JP2003216996A - Medal paying-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make manufacturable a part easily abraded by a transferred medal being transported likely to require replacement, at a low cost. <P>SOLUTION: A publicly known paying-out device is described in Patent No.3135522 in Patent Gazette. The device described in the Gazette comprises a storage hopper provided on a base, a medal delivery device attached to a lower side of the storage hopper to take out the medal from the storage hopper, and a transfer guide rail connected to the medal delivery device in one end side to transfer the medal take out by the medal delivery device to a washing vessel provided on the base, and to transfer the washed medal to a medal taking-out member not shown in the Fig. <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 medal payout device most suitable for use in a cleaning device for cleaning medals for a game machine such as a slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a cleaning device for cleaning medals used in a slot machine, one disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3135522 is known. The device described in the publication is
A storage hopper provided on the base, a medal payout device attached to the lower side of the storage hopper to take out medals from the storage hopper, and a medal taken out by the medal payout device on the base. One end side is connected to the medal payout device for transferring to a cleaning tank provided, and a transfer guide rail for transferring the cleaned medal to a medal takeout body (not shown).

The medal payout device is provided with a back plate provided in a predetermined inclined posture, a guide means having a circular opening and attached to one surface of the back plate facing upward, and the guide. A rotating disc which is fitted into an opening formed in the means and is driven to rotate in a predetermined direction while slidingly contacting one surface of the back plate, and the rotating disc has one medal from the hopper. A plurality of medal introduction holes to be introduced are provided in the circumferential direction, and the medals introduced into each medal introduction hole are inserted between the one surface of the back plate and the guide means along with the rotation of the rotating disc. It is configured to be ejected to the medal sending path formed by.

The guide means is shown in FIG.
As shown in (b) and (b), a middle plate 105 in which a circular opening 100 into which a rotating disk is fitted and an arc-shaped medal sending path 101 that extends upward along the outer periphery of the opening 100 are formed in communication. And an inner plate 108 that is attached to the surface of the middle plate 105 (on the side opposite to the back plate) and has a circular opening 107 that matches the circular opening 100 of the middle plate 105. Consists of. The middle plate 105 and the inner plate 108 are set to have substantially the same rectangular size.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional medal payout device, the medals discharged from the respective medal introduction holes of the rotating disc are transferred to the outside of the medal payout device through the medal sending path 101. Since the medal that is going to rotate together with the rotating disc collides with the tip portion 105a of the middle plate 105 that forms the entrance of the medal sending path 101 and is separated from the rotating body, the tip portion 105 is particularly preferable.
a is easily worn or damaged. Thus, the tip portion 105a
However, if there is wear or the like, it is necessary to replace the entire middle plate 105, which raises the problem of increasing the cost of the replacement parts.

It is also conceivable to manufacture the intermediate plate 105 from a material having abrasion resistance in order to reduce abrasion of the tip portion 105a as much as possible, but even in such a case,
It is necessary to use expensive materials.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to manufacture at low cost a part which is easily worn by a transferred medal and which needs to be replaced. To do.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is characterized by having a back plate provided in a predetermined inclined posture and a circular opening. Guide means attached to one surface of the back plate facing upward,
A rotating disc that is fitted into an opening formed in the guide means and is driven to rotate in a predetermined direction while being in sliding contact with one surface of the back plate. The rotating disc has a medal from a hopper. A plurality of medal introduction holes that are introduced one by one are penetrated in the circumferential direction, and the medals introduced into each medal introduction hole are inserted between the back plate and the guide means from the introduction hole as the rotating disc rotates. In a medal payout device configured to eject to a formed medal sending path, the guide means includes a first guide body having the opening, and a second guide body,
A recess for communicating the opening with the peripheral edge of the first guide body is formed on the side surface of the back plate of the first guide body, and by locating the second guide body in the recess, the end edge of the second guide body is The inner surface of the medal sending path is formed, and the peripheral surface of the recess forms the outer surface of the medal sending path.

