JPH0866546A - Amusement machine island and island construction unit - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The occupied space on the island can be reduced and, in addition, the demand for space saving can be met, and more installations can be made per given floor area. Providing a gaming machine island that can be manufactured for each part in a factory etc., workability of island construction can be done efficiently at the construction site, and construction can be done efficiently, and cost can be significantly reduced by shortening the construction period To do. [Structure] A game machine setting portion 10B having a depth width corresponding to two game machines 11 facing each other back to back, and a box-shaped frame shape for storing the game media discharged from each game machine 11 as they are. And a game medium polishing device 40 therein.
The game medium polishing storage section 10C is provided, and the banknote transporting unit 80 and the replenishment gutter 70 are provided so as to extend in the lateral direction.
Each of B and 10C was constructed as a unit and built up in three stages.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plurality of gaming machines arranged side by side in the lateral direction, and a game-related facility for processing gaming media used in each gaming machine and bills taken in exchange for lending of the gaming media. A gaming machine island composed of. Here, the game machine mainly refers to a pachinko machine, the game medium is a pachinko ball, and the game-related equipment is various devices that circulate and store the game medium and money on the island. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, a conventional game machine island 1 of this type is constructed by arranging a plurality of pachinko machines 2 back to back in a lateral direction side by side. The backsides of the pachinko machine rows 2A arranged in a line on the side and the pachinko machine rows 2B arranged in a line on the island rear surface side are arranged so as to be separated from each other. In a space between the backs of the two front and rear rows of pachinko machines 2A and 2B, a banknote transport device that laterally conveys the banknotes sent from the ball lending machine 3 that is inserted everywhere in the pachinko machine rows 2A and 2B. 4 are provided.

As described above, in the conventional gaming machine island 1, it is necessary to secure a space for arranging the bill transporting device 4 between the front and rear pachinko machine rows 2A and 2B to some extent.
It was necessary to set the depth width L of the entire island to a size in which the bill transport device 4 was added to the depth width corresponding to at least two pachinko machines 2.

In the case of constructing the gaming machine island 1, first, an island pillar is erected on the floor at the site of a game store or the like, and the pachinko machine 2 and various types of machines are sequentially installed in the frame body composed of the island pillar. It was done by assembling game-related equipment. That is, in the lower stage of the island pillar frame body, a pachinko ball recovery gutter 5 and a storage tank 6 are internally provided, and the outer side thereof is covered with a waist plate 7. The plurality of pachinko machines 2, 2 ... and the banknote transport device 4 described above are assembled in the middle stage of the island pillar frame body, and the replenishment gutters 8 for pachinko balls are sequentially arranged on the upper stage in the upper stage. It was set up.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional gaming machine island 1 as described above, the depth width L thereof is almost standardized to a size in which the bill conveying device 4 is added to two pachinko machines 2. Even if you want to increase the number of pachinko machines 2 on the business side, due to the relationship with the depth width L of the island 1 in the narrow store,
The problem was that the number of islands that could be installed on the floor was limited. In view of such circumstances, there has been a strong demand for the development of a space-saving gaming machine island that can reduce the occupied space in the depth direction of the island and increase the number of islands that can be installed on the floor.

Further, conventionally, the construction of the gaming machine island 1 has been carried out at the site, including the standing of the island pillars to the assembling of the pachinko machine 2, etc., so that the number of man-hours on the site increases and it takes time. However, there is a problem that construction work is often prolonged, which causes a cost increase. In particular,
Large materials such as a collection gutter 5, a storage tank 6, and a wainscot 7 have to be attached to the lower stage of the island pillar frame, which is a great obstacle to cost reduction.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art, and the space occupied by the island is reduced by making the middle stage of the island, which substantially determines the depth width of the entire island, thinner. In addition, it is possible to meet the request for space saving, and it is possible to install more than a given floor area. Moreover, the island is divided into three parts in the upper, middle and lower stages, and each part is divided into three parts. By making each into a unit, it can be manufactured in advance for each part in a factory, etc., the workability of island construction at the construction site is good, the construction can be done efficiently, and the construction period is shortened, and the cost is greatly reduced. It is intended to provide a gaming machine island and an island building unit that can be played.

