JP2002058787A - Rotary drum type game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary drum type game machine capable of eliminating a duplicating device, permitting reuse of a usable device, enabling removal of stains sticking to medals and preventing malfunction of a counting sensor of fraudulently increasing a medal count. SOLUTION: In a rotary drum type game machine 41 having a rotary drum 3 displaying patterns, a rotary drum rotating device 5 rotating the rotary drum 3, a stop button 7 stopping the rotary drum 3, a medal inlet 9, a medal dispenser 11, a rotary drum control board 13 and a dispensation control board 43 at least as a main portion of the structure, the rotary drum 3, the rotary drum rotating device 5, the stop button 7, the rotary drum control board 13 are provided in the upper game playing section A. The medal inlet 9, the medal dispenser 11 and the dispensation control board 43 are provided in the lower medal lending section B. A paper money or a card identification machine 19 interlocking with the medal dispenser 11 and dispensing medals from the medal dispenser 11 is provided in the lower medal lending section B.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of rotating and stopping a plurality of rotating drums for displaying symbols by inserting medals, and paying out medals at a predetermined magnification when these specific symbols are combined. The present invention relates to a torso gaming machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, this type of spinning-type gaming machine 1 is shown in FIG.
, A plurality of rotating drums 3 for displaying symbols, a rotating drum rotating device (start lever) 5, a stop button 7, a medal slot 9, a medal dispensing machine 11, a rotating drum control board 13, and a payout The control board 14 and the main part are configured. Generally, the spinning-type gaming machine 1 is provided adjacent to a medal lending machine 15 that pays out medals by inserting bills or cards. This medal lending machine 15 includes a bill or card identification machine 19 having a bill insertion slot 17 and a medal payout machine 21.
, A control board 23, a lending number display unit 25, and the like.

[0003] In a game arcade in which such a spinning-type gaming machine 1 and a medal lending machine 15 are installed, a player inserts a bill or a card into a bill insertion slot 17 of the medal lending machine 15 and inserts a medal. The medal paid out from the medal lending exit 27 of the lending machine 15 is received, and the medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 9 of the spinning type gaming machine 1. Next, when the player operates the start lever 5 and the stop button 7 of the spinning-type gaming machine 1, the plurality of spinning drums 3 are rotated and stopped, and when these specific symbols are combined, a medal is obtained. Is paid out to the tray 31 from the medal payout port 29 of the spinning-type gaming machine 1 at a predetermined magnification, and the game is played.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned amusement arcade, a medal dispensing machine (11 and 2) having the same function is provided.
1) is provided in both the spinning-type gaming machine 1 and the medal lending machine 15, and the medal dispensing machine 11 of the spinning-type gaming machine 1 pays out only medals at the time of winning, and the medal dispensing machine of the medal lending machine 15. Since only the rental medals were paid out at 21, the same devices operating in duplicate were provided, which was uneconomical and disadvantageous in increasing equipment costs and waste. In addition, at the amusement arcade, the spinning machine that has lost its popularity will be removed and replaced with a new one, but with the conventional spinning machine, the medal dispensing machine and the spinner control will be replaced. Despite the fact that the substrate etc. can still be used,
Since it is a built-in part of the integrated gaming machine body, it will be replaced at the same time, and it is uneconomic as above,
There was the disadvantage of increasing equipment costs and waste volume. Further, in a conventional spinning-type gaming machine, medals inserted from a medal insertion slot are directly sent to a medal dispensing machine, and dirt attached to the medals adheres and accumulates in the spinning-type gaming machine, causing malfunction. There was a fear. In addition, there is a case where a wrong operation of counting the medals inserted from the medal insertion slot to malfunction and increase the number of inserted medals is performed. The development of a gaming machine was desired. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, eliminates redundant devices, enables reuse of usable devices, and enables removal of dirt attached to medals and counting of medals. It is an object of the present invention to provide a revolving-type gaming machine capable of preventing a malfunction of a counting sensor that is illegally increased, thereby improving economic efficiency, reducing equipment cost and waste, and improving operation reliability.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a turning-type gaming machine according to the present invention, comprising: a turning drum for displaying a design; and a turning device for rotating the turning drum. When,
A stop button for stopping the rotation of the winding drum, a medal slot, a medal dispensing machine, a turning drum control board, and a payout control board having at least a main part of the structure, the upper gaming unit Wherein the turning drum, the turning drum rotation device, the stop button, and the turning drum control board are provided, and a medal slot, the medal payout machine, and the payout control are provided in a lower medal lending section. A board is provided, and the lower medal lending unit is provided with a bill or card identifying machine that is interlocked with the medal payout machine and that pays out medals from the medal payout machine when a bill or card is inserted. It is characterized by.

