JP3770695B2 - The medal payout mechanism of the medal drop type pusher machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medal payout mechanism for a medal drop-type pusher machine, and more particularly to a mechanism for paying a lot of medals stocked in a container to a field when a special prize is generated.
[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. 6, FIG. 7 and FIG.
6 is a perspective view of the game board surface of the medal drop type pusher machine taken out, and FIG. 7 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, when a predetermined pattern is prepared, medals are paid back to the predetermined number of fields (medal pushing 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 46, another medal is pushed by the newly paid out medal. Then, it falls on the medal receiving board 32, and another medal is pushed on the medal receiving board 32 and paid out to the player.
In FIG. 6, 39 a indicates the back side of the slot reel display device 39, 42 a and 43 a indicate the back side of the open checkers 42 and 43, and 44 a and 45 a indicate the back side of the pin honey portions 44 and 45, respectively.
[0006]
The medal drop type pusher machine is configured by arranging two game boards in parallel, and a medal mounting case is provided for each game board.
Further, since the door provided in the medal mounting case is usually connected to a driving part such as a motor and opened, it is a structure that cannot be easily opened manually, and is inconvenient for maintenance.
An object of the present invention is to provide a medal drop-type pusher machine configured by arranging two game boards in parallel, and can deal with the medal payout of two game boards, and can manually open and close the door of a container for stocking medals. It is an object of the present invention to provide a medal payout mechanism for a medal drop type pusher machine that improves workability in maintenance.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the medal payout 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. By passing the medal passing mechanism part or flowing into the medal inflow mechanism, the medal is paid back to the field provided at the lower part, and the medal accumulated on the field is paid back to the player by the medal pushing plate moving back and forth. In the medal drop-type pusher machine configured by arranging two game board surfaces side by side, provided between the adjacent game board surface fields, when a special prize is generated on each game board, the side generated The mechanism for paying out the medal of the container to the field of the game board surface of the game board, wherein the mechanism for paying out the medal is an open / close door on both sides of the container The medal is paid to the field of the game board surface on which the special prize is generated by opening the door on the side of the game board surface on which the special winning a prize has been tilted so that the medal slides down and sliding down. The opening / closing door is configured such that one end of the opening / closing door is rotatably attached to the container, and a spring is locked to the other end side so that the medal payout mechanism is closed by a tensile force of the spring in a horizontal state. The container is rotatably supported by a slide base, and a pin planted on the slide base is configured to open against the spring by pushing a lower edge of the open / close door by tilting the container. It is.
[0008]
According to the above configuration, the single medal payout mechanism can cope with two game boards, so that the medal payout mechanism can be simplified. Further, since the door can be manually opened and closed, the maintenance workability is also improved.
[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 payout 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]
On the lower front surface of the vertical game board, a coin cup 5 is provided for paying out to the field the medals thrown into the vertical game board 1 and then paying out the medals pushed out of the field to the player.
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 base of the case of the medal insertion type pusher machine 7.
The medal payout mechanism 8 according to the present invention is provided at an intermediate position between the fields of the two vertical game boards 1 and can be paid out to any field.
[0011]
2A and 2B are diagrams showing an embodiment of the medal payout mechanism according to the present invention. FIG. 2A is a perspective view in which the left side surface of the turn base is omitted, and FIG. 2B is a front view in which the front cover and the front surface of the turn base are omitted. It is. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG.
A door support plate 14a is attached to the rear portion of the container 14, and a front plate 13 is attached to the front portion by screws. The left and right payout doors 10 and 11 have bent portions 10a and 10b and 11a and 11b, and further have spring locking portions 10c and 11c.
The ends of the bent portions 10a, 10b and 11a, 11b of the left and right payout doors 10, 11 are rotatably attached to the door support plate 14a and the front plate 13. Both ends of the coil spring 22 are locked to the spring locking portions 10c and 11c.
[0012]
The left and right payout doors 10 and 11 are in a state of being pulled by a coil spring 22 and rotate around the support shafts of the bent portions 10a and 10b and 11a and 11b. As shown in FIG.
A front cover 12 is attached to the front plate 13, and the stock state of medals can be known from a notch 12 a at the upper center of the front cover 12.
The bottom surface of the container 14 is attached to a turn base 19, and the turn base 19 is mounted on and supported on a container support plate 15.
[0013]
The container support plate 15 is attached to the slide base 9, and the spring base 20 is attached to the container support plate 15.
The slide base 9 is provided with bosses 16 and 17 having rollers attached thereto, and the bent portions 10a of the payout doors 10 and 11 and the inclined lower edges 10d and 11d of the discharge doors 10 and 11 come into contact with the rollers of the bosses 16 and 17, respectively. ing.
The slide base 9 is slidably attached to a member (not shown).
[0014]
The front side of the turn base 19 is rotatably supported by the bent portion 15 a of the container support plate 15, and the shaft 19 a is rotatably supported by the slide base 9. A crank 18 is attached to the shaft 19a.
A spring 21 is attached to the spring base 20, and both ends of the spring 21 are in contact with the back surface of the turn base 19.
When the medal is paid out, the slide base 9 is raised and reaches a predetermined position. Then, a cam (not shown) pushes the left side surface 18a or the right side surface 18b of one end of the crank 18 from the left side or the right side. So that the container is inclined.
[0015]
FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams for explaining the operation of tilting the medal payout mechanism according to the present invention to the left and right. FIG. 4A shows a state where the medal payout mechanism is tilted to the field of the left game board, and FIG. Each state is shown tilted in the field. Note that the front surface of the turn base is omitted in both (a) and (b).
