JP4623761B1 - Medal selector and medal-type game machine using the medal selector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medal selector capable of selecting and counting regular medals at high speed even when a large number of medals are thrown at once by a throwing-in method or the like.
A medal guide portion 70B is continuously provided downstream of an alignment sending portion 70A that aligns a plurality of medals that have been thrown together by throwing in and that sequentially sends them out. The medal guide portion 70B is a medal passage that is opened in a band with a width smaller than the regular medal diameter so that the inserted medal M sequentially passes and an illegal medal having a smaller diameter than the regular medal M is discharged to the one medal face side. 72B. One side of the medal passage 72B in the horizontal width direction is a fixed medal locking portion 74B that locks the outer peripheral edge of the passing medal M at a fixed position. The other side is a movable medal locking portion 75B that switches between a medal locking position and an outer opening position by turning on and off the electromagnet. When the medal locking portion is in the medal locking position due to the attractive force of the electromagnet, the movable medal locking portion 75B uses the suction to move the medal M from the movable medal locking portion 75B side. Combined with a medal pusher 79B that presses toward the stop 75B.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a medal selector used in a medal-type gaming machine such as a revolving game machine called a pachislot machine, and a medal-type gaming machine using the medal-type gaming machine.

  The normal game carrying in a rotating game machine is as follows. A predetermined number of medals are placed in advance in the aircraft. The maximum number of inserts is limited to 50. Set the medal multiplier within the range of 1-3 and press the start button. Press the stop button. A predetermined number of medals determined by the arrangement pattern of symbols when a plurality of drums are stopped and the number of medals multiplied are paid out to the tray. When the number of inserted coins in the machine decreases, medals are purchased again or taken out from the tray or large box, and medals are inserted again.

  With regard to the operation of inserting medals into the revolving game machine, the medals are currently inserted one by one from the slit-shaped medal slot through which one medal passes. However, since medals are repeatedly used in the machine and further in the store, they are touching the hands of many people, and many people feel resistance to touching medals from a hygienic point of view. In particular, there are many people who feel resistance to female players. In response to such a situation, so-called throwing-in is considered, in which a plurality of medals are thrown into the machine at once (Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  Throwing-in is an operation of inserting a plurality of medals at a time into a large insertion tray provided in front of the front door of the gaming machine. The medals inserted into the input tray are sent to a medal selector installed behind the front door. The medal selector is used to determine the authenticity of the inserted medal, and only the regular medal is counted and taken into the machine. Unauthorized medals are removed by the medal selector and returned to the tray from the medal payout opening in front of the front door. The medal selector also serves as a medal counter and counts the number of regular medals inserted. When the number of inserted coins reaches 50, medals inserted after that are removed by the medal selector like the non-regular medals, and returned to the tray from the medal payout opening on the front face of the front door.

  In such throwing-in, the following problems are assumed regarding the medal selector. When a player inserts medals into the input tray at once, the medals are immediately counted in the plane and the game starts. If the medal count on the gaming machine is delayed, the game does not advance as the player thinks. This temporal shift does not give the player a sense of incongruity and consequently discomfort.

  In order to solve this problem, it is essential to increase the operation speed of the medal selector. As a medal selector used in a throw-in type gaming machine, a medal type in which medals that have been thrown in at a time are aligned by, for example, a rotor-type alignment unit and sequentially ejected to a medal passage for checking is required. The medal passage itself is not much different from the conventional one, and one medal face side of the medal passage is configured to be opened in a band shape with a width slightly smaller than the regular medal diameter. For this reason, legitimate medals pass through the medal passage, but illegal medals smaller than the standard such as a 10-yen coin are discharged out of the passage from the belt-shaped opening. The number of medals is counted.

  The conventional method of inserting medals one by one has no problem because medals pass through the medal passage at low speed due to its own weight, but in the medal selector used in the throwing-in type gaming machine, it is inserted as described above. The medals are mechanically ejected one after another from the alignment section to the medal passage. Therefore, the medal vibrates while passing through the medal passage, and although it is a regular medal, the medal is discharged out of the passage from the belt-shaped opening, and there is a risk that the number cannot be counted.

JP 2008-43478 A JP 2008-113678 A

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and even when a plurality of medals are inserted in a lump by a throw-in method or the like, a medal capable of selecting and counting regular medals at high speed and accurately. An object is to provide a selector and a medal-type gaming machine using the selector.

In order to achieve the above object, the medal selector according to the first aspect of the present invention is arranged so that inserted medals sequentially pass and illegal medals having a smaller diameter than the regular medals are discharged to one medal face side. A medal passage having a width smaller than the regular medal diameter and opening in a strip shape is provided, and one side of the medal passage in the lateral width direction is a fixed medal locking portion that locks the outer peripheral edge of the passing medal at a fixed position. In addition, the other side is a movable medal locking portion that switches between a medal locking position and an outer open position by turning on and off the electromagnet, and the movable medal locking portion is the medal locking portion. Is combined with a medal pusher for pressing the medal from the movable medal locking portion side to the fixed medal locking portion side using the attraction when the electromagnet is at the medal locking position by the attraction force of the electromagnet In the selector, the movable medal locking portion is a hinge type that is pivotally supported on the opposite side to the side for locking the medal and is attracted and held at the locking position by an electromagnet disposed on the inner side. The medal pusher has one end pivotally supported on the outer surface of the hinge-type movable medal locking portion and presses the medal whose other end is locked by the movable medal locking portion. Therefore, the present invention is characterized in that it has a parent-child structure that has a hinge type penetrating the medal locking portion and uses a movable medal locking portion magnetized by the electromagnet as a biasing source to the pressing side.
A medal selector according to a second aspect of the present invention is the medal selector according to the first aspect, wherein the medal passage is arranged downstream of the aligning and sending unit that aligns and sequentially sends out a plurality of medals that are batch-inserted by throwing-in. It is characterized by being combined.
A medal-type game machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is equipped with the medal selector according to the first or second aspect.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medal selector that allows a normal medal to pass among the inserted medals, while discharging an illegal medal having a smaller diameter than the regular medal from a band-shaped opening having a width smaller than the regular medal diameter. One side of the medal passage is a fixed medal locking portion that locks the outer peripheral edge of the passing medal at a fixed position, and the other side is a medal locking position by turning on and off the electromagnet. In the medal selector, which is a movable medal locking portion that switches between an outer open position and the movable medal locking portion, the movable medal locking portion is pivotally supported on the side opposite to the side that locks the medal. A hinge type that is attracted and held at the locking position by the electromagnet disposed on the inside, and that is attracted by the electromagnet when it is at the medal locking position by the attraction force of the electromagnet. The medal pusher is rotatably supported at one end on the outer surface of the hinge-shaped movable medal locking portion and the other end is locked at the movable medal locking portion. A hinge structure that penetrates the medal locking portion so as to press the medal, and when the movable medal locking portion is magnetized by the electromagnet, it is biased toward the pressing side.
In the medal-type gaming machine according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, among the inserted medals, the regular medals pass, while the illegal medals having a smaller diameter than the regular medals are discharged from the belt-like opening portion having a width smaller than the regular medals. A medal passage is formed, and one side of the medal passage is a fixed medal locking portion that locks the outer peripheral edge of the passing medal at a fixed position, and the other side is locked by turning on and off the electromagnet. In a medal-type gaming machine having a medal selector that is a movable medal locking unit that switches between a position and an open position outside the position, the movable medal locking unit is opposite to the medal locking side. The hinge type is pivotally supported on the side and is attracted and held at the locking position by the electromagnet disposed on the inside, and when the medal is locked by the attraction force of the electromagnet, The medal pusher is attached to the outer surface of the hinge-type movable medal locking portion so that one end is pivotally supported and the other end is movable. A hinge structure that penetrates the medal locking portion so as to press the medal locked to the locking portion, and when the movable medal locking portion is magnetized by the electromagnet, it is biased toward the pressing side. And

  In the medal selector of the present invention, one side of the medal passage is a fixed medal locking portion, and the other side is movable to switch between a medal locking position and an outer opening position by turning on and off the electromagnet. Therefore, when the movable medal locking portion is in the medal locking position, the belt-shaped opening having a smaller diameter than the regular medal is formed on one medal surface side of the medal passage by the two medal locking portions. A portion is formed, and illegal medals are discharged out of the passage from the belt-shaped opening while passing through the medal passage.

  At the same time, the medal pusher using the attractive force of the electromagnet that holds the movable medal locking portion in the medal locking position allows the medal passing through the medal passage to be fixed from the movable medal locking portion side. Therefore, discharge from the band-shaped opening due to vibration of the regular medal is prevented. The use of spring pressure instead of the attractive force of the electromagnet is also conceivable. However, in the case of spring pressure, the spring pressure increases due to compression accompanying the passage of the medal, which may cause clogging of the medal by inhibiting the passage of the medal It can be. Conversely, since the initial pressing is weak, the vibration preventing effect is small. However, in the case of the attracting force of the electromagnet, the distance to the electromagnet increases due to the retraction of the medal pusher accompanying the passage of the medal, and the attracting force decreases. For this reason, the pressing by the medal pusher does not become an obstacle to the medal passage, and the risk of causing medal clogging is low. On the contrary, since the initial pressing is strong, the vibration preventing effect is also enhanced.

  When the energization of the electromagnet is stopped and the movable medal locking part moves to the outside retracted position, the distance between both locking parts, that is, the width of the band-shaped opening increases, and all the medals that have entered the medal path are band-shaped. It is discharged out of the passage from the opening.

  It is particularly effective that the medal passage is combined with the downstream side of the aligning and sending unit that aligns and sequentially sends out a plurality of medals that are thrown together by throwing-in. As described above, in the case of throwing-in, the inserted medals are ejected one after another from the aligned sending part, so that the vibration of the medals in the medal passage and the discharge of the regular medals from the band-shaped opening are remarkable. Therefore, the medal passage effective for suppressing the vibration is particularly effective.

  The movable medal locking part is configured in a simple manner with a hinge type that is pivotally supported on the opposite side of the medal locking side and is attracted and held at the locking position by an electromagnet disposed inside. Is preferable. The medal pusher has one end pivotally supported on the outer surface of the hinge-type movable medal locking portion and presses the medal whose other end is locked by the movable medal locking portion. Therefore, it is preferable that the structure is rational and preferable to have a hinge structure penetrating the medal locking portion and a movable medal locking portion magnetized by the electromagnet as a biasing source to the pressing side.

  The medal selector according to the present invention includes an improper medal in a medal passage by a fixed medal locking portion and a movable medal locking portion that switches between a medal locking position and an open position outside thereof by turning on and off an electromagnet. A band-shaped opening for discharging is formed, and a medal pusher using an electromagnet for displacing and driving the medal locking portion is combined with the movable medal locking portion to suppress vibration of the medal passing through the medal passage. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the regular medal from being discharged from the band-shaped opening due to the vibration of the medal, and it is possible to perform stable medal selection and counting even in the case of throwing-in where vibration is a problem. In addition, since the electromagnet for displacing the movable medal locking portion is used as a power source for biasing the medal pusher, the structure is simple.

  In addition, the medal type gaming machine of the present invention is equipped with the medal selector, so that stable medal selection and medal counting can be performed even when it is necessary to process inserted medals at high speed in the throwing-in method.

1 is a perspective view of a rotating game machine equipped with a medal selector according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the same cylinder type game machine, and shows a state where the front door is removed. A vertical side view of the vicinity of the medal selector, which is the main part of the same-pipe type gaming machine, shows the selector operation. A vertical side view of the vicinity of the medal selector, which is the main part of the same spinning-type game machine, shows when the selector is stopped. It is a top view of the medal selector. It is a front view of the medal selector. It is a side view of the medal selector. It is a bottom view of the medal selector. The side view of the medal selector shows its operation. The bottom view of the medal selector shows its operation.

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

  The medal selector of the present embodiment is used in a medal-throwing-type spinning machine. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the swivel type gaming machine includes a housing 10 whose front surface is open and a single-open front door 20 that opens and closes the front opening. The front door 20 has an upper, middle, and lower three-stage separate structure. A tray 21 is formed at the bottom of the middle door 20B so as to protrude to the front side. The left side of the tray 21 is an ashtray 22. Since the tray 21 and the ashtray 22 are formed at the lowermost portion of the middle door 20B, a space is formed below them, and a dollar box can be accommodated therein. A cup holder 23 that can be advanced and retracted is provided under the tray 21.

  The middle part of the middle door 20B is an operation part 24 that projects like a table to the front side. The upper surface of the operation unit 24 is an operation surface, and switches such as a medal insertion unit 25, a stop switch, and a start switch are provided here. The medal insertion unit 25 is a throw-in method in which a plurality of medals are inserted at a time. The upper part of the middle door 20 </ b> B is a drum viewing window 26. A liquid crystal display unit 27 is provided in front of the upper door 20C. Speakers 28 are provided on both sides of the liquid crystal display unit 27, and a light emitting display unit is provided on the upper side.

  A medal payout device 30 is installed on the bottom plate in the housing 10. On top of this, a plurality of drums 40 that rotate around a horizontal axis and are arranged in the axial direction are provided at the middle stage in the housing 10. The upper stage in the housing 10 is a control unit 50. The upper door 20 </ b> C is a dedicated opening / closing door for the control unit 50, and the middle door 20 </ b> B is used for maintenance of the drum 40, medal replenishment to the medal payout device 30, and the like. The lower door 20 </ b> A is opened and closed during maintenance of the medal payout device 30 and removal work of medals jammed in the medal payout device 30.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the medal insertion portion 25 is an insertion portion unit attached to the operation portion 24 so as to be connected to a medal selector 70 attached to the back side of the front door 20. Yes. The medal insertion unit 25 includes an insertion tray 25a fitted to the operation surface of the operation unit 24, a shutter 25c attached in the vicinity of a medal insertion port 25b which is a medal outlet of the insertion tray 25a, and a medal insertion port 25b. A solenoid 25d as a shutter drive mechanism attached in the vicinity of is used as a main constituent member. However, the loading tray 25a is a loading recess for loading medals and has a funnel-like shape and is not necessarily a dish shape.

  The input tray 25a is a right-angled triangular container fitted to the right end of the upper surface (operation surface) of the operation unit 24, and the upper surface opening of the right-angled triangle has a width of the operation surface so that it can respond to throwing-in. It occupies 1/4 to 1/3 (see FIG. 1). In order to guide the medals M that have been put into the loading tray 25a to the rear medal loading port 25b, the bottom surface of the loading tray 25a is inclined downward from the front side to the back side, and both side surfaces are directed from the front side to the back side. Inclined inward and inclined inward from top to bottom. The medal slot 25b is a rectangle that is long horizontally and is set to a size that allows a plurality of medals M to overlap and pass simultaneously.

  A square tube-shaped medal guide 25 e communicating with the medal insertion port 25 b is attached to the back side of the insertion tray 25. The metal guide 25e protrudes on the back side of the loading tray 25a, and is inclined downward toward the back side so as to guide the medal M to the medal selector 70 disposed on the back side.

  The shutter 25c enters and exits the metal guide 25e, thereby opening and closing the medal slot 25b at the back. A solenoid 25d as a shutter drive mechanism is attached to the side of the metal guide 25e, and drives the shutter 62 to open and close by the advance and retreat operation of the plunger.

  Specifically, when the gaming machine is powered off, the solenoid 25d is also turned off, and the plunger is advanced from the solenoid 25d. As a result, the shutter 25c is lowered from the upper open position to the lower closed position. In order to hold the shutter 25c in the closed state when the power is turned off, the plunger is urged in the advance direction by a spring (not shown). When the gaming machine is powered on, the plunger 25 retreats against the urging force of the spring due to the suction by the solenoid 25d, so that the shutter 25c is raised from the lower closed position to the upper open position. If an error occurrence signal is transmitted even when the gaming machine is powered on, the energization to the solenoid 25d is stopped and the shutter 25c is closed.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 10, the medal selector 70 attached to the rear side of the medal insertion portion 25 in the front door 20 temporarily stores and sequentially arranges the medals M that are collectively inserted from the insertion portion 25. An alignment discharge unit 70A forcibly discharging and a medal guide unit 70B for selecting and counting the medals M by sequentially passing the medals M forcedly discharged from the alignment discharge unit 70A are provided. The alignment discharge unit 70A includes a cylindrical medal reservoir 71A, an alignment rotor 72A that rotates at the bottom of the medal reservoir 71A, and a drive motor that is concentrically attached to the bottom surface of the medal reservoir 71A to drive the alignment rotor 72A. 73A.

  The opening on the upper surface of the medal pool 71A is closed by a cover 74A, leaving an opening for connection with the medal insertion part 25. The cover 74A is provided with a first medal sensor 75A that detects the insertion of the medal M into the medal pool 71A and transmits a rotation command signal to the drive motor 73A. The alignment rotor 72A has a plurality of circular recesses around which the medals M are fitted around the rotation center of the upper surface, and the medals M placed on the rotor are sequentially accommodated in the circular recesses by the rotation of the rotor, and centrifugal force is generated. Thus, the medal M is continuously supplied at a high speed from the aligning / discharging unit 70A to the medal guide unit 70B.

  The medal guide portion 70B of the medal selector 70 has a frame portion 71B extending laterally from the medal reservoir 71A in the alignment discharge portion 70A. The frame portion 71B basically has an inverted T-shaped cross section except for the tip portion, and forms a medal passage 72B having a lower surface opened in a strip shape below the horizontal portion at the lower end. Specifically, the lower surface of the horizontal portion is a medal guide surface 73B, and one side of the medal guide surface 73B is a fixed medal locking portion 74B that locks the peripheral edge of the medal M. On the other side of the medal guide surface 73B, a movable medal locking portion 75B that locks the peripheral portion of the medal M from the opposite side is provided.

  The movable medal locking portion 75B is made of a metal plate that is a magnetic body, and is vertically oriented along the vertical portion on the other side of the vertical portion of the frame portion 71B having an inverted T-shaped cross section. Has been placed. Specifically, the upper end portion of the medal locking portion 75B is rotatably connected to a support portion 76B attached to the other side surface of the vertical portion of the frame portion 71B. That is, the medal locking portion 75B is suspended and supported so as to be tiltable with the upper end portion as a fulcrum. The lower end portion of the medal locking portion 75B is bent at a substantially right angle inward so as to lock the peripheral portion of the medal M from the other end side of the medal guide surface 73B. The movable medal locking portion 75B is attracted to the electromagnet 77B attached to the other side surface of the vertical portion of the frame portion 71B, so that the bent portion at the lower end locks the peripheral portion of the medal M. When held in the locking position and released from being attracted by the electromagnet 77B, it is held in the outer open position by a biasing spring and a stopper (not shown).

  That is, the fixed medal locking part 74B and the movable medal locking part 75B form a medal passage 72B having a lower surface opened in a band shape below the medal guide surface 73B, and the width W1 of the band-shaped opening 78B. Change to 2 levels. That is, the lateral width W1 of the band-shaped opening 78B is smaller than the outer diameter D of the medal M when the movable medal locking portion 75B is in the medal locking position, and the movable medal locking portion 75B is retracted to the outer open position. When it does, it becomes larger than the outer diameter D of the medal M. Incidentally, the lateral width W2 of the medal passage 72B is set larger than the outer diameter D of the medal M so that the medal M can pass smoothly.

  A medal pusher 79B is combined with the movable medal locking portion 75B. The medal pusher 79B is suspended and supported on the outside of the movable medal locking portion 75B so as to be tiltable with the upper end portion as a fulcrum. The material of the medal pusher 79B is resin here, and the holding member 75Ba of the movable medal locking portion 75B in which the metal member embedded in the holding portion 79Ba located on the center line of the electromagnet 77B is attracted to the electromagnet 77B. As a result, the medal pusher 79B is held at a steady position. In the steady position, the abutting portion 79Bb extending inward from the lower end of the medal pusher 79B passes through the opening 75Bb formed in the lower portion of the medal locking portion 75B and protrudes from the side into the medal passage 72B. . The front end surface of the contact portion 79Bb is inclined inward so as to gradually enter the medal passage 72B from the upstream side to the downstream side of the medal passage 78B.

  In the medal selector 70 arranged on the downstream side of the medal insertion section 25, the downstream side of the medal path 72B in the medal guide section 70B of the medal selector 70 is connected to the above-described medal payout device 30, and the lower surface of the medal path 72B. The band-shaped opening 78 </ b> B formed on the side is connected to the tray 21 provided on the front side of the front door 20. Further, in order to make the movement of the medal M from the medal insertion unit 25 to the medal payout device 30 smoother, the alignment discharge unit 70A arranged on the back side of the front door 20 descends toward the back side of the front door 20. The medal selector 70 is inclined so that the medal guide portion 70B that is inclined and disposed along the front door 20 is inclined downward toward the downstream side.

  In order to count the number of medals M, a second medal sensor 72Ba and a third medal sensor 72Bb are arranged in the upstream portion and the downstream portion of the medal passage 72B.

  The electromagnet 77B in the medal selector 70, like the solenoid 25d in the medal insertion unit 25, is energized when the gaming machine is powered on, and is not activated when the gaming machine is powered off and an error signal is transmitted even when the power is off. Excited state.

  Next, the functions of the medal selector of the present embodiment and the medal throwing type spinning machine equipped with the medal selector will be described.

  When the gaming machine is powered on, the charging portion 25 of the front door 20 energizes the solenoid 25d as shown in FIG. 3, and the plunger 25 is pulled into the solenoid 25d, thereby opening the shutter 25c. Retained. As a result, the medal insertion slot 25b at the back of the insertion tray 25a is fully opened.

  Since the medal insertion slot 25b has a size that allows a plurality of medals M to pass through simultaneously, when the medal insertion slot 25b is fully opened and the medals M are thrown into the insertion tray 25a and then put together, The medal M smoothly flows from the medal insertion port 25b to the medal selector 70 through the medal passage in the medal guide 25e having the same size.

  In the medal selector 70, when the gaming machine is powered on, the electromagnet 77B in the medal guide portion 70B is excited. Accordingly, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the movable medal locking portion 75B is held at the inner medal locking position. As a result, the lateral width W1 of the band-shaped opening 78B formed on the lower surface side of the medal passage 72B is slightly smaller than the outer diameter D of the medal M. Further, the medal pusher 79B is held at a steady position by being attracted to the medal locking portion 75B magnetized by the electromagnet 77B, and causes the abutment portion 79Bb to protrude from the side into the medal passage 72B.

  In this state, when the medal M is inserted from the medal insertion unit 25 into the medal reservoir 71A in the alignment discharge unit 70A of the medal selector 70, the insertion is detected by the first medal sensor 75A, and the drive motor 73A starts rotating. To do. As a result, the alignment rotor 72A starts rotating, and the medals M in the medal pool 71A are successively ejected to the medal guide portion 70B. The medal M that has entered the medal guide portion 70B passes through the medal passage 72B at a high speed. When passing, the medal pusher 79B protruding into the medal passage 72B comes into contact as shown in FIGS. The portion 79Bb is pushed outward. As a result, the medal M is pressed toward the fixed medal locking portion 74B and the vibration is prevented, thereby preventing the normal medal M from being accidentally ejected from the belt-shaped opening 78B. As a result, all the regular medals M pass through the medal passage 72B, and the number is counted by the second medal sensor 72Ba and the third medal sensor 72Bb and sent to the medal payout device 30.

  When the medal M pushes the medal pusher 79B outward, the medal pusher 79B moves away from the magnetized movable medal locking portion 75B. As a result, the pressing force decreases as the medal pusher 79B is pushed outward. That is, when the medal M hits the medal pusher 79B, the pressing force is large and the vibration of the medal M is surely prevented. However, as the medal M advances, the pressing force becomes weaker, so the medal path 72B caused by the medal pusher 79B. The clogging of medals M is avoided. Incidentally, when the spring force is used, initially, the pressing force is weak, the effect of preventing the vibration of the medal M is small, and the pressing force becomes stronger as the medal M advances, so the medal path caused by the medal pusher 79B. The risk of clogging of medals M within 72B increases.

  In the case of an illegal medal M having an outer diameter smaller than that of the regular medal M, it passes through the medal passage 72B, particularly when it hits the medal pusher 79B, and falls from the lower band-shaped opening 78B to the outside of the passage, and the tray of the front door 20 Return to 21.

  Since the medal selector 70 performs high-speed sorting and high-speed counting in this way, even if the player starts the game operation following the insertion operation, the game machine operates according to the operation. I do not receive pleasure.

  When the gaming machine is powered off, or when an error signal or the like is transmitted even when the gaming machine is powered on, energization to the solenoid 25d in the closing portion 25 of the front door 20 is stopped. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the plunger advances from the solenoid 25d, and the shutter 25c is closed. When the shutter 25c is closed, the inflow of the medal M from the insertion tray 25a to the medal selector 70 is stopped. The entry of foreign objects other than the medal M is also prevented, and an illegal act through the medal insertion slot 25b can also be prevented.

