JP2012050783A - Token entry device with fraud prevention device for token pusher game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a token entry device including a protection means against a violation play by a player.SOLUTION: The token entry device 30A for a token game machine includes: a token gun formed by connecting, on one axis, a handle with a token input port, a token discrimination device for discriminating the authenticity of a token, and a token guide for rolling the token supplied from the token discrimination device to a distal end and discharging the token onto a game field 22; an adaptor arranged at a position close to the handle of the token gun; and a bracket attached to a transparent plate, to rotatably hold the adaptor in a state where the token gun is inserted into an attachment hole arranged in the transparent plate 10 on the front surface of a game machine case body by leaving the adaptor and the handle outside the case body. A rotary damper is arranged between the adaptor and the bracket.

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal entry device for a medal pusher game machine, and in particular, a violation play such as a player swinging the medal entry device quickly and greatly left and right and attempting to shake off medals stacked on the game field illegally. It is related with the medal entry device provided with the protection means against performing.

Medal pusher game machines are widely known and enjoyed in the past.
The medal pusher game machine is provided with a medal pusher that reciprocates back and forth on a fixed game field, and a medal that is inserted on the game field by a player using a medal entry device is pushed by the medal pusher. When dropped in a payout groove provided at the front edge of the game field, those medals are paid out to the player.

  A medal pusher game machine is usually provided with one medal entry device on each of the left and right sides. The medal is inserted into the game field using the medal entry device, and when various events occur, A predetermined number of medals are automatically released onto the game field in accordance with the rules of the game, and so-called “parent drop grooves” are provided on the left and right sides of the game field. It is to be collected by the machine.

For this reason, during the game, some medals are about to fall from the game field into the payout groove, but there is a situation where they do not fall easily.
In such a case, some players appear to swing the medal entry device violently from side to side, impact the game machine, and attempt to drop the medal illegally.

  Such acts are fraudulent acts that damage the fairness of the game and unfairly acquire medals, and are illegal acts that damage each part of the entry device and other game devices. Conventionally, means that can effectively prevent such fraudulent acts There was no.

JP 2005-218638 A JP 2004-167001 A

It is an object of the present invention to provide means that can reduce the impact transmitted to the main body of the medal entry device even if the medal entry device is vigorously shaken to the left and right, and thus prevent the medal from being illegally dropped into the payout groove.
That is, the present invention intends to provide a medal entry device with a fraud prevention device.

  In order to solve the above problems, a rotary damper is provided between the medal entry device and the front transparent plate of the medal pusher game machine housing to which the medal entry device is attached.

  The medal entry device is provided with a stopper pin to regulate the left and right swing width, so when a strong force is applied to the medal entry device, a strong braking force is generated by the action of the rotary damper, The impact when the medal entry device hits the stopper pin is alleviated, and the medal can be prevented from being shaken off.

FIG. 1 is a front view of a medal pusher game machine. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state where the medal entry device according to the present invention is attached to the front transparent plate of the medal pusher game device. FIG. 3 is a partially three-dimensional exploded view showing how to use the rotary damper in the state shown in FIG. 2. It is a top view which shows the state shown in FIG. It is a partially expanded sectional view which shows the attachment state of a rotary damper. It is a side view which shows the attachment state of a medal entry device.

In the figure, 100 is a medal pusher game machine,
10 is a transparent plate on the front of the housing,
20 is a main game device comprising a fixed game field 22, a medal pusher 24 which is provided on the upper surface of the game field and reciprocates back and forth, and a fixed wall member provided in contact with the upper surface of the medal pusher 24,
30, 30 </ b> A, 30 </ b> B are medals composed of a medal guide 31, a medal discriminating device 32, a handle 33, a medal slot 33 a, a main body member 35, an adapter 36, a rotary damper 37 and a roller damper case 38, and a medal return guide 39. Entry device,
40 is a video display device,
50 is a medal hopper,
Reference numeral 60 denotes a plastic cover.

  In FIG. 1, an acrylic transparent plate 10 is provided in front of the medal pusher game device 100, and the right and left medal entry devices 30 </ b> A and 30 </ b> B are provided on the transparent plate 10 in order for the player to insert medals into the game device. Is provided.

In the game device 100, a main game device 20, a video display 40, a medal hopper 50, and other known game devices and effect devices are provided.
The main game apparatus 20 includes a fixed game field 22, a medal pusher 24 which is provided on the upper surface of the game field 22, and reciprocates back and forth, and a fixed wall member 26 provided in contact with the upper surface of the medal pusher 24. The pusher 24 reciprocates back and forth while being sandwiched between the game field 22 and the fixed wall member 26.

  In the present embodiment, the mounting portion of the medal entry device 30 on the transparent plate 10 is recessed inside the housing, and the medal entry device 30 has the tip of the medal guide 31 facing downward by the bracket 36 provided on the transparent plate 10. It is attached in a tilted posture.

  The medal entry device 30 is provided with an adapter 35 in the vicinity of the handle 33. The adapter 35 has a thin and short rotating shaft 35a at the upper end and a rotating shaft hole 35b at the lower end so as to be coaxial with each other. Is provided.

  The adapter 35 supports the rotation shaft portion 35a and the rotation shaft hole 35b so that the central axes thereof are vertical and rotatable, so that the player rotates the handle 33 of the medal entry device 30 left and right. Thus, the direction of the medal guide 31 can be changed, whereby the medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 33 a can be inserted on the game field 22 or the medal pusher 24.

In this medal pusher game machine, a game is played as follows.
The player releases a previously acquired medal on the game field 22 and the medal pusher 24 using a medal entry device.
For this reason, the released medals fall on the game field 22 and the medal pusher 24.
Therefore, a medal that has dropped near the fixed wall member 26 on the upper surface of the medal pusher 24 is pushed by the fixed wall member 26 and moves forward (in the direction of the transparent plate on the front of the housing). The medals also move forward, eventually fall on the game field 22, then pushed forward by the medal pusher 24, push forward the medals, and move them forward. The medals on the game field 22 are gradually pushed forward, and eventually fall from the front edge of the game field 22 into a payout groove (not shown) and are paid out to the player.

  The game progresses in this way, but when there are medals that are likely to fall near the front edge of the game field 22, if the player has run out of medals, the player may move the medal entry device to the left or right. Someone appears to shake the violently to vibrate the game field 22 and shake off the medal.

Such an act is an illegal act of pretending a medal to be acquired by the next player, and an illegal act possibly damaging a medal entry device or other devices, and is not allowed.
However, today, the number of shop assistants is small compared with the number of customers at game arcades and there is a lot of noise, so it is difficult to eradicate such illegal activities, and therefore proposals for measures to prevent such illegal activities are required. However, no effective preventive measures have been proposed to date.

  Therefore, in the present invention, a rotary damper is provided between the upper rotary shaft 35A of the adapter 35 of the medal entry device 30 and a bracket 36 attached to a part of the housing, preferably the front transparent plate 10.

  A rotary damper is a hollow disk-shaped airtight container with a rotating disk, and the rotating shaft of the rotating disk penetrates the container wall and protrudes outward, and the container is filled with high-viscosity liquid. When the rotating disk is rotated with a fixed, the braking force is applied to the rotating disk by the viscous resistance of the highly viscous liquid.

An example of a method of attaching the rotary damper is shown in FIGS.
An adapter 35 for attaching the medal entry device 30 to the transparent plate 10 is provided, and the medal entry device 30 has a predetermined position on the transparent plate 10 on the front surface of the housing so that the adapter 35 is vertical through the bracket 36. Attached to.

The rotary damper 37 is provided between the top of the adapter 35 held vertically and the top of the bracket 36.
The medal entry device 30 has an adapter 35 inclined to the handle side with respect to the main portion thereof, that is, the center line of the medal gun 34. A short thin rotating shaft portion 35a is provided on the upper surface of the adapter 35, and the lower surface is provided on the lower surface. A shaft mounting hole 35b is provided coaxially with the rotary shaft portion 35a.

  On the upper surface of the bracket 36, a rotary shaft portion 35 a is rotatably supported by a shaft hole 36 a provided in the bracket 36, and on the lower surface, the rotation is press-fitted into the shaft mounting hole 35 b of the adapter 35 through the shaft mounting hole 35 b. The shaft member 39 is rotatably supported.

  The rotation shaft portion 35a provided at the top of the adapter 35 is provided with a rotation shaft hole 35b that supports the rotation shaft 37a of the rotary damper 37 coaxially therewith. The rotation shaft portion 37a is provided with the rotation shaft hole 35b. Thus, the rotary damper 37 is connected to the adapter 35.

  On the other hand, the main body base 37b of the rotary damper 37 is screwed to the bracket 36 or is prevented from rotating by a non-rotating pin (not shown) provided on the rotary damper case 38. Therefore, when trying to swing the medal entry device 30 violently, the adapter 35 receives a strong braking force, so the medal gun 34 collides with the stopper, the game device receives a strong impact, and the medal is paid out illegally. It is prevented.

  For this reason, while a malicious player is prevented from cheating, when the medal entry device 30 is operated gently, almost no braking force is applied, so there is no problem for a good player's game.

100 medal pusher game machine,
10 Transparent plate on the front of the housing,
20 medal entry device 22 game field 24 medal pusher 26 fixed wall member 30 medal entry device 30A medal entry device A
30B Medal entry device B
31 Medal Guide 32 Medal Discriminating Device 33 Handle 33a Medal Insert Port 34 Medal Gun 35 Adapter 35a Rotating Shaft 35b Rotating Shaft Hole 36 Bracket 36a Rotating Shaft Hole a
36b Rotating shaft hole b
37 Rotary damper 37a Rotating shaft 37b Main body base 38 Rotary damper case 39 Rotating shaft member 310 Medal return guide 40 Video display device,
50 medal hopper,
60 Plastic cover

Claims (2)

A handle (33) having a medal slot (33a), a medal discriminating device (32) for discriminating the authenticity of the medal inserted from the medal slot (33a), and a deep bowl-like structure in which a medal passage is formed A medal gun (34) which is connected to a medal guide (31) which is a body and rolls the medal supplied from the medal discriminating device (32) to the tip and releases it onto the game field (22) on one axis. When,
An adapter (35) provided near the handle (33) of the medal gun (34);
Attached to the transparent plate (10), the medal gun (34) is inserted into a mounting hole provided in the transparent plate (10) on the front surface of the game machine housing, leaving the adapter (35) and the handle (33) outside the housing. A bracket (36) that rotatably holds the adapter (35) in a state of being
In a medal entry device (30) for a medal game machine comprising:
The medal entry device (30), wherein a rotary damper (37) is provided between the adapter (35) and the bracket (36).   The adapter (35) is provided with a rotating shaft portion (35a) held by a bracket (36), and an end portion of the rotating shaft portion (35a) is provided with a rotating shaft hole a (36a), and a rotary damper ( The rotary shaft (37a) of 37) is firmly inserted into the rotary shaft hole a (36a), and the main body base (37b) of the rotary damper (37) is fixed to the bracket (36). The medal entry device according to claim 1.

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