JP2005276052A - Bill identification device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bill identification device capable of minimizing an installation space in being installed on a service face of a playgame machine and the like. <P>SOLUTION: A main body 2 of this bill identification device is long in the depth direction, and a bill insertion slot 3 and a recovery slot 4 are formed in a state of being arranged on a front face side of the main body 2. Thus the bill can be easily inserted and recovered even when the most part in the depth direction, of the main body 2 is buried in the playgame machine. By mounting the bill identification device 1 in a state of being buried in the playgame machine, the installation place of the bill identification device on the service face of the playgame machine can be reduced. Further as the projection of the bill identification device 1 from the service face can be reduced, it does not bring discomfort such as feeling of oppression to a game player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a bill identifying device, and is particularly suitable for being installed and used in a gaming device or the like, and after identifying a bill inserted from the front side, stores the bill in an internal storage. About.

  In general, a bill recognition device for identifying the type and authenticity of a bill inserted by a player when renting a game medium such as a pachinko ball is installed on a customer service surface of a gaming device such as a pachinko device (for example, a patent) Reference 1).

This banknote identification apparatus has a box-shaped main body mounted on a region above an inter-unit ball machine installed between adjacent gaming machines on an island, for example. Then, when a player inserts a bill from an insertion port opened in the lower part of the main body or the like, the authenticity of the bill is identified according to a predetermined judgment standard, and what is determined to be a genuine note is stored in an internal storage. Accommodate. At this time, the interbank coin machine is interlocked to discharge the game medium corresponding to the amount of the banknote and provide it to the player. As for the banknotes stored in the storage, for example, a game shop clerk unlocks the lid provided on the front side of the main body of the banknote identification device, opens it so as to tilt forward, and takes out the banknotes. On the other hand, when it is determined that the inserted banknote is a fake bill, the internal banknote transport mechanism is operated in reverse to discharge the banknote from the insertion slot and return it.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2003-272017 (FIGS. 1, 3, etc.)

  However, since the conventional banknote identification device described above has a configuration in which the entire storage for storing banknotes is arranged in front of the customer service surface, it is necessary to provide a large space for installing the banknote recognition device on the customer service surface. There was a problem.

In addition, since the entire banknote recognition device is provided so as to protrude to the front, there is a problem that the player gets in the way and gives a feeling of discomfort such as a feeling of pressure.
This invention is made in view of such a point, and it aims at providing the banknote identification device which can make the installation space at the time of installing in customer service surfaces, such as a game device, compact.

  In the present invention, in order to solve the above problem, an insertion slot for inserting a bank note from the outside into a main body having a depth longer than that of a bank note, and a bank note inserted from the insertion slot are conveyed to an internal storage. Transporting means to be stored, a banknote identifying unit that is arranged in a transport path of the transporting means to identify the banknote, and a recovery port that communicates with the storage for recovering the banknote stored in the storage And the insertion port and the recovery port are arranged side by side on the front side opposite to the depth side of the main body, and the transport means A bill discriminating apparatus is provided, wherein the bill discriminating apparatus is reversed so as to wrap around at the back side after being conveyed in the direction, and conveyed so that the front end thereof is positioned in the vicinity of the collection port of the storage.

  According to such a bill identifying device, the bill insertion port and the collection port are provided side by side on the front side of the main body, and the inserted bill is once conveyed to the depth side of the main body for identification and determination. Then, it reverses on the back side of the main body and returns to the vicinity of the front recovery port. For this reason, banknotes in the storage can be easily recovered by inserting a finger into the recovery port from the front.

  Moreover, in this invention, the conveyance means which conveys the insertion port for inserting a banknote from the outside in the main body which has a depth longer than a banknote, and conveys the banknote inserted from the said insertion port to an internal storage. And a banknote recognition unit that is arranged in the transport path of the transport means to identify the banknote, and a recovery port that communicates with the storage for recovering the banknote stored in the storage. In the banknote recognition apparatus configured, the insertion port and the recovery port are arranged side by side on the front side opposite to the depth side of the main body, and the transport means transports the banknote in the depth direction. The banknote recognition device that is reversed and transported so that the front end is positioned in the vicinity of the recovery port of the storage, and the bill recognition device that is fixed to the customer service surface of the banknote processing device in which the banknote recognition device is installed, At least part of said body of the device In a state of being accommodated in the depth side of the reception surface, the bill identification unit, characterized in that it and a mounting member which supports along the body in its depth direction is provided.

  The “banknote processing device” here refers to a device that performs a predetermined processing operation by receiving a banknote with an installed banknote identification device, and a gaming device that lends a game medium corresponding to the amount of the inserted banknote. In addition, various devices such as a vending machine and a change machine can be included.

  According to such a banknote identification unit, since it arrange | positions so that at least one part of the depth direction of the main body of a banknote identification apparatus may be embedded in a banknote processing apparatus via an attachment member, the exposure amount from the customer service surface of a banknote identification apparatus Can be reduced. In that case, since the insertion port and collection | recovery port of a banknote are arranged in parallel by the front side, insertion and collection | recovery of a banknote can be performed easily.

  According to the banknote identification device of the present invention, the main body is elongated in the depth direction, and the bill insertion port and the recovery port are arranged in parallel on the front side of the main body. For this reason, even if it arrange | positions so that all or one part of the depth direction of the main body may be embedded in the banknote processing apparatus in which the said banknote identification device is installed, a banknote can be inserted and collect | recovered easily.

  And according to the banknote identification unit of this invention, it arrange | positions so that a banknote identification apparatus may be embedded in a banknote processing apparatus via an attachment member, and the space for the banknote identification apparatus installation of the customer-facing surface of a banknote processing apparatus is made small. be able to.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the banknote recognition device of the present invention is applied to a gaming device such as a pachinko machine. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the banknote recognition apparatus according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 schematically shows a cross section taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, and shows the internal structure of the banknote identification apparatus. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the banknote identification device 1 has a rectangular parallelepiped main body 2 that is long in the depth direction and houses a banknote storage and various mechanisms therein. A recovery port 4 is provided adjacent to the horizontal direction. Further, a monitor LED 5 is provided on the front side of the main body 2 to visually display the type of the inserted banknote, and to visually display the banknote jam or the full state of the storage. Further, a connector 6 is fixedly provided on the front side surface of the main body 2, and a cable accommodating a plurality of signal lines connected to the internal control circuit is routed and connected.

  As shown in FIG. 2, inside the main body 2, a printed circuit board 7 on which a microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as “microcomputer”) that constitutes the internal control circuit and controls various types of the banknote recognition apparatus 1 is mounted, and a banknote M A transport mechanism 9 that transports the bills M to a predetermined standby position facing the storage 8 along the transport path, and a pusher mechanism 10 that stores the banknote M held in the standby position into the storage 8 by pushing it in with a pusher described later. It is arranged.

  The microcomputer mounted on the printed circuit board 7 includes a CPU for performing predetermined arithmetic processing, a ROM in which various numerical values and programs are written in advance, a RAM in which numerical values and flags of arithmetic processes are written in predetermined areas, and various sensor / switch groups. The I / O interface through which digital signals are input / output, and bus lines to which these devices are connected, respectively. The microcomputer mounted on the printed circuit board 7 is configured to be capable of serial communication with a microcomputer of a game apparatus main body (not shown) via an I / O interface. The monitor LED 5 described above is also connected to a microcomputer mounted on the printed circuit board 7.

  The conveyance mechanism 9 includes a plurality of conveyance rollers 11 provided along the conveyance path of the banknote M, a conveyance belt 12 wound around the plurality of conveyance rollers 11, and a plurality of pinches arranged to face the conveyance rollers 11. And a roller 13. Among the plurality of transport rollers 11, one located at the end in the arrangement direction is a driving roller, and the rest is a driven roller. The drive roller has a drive shaft and is driven to rotate by a conveyance motor 14 provided in the main body 2. In the vicinity of the insertion slot 3 in the transport path of the transport mechanism 9, a bill identifying unit 15 that identifies the denomination and authenticity of the inserted bill M is provided.

  Further, a banknote holding unit 16 is provided on the back side of the banknote recognition unit 15 in the transport path of the transport mechanism 9, and temporarily before the banknote M identified by the banknote recognition unit 15 is transported to the standby position. Hold on to. When the banknote recognition unit 15 determines that the banknote M is a fake bill, or when there is a refund instruction from the microcomputer on the gaming device side, the transport roller 11 is driven in reverse and is held in the banknote storage unit 16. The bill M is returned to the insertion slot 3. On the other hand, when the discharge processing of the game medium such as ball lending by the gaming device is normally completed and there is a collection command from the microcomputer on the gaming device side, the banknote M held in the banknote holding unit 16 is in the standby position. And is stored in the storage 8.