The guide means includes a first guide body having at least the opening, and a second guide body. The peripheral surface of the second guide body and the peripheral surface of the third guide body are
Both sides of the medal sending path are formed.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is fixed to a base 2,
In addition, the lower side is an upper opening type storage hopper formed in a tapered shape, and a medal payout device 3 is provided at the lower end of the storage hopper 1.

The medal payout device 3 is for sequentially supplying the medals M, which have been put into the storage hopper 1, to the cleaning tank 8 in which the cleaning liquid 7 is stored, via the transfer guide rails 5. . In the cleaning tank 8, in order to receive the medal M from the transfer guide rail 5 and transfer the cleaning liquid 7, the rotatable rotating body 4 and the front and back surfaces of the medal transferred by the rotating body 4 are brushed. A brush 6 is provided for this purpose.

The medal payout device 3 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, a back plate 13 fixed to the base 2 via a stay 10 in a predetermined tilt posture, a rotary disc 15 rotatably arranged on one upward surface 13a of the back plate 13, The medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 as one guide body, and the motor 17 installed on the other surface side of the back plate 13 and the one surface 13a of the back plate 13 are fixed to rotate the rotating disk 15 at a predetermined speed. The guide plate 18 for separating medals as the second guide body is attached to the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 so as to cover both sides and the lower side of the rotary disc 15, and the cross-sectional shape is substantially U-shaped. And a medal storage body (auxiliary hopper) 9.

The rotating disc 15 is fitted into a circular opening 14 formed in the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 and is in sliding contact with the one surface 13a of the back plate 13 in the motor 1.
It is adapted to be rotationally driven at a predetermined speed by 7.

One surface of the rotating disk 15 (the back plate 13
A conical medal guide portion 19 is formed at the center of the surface on the opposite side). A plurality of medal introduction holes 20 for introducing the medals M one by one are formed in the peripheral portion of the medal guide portion 19 in the circumferential direction. Further, in the peripheral portion of the other surface (the surface on the side of the back plate 13) of the rotating disc 15, the medals M introduced into the respective medal introducing holes 20 are ejected from the introducing hole 20 as the rotating disc 15 rotates. The medal discharge part 22 for playing is recessed. Medal ejector 2
2 is an adjacent medal introduction hole 2 as shown in FIG.
It is formed by projecting a convex curved wall portion 22a between 0s.

On the upper part of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16,
A recess 23 is formed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the outer peripheral surface 24 of the recess 23 is formed continuously from the opening 14 to the upper surface (periphery) of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16. The inner peripheral surface 25 of the recess 23 is formed substantially at the center of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 and continuously from the opening 14 to the upper surface of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16.

The medal separating guide plate 18 is made of a metal having abrasion resistance (preferably a metal which is equal to or harder than the material of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16).
And is detachably fixed to the back plate 13 with bolts 27 or the like so as to be positioned in the recess 23. One end 18a of the medal separating guide plate 18 abuts or approaches the inner peripheral surface 25 of the recess 23, and the other end 1a of the guide plate 18
8b is a predetermined interval (interval approximately equal to the diameter of the medal M) so as to form both side surfaces of the medal sending path 29 communicating with the medal ejecting section 22 with the outer peripheral surface 24 of the recess 23.
To have L.

Specifically, the edge of the other end 18b of the guide plate 18 forms the inner side surface of the medal sending path 29, and the recess 23
The outer peripheral surface 24 of the outer peripheral surface forms the outer surface of the medal sending path 29. Here, the inner side surface of the medal sending path 29 refers to the front position in the rotation direction of the rotating disk 15 (the center side of the rotating disk 15).

The tip portion 18c below the medal separating guide plate 18 is tapered so that each medal M can smoothly move from the rotating disc 15 to the medal sending path 29. The lower edge of the guide plate 18 for separating medals is recessed so as to have a diameter substantially equal to the inner peripheral diameter of the opening 14 of the outer peripheral guide plate 16 of the medal, or slightly facing the medal discharging portion 22.

The entrance portion 29a of the medal sending path 29 is
As shown in FIG. 5B, it is provided substantially on the tangent line of the circular opening 14 of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 along the rotation direction of the rotary disc 15. Further, a portion of the inner peripheral surface 14a of the opening 14 of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 where the recess 23 is not provided has a function of covering the outer peripheral surface of the rotating disc 15 and guiding the medal M.

A mounting hole 30 is formed at a predetermined position of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16, and each mounting hole 30 has
A bolt 32 protruding from the back plate 13 is inserted. The medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 can be detachably attached to the back plate 13 by fastening a nut (not shown) to the bolt 32.

In the cleaning apparatus having the above structure, first, when the motor 17 is started in a state where a large number of medals M are stored in the storage hopper 1, the rotating disc 15 rotates at a low speed in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The medals M supplied into the medal storage body 9 are guided one by one into the medal introduction hole 20 while being guided and guided by the medal guide guide portion 19 of the rotating disc 15.

A medal M introduced into each medal introducing hole 20.
Is the rotation of the rotating disc 15 and the outer periphery of the medal guide plate 16
The coins are pivotally moved along the inner peripheral surface 14a of the opening 14, and along with the movement, they are guided by the medal ejecting section 22 to escape from the medal introducing hole 20, and are ejected to the medal sending path 29 one by one. Each medal M is an entrance 29a of the medal sending path 29.
When it reaches the position facing, the tip 18c of the guide plate 18 for separating medals separates the medal M, which is about to be rotated by the rotating disc 15, from the rotating disc 15 and smoothly moves to the medal sending path 29.

The medal M is the medal sending path 29.
Is delivered to the transfer guide rail 5 and is forcibly transferred to the cleaning tank 8 while being pushed. The medal M moving on the transfer guide rail 5 enters the cleaning tank 8 and is brushed on both front and back surfaces by a pair of brushes 6 on both sides. After the washing, the water drops remaining on the medal M that have passed through the water drop removing unit are dried by the drying unit while the water drops adhering to the medal M are appropriately removed by the water drop removing unit.

By using the cleaning device for a long period of time, when the medal cutting guide plate 18 or the like is worn, maintenance such as replacement of parts is periodically performed. When exchanging the parts of the guide plate 18 for separating medals, first, the outer peripheral guide plate 16 is removed from the back plate 13.
Then, after the used medal separation guide plate 18 is removed from the back plate 13, a new medal separation guide plate 18 is attached to the back plate 13. Then, the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 may be attached to the back plate 13.

In the medal payout device according to the present embodiment, the medal separating guide plate 18, which is particularly susceptible to wear, is provided separately from the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16. Therefore, the worn medal separating guide plate 18 is provided. It can be replaced and the cost of parts can be reduced.

The opening 14 of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16
The inner peripheral surface 14a has a function of guiding each medal M that is forcibly moved by the rotating disk 15. Therefore, the medal M may be caught between the rotating disc 15 and the inner peripheral surface 14a of the opening 14 of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16. If the medal M is bitten in, the rotation of the rotary disc 15 is stopped and the medal cannot be transferred.

In the medal payout device of this embodiment, since the inner peripheral surface 14a of the opening 14 of the medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 covers most of the circumferential portion of the rotating disc 15, the medal outer peripheral guide plate is provided. When the 16 is removed from the back plate 13, the bitten medal M can be naturally dropped, and the trouble due to the stop of the rotating disk 15 can be easily and quickly eliminated. In this embodiment,
The lower end of the medal cutting guide plate 18 is the rotating disc 1.
It is not necessary to remove the rotary disk 15 even when it faces the medal discharge portion 22 of No. 5.

In the medal payout device exemplified in the above-mentioned conventional example, the medal M is caught between the middle plate and the rotating disc. In such a case, a plurality of middle plates and inner plates are inserted. It takes time to remove the parts. In addition, when the peripheral edge of the opening of the middle plate faces the medal discharge portion of the rotating disc, the rotating disc also needs to be removed, which makes maintenance complicated.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the second guide body 18 is substantially halfway in the vertical direction of the first guide body 16. It is also possible to provide up to. Also in this embodiment,
Although the medal cutting guide plate 18 as the second guide body can be manufactured at low cost and can be easily and quickly replaced, the second guide body 18 is preferably as small as possible.

9 and 10 show another embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a third guide body 35 is provided in addition to the first guide body 16 and the second guide body 18. That is, the third guide body 35 forms the outer side surface of the medal sending path 29. Medal sending path 29
When the outer side surface of the third guide body 3 is curved, the outer side surface may be worn, but in the present embodiment, the third guide body 3
If the guide 5 is worn or the like, both guide bodies may be replaced, and a cheaper replacement part can be provided.

In each of the above embodiments, the second guide body 18 and the third guide body 35 are preferably fixed to the back plate 13, but may be fixed to the first guide body 16. . In such a case, the second guide body 18 and the third guide body 3 can be detached together with the first guide body 16 so that the second guide body 18 and the third guide body 35 can be integrally attached and detached.
It is preferable that the edge of 5 is not desired in the medal discharge portion 22 of the rotating disc 15.

In this embodiment, the guide means is composed of the first guide body and the second guide body, and the guide means is composed of the first guide body to the third guide body. The present invention is not limited to the embodiment,
For example, the second guide body and the third guide body may be further divided.

[0033]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, since the guide means separate from the first guide means is used in the portion where wear is likely to occur, only partial replacement of parts that are subject to severe wear is required. In addition, since it is only necessary to manufacture the parts that are worn by medals from a material having wear resistance, there is an advantage that the replacement parts can be manufactured at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the same section.

FIG. 4 is a sectional side view of the same.

5A and 5B show the guide means and the rotating disc, where FIG. 5A is a sectional plan view and FIG. 5B is a rear view.

FIG. 6 is a rear perspective view of the first guide body.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a cleaning device.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the present invention, (a) is a rear perspective view of the first guide body, and (b) is a rear perspective view of the second guide body.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the guide means and the rotating disk according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 (a) is a rear perspective view of the first guide body,
(B) is a rear perspective view of the second guide body and the second guide body.

FIG. 11 shows a conventional example, (a) is a front view showing an intermediate plate,
(B) is a front view showing an inner plate.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hopper, 13 ... Back plate, 13a ... One side, 14 ... Circular opening part, 15 ... Rotating disk, 16 ... Medal outer peripheral guide plate 16 (first guide body), 18 ... Medal separating guide plate ( Second guide body), 20 ... Medal introduction hole, 29 ...
Medal sending path, 35 ... Third guide body, M ... Medal

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A back plate provided in a predetermined inclined posture, a guide means having a circular opening and attached to one surface of the back plate facing upward, and formed on the guide means. A rotary disc that is driven to rotate in a predetermined direction while being fitted into the opening and in sliding contact with one surface of the back plate. A plurality of medals from the hopper are introduced into the rotary disc. The medal introduction holes are formed in the circumferential direction, and the medal introduced into each medal introduction hole is formed between the back plate and the guide means from the introduction hole as the rotating disc rotates. In the medal payout device configured to eject to, the guide means includes a first guide body having the opening, and a second guide body, and the opening is provided on a side surface of a back plate of the first guide body. A recess that communicates with the periphery of the first guide body is formed, and the recess By locating the second guide body, the edge of the second guide body forms the inner side surface of the medal sending path, and the peripheral surface of the recess forms the outer side surface of the medal sending path. A medal payout device. 2. A back plate provided in a predetermined inclined posture, a guide means having a circular opening and attached to one surface of the back plate facing upward, and formed on the guide means. A rotary disc that is driven to rotate in a predetermined direction while being fitted into the opening and in sliding contact with one surface of the back plate. A plurality of medals from the hopper are introduced into the rotary disc. The medal introduction holes are formed in the circumferential direction, and the medal introduced into each medal introduction hole is formed between the back plate and the guide means from the introduction hole as the rotating disc rotates. In the medal payout device configured to eject to, the guide means includes a first guide body having at least the opening, a second guide body, and a third guide body,
A medal payout device, wherein the peripheral surface of the second guide body and the peripheral surface of the third guide body form both side surfaces of the medal sending path.