JPH0889654A - Game medium treatment device and game island - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To pertinently feed game media to a game machine at all times by controlling the polish of the media with a polishing machine, depending on a game medium storage amount identified with a detection means, the transfer of polished media and the upward loading thereof to a replenishment chute. CONSTITUTION: When the amount of game media stored in a game medium receiving section 42 is identified as reaching the first prescribed amount with the first detection means 93, relevant information is transmitted to a control device. As a result, the control device starts the operation of a polishing machine 60A, a transfer mechanism 70 and an upward loading mechanism 80. Game media stored in the section 42 are sequentially polished on the operation of the machine 60A and, then, stored in a game medium storage section 41. Also, the polished media P stored in the section 41 are transferred to the mechanism 80 on the operation of the mechanism 70 and, then, lifted to a replenishment chute 21 laid horizontally along the upper tier 20 of an island for feeding the media P to each game machine 31.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention polishes a game medium discharged from each gaming machine in a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in parallel, and polishes the gaming medium to each gaming machine. The present invention relates to a game medium processing device for hoisting to a replenishment gutter for replenishing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game medium processing apparatus of this type has been constantly polishing the game medium and pumping it to the upper stage of the game machine island in order to replenish the polished game medium to each game machine. I was going.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional game medium processing apparatus, a certain amount of game medium is continuously polished. On the other hand, the total supply of game media to each game machine on one island is not always constant, so the polishing amount must be higher than the expected supply amount to avoid supply shortage. , It was necessary to provide a tank for storing the polished game media on the upper stage of the game machine island. However, in order to provide such a tank, there is a problem that a space for the tank and its attached structure is required inside or outside the gaming machine island, and the cost is increased accordingly.

Further, there is a problem that the number of maintenance points increases.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and does not require a tank for storing a polished game medium near the upper stage of the game machine island, and each game machine of the game machine island. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game medium processing device capable of always appropriately supplying a game medium to the game medium processing device.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The gist of achieving the above object lies in the following items.

1 A game medium storage section (4) is provided at a lower stage of a game machine island composed of an upper stage, a middle stage and a lower stage in which a plurality of game machines are arranged in parallel.
In the gaming machine island (10) to be 1), each of the gaming machines (31,
In a game medium processing device for polishing the game medium discharged from (31, ...) And pumping the polished game medium to a supply gutter (21) for supplying each of the game machines (31, 31, ...) The game medium processing device (50) includes a polishing machine (60A) for polishing the game medium, and the polishing machine (60).
A) A transfer mechanism (70) for transferring the game medium polished by A), and a pumping mechanism (8) for pumping the game medium from the transfer mechanism (70) to the supply gutter (21).
0), detecting means for detecting the storage amount of the game medium, and controlling the polishing of the game medium by the polishing machine (60A) according to the detection of the storage amount of the game medium by the detecting means, A control device (91) is provided for controlling the transfer of the polished game medium by the transfer mechanism (70) and for controlling the transfer of the polished game medium by the pumping mechanism (80) to the replenishment gutter (21). A game medium processing device (50) characterized by comprising.

2 The lower tier (40) of the gaming machine island (10), which is composed of an upper tier (20), a middle tier (30), and a lower tier (40) in which a plurality of gaming machines (31, 31, ...) Are arranged in parallel, is played. In the gaming machine island (10) used as the medium storage section (41), the gaming media discharged from the gaming machines (31, 31, ...) Are polished,
The polished game medium is replaced with each of the gaming machines (31, 31, ...)
In a game medium processing device for feeding to a supply gutter (21) for supplying to, a game medium processing device (50) receives an unpolished game medium discharged from each of the game machines (31, 31, ...). The game medium receiving section (42) and the game machine island (1
0) is installed in the lower stage (40) and is polished by the polishing machine (60A) for polishing the unpolished game medium from the game medium receiving section (42) and the polishing machine (60A). A transfer mechanism (70) for transferring a medium, and the replenishment gutter (21) for the polished game medium from the transfer mechanism (70).
A pumping mechanism (80) for pumping to and from, a detection unit (93) for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium in the game medium receiving unit (42), and the detection unit (93) The polishing machine (60A) according to the detection amount of the unpolished game medium
Controlling the polishing of the unpolished game medium by means of the transfer mechanism (70) and the lifting mechanism (8) of the polished game medium by means of the transfer mechanism (70).
0) and a control device (91) for controlling the transfer to the replenishment gutter (21) by the lifting mechanism (80), and controlling the transfer to the replenishment gutter (21). (93) is provided in the lower stage (40) of the game machine island (10), and the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has reached a first predetermined amount in the game medium receiving section (42). And a second detecting means (93a) for detecting that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has become equal to or less than a second predetermined amount smaller than the first predetermined amount. (93
b) and the control device (91) detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has reached a first predetermined amount by the first detection means (93a), the polishing machine (60A). )
The operation of the transfer mechanism (70) and the lifting mechanism (80) is started, and the second detection means (93b) confirms that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has become equal to or less than a second predetermined amount. When detected, the polishing machine (60A) and the transfer mechanism (70)
And a game medium processing device (50) having a function of stopping the operation of the lifting mechanism (80).

