JP2930786B2 - Money changer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a money changer for taking in banknotes collected by a banknote transporter from a plurality of game medium lending machines arranged in a game arcade and using the same for money change.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional money changing machine, there is a conventional money changing machine mounted on an end of a game machine island arranged in a game arcade. Such a money changer manually takes in bills collected by a bill transporter from a plurality of game medium renting machines on a gaming machine island and uses them for money change. The bills paid out by the money changing machine for money exchange are circulated again and used for money changing when they are inserted into the game medium lending machine by the player.

[0003] Damaged bills such as wrinkles during repetition of circulation cause jams on the circulation path, and therefore, only collected bills that can be sorted and accepted must be used for dispensing. Must
Conventionally, this pass / fail selection has also been performed manually at the time of the above-mentioned introduction.

[0004]

For this reason, a clerk in a game arcade needs to perform a troublesome operation of manually loading only a good ticket into a change machine while checking the damaged state of the collected bills one by one. And labor saving was hindered. In addition, since the sorting is performed manually, there is a problem in that a criterion for judging a damaged state varies, and for example, a banknote that can still be used is removed, so that efficient recycling of the banknote is not performed.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such problems in the prior art, and jams caused by damage to the banknotes between the banknotes and players and game clerks along the banknote circulation path. It is an object of the present invention to provide a currency exchange machine that can prevent troubles.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention to achieve this object is as follows: (1) A banknote transfer machine takes in bills collected from a plurality of game media lending machines arranged in a game arcade, and exchanges money. A currency exchange machine used for collecting currency, a take-in unit for collecting bills sent from the banknote transporter, a stack unit for collecting bills, a stack unit for changing currency, a bill detecting unit, and a take-in unit for collecting the bills. Conveys the bills taken into the bill section to the bill validity detection section
A paper money transport device which, with the can and banknote incorporating the banknote quality detection unit is determined to have been damaged, recovery conveyance unit for conveying the bills damaged from the bill acceptability detecting unit to the recovery stack portion, When it is determined that the banknote accepted by the banknote pass / fail detection unit is not damaged, a currency transfer unit that conveys the banknote that is not damaged from the banknote pass / fail detection unit to the exchange stack unit; A feeding path based on an output signal from the take-in section and the bill validity detection section;
Controlling a switching unit to control the collection transfer unit and the exchange transfer unit
A bill validity determination unit that performs the switching operation of the bill, a bill identification unit that determines the authenticity of the bill, a transport unit for identification from the exchange take-in unit to the bill determination unit, a currency exchange payout unit, A change machine comprising: a bill transfer section that transfers a bill from the change stack section to the change payout section when the bill discriminating section determines that the taken bill is genuine. Conveying and 2 the game media lending machine coin intake portion from the coin conveying device for collecting coins from a sorting unit which classifies the coins by denomination, the coins to the sorting section through the coin mixer from said coin intake portion A sorting transport unit, a coin stack unit that stores coins classified by the sorting unit by denomination for exchange, a coin dispensing unit, and when the bill discriminating unit determines that the accepted bill is genuine. The coin changer according to claim 1, further comprising: a coin transport section configured to transport coins from the coin stack section to the coin payout section.

[0007] A bill attitude changing device is provided between the collection take-in section and the bill transporting device. The bill attitude changing device has a bill guide member and a bill transporting member,
The bill guide member has a guide surface and forms a bill transport path along the guide surface, and the guide surface has an upstream portion, a first conversion portion, a second conversion portion, and a downstream portion. The upstream portion is continuous with the intake, and the first conversion portion is disposed downstream of the upstream portion, and is curved so as to form a predetermined angle three-dimensionally with the upstream portion. Is disposed downstream of the first conversion section, twists and curves in a direction at a predetermined angle with respect to the upstream section and the first conversion section, and the downstream section is disposed downstream of the second conversion section. To the discharge port, curved to form a predetermined angle three-dimensionally with the second conversion portion, the bill transport member, the first transport member, the second transport member, the third transport member, And a fourth transport member, wherein the first transport member transfers the bill from the intake port from the upstream portion to the first conversion portion. The second transport member is provided along the first conversion section to transport the banknotes of the first conversion section to the second conversion section, and the second transport member is provided along the upstream section to transport the banknotes. The third transport member is provided along the second conversion section so as to transport the banknotes of the second conversion section to the downstream section, and the fourth transport member transfers the banknotes of the second conversion section to the downstream section. The money exchange machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the money change machine is provided along the downstream portion so as to be conveyed from the outlet to the discharge port.

[0010] The first transport member, the second transport member, the third transport member, and the fourth transport member each have a pair of rollers, and each pair of rollers rotates in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction. 4. The change machine according to claim 3, wherein the change machine has a shaft and is provided along a corresponding guide surface.

[0009] The banknote transport device sandwiches the banknote between a pair of first holding rollers, moves the banknote to the downstream side of the transport path with the rotation of the first holding roller, and moves the banknote at the downstream side. A transport guide configured to sandwich the bill between the pair of second clamping rollers and to advance the bill with rotation of the second clamping roller, and forming the transport path therein;
A bill guide that forms one widthwise side of the transport path; and a width shifting member provided between the first holding roller and the second holding roller.
A driving pulley and a driven pulley rotatably mounted on the conveyance guide and having an endless belt stretched over them, two rotating bodies disposed so as to be able to clamp bills between the conveyance surface of the endless belt, A rotating member supporting member attached to a guide and rotatably supporting the two rotating members, wherein the driving pulley and the driven pulley are arranged in a bill guide side in a width direction from an upstream side to a downstream side of the transport path. The endless belt has a rotation axis inclined from the other side to the bill guide side from the other side in the width direction from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path along the transport path. The distance between the first holding roller and the second holding roller is longer than the length of the bill, and the distance between the upstream rotating body of the width shifting member and the first holding roller is greater than that of the bill.
5. The money changing machine according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the holding roller and a distance between the downstream rotating body and the second holding roller is shorter than a length of the bill. .

6. The money changing machine according to claim 5, wherein the rotating body is constituted by a ball or a roller for rotatably supporting a bill.

[0011] The banknote pass / fail detection unit includes a transport guide and a plurality of pairs of photosensors, the transport guide forms a transport path for the banknotes therein, and the light emitting unit of the photosensor includes the transport guide. On one inner side of the guide, the banknotes are arranged in a line in the conveying width direction, and the light receiving sections of the photosensor are arranged on the other inner side of the conveying guide corresponding to the light emitting section and the conveying path. The currency exchange machine according to item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, characterized in that:

[0012] 8. A printed circuit board for the light emitting section of the photo sensor and a printed circuit board for the light receiving section, wherein the printed circuit board for the light emitting section is attached to the one outer surface of the transport guide, and 8. The light-emitting unit of the photosensor of claim 1, wherein the printed circuit board for the light-receiving unit is mounted on the other outer surface of the transport guide, and the light-receiving unit is mounted. Money changer.

