JP2014138722A - Game medium throwing processing device and game medium throwing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game medium throwing processing device that can cope with throwing processing even if there are game media for the amount that cannot be thrown from a game machine and has superior installability.SOLUTION: A game medium dispensing processor 12 is provided corresponding to a game machine and performs throwing processing of Pachinko balls. At the time of throwing processing of Pachinko balls, throwing means is provided to throw Pachinko balls for the amount that cannot be thrown from the game machine. A storage part 33 for storing the Pachinko balls thrown out by the throwing means is provided.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium throwing processing apparatus and a game medium throwing system that perform a game medium throwing process.

  Conventionally, a gaming medium lending processing apparatus is disposed adjacent to each gaming table such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine, and lends gaming media such as pachinko balls and medals.

  In this gaming medium lending processing device, a predetermined lending operation is accepted by processing with a membership card possessed by a registered member or a general card that can be used for a non-member player or processing with cash. There is an instruction to lend out game media. Thereby, in the gaming machine, the gaming medium is thrown out on the upper tray of the gaming machine.

  Further, the game medium lending processing apparatus includes a nozzle type game medium lending processing apparatus provided with a dispensing nozzle that throws the game medium onto the upper tray of the gaming machine.

  By the way, a gaming machine that supports lending game media is configured to lend game media by a predetermined number of lending units (for example, 25 each).

  Therefore, when renting game media, if the consumption tax is collected from the player by changing (decreasing) the number of game media lent to the loan amount considering the consumption tax rate, it can be rented from the gaming machine A fraction less than the number of units lent will occur. In this case, there arises a problem that a fraction of game media cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine.

  Alternatively, in the previous game, the player has acquired a game medium at the end of the game, and possesses a medium associated with the acquired game medium (for example, a membership card or a general card associated with the number of game media). In this case, the replay function that allows the player to play using the acquired game media at the next game can be used, but in this case as well, depending on the number of game media to be reused, it can be lent out from the gaming machine. A fraction less than the number of possible lending units may occur, and a problem arises that it is not possible to throw out game media for the fraction from the gaming machine.

  Therefore, when a fraction is generated at the time of renting out game media, there is one in which the total number of game media to be rented is thrown out from the dispensing nozzle of the nozzle type game medium lending processing device to the upper tray of the gaming machine (for example, Patent Document 1). reference.). As a result, even when a fraction less than the number of loanable units that can be lent out from the gaming machine occurs in the amount of game media that is lent out, it is possible to deal with the game media being thrown out for that fraction.

JP 2007-190137 A

  However, in these conventional technologies, when a fraction less than the number of lending units that can be thrown out from the gaming machine occurs in the gaming media thrown out from the gaming machine, a gaming medium lending processing device having a dispensing nozzle must be used. There is a problem that must be done. When the dispensing nozzle is provided in the gaming medium lending processing device, it is necessary to provide the dispensing nozzle at a height corresponding to the storing portion of the gaming machine because it is necessary to put the gaming medium into the storing portion of the gaming machine. is there. However, the position and structure of the storage part of the gaming machine differ depending on the various types of gaming machines, and it is difficult to accommodate all of these positions and structures. In addition, when a protruding structure such as a throwing nozzle is provided at a position corresponding to the storage part of the gaming machine, it interferes when opening the door of the gaming machine or the gaming machine frame, and the store clerk to the malfunction of the gaming machine There is a possibility that it will be an obstacle to coping and maintenance work. Furthermore, there is a high possibility of breakage due to interference with the structure on the gaming machine side, and there is a problem with the durability of the gaming medium lending processing apparatus.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and is capable of handling throwing processing even when there are a large number of gaming media that cannot be thrown out of the gaming machine, and is excellent in installability. It is an object to provide a device and a game medium dispensing system.

  The game medium throwing-out apparatus according to claim 1 is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and performs a game medium throwing-out process, wherein the game medium throwing-out process is performed when the game medium is thrown out. And a storage unit for storing game media thrown out by the dispensing means.

  The game medium throwing-out device according to claim 2 is the game medium throwing-out device according to claim 1, wherein the game medium counting device accepts and counts game media, the throwing means, and the storage section. A medium containing device is provided with a common accommodating portion in which either one is accommodated.

  A gaming medium dispensing processing device according to claim 3 is the gaming medium dispensing processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a counting control unit that counts gaming media, and a gaming medium counting device that receives and counts gaming media. A control unit that enables the counting function of the counting control unit when provided, and a control unit that disables the counting function of the counting control unit when provided with a game medium dispensing device having the dispensing unit and the storage unit. It is what you are doing.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming medium throwing-out processing device according to the first or second aspect, wherein a number of gaming media that can be thrown out of the gaming machine are out of the gaming media to be thrown out. Control means is provided for instructing the gaming machine to eject the game medium in a quantity that cannot be dispensed from the gaming machine.

  The game medium throwing-out device according to claim 5 is the game medium throwing-out device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, among the game media to be thrown out, the game machine is thrown out from the gaming machine. Having storage means for accumulating and storing a quantity less than the possible number of units, and confirming that the quantity accumulated in the storage means has reached the number of units that can be thrown out from the gaming machine by a plurality of throwing-out processes; It is provided with a control means for instructing the gaming machine to throw out game media as a condition.

  The game medium throwing-out processing device according to claim 6 is the gaming medium throwing-out processing device according to claim 5, further comprising a switching means for determining whether or not to accumulate the number of game media by the storage means. It is.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming medium dispensing processing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, wherein the gaming medium dispensing processing apparatus has a quantity that cannot be dispensed from the gaming machine during the gaming medium dispensing process. It is provided with an informing means for informing that there is something.

  The game medium dispensing processing device according to claim 8 is the game medium dispensing processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the storage unit is provided along a flow-down direction of the game medium, It has a foreign substance exclusion part for excluding from the storage part.

  The game medium throwing system according to claim 9 is provided with game medium throwing processing means for performing a game medium throwing process corresponding to a gaming machine, wherein the game medium throwing processing means is a game medium throwing process. Sometimes, it comprises a dispensing means for dispensing a quantity of gaming media that cannot be dispensed from the gaming machine, and a storage section for storing the gaming media dispensed by the dispensing means.

  According to the gaming medium dispensing processing device according to claim 1, since the game medium dispensing processing device includes the dispensing means for dispensing the gaming medium and the storage unit for storing the gaming medium dispensed, it is not a nozzle-type gaming medium lending processing device. However, it is possible to throw out as many game media as possible from the gaming machine.

  According to the gaming medium throwing-out processing device according to claim 2, in addition to the effects of the gaming medium throwing-out processing device according to claim 1, the gaming medium that receives and counts the gaming media by providing a common storage portion. Any one of the counting device and the game medium dispensing device having the dispensing means and the storage unit can be selected and accommodated.

  According to the game medium throwing-out device of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the game medium throwing-out device of claim 1, counting control is provided when a game medium counting device for receiving and counting game media is provided. The game media counting device and the game media dispensing device are disabled by disabling the counting function of the count control unit when the game media dispensing device having the dispensing means and the storage unit is provided. Any of these can be accommodated.

  According to the game medium throwing-out device of claim 4, in addition to the effect of the game medium throwing-out device of claim 1 or 2, the number of game media that can be thrown out of the gaming machine. By instructing the gaming machine to throw out the game media, and letting the game medium throw out the amount of game media that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine, Can receive game media.

  According to the game medium throwing-out processing device according to claim 5, in addition to the effect of the game medium throwing-out processing device according to claim 1 or 2, among the gaming media to be thrown out at the time of gaming medium throwing-out processing, The amount less than the number of units that can be thrown out from the gaming machine is accumulated and stored in the storage means, and the quantity accumulated in the storage means has reached the number of units that can be thrown out from the gaming machine by multiple throwing processes. By instructing the gaming machine to throw out the game medium on the condition, it is possible to reduce the number of times the game medium is thrown into the storage section.

  According to the game medium dispensing processing device according to claim 6, in addition to the effect of the game medium dispensing processing device according to claim 5, whether or not to accumulate the number of game media by the storage means by the switching means. Can be switched.

  According to the game medium throwing-out device of claim 7, in addition to the effect of the game medium throwing-out device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the game medium is thrown out from the gaming machine during the game medium throwing-out process. By notifying the amount that cannot be processed by the notification means, it is possible to prevent forgetting to remove the game media thrown into the storage unit.

  According to the game medium throwing-out processing device of the eighth aspect, in addition to the effect of the game medium throwing-out processing device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the foreign matter can be excluded from the storage portion by the foreign matter removing portion. it can.

  According to the gaming medium dispensing system according to claim 9, since the gaming medium dispensing processing means includes a dispensing means for dispensing gaming media and a storage section for storing the gaming media thrown out. The amount of game media that can not be thrown out can be thrown out.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a game medium lending processing apparatus provided with a game medium dispensing apparatus showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the internal mechanism of the main body unit of a game media dispensing apparatus same as the above. It is a front view of the operation state of the game medium rental processing apparatus provided with the same game medium dispensing apparatus. It is a top view of the operation state of the game medium rental processing apparatus provided with the same game medium dispensing apparatus. It is a block diagram of a game system using the same game medium lending processing apparatus. It is a flowchart of the card process in a game system same as the above. It is a flowchart of throwing-out control for every lending unit by a game media lending processing apparatus same as the above. It is a perspective view of the game medium lending processing apparatus provided with the game medium throwing-out apparatus which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the internal mechanism of the main body unit of a game media dispensing apparatus same as the above. It is a front view of the operation state of the game medium rental processing apparatus provided with the same game medium dispensing apparatus. It is a perspective view which shows the internal mechanism of the main body unit of the game media throwing-out apparatus which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the internal mechanism of the main body unit of a game media counting device same as the above. It is a front view of a main unit same as the above. It is a perspective view of a saucer unit same as the above. It is a perspective view of each counter counter unit same as the above. It is a perspective view of the game medium rental processing apparatus provided with the game medium throwing-out apparatus which shows the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the game medium rental processing apparatus provided with the game medium throwing-out apparatus which shows the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the dispensing unit of the same game media dispensing apparatus. It is sectional drawing of FIG. 20AA in a throwing unit same as the above. It is a top view of a channel member explaining game media (pachinko ball) alignment operation in a throwing unit same as the above. It is a top view of the channel | path member explaining the game media (pachinko ball) alignment operation | movement following FIG. 20 same as the above. It is a top view of the channel | path member explaining the game media (pachinko ball) alignment operation | movement following FIG. 21 same as the above.

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a plurality of gaming machines 11 (only one is shown in the figure) are installed on the gaming island 10 of the gaming facility, and the left side which is one side of each gaming machine 11 In addition, a game medium dispensing processing device 12 and a game medium lending processing device 12 as game medium dispensing processing means are installed correspondingly.

  The gaming machine 11 is, for example, a pachinko machine, and uses a pachinko ball as a game medium to play a game machine main body, a pachinko ball to be lent and a pachinko ball acquired by a game (hereinafter also referred to as play) in a predetermined lending unit. A game medium throwing mechanism that throws out (hereinafter, for example, 25 units), an upper tray that receives pachinko balls thrown out from this game medium throwing mechanism and feeds it into the game machine body, and the upper tray is full In this case, a base plate for receiving a pachinko ball, an operation handle 11a for controlling the launch of the pachinko ball in the main body of the gaming machine, and the like are provided.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the game medium lending processing device 12 is a nozzleless type game medium lending processing device that does not include a nozzle for throwing a pachinko ball into the gaming machine 11, and has a frame 15 fixed to the game island. And an apparatus main body 16 that is detachably attached to the frame body 15 from the front side. A game medium dispensing device 17 is provided at the bottom of the device body 16. The game medium lending processing device 12 shown in FIG. 1 is a game medium lending processing device 12 a provided with a game medium throwing device 17.

  On the front surface of the apparatus main body 16, a status display lamp 19, a bill insertion slot 20, an information display section 21, an input operation section 22, a card insertion slot 23, and the like are arranged in this order from the upper side. In addition, a housing part 24 for housing the game medium dispensing device 17 is provided at the lower part of the device body 16.

  The status display lamp 19 is for informing the staff of the status of the game medium lending processing device 12 and the corresponding gaming machine 11.

  A bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 20 by a player when accepting the rental of a pachinko ball in cash. In the apparatus main body 16 on the rear side of the banknote insertion slot 20, a banknote processing apparatus for identifying the inserted banknote and sending out a normal banknote to the banknote transport mechanism disposed on the game island 10 is disposed. . The banknote transport mechanism of the game island 10 is configured to collect the banknotes sent out from the banknote processing apparatus in the banknote collection section at the island end.

  The information display unit 21 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display, and displays information such as the number of balls that can be lent to a player during a game, or displays error information to an attendant when an error occurs. Then, the information display unit 21 notifies that there is a quantity that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 during the pachinko ball throwing process from the gaming medium throwing device 17, that is, the pachinko ball lending process during the pachinko ball lending process. It is configured as notifying means 25 for notifying that there is a fraction.

  The input operation unit 22 allows a player to input a password or perform a pachinko ball lending operation when lending a pachinko ball with a card. And this input operation part 22 is comprised as the setting means 26 for selecting and setting each time throwing-out control and lending unit throwing-out control which are mentioned later.

  In the card insertion slot 23, a member card registered as a member in the gaming facility management device or a general card that is not registered as a member but whose value is managed in the gaming facility management device is inserted by the player. Is done. A card processing device 27 (see FIG. 2) for reading and writing information on the inserted card is disposed in the device main body 16 on the rear side of the card insertion slot 23.

  The accommodating portion 24 is formed in a size that can accommodate the unitized game medium dispensing device 17.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the game medium throwing device 17 includes a main body unit 29 accommodated in the accommodating portion 24, a dispensing means 30 disposed in the main body unit 29, and the main body unit 29. A tray unit 31 is provided at the front. The tray unit 31 includes a front surface portion 32 attached to the front surface of the main body unit 29, and a storage portion 33 provided to project forward from the front surface portion 32.

  A supply passage 34 through which pachinko balls are supplied from the pachinko ball supply unit of the game island 10 is connected to the back surface of the main unit 29.

  The throwing means 30 throws out a fraction of pachinko balls that cannot be lent out by the gaming machine 11, and includes a throwing passage 35 for throwing the pachinko balls supplied from the supply passage 34 to the storage section 33. Yes. The throwing passage 35 has a rear portion connected to the supply passage 34 and a front portion connected to the storage portion 33, and a row of pachinko balls supplied from the supply passage 34 by an inclination descending from the rear portion toward the front portion. It is configured to send forward in an aligned state. A count wheel 37 that is rotationally driven by a motor 36 is disposed in the dispensing passage 35, and sensors 38 and 39 are disposed before and after the count wheel 37. The count wheel 37 locks pachinko balls in the discharge passage 35 in a rotation stopped state, and discharges the pachinko balls in the discharge passage 35 one by one to the storage unit 33 at the time of rotation. The sensor 38 detects the presence or absence of pachinko balls in front of the count wheel 37, and the sensor 39 detects the pachinko balls thrown out immediately after the count wheel 37.

  The storage part 33 is a storage dish that is formed integrally with the front part 32 and opens upward. The storage part 33 accepts and stores the pachinko balls thrown out from the discharge passage 35, and allows the player to take out the pachinko balls. To do. Reference numeral 33 a in FIG. 1 is a discharge outlet of the discharge passage 35.

  On the front surface portion 32, a throwing display portion 40 such as a lamp that is turned on when a fractional pachinko ball is thrown into the storage portion 33 is disposed. The projection display unit 40 includes an LED as a light source, a lens through which light from the LED passes, and the like. The throwing display unit 40 is configured as an informing means 25 for informing that there is a fraction of pachinko balls during the pachinko ball lending process.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the size, shape, and arrangement of the storage portion 33 are arranged such that the operation handle 11 a can be operated when the ball box 42 is arranged below the lower tray of the gaming machine 11. The ashtray 45 can be used when it does not interfere with the ball box 42, does not interfere with the hinge 43 that opens and closes the front panel of the gaming machine 11, and there is an ashtray 45 on the cradle 44 of the game island 10 on which the ball box 42 is placed. Configured to satisfy. Specifically, in order to achieve the above effect, it is preferable that the protruding dimension in the width direction from the game medium lending processing device 12 of the storage unit 33 toward the gaming machine 11 is configured to be about 50 mm ± 20 mm. Further, the forward projecting dimension from the game medium lending processing device 12 to the player side is preferably configured to be about 90 mm ± 20 mm. Furthermore, the height of the storage portion 33 from the lowermost part of the gaming medium lending processing device 12 is configured to be approximately 70 mm or less, so that the bottom surface height of the door of the gaming machine 11 becomes lower, and the door opening / closing of the gaming machine 11 is performed. Sometimes it does not interfere with the reservoir 33. Furthermore, in order to avoid interference with the hinge 43 of the gaming machine door, a part of the inner wall of the storage part 33 is provided with a notch 33b (see FIGS. 1 and 2). Below the ashtray 45, a butterfly transport mechanism of the game island 10 is disposed, and the butterfly transport mechanism is configured to collect the butts at the island end of the game island 10.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a gaming system using the gaming medium lending processing device 12.

  The game store is provided with a plurality of gaming machines 11, a gaming medium lending processing device 12, a console 50, a member system 51, a debit ticket vending machine 52, a checkout machine 53, an island controller 54, and the like. Then, a game medium dispensing system is constituted mainly by the game medium lending processing device 12.

  The console 50 is a management device that performs card management, member management, sales management, and the like, and is capable of communicating with a center 56 that performs management for each amusement store.

  The member system 51 manages the information of each registered member, the information of the member card issued to each member, the accumulated balance information, etc. in association with each other, and each game medium lending processing device 12, debit ticket machine via the console 50 Send / receive information to / from 52 and checkout machine 53. The member system 51 includes a card management terminal computer that manages cards, and a member management terminal computer that manages member information, balance information, and the like.

  The debit ticket vending machine 52 accepts a debit card (bank cash card) and issues a general card or adds value to a member card.

  The settlement machine 53 converts the balance corresponding to the general card or the membership card into an amount, and throws out the amount of cash as the settlement amount.

  The island controller 54 is installed for each gaming island 10 and relays various information transmitted and received between the plurality of gaming machines 11 and the gaming medium lending processing device 12 and the console 50.

  Each gaming medium lending processing device 12 is connected to the corresponding gaming machine 11 and the hall computer 55 so as to communicate with each other.

  Further, the game medium lending processing device 12 includes a control unit 57 that controls the game medium lending processing device 12, and a storage unit 58 that stores information.

  This gaming medium lending processing device 12 lends a pachinko ball of a quantity that can be lent out from the gaming machine 11 for each predetermined 25 units out of a predetermined number of pachinko balls during a lending process of a predetermined number of pachinko balls. A function of the throwing control (hereinafter referred to as the first throwing control) each time the throwing means 30 throws the pachinko balls for the fraction less than 25 units that can be lent out from the gaming machine 11. Called).

  In addition, the gaming medium lending processing device 12 is configured so that a predetermined number of pachinko balls can be lent out from the gaming machine 11 for every predetermined 25 units out of the predetermined number of pachinko balls. Lending is instructed to the gaming machine 11, and the fraction less than 25 units that can be lent out from the gaming machine 11 is stored in the storage means 58 as the number of unpaid, and the total number of unpaid is calculated by the plurality of lending processes. Each time the number of 25 pachinko balls available for lending is reached, the gaming machine 11 is instructed to lend the pachinko balls for 25 units, and when the lending process ends, the number of unpaid pachinko balls is thrown by the throwing means 30. It has a function of dispensing control for each lending unit to be issued (hereinafter referred to as second dispensing control).

  Either one of the first throwing control and the second throwing control is selected and set by the setting by the switching means, and the control means 57 controls by the throwing control selected and set. The selection setting by the switching means is performed by an operation by a remote control (not shown) possessed by the employee, an operation by a switch (not shown) in the game medium lending processing device 12, or a game from a host device such as the console 50. Instructions for the medium lending processing device 12 are included.

  When there is a fraction during the pachinko ball lending process, the notification means 25 has a function to notify. That is, the information display unit 21 displays that there is a fraction and the fraction is thrown, and the throwing display unit 40 displays that the pachinko ball for the fraction has been thrown in the storage unit 33.

  Next, the operation of the game medium rental processing device 12 will be described.

  First, a schematic operation of the game medium lending processing device 12 will be described. As the throwing control, a case where the first throwing control is set will be described.

  When a player inserts a valuable value such as banknotes or a card into the gaming medium lending processing device 12 and presses a lending button of the gaming machine 11, a lending process of a pachinko ball is performed.

  At the time of lending with the card, the information display unit 21 and the gaming machine 11 display the balance of the valuable value managed by the console 50 and the member system 51 corresponding to the card, and subtract the balance according to the lending of the pachinko ball At the same time, the management information of the console 50 and the member system 51 is updated.

  When the player has acquired a pachinko ball with the gaming machine 11, that is, when the number of pachinko balls (count ball or storage ball) is associated with the received card, the player throws in the input operation unit 22. By operating the out operation button, it is possible to receive the pachinko balls for the number of balls.

  Further, after the play is completed, the player can insert the returned card into another gaming machine 11 to play a pachinko ball rented out, or pay at the checkout machine 53 in the store.

  Only in the case of a membership card, the count value of the pachinko balls counted at the time of return can be managed as a stored ball balance by the member system 51, and the pachinko ball of the stored ball balance can be thrown out and replayed at the next play.

  Next, the operation of the card system at the time of renting game media will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The flowchart of FIG. 6 shows the processing flow of the game medium lending processing device 12, the card management terminal computer and the member management terminal computer of the member system 51.

  When the membership card is inserted into the card processing device 27 of the game medium lending processing device 12 (step 1), the membership code is read from the card by the card processing device 27 (step 2), and the membership code is transmitted to the card management terminal controller (step). 3). Note that what is transmitted to the card management terminal controller is not limited to the membership code, but also includes a card insertion notification, a machine number of the game medium lending processor 12, and the like.

  The card management terminal controller transmits the received member code to the member terminal controller (step 4).

  The member terminal controller receives the member code and determines whether the member card corresponding to the member code is valid (step 5). If it is not valid (NO in step 5), a card discharge command is issued to the game medium lending processor 12 and returned, or the game medium lending processor 12 is error-removed while holding the card inside (step 6). If valid (YES in step 5), the balance of the valuable value and the number of stored balls managed corresponding to the member code is transmitted to the card management terminal controller (step 7). This membership card valid / invalid setting is flag-managed in association with the membership code in the membership system 51. For example, when a loss of a membership card has been delivered in advance, or a storage card using a membership card is used. Is set to invalid when authentication of authentication information (for example, a personal identification number) has failed a predetermined number of times (for example, three times).

  The card management terminal controller transmits the received valuable value and the balance of the number of balls to the game medium lending processing device 12 (step 8).

  The game medium lending processing device 12 displays the balance in an identifiable manner on the information display unit 21 and causes the gaming machine 11 to perform a display for identifying the balance (step 9).

  When the player performs a lending operation with the gaming machine 11 (step 10), a subtraction request for a valuable value corresponding to the lending is transmitted to the card management terminal computer (step 11). In the gaming medium lending processing device 12, a unit (hereinafter referred to as “lending unit”) in which the balance is used for lending gaming media by one lending operation is set in advance. In the case where the consumption tax is not collected from the player, if the lending unit price of the pachinko ball is 4 yen, the lending unit is set as one time (500 yen / 125 balls). On the other hand, when the consumption tax (for example, 5%) is set to be collected from the player, if the lending unit price of the pachinko ball is 4 yen, 500 × (100 / 105) ≒ 476 yen is the main unit price (game media price), the remaining 24 yen is the consumption tax price (price equivalent to the consumption tax), the number of balls equivalent to 24 yen, in this case 6 balls, It is subtracted from the lending unit number of 125 balls. Therefore, the lending unit in this case is one time (500 yen / 119 balls). In the following processing, a case where this lending unit is set will be described.

  In response to the subtraction request, the card terminal controller subtracts the lending unit amount and / or the amount unit from the amount associated with the card or the amount unit with the predetermined amount as a unit (step 12), and the subtraction is completed. The signal is transmitted to the game medium lending processing device 12.

  The gaming medium lending processing device 12 stores the number of times that a dispensing command signal is issued to the gaming machine 11 and the number of gaming media that should be dispensed by itself, according to the set lending unit. For example, when the lending unit is set as one time (500 yen / 119 balls), 100 balls, which is a multiple of 25 balls thrown out from the gaming machine 11, and the remaining 19 balls, Data is stored in the form of per throw (the number of throwing signal transmissions to the gaming machine 11: 4 times (100 balls), the number of throwing balls: 19 balls). When the subtraction completion signal is received, a signal instructing the pachinko ball lending process is transmitted to the gaming machine 11, and the fraction is thrown by the throwing means 30 (step 13).

  The process at this time will be described for a case where the lending unit per transaction is (500 yen / 119 balls). First, “119” is displayed as the number of balls lent to the information display unit 21. Next, a throwing signal is transmitted to the gaming machine 11 once. When the lending approval signal is returned from the gaming machine 11, 25, which is the number of balls corresponding to one lending signal, is subtracted from 119, and "94" is displayed on the information display unit 21. This series of flow is repeated until the throwing signal is transmitted four times. Next, in a state where “19” is displayed on the information display unit 21, the information display unit 21 additionally displays that the ball is thrown into the storage unit 33, and the count wheel 37 of the throwing means 30 is driven. Then, the pachinko balls are thrown into the storage unit 33. Each time the sensor 39 detects one pachinko ball, 1 is subtracted from the set throwing ball number “19” and the ball number display “19” displayed on the information display unit 21 is incremented by a predetermined number. Display subtraction. When the sensor 39 detects 19 pachinko balls, the driving of the count wheel 37 is stopped and the throwing is completed.

  Further, while the pachinko ball is being thrown into the storage unit 33, the throwing display unit 40 is turned on or blinked to indicate that the throwing into the storage unit 33 is being performed. The indication that the throwing display unit 40 is throwing into the storage unit 33 indicates that the pachinko ball by the lending is thrown and the pachinko ball by the replay of the storage medium described later is thrown. It is performed by changing the mode (color, etc.) in the case where it is put out. With these processes, pachinko balls are lent.

  Here, the number of balls (25 balls) that can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 is preceded and the number of pieces that cannot be thrown out is thrown out from the game medium lending processing device 12 later. Although an example is shown, the present invention is not limited to this. First, the game medium lending processing device 12 may perform the investment first, and the game machine 11 may perform the investment processing simultaneously or later. Furthermore, here, an example in which the number of signal transmissions to the gaming machine 11 and the number of balls thrown out by the game medium lending processing device 12 is stored in advance for the lending unit, but only the number of balls in the lending unit is stored. Each time a game medium lending processing device 12 makes a throw, the number of balls to be rented is sent to the gaming machine 11 and the number of balls to be thrown out is specified. The structure to perform may be sufficient.

  In addition, when throwing out by the throwing means 30, if the storage unit 33 is full, the throwing is suspended until the pachinko balls in the storage unit 33 are removed. The fullness of the storage unit 33 is detected by the presence of a pachinko ball in the vicinity of the outlet 33a to the storage unit 33, which causes resistance to the throwing (rotating) operation of the count wheel 37.

  When the player performs a card return operation on the gaming machine 11 (step 14), a balance notification is transmitted to the card management terminal computer (step 15), and the card is returned (step 16). Note that what is transmitted to the card management terminal computer is not limited to the balance notification but also includes a return notification.

  The card management terminal controller transmits the received balance notification to the member management terminal computer (step 17).

  Next, the operation of the card system at the time of replaying the stored ball (saving game medium) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the player instructs replaying with the game medium lending processing device 12 (step 18), the information display unit 21 requests input of a personal identification number (step 19).

  When the player enters the password using the input operation unit 22, the entered password is authenticated (step 20). If the password is not authenticated (NO at step 20), replay is disabled (step 21).

  If the password is authenticated (YES in step 20), a replay instruction is transmitted to the card management terminal computer (step 22).

  The card management terminal computer transmits the received replay instruction to the card management terminal computer (step 23).

  In response to the input of the replay instruction, the card management terminal computer updates the stored ball balance obtained by subtracting the number of replayed balls from the stored ball balance managed in accordance with the membership code (step 24), and The updated value is transmitted to the card management terminal computer (step 25).

  The card management terminal transmits the received update value of the stored money balance to the game medium lending processing device 12 (step 26).

  The gaming medium lending processing device 12 inputs the updated value of the stored ball balance, subtracts the stored ball value (step 27), and instructs the gaming machine 11 to perform a pachinko ball throwing process for replay (step 28). . Thereby, the gaming machine 11 throws out a pachinko ball for replay, and when a fraction occurs in the throwing, the gaming medium lending processing device 12 controls the throwing out as described above.

  The game medium lending processing device 12 inputs the updated value of the stored ball balance, subtracts the stored ball value (step 27), and performs a pachinko ball throwing process for replay (step 28). Specifically, the number of pachinko balls to be thrown out is first acquired. Next, of the acquired number of pachinko balls, the number of balls that can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 (a multiple of 25 balls) is specified. Further, the number of balls obtained by removing the number of balls that can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 from the number of balls to be thrown out is specified. In this way, the number of balls to be thrown is divided into the number of balls that can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 and the number of balls that cannot be thrown out. Next, the number of balls that can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 is set as the number of signal transmissions divided by the number of balls per signal, and the number of balls that can not be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 Set as the number of balls to be played. Then, as in the case of the lending process, first, a signal of the set number of signal transmissions is transmitted to the gaming machine 11, and then the throwing means 30 is driven to throw the remaining number of balls. Thereby, the gaming machine 11 throws out a pachinko ball for replay, and when a fraction occurs in the throwing, the gaming medium lending processing device 12 controls the throwing out as described above. Here, the number of balls (25 balls) that can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 is preceded and the number of pieces that cannot be thrown out is thrown out from the game medium lending processing device 12 later. Although an example is shown, the present invention is not limited to this. First, the game medium lending processing device 12 may perform the investment first, and the game machine 11 may perform the investment processing simultaneously or later.

  In addition, when a possession ball is associated with the card, on the basis of having accepted the card to the gaming medium lending processing device 12, after deducting the possession balance from the console 50 to the gaming medium lending processing device 12, The throwing ball can be replayed by the same throwing process as the above-mentioned replaying of the stored ball.

  When the player performs a return operation on the gaming machine 11 (step 14), a balance notification is transmitted to the card management terminal computer (step 15), and the card is returned (step 16). Note that what is transmitted to the card management terminal computer is not limited to the balance notification but also includes a return notification.

  The card management terminal controller transmits the received balance notification to the member management terminal computer (step 17).

  Although the processing by the membership card has been described above, the processing enclosed by the two-dot chain line in FIG.

  Next, the lending process by the game medium lending processing device 12 when a fraction occurs in lending pachinko balls will be described.

  The gaming machine 11 is configured to rent pachinko balls in units of 25 pieces. Therefore, when the consumption tax rate imposed on pachinko ball lending changes, the number of pachinko balls lent to the loan amount changes, and the fraction less than 25 units that can be rented from the gaming machine 11 May occur. Or, in the case of a game with a membership card, when performing the above-mentioned replay, depending on the number of pachinko balls used for replay, a fraction less than 25 units that can be lent out from the gaming machine 11 may occur. . In such a case, a fractional pachinko ball cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine 11, but the gaming medium lending processing device 12 can throw out the fraction.

  And, when throwing control is selected every time at the time of lending pachinko balls, out of a predetermined number of pachinko balls to be rented, the lending of a quantity of pachinko balls that can be lent from the gaming machine 11 every 25 units The machine 11 is instructed to throw a pachinko ball from the gaming machine 11 to the upper tray. When a fraction less than 25 units that can be lent out from the gaming machine 11 is generated, the pachinko balls corresponding to the fraction are thrown from the throwing means 30 to the storage unit 33. At this time, the information display unit 21 displays that there is a fraction, and the throwing display unit 40 displays that a pachinko ball corresponding to the fraction has been thrown into the storage unit 33.

  In the case of this throwing control every time, the player can check the pachinko balls for the fraction thrown to the storage unit 33 at every lending process.

  Pachinko balls thrown into the storage unit 33 can be taken out from the storage unit 33 and inserted into the gaming machine 11 to be used for play. it can.

  The operation of the game medium lending processing device 12 when the lending unit-based lending control (second lending control) is selected and set at the time of lending pachinko balls will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. .

  When the rent button of the gaming machine 11 is operated by the player (step 31), it is determined whether the number of lent balls is divisible by 25 units.

  When it is determined that the number of borrowed balls is divisible by 25 units and there are no fractional balls (step 32), pachinko balls corresponding to the number of borrowed balls are thrown from the gaming machine 11 (step 33).

  When it is determined that the number of borrowed balls is not divisible by 25 units and fractional balls are generated (step 34), the presence / absence of unpaid balls (fractional balls) is confirmed (step 35).

  If there is no unpaid ball (step 36), the current fraction ball number is stored as the unpaid ball number (step 37), and the pachinko balls that can be divided by 25 units are thrown from the gaming machine 11 (step 33).

  If there are unpaid balls (step 38), the number of unpaid balls and the current fraction ball are added (step 39), and it is determined whether the total fraction ball has reached 25 units.

  If the total number of fraction balls is less than 25 units (Step 40), the total number of fraction balls is re-stored as the number of unpaid balls (Step 41), and the pachinko balls that can be divided by 25 units are thrown from the gaming machine 11 (Step 33).

  If the total number of rounds is 25 units or more (step 42), only 25 units are allowed to be thrown out of the total number of rounds, and the rest are re-stored as the number of unpaid balls (step 43). Pachinko balls that are divisible by the unit and 25 fractional pachinko balls that are permitted to be thrown are thrown from the gaming machine 11 (step 33).

  Pachinko balls that are stored as unpaid balls when the card is returned by the player at the gaming machine 11 (step 44), or when there is no remaining balance only for ordinary cards (step 45) Is thrown into the storage part 33 by the throwing means 30 (step 46). At this time, the information display unit 21 displays that there is a fraction, and the throwing display unit 40 displays that a pachinko ball corresponding to the fraction has been thrown into the storage unit 33.

  In the case of this lending unit-by-lending control, the player does not need to take out the fractional pachinko balls thrown into the storage unit 33 at the time of lending processing, and forgetting to take them, the pachinko balls are stored in the storage unit. Overflow from 33 can be prevented, and the number of operations of the throwing means 30 is reduced, so that the failure rate of the throwing means 30 can be reduced.

  Note that when the card is returned, the fractional pachinko balls stored as unpaid balls may not be thrown out, but may be managed by the console 50 or the member system 51 as used balls and used for prize exchange.

  In the gaming medium lending processing device 12 configured in this manner, the game medium lending processing device 12 includes a dispensing unit 30 that throws out pachinko balls and a storage unit 33 that stores the pachinko balls thrown out. Even if it is not, pachinko balls can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 for a quantity that cannot be thrown out.

  Also, of the pachinko balls to be thrown out, the game machine 11 is instructed to throw pachinko balls of a quantity that can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11, and the pachinko balls of a quantity that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 are thrown out. By throwing out by means 30, the player can receive a number of pachinko balls that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine 11.

  In addition, during the pachinko ball throwing process, among the pachinko balls to be thrown, the storage means 58 accumulates and stores the quantity that is less than the number of units that can be thrown from the gaming machine 11, and stores it by multiple throwing processes. The pachinko ball is thrown into the storage unit 33 by instructing the gaming machine 11 to throw a pachinko ball on condition that the quantity accumulated in the means 58 has reached the number of units that can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11. The number of times to do can be reduced. Then, by the switching means, it is possible to switch whether or not to accumulate the number of pachinko balls by the storage means 58.

  In addition, when the pachinko balls are thrown out, the notification means 25 notifies the fact that the amount of the pachinko balls thrown out from the gaming machine 11 can prevent the forgetting to remove the pachinko balls thrown into the storage unit 33.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, about the same structure and effect as 1st Embodiment, the description is abbreviate | omitted using the same code | symbol.

  FIG. 8 to FIG. 10 show a game medium lending processing device 12b provided with a game medium counting device 60, which is a counter for each machine.

  The game medium counting device 60 includes a main body unit 61 accommodated in the accommodating portion 24, a throwing means 30 and a counting means 62 disposed in the main body unit 61, and each counter counter provided at the front of the main body unit 61. A unit 63 is provided.

  The counting means 62 includes a counting passage 64 that receives pachinko balls from each counter unit 63. The counting passage 64 is connected to the discharge cylinder 65 that discharges pachinko balls to the pachinko ball collecting mechanism provided on the amusement island 10 at the front part, connected to the counter counter unit 63, and from the front part to the rear part. The pachinko balls are configured to be sent rearward in a line-aligned state by an inclination that descends. The counting passage 64 is provided with a counting sensor 66 that counts pachinko balls passing through the counting passage 64. The discharge cylinder 65 is formed of a linear body (spring) having elasticity so as to disperse the discharge direction of the pachinko balls to the recovery mechanism.

  Each counter counter unit 63 has a front surface portion 67 attached to the front surface of the main body unit 61, and each counter counter body 69 connected to the front surface portion 67 via a connecting portion 68. Each counter body 69 has a tray-shaped ball receiving portion 70 that opens upward and is detachably attached, and a storage portion 33 is formed.

  The ball receiver 70 is disposed below the lower tray of the gaming machine 11 and can accept pachinko balls discharged downward from the lower tray. The ball receiving portion 70 is connected to the front portion of the counting passage 64 through the connection portion 68 so that the pachinko balls received in the ball receiving portion 70 flow out to the counting passage 64.

  The storage unit 33 is a storage tray that is integrally formed on the front side of each counter body 69 and opens upward. The storage unit 33 accepts and stores pachinko balls sent from the dispensing passage 35 and stores pachinko balls by the player. Can be taken out.

  Further, the control means 57 has a function of a counting control unit that counts pachinko balls detected by the counting sensor 66.

  Next, processing at the time of counting by the game medium counting device 60 will be described.

  If the pachinko ball is acquired by the gaming machine 11 at the end of the play, the player releases the pachinko ball from the gaming machine 11 to the ball receiver 70 of each counter unit 63. As a result, the pachinko balls released to the ball receiving portion 70 flow out into the counting passage 64 of the main unit 61, and are counted by the counting sensor 66 and are collected by the collecting mechanism through the discharge cylinder 65. The count value of the pachinko ball is displayed on the information display unit 21 and stored in an internal storage unit (not shown). This memorized number of balls is sometimes called a ball.

  After completion of counting, the count value stored in the above-mentioned storage unit corresponding to the card received from the player or the card built in the game medium lending processing device 12 when the player presses the return button of the gaming machine 11 The management information of the console 50 and the member system 51 is updated so that information is added, and the card is returned.

  The player can insert the returned card into the game medium lending processing device 12 of the other gaming machine 11 to receive a pachinko ball lending and play it, or check it out at the checkout machine 53 in the store.

  Only in the case of a membership card, as described above, the count value of pachinko balls counted at the time of return can be managed as a savings balance by the member system 51, and the pachinko balls of the savings balance can be thrown out and played again at the next play. it can.

  By the same control as in the first embodiment described above, the fractional pachinko balls that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 that are generated during lending or when replaying the stored balls are thrown into the storage unit 33. In addition, a pachinko ball thrown into the storage unit 33 or a ball thrown out as an award from the gaming machine 11 is put into the ball receiving unit 70 of each counter unit 63 and counted, thereby obtaining a possession ball. However, for this possessed ball, if a replay operation of the possessed ball is accepted by the game medium lending processing device 12, a pachinko ball corresponding to the fraction that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 is controlled by the same control as in the case of the stored ball. Is thrown into the reservoir 33.

  In the gaming medium lending processing device 12 configured in this manner, the game medium lending processing device 12 includes a dispensing unit 30 that throws out pachinko balls and a storage unit 33 that stores the pachinko balls thrown out. Even if it is not, pachinko balls can be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 for a quantity that cannot be thrown out.

  Further, the storage unit 33 attached to the game medium counting device 60 can be shared as a storage unit 33 that stores fractions that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine 11 at the time of lending, and a storage unit 33 that stores fractions generated at the time of replay. Therefore, rational operation is possible.

(Third embodiment)
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In addition, about the same structure and effect as each embodiment, the description is abbreviate | omitted using the same code | symbol.

  FIG. 1 shows a game medium lending processing device 12a provided with a game medium dispensing device 17, and FIG. 8 shows a game medium lending processing device 12b equipped with a game medium counting device 60, and these game medium lending processing devices 12a. , 12b are configured in common except for the game medium dispensing device 17 and the game medium counting device 60.

  The housing portion 24 of the apparatus main body 16 is provided in a common structure that allows the main body unit 29 of the game medium dispensing apparatus 17 and the main body unit 61 of the game medium counting apparatus 60 to be replaced.

  In the present embodiment, the main body unit 29 of the game medium dispensing device 17 and the main body unit 61 of the game medium counting device 60 are configured to have substantially the same size (the size accommodated in the accommodating portion 24). Therefore, both main body units 29 and 61 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 24.

  Furthermore, because the main body unit 29 of the game medium dispensing device 17 and the main body unit 61 of the game medium counting device 60 are configured to be communicable with the control unit with a common connector (connection portion provided on the frame 15), Both main body units 29 and 61 can be connected.

  In addition, although not shown, when the operation without using the game medium dispensing device 17 or the game medium counting device 60 (operation not supporting fractional throwing) is performed, a power supply unit (not shown) having a front panel only. Can be accommodated in the accommodating part 24 and operated. This power supply unit is also configured to have substantially the same size as the main unit 29 and the main unit 61, and can be connected to the control unit with a common connector.

  Therefore, with respect to the apparatus main body 16 having the common accommodating portion 24, the game medium dispensing apparatus 17 including the main body unit 29 and the tray unit 31, and the game medium including the main body unit 61 and each counter unit 63 are provided. The counting device 60 or a power supply unit that does not have both can be replaced and operated.

  Since it is configured in this way, the operation of the store is an operation using each counter (game medium counting device 60) (operation without using a ball box) and an operation not using each counter (game medium counting device 60). (Operation using a ball box) can be selected or switched easily.

(Fourth embodiment)
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, about the same structure and effect as each embodiment, the description is abbreviate | omitted using the same code | symbol.

  FIG. 11 shows a game medium lending processing device 12a provided with a game medium dispensing device 17, and FIG. 12 shows a game medium lending processing device 12b equipped with a game medium counting device 60. The game medium dispensing device 17 and the game medium counting device 60 share a main body unit 61 for the game medium counting device 60, and the tray unit 31 and the counter counter unit 63 are replaced with the main body unit 61. It is constituted by. That is, the apparatus main body 16 in which the main body unit 61 for the game medium counting apparatus 60 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 24 is shared, and the tray unit 31 and each counter counter unit 63 are replaced with the apparatus main body 16 (main body unit 61). It is possible to operate.

  As shown in FIG. 13, on the front surface of the main unit 61, it is detected from the top which of the LED 80, the tray unit 31 and the counter unit 63 serving as the display light source of the throwing display unit 40 is mounted. The detecting means 81, the outlet of the discharge passage 35, the inlet of the counting passage 64, and the like are arranged. Furthermore, a main body side attaching portion 82 for attaching the tray unit 31 and each counter unit 63 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 14, on the back surface of the front surface portion 32 of the saucer unit 31 attached to the front surface of the main unit 61, a light transmitting portion 83 through which light when the LED 80 is lit is transmitted from above, and an outlet of the discharge passage 35 A receiving passage portion 84 that leads the pachinko balls to the outlet 33a of the storage portion 33 and a closing portion 85 that closes the inlet of the counting passage 64 are provided. Further, a fixing plate 86 is attached to the back surface of the front portion 32. The fixing plate 86 is provided with a unit side attachment portion 87 attached to the main body side attachment portion 82 and A receiving port 88 that communicates with the outlet and receives a pachinko ball is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 15, on the back surface of the front surface portion 67 of each counter unit 63 attached to the front surface of the main unit 61, from above, a light transmission portion 83 through which light when the LED 80 is lit, a discharge passage A receiving passage 84 that communicates with the outlet of 35 and leads the pachinko balls to the outlet 33a of the storage portion 33, and a delivery passage that communicates with the inlet of the counting passage 64 and guides the pachinko balls flowing out of the ball receiving portion 70 to the counting passage 64 Part 89 is provided. Further, a fixing plate 86 is attached to the back surface of the front portion 67. The fixing plate 86 is provided with a unit side mounting portion 87 that is attached to the main body side mounting portion 82, and A receiving port 88 that communicates with the outlet and receives a pachinko ball is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the main unit 61 is provided with a shutter 90 that opens and closes the entrance of the counting passage 64 and a solenoid 91 that opens and closes the shutter 90.

  Then, based on the detection by the detection means 81, the control means 57 enables the counting function by the counting control section when each of the counter units 63 is attached to the main body unit 61, and the main body unit 61 has the saucer unit 31. When is mounted, it has a function of invalidating the counting function by the counting control unit.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when each counter unit 63 is mounted on the main unit 61 based on the detection by the detection means 81, the counting function is enabled and the shutter 90 is opened. Thereby, the pachinko balls received in the ball receiving portion 70 flow out from the delivery passage portion 89 to the counting passage 64 in the main unit 61, and the pachinko balls are counted and collected. Further, pachinko balls thrown out from the dispensing passage 35 in the main unit 61 are received in the receiving passage portion 84 and are thrown out to the storage portion 33.

  As shown in FIG. 11, when the tray unit 31 is mounted on the main unit 61 based on the detection by the detection means 81, the counting function is disabled and the shutter 90 is closed. Thereby, the pachinko balls do not flow into the counting passage 64 in the main unit 61. Further, pachinko balls thrown out from the dispensing passage 35 in the main unit 61 are received in the receiving passage portion 84 and are thrown out to the storage portion 33. Further, in the example of FIG. 11, an example in which the discharge cylinder 65 is attached is shown, but when the tray unit 31 is attached, the discharge cylinder 65 may be removed.

  In this way, the game medium counting device 60 and the game medium dispensing device 17 are enabled by enabling the counting function in the case of the game medium counting device 60 and disabling the counting function in the case of the game medium dispensing device 17. And can be operated either.

  The specification can be easily switched by simply replacing the tray unit 31 and each counter unit 63 with respect to the main unit 61 and switching the validity / invalidity of the counting function. Therefore, as operation of the store, operation using each counter (game medium counting device 60) (operation without using a ball box) and operation without using each counter (game medium counting device 60) (with a ball box). Can be easily switched during operation.

  Further, when the detection means 81 detects that the tray unit 31 is attached to the main unit 61, the counting function can be disabled mechanically by closing the entrance of the counting passage 64 with the shutter 90. . In the case of each counter unit 63, the on / off state of the shutter 90 is set so that the shutter 90 is opened / closed, and in the case of the tray unit 31, the shutter 90 is turned off so that the shutter 90 is always closed. On / off setting means for switching may be provided. Further, when it is detected that the tray unit 31 is attached, the presence or absence of balls in the counting passage may be detected before the counting function is disabled, and a notification may be made if there is any residue.

(Fifth embodiment)
Next, FIG. 16 shows a fifth embodiment. In addition, about the same structure and effect as each embodiment, the description is abbreviate | omitted using the same code | symbol.

  The game medium throwing device 17 includes a throwing unit 95 (small nozzle) that throws pachinko balls thrown out by the throwing means 30 from the front surface of the game medium throwing device 17. As with the tray unit 31 and each counter unit 63 described above, the throwing unit 95 is approximately 70 mm in height from the lowermost part of the game medium lending processor 12 in order to avoid interference with the door of the gaming machine 11. It is comprised so that it may become the following. In this case, a ball box 42, a cup, or the like can be used as a storage unit that receives a pachinko ball dispensed from the dispensing means 30.

(Sixth embodiment)
Next, a sixth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, about the same structure and effect as each embodiment, the description is abbreviate | omitted using the same code | symbol.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the game medium throwing device 17 includes a throwing unit 100 that throws pachinko balls thrown by the throwing means 30 from the front surface of the game medium throwing device 17. Is provided with a reservoir 33. The throwing unit 100 is configured to have a width dimension equal to or smaller than the lateral width of the gaming medium lending processing device 12, and the door of the gaming machine 11 is the same as the tray unit 31, each counter unit 63, or the throwing unit 95 described above. In order to avoid interference with the game medium lending processing device 12, the height from the lowermost portion of the game medium lending processing device 12 is generally 70 mm or less.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the dispensing unit 100 includes a fixed plate 86 attached to the front surface of the main unit 29, a front surface portion 32 attached to the fixed plate 86, a passage member 101, and a retaining member 102 attached to the passage member 101. ing.

  A guide piece 104 in which a part of the fixed plate 86 is bent is disposed above the receiving port 88 of the fixed plate 86, and a guide plate 105 attached to the fixed plate 86 is disposed below the receiving port 88. Yes. The guide pieces 104 and the guide plate 105 are inclined downward so as to send the pachinko balls forward.

  As shown in FIGS. 18 to 22, the passage member 101 communicates with the outlet of the dispensing passage 35 through the receiving port 88 of the fixed plate 86 and is thrown out by the dispensing means 30 (FIGS. 20 to 20). A holding passage 107 is formed that accepts and holds the object (indicated by reference numeral P in FIG. 22). The holding passage 107 includes a bottom portion 108 on which the pachinko balls are placed, and side wall portions 109 that are erected from both sides of the bottom portion 108 and guide the side portions of the pachinko balls, and constitute a storage portion 33. The bottom 108 is inclined downward so as to send the pachinko ball forward. The distance between the side wall portions 109 on both sides is such that two pachinko balls are not arranged in the lateral direction, and the upstream side (rear side) of the retaining passage 107 is from the dispensing passage 35 as shown in FIG. A first passage portion 110a is formed to send the pachinko balls to be received forward in a row, and the pachinko balls are arranged in the lateral direction with a part of the pachinko balls overlapping in the downstream (front side) of the holding passage 107. A second passage portion 110b having a passage width enlarged so as to be arranged in two rows is formed. Two rows of grooves 111 into which pachinko balls arranged in two rows fall for each row are formed in the bottom portion 108 of the second passage portion 110b. The lower surface of the groove portion 111 is opened downward except for the front end portion, and is configured as a foreign matter exclusion portion so that dust or the like mixed in the pachinko balls falls downward and is discharged. In addition, an attachment piece 113 for attaching the retaining member 102 so as to be swingable in the vertical direction by the shaft 112 is projected from an intermediate position in the front-rear direction on the side wall portions 109 on both sides.

  The retaining member 102 is formed in a cylindrical shape penetrating and opening in the front-rear direction by a translucent or transparent resin material, and the front end side of the passage member 101 is inserted and arranged inward from the rear opening, and the upper surface portion of the retaining member 102 is It is arranged above the holding passage 107 and covers the upper surface side of the holding passage 107. Between the front end of the retaining member 102 and the front end of the bottom portion 108 of the passage member 101, an exit portion 115 of the retaining passage 107 that allows a pachinko ball to be thrown forward from the retaining passage 107 is formed.

  A connecting portion 116 that is attached to the attachment piece 113 of the passage member 101 by the shaft 112 protrudes from the rear upper edge portion of the retaining member 102. The holding member 102 has an upper open position that allows the pachinko ball to be thrown out from the outlet portion 115 with respect to the passage member 101, and a lower holding position that regulates the throwing of the pachinko ball from the outlet portion 115. In between, it is configured to be swingable in the vertical direction about the shaft 112. Further, a restricting portion 117 is provided at the rear lower edge portion of the retaining member 102 so as to abut against the front surface of the passage member 101 and restrict the downward swing of the retaining member 102 at the retaining position. In the state where the holding member 102 is located at the holding position, the pachinko ball can move forward of the holding passage 107 through the space between the upper surface portion of the holding member 102 and the bottom portion 108 of the passage member 101.

  The pachinko ball is thrown out of the retaining passage 107 at the front upper edge of the retaining member 102 with the vertical width of the outlet portion 115 smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball with the retaining member 102 positioned at the retaining position. And a guide projection 119 that guides the pachinko ball to the other groove 111 side by abutment with the pachinko ball at a position facing the one groove 111.

  An opening 120 is formed on the lower surface of the retaining member 102, and a lid 121 is attached so as to cover the opening 120. A tension spring 122 is stretched between the lid member 121 and the passage member 101, and the retaining member 102 is biased toward the retaining position by the tension spring 122.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, a retaining passage 107 and a cover portion 124 that covers a connecting portion between the passage member 101 and the retaining member 102 are formed in the lower portion of the front surface portion 32. A lens 125 that transmits light from the display light source is disposed on the projection display unit 40 above the front unit 32.

  In addition, the storage unit 33 is configured in a downstream area from the holding passage 107 of the throwing unit 100 and the throwing means 30 (specifically, the count wheel 37) of the throwing passage 35, and the second passage portion 110b includes Holds pachinko balls in two rows, and holds pachinko balls in the first passage portion 110a and the discharge passage 35 in one row. The maximum number of pachinko balls that can be held in the storage unit 33 at one time is 12 which is half of 24 which is the maximum number of fractions less than 25 units that can be rented from the gaming machine 11. Thus, the pachinko ball corresponding to the fraction can be taken out from the throwing unit 100 by a maximum of two picking operations by the player. Although not shown, whether the reservoir 33 is full in the upstream part of the reservoir 33 (downstream part of the count wheel 37), depending on whether or not pachinko balls are present at the upstream end of the reservoir 33. Full detection means for detecting whether or not is provided. This full detection means may be provided as a sensor different from the sensor 39, or the sensor 39 may have this function.

  Then, a fractional number of pachinko balls less than 25 units that can be lent out from the gaming machine 11 are thrown out by the dispensing means 30 of the gaming medium rental processing device 12. The throwing means 30 of the game medium lending processing device 12 continues to stop throwing pachinko balls until the above-described full detection means detects fullness.

  The pachinko balls thrown out by the throwing means 30 enter the holding passage 107 of the throwing unit 100 from the throwing passage 35. As shown in FIG. 20, the first pachinko ball is sent straight from the first passage portion 110a to the second passage portion 110b by the inclination of the bottom portion 108, and the guide projection 119 is formed in the second passage portion 110b. , It falls into the groove 111 on the right side and comes into contact with the stopper 118 and is retained. At this time, the holding member 102 is held at the holding position by the biasing force of the tension spring 122, the vertical width of the outlet portion 115 is made smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball, and the pachinko ball hits the stopper portion 118 and hits it. It is possible to hold a pachinko ball.

  As shown in FIG. 21, the second pachinko ball is sent straight from the first passage portion 110a to the second passage portion 110b by the inclination of the bottom portion 108, and left by contact with the held pachinko ball. It is guided to the groove 111 and falls, and comes into contact with the pachinko ball or guide projection 119 that has been reserved, and is held.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the pachinko balls that enter the second passage portion 110b from the first passage portion 110a after that are alternately guided to the left and right groove portions 111 and retained in two rows in the width direction. The pachinko balls held in these two rows fall into the groove 111, so that the aligned state is maintained. Further, the subsequent pachinko balls are held in a row in a downstream area from the first passage portion 110a and the discharge means 30 of the discharge passage 35 by contact with the preceding pachinko balls.

  The state of the pachinko ball being held in the holding passage 107 can be visually recognized by the player through the semi-transparent or transparent holding member 102.

  Also, when the number of pachinko balls for the fraction is less than the maximum number of reserves, if the throwing means 30 completes throwing the pachinko balls for the fraction, or because the number of pachinko balls for the fraction is greater than the maximum number of reserves When throwing the pachinko ball for the first time with the throwing means 30 when throwing in two parts, the throwing means 30 stops throwing and the throwing display section 40 lights or blinks. indicate.

  The player who has confirmed the display on the throwing-out display unit 40 pushes the holding member 102 in the holding position up to the open position against the bias of the tension spring 122. As a result, the outlet 115 between the passage member 101 and the retaining member 102 is opened, and all the pachinko balls that have been retained flow out of the outlet 115. The pachinko balls flowing out from the outlet 115 may be received by the palm, or may be received by the ball box 42 or the like.

  When the pachinko ball is taken out from the throwing unit 100, the above-described full detection means does not detect fullness. Then, when a predetermined time (for example, 0.5 seconds) has elapsed since the full state is not detected, a process of throwing out the remaining pachinko balls for the fraction by the throwing means 30 is performed. This throwing process is performed by the same process as the first throwing. The process of detecting the removal of the pachinko ball is performed by detecting that there is no pachinko ball in the passage with a sensor provided in another place in the passage such as the holding passage 107 or the holding member 102 is held from the open position. The return to the position may be detected by a sensor (not shown) or both of them may be detected. When the remaining pachinko balls are thrown out by the throwing means 30, as described above, the pachinko balls are put on hold and displayed on the throwing-out display unit 40 after the hold is completed, and the player takes out the pachinko balls.

  In addition, since the number of pachinko balls for the fraction is larger than the maximum holding number, when throwing in two times, the maximum holding number may be thrown out the first time, and the rest may be thrown out the second time. You may divide into two halves.

  When the throwing unit 100 is used in this manner, the width dimension can be made smaller than the width dimension of the game medium lending processing device 12 as compared with the case of the tray unit 31, so the throwing unit 100 is It is difficult to get in the way, and the ball box 42 can hardly hit the throwing unit 100.

  In addition, since the throwing unit 100 has a small width and the pachinko ball can be taken out by pushing up the holding member 102, it is difficult for the operating hand to hit the hinge 43 of the gaming machine 11, making it easy to operate.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, since the tray unit 31 and the ashtray 45 are disposed in the vicinity, there is a possibility that the tray unit 31 may be mistaken for the ashtray 45, but the mistake is eliminated by using the throwing unit 100. be able to.

  Further, the storage unit 33 of the throwing unit 100 is configured so that the pachinko balls corresponding to the maximum number of fractions cannot be retained at one time, but the second passage portions 110b of the passage member 101 can be retained in two rows in the width direction. By doing so, it is possible to increase the number of holdable and perform the take-out operation by the player with a small number of times.

  In addition, each configuration illustrated in the first to sixth embodiments described above is illustrative and does not necessarily require the illustrated configuration. That is, it can be arbitrarily changed and configured within the scope equivalent to the claims.

11 Pachislot machines
12 GAME MEDIUM DISPOSING PROCESSING DEVICE AND GAME MEDIUM LENDING PROCESSING DEVICE AS GAME MEDIUM DISPOSING PROCESSING UNIT
17 Game media dispensing device
24 containment
25 Notification means
30 Throwing means
33 Reservoir
57 Control means having counting control unit
58 Storage means
60 Game media counting device
111 Groove as a foreign object exclusion part

Claims (9)

A game medium throwing-out apparatus that is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and performs a game medium throwing-out process,
Throwing means for throwing out game media in a quantity that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine at the time of throwing out game media;
And a storage section for storing the game medium thrown out by the throwing means. A game machine counting device that receives and counts game media, and a game medium dispensing device that includes the dispensing means and the storage unit, and includes a common housing unit that houses one of them. The game medium dispensing processing device according to claim 1. It has a counting control unit that counts game media,
The counting function of the counting control unit is enabled when a gaming medium counting device that receives and counts gaming media is provided, and the counting control when the gaming medium dispensing device having the dispensing means and the storage unit is provided. The game medium throwing-out processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that invalidates a counting function of each unit. Out of the game media to be thrown out, the game machine is instructed to throw out a quantity of game media that can be thrown out from the gaming machine, and the amount of game media that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine is sent out as the throwing means. The game medium throwing-out apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising control means for throwing out the game medium. At the time of game medium throwing-out processing, it has storage means for accumulating and storing a quantity less than the number of units that can be thrown out of the gaming machine out of the game media to be thrown out, and the memory is stored by a plurality of times of throwing-out processing. A control means is provided for instructing the gaming machine to throw out game media on condition that the quantity accumulated in the means has reached the number of units that can be thrown out from the gaming machine. Item 3. A game medium throwing-out apparatus according to Item 1 or 2. 6. The game medium dispensing processing apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a switching unit that determines whether or not to accumulate the number of game media by the storage unit. The game medium throwout according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising notifying means for notifying that the amount of the game machine cannot be thrown out during the game medium throwout process. Processing equipment. The game medium throwing device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the storage unit is provided along a flow-down direction of the game medium, and has a foreign object exclusion unit for excluding foreign objects from the storage unit. Out processing equipment. A game medium throwing-out means for performing a game medium throwing process corresponding to the gaming machine is provided,
The game medium throwing-out means is
Throwing means for throwing out game media in a quantity that cannot be thrown out from the gaming machine at the time of throwing out game media;
A game medium dispensing system comprising: a storage unit that stores game media dispensed by the dispensing means.

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