JPH0555412B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention provides, for example, a game machine in which two rows of game machines are arranged back-to-back, and are made up of a plurality of pachinko machines as game machines arranged side by side in the horizontal direction. Each of these gaming machine rows is provided with a plurality of bill insertion machines that accept banknotes from the front side of the gaming machine row in a direction along the gaming machine row, and the banknotes received by the bill insertion machines of each of the gaming machine rows are This invention relates to gaming equipment that can be efficiently collected using a transport device.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional gaming equipment, two rows of pachinko machines are arranged back-to-back, with automatic ball lending machines that operate when a hardened ball is inserted between the machines.
A conveying device is installed between the backs of these pachinko machine rows to catch the hardened balls dropped and discharged from the automatic ball lending machines of each pachinko game machine row and transport them to one end of the pachinko game machine rows. There are automatic ball lending machines that allow for efficient recovery of the hardened balls put into automatic ball lending machines (for example,
-160482, Utility Model Publication No. 146375), in gaming facilities where a banknote input machine such as an automatic ball lending machine that is activated by the insertion of banknotes is installed between the game machines to form a row of game machines, Since the paper money is larger and thinner than the paper money deposit machine, and is light and flexible, it is difficult to handle it like the paper money deposit machine. It is common practice to store banknotes received in a banknote insertion machine in a safe of the banknote insertion machine (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 53-3399).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, according to the conventional gaming equipment in which a row of game machines is constructed by installing bill insertion machines operated by the insertion of banknotes between the game machines, when collecting the banknotes inserted into each bill insertion machine, the collection A person must move to the front of each bill insertion machine one by one to collect the banknotes in the safe, and it is not possible to efficiently collect the banknotes from each bill insertion machine even if only for a series of gaming machine rows. Not only that, but when the safe becomes full while the game machine is in operation, it may be necessary to go between the players to collect the safe, which also lacks consideration for the players.

Therefore, in the same way as the conventional gaming equipment in which automatic ball dispensing machines that operate by inserting hardening are installed between the pachinko machines to form a row of gaming machines, we decided to use a machine that accepts banknotes from the front side of the gaming machine rows. Two rows of gaming machine rows are arranged back to back, each consisting of a banknote feeder that feeds out to the back side between the game machines, and between the backs of these pachinko game machine rows, the banknote feeder from each game machine row feeds out the machine. It is conceivable to provide a conveyance device that merges and conveys the collected banknotes to a collection position at one end of the game machine row so that the banknotes do not get in the way of players and can be collected efficiently. If the banknotes sent out from the banknote input machine in the game machine row are simply allowed to fall under their own weight in an irregular posture onto the conveyance surface of a conveyor or other conveyance device, and then are conveyed together to the collection position at one end of the game machine row, the conveyance paper The conveying surface is wide so that the conveying surface of the conveying device can reliably catch the unreliable paper that tends to get stuck in the middle of the conveyance, and the unreliable paper that falls under its own weight in an irregular position. Since it is necessary to provide a large transport device and to secure a large space for installing the transport device, there is a possibility that the installation space for the game machine will be reduced accordingly.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and effectively utilizes the characteristics of banknotes to prevent the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion machines of each row of gaming machines arranged back to back into a hindrance to players. Although it is possible to efficiently and smoothly transport and reliably collect without causing damage,
The purpose is to provide game equipment that does not require a large installation space.

[Means to solve the problem]

The characteristic structure of the present invention for achieving the above object is as follows: A. Two rows of game machines each consisting of a plurality of game machines arranged side by side in the horizontal direction are arranged back to back, and each of the rows of game machines has the following features: , a plurality of bill insertion machines are provided in the direction along the gaming machine row, and the bill insertion machines accept the bills from the front side of the gaming machine row and send out the bills to the back side of the gaming machine row with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction; Bills sent out from each of the bill insertion machines provided in each of the game machine rows are elastically held in a posture such that the paper surface thereof is along the vertical direction, and the bills are merged and conveyed in the same direction to a specific position along the game machine row. and a guiding mechanism that guides the banknotes sent out from the banknote insertion machine to a confluence part of the clamping and transporting device with the paper surface of the banknotes aligned in the vertical direction; an endless circuit belt that is driven and rotated along a path; and a plurality of clamping rollers that clamp the banknotes in cooperation with the endless circuit belt; A game equipment arranged along the clamping and conveying path at intervals shorter than E. E. between the clamping rollers that are adjacent to each other in the conveying direction from the banknote insertion machine provided in each of the gaming machine rows. A game equipment in which a merging section is formed to merge the sent-out banknotes into the clamping conveyance path, and a driving mechanism is provided to drive and rotate the clamping roller on the downstream side in the conveying direction facing the merging section A, B, C above. , D, E, and F, and this configuration provides the following effects.

[Effect]

a With the configurations A and B above, the bills sent out from the bill inserting machines provided in each of the rows of gaming machines arranged back to back can be easily transferred to the player without any trouble, and can be transported along the rows of gaming machines. (b) Bill insertion machines that accept bills from the front side of the gaming machine row and send them out to the back side of the gaming machine row with their paper surfaces vertically aligned are arranged back to back. Since the bill inserting machine is provided in each of the gaming machine rows installed, the bill inserting machine can be made thinner, the installation space for the bill inserting machine can be reduced, and the installation space for the gaming machine can be increased by that amount. Since the banknotes sent out from each of the installed banknote insertion machines are held in a posture such that the paper surface thereof is aligned in the vertical direction, and are conveyed in series to a specific position along the row of game machines, for example,
Compared to the case where a bill insertion machine is provided that sends out the banknotes to the back side of the gaming machine row with the paper surface aligned in the horizontal direction, and the banknotes are placed and conveyed on a conveyor belt, the banknotes are less likely to accumulate and are transported smoothly. Moreover, even in a narrow space where two rows of game machines arranged back to back are close to each other, the transportation can be carried out efficiently and reliably.

c According to the above configuration B, since the banknotes are elastically held and conveyed together, as in the case where the banknotes sent out from the banknote insertion machine are combined with the banknotes that have been conveyed in advance, overlapping the banknotes, Even if the weight of the banknotes to be clamped and conveyed changes and the thickness of the banknotes varies irregularly, the thickness fluctuations can be elastically absorbed and the banknotes can be conveyed with little disturbance in the conveyance posture; d In particular, by installing a clamping and conveying device that clamps and conveys bills from each of the rows of game machines arranged back to back in the same direction to a specific position, there is less risk of bill jamming and the bill can be delivered to a specific position. The work of collecting banknotes after they have been transported can be performed efficiently.

That is, for example, between the left and right rows of gaming machines arranged back to back, there is an endless rotating belt that rotates horizontally along the rows of gaming machines;
A holding belt or a holding roller that pinches and conveys banknotes in cooperation with the endless rotating belt portion of the endless rotating belt that moves toward one end in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine row, and a gaming machine of the endless rotating belt. A clamping belt or clamping roller that clamps and transports banknotes in cooperation with an endless rotary belt that moves toward the other end in the longitudinal direction of the banknotes is provided to constitute a clamping and conveying device. Bills sent out from one of the gaming machine rows are held and conveyed toward a specific position on one longitudinal end of the gaming machine row, and bills sent out from the other gaming machine row are transferred to the other end in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine row. When transporting the banknotes while holding them towards a specific position on the side, it is necessary to separately collect the transported banknotes at two specific positions separated in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine row, which has the disadvantage of poor banknote collection efficiency. There is.

In addition, in order to solve this drawback, in the above-mentioned clamping and conveying device, the banknotes sent from one of the left and right gaming machine rows arranged back to back are transferred to a specific position on one end in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine rows. The bills sent out from the other gaming machine row are once held and transported toward the other end in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine row, and then the transport direction is reversed to the moving direction of the endless rotating belt. If the banknotes are simultaneously inverted and conveyed in a pinched manner to the same specific position where the bills sent out from one row of gaming machines are pinched and conveyed, the conveyance distance of the bills sent out from the other row of gaming machines can be reduced. There is a disadvantage that the length increases the probability of banknote jamming.

On the other hand, as in the present invention, if a clamping and conveying device is provided that merges and conveys the banknotes sent out from each of the left and right gaming machine rows arranged back to back in the same direction to a specific position, Bills sent out from both rows of gaming machines can be transported to a common specific position over a relatively short transport distance,
As the transport distance is shortened, there is less risk of banknote jamming, and the work of collecting banknotes after transporting them to a specific position can be performed more efficiently.

e With the above configurations C and D, the banknotes are conveyed while being passed while being held in order between the holding roller on the lower side in the conveyance direction and the endless rotating belt, and the banknotes are held between the pair of left and right endless rotating belts. The conveyance structure can be simplified compared to the case where it is conveyed by

When the banknotes sent out from the banknote insertion machine are combined and conveyed in this way, the holding roller that first grips the leading end of the combined banknotes sent out from the banknote insertion machine and about to be merged is moved by an endless rotating belt or a conveying movement. If the leading edge of a combined banknote is clamped so as to be overlapped with a banknote conveyed from the upper side along the clamping conveyance path, these If the banknotes are stacked on top of each other in a slippery state, the conveyance speed of the part of the banknote that comes into contact with the nipping roller side is slowed down, which makes the banknote more likely to wrinkle and cause conveyance jams. f With the above configurations E and F, the clamping roller that first clamps the leading edge of the merged banknotes sent out from the bill insertion machine and about to merge is driven and rotated, so that the clamping rollers are conveyed from the upper side along the clamping conveyance path. Even if the leading end of the combined banknote is clamped while overlapping an incoming banknote, there is no risk of slowing down the conveyance speed of the banknote portion that comes into contact with the clamping roller.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Due to the effect of a above, the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion machines of each of the rows of gaming machines arranged back to back can be efficiently collected without getting in the way of players, and furthermore, the effect of b above does not require a large installation space. Although it is possible to smoothly transport and efficiently and reliably collect as many game machines as possible in a state where as many game machines as possible can be installed without any problems, due to the effect of c above, there is a risk of bill jamming due to disturbance of the transport posture. In particular, due to the effect of d mentioned above, not only is there a further reduction in the risk of banknote jamming, but also the work of collecting banknotes after they have been conveyed to a specific position can be carried out efficiently.

Furthermore, the effect of e allows the conveying structure to be simplified, and the effect of f prevents banknotes from becoming jammed, allowing for smooth combined conveyance.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show a pachinko gaming facility in which a plurality of pachinko machines A are arranged in a row, and adjacent pachinko machines A are arranged in a row. Platform A,A
In each of the spaces, each space located at every other space receives a banknote a as a flexible thin plate-like body configured in a rectangular shape or a shape close to it, with the long sides thereof positioned above and below, and , two rows of pachinko machines with a banknote feeder B interposed in the back,
A storage section is arranged back-to-back with a small interval between the two rows of pachinko machines, and is provided at one end of the back side of the row of pachinko machines for receiving and holding the bills a sent out from each bill insertion machine B between the rows of pachinko machines. A clamping and conveying device D is provided for merging conveyance with C.

Note that the bill insertion machine B has a function of identifying whether the bill a is good or bad, and sends the bill a to the back only if the bill a is good, and if the bill a is defective, it sends the bill to the back. It is configured to be returned to entrance b.

The clamping and conveying device D is configured by connecting a plurality of dividing units d in the conveying direction, each unit having a portion spanning the length of the adjacent pachinko machines A and A with the bill insertion machine B in between, Each division unit d
As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, two sets of clamping and transporting mechanisms are installed along a clamping and transporting path for clamping and transporting banknotes A from the thickness direction and transporting the banknotes with their long sides located above and below. They are arranged in the transport case 3 in a lined-up state.

Each of the clamping and conveying mechanisms includes an endless rotating belt 1B that is driven and rotated along a clamping and conveying path, and a plurality of clamping rollers 2A that clamp the banknote a in cooperation with the endless rotating belt 1B. The endless rotary belt 1B is wound around a plurality of pulleys 1A installed at predetermined intervals in the banknote conveyance direction, and the plurality of holding rollers 2A are arranged so that the length of the banknote a is longer than the length of the banknote a in the conveyance direction. They are also arranged at short intervals along the clamping conveyance path.

Openings 3A are formed on both sides of the transport case 3 and approximately at the center in the transport direction to receive the banknotes a sent out from the banknote insertion machine B, and the transport end of the clamp transport mechanism located on the upper side of the transport The banknote a is passed through the confluence between the opening 3A and the conveyance start end of the clamp conveyance mechanism located adjacent to the downstream side of the conveyance, and is directed between the conveyance start ends of the clamp conveyance mechanism located on the downstream side of conveyance. A guide mechanism E for merging and conveying is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, among the plurality of pulleys 1A, each of the pulleys 1A located at both ends in the banknote conveying direction is connected to a pulley 1A located in the middle of the other pulleys 1A.
It is configured to have a larger diameter than A, and the transport case 3 and the stays 6A, 6A fixed thereto make the 2
It is attached to support shafts 18 and 19 which are rotatably supported at points so as to rotate integrally with each other.

Among the plurality of rollers 2A, those located at both ends in the banknote conveyance direction, that is, the large diameter pulley 1A
Each of the rollers 2A corresponding to the rollers 2A is configured to have a larger diameter than the other intermediate rollers 2A, and is rotatably supported at two points by the conveyance case 3 and a stay 6B fixed thereto. Shafts 26, 36
It is mounted in a rotating state. The large-diameter rollers 2A, 2A are configured to be movable within a certain range toward the side away from the large-diameter pulleys 1A, 1A as the banknotes a are conveyed, and the large-diameter rollers 2A, 2A are moved around the shaft. A pair of upper and lower springs 33, 33 is provided as a biasing mechanism for moving and biasing the large-diameter pulleys 1A, 1A through the large diameter pulleys 26, 36, and as a large number of banknotes a are supplied, as shown in FIG. From the state shown in A to the state shown in FIG.
The large diameter roller 2A attached to the large diameter pulley 1A
It is made to move in parallel from one side to the other side so that the banknote a can be reliably delivered.

Further, the plurality of intermediate pulleys 1A have one of a pair of guide plates 5, 5 for transporting and guiding the non-clamping portion of the clamped and transported banknote a from both sides in the thickness direction thereof.
The plurality of intermediate rollers 2A are supported in a state where they are urged to move toward the clamping side via a spring 34.
It is supported by the other of the pair of guide plates 5, 5 via a spring 35 in a state where it is urged to move toward the clamping side.

Guide plate 5 on the side that supports the intermediate pulley 1A
is attached to the transport case 3 via a plurality of upper and lower brackets 4A, 4B, and of these upper and lower brackets 4A, 4B, the upper bracket 4A is attached to the guide plate 5 so as to be swingable. ing. And this upper bracket 4A
The state in which the guide plate 5 is locked and fixed to the transport case 3 by swinging to elastically engage with the leaf spring 7 attached to the transport case 3 (see Fig. 2)
By swinging the upper bracket 4A to release the engagement with the plate spring 7, a space is created between the guide plate 5 and the transport case 3 that allows the endless rotating belt 1B to be replaced from above. 8 (see FIG. 3).

Further, the guide plate 5 on the side that supports the intermediate roller 2A is attached to the conveyance case 3 so as to be swingable around a lower fulcrum P, and by swinging this guide plate 5, the banknote a is held. Clamping position (second
(see figure) and a clamp release position (see Figure 3) where the clamping action is released.
2 is a leaf spring that elastically engages and holds the fixing piece 10 attached to the upper end of the guide plate 5 connected to the transport case 3.

The guide mechanism E includes a receiving belt 11 that comes into contact with the banknote a from the banknote insertion machine B, and a receiving belt 11 that cooperates with the receiving belt 11 to sandwich and convey the banknote a to the opening 3A. 11 and a plurality of receiving rollers 12 arranged opposite to each other, a pair of receiving guide plates 13, on which the receiving belt 11 transports and guides the non-clamping portion of the conveyed bill a from both sides in the thickness direction; 13, and the plurality of receiving rollers 12 are supported on the other receiving guide plate 13.

The receiving belt 11 is swingable together with the roller 12 around the vertical axis X located at the end of the conveyance, and is urged to swing toward the roller by a spring 15. By changing the position of the swing arm 16 of the roller 12 within the elongated hole 17a of the bracket 17 attached to the transport case 3, the receiving belt 11 can be fixed in any swing position.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 7,
The first spindle 18 of the first pulley 1A located at the terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotatably guides the endless rotary belt 1B located on the upper side in the transport direction in each of the divided units d, and A second support shaft 19 of a second pulley 1A located at the starting end of the plurality of pulleys 1A that rotationally guides the endless rotating belt 1B located on the lower side, and an operating shaft 20a of one electric motor 20. and gears 21, 22, 2
By interlocking and connecting via 3, the two endless rotating belts 1B, 1B are configured to be driven. Further, in order to integrally rotate the second pulley 1A and the drive pulley 14 located at the conveyance terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 14 that rotationally guide the one receiving belt 11, the drive pulley 14 is frictionally moved. A spring 29A is provided which presses against the second pulley 1A side via the plate 24, and the drive pulley 14 and the roller are located at the conveyance terminal end of the plurality of pulleys 14 that rotationally guide the other receiving belt 11. In order to rotate the driving pulley 14 integrally with the roller 2A, a spring 29B is provided which presses the drive pulley 14 toward the roller 2A through the friction plate 25.
9 and 26 are interlocked and connected via gears 27 and 28, so that the two receiving belts 11 and 11 can be driven in synchronization with the two endless rotating belts 1B and 1B.

As described above, by interlocking the drive pulley 14 of the receiving belt 11 with the friction plate 24 or 25, for example, the banknote a conveyed by the receiving belt 11 is determined to be defective. When returning banknote a, the slip generated between the friction plate 24 or 25 and the second pulley 1A or roller 2A allows the banknote a to be returned without causing damage to the banknote a.

30 in FIGS. 1 and 9 indicates the transport case 3.
It is a lid that can be attached to the transport case 3 to close a portion corresponding to the opening 3A among the upper openings of the 31
is a lid that can be attached to the transport case 3 to close the other part of the upper opening, and both types of lids 3
0 and 31 are the holes formed in these and the transport case 3.
A member 32a that can clamp and fix the lids 30, 31 to the transport case 3 by expanding the diameter of the insertion end side while being inserted into a hole formed in It is attached to the transport case 3 by a fixture 32 consisting of the following.

In the above embodiment, the large diameter roller 2A is moved parallel to the side away from the large diameter pulley 1A side, but as shown in FIGS.
The large diameter roller 2A may be moved away from the large diameter pulley 1A by pivoting the shaft 19 of A to the transport case 3 so as to be able to swing freely, and by swinging the shaft 19.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the thin plate-like object conveying device according to the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional rear view of the main part, FIGS. 2 and 3 are longitudinal sectional front views of the main part, and FIG. 4 is a longitudinal sectional front view of the main part. Vertical side view, Figures 5 to 7 are cross-sectional plan views of main parts,
8A and 8B are vertical sectional front views of the main parts, FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the divided unit, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are a front view and a cross-sectional plan view of the pachinko gaming equipment. FIGS. 12A and 12B are longitudinal sectional front views showing another embodiment of the main part. 1B... Endless conveyance belt, 2A... Clamping roller, 33... Biasing mechanism, A... Game machine, a... Banknote, B... Bill inserter, D... Clamping conveyance device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Two gaming machine rows each consisting of a plurality of gaming machines A arranged side by side in the horizontal direction are arranged back to back, and each of the gaming machine rows receives banknotes A from the front side of the gaming machine row. A plurality of bill inserting machines B are provided in a direction along the gaming machine row, and the bill inserting machines B feed out the paper toward the back side of the gaming machine row with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction, and the bill inserting machines B are respectively provided in the gaming machine row. a clamping and conveying device D that elastically clamps the banknotes a sent out from each of the machines B with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction and conveys the banknotes a in the same direction along the row of game machines to a specific position; A guide mechanism E is provided which guides the banknote a sent out from the machine B to the merging section of the clamping and conveying device D with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction. An endless rotary belt 1B that rotates and a plurality of clamping rollers 2A that clamp the banknote a in cooperation with the endless rotary belt 1B are provided, and the plurality of clamping rollers 2A transport the banknote a. In the gaming equipment arranged along the clamping conveyance path at intervals shorter than the direction length, the banknote input device is provided in each of the game machine rows between the clamping rollers 2A adjacent in the conveyance direction. A gaming facility in which a merging section for merging banknotes a sent out from machine B into the clamping conveyance path is formed, and a drive mechanism is provided for driving and rotating the clamping roller 2A on the downstream side in the conveying direction facing the merging section.