Sheet feeding or delivering – Feeding – Multiple supplies
Patent
1994-05-09
1996-03-05
Bollinger, David H.
Sheet feeding or delivering
Feeding
Multiple supplies
271 913, 27125801, 27126501, 271266, 271176, B65H 344
Patent
active
054960207
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bank note transporting apparatus in a game machine island in which bank notes inserted into a bank note inserting slot as a game playing fee can be supplied to a bank note transporting path in a position along the length thereof via a bank note identifying machine and can be transported from one side to the other side of the path.
BACKGROUND OF THE RELATED ART
A plurality of game machine rows (hereinafter referred to as "game machine island") comprising a plurality of game machines and a plurality of game media lending machines for lending game media which are used for playing games by game players are disposed in game parlors. When a game player plays a game, he or she rents game media by inserting bank notes into a game media lending machine as a game playing fee. The bank notes which were inserted into the game media lending machine are accepted into the island and are then collected to a destination position, such as one end of the island. As a means thereof, a bank note transporting apparatus is provided in the island.
The bank note transporting apparatus includes a unit for merging the bank notes which are inserted from the game media lending machine. Such a type of mechanism is incorporated in the transporting apparatus and per se is not easily disassembled.
Jamming of the bank notes in the bank note merging unit is liable to occur due to the complicated structure and inappropriate timing of merging of the bank notes, etc. In the event of jamming of the bank notes, the game media lending machine is unable to be used and game players are considerably inconvenienced.
The inside of a conventional bank note transporting apparatus, including the bank note merging unit is not easily accessible. In the event of jamming or other failures, it takes an extended period of time to conduct repair service such as removal of the jammed bank notes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a bank note conveying apparatus in which a unit for merging bank notes to a main transporting path can be easily opened to rapidly deal with jamming or failure therein.
In order to accomplish the above mentioned object, in one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bank note transporting apparatus for transporting externally inserted bank notes, which is provided in a game machine island in which a plurality of game machines and a plurality of game media lending machines for lending game media used for playing games are disposed, the bank note transporting apparatus comprising a main transporting means provided within the island for transporting bank notes to a destination position; and
an introducing means disposed in at least one position along the length of the main transporting path for merging bank notes externally inserted into the island to the main transporting means;
the main transporting means including an accepting slot for accepting the bank notes from the introducing means;
the introducing means including a bank note inserting unit into which the bank notes are externally inserted and a merging unit for guiding and transporting the inserted bank notes to the accepting slot;
the merging unit including a passage member for transporting the bank notes and a passage frame which is pivotally mounted on one end of the passage member and;
the passage frame being mounted on the passage member in such a manner that the passage frame is disposed in parallel with the passage member to form a transporting passage therebetween when the introducing means is driven and is separated from the transporting passage defining face of the transporting member when the passage frame is pivoted.
The main transporting means, which may be considered to be structure providing a pathway or path, may include a transporting belt for transporting bank notes, a guide for guiding the transported bank notes and a transporting belt which forms a transporting path between it and a guide for transporting the bank notes along the guid
REFERENCES:
patent: 4988849 (1991-01-01), Sasaki et al.
patent: 5158274 (1992-10-01), Hamada et al.
Chida Toshikazu
Itagaki Takashi
Ito Eiji
Kano Noriaki
Murakami Koji
Bollinger David H.
Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
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