JP2004062832A - Medal screening device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medal screening device which decides if medals for games are authentic and selects true ones. <P>SOLUTION: A medal-screening device 10 is provided with a cover-locking part 42, which is a means of keeping one part of a discharge control board 40 open, and a locking support part 35, which is at the lower right of a cover plate 30, is fit to the cover locking part 42, and the cover plate 30 is engaged to the discharge control board 40. Thus, the cover plate 30 and the discharge control board 40 can be maintained, as it is, even if one removes hands from the cover plate 30 and the discharge control board 40. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medal selection device that determines whether a game medal or the like is true or false and selects a true medal.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a gaming machine installed in a game arcade such as a game center is provided with a medal selection device that determines the authenticity of medals inserted from a medal insertion slot, eliminates imitations, and selects only authentic ones. There are things that are. This medal selection device includes a device main body having a medal passage adapted to the size of a medal to be inserted. The medal passage has an obliquely arranged portion, and the medal passes through this oblique passage while rolling. In addition, the medal passage has a passage width corresponding to the diameter of the authentic medal and a passage thickness corresponding to the thickness, and when a large medal other than these dimensions is inserted, the medal passage is prevented, When a small medal having a size other than this size is inserted, a discharge window is provided for discharging the medal outside the passage in the thickness direction of the passage.
[0003]
Then, in order to receive many authentic medals or medals that are not judged to be authentic in a day, dust or dirt such as dust or dust adheres to the medal passages and the sensor unit, The dirt that has adhered is rubbed by the rolling of the medals, and it is also a place where dirt is very likely to adhere, and the adhesion of those dirt makes the rolling of the medals worse, clogging the medals and lowering the discrimination ability of the sensor Employees need to clean the medal sorting device about once a month.
[0004]
Further, a plurality of medal sensors for detecting the passage of medals rolling in the passage are provided. By providing a plurality of sensors, it is determined whether or not the medal is a genuine medal based on the passage timing of the medal detected by each sensor.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The external dimensions and the like of the medal selection device cannot be freely determined due to restrictions on the main body of the gaming machine. When cleaning the medal selection device in the medal passage, the cover plate provided in the medal selection device must be rotated with one hand to clean the medal passage and the sensor while supporting the rotated cover plate as it is. Did not. Many of the cover plates provided in the medal selection device are provided with a biasing means, and in many cases, the hands are caught at the time of cleaning to cause injury. If the rotation cannot be maintained with one hand, the inside must be cleaned with one hand while repeatedly opening the cover plate.
[0006]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a medal sorting device that can rotate a cover plate when the cover plate is opened for cleaning of a medal sorting device or the like and can easily maintain the opened state. Is what you do.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to claim 1 of the present invention, an apparatus main body, a medal detection sensor for detecting the passage of medals, an openable and closable cover plate provided on the apparatus main body, and an apparatus main body when the cover plate is closed And a medal selection device comprising: a medal selection device comprising: a medal selection device provided with a discharge control plate provided in the main body of the device, wherein the cover plate is locked by the discharge control plate when the cover plate is opened. The object is achieved by a configuration that keeps the cover plate open.
[0008]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the medal selecting apparatus according to the first aspect, a discharge regulating plate having an opening maintaining means is rotatably provided on the apparatus main body, and the opening maintaining means is provided. The object is achieved by a configuration in which the cover plate is kept open by engaging the cover plate with the cover plate when the discharge control plate rotates.
[0009]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as embodiments) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a medal selection device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the medal selection device 10 with the discharge control plate 40 removed.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the cover plate 30 and the discharge control plate 40 are open. (In a state where it is not locked with the opening maintaining means)
Referring to FIG. 2, in order to explain the internal configuration of the medal selection device 10, the ejection control plate 40 is removed, and then the cover plate 30 is pivoted upward so that the medal passage 21 can be seen. In actual use, as shown in FIG. 1, the cover plate 30 is closed in the discharge restricting plate 40, and is connected to the base 20 to form the medal passage 21. The discharge restricting plate 40 is also firmly attached to the base 20. Installed.
[0010]
The medal selection device 10 is a portion that determines whether the inserted medal is genuine or not, and particularly includes a portion that mechanically selects the medal based on the diameter, thickness, and the like of the medal. 20, a cover plate 30, a discharge control plate 40, and a chute 14.
[0011]
The base portion 20 has a substantially U-shape formed by a right side wall 20a provided upright at 90 degrees at the right end and a left side wall 20b provided upright at 90 degrees at the left end. ing. In the vicinity of the front center of the right side wall 20a, a rotation bearing portion 28 for detachably attaching the rotation shaft 43 of the discharge control plate 40 is provided, and near the front center of the left side wall 20b, the discharge control plate 40 is provided. Connecting claws 20c and 20d are provided so as to enable one-touch connection to the base portion 20. A medal detection sensor 26 for detecting the upper end of the inserted medal and a medal detection sensor 27 for detecting the lower end of the medal are provided detachably from the back of the base portion 20 near the inside of the right side wall 20a.
