EP2932482A1

EP2932482A1 - Coin box for a coin-operated device

Info

Publication number: EP2932482A1
Application number: EP13792314.0A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Tobias Sprenger
Original assignee: Novomatic AG
Current assignee: Novomatic AG
Priority date: 2012-12-14
Filing date: 2013-11-12
Publication date: 2015-10-21
Anticipated expiration: 2033-11-12
Also published as: JP2016503200A; CN104885129A; DE102012112344A1; JP6259466B2; DE102012112344B4; US9959695B2; CN104885129B; US20150325074A1; EP2932482B1; WO2014090496A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a coin box for a coin-operated device, said box comprising a housing (34), the front face of which is provided with a removal opening (41). A sliding door (47) is associated with the removal opening (41) and a supporting floor (48) for the coins is situated in the interior of the housing (34). Said supporting floor (48) runs at an incline from a rear wall (36) of the housing (34) towards the removal opening (41).

Description

coin box

for a money-operated device

description

The invention relates to a coin box for a coin-operated device, wherein the coin box has a housing with a front-side removal opening, and an entertainment game device with a device housing in which a coin box is accommodated.

From practice devices with coin boxes are known, which are usually permanently installed in the device or an integral part of the device. The Münzkassen are often formed by a cuboid cavity. Overall, the emptying of the cash registers often expensive, since the money must be carried by hand from the coin box in a front of a removal of the Münzkasse arranged collecting container, the collecting container is usually designed as a money bag, with the Hand is held in front of the removal opening. The removal opening can be closed by a pivotally arranged door or flap. The simultaneous opening of the door and / or flap and the removal of the coin and the holding of the collection container is difficult to accomplish, especially since with the opening of the door or the flap coins already exit the coin box, but this is not completely emptied.

WO 2005/090 731 A1 and US Pat. No. 3,836,069 A1 each disclose a coin box which encloses a housing with a front-side removal opening. The removal opening is assigned to a door which laterally is pivotally mounted on a front side of the housing. Inside the housing, a plurality of supporting bases for the coins are arranged, wherein the support bottoms are inclined from opposite side walls of the housing in the direction of the center of the housing. The removal opening is formed in the center of the housing of the Münzkasse in the front side.

The invention has for its object to provide a coin box and an entertainment game device of the type mentioned, which is or service-friendly and thus designed easy to handle.

According to the invention the object is solved by the features of the independent claims.

The subclaims represent advantageous embodiments of the invention.

In a coin box for a coin operated apparatus, the coin box comprises a housing having a front removal opening, wherein the removal opening is associated with a sliding door and a support floor for the coins is arranged inside the housing, wherein the support floor inclined by a rear wall of the housing in the direction of the removal opening is.

In the context of the invention, a coin does not only mean a corresponding coin, but also chips or other tokens, chips or the like are synonymous. Accordingly, the coin box is not intended solely for holding coins, but can also be filled with chips, chips or other tokens, which are present for example in a disordered bed.

Of course, the coin box in any device that is operated with money, tokens or the like to arrange. These include, in particular, coin-operated entertainment gaming machines, merchandise sales automated or other payment devices in which coins are collected, to understand, for example, passage barriers that allow for a payment process a passage.

Moreover, it is not excluded to make the coin box safe-like, this stable version is less important if the coin box is protected in a corresponding housing from unauthorized access or access or the coin box receiving device, for example, under the supervision of supervisory personnel.

The support floor of the coin box according to the invention can be arranged as an intermediate floor in the interior of the housing. Due to the slope formed by the inclined plane of the support floor, the coins present in the coin box slip outwardly through the removal opening when the sliding door is opened. Accordingly, it is not necessary for the service staff emptying the coin box to clear the coin box by using his hands, but rather because of their weight force, the coins reach the open via the inclined plane of the support floor, which is inclined from the rear wall towards the front of the housing. In addition, the sliding door is easy and continuous to open and does not jump, such as a pivotally hinged door or flap, due to the pressure acting from the inside of existing coins in the Münzkasse after unlocking. Sonach also facilitates the service at the Münzkasse, so in particular their emptying the sliding door.

