JP2009034182A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which dissolves complication caused when a player himself or herself collects tokens and is easy to scrape up the tokens from a tray. <P>SOLUTION: In the game machine provided with a discharge port through which tokens to be used for a game are discharged and which is opened in a front frame and the tray for receiving tokens discharged by the discharge port and storing them, the tray is equipped with: a token storage recessed part which is recessed in the back and forth direction ahead of the discharge port and can store tokens discharged by the discharge port; and a guiding part for guiding tokens which inclines downward in each of right and left directions from the upper edge of the token storage recessed part and guides the tokens that cannot be stored in the token storage recessed part to both end sides of the tray. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that uses a game medium such as a medal to play a game, and more particularly to a gaming machine that allows a medal to be stored in a tray of the game medium.

  Conventionally, as a gaming machine using a gaming medium such as a medal, for example, a slot machine or the like is provided. This slot machine includes a box-shaped housing whose front surface is open, and a front frame attached to the front surface of the housing so as to be openable and closable. The front frame is formed with a payout outlet from which medals are paid out. A tray for receiving and storing the game media of medals paid out from the payout opening is attached to the lower part of the front frame.

As a technique for improving this tray, there is a slot machine that guides the player to scrape out medals by forming a bulging portion that bulges the front wall portion of the tray for storing medals toward the front side. It has been proposed (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2007-014450 A

  However, the shape of the inner bottom portion of the saucer attached to the conventional slot machine was flat. For this reason, when a small amount of medals are paid out from the payout port, the small amount of medals paid out from the payout port are scattered inside the tray.

  Therefore, when the player inserts a medal paid out from the payout opening into the medal slot, the player has to scrape the medal in the tray in addition to taking out the medal from the tray. The act of scraping the medals was very complicated and caused the game to slow down.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that eliminates the complexity of collecting a medal by a player and easily takes out a medal from a tray.

  1st invention is equipped with the box-shaped housing | casing which a front surface opens, and the front frame attached to the front surface of the said housing so that opening and closing is possible, The medal used for a game is paid out to the said front frame. In the gaming machine having a box-shaped tray for receiving and storing a medal paid out from the payout opening, the inner bottom of the tray has a front-rear direction in front of the payout opening. And a medal receiving recess that can receive medals paid out from the payout outlet, and is inclined downward from the upper edge of the medal receiving recess toward the left and right directions and received in the medal receiving recess. And a guiding unit that guides the medals that cannot be broken to the left and right ends of the tray.

  According to a second aspect, in the first aspect, the medal receiving recess includes a medal alignment portion formed with a radius of curvature that allows the medal to stand up and align in the front-rear direction.

  In a third aspect based on the second aspect, the medal receiving recess is located on the payout exit side, and a medal guiding portion for guiding a medal paid out from the payout exit to the medal receiving recess. The medal guide portion is formed such that a communication portion with the payout port is formed to be larger than a width of the payout port, and a width is reduced from the communication portion toward the medal receiving recess. And

  According to a fourth aspect, in the third aspect, the front wall portion of the tray is formed with a medal extraction portion that is cut out so as to be continuous with the inner wall of the medal receiving recess.

  According to a fifth aspect, in the fourth aspect, the medal take-out portion is formed with a medal standing groove portion that allows the medal to stand up and fit.

  In a sixth aspect based on the fifth aspect, the medal receiving recess is formed to be inclined upward toward the medal takeout portion.

  According to a seventh aspect, in the first aspect, the front wall portion of the tray is formed with a medal extraction portion that is cut so as to be continuous with the inner wall of the medal receiving recess.

  According to the first aspect, since the medal receiving recess is located in front of the payout port, when a small amount of medals are paid out, the medal is received in the medal receiving recess. Therefore, the player can take out the medals without collecting the medals from the entire tray, and the player can easily remove the medals from the tray by eliminating the complexity of collecting the medals. When a large number of medals are stored in the medal receiving recess, the medals are guided to the left and right ends of the tray by the inclination of the guiding portion and stored from the ends of the tray, and the medals are evenly stored in the tray. Therefore, the player does not need to manually scrape the medals stored in the tray. Furthermore, when the player takes out the medals stored on the end side of the tray, if the medals are scraped into the medal receiving recess, the medals are gathered in the medal receiving recess so that a large number of medals can be easily obtained. Can be taken out.

  According to the second invention, the player can stand up the medals by the medal aligning section and align them in the front-rear direction, and can easily take out the medals in a bundle. Since the medals can be taken out in a bundle, the player can easily insert the medals into the medal slot. In addition, when a large number of medals are paid out after arranging the medals in the medal aligning unit, the medals that are paid out collide with the arranged medals and are distributed to the left and right, so that the medals are evenly stored in the tray. Therefore, the player does not need to scrape by hand in order to equalize the medals stored in the tray. Further, depending on the player, medals may be aligned and stored inside the tray, and in this case, the medals aligned in the medal aligning section are used as a reference and the medals in the tray can be easily aligned.

  According to the third invention, the player can narrow down the medals paid out from the payout opening by the medal guide unit and guide them to the medal alignment unit, so that the medal alignment unit can easily arrange the medals. Even if the medals are not arranged in the medal aligning unit, the medals are gathered in the medal guide unit, so that the player can take out a large number of medals by one extracting operation.

  According to the fourth and seventh inventions, the player can take out the medals accommodated in the medal accommodating recess from the medal extracting portion continuous with the inner wall of the medal accommodating recess, so that the player accommodates in the medal accommodating recess. It becomes easy to take out the medal that was made.

  According to the fifth aspect, by inserting the medal into the medal standing groove portion, the medal taking-out portion is blocked by the medal inserted into the medal standing groove portion, so that the medal can be prevented from falling from the tray.

  According to the sixth aspect of the invention, the momentum of the medals paid out from the payout opening is attenuated by the inclination of the medal receiving recess, and the medals can be prevented from dropping directly from the medal takeout part.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In the following description of the embodiments, the front, rear, left, and right refer to directions viewed from the player, that is, viewed from the game board.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a configuration of a gaming machine (slot machine) 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  A gaming machine (slot machine) 1 includes a box-shaped housing 22 having an open front surface, and a front frame 2 attached to the front surface of the housing 22 so as to be opened and closed. The housing 22 has a hinge (not shown) on the left side, and a front frame 2 that can be opened and closed in a single-opening manner around the hinge is attached.

  An opening window 3 is provided at the center of the front frame 2. The opening window 3 is closed by a clear member (decorative panel) 4 attached from the back. The clear member 4 is made of a transparent resin such as a transparent plastic plate, and is decorated (not shown) by silk screen printing or pasting a printed film. In particular, on the upper part of the clear member 4, symbols such as a combination of a game method and winning symbols are given by decoration. In addition, the clear member 4 has a region that is not decorated in part (or a region that is decorated with colorless and transparent decoration), and the region can visually recognize the back side of the opening window 3 from the front. A display window is formed.

  Three reels (not shown) constituting a variable display device (variable display device) are arranged on the back surface of the opening window 3 so as to be rotatable. On the outer peripheral surface of each reel, a symbol row composed of a plurality of types of symbols (symbols) is written. The reels are driven by a reel motor and rotate independently of each other. In the gaming machine 1, a variable display game is played by the rotation of the reel. Then, a predetermined display value (predetermined symbol combination mode) is given to the player by giving the player a predetermined display mode (predetermined symbol combination mode) on the active line set by the player's betting operation of medals. .

  A display window (not shown) is provided at the approximate center of the clear member 4 for allowing the player to visually recognize a symbol that is displayed in a variable manner (variably displayed) by the rotation of the reel. When the reels stop, three symbols can be visually recognized from the display window on the outer peripheral surface of the reels. That is, a total of nine symbols can be visually recognized from the display window portion with the reel stopped.

  In addition, although not shown, a payout number display unit, a game progress display unit, and a credit number display unit, each including a 7-segment LED or a liquid crystal display, are provided below the back of the opening window 3. And the display window part for visually recognizing these payout number display parts, game progress display parts, and credit number display parts is provided in the lower part of clear member 4.

  The payout number display unit displays a preset error code when an abnormality (for example, lack of medals or clogged medals) occurs in the number of medals paid out when the winning is confirmed or the operation of the gaming machine 1 To do. The game progress display section is in an assist (AT) state (a state of a winning flag such as a small role, a game state in which a specific stop order of reels is notified to the player), a big bonus (BB) state, or a regular bonus (RB) Displays the number of remaining games in the state. The credit number display unit displays the number of credits accumulated by the player's medal insertion operation.

  The tilt base 6 in front of the clear member 4 is provided with a medal insertion slot 7 for inserting a medal on the right side. When a medal is inserted into the medal insertion slot 7, the inserted medal is added as the number of bets. When the bet number reaches the maximum betable number (for example, 3), the number of inserted medals is not added to the bet number but added to the credit number. When the number of credits reaches a limit value (for example, 50), the inserted medals are discharged to the tray 8 provided at the bottom of the front frame 2 without being added to the number of credits. The tray 8 stores the medals discharged from the medal payout device (hopper) on the back side of the front frame 2 and discharged from the payout opening 5.

  The inclined platform 6 is provided with a bet button 9 for betting a maximum number of medals by a single pressing operation. When the bet button 9 is operated, for example, when no medal is bet, three medals are bet, and when only one medal is bet, two medals are bet. By using the bet button 9, a medal can be bet within the credit number without inserting a medal from the medal insertion slot 7.

  A quadrilateral decorative panel 10 is provided below the front frame 2. On the upper left side of the decorative panel 10, a credit settlement button 11 is provided for settlement of credits. The number of medals corresponding to the number of credits is discharged to the tray 8 by operating the credit check button 11, and at the same time, the display on the credit number display section is cleared to zero.

  A start lever 12 is provided on the right side of the credit check button 11 for starting the rotation of the reels all at once. On the right side of the start lever 12, reel stop buttons 13 to 15 for stopping the rotation of the reels and deriving a stop symbol are provided. When the reel stop buttons 13 to 15 are operated, the reels corresponding to the respective buttons stop rotating. If the bet number is 0, the start condition of the variable display game is not satisfied, and the reel does not rotate even if the start lever 12 is operated.

  A return button 16 is provided on the right side of the reel stop button 15. When the return button 16 is operated when a medal is jammed in the medal flow path 104 (shown in FIG. 7B) from the medal insertion slot 7, the medal jammed in the flow path 104 is returned to the tray 8.

  An upper decoration unit 17 is provided above the front frame 2. In the upper decoration unit 17, an auxiliary game is executed, and an effect display and information display related to a variable display game using reels are performed. The upper decoration unit 17 is controlled by a display control device (not shown) to change the display contents. It should be noted that the auxiliary game can inform the player that a specific winning flag has been established in the variable display game by deriving a specific result.

  Speaker sound emitting portions 18 are provided on the upper left and right sides of the upper decoration unit 17. In addition, sound emitting portions 19 of the speakers are provided on the left and right sides of the tray 8 at the back position.

  Further, above the upper decoration unit 17, there is provided a decoration portion 20 made of a decoration lamp, LED, and the like. The decoration part 20 improves the interest of the game by lighting in various modes when the BB state or the RB state occurs. An ashtray 21 is provided on the left side of the tray 8.

  As described above, the gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes the payout opening 5 for paying out medals used in the game, and the tray 8 for receiving and storing the medals paid out from the payout opening 5. ing.

  2 is a perspective view of the saucer 8 according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the saucer 8 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the saucer 8 according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the center vicinity.

  The tray 8 is formed by a box-shaped cover member 81 that stores medals and a box-shaped mounting base member 91 that houses the cover member 81. The cover member 81 is inserted into the attachment base member 91 from the rear of the attachment base member 91, and is held between the attachment base member 91 and the front frame 2.

  In the cover member 81, a medal accommodation space is formed by the front wall 82, the left side wall 83, the right side wall 84, and the bottom surface 86.

  Between the upper end portion of the left side wall 83 and the upper end portion of the right side wall 84, an upper surface 85 that restricts the upper movement of the cover member 81 with respect to the mounting base member 91 is provided. The upper surface 85 is formed with a first opening 87 for the player to take out medals stored in the tray 8. Further, a second opening 88 in which the payout opening 5 is located is formed behind the cover member 81 when the tray 8 is attached to the front frame 2.

  The bottom face 86 is recessed in the front-rear direction in front of the payout opening 5 and is inclined downward from the upper edge of the medal accommodation hollow part 861 in the left-right direction, and the medal receiving recessed part 861 for receiving medals paid out from the payout opening. And a guiding portion 862 for guiding medals that cannot be stored in the medal receiving recess 861 to the left and right ends of the tray 8.

  The guiding portion 862 includes a left guiding portion 862A inclined downward from the left upper edge of the medal receiving recess 861 in the left direction and a right guiding portion 862B inclined downward from the right upper edge of the medal receiving recess 861 to the right. It consists of.

  In the central portion of the front wall 82, a medal removal portion 821 for taking out the medals stored in the cover member 81 by the player is provided. The medal removal portion 821 is formed by being continuous with the inner wall of the dent of the medal receiving recess 861 and by cutting out the upper end of the center of the front wall 82 in a semicircular shape. The medal removal portion 821 is provided with a medal standing groove portion 822 that is a groove for standing and inserting a single medal.

  Details of the medal receiving recess 861 and the guide 862 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B.

  Next, the mounting base member 91 will be described.

  The attachment base member 91 includes a cover member storage portion 92 that stores the cover member 81 and an ashtray storage portion 93 that stores the ashtray 21.

  First, the cover member storage portion 92 will be described.

  In the cover member storage portion 92, a cover member storage space is formed by the front wall 94, the intermediate side wall 95, the right side wall 96, the upper surface 97 and the bottom surface 98.

  A first opening 99 is formed on the upper surface 97 for the player to take out medals stored in the tray 8. The shape of the first opening 99 of the attachment base member 91 is formed to match the shape of the first opening 87 of the cover member 81 when the attachment base member 91 accommodates the cover member 81. The first opening 87 is partitioned with a width wider than the lateral width of the payout opening 5.

  Further, a second opening 100 for receiving the cover member 81 inside is formed on the back surface of the mounting base member 91.

  In the central portion of the front wall 94, a semicircular recess 105 is formed that accommodates the medal removal portion 821 of the cover member 81 when the attachment base member 91 accommodates the cover member 81.

  Next, the ashtray storage unit 93 will be described.

  The ashtray storage part 93 is formed of a rear wall 101, a left side wall 102, an intermediate side wall 95 and an upper surface 97.

  Convex portions 103 are respectively provided on the opposing surfaces of the left side wall 102 and the intermediate side wall 95. On the other hand, on the left side surface and the right side surface of the ashtray 21, an opening 211 that engages with the convex portion 103 is formed. Further, when the ashtray 21 is stored in the ashtray storage unit 93, the ashtray 21 is locked by contacting the rear wall 101 of the ashtray storage unit 93. The ashtray 21 can be rotated in the front-rear direction around the convex portion 103 until the rear surface of the ashtray 21 comes into contact with the rear wall 101 of the ashtray storage portion 93.

  The upper surface 97 has an inclined surface 971 that inclines downward from the left wall 102 of the ashtray storage unit 93 to the right wall 96 of the cover member storage unit 92 and an upper end surface 972 that is substantially parallel to the bottom surface 98. The inclined surface 971 is formed with an opening 974 and a first opening 99 for storing the ashtray 21. On the upper end surface 972, two engaging portions 973 that engage with holes (not shown) of the front frame 2 are formed. Although not shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, as shown in FIG. 4, the rear wall 101 and the bottom surface 98 are respectively formed with engaging portions 973 that engage with holes (not shown) of the front frame 2. .

  The attachment base member 91 is attached to the front frame 2 by the engagement portions 973 engaging with holes (not shown) of the front frame 2.