[0008]

The gist of the present invention for attaining the above object is to: 1. Use a plurality of gaming machines (11) arranged side by side in the lateral direction and each gaming machine (11). A gaming machine island (10) composed of a gaming medium and a gaming-related facility that processes bills that are taken in exchange for lending the gaming medium, is constructed to form a middle stage of the island, and a plurality of gaming machines (11) are placed back to back. To
A depth equivalent to two game machines (11), which are arranged in a row so as to extend laterally in a state in which they are in contact with each other without interposing other game-related equipment between their backs, and which are in contact with each other back to back. The gaming machine installation section (10B) having a width and the lower side of the gaming machine installation section (10B) are constructed to form an island lower stage,
A game medium polishing storage unit (10), which is formed in a box-like frame shape for storing the game medium discharged from each game machine (11) and has a game medium polishing device (40) arranged therein.
C), a bill transport device (80) that is constructed to form an island upper stage on the upper side of the gaming machine installation section (10B), and that transports the loaded bills laterally, and each gaming machine (11) with a game. A supply machine gutter (70) for supplying a medium and a banknote transport section (10A) arranged so as to extend in the lateral direction, and a gaming machine island (10).

The gist of the present invention from another point of view is that 2 the game media polishing storage section (10C), the game machine setting section (10B), and the bill transport section (10A) are each a unit. The game machine island (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that each unit is constructed by stacking each unit in three stages.
0).

Further, the gist of the present invention from another point of view is: 3 The gaming machine installation section (10) described in 1 or 2 above.
The island construction unit is characterized in that B) is configured as one unit.

Further, the gist of the present invention from another point of view is: 4 An island characterized in that the game media polishing storage section (10C) described in the above item 1 or 2 is configured as one unit. Located in the building unit.

[0012] Further, the gist of the present invention from another point of view is: 5 The bill transporting unit (10) described in 1 or 2 above.
The island construction unit is characterized in that A) is configured as one unit.

[0013]

[Function] The gaming machine installation section (10B) forming the middle stage of the island is laterally oriented with a plurality of gaming machines (11) back to back contacting each other without interposing other gaming-related equipment between their backs. Are arranged in a row so as to extend to each other, and have a depth width corresponding to two game machines (11) that face each other back to back. In this way, the gaming machine installation section (10) that determines the depth of the entire island
By making B) thinner, the occupied space on the island can be significantly reduced. As a result, more islands can be installed per given floor area, and it is possible to meet the demand for space saving, so for example, even in a small store, more gaming machines (11) in the depth direction.
Can be equipped with, which is extremely advantageous in business.

The lower island of the game machine installation section (10B) is formed in a box-shaped frame for storing the game media discharged from each game machine (11) as it is, and the game media are stored therein. A polishing device (40) is provided and constructed as a game medium polishing reservoir (10C). In this case, the box-shaped frame-shaped game medium polishing storage section (10C) becomes, as it were, a large tank for storing the game medium, and it is not necessary to separately arrange a storage tank in the frame surrounded by the waist plate as in the prior art. The number of parts is reduced and the man-hours for assembly are also reduced.

The upper island above the gaming machine installation section (10B) is a bill transporting device (80) for laterally transporting the fetched bills, and a supply gutter for supplying a gaming medium to each gaming machine (11). And (70) are arranged so as to extend in the lateral direction, respectively, and are configured as a bill transport unit (10A). In this way, the banknote transport device (80) is arranged in the upper stage of the island together with the supply gutter (70) as the banknote transport unit (10A), so that it is necessary to dispose between the back-to-back game machines (11) as in the prior art. Foil, it is possible to realize the configuration of the game machine installation section (10B).

