JPH09737A - Automatic premium pay out machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an automatic premium pay out machine capable of effectively using the upper surface of the premium pay out machine and easily receiving and confirming a paid out premium. CONSTITUTION: A premium extracted from a large number of premiums stored in a counter is paid out on a counter upper surface by placing it on an elevator board 5 in the counter and ascending the elevator board 5 to the same height position as that of a counter surface 2. Therefore, a customer easily receives the premium, and pay out time is shortened, and also, the paid out premium is easily confirmed. Moreover, a space on the counter upper surface other than the opening is effectively used. Also, a premium placing position is set at a deep position in the counter by using the elevator board 5, which increases the number of premiums stacked simultaneously.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic payout machine for special prizes (exchange gifts) mainly at a pachinko game hall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, at a pachinko game hall, pachinko balls acquired by customers are counted by a machine and replaced with a magnetic card or the like in which the total number is recorded. Then, using the magnetic card, the store employee automatically pays out a special prize based on the total number of the pachinko balls. The device is as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. Etc.

Reference numeral 01 in FIG. 7 is a free gift counter, and an employee of a normal store stores a magnetic card (not shown) in which the total number of balls acquired by a customer is recorded on a table counter 03.
The gift card is received by the customer side, the total number of prizes is converted by a POS (prize exchange POS), and 2 to 4 kinds of prize cards 0 with different amounts are paid from the prize dispenser 04 adjacent to the table counter 03.
5 can be automatically paid out respectively.

[0004]

However, in such a gift dispenser 04, since the main body 07 having the payout opening 06 of the gift card 05 is projectingly provided on the upper surface of the counter 08, the POS 02 and the like. Counters such as placing 0
8 Since it is not possible to effectively use the upper surface space, a large installation area is required, and since each payout opening 06 is arranged in a horizontal row, customers can receive free gift cards 05 with different amounts paid out from different payout openings 06. There was a problem that it took a long time to get rid of and the efficiency became poor.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8, the table counter 0
A recess 010 is provided at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the recess 9.
There are cards in which various prize cards 05 are paid out. In this case, all the gift cards 05 are collected in one place, but since the payout is performed at a deep position, it is difficult to take out the gift card 05 and the employees and customers of the store can check the gifts paid out. There was a problem that it was difficult to do.

Further, in the area where the gift card must be given from the store employee, the gift dispenser as described above cannot be used.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a problem, and it is possible to effectively use the upper surface of the prize dispenser and easily receive and confirm the dispensed prize card. The purpose is to provide an automatic prize dispenser.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problem, the automatic prize dispenser of the present invention automatically extracts an appropriate number of prizes from various prizes stored in a large number in a counter. However, the present invention is an automatic dispenser of prizes that can be paid out, in which at least one opening is provided on the upper surface of the counter, and a lift table on which the extracted prizes are placed is provided so as to be able to move up and down The elevator table can be stopped at least at the same height position as the counter through the opening.

In the automatic prize dispenser of the present invention, it is preferable that an opening / closing device is provided in the opening, and the opening / closing device is opened at least as the lift is raised.

In the automatic prize dispenser of the present invention, the lift table is always stopped at the same height as the counter surface, and it descends into the opening only when the prize is paid out and rises after the prize is placed on the lift table. Then, it is preferable to stop at the same height as the counter surface.

In the automatic prize dispenser of the present invention, it is preferable that all of the various prizes extracted are placed on one elevator in the counter.

[0012]

In the counter, prizes extracted from a large number of prizes stored in the counter are placed on the lift table.
The lift is raised to the same height position as the counter upper surface through the opening, and the prize is paid out to the counter upper surface. Therefore, it becomes easy for the customer to receive the gift, the payout time is shortened, and it is easy to confirm the paid gift. Further, it is possible to effectively use the space other than the opening on the upper surface of the counter. Further, since the elevator is used, it is possible to set the prize mounting position at a deep position in the counter, and it is possible to increase the number of prizes stacked at one time.

By providing the opening / closing device at the opening, it is possible to prevent accidents and fraud at the time of paying out the prize to the lift table and prevent dust from entering the inside.

Since the elevator for the prize also serves as the opening / closing device, not only the structure is simplified, but also the cleaning of the elevator is facilitated.

The apparatus can be simplified if all the various prizes respectively extracted are placed on one elevator in the counter.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, 1 shown in FIGS.
This is a counter as a prize dispenser of the embodiment, and a rectangular opening is formed in a substantially central portion of a counter surface 2 forming an upper plate thereof, and an opening / closing door 3 is attached to the opening. Below the opening / closing door 3, a prize take-out portion 6 partitioned by the side plate 4 and the lift 5 is formed. In this drawing, the front side is the employee side of the store, and the back side is the customer side across the counter 1.

Rotating drums 9 having a plurality of storage cassettes 8 for cards 7 as prizes are rotatably supported on both left and right sides of the take-out portion 6 in the counter 1, and a separate storage cassette 10 is provided on the front side. 10 are provided respectively so that four types of cards 7 having different total amounts can be stored separately. The cards 7 can be replenished in the storage cassettes 8 and 10 by opening the door 13 provided on the employee side of the counter 1 in FIG.