  In the medal selector 70, the electromagnet 77B in the medal guide portion 70B is in a non-excited state. Accordingly, the movable medal locking portion 75B moves together with the medal pusher 79B to the outer retreat position, and the horizontal width W1 of the medal passage 72B becomes larger than the outer diameter D of the regular medal M, so that it remains in the alignment discharge portion 70A. All the medals M that have fallen downward from the belt-shaped opening 78B and return to the tray 21 of the front door 20.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Housing | casing 20 Front door 20A Lower door 20B Middle door 20C Upper door 21 Medal receiving 21a Medal payout opening 22 Ashtray 23 Cup holder 24 Operation part 25 Medal insertion part 25a Loading tray 25b Medal insertion port 25c Shutter 25d Solenoid 25e Medal guide 26 Peep Window 27 Liquid crystal display unit 28 Speaker 30 Medal paying device 40 Drum 50 Control unit 70 Medal selector 70A Alignment discharge unit 71A Medal reservoir 72A Alignment rotor 73A Drive motor 74A Cover 75A First medal sensor 70B Medal guide unit 71B Frame unit 72B Medal passage 73B Medal guide surface 74B Fixed medal locking part 75B Movable medal locking part 76B Support part 77B Electromagnet 78B Band-shaped opening 79B Medal pusher M Medal

Claims (5)

A medal passage having a width smaller than the regular medal diameter and having a width smaller than the regular medal diameter is provided so that the inserted medals sequentially pass and the illegal medals having a smaller diameter than the regular medals are discharged to the side of the one medal face. One side of the passage in the width direction is a fixed medal locking portion that locks the outer peripheral edge of the passing medal at a fixed position, and the other side is a medal locking position and the outside opening by turning on and off the electromagnet. A movable medal locking portion that switches between the positions, and when the medal locking portion is in the medal locking position by the attraction force of the electromagnet, In a medal selector combined with a medal pusher that presses the movable medal locking portion from the side of the movable medal locking portion to the side of the fixed medal locking portion ,
The movable medal locking portion is a hinge type that is pivotally supported on the opposite side to the side that locks the medal and is attracted and held at the locking position by an electromagnet disposed on the inside.
The medal pusher has one end pivotally supported on the outer surface of the hinge-shaped movable medal locking portion and presses the medal whose other end is locked by the movable medal locking portion. A medal selector characterized by having a parent-child structure that has a hinge shape penetrating the medal locking portion and uses a movable medal locking portion magnetized by the electromagnet as a biasing source to the pressing side .   2. The medal selector according to claim 1, wherein the medal passage is combined with a downstream side of an aligning and sending unit that aligns and sequentially sends out a plurality of medals that are collectively inserted by throwing-in.   A medal-type gaming machine equipped with the medal selector according to claim 1 or 2.   Among the inserted medals, a regular medal passes, while a medal passage for discharging illegal medals having a smaller diameter than the regular medal is formed from a band-shaped opening portion having a width smaller than the regular medal diameter, and one side of the medal passage is The fixed medal locking portion that locks the outer peripheral edge portion of the passing medal at a fixed position, and the other side is switched between the medal locking position and the outer opening position by turning on and off the electromagnet. In the medal selector that is a movable medal locking part,
The movable medal locking part is a hinge type that is pivotally supported on the opposite side to the side for locking the medal and is attracted and held at the locking position by the electromagnet disposed on the inner side. A medal pusher that is attracted by the electromagnet when in the medal locking position by the attraction force of
The medal pusher has one end pivotally supported on the outer surface of the hinge-shaped movable medal locking portion and presses the medal whose other end is locked by the movable medal locking portion. A hinge structure that penetrates the medal locking portion as much as possible, and when the movable medal locking portion is magnetized by the electromagnet, it is biased to the pressing side;
A medal selector featuring   Among the inserted medals, a regular medal passes, while a medal passage for discharging illegal medals having a smaller diameter than the regular medal is formed from a band-shaped opening portion having a width smaller than the regular medal diameter, and one side of the medal passage is The fixed medal locking portion that locks the outer peripheral edge portion of the passing medal at a fixed position, and the other side is switched between the medal locking position and the outer opening position by turning on and off the electromagnet. In a medal-type gaming machine equipped with a medal selector that is a movable medal locking part,
The movable medal locking portion is a hinge type that is pivotally supported on the opposite side to the side for locking the medal and is attracted and held at the locking position by the electromagnet disposed on the inner side. A medal pusher that is attracted by the electromagnet when in the medal locking position by the attraction force of
The medal pusher has one end pivotally supported on the outer surface of the hinge-shaped movable medal locking portion and presses the medal whose other end is locked by the movable medal locking portion. A hinge structure that penetrates the medal locking portion as much as possible, and when the movable medal locking portion is magnetized by the electromagnet, it is biased to the pressing side;
A medal-type game machine characterized by

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