JP2000135371A - Inter-machinery ball rental system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a used prepared card to be recalled in a saved space by providing a main body of a rental machine with a board for guiding a card vertically, an inclining guiding part and a casing part of which the size is that of a face of the card, connecting it with a guiding part. SOLUTION: A card W is inserted into an inter-machinery ball rental system 1 so as to borrow rental pachinko balls. When a reader reads that a card W ends to rent a prescribed number of pachinko balls or the number of the rentable balls by the card W is zero, the card W is expelled into an outside scatter 3 from an guiding mouth 2. Thus, the card W can be inserted between boards 4a and 4b as its face can be vertical and passed through an expelling mouth 43. Furthermore, the card is guided so that it is inclined by a inclining board 51 of a guiding part and it is cased into a casing space 63 of a case 6 as in a sound state. Thus, the card W can be cased and recalled without their thrashing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game medium lending machine for playing a game using a game medium such as a pachinko ball or a coin.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, pachinko ball lending, which is a game medium in a pachinko game, is performed by issuing a prepaid card for pachinko ball lending and installing the prepaid card for each pachinko machine. A pachinko ball is inserted through an insertion slot of a lending machine, information is read from a card by a card reader / writer provided in the lending machine, and pachinko balls are lent out based on the information. Similarly, spinning-type gaming machines that use coins as game media lend coins. When the prepaid card was finished lending, it was ejected from the slot where the card was inserted and returned to the user. Then, the returned used card is again written with information on ball lending by the card issuing machine again and reused. Similarly, when the number of balls that can be lent by the prepaid card becomes "0", the ball is returned to the user from the insertion slot. However, in the above method, the unpaid prepaid card is not valid for the user, so the card removed from the insertion slot is handled carefully and left unreturned to the predetermined "card collection box" Scattered in the pachinko hall, and the staff had to collect used prepaid cards after closing the store. Furthermore, there is a problem that used cards are not handled well and cannot be reused. Therefore, the applicant of the present application has filed a patent application No.
According to the issue, used cards are collected at one place from the back of the island in the pachinko hall, making it easier to collect them and making them all reusable because they are not returned to users.

[0003]

However, the conventional invention of the applicant of the present application has a problem that the collection system becomes large-scale and the introduction of the system is expensive. Also, at the time of installation, it will be installation work on the whole backside of the island,
There was also a problem that installation cost and installation time were required. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of these problems, an object of the present invention is to collect a prepaid card by a lending machine that can easily and easily collect used prepaid cards without scattering used prepaid cards in a hall.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides

[0005] A lending machine main body which sends out a card accommodated therein from a card outlet provided on the back with the card surface being vertical, and a card which is sent out of the card outlet of the lending machine main body and from the card outlet. A plate-like body connected to each other while forming a discharge opening with a lower side opened on both outer surfaces of the card, a guide portion provided to be inclined obliquely downward from the discharge opening, and one side surface of the guide portion. The upper end is connected, and the bottom surface is composed of an accommodation part forming an accommodation space having a substantially card surface size,

[0006] is provided. According to the present invention, the inserted card is sent out from the back of the main body lending machine to the guide portion, falls down in the guide portion, and eventually passes from the discharge port formed by the guide piece and the lower portion of the guide portion to the discharge port. It is discharged to the stack installed at the bottom. The ejected card is
It moves obliquely downward, abuts against the side wall of the stack portion, is sequentially stacked, and is housed in the housing space.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an attached state of the embodiment, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of the embodiment of the invention, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the card is stored, and FIG. 5 is a sectional explanatory view showing a state in which the card falls.

[0008] Reference numeral 1 denotes a machine for renting a ball, which is a machine for renting a car. In the present embodiment, the machine for renting a pachinko machine is provided between pachinko machines in a pachinko hall, and the pachinko ball lending machine 1 is capable of renting a pachinko ball as a game medium while playing a pachinko game. The present invention is applicable to any lending machine that lends game media, such as a lending machine that lends coins, which are gaming media of so-called pachislot gaming machines. Taima ball rental machine 1
A card reader / writer (not shown) and a lending mechanism (not shown) provided inside the player by inserting a prepaid card W (hereinafter, referred to as a card) purchased in advance so that the player can borrow pachinko balls as game media. The pachinko ball is lent out based on the information read from the card according to (c). The betting machine lending machine 1 can borrow pachinko balls within a range in which the card W can be lent, and can send the card W from the card outlet 2 provided on the back surface when the number of lent balls becomes "0". The card W to be sent out is the card W received by the reader / writer (not shown) from the surface of the tama ball lending machine 1.
To the card outlet 2 on the back.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an external stacker. The external stacker 3 includes plate members 4a and 4b facing each other, and a plate member 4
a, a guide section 5 installed below the guide section 5; and a housing section 6 installed below the guide section 5.

The plate-like members 4a and 4b are provided so as to be opposed to each other with a spacing of about 10 mm in the vertical direction. Are formed respectively. Plate 4
The lower portions of a and 4b are opened, and a discharge port 43 is formed.
And, at the end of the plate-like body 4a, 4b on the card sending-out side,
An attachment portion 44 bent at a substantially right angle is formed, and the attachment portion 44 is fixed to the position of the card feed port 2 of the machine for lending between machines 1. A through hole 45 is cut out substantially at the center of the plate-like bodies 4a and 4b. The through hole 45 is inserted into the card W in the plate-shaped members 4a and 4b.
This is a through hole for enabling the operator to drop the card W downward when the card W cannot be dropped and is caught.

