JP2520328Y2 - Medal lending machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Industrial Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medal lending machine suitable for lending medals used in a game machine or the like.

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional medal lending machine has a coin insertion portion and a medal tray on the front surface of a frame, and a medal tank for storing medals inside the frame and a number equivalent to the amount inserted into the coin insertion portion. A medal payout means for paying out coins to the medal tray while counting the medals one by one and a currency discriminating device for discriminating the authenticity of the coins thrown into the coin throwing portion are respectively provided.

However, in the conventional medal lending machine, the medal payout means is provided above the frame body, the currency discriminating device is provided below the medal payout means, and the power supply and the control board are provided behind the currency discriminating device. There is a possibility that a medal may accidentally enter the power supply and the control board from above the discrimination device, and the power supply and the control board may cause an electrical failure such as a short circuit due to the contact of the medal to the electric parts of the power supply and the control board. The manager must maintain and manage the currency discriminating device in a low posture, cannot easily collect the money, and the player must receive the medal at a high position when paying out the medal by the medal payout means. I had to do it.

Also, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 56-118688, a storage tank and a discharge chute are arranged above and below one side inside the machine frame, and a medal discharge mechanism is provided on a side portion between the storage tank and the discharge chute. Arranged on the other side of the machine frame, separated from the storage tank, the discharge chute, and the medal discharge mechanism, the control unit is arranged in the upper part, the bill validator is arranged in the middle part, and the safe is in the lower part. The medal lending machine where is arranged is described.

In this device, a storage tank and a discharge chute are arranged near one side inside the machine frame, and a medal discharge mechanism is arranged on a side portion between the storage tank and the discharge chute, so that the medal discharge mechanism is Since the control unit and the bill validator are arranged on the side, the width of the lending machine is large.

Further, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. Sho 49-62496 presents a vending machine for game coins, which has no electrical means and lends medals to coins inserted only by a mechanical mechanism. This is because the currency discrimination mechanism, the medal storage unit, and the medal payout mechanism are all mechanical mechanisms.
Since the structure is complicated and a large number of member elements that constitute each mechanism are required, an installation space is required in the depth direction of the frame body.

Also in this case, the currency discrimination, detection, and passage mechanisms are arranged near one side inside the machine casing, and the medal storage unit is arranged near the other side inside the machine casing. Since the medal discharging mechanism is provided, the width of the lending machine is large.

The object of the present invention is to separate the electric type money discriminating device completely above the medal payout means and to keep the maintenance and management of the coin discriminating device in a standing state by the manager of the game hall. It is possible to collect coins easily, and when paying out medals by the medal payout means, the player can receive the medals at a low position while sitting on a chair, and the coin insertion part can be placed inside the frame. It is possible to arrange the electric type money discriminating device and the medal ejecting means having the medal tank in a line in the vertical direction, which makes it possible to reduce the width of the medal lending machine as compared with the conventional one. The purpose is to provide a medal lending machine.

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, the medal lending machine of the present invention is
The medal lending machine is sized so that the medal lending machine can work while the upper part of the frame body is standing up and the lower part of the frame body is arranged at a position where the medal can be received while sitting on a chair. A partition plate for partitioning the inside of the frame into upper and lower parts is provided, and inside the upper side of the frame body partitioned by the partition plate, an electric currency discriminating device having a money insertion part is arranged, and the currency An upper front panel is openably and closably provided on the front side of the discriminating device, and a medal discharging means having a medal tank is provided immediately below the currency discriminating device inside the lower side of the frame body partitioned by the partition plate. The medal receiving plate connected to the medal ejecting means is provided in the lower part of the.

The currency discriminating device installed inside the frame body discriminates the authenticity of the coins inserted into the coin inserting unit, and the medal payout means having the medal tank provided below the coin discriminating device is connected to the coin inserting unit. The number of medals corresponding to the amount of inserted coins is paid out, and the medals are paid out to the medal tray provided at the bottom of the frame.

The partition plate provided on the frame body vertically partitions the inside of the frame body.

Inside the upper part of the frame body partitioned by the partition plate, an electric currency discriminating device having a money insertion part is arranged, and immediately below the currency discriminating device inside the lower side of the frame body partitioned by the partition plate. With the structure provided with the medal ejecting means having the medal tank, it is possible to arrange the electric type money discriminating device having the coin inserting portion and the medal ejecting means having the medal tank in a line in the vertical direction inside the frame body. Thus, the width of the rental machine can be reduced.

The medal lending machine has a size such that the medal lending machine can be operated while the upper part of the frame is standing, and the lower part of the frame is arranged to receive medals while sitting on a chair. By opening and closing the upper front panel provided on the front of the machine, it is possible for the manager of the game hall to maintain and manage the currency discrimination device while standing, and the player sits on a chair. It is possible to receive the medals paid out to the medal tray at a low position.

Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a frame body, and an upper front panel 2 is provided above the front portion of the frame body 1.
A lid 4 that closes the medal supply unit 3 is openably and closably provided in the lower part of the, and a lower front panel 5 is provided in the lower part of the lid 4.

