JP2003236220A - Medal dispensing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cover a gap between a slot machine and a medal dispensing machine. <P>SOLUTION: In this medal dispensing machine 2, an outer frame is provided with a blindfold plate 20. The blindfold plate 20 comprises a turn plate 21 turnable between a first position wherein the turn plate 21 abuts on a side face of the outer frame and a second position perpendicular to the side face of the outer frame; and a slide plate 22 slidable to the turn plate 21. In the case that the gap F is generated between the slot machine 30 and the medal dispensing machine 2 when setting a prescribed number of slot machines 30 and medal dispensing machines 2, the blindfold plate 20 is turned from the first position to the second position. The turn plate 21 turned to the second position is screwed on through a clamp 25. The slide plate 22 is slid according to a length of the gap F, and is screwed and fixed in a position wherein the tip of the slide plate 22 abuts on the slot machine 30. <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 lending, which is installed between, for example, a slot machine and which dispenses medals stored by inserting a value-added medium such as banknotes into a predetermined number of coins. It is about machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game hall such as a pachinko parlor, a plurality of slot islands for installing a plurality of slot machines are provided in accordance with the layout of the game hall. Between the slot machines installed on this slot island, there is one medal lending machine for lending or purchasing medals to be inserted into the slot machine and playing games, or one medal lending machine for one slot machine, or a slot machine. It is installed so that one machine is installed for two machines.

In this medal lending machine, for example, 50 medals are paid out by inserting a 1,000-yen bill, which is one of the value-added media. Various types of medals are paid out by the medal lending machine, for example, there are those that pay out to the medal tray provided on the medal lending machine and those that pay out to the medal tray of the slot machine via a nozzle. A medal lending machine suitable for the shape of a slot machine is installed.

[0004]

However, when a plurality of such medal lending machines together with the slot machines are installed on the slot islands of the game arcade, the slot machines and the medal lending machines installed for the size of the slot islands. The total width of may be smaller. In such a case, a blind plate serving as a spacer is inserted into a gap formed between the slot machine and the medal lending machine, but if this gap is wide, there is a problem that the appearance becomes poor.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a medal lending machine capable of neatly shielding the gap formed between the slot machine and the slot machine.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a medal lending machine of the present invention corresponds to a value-added medium identifying device for identifying a value-added medium that has been inserted, and the value-added medium. A hopper device for paying out medals, and an outer frame for accommodating the value-added medium identification device and the hopper device, and the outer frame,
A shielding member is provided to shield a gap generated between the side wall surface of the gaming machine and the side wall surface of the outer frame. In addition,
The value-added medium is, for example, a bill, a coin, a prepaid card, an IC card, a credit card, or the like, which is a value medium necessary for purchasing or lending a medal.

[0007] Further, a rotating plate for rotating the shielding member between a first position parallel to the depth direction of the outer frame and a second position orthogonal to the side wall surface of the outer frame. And a movable plate slidably attached to the rotating plate.

[0008]

1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a medal lending machine embodying the present invention. In addition, in this embodiment, the case where the value-added medium is a bill (thousand-yen bill) will be described. The medal lending machine 2 includes a bill identifying unit 4, a medal payout unit 5, and an outer frame 6 for storing these.

The bill validator 4 is composed of a control device 7 and a bill storage box 8 and is provided for discriminating inserted bills 9. The control device 7 is provided to electrically control the medal lending machine 2, identifies the inserted bill 9, and causes the medal to be paid out when the bill 9 is applicable. The banknote storage box 8 has a banknote 9 inserted from a banknote insertion slot 10 provided on the front surface of the banknote recognition unit 4.
When it is determined that the bill corresponds to the bill, a plurality of bills 9 drawn by a bill drawing mechanism (not shown) are accumulated and stored. A display panel 11 is provided below the bill insertion slot 10 to display the number of medals to be paid out by inserting the bills 9 and whether or not to lend medals.

The medal payout unit 5 is composed of a medal storage box 15 and a hopper device 16, and when a bill 9 is inserted from the bill insertion slot 10, a medal payout signal from the control device 7 is received and a predetermined number of coins are received. It is provided to pay out medals. On the front surface of the medal payout unit 5, there is provided a nozzle 17 which is rotatable about a longitudinal direction of the medal lending machine 2 within a predetermined range and which is expandable and contractible. The medals sent from 16 are the medal trays 31 (FIG. 4) of the slot machine.
Refer to) and the medal receiving part such as the medal slot. Reference numeral 18 is a medal supply port, which is provided to supply medals to the medal storage box.

The outer frame 6 is provided for accommodating the bill discriminating section 4 and the medal payout section 5 and for fixing and holding these at a predetermined position. The outer wall of the outer frame 6 has a blind plate 2
0 is rotatably attached. This blindfold plate 20
Is a slot machine 30 (see FIG. 2) and a medal lending machine 2
It is provided as a shielding member for shielding the gap F formed between and.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the blindfold plate 20.
Is composed of a rotating plate 21 and a slide plate 22. The rotating plate 21 contacts the first position (dotted line in the drawing) where the slide plate 22 contacts the side wall surface of the outer frame 6 and the stopper 24 provided on the outer frame 6, and It is attached to the outer frame 6 so as to be rotatable between a second position (solid line in the figure) orthogonal to the. Further, a removal prevention piece 21a is formed at one end of the rotating plate 21, and is provided to prevent the slide plate 22 from coming off when sliding.
The screw 26 is attached to the rotating plate 21 located at the second position through the opening 25a of the crank-shaped fastener 25 attached to the stopper 24, and is held at the second position.

