JPH063668Y2 - Bad medal removal device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention is attached to a medal lending machine, a game machine, or a supply path for supplying medals or coins (hereinafter referred to as medals) to a money changer. The present invention relates to a defective medal removing device for detecting a deformed medal and removing it.

[Conventional technology]

In game centers and the like, a large number of game machines using medals, such as slot machines, are installed. In such a game machine, medals are paid out to the player depending on the outcome of the game. Therefore, when the number of medals to be paid out decreases, it is necessary to supply medals to the game machine.

Further, recently, a medal lending machine for lending medals used for a game machine is often sandwiched between several game machines. It is necessary to supply medals to these medal lending machines at any time.

In order to efficiently supply medals to the above game machines and medal lending machines, a gutter-shaped supply path is installed almost horizontally on these devices. The supply path connected to the medal sending device is connected to this supply path, and the medals collected below are pushed up in a state where the medals are arranged in a line in the supply path, and the game machine and the medal lending Move above the plane. A shutter that can be opened and closed corresponding to the installation position of the device is provided on the supply path, and by appropriately selecting and opening this shutter, medals can be supplied to a predetermined device.

If defective medals, such as medals that are deformed into a V shape and become larger in the thickness direction, are mixed in the medals supplied by the medal sending device, the above-mentioned gutter-shaped supply path and supply path are blocked. There is a problem of getting out. Therefore, a passage for preventing entry of a bad medal is formed at the entrance, and a bad medal removing device for removing the bad medal locked at the entrance by opening the door plate is supplied from the medal sending device. The bad medals were removed from the medals.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

Conventionally, the above-mentioned defective medal removing device is provided near the entrance of the supply path. This is to prevent upstream medals from returning when the defective medals are removed. However, since the replenishment path is generally located at a high position above the device, there is a drawback that the workability when picking up defective medals clogged there is poor.

[Purpose of device]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. When removing defective medals, it is possible to prevent upstream medals from returning and to remove defective medals so that they can be attached to an inclined feeding path. The purpose is to provide a device.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has a passage corresponding to the size of a proper medal, and a board for blocking the entry of a defective medal at the entrance of the passage, and a board provided on the board so as to be openable and closable to enter the entrance. The door plate that is opened when the blocked defective medal is taken out, and when the door plate is closed, it is held in the position retracted from the passage, and when the door plate is opened, it projects into the passage after the entrance, and the upstream medal is It is provided with a stopper that prevents returning.

[Action]

According to the above configuration, the passage formed in the substrate blocks the entry of defective medals at its entrance. At the initial stage of opening the door plate, the stopper projects into the passage to block the road. After that, when the door plate is opened, the defective medal is exposed and can be easily removed. At this time, since the passage is blocked, an appropriate upstream medal is prevented from returning, so that it does not flow out of the passage even if the door plate is opened.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows a defective medal removing device 2 of the present invention and a feeding gutter 3 to which the defective medal removing device 2 is attached. The feeding trough 3 has a lower plate 6 formed with a feeding groove 5 having a depth of 2.3 mm for feeding a medal 4 having a thickness of 1.6 mm along the longitudinal direction thereof, and the feeding groove 5 Upper plate 7 to cover
Consists of. At the end of the lower plate 6, there is formed a connecting portion 8 which is continuous with the feeding groove 5.

In the device 2 for removing defective medals, a pair of guide plates 12a, 12b having a thickness of 2.3 mm are screwed to a substrate 10 having an opening 9 formed therein. Therefore, the guide groove 11 having the same size as the feeding groove 5 is formed on the substrate 10 as shown by the broken line in the drawing. Since the guide plates 12a and 12b are inserted into the connecting portion 8 to connect the defective medal removing device 2 and the feeding gutter 3 to each other, they are projected from the substrate 10.

The supporting portion 1 is integrally formed on both side surfaces of the substrate 10.
3 are arranged. This support 13 has a shaft 14
The front side of the shaft 14 is a take-out port 15 (see FIG. 3) for taking out the defective medal 4, and a lid 16 for covering the take-out port 15 is rotatably attached. The lid 16 is opened and closed by a handle 17 formed on the upper surface. An engaging portion 17a is formed on the handle 17, and when the lid 16 is screwed to the substrate 10, the engaging portion 17a engages with a stopper described later. Note that the lid 16 is usually a pair of screws for the substrate 1.
It is fixed at 0.

