JP2022188041A - Paper sheet transport device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper sheet transport device that can securely hold and transport a paper sheet between a holding plate and a receiving plate, and also can release the paper sheet from the receiving plate by causing the holding plate together with the held paper sheet to pass through the receiving plate.

SOLUTION: A receiving unit 60 is provided with a pair of receiving plates spaced apart (opening 65) to allow a holding plate 71 to pass through, and a shutter 62 that opens and closes the opening. A control unit transports a paper sheet by causing the receiving unit 60 with the shutter 62 closed and the holding plate 71 with the paper sheet held therebetween, to move, meanwhile, when releasing the paper sheet from the receiving unit 60, causing them to move relatively to each other so that the holding plate 71 passes through the opening 65. The shutter 62 is a pair of both-side-opening doors 62a which is pivotably supported on a pair of rotary shafts 67, and which is pushed open by the holding plate 71 when it passes through the opening. Each of the doors has a width in the radial direction of the rotary shaft that extends to an edge of the paper sheet being held.

SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 25

COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a paper sheet conveying apparatus that conveys paper sheets such as bills while holding them between a receiving plate and a pressing plate.

Inside the game machine island, multiple sets of a game ball lending machine that lends out game balls (pachinko balls, etc.) to players upon receipt of banknotes and game machines such as pachinko machines are housed side by side. A transport device is provided along the longitudinal direction of the game machine island for transporting banknotes inserted into each game ball lending machine to a safe provided at the end of the game machine island.

In addition, after the store is closed, the banknotes stored in the safes of each game machine island distributed in the game hall are collected by a store clerk who goes around each game machine island and is stored in the main safe in the office of the store. In order to reduce this, a transport system has been devised that collects banknotes from the cashboxes of each game machine island in the game arcade and transports them to the main cashbox of the office (see Patent Document 1 below).

This transport system temporarily stores banknotes collected from each game ball lending machine using a first transport device on the game machine island in a safe at the end of the island, and transfers the temporarily stored banknotes from each safe to the office. transported to the main safe by the second transport device. In the island-end vault, a relay transport device is provided for transferring banknotes received from the first transport device to the second transport device.

The relay conveying device converts the bills conveyed in the vertical orientation (upright orientation) by the first conveying device on the island to the horizontal bill orientation, which is suitable for conveying the bills from each game machine island to the office. The sheet is converted into a posture (posture in which the paper surface is laid down) and sent to the second conveying device.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 52, a posture changing unit having a pair of opposing U-shaped members for storing and supporting both ends of a banknote is provided, the posture changing unit is made to stand by in a vertical posture, Banknotes transported in a vertical posture from an intra-island transport device are received and stored between opposing U-shaped members of a posture changing part. After that, the posture changing part is laid down to a horizontal posture, and with the support plate placed directly under the posture changing part, the position changing part is positioned from above the posture changing part between the pair of facing U-shaped members (the penetrating part). ) to lower the holding plate of the elevator section. When the pressing plate passes through the penetrating portion, the banknotes stored in the attitude changing portion are released from the pair of opposed U-shaped members and dropped onto the receiving plate.

The backing plate consists of two plates spaced apart so that the posture changing part can pass through, and both ends of the dropped banknote are supported by the two backing plates. The holding plate and the receiving plate descend together at the same speed while being close to each other so as to hold the banknotes dropped from the posture changing portion. Then, when it reaches a little short of the transport destination, the receiving plate stops descending, and only the holding plate continues to descend further. As a result, the pressing plate passes between the two plates forming the receiving plate, and at this time, the banknotes supported at both ends by the two plates forming the receiving plate are pressed by the pressing plate and gradually bend. Eventually, both ends come off the receiving plate and fall downward to be stored in the storage section.

A conveyor belt is provided at the bottom of the storage unit for discharging stored banknotes in a direction parallel to the surface of the paper. , to the second transport device. In addition, when the banknotes are fed out from the storage unit, the banknotes are pressed toward the conveying belt by the pressing plate.

Further, in the conveying system disclosed in Patent Document 1, the upper surfaces of the two plates that constitute the receiving plate and the lower surface of the pressing plate are made of a material that has elasticity and has a frictional force against banknotes (for example, natural rubber). ), and an improvement is made by bending downward the ends of the two plates constituting the receiving plate on the inner side (the banknote passing side). This allows the banknotes to fall smoothly while receiving friction from the elastic sheet.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2018-5492

However, in order to pass the pressing plate between the two plates that make up the receiving plate, the distance between the two plates must be wider than the width of the pressing plate. , the banknotes separated from the posture changing part by the two receiving plates could not be received well, or the banknotes fell from between the two plates during transportation, and could not reach the storage part well. There have been cases where bills have been jammed, or bills have been staggered in the storage section, making it impossible for the conveyor belt at the bottom to properly feed the bills.

In addition, an attempt has been made to smoothly drop bills from the receiving plate by attaching an elastic sheet to the upper surface of the two plates constituting the receiving plate and to the lower surface of the holding plate. Due to the large distance between the two backing plates, the above problem has not been solved. Furthermore, when the banknote held between the receiving plate and the pressing plate is released from the receiving plate, that is, when the pressing plate passes between the two receiving plates, it is desirable that the banknote be smoothly released from the receiving plate. be

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems. It is an object of the present invention to provide a paper sheet conveying device capable of smoothly detaching paper sheets from a receiving plate.

The gist of the present invention for achieving this object lies in the following inventions.

[1] a receiving plate;
a pressing plate capable of holding paper sheets between the receiving plate;
an opening provided in the receiving plate through which the pressing plate can pass;
a shutter for opening and closing the opening;
a moving mechanism for moving the receiving plate and the pressing plate;
a control unit;
has
The control unit conveys the paper sheet by moving the receiving plate with the shutter closed and the pressing plate while holding the paper sheet therebetween, and conveys the paper sheet being held. is removed from the receiving plate, relatively moving the pressing plate and the receiving plate so that the pressing plate passes through the opening ,
The shutter is a double door that is rotatably supported by a pair of rotating shafts and is pushed open by the pressing plate when the pressing plate passes through the opening. has a width that reaches the edge of the held paper sheet in the radial direction of
A paper sheet conveying device characterized by:

According to the paper sheet conveying apparatus of the present invention, the paper sheet can be reliably held and conveyed between the holding plate and the receiving plate, and the holding plate together with the held paper sheet can be received by passing through the receiving plate. Paper sheets can be separated from the board. In addition, since each door of the shutter has a width that extends to the edge of the held paper sheet, when the paper sheet is released, the paper sheet is deformed along the door that is pushed open obliquely when the pressing plate passes through the opening. Then, the paper sheets can be smoothly released along the door of the shutter.

1 is a diagram showing an example of an in-store layout of a game arcade in which a paper sheet collecting and conveying system including a relay box to which the paper sheet conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied is installed; FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a paper sheet collecting and conveying system; FIG. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of an island-inside banknote conveying apparatus. FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a state in which the auxiliary transport body pushes and moves the banknotes in the transport tube from the trailing end side of the banknotes; FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a straight portion (forward and return portions) of a conveying pipe; FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the conveying pipe in straight portions (outward and return portions); It is a figure which shows the plane and front of a conveyance auxiliary body. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view passing through the central axis of the auxiliary conveying body in a state where the auxiliary conveying body is inserted into the conveying pipe; It is a front view which shows the inside of a relay box. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a temporary storage device and a sub-transport device provided inside the relay box; FIG. 10 is a view showing a temporary storage device and a sub-conveying device in the AA cross section of FIG. 9; It is a perspective view which shows a posture change part. It is a front view of a posture changer. It is a figure which shows a mode that an attitude|position conversion part rotates to a vertical attitude|position and a horizontal attitude|position. It is the perspective view which looked at the holding part from diagonally upward. It is the perspective view which looked up at the holding part from diagonally downward. It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of the attitude|position change part of a horizontal attitude|position, and a holding part. It is the perspective view which looked at the receiving part from diagonally upward. It is the perspective view which looked at the receiving part from the diagonally downward direction. FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the receiver with the shutter opened downward; FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the receiving part with the shutter opened upward; FIG. 4 is a front view showing the receiving part with the shutter closed; FIG. 10 is a front view showing the receiver with the shutter opened downward; FIG. 4 is a front view showing the receiving part with the shutter opened upward; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing how the pressing plate passes through the receiving portion from top to bottom to open the shutter downward; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing how the pressing plate passes through the receiving portion from bottom to top to open the shutter upward; It is a figure which shows the delivery|feeding-out conveyance part provided in the bottom part of a storage part. FIG. 10 is a view showing a pressing portion and a transport stage when feeding bills at the bottom of the storage portion; FIG. 11 is a side view showing a pressing portion and a transport stage when feeding bills at the bottom of the storage portion; FIG. 30 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 29; FIG. 4 is a side view showing a receiving portion, a pressing portion, and a conveying stage at the time of drawing out banknotes in the bottom portion of the storage portion; It is a figure which shows the initial state in which a posture change part waits for the banknote sent from an intermediate|middle conveyance part. It is a figure which shows the state which the attitude|position change part received and accommodated the banknote by the vertical attitude|position from the intermediate|middle conveyance part. It is a figure which shows the state which the attitude|position change part rotated holding the banknote, and was displaced to a horizontal attitude|position. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the holding portion descends and passes through the penetration portion of the posture changing portion; It is a figure which shows the state which clamps and conveys the banknote detached from the posture change part below between a holding part and a receiving part. It is a figure which shows the state in which the receiving part reached|attained the banknote adjustment position. FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a state in which the pressing portion is further lowered from the state of FIG. 37 to push the shutter open; FIG. 39 is a perspective view showing the receiving part, the pressing part, and the delivery conveying part in the position shown in FIG. 38; FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a state in which the banknote is detached from the receiving portion by raising the receiving portion from the state of FIG. 37 ; It is a figure which shows the state which cancelled|released pinching by the pressing roller. FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a state in which the receiving part is lowered to the banknote adjustment position after FIG. 41 and the presser plate is again lowered to the position where the presser rollers sandwich the banknotes; FIG. 43 is a perspective view showing the receiving part, the holding part and the delivery conveying part in the state shown in FIG. 42; FIG. 44 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 43; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which bills have been fed out from the transport stage; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which the pressing portion is lifted to push the shutter upward; FIG. 47 is a perspective view showing the receiving part, the pressing part, and the delivery conveying part in the state of FIG. 46; It is a figure which shows the state which the receiving part stopped at the receiving position. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a state in which the holding portion has further risen and reached the initial position; It is a figure which shows rolling-in of a banknote when there is no pressing block. It is a figure which shows a mode that roll-up of a banknote is prevented by a holding|maintenance block. It is a figure which shows the case where the banknote which detached from the attitude|position change part in the conventional apparatus is not well received by two receiving plates. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a case in which bills cannot be successfully separated from two receiving plates by passing through the pressing plate in the conventional device.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of an in-store layout of a playground 2 in which a paper sheet collecting and conveying system 1 (see FIG. 2) including a relay box 6 to which a paper sheet conveying apparatus according to the present invention is applied is installed. A plurality of game machine islands 3 are arranged in a plurality of game machine islands 3 separated by passages in the game hall 2. - 特許庁On each game machine island 3, a set of a game ball lending machine 4 for receiving bills and lending game balls (pachinko balls) to a player and a game machine 5 such as a pachinko machine are arranged back to back. Multiple sets are stored side by side on the front and back. Inside the game machine island 3, an intra-island bill conveying device 7 is provided for taking in bills discharged from the back of each game ball lending machine 4 and conveying them to the relay box 6 at the end of the game machine island 3.例文帳に追加

FIG. 2 shows an outline of the paper sheet collecting and conveying system 1. As shown in FIG. The paper sheet collecting and conveying system 1 includes an intra-island bill conveying device 7 for collecting paper sheets from the game ball lending machine 4 on each gaming machine island 3 and conveying them to the relay box 6 at the end of the island, the relay box 6, A main conveying device 8 that is stretched around each store and conveys paper sheets to a cash box 41 in an office passing above the relay box 6 of each game machine island 3, and relays bills drawn out from the relay box 6. It comprises a sub-conveyor 9 for conveying to the conveying path of the main conveyer 8 passing above the box 6 . The transport path of the main transport device 8 is installed, for example, so as to pass through the ceiling space of the game hall 2 .

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of the intra-island bill transport device 7. As shown in FIG. The island bill transport device 7 includes a transport pipe 12 (island transport pipe) that serves as a transport path for banknotes (paper sheets) and an air flow generating device (blower) that generates an air flow flowing in the transport pipe 12 in the extending direction. ) 14. The island bill transport device 7 inserts a transport auxiliary body 16 which is movable in the transport pipe 12 by receiving an air flow into the transport pipe 12 upstream from the banknote P to be transported, and the transport pipe 16 is moved by the transport auxiliary body 16. The banknotes P in 12 are pushed from the rear and conveyed downstream.