Reference numeral 14 in FIG. 2 is an elevating member for pressing and raising the card 7 in the storage cassettes 8 and 10 to be described later from below, and in the storage cassette 10 and the plurality of storage cassettes 8 in the rotary drum 9, It is provided at a lower position of the storage cassette 8 which is the closest to the takeout section 6.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a sensor for confirming the presence or absence of the card 7 in the storage cassette 10 of the rotary drum 9.
Reference numeral 2 is a compressor that supplies air to an air cylinder or the like that supports the lifting platform 5 so that it can be raised and lowered. These devices are operated by operating the operation panel 16 formed on the upper part of the door 13 on the left side of FIG. 1, and the whole is controlled by the control device 15 fixed to the back surface of the door 13.

As shown in FIG. 3, the prize take-out portion 6 is covered on four sides by side plates 4 which are erected upright on a holding plate 17 which is fixed to predetermined positions in the counter 1. An elevating table 5 fixed to the tip of the sliding shaft 18a of the air cylinder 18 is provided so as to be able to move up and down. Supporting members 19 are erected on both ends of the upper surface of the lifting table 5 so that the opening / closing doors 3, 3 are pushed upward as the lifting table 5 rises. The lifting table 5 is appropriately set in advance by a device such that the upper surface thereof is flush with the upper surface of the counter surface 2 when the lifting table 5 is at the maximum raised position.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the side plate 4 is formed with four openings 4a in this embodiment, and various cards 7 are provided through the openings 4a. It is supposed to be sent up.

FIG. 4 shows a structure in the vicinity of the adjoining portion of the take-out portion 6 and the rotary drum 9, which is fixed to the side plate 4.
A card feeding device 21 is provided on the holding plate 20 extending inward from the opening 4a.

An opening 20a is formed in the holding plate 20, and one of the storage cassettes 8 of the rotary drum 9 is located below the opening 20a. The belt 2 driven by a pulse motor (not shown)
By the elevating member 14 fixed to 2, the plurality of cards 7 in the storage cassette 8 appropriately pass through the opening 20a,
It is adapted to be pushed up on the holding plate 20.

The card 7 that has passed through the opening 20a is
After the trajectory is corrected by the restricting member 21 to form a stepped portion, one side is brought into contact with the opening / closing gate 22 and stacked. Here, using the step formed by trajectory correction,
The number of rising cards is calculated by the quantity counter 23. An arm 26, one end of which is pivotally attached to a support plate 25 erected on the holding plate 20, is in contact with the upper surface of the uppermost card 7 to be stacked, and the card 7 of the arm 26 is lifted. The number of cards can be calculated in the same manner as the quantity counter 23 based on the amount of movement associated with. Therefore, the number of cards 7 can be double checked.

Further, 27 is an air cylinder fixedly mounted on the support plate 25, and a pressing plate 28 fixed to the tip of the air cylinder 27 can be pressed in the direction of the opening 4a.

Next, the operation method of the automatic prize dispenser according to the embodiment of the present invention having the above-described structure will be described with reference to the drawings. First, in this embodiment, three kinds of different amounts (for example, one piece is 5, 000 yen, 2,500 yen, 1,000
As shown in FIG. 1, the door 7 is opened to replenish the card 7 (circle) into the respective storage cassettes 8 and 10, and the operation panel 1
When the power is turned on by 6, each device enters a standby state. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the rotating drum 9 is rotated, the presence or absence of the card 7 in the storage cassette 8 passing in front of the sensor 11 is confirmed, and the control device 15 controls the predetermined storage in which the card 7 is replenished. The cassette 8 is stopped at a position above the elevating member 14.

Then, an employee of the store inserts a magnetic card or the like on which the total number of balls obtained by the customer is recorded into a POS (not shown) and calculates the number of payouts and the number of surplus balls of each card 7.
When the employee confirms this number with the customer and then sends this numerical signal to the control device 15, each device operates.

For example, as for the cards 7 in the storage cassette 8 in FIG. 4, an appropriate number of cards 7 are held by the lifting member 14 which is lifted by the driving of the pulse motor.
0 is pushed upward. Here, the number of cards 7 stacked on the holding plate 20 is confirmed by the quantity counter 23 and the arm 26 as described above. Of course, the drive amount of the pulse motor is set in advance each time by a signal sent from the control device 15.

Each of the cards 7 thus stacked in an appropriate number is pressed by the air cylinder 27 through the pressing plate 28 at the same time when the opening / closing gate 24 is opened.
As shown in (a), they are placed in a state of being stacked on the upper surface of the lifting table 5 through the opening 4a. Here, when the number of payouts is large and pressing is not possible at one time, the above operation is repeated again, and the card 7 previously placed on the elevating table 5 is pushed out and placed on the elevating table 5.