A fixed lid 18 that covers the rest of the guide groove 11 is screwed to the guide plates 12 a and 12 b and the substrate 10 on the inner side of the shaft 14. A protrusion 19 (see FIG. 2) having a thickness of 0.3 mm is formed on the fixed lid 18, and the protrusion 19 is fitted in the guide groove 11. Therefore, the depth of the guide groove 11 covered with the fixed lid 18 is 2.0 mm.
Becomes Therefore, the depth of the guide groove 11 is smaller than that of the feeding groove 5 by 0.3 mm, and it is possible to detect a defective medal, for example, a medal 4 having a V-shape, by plugging it at the ejection port 15. It is like this.

Further, an opening 20 is formed in the fixed lid 18,
As shown in the drawing, an engaging end 22 formed at the tip of a stopper 21 is inserted into the opening 20. The stopper 21 is rotatably attached to the shaft 14 and is urged clockwise by a spring 23. By the way, since the rear end of the stopper 21 is locked by the locking portion 17a, the engaging end 22 is guided by the guide groove 1
There is no entry into 1.

The defective medal removing device 2 of the present invention configured as described above
The action of will be described with reference to FIG. Hopper 3
The medals 4 that have been inserted into 0 and accumulated are the medal sending device 3
1 is sent to the feeding gutter 3 one by one. The medals 4 sent to the feeding gutter 3 are sent out by being sequentially pushed out by the medal sending devices 32 provided at various places of the feeding gutter 3. The sequentially sent medals 4 are pushed up in the feeding groove 5 of the vertically-arranged feeding gutter 3 and sent to the defective medal removing device 2.

Of the medals 4 sent to the defective medal removing device 2,
It has been deformed into a V shape and its maximum thickness is 2.0 mm.
Since the defective medal 4 that has passed over is engaged with the protruding portion 19,
The fixed lid 18 cannot enter the covered guide groove 11 and stops at the outlet 15.

In FIG. 2, the screw is loosened, the handle 17 is gripped, and the spring 23
When the lid 16 is rotated clockwise about the shaft 14 against the urging of the stopper 21, the stopper 21 urged by the spring 23 rotates clockwise, and the engaging end 22 is guided from the opening 20. Enter the groove 11. By this entry, the medal 4 positioned in the opening 20 is pressed against the substrate 10 and
And is clamped by the engaging end 22. Therefore, even if the lid 16 is opened from the substrate 10 and the medal 4 clogged in the ejection port 15 is taken out, the medal 4 located above the medal 4 may flow out to the ejection port 15 due to its own weight. There is no.

After that, the lid 16 is rotated counterclockwise to remove the take-out port 15.
And fix it to the substrate 10 with screws. This lid 16
With the rotation of, the engaging portion 17a presses the stopper 21 to rotate it counterclockwise. In response to this rotation, the engaging end portion 22 retreats from the guide groove 11,
The feeding of medals 4 can be restarted.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the guide groove 11 is blocked by the medal 4 which is sandwiched between the engaging end portion 22 and the substrate 10. However, when the stopper 21 is attached while being displaced from the central position of the shaft 14, the engaging end portion 22 is provided. Does not contact the medal 4 and projects into the guide groove 11 to block the guide groove 11. Therefore, even with this method, it is possible to prevent the medal 4 from flowing out from the take-out port 15.

[Effect of device]

As described above in detail, according to the defective medal removing device of the present invention, the substrate having the passage for preventing the entry of the defective medal and the substrate provided openably and closably are opened when the defective medal is taken out. And a door plate that is held at a position retracted from the passage when the door plate is closed, and projects into the passage after the entrance when the door plate is opened, and medals in the passage flow backward from the entrance and fall. Since a stopper is provided to prevent the defective medals from being removed, even if the door plate is opened when the defective medals are removed, the appropriate medals on the upstream side do not return and therefore do not flow out from the passage.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a feeding path for feeding medals and a defective medal removing device of the present invention which is attached to the feeding path. FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the defective medal removing device with the lid closed. FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the defective medal removing device with the lid open. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of use of a device for removing defective medals. 2 …… Defective medal removing device 3 …… Feeding gutter 4 …… Medal 5 …… Feeding groove 10 …… Board 11 …… Guide groove 16 …… Lid 19 …… Projection 21 …… Stopper

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A passage corresponding to the size of a proper medal is provided,
A board for blocking entry of defective medals at the entrance of the passage,
A door plate that is openably and closably provided on this board and is opened when a defective medal whose entry is blocked at the entrance is taken out; and when this door plate is closed, it is held at a position retracted from the passage and when the door plate is opened. Protruding into the passage after the entrance,
A device for removing defective medals, comprising a stopper that prevents medals in the passage from flowing backward from the entrance and dropping.