JPH09225129A - Inter-stand ball lending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print out the number of stored balls and display contents by printing and outputting contents displayed at a display part by a control means by a printer. SOLUTION: The printer 6 and the display part 6A as output means are provided between the membership card insertion port 15 and a pachinko ball pay-out part 14 of this inter-stand ball lending machine 11. The display part 6A is disposed on the side of the pachinko ball pay-out part 14 and the printer 6 is disposed on the side of the member ship card insertion port 15 respectively. Also, the printer 6 is fitted inside the inter-stand ball lending machine 11. A receipt issuing port 6B is formed on the front surface of the inter-stand ball lending machine 11 corresponding to the printer 6. The printer 6 is composed of a thermal printer for performing printing on thermosensitive paper by a head generating heat. Then, control is performed by a microcomputer and the quantity of pachinko balls counted by a ball counter is printed and a receipt is issued. Also, in the case of storing the balls, the receipt is not issued and the number of stored balls is displayed at the display part 6A.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inter-lens ball lending machine with a printer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to improve the sales of pachinko machines, etc., it is possible to prevent players from leaving the pachinko machines in use and continue playing for a long time. A ball lending machine is provided to prevent the player from leaving the pachinko machine or the like. Also, if a player enjoys playing a pachinko machine and wins a prize or a special prize occurs, the number of balls he or she owns will increase and the pachinko ball saucer provided in front of the pachinko machine will fill up. In this case, the pachinko balls are stored in a temporary coin box (also called a dollar box, which is about 14 kilograms to 17.8 kilograms per box).

Then, the player asks the pachinko ball counter to count the ball box and issue a receipt printed by the printer. That is, a pachinko ball deposit document printed by a ball counting machine is issued, and the service counter of a pachinko store is visited to exchange for a prize or the like corresponding to the number of pachinko balls described on the receipt. In this case, the player has carried the ball box containing the pachinko balls to the counting counter of the pachinko parlor (in this case, one pachinko parlor or one per floor).

[0004]

However, there is a problem that when a player exchanges a pachinko ball for a prize, he must bring a heavy ball box to the counting counter.

Therefore, there has been a demand for a device which can count the number of pachinko balls in the ball box without issuing a counting counter and can issue a receipt.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an inter-mountain ball lending machine for printing and outputting the number of stored coins and the contents displayed on the display section. To aim.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] That is, an inter-mountain ball lending machine 11 of claim 1 is the inter-mountain ball lending machine 11 arranged in parallel with a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine 2 and having a display section 6A, The printer 6 and the control means are provided, and the control means prints out the contents displayed on the display section 6A and other data by the printer 6.

[0008]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of an inter-mountain ball rental machine 11 installed side by side on a pachinko machine 2 on the island 1, FIG. 2 is a front view of an inter-mountain ball rental machine 11 installed side by side on the pachinko machine 2, and FIG. Rental machine 11
FIG. 4 is a front view and FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the inter-mountain ball lending machine 11. A plurality of pachinko machines 2 are installed side by side on the island 1 inside the pachinko machine.
・ ・ In addition to the stand-alone ball rental machines 11 installed side by side,
A shelf stand 3 is attached to the front of each pachinko machine 2 ...

The pachinko machine 2 is for a player to enjoy playing by renting pachinko balls. The pachinko ball circulating device 24 allows the pachinko ball circulating device 24 to store a large number of pachinko balls 2 ...・ It is composed of an all-store system that circulates or an island-return system. Pachinko machine 2
Side-by-side ball lending machines 11 installed side by side are vertically long (in this case, width is about 30
mm, depth about 160 mm), and has a substantially rectangular shape,
The height is substantially equal to that of the pachinko machine 2.

This pedestal ball lending machine 11 is a microcomputer 10 and an island computer (FIG. 4) for controlling the entire island portion 1.
The host computer 25 is connected via the Nakajima computer 20. Above this pedestrian ball lending machine 11, a money insertion unit 1
2 is provided, and the money insertion unit 12 is provided with a bill insertion slot 12A on the upper side and a coin insertion slot 12B on the lower side. Further, a plurality of operation buttons 13 ... Are provided below the money insertion unit 12, and the operation buttons 13 include a function switching button, a ten key (a number from 0 to 9), a member service button, and a cancel button. And the like.