3. The transfer mechanism (70) comprises a plurality of screw conveyors.
A game medium processing device (50) according to item 1.

4 The lower stage (40) of the gaming machine island (10) is composed of an upper stage (20), a middle stage (30), and a lower stage (40) in which a plurality of gaming machines (31, 31, ...) Are arranged in parallel. In the gaming machine island (10) used as the medium storage section (41), the gaming media discharged from the gaming machines (31, 31, ...) Are polished, and the polished gaming media are burned into the gaming machines (31). , 31,
In the game medium processing device for feeding to the supply gutter (21) for supplying to the game medium, the game medium processing device (50) is an unpolished one provided on the bottom part (43) of the game medium storing part (41). A transfer mechanism (70) for transferring a game medium,
A polishing section (60B) for polishing the unpolished game medium and sending it to the supply gutter (21), and each of the gaming machines (3).
, 31) for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium discharged from the gaming medium storage unit (41), and the unpolished game by the detection unit (93). The transfer of the unpolished game medium to the polishing section (60B) by the transfer mechanism (70) is controlled according to the detection of the storage amount of the medium, and the polishing section (60B) polishes the unpolished game medium and the And a control unit (90) for controlling the lifting to the supply gutter (21), and the polishing unit (60B) is installed vertically on the gaming machine island (10) while polishing the unpolished game medium. Polishing machine (60 that can be pumped to the supply gutter (21)
b), the detection section (93) has a plurality of detection means (93a, 93b, 93c) provided at different positions in the vertical direction in the game medium storage section (41), The control unit (90) includes the detection means (93a, 9a).
3b, 93c), the transfer mechanism (70) and the polishing machine (60b) according to the detection of the storage amount of the unpolished game medium.
1. A game medium processing device, comprising: a control device (91) for starting the operation, changing the operation speed, and stopping the operation, and a setting unit (92) for setting the operation speed.

5 The detection section (93) includes three detection means (93a, 93b, 93c), and the control device (91) has the first detection means (93a) at the highest level for detecting an unpolished game medium. Then, the transfer mechanism (70) and the polishing machine (60b) operate at the first speed set, and the second detection means (93b) at the next position detects the second amount of storage of the unpolished game medium. When it is detected that the position has dropped below the position of the means (93b), the transfer mechanism (70) and the polishing machine (60).
When b) operates at the set second speed and the lowest third detecting means (93c) detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has dropped below the position of the third detecting means (93c). 5. The game medium processing device according to item 4, which is a control device (91) set so that the transfer mechanism (70) and the polishing machine (60b) are stopped.

6. The game media processing device of item 4 or 5, wherein the transfer mechanism (70) is composed of a plurality of screw conveyors.

7. A display device (99) is provided for displaying whether the polishing machine (60b) is operating or stopped and the operating speed during operation. The game medium processing device according to claim 4, 5 or 6.

8 a plurality of gaming machines back to back (31, 3
1, ...) are arranged in a row so as to extend laterally in a state in which they are in contact with each other without interposing any other game-related equipment between them, and are equivalent to two game machines in contact with each other back to back. It is constructed so as to form a lower island stage (40) below the gaming machine installation section (32) configured to have a depth width and below the gaming machine installation section (32), and is discharged from each gaming machine (31, 31 ...). A game machine island (10) having a box-shaped frame-shaped game medium polishing and storing section (41) for storing the game medium as it is, the game medium processing according to the above item 1, 2 or 3. Device (5
0) Arranged game machine island (10).

[0015]

In the gaming machine island (10), the lower stage (40) of the gaming machine island (10) including the upper stage (20), the middle stage (30), and the lower stage (40) is used as the game medium storage section (41). Middle (3
The unpolished game medium discharged from the plurality of game machines (31, 31, ...) arranged in parallel in (0) is received by the game medium receiving section (42) horizontally provided in the lower stage (40) of the island. After that, it is guided to the polishing machine (60A) provided in the lower stage (40) of the island.

