JPH08155132A - Fixing structure of coin collecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To lessen the man-hours in shipment, assembly, etc., and execute the works simply, certainly, and quickly. CONSTITUTION: A fixing structure 1 is composed of a connecting metal piece 11, rail support 21, and member for fixing 31, and thereby a transport rail 3 is fixed and a spiral guide tool 5 is secured to the rail 3. The metal piece 11 is formed so as to be put on the rail 3, and slits for fixing 12, 12... are furnished in a part of the metal piece. A slit-form long hole 23 is furnished in the transport rail installation surface 22 of the rail support 21, and the member 31 is installed in this long hole 23. The rail 3 is placed on the surface 22 of the support 21, and the metal piece 11 is put on the rail 3. The member 31 is inserted into the slit for fixation 12 in the metal piece 11, which is secured to the support 21 by the member 31.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a coin collecting device capable of collecting coins inserted in a lending machine for playing balls, etc. disposed adjacent to a playing machine at a predetermined place, and particularly lending a playing ball or the like. The present invention relates to a guide for guiding coins inserted into a machine to a transport rail and a fixing structure for fixing a connecting portion of the transport rail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, a coin collecting device of this type has been known as a facility capable of collecting coins thrown into a lending machine such as a game ball disposed adjacent to a game machine at a predetermined place. According to such a coin collecting device, the coins inserted into the lending machine such as a game ball and identified are guided to the transport rail by the spiral guiding tool, and then transported to a predetermined place by the transport rail. .

Nowadays, rental machines for playing balls are
It is generally installed adjacent to many amusement machines. Therefore, a large number of fixing structures for connecting and fixing the spiral guide and the transport rail are also required. Therefore, it is desired to simplify this fixing structure to reduce the number of parts, to simplify the installation work for realizing the fixing structure, or to prevent failure after the installation is completed.

11 to 15 are perspective views showing a part of each component for realizing the fixing structure in the conventional coin collecting device. FIG. 11 shows the fixture. The fixture 101 is formed by bending a rectangular metal plate into a concave cross section, and side plates 103 and 104 are formed on both sides of the bottom 102 so that a transport rail (not shown) can be connected. . On the back surface of the bottom 102 of the fixture 101, bolts 105 are planted vertically to the back surface of the bottom. Further, connection claws 106 and 107 of the side plates 104 and 105 are formed.

FIG. 12 shows a wing nut. This wing nut 1
10 is screwed into the bolt 105. 13 and 14 show a fixture for connecting the spiral guide. In FIG. 13, the connecting fitting 201 is formed by bending a rectangular metal plate so that both side surface regions 203 and 204 are on the upper side in the drawing with respect to the central region 202 of the metal plate. Further, although not shown, two through holes are formed at a constant interval in the central portion of the central region 202 of the connecting fitting 201, and fitting members 205 and 206 are provided around the respective through holes. . Each fitting member 205, 206 is provided with two connecting claws 207, 208, 209, 210, respectively. In addition, the central region 202 of the connection fitting 201
Small connection holes 211 and 212 are formed on the other side surface of the.

In FIG. 14, a fitting 221 is a component having connection small holes 222 and 223 formed therein. FIG.
Shows a spiral guide. The spiral guiding tool 501 has a hollow elliptic cylindrical shape, and has a structure that can be bent arbitrarily. The conventional fixing structure can be realized by performing the work by combining the above-mentioned parts as follows.

Construction for realizing the fixing structure will be described below with reference to FIGS. The main body of the game machine such as a game ball is removably arranged on a support frame provided adjacent to a large number of game machines. As shown in FIG. 16, the rail support member 401 extends from a support frame (not shown). A long hole 403 is formed in the rail placement surface 402 of the rail support member 401.

The rail support 4 installed in this way
The bolt 105 of the fixture 101 is inserted into the long hole 403 of 01, and the bottom portion 10 of the fixture 101 is attached to the rail arrangement surface 402.
2 is arranged, and the wing nut 110 is screwed into the bolt 105 to fix the fixture 101 to the rail support 401 (see FIG. 16).

