JP4780449B2 - Coin supply device for game machines - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a coin used in a game machine such as a slot machine.

Conventionally, as a coin used in a gaming machine such as a slot machine or a pachislot machine, a metal disk or a metal-plated one has been used. Further, Patent Document 1 devises a coin formed of a thermoplastic resin.
Patent Application Publication 2002-363296

  In the present invention, a part or all of a game coin main body is molded from a phosphorescent resin to provide a game coin having an excellent appearance.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below. In addition, this invention is not limited to these embodiments at all, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist thereof.

The seventh embodiment will explain claims 1 and 2. Although not included in the claims of the present invention, Embodiments 1 to 6 and 8 describe the invention related to the present invention.

This embodiment is a coin for a game machine characterized in that a part of the coin main body is made of a luminous resin portion.
<Embodiment 1: Configuration>

  The game game coin according to the present embodiment includes a coin main body and a phosphorescent resin portion disposed in a recess provided in a part of the coin main body. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating this embodiment.

  The coin body (0101) is made of resin or metal. Decorations such as store names and marks may be engraved on the surface of the coin body.

The luminous resin part (0102) is arranged in the concave part of the coin main body. FIG. 2 shows a conceptual diagram of this embodiment. The luminous resin portion (0202) disposed in the concave portion of the coin main body (0201) may be disposed at the central portion (a) or near the outer periphery (b) on the coin as shown in FIG. Further, the shape of the phosphorescent resin portion may be a square (c), a triangle (d), a polygon (e), a mark (f), a character (g), or the like in addition to a circle. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 3, the luminous resin part (0301) may be only the upper part of the coin main body (0302) as shown in (a), or may be in a state of penetrating the coin main body as shown in (a). .
<Embodiment 1: Specific example>

FIG. 4 shows a specific example of this embodiment. (A) is the figure which looked at the coin main body from the upper surface, (b) is sectional drawing when a coin main body is cut | disconnected by AA '. The coin body has a circular shape with a diameter of approximately 25 mm, and a cross-shaped recess having a length of approximately 17 mm is formed in the vicinity of the center of the coin body, and a phosphorescent resin is disposed in the recess. The thickness of the coin body is approximately 2 mm. The concave portion of the coin main body has a depth of about 0.7 mm, and phosphorescent resin is disposed in the concave portion.
<Embodiment 2>
<Embodiment 2: Overview>

The present embodiment is a coin for a game machine characterized by using a metal material for the coin body.
<Embodiment 2: Configuration>

As for the coin for game machines of this embodiment, the coin main body is comprised with the metal material. By using a metal material for the coin body, conventional weight feeling, feel and texture of the coin are not impaired. Also, when handling a large amount of coins, metal coins are heavy and handling is heavy labor, but only the coin body is made of metal material as in this embodiment, and the ratio with the phosphorescent resin is changed. This makes it possible to adjust the balance between the feeling of weight during use and the weight during handling.
<Embodiment 2: Effect>

By using a metal material for the coin main body, it is possible to provide a coin that does not impair the weight and texture of the coin main body.
<Embodiment 3>
<Embodiment 3: Overview>

This embodiment is a coin for an amusement game machine in which an RFID chip is accommodated in a phosphorescent resin in a concave portion of a coin main body.
<Embodiment 3: Configuration>

  The coin for a game machine according to the present embodiment is a coin for a game machine in which an RFID chip is stored in a recess of the coin body.

  An RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip is a minute wireless IC chip used for object identification. Information such as its own identification code is recorded on a tag having a size of several millimeters to several centimeters, and communicates with a reader using radio waves to transmit and receive information.

FIG. 5 shows a conceptual diagram of a coin for a game machine containing an RFID chip. The RFID chip (0501) is housed in a luminous resin (0503) in the center of the coin main body (0502). By mounting the RFID chip on a coin for a game machine, it is possible to check for illegal coins inside the game machine. Further, the RFID chip can be mounted at the same time when the phosphorescent resin is installed on the coin body, and the RFID chip can be mounted without increasing the work process.
<Embodiment 3: Specific example>

FIG. 6 shows a specific example of this embodiment. (A) is the figure which looked at the coin main body from the upper surface, (b) is sectional drawing when a coin main body is cut | disconnected by AA '. The coin body (0601) has a circular shape with a diameter of about 25 mm, a cross hole with a length of about 17 mm is formed in the vicinity of the center, and a luminous resin (0602) is disposed. The thickness of the coin body is approximately 2 mm. An RFID chip (0603) is mounted on the central portion of the coin body and the portion where the luminous resin is disposed. The RFID chip has a thickness of about 1.2 mm and a width of about 5 mm.
<Embodiment 4>
<Embodiment 4: Overview>

In this embodiment, a coin for a game machine is characterized in that the concave portion of the coin main body is provided at the peripheral edge of the coin main body.
<Embodiment 4: Configuration>