The amount of game medium stored in the game medium receiving section (42) is determined by the first detecting means (93a) and the second detecting means (93).
b) and detected.

When it is detected by the first detecting means (93a) that the amount of the game medium stored in the game medium receiving section (42) has reached the first predetermined amount, the information is stored in the control device (9).
1) and the control device (91) controls the polishing machine (60).
A), the operation of the transfer mechanism (70) and the lifting mechanism are started.

The game medium stored in the game medium receiving section (42) is sequentially polished by starting the polishing machine (60A) and then stored in the game medium storing section (41).

The polished game medium (P) stored in the game medium storage section (41) is transferred to the lifting mechanism (80) by starting the transfer mechanism (70). Lifting mechanism (8
The game medium transferred to 0) is horizontally installed on the upper stage (20) of the island by the start of the lifting mechanism (80) and each gaming machine (3).
Supply gutter (2 for supplying game media to 1, 31, ...)
Delivered up to 1).

The operation of the polishing machine (60A) and the like continues, and the second detection that the storage amount of the game medium in the game medium receiving section (42) becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined amount which is smaller than the first predetermined amount. When the means (93b) detect, the information is sent to the controller (9
1) and the control device (91) controls the polishing machine (60).
A), the operation of the transfer mechanism (70) and the lifting mechanism (80) are stopped.

As a result, each gaming machine (31, 31,
...) can be appropriately supplied to the polished game medium without causing a shortage of the supply of the game medium.

Further, a polishing machine (60B) also having the lifting mechanism (80) is provided in the game medium storage section (41) of the game machine island (10) in which the vertical direction is different. The three detection means (93a, 93b, 93)
In the gaming machine island (10) having c), the storage amount of the unpolished gaming medium is the three detecting means (93a, 93b,
When the position of the first detection means (93a) at the highest position of 93c) is reached and detected by the first detection means (93a), the information is sent to the control device (91). Then, the control device (91) causes the transfer mechanism (70).
And the polishing machine (60b) is operated at a predetermined first speed.

As the polishing and pumping by the polishing machine (60b) proceed, the second detecting means (93b) at the next position has lowered the storage amount of the unpolished game medium below the position of the second detecting means (93b). Is detected, the information is displayed in the control device (91).
Sent to. Then, the control device (91) operates the transfer mechanism (70) and the polishing machine (60B) at a predetermined second speed.

Further, the lowest third detecting means (93c)
Is the storage amount of the unpolished game medium is the third detection means (93
When it is detected that the position is lower than the position of c), the information is sent to the control device (91) and the control device (9) is
In 1), the operations of the transfer mechanism (70) and the polishing machine (60b) are stopped.

As a result, each gaming machine (31, 31,
...) can be appropriately supplied to the polished game medium without causing a shortage of the supply of the game medium.

Further, by providing an indicator (99) for displaying the operation speed of the transfer mechanism (70) and the polishing machine (60b), the operation state can be confirmed. Further, the first speed and the second speed of the above-described operation can be arbitrarily set by adjusting the setting unit (92) of the control unit (90).

[0027]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 4 show a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, the game medium processing device 50 has a plurality of game machines 31, 31, ... Middle tier 30 and each gaming machine 3 that constitute the gaming machine installation section 32
Are arranged on the gaming machine island 10 composed of the lower stage 40 which constitutes the gaming medium polishing storage section 41 for storing the gaming media discharged from 1, 31 ,.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the middle island 30
, Are arranged in a row so as to extend laterally in a state in which they are in contact with each other without backing other game-related equipment between their backs. Therefore, as shown in the figure, the island middle tier 30 is configured to have a depth width corresponding to two game machines that face each other back to back.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, a game medium lending machine 33 is interposed between the game machines 31, 31, ... Lined up in the lateral direction.

