JP2003205163A - Inter-board machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inter-board machine dispensing with the replacement of a nozzle even with a varied space between the inter-board machine and a prescribed part for storing medals, such as a medal tray provided at a slot machine. <P>SOLUTION: The nozzle 4 is composed of a first trough-shaped member 5 supported rotatably in a nearly horizontal direction by a body 3, and a second trough-shaped member 6 movably connected to the tip part of the first trough- shaped member 5. The width of the second trough-shaped member 6 is larger than that of the first trough-shaped member 5, and the second trough-shaped member 6 is fitted to the outside of the first trough-shaped member 5. Further, connecting protrusions 21 projecting outward from both side faces of the first trough-shaped member 5 are fitted into connecting holes 20 bored in both side faces of the second trough-shaped member 6, thus connecting the first trough- shaped member 5 and the second trough-shaped member 6 to each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a table machine which is installed beside a slot machine in a game arcade and pays out a predetermined number of medals when a value-added medium is inserted. The present invention relates to a stand-mounted machine having a gutter-shaped nozzle for guiding medals paid out from the main body of the machine to a predetermined portion of a slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game arcade, on the side of a slot machine, a so-called stand machine is provided, which lends out a medal, which is a game medium of the slot machine, when a value-added medium is inserted. Value-added media are bills, coins, prepaid cards, IC cards, credit cards, etc., and are value media required for a player to purchase or lend medals. Since currency of bills and coins is generally used as a value-added medium in the current game arcade, currency is used in the following description. When the player inserts a predetermined amount of money into the coin insertion slot of the machine, a predetermined number of medals are paid out from the coin ejection opening of the machine. By installing the Takuma machine to the side of the slot machine, it becomes possible for a player to play a game on the slot machine using medals paid out from the Tamachi machine without standing up. Since the time for interrupting the game can be shortened, the player will not lose interest. Also, for the operator of the game arcade, increasing the number of games played per hour leads to an increase in profits, so it is convenient for both parties to install the machine between the slot machines. There is.

Many of the conventional token dispensers are provided with a tray for receiving the dispensed medals, and the dispensed medals are stored in this tray. In this case, the player must manually take out the medals stored in the tray and transfer them to a portion for storing medals, such as a medal tray provided in a slot machine in which he / she plays a game. Therefore, by providing a gutter-shaped nozzle at the medal payout opening of the stand machine, the stand machine that guides the medals paid out from the main body of the stand machine to the medal tray of the slot machine without storing in the tray Invented and used.

[0004]

However, the relationship between the installation positions of the inter-machine and the slot machine varies depending on the game arcade, and the shape of the slot machine also varies depending on the model. Therefore, the interval between the medal tray provided on the slot machine and the machine is not uniform, and therefore, a game machine that intends to adopt the machine having the gutter-shaped nozzle as described above is used. The operator may have to prepare a plurality of nozzles with different lengths according to the distance between the medal tray provided on the slot machine and the machine between machines, or may have to give up dispensing with the nozzles. It was

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and the interval between a predetermined portion for storing medals such as a medal tray provided in the slot machine and the machine is variable. Even in this case, it is an object to provide a bench machine which does not require replacement of the nozzle.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the inter-mounting machine according to the present invention is installed and used on the side of a slot machine, and a medal is given in response to the addition of a value-added medium. A main body having a medal payout mechanism for paying out a predetermined number of coins, and a gutter-shaped nozzle for guiding the medal paid out from the main body to a predetermined portion of the slot machine, wherein the nozzle is a guided medal. It is characterized in that it can be expanded and contracted in the traveling direction of the.

Further, the nozzle comprises a first gutter-shaped member supported by the main body and a second gutter-shaped member connected to the tip of the first gutter-shaped member on the slot machine side.
In the connecting portion between the gutter-shaped member and the second gutter-shaped member, the second gutter-shaped member is preferably movable in the traveling direction of the guided medal.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The appearance of a bench machine using the present invention is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a gutter-shaped nozzle 4 is rotatably supported in a substantially horizontal direction in a lower portion of a front surface of a main body 3 of the bench machine 2. The medals ejected from the main body slide down along the inside of the nozzle 4, so that the nozzle 4 projects downward from the main body with a sufficient inclination to guide the medal.
Further, the nozzle 4 has a first gutter-shaped member 5 as described later.
And a second gutter-shaped member 6 connected to the first gutter-shaped member 5.

In the game arcade, the stand-alone machine 2 is provided side by side with the slot machine 7, as shown in FIG. A medal receiving tray 8 is provided on the lower front side of the slot machine 7, and the nozzle 4 guides the medals onto the medal receiving tray 8 so as to drop the medals paid out from the main body 3 into the medal receiving tray 8. In FIG. 1, the main body 3 and the slot machine 7
However, the main body 3 and the slot machine 7 are not always installed in the game hall in a close contact state as shown in FIG. 1, and the distance between the main body 3 and the slot machine 7 is not equal to each other. Therefore, the distance between the main body 3 and the medal tray 8 may be variously different from that shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 shows the structures of the main body 3 and the nozzle 4 of the inter-mounting machine 2. The nozzle 4 is rotatably supported in a substantially horizontal direction inside a turning hole 10 provided in a lower front portion of the main body 3, and has a sufficient inclination for guiding a medal from the turning hole 10. It projects downward. Turning hole 10
Are provided so that the position of the hole can be moved according to the movement of the nozzle 4.

On the upper front part of the main body 3, there is provided an opening / closing door 12 provided with a coin insertion slot 11 for inserting a predetermined coin, for example, a 1,000-yen bill. The opening / closing door 12 is locked by a lock 13 so that it cannot be easily opened and closed.
Above the inside of the main body 3, a money storage box 14 having a mechanism for identifying the money inserted from the money insertion port 11 is built in. The money stored in the money storage box 14 has an opening / closing door 12
It can be taken out by opening. In addition, a hopper 15 having a function of storing medals and a function of paying out medals is built in below the inside of the main body 3. A predetermined number of medals are paid out from the hopper 15 to the upper end portion of the nozzle 4 in accordance with the inserted coins, for example, 50 medals in response to the insertion of one thousand yen bill. The supply of medals to the hopper 15 is performed by opening the medal supply door 17 with the lock 16. A panel door 19 with a lock 18 is detachably provided on the front surface of the hopper 15, and the nozzle 4
The support portion and the rotation hole 10 are built in the convex portion 19a of the panel door 19. Maintenance of the hopper 15 and the like are performed by removing the nozzle 4 and the rotation hole 10 together with the panel door 19 from the main body. In addition, it is also possible to store and take out money by an automatic collection device connected from the outside.
The medal can be replenished by an automatic replenishing device connected from the outside. When a returnable medium such as a pre-paid card is used as the value-added medium instead of money, it is not necessary to store the added value-added medium in the main body 3. Only the mechanism for identifying the value added to the value medium is provided.

FIG. 3 shows the appearance of the nozzle 4. Nozzle 4
Is composed of a first gutter-shaped member 5 rotatably supported by the main body 3 in a substantially horizontal direction, and a second gutter-shaped member 6 connected to a tip portion of the first gutter-shaped member 5. The width of the second gutter-shaped member 6 is larger than the width of the first gutter-shaped member 5, and the connection between the first gutter-shaped member 5 and the second gutter-shaped member 6 is provided outside the first gutter-shaped member 5 by the second. It is performed by fitting the gutter-shaped member 6. Further, the connection holes 20 are formed in both side surfaces of the second gutter-shaped member 6, and the connection projections 21 protruding outward from both side surfaces of the first gutter-shaped member 5 are fitted into the connection holes 20. Thus, the first gutter-shaped member 5 and the second gutter-shaped member 6 are fixed.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic front view of the nozzle 4, and FIG. 5 shows a schematic top view of the nozzle 4. In FIG. 5, the portion of the connecting hole 20 is shown in cross section. Since the connecting holes 20 formed on both side surfaces of the second gutter-shaped member 6 have the same shape, only one side surface will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the connection hole 20 is formed by fixing substantially circular fixing portions 20a to 20e in parallel with the bottom of the second gutter-shaped member, and the first gutter shown in FIG. The connecting projections 21 protruding outward from both side surfaces of the member 5 can be fitted into any of the fixing portions 20a to 20e. When it is desired to change the position where the medal is guided and dropped by the nozzle 4, the first gutter-shaped member 5
Alternatively, at least one of the second gutter-shaped members 6 is elastically deformed to remove the fitting between the connection protrusion 21 and the connection hole 20,
Any one of the fixing portions 20a to 20e that is appropriately selected according to the position where the nozzle 4 guides the medal and drops the medal.
Refit the connecting projection 21 to the two. That is, the connection protrusion 21
By changing the fixing portions 20a to 20e into which the nozzles are fitted, the nozzle 4 can expand and contract in the traveling direction of the guided medal by an amount corresponding to the distance from the fixing portion 20a to the fixing portion 20e in the connecting hole 20. .

In the above-described embodiment, the nozzle 4 is configured such that the second gutter-shaped member is fitted to the outer side of the first gutter-shaped member 5, but the number of the gutter-shaped members constituting the nozzle is not two. However, the number may be three or more. FIG. 6 shows a schematic top view of a nozzle having a structure in which four gutter-shaped members are connected. The nozzle 30 includes a first gutter-shaped member 31, a second gutter-shaped member 32, a third gutter-shaped member 33, and a fourth gutter-shaped member 34, and the manner of connecting the respective gutter-shaped members is the same as that of the nozzle 4. .

Further, in the above embodiment, the nozzle 4
Has guided and dropped medals to the medal tray 8 provided at the lower front of the slot machine 7, but the part where the nozzle 4 guides and drops the medals is limited to the above part depending on the form of the slot machine. I can't. That is, even if the portion for storing medals in the form of the slot machine is not the medal tray at the lower front of the slot machine, as long as it is a form in which the medals can be guided and dropped by the nozzles, the present invention is provided as described above. It can be used with the same effect as the embodiment.

[0016]

As described above, according to the bench machine of the present invention, since the nozzle expands and contracts in the traveling direction of the guided medals, a predetermined portion for storing medals such as a medal tray provided in the slot machine. Even when the distance between the machine and the machine is various, it is possible to cope with the situation without replacing the nozzle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an appearance when a bench machine using the present invention is installed on a side of a slot machine.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a bench machine using the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a nozzle using the present invention.

FIG. 4 shows a first gutter-shaped member and a second gutter of a nozzle using the present invention.
It is a schematic front view which shows the connection part of a gutter-shaped member.

FIG. 5 shows a first gutter-shaped member and a second gutter of a nozzle using the present invention.
It is a schematic top view which shows the connection part of a gutter-shaped member.

FIG. 6 is a schematic top view showing another embodiment of a nozzle using the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Two-machine 3 body 4 nozzles 5 First gutter-shaped member 6 Second gutter-shaped member 7 slot machines 8 medal tray 11 money slot 15 hopper 20 connection holes 20a to 20e Fixed part 21 Connection protrusion 30 nozzles 31 First gutter-shaped member 32 Second gutter-shaped member 33 Third gutter-shaped member 34 Fourth gutter-shaped member

Continued front page    (72) Inventor Susumu Iman             1-14-17 Higashi Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Stocks             Company Olympia (72) Inventor Kenji Kishi             1-14-17 Higashi Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Stocks             Company Olympia (72) Inventor Yoshimune Sekine             1-14-17 Higashi Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo Stocks             Company Olympia F term (reference) 2C088 BC73 BC74 DA06 EA41

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A main body having a medal payout mechanism installed on the side of a slot machine for paying out a predetermined number of medals when a value-added medium is inserted, and a medal paid out from the main body. A trough-shaped machine provided with a gutter-shaped nozzle for guiding a slot to a predetermined portion of the slot machine, wherein the nozzle is configured to be expandable and contractable in a traveling direction of a guided medal. 2. The nozzle comprises a first gutter-shaped member supported by the main body, and a second gutter-shaped member connected to a tip of the first gutter-shaped member on the slot machine side. 2. The intermount machine according to claim 1, wherein the second gutter-shaped member is movable in the advancing direction of the guided medal at the connecting portion between the shaped member and the second gutter-shaped member.