JPH076933Y2 - Hopper in double medal counting machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a hopper in a double-type medal counting machine provided in a playground such as a pachinko parlor.

<Prior Art> Generally, when counting medals used for play equipment such as slot machines, the medals thrown from the hopper are
A medal counting machine is used, in which a medal counter is fed out to one by centrifugal force on a rotating plate which is immediately below and rotating at high speed, and the number of coins is automatically counted by a predetermined counting means. In this case, a single counting configuration type with one hopper and one rotating plate was the mainstream in the past, but in recent years, two hoppers and two rotating plates have been installed side by side with the efficiency of counting. Double type medal counting machines have appeared.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, the hopper structure arranged at the upper part of the medal counter at this time is a single plate structure in which hopper holes corresponding to two rotating plates are simply formed on the left and right in series. I'm just presenting.
Therefore, if a rotation stop failure such as a medal jam (bite) occurs on one of the rotary plates, it is necessary to remove the hopper once to repair the internal rotary plate. Can not. For this reason, even if a double counter is used and the speed is increased, removing the double hopper results in no calculation even on the non-fault side, which is no different from the failure state of the single counter. The merit of using the double structure is small.

In view of the above situation, the present invention has an object to provide a hopper in a double counting machine that solves the above problems by forming the hopper main body in a divided configuration.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention is a double-type medal counting machine having two rotating plates in one counter body, and the center of the hopper body disposed above the counter body is arranged to the left and right. With the division, each of the division hoppers can be detached.

<Operation> Due to the above-mentioned configuration, the medals are appropriately inserted into the respective hopper parts, and the medals are dropped from the hopper holes provided in the lower part of the funnel shape onto the rotating plate, and the medals are generated by the centrifugal force accompanying the high speed rotation of the rotating plate. One sheet is delivered to the counting side passage. Temporarily, when one rotating plate part stops due to medal bite etc. and it is healed, the upper hopper main body has a structure in which the center is divided, so it is sufficient to simply remove one of the divided hopper parts. All you have to do is remove the medal that was caught between the rotating plates just below the hopper. In this case, since the rotating plate on the lower side of the remaining divided hopper unit rotates normally, it is sufficient to insert and count medals in this divided hopper unit as before. That is, only one side can be counted.

<Embodiment> Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings of an embodiment.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a counter main body having two rotating plates 2 arranged on the left and right below, and an inverted U-shape provided on a peripheral edge of a hopper main body 4 in an upper edge frame portion 3 which is a horizontal rectangle of the counter main body 1. The fitting step portion 5 to be presented is fitted and set. In this case, the hopper body 4 has a divided structure in which the center is the boundary and the a is divided into right and left. In this split structure, a fitting cut-out step portion 6 is formed on the lower surface of the joining end of the split hopper portion 4a on one side, and a fitting receiving step portion 7 is formed on the upper surface of the joining end of the split hopper portion 4b on the other side to form a step joint. The structure of step fitting 8 is adopted. Reference numeral 9 denotes a counter display portion which is provided so as to project from the inner portion of the upper end of the counter main body 1 and serves as a double type medal counter 10 as a whole. The step fitting 8 may be a lap joint with a joggle, a patch plate joint or the like.

To explain this action, first, when using the double-type medal counting machine 10, for example, in the case of single use, the brought-in medal groups are simply flowed into the hopper holes 11 and 11 provided on both sides of the hopper body 4. If it is put in separately on the right and left sides, the counting work can be done at once by using the two rotary plates 2, 2 and high-speed counting can be performed. When two persons are used, a proper partition plate (not shown) is erected at the central position of the hopper body 4, and the medals of the brought-in person are thrown into the left and right hopper parts respectively, and the predetermined medals are respectively set. Count the number of sheets.

Here, in the case where a trouble occurs in which the rotating plate 2 is stopped due to a medal being caught between the work rings 12 on one of the rotating plates 2 which are arranged at the upper surface position, the stopped rotation is stopped. By removing the hopper main body 4 located above the plate 2 by separating the split hopper portion 4a (or 4b) with this split line as a boundary from the other split hopper portion 4b (or 4a) which is step-fitted thereto. , 2 parts of the rotating plate appear below,
Here, a predetermined medal removal work may be performed.

In this case, since the rotating plate 2 below the remaining split hopper 4b has normal rotation, a predetermined group of medals is inserted from the split hopper 4b, and the predetermined one is fed from the rotary plate 2 to the counting unit side. You can send it to. That is, one rotating plate 2
Even if a failure occurs, repair can be performed by removing only the divided hopper portion 4a of that portion, so that medal counting can be performed at the position of the remaining divided hopper portion 4b.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the hopper in the double-type medal counting machine of the present invention has a halved structure in which the hopper body can be detached, so that if one of the rotating plates bites into the medal and the rotation is stopped, By simply removing only the divided hopper portion corresponding to the rotary plate, the medal removal work or the like at that portion can be easily repaired. Of course, at this time, the split hopper unit side can operate normally, so that it is efficient without causing a complete stop of counting. In addition, since this hopper part is divided into reinforced joints such as step joints and lap joints, it is robust and has only dividing lines on the hopper surface, which does not hinder medal flow. It has a practical effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a state of use, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hopper main body which can be separated, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing an essential part. 1 ... Counter body, 2 ... Rotating plate, 4 ... Hopper body, a ...
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Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. In a double-type medal counting machine having two rotating plates in one counting machine main body, the center of a hopper main body arranged at the upper part of the counting machine main body is divided into left and right, and the divided hopper portion is provided. A hopper for a double-type medal counting machine that can be detached.