JPH09168629A - Slot machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an illegal action by a player from a medal discharge port by contriving the shape and structure of a medal chute. SOLUTION: The medal chute 20 is provided with a medal receiving port 22 for receiving medals for returning on an upper end and a medal exit 23 for sending out the medals to the medal discharge port on a lower end. Between the medal receiving port 22 and the medal exit 23, a medal falling passage 24 provided with a bypass 25 in a bent shape is formed and a communicating port 27 communicated with a medal discharge machine is provided in the bypass 25.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slot machine in which medals are used as a play medium, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a medal chute for guiding a medal for returning or a medal for payout or settlement to a medal discharge port. Regarding improvement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A typical conventional slot machine comprises a box-shaped machine body and a door portion which is attached to a front opening of the machine body so as to be openable and closable. Inside the machine body, three reels, a medal payout machine, a control circuit board, etc. are incorporated, while a symbol display window for displaying symbols on the peripheral surface of each reel is provided on the outer surface of the door. Besides, a medal insertion slot, a start lever, a stop button switch, a medal ejection slot, a medal tray, etc. are provided.

On the inner surface of the door, as shown in FIG.
A medal selector 30 for selecting the medals a inserted from the medal insertion opening and a medal chute 31 connecting the medal selector 30 and the medal ejection opening 34 are provided.
In the middle of the medal chute 31, a rectangular communication port 32 communicating with the medal discharging machine is opened. The medal a inserted through the medal insertion slot is guided to the medal sorter 30 by the tilt guide 33 and is selected, and the medal b to be taken into the machine body is transferred from the end of the tilt guide 33 to the hopper of the medal ejector. Is released. The medal c to be returned to the medal tray is the medal shoot 3
It drops inside 1 and is guided to the medal discharge port 34. Medals for game payouts and settlements are sent from the medal ejecting machine toward the communication opening 32, and similarly fall in the medal chute 31 and are guided to the medal ejecting opening 34.

[0004]

Normally, many slot machines are installed in a pachinko hall, etc.,
Some of the players illegally defrauded medals by performing fraudulent activity and causing the slot machine to malfunction. For example, a thin metal fitting such as a wire is inserted deeply into the medal chute 31 through the medal discharge port, and the tip of the metal fitting is brought into contact with the medal sorter 30 or the medal ejector to cause a malfunction.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a slot machine in which a player's fraudulent activity from a medal outlet is prevented by devising the shape and structure of the medal chute. With the goal.

[0006]

A slot machine according to the present invention comprises a box-shaped machine main body in which a medal discharge machine is housed, and a door which is openably and closably attached to a front opening of the machine main body. The door portion is provided with a medal insertion opening and a medal ejection opening on the outer surface, and on the inner surface, among the medals inserted from the medal insertion opening, a return medal is dropped to the medal ejection opening. There is a leading medal shoot. The medal chute includes a medal receiving port for receiving the return medal at the upper end, and a medal outlet for sending the medal to the medal discharging port at the lower end,
A medal drop passage having a curved detour is formed between the medal receiving port and the medal exit, and a communication port communicating with the medal ejector is provided in the detour.

In the slot machine according to the second aspect of the present invention, the baffle plate protruding to the medal drop passage is provided on the inner wall of the medal chute.

[0008]

[Function] Since the medal drop passage is provided with a bent detour, and the detour has a communication port communicating with the medal ejection machine, a thin metal fitting such as a wire is inserted from the medal ejection port. However, it is difficult to bring the metal fitting into good contact with the medal sorter or the medal ejector.

In the slot machine according to the second aspect, since the baffle plate protruding to the medal drop passage is provided on the inner wall of the medal chute, when the thin metal fitting such as a wire is inserted from the medal discharge port, the baffle plate is said. It becomes an obstacle for the metal fittings to enter.

[0010]

1 and 2 show the construction of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. This slot machine has a box-shaped machine body 1 and a machine body 1
The front opening 3 is composed of an openable and closable door portion 2 which is pivotally attached at its one end by two hinges 4a and 4b. Inside the machine body 1, a reel assembly 6 in which three reels 6a, 6b, 6c are integrally assembled, a medal payout machine 8 provided with a hopper 7 for accommodating a large number of medals, and the entire machine A control circuit board 9 for controlling the operation is incorporated.

On the outer surface of the door portion 2, in addition to the symbol display window 11 provided at a position corresponding to the reel assembly 6,
A starting lever 12 for starting each reel 6a, 6b, 6c, a medal insertion slot 13 for inserting a medal, three stop button switches 14 for individually stopping each reel 6a, 6b, 6c, a medal A medal discharge port 10 for discharging the coins to the medal tray 15 is provided.
A speaker 16 for outputting a sound effect or the like is provided near the medal tray 15.

As shown in FIG. 3, an inclined guide 17 communicating with the medal slot 13 and a medal sorter 18 interposed between the inclined guides 17 are provided on the inner surface of the door 2.
Medal shoot 2 located below medal sorter 18
0 is provided, and the end of the tilt guide 17 is
When the door 2 is closed, it is located above the hopper 7 of the medal ejector 8.

The medals inserted from the medal insertion slot 13 are guided to the medal sorter 18 by the tilt guide 17 and sorted, and the medals to be taken into the machine body 1 are discharged from the end of the tilt guide 17. It is discharged to the hopper 7 of the machine 8. Further, the medals to be returned to the medal tray 15 are dropped onto the medal chute 20 and guided to the medal discharge port 10.

The medal chute 20 is formed by using a gutter-shaped cover 19 made of synthetic resin, the back surface and the upper end surface of which are open. As shown in FIG. 4, the gutter-shaped cover 19 has the open end of the back surface abutted on a flat surface 21 formed inside the door portion 2 and fixed in place by screwing. 21 and the trough-shaped cover 19 between the medal drop passage 2
4, and the opened upper end surface of the gutter-shaped cover 19 serves as a medal receiving port 22. The lower end of the gutter-shaped cover 19 is covered on the medal discharge port 10 formed in the flat surface 21, and the lower end of the opened rear surface of the gutter-shaped cover 19 serves as a medal outlet 23. The medal chute 20 is not limited to the gutter-shaped one, but may be, for example, a pipe-shaped one.

The trough-shaped cover 19 is formed in a bent shape in a plan view, and a medal receiving port 22 and a medal outlet 2 are provided in an intermediate portion of the medal passage 24 as shown in FIG.
A detour 25 that deviates to one side from an imaginary straight line L connecting with 3 is formed.

In the detour 25 in the illustrated example, the lower portion is inclined in a direction away from the virtual straight line L, and a first inclined passage 25a is formed.
And a second portion in which the lower portion inclines toward the virtual straight line L
, And three baffles 26a to 26c projecting into the first inclined passage 25a are provided on the inner surface of one side plate of the gutter-shaped cover 19. Of these baffles 26a to 26c, the first baffle 26a is the first baffle.
Is provided at a right angle to the inclined passage 25a of
The baffle plates 26b and 26c are provided in the right downward direction at an angle with respect to the first inclined passage 25a.

A rectangular communication port 27 that communicates with the medal delivery port 5 of the medal ejecting machine 8 is provided at a bent position where the first and second inclined passages 25a and 25b intersect.
When the door 2 is closed, this communication port 27 is located opposite to the medal delivery port 5 of the medal ejecting machine 8 and communicates with it. In the figure, 28 is a screw fixing portion integrally formed on the opening edge of the gutter-shaped cover 19.

In the slot machine having the above structure, the medals inserted through the medal insertion slot 13 are the medal sorters 1
The medals to be selected and taken in 3 are sent to the hopper 7 of the medal ejector 8, and the medals to be returned are dropped to the medal receiving port 22 of the medal chute 20. The returned medal drops in the medal drop passage 24 in the medal chute 20 and is ejected from the medal outlet 23 to the medal ejection port 10. At the time of paying out or paying for a game, the medal ejecting machine 8 is activated to send out medals from the medal delivery port 5. This medal is a medal shoot 20 from the communication port 27.
It is sent into the inside, falls through the medal drop passage 24, and is ejected from the medal outlet 23 to the medal ejection port 10.

When the player inserts a metal fitting such as a wire into the medal chute 20 through the medal discharge port 10, a bent detour 25 is provided in the medal drop passage 24 in the medal chute 20. Since a plurality of baffle plates 26a to 26c are provided on the bypass 25, the metal fitting does not easily reach the medal sorter 18. Even if the tip of the metal fitting could somehow reach the medal sorter 18, it is difficult to bring the medal sorter 18 into good contact with the medal sorter 18 because the bent medal sorter passage 24 is passed therethrough. .

In addition, a bent detour 25 is provided in the medal drop passage 24 in the medal chute 20, and the detour 25 communicates with the medal ejector 8.
Since the metal fitting 7 is provided, even if the metal fitting is inserted from the medal discharging opening 10, the metal fitting does not easily reach the medal discharging equipment 8 and it is difficult to bring the metal fitting 8 into good contact with the metal fitting to cause a malfunction. is there.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, a medal drop passage having a curved detour is formed between the medal receiving port and the medal exit of the medal chute, and the medal ejector is connected to the detour. Since the communication opening is provided, it is difficult to bring the metal fitting into contact with the medal sorter or the medal ejecting machine properly even if a thin metal fitting such as a wire is inserted from the medal emitting opening. It is possible to prevent cheating by persons.

In the invention of claim 2, since the baffle plate protruding to the medal drop passage is provided on the inner wall of the medal chute, when a thin metal fitting such as a wire is inserted from the medal discharge port, the baffle board is the metal fitting. It becomes an obstacle to entry, and it is possible to more reliably prevent fraudulent acts by the player from the medal outlet.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a state in which a door of the slot machine is opened.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a medal chute.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of a medal chute.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing the internal structure of the medal chute.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a conventional medal chute.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Machine Body 2 Door 10 Medal Outlet 13 Medal Inlet 20 Medal Shoot 22 Medal Receiving 23 Medal Outlet 24 Medal Fall Passage 25 Detour 26a, 26b, 26c Baffle Plate 27 Communication Port

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A box-shaped machine main body in which a medal discharge machine is housed, and a door portion openably and closably attached to a front opening of the machine main body portion, wherein the door portion has a medal on an outer surface. An insertion slot and a medal ejection slot are provided, and on the inner surface, among the medals inserted from the medal insertion slot,
In a slot machine provided with a medal chute for dropping a medal for return and guiding it to the medal ejection port, the medal chute has a medal receiving port for receiving the return medal at an upper end and a medal emitting port at a lower end. A medal outlet for sending medals is formed, and a medal drop passage having a curved detour is formed between the medal receiving port and the medal exit, and a communication port communicating with the medal ejector is provided in the detour. A slot machine provided with. 2. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein an inner wall of the medal chute is provided with a baffle plate that projects into a medal drop passage.