JP2009297203A5 - - Google Patents

Description

Game machine

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

  Patent Document 1 shows a gaming machine having an auxiliary tank that can handle both automatic collection and manual collection of gaming media overflowing from a hopper in the gaming machine.

  On the bottom surface of the gaming machine main body, a collection hole for enabling automatic collection of gaming media is formed in advance, and the outside communicates with the inside of the gaming machine main body.

  When the gaming machine is installed in an island facility of a game hall and the island facility is equipped with an automatic collection device for game media, the collection means of the automatic collection device is arranged continuously below the collection hole. Installed.

  In the auxiliary tank described in Patent Document 1, the bottom wall of the auxiliary tank has intermittently cut portions that penetrate in the thickness direction so as to surround a portion where the opening hole is to be formed, leaving a plurality of connecting ribs. An opening hole can be formed by cutting the connection ribs at a plurality of locations.

  The conventional auxiliary tank is used as it is in an island facility that manually collects game media, and is used with an opening hole formed in the bottom wall of the auxiliary tank in an island facility that automatically collects game media.

  The opening hole of the auxiliary tank communicates with the recovery hole on the bottom surface of the gaming machine main body with the auxiliary tank set in the gaming machine main body. Then, the game medium overflowing from the hopper and collected in the auxiliary tank can be discharged from the auxiliary tank through the opening hole, and can be supplied to the automatic collection device through the collection hole of the gaming machine main body. It has become.

JP 2005-323750 A

  However, since a collection hole for automatic collection is formed in advance on the bottom surface of the gaming machine main body, there is no risk that the collection hole will be exposed in the installed state. For example, before installing the gaming machine on the island facility In addition, when the gaming machine is in a single state, such as a state where it has been removed from an island facility for relocation as a used machine, the recovery hole of the gaming machine body may be exposed.

Therefore, when an opening hole is already formed in the bottom wall of the auxiliary tank for automatic collection, the outside and the inside of the gaming machine main body are communicated with each other via the collection hole of the housing and the opening hole of the auxiliary tank. Therefore , there is a possibility that a foreign object such as a wire is inserted from the outside into the inside of the gaming machine main body, and an illegal act is performed.

Moreover, in the technique described in the cited document 1, even in the state before the opening hole is formed in the bottom wall portion of the auxiliary tank, the wire is inserted through the cut portion and various illegal acts as described above. Ru danger that is performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems , and its purpose is to make an auxiliary tank that can be used in either a game hole for automatically collecting coins overflowing from a hopper or a game hole for manual collection, it is to provide a gaming machine capable of suppressing cheating to insert foreign objects into the game machine main body from the recovery holes for automatic recovery which opens to the bottom of the gaming machine main body.

A gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention for solving the above-described problems is
A state in which coins overflowing from the hopper in the gaming machine main body are accommodated in an auxiliary tank installed in the gaming machine main body, and an opening is formed in the gaming machine main body by passing the coin overflowing from the hopper through the auxiliary tank In the gaming machine configured to be able to cope with a state of being discharged out of the gaming machine main body from the coin collecting hole that has been made , the auxiliary tank is open at the top and has an opening hole communicating with the coin collecting hole at the bottom A tank body, and a closing member that closes or opens the opening hole and is rotatably provided on the tank body so that the outside of the tank body has a turning locus. a state where the tank body is restricted moved by at least the gaming machine auxiliary tank movement restricting portion which restricts movement up and down in the body and the closure member is closed the opening hole If the installed, characterized in that the opening operation of the closure member at the edge of the coin recovery holes located on the rotation path of the closure member is adapted to be regulated.

According to the present invention, an auxiliary tank that can be used in either a game hole that automatically collects coins overflowing from a hopper or a game hole that is manually collected can be used as an auxiliary tank, and a game can be played from an automatic collection hole that opens at the bottom of the gaming machine body. It is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of suppressing an illegal act of inserting a foreign object into the machine body.

First, invention groups that can be extracted from the present embodiment are shown as means n (n = 0, 1, 2, 3,...), And will be described while showing effects and the like as necessary.

Means 0. A state in which coins overflowing from the hopper in the gaming machine main body are accommodated in an auxiliary tank installed in the gaming machine main body, and an opening is formed in the gaming machine main body by passing the coin overflowing from the hopper through the auxiliary tank In the gaming machine configured to be able to cope with a state of being discharged out of the gaming machine main body from the coin collecting hole that has been made, the auxiliary tank is open at the top and has an opening hole communicating with the coin collecting hole at the bottom A tank body, and a closing member that closes or opens the opening hole and is rotatably provided on the tank body so that the outside of the tank body has a turning locus. Is a state in which the movement of the tank body is restricted by an auxiliary tank movement restricting part that restricts the movement of the tank body up and down at least in the gaming machine body, and the closing member closes the opening hole. If the installed gaming machine according to claim that the opening operation of the closure member at the edge of the coin recovery holes located on the rotation path of the closure member is adapted to be regulated.

Means 1: The coin overflowing from the hopper in the gaming machine main body is accommodated in an auxiliary tank installed in the gaming machine main body, and the accommodated coin is externally provided through a coin collecting hole formed in the gaming machine main body. In the gaming machine that can be discharged to the tank, the auxiliary tank has a tank body that is open at the top and has an opening hole that communicates with the coin recovery hole at the bottom, and closes or opens the opening hole. A lid that is pivotably provided so that the outer side of the tank main body becomes a rotation trajectory, and the auxiliary tank is installed so that the tank main body moves up and down at least within the gaming machine main body. When the movement of the auxiliary tank is restricted by the auxiliary tank movement restricting portion and the lid body is installed in a state where the opening hole is closed, the edge of the coin recovery hole is placed on the rotation trajectory of the lid body. Exist and said Gaming machine opening operation of the body is characterized in that is adapted to be regulated.

According to the invention described in the means 1, the lid is configured so that the opening hole formed in the tank body is closed or opened, and the outside of the tank body can be rotated. When the auxiliary tank is installed in the gaming machine main body, it is restricted by the auxiliary tank movement restricting portion from moving up and down at least in the gaming machine main body. Here, the auxiliary tank movement restricting portion is a generic name for restricting the movement of the auxiliary tank in the gaming machine body, and is, for example, a speaker, a hopper, or the like. Furthermore, when the lid is installed in a closed state, shifting the lid to the open state does not interfere with the edge of the coin recovery hole on the rotation trajectory. Can not.

Therefore, when installed with the lid closed, the gaming machine body with the auxiliary tank attached to the island equipment before being installed on the island equipment or removed from the island equipment for transfer as a used machine It is possible to prevent the auxiliary tank from being opened from the outside through the coin collecting hole.

That is, foreign objects such as wires and special tools can be prevented from being inserted into the gaming machine body from the coin recovery hole of the gaming machine body, and various illegal acts using such foreign objects can be prevented. Will be able to.

The invention described in means 2 is the gaming machine described in means 1,
The auxiliary tank is installed in a state in which the lid is closed, so that at least a part of the outer surface of the lid is in contact with the edge of the coin recovery hole. .

According to the configuration described in the means 2, when the auxiliary tank is installed with the lid closed, at least a part of the outer surface of the lid is in contact with the edge of the coin recovery hole. That is, the lid body is restricted from moving toward the open side. Therefore, it is possible to completely prevent the pivoting operation of the auxiliary tank lid from the closed state to the opened state through the coin collecting hole.

The invention according to means 3 is the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 or 2,
The lid body and the tank main body are integrally formed through a thin portion, and the lid body rotates around the thin portion.

According to the invention described in the means 3, the lid body can rotate with the thin portion as the shaft portion. Therefore, when the auxiliary tank is used in a hall where coins are automatically collected or when the lid is used in an open state in an island facility, the lid is prevented from being lost. Moreover, the number of parts of the auxiliary tank can be reduced, and further, the cost of the mold for manufacturing the auxiliary tank can be reduced.

