JP2002352298A - Paper money collecting device and play island using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a paper money collecting device to prevent automatic stop of a paper money transportation line by detecting an abnormality even when a paper money the denomination of which can not be identified is accepted. SOLUTION: The paper money collecting device is constituted by installing a spare stacker 21A to store and collect all denominations of paper money M on the upstream side from a stacker 21B to store and collect one-thousand yen notes, a stacker 21C to store and collect ten-thousand yen notes, a stacker 21D to store and collect five-thousand yen notes and a stacker 21E to store and collect two-thousand yen notes, and a paper money M the denomination of which can not be identified by a paper money identifying means 27 is stored and collected in the spare stacker 21A.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for collecting bills installed at an end of a game island such as a pachinko island.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As illustrated in FIG. 5, a recent pachinko gaming island 1 in which a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 are arranged side by side.
At 0, a pachinko ball lending machine 2 is installed beside each of the pachinko gaming machines 1 so that a player can pay out lending balls without leaving the seat.

[0003] A predetermined number of pachinko balls are paid out when a player inserts bills into the betting machine 2 and performs necessary operations. In addition, a bill transfer line 3 for collecting bills inserted into the pachinko ball lending machine 2 is provided inside the pachinko gaming island 10, and the pachinko gaming island 1
The bill is sent from the bill transport line 3 to the bill collecting device 20 installed at the end of the zero.

[0004] In the bill collecting device 20, a stacker 2 for storing bills collected by the bill conveying line 3 is provided.
1 and a control means 22 for controlling the bill collection mechanism of the stacker 21 and the bill transport line 3, and a door 2 provided with a lock 23.
4 so that it can be confined.

[0005] As the tama ball lending machine 2, there is an increasing number of types that allow the use of banknotes of a plurality of denominations in order to enhance the convenience of game players.

For this reason, in a bill collecting apparatus, it is necessary to provide a plurality of stackers so that bills can be sorted and collected for each denomination.
For example, when bills are conveyed in an overlapping state, it is not possible to determine the denomination, so it is not possible to determine the stacker for sorting and collecting, and the bill conveyance line automatically detects abnormalities and stops automatically, etc. There was a problem.

[0007]

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a bill collecting apparatus capable of appropriately coping with a case where a denomination of a bill received from a bill transport line cannot be identified. Had become.

[0008]

According to the present invention, as a specific means for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, a plurality of stackers are provided at the end of a bill transporting device and transported by the bill transporting device. In a bill collection device configured to be able to sort and collect bills for each denomination, a bill collection device having a first configuration in which a spare stacker capable of collecting bills of all denominations is provided upstream of the stacker,

[0009] In the bill collecting device of the first configuration,
A bill collection device of a second configuration, wherein a bill identification means for identifying a denomination of a received bill is provided on the upstream side of the spare stacker;

[0010] The bill collecting device of the first or second configuration is installed at an end of a gaming island in which gaming machines are arranged side by side,
And a gaming island having a first configuration in which bills received by a tama ball lending machine attached to a gaming machine are collected by a bill collecting device via a bill transport device installed on the back side of the gaming machine. By doing so, the above-mentioned problem of the prior art is solved.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. In addition, in order to facilitate understanding, in these figures, parts having the same functions as the parts described in FIG. 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bill collection device 2 of the present invention in which a bill receiving port 25 is provided corresponding to the end of a bill transfer line 3 disposed on the back side of a pachinko gaming machine or the like.
0 indicates five stackers, that is, a spare stacker 21A.
And a stacker 21B for storing and collecting 1,000 yen bills,
A stacker 21C for storing and collecting 10,000-yen bills, a stacker 21D for storing and collecting 5,000-yen bills, and a stacker 21E for storing and collecting 2,000-yen bills are provided therein. I have.

The bill collecting device 20 includes a bill detecting means 26 for detecting the arrival of the bill M, for example, a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit. A bill identifying means 27 for identifying a seed based on, for example, the amount of transmitted light is provided between the bill receiving slot 25 and the stacker 21.

When the bill detecting means 26 detects the arrival of the bill M, the control means 22 activates the bill identifying means 27 to identify the denomination of the bill M passing through the bill identifying means 27. Then, based on the identification result, a control program for driving the banknote conveying means (not shown) of the banknote collecting device 20 to convey the banknote M to the position of the required stacker, and storing and collecting the banknote M in the stacker is provided. Have.

That is, when the bill M identified by the bill identifying means 27 is, for example, a 1,000-yen bill, when the bill transport means (not shown) transports the bill M to the position of the stacker 21B, the bill press-in means of the stacker 21B. 28 is moved downward in the drawing, and the bill pressing surface 28A is moved to the stacker 21B.
, And the spring member 31 provided at the lower side of the drawing of the banknote storage portion 29 and urging the banknote receiving plate 30 upward in the drawing is retracted downward in the drawing, whereby the banknote M becomes banknotes. A control program of the control means 22 is configured to enter the bill storage unit 29 above the receiving plate 30 in the drawing and to be stored and collected in the stacker 21B.

When the bill M is moved downward in the drawing to store and collect the bill M in the bill storage section 29,
The banknote transfer means (not shown) of the banknote collection device 20 may be stopped or driven.

