JPH0719507Y2 - Replenishing device in a game machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a carrier device having a bucket capable of accommodating an arbitrary number of medals required by a replenishment destination such as a slot machine or a medal lending machine. The present invention relates to a replenishment device in a game machine that replenishes medals by stopping at the replenishment destination that has transmitted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a curtain plate that covers the upper part of a game table on each island of a game arcade has a design such as a hole name on the plate surface for decoration.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional curtain plate as described above, only the design such as a hall name is provided on the plate surface as a decoration, but it does not attract the interest and aspiration of the player. poor. Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a replenishing device in a gaming machine that can arouse the interest and euphoria of a player and visually confirm the replenishment state of medals.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, the present invention provides the following replenishing device for a gaming machine. That is, the island-shaped curtain plate or push button plate composed of a large number of gaming machines arranged in a game arcade is formed of a transparent plate, and the bucket is used in a transport device for medals and the like arranged on the back of the curtain plate. It is a replenishing device in a game machine in which a replaceable decorative plate is provided on a side surface of an object.

[0005]

The bucket of the transport device, in which the transport device for the medals or the like is arranged on the back of the transparent curtain plate or push button plate, runs with the decorative plate so that the decorative plate can be seen from the outside of the island.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below. First, a transfer device for linearly transferring a plurality of objects such as medals will be described. In FIG. 5, (1) is a bucket capable of accommodating an arbitrary number of medals required by the replenishment destination such as a slot machine or a medal lending machine. It is a supply source which stops at the supply destination that has sent a request signal from a plurality of supply destinations and supplies medals. After stopping at the supply destination, a lid that can be opened and closed to drop the medals in the bucket into the medal receiving hopper (2) ( 3) is at the bottom of the bucket (1) as shown in FIG.
The bucket (1) and the lid (3) are simultaneously moved at the same speed by different driving means, and the lid (3) is opened after stopping at the supply destination. A timing belt (4) is used as a driving means of the bucket (1) as shown in Fig. 5, and the bucket (1) is attached to the timing belt (4) via a mounting bracket (6). It is attached to the timing belt (5) via the metal fitting (7).

The timing belts (4) and (5) are provided between a driving portion (a) provided with a stepping motor capable of performing accurate position control as shown in FIG. 5 and a driven portion (b) provided with a driven pulley on a frame. It is stretched. The driving part (a) of the timing belt (4) is composed of a pulley (8) driven by a motor through a speed reducer, and the timing belt (4) is stretched between the pulley (8) and the driven pulley (9). It is hung. The driving part of the timing belt (5) is composed of a pulley (10) driven by a motor through a speed reducer, and the timing belt (5) is stretched between the pulley (10) and the driven pulley (11). There is. The timing belt (5) is also provided with gap adjusting pulleys (12) and (13) between the driving part (a) and the driven part (b) to keep the gap with the timing belt.

A frame (14) shown in FIG. 6 is provided with rails (15) and (16) for accommodating the timing belts (4) and (5). Further, a rail (17) for holding the weight of the bucket (1) while traveling is attached to the frame body (14), and is fitted to the traveling rail (17) on the side of the frame body (14) on the side surface of the bucket (1). Install the linear slide (18) that drives the bucket (1). Further, the lid body (3) provided on the bottom surface of the bucket (1) slides along the lid slide rails (19) (20) provided on both side surfaces of the bucket (1). As shown in FIG. 5, the medal receiving hopper (2) has a replenishing bellows (2a) attached thereto, and the frame (14) has the medal receiving hopper (2) attached thereto. A sensor mounting plate (21) is mounted below the driving origin portion (c) of the frame body (14) on the driving side in FIG. 5, and deceleration position sensors for both the bucket (1) and the lid body (3) are attached to the sensor mounting plate (21). (22), the stop position sensor (23) of the bucket (1) and the stop position sensor (24) of the lid body (3) shown in FIG. 6 are attached. The above sensors detect the deceleration and stop positions of the bucket (1) and the lid (3) at the traveling origin (c). Reference numeral (25) shown in FIG. 6 is a detection plate provided corresponding to the sensors (22) and (23) as described above, and is provided on the side surface of the bucket. The stop position sensor (24) of the lid (3) is activated by the lid (3) itself. As shown in FIG. 5, the bucket (1) goes over the frame body (14) on the frame body (14) to which the drive section (a) and the driven section (b) are attached, and the drive section (a) and the driven section (b). ) Are mounted with overrun limit switches (26) and (37) respectively.

