TWI410901B - A storage container with quick delivery function - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention is a kind of articles storage container with swift delivery function, which is applied to a game machine. Said articles storage container has an open on top thereof, and a delivery slot passing through the bottom. The articles storage container comprises a storage space, a toggle part and a sliding channel, the position of the storage space faces the open for receiving a plurality of articles( for example: tokens, coins, etc); the toggle part is extending from the one-sided bottom of the storage space corresponding to the interior of the articles storage container to another corresponding side adjacent to a position of the open. Additionally, the upper surface of the toggle part is presented an arc shape so that the player can push said articles smoothly along the upper surface of the toggle part to the top edge thereof, the interface between the top edge of the toggle part and the internal wall of one side of the article storage container can form a long-strip slot hole. The sliding channel is corresponding to the long-strip slot hole and connects to the delivery slot according to a preset slop, thereby, after the player pushes the article to surpass the top edge of the toggle part and pass through said long-strip slot hole, the articles drop on the channel and accurately fall down to the delivery slot along a preset slop of the sliding channel for further initiating a trigger mechanism of the game machine (for example: token counting mechanism and control circuit), so as to notify the game machine to execute some relative actions.

Description

Storage container with fast delivery function

The invention relates to a storage container with a quick delivery function, in particular to a storage container having a dialing portion, the dialing portion is curved to allow a user to place a plurality of objects into the storage container after the user has placed The user can move the objects along the dialing portion, and the objects are dialed into a slide, and the sliding props have a predetermined slope so that the objects fall accurately into a delivery hole.

In recent years, due to the advancement of technology and the improvement of the quality of life, various kinds of entertainment equipment are constantly being introduced, such as WII, XBOX, Play Station, etc. People have more choices when they are at leisure, and they also make people's entertainment time more colorful. In order to create a more intriguing game atmosphere, in many large playgrounds, operators often use a large game console as the main facility for entertainment equipment, which is specifically for a specific type of game (eg dance games, racing games or shooting). Games, etc.) The large game consoles are designed to match not only the various sound and light effects, but also a variety of immersive accessories (such as driver's seat, musical instruments or guns), which can greatly enhance the player's immersion. Feel, so it is very popular with players.

When the player wants to play a game on the game console, the player must first exchange the substitute currency for the playground. The substitute currency is also called the token. The configuration can be freely designed by the amusement park. The common types are Coins, coupons, play cards, and even colored balls, etc., after the player has to deliver a certain amount of tokens, the game machine will start executing the game program. Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a game machine 1 which is commonly used in the present invention. The game machine 1 is provided with a delivery device 10 . The delivery device 10 includes an arcuate guide groove 101 and a delivery hole 102 . The configuration of the arcuate guide groove 101 matches the configuration of the token (not shown) used by the game machine 1 to enable the player to place a plurality of tokens in the arcuate guide groove 101; The delivery hole 102 is located at the bottom of one end of the arcuate guide groove 101, so that the user can push the end of the arcuate guide groove 101 after the player places the token on the curved guide groove 101. The tokens are displaced adjacent to the delivery hole 102 above the delivery hole 102 and into the delivery hole 102 to trigger a trigger mechanism in the gaming machine 1. Thus, the gaming machine Station 1 can detect the number of tokens delivered by the player, start the game console 1, and play the game. However, since the player often exchanges a large number of tokens at a time before starting the game to save time for temporary exchange in the game, the curved guide 101 of the delivery device 10 can only accommodate a limited number of tokens, therefore, When the player plays the game, the extra tokens must be placed on the game machine 1, causing a lot of inconvenience.

For this reason, the manufacturer has devised an improved delivery device. As shown in FIG. 2, the delivery device 2 is mounted on a game machine (not shown) and has an accommodation space for For the player to place a plurality of tokens (not shown), an inner wall surface of the delivery device 2 is obliquely recessed with a lead-out groove wall 21, and the outlet groove wall 21 is provided with a position corresponding to the bottom of the accommodating space. a curved surface 211, one end of the curved surface 211 extends upward to form a collecting groove 212 and a guiding groove 213 in sequence, and a bottom side of the guiding groove 213 is connected to a delivery hole 214, and the guiding groove is The portion of the wall 21 adjacent to the two sides can be tilted toward the center to move the token toward the direction of the wall 21 of the lead, and the token can be moved toward the surface during the upward grasping process. The direction of the 211 is closed and gathered in a stack along the direction of the curved surface 211, so that the player arranges the stacked tokens along the curved surface 211 and the collecting groove 212 in sequence, and is placed neatly in the guide groove 213. In the middle, the tokens are put into the delivery hole 214 one by one by pushing the tokens one by one. In this way, the player can not only store a large amount of tokens in the delivery device 2, but also can use the lead-out slot wall 21 to easily arrange the messy arrays of tokens into a stack for the player to deliver, but the delivery device 2 There are still some problems in the use, which are detailed as follows:

