JP4275037B2 - Slot machines and gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a slot machine and a gaming machine capable of automatically inserting gaming media such as gaming medals and gaming balls.

In slot machines, game medals are inserted into the medal slot, and by operating the start switch, the rotating reels arranged in multiple rows (for example, 3 rows) rotate, and when the stop switch is pressed, the rotation of the rotating reels stops. The game machine is configured such that when the symbols around the rotating reel are arranged with a predetermined probability, a predetermined number of game medals are paid out to the payout medal tray by the payout device.
Conventionally, by inserting bills or coins into a medal lending machine in a game hall, a disk-shaped game medal is paid out, and such game medal is thrown into a medal slot on the front side of the slot machine. As a condition, it was set so that a slot machine game can be executed.

Then, when the player plays the game and the rotary reel can be stopped so that the predetermined symbol is in the predetermined arrangement, the winning is confirmed, and the predetermined number of game medals are stored in a box-like shape at the bottom of the slot machine. Was paid out inside the medal tray. At that time, the game medals to be paid out were discharged to the payout medal tray of the slot machine in a state of being separated one by one. Then, the player grabbed the game medals paid out into the payout medal tray by hand and put them one by one into the medal slot of the slot machine (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
In recent years, slot machines are mainly used in which a predetermined number of game medals to be inserted are stored in the slot machine (so-called credits) and replaced with game medals by operating a bet switch.

In this way, in a slot machine that can be credited, there are many players who play a game after a certain number of cards are inserted in advance. For this reason, a guide recess is provided in front of the medal slot of a conventional slot machine so that a plurality of game medals can be arranged and gradually inserted into the medal slot. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1, FIG. 1 and FIG. 2). Then, a plurality of game medals stacked in a columnar shape are placed in such a guide recess and dropped into the medal insertion from the back side, so that the game medals are collectively put in.
Furthermore, in recent years, even if game medals aligned at the medal slot are not manually inserted one by one, the game medals are automatically inserted into the inserted medal tray in a state where they are automatically aligned. An automatic loading device that has been loaded has been developed (specifically, for example, Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-13010).

In such an automatic insertion device, a hopper-shaped medal insertion port opened upward as a medal insertion port is provided, and a transport belt or a gaming medal conveyed in a state of being overlapped by this belt is provided below the medal insertion port. It is provided with separation means for separating.
In addition, in a game hall where a gaming machine such as a slot machine is installed, a predetermined amount of banknotes is inserted into a banknote insertion slot of a medal lending machine installed on the side of the slot machine so that a player can borrow a game medal for use in the game. In response to this, a predetermined number of game medals are paid out from a medal payout opening provided on the front face of the main body of the medal lending machine. In this way, the medal lending machine that lends game medals is installed on the side of the slot machine, so that even if the player does not stand up, the game medal paid out from the medal lending machine can be used with the slot machine. The game can be performed, and the time for the player to interrupt the game can be shortened. In addition, for the game hall operator, an increase in the number of games per hour of the player by installing a medal lending machine on the side of the slot machine leads to an increase in profits.

On the other hand, a so-called parrot (registered trademark, hereinafter the same) is known in which a pachinko ball, which is a game ball having a spherical shape as a whole, is used as a game medium, and a game similar to a slot machine can be performed. This parrot has a game medium discharge port for paying out game media above or above the upper plate, and a game medium input port at the lower part of the upper plate to input game media inside the upper plate into the game machine. There is. Then, the paid-out game balls and the game balls lent out from the game medium lending machine are inserted from the game medium insertion port by a predetermined switch operation (for example, a bet switch pressing operation), and the start switch and the stop switch are operated. By rotating and stopping the rotating reel and aligning a predetermined pattern, the game ball is paid out from the game medium discharge port to the upper plate. When the game balls are full on the upper plate, the game balls can be stored by moving to a lower plate that is located below the upper plate and can store the game balls. A game medium lending machine for lending a spherical game ball as a game medium is also being considered as the above-described medal lending machine.
JP 2002-95791 A

However, in the conventional medal lending machine described in Patent Document 1 described above, the game medal stored in the payout medal tray located at the lower part of the gaming machine is grabbed by the player by hand and repeated to the upper medal slot, There was a first problem that it had to be lifted and it was cumbersome.
The second problem is that when a game medal in the payout medal tray at the bottom of the gaming machine is grabbed by hand and lifted to the upper medal slot, the game medal is frequently dropped on the floor of the game hall. There was a point.
In addition, there is a third problem that a player's hand is soiled by oil or the like adhering to the game medal by frequently touching the game medal.

  In addition, a rising insertion slot is provided at the lower part of the door that opens and closes the front of the gaming machine to store and store the game medals, and the gaming medals inside the rising insertion slot are inserted into the medal insertion slot of the gaming machine using a lifting device or the like. If it is going to be inserted into the game medal, it is not necessary to grab and lift the game medal to the medal insertion port, so that it is possible to reduce the labor of game medal insertion work. Then, if the rising slot is arranged on the near side so that the gaming medals paid out inside the gaming token tray of the gaming machine can be inserted into the rising slot, depending on the result of the game, The paid-out game medals can also be transferred to the medal slot, and the game medals can be inserted easily. However, there is a fourth problem in that the weight of the motor used for the lifting device and the game medal stored inside the lifting slot will cause the overall weight of the door to become excessive and hinder the opening and closing operation of the door. It was.

In addition, when the above-described lifting device or the like is not formed integrally with the door and is fixed to the upper surface of the structure on which the gaming machine on the front side of the door is placed, when opening and closing the door of the gaming machine, There was a fifth problem that such a lifting device would get in the way.
In addition, a rise insertion slot is provided at the lower part on the front side of the medal renting machine adjacent to the gaming machine so that game medals can be inserted and stored. It can also be inserted into the medal slot of the machine. However, when a plurality of gaming machines are arranged side by side like a gaming hall and a medal lending machine is arranged between each gaming machine, the ascending input provided at the lower part on the front side of the medal lending machine There has been a sixth problem that the mouth, the lifting device, etc. get in the way when opening the door of the gaming machine next to the gaming machine.

Also, so-called parrots that use game balls have the same problems as when using game medals as described above. That is, when the player manually moves the game medium paid out to the lower part of the game medium lending machine or the game medium stored in the lower plate to the upper plate, oil or the like attached to the game ball is removed. The problem of adhering to the hand, and also in the game media lending machine, as in the case of the medal lending machine, if a rising slot or a lifting device is provided at the lower part on the front side of the game medium lending machine, There was a problem similar to that of the medal lending machine, such as when the lifting device or the like opened up the door of the adjacent parrot.
Accordingly, each invention described in each claim has been made in view of the problems of the conventional techniques described above, and the object thereof is as follows.

(Claim 1)
That is, the invention described in claim 1 has been made in view of the first to sixth problems of the prior art described above, and the object is to provide a game medal to the medal slot. Easy and reliable insertion, avoids dirty hands, does not interfere with the opening and closing operation of the slot machine door, and the automatic medal insertion device does not get in the way when opening and closing. it is intended to provide a slot machine that was so as not to interfere even when the opening and closing operation of the door of the slot machine to be.
(Claim 2)
The invention described in claim 2 has the following object in addition to the object of the invention described in claim 1 described above.

That is, the invention described in claim 2 is intended to provide a slot machine in which the automatic medal insertion device can be easily moved to a predetermined position on the front side of the medal lending machine.
(Claim 3)
That is, the invention described in claim 3 has been made in view of the first to sixth problems of the prior art described above, and the object thereof is to a game medium slot of a game medium. Can be easily and reliably inserted, and it is possible to prevent the hands from getting dirty, and there is no hindrance to the opening / closing operation of the door of the gaming machine. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that does not interfere with the operation of opening and closing the doors of adjacent gaming machines.

(Feature point)
Each invention described in each claim has been made to achieve each of the above-mentioned objects, and features of each invention will be described below using embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings. .
In addition, the code | symbol in parenthesis shows the code | symbol used in embodiment of invention, and does not limit the technical scope of this invention.
The drawing numbers also indicate the drawing numbers used in the embodiments of the invention, and do not limit the technical scope of the present invention.
(Claim 1)
The invention described in claim 1 is characterized by the following points.

