JPS63102783A - Card type ball rental mechanism of pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention provides a ball rental function section corresponding to a pachinko machine, which has at least a card insertion/ejection slot, a card reading device, and an amount display. This invention relates to a card-type ball lending mechanism for a pachinko machine in which, when a card is inserted into a machine, a ball ejection device of the pachinko machine is activated to eject balls into a tray.

<Prior Art> As is well known, conventional ball lending machines have at least a coin slot and a ball ejecting device, and are installed between two pachinko machines, or are installed completely separately from the pachinko machines. is set up. In addition, the ball discharging device for dispensing pachinko balls to players as prize balls is installed on the back side of the pachinko machine, and the ball discharging device for lending pachinko balls to players as ball lending machines is installed on the back of the pachinko machine. It was installed on the back side, and thus two ball ejection devices were required.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> If the above-mentioned ball lending machines are placed between pachinko machines, a coin collection device such as a belt conveyor must be installed within the row of pachinko machines, making the interior of the row of pachinko machines complicated. Not only that, but there was also the risk of coins being lost or stolen.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and provides a legal currency function unit having at least a card insertion/ejection slot, a card reading device, and an amount display device, which is disposed in or near a pachinko machine. At least the card reading device and amount display of the legal tender function section are connected to an electric control device, and the electric control device is connected to a control device of the ball discharging device of the pachinko machine.

Function> When a card is inserted into the card insertion/ejection slot or when a prize is won during a game, the ball ejection device of the Pachinko machine is activated and balls are ejected into the tray on the front of the Pachinko machine.

<Example> The present invention will be explained below based on embodiments shown in the drawings.

The first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is similar to the conventional legal tender machine,
Pachinko machine l is located between pachinko machine 1a and pachinko machine 1b.
A legal tender function section 2a for the pachinko machine ib and a legal tender function section 2b for the pachinko machine ib are provided next to each other, and a yA operation prevention plate 3 is protruded from the boundary between the legal tender function section 2a and the legal tender function section 2b. The electrical control device (not shown) of each legal tender function section 2 is electrically connected to the control device (not shown) of the ball ejecting device 4 of the corresponding pachinko machine, and It is electrically connected to a central management device (not shown) installed in the management room.

The legal tender function section 2 is provided with a legal tender mountain display 6, a card insertion/ejection lower, an amount display 8, an alarm display 9, and an amount selection operation section 10 from above on the front, and inside is a card reader 11 and the above-mentioned An electric control device is provided, and the card reading device 11 and the above-mentioned legal currency pile display 6, amount display 8, alarm display 9, amount selection operation section 10, etc. are electrically connected to the electric control device. be. As shown in FIG. 2, the card reading device 11 has one end of a conveyance means 13 such as a belt conveyor operated by a conveyance motor 12 facing a card insertion/ejection lower, and the other end of the conveyance means 13 facing a card tank 14. A magnetic head 15 is provided as an information reading section in the middle of the conveyance means 13, and a punch device 1716. f51 card detector 17, second card detector 18, third card detector 9,
A fourth card detector 20 etc. is arranged, and the above-mentioned transport motor 12
．． Magnetic head 15. Each card detector 17°18.19,
The punch device 16 is electrically connected to an electrical control device.

As shown in FIG. 3, the card 21 is a thin plate made of paper, synthetic resin, etc., and has an information writing section 22 made of a magnetic surface etc. on the surface approximately in the center of the longitudinal direction. Above the information writing section 22, the date of card issue and the amount at the time of issuance are displayed, and below the information writing section 22, an arrow 23 indicating the card insertion direction and a decrement scale 24 are displayed. and,
The information writing section 22 of this card 21 has a card issuing machine (
(not shown), card identification information, date of issue, gaming parlor identification information, etc. sent from the central management device are written by the magnetic action of the card issuing machine. In this embodiment, the amount of money that the player inserts into the card issuing machine is stored in the storage section of the central management device in correspondence with the card identification information written on the card.

Therefore, when a player inserts money into the card issuing machine and selects the desired amount using a selection button, etc., the selected amount or the card identification information is stored in the memory chamber in the central tube, and the player receives the card from the card issuing machine. The card 21 with the card identification information written thereon is ejected.

