JPH11286352A - Lamina carrying device and its utilization device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly execute communication control among the portions of control parts for carrying laminas charged in from an auxiliary carrying path along a main carrying path without being affected by confusion due to communication collision. SOLUTION: A lamina carrying device 300 allows laminas 100 charged from an auxiliary carrying path S to be carried by main carrying portion 2.4 equivalent to the division of main carrying path M. Each control part 10C controls conveyance between the auxiliary carrying path and each main carrying portion based on communication between the respective control parts. In order to avoid confusion due to communication collision, communication corresponding to troubles in the auxiliary carrying path and the main carrying portion, is defined as a first order, communication corresponding to the charging of laminas to the main carrying portion from the auxiliary carrying path and the charging of laminas to the main carrying portion in the downstream from the main carrying portion in the upstream is defined as a second order, communication corresponding to the passage of laminas at the respective carrying portions is defined as a third order, and the other communication is defined as a fourth order. Waiting time until transmission is started again in the case of communication collision is similarly defined as mentioned above. Since communication concerning important control takes priority, carrying control over laminas can thereby be smoothly executed with no confusion.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lamella transporting device for transporting lamellas such as banknotes inserted from a plurality of entrances in a predetermined path direction, and a device utilizing the lamella, for example, a plurality of pachinko machines. The present invention relates to a pachinko tajima device provided with a flake transport device for transporting bills and the like in which the game balls are inserted as loan consideration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Pachinko gaming machines, or gaming machines such as pachinko / slot gaming machines provided with a bouncing function or a slot machine function at a gate portion of the pachinko gaming machine (in the present invention, these gaming machines are collectively referred to as: A plurality of pachinko machines are arranged as shown in FIG. 5 and a single block is formed as a pachinko machine 500. This pachinko machine 500 has a plurality of pachinko machines inside a pachinko parlor. It seems to have arranged "islands", so it is commonly called "islands". Note that, in the reference numerals in the drawings below, portions denoted by the same reference numerals are portions having the same functions as the portions denoted by the same reference numerals described in any of the drawings.

[0003] A flake transport device 300 for transporting flakes 100 such as bills, slips, cards, and the like inserted as a loan for game balls used for pachinko gaming.
As a configuration assembled to the pachinko tajima device 500,
A configuration as shown in FIG. 5 (hereinafter referred to as a first prior art) is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-28138.

In FIG. 5, a plurality of pachinko machines B are arranged on a pachinko machine 500 in a front row side and a rear row side, and a section 100 for introducing and transporting a thin piece 100 is provided at a required position between the pachinko machines B. C is arranged. The introductory transport portion C is a ball rental device for renting a game ball used for the pachinko machine B, that is, a pachinko ball (the entire device is not shown).
This is a portion into which the thin section 100 is inserted and fed into the main transport path M, and itself constitutes a part of the sub transport path S.

A main transport path portion 300A constituting a main transport path M is disposed in a space between the pachinko table B on the front row side and the pachinko table B on the rear row side. The thin piece 100 inserted from the main conveyance path M is sent to the main conveyance path M by the sub conveyance path S provided in the introduction conveyance section C, and the storage box 110 provided at the end of the main conveyance path M by the main conveyance path M of the main conveyance path section 300A. The specific configuration of the main transport path portion 300A is, for example, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG.
In the present invention, when viewed from the flow of the lamella 100 in the main transport path M, being located at the beginning of the flow is referred to as upstream, and being located at the end of the flow is referred to as downstream.

In such a thin sheet conveying apparatus 300, the main conveying path M is unitized as a divided main conveying section, and the section where the thin section 100 is inserted from the sub conveying path S into the main conveying path M and merged is independently joined and conveyed. A configuration as a unit as shown in FIG. 6 (hereinafter referred to as a second prior art) is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei.
5 is disclosed.

[0007] In the configuration of FIG.
Is a portion in which only the sub-transport paths S arranged on the front row side and the rear row side, that is, only the confluence section where the thin section 100 is introduced into the main transport path M from the introduction transport section C are formed into one independent unit. The relay transport unit 4 arranged between the merge transport units 2 transfers the thin pieces 100 inserted into the main transport path M by the merge transport unit 2 to the downstream next merge transport unit 2 or the storage box 110. This constitutes a partial main transport path M for transport. In addition, the transport in the merge transport unit 2 and the transport in the relay transport unit 4 are linked by a link mechanism 4v, for example, a link mechanism by a gear mechanism.

A drive motor 26x for driving the transport in the sub-transport path S is arranged in each sub-transport path S, that is, in the introductory transport section C. A drive motor 26 for driving the conveyance between the sub-transport path and the relay conveyance unit 4 is provided. Further, a control unit 10C for controlling the operation / stop of these drive motors 26 and 26x is provided in each sub-transport path S.
, I.e., the introduction / conveyance portion C. That is, the front row side sub-transportation path S, the rear row side sub-transportation path S disposed opposite thereto, the merging / transporting unit 2 into which the thin pieces 100 are inserted from these sub-paths S, The relay transport unit 4 into which the thin section 100 is inserted from the unit 2 is configured as one control block 10.

[0009] As shown in FIG. 7, the detailed detailed configuration of each transport portion in the configuration of FIG. 6 includes a portion of the sub-transport path S in the introductory transport portion C and a portion of the main transport path M in the relay transport unit 4. Is a part configured by a mechanism (hereinafter, referred to as an opposite belt transport mechanism) that sandwiches and transports the thin piece 100 between two flat belts that are transported at the same speed and are arranged opposite to each other. In addition, in each of the following drawings, a thick line indicates a thick section or an end surface of a member constituting each part.

The opposing belt transport mechanism 42 in the relay transport unit 4 is driven by a drive motor 26 (not shown) provided in the merge transport unit 4 via an appropriate gear mechanism to drive each pulley 43A.・ 43B
, Two endless flat belts 45A
45B, that is, an endless flat belt-shaped belt is hung, and the driven pulleys 44A and 44B driven by the two flat belts 45A and 45B are positioned at the end portions close to the next-order merging and conveying unit 2. The portion where the two flat belts 45A and 45B face each other is provided with a very small gap enough to allow the thin section 100 to enter, or is in a state where they are almost in contact with each other.

The opposing belt transport mechanism 42B in the introductory transport section C is provided with a drive motor 26x of the above-mentioned ball lending device (the entire apparatus is not shown) provided in the introductory transport section C.
(Not shown), the driving pulleys C1a and C1b to be driven are arranged at a position close to the lamella inlet C1 for inserting the lamella 100 via an appropriate gear mechanism. 2 placed opposite to C1b
And two endless flat belts C3a and C3b are hung, and driven pulleys C2a and C2b driven by the two flat belts C3a and C3b are arranged at positions close to the thin section outlet C2. 4 has a transport structure using an opposite belt transport mechanism 42B similar to the opposite belt transport mechanism 42.

