JP4853108B2 - Banknote transfer device - Google Patents

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  The present invention, for example, in a gaming facility having a plurality of gaming machines such as pachinko machines arranged side by side, a bill inserted from a gaming medium lending machine disposed between adjacent gaming machines is provided on the back side of the gaming machine row, etc. In particular, a banknote collecting apparatus that transports and collects a banknote collected along a banknote conveying path to a banknote collecting apparatus that is provided at one end of a gaming machine row. It is related with the banknote conveying apparatus collect | recovered.

  As this type of conventional banknote transport apparatus, one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2940233 (Patent Document 1) is known. FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a main part of the banknote collecting apparatus 60 provided with the conventional banknote transporting apparatus 61. As shown in the figure, the banknote collection device 60 is accepted when a banknote inserted into a plurality of banknote receiving sections 4 is identified as a good banknote at each receiving section 4, and then each receiving section thereof. 4 is a device that is stored in the temporary storage unit 63 installed on the outlet side of the No. 4 and is later collected and stored in the common storage unit 65, and each temporary storage unit 63 and the storage unit 65 are connected in series. A conveying means 62 that forms a closed circuit and circulates in one direction, and is installed at a plurality of locations on the conveying means 62, and when passing through each temporary holding portion 63, holds the banknotes held there, and then When passing through the storage unit 65, the banknote is released there, and the collection unit 64 for storing the banknote in the storage unit 65 is provided.

  According to this, when the collection unit 64 moves together with the conveying means 62 and passes through each temporary storage unit 63, if there is a banknote on hold there, then it passes through the storage unit 65. Therefore, since the banknotes can be opened and stored, there is no misalignment of the banknotes in the transport path during the banknote transport, and banknote transport troubles and recovery troubles are prevented and the banknotes are collected with high reliability. An apparatus 60 can be provided.

  As another conventional banknote transport apparatus of this type, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-179546 (Patent Document 2) is known. FIG. 8 is a front view showing a mechanism of a main part of the conventional banknote transport apparatus 71. As shown in the figure, the banknote transport device 71 includes a pair of endless belts 73 and 74 facing each other and contacting each other with a transport path 3 therebetween, and these are respectively rotatably driven. A bill width adjusting mechanism 72 having drive rollers 75 and 76 and driven rollers 77 and 78 to be transferred is provided. Further, a pair of endless belts 73 and 74 constituting the bill width adjusting mechanism 72 are respectively provided on each conveying surface as a conveying path. 3 is disposed so as to be inclined from the other side in the width direction from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path 3 toward the banknote guide 79 side facing it.

  According to this, as for a pair of endless belts 73 and 74 of a bill width gathering mechanism, each conveyance surface inclines from the other side in the width direction to the bill guide 79 side from the upstream side toward the downstream side along the conveyance path 3. Therefore, the banknote S sandwiched between the pair of endless belts 73 and 74 in the transport path 3 moves obliquely toward the banknote guide 79 side. Thus, the banknote S moving to the banknote guide 79 side is bent in the advancing direction along the banknote guide 79 when the front end side of one side hits the banknote guide 79, and proceeds in the transport direction along the transport path 3. At this time, even in the state where the banknotes S are overlapped, the plurality of stacked banknotes S come into contact with one endless belt 73 or the other endless belt 74 which are separately driven to rotate and move toward the banknote guide 79, thereby The banknotes S are aligned so that one side thereof is parallel to the banknote guide 79. Further, if the rotational speeds of the drive rollers 75 and 76 on both sides over which the endless belts 73 and 74 are respectively made different from each other, the plurality of overlapping bills S can be moved while being shifted to the bill guide 79 side. Thus, the inclination of each banknote S can be corrected and the overlapping state can be eliminated.

The banknote S whose inclination has been corrected by the banknote width adjusting mechanism 72 proceeds along the banknote guide 79 as it is, and when the front end of the banknote S reaches the pair of conveyance gripping rollers 80 downstream thereof, the banknote S becomes the pair. Are further fed out in the transport direction with one side parallel to the bill guide 79. For this reason, a banknote can be positioned and collect | recovered by the banknote accommodating part (not shown) with a uniform attitude | position. Thereby, while making it easy to identify the quality of the banknote in the banknote storage part, it is possible to prevent the recovery failure.
Japanese Patent No. 2940233 JP-A-6-179546

