JP2004229697A - Money collecting device in inter-platform machine for game platform - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a money collecting device in an inter-platform machine for a game platform which can be arranged in a narrow space at the upper side of the inter-platform machine without protruding forward from a call lamp unit which is disposed on the game platform. <P>SOLUTION: The money collecting device 8 arranged at the upper side of the inter-platform machine 7 includes an L shape device case 21. The device case 21 includes: a rear surface side part 22 which is arranged by utilizing space at the side of the rear surface of the call lamp unit 6 disposed on the adjacent game platform 5; and a front projection part 23 to be projected forward from the adjacent position of the call lamp unit 6. A paper money storage part 28 requiring the largest space is formed inside the rear surface side part 22. The dimensions of the height, width, and thickness of the front projection part 23 are reduced in the money collecting device 8. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is suitable to be used to add a deposit function so that bills can be used in a game-stand inter-machine for lending game media such as pachinko balls using a magnetic card or an IC card. The present invention relates to a deposit device for a gaming machine for a game machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Between gaming machines such as pachinko machines, a prepaid card-type machine for renting out game media such as a pachi-con ball using a magnetic card or an IC card is installed. When a prepaid card, such as an IC card, is inserted into the card slot of a stand-by machine, game media such as pachinko balls or the like are directly transmitted from the stand-by machine or from the gaming table according to the amount information stored and held therein. It is rented out.
[0003]
As such a stand-to-stand machine, there is known a machine which has a deposit function for bills and the like, and which can update the amount information of a magnetic card or an IC card. For example, the following patent document discloses a card information updating device in a gaming system having such an updating function.
[0004]
A banknote recognition device is mounted on the prepaid card type inter-machine having such a deposit function, and a banknote is inserted into the banknote recognition device along the longitudinal direction. The bill inserted by the player is authenticated in the bill validator, and the bill determined to be a bill is sent to the back side of the inter-machine. On the back side of the gaming table and the stand-to-stand machine on the gaming island, a bill transport path is arranged together with a transport path for the game medium. The bills sent to the back side of the inter-machine are conveyed along the bill conveyance path and collected in a safe provided at the end of the game island. The banknotes collected in the safe are collected by a clerk, for example, after a game store closes.
[0005]
[Patent Document]
JP 2001-327746 A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Here, in a game shop where a prepaid card-type intermission machine without a deposit function is installed, in order to introduce an intermission machine with a deposit function, the bills taken in each intermission machine are transported. It is necessary to install a transport mechanism to perform this on the gaming island. However, depending on the amusement store, there may be a case where a space for installing the transport mechanism cannot be provided on the back of the gaming table and the stand between machines on the gaming island. In this case, it is necessary to change the layout of the entire gaming island.
[0007]
Therefore, a depositing device having a bill discriminating function and a bill storing function is externally attached to an upper portion of each inter-machine, the deposit information of each depositing device is transmitted to the inter-machine, and the amount information of the IC card or the like is updated. By doing so, it is not necessary to install a bill transport mechanism, and it is not necessary to change the overall layout of the gaming island.
[0008]
However, when such an external depositing device is mounted on the upper part of each inter-machine, there is a fear that the following adverse effects may occur.
[0009]
A call lamp unit is mounted on the upper side of each game console. The call lamp unit includes a call button in the event of a game machine failure, a call lamp blinking by operating the call button, and a game history such as the number of jackpots. An information display screen is attached. Therefore, when the depositing device is mounted on the upper side of the inter-machine, the depositing device is located between the calling lamp units of the adjacent gaming tables. If the deposit device protrudes forward from the calling lamp unit, the deposit device becomes an obstacle, making it difficult or impossible for a clerk to check the blinking state of the lamp from the side.
[0010]
On the other hand, if the amount of protrusion of the depositing device is reduced, there arises a problem that it is not possible to secure an installation place of a bill storage unit for storing inserted bills. Needless to say, the bill storage portion may be protruded to the rear side of the machine, but in many cases, a sufficient space cannot be secured on the rear side of the machine. In other words, as described above, if a sufficient space can be secured on the back side of the inter-machine, if a bill transport path is arranged there, the inter-machine with a deposit function can be installed without externally attaching a deposit device. Can be installed. In a game store where an external payment device is desired to be installed, it is often not possible to secure a sufficient space on the back side of the machine. In this case, the bill storage unit cannot protrude toward the back of the machine.
