JPH0284983A - Coin carrying device for play spot - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply coins for play respectively to plural coin playing machines without fail by providing a driving means to drive a coin guiding means which guides the coins in correspondence to the need of an equipment. CONSTITUTION:In a position to correspond to the coin supplying port of each coin playing machine 1, coin guides 12 and 13 are not provided and one side of the coin supplying port goes to be a discharge port 1. Then, in a discharge port 14, a discharge gutter 14a is provided to supply the coins to each coin playing machine 1. In the other side, an opening and closing plate 15, which is used also as a wall, is provided. The opening and closing plate 15 is held by a shaft 15a freely oscillatably and driven by a solenoid 16 which is operated in correspondence to the coin holding condition of each coin playing machine 1. Then, the opening and closing plate is protruded into a carrying route. When the opening and closing plate 15 is protruded into the carrying route and opened, the coins on the moving carrying plate 20 hit the opening and closing plate 15 and the advancing direction of the coin is changed. Then, the coins are discharged from the discharge port 14 in the opposite side of the opening and closing plate 15 out of a coin automatic supplying device 10. After that, the coins are guided to the coin playing machine 1 and held.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a coin conveying device for conveying gaming coins 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. Depending on the payout state of the coin gaming machine, it must be transported to each unspecified coin lending machine or each coin gaming machine.

Conventionally, employees could directly replenish coins, or a coin replenishment device could be placed inside each island of a game center where coin gaming machines and coin lending machines were installed, and coins could be transported to coin lending machines when coins were needed. are doing.

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

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, when trying to automatically supply the necessary coins to each of the many coin game machines installed in a row on the island, the former coin supply device has the problem that coins become clogged in the coin supply pipe. Moreover, since the number of coins that can be sent is limited, it is not possible to supply coins to many coin gaming machines.

Further, coins need to be replenished to each coin gaming machine according to the payout state of each coin gaming machine.

On the other hand, with the latter belt-based coin supply device,
There is a problem in that it is difficult to supply coins to a plurality of devices by simply transporting them only to the intended coin lending machine or coin gaming machine.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a coin transport device that can reliably supply gaming coins to a plurality of coin lending machines or coin gaming machines.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a transport body that has a flat surface on which coins are placed and that travels along a transport path provided along a plurality of devices to transport the coins, and a transport body that is fixed outside the transport path. and a coin guide means which is provided so as to be able to protrude into the flat surface of the carrier, and which guides the coins on the flat surface to the device by the protrusion, and which drives the coin guide means according to the needs of the device. A technical means was adopted consisting of a drive means.

[Function] In the present invention, the coin is placed on the conveyor and conveyed along the conveyance path, and when the driving means drives the coin guiding means according to the needs of the device, the coin guiding means moves the coin placed on the plane of the conveying body. to the equipment.

[Effects of the Invention] In the present invention, coins placed on the flat surface of the conveyor are guided to the devices according to the needs of the devices, so even if multiple devices are installed in the middle of the conveyance path, each device can be reliably connected to the coins. You can supply coins to. Therefore, coins can be supplied to a large number of devices.

[Example 2] 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, an automatic coin replenishing device 10 is provided on the top of an island 2 on which a plurality of coin gaming machines 1 are arranged. ing.

As shown in FIG.
Each coin game according to the length of the! A transport base 11 is provided along the line 111, and coin guides 12, 13 are provided on both sides of the transport base 11, which serve as walls of the coin transport path. 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 12.13 are not provided,
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 gaming machine 1, and the other side is provided with an opening/closing plate 15 that also serves as a wall.

The opening/closing plate 15 is swingably supported by a shaft 15a, and the opening/closing plate 15 is driven by a solenoid 16 that operates according to the coin holding state of each coin gaming machine 1 or a coin lending machine (not shown), and protrude inward.

Here, the solenoid 16 is a latch type solenoid 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 resin shoes 17a and 18a are fixed to the upper ends of the shoe support portions 17 and 18, 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
Since they are arcuate with the same radius, they match, and are arranged on the shoes 17a and 18a without any gaps.

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 20 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, by bolts 41a.

A rotation guide 44 forming an inner coin guide is fitted onto the output shaft 43 of the geared motor 42 at a 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 shaft 43. Keyway 43
It is fitted in a.

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, for mounting the motor, a bearing holder 50 equipped with a bearing 49 is integrally provided on the stand 4 via a support member 51.
The end of the output shaft 43 is rotatably supported by a bearing 49. A presser disk 52 is provided between the four bearings and the rotation guide 44, and the rotation guide 44 is fixed between the bearings 48 and 49 to rotate stably.

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 rotary guide 44 and the conveying plate 20 can be driven in close contact with each other along the rotation guide 44 and the conveying plate 20, and no large gap is created between the rotating guide 44 and the conveying plate 20, which would cause coins to be conveyed to get stuck.

Further, 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 there is a possibility that a coin may be caught between the conveyor plate 20 and the conveyor plate 20, a protrusion 53c may be provided that protrudes above the conveyor plate 20, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIGS. 3 and 4.

Note that if the geared motor 42 has sufficient bearing strength, the above-mentioned bearings 48, 49, etc. may be omitted.

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

Next, its operation will be explained.

When the geared 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, and the chain 30 is driven by the sprocket 46 .

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.

During the conveyance of coins, a decrease in the number of reserved coins is detected by the coin detection device in the coin gaming machine 1, and the corresponding solenoid 16 is driven accordingly, and when the opening/closing plate 15 protrudes into the conveyance path and opens, it moves. The coin on the transport plate 20 hits the opening/closing plate 15, the direction of travel of the coin changes, and the automatic coin replenishing device 10 is released from the discharge port 14 on the opposite side of the opening/closing plate 15.
Expelled outside.

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 gaming machine 1 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 10.

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 are circulated, there is no need to collect the coins when they are not carried into the coin gaming machine 1 or the coin lending machine. Depending on the design of the conveyance path, coins can be conveyed to correspond to a wide range of coin gaming machines 1.

In the above embodiment, the coin transport path is made to reciprocate on each island, but as shown in FIG. You can also do this.

Further, the automatic coin replenishing device may be installed exposed on the island, and the protruding portion 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 drawings]

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 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 gaming machine (equipment), 10... Coin automatic supply device (coin conveyance device), 12.13...
Coin guide (conveyance path), 15... Opening/closing plate (coin guiding means), 16... Solenoid (driving means), 20.
...Transportation plate (transportation body).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) A carrier that has a flat surface on which coins are placed and that travels along a conveyance path provided along a plurality of devices to convey coins; A game comprising: a coin guide means that is provided so as to be able to protrude on a flat surface of a carrier, and that guides coins on the flat surface to the equipment by the protrusion; and a drive means that drives the coin guide means according to the needs of the equipment. Coin transport device in the field.