JP3493385B2 - Bill distribution and collection device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is intended for use in fishing or as a currency exchange for depositing high-value banknotes of 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen at any of the pachinko ball lending machines between the pachinko balls arranged in parallel. A bill distribution / collection device that automatically distributes 1,000 yen bills prepared in advance (hereinafter referred to as fishing tags) to the lending machine and automatically collects prepared but unused fishing tags when the store is closed. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, depositing for lending by a pachinko ball lending machine is appropriately made by three types of methods of coins, banknotes, prepaid cards and cards, and in the case of banknotes, it is limited to only 1,000 yen. However, a recent market requirement is that high-value banknotes of 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen can be deposited. In this industry, the maximum transaction amount per transaction is currently set at 1,000 yen,
For depositing 5,000 yen bills or 10,000 yen bills, four or nine thousand yen bills for fishing or five or ten thousand yen bills for exchange are required, respectively. A group of pachinko machines and ball lending machines is called an "island" in the industry, but until now it was technically difficult to dispense the corresponding fishing tags from each ball lending machine located on the island. In addition, the method of limiting the deposit to only 1000 yen bills, or the method of issuing fishing with 8 or 18 5 hundred yen coins for deposits of high-value bills (the same applies to exchange) .

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional deposit system using 1,000-yen bills (not accepting deposits of high-value bills) or the deposit of high-denomination bills with 8 or 18 500-yen coins The method (the same applies to currency exchange) is very inconvenient for users. In addition, even if a method of issuing fishing or exchange money with 1,000 yen bills is realized by, for example, a method of preparing 1,000 yen bills for fishing or money exchange in each lending machine in advance, each lending machine at the time of closing the store It is a problem to automatically collect the 1,000 yen bills prepared and held by the. Including these problems, it cannot be said to be a practical device unless it can be solved not only technically but also in terms of cost and profitability, and this is extremely difficult.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to solve the above problems of the prior art, and to deal with the deposit of high-value banknotes of 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen by any of the depositing machines. It is to provide a bill distribution / collection device that can automatically distribute fishing bills of 1,000 yen bills to a deposit machine and automatically collect unused fishing bills prepared at the time of closing. .

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has the above-mentioned problems.
In order to solve the problem, use one of the parallel depositing machines (11)
One fishing or where <br/> thousand yen bills a constant number for exchange for payment of large bills (hereinafter, referred Tsurisatsu) A equipment you distributed prepares to the deposit machine, the Fishing holding a tag
A tag carrier (60) is installed, and the fishing tags to be distributed are
Transporting means (50) for holding the fishing tag carrier and transferring it to each of the depositing machines ; aligning the stacked state of the predetermined number of fishing tags
Prepare to load the above-mentioned fishing tag carrier,
Laminating a fishing tag a predetermined number which is the preparation to the Tsurisatsu carrier
By holding it in the state,
Tsurisatsu loading section for loading the Tsurisatsu carrier and (80); said Tsurisatsu instrumentation
The fishing tag is loaded by the filling section, and the fishing tag is loaded by the conveying means.
To the fishing tag carrier transferred to the deposit machine to be distributed
The predetermined number of the held fishing tags are held in the relevant fishing tag carrier.
And the specified number of fishing tags
A depositing / discharging unit (70) for depositing money into the depositing machine;
The depositing machine is provided from the detaching / sending unit for the depositing machine.
The specified number of fishing tags sent in from the fishing ticket payout exit (14)
It is characterized by paying out. Further, the transport means
Circulates in a certain direction by passing near each of the depositing machines.
It consists of a loop-shaped transport means that
The fishing tag that is located and holds the fishing tag after a recovery command is issued.
When the carrier passes, the collection / removal unit (70
The collection box (12) where the fishing tag is detached and collected via (A)
By preparing, collect the fishing tags that were not used when closing the store
can do.

Further, the present invention is preferably configured as follows. Four or nine thousand-yen banknotes held by a fishing tag carrier must be prepared as fishing tags for 5,000-yen or 10,000-yen banknotes, respectively. Five or ten thousand-yen banknotes held by the fishing tag carrier must be prepared as currency exchange notes for the 5,000-yen banknotes or 10,000-yen banknotes, respectively. Installed on the transport means, collects, holds and transfers the deposited banknotes in the deposit machine, and also deposits and departs the deposited banknotes into the deposit box located near the transport means through the deposit / unload deposit / delivery section. Have a deposit carrier. The deposit box should have a recycling function that stores deposited banknotes by denomination and reuses the stored 1,000-yen banknotes for fishing or exchange. A shape abnormality detection means is provided as an optical sensor including a light emitter and a light receiver for detecting a shape abnormality of a banknote before being stored in the deposit box, for example, folding or curling (folding, curling), and a shape abnormality is detected. Store banknotes in the collection box instead of in the safe. The deposit machine must belong to a pachinko ball lending machine.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the looped conveying means, for example, the roller chain, circulates and moves in a fixed direction passing near the respective depositing machines, and a plurality of fishing tag carriers are appropriately dispersed and installed on the conveying means. , Each holds and transports the fishing tag. In this fishing tag carrier, when passing through a depositing machine that requires a fishing tag, the depositing / discharging machine detaching / sending unit removes the held fishing tag and sends it to the depositing machine for distribution. An empty fishing tag carrier that does not hold a fishing tag is loaded with the fishing tag by the fishing tag loading unit when passing through the fishing tag loading unit. At the time of closing, when the fishing tag carrier holding the fishing tag passes through the collection box based on the collection instruction, the collection box detaching / sending unit separates the fishing ticket and collects it in the collection box. Here, after the collection instruction is issued, the fishing tag carrier holds not the fishing tag but the ordinary banknotes owned by the operator.

Further, in the present invention, a plurality of deposit carriers for deposit collection are appropriately dispersed and installed together with the fishing tag carrier on the conveying means, and the deposit banknotes are collected, held and transferred by the deposit carrier. It The collected deposit banknotes are stored in the deposit box located near the transport means via the deposit / unload box for the deposit box. In addition, this deposit box has a recycling function that stores the deposited banknotes by denomination and reuses the stored 1,000-yen banknotes for fishing or exchange. There is no need to prepare a thousand yen bill. In addition, banknotes that have been detected as abnormal in shape, for example, folded or curled (folded or curled up) before being stored in the deposit box, are not stored in the deposit box classified and stored according to denomination.
Since it is stored in the collection box, it is possible to prevent the possibility of troubles such as clogging during sorting and reuse.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a bill distributing / collecting device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment. Here, the collection and collection of deposited banknotes as well as the distribution and collection of a predetermined number of 1,000-yen banknotes (hereinafter referred to as fishing tags) for fishing or exchange, which is the subject of the invention, will be described. Incidentally, regarding the collection of deposited banknotes, the present inventor discloses in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-620.
Since there is a device described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 54-54, please refer to it. .

The basic function of this embodiment is, firstly, that each ball lending machine has 4 units for depositing high-value banknotes of 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen.
Distributing one or nine thousand-yen bills of fishing bills, secondly collecting the fishing bills that were not prepared and used, based on the collection instruction at the time of closing, and thirdly, 1,000 yen at each ball lending machine. , 5,000 yen, 1
This is to collect the deposited banknotes of each denomination of 10,000 yen, store them in the deposit box according to the type of denomination, and reuse the 1,000-yen banknote among them as a fishing tag. Since the contents of pachinko ball lending and coin deposit are already well known, their explanation is omitted here.

In FIG. 1, a horizontally elongated loop-shaped conveying means 50, which is indicated by a chain line, is installed so as to circulate in a counterclockwise direction with the loop surface vertical, and its upper and lower portions are arranged. The ball lending machines 11 are arranged in two rows side by side so as to be sandwiched between the front side and the back side of the paper. The fishing tag carrier 60 that holds and transfers the fishing tags and the deposit carrier 30 that holds and transfers the deposited banknotes are dispersedly installed at appropriate places of the transporting means 50.
The fishing tag is a bundle of four or nine thousand-yen banknotes as described above, and in the order of movement, first, through the fishing tag loading unit 80, to the empty fishing tag carrier 60 passing therethrough. It is sent in and loaded. Thousands of yen bills are supplied to the fishing tag loading section 80 at the deposit box 13
Of the deposited banknotes sorted and stored according to the type of money, the 1,000-yen banknote is reused, but the detailed description will be omitted. Next, when the fishing tag held and transferred to the fishing tag carrier 60 passes through the ball lending machine 11 that requires the fishing tag, the corresponding fishing tag
It is detached from the fishing tag carrier 60 via the sending unit 70, is sent to the ball lending machine 11, and is paid out from the fishing ticket payout exit 14 to the user side. The fishing tag retained on the fishing tag carrier 60, which is not used until the store is closed and remains on the transporting means 50, is a separate detachment / delivery unit 70A installed at the lower left position based on the collection command when the store is closed. It is collected in the collection box 12 via.

Deposited bills of denominations of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen at the ball lending machine 11 are accepted by the receiving unit 10 having a slot and a bill discriminating unit.
After passing through the temporary holding section 20 and the deposit carrier 30 for deposit collection passing therethrough and held therein, the transport means 50
Along with the movement of the deposit box, it reaches the detachment / sending section 70A for the deposit box 13, is sent to the deposit box 13 after being detached here, and is sorted and stored according to the denominations of 1,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 10,000 yen. It The detaching / sending unit 70A is used for both the deposit box 13 and the collection box 12 described above (alternatively used). Also, deposit carrier
30 will be described later in connection with the description of the fishing tag carrier 60.

Each element related to the fishing tag will be described below in detail in the order of the conveying means 50, the fishing tag carrier 60, the respective detaching / sending units 70 and 70A, and the fishing tag loading unit 80. The transport means 50 is shown in FIG.
In the roller chain structure shown as a chain line in FIG. 1, the chain is wound around a chain wheel (not shown) on both left and right sides in a loop shape, and the loop surface is vertical. In addition, the ball lending machine 11 and the fishing tag carrier for this transport means 50
The actual positional relationship of the 60 is as follows. Ball lending machine 11
Is close to the upper and lower parts of the conveyance means 50 in the figure,
It is arranged so as to be sandwiched from both the front side and the back side of the paper. The fishing tag carrier 60 is appropriately installed and installed on the transporting means 50 as shown in the figure, and moves in circulation with it. Therefore, the bill carrier 60 and the deposit carrier 30 for deposit bills correspond to the respective ball lending machines 11 on both sides to perform the dispense of bills and the collection of deposit bills.

2A and 2B relate to a link as a unit constituting the conveying means 50 in FIG. 1, in which FIG. 2A is a side view and FIG.
Is a plan view. FIG. 3 is a front view of a guide rail which constitutes a conveying means together with the above-mentioned link. In FIG.
One link 51 has the shape of a catamaran-shaped ship.
The left end of the link 51 forms a hook, and the right end of the link 51 is provided with a chain roller roller 54 that meshes with the chain wheel in the middle thereof, and a guide roller 55 is rotatably provided at both ends. Is provided and the pin 52 is penetrated and fixed. As indicated by a solid line and a chain double-dashed line, adjacent links 51 are connected in a loop by engaging one hook portion and the other pin 52. On the upper surface of the central portion of the link 51, a protruding mounted portion 53 having a recess is formed.
Are integrally molded, and the fishing tag carrier 60 and the depositing carrier 30 for depositing banknotes are provided in the recessed portions thereof, respectively, with the convex mounting portions 36 (see FIG. 6).
(Refer to), it is removably attached.

As shown in FIG. 1, the link chain formed by connecting the links 51 in a loop shape is stretched to form an elongated loop whose longitudinal direction is the horizontal direction. The elongated loop of the link chain has an upper portion and a lower portion supported by a linear guide rail (not shown here),
The left and right ends are guided, and the left and right ends engage with the chain wheel, and one of the chain wheels is connected to the drive motor. FIG. 3 is a front view of the guide rail, and a link chain guided by the guide rail is also shown. In FIG. 3, the guide rail 56 corresponds to the upper portion of the elongated loop of the link chain, and is a tubular member having a rectangular cross section with the middle portion of the upper side cut off. Link chains are inserted inside the square of this guide rail 56,
The guide roller 55 of 51 is guided by the inner surface of each side of the rectangle and rolls on the inner surface of the lower side. The attached part 53 of the link 51 is
The guide rail 56 is located at the upper part of the upper side of the guide rail 56 and has a shape that moves at a right angle to the paper surface. The lower part of the elongated loop of the link chain is turned upside down in FIG. 3, and the guide roller 55 is guided by rolling on the inner surface of both ends of the upper side of the guide rail 56 in the figure. .

FIG. 4 is a side view, (b) is a top view, and (c) is a rear view of the fishing tag carrier 60. In these figures, the fishing tag carrier 60 is a deposit carrier 30 for deposit bills.
With the base as a base, a holding frame 61 for limiting the positional deviation of the fishing tag is attached to the base. Further, since the ball lending machine 11 is arranged on both sides of the carrying means 50, the deposit carrier 30 needs to have two types of left and right with respect to the traveling direction correspondingly, and the fishing tag carrier 60 is common to both sides. Is. By the way, originally, the deposit carrier 30 holds one deposited banknote in a form of being gripped by one short edge, and therefore, for a fishing tag which is a bundle of four or nine thousand yen banknotes, However, it is necessary to attach the holding frame 61 to further secure the holding. Holding frame
61 is a square face plate corresponding to a thousand-yen bill as the main part, and forms a fixed length edge part in the upper and lower parts on the right side, respectively, and presses it for the upper and lower edge parts of the fishing tag 62 In addition, a stopper 63 that blocks the rear end face of the fishing tag at the lower right side
Equipped with. The stopper 63 is configured as a claw-shaped member that swings around an axis that is perpendicular to the plane of the drawing, and is biased counterclockwise by a spring having no reference numeral. Therefore, as will be described later in detail, loading of the fishing tag is carried out by pushing in the rectangular face plate of the holding frame 61 at right angles through the pushing roller 87 (see FIG. 13). At the time of this pushing in, the upper and lower edges of the fishing tag are slightly bent to take over the presser 62. As for the detachment of the fishing tag, as will be described later in detail, only the fishing tag is clamped by the pair of feeding rollers whose positions are fixed by the detaching / feeding unit 70 (see FIGS. 9 and 10), and the fishing tag is moved at the rear end surface. The stopper 63 of the fishing tag carrier 60 that continues to be pushed is pressed downward to open and released. The disc-shaped permanent magnet 64 provided in the upper left corner determines whether the fishing tag carrier 60 is for a fishing tag of 4,000 yen or for a fishing tag of 9000 yen, based on the difference in the polarity of the surface. Can be shown. The function of the permanent magnet 64 will be described below.

Departure corresponding to the ball lending machine 11 in FIG.
The sending unit 70 or the fishing tag loading unit 80 determines whether the fishing tag carried by the transporting means 50 and held by the approaching fishing tag carrier 60 is 4,000 yen or 9000 yen. Based on this, a well-known proximity sensor is detected in advance, and the preparations are made accordingly. That is, in the fishing tag loading unit 80, the pin 5 for gripping operation (see FIG. 7) is projected onto the path based on the matching with the type of fishing tag prepared for loading in advance. In addition, in the detachment / delivery section 70A which is also used in front of the collection box 12 and the deposit box 13, the fishing tag carrier 60 that arrives at the time of collection after the store is closed and the deposit carrier 30 that holds the deposited banknotes during business.
With respect to and, the pin 6 for the releasing operation is projected on the path. In addition, it is necessary to pass the fishing tag carrier 60 in operation regardless of whether it is for 4,000 yen or 9000 yen.
The pin 6 will be pulled back from the path.

FIG. 5 is a fishing tag carrier in the state of holding the fishing tag.
Regarding 60, (a) is its side view and (b) is its rear view. The fishing tag 1 held by the fishing tag carrier 60 is gripped by the left edge portion, and as a support for holding, the right and left upper and lower edge portions are prevented by the press 62 so as not to rise, and the lower right end face is stopped by the stopper 63. Is stopped by his claws. Here, the depositing carrier 30 as the base will be described. FIG. 6 is a side view of the depositing carrier 30, and FIG. 7 is a top view thereof. Originally, the deposit carrier 30 for holding and recovering deposited banknotes mainly corresponds to an arm portion including a frame 31 supporting each member, a banknote gripping operation arm 32, and a banknote releasing operation arm 33, An arm portion 38 that is rotatable about an axis Z, a gripping arm 35 and a receiving portion 37 for bills that are coaxial with the arm portion 38, and that are rotatable independently of the arm portion 38, and an arm portion 38.
And a gear mechanism 34 as an enlarging mechanism for enlarging the rotation angle of and transmitting it to the gripping arm 35.

The arms 32, 33 of the arm portion 38 are integrally constructed so that their longitudinal directions are substantially straight lines, are rotatably supported in a range of substantially right angles, and use well-known springs. Due to the dead point mechanism, one of the arms 32 and 33 is selectively positioned so as to project laterally. 6 and 7, the spring 39 is stretched between the lower pin 31b of the frame 31 and the member on the arm portion 38 side,
It constitutes the dead center mechanism. Which of the arms 32 and 33 is projected depends on which of the arms 32 and 33 contacts the corresponding pin. Corresponding to the arm 32 is the pin 5 for the gripping operation indicated by the broken line.
Corresponds to pin 6 for release operation, which is also indicated by a broken line.
Is. The gripping operation pin 5 is provided in the temporary holding section 20 and the fishing tag loading section 80 in the ball lending machine 11. by the way,
In FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, on the left side of the frame 31, there is integrally provided a bow-shaped thrusting portion 31a that is pointed in a triangular shape in the traveling direction. Mounting part for detachable mounting on 50 predetermined places
36 is integrally provided.

When the deposit carrier 30 is in an initial state, that is, when a bill is not gripped, the arm 32 having a position as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. At the same time, the arm 33 (indicated by the alternate long and short dash line) is retracted from the passage, and the gripping arm 35 (indicated by the alternate long and short dash line) is positioned to release the bill. In this state, when the deposit carrier 30 passes from the right to the left in the figure, near the side of the deposit banknote temporary holding unit 20 of the ball lending machine 11 located below the banknote, the banknote is temporarily held at that time. If there is, the protruding pin 5 comes into contact, the arm 32 rotates counterclockwise by a substantially right angle as the deposit carrier 30 moves, and at the same time, the gripping arm 35 via the gear mechanism 34 moves from the dashed-dotted line display to the solid line. The banknotes that have been temporarily held are gripped together with the receiving portion 37 by rotating by approximately two right angles to the displayed position. Also deposit carrier
30 is a state of gripping the bill, that is, when the bill has been collected,
Since the arm 32 is retracted to a position where it does not come into contact with the pin 5, the arm 32 will pass regardless of the presence or absence of banknotes in the temporary holding section 20.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the depositing carrier 30 in which the deposited banknotes are held, and the deposited banknotes in this case are shown as 1,000-yen banknotes. Therefore, when the deposit carrier 30 is used as the fishing tag carrier 60, the pin 5 and the arm 32 come into contact with each other when the fishing tag is loaded, which will be described later.
When the fishing tag is detached and sent, the fishing tag is released by being pinched by a pair of feed rollers 73 having a rubber ring for friction wound around the outer periphery thereof as will be described later with reference to FIG.

A detachment / sending unit 70 for detaching the bill held by the bill carrier 60 and sending it to the ball lending machine 11, and a bill held by the bill carrier 60 when the store is closed and left unused. , And the structure and operation of the separating / sending unit 70A for sending the deposited banknotes held in the deposit carrier 30 to the collection box 12 and the deposit box 13, respectively, with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10. FIG. Note that the detachment / delivery unit 70 and the detachment / delivery unit 70A
The configuration is basically the same, and since the auxiliary components for conveyance are different only based on the difference in the feeding direction after the banknote is detached, the detachment / delivery section 70 will be described in these figures. 9A is a plan view and FIG. 9B is a side view. Figure (a)
In, the pair of shafts 74 are rotatably supported by the rotary frame 71. Each of the shafts 74 is coaxially fixed with a semi-cylindrical five rubber ring for friction around the outer circumference, wound around in the axial direction and wound, and a guide plate 72 is loosely engaged. Here, the feed rollers 73 and the guide plates 72 are opposed to each other. The rotary frame 71 is rotatably attached to the fixed frame 77 via a shaft 75. The respective guide plates 72 are connected at their right ends via springs 76 in such a manner that their ends attract each other, and are initially positioned so as to face each other at regular intervals via a stopper (not shown). Each feed roller 73 is driven via a motor 78 so as to rotate synchronously relative to each other,
The rotary frame 71 is rotated about a shaft 75 with respect to the fixed frame 77 via a motor 79 (see FIG. 9B). In addition, FIG. 9 (a),
In (b), the fishing tag carrier 60 that passes through the relative space formed by the flat surfaces of the feed rollers 73 facing each other is shown by a solid line and a one-dot chain line, respectively, with an arrow indicating the passing direction.

FIG. 10 shows the operation of the detaching / sending unit 70.
(a) is a plan view at the time of leaving, (b) is a plan view at the time of changing the feeding direction, and (c) is a plan view at the time of feeding. In the figure (a), after the front end of the fishing tag carrier 60 has passed through the relative space of the respective feed rollers 73 (see FIG. 9 (a)), the rear end of the fishing tag 1 is moved to 90 ° of each of the feed rollers 73. It is sandwiched by the synchronous rotation of the angle (by the motor 78), and is separated as the fishing tag carrier 60 moves. In the same figure (b), the rotating frame 77 is rotated clockwise by 90 degrees (by the motor 79), the feed direction is changed (upward in the figure), and each guide plate 72 is linked with this direction change. In the figure, the upper end is narrowed and the feeding direction of the fishing tag 1 is regulated. In the same figure (c), in the conversion direction,
The fishing tag 1 is conveyed as shown by the arrow by the synchronous rotation of the respective feed rollers 73, and the ball lending machine (not shown) located at the upper side in the figure
Sent to 11.

The common separating / sending unit 70A for selectively sending bills to the collection box 12 and the deposit box 13 (see FIG. 1) operates as follows. After leaving the collection box 12 in FIG. 10A, the sheets are fed to the left by the synchronous rotation of the feed rollers 73 without changing the direction.
After leaving the safe deposit box 13 in FIG. 10 (a), it is fed toward the back surface at a right angle to the paper surface via a conveying means (not shown).

Here, in particular, the deposited bills, before being sent to the deposit box 13, are subjected to a shape such as a fold or a curl exceeding a certain limit by a shape abnormality detecting means as a transmission type optical sensor including a light emitter and a light receiver. Abnormalities, especially folds with broken lines extending in the longitudinal direction of the banknote, and curl around an axis extending in the same direction are detected. The deposited banknotes in which these shape abnormalities have been detected are stored in the collection box 12 without being sent to the deposit box 13. That is, after the separation shown in FIG. 10A, the sheet is conveyed straight to the left without changing the direction (see FIG. 1). In other words, when a banknote with an abnormal shape (for example, a longitudinal fold) is detached as shown in FIG. 10 (a) and then conveyed at a right angle to the paper surface and sent to the deposit box 13, the banknote is conveyed in the lateral direction. This is because there is a high possibility of causing a trouble in transportation due to the bending in the longitudinal direction. In addition, a bill with an abnormal shape is generally
It is easy to cause a clogging trouble when sorting and storing in the deposit box 13 according to denomination, and when reusing the stored 1,000-yen bills as fishing tags.
Instead of storing it in the storage box 12, it is stored in the collection box 12 where it is simply collected.

The fishing tag loading section 80 is shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. The process of loading the fishing tag into the fishing tag carrier is as follows. A predetermined number of 1,000-yen banknotes to be used as fishing tags are supplied from the deposit box Supply process Fishing tags are sent near to the loading position Transfer process Aligning the fishing tags Standing the aligned fishing tags at the loading position Waiting process to hold the fishing tag on the fishing tag carrier at one end (start loading) Step to push the fishing tag into the fishing tag carrier and take the regular holding position Loading end process Fig. 11 shows the fishing tag loading section 80 1 is a plan view when 1s are aligned and corresponds to the alignment step described above. The fishing tag 1 is supplied as a bundle of four or nine thousand-yen banknotes from the deposit box 13 (see FIG. 1) (not shown) as described later with reference to FIG. It is inserted from below (from the back side in the figure) into the relative space of two plates without reference numerals, and is housed in an upright state on the bottom plate (supply step). This fishing tag is sent to the left by a feed roller (not shown) of the supply unit 81, is sandwiched between the transport belts 85 that circulate, and the alignment unit 82
It is fed into the relative space of the two inclined plates not marked with, and is blocked and positioned by the rotary stopper 83 (transfer process). Here, the aligning blades 84 are provided near the lower end face of the positioned fishing tag 1, and when the fishing tag 1 is fed, it opens like a two-dot chain line. The lower end surface of the fishing tag 1 is repeatedly tapped gently while swinging between the chain line and the solid line, and the stacked states of the banknotes are aligned and aligned so that the latter stage of loading can be performed smoothly.

FIG. 12 is a side view of a fishing tag carrier 60 to which the fishing tag 1 is to be loaded. This empty fishing tag carrier 60 is turned upside down on a linear portion below the roller chain as the conveying means 50. It is transported in the direction of the right arrow in the suspended state, that is, in the inverted state. FIG. 13 is a plan view immediately before the loading of the fishing tag 1 in the fishing tag loading unit 80, which corresponds to the waiting step.
The aligned fishing tags 1 are sent to the standby position for loading by the feed roller 86 belonging to the arranging section 82, and the fishing tags 1 are not held, that is, waiting for the arrival of the empty fishing ticket carrier 60. Become. In addition, the pin 5 (see FIG. 7) is the fishing tag carrier 60.
Is projected or pulled back on the passage path of. That is, the pin 5 is a component for gripping operation that should come into contact with the arm 32 that closes the gripping arm 35 of the fishing tag carrier 60 (to hold the fishing tag), and a part of the illustrated solenoid-operated claw is used. Based on the detection signal of whether the empty fishing tag carrier 60 that is provided at the tip is for 4,000 yen or 9000 yen (see the permanent magnet 64 in FIG. 4), the fishing tag 1 that has been lined up and waiting for this detection signal. When it is matched with, the projecting operation is performed on the passing path. The figure shows that the fishing tag carrier 60 has arrived at a position where the fishing tag 1 should be held.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of the fishing tag carrier 60 immediately after holding the fishing tag 1 and corresponds to the gripping (loading start) step. An empty fishing tag carrier 60 is shown holding the fishing tag 1 and transferring it a little. Here, a pair of pushing rollers 87 are provided at a position slightly closer to the traveling direction of the fishing tag carrier 60. The pushing roller 87 presses the face plate of the holding frame 61 and the fishing tag 1 in an overlapping manner, and holds the upper and lower rear end edges of the holding frame 61 so as to get over the presser 62 of the holding frame 61 attached to the fishing tag carrier 60. It works to push it into the frame 61. Push roller
87, when the fishing tag carrier 60 moves while holding the fishing tag 1, the roller interval is opened so as not to hinder the passage of the tip end thereof, and the roller interval is closed again after passing.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of the fishing tag carrier 60 during loading of the fishing tag 1. Here, the pushing roller 87 presses the holding frame 61 and the fishing tag 1 in an overlapping manner by closing the roller interval again after passing the tip of the fishing tag carrier 60, and pushing the fishing tag 1 into the holding frame 61 with its movement. At the beginning, that is, during loading. FIG. 16 is a plan view of the fishing tag carrier 60 immediately before the loading of the fishing tag 1 is completed, which corresponds to the loading ending step. When the fishing tag carrier 60 has moved further to the right than the front, the pushing roller 87 presses the holding frame 61 and the fishing ticket 1 in a stacked manner,
With the movement, the fishing tag 1 is completely pushed into the holding frame 61, that is, immediately before the end of loading.

Here, the loading operation of the fishing tag will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Step S
If the empty fishing tag carrier for 9,000 yen has passed the fixed point on the movement route in 1, the process proceeds to step S2 with YES, otherwise proceeds to step S11 with NO. Similarly, in step S11, if the empty fishing tag carrier for 4,000 yen passes the fixed point, YES is determined in step S12, and NO if not.
The process returns to the previous stage of step S1. The meaning of an empty fishing tag carrier passing through a fixed point on the moving route is as follows. originally,
On the carrier 50, a number of fishing tag carriers holding fishing tags of 9,000 yen or 4,000 yen are installed by experience. The carrier must find this and restock it with new fishing tags. For that purpose, we have adopted a method of finding an empty fishing tag carrier that passes a fixed point, which is technically easy and reliable. The identification of the empty fishing tag carrier for 9,000 yen or 4,000 yen depends on the polarity of the permanent magnet 64 (see FIG. 4) attached to the fishing tag carrier.

As for the 9,000 yen fishing tag, step S
After counting and paying out 9,000 yen in 2, the fishing tag loading unit 80 accepts the 9,000 yen fishing tag in step S3 (see the above-mentioned supply process, the same applies hereinafter), and then step S
It is aligned in 4 (alignment step), and is waited at the loading position in step S5 (standby step). In step S6, the fishing tag carrier 60 detects in advance based on the polarity of the permanent magnet 64 whether or not an empty carrier for 9,000 yen arrives at the fishing tag loading portion (see FIG. 4) and arrives. Then, in step S7, preparation for receiving / holding is performed (the pin 5 is projected on the passage path, see FIG. 13), and in step S8, receiving / holding is completed, and a series of steps is ended. Further, since the procedure for steps S12 to S18 is performed for the fishing tag of 4,000 yen, corresponding to the steps S2 to S8, the description thereof will be omitted.

[0032]

According to the present invention, the following excellent effects can be expected. (1) For example, if a pachinko ball lending machine deposits 5,000 yen or 10,000 yen high-value banknotes, 4 or 9 thousand-yen banknotes will be used to dispense, so that high-value banknotes can be used. It is very convenient for users that the fishing does not depend on 8 or 18 coins of 5 hundred yen as described above, and this also helps the store side to increase sales. (2) The method of distributing the fishing tag to the depositing machine in which a large amount of banknotes has been deposited uses, for example, a transporting means such as a roller chain, and a fishing tag carrier installed therein, and therefore Such a depositing banknote collecting device of the already filed application has a technical basis, and thus it is technically easy to implement, and thus the reliability of the device can be improved and the cost can be reduced. (3) It is technically easy to collect the fishing tags that were prepared but not used at the time of closing based on the same reason as in (2) above, improving reliability and reducing costs. . (4) For collecting the deposited banknotes in the depositing machine, the fishing tag carrier is installed in the form of sharing a transporting means such as a roller chain which is originally necessary. Therefore, the collection of the deposited bills, the distribution of the fishing tags, and the collection of the unused fishing tags when the store is closed are all carried out through the common conveying means. As a result, the entire movement of the bill can be simplified and rationalized as well as the effective use of the conveying means, and further, the whole system can be smoothed, the reliability can be improved, and the cost can be reduced. (5) The deposit box has a recycling function that stores deposited banknotes by denomination and reuses the stored 1,000-yen banknotes for fishing or exchange. As a result, it is not necessary to prepare 1,000-yen banknotes, and operational rationalization can be achieved. In addition, bills that have been detected as abnormal in shape before being stored in the deposit box will be sent to the collection box for storage instead of being sent to the deposit box.Therefore, there is a risk of jams during sorting and reuse. Can be prevented in advance, and the reliability of the entire system can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment according to the present invention.

2A is a side view and FIG. 2B is a plan view of a link that constitutes a transportation unit.

[Figure 3] Front view of the link and its guide rail

FIG. 4 is a side view, (b) is a top view, and (c) is a rear view of the fishing tag carrier.

[FIG. 5] Regarding a fishing tag carrier holding a fishing tag,
(a) is a side view, (b) is a rear view

FIG. 6 is a side view of the deposit carrier.

FIG. 7 is a top view of the deposit carrier.

FIG. 8 is a side view of the deposit carrier in which the deposited banknotes are held.

9A and 9B are a plan view and a side view of the detaching / feeding unit, respectively.

[Fig. 10] Regarding the operation of the detaching / feeding unit, (a) is a plan view at the time of detachment, (b) is a plan view when the feeding direction is changed, and (c) is a plan view at the time of feeding.

FIG. 11 is a plan view when the fishing tags are aligned in the fishing tag loading unit.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the fishing tag carrier at that time as well.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the fishing tag loading unit immediately before starting loading of fishing tags.

FIG. 14 is a plan view of the fishing tag carrier immediately after gripping the fishing tag.

FIG. 15 is a plan view of a fishing tag carrier being loaded with fishing tags.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of a fishing tag carrier immediately before the completion of loading the fishing tags.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the loading operation of the fishing tag.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 fishing tag 2 deposit banknotes 5 pins (for gripping operation) 6-pin (for release operation) 11 ball rental machine 12 collection 13 deposit box 14 Fishing ticket exit 30 deposit carrier 31 frames 31a plunge part 31b pin 32, 33 arms 34 gear mechanism 35 gripping arm 36 Installation part 37 Receiver 38 Arm 39 spring 50 transportation means 51 links 52 pin 53 Mounted part 54 Chain Roller 55 Guide roller 56 guide rail 60 Fishing Tag Carrier 61 holding frame 62 hold down 63 stopper 64 permanent magnet 70 Detachment / sending unit (for depositing machine) 70A Departure / sending section (combined with collection box and deposit box) 71 rotating frame 72 Information board 73 Feed roller 74,75 axis 76 spring 77 Fixed frame 78 Motor (for driving feed rollers) 79 Motor (for rotating frame drive) 80 fishing tag loading section 81 Supply Department 82 Alignment section 83 stopper 84 aligned blades 85 Conveyor belt 86 Feed roller 87 Push-in roller

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Hitoshi Hamanaka 1-1, Tanabe Nitta, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-5-62054 (JP, A) JP-A 61- 193289 (JP, A) JP-A-57-48180 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G07D 9/00 A63F 7/02 B65H 29/04

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A juxtaposed fishing or a predetermined number of 1000 yen note for exchange against one deposit high <br/> amount bills with either deposit machine (hereinafter, referred Tsurisatsu) prepared to a equipment that be distributed to the deposit machine, Tsurisatsu carrier that holds the Tsurisatsu is installed, the distributor
Hold the relevant fishing tag on the relevant fishing tag carrier and deposit
Conveying means for transporting the machine; the fishing tag of the predetermined number by aligning the stacked state Tsurisatsu key
Prepare for loading into the carrier and hold the prepared number of fishing tags in a stacked state on the empty fishing tag carrier.
The specified number of fishing tags by
A fishing tag loading section for loading the fishing tag onto the transporting means;
The fishing tag transferred to the depositing machine to distribute the fishing tag more
The specified number of fishing tags held by the carrier are
Withdrawal from the bill carrier and the predetermined
The number of fishing bill and deposit machine withdrawal-sending portion for sending to the deposit machine; equipped with, the deposit machine is disengaged, infeed for the deposit machine
The specified number of fishing tags sent from the department
Minute HaiSo location of the bill, characterized in that it pays out, et al. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined
The number is four or nine, each 5,000 yen bill or 1
Minute HaiSo location of the bill, characterized in that it is prepared as a fishing bill against the yen bill. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined
Number is 5 sheets or 10 sheets, minute HaiSo location of banknotes, characterized in that it is prepared as exchange bill for 5,000 yen bill, or 10,000 yen bill, respectively. The apparatus according to any one of the paragraphs 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the deposit machine, the partial HaiSo location of the banknote, characterized in that belonging to the pachinko ball lending machine. 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
In the apparatus, the transfer means is provided near each of the depositing machines.
Is it a loop-shaped transportation means that moves circularly in a certain direction while passing through?
It is located near the transportation means and after the recovery command is issued.
When the fishing tag carrier holding the fishing tag passes
Then, the fishing tag is detached via the detachment / delivery section for the collection box.
A bill distribution / collection device having a collection box for collecting the bills. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein disposed on the transport means, the deposited paper currency with the recovered holding and transport in the deposit machine, the deposit box which is located near the transfer means, input A bill distributing / collecting device comprising a depositing carrier for depositing and depositing deposited bills through a safe depositing / discharging unit. The apparatus according to claim 7 claim 6, wherein the deposit box is configured to house the deposited bills by denomination, having a recycling function to reuse housed a thousand yen bills as Tsurisatsu or exchange banknotes A bill distribution / collection device.