By operating these operation buttons 13, the total number of coins, fractional coins, replay, etc. can be switched. In addition, the operation button 13 is provided with a pachinko ball counting start button, a stop button, a receipt issuing button, an end button, and the like. By operating these buttons, a ball counting machine 5 described later will be described.
It is possible to start, stop, and end counting of pachinko balls.

A pachinko ball payout unit 14 is provided below the operation button 13. The pachinko ball payout unit 14 extends a predetermined distance laterally from the inter-mountain ball lending machine 11, and is downward at the tip. The pachinko ball discharge port 14A is provided toward the. The pachinko ball discharge port 14A is configured to extend above a pachinko ball tray 2A described later.

A member card insertion slot 15 is provided below the pachinko ball payout portion 14, and a membership card reader 15A is provided inside the inter-mountain ball lending machine 11 corresponding to the membership card insertion slot 15. Has been. The membership card reader 15A is for reading data such as a membership number of a membership card. When a membership card issued by a pachinko parlor is inserted into the membership card insertion slot 15, the data of the inserted membership card is read. ing.

Further, the member operates the operation button 13 after inserting the member card into the member card insertion slot 15 (in this case, a function of urging the input of a password or the like may be provided), so that the member card reader 15A The data of the membership card is read in so that the total number of coins, fractional coins, replay, etc. can be performed. Further, the member operates the ten keys after pressing the member service button, so that the service information of the pachinko machine 2 or the like registered and registered in the host computer 25 of the pachinko parlor can be provided.

A printer 6 as an output means is provided between the member card insertion slot 15 and the pachinko ball payout section 14.
And a display unit 6A is provided. The display section 6A is provided on the pachinko ball payout section 14 side, the printer 6 is provided on the membership card insertion slot 15 side, and the printer 6 is provided inside the inter-lens ball lending machine 11.

Corresponding to the printer 6, a receipt issuing port 6B is vertically provided on the front surface of the inter-lens ball lending machine 11, and the receipt 21 and the sub-receipt 22 printed by the printer 6 are provided to the receipt issuing port. It is configured to be issued from 6B. The receipt 21 and the sub-receipt 22 are issued by cutting a receipt cutter (not shown) at the receipt issuing port 6B (in this case, a sheet of a predetermined shape may be prepared and printed on it). Is configured. The display unit 6A displays the number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counter 5, which will be described later, such as a 7-segment LED or liquid crystal display plate (in this case, the numeral 6).
Digit).

In such a case, the number of pachinko balls is 100,000 in 40 boxes when 2500 boxes are put in one box. That is, the display section 6A can display up to about 10 times as many as 40 boxes in 6-digit display, and the number of digits too large for normal use can be displayed. Also, the month, day, time, etc. may be displayed except when counting.

During counting, the fact that counting is in progress is displayed (in this case, counter up, etc.), and when the thermal paper of the printer 6 to be described later is finished, for example, "Er
"P-0" is displayed. When the printer 6 is abnormal, "Er P-1" is displayed on the display plate, and when the ball counter 5 is abnormal, "Er P-2" is displayed on the display plate. Further, when the ball counting machine 5 is clogged, "Er P-3" is displayed on the display plate, and these displays are turned on and off repeatedly in units of 1 second.

The printer 6 has a head that generates heat (not shown) and prints by applying it to a paper that develops color when heated (in this case, a thermal paper having a width of about 58 mm). It consists of a printer. The printer 6 is controlled by the microcomputer 10 and is configured to print the number of pachinko balls counted by the ball counter 5 on thermal paper and issue a receipt 21. Also,
When the member collects the ball, the receipt 21 is not issued and the display unit 6
The number of stored coins is displayed on A.

Further, the issued receipt 21 is configured so that it can be taken to a service counter of a pachinko parlor and exchanged for a prize, and is valid only on the day of the day to prevent fraud due to falsification. As shown in FIG. 5, this receipt 21 has a bar code, the number of balls, the date and time, and a hall name (= in the figure).
==), receipt issuance number (bottom line in the figure), etc. are printed. In this case, the barcode is compatible with a POS (not shown) installed in the service counter, and the receipt 21 can be directly processed by the barcode reader of the POS.

The sub-receipt 22 has a hall name (=== in the figure) as shown in FIG. 6, date and time, unit number, number of hours-accumulated coins, number of receipt-issued balls by time, total number of receipt-issued balls, total number of accumulated coins The number, grand total, etc. are printed, and the history of the day is displayed. Note that the numbers and letters shown in FIG. 6 are examples of printing, and are different from actual numbers.

On the other hand, the ball counter 5 is a pachinko machine 2 described later.
Is provided under the ball storage box 18, that is, under the shelf 3, and is configured to count the pachinko balls by flowing the pachinko balls stored in the ball storage box 18 into the ball counting machine 5. Has been done. Further, a path (not shown) is provided in the pachinko ball storage container 23 from the ball counting machine 5, and the pachinko balls after counting are returned to the pachinko ball storage container 23 and then each pachinko ball circulating device 24 operates the respective pachinko machines 2.
It is configured to circulate.

The ball counting machine 5 is constructed in substantially the same manner as a pachinko ball counting machine installed in a service counter or the like of a pachinko parlor, and there are a plurality of ball passages (four rows in this case) through which the pachinko balls pass. It is provided. A ball passage portion slightly wider than a pachinko ball is provided in a part of the ball passage, and a light emitting element is provided on one of the left and right sides of each ball passage portion and a light receiving element is provided on the other side.

Then, the light emitted by the light emitting element (light such as infrared rays in this case) is received by the light receiving element, and the pachinko ball interrupts the optical path between the light receiving element and the light emitting element to detect the non-light receiving signal of the light receiving element. Then, the microcomputer 10 is configured to count the passing amount of the pachinko balls. By doing this, the number of pachinko balls that pass through the ball passage is counted, and the ball counting efficiency is quadrupled by providing four rows of ball passages, 2500 pachinko balls are counted in about 30 seconds, and a large number of pachinko balls can be counted in a short time. It is configured to be capable of counting.

At the entrance of the ball passing portion, small items (coins, etc.)
In addition, the structure is such that water drops and the like do not enter accidentally, and is configured to prevent the entry of foreign matter and the entry of objects that may cause malfunction of the counter.

On the other hand, a ball storage box 18 having an open upper side is provided on the shelf 3 of the pachinko machine 2, and the ball storage box 18 is configured to be substantially the same as a ball box normally used. There is. A shutter (not shown) is provided on the lower surface or the side surface of the ball storage box 18, and the pachinko balls stored in the ball storage box 18 can be introduced into the ball counting machine 5 by opening and closing the shutter. There is.

Further, the ball storage box 18 is constructed so that a pachinko ball can be easily introduced from a pachinko ball tray 2A, which will be described later, provided on the pachinko machine 2. This pachinko ball saucer 2
A is provided with a discharge lever (not shown), and by operating this discharge lever, the pachinko balls of the pachinko ball tray 2A flow into the ball storage box 18.

The pachinko machine 2 is composed of an operation dial 17 for operating and firing pachinko balls and a game board 16, and a guide rail 19 is provided on the surface of the game board 16. An out hole (not shown) is provided below the guide rail 19. When the player operates the operation dial 17 of the pachinko machine 2, the pachinko balls in the pachinko ball receiving tray 2A are individually fired along the guide rails 19 by a pachinko ball firing device (not shown).

When the fired pachinko balls enter a winning hole (not shown), a predetermined amount of pachinko balls are discharged into the pachinko ball tray 2A and this is added to the number of balls owned by the player. Thereby, the player enjoys playing the pachinko machine 2. Further, the pachinko balls that do not enter the winning holes enter the out holes, return to the pachinko ball storage container 23, and are circulated to the respective pachinko machines 2 by the pachinko ball circulating device 24.

Next, an example of use of the inter-mountain ball lending machine 11 having the above configuration will be described. The inter-lens ball lending machine 11 includes a printer 6, a display unit 6A, operation buttons 13, a ball counter 5, and a money insertion unit 1.
2. Member card reader 15A, microcomputer 1
It is assumed that 0s are connected to each other. Also, only the stop button is accepted during counting of pachinko balls.

First, after inserting a membership card into the membership card insertion slot 15, money is inserted into the money insertion unit 12 and a predetermined number of pachinko balls are ejected from the pachinko ball ejection port 14A into the pachinko ball tray 2A. Then, the player operates the operation dial 17 of the pachinko machine 2 to shoot a pachinko ball and enjoy playing the pachinko machine 2.

When the player enjoys playing the pachinko machine 2 and receives many prizes, the number of pachinko balls in the pachinko ball saucer 2A increases. When the pachinko ball receiving tray 2A is full of pachinko balls, the discharge lever is operated to cause the pachinko balls of the pachinko ball receiving tray 2A to flow into the ball storage box 18.

When this is repeated and the pachinko balls are filled in the ball storage box 18, the player presses the pachinko ball counting start button on the display section 6A. Then, the pachinko balls in the ball storage box 18 are caused to flow into the ball counting machine 5 to count the pachinko balls, and the counted pachinko balls are returned to the pachinko ball storage container 23.

When it is desired to interrupt the counting of pachinko balls while counting the pachinko balls, the operation button 13 of the inter-lens ball lending machine 11 is used.
Press (Stop button) to stop counting. And
Every time the pachinko balls are repeatedly counted, the microcomputer 10 records the counting time and accumulates the repeatedly counted pachinko balls.

When the pachinko balls counted here are to be stored, if the operation button 13 is operated with the membership card inserted into the membership card insertion slot 15 of the stand ball lending machine 11, the microcomputer 10 counts the balls. Pachinko ball quantity data counted by machine 5 and membership card data (membership number)
To the host computer 25. As a result, it is stored in the host computer 25 as a member's savings. In this case, the operation of the operation button 13 is performed by pressing the savings button while inserting the membership card.

In addition, when the member has a ball and exchanges a predetermined ball for a prize, the operation button 13 is operated with the member card inserted in the member card insertion slot 15. In this case, when the operation button 13 is operated to input the quantity, the entered quantity is displayed on the display section 6B. If the displayed quantity is correct, press the receipt issue button.

As a result, the microcomputer 10 sends the input pachinko ball quantity data and the membership card data (membership number) to the host computer 25, and subtracts the quantity stored in the host computer 25 as the member's savings. The computer 10 is the printer 6
Control A and issue the receipt 21. Also, the issued receipt 21 is brought to the service counter within the day and exchanged for a gift.

When the play of the pachinko machine 2 is finished, the operation button 13 (end button) of the pedestal ball lending machine 11 is finished.
Press. As a result, the printer 6 is driven, and only the sub-receipt 22 on which the above-described predetermined items are printed is issued from the receipt issuing port 6B, and the player finishes cutting the sub-receipt 22 with a receipt cutter.

As described above, since the receipts 21 counted by the ball counter 5 are printed and issued by the printer 6 provided in the inter-lens ball lending machine 11, the receipts 21 are lined up in front of a crowded counter such as when the store is closed. There is no need. As a result, the receipt 21 issued by the printer 6 can be directly brought to the service counter and exchanged for a prize, or the special prize exchanged at the service counter can be brought to the purchasing area and purchased. Therefore, the player does not have to use a busy counting counter, and can enjoy playing with the pachinko machine 2 until the store is closed (excluding the prize exchange time).

Since the pachinko balls counted by the ball counting machine 5 are returned to the pachinko ball storage container 23 and then circulated to the respective pachinko machines 2 by the pachinko ball circulating device 24,
Approximately 180% to 2 as the number of pachinko parlors is newly opened
Even if the number of balls released is increased by setting it to about 0%, the number of circulating pachinko balls can be maintained and the store can be closed at the set closing time.

Further, the player does not have to carry the heavy ball box to the counting counter several times, and the clerk of the pachinko parlor can also eliminate the burden of having to carry the heavy ball box to the counter. As a result, the burden on the player and the clerk can be significantly reduced, and the service to the player can be improved.

