JP5002938B2 - Game device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game apparatus including a medal receiving part for paying out a medal (in the present specification and claims, the medal may be a coin) to a player.

  There are game devices such as slot machines, roulette game machines, bingo game machines, and pachislot machines that pay out many medals as prizes according to the game results.

  In order to cope with a case where a large number of medals are paid out due to a game result with a very low probability of success, the capacity of the medal receiving part is increased.

  However, even in the case of a large-capacity medal receiving part, if a large amount of medals stays near the payout opening of the medal receiving part and the payout opening is blocked, the subsequent medal payout becomes impossible. There is a failure in the medal discharging means.

  There existed what was disclosed by patent document 1 in what solved such a malfunction.

  In a medal game device such as a slot machine provided with the medal payout tray 01 shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 disclosed in Patent Document 1, a medal payout port 05 is formed at the lower part of the vertically standing front wall 04, A medal discharging means (not shown) is arranged behind the front wall 04 and above the payout opening 05, and a chute 06 is connected to the medal payout opening 05 so that the lower end of the chute is opened. A medal payout tray 01 is provided in front of the mouth 05, and when a medal discharge means (not shown) is operated, the medal is paid out to the medal payout tray 01 through the chute 06.

  The medal payout tray 01 is longer to the left and right than the medal payout opening 05 so that the medals paid out from the chute 06 to the medal payout tray 01 accumulate and the medal payout opening 05 is not blocked. The left and right central portions of the dish bottom wall 02 of the medal dispensing tray 01 formed directly below the medal dispensing outlet 05 are raised in a mountain shape, and the left and right portions of the dish bottom wall 02 gently curve downward toward the left and right ends. It was formed in the shape.

Japanese Patent No. 2999650

  In the above-described conventional medal game device, since the front wall 04 stands upright in front of the player, the discharge port of the medal discharge means is arranged at the upper end of the chute 06 at a location located above the medal payout port 05. Thus, illegal medal payout to the medal discharging means by inserting a finger or a stick from the medal payout port 05 was prevented.

  However, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a plurality of table-like satellite units are arranged so as to surround the center of the central game main body, and the upper portion of the medal receiving portion is directed upward on the flat upper surface of the satellite unit. In recent game devices that are open to the front, the medal discharge means is installed below the flat top surface of the satellite unit, and the discharge port of the medal discharge means is also positioned below the flat top surface of the satellite unit. Since it is provided on the side, it is necessary to prevent illegal medal payout to the discharge port of the medal discharge means.

  The present invention relates to an improvement of a game apparatus provided with a medal receiving portion corresponding to such a need, and the invention according to claims 1 to 7 is directed to a medal receiver whose upper side is opened on a horizontal or nearly horizontal surface. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game device including a medal receiving portion that can pay out as many medals as possible to a portion and prevent unauthorized removal of medals to a medal discharging means.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a game apparatus including a medal receiving portion for receiving medals paid out to a player, and is accumulated in a medal storage portion, a first payout port for paying out medals to the medal receiving portion. A medal discharging means for discharging a medal from the first payout port and a medal that is extended from the first payout port and is paid out from the first payout port by the medal discharge means Comprises a guide having an inclined portion that rolls, and a second payout port for paying out medals to the medal receiving portion when the first payout port is closed, the second payout port, A game apparatus comprising a lower edge of a partition member hanging from an upper portion of the medal receiving portion and an inner surface of the medal receiving portion.

  In the present specification and claims, the near side, the back side, the left side, and the right side indicate sides based on the player who takes out a medal from the medal receiving portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the game apparatus according to the first aspect, characterized in that a tipping means is provided at the bottom of the guide for tilting a medal rolling on the guide to the near side.

