JP2571163Y2 - Bill transport unit - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bill feeding mechanism for combining bills supplied from ball lending machines disposed between pachinko game consoles on both sides of an island, holding the bills together, and transporting them in the direction of a stacker.
Regarding the bill transport unit that constitutes a unit, more specifically, a connection mechanism (for example, a connector for an L-shaped fixture) that can easily perform an installation operation of the bill transport unit and a detachment operation particularly during repair is provided at an end portion. And a banknote transport unit included in the present invention.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a unit-type bill transfer device, for example, there is a thin plate-shaped transfer device (hereinafter referred to as a reference) disclosed in JP-A-1-28137. Refer to Fig. 8
As shown in the figure, at the time of installation of the unit, in order to align the other bill transport unit with respect to the one bill transport unit in the left-right direction and the vertical position, the one end portion 230 of the bill transport unit is It can be freely inserted and removed from the banknote transport direction with respect to the transport end 240 of another banknote transport unit connected to this banknote transport unit at the four corners,
At the time of insertion, four positioning members 700 are attached to prevent the relative movement of the two bill transport units in a two-dimensional direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the bill A.

[0003]

In the reference, the positioning can be easily performed simply by inserting the transport end of another bill transport unit into the positioning member at one end of the bill transport unit from the bill transport direction, and the bill can be easily moved. After the completion of the positioning of the transport unit, the positioning member can hold the above-mentioned positioning state, so that the installation operation of both the banknote transport units can be performed without holding the banknote transport unit in the positioning state, and the installation operation itself is easy and accurate. It is clear that it is.

[0004] However, when a functional failure such as each component (for example, cutting of the transport belt, failure of the transport motor, replacement, or the like) in the above-mentioned reference or a jam of the bill occurs, the corresponding problem occurs in a narrow island. The work of attaching and detaching the bill transport unit must be performed. At that time, since each bill transport unit is fixed to the base on which the pachinko machine etc. are mounted, this fixed part is disassembled and removed, and a series of bill transport units fixed and connected to each other are It is necessary to remove the failed banknote transport unit in the banknote transport direction so that it can be removed one after another, which causes inconvenience such as forcing a long and very troublesome operation. ing. In addition, similar difficulties are forced when reassembling.

[0005] Since the detachment work must be performed from both sides by opening both sides of the island, both sides of the island are inconvenienced to gamers during business hours. This has a great effect on

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve various problems as described in the reference, that is, a series of adjacent bill transport units must be removed one after another in order to remove some of the bill transport units. Eliminates the need to open the island's front part from both sides and work from both sides, thereby preventing business interruption, making the banknote transport unit in the failed part detachable and detachable, Repairs can be performed simply by opening one side of the stand, and this work is completed in a short time, so even if repairs are made during business hours, there is little time to trouble the gamers and the effect on sales in the hall Is to provide a bill transport unit capable of minimizing the number of bills.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the bill transport unit of the present invention holds a bill supplied from each ball lending machine disposed between pachinko machines in a thickness direction thereof. This is a unit of a banknote transport device in which the transport path of the transporting banknote transport mechanism is divided into a plurality of units, a connector is provided at one end of the banknote transport unit that is continuously provided, and connected in series in the transport direction. And the bill supply port 11
A bill merging guide mechanism 100 for pinching and conveying the bills fed through 0 and 120 and a bill fed from the preceding bill conveying unit through the joint section 500, and holds the bills fed from the bill merging guide mechanism 100. Can be connected by abutting and fixing two sides of an L-shaped fixture 300 attached to an end of the banknote transport unit in order to connect and convey the adjacent banknote transport units in series with the transport unit 200 that transports the banknotes adjacent to each other. It is the connection tool which was done.

[0008]

The bill transport unit of the present invention is fixedly joined to the portion where the adjacent bill transport units come into contact with each other by the L-shaped fixture 300 attached to the end portion. At the same time that the matching bill transport units are aligned in the left-right direction, they can also be aligned in the up-down direction. At this time, since the spacer 400 can standardize the dimension in the connection direction, at the time of the installation work at the site, using a spacer having a size corresponding to the mounting interval of the adjacent banknote transport units, The interval can be adjusted.

The L-shaped fixture 300 comes into contact with two of the four sides surrounding the portion where the adjacent bill transport units come into contact. This means that for the remaining two sides,
This means that adjacent bill transport units can be slid. In other words, it is not necessary to slide in the bill transport direction to remove the failed bill transport unit as in the reference, so a large-scale work such as removing a series of adjacent bill transport units from assembly is necessary. Not
In other words, only one bill transport unit needs to be treated.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the bill transport unit of the present invention will be described below, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. That is, various variations can be provided without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and these are also the scope of the rights of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the bill transport unit of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view thereof, FIG. 3 is a plan view thereof, FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a bill merging guide mechanism 100, 5 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 3, and FIG. 6 is a cutaway perspective view of the spacer 400.

FIG. 1 shows a state in which two bill transport units are connected. The bill supplied from each ball lending machine disposed between the pachinko machines on both sides and the bill fed from the preceding stage. Is a unit of a banknote transport device that conveys the paper money from the ball lending machine through the paper money supply ports 110 and 120 and a joint from the rear end connection part 220 of the preceding stage. Banknote merging guide mechanism 100 for pinching and conveying a banknote fed through front end connecting portion 210 through section 500, and banknote merging guide mechanism 10
Conveying unit 20 for nipping and conveying bills sent from 0
0, an L-shaped fixture 300 attached to the front end connection part 210 to abut and fix the rear end connection part 220 of the front conveyance part 200, and the rear end connection part 220 of the further front conveyance part 200. Spacer 40 attached to the front end connection part 210 to adjust the mounting interval between the front end connection part 210 and the front end connection part 210
0, and a drive mechanism 600 for driving the banknote transport units at a time. By connecting the single banknote transport units in series, a banknote transport mechanism such as a pachinko playground is constructed.

