JP2005052504A - Device for storing paper money in game island - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce expenditure for equipment to be introduced to a hall, to excellently improve island design in outer appearance, and to relieve burden on a staff to perform a repair work by eliminating trouble such as paper money clogging since paper money is arrayed and stored without changing the posture, concerning a paper money storing device for arraying and storing the paper money, which is conveyed by both side paper money conveying devices, in one place. <P>SOLUTION: The paper money storing device includes: paper money intake ports for taking-in the paper money conveyed by the both side paper money conveying devices; convey driving parts for conveying the paper money taken-in to the both side paper money intake ports to temporary standby parts; first and second standby parts where a sorting member for allowing the paper money taken-in by the both side convey driving parts to be temporarily kept waiting at different places is positioned at a center; a paper money push-out mechanism for pushing-out the waiting paper money; and a shared paper money storage part for storing the paper money pushed out by the paper money push-out mechanism. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention includes, for example, a banknote storage device installed at a terminal end of a banknote transport apparatus that is installed in the vicinity of the upper side of the game tables arranged in the lateral direction on both sides and transports banknotes along the game table arrangement direction. It is related with the banknote storage apparatus which arranges and stores the banknote conveyed from the banknote conveyance apparatus of both sides in one place.

In a pachinko game shop, it is common to construct game islands by arranging game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines on both sides in a straight line. FIG. 1 illustrates a game island in which a plurality of game machines are arranged on both sides (illustration is only on one side). In FIG. 1, the game machine 2 is exemplified as a slot machine, and a game medium lending machine 3 is arranged between the game machines 2 for each game machine. Since the game medium corresponding to the illustrated slot machine is a medal, this lending machine is provided with a medal lending machine 3, and if the gaming machine is a pachinko machine, the game medium lending machine is provided with a pachinko ball lending machine. ing. The game island 1 (slot machine installation island) is further provided with a call lamp 5 as a game island equipment provided above each game machine, and a ball box storage section 6 for placing a stock box or the like above the call lamp 5. (It is described with the same reference numerals as the present invention).
JP 2003-71114 A

In the above-described literature, a bill transport device that transports bills inserted into each bill insertion slot is provided. Since this bill transport device does not need to be provided inside the game island, it is possible to easily install the bill transport device on the game island at a position near the upper part of the game table afterwards without performing major island reconstruction. I have to.
Explaining this bill transport device, on the front side near the upper part of the game table arranged in the lateral direction on both sides, for example, a bill that conveys the bill in a standing posture along a transport path extending in the arrangement direction of the game table as a unit form. A banknote transport unit having a transport unit is provided, and the banknote transport unit is provided so as to correspond to and connect to individual game machines. For this reason, when a player inserts a banknote into a banknote slot provided in each banknote transport unit, each banknote transport unit is transported and collected by an island management device equipped with an island edge banknote storage device. ing. According to the banknote transport device, since it is provided in the vicinity of the upper part of the game table arranged in the lateral direction on both sides, it is necessary to provide two island management devices provided with banknote storage devices on both sides.

The banknote transport device described above allows the banknote transport device to be installed in the vicinity of the upper part of the game stand on the game island without major island renovation, while the game stand and the game media lending machine are on both sides. In the case of islands, two island management devices equipped with banknote storage devices must be attached to the ends of the banknote transport devices on both sides.
JP-A-1-261139

  By the way, in above-mentioned patent document 2, although it differs from the attachment form of the above-mentioned bill conveyance device, a bill is conveyed in the standing posture along the conveyance way extended in the arrangement direction of a game stand as a unit form near the uppermost part of a game island. The structure which conveys a banknote by the banknote conveyance unit which has the banknote conveyance part to perform is disclosed. It is configured to be aligned and stored in a banknote storage device (collection unit) provided at the island edge after being transported to the island edge by the banknote transport device provided on both sides and changed in posture (of the publication) (See FIG. 9).

In patent document 1, since the island management apparatus provided with the banknote storage apparatus of two places is attached to the both sides of an island edge, the installation expense (cost increase) introduced into the game store became a burden. Moreover, since the island management apparatus provided with the banknote storage apparatus of two places is attached to the both sides of an island edge, the appearance of the island design on a general appearance is bad.
In the other patent document 2, it is configured to be stored and aligned by one bill storage device, but the posture of the bill must be converted in the vicinity of the terminal end. When banknotes are conveyed, banknote jams tend to occur frequently, causing trouble. When a trouble occurs, the store clerk has to repair banknote jams each time, which is troublesome and troublesome. In particular, the repair work at the conversion site is difficult and time consuming. During the repair, another store clerk had to manually collect the banknotes.

  In view of the above points, the present invention introduces a facility cost introduced by a store by a banknote storage device that can store and store banknotes conveyed by a banknote transport apparatus installed on both sides of an amusement island in one place. The appearance of the island design on the appearance is improved, and the banknotes are aligned and stored without changing the posture of the banknotes, so the trouble of repairing the clerk is reduced by eliminating troubles such as banknote jams. An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote storage device that can be used.

