JPH0338183B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides, for example, a game machine row in which a plurality of pachinko machines as game machines are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction,
Every other place between adjacent pachinko machines,
A pachinko ball rental machine is installed as a gaming machine that accepts banknotes (an example of a flat body, the same applies hereinafter) from the front side of the gaming machine row and sends them out to the back side of the gaming machine row with the paper side aligned in the vertical direction. The present invention relates to a gaming facility that is provided with a conveying device on the back side to convey the banknotes sent out from these ball lending machines to a specific position, so that the banknotes received by the ball lending machines can be efficiently collected.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional gaming facilities, an automatic ball lending machine that operates when a coin is inserted is installed between the pachinko machines, and the coins dropped from the automatic ball lending machine are received on the back side of the row of pachinko machines, and the machine is placed at one end of the row of pachinko machines. There are coins that are equipped with a transport device to efficiently collect the inserted coins.
-160482, Utility Model Publication No. 52-146375), in gaming equipment in which a gaming machine such as an automatic ball lending machine that operates by inserting banknotes is installed between the game machines, the banknotes are larger than the coins. Because they are large and thin, and are light and flexible, they are difficult to handle like coins. The banknotes received are stored in the safe of the gaming rental machine that accepted them (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 53-3399).
(see publication).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, according to the conventional gaming equipment in which a game lending machine that is operated by inserting banknotes is installed between the game machines, when collecting the banknotes inserted into each gaming lending machine, the collector needs to operate each gaming lending machine. It is necessary to move to the front of the machine one by one to collect the banknotes in the safe, and it is not only impossible to collect the banknotes from each gaming machine in an efficient manner, even if we only look at a series of gaming machine rows. When the safe becomes full while the game machine is in operation, it may be necessary to go between the players to collect the safe, which also lacks consideration for the players.

Therefore, in the same way as the conventional gaming equipment in which an automatic ball lending machine that operates by inserting coins is installed between pachinko machines, we have developed a gaming machine that accepts banknotes from the front of the gaming machine and sends them out to the back of the row of gaming machines. A conveying device is installed between the gaming machines and conveys the banknotes sent out from each gaming machine to a collection position at one end of the gaming machine line, and is installed on the back side of the gaming machine line to prevent the banknotes from getting in the way of players. However, in this case, the banknotes sent out from the banknote insertion machine are simply discharged in an irregular posture onto the conveyance surface of a conveyor or other conveyance device, and the banknotes are collected efficiently. If only the combined conveyance is carried out to the collecting position on one end side, the conveyed banknotes may become stuck during conveyance, resulting in uncertain conveyance.In addition, the banknotes that are discharged in irregular postures can be reliably placed on the conveyance surface of the conveyance device. In order to receive the equipment, it is necessary to install a large transport device with a wide transport surface, and it is necessary to secure a large space for installing the transport device on the back side of the row of game machines, which may reduce the installation space for the game machines accordingly. There is.

In addition, since the length of the rows of gaming machines usually differs depending on the installation location and arrangement of the gaming equipment, when installing such gaming equipment, it is necessary to determine the dimensions corresponding to the rows of gaming machines of various lengths. transport equipment has to be manufactured each time, making it difficult to complete the game equipment in a short construction period.As the transport equipment itself becomes large, it requires a great deal of labor and effort to transport and install it, making the equipment as a whole difficult to complete. There is a drawback that it tends to lead to a rise in costs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and effectively utilizes the characteristics of flat objects such as banknotes to efficiently move flat objects inserted into gaming lending machines without getting in the way of players. To provide game equipment that can be reliably recovered while being transported smoothly and is less likely to cause a rise in equipment costs.

[Means to solve the problem]

The characteristic configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is as follows: A. A plurality of gaming machines are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction to form a gaming machine row, and a plurality of specific locations between the plurality of adjacent gaming machines are provided. , a gaming rental machine capable of receiving a flat body from the front side of the gaming machine row and sending it out to the back side of the gaming machine row with its plate surface aligned in the vertical direction; A holding and conveying device is provided on the rear side for receiving the flat body sent out from each of the gaming rental machines, holding the flat body with the board surface aligned in the vertical direction, and conveying the flat body along the gaming machine row to a specific position where it merges. C. The clamping and conveying path of the clamping and conveying device is configured in a series by connecting a plurality of conveying units along the row of game machines, and D. The passage of the flat body by the conveying unit is detected. and a display unit that displays the conveyance state of the flat body in the conveyance unit in which the detection means is provided based on the detection result by the detection means. This configuration provides the following effects.

