JP4161555B2 - Coin ejector and game machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a coin discharge device that discharges a plurality of coins (medals) that are inserted at a time, and a gaming machine that includes the coin discharge device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a gaming machine, as a method of discharging medals that are gaming bodies one by one, a rotating body that rotates along the circumference of the drum is provided at the bottom of the drum provided substantially vertically, The circumferential portion of the rotating body is stepped down by the height, and a plurality of pins having a height approximately equal to the thickness of the medal are disposed at the stepped portion and stored in the drum. There is a method in which the medals in the lowermost layer are sandwiched between the pins, the rotating body is rotated, and the medals are discharged one by one from the discharge port provided on the circumference.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-described method, since a structure in which a plurality of medals are arranged on the circumference of the rotating body is required, a drum having a diameter large enough to arrange a plurality of medals is required, which is limited to the vicinity of the medal slot of the gaming machine. It was difficult to install in the space.
In addition, since the medal inserted from the top is discharged from the bottom, there is a problem that the medal is easily clogged.
[0004]
The present invention provides a coin discharging method that requires a small space for mounting, can discharge a plurality of medals (coins) inserted at a time one by one at a high speed, is difficult to spread and clog up medals, and can be formed in a compact and compact size. It aims at proposing a device and a gaming machine.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention closes one end of a collapsed cylindrical body, and rotates the other end along the inner side surface of the coin storage portion, which has a coin slot formed with a slot for receiving coins and a coin discharge portion at the other end. has a rotating body having a rotating piece, the rotary piece, which was formed a push-up side to push along the inner surface of the coin storage portion in contact with the edge of a coin fallen in the coin storage portion skilled, the On the inner side surface of the coin storage part, a locking side that abuts on the edge of the coin pushed up by the push-up side is formed, and the coin is transferred to the coin discharge unit by a resultant force sandwiched between the locking side and the push-up side. A coin discharge device that discharges one by one .
[0006]
The coin having the above-described structure means a coin-like body and includes a medal in addition to the coin.
According to the above construction, by Rukoto pushed up by pushing the sides of the coins along the inner surface of the Killed tubular body, in a space much smaller than the case of rotating the coin defeated in the bottom surface of the substantially vertical tubular body The coins to be ejected can be rotated. Further, by discharging coins one by one to the coin ejecting portion by the resultant force sandwiched between the locking side and the push-up side, a plurality of rotating coins are moved one by one without countering inertia. Can be discharged.
[0007]
The tilted cylindrical body may be horizontal or inclined.
The one end of the coin storage part may be closed with a rotating body.
The coin discharge portion may be formed at a portion directly beside the side surface of the collapsed cylindrical body, or may be formed at an oblique lateral portion on the upper side or the lower side of the side surface.
The push-up side and the locking side may be linear or curved, and the side itself may be a square side or a curved side.
[0008]
With the above configuration, a plurality of inserted coins can be actually discharged at a high speed one by one, and the coin discharging device can be reduced in size and attached to a small space. Further, the push-up side pushes up coins along the inner side surface of the coin storage unit, and stirs other coins to make them flat inside the coin storage unit, so that the coin storage unit stands in the radial direction. To prevent.
[0009]
As a preferred embodiment, the cylindrical body of the coin storage part is formed in a taper shape in which the diameter on the other end side where the coin discharge part is formed is larger than the diameter on the one end side where the coin discharge part is formed. Can do.
That is, the coin discharge portion coins reservoir is better diameter formed the other end is a coin discharge portion formed by forming a large tapered from the one end side of the diameter is formed in a closed shape the The bottom portion on the other end side is lowered, and the coin pushed up by the push-up side is brought near to the other end side by gravity, so that the coin can easily come out from the discharge portion, and the discharge efficiency is increased. In addition, since the coin falls due to the taper shape, the coin does not remain in the cylindrical body while standing.
[0010]
As a preferred embodiment, coin diffusing means for diffusing coins inserted from the insertion slot can be provided inside the coin storage unit.
That is, by diffusing coins inserted by the coin diffusing means, even if a large number of coins are stacked at once, they can be diffused and stored in the coin storage unit.
[0011]
The present invention can be a gaming machine that inserts coins to play a game, and includes the coin discharging device that discharges a plurality of coins that are inserted at once.
As a result, the gaming machine can be used in the same manner as when a plurality of coins inserted in a lump are ejected one by one by the coin ejection device and coins are inserted one by one.
