JP4801894B2 - Banknote storage device at Yugijima - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention transports banknotes of a plurality of denominations inserted into a game medium lending machine provided on a game island by a banknote transport device, and sorts the transported banknotes by denomination by a banknote discrimination device. It relates to a banknote storage device of a game island in which sorted banknotes are arranged and stored for each denomination in a denomination banknote storage device, and when the system is down, The present invention relates to a banknote storage device on an amusement island that can be exchanged or repaired.

  Usually, in a game store, a plurality of game machines (for example, pachinko machines, etc.) are arranged in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of game medium lending machines (for example, pachinko ball machine, etc.) are arranged between the game machines. As a result, amusement islands are constructed. In a cash-type game island where a pachinko machine arranged in such a game island is played with cash, a money-type game medium lending machine configured to allow coins to be inserted at a location adjacent to the pachinko machine is provided. Yes.

  Conventionally, the coins that are thrown into such a money-type game medium lending machine have been mainly 1000-yen banknotes, but recently, banknotes other than 1000-yen banknotes (multiple denomination banknotes) can be lent. Various game media lending machines have been installed.

  As a conventional device provided with such a game medium lending machine, a device called “game island equipment” disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. As shown in FIG. 13, this device transports banknotes inserted into each game medium lending machine 51 into an island management device 53 provided on one end side of the island 50 by the banknote transport device 52, and each banknote is transported. After discriminating by the bill discriminating device in the island management device 53, the bills are moved to the bill storage devices 54a, 54b, 54c, and are arranged and stored so as to be stacked for each denomination.

  By the way, an apparatus for sorting and storing banknotes by denomination as described above is called a denomination banknote storage apparatus, and recently, the banknote discrimination apparatus and denomination banknote storage apparatus are unitized. After being developed and manufactured separately, each is incorporated into a housing together with a bill discriminating device so that each device can be individually maintained and repaired.

  As an apparatus in which such a banknote discriminating apparatus and a denomination-type banknote storage apparatus are unitized, there is one shown in FIG. This apparatus includes a control box 62 in a housing 61 of a safe, and a banknote sent to a banknote discriminating apparatus 63 from a banknote transport apparatus (not shown) is discriminated by the banknote discriminating apparatus 63. After that, the posture converting device 64 is configured to be sent to the denominated bill storage device 65 in a state where the posture of the bill is twisted by 90 °.

In the above configuration, the bill discriminating device 63 and the posture changing device 64 can be pulled out or stored forward by the guide member 63a in a state of being integrally formed, and when bills are clogged, they are pulled out to the front. It can be inspected, repaired and replaced. Further, the denomination banknote storage device 65 is configured to be pulled out or stored to the front by the guide member 65a. When the denomination banknote storage device 65 fails or is exchanged, the denomination banknote storage device 65 is pulled out and replaced. It is also possible to do.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-040589

  By the way, in the apparatus shown in FIG. 14, the control box 62 having the control base is installed outside the denomination banknote storage device 65, and the banknote discrimination is performed even when the denomination banknote storage device 65 is removed. The control function is separated so that the operation of the device 63 can be maintained. Accordingly, when the denomination banknote storage device 65 is exchanged when the system is down, the banknote sent from the banknote transport apparatus is discriminated by the banknote discriminating apparatus 63, and then the banknote is provided in the lower part of the casing 61. By sending it to the safe 66, it is possible to maintain the operation of the game table and the game medium lending machine and continue the business.

  However, in the above configuration, since the control box is provided outside the denomination banknote storage device, a large amount of various harnesses are used between the control box and the banknote discrimination device and between the control box and the denomination banknote storage device. In addition to increasing the cost, the harness processing is troublesome, and when pulling out and storing the banknote storage device, the harness is disconnected or the harness connector is disconnected. .

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in a banknote storage device having a banknote discriminating device and a denomination-type banknote storage device unitized so that they can be drawn out or stored, It is possible to exchange or repair the denomination banknote storage device, and even when the denomination banknote storage device is pulled out of the housing, the banknote discrimination device is not controlled by the denomination banknote storage device. And it aims at providing the banknote storage apparatus of the game island which reduced the harness for various relays, and avoided the problem that the disconnection of a harness and a disconnection arise in a connector.