[Effect]

a With the configurations A and B above, the flat bodies sent out from each of the gaming rental machines can be easily transported without any effort and without getting in the way of the players by transporting them along the back side of the gaming machine row. It is possible to collect the flat body, but in particular, by providing a gaming rental machine that can send out the flat body to the back side of the gaming machine row with its plate surface aligned in the vertical direction, it is possible to remove the flat body from the gaming rental machine to the gaming machine. Since the plates are held and conveyed in a series in the same posture with the plate surface along the vertical direction to a specific position on the back side of the row, compared to the case where flat objects are placed and conveyed on a conveyor belt,
The flat objects can be conveyed smoothly without getting stuck, and since they are conveyed in a series with the plate surface aligned in the vertical direction, it is more efficient even in a narrow space than when the plate surface is conveyed in the horizontal direction. Can be transported well.

d With the configuration C, the length of the clamping conveyance path of the clamping conveyance device can be easily changed by changing the combination of the conveying units.

e With configuration D above, it is possible to monitor the passage of the flat object being transported by the transport unit, so if a problem occurs, it is possible to quickly respond to the transport unit in which the problem is occurring and eliminate the problem at an early stage. easy.

f Due to the configuration B above, compared to the case where a flat body with its plate surface paralleling the horizontal direction is held from above and below, the flat body is less likely to bend, and the flat body can be transported with its plate surface spread widely. Since it is easy, it is advantageous in terms of the structure for detecting the passage of the flat body using the detection means D.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The actions of a and b above prevent the flat object inserted into the rental gaming machine from getting in the way of players, and the actions of e and f above prevent transport troubles from occurring at an early stage. Although the transport device can be recovered efficiently, smoothly, and reliably recovered, the installation space of the transport device is small due to the effect of c, and the transport device can be manufactured and transported easily due to the effect of d. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the rise in equipment costs as a whole.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

1 and 2 show pachinko gaming equipment, in which a row of pachinko machines is constructed by arranging a plurality of pachinko machines A in parallel in the horizontal direction, and these plural pachinko machines A
A pachinko machine is used to hold a banknote a as a flexible flat object having a rectangular shape or a shape close to the rectangular shape in a vertical position in which the long sides are located above and below in each of the adjacent spaces located at every other space. A banknote insertion machine B is provided that can accept bills from the front side of the pachinko machine row and send them out to the back side of the pachinko machine row while keeping the vertical position. Each banknote insertion machine B is placed between the two rows of pachinko machines.
receives the sent banknote a from the above in the above-mentioned vertical position,
In addition, a banknote conveying device D is provided which pinches and conveys the banknote a to the storage section C provided at a specific position at one end of the table row in the same posture, so that the banknote a received in the above-mentioned vertical posture can be transferred to the storage section C without being reversed. It is made so that it can be recovered.

Note that the bill insertion machine B has a function of identifying whether the bill a is good or bad, and sends the bill a to the back only if the bill a is good, and if the bill a is defective, it sends the bill to the back. It is configured to be returned to entrance b.

The clamping conveyance path of the banknote conveyance device D is a conveyance unit d in which a portion spanning the length of adjacent pachinko machines A and A with the banknote insertion machine B in between constitutes one unit.
A plurality of banknotes d are connected in a series along a row of pachinko machines, and each transport unit d holds a banknote a from its thickness direction, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 10, and A pair of conveyors 1 and 2 that convey the banknote a with its long sides positioned above and below.
The sets are arranged in the transport case 3 in a state in which they are lined up in the transport direction, and openings are provided on both sides of the transport case 3 and approximately at the center in the transport direction to receive banknotes a sent out from the banknote insertion machine B. 3A, and transports the banknotes a from the banknote insertion machine B from the opening 3A to the transport body 1 located on the upper side of the transport.
2 and the transport starting end of the transporting bodies 1 and 2 located adjacent to the transporting body 1 and 2, and merging guidance toward between the transporting starting end of the transporting bodies 1 and 2 located on the downstream transporting side. A thin plate-shaped body supply guide section 4 is provided to provide a thin plate-shaped body supply guide section 4.

The thin plate supply guide section 4 is composed of a pair of guide plates 4A and 4B screwed to the transport case 3.

