JP4095633B2 - Banknote handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote handling apparatus disposed between, for example, a large number of gaming machines arranged side by side.

  A bill processing device in which bills are inserted in order to rent pachinko balls and coins is provided between adjacent machines such as pachinko and slots. As the banknote handling apparatus, one configured so that a player can collect banknotes from a built-in banknote stock unit without interrupting the game is known (see Patent Document 1).

As a specific configuration, a banknote is inserted from a banknote insertion slot provided on the front surface of the box, a banknote identification device is provided on the rear side of the banknote insertion slot, and a banknote stock unit is provided on the rear side of the banknote identification apparatus. In the banknote stock section, the identified banknotes are brought to one side with their postures, that is, moved in the thickness direction of the banknotes to be stocked.
JP 2002-924 A

  However, in the case of the banknote handling apparatus having the above-described configuration, it is necessary to arrange a means for moving the banknote in the thickness direction at the rear portion of the banknote identification apparatus in the banknote stock section. Since it is difficult to use the rear part of the device only for stocking banknotes, the stock capacity is reduced, and the gap between adjacent gaming machines is narrow and there are left and right width restrictions, so the left and right width of the banknote stock part can be widened. Since it is impossible, it is necessary to frequently take out and collect the banknotes stocked in the banknote stock section, and there is a possibility that the collection operation becomes complicated. Note that if the banknote stock part is simply enlarged, the banknote processing apparatus itself will be enlarged, and the extra space between adjacent machines will be lost or narrowed. Since it is difficult to secure a space for installing peripheral devices of gaming machines that are arranged around the machine, downsizing is also required.

  The present invention was made in order to solve such a problem of the prior art, and can widen the left and right width of the banknote stock portion, thereby reducing the frequency of banknote collection and corresponding to downsizing. It aims at providing the bill processing device which can do.

Banknote processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the invention, a bill insertion slot that bill is inserted in a posture that is nearly vertical to the width direction, the bill insertion remains inserted bill the same orientation to the bill insertion slot More than the conveyance mechanism which conveys in the horizontal direction to the inner back side from the mouth, the banknote identification part which is provided in the vicinity of the banknote insertion slot and identifies the banknote conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, and the banknote identification part A banking direction change unit that is provided on the inner side and temporarily stops the banknotes that have been transported by the transport mechanism, and a banknote that is provided on the upper side or the lower side of the transport direction change unit, with the width direction of the banknotes being substantially vertical. Banknote stocking section for storing the banknote, and a storage mechanism for storing the banknote temporarily stopped at the transport direction changing section in the banknote stock section, the storage mechanism having a rotation angle at a rotation angle. Depending on And a storage roller whose outer peripheral surface comes in contact with and separates from the banknote transport area transported by the transport mechanism according to the rotation, and the storage roller has a small diameter portion when the banknote is transported in a substantially horizontal direction. When the bill is stored in the bill stock portion toward the bill, it is used to move the bill by rotating the roller by bringing the large diameter portion into contact with the bill, and between the transport direction changing portion and the bill stock portion. A shutter is provided, and the shutter is opened as the storage roller rotates in the forward direction to move the banknotes to the banknote stock portion, while the shutter is rotated as the storage roller is rotated in the reverse direction. Is configured to be in a closed state .

The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 2 is the banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the storage mechanism has the blade for bringing the banknotes toward the transport direction changing section side of the banknote stock section in the banknote stock section. It has a car, The above-mentioned impeller is constituted so that it may rotate only when the above-mentioned storage roller rotates in the above-mentioned direction.

The banknote handling apparatus according to a third aspect of the invention is characterized in that, in the banknote handling apparatus according to the first or second aspect , an open / close door for collecting banknotes is provided in front of the banknote stock section.

The banknote handling apparatus according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the banknote handling apparatus according to the third aspect , wherein the banknote handling apparatus includes a stock container for banknote stock provided in the banknote stock section, and the stock is opened when the door is open. The container is configured to advance forward.

