JP2005103229A - Game medium washing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent game media from being sandwiched between a guide plate and an endless belt when the game media mounted on the endless belt are handed to a dewatering roller unit by the guide plate. <P>SOLUTION: In the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt 15 wrapped around a roller 14 rotatably supported to a conveyor body 12, holes 24 are formed along a longitudinal direction at regular intervals, and the plurality of the holes 24 are arranged along a widthwise direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction at regular intervals. A plurality of boss portions 20 are formed at the generally center portion of the holes 24 along the widthwise direction at regular intervals at the positions between the holes 24 and and the ends of the same arranged along the widthwise direction of the endless belt 15. Protruding members 29 are arranged along the longitudinal axial direction of the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt 15 wound around the roller 14. A plurality of recess portions 30 to which the protrusions 23 pass through are formed in the protruding member 29. Curved portions 32 generally conforming to outer diameter of the game media 16 are formed adjacent to opening portions 31 in the recess portions 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium cleaning apparatus for cleaning medals that are game media used in gaming machines such as pachislot machines and slot machines, and more particularly to an improvement of a dewatering conveyor.

  Many game medium cleaning devices for cleaning medals used in pachislot machines, slot machines, and the like have been proposed. As shown in FIG. 3, this type of game medium cleaning apparatus 50 includes an alignment sending unit 51 that sends out the supplied medals A in an aligned manner, and a cleaning liquid jet that is arranged on the alignment sending unit 51 and cleans the medals A. The nozzle means 53 and the adhesion liquid removal means 54 which receives the transferred medal A and removes the adhesion liquid are provided.

  The alignment sending means 51 receives the medals A supplied from the hopper H, wipes the transfer conveyor 55 for transferring the medals A, and the medals A on the transfer conveyor 55 so that the medals A do not overlap each other. And a cleaning brush 56 to be aligned. The cleaning brush 56 is provided so as to clean the medal A and to have a predetermined interval with respect to the transfer conveyor 55 so as to prevent overlapping movement and to rotate in a direction opposite to the transfer direction. .

The adhering liquid removing means 54 is supplied from above to the heated air chamber 60 that receives the medal A that is arranged and conveyed at the terminal position of the alignment sending means 51 and the heated air chamber 60. The holding means 62 for holding the required drying time by a plurality of conveyor groups 61 that sequentially guide the medals A downwardly in a zigzag shape, and the heated air supply means 63 for supplying heated air into the room.
An introduction chute 64 for transferring the medal A from the alignment delivery means 51 to the adhesion liquid removal means 54 is provided between the alignment delivery means 51 and the adhesion liquid removal means 54.

In this game medium cleaning device 50, the medal A is sprayed with a cleaning liquid while being transferred by the conveyor 55, and is prevented from being overlapped by the cleaning brush 56, wiped and cleaned, and the attached liquid removing means 54 through the introduction chute 64. It is transferred to. Then, in the air heating chamber 60 of the attached liquid removing means 54, the medal A is dried by the heated air supply means 63 while being transported by the conveyor group 61 disposed in the heated air chamber 60, and is discharged by the discharge chute 65. It is discharged out of the machine (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent No. 3108711 (page 2, column 4, to page 3, column 5, FIG. 1)

  In the game medium cleaning device 50, when the medal A is transferred from the alignment sending means 51 to the adhering liquid removing means 54 by the introduction chute 64, the medal A is caught between the conveyor 55 and the introduction chute 64 and is transported. The conveyor 55 sometimes stopped. Further, when the medal A is sandwiched, scratches may occur on the surface, making it unusable.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and when a medal is transferred from the conveying conveyor of the aligning and sending means to the adhering liquid removing means by the introducing chute, between the introducing chute and the conveying conveyor. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game medium cleaning device that is prevented from being pinched.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a game medium cleaning device for removing dirt attached to a game medium used in a gaming machine,
A moving member that is wound around a rotating body that is rotatably supported and displaced;
A plurality of protrusions provided in the width direction of the moving member;
A guide mechanism provided close to the outer peripheral surface of the moving member wound around the rotating body;
With
The guide mechanism is provided with a recess into which the protrusion is fitted, and when the moving member is displaced, the game medium is engaged with the protrusion and conveyed, and the protrusion is inserted into the recess. The game medium is prevented from being pinched between the moving member and the guide mechanism.
In this case, the concave portion is provided with a curved surface that approximately approximates the outer diameter of the game medium.

