JP2008173276A - Medal introduction part of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medal introduction part of a game machine, enabling a game player to more smoothly introduce a medal without an anxiety about the finger coming in contact with the part. <P>SOLUTION: A first cutout 710n cut out for making the player's finger introducing the medal not come in contact with the medal introduction part 71 is provided on a side of a guide groove 710a of a main body part 710. A second cutout 711n able to shift the finger toward the rear of a back board part 711 is provided on the part 711 placed in the rear of the part 710n. The parts 710n and 711n have the same figures cut out, thereby preventing the finger from coming in contact with the part 71. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal slot of a gaming machine such as a slot machine.

  Generally, in a gaming machine such as a slot machine, a player inserts a game medium such as a medal (hereinafter referred to as a medal) from a medal insertion unit, and presses a bet button for selecting the number of medals to bet on this game. When the variable display device composed of the reels is rotated and the identification information such as symbols and numbers drawn on each reel when the variable display device is stopped becomes a predetermined combination, it is determined in advance according to the combination mode. A predetermined number of medals are paid out.

  Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 13, the medal insertion part a in such a gaming machine such as a slot machine has been entirely formed of a zinc die-cast product, and has a half size corresponding to the diameter of the medal. An arcuate guide groove b, a back plate c for hitting a medal moving along the guide groove b, and a medal slot d for putting a medal hitting the back plate c into the housing And a hollow guide portion e for guiding the medal inserted from the medal insertion port d downward, and a pair of left and right flange portions g for fixing the medal insertion portion a to the housing. (For example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-21443

However, in the conventional medal slot a, the player places one or more medals between the thumb and forefinger (or middle finger) in the guide groove b, and the medal slot d. The medals were thrown in by pushing the medals with their thumbs. For this reason, when pushing out the medal with the thumb, the other finger of the player (hereinafter simply referred to as a finger) may come into contact with or get caught by the medal insertion part a.
In such a case, the player must push out the medal with his thumb while paying attention so that the finger does not contact the medal insertion part a. There was a concern that it could not be thrown in.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a medal insertion unit of a gaming machine in which medals can be inserted more smoothly without worrying about finger contact with the medal insertion unit. To do.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 includes a semicircular arc guide groove corresponding to the diameter of the medal, and a back plate for bringing the medal that has moved along the guide groove into contact. A medal insertion part of a gaming machine provided with a medal insertion slot for allowing a medal that hits the back plate to be inserted into the housing,
A first cutout portion is provided at a side of the guide groove so that a finger of a player who inserts a medal does not come into contact with the medal insertion portion, and behind the first cutout portion. A second notch that allows the player's fingers to be fed out toward the rear of the back plate is provided on the back plate located at the back, and further, the first notch and the second notch It is characterized in that the notch shape with the notch portion is substantially the same.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the first cutout portion provided on the side of the guide groove and the rear of the first cutout portion are arranged so that the cutout shapes are substantially the same. With the second notch provided on the back plate, the finger of the player who is inserting a medal can be smoothly pulled out toward the rear of the back plate. As a result, the player can make the medals placed in the guide groove to the end without damaging the rhythm of the medal insertion, without having to worry about the finger contact or catching on the medal insertion part. The medal can be inserted continuously.

  According to the medal insertion portion of the gaming machine of the present invention, the first cutout portion provided on the side of the guide groove and the rear of the first cutout portion so that the cutout shape is substantially the same. The player's finger does not come into contact with the medal insertion portion by the second notch portion provided on the positioned back plate. Thereby, the player can perform even smoother medal insertion up to the last one without breaking the medal insertion rhythm.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a medal slot according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking a slot machine as an example.
1 is a front view showing the external structure of the slot machine, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the internal structure of the slot machine with the front door opened, and FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the medal slot according to the present invention. 4 is a front view of the medal insertion unit, FIG. 5 is a rear view of the medal insertion unit, FIG. 6 is a right side view of the medal insertion unit, and FIG. 7 is a left side of the medal insertion unit. FIG. 8 is a side sectional view for explaining a case where a light reflection type detection sensor is housed and arranged in the medal insertion portion, and FIGS. 9A and 9B are a light reflection type detection sensor. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the light reflection type detection sensor and the box member, and FIG. 11 shows a state where the medal insertion portion is mounted on the operation panel. FIG. 12 is a side cross-sectional view, and FIG. It is a diagram.