On the other hand, the banknote M identified by the banknote
However, for example, when the bill is a 10,000-yen bill, the bill transport means (not shown) transports the bill M to the position of the stacker 21C. When the bill M is a 5,000-yen bill, the bill transport means (not shown) transfers the bill M. When the banknote M is a 2,000-yen bill when transported to the position of the stacker 21D, and when the banknote transport means (not shown) transports the banknote M to the position of the stacker 21E, each of the banknotes is the same as in the case of the 1,000-yen bill. Then, the bill press-in means 28 of each stacker 21 is moved downward in the drawing, and the bill pressing surface 28A is moved to the bill storage section 2 of the stacker.
9, a spring member 3 provided at the lower side of the bill storage portion 29 in the drawing to urge the bill receiving plate 30 upward in the drawing.
The control program of the control means 22 is configured so that the banknote 1 is retracted downward in the drawing, whereby the banknote M enters the banknote storage unit 29 above the banknote receiving plate 30 and is stored and collected in each stacker. Have been.

When the bills M pass through the bill discriminating means 27 due to, for example, overlapping, and the denomination of the bill M cannot be discriminated by the bill discriminating means 27, the bill conveying means (not shown) replaces the bill M with the spare bill. When transported to the position of the stacker 21A, the bill press-in means 28 of the spare stacker 21A is moved downward in the drawing, and the bill pressing surface 28A is moved to the bill storage section 29 of the spare stacker 21A, as in the case of the 1,000-yen bill. The spring member 31 provided on the lower side of the drawing of the bill storage portion 29 and urging the bill receiving plate 30 upward in the drawing is retracted downward in the drawing, whereby the bill M is drawn into the drawing of the bill receiving plate 30. The control program of the control means 22 is configured to enter the upper banknote storage unit 29 and store and collect the banknotes in the spare stacker 21A.

Further, when the banknote storage unit 29 which is full of the stored and collected banknotes M comes out, the banknote storage unit 2
The control program of the control means 22 is also configured to store and collect the banknotes M which are originally to be stored and collected in the stacker 21 of No. 9 in the banknote storage unit 29 of the spare stacker 21A.

Therefore, when the banknote storage unit 29 that is full of the stored and collected banknotes M comes out, the banknotes M that are originally to be stored and collected in the stacker 21 of the banknote storage unit 29 are recognized as banknotes. When the bill M is identified by the means 27, the bill M is transported to the position of the spare stacker 21A by the bill transporting means (not shown).
Is moved downward in the drawing to store and collect the bill M in the bill storage unit 29 of the spare stacker 21A.

Further, the control means 22 has a function of transmitting the number of times of storing and collecting the banknotes M for each stacker to a not-shown hall computer.

Therefore, according to the bill collecting apparatus 20 of the present invention, when the denomination of the bill M can be identified by the bill identifying means 27, the identified bill M is stored and collected in the predetermined stacker 21. The banknotes M whose denominations could not be identified are stored and collected in the spare stacker 21A, so that only the banknote M stored and collected in the spare stacker 21A is checked by the supervisor, etc. Can be easily calculated.

Since the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the banknote collection device 20 bends the banknote M in a direction perpendicular to the banknote transport line 3 once in a direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction. May be arranged in a row.

The conveying path of the bill M is branched, for example, as shown in FIG.
It is also possible to dispose the stackers 21 at the ends of the branched transport paths in a distributed manner.

Further, a course changing means 34 for changing the conveying direction of the bill M as shown in FIG. 4 is provided in one of the branched conveying paths in FIG.
5 may be installed above, below, or vertically above and below.

Although it is basically free to store which denomination is stored in which stacker, a banknote M whose denomination cannot be confirmed may be conveyed in a state where a plurality of banknotes M are overlapped. Therefore, there is a high possibility of causing a transport trouble. Therefore, the banknote M stored in the stacker at the position where the transport path is the shortest and the denomination can be identified is the banknote M with the largest collection amount (currently 1,000 yen). Bills) are stored in the stacker whose transport path is the second shortest, and the bill M with the second largest collection amount
(Currently, 10,000-yen bills) are stored in the stacker with the third shortest transport path, and the banknote M with the larger collection amount is stored in the shorter transport path in the stacker. It is preferable from the viewpoint of reducing the amount of water.

[0028]

As described above, in the apparatus according to the present invention, a spare stacker capable of collecting bills of all denominations is provided on the upstream side. It can be stored and collected in a stacker.

Therefore, even if the banknotes are taken in as overlapping one another and the denomination cannot be identified by the banknote discriminating means, the stacker for sorting and collecting cannot be determined. Inconveniences such as a temporary stop do not occur.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an example of a bill collecting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a modified embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a main part for carrying out a modification.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another main part for carrying out a modification.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko game machine 2 Ball lending machine between 3 3 Banknote transfer line 10 Pachinko game island 20 Banknote collection device 21, 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E Stacker 22 Control means 23 Lock 24 Door 25 Banknote inlet 26 Banknote detecting means 27 Bill identification means 28 Bill press-in means 28A Bill pressing surface 29 Bill storage part 30 Bill receiving plate 31 Spring member 32 Shutter 33 Electromagnet 34 Path switching means M Bill

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Claims (3)

[Claims] An upstream side of a stacker in a bill collecting device provided with a plurality of stackers at an end portion of the bill conveying device and configured to be able to sort and collect bills conveyed by the bill conveying device for each denomination. A bill collection device provided with a spare stacker capable of collecting bills of all denominations. 2. The bill collecting device according to claim 1, wherein a bill discriminating means for discriminating a denomination of the received bill is provided on an upstream side of the spare stacker. 3. The bill collecting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the bill collecting device is installed at an end of a gaming island where gaming machines are arranged side by side.
A gaming island, wherein bills received by a betting machine attached to a gaming machine are collected by a bill collecting device via a bill transport device installed on the back side of the gaming machine.