JP4450604B2 - A collection tank for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a recovery tank for a spinning cylinder type gaming machine represented by a slot machine, a pachislot machine and the like.

  Generally, in a swivel-type gaming machine, when there is a betting number setting and start operation of a game medium (for example, a medal, hereinafter also referred to as a medal) by a player, a symbol row is drawn on the outer periphery, for example, three One reel unit is rotated to start variable display of symbols, and the rotation of each reel unit is stopped according to the subsequent stop operation, and the game result is determined by the display symbol at the time of the stop. When the display symbols on the reels are arranged in a predetermined combination, a prize is awarded, and the number of game media corresponding to the set number of bets and the contents of the prize is paid out to the player.

  By the way, in these general revolving type gaming machines, the number of medals according to the set number of bets and winnings is paid out, but when more medals are inserted than the number of medals paid out. The medal overflows from the payout device. For this reason, a collection tank for collecting overflowed medals is provided. For example, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, medals stored in the hopper unit (reference numeral 16) and medals inserted in the medal slot (reference numeral 530) and stored in the hopper unit. Both are used for payout.

  The hopper unit includes a hopper tank (reference numeral 181) for storing medals, a hopper (reference numeral 186) for releasing medals arranged in a line at a lower portion of the hopper tank, and the hopper. A motor (reference numeral 182) for rotationally driving the motor is fixed to the support base (reference numeral 187). On the other hand, an overflow tank (reference numeral 18 in the literature) for collecting overflowed medals is disposed adjacent to the hopper unit (reference numeral 16 in the literature). An overflow rail (reference numeral 184) and an overflow connecting rod (reference numeral 185) communicating with the overflow rail are fixed to the hopper tank.

  The medals stored in the hopper tank increase the number of medals in the hopper tank when the number of medals inserted is larger than the medals to be paid out, and eventually overflow from the hopper tank. This overflowing medal is stored in the overflow tank via the overflow connection rod communicating with the overflow rail. When a predetermined amount of medals stored in the overflow tank reaches the outside, a sensor or the like notifies the outside and medals are carried out by the parties concerned. This unloading method may be performed by an automatic circulation supply device installed on the island. In this case, the medal is carried out through an opening formed in the bottom surface of the overflow tank.

JP 2001-212282 A (paragraphs 0094 to 0098 and FIGS. 21 to 25)

  However, the overflow tank used in the conventional swing type game machine includes the hopper unit fixed to a support base (reference numeral 187), the hopper tank, the overflow rail, From the positional relationship with the overflow connecting rod and the positional relationship between the full sensors (reference numerals 140a and 140b), it is necessary to arrange the gaming machine at a certain position. Therefore, in order to smoothly and reliably carry medals from the hopper unit into and out of the overflow tank, the overflow tank is optimized for each model in consideration of the positional relationship between the hopper unit and the overflow tank. It was necessary to arrange so that. For this reason, the overflow tank tends to be manufactured as a model-specific part. Accordingly, it is difficult to share the overflow tank among a plurality of models, and there is no compatibility between the models, resulting in a cost increase. In particular, in the case where an automatic circulation replenishment device for medals is attached, a dedicated part in a form including adjustment of the connection position is required, which causes a further cost increase.

  Furthermore, the overflow rail and the overflow connecting rod that communicate the hopper tank and the overflow tank are oriented in the longitudinal direction of the overflow tank so that medals carried out from the hopper tank do not fly out of the overflow tank. For this reason, the overflow connecting rod has a long and complicated shape.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a recovery tank for a spinning cylinder type gaming machine that is compatible with a plurality of models in terms of the vertical positional relationship between the payout device and the recovery tank.

