JPH0321285A - Pachinko ball lending device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set a player's mind on a game and contribute to the increase in takings of a pachinko (Japanese vertical pinball) house by providing an input material identifying means with an input port for putting coins, bills and prepaid cards for identifying input materials, a plurality of main lending machines, and a money carrying device for carrying coins and bills. CONSTITUTION:In an island 1 of a pachinko house, a plurality of pachinko machines 10 are arranged in row, and a plurality of ball lending machines 20 are disposed corresponding to each pachinko machine 10. On the back side of the pachinko machine 10, a money carrying device 200 is disposed to carry the money discharged from each ball lending machine 20 to a money receiving device 3 disposed on the end part of the island 1. Each ball lending machine 20 is formed of a coin processing part 20a, a bill identifying part 50, a ball cutting part 60, a control part 70, and a magnetic card reader/writer 90. A player can lend pachinko balls of an optional sum by a prepaid card, coins and bills without leaving the front of the pachinko machine. The coins and bills put into the ball lending machine are carried by the money carrying device 20 provided in the island, which dispenses with the recovery of the coins and bills from the ball lending machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field 1] The present invention relates to a pachinko ball lending device that lends pachinko balls to players in a pachinko game hall.

[Prior Art] In a pachinko game hall, for example, a ball lending machine is arranged between adjacent badinko machines arranged in a row on an island, and when a coin is inserted, a number of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money are dispensed. As a result, players can continue playing at pachinko machines while
Pachinko balls can be borrowed if necessary. However, when players run out of coins, they take a break from playing, get up from their seats, go to a banknote exchange machine installed separately in the gaming hall, and exchange the banknotes for the required amount of coins. mosquito,
Alternatively, in order to avoid having to exchange more money during the game, it is necessary to exchange the extra amount into coins in advance.

In this way, ball lending machines that use coins impose a burden on the players who are playing the game to exchange money, and as a pachinko game hall, it is necessary to collect the coins inserted into the ball lending machines on the island. Therefore, by using a prepaid card that allows pachinko balls to be borrowed for a predetermined amount in advance, players do not need to have a large number of coins on hand, and pachinko parlors teeth,
A ball lending machine that uses only prepaid cards is being considered, which would eliminate the need to collect coins inserted into the ball lending machine. [5 Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, such a ball lending machine that uses only prepaid cards eliminates the need for coin collection, etc., and thus eliminates the need for coin conveyance equipment, making it possible to streamline pachinko gaming parlors. On the other hand, when considering the service to players, even if a ball lending machine that uses prepaid cards is introduced instead of a ball lending machine that uses coins, players must first insert a prepaid card. Therefore, since the object of exchange is simply replacing coins with prepaid cards, not only is there no big advantage, but if you do not play for the amount of money on the prepaid card, for example, you can use other You cannot use the remaining amount on your prepaid card for other purposes, such as purchasing something at a retail store. As a result, the purchase amount of a prepaid card by a player is lower than that when exchanging it for coins as in the past.
There is a possibility that there will be a tendency for the number to decrease further. Therefore,
After purchasing only a small amount of prepaid cards, if the players run out of usable prepaid cards, they take a break from playing, get up from their seats, and use the separately installed prepaid card ticket machines in the gaming hall. The number of times you will have to go to the bank and enter the required amount of prepaid card in the field will increase more than you do now when exchanging money to coins, which will cause you inconvenience.
This poses a problem in that it not only leads to a decline in the service provided to the players, but also reduces the interest of the players in the game, and furthermore, it tends to cause a decrease in the sales of the pachinko game parlor. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko ball rental device that allows players to concentrate on playing games with peace of mind and contributes to increasing sales at pachinko game parlors. [Means for Solving the Problems] The pachinko ball lending device of the present invention has a plurality of slots for inserting coins, banknotes, and prepaid cards, respectively, and inputs items from the plurality of slots. The game machine is equipped with a pachinko ball discharging means for discharging pachinko balls according to the amount information of the inputs, and a pachinko ball discharging means for discharging pachinko balls according to the amount information of the identified inputs. A technical means is adopted consisting of a plurality of ball lending machines provided on the island, and a money conveyance device provided within the island that transports both the coins and banknotes identified by the ball lending machines. L action and effect of the invention] In the pachinko ball lending device of the present invention, the ball lending machine is provided corresponding to the island's pachinko game machine, and coins, banknotes, and prepaid cards are inserted and the pachinko balls are discharged. This allows players to borrow any amount of pachinko balls using not only their prepaid cards but also coins and bills without leaving the pachinko machine. Therefore, even if the player runs out of prepaid cards that allow him to borrow pachinko balls, he can still borrow more pachinko balls using the coins or banknotes he has on hand, allowing him to concentrate on playing the game and reducing his interest in the game. There is no. In addition, since the coins and banknotes inserted into the ball lending machine are transported by a coin conveying device installed on the island, there is no need to collect coins and banknotes from the ball lending machine, and players are asked to There will be no interruptions or other inconvenience. Additionally, since no employees are required to collect coins, pachinko parlors can be rationalized. Therefore, the player can concentrate on playing the game, and if the player runs out of pachinko balls, he or she can borrow any amount of pachinko balls on the spot without having to leave his or her seat to exchange money. As a result, the pachinko game parlor's sales increase as players continue playing. [Example] Next, the pachinko ball lending device of the present invention will be explained based on an example. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of pachinko machines 10 are installed in a row on an island 1 inside a pachinko parlor, and above the pachinko machine 10, a plurality of ball lending machines 20 are installed corresponding to each pachinko va10. ing. A coin conveying device 200 is arranged on the back side of each pachinko mto in the island 1, and each ball lending machine 20
The coins discharged from the bank are conveyed to a coin storage device 3 installed at the end of the island 1.

Pachinko balls are supplied to each pachinko machine 10 and each ball rental fi 20 from a pachinko ball supply facility (not shown) provided for each island 1. Each ball rental machine 20 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a coin processing section 20a,
It consists of a banknote identification section 50, a denomination section 60, a control section 70, and a magnetic card reader/writer 90.

As shown in FIG. 1, on the front of each ball lending tll 20, there is a bill insertion slot 21 for inserting thousand yen bills, a coin slot 22 for inserting 100 yen coins and 500 yen coins, and a coin slot 22 for inserting 100 yen coins and 500 yen coins. Return port 2 for returning coins and dispensing change coins
3 and a card insertion slot 91 for inserting a prepaid card are provided through the cover 20A, which is provided so as to be openable and closable, as shown in FIG. In addition, the cover 2OA on the front of the ball rental 8l20 has selection switches 24 and 25 (the first (see figure), and the ball rental amount is selected according to the player's preference. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the coin processing section 20a is provided with an inclined narrow coin passage 26 whose upper end is the coin insertion opening 22.
outer diameter sensors 31 and 32 for identifying the outer diameter of a coin inserted from the outside, and a magnetic sensor 3 paired with a coil driven by high frequency current for identifying the material of the coin.
3, 34. A passage detection sensor 35 is provided in order to detect that the coin is discharged from the genuine coin discharge port 22a to the coin transport device I1200 when it is determined that the coin is a genuine coin. Furthermore, an opening 26a is provided at the bottom of the coin passage 26 between the magnetic sensors 33, 34 and the passage detection sensor 35.
is formed, and an opening/closing member 23a is provided in the opening 26a in order to return the coin to the return slot 23 when it is determined that the coin is not a genuine coin. This opening/closing member 23a is driven by a return solenoid 36, and when returning a coin, opens the opening 26a of the coin passage 26 to change the passage of the coin and guide the coin to the return passage 23b. An opening 26b is formed in the coin passage 26 between the opening/closing member 23a and the passage detection sensor 35, and a change passage 40a is connected to the coin passage 26 in communication with the opening 26b. ing.