  In the case of the present invention, the bill insertion slot, the bill recognition unit, and the transport direction changing unit are arranged at the same height position, the bill stock unit is arranged on the upper side or the lower side of the transport direction changing unit, Since the parts are separated from each other, the width of the bill stock portion can be effectively utilized to widen the left and right width, thereby reducing the frequency of bill collection. In addition, since the banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion slot with the width direction being substantially vertical, that is, the width direction is vertical, and the banknote is transported to the transport direction changing unit by the transport mechanism in the same posture. The banknote identification unit can use an existing banknote identification sensor that performs identification in the longitudinal direction of the banknote as it is, so that the cost can be reduced. Furthermore, since the banknotes are stored in the banknote stock section in a state in which the width direction of the banknotes is vertical, it is possible to reduce the height dimension from the banknote insertion slot, the conveyance direction change section, etc. to the banknote stock section. The overall height of the banknote handling apparatus can be reduced, thereby reducing the size of the banknote handling apparatus.

Further, in the case of the present invention, the storage roller directs the small-diameter portion to the banknote transport area when the banknote is transported in the substantially horizontal direction by the transport mechanism, so that it does not get in the way when the banknote is transported by the transport mechanism. On the other hand, when the banknote is stored in the banknote stock part, it is used to move the banknote by the rotation of the large-diameter portion (substantially the rotation of the storage roller). It can be fed into the bill stock section. Therefore, by providing the storage roller as a storage mechanism in the banknote transport area by the transport mechanism, it is possible to achieve both the transport of banknotes by the transport mechanism and the storage of banknotes by the storage mechanism. Since it is not necessary to retract the roller from the banknote conveyance area to be performed, the retreat space can be omitted, and the size can be reduced. Furthermore, since the retracting mechanism of the storage roller can be omitted, the structure can be simplified and the cost can be greatly reduced.

  Furthermore, according to the present invention, the shutter provided between the transport direction changing unit and the banknote stock unit is in an open state as the storage roller moves in the forward direction to move the banknotes toward the banknote stock unit. On the other hand, since the closed state is brought about by rotating the storage roller in the reverse direction, the storage roller can be opened and closed with the rotation operation of the storage roller. Therefore, there is no problem even if the opening / closing of the shutter and the rotation of the storage roller are driven by a common drive system, and the size can be further reduced when the drive by the common drive system is adopted.

  In addition, as the storage roller, a D-cut roller having a D-section shape in which a part of the circumference is cut into a small-diameter portion, a roller having alternately a small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion such as an oval cross-section, or the like is used. It is done.

In the case of the invention according to claim 2 , the banknote is moved to one side of the banknote stock section by applying a force to the banknote located in the banknote stock section by the rotating impeller toward the transport direction changing section of the banknote stock section. It is possible. In general, a mechanism for pressing the banknotes horizontally beside the banknote stock part is used as a banking technique for the banknotes in such a banknote stock part. It is possible to prevent the width of the banknote from being narrowed and to reduce the bill collection frequency. At this time, further downsizing is possible by adopting a configuration in which the impeller provided in the bill stock portion is driven by a drive system that drives the storage roller. However, when the drive system is made common in this way and the size is reduced, the storage roller is rotated in the forward and reverse directions so that the opening and closing of the shutter can also function. If the shutter is rotated in the opposite direction to open from the closed state, the bills brought to one side of the folded bill stock portion will return to the original state, which is not preferable. Therefore, by making the impeller rotate only in one direction in which the bills are brought together as in the present invention, it is possible to prevent the bills brought to one side of the bill stock portion from returning to the original, and to be substantially compact. Is possible. In order to rotate the impeller only in one direction, for example, a known one-way clutch or the like is used for the drive transmission system of the impeller. In addition, since the shutter is opened and closed in a narrow space, the shutter opens and closes within a certain range when a torque exceeding a certain value is applied to the opening and closing mechanism of the shutter, so that the rotation of the storage roller does not occur. For example, a known slip clutch or the like is used.

