JP4417185B2 - Card processing device for inter-game machine equipment and inter-game machine equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an inter-game machine equipment installed between a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine and a gaming machine, and a card processing device built in the gaming machine equipment.

  In a game arcade where a large number of gaming machines such as pachinko machines are installed, an intermediary machine that lends pachinko balls, which are game media, is attached to each gaming machine. Since the pedestrian machine is installed in a slight gap between the gaming machines that are arranged side by side on the gaming machine island, the width of the front surface is configured as thin as about 40 mm.

  In addition, in the interbank machine that lends game media, it is possible to lend or pay out game media using prepaid cards and member cards in addition to cash. The card insertion / extraction port for inserting / removing such a card is elongated in the vertical direction (longitudinal) because the width of the interstage machine is narrow.

  There is a lead / writer in the back of the vertically long card insertion / extraction slot, and in the back there is a card holder for stocking newly issued cards and collecting and stocking used cards. Is provided. The reader / writer reads and writes information in a state where the card is vertical, and the card storage unit stores vertical cards stacked in the horizontal direction (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-34815 A

  As described above, in the conventional table machine, since the vertical cards are stacked in the horizontal direction and stored in the card storage unit, the number of sheets that can be stacked is small in the table machine having a narrow width. For this reason, the number of operations for replenishing a card to the pedestal machine or collecting a full card increases, which causes inconvenience to the player and requires a lot of management.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a card processing apparatus and an inter-game game equipment that can stock a large number of cards in a limited width. Is.

The invention according to claim 1 is a card processing device built in a table game machine equipment installed between a gaming machine and a gaming machine,
A card storage unit (41) for storing and storing cards capable of recording information in a state in which the surface is perpendicular to the long side direction of the front surface forming the rectangle of the inter-game machine equipment;
An opening (19) in which at least one of insertion and ejection of a card is performed, which is elongated in the short side direction on the front surface of the inter-game gaming equipment, and between the card accommodation portion (41) A conveying means (42) for conveying the card at
A card access unit (43) that is provided in the middle of the transport path of the transport means (42) and performs at least one of recording of information on the card and reading of information from the card;
Have
The card accommodating portion includes a passage opening for one card, and a pressurizing unit that pressurizes the accommodated card so that one end face of the card faces the passage opening.
The transport means is disposed at a position in contact with a surface on the opposite side to the surface to be pressed of the one of the cards stored in the card storage unit, and when the card is fed out through the passage opening And a feeding roller that is driven when the card is received, and a pressing unit that is located on the back side of the feeding roller with respect to the passing port when the card is stored in the card storing unit through the passing port. The direction in which the card is stored is driven by driving the feeding roller in the direction in which the card is stored after the card is retracted from the position facing the passage opening by pressing in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the pressing means the rewritable releasing the pressing by the pushing-up portion when it is between the tip and said feed roller and said push-up portion, decremental the card through the passage opening from the card accommodating portion When the rear end of the card to be fed is between the push-up portion and the feed roller, the stacked card is pushed by the push-up portion in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the pressing means. Until the card stacked next to the card to be fed is retracted to a position where it does not come into contact with the feeding roller, and the pressing operation is completed until the card feeding out is completed and the feeding roller is stopped. It is a card processing apparatus for inter-game gaming machine equipment, characterized in that it has a storage card evacuation mechanism.

  According to the above invention, the card is inserted or ejected through the opening (19) elongated in the short side direction of the front side of the rectangular front surface of the intergame machine equipment, and is placed in the card accommodating part (41). It is stacked and accommodated in a state perpendicular to the long side direction of the front surface of the machine equipment. Even in the intergame machine equipment with severe restrictions on the length of the front side in the short side direction, it is possible to increase the number of cards that can be accommodated by stacking and storing cards in the long side direction of the front side.

As long as the card is flat, the planar shape is not limited, and the card may be rectangular, square or other shapes. The method by which the card access unit (43) accesses the card is not limited. For example, in addition to reading and writing information by non-contact wireless communication, there are a method in which a terminal contacts, a method of optically reading and writing, and the like.
Further, in the normal state, since one card at the end of the stacked state is in a position facing the passage opening (41b) by the pressurization of the pressurizing means (46), the transport means (42) performs the feeding operation. Then, only the one card is sent out from the card accommodating portion (41) through the passage opening (41b). On the other hand, when the card is stored in the card storage part (41), a space is formed in the back of the passage opening (41b) by the operation of the card retracting mechanism (55, 56), and the card is sent into the space and stored. The
For example, when the card is pressed downward so that one of the lower ends of the vertically stacked cards faces the passage opening (41b), an elastic body such as a spring is used as the pressing means, and the card's own weight or A weight (46) placed on the card may be used as the pressing means. When pressing the card so that one of the upper end of the cards stacked in the vertical direction or one end of the cards stacked in the horizontal direction faces the passage opening, an elastic body such as a spring is used as the pressing means. Good.

