JP3187557B2 - Disc-shaped lifting device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disk-shaped body feeding machine for forcibly feeding a disk-shaped body, wherein the disk-shaped bodies fed from the disk-shaped body feeding machine can run in an aligned state. The traveling path is communicated, and the disc-shaped body fed from the disc-shaped body feeding machine is pushed by the disc-shaped body fed out subsequently to the disc-shaped body fed out in advance, While being lifted along the traveling passage, a part of the traveling passage is opened in a state in which the dispensing of the disc-shaped body from the disc-shaped body unwinding machine is stopped, and the inside of the traveling passage is opened. The present invention relates to a disc-shaped body lifting device provided with a discharge mechanism for dropping and discharging a staying disc-shaped body out of a traveling path.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Disc-shaped body lifting devices are provided, for example, at a game arcade to supply changeable coins, game medals, and the like as disc-shaped bodies to game lending machines, gaming stands, and the like. ,
The disc-shaped material fed from the disc-shaped material feeding machine is pushed along the traveling path while the previously fed disc-shaped material is pushed by the subsequently fed disc-shaped material. When the dispensing of the disc-shaped body from the disc-shaped body unwinding machine is stopped, the disc-shaped body traveling on the traveling passage is not lifted and stays in the traveling passage. In order to collect the disc-shaped bodies staying in these running passages at the time of termination, etc., a part of the running passages is opened, and the staying disc-shaped bodies are dropped and discharged outside the running passages. Although a mechanism is provided (for example, see Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 30174/1991), it is determined whether or not these staying disk-shaped bodies have been correctly recovered without any irregularities such as removal. And the number of stagnated discs differs according to the length of the travel path. Conventionally, the number of discs to be collected is calculated based on the length of the travel path, and if the number of discs collected matches the predetermined number of discriminations, illegal operations such as extraction are performed. In the absence of any, it is determined that it was collected correctly and processed.

[0003]

For this reason, it is necessary to previously determine the number of disk-shaped objects to be recovered according to the length of the traveling path, which requires a lot of time and effort. The number of discs dropped and discharged out of the traveling path may be different from a predetermined index number due to clogging or the like in the traveling path. If it is determined whether there is any fraud by checking whether or not the number of images matches the predetermined index number, unnecessary confusion may be caused. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by devising an indexing means for determining the number of disk-shaped bodies to be collected, it is possible to determine the number of disk-shaped bodies to be collected. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to accurately judge the presence or absence of fraud without trouble.

[0004]

A feature of the present invention to achieve the above object is to provide a disc-shaped body lifting apparatus,
A sensor for detecting the passage of the disc-shaped body dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism, and a counting mechanism for counting the number of disc-shaped bodies dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism based on the detection result by the sensor are provided. Thus, the following operation and effect can be obtained from such a configuration.

[0005]

Each time a staying disc is dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism, the number of discs actually dropped and discharged out of the traveling path is counted, and the disc is to be collected. It can be the number of shapes.

[0006]

As a result, the number of discs to be recovered according to the difference in the length of the traveling path is not troublesome, and the discs actually dropped and discharged out of the traveling path. The number of discs to be collected can be regarded as the number of discs to be collected, and it can be seen whether or not the number of discs collected corresponds to this number, and the presence or absence of fraud can be accurately determined. In the disc-shaped body lifting device according to claim 2, when the disc-shaped body is dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism, a speed regulating means for regulating an upper limit of a speed at which the disc-shaped body falls along the traveling path is provided. The discs that have been dropped and ejected by the ejection mechanism prevent the sensor that detects the passage of the discs from malfunctioning because the staying discs do not drop at a high speed at once. The number of shapes can be accurately counted.

[0007]

FIG. 4 shows a coin lifting device A as an example of a disk-shaped lifting device installed at the end of a game island B of a game arcade, and a hundred yen as an example of a disk-shaped body. The coin dispensing machine 1 forcibly dispensing the coin C, the coin dispensing machine 1
The coins C fed from the vehicle are arranged in a line in the radial direction and communicate with the traveling passage 2 which can travel. The gaming island B is configured by arranging a pachinko ball lending machine E that can be used with 1,000 yen bills and one hundred yen coins every other space between the adjacent pachinko machines D, Yen banknotes are transported to the island edge by the banknote transport device L and stored in the stacker M, and the hundred-yen coins C inserted into the pachinko ball lending machine E are transported to the island edge by the recovery transport device F and collected hopper G Is discharged to One hundred yen coin C discharged to the collection hopper G
Is collected in the safe H, and a part thereof is supplied to the coin feeding machine 1 as necessary, and the coin C fed from the coin feeding machine 1 is lifted along the traveling path 2,
It is dropped and discharged to the receiving hopper K of the replenishment transport device J, transported along the game island B by the replenishment transport device J, and replenished to the pachinko ball lending machine E as change coins for 1,000 yen bills as necessary. I have.

