JPH0444790A - Medal supply guide mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate supplying work of medals by opening the medal putting opening part of a guide member frontward of a turning drum type playing machine, and fixing the guide member to a mounting member. CONSTITUTION:This medal supply guiding mechanism is formed of a guide member 19 and a mounting member 23 to which the guide member 19 is fixed, and provided in a cavity between the side surface part 32 of a turning type playing machine 10 and a reel 11 provided in the turning drum type playing machine 10. The guide member 19 is nearly formed into a box as the whole, and provided with a medal input opening part 20 and a medal falling opening part 21 communicating with the medal input opening part 20. The mounting member 23 is constituted in such a manner that the medal guide member 19 can be attachably and removably fixed above a hopper tank 22. Thus, the medals can easily be supplied into the hopper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a medal replenishment guide structure, and particularly to a medal replenishment guide structure used for replenishing medals to a hopper tank of a reel-type gaming machine.

[Prior Art] Generally, in reel-type gaming machines such as slot machines,
Since medals are paid out when a prize is won as a result of a game, when the number of medals in the medal payout device decreases, it is necessary to appropriately replenish the medals.

Conventionally, such medals were generally supplied by opening the front door provided at the front of the reel-type game machine, and filling the hopper tank attached to the hopper unit installed at the bottom of the reel-type game machine. A box with medals stored inside will be used, and replenishment will be done manually.

However, inside such a reel-type gaming machine, equipment such as reels is placed close to the top of the hopper unit, and when replenishing medals, such equipment such as reels must be Therefore, the work of replenishing medals to the reel-type gaming machine was extremely complicated.

On the other hand, in such reel-type gaming machines, medals may be automatically replenished.

In other words, a sensor is installed in the hopper tank provided in the hopper unit, and when the amount of medals stored in the hopper tank decreases below a certain level, the hopper-type game machine is activated from the back side of the hopper-type game machine. Medals are automatically replenished via an automatic replenishment nozzle inserted inside the machine.

However, even when medals are automatically supplied to a reel-type gaming machine in this way, it is necessary to avoid the equipment such as reels installed inside the reel-type gaming machine as described above, and to Inserting and arranging the nozzles is extremely complicated, and there is a problem in that the replenishment work is as complicated as when replenishing by hand.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, the technical problem of the present invention is to solve the problems when manually replenishing medals to a reel-type gaming machine and when automatically replenishing medals to a reel-type gaming machine. In either case, the purpose is to facilitate metal replenishment work.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve such technical problems, the present invention provides an opening for inserting medals, which is provided above a hopper tank of a reel-type gaming machine, is formed in a generally box shape as a whole, and has an opening for inserting medals. a guide member having a medal dropping opening communicating with the medal loading opening; and a mounting member capable of removably fixing the guide member above the hopper tank; The mounting member is configured such that the insertion opening can open toward the front of the drum-type game machine, and the medal insertion opening can open into a medal replenishment hole provided on the back side of the drum-type game machine. It is configured to be fixed.

[Example] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on the example shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the reel-type gaming machine 10 includes:
The whole is formed into a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape, and a front door 17 is attached to the front part so as to be openable by means of a hinge.

In the middle part of the front door 17 in the height direction,
An operating section 18 is provided, and a medal tray 16 is provided below the front door 17.

A hopper unit 15 is provided in the lower part of the drum-type gaming machine 10, and the hopper unit 15 consists of a hopper body 14 and a hopper tank 22 provided at the upper part of the hopper body 14. The medal receiver is configured such that the medals stored in the hopper body 14 are dispensed into the tray 16.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, a medal replenishment guide structure is provided above the hopper tank 22.

The medal replenishment guide structure according to this embodiment includes a guide member 1
9 and the mounting member 23 to which this guide member 19 is fixed.
This medal replenishment guide structure is arranged in the space between the side part 32 of the drum-type game @io and the hole 11 provided in the drum-type game 4111O.

The guide member 19 is generally box-shaped and has a medal insertion opening 20 and a medal drop opening 21 communicating with the medal insertion opening 20. The attachment member 23 is configured so that the medal guide member 19 can be detachably fixed above the hopper tank 22.

The guide member 19 includes a back plate 26 formed in a rectangular shape, and both side plates 24 and 25 joined at substantially right angles to the back plate 26 at both longitudinal ends of the back plate 26. At the front ends of both side plates 24 and 25, a front plate 27 is provided parallel to the back plate 26.

The side plates 24 and 25 are each formed into a trapezoidal shape, and the front plate 27 is formed by bending the sides into an oval shape.

The front plate 27 includes a front part 33 provided parallel to the back plate 26, and a receiving part 34 connected to the front part 33 and protruding obliquely upward on the front side.

In this guide member 19, both side portions 24
．． Upper part 35 of 25.35 and upper part 36 of back plate 26
．． The upper part 37 of the front plate 27 forms an opening 20 for inserting medals.

In addition, the lower edge 38.3B of the side plate 24.25, the back plate 2
A medal dropping opening 21 is formed by the lower edge 39 of the front panel 6 and the lower edge 40 of the front plate 27. Furthermore, the lower edges of the side plates 24 and 25 extend downward, and the installation described below is performed by inserting the fixing part 28 into the opening of the member 23.
It is something that has been formed.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned mounting member 23 is formed into a substantially rectangular plate shape as a whole, and at one end, a fixing part 30 for rear mounting is bent and formed, and at the other end, a door inner side surface abutting part 42 is bent. When the front door 17 is closed, the front door 17 is configured to be able to abut and be fixed to the inner side surface of the front door.

Further, for this attachment, a fixing part 31 is bent on the side of the member 23, and a means 41 is used for attaching screws, etc.
It is configured to be fixed to the side part 32 of the rotating drum type game IalO.

The mounting member 23 has an opening 29, into which an insertion fixing part 28.28 extending from the side plate 24.25 of the guide member 19 is inserted from above. The guide member 19 is inserted and fixed to the upper surface side of the member 23 by means of the insertion fixing portions 28.28.

When the guide member 19 is manually supplied with medals, the back plate 26 is placed on the back side 13 of the reel-type gaming machine IO, and the front side 33 is placed on the front door 17 side. It is fixed, opened toward the medal insertion opening 20 or the front door 17, and positioned directly above the guide member 19 or the hopper tank 22.

The operation of the medal replenishment guide structure according to the two embodiments will be explained below.

First, when replenishing medals to the reel-type gaming machine 10 by one person, the front door 17 is opened and the box containing the medals is inserted into the gap between the reel 11 and the side part 32.

After that, the medal insertion opening 20 of the guide member 19
The medals are dropped into the guide member 19, and then into the hopper tank 22 through the medal drop opening 21.

When the medal is dropped into the guide member 19 in this way, the back plate 26. Side plate 24゜25 and front plate 2
7, all the medals fall into the hopper tank 22 and are stored therein.

On the other hand, if you want to automatically replenish medals.

First, the guide member 19 is removed upward from the opening 29 provided in the member 23, and as shown in FIG.
0 is arranged so as to open into the automatic replenishment hole 43 provided on the back side 13 of the reel type game @io, and in this state insert the insertion fixing part 28, 28 into the opening 29. Then, the guide member 19 is attached and fixed to the member 23.

Then, insert the medal supply nozzle for automatic replenishment that has been prepared in advance through the automatic replenishment hole 43 opened in the back part 13 of the drum-type game @10, and insert the nozzle tip into the guide member 19 for medals. It is arranged and fixed within the opening 20 for use.

Note that the specific shape of the guide member is not limited to the above embodiment.

[Effects of the Invention] Since the medal replenishment guide structure according to the present invention has the above-described configuration, it can be used when replenishing medals to a reel-type game machine manually and when replenishing medals to a reel-type game machine automatically. In either case, the medals can be replenished into the hopper tank very easily.

In addition, it can easily handle both cases of manually replenishing medals and automatic medal replenishment, and there is no need to provide separate guide members for each case. , which can easily and quickly respond to the individual requests of each customer.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of the medal replenishment guide structure according to the present invention, in which the guide member is arranged and fixed in a state in which medals are supplied manually, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of the medal replenishment guide structure according to the invention, showing a state in which the guide member is arranged and fixed in a state where automatic replenishment is performed. lO... Reel type gaming machine 11... Reel 13...
・Back part 14-...Hopper body 15...Hopper unit 16...Medal receiver is plate 17...Front door 18...Operation section 19...Guide member 20...Opening for medal insertion 21... Medal drop opening 22... Hopper tank 23... Mounting member 24.
...Side plate 25...Side plate 26...Back plate 27...Front plate 28...Insertion fixing part
29-... Opening 30... Rear mounting fixing part 31
... Side mounting fixing part 32 ... Side part 33
...Front part 34...Bake part 35...Upper part 36...Upper edge 37...Upper edge 38
...Lower edge 39...Lower edge 40...Lower edge 41...Mounting means 42...Door inner side surface contact portion 43...Automatic replenishment hole

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A hopper tank provided above a hopper tank of a reel-type game machine, which is formed into a generally box shape, and has a medal insertion opening and a medal drop opening communicating with the medal insertion opening. and a mounting member capable of removably fixing the guide member above the hopper tank. A medal replenishment guide structure, characterized in that the medal replenishment guide structure is fixed to the mounting member so that the opening can be opened to a medal replenishment hole provided on the back side of the drum type game machine.