Next, the fitting member 20 of the connection fitting 201
5 and 206 are respectively inserted with the spiral guides 501 and 501, and the fittings 221 are attached to the connection claws 207 and 208.
The connection small holes 222 and 223 are fitted and the connection small holes 222 and 223 of the fittings 221 and 211 are fitted to the connection claws 209 and 210 (see FIG. 17).
By bending 07, 208, 209 and 210 with radio pliers or the like, the spiral guide tools 501 and 301 are fixed to the connection fitting 201.

In such a state, the connection claws 106, 107 of the fixture 101 are fitted with the connection small holes 211, 212 of the connection fitting 201 (see FIG. 17), and the connection claws 106, 107 are fixed with radio pliers. The connection fitting 201 is fixed to the fixture 101 by bending the connection fitting 201 or the like.

[0011]

As described above, in the fixing structure in the conventional coin collecting device, it is necessary to ship the individual parts on the mechanism as shown in FIGS. 11 to 15 to the site and assemble them on site. It was Therefore, the person in charge of shipping spends the effort of counting and shipping each part, and also shipping the spare parts in consideration of the loss at the site, and the labor of assembling at a messy site is required. There was a drawback that it would take time and effort to search for a lost item.

Moreover, in the conventional fixing structure, it is necessary to perform bending work with a special tool such as radio pliers when performing the construction, which is very troublesome. Furthermore, in the above-mentioned conventional fixing structure, when an unfamiliar operator constructs the same, failures such as jamming of coins at the connecting portion frequently occur.

In addition, in the above-mentioned fixing structure, the transportation rail cannot be constructed unless the transportation rail is cut at the game machine lending machine section between the amusement machines and the fixing tool and the transportation rail are connected, and the connection is made. Since coins fall so as to directly hit the portion, there were restrictions such as construction so that there were no gaps in the cut surface of the rail. This is because if a gap of 2 m / m or more should occur, coins may be caught in the gap and may not be conveyed almost permanently.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a fixing structure in a coin collecting device that reduces the number of steps such as shipping and assembling. Another object of the present invention is to provide a fixing structure in a coin collecting device that can be simply and surely constructed in a short time.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above object, the fixing structure in the coin collecting device according to the invention of claim 1 is put into a lending machine such as a game ball arranged adjacent to the game machine. A coin recovery device capable of recovering coins at a predetermined location, wherein the end of the guide for guiding the inserted coins is fixed, and a connecting metal fitting provided with a fixing slit and an extension from the frame. And a rail support provided with a slit-shaped long hole on the transport rail installation surface, and the transport rail is placed on the rail support and the connection fittings are arranged from above the transport rail. And a fixing member that is inserted into the fixing slit of the connection fitting and fixed.

In particular, the connecting fitting includes a guide fixing surface for fixing the guide, a vertical surface extending vertically from an end of the guide fixing surface, and the guide fixing surface orthogonal to the vertical surface. Has a connecting surface which is parallel and extends in the opposite direction, and a fixing slit is provided on the connecting surface.

Further, the connecting fitting is provided on the guide fixing surface,
It is characterized in that a plurality of spiral guides can be fixed. Further, the fixing member is characterized by comprising a bottle provided in a slit-shaped long hole of a rail support and a plate-shaped nut fitted into the bolt.

In order to achieve the above object, the fixing structure in the coin collecting device according to claim 5 can collect coins thrown into a lending machine such as a game ball arranged adjacent to the game machine at a predetermined place. In the coin collecting device, the end of the guiding tool for guiding the inserted coin is fixed, and
A connecting metal fitting provided with a fixing slit, and a fixing metal fitting that is inserted and fixed in the fixing slit of the connecting metal fitting when the connecting metal fitting is arranged from above the transport rail.
It is characterized by having. In particular, the fixing metal fitting is characterized by comprising a fixing piece having a predetermined size and a bolt screwed to the fixing piece.

[0019]

According to the first aspect of the invention, the shape of the connecting fitting for fixing the end of the guide tool for guiding the coins thrown into the lending machine for play balls or the like is characterized. That is, the connection fitting is shaped so as to cover the transport rail, and a fixing slit is provided in a part of the connection fitting. A slit-shaped long hole is provided on the transport rail installation surface of the rail support, and a fixing member is attached to the slit-shaped long hole.