The invention according to claim 2 is a card processing device built in the inter-game machine equipment installed between the gaming machine and the gaming machine,
A card accommodating portion (41) for accommodating cards in which information can be recorded in a horizontal state and stacked vertically;
A card between an opening (19) in which at least one of insertion and ejection of a card is performed and which is provided in the horizontal direction on the front surface of the inter-game machine equipment, and the card storage (41) Conveying means (42) for conveying
A card access unit (43) that is provided in the middle of the transport path of the transport means (42) and performs at least one of recording of information on the card and reading of information from the card;
Have
The card accommodating portion includes a passage opening for one card, and a pressurizing unit that pressurizes the accommodated card so that one end face of the card faces the passage opening.
The transport means is disposed at a position in contact with a surface on the opposite side to the surface to be pressed of the one of the cards stored in the card storage unit, and when the card is fed out through the passage opening And a feeding roller that is driven when the card is received, and a pressing unit that is located on the back side of the feeding roller with respect to the passing port when the card is stored in the card storing unit through the passing port. The direction in which the card is stored is driven by driving the feeding roller in the direction in which the card is stored after the card is retracted from the position facing the passage opening by pressing in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the pressing means the rewritable releasing the pressing by the pushing-up portion when it is between the tip and said feed roller and said push-up portion, decremental the card through the passage opening from the card accommodating portion When the rear end of the card to be fed is between the push-up portion and the feed roller, the stacked card is pushed by the push-up portion in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the pressing means. The card stacked next to the card to be fed is retracted to a position where it does not come into contact with the feeding roller, and the pressing operation is completed until the card feeding is completed and the feeding roller is stopped. It is a card processing apparatus for inter-game gaming machine equipment, characterized in that it has a storage card evacuation mechanism.

  According to the said invention, a card | curd is inserted or discharged | emitted in a horizontal state through the opening part (19) provided in the front in the horizontal direction at the front surface of the machine equipment between platforms, and is a state horizontal to a card accommodating part (41). Are stacked and accommodated vertically. Even in an inter-game gaming machine with severe restrictions on the width, it is possible to increase the number of cards accommodated by extending the card accommodating part (41) in the vertical direction.

“Elongated in the horizontal direction” means that the horizontal length of the substantially rectangular opening (19) is longer than the vertical length, and refers to a shape in which the card enters and exits in a horizontal state. In the case of a flat rectangular card, it is inserted into the opening (19) from the short side of the rectangle. The direction of the card in the middle of transportation is not limited, but the front and back surfaces of the card should be orthogonal to the vertical plane, and the card can be transported in a horizontal state and accessed in a horizontal state. It is preferable for simplification of the conveying means (42).
Further, in the normal state, since one card at the end of the stacked state is in a position facing the passage opening (41b) by the pressurization of the pressurizing means (46), the transport means (42) performs the feeding operation. Then, only the one card is sent out from the card accommodating portion (41) through the passage opening (41b). On the other hand, when the card is stored in the card storage part (41), a space is formed in the back of the passage opening (41b) by the operation of the card retracting mechanism (55, 56), and the card is sent into the space and stored. The
For example, when the card is pressed downward so that one of the lower ends of the vertically stacked cards faces the passage opening (41b), an elastic body such as a spring is used as the pressing means, and the card's own weight or A weight (46) placed on the card may be used as the pressing means. When pressing the card so that one of the upper end of the cards stacked in the vertical direction or one end of the cards stacked in the horizontal direction faces the passage opening, an elastic body such as a spring is used as the pressing means. Good.

In the invention according to claim 3, the planar shape of the card is a rectangle,
The opening (19) has a length in the longitudinal direction that matches the length of the short side of the card,
The said card accommodation part (41) laminates | stacks and accommodates the said card | curd in the state in which the short side becomes parallel to the front surface of the said game machine equipment between tables. This is a card processing device for gaming equipment.

  According to the above invention, even when the opening is provided in the short side direction or the horizontal direction of the front side of the inter-table gaming equipment, the card is inserted into the opening with the short side of the rectangular card as the leading end or the trailing end.・ Because it is ejected and the card is stored in this direction in the card storage part, even if there is a limitation on the short side width or horizontal width (horizontal width) of the front of the inter-game machine equipment, By increasing the length in the side direction, the card size can be increased.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the conveying means (42) moves the card from the opening (19) or the card accommodating part (41) to a predetermined access position where the card access part (43) accesses the card. A function to transport and pause,
A function of conveying and discharging the card from the access position to the opening (19);
It has a function which conveys and accommodates a card | curd from the said access position to the said card | curd accommodating part (41).

  According to the above invention, the card inserted in the opening (19) or the card stocked in the card accommodating part (41) is transported to the card access part (43) and discharged from the opening (19) after the access. The operation and the operation of collecting the card into the card housing part (41) after access are possible.

The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the card access section (43) communicates with a card including a non-contact communication element (39) and has a communication antenna (43a). Item 5. A card processing device for inter-game machine equipment according to Item 1, 2, 3 or 4 .

  According to the above-described invention, the card access unit (43) has the antenna (43a) and communicates with the non-contact communication element (39) in the card through the antenna (43a), thereby writing information to the card and the card. Information is read out from. The non-contact communication element (39) includes, for example, a non-contact type IC tag.

The invention according to claim 6 is an inter-game gaming machine device incorporating the card processing device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 .

  According to the intergame machine equipment and its card processing apparatus according to the present invention, the card is accommodated in such a state that the surface thereof is perpendicular to the long side direction of the front surface forming the rectangle of the intergame machine equipment. Even in an inter-game machine equipment with severe restrictions on the length in the short side direction, a large number of cards can be stocked by stacking cards in the long side direction on the front side.

  In addition, the card is inserted or ejected in a horizontal state through a horizontally elongated opening provided in front of the inter-game machine equipment, and the cards are accommodated by stacking the cards vertically in the card accommodation unit. The number of cards that can be accommodated can be increased even in the gaming machine equipment with a limited width.

  The function of transporting a card from the opening or the card receiving unit to the access position and temporarily stopping the card, the function of transporting the card from the access position to the opening and discharging, and the card transporting from the access position to the card storing unit If the card has a function to do so, it is possible to collect the used card in the card storage unit and reuse it as a card to be newly issued.

Passage port for one card, pressurizing means for pressurizing one card at the end of the stacked state so that its end face faces the passage port, and the card already accommodated in front of the passport when the card is accommodated because it has a card retracting mechanism to form a by retracting space from, it can be performed both operations to accommodate the operation and card feeding the card one by one smoothly.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of an installed state of the inter-game gaming facility device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention in the game hall. In the amusement hall, a large number of pachinko machines 3 as gaming machines and a set of inter-game machine equipment 10 that lends pachinko balls (game media) used in the pachinko machines 3 to the players are arranged in parallel. A gaming machine island 4 housed on both the front and back sides is provided. The interval between adjacent pachinko machines 3 is 40 mm, and the inter-game machine equipment 10 is stored in this narrow space.

  Note that the inter-game machine equipment 10 sends a pachinko ball payout signal to the combined pachinko machine 3, and the pachinko machine 3 that receives the pachinko machine 3 discharges the pachinko ball to its upper plate 5 so-called CR. It is configured as a sand machine.

  The inter-game machine equipment 10 can handle two types of cards, a visitor card and a member card, as a card for the player to manage the price for renting a pachinko ball and the monetary value. These cards are all non-contact type IC cards and have a function of storing information in a rewritable manner.

  The visitor card is a prepaid card that does not specify a user, and a pachinko ball can be lent out for the remaining balance registered in the card. The visitor card is a so-called recycle card that can be used over and over again by rewriting data, and is collected when the balance is exhausted and reused as a newly issued visitor card. The member card is a card associated with the owner's member on a one-to-one basis, and the player is specified by inserting it into the inter-game gaming equipment 10. Inserting a member card makes it possible to use the balance and money stored by the member.

  FIG. 3 shows the front surface (front surface) of the inter-game gaming machine device 10. The inter-game machine equipment 10 has a rectangular front surface and is installed such that the short sides of the rectangle are horizontal. On the front surface of the inter-game gaming machine device 10, in order from top to bottom, a status display lamp 11, a bill insertion / extraction port 12, a frequency display unit 13, a display unit 14, an operation unit 15, and a light receiving unit. 16, a key hole 17, a visitor card confirmation LED 18, a visitor card insertion slot 19, a member card confirmation LED 20, and a member card insertion slot 21 are provided.

  The state display lamp 11 is a lamp that displays the operation state of the inter-game gaming equipment 10. The banknote insertion / ejection port 12 is an opening for inserting a banknote that is used for lending a pachinko ball and returning the inserted banknote. The frequency display unit 13 is a display unit for displaying the balance of the card in use. The display unit 14 is a display unit that displays various types of information such as the replay availability level and member information.

  The operation unit 15 includes a numeric keypad and other input keys for inputting an amount used for lending, a personal identification number, and the like from the balance of the card. The light receiving unit 16 is a light receiving window for receiving an optical signal transmitted from a remote controller operated by a game hall attendant. The key hole 17 is a key hole for inserting a key for releasing the lock mechanism that fixes the inter-game gaming equipment 10 to the gaming machine island 4 so that it cannot be pulled out.

