JP2539730B2 - Coin recycling device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin recycling exchange device in a game arcade.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A money changer is installed in an amusement arcade away from an island edge or an island as shown in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 4-19874.

[0003]

As described above, when the money changer is installed in the game arcade or in the game arcade away from the island, if the player needs coins, he / she should stand up and leave the island scrubbing distance. You have to go to a money changer in the wrong place. Also, the game hall is daily
A large amount of coins for exchange must be prepared, but the coins for exchange must be replenished by employees, which is troublesome and complicated. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a currency exchange device in which a player does not have to go far to exchange money, and which does not bother an employee.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides the following money changer in order to achieve the above objects. That is, it is a device consisting of a currency exchange section arranged in the middle of the island, a supply lift section arranged at the island end, and a recovery conveyor section and a supply conveyor section connecting these, and is paid out from the coin hopper of the exchange section. A switching mechanism that sorts 500-yen coins in the exchange direction or the collection direction, and 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins transferred from the recovery conveyor.
To supply a 500 yen coin for exchange to the coin hopper of the exchange section, and a relay mechanism consisting of a selection chute for selecting yen coins and a switching mechanism for switching the 500 yen coins passing therethrough to a safe or a 500 yen coin supply chute It is a recycling exchange device characterized by comprising a safe box and a coin preparation mechanism for coin preparation provided between a safe box and a 500-yen coin supply lift section.

[0005]

[Operation] When each banknote is inserted into the currency exchange unit located in the middle of the island, the banknote validator discriminates the authenticity of each banknote, returns the counterfeit bill, stores the genuine bill, and stores 1,000 yen or 5,000 yen. A signal corresponding to a yen or 10,000-yen bill is transmitted from the control unit, and the number of 500-yen coins corresponding to this signal is paid out from the coin hopper to the coin tray via the chute. The 100 yen and 500 yen coins that the player put in the Taima ball lending machine and the 500 yen coins collected from the coin hopper of the exchange section are conveyed to the sorting chute on the island edge through the collection conveyor, and this sorting chute is After sorting each coin into 100 yen and 500 yen, each coin is counted by each counter and stored in each safe. When the store is normally opened, the 500-yen coin is transported to the 500-yen coin refueling lift through the switching replenishment chute by the switching mechanism for recycling. The 500-yen coin conveyed is lifted by a 500-yen coin replenishing lift consisting of a belt provided with a crosspiece and guided to a replenishing conveyor through a replenishing chute. The 500-yen coin conveyed from the replenishing conveyor is a coin in the exchange section. Housed in a hopper.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below. The device of the present invention comprises a currency exchange section (A) arranged in the middle of the island, a supply lift section (B) arranged at the end of the island, a recovery conveyor section (C) and a supply conveyor section (D) connecting these. Is. Therefore, the exchange unit (A) will be described. The money exchange section is as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, which is for inserting 1,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 10,000-yen bills from the bill insertion slot 3 of the housing 1 to pay out coins, and accepting bills and discriminating authenticity. Then, there is a bill validator 4 that stores the genuine bills, returns the counterfeit bills, and in the case of the genuine bills, sends a signal corresponding to each of the 1000-yen, 5000-yen, and 10,000-yen bills. Then, there is a coin hopper 5 that stores coins in the tank and pays out coins according to a signal from the controller 10. There is a switching valve 16 for allocating coins paid out from the coin hopper 5 to the coin tray 7 via the payout chute 6 in the case of currency exchange, and to the recovery conveyor 17 via the recovery chute 15 and the recovery bellows 15a for recovery. The switching valve 16 is arranged at a bifurcated branch portion between the payout chute 6 and the recovery chute 15, and is configured to rotate right and left by a solenoid. The money exchange section (A) has a display lamp 9 for confirming each of the above-mentioned bills of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen when they are inserted into the bill validator 4, a power lamp 8 and a control (not shown). There is a board, and there is a power supply and control section 10 including a bill validator 4, a coin hopper 5, a control board, and a power supply for supplying power to the switching section valve 16 and the like. Note that it is naturally considered that an external display is provided on the surface, which displays the number of payouts according to the inserted banknotes, displays a decrement as the payouts are made, and displays an error code indicating a trouble occurring in the present device.

