JP3338245B2 - Card vending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vending machine for various prepaid cards, particularly a card vending machine which can be installed in a very narrow space, for example, in a very narrow space above a pachinko machine, and suitable for this kind of application. The present invention relates to a card vending machine provided with a bill validator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Card vending machines for automatically selling various prepaid cards such as telephone cards and orange cards are well known and widely used. Naturally, a bill validator is incorporated in this card vending machine, and this bill validator is also known. In addition, a card vending machine which can be installed between pachinko machines and an automatic card feeding device used therein are also disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 87-1995.
No. 681.

[0003]

Heretofore, this kind of card vending machine has been used in a place where the installation space is relatively large, and there is no particular limitation on its size and shape. However, for example, if a vending machine for pre-written cards for pachinko ball lending is installed in a limited location of the pachinko parlor at a pachinko parlor, when a customer playing the game purchases a card, the pachinko parlor during the game is required. From the location and move to the place where the card vending machine is installed. In particular, if the customer is enthusiastic about the game, leaving the pachinko machine during the game has a great negative effect of cooling the game heat.
On the other hand, the card vending machine that can be installed between the above-mentioned pachinko machines, if there is room between the machines,
The above problems can be solved. However, existing pachinko parlors have the problem that many pachinko parlors do not have enough room, and when a pachinko parlor is newly established, there is a gap between pachinko parlors and pachinko parlors from the standpoint of utilizing flat space. There has been a problem that there has been an increasing demand for close installation without leaving space. On the other hand, since the pachinko ball lending machine is already installed on the pachinko machine, if the card vending machine can be installed in a very narrow space above the pachinko machine, the above problems and requests can be easily solved. it can.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel card vending machine which can be installed in a narrow place above a pachinko machine, for example, and to facilitate management, maintenance and inspection after installing the equipment. It is an object. Furthermore, customers can insert banknotes very easily and securely while sitting in their seats, take out deposited banknotes,
An object of the present invention is to provide a card vending machine provided with a banknote recognition device that can be easily managed.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and problems, a card vending machine according to the present invention comprises a bill validator for identifying a denomination of a received bill, and a card receiving device for receiving a sending permission signal. An automatic card sending device to send out to the outside, and a sending control device that receives a denomination data of a bill received by the bill identifying device and issues a permission signal to the automatic card sending device, and these devices are horizontally oriented. There is provided a front opening type lid which is arranged sideways in a low front opening type outer case and is lockable by a lock at a front opening portion, and is provided at a lower position of the front opening type lid. Banknote
Sideways opening for separate device and automatic card feeder
At the same time, and open the bill validator horizontally.
At the top of the mouth, cover the top cover with a front open lid
Protruding from the bottom of the open front lid
Provide a downwardly inclined portion, received by the bill validator
The display part of the denomination of the received bill is diagonally forward and downward on the inclined part.
And the remaining amount of cards in the automatic card feeding device is low.
A near-end indicator light is provided to indicate that the power has gone out .

[0006] A bill receiving port is provided at the front of the base of the cubic outer box having a small width and a small height, a bill transfer mechanism is provided on the base, and a bill is placed slightly above the base. Set up a table,
Along with an elevating mechanism for raising and lowering the mounting table, a long and narrow shelf is provided inwardly on the side plate of the outer box so as to sandwich the mounting table, and between the top of the outer box and the shelf. A holding plate is provided so as to be able to move up and down relative to the mounting table, and a bill discriminating device is provided between the holding plate and the shelf so that bills are stacked.

[0007] The bill discriminating device, the automatic card dispensing device, and the dispensing control device are arranged in a laterally long, low-opening outer case of a forward opening type and incorporated in a lateral direction. Since the front open type lid which can be locked is provided, the entire card vending machine can be configured to be horizontally long and low in height, and can be installed in, for example, a narrow place above the pachinko machine. Since the lid is open front, not only can the maintenance and inspection of the bill validator, the automatic card delivery device and the delivery control device be performed from the front, but also the removal management of the bill can be performed from the front. In addition, since the opening for the banknote recognition device and the automatic card feeding device are separately provided in the front open type lid, the banknote can be inserted into the banknote recognition device while sitting on the pachinko machine, and the card can be automatically sent out. A prepaid card can be received from the device. Since the display unit of the denomination of the received bill received by the bill discriminating apparatus is provided, the denomination of the bill inserted from the opening can be immediately confirmed while sitting on the pachinko machine. A near-end indicator is provided for indicating that the remaining amount of the card in the automatic card dispensing device is low, so that it is detected and notified that the remaining card amount in the automatic card dispensing device is low.