On the front surface of the upper front panel 2, a coin insertion portion 6 is provided above, a lock 7 is provided on an upper portion of the money insertion portion 6 so as to be freely detachable from the frame body 1, and a lower portion of the money insertion portion 6 is provided. A digital display unit 8 for displaying the code and the number of medals is provided, and a decoration lamp 9 is provided above the digital display unit 8.

A lock 10 is provided on the front surface of the lid body 4 so as to be freely detachable from the frame body 1, and a lower end of the lid body 4 is provided on the frame body 1 so as to be pulled out forward through a hinge.

A lock 11 is provided above the front surface of the lower front panel 5 so as to be freely detachable from the frame body 1, and a medal tray 12 is provided below the lock 11.

As shown in FIG. 2, the frame body 1 is integrally provided with a partition plate 18 for partitioning the inside of the frame body 1 into upper and lower parts. Partition plate 18
An electric type money discriminating device 13 for discriminating the authenticity of money is arranged inside the upper portion of the frame 1 partitioned by the coin discriminating device 13 is provided in front of the monetary discriminating device 13. A currency storage box 14 is provided at the rear of the discrimination device 13. Further, a power supply 15 is provided behind the currency storage box 14, a control board 16 is provided above the power supply 15, a large number of electric components 17 are provided on the lower surface of the control board 16, and the currency discriminating device 13 is provided. It is fixed to the back surface of the upper front panel 2 by the money insertion unit 6.

Further, inside the lower side of the frame body 1 partitioned by the partition plate 18, a medal payout means 19 is arranged immediately below the currency discriminating device 13. A medal storage tank 20 for storing medals is provided above the medal payout means 19, and a medal storage hopper 21 for storing extra medals is provided above the medal storage tank 20.

An inclined tank mounting plate 22 is provided at the bottom of the medal storage tank 20, a medal payout means 19 is arranged at the upper part of the tank mounting plate 22, and a medal storage is made at the upper part of the tank mounting plate 22 near the lower end 22a. A receiving body 23 for receiving medals from the tank 20 is provided, a rotating disc 24 is rotatably provided inside the receiving body 23, and the rotating disc 24 is interlocked with an upper portion near the center in the longitudinal direction of the tank mounting plate 22. An induction rotating body 25 is rotatably provided, and a discharge chute 26 is integrally provided below the upper end 22b of the tank mounting plate 22. The medal payout means 19 is composed of a rotating disk 24 and an induction rotating body 25.
Consists of

A medal ejection path 27 is formed on the side of the ejection chute 26, and a medal receiving tray 12 is provided below the medal ejection path 27 in contact with the medal ejection means 19.

On the side wall of the medal storage tank 20, an optical medal detection sensor S for detecting the amount of medals in the medal storage tank 20 is provided.

A rotation transmission mechanism (not shown) is provided on the lower surface of the tank mounting plate 22.
A motor mounting body 28 for accommodating the motor is integrally provided, and the lower portion of the motor mounting body 28 is provided with a rotary disc 24 via a rotation transmission mechanism.
And a drive motor M for rotating the induction rotating body 25.

A support frame 29 is integrally provided below the tank mounting plate 22, and a bracket 30 is integrally provided below the support frame 29.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary disc 24 of the medal payout means 19 is provided with a plurality of medal fitting holes 31 into which the medals in the medal storage tank 20 are inserted one by one.
24. A protruding engaging pin 32 and a guide piece 33 are arranged at predetermined positions on the lower tank mounting plate 22, respectively.
An induction rotating body 25 having a plurality of engaging claws 34 is provided rotatably in the opposite direction to the rotating disc 24, and the rotation shaft 24a of the rotating disc 24 and the rotation shaft 25a of the induction rotating body 25 transmit the rotation. The drive motors M are connected to each other via a mechanism.

 Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the medals are supplied from the medal supply unit 3 to the inside of the medal storage tank 20 in a full state, and the extra medals are stored inside the medal storage hopper 21 above the medal storage tank 20.

Next, when the player inserts money into the money insertion unit 6,
The currency discrimination device 13 determines the authenticity of currency.

When the money discriminator 13 determines that the coins inserted into the coin depositing section 6 are genuine coins, the drive motor M is activated, and the drive motor M is rotated by the rotation transmission mechanism.
At the same time that 24 is rotated in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 3, the guide rotor 25 is rotated in the direction of arrow b in FIG. 1 of the medals received in the medal fitting hole 31 of the rotating disk 24
Insert one by one.

After that, the medals fitted in the medal fitting holes 31 of the rotary disc 24 are attached to the tank mounting plate as the rotary disc 24 rotates.
While being engaged with the engagement pin 32 and the guide piece 33 of 22 is sent toward the induction rotating body 25 along the inclination of the tank mounting plate 22,
The engaging claw 34 of the induction rotating body 25 catches the medals sent from the rotating disk 24 toward the induction rotating body 25 one by one and sends them to the ejection chute 26, which is equivalent to the amount of coins inserted into the coin inserting unit 6. The medal payout means 19 sequentially ejects the number of medals from the ejection chute 26 to the medal tray 12 through the medal ejection path 27.

Further, the medal detection sensor S detects the amount of medals in the medal storage tank 20, and when the amount of medals in the medal storage tank 20 becomes small, a key is inserted into the lock 10 of the lid 4 to rotate. Then, the lid 4 is pulled out to the front of the frame 1 by hand to open the medal supply unit 3, and the medals storage hopper 21 and the medal storage tank 20 are replenished with medals from the medal supply unit 3.

When the money stored in the money storage box 14 is full, the key is inserted into the lock 7 of the upper front panel 2 to rotate and the upper front panel 2 can be pulled out to the front of the frame 1 by hand.
The currency discriminating device 13 can be pulled out from the inside of the frame 1 together with the upper front panel 2, and the currency storing box 14 at the rear of the currency discriminating device 13
You can get money from inside.

Further, when a key is inserted into the lock 11 of the lower front panel 5 to rotate and the lower front panel 5 is pulled out to the front of the frame body 1 by hand, the medal payout means 19 and the medal storage tank 20 are supported by the support frame.
It can be taken out from inside the frame 1 together with 29.

Advantageous Effects of Invention The medal lending machine of the present invention is an electric type coin which has a frame with a partition plate for partitioning the inside of the frame into upper and lower parts, and a coin insertion section inside the upper part of the frame partitioned by the partition plate. A coin discriminating device is provided, an upper front panel is provided on the front surface of the currency discriminating device so as to be openable and closable, and a medal ejecting means having a medal tank is provided directly below the currency discriminating device inside the lower side of the frame body partitioned by a partition plate. Since the electric currency discriminating device is completely separated above the medal payout means by the partition plate, the medal does not accidentally enter the electric currency discriminating device side, and the electricity of the currency discriminating device is prevented. The medal contact with the system can be surely eliminated, and the possibility of electrical failure such as a short circuit due to the medal can be eliminated, and the medal lender can be used with the top of its frame standing up. The coin discriminating device is opened and closed by the manager of the amusement hall by opening and closing the upper front panel so that the work can be done and the lower part of the frame is placed so that the medal can be received while sitting on the chair. Since the maintenance and management of the coins can be done in a standing state, the work of collecting coins can be performed easily, and when paying out the medals by the medal payout means, the medal tray is at a low position when the player is sitting on the chair. It is possible to receive medals from, a partition plate is provided to partition the inside of the frame into upper and lower parts, and inside the upper side of the frame partitioned by the partition plate, an electric currency discriminating device having a coin insertion section is arranged, An electric currency discriminating apparatus having a coin insertion portion inside the frame by arranging a medal discharging means having a medal tank just below the currency discriminating apparatus inside the lower side of the frame partitioned by the partition plate. The medal ejecting means having the medal tank can be arranged in a line in the vertical direction, which makes it possible to reduce the width dimension of the medal lending machine as compared with the conventional one, for example, using a medal. Even if it is placed between the gaming machines, the placement space is small.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a medal lending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of an essential part of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of a medal payout means. 1 ... Frame, 2 ... Upper front panel, 3 ... Medal supply section, 4 ... Lid body, 5 ... Lower front panel, 6 ... Cash deposit section, 7 ... Lock, 8 ... Digital display Part, 9 ... Decorative light, 10 ... Lock, 11 ... Lock, 12 ... Medal saucer, 13 ...
Currency discriminating device, 14 ... Currency storage box, 15 ... Power supply,
16 ... Control board, 17 ... Electrical parts, 18 ... Partition plate, 19 ...
… Medal payout means, 20 …… Medal storage tank, 21 …… Medal storage hopper, 22 …… Tank mounting plate, 22a …… Bottom end, 2
2b …… top, 23 …… receiver, 24 …… rotating disc, 24a
...... Rotation axis, 25 ...... Induction rotator, 25a ...... Rotation axis, 26 ...
… Ejection chute, 27 …… Medal ejection path, 28 …… Motor mounting body, 29 …… Support frame, 30 …… Bracket, 31 …… Medal fitting hole, 32 …… Engagement pin, 33 …… Guide piece, 34: engaging claw, M: drive motor, S: medal detection sensor.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. The size of the medal lending machine arranged so that the medal lending machine can be operated with the upper part of the frame body standing upright, and the lower part of the frame body can receive medals while sitting on a chair. A partition plate for partitioning the inside of the frame into upper and lower parts is provided in the frame body, and an electric currency discriminating device having a coin insertion section is provided inside the upper side of the frame body partitioned by the partition plate. In addition, an upper front panel is provided on the front surface of the currency discriminating device so as to be openable and closable, and immediately below the currency discriminating device inside the lower side of the frame partitioned by the partition plate, a medal discharging means having a medal tank is provided. A medal lending machine, characterized in that a medal tray connected to the medal ejecting means is provided below the frame.