JPH045621B2 - - 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.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is capable of efficiently collecting banknotes inserted into a banknote insertion machine without interfering with players.
To provide a game equipment 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, The gaming equipment is provided with a clamping and conveying device that receives bills sent out from each of the bill insertion machines, clamps the bills with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction, and conveys the bills to a specific position along the row of game machines. B. The pinching and conveying path of the pinching and conveying device is configured by combining one endless rotating belt in the vertical direction and a plurality of pinching wheels that clamp banknotes in cooperation with the endless rotating belt, A banknote is pinched and conveyed by the driving rotation of the endless rotary belt, and C) a fall-down regulating section that restricts the falling of the non-pinched portion of the conveyed banknote along the nipping conveyance path; and D) a mechanism that prevents the conveyed banknote from being rubbed off. A gaming facility equipped with a rubbing-off regulating section.

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 transporting them along the back side of the gaming machine row. In particular, since banknotes are clamped 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 According to the above configuration B, since the banknote is conveyed while being held in one place in the vertical direction, the conveyance posture of the banknote is not in the up-down direction, compared to the case where the banknote is conveyed while being held in multiple places in the up-down 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.

d Due to configuration C, the disadvantage of adopting configuration B above is that the non-clamped part of banknotes that have a tendency to fold or have a weak body tends to fall over, and the fallen part will not be able to be rotated endlessly. It is possible to prevent the problem of clogging caused by being caught between the moving belt and the clamping wheel.

e Due to configuration D, there is a problem with the adoption of configuration B. In other words, since banknotes are conveyed together, when the banknotes are conveyed overlapping each other, the conveyed banknotes may slip due to slippage between the banknotes. It is possible to prevent the problem that a part of the paper may rub off during transportation, which may cause the transportation posture to be disturbed or the grip to be easily dislodged.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The effect of a above allows the banknotes inserted into the bill insertion machine to be efficiently collected without disturbing the player, while the effect of b does not require a large installation space, and the effects of c and d above do not require a large installation space. 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.

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 the pachinko machines A arranged in the row are adjacent to each other. Pachinko machine A, A
In each of the spaces, a banknote a is placed in every other space.
Two rows of pachinko machines are arranged at a small interval (for example, about 20 cm), and are made up of two rows of pachinko machines that receive paper money with their mutually opposing long sides positioned one above the other, and have a banknote feeder B interposed at the back. The pachinko machines are arranged back-to-back with the machines separated, and between these two pachinko machines
It is constructed by providing a clamping and conveying device D for banknotes a, which conveys the banknotes a sent out from each banknote input machine B 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 conveyance path of the clamping conveyance device D is shown in FIG.
As shown in Fig. 10, one unit is the length that spans the installation range of the left and right pachinko machines A and A that are adjacent to each other with the bill inserter B in between, that is, the length that is equal to the installation pitch of the bill inserter B. It is constructed by connecting a plurality of conveyance units d in series, each having a total length of .
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 7, an endless rotary belt 1 that clamps and conveys a banknote a from the thickness direction in a posture in which the opposing long sides are located above and below.
Two sets of clamping and conveying bodies each consisting of a combination of and a clamping wheel 2 are provided in a conveying case 3 in a state in which they are lined up in the conveying direction. An opening 3A is formed to receive the banknote a sent out from the banknote insertion machine B, and the conveyance end of the clamping conveyance body is located on the upper side of the transport from the opening 3A. A banknote supply guide section 4 is provided which passes between the banknotes and the conveyance start end of the nip conveyance body located adjacent to the downstream side of the conveyance, and guides the banknotes to merge toward the conveyance start end of the nip conveyance body located on the downstream side of conveyance. It is composed of

The banknote supply guide section 4 includes a pair of guide plates 4A and 4B screwed to the transport case 3.

A lower long side portion of the banknote a is received at a lower position of the transport case 3 at a distance smaller than the short side dimension of the banknote a from the clamping surface H of the clamping transport body to prevent it from being rubbed off. A receiving surface 3B is formed as a rubbing-off regulating part, so that even if the banknote a being pinched and conveyed tries to rub downward and fall off from the nipping conveyance body due to poor clamping, for example, this banknote a will not be able to fall off the nip conveyance body. The receiving surface 3B can prevent the contact surface 3B from rubbing to a position where it comes off from the clamping surface H.

The transport case 3 is provided with a pair of regulating plates 5, 5 as a fall-down regulating section that controls the fall of the non-pinched portion of the pinched and transported banknote a from both sides in the thickness direction and maintains the transport attitude of the banknote in a predetermined position. An endless rotary belt that is provided along the conveyance direction, has a plurality of pulleys 6 pivotally supported by one of the pair of regulating plates 5, 5, and is constituted by a narrow round conveying belt. 1
are wound around these pulleys 6 in such a manner that they are in contact with the upper and lower center portions of the banknotes a.

The clamping wheel 2 is composed of a plurality of rollers arranged along the conveying direction to clamp and convey the banknote a in cooperation with the round conveying belt 1, It is attached to the other regulation plate 5.

Among the pulleys 6, a plurality of pulleys 6 located in the middle in the conveying direction are urged to move in the clamping direction via a spring 7, and the regulating plate 5 is moved upwardly and downwardly 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 regulating plate 5.
a is connected to the transport case 3 by swinging and elastically engaging with the leaf spring 18 attached to the transport case 3 (see Fig. 1), and a state in which the transport case 3 is engaged with the leaf spring 18. A passage 9 that allows the transfer round belt 1 to be replaced with the pulley 6 from above between the regulation plate 5 and the transfer case 3 by releasing the connection.
(see FIG. 2).

Of the rollers 2, a plurality of rollers 2 located in the middle in the conveyance direction are urged to move in the clamping direction via a spring 10, and the regulation plate 5 is swingable around a lower fulcrum p. It is attached to the conveyance case 3, and by swinging this regulating plate 5, a clamping position (see Figure 1) in which the banknote a is clamped and a non-clipping position (see Figure 2) in which the clamping action is released. 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 a fixing piece 12 attached to the upper end of the regulating plate 5 to connect the regulating plate 5 to the transport case 3.

As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a first pulley 6 located at the terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 6 rotatably guides the round belt 1 located on the upper side in the transport direction in each transport unit d. The support shaft 13 of
The support shaft 14 of the second pulley 6 located at the starting end of the plurality of pulleys 6 that rotationally guides the round belt 1 located on the downstream side in the conveyance direction is connected to the drive shaft 15a of one electric motor 15. By interlocking and connecting them via a gear mechanism 16, the two round belts 1, 1 can be rotated by driving one electric motor 15.

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 it is returned, the solenoid 17 is activated to automatically change the position of the starting end roller 2 of the nipping conveyance body located on the downstream side in the conveyance direction to the non-nipping position shown by the imaginary line in FIG.
It is configured so that the defective banknote a will not be damaged due to the return device operating while the defective banknote a is held between the starting ends of the nipping and conveying bodies located on the downstream side in the conveyance direction.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the gaming equipment according to the present invention,
1 to 3 are longitudinal sectional views of the conveyance unit, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional plan view of the main part showing the merging part of banknotes, FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional plan view of the main part, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are The figures are a cross-sectional plan view and a vertical side view showing the connecting part of the conveyance unit, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the conveyance unit, and FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the conveyance unit.
Figures 1 and 10 are a side view and a schematic cross-sectional plan view of the pachinko gaming equipment. 1... Endless rotating belt, 2... Clamping wheel, A...
...Game machine, a...Banknote, B...Banknote insertion machine, D...
...Pinching and conveying device.

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 gaming facility is provided with a clamping and transporting device D that receives a banknote a, clamps it with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction, and transports the banknote to a specific position along the gaming machine row, the clamping and transporting device D The clamping conveyance path is one endless rotating belt 1 in the vertical direction.
and a plurality of clamping wheels 2 that clamp the bill a in cooperation with the endless rotating belt 1, and the bill a is pinched and conveyed by the driving rotation of the endless rotating belt 1. The gaming equipment is provided with a fall regulating section for regulating the falling of the non-clamped portion of the pinched banknote a, and a rubbing-off regulating section for regulating the rubbing off of the conveyed banknote a, along the clamping and conveying path.