insertion slot 43 for the stack section 40, but the bill insertion slot 43,
53, 63, 73 for the respective bill storage units 40, 50,
Corresponding to 60 and 70, for example, they may be provided on the side surface of the housing 32 of the stack device 30.

The structure of the reject unit 80 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. Reject section 8
0 has a rectangular box shape, and a storage opening 81 and a payout opening 90 are provided on the side surface of the reject unit 80 in contact with the storage / transportation path 20 to receive the transported banknotes.
Can be connected to 0. Further, a lock portion 80a is provided on the front surface of the reject portion 80, and the reject door 80b provided on the front surface can be opened and closed by locking. Then, the pull-in roller 8 is provided inside the storage opening 81.
1a and the avoidance roller 81b are provided so that the conveyed bills can be surely guided into the reject. Further, below the inside of the reject unit 80, a stack plate 82 that operates to store the received banknotes (hereinafter, the banknotes received by the reject unit 80 will be referred to as reject banknotes R) and the inside of the reject unit 80 can be moved up and down. A stacking plate 85 for stacking rejected banknotes R is provided. Further, a separating roller 87a and a payout roller 87b are provided above the inside of the reject unit 80, which are activated during the re-identification operation and separate the rejected banknotes R on the stacking plate 85 one by one and pay them out from the payout opening 90. A reject payout unit 86 is provided. A storage detection unit 84 for detecting the presence or absence of the rejected banknotes R stored in the center of the reject unit 80 is a reject unit 8.
It is arranged so that the center of the inside of 0 is detected in the vertical direction.

Next, the reject transport path 87 for sandwiching and transporting the reject bill R paid out from the reject section 80 to the storage transport path 20 will be described.
The reject transport path 87 is provided in parallel with the storage transport path 20 from the vicinity of the rear end of the storage transport path 20 to the beginning of the storage transport path 20 in the vicinity of the receiving port 11 so as to be openable / closable or removable, and the transport belt 87a and the reject transport path are provided. Cover 87c
The reject bill R is nipped and conveyed to the introduction guide portion 88 provided at the other end with the plurality of conveyance rollers 87b provided in the storage conveyance path by the introduction piece 89 provided near the end of the introduction guide portion 88. It is supposed to be handed over to 20. The reject transport path 87 has a reject unit 8
A bending guide 87d that converts and guides the transport direction of the rejected banknote R dispensed from the payout opening 90 of 0 is provided. By providing the reject conveyance path 87 so as to be openable / closable or detachable, even if a trouble such as a banknote jam occurs in the reject conveyance path 87, the reject conveyance path 87 can be opened / closed or removed to take out the banknotes. There is also an effect that troubles such as troubles can be dealt with and normal maintenance can be easily and quickly performed.

The reject unit 80 judges that the banknote identification unit 21 of the storage / transportation path 20 cannot store the banknotes whose denomination and authenticity cannot be identified, or the banknotes that have been conveyed in a stack of two or more sheets. Not only the banknotes that have been stored, but also when there is a storage box that is full during business hours and the banknotes in the storage box are collected, or when some trouble occurs in the island management device 5, the island transport path 4 is driven ( It is possible to operate without stopping the suspension of game media lending machines.

The game island bill storage device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured as described above, and operates as described below. The gaming island 1 here will be described as a gaming island that can be used, for example, up to high-value banknotes. First, the bills inserted in the respective game medium lending machines 2 arranged on the game island 1 are conveyed through the island conveying path 4 while being mixed,
The denomination and authenticity are conveyed by the banknote discriminating section 21 provided near the starting end of the storage / transportation path 20 to be transported from the receiving port 11 of the banknote storage device 10 in the island management apparatus 5 provided at the island edge to the storage / transportation path 20. Is identified, then introduced into the posture changing unit to change the carrying posture, and then delivered into the stack device 30.

The transfer path entrance 3 of the stacking device 30
The banknotes guided into the banknote sorting / transporting path 33 from 1 are transported downward by the transport belt 34, the pulley 35, and the guide pulley 33a. At this time, the banknote identification signal detected by the banknote identification unit 21 moves the partition valve 37 corresponding to the identified denomination among the partition valves 37 in the banknote sorting conveyance path 33 to the operating position. , The banknotes are introduced into any of the corresponding stack sections 40 to 70.