In the coin for a game machine according to the present embodiment, the concave portion of the coin main body is provided in the peripheral portion of the coin main body. FIG. 7 shows a conceptual diagram for explaining the present embodiment. In (a), a concave portion is provided in the entire periphery of the coin main body (0701), and a luminous resin (0702) is provided. Moreover, a recessed part is provided in a part of peripheral part of a coin main body (0703) like (b), and luminous resin (0704) may be arrange | positioned. The phosphorescent resin (0801) may be disposed only on one side of the front or back side of the peripheral edge as shown in FIG. 8 (a), or on both sides of the front and back side as shown in (b). Alternatively, it may be the entire periphery as shown in (c). Further, as shown in (d), one side of the front side and the back side may be provided. By arranging the phosphorescent resin at the periphery, it is expected that the noise generated when coins collide with each other is reduced and the noise in the store is reduced.
<Embodiment 4: Effect>

By disposing the concave portion of the coin main body at the peripheral portion of the coin main body, the phosphorescent material is disposed at the peripheral portion of the coin main body, and it is possible to reduce the sound generated when the coins rub or collide with each other. .
<Embodiment 5>
<Embodiment 5: Overview>

In this embodiment, a coin for a game machine is characterized in that the concave portion of the coin main body is provided in the central portion of the coin main body.
<Embodiment 5: Configuration>

In the coin for a game machine according to the present embodiment, the concave portion of the coin main body is provided in the central portion of the coin main body. FIG. 9 shows a conceptual diagram for explaining the present embodiment. Since the concave portion of the coin main body (0901) is provided in the central portion of the coin main body, in this embodiment, the phosphorescent resin (0902) is disposed in the central portion of the coin main body. Since the phosphorescent resin is arranged at the center of the coin main body, the store name, the mark, and the like are imprinted on the phosphorescent resin, so that fraud can be easily confirmed visually. Moreover, as shown in FIG. 10, phosphorescent resin may be arrange | positioned in both the center part (1002) and peripheral part (1003) of a coin main body (1001). When the phosphorescent resin is arranged in the central portion and the peripheral portion, as shown in FIG. 11, the phosphorescent resin in the central portion (1101) and the peripheral portion (1102) is replaced with the phosphorescent resin in the central portion as in (a). Only the front or back surface is exposed, only the peripheral phosphorescent resin is exposed only on the front or back surface, as in (b), alternating as in (c), or as in (d) Various forms are possible, such as allowing the central part and the peripheral part to penetrate from the front surface to the back surface, and it is possible to give the appearance design a characteristic.
<Embodiment 5: Specific example>

FIG. 12 shows a specific example of this embodiment. (A) is the figure which looked at the coin main body from the upper surface, (b) is sectional drawing when a coin main body is cut | disconnected by AA '. The coin main body (1201) has a circular shape with a diameter of approximately 25 mm, and a cross-shaped recess having a length and width of approximately 17 mm is formed near the center of the coin body (1202). The thickness of the coin body is approximately 2 mm. The concave portion of the coin main body has a depth of about 0.7 mm, and phosphorescent resin is disposed in the concave portion. In addition, a phosphorescent resin having a width of about 4 mm is disposed on the peripheral portion (1203) of the coin main body.
<Embodiment 6>
<Embodiment 6: Overview>

The present embodiment has a light irradiation unit for irradiating light on a game game machine coin in advance so that the game game machine coin on which the phosphorescent resin is arranged emits light in the dark part. This is a machine coin supply device.
<Embodiment 6: Configuration>

  The coin supply device for game machines of the present embodiment includes a coin sink for flowing game game coins one by one and a light irradiation unit for irradiating light to the coin for game machines flowing through the coin sink.

  FIG. 13 shows the flow of coins between the coin supply device for a game machine and the game machine. The coin supply device for game machines (1301) and the game machine (1302) are connected by a coin sink (1303), and coins for game machines are in circulation. The coin supply device for game machines supplies and collects coins for game machines as needed in cooperation with game machines.

FIG. 14 shows a conceptual diagram for explaining the present embodiment. As time elapses from the irradiation of light, the coin (1401) for gaming machine having a reduced light emission moves from the direction A in the figure while rotating the coin sink (1402). The coin sink includes a light irradiator (1403) that irradiates the coins for the game machine. The light irradiator has a light source (1404) that irradiates the game game coin with light. The coin (1405) for gaming machine that has been irradiated with light returns to the original light amount and flows again to the gaming machine. The wavelength of the light irradiated on the coin for the game machine and the light source to be used are changed according to the wavelength and characteristics of the light emitted from the luminous resin.
<Embodiment 6: Effect>

By having the light irradiation unit in the coin supply device for a game machine, the coin flowing to the game machine can be kept in a state where it can always emit light in the dark part.
<Embodiment 7>
<Embodiment 7: Overview>

The present embodiment has a recording unit that records the time when the light irradiation is performed on the RFID chip, and a reading unit that reads the time when the light irradiation recorded on the RFID chip is performed. A gaming machine coin supply device comprising a distribution control unit for controlling distribution of gaming game machine coins.
<Embodiment 7: Configuration>

  The coin supply device for a game machine according to the present embodiment includes a recording unit that records a time when light irradiation is performed on the RFID chip, a reading unit that reads a time when light irradiation recorded on the RFID chip is performed, and a light It has a distribution control unit that controls distribution of coins for game machines based on the irradiation time.

