JP2006034910A - Game medium recovery-cleaning-supply system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game media recovery-cleaning-supply system capable of performing a maintenance of respective devices of game media recovery device-cleaning device-supply device and the like and a stacker of a paper money carrier device in a single place, easily moving the whole devices, and having high compatibility by collectively disposing the recovery device-the cleaning device-the supply device in a housing. <P>SOLUTION: This game media recovery-cleaning-supply system is disposed with the housing 10 storing the game media recovery-cleaning-supply devices for supplying the game media recovered from a game machine island 100 to the game machine island again in the same end part to the stacker 130 of the paper money carrier device disposed in the end part upper part of the game machine island. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium collection / washing / supply system for collecting, washing, and resupplying game machines supplied to a gaming machine island having a plurality of gaming machines.

  Generally, a plurality of islands called gaming machine islands in which a large number of gaming machines (for example, slot machines for playing games using medals as gaming media) are arranged in parallel are installed in a game hall. . In these game machine islands, medals for game progress are constantly circulated, and if there are not enough medals, they are installed at appropriate locations in the game hall, for example, in the basement of a management machine room provided at one corner of the game hall. It supplies medals stored in large storage tanks.

  However, the above-described method requires a space for installing a large storage tank in the amusement hall, and the shape of the storage tank is not constant for each amusement area. It was uneconomical to produce. In addition, when there is a shortage of medals on the gaming machine island, it is supplied from the storage tank to the storage tank provided in the gaming machine island via the supply route. It takes time until a predetermined amount of medals are replenished from the storage tank to the gaming machine island, and a large amount of prize spheres have become mainstream in recent years. In the case where a gaming machine for discharging the game machine is installed, there may be a problem that the supply of prize medals to the gaming machine is not in time. Furthermore, the supplied medals need to be polished and washed at all times so as not to cause discomfort to the player. In the case of storing medals in a batch as described above, such measures are implemented. It was relatively difficult to keep.

  For this reason, in order to solve these problems, Japanese Patent No. 2881358 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-86864) discloses a plurality of coin game machines 11 (shown with reference numerals in the prior art, the same applies hereinafter) and a coin exchange machine. 20, connecting the delivery conveyor 30 passed to each upper part, the end of the delivery conveyor 30, the plurality of overflow passages 40 to 42 extending downward from the coin game machines 11, and the ends of the overflow passages 40 to 42. While the recovery conveyor 43 passed to the lower part of the island, the coin tank 44 disposed on the terminal side of the recovery conveyor 43, and the lifter device 45 that lifts the coins stored in the coin tank 44 to the start end side of the delivery conveyor 30. A structure in which a coin processing device 50 including a coin washing machine 70 is interposed at the end of the recovery conveyor 43 of the coin circulation path 1 is disclosed. That.

  However, the above-described conventional technology has the distribution conveyor 30, the plurality of overflow passages 40 to 42, the recovery conveyor 43, the lifter device 45, and the coin processing device 50 including the coin washing machine 70 in each part of the coin game machine island 10. Because of the arrangement, the maintenance of each device, particularly the lifter device 45, the coin processing device 50 including the coin washing machine 70, and the stacker device of the banknote transport machine 26 must be performed at the respective locations. In addition to increasing the number of man-hours, the player frequently passes between the players, which may cause discomfort to the players.

Prior art documents related to the invention of this application include the following.
Japanese Patent No. 2881358 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-86864) None

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and its purpose is to maintain each device such as a game medium collection device, a cleaning device, and a replenishing device, and a stacker of a banknote transport device. Management of the game media can be performed in one place, and the collection device, cleaning device, and replenishment device can be arranged in a single package so that the entire device can be moved easily and interchangeably.・ Provides cleaning and replenishment systems.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, a casing containing a game medium collecting / cleaning / replenishing device for replenishing a gaming machine island collected from the gaming machine island to the gaming machine island is provided in the gaming machine island. It is arrange | positioned in the same edge part as the stacker of the banknote conveying apparatus arrange | positioned in the edge part upper part.

  As described above, a stacker that collects and stores banknotes that are input to the inter-game game machine lending machine via the banknote transport device and a housing that stores the collection device, the cleaning device, and the replenishment device are connected to the same end of the gaming machine island. By placing it at the end (end), it is possible to maintain and manage the stacker of the game media collection device, cleaning device, replenishment device, etc. and the banknote transport device in one place, and also the movement of the entire device A simple, interchangeable game media collection, cleaning, and replenishment system is obtained.

  The next invention comprises a recovery device having a recovery lifter, a recovery tank and a recovery conveyor, a cleaning device having a cleaning machine, a dewatering conveyor and a dewatering roller unit, and a replenishing device having a replenishment lifter, a replenishment tank and a replenishment conveyor, A recovery lifter and a replenishment lifter are respectively provided upright on both side plates of the casing, and the recovery tank, the recovery conveyor, the cleaning device, and the replenishment tank and the supply conveyor are disposed therebetween.

  As a result, the entire system can be made compact by storing each device in the casing, and the entire system can be handled in a lump for easy maintenance and system versatility.

  In the next invention, a storage space for the stacker defined by the upper plate of the casing, the recovery lifter, the supply lifter, the recovery tank, and the supply tank is formed inside the casing, and is arranged at the upper end of the gaming machine island. The stacker of the banknote transport apparatus provided is stored in the storage space through the back plate of the housing.

  This makes it possible not only to perform the game media collection / cleaning / replenishment system and stacker maintenance at the same end of the gaming machine island, but also to stack the stacker with the stacker door itself and the housing door. Can be protected, and the anti-fraud effect can be further enhanced.

  In the next invention, the stacker is disposed in a front portion of a storage space, an air gap is defined between the stacker and a back plate of the housing, and an auxiliary supply tank is disposed in the air space. is there.

This makes it possible to increase the storage amount of game media without changing the overall shape of the game media collection / cleaning / replenishment system, thereby preventing a shortage of game media.

  In the next invention, a stacker control device is arranged in an air gap defined between the stacker and the back plate of the casing.

  As a result, the stacker can be miniaturized together with preventing fraud, and the space of the entire apparatus can be saved.

  In the next invention, the recovery tank and the replenishing tank are communicated so as to be openable and closable.

  As a result, when there is a sudden shortage of game media, the shortage of game media can be quickly resolved by allowing the collection tank and the supply tank to communicate with each other and causing the game media to flow directly from the collection tank to the supply tank. .

  As described above, according to the present invention, a housing containing a game medium collecting / cleaning / replenishing device for replenishing a game medium collected from the gaming machine island to the gaming machine island is provided on the gaming machine island. By arranging it at the same end as the stacker of the banknote transport device disposed at the upper end, it is possible to maintain and manage each device such as a game medium collection device, cleaning device, replenishment device, etc. and banknote transport device stacker. A system for collecting, cleaning and replenishing game media can be obtained which can be carried out in one place and which is easy to move as a whole and has a high compatibility.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the gaming medium collection / cleaning / replenishment system according to the present invention with the front door removed. FIG. 2 is a side view showing the game medium collection / cleaning / replenishment system of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a top view showing the game medium collection / cleaning / replenishment system of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of game media.

  The game medium collection / cleaning / replenishment system according to the present invention is disposed in contact with a tab board 110 formed at an end (terminal) of the gaming machine island 100. On the upper part of this gaming machine island 100, a banknote transport device 120 provided with a stacker 130 at a portion penetrating outward from the above-described tab board 110 is disposed. Inside the stacker 130, banknotes conveyed by the banknote conveying device 120 are stacked. Further, on this gaming machine island 100, a gaming machine (not shown) is provided side by side, and above this gaming machine, a gaming machine (not shown) and a game machine lending machine (not shown) are supplied with gaming media. A replenishment conveyor 140 is provided for this purpose. In addition, a recovery conveyor 150 that recovers game media recovered from a gaming machine (not shown), a game machine rental machine (not shown), and the like is provided below.

  The game medium collection / cleaning / replenishment system includes a vertically long casing 10, a collection device 20, a cleaning device 30, and a supply device 40. These recovery device 20, cleaning device 30, and replenishment device 40 are disposed inside the aforementioned housing 10.

  The housing 10 includes an upper plate 11, a bottom plate 12, a back plate 13, left and right side plates 14 and 15, and the front (longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island 100) is opened, and the opening is a front door (not shown). Open and close. Then, a through hole (not shown) through which the banknote transport device 130 passes, an insertion hole (not shown) of the supply pipe 441 communicating with the supply conveyor 140 and the collection conveyor 150 are inserted into the back plate 13 on the center line in the vertical direction. A fitting hole (not shown) of the duct 151 is formed.

  The collection device 20 includes a collection lifter 21, a collection tank 22, and a collection tank conveyor 23. The recovery lifter 21 is erected substantially at the height of the casing 10 along the side plate 14 on one side of the casing 10 (left side with respect to the paper surface of FIG. 1). Similar to a supply lifter 41 described later, a rotating portion having a drive motor is provided at the lower portion of the recovery lifter 21, and a driven rotating portion is provided at the upper end. And the endless belt provided with the conveyance board is wound around in the meantime.

  The collection tank 22 is disposed below the stacker 130 provided at the front end of the banknote transport device 120 disposed in the upper part of the gaming machine island 100. A game medium introduction port (not shown) opened upward and a discharge port (not shown) smaller than the introduction port opened downward are formed.

  The collection tank conveyor 23 is composed of a horizontal belt conveyor. And the game media discharged | emitted from the discharge port (not shown) of the above-mentioned collection tank 22 are sequentially conveyed to the game media washing machine 31 of the washing | cleaning apparatus 30 via the connection duct 311. FIG. The amount of game media transported is achieved by adjusting the drive time of the collection tank conveyor 23 according to the processing capacity of the game media washing machine 31.

  The cleaning device 30 includes a general drum-type game medium washing machine 31 with a brush disposed below the collection tank conveyor 23 and a general dewatering roller having a dewatering conveyor 32 disposed below the game medium cleaning machine 31. And a unit 33. Then, the game medium is conveyed from the game medium washing machine 31 to the duct 312, the dewatering conveyor 32, and the dewatering roller unit 33, and the washed game medium is sent to the replenishing device 40.

  The replenishing device 40 normally handles washed game media, and includes a replenishing lifter 41, a replenishing tank 42, and a replenishing tank conveyor 43, as shown in FIG. The supply lifter 41 is erected substantially at the height of the casing 10 along the side plate 15 on one side of the casing 10 (right side with respect to the paper surface of FIG. 1). A rotating part 412 having a drive motor 411 is provided at the lower part of the replenishing lifter 41, and a driven rotating part 413 is provided at the upper end. In the meantime, an endless belt 415 provided with a conveying plate 414 is wound around. Further, a supply game medium sorting unit 44 is disposed on the upper rear surface of the supply lifter 41, and the route of the duct 442 for storing the game medium conveyed by the supply lifter 41 in the supply tank 42 and the supply conveyor. In response to a replenishment command from 140, the game medium is distributed to a route of a replenishment pipe 441 that replenishes game media.

  The replenishment tank 42 is provided adjacent to the collection tank 22 disposed below the stacker 130 provided at the front end of the banknote transport device 120 disposed in the upper part of the gaming machine island 100 via a movable partition member 60. Has been. A game medium introduction port (not shown) opened upward and a discharge port (not shown) smaller than the introduction port opened downward are formed. And normally, the washed game media are stored.

  The supply tank conveyor 43 is configured by a horizontal belt conveyor. When a replenishment command is received from the replenishment conveyor 140, the game media discharged from the discharge port 422 of the replenishment tank 42 are transported and sequentially sent to the replenishment lifter 41 via the communication duct 45. The gaming machine island 100 is supplied through the sorting unit 44 and the supply conveyor 140. The amount of game media transported is achieved by adjusting the drive time of the supply tank conveyor 43 in accordance with the supply amount.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the flow of game media. The flow of game media in the collection / cleaning / replenishment system will be described with reference to FIG.
f1: The game media collected at the gaming machine island 100 is collected by the collection device 20 by the collection conveyor 150. (Indicated by arrow a in FIGS. 1 and 2)
f2: The game medium transported to the lower part of the recovery lifter 21 of the recovery device 20 is transported to the upper part of the recovery lifter 21 by the endless conveyor and falls from there to the recovery tank 22. (Indicated by arrow b in FIG. 1)
f3: The game media stored in the collection tank 21 (for example, about 2000 pieces of medals) are sequentially conveyed to the collection tank conveyor 23.
f4: The game medium conveyed to the collection tank conveyor 23 is sent to the game medium cleaning machine 31 and cleaned. The cleaning ability of the game medium cleaning machine 31 (indicated by an arrow c in FIG. 1) is approximately 50000 sheets / hour in terms of medals.
f5: The cleaning ability of the game medium washing machine 31 is approximately 50000 sheets / hour in terms of medals, and is a drum type with hot water washing and a brush.
f6: Next, the game medium discharged from the game medium cleaning machine 31 is conveyed to the dewatering roller unit 33 by the dewatering conveyor 32. (Indicated by arrow d in FIG. 1)
f7: The game medium dewatered by the dewatering roller unit 33 is thrown into the throwing duct 416 provided at the lower part of the supply lifter 41 erected along the side plate 15 on the opposite side of the housing 10, (FIG. 1, From there, it is lifted up by an endless bell and a conveying plate 414 provided at 415.
f8: The game media lifted by the supply lifter 41 is transported to the game media distribution unit 44 adjacent to the upper portion of the supply lift 41.
f9: The supply medal distribution unit 44 internally supplies the supply tank 42 with the duct 442 (indicated by the arrow f in FIG. 2), which is a transport path of the game medium to the supply tank 42, and the game machine island 100. It has a configuration in which it is distributed to a route (indicated by an arrow g in FIG. 2) of a supply pipe 441 for supplying game media to the conveyor. (The configuration generally used in the past is followed.) In particular, when there is no replenishment command from the gaming machine island 100, the game medium is conveyed to the replenishment tank.
f10: The replenishment tank 42 stores a maximum of approximately 20,000 game media.
f11: When a command for requesting replenishment of game media is issued from the gaming machine island 100 side, the replenishment tank conveyor 43 is driven to flow the game media in the replenishment tank 42 into a duct 45 that communicates with the replenishment lifter 41. (Indicated by arrow h in FIG. 1)
f12: The game medium sent to the supply lifter 41 is transported to the game medium distribution unit 44 adjacent to the supply lifter 41.
f13: At this time, the path of the game medium distribution unit 44 is distributed to the path of the supply pipe 441 for supplying the game medium to the supply conveyor at the same time when a command requesting the supply of the game medium is issued from the gaming machine island 100 side. Thus, the game medium is supplied to the supply conveyor 140 of the gaming machine island 100 through the route. (Indicated by arrow g in FIG. 2)
f14: The game media replenished to the replenishment conveyor 140 supplies the game media to each inter-game game media lending machine.
f15: Each inter-game game machine lending machine causes the excess game medium to flow down to the collection conveyor 150, collects the game medium collected by the collection conveyor 150, and sends the collection lifter 21 to it. (Indicated by arrow a in FIGS. 1 and 2)

  Thus, in the present invention, the front end of the banknote transport device 120 surrounded by the upper plate 11 of the housing 10, the upper part of the recovery lifter 21, the upper part of the supply lifter 41, the recovery tank 22 and the open side of the supply tank 42. A storage space 50 for the stacker 130 is defined.

  A bill transport device 120 is inserted into the storage space 50 from a through hole (not shown) formed in the back plate 13 of the housing 10, and a stacker 130 is attached to the tip. The stacker 130 is disposed in the front portion of the storage space 50 so that the front surface faces the front door (not shown) of the housing 10, and defines an air gap 51 between the stacker 120 and the back plate 13. ing.

