JPH0613063B2 - A valuable mediator lending machine for games in which a banknote exchange machine and a game mediator lending machine are separately arranged. - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION “Industrial application field” The present invention relates to a gaming machine using a valuable medium for gaming, such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine gaming machine, an arranging ball machine,
A lending machine that lends a valuable medium for a game (for example, a pachinko ball in a pachinko machine, a coin in a slot machine, etc.) and a valuable medium for playing a game in the lending machine in a game arcade equipped with a sparrow ball game machine, etc. The present invention relates to a valuable mediator lending machine for games, in which a bill currency exchange machine for renting is disposed separately.

"Prior art" In the past, in a game arcade equipped with a gaming machine that uses valuable game media such as pachinko balls or medals, to borrow a game mediator, insert a coin into a pachinko ball lending machine or medal exchange machine. It is possible to borrow by that. Further, the pachinko ball lending machine or the medal exchange machine is provided in the vicinity of a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a medal game machine, and it is possible to borrow a game medium on the spot without leaving the side of the gaming machine. It is like this.

"Problems to be solved by the invention" However, the conventional medium lending machine for gaming machines can only use coins, and if a shortage of coins occurs in the middle of the game, one or many Even so, it was necessary to go to the place where there were only about two banknote exchange machines and exchange the banknotes for coins and the high-value banknotes for small banknotes (banknotes for currency conversion).

Further, in order to solve such a drawback, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 53-53
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 3399, a bill exchange machine (here, a bill exchange machine refers to one that converts bills into coins or exchanges bills into valuable media for a game) beside each gaming machine. However, in the case of the banknote exchange machine, since the identification machine is installed in a separate place,
The wiring is complicated and the wiring distance is long, time and place are required for installation, and since the wiring is complicated and long, different types of signals such as noise are often caught, and there is a problem that accurate operation cannot be secured. Was there. In particular, in a game arcade, since there are many noise sources and the noise is large, this problem is more significant than in the general case.

Further, in the case of the bill exchange machine, a place for installing the identifying machine is required, and since this identifying machine occupies a lot of floor space to take up the space, a game in which a large number of game stands are installed is also provided. There was a problem that it was difficult to install in the hall.

The present invention has been made to solve such drawbacks, and the purpose thereof is to convert bills into coins beside each gaming machine, and to lend a game medium by coins to the player. (EN) It is possible to solve the inconvenience, prevent the spirit of entertainment from being killed, and provide a game interrupting medium lending machine that reduces the installation floor area.

"Means for Solving Problems" In order to solve the above problems, the means adopted by the present invention is to insert a bill of a money changer into an openable / closable curtain plate of a gaming machine island composed of a gaming machine row. Along with the mouth, a bill insertion detector is formed on the back of each bill insertion opening, which is formed by arranging the light emitting unit and the photoelectric conversion light receiving unit so as to sandwich the bill insertion passage from above and below. When a bill is inserted, the bill insertion detector detects and sends an electric signal to the electric control device.In response to this signal, the feeding roller rotates to feed the bill to the money changer, and the money exchange coin is transferred to the money changer. A valuable mediator for games in which a currency exchange machine and a game medium lending machine are separately arranged, which sends out to a coin outlet of a game medium lending machine arranged between a coin outlet or a row of gaming machines. Exists in the rental machine.

"Operation" When a banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion slot of the banknote exchange machine arranged at the upper part of the game medium lending machine, the banknote discriminator discriminates it, and when it judges that it is an authentic banknote, the exchange coin corresponding to the inserted amount or Pachinko balls or medals are discharged from the game medium lending machine.

[Examples] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing one embodiment of a valuable mediator lending machine for games in which a bill exchange machine and a game mediator lending machine of the present invention are separately arranged, and a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 are laterally arranged. A board 4 above the gaming machine 1 of a gaming island 2 formed in a row
(This plate is referred to as "curtain plate" in the industry, so this term will be used hereinafter.) Is provided with a banknote exchange machine 7, and the banknote exchange machine 7 inserts a banknote in front of it. It has a mouth 9 and a coin take-out opening 12, and inside of it, a discrimination machine 10 for the type and authenticity of bills, a coin sending machine 11 and a bill 13 inserted from the insertion slot 9 to the discrimination machine 10. It has a pair of feed rollers 40 for feeding. In addition, a thin game medium lending machine 3 (hereinafter referred to as an automatic ball lending machine) is installed for every second gaming machine 1 in the row of gaming machines 1.

In the game valuable medium lending machine in which the bill exchanging machine 7 and the automatic ball lending machine 3 are separately arranged in this way, a predetermined amount of bills, for example, 1000 yen or 500, from the bill insertion slot 9 of the money exchanging machine 7. When a yen bill is inserted, the bill is sent to the discriminator 10 by the roller 40, the type of bill and the authenticity of the bill are discriminated, and if the bill is the correct bill, the bill is stored in a predetermined storage box. As shown in FIG. 7, a coin sending signal is issued and a predetermined number of coins are sent from the coin sending machine 11. This coin can be taken out from the take-out port 12.
The coin sending signal is sent to a computer and used for coefficient management. If the inserted bill is a counterfeit bill or is bent, the discriminating machine 10 detects this and the roller 40 rotates in the reverse direction to return the bill. If a bill is inserted again, the operation described above is repeated. It should be noted that such a money changer 7 itself may be one that has already been put to practical use.

Next, another embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, a ball lending machine 3 is arranged for every second game machine 1 in the row of the game machines 1 forming the game island 2. A bill slot 22 of a money changer is provided on the curtain plate 4 above each ball lending machine 3.

On the back side of each bill insertion slot 22, there is provided a bill insertion detector 26 that is formed by arranging a light emitting unit 27 and a photoelectric conversion light receiving unit 28 so as to sandwich the bill insertion passage from above and below. A pair of bill feeding rollers 30 and 30 are provided on the front surface of the money changer 7. The other configuration of the money changer 7 has a bill validator as in the above-described embodiment, but the coin dispenser is provided on the back surface of each ball lending machine 3 as indicated by reference numeral 32 in FIG. The coin outlet of the coin dispenser 32 is the coin outlet 3 provided at the bottom of the ball lending machine 3.
It communicates with 3. Each coin dispenser 32 is electrically connected to the coin validator 3 in the bill exchanging machine 7 corresponding to the ball lending machine 3 having the dispenser 32.

Now, when you try to exchange bills for coins,
3 is inserted from the bill insertion slot 22 provided in the curtain plate 4.
When a bill is inserted, a bill insertion detection operation including the light emitting unit 27 and the light receiving unit 28 is activated to send an electric signal to the electric control device 15, and then the signal is provided to feed the rollers 30, 30.
Rotates and sends the bill 13 to the money changer 7. The money changer 7 discriminates the type and authenticity of the bill by the discriminating machine, and if the bill is a counterfeit bill or is folded, the rollers 30 and 30 are reversed to send the bill back to the insertion slot 22. When the bill is correct, a coin sending signal is sent to the coin sending machine 32 provided in the ball lending machine 3 so that a coin of the same amount as the inserted bill 13 is sent to the coin outlet 33.
Send to.

Like the conventional ball lending machine, the ball lending machine 3 has a coin insertion slot 41 and a pachinko ball ejection opening 43, and the pachinko balls for the amount of coins inserted from the coin insertion opening 41 are taken out from the ejection opening 43. Is able to.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This embodiment has both a bill exchange function and a ball lending machine. In FIG. 6, a ball lending machine 3 is provided between the gaming machines 1 in the row of the gaming machines 1 forming the gaming island 2. The ball lending machine 3 has a coin insertion port 41 and a pachinko ball ejection port 43 as in the conventional ball lending machine. Further, a ball lending amount designation button 34 is provided above the coin slot 41. This ball lending amount designation button 34 is 100
It is assumed that it is composed of a large number of push button groups displayed as yen, 200 yen, ... 1000 yen, and has an illuminating lamp inside each push button.

Also in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, the bill exchanging machine 7 is provided, and in the same manner as the second embodiment shown in FIG. It has a coin dispenser and a coin outlet.

The operation from bill insertion to bill discrimination in this embodiment is the same as the operation shown in the first embodiment of FIG. 1 and the second embodiment of FIG. 4, but the inserted bill is correct. If the inserted bill is correct, the inserted bill amount is displayed at an appropriate position. Next, a button of a desired amount is selected from the ball lending amount designation buttons 34 and pressed.
It is determined whether or not this specified amount is within the range of the amount of banknotes inserted before, and if the amount of banknotes exceeds the amount of banknotes, the amount will be invalidated and then specified again. If it is within the range, a change signal and a ball lending signal are issued. The coin sending machine sends coins corresponding to the change amount in response to the change sending signal, determines whether or not the change has actually been sent, and again issues the change sending signal when the change is not sent. 1. In response to the ball lending signal, the pachinko ball sending machine sends the specified number of pachinko balls, determines whether or not the pachinko balls have actually been sent, and when the pachinko balls have not been sent, issues a ball lending signal again. The ball lending signal is sent to a computer for counting management and is used as business data. The change and pachinko balls sent out. The coins can be taken out from the coin take-out port (similar to that shown by reference numeral 33 in FIG. 5) and the pachinko ball ejection port 43 provided in the ball lending machine 3, respectively. After the change and the pachinko balls are sent out, after reconfirming this, the indicator light for the inserted bill amount is turned off and a series of operations is completed. The series of operations from the pressing of the designation button 34 to the turning off of the inserted bill amount indicator light described above are substantially the same as those of an automatic ticket vending machine and other various vending machines at stations.

[Advantages of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, since the money changer is disposed above the ball lending machine, the player can change the money from the place of the game machine to the position of the money changer every time the money is changed. It is possible to eliminate the inconvenience of having to go up to it, and it is also possible to eliminate the drawback that the spirit of entertainment is killed every time the player goes from the location of the gaming machine to the location of the exchange machine. Since the bill validator, which occupies a large installation area, is arranged in the curtain plate, the money changer and the ball lending machine can be separately arranged, so that the occupied space is not so large.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external front view showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the money changer in the above embodiment, FIG. 3 is a partially broken front view of the money changer, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a front view showing another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the embodiment of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a front view showing still another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart for explaining the operation. 1 ... Game machine, 2 ... Game island, 3 ... Ball lending machine, 7 ... Banknote changer, 9 ... Banknote slot, 10 ... Banknote validator, 1
1 ... Coin dispenser, 40 ... Feed roller, 22 ... Banknote input port, 30 ... Banknote feeding roller, 32 ... Coin dispenser, 33 ... Coin takeout port, 13 ... Banknote, 41 ...
Coin slot, 43 ... Pachinko ball outlet, 34 ... Ball lending amount designation button.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A banknote slot of a money changing machine is provided in a curtain plate of a gaming machine island that is composed of a row of gaming machines, and a light emitting part and a photoelectric device are provided on the back of each banknote slot. A bill insertion detector that is formed by the conversion light receiving unit being arranged so as to sandwich the bill insertion passage from above and below is provided, and the bill insertion detector performs detection operation when a bill is inserted and an electric signal is sent to the electric control device. In response to this signal, the sending roller rotates to send the bills to the money changer, and the change coins to the coin outlet of the money changer or the coin outlet of the game intermediary lending machine arranged between the rows of gaming machines. A valuable mediator lending machine for games, in which a currency exchange machine and a gaming mediator lending machine, which are characterized by sending out, are separately arranged.