JPH0511903Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to gaming machines using coins, such as slot machines and poker machines, and particularly relates to improvements in coin transfer devices.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, this type of gaming machine is configured to pay out a predetermined number of coins at a rate depending on the winning rate of the game. In this case, the coins inserted by the player are refunded to the player again depending on the game winning rate. The coin transfer device collects the inserted coins and transfers them to the payout port again.

In conventional coin transfer devices, a large number of collected coins are collected in a hopper, each coin is taken out one by one by a coin takeout device using a rotating table, and the taken out coins are paid out in a number corresponding to the game winning rate. It is designed to be transported to a coin storage as much as possible. Publicly known examples related to this type of coin transfer device include, for example, Utility Model Publication No. 53-42440;
Utility Model No. 61-55156, Utility Model Number 61-51577, Utility Model Number 61-51577
50-128092, etc.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

The problem with conventional coin transfer devices is that when the coin takeout device is located below the game machine and the coin reservoir is located above, a long conveyance guide is provided between the coin takeout device and the coin reservoir. The point is that each coin must be pushed upward through a guide. In other words, in order to push up the coin through the long conveyance guide, a large force is required to resist the frictional force. Therefore, it is necessary to use a large rotary table drive motor for the coin takeout device, which necessitates an increase in the size of the device and an unavoidable increase in cost. Furthermore, the use of a long-distance conveyance guide tends to cause coin jams and complicates the apparatus.

An object of the present invention is to provide a coin transfer device that can simplify the device by eliminating the long conveyance guide disposed between the coin takeout device and the coin reservoir and bringing the two as close together as possible.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention includes a coin insertion slot, a hopper for receiving the inserted coins, a coin ejecting device for sequentially taking out a predetermined number of coins from the hopper, and a coin ejecting device for sequentially taking out a predetermined number of coins from the hopper. A coin transfer device for a gaming machine is provided with a coin dispensing port for dispensing a corresponding number of coins into coin reservoirs arranged in the gaming machine, and the coin ejecting section of the coin ejecting device is arranged adjacent to the coin reservoir. It is characterized by the fact that it has been provided.

[Effect]

According to the above configuration of the present invention, by providing the coin ejection port of the coin ejecting device adjacent to the coin reservoir, it becomes possible to omit or minimize the length of the coin conveyance guide that communicates the two. Therefore, no force is required to push up the long conveyance guide as in the conventional case. Therefore,
The drive source of the coin takeout device can be downsized, and since it is not necessary to have a complicated device configuration, the device can be simplified and the intended purpose can be achieved.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

First, FIG. 3 shows an overview of the game machine and the arrangement relationship between the coin insertion slot of the coin transfer device and the coin reservoir. As shown in FIG. 3, a game display 2 is provided on the top surface of the game machine 1. As shown in FIG.
On the upper surface of the game machine 1 on the side of the display 2, a coin insertion slot 3 and a coin reservoir 4 are exposed at the same surface position.

Next, FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a coin transfer device according to the present invention. A shooter 5 extends downward from a coin insertion slot 3 on the top surface of the game machine 1, and inserted coins are inserted into a hopper 7 via a coin detector 6 along the way.

The coin detector 6 has the functions of both confirming the presence of an inserted coin to proceed with the game, and determining whether the coin can be used in the game machine.

A coin extraction device 9 using a rotary table 8 is provided on the expansion side of the hopper 7. This coin takeout device 9 is generally used in game machines, and the coins 13 collected at the bottom of the hopper 7 are lined up one by one and rotated by a rotary table 8 whose drive source is a servo motor (not shown). It is structured to take out a number of coins according to the winning rate according to a control command. A short conveyance guide 10 is connected to a discharge section 12 provided on one side of the coin takeout device 9. The terminal end of the conveyance guide 10, that is, the coin dispensing port 11 is connected to the discharging section 12 of the coin ejecting device.
It is connected to the side wall of a coin reservoir 4 provided adjacent to the coin reservoir 4.

By doing this, the length of the conveyance guide 10 can be made extremely short, and obstacles such as friction that occur when conveying through a long conveyance guide as in the past can be eliminated, and therefore large Since no force is required, the rotary table drive motor of the coin takeout device 9 can be downsized. At the same time, since there is no need to route a long conveyance guide, the configuration can be simplified.

Figure 2 shows the flow of coins. Coin insertion slot 3
When the coin 13 is inserted, the coin 13 falls into the hopper 7 via the shooter 5 and the coin detector 6. A plurality of coins 13 collected in the hopper 7 are taken out one by one by a rotary table 8, and are discharged into the coin reservoir 4 from a coin dispensing port 11 via a conveyance guide 10 which is a very short distance from a discharging section 12.

[Effect of idea]

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the coin ejecting section of the coin ejecting device adjacent to the coin reservoir, coins can be transported to the coin reservoir without requiring a large force. . Thereby, the conveyance guide can be omitted or shortened, and the device configuration can be simplified.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partially sectional front view showing the flow of coins, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an outline of the game machine. 1... Game console, 2... Display, 3...
Coin insertion slot, 4... Coin reservoir, 5... Shooter, 6... Coin detector, 7... Hopper, 8...
Rotary table, 9... Coin takeout device, 10...
Conveyance guide, 11...Coin payout port, 12...Coin discharge section, 13...Coin.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A coin insertion slot, a hopper for receiving the inserted coins, a coin ejecting device for sequentially taking out a predetermined number of coins from the hopper in accordance with a refund command, and a coin ejecting device that sequentially takes out a predetermined number of coins from the hopper in accordance with a refund command, and inserts the retrieved coins into the game machine in a number corresponding to the refund command. A coin transfer device for a game machine, comprising: a coin dispensing port for dispensing coins into an arranged coin reservoir, wherein a coin ejecting section of the coin ejecting device is provided adjacent to the coin reservoir. Machine coin transfer device.