  As described above, the housing containing the game medium recovery / cleaning / replenishment device for supplying the game medium recovered from the gaming machine island to the gaming machine island again is arranged at the upper end of the gaming machine island. By arranging it at the same end as the stacker of the banknote transport device, it is possible to maintain and manage each device such as a game media collection device, cleaning device, replenishment device, etc. and banknote transport device stacker at one place. In addition, a system for collecting, cleaning and replenishing game media can be obtained which is easy and compatible with movement of the entire apparatus, and the auxiliary replenishment tank 421 is provided in an air gap 51 defined between the stacker 130 and the back plate 13. Further, by arranging a control device (not shown) for the stacker 130, it is possible to simplify the management and maintenance and save space.

Further, since the recovery tank 22 and the replenishment tank 42 are adjacent to each other so as to be openable and closable by the partition member 60, in an emergency (the failure of the cleaning device 30 or the replenishment request increases, the storage amount of the replenishment tank 42 decreases drastically. When the partition member 60 is opened by hand and the game medium stored in the collection tank 22 is supplied by the supply lifter 41 (arrow R in FIG. 1), the gaming machine island 100 runs out of game media. Can be avoided.

It is a front view of the state which removed the front door which showed the collection | recovery / washing | cleaning / replenishment system of the game media of this invention. It is the side view which showed the collection | recovery / washing | cleaning / replenishment system of the game media of this invention. It is the top view which showed the collection | recovery / washing | cleaning / replenishment system of the game media of this invention. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of game media.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Game machine island 110 ... Tsuma board 120 ... Banknote conveying apparatus 130 ... Stacker 140 ... Replenishment conveyor 150 ... Collection conveyor 10 ... Housing 11 ... Upper board 12 ... Bottom board 13 ... Back board 14 ... Side board (left side)
15 ... Side plate (right side)
20 ... Recovery device 21 ... Recovery lifter 22 ... Recovery tank 23 ... Recovery tank conveyor 30 ... Cleaning device 31 ... Medal washing machine 32 ... Dehydration conveyor 33 ... Dehydration roller unit 40 ... Supply device 41 ... Supply lifter 42 ... Supply tank 43 ... Supply Tank conveyor 44 ... Game medium distribution unit 50 ... Storage space 51 ... Air gap 60 ... Partition member

Claims (6)

A bill transport device in which a housing containing a game medium recovery / cleaning / replenishment device for replenishing the game media collected from the gaming machine island to the gaming machine island is disposed at the upper end of the gaming machine island. A system for collecting, cleaning, and replenishing game media, characterized in that it is arranged at the same end as the stacker. In the collection / cleaning / replenishment system according to claim 1,
The collection, cleaning and replenishment system
A collection device having a collection lifter, a collection tank, and a collection conveyor;
A cleaning device having a cleaning machine, a dewatering conveyor and a dewatering roller unit;
A replenishing lifter, a replenishing tank, and a replenishing device having a replenishing conveyor;
Collecting the lifter and replenishment lifter on both sides of the casing, and collecting the recovery tank, the recovery conveyor, the cleaning device, and the supply tank and the supply conveyor.・ Cleaning and replenishment system. In the game media collection / cleaning / replenishment system according to claim 1,
A storage space for the stacker defined by the upper plate of the casing, a recovery lifter, a supply lifter, a recovery tank, and a supply tank is formed inside the casing,
A gaming medium collecting / cleaning / replenishing system, wherein a stacker of a banknote transporting device disposed at an upper end of the gaming machine island is stored in the storage space through a back plate of a housing. In the game media collection / cleaning / replenishment system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The game is characterized in that the stacker is disposed in a front portion of a storage space, an air gap is defined between the stacker and a back plate of the housing, and an auxiliary supply tank is disposed in the air space. Media collection, cleaning and replenishment system. In the game media collection / cleaning / replenishment system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A game media collection / cleaning / replenishment system, characterized in that a stacker control device is disposed in an air gap defined between the stacker and a back plate of a housing. The system for collecting, cleaning and replenishing game media according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A collection / cleaning / replenishment system for game media, characterized in that the collection tank and the replenishment tank are in open and close communication.

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