Now, a large number of medals are always put in the bucket (1) and stand by. Next, the bucket (1) is driven by the request signal of the medal of the replenishment destination to the pulley (8) via the motor.
With a timing belt (4) driven by
7) and the linear slide (18) are fitted together to run along the rail (17). The lid (3) also moves at the same speed as the bucket (1) by the timing belt (5) driven by the pulley (10) via the motor. Then, it stops at the replenishment destination that has transmitted the request signal from among the plurality of replenishment destinations whose movement distances are set in advance. That is, it moves for a preset distance at a preset frequency and stops. After stopping at the supply destination, the drive unit of the lid operates for a set time, opens the lid (3), and drops the medals in the bucket (1) into the medal receiving hopper (2).

After dropping the medal, the bucket (1) and the lid (3)
Are separate drive parts and timing belts (4) (5)
At the same time, the driving origin (a) side traveling origin (c)
Return to. When the detection plate (25) passes the deceleration position sensor (22) of the bucket (1), both the bucket (1) and the lid (3) decelerate, and the stop position sensor (23) of the bucket (1) Bucket (1) is stopped. Lid (3)
Is returned to the traveling origin (c) together with the bucket while being opened toward the traveling origin, and the stop position sensor (2
When reaching 4), the lid body (3) stops before the bucket (1). As a result, the lid (3) slides and closes in the lid slide rails (19) (20) of the bucket (1). That is, the lid body (3) is stopped by its stop position sensor (24) first, and then the bucket (1) is stopped by its stop position sensor (23), thereby closing the lid body (3). .

As shown in FIG. 1, the above-described transporting device for medals or the like is provided behind the curtain plate (27) on the upper part of the island where the game machines (26) are arranged. Is a hinge (28) that can be opened and closed freely, and the running origin (c) of the transporting device for medals and the like is temporarily held in the tank (29).
It is configured to be below. Then, the used medals are carried to the lower tank (36) by the collection conveyor (38), and the used medals are polished while being raised by the medal polisher (30) and guided to the separator (31) to be used as an abrasive material and medals. The medals that have been separated and polished are collected in the upper tank (32), and the medals that have been polished are collected from the upper tank (32) through the lift (33) and the chute (34) in the temporary holding tank (29). The accumulated medals are supplied from the temporary storage tank (29) to the bucket (1).

According to the present invention, the curtain plate (27) in the above-mentioned game machine replenishing device is made transparent, and the decorative plate (35) is attached to the side surface of the bucket (1) on the detection plate (25) as shown in FIG. Install freely. The design of the decorative plate (35) is letters,
The design can be freely changed, and the mounting method can be screwed, fitted, and attached by magnet attraction etc. to be replaceable. Further, the detection plate (25) is not limited to the detection plate (25) and may be attached to the side surface of the bucket (1). Further, the curtain plate (27) may be wholly transparent or partially transparent. In addition to the curtain plate (27), a push button plate (not shown) may be transparent. As described above, when the curtain plate (27) is made transparent and the decorative plate (35) is provided on the bucket (1) which is a traveling object, the traveling state of this traveling object can be seen from the outside.

[0013]

[Effect of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to confirm the supply of medals by visually observing through the curtain board the manner in which the running object for supplying medals displaying various designs is traveling to the player who is playing the game. At the same time, the player's ambitions can be stimulated and more games can be played. Also, by visually observing the movement of a running object in a game arcade, it is possible to create an advertising effect and liveliness.
High practical value.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional explanatory diagram on the drawing.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional explanatory view of a bucket portion of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the main bucket.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view seen from the front of the medal transport device.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view on the drawing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 bucket 27 curtain plate 35 decorative plate

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] Claims: 1. A bucket in an apparatus for transporting medals and the like arranged on the back of the curtain plate, wherein the curtain plate or push button plate at the upper part of the island composed of a large number of gaming machines arranged in a game hall is composed of a transparent plate. A replenishing device for a game machine in which a replaceable decorative plate is provided on the side surface of a running object.