The guide portion 5 is located at the position of the discharge port 43,
The base end 52 of the inclined plate 51 is formed by fixing the base end 52 of the inclined plate 51 obliquely to the lower end of the plate b. The distal end 53 of the inclined plate 51 is positioned below the base end 52 and positioned below the plate-like body 4a. The discharge opening 54 is formed by the lower end of the body 4a and the tip 53 of the inclined plate 51.
To form As shown in the drawing, the discharge opening 54 is positioned such that the card W falling along the inclined plate 51 and the plate-like body 4b does not contact the lower end of the plate-like body 4a and has a slight gap. Let it. Thus, by locating the inclined plate 51 and the lower end of the plate-shaped body 4a, the card W can be smoothly dropped when the card W falls along the inclined plate 51 and is discharged from the discharge opening 54.

The housing section 6 has a bottom surface 61 substantially in the shape of the surface of the card W, and a peripheral wall 62 is erected from each piece of the bottom surface 61 to form a housing space 63. Reference numeral 61a denotes a peripheral wall 6 erected from one longitudinal side of the bottom surface 61;
Is a peripheral wall opposed to. The guide portion 5 is provided at the upper end of the peripheral wall 62a.
A discharge opening 54 is formed. The bottom surface 61 is provided such that the end on which the peripheral wall 62a in which the discharge opening 54 is opened stands slightly above the opposite end.
Further, at the end of the bottom surface 61 where the peripheral wall 62b is erected, a notch 64 cut out on the opposite end side is provided, and the peripheral wall is not provided at the notch 64. Up and down to easily remove it. The erected wall 62 is erected at substantially the same height as the short side of the card W.
The height may be even higher as long as the card W ejected from the container falls into the storage space 63 of the storage section 6 and is flatly stored on the bottom surface 61.

In this embodiment, the inclined plate 51 of the guide portion 5 is provided linearly at an angle from the lower side of the plate-like body 4b. However, it may be provided in a curved shape, and furthermore, integrated with the plate-like body 4b. May be provided in a curved shape including the plate-like body 4b.
May be provided in any form as long as it is provided so as to fall obliquely into the housing portion 6.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The player inserts the card W into the tama ball lending machine 1 and borrows pachinko balls in order to borrow pachinko balls. When the card W completes the lending of the predetermined number of pachinko balls, or when the inserted card W has the number of pachinko balls that can be lent by the reader / writer (not shown) provided in the inter-table ball lending machine 1 is "0". When the presence of the card W is read, the card W is sent out from the card delivery port 2 provided on the back of the tama ball lending machine 1. At this time, the card W is sent out with the card surface vertical.

The sent out card W is a plate-like body 4a, 4b
The horizontal movement is completed by abutting against the side surface 42 and falls vertically. Eventually, the card W passes through the discharge port 43 and is guided by the inclined plate 51 of the guide portion 5 to change the drop direction so that the front end of the card W moves toward the discharge opening 54 obliquely downward. The card W further continues to fall obliquely downward, and eventually the storage space 63 of the storage section 6 from the discharge opening 54.
To fall. In this process, the falling card W falls as shown in FIG. 5 with the upper side in contact with the plate-like body 4b and the lower side in contact with the inclined plate 51. Although it falls so as to swing up and down, since the lower end of the plate-like body 4a is located immediately above the middle part of the card W, the swing is regulated, and the card W does not flutter and flutters normally. , So as not to be stuck in the housing portion 6 so as not to fit.

The card W abuts on the peripheral wall 62b of the housing portion 6 and is housed in the housing space 63 on the bottom surface 61 in the horizontal direction, not the vertical direction sent from the card outlet 2. The cards W to be dropped next to the storage are also stacked and stored on the previously stored cards W between the storage spaces 63, and the cards W sequentially sent out from the card outlet 2 are sequentially stored in the storage space 63. Stacked and housed.

[0017]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the used prepaid card W is automatically collected inside the island of the hall, and when the pachinko machine surface is opened at the time of pachinko machine inspection, the lending between the machines is possible. Almost all the cards W can be reused simply by collecting the used cards W stacked on the back of the machine. The accommodation space for the card W only occupies substantially the same area as the surface area of the card W, and can be mass-produced with extremely low-priced materials such as metal plates or plastics, which do not require a high production cost, and save space.・ Card collection can be realized by low cost and simple operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an attached state of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway perspective view of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which a card is stored.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory sectional view showing a state in which a card falls.

[Explanation of symbols]

 W Prepaid card 1 Inter-ball lending machine 2 Card exit 3 External stacker 4a Plate 4b Plate 41 Top surface 42 Side surface 43 Discharge port 44 Mounting portion 45 Through hole 5 Guide portion 51 Inclined plate 52 Base end 53 Front end 54 discharge opening 6 accommodation part 61 bottom surface 62 peripheral wall 62a peripheral wall 62b peripheral wall 63 accommodation space 64 notch

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[Submission date] August 26, 1999 (1999.8.2
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[Correction target item name] Claims

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A lending machine main body which sends out a card accommodated therein from a card outlet provided on a back surface with a card surface being vertical, and a card outlet provided outside the card outlet of the lending machine main body. A plate-like body connected to each other while forming a discharge opening with a lower side opened on both outer sides of the card to be sent, a guide portion provided to be inclined obliquely downward from the discharge opening, and one of the guide portions. An inter-table lending machine, characterized in that the upper end of the side surface is connected and the bottom surface comprises a storage part forming a storage space having a substantially large card surface.