Also, since the ball counting result can be issued as a receipt at the inter-mountain ball lending machine 11, it is possible to easily change the split number for each island part 1 and pachinko machine 2, and a popular model such as a seven machine or a feather machine. And other idle pachinko machines 2 can be set to different cash exchange rates. As a result, it is possible to prevent the players from concentrating only on popular models, and to distribute the players on average to the pachinko machines 2 ... of the entire pachinko parlor. The occupancy rate will increase and it will be possible to significantly improve the sales of pachinko parlors.

Further, since the printer 6 is provided in the inter-lens ball lending machine 11, the space of the limited pachinko parlor is not pressed. In particular, since the display unit 6A, the operation button 13 and the like are also provided in the inter-lens ball lending machine 11, the number of pachinko machines 2 does not decrease, and the pachinko parlor can greatly improve sales.

In the embodiment, the pachinko balls counted by the ball counter 5 are printed and issued on the receipt 21 by the printer 6 provided in the inter-lens ball lending machine 11. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a membership card may be used. It is possible to store pachinko balls in a pachinko parlor and print the pachinko balls stored on the receipt 21 by using the membership card and issue the printed pachinko balls for a prize later.

Further, when the play of the pachinko machine 2 is finished, the sub-receipt 22 is issued by pressing the operation button 13 (end button) of the inter-lens ball lending machine 11, but not limited to this, the sub-receipt 22 can be arbitrarily set. You can issue it.

The result of counting by the ball counter 5 is printed by the printer 6 and output. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the pachinko balls counted by the ball counter 5 and the pachinko balls borrowed by the player are calculated. However, it does not matter if fraud or the like is detected.
That is, the total of the pachinko balls discharged from the pachinko ball outlet 14A from the pachinko balls counted by the ball counter 5 and the pachinko balls discharged into the pachinko ball saucer 2A due to winning, minus the pachinko balls in the out holes. Detect when there are many numbers. In this case, generally, the movement of the pachinko balls from the pachinko machine 2 to the pachinko machine 2 is prohibited.

Further, the result counted by the ball counter 5 is printed and output by the printer 6, but the present invention is not limited to this.
Since 1 is connected to the microcomputer 10 and is provided with the printer 6, the fortune telling or the biorhythm, the event of the pachinko parlor, etc. can be input by the microcomputer 10 and printed and output from the printer 6. It doesn't matter.

[0048]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the display unit, the printer, and the control unit are provided, and the control unit prints the contents displayed on the display unit and other data by the printer. Since it is output, it is possible to print out the number of balls accumulated by the player, biorhythm, fortune telling, events at pachinko parlors, etc. on paper. As a result, it is possible to significantly improve the service provision to the player, and it is possible to prevent a decrease in the number of gaming machines that can be installed on the island. Therefore, pachinko parlors will be able to increase the number of game players and significantly improve their profits.

Further, since the printer is provided in the inter-lens ball lending machine, it is possible to issue a receipt after counting the balls of the player with the ball counting machine without going to the service counter. As a result, a receipt can be issued on the spot without having to bring a heavy ball box to the service counter, and the convenience of the player is significantly improved. Therefore, pachinko parlors will be able to increase the number of game players and significantly improve their profits.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an inter-lens ball rental machine installed in parallel on a pachinko machine on an island.

FIG. 2 is a front view of an inter-lens ball rental machine installed in parallel with a pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a stand ball rental machine.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a unit ball rental machine.

FIG. 5 is a front view of a receipt.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a sub receipt.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Pachinko machine 5 Ball counting machine 6 Printer 6A Display section 6B Receipt issuing slot 10 Microcomputer 11 Inter-lens ball lending machine 12 Money insertion section 13 Operation button 14 Pachinko ball dispensing section 15 Member card insertion slot 15A Member card reader 17 Operation dial 18 Ball storage box 21 Receipt 22 Sub receipt

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An inter-mountain ball lending machine provided in parallel with a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine is provided with a display unit, a printer, and a control unit, and the control unit includes other contents displayed on the display unit. An inter-lens ball lending machine characterized in that data is printed out by the printer.