In this spinning-type gaming machine, a medal payout machine is provided in the lower medal lending section, and in conjunction with this medal payout machine, a bill or a card is inserted to pay out medals from the medal payout machine. A bill or card identification machine to be operated is provided. Therefore, it is possible to pay out medals by using a medal payout machine conventionally provided in a spinning-type gaming machine. That is, while the conventional medal payout machine pays out only medals at the time of winning, according to the present configuration, it is possible to pay out medals by purchase. This eliminates the need for a separate medal lending machine provided adjacent to the spinning-type gaming machine.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the spinning machine, the upper gaming section and the lower medal lending section are provided separately so as to be separated or connectable, and the upper gaming section is provided in the upper gaming section. A rotating device, a stop button, and a torso control board are electrically detachably connected to the payout control board provided in the lower medal lending section via a connector.

In this spinning-type gaming machine, an upper game section provided with a turning drum, a turning drum rotating device, a stop button, a turning drum control board, a medal slot, a medal payout machine, and a payout control board are provided. The lower medal lending unit is provided separately so as to be separable or connectable. Therefore, even in the case of replacing the spinning drum with a short replacement cycle, only the upper gaming section can be separated and replaced with the lower medal lending section, and the device provided in the lower medal lending section can be reused, There is no waste in replacing usable devices, and the amount of waste can be reduced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a spinning-type gaming machine, wherein the bill or card discriminating machine is provided separately from the lower medal lending section, and interlocks with the medal payout machine.

In this spinning-type gaming machine, the bill or card identifying device is provided separately from the lower medal lending unit, so that the bill or card identifying device can be easily connected to the bill transport device. That is, when a bill or card identifying machine is provided in the lower medal lending section, it is necessary to secure a bill accommodating section in the lower medal lending section. By providing the space, there is no need to provide the space in the spinning-type gaming machine. Therefore, the structure of the spinning-type gaming machine is simplified, and a bill collecting system is easily configured.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the lower medal lending section has a receiving section connected to the medal slot and a discharging section connected to the medal dispensing machine. After the supplied medal is polished, a polishing machine is provided to send the medal to the medal dispensing machine from the discharge unit, and a receiving unit of the polishing machine is provided with a first counting sensor, and The unit is provided with a second counting sensor.

In this spinning-type gaming machine, the medals inserted into the medal insertion slot are counted by the first counting sensor, then polished by the polishing machine, and discharged from the discharge portion of the polishing machine. It is counted again by the second counting sensor and sent to the medal payout machine. Therefore, the medals to be inserted are polished and cleaned for each round-type gaming machine. Furthermore, since the medals are counted twice, even if the first counting sensor is malfunctioned by an incorrect method, the counting is performed again by the second counting sensor, and the number of inserted medals is reliably counted. become.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of a spinning-type gaming machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view of a first embodiment of a spinning-type gaming machine according to the present invention, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view.

The spinning-type gaming machine 41 according to the present embodiment comprises:
A torso 3 for displaying a symbol, a torso rotating device (start lever) 5 for rotating the torso 3, a stop button 7 for stopping the rotation of the torso 3, a medal slot 9, and a medal dispensing machine 11 And a turnout control board 13 and a payout control board 43 as at least main parts of the configuration.

In the spinning-type gaming machine 41, an upper gaming section A and a lower medal lending section B are provided separately so as to be separated or connectable. The upper gaming section A is provided with devices and members that are directly operated mainly for games, and the lower medal lending section B is provided with a medal payout and a control device. That is, in the upper gaming section A, the above-mentioned turning drum 3 and start lever 5
, A stop button 7, and a body control board 13,
In the lower medal lending section B, a medal insertion slot 9, a medal payout machine 11, a payout control board 43, and a medal number display section 45 are provided.

A bill or card identifying machine 19 is provided in the lower medal lending section B. The bill or card identifying machine 19 is interlocked with the medal dispensing machine 11 to insert a bill or card to insert the medal dispensing machine. The medals are paid out from eleven. That is, the banknote or card identification machine 19 conventionally provided in the medal lending machine is provided in the spinning-type gaming machine 41, so that the spinning-type gaming machine 41
Is used also for paying out lent medals.

In the spinning-type gaming machine 41, the start lever 5, the stop button 7 provided in the upper gaming section A, and the turning-control board 13 are mounted on the payout control board 43 provided in the lower medal lending section B. The connection is made electrically separable via a connector (not shown) or the like. In addition, medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 9 of the spinning-type gaming machine 41 are:
It is handled only in the lower medal lending section B and is not transported to the upper gaming section A. Accordingly, the connection between the upper gaming section A and the lower medal lending section B is completed only by electrical connection, and no mechanical connection (for example, connection of a medal transport path) is required. Thus, the upper game section A and the lower medal lending section B can be easily connected or separated only by connecting or disconnecting the connector.

