JPH07116335A - Medal game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve interests by operating a prize winning display when a medal passes through a pocket formed in a play field to reciprocate laterally and horizontally, paying off the number of medals corresponding to the figure indicated on the display and receiving replenishing medals from a hopper after discharging holded medals when the prize winning display is finished. CONSTITUTION:A pocket 8 reciprocating left and right on the surface of a play field 6 is formed and a sensor for detecting the passage of a medal dropping on the play field 6 to start a prize winning display 9 is disposed. Roulette lamps are sequentially lit by the sensor detecting the medal. When the prize winning is determined, the number of medals displayed there are discharged from a discharge port 10. This discharge is carried out when a train 3 is not in its own seat. When the roullete lamps are finished, the train 3 stops in its own seat to discharge holded medals. Next, a box car of the train 3 is supplied with the medals through a medal discharge port 11 from a hopper 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medal game machine which is installed in a casino or an amusement park and allows customers to insert medals and enjoy playing medals.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional medal game machine is a 63-59 kaikai machine.
No. 679, a game board horizontally fixed to a machine frame, a medal pushing plate which is provided in contact with the upper surface of the game board in parallel with the game board and reciprocates back and forth on the game board, and a lower end of the medal pushing board A medal shoot provided in contact with the moving board and dropping a medal inserted from a medal insertion opening provided on the upper portion onto the medal pushing moving board, and a payout device for paying out medals pushed out from the game board. In a medal drop game device consisting of, a bucket that reciprocally swings left and right on the front of the medal shoot and that conveys and ejects a falling medal to a predetermined position when it is captured,
A medal hopper provided above the medal shoot,
The display device for selecting and displaying the number of medals to be discharged and the above-mentioned medal sensor operate when detecting the captured medals, and take out the number of medals displayed on the display device from the medal hopper and above the medal chute. There is disclosed a medal drop game device characterized by comprising a bonus device composed of the components of a medal dispenser for discharging to a coin.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned medal drop game device, the bucket detects drop of medals,
The medal to be released is selected on the display device, and the medal is released, which is simple, but the interest is not long lasting. Therefore, the present invention is to provide a medal game machine which allows various medals to be emitted so that the game can be further enjoyed and which attracts the interest of the player.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems A floor plate horizontally fixed to a housing, a pusher portion which is provided in parallel with the floor plate and in contact with an upper surface thereof and reciprocates back and forth on the floor plate, and a lower end serves as the pusher portion. A medal game machine provided with a play field that is provided so as to be in contact with each other and drops a medal inserted from a medal insertion slot provided on the upper part onto the pusher portion, and a medal payout device that pays out medals pushed out from the floor plate. In the above, there is provided a medal detection unit which reciprocates left and right on the play feed surface and detects when a medal falling in the play field passes and starts the winning display device.

Depending on the roulette section including a plurality of lamps which are started when the medal detecting section detects a medal, a CRT for displaying an image, a liquid crystal display panel, and the like, and a stopped portion of the roulette section, a suspicious feeling may occur. A winning display device is provided for displaying an image consisting of a moving forward part.
Next, there is a payout device for paying out the number of medals according to the number of the stopped part of the roulette part.

[0006] Further, after the sugoroku rises, the retained medals are discharged, and then the medals are supplied from the hopper and stored, and stored and displayed until the next sugoroku rise. It is a medal game machine consisting of a medal holding device that is a train that orbits around.

[0007]

The operation of the medal game machine of the present invention will be described. When a medal inserted by a player passes through a pocket provided in the play field that reciprocates horizontally in the horizontal direction, the prize winning device operates, and when a big hit occurs, many A train equipped with medals stops in front of its seat and drops the held medals. The dropped medals are ejected above and below the pusher, and medals accumulate on the pushers. When the medals on the train drop, new medals are loaded on the train, and when the medals are over, the orbit is circled until the next big hit.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external view of a medal game machine according to the present invention. The medal game machine 1 has a hexagonal plane, six seats on each side, a billboard 2 on the top, and a train 3 with a hexagonal surface at the eye level when an adult is standing. It is designed to run on the inner ring-shaped track 4.

