JP2018042874A - Game medium dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve high functionalization by allowing setup for minimizing vertical dimensions of a bill-validator front opening and a bill-validator storage part.SOLUTION: An inclination opening 72 that allows an inclined state of a bill-validator unit 16 is provided on at least one of a bottom wall 44 and a top plate 1406 constituting an upper wall of a bill-validator storage part 36 by projecting a back-side end 58B to a lower side or an upper side of the bill-validator storage part 36. The inclination opening 72 forms the inclined state of the bill-validator unit 16 whose front-side end 58A becomes higher than the back-side end 58B in a state where the front-side end 58A of the bill-validator unit 16 is projected outward a housing 12 from a bill-validator front opening 50.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium lending machine provided with a gaming machine.

Conventionally, a plurality of gaming machines such as slot machines are arranged side by side in a game store.
A game medium lending machine for paying out medals (game media) is provided adjacent to each game machine.
The game media lending machine has a housing, and the player inserts money into the money insertion slot of the bill validator unit inside the housing or inserts a predetermined card medium into the card insertion slot. The medal is paid out by an internal payout hopper.
The bill burr unit is for identifying money and storing money, and the housing is provided with a bill burr accommodating portion for accommodating the bill burr unit from the front opening for the bill burr.

JP 2016-19561 A

By the way, in recent years, multi-functionality of game medium lending machines has progressed, and the need to accommodate various devices inside the housing has increased.
Examples of such various devices in recent years include a camera that performs face recognition or barcode recognition, and a communication device that performs short-range wireless communication with a portable terminal possessed by a player.
However, when various recent devices are to be incorporated into the housing, a problem arises because the upper and lower dimensions of the housing are determined.
The present invention has been devised by paying attention to the above-described bill burr unit opening and the bill burr accommodating portion, and an object of the present invention is to minimize the vertical dimension of the bill burr front opening and the bill burr accommodating portion. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game medium lending machine that can be set to a limit and that is advantageous in achieving various functions by accommodating various devices inside a casing.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 1 is a game medium lending machine provided in a gaming machine, wherein a bill validating unit for accommodating a bill validating unit for identifying money inserted by a player is provided. A housing having a bill burr front opening for inserting and removing the bill burr unit with respect to the bill burr housing, the housing comprising a bottom wall constituting a bottom of the bill burr housing; An upper wall constituting an upper part of the bill burr accommodating portion, and the bill burr unit has a front side end portion provided with a money insertion slot and a back side end portion located opposite thereto, and the bottom wall Or, at least one of the upper walls, the rear side end portion protrudes below or above the bill burr accommodating portion, and the front side end portion is inclined higher or lower than the rear side end portion. Allow state Wherein the inclined opening that is provided.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, at the end portion of the tilt opening that is separated from the bill burr front opening, the slope that separates downward or upward from the bill burr storage section as it approaches the bill burr front opening. An inclined wall is provided.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the bill burr door for opening and closing the bill burr front opening is provided so as to be swingable with its upper end or lower end as a fulcrum. When it is located at the upper end, it is provided on the upper wall, and when the fulcrum is located at the lower end of the bill burr door, it is provided on the bottom wall.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an upper wall that constitutes an upper portion of the building burr housing portion is a top plate of the housing, and the inclined opening is provided in the bottom wall, and when viewed in plan view, An attachment piece having a screw insertion hole for attaching the housing to the support frame of the game island is located at the top plate located within the opening range of the opening for inclination.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the back side end of the bill burr unit protrudes below or above the bill burr housing portion on the bottom wall or top wall of the bill burr housing portion, thereby allowing the bill burr unit to be inclined. An opening for tilting was provided.
Therefore, when the bill burr unit is inserted into and removed from the bill burr accommodating section, the tilted state of the bill burr unit is allowed through the tilt opening, so that the vertical dimension of the bill burr front opening and the bill burr accommodating section can be reduced. Even if there is no allowance for the vertical dimension of the bill burr unit, the bill burr unit can be easily inserted into and removed from the bill burr front opening.
Therefore, the vertical dimension of the building burr front opening and the building burr accommodating portion can be set to a minimum.
Therefore, it is possible to secure a large storage space and arrangement space for various devices other than the bill burr unit within a limited size in the vertical direction of the housing. This is advantageous for achieving the above.
According to the invention of claim 2, when the bill burr unit is pushed into the bill burr housing portion and housed, even if the rear side end of the bill burr unit protrudes downward or upward from the opening for inclination, Since the rear side end is guided by the inclined wall, it is advantageous in smoothly carrying out the work of housing the bill burr unit in the bill burr housing section.
According to invention of Claim 3, even if it is a case where the protrusion is formed in the back surface of the door for bill burr, by allowing the bill burr unit to incline through the opening for tilt, Interference with the protrusion can be reliably prevented. Therefore, to minimize the vertical dimension of the building burr front opening and the building burr housing, and to smoothly carry out the work of housing the building burr unit in the building burr housing and taking out from the building burr housing. It will be advantageous.
According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the tool can be inserted using the inclined opening, it is advantageous in improving the efficiency of the work of attaching the housing to the support frame.