The opposed belt transport mechanism 42B of the introduction transport section C includes a guide plate C1A provided at the thin section entrance C1;
Except for the thin section outlet C2 for sending out the thin section 100, the section 100 is surrounded by an appropriate protective cover C3, and the opposing belt conveying mechanism of the relay conveying unit 4 controls the thin section 100 fed from the merging and conveying unit 2. A guide plate 59A provided at the end on the receiving side, and a guide plate 59B provided on the end on the side for transferring the transported lamella 100 to the next merging and transporting unit 2
, And is surrounded by an appropriate protective cover 4A. In addition,

Further, the transport structure of the merge transport unit 2 has two guide plates 2 forming a curved path for guiding the thin pieces 100 fed from the sub-transport path S to the main transport path M.
The merging guide walls 23A composed of 3A1 and 23A2 are symmetrically arranged on the front and rear sides of the main transport path M with respect to the main transport path M, and are linear paths corresponding to a part of the main transport path M. And a guide wall 23 integrally connected to each guide plate 23A2 on the distal end side of the merging guide wall 23B constituted by the two guide plates 23B1 and 23B2 forming the guide plate 23A2. A feed roller 25A for merging is provided in a portion of the viewing window provided in an intermediate portion of 23A1,
Further, the two rollers 24A and 2A opposingly arranged at the end of the relay transport unit 4 in the first order, that is, the end on the side that receives the thin piece 100 sent from the upstream relay transport unit 4
4B, two rollers 24A and 2A
The portion where 4B is opposed is provided with a very small gap enough to allow the thin section 100 to enter, or is in a state of almost contacting.

The transport structure of the merging and transporting unit 2 has a guide plate 2B provided at a portion where the thin piece 100 is introduced into the rollers 24A and 24B, and a delivery portion of the thin piece 100 on the leading end side of the guide plate 23A1. And is surrounded by an appropriate protective cover 2A. The rollers 24A and 24B and the roller 25A
Is interlocked with a drive motor 26 (not shown) via an interlocking mechanism (not shown), for example, a gear mechanism. The receiving shelves 2a and 2b serve as receiving shelves when fixing the relay transport unit 4 to the merge transport unit 2.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, when the width W for arranging the sub-transport path S is changed due to the configuration of the device, for example, the configuration of the pachinko tajima device 500, for example, the pachinko machine is used. When the width W is changed by using, for example, an operating mechanism (not shown) attached to the back side of the table B, which has a different depth from an operation mechanism section, a portion of the sub-transport path S, that is, the introductory conveyance. In order to avoid changing the length of the transport path of the part C, for example, the ball lending apparatus, a thin section 10 is provided between each of the introductory transport parts C and each of the merging transport units 2.
In addition, a guide conduit 8 for guiding and bridging 0 is provided separately, and a take-in / transport portion for actively taking in the thin pieces 100 fed from the guide conduit 8 into the merge / transport unit 2 side is merged and conveyed. A configuration (hereinafter, referred to as a third prior art) provided on the unit 2 side is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 7-202478 filed by the present applicant.

In FIG. 8, the main components different from the configuration of FIG. 7 are that the portion of the opposing belt transport mechanism 42B in the introductory transport portion C is configured to be the shortest of the predetermined dimensions, and In a portion corresponding to the sub-transport path S between the transport portion C and the merged transport unit 2, the flakes 100 sent from the introduction transport portion C are fed to the inlet 2C of the merged transport unit 2, that is, an inlet for receiving the flakes 100. A guide conduit 8 for guiding is provided, and a take-in / transport portion 7 constituted by two opposed rollers 71A and 71B is provided at the introduction port 2C of the merge / transport unit 2 so that the merge with the main transport path M is performed. This is a point where the width W is easily adjusted by changing the length L5 of the guide conduit 8. The roller 71A is a pulley that is driven by the drive-side pulley 31A and the flat belt 72A, and the roller 71B is rotated by a spring 73 by being pressed against the flat belt 72A hung on the roller 72A. It has become. Further, the pulley 31A
The roller 24A is connected via an interlocking mechanism, for example, a gear mechanism.
・ It is designed to work with 24B.

Further, for some reason, the conveyance in the sub conveyance path S and the main conveyance path M or the confluence portion may cause, for example,
As shown in FIG. 6, each sub-portion is folded and clogged, or a plurality of thin pieces 100 are mixed and clogged to prevent a transport accident such as stopping transport. A passage detector D2 is provided in the portion of the conveyance path S, and a passage detector D1 is provided in the portion of the main conveyance path M of the relay conveyance unit 4, and the thin sections are detected by the detection outputs of the passage detectors D1 and D2. When the vehicle 100 does not pass the predetermined passage, it is determined that the above-described transport accident has occurred, and the control unit 10C performs control to stop or prohibit operation of the drive motors 26x26x. . In addition, the passage detectors D1 and D2, for example, reflect infrared light.
It is configured to detect the presence or passage of the thin piece 100 by non-reflection or transmission / non-transmission.

In the thin section conveying apparatus 300 as in the first to third prior arts described above, as a specific configuration for preventing the above-described conveyance accident, a configuration as shown in FIG. Technology))
It is disclosed in JP-A-5-17049.

In FIG. 9, the junction of the main transport path M and the sub transport path S is not configured as an independent junction transport unit 2 as in the second and third prior arts described above, but is a relay transport. The opposing belt transport mechanism 42 at the location of the unit 4 is divided at an intermediate portion of each sub-transport path S, and the opposing belt transport mechanism 42 on the upstream side is attached to the split relay transport unit 4y on the upstream side from the divided location. The downstream facing belt transport mechanism 42 is attached and attached to the downstream split relay transport unit 4y from the split location.

The sub-transport path S in the front row, the sub-transport path S in the rear row, and the divided relay transport unit 4y are configured as one control block 10, and the passage detector D1
Based on the detection signal of D2, each of the opposing belt transport mechanisms 4 in the control block 10 is controlled by the sub-control unit 10A.
2.42B and the sub-controller 10
A is generally controlled by the main control unit 10B. The storage box 110 is a storage box inside the money changing machine 120.

The detection of passage by the passage detectors D1 and D2 is based on the output state of the passage detector D1 when there is no slice 100 at the passage detector D1 and the position of the slice 100 at the passage detector D1. Is changed to the output state of the passage detector D1 obtained when
00 can be detected, and then the slice 100 is located at the downstream next pass detector D1.
The output state of the passage detector D1 in the case where there is no current is obtained, and furthermore, the same detection as described above is obtained by the passage detector D1 on the downstream side, so that the slice 100 is separated from the passage detector D1 on the upstream side by the next. It is configured to be able to detect the passage between the passage detectors D1 on the downstream side in the order.

After the passage of a predetermined time T1 after the passage detection from the passage detector D1 on the upstream side is obtained,
When the passage detection from the next downstream passage detector D1 cannot be obtained, it can be determined that a transport accident has occurred due to the above-described mixed flow or the like. The predetermined time T
For example, when the opposing belt transport mechanism 42 is running at a constant speed, the flake 100 is transported from the position of the upstream pass detector D1 to the position of the next downstream pass detector D1. Is set to a time obtained by adding a slight allowable time to the time.

In the case of the passage detector D2, the output state of the passage detector D2 when there is no flake 100 at the position of the passage detector D2, the flake 10 is placed at the position of the passage detector D2.
By changing to the output state of the pass detector D2 obtained when 0 is located, it is possible to detect that the lamella 100 has been inserted, and then the pass detector D
Since the output state of the passage detector D2 when the slice 100 is not present at the second position is obtained, it is possible to detect that the slice 100 has been inserted into the main transport path M from the passage detector D2.

In the case of detection of passage in the sub-transport path S, whether the thin section 100 provided in the sub-transport path S is good or bad, for example, a regular banknote, that is, a good banknote, or a fake banknote, that is, There is provided a discriminating portion for discriminating a defective banknote. When the lamella 100 is defective, an operation of reversing the opposing belt transport mechanism 42B and returning the lamella 100 is performed. If you do
Based on the signal for returning, it can be determined that the above passage detection has not been performed.

Further, if the passage detection from the next downstream passage detector D1 is not obtained after the passage of the predetermined time T2 after the passage detection of the passage detector D2 is obtained, the sub-transportation is performed. It can be determined that a transport accident has occurred due to the above-described mixed flow including a transport accident on the road S. The predetermined time T2 is, for example, when each of the opposing belt transport mechanisms 42 and 42B is traveling at a steady speed.
The time is set to a time obtained by adding a slight permissible time to the time when the slice 100 is transported from the position of the passage detector D2 to the position of the next downstream passage detector D1 in the next order.

The opposing belt mechanism 42B of the sub-transport path S is driven by a drive motor 26x provided in the introduction conveyance section C, for example, a table ball rental device, and the two opposing belt conveyance mechanisms of the split relay conveyance unit 4y. 42 is driven by the drive motor 26 provided in the divided relay transport unit 4y,
The control of operation / stop of each drive motor 26x is performed by the sub-control unit 10A based on a command from the main control unit 10B.

When there is a passage detection from the passage detector D1 in the upstream control block 10, and the detection information is given from the sub control unit 10A to the main control unit 10B,
From the main control unit 10B, the next downstream control block 10
For the sub-control unit 10A, the drive motor 26 of the control block 10 is operated for a time obtained by adding a little time to the time when the slice 100 passes through the main transport path M of the control block 10. That is, since the vehicle is driven only for that time, the vehicle is stopped thereafter.

When the passage detection from the passage detector D2 in the control block 10 is given to the sub-control unit 10A of the control block 10, the sub-control unit 10A controls the drive motor 26 of the control block 10 by itself. The operation is performed for a time obtained by adding a little time to the time when the slice 100 passes through the main transport path M on the downstream side of the control block 10. In addition,
The above-mentioned passage detection and operation means that when the plurality of flakes 100 pass through the divided transport unit 4y without causing the above-described mixed flow, the drive motor 26 is operated for a time during which the plurality of flakes 100 pass. I am trying to do it.

Further, when there is a control block 10 in which a detection of a passage has not been obtained and a transport accident has occurred, the main control unit 10B controls the drive motors 26 in all the control blocks 10 upstream from the control block 10. The operation of the drive motors 26 and 26x is stopped and prohibited by steady control in all the control blocks 10 downstream of the control block 10 in which the transport accident has occurred while the operation of the drive motors 26x is stopped or prohibited. To control.

When the above-mentioned transportation accident occurs,
The cover portion of the opposing belt transport mechanism 42, for example, the protective cover 4A of FIG. 7 is opened to remove the jammed thin section 100. A detector (not shown) for detecting that the protective cover 4A is open is provided. For example, a detector using a microswitch is provided, and based on the detection output, the main control unit 10B causes all of the opposing belt transport mechanisms 42 upstream of the control block 10 in which the covering cover 4A is opened.
-The control of 42B is stopped or prohibited.

The sub-control unit 10A and the main control unit 10B are control units that perform control processing mainly by a control processor (hereinafter, referred to as a CPU) (not shown) using a computer such as a microcomputer. A desired control process is performed by mutually transmitting and receiving required information signals by communication between CPUs.

In such communication between CPUs, identification codes representing "destination" and "transmission source" of communication, that is, communication addresses are stored in a memory attached to each control unit, and a plurality of communication addresses are stored in one communication line. The interference state in which the communication signals are transmitted in an overlapping manner, that is, in order to avoid a communication collision, while detecting a signal on the communication line, and when there is another communication signal on the communication line, after waiting for a predetermined waiting time, A communication configuration for transmitting (hereinafter, referred to as a fifth prior art) is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-1 based on an application filed by the present applicant.
No. 08399 and the like.

By arranging the passage detector D2 outside the opposed belt conveying mechanism 42B, that is, near the flake entrance C1, the passage detector D2 detects that the flake 100 has been inserted into the flake entrance C1. A configuration is also known in which the sub-control unit 10A controls the drive motor 26x to operate based on the detected output, so that the drive motor 26x is operated only when necessary.

The above-described first to fourth prior arts are arranged such that the thin section 100 to be conveyed is replaced with a thin section other than a bill.
For example, it is needless to say that the present invention can be used for conveying thin pieces such as slips and cards. Also, the merging and transporting portion in the first and fourth prior arts described above,
Needless to say, each of the merging and transporting units 2 in the second and third conventional techniques constitutes a part of the main transport path.

Further, as in the second to fourth prior arts described above, the main conveyance path M is divided into a plurality of main conveyance parts, for example, the conveyance in the opposed belt conveyance mechanism 42 of the relay conveyance unit 4 and the sub conveyance. In the conveyance section of the path S, for example, the conveyance of the sub conveyance path S with the opposing belt conveyance mechanism 42B, the conveyance section of the sub conveyance path S on the front row side and the conveyance section of the sub conveyance path S on the rear row side are simultaneously sliced. In order to prevent the above-described transport accident from being caused by inserting 100 into the main transport path M, the control of the transport operation of the main transport section based on the insertion from the transport section of the sub-transport path S and the insertion is performed by the front row side. The order in which the sub-transport path S or the sub-row sub-path S is performed first is determined in advance, and the order is stored in the memory of the sub-control unit 10A or the main control unit 10B. , Centra Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. Hei 5-17041 and Hei 5-17049 and Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 8-17049 based on the application of the applicant of the present invention disclose a configuration in which control is performed by communication using a delayed polling selecting method (hereinafter referred to as a sixth prior art). No. 66554. Although the above-mentioned order is also referred to as a priority, the priority is not always given, but the priority order is sequentially reduced. However, if necessary, the priority is always given. A priority configuration can also be used.

In the control by the communication of the centralized polling selecting method, the main control unit 10B, that is, the communication controller, controls the control of each control unit 10C or the sub-control unit 10A. A protocol in which a communication control station such as a server sequentially calls in a predetermined order and the control unit 10C or the sub-control unit 10A which needs communication responds to the call and performs communication, that is, a communication protocol. The required control is performed by the used communication.

Depending on the communication configuration, the polling / selecting communication may be performed without providing a main control unit 10B, that is, without providing a communication control station such as a communication controller or a server. It is also known that the communication configuration of the non-centralized polling selecting system (hereinafter, referred to as a seventh conventional technology) in which the respective devices communicate with each other can be changed to a communication configuration of a contention system. .

[0038]

The fourth prior art described above.
In the configuration of the sixth prior art, since control is performed by communication of the centralized polling selecting method, it is necessary to provide the main control unit 10B, which complicates the configuration and adds to the control unit 10A or the control unit 10A. In addition to being unable to communicate without waiting until polling of the unit 10C, when a communication error occurs in any of the control units 10A or 10C, the other remaining control units are restored until the error is corrected. 10A or 10C becomes unable to communicate, and during that time, the transport control by the control unit 10A or 10C is completely stopped, which causes inconveniences such as making the transport accident more complicated.

In order to solve the above inconvenience, a communication configuration of the above-mentioned non-centralized polling selecting system, that is, a communication configuration of a contention system,
In other words, it is conceivable to adopt a communication configuration in which the respective control units 10C or the respective sub-control units 10A communicate with each other. Communication of a controlled object cannot be performed, and the control is confused.

Further, in the case of the above-mentioned communication configuration of the non-centralized polling selecting system, if only the waiting time according to the fifth conventional technique is simply provided, the communication is performed again simultaneously to cause a communication collision. This causes inconvenience that communication of important control targets is delayed. For this reason, there is a problem that it is desired to provide a thin-sheet conveying device and a device for using the same, such as a pachinko-Tajima device, which do not have such a disadvantage.

[0041]

According to the present invention, a thin piece inserted from a plurality of sub-transport paths as described above is transported along the main transport path by a main transport section obtained by dividing the main transport path into a plurality. In the lamella transporting apparatus, a plurality of control sections controlling the transport in the sub transport path and the transport in the main transport section are connected to each other by communication to perform the control, Prioritize communications,
At least, the communication for responding to the transport accident of the transport is set to the first rank, and the flakes are inserted from the sub-transport path, or the downstream of the next main transport from the main transport portion on the upstream side. The above-mentioned communication corresponding to the insertion of the above-mentioned flakes into the main transport portion is designated as a second order, and the above-mentioned communication corresponding to the passage of the above-mentioned flakes in the above-mentioned sub-transport path and the above-mentioned main transport portion is referred to as a third order. A first configuration in which priority means for determining the order is provided;

In the thin section conveying apparatus similar to the thin section conveying apparatus in the first configuration, the above-mentioned sub-conveying path portion in the front row, that is, the front row sub-transporting section and the rear row side facing the front row sub-transporting section. A communication control component for providing the above control part in the sub-conveying path and performing the above control by the above communication, and a priority means similar to the priority means in the first configuration are provided. A second configuration;

In the thin section conveying apparatus similar to the thin section conveying apparatus in the first configuration, the above-mentioned sub-conveying path portion in the front row, that is, the front row sub-transporting section and the rear row side opposing the front row sub-transporting section. The above-described sub-transport path, that is, the rear-row sub-transport section, and the main-transport section into which the thin section is inserted from the front-row sub-transport section and the rear-row sub-transport section are configured as one control block. And communication control configuring means for providing the control portion for each of the control blocks and performing the control by the communication, and priority means similar to the priority means in the first configuration. A third configuration to be provided;

In addition to any one of the above-mentioned first to third configurations, when there is a collision of the above-mentioned communication, a waiting time until retransmission of the above-mentioned communication is provided, and The waiting time at the time of communication for responding to the transport accident of the transport is set as the first priority, and the communication corresponding to the insertion of the lamella from the sub-transport path. The waiting time at the time of the above is the second order, and the waiting time at the time of the communication corresponding to the passage of the slice at the sub-transport path and the main conveying portion is the third order. A fourth configuration in which waiting time ranking means for setting a time length is provided;

The above-mentioned problem has been solved by the fifth configuration in which the thin-sheet conveying device 300 according to any one of the above-described first to fourth configurations is provided in the pachinko tajima device.

[0046]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As an embodiment of the present invention, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to the above-described second prior art and fourth prior art will be described.

[0047]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment will now be described with reference to FIGS. In FIGS. 1 to 4, portions indicated by the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 5 to 9 are portions having the same functions as the portions denoted by the same reference numerals described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 9. 1 to 4 are portions having the same functions as the portions denoted by the same reference numerals described in any of FIGS. 1 to 4. Although the passage detectors D1 and D2 in FIGS. 1 and 4 are respectively arranged outside the introduction / transport portion C and outside the relay / conveyance unit 4, they are actually arranged in the configuration in FIG. Like the passage detectors D1 and D2, they are arranged at positions where the thin section 100 passes in the opposed belt transport mechanism 42 and the opposed belt transport 42B, respectively.

[First Embodiment] The first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 3 and 4. The configuration of the first embodiment is as follows.
The second conventional technique differs from the configuration shown in FIG. 6 in that, first, for each of the introduction transport portions C, that is, for each sub-transport path S, that is, in the case of the pachinko tajima device 500, A control section 10C is provided for each inter-ball rental device, and the control sections 10C are connected to each other by communication via the communication line 400 to form a communication configuration based on the non-centralized polling selecting method. , That is, the control of connecting the plurality of control units 10C to each other through communication to perform control, the transport of the thin section 100 in the sub-transport path S, and the joining transport unit 2 and the relay transport unit 4 This is a portion configured to control the conveyance of the thin section 100. Here, the part of the merging and conveying unit 2 and the relay and conveying unit 4 are integrated to constitute a part of the main conveying part of the main conveying path M.

Secondly, in the above-described control structure based on communication, communication is performed with priority given to communication, and, for example, the above-described transfer accident in the sub-transport path S or the main transport path M is performed. In order to cope with this, communication relating to control for stopping or inhibiting the transport operation of the required transport portion, that is, for stopping or inhibiting the drive motor 26x or the drive motor 26 or both, or control for releasing the inhibition (hereinafter, transport) Accident communication) as the first order.

Thirdly, the insertion of the flakes 100 from the sub-transport path S, and the flakes 1 from the upstream relay transport unit 4 to the merge transport unit 2 controlled by its own control unit 10C.
00, the drive motor 2
6x and the drive motor 26 are simultaneously operated for the time required for the transfer, and in the latter case, communication relating to control for operating only the drive motor 26 for the time required for the transfer (hereinafter referred to as “entry transfer communication”) is described. This is a part configured as two ranks.

Fourthly, the fact that the thin piece 100 has passed through the sub-transport path S, for example,
2B that the flake 100 has passed through the sub-transport path S based on the detection output of the passage detector D2, and that the flake 100 has passed through the main transport portion, for example,
The fact that the main flake 100 has passed through the main conveyance path M between the merge conveyance unit 2 and the relay conveyance unit 4 based on the detection output of the passage detector D1 arranged in the belt conveyance mechanism 42 opposed to the relay conveyance unit 4 Based on the determined communication (hereinafter referred to as “passing communication”), for example, based on the detection of these passages, the drive motor 2 is transmitted to the next control unit 10C.
6 is configured as a third-order communication for instructing the drive of the second drive.

