JPS5826714Y2 - Medal retrieval structure from the transfer belt - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] This invention is suitable for use in game halls that use a large number of medals, hard objects, etc.
We collect medals (hereinafter including hard ones) in bulk in a systematic manner, and we also install medal replenishment devices to supply the collected medals to individual medal game machines where they are in short supply. This invention relates to a device for taking out medals from a belt conveyor of a transfer machine to a medal replenishing device installed in pairs with individual medal game machines.

Recently, it has been desired to systematically circulate medals to save labor at game parlors, but this has not been realized in practice.Therefore, the present invention uses a large number of medals from medal gaming machines, slot machines, etc. In this case, you can directly replenish the missing medals to the gaming machine main body, or temporarily replenish medals to the medal replenishing device as described above, and when the gaming machine main body lacks medals, For the first time, a method can be considered in which the medal replenishing device is driven to transport the medals and replenish the gaming machine main body.

At this time, the commonly used Runo conveys the medals using a belt conveyor, and transfers the medals directly to the medal supply device installed for each medal game machine that is short of medals or to the medal game machine itself on a conveyor belt. The purpose is to provide a device that smoothly takes out medals that have been transported to the site without any trouble, thereby saving labor in game halls and the like.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A belt conveyor 2 that transfers replenishing medals 1 when a shortage of medals occurs in the lower part of a stand where many slot machines or medal game machines are arranged side by side, the upper part of the medal game machine main body, or in the hopper 5 of the medal supply device 4. at the top or bottom.

In particular, when carrying out the present invention, the belt conveyor 2 may be installed at the top of the game machine or at the bottom of a number of tables installed side by side. Similarly, in order to replenish the medal game machine with insufficient medals, the medals may be taken out from the belt conveyor 2 and passed through the medal replenishing device 4.

Guide plates 3 are provided on both sides of the belt 6 of a belt conveyor 2 that transports medals 1 in bulk from one end to the other end where medal game machines etc. are arranged side by side to prevent the medals 1 from falling out.
On one side of the guide plate 3, a take-out port 8 for taking out medals into a hopper 5 of a medal replenishing device 4 installed in pairs for each individual medal game machine etc. is suitably cut out to accommodate the number of medal game machines. It is provided accordingly.

When the medals 1 transferred on the belt 6 are taken out from the take-out port 8 to the medal replenishing device 4, the tip piece 10 of the blocking plate 9 moves up and down on the upper surface of the belt 6 at the take-out port 8, so that the medals 1 are transferred by the belt conveyor 2. The medals 1 are guided to the hopper 5 through the take-out port 8 by changing the transfer route or by moving the medals straight in the transfer direction.

One end of the blocking plate 9 has a tip piece 10 bent downward, and the upper part of the other end has a fulcrum shaft 1 for vertically opening and closing the blocking plate 9.
1 receives both ends of a fulcrum shaft 11 with a guide plate 3.

The vertical opening/closing operation of the cutoff plate 9 is performed by energizing the solenoid 12 in response to a command to notify that there is a shortage of medals in the hopper 5 of the medal replenishing device 4. The protruding piece 16 of the taken-out plate 15 is formed into a sloped shape, and the protruding piece 16 moves in and out of the lower surface of the blocking plate 9, so that the course of the medal 1 transferred on the belt 6 is changed so that the blocking plate 9 is the protruding piece. By moving up and down following the shape of the slope 16, course changes can be made smoothly.

When a command is transmitted to the solenoid 12 to inform the medal replenishing device 4 that there is a shortage of medals 1, the solenoid 12 is energized to attract the plunger 13 and simultaneously pull the connecting plate 14.

When the take-out plate 15 rotates toward the front about the central axis 17, the protruding piece 16 enters the lower surface of the blocking plate 9.
The tip piece 10 is raised from the upper surface of the belt 6, and the protruding piece 16 is retracted from the state (FIG. 2) in which transfer of the medals 1 is released as shown in FIG. Hopper 5 and medal 1 from the removed outlet 8 parts
When the top of the belt 6 is blocked by the tip piece 10 so as to be guided, the medals 1 are sequentially transferred because the belt conveyor 2 is being driven, and the medal 1 hits the tip piece 10, and the tip piece 10 is moved against the belt 6. Since the medals 1 are tilted at an angle, the course of the medals 1 at the outlet 8 is changed by the force transferred by the belt 6, and the medals 1 fall smoothly into the hopper 5 and are guided.

When the medal supply device 4 is replenished with medals 1, the hopper 5
Since the medals 1 are overflowing in the tank, a command to stop the supply of medals to the hopper 5 of the medal supply device 4 is cut off by a separately installed switch (not shown) to the solenoid 12, and the plunger 13 is turned off. is returned to its original position by the force of the spring 18, the connecting plate 14 and the take-out plate 15 are also interlocked, and the protruding piece 16 enters the lower surface of the blocking plate 9, lifting the blocking plate 9 and moving the medals on the belt 6. Changes are canceled.

As described above, the present invention is capable of smoothly guiding the incoming medals transferred by the transfer belt to the medal replenishing device, etc. when replenishing medals and coins for a medal game machine or vending machine. By providing a take-out structure,
There are no problems caused by medals clogging at the takeout port, and a highly reliable medal replenishment system can now be established, making it more reliable and labor-saving for collecting medals at amusement centers, etc. It is an effective idea in terms of money management when it comes to supplying and collecting coins.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a plan view of the present invention, Figure 2 is a side view showing only the main parts of the present invention, with the medals not being taken out, and Figure 3 is similar to Figure 2, with the medals being taken out. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the main part of the state in which the medal is being carried out, as shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the flow of medals. 1...Medal, 2...Belt conveyor, 3...Guide plate, 4...Medal supply device, 6...Belt, 8 ......Ejection port, 9...Block plate, 10...Tip piece,
12...Solenoid, 15...Takeout plate, 16...Protrusion piece, 18...Spring.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A cut-off plate is installed on the medal transfer belt to change the medal transfer route, and is movable up and down, and a solenoid is installed that operates based on a medal replenishment command to notify the medal shortage.
A take-out plate linked to the operation of the solenoid is installed to open and close the medal take-out port, and the take-out plate is provided with a protrusion piece formed in the shape of a slope. The cutoff plate opens and closes up and down on the belt in accordance with the movement of the belt, and the take-out plate is constantly pulled by a spring. Normally, the cutoff plate forces the top of the transfer belt to open, and when the cutoff plate cuts off the top of the transfer belt. A structure for taking out medals from a transfer belt, characterized in that the transferred medals hit the tip of the blocking plate and change the transfer path of the medals from the medal takeout port.