JPH082777Y2 - Coin discharge passage switching device for game lending machine - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is a gaming lending machine for lending gaming medals and gaming pachinko balls, and more specifically, coins formed in the casing and in front of the casing. A storage unit that stores a plurality of coins that have been input from the input port, and a coin dispensing device that can dispense and discharge the stored coins in the storage unit toward the drop discharge passage, and the lower side of the drop discharge passage, While branching into a first branched inclined passage for sliding down the coin toward the coin coin outlet formed on the front surface of the casing and a second branched inclined passage for sliding down the coin toward the coin transporting device on the rear side of the casing. , The first branched inclined passage and the second
A swing member having guide surfaces for guiding the falling direction of coins formed at both side surfaces in the swing direction at a branch portion with the branch inclined passage, and the coin having a first branch inclined passage along one of the guide surfaces. To a second branch inclined passage along the guide surface on the other side and a second posture to drop guide to the second branched inclined passage. The present invention relates to a coin discharge passage switching device for a game lending machine, in which a bottom surface of a branch portion is formed into an arc surface along a lower end swinging trajectory of a swinging member.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional product discharge passage switching device for a game lending machine, as shown in FIG. 5, guide surfaces (01a) and (01b) formed on both side surfaces of the swinging member (01) in the swinging direction, They were formed parallel to each other over the entire surface.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

Therefore, the coin (C) that has dropped from the drop discharge passage (02) to the branch portion (06) causes the swing member (01) and the bottom surfaces (05a) of the first and second branch inclined passages (03) and (04). ), (05b) to prevent it from being caught in the gaps (m), (m), the swinging member (01) is in the first posture and the second posture. ), The lower end edges of the guide surfaces (01a) and (01b) are first and second bottom inclined paths (03) and (04) bottom surfaces (05a),
It is necessary to set the swing range of the swing member (01) so that the swing member (01) is positioned so as to project toward the center of the passage width with respect to (05b). As a result, the swing angle of the swing member (01) becomes large. The size of the posture switching mechanism of the swinging member (01) tends to increase. Moreover,
Since the inclination angles of the guide surfaces (01a) and (01b) of the rocking member (01) with respect to the horizontal become gentle over the entire surface, the coin (C) passes through the guide surface at a slow speed and cannot be discharged quickly. There was a flaw.

Further, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-109277, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-94973, etc., the swing member (01) has a taper shape in which the plate thickness becomes thicker toward the lower end side. Although it may be configured, in this case, the rocking member (0
Not only is 1) heavier, but since the guide surfaces (01a) and (01b) of the rocking member (01) are in a straight line, the angle of inclination of the guide surfaces (01a) and (01b) with respect to the horizontal is gentle. The angle remains as it is, and there is a problem that the same problem as described above is caused.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and an object of the present invention is to devise a shape of the swinging member so that the guide surface of the swinging member is not changed in the first posture and the second posture. The lower end edge is projected toward the passage width center side from the bottom surface of the first and second branched inclined passages to prevent the coins falling from the coin dispensing device to the branching portion from being caught, while swinging the swinging member. It is possible to reduce the size and weight of the posture switching mechanism by reducing the angle, and at the same time, to improve the coin discharge speed and facilitate the assembling work.

[Means for solving the problem]

The characteristic structure of the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is, in the coin discharge passage switching device of the game lending machine mentioned above, a surface from a position corresponding to the horizontal axis core to a lower end of each side surface of the swinging member. A plurality of ribs forming a part of the both guide surfaces are continuously provided in the portion, and guide surface portions formed by ribs located on both sides of the guide surfaces are separated from each other as they approach the lower end, and In addition to forming a curved surface that is recessed into the mating side, the lower end surface of each rib is formed into an arcuate surface that follows the arcuate bottom surface of the branch portion.

[Action]

Since a part of the both guide surfaces is composed of a plurality of ribs that are continuously provided on the lower side surface portions of both side surfaces of the swing member, the two guide surface portions are formed so that the lower ends thereof are greatly separated from each other. However, it is possible to suppress an increase in the weight of the swing member itself. Moreover, since the ribs forming a part of the guide surface are continuously provided in the range from the portion corresponding to the horizontal axis center to the lower end, the rib is guided in the state where the swing member is in the first posture and the second posture. Even if the lower end edge of the surface is positioned so as to project to the passage width center side from the bottom surface of the first and second branched inclined passages, the inclination angle of the guide surface portion from the upper end of the swinging member to the horizontal axis center position with respect to the horizontal is As a result, the loss of the falling energy of the coin that collides with the swing member is reduced, and the speed at which the coin passes through the guide surface can be increased.

Further, since the lower end surface of each rib is formed in an arcuate surface along the arcuate bottom surface of the branch portion, when the rocking member is assembled to the casing, the rocking member is stably placed on the arcuate bottom surface of the branching portion. Since it can be placed, it is not necessary to continue holding until the rocking member is attached.

[Effect of device]

Therefore, when the swinging member is in the first posture and the second posture, the lower end edge of the guide surface of the swinging member is positioned so as to project toward the passage width center side from the bottom surface of the first and second branched inclined passages. As a result, it is possible to reduce the size and weight of the posture switching mechanism by reducing the swing angle of the swing member while preventing the coins falling from the coin dispensing device to the branch portion from being caught. At the same time, we were able to improve the coin discharge speed and facilitate assembly work.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 shows a thin pachinko ball lending machine (A) arranged between adjacent pachinko machines, in which a 1,000-yen bill is placed on the front surface of a casing (1) that is vertically long and slender. A banknote insertion slot (a), a coin insertion slot (b) for 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins, a coin return slot (c), a change coin dispensing slot (d), and a pachinko ball dispensing slot (e). At the same time, the selection switches (f), (g), (h) for selecting the loan amount such as 100 yen, 500 yen, and 1000 yen, and the inserted 1000 yen bills or 500 yen coins are exchanged with 100 yen coins. A currency exchange switch (i) and a coin return switch (j) are attached.

In the casing (1), a bill validator (2) for identifying the quality of the 1,000-yen bill inserted from the bill insertion slot (a),
Goods and bads of 100-yen coins and 500-yen coins inserted from the banknote transfer device (B) that collects the 1,000-yen bills that are identified as “good” at a predetermined location and the coin insertion slot (b) on the front surface of the casing (1). (3) which recognizes the coin, and a transparent storage part which stores a predetermined number of 100 yen coins (C) of "good" 100 yen coins and 500 yen coins that have passed through the coin identifier (3). (5), the coin dispensing device (6) for sequentially dispensing the one-hundred-yen coins (C) in the storage section (5) from the lowest one, and is stored along the tubular guide member (8a). A pachinko ball payout device (8) for paying out pachinko balls in fixed amounts to a pachinko ball payout exit (e), and a coin insertion path (3a) from a coin input port (b) to a coin discriminator (3) when an abnormal condition occurs. ) Blocker (3b) that blocks the insertion of coins by projecting into the inside), Lending machine (A)
A control device (F) for controlling the whole is provided.

The coin discriminator (3) is configured to separately discharge a 100-yen coin (C) and a 500-yen coin, and the discharged 100-yen coin (C) drops in the coin supply passage (4a). While being stored in the storage section (5), the 100-yen coin (C) overflowing from the storage section (5) was discharged from the coin discriminator (3) through the 100-yen coin collection passage (4b). The 500-yen coins fall through the 500-yen coin recovery passageway (4c) into the coin transporting device (D), and are recovered in a predetermined recovery unit.

The storage section (5) includes a transparent storage cylinder (5a) that stores 100-yen coins (C) in a stack in the thickness direction, and a storage cylinder (5).
a) is provided with two supply ports opened on the upper surface, one supply port is connected to the coin supply passage (4a), and the other supply port is connected to the coin replenishment passage (4b). When the 100-yen coin (C) supplied from (4a) runs short, it can be separately supplied from the coin supply passage (4d).

