JP5855385B2 - Slot machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a slot machine including a tray portion that can store game media such as medals.

  Examples of game machines that are generally known include pachinko machines and slot machines. In particular, a slot machine plays a game using medals as a game medium. In this slot machine, a predetermined number of medals are paid out to the player from the slot machine by satisfying a predetermined condition such that the game machine pattern of the slot machine is aligned during the game and the jackpot is won. In addition, medals paid out from the slot machine are introduced into a tray (so-called lower tray) provided in the slot machine (for example, Patent Document 1). Then, the medals overflowing from the tray are scraped out by the player's hand and moved from the tray to a predetermined storage box (so-called dollar box). Thereafter, the storage box is placed on the floor of the game hall until the player finishes the game.

JP 2009-213794 A

  By the way, when winning the jackpot, the saucer is filled with a lot of medals. When the medal is filled up to the limit of the storage capacity of the saucer, the medal is filled in the saucer without a gap. That is, when manually moving from the saucer to the storage box, there is no gap for a finger to enter, and it is necessary to forcibly lift up from the saucer, which is very difficult to move. Further, the medals in the tray are randomly arranged, and a portion where the medals overlap is generated. That is, if the medals are forcibly scooped up from the tray, the part where the medals overlap each other may slide relatively between the medals. The slip between the medals spreads the medals at random, and there is a risk that the medals may drool from the gap between the hands. In some cases, when introducing the player into the storage box from the player's hand, some of the medals are not introduced into the storage box, causing a problem of spilling on the floor of the game hall.

  In addition, the skilled person often moves medals using the side wall of the tray. That is, the storage box is brought close to the side wall of the receiving tray, the medal is slid up along the side wall of the receiving tray, and moved to the storage box. In this case, since the side wall of the saucer is substantially orthogonal to the bottom wall of the saucer, there is a risk of spilling on the floor when moving from the saucer to the storage box.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a slot machine including a tray portion that allows easy transfer of medals to a storage box.

The invention according to claim 1 for solving the above-described problem is a slot machine including a slot body and a tray portion that can store a paid-out medal, and the tray portion is fixed to the slot body. A storage space for storing medals is formed by the main body part and the movable part. A deformable portion that is elastically deformable, and the deformable portion is disposed at a position facing the slot body, and the movable portion is opposed to the slot body and includes a front wall portion including the deformable portion. And a bottom portion, the front wall portion is erected with respect to the bottom portion, and the deformation portion of the front wall portion forms a part of the storage space, and the front wall portion It extends over the entire vertical, against a medal on the flexible portion, By bring peg is a slot machine, wherein the deformable portion forms a medal introduction path elastically deformed forms a part state of the storage space.
That is, the present invention is a slot machine including a slot main body and a tray portion that can store a paid-out medal, and the tray portion is connected to the main body portion fixed to the slot main body and the main body portion. The movable portion has a movable portion that can be moved close to or away from the horizontal direction, and a storage space for storing medals is formed by the main body portion and the movable portion, and the movable portion has a deformable portion that can be elastically deformed. The deforming portion is disposed at a position facing the slot body.

According to such a configuration, the tray part has the main body part fixed to the slot main body and the movable part that can approach or separate in the horizontal direction with respect to the main body part. That is, the movable part can be moved toward or away from the main body part in the horizontal direction, and when moving from the tray part to the storage box, the movable part can be pulled out to the player side. Therefore, it is easy to change medals at a position closer to the player. Therefore, even a small player such as a woman can easily see the situation inside the storage box, and can be transferred from the storage space to the storage box without losing the posture.
Further, for example, when the medals are filled up to the limit of the storage capacity of the tray part, the stacked medals are avalanated by moving the movable part away from the main body part in the horizontal direction. Along with this, a space for inserting fingertips is formed between medals that are densely packed. That is, there is no need to forcibly pick up the medal, and the medal can be easily moved to the storage box.

