JPH082765Y2 - Locking mechanism of open / close support shaft in bill validator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention is directed to a main body unit having a substrate on which a detection sensor group for identifying the authenticity of banknotes and a conveyor belt for retracting inserted banknotes are provided on a substrate, and a magnetic field. A banknote discriminating machine in which a head and a pressing roller group are arranged on an upper plate, and a cover with a cover is pivotally supported by an opening / closing support shaft so as to be openable / closable, for example, a game provided between gaming machines. The present invention relates to a bill validator that is mounted on a medium lending machine to identify the authenticity of bills that have been inserted, and in particular, the opening / closing support shaft that is inserted through the insertion hole between the main body and the lid is E
The present invention relates to a locking mechanism for an opening / closing support shaft that is locked by a ring so that the opening / closing support shaft inserted through the ring does not fall out.

(Prior Art) Usually, a plurality of pachinko machines 61 are arranged in a row in the lateral direction of each island 60 of a pachinko game shop, and a thin game medium lending machine (between ball lending machines) between the pachinko machines 61. Are also installed.
Today's game agent rental machines are 100 yen coins and 5
A banknote stand ball lending machine 50 is provided that can be used not only with 00 yen coins but also with banknotes. The banknote stand ball lending machine 50 is installed in a pachinko game store so that the pachinko game store can lend it without standing up even if coins (100 yen, 500 yen coins) are exhausted from the service orientation for the player. Is increasing. Furthermore, a thin type inter-machine medal lender (not shown) is installed between pachi-slot (slot machine) stands for medal games even on a different island from the pachinko game, and a predetermined number of coins are inserted to determine genuine (50 sheets) were rented in a lump sum. That is, the banknote classifier 51 for identifying inserted banknotes was indispensable to the above-mentioned bill inter-lens ball lending machine 50 and inter-unit medal lender.

Here, the game medium lending machine will be described as a bill stand ball lending machine 50. As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the banknote stand ball lending machine 50 is provided with a banknote insertion slot 55 for inserting a banknote (thousand yen) at the bottom, and a selection button 53 for selecting the loan amount. , A ball pot 54 for paying out the selected amount of balls is provided near the center. The banknote classifier 51 connected to the above-mentioned banknote insertion slot 55 to determine the authenticity of the banknote is provided in the machine, and when a banknote jam occurs, the lid 20 and the main body 10 are opened and closed so that they can be removed. It is formed freely.

Explaining the opening / closing mechanism (openable / closable) between the lid 20 and the main body 10 of the bill identifying machine 51 described above, the opening / closing support shaft 80 of the opening / closing mechanism is locked by the main body 70 as shown in FIG. Side plate
Inserting holes 74 are formed at both side ends of the main body frame 71 composed of 72, and inserting holes 77 are provided at both side ends of the side plate 78 of the lid part 75 at the same position as the main body part 70. After inserting the opening / closing support shaft 80 with 81 into the insertion holes 74 and 77, the E-rings 82 are fitted on both sides to lock the opening / closing support shaft 80, which is a general locking means.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) However, in order to fit the E-rings to both ends of the opening / closing support shaft, it is necessary to provide a notch groove with strict dimensional accuracy, and as a result, the machining of the part to be provided with the notch groove and its The cost for processing parts is high, and the work to fit the E-rings into the notches on both sides after inserting the opening / closing support shaft is troublesome, and it takes time to assemble the product (banknote validator). It became expensive, which eventually led to the high cost of a game agent lending machine to install a bill validator.

Furthermore, if it has been used for many years, parts such as the detection sensor and the magnetic head may break down. In the replacement work, to remove the lid part from the main body part, it is necessary to remove the E-rings fitted in the notches on both sides of the opening / closing support shaft and the E-rings are fitted after the replacement work. I had to do the troublesome work of putting it back in, and it took a long time to replace it.

The present invention has an E locking mechanism for the opening and closing support shaft of the lid and the main body.
An object of the present invention is to provide a locking mechanism for an opening / closing support shaft of a bill validator that securely locks without using a ring or the like, and an opening / closing support shaft that is also inserted does not fall out.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the locking mechanism of the opening / closing support shaft in the bill identifying machine of the present invention is a detection sensor group for detecting the authenticity of inserted bills. And a main body part having a conveyor belt for drawing in the inserted banknotes on a substrate, a magnetic head and a pressing roller group arranged on an upper plate, and a lid part with a cover attached, and the main body part and the lid part are A banknote classifier comprising a cover member that can be opened and closed by an opening / closing support shaft pivotally supported on one side, and a locking member that locks or unlocks the cover unit and the main body unit on the other side, A projecting piece projecting in a bent shape is provided on one side of the side surface in the longitudinal direction of the cover that is capped on the lid portion, and insertion holes are formed on both sides of the body portion and the lid portion. The opening / closing support shaft pivotally supported in the insertion hole of the lid allows the lid to be freely opened and closed, and is pivotally supported. Only one end of the opening / closing support shaft is formed with a small diameter so that it is inserted into the insertion hole of the main body, and the other opening / closing support shaft is locked by the protruding piece of the cover attached to the lid so that it does not come out. It is a thing.

(Operation) The locking mechanism of the opening / closing support shaft in the bill discriminating machine of the present invention configured as described above is bent in a bent shape and protruded to one side of the longitudinal side surface of the cover attached to the lid. A protruding piece is provided, and insertion holes are formed on both sides of the main body and the lid,
The lid is configured to be openable / closable by an opening / closing support shaft pivotally supported in the body and the insertion hole of the lid, and one end of the pivotally supported opening / closing support shaft is formed to have a small diameter in the insertion hole of the body. The other opening / closing support shaft is inserted, and the opening / closing support shaft can be locked at all times without using an E-ring or the like by locking the opening / closing support shaft by the protruding piece of the cover attached to the lid. The opening / closing support shaft does not pull out (do not fall out) when opening or closing.

Therefore, the cost of the product itself can be reduced because the machining of the cut grooves on both sides of the opening / closing support shaft and the troublesome fitting work by the E ring are eliminated.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 5, the bill discriminating machine 51 of the present invention is installed in the machine below the bill inter-lens ball lending machine 50 provided between the pachinko machines 61 in the island 60 of the pachinko game shop. And
The bills inserted by the player are identified by the bill validator 51, and if the bills are genuine bills, they are transported to the bill transport device 62 inside, and if they are counterfeit bills, they are returned. The identification will be described later in detail.

Next, the banknote stand ball rental machine 50 will be described. The banknote stand ball lending machine 50 is composed of a selection button 53 in the upper part, a ball pot 54 in the center and a vertical banknote insertion slot 55 in the lower part, and when the player inserts banknotes into the banknote insertion slot 55, banknotes If it is identified (optical sensor group, magnetic head) inside the identification machine 51 and it is a genuine bill, the selection button 53 lights up and the selection button of the amount requested by the player
When 53 is pressed, the internal ball rental counting and dispensing mechanism (not shown)
A considerable amount of balls are dispensed to the ball pot 54 via the, and if there is a balance, the change dispense mechanism (not shown) inside the dispenser dispenses the change to the return port.

Next, the form of the bill validator 51 of the present invention will be described.

A banknotes insertion mechanism (banknote insertion part 56) is provided between the banknote insertion slot 55 and the banknotes classifier 51 on the banknote insertion side short side of the banknotes classifier 51 formed of a substantially rectangular shape. ing.
The banknote insertion portion 56 is formed of a first step groove portion 56a and a second step groove portion 21a, and is formed in a plurality of uneven shapes in two rows. The first step groove portion 56a is formed on the other side of the bill insertion portion 56 in two rows and formed in a plurality of irregular shapes, and the second step groove portion 21a is an edge of the substrate 13 of the main body portion 10. 13a which is formed by extending and is formed into an uneven shape, and one in which the edge of the upper plate 21 of the lid portion 20 is extended and bent and formed into an uneven shape.

As a result, when the banknote insertion slot 55 of the banknote insertion part 56 and the banknote classifier 51 are connected, the plurality of uneven first and second stepped groove parts 56a, 21a provided on both edges are inserted. Because they wear each other,
There is no gap in this connecting part. Since the inner wall surface becomes smooth by inserting and attaching the first and second stepped groove portions 56a, 21a, when the bills are transferred, the bills are not jammed or caught in the bill validator 51 and smoothly. It is transported to the transport device 62.

If a bill is jammed in the bill validator 51, the locking portions 24 on both side surfaces are removed from the locking holes 18 to open and close the lid portion 20, but the first and second step groove portions 56a, 21a. Since it is formed with multiple irregularities, the lid part can be attached even with the bill validator 51 attached.
You can open and close 20 to remove the jammed bills.