The invention according to means 4 is the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 3,
The lid body is provided on the rotating front end side, engages with a latch receiving portion provided in the tank body in the closed state, and maintains the closed state of the lid body, and the tank body A bendable portion that can be bent outward, and the engaging portion is firmly engaged with the lock receiving portion by bending the bendable portion outward of the tank body. It has a shape.

According to the invention described in the means 4, the lid is kept closed by the latch receiving portion provided in the tank body and the latch portion provided in the lid. Further, the lid has a bendable portion that can be bent outward from the tank body. Therefore, when the auxiliary tank is used in a hole or island facility where coins are not automatically collected with the lid closed, the auxiliary tank stores coins and the bendable portion bends due to the weight of the coins. Here, since the locking portion has a shape in which the engagement state with the locking receiving portion becomes strong when the bendable portion is bent outward from the tank body, the opening of the auxiliary tank can be opened by the lid. Even if it exists, it can prevent that a cover body will be in an open state with the weight of the stored coin, and can use an auxiliary tank in comfort.

The invention described in means 5 is the gaming machine described in means 4,
The bendable portion is configured by connecting the lid pieces with a hinge portion installed substantially parallel to the axial direction of the pivoting operation, and the locking receiving portion is a pivot shaft of the lid body. The side of the tank body opposite to the side provided with a cutout portion provided on the side wall of the tank body, and the locking portion is engaged and locked from the outside into the cutout portion when the lid is closed. It is characterized by being configured with possible claws.

The invention described in the means 5 shows an example of a specific configuration of the bendable portion, the locking portion, and the locking receiving portion. According to this, the bendable part is configured by connecting the lid pieces at the hinge part installed substantially parallel to the axial direction of the rotation operation. Therefore, the bendable portion can be formed on the lid, and the bendable portion can be easily bent by the weight of the stored coins. Further, the latch receiving portion is constituted by a notch portion provided in the side wall of the tank body on the side facing the side where the rotation shaft of the lid is provided, and the latch portion is cut when the lid is closed. It is constituted by a claw part that can enter and lock from the outside into the notch part. Therefore, when the bendable portion is bent by the weight of the coin, it is possible to realize a configuration in which the engagement state between the locking portion and the locking receiving portion is strong.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking the case of a slot machine 1 as an example of a gaming machine. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the front door 3 of the slot machine 1 is closed, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the front door 3 of the slot machine 1 is opened, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II of FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slot machine 1 has a main body (game machine main body) 4 having a substantially rectangular shape in front view, which includes a housing 2 and a front door 3.

  The front door 3 is configured by mounting various devices such as a start lever 26 and a selector 9 on a substantially flat frame 20. The frame 20 has an inclined portion 20A inclined so as to protrude toward the near side as it moves downward from the upper end portion of the frame 20 to the substantially central portion in the height direction, and protrudes toward the near side from the lower end of the inclined portion 20A. A protrusion 20B extending at a predetermined height across the left and right sides, and a hanging part 20C that hangs down from the protrusion 20B to the lower end of the frame 20 at a position retracted further back than the protrusion 20B.

  The frame 20 is attached with a plurality of upper and lower portions at the left end connected to the housing 2 by hinges 5 (see FIG. 2) so that the front portion of the housing 2 can be easily opened and closed. At the right end of the frame 20, the locking device 6 that closes the front door 3 with respect to the housing 2 and locks it, and the locking state by the locking device 6 is released to open the front door 3. The key cylinder 7 is provided.

  On the front surface of the front door 3, there are a production unit 3A, a display unit 3B, an operation unit 3C, a decoration unit 3D, and a payout unit 3E so as to be arranged in order from top to bottom by devices attached to the frame 20. Is formed.

  The production unit 3A has a production device 21 that produces an effect for the player using light, sound, and video. The stage device 21 is attached to the inclined portion 20A of the frame 20, and is provided with an upper lamp 21a that lights and blinks as the game progresses, and various sound effects that are arranged on both the left and right sides of the lower position of the upper lamp 21a. And a pair of speakers 21b-1 and 21b-2 that generate etc., and a liquid crystal display 21c that is disposed between the pair of speakers 21b-1 and 21b-2 and displays various information such as images and videos. Have.

  The display unit 3B has a display panel 22 that indicates a gaming state to the player. The display panel 22 is fitted and attached to a rectangular opening that opens to the inclined portion 20 </ b> A of the frame 20. A display window 22a is integrally formed of a transparent or translucent material at a substantially central position of the display panel 22, so that the inner reels 11a to 11c of the housing 2 can be visually recognized from the display window 22a. It has become.

  In the operation unit 3C, a bet button 23 and a coin insertion slot 24 are provided on the upper surface portion 20Ba of the projecting portion 20B that projects in a planar shape from the lower end of the display panel 22 toward the front side. Then, the adjustment button 25, the start lever 26 for instructing the rotation start of the rotary reels 11a to 11c, and the rotary reel to the front face 20Bb of the protruding portion 20B that is bent at the front end of the upper surface 20Ba and hangs down. Each operation means such as a stop button 27 for supporting the rotation stop of 11a to 11c is arranged in a horizontal row. A cover member 28 that covers the periphery of each operation means is attached to the front surface portion 20Bb of the protruding portion 20B. The cover member 28 has a band plate shape extending in the left and right directions in front of the protruding portion 20 </ b> B of the frame 20.

  The decoration unit 3D includes a decoration panel 40 that displays a model name, a character related to a game, and the like. The decoration panel 40 is illuminated by light emitted from a light source P of an illumination device provided on the back side of the decoration panel 40 so that the decoration stands out. The lighting device includes a cold cathode tube as the light source P, and extends to the left and right of the front door 3 between the display section 42 of the decorative panel 40 and the hanging portion 20C of the frame 20 as shown in FIG. Both ends are supported by the frame 20. The light source P radiates light in a radial manner upon receiving power.

  The decorative panel 40 includes a protective cover 41 and a light reducing means 44. The protective cover 41 includes a display unit 42 that extends up and down in front of the hanging portion 20C of the frame 20, and a counter unit that is bent at the lower end of the display unit 42 and extends rearward and that faces the coin tray 33. 43 is integrally formed, and is constituted by a light-transmitting member such as a hard synthetic resin material such as transparent or translucent plastic or acrylic.

  The light reducing means 44 covers at least a part of the facing portion 43 of the protective cover 41 and has a configuration for dimming light emitted from the light source P toward the coin tray 33. A light-shielding plate 45 that shields light emitted from the light source P toward the coin tray 33, and an opening 46 that opens to the light-shielding plate 45 and passes light emitted from the light source P toward the coin tray 33. And a transmitted light adjusting unit 47 that is detachably attached to the opening 46 and transmits light passing through the opening 46 to change the light quantity, color, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the opening 46 is provided at a position where the light irradiated from the light source P passes and illuminates the coin tray 33. The size of the opening 46 is set to a size that allows light of a light amount that is necessary for illuminating the inside of the coin tray 33 from the light source P and is not dazzling to the player.

  Therefore, the light emitted from the light source P can be attenuated by the light reducing means 44 to adjust the amount of light applied to the coin tray 33, and the coin tray 33 can be illuminated with an appropriate amount of light. It is not too dazzling for the player, and the presence / absence confirmation of the coin on the coin tray 33 can be easily confirmed, and forgetting to remove the coin on the coin tray 33 can be prevented.

  In particular, in order to reinforce the strength of the bottom plate portion 33A of the coin tray 33, a metal plate member is laid on the bottom surface of the bottom plate portion 33A so that light from above is easily reflected. By dimming to an appropriate amount of light by the light means 44, it is possible to effectively prevent the player from feeling dazzling.

  And since the display part 42 and the opposing part 43 of the protective cover 41 are integrally formed, it is not necessary to open the protective cover 41 with an opening for transmitting light. Therefore, there is no possibility that a bar-like foreign material such as a wire will be inserted through the protective cover 41, and illegal acts such as illegally changing the setting state of the slot machine 1 can be effectively prevented.

  The payout unit 3E includes a coin payout exit 31, effect speakers 32L and 32R, a coin tray 33, and the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the coin payout opening 31 is formed at an approximately central position in the left-right direction of the frame 20, and the downstream end of the discharge passage 8 (see FIG. 2) is connected and connected. The production speakers 32L and 32R are attached to the frame 20 of the front door 3 so as to be located on both sides of the coin payout opening 31 in the left-right direction.

