JPH06114158A - Inter rack ball lending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To fairly supply lending balls even if coins whose amount of money is small than 100 yen are used, in the inter-rack ball lending machine provided between PACHINKO racks. CONSTITUTION:From a coin throw-in port 33, a 500 yen coin, a 100 yen coin, a 50 yen coin, and a 10 yen coin are thrown in. In the case the amount of money per one piece of a lending ball is 4 yen, when the total thrown-in amount of money is 50 yen or 10 yen, etc., it leaves a fraction. In this case, a controller 41 gives a command to a lending ball counting machine 45 so as to supply only lending balls of the number corresponding to the amount of money of an integer multiple of 4 yen, and as for the amount of money of its fraction, it is stored in a memory 41a. Also, in this case, the controller 41 turns on a fraction display lamp 32c in order to inform a customer of a fact that there is the amount of money of a fraction. When coins are thrown in newly in a state that this amount of money of a fraction is stored, the controller 41 adds the amount of money of the fraction to the amount of money thrown in newly, so as to supply lending balls of the number corresponding to its added value.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inter-mountain ball lending machine provided between pachinko parlors, and more particularly to an inter-mountain ball lending machine for discharging a number of balls according to an amount of money.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An inter-lens ball lending machine between pachinko machines in a pachinko parlor usually has a coin insertion slot for a 1000-yen bill insertion slot, a 500-yen coin and a 100-yen coin. In a normal machine for lending balls between balls, each ball is rented out at 4 yen, so 100 yen, which is not a fraction, is the minimum unit for lending. In such a Tajima ball lending machine,
When a 100-yen coin is thrown in, 100-yen coins are immediately released. Further, when a 1000-yen bill and a 500-yen coin are thrown in, for example, the number of balls corresponding to the amount of money selected by the buttons for selecting 100-yen, 300-yen, and 500-yen is lent. Then, the difference amount between the input amount and the selected amount is returned from the change return port.

[0003]

However, in the conventional lending machine for pedestrian balls, the minimum lending amount is 100 yen so that the fraction does not go out, so the customer has a lot of 50 yen coins and 10 yen coins. Even though they couldn't use them.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an inter-mountain ball lending machine which can supply a lending ball even when a coin having an amount less than 100 yen is used. And

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an inter-mountain ball lending machine provided between pachinko machines to detect the total amount of coins inserted from a coin slot. Means, an integer multiple lending means for lending only the number of balls corresponding to an integer multiple of the lending amount per lending ball out of the total investment amount, and the lending amount per lending ball from the total investment amount. A fractional amount storage means for storing a fractional amount of money obtained by subtracting an integer multiple; and a fractional addition device for adding the fractional amount of money of the previous time to the total amount of money of this time to newly obtain the total amount of money of deposit. A Taima ball lending machine is provided.

[0006]

[Operation] Out of the total amount of coins inserted from the coin slot, only the number of coins corresponding to an integer multiple of the amount of lending per lending ball is lent, and the lending amount per lending ball from the total amount of lending Memorize the fractional amount minus the integer multiple of. Then, by adding the previous fractional amount to the current total amount of money to be added to make a new total amount of money to be dispensed, the number of balls to be rented for the fractional amount can be settled unfairly.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a game hall management system. The game hall 1 is a pachinko parlor, and the hall computer 2 manages the entire game hall 1. A plurality of stations 101 to 112 are connected to the hall computer 2 via an optical communication line 3. These stations 101 to 112 are generally called islands, and are composed of a large number of pachinko machines and ball lending machines, and a management device. Since these configurations are almost the same, only the configuration of the station 101 will be described below.

The station 101 is composed of one island management device 10, a large number of pachinko machines 20 and a ball lending machine 30. The island management device 10 controls the supply of rental balls to each ball lending machine 30 and the collection of coins and banknotes. Further, the island management device 10 sends the data of each pachinko machine 20 and the ball lending machine 30, for example, the number of coins released and the number of balls lent to the hall computer 2 via the optical communication line 3. further,
The island management device 10 sends data from the hall computer 2, for example, a stop command, to the pachinko machine 20 and the ball lending machine 30.

The hall computer 2 is also connected to a terminal 4 installed at a prize exchange place. Terminal 4
Each time a customer exchanges a payout for a prize, data such as the number of exchanged balls is input to the. The terminal 4 sends the input data to the hall computer 2.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the front surface of the ball lending machine 30. The front part 31 is provided with a display panel 32, a coin slot 33, a return button 34, a loan ball selection panel 35, a loan ball ejector 36, a return port 37, and a bill insertion port 38.

On the display panel 32, a ball lending lamp 32a for lighting and displaying "ball lending", a change out lamp 32b for lighting and displaying "out of change", and a fraction display lamp for lighting and indicating "with a fraction". 32c are provided.

From the coin slot 33, 500 yen, 10
Four types of coins, 0 yen, 50 yen, and 10 yen are inserted.
When the inserted coin is clogged, the return button 34 is pressed to return the coin from the return port 37.

The lending ball selection panel 35 is provided with a selection button 35a for selecting the number of lending balls for 500 yen and a selection button 35b for selecting the number of lending balls for 1000 yen. When a 1000-yen bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 38 and one of the buttons is pressed, the number of rental balls corresponding to the tank 36a of the rental ball dispenser 36 is supplied and discharged from the outlet 36b. In addition, when money is inserted only from the coin slot 33, the lending balls are discharged by the method described later.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing the internal construction of the ball lending machine 30. A control device 41 for controlling the entire ball lending machine 30 is provided at the top. A coin selector 42 is provided below the control device 41. The coin selector 42 is a device for selecting coins inserted from the coin slot 33. 5 coin selector 42
Of the four types of coins of 00 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen, and 10 yen, only 500 yen is selected and supplied to the change dispenser 44 via the hopper 43. Further, the coin selector 42 is provided with an LED 42a, and when the inserted coin is clogged, the type of the clogged coin is identified and displayed by changing the emission color or the blinking method.

The hopper 43 is divided into a change hopper 43a and a recovery hopper 43b. Change hopper 4
3 a supplies the 500 yen coin selected by the coin selector 42 to the change dispenser 45. When the stock of the change dispenser 44 is exhausted, change coins from the island management device 10 side are supplied to the change hopper 43a through the change supply port 43c. Meanwhile, the change dispenser 44
When the stock amount of the coin is maximized, the 500-yen coin sent from the coin selector 42 is sent to the collecting hopper 43b. The recovery hopper 43b is 100 yen, 50 yen, 1
0 yen and 50 sent from the change hopper 43a side
A coin of 0 yen is sent to the island management device 10 side through the coin sending port 43d.

The change dispenser 44 is a change hopper 43.
The 500-yen coin supplied from a is stocked, and the 500-yen coin is released from the return port 37 as change due to a command from the control device 41.

The lending ball counter 45 stocks lending balls supplied from a supply path (not shown), and when a command is received from the control device 41, the lending ball counting machine 45 lends as many lending balls as necessary. It is supplied to the tank 36a of 36. The rental balls supplied to the tank 36a are discharged to the outside from the discharge port 36b by manually lifting the discharge port 36b.

The bill selector 46 judges the authenticity of the 1000-yen bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 38,
If the yen bill is a false or defective bill, it is sent back to the bill insertion slot 38, and if it is a normal bill, it is sent to the island management device 10 side via the carry-out port 46a.

FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view showing the structure of the ball rental counter 45. The rental ball counter 45 is provided with two supply paths 51 and 52 for supplying the rental ball 50 sent from a supply path (not shown) to the tank 36a in parallel. The supply path 51 is a main supply path, and the rental balls 50 are normally supplied only to this supply path 51. The lower end of the supply path 52 communicates with the inside of the supply path 51 through a communication port 52b that is large enough for the lending balls 50 to pass through. Further, the supply passage 51 is connected to the tank 3 via the supply passage 53.
It communicates with 6a.

The supply paths 51 and 52 are provided with cutting portions 51a and 52a, respectively. Cutting part 51a
And 52a, the portions adjacent to each other are rental balls 1
Cut slightly longer than the diameter of the piece. This cutting part 51
A slide member 54 slides to the left and right in the drawing between a and 52a. A cylindrical body 54a having the same thickness and shape as the supply paths 51 and 52 is provided at the end of the slide member 54 on the side of the cut portions 51a and 52a.
a reciprocates between the cutting parts 51a and 52a. Further, the other end of the slide member 54 is connected to a lever 55a of a solenoid 55 fixed to a base portion (not shown). The slide member 54 is slide-controlled by the solenoid 55.

The tubular body 54a of the slide member 54 is normally located at the cutting portion 51a and communicates the entire supply passage 51. Only when a command is sent from the control device 41, the cylindrical body 54a is driven by the solenoid 55 and slides toward the supply path 52 side.

A counting device 56 is provided in the middle of the supply path 51. The counting device 56 mainly includes the cam 57, the stopper arm 58, the solenoid 59, and the ball rental feeding unit 6.
It consists of zero. The cam 57 is fixed on a concentric shaft with a ball feeding gear 61, which will be described later, and is constantly subjected to a force in the rotational direction due to the weight of the rental ball 50. Also, the cam 57
Notches 57a and 57b are formed on the peripheral edge of so as to be symmetrical to each other.

The stopper arm 58 blocks the rotation of the cam 57 by engaging with the notch 57a or 57b. The solenoid 59 normally has the stopper arm 58 engaged with the notch 57a or 57b,
Only when a command is sent from the control device 41, the stopper arm 58 is momentarily pulled to the solenoid 59 side.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific structure of the ball rental feeding unit 60. In this figure, the cam 57 is removed. The rental ball feeding unit 60 includes a ball feeding gear 61.
And a ratchet 62. Ball feed gear 61
In the circumferential portion of, the ten dents 61a having substantially the same curvature as the spherical surface of the rental ball 50 are provided. Ball feed gear 61
Is the opening 51 in which the depression 61a is formed in the supply path 51.
It is provided so that it is always in the supply path 51 via b.

The ball feed gear 61 rotates about the shaft 61b by receiving the weight of the lending balls 50. But,
A cam 57 is fixed to the shaft 61b, and the cam 57
When the rotation is blocked by the stopper arm 58, the ball feeding gear 61 is also blocked. Thereby, the rental ball 50 is still held between the recess 61 a of the ball feeding gear 61 and the inner wall of the supply path 51.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the movement of the ball feed gear 61 for supplying the rental balls 50 to the tank 36a side.
When the rental ball 50 is supplied to the tank 36a side, the solenoid 59 is driven and the stopper arm 58 is momentarily removed from the notch 57a (see FIG. 5). As a result, the cam 57 is released, and the ball feeding gear 61 is released by the lending ball 50.
The rental ball 50 is supplied to the supply path 53 side by being rotated by the weight of.

While the ball feed gear 61 is rotating, the ratchet 6
Since the depression 61a receives resistance due to 2, the ball feed gear 6
1 rotates at a constant speed. When the lending balls 50 are supplied to the supply path 53 side in this way, the stopper arm 58 is caught in the notch 57b when the cam 57 and the ball feed gear 61 make a half rotation. As a result, the rotation of the cam 57 and the ball feed gear 61 is stopped again. During this half rotation, the ball feed gear 61 supplies a total of five rental balls 50.

In this way, by controlling the driving of the stopper arm 58 by the solenoid 59, the rental balls 50 are repeatedly supplied in units of five. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the rental balls 50 are also supplied in units of one.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the movement of the supply of the rental balls 50 in units of one. When supplying the rental balls 50 in units of one, by driving the solenoid 55, the slide member 54 is slid to the right in the drawing, and the cylinder 54a is moved to the supply path 52 side. When the tubular body 54a moves, the rental ball 50a held when the tubular body 54a was on the supply path 51 side also moves. When the tubular body 54a comes to the position of the cutting portion 52a, the rental ball 50a falls, falls inside the supply path 52, and is fed to the supply path 51 side through the communication port 52b. Finally, the rental ball 50a is sent to the tank 36a via the supply path 53.

Next, the rental ball supply control by the rental ball counter 45 having such a structure will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration required for rental ball supply control.
The coin selector 42 sends the amount data of coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 33 to the control device 41. When the inserted coin is a 500-yen coin, the 500-yen coin is sent to the change dispenser 44 via the change hopper 43a. Further, the coin selector 42 sends the jammed coins to the change dispenser 44 even when the inserted coins are jammed and the return button 34 is pressed. If the sent coin is a coin other than a 500-yen coin, the change dispenser 44 returns the coin directly to the return port 37.

The control device 41 includes a memory 41a for storing fractional amount data, which will be described later, and a coin selector 4.
There is provided a timer 41b which starts counting when coin amount data is sent from 2. Timer 41b
Is reset every time the amount data is input or every predetermined time, for example, one second has elapsed from the start of counting. The control device 41 activates the timer 41b when the amount data is sent, and when the amount data of the next coin is not sent even after 1 second has elapsed from the start of counting, the number of lending balls according to the amount is supplied. A command is sent to the ball rental counter 45 to do so. Also, the time from the last coin insertion to the current insertion is 1
If it is within the second, the control device 41 adds all the amounts of money, and only when the input is interrupted (one second or more has passed) or when the total amount becomes equal to or more than a predetermined amount (for example, 100 yen). Instruct to supply the rental balls according to the total amount.

Here, in the ball lending machine 30 of the present embodiment, the amount of money for each lending ball is, for example, 4 yen. That is, lending balls are supplied every time an amount of money that is an integral multiple of 4 yen is thrown. However, since coins inserted from the coin insertion slot 33 are not only 500 yen and 100 yen but also 50 yen and 10 yen, there may be a fraction in terms of the amount. In this case, the control device 41 supplies only the number of rental balls corresponding to an integer multiple of the amount of money per rental ball, and stores the fractional amount in the memory 41a. Further, at this time, the control device 41 lights the fraction display lamp 32c in order to inform the customer that the fractional amount has been paid.

When a new coin is inserted while this fractional amount is stored, the control device 41 adds the fractional amount to the newly inserted amount and the number of lending balls according to the added value is added. To supply. For example, if the previous fractional amount is 2 yen and a coin of 50 yen is newly inserted this time, a total of 52 yen, that is, 52/4 = 13 rental balls are supplied.

In addition to these controls, the control device 41 sends a bill insertion signal from the bill selector 46, and when any one of the selection buttons 35a and 35b of the lending ball selection panel 35 is pressed, the control device 41 responds to the amount. Supply a certain number of balls. When the selection button 35a is pressed,
The change dispenser 44 is instructed to supply change (500 yen).

Further, the control device 41 lights the ball lending lamp 32a when supplying the lending balls, and lights the change-out lamp 32b when there is no change coin in the change dispenser 44.

Further, the control device 41 converts the data of the ball lending machine 30 into electric / optical data and sends it to the island management device 10. Figure 9
3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of rental ball supply control by the control device 41. [S1] It is determined whether or not a coin has been inserted, and if it has been inserted, the process proceeds to step S2, and if not, step S1 is repeated. [S2] The count value of the timer 41b is reset to newly start counting, and the amount of money input is added.

[S3] It is determined whether or not the total amount is equal to or more than the set amount, and if so, the process proceeds to step S6, and if not, the process proceeds to step S4. [S4] It is determined whether or not a predetermined time has passed since the coin was inserted. If the predetermined time has passed, the process proceeds to step S6, and if not, the process proceeds to step S5. [S5] It is determined whether or not a coin has been inserted. If so, the process returns to step S2, and if not, the process returns to step S3.

[S6] The previous fractional amount stored in the memory 41a is added to the current total amount to be inserted. [S7] The number of rental balls is an integer multiple of the amount of money per rental ball. [S8] It is determined whether or not a fractional amount has been produced by the supply of rental balls this time. If there is a fractional amount, the process proceeds to step S9, and if not, the present flowchart is terminated.

[S9] The fractional amount of money this time is stored in the memory 41a. [S10] The fraction display lamp 32c is turned on. In this way, in this embodiment, since the fractional amount is stored and added when the coin is inserted next time, it is not an integral multiple of the amount of 4 yen per rental ball, such as 10 yen or 50 yen. Even monetary amounts can be handled, and the fractional monetary amount can be treated fairly.

Further, in the present embodiment, the lending balls are not supplied immediately after the coin is inserted, but the lending balls are supplied after a predetermined time has elapsed or when the total amount exceeds the set amount. As a result, the load is reduced.

Further, in this embodiment, when the fractional amount is paid, the fraction display lamp 32c is turned on, so that the customer does not leave the seat without knowing that the fractional amount is paid. Therefore, trouble between the customer and the store is prevented.

In this embodiment, the rental ball counting machine 45
The total number of rental balls is supplied by the counting device 56 for supplying rental balls in units of 5 and the slide member 54 for supplying rental balls in units of 1, but the ball feeding is performed by using the stepping motor. The rotation of the gear 61 may be controlled.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Figure 1
0 is a diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the amount of money per rental ball is 4 as in the previous embodiment.
A description will be given of the configuration of the ball rental counter in the case where the minimum amount of money that can be used is 50 yen, while the value is yen. It should be noted that, except for the ball lending counter and its control contents, it has substantially the same configuration as the above-mentioned embodiment.

In the ball rental counter 70 of this embodiment, two supply paths 71 and 72 are provided in parallel. The lower ends of the supply paths 71 and 72 are combined to form a single supply path 73.

A counter 74 is provided at an intermediate position of the supply path 71.
Is provided. The counting device 74 mainly includes a cam (not shown), a stopper arm 75, and a solenoid 76.
And a ball feed gear 77 and a ratchet 78. Since these functions are almost the same as those shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, description thereof will be omitted. However, the ball feed gear 77
Is provided with 13 depressions 77a, and is further controlled by one rotation unit. That is, in the supply path 71, 13 lending balls 91 are supplied to the tank 36a at once every time there is a lending ball supply command from the control device 41.

On the other hand, a counter 79 is provided at an intermediate position of the supply path 72. The counting device 79 is the counting device 7
Similar to 4, the cam mainly includes a cam (not shown), a stopper arm 80, a solenoid 81, a ball feeding gear 82, and a ratchet 83. These features
The description is omitted because it is almost the same as the counting device 74. However, the ball feed gear 82 is provided with 12 depressions 82a. In addition, the ball feed gear 82 is controlled in a unit of one rotation, and the ball feed gear 82 is controlled by the controller 41 every time a command to supply a rental ball is issued.
The individual rental balls 92 are supplied to the tank 36a at once.

Rental ball counter 70 having such a configuration
Then, for example, when only one 50-yen coin is thrown in, first, only the counting device 79 is operated to supply 12 rental balls. Then, when a 50-yen coin is thrown in next time, the counting device 74 is actuated this time to supply 13 rental balls. That is, when the input amount is 50 yen, 12 pieces x 4 = 48 yen will be supplied first, and the next 50 yen coins will be input 1
3 pieces x 4 = 52 yen will be supplied. This makes it possible to make the total of the input amounts for two times equal to the amount corresponding to the number of rental balls supplied twice.

When the amount of money is input in units of 100 yen, 25 counting units can be supplied by operating the counting devices 74 and 79 simultaneously or continuously. .

[0049]

As described above, in the present invention, only the number of coins corresponding to an integer multiple of the lending amount per lending ball out of the total inserted amount of coins inserted from the coin insertion slot, The fractional amount of money obtained by subtracting an integer multiple of the lending amount per lending ball from the total input amount is stored,
Furthermore, since the fractional amount of money of the previous time is added to the total amount of money of this time so as to make a new total amount of money spent, the number of balls to be rented for the fractional amount of money is fairly settled. Therefore, coins of a small amount such as a 50-yen coin or a 10-yen coin can be used, and a fair rental ball supply can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration required for rental ball supply control.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a game hall management system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a front portion of a ball lending machine.

FIG. 4 is a side sectional view showing an internal configuration of the ball lending machine.

FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a ball rental counter.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific configuration of a ball rental feeding unit.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the movement of a ball feeding gear for supplying rental balls to the tank side.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining movement of supply of rental balls in units of one unit.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of rental ball supply control by the control device.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game hall 10 Island management device 20 Pachinko machine 30 Ball lending machine 32c Fraction display lamp 33 Coin slot 36 Loan dispenser 41 Controller 42 Coin selector 45 Coin ball counting machine

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An inter-lens ball lending machine provided between pachinko machines, and an amount detecting means for detecting a total inserted amount of coins inserted from a coin insertion slot; and a lending ball per lending ball out of the total inserted amount. An integer multiple lending means for lending only the number of balls corresponding to an integer multiple of the lending amount, and a fractional amount storage means for storing a fractional amount obtained by subtracting an integer multiple of the lending amount per lending ball from the total input amount A fractional ball lending machine, comprising: a fraction adding means for adding the previous fractional amount to the current total deposit amount to newly obtain the total deposit amount. 2. The amount detecting means adds the amount of money exceeding the set amount to the total amount of money to be inserted next time when the total amount of input is equal to or more than a set amount. The inter-mountain ball lending machine according to Item 1. 3. The amount detecting means adds all the coins to the total amount inserted when the coins are continuously inserted within a predetermined time, and the amount inserted after the predetermined time or more is next time. The inter-mountain ball lending machine according to claim 1, characterized in that it is added to said total input amount.