In order to solve the above problem, the banknote storage device of the game island according to claim 1 of the present invention has a portion connected to the banknote transport device in the banknote storage device of the game island connected to the terminal end of the banknote transport device. The installed banknote discriminating device, the denomination banknote storage device installed at the bottom of the banknote discrimination device, the power supply box for supplying power to the banknote discrimination device and the denomination banknote storage device, and the denomination banknote storage device are provided separately. The banknote discriminating device, the banknote discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination of the banknotes conveyed from the banknote transporting device, and the posture converting unit for converting the sending posture of the banknotes sent from the banknote discriminating unit. And a reject box for storing banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the banknote discriminating unit after being sent out from the attitude conversion unit, and the money type bill storage device is configured to allow the banknotes that have been sent from the banknote discriminator to be denominated In A banknote storage unit for stacking and storing, and a control board controlled by the banknote discriminating device and the money type bill storage device, and the sub-safe is functioning at the time of exchange or repair of the money type bill storage device, In the normal operation of the banknote storage device, the power supplied from the power box is supplied to the banknote discriminating device via the control board in the banknote storage device. When an abnormality occurs in the banknote storage device, the denomination type banknote storage device is disconnected, and the banknote discriminating device is directly connected to the power supply box so that the sub-safe can function to store the transported banknote. .

Moreover, the banknote storage apparatus of the game island of Claim 2 of this invention has the banknote discrimination | determination apparatus installed in the site | part connected with a banknote conveyance apparatus in the banknote storage apparatus of the game island connected with the terminal end of a banknote conveyance apparatus, and , A money banknote storage device installed at the bottom of the banknote discrimination device, a power supply box for supplying power to the banknote discrimination device and the money banknote storage device, and a sub bank safe and banknote discrimination device provided separately from the money banknote storage device And a motor switching box that switches the supply path of the motor power supply of the denomination banknote storage device, and the banknote discrimination device includes a banknote discrimination unit and a banknote discrimination unit that perform denomination discrimination of banknotes conveyed from the banknote conveyance device. A banknote recognition device comprising: a posture conversion unit that performs a delivery posture conversion of a sent banknote; and a reject box that stores banknotes that cannot be discriminated by the banknote discrimination unit after being sent from the posture conversion unit. A banknote storage unit for laminating and storing banknotes that have been denominated and sent out from the apparatus and denominated in denominations; and a control board controlled by the banknote determination apparatus and denomination banknote storage apparatus. It is made to function at the time of exchange or repair of the type banknote storage device so that banknotes from the banknote discrimination device can be mixed and stored, and the motor switching box supplies motor power to the banknote discrimination device from the money type banknote storage device or power supply box Provided with a changeover switch capable of switching the path, and during normal operation of the banknote storage device, the motor power supplied from the power supply box is supplied to the banknote discrimination device via the control board in the denomination banknote storage device However, once an abnormality has occurred in the denomination banknote storage device, the supply path of the power box is switched and the denomination banknote storage device is disconnected at the same time. , Characterized in that to enable housing the transported banknote by function sub safe with to supply the motor power of the bill discriminating apparatus from the power box by changeover switches.

  According to the banknote storage device of the game island according to claim 1 of the present invention, it becomes possible to exchange or repair the denomination banknote storage device while the game table or the game medium lending machine is in operation. Even when performing, the banknote discriminating apparatus does not receive control from the denomination banknote storage apparatus, and the transport motor of the banknote discriminating apparatus is always operated to guide the banknotes sent to the banknote discriminating apparatus to the sub-safe. It becomes possible.

  Further, according to the configuration of the present invention, since the control board is provided in the denomination banknote storage device, it is not necessary to separately install a control box outside the denomination banknote storage device, thereby reducing the cost. This is useful for connecting and reducing the size of the device housing.

  Furthermore, in the configuration of the present invention, since a harness for connecting the denomination banknote storage device and the control board is not necessary, it is possible to store the harness that was congested in the housing of the conventional device in an organized state in the housing. In addition, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the harness is disconnected or the connector of the harness is disconnected when the denomination banknote storage device is pulled out or stored.