9. A bill validity judging unit for judging the validity of the bill based on the output signal of the bill validity detecting unit reads the output signal of the photosensor at a predetermined cycle, and turns off all of the plural pairs of photosensors. Genuine note counter that counts up when the signal is output, and a length that counts up when the output signal of the photosensor is read at each of the predetermined periods and any of the plurality of pairs of photosensors outputs an off signal. A counter for comparing the genuine bill counter and the length increment of the length counter before and after the bill passes the pass / fail detection unit with a reference value to determine the pass / fail of the bill. According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a currency exchange machine.

[0014]

The collecting take-in section takes in the bills collected by the bill transporter from a plurality of game medium lending machines arranged in the game arcade. The bill transport device transports the bill from the collection intake unit to the bill pass / fail detection unit. The bill validity detection unit determines whether the accepted bill is damaged. When it is determined that the banknote is damaged, the banknote is conveyed from the banknote pass / fail detection unit to the collection stack unit by the collection conveyance unit. Since the bills in the collection stack do not circulate on the gaming machine island,
It is possible to prevent troubles caused by damage to bills. When it is determined that the taken-in banknote is not damaged, the currency transfer unit transports the banknote from the bill validity detection unit to the currency exchange stack unit.

[0015] When a bill is inserted from the exchange take-in section,
The transporting unit for identification transports the banknote from the receiving unit for exchange to the banknote identifying unit, and the banknote identifying unit determines the authenticity of the banknote. When the bill identifying unit determines that the accepted bill is genuine, the payout carrying unit carries the bill from the exchange stack unit to the exchange payout unit. The player can receive the exchanged banknote from the exchange payout unit.

When the bill is inserted into the game media lending machine, the bill circulates again in the game machine island.

When the coin transporter collects coins from the game media lending machine, the coin acceptor takes in the coins. The sorting unit classifies coins into denominations. The sorting transport unit transports coins from the coin receiving unit to the sorting unit. The coin stack unit stores coins classified by the sorting unit by denomination for exchange. When the bill identifying unit determines that the accepted bill is genuine, the coin transport unit transports the coin from the coin stack unit to the coin payout unit. The player can receive the exchanged coins from the coin payout unit.

In the case where the banknote attitude changing device is provided, the first
The conveying member conveys the banknote from the inlet of the upstream section to the downstream first conversion section which forms a predetermined angle three-dimensionally with the upstream section along the guide surface of the banknote guide member. While being conveyed from the upstream section to the first conversion section, the banknote is advanced in a predetermined angle direction with respect to the conveyance direction in the upstream section while being bent along a curve at a predetermined angular direction.

The second transport member transports the banknotes in the first conversion section to the downstream second conversion section. The second conversion unit is twisted in a direction of a predetermined angle with respect to the upstream unit and the first conversion unit, and while the bill is conveyed from the first conversion unit to the second conversion unit, the second conversion unit is used. Can be changed in the vertical and horizontal directions while being inverted along the curvature of. The third transport member transports the banknote of the second conversion unit to a downstream portion downstream.

The fourth transport member transports the banknotes of the second conversion unit to a downstream portion downstream of a three-dimensional predetermined angle with the second conversion unit. While being conveyed from the second conversion section to the downstream section, the bill is advanced in a predetermined angle direction with respect to the conveyance direction in the second conversion section while being bent in a predetermined angle direction, and is discharged from the outlet. . This allows the banknote from the inlet to be changed in vertical and horizontal orientation and conveyed to the outlet.

In the case where the bill conveying device is constituted by a width-shifting member or the like, the bill is sandwiched between the pair of first sandwiching rollers in the transport path inside the transport guide, and the bill is rotated by the first sandwiching roller. Together with the transport route. The bill is sandwiched between the conveying surface of the endless belt of the width shifting member and the rotating body on the upstream side, and moves with the movement of the endless belt.

The driving pulley and the driven pulley with the endless belt stretched rotate with the rotation axis inclined from the bill guide side in the width direction to the other side from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path. The endless belt moves with the conveying surface inclined along the conveying path from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveying path to the bill guide side from the other side in the width direction.

For this reason, when the trailing end of the bill comes off the first holding roller, the bill moves to the bill guide side together with the endless belt. When the front end upper part of the bill hits the bill guide, the traveling direction is bent along the guide and proceeds in the transport direction along the transport path.

At this time, the bill is supported at one point by two rotating bodies on the side opposite to the endless belt. Each rotating body rotates while supporting the bill rotatably in all directions.
For this reason, the traveling direction of the bill can be easily bent,
The inclination of the bill can be corrected.

The bill proceeds as it is along the bill guide. When the front end of the bill reaches the pair of second holding rollers, the bill is sandwiched between the second holding rollers, and the bill is advanced in the transport direction with the rotation of the second holding roller.

The rotating body is constituted by a ball or a roller, and can rotatably support a bill.

When the banknote pass / fail detection section is constituted by a plurality of pairs of photosensors or the like, each light-emitting section of the plurality of pairs of photosensors transmits light from one inner surface of the transport guide to a corresponding light receiving portion on the other inner surface. The light-emitting portion emits light, and each light-receiving portion receives the light. When the bill being conveyed passes through the conveyance path inside the conveyance guide, the light from each light emitting unit of the photo sensor is blocked, and when the bill passes through, each light receiving unit receives the light from each light emitting unit again.

When the bill passes through the transport path inside the transport guide, the light from each light emitting unit of the photo sensor is continuously blocked at the same time, and when the bill passes through, each light receiving unit receives the light from each light emitting unit at the same time. In this case, since the plurality of pairs of photosensors are arranged in a line in the direction of the transport width of the bill, the bill is not broken or folded, and can be determined to be a good bill.

On the other hand, before the bill passes through the transport path inside the transport guide and passes through, only the light from some of the light emitting portions of the light emitting portion of the photo sensor is blocked, and at the same time, the light is partially received. If the part is receiving light, the bill
It can be determined that the light receiving unit is damaged or bent at the position where the light is received.

When a printed circuit board for a light emitting unit and a printed circuit board for a light receiving unit are provided, each light emitting unit and each light receiving unit of a plurality of pairs of photosensors are mounted on each printed circuit board. The photo sensor can be mounted simply by mounting the photo sensor on each outer surface of the transport guide, and the assembling is easy.

When the bill validity judgment unit has a genuine bill counter, a length counter, and a judgment processing unit, the genuine bill counter counts up when all of a plurality of pairs of photosensors are blocked from light. Is repeated every predetermined cycle. For this reason, the amount of increase in the value of the genuine bill counter before and after the bill passes through the bill pass / fail detection unit is such that an abnormality such as a broken bill is found in a plurality of positions in the length direction of the bill corresponding to the predetermined cycle. There will be no number of positions.

On the other hand, the length counter repeats the operation of counting up when at least one of the plurality of pairs of photosensors is shielded from light at predetermined intervals. For this reason, the increment of the value of the length counter before and after the bill passes through the bill pass / fail detection unit indicates the total length of the bill in the transport direction. Therefore,
The determination made based on the increment of these counters is a precise and precise determination based on a detection value that quantitatively indicates the abnormality of the bill. Because, if the bill is bent or torn, even if it occurs slightly at multiple positions of the bill, the increase amount of the genuine bill counter will be lower than when the bill is normal depending on the damage state of the whole bill. In addition, when two bills are conveyed in a stacked state or conveyed in an inclined manner, the increase amount of the genuine bill counter is larger than when the bills are normal.

[0033]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of gaming machine islands 11,... Each of the gaming machine islands 11,... Has a plurality of gaming machines 12,. Each of the gaming machines 12,... Is a pachinko gaming machine. A gaming medium lending machine 13 is arranged between the gaming machines 12,. Game media rental machine 1
In the case of No. 3, pachinko balls are lent out by inserting a 1,000 yen bill. At the end of each gaming machine island 11, ...
0 is arranged.

A bill transporter and a coin transporter (not shown) are provided on a central path 14 inside the gaming machine island 11. The banknote transporter collects banknotes from the gaming medium lending machine 13 inside the gaming machine island 11 and transports the banknotes to the currency exchange machine 20. The coin transporter collects the coins from the game medium lending machine 13 and transports the coins to the currency exchange machine 20 in the same manner.

The money changer 20 takes in the bills collected by the bill transporter and the coins collected by the coin transporter and uses them for currency exchange. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 16, the change machine 20 includes a take-in unit 21 for collection, a banknote attitude changing device 110, a stack unit 22 for collecting banknotes, a stack unit 23 for changing banknotes, and whether the banknotes are good or bad. Section 310, bill transport device 210, collection transport section 26, and exchange transport section 2
7, a transport path switching unit 410, and a bill exchange unit 2
8, banknote recognition unit 29, and conveyance unit for identification (not shown)
, A bill exchange unit 31 for bills, and a transport unit 32 for bill dispensation
Coin receiving unit 41, coin mixer 42, and sorting unit 4
3, the conveying section 44 for sorting, and the coin stack sections 45a, 4
5b, a coin payout unit 46, a control unit 51, and a display unit 52
, A maintenance display unit 53, and these power supplies 54.

The control unit 51 includes a bill posture changing device 110
, A collection stack 22 and a currency exchange stack 23
, Bill validity detection device 310, and conveyance path switching unit 410
, The bill validating unit 29, the coin mixer 42, and the sorting unit 43
A coin stack unit 45a, 45b, a display unit 52,
It controls the maintenance display unit 53 and has a bill validity determination unit 510 (shown in FIG. 16).

The collecting section 21 is an inlet for collecting bills sent from the bill transporter. Bill transfer device 2
10 has a belt and a roller,
From the banknote quality detector 3 via the banknote attitude changing device 110
10 to convey the bill. Note that the bill transporting device 210 has a function as a biasing unit that corrects the position or inclination in the width direction on the bill transport path. Details of the banknote attitude changing device 110 and the banknote transport device 210 will be described later.

The collection transport unit 26 has a belt and a roller. When the bill validity detecting unit 310 determines that the taken-in bill is damaged, the bill validity detecting unit 310 collects the bill from the bill validating stack unit. 22. The exchange transport unit 27 has a belt and a roller, and when the banknote validity detection unit 310 determines that the accepted banknote is not damaged, conveys the banknote from the banknote validity detection unit 310 to the exchange stack unit 23. Is what you do.

The bill validity judging section 510 judges the validity of the bill based on the output signal from the bill validity detecting section 310 and controls the transport path switching section 410 to perform the collection transport section 26 and the exchange transport section as described above. 27 to control the switching operation. Details of the banknote pass / fail detector 310 will be described later.

The bill discriminating portion 29 discriminates the authenticity and the amount of money for currency exchange such as a 10,000-yen bill. The identification transport section has a belt and a roller, and the exchange take-in section 2
The bill is conveyed from 8 to the bill recognition unit 29. When the payout delivery unit 32 determines that the bill accepted by the bill identification unit 29 is genuine, the payout delivery unit 32 transports the bill from the exchange stack unit 23 to the exchange payout unit 31, and at this time, a coin selection button (FIG. (Not shown), coins are dispensed from the coin stacks 45a, 45b instead of the bills.
To transport coins to

The coin receiving section 41 is an inlet for collecting coins sent from the coin transporter. Sorting transport section 44
Transports coins from the coin receiving unit 41 to the sorting unit 43. The sorting unit 43 classifies coins into denominations of 100 yen coins and 500 yen coins. The coin stack units 45a and 45b store coins classified by the sorting unit 43 by denomination for exchange.

Next, regarding the banknote attitude changing device 110,
The details will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, the bill attitude changing device 110 has a bill guide member 120 and a bill transport member 140. The bill guide member 120 is fixed to the base 111.

The bill guide member 120 forms a bill feeding path 1 21 along the inside of the guide surface 130. The bill transport path 121 has a width that allows passage of one bill. The guide surface 130 includes the upstream portion 131 and the first conversion portion 1
32, a second conversion section 133, and a downstream section 134. The upstream portion 131 is continuous with the inlet 131a, and has a planar shape so that the banknotes taken in from the inlet 131a can follow the banknote. The width of the inlet 131a is wide so that the bill can be easily taken in.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first conversion unit 132
It is arranged downstream of the upstream portion 131 and is curved so as to form a three-dimensional right angle with the upstream portion 131. The second conversion unit 133,
It is arrange | positioned downstream of the 1st conversion part 132, and it curves in the direction orthogonal to the upstream part 131 and the 1st conversion part 132, and is curved.

The downstream portion 134 is disposed downstream of the second conversion portion 133 and continues to the discharge port 134a.
It is curved so as to make a right angle three-dimensionally with 33. Downstream part 1
34 extends in a direction opposite to the upstream portion 131. The downstream portion 134 has a planar shape, and is configured to discharge bills from the discharge port 134a.

The bill transporting member 140 includes the first transporting member 14.
1, a second transport member 143, a third transport member 144, and a fourth transport member 145. A first transport member 141,
The second transport member 143, the third transport member 144, and the fourth transport member 145 have a pair of rollers 141a to 145, respectively.
a, and each pair of rollers 141a to 145a has a rotation axis 141b to 145b in a direction perpendicular to each transport direction, and is provided along each corresponding guide surface 131, 132, 133, 134.

As shown in FIG. 6, the rollers 141a to 143a of the first conveying member 141 and the second conveying member 143 are provided.
And the rollers 144a and 145a of the third and fourth transport members 144 and 145 extend in directions shifted by 90 degrees. Rotary shaft 141b of rollers 141a to 143a
Pulleys 146a to 146c are fixed to 143b,
Each of the pulleys 146a to 146c is stretched around an endless belt 147.

Further, pulleys 148a and 148b are fixed to the rotating shafts 144b and 145b of the rollers 144a to 145a, and the pulleys 148a and 148b are wound around an endless belt 149. Each pulley is connected to a driving device, and each of the rollers 141a to 145a rotates at the same speed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the first conveying member 141 has two pairs of rollers 141a and 142a having an inlet 131a.
And the corner part 1 of the upstream part 131 and the first conversion part 132
32a and 32a, respectively, so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the bill conveying direction in the upstream portion 131. Thereby, the first transport member 141 is provided along the upstream section 131 so as to transport the banknote from the inlet 131a from the upstream section 131 to the first conversion section 132.

As shown in FIG. 3, the second conveying member 143 is provided with a pair of rollers 143a having a length of about half of the two pairs of rollers 141a and 142a. It is arranged so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the bills are transported in the section 132. As a result, the second transport member 143 transfers the bills of the first conversion unit 132 to the second conversion unit 13.
3 and is provided along the first conversion portion 132.

As shown in FIG. 5, the third transfer member 144 includes a pair of rollers 144a having a length substantially equal to that of the pair of rollers 143a. Are arranged so as to extend in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the banknotes are transported. As a result, the third transport member 144
The banknotes of the second conversion unit 133 are provided along the second conversion unit 133 so as to be conveyed to the downstream unit 134.

As shown in FIG. 5, the fourth transport member 145 includes a pair of rollers 141a and 142a and a roller 145a having the same length as the pair of rollers 141a and 142a.
4 at a corner 133 a, and is arranged to extend in a direction perpendicular to the bill conveyance direction in the downstream portion 134. Thereby, the fourth transport member 145 is provided along the downstream portion 134 so as to transport the banknotes of the second conversion portion 133 from the downstream portion 134 to the outlet 134a.

Next, the details of the bill transporting device 210 will be described. The bill transporting device 210 is provided inside a money exchange machine (not shown) and transports bills such as 1,000-yen bills and 10,000-yen bills. As shown in FIGS. 7 to 9, the banknote transport device 210 includes a transport guide 220 and a pair of first
A clamping roller 230, a pair of second clamping rollers 240,
And a width shifting member 250.

The transport guide 220 has a support plate 221, an upper guide 222, and a lower guide 223.
The support plate 221 extends along the transport direction, and the side portion 221a
Has a shape bent at a right angle to the back side. FIG.
In the transport direction, the right side is upstream and the left side is downstream. The lower guide 223 is mounted on the front side 221b of the support plate 221. As shown in FIG.
One side of the lower guide 223 is bent toward the front side to form a bill guide 224.

The upper guide 222 covers the front side of the lower guide 223, and two protruding ends 222a on one side are pinned to the protruding portion 221c of the support plate 221, and the other two sides are guided. Screwed by a lock lever 222b. As shown in FIG.
Forms a transport path 211 between the upper guide 222 and the lower guide 223 inside. The bill guide 224 forms one width direction side of the transport path 211.

The first holding roller 230 has a rotating shaft 231.
A driving roller 232 attached to the rotating shaft 231;
And a driven roller 233 that rotates by friction transmission. The second holding roller 240 has a rotating shaft 241, a driving roller 242 attached to the rotating shaft 241, and a driven roller 243 that rotates by friction with the driving roller 242.

The rotating shafts 231 and 241 are
It extends in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction in which 0 extends. The rotation shafts 231 and 241 are on the side portions 22 on both sides of the support plate 221.
1a, and is rotatably mounted. The driving rollers 232 and 242 protrude to the transport path 211 through openings formed in the support plate 221 and the lower guide 223, and the driven rollers 233 and 243 project to the transport path 211 through openings formed in the upper guide 222. ing. The driven roller 233 is urged toward the driving roller 232 by a spring 233a, and has a rotating shaft rotatably attached to the upper guide 222. Similarly to the driven roller 233, the driven roller 243 is urged toward the driving roller 242 by a spring 243a, and the rotation shaft is rotatably attached to the upper guide 222.

First clamping roller 230 and second clamping roller 2
The distance from 40 is longer than the length of the bill. A pulley 231a and a pulley 241a are attached to one end of the rotating shaft 231 and the rotating shaft 241, and an endless belt 35 is stretched between the pulleys 231a and 241a. A drive belt 245 is stretched between the pulley 241a and a drive shaft (not shown) of the prime mover.

Thus, the driving of the prime mover causes the first holding roller 230 and the second holding roller 240 to rotate at a constant speed, sandwich the bill between the driving roller 232 and the driven roller 233, and move the bill to the first. With the rotation of the holding roller 230, the holding roller 230 is moved to the downstream side of the conveyance path 211.
The bill is advanced with the rotation of the second holding roller 240.

The width shifting member 250 is provided with the first holding roller 23.
The transfer path 211 is provided in the vicinity of the center in the width direction of the conveyance path 211 between the first holding roller 240 and the second holding roller 240. Width adjustment member 250
Has an endless belt 251, a driving pulley 252 and a driven pulley 253, rotating bodies 254 and 255 made of two steel balls, and a rotating body support member 256.

Driving pulley 252 and driven pulley 253
Are rotatably mounted on the side portions 221a of the support plate 221 with the rotation shafts 252a and 253a. Rotating shaft 25
2a and 253a, as shown in FIG.
11 has a rotation axis inclined from the bill guide side in the width direction to the other side from the upstream side to the downstream side. The driving pulley 252 is located closer to the bill guide 224 than the driven pulley 253, and the driving pulley 252 and the driven pulley 2
Reference numeral 53 protrudes toward the transport path 211 through an opening formed in the support plate 221.

A pulley 252b is attached to an end of the rotating shaft 252a protruding from the transport path 211. The pulley 252 b is connected to the pulley 23 protruding from the support plate 221.
8 via a pulley 237 attached to the rotating shaft 231
And the endless belt 239 is stretched. The driving pulley 252 and the driven pulley 253 include an endless belt 251.
Is crossed over. As a result, by driving the prime mover,
The first nipping roller 230, the driving pulley 252, and the endless belt 251 rotate at a constant speed.

The endless belt 251 is, as shown in FIG.
The transfer surface 251a moves along the transfer path 211 along the transfer path 21.
1 is inclined from the other side in the width direction to the bill guide side from the upstream side to the downstream side.

