JP3363556B2 - Thin object storage device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a thin plate-shaped object storage device for automatically storing thin plate-shaped objects such as banknotes, and particularly to a thin plate-shaped object for collecting banknotes inserted by a ball lending machine in a pachinko parlor. The present invention relates to an object storage device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko parlor, an island composed of a large number of pachinko parlors and ball rental machines is provided. Each island is equipped with an island management device that manages pachinko machines and ball lending machines according to instructions from the hall computer. The island management device is provided in an island management unit provided at one end of the island, and in this island management unit, a coin storage device, a bill storage device, etc. that are transported from each ball lending machine are also provided. ing.

The coins and bills inserted by the customers at each ball lending machine are conveyed to the island management unit side by the coin conveying device and the bill conveying device provided in the island, respectively. The banknote conveyor is a belt conveyor type,
The banknotes are conveyed one by one to the banknote storage device side. Then, the banknote storage device stacks and stores the transported banknotes one by one.

[0004]

However, since the conventional banknote storage device does not have the function of separating the double-fed banknotes, the banknotes may be stored in a state of being misaligned or folded. It caused troubles and complicated bill management.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a thin plate object storage device capable of reliably stacking and storing thin plate objects such as banknotes and cards one by one. With the goal.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a thin plate object storage device for automatically storing thin plate objects such as banknotes in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor. From the carry-in mechanism part, a carry-in mechanism part that takes in the thin plate-like object conveyed from a machine, etc. And a storage mechanism section that stores the thin plate-shaped objects in a stacked manner , wherein the carry-in mechanism section is
A carry-in rail through which a thin plate-like object passes, and the carry-in rail.
Mounted parallel to the traveling direction of the thin plate-shaped object.
Attached to each of the rotary shafts
And a thin plate-like object that is hung between the pulley and the pulley
The belt that conveys the body, the rotary shaft, and the pulley
And a carry-in drive motor for driving the pulley.
Receives the driving force of the carry-in drive motor via gears, etc.
If the belt is hung between the drive pulley and the drive pulley,
A driven pulley that rotates following the rotation of the drive pulley.
And, and the driven pulley is one of the rotary shafts.
A plurality of driven pulleys attached to the
Is rotatable with the pulley fixed to the rotating shaft.
It is divided into a pulley attached to the
The shaft to which the driven pulley is attached in the transport direction.
The long hole for slidably supporting the shaft and the driven pulley
Remove the driven pulley in the direction in which the stripped belt extends.
A thin plate object storage device is provided , which is provided with a pressing member that presses the attached shaft .

[0007]

The carrying-in mechanism unit takes in the thin plate-like object conveyed from the ball lending machine or the like, and the separating mechanism unit provided in the carrying-in mechanism unit separates the double-fed thin plate-like object in the traveling direction. Then, the storage mechanism unit stacks and stores the thin plate-like objects from the carry-in mechanism unit.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a game hall management system. The game hall 1 is a pachinko parlor, and the hall computer 2 manages the entire game hall 1. A plurality of stations ST1 to ST12 are connected to the hall computer 2 via a communication line 3. These stations ST1 to ST12 are generally called islands, and are composed of a large number of pachinko machines and ball lending machines, and one island management unit. Since these configurations are almost the same, only the configuration of the station ST1 will be described below.

The station ST1 is composed of a large number of pachinko machines 4, ball rental machines 5, and an island management unit 6. The pachinko machine 4 and the ball lending machine 5 are grouped one by one and arranged in multiple sets. The island management unit 6 is provided with an island management device (not shown), and sends the data of each pachinko machine 4 and the ball lending machine 5 to the hall computer 2 via the communication line 3. In addition, the island management device uses the data from the hall computer 2 for pachinko machines 4
And send it to the ball lending machine 5.

The hall computer 2 is also connected to a terminal 7 installed at a prize exchange place. Terminal 7
Each time a customer exchanges a payout for a prize, data such as the number of exchanged balls is input to the. The terminal 7 sends the input data to the hall computer 2.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of the money transfer mechanism of the station ST1. A large number of pachinko machines 4 and ball lending machines 5 are installed in the station ST1 on the front and back sides of the drawing. Further, the pairs of the front side and the back side facing each other are installed so as to be back to back. Further, these are installed such that the ball lending machine 5 is located on the left side of the pachinko machine 4 when viewed from the front. On the back side of the pachinko machine 4 and the ball lending machine 5, a coin collecting conveyor 8, a change supplying conveyor 9, and a bill collecting conveyor 10 are arranged.

The coin collecting conveyor 8 collects coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 5a of each ball lending machine 5 and conveys them to the coin allocating device 11 in the island management unit 6 via the end plate 16. The coin sorting device 11 determines the type of the collected coins, and discharges the coins into the collection container 12 via the sorting port 11a. Also, the coin sorting device 1
1 selects a coin for change from the collected coins and supplies it to the change supply conveyor 9. The change change conveyor 9 conveys the supplied change change coins to each ball lending machine 5. This coin for change is for each ball lending machine 5
It is supplied to the customer side from the change port 5b.

Each ball lending machine 5 is provided with a bill insertion slot 5c. The banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion slot 5c are supplied to the banknote collecting conveyor 10 from the back surface of the ball lending machine 5. The banknote collecting conveyor 10 conveys the supplied banknotes and supplies the banknotes to the banknote storage device 13 in the island management unit 6. The bill storage device 13 is attached to the end plate 16 by the attachment 14.

The coin collecting conveyor 8, the change supplying conveyor 9, and the bill collecting conveyor 10 are controlled by an island management device 15 provided in the island management unit 6. The island management device 15 includes a pachinko machine 4 and a ball lending machine 5.
And exchanges data with the hall computer 2.

