JP2589370Y2 - Island width handling mechanism for game media lending machines for banknotes - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bill discriminating machine inside a bill-medium lending machine (a bill lending machine for bills) installed between adjacent pachinko machines in a game store, and the bills. It is related to the one in which the connecting position between the bills inserted into the discriminator and the bill transporter that transports the bills to the island edge is adjustable, and in particular, the bills discriminator is kept attached within the range of the machine body. It is slidable in the horizontal direction, and the projecting piece provided on the bill validator and the biasing means engaged with the inner side surface of the body so that the bill validator comes into contact with the bill transporting device in a biased state. The present invention relates to an island width handling mechanism of a banknote game media lending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a thin-type tama ball rental machine is installed between adjacent pachinko machines on a game arcade.
2. Description of the Related Art A game media lending machine for bills (hereinafter referred to as a bill lending machine for bills) capable of using (lending) 1,000 yen bills and high-value bills as well as lending with 0 yen coins or 500 yen coins is provided.

[0003] The above-mentioned banknote lending machine for banknotes is connected to both sides of a plurality of banknote transporting devices arranged horizontally in the island in a substantially perpendicular direction, and is put into the banknote lending machine for banknotes. The bills are discharged from the back surface, flow into the bill transporting device from the bill receiving unit, and are transported by the bill transporting device (for example,
(While being pinched by a conveyor belt) to the island management machine (banknote collection device) at the island end.

[0004] Usually, when a game island is constructed in a game store, the width of the island formed by the back-to-back pachinko tables is different due to the difference in the size of the building and the size of the pachinko tables, and is connected to the bill transfer device. It was also necessary to adjust the installation position of the bill bill machine for bills to be adjusted back and forth according to the island width so as to be flush with the front of the pachinko machine.

In order to solve this problem, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-194640 proposed by the present applicant (hereinafter referred to as Reference 1) has been proposed.
There is). The bill introducing and transporting mechanism of the bill transporting device of Reference 1 is configured such that the bill introducing and transporting portion is axially mounted on a side portion of the transporting main body of the bill transporting device so that the mounting angle can be changed within a predetermined range. By rotating the class introduction conveyance unit so as to close and open the wings, so to speak, the position of the inter-table bill lending machine is adjusted in the front-rear direction with respect to the side of the conveyance main body, and The width of the island formed by the bill lending machines connected to both sides of the class transport device is changed so as to correspond to the width of the island for each game store.

[0006] In addition, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-20 proposed separately.
No. 584 (hereinafter referred to as Reference 2). The gaming lending machine of Reference 2 is configured such that the bill recognizing machine can be repositioned in the front-rear direction with respect to the casing within a range in which bills inserted from the bill insertion slot can be received. I was trying to make it correspond.

[0007]

However, the bill introducing mechanism of the bill transporting device of the above-mentioned reference 1 adjusts the connection position with the bill-to-ball lending machine by rotating the bill introducing section. Therefore, when the island width is wide and narrow,
The mounting angle of the bill introduction unit with respect to the side of the transport main unit changes, and the angle change in the transport direction when the bills to be transported flow from the bill introduction unit into the transport unit main body varies depending on various island widths. However, as a result, stable conveyance of banknotes cannot be obtained, especially when the island width is narrow and the banknote introduction unit is in a state close to being parallel to the banknote conveyance device, the conveyance is switched from the banknote introduction unit to the conveyance main unit. There is a problem that bill jams are likely to occur in the transport direction change portion. When bills jam, not only can the banknote lending machine for bills become unusable, but also the jammed bills are removed to remove jammed bills. It is necessary to stop using the pachinko machine adjacent to the pachinko machine, open the pachinko machine, and disassemble the bill introduction unit of the bill transporting device installed inside the island. Bother and tie In addition, as described above, the sales of the store decrease, and as described above, the bill introduction portion is variably mounted on the side of the bill transporting device in a predetermined range with a variable mounting angle. However, it takes time, so that there is a problem that the cost increases.

On the other hand, in the game lending machine of Reference 2, the banknote classifier can be repositioned in the front-rear direction with respect to the casing, and the banknote classifier is combined with a conveyer mechanism (banknote conveyor).
When connecting to a bank, the case of the bill validator is fixed directly to the receiving case with bolts, and if necessary, a pair of guide plates is attached to an island with a large space, and an island with a small space (narrow). In the case of, the guide plate is removed to cope. That is, first, the banknote classifier is directly attached to the receiving case of the merging / conveying mechanism with bolts, and then the casing is mounted later to change the position in the front-back direction.

