JP4363617B2 - Nozzle chute - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a nozzle chute for guiding gaming media such as medals and pachinko balls to gaming machines such as slot machines and pachinko machines.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the pachinko halls, there are islands with a large number of game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines. On those islands, game media such as pachinko balls and game medals are lent out between the game machines. A game media rental machine is installed. The game medium lending machine has a game medium payout inside, and a nozzle chute that guides the game medium discharged from the payout unit to a tray of the game stand is provided in front.
[0003]
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a conventional medal lending machine and a nozzle chute. The medal lending machine 42 is disposed between the slot machines 40, 40 arranged in the horizontal direction, and a nozzle chute 44 is provided at the front of the medal lending machine 42. The nozzle chute 44 is supported so as to be rotatable about a rotation shaft 45, and is positioned according to the dimensions of the slot machine 40, whereby a medal is received from the medal payout unit 43 of the medal lending machine 42 into the medal tray 41. It can be discharged.
[0004]
Note that the following documents are related to such nozzle chutes.
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-35398 A (A63F 7/02)
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2001-161899 A (A63F 5/04)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in recent years, the shapes of the doors, trays and the like of the slot machine have been diversified, and the installation dimensions of the slot machine have also been diversified due to restrictions on the installation location. On the other hand, since the shape of the conventional nozzle chute is fixed, it is necessary to prepare another shape if the shape of the door, tray, etc. of the slot machine is different. There was a problem that the nozzle chute had to be replaced accordingly. Further, depending on the installation situation, there is a problem that the nozzle chute becomes an obstacle when opening the door of the slot machine for maintenance or the like.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a nozzle chute that can accommodate various shapes and installation dimensions of gaming machines.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a nozzle chute that guides game media paid out from a game media rental machine to a game media tray of the game machine,
A nozzle chute base having one end rotatably attached to the game medium lending machine in a horizontal direction, having a game medium sliding surface in the upper surface longitudinal direction, and having side walls on both side edges;
A plurality of nozzle chute joint members having a connecting portion that is rotatable in the horizontal direction at the front and rear ends, a game medium sliding surface in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface, and having a first side wall and a second side wall on both side edges. A main body part, the rear end of which is rotatably attached to the front end part of the nozzle chute base part in a horizontal direction;
A rear end is attached to the front end of the main body so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, has a game medium sliding surface in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface, and has a nozzle chute tip member having side walls on both side edges,
The first side wall and the second side wall of the nozzle chute joint member are arranged so that the width of the game medium sliding surface becomes narrower from the rear end side to the front end side of the nozzle chute joint member. ,
The second side wall of the second side wall is bent in a direction away from the first side wall with respect to the front half part,
In the front and rear nozzle chute joint members connected to each other, a shaft formed at the front end portion of the rear nozzle chute joint member with a joint member rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction formed at the rear end portion of the front nozzle chute joint member. By inserting into the hole, the connecting portion is configured,
In the nozzle chute joint member before and after being connected, the first front nozzle chute joint member, the joint member rotating within the width of the second part of the wider second side wall, the rear of the nozzle chute joint member The connecting angle in the horizontal direction around the moving axis is adjustable.
[0008]
In the present invention, a rear end of the first side wall of the nozzle chute joint member is bent in a direction approaching the second side wall.
[0009]
Nozzle chute of the present invention, in the connecting portion of the nozzle chute joint member before and after being connected, characterized in that the shaft the joint member rotation was detachable from the said axial hole. If it does in this way, the number of connection of a nozzle chute joint member can be increased / decreased easily, and it will become possible to respond to various shapes and installation dimensions of a game machine. The nozzle chute of the present invention is characterized in that a protrusion is provided in the longitudinal direction of the game medium sliding surface of the nozzle chute joint member. If it does in this way, the friction of a game medium sliding surface will become small, and the slide of the game medium in the main-body part of a nozzle chute will become good.
