JP5022509B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as slot machines and pachinko machines.

  A gaming machine such as a slot machine has a slot for inserting medals (game media) on a front panel mounted on the front surface of a housing, and a predetermined number of medals are inserted from the slot to play a game. The medals inserted from the insertion slot are guided to the back side of the front panel, and after receiving the correct and incorrect selection by the selecting means, the regular medals are stored in the medal hopper in the housing through the guide chute. On the other hand, the illegal medals are removed by the sorting means, fall to the receiving port at the upper end of the return passage, and are returned from the discharge port to the tray at the lower front of the front panel through the return passage.

  In this type of gaming machine, a mounting frame is arranged above the receiving port at the upper end of the return passage, and the sorting means is detachably mounted from the back side between a pair of left and right mounting portions of the mounting frame. Further, the guide chute is fixed to an attachment portion on the outlet side of the sorting means via an attachment seat so as to be connected to the outlet (Patent Document 1).

JP 2007-289577 A

In view of such a conventional structure , an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine including a cover portion that covers a guide chute from above.

The present invention, on the back side of the front panel, passes positive its front inlet or we put game media, the sorting means to sort the fraud through the screened hand stage and to the one lateral side of the outlet It was a guide chute for guiding the positive Tadashi遊 technique medium rearward reservoir hand stage, receiving the front side of the front panel to accept inlet or al of the upper portion unauthorized game media is removed by the sorting hand stage and a return passage path for guiding to dish the detachably mounted from the rear side of the sorting means to the mounting frame, on the outer surface of the outlet side of the mounting portion of one side of the mounting frame, upstream of the guide chute In the gaming machine with the side end mounted in a cantilever manner, the guide chute guides the game medium from the outlet in the lateral direction on the upstream side, and guides the game medium to the storage means backward. Downstream rearward guide portion and the lateral guide portion A curved guide part for guiding the game medium to the backward guide part, an outer peripheral wall provided from the lateral guide part through the curved guide part to the rearward guide part, and the outer peripheral wall; And an opposing wall disposed on the return passage side, and the guide chute includes a cover portion that covers the guide chute from above .

According to the present invention, Ru can provide a game machine having a cover portion that covers the guide chute from above.

1 is a perspective view of a slot machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the same housing | casing side. It is a rear view of the lower part of the front panel. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the lower part of the front panel. It is a cross-sectional view of the main part. It is a perspective view of the principal part. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part. It is an expanded view of the principal part. It is a cross-sectional view showing a second embodiment of the present invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part. It is a perspective view which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view of the main part. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part. It is a perspective view which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a cross-sectional view of the main part. It is aa sectional drawing of FIG. It is bb sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the 5th Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part. It is a perspective view which shows the 6th Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the principal part.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 illustrate a first embodiment of the present invention embodied in a slot machine. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the slot machine 1 includes a housing 2 and a rectangular front panel 3 disposed on the front side of the housing 2. The housing 2 is formed in a box shape whose front side is open, and a front panel 3 is mounted so as to close the front side so as to be freely opened and closed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the housing 2, in addition to the display reel unit 5 in which a plurality of symbol display reels 4 a to 4 c are arranged in the left-right direction, a medal hopper 6 that stores medals as game media, and a medal A payout means 7 for paying out medals in the hopper 6, an auxiliary case 8 for receiving medals overflowing from the medal hopper 6, a power supply board case 9 storing a power supply board, and a main control storing a main control board 10. A substrate case 11 is arranged.

  The display reel unit 5 is detachably mounted on the intermediate shelf 12 of the housing 2. The main control board case 11 is detachably mounted on the rear wall of the housing 2 below the intermediate shelf 12. The medal hopper 6 is coupled to the payout means 7, and the payout means 7 is detachably mounted on the bottom plate 13 of the housing 2 together with the auxiliary case 8 and the power supply board case 9.