In order to protect the coin money in the coin box from unauthorized access, the sliding door for locking is expediently assigned a lock to be actuated with a key in its position closing the removal opening.

According to a development, the housing is made of a sheet steel and cuboid shaped, wherein the removal opening on a front side of the housing is formed in the bottom region thereof and preferably has a front plate arranged above the removal opening and having a plurality of mutually spaced bores which are arranged alongside one another and / or one above the other. If the front panel is provided with the holes, which in particular have a smaller inside width than the smallest coin to be collected in the coin box, the service personnel can immediately recognize the level of the coins in the coin box and decide whether emptying is required or not. The holes do not necessarily have to be round, it may also slot-shaped openings or openings in the form of a Vielkantes, for example, a four-, five- or hexagonal be provided. In addition, it is possible to deposit the holes with a transparent component to prevent leakage of the coins from the coin box. The steel sheet itself may have a strength that makes it difficult to forcibly break up the coin box.

Preferably, the sliding door is mounted in the region of opposite side walls of the housing, wherein its upper and lower end position is limited by respective stops. After attaching the stops the sliding door is held captive on the housing.

Preferably, on both sides a each parallel and spaced from the associated side wall extending bend is formed to guide the sliding door, wherein the sliding door on both sides has a multi-angled fold, which surrounds the bend and extends into an existing between the bend and the side wall space. To design the guide means on the sliding door and the housing are not necessarily additional guide elements to arrange. The mutual guide means can be integrally formed by appropriate transformations with the sliding door or the housing. Furthermore, the angled portions are designed in such a way that they provide the smallest possible contact surface for tools in order to make it difficult to break up the coin box. The Longitudinal bends also cause a stabilization of the sliding door over the height, which prevents deflection.

In order to stabilize the sliding door over its width by a corresponding shaping, advantageously, the sliding door on the upper side on a handle, which is preferably formed by forming on a free upper edge, and at its free lower edge a double-layered reverse bend.

Conveniently, the housing comprises a bottom which opens at the front into a base plate forming a lower edge of the removal opening, which is arranged parallel to the front panel and the sliding door in the closed state überdeckbar, extending from the base plate to the rear wall in the direction of a lid and over the entire width of the housing extending support base goes off, which is preferably held on one of the rear wall associated tab. The footplate and the front panel are on one level and the sliding door is moved in this plane to release or close the removal opening. The floor may have elements which cooperate with guides and / or fasteners in the housing to position the coin box in a defined position, optionally removable, or to fix it in the housing. The support floor, which is arranged as an intermediate floor in the housing, is held substantially between the base plate and the tab.

In a refinement, the lock is arranged in a side wall of the housing and a lock bolt assigned to the lock extends through the foot plate and lies in a recess of the sliding door in order to lock it in the position closing the removal opening. The locking bolt is completely arranged inside the housing and not accessible from the outside. Only with its free, the lock facing away from the front page it protrudes into the open and protrudes slightly beyond the outer front of the sliding door.

Conveniently, in the lid, a filling opening and extending to the front of the housing free space is formed, wherein the free space is designed to reach through with one hand and is part of an integral handle. The handle facilitates the handling of the coin box when they are removed from the device. The filling opening is used to fill the coin box with coins and may be in communication with a coin channel, for example a coin validator. Furthermore, it is possible to secure the filling opening from the inside in such a way that the coins can not reach the outside, for example by a spring-loaded closure device and / or a labyrinth.

So that the service staff can use his hands when emptying the coin box, for example, to open the sliding door, holders are provided for a money bag. The bag of money can be attached to the housing before opening the sliding door to then open the sliding door so that the money from the coin box slides over the support floor in the money bag.

The entertainment game device comprises a device housing in which a previously explained coin box is accommodated.

The amusement game machine, which is often operated with coinage, is equipped with the easy-emptying for the service staff coin box, which is fixed or removable installed in the device housing. In a removable coin box this can be added by device housing side guide elements in the entertainment game device. In addition, the service personnel can replace a cash box to be emptied by an empty coin box, so that the entertainment game device is to operate again after a very short period of time. The to be emptied coin box can in a Service or cash compartment, away from the public, emptied and the coins for further processing, such as a counting and / or sorting device are supplied.