[0010]
Furthermore, the nozzle chute of the present invention is characterized in that the game medium sliding surface of the nozzle chute tip member is inclined so that the bent side of the nozzle chute is lowered. If it does in this way, it can prevent that the game media sent through the nozzle chute stagnates near the exit of a nozzle chute.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a medal lending machine, 2 is a nozzle chute mounting member, 3 is a mounting member rotating shaft, 4 is a nozzle chute base, 5 is a base cover, 6 is a base rotating shaft, 7 is a nozzle chute joint member, 8 is a joint member rotation shaft, 9 is a nozzle chute tip member, and 10 is a tip member rotation shaft.
[0012]
The medal lending machine 1 is provided between the platforms of the slot machines arranged in the horizontal direction. When coins are inserted into the medal lending machine 1, a predetermined amount of medals are discharged from the payout unit. A nozzle chute mounting member 2 is provided on the front surface of the medal lending machine 1 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction by the mounting member rotating shaft 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the nozzle chute mounting member 2 has a base rotation shaft 6 at the center of the support surface 11, and a peripheral wall 12 is provided in an arc shape at the rear portion of the support surface 11. The peripheral wall 12 is provided with a guide hole 13 for guiding a protrusion provided at the rear end of the nozzle chute base 4 in the horizontal direction. And the bearing material 14 which lets the attachment member rotating shaft 3 pass is provided in the rearmost end part of the nozzle chute attachment member 2.
[0013]
FIG. 3 is a view showing a nozzle chute base and a base cover. A medal sliding surface 15 is provided in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface of the nozzle chute base 4, and side walls 16 are provided vertically on the left and right sides thereof. A shaft hole 17 that receives the base rotation shaft 6 of the nozzle chute mounting member 2 is provided at the rear of the nozzle chute base 4. The rear edge of the nozzle chute base 4 is formed in an arc shape with the shaft hole 17 as the center, and a projection 19 guided by the guide hole 13 is provided at the center. Further, a shaft hole 18 for supporting the joint member rotation shaft 8 of the nozzle chute joint member 7 is provided in front of the nozzle chute base portion 4.
[0014]
The base cover 5 is provided with four pins 21 on the back side, and a pin receiving hole 20 for fitting the pins 21 is provided on the side wall 16 of the nozzle chute base 4. Then, by inserting the pin 21 into the pin receiving hole 20, the base cover 5 is fixed to the surface of the nozzle chute base 4 and covers the medal sliding surface 15 of the nozzle chute base 4.
[0015]
FIG. 4 is a view showing a nozzle chute joint member. They are a plan view (A), a front view (B), and a side view (C) of the nozzle chute joint member 7, respectively. In the nozzle chute of the present invention, the length and the degree of bending can be adjusted by connecting a plurality of the nozzle chute joint members 7 so as to be able to cope with various shapes and installation dimensions of the gaming machine.
[0016]
Two ridges 24, 24 having a triangular cross section are provided on the upper surface where the medal slides, so that the friction when the medal slides is reduced. Side walls 22 and 23 are vertically provided on the left and right side edges, so that medals passing through the side walls 22 and 23 do not fly sideways. The joint member rotating shaft 8 protrudes in the vertical direction by integral molding and is inserted into the shaft hole 25 of another nozzle chute joint member 7.
[0017]
On the lower side of the front portion where the shaft hole 25 is provided, a holding piece 26 is extended from the rear wall 28, and the joint member rotating shaft 8 is provided on the opposing surface of the holding piece 26 and the bottom surface 27. The press-fit grooves 29 and 30 are formed so as to guide the shaft into the shaft hole 25. The depths of the press-fitting grooves 29 and 30 are made gradually shallower as the inlet portion becomes deeper and approaches the shaft hole 25. When connecting the nozzle chute joint member 7, the joint member rotating shaft 8 of the other nozzle chute joint member 7 is aligned and pressed into the press-fit grooves 29 and 30 of the one nozzle chute joint member 7. As a result, the pinching piece 26 is pushed out, the joint member rotation shaft 8 approaches the shaft hole 25 along the press-fit grooves 29 and 30, and finally enters the shaft hole 25.
