JP2001276317A - Medal payout device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medal payout device for a game machine capable of blocking the interference of a medal counting operation performed by using a piano wire or the like as much as possible. SOLUTION: In this medal payout device for the game machine provided with a medal counting part for counting the number of discharged medals, a blocking means for blocking facing the medal counting part from a medal discharge port front surface is included.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medal payout apparatus for a gaming machine such as a slot machine.

[0002]

FIG. 6 shows a conventional medal payout apparatus 200.
FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view of the medal payout apparatus 200.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the medal payout apparatus 200 as viewed from VIII-VIII 'in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the medal payout apparatus 200 as viewed from IX-IX ′ of FIG.

In the medal payout apparatus 200 in the conventional slot machine, a rotating disk 121 is provided below a hopper tank 10 storing medals, and the rotating disk 12
1 is provided with a plurality of through holes and the like, and a count unit 130 and a guide 125 are provided near the outer periphery of the rotating disk 121 and near the medal outlet 126.

The counting section 130 counts the number of medals that have passed, and includes a roller 131 and a guide 12.
5, the roller 131 is pressed by the medal, and the roller 131 and the guide 125
The arm 132 is swung to the position shown by the two-dot chain line so as to increase the interval between the two, and when the medal has passed, the arm 132 returns to the original position (the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 8),
By executing one cycle including the swing and the return, one medal moves from the medal payout device 200 to the money ball MB. In this case, the sensor 135 detects one cycle of swing and return of the arm 132, and this detection signal reaches the CPU of the slot machine.

[0008]

By the way, there is a case where wrongful acts are performed by a so-called master.

That is, the piano wire W is pushed through the medal payout port FP1 provided near the money ball MB,
When the medal passes between the roller 131 and the guide 125 (when the roller 131 is at the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 8), the piano wire W is pressed against the roller, and the roller 131 Prevents return to the position shown by the solid line.
In this way, after the medal has passed, the arm 132
Cannot return, the CPU determines that no medal has been output, and even if the rotating disk 121 rotates and the medal continues to be output from the medal discharge port 126, a large number of medals are continuously output by one medal discharge command. There is a problem that medals are released.

[0010] This problem arises not only in slot machines,
This is a problem that also occurs in other gaming machines having a medal payout device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a medal payout device for a gaming machine which can minimize disturbance of a medal counting operation performed using a piano wire or the like.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a medal payout apparatus for a gaming machine having a medal counting unit for counting the number of medals to be ejected, a game having a means for preventing the medal counting unit from facing from the front of a medal ejection opening. This is a mechanical medal payout device.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a side view of a medal payout apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the medal payout apparatus 100.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the medal payout apparatus 100.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the medal payout apparatus 100 as viewed from IV-IV 'in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the medal payout apparatus 100 as viewed from the line VV 'in FIG.

The medal payout device 100 is provided in the slot machine SM. When a player of the slot machine wins a game, a medal is discharged from the medal outlet 26 as a prize. The ejected medals pass through the opening S1, the shooter S, and the medal payout opening FP1, and accumulate in the money ball MB.

The medal payout device 100 includes a hopper tank 10 for storing medals for ejection, a medal ejection unit main body 20 for performing an operation of ejecting medals, and a medal counting unit 30 for counting the number of ejected medals. And a medal discharge device main body 40 that connects the above-mentioned parts.

The medal discharge unit main body 20 includes a gear box 27, a motor 28, a rotating disk 21 connected to the motor 28 via the gear box 27, and rotated by the rotation of the motor 28, and a rotating disk 21. And a guide 24 for guiding medals to the medal payout slot FP1. At the time of medal ejection,
The rotating disk 21 rotates clockwise in FIG.

The rotating disk 21 has a through hole 22 and a projection (not shown). The medals stored in the hopper tank 10 fall between the upper surface 41 of the main body and the rotating disk 21 through the through holes 22 provided in the rotating disk 21.

Then, as the rotating disk 21 rotates clockwise, the medals located at the position P1 are pushed by the projections not shown in the figure while passing through the inner peripheral wall 24c of the guide 24, and pass through the position P2. Then, it is pushed in the direction of the medal discharge opening 26 and passes between the roller 31 and the protruding portion 24a at the position P3. Further, when the medal passes through the position P3, the roller 31 moves, and in response to the movement of the roller 31, the arm 32 connected to the roller 31 swings, and the interval between the roller 31 and the protrusion 24a is reduced. It is designed to spread. When the medal has passed, the arm 32 returns to the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 4, and the roller 31 returns to the original position (the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 4).

The medal discharge unit main body 20 includes a shielding member 25 having a side wall 25a near the medal discharge opening 26. The side wall 25 a of the shielding member 25 is provided at a position where the roller 31 is prevented from facing the front of the medal discharge port 26. That is, the medal outlet 26
When the roller 31 is viewed from the front of the roller 31, the side wall 25 a of the shielding member 25 causes the roller 31 by the overlap amount Δt.
Is hidden. Further, the shielding member 25
A medal guide portion 25b is provided for guiding medals discharged from the position P3 to the position P4. Note that the medal guide section 25b can be omitted.

Further, the medal discharge unit main body 20 has a direction restricting portion 24b near the medal discharge opening 26. The direction restricting portion 24b restricts the direction in which the medals are discharged so that the medals are directed substantially perpendicularly to the medal discharge opening 26 (the front panel of the slot machine SM).

A direction regulating portion 24 for regulating the direction of medal discharge.
The reason for providing b is that when the medal jumps from the position P3 toward the position P4 due to the force between the protrusion 24a and the roller 31 and the roller 31 tries to return to the original position, (A direction perpendicular to the discharge port 26), but in an oblique direction (projection portion 24a).
Direction). Therefore, the medal that has jumped out in the oblique direction is caused to collide with the direction restricting portion 24b at the position P4, and the medal ejection direction is restricted so as to be substantially in the front direction. Note that the direction restricting portion 24b can be omitted.

The counting section 30 includes a medal discharge device main body 4.
Arm 32 swinging about a shaft 33 fixed to zero
And a roller 31 connected to one end of the arm 32 (the end through which the medal passes), and a detected part 34 provided at the other end of the arm 32.

The arm 32 and the medal discharge device main body 4
0 is connected by a spring 36, and the medal is positioned at a position P3.
, The roller 31 moves to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4, and the detected part 34 moves to the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. At this time, the spring 36 is extended and urged. Then, after passing the medal, the roller 31 and the detected portion 34 are returned to their original positions (the roller 31 is at the position shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 and the detected portion 34 is at the position shown by the broken line in FIG. 4) by the restoring force of the spring 36. It is coming back. And
The sensor 35 counts the number of medals to be ejected by detecting the swing of the detected portion 34.

Next, the operation of the medal payout apparatus 100 will be described.

When a player of the slot machine wins a game, a spinning disk 21 is required to pay out medals.
Rotates. Then, when the medal passes between the roller 31 and the protruding portion 24a through the position P3, the roller 31 is pushed and moved by the medal so as to widen the interval between the roller 31 and the protruding portion 24a. In response to the movement of the roller 31, the arm 32 swings to a position shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. By the swing of the arm 32, the detected portion 34 is
The state where the sensor 35 has detected is changed to a state where no detection is performed. Subsequently, when the medal has passed, the arm returns to the original position (the position indicated by the broken line in FIG. 4), and the detected portion 34
Is detected by the sensor 35. This sensor 35
However, from the state in which the detected portion 34 has been detected, the detection is stopped, and the detection is performed again.
One medal paid out to Moneyball MB and C
PU considers. Then, the predetermined number of medals to be paid out in accordance with the winning is counted, and when the counted number of medals reaches the above predetermined number, the rotation of the rotating disk 21 is stopped and the payout of medals is finished.

By the way, when a player of the slot machine wins a prize in the game and medals are discharged as a prize, the player makes a medal payout FP1.
When the player tries to hold the roller 31 at the position shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4, the side wall 25 a of the shielding member 25 is in the way. 31 cannot be easily reached, and cannot prevent the roller 31 from returning to the position shown by the solid line in FIG.

Therefore, according to the medal payout apparatus 100, it is possible to minimize the obstruction of the medal counting operation performed using the piano wire or the like.

In place of the shielding member 25, pins having a predetermined diameter are provided side by side on the upper surface 41 of the main body.
5a, a medal guide portion 25b may be formed. Further, the pins forming the medal guide portion 25b may be omitted.

Although the shielding member 25 has a shape close to a trapezoid, the shape of the shielding member 25 is changed to a V-shape, and each side of the V-shape is divided into a side wall 25a and a medal guide portion 25b.
May be substituted. Further, the medal guide section 25b
In order to omit, the shape of the shielding member 25 may be I-shaped, and only the side wall 25a may be formed.

Further, it is determined whether a metal or an object exists between the position of the roller 31 when the medal passes near the roller 31 (the position indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4) and the discharge port 26. A sensor is separately provided to detect the entry of the metal or the like, so that an alarm is issued when the metal or the like has entered, so that the roller 31 of the counting unit 30 can be prevented from substantially facing the roller 31 of the counting unit 30 from the front of the medal outlet 26. You may. Note that a limit switch, a proximity switch, a photoelectric switch, an ultrasonic sensor, or the like can be used as the sensor. In addition, an audible alarm or a visible alarm can be employed. In addition, as an audible thing, it is conceivable that a peculiar sound is generated continuously or intermittently to notify the administrator of the slot machine SM. Alternatively, the light may be turned on intermittently to notify the administrator of the slot machine SM.

The above sensor also detects the presence of a medal to be ejected. However, since the medal to be ejected is constantly moving, the above-described detection is intermittent. Therefore, the program of the CPU may be designed so that the alarm is generated only when the presence of the object is detected continuously for a predetermined time.

[0036]

According to the present invention, it is possible to minimize the interruption of the medal counting operation performed using a piano wire or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a medal payout apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the medal payout apparatus 100.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the medal payout apparatus 100.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the medal payout apparatus 100 as viewed from IV-IV ′ in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a medal payout apparatus 10 viewed from VV ′ in FIG. 4;
0 is a sectional view.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional medal payout apparatus 200.

7 is a front view of the medal payout device 200. FIG.

8 is a cross-sectional view of the medal payout apparatus 200 as viewed from VIII-VIII 'in FIG.

9 is a cross-sectional view of the medal payout apparatus 200 as viewed from IX-IX 'in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 100: medal dispensing device, 20: medal discharge unit main body, 24a: protruding portion, 24b: direction restricting portion, 25: shielding member, 25a: side wall, 26: medal discharge port, 30: counting portion, 31: roller, 32 ... Arm, 35: sensor, FP1: medal payout slot, W: piano wire, Δt: overlap amount.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A medal payout device for a gaming machine having a medal counting unit for counting the number of medals to be ejected, characterized by comprising a blocking means for preventing the medal counting unit from facing from the front of a medal ejection opening. A medal payout device for gaming machines. 2. The medal counting section according to claim 1, wherein the blocking means is means for preventing the roller, which constitutes the medal counting section and swings when passing the medal, from facing the front of the medal discharge opening. A medal payout device for gaming machines. 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the blocking means is a shielding member provided between a position of the roller when the medal passes near the roller and the medal outlet. A medal payout device for gaming machines. 4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the blocking unit determines whether a metal or an object exists between a position of the roller when the medal passes near the roller and the medal discharge port. A medal payout device characterized by providing a sensor for detecting the presence of a metal or an object for a predetermined period of time.