One of the pair of carriers 1 and 2 is a banknote a
A plurality of belts are arranged along the conveying direction, each consisting of a narrow conveying round belt that contacts the upper and lower central portions of the belt 1, and the other of which is arranged along the conveying direction to sandwich and convey the banknote a in cooperation with the round belt 1. Consisting of rollers,
The conveyance round belt 1 is wound around a plurality of pulleys 6 that are pivotally supported by one of a pair of guide plates 5, 5 for conveying and guiding the non-pinched portion of the clamped and conveyed bill a from both sides in the thickness direction. Further, the roller 2 is attached to the other guide plate 5 of the pair of guide plates 5, 5.

Note that the interval between the pulleys 6 is such that at least two pulleys 6 can be pressed against the clamped and conveyed banknote a.

Among the pulleys 6, a plurality of pulleys 6 located in the middle in the conveyance direction are urged to move in the clamping direction via a spring 7, and the guide plate 5 is moved in the upper and lower portions via stays 8a and 8b, respectively. It is attached to the transport case 3, and these upper and lower stays 8a,
The upper stay 8a of the upper stay 8b is swingably attached to the guide plate 5.
a is connected to the transport case 3 by swinging so as to elastically engage with the leaf spring 18 attached to the transport case 3 (see FIG. 5); It is configured to be freely switchable between a state in which a passage 9 is formed between the guide plate 5 and the conveyance case 3 to allow the round belt 1 to be transferred to the pulley 6 from above (see FIG. 6). ing.

Of the rollers 2, a plurality of rollers 2 located in the middle in the conveyance direction are biased to move via a spring 10, and the guide plate 5 swings freely around a lower fulcrum P to support the conveyance case 3. installed in
The guide plate 5 is arranged so that the conveyance path of the conveyance unit d can be switched to a state where it is opened to the outside.
By swinging, the clamping action position (see Figure 5) where the banknote a is clamped, and the non-clamping position (see Figure 6) where the clamping action is released and the jammed banknote a can be easily and quickly taken out. It is configured so that it can be changed. Reference numeral 11 shown in FIG. 1 is a leaf spring that elastically engages and holds the fixing piece 12 attached to the upper end of the guide plate 5 connected to the transport case 3.

The transport unit d is connected and connected in such a manner that its position can be changed in the clamping and transport direction in order to accommodate changes in the spacing between adjacent pachinko machines A, and the transport unit d is located on the lower transport side of the transport unit d located on the upper transport side. Guide plates 5, 5 end portions 5 of conveyors 1, 2
A, 5A and the starting end portions 5B, 5B of the guide plates 5, 5 of the transport bodies 1, 2 located on the upper transport side in the transport unit d located on the lower transport side, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10. The conveyors 1 and 2 are configured so that they intersect with each other in the banknote conveyance direction while allowing relative movement in the banknote conveyance direction, and the conveyance bodies 1 and 2 located on the upper side of the conveyance are gradually positioned outward toward the tip side. It is bent like this.

Further, in each of the conveyance units d, a light projector 19 and a photoelectric switch 20 are provided as detection means for detecting the passage of the banknote a. A plurality of lamps 21 are provided as a display section which lights up when the photoelectric switch 20 is turned on due to the passage of the banknote a to display the conveyance status of the banknote a. , At the top of the row of pachinko machines, there is also a lamp 2 that is turned on when each photoelectric switch 20 is turned on, similar to the lamp 21 described above.
A plurality of 2 pieces are provided. Therefore, from the lighting condition of the lamp 22, it is possible to roughly know the clamping and conveying situation, such as jamming of banknotes a.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 7, and 8, the pulleys 6 are located at the terminal ends of the plurality of pulleys 6 that rotationally guide the round belt 1 located on the upper side in the conveyance direction in each conveyance unit d. a large diameter second pulley 6 located at the starting end of the plurality of pulleys 6 that rotationally guides the round belt 6 located on the downstream side in the conveyance direction; and the operating shaft 15a of one electric motor 15.
The two round belts 1, 1 can be rotated by driving one electric motor 15 by interlocking the two round belts 1, 1 through a gear mechanism 16.

In addition, 17 shown in FIG. 4 is a solenoid,
When the bill a inserted into the bill insertion machine B is defective, the defective bill a is sent to a return device (not shown).
When the solenoid 17 is activated, the starting end roller 2 of the pair of conveyance bodies 1 and 2 located on the downstream side in the conveyance direction is moved to the fourth position.
The return device automatically changes the position to the non-clamping position shown by the imaginary line in the figure, and operates with the defective banknote a being clamped at the starting ends of the pair of conveyance bodies 1 and 2 located on the downstream side in the conveyance direction. This structure is designed to prevent defective banknotes a from being damaged.