A payout control board 43 provided in the lower medal lending section B drives a hopper provided in the medal payout machine 11, counts through a medal counting sensor described later, and controls rotation to the turning body control board 13. Signal transmission, medal number display section 4
5 and the like.

Therefore, when medals are inserted into the medal insertion slot 9, the number of inserted medals is counted via the sensor, the number is displayed on the medal number display section 45, and the operation by the start lever 5 is enabled. In this state, when the start lever 5 and the stop button 7 are operated, the turning drum 3 is rotated and stopped by the turning drum control board 13, and the combination of the symbols of the turning drum 3 is detected.

If the detected combination of the torso 3 is a predetermined combination, a winning is determined, a payout signal is sent to the payout control board 43 of the medal payout machine 11, and a predetermined number of medals are allocated to the lower medal lending section B. Is paid out from the medal payout exit 29. On the other hand, if the combination of the torso 3 does not correspond to the predetermined one, that is, if no prize is won, the next medal can be inserted and the start lever 5 can be operated again.

When a bill or a card is inserted into the bill or card identifying machine 19 of the lower medal lending section B, the bill or card identifying machine 19 incorporated in the lower medal lending section B detects the amount of money, A payout signal corresponding to this amount is sent to the payout control board 43. The payout control board 43 causes the medal payout machine 11 to pay out medals according to the amount of money.

The spinning-type gaming machine 41 may be capable of using only bills, using only cards, or using both bills and cards. In the case of the lower medal lending section B where the card can be used, the number of medals can be recorded on the card, and instead of paying out medals from the spinning-type gaming machine 41, the number of acquired medals is displayed on the medal number display section 45
And a function of transferring the displayed number of medals to a card by a selection operation of the player may be provided.
With such a function, there is no need to bring the obtained medals to the medal counter, and the medal counter can be dispensed with.

In this case, a medal once paid out of the spinning-type gaming machine 41 is again inserted from the medal slot 9 so that the medal balance data in the card can be added to the medal balance data. Further, the convenience for the player can be improved.

According to the spinning-type gaming machine 41, the medal dispensing machine 11 is provided in the lower medal lending section B, and a bill or a card is inserted in conjunction with the medal dispensing machine 11 so that a medal is inserted. Since the bill or card identification machine 19 for paying out medals from the payout machine 11 is provided, the payout of medals can be performed using the medal payout machine 11 conventionally provided in the spinning-type gaming machine.
That is, while the conventional medal payout machine pays out only medals at the time of winning, according to the present configuration, it is possible to pay out medals by purchase. This eliminates the necessity of a medal lending machine provided with a bill or card identification machine and a medal payout machine provided adjacent to the spinning-type gaming machine 41.

An upper game section A and a lower medal lending section B
Are provided separately so that they can be separated or connected freely, so that even in the case of exchanging the turning drum 3 having a short exchange cycle, only the upper gaming section A can be exchanged separately from the lower medal lending section B. This makes it possible to reuse the device provided in the lower medal lending section B, to eliminate waste of replacing usable devices, and to reduce the amount of waste.

Further, according to the above-mentioned spinning-type gaming machine 41, the player can determine the amount of money to be inserted, the medal balance stored in the card, the number of inserted medals, the number of medals paid out from the medal dispensing machine 11 by the payout signal, etc. The number of medals used for the game and the number of medals paid out by the spinning-type gaming machine 41 can be grasped. Can be detected.

In the above-mentioned spinning-type gaming machine 41, the case where the start lever 5 and the stop button 7 are provided in the upper gaming section A has been described as an example, but these operating sections are provided in the lower medal lending section B. You may be.

Further, in the above-described spinning-type gaming machine 41, the case where the bill or card identifying machine 19 is provided in the lower medal lending section B has been described as an example.
As shown in the figure, the game machine may be provided separately from the spinning-type gaming machine 41. In the example shown in FIG.
Only 7 is provided separately. Therefore, in this example, only the card identification device 49 is provided in the lower medal lending section B. And the bill validator 47 provided separately.
Is electrically wired and connected to the medal dispensing machine 11 of the lower medal lending unit B.

As described above, if the bill validator 47 is provided separately, the bill validator 47 is connected to the bill transport device 51 shown in FIG.
Can be easily connected. That is, when the bill validator 47 is provided in the lower medal lending section B, it is necessary to secure a bill accommodating section in the lower medal lending section.
7 is provided separately from the spinning-type gaming machine 41,
The space need not be provided in the spinning-type gaming machine 41. That is, the structure of the spinning-type gaming machine 41 is simplified, and a bill collecting system is easily configured.