FIG. 1 shows the overall construction of the bill storage device 13.
It is a top view. The banknote storage device 13 mainly includes the carry-in mechanism unit 1.
00 and the storage mechanism unit 200. bill
The storage device 13 is attached to the gable plate 16 by the mounting tool 14.
It is attached. At both ends of the fixture 14, it
Each of the guide portions 14a and 14b is formed. each
Each of the guide parts 14a and 14b has a bill transfer method.
Elongated hole 14a extending in the direction ₁And 14b₁Is formed
It In the banknote storage device 13, the storage mechanism unit 200 has a screw 20.
a and 20b by this long hole 14a₁And 14b
₁Attached to. That is, the banknote storage device 13 as a whole
Is the long hole 14a₁And 14b₁Banknotes only in the length range
It is slidable in the transport direction.

The carry-in mechanism section 100 of the banknote storage device 13 is
It is mainly composed of a guide member 110 and a carry-in rail 120. The carry-in rail 120 is the storage mechanism unit 200.
It extends from the vicinity of the center of the banknote in the conveying direction and projects toward the banknote collecting conveyor 10 side through the hole 16a of the end plate 16. The guide member 110 is detachably attached to the carry-in rail 120.

On the side surface of the ball lending machine 5 closest to the end plate 16 of the guide member 110, a bill carry-in port 111 is formed.
When the banknote storage device 13 is attached, the banknote inlet 111 is slid and adjusted so as to be located at a portion of the ball lending machine 5 where the banknote 17 is output. The carry-in mechanism section 100 is provided with a large number of gears and pulleys including the carry-in drive motor 121, and takes in the banknotes 17 sent from the banknote collecting conveyor 10 or the ball lending machine 5 to the storage mechanism section 200 side. Works like.

The storage mechanism section 200 mainly comprises a storage section 210.
And a storage control unit 220. Storage part 2
The banknotes 1 carried in by the carry-in mechanism section 100 are shown in FIG.
7 is stored. The storage controller 220 controls the storage operation of the banknote 17.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the bill storage device 13 as seen from the carry-in drive motor 121 side. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the configuration of only the carry-in mechanism section 100. Carry-in rail 1
A mounting piece 122 is provided on the lower side of the unit 20, and a carry-in drive motor 121 is mounted on the mounting piece 122. Shaft 121 of carry-in drive motor 121
A pulley 121b is provided at the tip of a.

Shaft mounting plates 123 and 124 are provided above and below the carry-in rail 120. A shaft 125 and a shaft 126 are provided between the shaft mounting plates 123 and 124.
Are supported so that they are parallel to each other. However, the shaft 126 is not shown in FIG. Axis 125
Is provided with two separation pulleys 125a and 125b at a predetermined interval. The shaft 125 and the shaft 126, the separation pulleys 125a and 125b, and the like constitute a separation mechanism unit 300 described later. A gear 135 is provided at the upper end of the shaft 125.

The main body of the carry-in rail 120 has its upper and lower ends bent at right angles to guide plates 128 and 129.
Are formed. A shaft 127 is supported between the guide plates 128 and 129. A pulley 127a is provided at the lower end of the shaft 127. This pulley 1
27 a is a carry-in drive motor 121 via a belt 130.
Is connected to the pulley 121b. On the other hand, a gear 131 is provided at the upper end of the shaft 127. The gear 131 meshes with a gear 135 having the same diameter.

Near the final end of the carry-in rail 120, the shaft 1
32 is pivotally supported between the guide plates 128 and 129. A pulley 133 is provided at the end of the shaft 132 on the guide plate 128 side. The pulley 133 is the belt 1
It is connected to the pulley portion 131 a of the gear 131 via 34. However, the diameter of the pulley 133 is equal to the pulley portion 131.
It is designed to be smaller than the diameter of a, for example, about 1/2.

A shaft 1 is provided between the guide plates 128 and 129.
43 is pivotally supported. A support member 162 and one end of a support member 163 described later are rotatably attached to the upper and lower ends of the shaft 143. Support member 162
A shaft 161 is attached to the other ends of the shafts 163 and 163, and a roller 164 is provided substantially in the center of the shaft 161. Further, the tip ends of the support members 162 and 163 are respectively provided with a spring 161a and a spring 161 described later.
It is connected to the guide plates 128 and 129 side via b. The specific configurations of the support members 162 and 163 and the roller 164 will be described later.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.
On the guide plates 128 and 129 of the carry-in rail 120,
Five shafts 141 in order from the banknote collecting conveyor 10 side
142, 127, 143, and 132 are provided so as to be parallel to each other on the same plane.

The upper and lower ends of the shaft 141 are attached to the guide plates 128 and 129 via bearings 141a and 141b, respectively. The shaft 141 is provided with two driven pulleys 144 and 145 at a predetermined interval. The driven pulley 144 is rotatably attached to the shaft 141. On the other hand, the driven pulley 145
Are fixed to the shaft 141.

8A and 8B are views showing a mounting state of the driven pulley 145. FIG. 8A is a plan view, and FIG. 8B is a C of FIG.
It is sectional drawing which follows the C line. The shaft 141 has a pin 145.
The pin 145a is fitted in the groove 145b of the driven pulley 145. As a result, the driven pulley 1
45 is fixed to the shaft 141 so as not to rotate. The stopping member 145c suppresses the movement in the axial direction. The driven pulley 144 has substantially the same shape as the driven pulley 145, and the pin 145a is not attached to the driven pulley 144, so that the driven pulley 144 can rotate with respect to the shaft 141. However, in the axial direction, the driven pulley 145
Similarly, it is stopped by a stop member (not shown).

Returning to FIGS. 6 and 7, the driven pulley 144
A belt 155 is stretched between the drive shaft 127 and the drive pulley 152. On the other hand, the driven pulley 145
The belt 15 between the shaft 127 and the drive pulley 153.
6 is hung.

A pressing member 148 and a fixing member 146 are attached to the rear stage of the shaft 141. Pressing member 14
8 is rotatably attached by attachment shafts 148a and 148b. Pressing pieces 148c and 148d are formed on the upper and lower ends of the pressing member 148, respectively.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG. The guide plates 128 and 129 are provided with elliptical holes 128a and 129a that are slightly larger than the bearings 141a and 141b, respectively. The bearings 141a and 141b are slidably inserted in the holes 128a and 129a, respectively.