Fifth, other control operations or information,
That is, communication relating to control operations or information transmission other than the above-described transport accident communication, incoming transport communication, and pass-through communication (hereinafter referred to as remaining communication), for example, its own control unit 10
Thin section 1 inserted up to the present from sub-transport path S belonging to C
The communication for transmitting data such as the quantity of 00 to a predetermined control unit 10C or a control unit (not shown) of a money changing machine or a control unit (not shown) of a management device provided in a management room, etc. It is a part configured to be ranked.

Sixth, when a plurality of communication signals are transmitted in an overlapping manner on the communication line 400, that is, when there is a collision and collision of the communication, a waiting time t until the retransmission of the communication is provided to establish the communication. A retransmission is performed, and the waiting time t is set to the waiting time t1 for the above-described transport accident communication.
Is the first priority, that is, the shortest waiting time, the waiting time t2 at the time of the incoming carrier communication is the second priority, that is, the waiting time longer than the waiting time t1, and The waiting time t3 is set to the third rank, that is,
This is a point where the waiting time is longer than the waiting time t2, and the waiting time t4 for the remaining communication is longer than the waiting time t3.

Seventh, the time length of the above waiting time t is
A small additional waiting time Δt with respect to the basic waiting time, for example,
A time obtained by sequentially adding 1/20 of the waiting time t1 to the upstream side is set as a time, and the basic waiting time of the waiting time t2 is set to be longer than the maximum time length of the waiting time t1. The basic waiting time of the waiting time t3 is set to be longer than the maximum time length of the waiting time t2, and similarly, the basic waiting time of the waiting time t4 is set to be longer than the maximum time length of the waiting time t3. Is a part configured to have a longer time.

In general, first, a main transport portion obtained by dividing a thin piece 100 to be inserted from a plurality of sub transport routes S into a plurality of main transport routes M, for example, a merge transport unit 2 and a relay transport unit 4, the transport along the main transport path M and the transport in the sub transport path S and the transport in the main transport section, for example, the merge transport unit 2 and the relay transport unit 4 A plurality of control parts to control,
For example, in the thin section transporting apparatus 300 in which the control unit 10C is connected to each other by communication via the communication line 400 to perform the above-described control, priority is given to the above-described communication, and at least the above-described transport is performed. The communication for responding to the transportation accident, that is, the transportation accident communication is the first priority,
Inserting the flake 100 from the sub-transport path S,
Alternatively, the communication corresponding to the insertion of the flakes from the upstream main transport portion, for example, the relay transport unit 4, to the next downstream main transport portion, for example, the merge transport unit 2. That is, the incoming transport communication is set to the second order, and the above-mentioned sub transport path S and the above-mentioned main transport portion, for example, the above-mentioned corresponding to the passage of the above-mentioned flake 100 in the merging transport unit 2 and the relay transport unit 4 The communication, that is, the above-described first configuration in which priority order means for setting the passing communication communication as the third priority is provided.

In the thin sheet conveying apparatus similar to the thin sheet conveying apparatus in the above-described first configuration, a portion of the sub-transport path S on the front row side, that is, a front row sub-transporting section, and a rear row opposing the front row sub-transporting section. A communication control configuration means for providing the above-mentioned control part, for example, a control unit 10C in the above-mentioned sub-transport path S side, and performing the above-mentioned control by the above-mentioned communication, and a priority order means in the above-mentioned first configuration And the above-described second configuration provided with the same priority order means.

Third, in addition to the above-mentioned first or second configuration, when the above-mentioned communication collision occurs,
In addition to providing a waiting time t until retransmission of the above communication,
The above-mentioned waiting time t is at least a communication for coping with the above-mentioned conveyance accident, that is, the above-mentioned waiting time at the time of the conveyance accident communication is a first order, for example, the above-mentioned waiting time t1; The above-mentioned communication corresponding to the insertion of the above-mentioned thin section from the sub-transport path, that is, the above-mentioned waiting time t at the time of the incoming conveyance communication is a second order, for example, the above-mentioned waiting time t2, and the above-mentioned sub-transport path Alternatively, the above-mentioned communication corresponding to the passage of the above-mentioned lamella in the above-mentioned main conveyance part, that is, the above-mentioned waiting time t at the time of passing communication communication is set to a third order, for example, a waiting time set as a waiting time t3. This constitutes the above-described fourth configuration provided with time order means. Fourth, the pachinko tajima device 500
In addition, the above-described fifth configuration in which the thin section transport device 300 is provided by any one of the above-described first configuration, second configuration, and fourth configuration.

That is, specifically, each control unit 10C disposed in the sub-transport portion of each sub-transport path S is, for example, a control unit mainly composed of the CPU 12 as shown in FIG. For example, a setting operation unit 1 for inputting detection signals from the passage detectors D1 and D2 and required operating conditions and the like.
7 is supplied to the input / output port 11, and data based on these signals is stored in the working memory 13.

The data stored in the working memory 13, the data necessary for control processing stored in the data memory 15 in advance, and the temporal data obtained from the clock circuit 16 are stored in the processing memory 14 in advance. Processing is performed by the stored control processing flow program, and each control signal obtained by the processing is supplied from the input / output port 11 to a required control unit, for example, a control unit that controls the operation of the drive motors 26x and 26. It is configured in.

The control state of each control part and the control unit 1
A required one of the processing states at 0C is displayed on the display unit 18.
Is displayed. The working memory 13 is composed of a RAM, and the processing memory 14 and the data memory 15 are composed of a ROM.
5 may be constituted by one ROM.

The control units 10C are connected to each other by a communication line 400 via a communication terminal 19, for example, a communication identification code stored in the data memory 15, ie,
By using the communication address to mutually identify the control units 10C of the other party, a communication configuration based on the non-centralized polling selecting method of the seventh related art is used to perform control processing while performing mutual communication. Has become.

The communication terminal 19 includes a communication IC according to the RS232C specification when the communication line 400 is a common communication path, for example, when the communication line 400 is a double communication line. RS48 for individual tracks
It is configured by providing a communication IC according to five specifications.

The processing memory 14 stores a program according to the control processing flow shown in FIG. 4, and the data memory 15 stores thin slices 100 in the relay transport unit 4 belonging to the control block 10 on the upstream side. The time Tx required to pass from the passing detector D1 to the passing detector D1 disposed in the relay transport unit 4 belonging to the next-order control block 10 is a little time, for example, 1/5 of the time Tx. Of the time T1 obtained by adding the time of
0 is a passage detector D2 disposed in the relay conveyance unit 4 connected to the sub-transportation path S from the passage detector D2 of the sub-transportation path S
To the time Ty required to pass through the time t2, data of a time T2 obtained by adding a slight time, for example, 1/5 of the time Ty, the communication identification code, and the waiting time t1. By storing the data of t2, t3, t4, etc., the above control processing can be performed.

Here, the upstream control block 10 adjacent to the control block 10 to which the own control unit 10C belongs.
Detector D1 disposed in the relay transport unit 4 belonging to
After the passage detection output is obtained, the passage detection output of the passage detector D1 arranged in the relay transport unit 4 of the control block 10 to which the own control unit 10C belongs is obtained by the time when the time T1 elapses. If not, the main transport path M
This means that a transportation accident has occurred in the part.

The passage detector D2 disposed on the sub-transport path S of the control block 10 to which the own control unit 10C belongs.
After the passage detection output is obtained, the passage detection output of the passage detector D1 arranged in the relay conveyance unit 4 of the control block 10 to which the own control unit 10C belongs is obtained by the time T2 elapses. If not, the sub-transport path S
This means that a transfer accident has occurred in the portion between the first transfer path and the main transfer path M.

When any of the above-described transport accidents occurs, the drive motors 26
x is stopped or prohibited, and each control unit 10C belonging to all the control blocks 10 located upstream of the control block 10 to which the own control unit 10C belongs.
Then, the operation of the drive motors 26 and 26x is stopped or prohibited, and the conveyance of the slice 100 is stopped, and the conveyance is prohibited.

The prohibition is released by, for example, performing a predetermined operation using the setting operation unit 17 and inputting the prohibition data. Therefore, it is necessary to perform the above-mentioned communication regarding the stop / prohibition of transport and the release of the prohibition by the above-described transport accident communication.

In order to discriminate the above-mentioned transport accidents, if it is assumed that the own control unit 10C and the control unit 10C on the opposite side of the own control unit 10C, that is, the own control unit 10C is on the front row side, If the control unit 10C on the rear row side of the same control block 10 and the own control unit 10C are on the rear row side, the control unit 10C on the front row side of the same control block 10
Respectively obtain the data of the detection output of the passage detector D1 belonging to the control block 10 of the own, and the data of the detection output of the passage detector D2 belonging to the control unit 10C of the own. It is necessary to carry out the above-mentioned passing communication in order to give the data to the control unit 10C. Further, the two opposing control units 10C respectively transmit the detection output data of the pass detectors D1 and D2 belonging to the own control unit 10C to their own The above-mentioned passing communication needs to be performed in order to give to the two opposite control units 10C of the upstream and downstream control blocks 10 adjacent to the control block 10 to which the control unit 10C belongs.

In addition, there is no transport accident as described above,
Is normally passed, the downstream control block 1 adjacent to the control block 10 to which the own control unit 10C belongs.
In order to instruct the control unit 10C belonging to the control unit 10 to drive the drive motor 26 to drive the transfer between the junction transfer unit 2 and the relay transfer unit 4 of the control block 10, it is necessary to perform the above passing communication. There is.

Further, there is no transfer accident as described above,
Is normally passed, the downstream control block 1 adjacent to the control block 10 to which the own control unit 10C belongs.
In order to instruct the control unit 10C belonging to the control unit 10 to drive the drive motor 26 to drive the transfer between the junction transfer unit 2 and the relay transfer unit 4 of the control block 10, it is necessary to perform the above passing communication. There is.

That is, the sub-conveying path S on the front row side and the sub-conveying path S on the rear row side are respectively provided, for example, at five places in total of ten places. In the case where the same number of 10C is provided, for example, the waiting time t1 in the control unit 10C in the rear row located at the most downstream side is set to t1 = t1x + (× t × 0) = 0.1 second. The waiting time t1 in the control unit 10C arranged on the front row side of the location facing 10C is t1 = t1x
+ (△ t × 1) = 0.105 seconds, and the waiting time t1 in the control unit 10 </ b> C on the rear row located next to the next upstream
Is set to t1 = t1x + (△ t × 2) = 0.11 seconds, and the waiting time t1 in the control unit 10C in the front row located at a position facing the control unit 10C is t1 = t1x + (△
t × 3) = 0.115 seconds, and the waiting time t1 in the control unit 10C in the front row located at the most upstream side is set to t1 = t1x + (△ t × 9) =
Set to 0.145 seconds. Therefore, in this case, the maximum time length of the waiting time t1 is 0.145 seconds.

Next, the waiting time t2 is the basic waiting time t
2x is set to a time longer than the maximum time length 0.145 seconds of the waiting time t1, for example, 0.2 seconds, and a small additional time Δt for giving priority to the control unit 10C located on the downstream side is set. As in the case of the waiting time t1, the time obtained by multiplying n times is sequentially added, and the waiting time t2 of the control unit 10C in the front row located at the most upstream side is defined as t2 =
It is set to be a time obtained by adding t2x + (△ t × 9) = 0.245 seconds. Therefore, in this case, the maximum time length of the waiting time t2 is 0.245 seconds.

Further, as for the waiting time t3, similarly, the basic waiting time t3x is set to 0.3 second, and the same time obtained by multiplying Δt by n is sequentially added to obtain a maximum time length. 0.345 seconds and waiting time t
Similarly, the basic waiting time t3x is set to 0.4 seconds, and the time length obtained by sequentially multiplying the same Δt by n is sequentially added, and the maximum time length is set to 0.445 seconds. In other words, by giving each of the waiting times in each control unit 10C a difference of Δt × n times,
By giving priority to avoiding communication collision between the control units 10C and giving priority to the downstream side,
Incoming transport in the event of a transport accident is prevented as early as possible, so that duplicate occurrence of transport accidents can be prevented.

The control processing flow shown in FIG. 4 is a subroutine relating to control processing in communication between the control units 10C, and is a main control for performing control processing such as judging pass / fail of the thin section 100 in the introduction / conveyance portion C. Processing routine, for example, when the introduction and transport portion C is a pachinko tajima device 500
In the case of the inter-ball lending device, for example, it is configured as a subroutine of a main control processing routine for determining whether the banknote 100 is good or bad, sending out a game ball to be lent, paying out change, etc., for example, for one second. The process shifts to the control process flow of FIG. 4 every time.

Hereinafter, the control processing flow of FIG. 4 will be described. [Explanation of Control Processing Flow] ◆ At step SP1, data relating to communication is fetched, and the routine proceeds to the next step SP2. Here, the data is taken in such a manner that control operation or information data requiring communication stored in a predetermined location of the working memory 13 is taken in by a subroutine for performing a regular control process.

At step SP2, it is determined whether or not the data requiring communication is the data of the first-order transport accident communication. If it is the data of the transport accident communication, the process proceeds to the next step SP3, and if not, the process proceeds to step SP3.
Move to 6.

At step SP3, it is confirmed that there is no other communication signal on the communication line,
That is, after transmitting the signal of the predetermined communication format with the communication address, the process proceeds to the next step SP4.

In step SP4, the transmitted communication is
It is determined whether or not a collision has occurred with communication by another control unit 10C. When there is a communication collision, the process proceeds to the next step SP5, otherwise, the process proceeds to step SP10. In this determination, when the signal obtained by intercepting the communication signal on the communication line is different from the own communication signal, it is determined that a communication collision has occurred.