(A) is a front view of the game medium lending machine according to the embodiment, (B) is a side view of the game medium lending machine according to the embodiment. (A) is a perspective view of the game medium lending machine showing the closed state of the bill burr door, (B) is a perspective view of the game medium lending machine showing the open state of the bill burr door. It is a side view of the game media rental machine which shows the open state of the door for bill burrs, and shows the state where the side plate of the case was omitted. It is a front view of the game media rental machine which shows the open state of the door for bill burrs. It is side surface sectional drawing of the game media rental machine which shows the open state of the door for bill burrs. It is a top view of the game media rental machine which shows the open state of the door for bill burrs, and shows the state which omitted the top plate and bill burari unit of the case. It is side surface sectional drawing of FIG. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the attachment structure with respect to the housing | casing of the door for bill burrs. (A) is a plan view of the bill burr unit, (B) is a front view of the bill burr unit, and (C) is a side view of the bill burr unit. It is a perspective view of the game medium lending machine showing a state where the bill burr unit is located in front of the bill burr front opening. It is a perspective view of the game medium lending machine showing a state in which the rear end portion of the bill burr unit is inserted into the bill burr accommodating portion from the bill burr front opening. It is side surface sectional drawing of the game media rental machine which shows the state which the back end part of the bill burr unit contact | abutted to the inclination wall. It is side surface sectional drawing of the game media rental machine which shows the state by which the bill burr unit was accommodated in the bill burr accommodating part. It is side surface sectional drawing of the game media rental machine which shows the state with which the bill burr unit was pulled ahead from the bill burr storage part with a horizontal state. It is side surface sectional drawing of the game media rental machine which shows the state into which the back end part of the bill burr unit entered the opening range of the opening part for inclination, and the inclination state of the bill burr unit was accept | permitted. It is side surface sectional drawing of the game media rental machine which shows the state by which the bill burr unit made into the inclination state was further pulled out from the storage part for bill burr.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the game medium lending machine 10 is a device that is attached to a game machine that uses a game medium to play a game, such as a slot machine. In this embodiment, a case where medals are used as game media will be described. The game medium is not limited to a disk-shaped game medium such as a medal, and various conventionally known game media such as a rectangular plate shape or a polygonal plate shape can be used. When the gaming machine is a pachinko machine, the gaming medium is a pachinko ball.
The game medium lending machine 10 includes a case 12, a case main body 14, a bill validator unit 16, a control unit 18, a payout hopper 20, a nozzle chute 22, a nozzle 24, a counting game medium tray 26, and a tray. The cover 28 and the counting hopper 21 are included.

The housing main body 14 has a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped shape, and is configured to be hollow including a bottom plate 1402, a pair of side plates 1404 standing from both sides of the bottom plate 1402, and a top plate 1406 connecting the upper ends of the side plates 1404. .
Inside the housing main body 14, a bill burr accommodating portion 36, a control portion accommodating portion 38, a dispensing hopper accommodating portion 40, and a counting hopper accommodating portion 42 are provided in order from the top.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B), from a front opening 1410 which is an opening on the front side of the housing body 14, a bill burr storage unit 36, a control unit storage unit 38, a dispensing hopper storage unit 40, a counting hopper. In the accommodating part 42, the bill burr unit 16, the control part 18, the dispensing hopper 20, and the counting hopper 21 are accommodated.
The front opening 1410 of the housing body 14 is closed by a plurality of front plates, and the plurality of front plates include a bill burr door 48, a control unit side front plate 18 </ b> A, a supply door 30, and a lower front plate 32. Yes.
A rear opening, which is an opening on the rear side, is closed by a plurality of rear plates, thereby forming the housing 12.

