EP0326051A2 - Coin actuated gaming machine - Google Patents

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EP0326051A2
EP0326051A2 EP89101071A EP89101071A EP0326051A2 EP 0326051 A2 EP0326051 A2 EP 0326051A2 EP 89101071 A EP89101071 A EP 89101071A EP 89101071 A EP89101071 A EP 89101071A EP 0326051 A2 EP0326051 A2 EP 0326051A2
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  • the invention relates to a coin-operated entertainment machine, in particular a sports machine, with a coin validator and a coin cassette arranged downstream of the coin validator via a coin passage channel.
  • Such entertainment machines are known in multiple embodiments.
  • an entertainment machine designed as a dart game device it is customary to provide a game selection switch which enables the selection of different games with different skill levels.
  • the game types "High Score”, "501", “301”, “Shanghai” and “Scram” are mentioned as examples of the different games.
  • several players often join together to form a community of players in a club. Club players meet regularly to hold competitive games.
  • competition games between different clubs also take place at certain intervals.
  • the player community In order to promote club life, the player community generally receives a wide variety of gifts from the operator of an amusement machine and / or from the innkeeper in whose restaurant the amusement machine is located.
  • the invention has for its object to improve an entertainment machine of the type mentioned in so far as a community of players additional incentive to play is offered.
  • This object is achieved in that, in addition to the coin cassette, there is at least one additional coin cassette, and that the coin passageway is designed to be pivotable for the optional introduction of the coins into one or the other coin cassette.
  • the money accumulated in this way in the club box office is made available to the player community, which not only excites the players of the player community to play more often at the amusement machine, but also encourages the formation of new player communities. This significantly increases the frequency of use of the entertainment machine.
  • the pivoting movement of the coin passageway can be carried out by means of a multi-position key switch which is electrically coupled to an electromagent acting on the coin passageway .
  • the multi-position key switch is accessible from the outside and inserted into the entertainment machine housing.
  • the person in charge of supervising the amusement machine can determine, by appropriately adjusting the multi-position key switch, when the payment required for the individual games is to be introduced into the main box office or the club box office.
  • the multiple-position key switch is arranged in the vicinity of the workstation of the person who supervises the amusement machine.
  • the coin passage is articulated to an adjustment lever located inside the housing of the entertainment machine, which has a number of detent positions corresponding to the number of coin cassettes.
  • the person supervising the machine must bring the adjusting lever into the desired locking position by intervening in the machine housing in order to introduce the inserted coins either into the main cash register or into the club cash register.
  • the latching positions of the adjusting lever are expediently adjustable via recesses on its underside which can be brought into engagement with a housing-side bolt.
  • each coin cassette is provided with an inlet channel on its top see, wherein the input openings of the inlet channels of the coin cassettes corresponding to the discharge opening of the coin passage are close to each other.
  • the coin passage channel arranged between the coin validator and the coin cassettes is relatively long.
  • preferably only the lower area of the coin passageway facing the coin cassettes is designed to be pivotable.
  • the coin cassettes are formed in a common housing by arranging a partition wall or a plurality of partition walls. This results in a simplified structural arrangement of the coin cassettes.
  • a coin system 4 is accommodated in the interior 1 of the housing 2 of the entertainment machine 3. Behind an insertion slot in the front wall 5 there is a coin validator 6, which is connected via a microswitch 7 to an entertainment control unit (not shown) automat 3 signals the acceptance of a permissible coin.
  • the control device and the other technical devices find their place in the free space of the interior 1 of the housing 2.
  • a coin passage 8 is arranged below the coin validator 6, the input opening 9 of which corresponds to the output opening 10 of the coin validator 6.
  • the coin passageway 8 which is pivotally mounted in the upper area in a housing-side bearing 11, is assigned three adjacent coin cassettes at its dispensing opening 12, of which the middle coin cassette functions as a main cash register for the display and the two other coin cassettes 14 each function as a club cash register for a player community take over.
  • Each coin cassette 13, 14 has an inlet channel 16 on its upper side.
  • the size of the inlet openings 17 of the inlet channels 16, which correspond in size to the outlet opening 12 of the coin passage 8, are extremely close to each other just below the swivel circle section of the coin passage 8 in order to achieve the necessary pivoting movement of the coin passage 8 for to keep the optional introduction of the coins into one of the coin cassettes 13, 14 as low as possible.
  • a tab 18 articulated to the coin passageway 8 connects the latter to an electromagnet 19 fixed to the housing, which in turn is coupled to a multi-position key switch 20 which is fitted in the front wall 5 of the housing 2 and is accessible from the outside.
  • This switch 20 has as many functional positions as there are coin cassettes 13, 14. Each position of the key switch 20 is a certain position of the coin passage 8 and thus a certain coin via the electromagnet 19 cassette 13 or 14 assigned. With the help of the key switch 20 it can thus be determined in which of the coin cassettes 13, 14 the coins inserted into the entertainment machines 3 are introduced.
  • the coin passage 8 into the positions assigned to the coin cassettes 13, 14 by means of an adjusting lever 21 articulated to it.
  • the locking positions of the adjusting lever 21 can be adjusted by means of recesses 22 on the underside of the adjusting lever 21 at a certain distance from one another, which can optionally be brought into engagement with a bolt 23 fixed to the housing.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen münzbetätigten Unterhaltungsautomat (3), insbesondere Sportautomat, mit einem Münzprüfer (6) und einer dem Münzprüfer (6) über einen Münzdurchlaufkanal (8 ) nachgeordneten Münzkassette (13). Der Gegenstand der Erfindung zeichnet sich dadurch aus, daß neben der Münzkassette (13) mindestens eine zusätzliche Münzkassette (14) vorgesehen ist, und daß zur wahlweisen Einleitung der Münzen in die eine (13) oder die andere Münzkassette (14) der Münzdurchlaufkanal (8) verschwenkbar ausgebildet ist.The invention relates to a coin-operated entertainment machine (3), in particular a sports machine, with a coin validator (6) and a coin cassette (13) arranged downstream of the coin validator (6) via a coin passage (8). The object of the invention is characterized in that, in addition to the coin cassette (13), at least one additional coin cassette (14) is provided, and that the coin passageway (8 ) is designed to be pivotable.

