ES2309264T3 - GAME MACHINE PROVIDED WITH A SLOT FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF TICKETS. - Google Patents

Abstract

A game machine (1) that allows the introduction of tickets, the game machine comprising: a closet (2) and a door (3) provided on the front face of the closet; comprising the door (3): a slot for the introduction of bills (529), a bill guide plate (52A) and a container (7) arranged on the rear face of the door (3) to collect foreign matter, characterized in that the bill guide plate (52A) extends outwardly from a lower end of the bill insertion slot (529); wherein a guide part (526) is located in a substantially straight direction below the openings (521) of the bill guide plate (52A) guiding foreign matter from outside, and the bill guide plate ( 52A) includes a plurality of rectilinear slit type openings (521), wherein dividing elements (523) are disposed within the slit type rectilinear openings (521) to divide each slit type opening (521) into a plurality of small slit type openings (524), where the dividing elements (523) are arranged to prevent a coin used in the gaming machine from being introduced into the slit type rectilinear openings (521) and where the length of each one of the small slit type openings (524) is shaped to be smaller than the diameter of a coin used in the game machine.

Description

Game machine provided with a slot for the introduction of tickets.

Inter-reference with requests related

This request is based on and claims the Priority of the previous Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-316730 filed on October 30, 2002.

Field of the Invention

This invention relates to a machine game.

State of the art

In casinos and similar are installed video poker machines, slot machines and others game machines They are equipped with a slot for directly enter bills instead of coins or the like. An example is described in the Japanese Patent Publication without examine No. 09-106471.

In said game machine, when a player enter coins, etc., you do not need to get up from your seat and go to a coin changer to change bills in coins, etc. The player can also continue playing without having Call the staff in the game room.

In many cases, in a lower position of said bill entry slot, a plate is provided of guide of the bills inside the slot of introduction of the same. By providing said bill guide plate, the player can more easily enter a ticket in the slot intended for that purpose.

However, in a game room, there are people that play while they drink a drink or similar and it is possible  of the drink spilling onto the guide plate of the banknotes There are also insolent people who come to get angry as a result of not getting the desired results in the game and throw the drink on the game machine.

The bill guide plate has a upper surface and is of a relatively large area and, of this mode, it presents a structure that can receive a spilled drink or other foreign matter more easily than compared to other parts of the game machine in the above circumstances. In addition, since the bill guide plate is arranged adjacent to the bill entry slot, the foreign matter indicated above may enter into the groove of introduction of tickets.

Since the entry of such foreign matter inside the ticket introduction slot leads to a bad operation of the game machine, this situation must be previously avoided.

To solve this problem, it has been considered a game machine that has a guide plate of the banknotes with an evacuation hole. However, since the evacuation hole of this game machine is small, the same It tends to clog easily. Likewise, since the liquid collected is simply evacuated into an open space below the closet, when a large amount of liquid, the inside of the cabinet is contaminated due to a capacity of inadequate evacuation.

The present invention has been developed taking into account the above. An object of the present invention is to provide a game machine where, when spill foreign matter on the banknote guide plate, such foreign matter can be collected without reaching various existing devices inside the closet.

US 5,318,164 describes a vending machine and a method to avoid fraud and minimize damage such as consequence of the introduction of fluids. The vending machine It has a closet and a door, where the door includes a bill entry slot and a bill guide plate. The bill guide plate includes a plurality of small circular holes where a space is arranged below of the bill guide plate to accommodate a fluid. The space is coupled to a hub with a hose that has a diameter limited.

Summary of the Invention

The present invention provides a machine for game where, when a liquid or other foreign matter is spilled on the bill guide plate, said liquid or matter Strange can be picked up through slit type openings provided on the bill guide plate.

This object is achieved by a machine game (1) as claimed in claim 1.

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According to aspect (1) of the invention previously described, foreign matter from outside, which falls from the opening of the banknote guide plate, it can be collected in the container by means of the guide part, to reduce the inconvenience of a malfunction of the various existing devices inside the closet, such as consequence of foreign matter coming from abroad. This effect is especially prominent in the case where the Foreign matter is a liquid.