The control unit 18 performs various controls of the game medium lending machine 10.
In the front opening 1410, the front side of the control unit 18 is closed by a control unit side front plate 18A formed integrally with the control unit 18, and the control unit side front plate 18A has a card insertion port 1802 in the control unit 18. , A touch panel monitor 1804, a camera 1806, a short-range wireless communication device 1808, and a remote control light receiving unit 1810 are provided.
A card in which information for identifying a player or card-specific identification information is recorded is inserted into the card insertion slot 1802, and card information is read and written by the control unit 18.
On the touch panel monitor 1804, the game state of the player such as the number of paid out medals and the number of acquired medals is displayed by the control unit 18. In the present embodiment, the touch panel type monitor 1804 constitutes a game status display unit that displays the game status of the player.
The camera 1806 is for performing, for example, player face authentication.
The short-range wireless communication device 1808 communicates with, for example, a portable communication terminal possessed by a player and performs authentication.
The remote control light receiving unit 1810 is for receiving an optical signal for remotely controlling the control unit 18 transmitted from, for example, a remote controller owned by an attendant of a game shop.
As shown in FIG. 1B, the touch panel monitor 1804, the camera 1806, the short-range wireless communication device 1808, and the remote control light receiving unit 1810 protrude forward from the surface of the control unit side front plate 18A.

The nozzle chute 22 is a part that receives a medal paid out from the payout hopper 20 and guides it to the nozzle 24, and the nozzle chute 22 is formed integrally with the lower front plate 32.
The nozzle 24 guides a medal guided from the nozzle chute 22 to a lower plate (not shown) of the gaming machine. The nozzle main body 2402 is swingably coupled to the nozzle chute 22 and is attached to the tip of the nozzle main body 2402. And a nozzle top 2404 provided.

A lower front plate 32 is detachably attached to the lower portion of the front opening portion 1410, and the lower front plate 32 extends from below the portion of the front opening portion 1410 closed by the replenishing door 30 to the lower end of the front opening portion 1410. Is blocked.
The counting hopper 21 counts the number of medals inserted into the counting game medium tray 26, and the medal counting result is transmitted to the control unit 18.
The lower front plate 32 has a front surface 3202 positioned opposite to the inside of the housing 12, and the front surface 3202 constitutes the front surface of the housing 12.
The counting game medium tray 26 is provided on the nozzle chute 22 on the front surface 3202 of the lower front plate 32.

  An opening 34 having a vertically long rectangular shape is formed in the front opening 1410 below the control unit side front plate 18A. The opening 34 is a part for replenishing the payout hopper 20 with medals, and the opening 34 is opened and closed by the supply door 30.

As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 10, the bill burr accommodating portion 36 in which the bill burr unit 16 is accommodated includes a bottom wall 44 that forms the bottom of the bill burr accommodating portion 36 and an upper portion of the bill burr accommodating portion 36. In the present embodiment, the building burr accommodating portion 36 is positioned at the highest position inside the housing main body 14, so that the upper wall is constituted by the top plate 1406 of the housing 12. Has been.
As shown in FIG. 8, the top plate 1406 is provided with a plurality of attachment pieces 46 having screw insertion holes 4602. The attachment piece 46 is provided to attach the housing 12 to the support frame of the game island.