  Moreover, according to the banknote storage apparatus of the game island concerning Claim 2 of this invention, in addition to the effect of said invention of Claim 1, from the motor power supply and power supply box which passed through the control board in a money type banknote storage apparatus. Since the control power supplied is supplied to the banknote discriminating device via the motor switching box, it is not necessary to manually replace the connector, and the money-type banknote storage device can be installed only by switching the switch of the motor switching box. It is possible to continue operating the banknote discriminating apparatus by making it free and supplying motor power to the banknote discriminating apparatus.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a safe 2 having a bill discriminating device and a denomination banknote storage device is provided on one end side of a game island 1 (for example, a pachinko game island) in a game store. In this figure, a gaming island 1 includes a plurality of gaming machines 5 arranged in a horizontal direction and a plurality of gaming medium lending machines 6 (between machine lending machines) arranged in a straight line at positions adjacent to the gaming machines 5. A vertically long safe 2 is installed on one end side of the game island 1. In addition, the game medium lending machine 6 is capable of inserting a plurality of denomination banknotes (for example, thousand yen banknotes, 5,000 yen banknotes, 10,000 yen banknotes, etc.) at an upper position on the lending machine main body side. A slot 6a and a coin slot 6b into which coins can be inserted are provided below.

  In the above-described game medium lending machine 6 (between machine lending machine), banknotes inserted into the money insertion slot 6a are stored in the safe 2 on one end side by a horizontally long banknote transport device 7 provided behind the money insertion slot 6a. As shown in FIG. 2, each banknote is discriminated by the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 and then sorted into denominations and aligned and stored in the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4. It is configured as follows.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 6b are arranged in a state in which coins of 100 yen coins and 500 yen coins are mixed in the coin conveyance path 8 provided behind the coin insertion slot 6b. 2, the coins are collected by the coin collecting device 9 shown in FIG. 2, sorted by money type by the coin collecting device 9, and then stored in the 500 yen coin storage unit 9a and the 100 yen coin storage unit 9b.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, an opening / closing lid 2a is provided on the front surface of the safe 2, and the inside thereof can be opened by opening the opening / closing lid 2a. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a situation in which the opening / closing lid 2a is removed. In this figure, a lamp 11 is provided above the casing 2b of the safe 2 so as to light up during business hours and blink when an error occurs. Further, in the safe 2, an island management device 12 is provided at the top, a power box 13 is provided below the island management device 12, and a bill discriminating device 3 is provided in the upper part of the safe 2. Below the banknote discriminating apparatus 3, a denomination-type banknote storage apparatus 4 is provided, and further below the coin recovery apparatus 9, the 500 yen coin storage part 9a and the 100 yen coin storage part 9b.

  Here, the configuration of the above-described safe 2 will be described in more detail. The island management device 12 communicates with the game medium lending machine 6 (Taima ball lending machine) installed on the game island 1, and further the money Communication with the type banknote storage device 4 is performed to record and display the collected banknotes and the collected amount and number of coins.

  Moreover, the power supply box 13 is for supplying power to the island management device 12, the banknote transport device 7, the denomination banknote storage device 4, and the banknote discriminating device 3, and supplies power by switch operation for each unit. It is configured to be able to.

  Moreover, the banknote discrimination | determination apparatus 3 makes the unitized single body as shown in FIG. 3, and is mixed banknote by receiving the banknote conveyed in a longitudinal direction from said banknote conveyance apparatus 7 (refer FIG. 1). The banknote discrimination | determination part 14 which discriminate | determines a denomination is provided. The banknote discriminating apparatus 3 includes a posture changing unit 15 that twists each banknote by 90 ° and sends the banknote in the downward vertical direction after performing the denomination discrimination as described above. Further, the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 includes a reject box 16 that accommodates dirty banknotes, overlapping banknotes, and the like that could not be discriminated by the banknote discrimination unit 14. Furthermore, the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 opens and closes when a banknote is jammed in a passage in the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 communicated with the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4 as will be described later. A passage door 17 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a guide member (hereinafter referred to as “engaged”) that engages with a groove-shaped guide path 19 of the conveyance connecting portion 18 provided in the denomination banknote storage device 4 shown in FIG. 5 is provided at the lower end of one side of the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 (right side in FIG. 3). The discriminator base for fixing the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 shown in FIG. A fixing locking member 24a for locking the locking male member 23a on the upper side of the connecting lever 22 provided on the connecting lever 22 is fixed.

  On the other hand, the denomination banknote storage device 4 is provided below the banknote discrimination device 3, and as shown in FIG. 4, banknotes sorted by denomination are arranged on the left side of the housing 4a. Banknote storage units 25a, 25b, 25c, and 25d are stored in a four-tiered manner. In addition, although the money type banknote storage apparatus 4 of FIG. 4 is set as the structure which accommodates the banknote of four denominations in each banknote storage part 25a as multiple denominations, it is not necessary to be limited to the number of such money types. . In addition, a storage door 25e is provided on the front face of the denomination storage unit 25 so as to be opened and closed. By opening the storage door 25e, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage units 25a, 25b, 25c, and 25d can be taken out. it can.

  Further, five open / close passage doors 26, 26,... Are provided along the opposite side of the denomination storage unit 25 in correspondence with the four denomination banknotes. Each open / close passage door 26 covers four switching flaps (not shown) provided for each banknote storage unit 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d in the interior thereof, and is transferred from the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 described above. When the banknotes are jammed, the respective open / close passage doors 26 can be opened and removed when the jammed banknotes are removed.

  In addition, the inside of each opening / closing passage door 26 has each banknote accommodating part 25a, 25b by the switching flap (not shown) which the banknote sent from said banknote discrimination | determination apparatus 3 operate | moves according to said banknote discrimination | determination result. , 25c and 25d.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 4, the conveyance connection part 18 which connects with the banknote discrimination | determination apparatus 3 in the near side on the upper surface of the one side (right side of FIG. 4) of the housing | casing 4a which comprises the rectangular cube of the money-type banknote storage apparatus 4. As shown in FIG. And a guide path 19 having a groove shape for guiding a connecting roller 20 (see FIG. 3), which will be described later, provided in the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 in the depth direction. Further, a fixing locking member 24b is fixed behind the locking member 24b. The fixing locking member 24b is locked below the connecting lever 22 provided on the discriminating device base 27 of the bill discriminating device 3 described later. The male member 23b is configured to be fitted.

  As the above-described fixing locking members 24a and 24b, for example, when the locking male members 23a and 23b on the upper and lower sides of the connecting lever 22 are members formed in a convex shape, the respective locking male members are used. The members 23a and 23b may be fitted with members having a fitting structure in which the members 23a and 23b are fitted by the elasticity of the springs provided on the fixing locking members 24a and 24b. It is also possible to use it.

  In a present Example, said banknote discrimination | determination apparatus 3 and the money type banknote storage apparatus 4 provided in the downward direction are connected in the state mutually aligned. As a configuration for that purpose, the bill discriminating device 3 is fixed to the discriminating device base 21 shown in FIG. 5 (a), and the denomination banknote storage device 4 is fixed to the storing device base 27 shown in FIG. 5 (b). .

  Here, for convenience of explanation, the storage device base 27 for fixing the denomination banknote storage device 4 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5B, the rear portions of the storage device installation frames 27b and 27b raised from both sides of the rectangular bottom plate 27a are fixed at both ends of the width member 27c provided above the storage device installation frames 27b and 27b. In addition, slide rails 28 and 28 are provided in the depth direction at the lower portions of the storage device installation frames 27b and 27b on both sides, and the slide rails 28 and 28 are provided on both sides of the storage device base 27. By linking with the rails 29 and 29 (see FIG. 7), the storage device base 27 can be pulled out upward along the bottom plate 27a and stored in the depth direction. Yes.

  Further, a male side 30a of a base fixing lock member is provided in the center of the rear frame 27d raised at the rear end of the bottom plate 27a, and although not shown, for fixing the base at the center of the rear end of the storage device base 27. The female side 30b of the lock member is provided, and the storage device base 27 moves rearward so that the male side 30a and the female side 30b of the base fixing lock member are engaged with each other, whereby the storage device base 27 is in the storage posture. Is in a fixed state.

  In such a configuration, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), the denomination banknote storage device 4 is fixed to the upper surface of the storage device pedestal 27 and the storage device installation frame 27 b is placed in the housing 2 a of the safe 2. By fixing, the denomination banknote storage device 4 is installed inside the housing 2 a of the safe 2, and the denomination banknote storage is performed by pulling or pushing the drawer member 27 e provided at the front end of the storage device base 27. The device 4 is pulled out toward the front and stored in the depth direction.

  On the other hand, the discriminating device base 21 shown in FIG. 5 (a) has a slide rail support portion 21b provided in the depth direction on the upper side portion of the side plate 21a, and in the depth direction on the lower side portion of the side plate 21a. The extended connection lever 22 is provided.

  The connecting lever 22 is rotatable about a support shaft 31a supported on the right corner of the lower horizontal frame 21c of the discriminating device base 21, and the support shaft 31a is provided with a coil spring 31b. Since one end is locked to the locking shaft 31c, the connecting lever 22 is biased by a spring force toward the side plate 21a.

  Further, two locking male members 23a and 23b are fixed vertically apart in the middle of the connecting lever 22, and the upper locking male member 23a is provided at the lower end on one side of the bill discriminating apparatus 3 described above. The lower locking male member 23b is engaged with the fixing locking member 24b of the denomination banknote storage device 4 described above.

  As shown in FIG. 6A, the bill discriminating device 3 is mounted on the discriminator base 21 and screwed, and a slide rail 32 (see FIG. 3) provided on the side of the bill discriminating device 3 is provided. The banknote discriminating device 3 is fixed by screwing the discriminating device base 21 to a predetermined position inside the housing 2a of the safe 2 while being fixed to the slide rail support portion 21b of the discriminating device base 21. One side (right side in the figure) is supported so as to be slidable in the depth direction of the casing 2a of the safe 2.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a guide member (hereinafter referred to as “guide roller 33”) provided at the lower back of the other side (the left side in the drawing) of the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 is an upper surface of the above-described money type banknote storage apparatus 4. By running in a contact state along 4b, the other side of the bill discriminating device 3 is supported so as to be able to run in a horizontal state on the upper surface of the housing of the denomination bill storage device 4.

  The banknote discriminating device 3 is pulled out toward the front side of the housing 2a of the safe 2 while being mounted on the discriminating device base 21 by the guide roller 33 and the slide rail 32, and is stored in the depth direction. Is possible.

  When the alignment structure of the banknote discriminating device 3 and the denomination banknote storage device 4 having the above configuration is summarized, as shown in FIG. 20 (see FIG. 3) is provided, and the connecting roller 20 is stored while being guided along the groove-shaped guide path 19 of the transport connecting portion 18 provided in the upper part of the type banknote storage device 4. The left-right direction alignment in the accommodation state of the apparatus 3 and the money type banknote storage apparatus 4 can be performed.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the upper fixing provided on the lower connecting lever 22 of the discriminator base 21 by swinging the connecting lever 22 in the lateral direction (leftward in the figure). The locking member 23 a is fitted into the fixing locking member 24 a at the lower part of the bill discriminating device 3, and the lower fixing locking member 23 b provided on the connecting lever 22 is the upper part of the denomination banknote storage device 4. By engaging with the fixing locking member 24b, the banknote discrimination device 3 and the denomination banknote storage device 4 can be aligned in the depth direction.

  That is, since the connecting lever 22 is biased by the spring force in the direction away from the fixing locking member 24a as described above, as shown in FIG. When the upper locking male member 23a is in a non-coupled state, the upper locking male member 23a is in a state of being separated from the fixing locking member 24a. When the connecting lever 22 is swung in the direction of the locking member 24a after being housed in the housing 2b (see FIG. 2), as shown in FIG. 8 (b), the upper side of the connecting lever 22 is engaged. The locking male member 23 a is locked to the fixing locking member 24 a of the banknote discriminating device 3, and at the same time, the locking male member 23 b on the lower side of the connecting lever 22 is provided on the upper part of the denomination banknote storage device 4. Since it is locked by the fixing locking member 24b, the bill discriminating device 3 and the gold It is possible to perform alignment in the depth direction in the storage state with the type banknote storage device 4.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, the guide roller 33 which is a guide member provided at one side lower part of the banknote discriminating device 3 is supported on the upper surface 4 b of the housing of the denomination banknote storage device 4 so that it can run. By setting the height of the support state by the guide roller 33, the inclination of the banknote discriminating device 3 can be defined in a horizontal state.

  In the state where the banknote discriminating device 3 and the money type bill storage device 4 are stored in the casing 2a of the safe 2 by the alignment structure of the bill discrimination device 3 and the money type bill storage device 4 as described above. In addition, the connecting portion of the bill discriminating device 3 and the money type bill storage device 4 is accurately aligned with each other so that the bill conveyance paths of the bill discrimination device 3 and the money type bill storage device 4 are securely fixed to each other. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a structure in which banknote jam is unlikely to occur.

  Next, the control relationship between the banknote discriminating device 3 and the denomination banknote storage device 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. 9 is a power supply wiring diagram showing the control relationship between the banknote discriminating device 3 and the denomination banknote storage device 4. As shown in this figure, the control board 35 for controlling the banknote discriminating device 3 is provided inside the denomination banknote storage device 4.

  The power supply box 13 (see FIG. 2) is provided outside the denomination banknote storage device 4, and a 100 V power supply is provided from the power supply box 13 to the distribution banknote storage device 4. 100 volt power is supplied from the power supply box 13 to the banknote transport device 7 and the island management device 12, and is supplied from the distribution terminal board 36 to the 24 volt switching power supply 38 or the 5 volt switching power supply 39. As a result, 24 volt power and 5 volt power are supplied to the control board 35.

  Further, a 100 volt power source is supplied from the distribution terminal plate 36 in the denomination banknote storage device 4 to the determination unit CPU 5-volt substrate 41 provided in the banknote determination device 3. A 5-volt power supply is supplied from the control board 35 to the sensor unit 42 in the banknote discriminating apparatus 3, while a 100-volt power supply supplied from the control board 35 is provided from the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4 to the banknote discrimination apparatus 3. The supplied drive motor 43 is supplied.

  In the banknote storage device 4 according to denomination, 5 volt power is further supplied from the control board 35 to the sensors 44, 100 volt power is supplied to the drive motor 45, and 24 volt power is further supplied to the stack motor 46. It is set as the structure supplied.

  Furthermore, the control board 35 in the denomination banknote storage device 4 is connected to communicate with the island management device 12 and to communicate with the banknote discrimination device 3.

  FIG. 10 corresponds to the power supply wiring diagram of FIG. 9, and is a wiring diagram showing the connection relationship between the power supply box 13, the money type bill storage device 4, and the bill discrimination device 3, and FIG. FIG. 10 (b) shows a state after the wire exchange of the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4 after the wiring exchange of the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4. FIG.

  In the above apparatus, as shown in FIG. 10A, when the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4 is normal, the motor power supplied from the power supply box 13 is supplied to the control board 35 provided in the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4. Through this, the bill discriminating device 3 is supplied as discriminating power and motor power.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10B, when the denomination banknote storage device 4 is replaced or repaired, the motor power supplied from the power supply box 13 is replaced with the banknote determination device 3, that is, the power supply box. The power connector 35a is removed from the power connector 13, and the power connector 35b that has been connected to the denomination banknote storage device 4 and the banknote discriminating device 3 is connected to the power supply box 13, thereby freeing the denomination banknote storage device 4 from the motor power supply. In addition, the mixed banknotes conveyed from the game medium lending machine 6 (see FIG. 1) are guided to a sub-safe 34 (see FIG. 2) provided separately from the denomination banknote storage device 4. Yes.

  With the above configuration, when the denomination banknote storage device 4 is exchanged when the system is down, the banknote discrimination device 3 is not controlled by the denomination banknote storage device 4, and the transport motor of the banknote discrimination device 3 is It becomes possible to guide the bills that are always operating and sent to the bill discriminating apparatus 3 to the sub-safe 34.

  Further, since the control board 35 is provided in the denomination banknote storage device 4, a harness for connecting the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4 and the control board 35 becomes unnecessary, and the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4 is pulled out and stored. It is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the harness is disconnected or the harness connector is disconnected.

  11 and 12 illustrate another embodiment of the control relationship between the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 and the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4 described above. In the power supply wiring diagram shown in FIG. 11, a control board 35 for controlling the bill discriminating device 3 is provided inside the denomination banknote storage device 4 as in the above embodiment, and is almost the same as the above embodiment. However, the configuration different from the above embodiment is that a motor switching box 37 is interposed for connection and switching between the control board 35 provided in the denomination banknote storage device 4 and the banknote discrimination device 3. .

  The function of the motor switching box 37 will be described with reference to a wiring diagram showing the connection relationship between the power supply box 13, the denomination banknote storage device 4, and the banknote discrimination device 3 in FIG. 12.