First, the configuration of the slot machine will be described.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slot machine 1 includes a housing 2 (shown in FIG. 2) that is a substantially rectangular box, and a slot machine 1 that can be opened and closed by the housing 2 and a hinge mechanism. And a door 3. The front side of the front door 3 is roughly divided into an upper panel portion 4 and a lower panel portion 5, which are integrally formed of hard plastic as a so-called decorative board designed to enhance the visual effect. Further, below the lower panel portion 5, there is provided a tray unit 6 in which a tray portion 6a for storing medals to be paid out at the time of winning is integrally formed.

  Further, an operation console 7 on which switches for performing a game operation are arranged is integrally formed between the upper panel portion 4 and the lower panel portion 5 so as to protrude toward the player side. The console 7 has a front mask on which a start lever 75 and stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c, which will be described later, are disposed on the front surface, and bet buttons 72 and 73, a medal insertion portion 71, and the like on the upper surface. And an operation panel held by the front mask. And the upper panel part 4, the lower panel part 5, the saucer unit 6, and the console 7 face the player side, and a "front panel part" is comprised by these.

  A panel surface 41 made of a hard plastic plate is provided at the center of the upper panel portion 4. A substantially rectangular transparent display window 40 is formed at substantially the center of the panel surface 41, and the reel unit 100 (FIG. 2) constituting the variable display device provided in the housing 2 through the display window 40. The three reels 101a, 101b and 101c shown in FIG.

  On the upper part of the upper panel unit 4, a pair of left and right effects including an illumination effect device 46 as an illumination means incorporating a light source such as a high-intensity light emitting diode in the lens panel, and a speaker for generating sound effects relating to the game The sound emission parts 47a and 47b are respectively arranged. A liquid crystal display effect device 48 as an effect device of the slot machine 1 is disposed between the effect sound emitting portions 47a and 47b so as to face the display window 40 formed by fitting a transparent hard plastic plate or the like. ing. The liquid crystal display effect device 48 mainly displays information related to the effect of the game and information about the game (game).

  On the side of the upper panel portion 4, there are provided lighting units 49a and 49b for production made of fluorescent lamps, high-intensity light emitting diodes, or the like. The lighting effect device 46, the plurality of effect lighting units 49a, 49b, etc., which are turned on or blinking in accordance with the progress of the game, are formed so as to enhance the visual effect of the game. Note that the lighting effect device 46 as the lighting means also functions as means for notifying the gaming state of the slot machine 1.

  On the right side of the upper surface of the operation panel of the console 7, there is provided a medal slot 71 having a medal slot for inserting medals. The medal insertion unit 71 will be described in detail later.

  Further, three bet buttons 72, 73, 74 which are push button switches are provided on the upper left side of the operation panel. These bet buttons 72, 73, and 74 are button switches for presenting the number of medals to bet on one game of the slot machine 1. That is, when the bet button 72 is pressed once at the start of the game, one medal is bet on the game from among the stored medals. Similarly, the bet button 73 is set to 1 Two medals are bet on the game when two medals are pressed and the bet button 74 is pressed once. The bet button 74 is particularly called a “max bet button” because it bets the maximum number of medals.

  On the front left side of the console 7, stop buttons 76a, 76b, and 76c for instructing to stop the rotation of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged in parallel corresponding to the arrangement of the reels.

  Further, in the left corner of the front surface of the console 7, an instruction is given to cancel and pay out the medals bet on the game, and the medal credit means (not shown) pays out the medals held internally. A settlement button 77 for instructing this is provided.

  On the front right side of the console 7, there are provided an eject button 79 for discharging a clogged medal after inserting a medal, and a key hole 78 into which a key for unlocking the front door 3 is inserted. When a manager or the like of the slot machine 1 inserts a predetermined key into the key hole 78 and performs an unlocking operation, the front door 3 attached to the housing 2 can be opened forward by a hinge mechanism. Further, when the front door 3 is closed to the housing 2 side, these are automatically locked.

  The lower panel portion 5 is provided with a panel 51 for displaying the design of the appearance character and the like so that the player can recognize the model type of the slot machine 1. Further, on the lower side of the lower panel portion 5, a tray unit 6, a medal payout port 61 for discharging medals at the time of winning, an effect sound emitting unit 62 incorporating a speaker for generating effect sound effects, and the like are arranged. . Furthermore, the tray unit 6 is provided with a tray member in which a tray portion 6a for storing medals paid out from the medal payout outlet 61 and an ashtray member 65 for smoking by the player are provided.