As shown in FIG. 3, the coin dispensing device (6) extends between the lower end position of the storage cylinder (5a) of the storage section (5) and the lateral side position of the storage cylinder (5a). A pair of transparent upper and lower members (6a) and (6b) in which a gap (l) slightly larger than the thickness of a hundred-yen coin (C) is formed between the opposing members, of which the upper member (6a) A receiving hole (6c) communicating with the storage cylinder (5a) is formed in the lower part of the lower member (6b)
A discharge hole (6d) as a drop discharge passage is formed at a position horizontally displaced from the center line of the storage cylinder (5a), and both members (6a) and (6b) are formed.
In the gap (l) between them, a small diameter part (7a) and a hundred-yen coin (C)
Slidable movement of a plate-shaped dispensing member (7) formed with a long hole (7d) and a daruma-shaped through hole (7c) continuous with a large diameter portion (7b) slightly larger than the diameter of Of the 100-yen coin (C) stored in the storage cylinder (5a), the pin (9a) inserted and engaged in the long hole (7d) is circularly moved by the drive of the motor (9). The standby position to take the 100-yen coin (C) located at the bottom into the large-diameter portion (7b) of the through-hole (7c) through the receiving hole (6c), and the 100-yen coin () in the large-diameter portion (7b) ( Changeover passage (4e) through C) through discharge hole (6d)
The payout posture is changed to the payout position, and the hundred-yen coins (C) stored in the storage cylinder (5a) are slid one by one in the direction along the upper and lower surfaces thereof and dropped from the discharge hole (6d). Configured.

Then, it is detected whether or not one end of the dispensing member (7) exists between the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit at one end of the dispensing member (7) on the storage cylinder (5a) side in the reciprocal sliding movement range. An optical sensor (12) is provided, a detector (11) described later detects that a predetermined number of hundred-yen coins (C) have been dispensed, and
When the presence of the payout member (7) is detected by the optical sensor (12), the driving of the motor (9) is stopped, and the payout member (7) is stopped.
Is held in a standby position.

A small hole (6e) is formed in the upper member (6a) of the coin dispensing device (6), and a light emitting portion for emitting light and a small hole (6) are formed.
When a light sensor (11a) having a light receiving portion for receiving the light passing through e) is attached and the payout member (7) is in the standby posture, the light emitted from the photosensor (11a) is the payout member. When the small diameter portion (7a) of the through hole (7c) formed in (7) is transmitted and the optical sensor (11a) does not detect reflected light, the payout member (7) switches from the standby position to the payout position. Along with this, when the large-diameter portion (7b) of the through-hole (7c) contains a hundred-yen coin (C), the optical sensor (11a) slides and detects the reflected light from the hundred-yen coin (C). Then, it is detected that the payout has been made, and when the large-diameter portion (7b) of the through hole (7c) does not contain a 100-yen coin (C), the reflected light is not detected and the payout is made. A detector (11) for detecting the absence is constructed.

The change-out passage (4e) has a passage width wider than the diameter of the hundred-yen coin (C) over the entire length, and the plate surface of the hundred-yen coin (C) is the passage of the change-out passage (4e). It is configured so that it slides in a position facing the bottom surface and is guided by the change receiving tray (k) by contact with the cover (4g).

On the lower side of the discharge hole (6d) as the drop discharge passage, a swinging plate (10) as a swinging member is pivotally supported so as to be capable of reciprocally swinging in the left-right direction around a horizontal axis (X). Via (13), the change delivery passage (4
e) and a communication passage (4f) as a second branched inclined passage that communicates with the 100-yen coin collection passage (4b), and the ceiling surface of the change dispensing passage (4e) and the ceiling surface of the communication passage (4f). And projections (14), (14) for restricting the swing range of the swing plate (10), respectively.
Has been formed.

Guide surfaces (10a) and (10b) for guiding the dropping direction of the hundred-yen coin (C) on each of both side surfaces of the swing plate (10) in the swing direction.
And an engaging shaft (10c) projecting from an arcuate elongated hole (15a) formed in the transparent side wall (15) forming the branch portion (13) is integrally provided. ) And a solenoid (16) are linked via a linking tool (17) that is pivotally supported, and the demagnetization of the solenoid (16) causes the urging force of a spring (16a) to force a hundred-yen coin (C). The first position in which the coin drops into the change-out passage (4e) along the upward guide surface (10a), and the 100-yen coin (C) is connected along the upward guide surface (10b) by the excitation of the solenoid (16). Aisle (4f)
By swinging the second posture in which the coin drops, the drop discharge passage switching device (G) for the hundred-yen coin (C) is configured.

In addition, the bottom surface of the branch portion (13) is formed into an arcuate surface along the lower end swinging locus of the swinging member (10).

