JP2010046379A - Multi-token game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent imbalance in the number of tokens within a multi-token game machine, and to make management of tokens more efficient or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine has an outside token collecting stocker (15) for integrally collecting and managing a number of external tokens (M1) in one part to be shared by players in a plurality of game play control parts (10). The game machine also has a token control management device (30) to feed internal tokens (M2) onto a play field (21) by driving an internal token feeding mechanism (22) of a corresponding game terminal (20) according to the output of an external token detection device (13) of each game play control part (10), and to put out the external tokens (M1) to each player from the external token collecting stocker (15) by driving an external token put-out mechanism (14) of the corresponding game play control part (10) according to the output of an internal token acquisition detecting device (26) of each game terminal (20). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a multi-medal game machine including a plurality of game terminals and a game play operation unit. More specifically, the present invention separates a medal used in each game terminal and a medal used by a player in the game play operation unit. In the latter case, the medals used in a plurality of game play operation units are managed in a lump so that the overall medal management in the game machine can be managed smoothly and easily. It relates to a multi-medal game machine.

Conventionally, in a medal game machine, for example, as described in Patent Document 1 below, medals inserted into a game field by a player and medals paid out to the player are mixed with each other without being distinguished from each other. It was supposed to be used in circulation.
However, in this type of game machine, when a non-standard medal used in another game center is inserted, the non-standard medal is different in size, etc. There was a problem of causing a failure of the game machine.
In order to solve this problem, an external medal used for game play by a player and an internal medal actually used in the play field are managed separately from each other, as described in Patent Document 2 below. There has also been proposed a medal payout game machine.
However, when the medals inserted by the player and the medals to be paid out to the player are recycled as external medals, the number of medals to be paid out becomes insufficient when the payout rate is changed. In the case of, a situation in which a bias such as a saturation of medals in a game machine is likely to occur.
In particular, in a multi-medal game machine having a plurality of game terminals and a game play operation unit, the amount of medals used is enormous, so that smooth and efficient medal management is required.

JP 2001-29643 A JP 2007-282896 A

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to prevent the unevenness of the number of medals in the game machine due to the fluctuation of the payout rate, and improve the efficiency of medal management. In addition, the player can play a game with the same operation feeling as before, and these effects are equivalent to the conventional one without requiring any complicated mechanism or special equipment. The object is to provide a multi-medal game machine that can be realized with members and costs.

The above purpose is
In a multi-medal game machine provided with a plurality of game terminals each having a play field and a plurality of game play operation units provided corresponding to each game terminal,
An external medal concentration stocker that stores and manages a large number of external medals shared by each player in one place in a plurality of game play operation units is provided,
Each of the above game play operation units has
An external medal insertion unit for inserting an external medal;
An external medal detection device for detecting an external medal inserted in the external medal insertion unit;
An external medal collection path for guiding an external medal inserted into the external medal insertion unit to the external medal concentration stocker;
An external medal payout mechanism for paying out external medals in the external medal concentration stocker to each player,
In each of the above game terminals,
An internal medal individual stocker provided individually for each game terminal so as to stock internal medals that are circulated within each game terminal;
An internal medal supply mechanism for supplying the internal medal in the internal medal individual stocker to the play field;
An internal medal transport mechanism for transporting an internal medal in the play field to the internal medal acquisition unit;
An internal medal acquisition detection device that detects internal medals conveyed to an internal medal acquisition unit by an internal medal conveyance mechanism;
An internal medal return passage that further guides the internal medal conveyed to the internal medal acquisition unit to the internal medal individual stocker, and
In response to the output of the external medal detection device provided in each game play operation unit, the internal medal supply mechanism of the game terminal corresponding to the game play operation unit is driven to supply the internal medal to the play field of the game terminal. In addition, according to the output of the internal medal acquisition detection device of each game terminal, the external medal payout mechanism of the game play operation unit corresponding to the game terminal is driven, and each external medal is transferred from the external medal concentration stocker. The medal control management device that pays out to players is provided,
It can be achieved by a multi-medal game machine characterized by.

In the representative example of the multi-medal game machine according to the present invention as described above, the internal medal transport mechanism provided in each game terminal is configured as a medal pusher mechanism so as to constitute a medal pusher game machine. .
In a preferred embodiment, as a medal entry device, there is provided a medal entry device comprising a combination of an external medal insertion unit and an external medal detection device of the game play operation unit and an internal medal supply mechanism of the game terminal. .

