JP2016144497A - Token selector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a token selector excellent in maintainability, in which an opening/closing plate can be easily attached and detached to and from a board while the token selector is mounted in a game machine.SOLUTION: In a token selector 1, a board 28 is provided with a spindle 30 and an opening/closing plate 29 is provided with a bearing part 31. The board 28 is also provided with a coil spring 32 which energizes and connects the opening/closing plate 29 to the board 28 side while engaging with the opening/closing plate 29. The board 28 and the opening/closing plate 29 are provided with a receiving part 62 and an abutting part 63 which come into contact with each other in accordance with opening operation of the opening/closing plate 29 with the spindle 30 as a rotation fulcrum. The bearing part 31 is configured to separate from the spindle 30 when the opening/closing plate 29 opens further while the receiving part 62 and the abutting part 63 are in contact with each other. The rotation fulcrum of the opening/closing plate 29 is switched from the spindle 30 to a contact part of the receiving part 62 and the abutting part 63 according to the opening operation amount. The engagement with the opening/closing plate 29 by the coil spring 32 is released when the opening operation of the opening/closing plate 29 with the contact part as the rotation fulcrum exceeds a predetermined angle.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal sorting device provided in a gaming machine such as a slot machine.

  Conventionally, a medal sorting device for counting authenticity of medals and counting the number of inserted medals is built in the slot machine slot. The medal sorting device has a structure in which an opening / closing plate is provided so as to be openable and closable on a substrate forming the main body of the medal sorting device. The opening / closing plate is always urged toward the substrate side by the urging force of a spring, and a medal passage is formed between opposing surfaces of the substrate and the opening / closing plate (for example, Patent Document 1).

  By the way, in such a medal sorting device, since a large number of medals pass through the medal passage, regular cleaning is performed as maintenance. To perform cleaning, it is necessary to open the opening / closing plate. However, due to the structure of the medal sorting device or the circumstances of the gaming machine to which the medal sorting device is attached, the opening / closing plate may not open enough for cleaning. is there. In that case, it is necessary to remove the opening / closing plate from the substrate.

JP 2006-072687 A (published March 16, 2006)

  However, in the conventional configuration, the opening / closing plate can be opened relatively easily, but the opening / closing plate cannot be removed easily, resulting in poor maintenance.

  That is, in the conventional configuration, in order to remove the opening / closing plate from the substrate, the spring is elastically pressed by pressing a release piece provided on the spring biasing the opening / closing plate to release the engagement with the substrate. It is necessary to deform against the force and release the engagement between the spring and the substrate. However, in the conventional configuration, the release piece is provided on the back side of the substrate, and it is difficult to access in a state where the medal sorting device is installed in the gaming machine. Therefore, in the conventional configuration, in order to remove the opening / closing plate, it is necessary to remove the medal sorting device from the gaming machine once. As a matter of course, after cleaning, an operation of attaching an opening / closing plate to a substrate and then attaching a medal sorting device to a gaming machine is necessary, which is extremely inefficient.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a medal sorting device with excellent maintainability that can easily attach and detach an opening / closing plate from a substrate while being installed in a gaming machine. It is in.

  In order to solve the above problems, a medal sorting device of the present invention is a medal sorting device including a substrate and an opening / closing plate provided to be openable / detachable with respect to the substrate. The support shaft and the bearing portion that are rotatable with respect to the substrate are engaged with the substrate or the opening / closing plate to urge the opening / closing plate toward the substrate and connect the opening / closing plate and the substrate. An urging member; and a contact portion formed on each of the substrate and the opening / closing plate and contacting each other with the opening operation of the opening / closing plate using the support shaft as a rotation fulcrum. When the opening and closing plate is further opened while the parts are in contact with each other, the opening and closing plate is configured to be separated from the support shaft. The opening and closing plate has a rotation fulcrum according to the amount of opening operation of the opening and closing plate. Switch from the shaft to the contact point of the contact part Ri, engagement by the biasing member, the opening operation of the closing plate to rotate fulcrum the contact point is characterized in that it is released exceeds a predetermined angle.