The rotating body support member 256 is
2 and rotatably supports two rotating bodies 254 and 255 in the opening of the upper guide 222. The two rotating bodies 254 and 255 are connected to the endless belt 25.
1 and is opposite to the driving pulley 252 and the driven pulley 253, and is urged toward the driving pulley 252 and the driven pulley 253 by the elastic force of the rotating body support member 256.

An endless belt 251 and two rotating bodies 254
The first pinching roller 230 and the second pinching roller 230
It is adjusted to be weaker than the holding force of the holding roller 240. The two rotating bodies 254 and 255 are connected to the upper guide 22.
2, it protrudes into the transport path 211 through the opening, and is disposed so as to be able to hold a bill between the transport path 251 a of the endless belt 251.

The rotating body 25 on the upstream side of the width shifting member 250
The distance between the 4,255 and the first holding roller 230 and the distance between the downstream rotating bodies 254 and 255 and the second holding roller 240 are shorter than the length of the bill.

Next, the details of the banknote pass / fail detector 310 will be described. Banknote quality detection unit 310 is provided inside the change machine (not shown), also of a is the order to determine the transported are banknotes M damage or breakage such as thousand yen bill.
Damaged or bent bills M are likely to be caught in the course of transport and cause jams, and therefore, discrimination is required to prevent such bills M from being dispensed for exchange.

As shown in FIGS. 13 to 15, the banknote pass / fail detector 310 includes a transport guide 320, a plurality of pairs of photosensors 330, a light emitting unit printed circuit board 340 of the photosensor 330, and a light receiving unit printed circuit board. 350.

The transport guide 320 has an upper guide 321 and a lower guide 322. The upper guide 321 and the lower guide 322 have the same rectangular shape. The lower guide 322 is provided with a step 32 at one end of the inner side surface 322a.
2b. Upper guide 321 and lower guide 3
Reference numeral 22 denotes an upper guide 321 other than the stepped portion 322b inside the one end of the inner surface 321a of the upper guide 321 and the stepped portion 322b of the lower guide 322.
A transport path 323 of the bill M is formed between the lower guide 322 and the lower guide 322. The bill insertion side 323a of the transport path 323
The thickness direction is inclined and widened to facilitate insertion of bills. The transport path 323 is open at the other end of the upper guide 321 and the lower guide 322.

[0070] The upper guide 321 and lower guide 322 has one end of the corners and the conveying path 323 two female screw holes in the vicinity of the outer surface 321b Karaone Ji 3 24a of the upper guide 321, by 324b Screwed.
The transport path 323 has a width somewhat longer than the width of the bill M,
The bill M is transported in the length direction.

The upper guide 321 and the lower guide 322 have five openings 325 in a line in the conveying width direction of the bill M at the position of the conveying path 323. Each opening 325
According to the shape of the photo sensor 330, the outer surface 321
b, 322c, and become smaller on the inner side surfaces 321a, 322a. The openings 325 are arranged at equal intervals.

The photo sensor 330 includes five light emitting units 33
One and five light receiving portions 332 form five pairs. The photo sensor 330 detects the light path between the light emitting section 331 and the light receiving section 332 when the light path is interrupted.

The light emitting unit printed circuit board 340 has five light emitting units 331 of the photosensor 330 attached thereto, and the wiring of each light emitting unit 331 is printed. The light-receiving unit printed circuit board 350 includes five light-receiving units 3 of the photosensor 330.
32 is attached to the inner side surface 351, and the wiring of each light receiving section 332 is printed. Printed circuit board 340 for light emitting unit
The light-receiving unit printed circuit board 350 has outer ends 321 of upper guide 321 and lower guide 322 at both ends.
b, 322c with screws 341 and 351. Connectors 342 and 352 are provided at one end of the light emitting unit printed circuit board 340 and the light receiving unit printed circuit board 350 so as to protrude from the outer side surfaces 321b and 322c.

As shown in FIG. 14, the photo sensor 330
Each of the light emitting portions 331 is provided on the outer surface 321 of the upper guide 321.
b, it is inserted into each opening 325 and faces the inner side surface 321a. As a result, the light emitting unit 331 is moved to the inner side surface 321a.
Thus, the banknotes M are arranged in a line in the transport width direction which is a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the banknotes M.

The light receiving portion 332 of the photo sensor 330 is inserted into each opening 325 from the outer surface 322c of the lower guide 322 and faces the inner surface 322a. As a result, the light receiving units 332 are arranged in a line in the transport width direction, which is a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the banknote M, similarly to the light emitting unit 331, and correspond to the light emitting unit 331 with the inner surface 3 sandwiching the transport path 323.
22a.

Note that at least the bill validity detecting unit 310
Is transported by an AC servomotor. The banknote pass / fail determination unit 510 in the control unit 51 determines whether the banknote accepted based on the output from the banknote pass / fail detection unit 310 (a signal indicating whether or not the light of each photosensor 330 is blocked) can be reused. Discrimination, and according to the discrimination result, the transport path switching unit 410
Is controlled.

More specifically, the bill validity judging section 510
Reads the output from the banknote pass / fail detection unit 310 at every cycle proportional to the frequency of the power supply for driving the AC servo motor described above. It has a length counter that counts up if any, and a genuine bill counter that counts up only when all of the five pairs of sensors are blocked from light, and one banknote has passed the banknote pass / fail detector 310. When the value of the length counter is equal to or less than the reference value and the value of the genuine bill counter is equal to or greater than the reference value, it is determined that the bill can be reused.

The reference value for the length counter is
A value that is slightly larger than the value obtained by dividing the length of the bill by the unit distance that the bill advances in one cycle (hereinafter, referred to as the number of samples) is set, and the reference value for the genuine note counter is slightly less than the number of samples. Set it. In addition,
As will be described later, since the value of the length counter and the value of the genuine bill counter are data indicating the degree of damage to the bill, these reference values are set so that the pass / fail judgment of the bill is performed with the most desirable accuracy. What is necessary is just to determine suitably based on a result etc.

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 1, the collecting unit 21 collects bills collected by the bill transporter from a plurality of game medium renting machines 13 arranged on the gaming machine island 11 in the game arcade 10. The bill transporting device 210 transports the bill from the collection intake unit 21 to the bill validity detecting unit 310 via the bill posture changing device 110. Bill transfer device 210
Details of the operation of the banknote attitude changing device 110 will be described later.

The bill validity judging section 510 judges whether or not the taken-in bill is damaged based on an output from the bill validity detecting section 310 (a signal indicating whether or not the light of each photosensor 330 is blocked). . When it is determined that the bill is damaged, the transport path switching unit 410 is controlled, and the bill transport unit 26 transports the banknote from the bill validity detection unit 310 to the collection stack unit 22. Bills in the collecting stack 22, since no circulating game machine island 11, it is possible to prevent the trouble surely due to the damage of banknote without hands in advance.