In other words, it has a door (3) that can be freely opened and closed on the front side, and starts the game on condition that the game medal is inserted into the medal slot (42) of the door (3). in the slot machine (S) to be paid out, between a plurality of the slot machines (S), medal lending machines for lending game medals to the player (100) is disposed, said slot machine (S) is A payout device (5) capable of storing game medals inserted into the slot machine (S) and paying out game medals to the player, and a front surface of the lower part of the door (3) of the slot machine (S) And a payout medal tray (43) for storing game medals paid out from the payout device (5) and a recess in a corner on the front of the slot machine (S), and the payout medal Paid out to the plate (43) An automatic medal insertion device (200) for inserting a game medal into the medal insertion port (42) located above the payout medal tray (43), the medal automatic insertion device (200) Next to the payout medal tray (43), the ascent slot (230) for receiving game medals and the game medal inserted from the ascent slot (230) to the vicinity of the medal slot (42) A lifting device (220) for transferring upward, and a rising medal discharge port (210) for discharging game medals raised by the lifting device (220) toward the medal insertion port (42) The medal automatic insertion device (200) is formed so that the front width of the medal lending machine (100) is smaller than the front width of the medal lending machine (100). 3) is slidably provided between the front side of the medal lending machine (100) and the front side. When the medal automatic insertion device (200) is slid to the front side of the medal lending machine (100), the automatic medal insertion device (200) can open and close the door (3), When slid to the front side of the door (3), the medal automatic insertion device (200) is formed so that it can be used for games, the medal lending machine (100) and the medal automatic insertion device (200) transferring the game medals from the turned transport path (80), the closing transfer passage (80) is a Hisareru inlet cover (85) on the medal insertion slot and is plugged (42), said slot It is formed so as to be removable as a unit between the machine (S) and the medal lending machine (100), and the insertion transfer passage (80) is a medal lending machine side for transferring game medals from the medal lending machine (100). Input transfer inclined passage (81) and the raised medal outlet (21 Slot machine side input / transfer inclined passage (82) for transferring game medals from (0), and the medal lending machine side input / transfer inclined passage (81) and the slot machine side input / transfer inclined passage (82). The passage is formed as one passage on the way and inserted into the slot cover (85) to transfer game medals into the slot cover (85). On the upper surface of (85), a cover insertion port inclined surface (86) in which a plurality of game medals aligned in a semicircular shape can be placed, and the cover input port inclined surface (86 ) And a cover medal slot (87) into which the game medals placed can be inserted, and the slot cover (85) receives the game medals from the slot transfer passage (80) as the medal slot (42). The player can manually insert the cover from above. Game inserted medals dull inlet (87) also, characterized in that it is formed so as to be able to put the medal insertion slot into (42).

Here, “game medals” are not limited to such disk-shaped medals, but may be ordinary coins, spherical ball balls, or stick-shaped medals. Is. Furthermore, as long as some value is given to the player, it is not particularly limited to a specific shape.
(Function)
The present invention relates to a game medal in the payout medal tray (43) through the ascending slot (230), the ascending device (220) and the ascending medal outlet (210) of the medal automatic inserting device (200). It can be introduced into the inlet (42). For this reason, it is not necessary to grasp the game medal inside the payout medal tray (43) at the bottom of the door (3) by hand and lift it up to the position of the medal insertion slot (42), thereby facilitating the game medal insertion work. be able to.

In addition, since the game medal is moved upward by the ascending device (220), it is possible to avoid dropping the game medal accidentally when the game medal is grabbed by hand and moved upward. You can be sure.
In addition, the gaming medals inside the payout medal tray (43) are transferred to the slot machine (S) through the ascent slot (230), the ascent apparatus (220) and the ascent medal outlet (210) of the automatic medal insertion apparatus (200). Therefore, it is possible to reduce the frequency with which the player touches the game medal. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player's hand from getting dirty due to oil or dirt adhering to the game medal.

Further, according to the present invention, when the door (3) is opened and closed, the automatic medal insertion device (200) is moved (slid) to the side of the door (3), and the automatic medal insertion device (200) is moved to the door. It can be separated from (3) and positioned on the front side of the medal lending machine (100). For this reason, when opening and closing the door (3), the weight of the automatic medal insertion device (200) is not added to the door (3). As a result, the weight of the automatic medal insertion device (200) is added to the door (3), the overall weight of the door (3) becomes excessive, and the door (3) opening / closing operation is hindered. Can be avoided.
Since the width of the front surface of the automatic medal insertion device (200) is formed to be smaller than the width of the front surface of the automatic medal insertion device (200), the automatic medal insertion device (200) It can be stored in the space on the front side of the lending machine (100). That is, when the medal automatic insertion device (200) in this state is viewed from the front side, it can be arranged without protruding from the lateral width on the front side of the medal lending machine (100) in any of the left and right directions. In this way, when the automatic medal insertion device (200) is slid to the front side of the medal lending machine (100), the medal automatic insertion device can be opened and closed even if the door (3) of the slot machine (S) is opened and closed. (200) will not get in the way. At that time, the automatic insertion device (200) medals, because there the front side of the medal lending machine (100), not even protrude toward the front side of the adjacent slot machine (S), adjacent to the slot machine It won't get in the way of those who are playing in (S).

When the medal automatic insertion device (200) is used in a game, it can be slid to the front side of the door (3) and arranged on the front side of the door (3). For this reason, the space on the front side of the medal lending machine (100) can be an open space during the game of the slot machine (S). Therefore, during the game of the slot machine (S) is, the slot machine (S) of the medal lending machine (100), the opening work of the door (3) next to the slot machine of the slot machine (S) (S) It will not get in the way.
(Claim 2)
The invention described in claim 2 is characterized by the following points in addition to the features of the invention described in claim 1 described above.

That is, on the front side of the medal lending machine (100), when the medal automatic insertion device (200) is slid to the front side of the medal lending machine (100), the automatic medal insertion device (200) is A slide guide part (271) for guiding to the front side of the lending machine (100) is provided.
(Function)
In the present invention, a slide guide portion (271) is provided on the front side of the medal lending machine (100). For this reason, when the automatic medal insertion device (200) is slid to the front side of the medal lending machine (100), the automatic medal automatic insertion device (200) is easily guided to a predetermined position on the front side of the medal lending machine (100). can do. Thereby, the movement to the predetermined position of the front side of the medal lending machine (100) of the medal automatic insertion device (200) can be facilitated.

(Claim 3)
The invention described in claim 3 is characterized by the following points.
That is, it has a door (3) that can be opened and closed on the front side, and the game is started on the condition that the game medium is inserted into the game medium slot (42) of the door (3), and the game medium is determined based on the game result. In a gaming machine (S) that uses a spherical gaming ball as a gaming medium and performs a game similar to a slot machine, a gaming medium is inserted between the plurality of gaming machines (S). A gaming medium lending machine (100) for lending to the game machine (S) is arranged, the gaming machine (S) can store the gaming medium thrown into the gaming machine (S) and pay out the gaming medium to the player A payout device (5), a lower plate provided on the front side of the lower portion of the door (3) of the gaming machine (S), for storing game media paid out from the payout device (5); The gaming machine (S) is provided in a corner concave portion on the front surface, and the gaming medium paid out to the lower plate, A game medium automatic loading device (200) for loading into the game medium loading port (42) located above the lower plate, the game medium automatic loading device (200) Adjacently, an ascending slot (230) for receiving game media, and an ascending device for transferring the gaming media thrown from the ascending slot (230) upward to the vicinity of the gaming media slot (42) (220) and a rising game medium discharge port (210) for discharging the game medium raised by the lifting device (220) toward the game medium insertion port (42), the game medium automatic loading The lateral width of the front surface of the device (200) is formed to be smaller than the lateral width of the front surface of the gaming medium lending machine (100), and the gaming medium automatic loading device (200) is provided on the door (3). Provided slidably between the front side and the front side of the gaming medium lending machine (100), the gaming medium automatic input device (200), When the game medium lending machine (100) is slid to the front side, the game medium automatic loading device (200) can open and close the door (3) without interfering with the front side of the door (3). When it is slid, the game medium automatic input device (200) is formed so that it can be used for games, and the game medium lending machine (100) and the game medium automatic input device (200) An input transfer path (80) for transferring is formed detachably between the gaming machine (S) and the game medium lending machine (100), and the input transfer path (80) is connected to the game medium lending machine (100). ) A game medium lending machine side input / transfer inclined passage (81) for transferring game media from the above) and a game machine side input / transfer inclined passage (82) for transferring game media from the ascending game medium discharge port (210). The game medium lending machine side input transfer inclined passage (81) and the gaming machine The two passages of the side-injection transfer inclined passage (82) are formed so as to be one passage in the middle and to allow a game medium to be thrown into the game medium insertion port (42). To do.

Here, the game medium includes a spherical game ball such as a pachinko ball. Here, the gaming machine includes a so-called parrot that uses a spherical gaming ball as a gaming medium.
(Function)
The present invention, the game medium inside the lower plate, the game medium input via the ascending input port (230), the ascending device (220) and the ascending game medium discharge port (210) of the automatic game medium input device (200) Can be put into the mouth (42). For this reason, it is not necessary to grab the game medium inside the lower plate at the bottom of the door (3) by hand and lift it up to the position of the game medium input port (42), thereby making it easy to input the game medium. .

Further, since the game medium is moved upward by the lifting device (220), it is possible to avoid dropping the game medium accidentally when the game medium is grabbed by hand and moved upward. You can be sure.
In addition, the game medium in the lower plate is transferred to the game machine (S) through the ascending input port (230), the ascending device (220) and the ascending game medium discharge port (210) of the automatic game medium input device (200). Since it is transferred to the medium slot (42), the frequency with which the player touches the game medium can be suppressed. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player's hands from getting dirty due to oil and dirt adhering to the game medium.

Further, according to the present invention, when opening and closing the door (3), the game media automatic loading device (200) is moved (slid) to the side of the door (3) to open the game media automatic loading device (200). Can be separated from the door (3) and positioned on the front side of the game medium lending machine (100). For this reason, when opening and closing the door (3), the weight of the game medium automatic loading device (200) is not added to the door (3). As a result, the weight of the game medium automatic loading device (200) is added to the door (3), the overall weight of the door (3) becomes excessive, and the opening / closing operation of the door (3) is hindered. You can avoid that.
And since the lateral width of the front surface of the game media automatic loading device (200) is formed to be smaller than the lateral width of the front surface of the game media automatic loading device (200), the game media automatic loading device (200) Can be stored in the space on the front side of the game medium lending machine (100). That is, the game medium automatic insertion device (200) in such a state can be arranged without protruding from the lateral width on the front side of the game medium lending machine (100) in any of the left and right directions when viewed from the front side. it can. As described above, when the gaming medium automatic insertion device (200) is slid to the front side of the gaming medium lending machine (100), the gaming medium can be opened and closed even if the door (3) of the gaming machine (S) is opened and closed. The automatic loading device (200) does not get in the way. At that time, the game media automatic loading device (200) is on the front side of the game media lending machine (100) and does not protrude toward the front side of the adjacent game machine (S). It does not get in the way of those who are playing with the game machine (S).

Further, when the game medium automatic insertion device (200) is used for a game, it can be slid to the front side of the door (3) and arranged on the front side of the door (3). For this reason, the space on the front side of the game medium rental machine (100) can be an open space during the game of the game machine (S). Therefore, during the game of the gaming machine (S), the gaming medium lending machine (100) of the gaming machine (S) opens the door (3) of the gaming machine (S) next to the gaming machine (S). There is no obstacle to work.
Furthermore, when the game medium automatic input device (200) is slid to the front side of the game medium rental machine (100), the game medium automatic input device (200) is placed on the front side of the game medium rental machine (100). ) To the front side of the game media rental machine (100).

  When formed in this way, when the gaming medium automatic loading device (200) is slid to the front side of the gaming medium lending machine (100), the gaming medium automatic loading apparatus (200) is moved to the front side of the gaming medium lending machine (100). It is possible to easily guide to a predetermined position. Thereby, the movement to the predetermined position of the front side of the game medium lending machine (100) of the game medium automatic input device (200) can be facilitated.

Since this invention is comprised as mentioned above, there exists an effect as described below.
(Claim 1)
According to invention of Claim 1, there exist the following effects.
That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily and reliably insert game medals into the medal slot, and to prevent the hands from getting dirty, and to obstruct the opening / closing operation of the door of the slot machine. In addition, it is possible to provide a slot machine that does not obstruct the opening / closing operation of the door of the adjacent slot machine .
(Claim 2)
According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, the following effect is obtained.

That is, according to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a slot machine that can easily move the automatic medal insertion device to a predetermined position on the front side of the medal lending machine.
(Claim 3)
That is, according to the third aspect of the invention, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, according to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily and surely insert the game medium into the game medium insertion slot, to prevent the hand from getting dirty, and to obstruct the opening / closing operation of the door of the game machine. Therefore, it is possible to provide a gaming machine in which the game medium automatic loading device does not get in the way when opening and closing, and further does not get in the way when opening and closing the door of the adjacent gaming machine.

(Explanation of drawings)
1 to 11 show an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 1 is an external perspective view of the slot machine and medal lending machine, FIG. 2 is an external plan view of the slot machine and medal lending machine, FIG. 3 is an external plan view of a state in which opening the door of the adjacent slot machines, 4 game external front view of the slot machine and medal lending machines in hole, FIG. 5 is an external perspective view of a slide guide means, FIG 6 is a front view of the inlet cover, (a) above the medal slot the inlet cover FIG. 7B is a front view of the appearance of the medal slot with a slot cover, FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the slot cover, and FIG. 8 is a slot transfer communication path. 9 is a schematic plan view of the lower delivery disk, FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the medal standing device, and FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view of the lifting device.

The slot machine S according to the present embodiment has a door 3 that can be opened and closed on the front side, starts a game on condition that a game medal is inserted into the medal slot 42 of the door 3, and depending on the game result A game medal is paid out and is called a so-called slot machine.
Usually, in the game hall, next to the slot machine S, a medal lending machine 100 for lending a game medal to the player is arranged.
(Medal lending machine 100)
The medal lending machine 100 has a thin box shape as a whole, and lends a game medal to the player adjacent to the slot machine S. In the game hall, as shown in FIG. 4, the medal lending machine 100 is sandwiched between each slot machine S in a so-called island arrangement in which a plurality of slot machines S are arranged in a horizontal direction. Arranged. Then, the medal lending machine 100, as shown in FIG. 1, with the slot machine S disposed on the right side from the front of the medal lending machine 100, permits automatic insertion of a game medal to the slot machine according S It is what you are doing. That is, the game medals discharged from the rental medal payout device 260 of the medal lending machine 100 can be transferred to the medal slot 42 of the slot machine S through the slot transfer passage 80.

The medal lending machine 100 has a bill insertion slot 251 on the front surface thereof. The medal lending machine 100 includes a bill counter 250 that determines whether or not the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 251 is appropriate and counts the number of inserted bills.
The medal lending machine 100 is provided with a lending medal payout device 260 capable of storing and lending game medals for lending to a player on the banknote counter 250. The lending medal payout device 260 can lend a predetermined number of game medals to the player from the lending medal discharge port 240 in accordance with the number of bills counted by the bill counter 250.

( Slot Machine S)
The slot machine S is roughly divided into a box-shaped housing 1 having a front opening that opens to the front side, and a door 3 for closing the front opening of the housing 1 so as to be openable and closable. Yes. Various devices for playing games are arranged inside the housing 1 and on the back side of the door 3. This slot machine S is provided with a hinge that can be rotated on the left side of the door 3 when viewed from the front side, and is rotated from the closed state to the clockwise direction when viewed from above with the hinge as a center. Is formed to transition to. Then, the slot medal lending machine 100 supplies the medal to the machine S on the right side when viewed from the front side of the slot machine S are arranged. In the game hall, as shown in FIG. 4, a combination of the slot machine S and the medal lending machine 100 as described above is continuously arranged in the horizontal direction.

It said slot machine S includes a game dispenser capable payout of game medals to user 5 together with storing the game medal inserted to the inside slot machine S, provided on the front side of the lower part of the door 3 of the slot machine S, The payout medal tray 43 for storing game medals paid out from the payout device 5 and the game medals paid out on the payout medal tray 43 to the medal slot 42 located above the payout medal tray 43 From the medal automatic insertion device 200 for insertion, the insertion transfer passage 80 for guiding the game medals discharged from the medal automatic insertion device 200 and the medal lending machine 100 to the medal insertion port 42, and from the input transfer passage 80 In addition to the game medals, an input port cover 85 is provided that can input game medals inserted from above into the medal input port 42.

(Case 1)
The casing 1 is generally box-shaped and has a top plate that covers the top, a side plate that covers the left and right sides, a bottom plate that covers the bottom, and a back plate that covers the back side. The front opening is covered by a door 3 that can be opened and closed. Although not particularly shown, an intermediate plate is passed in the lateral direction at the approximate center of the housing 1. A reel unit including a rotating reel having a plurality of symbols drawn around it and a driving motor for rotating the rotating reel is disposed on the upper portion of the casing 1 on the middle plate. . A control device for controlling the internal components of the slot machine S is fixed to the upper side of the housing 1 on the back side. The lower part of the middle plate of the housing 1 stores a power supply device for supplying power to each component and a game medal for the player to put in and pay out to the player. Is provided with a payout device 5, which is a so-called hopper unit, which can pay out a game medal to the player in the case of winning.

In the present specification, the "front side" or "front side", the player, such player if that is positioned facing the slot machine S in front of the door 3 of the slot machine S Means the front side of the person. Therefore, the front side direction and the near side direction mean a direction from the back of the slot machine S toward the front (front). Further, the “back side” means the back side when viewed from the player when the player is positioned facing the slot machine S in front of the slot machine S. Therefore, the rear side direction means a direction from the front of the slot machine S toward the rear.
(Door 3)
The door 3 is a plate-like door formed to be rotatable and lockable on the left side plate toward the housing 1.

In the substantially central part of the upper part of the door 3, there is a symbol display window 31 through which the symbol of the rotating reel can be seen from the front side. A device 32 is provided.
An operation part 41 for operating the slot machine S is formed in the approximate center of the door 3.
A box-shaped payout medal tray 43 for storing game medals paid out by the payout device 5 is formed below the door 3. A front panel 50 for displaying game contents and other guidance is fitted on the payout medal tray 43 below the door 3.
As the operation unit 41, a medal slot 42 for a player to insert a game medal for playing a game is formed at the right end of the center of the door 3. A bet switch 35 is formed on the left side of the substantially center of the door 3. The bet switch 35 can replace game medals (so-called credit medals) stored in the slot machine S up to a predetermined number (for example, 50) with game medals. In addition, a lever-type start switch 34 for starting the rotation of the rotating reel by operation is formed on the left front side of the operation unit 41. A button-type stop switch 36 capable of stopping each of the three rotary reels by operation is formed on the front side of the approximate center of the operation unit 41. On the right side of the operation unit 41, a key hole 44 that can unlock the door 3 is formed. When a predetermined key is inserted into the keyhole 44 and turned, the door lock mechanism of the door 3 is unlocked.

Further, on the back side of the door 3, a medal selector 48 for determining whether the game medal is correct or not while guiding the game medal inserted from the medal slot 42 is provided. Inside the medal selector 48 is provided an insertion switch that generates an electric signal when an appropriate game medal is inserted.
(Medal slot 42)
The medal slot 42 is a hole having a substantially rectangular opening, and the width of the medal slot 42 is set to be slightly larger than the thickness of the game medal. The length is set to be slightly larger than the diameter of the game medal. The medal slot 42 has a passage for transferring game medals to the medal selector 48 disposed below the medal slot 42. Therefore, the game medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 42 are guided to the medal selector 48.

As shown in FIG. 7, on the front side of the medal insertion slot 42, an insertion slot inclined surface 51 that is inclined downward toward the front side is formed. The insertion port inclined surface 51 is formed in a semicircular concave shape that substantially matches the shape of the periphery of the circle of the game medal. When a player wants to directly insert a game medal by hand, the game medal arranged in a plurality of cylindrical shapes is placed on the inclined surface 51 of the slot and gradually inward from the front side. By pushing, it is possible to insert game medals into the medal insertion slot 42 one by one.
The medal slot 42 is covered with a slot cover 85. The slot cover 85 allows the game medals from the medal automatic insertion device 200 and the medal lending machine 100 to be inserted into the medal slot 42, and the game medals manually inserted from above by the player It is formed so that it can be guided to the inlet 42.

(Inlet cover 85)
The insertion slot cover 85 has a box shape that covers the top of the medal insertion slot 42. As described above, the gaming slot from the medal automatic insertion device 200 and the medal lending machine 100 is manually inserted from above. The game medals are guided to the medal slot 42.
On the upper surface of the inlet cover 85, a cover inlet inclined surface 86 having the same role as the inlet inclined surface 51 is formed. A cover medal slot 87 into which a game medal can be inserted from above is formed on the back side of the cover slot inclined surface 86 of the slot cover 85. The cover medal slot 87 is a hole having a substantially rectangular opening, and has the same shape as the medal slot 42. Under the cover medal slot 87, an upper slot 84, which is a slit-shaped passage for guiding game medals inserted from the cover medal slot 87 toward the medal slot 42, is formed. ing. Further, on the right side from the front of the upper insertion slit 84, the tip of the insertion transfer passage 80 to which the game medals from the medal lending machine 100 and the automatic medal automatic insertion device 200 are transferred is arranged. A transfer medal slit 88 is formed at the tip of the insertion transfer passage 80. The transfer medal slit 88 is opened to input game medals from the medal lending machine 100 and the medal automatic insertion device 200 into the upper insertion slit 84. That is, the game medal discharged from the transfer medal slit 88 is formed so as to be inserted into the medal insertion slot 42 through the upper insertion slit 84.

(Input transfer passage 80)
The insertion transfer passage 80 guides the game medals discharged from the rental medal payout device 260 of the medal lending machine 100 to the medal insertion port 42, and from the rising medal discharge port 210 of the lifting device 220 of the automatic medal insertion device 200. This is for guiding the discharged game medals to the medal slot 42.
Specifically, the insertion transfer passage 80 includes a medal lending machine side input transfer inclined passage 81 for transferring game medals discharged from the lending medal payout device 260 of the medal lending machine 100, and a rising medal discharge of the medal automatic insertion device 200. The slot machine side loading / transfer inclined passage 82 for transferring game medals discharged from the outlet 210 is provided. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the two passages of the medal lending machine side input / transfer inclined passage 81 and the slot machine side input / transfer inclined passage 82 become a single passage on the way and become the input port cover 85. It is formed so as to be inserted into the internal upper slit 84.

The medal lending machine side input / transfer inclined passage 81 is formed to be twisted 90 degrees in the axial direction. As the game medals slide or roll inside the medal lending machine side input transfer inclined passage 81, the game medals change the inclination angle naturally from the horizontal state to the vertical state. Is formed.
The slot machine side input / transfer inclined passage 82 is formed in a vertically standing state so that a game medal standing from the rising medal outlet 210 can be transferred while standing as it is. .
Note that both the inlet cover 85 and the inlet transfer passage 80 are integrally formed in a combined state. The insertion port cover 85 is formed so as to be disposed at a predetermined position simply by covering the medal insertion port 42 from above, and the upper end of the insertion transfer passage 80 is not particularly illustrated but is L-shaped. It is formed to be detachable from the rental medal discharge port 240 by a hook having a simple structure. Thus, the integrated slot cover 85 and slot transfer passage 80 can be easily detached from the slot machine S and the medal lending machine 100.

Thus, since it can be easily removed, the slot cover 85 and the slot transfer passage 80 can be easily detached from the slot machine S and the medal lending machine 100 as a unit. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, when the door 3 of the slot machine S is opened, the door 3 that opens and closes the input port cover 85 and the input transfer passage 80 by removing the input port cover 85 and the input transfer passage 80. It will not interfere with the rotation movement.
Further, integrally as shown in FIG. 3, the door 3 in the hinge center, the slot machine has inlet cover 85 and turned transport path 80 used in the slot machine S on the left side from the front of S to be greater opening Therefore, even if the door 3 is largely opened, the adjacent input / transfer passage 80 does not obstruct the opening of the door 3 and the maximum opening / closing angle does not become small.

(Medal selector 48)
The medal selector 48 can determine whether or not the game medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 42 are appropriate ones made of a predetermined size and shape. Then, the medal selector 48 turns on the insertion switch 47 inside the medal selector 48 if the game medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 42 is an appropriate game medal determined in advance. The appropriate game medals are stored in the payout device 5. On the other hand, if the game medal inserted from the medal slot 42 is inappropriate, the game medal is formed to be discharged to the payout medal tray 43 below.

(Dispensing device 5)
The payout device 5 is for paying out game medals to the player based on the result of the game. The payout device 5 can store the inserted game medals and, in the case of a predetermined prize, It is possible to pay out game medals to the payout medal tray 43. This payout device 5 is also called an alias, a hopper unit.
The payout device 5 includes a hopper-like device that opens upward, a disc that can feed game medals one by one, and a drive motor that rotates the disc. Such a disk has substantially the same shape as the lower delivery disk 234 in FIG. 9, and a circular hole around which the game medal can enter one by one on the surface, Is formed. The game medals are pushed out one by one by a pin protruding toward the lower part of the disk, and a predetermined number of game medals can be paid out to the payout medal tray 43 through the payout outlet 45. is there.

(Payout medal plate 43)
The payout medal tray 43 is located at the lower part on the front side of the door 3 and is a box-shaped container for storing game medals paid out from the payout device 5 toward the player. Near the center of the payout medal tray 43, there is provided a payout outlet 45 through which game medals paid out from the payout device 5 are discharged toward the payout medal tray 43.
The payout medal tray 43 is provided with a standing wall 46 that opens upward and covers the periphery thereof.
Between the payout medal tray 43 and the rising insertion slot 230, an insertion slot transfer section 90 for transferring game medals from the payout medal tray 43 to the rising insertion slot 230 is formed.

(Input port transfer section 90)
The insertion slot transfer unit 90 is located between the payout medal tray 43 and the ascent slot 230 and can smoothly transfer the game medals inside the payout medal tray 43 to the ascent slot 230. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the input port transfer unit 90 includes an input port transfer communication path 91 that communicates between the payout medal tray 43 and the rising input port 230. The insertion port transfer communication path 91 is formed such that the bottom surface of the right end portion toward the payout medal tray 43 is an inclined surface that is inclined up to the upper end surface of the ascending input port 230.
(Medal automatic insertion device 200)
The automatic medal insertion device 200 is for inserting the game medals paid out to the payout medal tray 43 into the medal slot 42 located above the payout medal tray 43.

The medal automatic inserting device 200 is located at the lower part of the automatic medal inserting device 200 and is adjacent to the payout medal tray 43 adjacent to the substantially box-shaped box-shaped main body 205 and the upper surface of the box-shaped main body 205 for receiving game medals. An ascending slot 230 that is opened to the top, a rising device 220 for transferring the game medals inserted from the rising slot 230 to the vicinity of the medal slot 42, and a medal slot that is raised by the lifting device 220 And a rising medal outlet 210 for discharging toward 42.
The front width of the medal automatic insertion device 200 is formed to be smaller than the front width of the medal lending machine 100.
The medal automatic insertion device 200 is slidable between the front side of the door 3 and the front side of the medal lending machine 100. In other words, the automatic medal insertion device 200 can be slid to the front side of the door 3 and positioned on the front side of the door 3 when used in a game. Then, when opening and closing the door 3 of the slot machine S, the automatic medal insertion device 200 is separated from the door 3 and slid to the front side of the medal lending machine 100 and is positioned on the front side of the medal lending machine 100 be able to.

On the front side of the box-shaped main body 205 described above, an automatic insertion switch 49 that can be operated by a player is formed to operate the automatic medal automatic insertion device 200. When the automatic insertion switch 49 is operated by the player, the lower delivery disk 234 and the ascending device 220 are operated to transfer the game medals inside the ascent insertion slot 230 to the medal insertion slot 42.
(Slide guide means 270)
The slide guide means 270 allows the medal automatic insertion device 200 to slide between the front side of the door 3 and the front side of the medal lending machine 100. That is, the slide guide means 270 can be positioned on the front side of the door 3 when the medal automatic insertion device 200 is used for games, and when the door 3 of the slot machine S is opened and closed, the automatic medal insertion The apparatus 200 can be separated from the door 3 and positioned on the front side of the medal lending machine 100.

The slide guide means 270 is located on the front side of the medal lending machine 100, and when the automatic medal litter 200 is slid to the front side of the medal lending machine 100, the automatic medal litter 200 is placed on the front side of the medal lending machine 100. A slide guide 271 is provided for guiding the user. Specifically, the slide guide portion 271 is formed by two long slide rails 273. The slide rail 273 is formed in a trapezoidal shape in which the vertical cross-sectional shape has an upper side longer than a lower side.
The slide guide means 270 includes a slide groove 272 into which the above-described slide rail 273 can be fitted at the lower part of the box-shaped main body 205 of the automatic medal automatic insertion device 200. The vertical cross-sectional shape of the slide groove 272 is formed in a trapezoidal shape in which the length of the upper side is larger than the length of the lower side so as to match the vertical cross-sectional shape of the slide rail 273. Then, by passing the slide rail 273 through the slide groove 272, the automatic medal automatic insertion device 200 can be freely moved in the longitudinal direction of the slide rail 273, but the other directions cannot be moved. Since both are formed in the trapezoidal shape as described above, the upward movement of the automatic medal insertion device 200 is restricted, and the automatic medal insertion device 200 can be prevented from coming off the slide rail 273.

(Rise inlet 230)
The ascending slot 230 is formed in the box-shaped main body 205 at the bottom of the medal automatic insertion device 200, and is used for receiving game medals adjacent to the payout medal tray 43. is there. The ascending inlet 230 is formed in a hole shape that opens upward from the box-shaped main body 205 and opens in a substantially square box shape. The ascending slot 230 is arranged adjacent to the payout medal tray 43 at the bottom of the slot machine S during the game, so that the game medal can be easily inserted from the slot transfer communication path 91 of the payout medal tray 43. Is formed.
Specifically, during the game, the medal automatic insertion device 200 is arranged in a state of moving to the leftmost side from the front. In this state, the ascending slot 230 is disposed adjacent to the right side of the payout medal tray 43 at the bottom of the slot machine S during the game. For this reason, the game medal paid out inside the payout medal plate 43 at the bottom of the slot machine S is moved to the payout medal plate 43 by moving it sideways without grasping it by hand and lifting it up to the medal slot 42. It can be easily moved to the adjacent ascending inlet 230.

Further, between the payout medal tray 43 and the ascending input port 230, an input port transfer communication path 91 that communicates both is formed. For this reason, the game medals paid out to the payout medal tray 43 can be moved to the ascending input port 230 while sliding inside the input port transfer communication path 91 by hand. Thus, it is not necessary for the player to grab the game medals paid out to the payout medal tray 43 by hand, take out the game medals from the payout medal plate 43 once, and lift it up to the ascending slot 230. It is possible to facilitate the transfer of game medals to the ascending slot 230.
Then, the game medal that has moved to the rising insertion slot 230 can be automatically moved to the medal insertion slot 42 via the lifting device 220 and the insertion transfer passage 80. That is, as a result, by throwing the game medals paid out to the payout medal tray 43 of the slot machine S into the ascent slot 230, through the ascent device 220, the ascent medal outlet 210 and the insertion transfer passage 80, The medal slot 42 can be automatically inserted.

