JP5019846B2 - Medals lending machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal lending machine, and more particularly, to a medal lending machine that can be used for both types of hand supply medal lending machines and medal lending machines that receive medals from an automatic replenishing device.

  Conventionally, the replenishment of medals to the medal lending machine is performed by a method of replenishing a medal to the replenishment tank from the hand replenishment medal slot provided on the front surface of the medal lending machine and for automatic replenishment formed on the back of the medal lending machine from the automatic replenishing device This has been performed by at least one method of supplying medals to the supply tank through the medal slot. And the medal lending machine side is devised so that it can respond to any of the methods. For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-114204 (Patent Document 1), the front plate of the medal lending machine 1A (hereinafter referred to as the code and name described in Patent Document 1) is opened, and a staff member manually operates the medal. In addition to the method of supplying the medal container 11, the medal distribution pipe 3 drawn out from the medal replenishing device 2 is connected to the medal lending machine 1 </ b> A so as to support automatic replenishment. That is, during automatic replenishment, medals are replenished via the pipe connector 15 attached to the mounting plate 14 of the medal lending machine 1A. In the case of manual replenishment, the mounting holes 14a formed in the mounting plate 14 with the cover. And the structure which closes the insertion port of the cylinder part 15a of the collar connection tool 15 is disclosed. The attachment of the cover 16 is achieved by “attaching the pipe connector 15 to the attachment plate 14 and attaching the cover 16 to the insertion port of the cylindrical portion 15a. The cover 16 can be removed by removing the cover 16. On the other hand, when not used in combination with the medal replenishing device 2, the cover 16 may be left attached to the pipe connector 15, or the pipe connector 15 may be temporarily removed. It may be removed and then the cover 16 may be fixed over the mounting hole 14a. "

However, in the structure disclosed in Patent Document 1, the pipe connector 15 is indispensable when the cover 16 is attached. Moreover, the pipe connector 15 is once removed, and then the cover 16 is attached to the attachment hole 14a. It may be fixed by covering. Although a specific configuration of this configuration is not shown, a fixed configuration equivalent to at least the fixing of the pipe connector 15 is indispensable. For this reason, the pipe connector 15 (or an alternative configuration) is indispensable and complicated in configuration, which not only increases costs, but also because the pipe connector 15 is disposed inside the medal lending machine. It was inconvenient to install and remove.

JP 11-114204 “Medal lending machine”

  The present invention provides a medal lending machine having an automatic supply medal slot formed in a housing and a cover for closing the automatic supply medal slot, wherein the cover is the automatic supply medal slot of the housing. A back contact plate that contacts the peripheral back surface and a surface contact plate that contacts the peripheral surface of the automatic replenishment medal slot are arranged in a cross, and the back contact plate of the cover is used as the automatic supply medal. The automatic replenishment medal insertion slot is inserted into the housing from the insertion slot and brought into contact with the rear edge of the automatic replenishment medal insertion slot, and then removably attached to the upper edge of the automatic replenishment medal insertion slot. By arranging it between the back contact plate and the front contact plate, it is possible to remove the cover from the automatic replenishment medal slot with a very simple configuration that does not require any special components. And to provide a medal lending machine can be easily attached to the supply chute is the connecting parts for the automatic supply device to use the medal slot.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a medal lending machine having a cover for closing the automatic replenishment medal slot formed in the housing and the automatic replenishment coin slot, wherein the housing, the A plate part extending in a vertical direction having a back surface facing the inside of the housing and a surface facing the outside of the housing; and the medal slot for automatic supply is a surface of the plate portion And has a width W1 along the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the plate part and a height H1 along the extending direction of the plate part, and the cover is larger than the width W2 A back contact plate having a height H2 having a dimension and a front contact plate having a height H3 having a dimension smaller than the width W3. The directions are orthogonal to each other, and the middle part of each longitudinal direction is overlapped It is configured integrally in a state, and at least an interval corresponding to the plate thickness of the plate portion of the housing is formed between the back surface contact plate and the front surface contact plate. The surface contact plate is formed such that the width W2 is smaller than the width W1 of the automatic supply medal slot, and the height H2 is larger than the height H1 of the automatic supply token slot. Is formed such that the width W3 is larger than the width W1 of the automatic supply medal slot, and the height H3 is smaller than the height H2 of the back contact plate. The contact plate is inserted into the housing from the automatic supply medal slot with the width direction and height direction thereof matched with the width direction and height direction of the automatic supply medal slot, and the back surface Place the contact plate around the medal slot for automatic replenishment In contact with the back surface portion of the plate portion of the housing and the surface contact plate in contact with the surface portion of the plate portion of the housing at the periphery of the automatic replenishment medal slot The automatic replenishment medal slot is closed by the back contact plate and is detachably attached to the plate portion of the housing .