The opening 26b is provided with a passage switching member 26c that switches the coin passage to the change passage 40a in order to reserve a portion of the inserted coin as change if necessary when the inserted coin is a 500 yen coin. , the passage switching member 26c is driven by the passage switching solenoid 41. The coin processing section 20a includes the above as a coin verification section 30, and the coin processing section 20a includes a change section 40 that is integrally provided with the coin verification section 30.
It is equipped with The change passage 40a serving as the change portion 40 is a flat tube whose height is lower than the diameter of a 500 yen coin introduced as change, and is provided so as to gradually descend from the opening 26b. As a result, the 500 yen coin is overturned in the change passage 40a, slides down without being transferred, enters the change holding tube 27 connected to the change passage 40a, falls, and is held.

The change holding tube 27 has a cylindrical shape with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of a 500 yen coin. This makes it easy for the 500 yen coins to be stored, and they are securely stacked and stored. The change holding cylinder 27 has a bl. for detecting the number of held 500 yen coins. l sensors 42 and 43 are provided. Here, the maximum number of sheets on hold is set to 10, the position sensor 42 detects that the number of sheets on hold is 10, and the position sensor 43 detects that the number of sheets on hold is 0.
It is detected that the A change discharge table 28 is provided below the change holding cylinder 27. Between the change discharge stand 28 and the change holding tube 27,
A push-out plate 29 is provided for dispensing 500 yen coins. The pushing plate 29 is driven by a motor 29a, and the pushing plate 29 and the motor 29a form a dispensing device 44. When the motor 29a rotates once, the push-out plate 29 reciprocates once to push out one 500 yen coin stored in the coin storage cylinder 27 at the lowest layer and pay it out to the return slot 23.

Further, the change discharging table 28 includes a roller 28b elastically supported by a spring 28a as a part of the dispensing device 44 in order to urge the coins pushed out by the pushing plate 29 toward the return port 23. It is equipped. As a result, the coin is pushed out by the pushing plate 29 while pushing the roller 28b apart, and when its maximum diameter passes, it is pushed out by the roller 28b, which returns to its position by the elastic force of the spring 28a, and is urged in the horizontal direction. It turns out. Further, the change dispensing table 28 is provided with a dispensing detection sensor 45 for detecting that a 500 yen coin is dispensed. Note that 23c is a coin tray for making it easier to take returned coins and change. The banknote identification unit 50 is a known device equipped with a sensor or the like to identify inserted banknotes. If the bill is a 1,000 yen bill, the 1,000 yen bill is carried out from the bill discharge port 51 shown in FIG. , a plurality of position sensors for detecting the dimensions of the banknote, a plurality of identification sensors and magnetic sensors that respectively detect the printed pattern on the surface of the banknote and the magnetic pattern caused by printing, and an LED lighting circuit that serves as a light source for identifying the printed pattern. is provided. The ball cutting section 60 counts and supplies pachinko balls sent from the supply pipe 4 of the pachinko ball supply equipment to the pachinko machine 10. A counting sensor for counting pachinko balls, a pachinko ball sensor for detecting that all the supplied pachinko balls have been discharged and there are no more pachinko balls in the ball cutting unit 60, and are supplied according to the identification result. A ball cutting device is provided which separates pachinko balls into a predetermined number and supplies them to each pachinko ito. Between the ball cutting unit 60 of each ball lending machine 20 and the ball tray 11 of each corresponding pachinko machine 10, the rented balls supplied from each ball lending machine 20 are directly supplied only to the corresponding pachinko machine 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko ball supply pipe 64 is connected to a discharge port 65 near the ball tray 11 so that the balls are discharged to the ball tray 1l of the pachinko IllO. have.
The magnetic card reader/writer 90 is for reading the amount information of the inserted prepaid card and writing the amount information after use, and it moves the prepaid card inserted from the card insertion slot 91 at a predetermined movement speed. A card moving device that carries the prepaid card inside and takes it out to return the prepaid card to the player after use, reads out the amount information recorded on the prepaid card when the prepaid card is brought in, and also transfers the amount of money to the prepaid card after use. It is equipped with a magnetic head for writing information, and is controlled by a control section 70, which will be described later. The control unit 70 controls the ball rental machine 20
In, the coin verification section 30, the change section 40, the banknote identification section 50,
Ball cutting part 60 and magnetic card reader/? Ita90,
The system is comprehensively controlled as follows. When a coin is inserted, the coin verification section 30, the change section 40, and the coin cutting section 60 are controlled, and when a coin is inserted, the outer diameter of the coin is detected by the outer diameter sensors 31 and 32, and The material is determined by each magnetic sensor 33, 34, and the results are combined to determine the inserted coin, and the coin is processed as follows according to the determination result. If the determination result is a 100 yen coin, the return solenoid 36 and the passage switching solenoid 41 are not driven, and the coin is transferred to the coin transport device ff. It is discharged to 200. When the determination result is a 500 yen coin and ten 500 yen coins are held in the change section 40 and detected by the position sensor 42, the return solenoid 36 and the passage switching solenoid 41 are not driven. , the coin is transferred to the coin conveying device 200
It is discharged to. When the determination result is a 500 yen coin, the number of 500 yen coins held is 9 or less, and the position sensor 42 does not detect that the 500 yen coins are full, only the passage switching solenoid 41 is driven, The return solenoid 36 is not activated. Therefore, the 500 yen coin is stored in the change storage cylinder 27.

As described above, when a 100 yen coin and a 500 yen coin are respectively discriminated, the ball cutting unit 60 is driven according to the discriminated amount, the pachinko balls supplied from the pachinko ball supply equipment are counted by the counting sensor, and the balls are counted by the counting sensor. The pachinko balls are separated by a cutting device and the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the determined amount is supplied to the ball receiving tray 11 of the corresponding pachinko machine 10. If the discrimination result is neither a 100 yen coin nor a 500 yen coin,
The return solenoid 36 is activated and the path is changed.
Therefore, the coin is returned to the return slot 23, and the coin is returned to the pachinko machine 10.
Pachinko balls are not supplied to When a banknote is inserted, the banknote identification section 50 and the change section 4
0. The coin cutter 60 is controlled to identify whether the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 21 is a 1,000 yen bill. When the inserted banknote is a 1,000-gun banknote, it is discharged from the banknote discharge port 51 to the banknote conveyance device 200, and the ball cutter is operated according to the selection state of each ball rental amount selection switch 24, 25 operated by the player. 60 to drive pachinko balls to pachinko machine 10
Supply to. Further, when the selected ball rental amount is 500 yen, the payout device 44 of the change section 40 is driven and controlled to pay out a 500 yen coin to the return slot 23.

Note that if a new banknote is inserted before the payout detection sensor 45 detects that the change has been paid out, the banknote will not be accepted into the ball lending machine 8120. Further, even if a coin is inserted, it is not accepted and the return solenoid 36 is activated to return the coin. If the inserted bill is a counterfeit bill or a bill other than a thousand yen bill, it is returned through the bill insertion slot 21. In addition, for some reason, pachinko balls from the pachinko ball supply equipment were dropped from the ball rental machine 2.
If no pachinko balls are detected by the pachinko ball sensor, neither banknotes nor coins are accepted by the ball lending machine 20 and all are returned.

In controlling the magnetic card reader/writer 90, the balance information of the amount information recorded on the prepaid card is read, and the ball cutter 60 is driven according to the instructions of the ball rental amount selection switches 24 and 25 to supply pachinko balls. At the same time,
Find the balance information after deducting the amount of the rented pachinko balls, delete the recorded amount information, and write the remaining amount information as new amount information. As shown in FIG. 7, each ball lending machine 20 is connected to a central computer 100 installed in the counter of the pachinko parlor or in the office processing room, etc. Inserted (insert) amount information indicating the amount of coins, banknotes, and prepaid cards; Retained amount information indicating that the inserted 500 yen coin has been withheld;
The payout amount information indicating that the held 500 yen coin has been paid out, and the selling amount information determined based on these information are transmitted to the central computer 100. The central computer 100 controls the control unit 70 of each ball rental machine 20.
The sales status of each ball lending machine 20 is managed based on the input (insertion) amount information, pending amount information, payout amount information, and sales amount information transmitted by the . The central computer 100 also receives counting information about the number of winning balls and losing balls in each pachinko machine 10, and the number of prize balls ejected by the winning balls, which is transmitted from a ball counting device provided in each pachinko machine 10. Based on each pachinko machine 10
Manage the operating status of. Next, the money conveying device 200 will be explained based on FIG. The coin conveyance device 1F200 has two belt boots 201 and 202 arranged at almost both ends of the island 1 on the back side of each ball lending machine 20.
A belt conveyor with a belt 210 stretched between them,
It consists of walls 203 and 204 made of metal plates arranged along the belt 210 on both sides of the belt 210. Here, in order to be able to convey coins and banknotes discharged from each ball lending machine 20 at the same time, the belt 210 is formed of an elastic member, and cuts are made at regular intervals on both sides of the belt 210. The movable wall portions 211 and 212 are bent at a substantially right angle with each cut in contact with each wall 203 and 204, and when the belt 210 moves, the movable wall portions 211 and 212 contact the walls 203 and 204. Works against. The width of the belt 210 excluding the notch is set to be somewhat larger than the diameter of the largest coin used (500 yen coin). As a result, the 500 yen coin can be transported without rolling, and the movable wall portions 211 and 212 are connected to each wall 203 and 204.
Since the belt 210 is in contact with the belt 210, the 1,000 yen bill discharged from the ball lending machine 20 is reliably received by the belt 210, and normally the 1,000 yen bill is smoothly conveyed with its short side facing up and down. Each belt pulley 201, 202 always rotates at a constant speed in the Y direction in the figure, and the belt 210 moves in the X direction in the figure along with it. In this case, the direction of the 1,000 yen bill is changed so that the short side is oriented vertically as it is overturned by the rod 205 during transportation.At the end of the currency transportation device ffi200 in the transportation direction, there is a currency storage device 3. A banknote conveyance device 220 as a banknote conveyance device 220 is arranged close to the banknote conveyance device R220.
A belt 223 is stretched over the coin conveying device 2.
A gap is provided between the belt 210 of the 00 belt pulley 202 portion and the belt 223 of the belt pulley 221 portion to allow the coins conveyed by the currency conveying device 200 to drop downward. This serves as a sorting means for sorting only the 1,000 yen bills conveyed by the money conveying device 200. The 1,000 yen bills sorted by the banknote transport device R220 are transferred to two sets of pulleys 2 provided at both ends of vertically arranged shafts 224 and 225, which are provided above the banknote transport device 220.
Two belts 228 and 22 wrapped around 26 and 227
9 to the banknote separating section 230 consisting of several rollers, where the banknotes are counted one by one, and then pushed into the banknote storage box 301 by the moving plate 302 and stored. On the other hand, coins that are not sorted by the bill conveyance device 220 and are dropped downward are conveyed by the coin conveyance device 1240, separated into 100 yen coins and 500 yen coins by the coin separator 241, and placed in the coin storage box 303. , 304 respectively. Note that the roller 245 provided above the coin transport mechanism 240 moves the coins to the coin sorter 2 while the coins are stacked on top of each other.
41, the coin transport mechanism 24
0 by the thickness of the coin so that only one coin can pass through. Moreover, the bypass 256 is
When a large number of coins are transported to the coin transport mechanism 240 and overflow, the coins are guided to the coin holding box 257. As described above, in this embodiment, a player can freely borrow pachinko balls in front of a pachinko machine using coins, banknotes, or an Alipay card, so there is no need to exchange banknotes. Therefore, the player can concentrate on the game and never lose interest in the game. In addition, the coins and banknotes inserted into the ball lending machine are transported by a coin transport device installed on the island, so there is no need to collect coins and banknotes from the ball lending machine, and an employee is required to collect them. do not have. Therefore, it is possible to rationalize the pachinko game hall, and there is no need to inconvenience the players by interrupting their games due to the collection of coins. As a result, the players can concentrate on playing the game, and as the players continue playing Kirako games, the sales of the pachinko game parlor increase. FIG. 9 shows a modification of the above embodiment. In the above embodiment, a ball rental machine 20 is provided corresponding to each pachinko machine 10 on the island 1.
However, for each of the two adjacent Bajinko machines, one ball rental machine is installed above the Pachinko@10, and as shown in Figure 9, Pachinko balls are supplied to the adjacent Pachinko machines 10. To make this possible, a pachinko ball supply pipe 64A whose discharge direction can be switched may be provided, and an opening/closing plate 66 may be provided at the discharge port 65A.

Therefore, players can easily add and borrow pachinko balls while playing. In this example, a ball rental machine was installed corresponding to each Bajinko machine on the island, but one ball rental machine was installed for two adjacent Pachinko machines.
Install the ball rental machine on the side of the pachinko machine, connect the two discharge pipes that communicate with the guide of each pachinko machine to the ball cutting part, and install a new pachinko machine selection switch. The pachinko machine from which pachinko balls are ejected may be switched according to a selection switch. As described above, according to the pachinko ball rental device of this embodiment,
Players can easily rent pachinko balls while sitting in front of the pachinko machine. Furthermore, when additional pachinko balls are to be borrowed during a game, the player can borrow the pachinko balls without leaving his/her seat and without having to significantly change his/her posture while remaining in substantially the same posture as in the gaming state. Therefore, the burden on the players is reduced, allowing them to concentrate on playing games, and contributing to the improvement of services at pachinko parlors.

In addition, as for the operational effects of pachinko parlors, inserting and inputting money is the first step in pachinko machines. This makes it easier for employees to observe players borrowing pachinko balls, making it easier to prevent fraud using counterfeit money. In the above embodiment, a 500 yen coin is used as change, but when a 1,000 yen bill or a 500 yen coin is inserted, a setting switch is provided that allows you to set the payout amount in units of 100 yen. It is also possible to pay out 100 yen coins as change. In the above example, the used prepaid card was assumed to be returned to the player, but the used prepaid card was collected and transported along with the banknotes by a money conveying device, and then sent separately. You can store it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a front view showing the configuration of the island in this example;
The figure is a perspective view of a pachinko machine and the ball lending machine to show the state of supply of pachinko balls by the ball lending machine of this embodiment, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are a plan view and front view showing the ball lending machine of this embodiment. Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are a schematic plan view and a schematic side view showing the coin processing unit in the pachinko ball lending machine, Fig. 7 is a block diagram showing the control ellipse of the pachinko ball lending machine, and Fig. 8 is the actual implementation. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the money conveying device and its peripheral equipment inside the island of the example, and FIG. be. In the figure, 20... Ball lending machine, 21... Bill insertion slot (insertion slot), 22... Coin insertion slot (insertion slot), 60... Ball cutter, slot (pachinko ball ejection means) , 70...control unit (
Input identification means), 91...Card insertion slot {Insertion slot}
, 200... Money conveyance device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) Inserted item identification means having a plurality of input slots for respectively inputting coins, banknotes, and prepaid cards, and identifying each input item inputted from the plurality of input slots;
a plurality of pachinko ball discharging means for discharging pachinko balls according to the identified input price information, and a plurality of ball lending machines provided corresponding to the plurality of pachinko gaming machines arranged in a row on the island; , a pachinko ball lending device comprising a money conveyance device provided within the island and conveying both coins and banknotes identified by the ball lending machine.