Next, a second embodiment of the spinning type gaming machine according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 3 is an external view of a second embodiment of the turning-type gaming machine according to the present invention, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view. The same members as those shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and overlapping description will be omitted.

A spinning-type gaming machine 61 according to this embodiment.
In the lower medal lending section B, a polishing machine 63 is provided. The polisher 63 is configured to rub off cloths or the like against the front and back surfaces of medals, thereby removing attached dirt and polishing. In the polishing machine 63, the receiving section 65 is connected to the medal insertion slot 9, and the discharging section 67 is connected to the hopper of the medal dispensing machine 11. That is, the medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 9 are sent to the medal dispensing machine 11 after being polished by the polishing machine 63.

The receiving section 65 includes a first counting sensor 6.
9 is provided, and a second counting sensor 71 is provided in the discharge section 67 located at the back of the gaming machine, and detects the number of medals passing therethrough. That is, medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 9 are counted twice. The medal detection signals from the first counting sensor 69 and the second counting sensor 71 are sent to the payout control board 43 described above.

According to the spinning-type gaming machine 61, medals inserted into the medal insertion slot 9 are counted by the first counting sensor 69, and then polished by the polishing machine 63. When it is discharged from the unit 67, it is counted again by the second counting sensor 71, and the medal dispensing machine 1
Sent to 1. Therefore, for each round-type gaming machine 61,
The inserted medals are polished and become clean. Further, since the medals are counted twice, even if the first counting sensor 69 is malfunctioned by an improper method, the counting is performed again by the second counting sensor 71, so that the number of inserted medals is reliably counted. It is possible to reliably prevent medals from being fraudulently detected by detecting more inserted medals than actually.

[0034]

As described above in detail, according to the turning type gaming machine of the present invention, a medal dispensing machine is provided in the lower medal lending section, and interlocks with the medal dispensing machine to make a bill or card. Is inserted to provide a bill or card identification machine for paying out medals from a medal payout machine, so that medals can be paid out using a medal payout machine provided in a spinning-type gaming machine. . In other words, while the conventional medal payout machine pays out only medals at the time of winning, it becomes possible to pay out medals by ordinary lending. As a result, the bill or card identification machine provided adjacent to the spinning-type gaming machine and the medal lending machine provided with the medal dispensing machine can be dispensed with, redundant equipment is eliminated, and equipment costs and waste amount are reduced. Can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a first embodiment of a spinning-type gaming machine according to the present invention, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view.

FIG. 2A is a front view of a modification of the first embodiment,
It is the external view which represented side view by (b).

FIG. 3 is an external view of a second embodiment of a spinning-type gaming machine according to the present invention, in which FIG. 3A is a front view and FIG. 3B is a side view.

4A and 4B are external views of a conventional spinning-type gaming machine in a front view and a side view, respectively.

[Explanation of symbols]

3 ... rotating body, 5 ... rotating body rotating device (start lever), 7 ...
Stop button, 9 ... medal slot, 11 ... medal payout machine,
13 ... turn cylinder control board, 19 ... bill or card identification machine, 4
1, 61: spinning-type gaming machine, 43: payout control board, 63:
Polishing machine, 65 receiving section, 67 discharging section, 69 first counting sensor, 71 second counting sensor, A upper game section,
B: Lower medal rental department

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A rotating body for displaying a symbol, a rotating body rotating device for rotating the rotating body, a stop button for stopping rotation of the rotating body, a medal slot, a medal dispensing machine, and a rotating body control. In a spinning-type gaming machine having a board and a payout control board as at least a main part of the configuration, an upper game unit includes the turning drum, the turning drum rotating device, the stop button, and the turning drum control board. The lower medal lending unit is provided with the medal slot, the medal dispensing machine, and the payout control board, and the lower medal lending unit is interlocked with the medal dispensing machine, and is provided with a bill or a card. And a bill discriminating machine for paying out medals from the medal payout machine by inserting the medals. 2. The upper game part and the lower medal lending part are provided separately so as to be separable or connectable, and a spinning body rotating device, a stop button, and a spine control provided in the upper game part. The spinning-type gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a board is electrically connected to the payout control board provided in the lower medal lending section via a connector so as to be electrically separable. 3. The game machine according to claim 2, wherein the bill or card identification machine is provided separately from the lower medal lending unit, and interlocks with the medal payout machine. 4. A medal lending unit, wherein a receiving unit is connected to the medal slot and a discharging unit is connected to the medal payout machine, and after polishing the medal supplied to the receiving unit, A polishing machine for feeding the medal dispensing machine from a discharging unit is provided, a first counting sensor is provided at the receiving unit of the polishing machine, and a second counting sensor is provided at the discharging unit of the polishing machine. 3. The spinning-type gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the gaming machine is provided.