JP2008183280A - Game medium lifting device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid transporting load when lifting a game medium using tilted conveyer provided with belt with rail from being excessively large. <P>SOLUTION: A game medium lifting device 1 places on and lifts by the belt with rail 2a provided to the tilted conveyer 2 a game medium received by a medium receiving section 3 positioned on the bottom side of the tilted conveyer 2 and discharges from a medium discharging section 4 positioned on the top side of the tilted conveyer 2. The game medium lifting device 1 is provided with the bottom side surface guide 7 which covers the bottom side surface along the bottom side surface of the tilted conveyer 2 across the gap between the medium receiving section 3 and the medium discharging section 4. Then the bottom side surface guide 7 is formed in a way that the gap between the bottom side surface guide 7 and the tip of a rail 2d of the belt with rail 2a near the medium discharging section 4 becomes larger than the game medium and tapers off towards the bottom side of the tilted conveyer 2 and that the gap becomes smaller than the game medium near the bottom end of the tilted conveyer 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium lifting device used on a gaming machine island.

  In general, in gaming machine islands having a plurality of gaming machines (for example, pachinko machines) arranged side by side, gaming media to be supplied to each gaming machine (for example, pachinko balls) or gaming media collected from the gaming machines, etc. A game medium transfer path for transfer is provided. As a game medium transfer path, a game medium using a slant with a predetermined inclination and transferring a game medium using natural flow caused by the inclination is widely known.

  However, in the case of using only natural flow due to the inclination, it becomes difficult to give the necessary inclination to the kite when the transfer distance becomes long. For this reason, it has been proposed to transfer the game medium in the gaming machine island using a game medium lifting device that lifts the game medium upward. That is, after a predetermined distance is transferred using a predetermined inclination of the spear, the game medium is transported to a predetermined height by the game medium transporting device, and from that point, a spear is provided to transfer again by natural flow.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a game medium lifting device for lifting game media, a belt with a cross is provided with an inclined conveyor that is stretched and receives the game medium at a position below the inclined conveyor. And the received game medium is placed on a belt with a cross and is transported, and the game medium transported at a position above the inclined conveyor is discharged to a bag (for example, Patent Documents) 1).

JP-A-8-89648

  However, in the above-described conventional game medium lifting apparatus, the game medium transport load becomes excessive, and as a result, there is a risk that functional failure due to wear or fatigue of the component parts may occur. For example, in the game medium lifting device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the belt around the belt of the inclined conveyor is covered with a covering except for the medium supply point to the inclined conveyor and the medium discharge point from the inclined conveyor. However, depending on the behavior of the game medium at the medium discharge point, the game medium may be bitten between the belt with the crosspiece and the covering. Since such a situation causes damage to the belt with a cross and the game medium, it should be avoided.

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a game medium lifting device capable of avoiding an excessive transport load of the game medium even when the game medium is lifted using an inclined conveyor having a belt with a crosspiece. The purpose is to provide.

  The present invention is a game medium lifting device for achieving the above object. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with an inclined conveyor in which a belt with a cross is stretched with an inclination, and a game medium received by a medium receiving portion located below the inclined conveyor is attached with the cross. A game medium transporting device configured to be transported on a belt and discharged from a medium discharge unit located above the inclined conveyor, and extends between the medium receiving unit and the medium discharge unit A lower side guide guide disposed so as to cover the lower side surface along the lower side of the inclined conveyor, and the lower side guide guide is provided with the lower side guide guide and the crosspiece in the vicinity of the medium discharge unit A gap between the belt's rail tip is formed larger than the size of the game medium, and the gap becomes smaller toward the lower side of the inclined conveyor. During a game medium pumped device, wherein a is formed to be smaller than the size of the game medium.

  In the game medium transporting device having the above-described configuration, the gap between the lower side guide guide and the top of the crosspiece belt in the vicinity of the medium discharge section is formed larger than the size of the game medium. Sometimes, even if there is a game medium that returns to the side of the inclined conveyor instead of being discharged to the side of the bag that is the discharge destination, the game medium is not the lower side guide guide and the belt of the belt with the cross. It will flow into the gap with the tip, and it will not be caught by the belt with the crosspiece and the lower side guide guide. The game medium that has flowed into the gap becomes smaller toward the lower side of the inclined conveyor and becomes smaller than the size of the game medium near the lower end. And is transported by the crosspiece, and as a result, is again placed on the belt with the crosspiece and transported.

  The invention according to claim 2 is used by being arranged in the middle of a game medium transfer path constructed along a parallel arrangement direction of the gaming machine and the gaming medium lending machine on the gaming machine island. It is a game medium transport apparatus described.

  According to the game medium lifting device having the above-described configuration, the game medium transfer path is disposed and used in the middle of the game medium transfer path. For example, when the game medium transfer path transfers the game medium using natural flow by an inclined surface. Even if the transfer distance of the game medium is increased, a large space in the height direction is not required.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, the game medium discharged from the medium discharge section is received downstream of the medium discharge section in the game medium transfer direction, and the game medium is transferred using natural flow by the inclined surface. And a backflow preventing means for preventing entry of a game medium that has flowed backward through the inclined surface into a gap between the lower side guide guide and the front end of the belt with the crosspiece. 3. The game medium transport device according to claim 1, wherein the game medium transport device is disposed in the vicinity of the upstream end in the game medium transfer direction.

  In the game medium transporting device having the above-described configuration, even if there is a game medium that flows back to the medium discharge unit side after being discharged from the medium discharge unit onto the inclined surface of the bag, the game that has flowed back by the presence of the backflow prevention means It becomes possible to suppress the medium from entering the gap between the lower side guide guide and the front end of the cross belt. That is, it is possible to suppress entry into the gap between the lower side guide guide of the game medium and the belt with the crosspiece, which may cause the game medium to be bitten.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the game medium feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the backflow prevention means is an elastic convex body.

  In the game medium lifting device having the above configuration, the backflow prevention means has elasticity. Therefore, even if a situation where the backflow prevention means and the crosspiece tip of the belt with the crosspiece can bite the game medium occurs, the elasticity The occurrence of biting of the game medium can be avoided by utilizing the member deformation.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a detecting means for detecting a game medium staying downstream of the medium discharge portion in the game medium transfer direction, and the inclined conveyor detects the staying game medium. 5. The game medium feeding device according to claim 1, wherein the game medium is controlled so as to stop.

  In the game medium transporting device having the above configuration, the game medium stays downstream in the game medium transfer direction of the medium discharge unit, and when this is detected by the detection means, the drive of the inclined conveyor stops and the game medium is discharged from the medium discharge unit. Discharge is interrupted. Therefore, even if the game medium stays in the vicinity of the medium discharge section, which may cause a backflow to the medium discharge section, the stay is prevented from increasing due to the discharge of the game medium from the medium discharge section. be able to.

  According to the present invention, even if there is a game medium that returns to the inclined conveyor side when discharged from the medium discharge section, the game medium is bitten between the belt with the crosspiece and the lower side guide guide. The game medium is loosely inserted between the rails of the belt with a cross by the inflow into the gap between the lower side guide guide and the top of the belt with the cross without being caught, Therefore, it is possible to avoid damage to the belt with a cross, the game medium, and the like due to the behavior of the game medium. Therefore, even if the game medium is transported using an inclined conveyor having a belt with a cross, it is possible to avoid an excessive transport load of the game medium, resulting in wear and fatigue of the component parts. It is possible to improve the life of the apparatus while suppressing the occurrence of functional failures due to the above.

  Hereinafter, a game medium lifting apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  First, prior to the description of the game medium lifting apparatus according to the present invention, the entire gaming machine island in which the game medium lifting apparatus is used will be briefly described. Here, a description will be given by taking as an example a gaming machine island in which a plurality of pachinko machines using pachinko balls as game media are arranged in parallel.

  1 and 2 are explanatory views showing a schematic configuration example of a gaming machine island. As shown in the figure, the gaming machine island 10 is a pachinko machine 11 that is a plurality of gaming machines arranged side by side in a row, and a tama ball that is a plurality of gaming medium rental machines attached to the pachinko machine 11. A lending machine 12 is provided. In addition to these, a medal counter 13 or the like may be provided in the gaming machine island 10.

  In such a gaming machine island 10, in order to supply pachinko balls to each pachinko machine 11 and each inter-ball ball lending machine 12 as necessary, the pachinko machine and the inter-ball ball lending machine are arranged in parallel. The pachinko ball supply path 14 is extended. Furthermore, in order to collect the pachinko balls overflowed from the pachinko machine 11 or the pedestal ball lending machine 12, a pachinko ball collection path 15 extending along the parallel direction of the pachinko machine 11 and the pedestal ball lending machine 12 is provided. Yes. Each of the pachinko ball supply path 14 and the pachinko ball collection path 15 functions as a game medium transfer path constructed along the parallel direction of the pachinko machine 11 and the inter-ball ball lending machine 12, and is inclined. The pachinko balls are transported using the natural flow of The pachinko balls in the gaming machine island 10 are collected by the pachinko ball collection path 15, and then are lifted by the lifter 16 and discharged to the pachinko ball supply path 14 located above, whereby the gaming machine island 10 It will circulate inside.

  By the way, the pachinko ball supply path 14 and the pachinko ball recovery path 15 transfer the pachinko balls by using natural flow due to the inclined surface. However, even if the transfer distance becomes long, a large space in the height direction is required. It is desirable to be able to transport pachinko balls without any problems. Therefore, in the gaming machine island 10, a game medium lifting device that lifts the pachinko balls upward in the middle of the pachinko ball transfer path by at least one of the pachinko ball supply path 14 or the pachinko ball collection path 15. 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as “lifting device”) is provided. Since it is “at least one”, it may be arranged in the middle of the pachinko ball supply path 14 as shown in FIG. 1, or may be arranged in the middle of the pachinko ball collection path 15 as shown in FIG. It may be arranged in the middle of each of the ball supply path 14 and the pachinko ball collection path 15. Moreover, as for the lifting apparatus 1, only one may be provided on the pachinko ball supply path 14 or the pachinko ball collection path 15, and a plurality may be provided to cope with a long transfer distance. .

As described above, it has been widely known that the lifting device 1 is disposed in the middle of the pachinko ball transfer path, but the pachinko ball supply path 14 located above the gaming machine island 10 is not generally used. Is. This is because, when employed in the pachinko ball supply path 14, if there is a lack of reliability for the lifting operation, there is a risk of causing a serious injury that the pachinko ball 11 is not supplied to the pachinko machine 11 and the inter-ball ball lending machine 12. It depends.
However, according to the lifting device 1 according to the present invention, as will be described in detail later, when the pachinko ball is lifted, the pachinko ball is prevented from being bitten to prevent occurrence of failure and endure long-term use. be able to. That is, sufficient reliability can be secured for the lifting operation. Therefore, in the gaming machine island 10, the lifting device 1 can be employed not only for the pachinko ball collection path 15 but also for the pachinko ball supply path 14.
Thereby, in the gaming machine island 10, in addition to sufficiently ensuring the reliability of the pachinko ball transfer, the lifting device 1 can also be used for the pachinko ball supply path 14, thereby adopting the lifting device 1. Compared with the case where it does not, the height of the whole island can be suppressed low through the suppression of the space in the height direction of the pachinko ball supply path 14. Therefore, the imaging range of the security camera installed in the game hall for fraud prevention and crime prevention is not obstructed by the gaming machine island 10, and since the whole island is high, there are many shadow portions and the lighting equipment in the game hall is It will not cause more situations than necessary, and moreover, it will be possible to increase the degree of freedom in designing interior equipment and the like in the game hall by controlling the height of the entire island.

  Next, a specific example of the lifting device 1 used in the gaming machine island 10 configured as described above, that is, a lifting device according to the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration example of the lifting device according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the lifting apparatus 1 described by way of example includes an inclined conveyor 2 in which a belt 2a with a cross is stretched with an inclination.

  The cross belt 2a is an endless belt stretched between a drive pulley 2b driven by a drive source (not shown) and a driven pulley 2c driven by the drive pulley 2b, and a plurality of cross bars 2d protruding vertically from the belt surface. The belt is arranged at a predetermined pitch all around the belt. The shape of the crosspiece 2d is not particularly limited as long as the shape of the pachinko ball can be raised.

  In the lifting device 1 provided with such an inclined conveyor 2, the pachinko balls received by the medium receiving unit 3 located below the inclined conveyor 2 are placed on the belt 2 a with a cross of the inclined conveyor 2 and lifted. It is configured to be fed and discharged from the medium discharge unit 4 located above the inclined conveyor 2.

  For this purpose, the pachinko balls transferred on the upper side of the sling conveyor 2 are received at the lower side of the slant conveyor 2 from the reed 5 located on the upstream side in the transfer direction of the pachinko balls. An entrance guide 3a is provided for guiding the belt 2a. The medium receiving portion 3 is configured by the entrance guide 3a and the space that allows the flange 5 to communicate with the surface of the belt with belt 2a on the entrance guide 3a. The inlet guide 3a may be formed by sheet metal processing of a metal plate material, but is not limited to this, and is formed by molding or cutting of a metal member or a resin member. Also good.

  On the other hand, at the upper position of the inclined conveyor 2, the pachinko balls lifted by the belt with belts 2a are discharged from above the belt with belts 2a onto the basket 6 located downstream of the pachinko balls in the transfer direction. The exit guide 4a is provided. The medium discharge section 4 is configured by the outlet guide 4a and the space where the surface of the belt 2a with a cross and the bar 6 communicate with each other on the outlet guide 4a. In addition, it is assumed that the slant surface 6a is formed in the basket 6 in order to receive the pachinko balls discharged from the medium discharge unit 4 and transfer them using natural flow.

  The outlet guide 4a may be formed of a rubber material such as urethane rubber, polyvinyl chloride or the like on an elastic convex body, but is not limited thereto, and may be formed of a metal member or the like. . The exit guide 4a is disposed in the vicinity of the upstream end of the sloping surface 6a of the slant surface 6a in the pachinko ball transfer direction so as to protrude upward from the sloping surface 6a. It functions as a backflow prevention means for preventing backflow of the pachinko balls.

  Further, the medium discharge portion 4 is inclined in more detail in order to detect the pachinko balls discharged from the belt with belt 2a at a position higher than the diameter of the pachinko balls from the inclined surface 6a in the vicinity of the exit guide 4a. In order to detect the stay of the pachinko balls on the surface 6a, it is conceivable to provide a detection sensor 4b. The detection sensor 4b may be configured using a transmission type photoelectric sensor. For example, when the optical axis of the photoelectric sensor is shielded, it is detected that pachinko balls are staying. However, as long as pachinko balls can be retained, the type of the sensor is not limited to this example, and the sensor may be configured using other sensors. As another sensor, for example, a pressure sensor that detects the weight of the pachinko ball and detects the stay of the pachinko ball can be cited.

  A lower side guide guide 7 is disposed on the lower side of the inclined conveyor 2 so as to cover the lower side along the lower side of the inclined conveyor 2 between the medium receiving unit 3 and the medium discharging unit 4. ing. The lower side guide guide 7 can be formed by sheet metal processing of a metal plate material, but is not limited thereto, and is formed by molding or cutting of a metal member or a resin member. Also good. Note that the upper side surface of the inclined conveyor 2 may be covered with an upper side guide (not shown), like the lower side surface. However, the upper side guide is not essential.

  By the way, in the raising apparatus 1 of the structure mentioned above, it is calculated | required that the pachinko ball is efficiently conveyed. For this purpose, it is necessary for the medium receiving unit 3 to efficiently take the pachinko balls onto the belt with belt 2a. That is, it is necessary to make the pachinko ball taking-in rate in the medium receiving unit 3 good.

Therefore, in the lifting apparatus 1, the inclined conveyor 2 and the medium receiving unit 3 of the inclined conveyor 2 are configured as described below.
4 and 5 are explanatory views showing a configuration example of a main part of the transporting apparatus according to the present invention, and a diagram showing a configuration example in the vicinity of the medium receiving unit 3.

  In order to improve the take-in rate of the pachinko balls in the medium receiving portion 3, as shown in FIG. 4, the guide surface 3b of the entrance guide 3a that connects between the basket 5 and the belt with belt 2a of the inclined conveyor 2 is provided. And the belt surface 2e of the belt with belt 2a is substantially perpendicular to the obtuse angle (see FIG. 4B) or acute angle (see FIG. 4C) (see FIG. 4A). It is desirable to be. If the guide surface 3b and the belt surface 2e are at right angles, the crosspiece 2d of the belt 2a with crosspieces protrudes from the belt surface 2e in the vertical direction, so that the guide surface 3b and the pachinko ball mounting surface on the crosspiece 2d are parallel to each other. This is because the pachinko balls can be smoothly transferred from the guide surface 3b to the pachinko ball mounting surface.

  However, the angle between the guide surface 3b and the belt surface 2e should be determined in consideration of the influence of the inclination angle because the belt 2a with a cross is stretched with an inclination. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the inclined conveyor 2 and the medium receiving portion 3 of the inclined conveyor 2 have an inclination angle X (hereinafter referred to as “conveying surface angle”) X of the belt surface 2e of the belt 2a with a cross with respect to the horizontal direction. It is conceivable to configure each of the belt surface 2e and the guide surface 3b of the inlet guide 3a so that the angle Y (hereinafter referred to as “entrance-transport surface angle”) Y is 100 °.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the transition of the pachinko ball conveyance amount by angle. As shown in the figure, the conveyance surface angle X = 50 °, the entrance-conveyance surface angle Y = 100 °, the conveyance surface angle X = 45 °, the entrance-conveyance surface angle Y = 105 °, and the conveyance surface As a result of measuring the transport amount per time of the pachinko balls received from the cage 5 through the entrance guide guide 3a for each of the angle X = 60 ° and the entrance-transport surface angle Y = 90 °, the transport surface angle X It can be seen that the conveyance amount is the largest in the case of = 50 ° and the entrance-conveying surface angle Y = 100 °.

  Further, the pachinko ball take-in rate in the medium receiving portion 3 is also affected by the driving speed of the belt 2a with a cross and the formation pitch of the cross 2d on the belt 2a with a cross. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, for the belt with belt 2a, the moving speed (belt peripheral speed) V of the belt surface 2e is about 142 to 248.5 mm / s, and the formation pitch P of the rail 2d is about 15 to 18 mm. It can be considered.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the transition of the pachinko ball transport amount for each crosspiece formation pitch. As shown in the figure, for each of the case where the pitch P = 15 mm, the case where the pitch P = 18 mm, and the case where the pitch P = 20 mm, the pachinko balls per hour received from the fence 5 via the entrance guide 3a. As a result of measuring the transport amount, it can be seen that the transport amount is larger when the pitch P = 15 mm and when the pitch P = 18 mm than when the pitch P = 20 mm.

  Note that the measurement results shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are for the case where a pachinko ball having a diameter of φ11 mm is the object to be conveyed. In order to carry (pick up) such pachinko balls, as shown in FIG. 5, the crosspiece 2d of the crosspiece belt 2a has a protruding height H from the belt surface 2e of the pachinko balls to be conveyed. It is assumed that it is formed to have a radius or more, specifically 5.5 mm or more.

  In addition, it is considered that the driving pulley 2b and the driven pulley 2c that stretch the belt 2a with a cross are formed with a diameter of 25 mm or more to reduce the steepness of the curvature of the arc drawn by the belt 2a with the cross. It is done.

  In contrast to the medium receiving unit 3 as described above, in the medium discharge unit 4, in order to efficiently lift the pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are discharged onto the basket 6 and the pachinko balls are bitten. It is necessary to do it smoothly.

For this reason, in the lifting apparatus 1, the inclined conveyor 2, in particular, the lower side guide guide 7 is configured as described below.
FIGS. 8 and 9 are explanatory views showing an example of the configuration of the main part of the transporting apparatus according to the present invention, and showing an example of the configuration in the vicinity of the medium discharge unit 4.

  In the vicinity of the medium discharge section 4, the lower side guide guide 7 has a gap W between the lower side guide guide 7 and the tip of the crosspiece 2d of the crosspiece belt 2a as shown in FIG. It is formed to be larger than the size of. That is, the lower side guide guide 7 is disposed so that the gap W with the tip of the crosspiece 2d is 11 mm or more, which is the diameter of the pachinko ball 8, specifically, about 12 mm which is the pachinko ball diameter + margin amount. ing. Thus, if the gap W between the lower side guide guide 7 and the tip of the crosspiece 2d in the vicinity of the medium discharge portion 4 is formed to be equal to or larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball 8, for example, when discharging from the medium discharge portion 4, Even if there is a pachinko ball 8 that returns to the side of the inclined conveyor 2 instead of being discharged to the side of the basket 6 that is the discharge destination, the pachinko ball 8 is connected to the lower side guide guide 7 and the crosspiece 2d. Will flow into the gap with the tip of the. Therefore, the pachinko ball 8 'returning to the inclined conveyor side is moved by the crosspiece 2d' and the lower side guide guide 7 'as in the case where the gap W' shown in FIG. 8B is less than the diameter of the pachinko ball 8 '. It is possible to prevent the biting. That is, by ensuring the gap W to be equal to or larger than the diameter of the pachinko ball 8, it is possible to avoid the biting of the pachinko ball 8 between the belt with belt 2a and the lower side guide guide 7.