Below the ring-shaped line 4, two right and left medal insertion openings 5 are provided for each seat, and the medals inserted through the medal insertion openings 5 are directed toward the respective seat surfaces inside the chassis of each seat. They are guided to the left and right above the vertically arranged play field 6, respectively. The play field 6 is a pachinko surface in which a plurality of nails are arranged in a square shape, and the medal falling in the play field is reciprocated in the front horizontal direction at the adult's waist position below the play field 6. Pusher 7
It falls on top.

A pocket 8 that reciprocates horizontally in the left and right direction is provided near the lower part of the play field 6,
Medals falling in the playfield 6 are pockets 8
When the jackpot 9 is operated, the train 3 stops in front of its seat when the jackpot is hit, and the loading platform is tilted to move the wagon 3a.
The medals that have accumulated in the trolley are dropped, and the medals that have fallen from the wagon 3a are discharged to the pusher 7 from the medal discharge port 10 on the upper and left sides of the pusher, and the medals are accumulated on the pusher 7.

When the medals loaded on the wagon 3a fall, the loading platform returns to the original horizontal state, the medals are dispensed to the medal payout opening 11 on the upper side of the wagon 3a, the medals are loaded on the wagon 3a, and when the loading is completed, the next big hit. Until then, the loop line 4 is being circulated. The pusher 7 slides forward and backward on the floor plate 12, and if there is a medal on the floor plate 12, the pusher 7 slides forward and backward to push the medal forward at the front edge of the pusher. The medals pushed out in the front direction of the floor plate 12 fall from the front edge of the floor plate 12 and are discharged to the medal tray 13 on the outside of the front of the casing at the height of the knee position, and are picked up by the player.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic sectional view of the medal game machine.
FIG. 3 shows a side view of the drive mechanism for the game board and the push plate portion. The train loop line 4 is located above each seat, and the train circles the loop track 4 along the plane of each seat. When a big hit occurs in the game, the wagon 3 is tilted by the tilting mechanism 14 so that the medals in the wagon are medals outlets 10.
Is discharged onto the pusher 7.

A medal payout opening 11 is provided inside the wagon 3a.
There is a medal payout opening 11 through a medal guide 16 having a rectangular path with a cross section of a medal vertically divided cross section so that the medals can be pushed up one by one from the lower hopper 15.
The medals are pushed up. A play field 6 is provided upright below the loop line 4, and an introduction guide 17 for guiding the medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 5 to the play field 6 is provided above the play field. The play field 6 is provided with a transparent plate 6b on the front face with a gap between the decorated back plate 6a and the medal thickness, and a plurality of nails are arranged in the gap to drop the medal. It changes the falling direction of.

A pocket 8 that reciprocates left and right in the play field 6 is provided at a height position about one-quarter from the bottom of the play field 6, and the pocket 8 is provided with a sensor for detecting passage of medals. The reciprocating mechanism 18 provided on the back side of the play field 6 reciprocates left and right in the play field 6. Further, the pusher 7 reciprocates in the horizontal front-back direction by sliding on the play field 6 and the floor plate 12 between the play field 6 and a floor plate 12 horizontally arranged. The pusher 7 is a rectangular plate that reciprocates in the front-rear direction by a reciprocating mechanism 18 provided on the back side of the game board 6.

The floor plate 12 is horizontally fixed to the casing of the medal game machine 1, and the pusher 7 is provided in parallel with the floor plate 12 and in contact with the upper surface thereof, and reciprocates back and forth on the floor plate 12, and the lower end of the play field 6 is It is provided so as to contact the pusher 7. The medals that have fallen in the play field 6 are discharged from the lower end of the play field onto the pusher 7,
The medals discharged onto the pusher 7 are pushed out at the lower end of the play field 6 by the forward / backward movement of the pusher 7, and are pushed forward of the position where the pusher 7 is lowered backward. Then, when another medal dropped from the play field 6 is pressed, the floor board 12 is closed while closing the gap between the medals.
It falls on top.