(1) Unsatisfactory when catching the replacement currency: Although the player can grasp the tokens in the process of grasping the tokens, the tokens can be aligned and aligned with the center by the inclination and bending angle of the slot wall 21. In a stack, only in the actual use, since the outlet groove wall 21 is recessed on the inner wall surface of the delivery device 2, in the case where the number of such tokens is small, the player can easily use the lead slot. The concave edge of the wall 21 or the curved ridge line makes it impossible to easily pull up a small amount of tokens, so that the player must insert the entire palm into the accommodating space, and take out the tokens in a pinch manner, so Exporting the slot wall 21 does not completely solve the problem of the player catching the coin.

(2) Extra currency action: In the current various delivery devices, the most lack of criticize the player is that each time before the game, it takes a lot of time to organize the token. The improved delivery device 2 It can reduce a certain amount of currency time, but it still can't completely remove the necessity of executing the coin action. Therefore, if you can omit the coin movement during delivery, it will greatly enhance the player's concentration during the game.

(3) Only one token can be delivered at a time: since the configuration of the delivery hole 214 matches the token, if the player wants to deliver a large amount of tokens, he must arrange the tokens after finishing the tokens. By aligning each of the tokens one by one with the delivery hole 214, the delivery operation can be completed, which not only consumes a lot of time, but also increases the trouble of using the game machine.

(4) The space of the guide groove 213 is limited: although the delivery device 2 improves the trouble that the conventional machine cannot accommodate a large amount of tokens, the space of the guide slot 213 in the delivery device 2 is still limited, and the player can only A part of the token is placed on the guide slot 213, that is, after the token on the guide slot 213 is fully inserted into the delivery hole 214, the player must recapture the remaining space in the housing space. Tokens, and once again the whole currency action, can then deliver the token into the delivery hole 214, so if the player is playing a game with fast game rhythm (such as shooting game, etc.), the repeated coin withdrawal action will It is easy to interrupt the player's interest.

(5) Tokens are easy to dump: Since the game consoles are mostly set in a crowded playground, and when the player plays the game, the game machine is often pushed by the excitement of the body movement or the noise of the surrounding observers. The shaking vibration of the table causes the token stored on the guide groove 213 to be easily dropped by the vibration, so that the player must re-catch the coin, which is very inconvenient to use.

It can be seen from the above that in the conventional coin-operated device, since the player must perform a whole coin action first, and then arrange the finished tokens in the position adjacent to the delivery hole, the delivery operation can be performed one by one, which not only greatly increases the preparation of the player. Time, and it is easy to interrupt the player's interest, therefore, how to design a storage container, so that players can not only conveniently store a large number of tokens, but also can carry out unnecessary coin movements, which can quickly Putting the token into the delivery hole is an important problem that the present invention is intended to solve here.

In view of the fact that the coin-operated device of the game machine is in use, the player must first perform the coin-operating action on the token, and place it one by one in the position adjacent to the delivery hole, so as to accurately input the token into the coin-operated hole. After many years of experiments and research, and with many years of practical experience, the inventor finally designed a storage container with a fast delivery function of the present invention, which can improve many problems on the conventional game machine.

An object of the present invention is to provide a storage container having a quick delivery function, which is applied to a game machine table, and has an opening at the top and a delivery hole through the bottom thereof, the storage container includes a receiving space, a dialing portion and a slideway, the accommodating space corresponding to the opening, so that the player places a plurality of objects (such as tokens, coins or other substitutes) in the accommodating space The dialing portion extends from the bottom side corresponding to one side of the accommodating space to the corresponding other side of the storage container, and extends to a position adjacent to the opening, and the upper surface of the dialing portion is arced Shaped so that the player can move the objects along the upper surface of the dial portion, the top edge of the dial portion is lower than the edge of the opening, and is maintained between the inner wall of the other side of the storage container Having a spacing to form an elongated slot between the top edge of the dial portion and the inner wall of the other side of the storage container; the slide is corresponding to the elongated slot and can be connected To the delivery hole, after the player moves the object over the top edge of the toggle portion, The piece can pass through the elongated slot and fall onto the slide, and the item can fall into the delivery hole accurately along a predetermined slope of the slide, so that when the player plays the game, That is, a large number of objects can be placed in the accommodating space, and the storage container is used to smoothly move the objects along the dialing portion to the top edge of the dialing portion, and the objects are Passing through the elongated slot and the slideway, accurately falling into the delivery hole to trigger a trigger mechanism (such as a coin counting mechanism and a control circuit) on the gaming machine to make the gaming machine Perform calculations (such as calculating the amount of coins) and start the game program (for example, when calculating the full amount of coins, the control circuit executes the game program).