As shown in FIGS. 1 (B), 2 (A), and 2 (B), the bill burr unit 16 is inserted into and removed from the bill burr accommodating portion 36 from the bill burr front opening 50 that is a part of the front opening 1410. The
The front opening 50 for building burr is opened and closed by a door 48 for building burr.
As shown in the side view of FIG. 3, when the bill burr door 48 is opened, the bill burr door 48 is generally opened to a substantially horizontal state. Considering the workability of inserting / removing the bill burr unit 16, it is preferable that the bill burr door 48 is opened further below the horizontal state. However, as shown in FIG. 3, there are protrusions such as a camera 1806 of the control unit 18, a short-range wireless communication device 1808, a remote control light receiving unit 1810, and a touch panel monitor 1804 below the bill validating door 48. It is necessary to avoid interference between these and the building burr door 48. In addition, as a tendency of the configuration of the game media lending machine in recent years, the amount of protrusion of the protrusion in the control unit 18 tends to increase, and the thickness of the bill burr door 48 also tends to increase from a design viewpoint. It is difficult to increase the opening angle of the door 48 for building burr.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6 to 8, the bill burr door 48 includes a door main body 4802, and the door main body 4802 includes a door-side money insertion port 4804, a cylindrical wall portion 4806, and a lock hook 4808. And a key cylinder 4810 are provided.
The door body 4802 has a rectangular plate shape, and is made of, for example, a synthetic resin.
The door-side money insertion port 4804 has an elongated shape with a cross section extending in the width direction of the housing 12, and is formed to penetrate at a location near the top of the door body 4802.
The cylindrical wall portion 4806 protrudes in a rectangular cylindrical shape from the back surface of the door body 4802 so as to surround the entire periphery of the door-side money insertion port 4804.
The locking hook 4808 is fixed to the back surface of the door body 4802. As shown in FIG. 4, the locking hook 4808 engages with a locking slide member 52 provided on the housing 12 side so as to be movable in the width direction of the housing 12, thereby closing the bill burr door 48. The door is locked and the engagement with the locking slide member 52 is released, so that the lock of the bill burr door 48 in the closed state is released. The lock slide member 52 is moved by swinging a swing hook 4810A of a key cylinder 4810, which will be described later, and by operation of a solenoid, which will be described later.

The key cylinder 4810 is operated by a key, and is provided at a position on the right side of the upper portion of the door body 4802. The output shaft of the key cylinder 4810 has a key as shown in FIGS. A swinging hook 4810A that swings by the cylinder 4810 and moves the locking slide member 52 is provided.
The lock slide member 52 is slidably provided at an engagement position where the lock slide member 52 is engaged with the lock hook 4808 and a non-engagement position where the lock slide member 52 is not engaged with the lock hook 4808.
The locking slide member 52 is always urged to the engagement position, and is moved from the engagement position to the non-engagement position by the operation of an actuator (not shown) such as a solenoid.
Therefore, the lock state of the bill burr door 48 is released not only by the operation of the key cylinder 4810 by the key, but also by the operation of the solenoid.
4 and 8, reference numeral 4812 denotes a bill burr door sensor that detects whether the bill burr door 48 is closing or opening the bill burr front opening 50. FIG. In (A), reference numeral 4814 is a display provided on the surface of the door main body 4802 to display the operation state of the bill validator unit 16.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the lower end of the bill burr door 48 is swingably connected to the lower end of the bill burr front opening 50 via a hinge 54.
In the present embodiment, the hinge 54 has a damper function. That is, the hinge 54 always urges the bill burr door 48 in the opening direction, and from the closed position where the bill burr door 48 closes the bill burr front opening 50 when the bill burr door 48 is unlocked. It has a function of slowly moving to an open position where the front opening 50 for building burr is opened.
The hinge 54 includes a first flange 5402 attached to the lower rear portion of the bill burr door 48, a second flange 5404 attached to the attachment piece 46 at the lower end of the bill burr front opening 50, and first and second flanges 5402. And a support shaft 5406 inserted through the bearing portion of 5404, and the support shaft 5406 constitutes a fulcrum on which the bill burr door 48 swings.
In the present embodiment, the fulcrum of the bill burr door 48 is located at the lower end of the bill burr door 48.
A hinge cover 56 is attached to the hinge 54 in order to prevent the bill burr unit 16 from directly hitting the bearing portion of the hinge 54.
The hinge cover 56 includes an attachment piece 5602 attached to the second flange 5404 so as to be attached, and a cover portion 5604 having an arcuate cross section that curves upward from the attachment piece 5602 and covers the bearing portion of the hinge 54. This cover portion 5604 functions as a guide for smoothly guiding the location of the bill burr unit 16 when the bill burr unit 16 is taken in and out of the bill burr accommodating portion 36.