At this time, the conveyed bills are counted by the detection sensors 42 to 72 of the stacking units 40 to 70, and are stacked and stored in the storage boxes 41 to 71. In addition, the stack units 40 to 70 use the count values of the detection sensors 42 to 72 as the control unit 1 of the island management apparatus 5.
2, and send it to the hall computer as sales output. In this way, each game media lending machine 2 is loaded,
The denomination and authenticity of the mixed bill conveyed on the island conveyance path 4 are discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 21 in the storage conveyance passage 20 and sorted into the stacking units 40 to 70 corresponding to the denomination. It is stored. At that time, each stack unit 40
The banknotes introduced into the to 70 are respectively detected by the detection sensor 42.
7 to 72, the count value is output to the control unit 12 and the hall computer of the island management apparatus 5, and recorded as sales data.

For example, one of the stack parts 40 to 70
A case in which the bills stored in are full will be described.
When the banknotes stored in any of the stack units 40 to 70 are full, the control unit 12 of the island management device 5 indicates that the display units (not shown) of the island management device 5 indicate that the stack units 40 to 70 are full. Is displayed. By this display, the clerk can confirm that the stack device 30 of the banknote storage device 10 is in response to the cancellation of full.
Open the stack part cover 32a of the stack part 4
After pulling out the storage boxes 41 to 71 of 0 to 70 to take out the stored full banknotes, the storage boxes 41 to 7 are again stored.
By returning 1 to the inside of the stack parts 40 to 70 and closing the stack part cover 32a, the operation of taking out the full banknotes as a measure to cancel the fullness is completed.

If the stack cover 32a of the stack device 30 is opened during the above-mentioned take-out work, the switching unit 22 is driven by the command of the control unit 12 of the island management apparatus 5 to move to the operating position. Therefore, even if the banknotes are conveyed from the island conveying path 4 during the above-mentioned taking out work,
The banknotes conveyed are rejected by the switching unit 22 to the reject unit 8
Since the bills are guided to within 0, the bills can be stored smoothly.
The reject banknote R guided to the reject unit 80 is reliably guided to the inside from the storage opening 81 by the pull-in roller 81a provided inside the reject unit 80, and the stack plate 8
By the operation of 2, it is pushed up onto the stacking plate 85 inside the reject unit 80, and is stacked and stored in the reject banknote storage case 83 inside the reject unit 80 in a stacked state. Further, even when the banknotes are conveyed to the reject unit 80 one after another, the operation of the avoiding roller 81b provided inside the reject unit 80 prevents the banknotes from colliding with each other and jamming the banknotes.

Here, a case will be described in which sales are totalized after the store is closed for one day (after the end of business). The count value of the banknotes of each denomination inserted from each game media lending machine 2 is transmitted to the hall computer as a sales output, and the stack units 40 to 70 of the banknote storage device 10 allow the island management device 5 to operate. The count value is transmitted as a sales amount to the hall computer as a sales output through the control unit 12. However, in the banknote storage device 10, reject banknotes such as banknotes whose denominations cannot be identified or banknotes that have been conveyed in a stack of two or more are temporarily stored in the reject unit 80. Since the bills from now on have not been counted, there may be a discrepancy in the sales total in the hall computer and the bill storage device 10 or the control unit 12 of the island management device 5.

Therefore, the re-identification operation of the reject banknote R stored in the reject unit, which is the gist of the present invention when the store is closed, will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. FIG. 5 is a view showing a time when the rejected banknote R is received,
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a re-identification operation. First, when the set closing time is reached by the re-identification setting (in this description, the re-identification operation based on the closing time setting) preset in the control unit 12 provided in the banknote storage device 10, it is provided in the reject unit 80. The stored storage detection unit 84 detects the presence or absence of the reject banknote R in the reject unit 80. At this time,
When the storage detection unit 84 determines that the reject banknote R is present in the reject unit 80, the stacking plate 85 forming the reject storage case 83 stores the reject banknote R stored while the reject banknote R is stacked on the reject storage box 83. It rises in the direction of pressing the reject payout part 86 provided in the and, and holds the reject banknote R in which the stacking plate 85 is stored with respect to the reject payout part 86. Then, when the separation roller 86a and the payout roller 86b as the reject payout unit 86 operate, the reject banknotes R in the reject unit 80 are separated one by one and paid out from the payout exit 90 into the reject transport path 87, The conveyor belt 87a is sandwiched between the conveyor belt 87a and a conveyor roller 87b that is provided inside the conveyor path cover 87c with an appropriate space therebetween, and is in the opposite direction from the time of storage (direction of the receiving port 11 provided from the end to the beginning of the storage / transport path 20). ) Is carried in the reject carriage 87. Further, in the case of the configuration in which the conveyor belt 87a which operates at this time is shared with the conveyor belt 20b of the storage / conveyance path 20, it is not necessary to provide a conveyor means separately from the storage / conveyance path 20, and the conveyor belt 87a is reversed. It is not necessary to control the rotation.

