JP3805805B2 - Amusement machine island - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in parallel .
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as this type of gaming machine and gaming machine island, for example, there is one as shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-252481.
[0003]
In other words, it is a gaming machine and a gaming machine island in which a so-called Takara Island system (complete island reduction system) performs collection, polishing, replenishment, etc. of pachinko balls in units of one island.
[0004]
There are also gaming machines and gaming machine islands introduced in the return system performed on the entire floor, and gaming machines and gaming machine islands introduced in the entire store return system performed on the entire pachinko shop.
[0005]
In both the gaming machine and the gaming machine island in these systems, the pachinko ball supply device inside the island is based on the same principle, and after the pachinko ball used in the game is collected by a collection basket obliquely installed in the lower part of the island It was polished and lifted to a replenishment tank provided in the upper stage of the island, and from there, it was transported to the upper side of each gaming machine and inter-ball ball lending machine with a sloping replenisher.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional gaming machine and gaming machine island in this system, a space for providing a replenishment tank is required on the upper stage of the island, and a space for inclining the collection basket for the used balls is required on the lower stage of the island. There was a problem that the whole island became high.
[0007]
In addition, most of the lower island steps are required to incline the collecting basket, so that the space can hardly be omitted, and there is a problem that the player's knee hits the waist plate and is cramped.
[0008]
The present invention has been made paying attention to such conventional problems, and aims to provide an amusement machine island excellent in space utilization by arranging game machines capable of circulating pachinko balls in parallel. Yes.
[0010]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The gist for achieving such an object lies in the following sections.
[0011]
In a gaming machine island (50) in which a plurality of gaming machines (10) are provided with a ballroom lending machine (30) in parallel,
The gaming machine (10), Ri gaming machine der circulating using pachinko balls,
An upper tank (11) for storing a predetermined number of pachinko balls is disposed on the back of the gaming machine (10),
An out ball counter (14) for counting out balls and a used ball storage tank (15) for storing pachinko balls used in the game are arranged inside the gaming machine island (50) below the gaming machine (10). Arranged in
A lifting means (20) for lifting a pachinko ball from the used ball storage tank (15) to the upper tank (11) is provided vertically along the back of the inter-table ball lending machine (30) ,
The used ball storage tank (15) is configured to allow the pachinko balls that have overflowed beyond a predetermined number of pachinko balls to flow down into the gaming machine island (50). game machine island, characterized in that the lateral set along the longitudinal direction polishing machine (41) a game machine island (50) therein for polishing (50).
[0015]
[Action]
Usually, about 500 pachinko balls are supplied to the upper tank (11). Out of the pachinko balls used during the game, the out balls are counted by the out ball counter (14) disposed on the gaming machine island below the gaming machine, and then placed below the out ball counter (14). It is stored in the used ball storage tank (15). The used ball storage tank (15) can store approximately 3000 pachinko balls.
[0016]
The pachinko balls in the used ball storage tank (15) are lifted to the upper tank (11) by the lifting means (20) .
[0017]
The used ball storage tank (15) is not a sealed tank, and pachinko balls that exceed approximately 3000 stored amounts overflow and flow down inside the gaming machine island.
[0018]
As a result, a maximum of approximately 3,500 pachinko balls can be circulated by one gaming machine (10).
[0019]
Pachinko balls are replenished to the upper tank (11) from the replenishment basket (51) of the gaming machine island (50) to the gaming machine (10) by a normal method. Thereby, pachinko balls overflow from the used ball storage tank (15).
[0020]
The overflowing using ball from the use ball reservoir (15) flows down the inside game machine island (50), Ru is polished by the game machine island inside along the longitudinal direction horizontally provided abrasive machine (41). The polished pachinko balls are lifted to the replenishment basket (51) by a lifting mechanism (70) provided on the gaming machine island (50).
[0021]
Thereby, polished pachinko balls can be supplied to each gaming machine (10).
[0022]
【Example】
Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0023]
FIG. 1 shows the back side of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 1, a gaming machine 10 that uses pachinko balls as game media and a pedestal ball lending machine 30 that lends pachinko balls are provided side by side. An upper tank 11 is disposed on the upper back of the gaming machine 10 at a position that is not higher than the upper end of the gaming machine 10. The upper tank 11 has a capacity for storing about 500 pachinko balls. The upper tank 11 is formed with an opening in a part of the upper surface portion or all of the opening so that the pachinko ball can be supplied from the lifting means 20 described later. In addition, when the total number of pachinko balls held by the gaming machine 10 decreases, the upper surface portion is connected to the supply basket 51 so that the pachinko balls can be supplied from the supply basket 51 of the gaming machine island 50 described later. One end of the member 52 is disposed.
