JPH05103871A - Device for lending pinball and medal for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To store the amount of money received to deliver balls, medals, etc., in compliance with the request of players by displaying the amount of money received, delivering balls, medals, etc., in the quantities corresponding to the request, and thereafter subtracting the amount of money corresponding to the delivered quantities of the item from the amount of money on display to change the amount of money displayed. CONSTITUTION:A detecting mechanism 4 for detecting the kind of money is provided inside a coin slot 2 and the amount of money received is calculated at CPU6 based on detection signals to store said amount of money in RAM, while the CPU6 outputs a display command to a display 9 near the center of a pinball lending device 1. If a delivering switch 10 is pushed, a ball delivery command is outputted from CPU6 to a delivery device to deliver balls through a delivery pipe 12 to a receiving dish of a pinball base. And values corresponding to the quantities delivered is subtracted from the amount of the displayer 9. In this manner, by only putting in money at the start of a game, balls, medals are delivered by pushing a button to demand them.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lending device for balls or medals for play machines, and more particularly to a lending device for balls, medals, etc. for play machines suitable for pachinko play.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent pachinko machines, pachinko players are familiar with a ball game using a pachinko machine and a medal game using a so-called pachi-slot slot machine. When playing these, in the pachinko game, the coins and pachinko balls are exchanged by the adjacent pachinko ball lending device, and in the pachislot game, the coins are exchanged by the adjacent medal lending device. It is common to exchange money and play pachinko balls or medals several times with the above lending device installed between the stands.

However, in these lending devices, when the pachinko balls or medals are lent out, money has to be thrown in one by one, and the player is forced to perform a very troublesome operation. This impairs the player's ability to concentrate, and in particular, causes a reduction in the ability to concentrate, which is essential for playing pachinko and pachislot. Moreover, since money is placed and played on the counter as a mounting table on which the amusement table is mounted, the money is dropped on the floor, which hinders the game.

[0004]

In view of the above problems of the prior art, the main object of the present invention is to be able to memorize the amount of money put in, and furthermore, only when the player requests, balls and medals. It is intended to provide a lending device for play machine balls, medals, etc. for which the above items are paid out.

[0005]

According to the present invention, the above object is to provide a means for accepting money, a means for detecting the amount of money accepted and storing and displaying a value corresponding to the money, and a ball. A means for detecting a request for paying out medals, etc., and paying out the amount of balls, medals, etc. according to the request, and a value corresponding to the amount of the paid out balls, medals, etc. It is achieved by providing a lending device for play machine balls, medals, etc., characterized by including means for subtracting from and changing to a value after subtraction, and not including change-out means.

[0006]

By doing so, the player can be relieved of the trouble of spending money several times by storing the amount of money deposited. Further, by eliminating the need to pay out the change, the cost of the apparatus is reduced, and since a player of a game machine such as a digital pachinko machine or a pachi-slot generally does not expect to bring the change back, there is no particular inconvenience.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first embodiment of the present invention. The pachinko ball lending device 1 shown in the figure is sandwiched and fixed between pachinko machines (not shown). In the vicinity of the upper side of the pachinko ball lending device 1 in the figure, a money insertion slot 2 for receiving money input from a pachinko player is provided. One input port 2a is a dedicated coin input port,
You can accept 0-yen coins and 500-yen coins. When a coin other than 100-yen and 500-yen coins is inserted, a pay-out port 3 for paying out the inserted coin is provided below the coin-only insertion port 2a. The other slot 2b is a banknote-only slot and can receive 500-yen banknotes, 1,000-yen banknotes, 5,000-yen banknotes, and 10,000-yen banknotes. Further, if desired, a card insertion opening 13 is provided near the money insertion opening 2 as indicated by an imaginary line, and is linked to the card insertion opening and recorded on a card transport mechanism or a card. Reader / writer 1 equipped with a mechanism for reading existing information and writing necessary information on the card
By providing No. 4, not only money but also prepaid cards may be accepted.