The coin box is expediently arranged downstream of a coin validator which is connected via a coin channel to a housing-side coin insertion slot, which is preferably associated with a frame of the device housing.

So that the cash box is easy to reach for the service staff, the device housing is preferably closed at its front with at least one upper and / or lower front flap, preferably with an upper and a lower front flap, which are arranged pivotally opposite to the device housing. After opening the device housing by pivoting the front doors, the interior of the entertainment game device is freely accessible and the service personnel can easily reach the corresponding components, in particular the Münzkasse.

In a further preferred embodiment, the upper front flap at least one display device, preferably a screen, for displaying a game sequence and / or the lower front flap on a console with controls for controlling a game process, wherein the display device, the controls and / or a money processing device with a game sequence control keep in touch.

It goes without saying that the features mentioned above and those yet to be explained below can be used not only in the respectively specified combination but also in other combinations. The scope of the invention is defined only by the claims.

The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings. It shows: 1 is a front view of an entertainment game machine with a coin box according to the invention,

2 is a perspective view of the entertainment game device of FIG. 1 with opened front flaps,

3 is a perspective view of the coin box with a closed removal opening,

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the coin box of FIG. 3 with the closed removal opening and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the coin box according to Fig. 3 with the open removal opening.

The entertainment gaming machine 32 comprises a housing housing 1 designed as a housing housing 33 with an upper-side headboard 2 with a curved frame part 3, two opposite side walls 4, which frontally frame 5 are assigned to a pedestal 6 with a hinterleuchtba- ren cover plate 7, and of course a rear wall. 8 In the standing case 1, a game sequence controller 9 is accommodated, which is coupled to a money processing unit 10, wherein the money processing unit 10 comprises a coin validator not shown in detail, a coin box 1 1 and a Münzauszahleinheit. The coin validator is connected via a coin slot accommodated behind the associated frame 5 to a coin insertion slot 12 installed in the frame 5. Below the coin insertion slot 12 is a return button 13 in the frame 5. Between the base 6 and a bottom plate 14 of the pedestal housing 1 of the entertainment game device 32, a footrest 15 is provided, which is designed in the form of a bracket and extending over the entire width of the front Stand housing 1 extends. For closing the pedestal housing 1, an upper front flap 16 and a lower front flap 17 are provided, which are articulated in opposite directions pivotally via corresponding hinges in the pedestal housing 1 for a directly below the head part 2 and the other directly above the bottom plate 14. In addition, extending between the side walls 4 of the stationary housing 1 and the upper front flap 16 and the lower front flap 17 respectively damping elements 18, which facilitate pivoting of the front flap 16, 17 and ensure a hold in the open position.

In the upper front flap 16 two superimposed screens 19 are housed, which serve to display game content and / or other visually perceptible content and are connected to the game sequence control 9. The screens 19 can be configured as desired, in particular as TFT and / or LED and / or OLED and / or plasma displays or the like. In the closed state of the stationary housing 1, so if the upper front flap 16 and the lower front flap 17 are folded and hedge between the frame 5, covers the lower front flap 17 edge a free lower portion 20 of the upper front flap 16 and a locking mechanism is effective, the one in a console 21 of the lower front flap 17 inserted closing part 22 includes, which cooperates with counter-closing parts 23 in the opposite side walls 4 of the stationary housing 1 and is in communication with a lock 24.

The console 21 is located at an upper edge of the closed lower front flap 17 and protrudes over the front so that a user can place his hands on it. In the console 21 are more centrally designed as a push-button 25 controls 26, which are equipped with light elements, not shown. For controlling the operating elements and / or lighting elements or for data or signal output In exchange, the game sequence control 9 comprises a control unit which is connected to a master, which communicates in real time via a two-wire connection 27 with the operating elements 26 designed as slaves and / or lighting elements. On the side of the controls 26 is on the one hand a cash dispensing tray 28, which is in the closed state of the lower front flap 17 via slots 29 for coins with the money processing unit 10 in operative connection, and on the other hand, a bill input / bill dispensing tray 30 having a dummy slot and in the closed state of the lower The front door 17 is in communication with a bill processing unit 31 housed in the stand housing 1, accommodated in the desk 21, the bill processing unit 31 comprising, for example, a cash register and / or a dispenser and connected to the game progress controller 9.

