JPH0866548A - Game machine island - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The occupied space of the island can be reduced by making the middle tier of the island, which almost determines the depth of the entire island, thinner.
It is possible to install more than a predetermined floor area, and moreover, since the front of each gaming machine is inclined in the same direction with respect to the island front, it is easy and comfortable for the players on both sides without being distracted. To provide a gaming machine island in which the player can sit comfortably and play a game comfortably. [Structure] A plurality of gaming machines 11 are arranged 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 back surfaces, and each gaming machine 1 described above.
Island front 10a in which the front 11a of 1 is parallel to the lateral direction of the island
On the other hand, they are arranged so as to be inclined in the same direction in plan view.

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. Then, in the space between the backs of the two front and rear pachinko machine rows 2A and 2B, the banknotes sent from the ball lending machine 3 interposed in various places of the pachinko machine rows 2A and 2B are conveyed laterally. The carrier device 4 was 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 addition, the front and rear two pachinko machine rows 2A, 2
In B, the fronts of the respective pachinko machines 2 are arranged so that they are parallel to the front of the island, which is parallel to the lateral direction of the island. Therefore, the players sitting in front of each pachinko machine also closely line up with the players on both sides in a state of facing the front.

[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 it is desired to increase the number of pachinko machines 2 on the business side, the number of islands that can be installed on the floor is limited due to the relationship with the depth width L of the island 1 in a small shop. 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, since the respective pachinko machines 2 are lined up in a horizontal line, the player sitting in the front front seat of the pachinko machine 2 feels cramped while entering between the left and right players. In addition, the left and right players tend to be distracted, and when they are sitting on or away from their seats, or when they are operating, they cannot touch each other's neighbors to play comfortably. There was a point.

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. Yes, it is possible to install more than a given floor area, and the front of each gaming machine is tilted in the same direction with respect to the island front, which is parallel to the lateral direction of the island, so that the players on both sides You can sit comfortably in a comfortable position without being distracted by the game, and you can play comfortably without touching the players on both sides when you sit, leave, or operate. The purpose is to provide a machine island.

[0008]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a plurality of gaming machines (11) arranged side by side in the lateral direction and a gaming machine used in each gaming machine (11). In a gaming machine island (10) including a medium and a game-related facility that processes bills that are taken in exchange for lending the gaming medium, a plurality of gaming machines (11) are back to back.
Are arranged in a row so as to extend in the lateral direction in a state where they are in contact with each other without interposing other game-related equipment between them, and the front surface (11a) of each gaming machine (11) is in the lateral direction of the island. The game machine island (10) is characterized in that it is arranged so as to be inclined in the same direction in plan view with respect to the island front surface (10a) that is parallel to.

The gist of the present invention from another point of view is that the right side of the front (11a) of each gaming machine (11) is inclined so as to project forward. Located on the island (10).

[0010]

A plurality of gaming machines (11) are arranged back to back 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. That is, the middle tier of the island on which the gaming machine (11) is installed is configured to have a depth width corresponding to two gaming machines (11) which are back-to-back in contact with each other.

By thus thinning the middle part of the island, which substantially determines the depth width of the entire island, the space occupied by the island can be significantly reduced. Therefore, more islands can be installed per given floor area, 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 front (11a) of each gaming machine (11)
Are arranged so as to incline in the same direction in plan view with respect to the island front (10a) which is parallel to the lateral direction of the island. Therefore, the player sitting on the front (11a) side of each inclined gaming machine (11) is It will be shifted back and forth for the players on both sides.

Therefore, the player can sit in a comfortable posture without being distracted by the players on both sides, and further, when he / she sits, leaves, or operates, both sides of the player can move. It is possible to play a game comfortably without touching the player.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the gaming machine island 10 includes a plurality of gaming machines 11 arranged side by side, gaming media used in each gaming machine 11 and bills taken in exchange for lending the gaming media. It is composed of game-related equipment for processing (game medium lending machine 17, polishing device 40, bill transport device 80, etc.).

As shown in FIG. 1, the island middle tier 10B has a plurality of gaming machines 11 arranged back to back so as to extend laterally in a state where they are in contact with each other without interposing other game-related equipment between their backs. Set up. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 1, the middle island tier 10B is configured to have a depth width L ₁ which is substantially equivalent to two game machines 11 which are faced back to back. The gaming machine 11 is a pachinko machine in this embodiment. That is, the gaming machine 11 handles the pachinko ball, which is a gaming medium, with the handle 12.
The game is launched on the board by the above operation to compete for a prize for 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 surface 11a side.

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 include these specific components 15.
Are arranged so that they can be successfully contacted 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 10A side.

