JP3027245B2 - Bill exchange system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill exchange system used on an island having a large number of gaming machines such as pachinko machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a game arcade, for example, in a pachinko hall, a large number of pachinko machines, a plurality of ball-to-ball machines,
A so-called island is formed by the money changer and the like installed at the end. The tama ball lending machine installed on such an island accepts low-value bills (thousand-yen bills) and coins and throws out and borrows pachinko balls in the number corresponding to the amount of money inserted or the amount specified by the selection button. Function.
The money changer installed at the island end has a function of exchanging high-value bills (10,000-yen bills, 5,000-yen bills) for low-value bills (1,000-yen bills). Then, the low-value banknotes inserted into each inter-ball lending machine are conveyed to a banknote storage box through a banknote conveyance path and collected. The exchange machine is filled with a large amount of low-value banknotes for the purpose of exchanging money so as to prepare for the exchange demand.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technology, the locations where the banknotes are to be managed are divided into two locations, a banknote storage box and a money changer, on one island, which causes inconvenience in management. The exchange machine must be filled in advance with a large amount of low-value banknotes for the purpose of exchange, and the banknotes inserted into each lending machine are kept stored in the banknote storage box. The usage efficiency becomes extremely poor. Furthermore, the amount of exchange bills that can be pre-filled in the exchange machine is limited, and if the exchange bills run out, the machine must be stopped and replenished even during business hours, which is troublesome. Not only does it hurt, but it also causes a lot of trouble for users.

[0004] In view of this, the present invention requires less storage space for banknotes and can easily manage banknotes.
Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a banknote exchange system which can efficiently rotate a limited number of banknotes to obtain high fund use efficiency and does not cause the currency changer to run out of banknotes.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the present invention relates to a bill exchange system used on an island in which a number of gaming machines such as pachinko machines are arranged in rows. A plurality of inter-table game media lending machines arranged between the gaming machines and having a function of accepting low-value bills and lending game media such as pachinko balls, and exchanging high-value bills disposed at the end of the island for low-value bills A money changer having the function of performing the above operation, receiving the low-value banknotes provided in the inter-unit game media lending machine provided inside the island, and transporting the banknotes to the island end where the money changer is installed in a standing position. And a bill conveying means to
The money changing machine is configured to receive a low bill conveyed by the bill conveying means therein and convert the bill into a horizontal posture, and a bill storing the low bill converted into a horizontal posture by the posture converting means. It is characterized by comprising a storage section and a bill payout means for paying out low-value bills stored in the storage section.

[0006]

The low bill inserted into the inter-game gaming machine lending machine in the upright position is conveyed by the bill conveying means in the upright position and sent into the island-end money changer. The low bills sent into the money changing machine are converted into a horizontal posture by the posture converting means and stored in the bill storage unit. The low-value banknotes stored in the banknote storage unit are paid out by the paying-out means, and are used as exchange banknotes of high-value banknotes to be inserted into the change machine.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a case where the present invention is applied to a bill exchange system on a pachinko island. FIG. 1 shows an external view of a part of the pachinko island, and FIG. As shown.

The pachinko island 1 has a large number of pachinko machines 2 and 2
Are lined up with their backs facing each other, and between every two pachinko machines, there are provided between-pain ball rental machines 3, 3,. At the end of this pachinko island 1, currency exchange machines 4 are installed, and on the island each car rental machine 3,
3. A bill collection conveyor 5 for collecting bills fed to 3 ... and transporting them to a currency exchange machine 4 at the island end;
A coin replenishment conveyor 6 for replenishing coins for change to 3 ..., a coin collection conveyer (7) for collecting coins inserted into each inter-ball lending machine 3, 3 ... and transporting the coins to a currency exchange machine 4 at the island end. Is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3 as a front view and FIG. 4 as a vertical cross-section, the table-top ball lending machine 3 has a vertically long thin box-shaped case 8. Accepts bills 9, accepts 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins, accepts coins 10, accepts pachinko balls, ejects pachinko balls 11, sends out 500-yen coins as coins, and accepts borrowed pachinko. Two selection buttons 13, 14 for "500 yen" and "100 yen" for selecting the number of balls are provided, respectively.