In the case of the invention of claim 3 , since the collection of the banknote is possible from the front side by opening the opening / closing door disposed on the front side, an opening / closing mechanism is not required beside the banknote stock portion as in Patent Document 1, Thereby, a banknote stock part can be made wide and the reduction of banknote collection frequency can be aimed at. In addition, the stocked banknotes can be collected without pulling out the entire banknote handling apparatus to the front side. Therefore, even when the banknote handling apparatus of the present invention is arranged between the gaming machines, it does not interfere with the player who is playing the game when collecting banknotes. In particular, in the case of the invention of claim 4 , since the stock container advances to the front side, the bill collection becomes easier.

  Below, the banknote processing apparatus of this invention is demonstrated concretely.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of a banknote processing apparatus according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing a place where the banknote processing apparatus is arranged, and FIG. 3 shows an internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus. It is a schematic diagram (left side view) shown.

  This banknote handling apparatus 1 is arranged between a large number of side-by-side gaming machines 100, a banknote insertion slot 3 is provided at the upper front side, and an inner back side of the banknote insertion slot 3 is provided inside. The bill recognition unit 4 is provided on the (rear side), the transport direction changing unit 5 is further provided inside the bill recognition unit 4, and the bill stock unit 6 is provided below the transport direction changing unit 5, respectively. An opening / closing door 7 for collecting banknotes is provided on the front side of the stock unit 6. That is, on the upper side, the banknote insertion slot 3, the banknote recognition part 4 and the transport direction changing part 5 are provided at the same height position, and on the lower side, the banknote stock part 6 and the open / close door 7 are provided. It has a built structure. In addition, a transport mechanism 10 that transports the bill A inserted into the bill insertion slot 3 is provided in an area extending from the bill recognition unit 4 to the front side portion of the transport direction changing unit 5, and bill stock from the lower part of the transport direction changing unit 5. A storage mechanism 20 that stores the banknote A of the transport direction changing unit 5 in the banknote stock unit 6 is provided in an area extending up to the top of the unit 6. Here, the banknote A is transported by the transport mechanism 10 from the banknote recognition section 4 to the transport direction changing section 5 is called a banknote transport area B, and the banknote A is stored by the storage mechanism 20 from the transport direction changing section 5. The bill stock section 6 is referred to as a bill storage area C.

  The banknote A inserted into the banknote insertion slot 3 is transported in the banknote transport area B by the transport mechanism 10. During this transport, the banknote identification unit 4 detects the authenticity data of the banknote, and the banknote processing apparatus 1 is provided. The authenticity of the bill is determined by a control unit (not shown) including a CPU or the like. When the determination result is not authentic, it is returned to the bill insertion slot 3 by the transport mechanism 10, and when the determination result is a genuine bill, it is transported to the transport direction changing unit 5 by the transport mechanism 10, and then the storage mechanism. 20 is stored in the banknote stock section 6 via the banknote storage area C whose direction is changed downward. When the banknote A stored in the banknote stock section 6 is full or nears the state, it is collected outside by opening the door 7 as shown in FIG. The open / close door 7 and the bill stock unit 6 are configured to function as a safe. In addition, between the conveyance direction change part 5 and the banknote stock part 6, the shutter 8 mentioned later which regulates or accept | permits the movement of the banknote A is provided.

  The bill insertion slot 3 is formed in a vertically long shape so that the bill A is inserted in a posture in which the width direction thereof is substantially vertical, and the length thereof is set to be substantially the same as the width dimension of the bill A (FIG. 2). reference). And it is conveyed to the banknote stock part 6, maintaining the attitude | position inserted in the banknote insertion slot 3. FIG.

  FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining the structures of the transport mechanism 10 and the storage mechanism 20.

