JP2001300115A - Inter-stand machine for lending game medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inter-stand machine for lending a game medium for which a main body unit can be easily pulled out and pushed in from/to an attaching frame and the operability of attachment and detachment is improved. SOLUTION: This inter-stand machine A for lending the game medium is composed of the attaching frame 1 attached adjacently to a game machine B inside a game island and the main body unit 2 mounted on the attaching frame. A recessed part 28 for pulling out the main body unit is formed at a part positioned in front of the front surface of the game machine on at least one of the left and right side faces of the main body unit. Preferably, the recessed part is formed on the intermediate part of the height direction of the main body unit. Also, the recessed part is formed on the side face of a cover member 26 attached while covering a prescribed operation part on the front surface side of the main body unit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming-medium lending machine located adjacent to a gaming machine in a gaming island, and more particularly to a gaming machine lending machine including a mounting frame and a main unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a game hall such as a pachinko hall, a pachinko ball or a medal is inserted by inserting a card or cash into a side of each gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine for the convenience of a player. And the like, and the width of the machine is set to be extremely small in order to increase the number of game machines on the game island.

[0003] This type of machine is separated into a main body unit having a bill validator and a card unit and a mounting frame as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-165635. The frame is fixed to the game island, and the main unit is fitted into the mounting frame from the front side. In addition, a U-shaped handle is provided on the front surface of the main unit for pulling out or pushing the main unit out of the mounting frame during repair or inspection.

[0004]

However, the width of the machine is set to be extremely small as described above.
On the front surface, there are many operation parts such as a bill insertion slot, operation buttons, and various display lamps.Therefore, the handle is provided at the upper end of the front surface of the main unit and is only large enough for a fingertip to hang. Absent. For this reason, there is a problem in that an extra load is applied when the main unit is pulled out or pushed in, and the workability of attachment and detachment is poor.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to solve the problem, in particular, that the front of a stand-by machine is not flush with the front of a game machine, but the front of the stand-by machine. Paying attention to that all or a part of the height direction is projected forward (closer to the player), the main unit can be easily pulled out or pushed in from the mounting frame using this projected portion, It is an object of the present invention to provide a game medium lending stand machine capable of improving the workability of attaching and detaching.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, an invention according to claim 1 is provided with a mounting frame frame mounted adjacent to a gaming machine in a game island and mounted on the mounting frame frame. In a gaming machine lending stand including a main unit, a recess for drawing out the main unit is formed at a portion of at least one of the left and right side surfaces of the main unit located in front of the front of the gaming machine. With this configuration, when repairing or inspecting the machine, the operator grasps the front part of the main unit while holding his / her finger in the recess on the side of the main unit of the machine located forward of the front of the gaming machine. The main unit can be easily pulled out or pushed in from the mounting frame.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the recess is provided at an intermediate portion in the height direction of the main unit. In this configuration, the position where the operator grips the main unit is located at the middle portion in the height direction, so that the main unit can be more easily attached and detached.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the recess is formed on a side surface of a cover member which is attached to a front side of the main unit so as to cover a predetermined operation portion. In this configuration, since only the concave portion is formed on the side surface of the cover member that constitutes a part of the front side of the main body unit, it can be easily implemented.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIGS. 1 to 4 show a game medium lending machine A according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The machine A is arranged adjacent to a side of a pachinko machine B as a game machine. The rental data is transmitted to the pachinko machine B to release a predetermined number of pachinko balls and has a card issuing function.

[0010] The above-mentioned machine A has a pachinko machine B in the game island.
And a main unit 2 fitted into the mounting frame 1 from the front side. The mounting frame 1 includes a pair of upper and lower horizontal portions 1a and 1b each having a guide surface for guiding the main unit 2 in the front-rear direction.
a and 1b are connected to each other and a vertical portion 1c abuts on the rear surface of the main unit 2 in a mounted state. The vertical portion 1c communicates with an external device such as an adjacent pachinko machine B or a hall computer. And a board number setting device 4 are provided. The main unit 2 includes a bill validator 6, a card unit 7, a main control board, a power supply (both not shown), and the like. An insertion slot 11, a card insertion lamp 12, an operation display lamp 13, a card insertion / take-in port 14, a card out lamp 15, a card full lamp 16, and a card insertion button 17 are provided.

In addition to the first lending mode in which the inter-chamber machine A transmits lending data to the adjacent pachinko machine B to lend pachinko balls, as shown in FIG. Nozzle 2 attached to the middle part in the height direction on the front side
It can also be used in the second lending mode in which pachinko balls are lent from 0, and therefore, a pachinko ball supply device (shown in the drawing) is provided in the vertical portion 1c of the mounting frame 1 of the inter-machine A in the gaming island. And a ball receiving unit 21 for receiving pachinko balls supplied from the main unit 2 and a ball cutting device (not shown) for controlling the lending of pachinko balls supplied through the ball receiving unit 21. Are provided. In addition, a ball lending button 22 and a card return button 23 are provided on the front panel 2a of the main unit 2 above the mounting position of the nozzle 20, but in the first lending mode, the ball lending button 22 is provided on the pachinko machine B. Since the ball lending button and the card return button (both not shown) are used, both buttons 22,
A cover member 26 that covers the mounting position of the nozzle 23 and the nozzle 20 is mounted at a middle position in the height direction of the main unit 2.