On the back side of the case 8, a bill collecting conveyor 5 corresponding to the bill conveying means of the present invention is provided at an upper portion along the cross section as shown in FIG.
Coin replenishment conveyor for 00 yen coins 6, 100 yen and 5
The coin collecting conveyors 7 for 00-yen coins are provided respectively. These conveyors are provided with gutter-shaped cases 5a,
It is constituted by belts 5b, 6b, 7b housed in 6a, 7a.

A bill discriminating section 15 is provided inside the bill slot 9 of the above-mentioned machine between bills, so that bills passing through the discriminating section 15 are received by the bill collecting conveyor 5 through a passage 16. Has become. A coin identification unit 17 is provided inside the coin slot 10 and is connected to the coin slot 10 by a coin passage 18. The coin discriminating unit 17 supplies a collection passage 19 communicating with the coin collection conveyor 7 and a coin denomination to a coin return port (also used as a change outlet 12).
Return passages 20 for returning to each other are extended.

From the coin supply conveyor 6, the coin passage 2
1 is branched, and the coin passage 21 is guided into the case 8 and is branched into two paths on the way.
Is connected to the coin outlet 12 and the other passage 23 is connected to the coin collection conveyor 7.
A rotary switching member 25 for continuously feeding yen coins to the coin collection conveyor 7 when ejecting and collecting yen coins one by one to the coin outlet 12 is supported. This switching member 25
An arc-shaped concave portion 26 is formed around a disk slightly thicker than a 00-yen coin so that a part of the outer circumference of the 500-yen coin fits therein, and a subsequent coin is retained on another peripheral surface. The motor 27 is rotated forward and reverse through gears 28 and 29 by a forward and reverse drive motor 27.

The pachinko ball passage 30 is bent in a zigzag manner from the upper end of the case 8 and its lower end is guided to the pachinko ball outlet 11, and its lower end opening 31 is always closed by the peripheral surface of the ejection cylinder 32. A predetermined number of pachinko balls 34 counted by the counter 33 are opened by pushing up the ejection tube 32, and are ejected from the lower end of the ejection tube 32.

The functions of the above-mentioned taima ball lending machine 3 include 10
When a 0 yen coin or a 500 yen coin is inserted, the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the inserted amount is thrown out, and when a 1,000 yen banknote is inserted, the amount specified by the selection buttons 13 and 14 is reduced. Throw the corresponding number of pachinko balls. Only when the 1,000-yen bill is inserted and the 500-yen selection button 14 is pressed, the 500-yen coin is returned from the outlet 12 as change.

As shown in FIG. 1, the money changer 4 has a bill insertion slot 35 for inserting 10,000-yen bills and 5,000-yen bills on its front face, and a bill throwing-out slot for throwing out 1,000-yen bills as currency exchange bills. An exit 36 and a display unit 37 that indicates the transport status of banknotes in the island are provided respectively.

FIG. 5 shows the internal structure of the money changing machine 4.
Receiving unit 3 for receiving 1,000-yen bills sent from bill collection conveyor 5 of pachinko island 1 inside machine body 38
9, a direction conversion unit 40 for changing the transport direction of the sent 1,000-yen bill, a temporary holding unit 41 for temporarily holding the 1,000-yen bill, and a 1,000-yen bill for accumulating and storing a 1,000-yen bill as a currency for exchange. A storage unit 42, a 1,000-yen bill ejection unit 43 for ejecting 1,000-yen bills in the storage unit 42, and a control unit 44 for controlling the operation of each unit are provided. At the rear of these units, the coins (10
A coin processing unit 45 for processing 0 yen and 500 yen coins) is arranged.

The receiving unit 39 for the 1,000 yen bill is shown in FIG.
The transport path 46 communicating with the bill collection conveyor 5 as shown in FIG.
The transport path 46 is branched into two paths on the way, and is constituted by a combination of a belt and a roller that transports the bill in two directions by rotating a sorting member 47 provided at the branch. One of the branched transport paths is a collection transport path 49 that communicates with a collection box 48 that only accumulates and stores banknotes, and the other is a receiving transport path 50 that communicates with the direction changing unit 40. Inside the collection box 48, a holding plate 51 for sequentially and orderly stacking the fed bills is provided by pivotally supporting a base portion by a shaft 52, and is normally urged toward the bill feeding side by a spring (not shown). Have been.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the direction changing unit 40 includes a receiving member 53 for supporting a lower end of the fed bill, and a bill provided in parallel with the receiving member 53 at a position above the receiving member 53. And a bar-shaped roller 54 having a tapered portion 54a on the entry side, an advancing position which is provided to face the roller 54, moves upward of the receiving member 53 and abuts the roller 54, and retreats away from the roller 54. A pair of rollers 55, 55 movable over the position,
The roller 55 is connected to the shaft 56 of
And a temporary holding unit 4 which starts at a position above the rod-like roller 54, and a solenoid 58 for moving the first and fifth members 55 through the connecting member 57 between the advanced position and the retracted position.
1 and a direction-changing conveyance path 59 having a belt structure leading to the first direction. Sensors (S ₁ , S ₂₎ for detecting the presence or absence of a bill at each position near the start point and the end point of the direction changing conveyance path 59.
S ₂ ) is provided. The rollers 55, 55 and the direction changing conveyance path 59 are driven by the same driving system through a shaft 60 and a belt 61.

The temporary holding unit 41 includes a storage space 62 for storing the bills fed from the direction changing conveyance path 59 as shown by the arrow (a) in an accumulation state, and a storage space 6 for storing the bills.
A bottom plate 6 pivotally supported by shafts 66, 66 on members 65, 65 which move up and down along guides 64, 64 on the outside of a frame 63 constituting the bottom plate 6 and which can be opened and closed downward as indicated by arrows.
7, 67, and a pressing plate 68 that can rotate upward to hold bills fed into the storage space 62.

The 1,000-yen banknote storage unit 42 is provided immediately below the temporary storage unit 41 for storing banknotes in a stacked state, and a guide 71 outside the frame 70 constituting the storage space 69. 72 that moves up and down along
And a front door 74 pivotally supported to be openable and closable on the front side.

The coin processing unit 45 stores coins collected by the coin collection conveyor 7 as shown in FIG.
A sorting unit 75 for classifying the coins into 0-yen coins and 500-yen coins;
A 0-yen coin storage unit 76, a chute 77 connecting the sorting unit 75 and the 100-yen coin storage unit 76, and the sorting unit 7
5, a 500-yen coin storage unit 78 for storing the 500-yen coins, the sorting unit 75, and the 500-yen coin storage unit 78
And a chute 79 for connecting the 500 yen coins together and holding the 500 yen coins in a lump and discharging the coins one by one to the coin supply conveyor 6. The 500 yen coin ejection unit 80 is provided adjacent to the 500 yen coin chute 79. A lift 81 for a 500-yen coin for feeding a 500-yen coin into the dispensing section 80, and a switching means 8 for taking in a 500-yen coin flowing in the chute 79 for a 500-yen coin into the lift 81 for a 500-yen coin
2 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 9, the 1,000-yen bill ejection unit 43 is provided below the storage space 69 of the 1000-yen bill storage unit 42, and stores one thousand-yen bills accumulated in the storage space 69. Feed roller 83, kicker roller 8
4. Feeding means 85 comprising a reverse rotation roller or the like which constitutes a gate for sending out only one banknote (not shown)
And a delivery path 86 of a belt structure for transporting the 1,000-yen bill fed by the delivery means 85, a bill holding space 87 provided at an end of the feeding path 86, and a lower part of the bill holding space 87. An ejection belt 88 for ejecting bills forward, and an ejection belt 8 movably provided in the bill holding space 87 so as to be vertically movable and entering the holding space 87.
8, a collection conveyance path 91 composed of a belt 90 continuous from the feeding conveyance path 86, and a bottom surface of the bill storage space 87, which is provided to be movable up and down. Pressing plate 9 for pressing the banknote of the present invention against the belt of the collection conveyance path 91
2 and a collection box 9 provided at the end of the collection conveyance path 91
3 is comprised.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

The coin slot 10 to 100 of the Taima ball lending machine 3
When a yen coin or a 500 yen coin is inserted, the coin is identified by the coin identification unit 17, and if it is determined that the coin is a normal coin, the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the inserted amount is counted by the counter 33. The coin is ejected, and if it is determined to be abnormal, the coin is returned to the coin outlet 12 through the return passage 20.