In step SP5, after waiting for the first waiting time t1 by the timer of the clock circuit 16, the process returns to step SP3. Here, the waiting time t1 is the waiting time t that is set in advance for the control unit 10C and is stored in the data memory 15 in advance.
Since 1 = t1x + (△ t × n), the time length varies depending on each control unit 10C.

{Circle around (2)} In step SP6, it is determined whether or not the data requiring communication is data of the second-order incoming carrier communication. If it is the data of the incoming carrier communication, proceed to the next step SP7; otherwise, proceed to step SP7.
Move to 21.

In step SP7, it is confirmed that there is no other communication signal on the communication line,
That is, after transmitting a signal of a predetermined communication format to which a communication address is attached, the process proceeds to the next step SP8.

In step SP8, the transmitted communication is
It is determined whether or not a collision has occurred with the communication by the other control unit 10C. When there is a communication collision, the next step SP9
Otherwise, the process proceeds to step SP10. This determination is made in the same manner as in step SP4.

In step SP9, after waiting by the waiting time t2 of the second rank by counting the time of the timer of the clock circuit 16, the process returns to step SP7. Here, the waiting time t2 is the waiting time t that is set in advance for the control unit 10C of its own stored in the data memory 15.
Since 2 = t2x + (△ t × n), the time length varies depending on each control unit 10C.

In step SP10, it is determined whether the communication has been completed. When the communication has been completed, the process proceeds to a predetermined step in the main control process flow, and otherwise, the process proceeds to the next step SP11. The determination here is that when the content of the response to the effect that the communication has been received from the control unit 10C of the communicating party is the same as the content of the communication from the own control unit 10C, that is, the transmission content,
It is determined that the communication has been completed. If the communication has not been completed, the communication is performed again with the same transmission contents as necessary, and it is determined in this step whether or not the communication has been completed, and the process proceeds to the next step SP11. Can also be configured.

In step SP11, after an alarm display indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the communication is performed, the flow shifts to a predetermined step in the main control processing flow. The alarm display here flashes, for example, an indicator light provided on the display unit 18.

{Circle around (2)} In step SP21, it is determined whether or not the data requiring communication is data of the third-ranking passing communication. If the data is for passing communication, the process proceeds to the next step SP22, and if not, the process proceeds to step SP25.

{Circle around (2)} In step SP22, after confirming that there is no other communication signal on the communication line, after transmitting the identification code of the required partner, that is, the signal of the predetermined communication format with the communication address attached, The process moves to step SP23.

In step SP23, it is determined whether or not the transmitted communication has collided with the communication by another control unit 10C. If there is a communication collision, the next step S
The process moves to P24, and if not, the process moves to step SP10. This determination is made in the same manner as in step SP4.

{Circle around (3)} In step SP24, the third-order waiting time t3 is measured by the timer of the clock circuit 16.
After waiting for a certain time, the process returns to step SP22. Here, the waiting time t3 is a waiting time t3 = t3x + (△ t × n) set for the own control unit 10C stored in the data memory 15 in advance. The time length varies depending on the time.

In step SP25, it is determined whether or not the data requiring communication is data of the fourth-rank remaining communication. If it is the remaining communication data, the process proceeds to the next step SP26, and if not, the process proceeds to a predetermined step in the main control processing flow. Note that the remaining data after the determination in step SP2, step SP6, and step SP21 is necessarily the fourth-order remaining communication data, so that step SP25 may be omitted. Here, the reason for providing this step SP25 is to prevent confusion in the control processing when the data fetched in step SP1 includes data other than communication.

{Circle around (2)} In step SP26, after confirming that there is no other communication signal on the communication line, after transmitting the identification code of the required partner, that is, the signal of the predetermined communication format with the communication address attached, The process moves to step SP27.

In step SP27, it is determined whether or not the transmitted communication has collided with the communication by another control unit 10C. If there is a communication collision, the next step S
The process moves to P28, and if not, the process moves to step SP10. This determination is made in the same manner as in step SP4.

{Circle around (4)} In step SP28, the fourth-order waiting time t4 is counted by the timer of the clock circuit 16.
After waiting for a certain time, the process returns to step SP22. The waiting time t4 here is the waiting time t4 = t4x + (△ t × n) set for the own control unit 10C stored in the data memory 15 in advance. The time length varies depending on the time.

[Second Embodiment] Hereinafter, FIGS.
A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The difference between the configuration of the second embodiment and the configuration of the first embodiment is that the configuration of FIG.
Alternatively, only the control unit 10C in the rear row may be controlled to perform the control processing according to the control processing flow in FIG. 4 or the control unit 10C in the configuration in FIG. 1 may be replaced with the main control unit 10B in the configuration in FIG. Is changed to a configuration similar to the configuration in which only the sub-control unit 10A is communicated by communication, and the control processing according to the control processing flow of FIG. 4 is performed.

The control unit 10C itself or the control unit 1
The configuration of 0A itself, the configuration of the communication mode, the control processing configuration according to the control processing flow of FIG. 4, and the like are exactly the same as those of the first embodiment.

Therefore, generally speaking, first, in the thin section conveying apparatus 300 similar to the thin section conveying apparatus 300 in the above-described first configuration, the portion of the sub-transport path S on the front row side, that is, the front row The sub-transport portion, the portion of the sub-transport path S on the rear row side facing the front row sub-transport portion, that is, the rear row sub-transport portion, the front row sub-transport portion, and the rear row sub-transport portion, The main transport portion into which the lamella 100 is inserted, for example, the merging transport portion 2 and the relay transport unit 4 are configured as one control block, for example, the control block 10, and each of the above-described control blocks,
For example, the above-mentioned control part, for example, a control unit 10C is provided for each control block 10 to perform the above-mentioned control by the above-mentioned communication, and the same priority order as the priority order means in the above-mentioned first configuration. And the above-described third configuration provided with means.

Second, in addition to the above-described third configuration, the above-described fourth configuration in which the same waiting time order means as the first embodiment is provided. Is what it is. Third, the pachinko tajima device 5
00, the above-described fifth configuration in which the flake transport device 300 according to the third configuration or the fourth configuration is provided.

[Modification] The present invention includes the following modifications. (1) When the transport of the main transport portion belonging to its own control unit is driven, the number of downstream main transport portions that simultaneously drive transport is two or more, or all the downstream main transport portions are driven. The configuration is as follows.

That is, for example, the number of drive motors 26 of the downstream divided relay transport unit 4y, which is simultaneously driven when driving the drive motor 26 of the divided relay transport unit 4y belonging to its own control unit 10C, is two or more. Alternatively, the drive motors 26 of all the divided relay transport units 4y on the downstream side
Is configured to be driven. In the case of this configuration, it goes without saying that the time used for determining the passage of the slice 100 or the driving time, for example, the data of the time T1 and the time T2 increases in accordance with the number.

(2) Time used to determine passage, or
The driving time, for example, the data of time T1 and time T2 is configured as the data of the longer one time. (3) The thin section conveying apparatus 300 according to the third prior art shown in FIG.
And the configuration of the pachinko tajima device 500.

(4) As shown in FIG. 2, the control block located at the beginning of the main transport path M and the control block located at the end of the main transport path M are defined as a control block 10x. As in the block 10y, a portion belonging to the front row sub-transport path S or a section belonging to the rear row sub-transport path S is removed.

(5) In the configuration of the second embodiment, the control block located at the start end of the main transport path M and the control block located at the end of the main transport path M are controlled by the control shown in FIG. Like the block 10x and the control block 10y, a portion belonging to the sub-transport path S in the front row or a portion belonging to the sub-transport path S in the rear row is removed.

(6) The sub-transport path S is applied to the thin-sheet transport apparatus 300 provided only on the front row side or the rear row side. In the pachinko machine, the pachinko machine B and the inter-ball ball rental device are applied to only the front row or the rear row.

[0104]

According to the present invention, as described above, the control sections for controlling the transport on the sub-transport path and the transport on the main transport section obtained by dividing the main transport path into a plurality of sections are mutually connected by communication. Since the control is configured to control the transport of the thin section by using a non-centralized polling selecting type communication configuration, and the control part for performing the communication control is eliminated, the configuration can be provided simply and inexpensively.

In addition, the priority of communication and the priority of waiting time in the event of a communication collision are defined as at least the first priority for transport accident communication, the second priority for incoming transport communication, and the third priority for transit communication.
Even if a communication collision occurs, priority is given to communications related to transport accidents, and priority is given to communications for passage detection for detecting transport accidents. Provide a thin-sheet transporting device that can quickly perform control processing so as not to cause irreparable damage by causing it to cause irreparable damage, and quickly release the operation prohibition due to a transporting accident, and a utilization device thereof, for example, a pachinko-Tajima device. There are features that can be done.

[Brief description of the drawings]

In the drawings, FIGS. 1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS.
9 show the prior art, and the contents of each figure are as follows.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a main part.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a main part control process.

FIG. 5 is a side view and a cross-sectional view of the entire configuration.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a main part configuration.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a main part configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Conveyance Unit 2A Protective Cover 2B Guide Plate 2C Inlet 2a Receiving Shelf 2b Receiving Shelf 4 Relay Conveying Unit 4A Protective Cover 4v Interlocking Mechanism 4y Split Relay Conveying Unit 7 Capture Conveying Portion 8 Guide Conduit 10 Control Block 10A Secondary Control Unit 10B Main control unit 10C Control unit 11 I / O port 12 CPU 13 Work memory 14 Processing memory 15 Data memory 16 Clock circuit 17 Setting operation unit 18 Display unit 19 Communication terminal 23 Guide wall 23A Guide wall 23A1 Guide plate 23A2 Guide plate 23B Guide wall 23A1 Guide plate 23A2 Guide plate 24A Roller 24B Roller 25A Roller 26 Drive motor 26x Drive motor 42 Opposite belt transport mechanism 42B Opposite belt transport mechanism 43A Pulley 43B Pulley 44A Pulley 44B Pulley 45A Belt 45B Belt 9A guide plate 59B guide plate 71A roller 71B roller 72A belt 73 spring 100 lamella 110 storage box 120 money changer 300 lamella conveyance device 300A main conveyance path portion 400 communication line 500 pachinko taishima device B pachinko machine C introduction conveyance portion C1 lamella entrance C1A Guide plate C1a Pulley C1b Pulley C2 Thin section outlet C2a Pulley C2b Pulley C3 Protective cover C3a Belt C3b Belt D1 Passage detector D2 Passage detector L5 Length M Main transport path S Sub transport path W Width

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A thin sheet inserted from a plurality of sub-transport paths is transported along the main transport path by a main transport section obtained by dividing the main transport path into a plurality of sections, and is transported in the sub-transport path and the main transport. A thin-section transport apparatus configured to perform the control by interconnecting a plurality of control units that control the transport of the sections by communication, and to provide a priority order to the communication, and at least transport of the transport. The communication for responding to the accident is the first order, and the flakes are inserted from the sub-transport path, or
The communication corresponding to the insertion of the thin section from the upstream main transport portion to the next downstream main transport portion is the second communication.
A thin sheet conveying apparatus comprising priority order means for setting the communication corresponding to the passage of the thin section between the sub-conveying path and the main conveying section as a third order. 2. A thin sheet inserted from a plurality of sub-transport paths is transported along the main transport path by a main transport section obtained by dividing the main transport path into a plurality of sections, and the transport in the sub-transport path and the main transport. A thin-section transport device in which a plurality of control sections for controlling transport in a section are connected to each other by communication to perform the control, wherein a section of the sub-transport path on the front row side (hereinafter referred to as a front row sub-transport section) Communication control component means for providing the control portion in the sub-transport path portion on the rear row side opposite to the front row sub-transport portion and performing the control by the communication; and setting a priority order for the communication. With, at least, the communication for responding to the transport accident of the transport is the first order, the insertion of the flakes from the sub-transport path, or,
The communication corresponding to the insertion of the thin section from the upstream main transport portion to the next downstream main transport portion is the second communication.
And a priority ordering means for setting the communication corresponding to the passage of the slice in the sub-transport path and the main transport portion as a third order. 3. A thin sheet inserted from a plurality of sub-transport paths is transported along the main transport path by a main transport section obtained by dividing the main transport path into a plurality of sections, and transport along the sub-transport path and the main transport. A thin section transport apparatus in which a plurality of control sections for controlling transport in a section are connected to each other by communication to perform the control, wherein a section of the sub-transport path on a front row side (hereinafter referred to as a front row sub-transport section) ), The section of the sub-transport path on the rear row side facing the front row sub-transport section (hereinafter, referred to as the rear row sub-transport section), and the thin section from the front row sub-transport section and the rear row sub-transport section. And the main transport portion to be embedded is configured as one control block, and the control portion is provided for each control block to perform the control by the communication; and Even without a communication for responding to transport accidents of the conveying as a first rank, the said flakes from the sub-passage-inserting, or
The communication corresponding to the insertion of the thin section from the upstream main transport portion to the next downstream main transport portion is the second communication.
And a priority ordering means for setting the communication corresponding to the passage of the slice in the sub-transport path and the main transport portion as a third order. 4. The lamella transporting device according to claim 1, wherein when a collision of the communication occurs, a waiting time until retransmission of the communication is provided, and the waiting time is set to at least. The waiting time at the time of communication for responding to the transportation accident of the transportation is the first priority, and the waiting time at the time of the communication corresponding to the insertion of the slice from the sub-transport path is the second priority. And a waiting time ranking means for setting the waiting time at the time of the communication corresponding to the passage of the slice in the sub-transport path and the main transporting portion to a time length having a third priority. Thin section conveyor. 5. A pachinko tajima apparatus comprising the thin sheet conveying apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.