JPH067532A - Card controller of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent erroneous operations while providing a game hall having a plurality of game machines installed and spare spaces. CONSTITUTION:Since one set of a card publishing apparatus will suffice for two sets of stands 10 Japanese pinball game (Pachinko), cost for the card publishing apparatus 20 is halved and a space for the same is not needed. Also, since a card receiving device 17 is provided in each pachinko stand 10, a player is prevented from inserting erroneously the card into other pachinko stands 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card management device for a gaming machine, which uses pachinko balls, coins or the like as a game medium and records the number of game media on a card.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, there has been proposed a game machine which uses a pachinko ball, a coin, etc. as a game medium so as to record the number of game media on a card, and various card management devices therefor have been proposed. There is.

When issuing a card, it is desirable that the card can be issued at hand, as is the case with a ball lending machine that has been generally provided, and that the player's hand is kept as little as possible. There is.

Therefore, a card issuing device is installed between the stands,
It is considered that the card is issued directly to the gaming machine so that the player can immediately enter the game.

In order to do so, it has been a general conventional way of thinking that a gaming machine and a card issuing device are made to correspond one-to-one and are dedicated.

[0006]

However, in such a conventional way of thinking, it is uneconomical since one gaming machine must be provided with one card issuing device, and an extra installation space is required. There was a point.

On the other hand, there is also a problem of how to handle the cards issued in this way between each gaming machine, especially between adjacent gaming machines.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional problem, and the card issuing device requires a minimum number of installations, and the card receiving device is provided for each gaming machine. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card management device for a gaming machine, which is provided so as to prevent erroneous operation.

[0009]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to use a pachinko ball, a coin or the like as a game medium, and record the number of the game medium on a card. In the card management device of, the card management device is composed of a card issuing device and a card receiving device, and the card issuing device is installed between the gaming machines and faces the adjacent gaming machines on both sides and communicates with a common transport path. It has a pair of insertion ports, each of which is provided with a sensor for detecting the use of the insertion port, and the card receiving device is installed in the gaming machine separately from the card issuing device. It exists in the card manager of the gaming machine.

[0010]

Therefore, the card issuing device can be shared by the game machines on both sides, and the players of the game machines on both sides use the insertion slot facing in their direction.

When a bill or coin is inserted through the insertion slot, a sensor provided there detects the insertion. Therefore, it becomes clear which insertion slot was used even if the conveyance path inside the insertion slot was made common. .

Then, the card issuing device issues the card to the game machine on the side where it is used. In this way, even if the internal mechanism is common, one card issuing device can be shared from both sides by judging by the insertion slot.

Since the card receiving device is installed in the gaming machine separately from the card issuing device, the player of the gaming machine does not insert the card into another gaming machine and prevents erroneous operation. be able to.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Each drawing shows one embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, the gaming machine is a pachinko machine.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, two pachinko machines 10, 10 are grouped to form a card issuing device 2 between them.
0 is installed, and the card issuing device 20 is installed with a bill receiving device 30. The bill accepting device 30 is composed of a device main body 40 housed in the card issuing device 20 and a bill guiding member 50 detachable from the device main body 40.
The mouth end portion 51 of 0 is projected from the front surface of the card issuing device 20.

The card issuing device 20 is further provided with a coin receiving member 21 and a return opening member 25 projecting from the front surface of the card issuing device 20. The upper end portion displays the amount of money, the stopping, and the defective portion. A display section 26 is provided, and a release button 27 is provided in the middle section.

A bill storage device 70 is provided so as to be connected to the back end of the main body 40 of the bill receiving device 30 stored inside the card issuing device 20.

Each pachinko machine 10 has an operation handle 11
And a card receiving device 17 are provided, and the card receiving device 17 has a function as the display board 12, and a game result display section 13, a card receiving slot 14, an operation lamp 15, and a front surface of the display board 12 are provided. A defect display lamp 16 is provided. The card receiving port 14 receives a card issued by the card issuing device 20.

As can be seen from FIG. 3, in the main body 40 of the bill receiving device 30, the base of the opening / closing body 42 is pivotally attached to the fixed housing part 41 by the pivot 42a, and the pressing plate 43 is attached to the opening / closing body 42 via the pivot 43a. It will be pivotally connected.