The coins judged and accepted as normal coins are placed on the coin collecting conveyer 7 through the coin passage 19, and the coins collected from the other inter-ball lending machines 3, 3,. A coin processing unit 45 in the exchange machine 4 at the island end together
Transported to The inserted coin is sent to the sorting unit 75 in the coin processing unit 45, where a 100-yen coin and 50
Zero coins are sorted out. 100 yen coins are 1
It is thrown into a 00-yen coin chute 77 and stored in a 100-yen storage section 76. 500 yen coins are 500
It is thrown into the chute 79 for a yen coin. At this time, if there is enough 500 yen coin for replenishment in the ejection part 80, 5
The switching means 82 in the middle of the 00-yen coin chute 79 is not switched and is stored in the 500-yen coin storage section 78. When there is not enough 500 yen coin for replenishment in the ejection section 80, the switching means 82 is switched to be sent to the 500 yen coin lift 81, and is supplied to the upper ejection section 80 by this lift 81. You. The 500-yen coins are ejected one by one from the dispensing section 80 onto the coin replenishing conveyer 6, and replenished from the conveyer 6 to the inter-ball lending machines 3, 3,... And used for change.

On the other hand, when a 1,000-yen banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 9 of the tama ball lending machine 3, the banknote recognition unit 15 identifies the banknote, and if it is a normal banknote, the banknote is taken in. At this time, if the selection button 13 for 1,000 yen is pressed, a pachinko ball for 1,000 yen is thrown out, and if the selection button 14 for 500 yen is pressed, 50 yen.
A pachinko ball for 0 yen is thrown out and the switching member 25
Is rotated once, and one 500-yen coin is ejected to the coin outlet 12 as change.

The received 1,000 yen bill is pinched and conveyed in the short direction by a bill collection conveyor 5 in the island, and sent to the currency exchange machine 4 at the island end. The 1,000-yen banknote that has entered the money changing machine 4 is delivered to the receiving and conveying path 46. At this time, if the direction conversion unit 40 is not in a state capable of receiving the banknote, the 1,000-yen banknote is collected and conveyed by the action of the sorting member 47. It is sent to the road 49 and collected in the collection box 48. This collection box 4
The thousand-yen banknotes entered in 8 are brought into an accumulation state, and are held in an accumulation state by the holding plate 51.

When the direction change unit 40 is in the standby state, the 1,000-yen bill is sent to the direction change unit. In this standby state, the solenoid 58 is not energized and the roller 5
Numerals 5 and 55 are in the retracted position (the state of FIGS. 9 and 10), and the receiving member 53, the rod-shaped roller 54, and the rollers 55 and 55
Is formed, and the direction changing conveyance path 46 is stopped.

When a 1,000-yen bill is fed into the receiving space, the solenoid 58 is excited to move the rollers 55, 55 to the advanced position (FIG. 11).
The direction changing conveyance path 59 is driven, and the pinched 1,000-yen banknote is conveyed upward, that is, in the short direction thereof.
When the tip of the bill reaches the redirecting transport path 59, which was Kai磁the solenoid 58 and detection sensor (S ₁₎ is, rollers 55, 55 is returned to the retracted position (FIG. 1
2). Thousand-yen banknotes are conveyed while being pinched by the direction changing conveyance path 59 and sent into the space 62 of the temporary holding unit 41. When the passage of the bill is detected by the sensor (S ₂ ), the direction changing conveyance path 59 is stopped (FIG. 13).

The bills fed into the storage space 62 of the escrow unit 41 are received by the bottom plates 67, 67 or already escrowed bills at the lower surface, and temporarily held by the pressing plate 68 with the upper surface pressed. You.

In order to feed the thus temporarily held 1,000-yen bill into the space 69 of the lower-thousand-yen bill storage unit 42, the bottom plates 67, 67 supporting the 1,000-yen bill are lowered to the lowest position. At the same time, the plate member 73 in the storage space 69 is projected into the storage space 69 at the highest position. Then, the bottom plates 67, 67 are opened downward, and the 1,000-yen bills placed thereon fall on the plate member 73 in the storage space 69, and the plate 73 is gradually lowered to store the space 69.
When the sheet member 73 reaches the bottom or the upper surface of the stored banknotes already stored, the plate member 73 retreats from the storage space 69 and stores the 1,000-yen banknote. It is to be noted that a predetermined amount of 1,000-yen banknotes is previously loaded into the storage space 69 with the front door 74 opened before starting work.

Next, a case where the user uses the currency exchange machine 4 at the island end will be described.

