JP2507891Y2 - Hopper tank - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Industrial Field of the Invention The present invention particularly relates to a hopper tank that can take out medals used in a medal-type gaming machine or the like.

Conventional technology Conventionally, a hopper tank is a medal carry-out unit integrally provided with a medal storage unit for storing medals above the medal payout means, and the medal carry-out unit is detachably provided inside the frame of the medal lending machine. ing.

However, in the conventional hopper tank, when removing the medal unloading unit from the inside of the frame of the medal lending machine, a large amount of medals may remain in the medal storage part, which increases the weight of the medal unloading unit as a whole. , If it is difficult to remove the medal carry-out unit from the inside of the medal lending machine frame, and the medal remains near the full inside of the medal storage, remove the medal carry-out unit from the medal lending machine frame. At this time, there is a possibility that some of the medals stored in the medal storage section may spill out to the outside, and the spilled medals must be collected, and the work of collecting the medals is troublesome and troublesome.

Also, a coin sending mechanism equipped with a hopper is removably housed in the compartment in the case, and an auxiliary hopper communicating with the coin replenishing port is positioned and fixed on the hopper so that it can be attached to the peripheral surface of the hopper or the auxiliary hopper. A coin delivery device, which is provided with an opening for scraping out coins inside and in which a lid plate is openably and closably arranged in the opening, is proposed as Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 2-89567.

According to this, when it is necessary to pull out the coin delivery mechanism to the outside of the case, the lid plate is removed to open the opening, and the coin inside is scraped out from the opening to remove the obstacle caused by the filled coin. , The coin sending mechanism can be pulled out.

However, in this, the opening is provided in the vertical wall of the auxiliary hopper, and the lid plate that opens and closes the opening is
Since the structure is screwed to the outer surface of the vertical wall of the auxiliary hopper so as to cover the opening, considering the case where the coin is stored inside the auxiliary hopper in a full state, large pressure due to the load of the coin Since it is added to the lid plate, the lid plate must be thick enough to withstand the pressure of the coin load, and screwed to fix the lid plate tightly to the outer surface of the vertical wall of the auxiliary hopper. Must be solid. Therefore, when removing the lid plate and opening the opening, it takes time and labor, and since the screws are removed one by one, the coin inside the auxiliary hopper is supported from the opening by supporting the storage container by hand. Preventing it from spilling outside is extremely difficult.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to easily open and close the medal outlet in a short time by moving the opening / closing plate by hand along the inclination of the inclined wall. When removing from the inside of the frame of the medal lending machine, even if a large amount of medals remain in the medal storage part, move the opening / closing plate by hand along the slope of the inclined wall to open the medal outlet on the inclined wall. In this case, it is possible to reliably receive a part of the medals remaining in the medal storage part into the medal storage container etc. from the medal outlet, and part of the medal stored inside the medal storage part There is less risk of spilling, it is possible to eliminate medal collection work, the amount of medals in the medal storage unit is reduced, the weight of the entire medal ejection unit is reduced, and the medal ejection unit medals are reduced. It is easy to remove from the inside of the frame of the rental machine, and in the normal state where the medal outlet is closed with the opening / closing plate, the thickness of the opening / closing plate to which a large pressure is applied by the load of the coin is applied. An object of the present invention is to provide a hopper tank that can be made thin and that can tightly and reliably close the medal outlet with an opening / closing plate.

Means for Solving the Problems The hopper tank of the present invention is provided with a medal storage portion above the medal payout means, and in order to solve the above problems, a medal collecting portion is provided on the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage portion. An opening / closing plate that opens an outlet and opens and closes the medal takeout opening is provided on the outer surface of the vertically inclined wall so as to be movable along the vertical inclination thereof, and is locked inside the lower edge of the medal takeout opening. The locking piece is provided at the lower end of the opening / closing plate via a step portion.

The opening / closing plate provided on the outer surface of the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage part,
By moving along the vertical inclination of the vertical inclined wall, the medal outlet provided on the vertical inclined wall of the medal storage portion is opened and closed.

If a large amount of medals remain in the medal storage unit when removing the medal carry-out unit that has the medal storage unit above the medal payout means from the inside of the frame of the medal lending machine, tilt the medal storage unit up and down. An opening / closing plate movably provided at the medal takeout port on the wall is manually moved upward along the vertical inclination of the inclined wall to open the medal takeout port provided on the inclined wall. When the medal outlet is opened, some medals remaining in the medal storage are received by the medal storage container from the medal outlet, so that some of the medals stored inside the medal storage are external. It prevents spills and eliminates medal collection work.

The medals are taken out from the medal take-out port to reduce the amount of medals in the medal storage portion, and the medal carry-out unit is removed from the inside of the frame of the medal lending machine.

By manually moving the opening / closing plate downward along the up / down inclination of the inclined wall, the opening / closing plate closes the medal outlet provided on the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage unit from the outer surface side of the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage unit. Then, the locking piece provided at the lower end of the opening / closing plate via the step portion is locked inside the lower edge of the medal removal port, so that the medal removal port is tightly and reliably closed by the opening / closing plate.

Also, in the normal state where the medal outlet is closed with the opening / closing plate, due to the large pressure due to the load of the coin in the medal storage part, the opening / closing plate locked inside the lower edge of the medal taking port is closed. By pressing the locking piece at the lower end against the inner surface of the vertically inclined wall, the lower end of the opening / closing plate is supported from the inside of the medal storage portion, so that the thickness of the opening / closing plate can be reduced.

Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an inclined tank mounting plate, and the medal payout means 2 is provided above the tank mounting plate 1.
In addition to the above, a medal storage tank 3 for storing medals is arranged above the medal pay-out means 2, and a spare tank 4 for storing extra medals is provided above the medal storage tank 3. There is.

A medal storage unit 5 for storing medals is configured by the medal storage tank 3 and the spare tank 4, and the medal ejection unit 6 is formed by integrally providing the medal storage unit 5 on the upper portion of the medal payout means 2. The carry-out unit 6 is detachably provided inside a frame of a medal lending machine (not shown).

Side plates 7, 7 are provided on both sides of the medal storage tank 3, respectively, and a front plate 8 is integrally provided above the front ends 7a of the side plates 7 as shown in FIG. An inclined wall 9 that is vertically inclined toward the medal storage tank 3 is formed at the lower end of the rear side plate 7, and a rear plate 10 is integrally provided above the rear ends 7b of the side plates 7, and the side plates 7, 7 and the front side are integrally formed. A spare tank 4 is formed by the plate 8 and the rear plate 10.

A medal outlet 11 is provided on the inclined wall 9 of the spare tank 4 of the medal storage portion 5, and an opening / closing plate 12 is movably attached to the medal outlet 11 along the inclination of the lower surface of the inclined wall 9. 9 is provided on the outer surface.

On the outer surface of the inclined wall 9 of the spare tank 4, the medal outlet 11
Retaining pieces 13, 13 having engaging grooves 13a for engaging both side edges 12a of the opening / closing plate 12 are provided on both sides of the opening / closing plate 12, and both side edges 12a of the opening / closing plate 12 are engaged with the engaging grooves 13a of the holding pieces 13, 13. It is engaged and is slidably provided along the up and down inclination of the inclined wall 9.

An operation piece 14 is formed by bending at the upper end of the opening / closing plate 12, and a locking piece 16 is provided at the lower end of the opening / closing plate 12 via a step portion 15 and an inclined wall 9.
The locking piece 16 of the opening / closing plate 12 formed inside the opening of the medal opening 11 is closed when the opening / closing plate 12 closes the medal opening 11.
The inner side of the lower edge, that is, the inner surface of the inclined wall 9 is locked.

