JPH0523414A - Medal throwing-in device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To offer the medal throwing-in device which can simplify a throwing-in operation at the time of throwing in a medal, and can shorten the time. CONSTITUTION:The device is attached to an apparatus provided with a count machine 30, and carries a medal placed on a placing part 19 provided on the outside of the apparatus in the direction of the count machine 30, the placing part 19 is formed by a placing plate 42, and in its placing plate 42, a through- hole for passing through in the vertical direction is provided, and in the lower part of its through-hole, a driving wheel 41 is provided. The wheel 41 is supported axially in a position in which a part of the upper part of its wheel 41 protrudes to the upper face of the placing plate 42, and in the upper part of the count machine 30 side of the placing plate 42, a control member 20 is provided at a distance in the vertical direction to the extent that only the medal of the lowest stage in the medals piled up on the placing plate 42 can pass through, and the wheel 41 is formed so that the medal can be carried successively in the count machine 30 direction from the medal of the lower stage.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medal insertion device, and more specifically, it is attached to a device equipped with a medal counting device for counting the type of medals and the number of inserted medals, and connects the outside of the device with the medal counting device. The present invention relates to a medal insertion device that is suitable for carrying medals as well as medals used in medal game machines and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various medal counting machines have been provided and are used in daily life. For example,
In ticket vending machines such as trains, 500 yen coins, 100 yen coins, 50 yen coins, and 10 yen coins are selected and the input amount is recognized, then the ticket is sold, the change amount is calculated, and the change is calculated. Will be returned.

Further, in a medal game machine, for example, the slot machine 90 shown in FIG. 2, a game is started on condition that a medal, which is a medium of the game, is inserted, and a medal counting machine is provided inside the game machine. The medal slot 91 for connecting the outside of the game machine and the medal counting machine was provided.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional medal counting machine has the following problems. That is, when inserting medals, only one coin can be inserted at a time. Therefore, when there are a plurality of medals to be inserted, the medal insertion operation is troublesome and time-consuming.

The above problem can be solved by a medal shooting device that can simplify the shooting operation and the time required to insert a medal, but no such medal shooting device exists. The problem to be solved by the present invention is
An object of the present invention is to provide a medal shooting device that can simplify the shooting operation and the time required for inserting medals.

[0006]

The present invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object. The medal shooting device according to claim 1, which is attached to a device provided with a medal counting machine, and which conveys the medals placed on a medal placing section provided outside the device toward a medal counting machine. In the insertion device, a medal placing portion is formed by a plate-shaped medal placing plate, a through hole penetrating in a vertical direction is provided in the medal placing plate, and a drive wheel is provided below the through hole. , The drive wheel is pivotally supported at a position such that a part of the upper part of the drive wheel projects to the upper surface of the medal mounting plate, and is stacked on the medal mounting part on the medal counting machine side of the medal mounting plate. A medal regulation member is provided with a vertical distance such that only the lowermost medal of the medals can pass through, and the drive wheel is the second or more from the lowermost medal mounted on the medal mounting portion. No Le is by being pressed against the medal regulating member, characterized in that it is formed such that it can be transported sequentially medal count machine direction from the bottom of the medal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a medal shooting device provided below the medal regulating member with a discrimination device for discriminating whether or not the medals are stacked on the medal mounting portion, and the discrimination device is arranged to detect the medal. When the stacking is detected, the drive wheel is formed to rotate so as to convey the stacked medals to the medal counting machine toward the medal counting machine.

[0008]

[Operation] According to the medal shooting device of the first aspect, the following operation is achieved. First, a plurality of medals are placed on the medal placing plate and a drive wheel, a portion of which protrudes from the through hole of the medal placing plate, while being regulated by the medal regulating member. The rotation direction of the drive wheel is the direction in which the medal is wound inside the device.

Of the medals placed on the medal mounting plate, the second or more medals from the bottom are regulated by the medal regulating member, and the medals are continuously loaded into the device one by one from the bottom medal in order. Moving. The loaded medals are taken into a medal counting machine provided inside the device.

According to the medal shooting device of the second aspect,
The following effects are achieved. First, a plurality of medals are placed on the medal placing plate and a drive wheel, a portion of which protrudes from the through hole of the medal placing plate, while being regulated by the medal regulating member. Then, the discrimination device detects the placement of medals,
Upon receiving the detection, the drive wheel starts rotating.

The subsequent operation is the same as that of the first aspect of the invention.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A medal shooting device of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. The medal shooting device of the present embodiment corresponds to the invention according to claim 2, and is attached to a device equipped with a medal counting machine 30 for selecting the type of medals, and is mounted on the outside of the device. The medal placed on the placing section 19 is conveyed by the conveying member 40 toward the medal counting machine 30.

The medal placing portion 19 is formed by a plate-shaped medal placing plate 42. The medal plate 4
2 has a through hole penetrating in the vertical direction. A drive wheel 41 is provided below the through hole of the medal placement plate 42, and the drive wheel 41 is axially supported at a position where a part of the upper portion of the drive wheel 41 projects above the medal placement plate 42. It The drive wheel 41 is driven by a drive motor (not shown) connected to the rotary shaft of the drive wheel 41.

The medal counting machine 30 for the medal mounting plate 42
A medal regulation member 20 is provided on the upper part of the side with a vertical distance so that only the lowest medal among the medals 10 stacked on the medal mounting portion 19 can pass through. The space forming the vertical distance is referred to as a medal passage 21. Between the medal passage 21 and the medal counting machine 30, a passage member 49 forms a passage through which medals pass. In addition, when there are many kinds of medals, it is assumed that the thicknesses of the two thinnest medals are not thicker than the thickness of one thickest medal, though the thicknesses thereof are different. .

In the drive wheel 41, the second or more medals from the bottom of the medals 10 placed on the medal placing portion 19 are pressed against the medal regulating member 20.
It is formed so that the medals at the lowermost stage can be sequentially conveyed in the direction toward the medal counting machine 30. A self-independent optical sensor 50 as a discriminating device is fixed below the front side of the drive wheel 41, and detects that the medal 10 is placed and operates the transport member 40.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below.
First, while the plurality of medals 10 are being regulated by the medal regulating member 20, the medal placing plate 42 and the medal placing plate 4 thereof are arranged.
It is placed on the drive wheel 41 partially protruding from the through hole 2. When the medal 10 is placed, the optical sensor 50 detects that fact and the drive motor is driven. Then, the drive wheel 41 moves. The rotation direction of the drive wheel 41 is the direction in which the medal 10 is wound inside the device.

Among the medals 10 placed on the medal mounting plate 42, the second or more medals from the bottom are the medal regulating members 2
It is regulated to 0, and the drive wheels 41 successively carry in and move the coins one by one from the bottom medal in order.
The loaded medals 10 are taken into a medal counting machine 30 provided inside the device.

The medals that have passed through the medal passage 21 are sent to the medal counting machine 30 and, after it is judged whether or not they are proper medals, their types are judged. It should be noted that a medal larger than a proper medal or thicker than a proper medal is determined to be improper because it cannot be placed on the drive wheel 41 or pass through the medal passage 21. Will never be captured by.

The effects of this embodiment will be described below.
According to the medal shooting device of the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a medal shooting device that enables simplification of the shooting operation at the time of shooting medals and reduction of time. Further, since the operation of the transport member 40 can be controlled by the optical sensor 50 provided as a discriminating device, it is possible to provide a medal shooting device that can more effectively simplify the shooting operation and time when inserting a medal. did it.

A variation of this embodiment will be described below. Although the present embodiment has been described as corresponding to the invention described in claim 2, if a device which does not have the optical sensor 50 attached as a discriminating device is provided, a medal insertion corresponding to the invention described in claim 1 is provided. It becomes a device.

[0021]

The present invention has the following effects. According to the medal shooting device of the first aspect, it is possible to provide a medal shooting device that can simplify the shooting operation and the time required to insert a medal. According to the medal shooting device of the second aspect, since the medal shooting device of the first aspect is provided and the operation of the medal shooting device can be controlled by the discriminating device, simplification of the throwing operation and time reduction at the time of inserting the medal. It was possible to provide a medal shooting device that can more effectively

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a medal shooting device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a slot of a conventional slot machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 medals 19 medals mount 20 medal control member 21 medal passage 30 medal counting machine 40 transport member 41 drive wheel 42 medal mounting plate 49 passage member 50 optical sensor 90 slot machine 91 medal slot

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A medal shooting device which is attached to a device equipped with a medal counting machine and which conveys medals placed on a medal placing section provided outside the device toward a medal counting machine. , A medal placing portion is formed by a plate-shaped medal placing plate, a through hole penetrating in the vertical direction is provided in the medal placing plate, and a drive wheel is provided below the through hole, The drive wheel is pivotally supported at a position where a part of the upper part projects above the medal mounting plate, and the upper part of the medal mounting plate on the medal counting machine side is
Of the medals placed on the medal placement section, a medal regulation member is provided with a vertical distance that allows only the lowest medal to pass through, and the drive wheel is one of the medals placed on the medal placement section. A medal shooting device, wherein the second or more medals from the bottom are pressed against the medal regulating member so that the medals can be sequentially conveyed from the bottom medals toward the medal counting machine. 2. A discriminating device for discriminating whether or not medals are stacked on the medal mounting portion is provided below the medal regulating member, and when the discriminating device detects stacking of medals, the medals are detected. 2. The medal shooting device according to claim 1, wherein the driving wheel is formed so as to rotate so as to convey the medals stacked on the mounting portion toward the medal counting machine.