The pressing member 148 is connected to the fixing member 146 by a spring 149. As a result, the pressing member 148 always receives an appropriate rotational force in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing around the mounting shafts 148a and 148b, and the rotational force causes the pressing pieces 148c and 148d to press the bearings 141a and 141b, respectively.

The bearings 141a and 141b are pushed by the pressing pieces 148c and 148d, respectively, and try to move in the holes 128a and 129a to the right in the drawing. Then, the state of being balanced with the tension of the belts 155 and 156 is maintained. This allows the belt 1
Bending of 55 and 156 is prevented.

Returning to FIGS. 6 and 7, the light receiving element 147b of the first optical sensor 147 is attached to the fixing member 146. The light receiving element 147b is provided in the guide member 11
The light from the light emitting element 147a attached to 0 is received, and the detection signal is sent to the control circuit 221a described later.

A shaft 142 is provided at the rear stage of the fixing member 146. Auxiliary pulleys 150 and 151 are provided on the shaft 142 at positions corresponding to the belts 155 and 156, respectively. These auxiliary pulleys 150
And 151 are rotatably attached to the shaft 142.

A bearing 127b is provided downstream of the shaft 142.
And a shaft 127 is provided via 127c. As described above, the shaft 127 is provided on the lower end of the pulley 127.
a is connected to the pulley 121b of the carry-in drive motor 121 via the belt 130, and receives the rotational force of the carry-in drive motor 121. Drive pulleys 152 and 153 are fixed to the shaft 127. The drive pulley 152 has a belt 155, while the drive pulley 15 has a belt 155.
Belts 156 are respectively hung on the belt 3. Also,
A gear 131 is provided on the upper end of the shaft 127, and a driven pulley 154 is rotatably attached to the center of the shaft 127. The driven pulley 154 has pulley portions 154a and 154b formed on the upper and lower sides, respectively. Belts 167 and 168 are suspended on the pulley portions 154a and 154b, respectively.

A shaft 132 is provided at the last stage of the carry-in rail 120.
Are provided via bearings 132a and 132b. As described above, the pulley 133 is provided at the upper end of the shaft 132. The pulley 133 is connected to the pulley portion 131 a of the gear 131 via the belt 134 and receives the rotational force of the shaft 127. However, since the diameter of the pulley 133 is designed to be smaller than the diameter of the pulley portion 131a, the shaft 132 thereof rotates faster than the shaft 127.

Pulleys 165 and 166 are fixed to the shaft 132 at positions facing the pulley portions 154a and 154b of the pulley 154, respectively. A belt 167 is provided between the pulley 165 and the pulley portion 154a.
On the other hand, belts 168 are respectively hung between the pulley 166 and the pulley portion 154b.

A shaft 143 is provided between the shaft 127 and the shaft 132.
Is provided. Auxiliary pulleys 157 and 158 are provided on the shaft 143 at positions corresponding to the belts 167 and 168, respectively. These auxiliary pulleys 157
And 158 are rotatably attached to the shaft 143.

Further, one ends of supporting members 162 and 163 are rotatably attached to the shaft 143 at the upper and lower ends of the shaft 143, respectively. A shaft 161 is attached between the other ends of the support members 162 and 163, and a roller 164 is provided at a substantially central portion of the shaft 161. The roller 164 has pulley portions 164b and 164c formed at both upper and lower ends thereof, respectively. Further, a plurality of teeth 164a are radially formed in the middle of the pulley portions 164b and 164c of the roller 164.

The other ends of the support members 162 and 163 are
The guide plates 128 and 129 are connected to each other via springs 161a and 161b, respectively. As a result, the support members 162 and 163 are attracted to the springs 161a and 161b, and the roller 1
The 64 pulley portions 164b and 164c press the belts 167 and 168 from the front side of the drawing toward the other side.

A fixing member 159 is attached to the rear stage of the shaft 143. The light receiving element 160b of the second optical sensor 160 is attached to the fixing member 159.
The light receiving element 160b includes the shaft mounting plates 123 and 1
Light emitting element 160 mounted so as to face 24
The light from a is received, and the detection signal is sent to the control circuit 221a described later. The second optical sensor 160 is provided apart from the first optical sensor 147 at the preceding stage by a distance longer than the length of the bill 17.

Each shaft 141, 142, 143, 127, and 132 has a belt 155 hung between pulleys.
The gaps between 156, 167, and 168 and the rail plate 120a of the carry-in rail 120 are attached at positions where at least the bills 17a and 17b can pass.

Bills on the carry-in rail 120 having such a structure
The guide member 110 is provided with screws or the like on the recovery conveyor 10 side.
It is attached by. 10 is along the line EE of FIG.
FIG. The guide member 110 includes four idlers.
Rollers 112a, 112b, 113a, and 113b
Is provided. Each idler roller 112a, 112
b, 113a, and 113b are each a carry-in rail
Hole 120a formed in rail plate 120a of 120₁，
120a ₂, 120a₃, And 120a_FourCorresponds to
It is provided in the position. Also, each idler roller 112
a, 112b, 113a, and 113b are respectively
For the springs 112c, 112d, 113c, and 113d
Therefore, it is pressed toward the carry-in rail 120 side. to this
Therefore, the idler rollers 112a and 113a are
Driven pulley 144 and auxiliary via
On the pulley 150, on the other hand, the idler roller 112b and
113b are driven pulleys via belts 156, respectively.
145 and auxiliary pulley 151 are contacted with appropriate pressure
It is like this.

The guide member 110 has a passage 114.
Are formed. The banknote carry-in port 111 of the passage 114 is
As described above, the entire bill storage device 13 is installed at a position corresponding to the bill output unit of the ball lending machine 5.
The bill output port 115 (shown in FIG. 6) of the passage 114 is connected to the hole 120a ₅ formed in the rail plate 120a.

Further, the light emitting element 147a of the first optical sensor 147 is attached to the guide member 110.
The light emitting element 147a outputs light to the light receiving element 147b on the carry-in rail 120 side through the hole 120a ₅ .