A part of the guide surfaces (10a), (10b) formed on both side surfaces of the rocking plate (10) in the rocking direction is, as shown in FIGS. On the lower side, that is, on each of both side surfaces of the plate surface portion from the portion corresponding to the horizontal axis (X) to the lower end, the end surface on the lower side in the falling direction in side view is the swing axis core (X).
A pair of ribs (10f) formed in an arc shape centered on
Ribs (10f) located on both sides of (10f),
The outer end surfaces of (10f) are formed into curved surfaces that are recessed toward each other, and the ribs (10f),
(10f) The upper end surface of the guide surface (10a), (10b) in the falling direction is closer to the intermediate position (P) between the guide direction (10a) and (10b), and the rocking axis (X). It is formed in an arcuate inclined surface away from the imaginary line segment (l) that connects the two, and the guide direction lower surfaces of both guide surfaces (10a) and (10b) are further away from each other as they approach the guide direction lower side edge. It is located as follows.

In addition, concave portions (10d), (1
0d) is formed to reduce the contact resistance between the oscillating plate (10) and the side wall (15).

The arc-shaped elongated hole (15a) formed in the side wall (15) is
The engaging shaft (10) extending between the first posture and the second posture of the oscillating plate (10)
It is formed over the range exceeding the swing range of c),
The rocking plate (10) and the linking tool (17) are temporarily assembled to the side wall (15), then the side wall (15) is assembled to the main body, and the rocking plate (10) is attached to the branch portion (13). At this time, when the swing plate (10) is swung from the first posture side beyond the second posture position, the oval large-diameter retaining portion formed on the protruding end of the engagement shaft (10c). (1
0e) is positioned in a U-shaped groove (17a) formed in the linking tool (17), and the engaging shaft (10c) and the linking tool (17) are engaged with each other.
0c) so that it can be engaged and disengaged in the axial direction, and the engaging shaft (10
The rocking plate (10) is dropped from the side wall (15) by rocking the c) and the linking tool (17) within a rocking range extending between the first posture and the second posture. It is configured so that it can be temporarily assembled without doing.

It should be noted that reference numerals are added to the claims of the utility model for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the structure of the accompanying drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of a coin discharge passage switching device for a game lending machine according to the present invention. Fig. 1 is a plan view of a main part, Fig. 2 is a side view of the main part, and Fig. 3 is a partial cross-section of the main part. A side view and FIG. 4 are side views showing the inside of the pachinko ball lending machine. FIG. 5 is a side view of an essential part showing a conventional example. (1) …… Casing, (4e) …… First branch inclined passage,
(4f) …… Second branched inclined passage, (5) …… Reservoir, (6
d) …… Drop discharge passage, (10) …… Rotating member, (10a),
(10b) …… Guide surface, (13) …… Branch section, (C) …… Coins, (l) …… Virtual line segment, (P) …… Intermediate position, (10)
...... Rotating member (b) …… Coin slot, (d) …… Change coin dispensing slot, (D) …… Coin carrier.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A storage section (5) for storing a plurality of coins (C) inserted into a casing (1) from a coin insertion port (b) formed in the front surface of the casing (1), Drop the stored coins (C) in the storage section (5) and discharge passage (6d)
And a coin payout device (6) capable of dropping and paying out coins toward the lower part of the drop discharge passage (6d) toward the coin coin payout opening (d) formed on the front surface of the casing (1). (C) a first branched inclined passage (4e) for discharging downwardly, and a second branched inclined passage (4f) for discharging coins (C) downwardly toward a coin transfer device (D) on the back side of the casing (1). And a branch portion (13) between the first branched inclined passage (4e) and the second branched inclined passage (4f).
A guide surface (10a) for guiding the falling direction of the coin (C),
Guide the swing member (10) having (10b) formed on both side faces in the swing direction into the first branch inclined passage (4e) along the guide surface (10a) on one side of the coin (C). Along the first posture and the other guide surface (10b), the second branched inclined passage (4
The horizontal axis (X) extends over the second posture in which it is guided to fall in f).
It is pivotally supported so that it can swing back and forth, and further, the branch part (13).
Is a coin discharge passage switching device for a game lending machine, wherein the bottom surface of the swing member (10) is formed into an arcuate surface along the lower swing path of the swing member (10). , The horizontal axis (X)
The guide surface (10
a), a state in which a plurality of ribs (10f) forming a part of (10b) are connected in series, and the guide surface portions formed by the ribs (10f) located on both sides of the ribs (10f) are distant from each other toward the lower end. , And lending for games, which are formed into curved surfaces that are recessed into each other, and the lower end surfaces of the ribs (10f) are formed into arcuate surfaces along the arcuate bottom surface of the branch portion (13). Machine coin discharge passage switching device.