JPH0568747A - Bill transfer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a bill transfer device in which a bill can be charged without delay even where a bill is being transferred in a transfer passage to achieve a good usage efficiency, and with which the number of bills can be counted correctly without putting the bills on each other in the transfer passage. CONSTITUTION:A bill from a receiving port 21a is sent to an intake port 22a in a stand-by passage 22 through a receiving passage 21 based on a detection of a receiving sensor 23. A stand-by transfer member 27 sends the bill from the intake port 22a to the stand-by passage 22 based on the detection of the receiving sensor 23, and when a bill is not detected by an upstream sensor 24, the bill in the stand-by passage 22 is sent to a transfer passage 11. When one is detected by the upstream sensor 24, transfer of the bill in the stand-by passage 22 is stopped, and the bill in the stand-by passage 22 is sent to the transfer passage 11 based on a detection by a downstream sensor 25.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bill transporting device for receiving bills from the outside of a gaming machine island and transporting the bills on an internal transport path.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional banknote carrier, as shown in FIG. 4, a banknote is inserted into a banknote receiving slot 2 of a gaming machine island 1 one by one by a receiving and conveying member in an identification machine 3 4 is directly sent to the transfer path 5 inside the gaming machine island 1, and is transferred to the stacker in the currency exchange machine 7 installed at the island end by the transfer member 6 that moves on the transfer path 5. When a banknote is conveyed immediately upstream of the banknote delivery port 4, the receiving port 2 is closed to restrict the acceptance of the banknote, and the banknote inserted from the receiving port 2 overlaps with the banknote transported from the upstream side. It is designed to prevent the number of banknotes from being counted incorrectly.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional technique, when a bill is conveyed immediately upstream of the bill receiving port 4, the receiving port 2 is closed regardless of the convenience of the player. Therefore, even if the player wants to insert a bill in order to borrow a pachinko ball, he / she must wait until the upstream bill passes, and it is not possible to immediately insert the bill, which is inconvenient. was there.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, and can insert a bill immediately regardless of the state of the bill being conveyed on the conveying path, which is convenient. An object of the present invention is to provide a banknote transport device that is good and that can accurately count the number of banknotes without the banknotes overlapping in the transport path.

[0005]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to: 1 In a bill transporting device for receiving a bill from the outside of a gaming machine island and transporting the bill to an internal transport path. A receiving path having a bill receiving port and a delivery port, a standby route having a bill taking port communicating with the delivery port and a discharge port facing the transport route, and the transport route upstream of the discharge port. An upstream sensor that is provided to detect a banknote passing therethrough, a receiving / conveying member that sends a banknote from the receiving port of the receiving path to the intake port of the standby path from the receiving port, and the intake port of the standby path Sent to the standby path, in response to non-detection of the upstream sensor, the banknotes of the standby path from the discharge port to the transport path, depending on the detection of the upstream sensor, the standby path Of banknotes To have a stand-conveying member to stop sending a bill conveying apparatus characterized.

2 has a receiving sensor which is provided in the receiving path and detects a banknote from the receiving port, and a downstream sensor which is provided downstream of the discharge port of the transport path and detects a passing banknote, The standby conveyance member, in response to the detection of the acceptance sensor, sends the bill from the intake to the standby path, depending on the non-detection state of the upstream sensor,
Send the banknotes on the standby path from the discharge port to the transport path, stop the banknotes on the standby path in response to the detection of the upstream sensor, and detect the downstream sensor after the upstream sensor detects the banknotes. Accordingly, the banknote transport device according to claim 1, wherein the banknote transport device is configured to send the banknotes in the standby route from the discharge port to the transport route.

3. The bill transfer device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the receiving path is formed in a bill validator of a ball lending machine.

[0008]

[Operation] Banknotes are accepted from the outside of the gaming machine island to the receiving port.
The receiving / conveying member sends the bill from the receiving port through the receiving route to the receiving port of the standby route from the receiving port. The standby conveyance member sends the bill from the intake port to the standby path.

When the upstream sensor does not detect a bill, the standby conveyance member sends the bill on the standby path as it is from the discharge port to the conveyance path. The banknotes on the transport route are transported inside the gaming machine island on the transport route. When the upstream sensor detects a bill, the standby conveyance member stops the conveyance of the bill on the standby path. Therefore, the banknotes sent from the upstream side and the banknotes from the receiving port are prevented from overlapping.

When the receiving sensor and the downstream sensor are provided, the bill is received from the outside of the gaming machine island into the receiving port, and the received bill is detected by the receiving sensor. The receiving / conveying member sends the bill from the receiving port through the receiving route to the receiving port of the standby route from the receiving port. The standby conveyance member sends the banknote from the intake port to the standby path in response to the detection by the reception sensor.

When the upstream sensor does not detect a bill, the standby conveyance member sends the bill on the standby path as it is from the discharge port to the conveyance path. When the upstream sensor detects a bill, the standby conveyance member stops the conveyance of the bill on the standby path. Therefore, the banknotes sent from the upstream side and the banknotes from the receiving port are prevented from overlapping.

Since the standby conveyance member can determine that the banknote has passed from the upstream side to the downstream side according to the detection of the downstream sensor after the detection of the upstream sensor, the banknote on the standby path is transferred from the discharge port to the conveyance path. And send. The banknotes on the transport path are transported inside the gaming machine island on the transport path.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. Similar to FIG. 4 showing a conventional example, a plurality of pachinko game machines (not shown) are juxtaposed on a game machine island 1 arranged in a game hall, and a ball lending is provided between the respective pachinko game machines. A machine (not shown) is provided. Each ball lending machine receives a bill and a coin, identifies the bill by the bill validator 3, and then lends a pachinko ball to the player.

Inside the gaming machine island 1, along the pachinko game machine and the ball lending machine, a transfer path 11 is formed above them. The banknote transport member 12 is provided on the transport path 11.
Is provided. The banknote transport member 12 is a roller 1 paired with a belt 12a driven by a banknote transport motor 13.
2b and 12c. The banknote transport member 12 sandwiches the banknote between the moving belt 12a and the roller 12c, and a stacker (not shown) of the money changer 7 arranged at the island end.
It is to be transported to.

The bills taken in by each ball lending machine are conveyed to the conveying path 11 by the bill conveying device 20. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the banknote transport device 20 includes a receiving path 21, a standby path 22, a receiving sensor 23, an upstream sensor 24, a downstream sensor 25, and a receiving and transporting member 26.
And a standby conveyance member 27.

The receiving path 21 is a path having a bill receiving opening 21a and a delivery opening 21b, and is formed in the bill validator 4 of the ball lending machine. The bill validator 4 has a receiving port 21.
It has a function of discriminating the authenticity of the bill received from a. The receiving path 21 is inclined from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path 11 from the receiving port 21a to the delivery port 21b.

The standby path 22 has a banknote intake 22a communicating with the delivery port 21b and a discharge port 22b facing the transport path 11.
And have. The standby path 22 has a standby part 22c parallel to the transport path 11 and a feed part 22d inclined from the upstream side to the downstream side of the transport path 11 from the standby part 22c to the ejection port 22b. The standby unit 22c has a length of one bill.

The receiving sensor 23 is provided in the vicinity of the delivery port 21b of the receiving route 21 and extends from the receiving port 21a to the receiving route 21.
The bills that pass through are detected. Upstream sensor 24
Is provided upstream of the discharge port 22b of the transport path 11,
The bills that pass are detected. Downstream sensor 25
Is provided downstream of the discharge port 22b of the transport path 11,
The bills that pass are detected.

The receiving / conveying member 26 includes two pairs of holding rollers 2.
6a and 26b, one holding roller 26a is provided near the receiving port 21a, and the other holding roller 26b is provided.
Is provided near the delivery port 21b. The receiving and transporting member 26 rotates the pair of holding rollers 26a and 26b,
The banknotes from the receiving port 21a are sent from the receiving port 21b to the receiving port 22a through the receiving path 21.

The standby conveyance member 27 includes three pairs of holding rollers 2.
It has 7a, 27b and 27c. Holding roller 27
a, 27b, and 27c are near the intake 22a of the standby unit 22c, between the standby unit 22c and the feeding unit 22d, and the feeding unit 2
They are provided on the 2d discharge port 22b side.

The standby conveyance member 27 rotates the gripping roller 27a in response to the detection of the receiving sensor 23 to rotate the holding roller 22a.
The bill from a is sent to the standby unit 22c of the standby path 22. In addition, the standby conveyance member 27 is connected to the upstream sensor 24.
The holding rollers 27b and 27c are rotated in accordance with the non-detection state of No. 2 and the bills in the standby unit 22c of the standby path 22 are ejected from the ejection port 2
It is sent from 2b to the transport path 11.

Further, the standby conveyance member 27 is the upstream sensor 2
In response to the detection of No. 4, the holding rollers 27b and 27c are stopped from rotating and the conveyance of the banknotes on the standby path 22 is stopped. In addition, the standby conveyance member 27 receives the holding roller 27 according to the detection of the downstream sensor 25 after the detection of the upstream sensor 24.
b, 27c are rotated to eject the banknotes on the standby path 22 from the discharge port 2
It is sent from 2b to the transport path 11.

In addition, around the bill transporting device 20, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a coin bill transporting device 31,
A coin carrying motor 32, a coin selector 33, a power supply 34, and a capacitor 35 are provided.

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 1, when a bill is thrown into the receiving port 21a from the outside of the gaming machine island 1, the receiving / conveying member 26 rotates the gripping rollers 26a and 26b to pass the bill from the receiving port 21a through the receiving route 21 to the receiving port 21b. To the intake port 22a of the standby path 22.

A bill passing through the receiving path 21 is a bill validator 3
Identifies the type and authenticity of the bill, and the pachinko ball is lent out from the ball lending machine. The bill passing through the delivery port 21b is detected by the acceptance sensor 23. In response to the detection of the acceptance sensor 23, the standby conveyance member 27 rotates the holding roller 27a and sends the bill from the intake port 22a to the standby path 22.

When the upstream sensor 24 does not detect a bill, the standby conveyance member 27 rotates the holding rollers 27b and 27c to directly eject the bill on the standby path 22 from the discharge port 22b.
To the transport path 11. When the upstream sensor 24 detects a banknote, the standby conveyance member 27 moves the holding roller 27.
The rotation of b and 27c is stopped to stop the conveyance of the banknotes on the standby path 22. During this time, pachinko balls are rented from the ball lending machine.

By stopping the transportation of the banknotes on the standby path 22, the banknotes sent from the upstream side and the banknotes from the receiving port 21a are prevented from overlapping with each other, and the number of banknotes stored in the stacker of the currency exchange machine 7 is accurately counted. Further, in order to prevent the banknotes from overlapping, the receiving port 21a is not closed to restrict the receiving of the banknotes. Therefore, the banknotes are immediately transferred from the receiving port 21a regardless of the banknote transport status on the transport path 11. It can be put in and is easy to use.

Since the standby conveyance member 27 can judge that the bill has passed from the upstream side to the downstream side according to the detection of the downstream sensor 25 after the detection of the upstream sensor 24, the holding rollers 27b and 27c are rotated. The banknotes on the standby path 22 are sent from the discharge port 22b to the transport path 11. Transport route 11
The banknotes are transported inside the gaming machine island 1 on the transport path 11 and stored in the stacker of the currency exchange machine 7.

[0029]

According to the bill transport apparatus of the present invention,
When the upstream sensor detects a banknote, the standby transport member stops transporting the banknote on the standby path, so regardless of the status of transporting the banknote on the transport path, the banknote can be immediately inserted and the usability is good. In addition, it is possible to accurately count the number of banknotes without the banknotes overlapping in the transport path.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a banknote transport device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a bill transporting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a right side view showing the banknote transport device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view showing an overall configuration of a gaming machine island having a conventional example banknote transport device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine island 3 ... Banknote identification machine 11 ... Conveyance path 20 ... Banknote conveyance device 21 ... Reception path 22 ... Standby path 23 ... Reception sensor 24 ... Upstream sensor 25 ... Downstream sensor 26 ... Reception conveyance member 27 ... Standby conveyance member

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Ren Aoki Renshi Aoki 4-3 No. 3 Shirouchi, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Eiji Ito 4-3 No. 3 Castle, Hanamaki, Iwate, Shinko Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bill transporting device for receiving a bill from the outside of a gaming machine island and transporting the bill to an inner transporting route, the receiving route having a bill receiving port and a delivery port and communicating with the delivery port. A standby path having a bill intake port and a discharge port facing the transport route, an upstream sensor provided on the transport route upstream of the discharge port to detect passing banknotes, and from the receiving port of the receiving route. Receiving and conveying member for sending the banknotes from the delivery port to the intake of the standby path, and sending banknotes from the intake of the standby path to the standby path, depending on non-detection of the upstream sensor, A banknote transport device, comprising: a banknote on a standby path that is sent from the discharge port to the transport path, and a standby transport member that stops the transport of the banknote on the standby path in accordance with the detection of the upstream sensor. .. 2. A receiving sensor provided on the receiving path for detecting banknotes from the receiving port, and a downstream sensor provided on the downstream side of the discharge port of the carrying path for detecting passing banknotes. The standby conveyance member is responsive to the detection of the acceptance sensor,
Send the banknotes from the inlet to the standby path, depending on the non-detection state of the upstream sensor, send the banknotes of the standby path from the discharge port to the transport path, depending on the detection of the upstream sensor , Stopping the transportation of the bills on the standby path,
The banknote transport device according to claim 1, further comprising: a configuration in which the banknotes in the standby path are sent from the discharge port to the transport path in response to the detection by the downstream sensor after the detection by the upstream sensor. 3. The bill transport apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiving path is formed in a bill validator of a ball lending machine.