JP2001224828A - Inter-machine medal dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inter-machine medal dispenser simplifying medal throw-in action to increase the frequency of games per hour by allowing pair-out medals to be smoothly thrown in as they are, and facilitating medal throw-in action to dissolve inconvenience of using both hands by allowing the medals to be thrown in being directly grabbed with one hand. SOLUTION: This inter-machine medal dispenser 1 pays out medals M stored inside, every specified number of medals from a medal pay-out chute 12 through a medal pay-out mechanism by throwing in money. In the inter-machine medal dispenser 1, a medal receiving part 15 of half-trough shape for receiving the specified number of medal M paid out of the medal pay-out chute 12, aligned in a stacked state (a metal bar state), is formed at the front face of the medal dispenser 1, being connected to the medal pay-out chute 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of installing a plurality of slot machines between slot machines on a slot island formed by inserting a plurality of slot machines, and storing medals stored therein by inserting money. The present invention relates to a so-called sand-to-table medal lending machine that pays out from a medal payout chute.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A stand-to-ken medal lending machine is installed between slot machines on a slot island, and usually has a predetermined number of medals stored therein by throwing in a 1,000-yen bill from an upper bill slot. That is, it has a function of paying out from a medal payout chute via a medal payout mechanism every 50 sheets. Conventional medals lending machines generally receive medals paid out from this medal payout shoot by hand,
It is configured so that the payout can be received by a tray provided on the front of the inter-table medal lending machine or paid out directly to the medal tray provided on the front of the slot machine via a chute. Then, a player in the slot machine picks up the medals, inserts the medals one by one from the medal slot on the front of the slot machine, and operates the lever to play in the game.

[0003] However, in the conventional stand-to-stand medal lending machine, the paid-out medals are simply paid out at random to a saucer or the like. The fact is that the medals are picked up from the tray by hand and inserted one by one from the medal slot of the slot machine while playing in the state of being piled up in the hand. For this reason, the dispensed medals cannot be smoothly inserted, the medal insertion operation is difficult, and the number of games per hour cannot be increased, and since both hands are used, other things during the game are performed. There were inconveniences such as not being able to do it.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to address the above-described problems. A first object of the present invention is to provide a medal insertion operation by which a paid-out medal can be smoothly inserted as it is. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medal lending machine which can simplify the game and increase the number of games per hour. Another problem of the present invention is that
By allowing the player to directly grab the paid-out medals with one hand and insert it into the slot of the slot machine, the medal insertion operation is facilitated and the inconvenience of having to use both hands can be eliminated. An object of the present invention is to provide a medal lending machine that can be used.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a medal lending machine according to the present invention is arranged such that medals stored therein by inserting money are transferred every predetermined number of medals through a medal payout mechanism. A medal lending machine for paying out medals from a medal payout chute, the medal receiving machine having a substantially semicircular gutter-shaped medal receiving a predetermined number of medals to be paid out from the medal payout chute in a stacked state (bar-roll state). The medal lending machine is provided on the front of the medal lending machine so as to be connected to the medal payout chute. Can be received in line with the slot machine, so the player in the slot machine picks up the medals that are It can be turned on and play.

In the above-mentioned medal lending machine according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned medal lending machine, a lower portion of the medal lending machine projects forward from a front side of the medal lending machine along a vertical direction thereof. The medal paid to the medal receiving portion can be easily picked up by the simplest operation by setting the inclination angle to an appropriate angle that is most easily operated. Can be.

[0007] Further, the inter-chamber lending machine according to the present invention is characterized in that, in the inter-chamber medal lending machine, an openable and closable cover for covering the medal receiving section is provided on an upper surface of the medal receiving section. By closing the transparent cover when paying out medals, it is possible to prevent the medals from jumping out, and because the cover is transparent, check that medals have been paid out even when closed. Can be.

In the above-mentioned medal lending machine according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned medal lending machine, a notch portion for pushing out a medal by a finger is provided at a lower end stopper portion of the medal receiving portion. The medal located at the lowermost end of the semicircular gutter-shaped medal receiving portion can also be pushed out with a finger through the notch provided in the lower end stopper portion, so that the medal can be picked up smoothly.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of a medal lending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an internal side view, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the medal receiving portion, and FIG. 4 is a lower end stopper of the medal receiving portion. FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body medal lending machine, and an opening / closing door 4 with a lock 3 provided with a money insertion slot 2 for inserting money (bills) is provided in an upper portion of a front surface thereof. A money storage box 5 with an identification mechanism is built in the inside corresponding to the money insertion slot 2. In addition, a medal storage box 6 is built in a lower part of the money storage box 5 inside the inter-chamber medal lending machine main body 1, and a medal with a lock 8 is provided on the front surface thereof so as to be opened and closed via a hinge 7. Supply port 9
Can be supplied with a medal M. Note that the medal M can be replenished by connecting a chute to the medal storage box 6 and replenishing it by an automatic replenishment system.

A hopper 10 constituting a medal payout mechanism is continuously provided below the medal storage box 6, and a belt-type or the like medal sending device 11 is continuously provided on the hopper 10, and money is inserted. Medal payout shoot 1
It is configured so that a predetermined number of medals M can be paid out via the second token. Reference numeral 13 denotes a control box built in the lower part of the medal payout mechanism, which controls a series of medal payout operations and controls a display unit 14 provided in a lower part of the medal supply port 9 on the front surface of the main unit 1 between tokens. It has a function of controlling the display operation of medal lending availability and the number of paid out medals.

A medal receiving unit 15 for receiving medals M paid out through a medal payout chute 12 is provided at a proper position in the lower part of the front of the main unit 1. The medal receiving portion 15 has a substantially semi-circular shape on the upper surface of an inclined table 16 which is installed at a predetermined angle on the front surface of the inter-medal lending machine main body 1 so that a lower portion thereof projects vertically toward the front side. The gutter member 17 is connected to the medal payout chute 12 and provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, a substantially semicircular transparent cover 18 made of acrylic material or the like is provided on the medal receiving portion 15 so as to be openable and closable so as to cover the upper surface thereof. The transparent cover 18 integrally forms a handle 19, and can open and close the upper surface of the medal receiving portion 15 by rotating or sliding along an arc-shaped groove or by rotating around a hinge. It is attached to. Further, the lower end of the medal receiving portion 15 is a stopper portion 20. The medal located at the lower end portion of the medal receiving portion 15 can be pushed out by a finger, as shown in FIG. Notch 21 is provided.

According to the above-described embodiment, when the player inserts a coin such as a 1,000-yen bill from the coin slot 2, the hopper 10 and the medal sending device 11 constituting the medal payout mechanism operate. , Medal payout shoot 12
A predetermined number (50) of medals M are paid out to the medal receiving unit 15 via the, and the payout status is displayed on the display unit 14. The medals M paid out from the medal payout chute 12 are sequentially stacked in a medal receiving portion 15 composed of a substantially semicircular gutter member 17 connected to the medal payout chute 12 (they are hardened in a bar shape). Are received and stocked.

This is because a medal receiving portion 15 is formed by a substantially semicircular gutter member 17 and a semicircular transparent cover 18 which is closed so as to cover the upper surface thereof. This is because the circular medals M are successively paid out at right angles to the section, and the transparent cover 18 acts to prevent the medals M from jumping out of the semicircular gutter member 17 at this time. The medals M paid out in this way are stocked in a state of being stacked on the medal receiving portion 15 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the player can grasp the handle 19 of the transparent cover 18 as shown in FIG. By picking and rotating or sliding to open the upper surface, the medal M can be taken out.

The player directly receives the medals M which are already stacked and arranged in the medal receiving portion 15.
You can pick up one card at a time from one hand and throw it into a slot machine to play. For this reason, when inserting the medals M, it is not necessary to pick up the medals M from the receiving tray and superimpose them in the hand to perform the inserting operation. it can. Therefore, the medal M can be smoothly inserted, and the medal insertion operation is simplified,
It is possible to increase the number of games per hour.

Further, since the player can directly grab the paid-out medals M with one hand and easily insert the medals into the medal slot of the slot machine, the medal insertion operation becomes very easy, and there is no need to use both hands. Inconvenience caused by using both hands can be eliminated. In addition, the medal receiving portion 15 is inclined and installed at an angle at which the medal M can be most easily taken out, so that the medal receiving portion 15 can easily perform the taking out operation. Since the notch 21 that can push out the medal M with a finger is provided in the lower end stopper 20 of the fifteen, the medal M can be easily taken out.

When the medal M is paid out to the medal receiving portion 15, the transparent cover 18 covers the upper surface of the semicircular gutter member 17, so that the medal payout chute 1 is dispensed.
2 can be prevented from jumping out, and since the cover is transparent, the medal M can be paid out while checking the payout state and the payout result of the medal M.

[0019]

As described above in detail, according to the inter-chamber lending machine according to the present invention, the medal paid out from the medal payout chute to the medal receiving portion can be smoothly inserted into the slot machine without any change. It is possible to simplify the insertion operation and increase the number of games per hour. Also, since the paid-out medals can be directly grasped with one hand and inserted into the slot machine of the slot machine, the medal insertion operation becomes very easy, and the inconvenience of having to use both hands can be solved. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a stand-to-stand medal lending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal side view of the medal lending machine between cars.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a medal receiving unit of the same-chamber medal lending machine.

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of a lower end stopper portion of a medal receiving portion of the inter-chamber medal lending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Medium lending machine, 2 ... medal slot, 12 ... medal payout chute, 15 ... medal receiving part, 16 ... inclined stand, 17 ... gutter member, 18 ... transparent cover, 20 ... lower stopper part, 21 ... cut Missing part, M ... medal

Claims (4)

[Claims] An inter-medal lending machine that pays out medals stored therein by inserting money from a medal payout chute via a medal payout mechanism every predetermined number of coins. A medal receiving portion in the form of a substantially semicircular trough which is arranged and received in a state in which a predetermined number of medals are stacked (bar-rolled state) is provided on the front of the medal lending machine so as to be connected to the medal payout chute. Medals lending machine. 2. The medal lending device according to claim 1, wherein the medal receiving portion is provided at a front surface of the medal lending machine so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle along a vertical direction so that a lower portion projects forward. Stand-by medal lending machine. 3. The inter-table medal lending machine according to claim 1, wherein an openable and closable cover for covering the medal receiving portion is provided on an upper surface of the medal receiving portion. 4. The inter-table medal lending machine according to claim 1, wherein a notch portion for pushing a medal by a finger is provided in a lower end stopper portion of the medal receiving portion.