[0012]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, for example, even when a user manually inserts a plurality of coins at a time, the coin can be discharged one by one with the coin discharging device, so that the user inserts a coin one by one as in the past. Annoying operations are no longer necessary.
[0013]
In addition, since the processing speed of discharging one coin at a time with the coin discharging device is high, for example, when equipped with a gaming machine, for the manager of the amusement facility where the gaming machine is installed, the coin insertion time is This shortens the operating rate of the gaming machine and, as a result, increases sales.
[0014]
In addition, the coin discharging device can be downsized as a whole by pushing up the coin along the inner side surface of the cylindrical body with a push-up side, and can be attached to an empty space with a small amount of attachment side equipment such as a gaming machine. Therefore, even when it is attached to a type of gaming machine in which coins are inserted one by one, the design is not burdened and the cost can be reduced.
[0015]
With the above effects, a gaming machine manufacturer can provide a low-priced and convenient gaming machine, and the amusement facility will introduce the gaming machine at a low price to improve the operating rate and sales of the gaming machine. The user can be freed from the troublesome work of inserting coins one by one.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a slot machine installed in a game hall.
The slot machine 1 is provided with three operation switches 5b that are operated in the middle of the front face in the middle of the game, and has a drive lever 5a on the left side thereof.
[0017]
The slot machine 1 is provided with a container-like slot 2 for receiving about 30 medals M that are coin-like bodies on the front center right side of the front of the slot machine 1, and a return button 3 is provided next to the right side. ing.
A return slot 7 is provided in the lower center of the slot machine 1. For example, when the player presses the return button 3, the medal M is returned from the return slot 7.
[0018]
FIG. 2 shows the state of the inner surface of the slot machine 1 with the front door 1a opened in a single-opening manner. The slot machine body 1b on the opened upper side is provided with a reel 16 that rotates and plays a game. Includes a medal take-up hopper 17, a medal return passage (not shown), and a power supply device 8.
[0019]
On the other hand, on the inner surface side of the front door 1a, a reel cover 15 that covers the reel 16 in a visible manner from the top, a medal of a proper size is taken in by selecting whether or not the medal is appropriate, and a medal of an inappropriate size. A medal selector 19 for returning the tokens to the external return port 7 and a return port 7 for returning the medals M are provided, and a medal discharge device 31 for discharging the medals M one by one is provided on the left side of the medal selector 19.
With the above configuration, a plurality of medals inserted at a time from the insertion slot 2 are sent to the medal selector 19 one by one by the medal ejecting device 31 to recognize regular size medals, and the drive lever 5a and the operation switch 5b. The game by the operation of is allowed.
[0020]
FIG. 3 shows a circuit block diagram of the slot machine 1.
The control unit 20 includes a CPU 21 that executes arithmetic processing and control processing, a non-rewritable nonvolatile ROM 22 that stores a control program for performing each processing, a volatile RAM 23 that records data necessary for operation, a management A communication interface 24 that allows transmission / reception with a device (not shown) or a table machine (not shown) is configured.
[0021]
Connected to the control unit 20, a power supply device 8, a game drive device 4 that is a drive system of the reel 16 (FIG. 2), a game operation device 5 that is a game operation system, and a medal counting device 6 are provided.
The operation of each device will be described. The power supply device 8 converts electric power supplied from the outside into operating power and supplies it to each device.
The game driving device 4 drives the reel 16 based on the control of the control unit 20.
[0022]
The game operation device 5 outputs game signals such as rotation start and rotation stop of the reel 16 to the control unit 20 when the player operates the drive lever 5a and the operation switch 5b.
The medal counting device 6 counts the regular size medals selected by the medal selector 19 and outputs the count signal to the control unit 20.
[0023]
From the above structure and each operation, the slot machine 1 counts the regular size medal M selected by the medal selector 19 among the medals M inserted into the insertion slot 2 by the medal counting device 6, and controls according to the count value. The game is permitted by controlling the unit 20 to drive the reel 16 by the game driving device 4 and stop the reel 16 by the game operation device 5.
[0024]
Next, details of the configuration of the medal discharging device 31 will be described.
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the medal discharge device 31. The medal storage unit 40 temporarily stores medals, the rotating body 50 that rotates and pushes up the medals, the lid of the medal storage unit 40, the insertion port of the medals, and the discharge. A lid 60 that also serves as an outlet, a motor 70 that is a driving force for rotating the rotating body 50, and a power transmission unit 80 that transmits the driving force of the motor 70 to the rotating body 50 are configured.