With the configuration as described above, the external medals used by each player in a plurality of game play operation units and paid out to each player are shared by all the players, and these many external medals are external. Even if the amount of medals to be paid out to a certain player is considerably increased due to fluctuations in the payout rate for each player, the medal concentration stocker manages the collection and distribution. Since the payout is performed from an external medal concentration stocker that accommodates a large number of external medals, it is possible to eliminate the situation where there are not enough medals, thus realizing more efficient medal management and an unprecedented operational form. To get.
In addition, by using a combination of the external medal insertion unit and external medal detection device of the game play operation unit and the internal medal supply mechanism of the game terminal as a medal entry device, the player can enter the medal entry Since the external medal inserted into the device feels as if it was inserted into the play field, the game can be played with the same operation feeling as before.
Furthermore, in the manufacture of the game machine according to the present invention as described above, a conventional multi-medal game machine is provided with an external medal concentration stocker and a medal passage connecting this and a game play operation unit, and the like. It is only necessary to install a program that controls the collection of external medals, so that no complicated mechanism or special equipment is required, and it can be manufactured at a low cost using the same members as before. .

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing the overall configuration of an embodiment of a multi-medal game machine according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the flow of medals used in the multi-medal game machine shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of a medal distribution mechanism in the multi-medal game machine according to the present invention,
FIG. 4 is an external perspective view of an embodiment of a medal entry device provided in the multi-medal game machine according to the present invention according to the type of game.
5 is a partially broken perspective view for explaining the flow of medals in the medal entry device shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the flow of medals in the medal entry device shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 is an external perspective view showing the overall configuration of another embodiment of the multi-medal game machine according to the present invention,
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the flow of medals used in the multi-medal game machine shown in FIG.
FIG. 9 is an external perspective view showing the overall configuration of still another embodiment of the multi-medal game machine according to the present invention,
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the flow of medals used in the multi-medal game machine shown in FIG.

The multi-medal game machine 1 according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has four booths 1A to 1D (1D is hidden and not visible) so that four players can play simultaneously. Are provided with a game play operation unit 10 and a game terminal 20, respectively.
The game play operation unit 10 is provided with a push button switch operated by a player to play a game, a medal entry device (not shown in FIG. 1), and the like, and a game field and the like are provided inside the game terminal 20. .
When a player plays a game, when a medal is inserted into the medal entry device provided in the game play operation unit 10, a game using a medal is performed in the game field in the game terminal 20, and the player acquires a medal in the game. The medals are paid out to a medal tray provided in the game play operation unit 10.

Thus, in the multi-medal game machine according to the present invention, in order to facilitate the management of medals, medals used by each player in a plurality of game play operation units and paid out to each player are external As a medal, it is shared by all players, and is managed completely separated from the internal medal used in each game terminal.
That is, as schematically shown in FIG. 2, medals (referred to as “external medals” in this application) inserted by each player in the game play operation units 10 of the four booths 1A to 1D are thick and black in FIG. As indicated by arrows, all the medals are collected in the external medal concentration stocker 15 and medals to be paid out to each player are also paid out from the external medal concentration stocker 15 as indicated by white arrows in FIG. .
On the other hand, medals used in the game terminals 20 of the four booths 1A to 1D (referred to as “internal medals” in the present application) are displayed on the outside as indicated by two semicircular arrows in each game terminal. Each game terminal is circulated and used independently in each game terminal in a state where it is completely separated from medals and also separated from internal medals of other game terminals.
Hereinafter, the flow of medals in the multi-medal game machine according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of booths 1A and 1B adjacent to each other in the four-player multi-medal game machine as shown in FIG.
Since the configuration of each booth is the same, the booth 1A will be mainly described here. In FIG. 3, the constituent elements in the booth 1B that have the same reference numbers as those in the booth 1A indicate the same constituent elements as those in the booth 1A.
In FIG. 3, 1 is a multi-medal game machine according to the present invention, 1A and 1B are booths, 10 is a game play operation unit, 11 is an external medal insertion unit, 12 is an external medal collection passage, 13 is an external medal detection device, 14 Is an external medal payout mechanism, 141 is an individual medal payout individual hopper, 142 is an external medal distribution drive section, 143 is an external medal distribution path, 144 is an external medal payout drive section, 145 is an external medal payout path, and 146 is a payout medal tray. , 15 is an external medal concentration stocker, 20 is a game terminal, 21 is a play field, 22 is an internal medal supply mechanism, 221 is an internal medal supply driving unit, 222 is an internal medal supply passage, 223 is an internal medal discharge unit, and 23 is an internal Medal transport mechanism (pusher base), 231 is an upper fixed table, 232 is a reciprocating table, 233 Lower fixed table, 234 is a pusher driving unit, 24 is an internal medal acquisition unit (medal acquisition hole), 25 is an internal medal return passage, 26 is an internal medal acquisition detection device, 27 is an internal medal individual stocker, 28 is a transparent partition plate, 30 is a medal control management device, 40 is a medal entry device, M1 is an external medal, and M2 is an internal medal.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game machine 1 is roughly divided into a game play operation unit 10 and an external medal concentration stocker 15 for inserting and paying out an external medal M1, and an internal medal M2 in a circulating manner. A game terminal 20 for deployment and a medal control management device 30 are provided.
The game terminals 20 of the booths 1A and 1B each have a play field 21 in which a game is actually played and a large number of internal medals M2 are arranged and moved.
The transparent partition plate 28 is a member for partitioning the play field 21 from the outside, and is formed of a transparent acrylic plate or the like so that the player can visually recognize the play field 21 from the outside of the game machine 1.