According to the configuration of claim 1 of the present invention, the banknote storage device is installed at the end of the banknote transport apparatus that is installed in the vicinity of the upper side of the gaming tables arranged in the lateral direction on both sides and that transports banknotes along the gaming table arrangement direction. A banknote storage device for storing banknotes transported from the banknote transport devices on both sides in the banknote storage device in one aligned storage section,
The banknote storage device includes a first intake port and a second intake port that take in the banknotes conveyed by the banknote transfer devices on both sides, and banknotes taken from the first intake port and the second intake port. Temporarily waiting at the front and back positions of the first transport drive unit and the second transport drive unit transported to the first standby unit and the second standby unit, and the banknotes captured by the first transport drive unit and the second transport drive unit A first standby unit and a second standby unit positioned in the center of the sorting member, a banknote extruding mechanism that extrudes a waiting banknote, and a shared banknote storage unit that stores banknotes extruded by the banknote extruding mechanism. This is achieved by configuring.

According to the structure of Claim 2 of this invention, In the banknote storage apparatus in the game island of Claim 1,
A first passage extending to guide the banknote taken from the first intake port to the first standby part, and a first passage extending to guide the banknote taken from the second intake part to the second standby part The two passages and the sorting member provided between the first passage and the second passage are provided opposite to the positions of the upper and lower surfaces, and the bills taken in from the first intake port are This is achieved by temporarily waiting at the front and rear positions by the sorting member when the banknotes taken from the two intakes are respectively guided to the second standby part.

According to the structure of Claim 3 of this invention, In the banknote storage apparatus in the game island of Claim 1 or Claim 2,
A first intake port and a second intake port that take in the banknotes that have been conveyed by the banknote conveyance devices on both sides, and the first standby unit that receives the banknotes that are taken into the first intake port and the second intake port, and By providing a first conveyance drive unit and a second conveyance drive unit that convey to the second standby unit, and transmitting a drive source of one of the conveyance drive units to the other conveyance drive unit via a transmission drive belt This is achieved by driving both transport driving units to take in bills transported from both sides.

  As described above, in the configuration of the present invention, the banknotes transported by the banknote transport apparatus installed on both sides of the game island are taken in from the first intake port and the second intake port, and the first transport drive unit and the first It is possible to arrange and store in a single shared banknote storage section by temporarily waiting at the internal first standby section and second standby section by driving the two transport drive sections and pushing out by the banknote push-out mechanism. Moreover, since the banknote taken in can be made to wait for a banknote temporarily in the front-back position by the 1st standby part and the 2nd standby part which located the sorting member in the center, the banknote taken in from the 1st inlet is The banknotes taken from the second intake port through the first passage to the first standby section are guided to the second standby section through the second passage, so that the tips of the banknotes can be There is no collision.

  Moreover, in the conveyance drive part (1st conveyance drive part and 2nd conveyance drive part) provided in the both sides which convey a banknote inside, the drive source of any one conveyance drive part is transmitted to the other conveyance drive part. By transmitting through the drive belt, both the conveyance drive units are driven. Therefore, since the drive source (drive motor) of the conveyance drive unit is only required on one side, the product cost is further reduced.

  Thus, according to the present invention, the equipment cost introduced by the shop is reduced, the appearance of the island design on the appearance is improved, and the banknotes are not troubled because the banknotes are aligned and stored without changing the posture of the banknotes. As a result, it is possible to reduce the burden of the repair work of the store clerk.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a bill storage device in an amusement island of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a game island in which a banknote transport device and a banknote storage device provided at an island end are arranged, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing the game island same as above. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing a schematic configuration of the banknote storage device according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an external rear perspective view showing a schematic configuration of the banknote storage device same as above.
Although the banknote conveyance apparatus of embodiment described below was demonstrated by the structure which connected two or more banknote conveyance units which consist of unit forms, it is not limited to the structure of this banknote conveyance apparatus, For example, one conveyance A banknote conveying apparatus configured to hang a belt over the length of the game island and sandwich and convey banknotes may be used, or banknotes may be collected in a banknote storage apparatus by another banknote conveying apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of game tables 2 and game medium lending machines 3 are arranged on the game island 1 in the horizontal direction. The game islands 1 are generally arranged in two rows (so-called double-sided islands) so that the game tables are back-to-back. Normally, the game media lending machines 3 are arranged adjacent to each game table 2. Has been. There is also a game island in which one game medium lending machine 3 is arranged between two game tables.
Here, since the gaming machine 2 is a slot machine, the gaming medium lending machine 3 is a gaming machine 1 with a slot machine on which medal lending machines are arranged. Although not shown, when the game machine is a pachinko machine, the game medium lending machine is a game island with a pachinko machine on which pachinko ball lending machines are arranged.
In the following description, a slot machine installation island 1 on a double-sided island in which a slot machine (hereinafter referred to as a game machine 2) and a medal lending machine (hereinafter referred to as a lending machine 3) are arranged is referred to as both sides (both sides in FIG. 2). In the description of storing from the banknote transport apparatus 10 arranged on the island to the banknote storage apparatus 20, the banknote transport apparatus on the side arranged on the right side is referred to as one side 10R, and the banknote transport apparatus on the side arranged on the left side. Will be referred to as the other side 10L. Configurations related to the right side are labeled with R as one side, and configurations related to the left side are labeled with L as the other side.