  According to the present invention, the game medium placed on the moving member can be prevented from being caught by the moving member, so that the game medium can be prevented from biting into the moving member, and the game medium can be damaged. It is possible to reduce the maintenance cost, and the maintenance work can be reduced.

  A preferred embodiment of a dewatering conveyor of a game medium cleaning apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic structure of a dewatering conveyor 10 according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the dewatering conveyor 10 has a conveyor body 12 attached to a casing 11 in which a game medium cleaning device is formed. The conveyor body 12 is formed in a box shape having a flat surface 12a and a slope 12b, and rollers (rotators) 13 and 14 are rotatably provided along the slope 12b.

The rollers 13 and 14 are axially supported by bearings (not shown) attached to the conveyor body 12 and are driven by a driving source (not shown).
An endless belt (moving member) 15 having a wide flexibility is wound around the rollers 13 and 14. Therefore, the endless belt 15 is displaced in the length direction by the rotation of the rollers 13 and 14.
The roller 13 is provided so as to be displaceable in the length direction of the endless belt 15 by a tension adjusting mechanism (not shown), and the tension of the endless belt 15 is adjusted.

  A chute 17 for guiding the cleaned game medium 16 onto the endless belt 15 is disposed near one end of the endless belt 15, for example, in the vicinity of the roller 13 positioned at the lower end of the inclined surface 12 b of the conveyor body 12. . Thereby, the game medium 16 is placed on the endless belt 15 by the chute 17.

  Further, a stopper 18 is provided above the endless belt 15 in the vicinity of the roller 13 to prevent the game medium 16 placed on the endless belt 15 from sliding down. The stopper 18 is disposed on the conveyor body 12. Therefore, even if the game medium 16 is discharged onto the endless belt 15, the game medium 16 is maintained on the endless belt 15 without sliding down.

  Further, the conveyor body 12 is provided with a traffic jam sensor 19 for detecting the traffic jam of the game media 16 placed on the endless belt 15, and a game media input unit of a game media washing device (not shown) based on a detection signal of the traffic jam sensor 19. Is stopped for a predetermined time, and the supply of the game medium input to the game medium input unit is interrupted.

  Further, the endless belt 15 is formed with openings, for example, circular holes 24 (see FIG. 2) along the length direction around the outer peripheral surface at equal intervals, and the width direction substantially orthogonal to the length direction. Are provided at equal intervals.

  A plurality of protrusions 20 are provided at equal intervals along the width direction at substantially the center of the hole 24 at the intervals and edges of the holes 24 provided along the width direction of the endless belt 15.

  As a result, the game medium 16 placed on the endless belt 15 is locked to the protrusion 20 and conveyed by the displacement of the endless belt 15. Note that it is preferable that the protruding amount of the protrusion 20 from the belt surface of the endless belt 15 is slightly smaller than the thickness of the game medium 16.

A support plate 21 that avoids bending of the endless belt 15 is provided in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the endless belt 15 on the side wall surface of the inclined surface 12 b of the conveyor body 12.
On the side wall surface of the flat surface 12 a of the conveyor body 12, a dewatering roller unit 22 for wiping off the cleaning liquid adhering to the game medium 16 in the vicinity of the roller 14 is detachably provided.

  Above the endless belt 15, a reverse rotation roller 23 that rotates in a direction opposite to the direction of displacement of the endless belt 15 is provided. The reversing roller 23 is rotatably supported on the conveyor body 12 and is driven by a driving source (not shown), and has a function of preventing the game medium 16 placed on the endless belt 15 from being superimposed.

A guide plate (guide mechanism) 25 is provided between the roller 14 and the dewatering roller unit 22.
As shown in FIG. 2, the guide plate 25 includes plate members 26 and 26 attached to both side wall surfaces of the conveyor body 12, a horizontal plate member 28 attached to a bracket 27 oriented in the long axis direction of the roller 14, The horizontal plate member 28 includes a protruding plate member 29 that protrudes along the outer peripheral surface of the roller 14, that is, the curved surface of the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt 15, and is oriented in the long axis direction of the roller 14.

The protruding plate 29 is provided with a plurality of recesses 30 at the tip thereof at equal intervals in the long axis direction of the roller 14. The recess 30 includes openings 31 having a predetermined interval and a curved surface 32 adjacent to the opening 31. The curved surface 32 is shaped to approximate the outer diameter of the game medium 16.
The interval in the width direction of the recesses 30 is provided corresponding to the interval in the width direction of the protrusions 20. Therefore, when the endless belt 15 is displaced by the rollers 13 and 14, the protruding portion 20 is inserted into the recessed portion 30 so as to be displaceable.

  The protruding plate material 29 is disposed close to the curved surface of the outer peripheral surface of the endless belt 15 wound around the roller 14 at a predetermined angle with respect to the horizontal plate material 28. Therefore, the game medium 16 is smoothly transferred to the dewatering roller unit 22 via the guide plate 25 without being sandwiched between the endless belt 15 and the guide plate 25.

A detection device 33 (see FIG. 1) is provided on the side wall surface of the flat surface 12a of the conveyor body 12. The detection device 33 has a function of detecting the congestion of the game medium 16 when the game medium 16 conveyed to the dewatering roller unit 22 is congested on the guide plate 25, and the guide plate 25 is activated by the operation of the detection device 33. The endless belt 15 is stopped until the congestion of the upper game medium 16 is resolved.
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    The dewatering conveyor 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is basically configured as described above. Next, the operation and effects thereof will be described.

  The washed game medium 16 is discharged from one end side of the endless belt 15, for example, in the vicinity of the roller 13, at any time by the chute 17. As a result, even if a plurality of game media 16 are locked to the protrusions 20 and conveyed by the endless belt 15 to the other end of the endless belt 15, for example, the roller 14 side, the protrusions 20 and reversely rotate during the conveyance. The rollers 23 are placed one by one on the endless belt 15.

When the game medium 16 is conveyed to the other end side of the endless belt 15, it is carried into the dewatering roller unit 22 by the guide plate 25.
In this case, the game medium 16 is transferred to the guide plate 25 without being sandwiched between the endless belt 15 and the guide plate 25.

  In the dewatering conveyor 10 according to the present embodiment, the game medium 16 has been described. However, the present invention is naturally applicable to a transported object transported by a similar conveyor.

  1 is a perspective view showing a schematic structure of a dewatering conveyor according to an embodiment of the present invention.   It is a perspective view of the schematic structure of the guide plate shown in FIG.   It is a schematic structure diagram of a conventional game medium cleaning device.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Dehydration conveyor 12 ... Conveyor main body 13, 14 ... Roller 15 ... Endless belt 16 ... Game medium 20 ... Protrusion part 23 ... Reverse rotation roller 25 ... Guide board 26 ... Board material 28 ... Horizontal board material 29 ... Projection board material 30 ... Concave part 31 ... Opening Part 32 ... curved surface

Claims (2)

A game medium cleaning device for removing dirt attached to a game medium used in a gaming machine,
A moving member that is wound around a rotating body that is rotatably supported and displaced;
A plurality of protrusions provided in the width direction of the moving member;
A guide mechanism provided close to the outer peripheral surface of the moving member wound around the rotating body;
With
The guide mechanism is provided with a recess into which the protrusion is fitted, and when the moving member is displaced, the game medium is engaged with the protrusion and conveyed, and the protrusion is inserted into the recess. A game medium cleaning apparatus characterized in that a game medium is prevented from being pinched between a moving member and a guide mechanism. The game media cleaning device according to claim 1,
The game medium cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the concave portion is provided with a curved surface that approximately approximates an outer diameter of the game medium.

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