JP2016135370A - Cigar end collection unit and game machine bank for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cigar end collection unit for a game machine for preventing occurrence of blocking of a falling passage, and clogging, failure, or the like of conveyance means as much as possible.MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM: An ashtray (1) for a game machine that can be taken into and out of a unit front plate part (55) comprises a falling passage (23) surrounded by a vertically opening frame body and a tobacco tray (17) that can frequent for the frame body and can receive tobacco in projection. Further, a closing plate (21) for closing the frame body and at least one tobacco falling hole (21h) penetrating the closing plate are provided. The ashtray for a game machine is used by forward withdrawal from the unit front plate part when needed for smoking cigarette. A foreign matter incapable of passing the tobacco falling hole cannot fall into the falling passage over the closing plate.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to an ashtray for gaming machines suitable for gaming machines such as pachinko and pachislot machines and gaming machine islands.

  In general, a facility for installing a gaming machine in a game hall where a game such as a pachinko or pachislot is enjoyed is called an island or a gaming machine island. Here, on a gaming machine island formed by a plurality of gaming machines, a stud unit is provided between adjacent gaming machines or on the side of the gaming machine on the island end. By the way, in Patent Document 1, an ashtray for gaming machines (hereinafter simply referred to as “conventional ashtray”) is provided in each of the stud units. The conventional ashtray includes a housing that can be inserted into and removed from the stud unit, and a dish portion (cigarette dish) that can be moved in and out of the side surface of the housing as viewed from the user. A user who wants to smoke cigarettes pulls the casing forward from the stud unit, and then opens the dish on the side of the casing to the side. At this time, as for the falling path inside a housing | casing, the front-end | tip of a dish part protrudes to the upper part of a falling path, and makes this a closed state. Therefore, it is possible to place a cigarette with fire on the opened plate part, and it does not slide down into the fall path. In addition, when extinguishing a cigarette fire, the extinguished tip is also pressed against the upper surface of the pan. The butts after extinguishing the fire are left on the plate, and the left butts are placed on the upper surface of the plate when the open plate is closed (at the same time the closing of the fall path is also released). Glide and fall into the fall path. Patent Document 1 discloses a mechanism in which a cigarette butt placed on a conventional ashtray directly drops onto a conveying means provided in an island.

  However, the conventional ashtray has problems in the following points. The problem is that measures against foreign matters other than cigarette butts are insufficient. For example, non-woven towels may be distributed at amusement halls in order to allow players to play comfortably. However, this non-woven hand towel is often discarded after being used or mischievously rolled up in an ashtray. When the discarded hand towel becomes a foreign substance, the tobacco falling path is blocked, and when the transport means is provided, there is a problem that the transport means is clogged. If the foreign material is smaller than the cigarette butts, the above-mentioned problems are difficult to occur. Directly related to the occurrence.

JP 2007-330502 A

  The present invention provides an ashtray for gaming machines and a gaming machine island that does not cause problems such as clogging of falling passages, clogging of transportation means, or malfunctions by improving the above-described conventional ashtray to make it difficult to mix foreign substances. There is to do.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention has the following configurations. It should be noted that the definitions of terms used to describe the invention described in any claim are applicable to the invention described in other claims as much as possible regardless of the description order.

(Characteristics of the invention of claim 1)
The ashtray for a gaming machine according to the invention of claim 1 (hereinafter referred to as “the ashtray of claim 1” as appropriate) is taken in and out of a stud unit (sometimes referred to as “gusset”) provided on the side of the gaming machine. This is an ashtray for gaming machines that can be used (it can appear and move back and forth). Specifically, a front plate portion located on the player side, opposite side plate portions facing on the back side of the front plate portion, a falling path formed between the both side plate portions, and the both side plate portions An opening or notch formed on one side, and when being pulled out from the stud unit, can be moved in and out (can be put in and out, can be advanced and retracted) with respect to one of the side plate portions through the opening or notch, and can receive a cigarette when protruding. A tobacco dish. Further, a closing plate for closing between the both side plate portions so as not to drop the cigarette received by the tobacco tray into the dropping path, and at least one for dropping the cigarette into the dropping path through the closing plate. Individual tobacco dropping holes. One side wall portion on which the cigarette tray is provided is preferably the left side wall portion as viewed from the player, that is, the ashtray is preferably arranged on the left side of the player. Because there is often an operation handle on the right side of the gaming machine (operating with the right hand), if you have to use the ashtray on the right side of the gaming machine, the ashtray or the cigarette placed there will interfere with the operation Because there is a fear. The closing plate may be provided with a hole smaller than the tobacco dropping hole in addition to the tobacco dropping hole. Furthermore, it does not prevent the entire closing plate from being made into a mesh shape or a saw shape.

  Further, the ashtray of claim 1 is placed in a stud unit when it is not necessary, and is used by being pulled out from the inside when it is necessary for smoking tobacco. That is, when a player or an employee of a game hall pulls out the ashtray from the stud unit, both side walls are exposed, so that the tobacco tray on one side is operated to project to the side of the side wall as viewed from the player. Let The protruding tobacco pan holds the tobacco placed thereon, alone or in cooperation with a closing plate. The player can put a cigarette on top of it, or he can put out the fire by pressing the fired tip against a cigarette pan or closure plate. The butt after the fire is extinguished can be dropped into the dropping path through the tobacco dropping hole provided in the closing plate. On the other hand, foreign matters that cannot pass through the cigarette dropping hole (for example, a hand towel that has been rolled up) cannot pass through the cigarette dropping hole, and therefore do not fall into the dropping path beyond the closing plate. That is, the tobacco dropping hole of the closing plate serves as a filter that does not allow passage of foreign matters larger than tobacco. If the used cigarette tray is immersed in one of the side walls, and then the entire ashtray is pushed into the stud unit, it will not interfere with the game. Even if the butt is left on the closing plate, the cigarette dish can be immersed, and at least foreign matters larger than the cigarette can be prevented.

(Characteristics of the invention described in claim 2)
The ashtray for a gaming machine according to the invention of claim 2 (hereinafter referred to as “the ashtray of claim 2” as appropriate) is the ashtray of claim 1, wherein the cigarette plate extends under the closing plate. A plate bottom plate portion having a hinge structure that allows the cigarette plate to be rotated (swingable) with respect to one of the side plate portions on a lower surface thereof, and rotates the cigarette plate. Thus, when projecting from one of the side plate portions, the tip end portion of the dish bottom plate portion is configured to contact the lower surface of the closing plate without closing the tobacco dropping hole.

  According to the ashtray of the second aspect, the cigarette tray is moved in and out of the side wall portion by the action of the hinge structure. Then, the tip of the bottom plate portion of the cigarette tray when protruding comes into contact with the lower surface of the closing plate to position the cigarette plate. On the other hand, the platen bottom plate portion when immersing is inclined downward toward the fall passage and a gap is formed between the plate and the closing plate, so that the butts or ash that have been on the plate bottom plate portion enter the drop passage. Slide down. Thus, according to the ashtray of the second aspect, in addition to the operational effects of the ashtray of the first aspect, it is possible to more easily process particularly small ash in the cigarette butts.

(Characteristics of Claim 3)
The ashtray for gaming machines according to the invention described in claim 3 (hereinafter referred to as “the ashtray of claim 3” as appropriate) is the ashtray of claim 1 or 2, wherein the drop is placed in a lower part of the front plate portion. A movable bottom plate that opens and closes the path is arranged, and the movable bottom plate is configured to close the dropping path when pulled out from the stud unit, and to open the dropping path when pushed into the stud unit.

  According to the ashtray of claim 3, it is possible to collect various butts. In the first place, it is self-evident that the ashtray is provided with some bottom, but by making it openable, it is possible to collect butts while being pulled out or pushed in from the stud unit. The former is convenient for employees and others to collect butts when the movable bottom plate can be opened even when it is pulled out. It can be dropped.

(Feature of the invention of claim 4)
A gaming machine island according to the invention described in claim 4 (hereinafter referred to as “a gaming machine island of claim 4” as appropriate) indicates a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines and a stud unit are alternately arranged side by side. Here, the ashtray according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is provided in each of the stud units. The “game machine” described in the present specification and claims includes a pachinko machine, a pachislot machine, a parrot machine, and the like.

  According to the gaming machine island of claim 4, since the ashtray according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is included, the same effects as the effects according to the ashtray of claims 1 to 3 can be achieved.

(Feature of the invention of claim 5)
A gaming machine island according to the invention described in claim 5 (hereinafter referred to as “a gaming machine island of claim 5” as appropriate) is a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines and studs are gathered side by side alternately. Here, an ashtray for a gaming machine according to claim 3 is provided in each of the stud units. In addition, inside or outside of the gaming machine island, there is provided a butt conveying means extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a butt shell processing device provided at one end of the butt conveying means, each of the ashtray for the gaming machine The cigarette butts are configured to fall from the fall path to the cigarette transporting means.

  According to the gaming machine island of the fifth aspect, since the movable bottom plate of the ashtray drawn out closes the dropping path, the cigarette butts can be received on the movable bottom plate (in the falling passage). On the other hand, the movable bottom plate of the pushed-in ashtray opens the dropping path, so that the butts that are on the movable bottom plate (in the dropping passage) fall downward. The cigarette butts that fall downward are received by the cigarette transporting means, and then transported to the cigarette butter for processing such as recovery. That is, automatic processing of cigarette butts is possible. Foreign substances larger than the cigarette butt are excluded by the closing plate. That is, since it does not enter into the buttocks processing apparatus, there is almost no possibility that the apparatus will be clogged due to large foreign matter mixed therein.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent problems such as clogging of the dropping passage for dropping the cigarette butt, clogging of the conveying means, and failure as much as possible by making it difficult for foreign matters to be mixed. Moreover, the trouble of cleaning due to foreign matter mixing can be minimized.

It is a front view of pachinko machine island. It is a perspective view of the stud unit in the state where the ashtray was pushed in. It is a perspective view of the middle pillar unit in the state where the ashtray is pulled out. It is a perspective view which shows the ashtray in the state pushed into the collection | recovery part. It is a perspective view which shows the ashtray in the state pulled out from the collection | recovery part. It is a perspective view which shows the ashtray of the state which made the tobacco plate protrude. It is a top view which shows the ashtray of the state which made the tobacco plate protrude. It is a perspective view which shows the tobacco plate of the inclination state. It is sectional drawing which shows the AA cross section shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a partial cutaway view showing a part of the side plate portion of the ashtray in order to show the movable side plate 25.

(External structure of pachinko machine island)
A mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as “the present embodiment” as appropriate) will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 101 shown in FIG. 1 indicates a pachinko island (game machine island) in which a plurality of pachinko machines (game machines) 103 and inter-column units 105 arranged on the board 107 are alternately arranged side by side. The pachinko machine 103 is provided with a game surface 103a and a ball plate 103b positioned below the game surface 103a. Furthermore, an operation handle 103c for hitting a pachinko ball is provided on the right side of the ball plate 103b. Moreover, the code | symbol 111 shown in FIG. 1 shows the cigarette butt conveyance means which conveys a cigarette butt to the cigarette butt processing apparatus outside a figure. Inside the cigarette transporting means 111, a transporting belt 113 is disposed (FIG. 4), which carries cigarette butts and moves in the longitudinal direction (left-right direction in FIG. 1). Although the present embodiment is intended for pachinko islands, it can also be applied to pachislot and other gaming machine islands.

(Structure of stud unit)
1 to 3 is located between the pachinko machine 103 and the pachinko machine 103, or at the left end of the pachinko machine 103 at the island end although it is outside the figure. When viewed from the front, each stud unit 105 has, for example, a vertically long unit front plate portion 105a having a length of about 810 mm and a width of 50 mm as a main member, and the cross section including the unit front plate portion 105a has a U-shape for reinforcement. Is formed. An upper receiving plate portion 105b is formed at the upper end of the unit front plate portion 105a, and a lower receiving plate portion 105c is bent at the lower end in the horizontal direction. Both the upper receiving plate portion 105b and the lower receiving plate portion 105c are portions for attaching the spacer unit 105 to the pachinko island 101 (FIG. 1). A rectangular receiving hole 105j is formed through the lower receiving plate portion 105c. The receiving hole 105j is a hole for receiving and fixing the recovery dropping part 53 of the cigarette collection unit 5 described later. As the constituent material of the entire stud unit 105, for example, a metal such as stainless steel, a synthetic resin, or a composite material thereof is suitable. Each stud unit 105 is provided with an ashtray 1 for gaming machines (hereinafter referred to as “ashtray 1” as appropriate).

(Ashtray and stud unit)
The detailed structure of the ashtray will be described with reference to FIGS. The ashtray 1 is configured to be able to be inserted into and removed from the unit front plate portion 105 a through a front plate opening 105 h (FIG. 3) opened in the unit front plate portion 105 a of the stud unit 105. Further, the ashtray 1 can be taken in and out with respect to the butt collection unit 3 attached to the back surface of the unit front plate portion 105a. The butt collection unit 3 will be described in detail later.

(Schematic structure of ashtray)
The ashtray 1 is a connection that connects the front plate portion 11 located on the player side, the side plate portion 13a and the side plate portion 13b facing each other on the back side of the front plate portion 11, and the open end portions of the side plate portion 13a and the side plate portion 13b. The wall portion forms a rectangular frame with a rectangular shape in plan view, and a space surrounded by the frame serves as a fall path 23 for dropping tobacco. The lower end of the dropping path 23 is closed by a movable bottom plate 25 so as to be openable. When the ashtray 1 is fully pulled out from the unit front plate portion 105a, the side plate portions 13a and 13b have their open ends (indicated by broken lines in FIG. 5) on the back side of the unit front plate portion 105a (inside the butt collection unit 3). It is set to the remaining dimensions. Further, a rectangular notch 15 that opens upward is formed in the side plate portion 13a. The notch 15 is for enabling the tobacco tray 17 described later to appear and disappear with respect to the side plate portion 13a. The notch 15 can be provided in the side plate portion 13b, but is preferably provided in the side plate portion 13a. This is because if the side plate portion 13b is provided, the ashtray 1 is positioned on the right side when viewed from the player, which may make it difficult to operate the operation handle 103c (FIG. 1). When there is no such fear, that is, when the operation handle 103c is positioned on the left side, it does not prevent the side plate portion 13b from being provided with the notch 15 (the ashtray 1 is positioned to the right by the player). 5 indicates the lower end edge of the notch 15. Moreover, the code | symbol 11a shown in FIGS. 3-8 shows the handle which a user picks when taking in and out the ashtray 1. FIG.

(Structure of movable bottom plate)
As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the movable bottom plate 25 is cantilevered by a bottom plate hinge 27 provided on the back surface of the front plate portion 11, so that the bottom plate hinge 27 is slightly above the center (the arrow in FIG. 10). 26a) and downward (arrow 26b in FIG. 10). A human hand is used to rotate upward, and the weight of the movable bottom plate 25 is used to rotate downward. The width dimension of the movable bottom plate 25 allows vertical rotation (sliding) in relation to the side plate portions 13a and 13b, but is set so as to maintain a tightness that prevents cigarette butts and ash from leaking through the gap. (FIG. 9). On the other hand, the depth dimension of the movable bottom plate 25 is such that the open end portion 25a of the movable bottom plate 25 is on the back side of the unit front plate portion 105a so that it does not rotate downward when fully pulled out from the unit front plate portion 105a. It is set so as to remain (FIG. 10). The open end 25a is bent downward. This point will be described later.

(Structure of closing plate)
The closing plate 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6. The closing plate 21 is a plate that closes between the side wall portions 13a and 13b in order to place a cigarette tip or cigarette butts. The closing plate 21 is provided so that its lower end surface is positioned slightly above the lower end edge 15a (FIG. 5) of the notch 15 (at least above the same dimension as the thickness of a plate bottom plate portion 17a described later, the reason will be described later). It is preferable. Although the closing plate 21 is functionally separate, it is configured integrally with the connecting wall portion 14 in order to save the manufacturing effort. That is, one end of the closing plate 21 is fixed to the front plate portion 11, the other end is bent upward, and the bent portion becomes the connecting wall portion 14. The other end of the closing plate 21 is fixed by fixing both ends in the width direction of the connecting wall portion 14 to the side wall portions 13a and 13b. A plurality (three in this case) of round long holes (cigarette dropping holes 21h) are formed through the closing plate 21 (FIGS. 6 and 7). Each cigarette dropping hole 21h can be pushed in with cigarettes or butts of the cigarettes vertically, but is formed in a dimension that cannot accommodate one pachinko ball (diameter 11 mm). The reason why the pachinko balls are not inserted is, for example, a countermeasure to prevent such mischief that a player who is dissatisfied with the game result puts pachinko balls rarely. This measure is also effective for mischief using a pachislot medal (diameter 25 mm to 35 mm). A cigarette that is the same as or smaller than the cigarette passes through the cigarette dropping hole 21h. However, by providing the closing plate 21, it is possible to effectively suppress the mischief of mixing foreign matter in the ashtray 1. There is no doubt that the presence or absence of the closing plate 21 is deeply related to the success or failure of prevention of mischief, although it is impossible to prevent believing mischief such as breaking a large foreign object and making it small. Needless to say, the number and shape of the cigarette dropping holes 21h can be changed as appropriate without departing from the above-described effects.

(Structure of cigarette tray)
The cigarette tray 17 will be described with reference to FIGS. The cigarette dish 17 is composed of a rectangular dish bottom plate portion 17a and a U-shaped peripheral wall portion 17b standing up from three sides excluding one side facing the closing plate 21 among the four sides surrounding the dish bottom plate portion 17a. ing. The open end of the dish bottom plate portion 17a is fixed in the vicinity of the lower end of the notch 15 of the side plate portion 13a via the hinge 19, whereby the cigarette tray 17 is rotatable with respect to the side plate portion 13a. The tip 17c (FIG. 7) having one side as a tip contacts the lower surface (back side surface of FIG. 7) of the closing plate 21 when the tobacco tray 17 is projected (opened), and the tobacco tray 17 as a whole. Contributes to positioning. At this time, the tip portion 17c should not block any of the cigarette dropping holes 21h and obstruct the fall of the cigarette or the cigarette butt. As described above, the lower end surface of the closing plate 21 is located at least above the same dimension as the thickness of the dish bottom plate portion 17a. This is because the lower end surface of the dish plate bottom portion 17a is supported by the lower end edge 15a of the notch 15 when the front end portion 17c of the dish bottom plate portion 17a comes into contact with the lower end surface of the closing plate 21 (or the closing plate). This is for a slight downward inclination toward 21). The plate bottom 17a does not necessarily have to be horizontal (slightly downward slope), but if it becomes horizontal (slightly downward slope), cigarettes and butts on the top are difficult to roll and are stable and easy to use. . Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, when the cigarette tray 17 is stowed (immersed), a slight inclination causes a gap G between the dish bottom plate portion 17a and the closing plate 21, and the dish bottom plate portion 17a at this time Is inclined downward toward the fall path 23, so that the butt or ash on the top can be easily slid into the gap G. That is, the top of the dish bottom plate portion 17a can be easily cleaned in a short time.

  The peripheral wall portion 17b has a function of placing the mouthpiece side so that the tip of the mounted cigarette is down, and a function of preventing the butt and ash on the plate bottom plate portion 17a from falling down. Yes. You may change suitably the shape of the surrounding wall part 17b in the range which does not impair the said function. Moreover, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, it does not prevent providing the hollow etc. for hold | maintaining a cigarette and preventing a horizontal shift. Note that both end portions 17e (FIG. 7) of the peripheral wall portion 17b function as stoppers for contacting and positioning the upper surface of the closing plate 21 when the tobacco tray 17 is immersed (the state shown in FIG. 5). It has become.

(Structure of butt collection unit)
The cigarette butt collection unit 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. The ashtray 1 can store cigarette butts and ash on the movable bottom plate 25, or can be stored in an external container (not shown). However, in those cases, there is an inconvenience that a cigarette butt or the like is taken out from the ashtray 1 or each external container. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a configuration is adopted in which a cigarette butt or the like is dropped on the above-described conveyor belt 111 and can be automatically collected. For this purpose, a butt collection unit 3 is disposed between the ashtray 1 and the conveyor belt 111.

  The butt collection unit 3 (hereinafter simply referred to as “collection unit 3”) includes a collection unit 51 having a long depth and a thin collection drop unit 53 that communicates with the collection unit 51, and is a flat funnel as a whole. It is formed in a similar shape. The recovery unit 3 includes a unit front plate portion 55 slightly narrower than the width of the unit front plate portion 105a, a unit back plate portion 57 corresponding to the unit front plate portion 55, and both unit side plate portions that connect both plate portions. 59 and the unit top plate portion 61 form an external appearance. The lower end of the recovery unit 3 (recovery dropping part 53) is an opening for dropping cigarette butts and the like.

  The unit front plate portion 55 includes, in order from the top, an upper straight portion 55a, an intermediate inclined portion 55b, and a lower straight portion 55c. In order to receive the ashtray 1 (FIG. 2), the upper straight portion 55a includes a receiving opening 55h (FIG. 5) having substantially the same shape as the front plate opening 105h of the stud unit 105. The intermediate inclined portion 55 b constitutes an inclined path for guiding the butt or the like to the recovery dropping portion 53 in the recovery portion 51. The lower straight part 55 c constitutes a part of the appearance of the recovery drop part 53.

  The unit back plate portion 57 includes, in order from the top, an upper straight portion 57a, an intermediate inclined portion 57b, and a lower straight portion 57c, and each of the upper straight portion 55a, the intermediate inclined portion 55b, and the lower straight portion. Corresponds to 55c. The collection unit 3 (upper straight line portion 55a) is screwed to the back surface of the unit front plate portion 105a in a state where the front plate opening 105h and the receiving opening 55h are overlapped (FIG. 2).

(Operational effect of this embodiment)
The effects of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The ashtray 1 is placed in the stud unit 105 (at the same time the collecting unit 3) when it is not necessary (FIG. 2), and is used by pulling it out from the front when necessary to smoke tobacco (FIG. 3). ). When a player or employee of the game hall pulls out the ashtray 1 from the stud unit 105, both side walls 13a and 13b are exposed from the stud unit 105 (FIG. 5). Here, the cigarette dish 17 immersed in the side wall portion 13a is rotated through the notch 15 to project to the side of the side wall portion 13a (FIG. 6). The projected tobacco pan 17 has its tip 17c abutted against the lower surface of the closing plate 21 and is supported by the lower end edge 15a of the notch 15 to prevent further rotation and to be positioned. The tobacco tray 17 holds the tobacco C (FIG. 7) placed thereon alone or in cooperation with the closing plate 21. The player can put a sucking cigarette, and can extinguish the fire by pressing the lit tip portion against the cigarette dish 17 or the closing plate 21. The cigarette butt Ct after the fire is extinguished (while the fire is on) can be dropped into the dropping path 23 through the cigarette dropping hole 21h (FIG. 9) provided in the closing plate 21. On the other hand, a foreign substance that cannot pass through the cigarette dropping hole 21h (for example, a hand towel that has been rolled up) cannot pass through the cigarette dropping hole and therefore does not fall into the dropping path 23 beyond the closing plate 21. That is, the tobacco dropping hole 21h of the closing plate 21 serves as a filter that does not allow passage of foreign matters larger than the tobacco C (cigarette butt Ct). Therefore, it is possible not only to prevent problems such as clogging and failure of the conveying means as much as possible, but also to minimize the trouble of cleaning due to foreign matter contamination. Further, when the cigarette is not smoked, the ashtray 1 can be stored in the stud unit, which is also preferable in terms of beauty.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10, the movable bottom plate 25 of the ashtray 1 pushed into the stud unit 105 is rotated downward about the bottom plate hinge 27 by its own weight to open the drop path 23 (see FIG. 10). 10 represents a two-dot chain line). On the other hand, the movable bottom plate 25 of the ashtray 1 when being pulled out from the stud unit 105 is gradually lifted by sliding with the lower opening edge 55e (105e) of the receiving opening 55h (front plate opening 105h), and eventually the cigarette collection unit 3 is gradually lowered toward 3 and the fall path 23 is closed (shown by a solid line in FIG. 10). At this time, the open end portion 25a remains on the back side of the unit front plate portion 105a (unit front plate portion 55) and is caught there to prevent further drawing. That is, the open end 25a functions as a drawer stopper. When the ashtray 1 is desired to be removed from the stud unit 105, the movable side plate 25 may be lifted by a human hand to release the catch between the open end 25a and the opening lower edge 55e (105e).

1 Ashtray for gaming machines (ash tray)
3 Cigarette collection unit 11 Front plate portion 11a Handle 13a, 13b Side plate portion 14 Connecting wall portion 15 Notch 15a Bottom edge 17 Cigarette plate 17a Plate bottom plate portion 17b Circumferential wall portion 17c Tip portion 17e End point 19 Hinge 21 Closure plate 21h Cigarette drop hole 23 Drop Road 25 Movable bottom plate 25a Open end portion 26a, 26b Arrow 27 Bottom plate hinge 51 Recovery portion 53 Recovery drop portion 55 Unit front plate portion 55a Upper straight portion 55b Intermediate inclined portion 55c Lower straight portion 55h Receiving opening 55e Opening lower edge 57 Unit back plate Portion 57a Upper straight portion 57b Middle inclined portion 57c Lower straight portion 59 Unit side plate portion 61 Unit top plate portion 101 Pachinko island 103 Pachinko machine 103a Game surface 103b Ball plate 103c Operation handle 105 Column unit 105a Unit front plate portion 105b Upper receiving plate portion 105c bottom Receiving plate portion 105e Lower opening edge 105h Front plate opening 105j Receiving hole 107 Gutter plate 111 Butt shell conveying means 113 Conveying belt C Tobacco Ct Butt shell G Gap

Claims (5)

During the gaming machine and a gaming machine in the gaming machine island, or a cigarette butt collecting unit for a game machine used by fixing the studs unit provided at the end of the game machine island,
A unit front plate located on the player side;
It has an ashtray for a gaming machine that can be taken in and out of the unit front plate part,
The ashtray for the gaming machine is
A vertically open frame including a front plate located on the player side;
A falling path surrounded by the frame ,
A cigarette dish that is capable of appearing and retracting with respect to the frame when pulled out from the unit front plate portion , and that becomes a cigarette tray when protruding, and
A closing plate for closing the cigarette received by the cigarette tray so as not to fall into the dropping path;
A cigarette butt collection unit for a gaming machine, comprising: at least one cigarette dropping hole for penetrating the closing plate and dropping the cigarette into the dropping path. The tobacco dish includes a dish bottom plate portion having a tip portion extending below the closing plate,
The dish bottom plate portion includes a hinge structure on the lower surface thereof that allows the cigarette tray to be rotated with respect to one of the side plate portions,
When the cigarette tray is rotated and protruded from one of the side plate portions, the tip end portion of the plate bottom plate portion is configured to contact the lower surface of the closing plate without closing the tobacco dropping hole. The cigarette butt collection unit for a gaming machine according to claim 1. A movable bottom plate that opens and closes the dropping path is disposed at a lower portion of the front plate portion,
The movable bottom plate is configured to close the dropping path when pulled out from the unit front plate portion , and to open the dropping path when pushed into the unit front plate portion. A cigarette butt collection unit for a gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2. In the gaming machine island in which a plurality of game machines and the studs unit formed by alternately side by side set,
A gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein each of the stud units is provided with a butt collection unit for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3. In the gaming machine island in which a plurality of game machines and the studs unit formed by alternately side by side set,
Each said stud unit is provided with a butt collection unit for a gaming machine according to claim 3, and
Inside or outside the gaming machine island is provided with a cigarette transporting means extending in the longitudinal direction, and a cigarette processing device provided at one end of the cigarette transporting means,
The gaming machine island according to claim 4, wherein a cigarette butt is dropped from a dropping path of each ashtray for the gaming machine to the butt conveying means.

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