  Next, the case where the cover member 81 is housed in the mounting base member will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the front surface of the front wall 94 of the mounting base member 91 coincides with the front surface of the ashtray 21. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the height of the left side wall 83 of the cover member 81 matches the height of the intermediate side wall 95 of the mounting base member 91. Similarly, the height of the right side wall 84 of the cover member 81 matches the height of the right side wall 96 of the mounting base member 91. Note that the height of the front wall 82 of the cover member 81 matches the height of the front wall 94 of the mounting base member 91.

  When the cover member 81 is accommodated in the attachment base member 91, the second opening 88 of the cover member 81 is located in the second opening 100 of the attachment base member 91. Therefore, when the tray 8 is attached to the front frame 2, the second opening 88 of the cover member 81 is between the two sound emitting portions 19 and the two sound emitting portions 19 as shown in FIG. 6. A payout port 5 is located.

  When the tray 8 is attached to the front frame 2, the cover member 81 includes the inner surface of the front wall 94, the inner surface of the right side wall 96, the inner surface of the intermediate side wall 95, and the lower surface of the upper end surface 972. And the front surface of the front frame 2.

  Next, the medal accommodation recess 861 and the guide 862 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A and 5B.

  FIG. 5A is a front perspective view of the cover member 81 according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5B is a rear perspective view of the cover member 81 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the medal receiving recess 861 is located directly below (front) the payout opening 5. Thereby, the medal paid out from the payout opening 5 is accommodated in the medal accommodation recess 861 in which a recess having an arcuate cross section is formed.

  Since the radius of curvature of the recess is formed slightly larger than the radius of curvature of the medal, the medal receiving recess 861 can be accommodated in a state where the medal is raised and aligned in the front-rear direction.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4, 5A and 5B, the medal receiving recess 861 is inclined upward toward the front (medal takeout part 821). Thereby, it is possible to prevent the medals paid out from the payout opening 5 from jumping forward with excessive momentum.

  The medal removal portion 821 is connected to the medal receiving recess portion 861 without a step. The medal standing groove 822 of the medal takeout part 821 is a groove in which one medal can stand. Note that the groove width of the medal standing groove 822 is slightly larger than the thickness of the medal. Further, the radius of curvature of the groove of the medal standing groove 822 is slightly larger than the radius of curvature of the medal.

  As described above, the left guide portion 862A that is inclined downward from the left upper edge (upper end) of the medal receiving recess 861 with respect to the left direction is provided, and the right upper edge (upper end) of the medal receiving recess 861 is provided. A right guiding portion 862B that is inclined downward with respect to the right direction. The length of the guide portion 862 in the left-right direction is longer on the rear side than on the front side. Also, as shown in FIGS. 4, 5A and 5B, the upper edge (upper end) of the medal receiving recess 861 rises and inclines toward the front, so the upper edge on the front side of the medal receiving recess 861 The height of the portion (upper end portion) is higher than the height of the upper edge portion (upper end portion) on the rear side of the medal receiving recess 861. Therefore, the inclination on the front side of the guide part 862 is steeper than the inclination on the rear side of the guide part 862.

  FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view of the gaming machine 1 near the tray 8 when a small amount of medals is paid out according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  In the case of this embodiment, the payout opening 5 is located on the extended line of the center line of the bottom face 86 in the front-back direction. That is, the dispensing outlet 5 is at a position corresponding to the center of the bottom surface 86. In addition, since the medal receiving recess 861 is located on the extension of the center line in the front-rear direction of the payout opening 5, medals paid out from the payout opening 5 are easily received in the medal receiving recess 861. The paid-out medals are less likely to be scattered within the bottom surface 86.

  Further, since the medal is easily stored in the medal receiving recess 861, the player does not need to scrape the medals, and the medal stored in the medal receiving recess 861 is raised in the medal receiving recess 861. A bunch can be generated, and the generated bunch of medals can be pulled out and taken out so as to pass through the notch of the medal extraction unit 821.

  Since the medals can be taken out as a bundle of medals, the player can easily insert medals one by one into the medal insertion slot 7.

  The medal receiving recess 861 may be disposed anywhere as long as it is between the extension line of the left side wall and the extension line of the right side wall of the payout opening 5.

  FIG. 7A is an enlarged perspective view of the gaming machine 1 in the vicinity of the tray 8 when a medal is fitted in the medal standing groove 822 of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7B is a medal standing groove of the embodiment of the present invention. 822 is a cross-sectional view of the gaming machine 1 in the vicinity of the tray 8 when a medal is fitted to 822;

  As shown in FIG. 7A, the player inserts the medal (M) into the medal standing groove 822 and causes the medal standing groove 822 to stand up.

  As a result, the medal take-out portion 821 is blocked by the raised medals, so that even if the medals paid out from the payout port 5 jump out to the medal take-out portion 821 side, they are fitted into the medal standing groove 822 and stand up. It is possible to prevent the medals from jumping out of the tray 8.

  As shown in FIG. 7B, the medal erection groove 822 is formed so that the upper end of the medal that is fitted and stood in the medal erection groove 822 coincides with the upper end of the front wall 82. By doing so, the player does not get in the way when he touches the tray.

  FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of the gaming machine 1 near the tray 8 when medals are aligned in the medal receiving recess 861 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the player stands up by inserting a medal into the medal standing groove 822, and raises the medal accommodated in the medal accommodating recess 861 so that the inside of the medal accommodating recess 861. To generate a bunch of medals. After the medal bundle is generated in the medal receiving recess 861, the medal paid out from the payout opening 5 collides with the medal bundle, is distributed in either the left-right direction, and is stored in the tray 8. In this case, the paid-out medals are stored on the end side in the left-right direction by the guiding portion 862 that is inclined downward in the left-right direction, and then stored toward the center. As a result, the paid-out medals are evenly stored in the tray 8 and the player does not need to equalize the medals in the tray 8 by hand.

  Even if the player does not stand up the medals accommodated in the medal accommodating recess 861 and generate a bundle of medals in the medal accommodating recess 861, a large number of medals are accommodated in the medal accommodating recess 861. When a medal cannot be stored in the medal receiving recess 861, the paid-out medal collides with the medal stored in the medal receiving recess 861, and is stored in either the left or right direction. Are evenly stored in the tray 8.

  In the present embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 6, the payout opening 5 is located at the center of the bottom surface 86 in the left-right direction. A position where the recess 861 is formed will be described.

  For example, when the payout opening 5 is positioned to be shifted to the left from the center of the bottom surface 86 in the left-right direction, the medal paid out from the payout opening 861 easily hits the vicinity of the left guiding portion 862A and is easily stored in the left storage space. . In this case, medals are easily stored in the left storage space. Although the storage space on the right side is empty, the storage space on the left side becomes full, so the number of storable medals in the tray 8 is halved. Accordingly, when the left storage space is full, the player must move the medal from the left storage space to the right storage space.

  Therefore, when the payout port 5 is positioned to the left from the center of the bottom surface 86 in the left-right direction, the medal receiving recess 861 may be formed so as to be positioned on the left side of the extension line at the center of the payout port 5. Thereby, the medal paid out from the payout opening 5 easily hits the vicinity of the right guide portion 862B and is easily stored in the right storage space. Further, since the medal receiving recess 861 is formed to be shifted to the left from the left and right directions of the bottom face 86, the storage space on the left side of the medal receiving recess 861 is narrower than the storage space on the right side of the medal receiving recess 861. .

  For this reason, medals paid out from the payout opening 5 are easily stored in the wider storage space (right storage space) and are less likely to be stored in the narrow storage space (left storage space). Therefore, the player does not have to frequently move medals from the left storage space to the right storage space.

  Next, a modification of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of the gaming machine 1 in the vicinity of the tray 8 according to a modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

  The medal receiving recess 861 has a medal aligning portion 861A in the front and a medal guiding portion 861B for guiding the medal to the medal aligning portion 861A in the rear.

  The configuration of the medal alignment portion 861A is the same as that of the medal receiving recess portion 861 of the embodiment described with reference to FIGS.

  In the medal guide portion 861B, the diameter of the recess portion increases toward the rear side (payout port 5 side). The diameter of the recess at the rear end of the medal guide portion 861B is formed to be slightly larger than the lateral width of the payout opening 5. In other words, the diameter of the concave portion of the medal guiding portion 861B is formed such that the width of the communication portion with the payout port 5 is slightly larger than the lateral width of the payout port 5, and from the communication portion toward the medal alignment portion 861A. And small. As a result, all medals paid out from the payout opening 5 can be stored in the medal receiving recess 861.