A spring member 44, which urges the pressing plate 43 against the fixed housing portion 41, is stretched between the opening / closing body 42 and the pressing plate 43. Further, the pressing plate 43 is provided with pressing protrusions 45, 46 ,.

A conveyance path 47 for the bill S is formed between the pressing plate 43 of the opening / closing body 42 of the bill receiving device 30 and the front surface 41a of the fixed housing portion 41, and the conveyance mechanism 60 is provided therein. The bill guide member 50 is inserted and attached.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the mouth end portion 51 of the banknote guide member 50 protruding from the front surface of the card issuing device 20.
Inserted into the slits are bill insertion openings 52 and 53, each of which faces the corresponding pachinko machine 10 side.
Sensors 52 for detecting the insertion of banknotes 2 and 53, respectively
a and 53a are provided.

A rail portion 54 is inserted from the mouth end portion 51 of the bill guiding member 50 so as to be inserted into the inside of the apparatus main body 40 so as to share a space with the conveying path 47. The mouth end portion 51 and the rail portion 54 are integrally formed, and the rail portion 54 has a gap 55 through which the banknote S passes in a vertical posture. The rail portion 54 is provided on the front surface of the card issuing device 20. It is to be inserted into the conveyance path 47 inside the apparatus main body 40 from the opened insertion port 24.

The banknote guide member 50 has a horseshoe shape in which a bent portion 56 is formed at the tip of the rail portion 54, and has a hairpin-shaped cross section having an urging force in the width expanding direction. For positioning, the pressing protrusions 45, 4 provided on the opening / closing body 42 of the device body 40 of the bill receiving device 30.
The grooves 57a, 57b ...
4 is formed on each side.

A notch 58 through which the banknote S passes is provided at the back of the rail portion 54.

The carrying mechanism 60 is provided with a belt 63 for sending the banknote S wound around the belt winding pulleys 61, 62 on the side of the fixed housing 41 of the apparatus main body 40, and on the belt 63 on the side of the opening / closing body 42. Rollers 64 and 65 for pressing the bill S are attached. The belt winding pulley 61 is rotatably driven in both forward and reverse directions by a motor (not shown).

When the insertion of the banknote S is detected by facing the gap 55 between the conveyance path 47 and the banknote guide member 50, the sensor head 31 for detecting the insertion of the normal rotation signal of the motor and the defective banknote are detected. , A magnetic sensor head 32 for genuine bill determination that outputs a reverse rotation signal of the motor, and photoelectric sensor heads 33 and 34 that detect the bill S in a non-contact manner with the fixed housing portion 41 side of the device body 40 of the bill receiving device 30. It is arranged on the opening / closing body 42 side.

Further, when the bill S has passed, an operation signal for issuing a card is issued to the card issuing device 20 and a passage detection end 35 for preventing the bill S from returning is disposed in order.

In the coin receiving member 21 provided so as to project from the front surface of the card issuing device 20, like the mouth end portion 51 of the bill guiding member 50, the insertion openings 22 and 23 facing the corresponding pachinko machine 10 side. Is provided with a sensor, and the return port member 25 is provided with receiving ports 25a and 25b facing the corresponding pachinko machine 10.

The bill storage device 70 includes a bill guide member 5
A guide part 71 for guiding the banknote S transferred from the gap 55 of the rail part 54 of 0, and a pressure plate 7 urged by a spring.
2, the stacker 73 for stacking and holding banknotes on the pressure plate 72, the stage 74, and the banknotes carried in from the guide portion 71 are displaced to a fixed position on the stage 74,
In addition, it is composed of a drive unit (not shown) that presses the banknote in the fixed position against the pressure plate 72. The banknote storage may be carried by a belt and conveyed to a stacker (safe box) for storage.

Next, the operation will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the bill guide member 50 is mounted between the conveyance paths 47, the bill S is inserted into the bill insertion slot 52 from one of the pachinko boards 10 on the right side in FIGS. When inserted, the banknote S becomes a banknote guide member 5
It enters into the gap 55 of the rail portion 54 of 0, that is, into the conveyance path 47. The sensor 52a detects the use of the insertion slot 52 by inserting the bill S from the insertion slot 52, and instructs the preparation to issue the card to the pachinko machine 10 on the right side.

When the banknote S is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 53 from the other pachinko board 10 side on the left side, the sensor 53a similarly operates to instruct the left side to issue the card. When coins are used, the left and right are discriminated by the insertion ports 22 and 23 and the sensors provided there.

When the bill S is inserted until the leading end of the bill S reaches the insertion detection sensor head 31, the insertion detection sensor head 31 detects the insertion of the bill S and issues a forward rotation signal of the motor. When the motor starts the normal rotation, the normal rotation of the motor is transmitted to the belt 63 by the transmission system, and the belt 63 is driven in the direction of advancing the bill S.

In this way, the banknotes S transferred by the belt 63 in the vertical direction within the gap 55 of the rail portion 54.
When the leading end of the bill advances further into the inside, the magnetic sensor head 32 for genuine bill determination and the photoelectric sensor heads 33 and 34 that detect the bill S in a non-contact manner determine whether or not the bill S is a genuine bill.

When it is determined that the bill S is a bad bill, the magnetic sensor head 32 and the photoelectric sensor heads 33 and 34 for genuine bill determination issue a reverse rotation signal of the motor to reverse the motor. Thereby, the belt 63 is driven in the reverse direction, and the bill S is returned to the bill insertion slot 52.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the bill S is a genuine bill, the bill S is advanced as it is.

When the bill S passes through the passage detecting end 35, the passage detecting end 35 issues an operation signal for issuing a predetermined card to the card issuing device 20.

The banknote S having passed through the passage detecting end 35 in this way exits from the gap 55 of the rail portion 54 and the conveying path 47 at the notch 57. The banknotes S carried in by the guide unit 71 are displaced to a fixed position on the stage 74 by the drive unit and then pressed against the pressure plate 72, and are stacked and held on the pressure plate 72 of the stacker 73.

When the bill S is jammed in the middle of the rail portion 54 when the bill S is conveyed in this way, the mouth end of the bill guiding member 50 slightly protruding from the front surface of the card issuing device 20. The portion 51 is gripped and a force is applied so that the bill guide member 50 is pulled out from the insertion port 24 of the card issuing device 20.

When the mouth end portion 51 is strongly pulled, the rail portion 54 is elastically deformed, the grooves 57a, 57b ... Are separated from the pressing protrusions 45, 46, ... Of the pressing plate 43, respectively, and the bill guide member 50 is moved to the card issuing device 20. It can be pulled out from the insertion port 24.

At this time, the bill S is hooked on the bent portion 56 of the rail portion 54 and drawn out together with the bill guiding member 50.

After the banknote guide member 50 is pulled out in this way and the jammed banknote S is removed, the banknote guide member 50 is inserted from the insertion port 24 of the card issuing device 20 so that the grooves 57a, 57b ... The banknote guide member 50 is pushed in and brought into engagement with a position that matches the pressing protrusions 45, 46, ... Of the pressing plate 43.

The game may be started by inserting the card pulled out from the insertion slot 24 into the card receiving slot 14 of the card receiving device 17 provided on each pachinko machine 10.

[0046]

According to the card management device of the gaming machine of the present invention, since it is sufficient to dispose one card issuing device in two gaming machines, the cost for the card issuing device is halved.
Further, since it does not take up space, it is possible to install a large number of gaming machines or to make a gaming hall with plenty of room. Further, since each game machine is provided with the card receiving device, the player does not accidentally insert the card into another game machine, and it is possible to prevent an erroneous operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a card issuing device arranged between pachinko machines according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a card issuing device arranged between pachinko machines according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Pachinko machine 11 ... Operation handle 14 ... Card receiving port 17 ... Card receiving device 20 ... Card issuing device 21 ... Coin receiving port member 22, 23 ... (Currency) insertion port 25 ... Return port member 25a, 25b ... Receiving port 30 ... bill receiving device 40 ... device main body 50 ... bill guiding member 51 ... mouth end portions 52, 53 ... (banknote) insertion ports 52a, 53a ... sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A card management device for a gaming machine, wherein a game medium is a pachinko ball, a coin, or the like, and the number of the game medium is recorded on a card. The card management device comprises a card issuing device and a card receiving device. The card issuing device is installed between gaming machines, and has a pair of insertion ports facing both sides of the gaming machine and communicating with a common transport path, and the use of the insertion port is detected at each insertion port. A card management device for a gaming machine, wherein the card accepting device is installed in the gaming machine separately from the card issuing device.