JP2015178393A - Paper currency transportation storage equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to securely and in a confined manner transport paper currencies inserted from bill acceptors to a bill storage room at another place for enabling a safe storage.SOLUTION: A duct 1 for transporting paper currencies is disposed behind a plurality of dispensers in a game parlor, and the end part of the duct 1 is connected to a bill storage room H via a bill-separation/carrier-return part 1b. Also, a bill passage 10 is disposed inside the duct 1 and a carrier C is arranged that can move along the bill passage 10 guided by a guide 12 inside the duct 1. At the bill-separation/carrier-return part 1b, the paper currencies inside the duct 1 are directly sent to the bill storage room H, and the carrier C is returned to the end part of the duct 1. An air blower B is provided in the duct 1 for making the carrier C travel by the air flow.

Description

  Amusement machine rental machines, game machines, traffic ticket vending machines, ATM machines, vending machines, entertainment facility admission ticket purchasing machines, currency exchange machines, etc. are equipped with a bill insertion device function so that bills can be used, It calculates and displays the authenticity and number of bills to be inserted. When a bill is inserted into the bill insertion device of these devices, a required product / service is provided to the inserter. In the present invention, banknotes inserted by these banknote insertion devices are transported to a banknote storage room / safe or the like installed at a separate location away from the apparatus for safety or billing purposes, and banknotes are stored in these chambers. It is related with the technology that enables storage.

  Conventionally, there are those that temporarily store bills inserted into these bill insertion devices, but in this case, the inserted bills are accumulated inside the bill insertion device, and a large amount of money is stored. For this reason, there has been a crime in which banknotes are stolen from the banknote insertion device by an illegal person. In addition, the banknotes stored in the banknote insertion device are regularly or irregularly taken out and transported to safe places such as safes and banks, but this is time-consuming and expensive. There was also a risk of robbery during removal and transportation.

  In order to solve this problem, a device has been developed that immediately transports a bill inserted into a bill insertion device to a safe place.

  One of them is the invention of Patent Document 1. This invention is provided with a transport pipe for transporting paper sheets such as banknotes from an input device such as banknotes, a cylindrical transport auxiliary body is disposed within the transport pipe, and the transport auxiliary body is fed into the transport pipe It is a device that moves in a flow and feeds the paper sheets inserted by the input device into the transport pipe to the transport auxiliary body and feeds it downstream.

  However, in the invention of Patent Document 1, it is ensured that the paper sheet accompanies the columnar conveyance auxiliary body. However, the paper sheet body is deformed / displaced by the collision with the conveyance auxiliary body, and the conveyance tube and the conveyance auxiliary body. May be entangled in the gaps and boundaries between them, and there is a problem in the reliable transport of paper sheets.

Another method is the invention of Patent Document 2. This is a technique in which a paper sheet is introduced into a blower pipe and the paper sheet is conveyed downstream by an air flow in the blower pipe. This is a method that does not use a rigid carrier that is forcibly conveyed along with paper sheets.
However, when paper sheets are deformed or displaced by aerodynamic force or turbulent airflow, the paper sheets are clogged in the middle or adsorbed to the wall of the blower tube, making it impossible to smoothly transport banknotes. There is a point.

JP 2012-76875 A JP 2008-266027 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional paper sheet transport device, and to transport the banknotes to the banknote storage room reliably and at high speed, and to the banknote storage room quickly and safely Move it and solve the problem of theft.

The configuration of the present invention that solves this problem is as follows.
1) A banknote insertion device for providing a predetermined product or service to the input person when a banknote is inserted, and a banknote storage room installed at a location away from the installation location of the banknote insertion device , A banknote transport and storage facility comprising a banknote transport apparatus that safely transports a banknote inserted by the banknote input apparatus to the banknote storage chamber,
The banknote transport device includes a closed duct formed therein with a banknote passage through which a paper surface of the banknote can be sent in a substantially vertical posture, from the position of the banknote insertion apparatus to the position of the banknote storage chamber, One or a plurality of bill passages which are placed and guided by the inner guide of the duct and can move downstream along the bill passage to the bill storage chamber and can catch bills placed in the bill passage on the way Placed in
In addition, the bill insertion means for feeding the bill inserted into the bill insertion device through the narrow opening of the duct side wall to the bill passage in the duct so that the paper surface is in a substantially vertical state,
The bill captured by the carrier at the end of the duct in front of the bill storage chamber of the duct is separated from the carrier, and the bill is fed into the bill storage chamber, and at the most upstream position of the guide and duct on the duct end side. A bill that enables the circulation of the carrier by connecting the guide at the beginning of the duct upstream from the bill insertion device with a curved guide, sealing the space with the casing, and returning the carrier from the end of the duct to the beginning. A separation carrier return part,
In addition, an electric stopper is provided that allows the carrier to be temporarily stopped and started at a standby position provided in the middle position in the duct from the middle position of the curved guide or the position of the most upstream bill insertion device to the duct start end,
Furthermore, a blower that sends an air flow into the duct is provided at a position upstream of the duct,
A bill detection sensor is provided for detecting that a bill inserted for each bill insertion device is placed in the bill passage in the duct, and the carrier is moved from the standby position to the bill passage by a bill detection signal of the bill detection sensor. A structure including a control unit that is movable toward the banknote storage chamber on the downstream side and that enables the blower to be in an activated state;
Further, the carrier receives a flow of air in the duct and generates a propulsive force in the downstream direction, and a substantially V-shaped front opening toward the downstream for capturing the bill placed in the bill passage. The bill storage unit 2) described in 1) above, characterized in that it has a bill catching part and a guide part that learns from the guide on the inner wall of the duct and moves the carrier smoothly along the guide. The pressure receiving portion of the carrier has a vane portion that spreads rearward in a substantially V shape, and has a size that allows the duct and the wall surface to be close to or in contact with each other, and the aerodynamic force from the airflow is substantially V-shaped vane. The banknote transport and storage facility described in 1) above, in which the carrier propelling force is increased by receiving pressure at the portion, and the substantially V-shaped blade portion of the carrier described in 2) above is made elastically deformable. The blades are elastically deformed by the air flow and The banknote transport and storage facility described in 2), which can be expanded so as to be in contact with the inner wall surface of the wall 4) A guide provided on the inner wall of the duct extends horizontally from the inner wall of the left and right ducts toward the center. A substantially V-shaped bill that is plate-shaped and has a space in the duct between the tips on the center side of the pair of left and right guides as a bill passage, and the front of the carrier that contacts the guide is open. A guide groove is formed in the catching part to be in contact with the guide, and the guide groove is formed as a guide part formed in the banknote catching part. The banknote transport and storage facility according to any one of 1) to 3), which has a shape extending toward the inner wall of the duct 5) As a structure of the banknote separation carrier return portion, a vertically long banknote inlet and duct of the banknote storage chamber Vertical banknote passage at the downstream end of The opening is connected in space, and the guide inside the downstream end opening of the duct is connected to the guide at the start of the duct with an arc-shaped curved guide, and between the downstream end opening of the duct and the start end opening of the duct A brake that temporarily stops or decelerates the carrier at the duct end position so that the outer periphery of the curved guide is sealed with a casing and the carrier that has been linearly moved at the end opening position of the duct can be shifted to rotational movement along the curved guide. Equipment,
Furthermore, the conveyance of the banknote as described in any one of 1) to 4) above, in which a retractable electric stopper capable of temporarily stopping and starting the carrier is provided at a middle position of the curved guide, and this position is set as a standby position. Storage facility 6) A carrier locking portion that can be protruded by a spring biased by a spring from the inner surface of the duct to the vicinity of the bill passage, and a bill catching portion of the carrier at the rear thereof. An engagement member having a friction member having an inclined surface that can come into contact with the front end portion and that is inclined so as to approach the banknote passage side toward the end of the duct; and a carrier locking portion after the carrier is decelerated by the friction member; A mechanism for releasing the engagement between the carrier and the carrier locking portion by electrically retracting the engagement member toward the outer wall of the duct after a short period of time after engaging and temporarily stopping; The tip of the trapping part comes into contact with the friction member to reduce the moving speed of the carrier, and then engages with the carrier locking part to temporarily stop the carrier and then electrically retract the carrier locking part to guide the curve of the carrier. The banknote transport and storage facility described in 5) above, which is movable along the banknote 7) The banknote insertion means takes the banknote sent from the banknote insertion device and temporarily stops it after taking it in by a roller, and is provided in the duct. A bill receiving part that can be sent out to the part, a turning guide that is provided in the slit-shaped opening of the duct and that guides the bills sent out from the bill receiving part to the banknote passage in the duct, and drives the rollers of the banknote receiving part 1) to 6), which is a structure including a roller driving unit that performs and a receipt detection sensor that detects the presence of a bill temporarily stopped in the bill receiving unit. 8) A carrier return detection sensor is provided to detect that the carrier has moved through the banknote passage of the duct and returned to the standby position, and the control unit is controlled using a computer. A storage unit that receives a detection signal from a receipt detection sensor of a bill receiving unit of a bill insertion unit provided for each device, and stores the reception time of the detection signal in association with the ID of the bill insertion unit; The received time in the stored time order is divided into predetermined hours / minutes or days, and the banknotes issued in the required order in the order of the receiving time in the order of the receiving time are sorted into the banknote passage in the duct in the required order. An order determination software that determines the sending order so that it is fed one by one and writes it in the storage unit, and a bill sent by the carrier by a carrier return signal from the carrier return detection sensor. Then, the banknotes that have been processed for writing the banknotes are written to the storage unit, and the banknotes that are sent out to the ducts are sent in the order of the next banknotes, and all banknote detection sensors provided along the ducts. When it is confirmed from the signal that no banknote is placed in the banknote passage and the carrier signal is confirmed to be at the standby position from the sensor signal of the carrier return detection sensor, the transmission order of the storage unit determined by the ordering software is Only the roller drive part of the banknote insertion means of the ID of the delivery order is operated so as to send the banknotes in the order of delivery into the banknote passage in the duct, and the operation of the roller drive parts of other banknote insertion means is stopped. When the banknote detection sensor in the duct detects the sent banknote, the electric stopper is operated to start the carrier at the standby position, 7), the control unit is configured to control one of the banknotes placed in the duct passage of the duct and moved to the banknote storage chamber by moving the carrier for each banknote. The banknote transport and storage facility 9) In the above 8), the control unit moves through the duct, returns to the carrier standby position via the banknote separation carrier return unit, and receives a detection signal from the carrier return detection sensor. If it is confirmed that the banknote in the next delivery order exists in the storage unit, the operation of the blower is continued to maintain the blowing state, and the blowing time of the blower and the rise time until the stable blowing in the duct are omitted. The banknote transport and storage facility described in 8), wherein the banknote transport time is shortened, 10) In the above 8) or 9), the ordering software sets the section to one day or a long time, and The banknote transport and storage facility according to 8) or 9) above, wherein the banknotes are transported in the order in which the banknotes are received in the order of early receipt time. 1) to 10) banknote transport and storage equipment 12) formed by integral molding with a guide projecting toward the head 12) Provided with an auxiliary blower for sending an air flow downstream at a plurality of locations in the middle of the duct In addition, the banknote transport and storage facility according to any one of the above 1) to 11) 13) A plurality of lending machines in which a banknote insertion device is installed at a predetermined interval before and after a gaming machine island in a game store, and a duct is an island. It is a long duct that is arranged between the back and front of the lending machine before and after and has two straight duct parts that are folded back so that the carrier can move at the curved duct part at the tip of the island so as to be close to each other , Bill storage room and The banknote transport and storage facility 14) according to any one of 1) to 12) above, wherein the bill separation carrier return portion is provided on the base end side of the island of the straight duct portion. The banknote insertion means of all the lending machines provided at the front and back are placed in the banknote passage in the upper straight duct section, and the lower straight duct section is only the carrier. The banknote transport and storage facility 15) described in 13) above, the banknote transport and storage facility 16) described in 14) above, in which two upper and lower straight duct portions are integrated by integral molding. ) Or 15), the bill passage and guide shape of the duct of the two upper and lower straight guide portions are the same even when the shape is reversed up and down, and the carrier of the lower straight duct portion is moved up and down with the curved duct portion. Inversion The banknote transport and storage facility 17) described in 14) or 15), which has been moved to the upper straight duct section, is parallel to the front and rear so that the straight duct section on the upstream side is on the front side. In addition, the bill insertion means of the front lending machine places the bill in the bill passage in the front straight duct section, and the bill insertion means of the rear lender inserts the bill into the rear straight duct section. Furthermore, the carrier is in the banknote transport and storage facility described in 13) above, in which the carrier is moved from the front straight guide portion to the rear straight guide portion in the curved duct portion as it is.