The player obtains this card 21, selects the pachinko machine 1 of his/her choice, and purchases the legal tender of the pachinko machine 1.
Insert the card 21 into the card insertion/ejection lower part of @ section 2. When the card 21 is inserted into the card insertion/ejection lower, the first card detector 17 detects the tip of the card 21 and sends a signal to the electrical control device. Upon receiving this signal, the electrical control device operates the transport motor 12 to take in the card 21. When the second card detector 18 detects the tip of the card 21 and confirms that the card is being transported normally, the magnetic head 15 detects the information in the information writing section 22 of the card 21, that is, the card identification. Information, issue date, 1M shop identification information, etc. are read and sent to the electrical control unit, and when the third card detection item 19 or the leading edge of the card 21 is detected, the conveyance motor 12 is stopped. If the read issue date or gaming parlor identification information is inappropriate, the electric control device lights up the alarm display 9 to alert the player, and reverses the transport motor 12 to move the card 21. is returned to the player. In this case, the transport motor 12 may be rotated forward to confiscate the card 21 into the card tank 14. When the fourth card detector 20 detects the rear end of the card 21, the transport motor 1
2 or stop. On the other hand, if the date of issue and the gaming parlor identification information are correct, the electrical control device will send the card 21 to the own address when the data request signal from the central management device matches the own address of the pachinko machine 1. card identification information is added and sent to the central management device. When the central management device receives the signal from the pachinko machine 1, it searches the card identification information in the storage device, and if there is a match, reads out the stored content corresponding to the card identification information, that is, the balance of the card 21. and send it to the above pachinko al. When the balance of the card 21 is received from the central management device, the amount is displayed on the electric control device or the amount display 8. When the player checks the display on the amount display 8 and selects the desired amount by operating the amount selection operation section 10, the electric control device draws the ball ejecting device 4 of the pachinko machine 1 to start playing the game. The number of balls corresponding to the amount of money selected by the player is ejected into the receiver 25 on the front side of the pachinko machine. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the amount selection operation unit 10 is configured with buttons for each amount, and the number of balls corresponding to the amount of money of the push button operated by the player is ejected. Even if the selection operation section IO is configured with one push button, each time it is operated, balls worth, for example, 200 yen are ejected, and by operating this push button repeatedly, balls can be borrowed for the desired amount. good. Also, each time the card is inserted, without separately providing an amount selection operation section IO.

For example, balls worth 200 yen may be discharged, and by repeating this operation, balls worth the desired amount may be borrowed. In this way, when balls corresponding to the amount desired by the player are ejected into the tray 25, the calculation means of the electric control device is operated accordingly, and subtracts the corresponding amount from the ejected balls.
The balance is displayed on the amount display 8. Further, this balance is sent to the central management device and stored in the storage device together with the card identification information of the card 21.

The bead discharge device 4 includes a storage tank 26 as shown in FIG.
It is provided in the middle of the gutter 27 extending from.

The solenoid 2 is equipped with a ball stopper section 29 that moves in and out of the gutter 27 when driven by the solenoid 28 to restrict the flow of balls, and a ball passage detection section 30 that detects each passing ball.
8 and the ball passage detection section 30 are connected to an electrical control device. When the solenoid 28 is energized by a signal from the electric control device, the ball stopper 29 retreats from the ball flow path in the gutter 27, and when the ball in the gutter 27 flows down, the one-ball passage detector 30 detects the passing ball. is detected and sends a signal to an electrical control device. The electric control device counts signals from the ball passage detection section 30, and when it counts that a predetermined number of balls have passed, demagnetizes the solenoid 28 to stop the balls from flowing down. I wanted to,
When a player operates the amount selection operation section 10 of the legal tender function section 2, a predetermined number of balls corresponding to the selected amount flow down, and these balls are sent to the tray 25 on the front of the pachinko machine via the ball discharge gutter 31. is discharged. For example, in a legal tender mechanism that is preset to operate once for 100 yen and lend out 25 balls, when a player operates the amount selection operation unit 10 for 200 yen, the ball ejection device operates 4 or 2 times. The 50 balls flow down and are discharged into the saucer 25. In addition, the above-mentioned ball ejecting device 4
is activated in response to a signal from an electrical control device when a winning mode is formed, such as when a batted ball enters a winning hole during a game.
The number 1, for example, 13 balls corresponding to the winning mode are flown down and discharged into the saucer 25 as prize balls. In this way, in the present invention, legal tender and prize ball ejection are performed by one ejection device 4.

In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in Figure 7.8, if a safe ball occurs in a game during legal tender, the prize ball will be ejected based on the occurrence of this safe ball, and the ball will be ejected using legal tender. The block diagram of the electrical control device is set to interrupt the process and process it preferentially.

