JP2010110439A - Token feeder and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a token feeder and a game machine by which the time and labor of carrying tokens to be fed to the game machine can be reduced and a player can actually feel play. <P>SOLUTION: The token feeder 4 includes: a token mounting part 4a where a plurality of tokens M are mounted; a token guide groove 4b which is connected to the token mounting part 4a and guides the tokens M; token feed holes 4c and 4d which are provided at the terminating end part of the token guide groove 4b, and to which the tokens M guided by the token guide groove 4b are fed; and token feed parts 4e and 4f which feed the tokens M fed to the token feed holes into the game machine 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal insertion device and a game machine for inserting medals into a game machine.

Conventionally, a medal pusher game machine or the like has been provided with a medal ejector for injecting medals into the game machine (for example, Patent Document 1).
However, in the conventional medal ejector, it is necessary for the player to sequentially carry medals to the insertion unit, and the operation for ejecting medals to the game machine is troublesome.
Conventionally, there has also been a medal ejector of a type in which a plurality of medals are stored and a stored medal different from the medal inserted into the insertion unit is input to the game machine. However, in this type of medal ejector, since a medal different from the actually inserted medal is ejected, the player may feel uncomfortable, and the actual feeling that the player is actually playing is reduced.
JP 2006-116214 A

  The subject of this invention is providing the medal insertion apparatus and game machine which can reduce the effort which carries the medal for throwing into a game machine, and a player can actually feel play.

  The present invention solves the problems by the following means. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to embodiment of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this. However, the configuration described with reference numerals may be modified as appropriate, or at least a part thereof may be replaced with another component.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a medal placement portion (4a, 204a) on which a plurality of medals (M) are placed, and a medal guide portion (4b, 204b) that is connected to the medal placement portion and guides the medal. ), A medal insertion hole (4c, 4d) provided in a terminal portion of the medal guide portion, into which a medal guided by the medal guide portion is inserted, and a medal inserted into the medal insertion hole into the game machine A medal insertion device including an insertion unit (4e, 4f) for insertion.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the medal insertion device according to the first aspect, the two medal insertion holes (4c, 4d) are provided at both ends of the medal guide portion, and are inserted into the respective medal insertion holes. The medal insertion device is characterized in that two insertion portions (4e, 4f) for inserting a medal (M) into the game machine are provided.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the medal insertion device according to the first or second aspect, the medal insertion device further includes a rotation holding portion (4g) that holds the medal insertion device so as to be rotatable about an axis in the vertical direction (Z). The medal insertion device characterized by the above.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the medal insertion device according to any one of the first to third aspects and a plurality of medals (M) can be placed, and the medal insertion device (4,204). The medal pushed in and moved to the medal drop part (8g), the medal pusher part (8) which moves by pushing the medal in the direction of the medal drop part (8g) The game machine includes a medal payout port (9) through which medals are paid out.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game machine according to the fourth aspect, a medal winning portion (8d) provided in the play field (F) for winning a medal (M) and a medal storing portion for storing a plurality of medals. (23), a medal release unit (7e) for releasing the medal in the medal storage unit to the medal pusher unit (8), and a medal winning to the medal winning unit (8d) within a predetermined time And a control unit (26) for controlling the medal storage unit and newly releasing a plurality of medals in the medal storage unit on the medal pusher unit.

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) In the present invention, since the medal guide portion is continuously provided in the medal placement portion, if a medal is placed on the medal placement portion at the time of play, the medal is placed on the game machine using the medal guide portion. Can be easily charged. Further, it is possible to reduce the trouble of sequentially carrying medals from the medal payout opening of the game machine to the inserting device. Further, the player can carry a medal such as a medal payout slot by hand to the medal placement unit and actually put the carried medal into the game machine. In other words, since it is different from the type that ejects medals different from the inserted medals, it is possible to improve the actual feeling that the player is actually playing.
(2) Since the present invention is provided with two insertion portions for inserting the medals inserted into the two medal insertion holes into the game machine, the medals are inserted from one medal insertion device in two ways. It is possible to provide a medal insertion device of a new mode that can be performed. Moreover, even if it is a form which has two insertion parts and can insert a lot of medals, since it has a medal mounting part, the player can reduce the effort which carries a medal sequentially.

(3) Since the present invention includes the rotation holding unit that holds the rotation about the vertical axis, the medal can be inserted into a desired position of the game machine. In addition, as described in (2) above, when two insertion portions are provided for the medal insertion device, if the orientation of one insertion portion is changed, the orientation of the other insertion portion also changes. It is possible to provide an interesting medal insertion device.
(4) According to the present invention, since the medal is paid out to the medal payout slot in response to the medal falling to the medal drop part, the player places the medal paid out in the medal payout slot in the medal placement part. The medal can be placed in the game machine. That is, unlike the type in which a medal different from the inserted medal is ejected, it is possible to improve the actual feeling that the player is actually playing.

(5) In the present invention, when a medal is awarded to the medal winning opening within a predetermined time, a plurality of medals are discharged to the pusher part, so that the plurality of medals are dropped from the pusher part to the medal payout opening. In this case, the player has to insert more medals into the game machine in order to win more medals in the medal winning opening within a predetermined time. Even in such a scene, the player can place a medal such as a medal payout slot on the medal placement unit and store it, so that the player can proceed with play without rushing, and the medal can be placed on the floor. It is possible to reduce the number of drops.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a medal insertion device and a game machine that can reduce the time and labor for carrying medals for insertion into a game machine and allow the player to actually feel play. The medal placement part to be placed, the medal guide part that is connected to the medal placement part, guides the medal, and the end part of the medal guide part, and the medal guided by the medal guide part is inserted. This was realized by including a medal insertion hole and an insertion unit for inserting the medal inserted into the medal insertion hole into the game machine.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings and the like.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a game machine 1 in which the medal insertion device of the first embodiment is used.
As shown in FIG. 1, the game machine 1 is for playing a pusher game, and is installed in a game center or the like. The game machine 1 is a large device having a width of about 2 m in the left-right direction X, a length of about 1.5 m in the depth direction Y, and a height of about 2 m in the vertical direction Z, and a play field F is provided therein.
The game machine 1 includes a play field F, a case 2, a window 3, a medal insertion device 4, a game board surface 7, a pusher base 8, an external payout port 9, and a payout medal storage unit 10. .

  The play field F is an area where a play is actually performed by the medal M inserted by the player, and a pusher base 8 for moving the medal M to the near side Y1 due to a ball hit phenomenon of the medal M is installed in the play field F.

Case 2 is a housing of game machine 1.
The window 3 is a member for partitioning the play field F from the outside of the game machine 1 and is formed of transparent acrylic or the like so that the play field F can be visually recognized from the outside.
The medal insertion device 4 is a device for a player to insert a medal M into the play field F, and is provided in front of the game machine 1. The configuration of the medal insertion device 4 will be described later.

The game board surface 7 is a board surface for dropping the medal M released from the medal discharge port 5 onto the pusher base 8. The game board surface 7 includes a base panel 7a, a plurality of pins 7b, a transparent panel 7c, a slot 7d, and a mass discharge port 7e.
The substrate panel 7a is a plate-like member that is arranged so as to have a gap between the base panel 7a and the medal M discharged from the medal discharge port 5 to the pusher base 8 through the gap. is there.

The plurality of pins 7b are shaft bodies for dropping the medal M discharged from the medal discharge port 5 while converting it in an irregular direction. The pin 7b is struck to the base panel 7a.
The transparent panel 7 c is a member for preventing the medal M from jumping out toward the pusher base 8 when the medal M is falling on the game board surface 7. The transparent panel 7c is formed of a transparent material such as acrylic so that the falling medal M can be visually recognized.

The slot 7d is, for example, a device in which three 7-segment display devices are arranged on the left and right, and is controlled by the control unit 26 (see FIG. 6) to display a 3-digit number random number. As will be described later, when the medal M wins the winning unit 8d, the control unit 26 drives the slot 7d in accordance with a detection signal from a winning sensor (not shown) to perform a lottery.
The mass discharge port 7e is an opening hole for paying a large amount of medals M to the play field F in accordance with the lottery result of the slot 7d. The medal discharge port 5 is disposed in the upper part of the game board surface 7.

The pusher base 8 is arranged in the play field F, and is a device that places a plurality of medals M and pushes the medals M to the near side Y1. The pusher base 8 includes an extrusion table 8a, a winning portion 8d, a winning sensor 8e, and a fixed table 8f.
The push-out table 8a is a table for receiving and placing the medal M that has dropped from the medal discharge port 5 and the medal M that has been paid out from the mass discharge port 7e. The pushing table 8a is provided with a driving device composed of a motor or the like so as to reciprocate in the depth direction Y with respect to the fixed table 8f.
The winning portion 8d is provided in front of the front side Y1 of the extrusion table 8a. The winning portion 8d is a winning hole for the medal M inserted from the medal insertion device 4 and rolling on the fixed table 8f. In this embodiment, four winning portions 8d are arranged in the left-right direction X.
The winning sensor 8e is an optical sensor or the like provided in the winning portion 8d, and detects the medal M that has won the winning portion 8d. When the winning sensor 8e detects the winning medal M, the winning sensor 8e outputs a detection signal to the control unit 26 (see FIG. 5).

  The fixed table 8f is a table for receiving and placing the medal M dropped from the pushing table 8a and the medal M thrown from the medal throwing device 4 disposed below the pushing table 8a. When the medal M on the fixed table 8f falls into the medal drop hole 8g as the push table 8a reciprocates, the medal M falls onto the out hopper 21 (see FIG. 5).

The external payout port 9 is a payout port from which the medal M acquired by the player is paid out. To the external payout port 9, the same number of medals M as the number dropped in the medal drop hole 8g is paid out from the out hopper 21 (see FIG. 5).
The payout medal storage unit 10 is a part for storing the medal M paid out from the external payout port 9.

Next, the medal insertion device 4 will be described in detail.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of the medal insertion device 4 of the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing the configuration of the medal insertion device 4 of the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the medal insertion device 4 according to the first embodiment when viewed from the left-right direction X.
As shown in FIG. 2, the medal insertion device 4 includes a medal placement portion 4a, a medal guide groove 4b, medal insertion holes 4c and 4d, medal insertion portions 4e and 4f, a support bar portion 4g, and a gripping body. 4h, 4i.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the medal placement portion 4 a is a portion on which a plurality of medals M are placed, and extends in the left-right direction X on the surface of the front side Y <b> 1 of the medal insertion device 4. Is formed. The medal placement unit 4a is a curved surface that gently slopes downward from the near side Y1 to the back side Y2 in order to make it easier to move the medal M placed on the medal placement unit 4a to the back side Y2. Is formed.
Further, this curved surface is formed in a concave shape, and the movement of the placed medal M is regulated to some extent so that, for example, as many as 100 medals M can be placed on the medal placing portion 4a. Yes.

The medal guide groove 4b is a groove for guiding the medal M placed on the medal placement portion 4a to the medal insertion holes 4c and 4d. The medal guide groove 4b has a cross-sectional shape substantially equal to the radius of the medal M and its curvature is medal-mounted so that the movement of the medal M in the medal placement portion 4a in the depth direction can be restricted. It is larger than the curvature of the mounting portion 4a.
The medal guide groove 4b is formed so that one end side of the front side Y1 is connected to one end side of the back side Y2 of the medal placement portion 4a and is connected to the medal placement portion 4a. Thus, the player can easily move the medal M placed on the medal placement portion 4a to the medal insertion holes 4c and 4d (see arrow A shown in FIG. 4).

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the medal insertion hole 4c is a hole provided at the end portion of the left side X2 of the medal guide groove 4b. In the medal insertion hole 4 c, the edge portion of the left side X <b> 2 is formed at substantially the same position as the position of the inner surface of the left side X <b> 2 of the medal insertion device 4. As a result, when the player applies the medal M in the medal guide groove 4b to the inner surface of the left side X2, the medal M naturally falls into the medal insertion hole 4c. The medal insertion hole 4c communicates with the medal insertion part 4e, and the medal M dropped into the medal insertion hole 4c is guided to the medal insertion part 4e.
The medal insertion hole 4d is provided at the end portion of the right side X1 of the medal guide groove 4b. The medal insertion hole 4d is symmetrical to the medal insertion hole 4c and has the same configuration as the medal insertion hole 4c. In the medal insertion hole 4d, the medal M naturally falls when the player applies the medal M in the medal guide groove 4b to the inner surface of the right side X1. The medal insertion hole 4d communicates with the medal insertion part 4f, and the medal M dropped into the medal insertion hole 4d is guided to the medal insertion part 4f.

  The medal insertion portions 4e and 4f are long bodies extending in the depth direction Y, and are U-shaped members whose cross-sectional shape opens upward so that the medal M can roll. The tips of the medal insertion portions 4 e and 4 f face the direction of the pusher base 8. As a result, the medal M that has fallen into the medal insertion holes 4 c and 4 d and led to the medal insertion portions 4 e and 4 f is inserted toward the pusher base 8.

As shown in FIG. 2, the support bar portion 4 g is a shaft body that extends in the vertical direction Z that supports the medal insertion device 4. The support bar portion 4g is rotatable about its central axis, and holds the medal insertion device 4 so as to be rotatable about the axis in the vertical direction Z.
The holding bodies 4h and 4i are shaft bodies provided so as to protrude outward from both outer side surfaces of the medal insertion device 4. When the player rotates the medal insertion device 4, the player only needs to hold at least one of the gripping bodies 4 h and 4 i with his hand and apply a force in the depth direction Y.

A method of using the medal insertion device 4 described above will be described.
(1) First, the paid-out medal M or the like from the payout port 9 or the like is placed on the medal placement unit 4a. In this case, if the player places a large number of medals M on the medal placement unit 4a, then the player can reduce the trouble of sequentially carrying the medals M from the medal payout slot 9.
(2) As shown in FIG. 4, the medal M placed on the medal placing portion 4a is moved to the back side Y2 (see arrow A) and dropped into the medal guide groove 4b.
(3) The plurality of medals M dropped into the medal guide groove 4b are erected and moved to the medal insertion holes 4c and 4d. In this case, the medal M is guided by the medal guide groove 4b.

(4) The medal insertion device 4 is rotated to determine the insertion direction of the medal M.
In this case, if the medal insertion device 4 is rotated, the direction in which both the medal insertion units 4e and 4f are facing is changed. For this reason, if it is going to change the direction of one medal insertion part 4e, 4f, it can be set as the interesting aspect that the direction of the other medal insertion part 4f, 4e will also change.
(5) A plurality of medals M in the medal guide groove 4b are applied to at least one inner surface of the right side X1 and the left side X2 of the medal insertion device 4. As a result, the medal M drops into the medal insertion hole 4c or the medal insertion hole 4d, is inserted in the direction determined from the medal insertion portion 4e, and is inserted into the game machine 1.

Thus, since the medal insertion device 4 has the medal guide groove 4b connected to the medal placement portion 4a, if the medal M is placed in the medal placement portion 4a during play, the medal guide groove 4b is used. Thus, the medal M can be easily inserted into the fixed table 8f.
In addition, the medal insertion device 4 actually inserts the medal M carried to the medal placement unit 4a into the game machine. Thereby, the player can insert the inserted medal M, so that the actual feeling that the player is actually playing can be improved.

  Furthermore, since the medal insertion device 4 inserts the medals inserted into the medal insertion holes 4c and 4d from the medal insertion portions 4e and 4f, respectively, a new mode in which the medal M is inserted in two ways by one insertion device. Games can be provided. In this way, by inserting medals M in two ways, the medal insertion device 4 can insert a large amount of medals M, but even in this case, the medal placement unit 4a is provided. It can reduce the time and labor to carry sequentially.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of the game machine 1 according to the first embodiment.
The game machine 1 includes an out hopper 21, a storage hopper 23, a storage unit 25, a control unit 26, and the like.
The out hopper 21 collects the medals M that have dropped from the medal drop hole 8g on the near side Y1 of the pusher base 8, drives the out hopper medal delivery device 22, and is the same as the medals M that have fallen from the medal drop hole 8g. The number of medals M are sequentially paid out to the external payout port 9.
The storage hopper 23 stores the medals M to be released into the game machine 1, and drives the storage hopper medals delivery device 24 to release the medals M from the mass discharge port 7e at an event described later.

The storage unit 25 is a storage device such as a hard disk or semiconductor memory for storing programs, information, and the like necessary for the operation of the game machine 1.
The control unit 26 is a control unit for controlling the game machine 1 in an integrated manner, and includes, for example, a CPU (central processing unit). The control unit 26 appropriately reads and executes the game program stored in the storage unit 25.

Next, the operation of the game device 1 will be described.
When the medal M inserted by the player from the medal insertion device 4 wins the winning portion 8d, the control unit 26 drives the slot 7d (see FIG. 1) in response to a detection signal from a winning sensor (not shown). And draw. Then, in the case of winning (for example, when the slot is displayed as “777”), the event is started. During an event, the control unit 26 drives the stored hopper medal sending device 24 when a medal M further wins the winning unit 8d for a predetermined time (for example, about 1 minute), for example, about ten medals M. Is controlled to be released from the mass discharge port 7e. The released medal M falls on the pusher base 8, whereby the medal M on the pusher base 8 moves to the near side Y1, falls from the pusher base 8, and is acquired by the player.

  In order for the player to win more medals M at the time of the event, the player has to insert more medals M into the game machine 1 in a short time. Even in such a scene, since the game machine 1 includes the medal insertion device 4, the player places the medal M such as the medal payout slot 9 on the medal placement portion 4a and stores it. Therefore, more medals M can be inserted in a short time. In addition, since the player is not required to carry the medal M to be inserted into the game machine, the player can proceed with play without hurrying and can reduce the dropping of the medal M on the floor.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the game machine 1 to which the present invention is applied will be described.
Note that, in the following description and drawings, the same reference numerals or the same reference numerals are given to the portions that perform the same functions as those in the first embodiment described above, and overlapping descriptions will be omitted as appropriate.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a medal insertion device 204 according to the second embodiment.
The medal insertion device 204 removes the medal insertion hole 4d and the medal insertion portion 4f on the right side X1 from the medal insertion holes 4c and 4d and the medal insertion portions 4e and 4f of the medal insertion device 4 of the first embodiment, and Only the medal insertion hole 4c and the medal insertion part 4e are configured.
As described above, the medal insertion device 204 uses the medal guide groove 4b to fix the fixed table if the medal M is placed on the medal placement portion 204a even if the medal M has a single insertion path. The medal M can be easily inserted into 8f.

  With the configuration described above, the medal insertion device 204 can insert the medal M placed on the medal placement portion 204a into the game machine 1 using the medal guide groove 204b, and the player's medal The charging operation can be facilitated.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A various deformation | transformation and change are possible, and they are also in the technical scope of this invention. . In addition, the effects described in the embodiments are merely the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the embodiments.

It is a perspective view which shows the game machine with which the medal insertion apparatus of 1st Embodiment of this invention is used. It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the medal insertion apparatus of 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which expands and shows the structure of the medal insertion apparatus of 1st Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which looked at the medal insertion apparatus of 1st Embodiment from the left-right direction. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the internal structure of the game machine of 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the medal insertion apparatus of 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 4,204 Medal insertion device 8 Pusher stand 9 External payout port 4a, 204a Medal placement part 4b, 204b Medal guide groove 4c, 4d Medal insertion hole 4e, 4f Medal insertion part

Claims (5)

A medal placement section on which a plurality of medals are placed;
A medal guide unit that is continuously provided to the medal placement unit and guides the medal;
A medal insertion hole provided at a terminal portion of the medal guide portion and into which a medal guided by the medal guide portion is inserted;
An insertion unit that inserts the medal inserted into the medal insertion hole into the game machine;
A medal insertion device. The medal insertion device according to claim 1,
Two medal insertion holes are provided at both ends of the medal guide portion,
The two insertion portions for introducing the medals inserted into the respective medal insertion holes into the game machine;
A medal insertion device characterized by In the medal insertion device according to claim 1 or 2,
A rotation holding unit that holds the medal insertion device rotatably around a vertical axis;
A medal insertion device characterized by The medal insertion device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A plurality of medals can be placed, and a medal pusher unit that pushes and moves a medal in the direction of the medal dropping unit by placing a medal inserted from the medal insertion device;
A medal payout port through which medals are paid out to the outside in response to the medal dropping on the medal dropping part;
A game machine comprising: The game machine according to claim 4,
A medal winning part that is provided in the play field and where medals win,
A medal reservoir for storing a plurality of medals;
A medal discharge section for discharging the medal of the medal storage section to the medal pusher section;
A control unit for controlling the medal storage unit in accordance with a medal winning to the medal winning unit within a predetermined time and newly releasing a plurality of medals in the medal storage unit on the medal pusher unit; ,
A game machine comprising:

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