  The coin tray 33 is attached to the frame 20 via a coin tray mounting plate 30. The coin tray mounting plate 30 is made of a single flat metal plate, is attached so as to overlap the hanging portion 20C of the frame 20, extends over the left and right sides of the front door 3, and The front surfaces of the production speakers 32L and 32R are covered.

  A coin outlet 30a is formed in the center of the coin tray mounting plate 30 so as to correspond to the position of the coin payout outlet 31 of the frame 20 so that coins can be discharged from the coin payout outlet 31 to the coin tray 33. It has become. In addition, a plurality of small holes 30b are formed in a mesh shape corresponding to the positions of the production speakers 32L and 32R on both the left and right sides of the coin tray mounting plate 30 so that voices from the production speakers 32L and 32R can be heard on the front surface. It is emitted toward the front side that is the front of the door 3.

  The coin tray 33 is attached so as to protrude from the hanging portion 20 </ b> C of the frame 20 toward the front side and extend to the left and right of the front door 3. The coin tray 33 has a bottom plate portion 33A whose bottom surface extends left and right at a position lower than the coin payout port 31, and a vertical wall portion 33B provided along the outer edge of the bottom plate portion 33A and extending upward from the bottom surface. In addition, when attached to the coin tray mounting plate 30, a storage space is formed that can store a predetermined number of coins surrounded by the vertical wall portion 33B and the coin tray mounting plate 30 and opened upward. Have

  The vertical wall portion 33B has a pair of left and right side wall portions 33Ba and 33Bb whose base ends are fixed to the coin tray mounting plate 30 so as to extend from the coin tray mounting plate 30 toward the front side, and the coin tray mounting plate 30. The front wall portion 33Bc is disposed to face the coin payout opening 31 by connecting the tips of the pair of side wall portions 33Ba and 33Bb so as to extend right and left.

  The left side wall portion 33Ba is located inward of the left end portion of the front door 3, and an ashtray 33C is disposed between the left end portion of the front door 3 and the left side wall portion 33Ba. The right side wall portion 33Bb is located along the right end portion of the front door 3, and the upper end of the right side wall portion 33Bb gradually moves downward as it moves from the coin tray mounting plate 30 toward the front side, and the front wall portion 33Bc Smoothly continues to the top.

  The housing 2 is a member constituting the skeleton of the slot machine 1, and includes a top plate 2A, a bottom plate 2B, a back plate 2C, a left side plate 2D, and a right side plate 2E, and the front portion is opened as shown in FIG. It has a box shape.

  A reel unit 11 is disposed at a substantially central height position inside the housing 2. The reel unit 11 has a plurality of rotating reels 11a to 11c. Each of the rotating reels 11a to 11c is arranged so that its rotation center axis extends on the same axis in the lateral width direction of the housing 2, and the surfaces of the rotating reels 11a to 11c can be visually recognized from the display window 22a. Yes.

  A plurality of types of symbols are displayed on the surfaces of the rotating reels 11a to 11c at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction, and are arranged so that three symbols can be visually recognized from the top and bottom through the display window 22a. Then, by the normal rotation of the reels 11a to 11c, various symbols are displayed on the display windows 22a as if moving from top to bottom.

  Each of the reels 11a to 11c is individually connected to a stepping motor (not shown), and is driven to rotate independently by each of the stepping motors, and the symbols on the reel surface are stopped at a position where they can be seen from the display window 22a. The

  A main board unit 12 is disposed at an upper position inside the housing 2. The main board unit 12 is attached and supported on the back plate 2C of the housing 2 by a pedestal device in a state where the main control board for controlling the gaming operation of the slot machine 1 is housed in the control board housing box.

  A power supply box 13, coin payout means 14, and auxiliary tank 50 are arranged side by side at the lower position inside the housing 2. The power box 13 is provided along the left side plate 2D of the housing 2, and a power switch, a reset switch, and a setting key insertion hole (all of which are not shown) are exposed on the front surface exposed by opening the door 13a. Z). The power switch is a start switch for supplying power to each unit including the main controller.

  The reset switch is a switch for resetting various states of the slot machine. This slot machine 1 has a backup function of various data, and maintains the state at the time of power failure even if a power failure occurs, and returns to the state at the time of power failure at the time of recovery from power failure (recovery). You can return. Therefore, for example, when the power supply is turned off in the normal procedure, such as when the game hall is closed, the state before the turn-off is stored, but if the power switch is turned on while pressing the reset switch, the backup data is reset. It has become. If the reset switch is pressed while the power switch is on, the error state is reset.

  The setting key insertion hole is used by a hole manager or the like to adjust coins. That is, the setting state (winning probability setting process) of the slot machine 1 can be changed from “setting 1” to “setting 6” by operating the hole manager or the like by inserting the setting key into the setting key insertion hole. It has become.

  The coin payout means 14 is attached to the upper surface of the bottom plate 2B of the housing 2 via a slide mechanism (not shown), and is pulled out from the inside of the housing 2 to the front with the front door 3 opened. Can be done.

  The coin payout means 14 includes a hopper 15 for storing coins, a payout device 16 for paying out coins in the hopper 15 to a coin receiving tray 33, a coin discharge port 18 for discharging coins overflowing from the hopper 15 to the outside of the hopper 15, etc. It has. A payout device 16 is slidably supported on the upper surface of the bottom plate 2B, a hopper 15 is attached to the upper portion of the payout device 16, and a coin discharge port 18 is formed in the hopper 15.

  The payout device 16 has a configuration in which a rotating body is rotated by drive means such as a motor (both not shown), and coins in the hopper 15 are paid out from the payout opening 16a and flowed into the discharge passage 8. The hopper 15 has a bottomed cylindrical shape including a body portion 15A having a substantially rectangular shape in plan view that extends in the vertical direction of the housing 2 and a bottom portion 15B that closes a lower end portion of the body portion 15A. In the trunk portion 15A, the left wall portion 15Ac and the right wall portion 15Ad extend in parallel with the left side plate 2D and the right side plate 2E of the housing 2, and the rear wall portion 15Ab extends along the back plate 2C of the housing 2. The front wall portion 15Aa is arranged so as to extend to the left and right at the front portion of the housing 2.

  The upper end portion of the trunk portion 15A is opened upward, and an insertion slot 17 into which a coin is inserted is formed in the hopper 15. The bottom portion 15B has a pair of left and right inclined portions 15Ba and 15Bb that are inclined so as to gradually approach each other as they move downward. Of the pair of left and right inclined portions 15Ba and 15Bb, the inclined portion 15Ba shown on the left side in FIG.

  In addition, the inclined portion 15Bb shown on the right side in FIG. 3 protrudes toward the right side plate 2E of the housing 2 from the dispensing device 16, and faces the upper surface of the bottom plate 2B. The coin discharge port 18 is located above the auxiliary tank 50, so that the coin overflowing from the hopper 15 and discharged from the coin discharge port 18 can flow into the auxiliary tank 50. 15Ad is formed.

  The auxiliary tank 50 is accommodated in a state where it is placed on the upper surface of the bottom plate 2B of the housing 2 so that it can be pulled out and removed from the inside of the housing 2 with the front door 3 opened. Mounted in the main body 4. The bottom plate 2B of the housing 2 is formed with a coin collecting hole 2F for supplying coins stored in the auxiliary tank 50 to an automatic collecting device located below the gaming machine main body 4.

  The auxiliary tank 50 is open at the top to form an opening 54, the tank body 51 having an opening hole 74 communicating with the coin collection hole 2 </ b> F, and the opening hole 74 can be opened and closed. And a lid 52 that has a pivot shaft on one side of the side wall 104 (see FIG. 6) that can rotate the outside of the tank body 51.

  The auxiliary tank 50 has a structure that can handle both manual collection for storing coins discharged from the coin discharge port 18 and automatic collection for allowing coins to pass through and collected by an automatic collection device (not shown).