The bill validator unit 16 is for identifying money that a player puts in.
As shown in FIG. 9, the bill burr unit 16 includes a rectangular parallelepiped bill burr main body 58, and the bill burr main body 58 includes a guide unit 60, a currency transport unit 62, an identification unit 64, a currency storage unit 66, and a bill burr side connector 68. Is provided.
The bill burr main body 58 has a front wall 5802 located at one end in the longitudinal direction, a back wall 5804 located at the other end in the longitudinal direction, an upper surface wall 5806, a lower surface wall 5808, and left and right side walls 5810.
The end in the longitudinal direction where the front wall 5802 is located is a front side end 58A, and the end in the longitudinal direction located on the opposite side is a back side end 58B.
A guide portion 60 and a bill burr-side money insertion port 5812 are provided at the upper part of the front wall 5802, and a money take-out port 5814 is opened at the lower part of the front wall 5802.
The guide unit 60 guides money to the bill burr-side money insertion slot 5812.
The guide unit 60 includes a bottom wall 6002 and a pair of side walls 6004 that rise from both sides of the bottom wall 6002.
At the location of the front wall 5802 from which the guide portion 60 is projected, a bill burr-side money insertion port 5812 through which money is inserted via a door-side money insertion port 4804 is provided. A space surrounded by a wall 6002 and a pair of side walls 6004 is formed.

The money transport unit 62 transports the money put into the bill burr-side money slot 5812 to the money storage unit 66.
The identification unit 64 identifies the currency inserted into the bill burr-side currency insertion port 5812.
The money storage part 66 is provided in the lower part of the bill burr main body part 58 and stores the money identified by the identification part 64.
The money storage unit 66 includes a money placement plate 6602 that is arranged on the bill burr main body 58 so as to be vertically movable and biased upward, and as the money is stacked on the money placement plate 6602, the money placement plate. 6602 is displaced downward, and the money stacked on the money placing plate 6602 is taken out from the money takeout port 5814.
The bill burr side connector 68 supplies power to the bill burr unit 16 and transmits / receives signals to / from the control unit 18, and protrudes from the back wall 5804.
As shown in FIG. 12, the bill burr side connector 68 is inserted into and removed from the housing side connector 70 provided on the back plate side of the housing 12.

As shown in FIG. 2 (B), the bill burr unit 16 opens the bill burr door 48 and is inserted into the bill burr accommodating portion 36 from the bill burr front opening 50, and within the bill burr accommodating portion 36, the bill burr front opening. The front end 58A is positioned on the portion 50, and the back end 58B is positioned on the opposite side to be accommodated.
Then, as shown in FIG. 2A, when the building burr front opening 50 is closed with the bill burr door 48, the guide unit 60 is connected to the bill burr door 48 via the door-side money input port 4804 of the bill burr door 48. Project from the door body 4802. In this state, the guide portion 60 is positioned inside the cylindrical wall portion 4806 of the bill burr door 48, and the entire circumference of the tip of the cylindrical wall portion 4806 of the bill burr door 48 is the bill burr-side money insertion port of the bill burr main body portion 58. It abuts on the front wall 5802 around 5812 without any gaps.
Therefore, even if a wire such as a wire is inserted from the door-side money insertion port 4804, the wire can be inserted on the extension of the guide portion 60, but there is no gap between the cylindrical wall portion 4806 and the front wall 5802. For this reason, the tip of the wire cannot enter the outside of the cylindrical wall portion 4806.
For this reason, a wire is inserted into the bill burr accommodating portion 36 to prevent illegal acts such as illegally extracting money from the money storage portion 66 or shorting electrical components around the bill burr unit 16. It is designed as follows.

As shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 10, and 11, at least one of the top plate 1406 constituting the bottom wall 44 or the top wall of the building burr housing part 36 is provided with a rear side end 58 </ b> B. An inclination opening 72 that allows the bill burr unit 16 to be inclined is provided.
In the present embodiment, the fulcrum of the bill burr door 48 is located at the lower end of the bill burr door 48, and the inclined opening 72 is provided in the bottom wall 44 corresponding to the position of this fulcrum.
As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the opening 72 for inclination has the front side end 58 </ b> A in a state where the front side end 58 </ b> A of the bill burr unit 16 projects out of the housing 12 from the front opening 50 for building burr. Allows the inclined state of the bill burr unit 16 to be higher than the rear end 58B.
In addition, an inclined wall 74 is provided at the end of the inclined opening 72 away from the building burr front opening 50. The inclined wall 74 is inclined to the lower side of the building burr storage 36 as the building burr front opening 50 is approached. Yes.
As shown in FIG. 8, the top plate 1406 on the top surface of the housing 12 is formed with a plurality of attachment pieces 46 that can be accessed through the opening range of the opening 72 for inclination. Each attachment piece 46 is provided with a screw insertion hole 4602. The screw insertion hole 4602 of the mounting piece 46 is preferably located within the opening range of the opening 72 for inclination when viewed in plan.
Therefore, when attaching the housing 12 to the support frame, a screw is inserted into the screw insertion hole 4602 with a tool such as an impact driver inserted from below the inclined opening 72, and the attachment piece 46 is easily attached to the support frame by the screw. Can be fastened.

Next, accommodation of the bill burr unit 16 in the bill burr accommodating portion 36 and removal from the bill burr accommodating portion 36 will be described.
When the bill burr unit 16 is accommodated in the bill burr accommodating portion 36, as shown in FIG. 10, the bill burr door 48 is opened and the rear side end 58 </ b> B of the bill burr unit 16 is directed to the bill burr front opening 50.
When the bill burr door 48 is opened, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 10, the door main body 4802 extends horizontally, but the lock hook 4808 and the cylinder are formed on the back surface of the door main body 4802 away from the bill burr front opening 50. A wall portion 4806 protrudes upward.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 11, the bill validator unit is configured such that the front end 58A of the bill validator unit 16 is positioned higher than the rear end 58B so as not to interfere with the locking hook 4808 and the cylindrical wall 4806. 16 is inclined, and the bill burr unit 16 is pushed into the bill burr accommodating portion 36 from the bill burr front opening 50.

By this pushing, the lower part of the back end 58B of the bill burr unit 16 moves along the bottom wall 44. As the bill burr unit 16 is pushed, the posture of the bill burr unit 16 is regulated by the vertical dimension of the bill burr front opening 50. The inclination angle of the bill burr unit 16 in the inclined state gradually becomes gentle.
In this case, if the opening 72 for inclination is not provided, the front side end 58A of the bill burr unit 16 is in the state before the bill burr unit 16 is accommodated in the bill burr accommodating portion 36, and the locking hook 4808 and the cylindrical wall portion 4806 are disposed. Therefore, the bill burr unit 16 cannot be accommodated in the bill burr accommodating portion 36.
In the present embodiment, since the inclination opening 72 is provided, when the rear side end 58B of the bill burr unit 16 reaches the inclination opening 72, the rear side end 58B is located below the bill burr storage 36. The bill burr unit 16 can be pushed in while maintaining the tilted state of the bill burr unit 16 that protrudes and the front end 58A does not interfere with the locking hook 4808 and the cylindrical wall 4806.

Eventually, when the rear side end 58B of the bill burr unit 16 reaches the back end of the inclination opening 72 away from the bill burr front opening 50, as shown in FIG. 12, the front side end 58A. Gets over the cylindrical wall portion 4806 and moves to the building burr accommodating portion 36 side of the cylindrical wall portion 4806.
Thus, if the front side end portion 58A moves to the bill burr accommodating portion 36 side from the cylindrical wall portion 4806, the tilt state of the bill burr unit 16 is released, and the bill burr unit 16 can be placed on the bottom wall 44. Level. Thereafter, the bill burr unit 16 can be pushed into the bill burr accommodating portion 36.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, since the inclined wall 74 is provided at the end of the opening 72 for inclination away from the front opening 50 for building burr, the front end 58A is a cylindrical wall portion. In the state of overcoming 4806, the lower part of the rear side end portion 58 </ b> B contacts the inclined wall 74.
When the bill burr unit 16 is pushed in this state, the lower part of the rear side end portion 58B is guided by the inclined wall 74 and moves to the bottom wall 44 connected to the inclined wall 74, and the bill burr unit 16 is parallel to the bottom wall 44. Become posture. That is, as the bill burr unit 16 is pushed in, the lower portion of the rear side end 58B is guided by the inclined wall 74 and automatically takes a posture parallel to the bottom wall 44, and the bill burr unit 16 can be easily placed in the bill burr accommodating portion 36. It is advantageous in housing.
When the bill burr unit 16 is further pushed in, the bill burr side connector 68 is connected to the housing side connector 70 and the bill burr unit 16 is accommodated in the bill burr accommodating portion 36.