Inside the relay box 6 provided at the end of the game machine island 3, an airflow generating device 14 and a banknote separating/conveying auxiliary body circulating device 11 are provided. The banknote separation and auxiliary carrier body circulation device 11 has the function of the carrier carrier inserting device 11a that feeds the carrier carrier body 16 into the carrier pipe 12, and the banknote P and the carrier carrier body 16 that pushes and moves the banknote P from the rear. and recovering them, and the function of returning the recovered auxiliary conveying bodies 16 to the conveying auxiliary body inserting device 11a for circulation. The banknotes P collected by the separation/collection device 11b are temporarily stored in the relay box 6, and then delivered to the sub-conveyance device 9 (see FIG. 2).

The air blowing side (air blowing passage 14a) of the air flow generating device 14 is connected to the air inlet side of the auxiliary conveying body inserting device 11a, and the beginning end of the conveying pipe 12 is connected to the air outlet of the auxiliary conveying body inserting device 11a. It is The conveying pipe 12 includes an outward path 12a extending from the air outlet of the auxiliary conveying body inserting device 11a to the other end of the game machine island 3, a turn portion 12b that is turned in a U shape at the other end, After turning back at the turn portion 12b, a return path 12c is provided so as to return to the relay box 6 along the outward path 12a above the outward path 12a. The end of the return path 12c is connected to the air inlet of the separation and recovery device 11b, and the air suction side (air suction passage 14b) of the air flow generator 14 is connected to the air outlet of the separation and recovery device 11b.

The airflow generator 14 generates an airflow by rotating a fan with a motor. The airflow generated by the airflow generating device 14 flows from the air blowing passage 14a through the auxiliary conveying body inserting device 11a into the beginning end of the conveying pipe 12, passes through the outward path 12a, the turn portion 12b, and the return path 12c, and then enters the separating and recovering device 11b. , through the air intake passage 14b so as to be drawn into the intake side of the air flow generator 14. As shown in FIG.

The outward path 12a and the return path 12c of the transport pipe 12 have a predetermined length. By connecting the necessary number of these with the connecting unit 17, the path length can be adjusted according to the length of the game machine island 3 in the longitudinal direction. Moreover, at the construction site, the conveying pipe 12 is cut to a required length on the spot and used.

In the middle of the return path 12c of the conveying pipe 12, a bill take-in device 18 is arranged at a position corresponding to each game ball lending machine 4 to take in the bill P discharged from the back of the game ball lending machine 4 into the conveying pipe 12. is set. The banknote take-in device 18 takes in banknotes P from the game ball lending machine 4 arranged on the front side of the game machine island 3 and bills P from the game ball lending machine 4 arranged on the back side of the game machine island 3. It is provided so as to be paired with the one for taking in bills P. The banknote take-in device 18 plays a role of interposing between the transport pipes 12 and the transport pipes 12 forming the return path 12c to connect them.

In the on-island bill transport device 7, the bill P taken in from the bill take-in device 18 into the return path 12c of the transport pipe 12 stays at a predetermined take-in completion position with the paper surface oriented along the extending direction of the transport pipe 12. . In order to transport and collect the banknotes P which are taken in and stay in the transport pipe 12 to the relay box 6, the transport auxiliary body 16 is sent into the transport pipe 12 by the transport auxiliary body inserting device 11a in the relay box 6. . The auxiliary conveying body 16 sent into the conveying pipe 12 moves toward the turn portion 12b in the outward path 12a under the action of the airflow generated by the airflow generating device 14, and makes a U-turn at the turn portion 12b. After that, it moves further toward the terminal end in the return path 12c. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the auxiliary transport body 16 pushes the banknotes P in the transport tube 12 from the rear end side of the banknotes P toward the terminal end of the transport tube 12 (see FIG. 4). A banknote P is conveyed in the conveying direction F).

The banknote separation/transport auxiliary body circulation device 11 and the banknote take-in device 18 include a control unit 23 (see FIG. 3) having a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. as main parts. ) is controlled by In this example, the airflow generating device 14 is always operated, and when the sensor provided in the banknote take-in device 18 detects the banknote P discharged from the back of the game ball lending machine 4, the control unit 23 takes in the banknote. By operating the device 18 , the bill P is taken into the transport pipe 12 . Then, when this taking-in operation is completed, the auxiliary conveying body 16 is fed into the conveying pipe 12 from the auxiliary conveying body inserting device 11 a of the banknote separation/assistant conveying body circulation device 11 . Then, the auxiliary conveying body 16 moves inside the conveying pipe 12 under the action of the air flow, and pushes and conveys the bill P from the rear. When the separating and collecting device 11b in the relay box 6 detects the arrival of the auxiliary conveying body 16, it separates the bills P and the auxiliary conveying body 16 and collects them respectively, and the collected auxiliary conveying bodies 16 are prepared for the next delivery. The banknotes P thus collected are temporarily stored in the relay box 6 and then delivered to the sub-transport device 9 (see FIG. 2).

In addition, when the air flow generating device 14 is required (for example, from the time when the bill take-in device 18 detects the bill from the game ball lending machine 3 until the bill is collected by the separating and collecting device 11b in the relay box 6) It may be controlled to operate only during the interval).

In this manner, the auxiliary conveying body 16 is moved by the action of the air flow, and the auxiliary conveying body 16 pushes and conveys the banknotes P from the rear end side. you don't have to get Therefore, the banknotes P can be conveyed by the airflow without taking measures such as folding the banknotes P to receive the airflow. Further, since the auxiliary transport body 16 can obtain a driving force from the air flow more efficiently than the banknotes P, the banknotes P can be transported efficiently.

Next, the shapes of the conveying pipe 12 and the conveying auxiliary body 16 will be described in detail.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the conveying pipe 12 in the linear portion (outward path 12a and return path 12c), and FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the flow direction). The transfer pipe 12 is made of resin with a thickness of about 1.5 mm. The carrier pipe 12 is formed by extrusion molding, for example.

The cross-sectional shape of the cross section perpendicular to the extending direction F of the straight portion of the transfer pipe 12 has a shape in which the central portions of the left and right side walls of a vertically long rectangle expand outward into a rectangle. Specifically, the conveying pipe 12 includes upper and lower walls 31 , left and right side walls 32 , and an extended portion 33 projecting outward in a rectangular shape from the central portion of the left and right side walls 32 in the vertical direction. Note that the short side direction in the substantially rectangular cross section perpendicular to the extending direction (conveying direction F) of the conveying pipe 12 is the X direction (or width direction, left and right direction), and the long side direction is the Y direction (or height direction, up and down). direction). In each of the X direction and the Y direction, the direction toward the center of the conveying pipe 12 is called the inner side, and the direction from the center toward the inner wall is called the outer side. In this embodiment, the conveying pipe 12 is used so that the long sides of the cross section are in the vertical direction, but it may be used so that the short sides are in the vertical direction.

