JPH07112502B2 - Coin transporter - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a coin transfer device for transferring a game coin in a game arcade where a coin game machine is installed, and particularly to a coil game machine or a coin lending machine. It is effective when supplying coins to multiple devices.

[Prior Art] In a game arcade, a coin lending machine that lends coins used by a player to play a game, and coins paid out from a coin gaming machine according to a gaming result are According to the payout state of the coin gaming machine, each coin lending machine or each coin gaming machine must be replenished.

In the past, employees could directly supply coins to each device,
A coin replenishing device is arranged on the island of the game arcade where the coil game machine is installed, and the coins are fed and replenished to the coin lending machine and the coin game machine where the coins are needed.

Examples of the coin transporting device include a coin replenishing pipe having a cross-sectional shape adapted to the width and thickness of the coin, one coin is pushed one by one, and sequentially fed to a coin lending machine, or a belt conveyor. There are things that can be used to replenish coin lending machines.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, if coins are automatically supplied to coin-operated gaming machines lined up in an island, the former coin replenishing device tends to jam the coins in the coin replenishing pipe, and the coins are narrow. Since the number of coins that can be sent by the coin supply pipe is limited, the coins cannot be distributed and supplied to many coin gaming machines.

Further, the coins need to be supplied to the respective coin gaming machines only according to the payout state of the respective coin gaming machines, and need not always be carried in.

For this reason, in the latter coin replenishing device using a belt, if a coin is once conveyed and is not carried into each coin gaming machine, the extra coin is conveyed to the end of the belt conveyor.

Therefore, coins that are not carried into each device must be collected by using equipment such as a belt conveyor other than the one for carrying. In addition, in order to reliably supply coins to each device, there is a problem that each device must be separately distributed and supplied.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is mainly a coin transfer device for transferring coins to a coin gaming machine or a coin lending machine, which can be distributed and reliably supplied to each device, and the transferred gaming coins can be used as a coin lending machine or a coin lending machine. An object of the present invention is to provide a coin transfer device that does not need to be separately collected even when it is not carried into a game machine.

[Means for Solving the Problem] The coin transporting device of the present invention has a substantially crescent shape having a plane for transporting coins between opposing walls and an arcuate portion aligned with an adjacent transport member. The transport members are continuously arranged to form a circulation path that circulates in a substantially horizontal direction, and the transport member is circulated and moved in a fixed direction in the circulation transport path while moving on the transport plane. A movable coin pushing means for discharging coins on the plane for conveyance from the circulation conveyance path by a plane forming a predetermined angle with respect to the moving direction of the conveyance member is provided at various places of the circulation conveyance path as necessary. It is a feature.

The coin pushing means may be, for example, a sliding plate that is rotatably supported outside the transport path and swings into the transport path.

[Operation] In the present invention, the transfer member connected to, for example, an endless chain is driven to move the transfer path in a substantially horizontal direction to transfer coins. In this case, as the transport member, a substantially crescent-shaped transport member having an arcuate portion that matches the adjacent transport member is used. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, when each conveying member changes its conveying direction along a predetermined conveying line, it has an arcuate portion that is aligned with an adjacent conveying member. Between
Also, there is no large gap between the rotation guide and the conveying member, which may cause a coin to be conveyed to be jammed.

Also, if the coin pushing means operates during coin transfer,
The coin placed on the plane for carrying of the carrying member is pushed out of the carrying path and sent to a device or the like.

Here, since the transfer path forms a circulation path in a substantially horizontal direction, the coin transferred by the transfer member continues to be transferred by the transfer member until it is pushed out by the pushing means, and circulates in the transfer path. .

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION In the present invention, since the transport member circulates and transports the coins in the horizontal direction, the coins can be freely transported to a wide range, that is, a plurality of islands, and the coins can be transported to necessary places. By providing the pushing means, coins can be surely supplied to each device or the like. Therefore, the supply and management of the coins are simplified, and the coins to be conveyed circulate in the conveying path together with the conveying member, so that there is no need to collect the coins when the coins are not conveyed to each device.
Since the transport path is provided with both walls facing each other, the coins placed on the transport unit can be transported in the transport path without protruding from the transport path.

Furthermore, each of the transport members has an arcuate portion that is aligned with an adjacent transport member, so that the curve of the transport path can be freely set, and at each corner portion,
There is no large gap between the transport members and between the rotation guide and the transport member that would cause jams of coins to be transported.

