JPH0686866A - Coin selector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm the kind of a coin which generates jam, as for a coin selector built in the ball lending machine of a Japanese pinball game (pachinko) board. CONSTITUTION:When jam is generated because of a fed-in coin 61 jams in the vicinity of a coin discriminating sensor 59, a coin selection control circuit 75 sends a jam generation signal and a coin discrimination signal to an LED drive circuit 76. The LED drive circuit 76 which receives both the signals emission-controls an LED 42a according to the kind of the coin 61. The LED 42a has two kinds of emission parts of red and green, and also grange color can be emitted by the simultaneous light emission at the same time. The LED drive circuit 76 discriminates four kinds of coins, i.e., 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen and 10 yen coins by three kinds of colors and flashing control, and emission display is carried out.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin selector incorporated in a ball lending machine of a pachinko machine or a coin lending machine of a slot machine, and more particularly to a coin selector for detecting the occurrence of a jam by a coin.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A coin lending machine for a pachinko machine or a coin lending machine for a slot machine in a pachinko parlor has a built-in coin selector for identifying and distributing a plurality of coins such as a 500-yen coin and a 100-yen coin. ing. This coin selector is a coin identification sensor for identifying inserted coins, a distribution lever for distributing the destination of the identified coins, and is provided immediately before the distribution lever to detect whether or not a coin has passed. And a strobe sensor for doing so.

In such a coin selector, when a coin is inserted and the type of the coin is identified by the coin identification sensor, the sorting device operates to sort the destination of the coin according to the purpose. Also, if the strobe sensor confirms that the coin has been reliably inserted, the ball lending machine
Lend as many balls as the amount of money to the user.

By the way, in such a coin selector, when the inserted coin is clogged in the passage in the coin selector and a jam occurs, the ball lending machine judges that the coin has not been inserted and does not lend the ball. There are cases. For this reason, conventionally, many troubles have occurred between the customer who inserted the coin and the pachinko parlor side.

In order to avoid such a trouble, there is a coin selector which can judge whether or not a coin is actually inserted when a jam occurs. This is one in which a control device detects that a coin has been inserted based on a signal from a coin identification sensor or the like, and in that case, a light emitting diode attached to a case of a coin selector is turned on. . Accordingly, when a jam occurs, the store clerk can easily detect the jam caused by the coin by confirming whether or not the light emitting diode is lit up immediately.

[0006]

However, in such a coin selector, since only the light emitting diode is turned on, it is possible to identify the type of the inserted coin even if it can be determined whether or not the coin has been inserted. could not. For this reason, it was difficult to know the exact input amount.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a coin selector capable of identifying and informing the type of coin inserted when a coin jam occurs. To do.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention identifies the type of inserted coin in a coin selector incorporated in a ball lending machine of a pachinko machine or a coin lending machine of a slot machine. Then, a coin identifying means for outputting a coin identifying signal, a jam detecting means for detecting the occurrence of a jam by the coin, and outputting a jam detecting signal, and a coin identifying signal and a jam detecting signal are received. There is provided a coin selector comprising: an alarm discrimination unit that outputs an alarm command signal for each type; and an alarm unit that outputs the coin type alarm to the outside when the alarm command signal is received.

[0009]

When a coin is inserted, the coin identifying means identifies the type of coin and outputs a coin identifying signal. When a jam occurs due to this coin, the jam detecting means detects it and outputs the jam detecting signal. To do. When the alarm discrimination means receives these coin identification signal and jam detection signal, it outputs an alarm command signal for each type of coin,
Upon receiving this alarm command signal, the alarm means outputs an alarm for each coin type to the outside.

[0010]

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 construction 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, there is a lamp-in-lamp lamp 32a that lights up "in-rental ball", a change-out lamp 32b that lights up "out of change", and a digital display that shows the amount of money to be inserted, errors, troubles, and the like. A display lamp 32c is 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 insertion slot 33, when the total amount of insertion reaches 500 yen, the loan ball for 500 yen is automatically discharged.

