JP5281425B2 - Medal transport device for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal transport device for a gaming machine for transporting medals stacked in two or more stages in a single step.

  Gaming machines such as slot machines are installed in the game hall in the form of gaming machine islands. It is distributed and used again. As a medal payer, for example, there is a medal payout device provided with a rotating disk as shown in Patent Document 1 at a high speed. In this medal dispensing machine, a medal storage hopper, a disk rotatably supported at the center of the storage hopper, and a plurality of medal receiving holes formed through the disk surface of the disk And a payout port for delivering the received medal from the disc to the delivery passage.

  In the medal dispenser having such a configuration, in order to pay out medals at high speed, medals may be discharged in two or more stages. When the medals are discharged in multiple stages as described above, the medals are clogged in the middle of the delivery passage, and the medals are not smoothly conveyed, resulting in a problem in the game.

  As a conventional medal transport device that transports stacked medals evenly, there is one in which leveling rollers are provided on a belt conveyor as disclosed in Patent Documents 2 and 3. In this case, medals stacked and conveyed in multiple stages can be leveled by a roller that rotates in the direction opposite to the conveyance direction. However, since the leveling roller cannot sufficiently follow the medals conveyed at high speed by the centrifugal force from the rotating disk, there is a problem that the medals are still jammed and the payout is hindered.

JP-A-9-330445 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-98684 JP-A-6-218134

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-described conventional problems, the present invention provides a medal transport device for a gaming machine capable of transporting medals stacked in multiple stages and paid out at a high speed in a uniform and smooth manner. It was made.

  The medal transport device of the gaming machine of the present invention made to solve the above-mentioned problem is formed in a concave shape in the delivery path leading to the medal payer, and one side of the delivery path is inclined obliquely low, In this delivery path, a medal leveling member for breaking the second and higher medals and discharging the medal downward from the one side is arranged swingably.

  In the above-described invention, the medal leveling member is pivotally mounted so that the upper end of the swing arm can swing on the higher side of the delivery passage, and the medal between the lower end of the swing arm and the delivery passage surface. It is possible to provide a medal leveling part with a gap through which one sheet can pass. In addition, it is desirable that the height of one side of the lower delivery path is set to be equal to or less than the thickness of one medal so that the second and higher medals can be discharged from the delivery path.

  The medal transport device of the present invention breaks down when the stacked second and higher medals collide with the medal leveling member and falls to the outside of the sending path, so that the medals are leveled and sent out smoothly. There is an advantage that you can.

It is a perspective view which shows the principal part of the medal conveyance apparatus of the game machine of this invention. It is a top view which shows the principal part of the medal conveyance apparatus of the game machine of this invention. It is a side view of a medal equalizing member.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
1 and 2 are diagrams showing the main part of a medal transport device of a gaming machine according to the present invention, wherein 1 is a medal dispensing machine, 2 is a delivery passage, 3 is a medal leveling member, and 4 is a second or higher stage. This is the discharge passage for the leveled medals.

  The medal dispenser 1 can be a machine equipped with a conventional rotating disk. That is, the dispenser 1 includes a medal storage hopper 12 that receives medals from a receiving port 11 and a rotating disk (not shown) that is rotatably supported at the center of the storage hopper 12 at an obliquely inclined bottom. A plurality of medal receiving holes formed through the disk surface of the rotating disk, and a payout port 13 for sending the received medal from the rotating disk to the sending passage 2. In the medal payer 1, the medal received in the medal receiving hole can be sent out from the payout opening 13 at a high speed by rotating the rotating disk by the motor. In the present invention, as long as medals can be paid out at a high speed, the form of the medal dispenser is not particularly limited.

  The delivery passage 2 is connected to the discharge port 13 of the medal dispenser 1, and is formed in a concave shape by the upper guide 5a and the lower guide 5b or the upper guide 5c and the lower guide 6.

  The delivery passage 2 is formed to be curved downward in the direction in which medals released by centrifugal force flow down. The delivery passage 2 is connected to one side of the lower guides 5b, 6 with the upper guide 5a, The passage surface is inclined with respect to 5c. The medal leveling member 3 is pivotally attached to the upper guide 5c.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the medal leveling member 3 includes a support shaft 31 erected on the upper guide 5 c, a swing arm 32 pivotally attached to the support shaft 2, and a lower end of the swing arm 32. And a columnar medal leveling portion 33 attached to the. Since the gap S between the medal leveling portion 33 and the delivery passage surface is equal to or less than the thickness of one medal, medals at the second and higher stages cannot pass through the gap S.

  Since the thickness of the lower guide 6 connected to the medal discharge passage is equal to or less than the thickness of one medal, the second and higher medals colliding with the medal leveling member 3 pass over the lower guide 6 and pass through the discharge passage. 4 and collected by the medal dispenser 1 again.

  Since the upper guides 5a and 5c and the lower guide 5b are at least as thick as one medal, even if the first-stage medal released by the centrifugal force of the rotating disk collides with these guides, the delivery path One piece can be transported to each gaming machine without departing from 2.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the medal leveling member 3 can be provided in two places in the delivery passage 2. By arranging in this way, even when the first medal leveling member 3 swings due to the momentum of the medal collision, the stack that has been continuously paid out by the second medal leveling member 3 Can evenly level the medals. Therefore, the leveling effect of medals can be further increased with certainty.

  1 medal dispensing machine, 2 delivery path, 3 medal leveling member, 4 discharge path, 31 support shaft, 32 swing arm, 33 medal leveling part, M medal,

Claims (3)

  The delivery passage leading to the medal dispenser is formed in a concave shape, one side of the delivery passage is inclined obliquely low, and the second and higher medals are collapsed in this delivery passage so that the medal is lowered from the one side. A medal transport device for a gaming machine, wherein a medal leveling member for discharging is disposed so as to be swingable.   The medal leveling member is pivotally mounted so that the upper end of the swing arm can swing to the higher side of the delivery path, and one medal can pass between the lower end of the swing arm and the delivery path surface. The medal transport device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a medal leveling portion is provided with a small gap.   The medal transport machine of the gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a height of one side of the lower one of the delivery passages is set to be equal to or less than a thickness of one medal so that the second and higher medals can be discharged from the delivery passage. .

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