JP5112655B2 - Bill recognition device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a banknote recognition apparatus that transports a banknote inserted from an insertion section to a banknote storage section through a banknote identification section by driving an endless belt, and particularly to downsizing for installation in equipment such as a gaming apparatus. The present invention relates to a suitable banknote identification device.

  Banknotes inserted from the front, which is the customer service surface of a gaming machine equipped with a large number of gaming machines, are transported to a banknote storage unit installed at one end of the gaming machine by a belt-type conveyor installed on the back side of the gaming machine. There is a bill transport device for gaming facilities. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

In addition, in a gaming machine in which a pedestal ball lending machine is installed between gaming machines, a bill recognition device is stored in a circular hole formed on the customer service surface in the form of a panel provided above the pedestal ball lending machine. A banknote is inserted in a vertical direction from an insertion opening opened on the customer service surface, and the inserted banknote is conveyed to the back side by a conveyance belt wound around a conveyance roller. The banknotes identified and recognized are conveyed forward through the U-turn part on the back side, and the banknotes are stored in the storages arranged on the side by the pusher mechanism arranged on the sides of the banknote identification part. is there. (For example, refer to Patent Document 2).
JP 2003-325941 A JP 2005-276052 A

  The system of the invention of Patent Document 1 is unsuitable for small shops because the bill transport device for amusement facilities is expensive. Moreover, the thing of invention of patent document 2 is a structure by which a banknote identification part is arrange | positioned near an insertion port, and a banknote is accommodated in the storage located in the side by the pusher mechanism arrange | positioned in the side of a banknote identification part. For this reason, the lateral width of the device increases. In patent document 2, the banknote identification device is accommodated in the circular hole formed in the customer-facing surface of the panel form provided above the pedestal ball lending machine. Although it can be applied, it is not preferable as a banknote identification device installed in a small device such as a pedestal ball lending machine in which the left and right widths are considerably limited.

  In view of such a point, the present invention is configured to convey bills from the bill insertion portion to the back side by driving endless belts that are stretched over rotating wheels arranged on the bill insertion portion side and the back side, respectively. By specifying the arrangement of the identification section and the banknote storage section, a banknote identification apparatus suitable for installation in a small device such as an interstitial ball lending machine in which the lateral width is considerably limited is provided.

The banknote identification apparatus of 1st invention is a vertical banknote insertion part which inserts a banknote from one short side side in the standing state with the long side of a rectangular-shaped banknote up and down, and the front end and back of this banknote insertion part side. The bill insertion portion rotates around an outward path and a back rotation wheel that conveys a bill inserted from the bill insertion portion by driving of an endless belt spanned between a pair of rotation wheels respectively disposed on the side. A transport device that forms a return path transported toward the side, a detection unit for authenticity identification of banknotes transported by the transport device, and a banknote storage unit that stores the genuine banknotes detected by the detection unit In the banknote recognition apparatus, the forward path and the return path extend along a belt surface of the endless belt, the detection unit is disposed in the return path or the forward path, and is closer to the banknote insertion unit side than the detection unit. On the return path Place the bill accommodating unit, wherein the front end of the banknote storage unit arranged in side by side apparatus front to the bill insertion portion.

The banknote identification device according to the second aspect of the present invention is a vertical banknote insertion unit that inserts a banknote from one short side in a standing state with the long side of a rectangular banknote up and down, and the front end and the back of the banknote insertion unit side. The bill insertion portion rotates around an outward path and a back rotation wheel that conveys a bill inserted from the bill insertion portion by driving of an endless belt spanned between a pair of rotation wheels respectively disposed on the side. A transport device that forms a return path transported toward the side, a detection unit for authenticity identification of banknotes transported by the transport device, and a banknote storage unit that stores the genuine banknotes detected by the detection unit In the banknote recognition apparatus, the forward path and the return path extend along a belt surface of the endless belt, the detection unit is disposed in the return path or the forward path, and is closer to the banknote insertion unit side than the detection unit. On the return path The bill storage unit is disposed, the front end of the banknote storage unit is arranged at the front end of the apparatus side by side with the bill insertion unit, and the detection unit is disposed within the projection range of the diameter of the rotating wheel disposed on the back side. Features.

The banknote identification apparatus of 3rd invention is a vertical banknote insertion part which inserts a banknote from one short side side in the standing state with the long side of a rectangular banknote up and down, and the front end and back of this banknote insertion part side. The bill insertion portion rotates around an outward path and a back rotation wheel that conveys a bill inserted from the bill insertion portion by driving of an endless belt spanned between a pair of rotation wheels respectively disposed on the side. A transport device that forms a return path transported toward the side, a detection unit for authenticity identification of banknotes transported by the transport device, and a banknote storage unit that stores the genuine banknotes detected by the detection unit In the banknote recognition apparatus, the forward path and the return path extend along a belt surface of the endless belt, the detection unit is disposed in the return path or the forward path, and is closer to the banknote insertion unit side than the detection unit. On the return path A bill wheel storage part is arranged, a front end of the bill storage part is arranged at the front end of the apparatus side by side with the bill insertion part, and a rotating wheel arranged on the back side compared to a diameter of a rotating wheel arranged on the bill insertion part side And a pressing roller for displacing the endless belt between the inner rotating wheel and the detecting unit so that the endless belt passing through the detecting unit is parallel to the other endless belt. It is characterized by that.