The game play operation unit 10 includes an external medal insertion unit 11, an external medal collection passage 12, an external medal detection device 13, and an external medal payout mechanism 14.
The external medal insertion unit 11 is an insertion slot for inserting an external medal M1 for the player to play, and the external medal M1 inserted here passes through the external medal collection passage 12 and concentrates the external medal. Guided to the stocker 15.
The external medal concentration stocker 15 is shared by the booths 1A to 1D. The external medal concentration stocker 15 is provided only in one place on the game machine 1, and all external medals inserted into the external medal insertion unit 11 of each booth are all external. Collected in the medal concentration stocker 15 and collected.
The external medal collection passage 12 is a tubular passage that connects the external medal insertion portion 11 and the external medal concentration stocker 15 and guides the external medal M1 inserted into the external medal insertion portion 11 to the external medal concentration stocker 15. is there.

The external medal detection device 13 is a detection unit provided in the external medal collection passage 12 in order to detect the external medal M1 inserted into the external medal insertion unit 11. The external medal detection device 13 is, for example, an optical sensor arranged so that the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit face each other, and detects the insertion of the external medal M1 by blocking light to the light receiving unit. Yes.
It is recommended that the external medal detection device 13 be provided as close as possible to the external medal insertion unit 11 so that the external medal M1 inserted into the external medal insertion unit 11 can be detected at an early stage.

The external medal concentration stocker 15 is a container having an open top for receiving and stocking the external medal M1 sent through the external medal collection passage 12 of each booth.
The external medal distribution drive unit 142 is a drive unit for sending the external medal M1 accommodated in the external medal concentration stocker 15 to the external medal payout individual hopper 141 provided in each booth. The external medal distribution drive unit 142 includes, for example, a roller for opening and closing a bottom portion of the external medal concentration stocker 15 and taking out a predetermined number of external medals therefrom, a DC motor for driving the roller, and the like. By the sending operation, the external medal M1 in the external medal concentration stocker 15 is sent to the external medal distribution passage 143.
The external medal distribution passage 143 is a tubular passage for connecting the external medal concentration stocker 15 and the external medal payout individual hopper 141.

The external medal payout individual hopper 141 is a container having an open top for receiving and stocking the external medal M1 sent from the external medal concentration stocker 15 through the external medal distribution passage 143.
The external medal payout driving unit 144 is a drive unit for paying out the external medal M1 accommodated in the external medal payout individual hopper 141 to the payout medal tray 146. The external medal payout drive unit 144 includes, for example, a DC motor or the like for opening and closing the bottom of the external medal payout individual hopper 141, and the external medal M1 is sent out to the external medal payout passage 145 by this opening / closing operation.
The external medal payout passage 145 is a tubular passage for connecting the individual medal payout individual hopper 141 and the payout medal tray 146.
The payout medal tray 146 is provided on the front side surface of the game play operation unit 10 so that the player can easily take out the external medal M1.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the payout medal tray 146 is provided in the lower half of the game play operation unit 10, but the payout medal tray 146 is provided so that the player can easily take out the medal while playing the game. It is also recommended that it be provided in the upper half of the game play operation unit 10.