A detection mechanism 4 for detecting the type of inserted money is provided inside the money insertion port 2, and a detection signal from the detection mechanism 4 is composed of a microcomputer via an interface (not shown). Output to the control unit 5. As shown in FIG. 2, the internal configuration of the control unit 5 includes a CPU 6 that performs various arithmetic processes, a ROM 7 that stores a program and basic data for operating the CPU 6 according to a predetermined algorithm, an amount of money, and the like. RAM8 for storing data of CPU6, CPU6, ROM7, RA
It is composed of a bus (not shown) connecting between M8s.

The CPU 6 calculates the amount of money to be inserted from each detection signal corresponding to the type of money inserted from the slot 2, accesses the RAM 8 to store the amount of money, and the center of the pachinko ball lending device 1. A display command is output to the display unit 9 provided near the unit.

A payout switch 10 for responding to a player's ball-sending request is provided near the lower side of the pachinko ball lending apparatus 1 in the figure. The payout switch 10 is connected to the CPU 6 through an interface (not shown),
By pressing the switch, a request signal is output to the CPU 6.

Between the display unit 9 and the payout switch 10, a device 11 for paying out pachinko balls is provided which is connected to the CPU 6 via an interface (not shown). Between the payout device 11 and a tray of a pachinko machine (not shown), a payout pipe 12 for sending out a pachinko ball.
Is provided.

Next, the pachinko ball lending device 1 having the above-mentioned structure
The operation of will be described with reference to FIG. S in the figure
T1 to ST10 indicate each processing step 1 to step 10, and Y in the determination processing is affirmative and N is negative. First, various variables of the control unit 4 are initialized (step 1). Then, the player pays out the switch 10
It is determined whether or not is pressed (step 2). If the payout switch 10 is not pressed in step 2, the process proceeds to step 3 and it is determined whether or not money has been inserted. Here, when money is thrown into the cash slot 2, that is, CP
When the detection signal from the detection mechanism 4 is output to U6, the process proceeds to step 4 and the inserted amount is substituted into the amount variable B. On the other hand, if no money is thrown in step 3, the process returns to step 2.

Next, the amount of money input in step 3 is
In step 5, it is determined whether or not the credit conversion value has reached 500 yen. In this step 5, the money input and the amount of money subtracted in step 6 described later are 5
If it is over ¥ 00, proceed to step 6. In step 6, 500 is subtracted from the amount variable B, 1 is substituted in the credit variable A (step 7), and the process proceeds to step 5. In other words, in steps 5-7,
This is a loop for converting to credits in units of 00 yen. For example, when 1,000 yen is input in step 3, the credit is 2 because the loop is passed twice. Further, in step 7, the CPU 6 outputs a predetermined display instruction to the display unit 9 at the same time as generating the credit. If the N condition is satisfied in step 5, that is, if the amount variable B is less than 500 yen, the process returns to step 2.

In step 2, payout switch 10
When is pressed, that is, when the request signal of the payout switch 10 is detected, the process proceeds to step 8. In step 8, it is determined whether or not credit is present, and if no credit is present, the process proceeds to step 3. When the credit is present, the CPU 6 issues a payout command to the payout device 11 (step 9). The dispensing device 11 that has received the ball dispensing command dispenses a number of pachinko balls equivalent to 500 yen to the saucer of a pachinko machine (not shown) through the dispensing tube 12. Then, 1 is subtracted from the credit variable A (step 10), and the process returns to step 2.

As is apparent from the above operation, according to the pachinko ball lending apparatus 1, the amount of money put in in step 3 can be stored in units of 500 yen by the loop of steps 5 to 7. Further, since the payout device 11 is provided with the payout pipe 12, the pachinko game can be performed without touching the pachinko balls, so that the hands of the player are not contaminated.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. Second
In this embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted and only the differences will be described.

As shown in FIG. 4, the medal lending device 15
Are sandwiched and fixed between slot machines, not shown, so-called pachi-slot machines. The coin lending device 15 is not provided with the coin insertion slot 2a, which was used in the first embodiment, but in normal pachi-slot games, coins are not exchanged for medals. Even if the exclusive insertion port 2a is not provided, no inconvenience is felt.

The operation of the medal lending device 15 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. ST1 to S in the figure
T13 indicates each processing step 1 to step 13, and Y in the determination processing is affirmative and N is negative. Further, the same processes as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, the description of their operation will be omitted, and only the differences will be described.

In step 11, if the result of subtracting 1000 yen as the credit conversion value from the amount variable B is zero or more, the process proceeds to step 12 and 1000 is subtracted from the amount variable B. If the amount of money input in step 3 is less than 1000 yen in step 11, the process returns to step 2. Here, in pachi-slot games, the credit conversion value is set to 1000 because it is more convenient to pay credits of 1000 yen than credits of 500 yen depending on the needs of the player. The credit conversion value may be set to any value as desired in both the first and second embodiments.

If there is a credit in step 8, the CPU 6 issues a medal payout command to the payout device 11 (step 13). The payout device 11, which has received the medal payout command, pays out medals corresponding to 100 yen to the tray of the slot machine (not shown) through the payout tube 12. Then, 1 is subtracted from the credit variable A (step 10), and the process returns to step 2. Therefore, similarly to the ball lending device 1, the medal lending device 15 also calculates the amount of money input in step 3,
By the loop of steps 11, 12, and 7, it is possible to store in units of 1000 yen.

As is clear from the first and second embodiments described above, since the money inserted from the money insertion slot 2 can be credited in a predetermined unit, it is possible to just insert the coin at the start of the game. Alternatively, if a button is pressed when a medal is requested, a ball or medal is paid out. Therefore, it is possible to provide a ball or medal lending device that allows a player to be free from the trouble of throwing coins several times.

The message displayed on the display unit 9 is not limited to the embodiment. For example, when the credit variable A is 0 in step 2, a message prompting the input of money is issued. Can be displayed, or when the credit variable A is 1 or more, a message prompting the user to press the payout button 10 can be displayed.

Although it is considered that there is no mechanism for paying out change, it seems that inconvenience may occur, but normally, those who use digital pachinko or pachislot usually play until their budget is exhausted. Even if a large number of balls are paid out with all the digital numbers, or even if a large number of medals are paid out, the change will be paid out by playing the same table after exchanging the balls or medals for prizes. Even if it does not exist, it does not cause any inconvenience. Instead, since the money is stored, the player has the advantage that he can play continuously on the same platform.

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the lending apparatus for play machine balls, medals, etc. according to the present invention,
Since the amount of money inserted is stored and can be exchanged for pachinko balls or medals, etc. in a predetermined unit, it is possible to save the trouble of inserting money each time a pachinko ball or medal is requested, and to concentrate on playing. it can. Moreover, since there is no need to put money on the counter as a mounting table, the money will not fall and will never be stolen. In addition, even though it is a lending device for balls or medals that can accept banknotes, since it does not have a change dispensing mechanism, it is possible to provide an inexpensive lending device for game machines such as balls and medals for a play machine. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a second embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

5 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko ball lending device 2 Coin slot 2a Coin dedicated slot 2b Banknote dedicated slot 3 Coin dispensing slot 4 Detection mechanism 5 Control unit 6 CPU 7 ROM 8 RAM 9 Display unit 10 Dispensing switch 11 Dispensing device 12 Dispensing pipe 13 Card insertion Mouth 14 reader / writer 15 medal lending device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for accepting money, a means for detecting the amount of money accepted, storing and displaying a value corresponding to the money, and a request for paying out balls, medals, etc., and responding to the request. A means for paying out a large amount of balls, medals, etc., and a means for subtracting the value corresponding to the amount of the paid-out balls, medals, etc. from the value already displayed, and changing it to the value after subtraction. A lending device for game machine balls, medals, etc., which is equipped with no change dispensing means.