The extended portion 33 is divided into upper and lower parts by a separation wall 34 erected inwardly of the carrier pipe 12 . The separation wall 34 is formed by attaching a T-shaped member to the inner wall of the extended portion 33 .

A plurality of ribs 35 projecting toward the inside of the conveying pipe 12 are formed on the side wall portion 32 so as to extend along the conveying direction. In this example, a rib 35 protruding toward the inside of the conveying pipe 12 is formed along the conveying direction at the boundary between the side wall portion 32 and the expanded portion 33 . Separation wall 34 is flush with rib 35, and the top of separation wall 34 acts as a rib.

The side wall portion 32 is a pair of inner walls facing the paper surface of the banknotes P to be conveyed. The banknotes P are rectangular, and are conveyed in the conveying tube 12 with the long side facing the conveying direction F. As shown in FIG. In other words, the banknote P is conveyed in such a direction that the paper surface faces the side wall portion 32 of the conveying tube 12 and one short side of the banknote P faces the leading end in the conveying direction and the other short side faces the trailing end.

The interval Dy between the upper and lower walls 31 of the transport tube 12 is slightly longer than the short side of the banknote P. Further, the interval Dx between the left and right side wall portions 32 (portions where the ribs 35, the extension portions 33, and the separation wall 34 are not formed (referred to as a reference plane portion)) is set to about 21 mm. The extended portions 33 provided on the left and right side wall portions 32 extend outward by about 6 mm from the side wall portions 32 (reference flat portions). The rib 35 and the top of the separation wall 34 have a height of about 2 mm inward from the side wall portion 32 (reference plane portion). The height of the rib 35 may be appropriately set.

FIG. 7 shows a plan view and a front view of the transport auxiliary body 16. FIG. The auxiliary conveying body 16 has a columnar shape with a circular cross section and different diameters at different portions. The auxiliary conveying body 16 is used by being inserted into the conveying pipe 12 so that the central axis of the cylinder is in the Y direction (height direction) of the conveying pipe 12 . The auxiliary conveying body 16 has a vertically symmetrical shape, and from top to bottom, it has a head portion 16a, a neck portion 16b with a slightly smaller diameter than the head portion, a large diameter portion 16c with a larger diameter than the head portion 16a, and a neck portion 16b with the same diameter. It has a constricted portion 16d, a large-diameter portion 16c, a neck portion 16b, and a head portion 16a positioned at the center of the upper and lower sides. The auxiliary conveying body 16 is lightweight and strong, and is made of, for example, plastic with a hollow interior. It should be noted that it may be made of expanded polystyrene or extruded expanded polystyrene if it is lightweight and strong.

FIG. 8 shows a cross section perpendicular to the extending direction F and passing through the central axis of the auxiliary conveying body 16 when the auxiliary conveying body 16 is inserted into the conveying pipe 12 . The diameter of each portion of the auxiliary conveying body 16 corresponds to the shape of the inner edge of the conveying pipe 12 . That is, the cross-sectional shape passing through the central axis of the auxiliary conveying body 16 has a shape corresponding to the shape of the inner edge of the conveying pipe 12 in the cross section perpendicular to the extending direction F, and the inner side of the conveying pipe 12 is positioned between the inner wall. It has a shape that closes almost completely with a predetermined clearance.

In this manner, the auxiliary conveying body 16 has a shape corresponding to the shape of the inner edge of the conveying pipe 12 (substantially the same shape with a slight clearance) and closes almost the entire cross section of the conveying pipe 12, so that the action of the air flow is suppressed. Able to receive and move efficiently. Further, the auxiliary conveying body 16 prevents the air flow from the upstream from reaching the downstream side of the auxiliary conveying body 16, thereby suppressing the turbulence of the air flow on the downstream side.

Banknotes P tend to stick to the side wall portion 32 when acted upon by the airflow in the transport tube 12 . That is, the space between one paper surface of the banknote P and the side wall portion 32 facing it and the space between the other paper surface and the side wall portion 32 facing this are almost never equal. If the space is narrower than the other side, the flow velocity of the air flow becomes faster on the side of the narrow space than on the side of the wide space. 32 is sucked and pressed. As a result, the space on the side of the narrow space becomes narrower, and a phenomenon occurs in which the banknotes P stick to the side wall portion 32 and stick to it.

If the banknote P strongly sticks to the side wall portion 32, it becomes difficult to push and transport the banknote P by the auxiliary transport body 16, but as described above, the auxiliary transport body 16 blocks the flow of air to the downstream side ( Therefore, the sticking and sucking force of the paper money P is reduced, and smooth transport is realized.

The two large-diameter portions 16c of the auxiliary conveying body 16 are engaged with the two enlarged portions 33 of the conveying pipe 12 separated by the separating wall 34, respectively. In this example, the extension part 33 is divided into two by the separation wall 34, and these extension parts 33 are provided near the center of the transfer pipe 12 in the Y direction, so that the auxiliary transfer body 16 can be maintained in a stable posture. can be moved by In addition, since the posture of the auxiliary conveying body 16 is stabilized, the large-diameter portion 16c of the auxiliary conveying body 16 appropriately abuts against the trailing end of the banknote P, and a stable conveying force can be applied. In addition, bills P are less likely to be caught between the transport tube 12 and the transport auxiliary body 16 .

In addition, by providing the large-diameter portion 16c, the auxiliary conveying body 16 has an enlarged area of the portion that receives the action of the air flow, and can efficiently receive the force for movement. Moreover, since the large-diameter portion 16c is provided to efficiently receive the action of the air flow, the diameter of the head portion 16a can be reduced accordingly. By reducing the diameter of the head portion, it is possible to narrow the interval (width (Dx)) between the pair of side wall portions 32 facing each other in the transport tube 12 and prevent the banknotes P from falling down.

Furthermore, due to the existence of the plurality of ribs 35 provided on the side wall portion 32 , the bills P are prevented from sticking tightly to the side wall portion 32 . That is, the contact area between the bill P and the side wall portion 32 is reduced, the friction is reduced, and the generation of static electricity can be suppressed. In addition, even when the banknote P sticks to the side wall portion 32, the banknote P is supported by the tip portion of the rib 35, so a gap is secured between the side wall portion 32 and the banknote P around the rib 35. Sticking force can be kept small. In addition, since the banknotes P are supported by the separation wall 34 , the banknotes P are prevented from falling into the depression of the extended portion 33 .