When a 10,000-yen bill or a 5,000-yen bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 35 of the money changing machine 4, the bill is discriminated by the bill discriminating section. If the bill is judged to be an abnormal bill, the bill is judged to be abnormal. The banknote is returned, and if it is a normal banknote, the banknote is accepted and the operation of dispensing the exchange banknote starts. That is, each roller 83, which is a feeding means of the 1,000-yen bill ejection unit 43,
The rotation of 84 causes the thousand-yen banknotes accumulated in the storage unit 42 to be fed out one by one. The dispensed 1,000-yen banknotes are conveyed to the holding space 87 by the dispensing conveyance path 86 and are accumulated there. When a predetermined number (for example, five or ten) of the 1,000 yen bills are accumulated, the pressing roller 89 descends, and the 1,000 yen bills are pressed against the ejection belt 88. Then, the 1,000-yen bill is sent out to the front bill outlet 36 by driving the ejection belt 88, and the user takes out the bill. Then, once the inserted bills are stored, one exchange processing is completed.

When there is an abnormality in the bills fed by mistake in feeding such as double feeding or excessive feeding, the pressing plate 92 rises and presses the bills to the upper belt 90, and the bills are driven by the driving of the belt 90. Is the recovery conveyance path 9
1 and is collected in the collection box 93 at the end, and the operation is repeated from the feeding operation.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, a bill inserted into a stand-to-game gaming machine lending machine on a pachinko or other gaming machine island is used as a currency exchange currency for a currency exchange machine installed at the island end. Therefore, the storage space for the banknotes is reduced, the management of the banknotes becomes easy, and the limited number of the banknotes can be efficiently rotated and used, and the use efficiency of the fund is remarkably increased. It is possible to make it difficult for currency exchange bills to run out. In particular, in a money changing machine, a posture converting means for converting a low-value banknote sent in a three-dimensional posture into a horizontal posture, a banknote storage unit for storing the low-value banknote converted to a horizontal posture by the posture conversion unit, and By providing a bill dispensing means for dispensing stored low bills in a horizontal position, it is possible to pay out exchange currency bills in a posture that is easy for the customer to receive, and it is easy to handle even when a staff member collects low bills. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view showing a pachinko island as an application example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the betting machine in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional side view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the inside of the money changing machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a coin processing unit.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a specific example of the receiving unit in FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the same.

9 is a cross-sectional view showing a specific example of a direction exchange unit, a temporary holding unit, a 1,000-yen bill storage unit, and a 1,000-yen bill ejection unit in FIG.

FIG. 10 is an operation explanatory view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an operation explanatory view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is an operation explanatory view of FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is an operation explanatory view of FIG. 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko island 2 Pachinko stand 3 Pachinko ball lending machine 4 Currency exchange machine 5 Banknote collection conveyor 6 Coin replenishment conveyor 7 Coin collection conveyor 9 Banknote slot 10 Coin slot 11 Pachinko ball slot 12 Coin slot 13 Thousand yen selection button 14 Selection button for 500 yen 15 Banknote identification unit 17 Coin identification unit 25 Switching member 35 Banknote insertion slot 36 Banknote outlet 39 Receiving unit 40 Direction conversion unit 41 Temporary holding unit 42 Thousand-yen banknote storage unit 43 Thousand-yen banknote ejection unit 44 Control unit 45 Coin processing unit 48 Collection box 53 Receiving member 59 Direction change transport path 62 Storage space 67 Bottom plate 69 Storage space 75 Sorting unit 76 100 yen coin storage 78 500 yen coin storage 80 500 yen coin ejection unit 85 Feeding means 87 Banknote holding space 93 Collection box

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bill exchange system for use on an island in which a number of gaming machines such as pachinko machines are arranged in rows, wherein the gaming machines such as pachinko balls are lent out by accepting low-value bills arranged between the gaming machines. A plurality of inter-table game media lending machines having a function of exchanging, a change machine arranged at the end of the island and having a function of exchanging high-value banknotes for low-value banknotes, and the inter-unit game media provided inside the island And a bill transporting means for receiving the low-value bill inserted into the lending machine and transporting the bill in an upright position to the island end where the money changing machine is installed, wherein the money changing machine is internally provided with the bill carrying means. Attitude conversion means for receiving the transported low-value banknote and converting the banknote into a horizontal position, a banknote storage unit for storing the low-value banknote converted to a horizontal position by the position conversion unit, and a low-value banknote stored in the storage unit Pay out bills Banknote exchange system characterized by comprising a means out.