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a separating mechanism portion 300 is formed at the subsequent stage of the guide member 110. 11 and 12 are views showing a specific configuration of the separation mechanism unit 300. FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along line FF of FIG. 5, while FIG. 12 is taken along line GG of FIG. FIG. A shaft 125 is provided between the shaft mounting plates 123 and 124.
And the shaft 126 is pivotally supported so as to be parallel to each other. The shaft 125 is attached via bearings 125c and 125d. The bearings 125c and 125d are pressed toward the carry-in rail 120 by springs 172a and 172b, respectively.

A gear 135 is provided on the upper end of the shaft 125. The gear 135 is connected to the gear 131 having the same diameter. Therefore, the gear 135 receives a rotational force that is the opposite of the rotation of the gear 131. Further, the shaft 125 is provided with two separation pulleys 125a and 125b at a predetermined interval. The separation pulleys 125a and 125b are
It is fixed to the shaft 125.

On the other hand, the shaft 126 has a separating pulley 126a.
And 126b are provided. Separation pulley 126a
And 126b are rotatably mounted on the shaft 126. The separation pulleys 126a and 126b are
The diameter is smaller than that of the separation pulleys 125a and 125b by the thickness of the banknote 17, respectively.

Also, the separation pulleys 126a and 126b
Are holes 120a formed in the rail plate 120a, respectively.
₆ and 120a ₇ are slightly projected to the carry-in rail 120 side. Accordingly, the separation pulleys 126a and 126a
b is in contact with drive pulleys 152 and 153 via belts 155 and 156, respectively. This specific configuration will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along the line HH of FIG. However, although only the configuration on the shaft mounting plate 124 side is shown here, the configuration on the shaft mounting plate 123 side is also symmetrical. The shaft mounting plate 124 has a bearing 1
An elliptical hole 174 is formed that extends slightly in the direction perpendicular to the transport direction than 25d. The bearing 124d is slidably inserted into the hole 174. The shaft mounting plate 124 has elongated holes 17 extending in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction.
5 is formed. The shaft 126 is slidably inserted into the elongated hole 175.

The bearing 125d is pressed toward the separation pulley 126b by the spring 172b. This pressing force is applied to the separation pulley 125b when the separation pulley 126b moves to the separation pulley 125b side due to the thickness of the banknote 17.
It is set to such a magnitude that the rotational force of the separation pulley 126b is not completely controlled by the separation pulley 125b even though b and the separation pulley 126b are in contact with each other. The pressing force is applied to the separating pulley 126b and the belt 1 while the bill 17 is being conveyed.
When two or more banknotes are inserted between the separator pulley 56 and 56, when the separator pulley 126b is pushed to the separator pulley 125b side by the thickness thereof, the separator pulley 12b is first frictionally separated.
The size of 6b is set so as to rotate in the same direction as the rotation of the separation pulley 125b.

The separation pulley 125a and the separation pulley 126a have the same structure.
Returning to FIGS. 11 and 12, idler rollers 171a and 171b are provided downstream of the shafts 125 and 126. Each idler roller 171a and 171b
Are provided at positions corresponding to the holes 120a ₈ and 120a ₉ formed in the rail plate 120a of the carry-in rail 120, respectively. Further, the idler rollers 171a and 171b have springs 171c and 171d, respectively.
Is pushed toward the carry-in rail 120 side. As a result, the idler roller 171a comes into contact with the pulley portion 154a of the pulley 154 via the belt 167, and the idler roller 171b comes into contact with the pulley portion 154b of the pulley 154 via the belt 168 with an appropriate pressure. .

A second optical sensor 160 is provided at a subsequent stage of the idler rollers 171a and 171b via a fixing member 176.
The light emitting element 160a is attached. Light emitting element 1
The reference numeral 60a denotes the carry-in rail 12 through a hole (not shown).
Light is output to the light receiving element 160b on the 0 side.

Next, the overall operation of the carry-in mechanism section 100 having such a configuration will be described. First, in FIG. 4, when the carry-in drive motor 121 rotates, the pulley 121
The pulley 127a rotates in the same direction via the belt 130 connected to b. As a result, the shaft 127 and the gear 131 at the upper end of the shaft 127 also rotate. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the gear 131 rotates rightward in the drawing. The rotation of the gear 131 causes the pulley 131a and the belt 1 to rotate.
The pulley 133 connected via 34 rotates. However, since the diameter of the pulley 133 is designed to be smaller than the diameter of the pulley portion 131a, the pulley 133 and its shaft 1 are
32 rotates faster than gear 131. Also, gear 1
With rotation of 31, gear 135 directly connected to this
Rotates at the same speed in the opposite direction to the gear 131.

When the shaft 127 rotates, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the two drive pulleys 152 and 153 fixed to the shaft 127 rotate in the same direction. And
At the same time, the belts 155 and 156 hung on the respective drive pulleys 152 and 153 and the driven pulley 144
And 145 rotate rightward in FIG. Further, as the belts 155 and 156 rotate, the shaft 142
Auxiliary pulleys 150 and 1 rotatably mounted on
51 also rotates by contact with belts 155 and 156, respectively.

By the way, the driven pulleys 144 and 145
Regarding, the driven pulley 144 is rotatably attached to the shaft 141. On the other hand, the driven pulley 14
5 is fixed to the shaft 141, the shaft 141
Rotate with. For this reason, a slight deviation between the rotation speeds of the two is absorbed, and a smooth rotation operation is performed.

When the last stage shaft 132 rotates, this shaft 1
The pulleys 165 and 166 fixed to 32 rotate in the same direction. At the same time, each pulley 165 and 16
Belts 167 and 168 and pulley 15 hung on 6
4 and 4 rotate rightward in FIG. Also, belt 1
As the 67 and 168 rotate, the auxiliary pulleys 157 and 158 rotatably attached to the shaft 143 also rotate due to contact with the belts 167 and 168, respectively. Further, as the belts 167 and 168 rotate,
The roller 164 pressing these, the separation pulley 126
a and 126b also rotate leftward in the figure.