Further, the plurality of ribs 35 protruding inward from the side wall portion 32 and the top portion of the separation wall 34 define the substantial passage width W of the banknotes P in the width direction (X direction) of the conveying pipe 12 as the distance Dx between the reference plane portions. serve a narrower role. This makes it difficult for the banknotes P to fall sideways in the transport tube 12, and the posture of the banknotes P is held along the Y direction. In particular, by providing a plurality of ribs 35 , it is possible to appropriately prevent banknotes P from falling down and to effectively prevent banknotes P from sticking to the side wall portion 32 . Dx can be increased by the amount of the ribs 35 provided, which increases the cross-sectional area of the conveying pipe 12 and makes the auxiliary conveying body 16 more susceptible to the action of the air flow.

In the case of the auxiliary conveying body 16 according to the present embodiment, the diameter of the large-diameter portion 16c is the largest, so as shown in FIG. Become.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the transport pipe 12 of the island bill transport device 7 is in a vertical posture, and the banknote P is transported in the transport pipe 12 of the island banknote transport device 7 with its paper surface upright. be. On the game machine island 3, since the front width of the game ball lending machine 4 is formed to be narrow in order to increase the number of installed machines, the banknote insertion slot provided in the game ball lending machine 4 is usually vertically long. The banknote P is inserted into the banknote slot with the paper surface upright. Therefore, the transport pipe 12 of the island-inside bill transport device 7 receives the bill P from the game ball lending machine 4 while maintaining the vertical posture with the paper surface upright, and transports the bill P while maintaining the vertical posture.

The main conveying device 8 has a main conveying pipe 40 having the same structure as the conveying pipe 12 of the island bill conveying device 7 as a conveying path (see FIG. 2). 16 is moved, and the bill P is pushed from the rear by the auxiliary conveying body 16 and conveyed. The main conveying pipe 40 of the main conveying device 8 is installed in a horizontal posture so that the Y direction in FIG.

The main conveying device 8 includes an air flow generating device 14, a conveying auxiliary body inserting device 11a, and a separating and recovering device 11b in a safe 41. As shown in FIG. Further, since the path length of the main conveying pipe 40 is long, a blower 42 or the like is provided in the middle of the conveying passage to increase the air flow. In the main transport device 8 , a relay device 44 is provided at the end of the forward path of the main transport pipe 40 as a substitute for the turn portion 12 b in the island-inside bill transport device 7 . The relay device 44 has the function of receiving the auxiliary conveying body 16 coming from the outward route of the main conveying pipe 40 and once holding it, and then sending it out to the returning route of the main conveying pipe 40 . The relay device 44 also functions to strengthen the airflow by sucking air from the end of the outward path of the main conveying pipe 40 and sending the airflow to the beginning end of the return path.

In the middle of the return path of the main transport pipe 40 that constitutes the transport path of the main transport device 8, a take-in device 45 that takes in the banknotes P transported by the sub-transport device 9 into the main transport pipe 40 is provided.

The sub-conveying device 9 feeds banknotes P temporarily stored in the relay box 6 from the relay box 6, and feeds them to a take-in device 45 provided on the return path of the main conveying pipe 40 extending above the ceiling space or the like. transport to The sub-conveyance device 9 has a sub-conveyance pipe 91 having the same structure as the conveyance pipe 12 of the intra-island bill conveyance device 7 as a conveyance path, and conveys the banknotes P by pushing them up with a conveyance auxiliary body 16 that moves with an air flow.

It should be noted that the method of transporting banknotes P in island banknote transport device 7, main transport device 8, and sub-transport device 9 is not limited to the method using air flow and transport auxiliary body 16, and for example, transport belts can be used. Any method may be used, such as a method of

Next, the relay box 6 will be explained.

9 is a front view showing the inside of the relay box 6. FIG. Inside the relay box 6, there are a control unit 23 for controlling the operation of the intra-island banknote transport device 7 and the sub-transport device 9, a power supply unit 24 for supplying power to the relay box 6 and each device in the gaming machine island 3, and a transport unit. An auxiliary body inserting device 11a, a separating and recovering device 11b, an air flow generating device 14, and the like are installed. Further, in the relay box 6, there are provided a temporary storage device 50 for temporarily storing bills P separated and collected by the separation and collection device 11b, and an intermediate transport device for sending bills P discharged from the separation and collection device 11b to the temporary storage device 50. A part 21, a part of the sub-conveying device 9, and the like are provided. Below the relay box 6 , an ascending airflow generating section 92 is provided for feeding an airflow to the sub-conveyance pipe 91 of the sub-conveyor 9 .

The temporary storage device 50 converts the vertically oriented banknotes P received from the intermediate conveying unit 21 into the horizontally oriented banknotes P, and then conveys and temporarily stores the banknotes P below the storage unit of the device. It has a function of feeding banknotes P one by one to the sub-conveying device 9 at a predetermined timing.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view showing the temporary storage device 50 and the sub-conveying device 9 provided inside the relay box 6. As shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the temporary storage device 50 and the sub-conveying device 9 in the AA section of FIG.

The temporary storage device 50 receives the banknotes P transported from the intermediate transport unit 21 in a vertical posture with the paper surface vertical, and converts the banknotes P into a horizontal posture with a horizontal paper surface. and an elevator unit 53 for conveying banknotes P in a horizontal posture to the bottom of the storage unit 52, and a delivery transport unit 54 for ejecting the banknotes P in the horizontal posture from the bottom of the storage unit 52 in the horizontal posture and delivering them to the outside. ing.

The sub-conveyance device 9 receives the banknotes P delivered by the delivery transport unit 54, and the banknotes P are transported into the sub-conveyance pipe 91 at a position immediately above the auxiliary carrier 16 waiting below the sub-conveyance pipe 91. send out. After that, by activating the upward airflow generating section 92, an upward airflow is generated in the sub-conveyance pipe 91, the auxiliary conveying body 16 is lifted, and the auxiliary conveying body 16 pushes the banknotes P from below. It rises inside the carrier pipe 91 . The banknotes P transported to the upper end of the sub-transport pipe 91 reach the take-in device 45 of the main transport device 8 and are taken in there.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing the posture changing section 51, FIG. 13 is a front view of the posture changing section 51, and FIG. 14 is a diagram showing how the posture changing section 51 rotates between vertical and horizontal postures. The posture changing portion 51 includes a pair of support arms 51a having a U-shaped cross section extending in a predetermined direction so that the inner sides face each other, and the ends of the pair of support arms 51a on the same side are connected to support them. It has a base portion 51b that does. The attitude changing section 51 holds the banknote P received from the intermediate transport section 21 by supporting both ends of the banknote P inside the pair of support arms 51a. The posture changing unit 51 stands by in a vertical posture, and as shown in FIG. 12, accepts the vertical banknotes P transported from the intermediate transport unit 21 in the vertical posture. A space between the opposing support arms 51a is a through portion 51c through which a pressing plate 71, which will be described later, can pass. In addition, as shown in FIG. 13, the posture changing portion 51 rotates around shaft holes 51d protruding from both ends of the supporting arms 51a that are positioned downward when in the vertical posture. Displaced to posture.

