JPH042914Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] 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 bill insertion machine such as a pachinko ball lending machine that accepts banknotes from the front side of the game machine row and sends them out to the back side of the game machine row with the paper side vertically aligned is installed, and a bill insertion machine such as a pachinko ball lending machine is installed on the back side of the game machine row. The present invention relates to a gaming facility that is provided with a conveyance device that conveys sent out banknotes to a specific position so that banknotes received by a banknote insertion machine 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 bill inserting machine such as an automatic ball lending machine that operates by inserting bills is installed between game machines, bills are larger than coins and Because they are thin, light, and flexible, they are difficult to handle like coins, so each banknote insertion machine is equipped with a safe (statscar).
The banknotes received at each banknote insertion machine are stored in the safe of the banknote insertion machine that received the banknotes (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 53-3399).

[Problem to be solved by the invention] Therefore, according to a game equipment in which a conventional bill insertion machine that operates by inserting banknotes is provided between game machines, when collecting the bills inserted into each bill insertion machine, The collector must move to the front of each bill insertion machine one by one to collect the bills in the safe, and even if we look only at a series of gaming machine rows, it is difficult to efficiently collect bills from each bill insertion machine. Not only is this not possible, but when the safe becomes full while the gaming machine is in operation, it may be necessary to go between the players to collect it, which also lacks consideration for the players.

Therefore, in the same way as the conventional gaming equipment in which an automatic ball dispensing machine that operates by inserting coins is installed between pachinko machines, a bill insertion machine that accepts bills from the front side of the gaming machine row and sends them out to the back side of the gaming machine row is installed. A conveying device is installed between the game machines and conveys the banknotes sent out from each banknote input machine to a collecting position at one end of the game machine line, so that the banknotes do not get in the way of players. However, in this case, the banknotes sent out from the banknote feeder are simply allowed to fall under their own weight in an irregular posture onto the conveyance surface of a conveyor or other conveyance device, and then are collected in a row of game machines. If only the combined conveyance is carried out to the collection position on one end side, the conveyed banknotes may become stuck during conveyance, resulting in uncertain conveyance.In addition, the banknotes that fall in irregular positions under their own weight will be securely placed on the conveyance surface of the conveyance device. It is necessary to install a large transport device with a wide transport surface so that it can be received by the players, 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 reduces the installation space for the game machines accordingly. There is a risk.

The present invention was developed in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and effectively utilizes the characteristics of banknotes to ensure that banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion machine are transported efficiently and smoothly without getting in the way of players. To provide a game equipment that can be recovered quickly and does not require a large installation space.

[Means to solve the problem]

The characteristic structure 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 the plurality of gaming machines are arranged at a plurality of specific locations between adjacent ones of the plurality of gaming machines. , a bill insertion machine capable of accepting bills from the front side of the gaming machine row and feeding them out to the back side of the gaming machine row with the paper side vertically aligned; B. on the back side of the gaming machine row , a holding and conveying device that receives the banknotes sent out from each of the banknote insertion machines, grips the banknotes with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction, and conveys the banknotes along the game machine row to a specific position on the back side of the game machine row. The gaming equipment is provided with a clamping device, which is provided between the banknote inserting machine and the clamping and conveying device, each of which clamps the banknote sent out from the banknote loading machine and guides it to the confluence part of the clamping and conveying device. A gaming facility equipped with a guidance mechanism.

The configurations A, B, and C above provide the following effects.

[Effect]

a With the configurations A and B above, the bills sent out from each bill insertion machine can be easily collected without any effort and without getting in the way of players by transporting them along the back side of the gaming machine row. In particular, a banknote insertion machine capable of sending out banknotes to the back side of the game machine row in a constant posture with the paper surface along the vertical direction is provided, and the banknotes are delivered from the banknote insertion machine to a specific position on the back side of the game machine row. Because the paper is held and conveyed in the same posture with the paper surface running vertically up to Therefore, the clamping and conveying device can be made narrow, and can be installed efficiently even in a narrow space.

d With configuration C, banknotes can be transferred smoothly and reliably from the bill inserting machine to the pinching and conveying device, regardless of the arrangement interval between the bill inserting machine and the pinching and conveying device.

[Effect of idea]

Due to the effect of a above, the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion machine can be efficiently collected without interfering with the player,
Moreover, the effect of b above allows for smooth conveyance and reliable collection, but the effect of c above requires a small installation space for the conveyance device, and the effect of d mentioned above makes it possible to easily transport and reliably collect banknotes. It can be transported smoothly and reliably regardless of the arrangement interval.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

9 and 10 show a pachinko gaming facility in which a plurality of pachinko machines A are arranged in a row in the horizontal direction, and adjacent pachinko machines of the pachinko machines A arranged in the row are arranged in a horizontal direction. Between A and A, there is interposed a bill insertion machine B that can receive bills A in a posture in which the long sides facing each other are positioned above and below, and can feed them to the back. Two rows of pachinko machines are arranged back-to-back with a small distance between them,
Between these two rows of pachinko machines, each banknote insertion machine B
A clamping and conveying device D is provided for conveying the banknotes a sent from the banknotes to a storage section C provided at one end of the table row.