  The auxiliary tank 50 mainly includes a tank body 51 and a lid body 52. The tank body 51 has a bottomed box shape with an open top, and is formed on the bottom wall 101 of the tank body 51 (see FIG. 5, consisting of a front bottom wall 101a and a rear bottom wall 101b). Has an opening 74 formed therein. The opening hole 74 is substantially the same size as the coin collection hole 2F opened in the bottom plate 2B of the housing 2 in a state where the auxiliary tank 50 is mounted in the gaming machine body 4, and is a position communicating with the coin collection hole 2F. Is formed.

  As described above, the lid 52 has a pivot shaft on one side of the side wall 104 of the tank body 51 and is configured to be pivotable. By rotating around the tank body 51 outward, the lid 52 is opened. It has a configuration that can be selectively arranged at either one of a closing position for closing the hole 74 and an opening position for opening the opening hole 74.

  Here, when the lid 52 is in the closed position, the opening hole 74 is closed by the lid 52, and the lid 52 is locked at the closed position of the tank body 51 by the closed state maintaining means 86 to be described later. In the case where the lid body 52 is in the open position, the opening hole 74 is opened by the movement of the lid body 52, and the bottom surface 56 of the lid body 52 is the side wall 104 (see FIG. 6), the lid 52 is locked to the open position of the tank body 51 by an open state maintaining means 90 described later. When the lid body 52 is in the closed position, the rotation of the lid body 52 is further locked by an auxiliary locking portion 88 described later.

  The auxiliary tank 50 can store and store coins overflowing from the hopper 15 in the tank body 51 when the lid body 52 is placed in the closed position and mounted in the gaming machine body 4. When the body 52 is placed in the open position and mounted in the gaming machine main body 4, the coin overflowing from the hopper 15 and passing into the tank main body 51 is communicated with the opening hole 74 and the opening hole 74 of the tank main body 51. Passing through a coin recovery hole 2F opened in the bottom plate 2B of the housing 2 to be discharged to the outside of the gaming machine main body 4, supplied to an automatic recovery device located below the gaming machine main body 4, and recovered by the automatic recovery device Can be done.

  Sensor bars 19 </ b> A and 19 </ b> B of coin storage state detection means for detecting the storage state of coins in the auxiliary tank 50 are attached to the inside of the housing 2. As shown in FIG. 4, the sensor rods 19 </ b> A and 19 </ b> B are paired apart from each other in the vertical direction, and their base ends are fixed to the back plate 2 </ b> C of the housing 2, respectively, and parallel to the front of the housing 2. It is extended.

  Each of the sensor rods 19A and 19B is made of a conductive metal material, and is inserted into the tank main body 51 by mounting the auxiliary tank 50 inside the casing 2, and is substantially in the front-rear direction inside the tank main body 51. Extends to the center position.

  When conductive coins are stored in the auxiliary tank 50 and interposed between the pair of sensor rods 19A and 19B, they are electrically connected to each other, and coins in the auxiliary tank 50 are detected by a coin storage state detection means (not shown). Judgment is full.

  Next, the configuration of the auxiliary tank 50 will be described in detail. 5 is a perspective view of the auxiliary tank 50 showing a state in which the opening hole 74 of the auxiliary tank 50 is closed by the lid body 52 and the lid body is in the closed position, and FIG. 6 is a view in which the opening hole 74 of the auxiliary tank 50 is opened. FIG. 7 is a plan view of the auxiliary tank 50 when the lid 52 is in the closed position, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of the auxiliary tank 50 when the lid 52 is in the closed position. FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG. 7, and FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 10, the tank body 51 of the auxiliary tank 50 includes a lid bottom portion 56, a bottom wall portion 101 including a front bottom wall portion 101 a and a rear bottom wall portion 101 b, and the bottom wall portion 101. In addition, a bottom wall portion 101 and a front wall portion 102, a rear wall portion 103, a left wall portion 104, and a right wall portion 105 erected from the lid bottom portion 56 are provided so as to surround the lid bottom portion 56.

  The front wall portion 102 and the rear wall portion 103 are bent upwards and backwards in front of and behind the bottom wall portion 101, respectively, and the left wall portion 104 and the right wall portion 105 are opposite end portions of the bottom wall portion 101. Are bent upwards and face each other.

  An opening 54 that opens upward is formed in the upper portion of the tank body 51. The opening 54 has a front edge 102a extending in the left-right direction of the tank body 51 at the upper end of the front wall 102, and a right edge 105a extending in the front-rear direction of the tank body 51 at the upper end of the right wall 105. A rear edge 103a extending in the left-right direction of the tank body 51 at the upper end of the rear wall 103, and a left edge 104a extending in the front-rear direction of the tank body 51 at the upper end of the left wall 104. And has a substantially rectangular opening shape in plan view.

  When the opening 54 of the tank body 51 is mounted in the gaming machine body 4, the front edge 102 a of the opening 54 extends in the left-right direction of the housing 2 along the front opening of the housing 2. The right edge 105a extends in the front-rear direction of the housing 2 along the right side plate 2E, and the rear edge 103a extends in the left-right direction of the housing 2 along the back plate 2C. 104 a extends along the coin payout means 14 in the front-rear direction of the housing 2.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the tank main body 51 is accommodated in a space formed between the coin payout means 14 and the right side plate 2 </ b> E of the housing 2 when mounted inside the housing 2. Are disposed below the coin outlet 18 of the coin payout means 14.

  The left side wall portion 104 of the tank body 51 faces the hopper 15 and the movement of the tank body 51 to the upper side and the left side is restricted. At the same time, the right side wall portion 105 of the tank body 51 is moved to the right side plate 2E of the housing 2. The movement of the tank body 51 to the left and right is restricted, and the rear wall 103 of the tank body 51 faces the back plate 2C of the housing 2 and the movement of the tank body 51 to the rear is restricted. When the front door 3 is closed, the front wall 102 of the tank main body 51 faces the speaker 32R of the front door 3, and the forward movement of the tank main body 51 is restricted.

  Accordingly, an auxiliary tank movement restricting means is provided that contacts the tank main body 51 and restricts the front / rear, left / right, and vertical movement of the auxiliary tank 50 in the gaming machine main body 4 of the slot machine 1. Can be prevented from being changed. Accordingly, for example, the position of the auxiliary tank 50 in the gaming machine main body 4 is moved from the coin collecting hole 2F to form a gap between the auxiliary tank 50 and the bottom plate 2B of the housing 2, and a foreign object such as a wire is inserted from the gap. It can be prevented from being inserted.

  The opening hole 74 of the tank body 51 is opened when the lid 52 is rotated from the closed position to the open position. Here, the lid body 52 is formed with a larger area than the opening hole 74 and has a structure in which the outer side of the tank body 51 becomes a rotation locus. Further, since the area of the coin collecting hole 2F is narrower than that of the lid 52, when the tank body 51 is disposed in the gaming machine body 4 as will be described later, the lid is placed outside the tank body 51. Since the body 52 cannot be rotated, the lid body 52 of the auxiliary tank 50 cannot be opened from outside the gaming machine 1 through the coin collection hole 2F. The lid 52 has a larger area than the coin collecting hole 2F. However, when the lid 52 is to be opened, the edge of the coin collecting hole 2F and at least a part of the lid 52 are in contact with each other. The lid 52 may be prevented from being opened. Even in that case, the lid 52 cannot be opened from outside the gaming machine 1.

  The opening hole 74 of the tank body 51 is formed when the lid bottom portion 56 is rotated from the closed position to the open position, and the size thereof is substantially the same as the lid bottom portion 56. Then, it has a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view substantially matching the shape of the coin collecting hole 2F, and the front bottom wall portion 101a is formed at the front portion of the opening hole 74, and the rear bottom wall portion 101b is formed at the rear portion of the opening hole 74. It is continuous in width.

  The front bottom wall 101a is in the same plane as the plane including the lid bottom 56 of the lid 52 in the closed position, and extends between the right side wall 105 and the left side wall 104. 101a1 and the first front bottom wall portion 101a1 that is smoothly connected to each other and has an angle in the vertical direction with respect to the plane including the lid bottom portion 56 and is connected to the lower front wall 153 of the front wall portion 102. It is comprised from wall part 101a2. In the tank body 51, a front reinforcing rib 112a for reinforcement is formed on the front bottom wall portion 101a. Specifically, one rib and three ribs orthogonal to the first front bottom wall portion 101a1 and the second front bottom wall portion 101a2 are formed.

  The rear bottom wall portion 101b is flush with the lid bottom portion 56 of the lid body 52 in the closed position, extends between the right side wall portion 105 and the left side wall portion 104, and extends to the bottom portion of the rear wall portion 103. Configured to be continuous. In the tank main body 51, a rear reinforcing rib 112b is formed on the rear bottom wall portion 101b for reinforcement. Specifically, three ribs are formed between the left wall portion 104 and the right wall portion 105 at equal intervals.

  On the opening hole 74 side of the first front bottom wall portion 101a1 and on the opening hole 74 side of the rear bottom wall portion 101b, locking receiving portions 111a and 111b of an auxiliary locking portion 88 described later are formed.

  A connecting portion between the lid body 52 and the left side wall portion 104 is constituted by a self-hinge structure 60, and the lid body 52 and the tank body 51 are integrally formed. Accordingly, one side of the side wall 104 constituting the opening hole 74 serves as a rotation axis, and the lid body 52 rotates outside the tank body 51 between the closed position and the open position around the rotation axis. The lid 52 is selectively locked to the tank body 51 by the locking means 86 and 90 at either the open position or the closed position.

  A projecting portion 180 extending with a predetermined width in the front-rear direction of the tank body 51 is formed on the left edge 104 a of the left wall portion 104 of the tank body 51, and a reinforcing portion 104 b is formed below the projecting portion 180. Is provided. In the first embodiment, the number of reinforcing portions 104b is four. Thereby, the strength of the tank main body 51 with respect to the weight of the coin is improved, and warping inward in the lateral width direction is prevented.

  The front wall portion 102 of the tank body 51 has an upper front wall portion 151 that extends downward from the front end edge portion 102a of the opening portion 54 with the front end edge portion 102a of the opening portion 54 as an upper end, and the upper front wall portion 151 A middle front wall portion 152 that is bent at the lower end and extends horizontally rearward in the pull-out direction, and a lower front portion that extends downward from the rear end of the middle front wall portion 152 and is connected to the front end of the front bottom wall portion 101a. A wall 153 is provided.

  A hook portion 55 is formed integrally with the front wall portion 102. The hook portion 55 protrudes downward from the lower end of the upper front wall portion 151, faces the front of the lower front wall portion 153, and forms a gap that allows a fingertip to be inserted from below with the lower front wall portion 153. The strip 154 has side walls 155 that are bent rearward at both end portions of the drooping strip 154 and connected to the left and right side end portions of the lower front wall portion 153.

  The length of the hanging piece 154 is set such that the fingertip inserted from below is deep enough to enter the first joint. The side wall 155 connects the both side end portions of the hanging piece 154 and the both side end portions of the lower front wall portion 153 to improve the attachment rigidity of the hook portion 55 to the tank body 51.

  The hook portion 55 can insert a fingertip from below between the hanging piece 154 and the lower front wall portion 153 to pull the tank body 51 forward of the housing 2. And since it is inserted between the hanging piece 154 and the lower front wall part 153 when it takes out from the inside of the housing | casing 2, the auxiliary | assistant tank 50 can be held stably. Therefore, a series of operations of pulling the auxiliary tank 50 forward from the inside of the housing 2 and lifting it can be performed smoothly and continuously.

  Further, the middle front wall portion 152 and the lower front wall portion 153 of the front wall portion 102 are provided so as to recede to the rear side in the pulling direction from the front end edge portion 102a of the opening portion 54 and to be positioned inward of the opening portion 54. Therefore, the front end edge portion 102 a of the opening 54 can be disposed at the front side position of the tank main body 51.

  Accordingly, the front end edge portion 102a of the opening 54 can be arranged on the front side in the pulling direction while the hooking portion 55 is provided, and a wider opening area of the opening 54 is secured in the limited space inside the housing 2. can do.

  Therefore, for example, when an operation of scraping coins from the hopper 15 to the auxiliary tank 50 is performed by a hall employee or the like, the coins discharged from the coin discharge port 18 are not opened to the outside from the housing 2. Accordingly, the coin can be quickly and easily moved from the hopper 15 to the auxiliary tank 50.

  A sensor insertion portion 57 is provided on the rear wall portion 103 of the tank body 51. When the auxiliary tank 50 is used for manual recovery, the sensor insertion portion 57 includes sensor bars 19A and 19B of coin storage state detection means for detecting the storage state of coins in the auxiliary tank 50 provided in the housing 2. Inserted.

  The sensor insertion portion 57 is provided at a substantially central position in the left-right direction of the rear wall portion 103. The sensor insertion portion 57 is provided at a position intermediate between the first sensor insertion hole 161 formed at the upper position of the rear wall portion 103 and the rear wall portion 103. A second sensor insertion hole 162 having an opening formed therein and a third sensor insertion hole 163 having an opening formed at a lower position of the rear wall portion 103 are provided. Here, since there are three insertion holes, the state of coin storage can be detected in various variations. Normally, the sensor bars 19A and 19B are inserted into the first sensor insertion hole 161 and the third sensor insertion hole 163, and the stored coins are detected. The detection is performed when the sensor rods 19A and 19B are turned on by the coin.

  As described above, the lid 52 is selectively locked by the locking means 86 and 90 at one of the closed position and the open position. From the closed position to the open position, it is necessary to rotate the lid 52 outside the tank body 51 with one side of the side wall 104 constituting the opening hole 74 as a rotation axis. Hereinafter, the self-hinge structure 60 for rotating the lid 52 and the locking structure and method of the locking means 86 and 90 for locking the lid 52 in the closed position or the open position will be described in detail.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory view of the self-hinge structure, FIG. 12 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a part A of FIG. 10, and an explanatory view for explaining a state in which the lid body is locked at the closed position. FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a portion B in FIG. 10, and is an explanatory view for explaining a state in which the lid body is locked at the open position, and FIG. 14 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the C portion in FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining a mode that is latched by the auxiliary latching | locking part.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the self-hinge structure. FIG. 11A shows the case where the lid 52 is in the closed position, and FIG. 11B shows the bottom 56 of the lid 52 by rotating the lid 52. When the side wall 104 is arranged in a line, FIG. 7C is a cross-sectional view when the lid 52 is in the open position.

  The self-hinge structure 60 is configured between the left side wall portion 104 and the lid body bottom portion 56 of the lid body 52. When the lid 52 is rotated between the left side wall portion 104 and the lid bottom portion 56 so that the bottom surface of the lid bottom portion 56 is brought close to the outer side surface of the left side wall portion 104 (FIG. 11C). An intermediate portion 120 c is provided between the left side wall portion 104 and the lid bottom portion 56. Bent portions 94a and 94b are provided on both sides of the intermediate portion 120c. The bent portion 94a is formed between the left side wall portion 104 and the intermediate portion 120c, and the bent portion 94b is formed between the intermediate portion 120c and the lid bottom portion 56, and the bent portion 94a rotates the lid body 52. It is the axis. In order to optimize the thickness of the bent portions 94a and 94b to facilitate the rotation of the lid 52 and to ensure durability, thin portions 120a and 120b are formed as shown in FIG. ing. Here, since the thin portion is provided at two locations, the amount of bending per bent portion is less when the lid 52 is opened and closed than when the thin portion is configured at one location, thus improving durability. Can be made. When the lid 52 is locked at the closed position (FIG. 11A), the intermediate portion 120 c is in the same plane as the lid bottom 56 and constitutes the bottom surface of the auxiliary tank 50.

  By the self-hinge structure 60, the lid 52 can be easily rotated from the state where the opening hole 74 is in the closed position (FIG. 11A) to the state where it is in the open position (FIG. 11C). It is. In the embodiment, since the auxiliary tank 50 is made of polypropylene, the self-hinge structure 60 is resistant to repeated bending, and the tank body 51 and the lid body 52 are integrally formed, so that the automatic collection is possible. There is no possibility of losing the lid 52 as compared with the case where the lid 52 is removed from the hole. Further, the number of parts constituting the auxiliary tank 50 and the cost of the mold for manufacturing the auxiliary tank 50 can be reduced as compared with the case where the tank main body 51 and the lid body 52 are made separately.

  In order to lock the lid body 52 at the closing position for closing the opening hole 74, the opening hole 74 is closed by the lid body 52, and the first protrusion 68 provided on the lid body side portion 58 of the lid body 52 is used as the tank body. This is done by inserting and engaging a first locking hole 66 formed in the right side wall portion 51 of 51. When the lid 52 is in the closed position, the lid side portion 58 is configured to be bent upward from the lid bottom portion 56 and to have a predetermined height. The lid side portion 58 overlaps with the lower portion of the right side wall portion 105, a first projection 68 is formed at the tip of the overlapped lid side portion 58, and a position corresponding to the first projection 68 of the right side wall portion 105 A first locking hole 66 is formed.

  Since the lid side part 58 is configured to overlap the lower part of the right side wall part 105 as described above, both ends of the lid side part 58 in the front-rear direction of the tank body 51 are exposed. Therefore, in order to protect those end portions, the right side wall portion 105 is provided with end portion protection projections 62a and 62b at corresponding positions. Thus, both end portions of the tank body 51 in the front-rear direction of the lid side portion 58 are protected by the end protection protrusions 62a and 62b, and therefore both ends of the tank side portion 58 in the front-rear direction of the tank body 51 due to interference with other components. There is no worry that the part will be chipped or damaged.

  The first protrusion 68 protrudes from the lid body side portion 58 perpendicular to the lid body side portion 58 toward the inside of the tank body 51. The first locking hole 66 is provided so as to penetrate the first wall 68 at a position facing the first protrusion 68. The height of the protrusion of the first protrusion 68 from the lid side part 58 is substantially the same as the depth of the first locking hole 66 formed in the right side wall 105, that is, the thickness of the right side wall 105. ing. The projection side surface 96 b of the first projection portion 68 is in surface contact with the lower side wall surface 96 a in the first engagement hole 66, so that the first projection portion 68 is engaged with the first engagement hole 66.

  The edge portion 92b of the lid side portion 58 is formed continuously in the front-rear direction of the tank body 51, and the inner surface thereof is formed in a taper shape so that the thickness decreases toward the tip. . Accordingly, a gap is generated between the end edge portion 92b and the right side wall portion 105, and a fingernail is applied to the gap. This facilitates the operation when the first protrusion 68 is removed from the first locking hole 66. In the first embodiment, four sets of closed state maintaining means 86 constituted by the first protrusions 68 and the first locking holes 66 are provided, and the lid 52 is locked at the closed position. Is sure. Moreover, the 1st projection part 68 is comprised with the material which can deform | transform the cover body side part 58 so that it can remove from the 1st locking hole 66 by which insertion locking was carried out.

  When the lid 52 is rotated from the closed position to the open position, it is necessary to disengage the first protrusion 68 from the first locking hole 66 and to rotate the lid 52 to the outside of the tank main body 51. In that case, the first protrusion 68 separated from the first locking hole 66 comes into contact with the lower wall portion of the area of the right side wall 105 of the tank body 51 where the first locking hole 66 is formed, and the lid body. There is a risk of hindering the rotation of 52. Therefore, an escape portion 72 is provided in the lower portion of the region where the first locking hole 66 is formed.

  The escape portion 72 is obtained by retreating the right side wall portion 105 inward of the tank body 51 along the rotation trajectory of the distal end portion of the first projection portion 68. The outer wall portion 94a of the escape portion 72 is The depth from the right side wall portion 105 increases toward the lid bottom portion 56. The inner wall portion 94b is formed substantially parallel to the outer wall portion 94a so that the thickness of the side wall portion constituting the escape portion 72 is uniform. By the escape portion 72, the lid body 52 can be rotated to the outside of the tank main body 51 without any trouble after the first protrusion 68 is separated from the first locking hole 66. Further, when the opening hole 74 is closed by the lid 52, the first protrusion 68 and the outer wall portion 94a come into contact with each other, the lid side portion 58 is bent, and the first protrusion 68 becomes the first locking hole. 66. Further, the escape portion 72 and the second locking hole 64 are overlapped so as to prevent a wire or the like from being inserted from the second locking hole 64 while making the clearance portion 72.

  Next, a case where the lid 52 is locked at the open position will be described. It is assumed that the lid 52 is in the closed position. First, the first protrusion 68 is removed from the first locking hole 66, and the lid 52 is rotated outside the tank body 51 until the lid bottom 56 comes close to the outer surface of the left side wall 104. The left side wall 104 is provided with a second protrusion 76 at a substantially central portion in the height direction of the left side wall 104, and the second bottom 56 of the lid body 56 when the lid 51 is close to the left side wall 104. A second locking hole 64 is formed at a position corresponding to the two protrusions 76.

  The direction of the claw protrusion of the second protrusion 76 is a direction perpendicular to the left wall 104 and is outside the tank body 51. The second locking hole 64 is formed through the lid bottom portion 56. The lid 52 is locked at the open position by the second protrusion 76 being inserted and locked into the second locking hole 64.

  When the lid 52 is in the open position, the head portion 98d of the second protrusion 76 protrudes completely from the second locking hole 64, and is formed between the head portion 98d and the left side wall portion 104. A portion of the base portion 98 a is configured to be in surface contact with the lower side wall 98 c in the second locking hole 64. Therefore, when the second protrusion 76 is inserted and locked in the second locking hole 64, the lid bottom 56 tries to return by the elastic force of the self-hinge structure 60, but the head 98d of the second protrusion 76 is The 2nd locking hole 64 of the cover body bottom part 56 is locked, and the cover body 52 will be locked by the open position.

  When the second protrusion 76 is removed from the second locking hole 64, the head 98d of the second protrusion 76 is lifted upward, and the lid bottom 56 is moved away from the left wall 104. . The base portion 98a of the second protrusion 76 is made of a deformable material so that the second protrusion 76 can be removed from the second locking hole 64. The open state maintaining means 90 includes the second protrusion 76 and the second locking hole 64.

  Therefore, the hole diameter in the height direction at the opening position of the second locking hole 64 is larger than the width in the height direction of the head portion 98d of the second protrusion 76, and the head 52 is turned when the lid 52 rotates. The diameter is such that the portion 98d is not caught. In the first embodiment, four sets of open state maintaining means 90 are provided to ensure the locking of the lid 52 at the open position.

  Here, a lid protection wall 80 that protects the second protrusion 76 is provided on the left side wall 104. The lid protection wall 80 is provided so as to protrude from the side wall portion 104 of the tank main body 51 and surround the lid 52 from above and in the front-rear direction when the lid 52 is in the open position. , 80b, 80c. In the manual recovery hole, the lid body 52 is used in a closed state, and the auxiliary tank 50 is frequently taken in and out of the gaming machine main body 4. However, due to the lid body protection wall 80, the second protrusion 76 is caused by interference with other members. Is prevented from being damaged. In the first embodiment, the amount of protrusion of the flat members 80a, 80b, and 80c from the left wall 104 is substantially the same as the amount of protrusion of the second protrusion 76 from the left wall 104 to protect. I made it.

  Next, when the lid body 52 is locked at the closed position, an auxiliary locking portion 88 is formed on the lid body 52 in order to more securely lock the lid body 52 with the tank body 51. Has been. The auxiliary locking portion 88 includes third protrusions 70 a and 70 b and locking receiving portions 111 a and 111 b formed on the front bottom wall portion 101 a and the rear bottom wall portion 101 b of the tank body 51.