However, in the above-mentioned Reference 2, since the position of the bill validator can be changed in the front-rear direction with respect to the casing, the problem of the assembling time and cost of Reference 1 can be solved. The connection between the bill recognizing machine of the installed game lending machine (bill lending machine for bills) and the merging / transporting mechanism (bill transporting device) is for installation directly fixed to the receiving case with bolts. Workability was poor at the time of construction and time was required. Furthermore, in order to replace parts inside the bill validator (optical sensor, magnetic head, etc.) or to repair troubles such as when the bills get stuck, it is necessary to remove the fixed bolts that are directly attached to the bills. It was pointed out that the troublesome work of repairing the identification machine was extremely troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to connect a bill discriminating machine provided inside a banknote lending machine for bills and a bill transporting device for transporting bills identified by the bill discriminating machine. In the banknote game media lending machine that adjusts the mounting position, the banknote recognition machine slides horizontally while being engaged in the range of the inside of the machine, so that it is possible to cope with different island widths for each game store,
In addition, bills are not jammed in the vicinity of the bill introduction part, and the repair work of the troubled bills identification machine can be performed in a short time, and the game media for bills is simple in structure and easy to assemble. It is an object of the present invention to provide an island width handling mechanism for a rental machine.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bill-medium lending machine according to the present invention, wherein the island width corresponding mechanism is provided between adjacent game machines. Equipped with a bill identification device that identifies bills inserted into the lending machine, and an island width corresponding mechanism that adjusts a connection mounting position between the bill transportation device to be conveyed after identification by the bill identification device. In the game media lending machine for bills, a guide convex portion having a long hole formed in a central portion on the inside surface of the body of the game media lending machine for bills is provided at least at one or more locations so as to protrude inside the body,
At least one guide groove is provided on the side surface of the bill validator for discriminating the authenticity of the bills, at substantially the same position as the guide protrusion, and the guide groove is engaged with the guide groove. The pin with the head is inserted into the center of the guide groove and the foot of the pin with the head is fixed, so that the bill validator can be slid in the horizontal direction while being engaged in the range inside the body, and The bill discriminating machine comes into contact with the bill bill discriminating machine in a biased state in the direction of the bill bill conveying device by a projecting piece provided on the bill bill discriminating machine and a coil spring attached to a side surface inside the machine body.

[0012]

In the mechanism for arranging island width of a game media lending machine for bills according to the first aspect of the present invention, an elongated hole is formed at a central portion on a side surface inside the body of the machine for lending game media for bills. At least one or more guide projections are provided to protrude inside the body at least one place, and at least one or more guide grooves are provided on the side surface of the bill validator for identifying the authenticity of the bills. Position and engage with the guide groove,
A pin with a head is inserted into the slot, and the foot of the pin with the head is fixed to the center of the guide groove, and the bill discriminating machine is slid in the horizontal direction while being engaged in a range inside the body. As a result, the bill validator is brought into contact with the bill validator in the biased state toward the bill transport device by a projecting piece provided on the bill validator and a coil spring attached to an inner side surface of the fuselage. The contact state is maintained without any gap in the section, and the inserted bills can be reliably guided to the bill transport device.

[0013] Further, the bill discriminating machine (bill sending unit).
According to the above, since it is always in contact with the bill receiving portion side in the direction of the bill transporting device, the body of the game media lending machine for bills slides smoothly back and forth, and quickly moves to any island width different for each game store. In addition to being able to be installed at high efficiency, the banknote recognition machine slides horizontally while being engaged within the fuselage. Sensors and magnetic heads) and banknote jamming, etc., the banknote identification machine remains attached to the banknote game rental machine, so the banknote identification machine can be easily repaired after removing the banknote game rental machine I can do it. In addition, there is an effect that the work at the time of construction between the game media lending machine for bills and the bill transporting device can be completed in a short time.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are state diagrams of a bill-to-ball ball lending machine and a bill transport device as viewed from the side of a bill-to-ball ball lending machine that is a bill-to-game media lending machine.

First, the game island facility 40 according to the present invention will be described. As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the gaming island facility 40 is formed by a bill transporting device 30 and a bill ball machine 20 connected to the bill transporting device 30. The banknote transporting device 30 is configured such that a plurality of pachinko machines 50 are connected to the inside of an island 60 that is configured with two rows of gaming tables arranged back to back with a small interval width in accordance with the length (number) of islands. The banknote lending machine 20 for each banknote is disposed on both sides of the banknote transport device 30 in a substantially right angle direction. The bill sending portion 10 (the bill discriminating machine main body) inside the bill bill machine 20 for bills is received by the bill receiving portion 31 of the bill transporting device 30.
Is provided at a position where it comes into contact with.

