JPH10263144A - Medal inflow mechanism for medal dropping pusher machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely detect and count flowed-in medals, by equipping one or more medal detecting sensors upside a medal catching plate and constituting the sensor so as to detect and count dropping medals before received by the medal catching plate. SOLUTION: For instance, three medal passages sectioned by passage separation board are equipped upside a medal catching plate. A detection lever 21 of a medal detecting sensor is rotatably attached to a support shaft 23 as the fulcrum and is energized in the clockwise direction by a spring to be collided with a limit pin 24. A photocoupler 22 is equipped on the other end position of the detection lever 21, and the other end of the detecting lever 21 is put in between an illuminating part 22a and a light receiving part 22b of the photocoupler 22 to block a light passage as shown in the diagram (c) in a condition a medal 19 is not detected as shown in the diagram (a). When the medal 19 is dropped through a medal passage to rotated the detection lever 21 in the counterclockwise direction as shown in the diagram (b), light comes in the light receiving part 22b of the photocoupler 22 to enable to detect the medal 19 passing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medal inflow mechanism of a medal dropping type pusher machine, and more particularly, to a medal counting mechanism of the medal inflow mechanism.

[0002]

First, the structure of a medal dropping type pusher machine and a game method will be described with reference to FIGS. 4, 5 and 6. FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the game board of the medal drop-type pusher machine taken out, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the back side of the game board. A transparent plate 36 is disposed in front of the substrate 35 so that medals inserted by a player from two medal guides 37 and 38 provided on the upper portion of the substrate 35 fall between the substrate 35 and the transparent plate 36. Has become.

Open checkers 42 and 43 are provided on the left and right of the center of the board 35, and when a medal is detected, a medal passing checker 40 provided at the center of the board 35 is provided.
Is to open. The player inserts medals from the medal guide 38 aiming at the open checkers 42 and 43. When the medals pass through the open checkers 42 and 43, the wing mechanism 4a of the medal passing checker 40 opens for only a few seconds, and the medals can easily enter the medal passing checker 40.

When a medal passes through the medal passing checker 40, a three-reel slot displayed on a liquid crystal monitor of a slot reel display device 39 provided at the upper center of the substrate 35 starts, and after a predetermined time elapses, a left reel is started. → Stop right → center. A winning determination is made based on the appearance of the pattern in the slot. As for the winning contents, for example, if a predetermined pattern is arranged, medals are refunded to a predetermined number field (metal push plate 33). When the lucky prize is won, the medal capturing plate 47 of the medal inflow mechanism 41 provided at the lower center of the substrate 35 opens for a predetermined time in the front as shown in FIG. The inserted medals are pin flaps 44 and 45
Many of the medals are bounced back, etc.
And the specified number of medals is paid back to the field each time a medal flows.

At the same time as a lucky prize, a story is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor, and the story for one round progresses. When the story progresses to a predetermined round, a special prize is won, and a large number of medals are paid back to the field from a medal mounting case (not shown) provided on the side of the medal pushing plate 33. A large number of medals are accumulated in the medal pushing plate 33 and the medal receiving plate 32. When the medal pushing plate 33 swings in the direction shown by the arrow, another medal is pushed by the newly paid medal. Then, the player falls on the medal receiving board 32, and another medal is pressed on the medal receiving board 32 and paid out to the player. FIG.
39a is the slot reel display device 3.
Reference numeral 9 denotes the back side, and reference numerals 42a and 43a denote open checkers 4.
2, 43a are the back side, and 44a and 45a are
4, 45 show the back side, respectively.

In the above-mentioned gaming board, the medal inflow mechanism 41
Then, it is necessary to count the number of medals received by the medal capturing plate 47 and flowing into the inside. However, since the medal capturing plate 47 of the medal inflow mechanism has a large lateral dimension, the inflowing medal jumps in various postures, and it is difficult to make a mechanism for accurately detecting the inflowing medal. there were. An object of the present invention is to provide a medal inflow mechanism of a medal drop-type pusher machine that can reliably detect and count the inflow medals.

[0007]

According to the present invention, there is provided a medal dropping mechanism of a medal dropping type pusher machine according to the present invention, wherein a medal catching plate is opened at a front surface and falls on a game board surface when a predetermined condition is satisfied. In a medal inflow mechanism of a medal dropping type pusher machine that receives incoming medals by the medal capturing plate and guides the medals into the guide holes, one or more medal detection sensors are provided above the medal capturing plate, and the falling medals are provided. Is detected by the medal detection sensor and counted before the medal is received by the medal capturing plate. Further, according to the present invention, in the above configuration, one or more guide paths for medals reaching the medal capturing plate are provided above the medal capturing plate, and a medal detection sensor is provided in each guide path. Further, the medal detection sensor according to the present invention is configured such that a detection lever is protruded from the guide passage, and a falling medal is brought into contact with the detection lever, thereby pressing the detection lever to turn on / off the photocoupler. It is.