If the above-mentioned game media polishing storage section (10C), game machine installation section (10B) and bill transfer section (10A) are each configured as an island construction unit, each section can be manufactured separately in a factory or the like. , It becomes easy to transport and carry it to the installation site such as a game shop. Further, when constructing an island on site, the units may be stacked in three stages, which simplifies the island construction work and enables efficient construction, and shortens the construction period.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. The gaming machine island 10 according to the present embodiment processes a plurality of gaming machines 11 arranged side by side in the lateral direction, gaming media used in each gaming machine 11 and bills taken in exchange for lending of the gaming media. Equipment (game media rental machine 17, polishing device 4
0, banknote transport device 80, etc.).

The gaming machine island 10 includes a gaming machine installation section 10B constructed to form an island middle tier, a gaming medium polishing storage section 10C constructed to form an island lower tier, and a banknote constructed to form an island upper tier. Consists of a transport unit 10A. The game medium polishing storage unit 10C, the game machine setting unit 10B, and the banknote transport unit 10A are each independently manufactured as an island building unit, and each unit 10C, 10B, 10A.
Are stacked in order from the bottom to form the gaming machine island 10.

The gaming machine installation section 10B is formed by arranging a plurality of gaming machines 11 back to back so as to extend laterally in a state in which they are in contact with each other without interposing other gaming-related equipment between their backs. . Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine installation portion 10B is configured to have a depth width L ₁ corresponding to two gaming machines 11 which are placed in contact with each other back to back. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a game medium lending machine 17 is interposed between the gaming machines 11 arranged in the horizontal direction.

The game machine 11 and the game medium lending machine 17 are incorporated in a frame body 20 shown in FIG. 5 to constitute an island building unit. The frame body 20 includes a front frame 21 and a rear frame 22, which are symmetrical to each other, and side plates 23 for connecting and fixing the front frame 21 and the rear frame 22 to each other. In the front frame 21 and the rear frame 22, a gaming machine mounting portion 24 that is opened wide and fits the front side of the gaming machine 11, and a rental machine mounting portion that is vertically elongated and fits the front side of the gaming medium lending machine 17 are fitted. 25 and 25 are formed alternately.

The gaming machine installation section 10B includes, for example, three gaming machines 11 in each of the front and rear rows, for a total of six gaming machines 11, and each gaming machine 1.
It is convenient for transportation and transportation if it is configured to have a total of 6 game media lending machines 17 in front and behind, which are interposed between 1 machines. Good. In this way, the gaming machine installation section 10B
Can be freely set to a size in which an appropriate number of game machines 11 and the like can be incorporated in consideration of transportation / transportability, ease of assembly, and the like.

The game machine 11 is a pachinko machine in this embodiment. That is, the gaming machine 11 launches a pachinko ball, which is a gaming medium, onto the board by operating the handle 12.
This is a competition for winning the pachinko balls, and a front plate 13 for introducing the pachinko balls into the machine and a spare plate 14 for storing the pachinko balls are provided on the front side. When the game medium lending machine 17 receives a signal from the bill judgment means 96 (see FIG. 1),
The number of balls is counted and discharged from the nozzle 18. Here, the bill determination means 96 identifies the bill inserted by the player into the bill insertion slot 94 by the magnetic / optical method, and outputs a signal corresponding to the amount of the bill to the game media lending machine 17.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the back side of the gaming machine 11, a bulky specific component 15 such as a CRT used for an accessory projects, but the two back-to-back gaming machines 11 have these parts. The specific parts 15 are arranged so as to be well contacted with each other while avoiding each other. The back sides of the two gaming machines 11 may be exactly fitted to each other, or may be brought into contact with each other with a slight gap. In any case, there is no room for interposing other game-related equipment between the back faces of the two rows of gaming machines 11 in the front and rear, and the banknote transport device 80 conventionally intervened between the back faces is an island upper stage described later. It is arranged on the side.

Game medium polishing storage section 10C forming the lower stage of the island
Is formed in a box-like frame shape surrounded by a waist plate 30, a bottom plate 31, and a top plate 32, and is configured as an island building unit. The gaming medium polishing storage section 10C is provided for each gaming machine 1.
It is configured like a storage tank for directly storing the game medium discharged from 1, and it is not necessary to separately provide the storage tank in the internal space surrounded by the waist plate 30 as in the conventional technique. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a ball receiving trough 38 that receives a pachinko ball discharged from each gaming machine 11 and flows down in one direction is provided on the upper side in the box-shaped frame 33.

On the top plate 32, the game machine installation section 10B is provided.
A convex portion 32a that fits between the front frame 21 and the rear frame 22 is provided in a protruding manner. The convex portion 32a is for preventing the positional displacement of the gaming machine installation portion 10B when the gaming machine installation portion 10B described above is stacked on the gaming medium polishing storage portion 10C (directly to the top plate 32). Is. In addition, the box-shaped frame 33
A polishing device 40 for polishing a pachinko ball flowing out from the ball receiving gutter 38 is disposed in the middle of the inside. As shown in FIG. 2, the polishing device 40 is extended laterally so as to be gently inclined in the opposite direction to the ball receiving trough 38, and repels the ball flowing out from the ball receiving trough 38 from above and below. It is a device that holds it and conveys it in the same direction while polishing.

More specifically, the polishing device 40 includes a drive pulley 41 that is driven to rotate by a motor (not shown).
, The driven pulley 42, the upper conveyance belt 43 wound around the pulleys 41, 42, and the pulleys 4 similarly.
The lower side conveyor belt 44 is wound around 1, 42. The pachinko ball is sandwiched between the upper and lower conveyor belts 43 and 44, and is polished while being conveyed. That is, the upper and lower conveyor belts 43 and 44 are both formed of a cloth-like abrasive material that can be abraded. Such an abrasive material is mainly composed of 6 nylon, and in addition to this, a static electricity removing material and a polishing enhancing material are mixed,
It is made of other synthetic resins, fiber materials, etc. The upper conveyor belt 43 facing the downstream end of the ball receiving gutter 38 is
A ball reservoir 45 is provided so as to be retracted from the lower transport belt 44.

The bottom plate 31 of the game medium polishing reservoir 10C is
The upper and lower conveyor belts 43, 44 are inclined so as to be gradually lowered in the lateral direction from the downstream end side, and on the bottom plate 31, a rotatable spiral body 50 for transferring the pachinko balls in the inclined direction is arranged. ing. One end 50a of the spiral body 50
Is connected to the output shaft of the drive motor 51. The drive motor 51 is covered with a cover member 52. Spiral 50
On the other end side 50b, a lifting mechanism 60 for lifting the pachinko balls from the lower island to the upper island is provided.

The lifting mechanism 60, as shown in FIG.
0, a tubular body 61 erected in a proper position, a drive sprocket 62 disposed on the upper side of the tubular body 61 and rotationally driven by a motor (not shown), and a driven sprocket disposed on the upper side of the tubular body 61. 63 and both sprockets 62, 6
3 and a chain member 64 wound around. Buckets 65, 65 for pachinko balls are fixedly attached to a large number of connecting portions of the chain member 64. The pachinko ball bucket 65 is formed in the shape of a cage having gaps that are slightly smaller than the diameter of the pachinko ball at equal intervals so that the pachinko ball cannot fall and only impurities such as dust drop. A net member 66 for removing dust is provided at the lower end of the tubular body 61.

The net member 66 first separates the pachinko balls sent to the lifting mechanism 60 by the spiral body 50 from dust and the like. The end 50b is extended. On the other hand, a pachinko ball outlet 67 is provided at the upper end of the tubular body 61 of the lifting mechanism 60.
The pachinko ball discharge port 67 is connected to an upstream end 70a of a replenishment gutter 70 for replenishing each pachinko machine 11 with a pachinko ball.

The banknote transport unit 10A forming the upper stage of the island laterally transports the replenishment gutter 70 for supplying the game medium to each gaming machine 11 inside the dome-shaped cover member 90 and the bills taken in exchange for the pachinko balls. The banknote transporting device 80 and the banknote transporting device 80 are arranged so as to extend in the lateral direction, and are configured as an island building unit. The replenishment gutter 70 is located immediately above each of the gaming machines 11 that are arranged in a row and forms the gaming machine installation section 10B, from an upstream end 70a connected to the pachinko ball discharge port 67 of the lifting mechanism 60 to an island end. Extended downstream end 70b
It is arranged so as to incline downward gently.

As shown in FIG. 2, a supply member 71 corresponding to each gaming machine 11 is attached at several points along the supply gutter 70, and each supply member 71 and the gaming machine 11 are pachinko balls. They are connected by a bellows-shaped communication member 72 that flows down. Further, the banknote transport device 80 is in the lateral direction (longitudinal direction).
A housing 81 extending in the direction of, and a drive pulley 82 and a driven pulley 8 arranged at both ends of the housing 81 with a space therebetween.
3 and a round belt 84 hung between the pulleys 82 and 83.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the housing 8
A pair of small pulleys 85 for holding the round belt 84 from both sides are supported at the important points on the side wall of the No. 1. Small pulley 85
Is urged by a spring or the like so as to elastically contact the round belt 84. In addition, a banknote insertion slot 9 formed in a cover member 90 that entirely covers the island upper stage 10a is provided at a key part of the side wall.
4 is provided with a guide passage portion 86 that guides the bill so as to contact the round belt 84. Guide passage section 86
A bill judgment means 96 is provided in the middle of.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the cover member 9
Reference numeral 0 has a front surface portion 91 that is slightly inclined and protruded from the front surface of each gaming machine 11, and a ceiling portion 92 having an arc-shaped cross section that covers the upper ends of the front and rear front surface portions 91. Such a cover member 90 does not have a curtain plate that can be opened and closed in the prior art, but instead, a rod-shaped member that projects the communication member 72 to eliminate the ball clogging of the communication member 72 located inside the lower portion 93. 9
5 is operably provided. A bill slot 94 is opened at an appropriate place on the front portion 91.

Further, on the bottom side of the lower portion 93 of the cover member 90, a convex portion 93a which is fitted between the front frame 21 and the rear frame 22 of the gaming machine installation portion 10B is projected. The convex portion 93a is for preventing the bill transfer unit 10A from being displaced when the above-described banknote transfer unit 10A is stacked on the gaming machine installation unit 10B. In addition, game machine island 10
Island decorations 19 that cover the ends are arranged at both ends.

Next, the operation will be described. Amusement machine installation section 10B
The game machine 11 and the game medium lending machine 17 are alternately installed in the front frame 21 and the rear frame 22 of the frame body 20 shown in FIG. 5, respectively, and the specific parts 1 on the back side of the game machine 11 are back-to-back.
The front frame 2 is placed in a state in which the two 5 are in contact with each other while avoiding each other.
1 and the rear frame 22 are connected and fixed by the side plate 23, and manufactured as an island building unit.

There is no room for interposing other game-related equipment between the back and front of the two rows of gaming machines 11, and the gaming machine installation section 10
B is a game machine 1 that is face-to-back contacted as shown in FIG.
The depth width L ₁ is equivalent to that of two vehicles. In this way, the gaming machine installation unit 10 that almost determines the depth width of the entire island
By thinning B, the gaming machine installation section 10B
Corresponding to the above, it is possible to make the island lower tier and the island upper tier thinner.

Therefore, the space occupied by the islands 10 can be greatly reduced, more islands 10 can be installed per a predetermined floor area, and the demand for space saving can be met. Therefore, for example, even in a small store, more game machines 11 can be installed in the depth direction, which is extremely advantageous in business.

The game media polishing storage section 10C is for each gaming machine 1.
1 is formed into a box-shaped frame shape for storing the game medium discharged from the apparatus 1, and the game medium polishing device 40 and the like are previously disposed in the box-shaped frame 33 to manufacture the island building unit. In this case, the game medium polishing storage section 10C itself becomes a large-sized game medium storage tank, and it is not necessary to separately arrange a storage tank in the frame surrounded by the waist plate as in the prior art, and the number of parts is reduced. Assembling man-hours are also reduced.

Further, the banknote transport unit 10A, inside the dome-shaped cover member 90, a banknote transport device 80 for transporting a banknote previously taken in from the banknote slot 94, and each gaming machine 11.
A supply gutter 70 for supplying a game medium is arranged so as to extend in the lateral direction, and is manufactured as an island building unit. In this way, the banknote transport device 80 is installed in the banknote transport unit 10A.
As a result, by arranging in the upper stage of the island together with the supply gutter 70, it is possible to realize the structure of the game machine installation section 10B, which is necessary to be provided between the back-to-back game machines 11 as in the prior art.

It is possible to standardize the above-mentioned island construction units of the game medium polishing storage section 10C, the game machine setting section 10B and the banknote transport section 10A, and separately mass-produce them in a factory or the like. Various peripherals of machine 11,
It suffices to assemble various flow paths, electric wiring, etc., in each unit. In addition, the unit of the game machine installation section 10B,
The size is set so that six gaming machines 11 are assembled in each of the front and rear two rows, for a total of six, and the other units 10A, 1
If 0C is also adapted to this, it can be extremely easily transported or carried into an installation site such as a game shop.

Then, each of the units 10A, 10B,
If you bring 10C to the site such as in a game shop and stack it from the bottom up like a building block, you can quickly build the game machine island 10, and you can perform construction easily and efficiently, greatly reducing the construction period. It can be shortened. Moreover, it is possible to easily disassemble and assemble the gaming machine island 10 when the number of facilities is increased or decreased and the pattern is changed. Unit 1
Before or after the stacking of 0A, 10B and 10C, mutual connection such as electric wiring or connection with the main line is performed, and the gaming machine island 10 is in a playable completed state.

The flow of bills and game media on the game machine island 10 thus completed will be described below. First, when a player inserts a bill into the bill insertion slot 94 in the bill transport unit 10A, the bill is sent to the bill judgment means 96 to judge the authenticity and type of the bill. In the case of a genuine bill, the bill is as it is. It is sent to the transport device 80. At this time, the bill determining means 96 sends a predetermined signal corresponding to the amount of bills to the game medium lending machine 17
The game medium counting means in the game medium lending machine 17 is actuated to discharge the pachinko ball from the nozzle 18.

The bills sent to the bill feeding device 80 are sandwiched between the round belt 84 and the small pulley 85, and are sequentially fed to the island end side as the round belt 84 is rotationally driven, and finally shown. It will be stored in the omitted fee storage box. On the other hand, the player handles the pachinko ball on the front plate 13 of the gaming machine 11 with the handle 12.
The game is launched on the board by operation to compete for a prize. Pachinko balls discharged from the gaming machine 11, such as winning pachinko balls, flow down the ball gutter 38 and the ball pool 4 of the polishing device 40.
It is pushed out to 5.

The pachinko balls in the ball pool 45 are sandwiched between the upper and lower conveyor belts 43 and 44 and polished while being conveyed. The pachinko balls accumulated in the box-shaped frame 33 flow down in the inclined direction on the bottom plate 31 of the game medium polishing storage portion 10C, and are positively transferred to the lower end portion of the lifting mechanism 60 by the rotation of the spiral body 50. To be done. The pachinko ball has a lifting mechanism 6
After being separated from dust and the like by the net member 66 at the lower end portion of 0, the bucket members 65, 65 ... Fixedly mounted on the chain member 64 that is rotationally driven are scooped up and fed to the banknote transport unit 10A.

The pachinko balls flowing out from the pachinko ball discharge port 67 provided at the upper end of the tubular body 61 flow through the supply gutter 70 toward the downstream end 70b side, and the communication member 72 in the middle thereof.
It is returned to the corresponding gaming machine 11 through. Communication member 7
When the pachinko ball 2 is clogged, the rod-shaped member 95 can be operated from the outside of the gaming machine island 10 to cause the communication member 72 to poke and vibrate to eliminate the ball clogging. In addition,
The plurality of gaming machines 11, 11, ..., The polishing device 40, the spiral body 50, the lifting mechanism 60, the bill transporting device 80, and the like, which are game-related facilities, are centrally managed by a control unit (not shown).

In the above embodiment, the gaming machine 11 is a pachinko machine, but it is not limited to this and may be, for example, a slot machine using a medal as a game medium. Other specific configurations are not limited to the illustrated embodiment. For example, although not shown, a display lamp for notifying the occurrence of a failure is provided above each gaming machine.

[0047]

According to the gaming machine island of the present invention, the gaming machine polishing storage section, the gaming machine setting section, and the bill transporting section are divided in this order from the bottom, and the gaming machine setting section that almost determines the depth width of the entire island. Since it is made thin, it is possible to significantly reduce the space occupied by the islands, meet the demand for space saving, and install more islands per given floor area. Further, in the game media polishing storage part, it is not necessary to separately arrange a storage tank in the frame surrounded by the waist plate as in the prior art, so that the number of parts is reduced, the assembly man-hour is reduced, and the cost is reduced. It can be reduced. Moreover, by unitizing each of the three parts in the upper, middle, and lower stages of the island, it is possible to manufacture each part in advance at the factory, etc.
The workability of building an island is good at the construction site, construction can be done efficiently, and the cost can be greatly reduced by shortening the construction period.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a gaming machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing the internal structures of a bill transport unit and a game medium polishing storage unit of a gaming machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing the gaming machine island according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a game setting portion of a game machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention (however, a frame is not shown).

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a framework constituting a gaming machine installation section of a gaming machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing a conventional gaming machine island.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a middle stage of a conventional gaming machine island.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a conventional gaming machine island.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Gaming Machine Island 10A ... Banknote Conveying Section (Island Building Unit) 10B ... Gaming Machine Installation Section (Island Building Unit) 10C ... Gaming Media Polishing Storage Section (Island Building Unit) 11 ... Gaming Machine (Pachinko Stand) 20 ... Framework 40 ... Polishing device 50 ... Spiral body 60 ... Lifting mechanism 70 ... Supply gutter 80 ... Banknote transport device 90 ... Cover member

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine comprising a plurality of gaming machines arranged side by side in the lateral direction, and gaming-related equipment for processing gaming media used in each gaming machine and bills taken in exchange for lending of the gaming media. On the island, it is constructed so as to form the middle stage of the island, and a plurality of gaming machines are arranged back to back so that they extend in the lateral direction while facing each other without interposing other gaming-related equipment between their backs. , A game machine installation section having a depth width corresponding to two game machines facing each other back to back, and constructed to form an island lower stage below the game machine installation section, and discharged from each game machine A game medium polishing storage portion, which is formed in a box-shaped frame that stores the game medium as it is, and in which a game medium polishing device is arranged, and is constructed to form an island upper stage above the game machine installation portion. , Transfer the bills taken in horizontally Game machine island wherein the paper currency transport devices, and the banknote transport unit comprising arranged so as to extend the supply trough for supplying game media in the transverse direction to each gaming machine, to become comprises a. 2. The game medium polishing / storing unit, the game machine setting unit and the bill transport unit are each configured as a unit, and each unit is built up by stacking in three stages. Kijima. 3. An island building unit, wherein the gaming machine installation section according to claim 1 or 2 is configured as one unit. 4. A unit for island construction, wherein the game media polishing storage section according to claim 1 or 2 is configured as one unit. 5. An island building unit, wherein the bill transporting unit according to claim 1 or 2 is configured as one unit.