  The transport mechanism 10 includes a plurality of conveyor belts 11a, 11b and 11c provided on one side (right side) sandwiching the banknote transport area B, and a plurality provided on the other side (left side) in the illustrated example, and 4 illustrated in the illustrated example. And two rollers 12a, 12b, 12c, and 12d. The conveyor belt 11a and the conveyor belt 11b are provided to be spaced apart from each other at an equal distance from the bill insertion slot 3, and the conveyor belt 11c is slightly shifted to the rear side of the conveyor belts 11a and 11b. Among the rollers 12a to 12d, the upper two rollers 12a and 12b are arranged to face the conveying belt 11a, and the lower two rollers 12c and 12d are arranged to face the conveying belt 11b. Each of the four rollers 12a to 12d is elastically biased toward the conveying belt by a spring (not shown) provided on a roller shaft (not shown).

  The storage mechanism 20 is provided as a plurality of storage rollers on one side (right side) sandwiching the banknote conveyance area B, two D cut rollers 21 and 22 in the illustrated example, and the same number as the D cut rollers on the other side (left side). Counter rollers 23 and 24. The D-cut rollers 21 and 22 are rollers having a cross-sectional D shape in which a part of the circumference is cut so that the radius from the rotation center changes according to the rotation angle. When the paper is conveyed in the horizontal direction, the cut surfaces (small-diameter portions) 21a, 22a face the banknotes, and when the banknotes A are stored in the banknote stock part 6, the arcuate surfaces (large-diameter portions) 21b, 22b rotate (substantially). Is controlled to move the bill A downward by rotation of the D-cut roller). The opposing rollers 23 and 24 face the D-cut rollers 21 and 22 and are elastically biased toward the D-cut rollers 21 and 22 in the same manner as the rollers 12a to 12d. Tapers 23 a and 24 a for guiding the bill A are provided on the front side of the opposed rollers 23 and 24. The tapers 23a and 24a are formed in a shape having a smaller diameter on the bill insertion slot 3 side, for example, a truncated cone shape in the illustrated example.

  The storage mechanism 20 has a plurality of roller pairs 25 and 26 in the illustrated example so as to sandwich the banknote storage area C. One roller 25a, 26a of each roller pair 25, 26 is attached to a common shaft 27, and a plurality of, in the illustrated example, three impellers 28 are attached to the shaft 27. Each impeller 28 is for bringing the banknote A stocked in the banknote stock part 6 to one side, in FIG. 5, to the front side, and includes a plurality of blades protruding in the radial direction of the shaft 27, five in the illustrated example. ing. By the rotation of these impellers 28, a force directed toward one side of the bill stock portion 6 (front side in the illustrated example) is applied to the upper portion of the bill A stocked in the bill stock portion 6.

  The above-described rollers 12a to 12d and the opposing rollers 23 and 24 are provided inside the opening / closing lid 2 provided to be openable and closable at the upper part of the left side as shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a view showing the inside of the opening / closing lid 2.

  FIG. 7 is a view of the bill conveyance area B and the bill storage area C as viewed from the left side.

  The banknote conveyance area B is formed between the opening / closing lid 2 and the wall member 2b shown in FIG. 7, and on the opposite side (right side) of the wall member 2b to the opening / closing lid 2, as shown in FIG. Drive systems 30 and 40 for driving the transport mechanism 10 and the storage mechanism 20 are provided. FIGS. 7 and 8 show states on the opposite side with respect to the wall member 2b.

  The drive system 30 of the transport mechanism 10 is configured as follows. That is, the rear pulleys of the conveyor belts 11a and 11b and the front pulley of the conveyor belt 11c are attached to a common shaft 31, and the rear pulley of the conveyor belt 11c is rotated by the conveyor motor 32 via the shaft 33. Thus, the conveyor belts 11a, 11b, and 11c are rotated in the same direction.