  In the present invention, the bill inserted from the bill insertion device is sent into a sealed duct, the bill is captured by a carrier and moved in the duct, and stored in a highly safe bill storage room. And since a banknote is closed in a duct, extraction in the middle of conveyance of a banknote is difficult. Further, since the bill is captured by the carrier moving by the air flow in the duct and moved at a high speed, the carrier is also moving during the bill movement, so that it is difficult to remove the bill in the duct.

  Since the carrier of the present invention has a substantially V-shaped banknote catching section, banknotes placed so that the paper surface placed in the banknote passage of the duct is substantially vertical are captured in a V-shaped banknote front. Even if there is a misalignment and some deformation of the banknote in the section, it can be reliably received by the trumpet-shaped banknote capturing section that spreads to the left and right, and the banknote can be reliably transported while being captured in the downstream direction together with the carrier.

  Also, if the pressure receiving part at the rear part of the carrier has a V-shaped vane part that spreads rearward, the vane part will receive a large air flow in the duct, and a high propulsive force may be generated. it can. Thereby, the carrier can deliver the banknote from the insertion means of the lending machine to the banknote storage room in about 11 to 20 seconds on one island of the amusement shop. The pressure receiving portion of the present invention is not limited to a substantially V shape, and may be a planar shape. Alternatively, the air flow can be received in a small area.

  In particular, if the blade portion is elastically deformable, the blade portion expands to the left and right by air pressure so that it can contact the inner wall surface of the duct, and the pressure receiving area is widened to obtain higher propulsive force and the carrier is elastically deformed. Possible blades allow light movement with the inner surface of the duct for smooth movement.

In addition, the inside bill passage is circulated through the beginning and end of the duct, the bill captured by the carrier in front of the bill bill storage chamber is sent to the bill storage chamber, and then the carrier is bent with the guide on the duct end side. If the guide and the guide on the start end side of the duct are connected to the middle position of the curved guide or the standby position provided in the middle of the duct and are kept waiting at this position, the carrier can be repeatedly circulated and used.
Further, the carrier is decelerated or temporarily stopped by the curved guide and slowly rotated, so that the banknote in the banknote capturing unit is slowly fed out toward the banknote storage chamber, and the banknote can be reliably fed into the banknote storage chamber.

  In addition, if a brake device that reduces the carrier speed or temporarily stops the carrier is provided at the end of the duct, the carrier is decelerated by the brake device to reduce impact and breakage due to the sudden stop of the carrier, and the carrier is decelerated by the curved guide. It is possible to make a temporary stop with little impact and to smoothly move smoothly to the standby position on the start side of the duct. Moreover, the banknote caught by the carrier can also be slowly moved to the banknote storage room.

  In the brake device described above, a friction member that makes contact with the tip of the bill catching portion of the carrier and decelerates by friction can maintain a brake function that reduces the speed of the carrier with a simple structure.

  The control unit of the present invention is generally capable of program processing using a computer and can input, generate and output electrical control signals. It also has a built-in clock and calendar so that the time and date can be output. Equivalent functions can be made possible with electronic circuits and logic circuits without using a computer.

The bill inserted into the bill insertion device is discharged from the back side thereof, sent to the bill insertion means, and taken in a little by the bill receiving portion and temporarily stopped. The receipt detection sensor confirms the bill at that position and outputs a bill detection signal to the storage unit of the control unit. When the banknote detection signal is input to the storage unit, the time when the banknote detection signal is input is stored in association with the ID of the roller driving unit of the banknote insertion device / banknote insertion means. In the storage unit, the time when the banknote detection signal is input is listed in order of time, and is segmented by a fixed time. If the time of this division is set to a long number of days or a unit of one day, it becomes the same as no division. The present invention also includes this.
Next, the ordering software (program) determines the sending order for sending the banknotes into the banknote passage in the duct for each sheet in the section, outputs it to the sending control unit, and sets the sending order according to the sending order. An operation signal is sent to the roller drive part of the banknote receiving part of a banknote, and the other roller drive part is made to remain a stop signal in the meantime.

And when the banknote which became the delivery order of one sheet is put in the banknote channel | path in a duct, the banknote detection sensor will detect and there is a carrier in a standby position, there is no carrier in the middle of a banknote path, and it is in a standby position. When the carrier is started, the carrier can be started, the blower is started or the blower operation state is maintained and the carrier is moved in the duct, and the V-shaped bill catching part in front of the carrier catches the bill. , To the banknote storage room downstream.
Then, when the carrier returns to the standby position, the carrier return detection sensor outputs a standby position return signal, and the program software sequence advancer sets the next banknote to be sent next, and the delivery control unit If it is confirmed by the detection sensor that there is no banknote in the banknote passage in the duct and that the carrier is in the standby position, the banknote of the next delivery order is fed into the banknote path. If there is no banknote in the next delivery order, the blower is stopped and the banknote is inserted or the banknote in the first delivery order in the next section is fed.

The simplest ordering software (program) stores the time input to the storage unit and the roller drive unit ID in association with each other, and clears each day with no divisions or as a single day unit. Thus, the banknotes are placed in the banknote passage of the duct in the order of the input time.
This order determination software not only orders the time entered in the storage unit, but also divides the input time according to the time at intervals of a fixed time, for example, 15 minutes. It is also possible to send banknotes.

  In addition, in the case where the banknote insertion means is provided with a turning guide curved downstream in the vertically long opening of the duct, the banknote placed in the banknote passage of the duct from the opening is turned substantially perpendicular to the banknote passage direction. Thus, it is easy to make the paper surface in a straight vertical state along the banknote passage.

  The start, operation, and stop of the blower are controlled by the control unit. When the carrier moves through the duct and returns to the standby position (when the detection signal of the carrier return detection sensor is input), the next sending order is sent to the storage unit. When the banknote is present, it is preferable to control the air blower so as to maintain the operation without stopping the blower. When the blower is stopped and started / restarted, it takes about 6 seconds until the start time of the blower and the flow of air blown by the blower make a stable blown state through the duct. It is preferable to maintain the state in order to shorten the bill conveyance time. As a result, the bill conveyance time of about 9 seconds can be shortened. Of course, the present invention includes a mode in which the blower is forcibly stopped every time the carrier is returned.

  In addition, if an auxiliary blower that sends an air flow into the duct is provided in the middle of the duct, the auxiliary blower in the middle adds an air flow even if the blowing power of the main blower upstream of the start end of the duct is reduced. It is possible to ensure an air flow at a flow rate.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram viewed from the front arrow showing the device arrangement of the embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a plane showing the device arrangement of the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the device arrangement of the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an enlarged vertical cross-sectional view showing the banknote separation carrier return portion of the embodiment. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a guide of the curved duct portion according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway view of the curved duct portion of the embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a longitudinal structure of a duct according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway explanatory view of the duct of the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a front view showing the carrier of the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a side view showing the carrier of the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a plan view showing the carrier of the embodiment. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an insertion state of the carrier in the duct according to the embodiment. FIG. 13 is an explanatory view showing the bill insertion means of the embodiment. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an arrangement of the auxiliary blower according to the embodiment. FIG. 15 is a perspective view illustrating a terminal end portion and a starting end portion of the duct according to the embodiment. FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing connection with the duct of the bill insertion means of the embodiment. FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the structure and operation of the brake device according to the embodiment. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the structure and operation of the brake device according to the embodiment. FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the structure and operation of the brake device according to the embodiment. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the structure and operation of the brake device according to the embodiment. FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state at the start of the electric stopper according to the embodiment. FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a carrier engagement state of the electric stopper according to the embodiment. FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the structure and operation of the electric stopper according to the embodiment. FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of the hardware and software configurations of the computer according to the embodiment. FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the storage unit and order determination software according to the embodiment. FIG. 26 is a flowchart of the sending control unit and the order raising unit of the embodiment. FIG. 27 is a flowchart of the sending control unit and the order raising unit of the embodiment. FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a memory state example of the storage unit according to the embodiment. FIG. 29 is a perspective view showing another structural example of the curved duct portion of the embodiment. FIG. 30 is an explanatory diagram showing a twist state of the carrier in the curved duct portion shown in FIG. FIG. 31 is an explanatory view showing the posture of the carrier C at the curved guide portion of FIGS. FIG. 32 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the duct in which the folded duct is provided in parallel in the front-rear direction. FIG. 33 is a plan view of another embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 34 is a side view of another embodiment. FIG. 35 is an explanatory view showing a longitudinal section of a duct of another embodiment. FIG. 36 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a banknote separation carrier return portion of another embodiment. FIG. 37 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the guide and opening of the duct of another embodiment. FIG. 38 is an explanatory view showing the arrangement of bill insertion means of another embodiment. FIG. 39 is an explanatory view showing the internal structure of the bill insertion means of another embodiment. FIG. 40 is an explanatory view showing another arrangement example of the ducts in which the ducts are arranged in a curved shape in the present invention. FIG. 41 is an explanatory view showing an example of arrangement of another duct in which a guide is provided around the pillar member in the store in the present invention.

  Generally, a bill insertion device is generally provided with a device for determining the authenticity of a bill inserted, a device for counting the number of bills, and a display for displaying the amount of the bill inserted. The bill insertion device according to the present invention generally includes the determination device, the counting device, and the display.

  The banknote storage room of the present invention is preferably made of a metal material that can be unlocked only by a specific person in a safe place, is hard to be unlocked from the outside like a safe, and is fireproof with a metal material that is not easily destroyed. Moreover, it is preferable that various security devices are installed.

The duct, the casing of the bending portion, and the bending guide of the present invention are preferably made of an integrally molded material that is difficult to disassemble from the outside. And it is preferable to use the outer wall of a straight duct part, a guide, a banknote channel | path, etc. as a linear long material of integral molding. The curved portion of the duct is a separate body, and only the curved duct portion is manufactured and connected so that the front and rear or upper and lower straight duct portions, the internal guide, and the bill passage are continuous.
Also, when the straight duct part is folded in the middle of the duct and the straight duct part is paralleled in the upper and lower stages or front and rear, the two folded straight duct parts are integrated and separated by an internal partition, and two bill passages are provided inside. -Each guide may be formed. The integration may be integrally molded so as to be arranged in parallel not only in the upper and lower two stages.
Further, the duct may have a curved shape as shown in FIGS. 40 and 41 or a shape that bypasses a structure such as a store.

  The carrier of the present invention is preferably made of plastic because it is light and low in wind power. In addition, the elastically deformable V-shaped blade portion is preferably made of a soft plastic or spring steel material that can elastically deform only that portion.

  In addition, it is preferable that the pressure receiving portion of the carrier of the present invention has a V-shaped blade portion that opens rearward because the propulsive force from the air flow is high, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the flow of the air flow It may be a planar pressure receiving portion that receives the angle at right angles. Or you may receive an airflow only in the specific rear surface part of a carrier. Furthermore, as a structure in which an air passage that is separated and independent from the bill passage is formed in the duct and a pressure receiving portion of the carrier is provided so as to hit the air flow of the air passage, air flow can be prevented from entering the bill passage. .

  The receipt detection sensor of this invention is provided in the roller drive part of the banknote insertion means following the banknote feed roller apparatus which feeds the paper surface provided in the rear part of the banknote insertion apparatus perpendicularly. A turning guide for turning the bill feeding direction so as to be in the direction of the bill passage in the duct is provided at the periphery of the narrow narrow opening of the duct at the tip of the feeding roller of the roller driving unit. preferable. A part of the inner guide from the opening is also cut away to provide a banknote feeding path to the banknote path.

  In addition, when the duct is long, if the capacity of the blower is insufficient with only the blower with the highest flow rate, or if the wind speed decreases midway, an auxiliary blower is provided between the start and end of the duct as shown in FIG. Is preferred.

In addition, the airtightness of the duct does not require complete airtightness in all ducts, and there may be some air leakage from the outer peripheral wall of the duct, and the degree of air leakage is reduced so that the capacity of the blower does not become excessive. If it is. Further, the longitudinally long opening of the duct in the vicinity of the bill insertion means communicates with the inside of the bill insertion means and does not cause a large air leak, so there is little influence. If necessary, it is preferable to provide a check valve 1n ₅ that allows only passage of banknotes that block the wind pressure from the air duct side in the banknote passage of the banknote insertion means from the lending machine.