Next, the internal structure of the housing 2 and the back surface structure of the front door 3 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a main control board 20 having a CPU (microcomputer) that centrally controls the overall operation of the slot machine 1 is housed in a hard plastic case 23 in the upper part of the housing 2. It is attached in the state.

  In the center of the housing 2, a reel unit 100 constituting a variable display run provided with reels 101 a, 101 b, and 101 c is rotatably provided. The reel unit 100 is positioned and attached to a predetermined frame so that the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c face the display window 40 on the panel surface 41 of the front door 3 when the front door 3 is closed to the housing 2 side. ing.

  The reel unit 100 includes cylindrical reels 101a, 101b, and 101c juxtaposed in the rotation axis direction, and a plurality of types of reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are arranged along the circumferential direction on the outer circumferential surface of each reel 101a, 101b, and 101c. Identification information such as symbols and numbers is drawn. The player can visually check three symbols and the like (identification information) in the vertical direction drawn on the three rows of reels through the display window 40 of the panel surface 41. Note that each of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is rotationally driven by a built-in stepping motor.

  Further, on the upper part of the reel unit 100, a spinning device substrate for sending a four-phase drive pulse signal to a stepping motor that rotationally drives the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is attached, and the main control substrate 20 is connected to the spinning device. The rotation, braking, and stop of the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c are controlled by sending the drum drive (excitation) pulse data to the substrate.

  Below the reel unit 100, a hopper device 21, an auxiliary storage unit 22 for storing medals overflowing from the hopper device 21, and a main power supply device 24 are provided. On the side surface of the main power supply device 24, a power supply device substrate corresponding to a so-called switchboard is provided. Further, an external concentrated terminal board 25 having an external output terminal 25 a is attached to the inner wall on the upper right side of the housing 2.

In the upper part on the back side of the front door 3, the light source 33 constituting the above-described effect illumination unit 46 and speakers 32 a and 32 b facing the effect sound emitting units 47 a and 47 b are arranged. Further, a liquid crystal display effect device 48 (shown in FIG. 1) is disposed between the speakers 32a and 32b. Further, on the back side of the liquid crystal display device 48, a sub-control board 30 formed of an electric circuit board is disposed in a state of being housed in a hard plastic case 31.
Reference numeral 30a denotes an external output terminal as external output means for sending an illumination drive signal from the sub-control board 30 to the so-called “island” side.

  The main control board 20 controls the overall operation of the slot machine 1, and the sub-control board 30 uses the display control of the effect video by the liquid crystal display effect device 48, the illumination effect device 46, and the effect lighting units 49a and 49b. Control mainly related to the production of the game, such as production effect proof control, production effect sound control using the production sound emitting units 47a, 47b, and 62.

  A panel surface 41 on which a transparent display window 40 for viewing the reels 101a, 101b, and 101c is formed is disposed below the sub-control board 30. Further, on this panel surface 41, a cold cathode fluorescent lamp 44 for irradiating the outer peripheral surfaces of the reels 101a, 101b and 101c to display a bright pattern, an inverter 45 for driving the cold cathode fluorescent lamp 44, and a start A central display board 43 as a relay board for transferring the output signals of the operation switches such as the lever 75 and the stop buttons 76a, 76b, 76c to the main control board 20 is arranged in a united state.

  A medal sorting device 34 is disposed below the panel surface 41. The medal sorting device 34 is a device that determines and distributes the suitability of medals inserted into the medal insertion unit 71 below the medal insertion unit 71. Further, this medal sorting device 34 has a built-in medal sensor, and when a normal medal is inserted and the medal sensor detects this medal in a game standby state or the like, a signal indicating acceptance of medal insertion is sent to the main control board. 20 is sent out.

  Beside the medal sorting device 34, a guide member 35 that guides a regular medal discharged from the side of the medal sorting device 34 by the medal sorting device 34 to the hopper device 21 provided in the housing 2, and a medal sorting A guide member 36 that guides medals (or foreign matter) removed by the device 34 to the lower medal outlet 61 is provided. Further, a guide member 37 that guides the medals discharged from the hopper device 21 to the medal discharge port 61 is disposed at the lower part on the back side of the front door 3. Further, a speaker 38 is attached to a position adjacent to the medal discharge port 61 so as to face the above-described effect sound emitting unit 62.