  According to the above configuration, the opening / closing plate opens with the support shaft as a center until the contact portions formed on the opening / closing plate and the substrate contact each other. By the opening operation of the opening / closing plate, the contact portions provided on the opening / closing plate and the substrate eventually come into contact with each other. The bearing portion is configured to be separated from the support shaft when the opening / closing plate is further opened while the contact portion is in contact. Therefore, after the contact portion comes into contact, the rotation fulcrum of the opening / closing plate is switched from the support shaft to the contact location of the contact portion, and the opening / closing plate opens with the contact location of the contact portion as the rotation fulcrum. When the opening / closing plate opening operation with the contact point as the rotation fulcrum exceeds a predetermined angle, the engagement of the urging member with the opening / closing plate is released, and the opening / closing plate is detached from the substrate. That is, the opening / closing plate can be easily removed by an operation of opening the opening / closing plate.

  The medal sorting device of the present invention is also a medal sorting device comprising a substrate and an opening / closing plate provided so as to be openable and detachable with respect to the substrate. A bearing portion provided on the opening / closing plate, an urging member attached to the substrate and engaging the opening / closing plate to urge the opening / closing plate toward the substrate and to be connected to the substrate, the substrate and the opening / closing A contact portion formed on each of the plates and contacting each other with the opening operation of the opening and closing plate using the support shaft as a rotation fulcrum, wherein the opening and closing plate further includes the contact portion in contact with the contact portion. When the opening operation is performed, the opening / closing plate is configured to be separated from the support shaft, and the rotation support point is switched from the support shaft to the contact portion of the contact portion according to the amount of the opening operation of the opening / closing plate, Engagement of the opening / closing plate by the biasing member , Opening operation of the closing plate to rotate fulcrum the contact point is characterized in that it is released exceeds a predetermined angle.

  Also in the above configuration, the opening / closing plate can be easily removed by an operation of opening the opening / closing plate, similarly to the medal sorting device described above.

  In the medal sorting device of the present invention, it is preferable that the substrate and the opening / closing plate further include a plurality of contact portions provided at intervals.

  As described above, since the contact portion becomes a new rotation fulcrum of the opening / closing plate, a plurality of contact portions can be provided at a certain interval to provide a stable rotation fulcrum.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to provide a medal sorting device excellent in maintainability in which an opening / closing plate can be easily attached to and detached from a substrate in a state where the game machine is installed.

It is an external perspective view of a slot machine provided with a medal selector of the present embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure which opened the front door of the said slot machine in the single swing type. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the front side of the said medal selector. It is a front view of the medal selector. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the back side of the said medal selector. It is a rear view of the medal selector. It is a perspective view which shows the surface inside the board | substrate of the said medal selector. It is a perspective view which shows the surface inside the opening-and-closing board of the said medal selector. It is drawing which shows the cross section of the principal part of the normal state in which the opening / closing plate of the said medal selector was closed, (a) is AA sectional view taken on the line of FIG. 4, (b) is BB line of FIG. An arrow sectional view, (c) is CC sectional view taken on the line of FIG. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector with the opening / closing plate slightly opened from the closed state shown in FIG. 9. FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector in a state where the opening / closing plate is further opened than the state shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector in a state immediately before the coil spring is disengaged, with the opening / closing plate further opened than the state shown in FIG. 11. FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector in a state immediately after the opening / closing plate is further opened than the state shown in FIG. 12 and the coil spring is disengaged. In the medal selector, the opening / closing plate falls downward from the state shown in FIG. 12, and the sectional view of the main part in a state where the opening / closing plate is completely detached from the substrate, It is sectional drawing of the principal part which shows the first step at the time of attaching an opening / closing board to a board | substrate in the said medal selector. FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the next stage of FIG. 15 in the medal selector. FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing the next stage of FIG. 16 in the medal selector.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. In this embodiment, a slot machine installed in a game hall is shown as an example of a gaming machine.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a slot machine 11 including a medal selector 1 as a medal sorting device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal structure in which the front door 11a of the slot machine 11 is opened in a single opening manner.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the slot machine 11 is provided with a panel 12 and a reel portion 13 at the upper front portion corresponding to customer service, and three stop buttons 14 at the front center. Further, a start lever 15, a multiplier setting button 16 a and a settlement button 16 b are provided on the left side of the front surface, and an eject button 17 and an insertion port 18 for inserting medals M one by one are provided on the right side of the front surface. A tray 19 for receiving the medal M is provided at the lower front portion.