In this slot machine installation island 1, a plurality of game machines 2 and lending machines 3 are arranged in two rows back to back, and a mounting plate 4 extending in the vicinity of the upper side of each game machine 2 to the same length as the game island 1. (Lamp plate) is provided. A banknote transport unit 10a having a banknote insertion slot 10b having substantially the same length as the arrangement pitch of the game tables 2 is disposed on the mounting plate 4, and banknote transport is performed by connecting each banknote transport unit 10a in the lateral direction. The apparatus 10 is comprised. The banknote transport apparatus 10 here is arranged in rows on both sides near the upper side of the island as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. On the front surface of the banknote transport unit 10c (banknote transport unit body) of the banknote transport unit 10a, a call lamp 5 having an operation unit for performing display and operation in accordance with the content and situation of the game is attached. In some cases, a gaming facility other than the calling lamp 5 (for example, a ball box storage unit 6) is attached.
In the above description, a double-sided island in which a plurality of game machines are installed in two rows back to back has been described. (Island). Further, conventionally, in the case of this one-sided island slot machine installation game island, the right side of the single-sided island banknote storage device and the left side of the single-sided island banknote storage device are installed with different specifications (storage directions). However, by attaching the banknote storage device of the present invention, it can be shared and attached for any one-sided island. One side that is not used is closed with a cover (not shown).

The banknotes thrown into the banknote insertion slot 10b of the banknote transport unit 10a arranged in the row on the one side 1R (the banknote transport apparatus 10R side) are fed into the banknote transport unit 10a and sequentially sent to the banknote transport unit 10a on the downstream side. The banknotes are fed into the banknote storage device 20 including the shared banknote storage unit 40 provided at the island edge, and are aligned and stored in the internal storage unit 40a. Similarly, the bills inserted into the bill insertion slot 10b of the bill transport unit 10a arranged in the other side 1L row (the bill transport device 10L side) are fed into the bill transport unit 10a, and the downstream bill transport unit. The banknotes are sequentially sent to 10a, and the banknotes are sent into the banknote storage device 20 including the shared banknote storage unit 40 provided at the island end, and are aligned and stored in the internal storage unit 40a. The banknotes thus conveyed are pushed out by operating the banknote pushing mechanism 35 into the alignment storage section 40a of the shared banknote storage section 40. The pushing operation (timing) at this time will be described later.

When the player starts the game, the banknote is inserted into the vertical banknote slot 10b. The entered thousand yen banknote (the accepted banknote here is only a thousand yen banknote) is identified by the internal identification device (banknote identification means not shown) as a genuine bill and a counterfeit bill. The number of medals according to the amount of money (50) is lent out. And the inserted banknote is sequentially conveyed by the banknote conveyance apparatus 10 of the banknote conveyance unit 10a mentioned above, and is aligned and stored in the shared banknote storage part 40 in the banknote storage apparatus 20 provided in the island end. When the bill is identified as a fake bill, the inserted thousand yen bill is returned from the bill insertion slot 10b.

In the above description, the accepted banknote is a thousand yen banknote, but other banknotes in circulation (a 2000 yen banknote, a 5000 yen banknote, and a 10,000 yen banknote) can also be accepted. At this time, the identification device identifies the bill and the counterfeit bill, and identifies the denomination of the bill. The inserted bill is transported by the bill transport unit 10a described above and mixed in the shared bill storage unit 40 in the bill storage device 20. Will be stored in alignment.

Next, each structure of the banknote storage apparatus 20 which is the summary of this invention is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the banknote storage device 20 is provided in an island management device 16 attached to the upper end of the end plate of the game island 1. And the banknote conveyed by the banknote conveying apparatus 10 (10R, 10L) arranged in the lateral direction of the game island 1 (1R, 1L) and arranged on both sides near the upper side of the game table 2 is sequentially arranged and stored. It is configured.
In the island management device 16, the banknote storage device 20 and a control unit 16 a having an operation unit for summing up the operating state of the island, troubles, and sales are provided, and the operation management on the game island 1 is performed. It is housed in a rectangular main body case. Furthermore, the detour conveyance part 15 (15R, 15L) which bent to connect with the banknote conveying apparatus 10 of a termination | terminus is provided in the both sides of the above-mentioned island management apparatus 16, and the termination | terminus of the banknote conveying apparatuses 10R and 10L arranged on both sides Connected with. Therefore, the banknotes transported by the banknote transport apparatuses 10R and 10L arranged on both sides pass through the detour transport sections 15R and 15L, and the first intake port 22R and the second intake port of the banknote storage device 20 to be described later. 22L is taken in.

The banknote storage device 20 has a banknote inlet 22 (first inlet 22R, second inlet 22L) for taking in the banknotes transported by the banknote transport apparatus 10 arranged on both sides in the housing 20a. The banknotes taken in by the transport drive section 23 (first transport drive section 23R, second transport drive section 23L) for transporting the banknotes taken in from the banknote intake ports 22 on both sides and the transport drive sections 23 on both sides Temporary standby unit 28 (first standby unit 28R, second standby unit 28L), and first standby unit 28R and second standby unit 28L located on both sides with the sorting member 32 in the center, The banknote extruding mechanism 35 that pushes out the banknotes being pushed out, and the shared banknote storage unit 40 that stores the banknotes pushed out by the banknote extruding mechanism 35 are roughly configured.
Further, the first passage 30R extended so as to guide the banknote taken from the first intake port 22R to the first standby part 28R and the banknote taken from the second intake port 22L are guided to the second standby part 28L. And a partitioning member 32 of the central projecting piece 33 formed in the shape of a convex piece between the first passage 30R and the second passage 30L so as to face the positions of the upper and lower surfaces. When the banknotes taken in from the first intake port 22R are guided to the first standby part 28R and the banknotes taken in from the second intake port 22L are guided to the second standby part 28L, they are moved to the front and rear positions by the sorting member 32 described above. I try to wait for a while.
In addition, by providing a central projecting piece 33 formed in a convex shape at the center and side wall projecting pieces 34 formed on both sides of the central projecting piece 33, the upper and lower sides of the banknotes that are temporarily waiting are provided. The edge is held. Therefore, the banknote in the longitudinal posture waiting for a while is maintained without falling down, and the banknote taken in from the subsequent is not jammed.

In the banknote storage apparatus 20 configured as described above, the banknotes transported by the banknote transport apparatus 10R arranged on the one side 1R are taken in from the first intake port 22R, and the first transport drive unit 23R performs the first operation. The bills guided from the passage 30R to the first standby unit 28R and waited and conveyed by the bill conveyance device 10L arranged on the other side 1L are taken in from the second intake port 22L, and the second conveyance drive unit 23L. Is guided from the second passage 30L to the second standby portion 28L side and temporarily stands by. In the temporary standby state at this time, as described above, the standby banknotes are received by the central protruding piece 33 of the sorting member 32 provided on the upper and lower surfaces (upper lid and base) between the first standby part 28R and the second standby part 28L. You can have them stand by in a separate space.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the banknote storage device 20 includes a first intake port 22R and a second intake port 22L that are open at both ends, a first conveyance drive unit 23R and a second conveyance drive unit 23L, and a first standby. 28R and 2nd waiting | standby part 28L, the banknote extrusion mechanism 35 which extrudes a banknote, and the shared banknote accommodating part 40 which arranges and accommodates in one place are comprised. The first intake port 22R, the second intake port 22L, the first transport drive unit 23R, and the second transport drive unit 23L are disposed at both side edges of the storage body 20b, and the first standby unit 28R and the second transport unit 23L. The standby unit 28L, the banknote push-out mechanism 35, and the shared banknote storage unit 40 are arranged in association with the vicinity of the center of the storage main body 20b. And the banknote which waited in the 1st waiting | standby part 28R and the 2nd waiting | standby part 28L near a center measures the timing pushed out by a detection part, and it pushes and arranges to the shared banknote accommodating part 40 by the banknote pushing mechanism 35 operating. Aligned and stored in the storage unit 40a.

Next, each structure of the above-mentioned banknote storage apparatus 20 is demonstrated sequentially. First, the structure of the banknote inlet 22 (1st inlet 22R and 2nd inlet 22L) is demonstrated among each structure of the banknote storage apparatus 20. FIG.
The banknote intake port 22 is connected to the terminal of the detour conveyance unit 15, and the banknotes conveyed from the banknote conveyance devices 10 arranged on both sides are opened vertically so as to be taken in via the detour conveyance unit 15. Has been. In addition, only the connection site | part is formed a little wider, and the banknote jam at the time of delivery is prevented. And the banknote conveyed from the banknote conveying apparatus 10 (10R, 1oL) is conveyed by the detour conveyance unit 15 (15R, 15L). 22L), and is transported by the transport drive units 23 (first transport drive unit 23R, second transport drive unit 23L) on both sides connected to each other, which will be described later, and the temporary standby unit 28 (first standby unit 28R, It is sent to the second standby unit 28L).
That is, the banknotes conveyed from the one side 1R are taken into the first intake port 22R, guided from the first passage 30R described later to the first standby unit 28R, temporarily held in the longitudinal posture, and conveyed from the other side 1L. The bills are taken into the second intake port 22L, guided to the second standby section 28L from the second passage 30L, and temporarily held in a longitudinal posture. As described above, since the first standby unit 28R and the second standby unit 28L can be made to stand by separately in separate spaces, even if banknotes enter at the same time, they do not collide.

Next, the configuration of the temporary standby unit 28 (first standby unit 28R and second standby unit 28L) will be described. The storage body 20b is formed of a storage body case 20c and a drive body case 20d.
As shown in FIG. 8 or FIG. 9, the storage main body case 20c has standing side walls bent from the vicinity of both ends (the first intake port 22R and the second intake port 22L) on the base 20e. A shared banknote storage 40 is formed in a substantially rectangular shape by extending both sides of the side wall. A first standby unit 28R and a second standby unit 28L are provided on the front side of the shared banknote storage unit 40.
Further, an upper lid 20f having the same length as the upstanding side wall is covered above the upstanding side wall bent on the base 20e so as to be sealed in a rectangular shape (driving body case 20d) (see FIG. 3 and FIG. 3). (See FIG. 4). The first standby portion 28R and the second standby portion 28L are also provided on the back surface of the upper lid 20f so as to be in the same position. That is, the first standby part 28R and the second standby part 28L described above are provided so as to face the edge side of the base 20e on the lower surface and the edge side of the upper lid 20f on the upper surface. Thus, by the central protrusion 33 and the side wall protrusion 34 of the first standby part 28R and the second standby part 28L provided on the upper and lower surfaces, a part on the upper end side and a part on the lower end side of the banknote in the long posture are formed. By holding the bill, the banknote in the longitudinal posture can be temporarily held without falling down, and the central portion (space portion) of the bill maintained in the longitudinal posture can be pushed out by the bill pushing mechanism 35.

Details of the first standby part 28R and the second standby part 28L provided on the base 20e on the lower surface and the first standby part 28R and the second standby part 28L provided on the back surface of the upper lid 20f on the upper surface will be described.
The first standby portion 28R provided on the base 20e on the lower surface is formed as a first passage 30R provided via a first intake port 22R opened on one side of the one side 1R and the curved passage. The curved passage and the first passage 30R form a passage by a side wall protruding piece 34 having a long side length connected to each other.
Further, the second standby portion 28L provided on the base 20e on the lower surface is formed as a second passage 30L provided via the second intake port 22L opened on one side of the other side 1L and the curved passage. Yes. The curved passage and the second passage 30L form a passage by a side wall protruding piece 34 having a long side length connected to each other. Between the first standby portion 28R (first passage 30R) and the second standby portion 28L (second passage 30L) on the lower surface, a sorting member 32 formed with an inclined central protruding piece 33 is provided.
Further, the first standby portion 28R described above has a wide inlet side of the first standby portion 28R that is conveyed from the first intake port 22R via the curved passage, and is tapered toward the back (second intake port 22L). It is formed to become. Similarly, in the second standby portion 28L, the inlet side of the second standby portion 28L transported from the second intake port 22L via the curved passage is wide and tapered toward the back (first intake port 22R). It is formed as follows. By forming in this way, the leading edge of the banknote taken in from the first inlet 22R and the second inlet 22L and the end of the banknote that is already waiting are collided so that the banknote is not jammed. ing.

Next, the first standby part 28R and the second standby part 28L provided on the back surface of the upper lid 20f on the upper surface are the same as the configurations of the first standby part 28R and the second standby part 28L provided on the base 20e on the lower surface. The curved passages on both sides, the first passage 30R and the second passage 30L (the passage of the side wall protruding piece 34 having the length of the long side connected to the curved passage) are formed so as to face each other. , Is covered (FIG. 9 or FIG. 10).
And the banknote conveyed from one side 1R is taken into the 1st inlet 22R, is guide | induced to the 1st waiting | standby part 28R from the path | route which comprised the 1st channel | path 30R, and waits in a longitudinal posture temporarily. The banknotes conveyed from the other side 1L are taken into the second intake port 22L, guided from the passage formed with the second passage 30L to the second standby portion 28L, and temporarily waited in the longitudinal posture.

Next, the structure of the banknote push-out mechanism 35 that pushes out the banknote in the longitudinal posture waiting in the first standby unit 28R and the second standby unit 28L to the shared banknote storage unit 40 will be described.
FIG. 5 is an external plan view illustrating a schematic configuration of the banknote storage device, and FIG. 6 is a plan view illustrating a configuration of a transport driving unit of the banknote storage device.
As shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 11, the banknote push-out mechanism 35 is provided substantially at the center of the base 20e of the storage main body case 20c. And the banknote of the longitudinal attitude which waited in the 1st waiting | standby part 28R and the 2nd waiting | standby part 28L is detected in the 1st detection part 26 and the 2nd detection part 27 which are mentioned later, and to the shared banknote accommodating part 40 based on extrusion control. It pushes out in order.
The bill extruding mechanism 35 is generally composed of a drive motor 35a, a stack plate 35b, and an extruding mechanism 36. The stack plate 35b is formed in a rectangular shape that is slightly larger than a banknote in a longitudinal posture, and a crank member 35c having an attachment portion and a curved long hole 36b on the upper and lower sides is provided on the back side. A contraction member 36a formed in a cross shape is vertically attached to the lower attachment portion, provided on the back side. The tip of the rotation shaft of the drive motor 35a is pivotally supported by a curved long hole 36b provided in the crank member 35c. Therefore, when the drive motor 35a is driven, the stack plate 35b moves in the front-rear direction (contraction operation) by moving the tip of the rotating rotating shaft between the curved long holes 36b. At this time, it is made to act so as to be evenly extruded by the contraction member 36a formed in a cross shape.

Next, the structure of the shared banknote storage part 40 which arranges and stores banknotes will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5 or FIG. 6, the shared banknote storage unit 40 is provided in the vicinity of the center of the storage main body case 20c on the upper surface side of the storage main body 20b, and the first standby unit 28R and the second standby unit 28L described above. The banknotes pushed out by the banknote extruding mechanism 35 are aligned and stored.

The shared banknote storage unit 40 is roughly composed of an alignment storage unit 40a and a slide mechanism 41 provided on the lower surface of the alignment storage unit 40a.
The alignment storage portion 40a is formed in a substantially rectangular shape by extending upstanding side walls bent on the base 20e. The upper surface is opened, and a slide passage 41b is formed at the center of the lower surface so that a slide mechanism 41 of a stack holding plate 41a, which will be described later, slides. A large number (for example, 800) of banknotes in a standing posture can be stored in the above-described alignment storage unit 40a. The stack plate 35b described above and the stack holding plate 41a are provided in the same posture facing each other.
The slide mechanism 41 is configured such that a slide holding portion 41d having a stack holding plate 41a slides (back and forth operation) in a slide passage 41b inserted through the slide shaft 41c.
The stack holding plate 41a is formed in a slightly larger rectangle than the banknote in the longitudinal posture, and stands upright and is held by the slide holding portion 41d. The slide shaft 41c is inserted into the slide holding portion 41d, and slides while being held in the horizontal direction by the slide holding portion 41d. Since the rotation roller 41e is pivotally supported at both ends of the slide holding portion 41d, the slide holding portion 41d slides smoothly without swinging along the slide passage 41b when rolling. Further, an elastic material 41f (coil spring) is provided on a slide shaft 41c inserted through one end of the slide holding portion 41d and the other end of the side wall, and the tensile force of the elastic material 41f is urged toward the pushing mechanism.

The banknote storage state of the alignment storage part 40a in the above-described shared banknote storage part 40 will be described.
Prior to business, the stack holding plate 41a of the slide holding portion 41d of the slide passage 41b is positioned closer to the first standby portion 28R and the second standby portion 28L described above due to the tensile force of the elastic material 41f. And if it goes into business, the banknote conveyed by the banknote conveying apparatus 10 of both sides will be taken in, and the banknote which waited in the 1st standby part 28R and the 2nd standby part 28L will be extruded by the banknote extrusion mechanism 35. They are stored in order. The stack holding plate 41a of the slide holding portion 41d gradually recedes against the tensile force of the elastic material 41f as the number of stored storage sheets increases gradually, but the tensile force of the elastic material 41f is always applied to the extrusion mechanism side. Therefore, the banknotes can be stored in an aligned manner without falling apart. Although not shown in the drawing, a full detection unit for detecting a full state is provided near the end of the alignment storage unit 40a. When the full detection unit detects this, the island management device 16 indicates that the state is almost full. An output (full trouble signal) is output to the section 16a to notify the outside.

Next, the configuration of the transport driving unit 23 (the first transport driving unit 23R and the second transport driving unit 23L) will be described.
Since the explanation of the structure of the transport drive unit 23 is the same (common) on both sides, only the first intake port 22R side, which is one side 1R, will be described, and the second intake port 22L side of the other side 1L will be described. Description is omitted.
As shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 11 or FIG. 12, the transport drive unit 23 is provided near both sides of the storage body case 20c on the upper surface side of the storage body 20b, and the detour transport units 15 (15R, 15R, 15L) is for sending out the bills received from the first intake port 22R and the second intake port 22L connected to the first standby part 28R and the second standby part 28L.

The first transport drive unit 23R is roughly configured by an intake passage 25a on the first intake port 22R side, a drive mechanism facing the intake passage 25a, and a drive motor 24a. The drive mechanism includes an outer drive unit 24 and an inner drive unit 25 that are respectively supported at both ends with the intake passage 25a interposed therebetween.
The outer drive unit 24 is supported by a rotating shaft 24f provided with a rotating roller 24i on the upper surface side and a rotating shaft 24g provided with a transmitting roller 24h, and a rotating belt 24j is wound around the rotating roller 24i and the transmitting roller 24h. It has been turned. The rotating shaft 24f is provided by inserting the rotating roller 24i upward and the transmission gear 24e downwardly through the base 20e. The rotary shaft 24g is provided by passing the transmission roller 24h upward and the drive gear 24d downward through the base 20e, and is pivotally supported at a position where the lower drive gear 24d and the transmission gear 24e mesh. The drive gear 24d and a gear 24b provided on the rotation shaft of the drive motor 24a are wound around a transmission belt 24c.
The inner drive unit 25 is formed as a pulley-like roller at the same height as the rotary roller 24i and the transmission roller 24h that are pivotally supported on the upper surface of the outer drive unit 24, and is used to apply tension. is there. The rotating belt 24j wound around the rotating roller 24i and the transmission roller 24h and the pulley-like auxiliary roller 25b form a weak gap through which one bill can pass. Note that the upper ends of two rotary shafts 25c and 25d that support the rotating shaft 24g that supports the transmission roller 24h and the auxiliary roller 25b that faces the rotating shaft 24g are respectively connected to bearings provided on the upper lid 20f. It is supported. Among the auxiliary rollers 25b described above, a large number of blades 25e are provided on the upper side of the auxiliary roller 25b closer to the inside, and rotate as the auxiliary roller 25b rotates. The lengths of the terminal ends can be made uniform by bringing the terminal ends of the bills that are temporarily on standby with the tips of the rotating blades 25e.