Accordingly, the bills S inserted into the bill insertion slot 21 of the bill lending machine 20 for bills are stored in the bill discriminating machine 22 in the inside.
By this, it is determined whether the bill is a regular bill or a false bill, and the bills S identified as the regular bills are guided from the bill receiving unit 31 to the bill transporting device 30 through the bill sending unit 10 inside the bill validator 22. To go. Note that the bills S determined to be fake bills by the bill validator 22 are not taken in and returned to the bill insertion slot 21 side. The bills S guided to each bill transporting device 30 are transferred by transporting means of an internal mechanism of the bill transporting device 30 described later, and transported to the island managing device 70 at the island end. The bills S transported to the island management machine 70 are aligned and stored in the bill stacker 71 inside. The island management machine 70 also manages and controls the notification of the occurrence position of the banknote jam at the time of transport on the island, the display of troubles in the banknote lending machine 20 for banknotes, and the like. In addition, 72 is a trouble display section, 7
Reference numeral 3 denotes a trouble notification light unit.

Next, the transport means of the above-mentioned bill transport device 30 will be described. As shown in FIG.
The worm 33 and the worm wheel 34 fixed to the second rotating shaft 32a in two stages are formed so that the rotation of the motor 32 is transmitted to the driving pulley 35, and the endless belts 36a, 36b and 37a, 37b are rotationally driven. It is made up of In addition, endless belts 36a, 36
b, 37a, 37b are wound around a belt pulley 38, and the endless belts 36a, 36b and 37a, 37b rotate in the direction of arrow A in FIG.

Also, endless belts 36a, 36b,
Rollers 39 abut against the belt pulleys 38a and 37b, and the banknotes S are endless belts 36a and 37b.
36b or 37a, 37b and a roller 39. The horizontal interval between the rollers 39 is maintained such that the bills S are always held between two locations (a total of four rollers 39). That is, the bills S are arranged narrower than the length of the bills S to be conveyed.

On the other hand, the bill receiving portion 3 of the bill transporting device 30
A bill discriminating machine 22 is incorporated in the upper part of the body 23 of the bill lending machine 20 for contacting with the bill 1 and is formed as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The bill validator 22 has a main body and a lid which are openable and closable in a cassette shape, and a connecting portion 22a is provided on a front surface (inlet side) thereof. The connecting portion 22a forms a first step groove portion 22e having a plurality of irregularities. Further, a bill insertion portion 21a is provided at a rear portion of the bill insertion slot 21, and the bill insertion portion 21a is provided.
Forms a second step groove 21b composed of a plurality of irregularities,
It engages with the connecting portion 22a. Therefore, the bills S inserted from the bill insertion slot 21 are surely introduced into the bill validator 22. The bills S flowing into the bill validator 22 are discriminated as a true bill or a fake bill by the optical sensor 22b and the magnetic head 22c provided therein. Thereby, the bills are guided from the rear portion 22 d of the bill validator 22 to the bill transport device 30 via the bill receiving portion 31.

A description will be given of the above-mentioned bill sending section (bill discriminator main body) 10. As shown in FIG. 3, a drive gear 12 is fixed to a rotation shaft 11a of the delivery motor 11, and a reduction gear 13a meshes with the drive gear 12, and the reduction gear 1
3a meshes with a reduction gear 13b.
The delivery shaft 14 is fixed to the b, and the delivery shaft 14 is provided with a driving pulley 15. An endless belt 16 is wound around the drive pulley 15, and the endless belt 16
Is wound around a pulley 17. A plurality of auxiliary rollers (not shown) are in contact with the endless belt 16, and the bills S determined to be valid bills are sandwiched between the auxiliary rollers and the endless belt 16, and the delivery motor 1.
The rotation of the endless belt 16 by the rotation of 1 causes the bills identification device 22 to be discharged from the rear portion 22d.
At this time, the bills S determined to be fake bills as described above are returned to the bill insertion slot 21 side (customer side).