Further, each gaming machine 11 is arranged so that its front surface 11a is inclined in the same direction in plan view with respect to the island front surface 10a which is parallel to the lateral direction of the island.
More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, each gaming machine 11 has a front surface 11a at an angle of θ with respect to the island front surface 10a, and a handle 12 is attached to each gaming machine 11.
The front faces 11a of the above are inclined in the same direction so as to project forward. Therefore, when the gaming machine island 10 is viewed from the front as shown in FIG. 3, the right side surface 11b of each gaming machine 11 is shown.
You can see a little. Front 11a of each gaming machine 11
A chair A on which a player B is seated is rotatably installed in front of.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, on the left side of each gaming machine 11, there is provided a gaming medium lending machine 17 whose front surface is parallel to the front surface 11a of each gaming machine 11. Here, when the game medium lending machine 17 receives a signal from the bill determining means 96, it pays out while counting a considerable number of balls. The banknote determining means 96 (see FIG. 4) is used by the player to enter the banknote input port 94.
The banknotes inserted into the banknote are specified by a magnetic / optical method, and a signal corresponding to the amount of the banknotes is output to the game media lending machine 17.
The game machine 11 and the game medium lending machine 17 may be incorporated into, for example, a frame body, and the island middle tier 10B may be configured as one unit.

Island lower tier 1 constructed under the island middle tier 10B
0C is formed in a box-like frame shape surrounded by a waist plate 30, a bottom plate 31, and a top plate 32, and the island lower stage 10C itself is like a storage tank that stores the game medium discharged from each gaming machine 11 as it is. It is configured. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a ball receiving trough 38 that receives the pachinko balls discharged from each gaming machine 11 and flows down in one direction is arranged on the upper side in the box-shaped frame.

A polishing device 40 for polishing the pachinko balls flowing out from the ball receiving gutter 38 is disposed in the middle of the box-shaped frame. The polishing device 40 is extended laterally so as to be gently inclined in the opposite direction to the ball receiving trough 38, and the balls flowing out from the ball receiving trough 38 are elastically held by the upper and lower conveyor belts 41 and 42. Then, it is a device for transporting in the same direction while polishing.
The upper and lower conveyor belts 43 and 44 are both formed of cloth-like abrasives that can be abraded. Such an abrasive material is mainly composed of 6 nylon, and is mixed with a static electricity removing material, a polishing enhancing material, or is synthesized with other synthetic resin, fiber material or the like. Further, the bottom plate 31 is provided with a rotatable spiral body 50 that transports a pachinko ball in an inclined direction. One end 50a of the spiral body 50 is connected to the output shaft of the drive motor 51.

On the other end side 50b of the spiral body 50, there is provided a lifting mechanism 60 for lifting the pachinko balls from the island lower stage 10C to the island upper stage 10A. The lifting mechanism 60 includes a tubular body 61 erected at a proper position in the island 10 and the tubular body 61.
A drive sprocket 62, which is arranged on the upper side of the tubular body 61 and is driven to rotate by a motor (not shown); a driven sprocket 63, which is arranged on the upper side of the tubular body 61;
And a chain member 64 wound around 63. Buckets 65, 65 for pachinko balls are fixed to a number of connecting portions of the chain member 64.

Island upper tier 1 constructed on the upper side of the island middle tier 10B
0A is a supply gutter 70 for supplying a game medium to each gaming machine 11.
And a bill transporting device 80 for transporting the bills taken in exchange for the pachinko balls in the lateral direction so as to extend in the lateral direction. The replenishment gutter 70 is an upstream end 70 connected to the pachinko ball discharge port 67 at the upper end portion of the lifting mechanism 60 along immediately above each gaming machine 11 forming the middle stage 10B of the island.
It is arranged so as to gently incline downward from the downstream end 70b extending from a to the island end.

At several points along the supply gutter 70, each gaming machine 1
A supply member 71 corresponding to 1 is attached, and each supply member 71 and the gaming machine 11 are connected by a bellows-shaped communication member 72 through which a pachinko ball flows down. Further, the banknote transport device 80 includes the housing 8 that extends in the lateral direction (longitudinal direction).
1, a drive pulley 82 and a driven pulley 83, which are spaced apart from each other at both ends of the housing 81, and both pulleys 8
It is composed of a round belt 84 hung between No. 2 and No. 83.

A pair of small pulleys 85 for holding the round belt 84 from both sides are supported on the side wall of the housing 81. The small pulley 85 is biased by a spring or the like so as to elastically contact the round belt 84. In addition, a cover member 90 that entirely covers the island upper stage 10A is provided at a key part of the side wall.
A guide passage portion 86 is provided which is connected to the bill insertion slot 94 formed in the above and guides the bill so as to contact the round belt 84. In the middle of the guide passage portion 86, the bill judgment means 96
Is provided, and the bill determination means 96 outputs a predetermined signal corresponding to the amount of bills to the gaming medium lending machine 17, whereby the pachinko balls are dispensed from the nozzles 18.

The supply gutter 70 and the bill transfer device 80 are covered with a dome-shaped cover member 90. The cover member 90 has a front surface portion 91 that is slightly protruded from the front surface of each gaming machine 11 and inclined, 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 related art, but instead, the communication member 72 located inside the lower portion 93.
In order to eliminate the ball clogging, a rod-shaped member 95 that pushes the communication member 72 is operably provided. A bill slot 94 is opened at an appropriate place on the front portion 91. At both ends of the gaming machine island 10, island decorations 19 that cover the ends are arranged.

Next, the operation will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the island middle tier 10B of the gaming machine island 10 has a plurality of gaming machines 11 arranged back-to-back in such a manner that they are in contact with each other so that the specific parts 15 protruding on the back side thereof avoid each other. Build so that it extends in the lateral direction. 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 island middle tier 10B has a depth width L corresponding to two gaming machines 11 contacted back to back. Becomes ₁ . As described above, by thinning the island middle tier 10B that substantially determines the depth width of the entire island, the island lower tier 10C and the island upper tier 10A can be thinned corresponding to the island middle tier 10B.

Therefore, the space occupied by the islands 10 can be significantly reduced, more islands 10 can be installed per given 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. Conventionally, back-to-back game machine 11
The banknote transport device 80 disposed between the gaming machines 11
It is arranged on the island upper stage 10A side which is built on the two front and rear rows of the game machine 11 together with the supply gutter 70 for supplying the game medium.

Further, since the front faces 11a of the respective gaming machines 11 are arranged so as to be inclined in the same direction by θ angles with respect to the island front face 10a which is parallel to the lateral direction of the island, the front faces of the respective inclined gaming machines 11 are inclined. The player B sitting on the chair A facing the player 11a, as shown in FIG.
However, it will shift back and forth.

As a result, the player B can sit comfortably in a comfortable posture without hesitating to the gamers B and B on both sides, and further, can sit and move away from the chair A and operate. When playing, it is possible to comfortably play the game without touching the game players B, B on both sides. Therefore, it is possible to create a salon-like atmosphere in the game store and enhance the sense of luxury.

The flow of bills and game media on the game machine island 10 will be briefly described below. Players are on the upper stage of the island 1
When a banknote is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 94 at 0A, the banknote is sent to the banknote determination unit 96 to determine the authenticity and type of the banknote, and in the case of a genuine banknote, the banknote is directly transmitted to the banknote transport device 80. At this time, the bill determination means 96 outputs a predetermined signal corresponding to the amount of bills to the game media lending machine 17, whereby
The game media lending machine 17 is operated and the pachinko ball is a nozzle 18.
Will be paid out from.

The bills sent to the bill feeding device 80 are held between the round belt 84 and the small pulley 85, and are fed to the island end side as the round belt 84 is driven to rotate, 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, are sandwiched between the upper and lower conveyor belts 41 and 42 of the polishing device 40, and are polished while being conveyed. It

The pachinko balls polished in this way are stored as they are in the box-shaped frame of the island lower stage 10C, and the spiral-shaped body 50 is formed.
Is transported to the lower end of the lifting mechanism 60. Then, the pachinko balls are scooped up by the buckets 65, 65 ... Fixedly mounted on the chain member 64 that is rotationally driven by the lifting mechanism 60, and are lifted to the island upper stage 10A, and the supply gutter 7 is supplied.
It is returned to each gaming machine 11 while flowing 0. In addition, a plurality of gaming machines 11, 11, ... And a polishing device 4 which is a game-related facility.
0, the spiral body 50, the lifting mechanism 60, the bill transporting device 80, etc. are centrally managed by a control means (not shown).

The gaming machine island according to the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment. The gaming machine 11 is not limited to a pachinko machine, and may be, for example, a slot machine using a medal as a game medium.
Although not shown, a display lamp for notifying the occurrence of a failure is provided above each gaming machine.

[0034]

According to the gaming machine island of the present invention, a plurality of gaming machines are arranged back to back and extend laterally in a state where they are in contact with each other without interposing other game-related equipment between their backs. By lining up and thinning the middle part of the island, which almost determines the depth width of the entire island, it is possible to significantly reduce the occupied space of the island, and it is possible to meet the request for space saving. More islands can be installed per floor area, which is extremely advantageous in business.

Moreover, since the front of each gaming machine is arranged so as to incline in the same direction in plan view with respect to the island front, which is parallel to the lateral direction of the island, a player sitting toward each gaming machine can move forward and backward. You will be able to sit in a comfortable posture without being distracted by the players on both sides who will be out of alignment, and do not touch the players on both sides when you sit, leave or operate. Thus, the player can play the game comfortably.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an island middle tier of a gaming machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view showing a gaming machine which constitutes an island middle tier 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 cross-sectional view schematically showing a gaming machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view schematically showing the internal structure of the island upper tier and the island middle tier of the gaming machine island according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a middle stage of a conventional gaming machine island.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a conventional gaming machine island.

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

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... Game machine island 10a ... Island front 10A ... Island upper stage 10B ... Island middle stage 10C ... Island lower stage 11 ... Game machine (pachinko stand) 11a ... Front

Claims (2)

[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, 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, and the front of each gaming machine is an island. The game machine islands are arranged so as to be inclined in the same direction in a plan view with respect to the island front which is parallel to the lateral direction of the game machine island. 2. The gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein the right side of the front of each gaming machine is inclined so as to project forward.