The medal dropped on the floor plate 12 is pushed by the front end of the pusher 7 to push the medal forward. The medals on the floor plate 12 also move forward while closing the gap by the medals falling from the rear. Floor board 1
The medals that have fallen from the front edge of No. 2 fall into the payout hole 19 and fall into the medal tray 13 to be picked up by the player.

The medals that have fallen from the left and right of the floor plate 12 fall into the outer holes 20 and are guided to the popper 15. In the popper 15, the medals pass through the medal guides 16 to eject the medals.
To raise. Medals overflowing from the hopper 15,
When vibration is applied to the medal game machine, it is detected by a tilt switch (not shown), and the blocking plate 21 is operated to stop the ejection of the medals to the medal receiving tray 13, and the shielding plate 21 is switched to the medal receiving tray and falls. The incoming medals are guided to the medal box 22.

FIG. 4 shows a plan view of the reciprocating mechanism.
(A) is a plan view showing the state where the pocket is moved to the right side of the game board and the pusher is forward, and (B) is the state where the pocket is moved to the left side of the play field and the pusher is lowered backward. FIG. Spur gears 18a, 18 are provided at the respective corners of the triangular portion on the back side of the play field 6.
b and 18c are provided, a motor is attached to the lower right spur gear 18a, the upper spur gear 18b is meshed, and the upper spur gear 18b is meshed with the lower left spur gear 18c.

The pocket 8 is fixed to the slide member 18d on the back side of the play field 6, and the slide member 18d has a long plate 18f having a rotation shaft 18e at the upper right of the triangle.
End 18i of the arm member 18h fixed to the rotating shaft 18g of the lower left gear 18c and the central portion 1 of the long plate 18f.
The spur gear 18c is formed by the arm member 18k connecting the 8j.
The rotary motion of is changed to the amplitude motion of the long plate 18f, and the slide member 18d reciprocates on the rail 18l provided across the lateral width of the play field 6 to replace the pocket 8 with the left and right reciprocating motion within the play field 6. -ing

Next, the pusher 7 engages the long plate 18p between one end 18o of the arm member 18n pivotally mounted on the triangular upper spur gear shaft 18m and the support shaft 7a provided at the rear of the pusher, and the arm member 18p is engaged. By rotating 18 m, the arm member 1
The long plate 18p engaged with 8m reciprocates the pusher 7 back and forth along the rail 12a provided on the floor plate. Since the spur gear 18c that operates the pocket 8 and the spur gear 18b that operates the pusher 7 are asynchronous,
The position of the pocket 8 and the position of the pusher 7 are slightly displaced.

A medal discharge port 10 is provided on both left and right wall surfaces of a portion of the pusher 7 which moves back and forth, and medals paid out to the medal payout port 11 are left and right medal discharge ports 1.
It is discharged from 0 to the pusher 7. From the front end of the pusher 7, the floor plate 12 has a shape that widens toward the end, and there are outholes 20 on both sides of the end-widened portion, and medals that have fallen into this outhole 20 will drop into the hopper. There is.

FIG. 5 shows a front view of the play field. The play field 6 has a vertically long rectangular shape, and an introduction path 6a for the medals inserted from the medal insertion slot is provided above and to the left and right. The introduction path 6a is designed to be bent outward and then inward. Then, the medal that has fallen does not fall directly underneath, but it takes time to fall and have a change in movement. Introductory route 6
Below the a is a pachinko surface 6b, on the surface of which nails 6c are horizontally provided with an interval equal to or larger than the medal width, and in this case, four rows of nails 6c are alternately provided horizontally.

A pocket 8 for horizontally reciprocating the play field horizontally is provided at a height position about a quarter from below the play field 6, and the pocket 8 is provided by a reciprocating mechanism provided on the back side of the play field 6. Reciprocates left and right in the play field 6. Below the pocket 8 is a nail body 6c which is horizontally arranged with a space equal to or larger than the medal width, and the lower side of the nail body 6c allows the medal to fall from the lower end of the play field 6 onto the pusher 7.