A bill receiving port is provided at the front of the base of the cubic outer box having a small width and a low height, a bill transfer mechanism is provided on the base, and a bill is placed slightly above the base. Set up a table,
Along with an elevating mechanism for raising and lowering the mounting table, a long and narrow shelf is provided inwardly on the side plate of the outer box so as to sandwich the mounting table, and between the top of the outer box and the shelf. Since the holding plate is provided so as to be able to move up and down relative to the mounting table, and the banknote recognition device for stacking the banknotes between the holding plate and the shelf is provided, the bill receiving device provided on the base of the outer box is provided. The bill inserted into the entrance is placed on a bill placement table provided slightly above the base by the transport mechanism. The mounting table on which the bills are placed is pushed up by the elevating mechanism, and the bills are stacked between the holding plate and the shelf.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the card vending machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. 1 and 2 show an embodiment of a card vending machine. This embodiment is a table card vending machine installed on a pachinko machine,
Its height is 20cm, width is 30cm and depth is 20
cm, and it is horizontally long and low. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a front open type outer case having the above-mentioned external dimensions, and the outer case 1 has a front open part 6 formed by an upper plate 2, side plates 3, 3 and a bottom plate 4. In FIG. 2, a bill discriminating device 10 for identifying a denomination of a received bill is provided in the outer case 1.
And an automatic card sending device 54 for sending a card to the outside in response to a sending permission signal, and sending out a permission signal to the automatic card sending device upon receiving denomination data of a bill received by the bill identifying device. The control device 7 and the front opening 6 are incorporated and arranged in a horizontal direction.
The bill receiving slot 21 of the bill validator 10 and the card delivery slit 82 of the automatic card delivery device 54 face the front. Note that the arrangement order is not limited to the illustrated example. A front opening type lid 12 for opening and closing the front opening part 6 is provided on the outer case 1 so as to be openable and closable up and down by hinges 13, 13, and the front end of the front opening type lid 12 overlaps with the bottom plate 4. , A lock 14 is provided so that the front open lid 12 can be locked.

The front open lid 12 has a bill insertion opening 15 formed at a position close to and opposite to the bill receiving port 21 facing the front face of the bill validator 10, and covers the opening 15. The upper cover 16 is provided so as to project from the front open lid 12. Thereby, in a state where the user is sitting on the pachinko machine, the banknote can be securely inserted into the
Can be sent to Reference numeral 9 in the drawing indicates bills stacked between the holding plate 34 and the shelves 31, 31 of the bill discriminating apparatus 10 described later. Note that a slightly larger opening may be formed in the front-opening lid, and the bill receiving port of the bill validator may be protruded directly from the opening from the front-opening lid. The display unit 8 of the control device 7 is provided diagonally forward and downward on the inclined portion 5 of the front open lid 12. Thereby, the denomination of the bill inserted into the opening 15 can be immediately confirmed. Similarly, the front open lid 12 is provided with a near-end indicator light 55 and an opening 18 for taking out a card. The near-end indicator light 55 indicates that the remaining amount of cards in the automatic card feeding device 54 is low,
Since the replenishment time of the card is notified, the replenishment of the card can be performed so that the card does not run out.
A specific configuration for this near-end display will be described later in detail. The opening 18 is provided in the automatic card feeding device 5.
4, the card support tongue 83 of the card delivery slit 82
It is provided at a position that is close to and opposite to. Thereby, as will be described later, a bill can be inserted into the opening 15 and the card can be received from the opening 18 through the control device 7. In addition, a slightly larger opening is formed in the front open type lid,
The card supporting tongue of the automatic card feeding device may be protruded directly from the opening through the opening.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show an embodiment of a bill validating apparatus provided in a card vending machine according to the present invention. This banknote recognition device 10 is a cubic outer box 1 that is narrow and low.
9, and a bill receiving port 21 is provided below the front part of the base 20. The base 20 is provided with a banknote transport mechanism 23 having a drive motor 22, and the banknotes inserted into the banknote receiving port 21 from the opening 15 described above are transported toward the rear portion of the base 20, and the banknotes are transported at the rear portion. And the banknotes are placed on the mounting table 24 provided slightly above the base 20.
The base 20 is provided with a drive motor 25,
There is provided a lifting mechanism 26 for raising and lowering.

On the side plates 30, 30 of the outer box 19, thin and long shelves 31, 31 are provided facing inward, and the pair of shelves 31, 31 and the top 33 of the outer box 19 are provided. A holding plate 34 provided with a semicircular cutout in the front portion is provided between the mounting table 24 so as to be able to move up and down. The holding plate 34 is wider than the mounting table 24, and an inverted truncated cone-shaped coil spring 35 is interposed between the holding plate 34 and the top 33. Thus, the holding plate 34 moves up and down between the top 33 and the shelves 31. The shelf is preferably formed of a material having low surface friction. In this example, Teflon is used. In the drawing, reference numeral 17 denotes a long, U-shaped substrate disposed so as to surround a pair of mounting plates 36 described later. The substrate 17 includes a bill identification sensor, a control unit of the transport mechanism 23 and the elevating mechanism 26, a card automatic A transmission unit and the like to the delivery device are provided. Further, these control units and the like are connected to each other via a connector 32 provided on the top 33 so that sequence control and the like between the above-described mechanisms can be performed.

The transport mechanism 23 is provided with belts 37, 37 for transporting bills from the bill receiving slot 21 to the mounting table 24. The belts 37, 37 are attached to the base 20 from the front to the rear. The base 20 is stretched horizontally below the base 20, and is vertically raised from the lower side of the base 20 upward at the rear portion so as to extend substantially in an L-shape. This belt 37, 37
Are wound around the pulleys 38, 38 from the upper side to the lower side of the base 20 at the front part, and the long diameter pulleys 40, 40 from the lower side to the upper side of the base 20 at the rear part.
Long drive pulleys 43, 43 located immediately above 0, 40
And it is wound. 44, 44 are belts 37, 3 in the figure.
7 is a small-diameter roller for holding the L in a L-shape. Further, small-diameter feed rollers 39 and 39 are provided between the long-diameter pulleys 38 and 40 along the base 20. The above-mentioned pulleys and rollers are supported by a pair of mounting plates 36, 36 which are provided to rise from the front part to the rear part of the base 20 in a horizontally long manner and to rise up in the rear part. Also,
On the base 20, the long diameter pulley 38 and the small diameter roller 3 are provided.
The through holes 9 and 39 and the long-diameter pulley 40 are provided in two rows of four on each side so as to face the lower side of the base 20. On the lower side of the base 20, a small-diameter roller 41 with a spring is provided so as to be opposed to each of the above-described pulleys and rollers, and the small-diameter roller 41 is provided below the base 20 with a belt 37 stretched horizontally. , 37 are lightly contacted.

At the rear of the base 20, the drive pulleys 43, 43, together with the worm wheel 42, are pivotally supported on the upstanding tops of the mounting plates 36, 36. The worm wheel 42 is connected to the drive motor 22 via a worm gear. Further, the pulley 40,
A vertical guide plate 46 is provided immediately behind the drive pulley 40 and the drive pulleys 43, 43, and the vertical guide plate 46 is provided with belts 37, 37 stretched vertically by the pulley 40 and the drive pulley 43.
In close proximity. The vertical guide plate 46 has its upper and lower parts slightly inclined toward the front part, and the inclined lower part is inserted under the rear part of the base 20. A wide concave portion 48 is provided in the upper inclined portion, and the inclined pieces 47, 47 on both sides forming the concave portion 48 are inclined outside the inclined surfaces 29, 29 of the mounting table 24 located at a fixed position described later. 2
It is located slightly above and parallel to 9, 29. 4 in the figure
Reference numerals 5 and 45 denote small-diameter rollers provided on the vertical guide plate 46. The small-diameter rollers 45 and 45 are driven pulleys 43 and 43, respectively.
Is a pressing roller that prevents slippage between the belt and the belts 37.

The above-mentioned drive motor 2 is
The drive motor 25 is connected to the elevating member 50 via a gear device 49. The tip of the crank 51 provided at the tip of the gear device 49 is connected to the lifting member 5.
The horizontal groove 5 provided between the pair of sliding portions 52, 52
3 is loosely fitted. Thereby, the drive motor 25
Is converted into a lifting movement of the lifting member 50, and the center of the mounting table 24 is fixed to the upper surface of the lifting member 50. The mounting table 24 has a width of the bills and the shelf 3.
1, 31 are formed in a rectangular plate shape narrower than the inner space, a concave notch 27 is provided in the front part, a triangular notch 28 is formed in the rear part, and both sides of the rear part are inclined surfaces 29. , 2
9, the tip is bent vertically downward, and is brought close to the driving pulleys 43, 43. The mounting table 24 described above
Is set when the mounting table 24 is located at the lowest position by the lifting mechanism 26. At this time, the mounting table 24 is located slightly below the shelves 31, 31 as shown in FIG. Further, the mounting table 24 is moved by the elevating mechanism 26 to the shelf 31,
As a result, it rises through a gap between the holding plate 31 and the holding plate 34 and pushes up the holding plate 34 against the coil spring 35, and rises to a rising position described later.

In addition to the above configuration, a vertically openable lid is provided at the front open portion of the outer box 19. This lid is for covering the stacked banknotes, is axially supported by screws provided inward at the front upper corners of the side plates 30, 30, and is provided between the top 33 and the shelves 31, 31. The front opening can be opened and closed. In addition, you may provide the transmission mechanism which notifies that the room which stacks a banknote was reduced in the banknote recognition apparatus. For example, when an inward-facing optical sensor is provided on the side plate 30 and the pressing plate 34 rises to near the top 33,
A transmitting mechanism may be provided for notifying that the room for stacking the banknotes has been reduced. Alternatively, a paper money discriminating sensor may be provided with a bill number detector, and a transmitting mechanism may be provided to notify that the bills stacked in the bill validating device are almost full.

The operation of the bill recognizing device provided in the card vending machine of the present invention having the above configuration will be described below. If a bill is inserted into the bill receiving slot 21 provided on the lower surface side of the front part of the base 20, the bill is immediately placed between the belts 37, 37 hung on the pulleys 38, 38 of the front part and the small-diameter rollers 41, 41. The pulley 4 at the rear is sandwiched along the lower side of the base 20.
It is conveyed horizontally by belts 37, 37 toward 0, 40. Subsequently, the banknotes rise vertically in the vertical direction along the lower inclined portion of the vertical guide plate 46, and are conveyed by belts 37, 37 which rise vertically from the pulleys 40, 40 toward the drive pulleys 43, 43, and are loaded. The tip of the inclined surfaces 29, 29 at the rear part of the mounting table 24
It passes through the gap between the upper and lower parts 9, 29 and the inclined pieces 47, 47 of the vertical guide plate 46, and is mounted on the mounting table 24 at a fixed position via the triangular cutout 28 of the mounting table 24. The denomination of this bill is detected by a bill discriminating sensor and a control unit provided on the substrate 17, and the detection signal is transmitted to the automatic card feeding device 54 via the sending control device 7, and at the same time, the display unit 8. Will be displayed.

The above-described conveyance is continuously performed until a predetermined appropriate number of banknotes are mounted on the mounting table 24.
When the above number of sheets is reached, the drive motor 22 of the transport mechanism 23 stops. At the same time, the drive motor 25 of the elevating mechanism 26 is activated to rotate the crank 51 with the gear 49 interposed therebetween. The rotation and the lateral groove 53 cooperate to raise the elevating member 50, and in conjunction therewith, the mounting table 24 is moved. Rises with the bills resting. At that time, first, the uppermost banknote is
1, 31 and contacts the pressing plate 34. Since the pressing plate 34 is pressed by the coil spring 35, the banknotes placed on the placing table 24 are stably held by this contact. In addition, since the bills slightly protrude from both ends of the mounting table 24, the mounting table 24 slides both sides of the bills with the surfaces of the shelves 31 and 31 with less surface friction so that the bills 31 Ascend through the gap. When the crank 51 has rotated half a turn, the mounting table 24
Reaches the raised position with the bills stacked. Subsequently, the mounting table 24 starts to descend by the rotation of the crank 51,
When the crank 51 makes one rotation, the mounting table 24 returns to the original fixed position, and at the same time the drive motor 25 stops, and the drive motor 22 of the transport mechanism 23 restarts. In the above descending process, the bills are left on the shelves 31, 31. The bill is pressed by the holding plate 34, and the bill is pressed by the holding plate 34 and the shelf 3.
The stacking is performed between the first and the 31st, and the first stacking is completed. In the stacking described above, the holding plate 34 is formed by the bills stacked on the shelves 31
It is repeated until the position where it comes into contact with is reached. next,
When removing the stacked banknotes from the banknote recognition device 10 after finishing the stacking, first, the lock 14 of the outer case 1 shown in FIG. 1 is unlocked and the front opening type lid 12 is opened forward. Next, while standing in front of the front opening portion 6 of the outer case 1, the above-described upper and lower opening type lid provided at the front opening portion of the outer box 19 of the bill validator 10 is pulled up to the near side, and the top portion 33 and the shelf 31 are pulled up. , 31 are opened. Therefore, the bills stacked between the holding plate 34 and the shelves 31, 31 are taken out by putting fingers between the concave portion 27 in the front portion of the mounting table 24 and the semicircular cutout portion in the front portion of the holding plate 34.
In addition, if the above-mentioned transmission mechanism is provided in the bill validator,
Before the bill is full, the bill can be taken out from the bill identifying device, which is convenient for management and maintenance of the bill identifying device.

FIGS. 5 to 8 show an embodiment of an automatic card feeding device used in a card vending machine according to the present invention.
In the figure, 57 is a base similar to that of a known card vending machine,
A card feeding portion composed of a pusher, which will be described later, is located at the center of the horizontal substrate 58, and has a through hole 59 through which the pusher reciprocates. In the figure, 60 is a plate-shaped pusher 61
The card feeder is configured to reciprocate back and forth via a drive gear system 63 operated by a motor 62 so as to horizontally push a lowermost card of a stacked card described later forward. The card feeding section 60 is supported by two parallel guide rods 64 extending forward and backward on the base 57 so as to move back and forth, thereby performing stable card feeding. The base 57 has left and right side plates 65, 6 standing upright from a horizontal substrate 58 at left and right positions.
The inward supporting pieces 66, 66 are bent inward from the left and right side plates 65, respectively, and the downward ball plungers 67 facing the left and right positions of the horizontal substrate 58 are formed on the inward supporting pieces 66, 66. , 67 are provided.

In the figure, reference numeral 68 denotes a card holding frame for holding a large number of cards, moving in the front-rear direction on the base 57, and removably mounting the card. A horizontal bottom plate 70 with matching through holes 69 is provided and has a frame plate 71 surrounding a number of laminated cards. This card holding frame 6
8, projecting sliders 72, 72 projecting outward from the lower ends of the left and right sides are fixed to the horizontal substrate 5 of the base 57.
8 is slid in the front-rear direction while being sandwiched between ball plungers 67. And the card holding frame 6
A ball receiver 73 for receiving the ball plunger 67 is formed on the overhanging sliders 72, 72 so that the ball stopper 8 is stopped at a predetermined position on the base 57 and incorporated. With this configuration, the card holding frame 68 is configured to be detachably attached to the base 57 in a cassette manner in the front-rear direction. In the figure, reference numeral 74 denotes a plate-shaped weight placed on a number of stacked cards and pressing the cards onto the horizontal bottom plate 70 of the card holding frame 68.

In the figure, reference numeral 75 denotes a light detecting mechanism comprising a photo sensor, which has a U-shaped carrier, and is located at a position slightly higher than the horizontal substrate 58 of the base 57, that is, a height in which about 10 to 15 cards are stacked. It is located in the position. On the other hand, a shielding protrusion 76 is provided on the plate-shaped weight 74, and the shielding protrusion 76 is positioned in a slit 77 formed in the frame plate 71 of the card holding frame 68 so as to project from the card holding frame 68. It is. Then, at a position where the cards are sequentially sent out and the remaining amount thereof is reduced, the shielding projection 76 reaches the position of the light detection mechanism 75, and blocks the light of the light detection mechanism.
The near-end indicator light 55 for indicating that the number of cards is reduced due to the light interruption is displayed in a blinking manner. Next, the horizontal substrate 58 of the base 57, the card holding frame 68
Notch portions 78, 79, 80 whose positions are matched are formed on the horizontal bottom plate 70 and the plate-shaped weight 74 respectively, and a light detecting mechanism 81 is provided on the base 57 immediately below the notch portion 78 of the horizontal substrate 58. It is. The light detection mechanism 81 is disabled when the light is reflected by the card, and is activated when all the cards are gone and all the light passes through the cutouts 78, 79, and 80. It notifies you when the card is exhausted. This notification may be displayed by turning on the near-end indicator light.

In the lower front part of the card holding frame 68, a card delivery slit 82 similar to a known automatic card delivery device is formed, and the lowermost card delivered by the pusher 61 of the card delivery section 60 is formed by the slit 82. Sent forward from. A card support tongue piece 83 is provided in front of the card delivery slit 82 by projecting a part of the horizontal bottom plate 70 of the card holding frame 68 forward, and supports the card delivered from the slit 82 horizontally and stably delivers the card. It is made to be.

As shown in FIG. 8, an auxiliary plate 84 is mounted on the lower front part of the front plate of the card holding frame constituted by the frame plate 71 in front of the card holding frame 68, and the lower edge of the auxiliary plate 84 is slit. The card feeding slit 82 is positioned slightly lower than the lower edge of the front frame plate 71 forming the front plate 82, so that the cross section of the card feeding slit 82 is stepped as shown in FIG. In other words, with this configuration, the card that is one card higher than the one card located at the bottom of the stacked cards is prevented from being sent out by this step, and only the bottom card is sent out reliably. At the front of the card holding frame 68, a swing detection plate 85 that swings back and forth facing the slit 82 is supported by a shaft 86, and the shaft 86 is moved every time a card is sent out from the slit 82. It swings around the center. Then, a shielding plate 87 is provided above the swing detection plate 85, and a light detection mechanism 88 is provided on the base 57 so that the shielding plate 87 moves forward and backward. It is made to count.

The pusher 61 constituting the card feeding section 60 is formed in a plate shape as shown in the drawing, and a horizontal shaft 9 provided on the base 57 with support plates 89 hanging from both sides thereof.
The spring 91 is provided with a resilient force that is rotatably and loosely supported at 0 and is rotated by a spring 91 in a direction in which it rotates upward, that is, in a direction in which a locking step portion to be described later engages with the card. The pusher 61 is formed with a step portion 92 which is engaged with the rear edge of the lowermost card of the stacked cards, and the step size of this step portion is slightly smaller than the thickness of the card.
Only the lowermost card of the laminated card is locked. Incidentally, if the thickness of the card is 0.2 mm, the step size of the step portion is set to 0.19 mm.
In addition, reference numeral 93 in the figure denotes a plug-in type power supply connector provided at the rear of the base 57. A screw (not shown) is inserted into a screw hole 94 provided at a front position of the base 57 so that the screw can be easily attached to the outer case 1 (not shown).

According to the card vending machine of the present invention having the above-described configuration, when a certain bill is inserted into the bill discriminating apparatus 10, the denomination is identified, and the card is automatically transmitted through the sending control apparatus 7. It instructs the sending device 54 to automatically send a card matching the amount of money. In particular, in the present invention, the outer case 1
Is configured as a horizontally open and low height as a front open type.
And the sending control device 7 are arranged in a horizontal direction and incorporated, so that they can be installed in a narrow place on a pachinko machine. Since the front opening type lid 12 is provided in the front opening portion 6, maintenance and inspection of the banknote recognition device 10, the delivery control device 7 and the automatic card feeding device 54, the operation of taking out the banknote, and the operation of replenishing the card are performed. Can be performed from the front. In addition, these front open lids 14 are provided so that these operations can be performed by an administrator.

Next, in the bill validating apparatus 10 provided in the card vending machine of the present invention, the bill receiving port 21 is provided in the case 1 with the opening 15 having the upper cover 16 provided in the front opening type lid 12 of the case 1. The customer can easily insert the bill into the bill validator 10 through the opening 15 while sitting in front of the pachinko machine, for example. As soon as the bills are inserted, the card automatic sending device 54 sends out the cards, and the cards can be taken out from the opening 18 provided in the front open lid 12. Since the banknote recognition device 10 is configured to stack the banknotes inserted into the banknote receiving slot 21 of the base 20 in the space above the base 20, it is particularly necessary to configure a card vending machine for pachinko machines. It is suitable.

