JPH0798103B2 - Tajima ball rental machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inter-mountain ball lending machine, and more particularly to an improvement of a coin hopper in which coins to be inserted into the inter-mountain ball lending machine and coins to be supplied for change are guided.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An insertion slot (banknote insertion slot) for inserting a fee (coins and banknotes) for renting a pachinko ball and a change return on the front of an inter-mountain ball lending machine installed between pachinko machines. A coin supply port and a coin (banknote) collection port are provided on the rear face, respectively.The coins inserted from the coin slot are the coins for change formed in the coin hopper inside the machine. It is housed in the stock section or guided to the coin collection port.

Further, both the inlet of coins inserted into the inter-lens ball lending machine and the supply port of change coins in the coin hopper described above have an inlet form in which coins flow in a vertical (standing) state. However, the stock portion of coins for change provided inside the coin hopper is adapted to lay down the coins horizontally and store them.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional inter-mountain ball lending machine, the stock portion of coins for change changes the inflow form of coins from vertical to horizontal (horizontal) and accommodates them. It is necessary to change the posture of the coin in the middle of the guide passage from the mouth to the stock portion, and therefore, a protrusion or the like for changing the posture is provided in the middle of the guide passage. Therefore, the presence of the protrusion in the coin guide passage has a problem that the coin is caught by the protrusion and causes a coin jam. The attitude of the coin may be changed not only in the guide passage from the input port and the replenishment port to the stock section, but also in the passage from the stock section to the return port for change.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The object of the present invention is to put coins and coins for change into a coin hopper in a coin hopper. The purpose is to provide a pedestal ball rental machine that does not get stuck.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The technical means taken by the present invention in order to achieve the above-mentioned object is a stand-alone ball lending machine provided with a coin hopper having a stock portion of change coins. Coin guide passages from the coin hopper's coin inlet and change coin replenishment port to the change return port, coin recovery port, and stock section are moved down in the standing posture at the time of supply.
At the same time, the stock part of change coins
The compartment is formed so that it can be stored as it is.
Stock the bypass guideway from the entrance to the collection port
It is characterized in that it is provided in the same plane as the section . Incidentally, the coins of the kind 100 yen coins accommodated in the stocking section, but may be either 500 yen coins, the coin of the present invention flowed down remains turned position, and the stock portion that crow be accommodated in the stock portion Since the number of coins that can be stored in is reduced, it is more effective to store a large amount of 500 yen coins in the stock section.

[0007]

According to the above-mentioned means, the coin guide passage formed in the coin hopper installed inside the stand ball lending machine is provided with a coin return port, a coin return port, a coin return port, and a coin return port. The coins that enter from the coin inlet and the replenishing port remain in the same position without changing their posture during the downward movement because they are configured to move down to the recovery port and the stock section in the standing posture at the time of supply. Move in a posture (standing posture).

[0008]

[Effects of the Invention] Since the pedestal ball lending machine of the present invention is configured as described above, coins for renting pachinko balls thrown into the pedestrian ball lending machine and change of the pedestrian ball lending machine are used. The coins supplied to the coin replenishment port flow down the guide passage formed in the coin hopper in the standing posture at the time of insertion and are stored in the standing posture in the stock portion, or the stock portion is stored. When it is full, it is guided and discharged to the coin recovery port, and the change from the stock section is also discharged without changing the standing posture. Moreover, coins that can be used as change
Change whether to guide and store in the stock section or guide to the collection port
In addition, special detection means and course change means were installed in the middle of the passage.
A simple structure where the guide passages are branched on the same plane without breaking
When the coins in the stock department are stored, they are automatically switched.
It ensures stable operation over a long period of time.
Of. Therefore, there is no danger that coins thrown into the daitama ball lending machine and coins supplied to the replenishing port will be clogged in the coin hopper, and a daitama ball lending machine that can be used safely for a long time is provided. You can do it.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view showing the internal mechanism of a stand ball lending machine, in which a coin insertion slot 2 and a ball rental slot 3 are provided in front of a machine body 1. , A coin return slot 4 for returning defective coins and change money, and a bill insertion slot 5 for inserting a 1000-yen bill, respectively, and the authenticity and amount (size) of coins inserted into the machine body 1 A coin sorter 6 for determining whether a coin is selected, a coin hopper 7, a bill validator 8 for determining the authenticity of inserted bills, and a ball rental counter 9, as well as an operation drive for each of the above-mentioned parts and an electrical connection with other parts. A control unit 10 for controlling the control is provided.

The coins (100-yen coins, 500-yen coins) inserted from the coin insertion port 2 are supplied to the coin hopper 7 through the coin sorter 6, and the coin hopper 7 is a molding frame made of a synthetic resin material. It is composed of a combination of bodies.

The coin hopper 7 described above allows the guide passage 8 for 100-yen coins, the guide passage 9 for 500-yen coins, and the guide passage 10 for bad coins to flow down with the partition wall 11 standing up. Compartments are formed and their respective passages 8, 9,
The upper end opening of 10 is arranged so as to be connected to the coin outlet formed in the coin sorter 6, and an outlet 12 communicating with the return port 4 is provided in the lower front, and a 100-yen coin is provided at the lower rear side. ,
A 500-yen coin collection port 13 has been opened.

Further, the coin hopper 7 formed on the above 5
A stock section for accommodating coins for change in the middle of the guide passage 9 for 00-yen coins while keeping a standing posture flowing down the guide passage.
14 is formed, and the lower part of the stock part 14 is the return port 4
A guide passage 15 for bypassing from the inlet of the stock portion 14 to the recovery port 13 is formed in the same plane while being connected to the outlet 12 leading to. Further, a supply port 16 for coins for change is provided in communication with the rear side above the position where the entrance of the stock section 14 and the guide passage 15 meet.

The guide passage 10 for defective coins is provided with a coin sorter 6
In the passage for returning the coins selected as defective coins to the return port, the defective coins are formed so as to smoothly flow naturally between the coin sorter 6 and the return port 4. Also, as described above
The guide passage 8 for the 100-yen coin and the guide passage 15 for the bypass merge at a position before the collection port 13, and the 100-yen coin and 5
Both of the 00 yen coins are guided and discharged to the collection port 13.

Furthermore, the coin for change described above (500 yen coin)
A change-out control cam 17 formed in a substantially L-shape is attached to a downstream outlet portion of the stock portion 14 of the stock section 14, and the control cam 17 is rotated by a predetermined angle by an electromagnetic solenoid 18, whereby a change coin is transferred. It is designed to be delivered and discharged one by one. Reference numeral 18 is a sensor for detecting the remaining amount of change coins stored in the stock section 14, and a signal from this sensor 18 activates an automatic change mechanism for change coins to stock change coins from the supply port 16. It is designed to be supplied to the part 14. Reference numeral 19 is a sensor that counts the number of coins passing through the recovery port 13, and 20 is a sensor that detects whether the change has been discharged from the stock unit 14.

With the above configuration, the coins thrown into the inter-mountain ball lending machine as a ball rental fee are classified by the coin sorter 6 as coin types,
Whether or not a bad coin is determined is determined, and if it is a legitimate coin, the inserted amount and the ball rental amount are processed to eject a predetermined number of pachinko balls, and the inserted coin is 100 yen depending on the type of coin. The 100-yen coins are sent into the guide passage 8 for coins or the guide passage 9 for 500-yen coins, and the 100-yen coins flow down through the guide passages 8 to the recovery port 13. If the coin is a 500-yen coin, it is sent to the guide passage 9, and if there is a vacancy in the stock section 14, the coin is stored in the stock section 14 in its standing position and used as change coins. , If stock section 14 is full, then stock section 14
The direction in which the coins of the uppermost part stored in the coin flow down is changed, and the coins are guided to the guide passage 15 of the bypass and are collected.
To 13. Prior to the opening of the store, the change coins are stored in the stock unit 14 through the replenishment port 16 by operating the automatic change coin supply mechanism.

In the above-mentioned ball rental, if there is a change from the inserted amount and the ball rental amount, the electromagnetic solenoid 18 arranged on the side of the stock section 14 operates to rotate the change discharge control cam 17, The coins for change are discharged from the outlet 12 to the return port 4 in a standing posture.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of an inter-mountain ball lending machine of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of a coin hopper equipped in a stand ball lending machine.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the coin hopper shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which coins loaded into a stand-alone ball lending machine are stored in a stock section in a coin hopper.

FIG. 5 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which coins inserted into the stand ball lending machine and coins supplied from the supply port are stored in the stock section.

FIG. 6 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which coins loaded into a stand ball lending machine are changed in direction to a bypass guide passage when the stock portion is full.

[Explanation of symbols]

7 ... Coin hopper 8, 9, 10 ... Guide passage 12 ... Exit to return port 13 ... Collection port 14 ... Stock section 15 ... Bypass guide passage 16 ... Supply port

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine ball lending machine installed between pachinko machines arranged in parallel, which comprises a coin hopper having a coin stock portion for change coins therein. , A coin guide passage from the coin inlet of the coin hopper and the supply port of the coin for change to the coin return port, the coin recovery port and the stock section, while moving downward while keeping the standing posture at the time of supply , The stock section of the
Compartment is formed so as to accommodate remains of Tsu posture, and further wherein the scan
Bypass guideway from the entrance of the tok part to the recovery port
Is a stand-alone ball lending machine characterized in that is provided on the same plane as the stock section .