FIG. 6 shows a front view of the winning device in the background image of the play field. When the medals that have fallen on the pachinko surface 6b pass through the pockets 8 below the play field, the winning device 9 in the center of the play field operates.
The prize winning device 9 has a plurality of arcs arranged on the surface of the pachinko machine.
It is composed of a let lamp R and a sugorox lamp A arranged below the roulette lamp R in a sinusoidal shape.

When a medal passes through the pocket 8, it is detected by a detection sensor (not shown), the roulette lamp R is sequentially turned on, and the lighting of one of the lamps is settled down, and the number of medals pre-displayed on the roulette lamp is displayed. Are paid out from the medal payout port, and the left and right medal discharge ports 1
Emitted from 0. This medal is discharged when the train 3 is not in his seat.

Here, when the lighting of the lamps R1 on the left and right ends of the roulette lamp R has settled down, the corresponding number, here 10
Along with the payout of medals, Sugoro clamp A
Lights up one step. Further, when the lighting of the central lamp R2 has settled down, 10 medals are paid out, and the lighting of the Sugoro clamp A is advanced by two. The Sugoro clamp A lights up when the lighting is settled down at the left and right ends and the central part of the roulette lamp, and the lighting proceeds from the right end toward the left end.

The prize winning device 9 operates the roulette lamp R each time a medal is won in the pocket 8, ejects the medal in accordance with the lighting of the roulette lamp R, advances the lighting of the Sugoro clamp A, and lights up the Sugoro clamp A. When it reaches the left end, it becomes a big hit and the train orbiting the upper part of the medal game machine stops at its seat and tilts the wagon 3a by the tilting mechanism to eject the loaded medals and eject it to the left and right medal outlets, After ejecting the medals from the freight car, the medals are paid out from the medal payout opening to load the medals on the freight car.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of the tilting mechanism portion of the freight car. A train loop line 4 is provided on the upper side of each seat, and a chain 23 is arranged below the loop line 4, and a train truck of the train is provided. 2 is connected to the chain. Therefore, the train runs on the ring-shaped line 4 by driving the chain 23 suspended on the sprocket provided at the lower corner of the hexagonal ring-shaped line. The ring-shaped line 4 is two round bars, and the cross sections of the sleepers are arranged such that the round bars in which the letter C is laid down are spaced.

When the winning device 9 is a big hit, the tilting mechanism 14 provided on the right side of the train 3 operates.
First, when the freight car 3a comes directly under the medal payout opening 11 on the upper inside, it is detected by a sensor provided on the lower side of the loop line 4, and the movement of the chain 23 is stopped to stop the train 3 at that position.

Next, the motor 14a of the tilting mechanism 14 is driven to rotate the arm portion 14b pivotally attached to the rotation shaft of the motor 14a, so that the connecting portion 14c connected to the tip of the arm portion is directed to the carriage 24. Connected to the bar member end portion 14d that is installed horizontally,
The rod member 14e is slid up and down by the rotation of the motor. Then, the engaging piece 26a provided at the right end of the loading platform 26 of the freight car 3a.
The bar member 14e comes into contact with the lower side of the carriage 24 and lifts the bar member 14e to the upper side, and the load carrier 26 pivotally attached to the left side of the carriage 24 is tilted to lower the bar member 14e to the lower end and stop the motor 14a.

FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of a tilting state of the freight car carrier, and FIG. 8 (A) shows a state in which the freight car carrier is not tilted.
(B) is a state in which the cargo bed of the freight car is tilted. The carrier 24 of the freight car is a rectangular box body in which the left side surface 26b of the carrier is forcibly opened when the carrier is tilted. The front and rear portions of the left side surface of the box body are bent inward, and are pivotally attached to the upper ends of the front and rear surfaces of the loading platform 26, and the right end of the axis attachment portion 26c of the bending portion is the center portion of the cart 24.
It is pivotally connected to the arm member 24d pivotally attached to a.

Therefore, the engaging piece 26a provided at the right end of the loading platform
When is lifted up by the rod member 14e, the loading platform 24 pivotally mounted on the rotary shaft 24c at the upper left of the cart tilts leftward about the rotary shaft 24c. In this state, the shaft attachment portion 26c of the bent portion on the left side surface is located at the upper left, one end of the bent portion is pulled by the arm member 24d, and the left side surface 26 of the box body is
The b is opened centering on the shaft mounting portion 26c, the medals mounted on the luggage carrier 26 are dropped, and the rod member 14e is lowered, whereby the luggage carrier 26 returns to the original position.

Thereafter, the medal is pushed up from the lower hopper 15 shown in FIG. 2 through the medal guide 16,
Medals are paid out from the medal payout outlet 10 and loaded on the wagon 3a to prepare for the next big hit. The medals overflowing from the wagon 3a at the time of loading the medals fall on the pusher 7 from the medal discharge port 11.

In the above-mentioned embodiment as the prize winning device of the present medal game machine, the prize winning device consisting of the roulette lamp, the display of numbers and the Sugoro clamp is performed by the lamp.
It is possible to replace this part with a moving image display device such as a liquid crystal display panel or a CRT, and in this case, various winning devices can be incorporated. Further, although the train is adopted as the one that orbits the circular line in this medal game machine, other freight transportation means such as a wagon, an airplane or a truck may be used other than the train.

[0035]

Since the present invention is constructed as described above, when a medal enters a winning prize, the winning device is operated, the medal is discharged, and the train around the circular track is stopped and loaded on the freight car. It is expected that a big hit for ejecting medals can be expected, and in addition to the fun of a normal medal game, it also provides a medal game machine with more features.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a medal game machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a medal game machine.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a drive mechanism of a game board and a push plate section.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a reciprocating mechanism.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a game board.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the winning device in the background image of the game board.

FIG. 7 is a side sectional view of a tilting mechanism portion of a freight car.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a cargo bed of the freight car in a tilted state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Medal amusement machine 2 ... Billboard 3 ... Train 4 ... Round track 5 ... Medal slot 6 ... Playfield 7 ... Pusher 8 ... Pocket 9 ... Prize winning device 10 ... Medal outlet 11 ... Medal outlet 12 ... Floor board 13 ... Medal tray 14 ... Tilt mechanism 15 ... Hopper 16 ... Medal guide 17 ... Introduction guide 18 ... Reciprocating mechanism 19 ... Discharge hole 20 ... Outgoing hole 21 ... Breaker 22 ... Medal box 23 ... Chain 24 ... Cart 25 ... Sensor 26 ... Loading platform

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[Submission date] October 17, 1994

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A floor plate horizontally fixed to each seat of a housing, a pusher portion provided in contact with an upper surface of the floor plate in parallel with the floor plate and reciprocating back and forth on the floor plate, and a lower end thereof contacts the pusher portion. In a medal game machine including a play field for dropping medals inserted from a medal insertion port provided on the upper side onto the pusher portion, and a medal payout device for paying out medals pushed out from the floor board. , A reciprocating motion on the play feed surface, and when a medal falling through the play field passes, a medal detection unit that detects the medal and starts the winning display device, and a medal detection unit that starts when the medal detection unit detects a medal A prize display device, a payout device for paying out the number of medals according to the number of the prize display device, and a medal that is held when the prize display device goes up. A medal amusement machine comprising: a medal holding device which receives a medal supply from the hopper, stores the medal, and stores and displays the medal until the next one after the coin is discharged. 2. The winning display device according to claim 1, wherein the roulette section comprising a plurality of lamps which is started when the medal detecting section detects a medal, and the sugorok advance depending on the stop position of the roulette section. A medal game machine comprising a sugoroku section including a plurality of lamps. 3. The medal game machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning display device is a moving image display device provided in a play feed. 4. The medal game machine according to claim 1, wherein the medal holding device is a train that goes around an annular line that goes around each seat.