Here, the carrying rail is placed on the carrying rail installation surface of the rail support, the connecting metal is covered from above the carrying rail, and the fixing member is inserted into the fixing slit of the connecting metal to fix the fixing member. By fixing the connection fitting by the above, the transport rail is fixed to the rail support. Therefore, it is not necessary to cut the transport rail at the game ball lending machine.

According to the invention of claim 5, the shape of the connection fitting is the same as that of claim 1, but the way of fixing the connection fitting and the transport rail when there is no rail support is different.
That is, the connecting metal fittings are shaped so as to cover the transport rails, and the fixing metal fittings are provided in a part of the connecting metal fittings. The difference is the fixing bracket, which is composed of a fixing piece and a bolt.

Then, the connecting rail is covered with a connecting metal fitting,
The connecting metal fitting is fixed to the transport rail by inserting the bolt of the fixing metal fitting into the fixing slit of the connecting metal fitting and tightening the bolt with the fixing piece below the transport rail. Accordingly, the connection fitting can be fixed to the transport rail even when there is no rail support.

[0023]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. [Description of First Embodiment] FIGS. 1 to 4 are views showing a first embodiment of a fixing structure in a coin collecting device according to the present invention. Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the same embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a connecting fitting among the components used in the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a view showing a fixing tool and a rail supporting tool among the components used in the embodiment. FIG.
It is a perspective view shown in order to demonstrate the state which assembles the Example.

The coin collecting device is a device for collecting coins thrown into a lending machine such as a ball lending machine adjacent to a game machine such as a pachinko machine at a predetermined place. 1 to 4 about a fixing structure that constitutes a part of
Will be described below with reference to FIG.

<Explanation of the fixing structure in the coin collecting device>
In FIG. 1, the fixing structure 1 in the coin collecting device includes a connecting fitting 11 capable of fixing the conveying rail 3 and fixing the spiral guiding tool 5 to the conveying rail 3,
It is composed of a rail support 21 and a fixing member 31, and is configured as follows. That is, the connection fitting 11 is shaped to cover the transport rail 3, and a fixing slit 12, 12, ... Is provided in a part of the connection fitting.

Transport rail installation surface 22 of rail support 21
Is provided with a slit-shaped long hole 23, and a fixing member 31 is attached to the slit-shaped long hole 23. The transport rail 3 is placed on the transport rail installation surface 22 of the rail support 21. The connection fitting 11 is covered on the transport rail 3 arranged in this way. Further, the fixing member 31 is the fixing slit 1 of the connection fitting 11.
2, and the connection fitting 11 is fixed to the rail support 21 by this fixing member 31. As a result, the transport rail 3 is fixed to the rail support 21.

<Description of Each Part> In FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, the connecting fitting 11 is made of, for example, a metal plate or the like, and is a fixing piece-like fixing surface of a fixing piece having a predetermined length and width. Two coin passage holes (not shown) are formed at a fixed interval on the guide hole 13, and the guide tool fixing surface 13 is provided around one passage hole.
The guide fitting fitting 14 is fixed on the upper side, and the other passage hole is closed by the hidden fitting 15. Also, the connection fitting 11
A plate-shaped vertical surface 16 is extended from one end of the guide tool fixing surface 13 perpendicularly to the guide tool fixing surface 13, and an end portion of the vertical surface 16 is bent and formed in a direction parallel to and opposite to the guide tool fixing surface 13. The use area 17 is formed.

Further, the bent connecting surface 17 is provided with a plurality of fixing slits 12, 12, .... A fixing piece 18 is formed on the other end of the guide fixing surface 13 of the connecting fitting 11. In FIG. 2,
The spiral guide 5 is shown already connected to the guide fitting 14.

Since the connection fitting 11 has two coin passage holes formed at regular intervals as described above, as shown in FIG. 5, the guides are provided around these two coin passage holes. The fitting fittings 14, 14 may be fixed, and the spiral guide fittings 5, 5 may be connected to the guiding fitting fittings 14, 14.

In FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, a rail support 21 extending from a frame 24 for fixing a lending machine such as a play ball (not shown) has a U-shaped cross section.
In addition, the rail support 21 is provided with a transport rail installation surface 22. A slit-shaped elongated hole 23 is provided on the transport rail installation surface 22, and a fixing member 31 is attached to the slit-shaped elongated hole 23.