  As shown in FIG. 2, on the inner side of the front door 11a of the slot machine 11, a reel cover 24, a medal selector 1 for selecting the suitability of medals, a medal payout chute 26, and a return port 27 are arranged from the upper part to the lower part. Are provided in this order. On the other hand, in the upper part of the internal space of the slot machine main body 11b, a control unit 11c that processes the signal of the medal selector 1 and controls each part of the slot machine 11 is installed. In the central part of the internal space, three rows of reel parts 13 for rotating and stopping the position of the pattern on the outer peripheral surface to use the game are installed, and in the lower part of the internal space, a medal payout device 21 for taking in and paying out medals, A power supply device 22 and an overflow tank 23 are installed.

  When the player uses the slot machine 11 as a game, the player inserts medals M one by one into the insertion slot 18 (see FIG. 1). The medal M inserted into the insertion slot 18 is once guided to the medal selector 1 (see FIG. 2), where the suitability is selected. The medal M that has been accepted by the medal selector 1 is received by a hopper tank 21a (see FIG. 2) provided at the upper part of the medal payout device 21 through a medal transport passage 25a connected to the outlet of the medal selector 1. It is done. On the other hand, the medal M rejected by the medal selector 1 is returned to the tray 19 (see FIG. 1) via the medal payout chute 26 and the return port 27. In addition to the medals M that are rejected by the medal selector 1, surplus medals M that have been inserted beyond a predetermined number, medals M that have been inserted during reel rotation, credit settlement, or when the power is turned off, It is returned to the tray 19 through the medal payout chute 26 and the return port 27.

  The settlement button 16b (see FIG. 1) is a button for requesting the return of the medal M stored in the hopper tank 21a by the player. When the player presses the checkout button 16b to stop the game, the medal M stored in the hopper tank 21a is returned to the tray 19.

  The eject button 17 (see FIG. 2) is a button for removing the medals M jammed in the medal passage from the medal selector 1. When the player presses the eject button 17, the eject section on the medal selector 1 side opens the opening / closing plate 29 (see FIG. 3) and removes the jammed medal M. The excluded medal M is also returned to the tray 19.

  Next, the configuration of the medal selector 1 will be described. FIG. 3 is an external perspective view showing the front side of the medal selector 1, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the medal selector 1. FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing the rear side of the medal selector 1, and FIG. 6 is a rear view of the medal selector 1. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an inner surface of the board 28 of the medal selector 1, and FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an inner surface of the opening / closing plate 29 of the medal selector 1. In the following, the opposite sides of the substrate 28 and the opening / closing plate 29 are referred to as the inner side, and the opposite side is referred to as the back side.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, the medal selector 1 has a structure in which a U-shaped substrate 28 and an opening / closing plate 29 that are the main body of the medal selector 1 are arranged to be openable and closable. Between the opposing surfaces of the substrate 28 and the opening / closing plate 29, there is provided a medal passage 33 that allows the medal M to roll from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction by its own weight. The opening / closing plate 29 is configured to be openable / closable with respect to the substrate 28 by rotatably supporting a support shaft 30 provided on the upper portion of the substrate 28 by a bearing portion 31 provided on the opening / closing plate 29. Although the details will be described later, the opening / closing plate 29 is always biased toward the substrate 28 by a coil spring (biasing member) 32 and is connected to the substrate 28.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the medal passage 33 is formed in an L shape having an inlet 34 corresponding to the insertion port 18 (see FIG. 1) and a lower outlet 35. The medal passage 33 includes a vertical side portion L1 extending downward from the inlet 34, a horizontal side portion L2 extending obliquely downward and reaching the outlet 35, and a curved portion L3 that connects the side portions L1 and L2 in a curved shape. I have.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the substrate 28 is provided with a movable guide plate 37 that can swing about a support shaft 36 disposed on the back side of the substrate 28. The movable guide plate 37 is configured such that the guide portion 38 is provided on the upper portion of the medal passage 33 from the opening portion 39 of the substrate 28 and the upper end side of the medal M is guided in the transport direction by the guide portion 38 ( (See FIG. 4).

  Further, a blocker 40 as a discharge member located on the back side of the substrate 28 is integrally bent on the movable guide plate 37. As shown in FIG. 4, the blocker 40 is configured such that the lower end block portion 40 a can be moved into and out of the medal passage 33 from the opening 33 a on the downstream side of the medal passage 33.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a movable plate 42 driven by a solenoid 41 is provided on the back side of the substrate 28, and the free end 42 a of the movable plate 42 faces the upper end 37 a of the movable guide plate 37. Are arranged.