These pulleys 165, 166 and 154
The auxiliary pulleys 167 and 168 and the belts 167 and 168 are connected to the drive pulleys 152 and 15 on the front side.
3, driven pulleys 144 and 145, and auxiliary pulley 1
50 and 151 and rotate faster than belts 155 and 156.

When the gear 135 rotates, its shaft 125 also rotates in the same direction. As a result, the separation pulleys 125a and 125b fixed to the shaft 125 rotate leftward in the figure as shown in FIG. At this time, the separation pulley 1
25a and 125b rotate in directions that cancel each other with the inner separation pulleys 126a and 126b, but the separation pulleys 126a and 126b and the belt 155
When two or more banknotes 17 are not sandwiched between and 156, the contact friction is small, and therefore they rotate independently of each other.

By rotating each pulley and belt in this manner, the bill carry-in operation is started. If the banknote 17b is sent from the banknote collecting conveyor 10 side, the banknote 17b is taken in by the driven pulleys 144 and 145. At this time, the idler rollers 112a and 112b are in contact with the driven pulleys 144 and 145, respectively.
The bills 17b are smoothly taken in by the action of 12a and 112b. The taken bill 17b is conveyed between the rail plate 120a by the belts 155 and 156.

On the other hand, if the banknote 17a is sent from the ball lending machine 5 on the guide member 110 side, the banknote 17a passes through the banknote carry-in port 111 and the passage 114, and the banknote output port 11
5 through belts 155 and 156 and the rail plate 120.
It is sent to and from a.

The bills 17a or 17b thus carried into the carry-in rail 120 pass between the light emitting element 147a and the light receiving element 147b of the first optical sensor 147 to block the light between the two. As a result, it is detected that the bill has been carried into the carry-in rail 120.

The detected bill 17a or 17b is transferred to the auxiliary pulleys 150 and 151 and the idler roller 113.
It passes between a and 113b and is sent to the separation mechanism section 300 side.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the separating mechanism section 300. When the drive pulleys 152 and 153 and the belts 155 and 156 are rotating, the separation pulleys 126a and 126b rotate leftward in the figure by contact with the belts 155 and 156, respectively. When the banknote 17c is conveyed by the belts 155 and 156, the separation pulleys 126a and 126b are slightly pushed by the thickness thereof toward the separation pulleys 125a and 125b.
However, since the contact pressure with the separation pulleys 125a and 125b is small, the rotation direction does not change, and the bill 17c is sent out as the feed pulley.

The banknote 17c has a belt 167 when its head portion comes out of the separating pulleys 126a and 126b.
And 168, and is conveyed to the storage section 210 side of the storage mechanism section 200.

On the other hand, together with the bill 17c, another bill 17d
, The separating pulleys 126a and 126b are larger than the separating pulleys 126a and 126b when only one separating pulley is used.
Move to 5a and 125b side. As a result, the separation pulleys 126a and 126b strongly rub against the separation pulleys 125a and 125b. The separation pulleys 125a and 125b are connected to the carry-in drive motor 1 via a gear 135 or the like.
21, the torque is sufficiently larger than that of the separation pulleys 126a and 126b. Therefore, the separation pulleys 126a and 126b receive the torques of the separation pulleys 125a and 125b, respectively, and rotate in the right direction in the figure, which is the reverse of the conventional one. Then, the separation pulley 126a
And 126b try to push back the bills 17c and 17d in the direction opposite to the conveying direction.

As a result, the bill 17d on the front side does not move forward while stopping at the positions of the separation pulleys 126a and 126b. On the other hand, the banknote 17c is separated from the banknote 17d by the pulling force of the belts 167 and 168 and is conveyed to the storage section 210 side as it is. In particular, since the belts 167 and 168 have a higher rotation speed than the belts 155 and 156, the banknotes 1 drawn into the belts 167 and 168 are
7c is easily separated from the bill 17d. The remaining banknote 17d passes through the separation pulleys 126a and 126b and is similarly transferred to the front after the banknote 17c is completely transferred to the front.

Such a separating function can be folded in two or Z
The same applies to folded banknotes. That is,
This can be easily understood by considering the folded portion on the side of the separation pulleys 126a and 126b as the bill 17d.

Returning to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the bills 17c and 17d that have passed through the separation pulleys 126a and 126b in this way pass between the auxiliary pulleys 157 and 158 and the idler rollers 171a and 171b, and the second bills
It is detected by the optical sensor 160. And roller 1
It is stored in the storage unit 210 via 61. The rearmost ends of the stored banknotes 17c and 17d are curved by the plurality of teeth 164a of the roller 161, so that subsequent banknotes are reliably carried into the storage section 210 without jamming.
Next, a specific configuration of the storage mechanism section 200 will be described.

FIG. 15 is a front view of the banknote storage device 13 viewed from the storage mechanism 200 side. The storage mechanism unit 200 mainly includes a storage unit 210 and a storage control unit 220. The accommodating section 210 has a stacking chamber 211 in which banknotes are finally stacked and stored. Collection room 211
The side plate 212 of the two rail holes 21 extending left and right
2a and 212b are formed to be parallel to each other. On the other hand, in the side surface plate 213 facing the side surface plate 212, rail holes 213a parallel to the rail holes 212a and 212b and having the same length are formed.

Each rail hole 212a, 212b, and 2
13a includes sliding screws 214a and 214b, respectively.
, Sliding screws 214c and 214d, and sliding screw 21
4e and 214f are inserted, and these sliding screws 21
The banknote receiving member 214 is placed in the stacking chamber 2 by 4a to 214f.
It is installed in 11.

A test switch 222 for manually instructing a push-out operation, which will be described later, is provided on the side surface on the storage control section 220 side.
LEDs 223 and 224, a sheet number counter 225, and a counter reset switch 226 are provided.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of the storage mechanism section 200 with the cover removed. Further, FIG. 17 shows I-I of FIG.
It is sectional drawing which follows the line. A control circuit board 221 is attached inside the storage control unit 220. On the control circuit board 221, a control circuit 221a for controlling the operation of the entire bill storage device 13 is mounted. Control circuit 221
For example, a is configured mainly with a processor, and controls according to a system program stored in a ROM or the like. Alternatively, a logic circuit configuration may be used. This control circuit 221a corresponds to the first optical sensor 1 described above.
47 and 160 and the carry-in drive motor 121 are electrically connected.

