JP3736930B2 - Medal collection mechanism of the pusher machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medal recovery mechanism for a medal drop-type pusher machine, and more particularly to a mechanism for recovering a medal dropped on the back of a game board.
[0002]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
First, the structure of the medal drop type pusher machine and the game method will be described with reference to FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG.
4 is a perspective view of the game board surface of the medal drop-type pusher machine, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the back side of the game board surface.
A transparent plate 36 is disposed in front of the substrate 35 so that a medal inserted by the player from the two medal guides 37 and 38 provided on the upper portion of the substrate 35 falls between the substrate 35 and the transparent plate 36. It has become.
[0003]
Open checkers 42 and 43 are provided on the left and right sides of the center of the substrate 35. When the passage of medals is detected, the medal passage checker 40 provided at the center of the substrate 35 is opened. The player inserts medals from the medal guide 38 aiming at the open checkers 42 and 43.
When the medals pass through the open checkers 42 and 43, the wing mechanism 4a of the medal passing checker 40 is opened for several seconds so that the medals can easily enter the medal passing checker 40.
[0004]
When the medal passes the medal passing checker 40, the three reel slot displayed on the liquid crystal monitor of the slot reel display device 39 provided at the upper center of the substrate 35 starts, and after a predetermined time elapses, left → right → Stop in the middle order. A winning decision is made according to the appearance of the picture of the slot. As for the contents of the winning prize, for example, if a predetermined pattern is prepared, a medal is paid back to the predetermined number of fields (metal push plate 33). When the lucky prize is reached, the medal catching plate 47 of the medal inflow mechanism 41 provided at the lower center of the substrate 35 is opened to the front as shown in FIG.
The inserted medals are bounced back by the pin honey sections 44, 45 and the like, and most of the medals flow into the medal inflow mechanism 41, and a prescribed number of medals are paid back to the field every time the medals flow in.
[0005]
At the same time as the Lucky Award, the story is displayed on the LCD monitor and the story for one round proceeds. When the story progresses to a predetermined round, a special prize is awarded, and a large number of medals are paid back to the field from a medal mounting case (not shown) provided on the side of the medal pushing plate 33.
A large number of medals are accumulated on the medal pushing plate 33 and the medal receiving plate 32. When the medal pushing plate 33 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow, other medals are pushed by newly issued medals, The token falls on the medal receiving board 32, and another medal is pushed on the medal receiving board 32 to be paid out to the player.
In FIG. 5, 39a indicates the rear surface side of the slot reel display device 39, 42a and 43a indicate the rear surface side of the open checkers 42 and 43, and 44a and 45a indicate the rear surface side of the pin honey portions 44 and 45, respectively.
[0006]
In the game board, for example, the medal inflow mechanism 41 needs to be configured such that the medal received by the medal catching plate 47 is guided to the back side of the substrate 35.
In this case, medals that fall on the bottom of the back of the game board must be collected.
In the conventional pusher machine, medals fall on the game board surface and medals are not guided to the back of the game board.
An object of the present invention is to provide a medal recovery mechanism of a medal drop-type pusher machine that can recover medals guided from the through hole of the game board to the back surface with a simple configuration and return them to the hopper.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the medal recovery mechanism of the medal drop type pusher machine according to the present invention is provided on the game board surface by dropping the medal on the game board surface by inserting the medal from the upper medal slot. A medal drop that passes the medal passing mechanism part or flows into the medal inflow mechanism to pay back the medal to the field provided at the bottom, and to return the medal accumulated on the field to the player by the medal pushing plate moving back and forth In the pusher machine
A through hole is provided in the board of the game board, and the medal that has entered the through hole is dropped on the back of the game board,
A recovery hole is provided in a lower portion of the medal push plate, and a medal that falls on the back surface of the game board when the medal push plate is moving forward is directly accommodated in the collect hole,
The medal that falls when the medal pushing plate moves backward and is placed on the medal pushing plate is collected in the collecting hole by moving the medal pushing plate forward. .
[0008]
According to the above configuration, the medal guided to the back surface of the game board in the medal drop type pusher machine can be collected with a simple mechanism.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1A and 1B are diagrams showing an embodiment of a medal drop type pusher machine to which a medal recovery mechanism according to the present invention is applied. FIG. 1A is a front view, and FIG. 1B is a side view.
The medal insertion type pusher machine 7 is composed of two vertical game boards 1. A speaker 6 is provided on the upper part of the vertical game board 1. When a medal is inserted from the medal slot 2, it falls between the substrate of the vertical game board 1 and the transparent plate.
[0010]
A coin cup 5 is provided on the lower front surface of the vertical game board to pay out to the field by medals inserted into the vertical game board 1 and to pay out the medals pushed out of the field to the player. Yes.
For maintenance, the front transparent door 4 and the side medal replenishing transparent door 3 can be opened and closed.
The two vertical game boards 1 are vertically attached to the housing base of the medal insertion type pusher machine 7.
[0011]
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the medal recovery mechanism according to the present invention, paying attention to the medal recovery mechanism.
A through hole 11 a is provided in the substrate 11 of the vertical game board 1. This hole is provided in the medal inflow mechanism in this embodiment. The through hole 11 a may be provided in another part of the substrate 11.
A recovery hole 10 for recovering medals is provided below the medal pusher plate 8.
The medal pushing plate 8 repeatedly moves back and forth.
[0012]
FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams for explaining the operation of the medal recovery mechanism of FIG. 2, in which FIG. 3A shows a state in which the medal pushing plate has moved backward, and FIG. 3B shows a state in which the medal pushing plate has moved forward. FIG.
The medal 9 that has dropped through the gap 12 between the transparent plate 14 and the substrate 11 and has passed through the through-hole 11a has the medal pushing plate 8 as shown in FIG. It will fall on and ride.
On the other hand, when the medal pushing plate 8 is moved forward, the medal 9 is dropped into the collecting hole 10 as it is and is collected in a hopper (not shown).
[0013]
As shown in (a), the medal 9 riding on the medal pushing plate 8 is pushed by the rear surface of the substrate 11 and then collected because the medal pushing plate 8 moves forward as shown in (b). It falls into the hole 10.
In order to drop the medal that has dropped on the back surface of the substrate 11 into the collection hole by using the back and forth movement of the medal push plate 8, it is necessary to provide a special moving mechanism to transport the medal that has dropped on the lower surface of the back surface of the substrate 11 Absent.
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when a medal is inserted from the upper medal slot, the medal falls on the game board surface and passes through the medal passage mechanism portion provided on the game board surface or the medal inflow. In the medal drop type pusher machine, the medal is pushed back to the field provided at the bottom by flowing into the mechanism, and the medal accumulated on the field is paid back to the player by the medal push plate moving back and forth. A hole is provided so that the medal that has entered the through hole is dropped on the back of the game board, and a recovery hole is provided in the lower part of the medal push plate, so that the game board is moved when the medal push plate is moving forward. The medals that fall on the back of the medals are directly stored in the recovery hole, and medals that fall on the medal push plate when the medal push plate moves backward move the medal push plate forward. Those configured to recover the recovery hole by. Therefore, there is an effect that the medal guided to the back surface from the through hole of the game board can be recovered in the recovery hole with a simple configuration.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1A and 1B are views showing an embodiment of a medal drop type pusher machine to which a medal recovery mechanism according to the present invention is applied, in which FIG. 1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a side view;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the medal recovery mechanism according to the present invention, paying attention to the medal recovery mechanism.
FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams for explaining the operation of the medal recovery mechanism of FIG. 2, in which FIG. 3A shows a state in which the medal pushing plate has moved backward, and FIG. 3B shows a state in which the medal pushing plate has moved forward; FIG.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a game board surface of a medal drop type pusher machine.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the back side of the game board surface.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a medal inflow mechanism.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Vertical game board 2 ... Medal insertion slot 3 ... Side transparent door 4 for medal replenishment Front transparent door 5 ... Coin cup 6 ... Speaker 7 ... Medal insertion type pusher machine 8 ... Medal push plate 9 ... Medal 10 ... Collection hole 11 ... Substrate 12 ... Gap 13 ... Restriction plate 14 ... Transparent plate

Claims (2)

By inserting a medal from the upper medal slot, the medal falls on the game board surface, and passes through the medal passage mechanism provided on the game board surface or flows into the medal inflow mechanism. In the medal drop-type pusher machine, the medal is paid back to the field and the medal pushing plate moving back and forth is paid back to the player.
A through hole is provided in the board of the game board, and the medal that has entered the through hole is dropped on the back of the game board,
A recovery hole is provided in a lower portion of the medal push plate, and a medal that falls on the back surface of the game board when the medal push plate is moving forward is directly accommodated in the collect hole,
The medal that is dropped when the medal pushing plate moves backward and is placed on the medal pushing plate is configured to be collected in the collecting hole by moving the medal pushing plate forward. The medal recovery mechanism of the medal drop type pusher machine. The medal recovery mechanism for a medal drop-type pusher machine according to claim 1, wherein a through hole of the board of the game board is provided in the medal inflow mechanism.

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