[0025]
The medal storage unit 40 includes a cylindrical body 41 in which a cylindrical member that is tilted in a substantially horizontal state is formed in a tapered shape with a long front diameter, and a back cover that has a back surface formed in a substantially rectangular plate shape. Close at the top of 42. A shaft hole 42a is provided in the upper center of the back cover 42, and a motor shaft hole 42b is provided in the lower center.
On the left lateral side of the medal storage unit 40, a medal discharging unit 43 for discharging the medal substantially in the front direction is provided. The medal discharge portion 43 is provided with an inclined locking side 43a on the upper portion, and locks the upper portion of the medal pushed up from below, the details of which will be described later.
[0026]
The rotating body 50 includes a disk-shaped back body 51 formed on the back surface, a plate-shaped rotating blade 52 having a thickness of approximately one medal M arranged on the circumference of the disk body, and the rotation blade 52. The wing 52 includes a substantially ring-shaped escape prevention ring 53 provided at the front end of the wing 52 so as to face the back body 51, and a rotating shaft 54 provided perpendicularly to the center of the back body 51. The back body 51 serves as a member for closing the inner part of the medal holding part 40 described above.
[0027]
When the protruding portion of the back surface of the rotating shaft 54 is inserted into the shaft hole 42a of the medal storage unit 40 and rotated around the rotating shaft 54, the outer periphery of the back body 51 and the escape prevention ring 53, and the rotating blades 52 rotates along the inner surface of the cylindrical body 41 described above.
[0028]
The lid 60 is provided with a medal slot 62 having a triangle in a side view and having an upper surface opened at the upper center of a square-shaped plate portion 61. The left side of the plate portion 61 is cut from the vicinity of the center of the left side to the lower right of the front view. A medal discharge groove 63 is provided.
The lid 60 is attached so as to close the front opening of the tubular body 41 provided in the medal storage unit 40, and the left side surface of the medal discharge groove 63 is substantially coincident with the right side surface of the medal discharge unit 43. To do.
[0029]
The motor 70 is rotatably inserted into a motor shaft hole 42 b provided in the medal storage unit 40 and fixed to the back cover 42 by a rotation shaft 71 provided on the back side.
The power transmission unit 80 drives, by a rubber belt 82, a rotating body side roller 81a fitted into the rotating shaft 54 provided in the rotating body 50 and a motor side roller 81b fitted into the rotating shaft 71 provided in the motor 70 described above. Combining forces so that they can be transmitted.
[0030]
The above components are combined to form a medal discharging device 31 as shown in the perspective view of FIG.
The medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 62 are diffused by the rotating shaft 54 and temporarily stored in the medal storage unit 40. When the rotating body 50 rotates clockwise as viewed from the front by the rotational force of the motor 70 transmitted by the power transmission unit 80, the medal M1 that has fallen by the rotating blade 52 is pushed up along the inner surface of the cylindrical body 41, and the locking side 43a and the rotary blade 52 sandwich the coin M, and the resultant force discharges the medals M one by one from the medal discharge groove 63. When a plurality of medals (M1 and M2) are about to be ejected from the medal ejection groove 63, the escape prevention side 53a prevents the medal M2 inside the cylindrical body 41 from coming out. Only the outermost medal M1 in the cylindrical body 41 is discharged.
[0031]
Next, the structure of the medal discharging device 31 will be described with the circuit block diagram of FIG.
The motor 70 attached to the medal storage unit 40 receives a supply of power from the power supply device 8 via the switching device 33 and executes a rotational motion.
The switching device 33 is a device that switches between positive and negative power supplied from the power supply device 8, and switches between positive and negative power supplied to the motor 70 in accordance with a control signal from the control unit 20.
[0032]
The current detection device 34 monitors the current of the motor 70 and transmits a detection signal to the control unit 20 when an overcurrent is detected.
About the power supply device 8 and the control part 20, since it is the same operation | movement demonstrated with FIG. 3, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0033]
With the above structure, the motor 70 receives the power supply from the power supply device 8 and executes a rotational motion to rotate the rotating body 50 (FIG. 5), and the medal M is rotated between the rotating blades 52 and the locking side 43a of the rotating body 50. The medals are discharged from the medal discharge groove 63 with the resultant force. When the coin M is jammed, the current detection device 34 detects an overcurrent, and the control unit 20 causes the switching device 33 to switch between positive and negative of the power source, and reverses the motor 70 to eliminate the jammed state.
[0034]
Next, the operation of sandwiching the medal between the rotary blade 52 and the locking side 43a and discharging the medal with the resultant force will be described with reference to the explanatory diagram shown in FIG.
When the medal M that has fallen along the inner surface of the cylindrical body 41 of the medal storage unit 40 (FIG. 5) is pushed up clockwise by the rotating blades 52 of the rotating body 50, as shown in FIG. The medal M hits the locking side 43 a of the medal discharge portion 43.
[0035]
When the rotary wing 52 is further rotated, the medal M is moved forward (in the figure) by the resultant force Mc of the vertical drag Ma received from the locking side 43a and the vertical drag Mb received from the rotary wing 52, as shown in FIG. To the left).
[0036]
As shown in (C) and (D) in the figure, the medal M is pushed forward in accordance with the rotation of the rotary blade 52 and discharged from the medal discharge groove 63 (FIG. 5).
The push-up side 52a of the rotary blade 52 that pushes up the medal M is formed slightly thinner than the thickness of the medal M, and the tapered surface 52b is formed on the side surface thereof so that the rotary blade 52 has a required strength. After forming, only one coin M is pushed up.
[0037]
With the above configuration, structure, and operation, dozens of medals that are manually inserted by the player into the insertion slot 2 (FIG. 1) can be sent to the medal selector 19 one by one by the medal discharging device 31. Thus, it is not necessary for the player to insert medals one by one. According to the experiment, by rotating the rotating body 50 one to two times per second, about 30 medals can be ejected in 10 seconds (one grip with one hand), and the game speed of the player can be sufficiently handled.
[0038]
In the above-described embodiment, the medal discharge unit 43 may be configured as a member separate from the medal storage unit 40, or a part of the medal storage unit 40 may be configured as a groove having the same shape.
The cylindrical body 41 may not be tapered, but may be formed in a normal cylindrical shape having the same diameter at both ends. In this case, by configuring the medal discharge side to be low, it is possible to bring the medal to the discharge side and make the standing medal unstable and defeat.
In addition, the medal discharging device 31 can be provided as long as it is a device that uses medals (coins), such as a bingo game or a horse racing game in which medals are inserted to play a game.
[0039]
In correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment,
The gaming machine of the present invention corresponds to the slot machine 1 of the embodiment,
Similarly,
The coin discharging device corresponds to the medal discharging device 31,
The coin storage unit corresponds to the medal storage unit 40,
The rotating piece corresponds to the rotating feather 52,
The coin diffusing means corresponds to the rotation shaft 54,
The slot corresponds to the medal slot 62,
The coin corresponds to the medal M,
The present invention is not limited only to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a slot machine.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the slot machine with the front door opened.
FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram of the slot machine.
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the medal discharging device.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a medal discharging device.
FIG. 6 is a circuit block diagram of the medal discharging device.
FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram of the medal discharging device.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Slot machine 31 ... Medal discharge device 40 ... Medal storage part 41 ... Cylindrical body 43a ... Locking side 52 ... Rotating feather 52a ... Push-up side 54 ... Rotating shaft 62 ... Medal insertion slot M ... Medal

Claims (4)

A coin storage part in which one end of the collapsed cylindrical body is closed and an insertion port for receiving coins and a coin discharge part are formed on the other end ;
Has a rotating body comprising a rotating piece which rotates along the inner surface of the coin storage unit,
Forming a push-up side that abuts the edge of the coin that has fallen in the coin storage unit and pushes it up along the inner surface of the coin storage unit on the rotating piece,
On the inner side surface of the coin storage part, a locking side that comes into contact with the edge of the coin pushed up by the push-up side is formed,
A coin discharging apparatus that discharges coins one by one to the coin discharging portion by a resultant force sandwiched between the locking side and the push-up side . Wherein the tubular body of the coin storage unit, coin according to claim 1, wherein the direction of the other end side of the coin discharge portion is formed in diameter were formed in larger tapered than the diameter of the one end side formed in a closed shape Discharging device. The coin discharging apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein a coin diffusing unit for diffusing coins inserted from the insertion slot is provided inside the coin storage unit. A gaming machine that inserts coins and plays a game,
A gaming machine comprising a coin discharging device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein a plurality of coins inserted in a lump are discharged one by one.

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