[Embodiment] Next, the coin carrying device of the present invention will be described based on an embodiment in which it is used as an automatic coin replenishing device 10 in a game arcade.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the game hall, coins for paying out are conveyed to each coin gaming machine 1 according to the length of the island 2 above the island 2 where a plurality of coin gaming machines 1 are arranged in a row. An automatic coin replenishing device 10 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic coin replenishing device 10 is provided with a transfer base 11 forming a coin transfer path along each coin gaming machine 1, and on both sides thereof, coin guides 12 serving as walls of the coin transfer path, 13 are provided. Coin guide 12, 13
In order to prevent coins from falling during transportation, use a coin guide with multiple metal plates, each with a certain height.
The transport base 11 is fixed by the fixing pieces 12a and 13a fixed to the reference numerals 12 and 13.
Along a fixed width.

Conveying substrate 11 whose width is limited by the coin guides 12 and 13
Inside the coin, as shown in Fig. 1, coin guides 12, 13
Lower shoe support 17 and shoe support 18 are erected at a constant interval, and rail-shaped resin shoes 17a and 18a having a small friction coefficient are fixed to the upper ends of the shoe support 17 and 18, respectively. Has been done.

On the shoes 17a, 18a, a large number of carriers (conveying members of the present invention) 20 for carrying coins are mounted, and the shoes 17
A and 18a slidably support the carrier 20.

The carrier 20 is made of a resin such as polyamide as an engineering plastic that is tough and has a small friction coefficient, and is composed of a carrier plate 20a and a drive rod 25.

As shown in FIG. 3, the carrier plate 20a has a convex arcuate outer circumference 21 and a concave arcuate inner circumference 22 having the same radius as the outer circumference 21 and joined at the tips 23 and 24. It is a board with a wide crescent shape. These carrier plates 20a are aligned because the outer circumferences 21a and the inner circumferences 22 of the carrier plates 20a of the adjacent carrier bodies 20 are arcuate with the same radius.
They are arranged in series on a and 18a with a proper clearance.

Further, in each carrier 20, the ends 21a, 21b of the outer circumference 21 toward the tips 23, 24 of the carrier plate 20a draw an arc-shaped curve that is concave outward.

In the vicinity of the inner periphery 22 of the carrier plate 20a, the carrier plate 20a is attached to the shoes 17a, 1
A drive rod 25 for slidingly driving on 8a is provided integrally with the carrier plate 20a so as to project downward, and the drive rod 25 is fixed to a chain 30 provided between the shoe support portions 17 and 18. There is.

As shown in FIG. 4, the chain 30 is a roller chain provided with a hollow roller 31 made of resin. The chain 30 connects a large number of carriers 20 with a drive rod 25, and is driven by a sprocket 46 of a drive unit 40. It is wound around a plurality of sprockets (not shown) provided at each corner of the transport path and arranged endlessly, and runs along the transport substrate 11 to drive each transport body 20.

The drive rod 25 of the carrier 20 is inserted into the roller 31, is fixed in the vertical direction by the grip ring 32, and is rotatable.

In this embodiment, all the drive rods 25 of the carrier 20 are fixed to all the rollers 31 of the chain 30, and the shoe 17
A transfer plate 20a is laid on the a and 18a so that coins can be transferred continuously.

The drive unit 40 is provided at the end of the transfer base 11 as one of the corners of the transfer path. As shown in FIG. 4, on the motor mount 4 integrally provided on the extension of the carrier base 11, a gad motor 42 fixed to the motor unit base 41 for driving the chain 30 is attached by a bolt 41a. It is installed.

The output shaft 43 of the gad motor 42 has a rotation guide 44 that forms an inner coin guide at the corner of the conveyance path.
Is fitted to the outside, and the convex portion 44 formed on the inner peripheral surface of the rotation guide 44.
The a is fitted in a key groove 43a formed in the output shaft 43.

A shoe 45 for supporting the carrier 20 is fixed to the outer peripheral end of the flange 44b of the rotation guide 44, and a sprocket 46 for driving the chain 30 is externally fitted to the boss 44c of the rotation guide 4 to secure the bolt to the bolt. It is fixed by 47.

The rotation guide 44 is rotatably supported by a boss 44c by a bearing 48 provided on the motor mount 4.

The motor mount 4 has a bearing retainer 50 provided with a bearing 49.
Are integrally provided via a support member 51, and an end portion of the output shaft 43 is rotatably supported by a bearing 49.

The rotation guide 44 is provided with a pressing disk 52 between the rotation guide 44 and the bearing 49.The pressing disk 52 fixes the rotation guide 44 to the bearing 48 side, prevents contact with the bearing retainer 50, and rotates stably. Let

An outer guide 53 corresponding to the rotation guide 44 is provided on the outer side of the motor mount 4 that forms the corner of the transport path. The outer guide 53 forms a coin guide on the outer side by the outer peripheral wall 53a and has a shoe supporting convex portion 53b provided with a shoe 54 for sliding the carrier 20.

At this corner, as shown in FIG. 3, in each transport body 20, the end 21b of the outer periphery 21 that draws an arc-shaped curve that is concave toward the outside has a shape with respect to the arc shape of the rotation guide 44. Since they are almost aligned, they can move closely along the rotation guide 44, and between the rotation guide 44 and the carrier 20,
There is no large gap that would clog the transported coil.

The end 21a has the same effect on the opposite corner.

Further, at the corners, the coins do not become narrow between each carrier 20 and the outer guide 53, and project above the carrier 20 as shown by the chain double-dashed lines in FIGS. 3 and 4. The protruding portion 53c may be provided on the outer guide 53.

Instead of the coin guides 12 and 13, a plurality of coin guiding devices 60 for supplying necessary coins to each coin gaming machine 1 are provided at appropriate positions on the transfer base 11 forming a transfer path.

The coin guiding device 60 includes a guiding device body 61 and a guiding device body 61.
The coin receiver 62, which collects the coins discharged from the coins and guides the coins to the gaming machine 1, and the drive unit 70,
Here it is made of transparent resin,
A coin guide tube 80 for guiding coins to each coin gaming machine 1 or a coin lending machine (not shown) is provided at the outlet 62a of 62.
Are connected.

As shown in FIG. 5, the guide device main body 61 includes wall portions 63 and 64 corresponding to the coin guides 12 and 13, respectively, and a ceiling portion 65 integrally connecting the wall portions 63 and 64.

Openings 63a and 64a are formed in the respective wall portions 63 and 64,
The opening 64a on the wall portion 64 side is provided with a push-out plate 66 for pushing out a coin to be conveyed to the outside of the conveying path.

The push-out plate 66 is arranged between an eaves portion 67 formed so as to extend the ceiling portion 65 and an edge portion 68 provided in an intermediate portion of the wall portion 64 in parallel with the eaves portion 67, and the eaves portion 67 and It is rotatably supported by a rotation shaft 69 that is provided so as to penetrate between the edge portion 68 and swings.

The drive unit 70 drives the drive rod 71 fixedly provided on the side opposite to the push-out portion 66a of the push-out plate 66 with respect to the rotating shaft 69 by the operation of the solenoid 72 to swing the push-out plate 66. The drive rod 71 is loosely fitted in the hole 73a of the drive fitting 73 fixed to the tip of the output shaft 72a of the solenoid 72, and swings the pushing plate 66 according to the operation of the output shaft 72a.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the pushing plate 66 does not push out the coin. When the pushing plate 66 pushes out the coin, the output shaft 72a of the solenoid 72 projects and the pushing plate 6 is pushed.
As indicated by the chain double-dashed line in FIG.
Is rotated about and the inside of the wall 64 is rocked. Then, as shown in the front transport path in FIG. 1, the pushing plate 66 causes the coins conveyed from the right to the left in the drawing to come into contact with the pushing portion 66a and change the advancing direction thereof.
Can be pushed out of.

Note that, here, the solenoid 72 is a latch type solenoid that energizes only when the state is changed, and each coin guiding device 60 is controlled by a control circuit (not shown) provided in the ceiling portion 65 for each coil game. The solenoid 72 is driven according to the coin holding state of the machine 1.

The control circuit uses the two micro switches provided in the coin holding box (not shown) in the coin gaming machine 1 provided corresponding to each coin guiding device 60 as coin sensors, and makes the coin detection state of each micro switch. The solenoid 72 is controlled accordingly.