[0027]

Since the card vending machine of the present invention is horizontally long and has a low height, it has an effect that it can be mounted on a pachinko machine table, for example, without leaving a gap between pachinko tables. It is possible to effectively utilize a plane space since it can be arranged close to the device. In addition, since the lid is of a front open type, maintenance, inspection, and management thereof have an effect that the cover can be easily opened by opening the lid forward. In addition, before
Bill identification device and card automatic feeder to the lower part of
With separate openings for the ejector
Cover the opening above the horizontal opening of the bill validator.
The upper cover is provided to project from the front open lid.
From the pachinko machine, securely check bills
It can be inserted into a bill receiving port of another device. Also,
At the bottom of the front-opening lid, a slope is set
Display of the denomination of the received bill received by the bill validator
Is provided on the inclined portion obliquely forward and downward, so that
There is an advantage that the denomination of the inserted bill can be immediately confirmed.
The above-mentioned bill recognition device is provided with a bill receiving port on the lower surface side of the front part of the base, and the stack space for bills is configured in the upper part, so that the card vending machine of the present invention is very convenient while sitting on a pachinko machine. It has the effect that can be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view showing a card vending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the card vending machine shown in FIG. 1 with a front open lid removed.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the bill validator shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the bill validator shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing the automatic card feeding device.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the automatic card feeding device, which is partially cut away, and shows a take-out position of the card holding frame by imaginary lines.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the automatic card feeding device.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view of another position.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Outer case 6 Front opening part 7 Sending-out control device 8 Display part 10 Banknote identification device 12 Front opening type lid 13 Hinge 14 lock 15, 18 opening 19 Outer box 20 Base 21 Banknote receiving port 23 Transport mechanism 24 Mounting table 25 Motor Reference Signs List 26 Elevating mechanism 29 Inclined surface 30 Side plate 31 Shelf 33 Top 34 Pressing plate 36 Mounting plate 37 Belt 38 Pulley 39 Feed roller 40 Pulley 41 Roller 43 Drive pulley 46 Vertical guide plate 47 Inclined piece 49 Gear device 50 Elevating member 54 Card automatic feeder 55 Near-end indicator 57 Base 58 Horizontal board 60 Card feeder 61 Pusher 67 Ball plunger 68 Card holding frame 70 Horizontal bottom plate 72 Overhang slider 73 Ball receiver 74 Plate weight 77 Slit 78, 79, 80 Notch 81 Light detection Mechanism 82 Over de dispensing slits 83 card retaining tongues 84 auxiliary plate 88 optical sensing mechanism 89 the supporting plate 90 the horizontal axis

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A bill discriminating device for identifying a denomination of a received bill, an automatic card sending device for receiving a sending permission signal and sending out a card to the outside, and a denomination data of a bill received by the bill discriminating device. And a sending control device for sending a permission signal to a card automatic sending device. These devices are arranged in a laterally long, low-height, open front outer case and incorporated in a lateral direction. is provided with a front open lid to allow locking the opening by locks, the front opening
Banknote recognition device and card automatic delivery to lower part of release lid
With separate openings for the device
On top of the horizontal opening of the bill validator, cover this opening
Cover is projected from the front open lid, and
At the bottom of the one-sided lid, an inclined
Display of the denomination of the received bill received by the bill validator
Is provided diagonally forward and downward on the inclined portion to automatically send out the card.
Display that the card remaining in the device is running low
A card vending machine provided with an end indicator light . 2. A bill receiving port is provided at a front portion of a base of a cubic outer box having a small width and a low height, a bill transfer mechanism is provided on the base, and a bill is provided slightly above the base. The mounting table is provided, and an elevating mechanism for raising and lowering the mounting table is provided, and a long and narrow shelf is provided on the side plate of the outer box so as to face the mounting table, facing inward, and a top portion of the outer box is provided. claims and by mounting table and relative the press plate between the shelves vertically movably provided, characterized in that is provided a bill discrimination apparatus adapted to stack the bills between the pressing plate and the shelf
Item 1. A card vending machine according to Item 1 .