  FIG. 15 shows a conceptual diagram for explaining the present embodiment. The phosphorescent resin is characterized by storing irradiated light and emitting light over a long period of time. However, as time elapses, the amount of light emission becomes small, and eventually the light does not emit light. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the time when the RFID chip of the coin for gaming machine is irradiated with light is recorded, and based on this time, the coin for gaming machine that has not been irradiated with light for a predetermined time or longer is recorded. Performs light irradiation.

  The reading unit (1501) reads the time when the final light irradiation is recorded on the RFID chip of the coin for the game machine. The read time information is sent to the distribution control unit (1502).

  In the distribution control unit, when the time read by the reading unit is a time before a predetermined time as viewed from the current time, the coin for the game machine moves to the path 1 in FIG. Is done. When the time read by the reading unit is a time after a predetermined time as viewed from the current time, the coin for the game machine moves to the path 2 in FIG.

The game game machine coin (1503) that is required to be irradiated with light by the distribution control unit passes through the light irradiation unit (1504) on the path 1 and is irradiated with light. The game game machine coin (1505) irradiated with light passes through the recording unit (1506). In the recording unit, the time when the light is applied to the RFID chip of the coin for the game machine is recorded.
<Seventh Embodiment: Process Flow>

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of this embodiment. First, the time when the previous light irradiation was performed is read from the RFID chip of the coin for the game machine (S1601). Next, based on the time read by the reading unit, it is determined whether or not the time when the previous light irradiation was performed by the distribution control unit has exceeded a predetermined time from the current time (S1602). If the predetermined time has elapsed, light irradiation is performed by the light irradiation unit (S1603), and the time of the new light irradiation is recorded on the RFID chip by the recording unit (S1604).
<Eighth embodiment>
<Embodiment 8: Overview>

This embodiment is a game machine having an in-game light irradiation unit in the game machine to irradiate the coin for the game machine.
<Eighth embodiment: configuration>

The game machine of this embodiment has an in-game light irradiation unit in the game machine in order to irradiate the coins for the game machine. FIG. 17 shows a conceptual diagram for explaining the present embodiment. Coins supplied to the game machine (1700) from the coin slot (1701) of the game machine or the coin supply device (1702) for the game machine are used as coins from the coin outlet (1703) of the game machine. When discharging, it is always discharged via the in-game light irradiation unit (1704). As a result, the coins discharged from the game machine always emit light.
<Embodiment 8: Effect>

  By having an in-game light irradiating unit that emits light to the game game machine coins in the game machine, the game game coins that are discharged from the game machine when paying out may emit light. It becomes possible.

Schematic for explaining Embodiment 1 Schematic for explaining Embodiment 1 Schematic for explaining Embodiment 1 The figure for demonstrating the specific example of Embodiment 1. FIG. Schematic for explaining the third embodiment The figure for demonstrating the specific example of Embodiment 3. Schematic for explaining the fourth embodiment Schematic for explaining the fourth embodiment Schematic for explaining Embodiment 5 Schematic for explaining Embodiment 5 Schematic for explaining Embodiment 5 The figure for demonstrating the specific example of Embodiment 5. Schematic for explaining Embodiment 6 Schematic for explaining Embodiment 6 Schematic for explaining Embodiment 7 FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the processing flow of the seventh embodiment Schematic for explaining Embodiment 8

Explanation of symbols

0501 RFID chip 0502 Coin body 0503 Luminous resin

Claims (2)

Coin supply device for a game machine for supplying a game machine coin to a game machine in the store, comprising a coin body and a luminous resin portion disposed in a recess provided in a part of the coin body Because
  A coin sink that flows the coins for the game machine one by one;
  A light irradiation unit for irradiating a coin for a game machine that flows through a coin sink;
  An RFID recording unit for recording the light irradiation on the RFID chip of the coin for a game machine together with the time when the light irradiation was performed;
A coin supply device for a game machine having the above. A reading unit for reading the time when light irradiation was performed from the RFID of the coin for the game machine;
A distribution control unit for controlling distribution of coins for game machines for light irradiation by the light irradiation unit when the time read by the reading unit is a time before a predetermined time as viewed from the current time A coin supply device for a game machine according to claim 1 , comprising: