WO1996009612A1

WO1996009612A1 - Bill aligning machine

Info

Publication number: WO1996009612A1
Application number: PCT/JP1994/001563
Authority: WO
Inventors: Takatoshi Takemoto; Yoshihide Kurihara
Original assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
Priority date: 1994-09-22
Filing date: 1994-09-22
Publication date: 1996-03-28
Also published as: AU7666294A; EP0803845A4; EP0803845A1

Abstract

A bill aligning machine of the invention comprises a bill insertion inlet (2) formed in the outer surface of a play table (1) and adapted to permit bills to be inserted thereinto for playing, a conveying mechanism (50) for conveying to the inside of the play table (1) bills having been inserted through the bill insertion inlet (2), a rotary table (60) receiving thereon a plurality of bill storage boxes each formed with an intake, through which bills conveyed by the conveying mechanism (50) are taken in, and a drive mechanism (70) for rotating the rotary table (60) such that bills from the conveying mechanism (50) are fed to an intake of any one of said plurality of bill storage boxes.

Description

Detail

Banknote sorting machine Technical field

The present invention relates to a banknote aligning machine that sends banknotes to a banknote storage box, and more particularly, to a banknote aligning machine provided on a gaming table where a game is played. Background art

Game consoles for playing games and the like using cards have been known, and among them, a bill storage box for storing bills to be paid for playing a game is installed so as to be able to be taken out. What you are doing: The gaming table is provided with a bill aligning machine configured to have a bill insertion slot into which bills are inserted, and a transport mechanism for sending bills inserted from the bill insertion slot into the bill storage box. ing.

However, in the conventional banknote aligner, banknotes could be sent only to one banknote storage box placed inside the gaming table.

Therefore, the bills had to be stored in one bill storage box, and the bill storage box was quickly filled up. When the bill storage box becomes full, it must be replaced with an empty bill storage box, but it is cumbersome to repeat this operation o Disclosure of the invention

The present invention provides a banknote aligner capable of sequentially storing banknotes inserted from a banknote insertion slot in a plurality of banknote storage boxes as needed to solve the above problems. This is the purpose.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, in a banknote aligner provided on a gaming table on which a game is played,

A bill insertion slot formed on the outer surface of the gaming table into which a bill for playing a game is inserted,

A transport mechanism for transporting the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot to the inside of the gaming table;

A rotary table on which a plurality of bill storage boxes each having an inlet for receiving bills transported by the transport mechanism are placed;

And a drive mechanism for rotating the rotary table so that the bills from the transport mechanism are fed to an arbitrary one of the plurality of bill storage boxes. Machine is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, according to the first aspect,

The transport mechanism feeds the bills into the bill storage box with a part of the bills penetrating into the bill storage box. When the rotary table rotates, a part of the transport mechanism is moved to a position where the transport mechanism does not contact the bill storage box, and when the rotary table stops, the transport mechanism is moved. A banknote aligning machine is further provided with a mechanism for moving a part of the banknote to a position where the banknote enters the inside of the banknote storage box.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, according to the first or second aspect,

An operation unit for receiving an instruction to rotate the rotary table,

The drive mechanism receives an operation by the operation unit, and moves the rotary table from a position where bills from the transport mechanism are sent to an inlet of one bill storage box out of the plurality of bill storage boxes. A banknote aligner characterized in that the banknote aligner is rotated to a position where banknotes from the transport mechanism are sent to an inlet of a banknote storage box placed next to the one banknote storage box on the rotary table. Is provided.

In the first aspect of the present invention, a bill for playing a game is inserted into the bill insertion slot. The transport mechanism transports the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot to the inside of the gaming table. On the other hand, the turntable places a plurality of bill storage boxes in which an inlet for taking in the bills transported by the transport mechanism is formed. Then, the drive mechanism is provided in any one of the plurality of bill storage boxes, and The rotary table is rotated so that bills from the transport mechanism are sent.

In a second aspect of the present invention, the transport mechanism sends the bills to the bill storage box with a part of the bills entering the inside of the bill storage box. A part of the transport mechanism moves to a position where the transport mechanism does not contact the bill storage box when the rotating table rotates, and the transport mechanism moves when the rotary table stops. Move to a position where a part of the bill enters the inside of the bill storage box.

In a third aspect of the present invention, the drive mechanism receives the operation by the operation unit, and transfers the rotary table to an inlet of one of the plurality of bill storage boxes. Rotate from the position where bills are sent from the mechanism to the position where bills from the transport mechanism are sent to the inlet of the bill storage box placed next to the one bill storage box on the rotating table. Let it.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a gaming table to which an embodiment of the banknote aligner according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2A is a front view showing an example of a bill storage box used in an embodiment of the bill sorting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 (b) is a top view showing an example of a bill storage box used in an embodiment of the bill sorting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 (c) is a side view showing an example of a bill storage box used in an embodiment of the bill sorting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3A is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ of FIG. 2B. '

FIG. 3 (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line B-B 'of FIG. 2 (a). Zu

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the bill sorting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a part of one embodiment of the banknote aligner according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram when a part of the embodiment of the banknote sorting machine according to the present invention is viewed from the front.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a part of the embodiment of the banknote aligner according to the present invention when viewed from above.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a part of an embodiment of the banknote aligner according to the present invention, as viewed from the side.

FIG. 9 shows a part of one embodiment of the banknote aligner according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram when viewed from the side.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory view when a part of one embodiment of the banknote aligner according to the present invention is viewed from above.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a part of an embodiment of the banknote sorting machine according to the present invention when viewed from the front.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing each bill storage box used in one embodiment of the bill sorting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram relating to a second transport unit in one embodiment of the banknote sorting machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram relating to a second transport unit in one embodiment of the banknote sorting machine according to the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the invention will be described as an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a gaming table to which the banknote aligner according to the present invention is applied. The gaming table 1 in the figure is used for a game using a card, and a game card is placed on the upper surface 1a. On the upper surface la of the gaming table 1, a bill insertion slot 2 for inserting bills exchanged with the chips is provided. The banknote sorting machine of the present embodiment is configured to store the bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 2 into a plurality of bill storage boxes (in the present embodiment, the bill storage boxes 10, 20, 3) arranged inside the gaming table 1. 0) is sequentially packed as needed. In this embodiment, the same bill storage box is used, and FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show the structure of a bill storage box 10, which is one of them. Inside the banknote storage box 10, there are provided a mounting table 11 for mounting the banknotes, and two panels 12 a and 12 b for urging the mounting table 11 in the upward direction. At the corner of the bill storage box 10, an intake 13 for taking in the bill is formed. Inside the inlet 13, rollers 14 a and 14 b that can rotate only in the direction in which bills are taken (in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3 (a)) are attached. . On the side of the bill storage box 10, handles 15a and 15b for carrying are provided. The bill storage box 10 has a door 16 that can be opened and closed. -δ- The door 16 can be locked with the key 17.

As shown in FIG. 4, the present banknote aligner includes a guide member 40 having the above-mentioned banknote insertion slot 2 formed on the upper surface, a transport mechanism 50 for transporting the banknotes, a banknote storage box 10, It comprises a rotating table 60 on which 20 and 30 (only the bill storage box 10 is shown in FIG. 4), and a drive mechanism 70 for rotating the rotating table 60. I have. A part of the banknote sorting machine is also shown in Fig. 5.

The guide member 40 is a hollow member that discharges a bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 2 in a state substantially perpendicular to the upper surface 1 a of the gaming table 1.

As shown in FIG. 5, the transport mechanism 50 transfers the bills ejected from the guide member 40 to an inlet of one of the bill storage boxes (in FIG. 5, the inlet 1 of the bill storage box 10). 3) The first transport unit 5110 that sends the bills into the bill storage box from the inlet, and the second transport unit 530 that sends the bills further into the back, and drives these And an electric motor 550 (not shown here).

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the first transport section 5110 includes six support shafts 511 to 516 arranged parallel to each other and rotatably supported respectively. ing. Rollers 5 11 a, 5 11 b, 5 11 c are provided on the support shaft 5 11, and rollers 5 14 a, 5 14 b are provided on the support shaft 5 14 , 5 14 c Force Fixed while inserted into each support shaft. Support shaft 5 1 Rollers 5 13 a, 5 13 b, and 5 13 c are fixed to 3 so that they are positioned diagonally below each of rollers 5 11 a, 5 11 b, and 5 11 c. . Similarly, the support shafts 5 15 are provided with rollers 5 15 a, 5 15 b, 5 so that they are positioned diagonally below the rollers 5 14 a, 5 14 b, 5 1 5 c is fixed. The rollers 51 2 a, 51 2 b, 51 1 '2 c is fixed. A belt 521 is stretched over the rollers 511a, 512a, and 513a. Similarly, for rollers 5 1 1 b, 5 1 2 b, 5 1 3 b, beryret 5 2 2 force, and for rollers 5 1 1 c, 5 1 2 c, 5 1 3 c, belt 5 2 3 Has been passed over. In addition, belts 524, 525, and 526 are stretched over each of the openings fixed to the support legs 514, 515.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the rollers 511 a of the support shaft 511 and the rollers 514 a of the support shaft 514 belt the bills discharged from the guide member 40. It is arranged at a position where it can be sandwiched between 2 1 and 5 2 4. Of course, the other rollers of the support shafts 511 and 514 also have such a positional relationship. The rollers fixed to the support shafts 5 13 and 5 15 are positioned so that bills can be sent on the guide plate 5 17 provided between the support shafts 5 13 and 5 15. Are located in In addition, belts 5 2 1 and 5 2 4 can be transported with bills sandwiched. As can be seen, the roller 512a of the support shaft 512 is arranged at a position where the belt 521 slightly presses the belt 524. The same applies to the other rollers of the support shafts 5 1 and 2.

The pulleys 516a and 516b are provided on the support shaft 516. On the other hand, there is a pulley 513d between the rollers 513a and 513b, and between the rollers 513b and 513c. There is a pool 5 13 e. A pool 527 is bridged between the pool 5 16 a and the pool 5 13 d. The belt 527 can be rotated while the pulley 516a is in contact with the roller 14a of the bill storage box 10. In addition, the pool 5 16 b and the pool 5 13 e have

The belt 5 28 can be rotated with the pulley 5 16 b in contact with the roller 14 b. In addition, the pulleys 5 13 f and 5 1

3 g is also provided. A pulley 551a is provided on the rotating shaft 551 of the electric motor 550. A belt 529 is hung on the pulley 551a and the pulley 513g of the support shaft 513.

The second transport section 530 is configured to have support shafts 531 and 532 rotatably supported. To one end of the support shaft 531, a roller 531a for further feeding the bills contained in the bill storage box to the back is fixed. A similar roller 532a is fixed to one end of the support shaft 5332. You. Part of each roller can enter the bill delivery box through the holes 18a and 18b (see Fig. 5) formed on the top of the bill delivery box.

The other end of the support shaft 531 is provided with a pulley 531b, and the other end of the support shaft 532 is provided with a pulley 532b. . Belts 541 are hung over these pools. A pulley 532 c is provided at the center of the support shaft 532. A belt 542 is bridged between the pulley 532c and the pulley 513f of the support shaft 513.

The above is the schematic configuration of the first and second transport units. To be more specific, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the support shaft 531 of the second transport unit 5330 is 532 is rotatably supported by bearing plates 571 and 572. These bearing plates can swing about the support shaft 513 around the support shaft. On the other hand, the support shaft 516 of the first transfer section 510 is rotatably supported by bearing plates 573 and 574. The bearing plate 571 is provided with a push-up shaft 575 that engages with each of the bearing plates 573 and 574 and pushes up these bearing plates. The bearing plate 573 is connected to the push-up shaft 575 via a non-contact 576 a, and the bearing plate 574 is connected to a push-up shaft 575 via a non-contact 576 b. . Each panel urges the connected bearing plate and the push-up shaft to approach each other. With these panels and the push-up shaft 575, four bearing plates 57 1 to 57 4 can be integrally moved about the support shaft 5 13. This situation is shown in FIG. 11 centering on the bearing plate 571.

In addition, in the pulleys 516a and 516b, when the state shown in FIGS.

Due to the panel action of 576b, the pulley 516a is pressed against the roller 14a, and the pulley 516b is pressed against the roller 14b. Therefore, the contact force of each pool with the roller is increased, and the bill can be transported smoothly.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, the bearing plate 571 is formed with a protruding portion 571a extending downward. The protruding portion 571a is provided with a rotatable wheel 577. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, a support 61 is fixed to the center of the rotation table 60. On the upper surface 6 1 a of the support 6 1, three cam plates 62, corresponding to each bill storage box,

6 3 and 6 4 are installed. When the rotation table 60 rotates, each cam plate passes through the wheel 577, and together with the wheel, the four bearing plates 57 1 to 5 described above are used.

7 4 up and down. Each cam plate has a similar shape, but as an example, a cam plate 62 is shown in FIG. The cam plate 62 has two convex portions 62a, 62c protruding from the upper surface 61a of the support 61 in a trapezoidal shape. A trapezoidal concave portion 62b is formed with respect to a. What When bills are fed into the bill storage box 10, the wheels 577 are located almost directly above the bottom of the concave portion 62b as shown in FIG. At this time, the second transport section 5330 is supported by the rollers 531a and 532a (see FIG. 7).

As shown in FIG. 4, a drive mechanism 70 for rotating the turntable 60 is provided with a drive source, for example, an electric motor 71 and the rotation of the electric motor 71 at a lower portion of the turntable 60. And a belt 66 for transmitting to the pool 65. The electric motor 71 rotates the turntable 60 based on an operation of a switch 3 (see FIG. 1) provided outside the game console 1.

Next, the operation of the banknote sorting machine of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

6 to 8, when driving of the electric motor 550 is started, the support shaft 513 rotates in the direction of arrow B (see FIG. 6) via the velvet 529. As a result, the belts 52 1, 52 2, and 52 3 of the support shaft 5 13 also rotate in the same direction. When these three belts rotate, the belts 52, 4, 5, and 5 26 that are in contact with each belt also rotate in the direction of arrow C (see Fig. 6). Also, the belts 527 and 528 rotate together with the support shaft 513.

On the other hand, the rotation of the support shaft 5 13 is also transmitted to the support shaft 5 32 by the belt 5 42. The support shaft 5 3 1 is a belt 5 4 1 and rotates together with the support shaft 5 32. That is, the rollers 532a and 533la rotate in the same direction (the direction of arrow D in Fig. 6).

When a bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 2 while each belt or each roller is in such a state, the bill passes through the guide member 40, and then moves to the belt 5. It is sandwiched between 2 1 to 5 2 3 and belts 5 2 4 to 5 2 6. The bills sandwiched between these belts are transported in the direction of the inlet 13 of the bill storage box 10 by rotation of the belts. Thereafter, the bill is guided by the draft plate 5 17, and the rollers 14 a and 14 b in the inlet 13 are connected to the pulleys 5 16 a and 5 16 b. It is sandwiched between. The pulleys 516a and 516b rotate while being pressed to the respective rollers by the above-mentioned spring action, so that the bills sandwiched between them can be smoothly stored in the bill storage box. Sent to On the other hand, since the rollers 532a and 531a are each rotating in the direction of arrow D, the bill is sent further in the bill storage box 10 and the loading table 1 is rotated. Put on 1

The bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 2 are stacked on the mounting table 11 through such a transport path. The state of the banknotes stacked on the mounting table 11 is shown in FIG.

When the user wants to change the bill storage box, he operates the switch 3 of the gaming machine 1 described above. When the operation force is applied by the switch 3, the turntable 60 starts to rotate. When the rotating table 60 rotates, the wheels 577 7 move to the concave positions shown in Fig. 13. Escape from the part 6 2 b and get on the convex part 6 2 c. Then, the four bearing members 571 to 574 described above are lifted accordingly. That is, the rollers 531a and 532a are pulled out of the holes 18b and 18a of the bill storage box, and the burries 516a and 516b are removed from the bill storage box. The roller is separated from the rollers 14a and 14b.

When the rotation of the turntable 60 further proceeds, the next bill storage box (in FIG. 12, after the work of storing the bill storage box 10 is completed, the next storage target is the bill storage box 3). 0) approaches the position where bills can be stored. Then, as shown in Fig. 14, when the wheel 57 7 rides on the convex portion 6 4a of the cam plate 64 corresponding to the bill storage box 30, the above-mentioned four The bearings 5 7 1 to 5 7 4 are lifted. Therefore, a part of the transport mechanism 50 does not contact the bill storage box 30. The wheel 577 then falls along the cam plate 64 into the recess 64b and stops above the bottom of the recess 64b. When the wheels 5 7 7 are in this state, the rollers 5 3 2 a and 5 3 1 a and the pulleys 5 16 a and 5 16 b return to the above-mentioned positions, and the bills can be transported. . At the same time that the wheel 577 is positioned above the bottom of the recess 64b, the electric motor 71 is turned off and the rotation of the turntable 60 stops. This stop position is detected by a limit switch (not shown). Although only a part is shown in FIG. 14, next to the recess 64 b, FIG. A projection 64c similar to the projection 62c is formed. As described above, according to the present embodiment, each time the switch 3 is operated, the rotary table 60 rotates 1 Z 3 times, and the banknotes are stored in each banknote storage box as necessary. It will be possible.

Therefore, even if one banknote storage box is full of banknotes, it is possible to start storing banknotes in the next banknote storage box simply by operating switch 3. Then, when each bill storage box is full, open the back door 4 of the game console (see Fig. 1), remove them, and then install an empty bill storage box. . In this way, if the work of installing and removing the bill storage box is performed at once, the work time is reduced. In addition, if a player in charge of the game, for example, a dealer operates the switch 3 described above every time a shift is made, the bills used in the game played by the dealer can be obtained. It will be stored in one bill storage box. In other words, banknotes can be managed for each dealer with simple operations.

The rotation command of the turntable 60 may be configured to be operated by a key operation instead of the operation by the switch 3 described above. This key may be kept by each dealer. Also, the rotation table 60 may be configured to automatically rotate when it is detected that the bill storage box is full of bills.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. At the banknote aligner provided at the gaming table where the game is played,

A rotary table for mounting a plurality of bill storage boxes formed with an inlet for taking in the bills conveyed by the conveying mechanism;

A drive mechanism for rotating the rotary table so that bills from the transport mechanism are sent to any one of the plurality of bill storage boxes.

A bill sorting machine characterized by the above.

2. In Claim 1,

The transport mechanism sends the banknotes into the banknote storage box with a part of the banknotes penetrating into the banknote storage box.

When the rotary table rotates, a part of the transport mechanism is moved to a position where the transport mechanism does not contact the bill storage box, and when the rotary table is stopped, the transport is stopped. A mechanism for moving a part of the mechanism to a position where the mechanism enters the inside of the bill storage box is further provided.

A bill sorting machine characterized by the above.

3. In Claim 1 or 2,

An operation unit for receiving an instruction to rotate the turntable is further provided;

The drive mechanism receives an operation by the operation unit, and sends the rotating table to the bill from the transport mechanism to an inlet of a bill storage box of one of the plurality of bill storage boxes. From the position to a position where bills from the transport mechanism are sent to an inlet of a bill storage box placed next to the one bill storage box on the rotating table. Bill sorting machine.