JP2964714B2 - Banknote exchange device and Yu-Gijima - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for storing, for example, 1,000 yen bills which are put into a pachinko ball lending machine arranged side by side and which are discriminated as good, for re-use as currency exchange notes for high-value bills. In particular, the present invention relates to a banknote changer provided with a main storage for storing reusable 1,000-yen banknotes and a spare sub-storage for switching and storing when a situation in which storage is not possible occurs.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As one conventional example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 60-1194 has been proposed.
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 80, there is a method in which 1,000-yen bills (hereinafter simply referred to as bills) inserted into a ball lending machine are conveyed while being sandwiched between belts, and collected in a safe in a money changing machine. FIG. 4 is a front view in which a pachinko machine and a ball rental machine are juxtaposed, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the bill collecting device. In FIG. 4, ball lending machines 212 are interspersed and arranged at places where the pachinko machines 210 are juxtaposed, and a money changing machine 214 having a ball lending function is installed at the left end. Ball rental machine 212, Currency exchange machine 21
4 constitutes an “island”.

In FIG. 5, bills inserted into each ball lending machine 212 are transferred by a belt-type transfer device 220 to the money changing machine.
It is conveyed to and stored in a safe 222 in 214. The transfer device 220 includes one inner belt 226 and four outer belts 230 arranged so that the belts are in contact with each other.
The inner and outer belts 226 and 230 are
It is wound around 224 and 228. The bills inserted into the ball lending machine 212 enter through the gap between the outer belts 230, are sandwiched between the inner and outer belts 226, 230, transported to the safe 222, and collected there. The collected bills are reused for currency exchange.

Another conventional example is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-38794.
As described in the publication, there is a system in which bills inserted into a ball lending machine are temporarily stacked and held at a subsequent position, transferred to a carrying case, carried to a money changing machine, and collected. FIG. 6 is a front view in which a pachinko machine and a ball lending machine are juxtaposed, and a bill transporting device is indicated by a broken line at the top. This figure 6
In the places where pachinko machines 210 are juxtaposed, ball rental machines 2
The currency exchange machines 330 having a ball lending function are installed at the left end, and the "islands" are constituted by the same as in the above-mentioned conventional example. A bill transport unit 302 is installed above the ball lending machine 212. On the front panel of the transport unit 302, a bill insertion slot 310 corresponding to the ball lending machine 212 is provided, and subsequently, a discrimination unit 311 and a temporary holding unit 312 are provided.

The bills inserted into the insertion slot 310 are
After the discrimination in step 1, only good banknotes are stacked on the temporary holding unit 312 and temporarily held. The temporarily held banknotes are sequentially collected by the transport case 320 attached to the unlabeled belt, and transported to the change machine 330. Currency exchange machine 330
Then, first, they are stacked and stored in the storage section 340. Based on the exchange command, the bill to be paid out is first stored in the holding unit 350
, And then sent out to the payout unit 360 via the respective transport mechanisms 370 and 380. Here, the inserted bill is temporarily held
312, a process of temporarily holding the stacked bills, a process of transferring bills from the temporary holding unit 312 to the transport case 320, and a transport case 320.
The process of transferring the paper money from the paper storage unit 340 to the paper storage unit 340 is performed by a well-known pusher method, that is, a method in which the central part of the paper money is pushed by a pusher and the paper money is transferred using the flexibility of each side edge portion.

[0006]