Next, the medal insertion unit 71 provided in the slot machine 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, the medal insertion portion 71 has a three-part structure in which the main body portion 710, the back plate portion 711, and the box member 712 are integrated by screwing together.

  The main body 710 is formed by zinc die casting, and as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper surface side has a semicircular arc guide groove 710 a corresponding to the diameter of the medal, A plurality of small grooves 710b extending in the front-rear direction are integrally formed to smoothly move the medals on the guide groove 71a. Further, the left and right guide walls 710c and 710d forming the guide groove 710a are formed such that the left guide wall 710c is higher than the right guide wall 710d.

  Further, the right side of the guide wall 710d on the right side of the guide groove 710a is cut out so as to curve downward so that the finger of the player who inserts medals does not contact the medal insertion portion 71. The first notch 710n is integrally formed along the guide groove 710a. As a result, the player can insert a medal without touching the finger to the main body 710, so that the player can insert a medal more smoothly without worrying about the contact of the finger. Become.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rear surface of the main body 710 is protruded rearward so as to hold the joint surface 710 e to be joined to the back plate 711 and the back plate 711 so as to be sandwiched from the left and right sides. A pair of left and right projecting portions 710f and 710g and a confronting surface portion 710h arranged to face the back plate portion 711 so as to form a part (front side) of the medal insertion slot 713 (shown in FIG. 4) are formed in an uneven shape. Has been.

  Furthermore, a screw hole (not shown) into which a fixing screw 714 inserted through the upper left side of the back plate portion 711 is screwed is formed in the joint surface portion 710e, and a main body portion is provided below the screw hole. Positioning pins 710i (illustrated in FIG. 5) for accurately positioning and fixing the back plate portion 711 to the 710 are projected rearward.

  A flange portion 710k in which a screw hole 710j into which a fixing screw 715 inserted through the lower right side of the back plate portion 711 is screwed is extended downward on the back surface side of the main body portion 710. A positioning pin 710m (shown in FIG. 5) is provided projecting rearward and obliquely above and to the left of the screw hole 710j for accurately positioning and fixing the back plate 711 to the main body 710.

  Further, an attachment space for attaching the box member 712 is secured on the back surface side of the main body portion 710, and a corner portion of the box member 712 is inserted to fix the box member 712 to the back surface side of the main body portion 710. Two screw holes (not shown) for screwing fixing screws 716 and 717 are formed. Further, a positioning pin (not shown) for accurately positioning and fixing the box member 712 on the back surface side of the main body 710 is provided so as to protrude downward.

Next, the back plate portion 711 will be described.
The back plate portion 711 is formed by zinc die casting, and as shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the back plate portion 711 is coupled and fixed in a vertical wall shape at the rear portion of the main body portion 710. At the center of the back plate portion 711, an abutting portion 711a as a so-called back plate is formed, which abuts a medal that has moved along the guide groove 710a. The contact portion 711a forms a medal insertion port 713 on the lower side together with the main body 710, and a part of a hollow guide portion that guides the medal inserted from the medal insertion port 713 to the medal sorting device 34. (In this case, the rear). Further, an uneven portion is integrally formed at a lower portion of the abutting portion 711a, that is, at a part on the back plate side of the guide portion 718 (shown in FIG. 3).

As shown in FIG. 3, a screw hole 711b through which the fixing screw 714 is inserted is formed on the upper left side of the back plate portion 711, and a positioning pin 710i is provided below the screw hole 711b. An insertion hole 711c for insertion is formed.
In addition, the player's fingers can be sent out toward the rear of the back plate on the upper right side of the back plate portion 711, that is, on the back plate portion 711 located behind the first notch 710n. Two notches 711n are provided. As a result, the finger of the player who is placing a medal (the finger other than the player's thumb, hereinafter the same) can be pulled out toward the back of the back plate portion 711. The medal placed in the guide groove 710a can be smoothly inserted to the end without worrying about the contact of the finger with the main body portion 710 and the back plate portion 711, in other words, the medal insertion portion 71.

