JPH0812120A - Paper money carrying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To raise morale of a store clerk, prevent a sudden impulse, and restrain the deterioration of service to a customer and a cost increase. CONSTITUTION:A carrying passage to sandwich and carry paper money is composed of a base body case, an opening closing case 220 which is arranged opposite to the base body case and opens and closes a part of the carrying passage and a joint member which is installed in the direction along the carrying direction on one end of the carrying passage and is connected to adjacent respective paper money carrying devices. A main body part 520 is arranged on a joint cover 320 to suppress opening and closing of the opening-closing case 220 of one paper money carrying device, and a locking part 510 is arranged in the opening closing case 220 of the other paper money carrying device, and a locking device 500 is provided so that the main body part 520 and the locking part 510 can be freely locked on and released from each other.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a banknote transfer device for transferring (collecting) banknotes inserted into a banknote insertion machine on the back side of a plurality of gaming machines (for example, pachinko machines), and more particularly, In a banknote transporting device that constitutes a banknote transporting path and is configured by connecting a plurality of banknote transporting units that can open and close a part of the banknote transporting path, and a locking device that prevents the transporting path from being opened and closed. The present invention relates to a banknote transport device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An inter-mountain ball lending machine (hereinafter, referred to as a ball lending machine) for both bills and coins is already known.
Among them, ball lending machines that can use not only 1,000 yen bills but also 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen bills have recently appeared. Against this background, the banknote transport device that reliably collects these banknotes plays a large role.

Conventionally, a banknote transporting device of this type is composed of a base case that opens in one side of a banknote holding direction and an openable / closable open / close case that closes the opening of the base case, and transfers the banknote to the base case. An endless round belt for use is attached to the opening / closing case with a plurality of rollers for nipping and conveying banknotes in cooperation with the endless round belt. When a banknote jam occurs, a clerk opens the opening / closing case of the banknote transfer device with respect to the base case, thereby releasing the banknote holding state and removing the banknote jammed in the holding conveyance path. It has a structure that allows you to promptly perform such tasks. This is because bills with various habits such as curled bills and bent bills are put into the ball lending machine, and therefore workability at the time of jamming the bills is considered.

[0004]

However, when a banknote jam occurs during business, a display indicating that the banknote jam is in trouble is displayed on the display unit of the island management machine or the like installed at the end of the island, and the clerk immediately Perform repair work. Trouble with banknote jam frequently occurs during business, so the nearest store clerk can do the work.However, anyone can easily open the open / close case to the base case, so the 1,000 yen banknotes that are transported Of course, it is easy to pull out high-value banknotes of 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen, and even if you conduct fraudulent acts such as pulling out money, it is not easy to tell who has pulled it out, and it makes you feel confident. What was taken with the measures against fraud was desired. In other words, the conventional banknote transporting device emphasizes workability (repairing can be done in a short time), and has a structure in which the operation (repairing work) performed while the opening / closing case is open cannot be managed. .

[0005] Therefore, there is also disclosed one in which when the opening / closing case is opened, the conveyance of the bill conveying device connected to the upstream side is stopped so that the clerk can prevent fraudulent acts of taking out bills. Lending of ball lending machines will also be stopped while the equipment is stopped, so upstream customers can not purchase ball rental during that time, which causes a great deal of annoyance to customers and sales decrease for stores. It was. Further, a structure for notifying that when the opening / closing case is opened is conceivable, but the structure becomes large and the cost is increased.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide a bill transporting device which improves the morale of a store clerk and prevents the employee's morale, reduces service to customers, and suppresses cost increase.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a banknote transport device that reduces the chances of opening the opening / closing case as much as possible and that is unlikely to cause banknote jams in the transport passage, the merging / receiving port, and the inter-unit transfer location. A further object of the present invention is to provide a bill transporting device that can be easily attached to an island of a game shop.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a bill conveying device according to claim 1 of the present invention conveys bills supplied from a bill inserting machine along a plurality of arranged game stands. A banknote transport device for sandwiching and transporting a banknote in a passage, wherein a transport path for sandwiching and transporting a banknote includes a base case,
A main body of a suppressing member that is provided opposite to the base case and is configured to open and close a part of the transport passage, and suppresses the opening and closing of the open and close case, and is detachable from the main body. The locking device includes a locking portion.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a bill transporting device according to a second aspect of the present invention holds and transports bills supplied from a bill inserting machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged game stands. In the banknote transporting device, the transport path for holding and transporting the banknote includes a base case, an opening / closing case that is provided so as to face the base case and allows a part of the transport path to be opened and closed, and one end of the transport path. Attached in a direction along the transport direction, and composed of a joint member that connects adjacent transport passages, in the communication state of the adjacent transport passages,
A locking device is provided, in which a main body of a restraining member for restraining the opening / closing of the open / close case is provided in one of the transport passages, a locking portion is provided in the other transport passage, and the main body portion and the locking portion are disengageable. It is a thing.

In order to achieve the above object, a bill transporting device according to a third aspect of the present invention holds and transports bills supplied from a bill inserting machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged game stands. In the banknote transporting device, the transporting path for holding and transporting the banknote includes a base case and an opening / closing case that is provided so as to face the base case and can open and close a part of the transporting path. At this position, a pair of holding pieces that are held together in a crowned state and a bent portion that engages with the base case are provided at the tips of both holding pieces, and at least one of the holding pieces is conveyed by a key operation. The locking device is configured to rotate within a certain range with respect to the passage, inhibits the opening / closing of the opening / closing case, and is attachable / detachable at an arbitrary position of the base case.

In order to achieve the above object, a bill transporting device according to a fourth aspect of the present invention holds and transports bills supplied from a bill throwing machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged game stands. In the banknote transporting device for holding and transporting the banknotes, rollers are rotatably arranged at positions facing a plurality of pulleys provided with a belt for sandwiching and transporting the banknotes, respectively. The carrying surface of the roller rail for axially mounting the roller is corrugated by widening so as to reduce the step difference with the outer peripheral surface of the roller at the axial mounting position of each roller.

In order to achieve the above object, a bill transporting device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention holds and transports bills supplied from a bill throwing machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged game stands. In the banknote transport device, the end of the roller rail is a relatively sharp cut surface at the connection part of the transport path for holding and transporting the banknote, and the cut surface and the guide surface along the transport path are provided. Was contacted.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a bill transporting device according to a sixth aspect of the present invention sandwiches and transports bills supplied from a bill inserting machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged game stands. In a banknote transport device for driving a banknote transport device, a first transport path for sandwiching and transporting a banknote from an upstream side and a second transport path for transporting a banknote from a ball lending machine are merged into each other. The feed roller provided with a biasing means is oscillatably pressed against the drive roller connected to the source.

In order to achieve the above object, a bill transporting device according to a seventh aspect of the present invention holds and transports bills supplied from a bill inserting machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged game stands. In the banknote transport device, the first transport path for sandwiching and transporting the banknotes from the upstream side and the second transport path for transporting the banknotes from the ball lending machine are merged. A receiving guide is provided to bring the end of the second conveying path closer to the drive roller connected to the drive source.

In order to achieve the above object, a bill transporting device according to claim 8 of the present invention holds and transports bills supplied from a bill throwing machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged game stands. In the bill transport device, the transport passage for sandwiching and transporting bills is chamfered at least on the upper corner portion of the transport passage side of the pulley rail configured in cooperation with the roller rail to widen the upper side of the transport passage. is there.

In order to achieve the above object, a bill transporting device according to claim 9 of the present invention holds and transports bills supplied from a bill throwing machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged game stands. When installing a banknote transport device in an island facility, when a plurality of spacers having different heights corresponding to the intervals of the mounting frames arranged back to back are combined and intervened, On one end,
A pair of legs having locking claws at the tips thereof are extended, and a locking hole through which the legs can be inserted is formed in the other end surface, and the locking is formed inside the spacer to be locked by the locking claws. The surface has a tapered shape that gradually becomes thicker.

[0016]

In the bill transporting device of the present invention, when removing jammed bills, the clerk who exclusively possesses the predetermined key unlocks the locking device that prevents the opening and closing of the predetermined opening / closing case corresponding thereto. After that, it suffices to open the open / close case, remove the banknotes on the transport passage, and then lock the locking device again. As a result, unlocking operation is required to release the opening / closing case, which helps improve the morale of the store clerk who handles it and can prevent the store clerk's morale. Only the store clerk who owns the key can do so. Becomes difficult. Further, in the bill transporting device of the present invention, an accident in which bills are jammed is less likely to occur, and therefore the opportunity to open the open / close case is reduced. Further, with the bill transporting device of the present invention, it is easy to attach to the island of a game shop, and it is possible to flexibly cope with the depth of the island.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a banknote transfer device (banknote transfer unit) 10 of the remote type (a game lending machine is arranged between two or every two game tables or above the table) of the present invention. There is. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a banknote transporting device (banknote transporting unit) 10 of all-units type (a game lending machine is arranged between or at every other gaming table). In the following description, when referred to as the banknote transport device 10, a plurality of banknote transport units are connected to constitute a banknote transport device.

The banknote transporting device 10 of these embodiments comprises a merging / transporting drive unit 100 and a transporting passage unit 200. The transport passage 200 includes a base case 210 and an opening / closing case 220, and a joint member 300 is attached to the tip thereof. Then, a plurality of the above-described bill transporting devices 10 are connected to each other to constitute the entire bill transporting device arranged on the island of the game shop.

As shown in FIG. 3, each bill transporting device 10,
10, ... Are banknotes S2 inserted horizontally into the space on the rear side of the two-row game stands 1, 1 ,. Are arranged so that they can be received, and are connected to the adjacent banknote transporting device 10 via the joint member 300. A plurality of game shops are connected so as to have a length corresponding to the length of the island. The attachment of each banknote transport device 10 to the island will be described later.

The merging / conveying drive unit 100 includes the banknote S1 sent from the banknote conveying device 10 on the upstream side, and the ball lending machine 2.
Which takes in the bill S2 thrown in and is sent out to the conveyance passage section 200. As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG.
Opposing side walls 111 of the hollow rectangular frame 110
The mounting portion 121 of the first receiving guide member 120 is fixed to the upstream side edge portion of the elongated holes 112 of a and 111b, and the second receiving guide member 130 is mounted to the downstream side edge portion of the elongated hole 112. The part 131 is fixed.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first receiving guide member 120 forms a first passage A for receiving and guiding the banknote S1 from the banknote conveying device 10 on the upstream side. A curve for forming the passage forming plate 122 and a second passage B that is continuously provided in an intermediate portion of the first passage forming plate 122 and that receives and guides the bill S2 from the side ball lending machine 2. The second passage forming plate 123 is provided, and as described above, the second passage forming plate 123 is fixed to the edge portion of the elongated hole 112 at the mounting portion 121 at the tip end of the second passage forming plate 123. Notches 124 and 125 are provided on the front end side and the rear end side in the horizontal direction of the first passage forming plate 122.

The first receiving guide member 120 has a tapered portion 122a at the upstream end of the first passage forming plate 122, which is inclined so as to slightly open toward the upstream side. The upper and lower ends of the tapered portion 122a are provided with inclined notches 122b whose upper and lower widths gradually decrease toward the upstream side. Further, a bent portion 122c is bent laterally from the tip of the tapered portion 122a, and is fitted inside the side walls 111a and 111b of the frame 110 on the upstream end side.

As described above, the upstream end of the first passage forming plate 122 is not greatly curled into a semicircular shape as in the conventional case to have an open shape, but as shown in FIG. The reason why the shape is made is as follows.

That is, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 6, in the case of the conventional receiving opening 201 which is curled into a large semi-circle and opens, when a bill S1 having wrinkles or curls at its tip comes, the tip of the bill S1. May deviate in the W direction and cause jamming of the bills at the receiving port 201, while in the case of a taper shape that opens slightly as shown by the solid line in FIG. 6, even if the curled tip of the bill S1 hits Since the bill is guided in the correct direction of the arrow R, the banknote jam does not occur near the receiving opening 201.

Further, the upstream end of the first passage forming plate 122 is not horizontal as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 7, but oblique slant notches 122b are provided at the upper and lower ends for the following reason. is there. That is, when the upper and lower ends are horizontal, when a bill with curled or bent corners comes, the receiving opening 20
Although it tends to enter from 1 to cause a paper currency jam, by setting the oblique hypotenuse as shown by the solid line, the oblique side causes the curled or bent corners of the upper and lower corners to be flattened, resulting in the paper money. No clogging will occur.

The second receiving guide member 130 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8, it includes a mounting portion 131 and a passage forming plate 132 that curves along the second passage forming plate 123 of the first receiving guide member 120, and has a horizontal cutout 133. Thus, the first receiving guide member 120
The first passage forming plate 122 and the second passage forming plate 123 of the first receiving guide member 120 form the first passage A for receiving and guiding the bill S1 from the bill conveying device 10 on the upstream side. , Second receiving guide member 130
And the passage forming plate 132 of the banknote S from the ball lending machine 2.
A second passage B for receiving and guiding 2 is formed.

Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the passage forming plate 132 of the second receiving guide member 130 extends to the downstream side so as to project into the conveying passage portion 200, and
The downstream end portion 120a of the receiving guide member 120 of
The second receiving guide member 130 constitutes an extension portion that extends deeply on the downstream side.

As described above, since the downstream end portion 120a is extended deeply and is extremely narrow, it enters the second passage B from the ball lending machine 2 until it reaches the tip of the passage forming plate 132. There is no possibility that the bill S1 coming from the first passage A interferes with the bill S2 waiting as it is and the bill is jammed. In addition, because it goes through the narrow first passage A,
Even if the banknote S1 has wrinkles, the banknote S1 can proceed straight without jamming the banknote. Further, in the second passage B, the passage forming plate 132 of the second receiving guide member 130 has drive rollers 160a, 160 to be described later.
b, an endless round belt 161, and a notch 133 into which the friction ring 162 can enter.

A motor unit 140 is fixed to the bottom wall of the frame 110 as shown in FIG. The motor unit 140 includes a wiring box 141 and a motor 142.
It consists of and. The wiring box 141 has a passage portion 144 that receives the drive shaft 143 of the motor 142 in the horizontal direction, and the corner portions 145 a, 1 of the mounting plate 145 of the motor 142, 1 on the lower surface thereof.
A support portion 146 that horizontally receives and supports 45b.
a and 146b. Therefore, the motor 142 is
The mounting plate 145 is horizontally supported by the support portions 146a, 146.
the front side corners 145a, 145a of the mounting plate 145.
45b are supported by supporting portions 146a and 146b, and the rear corners 145c and 145d of the mounting plate 145 are fixed to the lower surface of the wiring box 141 using the fixing plate 147 and the screws 14
Fix at 9.

Therefore, in the illustrated embodiment, the fixing plate 14
7, a standing piece 147a is formed, and a protrusion 147 corresponding to the mounting holes 145c 'and 145d' of the mounting plate 145.
c and 147d are formed. And the mounting plate 145
The front corners 145a, 145b of the support portions 146a, 1
46b to support it, and the projections 147c and 147d of the fixing plate 147 are attached to the mounting holes 145c 'and 145.
d'and the upper end of the upright piece 147a is inserted into a groove (not shown) formed in the inner surface of the passage 144, and screws 149 passed through the through holes 147e and 147f of the fixing plate 147 are connected to the wiring box. It is fastened to 141 and fixed. Therefore, the upright piece 147a closes the opening of the passage portion 144, firmly holds the motor 142 by the entire fixing plate 147, and performs positioning, so that workability is extremely good. In addition, when the motor 142 fails, the screw 149 is loosened and pulled out in the direction of the transport path, so that even in the space inside the narrow island on the back side of the gaming table 1, repair or replacement can be easily performed in a short time. I can do it.
If the screw 149 is a so-called decorative screw, work can be performed without using a tool such as a screwdriver.

A single drive shaft 170 (see FIG. 11) is vertically rotatably mounted between the bottom surface of the frame 110 and the upper wall 110a. A gear (not shown) is fixed to the lower end of the drive shaft 170 below the bottom wall, and the gear 148 fixed to the drive shaft 143 of the motor 142 meshes with this gear to prevent the rotation of the motor 142. Drive shaft 17
0 is transmitted.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the frame 110
Similarly, two driven shafts 171 and 172 are vertically mounted rotatably between the upper wall 110a and the bottom wall of the drive shaft 17 above the upper wall 110a of the frame 110.
0, a pulley 173 of the same diameter fixed to the driven shaft 171,
A drive shaft 17 is provided by a belt 175 mounted between 174.
The driven shaft 171 rotates at the same speed in the same direction as 0. Further, gears 176 and 177 having the same number of teeth meshing with each other are fixed to the drive shaft 170 and the driven shaft 172, and the driven shaft 172 rotates in the opposite direction at the same speed.

The driven shaft 171 is, as shown in FIG.
Of the first receiving guide member 1 that is located slightly closer to the side wall 111a than the receiving guide member 120 of FIG.
20 horizontal cutouts 124 of the first passage forming plate 122
The pulley 150 is fixed at a position corresponding to. The pulley 150 has an annular groove at the center in the vertical direction, and an endless round belt 151 made of a friction member such as rubber is attached to the annular groove in a state of protruding outward.
It slightly projects into the first passage A. In the all-units type banknote transport device 10, an annular ring or the like is attached to the pulley 150.

Faced with this, the side wall 1 of the frame 110
A pressure contact roller 153 having a friction body on its outer periphery is rotatably attached to a roller base 152 fixed to 11b by a shaft 154. Since the shaft 154 is biased toward the pulley 150 by a spring (not shown), the pressure roller 153 rotates in pressure contact with the endless round belt 151 of the pulley 150 that is rotationally driven in the first passage A. . Therefore, the banknote S1 sent out from the banknote transport device 10 on the upstream side is nipped in the first passage A between the endless round belt 151 of the pulley 150 and the pressure contact roller 153 and taken in.

The drive shaft 170 is located slightly outward of the passage forming plate 132 of the second receiving guide member 130 of the second passage B, and the intermediate portion in the vertical direction, that is, the passage forming plate. At a position corresponding to the notch 134 of 132,
The drive roller 160a is fixed in a state of protruding in the second passage B. An endless round belt 161 is mounted on the drive roller 160a and is stretched between a plurality of pulleys of a base case 210 described later. Then, the leaf spring 1 is opposed to the endless round belt 161 of the driving roller 160a.
The feed roller 164 is attached to the tip of 63 in a state of protruding from the front end side notch 124 of the first receiving guide member 120 (see FIG. 9).

In the conventional conveying device, there is no such feed roller 164, and the bill conveying force is weak. Therefore, in the conventional device, the banknote S2 in the second passage B may not be taken in, and particularly, a banknote without stiffness or a banknote accordion-shaped due to wrinkles is easily jammed, which causes a trouble. It was

Therefore, the purpose of this embodiment is to eliminate the clogging of bills at the merging / receiving entrance, and the first conveying passage A for nipping and conveying the bills S1 from the upstream side and the ball lending machine 2 are provided. In the merging / conveying drive unit 100 where the second conveying path B for conveying the banknotes S2 merges, the feed roller 1 provided with an urging means for the drive roller 160a connected to the drive source.
64 is swingably pressed. That is, as described above, the feed roller 164 that comes into pressure contact with the endless round belt 161 wound around the drive roller 160a is provided so that even the above banknotes can be reliably caught. Then, in this embodiment, the bill S2 sent from the ball lending machine 2 to the second passage B is fed by the feed roller 164 to the endless round belt 1.
Since it is pressed against 61 and is nipped and conveyed, it can be reliably taken in. A flat belt or the like may be used instead of the endless round belt 161.

In the illustrated embodiment, the first transport passage A for sandwiching and transporting the bill S1 from the upstream and the second transport passage B for transporting the bill S2 from the ball lending machine 2 merge together. In the transport driving section 100, a receiving guide 126 is provided that brings the end of the second transport path B closer to the drive roller 160a connected to the drive source. That is, in this embodiment, the outer peripheral surface of the feed roller 164 and the endless round belt 16 are
The receiving guide 126 is provided so as to project like a rib toward the first contact point. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the receiving guides 126 are provided integrally with the first receiving guide member 120, are located above and below the feed roller 164, and are provided in a pair so as to face the drive roller 160a. There is.

According to the receiving guide 126 as described above,
Banknote S2 sent from the ball lending machine 2 to the second transport passage B
Even if the front end of the bill S2 is curled, the front end of the bill S2 is not broken, and the bill S2 is surely guided in the contact direction of the feed roller 164 and the endless round belt 161 to make the feed roller 164 bite well. You can That is, the bill S2 sent from the ball lending machine 2 is transferred to the transport passage unit 200.
Can be surely joined.

Further, similarly to the above, the second driven shaft 172 is positioned slightly outside the passage forming plate 132 of the second receiving guide member 130 of the second passage B, and the first driven shaft 171. The drive roller 160b is fixed to the second passage B at the same height as the drive roller 160b. And drive roller 1
A friction ring 162 made of a friction material such as rubber is fitted in the annular groove of 60b, and the friction ring 162 projects into the second passage B. Then, a feed roller 164 is attached to face the friction ring 162 in a state of protruding from the front end side notch 124 of the first receiving guide member 120 via a leaf spring 163. Therefore, the bill S2 sent out from the ball lending machine 2 is reliably sandwiched and taken in by the feed roller 164 and the friction ring 162 on the same principle as above.

A gear cover 180 is attached to the upper wall 110a of the frame 110. This gear cover 1
On the upstream side of 80, a locking portion 510 of a locking device 500, which will be described later, for preventing the opening and closing of the opening / closing case 220 of the banknote transporting device 10 on the upstream side is provided in a protruding manner, and engages with the locking hole 501 of the main body portion 520. (See FIG. 23). Further, as shown in FIG. 22, a locking piece 181 is formed at the downstream end so as to restrict the upper surface of the upstream end of the opening / closing case 220 and restrict the removal of the opening / closing case 220. It should be noted that in the remote type paper currency transport apparatus 10 shown in FIG.
Similar to the locking piece 181, the locking piece 510 presses the upper surface of the opening / closing case 220 of the upstream side transport passage portion 200 to restrict the attachment / detachment of the opening / closing case 220.

As shown in FIG. 4, the bending plate 1 is provided on the side wall 111a which constitutes the frame 110 of the merging / conveying drive unit 100.
The first base case 2 is provided with a protrusion 14 and has a substantially U-shaped cross section that constitutes the transport passage portion 200 in the bent plate 114.
10a is fixed.

As shown in FIG. 13, the transport passage portion 200 includes a first base case 210a and the first base case 2a.
Second base case 21 that is swingably attached to 10a
0b and a base case 210, and the base case 21
Opening and closing case 22 attached to the upper part of the open side
It consists of 0 and.

A pulley rail 230 is horizontally fixed to the inner surface of the side wall 211a of the first base case 210a.
A plurality of pulleys 231 are rotatably attached by a vertical shaft 232 between an upper plate 230a and a lower plate 230b constituting the pulley rail 230, and the drive shaft 170 in the merging / conveying drive unit 100 is provided. Pulley 1
The endless round belt 16 is attached to the 60a and the tension roller 190, and the pulleys 231 of the first base case 210a.
1 has been bridged.

In addition, the present embodiment is intended to eliminate clogging of banknotes in the conveying passage, and the conveying passage side of the pulley rail 230 configured to cooperate with the roller rail 260 to form a conveying passage for sandwiching and conveying bills. At least the upper corners of the above are chamfered to widen the upper side of the transport passage. That is, a corner portion of the pulley rail 230 on the side of the transport passage, that is, the pulley rail 2
An inclined guide surface 233 is formed by chamfering the upper corner portion of the upper plate 230a constituting the free end side and the lower corner portion of the lower plate 230b at the free end side. Therefore, the pulley rail 230
Has a shape in which the central portion in the height direction bulges out. Therefore, this pulley rail 230 is used as the roller rail 2.
For the following reason, the upper end portion of the bill conveying path formed between the upper end portion 60 and the lower end portion 60 is wide, the central portion is once narrowed, and the lower end portion is widened again.

As will be described later, when the open / close case 220 is opened to remove the jammed bill, the bill must be returned to the transport passage. That is, unless the banknote is returned, sales data (payment data) stored in the ball lending machine 2
The cash stored in the stacker in the island management machine installed at the end of the banknote transfer device 10 will not match.

Therefore, the removed bills are returned to the transport passage again. In the conventional device, the pulley rail 23 is used.
Since the corners of 0 were formed in a substantially rectangular shape, it was difficult to reinsert the bill. Moreover, the endless round belt 16 when inserted
It often went into the back side of 1, and there were many accidents that hurt banknotes.

On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, the corner portion of the pulley rail 230 is chamfered to form the inclined guide surface 233. Therefore, the inclined guide surface 233 forms an endless round belt 161 which is a passage for conveying bills. Can be guided to the outside of the banknote, the recovery work (reinsertion) is easy, and the bills are not damaged. In addition, in the illustrated embodiment, the lower side of the pulley rail 230 is also chamfered because it is vertically symmetrical in terms of manufacture and can be used on either side.

A second metal fitting 240 attached to the bottom wall 212 of the first base body case 210a has a second edge attached to the lower edge of the side wall 211b of the second base body case 210b in the engaging hole 240a.
The engaging protrusion 250a of the metal fitting 250 is removably engaged with the engaging protrusion 250a and is engaged with the engaging hole 240a.
With the fulcrum as the fulcrum,
The first base case 210a is rotatable around 40a.

The first metal fitting 240 also serves as a cable receiver (not shown). That is, a receiving process is performed along the banknote transporting device 10 so that a power supply cable for supplying electric power to the motor 142 provided in the merging / conveying drive unit 100, a signal cable for relaying various control signals, and the like are bundled and not scattered. It is a tool.

The reason why such a receiving member is provided as a separate first metal fitting 240 and is not formed by cutting and raising unlike the conventional device is as follows. That is, this type of device
Generally, an aluminum plate is used to reduce the weight. Therefore, if the fixing process of the cable is repeated several times in the conventional cut-and-raised part, the cut-and-raised part is broken and it becomes unusable.

On the other hand, if it is provided as a separate body instead of being cut and raised as in this embodiment, it will not be damaged even if the fastening process is repeated. Moreover, even if it is damaged, it can be replaced. Further, since it is a separate body, it can be formed into a free shape, and by narrowing the inlet portion 241 of the cable K, it becomes possible to prevent the cable K from coming off.

Also, in this embodiment, the first metal fitting 2
The engagement hole 240a formed in 40 is formed large, and the engagement protrusion 250a is bent in the middle. Therefore, the engaging work of the engaging protrusion 250a can be facilitated, and the engaging protrusion 250a can be locked in a half-opened state, can be inserted and removed, and the positioning after the completion of setting can be performed accurately, and the workability is remarkably improved.

On the inner surface of the side wall 211b of the second base case 210b, the pulley rail 23 of the first base case 210a is provided.
At a height opposite to 0, a roller rail 260 is fixed, and each pressure contact roller 261 is rotatably supported by a shaft 262 on the roller rail 260 so as to face each pulley 231.
Further, the spring 263 is biased and attached to the pulley 231 side.

As described above, the pressure contact roller 261 on the second base case 210b side is in pressure contact with the endless round belt 161 of each pulley 231 on the first base case 210a side. Therefore, the bill sent out from the merging / conveying drive unit 100 is sandwiched between the endless round belt 161 and the pressure contact roller 261 from the thickness direction and conveyed smoothly.

The pulley 231a and the pressure contact roller 261a that are closest to the merging / conveying drive unit 100 are shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), the ball lending machine 2 is arranged so as to be positioned slightly downstream of the tip position of the banknote S2 sent out from the ball lending machine 2. Therefore, the banknote S2 from the ball lending machine 2 in the standby state does not cover the endless round belt 161 and the pressure contact roller 261a of the most upstream pulley 231a. Therefore, the banknote S1 conveyed from the first passage A is reliably sandwiched by the endless round belt 161 and the pressure contact roller 261a, and therefore the banknote jam does not occur.

Further, the roller rail 260 has various measures aimed at eliminating banknote jams in the conveying passage. For example, in the conventional roller rail, the transport surface is formed flat, and a step is formed between the transport surface and the outer peripheral surface of the pressure contact roller 261a. For this reason, when a banknote is transported by a roller rail having a conventional transport surface, the banknote is transported in a state of being in contact with the transport surface, so that the banknote may be caught when riding on the pressure contact roller 261a, causing a jam of the banknote. It was.
In addition, when a banknote has a waist like a new banknote, a loud noise is generated when the banknote is overcome, which is annoying.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the roller rail 26
The transport surface 260d of 0 is widened at the axial position of the pressure contact roller 261 and corrugations having a gently curved surface are formed at appropriate intervals.
At a position exceeding 1, the width was reduced through the abrupt step portion 260e. For this reason, the tip of the pressure roller 26 is curled.
Even a bill that faces the 1st side is not caught in the pressure contact roller 261, and noise is not generated when the banknote passes over the pressure contact roller 261.

Further, the receiving portion of the conventional roller rail, that is, the rear end portion of the roller rail is formed in a long and slanted shape (see the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 14D).
However, in this conventional shape, when the bill S2 is curled at the time of delivery of the bill S2, the curled portion is guided in the opposite direction by the smooth inclined surface 264, so that the bill enters the gap. Was causing a banknote jam.

Therefore, the purpose of this embodiment is to eliminate the jamming of bills in the conveying passage. As shown in FIG. 14, the end portion is a relatively sharp cutting surface 260a. The following guide surface 260b was formed substantially parallel to the base end surface 260c of the roller rail 260, and was connected to the above-mentioned transport surface 260d.

According to the receiving portion of the roller rail 260 as described above, even a bill having a curled tip does not enter the gap and is not jammed. Further, even if the distance over which the joint member 300 of the adjacent banknote transporting device 10 overlaps is short, the banknotes can be reliably guided to the transporting passage portion 200, and therefore the banknote jam does not occur. Moreover, the joint member 300 is used for overlapping.
Since the protruding pieces 301a and 301b provided on the can be formed small, the protruding amount is small and the handling is easy. on the other hand,
If the protruding piece is formed to be large in order to obtain a large overlap as in the conventional device, the protruding piece is greatly protruded, and thus there is a high risk of breakage, and it requires a meticulous handling and is troublesome.

Further, in this embodiment, the pressure contact roller 26 is used.
The spring 263 for biasing 1 has a relatively strong elastic force. For this reason, even when the new bill is folded in half and the chevron is conveyed toward the pressure contact roller 261, the pressing pressure of the pressure contact roller 261 is not lost to the waist of the banknote. There are no banknote jams that occur.

As shown in FIG. 13, the first base case 210
a side wall 211a and second base case 210b side wall 2
Lower conveyance rails 270a and 270b are fixed to the inner surface of the lower portion of 11b so as to guide the lower edges of the banknotes.

The lower transfer rails 270a and 270b are respectively provided with upper plates 271a and 271b and lower plates 272a and 272.
The inclined portions 275a, 2b having an inner diameter b and are inclined inward so as to become gradually narrower at the downstream end as shown in FIG.
It has 75b. In addition, this lower transfer rail 270
a and 270b are made of a transparent material, and are provided on the side wall 211a of the first base case 210a and the second base case 210.
window 217 for confirming bills provided at the bottom of the side wall 211b
The lower part of the bill in the transport passage 200 can be seen through from the outside through a and 217b.

Further, the lower transfer rails 270a and 270b are also provided.
In the case where a joint member 300 described later is connected to the upstream side of the correction plate 280a at the upstream end thereof,
280b is fixed.

The correction plates 280a and 280b are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 15B and FIG. 15B, it is for receiving and guiding the banknote S1 from the banknote transport device 10 on the upstream side, and is a taper portion 281 inclined so as to open slightly toward the upstream side. Further, the lower edge of the tapered portion 281 has an inclined notch 2 whose upper and lower widths gradually decrease toward the upstream side.
The reason for providing 82 is as follows.

That is, the taper portion 281 and the inclined notch portion 2
When the 82 part is horizontal, when curled or bent bills come to the upper and lower corners, the bills easily enter from the receiving port and cause a jam of bills. However, the hypotenuse causes the curled or bent bills to rise. Flattened, so that there is no bill jamming.

When the joint member 300 is connected to the upstream side, the lower transfer rails 270a and 270b are connected.
The correction plates 280a and 280b are provided in the game room (pachinko hall) because the length of the transport passage portion 200, that is, the lower transport rails 270a and 270b is different, so that the taper portion 281 and the slanted notch are provided each time. Manufacturing the lower transport rails 270a and 270b having the portion 282 is difficult both in terms of time and cost. Therefore, it is because long lower transport rails 270a and 270b having a stote shape are prepared so that they can be cut into a required length and used.

13 and 16, the base case 21
An opening / closing case 220 is detachably attached to the upper surface of 0. At the lower edge 220a of the opening / closing case 220,
A plurality of pins 221 are provided, and the first base case 2
The holes 214a of the upper wall 213a of the 10a and the holes 214b of the upper wall 213b of the second base case 210b are fitted and engaged from above. Further, inside the opening / closing case 220, a guide wall 220b for guiding the upper edge portion of the bills conveyed through the conveying passage portion 200 is provided. This guide wall 220b
The shape of the lower carrier rail 270 shown in FIG.
It has the same shape as a, 270b.

Further, since the opening / closing case 220 is made of a transparent material, the normal flow of banknotes in the transport passage from the outside and the situation such as banknote jamming can be seen without opening the opening / closing case 220.

Horizontal guide notches 274a, 274b opened downstream of the vertical plates 273a, 273b connecting the upper plates 271a, 271b of the lower transport rails 270a, 270b to the lower plates 272a, 272b. Are respectively provided (see FIG. 12). In addition, the side wall 211 of the first base case 210a and the second base case 210b.
The downstream end portions of a and 211b are also provided with horizontal notches 215a and 215b that are open to the downstream side at the same height as the guide notches 274a and 274b.

Further, a joint member 300 is movably attached on the downstream side of the transport passage portion 200.
As shown in FIGS. 18 to 21, the joint member 300 includes a first joint member 310a, a second joint member 310b, and a joint lid 320.

The first joint member 310a and the second joint member 310b face the side walls 311a, 31 so that they face each other.
1b and bottom walls 312a and 312b. Side wall 311
Horizontal upper guide plates 313a, 313b forming a passage C for guiding bills from the inner surfaces of a and 311b.
And lower guide plates 314a and 314b are provided so as to face each other.

As shown in FIG. 19, the upper guide plates 313a, 313b and the lower guide plates 314a, 314b have taper portions 315, 316 that are largely opened on the upstream side to facilitate the receipt of bills and to The passage C is gradually narrowed toward the downstream side so that the delivery can be smoothly carried out, and further, the lower guide plates 314a, 3
14b is a beak-shaped protruding piece 301a, 301 on the downstream side.
b. Since the projecting pieces 301a and 301b overlap the downstream banknote transporting device 10 to hold the banknote, the banknotes can be reliably taken into the downstream banknote transporting device 10.

The upper guide plates 313a and 313b are
The lower guide plate 314 is located on the upper walls 213a and 213b of the first base case 210a and the second base case 210b.
a and 314b are side walls 2 of the first base case 210a.
11a, the notches 215a and 215b of the side wall 211b of the second base case 210b, the horizontal guide notches 274a of the vertical plate 273a of the lower transfer rail 270a of the first base case 210a, and the bottom of the second base case 210b. The fixed first joint member 310a and second joint member 310b, which are located in the horizontal guide notch 274b of the vertical plate 273b of the side transport rail 270b, are slidable within a certain range in the transport direction, And it is detachably attached.

On the downstream side end faces of the first joint member 310a and the second joint member 310b, in the case of the pedestal type, the holes 216a, 216b of the transfer passage portion 200 of the banknote transfer device 10 on the downstream side or the whole type. In this case, a plurality of connecting pins 317a and 317b for inserting into the holes 113 of the side walls 111a and 111b of the frame 110 are provided so as to project in the horizontal direction.

Further, as shown in FIG. 19, the first guide member 310a of the joint member 300 and the second joint member 310b have upstream side walls 311a and 311b at the same height as the lower guide plates 314a and 314b. In this case, when a pair of the light projector 400a and the light receiver 400b are attached so as to face each other and the conveyed bill is shielded from light, a bill detection signal is output from the light receiver 400b. When this bill detection signal is output, the bill S2 that has entered the second passage B is nipped in the bill validator of the ball lending machine so that the bill S2 does not enter any more. For this reason, even if the drive rollers 160a and 160b and the feed roller 164 are rotating, the bill S2 is not conveyed, and since the bill S1 waits for a certain time until the bill S1 passes, the bills S1 are not overlapped and conveyed.

When the light projecting device 400a and the light receiving device 400b are attached to the first joint member 310a and the second joint member 310b of the joint member 300 in this way, even if the distance between two adjacent ball lenders 2 is different. Since the joint member 300 is slid in accordance with the interval, the banknote S1 sent from the banknote transport device 10 on the upstream side is always detected at a fixed distance, and the banknote lending machine 2 always waits for the banknote S2. It can be performed at a fixed timing. In addition, as shown in FIG.
Joint member 310a, second joint member 310b
An inclined portion 318 inclined upward is provided at the downstream end of each of the bottom walls 312a and 312b. Further, on the upper end surfaces of the first joint member 310a and the second joint member 310b of the joint member 300, engaging projections 319 for slidably attaching the joint lid 320 are provided.
a and 319b are projected.

As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, the joint lid 320 has a side wall 321 and an upper wall 322.
At the lower end of 21, the engaging protrusions 319a and 319b of the first joint member 310a and the second join member 310b are provided.
Engaging claws 323 that are slidably engaged with the respective projections are provided in a protruding manner.

From the inner surface of the side wall 321 of the joint lid 320, opposed horizontal guide pieces 324 are provided in a protruding manner. The guide piece 324 is located in the notch 222 of the opening / closing case 220. Also, the joint lid 320
A guide elongated hole 325 is provided in the upper wall 322 along the transport direction, and the opening / closing case 22 is provided in the guide elongated hole 325.
The stopper 223 provided at the downstream end of 0 is located, and the joint lid 320 is
The stopper 223 is slidably attached within a limited range.

Therefore, the first joint member 310a, the second joint member 310b and the joint lid 320 are
The base body case 210 (first base body case 210a,
The second base case 210b) and the opening / closing case 220 are slidable with respect to the ends thereof, and the engaging claws 323 of the joint lid 320 extend from the engaging protrusions 319a and 319b of the first joint member 310a and the second joint member 310b. The sliding case 220 can be removed from the base case 210 by sliding until it comes off.

The inner wall of the upper wall 322 of the joint lid 320 has an inclined portion 326 inclined downward at the downstream end.
Is provided. By the inclined portion 326 and the inclined portions 318 provided on the first joint member 310a and the second joint member 310b, respectively, the conveying passage portion 200 of the banknote conveying device 10 on the downstream side or the merge conveying driving portion 10 is provided.
Even when 0 is not perfectly horizontal and there is a slight height difference, the banknote can be guided in the receiving direction of the banknote transport device 10 on the downstream side, and the banknote is caught at the connecting portion. As a result, the bills can be smoothly conveyed without jamming the bills.

Then, the bill transporting device 10 according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 23, the main body portion 520 of the locking device 500 is provided at the downstream end of the joint lid 320 so that the opening / closing case 220 including the joint lid 320 can be fixed or released. The main body 520 is provided with a keyhole 521, and the key 53 that can be inserted into and removed from the keyhole 521 is freely inserted.
By operating 0, in the locked state of the main body 520 and the locking portion 510 provided on the gear cover 180,
The opening / closing case 220 is prevented from being released. That is, the sliding of the joint lid 320 to the upstream side is restricted, and at the same time, the adjacent banknote transporting devices 10, 10 are connected in this state.

The main body portion 520 of the locking device 500 receives the engaging portion 510 and can engage with the engaging notch 52.
The slide member 523 provided with 2 is accommodated. The slide member 523 is biased in one direction by a spring 524, and the engaging claw 522a of the engaging cutout 522 engages with the engaging step 511 of the inserted engaging portion 510. The slide member 523 is configured to be lockable with the key 530 by a lock member (not shown). That is, when the key 530 is inserted into the key hole 521 and turned, the lock member disables the sliding of the slide member 523 and prevents the opening / closing case 220 from opening.

When this restrained state is released, the opening / closing case 220 can be removed, and a part of the transport passage section 200 is released. In addition, when the sliding of the slide member 523 by the lock member is permitted without using the key 530,
Even if the locking portion 510 and the main body portion 520 are locked, the locked state can be easily released by sliding the main body portion 520 in the arrow X direction.

As described above, the bill transfer device 10 of the whole type as shown in FIG. 2 has been described. However, in the remote type, the locking portion provided on the gear cover 180 as shown in FIG. 22. 510 is an open / close case 22 of the transport passage 200 on the upstream side.
0.

FIGS. 25 and 26 show another embodiment of the locking device 600. In this embodiment, the sandwiching pieces 610 and 620 sandwiching the transport passage portion 200 from the outside and at least one of the sandwiching pieces 610 and 620 is rotated within a predetermined range by a cam piece 630 that moves in conjunction with the operation of the key 700. The locking device 600 can be freely attached and detached.

More specifically, the sandwiching pieces 610, 6 will be described.
The lower end of 20 is bent like a hook, and the bent parts 611, 6
21 is formed, the bent portions 611 and 621 are used to confirm the normal flow of banknotes in the transfer passage section 200, jamming of banknotes, etc. from the outside. 2 It is locked to the bill confirmation windows 217a and 217b provided on the two base case 210b. Therefore, in this locked state, the opening / closing case 220 is prevented from being released. At this time, which banknote confirmation window 217a,
The locking device 600 may be set to 217b. That is,
The locking device 600 can be set at an arbitrary position of the transfer passage portion 200 of each bill transfer device 10 set on the back surface of the gaming table 1 by selecting a position with good workability.
In the illustrated embodiment, the bent portions 611 and 612 are locked to the bill confirmation windows 217a and 217b, but the bent portions 611 and 612 are directly locked to the lower edge corners of the base case 210. May be. Also in this case, it can be set at an arbitrary position.

Next, when the opening / closing case 220 is removed, that is, when the transport passage 200 is released to collect the jammed bills, the cam piece 630 which is interlocked with the operation of the key 700.
Rotate. By this operation, the protrusion 63 of the cam piece 630
0a abuts on the inner surface 620a of the holding piece 620 fixed to the hinge 640, and pushes the holding piece 620 upward by a predetermined range to lock the bent portion 621 of the holding piece 620 and the bill confirmation window 217b. To release. As a result, the locking device 600 can be attached and detached, and the open / close case 220 can be removed to remove the jammed bill.

The above-mentioned locking device 600 does not need to be purchased at an amusement store that does not particularly require it, and the facility cost can be reduced.

The locking device according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
The locking device is not limited to the locking device 500 of FIG. 3 and FIG. 24 or the locking device 600 of FIG. 25 and FIG. For example, the locking device provided in each banknote transporting device may be automatically opened by operating the locking system device provided at the end of the island. In other words, the number of each banknote transport device is determined in the locking system device, and when the number to be opened / closed is opened, a command is transmitted to the locking device of the banknote transport device, and only the designated banknote transport device is opened. By doing so, it is possible to easily perform the opening operation without holding the key one by one. Also, when locking the key, the locking system device does not have the key.

Regarding the locking device 500, in the description of the previous embodiment, the locking device 500 is provided at the end of each banknote transporting device 10, and the locking device 500 is provided with the key 53.
It is designed to be opened and closed by 0, but the opening and closing operation by the key 530 is troublesome. Therefore, a light receiving unit (not shown) is provided in the main body 520 of the locking device 500 for enabling unlocking and locking by remote control operation, and when unlocking or locking by remote control operation, the operation of the key 530 is troublesome. Exclude. It should be noted that such remote control operation is also possible for the locking device 600 described above.

Next, a method for attaching the bill transporting device 10 to the island will be described. The banknote transport device 10 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, they are arranged on an island formed by the game stands 1 arranged back to back and the ball lending machine 2 arranged between the game stands 1.

A mounting table 800 for mounting the game table 1 is formed on the island, and a mounting frame 801 for mounting the ball lending machine 2 is provided. Then, the bill transporting device 10 is attached to the attachment frame 801. Therefore, the bill transporting device 10 according to the present invention has a mounting bracket 81.
0 is fixed by screws 811. As shown in FIG. 32, the attachment metal fitting 810 has a communication window 812 for allowing the merging / conveying drive unit 100 of the bill conveying device 10 to face the bill inserting machine 21 of the ball lending machine.

Then, the bill transporting device 10 is fixed in the island by passing the attachment frame 801 through the attachment frame 801 and tightening the set screw 802. By the way, the width of the island changes individually depending on the design of the game shop.
Therefore, the mounting bracket 810 and the mounting frame 801 have been conventionally used.
A spacer is interposed between and.

However, since the conventional spacers are simply stacked with different thicknesses, the handling is inconvenient and the workability is poor. Further, there is a spacer in which one end surface of the spacer is provided with a locking claw and the other end surface thereof is provided with a locking hole so that the locking claw and the locking hole are locked and connected. Not only was the workability poor, but the pawls were easily damaged and they had to be handled with care.

Therefore, in the embodiment shown in the drawings, for the purpose of providing a bill transporting device which can be easily installed in an island of a game shop, a pair of leg portions having locking claws 831 at one end of the spacer 830 are provided. 832 is extended,
A locking hole 833 into which the leg portion 832 can be inserted is formed on the other end surface. Further, the locking surface 83 with which the locking claw 831 is locked.
4, that is, the inner end surface of the spacer 830 has a tapered shape that gradually becomes thicker (see FIG. 33).

In order to connect the spacer 830 having the above-described structure, the leg portion 832 is inserted into the locking hole 833 and the locking claw 831 is rotated in the direction of climbing the locking surface 834. Then, the locking claw 831 is pressed against the tapered locking surface 834 to connect the spacer 830. Incidentally, the illustrated spacer 830 has a groove 835 for preventing slippage formed on a part of the outer peripheral surface thereof, so that it can be easily gripped when rotated.

On the other hand, to disconnect the spacer 830,
Rotate in the opposite direction to the above to rotate the locking claw 831 and the locking surface 834.
The pressure contact with and is released, and the leg portion 832 may be pulled out from the locking hole 833.

A plurality of types of spacers 830a, 830b, 830c having the above-mentioned structure and having different thicknesses are prepared and connected to each other at desired intervals. With such a spacer 830, not only is disassembly easy, but also the connected spacers 830 ... Can be handled as an integral spacer, so that workability is significantly improved. Although three types of spacers 830 ... Are prepared in the illustrated embodiment, more spacers may be prepared.

Further, the leg 832 of the spacer 830 can be inserted into the above-mentioned mounting metal fitting 810, and a pair of connecting holes 841 having a joint surface tapered like the locking surface 834 of the spacer 830 are opened. I am doing it. The mounting bracket 810 shown in the drawing is provided with a connecting hole 84 provided above.
1 and the central screw hole 842 are formed in two steps, that is, even when the intervals of the mounting holes formed in the mounting frame 801 are different. Further, in FIG. 29, a coin transfer device 90 for transferring coins is provided below the banknote transfer device 10.
Is drawn.

The configuration of the bill transporting device of the present invention can be easily applied as a transporting device for coins including coins, medals as game media, or so-called prepaid cards storing valuable values.

[0103]

As described above, in the bill transporting device of the present invention, since the opening / closing case that can open and close a part of the transporting path for holding and transporting the bill is provided with the locking device for preventing the opening, the clerk In addition to improving the morals of the above and collecting the jammed banknotes as in the conventional case, the clerk does not have to be enthusiastic about extracting high-value banknotes, and at the same time, the workability thereof is not impaired. Moreover, the structure is not large, and thus cost increase can be suppressed. Furthermore, this locking device can connect the bill transporting devices to each other, which is extremely high in practical value. Also,
The banknote transport device of the present invention is extremely unlikely to jam a banknote during banknote transport. Therefore, it becomes extremely rare to open the opening / closing case of the bill transporting device, and the lending of the ball lending machine is stopped, so that the customer is not inconvenienced and the sales on the store side are not reduced. Further, with the bill transporting device of the present invention, it is easy to attach to the island of a game shop, and it is possible to flexibly deal with islands of different depths.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a banknote transfer device of a remote stand type according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an all-in-one type banknote transport device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view showing a usage state of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a merging / conveying drive unit in the embodiment of FIG.

5 is a front view showing a first receiving guide member of the merging / conveying drive section shown in FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an operation explanatory view of the first passage in the merging / conveying drive unit shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a front view showing the function of a first receiving guide member of the merging / conveying drive unit shown in FIG.

8 is a front view showing a second receiving guide member of the merging / conveying drive unit shown in FIG. 4. FIG.

9 is an operation explanatory view of the second passage in the merge transport drive section shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing a motor unit.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a bill-feeding device of a stand type according to the present invention.

12A and 12B show an embodiment of a banknote type bill carrier of the present invention, in which FIG. 12A is a plan view and FIG. 12B is an open front view.

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a transport passage portion.

14A is a perspective view of a roller rail, FIG. 14B is a front view of the second base case opened, FIG. 14C is an enlarged view of a receiving portion, and FIG. 14D is a plan view of a connected state. is there.

FIG. 15 (A) is an explanatory view showing a lower transport rail,
(B) is a plan view showing a correction plate.

FIG. 16 is a side view showing an opening / closing case.

FIG. 17 is a bottom view showing the opening / closing case.

FIG. 18 is a side view showing a joint member.

FIG. 19 is a first joint member and a second joint member.
It is a top view of a joint member.

FIG. 20 is a plan view of the joint lid of the joint member.

FIG. 21 is a bottom view of the joint lid of the joint member.

FIG. 22 is a perspective view showing a gear cover.

FIG. 23 is a perspective view showing an example of a locking device.

FIG. 24 is a plan view in which a part of the locking device of the above is cut away.

FIG. 25 is an exploded perspective view showing another embodiment of the locking device.

26 (A) is a perspective view of an assembled state of the locking device of FIG. 25, and (B) is a perspective view of the attached state.

27 is a perspective view showing a connected state of the banknote transport device shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

28 is a perspective view showing a connected state of the banknote transport device shown in FIG. 2. FIG.

FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram of an island provided with a bill transport device.

FIG. 30 is a schematic explanatory view showing a state in which the bill transporting device is attached to an island.

FIG. 31 is a front view of a mounting portion of the bill transporting device.

FIG. 32 (A) is a perspective view of a mounting bracket, and FIG. 32 (B) is a perspective view with a spacer attached.

FIG. 33 is an explanatory view of a spacer, (A) is a left side view,
(B) is a front view, (C) is a right side view, and (D) is a cross-sectional view in a connected state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 banknote transport device 100 merge transport drive unit 110 hollow rectangular frame 120 first receiving guide member 126 receiving guide 130 second receiving guide member 140 motor unit 160a drive roller 164 feed roller 180 gear cover 200 transport passage portion 210 base case 220 opening / closing Case 230 Pulley rail 260 Roller rail 300 Joint member 500, 600 Locking device 830 Spacer

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Noboru Akimoto No. 15-15 Fujimi, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Sayama Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (72) Shinichi Igarashi, No. 15-1, Fujimi, Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture Sayama Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A banknote transporting device for sandwiching and transporting banknotes supplied from a banknote inserting machine along a transport path formed along a plurality of arranged gaming stands, wherein the transport path for sandwiching and transporting banknotes is a base body. A main body of a suppressing member configured to include a case and an opening / closing case that is provided so as to face the base case and can open / close a part of the transport passage, and that suppresses opening / closing of the opening / closing case;
A bill transporting device comprising a locking device provided with a locking portion that can be engaged with and disengaged from the main body portion. 2. A bill transporting device for sandwiching and transporting bills supplied from a bill inserting machine along a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged gaming stands, wherein the transport passage for sandwiching and transporting bills is a base body. A case, an opening / closing case that faces the base case and can open and close a part of the transport passage, and a joint that is attached to one end of the transport passage in a direction along the transport direction and connects adjacent transport passages. And a main body of a restraining member for restraining the opening / closing of the open / close case is provided in one of the transport passages in a state where the adjacent transport passages are in communication with each other,
A banknote transporting device, comprising a locking device provided with a locking part in the other transporting path, and the main body part and the locking part being engageable and disengageable. 3. A bill transporting device for sandwiching and transporting bills supplied from a bill inserting machine along a transport passage formed along a plurality of gaming machines, wherein the transport passage for sandwiching and transporting bills is a base body. A case and a pair of opening / closing cases that are provided so as to be opposed to the base case and can open and close a part of the transport passage, and a pair of holding pieces that are attached to the position of the opening / closing case in a crowned state; A bent portion that engages with the base case is provided at the tip of the holding piece, and at least one holding piece of the holding piece is configured to rotate within a certain range with respect to the transport passage by a key operation. A banknote transporting device comprising a locking device that prevents the opening / closing of the opening / closing case from being opened / closed and is attachable / detachable at an arbitrary position of the base case. 4. A banknote transport device for holding and carrying banknotes supplied from a banknote inserting machine in a carrying path formed along a plurality of arranged gaming tables, wherein the carrying path holds and carries the banknotes. , Rollers are rotatably arranged at positions facing a plurality of pulleys in which a belt for holding and conveying banknotes is stretched, and a conveyance surface of a roller rail for pivotally attaching these rollers is set to A bill conveyance device characterized in that it is widened to have a corrugated shape so as to reduce a step with an outer peripheral surface of a roller at an axially attached position. 5. A bill transporting device for holding and transporting bills supplied from a bill throwing machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged gaming tables, wherein a connecting portion of a transport passage for sandwiching and transporting bills. In the above, the banknote transporting device is characterized in that the end portion of the roller rail has a relatively acute-angled cut surface, and the cut surface is in communication with a guide surface along the transport path. 6. A bill transporting device for sandwiching and transporting bills supplied from a bill throwing machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged gaming tables, and a first bills for sandwiching and transporting bills from upstream. In the merging / conveying drive unit in which the conveying passage of No. 1 and the second conveying passage for conveying banknotes from the ball lending machine merge, a feed roller provided with a biasing unit is provided for the drive roller connected to the drive source. A bill transporting device characterized by being pressed so as to be swingable. 7. A banknote transport device for sandwiching and transporting banknotes supplied from a banknote inserting machine in a transfer path formed along a plurality of arranged gaming tables, wherein first banknotes are clamped and transported from upstream. In the merging / conveying drive unit in which the conveying passage of No. 1 and the second conveying passage for conveying the banknotes from the ball lending machine merge, the end of the second conveying passage is connected to the drive roller connected to the drive source. A bill transporting device provided with a receiving guide for approaching. 8. A banknote transport device for sandwiching and transporting banknotes supplied from a banknote inserting machine along a transfer path formed along a plurality of gaming machines, wherein a transfer path for sandwiching and transferring banknotes is a roller rail. At least an upper corner portion on the conveying passage side of a pulley rail configured in cooperation with the above is chamfered to widen the upper side of the conveying passage. 9. A bill transporting device for holding and transporting bills supplied from a bill throwing machine in a transport passage formed along a plurality of arranged gaming machines, wherein the bill transporting device is installed in an island facility. , When a plurality of spacers having different heights corresponding to the intervals of the mounting frames arranged back to back are intervened in combination, a pair of leg portions having locking claws at the tips are extended at one end surface of the spacers. At the same time, the other end surface is provided with a locking hole through which the leg portion can be inserted, and the locking surface formed inside the spacer with which the locking claw is locked has a tapered shape that gradually becomes thicker. Characteristic banknote transport device.