The invention according to claim 3, medal outlet of the medal discharge unit is located in the longitudinal extension of the guide, the game apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that provided along the vertical plane is there.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a sensor is provided in the vicinity of the medal discharge port of the medal discharge means, and when the detection signal is received from the sensor, the control means for performing control for stopping the payout of the medal by the discharge means is provided. The game device according to claim 1 , wherein the game device is a game device.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the medal receiving portion includes a bottom surface portion, a front surface portion close to the player, a back side surface portion far from the player, and both the left and right side portions coupled to the front side surface portion and the back side surface portion. It is formed in a shape having left and right side surfaces, the left and right side surfaces are configured to have a shorter horizontal dimension than the front side surface and the back side surface, and the opening direction of the first payout port is the first payout port So that the medals paid out from the roll face along the back side surface portion, the direction along the back side surface portion is directed, and the opening direction of the second payout port is paid out on the bottom surface portion. The game apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the game apparatus faces downward.

In the first aspect of the invention, when the medal discharging means operates and the medal is discharged from the first payout port, the medals roll one after another on the guide extended from the first payout port. On the way or at the end, the medals come off the guide and fall one after another, and the medals are paid out to the medal receiving part.

  When the guide is long, the fall range of medals is widened, and a large amount of medals can be paid out to the medal receiving portion of the present invention.

  When the first payout slot is blocked as a result of the medal stacking on the medal receiving portion and the medal not being able to roll on the guide, the medal can be paid out from the second payout slot. Since the partition member is present on the front side of the second payout port, a large space exists near the second payout port, and a large amount of medals can be stored in this space.

  Further, since the first payout slot is large enough to allow a medal to pass through, it is impossible to take out an illegal medal even if an attempt is made to perform an illegal medal removal operation from the first payout slot.

  Moreover, even if an illegal medal removal action is attempted from the second payout port to the discharge end of the medal discharge means, the illegal medal removal action can be prevented by the partition member hanging from the upper surface of the medal receiving portion.

In the invention according to claim 2 , since the tipping means is provided at the bottom of the guide, the medal rolling on the guide can smoothly fall on the medal receiving portion.

In the invention according to claim 3 , the medal discharged from the medal discharging means can roll on the guide in a standing posture along the vertical plane due to the inertia of the discharging, over the entire area of the medal receiving portion. The medals can be paid out evenly distributed.

In the invention according to claim 4, when a medal is accumulated in the vicinity of the medal discharge port of the medal discharge means, the control means is operated by the detection signal from the sensor, and the payout of the medal by the medal discharge means is stopped, Failure and damage of the medal discharging means can be avoided.

In the invention according to claim 5 , the medal receiving portion is formed to be elongated in the left and right directions, and the medal rolls on the guide formed in the elongate longitudinal direction of the medal receiving portion. It becomes possible to distribute medals.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 10 will be described.

  A fishing game apparatus 1 according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a base unit 2 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape at the center thereof, and a satellite unit 3 attached to four sides of the base unit 2. Columns 4 are erected at the four corners, and a top plate 5 is stretched at the end of the column 4.

  Further, a screen 6 is stretched horizontally on the top surface of the base unit 2, and a projector 7 for projecting a game image is projected below the top plate 5, and the projected image is reflected on the screen 6 by reflecting the projection light. A mirror 8 for projection is disposed.

  Further, one satellite unit 3 is attached to each of the two opposite sides of the base unit 2, and two satellite units 3 are adjacent to the two opposite sides of the base unit 2, respectively. 6 satellite units 3 are used.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1, a medal receiving portion 10 having an opening at the top is arranged at the center of the top surface portion 9 of each satellite unit 3, and as shown in FIG. On the far left side of 10, a medal discharging means 26 is arranged, and when the medal discharging means 26 is operated, the medal 0 is paid out to the medal receiving part 10.

  In the fishing game apparatus 1, the player looks at the fish school projected on the screen 6, and selects the required rope type, depth, range, and towing speed, thereby capturing the fish school with the rope on the screen. In the case of success, the medal discharging means 26 is operated so that the medal 0 is paid out to the medal receiving unit 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6, the box body of the medal receiving portion 10 includes a top wall portion 11, a front inclined wall portion 12, a bottom wall portion 13, a vertical wall portion 14, a partition wall portion 15, a left side wall portion. 16, a right side wall portion 17 and a left back side wall portion 18, and an opening is formed at a substantially central portion of the top wall portion 11, and the front side inclined wall portion 12 is open front edge 11 a of the top wall portion 11 (FIG. 2, As shown in FIG. 8, the bottom wall portion 13 is inclined horizontally downward from the lower edge 12a of the front inclined wall portion 12 toward the back side. The vertical wall portion 14 extends from the back side edge 13a of the bottom wall portion 13 toward the opening back side edge 11b of the upper top wall portion 11 along the left and right vertical planes, and opens the lower surface of the top wall portion 11 and the bottom wall portion 13 The partition wall portion 15 is integrally joined to the rear edge 11b, and the partition wall portion 15 is formed on the left side portion of the medal receiving portion 10 (see FIG. 3), as shown in FIG. Integrally joined to the pentagon The left side wall portion 16 (see FIGS. 4 and 9) is integrally joined to the left side edges 12b, 13b and 14b of the front side inclined wall portion 12, the bottom wall portion 13 and the vertical wall portion 14 to form a ladder-shaped right side wall. The portion 17 (see FIGS. 5 and 8) is integrally joined to the right side edges 12c, 13c and 14c of the front inclined wall portion 12, the bottom wall portion 13 and the vertical wall portion 14, and the left back side wall portion 18 is 3 and FIG. 9, it is integrally joined to the lower surface of the top wall portion 11, is integrally joined to the back vertical edge 16 a and the back side inclined edge 16 b of the left side wall portion 16, and the partition wall portion 15. Are integrally joined to the rear side edge 15a.

  Further, in the vertical wall portion 14, the left lower portion 14a with the partition wall 15 as a boundary is omitted as shown in FIGS. 7 and 9, and the right upper and lower central portion 14d of the vertical wall portion 14 is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the lower lower edge 14e of the right upper and lower central notch portion 14d of the vertical wall portion 14 is gently inclined downward from left to right. The front surface of the guide 19 is integrally joined to the back surface of the vertical wall portion 14 in a state where the right-side upper inclined surface 19a of the guide 19 is aligned with the notched lower edge 14e.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the guide 19 extends leftward from the partition wall portion 15, and a stepped portion 19 b is formed in the vicinity of the partition wall portion 15. As shown in FIG. 8, a guide side wall 20 is integrally attached to the back side surface 19 c of the guide 19 and is located to the right of the partition wall portion 15. As shown in FIG. 8, a transparent plate 21 made of a synthetic resin is stretched on the back side surface 20b of the guide side wall 20, with a predetermined interval on the back side of the transparent plate 21, A circular cold cathode tube 22 is arranged in parallel, and a medal passage hole 15b through which one medal 0 can pass vertically is formed above the portion where the guide 19 penetrates the partition wall portion 15. The passage hole 15b is a first payout opening.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, the upper and lower ends of the lamp cover plate 23 are integrally joined to the right side portion of the vertical wall portion 14 so as to cover the cold cathode tube 22, and are attached to the inner surface of the lamp cover plate 23. The lamp flashing substrate 24 is attached, and the cold cathode tube 22 is flashed by the operation of the lamp flashing substrate 24 during the operation of the fishing game apparatus 1 or the medal discharge means 26.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, the medal storage shown in FIGS. 3 and 9 is composed of the top wall portion 11, the left side portion of the vertical wall portion 14, the partition wall portion 15 and the left back side wall portion 18. The space 25 communicates with the storage space 10a of the medal receiving portion 10 via the left lower portion 14a of the second payout outlet vertical wall portion 14, and the left lower portion 14a of the vertical wall portion 14 is connected to the second lower portion 14a. It is a payout outlet.

  Further, the medal discharging means 26 shown in FIG. 2 scrapes the medal 0 from the bottom of the medal storage part 27 and moves it vertically upward, from the medal discharging part 26a to the medal discharging port 16c (FIG. 9). Through the left side inclined surface 19d of the guide 19 in the medal storage space 25. The medal 0 discharged on the left inclined surface 19d of the guide 19 rolls right on the left inclined surface 19d, descends the stepped portion 19b, rolls on the right inclined surface 19a, and the right and left of the medal 0 The right side inclined surface 19a is stepped off by the movement and falls into the storage space 10a of the medal receiving portion 10.

  A triangular-shaped medal falling promotion plate 28 as shown in FIG. 10 is disposed at the right end portion of the right inclined surface 19a of the guide 19, and the medal falling promotion plate 28 causes the medal 0 to move to the right side. It is made to fall into the storage space 10a of the medal receiving part 10 without colliding with the wall part 17.

  A triangular-shaped medal falling promotion plate 28 as shown in FIG. 10 is disposed at the right end portion of the right-side inclined surface 19a of the guide 19, and the medal 0 is promoted by the medal falling promotion plate 28. It is made to fall in the storage space 10a of the medal receiving part 10 without colliding with the right side wall part 17.

  A large number of small holes 33 are provided in the left side wall 16 and the right side wall 17 of the medal receiving portion 10 so as to be distributed in a regular hexagon, and the small holes 33 of the left side wall 16 and the right side wall 17 are provided. The speaker 34 is attached to the position.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 7, a sensor 35 is attached to the inner surfaces of the partition wall portion 15 and the left side wall portion 16 in the medal storage space 25, and a large number of medals in the medal storage space 25. When the second opening 14a is blocked by 0, a control device (not shown) that controls the medal discharging means 26 by the detection signal from the sensor 35 operates, and the medal discharging means 26 automatically stops. Yes.

  Further, a semi-cylindrical medal alignment groove 29 is formed in the front portion of the top wall portion 11, and the left and right end edges 29a and 29b of the medal alignment groove 29 are provided with a disk-shaped left groove end wall 30 and a right groove end. A wall 31 is integrally joined, and a medal insertion slot 32 through which one medal 0 can pass is formed at the left end of the medal alignment groove 29 located inside the left groove end wall 30, and medal alignment By moving the medal 0 stacked and stored in the groove 29 in the left-right direction to the left, the medal 0 can be dropped and stored in the medal fall promotion plate 28 described later. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the medal alignment groove 29 is formed with a large number of small holes 29c over the entire surface, and a container (not shown) is provided below the medal alignment groove 29 in a watertight manner. A drain hole 13e is formed at substantially the center of the bottom wall 13, and a pipe (not shown) is connected to the drain 13e so that even if the player spills juice or the like, the juice or the like does not collect in these. It is designed to be discharged smoothly.

  Since the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10 is configured as described above, even if the player plays against the satellite unit 3 of the fishing game apparatus 1, there is little big catch, If successful, the medal discharging means 26 operates and the number of medals 0 corresponding to the big catch is paid out to the medal receiving part 10 of the satellite unit 3.

  In this case, the medal 0 is discharged from the medal discharge portion 26 a of the medal discharge means 26 onto the left inclined surface 19 d of the guide 19 in the medal storage space 25 through the medal discharge port 16 c of the left wall 16. While rolling to the right on the left side inclined surface 19d, it passes over the stepped portion 19b, and further rolls on the right side inclined surface 19a. Falls into the storage space 10a.

  Since there is a variation in the stepping off position of the medal 0 from the right side inclined surface 19a, it can be stored substantially evenly in the storage space 10a of the medal receiving portion 10. When the medal 0 rolls to the right end of the right side inclined surface 19a, the medal 0 falls to the near side by the medal fall promoting plate 28, so that the medal 0 collides with the right side wall 17 and generates noise. There is nothing.

  Further, at least during the operation of the medal discharging means 26, the cold cathode tube 22 blinks by the blinking signal from the lamp blinking substrate 24, and the medal 0 rolling on the medal receiving unit 10 is projected brightly.

  Further, in the medal storage space 25 of the medal receiving portion 10, when the medal 0 is accumulated on the front side of the guide 19 and the medal passage hole 15 b of the partition wall portion 15 is blocked, the left side portion located in the medal storage space 25. Since the medal 0 falls from the inclined surface 19d to the back side, the medal discharge means 26 is prevented from being broken or damaged.

  Then, if the medal 0 accumulated in the medal storage space 25 is scraped out by hand, the medal storage space 25 becomes empty, so that the medal storage capacity of the medal receiving unit 10 is extremely large.

  Further, since the medal discharge portion 26a of the medal discharge means 26 is opened in the medal storage space 25 partitioned by the vertical wall portion 14, the player can illegally take out the medal and mischief to the medal discharge portion 26a of the medal discharge means 26. Is obstructed.

  In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 10, the medal receiving portion 10 opens upward, but as shown in FIG. 11, the medal receiving portion 10 opens toward the front side. However, it can be applied, and the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those of the embodiment in FIGS.

1 is an overall schematic perspective view of a fishing game apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of main parts of a medal receiving unit, a medal discharging unit, and a medal storage unit in the fishing game apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a top view of a medal receiving part. It is a left view of a medal receiving part. It is a right view of a medal receiving part. It is the longitudinal cross-sectional view cut | disconnected along the VI-VI line of FIG. It is the cross-sectional view cut | disconnected along the VII-VII line of FIG. It is the cross-sectional view cut | disconnected along the VIII-VIII line of FIG. It is the perspective view cut along the VII-VII line of FIG. It is the perspective view which illustrated the right end part of the guide. It is a cross-sectional view of other embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the conventional medal receiving part. It is a cross-sectional view of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  0 ... medal, 1 ... fishing game device, 2 ... base unit, 3 ... satellite unit, 4 ... pillar, 5 ... top plate, 6 ... screen, 7 ... projector, 8 ... mirror, 9 ... top surface, 10 ... medal holder 11: Top wall portion, 12: Front side inclined wall portion, 13 ... Bottom wall portion, 14 ... Vertical wall portion, 15 ... Partition wall portion, 16 ... Left side wall portion, 17 ... Right side wall portion, 18 ... Left back side wall portion , 19 ... Guide, 20 ... Guide side wall, 21 ... Transparent plate, 22 ... Cold cathode tube, 23 ... Lamp cover plate, 24 ... Lamp flashing substrate, 25 ... Medal storage space, 26 ... Medal discharge means, 27 ... Medal storage 28: Medal fall promotion plate, 29 ... Medal alignment groove, 30 ... Left groove end wall, 31 ... Right groove end wall, 32 ... Medal slot, 33 ... Small hole, 34 ... Speaker, 35 ... Sensor.

Claims (5)

A game device having a medal receiving part for receiving a medal paid out to a player,
A first payout port for paying out medals to the medal receiving portion;
Medal discharging means for discharging medals accumulated in the medal storage part from the first payout port;
A guide having an inclined part that is extended from the first payout port and on which the medal paid out from the first payout port by the medal discharge means rolls;
A second payout port for paying out medals to the medal receiving portion when the first payout port is closed;
The game apparatus, wherein the second payout port is constituted by a lower edge of a partition member hanging from an upper portion of the medal receiving portion and an inner surface of the medal receiving portion. 2. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a tipping means is provided at a bottom portion of the guide for tilting a medal rolling on the guide to the near side. 2. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a medal discharge port of the medal discharge means is located along a longitudinal extension line of the guide and is provided along a vertical plane. A sensor is provided in the vicinity of a medal discharge port of the medal discharging means, and a control means is provided for performing control for stopping the payout of medals by the discharging means when receiving a detection signal from the sensor. The game device according to 1. The medal receiving part is formed in a shape having a bottom part, a front part close to the player, a back side part far from the player, and left and right side parts in which both left and right side parts are coupled to the front side part and the back side part. ,
  The left and right side surfaces are configured to have shorter horizontal dimensions than the front side surface and the back side surface,
  The opening direction of the first payout port is directed in the direction along the back side surface so that the medal paid out from the first payout port rolls along the back side surface,
  2. The game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the opening direction of the second payout port is directed downward so as to pay out medals on the bottom surface portion.

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