JP4328132B2 - Game media lending device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
The present invention relates to a game medium lending device installed adjacent to each game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine in a game arcade, and in particular, selectively in a use form equipped with a bill validator and a use form not equipped. It relates to what is used.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, in game halls such as pachinko halls, a game medium lending device that lends game media such as pachinko balls and medals is installed on the side of each game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine. As this type of game medium lending device, for example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, a bill discriminator, a coin sorter, a control box, and the like are provided in the case, and a bill insertion slot and a coin are provided in front of the case. The one provided with a slot is known.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2002-282520 A (all pages, all figures)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, as a usage form of the above game medium lending device, in addition to the case where all parts such as a banknote discriminator are equipped and used, according to the request of a game hall manager, etc., no banknote discriminator is equipped. In other words, only coins may be used. In the case of such a usage pattern, in order to prevent a player from inserting a banknote from a banknote insertion slot by mistake, a part provided with a banknote insertion slot of a panel that constitutes the front of the housing, It is exchanged for one without a bill insertion slot.
[0005]
However, when a game medium lending device is equipped with a banknote discriminator, usually, an opening is provided on the back of the housing, and the banknote is sent from the banknote discriminator to the banknote transport device arranged on the island side through this opening. It has become. Moreover, in order to make easy the countermeasure when a banknote jam occurs inside or around the banknote discriminator, an opening may be provided on the side of the housing corresponding to the banknote discriminator. When such a game medium lending device is used without a bill discriminator, pachinko balls or the like scattered from the game medium replenishment device arranged on the island side may be opened on the back side or on the side surface. There is a problem that it enters into the bill discriminator arrangement space in the housing through the section, and further enters the other portion in the housing through the opening for harness wiring or the like from that space.
[0006]
Therefore, in order to solve such a problem, when using without a bill validator, the front panel is replaced with one without a bill insertion slot, and a housing provided corresponding to the bill validator It is conceivable to provide cover members that respectively close the opening on the side surface and the opening on the rear surface of the housing. However, in this case, there are disadvantages that the number of parts is increased, the cost is increased correspondingly, and work such as replacement and mounting is troublesome.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of such various points, and the object of the present invention is to provide a bill insertion slot on the front side of the housing with one component when used without a bill discriminator as described above. And the opening on the side of the case together, while reducing costs and facilitating work, preventing pachinko balls from entering the bill validator placement space inside the case The present invention is intended to provide a game medium lending device that can be prevented in advance.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 is arranged adjacent to a gaming machine, and is a banknote for identifying the authenticity of a banknote inserted from a banknote insertion slot provided in the front of the housing. In the game medium lending apparatus that is selectively used in the first usage pattern in which the identification machine is provided in the housing and the second usage pattern in which the banknote identification machine is not provided, the banknotes in the housing in the second usage pattern. A cover member for closing the discriminator arrangement space from the side of the housing is provided, and a bill insertion port closing portion for closing the bill insertion port from the inside of the housing is formed integrally with the cover member.
[0009]
In this configuration, in the second usage mode in which no bill discriminator is provided in the casing, the side of the casing of the bill discriminator arrangement space in the casing is blocked by the cover member, so that the game medium is arranged on the island side. It is possible to prevent a pachinko ball or the like scattered from an apparatus or the like from entering the bill discriminator arrangement space in the casing from the side of the casing. In addition, the cover member is integrally formed with a bill insertion slot closing portion that closes the bill insertion slot on the front side of the casing from the inside of the casing. It is not necessary, and the number of parts is reduced accordingly, and the mounting work is easy.
[0010]
Here, the preferable form in case the said banknote identification machine sends out a genuine banknote to the banknote conveying apparatus especially through the opening part provided in the back surface of the housing | casing after identifying the authenticity of a banknote is shown. That is, the cover member is configured to have a size that occupies substantially the entire bill discriminator arrangement space in the housing so as to close the opening on the rear surface. In this configuration, in the second usage pattern in which the bill validator is not provided in the case, the side of the case and the case front side by the cover member having a size that occupies substantially the entire bill discriminator arrangement space in the case. Since the opening on the back side of the housing is closed as well as the bill insertion slot, the pachinko balls etc. from the opening on the back side of the housing can be inserted into the bill recognition machine in the housing without increasing the number of parts and work. It is also possible to prevent entry into the arrangement space.
[0011]
Further, in the housing, while providing by projecting a plurality of boss portions for screwing the banknote counter inside, the cover member may be configured to have a screwing portion for screwing on the boss portion Is preferred. In this configuration, the boss provided on the housing is not only used as a screwing portion of the bill validator in the first usage pattern, but also screwed on the screwing portion of the cover member in the second usage pattern. It can also be used as a place to stop.
[0012]
Further, when forming a notch portion on the cover member for avoiding interference with the boss portion of the housing when the cover member is attached, the front end side of the notch portion is notched from the notch bottom side. It is preferable to have a configuration in which the notch is cut obliquely so that the notch width increases toward the mouth side . In this configuration, when the screwing portion of the cover member is screwed and attached to the boss portion of the housing in the second usage pattern, the bill is inserted into the cover member while inserting the cover member from the side of the housing. The mouth closing part is slightly moved forward so as to be inserted and closed from the inside of the housing into the bill insertion slot on the front side of the housing, but in order to avoid interference with the boss portion of the housing, a cut formed on the cover member The front end side of the notch is notched diagonally so that the notch width increases from the notch bottom side to the notch opening side, so interference with the boss part of the housing by the notch part is surely avoided And the cover member can be smoothly attached.
[0013]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 show a game medium lending apparatus A according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is arranged adjacent to a pachinko machine B as a gaming machine as shown in FIG. While lending data is transmitted to the pachinko machine B to perform lending processing of pachinko balls, it has a card issuing function.
[0014]
That is, the game medium lending apparatus A is a frame frame 1 (see FIG. 3) fixed adjacent to the pachinko machine B in the game island, and an apparatus that is detachably mounted by inserting the frame frame 1 from the front. It consists of a main body 2. The apparatus main body 2 is equipped with a bill discriminator 6, a coin sorter, a card unit, a main control board (all not shown) and the like in the casing 3. The front panel 3a constituting the front side is provided with a bill insertion slot 11, a coin insertion slot 12, a coin return button 13, a coin return slot 14, an encapsulated card issuing slot 15, a membership card insertion slot 16, and the like. When a predetermined banknote (for example, a thousand yen bill) is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 11, the banknote identification machine 6 confirms that the banknote is authentic, and then a member card must be inserted into the member card insertion slot 16. The card unit issues an encapsulated card at the card issuing port 15 and transmits the lending data to the pachinko machine B adjacent to the right from the front to perform the lending process of the pachinko ball. If a membership card is inserted in the card, the valuable value is added to the membership card. Further, even when a predetermined coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 12, if the authenticity of the inserted coin is confirmed by the coin sorting machine, the pachinko machine B adjacent to the right is lent out.
[0015]
The banknote discriminator 6 discriminates the authenticity of the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion slot 11 and, after this discrimination, the banknote transport apparatus (on the amusement island side from the banknote outlet 6a on the back side). (Not shown). Corresponding to this bill validator 6, the housing 3 of the apparatus body 2 is provided with an opening 21 so that the bill validator 6 is exposed from the left side to the back. And when banknote clogging occurs in the vicinity of the banknote outlet 6a and the apparatus main body 2 is pulled forward from the frame frame 1, it is easy to correct the banknote jamming from the opening 21. Further, the frame frame 1 is provided with an opening 22 through which the banknote outlet 6a of the banknote discriminator 6 on the apparatus main body 2 side passes when the apparatus main body 2 is mounted, and from the banknote discriminator 6 through the opening 22. The bill is sent to the bill transport device on the amusement island side.
[0016]
The game medium lending apparatus A is selectively used not only in the first usage pattern in which the bill validator 6 is provided in the housing 3 as described above but also in the second usage pattern in which the bill validator 6 is not provided. In this second usage pattern, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 3, there is no bill discriminator arrangement space 23 in the housing 3, and the side opening 24 of the housing 3. That is, it is opened to the game island side through the opening portion 22 of the frame frame 1 (that is, the portion of the opening portion 21 of the housing 3 on the front side of the frame frame 1). When the game medium lending device A is viewed as a whole, the frame frame 1 constitutes a part of the housing of the lending device A separately from the housing 3 of the device body 2, and the opening of the frame frame 1 Reference numeral 22 corresponds to an opening provided on the back surface of the housing according to the present invention.
[0017]
On the other hand, as a feature point of the present invention, the game medium lending apparatus A has a bill discriminator arrangement space 23 in the housing 3 as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8 in the second usage pattern. The cover member 30 made of synthetic resin that is closed by the opening 21 is provided. As shown in FIGS. 9 to 13, the cover member 30 has a substantially rectangular box shape that occupies substantially the entire bill discriminator arrangement space 23 in the housing 3, and the left side surface portion 30 a of the housing 3. The side opening 24 is closed by the rear surface 30b and the opening 22 of the frame 1 is closed. In addition, a bill insertion slot closing portion 31 for closing the bill insertion slot 11 of the front panel 3a from the inside of the housing 3 is integrally formed on the front face 30c of the cover member 30.
[0018]
Further, the cover member 30 is attached to the housing 3 by screwing the same boss portion 32 as that of the bill validator 6. That is, the housing 3 is provided with a plurality of boss portions 32, 32,... For screwing the banknote discriminator 6 in the banknote discriminator arrangement space 23 so as to protrude inward. In the plurality of boss portions 32, 32,..., Four screw fixing portions 33 for screwing each of the four boss portions are provided. Further, three cutout portions 34, 34, 34 for avoiding interference with the boss portion 32 of the housing 3 when the cover member 30 is attached are formed on the upper surface portion 30d and the lower surface portion 30e of the cover member 30. The front end side of each notch 34 is notched obliquely so that the notch width gradually increases from the notch bottom side toward the notch opening side.
[0019]
Therefore, in the game medium lending apparatus A, in the second usage pattern in which the bill validator 6 is not provided in the housing 3, the cover member occupies substantially the entire bill validator arrangement space 23 in the housing 3. 30 is provided instead of the bill validator 6, the side opening 24 of the housing 3 is closed by the left side 30a of the cover member 30, and the opening 22 of the frame frame 1 is closed by the rear surface 30b of the cover 30. The pachinko balls scattered when the pachinko balls are supplied to the ball supply port 40 of the adjacent pachinko machine B from a pachinko ball supply device (not shown) arranged on the amusement island side are closed. It is possible to prevent entry into the bill validator placement space 23 in the housing 3 through the side opening 24 or the opening 22 of the frame 1 and to prevent the occurrence of failure due to this. It can be.
[0020]
And since the banknote insertion slot closing part 31 which block | closes the banknote insertion slot 11 of the front panel 3a of the housing | casing 3 from the inner side of the housing | casing 3 is integrally formed in the front part 30a of the said cover member 30, as usual. A dedicated part for closing the bill insertion slot 11 is not required, and the number of parts can be reduced by that amount, so that the cost can be reduced and the mounting operation can be facilitated.
[0021]
In addition, the cover member 30 is formed by screwing the screwing portions 33 to the four boss portions 32, 32,... Provided in the housing 1 in order to screw the bill validator 6. Therefore, it is possible to contribute to simplification of the structure of the game medium lending device A. Further, when the cover member 30 is attached, the bill insertion slot of the cover member 30 is inserted while inserting the cover member 30 into the bill discriminator arrangement space 23 in the case 3 from the side through the opening 21 of the case 3. The closing portion 31 is slightly moved forward from the inside of the housing 3 so as to be inserted and closed into the bill insertion slot 11 of the front panel 3a of the housing 3, but avoids interference with the boss portion 32 on the housing 3 side. Therefore, the front end side of each notch portion 34 formed in the cover member 30 is notched obliquely so that the notch width increases from the notch bottom side toward the notch opening side. Thus, it is possible to reliably avoid interference with the boss portion 32 on the housing 3 side, and to perform the attaching operation of the cover member 30 smoothly.
[0022]
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, Other various embodiment is included. For example, in the above-described embodiment, as the banknote discriminator 6 equipped in the housing 3, the authenticity of the banknote is identified and then sent to the banknote transport device arranged on the island side. Of course, the invention is not limited to this, but may be of a type having a stock portion for stocking banknotes.
[0023]
In the above-described embodiment, the game medium lending device A has been described as transmitting a lending data to an adjacent pachinko machine B to perform a lending process of a pachinko ball and having a card issuing function. The present invention can be widely applied to a case where at least the banknote discriminator 6 is used and used without being equipped.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the gaming medium lending device of the present invention, when the bill discriminator is not provided in the casing, the side of the casing of the bill discriminator arrangement space in the casing is closed by the cover member. It is possible to prevent a pachinko ball or the like scattered from a game medium replenishing device arranged in the case from entering the bill discriminator arrangement space in the case from the side of the case, and to prevent the occurrence of a failure in advance. . In addition, the cover member is integrally formed with a banknote insertion slot closing portion that closes the banknote insertion slot on the front side of the casing from the inside of the casing, so a dedicated part for closing the banknote insertion slot is required as in the past. However, the number of parts can be reduced to reduce the cost, and the mounting operation process can be facilitated.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first usage pattern in a game medium lending device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a bill discriminator is removed from the game medium lending device and is installed adjacent to a pachinko machine.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing a second usage pattern in the game medium lending device.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the same.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where a cover member is separated from a second usage pattern.
7 is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the bill insertion slot in FIG. 4;
8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.
FIG. 9 is a front view of a cover member.
FIG. 10 is a left side view of the same.
FIG. 11 is a right side view of the same.
FIG. 12 is a plan view of the same.
FIG. 13 is a bottom view of the same.
[Explanation of symbols]
A Game media lending device B Pachinko machine (game machine)
1 Frame frame (housing)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Case 3a Front panel 6 Banknote identification machine 6a Banknote delivery port 11 Banknote insertion slot 21, 22, 24 Opening part 23 Banknote identification machine arrangement | positioning space 30 Cover member 31 Banknote insertion slot closure part 32 Boss part 33 Screwing part 34 Notch Part

Claims (1)

1st usage pattern and banknote identification which are arrange | positioned adjacent to a game machine and equip a housing | casing with the banknote identification machine which identifies the authenticity of the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion slot provided in the front of the housing | casing In the game medium lending device that is selectively used for the second usage mode that is not equipped with a machine,
A cover member for closing the bill discriminator arrangement space in the housing from the side of the housing in the second usage pattern is provided, and the cover member has a bill insertion port closing portion for closing the bill insertion port from the inside of the housing. A game medium lending device characterized in that is integrally formed.

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