In (a), as described above, when the cam pushes the left side surface 18a of one end of the crank 18, the container 14 is inclined with the shaft 19a as a fulcrum so that the left side is lowered against the repulsive force of the spring 21. As a result, the pivot shafts of the bent portions 10a and 10b of the payout door 10 move, so that the lower edge 10d of the bent portion 10a is pushed by the boss 17 and the payout is performed as the container 14 rotates counterclockwise. The door 10 rotates counterclockwise by a predetermined angle about the rotation axis of the bent portions 10a and 10b against the pulling force of the coil spring 22.
[0016]
Since the bottom surface of the container 14 is inclined to the field side of the left game board surface and the payout door 10 is opened, many medals stocked in the container are paid out to the field of the left game board surface.
When the cam is disengaged from the left side surface 18 a at one end of the crank 18, the container 14 is returned to the horizontal position by the repulsive force of the spring 21 and the dispensing door 10 is closed by the pulling force of the spring 22.
Thereafter, the container 14 is replenished with medals.
As shown in FIG. 4B, medals can be paid out by the same operation in the opposite direction when tilting to the right game board field.
[0017]
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the mechanism portion of FIG. 2 is arranged on the base. FIG. 5A shows a state where the mechanism portion is not paid out, and FIG. 5B shows a state where the left side game board is paid out. The state (c) shows the state of paying out to the right game board field.
The base 25 is installed between the left and right game board fields, and the slide base 9 can be moved up and down by a fixed member (not shown) so that the medal payout portion is arranged above the base 25. It is attached.
A medal payout guide port 24 is disposed on the front surface of the front cover 12 so that it can rotate and move in front of the left or right door of the container.
[0018]
For example, when a special prize is generated for the left game board, first, the slide base 9 rises to a predetermined position, and the medal payout guide port 24 rotates to the left and moves to the front of the left payout door 10. When the container 14 is tilted and the payout door 10 is opened as shown in (b), the medal slides down from the inside of the container, is guided by the medal payout guide stand 24, and is paid out to the left game board field.
When paying out to the field of the right game board, the same operation is performed in the opposite direction as shown in (c).
In the above embodiment, the crank 18 can be manually pushed during maintenance to open and close the left and right payout doors.
[0019]
【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. The medal is paid back to the field provided in the lower part by flowing into the mechanism, and the medal accumulated on the field is paid back to the player by the medal pushing plate moving back and forth, and the two game board surfaces are arranged side by side. In the medal drop type pusher machine constructed as described above, it is provided between the adjacent game board surface fields, and when a special prize is generated on each game board, the container medal is paid to the generated game board surface field. The mechanism for paying out medals has opening and closing doors on both sides of the container, and the medal is placed on the field side of the game board surface on which the special prize is generated. Wherein the special pay configured to pay out the medals in the field of the game board on the side which is generated by opening the side of the door to fall slipping causes inclined so as Le slides down, the door has one end the container The medal payout mechanism is closed by a pulling force of the spring in a horizontal state, and the container is rotatably supported by a slide base. A pin planted on the slide base due to the inclination of the container is configured to open against the spring by pushing the lower edge of the door .
Therefore, one medal payout mechanism can be used on two game board surfaces, and there is an effect that versatility is high as compared with a conventional mechanism in which only one side is inclined.
Further, the container door can be manually opened and closed, and the efficiency of work during maintenance is improved.
Since the spring closing the door is given a certain tension, the medal in the container will not leak out with a slight shaking unless it is tilted or is not opened by a human hand.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1A and 1B are diagrams showing an embodiment of a medal drop-type pusher machine to which a medal payout mechanism according to the present invention is applied, wherein FIG. 1A is a front view, and FIG. 1B is a side view.
2A and 2B are views showing an embodiment of a medal payout mechanism according to the present invention, in which FIG. 2A is a perspective view with the left side of the turn base omitted, and FIG. 2B is a front view with the front cover and the front of the turn base omitted. It is.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 2;
FIGS. 4A and 4B are diagrams for explaining the operation of tilting the medal payout mechanism according to the present invention to the left and right, where FIG. 4A shows a state in which the medal payout mechanism is tilted to the field of the left game board, and FIG. Each state is shown tilted in the field.
5 is a perspective view showing a state in which the mechanism portion of FIG. 2 is arranged on the base, in which (a) is not paid out, and (b) is paid out to the left game board field. The state (c) shows the state of paying out to the right game board field.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the game board surface of the medal drop type pusher machine.
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the back side of the game board surface.
FIG. 8 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 drop type pusher machine 8 ... Medal dispensing mechanism 9 ... Slide base 10 ... Left side dispensing Door 11 ... Right exit door 12 ... Front cover 13 ... Front plate 14 ... Container 15 ... Container support plates 16, 17 ... Boss 18 ... Crank 19 ... Turn base 20 ... Spring base 21 ... Spring 22 ... Coil spring

Claims (1)

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 provided on the game board surface or flows into the medal inflow mechanism. In a medal drop-type pusher machine, in which medals are paid back to the field and medals accumulated on the field are paid back to the player by a medal push plate that moves back and forth. ,
The mechanism is provided between the adjacent game board surface fields, and when a special prize is generated in each game board, a mechanism for paying out the medal of the container to the field of the game board surface on the generated side,
The medal payout mechanism has opening and closing doors on both sides of the container, and the medal slides down to the field side of the side of the game board on which the special prize is generated, and the sliding side door is opened. It is configured so that medals are paid out to the field of the game board surface on the side where the special prize is generated ,
One end of the open / close door is rotatably attached to the container, a spring is locked to the other end side, and the medal payout mechanism is closed by a pulling force of the spring in a horizontal state.
The container is rotatably supported on the slide base,
A medal payout mechanism for a medal drop-type pusher machine, wherein a pin planted on the slide base by tilting the container is configured to open against the spring by pushing a lower edge of the door. .

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