In the case of prior art, when a liquid or other foreign matter spilled on the guide plate of the bills, the foreign matter flowed into the slot of introduction of banknotes, causing the malfunction of the various devices existing inside.

Thus, by providing the opening in the guide plate for the game machine tickets and equip the game machine with a container to recover foreign matter flowing from the opening as in the present invention, it can be prevent foreign matter from flowing into the groove of Ticket introduction and accumulate inside the closet.

(2) The machine game (1) according to the invention has an upper opening of the vessel located in a substantially downward direction by under the guide plate and has a cross-sectional area larger than the cross section of the lower end of the guide part. According to the aspect of the invention (2) previously described, the upper front opening of the container is located in a substantially downward direction by under the guide part and has a cross-sectional area larger than the cross section of the lower end of the guide part. In this way, you can prevent the matter strange coming from abroad, which is guided from the part of guide, you can leave the container and, in this way, you can Easily collect in the container.

(3) In the game machine according to (1) or (2), the container is mounted of detachable form on the back side of the door.

In the aspect of the invention (3) described above, the container is not formed integrally with the rear face of the door, but which is mounted in a detachable way. In this way, even when foreign matter from the container accumulates in the container outside, disunity can be done in a relatively way easy. In this way, foreign matter from outside is You can download from the container.

Also given that the container is mounted on the back side of the door, the container can be separated by simply opening the door and without affect the existence of other devices.

(4) In the game machine according to any of the aspects (1) to (3), the container is rectangular in horizontal cross section and one of the long sides of the rectangle is faced with the face rear of the door when the container is installed in the door.

In the aspect of the invention (4) described above, can make the Container configuration be extremely thin. This It is thus excellent in terms of saving space within the closet, being able to still collect, in the containment part, a relatively large amount of foreign matter.

(5) In the game machine according to any of the aspects (1) to (4), the container is formed of a substantially transparent material or semi-transparent.

With the look of the invention (5) described above, the amount is taken collection of foreign matter from abroad, which is collected in the container, it can be closed directly easily from outside the container, the container will not have to defined to be able to check the moment of download of the matter strange coming from abroad.

(6) In the game machine according to any of the aspects (1) to (5), the Container storage capacity is 1 liter or less.

In the aspect of the invention (6) above described, since the storage capacity of the container is about 1 liter or less, a spilled drink, etc, it can be properly contained and since there is no need having a large space to install the container, the container can be installed properly, for example, in the back side of the door.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description considered in combination with the attached drawings.

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1 is a front view of a machine provided with grooves of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a partially enlarged view of an operative part of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing a state in which a door according to the present invention is open.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a bill guide plate of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view. of a state where the bill guide plate and a body assembled from the present invention have been assembled together.

Figure 6 is a perspective view and in Exploded view of a bill loading part of the present invention.

Figure 7 is a partial view of the door as seen from the side of the back face.

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view in perspective and exploded view of a frame body of the present invention.

Preferred Modalities of the Invention

An embodiment of this will now be described. invention with reference to the drawings. Although it will be described, as one embodiment, the application of the present invention to a machine provided with a groove, the present invention is not limited to the same and can be applied to other gaming machines, such as video game machines, coin game machines, game with cards, etc.

The construction of a slotted machine

Figure 1 is a front view of a machine 1 with slot. In the front opening part of a closet 2 of the machine 1 provided with a groove, a door 3 of a way that allows its opening and closing. Likewise, a rack upper 3 is arranged on an upper part of the cabinet 2. A decorative panel 41 is provided on the front face of the frame top 4.

A visual display device 21, which visualize information about the game, it is installed inside the closet 2. In order to allow screen display of the visual display device 21, a window on a top door of closet 3. Likewise, in order of being able to display the display of the representation device visual 21 and protect the visual representation device 21, a transparent plate is arranged in the window before mentioned. Holes are formed on both sides of said window of sound 902 (902L and 902R) that allow to generate sounds or music of effect according to the phases of the game to be heard with ease.