On the other hand, the drive system 40 of the storage mechanism 20 is configured as follows. That is, the storage motor 42 is connected to the shaft 41 to which the D-cut rollers 21 and 22 are attached and the shaft 29 to which the other rollers 25b and 26b of the roller pairs 25 and 26 are attached via the endless belts 43 and 44. The rotation of is transmitted. One roller 25a, 26a of the roller pair 25, 26 is rotated by the rotational force transmitted from the other roller 25b, 26b, and the impeller 28 is also rotated in response to this rotation. A known one-way clutch (not shown) is provided between the shaft 27 to which the impeller 28 is attached and the impeller 28, and the impeller 28 is only in the direction of bringing the bill A toward the front side. It is designed to rotate (see FIG. 5). The shaft 41 is attached to the shaft 8 via a known slip clutch (not shown) so as to be swingable, and a lateral claw 8a formed at the lower portion of the shutter 8 has a bill conveyance area B. It goes in and out so as to cross the lower part (see FIG. 7). More specifically, the shutter 8 is provided in a narrow space between the wall member 2b and the right outer surface of the case (not shown) facing the wall member 2b. Regardless of this, the slip clutch is kept in contact. When the storage motor 42 rotates in the forward direction so that the D-cut rollers 21 and 22 move the bill A downward, the claw 8a enters the hole 2c formed in the wall member 2b and the shutter 8 is in the open state. When the storage motor 42 rotates in the reverse direction, the claw 8a comes out of the hole 2c and the shutter 8 is closed.

  Further, the above-described open / close door 7 is configured such that the lock mechanism 70 is released by a rotation operation of the key 71 or an operation by an electric signal of the solenoid 72. And with this cancellation | release, the stock container 73 (refer FIG. 5) provided in the banknote stock part 6 so that sliding was advanced to the front side with the elastic force of the tension spring 74 was carried out. And by advance of the stock container 73 to the front side, the open / close door 7 is tilted from the standing posture up to that time and changed into a horizontal posture via a shaft 7a provided on the lower end side (see FIG. 4). In addition, it is good also as a structure using the press spring which replaces with the tension spring 74 and advances the stock container 73 to the front side.

  Next, the arrangement of various sensors will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The banknote recognition unit 4 is provided with inlet sensors 51 and 52 in the vicinity of the banknote insertion slot 3, and a plurality of banknote identification sensors are provided on both sides of the banknote transport area B on the inner side. ing. As the banknote identification sensor, for example, banknote identification sensors 53, 54, and 55 that are optically identified on the right side of the banknote transport area B are arranged, and a plurality of banknote identification sensors that are magnetically identified on the left side of the banknote transport area B ( (Not shown) is arranged. The banknote identification sensors 53 and 54 detect both ends of the banknote A in the width direction, and the banknote identification sensor 55 detects the center of the width of the banknote A, and the function of detecting the passage of the banknote A and the banknotes. And a function of detecting authenticity (whether the bill is genuine or not). And the said control part (not shown) determines the authenticity of a banknote based on the data from the banknote identification sensors 53,54,55. In addition, as a banknote which is not authentic, the counterfeit ticket, such as a short ticket shorter than a regular banknote, a long long ticket on the contrary, a double-layered double ticket, etc. corresponds. In addition, a denomination or the like that has been instructed to prohibit receipt is similarly handled as an unauthentic bill. And the data regarding the amount of genuine bills are output to a lending device (not shown) different from the bill processing device 1 for lending a ball (or lending coin).

  The transport direction changing unit 5 is provided with a position detection sensor 56 that detects the leading edge of the banknote, and the shutter 8 provided on the lower side of the transport direction changing unit 5 is provided with a shutter sensor 57 that detects the open / closed state of the shutter 8. Is provided. Below the shutter sensor 57 is provided a bill passage sensor 58 that detects the passage of the bill A transfer direction changing portion, and further below the bill A, the movement of the bill A to the bill stock portion 6 is detected. Sabaki sensors 59 and 60 are provided.

  The shaft 41 to which the D-cut rollers 21 and 22 are attached is provided with a D-cut roller position sensor 61 that detects whether or not the cut surfaces 21a and 22a are facing the bill conveyance area B. The D-cut roller position sensor 61 is positioned at a home position where the cut surfaces 21a and 22a face the bill conveyance area B by the protruding piece 61a partially protruding in the radial direction on the shaft 41 blocking the detection light. Is supposed to be detected. Further, the bill stock unit 6 is provided with a bill presence sensor 62 for detecting whether or not the bill A is stocked.

  It is detected by each of the D-cut roller position sensor 61 and the bill presence / absence sensor 62, such as the entrance sensor 51, the bill identification sensor 53, the position detection sensor 56, the shutter sensor 57, the bill passage sensor 58, the buckle sensor 59, etc. The signal is given to the control unit (not shown) and used for the control described below.

  Next, the operation content of the banknote processing apparatus configured as described above will be described based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.

  First, when the entrance sensors 51 and 52 detect that the bill A has been inserted into the bill insertion slot 3 (step S1), the transport motor 32 is rotated forward (step S3). Thereafter, banknote data is sampled. That is, the three banknote identification sensors 53, 54, and 55 detect the passage of the banknote A (on) (step S5), the entrance sensors 51 and 52 are turned off (step S7), and the position detection sensor 56 is turned on. (Step S9) When the banknote identification sensors 53 and 54 having both end portions of the banknote A as detection areas are turned off (Step S11), the transport motor 32 is stopped (Step S13). Subsequently, the result of the identification processing relating to the authenticity of the banknote based on the data from the banknote identification sensors 53, 54, 55 is determined (step S15). 32 is reversed and the bill A is returned to the bill insertion slot 3 side (step S17). When the inlet sensors 51 and 52 are turned off, that is, the bill A is extracted (step S19), the processing is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the bill is a regular bill in step S15, the transport motor 32 is rotated forward (step S21), and when the bill recognition sensor 55 is turned off (step S23), a timer is set (step S25). When the timer time (T) exceeds the predetermined time T1 (step S27), the transport motor 32 is stopped (step S29). This completes the conveyance process. The predetermined time T <b> 1 is set to a time during which the transport mechanism 10 transports the banknote A to the predetermined position of the transport direction changing unit 5 after the leading edge of the banknote A is captured by the position detection sensor 56.

  Thereafter, the storage motor 42 is rotated forward (step S31), and it is determined whether or not the shutter sensor 57 is on (that is, the shutter 8 is open) (step S33). When the bill passage sensor 58 is turned on (step S35), the position detection sensor 56 is turned off (step S37), the buckle sensors 59 and 60 are turned on (step S39), and the bill currency sensor 58 is turned off (step S41). The storage motor 42 is stopped (step S43). Thereby, banknote A is conveyed to a storage position (or bend position or deposit position).

  Subsequently, a bend signal as a deposit signal is output to a lending device (not shown) (step S45), and it is determined whether a deposit confirmation command signal is input from the lending device (not shown) (step S47). When the deposit confirmation command signal is input, the storage motor 42 is rotated forward (step S49), the buckle sensors 59, 60 are turned off (step S51), and the bill presence sensor 12 is turned on (step S53). 42 is stopped (step S55). Thereby, the stack process of the bill A is completed. Thereafter, a deposit preparation process is performed. That is, when the storage motor 42 is reversed (step S57) and the D-cut roller position sensor 61 detects that the cut surfaces 21a and 22a face the bill conveyance area B (step S59), the shutter sensor 57 is turned off. Whether or not the shutter 8 is in a closed state is confirmed (step S61), and the process is terminated.

  Therefore, according to this embodiment, the banknote insertion slot 3, the banknote identification part 4, and the conveyance direction change part 5 are arranged at the same height position in the upper part, and the banknote stock part 6 is arranged in the lower part. Since the stock section 6 has a separated structure, it is possible to effectively utilize the machine width of the banknote stock section 6 to widen the left and right widths, thereby reducing the frequency of banknote collection. Further, the bill A is inserted into the bill insertion slot 3 with its width direction being substantially vertical, that is, with the width direction being vertical, and the bill A is kept in the same posture by the transport mechanism 10 in the transport direction changing unit. Therefore, the banknote identification unit 4 can use the existing banknote identification sensors 53 to 55 that perform identification in the longitudinal direction of the banknote A as it is, and the cost can be reduced. Furthermore, since the banknote A is stored in the banknote stock section 6 in a state where the width direction of the banknote A is vertical, the height dimension from the banknote insertion slot 3 and the transport direction changing section 5 to the banknote stock section 6 is reduced. This makes it possible to reduce the overall height of the banknote handling apparatus 1, thereby reducing the size of the banknote handling apparatus 1. And it becomes possible to apply the surplus space formed between the game machines 100 to another use by the miniaturization.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, since the D cut rollers 21 and 22 are provided in the banknote conveyance area B by the conveyance mechanism 10, thereby making it possible to achieve both the conveyance of the banknote A and the storage of the banknote A, this also Miniaturization can be achieved. In other words, it is possible to eliminate the retraction space from the banknote conveyance area B, which is performed when a normal circular roller is used, and the retraction space can be omitted. Furthermore, since the roller retracting mechanism can be omitted, the structure can be simplified and the cost can be greatly reduced.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the shutter provided in the lower part of the banknote conveyance area conveyed by the conveyance mechanism and in the vicinity of the upper part of the banknote stock portion is in the forward direction in which the D-cut roller moves the banknote downward. As the D-cut roller rotates, the D-cut roller rotates in the opposite direction, and the D-cut roller rotates in the opposite direction. Since the drive by is adopted, downsizing becomes possible.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, the impeller 28 provided near the upper part of the banknote stock portion 6 is driven by a common drive system 40 that also drives the D-cut rollers 21 and 22, thereby enabling downsizing. It is possible to bring the banknote A to one side of the banknote stock section 6. Generally, a mechanism for pushing the banknote A horizontally beside the banknote stock section 6 is used as a technique for shifting the banknote A in the banknote stock section 6, but in the present invention, it is pushed by using the impeller 28. It is possible to prevent the bill stock portion 6 from being narrowed by the mechanism, and to reduce the bill collection frequency. However, as described above, when the drive system 40 is shared to reduce the size, the D-cut rollers 21 and 22 are rotated in the forward and reverse directions so that the opening and closing of the shutter can also function. However, when the shutter is rotated in the reverse direction in order to change the shutter from open to closed, the bill A brought to one side of the folded bill stock portion 6 is returned to the original state, which is not preferable. Therefore, by making the impeller 28 rotate only in one direction in the direction of approach as in the present invention, the bill A brought to one side of the bill stock portion 6 is prevented from returning to the original, and substantially. Miniaturization is possible.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, since the collection | recovery of the banknote A is possible from the front side by opening the opening-and-closing door 7 distribute | arranged to the front side, the opening / closing mechanism is not required beside a banknote stock part like patent document 1. FIG. As a result, the bill stock section 6 can be widened, and the bill collection frequency can be reduced. Further, since the stocked banknote A can be collected without pulling out the entire banknote handling apparatus 1 to the front side, it does not interfere with the player who is playing the game when collecting banknotes. In addition, since the stock container 73 advances to the front side, bill collection becomes easier.

  In the above-described embodiment, the bill insertion slot, the bill recognition unit, and the conveyance direction change unit are arranged at the same height position in the upper portion, and the bill stock portion is arranged in the lower portion. On the contrary, it is good also as a structure which has arrange | positioned the banknote insertion slot, the banknote identification part, and the conveyance direction change part in the same position height position of the lower part, and has arrange | positioned the banknote stock part in the upper part.