  When the solenoid 41 is ON, the upper end 37a of the movable guide plate 37 is pressed by the free end 42a of the movable plate 42, and the guide portion 38 conveys and guides the upper end side of the medal M, and the lower end block portion 40a of the blocker 40 is moved. Legal medals selected as valid and retracted from the opening 33a of the medal passage 33 to the back side are conveyed to the medal payout device 21. On the other hand, incompatible medals selected as invalid are discharged from the opening / closing plate 29. It discharges | emits from the exit 29a, and is comprised so that it may return to the external return port 27 (refer FIG. 4).

  When the solenoid 41 is turned off, the conveyance guide on the upper end side of the medal M is released by the guide portion 38, and the lower end block portion 40a of the blocker 40 is protruded from the opening portion 33a of the medal passage 33 toward the medal passage 33 side. (See FIG. 4).

  Further, the lateral side portion L2 of the medal passage 33 is parallel to the upper and lower sides of the movable guide plate 37 provided on the upper and lower sides of the lateral side portion L2 and the guide plate 33b (see FIG. 7) forming the lower surface of the passage. It is configured to carry out external shape selection that excludes medals having a small diameter from the passage according to the interval, and passes and counts only medals of a regular size.

  As a result, only an appropriately sized medal M having a disk shape of a certain size provided exclusively for the gaming machine is accepted from the exit 35. A sensor portion (not shown) for detecting and counting the medal M passing through the lateral side portion L2 of the medal passage 33 is provided on the passage wall of the substrate 28 forming the medal passage 33 just before the outlet 35. ing.

  In addition, a foreign matter detection lever sensor 43 is disposed on the vertical side L1 of the medal passage 33 extending downward from the entrance 34 of the medal passage 33. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the foreign matter detection lever sensor 43 is a combination of a detection lever (detection piece) 44, a coil spring 46 that urges the detection lever 44, and a sensor S that detects the movement of the lever. Configured.

  The detection lever 44 is urged from the outside of the medal passage 33 toward the passage space of the medal passage 33, and can protrude and retract at all times. Specifically, the upper end portion of the detection lever 44 is pivotally supported on a support shaft 47 that is horizontally installed at a position corresponding to the vertical side portion L1 on the back side of the substrate 28, and the lower end portion 44a of the detection lever 44 is a coil spring. 46 is urged so as to protrude and retract into the passage space of the medal passage 33 from an opening window 48 provided on the wall surface of the vertical side portion L1.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the board 28 has an ejecting section (returning section) 50 that opens the opening / closing plate 29 by rotating the opening / closing plate 29 in conjunction with the eject button 17 provided in the slot machine 11. Is provided.

  Next, a characteristic configuration of the medal selector 1 will be described. In the medal selector 1, the angle formed between the substrate 28 and the first rotation fulcrum P1 until the angle formed with the substrate 28 reaches a predetermined angle as the rotation fulcrum of the opening / closing plate 29 exceeds the predetermined angle. The second rotation fulcrum P2 is provided (see FIG. 11), and the rotation fulcrum is changed from the first rotation fulcrum P1 to the second rotation fulcrum P2 according to the rotation amount (opening amount) of the opening / closing plate 29. In the middle of rotating at the second rotation fulcrum P <b> 2, the coil spring 32 slips and is disengaged, so that it is disengaged from the substrate 28.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the support shaft 30 serving as the first rotation fulcrum P1 is fixed on both sides to a pair of support portions 60, 60 projecting from the upper part of the inner surface of the substrate 28, and is arranged substantially horizontally. It is installed. A coil spring 32 is wound around the support shaft 30 as a biasing member that biases the opening / closing plate 29 toward the substrate 28 and connects the opening / closing plate 29 and the substrate 28.