Further, locking holes 18 are provided at the ends of both sides of the main body 10 on the banknote insertion side in the longitudinal direction, and locking claws are provided on the ends of both sides of the lid 20 on the banknote insertion side in the longitudinal direction. Is provided as a locking member (lock), and the lid 20 is unlocked from the main body 10 to be opened by operating the locking member, or locked when closed. are doing.

An open / close support shaft 40 for opening / closing the lid 20 is pivotally supported on the short side of the above-described bill identifying machine 51 opposite to the bill insertion side. Therefore, the lid 20 and the main body 10 can be opened and closed.

Furthermore, the cover 30 that covers the lid 20 of the bill validator 51
Ventilation holes 32 (protrusions, holes) are provided at appropriate places on one of the side faces in the longitudinal direction so as to allow the internal heat generation to escape. Further, a projecting piece 31 is provided on the other side surface in the longitudinal direction of the cover 30 that is attached to the lid portion 20. Further, a geared motor 19 for driving an internal conveyor belt is provided on the longitudinal side surface of the main body 10.

Next, the internal structure of the bill validator 51 of the present invention will be described.

First, the main body portion 10 of the bill validator 51 is formed by a main body frame 11 composed of side plates 12 bent on both sides as shown in FIG. A substrate 13 provided with a group of detection sensors 16 for detecting and an endless belt 15 is fixed. Through holes 14 are formed in the side plates 12 at both side ends of the body frame 11.

In FIG. 2, 19 is a geared motor, and the main body 10
Drive pulley 28 and belt pulley 29 at appropriate intervals
The endless belt 15 wound around is driven to rotate.
The inserted banknotes are nipped by two endless belts 15, a guide roller 17a and a pressing roller 17b adjacent to both ends, and a pressing roller 25 group provided on the lid 20.

A group of three optical sensors 16a to 16c is obliquely arranged on the substrate 13 of the main body 10 for detecting the authenticity of the inserted banknote. First, it is located near the slot side. When detecting the tip of the inserted bill by the optical sensor 16a, the gard motor 19 is driven, the bill is drawn into the bill identifying machine 51 by the endless belt 15, the length of the bill by the optical sensor 16b located in the middle, If the bill is a true bill by detecting the thickness and printing of the bill and the watermark, and the endless belt 15 is rotated in the forward direction, the bill further enters the bill validator 51, but if the bill is a counterfeit bill, ,
The endless belt 15 is reversed to return the bill to the bill insertion slot 55. Even if the bill is a genuine bill, the bill may be returned due to stains or tears on the surface. The last optical sensor 16c confirms whether the end of the bill has passed, and if so, the drive of the geared motor 19 is stopped.

Further, an upper plate 21 on which a magnetic head 26 and a group of pressing rollers 25 are arranged is fixedly attached to the lid portion 20 of the bill validator 51. Inserting holes at the same positions as the main body frame 11 in the side plates 23 at both side ends of the lid 20.
22 is drilled. Further, the cover 20 is capped with a cover 30 having a size substantially the same as the size of the cover 20 and having a protruding piece 31 protruding in a bent shape at one end. The protruding piece 31 is formed slightly larger than the shaft diameter of the opening / closing support shaft 40.
Incidentally, 27 is a pull-out preventing tool which is attached to the center of the end.

Next, the locking mechanism of the open / close support shaft, which is the gist of the present invention, will be described.

As described above, the opening / closing support shaft 40 for opening and closing the lid 20 is pivotally supported in the insertion hole 14 of the side plate 12 on the short side opposite to the bill insertion side of the main body 10 of the bill identifying machine 51, Part 20 and body
10 and 10 can be opened and closed freely.

The opening / closing support shaft 40 has the same diameter as the insertion hole 14, and only one of them has a small diameter portion where only the tip is thinner than other portions as shown in FIG.
41, and has the width of the lid portion 20.

When supporting the opening / closing support shaft 40, the small diameter portion 41 is inserted into the insertion hole 14 of the side plate 12 of the main body frame 11 and the insertion hole 22 of the side plate 23 of the upper plate 21 and locked by the step 42, and the other side is also the insertion hole. The opening / closing support shaft 40 is inserted through the insertion hole 22 and the opening / closing hole 22, and the other end of the opening / closing support shaft 40 is locked by the protruding piece 31 of the cover 30 attached to the cover 30.

As described above, the open / close support shaft 40 is always covered with the cover.
Since it is pressed by the protruding piece 31 of 30, the opening / closing support shaft 40 does not slip off even when it is opened / closed, and even if it is not fitted by the E ring.

Normally, the opening / closing support shaft 40 is pressed by the protruding piece 31 of the cover 30 that is capped, but when the detection sensor 16 or the magnetic head 26 fails, it is capped when the lid 20 is removed from the main body 10. If the cover 30 is removed and the opening / closing support shaft 40 is pulled out, the lid 20 is removed. Therefore, it can be replaced in a short time.

In this embodiment, the conveyor belt and the detection sensor group are fixed to the main body, and the magnetic head and the pressing roller group are fixed to the lid, but it goes without saying that they may be fixed to either one. Further, the bill type identification machine mounted on the bill stand intermediary ball lending machine has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be an opening / closing part such as a card reader of a card type interstand ball lending machine, which is limited to this industry. Not.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, the locking mechanism of the opening / closing support shaft in the bill validator of the present invention includes the detection sensor group for detecting the authenticity of the inserted bills and the inserted bills. It consists of a main body with a conveyor belt for drawing in banknotes on the substrate, and a lid with a magnetic head and pressure roller group on the upper plate and a cover attached to the main body. A banknote classifier in which the lid portion is openable and closable by a supported opening / closing support shaft, and a locking member for locking or unlocking the lid portion and the main body portion is provided on the other side, the lid portion comprising: A projecting piece projecting in a bent shape is provided on one side of the longitudinal side surface of the cover to be attached, and insertion holes are formed on both sides of the main body and the lid, respectively, and the main body and the lid are inserted. The opening / closing support shaft pivotally supported in the hole allows the lid portion to be freely opened and closed. On the other hand, only the tip has a small diameter and is inserted into the insertion hole of the main body part, and the other opening and closing support shaft is locked by the protruding piece of the cover attached to the lid part so as not to pull out. As shown in the figure, there is no need to machine parts that have notch grooves with dimensional accuracy on both sides of the open / close support shaft, and the costs associated with machining those parts. Also, the troublesome assembly work to fit the E-ring in the notch groove is eliminated. It is possible to provide a cheap bill validator by reducing the cost of the product itself.

Furthermore, when parts such as the detection sensor and the magnetic head break down and the lid part is removed from the main body part during replacement work, the E ring that was fitted in the notch groove is removed, which is a troublesome work.
If the cover is removed and the opening / closing support shaft is pulled out without the troublesome work of returning the ring, the lid can be easily removed, so that the replacement work can be completed in an extremely short time. That is, the opening / closing support shaft is pivotally supported even if it is not crowned by the E-ring or the like, and will not fall out even if the bill validator is changed in direction and opened / closed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a bill insertion section and a bill validator of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall perspective view showing an opened / closed state of the bill validator, and FIG. 3 is a front part of the bill validator. A cross-sectional view, FIG. 4A is an overall side view when a bill validator is attached to a bill pallet ball lending machine, FIG. 4B is a front view of the same, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an island of a pachinko amusement store, Figure 6 is a conventional example. 10 …… Main body, 13 …… Substrate, 14 …… Insertion hole, 20 …… Lid part 21 …… Upper plate, 22 …… Insertion hole, 30 …… Cover, 31 …… Projecting piece 40 …… Opening / closing support shaft , 41 …… Thin diameter part

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A main body unit having a substrate on which a detection sensor group for detecting authenticity of inserted bills and a conveyor belt for drawing in inserted bills, a magnetic head and a pressing roller group are arranged on an upper plate. The main body and the lid are configured to be openable / closable by an opening / closing support shaft pivotally supported on one side, and the main body and the lid are locked on the other side by locking or closing the main body and the lid. A banknote classifier comprising a locking member for unlocking, wherein a projecting piece projecting in a bent shape is provided on one side of a longitudinal side surface of a cover to be attached to the lid section, and the main body section and Insertion holes are formed on both sides of the lid, and the lid is made openable and closable by an opening / closing support shaft pivotally supported by the body and the insertion hole of the lid. Only the tip has a small diameter and is inserted into the insertion hole of the main body, and the other opening / closing support shaft is attached to the lid. Locking mechanism in open support shaft to the banknote sheet recognition apparatus, characterized in that to not pulled out by locked by the projecting pieces of the cover.