  By the way, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, when the collection unit 64 moves together with the conveying means 62 and passes through each temporary storage section 63, if there is a banknote on hold there, In the device that opens the banknote and stores it in the storage section 65 when passing through the storage section 65, the banknote transport means 62 includes a closed circuit that connects the temporary storage sections 63 and the storage section 65 in series. Since it is formed so as to circulate in one direction, the so-called `` curve original island '' in which game machines are arranged in a curved line, or the so-called `` curve original island '' which has a low arrangement of game machines to ensure a wide field of view above it. When this is applied to a game facility called `` Low Down Island '', a closed circuit is formed by avoiding a special configuration that forms a banknote transport path in a curved shape, a device that supplies game media to each game table, etc. Banknote transport means 6 Since devised for the formation of a height lower is required, the construction period for construction of such gaming facilities shortened, it is difficult to cheaper cost.

Moreover, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, in the banknote transport path 3 provided with the banknote shifting mechanism 72, the endless belts 73 and 74 constituting the banknote shifting mechanism 72 are in the banknote transport direction. Therefore, there is a problem that the bill width adjusting mechanism 72 is complicated and expensive.
In view of such a conventional problem, the present invention can be easily applied to construction of “curved original island”, “low down island”, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable banknote transport apparatus capable of shortening the construction period when constructing equipment, reducing its cost, and reliably preventing banknote transport troubles and collection troubles. It is.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is directed to a banknote transport apparatus that transports banknotes input from a plurality of banknote receiving sections to a banknote storage section that stores together banknotes along the transport path. A pair of externally-shaped D-shaped banknote transport rollers arranged symmetrically across the banknote transport path constituting the banknote, driving means for rotationally driving the paired banknote transport rollers always symmetrically, and the transport A banknote transport guide section for correcting the inclination of banknotes transported along the passage, and the paired banknote transport rollers are rotated by the drive means, and an arcuate peripheral section forming a D-shaped outer shape thereof is provided. When facing each other, the banknote is sandwiched and transported along the transport path, and when the flat peripheral portions forming the D-shaped outer shape face each other, the gripping of the banknote is released and the transport is interrupted, When the banknote is released The bill is guided by the bill conveyance guide portion, the inclination of the conveyor by its own weight is intended to be modification in the direction along the conveying direction.

  According to this, the banknote thrown into the said conveyance path is pinched | interposed by the circular-arc-shaped peripheral part of the said banknote conveyance roller which makes the pair, and is conveyed along the said conveyance path, and the flat peripheral part of the said banknote conveyance roller When the grip is released by being sandwiched between the bills, the bill transport guide adjusts the tilt of the transport in a direction along the transport direction, so that the bill is uniformly transported by a mechanism that is simply configured. To be conveyed downstream.

  In addition, by connecting the banknote transporting device having a predetermined length with the pair of outer D-shaped banknote transporting rollers connected in a polygonal line, for example, a “curve original” arranged in a curved line. The conveyance path | route of the banknote applied to an "island" can be comprised easily. Moreover, since the banknote is transported along the transport path by the pair of external D-shaped banknote transport rollers, it is not necessary to form the transport path in a closed circuit shape, and the height thereof can be reduced. it can.

  Moreover, the invention which concerns on Claim 2 is provided with the conveyance means which conveys a banknote along the said conveyance path | route, and is used as a conveyance means of the said banknote in the range exceeding the length of the said banknote conveyance direction along the said conveyance path | route at least. Since the banknote transport means composed of the paired outer shape D-shaped banknote transport rollers is arranged, the banknote is easily released from the holding state in the transport path, and the banknote transport guide portion The transport posture is reliably corrected to a uniform state.

  As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the bill inserted into the transport passage is transported by a simple mechanism including a pair of external D-shaped bill transport rollers and bill transport guides. Since it is uniformly aligned and transported downstream, it prevents banknote transport failures and recovery failures due to banknote misalignment in the banknote transport path, and provides a highly reliable banknote transport device, and The cost can be reduced. In addition, it is possible to easily configure a conveyance path to be applied to the “curved original island” by connecting a conveyance path of a predetermined length provided with such a banknote conveyance roller in a broken line shape, and to reduce the height of the conveyance path. Therefore, it can be easily applied to construction such as “curve original island” and “low down island”, and the construction period can be shortened, for example.

  Further, according to the invention according to claim 2, in the transport passage, the banknote is easily released from the sandwiched state, and the banknote transport guide portion reliably corrects the transport posture to be uniform. It is possible to provide a highly reliable banknote transport apparatus with a low cost by the configuration.

A preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the structure which has the same or same function as the past.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a banknote transport apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a view showing a banknote transport apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a front view, and (b). Is a plan view. FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing the internal configuration of the banknote transport apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the rotational position of the banknote transport roller of the banknote transport apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. (A) shows a state in which the banknote is held and conveyed, and (b) shows a state in which the holding state of the banknote is released and the conveyance posture can be modified.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the banknote transport apparatus 1 includes a transport path guide 5 that forms a banknote transport path 3 that guides the banknotes S inserted from a game medium lending machine or the like (not shown) along the transport path; A plurality of pairs of externally D-shaped banknote transport rollers 7 arranged symmetrically with the transport path guide 5 interposed therebetween, and transport roller driving means for rotationally driving the paired banknote transport rollers 7 in a symmetrical state 10 etc.

  On both sides of the transport path guide 5, there are provided receiving sections (banknote receiving sections) 4 for receiving banknotes S inserted from a game medium lending machine (not shown) into the banknote transport path 3. The receiving unit 4 includes a receiving unit guide 6 that guides the accepted banknote S to the banknote transport path 3, and an impeller that energizes and biases the received banknote S toward the banknote transport path 3 on one side of the receiving unit guide 6. 8 is provided. The impeller 8 is mounted on a drive shaft 21 extending in the vertical direction. A drive pulley 22 is provided at the upper end of the drive shaft 21 and is disposed on the drive pulley 22 and the conveying roller drive means 10 side. An auxiliary conveyance transmission belt 23 is stretched between the transmission pulley 16. As a result, the impeller 8 is driven to rotate by the driving of the transport roller driving means 10, and the banknote S inserted into the receiving unit 4 from a game medium lending machine or the like is transported and biased toward the banknote transport path 3.

  The banknote transport rollers 7 are arranged in pairs in a symmetrical state with the banknote transport path 3 sandwiched immediately above the upper end of the transport path guide 5. The transport roller driving means 10 includes a drive shaft 11 that is mounted with the banknote transport roller 7 and extends vertically, a drive transmission portion mounting member 13 that holds the drive shaft 11 via a bearing 12, and the like. And. The drive shaft 11 passes through the drive transmission portion mounting member 13 and protrudes upward, and a drive pulley 15 is mounted on each upper end portion thereof. A plurality of banknote transport rollers 7 paired in this way are arranged along the banknote transport path 3. Further, it drives a banknote transport roller 7 disposed on either one side of the transport path guide 5, and a pulley drive belt 17 is provided at drive pulleys 15 disposed at both upstream and downstream ends in the banknote transport direction. It is being handed over. The pulley drive belt 17 is composed of, for example, a double-sided toothed timing belt, and any of the drive pulleys 15 that drive the bill transport roller 7 is in contact with the inside or the outside of the pulley drive belt 17 to drive the pulley. The belt 17 is driven to rotate. The drive pulley 15 disposed on one side of the conveyance path guide 5 is provided with a lower flange 15a, and the drive pulley 15 disposed on the other side is provided with an upper flange 15b. The pulley drive belt 17 can be sandwiched from above and below so as not to fall off from these drive pulleys 15. Further, the drive shaft 11 on which the drive pulley 15 around which the pulley drive belt 17 is stretched is mounted is provided with a drive motor 20 that drives the shaft via a shaft coupling 19 at one lower end portion thereof. An encoder unit 26 that detects the rotation of the drive pulley 15 is provided at the lower end of the one side.