  The coil spring 32 is wound from both sides with both ends abutted against the back surface of the spring fixing portion 61, and the central portion thereof extends beyond the spring fixing portion 61 to the front side of the spring fixing portion 61. Yes. This drawn-out portion is once bent in an L shape downward, and the distal end side is further bent obliquely upward. A portion bent downward is engaged with an engaging portion 64 (see FIG. 3) of the opening / closing plate 29 to constitute a connecting portion 32 a for connecting the opening / closing plate 29 to the substrate 28. A portion bent obliquely upward is engaged with the connecting portion 32a along a sliding guide surface 66 (see FIG. 8) described later provided on the opening / closing plate 29 when the opening / closing plate 29 is connected. A connection assisting portion 32b is provided to assist the alignment.

  Further, a plurality of receiving portions 62 are formed on the upper end surface of the substrate 28 above the support portions 60, 60 as contact portions that come into contact with the abutment portion 63 on the opening / closing plate 29 described later. When the receiving part 62 and the abutting part 63 on the side of the opening / closing plate 29 are in contact with each other, the second rotation fulcrum P2 is formed at those contact points. The receiving portion 62 has a downward surface 62 a that is inclined upward from the back side of the substrate 28 toward the inside, and the tip portion thereof is positioned inside the substrate 28 with respect to the support shaft 30 when viewed in the axial direction of the support shaft 30. It is provided to do.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 8, a pair of bearing portions 31 that rotatably support the support shaft 30 on the side of the substrate 28 are provided on the upper portion of the inner surface of the opening / closing plate 29. Each bearing portion 31 is configured to be separated from the support shaft 30 when the opening / closing plate 29 is further opened while the abutting portion 63 and the receiving portion 62 are in contact with each other. Specifically, each bearing portion 31 is formed with a shaft sliding portion 31a that slidably supports the support shaft 30 at the tip portion thereof. The lower end side of the shaft sliding portion 31a protrudes so as to be able to carry the support shaft 30 deeply (reference number 31b). On the other hand, the upper end side of the shaft sliding portion 31a allows the bearing portion 31 to escape downward without using the support shaft 30 as a barrier when the opening / closing plate 29 rotates at the second rotation fulcrum P2. It is open and constitutes a relief part 31c. By providing the relief portion 31c, as will be described later, the bearing portion 31 can move downward without using the support shaft 30 as a barrier when the opening / closing plate 29 is rotated by the second rotation fulcrum P2. .

  In addition, an opening 65 is formed between the pair of bearing portions 31, 31 in the opening / closing plate 29 so that the connecting portion 32 a of the coil spring 32 described above turns from the inside of the opening / closing plate 29 to the back surface side. Under the opening 65, a sliding guide surface 66 having the same inclination as that of the connection auxiliary portion 32b of the coil spring 32 described above is formed inside the opening / closing plate 29, and above the opening / closing plate 29. An engaging portion 64 (see FIG. 3) with which the connecting portion 32a of the coil spring 32 is engaged is formed. The sliding guide surface 66 is inclined upward from the inner side to the rear side of the opening / closing plate 29.

  Further, the upper end surface of the opening / closing plate 29 above the shaft sliding portion 31a of the bearing portion 31 is in contact with the plurality of receiving portions 62 on the substrate 28 side described above, and the second rotation fulcrum P2 is provided at the contact location. Abutting portions 63 as a plurality of contact portions to be formed are formed. The abutting portion 63 has an upward surface 63a that is inclined downward from the back side to the inside of the opening / closing plate 29. When viewed in the axial direction of the support shaft 30, the abutting portion 63 is closer to the back side of the opening / closing plate 29 than the shaft sliding portion 31a. It is arranged.

  The medal selector 1 having such a configuration is attached to the slot machine 11 with the opening / closing plate 29 side facing slightly downward (see FIG. 9C).

  Next, operations of opening / closing, removing and attaching the opening / closing plate 29 in the medal selector 1 having the above-described configuration will be described. 9 to 14 show the state until the opening / closing plate 29 is detached from the substrate 28 in stages, and FIGS. 15 to 17 show the state until the opening / closing plate 29 is attached to the substrate 28 in steps.

  First, the opening / closing and removal operations of the opening / closing plate 29 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  9 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector 1 in a normal state in which the opening / closing plate 29 is closed, (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4, and (b) is in FIG. FIG. 4B is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B, and FIG. 4C is a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C in FIG. 4.

