JP2010240225A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent fraudulent collection for inserting a fraudulent member from a return passage 43 to a guide chute 42 via a reception port 59, guiding legitimate tokens passing a selecting means 41 to the return passage 43 by the fraudulent member, and then, fraudulently collecting the tokens. <P>SOLUTION: A game machine includes, on the rear side of a front surface panel 3, the selecting means 41 for selecting the legitimacy/unlegitimacy of game media thrown-in from a throw-in port 22 on the front side, the guide chute 42 for guiding the legitimate game media passing the selecting means 41 to a storage means 6, and the return passage 43 for receiving the unlegitimate game media removed by the selecting means 41 by the reception port 59 arranged at the upper end, and guiding the unlegitimate game media to a reception tray 31 on the front side of the front surface panel 3. A block means 44 for blocking the fraudulent collection for fraudulently collecting the game media passing the selecting means 41 to the return passage 43 is arranged between the guide chute 42 and the reception port 59 of the return passage 43. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as slot machines and pachinko machines.

  A gaming machine such as a slot machine has a slot for inserting medals (game media) on a front panel mounted on the front surface of a housing, and a predetermined number of medals are inserted from the slot to play a game. The medal inserted from the insertion slot is guided to the back side of the front panel, and after the corrector and the corrector are selected by the selecting means, the regular medal is stored in the medal hopper in the housing through the guide chute. On the other hand, the illegal medals are removed by the sorting means, fall to the receiving port at the upper end of the return passage, and are returned from the discharge port to the tray at the lower front of the front panel through the return passage.

  In this type of gaming machine, a mounting frame is arranged above the receiving port at the upper end of the return passage, and the sorting means is detachably mounted from the back side between a pair of left and right mounting portions of the mounting frame. Further, the guide chute is fixed to an attachment portion on the outlet side of the sorting means via an attachment seat so as to be connected to the outlet (Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-289577 A

  Thus, if the sorting means is arranged above the receiving port at the upper end of the return passage, there is an advantage that the sorting means can be easily attached and detached without interfering with the return passage when the sorting means is attached to and detached from the mounting frame. is there.

  However, in such a structure, the outlet side of the sorting means and the upstream portion of the guide chute are located above the receiving port at the upper end of the return passage, so that the regular medal that has passed through the sorting means passes through the return passage to the tray. There is a risk of unauthorized collection.

  In other words, the upper end of the return passage is a receiving opening that opens greatly upward, and the outlet of the sorting means is above the receiving opening. Moreover, the guide chute that curves in an arc from the exit side to the medal hopper side has a lower inner peripheral wall than the outer peripheral wall in order to facilitate the rolling of the medal.

  For this reason, if an unauthorized member is inserted from the discharge port to the back side of the front panel through the return passage and the receiving port, and the tip of the unauthorized member is connected to the upstream portion of the guide chute across the inner peripheral wall, the sorting means There is a concern that a legitimate medal that has passed through the sorting means is scooped from the guide chute by an unauthorized member and illegally collected using the difference in height between the exit and the receiving port of the return passage.

  In view of such a conventional problem, the present invention inserts an illegal member from the return passage through the receiving port to the guide chute side and guides the regular medal that has passed through the sorting means to the return passage. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine that can prevent illegal collection that is illegally collected.

  In the present invention, on the back side of the front panel 3, a sorting means 41 that sorts the right and wrong game media loaded from the front loading port 22 and a regular game medium that has passed through the sorting means 41 are stored in the storage means 6. A game provided with a guide chute 42 for guiding to the front and a return passage 43 for receiving the illegal game medium removed by the sorting means 41 at the upper receiving port 59 and guiding it to the receiving tray 31 on the front side of the front panel 3. In the machine, between the guide chute 42 and the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43, blocking to prevent illegal collection of illegally collecting the game medium that has passed through the sorting means 41 into the return passage 43 Means 44 are provided.

  According to the present invention, an unauthorized member is inserted from the return passage 43 through the receiving port 59 to the guide chute 42 side, and the unauthorized medal passed through the sorting means 41 is guided to the return passage 43 by this unauthorized member. Therefore, there is an advantage that illegal collection can be prevented in advance.

1 is a perspective view of a slot machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the same housing | casing side. It is a rear view of the lower part of the front panel. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the lower part of the front panel. It is a cross-sectional view of the main part. It is a perspective view of the principal part. It is a perspective view of the principal part which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the principal part which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a top view of the principal part. It is a perspective view of the principal part which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the principal part. It is sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is the same perspective view. It is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing the sixth embodiment of the present invention. It is the same perspective view. It is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing a seventh embodiment of the present invention. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view. It is a transverse cross section of the important section showing the 8th embodiment of the present invention. It is the same perspective view.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 6 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention embodied in a slot machine. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slot machine 1 includes a housing 2 and a rectangular front panel 3 disposed on the front side of the housing 2. The housing 2 is formed in a box shape whose front side is open, and a front panel 3 is mounted so as to close the front side so as to be freely opened and closed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the housing 2, in addition to the display reel unit 5 in which a plurality of symbol display reels 4 a to 4 c are arranged in the left-right direction, a medal hopper 6 that stores medals as game media, and a medal A payout means 7 for paying out medals in the hopper 6, an auxiliary case 8 for receiving medals overflowing from the medal hopper 6, a power supply board case 9 storing a power supply board, and a main control storing a main control board 10. A substrate case 11 is arranged.

  The display reel unit 5 is detachably mounted on the intermediate shelf 12 of the housing 2. The main control board case 11 is detachably mounted on the rear wall of the housing 2 below the intermediate shelf 12. The medal hopper 6 is coupled to the payout means 7, and the payout means 7 is detachably mounted on the bottom plate 13 of the housing 2 together with the auxiliary case 8 and the power supply board case 9.

  The front panel 3 is attached to the housing 2 through a pair of upper and lower hinge means (not shown) disposed on one end of the left and right sides. The front panel 3 has a first display window 15 on the upper side. The 2nd display window 16 is arrange | positioned up and down. The first display window 15 is formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the symbol display reels 4 a to 4 c on the housing 2 side, and the player holds the symbol display reels 4 a to 4 c on the front side through the first display window 15. Is visible.

  The second display window 16 is formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the display screen 17 of a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) mounted on the back side of the front panel 3, and the player can use the second display window 16 through the second display window 16. The display screen 17 is visible from the front side. A front cover 20 having an upper operation panel portion 18 and a front operation panel portion 19 on the upper side is provided below the second display window 16 so as to protrude to the front side.

  The upper operation panel 18 is provided with a 1-bet button 23, a max-bet button 24, and a cancel button 25 in addition to a slot 22 through which medals can be inserted. The 1 bet button 23 and the max bet button 24 are for betting medals from credits instead of inserting medals into the insertion slot 22.

  The front operation panel 19 includes a start lever 26 for starting rotation of the symbol display reels 4a to 4c, stop buttons 27a to 27c for individually stopping the rotating symbol display reels 4a to 4c, A return button 28 for returning a clogged medal in the insertion slot 22 is provided.

  The lower side of the front panel 3 is largely retracted backward compared to the front cover 20, and medals paid out from the payout means 7 and returned medals are discharged to the lower side of the front panel 3. There are provided a discharge port 30, a tray 31 for receiving medals discharged from the discharge port 30, and an ashtray 32 disposed on one side of the tray 31. Note that speakers 33 are disposed on the left and right sides of the discharge port 30.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the payout means 7 includes a rotary disc 36 that rotates around the tilt axis in the payout case 35 on the lower side of the medal hopper 6, and a drive motor (not shown) that drives the rotary disc 36. And the medals are paid out forward from the payout port 37 on the front side of the payout case 35 by the rotation of the rotating disk 36.

  The front panel 3 includes a panel body 38 which is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material and constitutes a skeleton body. The front cover 20 for decoration is provided on the front side of the panel body 38, and illumination for illuminating the front cover 20 from the back side. Required members such as the lamp 39 are mounted.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, on the back side of the panel body 38, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a sorting means 41 that sorts medals inserted from the insertion slot 22, and a regular medal that has passed the sorting means 41 are placed on a medal hopper. 6, a return chute 43 for discharging illegal medals and return medals eliminated by the sorting means 41 to the tray 31 through the outlet 30, and a return path 43 for medals passing through the sorting means 41. Blocking means 44 for blocking fraudulent collection that fraudulently collects is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the panel body 38 is provided with a protruding wall 45 that protrudes in a U-shape on the front side corresponding to the back side of the front operation panel portion 19 below the upper operation panel portion 18. The sorting means 41 and the guide chute 42 are arranged on the left and right through a mounting boss 47 and a mounting frame 48 in a mounting recess 46 formed on the back side of the protruding wall 45.

  A vertical wall 49 extending downward from the lower rear end of the projecting wall 45, a bent wall 50 formed in a zigzag shape below the vertical wall 49 and inclined to the back side as a whole, and from the rear end of the bent wall 50 From the vertical wall 51 extending downward, the inclined wall 52 inclined backward and downward from the lower end of the vertical wall 51, the vertical wall 53 slightly inclined downward from the rear end of the inclined wall 52, and the lower end of the vertical wall 53 A bottom wall 54 that bends to the rear is integrally provided. A discharge port 30 is formed in the vertical wall 53, and a tray 31 is mounted on the front side thereof.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the return passage 43 is constituted by a panel body 38 and a passage forming body 56 having a U-shaped cross section mounted on the rear side of the panel body 38. The inclined passage portion 57 is inclined from the lower side toward the center side in the left-right direction of the panel body 38, and the vertical passage portion 58 extends downward from the lower end of the inclined passage portion 57 to the discharge port 30 side. The upper end of the inclined passage portion 57 is above the medal hopper 6 and serves as a receiving port 59 that opens upward facing the lower side of the sorting means 41. The receiving port 59 has a horizontally long rectangular shape in plan view.

  The rear wall 60 of the passage forming body 56 is bent along the front shape of the medal hopper 6 and the payout means 7 so as to be close to the medal hopper 6 and the payout means 7 when the front panel 3 is closed. An inlet 61 corresponding to the payout port 37 of the payout means 7 is provided in the rear wall 60 in the middle of the return passage 43, and medals paid out from the payout port 37 are discharged from the inlet 61 through the return passage 43. A guide is provided from 30 to the tray 31.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the mounting frame 48 is formed by bending a sheet metal material into a U shape in a plan view, and is bent from the left and right ends of the connecting portion 63 and from both left and right ends of the connecting portion 63. A pair of left and right mounting portions 64 are integrally provided, and the connecting portion 63 is fixed to the back surface of the panel body 38 via a mounting boss 47 and the like above the receiving port 59. The left and right attachment portions 64 are arranged substantially parallel to the left and right side walls 65 on the receiving port 59 side of the return passage 43 in the vertical direction.

  The sorting means 41 sorts the medals inserted into the insertion slot 22 between correct and incorrect, returns the illegal medals to the tray 31 side, and passes only the regular medals to the medal hopper 6 through the guide chute 42. Thus, the attachment frame 48 is detachably attached from the back side.

  The sorting means 41 determines whether the medal inserted into the insertion slot 22 enters from the entrance 68 that opens upward, and moves to the exit 70 on the mounting frame 48 side through the internal inclined passage 66 to determine whether it is correct or incorrect. Thus, the illegal medals are dropped and removed from the opening-shaped removing portion 67 in the middle of the inclined passage 66 to the receiving port 59, and only the regular medals are passed from the outlet 70 to the guide chute 42.

  Even in the acceptance refusal state, the sorting means 41 drops the medal in the inclined passage 66 from the removal unit 72 to the acceptance port 59 and returns it. The sorting means 41 is provided with detection means (not shown) for counting the number of passing regular medals at appropriate locations.

  Of the pair of attachment portions 64, the attachment portion 64 on the guide chute 42 side has an outlet 70 communicating with the flow-down passage 69 of the sorting means 41 from the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6. The guide chute 42 connected to the outlet 70 is attached to the opposite side of the sorting means 41 via a mounting seat 75.

  As shown in FIGS. 3, 5, and 6, the guide chute 42 includes an upstream portion 76 disposed sideways corresponding to the outlet 70 and a downstream portion 77 disposed rearward corresponding to the medal hopper 6. It is bent in a circular arc shape in plan view while being gradually inclined between them, and is detachably fixed to the side surface of the attachment portion 64 with a screw or the like via an attachment seat 75 provided integrally on the upstream end side thereof. Further, the guide chute 42 is formed in a substantially J-shaped cross section in which the inner peripheral wall 78 is low and the outer peripheral wall 79 is high so that the medal can smoothly pass even in a curved portion.

  The rear wall 60 on the receiving port 59 side of the return passage 43 is sufficient in the front-rear direction between the lower side of the sorting unit 41 so that the illegal medals removed by the sorting unit 41 can surely enter the receiving port 59. There is an interval. Further, the pair of left and right attachment portions 64 of the attachment frame 48 has a vertically long rectangular shape in a side view in which the rear end substantially coincides with the rear end side on the upper side of the sorting means 41, and the rear end thereof from the rear wall 60 of the return passage 43. Is also located on the front side.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the blocking means 44 is disposed between the return passage 43 and the guide chute 42, and the rear wall extends along the side wall 65 of the return passage 43 from the lower side of the one attachment portion 64. The plate-shaped blocking member 81 protrudes integrally to the vicinity of 60. The blocking member 81 is provided corresponding to at least the range near the upper end of the side wall 65 of the return passage 43 to the lower side of the outlet 70, for example, slightly above the lower end of the outlet 70, and the rear end thereof is the rear wall 60 of the return passage 43. Or slightly behind or behind the rear wall 60.

  The blocking member 81 may be raised as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIGS. 4 and 6 and may protrude rearward so as to approach the medal hopper 6 or reach the medal hopper 6.

  In such a slot machine 1, in the game, after inserting a predetermined number of medals from the insertion slot 22 or pressing the bet buttons 23 and 24, the start lever 26 is operated to display each symbol display reel 4 a of the display reel unit 5. Rotate ~ 4c.

  When a medal is inserted into the insertion slot 22, the medal enters the flow-down passage 69 of the sorting means 41, and whether it is right or wrong is determined while passing through this flow-down passage 69. Then, the small diameter illegal medal is dropped from the opening of the removing portion 72 to the receiving port 59 and then returned to the tray 31 through the return passage 43.

  The regular medals are guided from the sorting means 41 to the medal hopper 6 through the outlet 70 and the guide chute 42, and are sequentially stored in the medal hopper 6. Then, every time a regular medal passes the sorting means 41, the detecting means detects the passage, and the number of inserted medals is counted by the counter and used for the game.

  The receiving port 59 of the return passage 43 is greatly opened below the sorting means 41, and the receiving port 59 is at a position lower than the outlet 70. For this reason, in the case of an illegal work for illegally collecting the regular medals after passing through the sorting means 41 through the return passage 43, an illegal member is inserted from the discharge port 30 of the return passage 43 to the back side of the front panel 3 from the receiving port 59. After the insertion, it is conceivable to connect the tip of the unauthorized member to the outlet 70 or the upstream portion 76 of the guide chute 42.

  However, in this embodiment, since the blocking means 44 is provided in the mounting portion 64 on the guide chute 42 side among the pair of left and right mounting portions 64 of the mounting frame 48 of the sorting means 41, Even if an unauthorized member is inserted on the back side of the front panel 3, it is very difficult to connect the tip of the unauthorized member to the outlet 70 or the upstream portion 76 side of the guide chute 42 due to the blocking means 44. For this reason, it is possible to prevent unauthorized collection such that the medals that have passed through the sorting means 41 are illegally collected from the receiving port 59 via the return passage 43.

  Further, the blocking means 44 is constituted by a plate-shaped blocking member 81 projecting rearward from the lower portion of the mounting portion 64, and since it is structurally simple and can be easily manufactured when the mounting frame 48 is manufactured, it can be manufactured at low cost. There are advantages you can do.

  Furthermore, since the blocking member 81 constituting the blocking means 44 only protrudes rearward from the mounting portion 64, it does not hinder the selection means 41 from being attached to and detached from the mounting frame 48 on the back side of the front panel 3. Of course, since the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43 is provided below the sorting means 41, the sorting means 41 can be attached and detached in the same manner as in the past.

  In this embodiment, the blocking member 81 is provided in the lower part of the mounting portion 64, but the blocking member 81 may be provided in substantially the entire mounting portion 64. In this case, of the pair of left and right mounting portions 64 of the mounting frame 48, the mounting portion 64 on the guide chute 42 side with respect to the sorting means 41 is configured to be longer rearward than the mounting portion 64 on the opposite side. .

  FIG. 7 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a blocking means 44 that protrudes upward from the pair of left and right side walls 65 on the receiving port 59 side of the return passage 43 is provided on the side wall 65 on the guide chute 42 side. The blocking member 81 protrudes upward from the upper end of 60.

  The blocking member 81 is disposed so as to block between the attachment portion 64 and the rear wall 60 of the return passage 43, and its height is slightly higher than the lower end of the outlet 70. That is, the blocking member 81 has a height corresponding to at least the lower part of the outlet 70. Of course, the blocking member 81 may be raised as shown by the two-dot chain line.

  As described above, the blocking member 81 may be configured by the blocking member 81 protruding from the side wall 65 on the guide chute 42 side of the return passage 43 to the upper end, and in this case as well, in the same way as in the first embodiment, unauthorized collection is performed in advance. Can be prevented.

  In this embodiment, the blocking member 81 is provided on the rear side of the mounting portion 64. However, the blocking member 81 may be provided so that a part of the blocking member 81 overlaps with the mounting portion 64 on the left and right. Further, if bridging of unauthorized members between the upstream portion 76 side of the guide chute 42 and the receiving port 59 at the upper end of the return passage 43 can be prevented, a slight gap is provided between the mounting portion 64 and the blocking member 81. Alternatively, the blocking member 81 may be slightly lower than the lower end of the outlet 70.

  8 and 9 illustrate a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a blocking means 44 is integrally provided on the mounting seat 75 side of the guide chute 42. That is, the upstream end of the guide chute 42 is integrally provided with a mounting seat 75 that protrudes forward from the outer peripheral wall 79 and a blocking member 81 that protrudes rearward from the inner peripheral wall 78 and constitutes the blocking means 44. ing.

  The blocking member 81 has a vertical width approximately equal to that of the inner peripheral wall 78 from the vicinity of the side wall 65 of the return passage 43, and the rear end thereof is about the vicinity of the rear wall 60 of the return passage 43. A reinforcing rib 82 is provided between the blocking member 81 and the inner peripheral wall 78. Further, the rear end of the blocking member 81 may protrude toward the medal hopper 6 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG.

  The mounting seat 75 has one or a plurality of, for example, a pair of upper and lower positioning projections 83 and a mounting hole 84, and the positioning projection 83 is inserted into the positioning hole of the mounting portion 64 and is inserted into the mounting hole 84. Thus, it is detachably fixed to the mounting portion 64. The mounting seat 75 and the blocking member 81 are connected below the guide chute 42.

  In this case, when the guide chute 42 is attached to the attachment portion 64 of the attachment frame 48, the blocking member 81 is located behind the rear end of the attachment portion 64 of the attachment frame 48 in the vicinity of the upper side of the side wall 65 of the return passage 43. Since it protrudes, illegal collection | recovery can be prevented beforehand like 1st Embodiment.

  Further, since the blocking member 81 is provided integrally with the mounting seat 75 at the upstream end of the guide chute 42, it can be easily manufactured by molding the guide chute 42 by resin molding or the like. Further, since the reinforcing rib 82 is provided between the blocking member 81 and the inner peripheral wall 78, the blocking member 81 can be prevented from being damaged even though the blocking member 81 protrudes rearward from the upstream end of the guide chute 42. .

  10 and 11 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the blocking means 44 is constituted by a plate-shaped blocking member 81 that is detachably attached to the upper end portion of the return passage 43 via an attaching / detaching means 85.

  The blocking member 81 is L-shaped in a plan view including a side wall portion 81 a corresponding to the side wall 65 on the receiving port 59 side of the return passage 43 and a rear wall portion 81 b corresponding to the rear wall 60, and the sorting means 41 on the back side. It comes to cover from. The attaching / detaching means 85 includes a holding portion 87 provided on the rear wall 60 or the like of the return passage 43 and a leg portion 88 that protrudes downward from the blocking member 81 and can be inserted into and removed from the holding portion 87. The attachment / detachment means 85 only needs to be capable of detachably fixing the blocking member 81 to the upper end portion side of the return passage 43, and may have a structure in which the blocking member 81 is fixed by a screw, for example.

  Thus, even if the blocking member 81 is provided so as to be connected to the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43 and cover the sorting means 41 from the back side, unauthorized collection can be prevented in advance. Further, since the blocking member 81 only needs to be removed when the sorting means 41 is attached / detached, the sorting means 41 can be easily attached / detached even though the blocking member 81 is connected to the return passage 43.

  12 and 13 illustrate a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 12A of this embodiment, the blocking member 81 of the mounting portion 64 is configured in a fork shape, and in FIG. 12B, the blocking member 81 on the side wall 65 is configured in a grid shape having openings 81a. In FIG. 13, the blocking members 81 of the guide chute 42 are each configured in a fork shape.

  Thus, the blocking member 81 constituting the blocking means 44 does not necessarily have a plate shape, as long as it can prevent bridging of an unauthorized member between the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43 and the guide chute 42. It is enough. Therefore, for example, the blocking member 81 may be in the form of one or a plurality of bars, or may be a stitch shape. Nor does it need to be straight.

  14 and 15 illustrate a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the blocking means 44 extends from the attachment portion 64 to above the medal hopper 6, and the rear end thereof is approximately the same as the rear end of the guide chute 42 or the rear end of the guide chute 42. It is possible to prevent unauthorized collection of medals by arranging unauthorized members along an arcuate path 90 as indicated by a two-dot chain line.

  That is, as an unauthorized recovery mode, a saddle-shaped unauthorized member having a shape memory property that is restored in a curved shape along an arcuate path 90 indicated by a two-dot chain line is used. It is conceivable that the medals are illegally collected while spanning across 76 and the receiving port 59 side of the return passage 43 and rolling the medals.

  Even in such a case, as shown in FIG. 14, by disposing the blocking member 81 so as to protrude on the medal hopper 6, it becomes difficult to dispose the unauthorized member along the arcuate path 90. For this reason, illegal collection can be prevented more reliably.

  In this sixth embodiment, the blocking member 81 provided integrally with the mounting portion 64 of the mounting frame 48 extends rearward up to the medal hopper 6, but protrudes to the side wall 65 of the return passage 43 or the guide chute 42. Also in the case where the member 81 is provided integrally, the member 81 may be greatly extended backward as in the sixth embodiment. Further, the protruding member 81 may be detachably provided on the attachment portion 64, the side wall 65, or the guide chute 42.

  16 and 17 illustrate a seventh embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, unlike the sixth embodiment, the blocking member 81 is plate-shaped, rod-shaped, etc., and one end side is pivotally supported by the mounting portion 64 by a lateral support shaft 91 and protrudes backward. The posture can be changed between X and the housing position Y that stands up along the attachment portion 64 from the support shaft 91 to the upper side.

  The blocking member 81 is held by the stopper 92 and the resistance means 93 at the blocking position X, and is difficult to rotate from the blocking position X to the housing position Y. The stopper 92 of the blocking member 81 is engaged with the lower side of the attachment portion 64. The resistance means 93 includes a protrusion 94 on the attachment portion 64 side and a protrusion 95 on the blocking member 81 side. When the blocking member 81 rotates from the blocking position X to the receiving position Y, both the protruding portions 94, 95 gets over relatively.

  In this case, since the posture of the blocking member 81 can be changed between the blocking position X and the storage position Y, the blocking member 81 is obstructive even though the blocking member 81 protrudes greatly on the medal hopper 6. This is convenient when the front panel 3 is opened and the back side is inspected.

  In the seventh embodiment, the blocking member 81 is pivotally attached to the mounting portion 64 of the mounting frame 48. However, the blocking member 81 is similarly provided on the side wall 65 of the return passage 43 and the mounting portion 64 side of the guide chute 42. The posture may be changed between the blocking position X and the receiving position Y by pivoting to the position.

  18 and 19 illustrate an eighth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, unlike the sixth and seventh embodiments, the blocking member 81 is detachably attached to the side wall 65 of the return passage 43 via the attaching / detaching means 85. The attaching / detaching means 85 includes a holding portion 87 provided on the side wall 65 of the return passage 43 and a leg portion 88 that protrudes downward from the blocking member 81 and can be inserted into and removed from the holding portion 87. The attachment / detachment means 85 only needs to be capable of detachably fixing the blocking member 81 to the upper end portion side of the return passage 43, and may have a structure in which the blocking member 81 is fixed by a screw, for example.

  In this case, since the blocking member 81 is detachable by the mounting / dismounting means 85, the blocking member 81 does not get in the way even though the blocking member 81 protrudes greatly on the medal hopper 6. This is convenient when the front panel 3 is opened and the back side is inspected.

  In the eighth embodiment, the blocking member 81 is detachably attached to the side wall 65 of the return passage 43, but may be attached to the rear wall 60. The blocking member 81 may be detachably attached to the attachment portion 64 of the attachment frame 48 or the attachment portion 75 side of the guide chute 42.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to this embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, in the embodiment, the case where the blocking member 81 constituting the blocking means 44 is integrally provided on the mounting portion 64 of the mounting frame 48, the side wall 65 of the return passage 43, and the base portion of the guide chute 42 is illustrated. The blocking member 81 may have a separate structure and be detachable. Further, when the blocking means 44 such as the blocking member 81 is detachably provided at the upper end of the return passage 43 via the detachable means 85, another structure may be adopted.

  Further, the blocking means 44 may have another structure, or may be attached to another portion as long as it can be disposed between the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43 and the guide chute 42. In the case where the game medium is a medal, in the case of an unauthorized work, the medal is guided to the return passage 43 while rolling along the unauthorized member. Therefore, the blocking means 44 causes the medal to roll on the unauthorized member. Any structure may be used, and a slight gap may be provided between the blocking means 44 and the mounting portion 64, between the blocking means 44 and the side wall 65 of the return passage 43, or the like.

  Moreover, you may comprise the blocking means 44 combining the blocking member 81 which has the rear wall part 81b of 4th Embodiment, and the blocking member 81 illustrated by other each embodiment. That is, the side wall 65 side of the return passage 43 may be any one of the structures of the first to third and fifth embodiments, and the rear wall 60 side of the return passage 43 may be the blocking member 81 of the fourth embodiment.

  The blocking means 44 only needs to be high enough that the medal inserted from the insertion port 22 cannot pass over the blocking means 44 due to its inertial force after passing through the sorting means 41, and the gradient of the flow-down passage 69 is small. For example, when the inertia force is relatively small, the upper end of the blocking means 44 may be slightly lower than the lower end of the outlet 70. However, in consideration of the case where the medal is accelerated and the medal is inserted, it is desirable that the height is the same as the lower part of the exit 70 for safety. Of course, it may be higher than that.

  Furthermore, although the medal hopper 6 is illustrated as the storage means, a tank other than the hopper may be used. The game medium may be other than a medal, and the game machine may be other than a slot machine.

3 Front panel 6 Storage means 22 Input port 31 Receptacle 41 Sorting means 42 Guide chute 43 Return passage 44 Blocking means 48 Mounting frame 59 Receiving port 64 Mounting portion 65 Side wall 70 Exit 75 Mounting seat

Claims (5)

  On the back side of the front panel (3), a sorting means (41) for sorting out the right and wrong of the game medium thrown from the front slot (22), and a regular game medium that has passed through the sorting means (41) The guide chute (42) for guiding the player to the storage means (6) and the illegal game medium removed by the sorting means (41) are received by the receiving port (59) at the upper end, and the front side of the front panel (3) In the gaming machine having a return passage (43) for guiding to the tray (31), the sorting means (between the guide chute (42) and the receiving port (59) of the return passage (43). 41. A gaming machine comprising a blocking means (44) for blocking illegal collection of illegally collecting game media that have passed through 41) into the return passage (43).   The sorting means (41) is detachably mounted from the back side between a pair of left and right mounting portions (64) of a mounting frame (48) disposed above the receiving port (59) of the return passage (43). The blocking means (44) projecting rearward along the side wall (65) of the receiving port (59) at the mounting portion (64) between the sorting means (41) and the guide chute (42). The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising:   The sorting means (41) is disposed between a pair of left and right mounting portions (64) of the mounting frame (48), and the mounting portion (64) between the sorting means (41) and the guide chute (42). The game according to claim 1, characterized in that said blocking means (44) projecting upward on the back side of said mounting portion (64) is provided on a side wall (65) of said return passage (43) corresponding to. Machine.   The sorting means (41) is disposed between a pair of left and right mounting portions (64) of the mounting frame (48), and the guide chute (42) corresponds to the sorting chute (41). The mounting seat (75) for mounting to the mounting portion (64) and the blocking means (44) protruding rearward from the mounting portion (64) are provided. The gaming machine described.   The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the blocking means (44) is arranged corresponding to at least a lower side of an outlet (70) of the sorting means (41).

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