[0025]
A supply chute 12 is provided at the bottom of the upper tank 11. The lower end of the supply chute 12 is connected to a winning ball processing device 13 having a winning ball payout device (not shown). Pachinko balls P stored in the upper tank 11 are supplied to the winning ball processing device 13 through the supply chute 12.
[0026]
The winning ball processing device 13 is for paying out a predetermined number of pachinko balls to the front plate 60 (see FIG. 3) provided on the front side of the gaming machine 10 when the pachinko balls enter the winning opening. Among the pachinko balls used in the game, the winning ball is the used ball provided on the game media polishing and storage unit 40 side, which is configured in the gaming machine island lower stage 50c below the gaming machine 10 through the winning ball processing device 13. It is accommodated in the storage tank 15. Pachinko balls that have not entered any winning opening are counted by the out ball counter 14 and then stored in the used ball storage tank 15.
[0027]
The bottom of the used ball storage tank 15 is inclined, and one end of lifting means 20 for lifting the pachinko balls P, P... To the upper tank 11 is attached to the lowermost part of the inclination. . The lifting means 20 is provided with, for example, a sprocket 21 at the bottom of the bottom of the used ball storage tank 15 to take in pachinko balls and lift them up sequentially. The lifting portion 22 of the lifting means 20 is disposed along the back portion of the inter-ball lending machine 30. The upper end of the lifting means 20 is arranged so that the pachinko balls can be supplied to the upper tank 11 from above.
[0028]
Next, the operation of the gaming machine which is an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
[0029]
In FIG. 1, about 500 polished pachinko balls P are stored in the upper tank 11. The used ball storage tank 15 stores about 3000 polished pachinko balls.
[0030]
When the player operates the handle 61 (see FIG. 3) to start the game, pachinko balls accumulated in the front plate 60 are launched onto the game board surface by a ball launcher (not shown).
[0031]
A winning ball that enters each winning opening (not shown) is guided to the winning ball processing device 13. The winning ball processing device 13 pays out a predetermined number of pachinko balls stored in the upper tank 11 to the front plate 60 according to the type of winning. Thereafter, the winning ball falls into the used ball storage tank 15.
[0032]
On the other hand, pachinko balls that have not entered any winning opening are guided to the out ball counter 14 from an out ball inflow port (not shown) on the board surface, and are stored in the used ball storage tank 15 after being counted. . When the amount of pachinko balls stored in the used ball storage tank 15 exceeds about 3000, more pachinko balls overflow.
[0033]
Since the bottom of the use ball storage tank 15 is inclined, the stored pachinko balls P gather at the bottom of the bottom.
[0034]
One end of lifting means 20 for lifting the pachinko balls P accommodated in the used ball storage tank 15 to the upper tank 11 is provided at the lowermost portion. A sprocket 21 is built therein, and the collected pachinko balls P are sequentially taken in and pushed up above the upper tank 11 and then supplied to the upper tank 11.
[0035]
The pachinko balls P are supplied from the replenishment basket 51 via the communication member 52 to the gaming machine 10 in which the amount of the pachinko balls has decreased due to overflow of the pachinko balls from the used ball storage tank 15.
[0036]
In this manner, the gaming machines 10 can replace a part of the pachinko balls while circulating and using the pachinko balls independently one by one.
[0037]
Next, a description will be given of a first embodiment of the gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines 10 and inter-ball rental machines 30 according to the above embodiment are arranged in parallel.
[0038]
2 to 4 show a gaming machine island 50 in which gaming machines 10 of the present invention are arranged side by side.
[0039]
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the middle island stage 50b is arranged in a row so that a plurality of gaming machines 10 extend back to back in a lateral direction with no other game-related equipment interposed between them. It consists of Therefore, the width is configured to be a depth width corresponding to two gaming machines that are in contact with each other back to back. Further, between the gaming machines 10 arranged in the horizontal direction, a pedestal ball lending machine 30 is interposed as shown in FIG.
[0040]
On the back side of the gaming machine 10, a winning processing device 13 containing a bulky specific part such as a CRT used for an accessory protrudes, but the two gaming machines 10 back to back have these winning processing devices 13. They are arranged to make good contact with each other while avoiding each other. The back sides of the two gaming machines 10 may be in close contact with each other, or may be in contact with each other with a slight gap therebetween. In any case, there is no room for interposing other game-related devices between the backs of the two rows of gaming machines 10 in the front and rear, and the banknote transport device 80 that is conventionally interposed between the backs is on the island upper stage 50a side. It is arranged.
[0041]
As shown in FIG. 4, a considerable gap is left between the backs of the inter-base ball lending machines 30 facing each other. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4, the lifted portion 22 extends along the back of the inter-ball lending machine 30 to the upper portion of the upper tank 11 so as not to exceed the upper end portion of the gaming machine 10. The end of the upper tank 11 is directed to the upper opening.
[0042]
On the island upper stage 50a on each gaming machine 10, a replenishment basket 51 for supplying the pachinko ball P to each gaming machine 10 and a banknote transport device 80 for transporting the banknote taken in exchange for the pachinko ball in the lateral direction, respectively. It is arranged so as to extend in the lateral direction. As shown in FIG. 2, a supply member 53 corresponding to each gaming machine 10 is attached to several points in the supply basket 51, and each supply member 53 and gaming machine 10 has a bellows-like shape in which pachinko balls flow down. The communication members 52 are connected.
[0043]
On the replenishing basket 51, a bill transport device 80 for transporting bills taken in exchange for pachinko balls in the lateral direction is also arranged so as to extend in the lateral direction. The replenishment basket 51 and the banknote conveying apparatus 80 are covered with the cover member 90 which makes the outer wall of the island upper stage 50a.
[0044]
The lower island step 50c on the lower side of the middle island step 50b is formed in a box-like frame shape surrounded by the waist plate 43, the bottom plate 44 and the top plate 45, and the lower island step 50c itself is discharged from each gaming machine 10. It is comprised like the storage tank which stores P as it is. The island lower stage is usually provided with a collection basket or the like for sending pachinko balls to a pachinko ball polishing machine erected at the end or center of the island, but in the gaming machine island 50 of this embodiment, a polishing machine is used. 41 is installed horizontally in the lower island stage 50c.
[0045]
Above the polishing machine 41, a ball receiver 42 for sending the pachinko balls overflowing from the used ball storage tank 15 of each gaming machine 10 to the pachinko ball taking side of the polishing machine 41 is directed toward the pachinko ball taking side. Along the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island 50 so as to fall gently.
[0046]
The polishing machine 41 has two belt conveyors 46a and 46b. Each of the belt conveyors 46a and 46b includes a driving pulley 47a that is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown), a driven pulley 47b, and conveying belts 48a and 48b wound around the pulleys 47a and 47b.
[0047]
The two belt conveyors 46a and 46b are provided in parallel in the vertical direction along the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island 50, and the distance between them is such that a pachinko ball P is sandwiched between the conveyor belts 48a and 48b. It is. Since the conveyor belts 48a and 48b are made of an abrasive material and have elasticity, the conveyor belts 48a and 48b of the upper and lower belt conveyors 46a and 46b are in contact with each other depending on the thickness of the conveyor bells 48a and 48b. May be.
[0048]
In the gaming machine island 50 of this embodiment, the inside of the island lower stage 50c is a storage tank for polished pachinko balls. The bottom of the lower island stage 50c is formed so as to be inclined gently and low in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island 50 from the ball discharge side to the other end side of the polishing machine 41.
[0049]
Further, a rotatable spiral body 61 for transferring the stored pachinko balls in the tilt direction is disposed at the bottom. One end of the spiral body 61 is connected to the output shaft of the drive motor 62 installed at the bottom of the ball discharge side. On the other end side of the spiral body 61, a lifting mechanism 70 for lifting the pachinko balls stored in the lower island stage 50c and supplying the pachinko balls to the supply basket 51 arranged in the upper island stage 50a is provided. .
[0050]
Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the gaming machine island will be described.
[0051]
As shown in FIG. 2, as described above with respect to the gaming machine 10, the pachinko balls overflowing from the used ball storage tank 15 are sent to the pachinko ball take-in side of the polishing machine 41 by the ball receiver 42.
[0052]
The pachinko balls taken into the polishing machine 41 are polished while being transported while being sandwiched between transport belts 48a and 48b, which are polishing belts, sent to the other end side of the polishing machine 41, and discharged. The discharged pachinko balls are gathered toward the lifting mechanism 70 along the slope of the bottom of the island lower stage 50c. Alternatively, it is transferred to the lifting mechanism 70 side by the helical body 61 driven by the drive motor 62.
[0053]
The lifting mechanism 70 lifts the taken pachinko ball to the island upper stage 50a and supplies it to the replenishment rod 51 provided in the island upper stage 50a.
[0054]
The pachinko balls supplied to the supply basket 51 are appropriately supplied to each gaming machine 10, 10.