By the counter-pivotally arranged front flaps 16, 17, the stand housing 1 is generous to open and a mounting or repair of the entertainment game device or a service to the entertainment game device or its components, in particular the bill processing unit 31 and / or the money processing unit 10 for coinage or the associated cash registers and / or dispenser for coins or bills, is relatively easy to accomplish.

The Münzkasse 1 1 essentially comprises a cuboid housing 34, which is composed of two parallel and spaced from each other arranged side walls 35, a rear wall 36, a lid 37 and the cover 37 opposite bottom 40 is composed. At the front, the lid 37 extends into a front plate 38, which extends over a portion of the front side 39 of the housing 34, wherein the front plate 38 in the direction of the bottom 40 is followed by a removal opening 41 extending over the entire width of the housing 34. A lower edge 42 of the removal opening 41 is formed by a foot plate 43, the right angled off the floor 40 and lies in a plane with the front panel 38.

In the lid 37, a filling opening 63 is formed, which is operatively connected to the lying in the entertainment gaming machine coin validator, so that coins pass through the coin insertion slot 12 via the coin validator in the coin box 1 1. In order to detect the level of coins within the housing 34, the front plate has a plurality of mutually offset and superimposed, formed as holes 46 openings whose size is smaller than the smallest in which the coin box 1 1 to be taken coin is measured. Furthermore, a free space 44 extending toward the front side 39 of the housing 34 is formed on the cover side, which is dimensioned for reaching through with one hand and forms part of an integral grip piece 45 which is produced essentially by deformation of the sheet from which the housing 34 is made.

From the lower edge of the removal opening 41 extends over the entire width of the housing 34, an obliquely extending in the direction of the cover 37 supporting base 48, to the rear wall 35, to which it is held by a tab 62. Due to the inclined plane formed by the support base 48 within the housing 34, the coins present in the housing 34 slip to the removal opening 41 and pass through it into the open.

To open and close the removal opening 41, a sliding door 47 is arranged on the front side 39, which is limited in its upper, the removal opening 41 releasing end position and in its lower, the removal opening occlusive end position by corresponding stops 49. The sliding door 47 has a handle 50 on the upper side, which is formed by a multiple fold on a free upper edge 51. The free lower edge 52 of the sliding door 47 has a double-layered reverse bend 61. The handle 50 and the reverse bend 61 stabilize the sliding door 47 about their width. For displaceable mounting of the sliding door 47, each side wall 35 at the front on a over the entire height of the side wall extending bend 53, which extends perpendicularly from the side wall 35 to the outside and to form a free space 54 in a parallel to the side wall 35 extending portion 55th returns. At the opposite longitudinal sides of the sliding door 47 several angled bends 56 are provided which engage over the angled portions 55 of the side walls 35 and engage in the existing between the sections 55 and the associated side walls 35 free spaces 54. In addition to the guiding function, the folds 56 extending over the entire height of the sliding door 47 also effect a corresponding stabilization against deflection.

In order to secure the sliding door 47 in the end opening 41 closing the removal opening, a lock 57 to be operated with a key is accommodated in a side wall 35, which cooperates with an associated locking latch 58 which is guided in the bottom area, extends through the foot plate 43 and for locking the sliding door 47 in which the removal opening 41 closing lower end position rests with its free end 59 in a corresponding recess 60 of the sliding door 47.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 . Stand housing 28. Cash dispenser

2. Headboard 29. Slot

3. Frame part 30. Bank note / Geld¬

4. Side wall mock output tray

5. Frame 31. Geldscheinverarbeitungs¬

6. Stand unit

7. Cover plate 32. Entertainment game device

8. Rear wall 33. Appliance housing

9. Game sequence control 34. Housing v. 1 1

10. Money Processing Unit 35. Sidewall v. 34

1 1. Münzkasse 36. back wall v. 34

12. coin insertion slot 37. cover v. 34

13. Return button 38. Front panel

14. Base plate 39. Front side

15. Footrest 40. floor

16 upper front flap 41. removal opening

17. lower front flap 42. lower edge v. 41

18. damping element 43. foot plate

19. Screen 44. Free space

20th section v. 16 45. Handle

21. Desk 46. Bore

22. Closing part 47. Sliding door

23. Counter-closing part 48. Support floor

24. Lock 49th stop

25. Pushbutton 50th grip

26. Operating element 51. top edge

27. Two-wire connection 52. Lower edge 53. Angling

54th free space

55th section

56. Bending

57. Castle

58. Locking latch

59. End of v. 58

60th recess

61. return bend

62. tab

63. filling opening

Claims

Patent claims

Coin cash register for a money-operated device, wherein the coin cash register (1 1) comprises a housing (34) with a front-side removal opening (41), the removal opening (41) is assigned a sliding door (47) and a support base (48) for the coins inside of the housing (34), the support base (48) being inclined from a rear wall (36) of the housing (34) in the direction of the removal opening (41).

Coin cash register according to claim 1, characterized in that the sliding door (47) is assigned a lock (57) that can be operated with a key for locking in its position closing the removal opening (41).

Coin cash register according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing (34) is made of sheet steel and is cuboid-shaped, the removal opening (41) being formed on a front side (39) of the housing (34) in the bottom area and preferably one above the Removal opening (41) arranged front plate (38) with a plurality of spaced-apart bores (46) which are arranged next to and / or one above the other.

Coin cash register according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the sliding door (47) is mounted in the area of opposite side walls (35) of the housing (34), its upper and lower end positions being limited by respective stops (49).

Coin cash register according to claim 4, characterized in that to guide the sliding door (47) an angle (53) is formed on both sides which extends parallel and at a distance from the associated side wall (35), the sliding door (47) having a multiple angled angle on both sides. has an edge (56) which surrounds the bend (53) and extends into a free space (54) between the bend (53) and the side wall (35).

Coin cash register according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the sliding door (47) has a handle piece (50) on the top side, which is preferably formed by forming on a free upper edge (51), and a double-layered one on its free lower edge (52). Reverse bend (61).

Coin cash register according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the housing (34) comprises a base (40) which opens at the front into a base plate (43) which forms a lower edge (42) of the removal opening (42) and which is parallel to the Front plate (38) and can be covered by the sliding door (47) in the closed state, with the base plate (43) extending to the rear wall (36) in the direction of a cover (37) and over the entire width of the housing (34). running support base (48), which is preferably held on a tab (62) assigned to the rear wall (36).

Coin cash register according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the lock (57) is arranged in a side wall (35) of the housing (34) and a locking bolt (58) assigned to the lock (57) extends through the base plate (43). extends and rests in a recess (60) of the sliding door (47) in order to lock it in the position closing the removal opening (41).

Coin cash register according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a filling opening (63) and a free space (44) extending to the front (39) of the housing (34) are formed in the lid (37), the free space (44 ) is dimensioned for reaching through with one hand and is part of an integral handle (45).

10. Coin cash register according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that holders for a money bag are provided.

1 1 . Entertainment game device with a device housing (33) in which a coin cash register (1 1) according to one of claims 1 to 10 is accommodated.

12. Entertainment game device according to claim 1 1, characterized in that the coin cash register (1 1) is installed removably in the device housing (33).

13. Entertainment game device according to claim 1 1 or 12, characterized in that the coin cash register (1 1) is arranged downstream of a coin validator which has a coin channel with a coin insertion slot (12) on the housing side, which is preferably assigned to a frame (5) of the device housing (33). is, is connected.

14. Entertainment game device according to one of claims 1 1 to 13, characterized in that the device housing (33) can be closed on its front with at least one upper and / or lower front flap (16, 17), preferably with an upper and a lower front flap ( 16, 17), which are arranged on the device housing (33) so that they can pivot in opposite directions.

15. Entertainment game device according to claim 14, characterized in that the upper front flap (16) has at least one display device, preferably a screen (19), for displaying a game process and / or the lower front flap (17) has a desk (21) with controls (26 ) for controlling a game process, wherein the display device, the operating elements (26) and / or a money processing device are connected to a game process control (9).