JPH0284982A - Coin carrying device for play spot - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the control of a supplying condition of coins for play by composing a coin carrying device of an endless chain, which is provided with forming a circulation route in a horizontal direction, and plural carrying bodies which are driven by the no-edge chain and carry the coins for play. CONSTITUTION:A chain 30 is a roller chain to be equipped with a resin-made hollow roller 31 and a driving stick 25 of a carrying plate 20 is inserted into the roller 31. Then, for the driving stick, upper and lower directions are fixed by a grip ring 32 and the driving stick can be turned. The chain 30 links the large number of the carrying plates 20 through the driving stick 25 and drives the carrying plates 20 by driving with a driving part 40. The carrying plate 20 is a board body to have the almost crescent shape of wide width, for which a circular arc-shaped outer circumference 21 to be projected and a circular arc-shaped inner circumference 22 to have a radius same as that of the outer circumference 21 and to be recessed are combined in tips 23 and 24. When the endless chain is traveled, the plural carrying bodies to be driven by the no-edge chain move in an almost horizontal direction and carry the coins for play. Here, since a sliding stand forms the circulation route, the coins for play are circulated until they are carried into a coin playing machine.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a coin conveying device for conveying coins for gaming in a game hall where coin game machines (so-called throttles) are installed, and in particular to a coin conveying device for conveying coins for each coin game machine. Alternatively, it is effective for use in a coin replenishing device that transports coins to a coin lending machine.

[Conventional technology] In gaming parlors, coin lending machines that lend out coins used by players when playing games, and coins that are paid out from coin gaming machines according to game results, are monitored based on the lending status of each coin lending machine and each coin lending machine. Each coin lending machine and each coin gaming machine must be replenished according to the payout status of the coin gaming machine.

Conventionally, employees replenish coins directly, or place coin replenishment devices on the island of the game hall where coin game machines are installed, and then supply coins to each coin lending machine or coin game machine that needs coins. Transporting and replenishing.

This coin conveying device can be used to push coins one by one into a coin supply tube with a cross-sectional shape that matches the width and thickness of the coin, and feed them sequentially to a coin lending machine as needed, or a belt conveyor. There is something you can use to replenish the coin lending machine.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, when trying to automatically supply coins to each of the coin game machines arranged in a row on the island, the former coin supply device tends to cause coins to become clogged in the coin supply pipe, and the coins are not easily fed. Since the number of coins that can be played is limited, many coin gaming machines cannot be supplied with coins.

In addition, coins need to be replenished to each coin gaming machine depending on the payout status of each coin gaming machine, and in some cases, not all transported coins may be carried into each coin gaming machine. On the other hand, in the latter coin replenishing device using a belt, once the coins are conveyed, the coins that are not carried into each coin gaming machine are conveyed to the end of the belt conveyor.For this reason, in order to reliably supply coins, The supply status of game coins on each island must be constantly monitored to ensure that each island has a sufficient supply of coins at all times, and coins that are not brought in must be transported using equipment such as a belt conveyor that is separate from the one used for transportation. , there is a problem in that they must be collected on an island-by-island basis.

The present invention simplifies the management of the supply status of gaming coins in a coin conveying device that mainly conveys coins to coin gaming machines or coin lending machines, and also allows gaming coins that are not carried into coin lending machines or coin gaming machines to be transported. , an object of the present invention is to provide a coin conveying device that does not require separate collection.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention includes an endless chain provided with a circulation path formed in a substantially horizontal direction, and an endless chain driven by the endless chain,
Adopt a technical means consisting of a plurality of carriers to transport the selected coins.

Further, the endless chain is provided so as to run along a sliding platform provided corresponding to a plurality of coin game machines arranged in a row on the island, and the conveying body is slidable on the sliding platform. It is also possible to provide one.

[Operation] In the present invention, when the endless chain runs, the plurality of conveying bodies driven by the endless chain move in a substantially horizontal direction to convey the gaming coins.

Here, since the sliding table forms a circulation path, the gaming coins transported by the transport body continue to be transported and circulated by the transport body until they are carried into the coin gaming machine.

Further, the conveyor slides on a sliding table to convey coins.

[Effects of the Invention] In the present invention, since the conveyor conveys the coins by circulating them in the horizontal direction using a chain, the coins can be conveyed over a wide range, and the coins of each conveyor can be grasped at one place. This makes it possible to grasp the state of coin supply to each coin gaming machine, which simplifies coin management.Also, since the coins being conveyed circulate together with the conveyor, even if they are not being carried to the coin gaming machine There is no need to collect coins.

Furthermore, by sliding the conveyor on the slide table, a large amount of coins can be conveyed.

[Example] Next, the coin conveying device of the present invention will be described as a coin automatic replenishing device 1.
The explanation will be based on an example in which 0 is used.

In the gaming hall, as shown in FIG. 2, on the top of the island 2 where a plurality of coin gaming machines 1 are arranged, there is an automatic coin replenishing device W that conveys coins for payout to each coin gaming machine 1.
10 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic coin replenishing device g110 is provided with a conveying base 11 along each coin gaming machine 1 according to the length of the island 2, and on both sides of the base body 11 are provided with coin conveying bases 11 that serve as walls of the coin conveying path. Guides 12.13 are provided. The coin guides 12 and 13 are formed by fixing a plurality of metal plates spaced apart from each other by a certain width along the conveying base 11, and each coin guide 12, 13 has a coin guide 12, 13 at a position corresponding to a coin supply port (not shown) of each coin gaming machine 1. Guides 12 and 13 are not provided, and one side is a discharge port 14, and the discharge port 14 is provided with a discharge gutter 14a for supplying coins to each coin game Ill, and the other side is an opening/closing plate that also serves as a wall. 15 are provided.

The opening/closing plate 15 is swingably supported by a shaft 15a, and is driven by a solenoid 16 that operates depending on the coin holding state of each coin gaming machine 1. Here, a latch type solenoid is used that is energized only when the state changes.

Inside the conveyance path formed by the coin guides 12.13, as shown in FIG.
Shoe support part 17 and shoe support part 1 formed lower
8 are erected at regular intervals, and the shoe support portions 17 and 18 are
Resin shoes 17a and 18a are fixed to one end, respectively.

A large number of transport plates 20 are mounted on the shoes 17a, 18a, and the shoes 17a, 18a slidably support the transport plates 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, the conveyor plate 20 has a convex arc-shaped outer periphery 21 and a concave arc-shaped inner periphery 22 having the same radius as the outer periphery 21, which meet at a tip 23.24. It is a wide, almost crescent-shaped disc. These conveyor plates 2
0 is each outer circumference 21 and each inner circumference 22 of each adjacent conveyance plate 20
The shoes 17a and 18a'' are aligned because they are arcuate and have the same radius, and are lined up without gaps between the shoes 17a and 18a''.

Also, in each conveying plate 20, the outer periphery 2 toward the tip 23.24
The end portions 21a and 21b of 1 draw an arcuate curve that is concave toward the outside.

The conveyor plate 20 is attached to a shoe 1 near the inner circumference 22 of the conveyor plate 20.
A drive rod 25 for slidingly driving on the shoe support portion 18a and 18a is fitted so as to protrude downward.
7. It is fixed to a chain 30 provided between 18.

As shown in FIG. 4, the chain 30 is a roller chain equipped with hollow rollers 31 made of resin, and the drive rod 25 of the conveyance plate 20 is inserted into the roller 31 and fixed in the vertical direction by a grip ring 32. , can be rotated. The chain 30 connects a large number of conveyance plates 20 via drive rods 25, and drives the conveyance plates 2o by being driven by a drive unit 40.

The drive unit 40 is provided at the end of the transport base 11 as a corner of the transport path. As shown in FIG. 4, a geared motor 42 fixed to a motor unit base 41 is attached to the motor mounting base 4, which is provided integrally with the transport base 11, with bolts 41a.

A rotation guide 44 that forms an inner coin guide is fitted onto the output shaft 43 of the geared motor 42 at the corner of the conveyance path, and a convex portion 44a formed on the inner peripheral surface of the rotation guide 44 is formed on the output shaft 43. The key groove 43a is fitted into the key groove 43a.

The conveyor plate 2 is attached to the outer peripheral end of the flange 44b of the rotation guide 44.
A sprocket 46 for driving the chain 30 is fitted onto the boss 44c of the rotation guide 44 and fixed with a bolt 47.

The rotation guide 44 is rotatably supported by a boss 44c by a bearing 48 provided on the base 4 to which the motor is attached.

Further, a bearing retainer 50 having a bearing 49 is integrally provided on the motor mounting base 4 via a support member 51, and the end of the output shaft 43 is rotatably supported by the bearing 49. A presser disk 52 is provided between the bearing 49 and the rotation guide 44, and the rotation guide 44 is fixed between the bearing 48 and the bearing 49 to stably rotate.

An outer guide 53 corresponding to the rotation guide 44 is provided on the outer side of the motor mounting table 4 forming the corner of the conveyance path. The outer guide 53 forms an outer coin guide with an outer circumferential wall 53a, and has a shoe supporting convex portion 5 that is provided with a shoe 54 for sliding the conveying plate 20.
3b.

At this corner, as shown in FIG. The rotating guide 44
The rotating guide 44 and the conveying plate 20 can be moved closely together along the rotation guide 44 and the conveying plate 20, and there is no possibility that a large gap will be created between the rotating guide 44 and the conveying plate 20, which would cause coins to be conveyed to get stuck.

Note that the end portion 21a has the same effect when the corner is provided in the opposite direction.

Furthermore, at the corners, each conveyor plate 20 and the outer guide 53
Since a coin may get caught between the outer guide 53 and the outer guide 53, a protrusion 53c may be provided on the outer guide 53 to protrude upward from the conveyor plate 20, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIGS. .

Coin automatic replenishing device 10 of this embodiment having the above configuration
For example, as shown in FIG.
Coin supply equipment (coin lift) installed at the counter 5 and installed to form a circulation path corresponding to the coin gaming machine 1 installed at the counter 5 and the coin lending machine (not shown)
The coins supplied from 6 are transported to each coin gaming machine 1.

Next, its operation will be explained.

When the motor 42 of the drive unit 40 starts and the output shaft 43 rotates at a predetermined rotational speed, the rotation guide 44 and the sprocket 46 rotate accordingly.
6 drives the chain 30.

The chain 30 drives each conveyor plate 20 by a drive rod 25 inserted into a roller 31, and causes the conveyor plate 20 to slide on the shoes 17a and 18a.

Game coins are supplied to the conveyance plate 20''2 from the coin supply equipment 6, and are conveyed within the coin guides 12 and 13 as the conveyance plate 20 moves.

While transporting coins, coin game II! The coin detection device inside the ll detects a decrease in the number of stored coins, and the corresponding solenoid 16 is driven accordingly to open the opening/closing plate 15. When the moving coin hits the opening/closing plate 15, the direction of movement of the coin changes, and the coin is opened/closed. The coins are discharged to the outside of the automatic coin replenishing device 10 from the discharge port 14 on the opposite side of the plate 15.

The discharged coins are sent to the coin gaming machine 1 from the discharge gutter 14a.
be led to and held.

When the number of coins stored in the coin game fit becomes sufficient, the solenoid 16 closes the opening/closing plate 15. Then, the coins are not ejected and are transported as they are by the automatic coin replenishing device flO.

If coins are not continuously ejected, the coins circulate within the automatic coin replenishing device 10 until the coins in each coin gaming machine 1 decrease.

As described above, according to this embodiment, since the coins supplied to the automatic coin replenishing device 10 circulate, there is no need to collect the coins when they are not carried into the coin gaming machine 1, and the design of the transport path Depending on the situation, coins can be transported in a wide range of coin games 8!11.

In the above embodiment, the coin transport path was shown to be a reciprocating path on each island, but as shown in FIG. You may also do so.

Further, the automatic coin replenishing device 10 may be installed exposed on the island 2, and the protrusion may be provided not only on the outer guide but also on each coin guide.

In the above embodiment, the present invention was used as an automatic coin replenishing device, but it may also be used as a coin collecting device that collects coins discharged from each coin gaming machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a coin conveying device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing an island on which the coin conveying device of this embodiment is installed, and FIG. 3 is a coin conveying device of this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-B in FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a game hall in which the coin conveying device of this embodiment is installed, and FIG. 6 is a partial plan view showing the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a game hall in which another embodiment of the coin conveying device is installed. In the figure, 1... Coin game machine, 10... Coin automatic supply device (coin conveyance device), 17a, 18a... Shoe (sliding table), 20... Conveyance plate (conveyance body), 30・・・
・Chain (endless chain).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) Coin conveyance in a game hall, comprising an endless chain that is provided to form a circulation path in a substantially horizontal direction, and a plurality of conveyance bodies that are driven by the endless chain and convey game coins. Device. 2) The endless chain is provided so as to run along a sliding platform provided corresponding to a plurality of coin game machines arranged in a row on the island, and the conveying body is slidable on the sliding platform. 2. The coin conveying device for a game hall according to claim 1, wherein the coin conveying device is provided in a game hall.