After all the cards 7 have been placed on the lift table 5 in this way, when the cylinder 27 having each pressing plate 28 is contracted, the lift table 5 opens and closes the opening / closing door 3 as shown in FIG. 5B. It rises while pushing up and stops at a position where its upper surface is flush with the upper surface of the counter surface 2. After confirming that the customer receives the card 7, the employee lowers the elevator table 5 through the operation panel 16 to restore the original state. It should be noted that a sensor or the like may be provided on the elevating table 5 so as to automatically descend when there is no object on the elevating table 5.

As described above, in the prize dispenser according to the embodiment of the present invention, the cards 7 dispensed into the dispenser 6 are positioned at the same height as the counter surface 2 through the opening as the elevator table 5 is raised. As a result, the card 7 can be easily taken out and the employee and the customer can easily confirm the paid card 7, and the payout time of the gift card can be shortened.

Since the take-out portion 6 can be deeply provided in order to increase the number of cards to be paid out at one time, the area of the opening of the take-out portion 6 on the counter surface 2 can be minimized, and the upper surface of the counter surface 2 can be minimized. Can be effectively used. Further, since the take-out portion 6 is always covered by the opening / closing door 3 except when the pay-out is performed, dust and the like do not enter and it is possible to prevent malfunction of the internal equipment.

FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b) show a second embodiment of the present invention, which differs from the above-described embodiment in that the opening of the counter surface 2 has no opening / closing door. As shown in FIG. 6 (a), in a normal state, the lifting platform 5 is at the same height position as the counter surface 2 and constitutes a part of the upper surface of the counter surface 2. Then, when the elevating table 5 is lowered in accordance with the card payout operation, the extracted card 7 is placed in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment, and is raised again as shown in FIG. 6B. Therefore, the upper surface of the counter surface 2 can be always kept flush without providing a separate opening / closing door or the like, so that the apparatus is simplified, the appearance is improved, and the lifting table 5 can be easily cleaned.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and even if there are changes and additions without departing from the gist of the present invention. Included in the invention.

For example, the opening of the counter surface 2, that is, the shape and depth of the take-out portion 6 is arbitrary and may be variously modified.

The opening / closing door 3 may be of a slide type so that it is automatically opened / closed via the control device 15 as the elevator table 5 is moved up and down.

Further, the raising / lowering device of the raising / lowering table 5 is not limited to the one using the air cylinder 18, but may be one driven by a motor, for example.

[0038]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(A) According to the invention of claim 1, a prize extracted from a large number of prizes stored in the counter is placed on an elevator in the counter, and the elevator is countered through an opening. The prize is paid out to the upper surface of the counter by rising to the same height position as the upper surface. Therefore, it becomes easy for the customer to receive the gift, the payout time is shortened, and it is easy to confirm the paid gift. Further, it is possible to effectively use the space other than the opening on the upper surface of the counter. Further, since the elevator is used, it is possible to set the prize mounting position at a deep position in the counter, and it is possible to increase the number of prizes stacked at one time.

(B) According to the second aspect of the invention, by providing the opening / closing device at the opening, it is possible to prevent accidents and fraud at the time of paying out the prize to the lift table, and to prevent dust from entering the inside. .

(C) According to the third aspect of the invention, since the elevator for the prize also serves as the opening / closing device, not only the structure is simplified, but also the elevator is easily cleaned.

(D) According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the apparatus can be simplified by placing all the extracted various prizes on one elevator in the counter.

[0043]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a premium dispensing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a main part of FIG.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are partially cutaway perspective views showing a usage state of the premium dispensing machine of FIG.

6 (a) and 6 (b) are partially cutaway perspective views showing the usage state of the premium dispensing machine of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional prize dispensing machine.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a part of a conventional premium dispensing machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Counter 2 Counter Surface 3 Opening / Closing Door 4 Side Plate 4a Opening 5 Lifting Platform 6 Ejecting Part (Opening) 7 Card 8 Storage Cassette 9 Rotating Drum 10 Storage Cassette 11 Sensor 12 Compressor 13 Door 14 Lifting Member 15 Control Device 16 Operation Panel 17 Holding Plate 18 Air cylinder 18a Sliding shaft 19 Support member 20 Holding plate 20a Opening 21 Restriction member 22 Opening / closing gate 23 Quantity counter 24 Belt 25 Support plate 26 Arm 27 Air cylinder 28 Pressing plate

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An appropriate number of prizes are automatically extracted from various prizes stored in a large number in a counter,
An automatic dispenser for a prize that can be paid out, in which at least one opening is provided on the upper surface of the counter, and an elevating table for placing the extracted prize is provided in the counter so as to be vertically movable. An automatic prize dispenser, characterized in that the lifting platform can be stopped at least at the same height position as the counter surface through the opening. 2. The automatic prize dispenser according to claim 1, wherein an opening / closing device is provided in the opening, and the opening / closing device is opened at least as the lift is raised. 3. The elevating table is always stopped at the same height as the counter surface, and descends into the opening only when the prize is paid out, and after the prize is placed on the elevating table, it rises and is at the same height as the counter surface. The automatic prize dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the automatic dispenser is provided. 4. The automatic prize dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the various prizes respectively extracted are all placed on one elevator in the counter.