JPH0416381B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides, for example, a game machine row in which a plurality of pachinko machines as game machines are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction,
Every other place between adjacent pachinko machines,
A ball lending machine is provided as a gaming media lending machine that accepts banknotes in the form of thin plate-like bodies for lending gaming media from the front side of the gaming machine row and sends them out to the back side of the gaming machine row with the paper surface aligned in the vertical direction. The present invention relates to a gaming facility that is provided with a conveying device on the back side of the row for conveying the banknotes sent out from these ball lending machines to a specific position so that the banknotes received by the ball lending machines can be efficiently collected.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional gaming facilities, an automatic ball lending machine that operates when a coin is inserted is installed between the pachinko machines, and the coins dropped from the automatic ball lending machine are received on the back side of the row of pachinko machines, and the machine is placed at one end of the row of pachinko machines. There are coins that are equipped with a transport device to efficiently collect the inserted coins.
-160482, Utility Model Application Publication No. 52-146375), in gaming facilities in which an automatic ball dispensing machine that operates by inserting banknotes is installed between game machines, the banknotes are larger and thinner than coins. Moreover, due to their light and flexible characteristics, they are difficult to handle like coins, so each automatic ball lending machine is equipped with a safe (statscar), and the banknotes accepted at each automatic playing machine are stored in the same way as coins. It is common practice to store the coins in the safe of an automatic ball lending machine (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 53-3399).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Therefore, according to a conventional gaming facility in which an automatic ball lending machine that is activated by the insertion of banknotes is installed between the game machines, when collecting the banknotes inserted into each automatic ball lending machine, the collector must operate each automatic ball lending machine. It is necessary to move to the front of the machine one by one to collect the banknotes in the safe, and it is not only impossible to efficiently collect the banknotes from each automatic ball dispensing machine even if we only look at a series of gaming machine rows. When the safe becomes full while the game machine is in operation, it may be necessary to go between the players to collect the safe, which also lacks consideration for the players.

Therefore, in the same way as the conventional gaming equipment in which an automatic ball lending machine that operates by inserting coins is installed between pachinko machines, an automatic ball lending machine that accepts banknotes from the front side of the gaming machine row and sends them out to the back side of the gaming machine row. is installed between the game machines, and a conveyance device is installed on the back side of the game machine row to converge and convey the banknotes sent out from each automatic ball lending machine to a collection position at one end of the game machine row, so that the banknotes do not get in the way of players. It is desirable to be able to collect the bills efficiently without causing any problems, but in this case, the bills sent out from the automatic coin lending machine are simply allowed to fall under their own weight in irregular positions onto the conveyance surface of a conveyor or other conveyor. If the banknotes are simply conveyed together to the collection position at one end of the gaming machine row, the conveyance may become uncertain, such as the conveyed banknotes staying in the middle of the conveyance, and the conveyance device may not be able to convey the banknotes that are falling under their own weight in an irregular position. It is necessary to install a large transport device with a wide transport surface so that it can be reliably received on the surface, and it is necessary to secure a large installation space for the transport device on the back side of the row of game machines. There is a risk that the amount will decrease.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and effectively utilizes the characteristics of banknotes to efficiently and smoothly transport banknotes inserted into a gaming media lending machine without interfering with players. To provide a game equipment that can be reliably recovered and does not require a large installation space.

[Means to solve the problem]

The characteristic configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is as follows: A. A plurality of gaming machines are arranged side by side in the horizontal direction to form a gaming machine row, and a plurality of specific locations between the plurality of adjacent gaming machines are provided. , a game media lending machine is provided which can receive a thin plate-shaped body for lending game media from the front side of the game machine row and send it out to the back side of the game machine row with the plate surface aligned in the vertical direction; B. A clamping device on the back side of the gaming machine row that receives and clamps the thin plate-shaped body sent out from each of the gaming media lending machines, and conveys it along the gaming machine row to a specific position on the back side of the gaming machine row. A gaming facility equipped with a conveying device, wherein: C. The clamping and conveying device is configured by housing a clamping and conveying mechanism in a case, and D. A lid body that can open and close the case is provided with the gaming media lending machine. Separately provided for each pitch The configurations A to D above are provided, and this configuration provides the following effects.

[Effect]

a. With the configurations A and B above, the thin plate-like bodies sent out from each of the gaming media lending machines can be easily transported without any effort and without getting in the way of players by transporting them along the back side of the gaming machine row. In particular, it is possible to collect the thin plate-like objects by providing a gaming media lending machine that can send out the thin plate-like objects to the back side of the row of gaming machines in a fixed posture with the plate surface along the vertical direction. Since the game media is conveyed in a continuous manner from the machine to a specific position on the back side of the row of gaming machines, the game media is held and conveyed in a continuous manner. It can be transferred smoothly and reliably from the rental machine to the clamping and conveying device, and since the thin plate-like object is conveyed in a series in a predetermined posture, it can be efficiently and reliably conveyed even in a narrow space.

d With the configuration C, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from adhering to the clamping and transporting mechanism, and to drive the clamping and transporting device smoothly over a long period of time.

e With configuration D above, if a trouble such as a conveyance jam occurs in the clamping and conveying device, the lid close to the location where the trouble occurs can be opened and necessary measures can be taken quickly.

〔Effect of the invention〕

By the action of a above, the thin plate-like object inserted into the gaming media rental machine can be efficiently collected without interfering with the player, and furthermore, by the action of b, d, and e above, it can be transported smoothly and collected reliably. Although it is a thing,
Due to the effect of c above, it is possible to reliably transport the product without requiring a large installation space.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show a pachinko gaming facility in which a plurality of pachinko machines A are arranged in a row in the horizontal direction, and adjacent pachinko machines of the pachinko machines A arranged in a row are arranged in a row. A pachinko game in which a ball lending machine B is interposed between every other space between A and A, and pachinko balls can be lent by inserting a banknote a serving as a thin plate-like object for lending game media. Two rows of pachinko machines are arranged back-to-back with a small distance between them, and bills a fed from each ball lending machine B are sandwiched between the rows of pachinko machines at one end of the row of pachinko machines. It is configured by providing a holding and conveying device for merging and conveying to the provided storage section C.

Note that the ball lending machine B is configured to accept the banknote a in a posture in which the mutually opposing long sides are located above and below, and to be able to feed it out to the back, and also has a function of identifying whether the banknote a is good or bad. It is equipped with
It is configured to send out the banknote a to the back only when the banknote a is good, and to automatically return it to the banknote receiving port b when the banknote a is bad.

The banknote conveyance device is capable of conveying the banknote a from the other end of the table row to the storage section C in a posture in which the banknote a is held in the thickness direction so that the paper surface is along the vertical direction, and is capable of transporting the banknote a from the other end of the table row to the storage section C. A clamping and conveying mechanism 2 equipped with a banknote receiving section 1... is provided at each location corresponding to..., and a receiving mechanism for conveying and supplying the delivery posture a from the ball lending machine B... to the corresponding receiving section 1... Mechanism 3...
In addition, the machine is divided into a plurality of divided units 2A in the transport direction, with the length of two pachinko machines A and A located adjacent to each other with the ball lending machine B in between as one unit. has been done.

Each of the divided units 2A... has an upwardly open U-shape, and houses the clamping and conveying mechanism 2 in a fixed frame 4 serving as a case in which a pair of receiving openings 1A, 1A are formed at the center in the longitudinal direction. It is configured as follows.

The clamping and conveying mechanism 2 is driven and rotated about the vertical axis, so that a plurality of rollers 5, 5A, 5B, etc. are arranged oppositely to the conveying portion of the mechanism 2 and are positioned at appropriate intervals in the conveying direction. Two conveyor belts 6, 6, which can hold and convey banknotes a in the above-mentioned up-and-down position in cooperation with ..., receive banknotes a from the dividing unit 2A on the upper side of the conveyance, and one of them is placed in the receiving section. The banknotes A and 1A are pinched and transported close to the pair of openings 1A and 1A, and the other receives the bill a from one side and the receiving mechanisms 3 and 3, and delivers it to the dividing unit 2A on the downstream side of the transport (accommodating section C in the dividing unit 2A located at the end of transport). It is set up and configured in such a way that it is possible.

a pulley 7 that rotationally guides the conveyor belt 6;
Among the pulleys 7A, 7B..., the pulleys 7A, 7B located at both ends in the conveying direction are different from the other intermediate pulleys 7...
The fixed frame 4 is configured to have a larger diameter than the fixed frame 4.
The shafts 9A and 9B are rotatably supported at two points by stays 8 and 8 fixed thereto, so that they cannot rotate.

Among the rollers 5, 5A, 5B... group, the rollers 5A, 5B corresponding to the large diameter pulleys 7A, 7B... are configured to have a larger diameter than the other intermediate rollers 5... and are fixed. The shafts 10A and 10B are rotatably supported at two points by the frame 4 and stays 8' and 8' fixed to the frame 4 so as not to rotate. And these large diameter rollers 5A,
5B, the shafts 10A, 10B are configured to be movable in parallel within a certain range in the clamping direction with respect to the large diameter pulleys 7A, 7B, and the shafts 10A, 10B are
Spring 11, 1 that biases 0B toward the clamping side
1..., as shown in Figure 11 A and B,
It is configured to be switchable between a clamping state in which it is in elastic contact with the conveyor belt 6 and a clamping release state.

Moreover, the intermediate pulley 7... and the intermediate roller 5
. . . corresponds to the clamping direction, and the intermediate pulley 7 . It is supported in a state where it is biased to move toward the clamping side, and the intermediate roller 5...
The spring 13'... is attached to the other guide 12'.
It is supported in a state in which it is biased to move toward the clamping side via. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the guide 12' on the side that supports the intermediate rollers 7 is at a position where the intermediate rollers 7 are held in place by swinging with the lower part as a fulcrum R. and intermediate roller 7
It is configured so that it can be freely switched to a position where the clamping by... is released.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, the two conveyor belts 6, 6 include a large-diameter pulley shaft 9B at the conveyance end of the conveyor belt 6 on the upper side of conveyance, and a large-diameter pulley shaft 9B at the conveyance start end of the conveyor belt 6 on the lower side of conveyance. Axis 9
A is configured to be driven synchronously by interlocking the output shaft 14a of the electric motor 14 attached to the lower surface of the fixed frame 4 via gears 15, 16, 17, and the conveyor belt on the lower side of the conveyor The large-diameter rollers 5A on the conveyance start end side of the group of rollers 5, 5A, 5B corresponding to the rollers 6 have their shafts 10A connected to the large-diameter drive pulley shafts 9A of the conveyance belt 6 on the downstream side through gears 18, 19. By linking,
It is configured to be driven in synchronization with both conveyor belts 6, 6.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 7, the fixed frames 4 are configured to be movable and fixed in position in the transport direction.

Among the receiving mechanisms 3, the receiving mechanism 3 on the side that protrudes outward on one side with respect to the clamping and transporting mechanism 2 has friction against the large diameter drive pulley 7A of the lower transport side conveyor belt 6 in the clamping and transporting mechanism 2. A receiving and conveying belt 22 that is driven and rotated around the vertical axis using a pulley 21 interlocked via a plate 20 as a driving pulley;
The receiving conveying belt 2 is positioned at an appropriate interval in the conveying direction by the receiving conveying belt 22.
In cooperation with a plurality of receiving rollers 23 installed opposite to the conveying unit 2, the banknotes a sent out from the ball lending machine B are held and conveyed and supplied to the receiving unit 1. By swinging the pulley 21 around the axis X, the position of its starting end can be changed in the lateral direction with respect to the clamping and conveying mechanism 2. Specifically, a pair of clamping conveyance guides 2 each separately swingably attached to the large-diameter drive pulley shaft 9A.
A plurality of pulleys 25 .
A spring 26 that supports the rollers 23 on the other guide 24' and swings and biases the belt side guide 24 so that the receiving and conveying belt 22 comes into elastic contact with the rollers 23; A mechanism 2 capable of fixing the side guide 24' in any swinging posture against the biasing force of the spring 26.
7. The fixing mechanism 2
7 pivotally connects a link 28 to the roller side guide 24', and bolts the free end of the link 28 so that the link 28 supports the roller side guide 24' in tension against the elastic biasing force. Natsuto 2
9, and by changing the fixing position of the free end of the link in the conveyance direction by the clamping conveyance mechanism 2, the bolt insertion hole 30 can be changed to change the swinging posture of the roller side guide 24'. A member 31 having a long hole extending along the transport direction is fixed to the fixed frame 4. Reference numeral 32 denotes a friction transmission force adjustment spring that biases the drive pulley 21 toward the large-diameter drive pulley 7A.

The receiving mechanism 3 on the side that protrudes outward on the other side with respect to the clamping and conveying mechanism 2 is connected to the pair of clamping and conveying guides 24 and 24' with respect to the receiving mechanism 3 on the side that protrudes outward on one side as described above. is supported on the large diameter drive roller shaft 10A, and the drive pulley 21 is supported on the large diameter drive roller 5.
The only difference is that A is interlocked with the friction plate 20, and the other configurations are the same, so detailed explanations of the structure will be omitted by assigning the same numbers.

In the figure, 33 indicates an upper opening of the fixed frame 4.
A lid 34 is a lid that can be attached to the fixed frame 4 to close the portion corresponding to the receiving portion 1, and 34 is a lid that can be attached to the fixed frame 4 to close the other portion of the upper opening. , 34 are members 35a that can clamp and fix the lids 33, 34 to the fixing frame 4 by expanding the diameter of the insertion end side while being inserted into the holes formed in these and the holes formed in the fixing frame 4, It is attached to the fixed frame 4 by a fixture 35 comprising an operating member 35b for expanding and contracting the diameter.

Therefore, two lids 34 are provided at each pitch of the ball lending machine B with the divided units 2A connected to each other.

Moreover, the receiving mechanism 3 is configured to be detachable from the clamping and conveying mechanism 2 by detaching the guides 24, 24' from the shafts 9A, 10A.

According to the configuration of the above embodiment, by swinging the receiving mechanism 3 and changing the position of the starting end of the receiving mechanism 3 in the lateral direction with respect to the clamping and transporting mechanism 2, Regardless of the size of the distance from the conveyance mechanism 2, the banknotes a sent out from the ball lending machine B can be reliably supplied to the clamping conveyance mechanism 2. Furthermore, due to the slip between the friction plate 20 and the pulley and the slip of the belt 22 relative to the drive pulley 21, although the defective banknote a is held between the belt 22 and the rollers 23... The return of banknotes a can be carried out smoothly and reliably without causing damage to the banknotes a. Of course, as shown in FIG. 12, when the distance between the clamping and conveying mechanism 2 and the row of tables becomes small, it goes without saying that the receiving mechanism 3 is removed.

[Another example]

FIGS. 13 and 14 each show another embodiment.

Another embodiment shown in FIGS. 13A and 13B differs from the above embodiment in that gears 19 and 18 are used to interlock the large diameter drive pulley shaft 9A and the large diameter drive roller shaft 10A.
A large-diameter drive roller shaft 1 that separates the large-diameter drive roller 5A from the large-diameter drive pulley 7A due to the meshing of the
The bill is flexible enough to allow a swing of 0A, and the bill a can be released from being clamped by swinging the large-diameter drive roller shaft 10A apart.

Another embodiment shown in FIG. 14 is configured such that the starting end pulley 25 in the receiving mechanism 3 can be freely changed and fixed in position in the conveying direction, and is provided with a tension pulley 36 that holds the belt 22 in a tensioned state. By changing the position of 25, the position of the starting end of the receiving mechanism 3 can be changed in the lateral direction with respect to the clamping and conveying mechanism 2. Although the roller 23 corresponding to the starting end pulley 25 is not shown, it goes without saying that the position of the roller 23 corresponding to the starting end pulley 25 can be changed together with the starting end pulley 25.

In the above embodiment, the large diameter drive roller 5A is moved away from the large diameter drive pulley 7A in order to switch the banknote a from the clamped state to the clamped release state. It may be carried out at a distance from the radial drive roller 5A.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the gaming equipment according to the present invention,
Figure 1 is a front view of the pachinko equipment, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional plan view, Figure 3 is a perspective view of the main parts, Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged cross-sectional views of the main parts, and Figure 6 is the main parts. , Figure 7 is a vertical side view of the main parts, Figures 8 and 9 are vertical front views of the main parts showing operation, Figure 10 is a transmission system diagram, and Figure 11 A and B are operation. FIG. FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional plan view of the main parts showing an example of use, and FIGS. 13 and 14 are, respectively,
Another embodiment is shown, and FIGS. 13A and 13B are schematic longitudinal sectional front views of the main parts showing the operation, and FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional plan view of the main parts. 2...Pinch conveyance mechanism, 4...Case, 34...
Lid body, A...game machine, a...thin plate-shaped body, B...game media rental machine.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A game machine row is constructed by arranging a plurality of game machines A in parallel in the horizontal direction, and the thin plate-like bodies a for lending game media are placed at a plurality of specific locations between the plurality of game machines A adjacent to each other. A game media lending machine B is provided which can be received from the front side of the game machine row and fed out to the back side of the game machine row with its board surface aligned in the vertical direction, and the game media lending machine B is provided on the back side of the game machine row. A gaming facility provided with a clamping and conveying device that receives and clamps the thin plate-shaped body a sent out from each of the gaming media lending machines B, and conveys it along the gaming machine row to a specific position on the back side of the gaming machine row. The clamping and conveying device is configured by accommodating the clamping and conveying mechanism 2 in a case 4, and includes a lid body 34 that can open and close the case 4.
are separately provided between the pitches where the game media rental machine B is installed.