The banknote identification apparatus of 4th invention is a vertical banknote insertion part which inserts a banknote from one short side side in the standing state by making the long side of a rectangular banknote up and down, and the front end and back of this banknote insertion part side. The bill insertion portion rotates around an outward path and a back rotation wheel that conveys a bill inserted from the bill insertion portion by driving of an endless belt spanned between a pair of rotation wheels respectively disposed on the side. A transport device that forms a return path transported toward the side, a detection unit for authenticity identification of banknotes transported by the transport device, and a banknote storage unit that stores the genuine banknotes detected by the detection unit In the banknote recognition apparatus, the forward path and the return path extend along a belt surface of the endless belt, the detection unit is disposed in the return path, and the banknote storage unit is disposed closer to the banknote insertion unit than the detection unit. Place and bill The front end of the storage unit is arranged at the front end of the apparatus side by side with the banknote insertion part, and the diameter of the rotary wheel arranged on the back side is larger than the diameter of the rotary wheel arranged on the banknote insertion part side, and the back side An endless belt positioned on the return path so that the endless belt that has rotated around the rotating wheel positioned on the back side is in parallel with the endless belt positioned on the forward path. A pressing roller for displacement is provided, and the detection unit is disposed within a projection range of a diameter of a rotating wheel disposed on the back side.

  In the bill identifying device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects of the invention, the bill storage unit is a storage box that stacks and stores bills in a standing state with their long sides up and down. It is characterized in that it can be opened and closed in the left-right direction.

  In the banknote recognition device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the first to fourth aspects, the banknote storage unit is a storage box that stacks and stores banknotes in a standing state with the long side up and down. It can be opened and closed in the left-right direction and is removable.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the arrangement of each part can achieve the thinning of the banknote recognition device, and the thinning of equipment such as a game medium lending machine in which the banknote identification device is incorporated. Moreover, since a detection part can be arrange | positioned in the back part of a conveyance path behind a banknote storage part, it is a safe structure which is hard to do mischief of a detection part from a banknote insertion part. Moreover, since the bill storage part is arranged on the bill insertion part side, the bill storage box is pulled out by opening the front plate of the device, etc. from the front surface of the device such as a game medium lending machine in which the bill recognition device is stored, Or it becomes possible to take out the banknote of a banknote storage box as it is, and it becomes easy to collect | recover a banknote.

  In the second invention, the thickness of the bill discriminating device can be reduced by arranging the detector within the diameter projection range of the rotating wheel arranged on the back side, such as a game medium lending machine in which the bill discriminating device is incorporated. Thinner equipment can be achieved. Moreover, since a detection part can be arrange | positioned in the back part of a conveyance path behind a banknote storage part, it is a safe structure which is hard to do mischief of a detection part from a banknote insertion part. Moreover, since the bill storage part is arranged on the bill insertion part side, the bill storage box is pulled out by opening the front plate of the device, etc. from the front surface of the device such as a game medium lending machine in which the bill recognition device is stored, Or it becomes possible to take out the banknote of a banknote storage box as it is, and it becomes easy to collect | recover a banknote.

  In the third aspect of the invention, the diameter of the rotating wheel arranged on the back side is made larger than the diameter of the rotating wheel arranged on the bill insertion part side, and the endless belt passing through the detecting part by the pressing roller is parallel to the other endless belt. Since the endless belt is displaced between the inner rotating wheel and the detection unit so as to be in a state, the bill discriminating device can be thinned, and the device such as a game medium lending machine in which the bill discriminating device is incorporated is thinned. Can be achieved. Moreover, since the banknote storage part is arrange | positioned at the banknote insertion part side, the stacker which forms a banknote storage part by opening the front plate of an apparatus from the front of apparatuses, such as a ball lending machine etc. in which the banknote identification device was accommodated. Can be pulled out, or the banknotes in the banknote storage section can be taken out as they are, making it easier to collect banknotes.

  In the fourth invention, the effects of the second invention and the third invention are combined.

  In the fifth invention, in addition to the effects of the first invention to the fourth invention, by rotating the storage box to the side, the banknote pushing opening to the storage box is exposed outside the housing of the banknote identification device. It becomes easy to take out the banknotes accumulated in the box outside the casing.