[0012]
The cover plate 30 is provided to be rotatable upward by a rotation urging portion 31 for joining with the base portion 20. In addition, the guide plate 30 is normally overlapped with the base 20 to form a gap between the cover plate 30 and the base portion 20, and the gap serves as a medal passage 21 for passing the inserted medals. Is formed.
[0013]
The discharge control plate 40 is configured such that the rotation shaft 43 is detachable from the rotation bearing portion 28 of the right side wall 20 a of the base portion 20 on the chute 14 side, and is rotatable forward from the left side wall 20 b direction of the base portion 20. Is provided. Further, the discharge control plate 40 can be connected by one-touch by being locked with the connecting claws 20c and 20d provided near the center of the front surface of the left side wall 20b of the base portion 20 and the connecting portion 41. It has a substantially U-shape with appropriate intervals. The predetermined appropriate interval provided between the medal passage 21 and the discharge control plate 40 secures a sufficient distance so that the medals are not clogged regardless of the posture of the medals discharged from the discharge window 34 of the medal passage 21. In addition, the medal selection device 10 is formed in a limited space without being reduced in size, without affecting the rotation range of the discharge control plate 40. A curved recess is formed in a part of the upper side of the discharge control plate 40, and a part of the recess is protruded upward, and the cover plate 30 which is rotated is locked, so that a cover is formed. A cover engaging portion 42 is provided as an opening maintaining means capable of maintaining the plate 30 in an open state. The discharge control plate 40 is inserted into the upper and lower claws (not shown) of the rotation bearing portion 28 of the base 20 by inserting the rotation shaft 43 of the discharge control plate 40 into the rotation shaft 43. Is screwed into the rotation bearing portion 28 so as to be rotatably mounted, so that a screw is not required, and a space for mounting the screw is not required, so that the mounting space is reduced and the material cost is reduced. be able to.
[0014]
The chute 14 is connected and fixed to the outside of the right side wall 20a of the base portion 20 near the exit of the medal passage 21, and a medal detection sensor 15 for detecting the passage of medals is provided detachably from the back.
[0015]
The medal passage 21 has, near the entrance, a portion where the medal descends vertically (hereinafter, this portion is referred to as a vertical portion) and a portion that is obliquely inclined (hereinafter, this portion is referred to as an inclined portion). The medal inserted from the direction A is obliquely changed in direction and sent out to the chute 14. In the vertical portion of the medal passage 21, there are provided width regulation guides 22, 32 for regulating the passage width corresponding to the diameter of a true medal. One width regulating guide 22 is provided on the base portion 20 (see FIG. 2), and the other width regulating guide 32 is provided on the cover plate 30 (see FIG. 1).
In addition, a thickness regulating rib 23 for regulating the thickness of the medal passage 21 to a value corresponding to the true medal thickness over substantially the entire length of the medal passage 21 is provided on the base portion 20. It is provided in. The width regulating guides 22 and 32 and the thickness regulating ribs 23 and 33 determine the width and thickness of the medal passage 21 when the cover plate 30 is closed, so that those having a size larger than a true medal do not pass. It has a structure to block.
[0016]
A slope 24 is provided in the inclined portion of the medal passage 21, and medals roll on the slope 24. An elongated window 34 is provided at a position corresponding to the inclined portion of the cover plate 30. The exclusion window 34 is a slot-shaped opening extending along the inclined portion of the medal passage 21, and when the cover plate 30 is closed, the interval between the slope 24 and the upper side of the exclusion window 34 extending in parallel with the slope 24 is , Slightly smaller than the true medal diameter. As a result, the genuine medal is rolled out of the medal passage 21 toward the chute 14 while being regulated by the cover plate 30 at the upper end and the lower end thereof. A medal having a diameter smaller than the distance between the medal and the upper side of the discharge window 34 is discharged from the discharge window 34 toward the outside of the medal passage 21 because the upper end of the medal is not restricted by the cover plate 30.
[0017]
In order to reliably discharge small medals out of the medal passage 21 through the discharge window 34, a direction in which the medals passing through the medal passage 21 are pushed out from the back side to the front side (toward the front side) inside the medal passage 21. An excluding claw 25 for applying a force is disposed. If the medal passing through the medal passage 21 is a genuine medal, even if the pushing force of the rejecting claw 25 is received from the rear side while passing through the medal passage 21, the medal diameter is larger than the rejection window 34. Since it is large, the passing medals are firmly supported at the upper and lower ends by the cover plate 30, and can easily roll toward the chute 14 without being affected by the pushing force from the removing claw 25.
On the other hand, in the case of a medal having a diameter smaller than that of the discharge window 34, the upper end thereof is not supported by the cover plate 30, so that the medal is discharged to the outside of the medal passage 21 (in the forward direction) by the pushing force of the removing claw 25 and falls downward. It is supposed to. For example, even if the medals ejected from the ejection window 34 jump out, the ejected medals hit the inside of the ejection regulation plate 40 and fall downward due to the ejection regulation plate 40 provided to prevent the scatter of the medals. . Further, since the discharge control plate 40 is provided at a predetermined appropriate interval from the medal passage 21, regardless of the posture of the medal discharged from the discharge window 34, the discharged medals are connected to the medal passage 21 and the discharge control plate. It is ensured that it will fall downward without being caught between the first and second members 40.