[0055]
The pachinko ball supplied to the gaming machine 10 circulates independently in each gaming machine 10, 10... As it does not overflow from the used ball storage tank 15, as described above with respect to the gaming machine 10. The pachinko balls circulating in each of the gaming machines 10, 10 are hardly touched by the player's hand, so there is little dirt, and pachinko balls overflowing from the used ball storage tank 15 during the circulation are polished. Since it is ground by the machine 41 and supplied to each gaming machine, it is possible to always use a clean pachinko ball in each gaming machine.
[0056]
Next, a second embodiment of the gaming machine island will be described with reference to FIG.
[0057]
In addition, about the site | part of the same kind as 1st Example, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0058]
In the first embodiment, the pachinko ball take-in side of the polishing machine 41 is provided at a higher position or at the same height as the pachinko ball discharge side. However, in this embodiment, the pachinko ball is installed so that the take-in side of the pachinko sphere is at a lower position than the discharge side. Therefore, in this embodiment, the pachinko ball overflowing from the used ball storage tank 15 of each gaming machine 10, 10... In the first embodiment is provided to guide the pachinko ball taking-in side of the polishing machine 41. The ball receiver 42 is not provided. Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the gaming machine island will be described.
[0059]
The pachinko balls overflowing from the used ball storage tank 15 of each gaming machine 10, 10... Fall on the polishing belt 48 a of the belt conveyor 46 a on the upper side of the polishing machine 41. Since the belt conveyors 46a and 46b are gradually lowered toward the pachinko ball take-in side, the pachinko balls that have fallen on the polishing belt 48a naturally roll to the pachinko ball take-in side. Further, since the polishing belt 48a moves from the discharge side to the intake side on the upper side of the belt conveyor 46a, even if there is a pachinko ball that does not roll after falling on the polishing belt 48a, the polishing belt 48a reliably moves to the intake side. Be transported.
[0060]
The pachinko balls taken into the polishing machine 41 on the take-in side are polished while being conveyed while being sandwiched between the polishing belts 46a and 46b, as in the first embodiment.
[0061]
The pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko ball discharge side of the polishing machine 41 are stored in the island lower stage 50c of the gaming machine island 50 and transferred to the lifting mechanism 70 by the spiral body 61 as described in the first embodiment. After that, it is supplied to the replenishment rod 51 provided on the island upper stage 50a by the lifting mechanism 70, and replenished to each gaming machine 10, 10.
[0062]
In this embodiment, there is no need for a ball receiver 42 for guiding the pachinko balls overflowing from each used ball storage tank 15 of each gaming machine 10 to the pachinko ball taking-in side of the polishing machine 41. More space is available. Alternatively, the island lower stage 50c can be lowered by the amount not provided with the ball receiver 42, and the overall gaming machine island 50 can be lowered in height.
[0063]
【The invention's effect】
According to the gaming machine island according to the present invention, since each game machine is almost independent circulated using pachinko balls are, compared with those that had been recycled in the conventional game machine island unit, vertically inside the gaming machine island Both have room. Moreover, since the island width can be made smaller than that of the prior art, the distance between the islands can be increased.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a rear view of an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the back side of the gaming machine in the first embodiment of the gaming machine island where the gaming machine of the present invention is installed.
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of the gaming machine island in which the gaming machine of the present invention is installed, as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing the middle stage of the island of the first embodiment of the gaming machine island where the gaming machine of the present invention is installed.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the back side of a gaming machine in a second embodiment of the gaming machine island where the gaming machine of the present invention is installed.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game machine 11 ... Upper tank 14 ... Out ball counter 15 ... Used ball storage tank 20 ... Lifting means 30 ... Intermediary ball lending machine 40 ... Game medium grinding | polishing storage part 41 ... Polishing machine 42 ... Ball receptacle 49 ... Gaming machine installation section 50 ... gaming machine island 50b ... gaming machine island middle stage 50c ... gaming machine island lower stage

Claims (1)

On a gaming machine island with multiple gambling machines on multiple gaming machines,
The gaming machine, Ri gaming machine der circulating using pachinko balls,
An upper tank for storing a predetermined number of pachinko balls is disposed on the back of the gaming machine,
An out ball counter for counting out balls and a used ball storage tank for storing pachinko balls used in the game are arranged inside the gaming machine island below the gaming machine,
Lifting means for lifting pachinko balls from the used ball storage tank to the upper tank is vertically installed along the back of the inter-ball lending machine ,
The used ball storage tank is configured to allow the pachinko balls that have overflowed beyond a predetermined number of pachinko balls to flow down into the gaming machine island, and to play a polishing machine that receives the polished pachinko balls and polishes them. An amusement machine island characterized by being installed along the longitudinal direction inside the machine island.

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