Further, the cutout shape of the second cutout portion 711n is cut out so as to be substantially the same as the cutout shape of the first cutout portion 710n. As a result, the player can insert medals more smoothly without worrying about finger contact or catching on the medal insertion unit 71 at all.
The first cutout portion 710n and the second cutout portion 711n have substantially the same cutout shape, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the cutout of the first cutout portion 710n The cutout shape of the second cutout portion 711n may be slightly larger or slightly smaller than the shape.

A screw hole 711d through which the fixing screw 715 is inserted is formed on the lower right side of the back plate portion 711, and an insertion hole 711e through which the positioning pin 710m is inserted is formed at an upper left side of the screw hole 711d. It is installed.
Furthermore, two insertion holes 711f and 711g used when attaching and fixing the medal insertion portion 71 to the operation panel are formed in the lower portion of the back plate portion 711 so as to sandwich the contact portion 711a from the left and right. .

Next, the box member 712 will be described.
The box member 712 is entirely formed of a transparent synthetic resin (for example, hard plastic), and as shown in FIG. A space in which the sensor and the electrical board can be stored is formed. The inside of the box is finely divided vertically and horizontally, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the inside of the box can also be divided into a daily shape, an eye shape, and a rice field shape. Moreover, it is not necessary to provide a partition. Furthermore, a fixing claw (see FIGS. 8 and 10) for fixing the sensor and the electrical board may be integrally formed inside the box.

  At the front part of the box member 712, a projecting piece 712a used for attaching and fixing the medal insertion part 71 to the operation panel of the console 7 is projected forward, and this projecting piece 712a. And the lower surface side of the main body 710, the operation panel is sandwiched from above and below (see FIG. 11). The protruding piece 712a functions also as “foreign matter return” when a foreign matter is inserted from the front into the gap between the medal insertion portion 71 and the operation panel.

  As shown in FIG. 3, screw holes 712 b and 712 c through which fixing screws 716 and 717 are inserted are provided in the upper part of the box member 712, and the box member 712 is accurately placed on the back surface side of the main body 710. Insertion holes 712d and 712e through which positioning pins (not shown) provided on the back surface of the main body 710 are inserted so as to be positioned and fixed.

  At the rear of the box member 712, a vertical wall-shaped guide front part 712f that forms the other part (in this case, the front part) of the hollow guide part that guides the medal inserted from the medal slot 713 to the medal sorting device 34. Is formed. That is, the guidance front portion 712f allows a sensor, an electrical board, and the like housed and arranged inside the box member 712 to face a passage formed inside the guide portion. Further, the guide front portion 712f is formed in a wave shape such that unevenness is repeated in the lateral direction.

  Here, a case where a light reflection type detection sensor is accommodated in the box member 712 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10, the light-reflective detection sensor 718 has a medal that passes through the guide portion 719 formed by the contact portion 711 a of the back plate portion 711 and the guide front portion 712 f of the box member 712. Or a light-reflective medal passage sensor that detects the insertion of a foreign object), and a light-emitting portion 718a and a light-receiving portion 718b that are spaced apart in the vertical direction are connected to an internal passage of the guide portion 719 via a guide front portion 712f. In a state of facing, is fixed firmly by a fixing claw 712g integrally formed with the box member 712.

  The light reflection type detection sensor 718 detects the passage of a medal (or insertion of a foreign object) with or without light reception, and the light emitting unit 718a emits light as shown in FIG. 9A. When the light is reflected by the back plate portion 711 forming the rear portion of the guide portion 719, the light receiving portion 718b receives light and detects that no medal has passed (or no foreign matter is inserted). Further, as shown in FIG. 9B, when the light emitted from the light emitting unit 718a is reflected by a medal (or foreign matter) passing through the guide unit 719, the light receiving unit 718b cannot receive the light, thereby passing the medal. (Or foreign matter) is detected. When the light reflection type detection sensor 718 detects a medal (or foreign object), a signal indicating the medal passage (or foreign object insertion) is sent to the main control board 20.

The main control board 20 double-checks the number of medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 713 based on the detection value from the light reflection type detection sensor 718 and the detection value from the medal sensor of the medal sorting device 34. Then, it is checked whether or not an illegal act such as an increase in medal credits despite the fact that the medal has not passed through the guide unit 719 is performed. Thereby, security will be strengthened more than before.
The case where the light reflection type detection sensor 718 is housed in the box member 712 has been described.

In the present embodiment, the entire box member 712 is transparent. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only the rear portion of the box member 712 may be transparent. Further, in the internal space of the box member 712, not only the light reflection type detection sensor 718 but also an electrical board (for example, one using LEDs), a security device, a spare detection device for medal detection, and the like are accommodated. May be.
Furthermore, the entire box may be translucent or opaque depending on the sensor or device housed in the internal space of the box member 712.

The main body 710 and the back plate 711 are integrally fixed by fixing screws 714 and 715, and the main body 710 and the box member 712 are integrally fixed by fixing screws 716 and 717. Thus, the medal insertion part 71 is formed.
Since the box member 712 is almost sealed when attached to the medal insertion portion 71, that is, the back side of the main body portion 710, even if a foreign object is inserted from the medal insertion port 713, the box member 712 is placed inside the box member 712. Mischief to the housed sensor or electrical board is prevented. Further, since the rear part of the box member 712 forms a guide front part 712f that forms the front part of the guide part 719, a mounting space for attaching the box member 712 in the vicinity of the medal slot 713 is secured. Become.

Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the medal insertion portion 71 has the operation panel sandwiched between the protruding piece portion 712a and the lower surface side of the main body portion 710, as shown in FIG. It is not attached and fixed on the operation panel so as to be in the same direction as the panel surface 41, but can be pushed more smoothly toward the rear of the medal insertion portion 71 so that medals can be inserted at a constant rhythm. In addition, it is inclined obliquely so as to be slightly inward (in this case, leftward), that is, a triangular space in plan view in which a player's finger enters behind the first and second cutout portions 710n and 711n. It is attached so that S is formed (see FIG. 12).
That is, the space where the player's finger enters (withdraws) on the rear side on the right side of the medal insertion portion 71 in which the first and second cutout portions 710n and 711n are formed as viewed from the player and on the front side of the panel surface 41. Since S is formed, the player's finger inserting the medal reaches the space S without being caught by the back plate portion 711 of the medal insertion portion 71, and the player moves the guide groove 710a. The medals placed on can be inserted more smoothly and continuously without breaking the rhythm of the medal insertion until the end.

  As described above, according to the medal insertion portion 71 of the present invention, the first notch 710n provided on the side of the guide groove 710a and the first notch so that the notch shape is substantially the same. With the second notch 711n provided on the back plate 711 located behind the notch 710n so that the player's fingers can be fed out toward the back of the back plate 711, the player can Without worrying about finger contact or catching on the medal insertion part 71, the medal placed in the guide groove 710a is continued more smoothly and continuously without breaking the rhythm of medal insertion. You will be able to insert medals.

It is the front view which showed the external appearance structure of the slot machine. It is the front view which showed the internal structure of the slot machine in the state which open | released the front door. It is a disassembled perspective view of the medal insertion part which concerns on this invention. It is a front view of the medal insertion part. It is a rear view of the medal insertion part. It is a right view of the medal insertion part. It is a left view of the medal insertion part. It is a sectional side view for demonstrating the case where the light reflection type detection sensor is accommodated in the medal insertion part. (A), (b) is a figure for demonstrating light emission and light reception of the same light reflection type detection sensor. It is a disassembled perspective view of the same light reflection type detection sensor and a box member. It is a sectional side view which shows the state in which the same medal insertion part was attached on the operation panel. It is a top view which shows the state in which the same medal insertion part was attached on the operation panel. It is the perspective view which showed the medal insertion part of the conventional game machine.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Slot machine (game machine)
71 ... Medal insertion part 710 ... Main body part 710a ... Guide groove 710n ... First cutout part 711 ... Back plate part 711n ... Second cutout part 713 ... Medal insertion slot

Claims (1)

A semi-circular guide groove corresponding to the diameter of the medal, a back plate for abutting the medal that has moved along the guide groove, and a medal that abuts the back plate into the housing A medal slot of a gaming machine equipped with a medal slot,
A first cutout portion is provided at a side of the guide groove so that a finger of a player who inserts a medal does not come into contact with the medal insertion portion, and behind the first cutout portion. A second notch that allows the player's fingers to be fed out toward the rear of the back plate is provided on the back plate located at the back, and further, the first notch and the second notch A medal insertion portion of a gaming machine, characterized by having a substantially identical cutout shape with the cutout portion.

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