Thus, for example, when the gear 24b is driven as the drive motor 24a is driven, the first transport drive unit 23R on the first intake side 22R rotates the drive gear 24d by the transmission belt 24c wound on the lower surface side. Then, the transmission roller 24h on the upper surface side supported by the drive gear 24d rotates, and the rotation roller 24i on the upper surface side also rotates by the transmission gear 24e meshing with the drive gear 24d. The rotating belt 24j wound around the rotating roller 24i on the upper surface side and the transmission roller 24h also rotates, and the taken banknotes are sandwiched between the rotating belt 24j and the two auxiliary rollers 25b of the inner drive unit 25 described above. However, it is sent to the first standby unit 28R through the first passage 30R.
The transport driving unit 23R is provided with two detection units 26 and 27, and based on the detection of the two detection units 26 and 27, the above-described bill pushing mechanism 35 is configured to operate. Yes.
Here, the drive motor 24a of the transport drive unit 23R is provided with a detection unit in the vicinity of the first intake port 22R side, and when it is detected by this detection unit, drive control is performed in which the drive motor 24a is driven intermittently. However, it may be a drive control that is always driven.

Next, another embodiment of the structure of the transport driving unit 23 (the first transport driving unit 23R and the second transport driving unit 23L) will be described.
The transport drive unit 23 (the first transport drive unit 23R and the second transport drive unit 23L) described above is provided with drive motors 24a on both sides to drive the drive mechanisms on both sides, but here one drive motor 24a. It was structured to be driven by. The description of the same configuration as the drive mechanism described above is omitted.
Connected to the first intake port 22R and the second intake port 22L, and the first intake port 22R and the second intake port 22L for taking in the banknotes conveyed by the banknote transfer devices 10R and 10L on both sides. The first conveyance drive unit 23R and the second conveyance drive unit 23L on both sides for conveying the bills to the inside are provided, and the drive source of the first conveyance drive unit 23R on one side 1R is used as the second conveyance drive on the other side 1L. It is structured such that the second conveyance drive unit 23L on the other side 1L is driven by being transmitted to the unit 23L via the transmission drive belt 24C.
As shown in FIG. 13, the drive gear 24d of the drive motor 24a on the one side 1R and the drive gear 24d on the other side 1L are wound around the lower surface side of the storage main body case 20c by one transmission drive belt 24C. Then, the drive source of the drive motor 24a on the one side 1R is transmitted to the other side 1L, and the second conveyance drive unit 23L on the other side 1L is driven. Therefore, even one drive motor 24a can drive the conveyance drive units 23 on both sides.

Next, the detection unit (first detection unit 26, second detection unit 27) will be described with reference to FIG.
Here, since both sides have the same configuration (common), only the two first detection units 26 and the second detection unit 27 provided on the first intake port 22R side that is one side 1R will be described, and the second one on the other side 1L. Description of the first detection unit 26 and the second detection unit 27 provided on the intake port 22L side is omitted.
The first detection unit 26 is provided in the first conveyance driving unit 23R (near the insertion port) of the first passage 30R that leads from the first intake port 22R to the first standby unit 28R so as to detect that a bill has entered. It has been.
The second detection unit 27 is attached to the upper part of the transmission roller 24 h that is slightly spaced from the first detection unit 26. This interval is set to a length sufficient for the passage of bills. The second detection unit 27 detects the passage of banknotes and also detects the number of passing bills and outputs the sales. By the detection provided at the first intake port 22R, the number of banknotes conveyed by the banknote conveying apparatus 10R connected to the game island 1R on the one side 1R is counted as sales, and the sales output of each lending machine 3 You can grasp whether it ’s right. In addition, the sales of the lending machines 3 arranged on the game islands 1R and 1L can be grasped for each arrangement.
Based on the detection of the two detection units (the first detection unit 26 and the second detection unit 27), the banknotes waiting in the first standby unit 28R are pushed out by the banknote push-out mechanism 35 to the shared banknote storage unit 40. And extruding without jamming. Here, the two first detection units 26 and the second detection unit 27 are detected by an actuator type having a piece, but may be a transmission type sensor or the like, and are not limited to types.

Next, an operation (timing) of pushing out a bill taken in from the first take-in port 22R and waiting only in the first standby section 28R by the bill pushing mechanism 35 will be described.
The first detector 26 is transported from the detour transport unit 15R, detects the leading edge of the bill in the vicinity of the first intake port 22R, detects that the bill has been transported, and is detected by the first detector 26. It is detected whether the banknote is conveyed from the following.
When a bill passes through the first detection unit 26 (first piece), the bill passes through the second detection unit 27 (second piece), and when the first detection unit 26 is re-detected, a subsequent bill When the first first detection unit 26 detects again, the banknote push-out mechanism 35 does not perform the pushing operation, and the taken banknote remains in the first standby unit 28R. That is, when the first first detection unit 26 and the second second detection unit 27 are detecting, a plurality of sheets are in a standby state by overlapping in a standing posture one after another on the back side of the already taken bills. It is out. And when not detecting by the 1st 1st detection part 26 (it was judged that the following banknote does not come), the banknote extrusion mechanism 35 operate | moves the several banknotes waited in the 1st waiting | standby part 28R, It can push out to the shared banknote storage part 40 of the alignment storage part 40a.
Moreover, since it is the same also about the operation | movement (timing) which extrudes with the banknote extrusion mechanism 35 the banknote taken in from the 2nd inlet 22L and is waiting only in the 2nd waiting | standby part 28L, description is abbreviate | omitted.

Furthermore, the banknotes taken in from the first intake port 22R and waiting on the first standby part 28R and the banknotes on both sides taken in from the second intake port 22L and waiting on the second standby part 28L The operation (timing) in which the bill is pushed out simultaneously by the bill pushing mechanism 35 will be described.
The pushing operation is performed at the timing described above, but first, it is determined that the first first detection unit 26 provided in the first intake port 22R has not detected, and further the second take-out operation is performed. When it is determined that the first first detection unit 26 provided at the insertion port 22L has not detected the bill, the bills on both sides are simultaneously pushed out and stored by the bill pushing mechanism 35 into the alignment storage unit 40a. That is, it operates only when it is determined that the first first detection unit 26 provided on both sides is not detected, and when the first first detection unit 26 on either side detects, the operation is not performed, and the first A plurality of sheets are stacked in a standing posture on the back side of the bills taken into the standby unit 28R and the second standby unit 28L one after another in a standby state.
The operation of each component of the banknote storage device 20 described above is controlled by the control unit 16 a provided in the island management device 16.

It is a schematic perspective view which shows the game island which arrange | positioned the banknote conveying apparatus concerning this invention, and the banknote accommodating apparatus with which the island edge was equipped. It is a schematic plan view which shows a game island same as the above. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows schematic structure of the banknote storage apparatus concerning this invention. It is an external appearance back perspective view showing a schematic structure of a bill storage device same as the above. It is an external appearance top view which shows schematic structure of the banknote storage apparatus concerning this invention. It is a top view which shows the structure of the conveyance drive part of the banknote storage apparatus concerning this invention. It is a top view which shows a detection part among the structures of a banknote storage apparatus same as the above. It is a top view which shows the storage main-body part (storage main body case) provided in the banknote storage apparatus of this invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of the storage main-body part provided in the banknote storage apparatus same as the above (storage main body case and upper cover). It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the upper cover of the storage main-body part provided in the banknote storage apparatus same as the above. It is a rear view which shows the structure of the conveyance drive part of the banknote storage apparatus concerning this invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the conveyance drive part of a bill storage device from the undersurface side. It is a perspective view which shows other embodiment of the conveyance drive part of a banknote storage apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 amusement island (one side row 1R the other side row 1L)
10 banknote transport device (one side row 10R, the other side row 10L)
20 banknote storage device 22 banknote inlet (first inlet 22R, second inlet 22L)
23 transport drive unit (first transport drive unit 23R second transport drive unit 23L)
26 first detection unit 27 second detection unit 28 temporary standby unit (first standby unit 28R second standby unit 28L)
30 Introduction passage (first passage 30R second passage 30L)
32 Sorting member 33 Central protrusion 35 Bill pushing mechanism 40 Shared bill storage part 40a Alignment storage part 40C Transmission drive belt

Claims (3)

A bill storage device is provided at the end of a bill transport device that is installed in the vicinity of the upper side of the gaming tables arranged in the lateral direction on both sides and transports bills along the gaming table arrangement direction, and the bills are conveyed on both sides in the bill storage device. In the banknote storage device for storing banknotes conveyed from the apparatus in one aligned storage section,
The banknote storage device includes a first intake port and a second intake port that take in the banknotes conveyed by the banknote transfer devices on both sides, and banknotes taken from the first intake port and the second intake port. Temporarily waiting at the front and back positions of the first transport drive unit and the second transport drive unit transported to the first standby unit and the second standby unit, and the banknotes captured by the first transport drive unit and the second transport drive unit A first standby unit and a second standby unit positioned in the center of the sorting member, a banknote extruding mechanism that extrudes a waiting banknote, and a shared banknote storage unit that stores banknotes extruded by the banknote extruding mechanism. A bill storage device in amusement island, characterized in that it is configured. In the bill storage device in amusement island according to claim 1,
A first passage extending to guide the banknote taken from the first intake port to the first standby part, and a first passage extending to guide the banknote taken from the second intake part to the second standby part The two passages and the sorting member provided between the first passage and the second passage are provided opposite to the positions of the upper and lower surfaces, and the bills taken in from the first intake port are A banknote storage device on an amusement island, characterized in that when the banknotes taken from the two inlets are respectively guided to the second standby section, the sorting member temporarily stands at the front and rear positions. In the bill storage device in the game island according to claim 1 or 2,
A first intake port and a second intake port that take in the banknotes that have been conveyed by the banknote conveyance devices on both sides, and the first standby unit that receives the banknotes that are taken into the first intake port and the second intake port, and By providing a first conveyance drive unit and a second conveyance drive unit that convey to the second standby unit, and transmitting a drive source of one of the conveyance drive units to the other conveyance drive unit via a transmission drive belt A bill storage device in amusement island, wherein both the conveyance drive units are driven to take in bills conveyed from both sides.

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