Next, the game terminal 20 will be described.
The game terminal 20 in which the internal medal M2 is circulated and used includes an internal medal supply drive mechanism 22, an internal medal transport mechanism 23 (a pusher base in this embodiment), and an internal medal acquisition unit 24 (in this embodiment). A medal acquisition hole), an internal medal return passage 25, an internal medal acquisition detection device 26, and an internal medal individual stocker 27.
Among them, the internal medal supply drive mechanism 22 includes an internal medal supply drive unit 221, an internal medal supply passage 222, and an internal medal discharge unit 223.
The internal medal supply driving unit 221 is a device for supplying the internal medal M2 in the internal medal individual stocker 27 one by one to the play field 21 through the internal medal supply passage 222, and the internal medal in the internal medal individual stocker 27. A DC motor, a roller, and the like for sending M2 to the internal medal supply passage 222 are provided.
The internal medal supply passage 222 is a tubular passage that is arranged vertically upward from the internal medal individual stocker 27 and lifts the internal medal M2 sent out by the internal medal supply drive booth 221 to the internal medal discharge unit 223. .
The internal medal discharge part 223 is provided so as to incline downward toward the tip thereof, so that the internal medal M2 lifted up to the top of the internal medal supply passage 222 rolls in the discharge part 223 and plays. It is discharged toward a pusher base 23 arranged in the field 21.

The pusher table (internal medal transport mechanism) 23 is a device for pushing and transporting the internal medal M2 in the play field 21 to the medal acquisition hole (internal medal acquisition unit) 24 side. The pusher table 23 includes an upper fixed table 231 arranged at the uppermost stage, a reciprocating table 232 arranged below the upper fixed table 231 and reciprocating in the front-rear direction, a lower fixed table 233 arranged at the lowermost stage, And a pusher drive unit 234 having a DC motor or the like for driving the reciprocating table 232.
On the reciprocating table 232 and the lower fixed table 233, a large number of internal medals M2 are supplied in advance, and these internal medals are circulated by the internal medal supply mechanism 22.

That is, when the internal medal M2 discharged from the internal medal discharge unit 223 falls on the reciprocating table 232 or the lower fixed table 233, the reciprocating movement of the reciprocating table 232 is gradually pushed out toward the front side, and the medal acquisition hole 24 Fall to.
The medal acquisition hole 24 is an opening hole provided in front of the lower fixed table 233 in order to drop the internal medal M2 pushed out by the pusher base 23 onto the internal medal individual stocker 27. The internal medal M2 that has reached the medal acquisition hole 24 passes through the internal medal return passage 25 and falls to the internal medal individual stocker 27.
The internal medal return passage 25 is a tubular passage that connects the medal acquisition hole 24 and the internal medal individual stocker 27 and guides the internal medal M2 pushed out to the medal acquisition hole 24 to the internal medal individual stocker 27. .

The internal medal acquisition detection device 26 is provided on the internal medal return passage 25, and is for detecting the internal medal M2 dropped into the medal acquisition hole 24 by the pusher base 23, and the configuration thereof is the external medal. This is the same as the detection device 13.
The internal medal individual stocker 27 is a container having an upper opening for receiving the internal medal M2 dropped from the medal acquisition hole 24.

The medal control management device 30 includes a CPU (central processing unit), a storage device, and the like, and manages and controls the circulation of the external medals in the game play operation unit 10 and the circulation of the internal medals in the game terminal 20 in association with each other. It is a control device.
Specifically, when the external medal detection device 13 provided in each game play operation unit 10 detects that the external medal M1 is inserted, the medal control management device 30 determines that the external medal M1 is in accordance with the output. The internal medal supply mechanism 22 of the game terminal 20 corresponding to the inserted game play operation unit 10 is driven to release the internal medal M2 to the play field 21 of the game terminal.
Further, when the internal medal M2 falls into the medal acquisition hole 24 by the operation of the pusher table 23 of each game terminal 20, and the internal medal is detected by the internal medal acquisition detection device 26, medal control is performed according to the output. The management device 30 drives the external medal payout mechanism 14 of the game play operation unit 10 corresponding to the game terminal 20 to pay out the external medal M1 from the external medal payout individual hopper 141 to the medal tray 146. The command signal is transmitted.