Next, a description will be given of an island width corresponding mechanism for adjusting a connection mounting position between the bill validator 22 and the bill transporting device 30 provided inside the bill pitcher 20 for bills. A guide convex portion 3 having at least one or more (here, two) long holes 4 perforated at the center at an appropriate interval at the center portion of the inside side surface 23a of the machine for bills between bills 20 is provided on the inside of the machine. To protrude. On the other hand, at least one guide groove 1 (here, two places) is provided at one or more locations (here, two locations) at a position appropriately spaced at the center of the side surface of the bill sending unit (bill distinguishing machine main body) 10 of the bill validator 22. It is provided at substantially the same position as the portion 3 and has the same size, and is slidably engaged with the guide groove portion 1. For this reason, the guide groove 1 slides back and forth while engaging with the guide protrusion 1. Also, similarly, the fuselage inner side surface 23a
A guide elongated hole 5 is formed above the guide convex portion 3 of the above, and the guide pin 2 is fitted in the guide elongated hole 5 to assist the sliding operation. For this reason, when the bill sending part 10 slides, the guide pin 2 slides in the guide elongated hole 5 so that the bill sending part 10 slides smoothly without being caught. . In this embodiment, two (two) guide grooves 1 and two guide protrusions 3 are provided at appropriate intervals. However, as shown in FIG. 7, the elongated guide groove 1 is formed to be slightly longer. And one (one location) as long as the guide projection 3 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, a pin 6 with a head is inserted into the elongated hole 4, and a foot 6 a of the pin 6 with a head is fixed to the center of the guide groove 1. I have. The head 6b of the headed pin 6 is formed so as to be housed outside the guide projection 3. For this reason, the head 6b
Does not protrude from the inner side surface 23a of the fuselage, and does not interfere with the installation of the bill lending machine 20 in the island 60.
Further, the bill validator 22 integrated with the headed pin 6
(Bills sending unit 10) includes a head 6b of the headed pin 6.
Is attached to the inner side surface 23a of the machine for bills between the bills 20 by the bill, and is horizontally engaged within the range of the inside of the machine,
It slides back and forth.

Further, at two places before and after 10a above the bill sending section 10 and at one place below 10b, a tongue piece 19 extending from one side surface 18 of the bill sending section 10 as shown in FIG. The tongue piece 1 is protruded from the inner side surface 23b of the fuselage.
An L-shaped piece portion 24 slidably engaged with the projection 9 is provided on the inside of the machine body so as to face vertically. By the engagement between the tongue piece 19 and the L-shaped piece 24, the bill sending unit 10 is also engaged with the body side surface 23b of the bill lending machine 20 for bills, and slides forward and backward in the horizontal direction. . In this embodiment, the guide groove 1
Since the inside body side surface 23a attached by the pin 6 with the head fixed to the body is different from the inside body side surface 23b attached by the L-shaped piece, the bill sending unit 10 of the bill validator 22 is different. Is supported from both sides, and the bills sending unit 10 is securely engaged with the side surface of the bill-for-table ball lending machine 20. In addition, since the guide is guided by the guide pins 2 while assisting the sliding direction, the bill sending unit 10 smoothly slides forward and backward in the engaged state (in the posture) along the inner side surface of the machine body. .

Further, a protruding piece 7 protrudes below the bill validator 22 and one end of, for example, a coil spring 8 serving as an urging means is engaged with the protruding piece 7, and the other end of the coil spring 8 is connected to the body. It is attached to a protruding piece (not shown) projecting from the inner side surface 23b. Therefore, the bill validator 22, which is integrated with the bill delivery unit 10, uses the biasing force of the coil spring 8 to move the bill receiving unit 3 toward the bill transport device 30.
1 and the rear end of the bill validator 22 is always in contact with the bill receiving portion 31 so that the connecting attachment position can be adjusted back and forth.

A description will be given of the installation of the island width corresponding mechanism of the game media lending machine of the present invention configured as described above.
For example, when the island width is small in a game store, the bill sending unit 10 integrated with the bill validator 22 is accommodated in the body 23 of the bill-for-a-dollar lending machine 20 as shown in FIG. At this time, the vicinity of the guide groove 1 is as shown in a perspective view of the state of FIG. 6A. In addition, for example, when the island width is wide depending on the game store, as shown in FIG. 2, the rear end portion of the bill sending unit 10 integrated with the bill validator 22 is separated from the body 23 of the bill-to-bead lending machine 20 for bills. It is in a state of slightly popping out, and the vicinity of the guide groove 1 at that time is as shown in a perspective view of the state of FIG. 6B. Thus, the bill validator 22 slides in the horizontal direction while being engaged in the range inside the body 23.

Finally, a brief description of the bill-to-bead lending machine 20 will be given. As shown in FIG.
The zero bill insertion slot 21 is provided with protrusions 21c at intervals on the left and right inner walls where coins cannot be inserted, so that coins are not accidentally inserted into the bill insertion slot 21. Bill slot 2
The bills inserted from 1 are discriminated by the bill discriminating machine 22 described above. If the bills are valid bills, a predetermined number of lending balls are lent to the ball pot 27 by an internal lending payout mechanism (not shown). Also, at the coin slot 25, if the coin is a positive coin by an internal coin discriminator (not shown), a predetermined number of coins to be lent out to the ball pot 27 by an internal coin dispense mechanism (not shown). . Reference numeral 26 denotes a display unit for displaying the number of lending times. If the coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 25 is a fake coin, the coin is returned to the coin return slot 28.

