JP2016195634A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine where a reject button that can be pressed and a token inlet can be arranged in a limited area in a front surface part of the game machine.SOLUTION: In resolving jamming of tokens in a token passage 106, one end part 111b of a first rotary member 111 is pressed by a reject button 55. The pressing operation of the reject button 55 is communicated to a second rotary member 112 by the other end part 111c of the first rotary member 111, and a cover member 104 is pressed by the second rotary member 112, so that even when a token entrance 106a of the token passage 106 is arranged displaced in a lateral direction from just below a token inlet 42, the reject button 55 that can be pressed against a front surface part of a game machine can be arranged close to the token inlet 42. Thus, the reject button 55 and the token inlet 42 can be arranged in a limited area of the front surface part of the game machine.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine equipped with a rejection mechanism that eliminates clogging of medals occurring in a medal passage below a medal slot.

In a gaming machine such as a slot machine, when a medal inserted from a medal slot on the front door is clogged in a medal passage inside a medal selector provided on the back surface of the front door, Generally, a rejection mechanism having a rejection button is provided (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, a medal clogging member that eliminates clogging of medals generated in the medal passage is provided in the medal passage below the medal slot in the front door. By pressing a reject button protruding from the front panel of the front door and moving the medal path in a direction that can be opened, medals jammed in the medal path are discharged to the outside.

Further, another example of a gaming machine provided with a reject mechanism having a reject button is also disclosed in Patent Document 2.
In this gaming machine, a medal passage formed by a push plate and a guide member is provided on one surface of a substantially rectangular substrate. Then, when the operator pushes down (presses down) the reject button provided on the front part of the gaming machine in the vertical direction, the turning member is centered on the horizontal axis attached to the bearing formed integrally with the substrate. By rotating and moving so that one end of the swivel member pushes up the push plate, the gap between the push plate and the medal passage of the substrate is opened, so that the jammed medals can be discharged to the outside.

JP 2006-61339 A JP-A-2005-279242

By the way, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, by pressing the reject button protruding from the front panel of the front door toward the back side, medals jammed in the medal passage are discharged to the outside. For example, when a device such as a liquid crystal panel for game effects and other members are provided on the front panel in front of the medal passage, a reject button cannot be provided so as to penetrate these devices and other members. That is, there is a problem that the reject button cannot be provided so as to protrude from the front panel of the front door and be pressed toward the back side.
Therefore, as in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 2, if the reject button provided on the front part of the gaming machine is directed downward (pressed down), the game effect is provided in front of the medal passage. Even if a device and other members are provided, it is not necessary to provide a reject button so as to penetrate these devices and other members.

However, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 2, when the medal entrance of the medal passage is shifted in the horizontal direction from directly below the medal insertion slot, the reject button for operating the push plate that opens the medal passage is also the same. They will be shifted in the horizontal direction.
For this reason, the reject button is separated from the medal slot, and it is difficult for the player to recognize that it is a reject button. That is, since various buttons other than the reject button are provided on the front portion of the gaming machine, it is difficult to recognize which button is the reject button.
If the medal slot and the reject button are arranged as close as possible, the medal slot and the reject button are integrated as a unit on the front part of the gaming machine in addition to the above-described recognizability of the reject button. In addition, there is an advantage that it can be easily arranged in a limited narrow region of the front portion of the gaming machine.
In particular, in recent years, large-scale liquid crystal panels and operation parts are often placed on the front part of gaming machines, and the area for placing medal slots and reject buttons on the front part has become increasingly narrow. It is coming.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine in which a push button that can be pressed and a medal slot can be arranged in a limited area on the front surface of the gaming machine.

