JPH0341737Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] This invention refers to medals (referring to coins or pieces of metal or plastic with a shape similar to hard ones. The same applies hereinafter).
The present invention relates to a game machine using a reel-type game machine, for example, a reel-type game machine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a game machine in which a game is played by inserting medals into a medal slot, and the medals are paid out as prizes for the game from a medal payout port provided in the game machine.

[Prior Art] As a conventional game machine of this type, a reel type game machine as shown in FIG. 3 has been known. In Fig. 3, reference numeral 1 denotes the main body of the reel-type game machine, and a reel panel 2 is provided at the upper front of the main body 1, and approximately at the center of the reel panel 2 is provided at equal intervals in the horizontal direction. Three round cylinder windows 3, 3, 3 are provided.
Inside the main body 1 at the back of the three cylinder windows 3, 3, 3, there are 3 cylinders corresponding to each of the three cylinder windows 3, 3, 3.
Two rotation drums (not shown) are provided. Further, a start lever 4 for rotating the drum is provided on the left side of the front surface of the main body 1, directly below the drum panel 2, and a start lever 4 for rotating the drum is provided at the center directly below the drum panel 2 on the front of the main body 1. The torso can be stopped individually 3
Two stop buttons 5, 5, 5 are provided. Further, a medal slot 6 is provided on the right side of the front surface of the main body 1, directly below the drum panel 2. At the bottom of the front surface of the main body 1, a dispenser is formed that protrudes from the front surface, has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape, has a longitudinal direction in the lateral direction of the main body 1, and has an open top surface. A receiving tray 7 for receiving and storing medals is fixedly attached to the main body 1 by suitable means (not shown) such as screws. This makes it easier to take out the medals by hand from the medal tray 7 in the tray 7. Furthermore, a medal payout opening 8 that opens into the receiving tray 7 is provided approximately in the center of the lowermost end of the front surface of the main body 1.

In the slot machine configured as described above, the player grabs the medals in the tray 7 with his hands, inserts the medals one by one from the medal slot 6, and operates the start lever 4 to rotate the drum. Thereafter, the three rotating drums are stopped by individually pressing the three stop buttons 5, 5, 5 at an appropriate time and in order based on the player's intention.
When the display of the spinning drum at the stop position indicates a winning prize, a predetermined number of medals as prizes are paid out from the payout opening 8 into the saucer 7, thereby playing the game. Thereafter, the player transfers the prize medals accumulated in the tray to another case placed in the game area, carries them to the prize exchange area, or transfers them to another game machine.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional game machines as described above, the saucer is fixed to the game machine body. Therefore, when the player finishes playing, it becomes necessary to transfer the medals remaining in the tray to another case in order to take them to the prize exchange area, which is a time-consuming problem. Furthermore, when cleaning the saucers, since the saucers remain fixed to each game machine, it is necessary to clean each saucer while moving in front of the game machines, which makes cleaning difficult. Furthermore, since the saucer is fixed to the main body of the game machine so as to protrude from the front thereof, it is difficult to package and transport the game machine, and the saucer part is easily damaged during these operations.

The present invention was developed to solve the above-mentioned problems with conventional game machines, and there is no need to transfer the remaining medals, the tray can be easily cleaned, and the tray part can be wrapped and The purpose is to provide a game machine that is less likely to be damaged during transportation.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The game machine of the present invention is a game machine having a medal payout port, and includes a main body of the game machine and a position where the medals paid out from the medal payout port can be received. It consists of a medal tray attached to the main body so as to be able to support the weight of the medals and to be able to be removed as is, and a detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a device on the tray,
The detection means is configured so that the game cannot be played when the tray is not installed. [Function] In the present invention, the medal tray can be freely taken in and out of the medal tray storage section. Further, since the game is set so that the game can be played only when the tray is installed in the storage section, the medals are not paid out to the tray when the tray is taken out from the storage section, so that scattering of the medals is prevented.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line A--A in FIG.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 3 indicate the same parts. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 11 is the main body of the game machine. At the lower end front part of the main body 11, there are a main body bottom plate 12, a main body right side plate 13, a main body left side plate 14, and an appropriate distance rearward and upward from the main body front lower end, respectively, so as to be perpendicular and horizontal to the main body bottom plate 12. A saucer storage section 16 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape is provided over the entire width of the main body 11 and surrounded by partition plates 15a and 15b fixedly provided to the main body 11. The saucer storage section 16 is completely open at the lower front side of the main body 11, and the rear portion of the saucer 17, which has an appropriate size and is slightly smaller than the saucer storage section 16, can be stored with the opening facing upward. ing. Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
a is provided, and the front part of the saucer 17 is supported by a stand 22 on which the main body 11 of the game machine is placed. Approximately in the center of the upper part of the partition plate 15a is a medal dispensing opening 1 having an appropriate size and approximately rectangular shape.
8 is open, from which medals 19 dispensed from a medal dispensing device (not shown) inside the medal body 11 are dispensed into a saucer 17 stored in the saucer storage section 16. There is. A contact type limit switch 20 is attached to an appropriate location on the rear side of the partition plate 15a. The actuator 20a of the limit switch 20, which is elastically biased and has an appropriate size, is connected to a small hole 21 formed at an appropriate location immediately below the limit switch 20 in the partition plate 15a with a downward slope in the front.
It extends downward along the front side of the partition plate 15a through the partition plate 15a with an appropriate dimension. The actuator 2
0a is provided a little apart from the front side of the partition plate 15a. The actuator 20a is pushed backward by the side wall of the tray 17 when the tray 17 is installed in the tray storage section 16 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 2, so that the limit switch 20 is turned on. It's summery. When the saucer 17 is taken out from the saucer housing 16, the actuator 20a returns to its original state due to the biasing force applied to itself, and the limit switch 20 is turned off.

In the game machine constructed as described above, medals 19 are paid out to the tray 17 by operations similar to those of the conventional game machine shown in FIG.

Then, the tray 17 can be freely put in and taken out from the tray storage section 16, and when the tray 17 is installed in the storage section 16, the actuator 20a is activated, the limit switch 20 is turned on, and the medal 19 is placed in the tray 17. The game machine is set so that payouts can be made. When the saucer 17 is removed from the storage section 16, the actuator 20a returns to its original state, the limit switch 20 is turned off, and the game is set so that no game can be played.

In the embodiment described above, the saucer storage section 16 is provided inside the game machine main body 11, and the rear part of the saucer 17 is attached to the main body 1.
1, and the front part is supported by a stand 22. However, the saucer 17 is latched to the lower end of the front of the game machine by appropriate means so as to protrude from the main body of the game machine, and the latching part is It may be configured such that the dispensing operation of the medals 19 is turned on or off by detecting displacement, etc.
The entirety may be configured to be stored within the saucer storage section 16.

Further, although a contact type limit switch is used in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and other detection means such as a capacitance type or a proximity switch type may be used.

[Effect] As described above, according to the present invention, the medal tray of the game machine is configured so that it can be freely taken out and put in and out of the game machine body, so even when the game machine is finished playing, the player can keep the medals in the tray. The prize medals can be taken to a prize exchange place, etc., along with the tray containing the medals, without having to be transferred to another case. Furthermore, since the tray is separate from the main body of the game machine, the tray can be cleaned each time a player brings the tray to the prize exchange area, or the trays can be cleaned all at once. Furthermore, since the saucer does not protrude from the main body of the game machine, or at least the main body is flat when the saucer is removed, it is possible to improve work efficiency when packaging and transporting the game machine, and to avoid damage to the saucer. This has the effect of making it less likely to occur. Furthermore, since the tray is set so that the game cannot be played when the tray is removed, medals are prevented from being ejected and scattered when the tray is not present.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing an embodiment of the game machine of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line A-A in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing an example of a conventional game machine. be. Main symbols in the drawing: 11: main body, 17: saucer, 2
0: Limit switch.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A game machine having a medal payout port, the game machine main body and a position where the medals paid out from the medal payout port can be received, such that the weight of the medals can be supported with respect to the game machine main body, and as it is. It consists of a removably mounted medal tray and a detection means for detecting the presence or absence of the medal tray, and is configured such that the game cannot be played when the detection means detects that there is no tray. A game machine.