By configuring as described above, the present invention allows the cover to be removed from the automatic supply medal slot with a very simple configuration that does not require any special components. A replenishment chute that is a part for communicating with the automatic replenishing device can be easily attached.

In the next invention, the front surface abutting plate is located at a position biased upward from the center in the height direction of the back surface abutting plate .

  By configuring as described above, the present invention is configured such that the position where the front surface contact plate is formed is biased upward from the middle in the longitudinal direction of the back surface contact plate. When viewed in the vertically long direction, the lower part is set longer than the upper part of the back contact plate. For this purpose, the lower part of the back contact plate is inserted into the automatic supply medal slot, and then the upper part is inserted. The lower side of the replenishment medal slot is blocked by the lower part of the back surface contact plate, so that the medal stored in the housing does not go out. Naturally, foreign matter is prevented from entering the housing from the outside. Moreover, when a clerk ships a medal lending machine in which the clerk manually replenishes medals, the cover can be transported to the amusement store with the automatic replenishment medal slot installed, and an automatic medal replenishment device is used. In this case, if the fixing member that fixes the rear surface of the housing and the cover is removed locally, the cover slides downward under its own weight. At this time, the cover is lowered by using the side edge of the automatic supply medal slot as a guide between the back surface contact plate and the front surface contact plate. That is, it slides right below without shifting from side to side. When the upper part of the back contact plate is removed from the upper edge of the automatic supply medal slot, the cover is detached from the casing. In this way, even if the medals lending machine with the manual replenishment method and the medals lending machine with the automatic replenishment method are attached in common, the cover can be easily removed and the work time at the site can be shortened. There is no possibility that the payout function of the medal lending machine will be hindered by the falling cover inside the casing.

In the next invention, the back contact plate and the front contact plate have an elliptical shape .

  By configuring as described above, according to the present invention, since the shape of the cover is curved, it is difficult to cause a situation where an injury or the like occurs at the corner of the cover during handling.

  In the next invention, the medal drainage in which a locking piece between the connection port of the connecting pipe connected to the automatic replenishing device and the automatic replenishment medal insertion port is formed in the automatic replenishment medal insertion port with the cover removed. A duct-shaped supply chute having an outlet is detachably attached.

  With the above configuration, according to the present invention, the replenishment chute is attached to the medal lending machine, the automatic replenishment medal slot formed in the medal lending machine housing has a lower edge of the replenishment chute opening. When the entire replenishing chute is rotated upward with the locking piece formed on the bottom edge inserted and brought into contact with the lower edge, the locking piece comes into contact with the inner side of the lower edge and is positioned. As a result, the alignment between the upper casing back plate and the fixing portion of the replenishment chute is determined, and the mounting is easily completed by fixing the portion with a screw or the like.

In the next invention, the back contact plate is detachably attached to a portion of the plate portion above the automatic supply medal slot by a single attachment member .

  By configuring as described above, in the present invention, the cover can be easily attached and detached by attaching and detaching one mounting member, the replenishment chute can be easily attached to the automatic replenishment medal slot, and the assembly work Can improve the performance.

