JP3992309B2 - Ball lending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball lending machine such as an interbank ball lending machine that is applied to a pachinko gaming system and discharges a game ball to a discharge port based on the insertion of a coin into a slot by a customer.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a conventional ball lending machine, for example, a ball bearing machine in a pachinko gaming system is a normal coin (genuine coin) determined by a determination unit that performs a true / false determination of an inserted coin and a determination unit , If the determination unit determines that the coins are counterfeit or foreign coins (fake coins), the defective coins are returned to the return slot. And had a return department.
[0003]
In such a conventional configuration, when a player inserts a normal coin, the determination unit determines that the coin is a normal coin, and the supply unit supplies a predetermined number of game balls to the tray of the pachinko game table. On the other hand, when the player inserts a defective coin, the determination unit determines that the coin is a fake coin, the return unit returns the defective coin to the return port, and the game ball is not supplied. In this way, the conventional daitama ball lending machine attempts to prevent fraud using defective coins.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, according to the conventional daitama ball lending machine, when the bad coin is determined to be a fake coin, the bad coin will be returned, so it is possible to use the bad coin with another dairy ball lending machine. It was possible. That is, since there is variation in the determination unit, a defective coin may be erroneously determined as a normal coin in another ball lending machine. For this reason, a situation where a bad coin is repeatedly challenged to find a machine that misdetermines that it is a normal coin, and a fraudulent act is carried out using a number of bad coins in this misidentified machine. Had occurred.
[0005]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a ball lending machine that can prevent fraudulent acts using defective coins.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention releases a game ball to a discharge port based on insertion of a coin into a slot by a customer, and returns the coin from a return slot when the coin is not a true coin. In the lending machine, a determination unit that determines whether the coin is true, a discharge unit that discharges the game ball to the discharge port when the determination unit determines that the coin is true, and the determination unit includes the determination unit When it is determined that the coin is false, a holding unit that holds the coin in front of the return port and makes it impossible to return the coin, and releases the holding operation of the holding unit and returns the coin. And holding release means for returning to the mouth.
[0007]
According to the above configuration, when a customer inserts a coin that is not true (defective coin), the defective coin is determined to be false by the determination means, is not held and returned by the holding means, and the game ball is also Not released. Therefore, it is impossible to repeatedly use the inserted defective coin. The bad coins that are on hold can be returned to the customer, for example, by releasing the hold operation of the hold releasing means based on the operation of an attendant.
[0008]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0009]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming system showing an application example of a ball lending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this pachinko gaming system, a plurality of pachinko equipment units 1 are arranged in parallel to form an island. These pachinko equipment units 1 are composed of, for example, four pachinko gaming machines 2 installed in back-to-back in two rows, and the pachinko gaming machines 2 and 2 adjacent to each other are connected to the present invention. Such an interstitial ball lending machine 10 is mounted. In this figure, 2a is a game board that can be opened by an unlocking operation, and 3 is a curtain that can be opened without an unlocking operation.
[0010]
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a detached state of the interstitial ball lending machine 10. This inter-table ball lending machine 10 includes a fixed guide frame frame 11 provided between the pachinko game machines 2 and 2 and a main body frame frame 12 that can be attached to and detached from the fixed guide frame frame 11 via a lock mechanism 20. It has.
[0011]
The main body frame 12 has a shape in which front and rear surfaces are bent. On the front surface portion 12a of the main body frame 12, a bill insertion slot 13 for inserting bills, a coin insertion slot 14 for inserting coins (for example, 500 yen coins) C, a ball feeder 15 for supplying game balls, There is provided a coin return port 16 for returning defective 500 yen coins C such as counterfeit coins and foreign coins and coins C for change. In addition, the rear surface portion 12b of the main body frame 12 is formed with square hole-like engagement holes 17a and 17a at two locations on the upper and lower sides, and normal coins C are taken in the vicinity of the lower engagement hole 17a. A coin intake port 17b is formed for storage in a safe (not shown). The web portion 12c of the main body frame 12 has a ball supply portion 18 for sending a predetermined number of game balls to the ball supply device 15, a coin processing portion 19 for determining whether or not the coin C is inserted from the coin insertion slot 14, and Is provided.
[0012]
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a locked state of the main body frame 12.
[0013]
Above the ball supply unit 18, a guide passage 18 a that guides game balls from a game ball supply and recovery device (not shown) to the ball supply unit 18 is provided, and below the ball supply unit 18, a supply passage that leads to the ball supply unit 15. 18b is provided.
[0014]
The ball supply unit 18 supplies game balls from a game ball supply / recovery device (not shown) to the ball supply unit 15 through a predetermined number of supply passages 18b based on a result of determination of a true coin by a coin processing unit 19 described later. It has become.