  The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

[1] A recovery tank for a gaming machine according to the present invention has a vertical position adjustment unit that adjusts a vertical positional relationship between a game payout apparatus that overflows from the payout apparatus and the recovery tank. The vertical position adjustment unit has an engagement structure for engaging the tank body with an outer case that accommodates the tank body of the recovery tank so that the height of the tank body can be adjusted. As the engagement structure formed in the vertical position adjustment portion, a plurality of guides formed in the outer case along the accommodating direction of the tank main body with respect to the outer case and a plurality of spaces in the height direction are formed in the tank main body. A slider mounted on the guide and capable of sliding contact, and the guide and the slider are each formed with a notch for separating the sliding slider from the guide, and the tank main body is not separated from the outer case. The height position can be adjusted. Thereby, the vertical position adjustment can be easily performed only by the mutual relationship between the recovery tank body and the outer case of the recovery tank. The vertical position adjusting unit can be manufactured at the time of manufacturing the recovery tank main body and the outer case, and it is not necessary to increase the manufacturing process, and an increase in manufacturing cost can be prevented. Furthermore, since the height position of the tank body can be adjusted in a non-separated state from the outer case, good operability for height adjustment can be realized.

  As another form of the engagement structure formed in the vertical position adjustment unit, a plurality of guides may be formed apart from the slider. That is, a plurality of guides formed in the outer case so as to be spaced apart from each other in the height direction along the storage direction of the tank body with respect to the outer case, and a slider formed on the tank body and slidably contacted with the guide. In addition, the guide and the slider may be formed with a notch portion that allows the slider that comes into sliding contact with the guide to be separated from the guide, so that the height position of the tank body can be adjusted in a non-separated state from the outer case. Also in this manner, as described above, the vertical position adjusting unit can be manufactured at the time of manufacturing the recovery tank main body and the outer case, and further, good operability for adjusting the height position of the tank main body can be realized.

As a more specific form of the present invention, the guide may be a projecting piece formed on both inner side walls of the outer case, and the slider may be a projecting piece formed on both outer walls of the tank body. The structure of the guide and slider is simplified.
It is desirable that the outer case has a stopper piece on the side wall on the side of the game medium overflowing from the payout device. This stop piece makes it possible to prevent the game medium carried out from the payout device from being scattered outside beyond the collection tank body.

  As a more specific form of the present invention, it is desirable that an insertion port for the recovery tank body is formed on the front surface of the outer case, and an opening / closing door that opens and closes the insertion port. With this open / close door, the collection tank body can be easily taken in and out of the outer case, and the vertical position adjustment can be easily performed.

  The open / close door is preferably always biased in a direction to close the insertion port of the collection tank main body. If energized, the recovery tank will not be detached from the outer case, and the game medium carried out from the payout device will not be scattered outside from the insertion port of the recovery tank body.

  According to the present invention, the height-quality positional relationship between the dispensing device and the collection tank can be adjusted. Therefore, it is possible to deal with a plurality of gaming machines having different height positions of the payout device and the collection tank, and to share the collection tank regardless of the presence or absence of an external game medium collection device. Furthermore, since the nozzle of the payout device can be placed close to the collection tank, the nozzle can be formed in the shortest time, and the game medium carried out from the payout device can be reliably carried into the collection tank.

  FIG. 1 is a front view illustrating an arrangement of devices in a gaming machine equipped with a recovery tank according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows an arrangement of main components in the gaming machine equipped with a recovery tank of the present invention. FIG.