Here, one micro switch detects that the coins in the coin holding box have decreased with payout, and the amount of coins has dropped below a predetermined amount, and the other micro switch supplies the coins in the coin holding box. As a result, it is detected that the holding limit in the coin holding box has been exceeded. Then, when the amount of coins in the coin holding box becomes less than or equal to a predetermined amount, the solenoid 72 is driven to push the coins on the carrier 20 by the pushing plate 66 to supply the coins into the coin holding box.
Further, as a result of the supply into the coin holding box, when the holding limit in the coin holding box is exceeded, the pushing plate 66 is returned to the original position and the supply of coins is stopped.

Further, the coin receiver 62 is provided with a micro switch (not shown) as a coin sensor, and when a coin is clogged in the coin receiver 62 during the supply of coins and the coin receiver 62 is filled with coins, control is performed. The circuit immediately stops pushing coins and stops feeding coins.

Automatic coin replenishing device 10 of the present embodiment having the above configuration
Is, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of islands 2 in the game arcade.
Coins supplied from a coin lift (coin supply facility) 6 installed in a counter 5 of a game arcade, which is installed so as to form a circulation path corresponding to a coin gaming machine and a coin lending machine not shown in FIG. Carry to each coin gaming machine and coin lending machine.

The coin lift 6 pulls up coins held in a coin holding device (not shown) as a coin supply source installed on the counter 5 and, as shown in FIG. 7, supplies coins from the automatic coin supply device 10 from the supply port 6a. It is discharged to the part 10a.

Here, in the coin supply unit 10a, in the vicinity of the supply port 6a of the coin lift 6, the coins ejected from the supply port 6a are not fixed to other transfer routes so that the coins do not overflow into the transfer route. Coin guides instead of coin guides 12 and 13
14 and 15 are arranged. The coin guides 14 and 15 are formed with low wall portions 14a and 15a having a low height.

This is an automatic coin replenishing device 10 by the coin lift 6.
The coins supplied to the coin guides 12 and 13 are provided to prevent the coins from falling outside of the coin guides 12 and 13 and the height of the low wall portions 14a and 15a of the coin guides 14 and 15 is increased. Coins placed on the carrier 20 beyond the
After overcoming 14a and 15a, they were all dropped from both sides,
Its height is limited to a level slightly higher than the lower wall portions 14a and 15a. Therefore, the height of the coins to be conveyed can be set to a certain level or less, and the trouble that the coins being conveyed fall out from the coin guides 12 and 13 can be prevented.

In addition, the coins supplied from the coin lift 6 to the automatic coin replenishing device 10 should be protected from the end portions of the outer periphery 21 of the carrier 20 by any chance.
If you lie vertically between the coin guides 21a and 21b and the coin guides 14 and 15, the coins will be transferred to the carrier 20 when they are transferred to the corner.
The rotation guide 44 and the rotation guide 44 will be meshed with each other, causing trouble.

Therefore, in the coin guides 14 and 15 near the supply port 6a, the height of the coin guides 14 and 15 is made lower than that of the carrier 20.
b and 15b are formed.

As a result, even if there is a coin sandwiched between the carrier 20 and the coin guides 14 and 15, it can be dropped when passing through the coin release parts 14b and 15b, so that the carrier can be conveyed before being conveyed to the corner. All coins sandwiched between the 20 and the coin guides 14, 15 can be removed, and troubles can be prevented.

Below the coin guides 14 and 15, a coin collecting box 7 for collecting coins that have fallen over the low wall portions 14a and 15a and the coin releasing portions 14b and 15b of the coin guides 14 and 15 is arranged.

At the lower end of the coin collecting box 7, a coin guiding tube 7a for guiding the collected coins to the coin holding device of the coin lift 6.
Are connected.

Therefore, even if excess coins are supplied to the automatic coin supply device 10, all excess coins are automatically collected in the coin storage device.

The coin holding device is a facility as a coin supply source that holds a large amount of coins counted by the counter 5 and separately supplied coins.

Next, the operation of the automatic coin supply device 10 of this embodiment will be described.

When the motor 42 of the drive unit 40 is started and the output shaft 43 rotates at a predetermined rotation speed, the rotation guide 44 and the sprocket 46 rotate accordingly, and the sprocket 46 drives the chain 30.

The chain 30 drives each carrier 20 by the drive rod 25 inserted in each roller 31, and slides on the shoes 17a and 18a.

On the other hand, game coins are supplied onto the carrier 20 from the supply port 6a of the coin lift 6, and the coins are stacked at a substantially constant height according to the height of the low wall portions 14a and 15a of the coin guides 14 and 15. Then, the excess coil gets over the low wall portions 14a and 15a and is dropped into the coin collecting box 7.

Further, when there are coins that are vertically oriented and are mistakenly sandwiched between the carrier 20 and the coin guides 14 and 15 when fed from the coin lift 6, those coins are released by the carrier 20. All were dropped when passing parts 14b and 15b,
To be removed.

Therefore, the coins are stacked at a constant height only on the carrier 20, and as the carrier 20 moves, the coin guides 12,
The carrier 20 can be smoothly passed through the corner while being transported between the spaces 13.

When a decrease in the number of held coins is detected by a micro switch in each coin gaming machine 1 during coin transfer, the corresponding solenoid 72 is driven accordingly, and when the push plate 66 swings into the transfer path, it moves. Coins to push out plate 66
At this time, the traveling direction of the coin is changed, and the coin is pushed out to the coin receiver 62 from the opening 63a on the opposite side of the pushing plate 66.

The coins pushed out from the coin receiver 62 are coin guiding tubes.
It is guided to the coin gaming machine 1 by 80 and is held.

When the coin holding amount in the coin gaming machine 1 becomes sufficient, the solenoid 72 closes the pushing plate 66. Then, the coin is not pushed out, and is directly conveyed by the automatic coin replenishing device 10.

When coins are not continuously supplied to each coin gaming machine 1, the coins circulate in the automatic coin replenishing device 10 until the number of coins in each coin gaming machine 1 decreases.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the coins supplied from the coin lift 6 to the automatic coin replenishing device 10 circulate in the transfer path, so that the coins are collected when they are not carried into the coin gaming machine 1 or the coin lending machine. You don't have to. Further, depending on the design of the transport path, coins can be transported corresponding to a wide range of coin gaming machines 1, and coins can be supplied according to the needs of each coin gaming machine 1.

Further, below the coin guides 14 and 15, the coin collecting box 7 is provided.
Is provided, and the coin guide box 7a is connected to the coin collecting box 7 to guide the coins to the coin holding device, so that the excess coins supplied from the coin lift 6 to the automatic coin replenishing device 10 are automatically collected. The collected coins can be automatically supplied to the coin lift 6 again.

In the above-described embodiment, the coin transport path is configured to be transported in each island 2 in only one direction, but it may be reciprocated in each island 2 to form a circulation path as a whole. Good.

Although the automatic coin replenishing device 10 is provided in the island 2 in this embodiment, it may be exposed and installed on the island 2. Also, the protrusion
The 53c is not limited to the outer guide 53, and may be provided in each coin guide.

In addition, the number of drive motors is usually one, and the number of drive motors may be increased if necessary.

In the above embodiments, the present invention is used as an automatic coin replenishing device, but it may be used as a coin collecting device for collecting coins discharged from each coin gaming machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a main configuration of an automatic coin replenishing device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view showing an island on which the automatic coin replenishing device of this embodiment is installed, and FIG. 3 is a book. FIG. 4 is a partial plan view showing the coin automatic replenishing device of the embodiment, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AB of FIG. 3, FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the coin guiding device of this embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view showing a game hall in which the automatic coin replenishing device of the embodiment is installed, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a coin supply part by a coin lift of the embodiment. In the figure, 1 ... Coin game machine (equipment), 10 ... Automatic coin replenishing device (coin transfer device), 11 ... Transfer base (transfer path), 17a, 18a ... Shoe (sliding base), 20 ... … Carriers,
20a ... Conveying plate (conveying part), 21 ... Outer circumference (arc-shaped part), 22 ... Inner circumference (arc-shaped part), 30 ... Chain (endless chain), 66 ... Extrusion plate (coin pushing means, Swing plate).

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A substantially crescent-shaped carrying member having a carrying plane for placing coins and having an arcuate portion aligned with an adjacent carrying member is continuously arranged between opposing walls to be substantially horizontal. Forming a circulation path that circulates in a predetermined direction, and circularly moves the conveying member in a certain direction within the circulating conveying path, while moving on the conveying plane to form a predetermined angle with respect to the moving direction of the conveying member. A coin transfer device characterized in that movable coin pushing means for discharging coins on the transfer plane from the circulation transfer path by a flat surface are provided at various places of the circulation transfer path as needed. 2. The coin transfer device according to claim 1, wherein the coin pushing means is a slide plate which is rotatably supported outside the transfer path and swings into the transfer path.