On the control circuit board 221, a test switch 222, LEDs 223 and 224, a counter reset switch 226, and an operation reset switch 227.
Is installed. Each of these elements and the number counter 22
5 is electrically connected to the control circuit 221a. These functions will be described later.

A cover 23 is provided next to the control circuit board 221.
9 is attached. A storage drive motor 230 is attached to the cover 239. In addition, a cylindrical guide rail 231 is provided on the front and rear portions of the cover 239.
And 232 are attached. Guide rail 23
1 and 232 include sliding members 233 and 2 respectively.
34 is slidably provided. These sliding members 23
A power conversion member 235 is integrally formed between 3 and 234. The power conversion member 235 has an elongated hole 235a.
Are formed.

Further, the sliding members 233 and 234 include
Support members 236 and 237 are integrally formed, respectively. A push-out plate 216 is fixed to the other ends of the support members 236 and 237.

On the shaft 230a of the storage drive motor 230,
The power transmission member 238 is attached. The front end portion 238a of the power transmission member 238 has a power conversion member 235.
Is slidably fitted in the long hole 235a. Further, the tip portion 238a of the power transmission member 238 is exposed to the outside through a circular hole 240 formed in the body cover.

A motion sensor 241 is attached to the cover 239. The motion sensor 241 detects the position of the support member 236 and outputs the detection signal to the control circuit 221.
Send to a.

The push-out plate 216 is normally located on the extension surface of the belts 167 and 168 of the carry-in mechanism 100. The pushing plate 216 and the opening / closing plates 217 and 218.
A banknote standby chamber 215 is formed between and. The bill waiting chamber 215 is designed so that the longer width is substantially the same as the longer width of the bill 17. Therefore, the bill waiting room 21
The banknotes 17 stored in 5 have rollers 164 at their end portions.
It is in contact with the tooth 164a and is always curved.

The opening / closing plate 217 has a shaft 217 on the body case side.
It is rotatably attached via b. Open / close plate 21
7 is normally held in a position substantially parallel to the pushing plate 216 by the pressing force of the spring 217a. Opening plate 2
The reference numeral 17 is rotatable leftward in the drawing of FIG. 7 within an angle range of about 180 degrees.

On the other hand, the opening / closing plate 218 is attached so as to face the bill standby chamber 215 side through a rectangular hole 218a formed in the side plate 213. The opening / closing plate 218 is rotatably attached to the side plate 213 via a shaft 218c. Like the opening / closing plate 217, the opening / closing plate 218 is normally pushed by the pushing force of the spring 218b.
It is held in a position almost parallel to. The opening / closing plate 218 is
It can rotate rightward in the drawing of FIG. 17 within an angle range of about 180 degrees.

The gap between the opening / closing plates 217 and 218 is designed to be slightly wider than the width of the pushing plate 216 and smaller than the shorter width of the bill 17.

The bill receiving member 214 is pressed by the spring 219 toward the bill standby chamber 215. Collection room 211
Of the position sensor 2 at the position opposite to the bill standby chamber 215 of
11a is attached. This position sensor 211a
Detects the bill receiving member 214 and sends the detection signal to the control circuit 221a.

Next, the operation of the storage mechanism 200 having such a structure will be described. FIG. 18 shows a storage drive motor 23
It is a figure explaining operation | movement of the 0 part, and is the figure seen from the lower surface direction of the storage control part 220. The tip portion 238a of the power transmission member 238 attached to the shaft 230a of the storage drive motor 230 faces the control circuit 221a side in a steady state and is substantially parallel to the guide rails 231 and 232.
When the storage drive motor 230 drives and the shaft 230a starts rotating, the power transmission member 238 also rotates at the same time. At this time, the tip portion 238a is located in the elongated hole 23
While sliding 5a, the power conversion member 235 is pushed rightward in the figure. As a result, the sliding members 233 and 234 on both ends of the power conversion member 235 slide rightward on the guide rails 231 and 232. Therefore, the support member 236
The push-out plates 216 attached to the and 237 also move to the right at the same time, and push out the bills 17.

Thus, the shaft 23 of the storage drive motor 230
0a continues to rotate, and when the power transmission member 238 rotates 180 degrees, the push plate 216 is located at the rightmost position. Then, when the power transmission member 238 further rotates 180 degrees and reaches the original position, the pushing operation of the banknote 17 is completed.

Further, in this embodiment, the power transmission member 238 is used.
Since the front end portion 238a of the above is exposed to the outside through the hole 240, the shaft 230a of the storage drive motor 230 can be rotated by manually moving the front end portion 238a to perform the bill pushing operation. Therefore, even in an emergency such as a device failure, the pushing operation can be performed by a human hand.

FIG. 19 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the stacking chamber 211 side. Banknote 17 sent from the carry-in mechanism 100 side
Are temporarily stored in the bill standby chamber 215, and the push-out plate 216 is controlled to move to the stacking chamber 211 side at a timing described later. Then, the push-out plate 216 pushes open the opening / closing plates 217 and 218 together with the bill 17 and further pushes the bill receiving member 214 to move it to the right. Then, when the pushing plate 216 returns to the original position again, the banknote 17 is sandwiched between the banknote receiving member 214 and the opening / closing plates 217 and 218, and is left on the stacking chamber 211 side.

After that, this operation is repeated every time the bill 17 is sent, and the bills 17 are accumulated in the accumulating chamber 211 one after another. Every time the banknotes 17 are stacked, the banknote receiving member 21
No. 4 shifts to the right in the drawing. Then, the bill receiving member 214 reaches the position where it is detected by the position sensor 211a.
When is moved, the storage limit is detected.

Next, the control procedure of the control circuit 221a for controlling the operation of the banknote storage device 13 described above will be described. FIG. 20 is a diagram showing the configuration of the control mechanism of the control circuit 211a. When the control circuit 221a is powered on,
The carry-in drive motor 121 is driven to rotate, and the carry-in mechanism unit 10
0 is operated. 1 bill by the operation of the carry-in mechanism 100
When 7 is carried in, the first optical sensor 147 detects that it is carried in, and sends the detection signal to the control circuit 221a.