  In the sixth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effects of the first to fourth aspects of the invention, by rotating the storage box to the side, the banknote pushing opening to the storage box is exposed outside the housing of the banknote identification device. It becomes easy to take out the banknotes accumulated in the box outside the casing. Further, by removing the storage box from the housing of the banknote identification device, it is easier to take out the banknotes in the storage box, and to easily check the inside of the banknote identification device such as the detection unit or the transport device.

  The banknote identification device of the present invention is arranged in a vertical banknote insertion part that inserts a banknote from one short side in an upright state with the long side of a rectangular banknote up and down, and the banknote insertion part side and the back side, respectively. An outward path that conveys the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion part to the back side by driving an endless belt that is stretched over the rotating wheel and a return path that travels around the rotary wheel on the back side and transports it toward the banknote insertion part side. In the banknote discriminating apparatus provided with the banknote identification apparatus provided with the banknote identification part which accommodates the authenticity banknote which detects the authenticity banknote detected by the detection apparatus and the detection part of the banknote conveyed by this conveyance apparatus. A part is arranged in the return path or the forward path, and the banknote storage part is arranged in the return path closer to the banknote insertion part side than the detection part, and examples of the present invention will be described below.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a game medium lending machine incorporating a bill discriminating apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the bill discriminating apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a left side view of the bill discriminating apparatus according to the present invention. 4 is a right side view of the banknote recognition apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a plan view of the banknote identification apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a plan view of the banknote identification apparatus in a state where the banknote storage unit according to the present invention is opened. FIG. 7, FIG. 7 is a plan view of the banknote recognition apparatus in a state where the banknote conveyance passage opening / closing door according to the present invention is opened, FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the internal configuration of the banknote identification apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 10 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 8 showing the relationship between the banknote storage unit and the banknote storage mechanism, and FIG. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line AA, and FIG. 11 is a front view of the gaming apparatus.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As one of the devices to which the banknote identification device 10 according to the present invention is applied, as shown in FIG. 11, a gaming machine 1 and a gaming medium lending machine 2 installed between the gaming machines 1 are provided. There is a gaming device configured, and the bill recognition device 10 according to the present invention is incorporated in the gaming machine lending machine 2. The gaming machine lending machine 2 is a pachinko ball lending machine 2 when the gaming medium used for the gaming machine 1 is a pachinko ball, and when the gaming medium used for the gaming machine 1 is a medal. Since the lending machine 2 is a medal lending machine, the same applies in all cases, the gaming machine lending machine 2 is simply referred to as the lending machine 2 in the following embodiments.

  When the lending machine 2 inserts a predetermined amount of banknotes 100 into the banknote insertion portion 11 opened on the front customer service surface, a predetermined number of game media (pachinko balls and medals) are paid out to the front payout port 2D. Alternatively, a predetermined number of game media (pachinko balls and medals) are paid out to a tray 1D provided on the front surface of the gaming machine 1 through a nozzle (not shown).

  In the lending machine 2, a bill identifying device 10 in which each part is housed in a rectangular casing 12 that is long in the back direction is incorporated. In the banknote recognition device 10, a vertical banknote insertion part 11 that inserts a banknote from one short side in an upright state with the long side of the rectangular banknote 100 up and down is open on the front surface that is the customer service side. . And the conveying apparatus 16 which conveys the banknote 100 inserted from the banknote insertion part 11 to the back side is the rotating wheel 13A arrange | positioned at the banknote insertion part 11 side, the rotating wheel 13B arrange | positioned at the back side, and these rotating wheels 13A. Bills inserted from the bill insertion portion 11 as a transport passage 15 that transports the bill 100 inserted from the bill insertion portion 11 by driving the endless belt 14. The forward path 15A for transporting 100 to the back side and the return path 15B for transporting toward the banknote insertion portion side by turning around the back side rotating wheel 13B are formed. The conveyance path 15 is configured so that the conveyance path wall 15H is opposed to the surface of the banknote 100 conveyed between the forward path 15A, the U-turn portion that rotates around the rotating wheel 13B, and the return path 15B that passes the detection unit 17. Is forming. Moreover, the conveying apparatus 16 comprises the rotating wheel 13B arrange | positioned in the back | inner side as a driving wheel, and the rotating wheel 13A arrange | positioned in the banknote insertion part 11 side as a driven wheel. For this reason, the conveying device 16 rotationally drives the rotating wheel 13B disposed on the back side by a drive mechanism unit 33 including an electric motor (not shown) and a gear mechanism (not shown) rotated by the electric motor. Thus, the endless belt 14 is driven to rotate, and the rotating wheel 13A rotates following the rotation. The rotating wheel 13A and the rotating wheel 13B are configured as a pair of upper and lower parts supported by the shaft 13A1 and the shaft 13B1 at intervals that fall within the width of the banknote 100 in the short side direction.

  The banknote recognition device 10 further includes a detection unit (sensor) 17 for identifying the authenticity of the banknote 100 conveyed by the conveyance device 16 and the authenticity detected by the detection unit 17 and identified by the identification unit. The banknote storage part 18 which stores the banknote 100 is provided. The detection unit 17 of the embodiment includes the optical detection unit 19 configured by the light emitting unit 19A and the light receiving unit 19B, and the magnetic detection unit 20 configured by the magnetic head 20A and the pusher roller 20B, but is not limited thereto. The optical detection unit 19 detects the printed pattern of the banknote 100 and identifies the authenticity of the banknote 100 by the amount of light reaching the light receiving unit 19B from the light emitting unit 19A depending on the density of the printed pattern of the banknote 100. Further, the magnetic detection unit 20 detects the magnetic amount used in the printed pattern of the banknote 100 by pressing the banknote 100 conveyed by the endless belt 14 against the magnetic head 20A by the pusher roller 20B. Identifies authenticity.

  The detection unit 17 is disposed in the return path 15B of the transport device 16, and the banknote storage unit 18 is disposed closer to the banknote insertion unit 11 than the detection unit 17. Further, the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B disposed on the back side is larger than the diameter of the rotating wheel 13A disposed on the banknote insertion portion 11 side, and the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B is substantially twice the diameter of the rotating wheel 13A. The diameter of the rotating wheel 13A is 7 to 8 mm, the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B is 14 to 16 mm, and in the embodiment, the diameter of the rotating wheel 13A is 7.5 mm, and the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B is 15 mm. Thereby, the forward path 15A from the rotating wheel 13A to the rotating wheel 13B is linear, and the banknote 100 inserted from the banknote insertion part 11 is conveyed linearly in the forward path 15A. In order to maintain this linear transport state, the transport device 16 is supported by a pair of support rollers 21A and 21B and 22A and 22B that support the endless belt 14 of the forward path 15A from the left and right.

  The rollers 21A and 22A are fixed rollers rotatably supported by the shaft 21A1 and the shaft 22A1, respectively. The rollers 21A and 22A are arranged in a straight line with the rotating wheel 13A with the same diameter as the rotating wheel 13A and linearly form the forward path 15A. is doing. The rollers 21B and 22B are pressing rollers that are spring-biased toward the corresponding rollers 21A and 22A, respectively. Each of the rollers 21A and 22A is composed of a pair of upper and lower parts supported by the shaft 21A1 and the shaft 22A1 with an interval that fits within the width of the banknote 100 in the short side direction. A pair of upper and lower parts supported by the shaft 21B1 and the shaft 22B1 with an interval that fits inside. Further, in the transport device 16, the endless belt 14 is pressed by upper and lower pressing rollers 23 and 23 that are spring-biased toward the upper and lower rotating wheels 13A and 13A, respectively.

  The center of the axis 13B1 that is the center of rotation of the rotating wheel 13B is more lateral than the center of the axis 13A1 that is the center of rotation of the rotating wheel 13A so that the conveyance path 15 is parallel to the longitudinal axis PL of the bill validator 10. It shifts to the left (in FIG. 8, left). Thus, the straight forward path 15A is in a state parallel to the front-rear direction axis PL.

  The endless belt 14 on the return path 15B of the transport device 16 is in parallel with the endless belt 14 on the forward path 15A, that is, the endless belt 14 that has rotated the inner rotating wheel 13B is parallel to the endless belt 14 positioned on the forward path 15A. A pressing roller 24 that displaces the endless belt positioned in the return path 15B is provided so as to be in a state. In the embodiment, the pressing roller 24 is disposed in the vicinity of the rotating wheel 13B and the detecting unit 17 so that the endless belt 14 on the return path 15B passing through the detecting unit 17 is in parallel with the endless belt 14 on the outward path 15A. The endless belt 14 in the return path 15B is pressed on the upstream side of the detecting unit 17 (upstream side in the moving direction of the endless belt 14).

  As described above, since the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B disposed on the back side is larger than the diameter of the rotating wheel 13A on the front side, the detection unit 17 is disposed within the projection range of the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B. That is, when the conveyance path 15 of the conveyance device 16 is viewed from the front surface or the rear surface of the banknote recognition device 10, the detection unit 17 is in a state of being within the diameter range of the rotating wheel 13B. In order to do this, in the above configuration, the bill storage unit 18 is disposed on the bill insertion unit 11 side relative to the detection unit 17 disposed on the return path 15B, and the diameter of the rotating wheel 13A disposed on the bill insertion unit 11 side is set. In contrast, the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B disposed on the far side is increased, and the endless belt 14 passing through the detecting unit 17 is in parallel with the endless belt 14 on the outward path 15A, so that the rotating wheel 13B and the detecting unit 17 on the far side are in parallel. A pressing roller 24 for displacing the endless belt 14 is provided.