In order to have a better understanding and understanding of the overall structure, technical features and purposes of the present invention, the embodiments are described in detail with reference to the following figures:

The present invention relates to a storage container having a quick delivery function, which is applied to a game machine. Referring to Figures 3 and 4, which is a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, the top of the storage container 3 An opening 30 is defined in the bottom of the opening, and a storage hole 3 is defined. The storage container 3 includes an accommodating space 32, a dialing portion 33 and a slideway 34. The accommodating space 32 corresponds to the opening 30. For the user to store a plurality of objects into the accommodating space 32, in the embodiment, the configuration of the object is a token C used by the gaming machine, but in other preferred embodiments of the present invention The configuration of the object can be adjusted according to the preference of the operator (for example, a plastic sheet or a sphere with a pattern), and is not limited to the configuration drawn in Figures 3 and 4, and is described later in the description. It can correspond to the schema, so it is mainly based on tokens in the narrative.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the dial portion 33 extends from the bottom side of the storage container 3 corresponding to one side of the accommodation space 32 to the corresponding other side thereof, and extends to the vicinity. In the position of the opening 30, the upper surface of the dial portion 33 is curved, so that the player can easily move the token C placed in the accommodating space 32 to the dial portion 33 by hand. a top edge, the top edge of the dial portion 33 is lower than the edge of the opening 30, and maintains a first spacing D1 between the opening 30 and a gap between the inner wall of the other side of the storage container 3 The second spacing D2, wherein the first spacing D1 enables the tokens C not to be moved beyond the edge of the opening 30, the second spacing D2 being able to be at the top edge of the dialing portion 33 and the storage container 3 Between the inner walls of the other side, an elongated slot 35 is formed, the elongated slot 35 being lower than the opening 30, and the configuration is matched with the configuration of the token C for the player When the tokens C are moved to the top edge of the dial portion 33, each of the tokens C can be accurately dropped into the elongated slot 35; the slide 34 corresponds to the length Strip slot 35, and Having a predetermined slope extending from the edge of the elongated slot 35 to the delivery aperture 31, the configuration of the slide 34 is matched to the token C, and the configuration of the delivery aperture 31 is greater than the The configuration of the token C, so that after the player can shift at least one generation of coins C to the top edge of the dial portion 33 and fall into the elongated slot 35, each of the tokens C can be weighted by itself. Following the predetermined inclination of the slideway 34, sliding into the bottom end of the slideway 34, and sequentially passing through the delivery hole 31, and delivering a trigger mechanism to the bottom of the storage container 3 (in the figure) Not shown), after being triggered, the triggering mechanism can notify the gaming machine to perform calculations (for example, the counting mechanism calculates the amount of coins) to perform corresponding actions (such as starting a new game). In this way, in the process of the player playing the game, that is, without holding a large amount of tokens C, the number of tokens C to be delivered can be easily obtained from the storage container 3 with the quick delivery function of the present invention. The bottom of the space 32 is smoothly moved to the upper slot hole 35 along the upper surface of the dial portion 33, and the trigger mechanism is activated through the slide rail 34 and the delivery hole 31 in order to improve In the past, the player has inconvenience when holding and delivering a large amount of tokens C. In addition, the storage container 3 can solve many problems in the use of the conventional delivery device, which are respectively described as follows:

(1) The delivery action is simple and intuitive: in the process of the player delivering the token C, the player only needs to dial the appropriate amount of token C so that the token C can pass over the top edge of the dialing portion 33.抵 the token C is abutted against the inner wall of the other side of the storage container 3, and the tokens C are released, so that the tokens C can fall into the elongated slot sequentially. 35 and the slideway 34, and the tokens C are accurately dropped into the delivery hole 31 along the predetermined slope of the slideway 34, so that the player does not have to rush when delivering a large amount of tokens C. The tokens C are aligned one by one to the delivery hole 31 for delivery, which greatly simplifies the player's delivery action, and enables the player to more intuitively put the token C into the delivery hole 31 when playing the game. In order to maintain the excitement and concentration of play.