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Die Erfindung bezieht sich auf einen münzbetätigten Unterhaltungsautomaten, insbesondere Sportautomaten, mit einem Münzprüfer und einer den Münzprüfer über einen Münzdurchlaufkanal nachgeordneten Münzkassette.The invention relates to a coin-operated entertainment machine, in particular a sports machine, with a coin validator and a coin cassette arranged downstream of the coin validator via a coin passage channel.

Derartige Unterhaltungsautomaten sind in vielfachen Ausführungsformen bekannt. So ist es beispielsweise bei einem als Wurfpfeil-Spielgerät ausgebildeten Unterhal­tungsautomaten üblich, einen Spiel-Wahl-Schalter vorzu­sehen, welcher die Wahl von verschiedenen Spielen mit unterschiedlichen Geschicklichkeitsniveaus ermöglicht. Als Beispiel für die verschiedenen Spiele seien hier die Spielarten "High Score", "501", "301", "Shanghai" und "Scram" genannt. Um die Unterhaltung bei der Durch­führung dieser Spiele weiter zu erhöhen, schließen sich häufig mehrere Spieler zu einer Spielergemeinschaft in einem Club zusammen. Die Spieler des Clubs treffen sich regelmäßig zur Abhaltung von Wettkampfspielen. Darüber hinaus finden auch in bestimmten zeitlichen Abständen Wettkampfspiele zwischen verschiedenen Clubs statt. Zur Förderung des Clublebens erhält die Spielergemeinschaft in der Regel von dem Aufsteller eines Unterhaltungsau­tomaten und/oder von dem Gastwirt, in dessen Gaststätte der Unterhaltungsautomat steht, Präsente der unter­schiedlichsten Art.Such entertainment machines are known in multiple embodiments. For example, in the case of an entertainment machine designed as a dart game device, it is customary to provide a game selection switch which enables the selection of different games with different skill levels. The game types "High Score", "501", "301", "Shanghai" and "Scram" are mentioned as examples of the different games. In order to further increase the entertainment during the execution of these games, several players often join together to form a community of players in a club. Club players meet regularly to hold competitive games. In addition, competition games between different clubs also take place at certain intervals. In order to promote club life, the player community generally receives a wide variety of gifts from the operator of an amusement machine and / or from the innkeeper in whose restaurant the amusement machine is located.

Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, einen Unter­haltungsautomaten der eingangs genannten Art insoweit zu verbessern, als einer Spielergemeinschaft ein noch weitergehender zusätzlicher Anreiz zum Spiel geboten wird.The invention has for its object to improve an entertainment machine of the type mentioned in so far as a community of players additional incentive to play is offered.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß dadurch gelöst, daß neben der Münzkassette mindestens eine zusätzliche Münzkassette vorhanden ist, und daß zur wahlweisen Ein-leitung der Münzen in die eine oder die andere Münzkassette der Münzdurchlaufkanal verschwenkbar ausgebildet ist.Durch diese Maßnahmen ist es möglich, die eine Münzkassette als Hauptkasse für den Aufsteller und den Gastwirt und die andere Münzkassette als Clubkasse für die Spielergemeinschaft zu verwenden, wobei beispielsweise jede dritte in den Automaten eingeworfene Münze oder der Gesamtbetrag für jedes dritte am Automaten durchgeführte Spiel nicht in die Hauptkasse sondern in die Clubkasse durch entsprechende Steuerung der Schwenkbewegung des Münzdurchlaufkanals eingegeben wird. Das auf diese Weise in der Clubkasse angesammelte Geld wird der Spielergemeinschaft zur Verfügung gestellt, was nicht nur die Spieler der Spielergemeinschaft reizt, häufiger an dem Unterhal­tungsautomaten zu spielen, sondern auch zur Bildung von neuen Spielergemeinschaften anregt. Damit wird die Benutzungsfrequenz des Unterhaltungsautomaten wesentlich erhöht.This object is achieved in that, in addition to the coin cassette, there is at least one additional coin cassette, and that the coin passageway is designed to be pivotable for the optional introduction of the coins into one or the other coin cassette. These measures make it possible to use the one coin cassette to be used as the main cash register for the operator and the innkeeper and the other coin cassette as a club cash register for the community of players, whereby for example every third coin inserted into the machine or the total amount for every third game played on the machine not into the main cash register but into the club cash register by appropriate control the swiveling movement of the coin flow channel is entered. The money accumulated in this way in the club box office is made available to the player community, which not only excites the players of the player community to play more often at the amusement machine, but also encourages the formation of new player communities. This significantly increases the frequency of use of the entertainment machine.

Um die Zuordnung des Münzdurchlaufkanals entsprechend den Erfordernissen zu der Hauptkasse oder der Clubkasse auf einfache Weise bewerkstelligen zu können, ist nach einer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung die Verschwenkbewe­gung des Münzdurchlaufkanals mittels eines Mehrfach­stellungs-Schlüsselschalters, der mit einem an den Münzdurchlaufkanal angreifenden Elektromagenten elek­trisch gekoppelt ist, durchführbar. Zweckmäßigerweise ist der Mehrfachstellungs-Schlüsselschalter von außen zugänglich in das Gehäuse des Unterhaltungsautomaten eingesetzt. Dadurch kann die die Aufsicht über den Unterhaltungsautomaten führende Person durch entspre­chende Verstellung des Mehrfachstellungs-Schlüssel­schalters bestimmen, wann das für die einzelnen Spiele notwendige Entgeld in die Hauptkasse oder in die Club­kasse eingeleitet wird. Zur Vermeidung langer Wege für die die Aufsicht über den Unterhaltungsautomaten füh­rende Person ist bei einer anderen vorteilhaften Ausge­staltung des Erfindungsgegenstandes der Mehrfachstel-­lungs-Schlüsselschalter in der Nähe des Arbeitsplatzes der die Aufsicht über den Unterhaltungsautomaten füh­renden Person angeordnet.In order to be able to easily assign the coin passageway according to the requirements to the main cash register or the club cash register, according to one embodiment of the invention the pivoting movement of the coin passageway can be carried out by means of a multi-position key switch which is electrically coupled to an electromagent acting on the coin passageway . Conveniently the multi-position key switch is accessible from the outside and inserted into the entertainment machine housing. As a result, the person in charge of supervising the amusement machine can determine, by appropriately adjusting the multi-position key switch, when the payment required for the individual games is to be introduced into the main box office or the club box office. In order to avoid long distances for the person who supervises the amusement machine, in another advantageous embodiment of the subject of the invention, the multiple-position key switch is arranged in the vicinity of the workstation of the person who supervises the amusement machine.

Bei einer alternativen Ausführung der erfindungsgemäßen Lösung ist der Münzdurchlaufkanal mit einem innerhalb des Gehäuses des Unterhaltungsautomaten liegenden Verstellhebel gelenkig verbunden, der eine der Anzahl der Münzkassetten entsprechende Anzahl an Raststellun­gen aufweist. In diesem Falle muß die die Aufsicht über den Automaten führende Person durch einen Eingriff in das Automatengehäuse den Verstellhebel in die gewünsch­te Rastposition bringen, um die eingeworfenen Münzen entweder in die Hauptkasse oder in die Clubkasse ein­zuleiten. Zweckmäßigerweise sind hierbei die Raststel­lungen des Verstellhebels über an seiner Unterseite angebrachte Ausnehmungen, die mit einem gehäuseseitigen Bolzen in Eingriff bringbar sind, einstellbar.In an alternative embodiment of the solution according to the invention, the coin passage is articulated to an adjustment lever located inside the housing of the entertainment machine, which has a number of detent positions corresponding to the number of coin cassettes. In this case, the person supervising the machine must bring the adjusting lever into the desired locking position by intervening in the machine housing in order to introduce the inserted coins either into the main cash register or into the club cash register. The latching positions of the adjusting lever are expediently adjustable via recesses on its underside which can be brought into engagement with a housing-side bolt.

Damit die notwendige Verschwenkbewegung des Münzdurch­laufkanals möglichst gering ist, ist nach einer vor­teilhaften Weiterbildung der Erfindung jede Münzkas­sette an ihrer Oberseite mit einem Einleitkanal ver­ sehen, wobei die mit der Ausgabeöffnung des Münzdurch­laufkanals korrespondierenden Eingabeöffnungen der Einleitkanäle der Münzkassetten dicht nebeneinander liegen.So that the necessary pivoting movement of the coin passageway is as small as possible, according to an advantageous development of the invention, each coin cassette is provided with an inlet channel on its top see, wherein the input openings of the inlet channels of the coin cassettes corresponding to the discharge opening of the coin passage are close to each other.

Häufig kommt es vor, daß der zwischen dem Münzprüfer und den Münzkassetten angeordnete Münzdurchlaufkanal relativ lang ist. In einem solchen Falle ist bevorzugt nur der untere, den Münzkassetten zugewandte Bereich des Münzdurchlaufkanals verschwenkbar ausgeführt. Bei einer weiteren Alternativausführung des Erfindungsge­genstandes sind die Münzkassetten in einem gemeinsamen Gehäuse durch Anordnung einer Trennwand oder mehrerer Trennwände ausgebildet. Hierdurch ergibt sich eine ver­einfachte konstruktive Anordnung der Münzkassetten.It often happens that the coin passage channel arranged between the coin validator and the coin cassettes is relatively long. In such a case, preferably only the lower area of the coin passageway facing the coin cassettes is designed to be pivotable. In a further alternative embodiment of the subject matter of the invention, the coin cassettes are formed in a common housing by arranging a partition wall or a plurality of partition walls. This results in a simplified structural arrangement of the coin cassettes.