By the way, in the conventional slot machine, the position of the tray portion is set according to the average male physique, so when a large player puts his hand in the storage space and takes out the medal, There is a problem that it is difficult to take out due to contact with a part of the slot body located above the storage space.
Therefore, the tray part of the present invention is provided with a main body part fixed to the slot main body and a movable part that can approach or leave the main body part in the horizontal direction. Therefore, when the medal is taken out, the opening area of the storage space can be increased as compared with the conventional slot machine by setting the movable part to a position that is separated from the main body part in the horizontal direction. That is, compared with the conventional slot machine, it is difficult to contact a part of the slot main body located above the storage space, and the medal can be easily taken out.

  In the present invention, the movable portion further has a deformable portion that can be elastically deformed, and the deformable portion is disposed at a position facing the slot body. That is, when the medal is transferred from the storage space to the storage box, the medal is applied to the deforming portion and scooped up, whereby the deforming portion is elastically deformed to form a medal introduction path like a kettle. Therefore, the medal can be transferred to the storage box without spilling.

In the invention according to claim 2, the main body part or the movable part has a guide part extending along the moving direction of the movable part, and the shaft member for restricting relative movement of the movable part with respect to the main body part is provided. And a shaft member is inserted into the guide portion, the main body portion is a hollow member that protrudes with the fixed portion of the slot main body as a base end, and the end portion on the protruding side is open, and the movable portion is It has a front wall portion that faces the slot body and has a deformed portion, and a side wall portion that extends in a direction intersecting the front wall portion, and is inserted into the main body portion from the open-side end portion of the main body portion. 2. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the movable portion inserted into the main body is moved within a range not departing from the main body by the guide portion. .
That is, according to the present invention, the main body part or the movable part has a guide part extending along the moving direction of the movable part, and has a shaft member that regulates relative movement of the movable part with respect to the main body part. The shaft member is inserted into the guide portion.

  According to such a configuration, since the shaft member that restricts the relative movement of the movable portion with respect to the main body portion is provided and the shaft member is inserted into the guide portion, it is easy to restrict the movement of the movable portion. It is.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the main body portion is a hollow member that protrudes with the fixed portion of the slot main body as a base end, and the end portion on the protruding side is open, the movable portion faces the slot main body, and is deformed. A front wall portion provided with a portion and a side wall portion extending in a direction crossing the front wall portion, and inserted into the main body portion from the open side end portion of the main body portion. The movable part inserted into the body is moved by the guide part within a range not departing from the main body part.

  According to such a configuration, the movable portion has the front wall portion that is opposed to the slot main body and includes the deformable portion, and the side wall portion that extends in a direction intersecting with the front wall portion, and the opening of the main body portion. Since it is inserted into the main body from the side end, the movement of the movable part in a direction other than the protruding direction can be restricted. That is, when the movable part is moved close to or away from the main body part in the horizontal direction, the force is well transmitted and the movable part is easy to move.

The invention according to claim 3 includes an entry preventing member that prevents the medal from entering between the main body portion and the movable portion, and the entry prevention member is disposed across the main body portion and the movable portion, The main body has a connection bottom, an upper surface of the connection bottom is higher than an upper surface of the bottom of the movable portion, the intrusion prevention member has a connection portion and an inclined portion, and the connection The portion is connected to the upper surface of the connection bottom, and the inclined portion is inclined downward with respect to the connecting portion from the main body portion side toward the movable portion side. The slot machine according to 1 or 2.
That is, it has an entry preventing member that prevents the medal from entering between the main body portion and the movable portion, and the entry prevention member is disposed across the main body portion and the movable portion.

According to such a configuration, for example, even if a gap is formed between the main body and the movable part in order to make the movement of the movable part smooth, the medal enters the gap because the entry preventing member is provided. It is possible to prevent this.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slot machine including a slot main body and a tray portion capable of storing the paid-out medals, wherein the tray portion is fixed to the slot main body, and the main body portion. A storage space for storing medals is formed by the main body portion and the movable portion, and the movable portion includes a deformable portion that can be elastically deformed. The deformable portion is disposed at a position facing the slot body, and the movable portion has a front wall portion facing the slot body and provided with the deformed portion, and a bottom, The front wall portion is connected to the bottom portion and is erected, and the deformed portion of the front wall portion forms a part of the storage space, and the front wall extends from the connection portion with the bottom portion. It extends in standing direction of the parts, by applying a medal to the deformed portion, salvation By gel is a slot machine, wherein the deformable portion forms a medal introduction path elastically deformed forms a part state of the storage space.

According to the structure of this invention, the said saucer part has a main-body part fixed to the slot main body, and a movable part which can approach or leave | separate to a horizontal direction with respect to a main-body part. That is, the movable part can be moved toward or away from the main body part in the horizontal direction, and when moving from the tray part to the storage box, the movable part can be pulled out to the player side. Therefore, it is easy to change medals at a position closer to the player. Therefore, even a small player such as a woman can easily see the situation inside the storage box, and can be transferred from the storage space to the storage box without losing the posture.
Further, for example, when the medals are filled up to the limit of the storage capacity of the tray part, the stacked medals are avalanated by moving the movable part away from the main body part in the horizontal direction. Along with this, a space for inserting fingertips is formed between medals that are densely packed. There is no need to forcibly pick up medals and it is easy to move medals to the storage box.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the condition of a game hall. It is explanatory drawing which shows the condition which plays with a slot machine. It is a perspective view of the slot machine concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the principal part of FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the movable part of Drawing 4 from another direction. It is the perspective view which looked at the movable part of FIG. 5 from the back side. It is AA expanded sectional drawing of the principal part of FIG. It is an expansion perspective view of the shaft member of FIG. It is explanatory drawing in each attitude | position of the saucer part of FIG. 3, (a) AA sectional drawing showing the saucer part in a storage attitude | position, (b) AA sectional view showing the saucer part in a drawer | drawing-out attitude | position, (c) Bending It is AA sectional drawing showing the saucer part in a posture. It is a perspective view of the principal part in the storage posture of Drawing 9 (a). It is a perspective view of the principal part in the drawer posture of Drawing 9 (b). It is an expansion perspective view of the principal part in the bending attitude | position of FIG.9 (c). It is explanatory drawing at the time of storing the medal in each attitude | position of the saucer part of Fig.9 (a)-(c). It is an expansion perspective view of the principal part of the modification of this invention. It is an expanded sectional view of the important section of the modification of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.
In the following description, unless otherwise specified, the vertical and horizontal positional relationship will be described with reference to the normal installation position (hereinafter also referred to as a storage posture) in FIG.

The slot machine 100 of this embodiment is mainly installed in a game arcade. Prior to the configuration of the slot machine 100 of the present embodiment, the structure of the game room will be described.
In the amusement hall, a plurality of so-called amusement islands 151 mainly including a plurality of slot machines 100 are arranged. Therefore, in the following description, in order to facilitate understanding, description will be made with a focus on one amusement island 151 (slot machine group).

  That is, as shown in FIG. 1, on the gaming island 151, a predetermined number (5 in FIG. 1) of gaming machine mounting portions 152 are provided, and one slot is installed in each gaming machine mounting portion 152. Machine 100 is installed. Specifically, on the game island 151, a predetermined number of slot machines 100 are arranged in two rows (one row on the front side and one row on the rear side in FIG. 1), and the slot machines 100 are arranged in parallel in each row. Has been. One chair, on which a player can sit, is arranged at a position facing each slot machine 100 (FIGS. 1 and 2).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the slot machine 100 of the present invention has a slot main body 110 and a tray part 1 which is a feature of the present invention, and is noticeable when transferred from the tray part 1 to a predetermined storage box. Has an effect. Hereinafter, the configuration of the slot body 110 will be described prior to the saucer portion 1 which is a feature of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the slot body 110 includes a plurality of reel portions 101, a BET button 102, a start lever 103, a plurality of stop buttons 105, a medal insertion slot 106, a medal payout slot 107, a checkout button 108, have.