  In the above-described embodiment, the D-cut roller is used as the storage roller, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a roller having alternating small-diameter portions and large-diameter portions such as an oval cross section can be used. In short, any storage roller whose radius from the rotation center is changed according to the rotation angle and whose outer peripheral surface comes into contact with or separates according to the rotation with respect to the bill conveyance area conveyed by the conveyance mechanism may be used. . Such a storage roller turns the small diameter part toward the banknote when the banknote is transported in a substantially horizontal direction by the transport mechanism, and rotates the roller by contacting the large diameter part against the banknote when storing the banknote in the banknote stock part. Is used to move the bill.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows an example of the banknote processing apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows typically the location where the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 is arrange | positioned. It is a schematic diagram (left side view) which shows the internal structure of the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the opening / closing door of the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 opened. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the structure of the conveyance mechanism and storage mechanism with which the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 was equipped. It is a perspective view which shows the inner surface side of the opening / closing lid with which the banknote processing apparatus of FIG. 1 was equipped. It is the figure which looked at the banknote conveyance area and the banknote storage area from the left side. It is a figure which shows the state on the opposite side to FIG. 7 on both sides of a wall member. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement content of a banknote processing apparatus. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the operation | movement content of a banknote processing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Banknote processing apparatus 3 Banknote insertion port 4 Banknote identification part 5 Conveyance direction change part 6 Banknote stock part 7 Opening / closing door 10 Conveyance mechanism 20 Storage mechanism 21, 22 D cut roller 28 Impeller 40 Drive system 100 Game machine A Banknote B Bill conveyance Area C Banknote storage area

Claims (4)

A bill insertion slot into which a bill is inserted in a posture in which the width direction is substantially vertical;
A transport mechanism for transporting the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot in a substantially horizontal direction from the banknote insertion slot to the inner back side with the same posture;
A banknote identification unit that is provided in the vicinity of the banknote insertion slot and identifies a banknote transported by the transport mechanism;
A transport direction changing unit that is provided on the inner side of the banknote recognition unit and temporarily stops the banknotes transported by the transport mechanism;
A banknote stock section provided on the upper side or the lower side of the transport direction changing section, for stocking banknotes with the width direction of the banknotes being substantially vertical;
A storage mechanism for storing the banknote temporarily stopped in the transport direction changing section in the banknote stock section ;
The storage mechanism has a storage roller whose radius from the rotation center is changed according to a rotation angle, and whose outer peripheral surface comes in contact with and separates according to the rotation with respect to the bill conveyance area conveyed by the conveyance mechanism. The storage roller has a small-diameter portion directed to the banknote when the banknote is transported in a substantially horizontal direction by the transport mechanism, and a large-diameter portion is brought into contact with the banknote when the banknote is stored in the banknote stock part, and the banknote is rotated by the roller And a shutter is provided between the transport direction changing portion and the bill stock portion, and the storing roller moves in the forward direction to move the bill to the bill stock portion. A bill processing apparatus, wherein the shutter is in an open state, and on the other hand, the shutter is in a closed state as the storage roller is rotated in the reverse direction .   The banknote processing apparatus according to claim 1,
  The storage mechanism has an impeller for bringing the banknotes toward the conveyance direction change part of the banknote stock section in the banknote stock section, and the impeller is only when the storage roller rotates in the forward direction. It is comprised so that it may rotate, The banknote processing apparatus characterized by the above-mentioned.   In the bill processing device according to claim 1 or 2,
  A banknote handling apparatus, wherein an open / close door for collecting banknotes is provided in front of the banknote stock section. In the bill processing apparatus according to claim 3,
  A bill processing apparatus comprising a stock container for banknote stock provided in the banknote stock section, wherein the stock container advances forward when the open / close door is open.

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