In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine of the present invention is a gaming machine provided with a rejection mechanism that eliminates clogging of medals generated in a medal passage below a medal slot.
The reject mechanism is configured to constitute at least one side surface of the medal passage, and can be pushed down to a side plate that opens the side of the medal passage by being separated from the medal passage and to a front portion of the gaming machine. A reject button provided on the first rotation member, a first rotation member provided to be rotatable about a first axis in a plane substantially parallel to the front surface of the gaming machine, and the first shaft in a plane orthogonal to the front surface. A second rotating member provided to be rotatable about a second axis orthogonal to
One end of the first rotating member is pressed by the reject button and the first rotating member is rotated, so that one end of the second rotating member from the other end of the first rotating member. The force is transmitted to the portion, the second rotating member rotates, and the other end portion of the second rotating member presses the side plate in a direction away from the medal passage to the side. To do.

  In the present invention, when the player presses the reject button, one end of the first rotating member is pressed, and the first rotating member rotates. As the first rotating member rotates, force is transmitted from the other end of the first rotating member to one end of the second rotating member, and the second rotating member rotates. The side plate is pressed in the direction away from the medal path to the side by the other end of the second rotating member. In this way, by pressing the reject button, the side plate is pressed in the direction away from the medal passage to the side via the first and second rotating members. The medals stuck in the medal passage can be discharged from between.

Thus, in order to eliminate the clogging of medals in the medal passage, one end portion of the first rotating member is pressed by the reject button, and the pressing operation of the reject button is performed by the other end portion of the first rotating member. Is transmitted to the second rotating member, and the side plate is pressed by the second rotating member. Therefore, even when the medal entrance of the medal passage is shifted laterally from directly below the medal insertion port, the front of the gaming machine A reject button that can be pressed on the part can be placed close to the medal slot.
Therefore, a push button that can be pressed and a medal slot can be arranged in a limited area on the front surface of the gaming machine.

In the above configuration of the present invention, the medal entrance of the medal passage is disposed below the medal insertion port by a predetermined distance in the lateral direction,
A medal connection passage is provided between the medal slot and the medal entrance;
The reject button is provided adjacent to the medal slot;
The other end of the first rotating member may protrude laterally from the medal connection passage.

According to such a configuration, since the medal connection passage is provided between the medal insertion slot and the medal entrance arranged at a predetermined distance in the lateral direction below the medal insertion slot, the medal insertion slot In this case, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized operation such as inserting a long foreign object directly into the medal passage, and even when a connection passage is provided to prevent such an unauthorized operation, the other end portion of the first rotating member is lateral to the medal connection passage. Therefore, the side plate can be separated from the medal passage laterally by the other end portion via the second rotating member.
Therefore, even if the reject button is provided adjacent to the medal slot, medals jammed in the medal passage can be reliably discharged.

  According to the present invention, a pushable reject button can be arranged on the front portion of the gaming machine close to the medal slot, so that the pushable reject button and the medal slot can be placed in a limited area on the front portion of the gaming machine. And can be arranged.

1 is a perspective view showing an example of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is the perspective view which looked at the medal insertion unit of the state where the cover member was closed from the diagonal back side. It is the perspective view which looked at the medal insertion unit of the state where the cover member was open from the diagonal back side. It is the perspective view which looked at the medal insertion unit of the state where the cover member was closed from the diagonal front side. The principal part of the rejection mechanism in a state where the cover member is closed is shown, with (a) being a front view and (b) being a side view. The principal part of the rejection mechanism in a state where the cover member is opened is shown, in which (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a slot machine which is one of gaming machines will be described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to the slot machine, but is applied to other gaming machines including a reject button. Also good.

First, a schematic configuration of a slot machine M to which the invention is applied will be described.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the slot machine M. FIG. The slot machine M includes a housing 1, and the housing 1 includes a bottom plate, left and right side plates, a top plate, and a back plate, and a box having a front opening that opens to the front side of the housing 1. It is formed into a shape. Note that a power supply unit or the like incorporating a power supply device (not shown) for supplying power to each component is provided on the upper surface of the bottom plate.

Further, the left and right side plates of the housing 1 are provided with intermediate plates (not shown) so as to be horizontal at the approximate center in the height direction of the housing 1. It is divided into Therefore, the front opening portion of the housing 1 is divided into two parts, that is, an upper opening portion that opens an upper portion thereof and a lower opening portion that opens a lower portion thereof.
A front door 3 that closes the front opening of the housing 1 so as to be openable and closable is provided on the front of the housing 1, and the front door 3 includes an upper door 30 that closes the top of the opening so as to be openable and closable. And a lower door 40 that closes the lower opening portion so as to be openable and closable.

In the casing 1, an exchange unit is detachably provided on the upper surface of the intermediate plate. This exchange unit includes a frame that is a metal frame assembled in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, a reel unit supported by the frame, and a substrate unit fixed to the frame.
The reel unit includes three stepping motors provided on the frame, and three rotary reels fixed to the output shaft of each stepping motor. The board unit is a board case in which a board provided with electronic components such as a CPU, ROM, RAM, and I / O is stored in a board case. The board unit functions as a game control device for controlling the game of the slot machine M.

A display window 31 is provided on the upper door 30, and the three rotary reels are provided in a horizontal row behind the display window 31. A plurality of types of symbols are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of each rotating reel, and when the rotating reel stops, three symbols per reel are displayed through the display window 31. In the slot machine M, a total of five winning effective lines, which are three horizontal and two diagonal, are set.
Then, it is displayed whether or not the winning combination is won by a combination of symbols stopped on the winning winning line when the three rotating reels are stopped.
In addition, lamps 33a, 33b, and 33c for performing notification and the like are provided on the upper portion of the display window 31 of the upper door 30 and on the left and right sides.

  Further, the upper door 30 is provided with an upper door hinge on one of the side edges in the vertical direction. On the other hand, the frame body of the replacement unit is provided with a frame body side hinge. By engaging the upper door side hinge with the frame body side hinge, the upper door 30 is freely rotatable on the frame of the replacement unit. Is attached.

  The slot machine M has a separate housing type structure, and when the model is exchanged at an amusement store, the exchange unit to which the upper door 30 is rotatably attached is exchanged. When the model is changed, the casing 1, the lower door 40, the power supply unit in the casing 1, the hopper device, and the like remain attached to the island facility of the amusement store and are not exchanged. Further, the slot machine M is not limited to the separated casing type, and may replace the entire slot machine when changing models. In this case, the front door 3 may have an integrated structure that does not divide the upper door 30 and the lower door 40. Moreover, when dividing into the upper door 30 and the lower door 40, you may attach the upper door 30 to the side plate of the housing | casing 1 so that rotation is possible.

The lower door 40 is a door for closing the lower opening portion of the housing 1 so as to be openable and closable. The lower door 40 is configured by fitting an inner frame into an outer frame.
A lower door hinge is provided on one side edge of the lower door 40 in the vertical direction. The lower door 40 is rotatably attached to one side plate of the housing 1 by engaging the lower door side hinge with a housing side hinge provided on one side plate of the housing 1. Yes. Further, the lower end portion of the upper door 30 is provided with an engaging portion that protrudes rearward from the front surface of the lower door 40 and downward from the upper end of the lower door 40, and the upper door 30 is closed when the lower door 40 is closed. The structure cannot be opened.

  An operation unit 50 for operating the slot machine M is provided on the upper portion of the lower door 40. The operation unit 50 includes a settlement switch 52 for paying out credited medals, a start lever 53 for starting a game, a stop switch 54 for stopping rotation of a rotating reel, and a medal insertion for inserting a medal. There are provided a reject button 55 for eliminating a clogged medal generated in the medal passage below the slot 42, the medal insertion slot 42, a MAX bet switch button 56 operated when investing the maximum number of three medals in the game, and the like. In addition, a relatively large operation panel 57 for selecting game effects and the like, and a relatively large liquid crystal panel 58 are provided. The operation panel 57 is disposed at a substantially central portion in the width direction (left-right direction) of the operation unit 50, and a liquid crystal panel 58 is disposed on the right side with the medal slot 42 and the reject button 55 interposed therebetween. The operation panel 57 includes a cross key for selecting effects, a determination button, a cancel button, and the like.