  Further, in the lower side guide guide 7, the gap between the lower side guide guide 7 and the tip of the crosspiece 2 d becomes smaller toward the lower side of the inclined conveyor 2, and the gap is close to the pachinko ball 8 near the lower end of the inclined conveyor 2. It is formed to be smaller than the size, that is, the diameter. That is, the lower side guide guide 7 and the inclined conveyor 2 are not parallel to each other but are configured to have an angle θ (for example, 0 <θ <45 °). Accordingly, the pachinko ball 8 that has flowed into the gap between the lower side guide guide 7 and the tip of the crosspiece 2d is gradually guided to the side of the belt 2a with the crosspiece while being naturally dropped toward the lower side while being guided by the lower side guide guide 7. To be inserted between the crosspieces 2d of the crosspiece belt 2a. Then, after loose insertion between the crosspieces 2d, the belts 2a with the crosspieces are moved to the medium receiving unit 3 with the movement of the crosspieces 2d in the belts 2a with the crosspieces. It is placed on the belt 2 a and is lifted upward, and is discharged from the medium discharge portion 4 toward the ridge 6.

  In order to collect and re-pause the pachinko balls that have flown into such a gap, in the vicinity of the lower end of the inclined conveyor 2, the space between the lower side guide guide 7 and the tip of the crosspiece 2d is set smaller than the diameter of the pachinko balls 8. In addition, the size between the lower side guide guide 7 and the belt surface 2e is such that the pachinko ball 8 can be transported, specifically, the diameter of the pachinko ball 8 + necessary for transport. It is assumed that the play amount is set to a size.

  As described above, in the lifting device 1 described in the present embodiment, the inclined conveyor 2 and the medium receiving unit 3 are configured so that the pachinko ball uptake rate is good. You can send.

  In addition, in the lifting device 1 described in the present embodiment, even when there is a pachinko ball whose behavior returns to the side of the inclined conveyor 2 instead of the side of the basket 6 when discharged from the medium discharge unit 4, The pachinko balls are allowed to flow into the gap between the lower side guide guide 7 and the tip of the crosspiece 2d of the crosspiece belt 2a without being caught between the crosspiece belt 2a and the lower side guide guide 7. In addition, the pachinko balls that have flown in are smoothly inserted between the respective rails 2d of the belt 2a with a cross and are then lifted again, which is caused by the behavior of the pachinko balls at the time of discharge. Thus, it is possible to avoid damage to the belt 2a with a crosspiece or the pachinko ball. Therefore, if the lifting apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is used, even if the pachinko ball is lifted using the inclined conveyor 2 having the belt 2a with the crosspiece, the transport load of the pachinko ball becomes excessive. As a result, it is possible to easily improve the life of the apparatus while suppressing the occurrence of functional failure due to wear or fatigue of the component parts.

  Furthermore, as described in the present embodiment, if the detection sensor 4b and the outlet guide guide 4a are provided in the medium discharge portion 4, the outlet guide guide 4a functions as a backflow prevention means, which causes pachinko ball biting. By entering the gap between the lower side guide guide 7 of the pachinko ball to be obtained and the belt with belt 2a, and when the detection sensor 4b detects the stay of the pachinko ball, the driving of the inclined conveyor 2 is stopped, It is possible to avoid the retention from increasing due to the discharge of the pachinko balls from the medium discharge unit 4. Moreover, if the exit guide 4a has elasticity, the occurrence of biting of the pachinko balls can be avoided by utilizing the deformation of the members due to the elasticity. That is, if the detection sensor 4b and the exit guide 4a are provided in the medium discharge unit 4, a pachinko ball jam occurs on the inclined surface 6a of the bowl 6, and the pachinko ball stays in the vicinity of the medium discharge unit 4. However, while the outlet guide guide 4a prevents the pachinko ball from flowing backward (moving to the side of the inclined conveyor 2), it is possible to perform operation control such as stopping the inclined conveyor 2 when the detection sensor 4b detects stay. Therefore, it becomes very suitable for suppressing an increase in the conveyance load due to the behavior of the pachinko balls during discharge.

In addition, although this embodiment demonstrated the suitable Example of this invention, this invention is not limited to the content, It can change suitably in the range which does not deviate from the summary.
In particular, the various numerical values exemplified in the present embodiment are only a preferred specific example of the present invention, and if the configuration of the transport object or the gaming machine island changes, it will be changed accordingly. It is possible to do.
In the present embodiment, the case where the game medium that is the object to be transported is a pachinko ball has been described as an example, but the present invention is also applied to other game media (for example, medals used in pachislot machines). It is possible.

It is explanatory drawing (the 1) which shows the example of schematic structure of a gaming machine island. It is explanatory drawing (the 2) which shows the example of schematic structure of a game machine island. It is explanatory drawing which shows the schematic structural example of the conveying apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the principal part structural example of the conveying apparatus which concerns on this invention, and is a figure (the 1) which shows the structural example near a medium receiving part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the principal part structural example of the conveying apparatus which concerns on this invention, and is a figure (the 2) which shows the structural example of the medium receiving part vicinity. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example of transition of the pachinko ball conveyance amount according to angle. It is explanatory drawing which shows the specific example of transition of the pachinko ball conveyance amount according to crosspiece formation pitch. It is explanatory drawing which shows the principal part structural example of the conveying apparatus which concerns on this invention, and is a figure (the 1) which shows the structural example near a medium discharge part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the principal part structural example of the conveying apparatus which concerns on this invention, and is a figure (the 2) which shows the structural example near a medium discharge part.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Lifting device, 2 ... Inclined conveyor, 2a ... Belt with a belt, 2b ... Drive pulley, 2c ... A driven pulley, 2d ... Cross, 3 ... Medium receiving part, 3a ... Inlet guide guide, 4 ... Medium discharge part, 4a ... exit guide, 4b ... detection sensor, 5,6 ... 樋, 6a ... inclined surface, 7 ... lower guide, 8 ... pachinko ball, 10 ... game machine island, 11 ... pachinko machine, 12 ... 14 ... Pachinko ball supply path, 15 ... Pachinko ball collection path

Claims (5)

A slanted conveyor comprising a belt with a slant and stretched with a slant, and the game medium received by a medium receiving unit located below the slanted conveyor is placed on the belt with a cross and lifted, and the slanted conveyor A game medium lifting device configured to discharge from a medium discharge unit located on the upper side of
A lower side guide guide disposed so as to cover the lower side surface along the lower side surface of the inclined conveyor between the medium receiving unit and the medium discharging unit;
The lower side guide guide is formed such that a gap between the lower side guide guide and the front end of the belt with the cross in the vicinity of the medium discharge portion is larger than the size of the game medium, and the gap is the inclined conveyor. The game medium transporting apparatus is characterized in that the gap becomes smaller toward the lower side of the inclined conveyor and the gap is smaller than the size of the game medium in the vicinity of the lower end of the inclined conveyor.   2. The game medium transporting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the game medium transporting apparatus is used by being disposed in the middle of a game medium transfer path constructed along a parallel arrangement direction of a game machine and a game medium rental machine on the game machine island. On the downstream side of the medium discharge unit in the game medium transfer direction, there is provided a cage for receiving the game medium discharged from the medium discharge unit and transferring the game medium using natural flow by the inclined surface. ,
Backflow prevention means for preventing entry of the game medium flowing backward on the inclined surface into the gap between the lower side guide guide and the front end of the belt with the crosspiece is provided in the vicinity of the upstream end of the inclined medium in the game medium transfer direction. The game medium feeding device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game media feeding device is provided.   4. The game medium feeding device according to claim 3, wherein the backflow prevention means is an elastic convex body. A detecting means for detecting a game medium staying on the downstream side in the game medium transfer direction of the medium discharge section is provided,
The game medium feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the inclined conveyor is controlled to stop when the detecting means detects a staying game medium.

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