  The visitor card confirmation LED 18 is a lamp for displaying the status of the visitor card. The visitor card insertion port 19 is an opening through which visitor cards are inserted and discharged. The visitor card insertion slot 19 is opened in a rectangular shape elongated in the horizontal direction so that the visitor card is inserted in a horizontal state. That is, the visitor card insertion slot 19 is opened in a rectangular shape elongated in the short side direction of the front surface forming the rectangle of the inter-game gaming equipment 10.

  The member card confirmation LED 20 is a lamp for displaying a member card status. The member card insertion slot 21 is an opening through which member cards are inserted and discharged. The member card insertion slot 21 is opened in a vertically elongated rectangular shape so that the member card is inserted vertically.

  FIG. 4 shows the left side surface of the inter-game gaming equipment 10. Housed within the inter-game machine equipment 10 are housed a bill discriminator 31 that determines the authenticity and amount of a bill that has been inserted, and control boards 32 and 33 that perform various controls relating to payout. In addition, an external output for sending a payout signal to the pachinko machine 3 and transmitting / receiving sales-related data, member information, and the like to / from the game hall management device is provided on the back of the inter-game machine equipment 10. A terminal board 34 is provided.

  At a position corresponding to the visitor card insertion slot 19, a card processing device 40 that performs a read / write function for the visitor card and a function for stocking the visitor card is attached. At a position corresponding to the member card insertion slot 21, a member card R / W unit 35 for reading and writing / rewriting information with respect to the member card is provided. A card control board 90 for controlling the operations of the card processing device 40 and the member card R / W unit 35 is provided below the card processing device 40 and behind the member card R / W unit 35.

  FIG. 5 shows the appearance of the visitor card. The visitor card 38 has a flat rectangular shape with a thickness of several millimeters. The planar shape of the visitor card 38 is, for example, a rectangular short side (width) of about 25 mm and a long side (length) of about 60 mm. . The visitor card 38 incorporates an IC tag 39 that operates upon receiving electromagnetic power from outside. The IC tag 39 is a wireless IC tag using an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) method.

  The IC tag 39 includes an antenna (not shown), a power generation unit, a communication unit, a rewritable nonvolatile memory, and a CPU (central processing unit). The IC tag has a function of writing data received by wireless communication in a nonvolatile memory, or reading data stored in the nonvolatile memory and wirelessly transmitting the data.

  FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of the card processing device 40. The card processing device 40 includes a card storage unit 41 that stores and stacks the visitor cards 38 in a state where the surface of the visitor card 38 is perpendicular to the long side direction of the front surface of the inter-game gaming machine device 10. That is, the card storage unit 41 stores the visitor cards 38 stacked in the vertical direction in a horizontal state. The card processing device 40 also includes a transport unit 42 that transports the visitor card 38 between the visitor card insertion slot 19 and the card storage unit 41, and a card access unit 43 provided in the middle of the transport path. .

  The transport path of the transport section 42 is provided between the visitor card insertion port 19 and the card storage section 41 in a horizontal and linear manner, and the visitor card 38 is transported straight in a horizontal state.

  The card storage unit 41 is provided on the frame F of the card processing device 40. The card accommodating portion 41 is a space in which the visitor card 38 can be stacked and accommodated in a state (here, in a horizontal state) in which the surface is perpendicular to the long side direction of the front surface forming the rectangle of the inter-game machine equipment 10 It is comprised by the side wall part and ceiling part which comprise, and the lower part is open | released.

  Inside the card accommodating part 41, a full sensor 44 for detecting that the card accommodating part 41 is almost full and a near-end sensor 45 for detecting that the number of accommodated cards is low are provided. These are constituted by reflection type optical sensors. A transmissive optical sensor or other sensors may be used. A weight 46 (pressurizing means) for preventing the visitor card 38 from being lifted is placed on the visitor card 38 accommodated in the card accommodating portion 41.

  An idling roller 51 and a feeding roller 52 that form a part of the transport unit 42 are provided in the lower portion of the card storage unit 41 that is open. These substantially form the bottom part of the card accommodating part 41 and play a role of supporting the visitor card 38 accommodated in the card accommodating part 41 from below.

  The idling roller 51 is rotatably supported on a support shaft 53 provided on the frame F. The feeding roller 52 is rotatably supported by a support shaft 54 provided on the frame F at a position away from the idling roller 51 toward the card access unit 43 by a predetermined distance.

  In addition, the position of the lower end of the side wall 41a on the card access unit 43 side of the card accommodation unit 41 is set so that only one bottom card placed directly on the upper surface of the feeding roller 52 can pass therethrough. A passage port 41b is formed below the lower end of 41a.

  The idling roller 51 and the feeding roller 52 are shorter than the width (short side) of the visitor card 38, and the two upward L-shaped push-up levers 55 sandwiching the idling roller 51 in the middle are idling rollers 51 at their corners. The shaft 53 is rotatably supported. The tip of one of the substantially horizontal pieces 55 a of the push-up lever 55 extends to a little on both sides of the feeding roller 52. The lower end of the other piece 55 b extending substantially vertically downward is connected to a rod 56 a of a solenoid 56 fixed to the frame F.

  When the solenoid 56 is driven and the rod 56a is retracted, the visitor card 38 accommodated in the card accommodating portion 41 can be lifted from the upper surface of the feeding roller 52 to a distance equal to or more than the thickness of one card. Thus, the size of the push-up lever 55 is set.

  A limit switch 57 for confirming the drive of the solenoid 56 is provided at a predetermined position of the frame F. When the solenoid 56 is driven, the limit switch 57 is attached to a position where the limit switch 57 is pressed by the other piece 55b of the push-up lever 55 rotated with the pulling of the rod 56a. The push-up lever 55 and the solenoid 56 constitute a card withdrawal mechanism.

  A pair of transport rollers 61 and 62 constituting a part of the transport section 42 are rotatably attached to the feeding roller 52 on the card access section 43 side with a predetermined interval. The upper surfaces of the idling roller 51, the feeding roller 52, and the transport rollers 61 and 62 are aligned in a straight line, and form a horizontal transport path from the card accommodating portion 41 to the visitor card insertion port 19.

  The distance between the transport roller 61 and the transport roller 62 is set to be slightly shorter than the length of the visitor card 38. In addition, pinch rollers 63 and 64 are provided above the respective transport rollers 61 and 62 to press and press the upper surfaces thereof with springs.

  The distance between the conveyance roller 62 on the visitor card insertion port 19 side and the visitor card insertion port 19 is set to be sufficiently shorter than the length of the visitor card 38. Further, the distance between the conveying roller 61 and the feeding roller 52 arranged on the feeding roller 52 side is set shorter than the length of the visitor card 38.

  A motor 71 is attached to the frame F below the transport rollers 61 and 62. As the motor 71, a stepping motor or a servo motor capable of controlling the rotation speed and normal rotation and reverse rotation is used. The rotation of the motor 71 is transmitted to the conveying rollers 61 and 62 and the feeding roller 52 through gears, pulleys, and timing belts.

  When the motor 71 is driven to rotate forward, the visitor card 38 is transported from the visitor card insertion port 19 toward the card accommodation portion 41, and when driven reversely, the visitor card 38 is conveyed from the card accommodation portion 41 toward the visitor card insertion port 19. It is like that.

  A pair of first card sensors 81 is arranged at a position between the conveyance roller 62 on the visitor card insertion port 19 side and the visitor card insertion port 19 so as to sandwich the conveyance path from above and below. Similarly, a pair of second card sensors 82 are positioned between the transport roller 61 and the feed roller 52 on the feed roller 52 side and in the vicinity of the feed roller 61 at a position approximately between the transport roller 61 and the transport roller 62. A pair of third card sensors 83 are respectively disposed.

  These sensors 81 to 83 are transmissive optical sensors in which a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit are arranged to face each other. When the visitor card 38 enters between the light emitting part and the light receiving part and blocks the light, it is detected that the visitor card 38 exists at the sensor position.

  An antenna 43 a of the card access unit 43 is installed above the transport path between the transport roller 61 and the transport roller 62.

  FIG. 6 shows a circuit configuration of the card control board 90. The card control board 90 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 91 that performs overall control of the operation of the card processing device 40, and a ROM (read only memory) 92 that stores programs representing the operation procedure of the CPU 91 and various fixed data. And a RAM (Random Access Memory) 93 that temporarily stores various data when the CPU 91 reads out and executes the program stored in the ROM 92.

  A motor driver 95, a solenoid driver 96, a sensor amplifier 97, and a communication unit 98 are connected to the CPU 91 via an I / O unit 94. In addition, the CPU 91 is also connected to the control boards 32 and 33, and exchanges various information and commands.

  The motor driver 95 sends a drive signal to the motor 71 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 91. The solenoid driver 96 sends a drive signal to the solenoid 56 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 91. The sensor amplifier 97 is connected to the first card sensor 81, the full sensor 44, and the like, and a detection signal is input from each sensor.

  Next, an operation related to the visitor card 38 of the inter-game gaming machine device 10 will be described.

  When cash is inserted into the banknote insertion / extraction port 12 in a state where no visitor card 38 or member card is inserted, a pachinko ball of a predetermined specified amount is paid out. Then, one visitor card 38 is fed out from the card storage unit 41, conveyed to the card access unit 43, temporarily stopped, and change is recorded on the visitor card 38.

  FIG. 7 shows the operation of paying out one visitor card 38 from the card accommodating portion 41. In the feeding operation, first, the motor 71 is driven in reverse. As a result, one visitor card 38 a located at the lower end in the stored state is conveyed to the card access unit 43 side as the feeding roller 52 rotates. At this time, only one visitor card 38a at the lower end passes through the passage opening 41b, and the second and subsequent cards 38b from the lower end are prevented from moving due to the presence of the side wall 41a, and are drawn out to the outside or the loading state is disturbed. There is nothing to do.