[0015]
Above the coin processing unit 19, an insertion passage 19 a for receiving the coin C inserted from the coin insertion port 14 is provided, and a return passage 19 b leading to the coin return port 16 is provided below the coin processing unit 19. A take-in passage 19c leading to the coin take-in port 17b is provided below the coin processing unit 19.
[0016]
The coin processing unit 19 includes various sensors (gap) such as a material sensor, a thickness sensor (or a gap), a diameter sensor (or a gap), and the insertion path from the coin insertion port 14 using these sensors (gap). Whether the coin C inserted via 19a is a normal coin (pure coin) or a defective coin (fake coin) is determined to be true or false, and the coin C determined to be a genuine coin is taken in via the passage 19c. The coin C determined to be a fake coin is discharged to the coin return port 16 via the return passage 19b. The coin processing unit 19 discharges coins for change (for example, 100 yen coins) to the coin return port 16 via the return passage 19b when change is required.
[0017]
The lock mechanism 20 includes an operation member 21 supported so as to be movable up and down, and a tension coil spring 22 as an urging member for urging the operation member 21 downward, and the main body frame 12 is fixed to the fixed guide frame 11. It also has a function of releasing the temporary holding of the defective coin C by the holding mechanism 30 described later.
[0018]
The fixed guide frame frame 11 has a square hole-like engagement hole 110 at a position facing the engagement holes 17 a and 17 a formed in the main body frame frame 12 on the contact surface portion 11 a that contacts the rear surface portion 12 b of the main body frame frame 12. 110, and a support piece 111 that supports one end 22a of the tension coil spring 22 is projected, and support pieces 112 and 112 that guide the operation member 21 up and down are projected.
[0019]
The operation member 21 is provided with wedge-shaped locking portions 23 and 23 so as to protrude from the engagement holes 110 and 110 of the fixed guide frame frame 11 and the engagement holes 17a and 17a of the main body frame frame 12, and guides up and down. Holes 21a and 21a are formed, a support piece 21b for supporting the other end 22b of the tension coil spring 22 is provided, and a flexible handle member 25 is provided upright at the upper end. The details of the handle member 25 will be described later.
[0020]
The operation member 21 is supported so as to be movable up and down via a guide shaft 24 provided on a support piece 112 of the fixed guide frame frame 11 and is elastically biased downward by a tension coil spring 22. When the operating member 21 is moved upward against the urging force of the tension coil spring 22 and a tension coil spring 34 described later, the lock between the main body frame frame 12 and the fixed guide frame frame 11 is released, and the main body frame frame 12 is pulled out. And the temporary holding of the defective coin C by the holding mechanism 30 described later can be released. The locking portion 23 of the operation portion 21 includes an inclined sliding contact surface 23 a so that the main body frame 12 can be attached to the fixed guide frame 11 with one touch. The details of the locking portion 23 will be described later.
[0021]
In addition, the interbank ball lending machine 10 is provided with a holding mechanism 30 that temporarily holds the coin C determined to be a fake coin below the coin processing unit 19.
[0022]
The holding mechanism 30 includes a holding member 31 provided so as to be able to appear and retract from an opening 19d formed in the return passage 19b, a bearing 32 that rotatably supports the holding member 31, and a locking hole provided in the holding member 31. One end is locked to 31a, and the other end is locked to a locking pin 33 provided on the main body frame 12 side, whereby the holding coil 31 is protruded into the return passage 19b, and the locking pin 33 is A locking pin 35 is provided for pulling the holding member 31 from the return passage 19b by removing the other end of the locking tension coil spring 34 and locking the other end. Above the holding member 31 of the return passage 19b, there is a volume that can hold a plurality (20 in this embodiment) of false coins C. Since the holding member 31 protrudes into the return passage 19b by the tension coil spring 34, the passage of the coins (500 yen coins in this embodiment) C necessary for borrowing a game ball is prevented, and the 100 yen coin C or the like is prevented. Other kinds of coins C are allowed to pass through. For example, among the coins of 500 yen, 100 yen, etc., since the 500 yen coin has the largest diameter, the gap of the return passage 19b formed by the holding member 31 is smaller than the diameter of the 500 yen coin C, and This can be realized by making it larger than the diameter of another coin C such as 100 yen. Note that the bearing 32, the locking pin 33, and the tension coil spring 34 are disposed at positions eccentric to the front or rear with respect to the paper surface of FIG. 3 so as not to prevent the passage of the coin C in the intake passage 19c.
[0023]
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part for explaining a method of attaching the handle member 25 to the operation member 21. The handle member 25 has an elongated shape made of a flexible material, and an insertion hole 25a provided with a spring for preventing reversion is provided at the base end portion. A locking hole 21 c is formed in the upper end portion of the operation member 21. Then, the distal end portion 25b of the handle member 25 is inserted into the locking hole 21c of the operation member 21 and the insertion hole 25a of the handle member 25 to form a ring 25c having a size enough to pass a few fingers. The portion 26 b is crimped by the crimping member 26. In this way, the handle member 25 can be attached to the operation member 21.
[0024]
Here, the detail of the latching | locking part 23 of the operation member 22 is demonstrated with reference to FIG. 5 thru | or FIG.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 5, each locking portion 23 has a shape that tapers in a direction opposite to the insertion direction X of the main body frame 12, and the sliding contact surface 23 a is formed on the lower side portion, And the locking neck part 23b is notched and formed in the lower side part side. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the lock mechanism 20 is inserted when the distal end portion of the locking portion 23 is inserted into the engagement hole 17 a in a state where the main body frame frame 12 is inserted into the fixed guide frame frame 11 from the front. The sliding contact surface 23a of the locking portion 23 is in sliding contact with the lower edge 17b of the engagement hole 17a and moves upward in response to the movement of the main body frame 12 in the insertion direction X, as shown in FIG. The operation member 21 is moved upward against the urging force of the tension coil springs 22 and 34 to allow the main body frame frame 12 to be inserted into the fixed guide frame frame 11 from the front. In this state, when the rear surface portion 12b of the main body frame 12 contacts the contact surface portion 11a of the fixed guide frame frame 11, the sliding contact surface 23a of the locking portion 23 is released from the lower edge 17b of the engagement hole 17a. As shown in FIG. 8, the locking portion 23 is moved downward by the urging force of the tension coil spring 22, and the locking neck portion 23b is locked by being locked to the lower edge 17b of the engagement hole 17a. It is attached to the fixed guide frame 11 of the main body frame 12 with one touch.
[0026]
Next, the operation of the daitama ball lending machine 10 will be described.
[0027]
As shown in FIG. 3, the other end of the tension coil spring 34 is locked to the locking pin 33, and the holding member 31 protrudes into the return passage 19b so that the passage of the 500 yen coin C can be prevented. Shall.
[0028]
First, when a player borrows, for example, a 500 yen coin C as coins to borrow a game ball, the coin C enters the coin processing unit 19 via the insertion passage 19a. The coin processing unit 19 determines whether the coin C inserted from the coin insertion slot 14 is true or false. When the coin processing unit 19 determines that the coin is a true coin, the coin C is taken out through the passage 19c and discharged to the coin inlet 17b. The coin C discharged to the coin intake port 17b is received for each type of coin by a coin type section (not shown) and is subjected to storage processing in a safe (not shown). The ball supply unit 18 supplies game balls from a game ball supply / recovery device (not shown) to the ball supply unit 15 through a predetermined number of supply passages 18b based on the determination result of the true coins. The player plays a game on the pachinko game machine 2 using the supplied game balls.
[0029]
On the other hand, when the coin processing unit 19 determines that the inserted coin C is a fake coin, the coin C is discharged to the rejection passage 19b. The false coins C discharged to the return passage 19 b are temporarily held by the holding member 31. The ball supply unit 18 does not supply game balls because the determination result by the coin processing unit 19 is a fake coin.
[0030]
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a holding release state of the holding mechanism 30. After the false coins C are temporarily held, for example, as shown in FIG. The curtain plate 3 of the machine base 2 is opened, a finger is put into the ring 25c of the handle member 25, and moved upward against the urging force of the tension coil springs 22 and 34. Then, the lower locking portion 23 of the operating member 21 rotates the retaining member 31 in the direction of drawing it from the return passage 19b. The coin C temporarily held by the holding member 31 is returned to the coin return port 16 via the return passage 19b. After the coin C is returned, if the clerk releases his hand from the handle member 25, the operating member 21 is again brought into the state shown in FIG. 3 by the urging force of the tension coil spring 22 and the holding member 34 is urged by the urging force of the tension coil spring 34. Return.
[0031]
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the temporary holding function by the holding mechanism 30 is stopped. In order to stop the temporary holding function by the holding mechanism 30, as shown in the figure, the other end of the tension coil spring 34 is removed from the upper locking pin 33 and replaced with the lower locking pin 35. 31 is urged in the direction of sinking from the return passage 19b, and the 500 yen coin C and other types of coins C can pass through the return passage 19b.
[0032]
According to the above-mentioned daima ball lending machine 10, even if a defective coin C such as a counterfeit coin is inserted, if it is determined to be a fake coin, it is temporarily held inside the machine 10 and is not returned. Since the game ball is not released, it becomes impossible to repeatedly use the inserted defective coin C. Therefore, it is possible to prevent psychological recurrence and prevent illegal acts using the defective coin C. It becomes.