When taking out the bill burr unit 16 from the bill burr accommodating portion 36, the bill burr door 48 is opened as shown in FIG.
Next, as shown in FIG. 14, the bill burr unit 16 is pulled out until the front end 58 </ b> A of the bill burr unit 16 comes into contact with the cylindrical wall portion 4806 of the bill burr door 48.
Next, as shown in FIG. 15, the front side end 58A of the bill burr unit 16 is lifted above the tip of the cylindrical wall 4806 of the bill burr door 48, and the back side end 58B of the bill burr unit 16 is used for tilting. The bill burr unit 16 is protruded from the opening 72 to the lower side of the bill burr accommodating portion 36 so that the back burr end 58B is displaced downward relative to the front end 58A.
Next, as shown in FIG. 16, the bill burr unit 16 is moved obliquely upward while maintaining such an inclined state, and the bill burr unit 16 is extracted from the bill burr accommodating portion 36.

According to the present embodiment, the following operational effects are achieved.
When the bill burr door 48 is opened, as shown in FIG. 10, the door main body 4802 extends horizontally, but the lock hook 4808 and the cylindrical wall portion are formed on the back of the door main body 4802 away from the bill burr front opening 50. 4806 protrudes upward.
As described above, since the locking hook 4808 and the cylindrical wall portion 4806 protrude upward from the back surface of the door body 4802, the bill burr unit 16 can be inserted into and removed from the bill burr front opening 50 into the bill burr accommodating portion 36. It is necessary to set the vertical dimension of the bill burr front opening 50 and the bill burr storage 36 to a sufficiently large value as compared with the vertical dimension of the bill burr unit.
In the present embodiment, the rear end 58B of the bill burr unit 16 protrudes below the bill burr housing portion 36 on the bottom wall 44 of the bill burr housing portion 36, and the tilt opening that allows the bill burr unit 16 to tilt is allowed. A portion 72 is provided.

Therefore, as described above, when the bill burr unit 16 is inserted into and removed from the bill burr accommodating portion 36, the bill burr unit 16 is allowed to be tilted through the tilt opening 72, thereby allowing the bill burr front opening 50 and the bill burr unit 16 to be tilted. Even if the vertical dimension of the housing portion 36 is not sufficient with respect to the vertical dimension of the bill burr unit 16, the bill burr unit 16 can be easily inserted into the bill burr housing portion 36 from the front opening 50 for the bill burr. Can be removed.
Therefore, the vertical dimension of the bill burr front opening 50 and the bill burr accommodating portion 36 can be set to a minimum.
Therefore, within the limited vertical dimension of the housing 12, it is possible to secure a large storage space and arrangement space for various devices other than the bill burr unit 16, and various media can be accommodated inside the housing 12 to rent game media. This is advantageous in increasing the functionality of the machine 10.

Further, in the present embodiment, an inclined wall that is inclined away from the bottom wall 44 or the upper wall as it approaches the front opening 50 for building burr at the end portion of the opening 72 for inclination separated from the front opening 50 for building burr. 74 is provided.
Therefore, when the bill burr unit 16 is pushed into the bill burr housing portion 36 and housed, the back side end portion 58B of the bill burr unit 16 is protruded downward from the inclined opening 72 once. Is guided by the inclined wall 74, which is advantageous in smoothly carrying out the work of housing the bill burr unit 16 in the bill burr accommodating portion 36.

In the present embodiment, the bill burr door 48 that opens and closes the bill burr front opening 50 is provided so as to be swingable with the lower end as a fulcrum, and the tilt opening 72 is provided in the bottom wall 44.
Therefore, even when a projection such as the cylindrical wall portion 4806 is formed on the back surface of the bill burr door 48, by allowing the bill burr unit 16 to be tilted through the tilt opening 72, Interference between the bill burr unit 16 and the protrusions can be reliably prevented, and this is advantageous in smoothly carrying out the work of housing the bill burr unit 16 in the bill burr accommodating portion 36 and the operation of taking it out from the bill burr accommodating portion 36.

Conventionally, in order to attach the top plate 1406 of the housing 12 to the support frame of the game island, screws are fastened from below the top plate 1406 to the support frame of the game island through the screw insertion holes 4602. At this time, there is only a narrow space for accommodating the bill burr unit 16 between the top plate 1406 and the bottom wall 44 of the bill burr accommodating portion 36, and it is difficult to insert a tool such as an impact driver in this space.
Therefore, conventionally, for example, an L-shaped angle head is attached to the tip of the impact driver, the tip of the angle head and the impact driver is inserted into the bill burr accommodating portion 36, and the center of the impact driver with respect to the screw axis The work had to be done with the axes crossed, and the workability was not good.
On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the screw insertion hole 4602 of the attachment piece 46 is positioned within the opening range of the inclination opening 72 when viewed in plan.
Therefore, without using an angle head, the tip of the impact driver can be easily inserted upward from the lower side of the opening 72 for inclination, and in this state, the screw can be inserted into the amusement island through the screw insertion hole 4602. It can be fastened to the support frame, which is advantageous in improving the efficiency of the work of attaching the housing 12 to the support frame.

In the present embodiment, the case where the bill burr accommodating portion 36 is located at the top of the housing 12 has been described, but the position of the bill burr accommodating portion 36 is not limited to the top of the housing 12.
In the present embodiment, the case where the inclined opening 72 is formed in the bottom wall 44 constituting the bottom of the building burr accommodating portion 36 has been described. However, the inclined opening 72 constitutes the upper portion of the building burr accommodating portion 36. It may be formed on the upper wall, or may be formed on both the bottom wall 44 and the upper wall.
In this case, when the inclined opening 72 formed in the bottom wall 44 is used, the front-side end portion 58A is inclined to be higher than the rear-side end portion 58B, and the inclined opening portion 72 formed in the upper wall is changed. If it uses, it will be in the inclination state of the bill burr unit 16 in which 58 A of front side edge parts become lower than 58 B of back side parts.
In addition, when the inclined wall 74 is provided in the inclined opening 72 formed on the upper wall, the inclined wall 74 is inclined upwardly away from the bill burr accommodating portion 36 as it approaches the bill burr front opening 50.
The inclined opening 72 is provided on the upper wall of the bill burr accommodating portion 36 when the fulcrum is located at the upper end of the bill burr door 48, and when the fulcrum is located at the lower end of the bill burr door 48. It will be provided on the wall 44.

10 Game media lending device 12 Case 1406 Top plate (upper wall)
16 Bill burr unit 36 Bill burr housing 44 Bottom wall 46 Mounting piece 4602 Screw insertion hole 48 Bill burr door 50 Bill burr front opening 54 Hinge 5406 Support shaft 58 Burr burr main body 58A Front side end 58B Rear side end 72 Inclination Opening 74 Inclined wall

Claims (4)

A game media lending machine attached to a gaming machine,
A housing is provided with a building burr containing portion for accommodating a bill burr unit for identifying money inserted by a player, and a bill burr front opening for inserting and removing the bill burr unit with respect to the bill burr containing portion. ,
The housing includes a bottom wall that constitutes a bottom portion of the bill burr accommodating portion, and an upper wall that constitutes an upper portion of the bill burr accommodating portion,
The bill burr unit has a front side end provided with a money slot and a back side end located on the opposite side.
The building burr is formed such that at least one of the bottom wall and the top wall protrudes the rear side end portion below or above the building burr accommodating portion, and the front side end portion is higher or lower than the rear side end portion. An opening for tilting that allows the unit to tilt is provided.
A game media rental machine characterized by that. An inclined inclined wall is provided at an end portion of the inclined opening that is separated from the front opening for building burr, and is inclined downward or upward from the accommodating portion for the building burr as it approaches the front opening for building burr. ,
The game medium lending machine according to claim 1. A bill burr door that opens and closes the bill burr front opening is provided so as to be swingable with its upper end or lower end as a fulcrum,
The inclined opening is provided on the upper wall when the fulcrum is located at the upper end of the bill burr door, and is provided at the bottom wall when the fulcrum is located at the lower end of the bill burr door. ing,
The game medium lending machine according to claim 1 or 2. The upper wall constituting the upper part of the building burr accommodating portion is a top plate of the housing,
The inclined opening is provided in the bottom wall,
When viewed in plan, an attachment piece having a screw insertion hole for attaching the housing to a support frame of the game island is located at a position of the top plate located within the opening range of the opening for inclination.
The game medium lending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

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