According to the configuration of the embodiment described above, the bills a sent out from each bill insertion machine B can be conveyed to the storage section C in a pinched manner, and the bills a sent out from the bill insertion machine B and the conveyance bodies 1 and 2 on the upper side of the conveyance When the conveyed banknotes a or the stacked banknotes a group are supplied to the conveyance start end of the conveyance bodies 1 and 2 on the downstream side of conveyance at the same time or at approximately the same time, they are overlapped and conveyed in a pinched manner. .
When a jam occurs in a bill a, the guide plate 5 at the jammed location is moved to the clamping release position to release the clamp on the jammed bill a and easily remove the jammed bill a without damaging it. It can be quickly taken out upwards, and when it is time to replace the round belt 1 due to damage or wear, it can be easily taken out from above by simply swinging the upper stay 8a to the passage forming state. Belts can be replaced quickly.

Note that the present invention may be implemented as listed below.

In the embodiments described above, a flat belt or a timing belt is used as the belt 1.

As shown in FIG. 11, the bill conveying device D is
It is configured as a belt conveyor using a flat belt with a large vertical width.

As shown in FIG. 12, a banknote conveyance device D is configured as a belt conveyor equipped with upper and lower belts 1, 1.

In the embodiment described above, clogging is automatically detected based on load fluctuations applied to each motor 15, belt 1, pulley 6, and so on.

When a blockage occurs, the structure is such that the clamping conveyance is automatically stopped based on the detection of the blockage.

In this case, it is possible to prevent the bill a from being fed out from the bill insertion machine B in the state where the clamping and conveyance is stopped.
In order to prevent jams in A, there is a means for automatically stopping the bill feeding machine B based on the detection of a jam, and a means for automatically stopping the bill feeding machine B based on the detection of a jam.
It is desirable to use a means for automatically closing the opening 3A of the banknote, and a means for automatically operating a warning lamp or the like to prevent the banknote a from being inserted into the banknote insertion machine B based on the detection of a blockage.

A relay bill holding and conveying mechanism is provided between the bill insertion machine B and the opening 3A. in this case,
Even if the distance between the bill insertion machine B and the opening 3A is long, the bill a can be reliably fed into the opening 3A. Further, in this case, it is desirable that the relay banknote holding and conveying mechanism is configured to automatically switch to the holding and conveying release state based on detection of a defective banknote by the banknote insertion machine B.

A magnetic switch is used to move the banknote a.

As shown by the imaginary line in FIG.
This is implemented by providing a central monitoring board 24 for central management equipped with lamps 23 that light up in the same way as 1 or 22.

In addition to banknotes, the flat body a targeted by the present invention includes various cards made of paper, plastic, and the like.

Note that although reference numerals are written in the claims for convenient comparison with the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the structure shown in the accompanying drawings.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the thin plate-shaped object conveying device according to the present invention, FIGS. 1 and 2 are a cross-sectional plan view and a front view of the pachinko gaming equipment, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the conveying unit, and FIG. 5 to 7 are longitudinal sectional views of the transport case, FIG. 8 is a lateral plan view of the main parts, and FIGS. 9 and 1.
Figure 0 is a cross-sectional plan view and a vertical cross-sectional side view showing the connecting portion of the transport unit. FIGS. 11 and 12 are longitudinal sectional views showing another embodiment of the transport unit. 19, 20... detection means, 21, 22, 23...
...display section, A...game machine, a...flat body, B...
Gaming rental machine, D... pinching conveyance device, d... conveyance unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A game machine row is constructed by arranging a plurality of game machines A in parallel in the horizontal direction, and a flat body a is placed from the front side of the game machine row at a plurality of specific locations between the plurality of game machines A adjacent to each other. A gaming rental machine B that can be received and sent out to the back side of the gaming machine row with its board surface aligned in the vertical direction is provided, and a gaming rental machine B is provided on the back side of the gaming machine row. The gaming equipment is provided with a clamping and conveying device D that receives the flat body a sent out from each, clamps the flat body a with its plate surface aligned in the vertical direction, and conveys the flat body a to a specific position along the row of game machines. , the clamping and conveying path of the clamping and conveying device D is constructed by connecting a plurality of conveying units d in series along the row of game machines, and detecting means 19 and 20 for detecting passage of the flat object a by the conveying unit d. and a display section 21 or 22 or 23 that displays the conveyance state of the flat body a in the conveyance unit d in which the detection means 19 and 20 are provided based on the detection results by the detection means 19 and 20. A game equipment that is characterized by: