JP2012238134A - Token put-out device and game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely put out retained tokens by applying a dynamic action to stacked tokens, thereby resolving a bridge state.SOLUTION: A token put-out device 1 stackingly retains predetermined tokens in the vertical direction and sequentially puts out tokens from a token located in a lower layer side using a predetermined power. The token put-out device includes a rod-like elastic body that has a length corresponding to the depth where the retained tokens 30 are stacked and is formed to be bendingly deformed and extendingly/contractingly deformed. The rod-like elastic body 12 is enclosed by the retained tokens 30, is mounted in such a manner that the longitudinal direction thereof extends along the stacking direction of the retained tokens 30, and is configured to be swung by the retained tokens 30 that vibrate with the put-out operation.

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin payout device for paying out coins such as coins and medals, and a gaming device including the same, and more particularly to a coin payout device and a gaming device capable of eliminating a bridged state in which stored coins are entangled and jammed.

As devices that use coins such as coins and game medals as a medium, there are various devices such as vending machines, arcade games, slot machines, etc., and in these devices, coins are inserted and coins are paid out. It has become.
It is common to use stored coins stored in advance for paying out coins. For example, in the payout device described in Patent Document 1, coins are paid out one by one from the stored coins stored in the hopper in advance. It has become.
Such a payout device is normally configured to store coins in an irregularly stacked manner in the vertical direction, and sequentially send coins located on the lower layer side to the outside.

JP 2009-64367 A

In such a coin payout device, coins are irregularly stacked in a vertical direction and stored, and therefore, a coin is often entangled and jammed due to the weight of the coins.
When such a bridge occurs, the stored coins stay in the hopper so as not to swing, and the stored coins are not introduced into the sending unit for sending the coins to the outside, so that the payout operation proceeds in an idle state. As a result, the payout efficiency was reduced.

  In order to avoid the occurrence of such a bridge, the coin payout device described in Patent Document 1 is provided with a swingable coin control unit and configured to disperse the stored coins. The static action alone could not reliably eliminate the bridge.

  The present invention has been proposed to solve such a problem, by indirectly and efficiently using the power of the sending unit, by exerting a dynamic action on the stacked coins, It is an object of the present invention to provide a coin payout device capable of canceling the bridge state and reliably paying out stored coins, and a gaming device including the same.

  In order to achieve the above object, a coin payout device according to the present invention stores predetermined coins stacked in a vertical direction, and pays out coins sequentially from the coin located on the lower layer side using predetermined power. The rod-shaped elastic body has a length corresponding to the depth at which the stored coins are stacked, and is formed to be able to bend and deform and extend and deform. The rod-shaped elastic body is surrounded by the stored coins. In addition, the suspension is supported so that the longitudinal direction thereof is along the direction in which the stored coins are stacked, and is swung by the stored coins that vibrate with the payout operation.

  The gaming device of the present invention is a gaming device that is installed in a game arcade and pays out stored coins from an internally installed coin payout device, and this coin payout device is constituted by the above coin payout device. .

  According to the coin payout device of the present invention and the gaming device equipped with the same, the stored coin in which the swing is stacked is obtained by swinging the elastic elastic body while the rod-shaped elastic body is elastically deformed by the stored coin that vibrates with the payout operation. Since it is transmitted to the whole, the intertwined coins can be broken to cancel the bridge state, and the coins can be paid out reliably.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the game device in which the coin payout device concerning one embodiment of the present invention was installed. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The coin payout apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a top view of the state which removed the upper cover. It is a perspective view which shows the rod-shaped elastic body which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the rod-shaped elastic body in the coin payout apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of the inclination part and rod-shaped elastic body in the coin payout apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, (a) is the figure which showed the full state of the storage coin, (b) (C) is the figure which showed a mode that the reduction | decrease of the storage coins stored by the inclination part side was overdue.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a coin payout device according to the present invention and a gaming device including the same will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Game equipment]
As shown in FIG. 1, a gaming apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is a coin lending apparatus that is mainly installed in a game arcade and lends coins (game medals), and a coin payout apparatus 1 according to the present invention is provided therein. The coins to be stored are paid out based on a predetermined operation by the player.

  Specifically, the gaming apparatus 100 includes a housing 100b whose front side is open and a front door 100a that covers the front side so as to be openable and closable. A coin payout device 1 described later is disposed on the housing 100b. The front door 100a is provided with a plurality of operating means for receiving player operations.

For example, as an operation means, the display unit 101 including a touch panel capable of detecting a finger touch position, a card insertion slot 102 into which a predetermined card (for example, a membership card) can be inserted / returned, and a sending / out port of the coin payout device 1 are communicated. A coin discharge port 103 for discharging coins, a tray 103a for receiving the discharged coins, a bill insertion port (not shown) for inserting cash such as bills, and the like are provided.
In addition, the casing 100b includes a control unit that controls the computer, such as the coin payout device 1, the display unit 101, and a card reader that reads an ID from an inserted card.

The gaming device 100 having such a configuration is connected to, for example, a management device (a storage management device) that manages the amount of coins that the player has previously deposited in the game hall, so that the membership card can be inserted into the card insertion slot 102. By controlling the coin payout device 1 up to the number of coins managed by the management device on the condition of insertion and input of a password or the like from the display unit 101 (touch panel), a desired amount of coins can be paid out. It can be done. In addition, by inserting cash such as banknotes, it is possible to pay out coins of a quantity corresponding to the amount of money inserted.
In the gaming apparatus 100 that performs such an operation, a coin payout device 1 shown below is provided.

[Coin dispensing device]
As shown in FIG. 2, the coin payout device 1 sequentially sends out coins 30 one by one from the hopper unit 10 that stacks and stores the coins 30 in the vertical direction and the coins 30 stored on the lower layer side of the hopper unit 10. And a sending unit 20.

The hopper portion 10 is a substantially rectangular tube-like container that has a wall portion 10a that extends in a substantially vertical direction and surrounds a plurality of coins 30 so as to be reservable.
An inclined portion 13 is formed on one surface of the wall portion 10a so as to extend toward the other wall portion 10a disposed to face the wall portion 10a.
Further, an upper lid 11 that covers the upper opening so as to be freely opened and closed is provided, and the bar-like elastic body 12 according to the present invention is attached to the upper lid 11.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rod-like elastic body 12 is formed of an elastic rod-like member that can bend and deform and can be expanded and contracted. In the present embodiment, the rod-like elastic body 12 is constituted by a helical spring, for example.
The rod-shaped elastic body 12 is suspended so that its upper end portion 12a is detachably attached to the back surface of the upper lid 11 (for example, sliding insertion into a U-shaped attachment tool) and the lower end portion 12b is a free end. It is supported by lowering.
That is, the rod-shaped elastic body 12 is supported by being suspended so that the longitudinal direction thereof is along the direction in which the coins 30 are stacked.
Further, since the rod-like elastic body 12 has flexibility and stretchability, it extends and contracts with the upper end 12a as a fulcrum for external forces acting in the vertical direction, and the upper end 12a for bending external forces. The pendulum is operated while flexing freely around the fulcrum.

Further, the rod-like elastic body 12 of the present embodiment is formed with a length substantially equal to the stacking depth of the coins 30 so that the swinging is transmitted to the entire stored coins 30 in the suspended state. However, the lower end portion 12b is close to the sending portion 20 without contacting.
The length is set such that the rod-shaped elastic body 12 itself does not interfere with the introduction of coins into the sending unit 20 while securing the coin introduction path, and the power from the sending unit 20 is stored in the stored coin 30. This is for efficiently transmitting to the rod-shaped elastic body 12 via the.
Moreover, since the sending part 20 is detachably formed while sliding to the opposite side (opening side of the housing 100b) with respect to the inclined part 13 with respect to the hopper part 10 around the lowermost part 13a, The rod-shaped elastic body 12 has a length that does not interfere with the sliding movement of the delivery unit 20.

Further, the rod-like elastic body 12 is suspended near the center of the stacked coins 30 so that the coins 30 are surrounded by the stored coins 30 when the hopper portion 10 is filled with the coins 30, and the lower end portion 12b is The rotation of the delivery rotor 22 is transmitted evenly by facing the rotation shaft 22a of the delivery rotor 22 provided in the delivery unit 20.
Further, by introducing the lower end portion 12 b to the rotating shaft 22 a, the introduction of the coin 30 into the through hole 22 b formed in the delivery rotor 22 is not hindered by the rod-like elastic body 12.

  The sending unit 20 includes a sending port 21 that sends the coin 30 to the outside, and a sending rotor 22 (rotary disc) that is driven by a predetermined motor and rotates about a rotating shaft 22a. When the motor is driven and controlled by the control means that does not, the delivery rotor 22 rotates, and the coins 30 taken from the through holes 22b formed in the delivery rotor 22 are counted one by one, and the outside is sent from the delivery port 21 to the outside. It is comprised so that it may send out.

  In the coin payout device 1 having such a configuration, the rod-like elastic body 12 operates as follows while indirectly receiving the power from the delivery rotor 22 via the storage coin 30, so that the bridge state is achieved. It has come to be resolved.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the rod-shaped elastic body 12 is suspended so that the upper end portion 12 a is supported and surrounded by the stored coins 30. Moreover, although the lower end part 12b is adjoining to the sending rotor 22, it is separated so that the motive power may not be transmitted directly and it is a free end that can swing.
In such a hanging state, when the storage rotor 30 rotates when the storage coin 30a having a depth reaching at least the lower end portion 12b is stored in the hopper 10, the coin 30a Since it is moved (vibrated) with the rotation, the rod-like elastic body 12 is swung according to this movement (vibration) with the lower end 12b side as an action point.

In particular, since the lower end portion 12b faces the rotation shaft 22a, the rotational force from the delivery rotor 22 is evenly transmitted through the coin 30a.
Moreover, since the rod-shaped elastic body 12 has flexibility, it is elastically deformed so that it may generally twist by the rocking | fluctuation. That is, the force received by the lower end 12b is transmitted to the upper end 12a so as to draw a waveform trajectory.
If it does so, the storage coin 30b deposited on the upper layer from the storage coin 30a will vibrate with the rocking | fluctuation of this rod-shaped elastic body 12. FIG.

That is, in the hopper portion 10, the lower-layer side stored coin 30 a is swung by the rotation of the delivery rotor 22, and the upper-layer side stored coin 30 b is swung by the swing of the rod-shaped elastic body 12.
For this reason, even if coins are entangled and bridged in the hopper part 10, when the delivery rotor 22 starts to rotate, all the stored coins in the hopper part 10 are shaken, so the bridge state is forced. Will be resolved.

Furthermore, since the rod-like elastic body 12 has elasticity, the stored coin 30 in the hopper 10 can be rocked up and down.
Specifically, since the rod-shaped elastic body 12 is surrounded by the stored coins 30, particularly the upper-layer stored coins 30 b, the rod-like elastic body 12 extends by receiving the weight of the stored coins 30 b due to the frictional force with these coins 30 b. In addition, the rod-shaped elastic body 12 is adjusted to such a length that the lower end portion 12b does not contact the delivery portion 20 even in such an extended state.

In such an extended state, when the payout operation accompanied by the rotation of the delivery rotor 22 proceeds, the number of stored coins 30 gradually decreases, and the depth thereof becomes shallow.
Along with this, the weight of the stored coin 30b applied to the rod-like elastic body 12 is also reduced. Therefore, the rod-like elastic body 12 is shrunk so as to be restored and vibrates in the vertical direction.
As a result, the vertical vibration of the rod-shaped elastic body 12 acts to swing the upper-layer side stored coin 30b in the vertical direction, and further, the lower-layer side stored coin 30a is also vibrated by the lower end portion 12b. Will act.
As a result, the stored coin 30 is swung not only in the horizontal direction but also in the vertical direction, so that the bridge state is surely eliminated.
Note that the spring constant and the number of turns of the rod-shaped elastic body 12 are adjusted so that the coin 30 is not pinched when contracted from the extended state.

  Thus, the rod-like elastic body 12 having flexibility and stretchability is surrounded by the stored coin 30 and suspended and supported so that its longitudinal direction is along the direction in which the stored coins 30 are stacked. Since the elastic body 12 swings in accordance with the vibration of the stored coin 30a on the lower layer side accompanying the rotation of the delivery rotor 22, the stored coin 30 stored in the hopper 10 is vibrated vertically and horizontally, so that the bridge state is eliminated. It can be done.

  Further, by forming the inclined portion 13 that extends from a part (one surface) of the wall portion 10a toward the rod-like elastic body 12 and inclines downward, the upper-layer-side stored coin 30b that hangs on the lower-layer-side stored coin 30a. Since the weights are distributed, the occurrence of bridges can be suppressed in advance.

Specifically, as shown in each drawing of FIG. 5, by providing the inclined portion 13, a part of the weight of the stored coin 30 c accumulated on the inclined portion 13 is applied to the inclined portion 13.
As a result, in the case where there is no inclined portion 13, all the weights of the upper-layer stored coins 30b are applied to the stored coins 30a on the downstream side, and the occurrence of bridging occurs frequently. By providing, the weight of the stored coin 30b on the upper layer side is distributed, so that the occurrence of a bridge can be suppressed.

Furthermore, the rod-like elastic body 12 suspended and supported at the substantially central position of the stacked coins 30 to be stacked acts to delay the flow of the stored coins 30c accumulated on the inclined portion 13.
The inclined portion 13 is formed so as to extend toward the rod-shaped elastic body 12 and the lowermost portion 13a of the inclined portion 13 is located above the lower end portion 12b of the rod-shaped elastic body 12, so that the stored coins 30 to be stacked are stacked. The space between the elastic body 12 and the rod-like elastic body 12 located substantially at the center is narrower than the space between the wall portion 10a on the side where the inclined portion 13 is not formed.
Then, as shown in FIGS. 5B and 5C, the rod-shaped elastic body 12 prevents the stored coin 30c deposited on the inclined portion 13 from flowing down. In comparison, the decrease in the storage amount accompanying the rotation of the delivery rotor 22 is delayed.

As a result, the weight of the upper-layer side stored coins 30b applied to the lower-layer side stored coins 30a can be further dispersed, so that the occurrence of bridging can be reliably suppressed.
As described above, the coin payout device 1 according to the present invention has a synergistic effect of statically suppressing the occurrence of bridging and an effect of dynamically acting on the stacked coins to actively cancel the bridging state. Thus, it is possible to reliably eliminate the occurrence of a bridge and to realize a smooth payout operation.

  As described above, according to the coin payout device 1 of the present embodiment and the gaming device 100 including the same, the storage of irregularly stacked storage is achieved by indirectly and efficiently using the power of the sending unit 20. The bridge phenomenon can be eliminated by exerting a dynamic action on the coin 30.

  The preferred embodiments of the coin payout device and the gaming device including the same have been described above. However, the coin payout device and the gaming device according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments. It goes without saying that various modifications can be made within the scope.

For example, in this embodiment, the rod-shaped elastic body 12 is suspended from the upper lid 11, but a rod-shaped member is suspended on the upper end portion of the opposing wall portion 10, and the rod-shaped elastic body 12 is suspended and supported from the rod-shaped member. it can. Thereby, coins can be replenished to the hopper portion 10 without opening the upper lid 11.
Moreover, the rod-shaped member which protrudes horizontally toward the inside from the one wall part 10 can be provided, and the rod-shaped elastic body 12 can also be supported by this.

In the present embodiment, the rod-like elastic body 12 is formed by a helical spring (coil spring), but may be formed by an elastic member such as hollow or solid rubber, for example.
In addition, by making the stick-shaped elastic body 12 detachable, when handling a coin having a diameter that is difficult to bridge (for example, φ30), the stick-shaped elastic body 12 is removed and a coin having a diameter that is easy to bridge (for example, φ25). ), The coin payout device can be shared by attaching the rod-shaped elastic body 12.
Further, the attachment direction of the delivery rotor 22 is not limited to the horizontal direction, and the delivery rotor 22 can be attached obliquely.

In the present embodiment, the game device including the coin payout device 1 is applied to the coin lending device 100. However, the game device is applied to an arcade game machine, a slot machine, and a coin lending device provided for each slot machine. You can also
Further, the present invention can be applied not only to a gaming device installed in a game arcade but also to a vending machine that dispenses coins.
That is, the present invention can be applied to all devices in which a coin payout device can be installed.

  The present invention can be widely used for an apparatus for paying out coins such as coins and game medals stored inside.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin dispensing apparatus 10 Hopper part 10a Wall part 12 Rod-like elastic body 12b Lower end part 13 Inclination part 13a Bottom part 20 Sending part 22 Sending rotor (rotary disk)
22a Rotating shaft 100 gaming device

Claims (5)

A coin payout device that stacks and stores predetermined coins in the vertical direction and sequentially pays out coins located on the lower layer side using predetermined power,
It has a length corresponding to the depth at which the stored coins are stacked, and has a rod-like elastic body formed to bendable and extendable and deformable,
The rod-like elastic body is
A coin payout device characterized in that it is surrounded by stored coins, suspended and supported so that its longitudinal direction is along the direction in which the stored coins are stacked, and is swung by a stored coin that vibrates in accordance with a payout operation. The rod-like elastic body is
While being suspended and supported at approximately the center position of the stacked storage coins,
The coin payout device according to claim 1, wherein the lower end portion is brought close to the sending portion that performs the payout operation without being brought into contact therewith. The delivery unit includes a rotating disk that rotates about a predetermined axis;
The coin payout device according to claim 2, wherein a lower end portion of the rod-shaped elastic body is opposed to the shaft. A wall portion that extends in a substantially vertical direction and surrounds the stored coin so as to be stored,
The coin payout device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an inclined portion that extends downward from a part of the wall portion toward the rod-like elastic body and is inclined downward is formed. A gaming device installed in a game arcade and paying out stored coins from an internally installed coin dispensing device,
The gaming machine comprising the coin payout device according to any one of claims 1 to 4.

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