[0011]
Furthermore, when a display screen or the like for displaying a game history such as the number of jackpots is installed in the calling lamp unit, the space between the calling lamp units is narrow, so that the size of the depositing device that can be installed is limited. There is.
[0012]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the foregoing, an object of the present invention is to propose a depositing device for a game machine for a game console, which is suitable to be installed in a space between call lamp units on the upper side of the machine. That is, an object of the present invention is to propose a depositing device for a game machine for a game console, which has a small amount of forward projection and can be installed in a narrow space between call lamp units.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a depositing device for a gaming machine-to-game machine arranged above a gaming machine arranged adjacent to a gaming machine, wherein the depositing device is arranged above the gaming machine. It is characterized in that a part of the depositing device is arranged on the back side of the calling lamp unit.
[0014]
In the present invention, a part of the depositing device is arranged by utilizing the space on the back side of the call lamp unit. Therefore, the depositing device can be attached even when the distance between the calling lamp units is small, and the amount of the depositing device protruding forward can be reduced.
[0015]
Here, the depositing device includes a bill insertion slot, an identification unit that determines the authenticity of the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot, and a bill storage unit that stores the bill that is identified as a bill by the identification unit. And a configuration including: It is desirable to arrange the bill storage unit requiring the largest space on the back side of the call lamp unit.
[0016]
In this case, the device case of the depositing device has an L-shape as a whole, and includes a rear side portion disposed on the rear side of the calling lamp unit and a front projecting portion projecting forward from a position adjacent to the calling lamp unit. Can be configured. In this case, the bill insertion slot is formed on the front surface of the front protruding portion, the bill storage portion is formed inside the back side portion, and the bill insertion portion is formed inside the front protruding portion and the back side portion. What is necessary is just to form the banknote conveyance path bent in L shape from the mouth to the storage section.
[0017]
Further, the bill insertion slot may be a slit extending in the up-down direction, and the length of the slit may be set to a length capable of inserting the bill along the longitudinal direction. In this case, the bill can be inserted in a vertical position along the longitudinal direction. Since the height of the depositing device may be slightly larger than the width of the inserted bill, it is suitable when there is a restriction on the height of the space above the inter-machine. The inserted bill is transported along the L-shaped bill transport path, and is stacked in the bill storage unit on the rear side of the call lamp unit in a horizontally elongated state and facing the front.
[0018]
Next, in order to take out bills from the bill storage unit, the call lamp unit is made openable / detachable and detachable, and on the front surface of the back side portion of the device case located on the back side, from the bill storage unit. What is necessary is just to form a horizontally long openable and closable rectangular take-out opening for taking out bills.
[0019]
The bill storage unit may be a cassette type that is detachably attached to the inside of the rear side portion of the apparatus case via the takeout opening.
[0020]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, a description will be given of a gaming system provided with a deposit device of a gaming machine for a gaming table to which the present invention is applied.
[0021]
FIG. 1 is a partial front view showing a gaming system according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a partial plan view thereof, and FIG. 3 is a partial side view thereof. The basic configuration of the game system 1 according to the present embodiment is a general one. A mounting frame 3 for configuring a game island 2 and a plurality of gaming units 4 mounted along the mounting frame 3 are provided. And Each gaming unit 4 includes a gaming table 5 such as a pachinko machine or a slot table, a call lamp unit 6 disposed above the gaming table 5, and a prepaid card type disposed adjacent to the left side of the gaming table 5. The machine includes a machine 7 and a depositing device 8 for bills arranged above the machine 7. One gaming island 2 is configured by the gaming unit 4 having such a configuration.
[0022]
Each of the gaming tables 5 is attached to the mounting frame 3 with a predetermined gap, and a stand-to-game machine 7 is inserted and fixed in the gap between the gaming tables 5. Further, the call lamp unit 6 and the depositing device 8 arranged above the gaming table 5 and the stand-to-stand machine 7 are fixed to the surface of a vertical decorative plate 9 fixed to the upper part of the mounting frame 3.
[0023]
The prepaid card type stand-to-spot machine 7 is the same as that generally used, and a card insertion slot 7a is formed in the lower part of the front surface, and a display screen is provided in the middle position. An operation unit 7b is disposed therein, and a communication unit for communicating with the card reader / writer, the gaming table 5, the depositing device 8, and an external host computer, and a drive unit for controlling these are provided inside. A control unit and the like are built in. When a prepaid card composed of an IC card, a magnetic card, or the like is inserted from the card insertion slot 7a, the inter-machine 7 has a game amount of the number input from the operation unit 7b within the range of the amount information recorded therein. The medium is lent to the adjacent gaming table 5. Further, upon receiving the deposit information from the deposit device 8, the amount information of the prepaid card is updated and rewritten to the amount information obtained by adding the amount corresponding to the deposited amount.
[0024]
The call lamp unit 6 disposed above the gaming table 5 includes a horizontally long unit board 6a and a lamp case 6b covering a lamp (not shown) attached to the surface of the unit board 6a. The unit substrate 6a is mounted on a mounting base 10 fixed to the surface of the decorative board 9. A power supply cable 6d is drawn out from the rear side of the central portion of the unit board 6a, and the cable 6d is routed to the rear side of the decorative board 9 through the inside of the mounting base 10. In this example, the call lamp unit 6 can be opened upward from the mounting base 10 around the hinge 11 mounted between the upper edge portion and the mounting base 10.
[0025]
Next, as can be clearly understood from FIG. 2, the depositing device 8 has an L-shaped device case 21 as a whole, and is disposed in a space between the left rear portion of the call lamp unit 6 and the decorative plate 9. The rear side portion 22 has a flat horizontally long rectangular parallelepiped shape, and a rectangular parallelepiped front protruding portion 23 that protrudes forward from an adjacent position on the left side of the call lamp unit 6. The height of the device case 21 in the vertical direction is the same as the height of the mount 10 of the call lamp unit 6, and the thickness of the rear side portion 22 is also the same as the thickness of the mount 10. The front protruding portion 23 protrudes to a position slightly retracted from the front end of the lamp case 6b of the call lamp unit 6, and the front surface 24 is a vertical flat surface.
[0026]
On the front surface 24 of the device case 21 having this shape, a bill insertion slot 25 having a constant width extending in the vertical direction is formed. Inside the device case 21, the inside of the front protruding portion 23 extends horizontally rearward from the bill insertion slot 25, curves rightward in an arc shape, and then horizontally turns the inside of the back side portion 22 horizontally. , An L-shaped bill transport path 26 is formed. The bill P inserted from the bill insertion slot 25 is transported along the bill transport path 26 by a transport mechanism (not shown).
[0027]
A transport roller 26a for transporting the banknote is disposed in a bent portion of the banknote transport path 26, and the banknote P passing therethrough is detected by a detection unit 27 disposed opposite to the transport roller 26a. False is determined. Those determined to be fake bills are discharged from the bill insertion slot 25, and only those determined to be genuine bills are transported downstream along the bill transport path 26.
[0028]
Inside the rear side portion 22 of the device case 21, a bill storage unit 28 is formed in which the bills P conveyed along the bill conveyance path 26 are stacked while being pushed as they are. The bills P determined and transported as bills are stored in the bill storage unit 28 in a state of being stacked in the front-rear direction.
[0029]
Here, FIG. 4 is a partial front view showing a state where the call lamp unit 6 is opened. As shown in this figure, a bill take-out opening is formed in the front surface 24 of the rear side portion 22 of the device case. In the present example, it is constituted by a rectangular opening 29a formed in the front part 29 and a keyed opening / closing lid 30 closing the opening 29a. By opening the call lamp unit 6 and unlocking and opening the opening / closing lid 30, the banknotes P stacked in the banknote storage unit 28 can be taken out and collected.
[0030]
As a matter of course, it is also possible to adopt, as the bill storage unit 28, a cassette type that is detachably mounted inside the rear side portion 22 of the apparatus case through the opening 29a. Further, the part to which the call lamp unit 6 is fixed may be the opening / closing lid itself.
[0031]
In the gaming system 1 according to the present embodiment configured as described above, the depositing device 8 attached between the call lamp units 6 in the upper part of the inter-machine 7 has a portion in which the bill storage unit 28 is formed. It is arranged in a space on the back side of the call lamp unit 6. Since the bill storage unit 28 requiring the most space in the depositing device 8 is arranged on the back side of the call lamp unit 6, the other parts, that is, the bill insertion slot 25 and the detection unit 27 for bill recognition are built-in. The front projecting portion 23 of the device case described above requires only small vertical, horizontal and thickness dimensions. Therefore, as in the present example, the amount of projection forward of the call lamp unit 6 can be reduced, so that there is no adverse effect such that the call lamp unit 6 is blocked by the depositing device 8 and cannot be seen or becomes difficult to see. Further, the front protruding portion 23 of the device case can be installed even when the interval between the call lamp units 6 is narrow.
[0032]
In the present embodiment, the call lamp unit 6 is opened and closed vertically, but may be opened and closed right and left. In any of the opening and closing methods, if the call lamp unit 6 can be opened so that the bills can be collected from the bill storage unit 28 without being obstructed by the power supply cable drawn from the call lamp unit 6. Good.
[0033]
Further, the opening / closing lid 30 for taking out bills from the depositing device 8 is individually locked and unlocked, but from the viewpoint of security, for example, the side of the host computer which centrally manages the gaming system 1 In this case, it is desirable to centrally manage the opening and closing of the opening / closing lid 30.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the depositing device of the game machine for a game console according to the present invention, a part thereof, in a preferred embodiment, a portion where the bill storage portion is formed is provided with a call lamp attached to the upper portion of the game console. It is characterized in that it is arranged using the space on the back side of the unit.
[0035]
By employing this configuration, it is possible to reduce the height, width, and thickness of the portion of the depositing device disposed between the calling lamp units. Therefore, the problem that the depositing device protrudes forward from the calling lamp unit and the calling lamp unit becomes invisible or difficult to see from the side does not occur. In addition, even when the space above the inter-table machine is small, the depositing device can be installed.
[0036]
Therefore, the depositing device of the present invention requires a significant layout change, installation of a bill transport path, and the like for an existing gaming island in which a prepaid card type inter-machine is not provided without a depositing function. In particular, it is particularly suitable for a case where a depositing function is added to a machine between machines.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partial front view showing a game system to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a partial plan view of the gaming system of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a partial side view of the gaming system of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a partial front view showing a portion of the depositing device disposed on the back side of the calling lamp unit in the gaming system of FIG. 1 when the calling lamp unit is opened.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming system 2 Gaming island 3 Gaming island mounting frame 4 Gaming unit 5 Gaming table 6 Calling lamp unit 7 Inter-unit machine 7a Card insertion slot 7b Operating unit 8 Depositing device 9 Mounting frame decorative board 10 Calling lamp unit mounting base 11 Hinges 21 Device case 22 of the depositing device 22 Back portion 23 of the device case 23 Front protruding portion 24 of the device case Front surface 25 Bill insertion slot 26 Bill transport path 27 Detecting portion 28 Bill storage portion 29 Front portion 29a Opening 30 Opening / closing lid

Claims (6)

In the depositing device of the gaming machine for the gaming machine arranged above the gaming machine arranged adjacent to the gaming machine,
A depositing device for a gaming machine-to-gaming machine, wherein a part of the depositing device is disposed on the back side of a call lamp unit disposed above the gaming table. In claim 1,
A bill insertion slot, an identification unit that determines the authenticity of a bill inserted from the bill insertion slot, and a bill storage unit that stores a bill identified as a true bill by the identification unit,
A deposit device for a gaming machine for a game console, wherein the bill storage unit is arranged on the back side of the call lamp unit. In claim 2,
Having an L-shaped device case as a whole,
The device case includes a back side portion disposed on the back side of the call lamp unit, and a front protruding portion protruding forward from a position adjacent to the call lamp unit,
The bill insertion slot is formed on the front surface of the front protruding portion,
The bill storage portion is formed inside the back side portion,
Inside the front protruding portion and the back side portion, a bill conveying path bent into an L shape from the bill insertion slot to the bill storing portion is formed, the gaming machine inter-machine for a gaming machine inter-table machine characterized in that Payment device. In claim 3,
The above-mentioned bill insertion slot is a slit which extends in the up-and-down direction, and a bill can be inserted along the longitudinal direction, The deposit device of the game machine for game machines characterized by the above-mentioned. In claim 4,
A depositing device for a gaming machine for a game console, wherein a horizontally-elongated rectangular take-out port for taking out bills from the bill storage portion is formed on a front surface of the back side portion of the device case. In claim 5,
The deposit device for a game machine for a game console, wherein the bill storage unit is detachably attached to the inside of the rear side portion of the device case via the outlet.

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