  The motor 71 is temporarily stopped and the solenoid 56 is driven when the third card sensor 83 detects the leading end of the visitor card 38a that has been fed out and transported for a predetermined distance. The predetermined distance is such that the front end of the visitor card 38 reaches between the transport roller 61 and the pinch roller 63, and the rear end of the visitor card 38 is at the front end position of one piece 55a of the push-up lever 55 and the feed roller 52. It is set so as to satisfy the condition of being between the top. The transport distance may be measured based on the number of drive pulses applied to the motor 71.

  In addition, when the visitor card 38 reaches a position that satisfies the above conditions, the arrangement of each part is set so that the tip of the visitor card 38 comes to the detection position of the second card sensor 82, and the second card sensor 82 You may comprise so that the motor 71 may be stopped when the visitor card 38 is detected.

  After driving the solenoid 56, the reverse drive of the motor 71 is resumed. At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, since the second and subsequent cards 38b are pushed up by the push-up lever 55, they do not come into contact with the feeding roller 52 and are not drawn out to the outside or the stacked state is disturbed. Absent.

  Thereafter, when the second card sensor 82 detects the visitor card 38 and the third card sensor 83 stops detecting the visitor card 38 or when the first card sensor 81 detects the front end of the visitor card 38, the card access The unit 43 determines that the visitor card 38 has reached the access position for reading and writing information, and stops driving the motor 71 and the solenoid 56.

  When the payout operation is completed and the visitor card 38 arrives at the access position, information is read from and written to the IC tag 39 of the visitor card 38. For example, an amount corresponding to change is written.

  The player can receive a pachinko ball rental within the range of the balance by inputting the amount from the operation unit 15. When the checkout button is operated in a state where the balance remains, after the balance information is written to the IC tag 39 of the visitor card 38, the visitor card 38 is discharged from the visitor card insertion slot 19.

  In the discharging operation, the solenoid 56 is driven, the motor 71 is driven in the reverse direction, and the driving of the motor 71 and the solenoid 56 is stopped when the second card sensor 82 no longer detects the visitor card 38. At this time, a part of the visitor card 38 protrudes from the visitor card insertion slot 19, and when the player pulls out the visitor card 38 protruding from the visitor card insertion slot 19, the first card sensor 81 is moved to the visitor card 38. Is no longer detected, and the return of the card is confirmed.

  When there is no balance due to the lending of pachinko balls, the visitor card 38 in the card access unit 43 is transported to the card storage unit 41 and collected.

  In the collecting operation, the solenoid 56 is first driven to lift the push-up lever 55 to the state shown in FIG. Next, the motor 71 is driven forward. The visitor card 38 is fed into the space generated by lifting the push-up lever 55 through the passage port 41b. The forward rotation of the motor 71 is temporarily stopped when the third card sensor 83 detects the front end of the visitor card 38 and a predetermined distance is conveyed. This predetermined distance is set in a range where the tip of the visitor card 38 to be fed reaches the upper surface of the feeding roller 52 and does not collide with the push-up lever 55. You may set a sensor and arrangement | positioning of each part so that a stop position may be recognized when the 2nd card sensor 82 detected the rear end of the visitor card 38. FIG.

  With the motor 71 temporarily stopped, the drive of the solenoid 56 is stopped. Thereby, it will be in the state where the visitor card | curd 38a currently collect | recovered bites into the lowest layer of a lamination | stacking state. Thereafter, when the forward rotation driving of the motor 71 is resumed, the visitor card 38a is further fed into the back. When the third card sensor 83 has not detected the visitor card 38a and a predetermined distance has been conveyed, the forward drive of the motor 71 is stopped. Thereby, the visitor card 38a is accommodated in the fixed position in the card accommodating part 41, and collection | recovery operation is completed.

  When a new game is played using the remaining visitor card 38, the player inserts the visitor card 38 into the visitor card insertion slot 19 of the inter-game machine equipment 10. When the first card sensor 81 detects the visitor card 38 inserted into the visitor card insertion slot 19, the solenoid 56 is driven and the motor 71 starts to rotate forward. When the second card sensor 82 detects the visitor card 38 and the first card sensor 81 stops detecting the visitor card 38 or when the third card sensor 83 detects the front end of the visitor card 38, the visitor card 38 is detected. Is reached to the access position, and the drive of the solenoid 56 and the motor 71 is stopped. Thereafter, the card access unit 43 reads and writes necessary data for the visitor card 38 stopped at the access position.

  When the remaining amount of the visitor card 38 is exhausted, it is collected into the card storage unit 41 in the same procedure as described above. If the checkout button is operated before the balance is exhausted, it is discharged from the visitor card insertion slot 19 in the same procedure as described above.