An optical medal detection sensor S that detects the amount of medals in the medal storage tank 3 is provided on the side wall of the medal storage tank 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, a receiving body 17 for receiving medals from the medal storage tank 3 is provided on the upper portion of the tank mounting plate 1 near the lower end 1a, and inside the receiving body 17, a rotating disk is provided.
18 is rotatably provided, and an induction rotating body that interlocks with the rotating disk 18 is provided in the upper part near the center in the longitudinal direction of the tank mounting plate 1.
19 is rotatably provided, a discharge chute 20 is integrally provided below the upper end 1b of the tank mounting plate 1, and the medal payout means 2 is composed of a rotating disk 18 and an induction rotating body 19.

A rotation transmission mechanism (not shown) is provided on the lower surface of the tank mounting plate 1.
A motor mounting body 21 for accommodating the motor is integrally provided.
Further, a drive motor M for rotating the induction rotating body 19 is provided.

A support frame 22 is integrally provided below the tank mounting plate 1, and a bracket 23 is integrally provided below the support frame 22.

A front panel 24 is provided in front of the support frame 22, a medal tray 25 for receiving medals facing the lower side of the discharge chute 20 is provided on the front panel 24, and an outer side of the support frame 22 is provided on the back surface of the front panel 24. The side support plates 26, 26 positioned at are integrally provided, and the front panel 24 is fixed to the outer surface of the support frame 22 via the side support plates 26, 26.

As shown in FIG. 3, the rotary disc 18 of the medal payout means 2 is provided with a plurality of medal fitting holes 28 into which the medals 27 in the medal storage tank 3 are inserted one by one. A protruding engaging pin 29 and a guide piece 30 are arranged at predetermined positions of the mounting plate 1, respectively, and the rotating disk
An induction rotating body 19 having a plurality of engaging claws 31 is rotatably provided on the side of 18 in a direction opposite to the rotating disk 18, and the rotating shaft 18a of the rotating disk 18 and the rotating shaft 19a of the guiding rotating body 19 rotate. The drive motors M are connected to each other via a transmission mechanism.

 Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, after mounting the medal carry-out unit 6 inside the frame of a medal lending machine (not shown), the medals are stored in the medal storage tank 3 in a full state, and at the same time, in the spare tank 4 above the medal storage tank 3. Store extra medals.

After that, when the drive motor M is operated, the drive motor M moves the rotary disk 18 through the rotation transmission mechanism in the direction of arrow a in FIG.
At the same time rotating in the direction
Rotating in the direction of arrow b in FIG. 3 opposite to the direction of rotation of 18, the medals 27 received in the receiving body 17 from the medal storage tank 3 are inserted one by one into the medal fitting holes 28 of the rotating disc 18, The medal 27 fitted in the medal fitting hole 28 of the rotary disc 18 is tilted to the tank mounting plate 1 while being engaged with the engagement pin 29 and the guide piece 30 of the tank mounting plate 1 as the rotary disc 18 rotates. Sent to the induction rotor 19 along
The engaging claw 31 of 19 hooks the medals 27 sent from the rotating disk 18 toward the guide rotating body 19 one by one to discharge the chute.
20 and sends the medals in the medal storage tank 3 through the ejection chute 20 by the medal payout means 2 to the medal tray 25.
To be sequentially discharged.

Further, when removing the medal carry-out unit 6 from the inside of the frame of the medal lending machine, the operation piece 14 at the upper end of the opening / closing plate 12 is manually moved upward along the vertical inclination of the inclined wall 9 and The medal outlet 11 is opened, and the medals remaining in the spare tank 4 of the medal storage unit 5 are taken out from the medal ejection port 11 into a medal storage container (not shown) or the like, and then the operation piece 14 at the upper end of the opening / closing plate 12 is manually operated. Move downwards along the slope of the sloped wall 9,
The medal outlet 11 of the inclined wall 9 is closed by the opening / closing plate 12, and the medal carry-out unit 6 is removed from the inside of the frame of the medal lending machine.

Effect of the Invention According to the hopper tank of the present invention, the medal outlet is opened on the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage portion, and the opening / closing plate for opening and closing the medal outlet is moved to the outer surface of the vertically inclined wall along its vertical inclination. It is provided on the outer surface of the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage part by freely providing the locking piece that is locked inside the lower edge of the medal outlet through the stepped part at the lower end of the opening / closing plate. By moving the opening / closing plate along the up / down inclination of the up / down inclined wall, the medal outlet provided on the up / down inclined wall of the medal storage section can be easily opened / closed with one hand, and the opening / closing plate is a wall surface. It can be done in a shorter time than the one with screws.

When removing the medal unloading unit from the inside of the frame of the medal lending machine, even if a large amount of medals remain in the medal storage part, you can move the open / close plate by hand along the slope of the sloping wall to obtain the medals Since the ejection port is open, part of the medals remaining in the medal storage unit can be removed from the medal ejection port into the medal storage container, and the amount of medals in the medal storage unit is reduced. The overall weight can be reduced, the work of removing the medal unloading unit from the frame of the medal lending machine can be easily done, and there is no medal remaining in the medal storage part near the full capacity. When removing the unit from the frame of the medal lending machine, there is less risk that some of the medals stored inside the medal storage will spill outside, eliminating the work of collecting medals. Door can be.

When a large amount of medals remain in the medal storage part, the opening / closing plate movably installed at the medal outlet on the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage part is moved upward with one hand along the vertical inclination of the inclined wall. When moving to open the medal outlet provided on the inclined wall, support the medal storage container with the other hand,
By receiving a part of the medals remaining in the medal storage part into the medal storage container from the medal outlet, it is possible to prevent part of the medals stored inside the medal storage part from spilling out and collecting medals. It can be lost.

By manually moving the opening / closing plate downward along the up / down inclination of the inclined wall, the opening / closing plate closes the medal outlet provided on the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage unit from the outer surface side of the vertically inclined wall of the medal storage unit. Then, the locking piece provided at the lower end of the opening / closing plate via the step portion is locked inside the lower edge of the medal removal port, so that the medal removal port is tightly and reliably closed by the opening / closing plate.

Also, in the normal state where the medal outlet is closed with the opening / closing plate, due to the large pressure due to the load of the coin in the medal storage part, the opening / closing plate locked inside the lower edge of the medal taking port is closed. By pressing the locking piece at the lower end against the inner surface of the vertically inclined wall, the lower end of the opening / closing plate is supported from the inside of the medal storage portion, so that the thickness of the opening / closing plate can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a hopper tank of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a left side view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the medal payout means of FIG. 1 ... Tank mounting plate, 1a ... Lower end, 1b ... Upper end, 2 ...
Medal payout means, 3 ... medal storage tank, 4 ... spare tank, 5 ... medal storage unit, 6 ... medal delivery unit, 7 ... side plate, 7a ... front end, 7b ... rear end, 8 ... Front plate, 9 ... inclined wall, 10 ... rear plate, 11 ... medal exit,
12 …… Opening / closing plate, 12a …… Side edge, 13 …… Holding piece, 13a …… Engaging groove, 14 …… Operating piece, 15 …… Step portion, 16 …… Locking piece, 17…
… Receptor, 18 …… Rotating disk, 18a …… Rotating shaft, 19…
… Induction rotor, 19a …… Rotary shaft, 20 …… Discharge chute, 2
1 …… Motor mount, 22 …… Support frame, 23 …… Bracket, 24 …… Front panel, 25 …… Medal tray, 26 …… Side support plate, 27 …… Medal, 28 …… Medal fitting Hole, 29 ...
Engagement pin, 30 ... guide piece, 31 ... engagement claw, M ... drive motor, S ... medal detection sensor.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In a hopper tank having a medal storage section provided above a medal payout means, a medal takeout opening is formed in a vertically inclined wall of the medal storage section, and an opening / closing plate for opening and closing the medal takeout opening is provided on the upper and lower sides. A locking piece is provided on the outer surface of the inclined wall so as to be movable along the up and down inclination, and a locking piece to be locked inside the lower edge of the medal outlet is provided at the lower end of the opening / closing plate through a step. A hopper tank characterized by that.