In addition, when the remaining amount of the card 21 inserted into the card insertion/ejection lower reaches zero, the punch device 16 punches a hole in the information writing section 22 of the card 21, making it impossible to decipher the information writing section 22 and preventing fraud. It is desirable to try to prevent such acts.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the legal tender function section 2 is integrated with an attendant call lamp and arranged on the curtain plate 32 above each pachinko machine 1, and as shown in FIG. case 33
A machine number display section 34 is provided at the upper end, a call lamp 35 and an alarm display 9 are provided on the left side of the front of the case 33, a card insertion/ejection lower and an amount selection operation section 1O are provided on the right side, and a call switch 36 and amount display are provided in the center. The display units 8 are arranged respectively, and the case 3
A card reader 11 is provided inside the card reader 3.

Therefore, when a player inserts a card 21 into the card insertion/ejection lower, the balance of the card 21 is displayed on the amount display 8, and when the amount selection operation section 10 is operated within this amount range, the ball of the pachinko machine l is displayed. The ejecting device 4 is activated and the number of balls corresponding to the selected amount is ejected into the tray 25. If you want to call the attendant during the game, call switch 3
6, the call lamp 35 lights up. By arranging the legal tender function part 2 above the pachinko machine 1 by integrating it with the staff call lamp in this way, it is certain that a player will not accidentally operate the legal tender function part 2 of the adjacent pachinko machine. can be prevented. In addition, the player extends his arm upwards to operate the legal currency, and since this operation is clearly visible to the staff, it is easy to detect any fraudulent activity.

In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 11, the legal currency function section 2 is arranged on the left side of the front frame 37 of the pachinko machine 1.

In this way, by providing the legal tender function section 2 in the pachinko machine 1 itself, the distance between the pachinko machines 1 can be made smaller than before, and the space of the pachinko parlor can be used effectively. It's coming.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the amount information is not stored in the card 21, but is stored in the central management device together with the card identification information, thereby preventing the occurrence of fraudulent acts.
The present invention is not limited to this, but the card 21
The amount of money inserted at the time of one issue, or the number of pitches whose value is equivalent to the amount of money inserted, may be written and stored in the information writing section 22 of.

In addition, in the above embodiment, priority was given to ejecting prize balls based on the occurrence of safe balls, but on the contrary,
The ejection of balls based on legal tender may be given priority over the ejection of prize balls.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, there is no need to provide a belt conveyor or the like for collecting coins within the row of pachinko machines, so the structure inside the row of pachinko machines is simplified and the structure of the row of pachinko machines is simplified. There is no risk of loss or theft.

Further, the present invention operates the ball ejecting device of the pachinko machine to eject the game balls into the tray, so there is no need to separately provide a ball ejecting device for legal tender, and the equipment can be rationalized. It also eliminates the trouble of transferring borrowed balls from the ball lending machine to the receiving tray each time.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view of the first embodiment in which a legal tender function unit is arranged between pachinko machines, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a card reading device. The side view, Figure 3 is the top view of the card, Figure 4 is the back view of the pachinko machine,
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the ball ejecting device, Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the ball ejecting stirrup, Figs. 7 and 8 are flowcharts, and Fig. 9 is a legal currency function section attached to the curtain plate of a row of pachinko machines. FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the legal tender function part of the second embodiment shown in FIG. It is a front view of 3rd Example. In the figure, l is a pachinko machine, 2 is a legal tender function part, 3 is an R18 production prevention plate, 4 is a ball ejection device, 6 is a transmission line, 6 is a legal tender mountain indicator, 7 is a card insertion/ejection port, and 8 is a Amount display, 9 an alarm display, 10 an amount selection operation section, 11 a card reading device, 15 a magnetic head, 21 a card, 25 a saucer, 2
6 is a storage tank, 28 is a solenoid, 29 is a ball stopper section, 30 is a ball passage detection section, 31 is a ball discharge gutter, 32 is a curtain plate, 33 is a case, 35 is a call lamp, 36 is a call switch, 37 is a This is the front plate.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A ball lending function section having at least a card insertion/ejection slot, a card reading device, and an amount display is arranged in or near the pachinko machine, and at least the card reading device and the amount display of the ball lending function section are connected to an electrical control device. At the same time, the electric control device is connected to the control device of the ball discharging device of the pachinko machine, and the balls are released when a card is inserted into the card insertion/ejection slot of the ball lending function section or when a prize is won during a game. A card-type ball lending mechanism for a pachinko machine, characterized in that a discharge device is operated to discharge balls into a tray on the front of the pachinko machine.