  Further, a medal payout port for discharging medals from the inside of the slot machine and a medal tray 43 for storing medals discharged from the medal payout port are formed at the lower part of the lower door 40. A transparent front panel 45 is attached between the operation unit 50 and the medal tray 43.

  The gaming machine of the present embodiment includes a medal insertion unit 100 as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, and the medal insertion port member 101 constituting the medal insertion unit 100 is a lower door 40 of the gaming machine. Is exposed from the upper right side of the plate 40a (see FIG. 1). The medal slot member 101 is provided with a medal slot 42, and an insertion hole 55a is provided adjacent to the medal slot 42, and the reject button 55 is inserted into the insertion hole 55a. The reject button 55 is a columnar member that is elongated vertically, and the head of the reject button 55 slightly protrudes from the upper opening of the through hole 55a.

A medal selector 102 is provided below the medal slot member 101. The medal selector 102 is for selecting medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 42, and includes a base plate 103 and a cover member 104 attached to the base plate 103. Such a medal selector 102 is attached to the back surface of the lower door 40 so that the cover member 104 is on the back side (the back side when the slot machine M is viewed from the front).
A medal inlet 106 a for receiving a medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 42 is provided on the upper surface of the medal selector 102, and a medal outlet 106 b for discharging a medal is provided on the side of the medal selector 102. Is provided.

  The cover member 104 is attached so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction around a shaft 105 provided on the base plate 103, and is always urged toward the base plate 103 by a spring 105 a provided on the shaft 105. Yes. The base plate 103 is provided with a medal passage 106 communicating from the medal inlet 106a to the medal outlet 106b. The medal passage 106 is provided with an insertion detection sensor and a passage detection sensor. The medal passage 106 is curved so as to guide a medal inserted from above into the medal inlet 106a to the side, and is inclined downward toward the medal outlet 106b.

The cover member (side plate) 104 constitutes one side surface of the medal passage 106, and the other side surface is constituted by the base plate 103. The cover member 104 abuts against the base plate 103 to form a medal passage 106 having opposing side surfaces.
Then, the cover member 104 resists the urging force of the spring 105 a and moves away from the base plate 103 to the side, so that a gap is formed between the cover member 104 and the medal passage 106. A clogged medal is dropped down. The dropped medal passes through a chute (not shown) and is discharged from a medal payout opening provided at the lower part of the lower door 40.
Although not shown, a medal discharging device (not shown) is provided continuously to the medal outlet 106b on the side of the medal selector 102.

Further, the gaming machine of the present embodiment includes a rejection mechanism 110 that eliminates a clogged medal that has occurred in the medal passage 106.
That is, the rejection mechanism 110 includes the cover member (side plate) 104, the reject button 55, the first rotation member 111, the first shaft 111a, the second rotation member 112, the second shaft 112a, and the biasing force. And the spring 105a as a member.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the first rotating member 111 is first in a plane parallel to the front surface of the gaming machine (in a plane parallel to the paper surface in FIGS. 5A and 6A). The shaft 111a is provided so as to be rotatable. The first shaft 111 a is provided so as to cover the front side of the medal selector 102 and is supported by a selector bracket (not shown) attached to the lower door 40.
As shown in FIG. 5 (a), the first rotating member 111 extends in opposite directions from the substantially central portion supported by the first shaft 111a and is provided in parallel in the vertical direction in the front view. Arm 111b, 111c. The lower end portion of the reject button 55 is in contact with one end portion of the first rotating member 111, that is, the distal end portion of the arm 111b.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the second rotating member 112 has a first axis in a plane perpendicular to the front surface of the gaming machine (in a plane parallel to the paper surface in FIGS. 5B and 6B). The second shaft 112a is supported by the selector bracket so as to be rotatable around a second shaft 112a orthogonal to 111a.
As shown in FIG. 5B, the second rotating member 112 is formed in a substantially U shape in a side view, and is slightly supported by the second shaft 112 a at an upper portion from the central portion in the vertical direction. .
A substantially horizontal engaging portion 112 b at the upper end (one end) of the second rotating member 112 is engaged from above with an arm 111 c that is the other end of the first rotating member 111. The lower surface of the engaging portion 112b is inclined so that the right side is downward in FIG. Therefore, when the first rotating member 111 is rotated so as to raise the other end (arm 111c), the engaging portion 112b is pressed clockwise, whereby the second rotating member 112 rotates clockwise. It comes to move.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6A, when the reject button 55 is pressed, one end of the first rotating member 111 (the tip of the arm 111b) is pressed, and the first rotating member 111 is counteracted. By rotating clockwise, force is transmitted from the other end (arm 111c) of the first rotating member 111 to one end (engaging portion 112b) of the second rotating member 112, and FIG. As shown in b), the second rotating member 112 rotates clockwise.

A hemispherical pressing portion 112d is provided at the other end portion 112c of the second rotating member 112, and the pressing plate 112e is pressed by the pressing portion 112d.
The pressing plate 112e is provided in front of the cover member 104. When the pressing plate 112e is pressed and moved clockwise in FIG. 6B, the cover member 104 resists the biasing force of the spring 105a. As a result, the gap between the cover member 104 and the medal passage 106 is created by moving away from the base plate 103 to the side, and the medals jammed in the medal passage 106 are dropped downward from the gap. Yes.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the one end 111b of the first rotating member 111 is pressed by the reject button 55, and the first rotating member 111 rotates around the first shaft 111a. A force is transmitted from the other end portion 111c of the first rotating member 111 to one end portion (engaging portion) 112b of the second rotating member 112, and the second rotating member 112 rotates around the second shaft 112a. The other end 112c presses the cover member (side plate) 104 in the direction away from the medal passage 106 to the side via the pressing plate 112e.

In addition, the opening part which opens to the front and back is provided in the predetermined position of the base board 103, The other end part 112c of the said 2nd rotation member 112 and the press part 112d are a press plate through this opening part. 112e is pressed.
Further, since the cover member 104 is constantly urged toward the base plate 103 by the spring 105a, the pressing plate 112e provided on the cover member 104 is also opposite to that shown in FIGS. 5 (b) and 6 (b). The first rotating member 111 is urged clockwise in FIGS. 5A and 6A. Therefore, although the reject button 55 is biased upward, a ring (not shown) is fitted into a circumferential groove provided in the body of the reject button 55, and this ring is inserted into the reject button provided in the medal slot member 101. The rejection button 55 is prevented from coming out by contacting the lower end opening end face of the insertion hole 55a.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the medal inlet 106a of the medal passage 106 is laterally below the medal slot 42 (rightward in FIG. 2, leftward in FIG. 6). Are shifted by a predetermined distance.
A connecting member 115 is provided between the medal slot 42 and the medal inlet 106a. An inlet is provided at the upper end portion of the connecting member 115 so as to face the medal slot 42, and an outlet is provided at the lower end portion so as to face the medal inlet 106a. A medal connection passage that bends in a smooth crank shape from the entrance to the exit is provided inside the connection member 115.
Therefore, the medal inserted into the medal insertion slot 42 passes through the medal connection passage from the entrance of the connection member 115, is discharged from the exit, and passes through the medal passage 106 from the medal entrance 106a.

The reject button 55 is provided on the medal slot member 101 adjacent to the medal slot 42.
Further, the other end 111c of the first rotating member 111 protrudes laterally from the connecting member 115 provided with the medal connecting passage, and one end (engagement) of the second rotating member 112 is engaged with the other end 111c. 112b is engaged from above.

  In the gaming machine of the present embodiment, medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 42 pass through the medal passage 106 through the medal connection passage. When a medal clogging occurs while a medal is passing through the medal passage 106, the player presses the reject button 55. Then, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the reject button 55 pushes the one end 111b of the first rotating member 111 so that the first rotating member 111 resists the biasing force of the spring 105a. Rotate around the first axis 111a.

And when the 1st rotation member 111 rotates, force is transmitted to the one end part (engagement part) 112b of the 2nd rotation member 112 from the other end part 111c of the said 1st rotation member 111, The second rotating member 112 rotates around the second shaft 112a. The cover member 104 is pressed by the other end 112c of the second rotating member 112 through the pressing plate 112e in a direction away from the medal passage 106 to the side (back side in FIG. 3).
As described above, when the reject button 55 is pressed, the cover member 104 resists the biasing force of the spring 105a from the medal passage 106 via the first rotating member 111, the second rotating member 112, and the pressing plate 112e. Since it is pressed in a direction away from the side, medals jammed in the medal passage can be discharged from between the cover member 104 and the medal passage 106.

The one end 111 b of the first rotating member 111 is pressed by the reject button 55, and the pressing operation of the reject button 55 is applied to the second rotating member 112 by the other end 111 c of the first rotating member 111. Since the cover member 104 is pressed by the second rotating member 112, the front portion of the gaming machine can be used even when the medal entrance 106 a of the medal passage 106 is shifted laterally from directly below the medal insertion slot 42. A reject button 55 that can be pressed to the medal slot 42 can be placed close to the medal slot 42.
Therefore, the reject button 55 and the medal can be pressed in a limited area on the front surface of the gaming machine, that is, in a relatively narrow area between the operation panel 57 and the liquid crystal panel 58 as shown in FIG. A mouth 42 can be arranged.

In addition, since a medal connection passage is provided between the medal insertion slot 42 and the medal inlet 106a arranged below the medal insertion slot 42 by a predetermined distance in the lateral direction, the medal insertion slot 42 is long. It is possible to prevent fraud such as inserting a straight foreign object directly into the medal passage, and even when a connection passage is provided to prevent such fraud, the other end portion 111c of the first rotating member 111 extends laterally from the medal connection passage. Since it protrudes, the cover member 104 can be separated from the medal passage 106 laterally through the second rotating member 112 by the other end portion 111c.
Therefore, even if the reject button 55 is provided adjacent to the medal slot 42, the medals jammed in the medal passage 106 can be surely discharged.

M slot machine (game machine)
42 Medal slot 55 Reject button 104 Cover member (side plate)
106 medal passage 106a medal entrance 110 reject mechanism 111 first rotating member 111a first shaft 111b one end 111c other end 112 second rotating member 112a second shaft 112b engaging portion (one end)
112c The other end

Claims (2)

In a gaming machine equipped with a rejection mechanism that eliminates clogging of medals occurring in the medal passage below the medal slot,
The reject mechanism comprises at least one side surface of the medal passage, and a side plate that opens the side of the medal passage by separating from the medal passage to the side,
A reject button provided on the front side of the gaming machine so that it can be pressed;
A first rotating member provided to be rotatable about a first axis in a plane substantially parallel to the front surface of the gaming machine;
A second rotating member provided to be rotatable about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis in a plane orthogonal to the front surface;
One end of the first rotating member is pressed by the reject button and the first rotating member is rotated, so that one end of the second rotating member from the other end of the first rotating member. The force is transmitted to the portion, the second rotating member rotates, and the other end portion of the second rotating member presses the side plate in a direction away from the medal passage to the side. To play. The medal entrance of the medal passage is arranged at a predetermined distance in the lateral direction below the medal slot,
A medal connection passage is provided between the medal slot and the medal entrance;
The reject button is provided adjacent to the medal slot;
2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the other end portion of the first rotating member protrudes laterally from the medal connection passage.

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