In the above-described conventional example, the bills inserted into each ball lending machine have a storage space of a money changer machine located at the end, which is full or has a failure. Sometimes it can not be stored. Further, in the above another conventional example, the bills inserted into each ball lending machine, when the storage of the exchange machine located at the end is paying out, when full,
Or, in the case of failure, it cannot be stored. This means
This means the suspension of storage, and thus the suspension of the acceptance of ball rental machines, and sales will decrease accordingly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and a banknote of a predetermined denomination, which is inserted into a banknote receiving unit and discriminated as good, cannot be stored in a storage for some reason. It is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote changer which does not require the storage to be temporarily stopped and the receiving unit to be temporarily stopped when a situation occurs, for example, when the storage is being dispensed, when the storage is full, or when a failure occurs.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A bill exchange device according to the present invention.
Has been received by game media rental machines to solve the above-mentioned problems.
Holds low bills that have been inserted and transported by the transport device
Has a main storage that accepts large bills and converts them to low bills.
In the bill exchange device to be replaced and paid out from the main storage,
Accepted by the game media lending machine
A secondary storage for storing the transported low bills
Accepted by the game media rental machine and transported by the transport device
The main storage is a paper storage for storing the low bills sent.
When the banknotes are being dispensed, when they are full, or when
A switching gate for switching from the storage to the sub-storage.
It is characterized by Books with these characteristics
The bill exchange device of the present invention includes a plurality of amusement machines and a rental for game media.
Outboards are installed side by side,
Suitable for Yu-Gijima with a transport device that transports low-value bills
Can be provided.

[0009]

[0010]

[0011]

According to the present invention, it cannot be stored in the main storage.
Condition occurs, that is, when the main storage is paying out bills.
Machine, rental machine for game media when it is full or in case of breakdown
Low-value banknotes received by
Switching from main storage to secondary storage by switching gate
Stored.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a bill changing apparatus according to the present invention. The embodiments can be broadly classified into (1) a portion for storing high-value banknotes of 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen as exchanged banknotes, and (2) re-converting 1,000-yen banknotes carried in from each ball lending machine as exchange banknotes. (3) A part for storing the 1,000 yen banknotes that have been carried in. (1) and (2) are included in the conventional example,
Part (3) relates to the invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a switching gate, based on a command, a bill to be carried in from a previous process.
Switch between the main storage side according to (2) and the secondary storage side according to (3). Reference numeral 2 denotes a sub-storage, 2a denotes a sensor attached to the sub-storage 2 for detecting fullness, and 3 denotes an automatic / manual changeover switch, which constitutes (3). 4 is the main storage, 4
a is a sensor attached to the main storage 4 to detect fullness, 5 is a payout unit for feeding out a predetermined exchange bill based on a command from the banknotes in the main storage 4, 6 is a payout port, and these constitute (2). . Reference numeral 7 denotes a slot for a large bill, reference numeral 8 denotes a discriminating section, and reference numeral 9 denotes a storage, which constitutes (1). Reference numeral 10 denotes a control unit, based on signals from the discrimination unit 8 and the fullness detecting sensors 2a and 4a, a changeout payout signal to the payout unit 5, each switching signal to the switching gate 1, and a preceding stage (not shown). It outputs a transport stop signal to the transport device and an acceptance stop signal to each ball rental machine. Each switching signal instructs the switching gate 1 to switch to the main storage side and the sub storage side.

The automatic / manual changeover switch 3 is set to “automatic”,
It is possible to switch between three stages of "manual-main storage" and "manual-sub-storage". When "automatic", the banknotes are always stored in the main storage 4 and are being paid out, full, and in case of failure. When the mode is switched to the sub-storage 2 and the storage mode is set to “manual-main storage” or “manual-sub-storage”, the incoming banknotes are fixed to the main storage 4 and the sub-storage 2, respectively. Take the mode to switch to Each mode is instructed to the switching gate 1 via the control unit 10 based on the contact signal of the automatic / manual switch 3.

In the embodiment, the operation for automatically switching the incoming banknotes to the main storage (MS: reference numeral 4 in FIG. 1) or the auxiliary storage (VS: reference numeral 2 in FIG. 1), etc. This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In FIG. 2, it is determined in step S1 whether or not the exchange bill is being paid out. If YES, the process proceeds to step S5, and if NO, the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, it is determined whether or not the main storage is full (the presence or absence of a full signal Fm).
If S, the process proceeds to step S5. If NO, the process proceeds to step S3.
In step S3, it is determined whether there is a failure in at least one of the main storage, the feeding section, and the payout port. If YES, the process proceeds to step S5, and if NO, the process proceeds to step S4.
Here, the failure of the main storage, the feeding section, and the payout port is detected by a diagnosis function of the control section 10, although detailed description is omitted. Now, in step S4, after the switching gate G is switched to the main storage side (MS side) (by the switching signal in FIG. 1), the process returns to the previous stage of step S1 again.