  Further, the medals are guided to the medal aligning unit 861A along the medal guide unit 861B whose diameter decreases toward the medal aligning unit 861A, and are narrowed down and accommodated in the medal aligning unit 861A. Therefore, the player can generate a bunch of medals simply by raising the medals accommodated in the medal alignment unit 861A.

  The embodiment disclosed this time is illustrative in all points and is not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined not by the above description of the invention but by the scope of the claims, and is intended to include all modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the scope of the claims.

  As described above, the present invention can be applied to a gaming machine having a tray that stores gaming media such as coins or medals.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structure of the game machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of a saucer of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the saucer of embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the center vicinity of the saucer of embodiment of this invention. It is a front perspective view of the cover member of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a back perspective view of the cover member of the embodiment of the present invention. It is an expansion perspective view of the gaming machine near the saucer when a small amount of medals is paid out according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is an expansion perspective view of the gaming machine near the saucer when the medal is fitted in the medal standing groove of the embodiment of the present invention. It is sectional drawing of the game machine vicinity of a saucer at the time of fitting a medal in the medal standing-up groove part of embodiment of this invention. It is an expansion perspective view of the gaming machine near the saucer when medals are aligned in the medal receiving groove of the embodiment of the present invention. It is an expansion perspective view of the game machine near the saucer of the modification of the embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 gaming machine (slot machine)
2 Front frame 3 Opening window portion 4 Clear member 5 Discharge port 6 Inclined base portion 7 Medal insertion port 8 Receptacle 9 Bet button 10 Cosmetic panel 11 Credit settlement button 12 Start lever 13, 14, 15 Reel stop button 15 Reel stop button 16 Return Button 17 Upper decoration unit 18 Sound emission part 19 Sound emission part 20 Decoration part 21 Ashtray 81 Cover member 82 Front wall 83 Left side wall 84 Right side wall 85 Upper surface 86 Bottom surface 91 Mounting base member 92 Cover member storage part 93 Ashtray storage part 94 Front wall 95 Middle side wall 96 Right side wall 97 Upper surface 98 Bottom surface 101 Rear wall 102 Left side wall 821 Medal take-out portion 822 Medal standing groove portion 861 Medal receiving recess portion 861A Medal alignment portion 861B Medal guide portion 862 Guide portion 862A Left side guide portion 862B Right side guide portion

Claims (7)

A box-shaped housing whose front surface is open, and a front frame attached to the front surface of the housing so as to be openable and closable,
In the gaming machine having a box-shaped tray for receiving and storing medals paid out from the payout opening, while opening a payout opening through which the medals used in the game are paid out in the front frame,
In the inner bottom of the saucer,
A medal receiving recess which is recessed over the front and rear direction in front of the payout port and which can receive medals paid out from the payout port;
A guiding section that guides medals that are inclined downward from the upper edge of the medal receiving recess to the left and right directions and that cannot be stored in the medal receiving recess, to the left and right ends of the tray,
A gaming machine comprising:   The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the medal receiving recess includes a medal aligning portion formed with a curvature radius that allows the medal to stand up and be aligned in the front-rear direction. The medal receiving recess is further provided with a medal guiding portion that is located on the payout exit side and guides the medal paid out from the payout exit to the medal receiving recess.
The medal guide section
The communicating part with the payout port is formed larger than the width of the payout port,
The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the game machine has a width that decreases from the communication portion toward the medal receiving recess.   4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein a medal take-out portion that is cut out so as to be continuous with an inner wall of the medal receiving recess is formed in a front wall portion of the tray.   5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein a medal standing-up groove portion is formed in the medal taking-out portion so that the medal can be stood up and fitted.   The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the medal receiving recess is formed to be inclined upward toward the medal takeout part.   2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a medal takeout portion that is cut out so as to be continuous with an inner wall of the medal receiving recess is formed in a front wall portion of the tray.

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