JPH062996Y2 - Confluence guide for paper sheet conveyor - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a merging guide for guiding a sheet conveyed from a banknote outlet of a ball lending machine to a conveyor.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, with respect to a transporting device for bills and the like, the actual exploitation 62-37
372, JP-A-62-97582, Shoukai 62
No. 47550 is disclosed. Then, in and, the banknotes carried out from the ball lending machine are guided to the conveyor by the merging guide. In addition, in this case, the ball lending machine is directly guided from the outlet to the conveyor.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) In the above things, the ball lending machine is installed facing the passage,
The bill transport device is usually provided inside the Pachinko island.

However, when the ball lending machine is installed on Pachinko Island, it is difficult to properly fit the carry-out port on the back of the ball lending machine to the merging guide, and it is difficult to form a smooth bill passage. Further, in many cases, the distance between the ball lending machine and the bill transporting device is not constant. Therefore, conventionally, there has been a problem that the bills are not properly delivered by the merging guide and the bills are jammed near the carry-out port of the ball lending machine.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention takes the following means in order to achieve the above object.

That is, a sheet guided from the banknote outlet of the ball lending machine is guided to the conveyor, and is formed in a comb-teeth shape that engages the banknote outlet and that guides the outlet or It is a confluence guide with ridges.

(Operation) The present invention relates to a merging guide for smoothly transferring paper sheets such as banknotes thrown into a ball lending machine or the like from a carry-out port to a carrier device. A description will be given of a bill lending machine of a pachinko machine arranged adjacent to the table or an automatic metal ball lending machine of game metal for delivering bills. It is caught between two rubber magnet belts arranged side by side, held by the attraction force between the two belts, and carried out from the carry-out port of the ball lending machine. The banknotes are delivered to and guided by the merging guide by the carry-out port main body, and are conveyed by the conveyor to be conveyed to the stacking device.

(Example) An example shown in the drawings will be described below.

In the embodiment, the ball lending machine of the pachinko machine and the bill transfer device thereof will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other automatic metal ball lending machines and bills for game metal, for example. The same applies to other sheet conveying apparatuses.

First, a conveyor for transporting bills and the like will be described. In FIG. 8, (A) ... is a unit conveyor, and a plurality of or a single unit conveyor (A) is arranged via a merging guide (1) to configure a conveyor. To do.
(A ') is a unit conveyor formed shorter than the others, and the bills (s) conveyed by the unit conveyor (A) pass through the stacker (2) via the short unit conveyor (A'). ) Is brought in.

The unit conveyor (A) as described above is arranged inside an island to which a large number of pachinko game stands (3) are attached, and (4) is a ball lending machine arranged between the pachinko stand (3). . The bill (s) inserted into the bill insertion slot (4a) of the ball lending machine (4) is discriminated and then carried out from the carry-out port (5) on the rear surface of the ball lending machine (4). The carry-out port (5) is provided with a carry-out port body (6) described later, and the banknotes (s) inserted into the ball lending machine (4) pass through the inside of the carry-out port body (6). It is transferred to the merging guide (1) and carried into the unit conveyor (A). In addition, when the unit conveyor (A) is carrying the banknote (s), the sensor (7) detects it and the carry-in from the next ball lending machine (4) is prohibited.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the unit conveyor (A)
Is connected by a stay (10) fixed to an island frame supporting a ball lending machine (4) inside the island.
It is supported via 1). Unit conveyor (A)
Flat belts (12) and (13) are stretched in the interior of the.
At the entrance side of the unit conveyor (A), (14) (1
5) is a roller for driving the flat belts (12) (13),
On the exit side, (16) and (17) are flat belts (12) and (1).
It is a roller that rotates according to 3). The flat belts (12) and (13) of the embodiment are made of rubber magnets, and are stretched with their polarities different from each other so that the two belts come into close contact with each other so that the banknotes (s) are sandwiched by magnetic force. In order to make the polarities of the two belts different from each other, the same belt may be shifted so that the N and S poles face each other alternately as shown in FIG. 11, but belts having different polarities may be used from the beginning. it can. Further, a rubber magnet belt may be used in which one side is a steel belt and only one side is magnetized.

A drive box (18) is provided on the upper surface of the entrance side of the unit conveyor (A), and as shown in FIG.
In the drive box (18), the rotation of the motor (19) is transmitted to the shaft (22) of the roller (14) and the shaft (23) of the roller (15) via the timing belt (20) and the timing pulley (21). ing. For example, a synchronous motor may be used for the motor (19) in order to make the transport speed of each unit uniform. In addition,
Roller (14) rotates in reverse via gears (24) (25). On the exit side of the unit conveyor (A), guides (26a) (26b) are provided above and below the flat belts (12) (13).
Is provided. As shown in FIGS. 13A to 13F, funnel-shaped openings (27a) and (27b) are formed in the upper and lower guides (26a) and (26b), respectively, and are conveyed by the flat belts (12) and (13). It is easy to introduce the upper and lower ends of the bill (s). Banknotes introduced (s)
The top and bottom of the front end of the guide are guided between the left and right guide plates (28) and (29). Vertical grooves (30) are formed at the tips of the guide plates (28) and (29). As will be described later, these vertical grooves (30) and the rear surface of the merge guide (1) or the stacker (2) are formed. The projections are engaged with each other so that the space between the upper and lower guide plates (28, 29) is not narrowed. A photoelectric sensor (31) is attached to the tip of the upper guide (26a) to detect the passage time of the bill (s).

Then, on the exit side of the unit conveyor (A), the upper and lower sides of the bills (s) that are conveyed while being sandwiched by the flat belts (12) and (13) are guided by the guides (26a) and (26b), respectively, and are merged together. It is smoothly carried into the next unit conveyor (A) via (1). Further, when the banknote is jammed due to some trouble, the photoelectric sensor (31) attached to the upper guide (26a) detects that the transit time is long and informs the outside of the jam of the banknote that the unit conveyor ( The operation of A) is stopped. The jammed bills (s) can be taken out from the unit by sliding the side plate (32) of the unit.

Next, the unit conveyor (A) and the stacker (2) are connected as shown in FIG. That is, the unit conveyor (A) is fixed to the stay (40) extending from the stacker (2), and the vertical grooves (30) at the tips of the guides (26a) and (26b) are fitted to the protrusion guides (41) of the stacker (2).
(41) and the guide plates (28) (2
9) Comrades can keep the interval through which banknotes (s) pass. Inside the stacker (2), a bill pulling device (4
2) is provided and the banknotes (s) carried in between the protrusion guides (41) (41) are drawn into the stacker (2) to stock the banknotes (s).

The banknote transporting device as described above has a flat belt (12) (1
The length of the unit conveyor (A) can be freely changed by arbitrarily changing the length of 3). For example, the length of the unit used between the ball lending machines (4) is the length of two pachinko machines. Assuming that the length of the unit connected to the stacker (2) is the length of one pachinko machine, each unit can be appropriately connected via the merging guide (1) to form a conveying device. .

In the present invention, however, the merging guide (1) of the above-mentioned conveying device has a comb-teeth shape that engages with the carry-out exit body (6) on the rear surface of the ball lending machine (4), and the merging guide (1) A groove or a protrusion for guiding the carry-out exit body (6) is provided on the upper and lower sides.

Therefore, first, the merging guide (1) is as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, (50) is the merging guide main body, and (5)
1) (51) are left and right merging guide covers. The merging guide cover (51) is detachable by a hook (52) provided on the merging guide body (50). In the center of the merging guide body (50), a bill passage slit (5
3) is provided, and the banknotes (s) conveyed by the rear unit conveyor (A) are used for the banknote passing slit (5).
3) You can pass inside. The merging guide cover (51) is attached to the merging guide main body (50) at a constant interval, and a bill passage (54) is formed in the gap between the two. The bill passage (54) is provided with a curved portion (54a) so that bills (s) carried in from the side can be guided to the unit conveyor (A) in front of the merging guide (1). In addition, the notch (55) is formed in the confluence guide cover (51) of the embodiment,
The drive rollers (14) and (15) of the unit conveyor (A) located in front of the merging guide (1) are fitted into the bill passage (54) from there.

Next, upper and lower protrusions (56a) (56b) are formed on both sides of the bill passing slit (53) on the rear surface of the merging guide body (50), and the protrusion of the unit conveyor (A) behind the merging guide (1) is formed. Side upper and lower guides (26a)
The vertical groove (30) of (26b) and this protrusion (56a) (56
b) are engaged with each other to keep the distance between the guide plates (28) and (29) constant. The state in which the two are engaged is as shown in FIG. Further, auxiliary rollers (57) are mounted on the back surface of the merging guide body (50) of the embodiment. Rotation axis (5) of auxiliary roller (57)
8) is biased and supported by a compression spring (59). Then, the auxiliary roller (57) is fitted into the bill passage (54) through the window hole (60) formed in the rear surface of the merging guide body (50), and is inserted into the bill passage (54) through the notch (55). It is adapted to come into contact with and drive the drive rollers (14) and (15) of the unit conveyor (A) which is fitted therein.

The left and right sides of the merging guide body (50) and the left and right sides of the merging guide cover (51) are each formed in a comb tooth shape (61). Further, extending portions (62) and (63) are provided above and below the confluence guide body (50), and the extending portions (62) and (63) are provided with ridges (64) and (65). There is. A groove may be provided instead of the ridge.

Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the banknote outlet (5) on the back of the ball lending machine (4) is equipped with an outlet main body (6). The banknote (s) coming out of 5) passes through the carry-out exit body (6) and is introduced into the banknote passage (54) of the merging guide (1). The carry-out port body (6) has a comb-teeth shape (7) which is alternately engaged with the comb-teeth shapes (61) on the left and right sides of the merging guide (1).
0). The uppermost comb teeth (70a) and the lowermost comb teeth (70b) are engaged with the protrusions (64) (65) provided on the extending portions (62) (63) of the confluence guide (1). Mating grooves (71) and (72) are provided. When the confluence guide (1) is provided with a groove, the carry-out exit body (6)
Should have ridges instead.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and others, such as FIG. 9 and the like, a stay (1) that supports a connecting member (11) of a conveyor is provided.
The bracket (78) provided on the back of the ball lending machine (4)
Guide grooves (79) and (80) for guiding the are formed at the top and bottom.

Then, in the one configured as described above, when the ball lending machine (4) is mounted on the pachinko island, as shown in FIG. 6, the grooves (71) (72) of the carry-out exit main body (6) are joined together to form a confluence guide. Insert the bracket (78) on the rear surface of the ball lending machine (4) into the guide grooves (79) (80) provided in the stay (10) while fitting it into the ridges (64) (65) of (1). As a result, the banknote outlet (5) on the back of the ball lending machine (4) and the position of the merging guide (1) do not shift or change. Also,
The comb-teeth shape (61) of the merging guide (1) and the comb-teeth shape (70) of the carry-out port (5) are alternately engaged with each other to form a smooth banknote passage, and carried out from the ball lending machine (4). The bills (s) can be transferred to the conveyor via the merging guide (1). In addition, even if the distance between the merging guide (1) and the back surface of the ball lending machine (4) is slightly increased by introducing the banknotes by engaging the comb teeth (61) (70) with each other, A smooth bill passage can be obtained, and bills (s) are not clogged near the bill outlet (5). Then, in the merging guide (1), the tip of the bill (s) is guided between the conveyor belts (12) and (13) at the curved portion (54a) of the bill passage (54), and the bill (s) is conveyed to the belt (12). It is conveyed while being sandwiched by the magnetic force between (13) and is carried into the stacker (2).

Then, the merging guide (1) having the above structure
The banknotes (s) carried out from the ball lending machine (4) are merged by arranging the unit conveyors (A) in an arbitrary combination inside the pachinko island via the merge guide (1).
From inside the unit conveyor (A),
2) It can be pinched and conveyed by (13) and collected in the stack device.

As shown in FIG. 7, if the wire cord (75) of the ball lending machine (4) and the like are fixed to the extension portion (62) of the merging guide (1), the cord (75) causes the bill passage. It is convenient because it does not hang down inside. Further, as in the embodiment, the conveyor drive rollers (14) and (15) and the auxiliary roller (5) are provided in the bill passage (54) in the merging guide (1).
With the configuration in which 7) is inserted, the bill (s) can be sandwiched and conveyed between both rollers.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and for example, the bill passage can be either left or right, and bills conveyed by a rear unit conveyor are passed. The bill passing slit can be omitted.

(Effects of the Invention) In any case, according to the merging guide of the conveyor for bills and the like of the present invention, when the ball lending machine is installed on a pachinko island or the like, the groove or ridge of the merging guide guides the carry-out port. Therefore, there is no misalignment between the banknote outlet of the ball lending machine and the merging guide. Then, the comb-teeth shape formed on the merging guide forms a smooth bill passage together with the engagement with the carry-out port, and bills delivered from the ball lending machine are transferred to the conveyor via the merging guide. be able to.

Moreover, by introducing the bills by engaging them in a comb-teeth shape, it is possible to obtain a smooth bill passage even when the distance between the merging guide and the back surface of the ball lender is slightly different.
It has the excellent feature that banknotes do not get stuck near the banknote outlet.

[Brief description of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a front view of the merge guide of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is Fig. 1A-.
A sectional view taken along the line A, FIG. 3 is a rear view of the merging guide of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a front view of the merging guide cover, FIG. 5 is a front view of the banknote outlet main body, and FIG. 6 is mounting of a ball lending machine. FIG. 7 is a perspective view, FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of a state in which the banknote outlet main body is connected to the merging guide, and FIGS. 8 to 10 are perspective views and vertical cross-sectional views of the banknote transport device.
And a transverse sectional view, FIG. 11 is a sectional view of a conveyor belt, FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of a drive box, and 13A to 13C, 13D to 13F.
The figures show the top and bottom guides in plan view, side view, and front view.
FIG. 4 is an illustration of a stacker. A: unit conveyor, s ... banknote, 1 ... merge guide, 2
… Stacker, 3… Pachinko machine, 4… Ball lending machine, 5…
Carry-out port, 6 ... Carry-out port body, 50 ... Confluence guide body, 51
... Merging guide cover, 61, 70 ... Comb tooth shape, 62, 6
3 ... extension part, 64, 65 ... ridge, 71, 72 ... groove

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A guide for guiding a paper sheet, which is carried out from a banknote outlet of a ball lending machine, to a conveyor, and is formed in a comb-teeth shape that engages with the banknote outlet and guides the outlet. A merging guide with a groove or ridge to be used.