In step S5, it is determined whether or not the sub-storage is full (presence or absence of a full signal Fv). If NO, control is passed to step S6, and whether or not the sub-storage has a failure is controlled in the same manner as in step S3. It is determined by the diagnosis function of the unit 10, and if NO, in step S7, the switching gate G
Is switched to the secondary storage side (VS side) (by the switching signal in FIG. 1), and then returns to the previous stage of step S1 again. If YES in steps S5 and S6, banknotes cannot be stored in either the main storage side or the sub storage side. Therefore, for the first time in step S8, the stoppage of banknote transfer and the acceptance of each ball lending machine are performed. After performing the stop (by each stop signal in FIG. 1), a series of processing ends.

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment connected to a ball lending machine, showing the arrangement of main units and the flow of money. FIG.
In the ball lending machine 11, the transport means 13 related to the upper bill 12
And the transfer means 20 associated with the lower coin 19, and is connected to the left exchange device 15. Banknotes 12 inserted into ball rental machines 11
Is transported leftward by the transport means 13 as indicated by the arrow, and reaches the switching gate 25 via the transport section 29 in the apparatus.
Switching is selectively performed in two directions by the switching gate 25, and stored in the change storage 17 as one main storage and the spare storage 24 as the other sub storage as indicated by an arrow. . Each of the stored bills 12b and 12c is such. The change storage 17 is one unit of the circulation type banknote processing machine 16. In the circulation type banknote processing machine 16, the 5
High-value banknotes such as 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen are stored as they are in a storage (not shown), and correspondingly, a 1,000-yen banknote as a currency exchange banknote is stored in a predetermined banknote 12b in a storage 17 for change. Only the number is paid out. The coins 19 inserted into the ball lending machine 11 are conveyed to the left by the conveying means 20 as shown by the arrow, are classified into denominations through the coin sorter 21 in the apparatus, and are safe as shown by the arrow. 22 and the coin processing machine 23 are switched and stored. In the coin processing machine 23, a predetermined number of coins of a predetermined denomination as exchange coins are paid out of the stored coins.

[0017]

According to the present invention as described above, the main storage
When the banknote is being dispensed, is full, or is out of order.
Received by the media rental machine and transported by the transport device.
From the main storage to the sub storage by switching gate
To be stored in the main storage.
Even if an impossible situation occurs, the storage function of low-value bills will be stopped.
To increase the operating rate of game media rental machines.
Can be up.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a main part of the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment connected to a ball rental machine.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a conventional example and its surroundings.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of the same.

FIG. 6 is a front view of another conventional example and its surroundings.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Switching gate 2 Secondary storage 2a sensor 3 Automatic / manual switching switch 4 Main storage 4a sensor 5 Feeding part 6 Payout port 7 Input port 8 Discrimination part 9 Storage (for large bills) 10 Control part

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A transport device that is received by a game media rental machine.
Has a main storage for storing low-value bills transported by
Accepts high-value banknotes and exchanges them for low-value banknotes,
In the bill exchange device to be paid out of the storage,
Low-priced paper that was accepted by the delivery machine and transported by the transport device
A secondary storage for preliminarily storing banknotes, and a lending for the game media
Bills received by the machine and transported by the transport device
When the main storage is dispensing banknotes,
From the main storage when full,
A bill exchange device comprising: a switching gate for switching to a sub-storage . 2. A game machine comprising a plurality of game machines and a game media rental machine.
Low-value paper that was set up and accepted by the game media rental machine
A transfer device for transferring the bills, and a receiving device for the game media lending machine.
The low bills inserted and transported by the transport device are collected.
It has a main storage to store high-value bills and turns them into low-value bills.
A bill exchange device for exchanging money and paying it out of the main storage.
In Yu-Gijima, the bill exchange device is a game medium.
Transported by the transport device
A secondary storage for preliminarily storing low-value banknotes,
Received by the body lending machine and transported by the transport device.
The main storage is used to pay bills for storing
The main storage when the product is being delivered, when it is full, and when it is out of order
And a switching gate for switching from the storage to the secondary storage.
Yu-Gu Island that is characterized by that.