EP0326051A2 - Automate de jeu actionné pour pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP0326051A2
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: coin; entertainment machine; machine according; cassette; operated
Prior art date: 1988-01-27
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP89101071A

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German (de)

English (en)

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EP0326051B1 (fr

EP0326051A3 (en

Inventor

Ullrich Schulze

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NSM AG

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NSM AG

NSM Apparatebau GmbH and Co KG

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1988-01-27

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1989-01-23

Publication date

1989-08-02

1989-01-23 Application filed by NSM AG, NSM Apparatebau GmbH and Co KG filed Critical NSM AG

1989-08-02 Publication of EP0326051A2 publication Critical patent/EP0326051A2/fr

1990-03-07 Publication of EP0326051A3 publication Critical patent/EP0326051A3/de

1994-07-20 Application granted granted Critical

1994-07-20 Publication of EP0326051B1 publication Critical patent/EP0326051B1/fr

2009-01-23 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements

Definitions

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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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Control Of Vending Devices And Auxiliary Devices For Vending Devices (AREA)
Pinball Game Machines (AREA)
Vending Machines For Individual Products (AREA)
Coin-Freed Apparatuses For Hiring Articles (AREA)

EP89101071A 1988-01-27 1989-01-23 Automate de jeu actionné pour pièces de monnaie Expired - Lifetime EP0326051B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE3802253		1988-01-27
DE3802253A DE3802253C2 (de)	1988-01-27	1988-01-27	Münzbetätigter Unterhaltungsautomat

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0326051A2 true EP0326051A2 (fr)	1989-08-02
EP0326051A3 EP0326051A3 (en)	1990-03-07
EP0326051B1 EP0326051B1 (fr)	1994-07-20

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP89101071A Expired - Lifetime EP0326051B1 (fr)	1988-01-27	1989-01-23	Automate de jeu actionné pour pièces de monnaie

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EP (1)	EP0326051B1 (fr)
AT (1)	ATE108923T1 (fr)
DE (2)	DE3802253C2 (fr)

Cited By (7)

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WO1991005318A1 (fr) *	1989-10-01	1991-04-18	Jani Supplies Enterprises, Inc.	Appareil pour le controle rapide des pieces de monnaie
FR2673744A1 (fr) *	1991-02-08	1992-09-11	Coin Acceptors Inc	Dispositif de guidage de pieces de monnaie.
EP0451577A3 (fr) *	1990-03-26	1994-04-20	Nsm Ag
WO1995004980A1 (fr) *	1993-08-10	1995-02-16	Raha-Automaattiyhdistys	Distributeur pour machine a sous
GB2298072A (en) *	1995-02-15	1996-08-21	Starpoint Electrics Ltd	Distribution apparatus
US6165064A (en) *	1997-12-18	2000-12-26	Mars, Incorported	Coin mechanism with cashbox arranged above coin dispensing means
WO2014090496A1 (fr) *	2012-12-14	2014-06-19	Novomatic Ag	Caisse à monnaie pour appareil à monnayeur

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DE4003702A1 (de) *	1990-02-05	1991-08-08	Bally Wulff Automaten Gmbh	Geldspielgeraet
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1988
- 1988-01-27 DE DE3802253A patent/DE3802253C2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
1989
- 1989-01-23 EP EP89101071A patent/EP0326051B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1989-01-23 AT AT89101071T patent/ATE108923T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1989-01-23 DE DE58908051T patent/DE58908051D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related

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WO1991005318A1 (fr) *	1989-10-01	1991-04-18	Jani Supplies Enterprises, Inc.	Appareil pour le controle rapide des pieces de monnaie
US5042635A (en) *	1989-10-02	1991-08-27	Jani Supplies Enterprises, Inc.	Rapid coin acceptor
EP0451577A3 (fr) *	1990-03-26	1994-04-20	Nsm Ag
FR2673744A1 (fr) *	1991-02-08	1992-09-11	Coin Acceptors Inc	Dispositif de guidage de pieces de monnaie.
WO1995004980A1 (fr) *	1993-08-10	1995-02-16	Raha-Automaattiyhdistys	Distributeur pour machine a sous
GB2296595A (en) *	1993-08-10	1996-07-03	Raha Automaattiyhdistys	Dispenser for a coin-operated game-playing apparatus
GB2298072A (en) *	1995-02-15	1996-08-21	Starpoint Electrics Ltd	Distribution apparatus
GB2298072B (en) *	1995-02-15	1998-08-05	Starpoint Electrics Ltd	Distribution apparatus
US6165064A (en) *	1997-12-18	2000-12-26	Mars, Incorported	Coin mechanism with cashbox arranged above coin dispensing means
WO2014090496A1 (fr) *	2012-12-14	2014-06-19	Novomatic Ag	Caisse à monnaie pour appareil à monnayeur
CN104885129A (zh) *	2012-12-14	2015-09-02	挪佛麦迪哥股份公司	用于硬币操作式装置的硬币盒
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Publication number	Publication date
EP0326051B1 (fr)	1994-07-20
DE3802253A1 (de)	1989-08-03
ATE108923T1 (de)	1994-08-15
DE58908051D1 (de)	1994-08-25
EP0326051A3 (en)	1990-03-07
DE3802253C2 (de)	1995-08-24

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