Immediately before the carried-in banknote 17 is sent to the storage mechanism 200 side, the second optical sensor 160 detects it and sends the detection signal to the control circuit 221a. Banknote 17
Is passing through the second optical sensor 160, the control circuit 221a turns on the LED 224. Thereby, the administrator can easily confirm that the bill 17 is being fed normally. In addition, the control circuit 221a
Each time the bill 17 passes through the second optical sensor 160, it counts the number of stored bills 17, and displays the count value on the counter 225.

The control circuit 221a includes the second optical sensor 160.
From the time when the banknote 17 passes through, the timing when the banknote 17 is stored in the banknote standby chamber 215 is predicted, and at the predicted time, the storage drive motor 230 is driven,
The bills 17 in the bill waiting chamber 215 are pushed out to the stacking chamber 211 by the pushing plate 216. However, when the succeeding bill is being carried in, the succeeding bill is waited until it is stored in the bill waiting chamber 215, and the pushing operation is performed in a state where the bills are overlapped. This is the same even when three or more sheets are continuously stored. Even if a plurality of banknotes are stacked in the banknote waiting chamber 215, the teeth 164a of the roller 164 bend the end of the banknote as described above, so that subsequent banknotes are aligned without colliding with the banknotes already stored. Overlap.

As the timing control for waiting for the succeeding bill, for example, a succeeding bill is detected between the first photo sensor 147 detecting the first photo sensor 147 and the second photo sensor 160 detecting the second bill. Is detected by the first optical sensor 147, the preceding bill 17 is put on standby.
This prevents the subsequent bills from being jammed at the entrance of the bill standby chamber 15 and causing a jam.

When the pushing operation is performed, the movement sensor 2
41 detects this and outputs the detection signal to the control circuit 221.
Send to a. The control circuit 221a lights the LED 223 while the pushing operation is being performed, and notifies the administrator of this.

In this way, when the bills 17 are accumulated in the accumulation chamber 211 and approach the storage limit, the bill receiving plate 2
The position sensor 211a detects 14 positions and sends the detection signal to the control circuit 221a. Control circuit 2 which received this
21a sends an alarm to the hall computer 2 or the like.
Note that the LED that lights up in accordance with this may be provided separately from the illustrated one.

The control circuit 221a has a reset switch 2
Pressing 27 resets all actions. The reset switch 227 is pressed by the administrator when each mechanical unit goes out of control.

Further, when the test switch 222 is pressed, the control circuit 221a drives the storage drive motor 230 at that timing to perform the pushing operation. The test switch 222 is pressed by the administrator when the pushing operation is desired to be performed at an arbitrary timing.

Further, the counter reset switch 226
When is pressed, the control circuit 221a causes the number counter 22
Reset the count value of 5. The count data before being reset is sent to the hall computer 2 or the like.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the control circuit 221a for controlling the stacking of banknotes. Note that this flowchart is started after the operation of the carry-in drive motor 121 is started. [S1] It is determined whether or not the detection signal from the first optical sensor 147 is sent. If it is sent, the process proceeds to step S2, and if not, step S1 is repeated. [S2] It is determined whether or not the detection signal from the second optical sensor 160 is sent. If it is sent, the process proceeds to step S3, and if not, step S2 is repeated. [S3] LED2
24 is turned on and the count value of the number counter 225 is increased. [S4] It is determined whether or not there is a newly introduced bill after the bill detected by the second optical sensor 160, and if there is, the process proceeds to step S5, and if not, the process proceeds to step S9. [S5] The preceding bill is made to stand by in the bill waiting chamber 215. [S6] It is determined whether or not the detection signal from the second optical sensor 160 has been sent to the succeeding bill, and if so, the process proceeds to step S7, and if not, the process returns to step S5. [S7] The LED 224 is turned on, and the number counter 2 is turned on.
Increase the count value of 25. [S8] Further, it is determined whether or not there is a newly introduced banknote, and if there is a bill, the process returns to step S5, and if not, the process proceeds to step S9. [S9] The storage drive motor 230 is driven to start the operation of pushing the bills into the stacking chamber 211. [S10] It is determined whether or not the detection signal from the motion sensor 241 is sent. If it is sent, the process proceeds to step S11, and if not, step S10 is repeated. [S11] The LED 223 is turned on. [S12] The pushing operation is finished. [S13] It is determined whether or not the detection signal from the position sensor 211a is sent, and if sent, the process proceeds to step S14,
Otherwise, this flowchart ends. [S14] An alarm is sent to the hall computer 2 or the like.

As described above, in this embodiment, the storage mechanism section 2
Since the carry-in mechanism unit 100 is provided on the bill take-in side of 00 and the separating mechanism unit 300 for separating the bills that have been double-fed is provided in the carry-in mechanism unit 100, the bill sent from each ball lending machine 1 Can be stored reliably one by one. As a result, it is possible to prevent bill miscounting and device failure due to jamming.

In this embodiment, bills are conveyed and stored as thin plate-shaped objects, but the present invention can be applied to other thin plate-shaped objects such as prepaid cards.

[0100]

As described above, according to the present invention, the thin plate-like object conveyed from the ball lending machine or the like is taken in by the carry-in mechanism part, and the thin plate-like object is double-fed by the separation mechanism part provided in the carry-in mechanism part Since the objects are separated and stacked in the storage mechanism to be stored, the loaded thin plate-shaped objects can be reliably stored one by one.

As a result, it is possible to prevent a counting error of the thin plate-like object and a device failure due to a jam. In particular, attach a driven pulley to the loading rail of the loading mechanism.
Make the hole that supports the attached shaft into a long hole to extend the belt.
Since a pressing member that presses in the direction of
The bending of the belt to be carried in is prevented and the carrying-in operation is performed securely.
I can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an overall configuration of a banknote storage device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a game hall management system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a money transfer mechanism portion of a station.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the banknote storage device viewed from the carry-in drive motor side.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a configuration of only a carry-in mechanism section.