A series of operations of the slot machine 100 will be briefly described. As described above, the slot machine 100 plays using a game medium (medal). By inserting money into an inter-table gaming machine lending machine (so-called sand) (not shown) or inserting medals into the medal slot 106, credits corresponding to the amount or medals are stored. Next, when the BET button 102 is pressed and the start lever 103 is operated, the plurality of reel portions 101 rotate. Then, the player presses the stop button 105 corresponding to the reel unit 101 to be stopped at a desired timing to stop the reel unit 101. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, for example, when the stopped reel unit 101 has the same pattern, it becomes “winning”. Note that when a predetermined time elapses, the reel unit 101 automatically stops.
When a predetermined number of credits (for example, 50) are accumulated, medals exceeding the predetermined number are paid out from the medal payout slot 107 and medals are introduced into the tray 1. When the medal exceeds the capacity of the tray part 1, it is scooped up by the player's hand and moved from the tray part 1 to a predetermined storage box. The storage boxes are arranged on the floor of the game hall until the player finishes the game.
At the end of the game, the settlement button 108 is pressed to pay out the credit medals stored from the medal payout slot 107 and the medals are introduced into the tray part 1.

As described above, the slot machine 100 of the present invention is characterized by the tray portion 1.
As shown in FIG. 4, the tray portion 1 includes a main body portion 2, a movable portion 3, an intrusion prevention member 5, and a shaft member 22. And the saucer part 1 has the storage space 4 enclosed by the slot wall part 16 located in the lower part of the slot main body 110, the main-body part 2, and the movable part 3 like FIG. The storage space 4 is a space in which medals paid out from the medal payout port 107 can be stored as in the conventional case.
The storage space 4 has an opening 13 formed by the main body 2 and the movable part 3. The opening 13 is an opening into which a hand can be inserted when the player moves a medal.
In addition, a panel portion 112 is disposed on the front surface of the slot body 110 above the storage space 4. The panel unit 112 is a panel on which predetermined information such as the model name of the slot machine 100 is described.

Hereinafter, each structural member of the saucer part 1 is demonstrated. In addition, unless there is particular notice, the storage space 4 side is demonstrated as an inner side.
First, the configuration of the main body 2 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 4, the main body 2 is erected so as to protrude forward from the slot wall 16, and is integrated with the slot main body 110. The main body portion 2 projects forward from the connection portion of the slot wall portion 16 of the slot main body 110. And the main-body part 2 has the hollow structure which the front-end | tip part of the said protrusion direction (front side of the Z direction of FIG. 4) was open | released.
The main body 2 is formed by a connection bottom 10 and a connection wall 6 erected from the end of the connection bottom 10 in a direction orthogonal to the horizontal direction (Y direction in FIG. 4).

As shown in FIG. 4, the connecting wall 6 has inner wall portions 7a and 7b on both sides in the width direction (X direction in FIG. 4), and inner wall portions 7a and 7b on the outer side of the inner wall portions 7a and 7b (side facing the storage space 4). Are formed by outer wall portions 8a and 8b that are substantially parallel to each other, and inner wall portions 7a and 7b and upper wall portions 15a and 15b that connect the upper end surfaces of inner wall portions 7a and 7b, respectively.
The inner wall portions 7a and 7b and the outer wall portions 8a and 8b are erected on the slot wall portion 16 of the slot main body 110 with a predetermined space therebetween. Specifically, the inner wall portion 7a and the outer wall portion 8a are arranged with a space 17a into which the insertion side surface portion 38a of the movable portion 3 can be inserted. Similarly, the inner wall portion 7b and the outer wall portion 8b are arranged with a space 17b into which the insertion side surface portion 38b of the movable portion 3 can be inserted.