Im Rahmen der Erfindung liegt es, den münzbetätigten Unterhaltungsautomaten in analoger Weise auch mit pa­pierenen Zahlungsmitteln und/oder Wertmarken zu be­treiben.It is within the scope of the invention to operate the coin-operated entertainment machine in an analogous manner also with paper payment means and / or tokens.

Der der Erfindung zurundeliegende Gedanke wird in der nachfolgenden Beschreibung anhand eines Ausführungsbei­spieles, das in der Zeichnung dargestellt ist, näher erläutert. Die einzige Figur der Zeichnung stellt eine perspektivische Rückansicht eines Unterhaltungsauto­maten im geöffneten Zustand mit zwei alternativen Verstellmöglichkeiten des Münzdurchlaufkanals dar.The idea on which the invention is based is explained in more detail in the following description using an exemplary embodiment which is illustrated in the drawing. The only figure in the drawing represents a rear perspective view of an entertainment machine in the open state with two alternative adjustment options for the coin passageway.

In dem Innenraum 1 des Gehäuses 2 des Unterhaltungs­automaten 3 ist eine Münzanlage 4 untergebracht. Hinter einem Einwurfschlitz in der Vorderwand 5 befindet sich ein Münzprüfer 6, der über einen Mikroschalter 7 einer nicht dargestellten Steuereinheit des Unterhaltungs­ automaten 3 die Annahme einer zulässigen Münze signa­lisiert. Die Steuereinrichtung und die sonstigen tech­nischen Einrichtungen finden in dem Freiraum des Innen­raumes 1 des Gehäuses 2 ihren Platz. Unterhalb des Münzprüfers 6 ist ein Münzdurchlaufkanal 8 angeordnet, dessen Eingabeöffnung 9 mit der Ausgabeöffnung 10 des Münzprüfers 6 übereinstimmt. Dem im oberen Bereich in einem gehäuseseitigen Lager 11 schwenkbeweglich gela­gerten Münzdurchlaufkanal 8 sind an seiner Ausgabeöff­nung 12 drei nebeneinanderstehende Münzkassetten zu­geordnet, von denen die mittlere Münzkassette die Funk­tion einer Hauptkasse für den Aufsteller hat und die beiden anderen Münzkassetten 14 jeweils die Funktion einer Clubkasse für eine Spielergemeinschaft überneh­men. Jede Münzkassette 13, 14 besitzt auf ihrer Ober­seite einen Einleitkanal 16. Die in ihrer Größe mit der Ausgabeöffnung 12 des Münzdurchlaufkanals 8 überein­stimmenden Eingabeöffnungen 17 der Einleitkanäle 16 liegen dicht unterhalb des Schwenkkreisabschnittes des Münzdurchlaufkanals 8 äußerst nahe beieinander, um die notwendige Schwenkbewegung des Münzdurchlaufkanal 8 für das wahlweise Einleiten der Münzen in eine der Münzkas­setten 13, 14 möglichst gering zu halten.A coin system 4 is accommodated in the interior 1 of the housing 2 of the entertainment machine 3. Behind an insertion slot in the front wall 5 there is a coin validator 6, which is connected via a microswitch 7 to an entertainment control unit (not shown) automat 3 signals the acceptance of a permissible coin. The control device and the other technical devices find their place in the free space of the interior 1 of the housing 2. A coin passage 8 is arranged below the coin validator 6, the input opening 9 of which corresponds to the output opening 10 of the coin validator 6. The coin passageway 8, which is pivotally mounted in the upper area in a housing-side bearing 11, is assigned three adjacent coin cassettes at its dispensing opening 12, of which the middle coin cassette functions as a main cash register for the display and the two other coin cassettes 14 each function as a club cash register for a player community take over. Each coin cassette 13, 14 has an inlet channel 16 on its upper side. The size of the inlet openings 17 of the inlet channels 16, which correspond in size to the outlet opening 12 of the coin passage 8, are extremely close to each other just below the swivel circle section of the coin passage 8 in order to achieve the necessary pivoting movement of the coin passage 8 for to keep the optional introduction of the coins into one of the coin cassettes 13, 14 as low as possible.