  A gaming machine (for example, a slot machine) 100 provided with the recovery tank 5 of the present invention is housed in the housing 1, the front door 2 pivotally supported on the front open side of the housing 1, and the housing 1. The game device (31, 32), the payout device 4, the position adjusting mechanism 6 provided in the recovery tank 5, and the game medium recovery device 9 provided on the island are provided. The position adjusting mechanism 6 is a vertical position adjusting unit 61 that adjusts the position in the vertical direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the housing 1 is formed in a vertically long rectangular shape in which a bottom plate 11, left and right side plates 12, 13, a top plate 14 and a back plate 15 are assembled and the front surface is opened. (Hereinafter, top and bottom, top and bottom, left and right, and front and rear will be described based on the usage state of the gaming machine) A main controller 16 is attached to the upper inside of the back plate 15 of the housing 1 and below (casing A gaming device (reel 31, reel box 32) is supported via a reel unit support frame 33 at approximately the middle in the vertical direction of the body 1. Also, on the lower side, a payout device 4, a collection tank 5, and a position adjustment mechanism 6 are accommodated. The housing 1 is divided into an upper housing and a lower housing, or each of them is formed independently, and a gaming device (reel 31 and reel box 32), a payout device 4, a collection tank 5, and a vertical position adjusting unit are provided respectively. 61) can be stored and assembled as a gaming machine 100. A discharge port 11a is provided at the right end of the bottom plate 11 for carrying out the game medium 10 to the game medium recovery device 9 provided between the islands in which the gaming machines 100 are arranged side by side.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a front door 2 is pivotally supported on the front open side of the housing 1 so as to be opened and closed. The front door 2 includes a front decorative frame 21, a title panel 22 provided on the lower side of the front decorative frame 21, a game panel 23 provided on the upper side, a display lamp 24 disposed on the upper end, A game medium slot 25 provided on the substantially middle right side in the height direction and a tray 26 for the game medium 10 provided at the lower end are provided.

  The gaming device is disposed inside the housing 1 and includes a reel 31, a reel box 32, and an unillustrated operation button, a button for inserting the game medium 10, and other devices necessary for the game. The reel box 32 is attached to the back plate 15 inside the housing 1 via a reel unit support frame 33.

  The payout device 4, the collection tank 5, and the position adjustment mechanism 6 provided in the collection tank 5 are arranged in a substantially half space below the housing 1. Hereinafter, each configuration will be described in detail.

  The dispensing device 4 includes a storage tank 41, a hopper unit 42, and a motor 43 that drives the hopper unit 42, and these are assembled to a mounting bracket 44, and are engaged at a substantially center of the bottom plate 11 of the housing 1. It slide-fits on the rail 11b. In the storage tank 41, game media for payout and inserted game media 10 are stored, and when the stored game media 10 increases and overflows from the storage tank 41, a storage tank 41 is provided. Then, it is carried out to the collection tank 5 through the nozzle 44.

  3 is a front view of the recovery tank 5, FIG. 4 is a side view of the recovery tank 5, FIG. 5 is a top view of the recovery tank 5, and FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the recovery tank 5.

  The collection tank 5 includes a collection tank main body 51, an outer case 52 that accommodates the collection tank main body 51 so that it can be inserted and removed, and a vertical position adjustment unit 61 provided between the collection tank main body 51 and the outer case 52. Is arranged in the lower right corner of the housing 1 so that the carry-in port 51f of the recovery tank body 51 faces the lower side of the nozzle 45 provided in the dispensing device 4.

  The recovery tank body 51 is formed in a rectangular box shape having a front wall 51a, a rear wall 51b, both side walls 51c, 51d, and a bottom wall 51e, and forms a carry-in port 51f for the game medium 10 opened upward, A carry-out port 51g for carrying out the game medium 10 is formed in a substantially half-divided range of the bottom wall 51e. A shutter 51h is pivotally supported on one side of the carry-out port 51g to open and close the carry-out port 51g. Further, projecting walls 611, 612,... 616, which are a plurality of projecting pieces spaced apart in the vertical direction, project in the longitudinal direction of the side walls 51c, 51d on both side walls 51c, 51d of the recovery tank body 51. It is installed. A pair of square holes 61j and 61k are formed at the upper ends of the side walls 51c and 51d and the upper end of the front wall 51a, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the shutter 51h is normally opened on the side opposite to the carry-out port 51g in which the bottom wall 51e is formed, and the carry-out port 51g is opened. When a situation occurs in which the game medium 10 cannot be carried out, the carry-out port 51g is closed, and the game medium 10 is stored inside the collection tank main body 51. The stored game medium 10 is processed later by a related party.

  The outer case 52 has an open / close door 52a, a rear wall 52b, both side walls 52c, 52d, and a bottom wall 52e. The outer case 52 is formed in a rectangular box shape slightly larger than the outer shape of the collection tank body 51, and holds the collection tank body 51. Hold it. The upper edge has a locking port 52f of the collection tank main body 51, and a carry-out port 52g for carrying out the game medium 10 on the lower side is formed in a range over almost the entire area of the bottom wall 52e. The carry-out port 52g communicates with the game medium recovery device 9 provided on the lower side of the island.

  Then, mounting pieces 52h and 52i extending outward are formed on the lower edges of the opening and closing door 52a and the rear wall 52b, and are fixed to the housing 1 by an arbitrary method such as a screw by the mounting pieces 52h and 52i. Has been. Further, a stopper piece 52j of the game medium 10 is formed on the upper edge of the side wall 52d of the outer case 52 so as to extend upward. On the upper edge of the side wall 52c, an engaging piece 52k, which is a protruding piece bent inward, is formed along the longitudinal direction as a guide, and the above-mentioned engaging piece is also used as a guide on the other side wall 52d. An engagement piece 52l which is a protruding piece corresponding to 52k is punched inward and bent. The opening / closing door 52a is pivotally supported so that its lower edge can be opened and closed outward with a hinge 52m, and at all times (when the collection tank body 51 is stored), the front wall 51a of the collection tank body 51 is supported by a torsion spring 52n of the hinge 52m. Is configured to form an insertion port 51i of the recovery tank main body 51 when pressed.

  The projecting walls 611 to 616 as the sliders and the engaging pieces 52k and 52l as guides in the vertical position adjusting unit 61 are provided in the outer tank 52 that houses the recovery tank body 51 of the recovery tank 5 in the recovery tank. An engagement structure for engaging the main body 51 so that the height can be adjusted is realized. In particular, the protruding walls 612 to 616 serving as the slider and the engaging pieces 52k and 52l serving as guides are provided with cutout portions LAC1 and LAC2 that allow the protruding walls 612 to 616 that are in sliding contact to be separated from the engaging pieces 52k and 52l. Are formed mutually so that the height position of the tank body 51 can be adjusted in a non-separated state from the outer case 52. In short, referring to FIG. 11, the projecting walls 612 to 616 pass through the cutout portion LAC1 and the engagement pieces 52k and 52l pass through the cutout LAC2 so that the tank body 51 can be moved up and down with respect to the outer case 52. That's what it means. For example, when the tank body 51 is inserted into the outer case 52 and the protruding wall 612 is placed on the engagement pieces 52k and 52l, the position of the tank body 51 is increased as illustrated in FIG. As described above, the tank body 51 is slightly slid back and forth with respect to the outer case 52 so that the protruding wall 613 passes through the notch LAC1 and the engagement pieces 52k and 52l pass through the notch LAC2. 51 may be shifted upward. In order to lower the position of the tank body 51, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the position of the tank body 51 is slightly slid with respect to the outer case 52, and the protruding wall 612 passes through the notch LAC1 and The tank body 51 may be shifted downward so that the engagement pieces 52k and 52l pass through the notch LAC2.

  Next, a method for adjusting the vertical position of the collection tank main body 51 using the vertical position adjustment unit 61 will be described. First, when the vertical height is adjusted to the lowest position, as shown in FIG. 6, the open / close door 52a of the outer case 52 is spread outward with a finger or the like against the pressing force of the torsion spring 52n. The insertion port 51i of the collection tank main body 51 is opened. Next, the recess formed between the uppermost protruding wall 611 and the next protruding wall 612 of the protruding walls (611 to 616) formed in the recovery tank main body 51 is connected to the engaging piece 52k of the outer case 52. The collection tank main body 51 is slid and housed in the outer case 52 in the state where the collection tank body 51 is fitted. Thereby, the engagement relationship is established among the protruding wall 611, the engagement piece 51k, and the engagement piece 52l. Thereafter, when the storage is completed, the open / close door 52a is restored to the original state by the urging of the torsion spring 52n, and the front wall 51a of the recovery tank main body 51 is pressed to prevent the recovery tank main body 51 from being detached from the outer case 52. is doing.