Subsequently, the rejected bill R conveyed is curved and stored along the curved surface formed in the rejected conveyance path by the introduction guide portion 88 and the introduction piece 89 provided near the end of the introduction guide. The direction of the transport path 20 is changed,
It is guided into the storage / transportation path 20 and again stored / transportation path 20.
It is sandwiched between the inner conveyance belt 20a and the conveyance belt 87a, and passes through the banknote identification section 21. Then, the denomination and authenticity of the transported banknotes are identified, and when it is determined that the banknotes can be stored, the banknotes are transported toward the stack unit (40 to 70) in which the respective banknotes are stored, and the banknotes are stored. Detection sensors 42 to 7 of the respective stack parts 40 to 70
At the same time as being counted by 2 and aligned and stored in the storage boxes 41 to 71 in a stacked state, the count data from the detection sensors 42 to 72 in the stack sections 40 to 70 are collected by the control section 12 of the island management device 5. Then, it is sent to the hall computer as sales output.

In the unlikely event that there is a rejected banknote R that has been judged to be defective in identification in the reidentification operation, it will be stored again in the reject unit 80.
The re-identification operation can be set to automatically repeat the re-identification operation a preset number of times.
This setting can be input by a simple operation on an operation unit (not shown) provided in the control unit 12 of the island management device 5. By this series of re-identification operations, it is possible to automatically re-count the reject banknotes R in the reject unit 80 by separating and re-identifying the reject banknotes R stored during the business one by one. It becomes possible to accurately perform the totaling work for one day by the hall computer, and at the same time, it is possible to shorten the time required for the closing work.

Now, a case will be described in which, by any chance, there is a rejected banknote R that is determined to be unacceptable for storage even if the re-identification operation is performed a preset number of times. The clerk pulls out the stack portion 30 of the banknote storage device 10 along the guide rails 5a to expose the right side surface of the housing 32 to the outside of the island management device 5. Then, the lock portion 80a provided on the front surface of the reject portion 80 is locked and the reject door 80
By opening b, the rejected banknotes R stored in the reject unit 80 can be taken out. The banknote slot 4 provided on the stacking device side cover 32c of the housing 32 and provided for each denomination.
The banknotes taken out from 3 (31), 53, 63, 73 are inserted. As a result, the uncounted bills of each denomination are guided to the stack units 40 to 70, respectively, and the detection sensor 4
After being counted (added to the already counted value) at 2, 52, 62 and 72, they are stored in the respective storage boxes 41, 51, 61 and 71. Therefore, the reject banknote R once stored in the reject unit 80 is subjected to the above-described re-identification operation and additional insertion into each stack unit 40 to 70,
It will be counted correctly, and the counted value is transmitted to the control unit 12 of the island management device 5 and the hall computer as sales output, so that the number of collected banknotes on each gaming island is accurately counted, and sales are totaled. Will match. Since the rejected banknotes R inserted in this way are high-value banknotes, the amusement stores request that the total amount of sales be consistent.

Although the re-identification operation in the closing operation has been described so far, the re-identification operation is set not only when the shop is closed, but also when the game medium lending machine 2 is grasped to re-identify during business. You may set so that operation can be performed. For example, the game medium lending machine in the game island may not operate to accept banknotes, and may operate when there is a set time interval from the previous acceptance of banknote insertion. However, in this case, if the game medium lending machine 3 receives a payment during the re-identification operation, the re-identification operation is immediately terminated. Although the re-identification operation by setting has been described here, the operation unit of the control unit 12 of the banknote storage device 10 and the reject unit 8 are described.
It is also possible to provide a start switch for performing the re-identification operation on the front surface of 0 and the like so that the re-identification operation can be started by an operation by a store clerk.

Next, a case where a bill conveyance trouble such as a jam of bills occurs in the reject conveyance path 87 will be described. Even if a trouble such as a banknote jam occurs in the reject conveyance path 87, since the reject conveyance path 87 is provided so as to be openable and closable, the trouble can be easily resolved, and the taken-out banknotes can be removed as described above. Banknote slot 43 (31), 53, 63, 73 provided corresponding to the denomination
It is possible to perform the counting process accurately by feeding from. Further, by providing the reject conveyance path 87 with a translucent transparent member, even if a bill conveyance trouble such as a jam of bills occurs in the reject conveyance passage 87, the trouble occurrence position can be easily grasped.

When a bill conveyance trouble such as a jam of bills occurs in the bill storage device 10, the clerk operates the cover 3 of the stack device 30 of the bill storage device 10 in the island management device 5.
The inside of the housing is heard through the transparent windows 32d and 32e of 2a and 32b. As a result, it is possible to easily know in which place the paper money jam or the like has occurred. Then, the clerk opens the cover 32a, 32b or 32c and exposes the inside of the housing 32 at a place where a bill jam or the like occurs, so that a bill conveyance trouble such as a bill jam can be easily performed in a short time. Can be dealt with.

When the above trouble is dealt with, the side cover 32c of the stacking device 30 is constructed so as to be detachable or rotatable with respect to the casing 32.
The side surface of the banknote can be opened, and the banknotes jammed due to banknote transport troubles in the banknote storage sections and the banknote transport path 33 inside the housing 32 can be taken out from the side surface without breaking the banknote. 32 is configured to be pulled out from the island management device 5, so that the side cover 32c of the casing 32 is located outside the island management device 5 by pulling out the housing 32 from the island management device 5. 32c
The banknotes can be easily inserted into the banknote insertion ports 43, 53, 63 and 73 provided in the.

In the state where the housing 32 is pulled out from the island management apparatus 5, the housing 32 pulled out from the island management apparatus 5 is turned toward the front with one point above and below the guide rail 5a as a fulcrum. The body 32 may be rotatably provided (arbitrary angle), and since the side cover 32c of the housing 32 is reliably positioned outside the island management device 5 due to the roadable structure, wall islands, etc. Even in this case, the bills can be inserted into the bill insertion ports 43, 53, 63 and 73 provided on the side cover 32c more easily and safely.

[0040]

As is apparent from the above description, according to claim 1 of the present invention, when the preset condition (for example, closing time) is reached, the denomination and the authenticity of the banknotes conveyed from the island conveyance path. When it is detected that banknotes and the like (uncounted banknotes) that could not be falsely identified are stored in the reject unit, by automatically re-identifying the banknotes in the reject unit one by one, the game All bills transported from the island can be reliably stored in the bill storage unit for each denomination, and the count value of the stored bills by the re-identification operation is sold to the control unit of the island management device and the hall computer. By sending the output, the collected bills on each gaming island will be accurately counted, and the sales totals will match, so
There is an effect that it is possible to reduce the time required for the total work in the closing work, which has been a burden on the store clerk until now.

In addition, according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the conveying belt used for the storage conveying path is shared with the reject conveying path, it is not necessary to separately provide the reject conveying path, so that two passages are provided. Can be integrated into one, and the production cost can be suppressed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an island management device for a gaming island in which an embodiment of a bill storage device according to the present invention is incorporated.

2 is a perspective view showing a stacking device in the banknote storage device of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the stack device of FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a conveyance path side cover of the stacking device of FIG. 2 is removed.

FIG. 5 is an internal explanatory diagram of a reject unit and a reject conveyance path when storing a bill.

FIG. 6 is an internal explanatory diagram of a reject unit and a reject conveyance path when paying out bills.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of an example of a conventional game island.

8 is a schematic view showing an example of a denomination-based bill storage device in the gaming island of FIG. 7. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

4 island transport path (banknote transport device) 5 island management equipment 10 banknote storage device 20 Storage transport path 21 bill validator 30 Stacking device (banknote storage) 80 reject section 84 Storage detector 86 Reject payout section 87 Rejected transport path 88 Introduction Guide

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game medium lending machine that is adjacent to a plurality of gaming machines and accepts bills, a bill transporting device that transports the bills discharged from the gaming medium lending device to the island edge, and is connected to the bill transporting device. , A storage / conveyance path provided with a banknote discriminating unit for discriminating the banknotes conveyed from the banknote conveying device, and based on the discrimination result of the banknote discriminating unit, discriminates the bills determined to be accommodable for each denomination A banknote storage unit for storing, a reject unit for storing banknotes determined to be unstorable, a storage detection unit for detecting the presence or absence of banknotes stored in the reject unit, and a control unit for performing a series of banknote storage operations. When,
In the banknote storage device provided with, the banknote storage device,
A reject payout unit that separates and pays out the banknotes in the reject unit one by one, and a reject transfer path that transfers the payout banknotes that have been paid out separately one by one to the storage transfer path in a direction opposite to the storage transfer path, With the introduction guide unit that guides the banknotes transported by the reject transport path to the storage transport path, and when it is determined that there is a banknote in the reject unit by the storage detection unit, the banknotes stored in the reject unit from the reject unit. Separate the bills one by one and pay them out into the reject transport path, guide the banknotes transported by the reject transport path from the reject transport path to the storage transport path by the introduction guide unit, identify them again by the banknote identifying unit, and store the banknotes. A bill storage device for a gaming island, characterized in that the bills are stored separately in each section for each denomination. 2. The bill accommodating apparatus for gaming islands according to claim 1, wherein the storage transport path and the reject transport path are operated by a common transport means.