  The banknote conveyance path 3 is surrounded from above and below by a conveyance path guide 5 having a groove portion 5a that opens upward and a drive transmission portion mounting member 13 that has a groove portion 13a that opens downward, and is formed between the groove portions 5a and 13a. Has been. The groove part 5a provided in the conveyance path guide 5 is formed to be slightly wider than the thickness of the banknote S to be conveyed, and the banknote S is formed to be freely movable up and down within the groove 5a. Moreover, the height of the groove 5a is formed to be approximately half the height of the banknote S being conveyed. Moreover, the groove part 13a provided in the drive transmission part attachment member 13 is formed wide so that the conveyance of the banknote S is not hindered.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the banknote transport roller 7 is formed in a D-shaped outer shape, and symmetrically on both sides of the banknote transport path 3 formed by being surrounded by the transport path guide 5 and the drive transmission portion mounting member 13. They are arranged in pairs. A plurality of banknote transport rollers 7 forming a pair are arranged along the banknote transport path 3. These paired banknote transport rollers 7 are simultaneously rotated in opposite directions and rotated while maintaining the symmetrical state. And when the circular-arc week part 7a which comprises the D-shaped external shape of the banknote conveyance roller 7 opposes each other as shown to Fig.4 (a), the banknote S in the banknote conveyance path 3 is clamped from both sides in the meantime. Transport in the direction of rotation. Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, when the flat portions 7b forming the D-shaped outer shape of the banknote transport roller 7 face each other, a gap is formed between them to release the banknote S from both sides. At this time, the banknote S in the banknote conveyance path 3 released from being clamped is freely movable up and down, and by its own weight, the bottom side of the groove part 5a formed at the bottom of the banknote conveyance guide 5 along the conveyance direction ( The inclination is adjusted so as to follow the bill conveyance guide part) 5aa. And when the arcuate week part 7a which comprises the D-shaped external shape of the banknote conveyance roller 7 rotates to the position which mutually opposes, the attitude | position is maintained and it is conveyed. That is, the banknote S conveyed in the banknote conveyance path 3 is conveyed with the conveyance attitude | position which the inclination adjusted in the direction in alignment with a conveyance direction. In addition, the banknote conveyance roller 7 is arrange | positioned in the position which clamps the substantially center part of the height of the banknote S conveyed, and clamps and conveys the banknote S with sufficient balance.

  The banknote S thrown into the banknote transport path 3 of the banknote transport apparatus 1 configured as described above is sandwiched by the arcuate peripheral portion 7a of the paired banknote transport roller 7 and transported along the banknote transport path 3. Further, when the gap between the flat peripheral portion 7b of the banknote transport roller 7 is opened and the nipping is released and it becomes movable up and down, the lower end side of the banknote S is along the bottom surface 5aa of the groove portion 5a of the transport path guide 5. The banknote S is transported downstream with its transporting posture being uniformly aligned by such a simple mechanism because the inclination of the transport is adjusted in the direction along the transporting direction of the banknote by its own weight. Is done. Therefore, it is possible to provide a highly reliable banknote transport apparatus 1 by preventing the banknote S from being transported or collected due to a positional deviation of the banknote S in the banknote transport path 3.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 5, in the case where the banknote transporting means 3 is provided along the banknote transport path 3, at least in the range exceeding the length of the banknote S in the transporting direction, It is desirable to arrange the bill-shaped conveying roller 7 having an outer shape D-shape. That is, since the holding state of the banknote S inserted into the banknote transport path 3 can be reliably released in this range and the transport posture can be adjusted to the one along the transport direction, the cost can be reduced with a simple configuration. A cheap and highly reliable banknote transport apparatus 1 can be provided. In addition, by providing the outer peripheral circular banknote transport roller 9 in the upstream or downstream area across the “range exceeding the length in the transport direction of the banknote S”, the middle stage state of banknote transport in those basins is eliminated. In general, the banknote transport speed can be increased, and the banknote processing speed can be increased.

  Moreover, the banknote conveyance path | route applied to the "curve original island" which arranged the game stand etc. in the shape of a curve, for example by connecting the banknote conveyance apparatus 1 of embodiment of this invention comprised in substantially linear form in a broken line shape. Can be configured easily. Moreover, in the banknote conveyance mechanism comprised in this way, since the banknote S is conveyed only in one direction along a banknote conveyance path | route with the banknote conveyance roller 7 grade | etc., It is necessary to form the conveyance path | route in closed circuit shape. The height can be reduced. Therefore, it can be easily applied to construction of “curve original island”, “low down island”, etc. For example, the construction period can be shortened and the construction cost can be reduced.

  Next, another embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a banknote transport apparatus 50 according to another embodiment to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 6A shows an outer shape of a D-shape arranged in a stepwise manner in the height direction across the banknote transport path 53. The figure which shows the state which the banknote S is clamped by the banknote conveyance roller 57 in substantially wave shape, and is conveyed along the banknote conveyance path | route 53, (b) is releasing the clamping of the banknote S by this banknote conveyance roller 57, and a banknote It is a figure which shows the state by which the conveyance attitude | position is adjusted so that the lower end side of S may follow the bottom face 53a of the banknote conveyance path | route 53. FIG. In addition, the figure of the upper stage shown to (a), (b) is a top view which shows the rotation position of the banknote conveyance roller 57, and the lower stage is a side schematic diagram which shows the position of the height direction of the banknote conveyance roller 57 with respect to the banknote conveyance path 53. It is. Thus, the banknote conveyance roller 57 is attached to the drive shafts 51a and 51b, and the banknote conveyance path 53 is arranged in a stepwise manner with the banknote conveyance path 53 interposed therebetween, so that the outer peripheral surfaces of the banknote conveyance rollers 57 on both sides do not come into contact with each other. Since the surface is prevented from being worn, the life of the apparatus can be extended and maintenance and inspection can be facilitated.

  Needless to say, the present invention is not limited to the apparatus shown in this embodiment mode, and application changes can be made within the scope of the spirit of the present invention. For example, the bill transport roller 7 is not limited to being driven by the driving pulley 15 and the pulley driving belt 17 and may be driven by a combination of gears, chains, and the like. That is, it is possible to appropriately change the application according to the form in which the banknote transport device 1 of the present invention is used.

It is a perspective view which shows the banknote conveying apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the banknote conveying apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is a front view, (b) is a top view. It is a perspective view which shows typically the internal structure of the banknote conveying apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the rotation position of the banknote conveyance roller of the banknote conveyance apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, Comprising: (a) is the state which clamps and conveys a banknote, (b) is the state where the clamping state of a banknote is cancelled | released. Each of the states in which the transport posture can be corrected is shown. In the banknote transport apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, a D-shaped banknote transport roller that forms a pair as a banknote transport means is disposed in a range exceeding at least the length in the banknote transport direction along the banknote transport path. It is a top view which shows the state which carried out. It is a figure which shows the banknote conveyance apparatus of the other Example to which this invention is applied, Comprising: (a) is a banknote by the external shape D-shaped banknote conveyance roller arrange | positioned in the height direction across the banknote conveyance path | route. The figure which shows the state clamped by the substantially wave shape and conveyed along a banknote conveyance path | route, (b) is the clamping of the banknote by this banknote conveyance roller being cancelled | released, and the lower end side of a banknote follows the bottom face of a banknote conveyance path | route. It is a figure which shows the state by which the conveyance attitude | position is corrected. In addition, the figure of the upper stage shown to (a), (b) is a top view which shows the rotation position of a banknote conveyance roller, and the lower stage is a side schematic diagram which shows the position of the height direction of a banknote conveyance roller with respect to a banknote conveyance path | route. It is a schematic block diagram which shows typically the structure of the principal part of the banknote collection | recovery apparatus provided with the conventional banknote conveying apparatus. It is a front view which shows the mechanism of the principal part of the other conventional banknote conveying apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

1 Bill transport device
3 banknote transport passage 4 receiving part (banknote receiving part)
5 transport path guide 5aa bottom surface (banknote transport guide)
7 bill transport roller 7a arc-shaped peripheral portion 7b flat peripheral portion 10 transport roller driving means (driving means)
11 Drive shaft 15 Drive pulley 17 Pulley drive belt 20 Drive motor

Claims (2)

In the banknote transport apparatus that transports banknotes inserted from a plurality of banknote receiving sections to a banknote storage section that stores them together along a transport path,
A pair of externally-shaped D-shaped banknote transport rollers arranged symmetrically across the banknote transport path that constitutes the transport path, and a driving means that rotationally drives the paired banknote transport rollers while always maintaining symmetry. A banknote transport guide for adjusting the inclination of the banknotes transported along the transport path,
The paired banknote transport rollers are rotated by the driving means, and when the arcuate peripheral parts forming the D-shaped outer shape face each other, the banknotes are sandwiched and transported along the transport path, When the flat peripheral parts forming the D-shaped outer shape are opposed to each other, the holding of the banknotes is canceled and the conveyance is interrupted, and when the holding of the banknotes is released, the banknotes are guided to the banknote transport guide part. The bill conveyance device is characterized in that the inclination of the conveyance is adjusted in the direction along the conveyance direction by its own weight. A bill having an outer shape D-shaped, which includes a conveyance unit that conveys the banknote along the conveyance path, and forms the pair as the conveyance unit of the banknote at least in a range exceeding the length in the conveyance direction of the banknote along the conveyance path. The banknote transport apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a banknote transport unit including transport rollers.

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