When the bill validity judging section 510 determines that the taken-in bill is not damaged, the exchange conveying section 27 conveys the bill from the bill validity detecting section 310 to the stacking section 23 for exchange.

The operation of the bill validity detecting unit 310 and the bill validity judging unit 510 will be further described later in detail.

When a high-value bill for exchange such as a 10,000-yen bill is inserted from the exchange take-in section 28, the identification transport section transports the bill from the exchange take-up section 28 to the bill identification section 29, and the bill identification section. 29 discriminates the authenticity and the amount of the bill. When the bill identification unit 29 determines that the accepted bill is genuine,
The bill delivery unit 32 transports the bills from the exchange stack unit 23 to the exchange unit 31. The player can receive the exchanged banknote from the exchange payout unit 31.

When the bill is inserted into the gaming medium lending machine 13, the bill circulates again in the gaming machine island 10.

On the other hand, in the case of coins, the coin receiving section 41
Takes in the coins collected by the coin transporter. The sorting transport unit 44 transports coins from the coin receiving unit 41 to the sorting unit 43 via the coin mixer 42. The sorting unit 43 classifies the coins into 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins by denomination. The coin stacks 45a and 45b store the coins classified by the sorting unit 43 by denomination for currency exchange.

[0086] The bill dispensing and transporting section 32 includes a bill recognizing section 29.
When it is determined that the accepted bill is genuine, a coin selection button is pressed, and the coin is conveyed from the coin stackers 45a and 45b to the coin payout unit 46.

Next, the operation of the banknote attitude changing device 110 will be described in detail.

In FIG. 3, two pairs of rollers 141 a and 142 a of the first conveying member 141
Of the upstream portion 131 along the guide surface 121
The banknote 1a is transported to the downstream first conversion unit 132, which is three-dimensionally perpendicular to the upstream unit 131. While being conveyed from the upstream portion 131 to the first conversion portion 132, the bill is advanced in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction in the upstream portion 131 while being bent in a right angle direction along a curve at the corner portion 132a.

The pair of rollers 143 of the second conveying member 143
a converts the bill of the first conversion unit 132 into the second conversion unit 1 on the downstream side.
To 33. The second conversion unit 133 includes the upstream unit 131
And the banknote is twisted in a direction perpendicular to the first conversion unit 132, and the banknote is moved from the first conversion unit 132 to the second conversion unit 133.
While being conveyed, the vertical and horizontal directions can be changed while being inverted along the curvature of the second conversion portion 133. The bills conveyed enter the second conversion section 133 from one of the corners, advance to the downstream section 134 with both corners aligned, and can be turned vertically and horizontally.
One roller 144a of the third transport member 144 transports the banknote of the second conversion unit 133 to the second conversion unit 133 downstream.

One roller 145 of the fourth transport member 145
a conveys the banknote of the second conversion unit 133 to the downstream part 134 downstream of the second conversion unit 133 at a three-dimensional right angle.
While being conveyed from the second conversion part 133 to the downstream part 134, the bill is advanced in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction in the second conversion part 133 while being bent at a predetermined angle direction at the corner part 133a, and is discharged. It is discharged from the outlet 134a. Thus, the banknote from the inlet 131a can be changed in vertical and horizontal orientation and conveyed to the outlet 134a.

The banknote attitude changing device 110 is provided in the middle of the transport path of the banknote transporting device in the money changing machine.
It is possible to easily change the posture of the bill and convey the bill.

The angle formed by the first conversion part with the upstream part, the angle formed by the second conversion part with respect to the upstream part and the first conversion part, and the angle formed by the downstream part with the second conversion part are not limited to a right angle but also a right angle. ,
Other angles may be made as needed.

Next, the operation of the bill transporting device 210 will be described in detail.

In FIG. 7, when a bill is inserted into the transport path 211 between the upper guide 222 and the lower guide 223 inside the transport guide 220, the driving rollers of the pair of first nipping rollers 230 are transported along the transport path 211. The bill is sandwiched between the driven roller 232 and the driven roller 233, and the bill is sandwiched between the first holding rollers 2.
With the rotation of 30, the transport path 211 is moved to the downstream side. The bill is sandwiched between the conveying surface 251a of the endless belt 251 of the width shifting member 250 and the rotating body 255 on the upstream side,
It moves with the movement of the endless belt 251 as it is.

The reason why the banknote moves as it is is that the rotating members 254 and 255 of the width shifting member 250 are in contact with the endless belt 251 by the elastic force of the rotating member supporting member 256, but the bill is rotated by the rotating members 254 and 255. 255 and endless belt 251
The pressure of the rotator support member 256 is
Since the holding force of the holding roller 230 is weaker and the rotating members 254 and 255 and the endless belt 251 are in point contact with each other, the conveying force of the first holding roller 230 is stronger than the conveying force of the width shifting member 250. That's why.

The driving pulley 252 and the driven pulley 253 wrapped around the endless belt 251 rotate with the rotation axis inclined from the banknote guide 224 in the width direction to the other side from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path 211. . The endless belt 251 moves with the transport surface 251a inclined along the transport path 211 from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path 211 from the other side in the width direction to the bill guide 224 side.

Therefore, when the trailing end of the bill comes off the first holding roller 230, the bill moves together with the endless belt 251 in the direction of its tension and moves toward the bill guide 224. When the upper part of the front end of the bill hits the bill guide 224, the bill is bent in the traveling direction along the guide, and proceeds in the carrying direction along the carrying path 211.

At this time, the bill is supported at one point by two rotating bodies 254 and 255 on the side opposite to the endless belt 251. Each of the rotators 254 and 255 is rotatable in all directions, supports the bill in a rotatable manner in all directions, and rotates along the bill transport direction. For this reason, the traveling direction of the bill can be easily bent, and even when the bill is skewed, the inclination of the bill can be corrected and the bill can be corrected and conveyed to a fixed position.

The bill advances along the bill guide 224 as it is with its long side aligned with the bill guide 224. When the front end of the bill reaches the pair of second holding rollers 240, the bill is sandwiched between the driving roller 242 and the driven roller 243 of the second holding roller 240, and the bill is transported with the rotation of the second holding roller 240. Advance to

Next, another embodiment of the rotating body will be described. As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 10A and a front view in FIG. 10B, the rotating body is a roller 25 that rotatably supports a bill.
4a. The roller 254a is
It is configured to rotate with a bearing 261a. The roller 254a is made of a material having low friction, and supports the bill by pressing it against it.

As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 11A and a front view in FIG. 11B, the rotating body can be constituted by a roller 254b rotatably supporting a bill. Roller 25
4b is configured to rotate with a bearing 261b. The roller 254b has a circumferential surface 262 having an arc shape, and supports the banknote by point contact.

