JP3376548B2 - Paper transport device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a plurality of gaming machines column
Are provided on islands that are arranged in a shape of
The present invention relates to a paper-like material conveying device for conveying to a collection safe .

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION in a game park your information, in general, the gaming machine
Back to back, two or more rows are arranged side by side to form an island
There is. Is of configuration one of the game field gathered the island are some
Re that.

A plurality of players visit the game hall.
Select the gaming machine you want to play from among the gaming machines installed in
Take out, insert paper-like objects such as banknotes from
Received a loan of medals and the like as a technical medium
Play a game with a gaming machine using gaming media such as medals
Was there. As a result, the inserted paper-like object
Need to be collected.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, each gaming machine 54
A banknote transport controller that transports banknotes that are examples of paper-like objects to the back side of the
It is known that a bear 53 is provided, and the inserted bills are received by the bill transport conveyor 53 , and are transported to and collected by a bill collecting safe provided at one end of the row of the gaming machine 54 (Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-5620). See the bulletin) .

[0005]

However, when the paper-like material is conveyed by the above-mentioned conventional banknote conveying conveyor 53, the paper-like material may be jammed during the conveyance of the paper-like material. When a trouble occurs, it is necessary to remove the gaming machine located at the place where the trouble occurs, and then perform maintenance. During that time, the customer playing on the gaming machine interrupts the play.

Moreover, the purpose of removing the game machine is to maintain it.
Maintenance work due to having to do a nonce
Inconvenient because it takes a lot of time and takes time
Also occurs. Therefore, the paper-like material conveyer conveyor is
Not on the back side, but on the front side of the gaming machine row and by the player
Be exposed at a place that does not interfere with the operation
It is possible to do it. However, if you configure it like this
If the paper-like material conveyer is exposed, it will be visible to the player.
Therefore, there is a problem in terms of design.
And the paper-like material being transported is stolen.
May occur.

The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances.
And its purpose is to traverse without removing the gaming machine.
Although maintenance can be performed when a problem occurs,
Various defects due to the exposure of the paper-like material conveyer
To prevent

[0008]

The present invention according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of gaming machines are provided on an island arranged in a row,
Paper-like material conveying device that receives and conveys objects to a paper-like material collection safe
And in the position above the plurality of installed gaming machines.
And a paper-like object inserted upward from below by the player
So that it can be received,
Installed paper-like object identifying device and provided above the paper-like object identifying device
The paper-like material identified by the paper-like material identifying device is received and the paper-like material is received.
Paper-like material that conveys the paper-like material in the longitudinal direction of the island with the object surface horizontal
And a conveyor for transporting the paper-like material.
Is an openable and closable provided on the island above the gaming machine.
It is installed inside the curtain plate, and it is installed in front of the island.
Mounted on the attached mounting table ,
If the paper-like object is in a position where the paper-like surface is at a right angle to the front of the island
The above-mentioned paper-like material conveying connector which is inserted and is positioned right above the paper-like material.
The feature is that it is handed over to the bear . According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the paper-like material conveying conveyor is a driving endless belt that is rotated by a drive unit over the entire length of the conveyor main body, A plurality of driven endless belts provided in contact with the endless belts and rotating in the same direction for each of the paper sheet receiving machines; and a transmission portion for transmitting the driving force of the first driving endless belt to the plurality of driven endless belts, respectively. A paper-like material receiving port provided between the first driving endless belt and the upper ends of the plurality of driven endless belts, and the paper-like material between the driving endless belt and the driven endless belts. It is characterized in that it is conveyed by sandwiching it. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the second aspect of the invention, the transmission portion has a wheel body around which the main driving endless belt is wound, and the rotational force of the wheel body is driven by the driven body. And a belt for transmitting the endless belt to the looped body. The present invention according to claim 4 relates to claim 1
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in any one of claims 3 to 3, the paper-like object recovery safe is installed inside the curtain plate.

[0009]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the apparatus is installed.
Paper is projected downward at the upper position of multiple gaming machines and facing downward.
A machine identification machine is provided, which can be used by the player from below.
The paper-like material is inserted upward into the paper-like material identifying machine. That
The inserted paper is identified by the paper identification machine.
It A paper-like material carrying device provided above the paper-like material identifying device.
The paper conveyer conveys the paper
The paper-like material is received and the surface of the paper-like material is horizontal.
Is conveyed in the direction. The paper conveyer is
Installed inside the openable curtain plate above the gaming machine.
On the mounting base that is placed and overhangs in front of the island
Mounted on the paper-type identification device,
When the paper-like material is inserted in a posture in which the surface of the paper-like material is at a right angle,
To the above-mentioned paper-like material conveyer located right above
You According to the present invention described in claim 2, in addition to the function of the invention described in claim 1, the paper-like material conveying conveyor is one driving endless belt which is rotated by the driving unit over the entire length of the conveyor main body, and A plurality of driven endless belts which are in contact with the driving endless belt and rotate in the same direction and are provided for each of the paper material receiving ports; and a transmission portion which transmits the driving force of the first driving endless belt to the plurality of driven endless belts, respectively. , A paper-like material receiving port, and the paper-like material is conveyed by being sandwiched between a main driving endless belt and a driven endless belt.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the function of the second aspect of the invention, the main drive endless belt is provided with a transmission portion for transmitting the driving force of the main drive endless belt to the driven endless belt. Since it has the passed wheel body and the belt for transmitting the rotational force of the wheel body to the wheel body around which the driven endless belt is wound, the driving force is surely transmitted . According to the present invention described in claim 4 , in addition to the function of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3 , the paper-like object recovery safe is installed inside the curtain plate.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
It will be described in detail based on ~ 6. FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state where the paper-like material conveyer of the present invention is installed in a row of gaming machines, FIG.
FIG. 4 is a side view showing a row of gaming machines, FIG. 3 is a side view showing a driving portion side of the paper-like material carrying conveyor of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a side view showing a driven portion side of the paper-like material carrying conveyor. In the figure,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a paper-like material carrying conveyor, and the paper-like material carrying conveyor 1 is provided for each gaming machine row 4 configured by arranging a plurality of gaming machines 2 and medal lending machines 3 which are paper-like material receiving machines. Is installed. That is, this paper-like material transfer conveyor 1 is
The plurality of gaming machines 2 and the medal lending machine 3 are arranged in the upper front part.

The gaming machine row 4 has one gaming machine 2 arranged at each end thereof, and a medal lending machine 3 arranged next to each of the gaming machines 2. Further, every two gaming machines 2 are sequentially arranged. By arranging one medal rental machine 3, it becomes one gaming machine row,
This row of gaming machines is supported by a main pillar (see FIGS. 5 and 6) 5 that is firmly erected on the floor. This gaming machine row 4 is arranged with two gaming machines 2 and a medal lending machine 3 back to back,
The management system is commonly called "island". Several islands 6 are gathered together to form one amusement park.

The medal lending machine 3 is a so-called inter-machine medal lending machine, and when a banknote or a coin is inserted, a medal is ejected according to the amount. The customer can play the game by inserting this medal into the game machine 2.

The paper-like material conveyer 1 is provided with a drive unit 1.
1, a single drive endless belt 13 that rotates over the entire length of the conveyor body 12, a plurality of driven endless belts 14 that are in contact with the drive endless belt 13 and rotate in the same direction, and that are provided for each medal lending machine 3; The transmission portion 15 for transmitting the driving force of the driving endless belt 13 to the driven endless belt 14 of FIG.
And one driven endless belt 13 and a plurality of driven endless belts 1.
Paper-like material receiving port 1 provided between the upstream end 16 and the upstream end 16
Paper money 18 which is a paper-like object between the driven endless belt 13 and the driven endless belt 14 which are horizontally installed.
The paper money 18 is sandwiched between the paper money 18 and conveyed horizontally to the downstream side.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the drive endless belt 13 has a belt surface horizontally hung between a drive pulley 21 and a driven pulley 22, and a return roll 23 and a tension roll are provided on the driven pulley 22 side. 24 is stretched and stretched by the spring force of the spring 25 so that the driving endless belt 13 has a constant tension. In addition, the driven endless belt 14 is provided in the middle of the driving endless belt 13 via the transmission portion 15 described above.
A required number of rolls 26, 27 for imparting rotational force to the are provided. Further, the drive pulley 21 and the pulley 29 provided on the shaft of the motor 28 of the drive unit 11 are covered with a belt 30 so that the driving endless belt 13 is rotated.

The driven endless belt 14 is 2 of the gaming machine 2.
There is a length for the stand, and the head pulley 31 is provided at each end.
And a tail pulley 32, and the belt surface is hung horizontally on them. The plurality of driven endless belts 14 are rotated by the head pulley 31 via the drive roll 33 and the belt 34 of the transmission section 15 which is hung on the main drive endless belt 13 described above.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the bill transporting conveyor 1 configured as described above has a U-shape provided on the upper front portion of the gaming machine 2 and the medal lending machine 3, that is, outside the main pillar 5. It is mounted on the mounting base 41.

Further, the paper-like material carrying conveyor 1 is provided with a paper-like material receiving port 17 for receiving the banknotes 18 above the position where the medal lending machine 3 is installed.
The bill validator 42 is directly connected to the banknote 7, and the bill validator 42 is attached to the U-shaped mount 41 described above.

In this paper-like material conveying conveyor 1, a cover 43 is provided on the conveyor main body 12, and the inside has a mirror surface 4
3a, which can be opened and closed freely. Furthermore, the paper-like material conveyer 1 is covered with a curtain plate 44, and the curtain plate 44 is attached to a bracket 45 attached to the main pillar 5 so as to be openable and closable. Therefore, the banknote conveyor 1
If the bills 18 are jammed in this, open the curtain plate 44,
Further, by opening the cover 43, the inside can be seen well by the mirror surface 43a even at a high position, which can be easily dealt with. A stock box 46 for storing medals can be housed in the U-shaped mount 41.

1 and 2, reference numeral 47 denotes a banknote collecting safe for storing the banknotes 18, and 48 in FIG. 5 denotes a banknote slot. Next, the paper-like material transfer conveyor 1 having the above-mentioned configuration
The operation of will be described.

A person who wants to play a game on any of the gaming machines 2 in the gaming machine row 4 on the island 6 must first insert a banknote into the medal lending machine 3 to borrow a medal. For example, when the bill 18 is inserted into the bill validator 42 of the medal lending machine 3 from the bill insertion slot 48, the bill 18 passes through the bill validator 42 and a payout signal is transmitted to the medal lender 3 according to the amount. The medal lending machine 3 pays out medals based on the payout signal.

On the other hand, when the bill 18 passes through the bill validator 42, the bill 18 enters inside from the bill receiving port 17 of the paper-like material conveying conveyor 1. At this time, the paper-like material conveyer 1 is driven by the drive unit 1.
Since the motor 28 of No. 1 is powered on, the pulley 29,
The drive pulley 21 rotates via the belt 30, and the driving endless belt 13 rotates. Due to the rotation of the main drive endless belt 13, this rotational force rotates the driven endless belt 14 via the transmission portion 15. Therefore, the bill 18 that has entered from the bill receiving opening 17 comes into contact with the driving endless belt 13, the bill 18 bends in the rotation direction, and advances to the upstream end 16 of the driven endless belt 14. 14
It is sandwiched between them and is transported to the banknote collecting safe 47 at the end of the island 6. When the bill collecting safe 47 is full, the curtain plate 44 is opened, the bill collecting safe 47 is opened, and the bills 18 inside
Collect money.

When the paper money 18 being conveyed is jammed in the middle of the paper-like material conveyer 1, the curtain plate 44 located at that position.
And if the cover 43 is opened, the paper-like material conveyer 1
Since the inside can be seen better by the mirror surface 43a of the cover 43 and is within the reach of an ordinary adult, recovery work can be facilitated.

A plurality of game machines are arranged in a row by the island 6 described above.
The islands are located in. The bill validator described above
By 42, in the position above the plurality of installed gaming machines
And a paper-like object inserted upward from below by the player
So that it can be received,
A paper-like object identifying machine is configured. Carrying the above-mentioned paper
By the transport conveyor 1, the paper-like object identifying device is moved upwards.
It is provided and accepts the paper-like material identified by the paper-like material identifying machine.
Convey the paper in the longitudinal direction of the island with the paper surface horizontal.
A paper-like material conveyor is configured (see FIG. 2).
As mentioned above, the paper conveyor is in front of the island.
An openable / closable curtain plate (curtain board 4) provided above the game machine.
4) Installed inside and overhanging in front of the island
It is mounted on the mounted mounting base (mounting base 41).
As mentioned above, the paper type identification device is installed on the front of the island.
On the other hand, when the paper-like material is inserted with the surface of the paper-like material at a right angle,
The paper-like material is conveyed to the above-mentioned paper-like material conveyer located right above.
Hand over (see Figure 5). The paper money receiving port 17 constitutes a paper-like material receiving port. As described above, the transmission portions that respectively transmit the driving force of one driving endless belt to the plurality of driven endless belts are the wheel body (driving roll 33) around which the driving endless belt is wound, and the rotational force of the wheel body. Has a belt (34) for transmitting to the wheel body (head pulley 31) wound around the driven endless belt.

According to the present invention described in claim 1, the installation
Overhanging above multiple gaming machines and projecting forward
A paper object identification machine is installed above the paper object identification machine.
And carry the paper-like object on the mounting table
Since a conveyor is attached, it
The position where the bear is projected to the front like the paper-like object identifying machine.
It becomes a place. As a result, a paper transport device was installed inside the island.
Easy access to the paper transport device compared to
This makes it easy to maintain and manage the paper conveying device.
When performing some maintenance or parts replacement of the paper transporter,
In this case, the other player will continue playing.
You can do business. Also, equipment for replenishment facilities inside the island
Remove the paper-like material conveyer conveyor later without changing
It becomes possible to attach . In particular, paper-like material conveyer
Transports the paper-like material in the island longitudinal direction with the paper-like surface horizontal.
It is a horizontal transportation system that is a paper-like surface to the front of the island.
Insert the paper-like object upward with the posture of
Smoothly moves the paper-like material conveyer located directly above
Can be handed over. As a result, the paper-like material is
Since there is no need to insert it,
Paper-like inside the curtain plate that can be opened and closed without hindrance for insertion and delivery
An article conveyor can be provided. In addition, since the paper-like material conveyer is installed inside the openable and closable curtain plate provided above the gaming machine, when a trouble such as a jam of paper-like objects occurs, the curtain plate can be opened. Maintenance can be performed easily, and there is no need to remove the gaming machine. Further, in the normal time when no trouble occurs, since the paper-like material conveyer conveyor is hidden by the curtain plate, there is no problem in terms of design, and various problems can be caused by the exposure of the paper-like material conveyer conveyor. Inconvenience can be prevented. According to the present invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the paper-like material received from the paper-like material receiving port is sandwiched by the driving endless belt and the driven endless belt. Since it is conveyed in a state, it is not necessary to provide a drive motor for each paper inlet and the structure is simple, and the paper is simply sandwiched between the driven endless belt and the driven endless belt. Therefore, the jammed paper-like material can be easily removed and maintenance becomes easier . According to the present invention described in claim 3 , in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 2 , the driving endless belt is wound around the transmission portion for transmitting the driving force of the driving endless belt to the driven endless belt. Since it has a wheel body and a belt for transmitting the rotational force of the wheel body to the wheel body around which the driven endless belt is wound, the driving force of the driving endless belt is transmitted to the driven endless belt as reliably as possible. This makes it possible to prevent slippage between the main drive endless belt and the driven endless belt as much as possible, and to prevent the problem of poor conveyance of the paper-like material due to slippage of both belts as much as possible.

According to the present invention of claim 4 , in addition to the effects of the invention of any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
Since the paper material recovery safe is also installed inside the curtain board, the game hall side can easily recover the paper material in the paper material recovery safe by opening the curtain board, and at the time of normal operation, the existing curtain board can be used. You can use it to hide the safe for collecting papers, and there is no problem in terms of design.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state in which a paper-like material conveyor according to the present invention is installed in a gaming machine row.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a row of gaming machines.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the drive unit side of the paper-like material transfer conveyor of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a driven portion side of the paper-like material transfer conveyor.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an installed state of a paper-like material conveyor.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing a maintenance state of the paper-like material transfer conveyor.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view similar to FIG. 5 showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a conveyer for paper-like material, 3 is a medal lending machine (banknote accepting machine), 11 is a drive unit, 12 is a conveyor body, 13 is a driving endless belt, 14 is a driven endless belt, 15 is a transmission unit,
16 is an upstream end, 17 is a paper-like material receiving port, and 18 is a banknote (paper-like material).

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (56) Reference JP 62-14292 (JP, A) JP 3-87 (JP, A) JP 3-211159 (JP, A) Actual development Sho 61- 196373 (JP, U) Actual development 63-127686 (JP, U) Actual development 4-90389 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) B65G 15/16 A63F 7 / 02 G07D 9/00

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of gaming machines are installed on an island arranged in rows.
Paper that is scraped off and is received and conveyed to the paper-collection safe.
A material-conveying device, which is located above and above the plurality of gaming machines installed above.
A paper object that is inserted upward by the player is accepted
Like a paper-like object that is projected downward and is installed downward
A separate machine and the paper-like material identifying machine provided above the paper-like material identifying machine.
The paper-like material identified by the
With a paper-like material conveyer that conveys objects in the longitudinal direction of the island
Including the paper-like material conveyor above the gaming machine on the island
Is installed inside the curtain plate that can be opened and closed freely, and
Mounted on a mounting base that extends in front of the island, the paper identification device is such that the paper surface is straight with respect to the front of the island.
Insert the paper-like object in a cornered position and position the paper-like object directly above.
It is characterized in that it is delivered to the paper-like material conveying conveyor to be placed.
A paper-like material conveying device. 2. The paper-like material carrying conveyor is provided with one driving endless belt which is rotated by a driving unit over the entire length of the conveyor main body, and is rotated in the same direction in contact with the driving endless belt and is rotated for each paper-material receiving machine. A plurality of driven endless belts provided, a transmission portion for transmitting the driving force of the first driving endless belt to the plurality of driven endless belts, and an upper end portion of the first driving endless belt and the plurality of driven endless belts 2. A paper-like material receiving port provided between the paper-like material and the driven endless belt, and the paper-like material is sandwiched and conveyed between the driven endless belt and the driven endless belt.
The paper-like material conveying device as described in. 3. The transmission unit has a ring body around which the main drive endless belt is wound, and a belt that transmits the rotational force of the ring body to the ring body around which the driven endless belt is wound around. The paper-like material conveying device according to claim 2 , which is characterized. 4. The paper material recovery safe is installed inside the curtain plate, as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3.
The paper-like material conveyance device as described in any one of 1.