  Thus, when the conveyance path 15 of the conveyance device 16 is viewed from the front surface or the rear surface of the banknote recognition device 10, the detection unit 17 is in the state of the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B. Thinning can be achieved.

  The banknote storage part 18 is arranged in parallel to the return path 15B of the transport path 15 at a position closer to the banknote insertion part 11 side than the detection part 17. The banknote storage part 18 is comprised by the storage box 30 supported by the up-and-down axis | shaft 29 which protruded so that a rear-end part might oppose from the up-and-down wall of the housing 12 so that rotation was possible. The storage box 30 faces the endless belt 14 passing through the return path 15B, and a push-in opening 28 of the banknote 100 is formed. The banknote 100 transported through the return path 15B is kept in the posture, that is, the long side of the rectangular banknote The banknote 100 is stowed up and down and stored in a stacked manner in the left-right direction.

  The storage box 30 has an L-shaped locking groove 31 that opens in the direction of the bottom wall 30A, and is formed at the rear end of the upper and lower walls, and protrudes from the upper and lower walls of the housing 12 as shown in FIG. With the vertical shaft 29 locked so as to enter the inner part from the opening of the L-shaped locking groove 31, the storage box 30 is rotated in the horizontal direction in the housing 12 around the vertical shaft 29. The storage box 30 is stored in the housing 12 in the state shown in FIG. Locking means for holding the state in which the storage box 30 is stored in the housing 12 is appropriately provided. Further, by rotating the storage box 30 about the vertical axis 29 in the Y direction shown in FIG. 8, the push-in opening 28 of the storage box 30 is exposed to the outside of the housing 12, so that the push-in opening 28 enters the storage box 30. The accumulated banknote 100 can be taken out of the housing 12. Further, the storage box 30 can be removed from the housing 12 by releasing the locking of the L-shaped locking groove 31 from the vertical shaft 29.

  Upper and lower guide members 25A and 25B are arranged corresponding to the upper and lower ends of the bill 100 conveyed along the forward path 15A and the return path 15B so as to form the upper and lower walls of the forward path 15A and the return path 15B of the transport path 15. . The upper and lower guide members 25 </ b> A and 25 </ b> B include a wall 26 that partitions the forward path 15 </ b> A and the return path 15 </ b> B, and a wall 27 that partitions the return path 15 </ b> B and the banknote storage unit 18. The endless belt 14 is disposed between the upper and lower guide members 25A, 25B, and the wall 27, 27 of the return path 15B becomes the pushing portion 32 of the bill 100, and the bill 100 is pushed by the pushing mechanism 40 described later through the pushing portion 32. It is pushed into the storage box 30 from the opening 28.

  The drive unit that drives the drive-side rotating wheel 13B and the drive unit that drives the push-in mechanism 40 each include an electric motor and a gear mechanism that rotates by the motor, and these are displayed as the drive mechanism unit 33.

  The push-in mechanism 40 is supported by a drive mechanism unit 33 so as to be reciprocally rotated about a shaft 36 and a vertically arranged cam 34, and can be rotated about a shaft 37. A vertically arranged link 39 having grooves 38 that fit into the protrusions 35 is provided, and guide members 25A and 25B are attached to the side surfaces of the vertically arranged link 39, respectively.

  In this structure, in the insertion standby state of the banknote 100 with respect to the banknote insertion part 11, guide member 25A, 25B is standing by in the continuous line position of FIG. In this state, when the leading end of the banknote 100 is inserted into the banknote insertion section 11, the insertion detection section 41 disposed in the vicinity of the banknote insertion section 11 detects the insertion of the banknote 100, and the electric motor rotates in the forward direction. The driving side rotating wheel 13 </ b> B rotates in the forward direction by the operation of the driving mechanism unit 33 after starting, and the endless belt 14 is driven to convey the banknote 100 along the forward path 15 </ b> A of the conveyance path 15. The pattern or material of the banknote 100 detected by the detection unit 17 while passing from the terminal end of the forward path 15A to the return wheel 15B of the transfer path 15 and passing through the pressure roller 24 and passing through the detection unit 17 The data is read, and the authenticity is determined by the identification unit based on this data. The bill 100 conveyed to the return path 15B is once conveyed to a position corresponding to the bill storage unit 18, and the electric motor stops and stops conveyance so as to wait at that time. The standby position of the banknote 100 is in the state of 100A in FIG.

  If it is determined that the bill is a counterfeit bill by this true / false determination, the motor rotates in the reverse direction and the drive mechanism portion 33 rotates the drive-side rotating wheel 13B in the reverse direction so that the endless belt 14 is driven in the reverse direction. The banknote 100 is returned from the return path 15B of the transport path 15 to the banknote insertion section 11 via the forward path 15A. On the other hand, if the banknote 100 is determined to be a genuine banknote by authenticity determination, the banknote 100 waiting at a position corresponding to the banknote storage unit 18 is vertically arranged by the operation of the drive mechanism unit 33 when the electric motor is started. The cam 34 rotates. By the rotation of the cam 34 in the forward direction, the vertically arranged link 39 rotates in the forward direction about the shaft 37 while being pushed by the relationship that the projection 35 slides in the groove 38, and a switch (not shown) is placed at a predetermined position shown in FIG. And the forward rotation of the electric motor of the drive mechanism 33 is stopped. With this rotation, the walls 27 and 27 of the guide members 25 </ b> A and 25 </ b> B are pushed away while bending the upper and lower ends of the bill 100, and the cams 34 are rotated at positions where the walls 27 and 27 pass the upper and lower ends of the bill 100. Is controlled to stop. In this state, the upper and lower ends of the bent banknote 100 return to the original direction as shown in FIG.

  Next, the motor 39 rotates in the reverse direction, and the drive mechanism 33 operates to rotate the cam 34 in the reverse direction. As a result, the upper and lower links 39 are pushed by the relationship that the projection 35 slides in the groove 38 and the shaft 37 is centered. As a reverse rotation. By this rotation, the pushing portion 27A, which is the tip of the walls 27, 27 pushes the vicinity of both upper and lower ends of the bill 100 toward the storage box 30, so that the bill 100 is pushed into the storage box 30 through the push opening 28. In the reverse rotation of the cam 34, when the cam 34 is returned to the standby position, a switch (not shown) is operated to stop the reverse rotation of the electric motor of the drive mechanism 33. This state is the state of FIG.

  In this way, the inserted genuine banknotes 100 are sequentially pushed into the storage box 30 and accumulated in a stacked state. In the storage box 30, there is provided a movable bottom plate 43 urged toward the push-in opening 28 by a plate spring 42. For this reason, the banknote 100 pushed into the storage box 30 by the pushing part 27A as described above is urged toward the pushing opening 28 by the movable bottom plate 43, and is near the upper and lower end parts of the accumulated uppermost banknote 100. As shown in FIG. 9, it is held in a state where it abuts against the pushing portion 27A.

  In this state, as described above, when the guide members 25A and 25B are rotated to the state shown in FIG. 10, the pushing portion 27A is separated from the accumulated uppermost banknote 100. Of the stored banknotes 100 urged in the direction, the uppermost banknote 100 comes into contact with the stopper 44 formed at the edge of the push-in opening 28 of the storage box 30 and is prevented from popping out from the push-in opening 28. Further, as described above, when the pushing portion 27A pushes the vicinity of the upper and lower ends of the bill 100 toward the storage box 30 by the rotation of the guide members 25A and 25B, the movable bottom plate 43 is pushed against the leaf spring 42, The bill 100 is pushed into the storage box 30 through the push-in opening 28.

  As described above, the banknote recognition apparatus 10 incorporates the transport device 16, the detection unit 17, the banknote storage unit 18, the drive mechanism unit 33, and the push-in mechanism 40 in the housing 12. It arrange | positions to the return path 15B and has arrange | positioned the banknote accommodating part 18 to the banknote insertion part 11 side rather than the detection part 17. FIG. Thereby, the left-right width | variety of the banknote identification device 10 can be made small. As one specific configuration thereof, the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B arranged on the back side is made larger than the diameter of the rotating wheel 13A arranged on the banknote insertion portion 11 side, and the endless belt 14 passing through the detecting unit 17 is forwarded. By providing a pressing roller 24 that displaces the endless belt 14 between the rotating wheel 13B on the back side and the detection unit 17 so as to be in parallel with the endless belt 14 of 15A, the front surface or the rear surface of the banknote recognition device 10 is provided. When the conveyance path 15 of the conveyance device 16 is viewed from the position, the detection unit 17 can be disposed within the projection range of the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B, and the banknote identification device 10 can be thinned. For this reason, the banknote identification device 10 incorporated in the lending machine 2 having a left-right width of 40 mm can be manufactured, and a configuration in which approximately 100 banknotes 100 can be stored in the storage box 30 can be achieved.

  Further, the storage box 30 of the banknote storage unit 18 can be opened to the side by rotation, and the storage box 30 can be detached from the housing 12. The banknote identification device 10 is incorporated into a storage unit in the lending machine 2 by being inserted from the front surface of the lending machine 2 and can be pulled out from the front surface. The banknote recognition device 10 is shown in FIG. 1 in a state of being incorporated in a storage unit 47 in the lending machine 2, and a cover 46 is rotatably supported on the front surface of the lending machine 2 by a hinge device. The front surface of the banknote identification device 10 incorporated in the storage unit 47 in the lending machine 2 is covered. In the cover 46, a bill insertion opening 48 communicating with the bill insertion portion 11 is formed, and the cover 46 is held in the lending machine 2 by the lock device 49 in a state where the front surface of the bill recognition device 10 is covered. Therefore, the banknote 100 in the storage box 30 cannot be extracted.