[0018]
The nozzle chute joint members 7 and 7 thus connected can be rotated about the joint member rotation shaft 8, and the connection angle can be adjusted within the width of the side walls 22 and 23 of the front nozzle chute joint member 7. . The rear end of one side wall 22 is bent slightly inward so that there is no gap between the side walls 22 and 22 even when the connected nozzle chute joint members 7 and 7 are bent to the maximum. Yes. The rear half of the other side wall 23 is bent outward so that the bending range of the connected nozzle chute joint members 7 and 7 is increased.
[0019]
A plurality of nozzle chute joint members 7 are connected to form a main body portion of the nozzle chute until the entire length becomes a required length. The main body portion is bent at each connecting portion, and can be bent largely as a whole. Further, when it is necessary to shorten the length of the nozzle chute due to replacement of the base, etc., the screw chute 26 is opened by inserting a screwdriver or the like into the gap between the clamping pieces 26 to disengage the nozzle chute. The joint member 7 can be reduced. As described above, the length of the nozzle chute can be freely adjusted by making the connecting portion detachable.
[0020]
The joint member rotation shaft 8 of the nozzle chute joint member 7 at the rear end of the main body is inserted into the shaft hole 18 of the nozzle chute base 4 and attached to the nozzle chute base 4. Further, the nozzle chute tip member 9 is attached by fitting the tip member rotation shaft 10 of the nozzle chute tip member 9 into the shaft hole 25 of the nozzle chute joint member 7 at the tip of the main body.
[0021]
FIG. 5 is a view showing a nozzle chute tip member. They are a plan view (A) and a front view (B) of the nozzle chute tip member 9, respectively. The tip member rotation shaft 10 is formed in the same size as the joint member rotation shaft 8 and can be fitted into the shaft hole 25 of the nozzle chute joint member 7. Side walls 32 and 33 are erected on the left and right sides of the sliding surface 31. Further, the sliding surface 31 is inclined in the left-right direction when viewed from the front by twisting the longitudinal middle portion of the nozzle chute tip member 9. As a result, the nozzle chute is laterally inclined at the portion of the slot machine that enters the medal tray, making the medal slip easily and preventing the medal from stagnating near the exit of the nozzle chute.
[0022]
As described above, since the nozzle chute of the present invention is an articulated type, various types of slot machine doors and medal trays can be used depending on the increase / decrease in the number of connections of the nozzle chute joint member 7 and the degree of freedom of the bending angle of the joint. It becomes possible to correspond to the shape.
[0023]
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a modified example of the nozzle chute. Compared with the case shown in FIG. 1, the number of connections of the nozzle chute joint member 7 is reduced by one to three, the nozzle chute mounting member 2 is rotated to the left, and each nozzle chute joint member 7 and nozzle The chute tip member 9 is bent as much as possible. Thus, when the nozzle chute of the present invention is used, the medal discharge position is changed to X, Y so that the tip positions X ₁ , Y ₁ in FIG. 1 change to X ₂ , Y _2. Can be adjusted in a wide range in direction.
[0024]
Further, when opening the slot machine door for maintenance or the like, the nozzle chute can be extended straight forward, so that the nozzle chute does not get in the way.
[0025]
In the above embodiment, the slot machine is described as the gaming machine. However, the present invention can also be applied to other gaming machines using a gaming medium such as a pachinko machine.
[0026]
【The invention's effect】
Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, the nozzle chute according to claim 1 is attached to one end of the nozzle chute so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction with respect to the game medium rental machine, and has a game chute sliding surface in the upper surface longitudinal direction, and the upper surface longitudinal direction. A plurality of nozzle chute joint members having a game medium sliding surface, side walls on both side edges, and a horizontally rotatable connecting part on the front and rear end parts, the last end being the tip of the nozzle chute base part Main body part that is pivotally mounted in the horizontal direction on the part, a game medium sliding surface in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface, side walls on both side edges, and horizontally rotatable at the front end of the main body part A nozzle chute was configured with the attached nozzle chute tip member. As a result, the entire nozzle chute can be greatly bent and deformed, and can be adapted to various shapes and installation dimensions of the gaming machine.
[0027]
Further, the nozzle chute according to claim 2 is configured such that the connecting portion of the nozzle chute joint member is detachable, the number of nozzle chute joint members can be easily increased and decreased, and the length of the nozzle chute can be freely adjusted. It becomes possible, and it becomes possible to cope with more various shapes and installation dimensions of the gaming machine.
[0028]
In addition, since the nozzle chute according to claim 3 is provided with a protrusion in the longitudinal direction of the game medium sliding surface of the nozzle chute joint member, the friction of the game medium sliding surface is reduced, and the main body of the nozzle chute The sliding of the game media is improved.
[0029]
In the nozzle chute according to claim 4, the game medium sliding surface of the nozzle chute tip member is inclined so that the bent side of the nozzle chute is lowered. Thus, the game medium sent through the nozzle chute can be prevented from stagnating near the outlet of the nozzle chute.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing a nozzle chute mounting member.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a nozzle chute base and a base cover.
FIG. 4 is a view showing a nozzle chute joint member.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a nozzle chute tip member.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a modified example of the nozzle chute.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a conventional medal lending machine and a nozzle chute.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Medal lending machine 2 ... Nozzle chute attachment member 3 ... Attachment member rotation shaft 4 ... Nozzle chute base 5 ... Base cover 6 ... Base rotation shaft 7 ... Nozzle chute joint member 8 ... Joint member rotation shaft 9 ... Nozzle chute Tip member

Claims (5)

A nozzle chute for guiding game media paid out from a game media rental machine to a game media tray of the game machine,
A nozzle chute base having one end rotatably attached to the game medium lending machine in a horizontal direction, having a game medium sliding surface in the upper surface longitudinal direction, and having side walls on both side edges;
A plurality of nozzle chute joint members having a connecting portion that is rotatable in the horizontal direction at the front and rear ends, a game medium sliding surface in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface, and having a first side wall and a second side wall on both side edges. A main body part, the rear end of which is rotatably attached to the front end part of the nozzle chute base part in a horizontal direction;
A rear end is attached to the front end of the main body so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction, has a game medium sliding surface in the longitudinal direction of the upper surface, and has a nozzle chute tip member having side walls on both side edges,
The first side wall and the second side wall of the nozzle chute joint member are arranged so that the width of the game medium sliding surface becomes narrower from the rear end side to the front end side of the nozzle chute joint member. ,
The second side wall of the second side wall is bent in a direction away from the first side wall with respect to the front half part,
In the front and rear nozzle chute joint members connected to each other, a shaft formed at the front end portion of the rear nozzle chute joint member with a joint member rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction formed at the rear end portion of the front nozzle chute joint member. By inserting into the hole, the connecting portion is configured,
In the nozzle chute joint member before and after being connected, the first front nozzle chute joint member, the joint member rotating within the width of the second part of the wider second side wall, the rear of the nozzle chute joint member A nozzle chute characterized in that a horizontal connecting angle about a moving axis is adjustable.   The nozzle chute according to claim 1, wherein a rear end of the first side wall of the nozzle chute joint member is bent in a direction approaching the second side wall. 3. The nozzle chute according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member rotation shaft is detachably attached to the shaft hole in the connecting portion of the nozzle chute joint member before and after being connected .   The nozzle chute according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a protrusion is provided in a longitudinal direction of the game medium sliding surface of the nozzle chute joint member.   The nozzle chute according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the game medium sliding surface of the nozzle chute tip member is inclined so that the bent side of the nozzle chute is lowered.

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