  FIG. 7 shows a method for adjusting the height in the vertical direction. In (1), the above-described height is set to the lowest position. At this stage, the engagement relationship is the relationship between the protruding wall 611 and the protruding wall 612 of the recovery tank main body 51 and the engagement between them. The recovery tank main body 51 is set at the lowest position, which is constituted by the combination piece 52k and the engagement piece 52l. Next, in (2), the engagement relationship is constituted by the engagement piece 52k and the engagement piece 52l between the protruding wall 612 and the protruding wall 613 of the recovery tank body 51, and the second lowest position from the bottom. Is set to Further, in (3), the engagement relationship is constituted by the engagement piece 52k and the engagement piece 52l between the protruding wall 613 and the protruding wall 614 of the recovery tank main body 51, and the third lowest position from the bottom. Is set to Furthermore, in (4), the engagement relationship is constituted by the engagement piece 52k and the engagement piece 52l between the protruding wall 614 and the protruding wall 615 of the recovery tank main body 51, and is at the fourth lowest position from the bottom. Is set. In (5), the engagement relationship is constituted by the engagement piece 52k and the engagement piece 52l between the protruding wall 615 and the lowest protruding wall 616 of the recovery tank main body 51, and the height of the uppermost level. Is set. That is, the height is adjusted to five levels by six projecting walls (611 to 616). Needless to say, the height can be set at an arbitrary level depending on the number of protruding walls.

  As described above, the engagement structure is constituted by the engagement pieces 52k and 52l as the guides formed in the outer case 52 and the projecting walls 611 to 616 as the sliders which are placed on the guides and can be brought into sliding contact with each other. By realizing the above, the vertical position adjusting unit 61 can be manufactured at the time of manufacturing the recovery tank main body 51 and the outer case 52, and it is not necessary to increase the manufacturing process, and an increase in manufacturing cost can be prevented. Further, the engaging pieces 52k and 52l as the guide and the projecting walls 611 to 616 as the slider are formed with cutout portions LAC1 and LAC2 for detaching the slider that comes into sliding contact with the guide. By making it possible to adjust the height position of the tank body 51 in the separated state, it is possible to realize good operability for adjusting the height position of the tank body 51 with respect to the outer case 52.

  Here, an opening 91a of a collection chute 91 provided to carry out the game medium 10 to the game medium collection device 9, a discharge port 11a formed in the bottom plate 11 of the case 1, and the case 1 are placed. The relationship with the collection port 92 formed in the gutter plate 93 will be described with reference to FIG.

  Generally, the game medium collection device 9 is disposed between islands where game machines 100 are juxtaposed, and is in communication with the game machines 100 disposed on each island via a collection chute 91. The opening 91a of the recovery chute 91 is formed in a rectangular shape that is long in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine 100 (the direction in which the gaming machines 100 are arranged side by side). And the recovery port 92 of the girdle 93 formed corresponding to the opening 91a is also formed in an elliptical shape that is long in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine 100, like the opening of the recovery chute 91. This is because, even when the gaming machine 100 is replaced or the like, even if the gaming machine 100 is slightly shifted in the parallel direction (the width may be slightly different depending on the model), the communication relationship between the frontage 91a and the collection port 92 is cut off, This is to prevent the gaming medium 10 from being unloaded from the machine 100 to the gaming medium collection device 9.

  However, the outer case 52 in which the collection tank main body 51 is accommodated extends along the short (front-rear) direction at the right corner of the housing 1 due to the relationship of other devices or the handling (in / out) of the recovery tank main body 51. It is common to be arranged in the above. For this reason, the carry-out port 52g opened in the outer case 52 is formed in a rectangular shape in the longitudinal direction of the outer case 52 (front-rear direction with respect to the gaming machine) so as to match the shape of the collection tank main body 51. .

  On the other hand, the outlet 51g opened in the recovery tank body 51 is formed in a substantially half-divided range of the bottom wall 51e. Therefore, approximately half of this carry-out port 51g communicates with the carry-out port 52g formed in the outer case 52, and the remaining half of the carry-out port 51g is disposed so as to cover almost half of the carry-out port 52g. Therefore, it always communicates with the recovery port 92 of the cover plate 93 in a range approximately half of the carry-out port 52g.

  For this reason, when the position of the gaming machine 100 or the position of the game medium collecting device 9 moves forward with the change in the arrangement of the gaming machine 100 or the island, naturally, the collection port 92 formed in the gutter plate 93 also moves forward. The recovery port 92 enters the blind portion of the bottom wall 51e of the recovery tank body 51, and the recovery port 92 and the carry-out port 51g are not communicated with each other. When such a situation occurs, the carry-out port 51g and the collection port 92 communicate with each other by pulling the collection tank main body 51 out of the outer case 52 and inserting it into the outer case 52 with the front and back reversed.

  Next, the flow of the game medium 10 between the payout device 4 and the collection tank 5 (the collection tank 61, the outer case 62, the vertical position adjusting unit 61) and the game medium collection device 9 provided below the island will be described. To do.

  FIG. 8 shows the flow of the game medium 10 when the height of the collection tank main body 51 is set to the third stage because the difference in height between the nozzle 45 provided in the dispensing device 4 and the collection tank main body 51 is large. It is a thing.

  When a predetermined amount of the game medium 10 stored in the storage unit 41 formed in the payout device 4 is stored in the storage unit 41, the game medium 10 is discharged from the nozzle 45 into the collection tank main body 51. At this time, the vertical position is adjusted so that the carry-in port 51 f of the collection tank main body 51 is positioned in the vicinity of the nozzle 45, so that the game medium 10 is not scattered outside the collection tank main body 51. It is carried into 51. The loaded game medium 10 is unloaded from the normally opened opening 51g into the outer case 52, and unloaded from the unloading port 52g to the game medium collecting device 9 provided under the island.

  The game medium 10 carried out into the outer case 52 from the opening 51g of the collection tank main body 51 is stopped by the open / close door 52a of the outer case 52 and guided to the carry-out port 52g without being scattered outside. At this time, the open / close door 52a is biased by the torsion spring 52n, and is guided to the carry-out port 52g without largely playing the game medium 10 in order to receive the game medium 10 as a buffer.

  In FIG. 9, the nozzle 45 provided in the dispensing device 4 and the collection tank main body 51 are arranged so as to interfere with each other in the height direction, and the vertical position adjustment unit 61 cannot adjust the difference in height, that is, implementation. Example 2 is shown.

  In this example, the hopper unit 42 provided in the payout device 4 extends to the vertical adjustment range of the collection tank main body 51, and the vertical position adjustment unit is attached to the gaming machine that is substantially difficult to adjust in the vertical direction (arrow direction). The structure which equipped the collection | recovery tank 5 provided is shown. In this case, the collection tank main body 51 is set at the lowest position, and the game medium 10 originally transported from the nozzle 45 is difficult to be carried into the collection tank main body 51, but the stopper piece extended to the outer case 52. It collides with 52j, is controlled obliquely downward, and is carried into the collection tank main body 51. Therefore, the game medium 10 is not scattered outside the collection tank main body 51.

  Thus, the game medium 10 is not scattered outside the collection tank 5 and does not affect other devices.

  Although the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited thereto and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof.

  For example, the game medium 10 can be stored in the collection tank 5 separately from the configuration in which the game medium 10 is directly carried out by the game medium collection device 9, and can also be used for an item that is collected by each person concerned. At this time, the shutter 51 provided on the collection tank main body 51 is closed.