  The present invention provides a medal lending machine having an automatic supply medal slot formed in a housing and a cover for closing the automatic supply medal slot, wherein the cover is the automatic supply medal slot of the housing. A back contact plate that contacts the peripheral back surface and a surface contact plate that contacts the peripheral surface of the automatic replenishment medal slot are arranged in a cross, and the back contact plate of the cover is used as the automatic supply medal. The automatic replenishment medal insertion slot is inserted into the housing from the insertion slot, and is detachably attached to the upper edge of the automatic replenishment medal insertion slot. By arranging it between the back contact plate and the front contact plate, it is possible to remove the cover from the automatic replenishment medal slot with a very simple configuration that does not require any special components. The supply chute is the connecting parts for the automatic supply device can be easily attached to the use medal slot.

    Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a front view showing a medal lending machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a medal lending machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged side view of a main part of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a cover mounting portion.

  The medal lending machine 1 of the present invention is provided next to a slot machine (not shown) which is a gaming machine and lends medals based on a player's request. As shown in FIGS. As a whole, a vertically long rectangular box-shaped housing is formed. And this housing arrange | positions the upper housing | casing 10 and the lower housing | casing 20 up and down (AA of FIG. 1 is a boundary of the upper housing | casing 10 and the lower housing | casing 20), and couple | bonds it with a joint (not shown). It is assembled by fixing.

  The upper housing 10 has a top plate 11, a bottom plate 12, a side plate 13 and a back plate 14, and has a vertically long box shape with an open front surface. Then, the inside of the upper housing 10 is roughly divided into two vertically by a partition wall 15, and the upper portion is used as a device storage portion 30 for storing a medal payout device and the like, and the lower portion is used as a control storage portion 40 for storing a control device. It is divided into two.

The apparatus storage unit 30 is further divided into upper and lower parts by a rectangular frame 31. A replenishment tank 50 is provided in the space above the frame 31. The medal payout device 60 is detachably stored in the lower part. In addition, a control box 41 for controlling a medal transport device (not shown) is attached to the control storage unit 40. The supply tank 50 and the medal payout device 60 are communicated with each other through a medal passage hole 32 surrounded by a frame 31.

A supply front panel 53 is attached to the front opening portion of the replenishing tank 50 provided in the apparatus storage unit 30 so as to be openable and closable. On the supply tank 50 side of the supply front panel 53, a hand supply medal slot 51 for inserting medals by hand is provided integrally. The hand supply medal slot 51 is housed inside the supply tank 50 when the supply front panel 53 is closed. In this stored state, the medal slot of the hand supply medal slot 51 faces upward. From this state, when the supply front panel 53 is rotated forward with the lower portion as a fulcrum, the front opening portion of the replenishing tank 50 is opened, and the medal slot is exposed at that portion. The medal is inserted from the medal insertion slot, slides down along the inclined surface of the hand supply medal insertion slot 51, and enters the hopper 61 of the medal payout device 60 from the medal passage hole 32 formed in the frame 31 described later. To be supplied. The supply front panel 53 is normally fixed to the upper housing 1 in a locked and closed state with a clasp type key and unlocked when a medal is inserted.

The opening portion that opens from the lower portion of the device storage section 30 that is partitioned vertically by the frame 31 to the range of the control storage section 40 divided by the partition wall 15 is usually a payout front panel (not shown). Is obstructed. This payout front panel (not shown) is detachably attached to the opening. In addition, the medal payout device 60 is detachably accommodated in the lower part partitioned above and below by the frame 31 described above.

The medal payout device 60 includes a hopper 61 disposed at the upper part and a payer 62 disposed at the lower part of the hopper 61, and the hopper 61 is detachably attached to the payer 62. . The control of the medal payout device 60 is provided on the inner side of the lower portion of the back plate 14 that is divided up and down by a frame 31 in which the medal payout device 60 is housed.

  A bill recognition device 70 having a bill storage portion is disposed inside the lower housing 20, and a front opening is closed by an identification device storage portion front panel (not shown) so as to be opened and closed.

The inside of the device storage unit 30 described above is partitioned vertically by a rectangular frame 31. A replenishment tank 50 is provided in a portion above the frame 31. In the replenishment tank 50, medals supplied from an automatic replenishing device (not shown) via a replenishment chute 80 are stored in addition to medals manually replenished from the hand replenishment medal slot 51. For this purpose, an automatic supply medal slot 52 for receiving medals is opened on the back surface of the supply tank 50 (corresponding to the back plate 14 of the upper housing 10), and a supply chute 80 is attached thereto. It is configured as follows. In the present embodiment, the back plate 14 constitutes the plate portion of the casing of the claims.

  This automatic replenishment medal slot 52 is established regardless of the distinction between the manual replenishment medal lending machine and the automatic replenishment medal lending machine. Normally, the cover 90 is placed at the upper edge of the automatic replenishment medal slot 52. It is removably fixed to the formed hole 54 with a screw 55 and closes the aforementioned automatic replenishment medal slot 52.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the above-described automatic supply medal slot 52 is formed in a vertically long oblong shape on the back surface of the supply tank 50 (corresponding to the back plate 14 of the upper housing 10). Here, the front opening (short direction) is defined as W1 and the height (vertical direction) is defined as H1.

  The cover 9 includes a vertically long back contact plate 91 having a mounting hole 93 formed in the upper end portion (upward direction in FIG. 5) and a horizontally long surface contact plate 92. The plate 91 is formed in a cross shape so as to protrude outward by at least the thickness t of the back plate 14. Here, the width (short direction) of the back contact plate 91 is W2, the height (vertical direction) is H2, the width (horizontal direction) of the front contact plate 92 is W3, and the height (short direction) is W3. It is defined as H3. Further, the distance between the upper end of the back contact plate 91 and the upper end (short direction) of the front contact plate 92 is H4, and the lower end of the back contact plate 91 and the lower end of the front contact plate 92 (short direction). The interval is defined as H5.

The width (short direction) W2 of the back surface abutting plate 91 of the cover 9 is slightly narrower than the front opening (short direction) W1 of the automatic supply medal slot 52 (medals stored in the supply tank 50 spill out. The height H2 is longer than the height (vertical direction) H1 of the automatic supply medal slot 52. Therefore, in a state where the cover 9 is detachably fixed in the hole 54 formed in the upper edge portion of the automatic supply medal insertion slot 52, the automatic replenishment medal insertion slot 52 is closed by the back contact plate 91. It becomes a state.

Further, the width (horizontal direction) W3 of the horizontally long surface abutting plate 92 is wider than the width (short direction) W1 of the automatic supply medal slot 52, and the height H3 is the height of the automatic supply medal slot 52. The length (longitudinal direction) is shorter than H1. Therefore, in a state where the cover 9 is detachably fixed in the hole 54 formed in the upper edge portion of the automatic supply medal insertion slot 52, the cover 9 protrudes outward from the side edge of the automatic supply medal insertion slot 52. . The horizontally long front surface contact plate 92 crosses the vertically long back surface contact plate 91 at a position displaced in the upper end direction (arrow U) of the back surface contact plate 91 (O2-O2 → O1-O1 direction). Is combined. That is, there is a relationship of H4 <H5. The cover 9 may be formed by combining two metal plates, or may be integrally formed with a press or the like. Moreover, you may form using other materials, such as a synthetic resin. Furthermore, the shape is not limited to a long rectangle, and may be an elliptical combination.

First, the cover 9 formed in this manner is inserted into the automatic replenishment medal slot 52 with the lower portion (portion H5) of the vertically long back contact plate 91, and then moved downward (FIG. 5). Middle arrow ST1). Next, after the upper portion (the portion of H4) of the back contact plate 91 is inserted into the automatic supply medal slot 52, the whole is moved upward (arrow ST2 in FIG. 5). Then, the mounting hole 93 formed in the upper end portion of the back contact plate 91 is aligned with the hole 54 formed in the upper edge portion of the automatic supply medal slot 52, and then fixed with a single screw 55. To do. In this way, by fixing the cover 90 to the upper edge portion of the automatic supply medal slot 52, the lower portion (H5 portion) and the upper portion (H4 portion) of the back contact plate 91 of the cover 90. Are pressed against the back surfaces of the lower edge portion and the upper edge portion of the automatic supply medal slot 52, that is, the supply tank 50 side of the back plate 14. Then, the rear surface of the laterally long surface contact plate 92 is pressed against the surface of the side edge portion of the automatic supply medal slot 52 at the opposite ends of the width (horizontal direction) W3. In other words, the upper and lower end portions of the automatic supply medal slot 52 and the side edge of the automatic supply medal slot 52 are positioned between the back surface contact plate 91 and the front surface contact plate 92 of the cover 90. Become. Then, the automatic replenishment medal slot 52 is closed by the back contact plate 91.

Here, the height of the lower portion (H5 portion) of the vertically long back surface contact plate 91 is such that the lower edge portion of the automatic supply medal slot 52 and the back surface contact plate with the cover 90 fixed with the screw 55. The height is set such that no opening is formed between the lower end of 91. In other words, even if the cover 90 is moved upward, an opening is not generated between the lower edge portion of the automatic supply medal slot 52 and the lower end of the back surface contact plate 91.

  The supply chute 80 is configured in a duct shape provided with a connection port 84 of a connection pipe connected to an automatic supply device (not shown) and a medal discharge port 86 formed with a locking piece with an automatic supply medal insertion port. Has been. Specifically, the front wall 81 and the side wall 82 and the bottom wall 85 inclined downward from the rear wall 83 and the rear wall 83 toward the front wall 81 are formed into a rectangular duct shape as a whole. A bellows tube (not shown) connected to an automatic replenishing device (not shown) is connected to the connection port 84. The medals are supplied to the supply chute 80 from the automatic supply device (not shown) via the bellows tube (not shown) and stored in the supply tank 50.

On the other hand, below the front wall 81, a medal discharge port 86 having substantially the same shape as the automatic supply medal insertion port 52 is opened. The medal discharge port 86 is formed by notching the lower edge of the front wall 81 in a reverse concave shape and extending the bottom wall 85 forward. A locking piece 87 bent downward is formed at a portion extending forward from the opening portion of the bottom wall 85. Further, a flange 88 is formed by bending the side wall 82 outwardly at the connection portion between the front wall 81 and the side wall 82, and the supply chute 80 is fixed to the back plate 14 through the flange 88 portion.

Next, a method for arranging the medal lending machine 1 on an island having an automatic supply device (not shown) will be described. In particular, the medal lending machine 1 is manufactured without distinction between manual replenishment and automatic replenishment, and the automatic replenishment medal slot 52 is closed with a cover 90 and carried into a game store or the like.
Then, the medal lending machines 1 with the cover 90 that closes the automatic supply medal slot 52 are placed in front of the island. Next, when the worker removes the screw 55 of the cover 90 that closes the automatic supply medal slot 52, the cover 90 slides downward with its own weight, with the side edge of the automatic supply medal slot 52 as a guide. To do. At this time, the cover 90 sandwiches the side edge of the automatic supply medal insertion slot between the back contact plate 91 and the front contact plate until the back contact plate 91 comes off the upper edge of the automatic supply medal insertion slot 52. To descend. Therefore, the cover 90 slides directly under the automatic supply medal slot 52 without being shifted left and right. When the upper portion of the back contact plate is removed from the upper edge of the automatic supply medal insertion slot 52, the cover 90 comes into contact with the lower edge of the automatic supply medal insertion slot 52 to It does not leave in the direction and fall into the upper housing 10. Thus, even if it is attached in common to the medal lending machine of the manual replenishment method and the medal lending machine of the automatic replenishment method, the removal of the cover 90 is extremely simple and easy, so the work time at the site can be shortened. In addition, there is no possibility that the removed cover falls into the housing and obstructs the payout function of the medal lending machine.

In this manner, after removing the cover 90 from the automatic supply medal slot 52, the supply chute 80 is attached to the automatic supply medal slot 52. In other words, the locking piece 87 formed by bending the tip of the bottom wall 85 extending from the medal discharge port 86 formed on the front wall 81 of the supply chute 80 toward the supply tank 50 is inserted into the automatic supply medal. After being inserted into the mouth 52 and locked to the inner side of the lower edge of the automatic supply medal slot 52, the entire supply chute 80 is rotated in the direction of the back plate 14 around the locking portion, and the front wall 81 is It contacts with the back plate 14 of the housing 10. Then, the flange 88 is finally fixed to the back plate 14 by an arbitrary method such as a screw.

It is the front view which showed the medal rental machine of this invention. It is the rear view which showed the medal rental machine of this invention. It is a principal part expanded side view of this invention. It is a principal part top view corresponding to FIG. It is an expansion perspective view of the attachment part of a cover.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Medal lending machine 10 Upper case 11 Top plate 12 Bottom plate 13 Side plate 14 Back plate 15 Bulkhead 20 Lower case 30 Device storage part 31 Frame 32 Medal passage hole 40 Control storage part 41 Control box 50 Supply tank 51 Hand supply medal Mouth 52 Automatic replenishment medal slot 53 Supply front panel 54 Hole 55 Screw 60 Medal dispensing device 61 Hopper 62 Dispenser 70 Banknote identification device 80 Replenishment chute 81 Front wall 82 Side wall 83 Rear wall 84 Connection port 85 Bottom wall 86 Outlet 87 Locking piece 88 Flange 90 Cover 91 Back surface contact plate 92 Front surface contact plate 93 Mounting hole W1 Front hole of automatic supply medal slot 52 (short direction)
H1 Length of medal slot 52 for automatic replenishment (longitudinal direction)
W2 Width of back contact plate 91 (short direction)
H2 Height of back contact plate 91 (longitudinal direction)
W3 Width of surface contact plate 92 (horizontal direction)
H3 Height of surface contact plate 92 (short direction)
H4 Height between the upper end of the back contact plate 91 and the upper end (short direction) of the front contact plate 92 H5 Height between the lower end of the back contact plate 91 and the lower end (short direction) of the front contact plate 92

Claims (5)

In a medal lending machine having an automatic supply medal slot formed in a housing and a cover for closing the automatic supply medal slot,
The housing has a plate portion extending in the vertical direction having a back surface facing the inside of the housing and a front surface facing the outside of the housing,
The automatic replenishment medal slot is formed so as to penetrate from the front surface to the back surface of the plate portion, and has a width W1 along a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the plate portion and a height along the extending direction of the plate portion. H1
The cover includes a back contact plate having a height H2 having a dimension larger than the width W2, and a front contact plate having a height H3 having a dimension smaller than the width W3.
The back surface contact plate and the front surface contact plate are integrally configured with their longitudinal directions orthogonal to each other and the intermediate portions of the respective longitudinal directions being overlapped, and the back surface contact plate An interval of at least the plate thickness of the plate portion of the housing is formed between the plate and the surface contact plate,
The back contact plate is formed such that the width W2 is smaller than the width W1 of the automatic replenishment medal slot and the height H2 is larger than the height H1 of the automatic refill medal slot. And
The front surface contact plate is formed such that the width W3 is larger than the width W1 of the automatic supply medal slot, and the height H3 is smaller than the height H2 of the back surface contact plate.
The cover is configured so that the back surface abutting plate has a width direction and a height direction aligned with a width direction and a height direction of the automatic replenishment medal insertion opening from the automatic replenishment medal insertion opening to the inside of the housing. And the back contact plate is brought into contact with the back surface portion of the plate portion of the housing at the periphery of the automatic supply medal slot, and the front contact plate is inserted into the automatic supply medal slot. The automatic replenishment medal slot is closed by the back surface contact plate in a state where the peripheral surface of the plate is in contact with the surface portion of the plate portion of the housing, and is detachably attached to the plate portion of the housing. A medal lending machine characterized by that. 2. The medal lending machine according to claim 1 , wherein the front surface abutting plate is located at a position biased upward from a center in the height direction of the rear surface abutting plate . The medal lending machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the back contact plate and the front contact plate have an elliptical shape . The automatic replenishment medal slot with the cover removed has a medal discharge opening formed with a connection piece of a connection pipe connected to an automatic replenishment device and an automatic replenishment medal slot. The medal lending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a duct-shaped supply chute is detachably attached. The back contact plate is detachably attached to a portion of the plate portion above the automatic supply medal slot with a single attachment member.
The medal lending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that:

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