The joint section 500 includes a front end connecting section 210.
L-shaped fixture 300 and spacer 40 attached to
0, and the L-shaped fixture 300 is
00 abuts on two side surfaces of the four side surfaces around the rear end connection part 220, and the front banknote transport unit can be positioned in the left-right direction and also at the same time in the vertical direction,
As shown in FIG. 6, the spacer 400 is composed of a plurality of pairs of guide plates 401 and 402 provided with a gap in the bill thickness direction for allowing the bill to pass therethrough, and goes around the outer peripheral wall surface of the spacer 400. Groove 40 engraved
3,404. The spacer 400 is used to match the length of a plurality of pachinko machines, ball-lending machines, and the like provided at the site with the entire length of the banknote transport unit assembled and assembled, and extends over the length. Needless to say, it is not necessary to use the unit if the size of the unit matches the standard product of the unit. However, in this embodiment, it includes a pachinko machine, a ball rental machine, and its installation dimensions. When a spacer having the following dimensions is prepared, only one kind of spacer 400 is used to cope with the spacer. If necessary, the spacer 400 is cut at the position of the groove portion 403 or 404, and the contact surface is changed. Conveyor unit 2 at the first stage after joining
That is, it is arranged and fixed between the rear-end connection part 220 of the 00 and the front-end connection part 210 of the conveyance part 200 at the subsequent stage.

The long hole 3 of the L-shaped fixture 300 shown in FIG.
Reference numerals 01 and 302 denote spacers 400 and the subsequent transport unit 200
Are provided for screw mounting and adjusting the mounting of the bill transfer unit in the longitudinal direction. The number of the elongated holes 301 and 302 is not limited.

The drive mechanism 600 includes a bill merging guide mechanism 1
00, gears 603 and 604 meshing with a main shaft gear 602 of the motor 600, the drive shaft 610 and the driven shaft 6
20 in the same direction, and the drive pulley 611 attached to the drive shaft 610 presses the drive pulley 611 and rotates between the driven roller 612 and the bill of the bill merging guide mechanism 100. The banknotes from the supply ports 110 and 120 are merged and pinched in the banknote conveying direction, and the auxiliary pulley 614 and the auxiliary pulley 614 are rotated by the rotation of the driving belt 616 wound between the driving pulley 611 and the paired driving pulley. Spring-loaded roller 615 that is driven and rotated by pressing pulley 614
Are formed between them. The drive assist roller 6 attached to the driven shaft 620
Reference numeral 21 denotes a pair of springs that press the drive assist roller 621 and that are driven to rotate. Roller 6
12 and the bill supply ports 110, 120
And a drive mechanism 600 that merges with the banknotes from and transports them in the banknote transport direction. A bill storage container called a stacker (not shown) is provided at the extreme end in the bill transport direction.

Since the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, the present invention will be described as a banknote transport unit. However, even if the banknote is a card, a business card, or a postcard-shaped flexible thin plate, for example. It does not disturb the purpose of the present invention. Although the L-shaped fixture 300 is used, as another embodiment, the joint part 500 of the bill transport unit may be a U-shaped fixture 310 as shown in FIG. 7, and the material of the spacer 400 achieves the purpose. Any method is possible as long as it is possible, and the method of attachment to the unit body can be freely selected. As for the spacer 400 of the L-shaped fixture 300, both may be provided at the same end of the bill transport unit, or may be separately provided at both ends, and in the present invention, a combination of both is provided. Are collectively referred to as a joint section 500. Further, the drive mechanism 600 can be configured to supply power to each bill transport unit via an arbitrary power transmission mechanism from a motor provided separately from the bill transport unit.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the transport path of the bill transport mechanism for transporting the bills supplied from each ball lending machine disposed between the pachinko machines is divided into a plurality of units, and one end of the unit is provided. L is a banknote transport unit connected in series in the transport direction by providing a connector in a portion thereof, the two units at the end of a transport path having four surfaces of the unit to be connected abutted and fixed to enable connection. As a result of the provision of the connector of the character-shaped fixing device 300, during the installation work, the L-shaped fixing device 300 alone can be used to position the front or rear banknote transporting unit in the left-right direction as well as in the vertical direction. Since 400 can standardize the dimension in the connection direction, the interval between the bill transport units can be adjusted using a size corresponding to the mounting interval. At the time of repair, when the L-shaped fixture 300 is used, it is possible to remove the bill transport unit by sliding the corresponding bill transport unit in two directions orthogonal to the bill transport direction. Repairs can be performed simply by opening the front stand, and this work is completed in a short time, so even if repairs are made during business hours, there is little time to bother players and the impact on sales at the hall is minimal. It has the effect that it can be stopped as much as possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a banknote transport unit of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the bill transport unit of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the bill transport unit of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a bill merging guide mechanism 100 of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a cutaway perspective view of a spacer 400 according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the fixture constituting the joint section 500.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the reference.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 banknote merging guide mechanism unit 200 transport unit 300 L-shaped fixture 400 spacer 401 guide plate 402 guide plate 500 joint unit 600 drive mechanism

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A transport path of a bill transport mechanism for transporting bills supplied from each ball lending machine disposed between pachinko machines is divided into a plurality of units, and a connection tool is provided at one end of the unit. A banknote transport unit connected in series in the transport direction, comprising a connector that can be connected by abutting and fixing two surfaces of an end portion of a transport path having four surfaces of the unit to be connected. Characteristic banknote transport unit.