  FIG. 12A shows the normal state of the denomination banknote storage device 4 and, as shown in this figure, the motor power supplied from the power supply box 13 when the denomination banknote storage device 4 is normal. Is transferred to the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 via the motor switching box 37 and the motor power supplied through the control board 35 and the control power supply 35 supplied from the power supply box 13. It is configured to supply.

  On the other hand, FIG. 12 (b) shows a state at the time of trouble of the denomination banknote storage device 4, and as shown in this figure, a motor is used during replacement or repair of the denomination banknote storage device 4. The motor power supplied from the power supply box 13 by switching the switching box 37 is supplied to the banknote discriminating apparatus 3 through the motor switching box 37 without passing through the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4.

  According to such a configuration, similarly to the configuration shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, when the denomination banknote storage device 4 is replaced when the system is down, the banknote discriminating device can be obtained only by the switching operation of the motor switching box 37. 3 is in a free state from the denomination banknote storage device 4, and the transport motor of the banknote discrimination device 3 is always operated, and the banknotes sent to the banknote discrimination device 3 can be guided to the sub-safe 34.

  Further, in the configuration shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, since the control board 35 is provided in the denomination banknote storage device 4, a harness for connecting the denomination banknote storage apparatus 4 and the control board 35 is not necessary. It is possible to avoid the inconvenience that the harness is disconnected or the harness connector is disconnected when the denomination banknote storage device 4 is pulled out or stored.

  In the present invention, it is necessary to exchange or repair the denomination banknote storage device while the game machine or the game medium lending machine is in operation, and even when performing such work, the transport motor of the banknote discriminating device always operates. Thus, the bill can be used as a bill storage device on amusement island so that business can be continued by guiding the bill sent to the bill discriminating device to the sub-safe.

It is a perspective view which shows the game island which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a front view which shows the inside of the safe which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a perspective view of the bill discriminating device concerning Example 1 of the present invention. It is a perspective view of the money type bill storage device concerning Example 1 of the present invention. (a) is a perspective view of the discriminating device base for fixing the banknote discriminating device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, (b) is a storage device having a discriminating device base for fixing the denomination banknote storage device. FIG. (a) is a perspective view which shows the inside of the safe which concerns on Example 1 of this invention, (b) is the elements on larger scale which show the connection part of a banknote discrimination | determination apparatus and a money-type banknote storage apparatus, (c) FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a transport connecting portion. It is a front view which shows the state which connected the banknote discrimination apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention, and a money classification banknote storage apparatus. (a) is the state before locking the upper and lower locking male members of the connecting lever provided on the discriminating device base according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention to the locking locking member of the denomination banknote storage device. It is a partial expansion perspective view which shows a state, (b) is a partial expansion perspective view which shows the state which latched the locking male member on the upper side and upper side of a connection lever with the locking member for fixation of a money type bill storage device. is there. It is a power supply wiring diagram regarding the banknote storage apparatus of the game island which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a circuit diagram which shows the connection relation of the money-type banknote storage apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention, a banknote discrimination device, and a power supply box, (a) shows the state before wiring replacement | exchange of a money-type banknote storage apparatus, b) shows the state after the wiring exchange of the denomination banknote storage device. It is a power supply wiring diagram using the motor switching box regarding the banknote storage device of the game island according to the first embodiment of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a circuit diagram which used the motor switching box for the connection relation of the money-type banknote storage apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention, a banknote discrimination apparatus, and a power supply box, (a) is wiring exchange of a money-type banknote storage apparatus The previous state is shown, and (b) shows the state after the wire exchange of the denomination banknote storage device. 2 is a perspective view of an amusement island according to Patent Document 1. FIG. It is a front view which shows the inside of the safe which concerns on the conventional apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game island 2 ... Safe 2a ... Open / close lid 2b of safe ... Housing 3 ... Bill discriminating device 4 ... Banknote storage device 5 ... Game stand 6 ... Game medium lending machine 6a ... Money insertion slot 6b ... Coin insertion Mouth 7 ... bill transport device 8 ... coin transport path 9 ... coin recovery device 9a ... 500 yen coin storage unit 9b ... 100 yen coin storage unit 11 ... lamp 12 ... island management device 13 ... power supply box 14 ... bill discriminating unit 15 ... posture Conversion part 16 ... Reject box 17 ... Opening / closing passage door 18 ... Conveying connection part 19 ... Guiding path 20 ... Connection roller 21 ... Determination device base 22 ... Connection lever 23a ... Upper locking male member 23b ... Lower locking Male member 24a, 24b ... locking member 25 ... denomination storage part 25a, 25b, 25c, 25d ... banknote storage part 25e ... storage door 26 ... open / close passage door 27 ... discriminator base 27a ... bottom 27b ... storage Equipment installation Frame 28, 29 ... Slide rail 30a ... Male side 30b of base fixing lock member ... Female side 31a of base fixing lock member ... Support shaft 31b ... Coil spring 31c ... Locking shaft 32 ... Slide rail 33 ... Guide roller 34 ... Sub Safe 35 ... Control board 35a, 35b ... Power supply connector 36 ... Distribution terminal board 37 ... Motor switching box 38 ... 24V switching power supply 39 ... 5V switching power supply 41 ... 5V board 42 for discriminating unit CPU ... Sensor unit 43 ... Drive Motor 44 ... Sensors 45 ... Drive motor 46 ... Stack motor

Claims (2)

In the banknote storage device of the game island connected to the end of the banknote transport device,
A bill discriminating device installed at a portion connected to the bill transport device;
A denomination banknote storage device installed at the bottom of the banknote discrimination device;
A power supply box for supplying power to the bill discriminating device and the denomination bill storing device;
It is equipped with a sub safe that is provided separately from the banknote storage device for money type,
The banknote discrimination device
A banknote discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination of a banknote conveyed from the banknote transporting device, a posture converting unit for converting a sending posture of a banknote sent from the banknote discriminating unit, and a bill discriminating unit are sent from the posture converting unit. It has a reject box to store it later,
Money type bill storage device
A banknote storage unit for laminating and storing banknotes that have been denominated and sent out from the banknote determination device,
A banknote discriminating device and a control board controlled by a denomination banknote storage device;
Sub safe
Makes it possible to mix and store banknotes from the banknote discriminating device by functioning at the time of exchange or repair of the banknote storage device
During normal operation of the bill storage device,
The power supplied from the power supply box is supplied to the banknote discriminating apparatus via the control board in the denomination banknote storage apparatus,
Once an abnormality has occurred in the denomination banknote storage device,
A banknote storage device on an amusement island characterized in that the banknote storage device can be stored by separating the denomination banknote storage device and directly connecting the banknote discrimination device to the power supply box to function the sub-safe . In the banknote storage device of the game island connected to the end of the banknote transport device,
A bill discriminating device installed at a portion connected to the bill transport device;
A denomination banknote storage device installed at the bottom of the banknote discrimination device;
A power supply box for supplying power to the bill discriminating device and the denomination bill storing device;
A sub-safe that is provided separately from the banknote storage device
A motor switching box for switching the supply path of the motor power supply of the banknote discriminating device and the denomination banknote storage device,
The banknote discrimination device
A banknote discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination of a banknote conveyed from the banknote transporting device, a posture converting unit for converting a sending posture of a banknote sent from the banknote discriminating unit, and a bill discriminating unit are sent from the posture converting unit. It has a reject box to store it later,
Money type bill storage device
A banknote storage unit for laminating and storing banknotes that have been denominated and sent out from the banknote determination device,
A banknote discriminating device and a control board controlled by a denomination banknote storage device;
Sub safe
Makes it possible to mix and store banknotes from the banknote discriminating device by functioning at the time of exchange or repair of the banknote storage device
The motor switching box
Provided with a changeover switch capable of switching the supply path from the denomination banknote storage device or power supply box to the banknote discriminating device,
During normal operation of the bill storage device,
Although the motor power supplied from the power supply box is supplied to the banknote discriminating apparatus via the control board in the denomination banknote storage apparatus,
Once an abnormality has occurred in the denomination banknote storage device,
The supply path of the power supply box is switched to disconnect the denomination banknote storage device, and at the same time, the motor power of the banknote discrimination device is supplied from the power supply box by the changeover switch and the sub safe is functioned to be able to store the transported banknote. A banknote storage device for a special game island.