  As described above, since the visitor cards 38 are stacked in the horizontal direction in the vertical direction and are accommodated in the card accommodating portion 41, depending on the internal configuration of the inter-game machine equipment 10, it is possible to accommodate several hundred visitor cards 38. Is possible. Further, since the visitor card 38 at the lower end is pressed toward the pay-out roller 52 and the idling roller 51 by the weight of the visitor card 38 accommodated in a stacked manner and the weight 46, the structure is compared with the case where the pressing force is obtained by a spring or the like. Simplified.

  Furthermore, since the passage opening 41b corresponding to the thickness of one visitor card is formed by adjusting the length of the lower end of the side wall 41a of the card accommodating portion 41, the mechanism for feeding one by one is simple. This reduces the manufacturing man-hours and manufacturing costs.

  Further, the visitor card 38 accommodated in the card accommodating portion 41 is pushed up by the push-up lever 55 except for the timing of the feeding operation and the collecting operation so as not to come into contact with the feeding roller 52. It is possible to prevent the roller 52 from rubbing and hurting the visitor card 38 and unnecessarily visiting the visitor card 38 from being drawn out from the card accommodating portion 41.

  Specifically, when the visitor card 38 is transported from the visitor card insertion port 19 to the access position, the solenoid 56 is driven, so that the lower end visitor card 38 in which the feeding roller 52 is stacked and accommodated in the card accommodation portion 41 is removed. Rubbing and aching is avoided. Further, when the visitor card 38 is transported from the access position to the visitor card insertion slot 19, the visitor card 38 is prevented from being unwound.

  Further, since the push-up lever 55 is provided, it is possible to prevent deterioration due to unnecessary feeding and friction as described above, without the need to make the feeding roller 52 and the conveying rollers 61 and 62 drive independently. A clutch or the like for making the feeding roller 52 free is not required while the number of the sources 71 is one, and the structure is simplified.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to that shown in the embodiment, and there are changes and additions within the scope of the present invention. Are also included in the present invention.

  For example, in the embodiment, the inter-game machine equipment 10 has been described by way of an example of a so-called CR sand machine that sends a payout signal to an adjacent pachinko machine and causes the pachinko machine to pay out the pachinko ball. This payout mechanism may be configured as a so-called cash machine that the inter-game machine equipment itself has. In this case, a discharge nozzle or the like for guiding the pachinko ball to the upper plate of the adjacent pachinko machine is provided on the front surface of the inter-game machine equipment.

  In the embodiment, the case where the card is fed and collected at the lower end of the stacked cards is shown. However, the card may be paid out and collected at the upper end of the stacked cards. In this case, it is preferable to provide a pressurizing means for urging the stacked cards upward from the lower end with a spring or the like.

  When a visitor card collects the visitor card 38 from the full card storage unit 41 by remote control or the like, or when the visitor card 38 is replenished to the card storage unit 41 that has run out of the card, there is no temporary stop at the access position. The visitor card 38 may be configured to be transported between the visitor card insertion slot 19 and the card accommodating portion 41.

  In the embodiment, the visitor card 38 incorporating the IC tag 39 has been described as an example, but the recording method and recording medium of information on the card are not limited to those illustrated.

  Furthermore, in the embodiment, an example in which the visitor card 38 is straightly conveyed in a horizontal state between the visitor card insertion slot 19 and the card accommodation section 41 has been described. The route may be inclined up and down along the way.

It is explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the card processing apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the installation state in the game hall of the game machine equipment between tables concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the inter-game game equipment apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a left view which shows the table game equipment apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the visitor card | curd used with the inter-game game equipment apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the card | curd control board which controls operation | movement of the card processing apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation state at the time of paying out one visitor card from a card accommodating part. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which the raising lever 55 lifted the visitor card accommodated in the card accommodating part.

Explanation of symbols

F ... Frame 3 ... Pachinko machine 5 ... Upper plate 10 ... Intergame machine equipment 11 ... Status display lamp 12 ... Bill insertion / extraction port 13 ... Frequency display unit 14 ... Display unit 15 ... Operation unit 16 ... Light receiving unit 17 ... Keyhole 18 ... Visitor card confirmation LED
19 ... Visitor card insertion slot 20 ... Member card confirmation LED
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Member card insertion slot 31 ... Banknote identification machine 32, 33 ... Control board 34 ... External output terminal board 35 ... Member card R / W unit 38 ... Visitor card 38a ... Visitor card 38b ... Second visitor card 39 ... IC tag 40 ... card processing device 41 ... card accommodating part 41a ... side wall 41b ... passage port 42 ... transport part 43 ... card access part 43a ... antenna 44 ... full sensor 45 ... air end sensor 46 ... weight 51 ... idling roller 52 ... feeding Roller 53, 54 ... Support shaft 55 ... Push-up lever 55a ... One piece of push-up lever 55b ... The other piece of push-up lever 56 ... Solenoid 56a ... Rod 57 ... Limit switch 61, 62 ... Conveyance roller 63, 64 ... Pinch roller 71 ... motor 81 ... first card sensor 82 ... second car Sensor 83 ... third card sensor 90 ... card control board 91 ... CPU
92 ... ROM
93 ... RAM
94 ... I / O unit 95 ... Motor driver 96 ... Solenoid driver 97 ... Sensor amplifier 98 ... Communication unit