  The front panel 3 is attached to the housing 2 through a pair of upper and lower hinge means (not shown) disposed on one end of the left and right sides. The front panel 3 has a first display window 15 on the upper side. The 2nd display window 16 is arrange | positioned up and down. The first display window 15 is formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the symbol display reels 4 a to 4 c on the housing 2 side, and the player holds the symbol display reels 4 a to 4 c on the front side through the first display window 15. Is visible.

  The second display window 16 is formed in a rectangular shape corresponding to the display screen 17 of a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) mounted on the back side of the front panel 3, and the player can use the second display window 16 through the second display window 16. The display screen 17 is visible from the front side. A front cover 20 having an upper operation panel portion 18 and a front operation panel portion 19 on the upper side is provided below the second display window 16 so as to protrude to the front side.

  The upper operation panel 18 is provided with a 1-bet button 23, a max-bet button 24, and a cancel button 25 in addition to a slot 22 through which medals can be inserted. The 1 bet button 23 and the max bet button 24 are for betting medals from credits instead of inserting medals into the insertion slot 22.

  The front operation panel 19 includes a start lever 26 for starting rotation of the symbol display reels 4a to 4c, stop buttons 27a to 27c for individually stopping the rotating symbol display reels 4a to 4c, A return button 28 for returning a clogged medal in the insertion slot 22 is provided.

  The lower side of the front panel 3 is largely retracted backward compared to the front cover 20, and medals paid out from the payout means 7 and returned medals are discharged to the lower side of the front panel 3. There are provided a discharge port 30, a tray 31 for receiving medals discharged from the discharge port 30, and an ashtray 32 disposed on one side of the tray 31. Note that speakers 33 are disposed on the left and right sides of the discharge port 30.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the payout means 7 includes a rotary disc 36 that rotates around the tilt axis in the payout case 35 on the lower side of the medal hopper 6, and a drive motor (not shown) that drives the rotary disc 36. And the medals are paid out forward from the payout port 37 on the front side of the payout case 35 by the rotation of the rotating disk 36.

  The front panel 3 includes a panel body 38 that is integrally formed of a synthetic resin material and constitutes a skeleton body as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. A front cover 20 for decoration is provided on the front side of the panel body 38. Required members such as an illumination lamp 39 for illuminating the front cover 20 from the back side are mounted.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, on the back side of the panel body 38, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a sorting means 41 that sorts medals inserted from the insertion slot 22, and a regular medal that has passed the sorting means 41 6, a return chute 43 for discharging illegal medals and return medals eliminated by the sorting means 41 to the tray 31 through the outlet 30, and a return path 43 for medals passing through the sorting means 41. Blocking means 44 for blocking fraudulent collection that fraudulently collects is provided.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the panel body 38 is provided with a protruding wall 45 that protrudes in a U-shape on the front side corresponding to the back side of the front operation panel portion 19 below the upper operation panel portion 18. The sorting means 41 and the guide chute 42 are arranged on the left and right through a mounting boss 47 and a mounting frame 48 in a mounting recess 46 formed on the back side of the protruding wall 45.

  A vertical wall 49 extending downward from the lower rear end of the projecting wall 45, a bent wall 50 formed in a zigzag shape below the vertical wall 49 and inclined to the back side as a whole, and from the rear end of the bent wall 50 From the vertical wall 51 extending downward, the inclined wall 52 inclined backward and downward from the lower end of the vertical wall 51, the vertical wall 53 slightly inclined downward from the rear end of the inclined wall 52, and the lower end of the vertical wall 53 A bottom wall 54 that bends to the rear is integrally provided. A discharge port 30 is formed in the vertical wall 53, and a tray 31 is mounted on the front side thereof.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the return passage 43 is constituted by a panel body 38 and a passage forming body 56 having a U-shaped cross section mounted on the rear side of the panel body 38. The inclined passage portion 57 is inclined from the lower side toward the center side in the left-right direction of the panel body 38, and the vertical passage portion 58 extends downward from the lower end of the inclined passage portion 57 to the discharge port 30 side. The upper end of the inclined passage portion 57 is above the medal hopper 6 and serves as a receiving port 59 that opens upward facing the lower side of the sorting means 41. The receiving port 59 has a horizontally long rectangular shape in plan view.

  The rear wall 60 of the passage forming body 56 is bent along the front shape of the medal hopper 6 and the payout means 7 so as to be close to the medal hopper 6 and the payout means 7 when the front panel 3 is closed. An inlet 61 corresponding to the payout port 37 of the payout means 7 is provided in the rear wall 60 in the middle of the return passage 43, and medals paid out from the payout port 37 are discharged from the inlet 61 through the return passage 43. A guide is provided from 30 to the tray 31.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the mounting frame 48 is formed by bending a sheet metal material into a U shape in plan view, and bends from the left and right connecting portions 63 and from the left and right ends of the connecting portions 63 to the rear. A pair of left and right mounting portions 64 are integrally provided, and the connecting portion 63 is fixed to the back surface of the panel body 38 via the mounting boss 47 and the like above the receiving port 59. The left and right attachment portions 64 are arranged substantially parallel to the left and right side walls 65 on the receiving port 59 side of the return passage 43 in the vertical direction.

  The sorting means 41 sorts the medals inserted into the insertion slot 22 between correct and incorrect, returns the illegal medals to the tray 31 side, and passes only the regular medals to the medal hopper 6 through the guide chute 42. Thus, the attachment frame 48 is detachably attached from the back side.

  The sorting means 41 determines whether the medal inserted into the insertion slot 22 enters from the entrance 68 that opens upward, and moves to the exit 70 on the mounting frame 48 side through the internal inclined passage 66 to determine whether it is correct or incorrect. Thus, the illegal medals are dropped and removed from the opening-shaped removing portion 67 in the middle of the inclined passage 66 to the receiving port 59, and only the regular medals are passed from the outlet 70 to the guide chute 42. The inclined passage 66 of the sorting means 41 is inclined so that the upper part is on the back side so that illegal medals can easily fall to the back side at the removing portion 67, and the outlet 70 is also inclined corresponding to the inclined passage 66. ing.

  Even in the acceptance refusal state, the sorting means 41 drops the medal in the inclined passage 66 from the removing portion 67 to the acceptance port 59 and returns it. The sorting means 41 is provided with detection means (not shown) for counting the number of passing regular medals at appropriate locations.

  Of the pair of attachment portions 64, the attachment portion 64 on the guide chute 42 side has an outlet 70 communicating with the inclined passage 66 of the sorting means 41 from the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6. Further, a guide chute 42 connected to the outlet 70 is attached to the opposite side of the sorting means 41 via a mounting seat 75.

  The guide chute 42 has a bowl shape having an inner peripheral wall 77 and an outer peripheral wall 78, and is arranged in a substantially lateral direction connected to the outlet 70 and from the outlet 70 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 to 7. An upstream lateral guide portion 79 that guides the medal in a substantially lateral direction, a downstream rear guide portion 80 that guides the medal backward to the medal hopper 6, and the lateral guide portion 79 and the backward guide portion 80 are arcuate. And a curved guide part 81 for guiding the medal from the lateral guide part 79 to the backward guide part 80, and a side surface of the attachment part 64 via an attachment seat 75 provided integrally on the upstream end side thereof. It is detachably fixed with screws or the like.

  The guide chute 42 has a relatively narrow passage width so that the medals can be smoothly guided between the inner peripheral wall 77 and the outer peripheral wall 78, and guides the medals exiting from the outlet 70 along the inner peripheral wall 77. It is like that. The upstream end of the guide chute 42 is at a position higher than the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43 corresponding to the outlet 70, and the downstream end is the same as or slightly higher than the upper end of the medal hopper 6. And is gradually inclined between the upstream end and the downstream end.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 to 8, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the upstream side guide portion 79 has a protruding portion 77 a that protrudes upward, and is higher than the inner peripheral wall 77 of other portions. That is, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the lateral guide portion 79 is provided with a protruding portion 77a as shown in FIG. 8 in its unfolded state, and the height of the inner peripheral wall 77 from the groove bottom to the upper end of the protruding portion 77a is higher than that of the outer peripheral wall 78. Also, the height is slightly lower or similar, and is higher than the height from the groove bottom of the other part to the upper end of the inner peripheral wall 77. Accordingly, the upper end of the inner peripheral wall 77 of the lateral guide portion 79 having the protruding portion 77a is sufficiently higher than the height of the outlet 70, and the blocking portion 44 is constituted by the protruding portion 77a.

  On the other hand, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the curved guide portion 81 of the guide chute 42 has a groove bottom that is slightly higher than or substantially the same as the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43, and therefore the outer peripheral wall 78 of the lateral guide portion 79 on the upstream side. However, the height is sufficiently higher than the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43. An inclined portion 77 b that gradually decreases toward the curved guide portion 81 is provided at the upper end between the protruding portion 77 a of the lateral guide portion 79 and the inner peripheral wall 77 c of the curved guide portion 81. Note that the inner peripheral wall 77 of the rearward guide portion 80 has a height that is continuous with the curved guide portion 81.

  The rear wall 60 on the receiving port 59 side of the return passage 43 is sufficient in the front-rear direction between the lower side of the sorting unit 41 so that the illegal medals removed by the sorting unit 41 can surely enter the receiving port 59. There is an interval. Further, the pair of left and right attachment portions 64 of the attachment frame 48 has a vertically long rectangular shape in a side view in which the rear end substantially coincides with the rear end side on the upper side of the sorting means 41, and the rear end thereof from the rear wall 60 of the return passage 43. Is also located on the front side.

  In such a slot machine 1, in the game, after inserting a predetermined number of medals from the insertion slot 22 or pressing the bet buttons 23 and 24, the start lever 26 is operated to display each symbol display reel 4 a of the display reel unit 5. Rotate ~ 4c.

  When a medal is inserted into the insertion slot 22, the medal enters the inclined passage 66 of the sorting means 41, and whether the medal is correct or incorrect is determined while passing through the inclined passage 66. Then, the small diameter illegal medal is dropped from the opening of the removing portion 67 to the receiving port 59 and then returned to the tray 31 through the return passage 43.

  The regular medals are guided from the sorting means 41 to the medal hopper 6 through the outlet 70 and the guide chute 42, and are sequentially stored in the medal hopper 6. Then, every time a regular medal passes the sorting means 41, the detecting means detects the passage, and the number of inserted medals is counted by the counter and used for the game.

  The receiving port 59 of the return passage 43 is greatly opened below the sorting means 41, and the receiving port 59 is at a position lower than the outlet 70. Therefore, when illegally collecting regular medals after passing through the sorting means 41 through the return passage 43, an unauthorized member is inserted from the discharge port 30 of the return passage 43 and placed from the receiving port 59 to the back side of the front panel 3. After the insertion, it is conceivable to connect the tip of the unauthorized member to the outlet 70 or the upstream side of the guide chute 42.

  However, in this embodiment, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the sideways guide portion 79 on the upstream side of the guide chute 42 has a protruding portion 77a constituting the blocking means 44, and the inner side of the sideways guide portion 79 is higher. Therefore, although the outlet 70 and the sideways guide portion 79 are sufficiently higher than the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43, even if an unauthorized member is inserted from the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43 to the back side of the front panel 3. It is very difficult to guide a legitimate medal over the inner peripheral wall 77 of the sideways guide portion 79 to the receiving port 59 side of the return passage 43 by an unauthorized member. For this reason, it is possible to prevent unauthorized collection such that the medals that have passed through the sorting means 41 are illegally collected from the receiving port 59 via the return passage 43.

  Further, the protruding portion 77a constituting the blocking means 44 is on the inner peripheral wall 77 of the lateral guide portion 79, and the inner peripheral wall 77 of the curved guide portion 81 that curves in an arc shape toward the rearward guide portion 80 is lower than the protruding portion 77a. Since the medal can be guided along the inner peripheral wall 77 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 7, the medal can be smoothly guided while the bending radius of the bending guide portion 81 is reduced.

  Further, since there is an inclined portion 77b between the inner peripheral wall 77 of the protruding portion 77a of the sideways guide portion 79 and the curved guide portion 81, the medal is guided while being guided by the protruding portion 77a, and then gradually along the inclined portion 77b. It will pass through the curved guide part 81 while falling down, so that it can be smoothly guided without a sudden fall of the medal. Further, since the blocking means 44 is of a level that raises the inner peripheral wall 77 of the sideways guide portion 79 on the upstream side of the guide chute 42, there is an advantage that the structure is very simple and can be implemented easily and inexpensively.

  9 and 10 illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the guide chute 42 is raised in the same manner as the outer peripheral wall 78 from the sideways guide portion 79 to the rearward guide portion 80, and the inner peripheral wall 77 constitutes the blocking means 44. .

  In this guide chute 42, the inclination angle of the inner peripheral wall 77 is larger than that of the outer peripheral wall 78, and the outlet 70 of the attachment portion 64 is provided on the side closer to the inner peripheral wall 77. Therefore, the groove bottom of the guide chute 42 is offset toward the outer peripheral wall 78 side from the center between the upper ends of the inner peripheral wall 77 and the outer peripheral wall 78.

  In this embodiment as well, since the inner peripheral wall 77 of the guide chute 42 is high, it is possible to prevent unauthorized collection of medals by inserting unauthorized members in the same manner as described above. Further, since the inclination angle of the inner peripheral wall 77 is larger than that of the outer peripheral wall 78 of the guide chute 42, the medal that has exited from the outlet 70 falls on the inner peripheral wall 77 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Guided to medal hopper 6. Therefore, the medal can be guided along the inner peripheral wall 77 from the beginning to the end of the guide chute 42 even though the inner peripheral wall 77 is high.

  11-13 illustrate a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the guide chute 42 has a lower inner peripheral wall 77c and an upper inner peripheral wall 77d that are stepped, and a stepped portion 77e is formed so that the upper passage width Y is larger than the lower passage width X. Is provided. The stepped portion 77e extends from the lateral guide portion 79 to the substantially entire length of the backward guide portion 80. The inner peripheral wall 77 is substantially the same as the outer peripheral wall 78. The blocking means 44 is constituted by an inner peripheral wall 77.

  On the inner peripheral wall 77 of the guide chute 42, a lower inner peripheral wall 77c and an upper inner peripheral wall 77d are stepped, and a step 77e is provided so that the upper passage width Y is larger than the lower passage width X. ing. The width of the stepped portion 77e is such that when a medal is inclined between the deepest portion of the guide chute 42 and the inner edge of the stepped portion 77e, a part thereof does not contact the upper inner peripheral wall 77d. ing. The lower inner peripheral wall 77 c is inclined corresponding to the outlet 70.

  In this embodiment as well, since the inner peripheral wall 77 of the guide chute 42 is high, it is possible to prevent unauthorized collection of medals by inserting unauthorized members in the same manner as described above. Further, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the guide chute 42 has a stepped portion 77e between the lower inner peripheral wall 77c and the upper inner peripheral wall 77d. As shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. Since the medal can be guided by the inner edge of the portion 77e, the medal can be smoothly guided even if the curvature radius of the guide chute 42 is reduced, and the clogging of the medal in the middle of the guide chute 42 can be prevented.

  14 to 17 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a stepped portion 77e is formed on the inner peripheral wall 77 of the curved guide portion 81 excluding the lateral guide portion 79 on the upstream side of the guide chute 42 and the backward guide portion 80 on the downstream side. The stepped portion 77e gradually decreases in width from the substantially center side in the bending direction of the bending guide portion 81 to the lateral guide portion 79 and the rearward guide portion 80. The blocking means 44 is constituted by an inner peripheral wall 77.

  In this embodiment as well, since the inner peripheral wall 77 of the guide chute 42 is high, it is possible to prevent unauthorized collection of medals by inserting unauthorized members in the same manner as described above. Further, in the lateral guide portion 79 and the backward guide portion 80 of the guide chute 42, as shown in FIG. 16, the medal is inclined and guided between the bottom portion and the inner peripheral wall 77, but in the curved guide portion 81, it is shown in FIG. In this way, the guide is inclined between the bottom and the inner end edge of the stepped portion 77e, so that the medal can be guided smoothly even if the curvature radius of the guide chute 42 is reduced. It is possible to prevent clogging of medals.

  18 and 19 illustrate a fifth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the guide chute 42 has a low inner peripheral wall 77, a high outer peripheral wall 78, and an inner end from the upper end side of the outer peripheral wall 78 over substantially the entire area from the upstream sideways guide portion 79 to the downstream rearward guide portion 80. A cover 83 extending upward from the peripheral wall 77 is provided, and the cover 83 covers substantially the entire portion from the upstream side guide 79 to the downstream rear guide 80 from above. An opening 84 is provided between the upper end of the inner peripheral wall 77 and the cover 83, and the vertical interval Z of the opening 84 is less than the medal diameter S.

  In this embodiment, the blocking means 44 is configured by setting the distance Z between the upper end of the inner peripheral wall 77 and the cover portion 83 to be less than the diameter S of the medal.

  In this case, the medal that has exited from the outlet 70 moves to the medal hopper 6 while being guided by the deepest part and the inner peripheral edge of the upper end of the inner peripheral wall 77. And the clogging of medals in the middle of the guide chute 42 can be prevented.

  Further, since there is a cover portion 83 on the upper portion of the guide chute 42 and the interval Z between the inner peripheral wall 77 and the cover portion 83 is less than the medal diameter S, an illegal member is placed in the guide chute 42 via the opening portion 84. It is very difficult to guide the medal along the fraudulent member and guide it to the receiving port 59 of the return passage 43, and fraud recovery can be prevented in advance.

  20 to 22 illustrate a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the guide chute 42 is provided with a cover portion 83 that connects the upper ends of the inner peripheral wall 77 and the outer peripheral wall 78 over substantially the entire area from the upstream lateral guide portion 79 to the downstream rear guide portion 80. The covering means 83 constitutes a blocking means 44.

  That is, in FIGS. 20 and 21, the inner peripheral wall 77 and the outer peripheral wall 78 are both inclined at the inclination angle of the outlet 70, and a cover portion 83 is integrally formed at the upper ends of the inner peripheral wall 77 and the outer peripheral wall 78.

  In FIG. 22, the upper inner peripheral wall 77 d and the lower inner peripheral wall 77 c of the inner peripheral wall 77 are formed in a stepped manner via a stepped portion 77 e, and covers the inner peripheral wall 77 and the outer peripheral wall 78 from the upper side. Is installed. The stepped portion 77e may be substantially the entire portion from the upstream lateral guide portion 79 to the downstream backward guide portion 80, or may be only the curved guide portion 81. The cover 83 may be detachably attached by a fixing means as appropriate, or may be fixed by adhesion or other means.

  Thus, even if the covering portion 83 is provided on substantially the entire guide chute 42 and the blocking means 44 is configured by the covering portion 83, illegal collection of medals can be prevented in advance.

  In this embodiment, the cover 83 is provided across the entire guide chute 42 of the downstream backward guide 80 from the upstream lateral guide 79, but the upstream lateral guide 79 is provided. Or a cover 83 or a connecting portion for connecting the inner peripheral wall 77 and the outer peripheral wall 78 intermittently across the downstream side guide portion 79 from the upstream side guide portion 80. Also good.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to this embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, when the blocking means 44 is configured by raising the inner peripheral wall 77 of the guide chute 42, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the upstream side guide part 79 is raised, and the part corresponding to the side guide part 79 and the curved guide part 81. The inner peripheral wall 77 or the substantially entire inner peripheral wall 77 extending from the lateral guide portion 79 to the rearward guide portion 80 may be raised.

  Further, even when the inner peripheral wall 77 is raised and the inner peripheral wall 77 is provided with the stepped portion 77e having the upper passage width Y larger than the lower passage width X, the lateral guide portion 79 extends over the rearward guide portion 80. The entire inner peripheral wall 77 is raised so that the lateral guide part 79 and the inner peripheral wall 77 of the curved guide part 81, the inner peripheral wall 77 of the curved guide part 81 and the rearward guide part 80, or the lateral guide part 79 to the rearward guide part 80. A stepped portion 77e may be provided on substantially the entire inner peripheral wall 77 that straddles.

  When a cover portion 83 that protrudes from the upper end of the outer peripheral wall 78 of the guide chute 42 to the inner peripheral wall 77 side and covers the upper side of the guide chute 42 is provided, the cover portion 83 corresponds to the side guide portion 79, the side guide portion 79, and You may provide in the part corresponding to the curved guide part 81, the part corresponding to the curved guide part 81 and the backward guide part 80, or the part corresponding to the substantially whole spanning from the lateral guide part 79 to the backward guide part 80.

  Further, when the cover 83 is provided on the outer peripheral wall 78 of the guide chute 42 so that a gap Z less than the diameter S of the medal is formed between the inner peripheral wall 77 or the upper ends of the inner peripheral wall 77 and the outer peripheral wall 78 of the guide chute 42. Even in the case of providing the covering portion 83 that closes the gap, the covering portion 83 may have a plate shape, an opening shape such as a scissors shape or a lattice shape.

  In general, the guide chute 42 has a narrower passage width on the upstream side and a larger passage width toward the downstream side. This is to guide the medal hopper 6 while gradually defeating the medal on the guide chute 42. However, the passage width of the guide chute 42 may be substantially the same from the upstream side to the downstream side.

  Further, although the medal hopper 6 is illustrated as the storage means 6, a tank other than the hopper may be used. The game medium may be other than a medal, and the game machine may be other than a slot machine.

3 Front panel 6 Storage means 22 Input port 31 Receptacle 41 Sorting means 42 Guide chute 43 Return passage 44 Blocking means 59 Receiving port 77 Inner peripheral wall 77e Stepped portion 78 Outer peripheral wall 79 Lateral guide portion 80 Backward guide portion 81 Curved guide portion 83 Cover portion X Lower passage width Y Upper passage width

Claims (3)

On the back side of the front panel, the positive passes through the positive of the front inlet or we put game media, the sorting means to sort the fraud through the screened hand stage and to the one lateral side of the outlet Tadashi遊 a guide chute for guiding the work medium to the rear of the reservoir hand stage, into the screened hand unauthorized game medium removed in stages receiving inlet or al of the upper portion of the front panel front the pan guide and a return passage path for said detachably mounted from the rear side of the sorting means to the mounting frame, on the outer surface of the outlet side of the mounting portion of one side of the mounting frame, migraine upstream end of the guide chute In the hand-held gaming machine, the guide chute includes an upstream lateral guide portion that guides the game medium from the outlet in a substantially lateral direction, and a downstream rearward guide that guides the game medium backward to the storage means. Games from the guide and the sideways guide A curved guide part for guiding the body to the backward guide part, an outer peripheral wall provided from the lateral guide part through the curved guide part to the backward guide part, and facing the outer peripheral wall And a facing wall disposed on the return passage side, wherein the guide chute includes a cover portion covering the guide chute from above . The cover portion has a substantially full length in the longitudinal direction of one end connected to a substantially full length in the longitudinal direction of the opposing wall, and the other end is connected to the outer peripheral wall on the rearward guide portion side, and the cover portion is the guide The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine corresponds to the curved guide portion and the backward guide portion of the chute . The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the height from the bottom of the guide chute to said cover portion is larger than the height of the outlet.

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