Further, when the game medal paid out into the payout medal tray 43 is inserted into the medal slot 42 by making the insertion port transfer communication path 91 of the payout medal tray 43 upwardly inclined toward the ascent slot 230. Therefore, the player's intention can be surely intervened in the insertion of the game medal into the medal insertion slot 42 because the operation of pushing by the player's hand is always involved. As a result, it is possible to avoid that the paid-out game medal is automatically inserted into the slot machine S against the player's intention.
In this embodiment, the automatic insertion switch 49 is provided. Instead of providing the automatic insertion switch 49, a medal detection such as an optical sensor capable of detecting the presence of a game medal is provided inside the rising insertion slot 230. It is also possible to provide a means for starting the operation of the automatic medal insertion device 200 when the detection signal of the medal detection means is generated.

(Lower feed disc 234)
The lower delivery disk 234 is located inside the box-shaped main body 205 and is arranged at the bottom of the ascending slot 230, and the game medal inside the ascending slot 230 is passed through the medal erection device 235, It is for sending out to the inside of the raising apparatus 220.
This lower delivery disk 234 has the same structure as the disk used in the slot machine S payout device 5 and the medal lending machine 100 loan medal payout device 260. The game medals stored randomly on the board 234 can be sent one by one in an aligned state. As shown in FIG. 9, a circular medal hole 225 having a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the game medal is formed on the entire circumference of the lower delivery disk 234. The lower delivery disk 234 is rotated so that a game medal can enter the circular medal hole 225. A pin 226 fixed to the outside protrudes toward the lower surface of the lower feed disk 234. On the lower surface side of the lower delivery disk 234, a groove (not shown) is formed by a protruding pin 226 so as not to inhibit the rotation of the lower delivery disk 234. The lower delivery disk 234 is rotated so that the game medals in the lower delivery disk 234 pushed out against the pin 226 are sent to the outside one by one. Then, the game medals delivered by the lower delivery disk 234 are erected in the vertical direction through the medal erection device 235. The game medals standing in the vertical direction are supplied to the ascending device 220 through a passage that enters the spiral inside of the ascending device 220.

(Medal standing device 235)
The medal erection device 235 is disposed inside the box-shaped main body 205. As shown in FIG. 10, the medal erection device 235 stands for the game medals that are pushed out one by one from the lower delivery disc 234 in the horizontal direction. It is a device for installing. The medal erection device 235 according to the present embodiment rotates a thin rectangular tube-shaped transfer path for transferring game medals little by little with the center in the transfer direction as the central axis of rotation to the extent that the game medals are not jammed in the middle. Thus, the game medal is erected by twisting the transfer angle. Of course, the mechanism for standing the game medals of the medal standing device 235 is not limited to this. For example, the medal erection device 235 has the outer peripheral surface tilt angle changed by about 90 degrees in a circumferential shape, and rotates the deforming cam so that the game medal is erected along the inclined surface. Something like that is good too.

(Climbing device 220)
The ascending device 220 is for transferring a game medal inserted from the ascending slot 230 to the vicinity of the medal slot 42.
Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the lifting device 220 has a substantially rectangular tube shape as a whole and is positioned at the center of the rectangular tube portion 221 erected in the vertical direction and the square tube portion 221. A cylindrical rotation shaft portion 222 that is rotatable, a spiral portion 223 that protrudes outward in a spiral manner on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft portion 222, and a drive for rotating the rotation shaft portion 222 And a motor (not shown). The game medals erected by the medal erection device 235 are inserted into the rectangular tube part 221 from the lower part of the ascending device 220, and the rectangular cylinder part 221 and the rotating shaft part are kept standing. It enters the space between 222 and the spiral part 223. Then, the rotating shaft 222 is rotated by the drive motor, so that the game medal is moved upward in the space between the rectangular tube portion 221, the rotating shaft portion 222, and the spiral portion 223 to the spiral portion 223. Can be moved along.

On the slot machine S side of the upper part of the rectangular tube portion 221, there is formed a quadrangular rising medal discharge port 210 that opens to the front and back, which has a shape slightly larger than the longitudinal section of the game medal.
(Rising medal outlet 210)
The raised medal outlet 210 is a hole that faces the upper outer side of the ascending device 220 and opens on the front and back of the rectangular tube portion 221 for discharging the game medal raised by the ascending device 220 to the outside. That is, all the game medals that have risen along the spiral portion 223 in the rectangular tube portion 221 of the lifting device 220 are all discharged to the outside of the square tube portion 221 from the raised medal outlet 210 above the square tube portion 221. It is formed as follows. A slot machine side input / transfer inclined passage 82 of the input / transfer passage 80 is formed outside the raised medal discharge port 210. That is, the game medals discharged from the raised medal discharge port 210 are formed so as to be inserted into the slot machine side input / transfer inclined passage 82.

(Function)
In the slot machine S according to the present embodiment, the game medals in the payout medal tray 43 are inserted into the insertion port transfer passage 91, the rising insertion port 230, the medal standing device 235, the lifting device 220, the rising medal discharge port 210, the slot. The medal slot 42 can be thrown in via the machine- side throwing / inclining passage 82 and the upper throwing slit 84. For this reason, it is not necessary to grab the game medal inside the payout medal tray 43 below the door 3 by hand and lift it up to the position of the medal slot 42, so that the game medal can be inserted easily.
Further, since the game medal is moved upward by the ascending device 220, when the game medal is grabbed by hand and moved upward, it is possible to avoid dropping the game medal by mistake, and the game medal can be surely inserted. Can be a thing.

Further, in order to transfer the game medals inside the payout medal tray 43 to the medal slot 42 of the slot machine S through the ascent slot 230, the ascent apparatus 220, and the ascent token outlet 210 of the medal automatic slot device 200, the player Can reduce the frequency of touching game medals. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player's hand from getting dirty due to oil or dirt adhering to the game medal.
Further, when opening and closing the door 3, the automatic medal device 200 is moved (slid) along the slide rail 273 toward the side of the door 3 to separate the automatic medal device 200 from the door 3. The medal lending machine 100 can be positioned on the front side. For this reason, when the door 3 is opened and closed, the weight of the medal automatic insertion device 200 is not added to the door 3. As a result, the weight of the automatic medal insertion device 200 is added to the door 3, the overall weight of the door 3 becomes excessive, and the load is concentrated on the hinge when the door 3 is opened and closed, which hinders the opening and closing operation. Can be avoided.

And since the width of the front surface of the medal automatic insertion device 200 is formed to be smaller than the width of the front surface of the automatic medal insertion device 200, the automatic medal insertion device 200 is provided on the front side of the medal lending machine 100. Can fit inside the space. That is, when the medal automatic insertion device 200 in such a state is viewed from the front side, it can be arranged without protruding from the lateral width of the front side of the medal lending machine 100 in either of the left and right directions. In this way, when the automatic medal insertion device 200 is slid to the front side of the medal lending machine 100, the automatic medal insertion device 200 does not get in the way even when the door 3 of the slot machine S is opened and closed. . Also, at that time, the medal automatic insertion device 200, in the front side of the medal lending machine 100, since not even protrude toward the front side of the adjacent slot machine S, and the game next to the slot machine S It will not get in the way of those who are. In addition, before performing this operation, the input port cover 85 and the input transfer passage 80 are removed as a unit.

When the medal automatic insertion device 200 is used for a game, it can be slid to the front side of the door 3 and arranged on the front side of the door 3. For this reason, the space on the front side of the medal lending machine 100 can be an open space during the game of the slot machine S. Therefore, during the game of the slot machine S, the medal lending machine 100 of the slot machine S is, never get in the way of the open work of the door 3 of the slot machine S next to the slot machine S.
(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to a slot machine that uses a disk-shaped game medal as the game medium as described above. For example, the present invention can be applied to a so-called parrot that uses a spherical game ball such as a pachinko ball used for a pachinko instead of a disc-shaped game medal as a game medium.

A parrot is a gaming machine that uses a gaming ball, which is a spherical metal ball that can also be used as a pachinko ball, to perform a game similar to a slot machine. Hereinafter, the case where this invention is applied to this parrot is demonstrated.
In the parrot according to the present embodiment, the same part number is assigned to the same part as that described in the above-described slot machine, and will be described below.
Although not specifically illustrated, this parrot has a door 3 that can be opened and closed on the front side, and is provided on the condition that a game ball as a game medium is thrown into the game medium insertion port 42 at the bottom of the upper plate of the door 3. A game is started and a game ball is paid out according to the game result. Between the plurality of parrots, a game medium lending machine 100 for lending game balls to the player is arranged.

  Although the parrot is not particularly illustrated, a display window 31 is formed on the front surface of the housing so that the symbol of the rotating reel can be visually recognized. An operation unit 41 provided with operation means such as a start switch 34 and a stop switch 36 is formed below the display window 31 and in a substantially central portion of the parrot. In the upper part of the operation unit 41, there is an upper plate for temporarily storing game balls to be inserted into the parrot, and the upper part of the upper plate is positioned above the upper plate. A game medium outlet for paying out the inside of the dish and a game medium slot 42 for placing a game ball as a game start condition inside the parrot are provided at the lower part of the upper dish. A lower plate is formed at the lower part of the housing for dropping and storing the game balls stored in the upper plate. In addition, a lower tray discharge port for discharging game balls from the inside of the parrot to the inside of the lower plate is formed in the upper portion of the lower tray. In addition, it is formed so that the game ball stored in the upper plate can be moved from the lower plate discharge port to the lower plate through the inside of the gaming machine by the player's operation. If the game ball from the game medium outlet of the upper plate is not discharged to the upper plate, the game ball that has been discharged overflows from the middle of the path to the upper plate and is discharged from the lower plate. It is formed so as to be paid out to the lower plate through the outlet.

  When a game ball is put into the upper plate, the game ball is provided at the bottom of the upper plate and moves to the game medium insertion port 42 communicating with the inside of the parrot. The game medium slot 42 corresponds to the medal slot 42 described in the above embodiment. When the bet switch 35 of the operation unit 41 is operated, a predetermined number of game balls are inserted from the game medium insertion port 42, and the game can be started. Therefore, the rotating reel is rotated by operating the start switch 34, and the rotating reel is stopped by operating the stop switch 36. At this time, when the symbols displayed on the plurality of rotating reels stop in a predetermined position mode, a winning is won, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out from the game medium discharge port to the upper plate.

Here, the parrot housing 1 is a frame member having an opening at the front and the back, and is fixed in parallel to a so-called island facility of a game arcade. Inside the island, although not shown in particular, there is a ball circulation device for supplying a winning ball for paying out when winning a prize or sucking an inserted ball. Is provided with a game medium lending machine 100. The game medium lending machine 100 lends a game ball in exchange for money when a bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 251.
The game medium lending machine 100 is arranged between a plurality of parrots that start a game on condition that a spherical game ball as a game medium is inserted into the game medium insertion port 42, and lends the game medium to a player. belongs to. The parrot includes a game medium automatic input device 200 for inputting the game balls stored in the lower plate into the game medium input port 42 below the upper plate located above the lower plate.

This automatic game medium insertion device 200 is the same as the above-described automatic medal automatic insertion device 200, and is located at the lower part of the automatic game medium automatic insertion device 200, and has a substantially box-shaped box-shaped main body 205 and a payout game medium tray 43. Adjacently, a rising slot 230 opened on the upper surface of the box-shaped main body 205 to receive the game medium, and a lift for transferring the game medium thrown from the rising slot 230 to the vicinity of the game medium slot 42 A device 220 and a rising game medium discharge port 210 for discharging the game medium raised by the lifting device 220 toward the game medium insertion port 42 are provided.
Then, the lateral width of the front surface of the game medium automatic loading device 200 is formed to be smaller than the lateral width of the front surface of the game medium lending machine 100.

The game medium automatic loading device 200 is slidable between the front side of the door 3 and the front side of the game medium lending machine 100. In other words, the game media automatic loading device 200 can be slid to the front side of the door 3 and positioned on the front side of the door 3 when used for gaming. Then, when opening and closing the door 3 of the gaming machine S, the gaming medium automatic insertion device 200 is separated from the door 3 and slid to the front side of the gaming medium lending machine 100, so that the front side of the gaming medium lending machine 100 Can be located.
Specifically, in place of the above-described medal slot 42 in the description of the embodiment of the slot machine using the gaming medals described above, the gaming medium is loaded at the bottom of the upper plate and the gaming balls are inserted into the inside. A mouth 42 is used, and a game medium selector 48 for selecting an appropriate game ball is used instead of the medal selector 48 in the slot machine. As shown in FIG. 13, the insertion transfer passage 80 is formed in a shape and dimension that allows a spherical game ball to pass instead of a game medal. Then, instead of the medal lending machine side input transfer inclined passage 81 of the input transfer passage 80 of the medal automatic input device 200, a game medium lending machine side input transfer inclined passage 81 is formed, and the ascending game of the parrot rising device 220 is formed. A game machine side input / transfer inclined passage 82 connecting the medium discharge port 210 and the game medium input port 42 is formed, and, instead of the transfer medal slit 88 of the automatic medal automatic input device 200, as shown in FIG. A transfer game medium slit 88 is formed to open from the end of the free end of the transfer passage 80 to input a game ball into the game medium input port 42 of the upper plate. This transfer game medium slit 88 is located on the free end side of the input transfer passage 80 and has a hole shape in which a game ball is opened so as to be discharged into the upper plate. As shown in FIG. The slot cover 85 as described in the case of using is not formed, but is formed so that the game ball is thrown directly from the transfer game medium slit 88 to the upper plate.

Then, instead of the automatic medal insertion device 200, an automatic game medium insertion device 200 for automatically inserting a game ball is used, and instead of the above-mentioned rental medal discharge port 240, a game ball lent to a player is rented out as a game medium. A rental game medium outlet 240 that can be discharged from the inside of the machine 100 is used. In addition, instead of the rising medal discharge port 210 of the automatic medal insertion device 200, a rising game medium discharge port 210 for sending a game ball from the upper portion of the lifting device 220 to the gaming machine side input transfer inclined passage 82 is formed. . Then, in place of the above-described rental medal payout device 260, a rental game medium payout device 260 that can pay out a predetermined number of game balls on condition that a bill is inserted is used to loan a game ball to a player. Yes.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, each component constituting the parrot game media automatic insertion device 200 has a dimensional shape inside a cross section of each passage through which a game ball as a game media moves, Compared to the case, a spherical game ball has a width dimension and a height dimension that can be transferred, and is formed in a passage having a substantially square cross-sectional shape as a whole. Each part of the parrot is formed in the same manner as the slot machine using the game medal described above.
Here, in the above-described medal automatic insertion device 200 using game medals, the lower delivery disk 234 which is a rotating disk for delivering game medals is used, but the game ball in the present embodiment is used. In the game medium automatic loading device 200, although not particularly shown, a sprocket having a concave recess capable of storing a game ball is used instead of the lower delivery disk 234. This sprocket is configured so that game balls are housed in recesses around the sprocket and can be forcibly delivered to the ascending device 220 one by one. The medal erection device 235 for erecting a disc-shaped game medal in the above-described medal automatic insertion device 200 uses a spherical game ball in the game medium automatic insertion device 200 according to the present embodiment. It is unnecessary and does not have. That is, the game ball forcibly delivered by the sprocket is formed so as to be delivered into the ascending device 220 through a predetermined passage.

  FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a game medium lifting device in a parrot using a game ball. The ascent device 220 is located inside the game medium lending machine 100 and is used for transferring the game medium inside the ascent slot 230 upward. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, the lifting device 220 has a generally rectangular tube shape and is positioned at the center of the rectangular tube portion 221 that is erected in the vertical direction. The rotary shaft 222 is rotatable, and a drive motor (not shown) for rotating the rotary shaft 222 is provided. Then, by rotating the rotation shaft portion 222, a spherical game ball is moved along the spiral portion 223 in a space upward between the rectangular tube portion 221, the rotation shaft portion 222, and the spiral portion 223. It can be transported. As shown in FIG. 12, the internal passage of the lifting device 220 is also formed in a size and shape so that a spherical game ball can move upward instead of a game medal.

Other specific configurations are the same as those described in the above-described slot machine using game medals, and the same operation and the same effect are exhibited also in the parrot, and the same components as those described above. Will not be described.
In the parrot, one game medal in the above-described game medal insertion or payout is set to correspond to five game balls that can be used as pachinko balls. Of course, the conversion rate is not limited to this, and other conversion rates may be set.
As described above, in the parrot according to the present embodiment, a game ball made of a spherical metal ball used in a pachinko gaming machine or the like is used as a game medium, not a disc-shaped game medal. In the present embodiment, except for a slight difference in the structure of the passage shape of the game medium for using the game ball, the other basic configuration has been described in the slot machine using the game medal. It is the same as that. The parrot using this game ball has the same action as the slot machine using the game medal and has the same effect. However, since the game medium is a spherical game ball used for a pachinko machine or the like from a disk-shaped game medal, it is formed to adapt to it.

1 is an external perspective view showing a gaming machine and a medal lending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an external plan view showing a gaming machine and a medal lending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external plan view showing a state in which the door of an adjacent gaming machine is opened according to the embodiment of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an external front view showing a gaming machine and a medal lending machine in a gaming hall according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing a slide guide means according to the embodiment of the present invention. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a front view of the insertion slot cover which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (A) is an external appearance front view which shows the state which is going to cover the insertion slot cover from the upper direction of a medal insertion slot, (B) is a medal insertion slot. It is an external appearance front view which shows the state which covered the insertion port cover. It is an embodiment of the present invention, and is a longitudinal sectional view showing a slot cover. It is embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is a cross-sectional view which shows an injection port transfer communication path. It is an embodiment of the present invention and is a schematic plan view showing a lower delivery disk. It is an embodiment of the present invention and is a schematic diagram showing a medal standing device. It is embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is a cross-sectional view which shows a raising apparatus. It is other embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is a cross-sectional view which shows a raising apparatus. It is other embodiment of this invention, Comprising: It is a cross-sectional view which shows an inlet-port transfer communicating path.

S gaming machine 1 chassis
3 Door 5 Dispensing device
30 Upper door 31 Display window
33 Decoration 34 Start switch
35 Bet switch 36 Stop switch
40 Lower door 41 Operation section
42 Medal slot (game media slot) 43
44 Key hole 45 Discharge outlet
46 Standing wall 48 Medal selector (game media selector)
49 Auto switch 50 Front panel
51 Inlet inclined surface 80 Input transfer passage
81 medal lending machine side input transfer inclined passage (game media lending machine side input transfer inclined passage)
82 Slot machine side input transfer inclined passage ( game machine side input transfer inclined passage)
84 Upper slot slit 85 Slot cover
86 Cover slot inclined surface 87 Cover medal slot
88 Transfer medal slit (transfer game media slit)
90 Input port transfer section 91 Input port transfer passage
100 medal lending machine (game media lending machine)
200 Medal automatic loading device (game media automatic loading device) 205 Box-shaped body
210 Climbing medal outlet (Climbing game medium outlet) 220 Climbing device
221 Square tube 222 Rotating shaft
223 Spiral part 225 Medal hole
226 pin 230
234 Lower feed disk 235 Medal standing device
240 Lending medal outlet (lending gaming media outlet)
250 bill counter 251 bill slot
260 Rental medal payout device (lending game media payout device)
270 Slide guide 271 Slide guide
272 Slide groove 273 Slide rail

Claims (3)

In a slot machine having a door that can be opened and closed on the front side and starting a game on condition that the game medal is inserted into the medal slot of the door, and the game medal is paid out according to the game result,
Between the plurality of slot machines , a medal lending machine for lending a game medal to a player is arranged,
The slot machine is
A payout device that stores game medals thrown into the slot machine and is capable of paying out game medals to a player;
A payout medal tray provided on the front side of the lower portion of the door of the slot machine for storing game medals paid out from the payout device;
An automatic medal insertion device that is provided in a corner concave portion on the front surface of the slot machine and for inserting game medals paid out to the payout medal tray into the medal slot at a position higher than the payout medal tray And
The medal automatic insertion device is:
A rising slot for receiving game medals adjacent to the payout medal tray;
A lifting device for transferring a game medal inserted from the rising insertion slot up to the vicinity of the medal insertion slot;
A rising medal discharge port for discharging the game medal raised by the lifting device toward the medal insertion port;
The width of the front surface of the medal automatic insertion device is formed to be smaller than the width of the front surface of the medal lending machine,
The medal automatic insertion device is provided slidable between the front side of the door and the front side of the medal lending machine,
The medal automatic insertion device,
When sliding to the front side of the medal lending machine, the door can be opened and closed without the medal automatic insertion device interfering,
When it is slid to the front side of the door, it is formed so that it can be used for games as the medal automatic insertion device,
A slot transfer passage for transferring game medals from the medal lending machine and the medal automatic insertion device, and an insertion port cover into which the insertion transfer passage is inserted and covered on the medal insertion slot, It is formed so as to be removable as a unit between the medal lending machines,
The input transfer passage is
Medal lending machine side input transfer inclined passage for transferring game medals from the medal lending machine ,
A slot machine side loading transfer inclined passage for transferring a game medal from the rising medal discharge port,
The two passages of the medal lending machine side input / transfer inclined passage and the slot machine side input / transfer inclined passage become one passage in the middle, and the input for transferring game medals into the insertion port cover It is formed to be inserted into the mouth cover,
On the upper surface of the insertion slot cover, a cover insertion slot inclined surface that can be placed in a semicircular shape and a plurality of game medals aligned, and a game placed on the cover insertion slot inclined surface It has a cover medal slot that can insert medals,
The insertion slot cover allows the game medals from the insertion transfer passage to be inserted into the medal insertion slot, and the game medals manually inserted into the cover medal insertion slot from above by the player A slot machine characterized in that it can be put into the mouth. On the front side of the medal lending machine, there is a slide guide portion for guiding the automatic medal lending machine to the front side of the medal lending machine when the medal lending machine is slid to the front side of the medal lending machine. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the slot machine is provided . Having a door that can be opened and closed on the front side, the game is started on condition that the game medium is inserted into the game medium slot of the door, the game medium is paid out according to the game result, and a spherical game is used as the game medium. In a gaming machine that uses a ball to perform a game similar to a slot machine,
A game media rental machine for renting game media to a player is arranged between the plurality of gaming machines,
The gaming machine is
A payout device that stores the game media thrown into the gaming machine and is capable of paying out the game media to the player;
A lower plate provided on the front side of the lower part of the door of the gaming machine, for storing game media paid out from the payout device;
An automatic game medium input device that is provided in a corner recess on the front surface of the gaming machine and that inputs the game medium paid out to the lower plate to the game medium input port located above the lower plate And
The game media automatic input device is:
A rising slot for receiving game media adjacent to the lower plate;
A lifting device for transporting the gaming medium thrown from the raising slot to the vicinity of the gaming medium slot;
A rising game medium discharge port for discharging the game medium raised by the lifting device toward the game medium insertion port;
The width of the front surface of the game medium automatic input device is formed to be smaller than the width of the front surface of the game medium lending machine,
The game medium automatic loading device is provided slidable between the front side of the door and the front side of the game medium lending machine,
The game media automatic input device,
When sliding to the front side of the game medium lending machine, the game medium automatic loading device can open and close the door,
When it is slid to the front side of the door, it is formed so that it can be used for games as the game media automatic loading device,
An input transfer passage for transferring game media from the game medium rental machine and the game medium automatic input device is formed detachably between the game machine and the game medium rental machine,
The input transfer passage is
A game medium lending machine side input transfer inclined passage for transferring the game medium from the game medium lending machine ;
A game machine side input transfer inclined passage for transferring game media from the ascending game media discharge port,
The two passages of the game medium lending machine side input / transfer inclined passage and the game machine side input / transfer inclined passage become a single passage on the way, and the game medium is input to the game medium input port. A gaming machine characterized by being formed.

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