According to the above configuration, medals flowing into the medal inflow mechanism can be reliably detected and counted with a simple sensor mechanism.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a medal inflow mechanism of a medal dropping type pusher machine according to the present invention. Three medal passages 18a and 18b separated by passage partition plates 4 and 5 above the medal capturing plate 15
And 18c are provided. In each passage, medal detection sensors 1, 2, and 3 are provided. After passing through each passage, it is received by the medal capturing plate 15 and flows into the medal inflow mechanism.

FIG. 2A is a side sectional view of a medal inflow mechanism of the medal dropping type pusher machine according to the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2B is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a state where a medal capturing plate of the medal inflow mechanism of FIG. 2A is opened. A solenoid 6 is provided, and the operation of the solenoid 6 causes the first lever 8 to move up and down. One end of the first lever 8 is rotatably attached to one end of the second lever 10. On the other hand, a third lever 12 having a cut groove 12a is provided rotatably about the shaft 11 as a fulcrum. The other end of the second lever 10 is a shaft 13
Thus, it is rotatably attached to an intermediate portion of the third lever 12.

A medal catching plate 15 having end plates 16 on both side surfaces can be opened and closed with a pivot 17 as a fulcrum. A pin 14 is implanted in the end plate 16, and the cut groove 12 a of the third lever 12 is engaged with the pin 14. In the medal passage between the substrate 35 and the transparent plate 20, the medal detection sensor 1
The (2, 3) detection lever 21 (see FIG. 3) protrudes.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the medal detection sensor. The detection lever 21 is rotatable about a support shaft 23, urged clockwise by a spring (not shown), and abuts against a restriction pin 24. Detection lever 21
The photocoupler 22 is provided at the other end position of FIG. 3A, and when no medal is detected in FIG.
As shown in the figure, the light emitting unit 22a and the light receiving unit 2 of the photocoupler 22
The other end of the detection lever 21 enters between 2b and blocks the optical path. When the medal 19 falls in the medal passage 18 and the detection lever 21 is rotated counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 3B, light enters the light receiving portion 22b of the photocoupler 22 to detect the passage of the medal. be able to.

In FIG. 2A, when a lucky prize is won with three reel slots aligned, the solenoid 6 operates and the first
Since the lever 8 is retracted, the second lever 10 also moves upward. As a result, the third lever 12 rotates clockwise around the shaft 11 as a fulcrum. Therefore, the medal catching plate 15 is
7 is rotated counterclockwise around the fulcrum and opened to the front. When the medal catching plate 15 is open, the medal 19 is detected by the medal detection sensor 1 (2, 3) when passing through the above passage, and is counted by a counter (not shown). The counted medals are received by the medal capturing plate 15 and flow into the medal guide holes 25 of the medal flowing mechanism 9. The count display is performed after the medals have flowed into the medal inflow mechanism 9, and is displayed to the player as if the medals were counted after the medals flowed. The medals flowing into the medal flowing mechanism 9 are guided to the back side of the gaming surface.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the medal catching plate is opened to the front, and the medals falling down the game board surface are received by the medal catching plate and guided into the guide holes to flow into the medal inflow mechanism of the medal drop-type pusher machine. There is an effect that the medal that has been played can be reliably detected by a simple mechanism.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of a medal inflow mechanism of a medal dropping type pusher machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a side sectional view of a medal inflow mechanism of a medal dropping type pusher machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2B is a side cross-sectional view showing a state in which a capturing plate of the medal inflow mechanism of FIG. 2 is opened.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a medal detection sensor.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the gaming board surface of the medal drop-type pusher machine taken out.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the back side of the game board.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a medal inflow mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2, 3 ... medal detection sensor 4, 5 ... passage partition plate 6 ... solenoid 7 ... base 8 ... first lever 9 ... medal inflow mechanism 10 ... second lever 11, 13 ... shaft 12 ... third lever 14 ... pin 15 ... Medal capturing plate 16 ... End face plate 17 ... Rotating shaft 18 ... Medal passage 19 ... Medal 20 ... Transparent plate 21 ... Detection lever 22 ... Photocoupler 22a ... Light emitting unit 22b ... Light receiving unit 23 ... Support shaft 24 ... Limiting pin 25 ... Medal guide hole

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A medal of a medal drop-type pusher machine in which a medal catching plate is opened to the front when a predetermined condition is satisfied and a medal falling on a game board surface is received by the medal catching plate and guided into a guide hole. In the inflow mechanism, at least one medal detection sensor is provided above the medal capturing plate, and the medal detection sensor detects and counts the falling medals before the medal capturing plate receives the falling medals. A medal drop-in mechanism of the medal drop-type pusher machine. 2. The medal release device according to claim 1, wherein one or more guide paths for medals reaching the medal capture plate are provided above the medal capture plate, and a medal detection sensor is provided in each guide passage. Medal inflow mechanism for pusher machines. 3. The medal detection sensor has a configuration in which a detection lever is protruded from the guide passage, and a falling medal is brought into contact with the detection lever, thereby pressing the detection lever to turn on / off a photocoupler. The medal flowing-in mechanism of a medal dropping type pusher machine according to claim 1, wherein: