JPH0523436A - Coin recycle system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of times of replenishment of coins from the outside of an island, and simultaneously, to enhance the use efficiency of funds, and moreover, to miniaturize an inter-base game medium lending machine. CONSTITUTION:The system is provided with plural sets of inter-base game medium lending machines 3, 3,... which are provided between game machines, and have a function for lending a game medium such as a medal, etc., and also, returning a Yen 500 coin as change, an exchange machine 5 provided in the end part of an island, a first carrying means 19 for carrying a thrown-in coin to the island end, a coin classifying part 57 for classifying the carried coin, a second carrying means 18 for carrying the classified Yen 500 coin to the inter-base game medium lending machine, and third carrying means 39, 40 for carrying the classified Yen 100 coins to the exchange machine 5. In the thrown-in coins, the Yen 500 coin is used as a coin for change of the inter- base game medium lending machine, and also, the Yen 100 coin is used as a coin for exchange of the exchange machine 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin recycling system that circulates and uses coins used in an island of a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, in a pachinko hall, an island is formed by a plurality of inter-lens ball lending machines on a plurality of pachinko machines and a money changer installed at the end thereof.

[0006] The inter-mountain ball lending machine installed on such an island can use three types of currency, 1,000 yen bills, 500 yen coins or 100 yen coins, and throws out 100 yen coins as change. It has a function. Then, after the coin is inserted, the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount selected by the operation of the selection button is thrown out, and when change is required, the required number of 100-yen coins are thrown out.

The coins thrown into the above-mentioned inter-lens ball lending machine are conveyed to the end of the island by the conveying path, and the denominations are classified, and then 500
Yen coins are stored in a storage box, some of the 100 yen coins are supplied as coins for change to a stand ball lending machine, and the rest are supplied as coins for exchange to an exchange machine on the island edge. ..

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, a large amount of 100 coins are charged to both the inter-mountain ball lending machine and the money exchange machine, since the 100-yen coins thrown into the inter-mountain ball lending machine are replenished. Yen coins were needed and were often in short supply unless replenished from outside the island. Further, among the inserted coins, the 500-yen coins are still stored in the storage box, so there is a problem that the utilization efficiency of the funds is poor. Further, since a plurality of 100-yen coins are dispensed as change from the daitama ball lending machine, the structure of the change dispensing mechanism is complicated, which is an obstacle to downsizing the daitama ball lending machine.

In view of this, the present invention reduces the number of coin replenishment works from outside the island, enhances the utilization efficiency of funds, and can achieve the miniaturization of the inter-machine gaming machine lending machine. The purpose is to provide a system.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the problems of the above-mentioned conventional techniques, the present invention provides a currency exchange machine for coins inserted by a user on an island where gaming machines such as pachinko machines are lined up. In a coin recycling system that is circulated and used as replenishment coins to be supplied to the above-mentioned gaming machines, a game medium such as a pachinko ball, metal, etc. is lent out by accepting any one of a thousand-yen bill, a 500-yen coin, and a 100-yen coin. With 50
A plurality of inter-game machine lending machines having a function of returning 0-yen coins as change, a money changer provided at the end of the island for exchanging bills or high-value coins into low-value coins, and the space between the respective machines. First transporting means for transporting coins thrown into the gaming medium lending machine to the island edge, a coin sorting section for sorting coins transported at the island edge, and a 500-yen coin sorted by this sorting section To a gaming machine lending machine, and second transportation means for carrying the gaming machine lending machine to the currency exchange machine, and third transportation means to transport the 100-yen coins sorted by the sorting unit to the currency exchange machine Among the inserted coins, a 500-yen coin is used as a change coin for a stand-alone gaming medium lending machine, and a 100-yen coin is used as a currency exchange coin for a money changer.

[0008]

[Function] Coins (100
The yen and the 500-yen coin) are transported to the coin sorting unit at the island edge by the first transporting means, and are sorted into 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins. The sorted 500-yen coins are transferred to the inter-game machine lending machine by the second transfer means and stored for change, and the 100-yen coins are transferred to the exchange machine by the third transfer means and stored for exchange. .. The 500-yen coin transferred to the stand-alone gaming medium lending machine is used as change for the insertion of a 1000-yen banknote, and the 100-yen coin transferred to the currency exchange machine is used as a coin for exchange.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.

The embodiment shown in the drawing is a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko game facility. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a pachinko island 1, and FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing the flow of money on the island.

The pachinko island 1 has a plurality of pachinko machines 2,
, ... are arranged in a back-to-back state, and inter-mountain ball lending machines 3, 3, ... As inter-game machine lending machines are arranged between every two pachinko machines. A coin processing device 4 and a money changer 5 are attached to an island end of the pachinko island 1, and a storage unit 6 for accumulating and storing banknotes, a control unit 7, and an island end on the opposite side. An island end box 9 having an abnormality display portion 8 and the like is attached.