As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 12A and a front view in FIG. 12B, the rotating body can be constituted by a roller 254c that rotatably supports a bill. Roller 25
4c is configured to rotate with a bearing 261c. The roller 254c has a small width of the peripheral surface 263, and supports the bill by point contact.

Next, the operation of the bill validity detecting unit 310 and the bill validity judging unit 510 will be described in detail. In FIG. 13, each light emitting unit 3 of the five pairs of photosensors 330
31 are the respective light receiving portions 332 from the inner surface 321a of the upper guide 321 to the inner surface 322a of the lower guide 322.
, And each light receiving section 332 receives the light.

For this reason, when the banknote M passes through the transport path 323 inside the transport guide 320 in a state where the banknote M is not bent or broken, the banknote M is transmitted from each light emitting portion 331 of the photo sensor 330 along the short side. And the light from the light emitting units 331 is simultaneously received by the light receiving units 332 when the banknote M passes through. Therefore, the value of the genuine bill counter of the bill validity determination unit 510 is counted up every period, and both the value of the length counter and the value of the genuine bill counter substantially match the sampling number, and are within the range of the reference value. The bill validity determination unit 510 determines that the bill is good. On the other hand, if the banknote M is bent or torn, the damaged portion does not block the light, and the value of the genuine bill counter becomes a value smaller than the sampling number according to the degree of damage to the banknote. Further, when the bills are inclined with respect to the transport direction or overlap each other, the value of the length counter becomes larger than the value of the sampling number according to the degree. Therefore, if the damage or the like is beyond the range of the reference value, the bill validity determination unit 510
Is not a good ticket.

Since the bill validity detecting section 310 has a simple structure in which five pairs of photosensors 330 are arranged in a line, the manufacturing cost is low and the bill M can be detected with a compact structure to detect breakage or breakage of the bill M. can do.

The light emitting sections 33 of the photo sensor 330
1 and each light receiving section 332
Since the printed circuit boards 340 and 350 are attached to the outer surfaces 321 of the transport guide 320,
The photosensor 330 can be attached to the transport guide 320 only by attaching the photosensor 330 to the transport guide 320, thereby facilitating the assembly.

In the above embodiment, the photo sensor is 5
Although the case of the pair has been illustrated, the number may be reduced to simplify the configuration, or the number may be increased to increase the accuracy.

[0108]

According to the money changing machine according to the present invention, it is automatically determined whether or not the bills collected from the game media lending machine are damaged, and only the good bills are sorted out to automatically change the money. Is transported to the stack and used for exchange. For this reason, labor is not required for the troublesome operation of sorting the collected bills and loading the bills into the money changing machine, thereby saving labor. Further, since the discrimination is mechanical, there is no variation in the discrimination criterion, the jam due to the damage of the bill is reliably prevented, and the usable bill is recirculated without waste.

In the case where a coin receiving section from the coin transporter is provided, the exchanged coins can be received from the coin payout section.

In the case where the banknote posture changing device is provided, since the banknote can be turned vertically and horizontally while being inverted along the second conversion part, the posture of the banknote can be changed within a short transport distance, and the equipment can be changed. It is small and convenient to handle, and does not take up any storage space, thus enabling effective use of space.

In the case where the bill transport device is constituted by a width shifting member or the like, the endless belt has a transport surface inclined from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path toward the bill guide side, and the banknote is freely rotatable with the endless belt. Are supported at each one point by the two rotating bodies, so that the direction of travel of the bill can be easily bent along the bill guide to correct the inclination of the bill, and the bill is caught in the middle of conveyance. Damage can be prevented, and bills can be sent smoothly without causing jams due to trapped bills.

When the rotating body is constituted by a ball or a roller, the bill is rotatably supported, so that the bill can be fed smoothly.

When the bill validity detecting section is constituted by a plurality of pairs of photosensors or the like, it has a simple configuration in which a plurality of pairs of photosensors are arranged in a line, so that the manufacturing cost is low and the size is compact. With such a configuration, it is possible to detect breakage or breakage of the bill.

In the case where a printed circuit board for the light emitting unit and a printed circuit board for the light receiving unit are provided, the photo sensor can be mounted simply by mounting each printed circuit board on each outer surface of the transport guide, thereby facilitating assembly. be able to.

When the bill validity judging unit has a genuine bill counter and a length counter, it is possible to make a highly accurate and precise judgment on the validity of a bill based on a detection value quantitatively representing an abnormality of the bill.

[0116]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an arrangement of currency exchange machines in a game arcade.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a bill attitude changing device of the money changing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a right side view showing a banknote attitude changing device of the money changing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the bill attitude changing device of the money changing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a banknote attitude changing device of the money changing machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a bill transfer device of the money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view showing a bill transfer device of the money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a left side view showing the bill transfer device of the money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a perspective view and a front view showing another embodiment of the rotating body used in the banknote transport device of the money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view and a front view showing another embodiment of the rotating body used for the bill transporting device of the money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view and a front view showing another embodiment of the rotating body used in the banknote transport device of the money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a front view showing a banknote pass / fail detector of the money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XIV-XIV of FIG. 13 showing a banknote pass / fail detector of the money changer according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view showing a banknote pass / fail detector of the money changing machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a part of a currency exchange machine according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game hall 11 ... Game machine island 12 ... Game machine 13 ... Game medium lending machine 20 ... Currency exchange machine 21 ... Collection take-in part 22 ... Collection stack part 23 ... Currency change stack part 25 ... Bill transfer device 26 ... Collection Conveying unit 27: Exchange unit for exchange 28: Receiving unit for exchange 29: Banknote discriminating unit 31: Exchange unit for dispensing 32: Conveying unit for banknote dispensing 41: Coin receiving unit 42 ... Coin mixer 43 ... Sorting unit 44 ... Conveying unit for sorting 45a, 45b: coin stack unit 46: coin payout unit 51: control unit 110: banknote attitude changing device 120: banknote guide member 121: guide surface 130: banknote transport path 131: upstream unit 132: first conversion unit 133: second Conversion section 134 Second conversion section 134 Downstream path 140 Banknote transport member 141 First transport member 143 Second transport member 144 Third transport member 145 Fourth Feeding member 210: Bill transport device 220: Transport guide 224: Bill guide 230: One pair of first holding rollers 240: One pair of second holding rollers 250: Width shifting member 251: Endless belt 252: Driving pulley 253: Driven pulley 254, 255 rotating body 256 rotating body support member 310 bill validity detection section 320 transport guide 321 upper guide 322 lower guide 330 photosensor 331 light emitting section 332 light receiving section 340 printed circuit board for light emitting section 350 … Printed circuit board for light receiving section

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification symbol FI G07D 7/00 G07D 7/00 G 9/00 416 9/00 416C (72) Inventor Rin Aoki 4-3, Jonai, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture No. Shinko Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Eiji Ito 4-3 Jonai, Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture Shinko Seisakusho Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-3-85694 (JP, A) JP-A-2-129595 ( JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B65H 43/04 A63F 7/02 352 B65H 5/06 G07D 1/04 G07D 7/00 G07D 9/00 416

Claims (9)

(57) [Claims] 1. A money changer for taking in bills collected by a bill transporter from a plurality of game media lending machines disposed in a game arcade and using the bills for money exchange, wherein the take-in of bills sent from the bill transporter is performed. Unit, a stack unit for collecting bills, a stack unit for changing currency, a bill validity detecting unit , a bill conveying device that conveys a bill taken into the collecting intake unit to the bill validity detecting unit , can a bill incorporating the banknote quality detection unit is determined to have been damaged, and recovery conveyance unit for conveying the paper <br/> banknote that has been damaged from the bill acceptability detecting unit to the recovery stacking unit, the bill when banknotes taken by the quality detecting section is judged not to be damaged, and damage from the bill acceptability detector
A transfer section for transferring a banknote that is not present to the change stack section, a take-in section for converting the bill, and a transfer path switching based on an output signal from the bill validity detecting section.
Control of the transfer section to disconnect the transfer section for collection and the transfer section for exchange.
A bill validity determination unit for performing a change operation, a bill identification unit for determining the authenticity of a bill, an identification transport unit from the exchange take-in unit to the bill determination unit, a bill exchange payout unit, and the bill A currency transfer unit that, when the identification unit determines that the accepted banknote is genuine, transports the banknote from the currency exchange stack unit to the currency exchange payout unit. 2. A coin receiving unit from a coin transporter for collecting coins from the game medium lending machine, a sorting unit for sorting coins into denominations, and a coin mixing unit from the coin receiving unit to the sorting unit via a coin mixer .
And sorting transport section for transporting the coins, and the coin stack unit for storing the denomination of coins that have been classified by the sorting unit for the exchange, and the coin discharge portion, it is authentic bills the bill discriminating unit incorporating The coin changer according to claim 1, further comprising: a coin transport unit configured to transport coins from the coin stack unit to the coin payout unit when the coin stack unit determines that the coin has been discharged. 3. A bill orientation changing device is provided between the collection take-in section and the bill transporting device, wherein the bill orientation changing device includes a bill guide member and a bill transporting member, The guide member has a guide surface and forms a bill transport path along the guide surface, and the guide surface has an upstream portion, a first conversion portion, a second conversion portion, and a downstream portion, The upstream portion is continuous with the intake, the first conversion portion is disposed downstream of the upstream portion, and is curved so as to form a predetermined angle three-dimensionally with the upstream portion. The downstream part is disposed downstream of the first conversion part, twists and curves in a direction at a predetermined angle with respect to the upstream part and the first conversion part, and the downstream part is disposed downstream of the second conversion part and is discharged. Continuing to the exit, curved so as to form a predetermined angle three-dimensionally with the second conversion unit, Wood has a first conveying member, and a second conveying member, and a third transporting member, and a fourth conveying member, said first
The transport member is provided along the upstream portion so as to transport the banknote from the intake port from the upstream portion to the first conversion portion, and the second transport member transfers the banknote of the first conversion portion. The third transfer member is provided along the first conversion unit so as to convey the bill to the second conversion unit, and conveys the bills of the second conversion unit to the downstream unit. The said 4th conveyance member is provided along the downstream part so that the banknote of the said 2nd conversion part may be conveyed from the said downstream part to the said discharge port. Currency exchange machine according to 1 or 2. 4. The first transporting member, the second transporting member, the third transporting member, and the fourth transporting member each have a pair of rollers, and each pair of rollers is perpendicular to a transporting direction. The change machine according to claim 3, wherein the change machine has a rotation axis and is provided along a corresponding guide surface. 5. The banknote transport device according to claim 1, wherein the banknote is sandwiched between a pair of first nipping rollers, and the banknote is moved to the downstream side of the transport path along with the rotation of the first nipping roller. 1
A transport guide configured to sandwich the bill between a pair of second sandwiching rollers and to advance the bill with rotation of the second sandwiching roller; and a transport guide that forms the transport path therein; A bill guide forming the width direction side of the first and second width holding members provided between the first holding roller and the second holding roller, wherein the width shifting member is rotatable by the transport guide. A driving pulley and a driven pulley which are attached and have an endless belt stretched over them, two rotating bodies arranged so as to be able to pinch bills between the endless belt and a conveying surface of the endless belt; A rotating body supporting member rotatably supporting the rotating bodies, wherein the driving pulley and the driven pulley are inclined from the bill guide side in the width direction to the other side from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path. Rotation Has an axis,
The endless belt is arranged such that the transport surface is inclined from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path along the transport path from the other side in the width direction to the bill guide side, and the first nipping roller And the distance between the second holding roller and
The interval between the upstream rotating body and the first nipping roller and the interval between the downstream rotating body and the second nipping roller of the width shifting member are longer than the length of the bill. The money changer according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, characterized in that it is short. 6. The money changer according to claim 5, wherein said rotating body is constituted by a ball or a roller for rotatably supporting a bill. 7. The banknote pass / fail detector includes a transport guide and a plurality of pairs of photosensors, wherein the transport guide forms a transport path for the banknote therein, and the light emitting unit of the photosensor includes On one inner surface of the transport guide, the banknotes are arranged in a line in the transport width direction, and the light receiving portion of the photosensor is arranged on the other inner surface of the transport guide corresponding to the light emitting portion across the transport path. The money changer according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6. 8. A printed circuit board for a light emitting unit of the photo sensor and a printed circuit board for a light receiving unit, wherein the printed circuit board for the light emitting unit is attached to the one outer surface of the transport guide, and The light emitting unit of the pair of photo sensors is attached, and the printed circuit board for the light receiving unit is attached to the other outer surface of the transport guide, and the light receiving unit is attached. Currency exchange machine according to 7. 9. A bill validity judging unit for judging the validity of a bill based on an output signal of the bill validity detecting unit, reads the output signal of the photosensor at predetermined intervals, and turns off all of the plurality of pairs of photosensors. A genuine bill counter that counts up when a signal is output, and reads an output signal of the photosensor at each of the predetermined periods, and counts up when any of a plurality of pairs of photosensors outputs an off signal. A length counter, and a configuration in which the amount of increase in the value of the genuine note counter and the value of the length counter before and after the bill passes through the pass / fail detection unit is compared with a reference value to determine the pass / fail of the bill. The money exchange machine according to claim 7, characterized in that: