JPH06304320A - Medal game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an improved medal receiving tray of a medal game machine which prevents a medal paying-off port from being closed particularly by medals paid off therefrom and piled on the bottom of the medal receiving tray. CONSTITUTION:On the bottom of a medal receiving tray 30 stands a medal dispensing part 80 projecting upward from the bottom with a top 81 located below a medal paying-off port 20 an having a pair of left and right inlined 82, 82 surfaces inclined downward from both left and right sides of the top 81 toward the bottom of the medal receiving tray 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a medal receiving machine of a medal gaming machine, such as a slot machine, for playing games using medals, and in particular, medals paid out from a medal payout opening are piled up on the bottom of the medal receiving pan. In this way, the medal payout opening is not blocked.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the bottom of a medal tray of this type of medal gaming machine has been substantially flat (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 60-32981).

However, since the bottom of the conventional medal tray is almost flat, the medals paid out from the medal payout opening of the medal are located in the medal tray located directly below the medal payout opening. When piled up on the bottom and the number of medals became high, there was a problem that the medal payout opening was blocked. That is, if a pile of medals blocks the medal payout opening, the medals that should be paid out from the medal payout opening will be blocked inside the medal payout opening, and the medals will not be paid out.
For this reason, the player, when heaping up the medals during the game, separates the medals left and right by hand so as not to block the medal payout opening. However, it is troublesome for the player to separate the medals, and it becomes impossible to concentrate on the game. Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-described conventional technology, and the purpose thereof is to provide the medals paid out from the medal payout opening in a pile on the bottom of the medal receiving tray. The purpose is to prevent the medal payout opening from being blocked.

The present invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object, and the contents thereof will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the medal tray (30) has a bottom portion (81) located below the medal payout opening (20) and a top portion (81) located below the medal payout opening (20) while protruding upward from the bottom. From the left and right sides of the medal tray
A pair of left and right inclined surfaces (82,
82) and a medal distribution unit (80) are provided.

[Operation] Therefore, according to the invention of claim 1,
Medals paid out from the medal payout port (20) (not shown)
Is the medal distribution unit (8) that protrudes from the bottom of the medal tray (30).
It hits the top (81) of 0) and is distributed to the left and right. Next, the medals distributed to the left and right are
It slides down along one of the left and right inclined surfaces (82, 82) of (0) and accumulates in the bottom of the medal tray (30).

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a medal receiving slot and a medal receiving tray, FIG. 2 is a front view of a slot machine, and FIG. II of 1
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line I-III, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG. In FIG. 2, 10 indicates a slot machine as a medal game machine, and a medal payout opening 20 through which medals (not shown) are paid out and a medal payout opening at the lower part of the front surface of the slot machine 10. A medal tray 30 for accumulating medals paid out from 20 is provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the medal payout opening 20 has a rectangular shape that is long in the left and right directions. As shown in FIG. 1, the medal tray 30 has a dish shape and has a medal payout opening.
It is formed longer than 20 in the left-right direction. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the medal tray 30 includes a bottom plate 40, a rear wall 50 extending upward from a rear edge of the bottom plate 40 along the front surface of the slot machine 10, and A front wall extending upward from the front edge on the front side of the bottom plate 40 so as to face the rear wall 50.
60 and a pair of left and right side walls 70, 70 extending upward from both left and right edges of the bottom plate 40. And
The bottom plate 40, the rear wall 50, the front wall 60 and the left and right side walls 70 are integrally formed of, for example, plastic. The bottom plate 40
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the slot machine 10 is formed in a plane oval shape that extends long in the left-right direction of the slot machine 10. Further, on the bottom of the bottom plate 40, a substantially horizontal and flat bottom surface 41 and the bottom surface 41
It is provided with a medal distribution unit 80 that is bulged in a mountain-shaped cross section from approximately the center on the left and right of the above. The above medal distribution unit 80
As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, a top portion 81 located below the medal payout opening 20 and a pair of left and right portions inclined downward from the left and right sides of the top portion 81 toward the flat bottom surface 41 of the medal tray 30. It has inclined surfaces 82 and 82. The top 81 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the tip is rounded with a semicircular cross section.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the ridgeline of the top portion 81 is formed substantially horizontally and linearly, and its front and rear ends are formed on the inner surface of the front wall 60 and the inner surface of the rear wall 50 of the medal tray 30. Each is connected. The height of the top 81 from the flat bottom surface 41 of the bottom plate 40 is set lower than the lower edge of the medal payout opening 20 and lower than the upper edge of the front wall 60. This is to prevent a medal (not shown) hitting the top 81 from overcoming the front wall 60 and falling. As shown in FIG. 4, the sloping surfaces 82 are gently slanted at the hem portions and are smoothly connected to the flat bottom surface 41 of the bottom plate 40. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the inner surface of the rear wall 50 is continuous with the flat bottom surface 41 of the bottom plate 40 while curving in an arc shape. This is to prevent the medal from sticking to the inner surface of the rear wall 50 and becoming stuck. For the same purpose, the inner surface of the front wall 50 is continuous with the flat bottom surface 41 of the bottom plate 40 while curving in an arc shape, as shown in FIG. In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, each inner surface of the left and right side walls 70 is
The flat bottom surface 41 of the bottom plate 40 is curved and curved in an arc shape so as to be continuous. In addition to this, the four corners of the bottom plate 40, that is, the rear wall 50
And the corners between the left and right side walls 70 and the corners between the front wall 50 and the left and right side walls 70 are also curved in an arc shape for the same purpose. Next, the operation of the medal tray 30 having the above configuration will be described. First, medal payout exit 20
The medals (not shown) paid out from
It hits the top 81 of the medal distribution unit 80 protruding from the bottom of the 30 and is distributed to the left and right. Next, the medals distributed to the left and right are the inclined surfaces 82, 82 on the left and right of the medal distribution unit 80.
Slide down along one of the bottoms of the medal tray 30 41
Accumulate in. In the embodiment shown in the drawings, the medal distribution unit 80 is integrally raised from the bottom surface 41 of the medal receiving tray 30, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be fixed to the bottom surface 41 of 30. Further, although the ridgeline of the top 81 of the medal distributing unit 80 is formed substantially horizontally and linearly, it is not limited to this and may be formed in a curved line. In addition to this, the ridgeline of the apex 81 is inclined downward toward the front side, conversely inclined upward toward the front side, or inclined toward the center so as to become a mountain shape, or conversely at the center. You may form so that it may become a valley-shaped lower toward. Further, the inclination angle of the inclined surface 82 of the medal distribution unit 80 may be made steeper, conversely gentle, or the angle may be continuously changed.

Since the present invention is constituted as described above, it has the following effects. Claim 1
According to the described invention, it is possible to prevent the accumulation of medals in the vicinity of the medal payout exit, so that it is possible to prevent clogging of medals at the medal payout exit, which causes the player to push the stacked medals by hand. Not only can the medals be dispensed with, but the medals paid out from the medal payout outlet can be stored while being sorted in the left-right direction, so that the medals can be efficiently stored.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a medal payout opening and a medal tray.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a slot machine.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of main parts taken along the line III-III in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 slot machine 20 medal payout opening 30 medal tray 40 bottom plate 41 bottom surface 50 rear wall 60 front wall 70 side wall 80 medal distribution unit 81 top 82 inclined surface

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A medal gaming machine equipped with a medal receiving tray in which medals paid out from a medal paying outlet are accumulated, wherein the bottom of the medal receiving tray projects upward from the bottom of the medal receiving opening. A medal game machine comprising: a medal distribution unit having a top portion located below and a pair of left and right inclined surfaces inclined downward from the left and right sides of the top portion toward the bottom of the medal tray.