JPH0538773Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a slot machine in which medals can be easily supplied to a medal dispensing device built into the device body.

[Conventional technology]

As is well known, medals are used to play slot machine games. That is, a game is started by inserting a medal into a predetermined insertion slot provided in the slot machine. As a result of the game,
When a winning prize is awarded, the medal payout device installed inside the slot machine is activated,
A specified number of medals according to the type of prize won is paid out to a tray.

A certain number of medals are stored in the medal payout device in advance, taking into account the payout rate (the ratio of the number of medals paid out to the number of medals put in), but the amount of medals temporarily paid out exceeds the payout rate. Therefore, it becomes necessary to replenish the medal dispensing device with medals. For this reason, in conventional slot machines, medals are supplied by opening a front door that is freely openable and closable at the front of the machine body.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

However, the front door is configured to open by turning left or right by a hinge provided vertically along the left or right edge of the front surface of the apparatus main body. Therefore, when the front door is opened to replenish medals, the opened front door interferes with the adjacent slot machine, and if a game is being played on that slot machine, it must be interrupted. It will stop happening.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a slot machine in which medals can be replenished without interfering with adjacent slot machines.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a front door on the front of the main body of the slot machine that is opened by turning left or right. An upper door for supplying medals is provided, and medals can be supplied from the opening exposed by opening the upper door.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a guide plate is attached when the top door for medal replenishment is opened, and when the top door is opened and the medals to be replenished are poured onto the guide plate, the medals flow from the opening. The medals are fed into a bucket of a medal dispensing device through a gutter.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

〔Example〕

In FIG. 3 showing an example of the slot machine with the front door 1 open, the main body 2 supports the front door 1 via a hinge 1a so as to be openable and closable.
is equipped with a well-known reel device 3 including three reels with symbols arranged around the outer periphery. The front door 1 is opened for maintenance and inspection of the internal mechanism, but is closed and locked when playing a game. Note that even when the front door 1 is locked, a part of the symbol arrangement on the reels is visible from the outside through the observation window 4 provided in the front door 1.

The medals inserted prior to the start of the slot machine game are sent to the sorter 6 from an outlet 5 connected to a medal slot (not shown). Sorter 6
determines the authenticity of the inserted medals, and proper medals are fed into a bucket 12 of a medal dispensing device 10 via an outlet 7 and a gutter 8. In addition, inappropriate medals are sent to the receiving tray 1 through the outlet 9 and the gutter 11.
It is discharged at 3.

When a prize is won as a result of playing the game, the medal payout device 10 is activated, and the number of medals corresponding to the prize is ejected from the outlet 14 and sent out from the chute 15. The medals sent out from the chute 15 are delivered to the receiving tray 13 through an opening 16 formed in the gutter 11.

If medals are paid out in excess of the payout rate, the number of medals in the bucket 12 will decrease, and it will be necessary to replenish the medals. When replenishing medals, an upper door 17 provided above the front door 1 so as to be freely openable and closable is opened.
This upper door 17 is connected to the shaft 1 as shown in FIG.
It is opened by rotating downward using 8 as a rotation axis. Therefore, even if the upper door 17 is opened, it will fit within the width of the main body 2, so it will not interfere with the adjacent slot machine. In addition, the upper door 17 is controlled by the opening regulation plate 19.
It can be stopped at a certain opening position with an opening angle of 90° or less.

A guide plate 24 having a concave cross-section and consisting of side plates 21, 22 and a receiving surface 23 is rotatably attached to the inside of the upper door 17. The rear edges of the side plates 21 and 22 are connected to the rail members 2 fixed to the partition plates 25 and 26.
It is supported by 5a and 26a. When the upper door 17 is opened to an angle determined by the opening regulating plate 19, the receiving surface 23 of the guide plate 24 is inclined toward the back.

As shown in FIG. 2, an opening 28 is formed between the partition plates 25 and 26. This opening 28
Below, a gutter 31 having a sloped portion 29 faces above the bucket 12 of the medal dispensing device 10.

According to the above configuration, when replenishing medals, pull the upper door 17 toward you from the state shown in FIG.
As you rotate this downward, the side plates 21, 22
The guide plate 24 is pulled out while the trailing edge of the guide plate 24 slides onto the respective rail members 25a, 26a. Then, the upper door 17 is placed in the open position shown in FIG.
can be stopped. At this time, the receiving surface 2 of the guide plate 24
3 is inclined toward the back, so that when a large number of medals housed in the container are poured into this receiving surface 23, these medals are smoothly fed into the opening 28. Therefore, the task of replenishing the medals becomes easier than when inserting the medals directly into the opening 28. Note that the side plates 21 and 22 prevent medals from spilling laterally.

The medals fed into the opening 28 in this way reach the outlet 31 from the slope portion 29 via the gutter 30, and are sent to the bucket 12. An opening 32 is formed on one side of the bucket 12, and medals that cannot be accommodated in the bucket 12 are allowed to fall into an overflow bucket 33. When the upper door 17 is closed after completing the supply of medals, the guide plate 24 is also pushed into the main body 2, and the work is completed, as shown in FIG. Note that by providing rolling rollers at the rear edges of the side plates 21 and 22 that are in sliding contact with the rail members 25a and 26a, the opening and closing of the upper door 17 is made very smooth.

[Effect of idea]

As mentioned above, in the slot machine of the present invention, the upper door for supplying medals, which is provided above the front door, is opened by rotating downward, so even if it is opened, there is no problem in the lateral direction. It doesn't take up space. Therefore, when replenishing medals, even if a slot machine installed adjacent to the slot machine is playing, there is no need to interrupt the game. Furthermore, since the upper door can be used as part of the medal supply route, it is also possible to obtain the effect of making the medal supply work easier.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of essential parts of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of a slot machine using the present invention. 1...Front door, 2...Main body, 10...Coin dispensing device, 12...Bucket, 17...
Upper door, 24... Information board, 28... Opening, 30...
gutter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] (1) In a slot machine equipped with a built-in medal dispensing device and a front door that is opened by rotating horizontally on the front of the device body, the front surface of the device body that is above the front door. The slot machine is characterized in that an upper door is provided which is opened by rotating the upper door downward, and medals are supplied to the medal payout device through the opening exposed when the upper door is opened. (2) The slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the upper door is provided with a guide plate having a concave cross section for guiding medals to the opening. (3) The slot machine according to claim 2, which is a registered utility model, characterized in that a gutter for forming a medal supply path is provided between the opening and the medal payout device.