6 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

7 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a mounted state of a driven pulley,
(A) is a plan view and (B) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line CC of FIG.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line DD of FIG.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line EE of FIG.

11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line FF of FIG.

12 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line GG of FIG.

13 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line HH of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a view for explaining the operation of the separation mechanism section.

FIG. 15 is a front view of the banknote storage device viewed from the storage mechanism side.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of the storage mechanism unit with a cover removed.

17 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line I-I of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a view for explaining the operation of the storage drive motor portion, and is a view seen from the lower surface direction of the storage control section.

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an operation on the side of a stacking chamber.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a configuration of a control mechanism of a control circuit.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a control circuit for banknote stacking control.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 playground 2 hall computer 4 pachinko machine 5 ball rental machine 6 island management units 10 banknote conveyor 13 Banknote storage device 14 Attachment 16 wife board 17 banknotes 100 carry-in mechanism section 110 Guide member 120 carry-in rail 121 Carry-in drive motor 125a, 125b, 126a, 126b Separation pulley 200 Storage mechanism 210 Storage 211 Collection room 214 bill receiving member 215 banknote waiting room 216 Extruded plate 220 Storage control unit 221 Control circuit board 221a control circuit 230 Storage drive motor

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Claims (15)

(57) [Claims] 1. A thin-plate object storage device for automatically storing thin-plate objects such as banknotes in a game arcade such as a pachinko parlor, and a loading mechanism section for taking in the thin plate objects conveyed from a ball lending machine or the like. A separation mechanism section provided in the carry-in mechanism section for separating the multi-fed thin plate-shaped objects in the traveling direction; and a storage mechanism section for stacking and storing the thin plate-shaped objects from the carry-in mechanism section, And a loading mechanism for carrying in the thin plate-like object.
An entrance rail and the thin plate-like object provided on the carry-in rail
Multiple rotating shafts mounted parallel to the traveling direction of
Between the pulley attached to each rotary shaft and the pulley
A belt that is hung and conveys the thin plate-like object;
A carry-in drive motor for driving the rolling shaft and the pulley,
And a drive of a carry-in drive motor to the pulley through a gear or the like.
Between the drive pulley that receives the force and the drive pulley,
Is driven by the rotation of the drive pulley.
And a plurality of driven pulleys attached to one rotating shaft.
The plurality of driven pulleys are attached to the rotary shaft.
It was attached to the pulley fixed to the
The driven pulley is attached to the carry-in rail.
An elongated hole for slidably supporting the shaft in the conveying direction,
In the direction in which the belt hung on the driven pulley extends,
A pressing member that presses the shaft to which the moving pulley is attached,
A thin plate-shaped object storage device characterized by being provided . 2. The accommodating mechanism part is inserted in a state in which the carrying-in mechanism part is inserted into a carrying-in source of the thin plate-like object through a hole formed in a plate for attachment, and the insertion depth is adjustable. The thin plate object storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a mounting tool for holding the object. 3. A shaft to which the driven pulley is attached,
Be attached to the slot through a bearing
The thin plate-shaped object storage device according to claim 1 . 4. The thin plate-shaped object is mounted on the carry-in rail.
A guide member for taking in from the side is attached
The thin plate-like object storage according to claim 1, characterized in that
apparatus. 5. The guide member is detachably attached.
The thin plate-like object according to claim 4, characterized in that
Storage device. 6. The separation mechanism is configured such that the thin plate-shaped object is
When sent, the first contact with the thin plate-like object
Separate the separation pulley and the first separation pulley from the transport direction.
And a reversing mechanism portion that rotates in a direction.
The thin plate-shaped object storage device according to claim 1. 7. The first separating pulley is provided in the reversing mechanism section.
The first separation pool is rotatably attached and
When the Li receives the thickness of the multi-fed thin plate-like object
A moving shaft that moves in the direction opposite to the thin plate-like object, and
Sufficient friction with the first separating pulley when the moving shaft moves
A second separating pulley which comes into contact by force, and said second separating pulley
And the first separation pulley is
The second separating plate is rotated so as to rotate in the direction opposite to the feeding direction.
And a reversing shaft for rotating the reel,
The thin plate-shaped object storage device according to claim 6. 8. The reversing shaft is the first separating pulley.
Movably mounted in the direction
1 is pushed in the direction of the separation pulley.
The thin plate-shaped object storage device according to claim 7. 9. The separation mechanism section in the carry-in rail
In the subsequent stage, the above-mentioned
Pulleys and belts that rotate faster than pulleys and belts
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a belt is provided.
Thin object storage device. 10. The storage mechanism section is the carry-in mechanism section.
Standby to temporarily wait for the thin plate-shaped object loaded from
Room and an extruder for pushing out a thin plate-like object in the standby room
Accumulate and store the structural parts and the extruded thin plate-like objects
2. An accumulating chamber according to claim 1, further comprising:
Thin object storage device. 11. The extruding mechanism portion is the thin plate-like object.
A push-out plate for pushing the body toward the collecting chamber ,
Storage drive motor as drive source, and storage drive motor
The rotational force of is converted to a linear movement force and given to the extrusion plate.
And a power conversion mechanism section according to claim 1.
10. The thin plate object storage device according to item 10. 12. The rotary shaft of the storage drive motor is manually operated.
A power transmission member whose rotation can be controlled by
The power transmission member is configured to be exposed to the outside.
The thin plate-shaped object storage device according to claim 11, wherein
Place 13. The thin plate shape provided on the carry-in mechanism section.
A thin plate-like object passage sensor for detecting passage of an object;
Detection of the thin plate-shaped object is performed by the plate-shaped object passage sensor.
Counting means for counting each time
And a counter for displaying the displayed value to the outside.
The thin plate-shaped object storage device according to claim 1. 14. The thin plate-shaped object is a bill.
The thin plate-like object storage device according to claim 1, which is used as a characteristic. 15. The thin plate-shaped object is a magnetic card.
The thin plate-shaped object storage device according to claim 1.