The fixing member 31 is a rail support member 21.
A bottle 32 inserted in the slit-shaped long hole 23 of
It is composed of a plate nut 33 fitted in this bolt 32.
As shown in FIG. 3, the plate nut 33 is loosely fitted inside the rail support 21 having a U-shaped cross section.

<Explanation of construction> Using such parts,
It is assembled as follows. The transport rail 3 is placed on the transport rail installation surface 22 of the rail support 21. At this time,
One of the bottles 32 of the fixing member 31 is adjusted so as not to interfere with the placement of the transport rail 3.

Next, the connection fitting 11 is covered over the transport rail 3, the bolt 32 of the fixing member 31 is inserted into the fixing slits 12, 12, ... Of the connection fitting 11, and then the fixing member 31. When the bottle 32 is tightened, the plate nut 33 rises to fix the connection fitting 11, and the connection fitting 11 is fixed to the rail support 21. As a result, the transport rail 3 is also fixed to the rail support 21.

According to the present embodiment, it is not necessary to cut the transport rail 3 at the rental machine for playing balls, etc., and the construction can be carried out easily, reliably and in a short time on site, and
Construction will be possible with a single driver. Also,
In the present embodiment, since the above is performed, the shipping person can ship an arbitrary number such as a unit of 10, so that labor such as shipping and inventory can be saved.

[Other Embodiments] FIGS. 6 to 10 are explanatory views showing a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows an installation in which the first embodiment and the second embodiment are mixed. FIG. 7 is a plan view showing the situation, FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the second embodiment, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a fixing metal fitting used in the second embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing the same metal fitting. 10 is an assembly drawing of the embodiment.

<Explanation of Overall Structure> As shown in FIG. 6, when the carrier rails 3 are supported and fixed at fixed intervals by the fixing structures 1, 1, 1, ... Of the first embodiment, they are fixed. The spiral guide 5, having the fixing structures 1a, 1a, 1a, ... Of the second embodiment between the structures 1, 1, 1 ,.
An example of fixing 5, 5, ... To the transport rail 3 will be described.

In the fixing structure 1 of the first embodiment, as can be seen from FIG. 4, the frame 2 for fixing the rental machine for play balls and the like.
The rail support 21 is extended from 4 (standard support).

On the other hand, the fixing structure 1 of the second embodiment
In a, as can be seen from FIGS. 7 and 10, the rail support tool is not extended from the frame frame 24a. Therefore, a special fixing metal fitting 41 for fixing the connecting metal fitting 11 to the transport rail 3 is prepared. Second like this
The embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that a dedicated fixing metal fitting 41 is used. Since other configurations are not changed, the same reference numerals are given and the description of each component will be omitted. To do.

In the fixing structure 1a according to the second embodiment, the spiral guide 5 is fixed to the transport rail 3 by using the connecting fitting 11 and the fixing fitting 41. That is, the transport rail 3 is covered with the connection fitting 11. Further, the bolt 42 of the fixing metal fitting 41 is inserted into one of the fixing slits 12, 12, ...
The fixed piece 43 of No. 1 is on the lower side of the transport rail 3. As a result, even when there is no rail support, the connection fitting 11
Is fixed to the transport rail 3.

<Description of Parts> The fixing bracket 41 is shown in FIG.
And as shown in FIG. 9, a fixed piece 43 of a predetermined size.
And a bolt 42 screwed to the fixing piece 43. The fixing piece 43 has a U-shaped cross section, and the fixing piece 4
A bolt 42 is screwed into the central portion of one end side of 3, and a through hole 44 is formed in the other end side.

<Explanation of Construction> The connection metal fitting 11 is put on the transfer rail 3. Next, the bolt 42 of the fixing bracket 41
Is inserted into one of the fixing slits 12, 12, ... Of the connection fitting 11, the fixing piece 43 is inserted below the transport rail 3, and the bolt 42 is tightened. As a result, the connection fitting 1
1 and the fixing bracket 41 sandwich the carrier rail 3,
The connection fitting 11 is fixed to the transport rail 3.
Thereby, the spiral guide tool 5 can be fixed to the transport rail 3 even when there is no rail support tool.