In the bill lending machine 20 for bills,
As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG. 7 to FIG. 15, a dent-like anti-scratch projection 29 having an appropriate length (here, three places) is provided on the input port side. Even when the front panel 20a of the banknote lending machine 20 for bills abuts against the gap of the packing box (not shown) when the box is taken in and out of the packing box by the scratch prevention projection 29, the front panel 20a is damaged or detached. It serves to prevent that.

[0028]

According to the first aspect of the present invention constructed as described above, at least one guide convex portion having a long hole formed in the center on the inner side surface of the body of the game media lending machine for banknotes. At least one or more guide grooves are provided on the side of the bill validator for discriminating the authenticity of the bills at substantially the same position as the guide protrusions. And a head pin is inserted into the elongated hole, and a foot portion of the head pin is fixed to a center portion of the guide groove, and the bill discriminating machine is horizontally engaged with the inside of the body. The bill discriminating machine is configured to be slidable in the direction, and the bill discriminating machine is brought into contact with the bill bill discriminating machine in a biased state in the direction of the bill bill conveying device by a projecting piece provided on the bill discriminating machine and a coil spring engaged with a side surface inside the machine. As a result, the contact state is maintained without gaps in the bill receiving section, It is possible to lead the inserted bill acids to the bill such transport device.

Further, according to the bill validator, the bill media renting machine smoothly slides back and forth because it is always in contact with the bill receiving portion in the direction of the bill transport device.
Of course, it is possible to quickly adjust to any island width that is different for each amusement store, so that it can be installed with high work efficiency, and the bill validator slides horizontally while being engaged within the range of the machine body. Therefore, even if parts of the bill validator are replaced (optical sensor, magnetic head, etc.), the bill validator is still attached to the bill media lending machine even if the bill is jammed. The banknote recognition machine can be easily repaired. Further, there is an effect that the operation at the time of construction between the bill game media lending machine and the bill transporting device can be completed in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a bill lending machine for bills according to the present invention as viewed from the side.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the bill lending machine for bills according to the present invention, viewed from the side.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the banknote lending machine for banknotes according to the present invention in which a part of the side surface of the banknote lending machine for banknotes is cut off;

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway view of the back of the bill lending machine for bills according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the guide groove of the bill sending section according to the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a perspective view of the vicinity of the guide groove of the banknote sending unit according to the present invention when corresponding to a narrow island width.

FIG. 6B is a perspective view of the vicinity of the guide groove of the banknote sending unit according to the present invention when corresponding to a wide island width.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a bill lending machine for bills according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of a guide pin portion of the bill sending section.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the entire island of the game store.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of an entire island of a game store.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the bill conveying device according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a front view of the bill lending machine for bills according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the island management machine.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the island management machine.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the front panel near the bill insertion slot of the bill lending machine for bills.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Guide groove part 3 Guide convex part 4 Elongated hole 6 Headed pin 6a Foot part 7 Projection piece 8 Coil spring 10 Banknote sending part (banknote classifier main body) 19 Tongue piece part 20 Banknote game medium lending machine (banknote stand) 22) Banknote recognition machine 23 Body 23a Aircraft inner side surface 23b Aircraft inner side surface 30 Banknote transport device 31 Banknote receiving unit S Banknotes

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A bill discriminating machine for identifying bills inserted into a bill game media lending machine installed between adjacent gaming tables, and bills conveyed after being discriminated by the bill discriminating machine. In a banknote game media lending machine provided with an island width corresponding mechanism for adjusting a connection attachment position with a transport device, an elongated hole is formed in a central portion on a body inner side surface of the banknote game media lending machine. At least one guide projection is provided on the inside of the body at least one place, and at least one guide groove is provided on the side surface of the bill validator for identifying the authenticity of the bill, at substantially the same position as the guide protrusion. Along with the guide slot, a headed pin is inserted into the elongated hole, and the foot of the headed pin is fixed to the center of the guide slot to fix the bill identifying device inside the body. Slidable in the horizontal direction while being engaged in the range, and furthermore, the bill validator. An island width handling mechanism for a banknote game media lending machine, characterized in that the bills identification machine is brought into contact with the bill transporting device in a biased state by a coil spring attached to the projecting piece and the inner side surface of the machine body. .