As shown in FIG. 3, the coin dispenser 1 has an inclined plate 3 fixed in a posture inclined with respect to the horizontal, and a hopper 4 attached to the inclined plate 3.
And a first photosensor for detecting passage of the coin C by swinging the swing arm 6 by contact of the rotating disk 5 attached to the upper surface of the inclined plate 3 in the hopper 4 with the coin C to be fed out. When the rotary disk 5 is driven and rotated by an electric motor, the coins C inserted into the hopper 4 are locked one by one on locking protrusions 8 provided on the upper surface of the rotary disk 5. And is transported along the arc-shaped transport path R,
The coin C conveyed near the upper end of the rotating disk 5 is guided by the feeding guide member 9 fixed to the inclined plate 3 in a state of traversing the conveying path R along the upper surface of the rotating disk 5 and the first coin C.
The number of sheets fed out is counted based on the detection result of the photo sensor 7, and the sheets are forcibly fed out one by one into the traveling path 2.

The traveling passage 2 guides the traveling direction of the coin C fed by the coin dispenser 1 vertically upward and guides the traveling direction, and replenishes and transports the coin C traveling on the first traveling passage 2a. And a second traveling passage 2b that is vertically lifted toward the device J.
Each of these first and second travel paths 2a and 2b is a coin C
A pair of left and right peripheral surface guide members 10 that regulate the radial movement of the
And a pair of front and rear plate surface guide members 11 for restricting the movement of the coin C in the thickness direction, are formed in a cross-sectional shape through which one coin C can pass, and the peripheral surface guide member 10 and the plate surface guide member 11 are formed. Is fixed to the upper surface of the inclined plate 3. Then, when a coin request signal is output from the pachinko ball lending machine E, the coin dispensing machine 1 is driven, and the dispensed coin C is pushed into the first traveling path 2a, and the coin C which has been dispensed in advance is removed. In a state of being pushed and moved by the coin C that has been subsequently fed, the coin C is lifted along the first and second traveling passages 2a and 2b, and is dropped and discharged to the receiving hopper K of the replenishing and conveying device J.

[0010] In a state in which the feeding of the coin C from the coin feeding machine 1 is stopped, a part of the traveling path 2 is opened, and the coins C staying in the traveling path 2 are removed.
A discharge mechanism 12 for dropping and discharging to the outside is provided at the lower end side of the first traveling passage 2a. The discharge mechanism 12 pivotally supports a lower end portion 13 of one of the peripheral surface guide members 10 forming the first travel passage 2a so as to be swingably openable and closable about a longitudinal axis X. 13 is provided on the plate surface guide member 11 side. When the thumb screw 14 is loosened, the coins C staying in the traveling passage 2 are removed as shown in FIGS. The swing guide member 13 is forcibly swung by the weight so that the lower end of the first travel passage 2a is opened, and the coins C staying in the travel passage 2 are all guided while being guided by the upper end surface of the feed guide member 9. It is configured to fall by its own weight into the collection container 15 set beside the feeding machine 1.

The second photosensor 16 detects the passage of the coin C dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism 12 into the first travel path 2a, and the coin C is dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism 12 when the coin C is dropped and discharged. And a speed regulating means 17 for regulating the upper limit of the speed at which the coins C fall along the surface of the coin C. The number of coins C dropped and discharged into the collection container 15 by the discharge mechanism 12 is determined based on the detection result of the second photosensor 16. A counting mechanism 18 for counting is provided. The counting mechanism 18
Is the number of coins detected by the second photo sensor 16, which is not detected by the second photo sensor 16.
The number of coins C dropped and discharged into the collection container 15 is counted by adding a fixed number of coins staying at a position lower than the photosensor 16, and the number of coins C dropped above the second photosensor 16 is counted. Regardless of the length of the two traveling passages 2b, every time the staying coin C is dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism 12, the number of coins C actually dropped and discharged into the collection container 15 is counted, The counting result is displayed on a management monitor installed in the game arcade and printed on recording paper. Therefore, the counted number is regarded as the number of coins C to be collected, and it can be seen whether or not the number of collected coins C matches this number. it can.

The speed regulating means 17 includes a solenoid 19
The two retracting members 20, 21 which respectively enter the second travel passage 2a from the coin radial direction into the second traveling passage 2a to prevent the staying coins C from dropping at a stretch are substantially the same as the diameter of the coins C. Before the ejected coin C is dropped and ejected by the ejection mechanism 12, the two retracting members 20 and 21 are made to protrude into the second travel passage 2 a to be disposed at a lower interval before the accumulated coin C is ejected. The coin C staying above the retreating member 21 is temporarily received, and the coin C staying below the lower retreating member 21 is dropped and discharged out of the traveling passage 2 by the discharge mechanism 12. , The lower moving member 21 is moved into and out of the second traveling passage 2a, and then the upper moving member 20 is moved into the second traveling passage 2a.
The upper and lower members 20 and 2 are moved in and out.
1 is alternately moved back and forth, and the coins C are dropped one by one, thereby regulating the upper limit of the speed at which the coins C fall along the traveling path 2 and preventing the second photosensor 16 from malfunctioning.
The coin C dropped and discharged into the collection container 15 by the discharge mechanism 12
Is configured to be able to accurately count the number of sheets. And
When the coin C is lifted along the traveling path 2, the retreating members 20 and 21 do not hinder the lifting.
When the operation mode of the coin discharging device A is switched to the coin collection, the coin feeding device 1 is continuously driven, and all the coins C in the hopper 4 are transferred to the traveling passage 2. The coins C fed out and dropped and discharged to the replenishment / transportation device J are separately collected, and the coins C are supplied to the replenishment / conveyance device J.
Coins C that have stayed in the travel path 2 without being dropped and discharged
Is dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism 12 and collected in the collection container 15.

[Other Embodiments] A sensor capable of detecting the passage of all the discs dropped and discharged to the outside of the traveling path by the discharging mechanism is provided, and the entire number of discs dropped and discharged is detected by the sensor. The counting may be performed based on the detection result. The sensor that detects the passage of the disc-shaped body dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism may be one that detects the passage of the disc-shaped body falling out of the traveling path and falling. With the disk-shaped body remaining in the hopper, the driving of the disk-shaped body feeding machine is stopped to stop the feeding of the disk-shaped body, and the disk-shaped body staying in the traveling passage by the discharging mechanism. After dropping and ejecting the disc-shaped body out of the traveling path, the disc-shaped body feeding machine is re-driven while the traveling path is open, and the disc-shaped body remaining in the hopper is counted and discharged to the outside of the traveling path. You may comprise. The speed restricting means may be configured to restrict the upper limit of the falling speed by giving a drop resistance to the disc-shaped body that is going to fall down the traveling passage. The speed regulating means may be arranged at a position lower than the detection sensor so that the passage of the disc-shaped body dropped and discharged by the discharging mechanism is performed. The disc-shaped body may be a game medal used for a slot machine or the like.

In the claims, reference numerals are provided for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown in the attached drawings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of a main part.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part of a game island.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disc-shaped body feeding machine 2 Travel path 12 Discharge mechanism 16 Sensor 17 Speed regulation means 18 Counting mechanism C Disc-shaped

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A disc-shaped body (C) fed from the disc-shaped body feeding machine (1) is forcibly fed to the disc-shaped body (C). A traveling path (2) capable of traveling in an aligned state is communicated, and the disc-shaped body (C) fed out from the disc-shaped body feeding machine (1) is replaced with the disc-shaped body (C) previously fed out. ) Is pushed along the running path (2) in a state where the disc is pushed by the disc-shaped body (C) subsequently fed out, and the disc from the disc-shaped body unwinding machine (1) is fed. A part of the travel path (2) is opened in a state where the feeding of the state body (C) is stopped,
In the disc-shaped body lifting device provided with a discharge mechanism (12) for dropping and discharging the disc-shaped body (C) staying in the traveling passage (2) out of the traveling passage (2), A sensor (16) for detecting passage of the disc-shaped body (C) dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism (12), and dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism (12) based on a detection result by the sensor (16). A counting mechanism (1) for counting the number of discs (C)
(8) A disc-shaped body lifting device, characterized in that: 2. A speed that regulates an upper limit of a speed at which the disc-shaped body (C) falls along the traveling path (2) when the disc-shaped body (C) is dropped and discharged by the discharge mechanism (12). The disc-shaped body lifting device according to claim 1, further comprising a regulating means (17).