Eine gelenkig mit dem Münzdurchlaufkanal 8 verbundene Lasche 18 verbindet diesen mit einem gehäusefesten Elektromagenten 19, der seinerseits mit einem in der Vorderwand 5 des Gehäuses 2 angebrachten, von auBen zugänglichen Mehrfachstellungs-Schlüsselschalter 20 gekoppelt ist. Dieser Schalter 20 weist soviele Funk­tionsstellungen auf, wie Münzkassetten 13, 14 vorhanden sind. Jeder Stellung des Schlüsselschalters 20 ist über den Elektromagneten 19 eine bestimmte Stellung des Münzdurchlaufkanals 8 und damit eine bestimmte Münz­ kassette 13 bzw. 14 zugeordnet. Mit Hilfe des Schlüs­selschalters 20 kann also bestimmt werden, in welche der Münzkassetten 13, 14 die in den Unterhaltungsauto­maten 3 eingeworfenen Münzen eingeleitet werden.A tab 18 articulated to the coin passageway 8 connects the latter to an electromagnet 19 fixed to the housing, which in turn is coupled to a multi-position key switch 20 which is fitted in the front wall 5 of the housing 2 and is accessible from the outside. This switch 20 has as many functional positions as there are coin cassettes 13, 14. Each position of the key switch 20 is a certain position of the coin passage 8 and thus a certain coin via the electromagnet 19 cassette 13 or 14 assigned. With the help of the key switch 20 it can thus be determined in which of the coin cassettes 13, 14 the coins inserted into the entertainment machines 3 are introduced.

Alternativ hierzu ist es auch möglich, den Münzdurch­laufkanal 8 über einen an ihn angelenkten Verstellhebel 21 in die den Münzkassetten 13, 14 zugeordneten Posi­tionen zu bringen. Die Raststellungen des Verstellhe­bels 21 können durch an der Unterseite des Verstellhe­bels 21 im bestimmten Abstand zueinander angebrachte Ausnehmungen 22, die wahlweise mit einem gehäusefesten Bolzen 23 in Eingriff bringbar sind, eingestellt werden.As an alternative to this, it is also possible to bring the coin passage 8 into the positions assigned to the coin cassettes 13, 14 by means of an adjusting lever 21 articulated to it. The locking positions of the adjusting lever 21 can be adjusted by means of recesses 22 on the underside of the adjusting lever 21 at a certain distance from one another, which can optionally be brought into engagement with a bolt 23 fixed to the housing.

Die in der vorstehenden Zeichnungsbeschreibung, der Zeichnung sowie in den Ansprüchen offenbarten Merkmale der Erfindung können sowohl einzeln als auch in belie­biger Kombination für die Verwirklichung der Erfindung in ihren verschiedenen Ausführungsformen wesentlich sein.The features of the invention disclosed in the above description of the drawing, the drawing and in the claims can be essential both individually and in any combination for realizing the invention in its various embodiments.

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1. Münzbetätiger Unterhaltungsautomat, insbesondere Sportautomat, mit einem Münzprüfer und einer dem Münzprüfer über einen Münzdurchlaufkanal nachgeord­neten Münzkassette, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ne­ben der Münzkassette (13) mindestens eine zusätzli­che Münzkassette (14) vorgesehen ist, und daß zur wahlweisen Einleitung der Münzen in die eine (13) oder die andere Münzkassette (14) der Münzdurch­laufkanal (8) verschwenkbar ausgebildet ist.1. coin-operated entertainment machine, in particular sports machine, with a coin validator and a coin cassette downstream of the coin validator via a coin passageway, characterized in that in addition to the coin cassette (13) at least one additional coin cassette (14) is provided, and that for the optional introduction of the coins into the one (13) or the other coin cassette (14) of the coin passage (8) is designed to be pivotable. 2. Münzbetätiger Unterhaltungsautomat nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Verschwenkbe­wegung des Münzdurchlaufkanals (8) mittels eines Mehrfachstellungs-Schlüsselschalters (20), der mit einem an den Münzdurchlaufkanal (8) angreifenden Elektromagneten (19) elektrisch gekoppelt ist, durchführbar ist.2. Coin-operated entertainment machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the pivoting movement of the coin passage channel (8) by means of a multi-position key switch (20) which is electrically coupled to an electromagnet (19) engaging the coin passage channel (8). 3. Münzbetätiger Unterhaltungsautomat nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß der Mehrfach­stellungs-Schlüsselschalter (20) von außen zugäng­lich in das Gehäuse (2) des Unterhaltungsautomaten (3) eingesetzt ist.3. Coin-operated entertainment machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the multi-position key switch (20) is accessible from the outside in the housing (2) of the entertainment machine (3). 4. Münzbetätiger Unterhaltungsautomat nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß der Mehrfachstellungs-Schlüssel­schalter (20) in der Nähe des Arbeitsplatzes der die Aufsicht über den Unterhaltungsautomaten (3) führenden Person angeordnet ist.4. coin-operated entertainment machine according to one or more of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the multi-position key switch (20) is arranged in the vicinity of the workplace of the person supervising the entertainment machine (3). 5. Münzbetätigter Unterhaltungsautomat nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß der Münzdurchlaufkanal (8) mit einem innerhalb des Gehäuses (2) des Unterhaltungsauto­maten (3) liegenden Verstellhebel (21) gelenkig verbunden ist, der eine der Anzahl der Münzkas­setten (13, 14) entsprechende Anzahl an Raststel­lungen aufweist.5. coin-operated entertainment machine according to one or more of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the coin passageway (8) with an inside the housing (2) of the entertainment machine (3) lying adjustment lever (21) is articulated, which is one of the number of Coin cassettes (13, 14) have a corresponding number of locking positions. 6. Münzbetätigter Unterhaltungsautomat nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß die Raststellungen des Verstellhebels (21) über an seiner Unterseite angebrachte Ausneh­mungen (22), die mit einem gehäusefesten Bolzen (23) in Eingriff bringbar sind, einstellbar sind.6. Coin-operated amusement machine according to one or more of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the locking positions of the adjusting lever (21) on the underside of recesses (22) which can be brought into engagement with a housing-fixed bolt (23) are adjustable . 7. Münzbetätigter Unterhaltungsautomat nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß jede Münzkassette (13, 14) an ihrer Oberseite mit einem Einleitkanal (16) versehen ist, wobei die mit der Ausgabeöffnung (12) des Münz­durchlaufkanals (8) korrespondierende Eingabeöff­nungen (17) der Einleitkanäle (16) der Münzkas­setten (13, 14) dicht nebeneinanderliegen.7. coin-operated entertainment machine according to one or more of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that each coin cassette (13, 14) is provided on its upper side with an inlet channel (16), the with the outlet opening (12) of the coin passage channel (8) Corresponding input openings (17) of the inlet channels (16) of the coin cassettes (13, 14) lie close together. 8. Münzbetätigter Unterhaltungsautomat nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß nur der untere, den Münzkassetten (13, 14) zugewandte Bereich des Münzdurchlaufkanals (8) verschwenkbar ausgeführt ist.8. Coin-operated entertainment machine according to one or more of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that only the lower, the coin cassettes (13, 14) facing region of the coin passage (8) is designed to be pivotable. 9. Münzbetätigter Unterhaltungsautomat nach einem oder mehreren der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekenn­zeichnet, daß die Münzkassetten (13, 14) in einem gemeinsamen Gehäuse durch Anordnung einer Trennwand oder mehrerer Trennwände ausgebildet sind.9. coin-operated entertainment machine according to one or more of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the coin cassettes (13, 14) in one common housing are formed by arranging a partition or several partitions. 10. Münzbetätigter Unterhaltungsautomat nach den Ansprüchen 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er in analoger Weise auch papierene Zahlungsmittel und/oder Wertmarken verarbeitet.10. Coin-operated entertainment machine according to claims 1 to 9, characterized in that it also processes paper currency and / or tokens in an analogous manner.
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