Thus, in the game machine according to the present invention, when the external medal M1 is inserted into the external medal insertion unit 11 of the medal entry device 40 provided in the game play operation unit 10, the internal medal M2 is transferred from the internal medal discharge unit 223. It is supplied in the play field 21.
Further, when the internal medal M2 in the play field 21 falls into the medal acquisition hole (internal medal acquisition unit) 24 by the pusher table (medal transport mechanism) 23, this is detected by the internal medal acquisition detection device 26, and the detection thereof. In response to the signal, the external medal payout mechanism 14 is actuated by a command from the medal control management device 30, and the external medal M1 is paid out to the medal tray 146.
Therefore, in the game machine according to the present invention, the external medal M1 and the internal medal M2 are managed separately from each other, and the two are not mixed.
In other words, the external medal M1 is inserted into the external medal insertion unit 11 of the medal entry device 40 provided in the game play operation unit 10 of each booth by each player, but is actually inserted into the play field 21. Rather, they are all collected by the external medal concentration stocker 15 and used as medals to be paid out to each player.
On the other hand, the internal medal M2 is circulated and used as a game progress medium in the game terminal 20, and is not paid out to the outside.
The medal control management device 30 determines the number of external medals inserted by the player (that is, the number of external medals detected by the external medal detection device 13) and the number of paid out external medals (that is, the internal medal acquisition detection device 26). The number of internal medals detected by the external medal) is counted and recorded, and the number of external medals in the external medal concentration stocker 15 and the number of external medals in the external medals payout 141 for each booth are determined. Control and management of the distribution of medals to each external medal payout individual hopper 141 are performed so that no occurrence occurs.

Next, an embodiment of a medal entry device 40 that is preferably used in the multi-medal game machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The medal entry device 40 shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 corresponds to the medal entry device 40 shown in FIG. 3, and includes the external medal insertion unit 11 and the external medal detection device 13 of the game play operation unit 10, and the above. This is a combination of the internal medal supply mechanism 22 of the game terminal 20.
More specifically, the external medal insertion unit 11 into which the player inserts the external medal M1, the external medal collection passage 12 for guiding the inserted external medal M1 to the external medal concentration stocker 15 (not shown in FIG. 4), and the external medal External medal detection device 13 for detecting that M1 has been inserted, internal medal discharge unit 223 for discharging internal medal M2 into the play field, and internal medal in internal medal individual stocker 27 to discharge unit 223 An internal medal supply passage 222 to be guided, a medal discharge detecting device 223a (see FIG. 5) for detecting that an internal medal is discharged through the internal medal discharge unit 223, and the like are integrally assembled to externally engine. A medal entry device simulating a gun is constructed. That is, in FIG. 6, a region 40 surrounded by a one-dot chain line and hatched indicates the medal entry device 40 in the above description.
When the player inserts the external medal M2 into the external medal insertion unit 11 of the medal entry device 40 configured as described above, this is detected by the external medal detection device 13, and based on the detection signal, the medal control management device 30 as described above. Activates the internal medal supply mechanism 22 to release the internal medal M2 from the internal medal discharge unit 223 into the play field 21 in a timely manner.

With such a medal entry device 40, the player actually releases the medal M1 (external medal) inserted into the external medal insertion unit 11 of the medal entry device 40 and the internal medal discharge unit 223 into the play field 21. Even if the medal M2 (internal medal) is a completely different medal, the player can actually release the inserted medal into the play field by releasing the internal medal M2 in a timely manner after inserting the external medal M1. The medal game can be enjoyed with the same operation feeling as the conventional medal entry device.
Therefore, even if the external medal M1 and the internal medal M2 are managed completely separated as in the present invention, the player does not feel uncomfortable by using the medal entry device 40 as described above.