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 and conveying device D is provided with bill merging portions at a plurality of locations separated by the juxtaposition interval of the bill inserting machines B in the conveying direction, and is provided between the rows of platforms with each bill merging portion being positioned corresponding to the bill inserting machine B. It is composed of

As shown in FIG. 10, the clamping and conveying path of the clamping and conveying device D has a length extending over the installation range of the left and right pachinko machines A, A, which are adjacent to each other with the banknote insertion machine B in between, as the total length of one unit. It is constructed by connecting a plurality of conveying units d in a series such that banknotes a can be transferred between adjacent conveying units d, and a banknote merging section is provided at the intermediate portion of each conveying unit d in the conveying direction.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the conveyance unit d is a narrow unit that holds the banknote a from the thickness direction and conveys the banknote a with its long sides positioned vertically. Endless rotating belt 1 and multiple rollers 2
Two sets of clamping conveyance bodies are arranged in the conveyance direction in the conveyance case 3, and the conveyance terminal part of the clamp conveyance body is located on the upper side of conveyance, and the conveyance end part of the gripping conveyance body is located on the lower side of conveyance. A banknote merging section is formed between the conveyance starting end of the nipping conveyance body and the conveyance starting end.

Openings 3A are formed on both lateral sides of the transport case 3 and approximately at the center in the transport direction to receive the banknotes a sent out from the banknote insertion machine B, and the openings 3A are formed to hold the banknotes a from the banknote insertion machine B. A clamping and guiding mechanism E is provided for guiding the bills from the opening 3A through the bill merging section toward the conveyance start end of the clamping and conveying body located on the downstream side of the conveyance.

The endless rotating belt 1 is wound around a plurality of pulleys 1A attached at predetermined intervals in the banknote conveyance direction, and the plurality of rollers 2 are arranged to face the endless rotating belt 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, among the plurality of pulleys 1A, each of the pulleys 1A located at both ends in the banknote conveyance direction is connected to a pulley 1A located in the middle of the other pulleys 1A.
It is configured to have a larger diameter than A, and is attached to a second support shaft 19 (described later) in an integrally rotating state, and this second support shaft 19 is connected to the transport case 3 and the stays 6A, 6A fixed thereto. It is rotatably supported at a point.

Among the plurality of rollers 2, those located at both ends in the banknote conveyance direction, that is, the rollers 2 corresponding to the large diameter pulley 1A are each configured to have a larger diameter than the other rollers 2 located in the middle. , is attached to a third support shaft 26, which will be described later, in an integrally rotating state, and this third support shaft 26 is rotatably supported at two points by the transport case 3 and a stay 6B fixed thereto.

The large-diameter rollers 2, 2 are configured to be movable within a certain range toward the side away from the large-diameter pulley 1A, and the large-diameter roller 2 is connected to the large-diameter pulley via the third support shaft 26. A pair of upper and lower springs 3 as a biasing mechanism that biases movement toward the 1A side.
3 and 33 are provided so that the position can be changed between a clamping action position in which the belt is in elastic contact with the endless rotary belt 1 and a clamping release position in which it is spaced apart from the endless rotary belt 1.

Further, the plurality of intermediate pulleys 1A have one of a pair of guide plates 5, 5 for transporting and guiding the non-clamping portion of the clamped and transported banknote a from both sides in the thickness direction thereof.
The plurality of intermediate rollers 2 are supported in a state where they are urged to move toward the clamping side via a spring 34, and the plurality of intermediate rollers 2 are urged to move toward the clamping side via the spring 35 by the other of the pair of guide plates 5, 5. It is supported in a state where it is supported.

Guide plate 5 on the side that supports the intermediate pulley 1A
is attached to the transport case 3 via a plurality of upper and lower brackets 4A, 4B, and of these upper and lower brackets 4A, 4B, the upper bracket 4A is attached to the guide plate 5 so as to be swingable. ing. And this upper bracket 4A
a state in which the guide plate 5 is locked and fixed to the transport case 3 by swinging so as to elastically engage with a plate spring 7 attached to the transport case 3 (see FIG. 5);
By swinging the upper bracket 4A to release the engagement with the leaf spring 7, a space 8 is created between the guide plate 5 and the conveyance case 3, which allows the endless rotating belt 1 to be replaced from above. It is configured such that it can be freely switched between the forming state (see FIG. 6).

Further, a guide plate 5 on the side supporting the intermediate roller 2
is attached to the transport case 3 so as to be swingable around a lower fulcrum P, and by swinging this guide plate 5, the clamping action position (see Fig. 5) where the banknote a is clamped is released. clamping release position (6th
(see figure).
5 is a leaf spring that elastically engages and holds the fixing piece 10 attached to the upper end of the guide plate 5 connected to the transport case 3.

The clamping guide mechanism E moves the banknote a into the opening 3 through cooperation between a receiving belt 11 that contacts the banknote a from the banknote insertion machine B and the receiving belt 11.
It is composed of a plurality of receiving rollers 12 arranged opposite to a receiving belt 11 in order to pinch and convey the bill A, and the receiving belt 11 conveys the non-pinched portion of the conveyed banknote a from both sides in the thickness direction. It is wound around a plurality of pulleys 14 supported by one of a pair of receiving guide plates 13, 13 to be guided, and the plurality of receiving rollers 12 are supported by the other receiving guide plate 13. There is. In addition, the receiving belt 11 is
It can swing integrally with the roller 12 around the vertical axis X located at the end of the conveyance, and is urged to swing toward the roller by a spring 15. By changing the position of the swing arm 16 of the roller 12 within the elongated hole 17a of the bracket 17 attached to the transport case 3, the receiving belt 11 can be fixed in any swing position.

As shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2, and Fig. 8,
The first spindle 18 of the first pulley 1A located at the terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotationally guides the endless rotary belt 1 located on the upper side in the transport direction in each transport unit d is rotated in the transport direction. The second support shaft 19 of the second pulley 1A located at the starting end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotatably guides the endless rotating belt 1 located on the lower side and the operating shaft 20a of the electric motor 20 are connected to a gear. By interlocking and connecting via 21, 22, 23, two endless rotating belts 1,
1. Also, a drive pulley 1 located at the conveyance terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotationally guides the one receiving belt 11.
In order to integrally rotate the drive pulley 14 and the second pulley 1A, a spring 29A is provided that presses the drive pulley 14 toward the second pulley 1A via the friction plate 24, and the other receiving belt 11 is rotated. In order to integrally rotate the driving pulley 14 located at the conveyance terminal end of the plurality of guiding pulleys 14 and the roller 2, the driving pulley 14 is connected to the friction plate 2.
A spring 29 presses against the roller 2 side via 5.
B is provided, and both support shafts 19, 26 are connected to gears 27, 2.
The two receiving belts 1 are interlocked and connected via 8.
1 and 11 can be driven in synchronization with the two endless rotating belts 1 and 1.

As described above, by interlocking and connecting the second support shaft 19 and the third support shaft 26 via the gears 27 and 28, the position is located on the lower side of conveyance where the banknote a from the clamping guide mechanism E is supplied. A means G for driving the roller 2 located at the starting end of conveyance among the plurality of rollers 2 is configured to ensure that the bill a is transferred from the nipping guide mechanism E located on the roller side to the nipping conveyance body by the driving roller 2. It is arranged so that it can be delivered to the transport start end.

Reference numeral 30 in FIGS. 1 and 7 is a first lid that can be attached to the transport case 3 to close a portion corresponding to the opening 3A of the upper opening of the transport case 3, and 31 is a first lid that can be attached to the upper opening of the transport case 3. This is a second lid that can be attached to the transport case 3 in order to close off other parts of the transport case 3, and these two types of lids 30 and 31 are inserted into the holes formed in these and the transport case 3, and the insertion end is inserted into the hole formed in the transport case 3. The lids 30, 31 can be clamped and fixed to the transport case 3 by expanding the diameter of the parts, and the fixing device 32 includes a member 32a that can clamp and fix the lids 30 and 31 to the transport case 3, and an operating member 32b that expands and contracts the lids. It is something that can be installed. Incidentally, when one of the fixing devices 32 for the second lids 31, 31 is released,
Lid open detection switches SW and SW are provided which are in the ON state, and when the switches SW are turned ON, the control device F (to be described later) sends the monitoring monitor 36
It is designed to output an output signal that switches the display state to the lid open display state.

Further, 37 and 38 shown in FIG. 7 are two sensors that detect the passage of banknote a, and 39 and 40
is a lamp that is turned on when the sensors 37 and 38 detect it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an example of the gaming equipment according to the present invention,
Figures 1 and 2 are a longitudinal rear view and a cross-sectional plan view of the banknote merging section, Figures 3 and 4 are cross-sectional plane views showing the connecting part of the conveying unit, and Figures 5 and 6 are cross-sectional views of the conveying unit. 7 is a perspective view of the conveyance unit, FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional plan view of the main part, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are a front view and a cross-sectional plan view of the pachinko gaming equipment. A...Game machine, a...Banknote, B...Banknote insertion machine, D...Pinch conveyance device, E...Pinch guide mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A game machine row is formed by arranging a plurality of game machines A in parallel in the horizontal direction, and bills a are received 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 banknote insertion machine B is provided that can feed out the banknotes to the back side of the gaming machine row with its paper surface aligned in the vertical direction, and banknotes are fed out from each of the banknote insertion machines B to the back side of the gaming machine row. The gaming equipment is provided with a clamping and conveying device D that receives the paper, clamps it with the paper side aligned in the vertical direction, and conveys it along the gaming machine row to a specific position on the back side of the gaming machine row. , a clamping and guiding mechanism E is provided between the banknote insertion machine B and the clamping and conveying device D, each of which clamps and guides the banknote a sent out from the banknote inputting machine B to the confluence part of the clamping and conveying device D. Amusement facilities that are equipped with