  In the present invention, when a banknote is placed in the banknote passage in the duct, all banknote insertion means are stopped, a carrier is sent by air blowing, and one banknote is sent to the banknote storage room by one carrier. A method of controlling by the control unit so as to feed the carrier every sheet is preferable. This is preferable because the banknote can be safely and quickly stored in the banknote storage room. The present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of banknotes can be placed in the banknote passage, and a single carrier can capture a plurality of banknotes and send it to the banknote storage chamber. In the following embodiments, each banknote is fed, but a plurality of carriers can be used.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 28, about 20 rental machines K (a total of about 40 units) are arranged at regular intervals before and after the island S (island ID = 08) of the gaming machine of the amusement store. It is a bill insertion device, and a plastic duct 1 is disposed between the front and rear lending machines K. The duct 1 is folded at the tip of the island S and is disposed between the lending machines K and is folded back. The duct portion is straight and overlapped in two upper and lower stages, and is composed of two upper and lower straight duct portions 1u and 1d, and the straight duct portions 1u and 1d are integrally formed and separated into an upper stage and a lower stage via a partition wall. Is formed. Moreover, the cross-sectional shapes of the straight duct portions 1u and 1d are formed symmetrically so that the upper and lower sides and the left and right sides have the same shape and dimensions even if they are turned upside down. A curved guide 1a ₁ of the curved duct portion 1a and the straight duct section 1u and the straight duct portion 1d at the tip of the island S, can migrate carrier C from the lower straight duct portion 1d upside down into the upper straight duct section 1u So connected.

A banknote storage room H and a banknote separation carrier return section 1b which are strong and difficult to break and are remotely monitored are provided at the proximal end of the island S of the straight duct sections 1u and 1d. As the end of the guide 12 of the upper straight duct section 1u in the paper currency separation carrier return section 1b, and the starting end of the guide 12 of the lower straight duct portion 1d are connected by a curved guide 1b _1, the carrier C is the upper straight It can move from the duct part 1u to the lower straight duct part 1d. A standby position 1b ₃ is provided in the middle of the curved guide 1b ₁ , a brake device 1b ₅ is provided at the end of the upper straight duct portion 1u immediately before the banknote separating carrier return portion 1b, and a carrier is provided in the middle of the curved guide 1b _1. An electric stopper 1b ₄ for switching between C stop standby and start is provided.

  Furthermore, the banknote insertion means 1n of all the lending machines K before and after the island S inserts banknotes into the banknote passages of the upper straight duct portion 1u. And only the carrier C is sent to the banknote passage of the lower straight duct portion 1d and the curved duct portion 1a.

  Furthermore, the pressure receiving part C2 of the carrier C of the present embodiment has a blade part C21 that spreads backward in a V shape, and the blade part C21 is a blade part that elastically deforms. In addition, the guide 12 with the carrier C is formed in a two-stage shelf shape at an intermediate height between the two upper and lower linear duct portions 1u and 1d, and the cross-sectional shape of the linear duct portions 1u and 1d is inverted upside down. Even so, it is symmetrical in the vertical direction and has the same shape in the vertical and horizontal directions. The carrier C is provided with guide portions C11 and C22, which are slit guide grooves in two upper and lower stages that engage with the guide 12, symmetrically provided in the transport direction. A space between the distal ends 12 a of the pair of left and right guides 12 is a bill passage 10.

Control unit CON of the present embodiment, that the bill into the bill insertion position of the paper passageway 10 in the duct portion 1u is not placed sensed by the bill detection sensor 1S, and the carrier C is back in the carrier return detecting sensor 1b ₆ If it is confirmed by input of a signal from each sensor that it is in the standby position 1b ₃ , only the roller driving unit 1n ₃ of the banknote insertion means 1n of the banknotes in the sending order is operated, and the other roller driving units 1n ₃ are deactivated. Put it in a state. The bill temporarily stopped by the actuated roller drive unit 1n ₃ is guided and inserted into the turning guide 1n ₂ from the opening 13 and placed in the bill passage 10, and the bill detection sensor 1S is inserted into the bill passage 10. If one sheet is detected, one carrier C at the standby position 1b ₃ can be started by operating the electric stopper 1b ₄ , and the carrier C is moved by the aerodynamic force of the blower to lower the straight duct portion 1d at the lower stage. -It moves to the upper straight duct part 1u from the curved duct part 1a of the front-end | tip, captures one banknote of the upper straight duct part 1u, conveys it to a banknote storage chamber, and stores it. In addition, when there are two or more banknotes in the delivery order that have not been processed, the blower is maintained in the “air blowing state”. Moreover, even if the banknote detected by the banknote detection sensor 1S is flown in the downstream direction through the banknote passage 10 by blowing air, the banknote can be reliably captured and transported by the carrier C.

(Explanation of reference numerals in the drawings)
1 to 28 are drawings of the embodiment. In the figure, K is a lending machine that becomes a bill insertion device on the island S (ID = 08) of the game store, and P is a gaming machine provided between the lending machines K on the island S (mostly omitted in the drawing). ), B is a blower, BB provided in the middle of the duct is an auxiliary blower, H is a bill storage room, S is an island of a game shop, and C is a carrier.

  FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing a hardware and software configuration of a computer used in the embodiment and a connection state between peripheral devices. In FIG. 21, COM1 is a computer, COM2 is its CPU, COM3 is an interface for transmitting / receiving signals to / from peripheral devices connected to the computer COM1, CON is a control unit, CON1 is a storage unit, and CON2 is ordering software. , CON4 is a sending control unit for controlling the operation / stop of the device based on information from various sensor signals, and CON5 is the next sending order when the carrier C is returned to the standby position, which is not processed next. It is a turn-up part that makes a turn.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a plastic duct, which comprises an integrally molded portion of two upper and lower straight duct portions 1u, 1d provided between the front and rear rental machines K and a curved duct portion 1a at the tip of the island S. 10 is a bill passage in the duct, 11 is an outer wall of the duct, 12 is a guide protruding from the inner wall of the duct outer wall 11 toward the center, 1a is a lower straight duct portion 1d and an upper straight duct portion 1u. Curved duct part 1a ₁ is curved guide connected so as to be able to pass, 1b is a banknote separating carrier return part for connecting the start end of duct 1 and the end of duct 1, 1b ₁ is a curve of the banknote separating carrier return part 1b Guide, 1b ₂ is a casing of the banknote separating carrier return part 1b, 1b ₃ is a standby position of the carrier C, 1b ₄ is an electric stopper for controlling the stop and start of the carrier C, and 1b ₄₁ is a stopper pin for stopping the carrier C. , 1b ₄₂ is iron retractable body obtained by projecting the same stopper pin head central, 1b ₄₃ is tension on the head of the casing 1b ₂ side of the reciprocating body Flange portion for receiving the spring _{1b 44} that, _{1b 44} is always non-pulling spring biasing the stopper pin _{1b 41} and reciprocating body _{1b 42} toward the inside of the casing 1b _{2, 1b 45} is a reciprocating body _{1b 42} made of iron outwardly An energizing electromagnet, 1b ₄₆ is a stopper case for the electric stopper 1b ₄ , and 1b ₄₇ is an intermediate wall that forms a seat for the spring 1b ₄₄ and is provided with an opening so that the advancing / retracting body 1b ₄₂ can be advanced and retracted. 1b ₅ is a brake device, 1b ₅₁ is an engaging member that can lock a carrier C having a carrier locking portion 1b ₅₂ bent in an L shape, and 1b ₅₃ is an engaging member 1b ₅₁ that is directed toward the duct 1 1b ₅₄ is a friction member with high surface friction that contacts the tip of the bill catching portion C1 of the carrier C to reduce the speed of the carrier C, and 1b ₅₅ is fixed to one end of the engaging member 1b ₅₁ . An electromagnet, 1b ₅₆ is an iron piece attached to one end of the engaging member 1b ₅₁ attracted by the electromagnet, and 1b ₅₇ is a swing fulcrum of the engaging member 1b ₅₁ . 1b ₅₈ is a carrier entry detection sensor provided near the engagement member 1b ₅₁ for detecting the presence of the carrier C. When the carrier C enters the carrier C, the carrier C enters and is locked by the engagement member 1b ₅₁ , and is stopped once. Is output, and the time lag switch 1b ₅₉ is turned ON. 1b ₅₉ is a detection signal of the carrier approach detection sensor 1b _58. A time lag switch that energizes (ON) the electromagnet 1b ₅₅ after a delay time of 0.5 seconds after the detection signal is input, and 1b ₆ indicates that the carrier C is in the standby position. A carrier return detection sensor 1x to detect is a pressure release valve for adjusting the air pressure in the duct 1.

  9 to 12, C is a plastic carrier, C1 is a substantially V-shaped bill catching portion, C11 is a guide groove provided in a bill catching portion C1, and C2 is a substantially V-shape of the carrier C. A pressure receiving portion that extends rearward, C21 is an elastically deformable blade portion of the pressure receiving portion, and C22 is a guide portion that is formed in the blade portion C21 with a guide groove for contact with the guide 12 of the duct 1.

Further, mounted on the periphery of FIG 13 in 1n the bill insertion means, 1n ₁ banknote receiving unit of the bill insertion means, 1n ₂ are elongated slit opening 13 of the outer duct wall 11 which is provided for each bill insertion means The turning guide 1n ₃ takes in a bill sent out from the lending machine K, temporarily stops it, and sends it to the opening 13 of the duct 1 in response to a bill insertion signal, 1n ₄ denotes the bill receiving unit 1n ₁ When the banknote sent from the lending machine K is sensed, the roller drive unit 1n ₃ is actuated a little to take in the banknote a little, stop the banknote at the temporary stop position, and wait for the banknote signal. It is a receipt detection sensor which outputs to control part CON.
CON control unit using a computer, CON1 is stored be stored with numbers and ID of the roller driving section 1n ₃ banknotes receive time while classified in classification value with a value determined by the information of the start date of the island S , CON2 is an ordering software for determining the sending order, CON4 is a sending control unit, and CON5 is a rank raising unit (software). The control unit CON can use the calendar date and time information, and can output the date and time. In this embodiment, if the island number 08 and the startup date are February 11, the classification is the same classification for one day with a code of 08-211. An example of the state of the storage unit CON1 is shown in FIG. The flowchart of the control unit CON is shown in FIGS.

(Operation of the embodiment)
In this embodiment, a banknote storage room H that is not easily stolen and processed for theft prevention is provided for each island S of the gaming machine of the game store, and a lending machine K that is a banknote input device is provided on each of the front and rear surfaces of the island. About 20 units are provided. The lower and upper straight duct portions 1d and 1u of the duct 1 for sending banknotes from the lending machine K to the banknote storage room H are arranged in the middle of the lending machine K before and after the island S.

When a thousand-yen bill is inserted into the lending machine K, the authenticity of the inserted thousand-yen bill is determined. If it is a true bill, the bill-feed roller device K1 of the lending machine K inserts the thousand-yen bill into a bill. sent to the banknote receiving unit 1n ₁ means 1n, by operating the roller driving portion 1n ₃ when the reception detection sensor 1n ₄ senses the bill, and stops sending to the stop point the bill. It receives detection sensor 1n ₄ after pausing, and outputs a bill detection signal of the control unit CON into the storage unit CON1. Bill insertion means 1n provided behind each rental machine K is present the number of rental machine K, from the receiving detection sensor 1n ₄ of the bill insertion means 1n behind the rental machine K for thousand yen bill is turned on, the detection The signal is output to the control unit CON.

When a bill (receipt) detection signal is input from the receipt detection sensor 1n ₄ of the bill receiver 1n ₁ to the control unit CON, as shown in FIGS. 25 and 28, the input time and output of the detection signal to the storage unit CON1. The ID (identification number) of the roller driving unit 1n ₃ (the same ID for the bill insertion means 1n, the bill receiving unit 1n ₁ and the lending machine K) is stored in association with each other. Bill sent by the roller driving portion 1n ₃ whether the bill detection sensor 1S is inserted into the straight duct section 1u of the duct is detected. The bill detection sensor 1S also has the same ID (identification number) as described above.

  The order determination software CON2 of the control unit CON according to the embodiment determines the delivery order so that the banknotes are sent to the banknote passage 10 one by one in the order of earlier input time as one division per day.

Confirm that no banknote is placed in the banknote passage 10 of the duct with all the banknote detection sensors 1S provided at the banknote placement position, and confirm that the carrier C is in the standby position (that is, the carrier C). Is not present in the banknote passage 10 in the middle of the duct 1), the roller driving unit 1n ₃ of the ID of the first delivery order (the one with the earliest input time in the storage unit CON1) is determined by the order determination software CON2. A start signal is generated from the transmission control unit CON4. Further, the roller driving portion 1n ₃ the other is deactivated (stopped) the delivery (see FIG. 27).

The one roller driving unit 1n ₃ to which the start signal in the above procedure is given is activated, and the banknote that has been temporarily stopped with the paper surface in the vertical direction here is a roller with a vertically long slit-shaped opening 13 of the linear duct portion 1u. Send out towards the. Here, the opening 13 has a curved turning guide 1n ₂ , and a banknote between the guide tips 12a of the guide 12 in the opening 13 is bent and turned by the turning guide 1n ₂ . It is inserted vertically into the space of the passage 10.
The inserted banknotes are kept in a substantially vertical state without being tilted to the left or right by the left and right guides 12 or greatly bent.
After sending the bill, the roller driving unit 1n ₃ stops, will remain inactive standby until receiving operation of the bill from the next rental machine K.

Thus, when one banknote is placed in the banknote passage 10 of the upper straight duct section 1u, a banknote detection signal is output from the banknote detection sensor 1S provided on the duct wall to the sending control section CON4 of the control section CON. The In response to the signal, transmission control section CON4 is (maintaining the blowing state if during or operation) to actuate the blower B, then operates the electric stopper 1b ₄ standby position, the carrier C of the most upstream waiting Can be moved.

  As shown in FIGS. 26 and 27, the blower is activated when the first banknote in the delivery order “1” is placed in the duct 1 and the banknote detection sensor 1S senses it. The start-up time of the blowers B and BB is stable in about 3 seconds. The carrier that can start at the standby position when the air flow caused by the operation of the blower circulates in the duct in about 6 seconds can move in the duct after about 9 seconds. Therefore, the carrier C can be started from the standby position after the time required for the banknote of the delivery order “1” to be about 9 seconds from the rise time of the blower and the circulation of the air blow, and the long banknote is transported for about 20 seconds. Cost.

On the other hand, it sends the order "2" transport time subsequent banknotes opening time, when the carrier C has returned to the standby position 1b _3, that bills of the next delivery sequence is waiting in the bill receiving section 1n ₁ since many, the blower B, not halt the BB leave the "blowing state" (blower operating state), it sends an actuation signal to the roller driving portion 1n ₃ of the bill for the next delivery sequence. Therefore, in this embodiment, the banknote is stored in the banknote storage chamber H 11 seconds after the time of the operation signal.
Thus, when the banknote of the sending order which has not been processed continues in a short time, a banknote conveys a banknote at intervals of about 11 seconds.

At the opening time of the amusement store at 10:00 in the morning, since the bills are inserted into the rental machine K in a short time, the bills are transported at intervals of about 11 seconds except for the first bill.
When the insertion interval of bills into the lending machine K becomes longer as an average of 23 seconds, such as in the daytime, the blowers B and BB are temporarily stopped after the bills are conveyed so that power consumption can be reduced.

The carrier C is provided with a substantially V-shaped bill catching part C1 that is wide open from the front to the left and right, and a pressure receiving part C2 having a blade part C21 that extends rearward at the rear part. Then, a plate-like guide 12 extending horizontally from the left and right inner surfaces of the duct 1 is inserted into the guide groove guide part C11 of the bill catching part C1, and is fitted into the guide groove guide part C22 of the rear pressure receiving part C2. I have been teaching it. The carrier C is held horizontally by the guide 12 inserted into the guide portions C11 and C22, and the carrier C is always kept in the same posture without falling down vertically, left and right, and front and back.
In particular, the blade portion C21 of the pressure receiving portion C2 can be elastically deformed, and even if it contacts the guide 12 and the inner wall of the duct by the blade portion C21, the blade C21 is lightly supported without giving a strong impact, thereby making the carrier C move smoothly.

  The propulsive force of the carrier C is that the air flow sent into the duct 1 by the blower B and the auxiliary blower BB acts on the pressure receiving part C2, and an aerodynamic force is generated in the pressure receiving part C2, and the carrier C is started from the standby position. The inside of the straight duct portion 1d is propelled.

Since the blade portion C21 of the carrier C of the embodiment can be elastically deformed, when it receives an air flow, it expands in the left-right direction to increase the pressure receiving area and generates a high aerodynamic force to increase the moving speed of the carrier. Enters the carrier C reaches the tip of the island S in the curved duct portion 1a, the carrier C is is turned upside down from the straight guide 12 by a curved guide 1a _1, the process proceeds to the upper straight duct section 1u. Since the straight duct portions 1u and 1d have the same vertical and horizontal shape dimensions even if they are turned upside down, the carrier C is fed upside down in the straight duct portion 1u.

Next, the front part of the carrier C has a substantially V-shaped bill catching part C1 spreading forward, and the left and right leading ends of the bill catching part C1 are closer to the duct inner wall side than the guide leading end 12a of the guide 12. It ’s close.
As a result, the width between the tips of the bill catching section C1 is wider than the width of the bill passage 10 between the left and right guide tips 12a, and the vertical bill placed in the bill passage 10 of the upper straight duct portion 1u is The bill is reliably caught by the bill catching portion C1, and the bill is placed inside the substantially V-shape.

  With the banknote in the duct being captured by the carrier C, the carrier C moves toward the downstream of the banknote storage chamber H in the upper straight duct portion 1u.

When the carrier C reaches the downstream end of the duct 1 (upper straight duct section 1u) to paper currency separation carrier return section 1b, the friction member by the brake device 1b ₅ is spring _{1b 53} as shown in FIG. 17-20 1b ₅₄ is obliquely projecting from the opening of the duct toward the bill passage 10 side, and the tip of the bill catching portion C1 of the carrier C that has entered here first comes into contact with the friction member 1b ₅₄ to greatly decelerate the carrier C, Further, the carrier locking member 1b ₅₂ and the tip of the bill catching part C1 are locked and temporarily stopped. In this temporary stop state, the carrier approach detection sensor 1b ₅₈ is turned ON, and after the time lag switch 1b ₅₉ is temporarily stopped for 0.5 seconds, the electromagnet 1b ₅₅ is activated to move the iron piece 1b ₅₆ and the engaging member 1b ₅₁ to the swing fulcrum 1b _57. The carrier locking member 1b ₅₂ is retreated outwardly, and the carrier C is unlocked.
When temporarily stopped and released, the carrier C is slowly rotated along the curved guide 1b ₁ by the air flow. As a result, the bill M captured by the carrier C is slowly sent out to the bill storage chamber H, and the bill M is stored from the opening of the bill storage chamber. The carrier C goes to the standby position 1b ₃ along the curved guide 1b ₁ . Further, the curved guide 1b ₁ is connected to the guide 12 of the starting end side duct 1 of the lower straight duct portion 1d, and the carrier C can move to the starting end portion of the lower straight duct portion 1d by the curved guide 1b _1. Yes.

The carrier C is arrived at the paper currency separation carrier return section 1b, the carrier C by the brake device 1b ₅ is stopped temporarily decelerated. The bill is thrown out slowly and linearly in the extending direction of the duct 1 by the restarted or decelerated carrier C, or is pushed by the carrier C and moved to the vertically long opening of the bill storage chamber H as it is. Stored and stored in H. The banknote moved to the banknote storage chamber H is stored with the banknote stacked in a predetermined space by the internal mechanism (the internal mechanism is not shown).

Furthermore, the carrier C after sending the bill as shown in FIG. 21 to 23 is moved while being rotated in a curved guide 1b _1. There is an electric stopper 1b _{4 in} the middle of the curved guide 1b ₁ , and the stopper pin 1b ₄₁ is always in a protruding state by a spring 1b ₄₄ , and the tip of the bill catching part C1 of the carrier C that moves along the curved guide 1b _1. Is stopped by the stopper pin 1b ₄₁ , and the carrier C stops.
This stop position is the standby position 1b _3. When the carrier C stops at the standby position 1b ₃ , the carrier return detection sensor 1b ₆ sends a standby signal indicating that the carrier C is waiting to the control unit CON.

The electric stopper 1b ₄ shown in FIGS. 21 to 23 will be described in detail. The electric stopper 1b ₄ is provided with a stopper pin 1b ₄₁ which can be moved in and out from the casing 1b ₂ of the bill separating carrier return portion 1b. The stopper pin 1b ₄₁ is a casing at the center of the head of the iron advance / retreat body 1b _42. It is projected towards the 1b _2. A spring 1b that urges the advancing / retracting body 1b ₄₂ and the stopper pin 1b ₄₁ toward the inside of the casing between the flange portion 1b ₄₃ of the head of the advancing / retreating body 1b ₄₂ and the intermediate wall 1b ₄₇ of the stopper case 1b ₄₆ for housing them. ₄₄ is arranged.

The electromagnet 1b ₄₅ is always de-energized, and the stopper pin 1b ₄₁ is always protruded into the casing 1b ₂ by the spring 1b ₄₄ (see FIGS. 22, 23 (a) and (b)). And when energized, the electromagnet 1b ₄₅ attracts the iron advance / retreat body 1b ₄₂ with a magnetic force to retract the stopper pin 1b ₄₁ to the outside of the casing 1b _2. Thus, it is possible to start by releasing the engagement of the carrier C (see FIGS. 21 and 23 (c)). When the carrier C disappears at the standby position after the start, the carrier return detection sensor 1b ₆ becomes a non-detection signal for the carrier C and is input to the control unit CON. Upon receiving this non-detection signal, the electromagnet 1b ₄₅ becomes non-energized. The stopper pin 1b ₄₁ is returned to the protruding state by the spring 1b ₄₄ .

When the carrier return detection sensor 1b ₆ sends a standby signal for the carrier C to the control unit CON, the order raising unit CON5 is operated and input to the ordering software CON2, and the sending order for sending banknotes is advanced to the next sending order ( The transmission order is set to the transmission order with “1” added). In addition, “*” of the sent banknote is written in the storage unit CON1.

  If all the banknote detection sensors 1S input to the control part CON are in a state of no banknote, the next banknote feeding cycle is entered.

Sending the order decided signal for driving only the roller driving portion 1n ₃ of the ID of the next delivery order written in the storage unit CON1 is determined (time order) by soft CON2 on the delivery control unit CON4.

Then, as described above, the banknotes in the next delivery order are sent to the banknote passage 10 in the duct 1, and when the banknote detection sensor 1S confirms the banknotes, as described above, the blower is started or the blower is kept in the blowing state. Then, the electromagnet 1b ₄₅ of the electric stopper 1b _{4 at} the standby position is operated, and the stopper pin 1b ₄₁ is sunk to allow the carrier C to move. The carrier C is moved in the lower straight duct portion 1d by aerodynamic force acting on the pressure receiving portion C2. Similarly to the above, the bill is reversed by the curved duct portion 1a at the tip of the island S, moved in the upper straight duct portion 1u, the banknote in the middle is captured, and sent to the bill storage chamber H.

  Thus, the banknotes were put into the lending machine K by repeatedly placing the banknotes in the banknote passage 10 of the duct 1 and moving the carrier C by air force and feeding them into the banknote storage chamber H. The banknotes were moved quickly and reliably to a safe banknote storage room in the order of delivery in a short time.

  In this way, banknotes are quickly moved to a safe banknote storage room so that the banknotes do not remain in the rental machine K, and banknotes are stacked and stored, so that theft of banknotes can be greatly reduced. . The mechanism and structure are omitted.

On the other hand, after sending the bill, the carrier C is rotated by the curved guide 1b ₁ and the carrier C is stopped by the retractable stopper pin 1b ₄₁ protruding from the electric stopper 1b _{4 in} the middle. This stop position is the standby position 1b ₃ of the carrier C.
When the carrier C reaches the standby position 1b ₃ , the carrier return detection sensor 1b ₆ sends a standby signal indicating that the carrier C is waiting at the standby position 1b ₃ to the control unit CON.

When the carrier standby signal is sent to the control unit CON, the turn-up unit CON5 is operated, and the sending order for sending bills is raised to the next sending order. If there is no next delivery sequence, it waits for a bill receiving signal from the receiving detection sensor of the bill receiving section 1n _1. In that case, both the blower B and the auxiliary blower BB are stopped.

  If all the banknote detection sensors 1S input to the control part CON are in a state of no banknote, the next banknote feeding cycle is entered.

Waiting for the insertion of the next banknote without a banknote, when a new banknote is inserted, the next delivery order for sending the banknote from the order determination software CON2 is determined, and the ID of the next delivery order (time order) is received in response to the determination. It sends a signal for driving only the roller driving portion 1n ₃ on the delivery control unit CON4. Or, if there is a bill in the next delivery sequence, it actuates only the roller driving portion 1n ₃ of the ID of the next order.