[0033]
Moreover, since the handle member 25 which is easy to operate by hand is erected on the upper end portion of the operation member 21, the operability is improved. Moreover, since the handle member 25 is formed from a flexible material, it does not damage a cable or the like attached to the upper side of the pachinko game table 2.
[0034]
In addition, the temporary hold release operation can be performed by opening the curtain 3 provided on the upper part of the pachinko machine 2, so even if the customer himself opens the curtain 3, the pachinko store staff Since it is easily discovered and the customer himself / herself cannot collect the defective coin C, fraudulent acts using the defective coin C can be more reliably prevented.
[0035]
In addition, the temporary holding function can be stopped simply by changing the mounting position of the tension coil spring 34, so that a staff member of a pachinko parlor can easily perform it. For example, when the use of defective coins C decreases with time, the temporary holding function can be stopped and the conventional operation can be performed.
[0036]
Moreover, since the attachment and detachment of the interstitial ball lending machine 10 and the release of the temporary holding of the coin C can be performed using the common operation member 21, the configuration can be simplified.
[0037]
In addition, this invention is not limited to said embodiment, Various embodiment is possible. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the ball rental machine has been described. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to vending machines such as beverage cans.
[0038]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, even if a defective coin is inserted, if it is determined that it is not true, the defective coin is suspended and not returned, and the game ball is not released. Since it becomes impossible to repeatedly use coins, it is possible to prevent fraudulent acts using defective coins.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming system showing an application example of a ball lending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a detached state of the interstitial ball lending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a locked state of the main body frame according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an essential part for explaining a method of attaching a handle member to an operation member according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part showing details of a locking part of the operation member according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a main part showing a part of the main body frame frame according to the present invention being attached to the fixed guide frame frame.
FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a main part showing a part of the main body frame frame according to the present invention being attached to the fixed guide frame frame.
FIG. 8 is a main part enlarged view showing a locked state of the main body frame according to the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a holding release state of the holding mechanism according to the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the temporary holding function of the holding mechanism according to the present invention is stopped.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko game system 2 Pachinko game machine 3 Curtain board 10 Inter-ball ball lending machine 11 Fixed guide frame frame 12 Main body frame frame 14 Coin slot 16 Coin return port 19 Coin processing part 19b Return channel 19c Take-in channel 20 Locking mechanism 21 Operation member 22, 34 Tension coil spring 25 Handle member 30 Reservation mechanism 31 Retention member C Coin

Claims (4)

In the ball lending machine that releases the game ball to the discharge port based on the insertion of the coin into the input port by the customer, and when the coin is not a true coin, the coin is returned from the return port,
Determining means for determining the authenticity of the coin;
When the determination means determines that the coin is true, the discharge means for discharging the game ball to the discharge port;
When the determination means determines that the coin is false, the holding means that holds the coin in front of the return port and makes it impossible to return the coin;
Hold release means for releasing the hold operation of the hold means and returning the coin to the return port;
A ball lending machine characterized by comprising: In the ball lending machine that releases the game ball to the discharge port based on the insertion of the coin into the input port by the customer, and when the coin is not a true coin, the coin is returned from the return port,
A fixed guide frame frame having a predetermined shape provided on one side of the pachinko game machine;
A main body frame that is inserted into and attached to the fixed guide frame;
Positioned in the main body frame, takes in the inserted coins, determines the authenticity of the coins, and when determined to be positive, supplies the coins to an intake passage for releasing the game balls, A coin processing means for discharging the coin to a return passage leading to the return port when it is determined to be false;
Discharging means that is located within the main body frame and discharges the game ball to the discharge port when the coin processing means supplies the coin to the take-in passage;
A holding member located in the main body frame and provided so as to be capable of appearing and retracting with respect to the return passage;
An urging member located within the main body frame and urging the retaining member in a direction protruding into the return passage;
A locking mechanism that is provided on the fixed guide frame frame and locks the fixed guide frame frame and the main body frame frame when the main body frame frame is inserted into the fixed guide frame frame and mounted;
Provided in the fixed guide frame frame, and moves the holding member in a direction to sag from the return passage against the urging force of the urging member, and unlocks the lock mechanism to release the lock of the main body frame frame. An operation member that enables extraction from the fixed guide frame;
A ball lending machine characterized by comprising: 3. The ball lending machine according to claim 2 , wherein the operation member is configured to be pulled upward by a flexible handle member fixed at a predetermined position. 4. The ball lending machine according to claim 3 , wherein the handle member is configured to be lifted upward by opening a curtain of a pachinko game machine.

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