  The third protrusions 70a and 70b are formed to protrude toward the inside of the tank main body 51 at the front and rear parts of the lid bottom part 56, and are composed of a base 73a and a head 73b, like the second protrusion 76. ing. The latch receiving portions 111a and 111b are formed on the opening hole 74 side of the front bottom wall portion 101a and the rear bottom wall portion 101b, and the third protrusions 70a and 70b are engaged with the latch receiving portions 111a and 111b, respectively. It is configured.

  The engagement state of the third protrusion 70b and the latch receiving portion 111b will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The third protrusion 70b is formed at the end of the lid bottom 56 so as to protrude toward the inside of the tank body, and has a base 73a and a head 73b at the tip thereof. The latch receiving portion 111b includes a flat plate-like first protrusion 113a that protrudes in the horizontal direction from the end of the rear bottom wall 101b toward the opening hole 74 and toward the center of the opening hole 74, and the first protrusion 113a. And a flat plate-like second projecting portion 113b projecting vertically upward from the tip portion. The thickness of the 1st protrusion part 113a and the 2nd protrusion part 113b is substantially the same as the thickness of the rear wall part 101b. Further, since the mating surfaces of the lid 52 and the first projecting portion 113a and the second projecting portion 113b have a crank shape, it is difficult to insert a wire or the like.

  As described above, the third protrusion 70b includes the base 73a that protrudes vertically upward from the lid bottom 56 and the head 73b provided at the tip of the base 73a. In the cross-sectional view of FIG. The position from the end of the lid bottom part 56 where the is formed is substantially equal to the protruding amount from the end of the rear bottom wall part 101b of the first protruding part 113a, and the height of the base part 73a to the head part 73b is , Approximately equal to the height of the second protrusion 113b. Therefore, the second protrusion 113b is engaged between the head 73b of the third protrusion 70b and the lid bottom 56, and the lid bottom 56 is locked to the rear bottom wall 101b. Note that the description of the third projection 70a and the latch receiving portion 111a is the same as the explanation given to the third projection 70b and the latch receiving portion 111b, and will be omitted. The auxiliary projections 88 are constituted by the third projections 70a and 70b and the latch receiving portions 111a and 111b. Note that the length of the third protrusions 70a and 70b in the left-right direction of the tank body 51 can be appropriately determined in consideration of the size of the replenishment tank 50 and the like. The lid 52 is securely locked to the bottom of the tank body 51 by the auxiliary locking portion 88. When releasing the locking of the lid bottom portion 56 to the bottom wall portion 101 by the auxiliary locking portion 88, the base 73a of the auxiliary locking portion 88 is made of an elastically deformable material. The part 73b can be released by moving it inside the opening hole 74.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state from when the lid body 52 is rotated from the state locked at the closed position to the open position and locked at the open position. FIG. 6A shows a state in which the lid 52 is locked at the closed position, FIG. 6B shows a state in which the first protrusion 68 is detached from the first locking hole 66, FIG. (D) is a state in the middle of rotating the lid body 52 to the outside of the tank main body 51, and (e) in the same figure shows that the second protrusion 76 of the lid body 52 is inserted and locked into the second locking hole 64. The state immediately before (f) in the figure shows the state where the lid 52 is locked in the open position.

  In order to rotate the lid 52 from the closed position to the open position, the lid 52 must be rotated to the outside of the tank body 51. In a state where the auxiliary tank 50 is installed in the gaming machine body 4, the right side wall portion 105 of the tank body 51 faces the right side plate 2 </ b> E of the housing 2 and the movement of the tank body 51 to the left and right is restricted. When the rear wall 103 of the 51 is opposed to the back plate 2C of the housing 2 and the rearward movement of the tank main body 51 is restricted and the front door 3 is closed, the front wall 102 of the tank main body 51 is the front door. 3, the forward movement of the tank body 51 is restricted, and the left wall 104 of the tank body 51 is opposed to the right wall 15Ad of the hopper 15 and the upward movement is restricted. Therefore, in a state where the auxiliary tank 50 is installed in the gaming machine main body 4, it is impossible to rotate the lid 52 outside the tank main body 51. In the present embodiment, the movement of the auxiliary tank 50 in all directions up and down, left and right, and up and down is restricted. However, to prevent the lid body 52 from rotating, at least the movement in the up and down direction should be restricted. .

  Therefore, it is possible to prevent foreign objects such as wires and special tools from being inserted into the gaming machine body 4 from the coin collecting hole 2F of the gaming machine body 4 and to prevent various illegal acts using such foreign objects. Can do.

  In addition, as described above, the movement of the auxiliary tank 50 can be regulated by using the existing members existing in the gaming machine body 4 conventionally, and the auxiliary tank movement regulating means is configured without increasing the number of parts. be able to.

  Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the position of the auxiliary tank 50 from being changed by inserting a hand or instrument from the coin collection hole 2F, and a gap communicating from the coin collection hole 2F to the inside of the housing 2 is formed. Can be prevented.

  In the present embodiment, the positioning of the auxiliary tank 50 inside the casing 2 has been described as an example of a configuration in which the hopper 15, the speaker 32R, the right side plate 2E, the back plate 2C, and the like are used. The auxiliary tank 50 may be provided so that it can be guided in the front-rear direction inside the housing 2, and the movement in the front-rear, left-right, and vertical directions may be restricted.

  According to the auxiliary tank 50 having the above configuration, the lid body 52 can be selectively disposed at either the closed position or the open position by rotating the outside of the tank main body 51, so that the opening hole 74 is closed from the open state. It is possible to switch to the state so as to correspond to manual recovery, and to switch from the closed state to the open state to correspond to automatic recovery.

  Therefore, for example, when the slot machine 1 arranged in a game hall or island facility in which coins as game media are automatically collected is moved to a game hall or island facility in which coins are manually collected, the auxiliary tank 50 The lid body 52 is rotated from the open position to the closed position to close the opening hole 74 of the auxiliary tank 50, and the auxiliary tank 50 can be changed from one corresponding to automatic collection to one corresponding to manual collection. .

  Therefore, it is not necessary to purchase a new auxiliary tank 50, and the cost associated with the transfer of the slot machine 1 can be reduced. Further, since the lid 52 is rotatably supported by the tank body 51, for example, when the lid 52 is used with the opening hole 74 of the auxiliary tank 50 opened, the lid 52 can be prevented from being lost. it can.

  In addition, for example, when the slot machine 1 provided in a game hall or island facility where coins are automatically collected is moved to a game hall or island facility where coins are manually collected, the coin collection hole 2F is exposed. 2, the lid 52 of the auxiliary tank 50 is held in the closed position, and the coin recovery hole 2 </ b> F opened in the bottom plate 2 </ b> B of the housing 2 is closed by the auxiliary tank 50, so that the space between the inside and the outside of the housing 2 is Can be isolated. Therefore, foreign matter such as dust can be prevented from entering the inside of the housing 2 from the coin collecting hole 2F.

  Further, the closed state maintaining means 86, the open state maintaining means 90, and the auxiliary locking portion 88 are provided in the auxiliary tank 50, and the lid body 52 is firmly locked to the tank body 51. However, the closed state maintaining means 86 and the open state maintaining means 90 are configured to be inoperable from the outside of the gaming machine body 4.

  Accordingly, for example, before the slot machine 1 is installed on the island facility, or removed from the island facility for relocation as a used machine, the slot machine 1 is in a single state and the coin collecting hole of the bottom plate 2B of the casing 2 is recovered. In a situation where 2F is exposed, when a hand or instrument is inserted from the coin recovery hole 2F and the lid 52 is pulled out from below the tank body 51 to rotate the lid 52 from the closed position to the open position. The closed state maintaining means 86 can restrict the rotation of the lid 52 and prevent the opening hole 74 of the auxiliary tank 50 from being illegally opened.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 16 is a schematic sectional view of an auxiliary tank 50 according to the second embodiment of the gaming machine of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is the configuration of the lid 200. In the second embodiment, the open state maintaining means 90 and the auxiliary locking portion 88 shown in the first embodiment are not formed. Only the engagement strengthening part 300 having the function as the closed state maintaining means of the first embodiment is formed.

  The engagement strengthening part 300 in the second embodiment is composed of an engaging part 210 and a latch receiving part 212. The locking receiving portion 212 is configured by a notch portion that is formed through the right side wall portion 105 of the tank body 51. The engaging portion 210 is provided at the distal end portion of the lid body side portion 216 bent upward from the bottom portion 220 of the lid body 200, and enters and locks into the notch portion from the outside when the lid body 200 is closed. It consists of possible claws. The lid body side portion 216 is bent upward from the bottom portion 220 of the lid body 200 and overlaps the right side wall portion 105. The locking part 210 has a base part 214a protruding from the lid side part 216 and a head part 214b at the tip part thereof.

  The height of the head 214b of the locking part 210 formed at the end of the lid side part 216 from the lid side part 216 is substantially the same as the thickness of the right side wall part 105. When the lid 200 is in the closed position, the head 214b is located inside the tank body 51 from the latch receiving portion 212, and the base 214a at the lower portion of the head 214b is a lower portion constituting the latch receiving portion 212. The inner wall surface 212a is in surface contact with the inner wall surface 212a.

  The lid body bottom portion 220 of the lid body 200 includes a first lid body bottom portion 202 and a second lid body bottom portion 204 which are lid body pieces. The first lid body bottom portion 202 and the second lid body bottom portion 204 are joined together by a hinge portion 206, and can rotate with respect to each other about the hinge portion 206. The bendable portion is configured by connecting the lid pieces at the hinge portion 206, and the hinge portion 206 bends and moves downward as coins are stored in the lid bottom portion 220. Yes. The first lid bottom 202 is connected using the left side wall 104 and the hinge 208, and the second lid bottom 202 is configured to be rotatable around the hinge 208.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, the lid 200 is structured to be locked only at the closed position, and when the lid 200 is opened, the tank body 51 is provided with means for locking the lid 200. It is not done. The lid 200 is locked in the closed position by inserting and locking the locking portion 210 into the locking receiving portion 212. According to this configuration, coins are stored and the coin bottom 220 is placed in the coin. Is accumulated, the weight of the coin is applied to the lid bottom 220, the hinge 206 bends and tries to move downward, but the locking part 210 is engaged with the locking receiving part, Since a strong force is applied to the inner surface of the wall portion 105 and the contact surface of the head portion 214b, there is an advantage that the engagement between the locking portion 210 and the locking receiving portion 212 is further strengthened and the lid 200 is difficult to open. That is, the engagement is strengthened by the locking portion 210 and the locking receiving portion 212.

  Further, since the engagement strengthening unit 300 configured by the locking unit 210 and the locking receiving unit 212 is in a position where it cannot be operated from the outside of the gaming machine body 4, for example, the slot machine 1 is installed in the island facility. In the situation where the coin recovery hole 2F of the bottom plate 2B of the housing 2 is exposed in the state of the slot machine 1 alone, such as before or removed from the island facility for relocation as a used machine, the coin recovery hole 2F When a hand or instrument is inserted and the lid body 52 is pulled out from below the tank main body 51 to rotate the lid body 52 from the closed position to the open position, the engagement strengthening unit 300 rotates the lid body 200. By restricting the movement, it is possible to prevent the opening hole 74 of the auxiliary tank 50 from being illegally opened.

  Furthermore, also in the tank main body of the second embodiment, in order to open the lid 200, the tank main body 51 must be rotated outside. Accordingly, as in the first embodiment, when the auxiliary tank 50 is installed in the gaming machine body 4, the right side wall portion 105 of the tank body 51 faces the right side plate 2E of the housing 2 and the When the rear wall 103 of the tank body 51 faces the back plate 2C of the housing 2 and the movement of the tank body 51 to the rear is restricted and the front door 3 is closed, Since the front wall portion 102 of the tank main body 51 faces the speaker 32R of the front door 3 and the forward movement of the tank main body 51 is restricted, the lid body 200 is in a state where the auxiliary tank 50 is installed in the gaming machine main body 4. It is impossible to rotate the outside of the tank body 51. Also in the present embodiment, in order to restrict the rotation of the lid 200, it is sufficient to restrict at least the vertical movement of the tank body 51.

  Therefore, it is possible to prevent foreign objects such as wires and special tools from being inserted into the gaming machine body 4 from the coin collecting hole 2F of the gaming machine body 4 and to prevent various illegal acts using such foreign objects. Can do.

It is a perspective view which shows the state which the front door of the slot machine closed. It is a perspective view which shows the state which the front door of the slot machine opened. It is a figure which shows the inside of the housing of a slot machine from the front. It is the II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is a perspective view of the auxiliary tank which shows the state by which the opening hole of the auxiliary tank was obstruct | occluded with the cover body. It is a perspective view of an auxiliary tank which shows the state where the opening hole of the auxiliary tank was opened. It is a top view of an auxiliary tank in case a lid is in a closed position. It is a bottom view of an auxiliary tank when a lid is in a closed position. It is the II-II sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is the III-III sectional view taken on the line of FIG. It is explanatory drawing of a self hinge structure. It is A section expanded sectional view of Drawing 10, and is an explanatory view explaining a situation in case a lid is in a closed position. It is the B section expanded sectional view of Drawing 10, and is an explanatory view explaining a situation when a lid is in an open position. It is the C section expanded sectional view of Drawing 9, Comprising: It is explanatory drawing explaining a mode that it is locked by an auxiliary locking part. It is explanatory drawing explaining a mode until it rotates a lid body from the state latched by the obstruction | occlusion position to an open position, and latches to an open position. It is sectional drawing of the auxiliary tank which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of the game machine of this invention.

1 slot machine (game machine)
2 Housing 3 Front door 4 Gaming machine main body 15 Hopper 50 Auxiliary tank 51 Tank main body 52 Lid 64 Second locking hole 66 First locking hole 68 First protrusions 70a, 70b Third protrusion 76 Second protrusion 74 Opening hole 86 Closed state maintaining means 88 Auxiliary locking portion 90 Open state maintaining means 101 Bottom wall portions 111a and 111b Locking receiving portion 161 First sensor insertion hole 162 Second sensor insertion hole 163 Third sensor insertion hole

Claims (5)

A state in which coins overflowing from the hopper in the gaming machine main body are accommodated in an auxiliary tank installed in the gaming machine main body, and an opening is formed in the gaming machine main body by passing the coin overflowing from the hopper through the auxiliary tank In a gaming machine configured to be compatible with a state of being discharged from the coin recovery hole made to the outside of the gaming machine body ,
The auxiliary tank is
A tank body in which an upper part is opened and an opening hole communicating with the coin collecting hole is formed in the lower part;
A closing member that closes or opens the opening hole, and is provided in the tank body so as to be rotatable so that the outer side of the tank body becomes a turning locus;
The auxiliary tank is
When the movement of the tank main body is restricted by an auxiliary tank movement restricting portion that restricts movement of the tank main body up and down at least in the gaming machine main body, and the closing member is installed with the opening hole closed, the blocking gaming machine, wherein the opening operation of the closure member is adapted to be regulated at the edge of the coin recovery holes located on the rotation path of the member. The auxiliary tank is installed in a state where the closing member is closed, so that at least a part of the outer surface of the closing member is in contact with an edge of the coin collecting hole. The gaming machine according to claim 1. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the closing member and the tank main body are integrally formed through a thin portion, and the closing member rotates around the thin portion as an axis. The gaming machine described. The closing member is
A locking portion that is provided on the rotating front end side and engages with a locking receiving portion provided in the tank body in the closed state and maintains the closed state of the closing member ;
A bendable portion that can be bent outward from the tank body,
The said latching | locking part has a shape where the engagement state to the said latching receiving part becomes strong by the bending of the said bendable part to the said tank main body outward. The gaming machine according to claim 1. The bendable part is
It is configured by connecting the closing member at a hinge portion installed substantially parallel to the axial direction of the rotation operation,
The locking receiving portion is
It is constituted by a notch provided in the side wall of the tank body on the side facing the side where the rotation shaft of the closing member is provided,
The locking portion is
The gaming machine according to claim 4, comprising a claw portion capable of entering and locking from the outside into the cutout portion in a closed state of the closing member .