The elevator portion 53 includes a receiving portion 60 for supporting the banknotes P from below (downstream side in the conveying direction), a holding portion 70 for holding the banknotes P sandwiched between the receiving portion 60, and a holding portion 70 for holding the banknotes P therebetween. It has a moving mechanism 56 for moving up and down (elevating).

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of the pressing portion 70 viewed obliquely from above, and FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the pressing portion 70 viewed obliquely from below. The holding portion 70 includes an elongated holding plate 71 that can pass through the through portion 51c of the attitude changing portion 51, a holding roller 72 that protrudes from the tip of the holding plate 71, and a sheet-like shape attached to the lower surface of the holding plate 71. An elastic sheet 73 made of an elastic body (rubber or the like), a shutter opening/closing block 74 provided on the upper surface of the pressing plate 71, and a bearing 75a through which the first guide rail 56a (see FIG. 10) of the moving mechanism 56 passes. A lift bearing portion 75 is provided, and a support arm 76 extends from the lift bearing portion 75 and supports the holding plate 71 in parallel with the lift bearing portion 75 with a predetermined distance from the lift bearing portion 75 . The shutter opening/closing block 74 is made of resin (for example, polyacetal resin) having a smooth surface and abrasion resistance. The lower end of the pressing roller 72 protrudes below the elastic sheet 73 .

The pressing portion 70 has a generally U-shape as a whole when viewed from above, two parallel sides of which are formed by a lift bearing portion 75 and a pressing plate 71, and a support arm 76 is on the side connecting these. It's becoming

The first guide rail 56a of the moving mechanism 56 extends vertically along the outer side of the side wall of the storage section 52 (see FIG. 10). It goes up and down along the outside of the side wall of 52 . The holding plate 71 supported by the support arm 76 on the lifting bearing 75 moves up and down in the center of the storage portion 52 in the width direction. 17, the holding plate 71 passes through the penetrating portion 51c of the horizontal position changing portion 51 when the holding portion 70 is moved up and down. .

Next, the receiving portion 60 of the elevator portion 53 will be described.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the receiving portion 60 viewed obliquely from above, and FIG. 19 is a perspective view of the receiving portion 60 viewed obliquely from below. The receiving portion 60 includes a pair of receiving plates 61 extending in parallel along the longitudinal direction of the banknote with a space therebetween so as to hold both ends of the banknote P, and a pair of receiving plates 61 . and a shutter 62 that can be opened and closed. A space between the pair of receiving plates 61 is an opening 65 through which the pressing plate 71 of the pressing portion 70 can pass.

20 is a perspective view showing the receiving portion 60 with the shutter 62 opened downward, FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing the receiving portion 60 with the shutter 62 opened upward, and FIG. 22 is a state with the shutter 62 closed. 23 is a front view showing the receiving portion 60 with the shutter 62 opened downward, and FIG. 24 is a front view showing the receiving portion 60 with the shutter 62 opened upward.

The pair of receiving plates 61 are joined together at one end by a joining plate 61d. Each receiving plate 61 has an elongated rectangular flat portion 61a and a hanging wall 61b extending downward from one long side end of the flat portion. They are arranged parallel with opposite orientations on the medial side. Inside the lower end of the hanging wall 61b (the inner surface of the opening 65), a bar-like holding block 63 having a substantially rectangular cross section is provided extending along the lower end of the hanging wall 61b. The lower end surface of the pressing block 63 extends slightly downward from the lower end of the hanging wall 61 b (or may be the same), and the lower end surface of the pressing block 63 serves as the lower end of the receiving portion 60 . The pressing block 63 is made of a resin having a smooth surface (for example, polyacetal resin). The lower end surface of the pressing block 63 is inclined upward toward the end near the end of the banknote delivery side (the side on which the joining plate 61d is provided) where the delivery transport unit 54 delivers the banknotes (Fig. 19). The lower end of the joining plate 61d terminates at a position above the lower end of the end of the pressing block 63 on the banknote delivery side so that the delivery of the banknotes P is not hindered.

A lift bearing arm 64 is provided that protrudes outward from the outer surface of one of the hanging walls 61b and has a bearing hole 64a through which the second guide rail 56b (see FIG. 10) of the moving mechanism 56 is passed. The second guide rail 56b of the moving mechanism 56 extends vertically along the outer side of the side wall of the housing portion 52 opposite to the first guide rail 56a (see FIG. 10). The second guide rail 56b is inserted through the bearing hole 64a through a vertically elongated hole provided in the side wall of the second guide rail 56b.

The shutter 62 is composed of a double-opening door 62a provided to be placed on the flat portion 61a of the receiving plate 61. As shown in FIG. The shutter 62 opens at the center of the pair of receiving plates 61 in the width direction. Each door 62a of the shutter 62 is rotated by a bearing 66 provided on the rear surface thereof being inserted into a rotating shaft 67 provided on the inner side of the hanging wall 61b of the receiving plate 61 near the upper end (the inner surface of the opening 65). movably pivoted. Each door 62a of the shutter 62 is widened so as to extend close to the outer end (end without the hanging wall 61b) of the flat portion 61a of the receiving plate 61 in a predetermined range in the center of the receiving portion 60 in the longitudinal direction. (See FIG. 18). Each door 62a of the shutter 62 is made of resin (for example, polyacetal resin) with a smooth surface.

The shutter 62, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 22, is normally biased by a spring so as to be closed. The shutter 62 opens downward as shown in FIGS. 20, 23 and 25 when the pressing plate 71 passes through the opening 65 from top to bottom, and the pressing plate 71 passes through the opening 65 from bottom to top. 21, 24, and 26, it opens upward.

FIG. 27 shows the delivery transport section 54 provided at the bottom of the storage section 52 . The delivery transport section 54 has a flat plate-shaped transport stage 81 forming the bottom of the storage section 52 . At one end of the transport stage 81 (on the banknote sending side), a long and narrow notch is provided in the longitudinal direction of the transport stage. It is provided so as to slightly protrude from the stage 81 into the housing portion 52 . Further, the feed-out conveying unit 54 has a discharge roller 83 and the like for nipping the banknote P drawn out from the bottom of the storage unit 52 by the conveying belt 82 and further discharging it to the outside, and a drive for rotating the conveying belt 82, the discharge roller 83 and the like. It is configured with a part.