The inter-mountain ball lending machine 3 is shown in FIG.
As shown in the vertical cross section, a case 10 having a vertically long thin box shape is provided, and a banknote insertion slot 11, a coin insertion slot 12, a selection button (for 1,000 yen) 13, a selection button are provided on the front surface of the case 10 from above. (For 500 yen) 14, Pachinko machine outlet 15,
A change exit 16 is provided. In addition, the case 10
From the top along the back side of the banknote collecting conveyor 17, a 500 yen coin replenishing conveyor 18 corresponding to the second conveying means,
Coin recovery conveyors 19 of 500 yen and 100 yen, which correspond to the first transfer means, are provided respectively, and these conveyors are housed in square gutter-shaped cases 17a, 18a, 19a.

A bill validator 20 is provided inside the bill slot 11, and bills passing through the validator 20 are delivered to the bill collecting conveyor 17 through a passage 17b. Further, inside the coin slot 12, there is a coin discriminating section 21 which is connected to the coin slot 12 by a coin passage 11. The discriminating section 21 has a collecting passage 23 connected to the coin collecting conveyor 19 and a different denomination. Return passages 24 for returning the items etc. to the change exit 16 are connected.

A coin passage 25 is branched from the coin replenishing conveyor 18, and the coin passage 25 is guided into the case 10 and is branched into two paths on the way.
Is connected to the change exit 16 and the other passage 27 is connected to the coin recovery conveyer 19, and 500 yen coins are thrown into the change exit 16 one by one in the branching part 28 to be recovered to the coin recovery conveyer 19 at the time of recovery. Rotary switching member 2 for
9 is supported. This switching member 29 has a circular arc-shaped recess 29a into which a part of the outer periphery of the 500-yen coin fits around a disk slightly thicker than the 500-yen coin, and retains subsequent coins on the other peripheral surface. The forward / reverse drive motor 30 is normally and reversely rotated through the gears 31 and 32.

The pachinko machine passage 33 is bent in a zigzag shape from the upper end of the case 10, its lower end is guided to the pachinko ball throwing port 15, and its lower end opening is normally closed by the peripheral surface of the throwing pipe 34. In addition, a predetermined number of pachinko balls 36, which are opened by pushing up the throwing-out cylinder 34 and counted by the counter 35, are discharged from the lower end of the throwing-out cylinder 34.

As shown in FIG. 2, the coin processing device 4 stores 10 coins collected by the coin collecting conveyor 19.
A classification unit 37 for dividing 0-yen coins and 500-yen coins, a storage unit 38 for 100-yen coins that stores the classified 100-yen coins,
A chute 39 for 100-yen coins that connects the classification unit 37 and a storage unit 38 for 100-yen coins, and a 100-yen coin changer 5 provided adjacent to the chute 39 for 100-yen coins.
A 100-yen coin lift 40 that constitutes a third conveying means together with the chute 39 for feeding the 100-yen coin into the 100-yen coin lift 40. Also, a 500-yen coin storage unit 42 for storing the classified 500-yen coins,
A chute 43 for a 500-yen coin that connects the classification unit 31 and a storage unit 42 for a 500-yen coin, a dispensing unit 44 that stores 500-yen coins and dispenses them one by one to the coin supply conveyor 18.
500 yen is provided adjacent to the coin chute 43
Lift 4 for 500-yen coins that sends yen coins to the dispensing unit 44
A switching means 46 is provided for taking the 500-yen coins flowing through the 5,500-yen coin chute 43 into the 500-yen coin lift 45. A small window 47 is provided on the side wall of the coin processing device 4 near the 500-yen coin dispenser 44 so that 500-yen coins can be replenished from the outside.

The downstream end of the banknote collecting conveyor 17 is connected to the island end box 9, the upstream end of the coin replenishing conveyor 18 is located at the 500-yen coin dispensing section 44 of the coin processing device 4, and the downstream end thereof is at the coin collecting conveyor 19. Is connected to the upstream end of.
The coin processing device 4 is provided at the downstream end of the coin collecting conveyor 19.
Is connected to the classification unit 37.

On the front face of the money changing machine 5, there are a bill insertion slot 48, a coin insertion slot 49, a currency exchange bill outlet 50, and a coin exchange outlet 5.
1, a currency denomination selection button 52 is provided.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

From the coin insertion slot 12 of the pedestrian ball rental machine 3 to 100
When a yen coin or a 500-yen coin is inserted, the inserted coin is identified by the coin identification unit 21, and when it is determined that the coin is a normal coin, the number of pachinko balls 36 corresponding to the inserted amount is ejected, causing an abnormality. If it is determined that the change is returned to the change exit 16 through the return passage 24.

The inserted coin which is judged to be a normal coin and is accepted is placed on the coin recovery conveyor 19 through the coin passage 23 and is similarly sent from the other inter-mountain ball lending machines 3, 3, .... The incoming coins are conveyed to the sorting unit 37 of the island edge coin processing device 4 together with the coins. 100 in this classification unit 37
Yen coins and 500-yen coins are sorted and sent to the coin chute 39, 43.

100 yen coin is a chute for 100 yen coin 3
1 for exchange inside the money changer 5 at the island end when sent to 9
If the 00-yen coins are sufficiently stored, the switching means 41 in the middle of the chute 39 does not switch, and the lower 1-yen coin of the 100-yen coins is not switched.
The coins are stored in the coin storage unit 38. If there are not enough 100-yen coins to be exchanged in the money-changing machine 5, the switching means 41 switches and the 100-yen coins in the chute 39 are placed on the 100-yen coin lift 40 and fed into the money-changing machine 5. The 100-yen coin thus fed into the currency exchange machine 5 is used as a currency exchange coin.

The 500 yen coin is a chute 4 for 500 yen coins.
If the amount of coins in the 500-yen coin dispensing unit 44 is sufficient when the coins are sent to the 3, the switching means 4 in the middle of the chute 43
6 is not switched, and the 500-yen coin is stored in the lower 500-yen coin storage section 42. If the amount of coins in the 500-yen coin dispensing unit 44 is not sufficient, the switching means 46 is switched, and the 500-yen coins in the chute 43 are moved to the 500-yen coin lift 4.
It is placed on the No. 5 coin and sent to the 500-yen coin dispensing unit 44. In this way, the five sent into the 500-yen coin dispensing unit 44
00-yen coins are thrown out on the coin supply conveyor 18 and sent to the inter-mountain ball lending machines 3, 3, ... Through the coin passage 25 of the inter-mountain ball lending machines 3, 3 ,. It

When a 1,000-yen bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 11 of the inter-lens ball lending machine 3, it is identified by the bill identifying unit 20, and if it is a normal bill, it is taken in. At this time, if the 1,000 yen selection button 13 is pressed, the 1,000 yen pachinko balls 36 are thrown out, and if the 500 yen selection button 14 is pressed, the 500 yen pachinko balls 36 are thrown and switching is performed at the same time. The member 29 makes one rotation in the clockwise direction in FIG. 4, and throws out one coin of 500 yen as change into the change dispensing port 16. Thousands of yen bills that have been thrown in are sent to the bill collecting conveyor 17, are transported to the island end box 9, and are stored in the storage portion 6 inside thereof in a stacked state.

5 yen of 500 yen coins collected from the island
Even if it is sent to the 00 yen coin dispensing section 44, 500 for change
If there is a shortage of yen coins, the coin handling device 4
The small window 47 provided on the side wall of the coin is opened, and the 500-yen coin is directly supplied to the 500-yen coin dispensing unit 44. In addition, the transportation status of coins on the island and the transportation status of pachinko balls are controlled and monitored by the control unit 7 in the island end box 9, and when an abnormality occurs, the location and type of the abnormality are displayed on the abnormality display unit 8. It is displayed and told to the staff.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, in the island of a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a 500-yen coin among coins inserted into the gaming machine lending machine is used for change of the gaming machine lending machine. By using the 100-yen coin as a currency exchange coin of the currency exchange machine, the amount of currency exchange coins and change coins from the outside can be reduced, and the amount of currency recovery can be reduced. In addition to being able to do so, the efficiency of use of funds can be improved. Further, since the mechanism relating to the change dispensing of the gaming machine lending machine can be simplified, the gaming machine lending machine can be miniaturized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pachinko island as an example of an application target of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a coin recycling system of the present invention,

FIG. 3 is a front view of a gaming machine lending machine between units,

FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Pachinko island 2 Pachinko machine as a gaming machine 3 Tasama ball lending machine as a gaming machine lending machine 4 Coin handling device 5 Currency exchange machine 6 Banknote storage section 7 Control section 8 Abnormality display section 9 Island end box 10 Case 11 Banknote slot 12 Coin slot 13 Selection button (for 1,000 yen) 14 Selection button (for 500 yen) 15 Pachinko ball slot 16 Change deposit slot 17 Banknote collection conveyor 18 Coin supply conveyor (second transfer means) 19 Coin collection Conveyor (first conveying means) 20 Banknote discriminating section 21 Coin discriminating section 29 Switching member 33 Pachinko ball passage 37 Sorting section 38 100 yen coin storage section 39 100 yen Coin chute (third conveying means) 40 100 yen coin Lift (third conveying means) 41 switching means 42 500 yen coin storage 43 500 yen coin chute 44 500 yen coin throwing Outgoing part 45 500 yen coin lift 46 Switching means

Claims (1)

What is claimed is: 1. A coin recycling system in which coins inserted by a user on an island where gaming machines such as pachinko machines are lined up are circulated and used as replenishing coins for a currency exchange machine.
Arranged between the gaming machines, 1,000 yen bills, 500 yen coins, 1
A plurality of inter-game game medium lending machines having a function of accepting any of the 00 yen coins and lending game media such as pachinko balls and metal, and returning 500 yen coins as change.
A money changer provided at the end of the island for exchanging bills or high-value coins into low-value coins, and a first transfer means for transferring the coins inserted into the inter-game machine lending machine to the island ends, A coin sorting unit that sorts coins that have been transported at the island edge, a second transporting unit that transports the 500-yen coins sorted by this sorting unit to the inter-game machine lending machine, and the sorting unit And a third transporting means for transporting the 100-yen coins to the currency exchange machine, and using the 500-yen coins among the coins inserted in the machine-to-machine lending machine as change coins for the machine-to-machine lending machine. In addition, a coin recycling system characterized in that 100-yen coins are used as coins for currency exchange in currency exchange machines.