The game machine 31 is a pachinko machine in this embodiment. That is, the gaming machine 31 is a game medium that launches a pachinko ball, which is a game medium, onto the board by operating the handle H, and competes for a prize for the pachinko ball, and a front plate 34 for introducing the pachinko ball into the machine on the front side, A spare dish 35 for storing pachinko balls is provided. The gaming machine 31 is not limited to a pachinko machine, and may be, for example, a slot machine that uses medals as a game medium.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the back side of the gaming machine 31, a bulky specific component 36 such as a CRT used for an accessory is projected, but two gaming machines 31, 3 back to back are provided.
1 is arranged so as to successfully contact each other in the state where these specific parts 36 avoid each other, and there is no room for interposing other game-related equipment between the rear faces of the two rows of gaming machines.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the island middle tier 30
The upper island 20 constructed on the upper side of each of the gaming machines 31, 3
A supply gutter 21 for supplying pachinko balls to 1, ... And a banknote transport device 22 for laterally transporting the banknotes taken in exchange for the pachinko balls are arranged so as to extend in the horizontal direction. The supply gutter 21 is located immediately above the gaming machines 31, 31, ... Which are lined up in the middle stage of the island 30 from the upstream end connected to the pachinko ball discharge port 81 of the lifting mechanism 80 to the island end. It is arranged so as to gently incline downward toward the extended downstream end.

At several points along the supply gutter 21, each gaming machine 3
Supply members 23 corresponding to 0, 30 ... Are attached, and each supply member 23 and the gaming machine 31 are connected by a bellows-shaped communication member 24 through which a pachinko ball flows down. The banknote transport device 22 includes a laterally extending housing, a drive pulley 25a and a driven pulley 25b which are arranged at both ends of the housing and are spaced apart from each other, and a round belt 26 which is stretched between the pulleys.

The supply gutter 21 and the bill conveying device 22 are covered with a dome-shaped cover member 27. Cover member 2
Reference numeral 7 has a front portion that is slightly inclined to the front of each gaming machine 31, 31, ..., And a ceiling portion having an arc-shaped cross section that covers the upper ends of the front and rear front portions.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the island lower tier 40 constructed below the island middle tier 30 is formed into a box-shaped frame surrounded by a waist plate 44, a bottom plate 43 and a top plate 45. 40 itself is a game medium storage unit 41 configured like a storage tank for directly storing the pachinko balls discharged from each of the gaming machines 31, 31 ... Therefore, it is not necessary to separately arrange a storage tank in the internal space surrounded by the waist plate 44 as in the conventional technique.

At the upper part of the island lower tier 40, each of the above-mentioned gaming machines 3
A game medium receiving portion 42 for receiving unpolished pachinko balls discharged from 1, 31, ... (Hereinafter, referred to as "ball receiving trough 42".)
However, from the one end side of the island, along the longitudinal direction of the island, it is installed laterally with a gentle inclination downward. Below the ball gutter 42, a polishing machine 60A for polishing a pachinko ball is also provided horizontally along the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island 10.

The polishing machine 60A includes drive pulleys 61a and 61b that are driven to rotate by a motor (not shown), driven pulleys 62a and 62b, and pulleys 61a and 62a.
The upper conveyor belt 63a is wound around the upper conveyor belt 63a, and the lower conveyor belt 63b is also wound around the pulleys 61a and 61b. Pachinko balls are the upper and lower conveyor belts 63
It is sandwiched between a and 63b and polished while being transported. That is, the upper and lower conveyor belts 63a and 63b are both formed of a cloth or the like that can be polished. The upper conveyor belt 63a facing the downstream end of the ball receiving trough 42 is the lower conveyor belt 6
A ball reservoir 64 is provided so as to be retracted from 3b. In order to prevent the pachinko balls P from spilling from the side of the polishing machine 60A, the polishing machine 60A has a width that is full inside the waist plate 44 of the island lower step 40, or a guide plate (not shown) is provided on the side for almost the entire length. ing.

Detecting means 93a, 9 for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished pachinko balls stored in the ball receiving trough 42 and the ball reservoir 64 between the ball receiving trough 42 and the ball reservoir 64.
Two 3b are provided. They are a first detecting means 93a provided on the ball receiving trough 42 side and a second detecting means 93b provided so as to face the ball retaining portion 64. These detecting means are optical sensors, but may be limit switches or the like.

The bottom plate 43 of the island lower stage 40 is inclined from the downstream end side of the polishing machine 60A, that is, the side from which the polished pachinko balls are discharged, so as to be gradually lowered along the longitudinal direction of the island. On the bottom plate 43, a rotatable spiral body 71 for transferring the polished pachinko balls in a tilt direction.
The transfer mechanism 70 having the above is provided. Spiral 71
Is, for example, a screw conveyor, and one end thereof is connected to the output shaft of the drive motor 72. On the other end side of the screw conveyor 71, a hoisting mechanism 80 for hoisting the polished pachinko balls stored in the island lower tier 40 to the replenishment gutter 21 provided in the island upper tier 20 is provided. .

The lifting mechanism 80 is provided with a tubular body 82 which is vertically installed at a proper position on the island, and a drive sprocket 83a which is arranged above the tubular body 82 and is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown).
And the driven sprocket 8 disposed below the tubular body 82.
3b and a chain member 84 wound around both sprockets. Buckets 85 for scooping out pachinko balls are fixedly mounted on a number of connecting portions of the chain member 84.

The control device 91 includes a CPU, a memory, and an I / O.
Microcomputer with port, polishing machine 60A, transfer mechanism 7
0 and an interface function with equipment such as the lifting mechanism 80 are provided.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.

The unpolished pachinko balls discharged from the plurality of gaming machines 31, 31, ... Arranged in parallel in the middle stage 30 of the island 10 of the gaming machine are the ball receiving gutters 42 horizontally provided in the upper part of the island lower stage 40. Can be received by Then, it rolls to the downstream end according to the inclination of the ball receiving trough 42. The unpolished pachinko ball that has rolled to the downstream end falls from there to the ball retaining portion 64 of the polishing machine 60A.

When the game medium processing device 50 is in the stopped state, the unpolished pachinko balls are the ball retaining portions 64 of the polishing machine 60A.
Further, it is stored in the ball receiving trough 42.

When the unpolished pachinko ball is stored up to the first detecting means 93a provided on the side of the ball receiving trough 42 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the first detecting means 93a detects it and the controller 91 is detected. Send a signal to.

The control device 91 which receives the signal from the first detecting means 93a controls the polishing machine 60A, the transfer mechanism 70 and the lifting mechanism 8.
0 operation is started.

Then, the unpolished pachinko balls stored in the ball retaining portion 64 and the ball receiving trough 42 are sequentially taken into the polishing machine 60A from the ball retaining portion 64, and the upper and lower conveyor belts 63a,
It is sandwiched by 63b and is polished by those conveyor belts having a polishing force while being conveyed to the other end side while being rotated.

Although the pachinko balls discharged from the other end drop to the bottom part 43 of the island lower step 40, the bottom plate 43 is the downstream end side of the polishing machine 60A, that is, the side from which the polished pachinko balls are discharged to the other end side. Since it inclines so that it becomes gradually lower along the longitudinal direction of the hemi-island, it naturally rolls and gathers on the side of the lifting mechanism 80. Although it does not roll when it is stored to some extent, the screw conveyor of the transfer mechanism 70 also starts operation when the operation of the polishing machine 60A starts, so that the pachinko balls are transferred to the lifting mechanism 80 even if the storage amount increases.

The pachinko balls transferred to the hoisting mechanism 80 are hoisted by the bucket of the hoisting mechanism 80 to the replenishment gutter 21 arranged in the upper stage of the gaming machine island 10 at the top of the hoisting mechanism 80. Passed.

The pachinko balls supplied to the supply gutter 21 roll and move according to the gentle inclination of the supply gutter 21, and at the same time, the gaming machines 31, 31, ... It is replenished to the gaming machine 31 via a bellows-shaped communication member 24 by a supply member 23 for supplying a pachinko ball to the.

In this way, the operation of the game medium processing device 50 continues, and the storage amount of the unpolished pachinko balls accumulated in the ball receiving trough 42 and the ball retaining portion 64 is reduced to a position facing the ball retaining portion 64. When it is detected by the provided second detecting means 93b that the stored amount becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined amount, a signal is sent from the second detecting means 93b to the control device 91.

Upon receipt of this signal, the control device 91 is the polishing machine 6
The operations of 0A, the transfer mechanism 70, and the lifting mechanism 80 are stopped.

With this, it is possible to appropriately supply a polished game medium without causing each of the gaming machines 31, 31, ... To fall short of the supply of pachinko balls.

In the above embodiment, as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. 3, one edge is fixed to the waist plate 44, and the plate surface is inclined downward toward the transfer mechanism 70 provided on the bottom 43. The pachinko balls P are gathered in the transfer mechanism 70 by laterally installing the guide plates G, which are plate-shaped bodies with the other edge fixed, on both sides of the transfer mechanism 70 along the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island 10. May be. The plate surface may have a flat curved surface shape different from that shown. Further, by arranging a plurality of screw conveyors 71 of the transfer mechanism 70 in parallel (not shown), it is possible to increase the transfer amount of the polished pachinko balls P stored in the lower island stage 40. Further, as described above, when the guide plate G is provided near the bottom portion 43 of the game medium storage unit 41, one screw conveyor 71 is provided at the bottom of the guide plate at the center of the game medium storage unit 41, and both of them are provided. If a plurality of screw conveyors are provided on the side, it is possible to more efficiently transfer more pachinko balls P together with the effect of providing the guide plate G. In the case where the guide plate G is provided, the size of each screw conveyor may be smaller than that shown in FIG.

5 and 6 show a second embodiment of the present invention.

The same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the duplicated description will be omitted.

The game medium processing device 50 of this embodiment is provided with a transfer mechanism 70 for transferring unpolished pachinko balls provided on the bottom 43 of the game medium storage section 41, and a replenishment gutter for polishing the unpolished pachinko balls. Polishing unit 60B for sending to 21
, And a detection unit 93 for detecting the storage amount of the pachinko balls discharged from the gaming machines 31, 31, ... To the game medium storage unit 41, and a detection unit 93 for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished pachinko balls. A control device 91 for controlling the transfer of the unpolished pachinko balls to the polishing section 60B by the transfer mechanism 70, and controlling the polishing of the unpolished pachinko balls by the polishing section 60B and the lifting to the supply gutter 21. .

As described in the first embodiment, the transfer mechanism 70 uses a motor 72 for rotating a spiral member such as the screw conveyor 71.
Driven in order to transfer the stored unpolished pachinko balls, which is laterally installed at the bottom portion 43 of the island lower step 40.

On the other hand, the polishing section 60B is rotated by a tubular body 64 vertically provided at a proper position in the gaming machine island 10 and a motor M provided inside the tubular body 64 and arranged above the tubular body 64. A polishing machine 60b having a spiral body 65 to be driven is provided. The spiral body 65 is for taking in the pachinko ball and the polishing machine 60b by rotating and lifting them. The polishing machine 60b is provided with an abrasive material separating / collecting unit 60c for separating and recovering the abrasive material A taken into the tubular body 64 together with the pachinko balls and reusing it. The separating / collecting unit 60c includes a separating unit 66a in which a plurality of rod-shaped bodies (not shown) are juxtaposed for the pachinko balls and the abrasive material A that have been polished and pumped, for example, at intervals smaller than the diameter of the pachinko balls, and the polishing separated there. The recovery unit 66b returns the material to the vicinity of the lower end of the polishing machine 60b. One end of the separating portion 66a has a polishing machine 6
0b of the pachinko ball is connected to the outlet, and the other end is connected to the supply gutter 21.

The detecting section 93 has three detecting means similar to the detecting section 93 of the first embodiment, and is provided so that the vertical position is different near the polishing section in the game medium storage section 41.
The position of the detecting means is provided, for example, at a position where the pachinko ball reaches when the pachinko ball is stored in the maximum first detecting means 93a at the highest position. The second detection means 93b is provided from the bottom 43 of the game medium storage section 41 to the first detection means 93a.
It is provided near the intermediate position between the third detecting means 93c.
Is provided at a position slightly above the screw conveyor 71 of the transfer mechanism 70 disposed on the bottom portion 43.

The control unit 90 includes a control unit 91 including a CPU, a memory, and a microcomputer having an I / O port, and a setting unit 9.
2, and an interface function between the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing section 60B. The setting unit 92 is for setting the operating speeds of the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing machine 60b, as described later.

The setting is, for example, when the amount of pachinko balls stored in the game medium storage unit 41 reaches the position of the first detecting means 93a, the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing machine 60b start operating at a predetermined first speed. When it is lower than the position of the second detecting means 93b, it operates at a second speed which is slower than the first speed, and when it is lower than the position of the third detecting means 93c provided at the lowermost part, the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing machine. The operation of 60b is stopped.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.

In this embodiment, the pachinko balls discharged from each of the gaming machines 31, 31, ... Drop directly into the game medium storage section 41. The pachinko ball that has fallen into the game media storage unit 41 is the bottom 4
According to the inclination of 3, they gather on the side of the polishing section 60B. However, if it is stored to a certain extent, the natural movement to the polishing section 60B side will not be performed. When the storage amount increases, the pachinko ball reaches the first detection means 93a provided at the highest position in the game medium storage portion 41, and when the first detection means 93a detects it, the information is the control device 91. Sent to. Then, the controller 91 starts the operation of the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing machine 60b at the first speed predetermined by the setting unit 92.

In the polishing machine 60b, the tubular body 64 is driven by the motor.
When the inner spiral body 65 is rotationally driven, the pachinko ball and the abrasive A are taken in together. The pachinko balls that have been taken in are polished by the abrasive material A while being transported together with the abrasive material A by the rotation of the spiral body 65. The pachinko ball P and the abrasive material A that have been pumped to the top of the polishing machine 60b are discharged to the separation unit 66a of the separation and collection unit 60c. In the separating portion 66a, the abrasive material A is dropped to the collecting portion 66b provided below the separating portion 66a, and the pachinko balls move to the supply gutter 21 connected to the separating portion 66a. The pachinko balls that have moved to the supply gutter 21 are appropriately supplied to the respective gaming machines 31, 31, ... Of the gaming machine island 10 as described in the first embodiment.

In this way, when the polishing pumping by the polishing machine 60b progresses and the second detecting means 93b detects that the amount of the unpolished pachinko balls stored has fallen below the position of the second detecting means 93b, The information is sent to the control device 91. Then, the controller 91 controls the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing machine 60.
b is operated at a predetermined second speed which is slower than the first speed.

Furthermore, when the storage amount of the pachinko balls decreases and the lowest third detecting means 93c detects that the storage amount of the unpolished pachinko balls has dropped below the position of the third detecting means 93c, that information is given. When sent to the control device 91, the control device 91 stops the operation of the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing machine 60b.

Thus, the polished pachinko balls can be appropriately supplied without causing the gaming machines 31, 31, ... To fall short of the supply of pachinko balls.

The positions at which the detecting means 93a, 93b, 93c are provided and the preset first and second velocities can be easily determined by examining the pachinko ball supply status of the entire island. When the pachinko ball supply status of the entire island changes significantly due to adjustment of the gaming machines 31, 31, ..., The first speed and the second speed may be set again.

Further, by providing a display device 99 for displaying the operating speed of the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing machine 60b, the operating state can be confirmed.

Also in this embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, a guide plate G is provided below the game medium storage section 41, or the spiral body 71 of the transfer mechanism 70 is constituted by a plurality of screw conveyors. It goes without saying that the transfer efficiency is improved.

In the present embodiment, the storage amount of unpolished pachinko balls increases from when the storage amount is near the lowermost portion, and the first detection means 93
When the detection by a is performed, the transfer mechanism 70 and the polishing machine 60b are started at the first speed, and when the storage amount is below the position in the second detection means 93b, the operation speed becomes the second speed slower than the first speed. However, when the storage amount increases and exceeds the position where the third detecting means 93c is present, it is operated at the second speed,
When the position of the second detecting means 93b is exceeded, it may be operated at the first speed. That is, when the uppermost position of the stored unpolished pachinko balls is between the position with the first detecting means 93a and the position with the second detecting means 93b, the polishing machine 60b or the like is operated at a predetermined first speed, Second detection means 93
When it is between the position where b is present and the position where the third detecting means 93c is present, a predetermined second speed operation is performed, and the third detecting means 93 is operated.
The operation may be stopped when the position becomes equal to or lower than the position c.

[0074]

According to the gaming medium processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to always appropriately supply pachinko balls to each gaming machine on the gaming machine island, and polish the vicinity of the upper stage of the gaming machine island. It is possible to effectively use the space on the gaming machine island without the need for a tank that stores the used pachinko balls.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game medium processing device and a game machine island according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing control according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a game medium processing device and a game machine island according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a game medium processing device and a game machine island according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing a game medium processing device and a game machine island according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing control according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Game machine island 20 ... Island upper stage 21 ... Supply gutter 30 ... Island middle stage 31 ... Game machine 40 ... Island lower stage 41 ... Game medium storage 42 ... Game medium receiving unit 50 ... Game medium processing device 60A ... Polishing machine 60b ... Polishing Machine 60B ... Polishing unit 70 ... Transfer mechanism 80 ... Lifting mechanism 91 ... Control device 93 ... Detection unit 93a ... First detection means 93b ... Second detection means 93c ... Third detection means

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A game medium ejected from each of the above-mentioned gaming machines is polished in a gaming machine island in which a lower portion of the gaming machine island, which is composed of an upper stage, a middle stage, and a lower stage in which a plurality of gaming machines are juxtaposed, is a gaming medium storage unit. Then, in a game medium processing device for hoisting a polished game medium to a supply gutter for supplying each of the game machines, the game medium processing device includes a polishing machine for polishing the game medium, and the polishing machine. A transfer mechanism for transferring the game medium polished by the above, a pumping mechanism for pumping the game medium from the transfer mechanism to the replenishment gutter, and a detection for detecting the storage amount of the game medium Means, and controlling the polishing of the game medium by the polishing machine according to the detection of the storage amount of the game medium by the detection means, controlling the transfer of the polished game medium by the transfer mechanism, and the polishing by the lifting mechanism. Said supplement of used game media A game medium processing device comprising a control device for controlling the feeding to a gutter. 2. A game medium discharged from each of the above-mentioned gaming machines is polished in the gaming machine island in which the lower stage of the gaming machine island, which is composed of an upper stage, a middle stage, and a lower stage in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in parallel, is used as a gaming medium storage unit. Then, in a game medium processing device for hoisting a polished game medium to a supply gutter for supplying each said game machine, the game medium processing device receives a non-polished game medium discharged from each said game machine A medium receiving unit and a polishing machine horizontally installed in the lower stage of the game machine island, for polishing the unpolished game medium from the game medium receiving unit, and for transferring the game medium polished by the polishing machine. A transfer mechanism, a pumping mechanism for pumping the polished game medium from the transfer mechanism to the replenishment gutter, and a detector for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium in the game medium receiver. Detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium by the detection unit According to the control of the polishing of the unpolished game medium by the polishing machine, the transfer mechanism controls the transfer of the polished game medium to the lifting mechanism, the lifting mechanism of the polished game medium And a control device for controlling the pumping to a supply gutter, wherein the detection unit is provided in a lower stage of the game machine island, and a storage amount of the unpolished game medium is first in the game medium receiving unit. First detecting means for detecting that the predetermined amount has been reached, and for detecting that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has become equal to or less than a second predetermined amount which is smaller than the first predetermined amount. And a second detecting means, wherein the control device detects that the first detecting means has reached a first predetermined amount of storage of the unpolished game medium, the polishing machine, the transfer mechanism and the The operation of the lifting mechanism is started, and the second detection means Game media processing device and having a function of storing the amount of grinding game media to stop the operation of the second and detects that equal to or less than a predetermined amount and the grinding machine and the transfer mechanism said pumped mechanism. 3. The game medium processing device according to claim 1, wherein the transfer mechanism comprises a plurality of screw conveyors. 4. A game medium discharged from each of the above-mentioned gaming machines is set in a gaming machine island in which a lower portion of the gaming machine island composed of a plurality of gaming machines arranged side by side comprises a gaming machine island. In a game medium processing device that polishes and pumps a polished game medium to a supply gutter for supplying each of the game machines, the game medium processing device is an unpolished game provided at the bottom of the game medium storage section. A transfer mechanism for transferring a medium, a polishing unit for polishing the unpolished game medium and lifting it to the supply gutter, and an unpolished game medium discharged from each of the gaming machines to the game medium storage unit A detection unit for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium, and the transfer mechanism controls the transfer of the unpolished game medium to the polishing unit according to the detection of the storage amount of the unpolished game medium by the detection unit. Polishing of the unpolished game medium by the polishing unit And a control unit for controlling the lifting to the supply gutter, and the polishing unit is vertically installed on the game machine island, and is capable of lifting the supply medium to the supply gutter while polishing the unpolished game medium. A machine, the detection unit has a plurality of detection means provided at different positions in the vertical direction in the game medium storage unit, the control unit, the detection unit of the unpolished game medium A game machine characterized by having a control device for starting the operation of the transfer mechanism and the polishing machine, changing the operation speed and stopping the operation according to the detection of the storage amount, and a setting unit for setting the operation speed. Media processing device. 5. The detection unit comprises three detection means, and the control device, when the uppermost first detection means detects an unpolished game medium, the first set by the transfer mechanism and the polishing machine.
When the second detecting means operating at a speed detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has dropped below the position of the second detecting means, the second detecting means set by the transfer mechanism and the polishing machine is operated. Set to stop the transfer mechanism and the polishing machine when operating at a speed and when the lowest third detection means detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has dropped below the position of the third detection means. The game medium processing device according to claim 4, wherein the game medium processing device is a controlled device. 6. The game medium processing device according to claim 4, wherein the transfer mechanism comprises a plurality of screw conveyors. 7. An indicator for indicating whether the polishing machine is operating or stopped and an operating speed during operation are provided. Alternatively, the game medium processing device according to item 6. 8. A game in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged back to back so as to extend laterally in a state in which they are in contact with each other without interposing other game-related equipment between their backs, and they are in contact with each other back to back. A game machine installation section configured to have a depth width corresponding to two machines, and a box that is constructed below the game machine installation section to form an island lower stage and directly stores the game media discharged from each game machine. A game machine island comprising a game medium polishing storage portion formed in a frame shape, wherein the game medium processing device according to claim 1, 2 or 3 is arranged. .