JPH045620B2 - - 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 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.
-Refer to Publication No. 14637), in gaming equipment in which a bill insertion machine such as an automatic ball lending machine that is activated by the insertion of bills is installed between game machines, the bills are larger and thinner than coins, and are also lighter. Because of their flexibility, they are difficult to handle like coins, so each banknote insertion machine is equipped with a safe (stacker), and the banknotes received at each banknote insertion machine are stored in the safe of the banknote insertion machine that accepted them. (Refer to Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 53-3399).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, according to the conventional gaming equipment in which a bill insertion machine that operates by inserting banknotes is installed between the game machines, when collecting the banknotes inserted into each bill insertion machine, a collector needs to touch the front side of each bill insertion machine. Since the banknotes in the safe must be retrieved from the safe, it is not only impossible to efficiently collect the banknotes from each banknote input machine, but also the operation of the game machines. When the safe is full, 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 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 insertion machine are simply allowed to fall under their own weight onto the conveyance surface of a conveyor or other conveyor, and are then collected at a collection position at one end of the row of gaming machines. In order to reliably catch banknotes falling in irregular positions under their own weight on the conveying surface of the conveying device, it is necessary to install a large conveying device with a wide conveying surface. Since it is necessary to secure a large installation space on the back side of the row of game machines, there is a risk that the installation space for the game machines will be reduced accordingly.

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 banknotes to efficiently collect banknotes inserted into a banknote insertion machine without interfering with players. To provide a game equipment at low cost that does not require a large installation space and can smoothly transport and collect banknotes.

[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 bill insertion machine capable of accepting bills from the front side of the game machine row and feeding them to the back side of the game machine row with the paper side vertically aligned, and on the back side of the game machine row, A clamping and transporting device is provided that receives the banknotes sent out from each of the banknote insertion machines, clamps the banknotes in a posture such that the paper surface is aligned in the vertical direction, and transports the banknotes along the row of game machines to a specific position where they merge, B. The clamping and transporting device A gaming facility in which a plurality of conveyance units are connected in series along the row of game machines, and the clamping conveyance path of each of the conveyance units is at the same height position in the vertical direction. Alternatively, it is configured by combining one endless rotating belt provided at approximately the same height position and a plurality of clamping wheels that clamp banknotes in cooperation with the endless rotating belt, and the drive of the endless rotating belt A gaming facility in which banknotes are pinched and conveyed by rotation, and a fall regulating section is provided along the pinching and conveying path of each of the conveying units to prevent a portion of the conveyed banknotes from falling down.

It has the configuration of ABCD above, and the following effects are achieved from this configuration.

[Effect]

a With the configuration of A above, the bills sent out from each bill insertion machine can be easily collected at a specific position without any effort and without getting in the way of players by being transported along the back side of the gaming machine row. In particular, since banknotes are pinched and conveyed with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction, the width of the clamping and conveyance device must be narrower than when the paper is conveyed with the paper surface aligned in the horizontal direction. It can be installed efficiently even in narrow spaces.

c With the configuration B above, the length of the clamping conveyance path of the entire clamping conveyance device can be easily changed by changing the combination of conveyance units.

d With configuration C, the banknotes are conveyed while being clamped at one place in the vertical direction, so the conveyance posture of the banknotes is more vertical than in the case where the banknotes are conveyed while being clamped at multiple positions in the vertical direction. Hard to disturb.

In other words, a clamping conveyance path is constructed by combining a plurality of vertically rotating endless belts and a plurality of clamping wheels that clamp banknotes in cooperation with these belts.
When transporting banknotes by holding them at multiple locations in the vertical direction, there may be differences in the tension between the endless rotating belts, differences in contact resistance between the banknotes and the wrapping ring, or slight differences in the diameter of the wrapping ring. As a result, there is a slight difference in the conveying speed of each endless rotating belt, and as the banknote is being conveyed while being pinched, the conveying posture of the banknote tends to be gradually disturbed in the vertical direction due to the difference in the conveying speed. As in the invention, one endless rotary belt and a plurality of clamping wheels cooperate to form a clamping conveyance path that clamps and conveys banknotes in the vertical direction, and conveys banknotes while clamping them at one point in the vertical direction. In this case, since there is no difference in conveyance speed in the vertical direction, the conveyance posture is less likely to be disturbed.

e Furthermore, with configuration C, the banknotes are sequentially conveyed through the nipping conveyance path of each conveyance unit while being delivered to the endless rotating belts provided at the same height position or approximately the same height position. Compared to the case where the banknotes are transferred to endless rotating belts at different height positions, the conveyance posture of the banknotes is less likely to be disturbed in the vertical direction.

In other words, when bills are transferred to endless rotating belts at different height positions, if there is a difference in the conveyance speed of the endless rotating belts, a couple of forces around the axis that intersects the paper surface of the bill will occur on the bill. Although the conveying posture is likely to be disturbed in the vertical direction, such couple It is difficult for this to occur, and the conveying posture of banknotes is hard to be disturbed in the vertical direction.

f Due to configuration D above, there is a problem with adopting configuration C above, that is, the non-clamped part of banknotes that have a tendency to fold or the banknotes that have become weak tend to fall over, and the fallen part can be used for endless rotation. It is possible to prevent the problem of clogging caused by being caught between the moving belt and the clamping wheel.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Due to the effect of a above, the banknotes inserted into the bill insertion machine can be efficiently collected without interfering with the players, while the effect of b above does not require a large installation space, and the effect of c above allows the banknotes to be efficiently collected without interfering with the player. , the equipment cost can be gradually reduced, and the above d, e, f
Due to this action, banknotes can be smoothly transported and collected.

〔Example〕

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

8 and 9 show a pachinko gaming facility in which a plurality of pachinko machines A are arranged horizontally in a row, and these pachinko machines A arranged in a row are adjacent to each other. Pachinko machine A, A
In each of the spaces, a banknote a is placed every other space.
Two rows of pachinko game machines each having a banknote inserting machine B which can be inserted into the back of the pachinko game machine, which accepts the machine with its mutually opposing long sides located above and below, and which can be fed out at the back, are placed back-to-back with a small distance between them. A clamping and conveying device D for banknotes a is provided between both rows of pachinko machines to transport banknotes a sent out from each banknote insertion machine B to a storage section c provided at one end of the row of pachinko machines. has been done.

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 path of the clamping and conveying device D has a plurality of conveying units d along the conveying direction, each unit having a length spanning the installation range of the left and right pachinko machines A, A adjacent to each other with the banknote insertion machine B in between. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, each conveying unit d is configured to sandwich a banknote a from the thickness direction so that the opposite long sides of the banknote a are vertically Two sets of clamping and conveying bodies, each consisting of a combination of an endless rotary belt 1 and a clamping wheel 2, which are clamped and conveyed in a posture located at Openings 3A are formed on both lateral sides and approximately in the center in the conveyance direction to receive the banknotes a sent out from the banknote insertion machine B, and the banknotes a from the banknote insertion machine B are positioned on the upper side of the conveyance. A convergence conveyor that passes between the conveyance terminal end of the clamp conveyor and the conveyance start end of the clamp conveyor located adjacent to the downstream side of the conveyance, and merges and conveys the conveyance between the conveyance start ends of the clamp conveyors located on the downstream side of conveyance. A transport mechanism E is provided.

The nipping and conveying body consists of a narrow endless rotary belt 1B wound around a plurality of pulleys 1A attached at predetermined intervals in the banknote conveyance direction, and cooperation between the endless rotary belt 1B and the endless rotary belt 1B. It is composed of rollers 2A as a plurality of clamping wheels arranged opposite to the endless rotary belt 1B so as to clamp the bill a by the rotation of the endless rotary belt 1B, and the bill a is pinched and conveyed by the driving rotation of the endless rotary belt 1B. It is configured as follows.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, among the plurality of pulleys 1A, each of the pulleys 1A located at both ends in the banknote conveying direction is different from the other pulley 1A located in the middle.
It is configured to have a larger diameter than A, and the transport case 3 and the stays 6A, 6A fixed thereto make the 2
It is integrally rotatably attached to a second support shaft 19, which will be described later, which is rotatably supported at a point.

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

The large diameter rollers 2A, 2A are configured to be movable within a certain range toward the side away from the large diameter pulley 1A, and the large diameter roller 2A is moved toward the large diameter pulley 1A side via the shaft 26. A pair of upper and lower springs 3 as a biasing mechanism that biases movement.
3 and 33, as shown in Figure 1 A and B,
The large diameter roller 2A is configured to be changeable between a clamping position where it is in elastic contact with the endless rotating belt 1B and a clamping release position where it is spaced apart from the endless rotating belt 1B.

In addition, the plurality of intermediate pulleys 1A each have a spring attached to one of a pair of regulating plates 5, 5 as a falling-down regulating portion for regulating the falling of the non-pinched portion of the pinched and conveyed banknote a from both sides in the thickness direction. The plurality of intermediate rollers 2A are supported in a state where they are urged to move toward the nipping side via the pair of regulation plates 5, 5.
It is supported by the other one of the two through a spring 35 in a state where it is urged to move toward the holding side.

Regulation 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 swingably attached to the regulation plate 5. ing.

Then, the upper bracket 4A is swung to elastically engage the plate spring 7 attached to the transport case 3, thereby locking and fixing the regulating plate 5 to the transport case 3 (see Fig. 1). By swinging the upper bracket 4A to release the engagement with the leaf spring 7, a space is created between the regulating plate 5 and the transport case 3 that allows the endless rotating belt 1B to be replaced from above. 8 (see FIG. 2).

Further, the regulating plate 5 on the side that supports the intermediate roller 2A is attached to the transport case 3 so as to be swingable around a lower fulcrum P, and by swinging this regulating plate 5, the banknote a is clamped. It is configured so that the position can be changed between a clamping action position (see FIG. 1) and a clamping release position (see FIG. 2) where the clamping action is released.

Reference numeral 9 shown in FIG. 1 is a leaf spring that elastically engages and holds the fixing piece 10 attached to the upper end of the regulating plate 5 connected to the transport case 3.

The merging conveyance mechanism E transfers the banknotes a to the opening 3 through cooperation between a receiving belt 11 that contacts the banknotes a from the banknote insertion machine B and the receiving belt 11.
It is composed of a plurality of receiving rollers 12 installed 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 bill 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.

The receiving belt 11 is swingable together 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.

The swing arm 16 of the roller 12 is attached to the elongated hole 17 of the bracket 17 attached to the transport case 3.
By changing the position within a, the receiving belt 1
1 can be fixed in any swinging position.

As shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 10, the terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotationally guides the endless rotary belt 1B located on the upper side in the conveying direction in each of the conveying units d. The first spindle 18 of the first pulley 1A located at the lower end of the belt and the second pulley 1A located at the starting end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotatably guide the endless rotating belt 1B located at the lower side in the conveyance direction. The second support shaft 19 of one electric motor 20 and the operation shaft 20a of one electric motor 20 are connected to gears 21, 22,
By interlocking and connecting via 23, it is configured to drive the two endless rotating belts 1B, 1B.

Further, in order to integrally rotate the second pulley 1A and the drive pulley 14 located at the conveyance terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 14 that rotationally guide the one receiving belt 11, the drive pulley 14 is frictionally applied. A spring 29A is provided which presses against the second pulley 1A side via the plate 24, and the drive pulley 14 and the roller are located at the conveyance terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 14 that rotationally guide the other receiving belt 11. In order to rotate the drive pulley 14 integrally with the roller 2A, a spring 29B is provided which presses the drive pulley 14 toward the roller 2A through the friction plate 25.
26 are interlocked and connected via gears 27 and 28, and 2
The two receiving belts 11, 11 can be driven in synchronization with the two endless rotating belts 1B, 1B.

30 in FIGS. 5 and 7 indicates the transport case 3.
It is a lid that can be attached to the transport case 3 to close a portion corresponding to the opening 3A among the upper openings of the 31
is a lid that can be attached to the transport case 3 to close the other part of the upper opening, and both types of lids 3
0 and 31 are the holes formed in these and the transport case 3.
A member 32a that can clamp and fix the lids 30 and 31 to the transport case 3 by expanding the diameter of the insertion end side while being inserted into a hole formed in It is attached to the transport case 3 by a fixture 32 consisting of the following.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the gaming equipment according to the present invention,
Figures 1 and 2 are longitudinal sectional front views of the transport unit;
3 and 4 are a vertical side view and a cross-sectional plan view showing the connecting portion of the conveyance unit, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are a vertical cross-sectional rear view and a cross-sectional plan view of the arrangement portion of the combined conveyance mechanism, and FIG. is a perspective view of the conveyance unit, FIGS. 8 and 9 are a front view and a cross-sectional plan view of the pachinko gaming equipment, FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional plan view of the main parts, and FIGS.
B is a schematic explanatory diagram showing the operation of the merging conveyance mechanism. 1B... Endless conveyor belt, 2A... Clamping wheel,
A...Game machine, a...Banknote, B...Banknote insertion machine,
D...Pinching and conveying device, d...Transporting unit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A game machine row is configured by arranging a plurality of game machines A in parallel in the horizontal direction, and banknotes 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 paper money to the back side of the game machine row with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction, and a banknote insertion machine B that can feed out the banknotes from each of the banknote insertion machines B to the back side of the game machine row is provided. A clamping and conveying device D is provided which receives the bill a, clamps it with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction, and conveys the same along the gaming machine row to a specific position, and the clamping and conveying device D has a plurality of clamping and conveying paths. The gaming equipment is constructed by connecting conveyance units d in series along the row of game machines, and the clamping conveyance path of each of the conveyance units d is at the same height position or approximately the same height position in the vertical direction. The endless rotating belt 1B is constructed by combining one endless rotating belt 1B provided in the endless rotating belt 1B and a plurality of clamping wheels 2A that clamp the banknotes a in cooperation with the endless rotating belt 1B.
The banknote a is pinched and conveyed by the rotation of the drive, and
Along the clamping conveyance path of each of the conveyance units d,
A gaming facility that is provided with a fall regulation section that controls the fall of the non-pinched portion of the conveyed bill a.