  By making the front surface of the storage box 30 widely open as shown in FIG. 1, the lock device 49 is removed and the cover 46 is rotated upward as shown in FIG. The banknote 100 can be grasped from the left and right with fingers and taken out forward. Moreover, it is the structure which the banknote identification device 10 can pull out to the position which the whole storage box 30 exposes ahead of the lending machine 2 in the state which rotated the cover 46 upwards, as shown in FIG. In this pulled-out state, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8, the push-in opening 28 of the storage box 30 is exposed outside the housing 12 by rotating the storage box 30 in the Y direction as shown in FIGS. 6 and 8. The banknote 100 accumulated in the storage box 30 can be taken out from the housing 12 through the push-in opening 28. Further, in this pulled out state, the storage box 30 can be removed from the housing 12 by releasing the locking of the L-shaped locking groove 31 from the vertical shaft 29, so that the banknotes in the storage box 30 are also in this state. 100 can be taken out.

  In order to facilitate repair and inspection of the transport passage 15 of the transport device 16, as shown in FIG. 7, a part of the side wall of the housing 12 on the forward path 15A side is constituted by an opening / closing door 12A. For this reason, removal of the banknote 100 when the banknote 100 is jammed in the conveyance path 15, confirmation of the status of the rotating wheel 13, and the like can be performed with the banknote identification device 10 pulled out from the lending machine 2. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, since the detection unit 17 also has a unit configuration in which the optical detection unit 19 and the magnetic detection unit 20 are housed in one case 17B, the case 17B of this unit is centered on the housing 12 and the shaft support unit 17A. The detector 17 can be inspected, repaired, etc. by opening the unit with the banknote identification device 10 pulled out in front of the lending machine 2.

  In the above configuration, the endless belt 14 on the forward path 15A is linear, and the endless belt 14 on the return path 15B is pushed by the pressing roller 24 on the front side of the inner rotating wheel 13B, and the detection unit 17 rotates on the return path 15B. The arrangement is within the projection range of the diameter of the wheel 13B, but instead of this configuration, the endless belt 14 in the forward path 15A is pushed by the pressing roller 24 on the front side of the inner rotating wheel 13B, and the endless belt 14 in the return path 15B. So that the detector 17 is disposed within the projected range of the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B in the forward path 15A on the front side of the pressing roller 24, and the bill storage part 18 is Alternatively, the bill can be arranged on the return path 15B close to the bill insertion portion 11 side.

  By comprising in this way, when the conveyance path 15 of the conveyance apparatus 16 is seen from the front surface or back surface of the banknote identification device 10, the detection part 17 can be arrange | positioned in the projection range of the diameter of the rotating wheel 13B, and banknote identification can be performed. Thinning of the device 10 can be achieved. For this reason, the banknote identification device 10 incorporated in the lending machine 2 having a narrow left and right width can be produced.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be considered without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, and various embodiments according to the modifications are included. The bill recognition device of the present invention can be applied not only to a gaming machine but also to installation in a portion where the left and right width in a vending machine is limited.

It is a front perspective view of the game media rental machine incorporating the banknote identification device according to the present invention. Example 1 It is a front view of the bill recognition device concerning the present invention. Example 1 It is a left view of the bill identification device concerning the present invention. Example 1 It is a right view of the banknote identification device which concerns on this invention. Example 1 It is a top view of the bill recognition device concerning the present invention. Example 1 It is a top view of the bill recognition device in the state where the bill storage part concerning the present invention was opened. Example 1 It is a top view of the bill identification device in the state where the bill conveyance passage opening / closing door according to the present invention is opened. Example 1 It is a top view which shows the internal structure of the banknote identification device which concerns on this invention. Example 1 It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the relationship between the banknote storage part which concerns on this invention, and a banknote storage mechanism. Example 1 It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which the banknote storage mechanism which concerns on this invention act | operated to the position which is going to store a banknote. Example 1 It is a front view of the gaming machine according to the present invention. Example 1

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine 2 ... Game machine lending machine 10 ... Banknote identification device 11 ... Banknote insertion part 12 ... Housing 13A ... Driven side rotary wheel 13B ... Drive side rotary wheel 14 ... Endless belt 15 ... Conveyance path forward path 15A and return path 15A... Conveyance path outbound path 15B .. Conveyance path return path 16... Conveyance device 17... Detection unit 18. ... Optical detector 20 ... Magnetic detector 24 ... Pressure roller 25A, 25B ... Guide member 27A ... Pushing part 28 ... Pushing opening 29 ... Vertical shaft 30 ... Housing Box 31 ... L-shaped locking groove 33 ... Drive mechanism 34 ... Cam 35 ... Projection 36 ... Shaft 37 ... Shaft 38 ... Groove 39 ... Link 40 ... Push-in mechanism 100 ... Banknotes

Claims (6)

A vertical banknote insertion part that inserts a banknote from one short side in an upright state with the long side of a rectangular banknote up and down, and a pair of rotating wheels that are arranged at the front end and the back side of the banknote insertion part, respectively. A forward path for transporting the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion part to the back side by driving an endless belt stretched over the back side, and a return path for transporting the back side rotation wheel toward the banknote insertion part side. In the banknote discriminating apparatus comprising the formed transport device, the authenticity detection unit for the banknotes transported by the transport device, and the banknote storage unit for storing the genuine banknotes detected by the detection unit, the forward path and the A return path extends along the belt surface of the endless belt, the detection unit is disposed on the return path or the forward path, and the banknote storage unit is disposed on the return path closer to the banknote insertion part than the detection unit. And the paper Bill validator, wherein the front end of the housing portion that is disposed on the apparatus front side by side with the bill insertion portion. A vertical banknote insertion part that inserts a banknote from one short side in an upright state with the long side of a rectangular banknote up and down, and a pair of rotating wheels that are arranged at the front end and the back side of the banknote insertion part, respectively. A forward path for transporting the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion part to the back side by driving an endless belt stretched over the back side, and a return path for transporting the back side rotation wheel toward the banknote insertion part side. In the banknote discriminating apparatus comprising the formed transport device, the authenticity detection unit for the banknotes transported by the transport device, and the banknote storage unit for storing the genuine banknotes detected by the detection unit, the forward path and the A return path extends along the belt surface of the endless belt, the detection unit is disposed on the return path or the forward path, and the banknote storage unit is disposed on the return path closer to the banknote insertion part than the detection unit. And the paper The front end of the housing part arranged in the apparatus front side by side with the bill insertion portion, the bill validator, wherein the detecting portion is disposed within the projection range of the diameter of the rotating ring arranged on the inner side. A vertical banknote insertion part that inserts a banknote from one short side in an upright state with the long side of a rectangular banknote up and down, and a pair of rotating wheels that are arranged at the front end and the back side of the banknote insertion part, respectively. A forward path for transporting the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion part to the back side by driving an endless belt stretched over the back side, and a return path for transporting the back side rotation wheel toward the banknote insertion part side. In the banknote discriminating apparatus comprising the formed transport device, the authenticity detection unit for the banknotes transported by the transport device, and the banknote storage unit for storing the genuine banknotes detected by the detection unit, the forward path and the A return path extends along the belt surface of the endless belt, the detection unit is disposed on the return path or the forward path, and the banknote storage unit is disposed on the return path closer to the banknote insertion part than the detection unit. And the paper The front end of the storage part is arranged at the front end of the apparatus side by side with the banknote insertion part, and the diameter of the rotary wheel arranged on the back side is made larger than the diameter of the rotary wheel arranged on the banknote insertion part side, and the detection part A bill discriminating apparatus comprising a pressing roller for displacing the endless belt between the inner rotating wheel and the detecting unit so that the endless belt passing through the second endless belt is in parallel with the other endless belt. . A vertical banknote insertion part that inserts a banknote from one short side in an upright state with the long side of a rectangular banknote up and down, and a pair of rotating wheels that are arranged at the front end and the back side of the banknote insertion part, respectively. A forward path for transporting the banknotes inserted from the banknote insertion part to the back side by driving an endless belt stretched over the back side, and a return path for transporting the back side rotation wheel toward the banknote insertion part side. In the banknote discriminating apparatus comprising the formed transport device, the authenticity detection unit for the banknotes transported by the transport device, and the banknote storage unit for storing the genuine banknotes detected by the detection unit, the forward path and the A return path extends along a belt surface of the endless belt, the detection unit is disposed on the return path, the banknote storage unit is disposed closer to the banknote insertion unit than the detection unit, and a front end of the banknote storage unit The bill inserted Are arranged at the front end of the apparatus side by side, and the diameter of the rotating wheel arranged at the back side is larger than the diameter of the rotating wheel arranged at the bill insertion part side, and the rotating wheel and the detection part arranged at the back side A pressure roller for displacing the endless belt located on the return path to the forward path side so that the endless belt that has rotated the rotating wheel disposed on the back side is parallel to the endless belt located on the forward path The banknote identification device is characterized in that the detection unit is arranged within a projection range of a diameter of a rotating wheel arranged on the back side.   The bill storage unit is a storage box that stores bills in a stacked manner in the left-right direction with their long sides up and down, and the storage box can be opened and closed in the left-right direction. Item 5. The bill recognition device according to any one of Items 4 to 5.   The banknote storage unit is a storage box that stacks and stores banknotes in a left-right direction with their long sides up and down, and the storage box can be opened and closed in the left-right direction and is removable. The banknote identification device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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