JPH0583881U - Change coin discharge mechanism in a game media lending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] A game coin lending machine is provided with a coin-discharging mechanism capable of taking out coins one by one according to the customer's will, in order to improve service to customers and increase sales. [Structure] In a thin inter-lens ball lending machine 1 that is arranged between a plurality of pachinko machines and lends a game medium according to the insertion of coins, it is connected to a change payout section 10 and a change temporary storage cylinder section is provided. 22 is provided, and the change coin discharging section 23 is arranged below the temporary change storage cylinder section 22.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a vending machine type lending machine for lending a gaming medium by accepting currency, and more specifically, it is a ball lending machine with a selectable ball lending machine that can use bills. The present invention relates to a change coin discharging mechanism in a gaming medium lending machine capable of discharging a large number of change coins as a balance after selecting balls to be paid one by one according to a player's intention.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 In recent years, at pachinko game shops, not only 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins, but also selective-type bill stand ball lending machines and batch-type bill stand ball lending machines that can use 1,000-yen bills have been provided. After the 1,000 yen bill is thrown into the selective bill-bill inter-ball lending machine, a proper amount of ball-renting is selected with the ball-lending selection button, and if there is a balance, it will be returned as change. When you insert yen bills, the amount of ball rentals for 1,000 yen is lent out at once.

[0003] In the above-mentioned selective-type bill stand ball lending machine and the collective-type bill stand ball lending machine, when there are no 1,000-yen bills, even if the player is playing, he / she stands up and pays a large bill (5,000-yen bill, I had to exchange (10,000 yen) for 1,000 yen bills, which was troublesome and impaired my ability to concentrate on the game. Therefore, recently, a high-priced banknote-interval ball lending machine that can be used not only for 1,000 yen bills but also for 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen bills has been developed and appeared.

[0004] In these inter-mountain ball lending machines, change coins are paid out by continuously discharging a large number of change coins in a change return port in a non-aligned state.

On the other hand, when playing a game of a pachinko machine, it is necessary to replenish the pachinko machine to the pachinko machine depending on how the prize balls of the pachinko machine during the game come out. In order to continue the game, the player needs to supply the pachinko balls to the pachinko machine before the game balls run out. For this reason, the player prepares a large number of coins for ball lending in a stacked state or a group of coins on the curb at the lower front of the pachinko machine, and when the number of game balls on the pachinko machine becomes low, One of the coins was taken out and put into an adjacent stand ball lending machine to lend a pachinko ball, and the pachinko ball was supplied to a pachinko machine in play.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, it is troublesome to prepare a large number of coins on the curbside in the lower front part of the pachinko machine beforehand, and there is a problem that there is a risk of theft when concentrated on the game.

Further, in the conventional inter-lens ball lending machine, the change coins are in a disordered state in the change return port, and the number of change coins that are large-diameter coins is very large because they are intended for high-value banknotes (for example, 10,000 coins). Twenty 500-yen coins are ejected to the change return port when exchanging yen bills.) When removing change coins, scrape the change coins from the change return port with the palm of one hand and the finger of the other hand. Work is required, and both hands are required to take out change coins during the game, so the game may be interrupted or distracted by the game, which may cause dislike to the customer. I had.

The object of the present invention is to eliminate the need to prepare a large number of coins for ball lending in advance in consideration of a shortage of game balls in a game, and to change a large number of coins as a balance after selecting a ball. The coins can be ejected one by one according to the player's intention, so that the change coins can be taken out and the pachinko balls can be replenished with one hand. , It is to provide a change coin discharging mechanism in a game medium lending machine that does not distract the player from the game.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to achieve the above object, the change coin discharging mechanism in the gaming medium lending machine of the present invention is arranged between a plurality of pachinko machines, and is a thin table for lending a gaming medium according to the insertion of coins. In the coin lending machine, a change temporary storage cylinder is provided so as to be connected to the change dispensing unit, and a change discharge unit is disposed below the change temporary storage cylinder, and the change coins dispensed from the change dispensing unit. The coins are stored in a laminated state in a temporary storage cylinder, and the change coins are appropriately discharged one by one from the change discharge unit to the change outlet.

[0010]

[Action]

 With the change coin discharging mechanism in the gaming medium lending machine of the present invention configured as described above, the large number of change coins dispensed from the change dispensing unit as the balance after the selection of the rental balls are connected to the change dispensing unit. The change is temporarily stored in a laminated state in the temporary storage cylinder. The change coins temporarily stored are formed so as to be discharged one by one to the change exit by the operation of the change discharge unit, and the change discharge unit is provided on the front face of the gaming medium lending machine. It works by pushing. Therefore, when the player pushes in the discharge button, the change dispenser operates, and the change coins temporarily stored in a stacked state in the change temporary storage cylinder are in a ratio of one push button per push of the discharge button. It will be discharged to the change exit.

As a result, the player can insert the change coins ejected one by one into the gaming medium lending machine again to receive pachinko balls for lending, and when there is a shortage of gaming balls at the adjacent pachinko machine. You can push the eject button with one hand, insert one coin ejected with one hand into the gaming medium lending machine, lend a pachinko ball, and supply the pachinko ball to the adjacent pachinko machine.

[0012]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 are embodiments of a change discharging mechanism of an inter-mountain ball lending machine, which is a gaming medium lending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the inter-mountain ball lending machine. 7 is the same front view.

First, an inter-mountain ball lending machine 1 according to the present invention (the inter-mountain ball lending machine of this embodiment refers to a high-price bill inter-lens ball lending machine) will be described. The high-price bill stand ball lending machine of the present invention can insert 100-yen, 500-yen coins and 1,000-yen, 5,000-yen, and 10,000-yen banknotes. FIG. 8 is a front view of the island, and the inter-lens ball lending machine 1 is installed on the left side of each pachinko machine 30. Therefore, when coins (coins, banknotes) are thrown in, they flow down directly from the ball supply gutter 2b to the ball tray 31 of the pachinko machine 30.

In FIG. 6, reference numeral 2 denotes a ball passage, which is formed so that the pachinko balls P supplied from a ball supply source (not shown) at the upper part of the main body flow down in series. In the middle of the ball passage 2, concave teeth 3b of a sprocket wheel 3a forming a ball counting mechanism 3 of the medium counting mechanism are projected, and the leading pachinko ball P flowing down the ball passage 2 is the tooth 3b. The pachinko balls P thereafter are temporarily locked in a state of being meshed with and are stored above the ball passage 2.

The ball lending counting mechanism 3 operates when an appropriate coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 4 or when appropriate low-value or high-value banknotes are inserted into the banknote insertion slot 5 and is operated according to a predetermined amount. A large number of pachinko balls P are counted by the rotation of the sprocket wheel 3a, and the counted pachinko balls P are made to flow down to the lower part of the ball passage 2. A cylindrical ball pot 2a is formed at the bottom of the ball passage 2, and a ball supply gutter 2b is connected to the ball pot 2a. Therefore, the pachinko balls P flowing down the ball passage 2 are further rolled in the ball pot 2a and the ball supply gutter 2b, and are directly supplied to the ball receiving tray 31 of the pachinko machine 30. (When the ball supply gutter is facing the pachinko machine). When the ball supply gutter 2b is rotated to the front side, the balls are lent by the conventional method from the ball cylinder 2c.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a coin continuous insertion mechanism, which is formed so as to send out coins continuously inserted into the upper coin insertion slot 4 one by one to the coin identification device 7 of the currency identification device. That is, the coin discriminating device 7 is provided so as to be connected to the continuous coin inserting mechanism 6, and the coin sent out from the continuous coin ejecting mechanism 6 passes through the coin discriminating device 7 to determine whether the coin is suitable or not. To be done.

A coin branching unit 9 is provided at the bottom of the coin discriminating device 7, and when the coin is appropriate and the coin can be used as a change (for example, a 500-yen coin), the coin is It is formed so as to flow down to the change dispensing unit 10 of the change counting mechanism. When the coin that has passed through the coin discriminating device 7 is proper but is not a type of coin that can be used as change (for example, a 100-yen coin), the coin is dropped to the coin sorting unit 11, and the flow direction is changed there. It flows down to the coin delivery passage 12. Further, when the coin that has passed through the coin identification device 7 is improper, the coin is returned to the return port 13.

Next, the change dispensing unit 10 of the change counting mechanism will be described. The change dispenser 10 is provided with a cylindrical change magazine 10a for vertically storing 500-yen coins in a stacked state, and a change coin full state is provided above the change magazine 10a. An upper limit sensor 10b for detecting is attached, and a lower limit sensor 10c for detecting a shortage state of change coins is attached below the change magazine 10a. Therefore, when the change coins in the change magazine 10a are not detected by the upper limit sensor 10b and the coins that have passed through the coin discriminating device 7 can be used as change, the coin branch portion 9 causes the coins to flow down in the change magazine 10a direction. Then, the coins are accumulated in the change magazine 10a.

Further, when the change coins in the change magazine 10a are detected by the upper limit sensor 10b, even if the coins that have passed through the coin identifying device 7 are coins that can be used as change, the coins are divided into coins. Through the coins, the coins are dropped to the coin sorting unit 11, further flow down to the coin delivery passage 12, and are collected at the island end by a coin collecting device (not shown). Even if the change coins in the change magazine 10a decrease, the lower limit sensor 10c detects the change of the change coins, and the coins passing through the coin identifying device 7 are made to flow down into the change magazine 10a, the coin input port 4 is also provided. When more coins are not inserted, change coins are replenished from an external replenishing device until they are detected by the upper limit sensor 10b via the change replenishing port 10d.

On the other hand, a change motor 10e is installed adjacent to the change magazine 10a, and the change motor 10e is formed so as to be activated by a change payout command. That is, when a bill is inserted from the lower bill insertion slot 5 and the bill is determined to be appropriate by the bill validator 15, the denomination is stored in the computer control unit 16 and is equivalent to the preset amount of ball rental. The pachinko balls that play are lent out in advance by the ball rental counting mechanism 3. Next, the change-out from the computer control unit 16 is made so that the surplus amount exceeding the preset holding amount out of the remaining amount excluding the amount equivalent to the pachinko balls paid out from the input amount will be paid out as change. A command is issued, whereby the change motor 10e is driven and the change coins are discharged from the change magazine 10a.

For example, when 10,000 yen is inserted and the 500-yen rental button is pressed by the selection button, the remaining amount of 6500 yen (13 pieces of 500-yen coins) is ejected with the reserved amount of 3000 yen. In the present embodiment, the holding amount is preset and stored in the computer control unit 16, but the holding amount may be changed by the holding amount setting means. Further, the banknote insertion slot 5 is formed so that three kinds of banknotes of 10,000 yen, 5000 yen and 1000 yen can be inserted, and the above-mentioned paper currency identification device 15 identifies whether each banknote is proper. The change coins Q discharged as change flow down the change dispensing passage 14 and fall into the change temporary storage cylinder portion 22 and are temporarily stored in a stacked state.

In FIG. 7, reference numeral 18 is a selection button, and two selection buttons 18a and 18b (in this embodiment, 500 yen and 1000 yen are used) and a settlement button 18c are displayed with a predetermined amount of money. When the desired lending amount is designated and the selection button 18a or 18b is operated, the ball rental counting mechanism 3 is activated to lend a pachinko ball. Further, when the settlement button 18c is operated, the change dispensing unit 10 is activated, and the change coins are dropped into the change temporary storage cylinder unit 22 and are sequentially stored in a stacked state. Reference numeral 19 is a remaining lending number display section, which displays the number of lending processes and the remaining number for each scoring by subtracting 2 to 1 digit. Further, 20 is a change indicator for displaying the remaining number of change coins, and 21 is a coin return lever.

Next, the change coin discharging mechanism of the inter-mountain ball lending machine, which is a gaming medium lending machine according to the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6.

As shown in FIG. 6, a change change temporary storage cylinder portion 22 is provided so as to be connected to the change discharge passage 14, and the change change temporary storage cylinder portion 22 is provided with change coins vertically in a stacked state as shown in FIG. It has a cylindrical shape so that it can be stored. Further, a coin discharging portion 23 is disposed below the temporary change storage cylinder portion 22, a coin discharging passage 24 is provided so as to be connected to the coin discharging portion 23, and the coin discharging passage 24 is connected to the outside of the machine and is a change outlet 25. Is in communication with.

The coin discharging portion 23 is formed so that the sliding plate 23b slides back and forth mainly on the fixed plate 23a, and the fixed plate 23a is provided with a drop hole 23c through which a coin can pass, and slides. The plate 23b is provided with a fitting hole 23g into which a coin is fitted in a rough state. The rear end of the sliding plate 23b is bent downward in an L shape, and one end of a coil spring 23d is engaged with the bent part, and the other end of the coil spring 23d is lower than the fixed plate 23a. It is attached to a fixing piece 23e protruding to the side. Further, the other end of the discharge button 23f, which has one end protruding outside the machine, is in contact with the rear end of the sliding plate 23b.

Since the rear end of the sliding plate 23b is normally urged forward by the coil spring 23d, the discharge button 23f is in a state of protruding long outside the machine as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4. At this time, the fitting hole 23g of the sliding plate 23b coincides with the lower portion of the change temporary storage cylinder portion 22. Therefore, when the change coins are stored in the change change temporary storage cylinder portion 22, one of the coins at the bottom of the change coins is in a state of being fitted into the fitting hole 23g of the sliding plate 23b. Is becoming At this time, the drop hole 23c of the fixed plate 23a is located at the rear part of the fitting hole 23g, and the sliding plate 23b slides backward by pushing the discharge button 23f as shown in FIGS. At this time, the fitting hole 23g and the drop hole 23c are first formed so as to overlap each other. That is, when the discharge button 23f is pushed in, the sliding plate 23b slides backward, and the coin fitted in the fitting hole 23g of the sliding plate 23b moves backward together with the sliding plate 23b.

Since the fixed plate 23a is provided with the drop hole 23c, and as described above, the sliding plate 23b is formed so that the fitting hole 23g and the drop hole 23c are aligned with each other. When the moving plate 23b slides backward, the change coin fitted in the fitting hole 23g of the sliding plate 23b falls into the drop hole 23c. Since the coin discharge passage 24 is connected to the lower part of the drop hole 23c, the change coins dropped through the drop hole 23c flow down through the coin discharge passage 24 and are finally discharged to the change outlet 25. It will be. Since the discharge button 23f is biased toward the front by the coil spring 23d, it is returned to the position shown in FIG. 1 by the biasing force of the coil spring 23d after being pushed. The same applies to the sliding plate 23b.

The player pushes the discharge button 23f appropriately as needed, and by repeatedly pushing the discharge button 23f, the change coins temporarily stored in the change temporary storing cylinder 22 are played. The person can take out one by one.

[0030]

[Effect of the device]

 As is clear from the above description, the change discharge mechanism in the game medium lending machine of the present invention is arranged between the plurality of pachinko machines, and the space between the thin machines for lending the game media in response to the insertion of money. In a ball lending machine, a change temporary storage cylinder is provided so as to be connected to the change dispenser, and a change discharge unit is arranged below the change temporary storage cylinder to collect the change coins dispensed from the change dispenser. Since the coins are stored in a laminated state in the temporary storage cylinder and the change coins are ejected one by one from the change ejector to the change ejection port, a large number of change coins as the remaining amount after the selection of ball rentals. There is an effect that coins can be properly taken out one by one according to the intention of the player.

Therefore, the change coins can be taken out with one hand, and the coins properly taken out can be put into the stand ball lending machine again, so that the pachinko balls can be borrowed as necessary. effective. In other words, when there is a shortage of game balls on the pachinko machine during the game, one coin, which is owned by the change coin, was temporarily stored in the adjacent inter-lens ball lending machine. Pachinko balls can be rented by inserting the coins into the stand ball ball lending machine, and these tasks can be performed while sitting while playing a game. The effect is that the pachinko machine can be replenished to the pachinko machine extremely smoothly. As a result, the player will not run out of game balls and will not interrupt the game, and will be able to concentrate on the game, which can be said to greatly improve the service to the customer.

Furthermore, it is no longer necessary to prepare a large number of coins for ball lending in advance in consideration of a shortage of game balls in the conventional game, that is, a large number of coins are provided on the front edge of the lower front of the game table during the game. It is not necessary to prepare coins for renting balls in a stacked state or a set, and there is no trouble in playing the game, and there is no danger of theft.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a state perspective view showing a state in which change coins are temporarily stored in a change temporary storage cylinder portion in a change coin discharging mechanism in a gaming medium lending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a state in which, in the change coin discharging mechanism in the gaming medium lending machine of the present invention, the change coins temporarily stored in the change temporary storing cylinder are discharged one by one by the operation of the change discharging unit. It is a perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a change coin discharging mechanism in the gaming medium lending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a state in which change coins are temporarily stored in a change temporary storage cylinder portion in the change coin discharging mechanism in the gaming medium lending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a state where, in the change coin discharging mechanism in the gaming medium lending machine of the present invention, the change coins temporarily stored in the change temporary storing cylinder are discharged one by one by the operation of the change discharging unit. It is a state diagram.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the inter-mountain ball lending machine, which is the gaming medium lending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of an inter-mountain ball lending machine that is a gaming medium lending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a front view of an island to which a gaming medium lending machine is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ball lending machine 2 Ball passage 2a Ball pot 2b Ball supply trough 3 Ball rental counting mechanism 3a Sprocket wheel 3b Teeth 4 Coin slot 5 Banknote slot 6 Coin continuous slotting mechanism 7 Coin identification device 9 Coin branching section 10 Change payment Part 10a Change magazine 10b Upper limit sensor 10c Lower limit sensor 10d Change supply port 10e Change motor 11 Coin distribution unit 12 Coin delivery passage 13 Change return port 14 Change withdrawal passage 15 Banknote identification device 16 Computer control unit 18 Selection button 18a Selection button 18b Selection button 18c Payment button 19 Remaining loan count display section 20 Change display section 21 Coin return lever 22 Change temporary storage cylinder section 23 Coin discharge section 23a Fixing plate 23b Sliding plate 23c Drop hole 23d Coil spring 23e Fixed piece 23f Discharge button 23g Fitting hole 24 Coin discharge Road 25 change outlet P pachinko balls Q change coins

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In a thin inter-lens ball lending machine which is arranged between a plurality of pachinko machines and lends a game medium in response to the insertion of coins, it is connected to a change payout section and a temporary change storage cylinder section is provided. Is provided, and the change discharging unit is disposed below the change temporary storing cylinder unit, and the change coins dispensed from the change dispensing unit are stored in the temporary storing cylinder unit in a stacked state, and the change coins are stored by the change discharging unit. A change coin discharging mechanism in a game medium lending machine, which is formed so as to discharge the change coins one by one to a change exit as appropriate.