[0018]
The medal selection device 10 is provided with three medal detection sensors 26, 27, and 15. The three medal detection sensors 26, 27, and 15 have a substantially U-shape, and change the signal output when a medal exists in the opening of the U-shape. Is determined by the passing speed of medals passing through each medal detection sensor and the diameter of medals. Also, the number of medals that have passed at the same time can be counted. As shown by a broken line in FIG. 2, the medal detection sensor 15 provided on the chute 14 is located at a position for detecting a portion projecting from the base portion 20 when the medal 50 remains on the slope 24 of the medal passage 21. Are located. By being located here, the detection timing of the medals 50 is stabilized, and it is possible to enhance the authenticity determination system.
[0019]
Next, the operation of the medal selection device 10 during the cleaning operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 for the gist of the present invention.
When cleaning the inside of the medal selection device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention, first, the medal selection device 10 is connected to the connection claws 20c and 20d provided on the left side wall 20b of the base portion 20 on the left side of the discharge control plate 40. By pinching the nail of the connected portion 41 from above and below with a finger, the connection of the discharge control plate 40 with the left side wall 20b of the base portion 20 is released. The discharge control plate 40 is turned by about 90 degrees in the direction of the right side wall 20a of the base 20 to which the chute 14 is attached, and the lower part of the cover plate 30 is turned upward. Subsequently, the rotated discharge control plate 40 is slightly rotated below the cover plate 30 to lock the cover plate 30 to the discharge control plate 40. This allows the cover plate 30 and the discharge control plate 40 to remain open (see FIG. 4) even when the hand is released from the cover plate 30 and the discharge control plate 40. The inside of the medal passage 21 and the medal detection sensors 26 and 27 provided can be easily cleaned.
[0020]
Further, the locking receiving portion 35 provided integrally with the cover plate 30 and provided at the lower right of the cover plate 30 is provided in a part of a curved recess provided on the upper side of the discharge control plate 40 and When the cover plate 30 is engaged with the discharge restricting plate 40 when the cover plate 30 is engaged with the cover retaining portion 42 as the projecting opening maintaining means, the cover plate 30 and the discharge restricting plate 40 are further securely locked, and The state can be maintained.
[0021]
In addition, since the medal selection device 10 is installed inside the gaming machine, the installation space is limited, so that the rotation angle of the discharge control plate 40 cannot be made large. Therefore, by making the center of the upper side of the discharge control plate 40 a curved depression, even if the rotation angle of the discharge control plate 40 is suppressed, the removal window 34 of the medal passage 21 which is one of the functions of the discharge control plate 40 is provided. It is possible to avoid interference with the cover plate 30 without lowering the ability of the medals discharged from the scatterer to prevent scattering. Further, even if the rotation angle of the discharge control plate 40 is suppressed, an effective space for performing the cleaning operation is reliably secured, and the open state of the cover plate 30 and the discharge control plate 40 can be maintained.
[0022]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the cover plate of the medal selection device is opened and locked by the rotated discharge control plate, thereby keeping the cover plate open. Therefore, a cleaning worker such as a store clerk can easily clean the inside of the medal passage to which dust and dust easily adhere. In addition, it is possible to prevent injuries such as catching a hand with the cover plate during cleaning, and it is possible to reduce the time required for the cleaning operation. This reduces the burden on the cleaning worker such as a clerk in the cleaning work.
[0023]
According to the second aspect of the present invention, by providing the discharge control plate with the opening maintaining means, the cover plate and the discharge control plate can be reliably engaged, so that the cover plate can be more securely opened. It is possible to maintain the state. In addition, by providing the opening control means on the discharge control plate that prevents the scatter of medals, the cover plate can be reliably maintained in the open state, so it is necessary to provide a separate part for maintaining the cover plate open. And the cost of parts can be reduced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the internal configuration of the embodiment according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the embodiment according to the present invention, and is an internal explanatory perspective view showing a state where a cover plate 30 and a discharge regulating plate 40 are rotated.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the embodiment according to the present invention, and is an external perspective view in a state where a cover plate 30 and a discharge regulating plate 40 are rotated and kept open.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 medal selection device 14 chute 15 medal detection sensor (chute)
20 Base (device main body)
21 Medal passage 26 Medal detection sensor (base / top)
27 Medal detection sensor (base / bottom)
30 cover plate 40 discharge control plate 42 cover locking portion (opening maintaining means)
50 medals

Claims (2)

An apparatus body,
A medal detection sensor that detects the passage of medals,
An openable and closable cover plate provided on the apparatus main body,
A medal passage formed by the apparatus main body when the cover plate is closed;
A medal sorting device provided with
Providing a discharge regulating plate in the device body,
A medal selection device, wherein the cover plate is held open by the discharge control plate when the cover plate is opened to maintain the open state of the cover plate. The medal selection device according to claim 1,
A discharge regulating plate having an opening maintaining means is rotatably provided in the apparatus main body,
A medal selection device wherein the cover plate is kept open by engaging the cover plate with the discharge control plate when the discharge control plate provided with the opening maintaining means rotates.

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