Claims (6)

A card processing device built in the inter-game machine equipment installed between a gaming machine and a gaming machine,
A card storage unit for storing and storing cards in which information can be recorded in a state in which the surface is perpendicular to the long side direction of the front surface forming the rectangle of the inter-game machine equipment;
A transport for transporting a card between the card receiving section and an opening in which at least one of insertion and ejection of the card is performed and which is elongated in the short side direction on the front surface of the inter-game machine equipment Means,
A card access unit that is provided in the middle of the transport path of the transport means and performs at least one of recording of information to the card and reading of information from the card;
Have
The card accommodating portion includes a passage opening for one card, and a pressurizing unit that pressurizes the accommodated card so that one end face of the card faces the passage opening.
The transport means is disposed at a position in contact with a surface on the opposite side to the surface to be pressed of the one of the cards stored in the card storage unit, and when the card is fed out through the passage opening And a feeding roller that is driven when the card is received, and a pressing unit that is located on the back side of the feeding roller with respect to the passing port when the card is stored in the card storing unit through the passing port. The direction in which the card is stored is driven by driving the feeding roller in the direction in which the card is stored after the card is retracted from the position facing the passage opening by pressing in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the pressing means the rewritable releasing the pressing by the pushing-up portion when it is between the tip and said feed roller and said push-up portion, decremental the card through the passage opening from the card accommodating portion When the rear end of the card to be fed is between the push-up portion and the feed roller, the stacked card is pushed by the push-up portion in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the pressing means. The card stacked next to the card to be fed is retracted to a position where it does not come into contact with the feeding roller, and the pressing operation is completed until the card feeding is completed and the feeding roller is stopped. A card processing device for inter-game gaming machine equipment, characterized by having a storage card evacuation mechanism. A card processing device built in the inter-game machine equipment installed between a gaming machine and a gaming machine,
A card storage unit for storing cards in which information can be recorded in a horizontal state and stacked vertically;
An opening in which at least one of insertion and ejection of a card is performed, which is provided in a slender shape in the horizontal direction on the front surface of the inter-game machine equipment, and a transport unit that transports the card between the card storage unit and ,
A card access unit that is provided in the middle of the transport path of the transport means and performs at least one of recording of information to the card and reading of information from the card;
Have
The card accommodating portion includes a passage opening for one card, and a pressurizing unit that pressurizes the accommodated card so that one end face of the card faces the passage opening.
The transport means is disposed at a position in contact with a surface on the opposite side to the surface to be pressed of the one of the cards stored in the card storage unit, and when the card is fed out through the passage opening And a feeding roller that is driven when the card is received, and a pressing unit that is located on the back side of the feeding roller with respect to the passing port when the card is stored in the card storing unit through the passing port. The direction in which the card is stored is driven by driving the feeding roller in the direction in which the card is stored after the card is retracted from the position facing the passage opening by pressing in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the pressing means the rewritable releasing the pressing by the pushing-up portion when it is between the tip and said feed roller and said push-up portion, decremental the card through the passage opening from the card accommodating portion When the rear end of the card to be fed is between the push-up portion and the feed roller, the stacked card is pushed by the push-up portion in the direction opposite to the pressing direction of the pressing means. The card stacked next to the card to be fed is retracted to a position where it does not come into contact with the feeding roller, and the pressing operation is completed until the card feeding is completed and the feeding roller is stopped. A card processing device for inter-game gaming machine equipment, characterized by having a storage card evacuation mechanism. The planar shape of the card is a rectangle,
The opening has a length in the longitudinal direction that matches the length of the short side of the card,
The inter-game machine equipment according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the card housing unit stacks and accommodates the cards in a state where a short side of the card is parallel to a front surface of the inter-game machine equipment. Card processing equipment. The transport means has a function of transporting and temporarily stopping the card from the opening or the card accommodation unit to a predetermined access position where the card access unit accesses the card;
A function of conveying and ejecting the card from the access position to the opening;
The card processing device for inter-game gaming machine equipment according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the card processing unit has a function of transporting and storing a card from the access position to the card storage unit. The said card access part communicates with the card | curd containing a non-contact communication element, Comprising: The antenna for communication is characterized by the above-mentioned. Card processing device.   An inter-game gaming machine device incorporating the card processing device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.

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