The cover member 26 is made of resin such as ABS, and has a plurality (four in the figure) of horizontal ribs at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction as shown in detail in FIGS. 27, 27,...
The tips of 7, 27,... Are in contact with the front panel 2a or the metal plate 2b of the main unit 2, respectively. Here, FIG.
As can be seen from FIG. 2 and the front of the pachinko machine A and the front of the pachinko machine B are not completely flush, the front of the pachinko machine A is partially located forward (closer to the player). In particular, the cover member 26 projects considerably forward from the front of the pachinko machine B. The left and right sides of the cover member 26 are located at positions forward of the front surface of the pachinko machine B and between the first horizontal rib 27 and the second horizontal rib 27 from below for pulling out the main unit. Are formed.

Therefore, in the first embodiment,
Since the recess 28 for pulling out the main unit is formed at a position located forward of the front surface of the pachinko machine B on both left and right sides of the main unit 2 of the inter-unit machine A, work for repairing or checking the inter-unit machine A is performed. The user grasps the front portion of the main unit 2 with the finger inserted in the concave portion 28 and
Can be easily pulled out or pushed in from the mounting frame 1, so that the workability can be improved.

In addition, since the recess 28 is located at the middle of the main unit 2 in the height direction, the main unit 2
Is also located at the intermediate portion in the height direction, so that attachment and detachment can be performed more easily. Also,
The recess 28 is provided with the ball lending button 2 on the front side of the main unit 2.
Since it is formed on the left and right side surfaces of the cover member 26 which covers and attaches the cover member 2 and the card return button 23, the implementation can be easily achieved only by changing the cover member 26 to a conventional one.

FIG. 9 shows a gaming-medium lending machine A 'according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the first embodiment, the present invention is applied in the first lending mode in which the inter-chamber machine A transmits lending data to the adjacent pachinko machine B to rent a pachinko ball, but the second embodiment employs The present invention is applied to a second lending mode in which the machine A ′ lends pachinko balls from the nozzle 20 attached to the front-side intermediate portion of the main unit 2 in the height direction.

That is, in the second embodiment, the inter-machine A 'is arranged such that its front surface is located slightly in front of the front surface of the adjacent pachinko machine B. On the left and right sides of the main unit 2, two upper and lower recesses 31 for drawing out the main unit (only the right side is shown) are provided at portions near the front, that is, at portions located forward of the front of the pachinko machine B. It is formed to extend vertically. The other configuration of the machine A 'is the first
This is the same as that of the embodiment, and the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

Further, in the second embodiment,
As in the case of the first embodiment, the recesses 31 for pulling out the main unit are formed in portions on the left and right sides of the main unit 2 of the stand-in machine A ', which are located in front of the front surface of the pachinko machine B. At the time of repair or inspection of the intermediary device A ', a finger can be inserted into the concave portion 31 to grasp the front portion of the main unit 2, and the main unit 2 can be easily pulled out from the mounting frame 1 or pushed in. Workability can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments, but includes various other forms. For example, in each of the above embodiments, the pachinko ball lending machine A, which has a card issuing function,
Although A 'has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and similarly, a pachinko ball lending machine without a card issuing function, or a medal lending machine arranged adjacent to a slot machine is similarly used. Can be applied.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the machine between machines A,
Although the recesses 28 or 31 for pulling out the main unit are formed on both left and right sides of the main unit 2 of A ′, however, the present invention may be modified such that the recesses 28 or 3 are provided only on one side in some cases.
1 may be formed.

[0020]

As described above, according to the gaming machine lending machine of the present invention, when repairing or inspecting the machine, the finger is inserted into the concave portion on the side of the main unit so that the front of the main unit can be inserted. Since the main unit can be easily pulled out or pushed in from the mounting frame by grasping the portion, the workability can be improved.

In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, since the position where the main unit is gripped is located at the intermediate portion in the height direction, the main unit can be more easily attached and detached, and the workability is further improved. be able to.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since only the concave portion is formed on the side surface of the cover member constituting a part of the front side of the main body unit, the effect that the implementation can be easily achieved is also provided. Have.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an inter-machine and a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional side view showing a positional relationship between a front surface of the above-mentioned machine and a front surface of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the machine.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which the stand machine is separated into a main body unit and a mounting frame.

FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1, showing another mode of use of the machine between stands.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of a cover member in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional side view showing the vicinity of a cover member.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 1 showing a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, A 'Gaming machine lending machine B Pachinko machine (gaming machine) 1 Mounting frame 2 Body unit 26 Cover member 28, 31 Recess

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game medium lending machine comprising a mounting frame frame mounted adjacent to a gaming machine in a gaming island and a main unit mounted on the mounting frame frame, wherein left and right side surfaces of the main unit are provided. Wherein at least one of the above has a recessed portion for drawing out the main body unit at a position located forward of the front surface of the gaming machine. 2. The gaming machine lending machine according to claim 1, wherein the recess is provided at an intermediate portion in a height direction of the main unit. 3. The gaming-medium lending machine according to claim 1, wherein the recess is formed on a side surface of a cover member attached to the front side of the main unit so as to cover a predetermined operation unit.