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 light emission color or the blinking method.

The hopper 43 is divided into a change hopper 43a and a collecting 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 rental ball counting machine 45 stocks the rental balls supplied from a supply path (not shown), and when a command is received from the control device 41, the rental ball releasing machine releases the required number of rental balls. 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 perspective view showing the overall structure of the coin selector 42. Inside the main body 51 of the coin selector 42, a control board and the like (not shown) are incorporated. A flat plate-shaped opening / closing member 5 is provided on the upper portion of the main body 51 via a shaft 54.
3 is mounted parallel to the side surface 52. Opening / closing member 5
3 is normally pressed against the side surface 52 by a spring 55, and when the lever 56 is pulled downward (arrow X), it is opened around the shaft 54 in the arrow Y direction.

A coin slot 57 and a passage (not shown) are formed between the opening / closing member 53 and the side surface 52. The coin insertion slot 57 is directly connected to the coin insertion slot 33 of the ball lending machine 30 via a passage not shown, and the coin 61 inserted from the coin insertion slot 33 is finally inserted into the coin insertion slot 57. It The coin 61 is normally sent to the sorting mechanism section 58 at the bottom of the main body 52 through the path L1.

In the middle of the route L1, the coin identification sensor 5
9 is provided. The coin identification sensor 59 is used to verify the authenticity of the inserted coin 61, and also 500 yen, 100 yen, 50 yen.
Whether it is a circle or a 10 yen is detected, and a detection signal is sent to a coin selector control device (not shown) on the control board. In the figure, only the front side sensor portion 59a of the coin identification sensor 59 is displayed.

The distribution mechanism 58 is provided between the side surface 52 and the cover 60. The distribution mechanism unit 58 is
When the coin 61 is a false coin or a defective coin, the coin 61 is output to the return port 37 side (route M1). If the coin 61 is a 500-yen coin, it is supplied to the change hopper 43a (path M2). Further, if the coin 61 is a coin other than a 500-yen coin, it is supplied to the recovery hopper 43b (path M3).

When the coin 61 is jammed in the vicinity of the coin slot 57, the return button 34 is pushed to pull the lever 56 downward (arrow X), and the opening / closing member 53 is slightly opened in the arrow Y direction. . As a result, the coin 61 is returned to the return port 37 through the route L2. Further, when the coin 61 is jammed in the back near the coin identification sensor 59 or the like, the jammed coin 61 can be easily taken out by manually opening the opening / closing member 53.

Further, in the lower corner of the cover 60, the LED
A hole 60a for 42a is formed. FIG. 6 is a front view of the coin selector 42 for showing details of the distribution mechanism unit 58. Coin identification sensor 59 and distribution mechanism unit 5
A pull-out prevention lever 62 is provided in the middle of the pull-out prevention lever 8. A gate lever 63 is provided downstream of the pullout prevention lever 62. The gate lever 63 is opened / closed by a drive device described below in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the drawing, and sorts legitimate coins and false and defective coins. A distribution lever 65 is provided downstream of the gate lever 63. The sorting lever 65 is opened and closed by a driving device described later in a direction perpendicular to the paper surface to sort the 500-yen coin and other coins.

Two plates 66 and 67 are provided between the side surface 52 and the cover 60 so as to overlap with each other with a predetermined gap. The plate 66 is just inside the cover 60 with a passage 68 formed between them. From this passage 68, coins clogging near the coin slot 57 and passing through the route L2 by the operation of the lever 56, and coins determined to be false and defective coins and sorted by the gate lever 63 are discharged. Further, the light emitting portion 64a of the strobe sensor 64 is attached to the plate 66.

Between the plates 66 and 67,
A passage 69 is formed. The passage 69 discharges the 500-yen coin sorted by the sorting lever 65 to the change hopper 43a. A passage 70 narrower than the passage 69 is formed inside the plate 67. The passage 70 uses a hopper 43b for collecting coins other than the 500-yen coin.
To release.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of the coin selector 42 for explaining the flow of the coin 61. Coin 61
When entering the coin slot 57, the coin identification sensor 59 is passed through the passage 71. The coin identification sensor 59 includes two coil units 5 that are provided so as to sandwich the passage 71.
It consists of 9a and 59b. A constant current is supplied to the coil unit 59a from the control board 74 side, which causes an induced voltage on the coil unit 59b side. When the coin 61 passes between the coil units 59a and 59b, the output voltage value of the coil unit 59b changes. Therefore, by detecting the amount of change in the voltage value, the type of coin and the false and defective coins are identified. It

If the coin 61 is determined to be a false or bad coin, the gate lever 63 remains closed on the side surface 52 side. As a result, the coin 61 is discharged to the return port 37 side through the passage 68, that is, the route M1.

On the other hand, if the coin 61 is determined to be a true coin,
The gate lever 63 is moved to the cover 60 side by the drive device 72. As a result, the coin 61 is sent to the strobe sensor 64 side. The strobe sensor 64 is
The light emitting unit 64a and the light receiving unit 64b are provided.
The passage of the coin 61 is detected by blocking the light sent from a to the light receiving unit 64b.

When the coin 61 is determined to be a true coin,
It is also determined whether or not the coin 61 is a 500-yen coin. If it is determined that the coin 61 is a 500-yen coin, the distribution lever 65 remains closed on the side surface 52 side. As a result, the coin 61 is sent to the change hopper 43a through the passage 69, that is, the route M2.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the coin 61 is a coin other than the 500-yen coin, the drive device 73 moves the sorting lever 65 to the cover 60 side. As a result, the coin 61 is sent to the recovery hopper 43b through the passage 70, that is, the route M3.

As described above, the coin 61 is operated by operating the gate lever 63, the distribution lever 65, etc.
2 and M3 are controlled respectively. By the way, the coin 61 may be clogged around the coin identification sensor 59, the strobe sensor 64, or the like due to dirt on the passage or the like, and a jam may occur. When a jam occurs, the loan balls may not be discharged from the loan ball dispenser 36 even though the coin 61 has been inserted. For this time, in the coin selector of the present embodiment, the occurrence of a jam and the type of inserted coin are identified and displayed by the LED 42a.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the coin identification function section of the coin selector 42 of this embodiment. On the control board 74, a coin selector control circuit 75 that controls the entire coin selector 42 and an LED drive circuit 76 that controls the emission color and blinking of the LEDs 42a are mounted.

The coin selector control circuit 75 includes a coin identification sensor 59, a strobe sensor 64, and a driving device 72.
And 73 are electrically connected. Further, the coin selector control circuit 75 is the control device 41 of the main body of the ball lending machine 30.
It is electrically connected to the control device 41 and exchanges data with the control device 41. Such a coin selector control circuit 75
May have a processor configuration or a logic circuit configuration.

The coin selector control circuit 75 constantly monitors the output voltage value of the coil unit 59b of the coin identification sensor 59, reads the voltage value that changes when the coin 61 passes, and is shown as the changed voltage value. Compare the coin identification data stored in the memory,
The type of coin 61 is identified. When the voltage value is other than the coin identification data, the coin 61 is determined to be a false or defective coin.

When it is determined that the coin 61 is a true coin, the coin selector control circuit 75 sends a drive command signal to the drive device 72. The drive device 72 is composed of a solenoid, a plunger, and the like, and when receiving the drive command signal, it moves the lever 72a to control the opening / closing of the gate lever 63 so that the coin 61 flows toward the strobe sensor 64 side.

In the strobe sensor 64, the light sent from the light emitting portion 64a to the light receiving portion 64b is blocked by the passage of the coin 61. This is the coin selector control circuit 7
5 detects that the coin 61 has passed the strobe sensor 64. As a result, it is recognized that the coin 61 determined to be a true coin has correctly passed through the gate lever 63.

On the other hand, when the coin 61 is determined to be a false or defective coin, the drive device 72 is not driven and the gate lever 63 is not controlled to be opened or closed. Therefore, the coin 61
Is sent to the return port 37 through the route M1.

Further, the coin selector control circuit 75 controls the opening / closing of the sorting lever 65 according to the type of the coin 61. That is, if the coin 61 is a 500-yen coin, the coin 61 is moved to the path M2 without driving the sorting lever 65.
To pass through. On the other hand, if the coin 61 is a coin other than a 500-yen coin, a drive command signal is output to the drive device 73. This causes the drive device 73 to move the lever 73a so that the coin 61 passes through the path M3.

The coin selector control circuit 75 controls the flow of the coins 61 in this way, while monitoring the occurrence of jams due to the jamming of the coins. That is, when the output voltage value of the coin identification sensor 59 changes and the voltage value does not return to the steady state even after a lapse of a predetermined time,
It is determined that the coin 61 is stuck at the coin identification sensor 59 and is stagnant. Further, when the light to the light receiving portion 64b of the strobe sensor 64 remains blocked for a predetermined time or longer, it is determined that the coin 61 is stuck at the strobe sensor 64 and is stagnant.

To generate a jam due to the jamming of the coin 61, the coin selector control circuit 75 sends a jam occurrence signal to the LED drive circuit 76. At the same time, a coin identification signal indicating the type of coin 61 is also sent.

Upon receiving the jam occurrence signal and the coin identification signal, the LED drive circuit 76 controls the light emission of the LED 42a according to the type of the coin 61. This LED4
The 2a has, for example, two types of light emitting portions, red and green, and by emitting light at the same time, orange light can also be emitted. LED drive circuit 76
Performs a total of four types of light emission display by using these three types of colors and blink control.

Here, when the 500-yen coin is clogged, the red light is lit, the 100-yen coin is lit green, the 50-yen coin is lit orange, and the 10-yen coin is lit. Blinks red with a constant pulse width. By doing this, when a jam occurs, the LED 42
By looking at a, it is possible to easily know the exact amount to be input. Therefore, maintenance and inspection are easy. Further, it is possible to prevent troubles between the clerk and the customer.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a coin is jammed, an alarm for each coin type is output to the outside, so that the exact amount to be inserted can be easily known. Therefore, maintenance and inspection are easy. Further, it is possible to prevent troubles between the clerk and the customer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a coin identification function unit of a coin selector of this embodiment.

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 perspective view showing the overall configuration of a coin selector.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a coin selector for showing details of a distribution mechanism section.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a coin selector for explaining the flow of coins.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Game Hall 10 Island Management Device 20 Pachinko Machine 30 Ball Lending Machine 42 Coin Selector 42a LED 59 Coin Identification Sensor 61 Coin 63 Gate Lever 64 Strobe Sensor 65 Distributing Lever 72, 73 Drive Device 75 Coin Selector Control Circuit 76 LED Drive Circuit

Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁵ Identification number Office reference number FI technical display location // G07D 5/00 9340-3E

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A coin selector built into a ball lending machine of a pachinko machine, a coin lending machine of a slot machine, or the like, and coin identifying means for identifying the type of inserted coin and outputting a coin identification signal; A jam detecting unit that detects the occurrence of a jam by the jam and outputs a jam detecting signal; an alarm discriminating unit that outputs an alarm command signal for each coin type when the coin identification signal and the jam detecting signal are received; A coin selector, comprising: an alarm unit that outputs an alarm for each coin type to the outside when a command signal is received. 2. The alarm means includes a light emitting means attached to the case of the coin selector to emit light of a plurality of colors, and a light emitting control means for controlling the color of the light emitting means according to the alarm command signal. The coin selector according to claim 2, which is characterized in that. 3. The coin selector according to claim 2, wherein the light emission control means controls a blinking pulse width of the light emission means in accordance with the alarm command signal. 4. The coin selector according to claim 2, wherein the light emitting means is an LED.