An operation of the multi medal game machine 1 according to the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described.
When the game machine 1 is first turned on, the medal control management device 30 starts a series of processes.
When the external medal M1 is inserted into the external medal insertion unit 11 by the player, the external medal detection device 13 detects the external medal M1 and outputs a detection signal to the medal control management device 30. Based on this output, the medal control management device 30 determines that the external medal M1 has been inserted, and drives the internal medal supply drive unit 221.
The internal medal supply drive unit 221 sends one of the internal medals M2 in the internal medal individual stocker 27 to the internal medal supply passage 222. In response to this, the internal medal M2 at the top of the internal medal supply passage 222 It is pushed up and discharged into the play field 21 through the internal medal discharge unit 223.
The internal medal M2 discharged from the internal medal discharge unit 223 falls on the reciprocating table 232 or the lower fixed table 233 of the pusher table 23, and the internal medal M2 on the reciprocating table 232 and the lower fixed table 233 is directed toward the front side. It is pushed out gradually.

  As described above, since the internal medal M2 is released into the play field 21 in response to the insertion of the external medal M1, the player plays in a sense that the external medal M1 inserted by himself / herself is released into the play field 21. be able to.

When the internal medal M2 pushed out by the pusher table 23 falls into the medal acquisition hole 24, the internal medal acquisition detection device 26 detects the internal medal M2 and outputs a detection signal to the medal control management device 30.
Based on this output, the medal control management device 30 determines that the internal medal M2 has dropped. When there are a plurality of dropped internal medals M2, the medal control management device 30 can determine the number from the output of the internal medal acquisition detection device 26.
The medal control management device 30 that has received the signal notifying that the internal medal M2 has fallen into the medal acquisition hole 24 operates the external medal payout drive unit 144 of the external medal payout mechanism 14 to provide the internal medal payout individual hopper 141. The external medal M1 is sent out to the external medal payout passage 145 and paid out to the payout medal tray 146.
When there are a plurality of dropped internal medals M2, the medal control management device 30 pays out the same number of external medals M1.

  As described above, the external medal M1 is paid out in accordance with the acquisition of the internal medal M2. Therefore, the player can play as if the medal earned in the play field 21 is paid out.

Next, FIGS. 7 to 10 will be described.
The game machine shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 is an embodiment provided with four booths 1A to 1D so that four players can play simultaneously. The embodiment is also provided with four booths 1A to 1D. However, the booths are partitioned from each other in a box form, and the position of the payout medal tray 146 is different from that of the embodiment shown in FIGS.
Also in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, the external medals used by each player are collected and collected in the external medal concentration stocker 15 as shown in FIG. It is supposed to be.
The internal medals used at the game terminal 20 of each booth are circulated within each game terminal, and are managed completely separately from the external medals.

The embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 is a multi-medal game machine having six booths 1A to 1F.
Also in this embodiment, the external medals used by each player are collected and collected in the external medal concentration stocker 15 as shown in FIG.
The internal medals used at the game terminal 20 of each booth are circulated within each game terminal, and are managed completely separately from the external medals.

  In the description so far, the embodiment has been described in which the internal medal transport mechanism 23 provided in each game terminal 20 is configured as a medal pusher mechanism so that the game machine 1 constitutes a medal pusher game machine. The present invention is not limited to this, and various games using medals can be adopted as games played in the play field 21.