Next, the conveyor 17 of the recovery conveyor section (C), which connects the exchange section (A) and the replenishment lift section (B) arranged at the island end, which will be described later, is placed in the inter-lens ball lending machine or the like. It is a conveyor that collects coins and further conveys the coins collected from the coin hopper 5 of the exchange section (A) to the supply lift section (B) at the island end. As shown in FIG. 4, a sorting chute 19 for sorting the coins conveyed from the collecting conveyor 17 into 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins is provided in the relay section between the collecting conveyor 17 and the supply lift section (B). Sorting chute 1
9 is a coin chute 20 for both 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins, and as shown in FIG.
The coin selection hole 36 is opened, where the 500-yen coin and the 100-yen coin are selected, and the 100-yen coin drops from the selection hole and is sent to the 100-yen coin counting unit 21 described later.
Further, the coin chute 20 has a switching valve 23 for switching the 500-yen coin to the supply chute 35 shown in FIG. This switching valve 23 is operated by a solenoid 24. The coin chute 20 has an aligning plate 18. The aligning plate 18 lays down the 100-yen and 500-yen coins conveyed by the collecting conveyor 17 so that the 500-yen coins do not drop from the sorting hole 36.

The coins sorted by the sorting chute 19 as described above are sent to the counting units 21 and 27 for counting 100-yen and 500-yen coins. The counted items are stored in safes 22 and 26, respectively. In addition, the safe 22, as described above,
26 is housed in a safe box 48 composed of a housing, and the safe box 48 also has a power switch 4 as shown in FIG.
3, a power supply light 41, a recovery switch 45, a display instruction switch 44 for displaying the amount of change preparation coins, the amount of sales, etc., a display unit 42, a display and operation unit 2 including a control board (not shown), etc.
There is 8.

The next replenishment lift section (B) is constructed as follows. As shown in FIG. 6, the pulley 3 having the crosspieces 34 holds the coins from the above-mentioned 500-yen coin supply chute 35.
It is constituted by a 500-yen coin supply lift 32 which is lifted by a belt 33 between 7 and 38 and guided from a 500-yen coin supply chute 39 to the supply conveyor 11.
A spilled coin recovery unit 47 is provided below the 500-yen coin replenishment lift 32, and is stored in a safe via a counting unit. The 500-yen coin supply chute 35 is shown in FIG.
Like the coin box 31 for change preparation from the safe box 48,
The change is inserted through the coin hopper 30 and the chute 29. The coin hopper 30 has a counting function. The change coins are coins stored in the coin hopper of the exchange unit in preparation for exchange when the game hall is opened.

The conveyor 11 of the replenishment conveyor section conveys the 500-yen coins conveyed from the replenishment lift 32 through the 500-yen coin replenishment chute 39 to the exchange section (A). The coins from the replenishment conveyor 11 are shown in FIG. As shown, it is guided to the coin hopper 5 via the receiving hopper 12, the replenishing bellows 13, and the replenishing metal fitting 14.

Now, when each banknote is thrown into the currency exchange section (A) installed in the central part of the island, the banknote validator 4 discriminates the authenticity of each banknote, returns the counterfeit bill, and stores the genuine bill. At the same time, a signal corresponding to the 1,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 10,000-yen bills is transmitted from the control unit, and 500-yen coins in the number corresponding to this signal are paid out from the coin hopper 5 through the payout chute 6 to the coin tray 7. 100 yen, which a player put into a Taima ball lending machine, 5
Collected from the 00 yen coin and the coin hopper of the exchange section 5
The 00-yen coins are conveyed to the sorting chute 19 at the island end via the collection conveyor 17, and the sorting chute 19 sorts each coin into 1
After sorting into 00 yen and 500 yen, each counting unit 21, 27
Are counted and stored in the respective safes 22 and 26.
The counting units 21 and 27 do not necessarily have to be provided in the safe box, and may be counted even before entering the safe box on the island. The above-described storage is performed when the coin hopper 5 of the exchange section (A) is full, or when the coin of 500 yen is collected after the store is closed. At the time of normal opening of the store, the 500-yen coins are switched for recycling by the switching valve 23, and are transferred from the 500-yen coin chute 20 of the sorting chute 19 to the 500-yen coin supply lift 32 through the supply chute 35. In the replenishment lift 32, the 500-yen coin is lifted by the belt 33 provided with the crosspiece 34 and guided to the replenishment conveyor 11 via the replenishment chute 39. The 500-yen coins are transported to the currency exchange section (A) provided in the center of the island via the supply conveyor 11.
One coin recycling process is completed by receiving the 500-yen coin conveyed from the replenishment conveyor 11 and storing it in the coin hopper 5 of the exchange section (A) through the replenishment section including the hopper 12, the replenishment bellows 13, and the replenishment fitting 14. However, this process is repeated.

When the coin hopper 5 of the exchange section (A) detects that the full sensor is full, the signal is transmitted to the switching valve 23 of the sorting chute 19 and the switching valve 23 is switched by the solenoid 24. The coin is stored in the safe 26. Further, the coin depositing mechanism for change preparation has a coin hopper 3 having a counting function as shown in FIGS.
0, chute 29, etc.
The change portion (A) is charged through the chute 29, the replenishment lift 32, and the replenishment conveyor 11 by receiving the change from the input port 31 of the eight.
It can be put into the coin hopper 5. The counting function of the coin hopper 30 having the counting function is as follows. After opening the store, to calculate the sales amount, subtract the total amount of coins inserted for change preparation from the total amount of coins in the safe box 48 and the total amount of the bill validator of the currency exchange section. Because it will be a forehead. The coin hopper 30 may be omitted if coins for change preparation are counted in advance. In the present invention, the structure of the exchange section (A), the recovery conveyor 17, the switching mechanisms 16, 23, the safe boxes 22, 26, 500 yen coin replenishment lift 32, the receiving hopper 12, the replenishment bellows 13, the replenishment fitting 14, and the like. Can be changed and used within the intended range not limited to this embodiment. Further, when the device of the present invention is used for both islands, that is, a configuration in which bills are inserted from both sides of the islands and coins are taken out can be considered. In this case, the bill validator and the coin tray are separately installed, and the coin hopper, the power source, and the control unit are commonly used.

In any case, the device of the present invention is installed between the islands, particularly in the dead space where the island reduction ball polishing device is installed, and the three kinds of banknotes of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen are 500 yen coins ( 100 yen coins are included (including the case of exchanging coins), and the coins for exchange are used for recycling the coins that are put into the ball lending machine between units. Then, for the collection after the store is closed, when the collection switch 45 of the safe box is turned on, the switching valve 16 of the coin hopper payout portion is operated, and the coin is collected in the chute 1.
5, the switching valve 23 of the coin chute 20 operates, the coins flow into the coin counting units 21 and 27, all the coins are counted, and the coins are stored in the safes 22 and 26. Then, the sum of the total amount of coins collected in the safe and the total amount of banknotes stored in the bill validator is subtracted from the total amount of coins previously put in the coin hopper, and the amount of sales is displayed on the display unit. Four
Display on 2.

[0014]

The present invention has the following effects. (1) The coins that a player throws in a ball lending machine can be automatically used as they are for exchanging coins without any trouble for the employees of the amusement hall, so that the number of coins prepared for exchanging money from the amusement hall can be minimized. (2) Players can exchange money by exchanging money with exchange machines installed in and between islands without having to go far to exchange money, which minimizes game interruption time. (3) The dead space of the island reduction ball polishing device can be effectively used.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram of the apparatus of the present invention, which is completely closed.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the currency exchange unit of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a left side view of the above.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a supply unit of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory plan view of the above.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a supply lift.

FIG. 7 is a detailed view of a display and operation unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A currency exchange section B replenishment lift section C recovery conveyor section D replenishment conveyor section 1 housing 2 power switch 3 bill insertion slot 4 bill validator 5 coin hopper 6 payout chute 7 coin tray 8 power supply lamp 9 bill insertion indicator light 10 power supply and control section 11 Supply Conveyor 12 Receiving Hopper 13 Supply Bellows 14 Supply Metal Fitting 15 Collection Chute 16 Switching Valve 17 Collection Conveyor 19 Sorting Chute 20 Coin Chute 21 100 Yen Coin Counting Unit 22 100 Yen Coin Safe 23 Switching Valve 26 500 Yen Coin Safe 27 500 Yen Coin Counting unit 28 Display and operation unit 29 Chute 32 Supply lift

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A currency exchange unit located in the middle of the island and at the end of the island
The supply lift section to be placed and the recovery container that connects these
An exchange unit consisting of an A section and a supply conveyor section
Exchange 500 yen coins paid out from the coin hopper
Switching mechanism that sorts to collection direction or collection direction, and collection container
100 yen and 500 yen for each coin transferred from
Sorting chute that sorts into coins and 500 yen hard that goes through it
Switch to change the coin to a safe or a 500 yen coin supply chute
Coin hopper of exchange section and relay mechanism consisting of exchange mechanism
A safe box and gold to replenish 500 yen coins for exchange
The change provided between the storage box and the 500 yen coin supply lift
Lisa characterized by having a coin insertion mechanism for preparation
Uclus exchange device.