Then, the bill of the street next order is sent to the bill space in the upper straight duct section 1u, a bill detection sensor 1S provided in the duct 1 to confirm the insertion of the bill in the standby position the electric stopper 1b ₄ The stopper pin 1b ₄₁ is actuated to allow the carrier C to move, and the carrier C is moved in the duct by aerodynamic force acting on the pressure receiving portion C2. Similarly to the above, the carrier C is moved along the lower straight duct portion 1d and the curved duct portion 1a, and the bill is captured in the middle of the upper straight duct portion 1u and fed into the bill storage chamber H.

As described above, the banknotes are placed in the banknote passage 10 of the upper straight duct portion 1u of each sheet duct, the carrier C is moved by air force, and the banknotes are repeatedly fed into the banknote storage chamber H. after waiting temporarily bills inserted in the machine K to the bill receiving section 1n _1, and can be moved in the conveying time as about 11 seconds to secure banknote storage chamber H.

  By moving the banknotes to the safe banknote storage room H so as not to remain in the lending machine K, theft of banknotes can be greatly reduced.

In the above embodiment, the standby position 1b ₃ of the carrier C can be arranged before and after the curved duct portion 1a at the intermediate position of the duct 1. In this case, the brake device 1b ₅ , the electric stopper 1b ₄ and the carrier return detection sensor 1b ₆ are further arranged at the standby position of the curved duct portion 1a, so that two carriers are provided. By setting these two standby positions, the carrier C at the standby position of the curved duct portion 1a moves to the upper straight duct portion 1u at an early stage, captures bills in a short time, and sends them to the bill separation carrier return portion. On the other hand, another carrier C of the banknote separation carrier return part moves to the standby position of the curved duct part 1a and stands by.
If it does in this way, the time which captures and conveys a bill for the feed time of lower straight duct part 1d can be shortened.

  A curved duct portion 1a shown in FIGS. 29 to 31 is an example of a curved duct portion 1a different from the above embodiment. The curved duct portion 1a shown in FIGS. 29 to 31 is formed by twisting the lower straight duct portion 1d and the upper straight duct portion 1u by 90 ° to form a horizontal duct, and connecting the upper and lower horizontal ducts with arcuate ducts. The carrier C is turned upside down and sent from the lower stage to the upper stage.

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32 to 39, two straight duct portions 1front and 1back folded at the tip of the island S are arranged between the front and rear rental machines K, and one front straight duct portion 1front is provided. The other rear straight duct portion 1back is arranged in parallel so as to face the back of the front rental machine K so as to face the back of the rear rental machine K. The curved duct portion 1a bent in an arc shape connects the guide 12 of the front and rear straight duct portions 1front, 1back and the curved guide 1a ₁ so that one front straight duct portion 1front is kept up and down while the other rear straight duct. The carrier C is fed to the front straight duct part 1front, the curved duct part 1a, and the rear straight duct part 1back without being turned upside down and returned to the banknote separating carrier. This is sent to the part 1b. Here, the cross-sectional shapes of the straight duct portion 1front and the straight duct portion 1back are the same. The carrier C has the same shape as the previous embodiment. Moreover, in the banknote separation carrier return part 1b, after the carrier C sent from the rear straight duct part 1back is decelerated by the brake device 1b ₅ and temporarily stopped, as in the embodiment shown in FIGS. The bill is fed to the front straight duct portion 1front along an arcuate curved guide (not shown) that is twisted slightly forward while feeding the bill to the bill storage chamber H. The carrier C is turned upside down, reversed left and right (left and right with respect to the carrier traveling direction), and moved to the front straight duct portion 1front. In the middle of this, an electric stopper 1b ₄ , a standby position 1b ₃ , and a carrier return detection sensor 1b ₆ are provided.

  In this example, the bill inserted by the front lending machine K is inserted into the bill passage 10 of the front straight duct portion 1front by the bill insertion means 1n. Moreover, the bill inserted by the rear lending machine K is inserted into the bill passage 10 of the rear straight duct portion 1back.

Accordingly, the bills inserted by the front lending machine K are placed in the bill passage 10 of the front straight duct portion 1front, the carrier C captures the bills of the bill passage 10 of the front straight duct portion 1front by the carrier C, The curved duct portion 1a moves to the rear straight duct portion 1back and is conveyed in the rear straight duct portion 1back while catching the bills, and reaches the bill separation carrier return portion 1b having the same structure as in the above embodiment. wherein feeding to the embodiment and the note storage chamber bills as well, to move the carrier C to the curved guide 1b ₁ by waiting position 1b _3, it is to wait temporarily stopped.

In this example, the bending guide 1a ₁ of the bending duct portion 1a is curved in a circular arc shape so that the carrier C can be moved in the posture without changing the straight duct portions 1front and 1back upside down and left and right. ing.

Further, the front straight duct portions 1front and 1back are made of plastic and integrally molded.
In this example, the curved duct portion 1a rotates while catching a bill, so that it is difficult to make the carrier C high speed, but it has a structure that is practically possible.

  Other structures and operational effects are the same as those of the previous upper and lower straight duct portions 1u and 1d.

  The present invention can be used for conveyance and centralized storage of paper cards, plastic cards, and plastic sheets in addition to banknotes.

B Blower BB Auxiliary Blower B1 Blower C Carrier H Bill storage room K Lending machine (Bill insertion device)
K1 banknote feeding roller device S island P gaming machine M banknote 1 duct 1front front row straight duct portion 1back rear row straight duct portion 1u upper straight duct portion 1d lower straight duct portion 1S banknote detection sensor 10 bill passage 11 duct outer wall 12 Guide 12a Guide tip 13 Opening part 1a Curved duct part 1a ₁ Curved guide 1b Bill separation carrier return part 1b ₁ Curved guide 1b ₂ Casing 1b ₃ Standby position 1b ₄ Electric stopper 1b ₄₁ Stopper pin 1b ₄₂ Advance / Retreat body 1b ₄₃ collar 1b ₄₄ spring 1b ₄₅ electromagnet 1b ₄₆ stopper case 1b ₄₇ intermediate wall 1b ₅ brake device 1b ₅₁ engaging member 1b ₅₂ carrier locking portion 1b ₅₃ spring 1b ₅₄ friction member 1b ₅₅ electromagnet 1b ₅₆ iron piece 1b ₅₇ swing fulcrum 1b ₈ carrier enters detection sensor 1b ₅₉ time lag switch 1b ₆ carrier return detecting sensor 1b ₇ pass bill detection sensor 1n bill insertion means 1n ₁ bill receiving section 1n ₂ diverting guide 1n ₃ roller driving unit 1n ₄ receives detection sensor 1n ₅ check valve 1x Pressure release valve C Carrier C1 Banknote capture part C11 Guide part (guide groove)
C2 pressure receiving part C21 blade part C22 guide part (guide groove)
CON control unit CON1 storage unit CON2 order determination software CON4 sending control unit CON5 order raising unit COM1 computer COM2 CPU
COM3 interface HDD Hard disk DIS Display KEY Keyboard CAL Calendar CLO Clock

Claims (17)

A banknote insertion device for providing a predetermined product or service to the input person when the banknote is inserted; a banknote storage room installed at a location away from the installation location of the banknote insertion device; A banknote transport and storage facility comprising a banknote transport apparatus that safely transports a banknote inserted by a banknote input apparatus to the banknote storage room,
The banknote transport device includes a closed duct formed therein with a banknote passage through which a paper surface of the banknote can be sent in a substantially vertical posture, from the position of the banknote insertion apparatus to the position of the banknote storage chamber, One or a plurality of bill passages which are placed and guided by the inner guide of the duct and can move downstream along the bill passage to the bill storage chamber and can catch bills placed in the bill passage on the way Placed in
In addition, the bill insertion means for feeding the bill inserted into the bill insertion device through the narrow opening of the duct side wall to the bill passage in the duct so that the paper surface is in a substantially vertical state,
The bill captured by the carrier at the end of the duct in front of the bill storage chamber of the duct is separated from the carrier, and the bill is fed into the bill storage chamber, and at the most upstream position of the guide and duct on the duct end side. A bill that enables the circulation of the carrier by connecting the guide at the beginning of the duct upstream from the bill insertion device with a curved guide, sealing the space with the casing, and returning the carrier from the end of the duct to the beginning. A separation carrier return part,
In addition, an electric stopper is provided that allows the carrier to be temporarily stopped and started at a standby position provided in the middle position in the duct from the middle position of the curved guide or the position of the most upstream bill insertion device to the duct start end,
Furthermore, a blower that sends an air flow into the duct is provided at a position upstream of the duct,
A bill detection sensor is provided for detecting that a bill inserted for each bill insertion device is placed in the bill passage in the duct, and the carrier is moved from the standby position to the bill passage by a bill detection signal of the bill detection sensor. A structure including a control unit that is movable toward the banknote storage chamber on the downstream side and that enables the blower to be in an activated state;
Further, the carrier receives a flow of air in the duct and generates a propulsive force in the downstream direction, and a substantially V-shaped front opening toward the downstream for capturing the bill placed in the bill passage. A bill transport and storage facility, characterized in that it has a bill catching portion and a guide portion that learns from a guide on the inner wall of the duct and moves the carrier smoothly along the guide.   The pressure receiving part of the carrier described in claim 1 has a vane part that spreads rearward in a substantially V shape, has a dimension that allows the duct and the wall surface to approach or contact with each other, and substantially reduces the aerodynamic force from the airflow. The banknote transport and storage facility according to claim 1, wherein pressure is received by a V-shaped blade portion to increase the propulsive force of the carrier.   The substantially V-shaped blade portion of the carrier described in claim 2 can be elastically deformed, and the blade portion can be elastically deformed by an air flow so that it can expand so as to contact the inner wall surface of the duct. The banknote storage facility according to claim 2.   The guide provided on the inner wall of the duct is a plate-like one projecting horizontally from the inner wall of the left and right ducts toward the center, and the space in the duct between the front ends of the pair of left and right guides is the banknote. A guide groove is formed in the substantially V-shaped banknote catching portion opened in front of the carrier to be in contact with the guide, and the guide groove is formed in the bill catching portion. Moreover, the banknote conveyance storage equipment in any one of Claims 1-3 made into the shape extended from the center side front-end | tip of the said banknote capture | acquisition part to the duct inner wall side from the center side front-end | tip of the said guide. As a structure of the banknote separation carrier return part, the vertically long banknote inlet of the banknote storage chamber and the opening of the vertically long banknote passage at the downstream end of the duct are communicated in space, and the guide located inside the duct from the downstream end opening Is connected to the guide at the beginning of the duct with an arc-shaped curved guide, the outer periphery of the curved guide between the downstream end opening of the duct and the start opening of the duct is sealed with a casing, and linear motion is performed at the end opening position of the duct In order to make it easier to shift the carrier that has been turned into a rotational movement along the curved guide, a brake device is provided that temporarily stops or decelerates the carrier at the duct end position,
Furthermore, the conveyance and storage of the banknote in any one of Claims 1-4 which set it as the structure which makes the position the standby position by providing the electric stop which can be made to suspend and start in the middle of a curved guide, and enabling the carrier to pause and start. Facility.   The brake device in the banknote separation carrier return part according to claim 5 is a carrier locking part that can be protruded by being biased by a spring from the inner surface of the duct to the vicinity of the banknote path, and a rear end of the banknote catching part of the carrier in contact with the carrier locking part. And an engagement member having a friction member having a slope inclined so as to approach the banknote passage side toward the end of the duct, and after the carrier is decelerated by the friction member, A mechanism is provided to release the engagement between the carrier and the carrier locking part by electrically retracting the engaging member toward the outer wall of the duct after a short time after the temporary stop, and the tip of the bill catching part of the carrier comes into contact with the friction member. The carrier moving speed can be decelerated, and then the carrier can be moved along the curved guide by engaging with the carrier locking part and temporarily stopping the carrier and then electrically retracting the carrier locking part. The bill transport storage facilities of claim 5, wherein.   The banknote insertion means is provided in the banknote receiving part that can take out the banknote sent from the banknote insertion device with a roller and temporarily stop it and then send it out to the elongated slit-like opening provided in the duct, and the slit-like opening of the duct Direction guide for guiding the bills sent out from the bill receiving portion to the bill passage in the duct, a roller driving portion for driving a roller of the bill receiving portion, and detecting the presence of the bill temporarily stopped in the bill receiving portion. The banknote transport and storage facility according to any one of claims 1 to 6, which has a structure including a receipt detection sensor.   A carrier return detection sensor for detecting that the carrier has moved through the banknote passage of the duct and returned to the standby position is provided, and the control unit is controlled using a computer, and the control unit is provided for each banknote insertion device. A storage unit that receives a detection signal from the reception detection sensor of the banknote receiving unit of the provided banknote insertion unit, stores the reception time of the detection signal in association with the ID of the banknote insertion unit, and is stored in the storage unit The time of receipt in time order is divided in units of predetermined hours / minutes or days, and the banknotes issued in the order of early receipt time and the receipt time in the division are placed in the banknote passage in the duct in the required order. The ordering software that determines the sending order so that it is sent and writes it in the storage unit, and the bill sent by the carrier by the carrier return signal from the carrier return detection sensor are recorded. The banknote is written from the sensor signal of all banknote detection sensors provided along the duct, and the banknote of the next banknote is set to the next banknote. After confirming that no banknotes are placed in the passage and confirming that the carrier is in the standby position from the sensor signal of the carrier return detection sensor, the order of the delivery is determined according to the order of delivery of the storage unit determined by the ordering software. Only the roller drive part of the banknote insertion means of the ID of the delivery order is operated so that the banknotes that have become are sent into the banknote passage in the duct, and the operation of the roller drive part of the other banknote insertion means is stopped, When the banknote detection sensor in the duct detects the received banknote, the electric stopper is actuated so that the carrier at the standby position can be started. It has a sending control part made into a ventilation state, and it controls to put one bill in the bill passage of a duct, move a carrier for every bill, and move it to a bill storage room. Banknote storage facility.   9. The control unit according to claim 8, wherein the control unit moves in the duct, returns to the carrier standby position through the banknote separation carrier return unit, and when the detection signal from the carrier return detection sensor is received, the control unit transfers the next sending order to the storage unit. If it is confirmed that the banknote is present, the operation of the blower is continued to maintain the blown state, and the conveyance time of the banknote is shortened by omitting the blowing time of the blower and the rising time until the stable blowing in the duct. The banknote transport and storage facility according to claim 8.   10. The order determination software according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the ordering software sets the classification to one day or a long time, and sets the order of time of receipt of the banknotes as the order of delivery of the banknotes in the classification. Or the conveyance storage facility of the bill of 9.   11. The bill transport and storage facility according to claim 1, wherein the duct is formed by integrally molding a duct outer wall, an inner bill passage, and a guide protruding from the duct inner wall toward the center.   The banknote transport and storage facility according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein an auxiliary blower for sending an air flow toward the downstream is provided at a plurality of locations in the middle of the duct.   There are a plurality of lending machines in which banknote insertion devices are installed at predetermined intervals on the front and back of the gaming machine island in the amusement store, respectively, and the duct is disposed between the backs of the lending machines before and after the island, It is a long duct having two straight duct parts folded back so that the carrier can move at the part so as to be close to each other, and the banknote storage room and the banknote separating carrier return part are located at the base end of the island of the straight duct part The banknote transport storage facility according to any one of claims 1 to 12, provided on the side.   The two straight duct portions are arranged in two upper and lower stages so that the straight duct portion on the downstream side is the upper stage, and the bill insertion means of all lending machines provided at the front and rear are connected to the bill passage in the upper straight duct section. The banknote transport and storage facility according to claim 13, wherein banknotes are placed, and the lower straight duct portion is fed only by a carrier.   The banknote transport and storage facility according to claim 14, wherein the upper and lower two-stage straight duct portions are integrated by integral molding.   The bill passage and guide of the duct of the upper and lower two-stage straight guide section according to claim 14 or 15 have the same structure even when the shape is inverted up and down, and the carrier of the lower straight duct section is the curved duct section. The banknote transport and storage facility according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the banknote transport and storage facility is turned upside down and moved to an upper straight duct portion.   Two straight duct portions are arranged in parallel in the front and rear direction so that the upstream straight duct portion is on the front side, and the bill insertion means of the front lending machine inserts the bill into the bill passage in the front straight duct portion. The bill insertion means of the lending machine on the rear side inserts the bill into the straight duct portion on the rear side, and further, the carrier is left and right and left and right in the curved duct portion and the straight guide on the rear side from the front straight guide portion. The banknote transporting and storing facility according to claim 13, wherein the banknote transporting and storing facility is configured to be transferred to a section.

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