In the present invention, as described above, the external medals used by each player in the plurality of game play operation units and paid out to each player are shared by all the players, and these many external medals are This is a case where the amount of medals to be paid out to a certain player is considerably increased due to fluctuations in the payout rate for each player because it is managed to be collected and distributed collectively by an external medal concentration stocker. However, since the payout is performed from the external medal concentration stocker that accommodates a large amount of external medals, it is possible to eliminate the situation where medals become insufficient, thus realizing more efficient medal management and an unprecedented operational form It is possible.
In addition, by using a combination of the external medal insertion unit and external medal detection device of the game play operation unit and the internal medal supply mechanism of the game terminal as a medal entry device, the player can enter the medal entry Since the external medal inserted into the device feels as if it was inserted into the play field, the game can be played with the same operation feeling as before.
Furthermore, in the manufacture of the game machine according to the present invention as described above, a conventional multi-medal game machine is provided with an external medal concentration stocker and a medal passage connecting this and a game play operation unit, and the like. It is only necessary to install a program that controls the collection of external medals, so that no complicated mechanism or special equipment is required, and it can be manufactured at a low cost using the same members as before. .
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the deviation of the number of medals in the game machine due to the fluctuation of the payout rate, to realize the efficiency of medal management, and to realize an unprecedented management form, and the player A multi-medal game machine capable of playing a game with the same operational feeling and capable of realizing these effects with the same members and cost as before without requiring particularly complicated mechanisms or special devices. Thus, the present invention has great industrial applicability.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the whole structure of one Example of the multi medal game machine based on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the flow of the medal | token used with the multi medal game machine shown in FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows one Example of the distribution mechanism of the medal in the multi medal game machine based on this invention. It is an external appearance perspective view of one Example of the medal entry device with which the multi medal game machine concerning the present invention is provided according to the kind of game. It is a partially broken perspective view for demonstrating the flow of the medal in the medal entry device shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the flow of the medal in the medal entry apparatus shown in FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the whole structure of another Example of the multi medal game machine which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the flow of the medal | token used with the multi medal game machine shown in FIG. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the whole structure of another Example of the multi medal game machine based on this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the flow of the medal used with the multi medal game machine shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Multi-medal game machine 1A-1F Booth 10 Game play operation part 11 External medal insertion part 12 External medal collection passage 13 External medal detection device 14 External medal payout mechanism 141 External medal payout individual hopper 142 External medal distribution drive part 143 External medal Distribution path 144 External medal payout drive unit 145 External medal payout path 146 Payout medal tray 15 External medal concentration stocker 20 Game terminal 21 Play field 22 Internal medal supply mechanism 221 Internal medal supply drive part 222 Internal medal supply path 223 Internal medal discharge part 223a Medal release detection device 23 Internal medal transport mechanism (pusher stand)
231 Upper fixed table 232 Reciprocating table 233 Lower fixed table 234 Pusher drive unit 24 Internal medal acquisition unit (medal acquisition hole)
25 Internal medal return passage 26 Internal medal acquisition detection device 27 Internal medal individual stocker 28 Transparent partition plate 30 Medal control management device 40 Medal entry device M1 External medal M2 Internal medal

Claims (3)

In a multi-medal game machine (1) comprising a plurality of game terminals (20) each having a play field (21) and a plurality of game play operation units (10) provided corresponding to each game terminal,
An external medal concentration stocker (15) for storing and managing a large number of external medals (M1) shared by each player in one place in a plurality of game play operation units (10) is provided,
In each of the game play operation units (10),
An external medal insertion unit (11) for inserting an external medal (M1);
An external medal detection device (13) for detecting an external medal (M1) inserted into the external medal insertion unit (11);
An external medal collection path (12) for guiding an external medal inserted into the external medal insertion unit (11) to the external medal concentration stocker (15);
An external medal payout mechanism (14) for paying out an external medal (M1) in the external medal concentration stocker (15) to each player;
In each of the above game terminals (20),
An internal medal individual stocker (27) provided individually for each game terminal so as to stock the internal medal (M2) used in circulation in each game terminal;
An internal medal supply mechanism (22) for supplying the internal medal in the internal medal individual stocker (27) to the play field (21);
An internal medal transport mechanism (23) for transporting the internal medal (M2) in the play field (21) to the internal medal acquisition unit (24);
An internal medal acquisition detection device (26) for detecting the internal medal (M2) conveyed to the internal medal acquisition unit (24) by the internal medal conveyance mechanism (23);
An internal medal return path (25) for further guiding the internal medal (M2) conveyed to the internal medal acquisition unit (24) to the internal medal individual stocker (27);
The internal medal supply mechanism (22) of the game terminal (20) corresponding to the game play operation unit (10) according to the output of the external medal detection device (13) provided in each game play operation unit (10). The internal medal (M2) is driven and supplied to the play field (21) of the game terminal, and the game terminal (20) according to the output of the internal medal acquisition detection device (26) of each game terminal (20). The medal control management device that drives the external medal payout mechanism (14) of the game play operation unit (10) corresponding to the external play medal) and pays out the external medal (M1) from the external medal concentration stocker (15) to each player. (30) is provided,
A multi medal game machine (1) characterized by the above.   The multi-medal game machine according to claim 1, wherein an internal medal transport mechanism (23) provided in each game terminal (20) is configured as a medal pusher mechanism so as to constitute a medal pusher game machine. 1).   A medal entry device (10) which is a combination of the external medal insertion unit (11) and the external medal detection device (13) of the game play operation unit (10) and the internal medal supply mechanism (22) of the game terminal (20). 40. The multi-medal game machine (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that 40) is provided.

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