  In the above description, the vertical position adjustment unit 61 has been described as an engagement structure including a projecting wall and an engagement piece, but in addition, an elastic body as a slider on the collection tank body 51 side and a guide on the outer case 52 side are guided. An engagement structure may be realized by providing a fitting recess and fitting them. Further, the slider may be a fitting recess and the guide may be an elastic body. Further, the engaging structure includes a plurality of spaced apart guides formed on the outer case 52, and a slider mounted on the guide and slidable on the tank body, and the guide and the slider are in sliding contact with the slider. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which notch portions that allow the tank body to be separated from each other are formed mutually so that the height position of the tank body can be adjusted in a non-separated state from the outer case.

  The present invention is also applicable to a game machine installed in a game center or the like.

It is the front view which showed arrangement | positioning of each apparatus in the game machine provided with the collection | recovery tank of this invention. It is the side schematic diagram which showed arrangement | positioning of the main components in the gaming machine provided with the collection | recovery tank of this invention. It is the front view which showed the collection | recovery tank of this invention. It is the side view which showed the collection | recovery tank of this invention. It is the top view which showed the collection | recovery tank of this invention. It is the disassembled perspective view which showed the collection | recovery tank of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed the position adjustment state of the perpendicular direction. It is explanatory drawing which showed the flow of game media. It is explanatory drawing which showed the flow of the game media in the structure which cannot adjust vertical position. It is explanatory drawing which showed the positional relationship of the carrying-out port formed in the outer case, and the collection | recovery port of a game media collection | recovery apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the relationship between the notch part formed in both the guide and the slider, and a guide and a slider in order to make the slider which contacts sliding come off from a guide.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Game machine 1 Housing | casing 2 Front door 31 Reel 32 Reel box 33 Reel box support frame 4 Dispensing device 41 Storage part 45 Nozzle 5 Collection tank 51 Collection tank main body 52 Outer case 52k, 52l Engagement piece 6 Guide position adjustment mechanism 61 Vertical Position Adjusting Unit 611-616 Projecting Wall as Slider 9 Game Medium Recovery Device LAC1 Guide Notch LAC2 Slider Notch

Claims (6)

A collection tank for gaming machines that collects gaming media overflowed from a payout device,
The collection tank has a vertical position adjusting unit for adjusting a vertical positional relationship with the dispensing device;
The vertical position adjustment unit includes an engagement structure that engages the tank body with an outer case that accommodates the tank body of the recovery tank so that the height of the tank body can be adjusted.
The engagement structure includes a guide formed in the outer case along a direction in which the tank body is accommodated with respect to the outer case, and a plurality of spaces formed in the height direction of the tank body so as to be placed on the guide and slidable. The guide and the slider are each formed with a notch for separating the slider in sliding contact from the guide, and the height position of the tank body can be adjusted in a non-separated state from the outer case. A collection tank for gaming machines. A collection tank for gaming machines that collects gaming media overflowed from a payout device,
The collection tank has a vertical position adjusting unit for adjusting a vertical positional relationship with the dispensing device;
The vertical position adjustment unit includes an engagement structure that engages the tank body with an outer case that accommodates the tank body of the recovery tank so that the height of the tank body can be adjusted.
The engagement structure includes a guide formed in the outer case in a manner spaced apart from the outer case along the storage direction of the tank body with respect to the outer case, and a guide formed on the tank body and placed on the guide to be slidable. The guide and the slider are each formed with a notch for separating the sliding slider from the guide, and the height position of the tank body can be adjusted in a non-separated state from the outer case. A collection tank for gaming machines. 3. The guide according to claim 1, wherein the guide is a projecting piece formed on both inner side walls of the outer case, and the slider is a projecting piece formed on both outer walls of the tank body. A collection tank for gaming machines. 4. A recovery tank for a gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the outer case has a stopper piece on a side wall of the game medium overflowed from the payout device. 5. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein an insertion port for the recovery tank body is formed on a front surface of the outer case, and an opening / closing door that opens and closes the insertion port is provided. Collection tank. 6. The recovery tank for a gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the opening / closing door is constantly urged in a direction to close the insertion port of the recovery tank body.

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