The slide plate 22 has a substantially U-shaped cross section and is slidably attached to the rotary plate 21. The slide plate 22 has locking pieces 22a, 22
b is formed, and when the slide plate 22 slides in the C direction in FIG. 2 by a predetermined amount, the locking pieces 22a, 22b and the slip-off preventing piece 21a of the rotating plate 21 come into contact with each other. Several screw holes 27 are formed in the front surface of the slide plate 22 in the longitudinal direction thereof. By attaching the screw 28 to the screw hole 27, the tip of the screw 28 is attached to the rotating plate 2
1, the slide plate 22 is fixed to the rotating plate 21. The reference numeral 29 is an upper lid, and the slide plate 22
Is provided to block an opening (not shown) on the upper surface of the slide plate 22 after the is attached to the rotating plate 21.

Next, the operation of the medal lending machine thus configured will be described. On the slot island of the playground,
A plurality of slot machines 30 and medal lending machines 2 are alternately installed. At the time of this installation, for example, the slot machine 30
There may be a gap between the medal lending machine 2 and the medal lending machine 2. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, the blindfold plate 20 attached to the outer frame 6 of the medal lending machine 2 is moved from the first position to the second position (direction A in the drawing). Then, as shown in FIG. 3, the rotating plate 21 is attached with screws 26 via fasteners 25. As a result, the rotating plate 21 is held at the second position.

With the rotary plate 21 held in the second position, the slide plate 22 is slid in the direction C in FIG. 2, and its tip is brought into contact with the side wall surface of the slot machine 2. In this state, the screw 28 is attached to the screw hole 27 formed in the slide plate 22. If you attach the screw 28,
The tip of the is pressed against the rotating plate 21, and the slide plate 22 is fixed to the rotating plate 21. Thereby, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the gap F formed between the slot machine 30 and the medal lending machine 2 is shielded by the blindfold plate 20. Since the gap F between the slot machine 30 and the medal lending machine 2 changes depending on the design and the mounting state at the time of installation, it is possible to shield the gap F only by changing the sliding amount of the slide plate 22. Becomes When the slot machine 30 and the medal lending machine 2 are not installed with the gap F formed therebetween, when the slide plate 22 is slid in the direction D in the drawing, the blindfold plate 20 is moved from the second position to the first position. The slot machine 30 is installed after being rotated (in the direction B).

In the present embodiment, the blindfold plate provided on the medal lending machine is a blindfold plate composed of a slide plate and a rotating plate, but the blindfold plate is not limited to this, and is made of a flexible metal film, for example. It may be composed of a plate or a bellows type blindfold plate. In this case, by providing a storage room for storing the blindfold plate inside or on the side surface of the medal lending machine, it is possible to adapt even when there is no gap between the slot machine and the medal lending machine.

In the present embodiment, the example in which the blindfold plate is provided on one side wall surface of the outer frame is taken up, but it may be attached to both side wall surfaces of the outer frame. Further, the blind plate may be formed so as to be detachable from the outer frame.

In the present embodiment, the medal lending machine having the nozzle has been described, but the invention is not limited to this, and the medal lending machine provided with the medal tray or the medal insertion slot provided in the slot machine can be directly dispensed. It may be a medal lending machine that allows the insertion of medals.

[0019]

As described above, according to the medal lending machine of the present invention, the outer frame provided for accommodating the value-added medium identification device and the hopper device has the side wall surface of the gaming machine and the outer frame. Since the shielding member for shielding the gap formed with the side wall surface is provided, the gap can be easily shielded even if a gap is formed between the slot machine and the slot machine due to a model change of the slot machine or the like. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a medal lending machine embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a blind plate attached to an outer frame.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a method of fixing when it is located at a second position.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing appearances of a slot machine and a medal lending machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 medal lending machine 6 outer frame 20 blinds 21 Rotating plate 22 Slide plate 24 stopper 25 fasteners 26, 28 screws 30 slot machine

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── 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 BC77 DA10 EA45 EA48

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A value-added medium identification device for identifying an added-value-added medium, a hopper device for paying out medals corresponding to the value-added medium, and the value-added medium identification device and the hopper device. In a medal lending machine configured with an outer frame for, the outer frame is provided with a shielding member for shielding a gap generated between the side wall surface of the gaming machine and the side wall surface of the outer frame. Characteristic medal lending machine. 2. A rotating plate capable of rotating the shielding member between a first position parallel to the depth direction of the outer frame and a second position orthogonal to a side wall surface of the outer frame. 2. The medal lending machine according to claim 1, further comprising: a movable plate slidably attached to the rotating plate.