(2) Omit the complicated coin-operating action: Since the player uses the storage container 3 of the present invention to perform the delivery operation, it is not necessary to first close the tokens C and organize them into a stack, thereby saving the traditional game. In the use of the delivery device of the machine, it is necessary to first arrange and place a certain amount of tokens C in the vicinity of the coin slot, which effectively saves the player's delivery action. In addition, since the token C is delivered before delivery There is no need to organize the stacks first, so even if the game machine is vibrated or shaken by external forces during the game, the player does not have to worry about the problems that the tokens C will be scattered due to the arrangement, so that the player can For the game.

(3) A large number of tokens C can be delivered at one time: in this embodiment, the configuration of the elongated slot 35 matches the configuration of the token C for a plurality of tokens C to pass through the strip at the same time In the slot hole 35, since the configuration of the slide rail 34 is tapered from the hole edge of the elongated slot hole 35 toward the delivery hole 31, the player can simultaneously dial a plurality of tokens C to the length. In the strip slot 35, the tokens C can be placed along the slideway 34 into the delivery hole 31 one by one, so that the player can deliver a large amount of tokens C in one go without having to substitute the tokens. The coins C are aligned one by one with the delivery hole 31, effectively saving the player's delivery time.

(4) There is no dead angle in the accommodating space 32: the upper surface of the urging portion 33 is curved, and does not have extra edges or bends, so the player can easily use the finger with only a few fingers. The coin C is pushed to the top edge of the dialing portion 33, which improves the conventional delivery device. The player must use the entire palm to grasp or pinch the coin C, and can transfer each token C to the adjacent delivery hole. 31 location problem.

In addition, it should be particularly noted herein that the configuration of the slide is not limited to the configuration depicted in Figures 3 and 4. In other preferred embodiments of the present invention, the operator can still design the slide. In other forms, the slide can correspond to the elongated slot and can be connected to the delivery hole so that the object stored in the storage container can be guided after being moved into the slide. The primers fall into the delivery hole, which are the slides claimed in the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, it is a second preferred embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the object is configured as a ball B, and the inner wall of the other side of the storage container 5 is The dialing portions 53 are parallel to each other so that after the player moves the ball B along the upper surface of the dialing portion 53 into the sliding path 54, the spherical body B can follow the curved slope of the sliding path 54. It falls into the delivery hole 51.

The above is only a few preferred embodiments of the present invention, but the scope of the claims of the present invention is not limited thereto, and those skilled in the relevant art will refer to the technical contents disclosed in the present invention. Equivalent changes can be easily considered without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention.

3, 5. . . Storage container

30. . . Opening

31, 51. . . Delivery hole

32. . . Housing space

33, 53. . . Toggle

34, 54. . . slide

35. . . Long slot

B. . . Sphere

C. . . Token

D1. . . First spacing

D2. . . Second spacing

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional delivery device;

Figure 2 is a schematic view of another delivery device of the prior art;

Figure 3 is a schematic view showing a first preferred embodiment of the storage container of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a first preferred embodiment of the storage container of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a second preferred embodiment of the storage container of the present invention.

3. . . Storage container

31. . . Delivery hole

32. . . Housing space

33. . . Toggle

34. . . slide

C. . . Token

D1. . . First spacing

D2. . . Second spacing

Claims (4)

The utility model relates to a storage container with a quick delivery function, which is applied to a game machine. The top of the storage container is provided with an opening, and the bottom of the storage container is provided with a delivery hole, and includes: a receiving space corresponding to the opening, Providing a plurality of objects; a dialing portion extending from a side of the storage container corresponding to one side of the accommodating space to the corresponding other side thereof, and extending to a position adjacent to the opening, the dialing portion The upper surface is curved so that the object in the accommodating space can be moved along the upper surface of the urging portion to the top edge of the urging portion, and the top edge of the urging portion is lower than An edge of the opening and maintaining a first spacing from an edge of the opening, the top edge of the dial portion maintaining a second spacing from the inner wall of the other side of the storage container, wherein the first spacing enables The object is not moved over the edge of the opening, and the second spacing can form an elongated slot between the top edge of the dial and the inner wall of the other side of the storage container, and at least When an object is moved over the top edge of the dial portion, it can fall into the long slot And a slide, corresponding to the line elongated slot, and at a predetermined inclination, from the elongated slot extends to the delivery aperture, the shape of the hole configuration of the delivery system is greater than the configuration of the article. The storage container of claim 1, wherein the configuration of the elongated slot matches the configuration of the article such that at least one of the articles can pass through the elongated slot. The storage container of claim 2, wherein the configuration of the slide is matched to the configuration of the object such that at least one of the objects can smoothly pass through the slide and sequentially fall into the delivery hole. The storage container of claim 3, wherein the item is a token or a coin.