JP5036242B2 - Coin-shaped member feeding device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a feeding device that feeds coin-like members in a storage container (hopper) provided on a base member one by one by rotation of a feeding rotor disposed on the base member.

  There is a delivery device that sends coin-like members such as coins and game medals stored in a storage container one by one by rotation of a rotor provided at the bottom of the storage container. As a typical configuration, a disc-shaped delivery rotor that is rotated in one direction by an electric motor device is provided at the bottom of a storage container (hopper) that stores coin-like members such as coins and game medals. A plurality of separation holes are arranged on the concentric circles at substantially equal intervals, and with the rotation of the delivery rotor, coin-like members sequentially enter the plurality of separation holes, The coin-like members are delivered one by one from the delivery portion formed on the side surface of the storage container by being pushed out one by one from the bottom of the separation hole in the circumferential direction of the delivery rotor. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

A coin-shaped member delivery device such as this Patent Document 1 is installed in a gaming machine, and a coin-shaped member inserted into a coin-shaped member insertion port of the gaming machine is passed through a sorting counter to a storage container (hopper). Although it is configured to be housed inside, in the case of repair, inspection, removal of clogged coin-like member or foreign matter that entered inside, open the front door of the gaming machine and move the coin-like member feeding device forward May have to be removed.
JP 2004-318595 A

  In view of these points, the present invention opens the front door of the gaming machine and moves the coin-shaped member feeding device forward in the case of repair, inspection, removal of a jammed coin-shaped member or foreign matter that has entered the inside. It is possible to provide a drawer handle configuration that can be pulled out easily and can be easily pulled out in a heavy state in which a large number of coin-like members are accommodated.

The coin-shaped member delivery device according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a storage container (hopper) for accommodating a coin-shaped member for gaming on a base member on a base installed in a gaming machine, and forms a plurality of separation holes to form the base In a coin-shaped member delivery device that delivers coin-like members stored in the storage container (hopper) one by one from the delivery outlet by rotation of a delivery rotor disposed on the member, the storage container (hopper) has a front surface An overflow guide portion is inclined along the side wall so as to be lowered toward the overflow outlet formed in the side wall, and the overflow guide portion is provided on the front wall of the storage container (hopper). A synthetic resin finger-hanging type pull handle having a plurality of finger-hanging recesses recessed upward corresponding to the lower space is arranged.

Coin-shaped member delivery device of the second invention is the first invention, and the storage container (hopper) made of a synthetic resin, to form a finger hook portion having a plurality of finger hanging recess recessed into the overflow guide portion and the upper the A pull-out handle is simultaneously formed on the front wall of the lower space.

  In the first invention, since the drawer handle is formed on the wall on the front side of the storage container (hopper) in which a large number of coin-like members are accommodated, the coin as compared with the case where the drawer handle is provided at the lower position. The pull-out operation of the member delivery device is facilitated. Also, since the finger-type drawer handle is arranged below the overflow guide portion, the space below the overflow guide portion formed when the storage container (hopper) is made of synthetic resin can be used effectively. When it is formed in another part of the storage container (hopper), the internal volume of the storage container (hopper) is excessively reduced, but this is not the case in the present invention.

In the second invention, in addition to the effects of the first invention, by making the storage container (hopper) made of synthetic resin, the overflow guide portion and the handle can be integrally formed on the front wall 5P1 of the storage container (hopper). The overflow guide portion and the handle can be easily formed, and it is also easy to form a plurality of finger hanging portions recessed upward, and the position indication of the handle is clarified by the finger hanging portion having the plurality of recessed finger hanging concave portions, It is easy to perform a pull-out operation performed by placing a fingertip there.

  In the coin-shaped member feeding device of the present invention, a storage container (hopper) for storing a coin-shaped member for gaming is provided on a base member on a base installed in a gaming machine, and a plurality of separation holes are formed to form the base member. In a coin-shaped member feeding device that feeds coin-shaped members accommodated in the storage container (hopper) one by one from the feeding outlet by rotation of the feeding rotor disposed above, the storage container (hopper) has a front side An overflow guide portion is inclined so as to be lowered toward the overflow outlet formed on the side wall along the wall of the container, and the front wall of the storage container (hopper) corresponds to the space below the overflow guide portion. In the following, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a coin-shaped member feeding device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of an opening of a gaming machine equipped with the coin-shaped member feeding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a coin-shaped member according to the present invention. FIG. 4 is a front view of a partial cross section of the coin-shaped member feeding device according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing the relationship between the feeding rotor and the rotor guide ring of the coin-shaped member feeding device according to the present invention. 6 is a top view showing a locked state of the rotor guide ring of the coin-shaped member feeding device according to the present invention, FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the drawer handle according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a drawer handle according to the present invention. It is sectional drawing at the time of making a part into another thing.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Reference numeral 1 denotes a gaming machine for playing using coin-like members 100 such as coins and gaming medals. FIG. 2 shows a slot machine or a pachislot machine that uses coin-like members (game medals) 100. It is a front view of the state which opened the door of the gaming machine 1 which is. In the gaming machine 1, a coin-shaped member (game medal) 100 used in the gaming machine 1 is stored, and a coin-shaped member having a function of sending a predetermined number of coin-shaped members (game medals) 100 as necessary. A delivery device 2 is installed.

  The coin-shaped member delivery device 2 has the following configuration. In other words, a synthetic resin base member 4 is attached to a plurality of places on the metal frame 3 by screws 6, and a housing portion 5 for accommodating a circular coin-shaped member 100 is provided on the base member 4. A synthetic resin storage container (hopper) 5 </ b> P to be formed is detachably attached to the base member 4 with a screw or a locking device 44. The storage container (hopper) 5P has openings 5A and 5B on the upper surface and the lower surface, respectively, and the lower surface opening 5B has a substantially circular shape. On the base member 4 corresponding to the lower surface opening 5B, a synthetic resin delivery rotor 7 having a plurality of separation holes 10 is disposed, and the delivery rotor 7 is an electric motor device attached to the lower side of the base member 4. 8 is attached to the distal end portion of the rotary shaft 9 penetrating the base member 4.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the delivery rotor 7 attached to the tip of the rotating shaft 9 is disposed in a circular recess 4A formed on the upper surface of the base member 4, and the electric motor is in a state slightly separated from the surface of the recess 4A. The device 8 is configured to rotate in the R direction. A rotor guide ring 20 is provided so as to cover the upper surface periphery and the peripheral surface of the delivery rotor 7 with a slight gap between the upper surface periphery and the peripheral surface of the delivery rotor 7. The rotor guide ring 20 is mounted on a circular step portion 4B formed at a position higher than the recess 4A so as to surround the recess 4A, and a predetermined position of the base member 4 by a locking claw portion 21 formed on the base member 4. Retained. The rotor guide ring 20 forms a ring portion 20B that is inclined so as to spread outward from the ring portion 20A that covers the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the delivery rotor 7, and the circular lower surface opening 5B of the storage container (hopper) 5P is formed. The storage container (hopper) 5P is attached to the base member 4 along the ring portions 20A and 20B.

  With the delivery rotor 7 attached to the tip of the rotating shaft 9 and disposed in the recess 4A, the notch 20C formed in the peripheral edge of the rotor guide ring 20 in FIG. Then, the rotor guide ring 20 is placed on the stepped portion 4B, and in this state, the rotor guide ring 20 is rotated clockwise, so that the rotor guide ring 20 is engaged with the locking claw portion 21 as shown in FIG. The rotor guide ring 20 is held at a predetermined position by sinking into the lower side and being locked, and the end portion 20D of the rotor guide ring 20 abutting against the stopper step portion 22 formed on the base member 4.

  The delivery rotor 7 has a disk shape in which a plurality of separation holes 10 (the illustrated one has six separation holes) are arranged at substantially equal intervals on a concentric circle, and each separation hole 10 has a diameter of the coin-shaped member 100. The delivery rotor 7 is vertically penetrated in a circular shape with a slightly larger diameter. Each separation hole 10 forms an open outlet facing the periphery of the delivery rotor at the bottom. In this configuration, the coin-like member 100 of the storage container (hopper) 5P is separated one by one and sequentially enters the separation hole 10 and enters the bottom of the separation hole 10 by the rotation of the delivery rotor 7 clockwise in FIG. The coin-like member 100 is pushed out from the open outlet toward the delivery portion 13 while sliding on the upper surface of the base member 4 as the delivery rotor 7 rotates.

  The coin-like member 100 pushed out from the delivery rotor 7 advances to the delivery part 13 while pushing away the spring-biased movable body 16, and when the diameter part of the coin-like member 100 passes, the movable body 16 returns by the spring force. This is a mechanism that blows away in the direction of the outlet 14. The sending unit 13 is provided with a detection sensor of a counting unit that counts the number of coin-shaped members 100 passing through. The upper surface of the sending unit 13 including this detection sensor is covered with a cover 32.

  The cover 32 sinks into the lower side of the locking portion 33 formed on the upper surface of the base member 4 and is locked, and the other end is screwed to the base member 4 with a screw. The distance between the lower surface of the cover 32 and the upper surface of the delivery portion 13 is slightly larger than the thickness of the coin-shaped member 100, and forms a coin-shaped member passage. The outlet of the coin-like member passage of the sending unit 13 becomes the sending outlet 14 of the coin-like member 100. The coin-like member 100 delivered from the delivery port 14 is introduced into a tray 1A provided on the front surface of the gaming machine 1 through a guide rod (not shown). For this reason, as shown in FIG. 2, the coin-shaped member delivery device 2 is installed in the gaming machine 1 so that the delivery port 14 of the coin-shaped member 100 faces the front. In this configuration, the coin-like member 100 inserted into the coin-like member insertion port (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 rolls while standing from the guide rod 41 through the sorting and counting device 40, and the storage container ( The hopper is accommodated in the storage container (hopper) 5P from the inlet opening 5E of the 5P.

  In the storage container (hopper) 5P, an inlet opening 5E is formed in the front wall, and an overflow outlet 5X is formed in the side wall. In the storage container (hopper) 5P, there is a front wall. A saddle-shaped overflow guide portion 42 is provided so as to be lowered from the inlet opening 5E toward the overflow outlet. Of the coin-like member 100 that enters the storage container (hopper) 5P from the inlet opening 5E, the overflowing coin-like member 100 slides on the overflow guide portion 42 and is stored in the recovery box 36 from the overflow outlet 5X.

  A conductive member 30 is provided on the upper surface of the base member 4, and is a mechanism for releasing static electricity by coming into contact with the coin-like member 100 of the separation hole 10 of the delivery rotor 7, and is a metal frame supported by the metal part of the gaming machine 1. 3 is a mechanism through which this static electricity escapes. The left and right flange portions 37 of the metal pedestal 3 are placed so as to be retractable and retractable in the front-rear direction with respect to the metal rail portion 1R formed on the metal bottom wall inside the gaming machine 1, and a coin-like member The delivery device 2 is configured to be placed in the gaming machine 1 so as to be retractable and retractable in the front-rear direction.

  When the coin-shaped member feeding device 2 is repaired or inspected, or when the jammed coin-shaped member 100 or the foreign matter inside the coin-shaped member is removed, the front door of the gaming machine is opened and the coin-shaped member feeding device 2 is taken forward. It will be necessary. In the state where the coin-like member 100 is accommodated in the storage container (hopper) 5P in a substantially full state, the weight of the entire coin-like member delivery device 2 is considerably increased. As described above, in the configuration in which the rail portion 1R is placed in the gaming machine 1 so as to be pulled out and stored in the front-rear direction, it can be easily pulled out.

  As described above, when supported by the rail portion 1R, it is necessary to make it easy to safely pull out the heavy coin-shaped member feeding device 2 toward the front of the gaming machine 1. For this reason, a finger-pull-type drawer handle 80 is disposed below (lower) the overflow guide portion 42 on the front wall 5P1 of the storage container (hopper) 5P. When this handle 80 is formed in another part, the part protrudes into the storage container (hopper) 5P and the internal volume of the storage container (hopper) 5P is reduced. In the present invention, however, the overflow guide part 42 This is not the case because the drawer handle 80 is arranged using the lower (lower) space.

  By making the storage container (hopper) 5P made of synthetic resin, as shown in FIG. 7, the overflow guide portion 42 and the handle 80 are integrally formed on the front wall 5P1 of the storage container (hopper) 5P. In this way, when the storage container (hopper) 5P is injection-molded with a synthetic resin, in order to allow the molded storage container (hopper) 5P to come out of the mold, the underfilling space is formed below the overflow guide portion 42. 80B is formed. Because of this space 80B, the front wall 5P1 is in the state of being close to the inside of the storage container (hopper) 5P in this part, so the volume of the storage container (hopper) 5P is reduced by this amount. One of the features is that the space 80B is effectively used. In other words, the handle 80 is formed with the front wall of the space 80B as the finger hooking portion 80A so that the fingertip enters the space 80B. Then, in order to make the fingertip 72 to be satisfactorily hooked to the finger hooking portion 80A, the lower end of the finger hooking portion 80A forms a finger hooking recess that is recessed upward so that each fingertip 72 is fitted.

  Thus, by making the storage container (hopper) 5P made of synthetic resin, the overflow guide part 42 and the handle 80 can be integrally formed on the front wall 5P1 of the storage container (hopper) 5P. 42 and the handle 80 can be easily formed, and it is also easy to form a finger hook portion 80A that forms a plurality of finger hook recesses recessed upward. Further, the position indication of the handle 80 is clarified by the finger hooking concave portion of the finger hooking portion 80A, and the pulling-out operation is facilitated with the fingertip 72 hung on the handle.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the drawer handle 80 includes a finger-hanging recess that is recessed upward in the front wall 5P1 of the storage container (hopper) 5P corresponding to the lower space 80B of the overflow guide portion 42. It is also possible to attach the synthetic resin handle 80 on which the finger-hanging portion 80A is formed by screws 81 or adhesion.

  Such a pull-out handle 80 facilitates the pull-out operation of the coin-shaped member feeding device 2 in a state where a large number of coin-shaped members 100 are housed, and is made of a synthetic resin so that the finger does not damage the fingers gently. It can be formed in a shape that is easy to

  It should be noted that if the drawer handle 80 is disposed on the front wall 5P1 located in front of the center of gravity of the coin-like member sending device 2 in a state where the coin-like member is housed, a heavy-weight coin in which the coin-like member is housed. The pull-out operation of the shaped member delivery device 2 can be performed more stably.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be conceived without departing from the technical scope of the present invention, and include various embodiments related thereto.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the coin-shaped member sending device concerning the present invention. (Example 1) It is a door opening front view of a game machine provided with the coin-shaped member sending device concerning the present invention. (Example 1) It is a perspective view of the coin-shaped member sending device concerning the present invention. (Example 1) It is a side view of the partial cross section of the coin-shaped member sending device concerning the present invention. (Example 1) It is sectional drawing which shows the relationship between the sending rotor and rotor guide ring of the coin-shaped member sending device which concerns on this invention. (Example 1) It is a top view which shows the latching state of the rotor guide ring of the coin-shaped member delivery apparatus which concerns on this invention. (Example 1) It is sectional drawing of the drawer handle part which concerns on this invention. (Example 1) It is sectional drawing at the time of making the drawer handle part which concerns on this invention into another thing. (Example 1)

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 .... Game machine 1R ... Rail part 2 .... Coin-like member sending device 3 .... Stand 4 ... Base member 4A ... Indentation 5 .... Coin-like member Accommodating part 5E ・ ・ ・ Inlet opening 5P ・ ・ ・ Storage container (hopper)
5P1 ··· Front wall of storage container (hopper) 5X ··· Overflow outlet 7 ··· Sending rotor 8 ··· Electric motor device 9 ··· Rotary shaft 10 · · · Separation hole 13 ··· Sending part 14 ... Delivery port 16 ... Movable body 20 ... Rotor guide ring 20C ··· Notch 21 ... Locking claw part 30 ... Conductive member 36 ... Collection box 37 ... Flange 41 ··· Guide rod 42 ··· Overflow guide portion 80 ··· Drawer handle 80A ·· Finger rest portion 80B · · Meat removal space 100 · · Coin-like member

Claims (2)

By providing a storage container (hopper) that accommodates a coin-like member for gaming on a base member on a pedestal installed in a gaming machine, a plurality of separation holes are formed, and by rotation of a delivery rotor disposed on the base member, In the coin-shaped member delivery device for delivering coin-shaped members stored in the storage container (hopper) one by one from the delivery port, the storage container (hopper) has a side wall along the front side wall in the storage container (hopper). The overflow guide portion is inclined so as to become lower toward the overflow outlet formed. The wall on the front side of the storage container (hopper) is recessed upward corresponding to the lower space of the overflow guide portion . A coin-shaped member feeding device comprising a synthetic resin finger-hanging drawer handle having a finger-hanging portion provided with a plurality of finger-hanging recesses . In that the storage container (hopper) is made of synthetic resin, were co-molding the drawer handle forming a finger hook portion provided with the overflow guide portion and a plurality of finger hanging concave recessed upward to the front wall of the lower space The coin-shaped member delivery device according to claim 1, wherein

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