In the central part of the front face of the door 3, an operative part 5 is arranged so outstanding. On an inclined face on the right side of the part operational 5, several operational buttons are aligned and it is arranged a coin slot 51 into which they are inserted coins On the right side of operational part 5 is a bill loading part 52 to guide a bill towards a bill validator housed inside closet 2.

In a lower part of the operative part 5 a frame 6 is provided, which is connected to the door 3 of a mode that allows opening and closing. A decorative panel 61 is included in the frame 6. In a lower part of the frame 6, in a lower area of the door 3, a tray for 30 coins that receives the coins.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the part Operational 5. The bill loading part 52 above mentioned comprises a bill guide plate 51A and an element 52B mounting The bill guide plate 52A and the element of 52B mount are integrated with each other and arranged in the part operational 5. The mounting element 52B forms a part of the door 3.

Figure 3 is a diagram showing a state in which door 3 is open. As illustrated in the figure 3, the bill validator 22 and a bill stacker 23 are installed inside cabinet 2. The bill validator 22 determines the truthfulness / falsehood or quality of a ticket introduced from the bill loading part 52. The bill stacker 23 houses the tickets validated by the bill validator 22. A ticket guided by the bill loading part 52 is taken by the bill validator 22 via an introduction slot of 529 bills.

Similarly, on the side of the back of door 3, an evacuation bottle 7 is mounted, consistent in a container, directly below the mounting element 52B.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the 52A bill guide plate. As shown in Figure 4, it is formed a plurality of slit type openings substantially rectilinear lines 521 in parallel as a plurality of openings in the 52A bill guide plate. Slot type openings 521 They are arranged in parallel with each other. Type openings slit 521 run along the direction from the groove of introduction of bills 529 to the outer side of the cabinet 2. The entire opening of slit type 521 does not comprise a hole that passes through the bill guide plate 52A. Is that is, the slit type opening 521 is an open groove which has a bottom formed by an open bottom part 600. Al provide the bottom in a part of each slit type opening, it can prevent internal parts of type openings slit and the foreign matter that has fallen can be observed easily by the player, while ensuring an area for Receive the foreign matter. Likewise, elements of Division 523 on the bill guide plate 52A. The elements of division 523 divide each slit type opening 521 into a plurality of small slit type openings 524. The position of the upper surface of a dividing element 523 is slightly lower than the bill guide surface 522. Likewise, as shown in Figure 4, the length of each small slit type opening 524 divided by the elements of division 523 is smaller than the diameter of a coin 10 used in the game machine.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view. of the state in which the bill guide plate 52A and the Mounting element 52B are assembled together. How I know shown in figure 5, the bill guide plate 52A is disposed in a load slot 520, serving this as a space for the introduction of tickets. Equally, in order for the ticket to be easily accepted, the license plate bill guide 52A extends outward from the end bottom of the 529 bill entry slot that is located on a lower side of the loading slot 520.

In the mounting element 52B, the walls peripherals that form the loading slot 520 are connected to the cabinet 2. The peripheral walls extend downwards and they form a first opening 525 opposite the loading slot 520. The peripheral walls that form the first opening 525 continue descending further and form a second opening 526 that It is open in the downward direction. Loading slot 520, part of the first opening 525 and part of the second opening 526 they form a substantially pyramidal configuration space with the vertex on the bottom side. The bill guide plate 52A is also formed in order to cover the part of the first opening 525 from above. The part of the first opening 525 and the part of the second opening 526 are intended to guide liquid and other foreign matter entering through the type opening slit 521 from the outside.

Figure 6 is a perspective view and in Exploded view of the bill loading part 52. As shown in the Figure 6, a projection 528A is formed in the rear wall of the 52A bill guide plate. A 528B cylindrical projection is formed on the lower front wall of the bill guide plate 52A An internal thread is formed in the cylindrical projection 528B. At the same time, a 528C groove is formed in the wall rear interior of the part of the first opening 525 of the mounting element 52B. The 52A bill guide plate is assemble in mounting element 52B by inserting the projection 528A of the bill guide plate 52A in the groove 528C and by tilting the bill guide plate 52A towards the element of 52B mount. The bill guide plate 52A can be separated also of the mounting element 52B by its movement in the opposite direction.

The 52A bill guide plate and the element 52B assembly assume an integral construction fixing the projection cylindrical 528B of the bill guide plate 52A in the element Mounting 52B using a clamping screw BF1. Plate bill guide 52A and mounting element 52B, in condition integrated, they are then inserted into a grooved part of a panel control 50 of the operative part 5. The banknote guide plate 52A and mounting element 52B, in integrated state, are fixed then by means of a clamping screw BF2 on a bracket of assembly 501, provided in control panel 50, thus completing the mounting.

More specifically, as shown in the figure 5, an edge of the control panel 50 is inserted into a 527 groove formed on the front of the mounting element 52B and mounting element 52B is tilted towards the panel of control 50. Next, a collar of mounting element 52B comes into contact with the upper face of the panel control 50. Mounting element 52B is then fixed on the panel control 50 using the BF2 clamping screw to achieve A fixed construction.

Figure 7 is a partial view of the door 3 as seen from the side of the back face. How I know shown in figure 7, an evacuation bottle 7 is installed on the side of the rear face of the door 3. An opening of the upper face 70 of the evacuation bottle 7 is located by under a second opening 526 of the mounting element 52B. Is that is, the evacuation bottle 7 is installed so that the center of gravity of the opening of the upper face 70 of the evacuation bottle substantially coincides with the center of severity of the second opening 526. Similarly, the opening of the upper face 70 of the evacuation bottle 7 is from an area in cross section larger than the cross section of the second opening 526 in the lower end part.

Figure 8 is a perspective view and in Exploded view of a frame body 6. As shown in the figure 8, a frame plate 632 is formed in a configuration similar in general to a "U" and houses a panel board decorative 61. Similarly, a cover 62 is mounted on the plate of frame 632. On the left flank of frame plate 632 a cylindrical bolt 6A is provided to lock or unlock the frame body 6 with respect to the door 3. On the flank right of the frame plate 632 a through hole is formed 633. A pivot 64 is inserted in the through hole 633 and the frame 6 is rotatably connected to door 3. Thus, the decorative panel plate 61, the cover 62 and the plate 632 frame open and close integrally.

On the back side of the cover 62 are mounted two metal ratchets 71. At the same time, the pins  cylindrical 7A protrude from the right side faces e left of the evacuation bottle 7. The 7A pins are dock with U-shaped ratchet grooves metallic 71 and with it the evacuation bottle 7 is put in a state where it is installed on the back of the cover 62. Similarly, the coupling of the ratchets metallic 71 and 7A pins can be undone by raising the bottle of evacuation 7, and the evacuation bottle 7 can be moved Then to another position. In the state where the bottle of evacuation 7 is installed in the frame body 6, the face bottom of the evacuation bottle 7 is located slightly above the lower face of the frame body 6.

As shown in Figure 8, the bottle of evacuation 7 has a thin, laterally elongated shape. The evacuation bottle 7 is rectangular in cross section horizontal at the part below the face opening upper 70. The evacuation bottle 7 is installed so that one from the long sides of the rectangle face the face rear cover 62.

The evacuation bottle 7 is formed of a substantially transparent material or semi-transparent (for example, glass or a resin synthetic). The storage capacity of the bottle of Evacuation 7 is about 1 liter or less. Because its storage capacity is about 1 liter or less, the evacuation bottle 7 can properly contain a drink, etc., which has been spilled on the bill guide plate 52A. Similarly, the evacuation bottle 7 can be installed so suitable, for example, on the back side of the door 3 post that it is not necessary to have a large space for your installation.

The actions will be described below. involved As described in Figure 4, the guide plate of 52A bills has a plurality of slit type openings substantially straight 521 formed in columns. Of this mode, even when a drink or other foreign matter is spilled on the bill guide plate, drink or foreign matter It can be collected through slit type openings 521. Foreign matter will not reach the various existing devices inside the cabinet and in this way the breakage of the various devices

As also shown in Figure 5, the plate of bill guide 52A presents the shape of a bag with the bottom open and the inner peripheral walls form inclined faces with which a liquid or other foreign matter that has been thrown It can easily fall by gravity towards the lower face. Similarly, the first opening 525 of the mounting element 52B and the second opening 526, which continues from the first opening 525, they are shaped like a bag with an open bottom and the walls inner peripherals form inclined faces with what a liquid or foreign matter that has been thrown can easily fall by gravity towards the lower face.

That is, the first opening 525 and the second opening 526, which are located in direction substantially by below the slit type openings 521, they form a part of guide for guiding a liquid or other foreign matter coming from abroad. Likewise, through the bottle of evacuation 7 installed below the second opening 526 of the mounting element 52B as shown in figure 7, the subject strange that is guided by the aforementioned guide plate can be collected in the evacuation bottle 7.

In this way, the foreign matter coming from the outside, which enters from slit type openings 521 of the 52A bill guide plate, can be collected in the bottle of evacuation 7 by means of the guide part indicated above. From This way, you can reduce the inconvenience of a bad operation of the various existing devices within the cabinet 2 as a result of foreign matter coming from exterior, and this effect is especially prominent in the case in where the foreign matter is a liquid.

Next, the actions of the arrangement illustrated in figure 7. Through the opening of the upper face 70 of the evacuation bottle 7 which is from an area in cross section larger than the cross section of the lower end portion of the second opening 526, can be avoided that foreign matter coming from abroad, which is guided from the mounting element 52B in figure 5, can escape from the evacuation bottle 7, being able to easily collect in the bottle evacuation 7.

Likewise, as described with reference to Figure 8, the metal pawls 71 of the cover 62 and the pins 7A of the evacuation bottle 7 can be coupled and disengage. That is, the evacuation bottle 7 is not formed entirely on the back side of door 3, but it is arranged in a disunible way. In this way, even when the foreign matter from outside accumulates in the bottle of evacuation 7, the evacuation bottle 7 can be disengaged and, from this way, the foreign matter can be unloaded from the bottle of evacuation 7. Likewise, since the evacuation bottle 7 is arranged on the back side of door 3, the bottle of evacuation 7 can be decoupled simply after opening the door 3 without it being accepted by the existence of others dispositives.

Likewise, as shown in Figure 8, the evacuation bottle 7 has a laterally long configuration, bringing the horizontal cross section of the part of containment located below the opening of the upper face 70 It has a shape that is elongated in the lateral direction. The evacuation bottle 7 in the lateral direction indicated above is installed in order to remain fixed along the back side of cover 62.

As described in Figure 3, a validator of bills 22 and a bill stacker 23 are arranged inside of the cabinet 2. A coin guide 24 is also arranged in the inside the cabinet 2. Behind the coin guide 24 is they find a printed circuit board to control the machine provided with slot 1 and a shelf 25. In addition, a hopper, not illustrated, is arranged below the coin guide 24. Since the interior of the cabinet 2 is thus in a state of installation in crowded form, there is no space for which the evacuation bottle 7 can protrude into the interior of the closet 2.

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Also, as shown in Figure 7, a coin allocation device that allocates a coin 10 loaded from coin slot 51 to coin guide 24 or coin tray 30, is disposed adjacent to the mounting element 52B on the rear face of the door 3.

In this way, in order to make the containment capacity of the evacuation bottle 7 is large within said limited space, the evacuation bottle 7 It has a thin and laterally elongated configuration. The evacuation bottle 7 is thus excellent in terms of saving space inside closet 2 and you can still pick up a relatively large amount of foreign matter in the part of containment of evacuation bottle 7 under restrictions mentioned before.

Likewise, as shown in Figure 8, the evacuation bottle 7 is of a material substantially transparent or semi-transparent (for example, glass or a synthetic resin). When door 3 or the door is opened body of frame 6, the evacuation bottle 7 moves together with the door 3 or frame body 6, whereby you can see the evacuation bottle 7. When the evacuation bottle 7 is formed of a substantially transparent material or semi-transparent, you can easily observe the foreign matter collected in the evacuation bottle 7. The quantity collection can thus be recognized without having to disengage the bottle of evacuation 7 to verify each time the discharge time of foreign matter from outside.

According to the present invention, the machine game, equipped with a ticket guide plate to guide a ticket inside a slot for the introduction of bills, it is provided with a guide part of the foreign matter, from abroad, in a direction substantially below of an opening that is equipped with the bill guide plate and equipped with a container, for example to collect the material strange guided by the guide part indicated above, on the side of the back side of the door mentioned above. Foreign matter coming from outside, which falls from the opening of the plate banknote guide, can be thus collected in the container by means of the guide part, to reduce the inconvenience of a bad operation of the various existing devices within the closet as a result of the foreign matter coming from Exterior. This effect is especially prominent in the case in where the foreign matter is a liquid.

Likewise, according to the present invention, a opening of the upper face of the aforementioned container is located in a substantially downward direction below the guide part indicated above and has a sectional area cross section larger than the cross section of the part lower end of the guide part. In this way, you can avoid that foreign matter coming from abroad, which is guided from the guide part, exit out of the container and therefore can be Easily collect in the container.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, the container indicated above is arranged on the side of the face rear of the door indicated above and is arranged in a way which allows to detach it from the back of the door before indicated. In this way, the container is not formed so integral with the back side of the door, but it is arranged in a disunible way. Therefore, when the matter Strange coming from outside accumulates in the container, the container can be disengaged relatively easily and the foreign matter coming from abroad can be downloaded from container.

Likewise, according to the present invention, said container has a laterally elongated configuration, where a containment part located below the upper opening it has a horizontal cross-sectional configuration that is elongated in the lateral direction. Likewise, the container is arranged so that the lateral direction indicated above is set along the back of the door before mentioned. In this way, the container configuration can be Do so extremely thin. This is excellent in terms of saving space inside the closet at the same time that can be collected in the containment part an amount relatively large foreign matter.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, being made the above indicated container of a material substantially transparent or semi-transparent, you can see easily the amount of foreign matter collected in the container. In this way, the right moment can be recognized to unload foreign matter from the container without having to disengage and verify the container each time.

Claims (7)

1. A game machine (1) that allows the introduction of tickets, including the game machine: a cabinet (2) and a door (3) provided on the front face of the wardrobe; comprising the door (3): a slot for the introduction of bills (529), a bill guide plate (52A) and a container (7) arranged on the back side from the door (3) to collect foreign matter, characterized in that the bill guide plate (52A) extends outwardly from a lower end of the bill insertion slot (529); wherein a guide part (526) is located in a substantially straight direction below the openings (521) of the bill guide plate (52A) guiding foreign matter from outside, and the bill guide plate ( 52A) includes a plurality of rectilinear slit type openings (521), wherein dividing elements (523) are disposed within the slit type rectilinear openings (521) to divide each slit type opening (521) into a plurality of small slit type openings (524), where the dividing elements (523) are arranged to prevent a coin used in the gaming machine from being introduced into the slit type rectilinear openings (521) and where the length of each one of the small slit type openings (524) is shaped to be smaller than the diameter of a coin used in the game machine. 2. A game machine according to claim 1, where the position of the upper surface of the element of division (523) is slightly below a surface of the bill guide (522) of the bill guide plate (52A). 3. A game machine according to claim 1 or 2, where an upper opening of the container (7) is located in a substantially downward direction below the guide plate (526) and has a more cross-sectional area larger than the cross section of the lower end of the guide part. 4. A game machine (1) according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein the container (7) is disposed, in an unbreakable way, on the back side of the door (3). 5. A game machine (1) according to any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the container (7) is rectangular in horizontal cross section, and one side lengths of the rectangle face the back of the door (3) when the container (7) is installed in the door (3). 6. A game machine (1) according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the container (7) is formed of a substantially transparent material or semitransparent. 7. A game machine (1) according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein the storage capacity of the container (7) is one liter or less.