As shown in FIG. 4, the connection bottom 10 is formed by an inner bottom 11 and an outer bottom 12 that is substantially parallel to the vertical direction (Z direction in FIG. 4) with respect to the inner bottom 11 outside the inner bottom 11. The inner bottom portion 11 and the outer bottom portion 12 are erected on the slot wall portion 16 of the slot body 110 with a space 18 into which the insertion bottom portion 36 of the movable portion 3 can be inserted.
The connection wall 6 and the connection bottom 10 are continuous. In other words, counterclockwise from the inner wall 7a, the inner wall 7a and the upper wall 15a, the upper wall 15a and the outer wall 8a, the outer wall 8a and the outer bottom 12, the outer bottom 12 and the outer wall 8b, and the outer wall 8b and the upper The wall 15b, the upper wall 15b and the inner wall 7b, the inner wall 7b and the inner bottom 11, and the inner bottom 11 and the inner wall 7a are continuous. Further, the spaces 17a, 17b, 18 are continuous and form one insertion space 20. That is, in the main body 2, the insertion space 20 has a “U” shape when viewed from the front, and the insertion area 25 of the movable portion 3 can be inserted into the insertion space 20. In other words, the main body 2 has a “U” -shaped groove in a front view.

Further, the outer wall portions 8a and 8b have long holes 21 (guide portions) penetrating the outer wall portions 8a and 8b in the thickness direction (X direction in FIG. 4). The long diameter of the long hole 21 faces the overhanging direction (Z direction in FIG. 4). The short diameter of the long hole is substantially the same as or slightly larger than the outer diameter of the head 23 of the shaft member 22.
The above is the description of the configuration of the main body 2.

Then, the structure of the movable part 3 is demonstrated.
The movable part 3 has an insertion region 25 inserted into the insertion space 20 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 and a dish region 26 located outside the insertion space 20 in the storage posture. The movable portion 3 has a bottom portion 30, side surface portions 31 a and 31 b, and a front wall portion 28 having a deformable portion 32.

  The bottom 30 has an insertion bottom 36 belonging to the insertion area 25 and a dish bottom 37 belonging to the dish area 26. The upper surface of the insertion bottom portion 36 and the upper surface of the dish bottom portion 37 are flush with each other on the same plane. On the other hand, the lower surface of the insertion bottom part 36 and the lower surface of the dish bottom part 37 are continued stepwise through the bottom wall part 33 as shown in FIG. The vertical length of the bottom wall portion 33 is substantially equal to the thickness of the outer bottom portion 12 (see FIG. 4) of the main body portion 2.

The side surface portions 31 a and 31 b have insertion side surface portions 38 a and 38 b belonging to the insertion region 25 and dish side surface portions 39 a and 39 b belonging to the dish region 26 as shown in FIG. 5.
The upper surfaces of the insertion side surface portions 38a and 38b and the upper surface of the dish side surface portions 39a and 39b are continuous stepwise via the wall portion 40a. The length of the wall portion 40a in the vertical direction is substantially equal to the thickness of the protruding side end portions of the upper wall portions 15a and 15b of the main body portion 2.
The outer side surfaces of the insertion side surface portions 38a and 38b and the outer side surfaces of the dish side surface portions 39a and 39b are continuous in a stepped manner through the wall portion 40b as shown in FIGS. The length of the wall portion 40b in the width direction (X direction in FIG. 4) is substantially equal to the thickness of the projecting side end portions of the outer wall portions 8a and 8b of the main body portion 2. Similarly, the inner side surfaces of the insertion side surface portions 38a and 38b and the inner side surfaces of the dish side surface portions 39a and 39b are continuous in a step shape via the wall portion 40c. The length of the wall portion 40c in the width direction (X direction in FIG. 4) is substantially equal to the thickness of the protruding side end portions of the inner wall portions 7a and 7b.
That is, the movable portion 3 has a substantially “convex” shape when viewed from the side, and the side portions 31a and 31b have a substantially “convex” shape when viewed in plan.

Moreover, the movable part 3 has the fixing hole 35 in the outer side surface of side part 31a, 31b like FIG. The fixing hole 35 is a bottomed hole. The fixing hole 35 can be engaged with the shaft portion 24 of the shaft member 22.
End portions in the protruding direction of the dish side surface portions 39a and 39b (on the side facing the insertion side surface portions 38a and 38b) have a deformation fixing portion 41 that can fix the front wall portion 28.

The front wall portion 28 has a deformation portion 32 as shown in FIG. 5, and the entire front wall portion 28 is the deformation portion 32 in this embodiment.
The deformable portion 32 is a substantially rectangular plate material when viewed from the front, and is formed of a flexible material. A material having elasticity is preferable. For example, natural rubber, styrene rubber, butadiene rubber, urethane rubber, or the like can be used as the material.
And the deformation | transformation fixing | fixed part 41 and the front wall part 28 are connected.
The above is the description of each component of the movable unit 3.

Next, the configuration of the entry preventing member 5 will be described.
The intrusion prevention member 5 is formed by bending a single plate material. The intrusion prevention member 5 has a connection part 45 and an inclined part 46 as shown in FIG.
The connection part 45 is a part connected to the upper surface of the inner bottom part 11. As shown in FIG. 7, the inclined portion 46 is inclined downward with respect to the connecting portion 45, and the inclination angle α is 5 to 45 degrees, preferably 5 to 30 degrees and from 5 degrees. 15 degrees is particularly preferable.

Next, the configuration of the shaft member 22 will be described.
The shaft member 22 has a head portion 23 and a shaft portion 24 as shown in FIG.
The head portion 23 has a wheel shape, and a shaft portion 24 is disposed at the center thereof. The material of the head 23 is not particularly limited, but is preferably formed of a material having high solid lubricity. The head portion 23 is rotatable in the circumferential direction about the shaft portion 24 as a rotation axis.

Next, the positional relationship of each member of the tray portion 1 in each posture, particularly the positional relationship between the main body portion 2 and the movable portion 3 will be described mainly with reference to FIG.
First, for convenience of explanation, the position (storage position) in which the insertion region 25 of the movable part 3 is stored in the insertion space 20 of the main body 2 as shown in FIG.
In the storage posture, the tray part 1 has a storage space 4a surrounded by the slot wall part 16, the main body part 2 and the movable part 3 as shown in FIG.
More specifically, the storage space 4a includes the slot wall portion 16, the inner bottom portion 11, the inner wall portions 7a and 7b, and the dish side portions 39a and 39b in the storage posture as shown in FIGS. The dish bottom portion 37, the front wall portion 28, and the entry preventing member 5 are formed.
An opening 13 is formed by the upper wall portions 15a and 15b, the dish side surface portions 39a and 39b, and the upper surface of the front wall portion 28.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the shaft member 22 is inserted into the long hole 21, and the head 23 of the shaft member 22 is accommodated in the long hole 21. The head 23 is located on the base end side (the slot wall portion 16 side) in the projecting direction of the long hole 21. The shaft portion 24 of the shaft member 22 is inserted into and engaged with the fixed hole 35 of the movable portion 3.

The bottom wall portion 33 of the movable portion 3 is in contact with the outer bottom portion 12 of the main body portion 2. Similarly, the wall portion 40a is in contact with the upper wall portions 15a and 15b, the wall portion 40b is in contact with the outer wall portions 8a and 8b, and the wall portion 40c is in contact with the inner wall portions 7a and 7b.
Further, the bottom surface of the bottom portion 30 of the movable portion 3, the outer bottom portion 12 of the main body portion 2, the top surfaces of the dish side surfaces 39a and 39b, the top surfaces of the overhanging end portions of the upper walls 15a and 15b, and the outside of the dish side surfaces 39a and 39b. The side surfaces and the outer side surfaces of the outer wall portions 8a and 8b, the inner side surfaces of the dish side surface portions 39a and 39b, and the inner side surfaces of the inner wall portions 7a and 7b are flush with each other.

The intrusion prevention member 5 is disposed across both the main body 2 and the movable part 3 as shown in FIG. 9A. The connection part 45 of the entry preventing member 5 is bonded to the upper surface of the inner bottom part 11 of the main body part 2. Further, the tip of the inclined portion 46 of the entry preventing member 5 is in a position where it does not slightly touch the upper surface of the bottom 30 of the movable portion 3 as shown in FIG.
The “slightly touching position” here refers to a state in which the distance h in the vertical direction between the tip of the inclined portion 46 and the upper surface of the bottom portion 30 is greater than 0 and less than or equal to ½ of the thickness of the medal. h is preferably 1/5 or less of the thickness of the medal, more preferably as close to 0 as possible.
With this configuration, for example, when a large gap is formed between the main body 2 and the movable portion 3 in order to make the movable portion 3 move smoothly in the horizontal direction (when the insertion space 20 is formed larger). However, since the entry preventing member 5 is provided, it is possible to prevent the medal from entering the insertion space 20.

Next, the movable part 3 of the tray part 1 is slid in the overhanging direction, and the movable part 3 is separated from the slot wall part 16. At this time, the tray part 1 takes the attitude | position (henceforth a drawer attitude | position) from which the movable part 3 was pulled out with respect to the main-body part 2 with respect to the main-body part 2 like FIG.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 11, the shaft member 22 is inserted into the long hole 21, and the head 23 of the shaft member 22 is accommodated in the long hole 21. The head 23 is located on the front end side (front wall portion 28 side) of the elongated hole 21 in the overhang direction.

And the storage space 4b in this attitude | position is the same slot wall part 16 as the storage space 4a of a storage attitude | position like FIG.9 (b), the inner bottom part 11, inner wall part 7a, 7b, the plate | board side part 39a, 39b, the dish bottom part 37, the front wall part 28, the intrusion prevention member 5, and the exposed side parts 38a, 38b from the main body part 2 are formed. That is, the storable capacity of the storage space 4b in the drawer posture is increased as compared with the storage space 4a in the storage posture.
Therefore, in the storage posture, even if the medal is filled up to the limit of the storage space 4a of the tray part 1 and the medal is filled in the tray part 1 without a gap, the storage space is obtained by adopting the drawer posture. Due to the increase in the storage capacity of 4b, the medals that are densely stacked collapse (FIGS. 13A to 13B). Along with this, a space for inserting fingertips is formed between medals that are densely packed. There is no need to forcibly pick up medals and it is easy to move medals to the storage box.
Further, since the front wall portion 28 is located at a position close to the player, even a small player can easily see the situation of the storage space 4, and can be transferred without breaking the player's posture. It is.

  Further, the opening 13b in this posture is the same as the opening 13a in the storage posture, in addition to the upper surfaces of the upper wall portions 15a and 15b, the dish side surface portions 39a and 39b, and the front wall portion 28, and the upper surfaces of the insertion side surface portions 38a and 38b. The exposed part from the main-body part 2 is formed. That is, the opening area of the opening 13b in the pulling posture is increased compared to the opening 13a in the storage posture.

  Further, as described above, in the conventional slot machine, when a large player puts his hand into the storage space 4, the opening area of the storage space 4 is small, and the slot main body 110 located above the storage space 4 There was a problem that it was in contact with the panel part 112 and was difficult to take out. On the other hand, in the slot machine 100 of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B, the distance L1 between the lower end of the panel portion 112 of the slot body 110 and the upper surface of the front wall portion 28 in the pulled-out position is It is larger than the distance L2 between the lower end portion of the panel portion 112 and the upper surface of the front wall portion 28 in the storage posture. Therefore, even when a large player takes out a medal from the tray part 1, it is difficult to contact the panel part 112 of the slot main body 110 located above the main body part 2, and it is easy to take out the medal.

Next, as shown in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13C, a medal is pressed against the inner surface of the deformation portion 32 of the tray portion 1 to deform the deformation portion 32. At this time, the deforming portion 32 takes a posture (hereinafter also referred to as a bending posture) bent within the elastic limit of the deforming portion 32 as shown in FIG.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, the movement of the shaft member 22 in the projecting direction is restricted by the inner wall of the elongated hole 21 on the distal end side in the projecting direction. Therefore, the movable part 3 does not deviate from the main body part 2. That is, the force that presses the player's medal to the deforming portion 32 is transmitted. Therefore, when the player moves the medal from the storage space 4c to the storage box as shown in FIG. 13 (c), the deforming portion 32 is deformed within the elastic limit by scooping up the medal while pressing the medal against the deforming portion 32. A medal introduction path such as a kettle is formed, and it can be transferred to a storage box without spilling medals.

  In the above-described embodiment, the deformable portion 32 is provided on the entire front wall portion 28, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the deformable portion 32 may be provided only on a part as shown in FIG. For example, when the deforming portion 32 is provided only in a part as shown in FIG. 14, it is preferable to provide the front wall portion 28 at the center position in the width direction X.

  In the embodiment described above, the intrusion prevention member 5 is placed and fixed on the inner bottom portion 11. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the intrusion prevention member 5 is disposed on the inner bottom portion as shown in FIG. 11 may be fixed by fitting. That is, the upper surface of the inner bottom portion 11 and the upper surface of the connection portion 45 of the entry preventing member 5 may be flush with each other.

  In the above-described embodiment, the connection portion 45 of the intrusion prevention member 5 is placed and fixed on a part of the inner bottom portion 11, but the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. The connecting portion 45 of the entry preventing member 5 may be placed on the entire surface of the bottom portion 11.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sauce tray part 2 Main body part 3 Movable part 4 Storage space 5 Ingress prevention member 16 Slot wall part 21 Elongated hole (guide part)
22 Shaft member 28 Front wall portion 31 Side surface portion 32 Deformation portion 100 Slot machine 110 Slot body

Claims (4)

A slot machine including a slot body and a tray portion that can store a paid-out medal,
The tray portion has a main body portion fixed to the slot main body, and a movable portion that can approach or separate in the horizontal direction with respect to the main body portion,
A storage space for storing medals is formed by the main body portion and the movable portion,
The movable part has a deformable part that can be elastically deformed,
The deformation portion is disposed at a position facing the slot body,
The movable part has a front wall part facing the slot body and provided with the deforming part, and a bottom part,
The front wall portion is erected with respect to the bottom portion,
The deformed portion of the front wall portion forms a part of the storage space and extends over the entire vertical direction of the front wall portion ,
A slot machine , wherein a medal is applied to the deforming portion and scooped up, whereby the deforming portion is elastically deformed in a state of forming a part of the storage space to form a medal introduction path . The main body part or the movable part has a guide part extending along the moving direction of the movable part,
It has a shaft member that regulates the relative movement of the movable part with respect to the main body part,
A shaft member is inserted into the guide,
The main body portion is a hollow member that protrudes with the fixed portion of the slot main body as a base end, and an end portion on the protruding side is open,
The movable portion has a front wall portion facing the slot main body and provided with a deformable portion, and a side wall portion extending in a direction intersecting the front wall portion, from the open side end portion of the main body portion. Is inserted into the main body,
2. The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the movable part inserted into the main body part is moved by the guide part within a range not deviating from the main body part. Having an entry preventing member for preventing the medal from entering between the main body and the movable part;
The entry preventing member is arranged across the main body and the movable part,
The main body has a connection bottom;
The upper surface of the connection bottom is higher than the upper surface of the bottom of the movable part,
The entry preventing member has a connection portion and an inclined portion,
The connection portion is connected to the upper surface of the connection bottom;
The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the inclined portion is inclined downward with respect to the connection portion from the main body portion side toward the movable portion side. A slot machine including a slot body and a tray portion that can store a paid-out medal,
The tray portion has a main body portion fixed to the slot main body, and a movable portion that can approach or separate in the horizontal direction with respect to the main body portion,
A storage space for storing medals is formed by the main body portion and the movable portion,
The movable part has a deformable part that can be elastically deformed,
The deformation portion is disposed at a position facing the slot body,
The movable part has a front wall part facing the slot body and provided with the deforming part, and a bottom part,
The front wall portion is connected to the bottom portion and is erected,
The deformed portion of the front wall portion forms a part of the storage space, and extends in a standing direction of the front wall portion from a connection portion with the bottom portion ,
A slot machine , wherein a medal is applied to the deforming portion and scooped up, whereby the deforming portion is elastically deformed in a state of forming a part of the storage space to form a medal introduction path .

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