According to the present embodiment, it is not necessary to cut the carrier rail 3 at a lending machine such as a game ball, and the construction can be carried out easily, reliably and in a short time on site, and the construction can be carried out by one driver. You can do it.

Further, in the present embodiment, as described above, since the shipping person can ship an arbitrary number such as a unit of 10 pieces, the labor such as shipping and inventory can be saved. Further, in this embodiment, the spiral guide tool 5 can be fixed to the transport rail 3 even when there is no rail support tool.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to cut the carrier rail at a lending machine such as a play ball, there is no construction failure due to the cutting of the carrier rail, and there is a jam of coins. There is an effect that it is possible to provide a highly reliable fixed structure in the coin collecting device without causing the above.

Further, according to the present invention, there is an effect that the construction is easy, the construction can be carried out even by an unskilled technician, the dedicated tool is not required, and the construction time is short. .

Further, according to the present invention, since small parts are not shipped, labor for shipping and stocktaking can be saved. In addition to the above effect, in addition to the above effects, the spiral guide tool can be fixed to the transport rail even when there is no rail support tool.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a connecting fitting used in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a fixing member used in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an assembly diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another example of the connecting fitting used in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view for explaining a situation in which the second embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an example of a fixing metal fitting used in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing an example of a fixing metal fitting used in the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an assembly diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing an example of parts used in a conventional fixing structure.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing an example of components used in a conventional fixing structure.

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing an example of parts used in a conventional fixing structure.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view showing an example of parts used in a conventional fixing structure.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing an example of components used in a conventional fixing structure.

FIG. 16 is an assembly view for explaining a first assembling step of a conventional fixing structure.

FIG. 17 is an assembly view for explaining a second assembling step of the conventional fixing structure.

FIG. 18 is an assembly diagram for explaining a third assembling step of the conventional fixing structure.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1a Fixed structure in coin collecting device 3 Conveyor rail 5 Spiral guide 11 Connection fitting 12 Fixing slit 13 Guide fixing surface 14 Guide fitting fitting 15 Hidden fitting 16 Vertical surface 17 Connection surface 18 Fixed piece 21 Rail support Tool 22 Transport rail installation surface 23 Slit-shaped long hole 31 Fixing member 32 Bottle 33 Plate nut 41 Fixing metal fitting 42 Bolt 43 Fixing piece

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A coin collecting device for collecting coins inserted in a lending machine such as a game ball arranged adjacent to a game machine at a predetermined location, the guide device for guiding the inserted coins. A connection metal fitting having a fixed end and provided with a fixing slit, a rail support tool extending from the frame frame and having a slit-shaped long hole on the transport rail installation surface, and the transport rail being the rail support tool. And a fixing member that is inserted into the fixing slit of the connection fitting and fixed when the connection fitting is placed from above the transport rail. Fixed structure in the device. 2. The connecting fitting includes a guide fixing surface for fixing the guide, a vertical surface extending vertically from an end of the guide fixing surface, and the guide fixing surface orthogonal to the vertical surface. 2. The fixing structure in the coin collecting device according to claim 1, further comprising a connecting surface that is parallel and extends in the opposite direction, and the connecting surface is provided with a fixing slit. 3. The fixing structure in a coin collecting device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting fitting is configured such that a plurality of spiral guiding tools can be fixed to a guiding tool fixing surface. 4. The coin collecting device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member includes a bottle provided in a slit-shaped long hole of a rail support and a plate nut fitted into the bolt. Fixed structure in. 5. A coin collecting device for collecting coins inserted in a lending machine such as a game ball arranged adjacent to a game machine at a predetermined place, the guide tool for guiding the inserted coins. A connecting metal fitting having a fixed end and a fixing slit, and a fixing metal fitting that is inserted and fixed in the fixing slit of the connecting metal fitting when the connecting metal fitting is arranged from above the transport rail. A fixed structure in a coin collecting device, comprising: 6. The fixing structure for a coin collecting device according to claim 5, wherein the fixing metal member comprises a fixing piece having a predetermined size and a bolt screwed to the fixing piece.