  The pusher mechanism 10 has a long plate-like pusher 21 that operates to push the banknote M held at the standby position into the storage 8 and a pantograph-type link mechanism 22 that translates the pusher 21 to the storage 8. And a shaft 23 disposed at the intersection of the link mechanism 22 and a disk-shaped pusher cam 24 that is configured to be rotatable about its own axis and that expands or contracts the link mechanism 22 by pressing or releasing the shaft 23. And have. Although not shown, the pusher cam 24 has a shape in which the height (thickness) changes on the cam surface in contact with the shaft 23, and is driven to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the shaft 23 by a drive motor (not shown). The height gradually increases / decreases for each semicircle along the direction. For this reason, every time the pusher cam 24 rotates halfway, the shaft 23 is driven in a direction perpendicular to the rotation shaft, and the pusher 21 is reciprocated relative to the storage 8.

The storage 8 includes a presser plate 31 that holds the stored banknote M and a spring 32 that biases the presser plate 31 toward the pusher mechanism 10 to align and stack the banknotes M therein.
In the bill recognition device 1 configured as described above, the bill M inserted from the insertion port 3 is transported along the transport path while being sandwiched between the transport belt 12 and the pinch roller 13. Meanwhile, if the authenticity of the banknote M is identified by the banknote recognition unit 15 and determined to be a fake bill, the banknote M held in the banknote storage unit 16 is returned to the insertion slot 3. On the other hand, if it is determined that the banknote M is true, the banknote M is further transported toward the standby position. At this time, the banknote M is reversed so as to wrap around at the back side of the main body 2, returns to the vicinity of the front collection port 4, and is held at the standby position. Then, the pusher 21 is operated at a predetermined timing to store the banknote M in the storage 8.

Next, the structure of the attachment member used when attaching the banknote identification apparatus 1 to a game device is demonstrated. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the configuration of the mounting member.
The attachment member 40 includes a frame-like support portion 41 that can accommodate the front end portion of the banknote recognition device 1, a plate-like guide portion 42 that is provided continuously below the support portion 41 and extends rearward, and a support portion 41. It is comprised from the plate-shaped cover part 43 which opens and closes the front side opening part.

  The support portion 41 has a predetermined length in the front-rear direction of the substantially square frame, and its rear surface constitutes a contact surface with the customer service surface of the gaming device. The ribs formed at the four corners in the frame are provided with screw insertion holes 51 penetrating in the front-rear direction. The connector 52 connected to the connector 6 of the banknote identification device 1 described above is disposed on one side wall in the frame. To this connector 52, a cable containing a plurality of signal lines connected to the microcomputer on the gaming device side is routed and connected. Therefore, the banknote identification device 1 can communicate with the gaming device side by connecting both connectors.

  The guide part 42 has a shape in which both side edges of the rectangular plate material are bent upward so as to follow the shape of the lower end part of the banknote recognition device 1. The distal end of the guide part 42 is connected to the lower end placement part 53 of the support part 41 in the same plane.

  The lid portion 43 has a substantially square plate shape along the front opening of the support portion 41, and the lower end portion thereof is connected via a hinge portion provided at the lower end portion on the front side of the support portion 41. The lid portion 43 is provided with a locking key 54 so that the lid portion 43 can be locked after the front opening of the support portion 41 is closed. The lid 43 is formed with an opening 55 for exposing the insertion slot 3 and the monitor LED 5 of the banknote recognition apparatus 1 to the outside.

  In addition, in this Embodiment, what united the banknote identification device 1 and the attachment member 40 corresponds to one form of the banknote identification unit of this invention. In this case, the protrusion amount of the banknote recognition unit from the gaming device can be adjusted by changing the length of the support portion 41 of the attachment member 40 in the depth direction. For example, when there is room in the internal space of the gaming device, the length of the support portion 41 in the depth direction is reduced to increase the insertion amount of the banknote recognition device 1 into the gaming device, thereby serving the gaming device. The protrusion amount of the banknote identification unit from the surface can be reduced, and space saving outside the gaming apparatus can be achieved. Conversely, when the internal space of the gaming device is not so large, the amount of insertion of the banknote recognition device 1 into the gaming device is increased as much as possible, while the portion protruding from the customer service surface of the gaming device is supported. What is necessary is just to set the length of a depth direction so that it can support in the part 41. FIG. Even if it does in this way, a space can be used effectively rather than the case where the whole banknote identification device 1 is installed on the customer service surface of the gaming device.

Next, the attachment method to the game device of the banknote identification device 1 is demonstrated. 4-7 is explanatory drawing showing the said attachment method.
The banknote identification device 1 is installed in an area above the inter-unit ball machine 62 installed between adjacent gaming machines 61 of the gaming apparatus 60 shown in FIG. A circular hole 64 for inserting the banknote recognition device 1 into the inside thereof is formed in the area of the customer service surface 63 of the gaming apparatus 60, and four points around the circular hole 64 are provided with four attachment members 40. Screw holes corresponding to the screw insertion holes 51 are provided.

  First, the attachment member 40 is attached to the customer service surface 63 of the gaming apparatus 60. That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, the attachment member 40 is brought into contact with the customer surface 63 while the guide portion 42 is inserted through the circular hole 64, and the screw 65 is connected to each screw through each screw insertion hole 51. Screw it into the hole and fix it. At this time, a wiring cable on the gaming device 60 side is connected to the connector 52.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the banknote recognition device 1 is inserted along the lower end placing portion 53 and the guide portion 42 into the attachment member 40 in a state where the lid portion 43 is opened. At this time, the connector 6 on the banknote identification device 1 side and the connector 52 on the attachment member 40 side are simultaneously connected. In addition, the banknote identification device 1 attached to the attachment member 40 in this way can be easily separated and removed by disconnecting both connectors.

  In this way, as shown in FIG. 6, most of the main body 2 of the bill recognition device 1 is accommodated inside the gaming device 60 (that is, the back side of the customer service surface 63). Then, by closing the lid portion 43 of the attachment member 40 and locking the key 54 from this state, the attachment of the banknote recognition device 1 to the gaming device 60 is completed as shown in FIG. At this time, the insertion slot 3 of the banknote identification device 1 is exposed from the opening 55 of the attachment member 40.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which the banknote M is inserted into the banknote identification device 1. For convenience, the game device 60 is not shown.
As shown in the figure, since the insertion slot 3 of the banknote identification device 1 is vertically long, the player inserts the banknote M into the insertion slot 3 in the width direction as shown. For this reason, the positional relationship between the banknote M and the insertion slot 3 can be easily confirmed even when sitting on a chair of the gaming apparatus. As a result, the player can easily insert the banknote M into the insertion slot 3 by reaching up while sitting.

  Further, when collecting from the storage box 8 of the banknote recognition device 1, the lock of the key 54 shown in FIG. 7 is released, the lid 43 is opened as shown in FIG. The banknote M exposed to the outside may be grasped and taken out.

  As described above, in the banknote recognition device 1 of the present embodiment, the main body 2 is elongated in the depth direction, and the insertion port 3 and the recovery port 4 for the banknote M are arranged in parallel on the front side of the main body 2. Has been. For this reason, even if it arrange | positions so that most of the depth direction of the main body 2 may be embedded in the game device 60 via the attachment member 40, insertion and collection | recovery of the banknote M can be performed easily.

  And the installation space of the banknote identification device 1 in the customer service surface 63 of the game apparatus 60 can be made small by arrange | positioning so that the banknote identification apparatus 1 may be embedded in the game apparatus 60 in this way. Moreover, since the protrusion amount from the customer-facing surface 63 of the banknote identification device 1 can be reduced, there is no discomfort such as a feeling of pressure to the player.

  The preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and it can be changed and modified within the spirit of the present invention. Not too long.

  For example, in the said embodiment, the structure which attaches the attachment member 40 to the customer service surface 63 of the game device 60 previously, and attaches the banknote identification device 1 later was shown as a structure which attaches the banknote identification device 1 to the game device 60. However, the banknote identification device 1 and the attachment member 40 may be assembled in advance as a banknote identification unit, and may be attached to the customer service surface 63 of the gaming apparatus 60. Moreover, when there is room in the internal space of the gaming apparatus 60, the banknote recognition apparatus 1 may be directly attached to the gaming apparatus 60 without using the attachment member 40.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the thing of the aspect which accommodates the banknote M hold | maintained in the standby position by the pusher mechanism 10 in the storage 8 as a structure of the banknote identification device 1 was shown, such a pusher mechanism 10 is shown. It is good also as a structure which conveys the inserted banknote M sequentially and stores in the storage 8 directly, without providing.

  Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the game apparatus 60 was mentioned as an example as a banknote processing apparatus with which the banknote identification device 1 is installed, it applies not only to this but a vending machine, a change machine, and other banknote processing apparatuses. Of course it is possible.

It is a perspective view showing the appearance of the bill discernment device concerning an embodiment. It is explanatory drawing showing the internal structure of a banknote identification device. It is a perspective view showing the structure of an attachment member. It is explanatory drawing showing the attachment method to the game device of a banknote identification device. It is explanatory drawing showing the attachment method to the game device of a banknote identification device. It is explanatory drawing showing the attachment method to the game device of a banknote identification device. It is explanatory drawing showing the attachment method to the game device of a banknote identification device. It is explanatory drawing showing a mode that a banknote is inserted in a banknote identification device.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote identification apparatus 2 Main body 3 Insertion port 4 Collection | recovery port 6 Connector 7 Printed circuit board 8 Storage 9 Transport mechanism 10 Pusher mechanism 15 Banknote identification part 40 Mounting member 41 Support part 42 Guide part 43 Cover part 52 Connector 55 Opening part 60 Game device 63 Customer service M Banknote

Claims (8)

In the main body having a longer depth than banknotes,
An insertion slot for inserting bills from the outside,
Conveying means for conveying and storing bills inserted from the insertion slot into an internal storage,
A bill discriminating unit that is arranged in the transport path of the transport means to identify the bill;
A recovery port communicating with the storage for recovering banknotes stored in the storage;
A bill discriminating apparatus configured by providing
The insertion port and the recovery port are arranged side by side on the front side opposite to the depth side of the main body,
The conveying means conveys the banknote in the depth direction and then reverses the banknote so as to wrap around the inner side of the banknote so that the leading end is positioned in the vicinity of the collection port of the storage. apparatus. The conveying means is
A transport mechanism for transporting banknotes inserted from the insertion slot to a predetermined standby position facing the storage;
A pusher mechanism for storing the banknote passing through the banknote recognition unit and held in the standby position in the storage by pushing a pusher installed on the opposite side of the storage;
The banknote identification device according to claim 1, comprising: The insertion port is configured in a vertically long shape so that the banknote can be inserted upright in the width direction,
The banknote identification device according to claim 1, wherein the recovery port is provided adjacent to the insertion port in the lateral direction. An insertion port for inserting a bank note from the outside into a main body having a longer depth than the bank note, a transport unit for transporting and storing the bank note inserted from the insertion port into an internal storage, and A bill discriminating device that is provided with a bill discriminating unit that is arranged in a transport path and discriminates and discriminates the bill, and a collection port that communicates with the bin for collecting the bills stored in the bin. The insertion port and the recovery port are arranged side by side on the front side opposite to the depth side of the main body, and the transport means wraps around the back side after transporting the banknote in the depth direction. Banknote identification device that is reversed so that its tip is positioned in the vicinity of the collection port of the storage,
The body is fixed to the customer service surface of the banknote processing apparatus on which the banknote identification device is installed, and at least a part of the body of the banknote recognition device is accommodated on the depth side of the customer service surface. A mounting member for supporting the direction,
A bill recognition unit comprising: The mounting member is
A support unit that supports the vicinity of the front side end portion of the banknote identification device; and
While being connected to the support portion and passing through a hole provided in the customer service surface and accommodated in the bill processing apparatus, the main body of the bill recognition device is being guided along its depth direction. A supporting guide part;
A lid for closing the collection port so as to be openable and closable from the front side, provided at the front side end of the support;
An opening formed in the lid and exposing the insertion port to the outside;
The banknote identification unit according to claim 4, comprising:   The banknote identification unit according to claim 5, wherein the banknote identification device is detachably supported by the attachment member. The support portion is provided with a first connector to which a control signal line connected to the banknote processing apparatus side is connected, and is exposed to the main body of the banknote identification apparatus and detachable from the first connector. A second connector connected to the
The bill recognition unit according to claim 6, wherein the two connectors are connected simultaneously with the attachment of the bill recognition device to the attachment member. The said attachment member is comprised so that the insertion amount of the depth direction in the said banknote processing apparatus of the said banknote identification apparatus can be adjusted by adjusting the length of the depth direction of the said support part. 5. A bill recognition unit according to 5.

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