  As shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, when the open / close plate 29 is closed, the support shaft 30 on the substrate 28 side is rotatable on the shaft sliding portion 31a of the bearing portion 31 on the open / close plate 29 side. It is supported. When the opening / closing plate 29 is opened in this state, the opening / closing plate 29 rotates at the first rotation fulcrum P <b> 1 about the support shaft 30.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9C, in a state where the opening / closing plate 29 is closed, the connecting portion 32 a of the coil spring 32 passes through the opening 65 formed in the opening / closing plate 29, and the back side (front side) of the opening / closing plate 29. Is engaged with the engaging portion 64 on the side). As a result, the opening / closing plate 29 is connected to the substrate 28 and is always biased toward the substrate 28, and the medal passage 33 described above is formed between the opposing surfaces of the opening / closing plate 29 and the substrate 28.

  FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector 1 in a state where the opening / closing plate 29 is slightly opened from the closed state shown in FIG. 9, and is different in that the opening / closing plate 29 is opened. ) Corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4, and (b) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, when the opening / closing plate 29 is opened from the closed state, the opening / closing plate is kept until the abutting portion 63 on the opening / closing plate 29 side contacts the receiving portion 62 on the substrate 28 side. 29 rotates at a first rotation fulcrum P1 around the support shaft 30. Here, the opening direction of the opening / closing plate 29 is a direction against the urging force of the coil spring 32, and the coil spring 32 is elastically deformed with the opening operation of the opening / closing plate 29. At this stage, when the opening force of the opening / closing plate 29 is released, the opening / closing plate 29 is closed by the restoring force of the coil spring 32.

  FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector 1 in a state where the opening / closing plate 29 is opened further than the state shown in FIG. 10, and is different in that the opening / closing plate 29 is opened. Corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4, and (b) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, when the opening / closing plate 29 is further opened and the abutting portion 63 on the opening / closing plate 29 side contacts the receiving portion 62 on the substrate 28 side, the rotation fulcrum of the opening / closing plate 29 is moved. Then, the first rotation fulcrum P1 centered on the support shaft 30 is switched to the second rotation fulcrum P2 which is a contact point between the abutting portion 63 and the receiving portion 62. By providing a plurality of abutting portions 63 and receiving portions 62 at intervals, a stable rotation fulcrum P2 is obtained. Even at this stage, when the opening force of the opening / closing plate 29 is released, the opening / closing plate 29 is closed by the restoring force of the coil spring 32.

  FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector 1 in a state immediately before the engagement of the coil spring 32 with the opening / closing plate 29 opened further than in the state shown in FIG. 11, and the opening / closing plate 29 is opened. (A) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4, and (b) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along line C-C in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 12A and 12B, when the opening / closing plate 29 is further opened after the rotation fulcrum of the opening / closing plate 29 is switched from the first rotation fulcrum P1 to the second rotation fulcrum P2, the opening / closing plate 29 29 rotates at the second rotation fulcrum P2. The bearing portion 31 moves away from the support shaft 30 and moves downward, but can move without using the support shaft 30 as a barrier by providing the escape portion 31c. Further, since a force resisting the urging force is further applied to the coil spring 32, the connecting portion 32a moves so as to gradually slide upward. Even at this stage, when the opening force of the opening / closing plate 29 is released, the opening / closing plate 29 is automatically closed by the restoring force of the coil spring 32.

  13 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector 1 in a state immediately after the opening / closing plate 29 is opened further than the state shown in FIG. 12 and the coil spring 32 is disengaged. (A) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 4, and (b) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along line CC in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 13 (a) and 13 (b), when the opening / closing plate 29 is further opened in a state where the bearing portion 31 is moved downward away from the support shaft 30, the coil spring 32 is further slid upward, and the connecting portion 32a. The lower end of the opening reaches the lower end of the opening 65 of the opening / closing plate 29, and the connecting portion 32 a is pulled back inside the opening / closing plate 29 by the restoring force of the elastically deformed coil spring 32. As a result, the connection between the opening / closing plate 29 and the substrate 28 is released, and the opening / closing plate 29 is detached so as to drop downward.

  FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the medal selector 1 in a state where the opening / closing plate 29 has fallen downward from the state shown in FIG. 13 and the opening / closing plate 29 has been completely removed from the substrate 28. (A) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 4, and (b) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the line C-C in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 14A and 14B, the opening / closing plate 29 is completely separated from the substrate 28 by being removed so as to drop downward.

  Subsequently, an attaching operation of the opening / closing plate 29 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 to 17.

  FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing the first stage when the opening / closing plate 29 is attached to the substrate 28 in the medal selector 1. 16 is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing the next stage of FIG. 15 in the medal selector 1, and FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of the main part showing the next stage of FIG. Although different in that the opening / closing plate 29 is disengaged, these correspond to the sectional view taken along the line CC in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the connection auxiliary portion 32 b of the coil spring 32 provided on the substrate 28 is made to lie along the sliding guide surface 66 provided on the opening / closing plate 29. In this state, when the opening / closing plate 29 is pushed in the closing direction, as shown in FIG. 16, the bent portion between the coupling auxiliary portion 32b and the coupling portion 32a comes into contact with the sliding guide surface 66, and the coil spring 32 is elastic. Deform. When the opening / closing plate 29 is further pushed in this state, the bent portion slides on the sliding guide surface 66, and the connecting portion 32a comes out of the opening 65 as shown in FIG. When the connecting portion 32 a passes through the opening 65, the connecting portion 32 a slides downward by the restoring force and engages with the engaging portion 64 on the back side of the opening / closing plate 29. Thereby, the opening / closing plate 29 is connected to the substrate 28 again.

  In this embodiment, the opening / closing plate 29 is provided with a bearing 31, while the substrate 28 is provided with a support shaft 30, and the opening / closing plate 29 is attached to the substrate 28 side by a coil spring 32 fixed to the substrate 28 side. Although the supporting shaft 30 is provided on the opening / closing plate 29, the bearing portion 31 is provided on the substrate 28, and the opening / closing plate 29 is attached to the substrate 28 side by a coil spring 32 fixed to the opening / closing plate 29 side. It is good also as the structure which was energetic.

  The present invention can be applied to a medal sorting device in which an opening / closing plate is provided on a substrate so as to be freely opened and closed, and a medal passage is formed between opposing surfaces of the substrate and the opening / closing plate.

1 Medal selector (medal sorting device)
11 Slot machines (gaming machines)
30 Support shaft 31 Bearing portion 32 Coil spring (biasing member)
32a connecting portion 32b connecting auxiliary portion 33 medal passage 60, 60 support portion 61 spring fixing portion 62 receiving portion (contact portion)
63 Abutting part (contact part)
64 Engagement part 65 Opening part 66 Sliding guide surface

Claims (3)

A medal sorting device comprising a substrate and an opening / closing plate provided to be openable / detachable with respect to the substrate,
A support shaft and a bearing portion that allow the opening / closing plate to rotate with respect to the substrate;
A biasing member that engages with the substrate or the opening / closing plate and biases the opening / closing plate toward the substrate and connects the opening / closing plate and the substrate;
A contact portion that is formed on each of the substrate and the opening / closing plate, and that comes into contact with each other along with the opening operation of the opening / closing plate with the support shaft as a rotation fulcrum,
The bearing portion is configured to be separated from the support shaft when the opening and closing plate is further opened in a state where the contact portions are in contact with each other.
In the opening / closing plate, the rotation fulcrum is switched from the support shaft to the contact portion of the contact portion according to the amount of opening operation of the opening / closing plate,
The medal sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the engagement by the biasing member is released when the opening operation of the opening / closing plate having the contact location as a rotation fulcrum exceeds a predetermined angle. A medal sorting device comprising a substrate and an opening / closing plate provided to be openable / detachable with respect to the substrate,
A support shaft provided on the substrate and a bearing provided on the opening and closing plate;
An urging member attached to the substrate and engaging the opening / closing plate to urge the opening / closing plate toward the substrate and to connect to the substrate;
A contact portion that is formed on each of the substrate and the opening / closing plate, and that contacts each other with the opening operation of the opening / closing plate with the support shaft as a rotation fulcrum,
The bearing portion is configured to be separated from the support shaft when the opening and closing plate is further opened in a state where the contact portion is in contact,
In the opening / closing plate, the rotation fulcrum is switched from the support shaft to the contact portion of the contact portion according to the amount of opening operation of the opening / closing plate,
The medal sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the engagement of the urging member with the opening / closing plate is released when an opening operation of the opening / closing plate with the contact location as a rotation fulcrum exceeds a predetermined angle.   3. The medal sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate and the opening / closing plate are provided with a plurality of the contact portions at intervals. 4.

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