28 and 29 show the pressing portion 70 and the transport stage 81 at the position when the banknotes P at the bottom of the storage portion 52 are fed out. FIG. 30 is a cross section taken along line AA of FIG. As shown in FIG. 29, when the banknotes P at the bottom of the storage section 52 are fed out, the elastic sheet 73 attached to the bottom surface of the pressing plate 71 of the pressing section 70 is slightly separated from the conveying stage 81, and the pressing roller 72 sandwiches the bill P between itself and the conveyor belt 82 . When the banknotes P are fed out from the bottom of the storage section 52, the receiving section 60 actually descends to the vicinity of the bottom of the storage section 52 as shown in FIG. Let this position be a banknote adjustment position. The lower end of the receiving portion 60 (the lower end surface of the pressing block 63 ) is slightly above the transport stage 81 when in the banknote adjusting position. When the banknote P is sent out from the bottom of the storage unit 52, the elastic sheet 73 on the bottom surface of the pressing plate 71 and the lower end surface of the pressing block 63 press the banknote P toward the transport stage 81 and the transport belt 82. It contacts the banknote P to the extent that it reduces upward curling, and does not strongly sandwich the banknote P between it and the transport stage 81 . When a plurality of banknotes P are stacked and stored in the storage unit 52, the banknote adjustment position is raised according to the height of the banknotes P that are stacked.

Next, the operation of conveying bills P by the temporary storage device 50 will be described.

FIG. 32 shows an initial state in which the attitude changing section 51 waits for the bills P sent from the intermediate conveying section 21 . The posture changing portion 51 is in a vertical posture, and the pressing portion 70 is positioned higher than the posture changing portion 51 (at a position high enough not to collide when the posture changing portion 51 is displaced to the horizontal posture). The receiving portion 60 is positioned at the bottom of the storage portion 52 . At this time, the lower end of the receiving portion 60 (the lower end surface of the pressing block 63 ) is slightly separated from the carrier stage 81 without contacting the carrier stage 81 . Also, the shutter 62 is closed.

FIG. 33 shows a state in which the attitude changing section 51 receives and stores the banknotes P in a vertical attitude from the intermediate conveying section 21 . The receiving portion 60 rises to a receiving position immediately below the posture changing portion 51 rotated to the horizontal posture and stops.

After that, as shown in FIG. 34, the posture changing unit 51 rotates while holding the banknote P to take a horizontal posture. Next, as shown in FIG. 35, the holding portion 70 is lowered to pass through the through portion 51c of the posture changing portion 51. Then, as shown in FIG. At this time, the banknotes P whose both ends are held by the posture changing portion 51 are separated from the posture changing portion 51 and dropped onto the receiving portion 60 to be received by the receiving portion 60 whose shutter 62 is closed. When the pressing portion 70 descends to just before the receiving portion 60 and sandwiches the bill P between the receiving portion 60 and the pressing portion 70, the pressing portion 70 and the receiving portion 60 are separated from each other while maintaining this gap. Together, they move in the same direction (in this example, they descend (see FIG. 36)).

When the receiving portion 60 reaches the bill adjustment position (FIG. 37), the receiving portion 60 stops at that position, and the pressing portion 70 further descends to push the shutter 62 downward to open the opening 65 of the receiving portion 60. (Fig. 38).

At this time, the bill P is curved along the elastic sheet 73 attached to the lower surface of the pressing plate 71 of the pressing portion 70 and the door 62 a of the shutter 62 . The pressing part 70 stops descending and stops at a position where the transported banknote P is sandwiched between the pressing roller 72 and the transport belt 82 . At this time, the banknote P is in a semi-separated state in which both ends thereof are still held by the shutters 62 of the receiving portion 60 . Also, at this timing, the posture changing unit 51 returns to the vertical posture.

FIG. 39 shows the receiving portion 60, the pressing portion 70, and the delivery conveying portion 54 at the positions shown in FIG.

Since the door 62a of the shutter 62 is made of resin with a smooth surface, the paper money P slides easily on the shutter 62, and the pressing plate 71 smoothly slides through the opening 65 of the receiving portion 60. can depart from In particular, since the predetermined range in the center of the door 62a of the shutter 62 in the longitudinal direction is widened, the shutter 62 comes into contact with the banknotes P up to the end in the width direction, and the banknotes P pass through the slanted door 62a of the shutter 62. The shutter 62 can be smoothly detached along the door 62 a of the shutter 62 .

Further, since the elastic sheet 73 is attached to the lower surface of the pressing plate 71, the frictional force with the bill P is strong, and the bill P can be pushed without slipping, and the bill P is released from the receiving part 60. Sometimes, bills P do not slip in an unexpected direction, preventing bill jams.

As shown in FIG. 38, the pressing block 63 comes into contact with the outer side of the door 62a of the shutter 62 and functions to regulate the maximum opening degree of the shutter 62. As shown in FIG.

Next, while the paper money P is sandwiched between the pressing roller 72 of the pressing portion 70 and the transport belt 82 on the transport stage 81 side, the receiving portion 60 is moved so that at least the pressing portion 70 is disengaged from the shutter 62 . , to the position where the shutter 62 is closed by the spring (see FIG. 40). As a result, the bill P is completely removed from the receiving portion 60 . Since the banknote P remains sandwiched between the pressing roller 72 and the conveyor belt 82 on the side of the conveyor stage 81, it is often curled upward under the influence of the state shown in FIG.

Therefore, the holding portion 70 is slightly raised to temporarily release the holding of the bill P between the holding roller 72 and the conveyor belt 82 on the side of the conveyor stage 81 (see FIG. 41). As a result, the paper money P is gently curled.

After that, the receiving part 60 is lowered to the banknote adjustment position, and the curling of the banknote P is suppressed by the lower end surface of the pressing block 63 . Further, the pressing portion 70 is lowered to a position where the pressing roller 72 again sandwiches the banknote P between itself and the transport belt 82 on the transport stage 81 side (see FIG. 42). 43 and 44 show the receiving portion 60, the pressing portion 70, and the delivery conveying portion 54 in this state.

As shown in FIG. 44, the bill P is sandwiched between the pressing roller 72 of the pressing portion 70 and the transport belt 82 on the transport stage 81 side. The elastic sheet 73 on the lower surface of the presser plate 71 is positioned away from the transport stage 81 to such an extent that it does not come into strong contact with the bills P described above.

By driving the conveying belt 82 and the discharge roller 83 of the pay-out conveying unit 54 in this state, the banknotes P are discharged from the bottom of the storage unit 52 and sent to the sub-conveying device 9 (see FIG. 45).

After the banknotes P have been discharged, the pressing portion 70 is raised to pass through the opening 65 of the receiving portion 60 from bottom to top. At this time, as shown in FIGS. 46 and 47, the shutter opening/closing block 74 of the pressing portion 70 contacts the shutter 62 and pushes the shutter 62 upward.

When the pressing portion 70 passes through the opening 65 of the receiving portion 60 from the bottom to the top and the shutter 62 is closed, the pressing portion 70 and the receiving portion 60 are separated while maintaining the positional relationship in which the pressing portion 70 is above the receiving portion 60. raise both. The receiving portion 60 stops at the same receiving position as in FIG. 33 (see FIG. 48), and the pressing portion 70 further rises and stops when it reaches the same initial position as in FIG. 32 (see FIG. 49).

Next, prevention of banknotes from being caught when the receiving portion 60 is lowered from the state of FIG. 40 will be described.

In the configuration without the pressing block 63 at the lower end of the receiving portion 60, when the banknotes P are strongly curled, the ends of the curled banknotes P are caught inside the hanging wall 61b of the receiving plate 61 as shown in FIG. put away. Therefore, even if the receiving portion 60 is lowered to the banknote adjustment position, the curling of the banknotes P cannot be suppressed by the lower end of the hanging wall 61b, and the banknotes P cannot be smoothly fed to the sub-conveyor 9.

In contrast, if the pressing block 63 is attached to the lower end of the hanging wall 61b as in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 51(b) and 51(C), the bill P is caught inside the hanging wall 61b as shown in FIGS. 51(b) and 51(C). no. As a result, even strongly curled banknotes P can be restrained from curling by the lower end of the receiving portion 60 (the lower end surface of the holding block 63), and the banknotes P can be smoothly sent out to the sub-conveyor 9. .

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific configurations are not limited to those shown in the embodiments, and modifications and additions may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. is also included in the present invention.

In the embodiment, an example in which the paper money P is conveyed downward while being sandwiched between the receiving portion 60 and the pressing portion 70 is shown. It is not limited to the downward direction and may be in any direction. For example, it may be conveyed horizontally.

In the embodiment, the shutter provided in the receiving portion 60 is configured to be pushed open by the pressing plate 71 of the pressing portion 70 or the like. may be controlled (to be similar to the case of pushing open). Further, in the embodiment, a shutter that opens and closes by rotating is exemplified, but a shutter that opens and closes by sliding may be used. In the case of a sliding type, an electric shutter may be used. It is desirable that the shutter is double-opening, whether it is of the rotating type or the sliding type, but single-opening is not excluded from the scope of the present invention. If it is opened on both sides, the banknotes P can be released at the same timing on both the left and right ends.

Although the temporary storage device 50 is provided in the relay box 6 in the embodiment, only the temporary storage device 50 may be configured as an independent paper sheet conveying device. In the embodiment, the temporary storage device 50 accepts banknotes P conveyed in a vertical orientation, converts them to a horizontal orientation, and sends them out. It may be configured as a device that converts to a posture and sends it out. Furthermore, it may be configured as a transport device that does not include the posture changing unit 51 and does not have the posture changing function.

The intra-island banknote transport device 7, the main transport device 8, and the sub-transport device 9 shown in the embodiment are examples, and the transport method and the like of the banknote P are not limited to those illustrated.

The gaming machine island 3 is not limited to the configuration that accommodates the pachinko machine and the game ball lending machine illustrated in the embodiment, and may be a gaming machine island that accommodates a token lending machine, a slot machine, and the like.

In the embodiment, bills are used as paper sheets, but other types of paper sheets such as tickets and cards may be used. Also, the shape of the paper sheet is not limited to a rectangle. Also, the installation location of the paper sheet collecting and conveying system 1 is not limited to the game hall, and may be other facilities.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Paper sheet collection|recovery conveyance system 2... Game center 3... Game machine island 4... Game ball lending machine 5... Game machine 6... Relay box 7... Island bill conveyance apparatus 8... Main conveyance apparatus 9... Sub conveyance apparatus 11... Bills Separating/conveying auxiliary body circulation device 11a...Conveying auxiliary body inserting device 11b...Separating and collecting apparatus 12...Conveying pipe 12a...Outward path 12b...Return path 14...Air flow generator 14a...Air blowing passage 14b...Air suction passage 16...Auxiliary conveying body DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 16a... Head 16b... Small neck part 16c... Large diameter part 16d... Constricted part 17... Bill take-in apparatus 18... Bill take-in apparatus 21... Intermediate conveyance part 23... Control part 24... Power supply part 31... Upper and lower wall parts 32... Side wall part 33... Extension part 34... Separation wall (rib)
Reference Signs List 35 Rib 40 Main transport pipe 41 Safe 42 Blower 44 Relay device 45 Take-in device 50 Temporary storage device 51 Attitude changer 51a Support arm 51b Base 51c Penetrating portion 51d Shaft hole 52 Storage unit 53 Elevator unit 54 Delivery transport unit 56 Moving mechanism 56a First guide rail 56b Second guide rail 60 Receiving portion 61 Receiving plate 61a Plane portion 61b Hanging wall 61d Joining plate 62 Shutter 62a... Door 63... Pressing block 64... Elevating bearing arm 64a... Bearing hole 65... Opening 66... Bearing 67... Rotating shaft 70... Pressing part 71... Pressing plate 72... Pressing roller 73... Elastic sheet 74... Shutter opening/closing block 75... Lifting bearing part 75a... Bearing 76... Supporting arm 81... Conveying stage 82... Conveying belt 83... Ejection roller 91... Sub-conveying pipe 92... Ascending air flow generating part P... Bill Dx... Distance between reference flat surfaces of conveying pipe Dy... Conveying Inner dimension of the pipe in the Y direction F... Extension direction of the transfer pipe W... Passage width X... Passage width direction of the transfer pipe Y... Height direction of the transfer pipe

Claims (2)

a receiving plate;
a pressing plate capable of holding paper sheets between the receiving plate;
an opening provided in the receiving plate through which the pressing plate can pass;
a shutter for opening and closing the opening;
a moving mechanism for moving the receiving plate and the pressing plate;
a control unit;
has
The control unit conveys the paper sheet by moving the receiving plate with the shutter closed and the pressing plate while holding the paper sheet therebetween, and conveys the paper sheet being held. is removed from the receiving plate, relatively moving the pressing plate and the receiving plate so that the pressing plate passes through the opening ,
The shutter is a double door that is rotatably supported by a pair of rotating shafts and is pushed open by the pressing plate when the pressing plate passes through the opening. has a width that reaches the edge of the held paper sheet in the radial direction of
A paper sheet conveying device characterized by: 2. The paper sheet conveying apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the shutter is made of resin having a smooth surface .

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