JPH0889653A - Gaming media processing device and gaming machine island - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] It is possible to properly supply the game medium to the game machine, and it is possible to effectively use the space of the game machine island without requiring a storage tank for the game medium near the upper stage of the game machine island. Providing possible game media processing device. [Structure] A polishing mechanism K for polishing a game medium, and a hoisting mechanism 80 for hoisting a game medium polished by the polishing mechanism K to a supply gutter 21 arranged in an upper stage 20 of a game machine island S. And detecting means 93a, 93b for detecting the storage amount of the game medium, and controlling polishing of the game medium by the polishing mechanism K according to the storage amount of the game medium detected by the detecting means 93a, 93b. , A control device 91 for controlling the lifting of the polished game medium to the supply gutter 21 by the lifting mechanism 80.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention polishes a game medium discharged from each game machine in a game machine island in which a plurality of game machines are arranged in parallel, and supplies the polished game medium to each game machine. The present invention relates to a game medium processing device that is pumped to a supply gutter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game medium processing apparatus of this type has been constantly polishing the game medium and pumping it to the upper stage of the game machine island in order to replenish the polished game medium to each game machine. I was going.

Therefore, in such a conventional game medium processing apparatus, a certain amount of game medium is continuously polished.

[0004]

However, since the total amount of game media supplied to each game machine on one island is not always constant, a large amount of polished game media should be used to avoid insufficient supply. It was necessary to provide a tank for storing the water near the upper stage of the gaming machine island. Further, in order to provide such a tank, there is a problem that a space for the tank and its attached structure is required inside or outside the gaming machine island, and the cost is increased accordingly.

Further, there is a problem that the number of maintenance points increases.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such conventional problems, and does not require a tank for storing a polished game medium near the upper stage of the game machine island, and each game machine of the game machine island. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game medium processing device capable of appropriately supplying a game medium to the game medium processing device.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The gist of achieving the above object lies in the following items.

1 In the gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in parallel, the unpolished gaming medium discharged from each gaming machine is polished,
In a game medium processing device for pumping a polished game medium to a supply gutter for supplying each of the game machines, a game medium processing device (50) includes a polishing machine (12) for polishing the unpolished game medium. ), A pumping mechanism (80) for pumping the game medium polished by the polishing machine (12) to the supply gutter (21), and detection for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium. The polishing of the unpolished game medium by the polishing machine (12) is controlled in accordance with the means (93a, 93b) and the detection amount (93a, 93b) of the storage amount of the unpolished game medium, and the lifting is performed. A game medium processing device (50) comprising a control device (91) for controlling the feeding of the polished game medium to the supply gutter (21) by a feeding mechanism (80).

2 is composed of an upper stage (20), a middle stage (30) and a lower stage (40) in which a plurality of gaming machines (31, 31, ...) Are arranged in parallel, and the unpolished game medium storage section ( 11) In the gaming machine island (S) provided with each gaming machine (3)
Polishing the unpolished game medium discharged from 1, 31, ...
In the game medium processing device (50) for pumping a polished game medium to a supply gutter (21) for supplying each of the game machines (31, 31 ...), the game medium processing device (50) is
A polishing mechanism (K) for polishing an unpolished game medium horizontally provided in the lower stage (40) of the gaming machine island (S), and the supply gutter for the game medium polished by the polishing mechanism (K). (21)
A hoisting mechanism (80) for hoisting to and each gaming machine (31, 31 provided in the unpolished game medium storage section (11).
(31, ...) A detection unit (93) for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium discharged from the detector unit, and the polishing mechanism according to the detection unit (93) detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium. (K) controls polishing of the unpolished game medium,
A control device (91) is provided for controlling the lifting of the polished game medium to the supply gutter (21) by the lifting mechanism (80), and the detection unit (93) is the unpolished game medium. First detection means (93a) for detecting that the storage amount of the storage medium has reached a first predetermined amount, and for detecting that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has become equal to or less than a second predetermined amount. A second detection means (93b), and the control device (91)
Starts the operation of the polishing mechanism (K) and the lifting mechanism (80) when the first detection means (93a) detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has reached a first predetermined amount. Then, when the second detecting means (93b) detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined amount, the polishing mechanism (K) and the lifting mechanism (80) are operated. A game medium processing device (50) having a function of stopping.

3 The lower stage (40) of the gaming machine island (10), which is composed of an upper stage (20), a middle stage (30), and a lower stage (40) in which a plurality of gaming machines (31, 31, ...) Are arranged in parallel In the gaming machine island (10) which is the medium polishing storage section (41), the unpolished gaming media discharged from the gaming machines (31, 31, ...) Are polished, and the polished gaming media are played as the gaming machines. Machine (3
In the game medium processing device (50) that is fed to a supply gutter (21) for supplying 1, 3, ...,), the game medium processing device (50) is from each of the game machines (31, 31, ...). A game medium receiving section (4) for receiving the unpolished game medium discharged.
2) and a polishing machine (60) which is provided laterally in the lower stage (40) of the game machine island (10) for polishing the unpolished game medium from the game medium receiving section (42), and the polishing machine. Machine (60)
A pumping mechanism (80) for pumping the game medium polished in (1) to the supply gutter (21), and a detection unit for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium in the game medium receiving unit (42). (9
3) and the polishing of the unpolished game medium by the polishing machine (60) according to the detection of the storage amount of the unpolished game medium by the detection unit (93), and by the lifting mechanism (80) A control device (91) for controlling the feeding of the polished game medium to the supply gutter (21) is provided, and the detection unit (93) is configured such that the unpolished game medium is the game medium receiving unit (42). ), The first detection means (93a) for detecting that the first predetermined amount has been reached, and the storage amount of the unpolished game medium is equal to or less than the second predetermined amount which is smaller than the first predetermined amount. And a second detecting means (93b) for detecting that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium is the first when the first detecting means (93a) has a first storage amount. When it is detected that a fixed amount has been reached, the polishing machine (60) and the lifting mechanism (80) move. When the second detecting means (93b) detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has become equal to or less than a second predetermined amount, the polishing machine (60) and the lifting mechanism (80) are started. A game medium processing device (50) having a function of stopping the operation.

4 A plurality of game machines (31, 3) back to back
, ...) are arranged in a row so as to extend laterally in a state of being in contact with each other without interposing other game-related equipment between their backs, and are equivalent to two game machines in contact with each other back to back. It is constructed so as to form a lower island (40) on the lower side of the gaming machine installation section (32) and the gaming machine installation section (32), and is discharged from each gaming machine (31, 31, ...). A gaming machine island (1) provided with a box-shaped frame-shaped game medium polishing storage section (41) for storing unpolished game media as it is.
0), wherein the game medium processing device (50) according to claim 1, 2 or 3 is provided, and a game machine island (10).

[0012]

From each of the gaming machines (31, 31 ...) Arranged in the middle stage (30) in the gaming machine island (S) composed of the upper stage (20), the middle stage (30) and the lower stage (40) The unpolished game medium discharged is the lower stage (40) of the game machine island (S).
It is stored in the unpolished game medium storage section (11) provided inside. The stored unpolished game medium is stored in the game medium storage section (1
1) is introduced from a connecting pipe (16) provided at a plurality of places on the bottom of the bottom of the game medium storage section (11) to a polishing mechanism (K).

When the polishing mechanism (K) is stopped, the amount of unpolished game medium in the game medium storage section (11) increases. The storage amount of unpolished game media is determined by the game media storage unit (1
The 1st detection means (93a) and the 2nd detection means (93b) provided in 1) detect. The amount of storage increases and the first
When reaching the position where the detecting means (93a) is provided, the information is sent from the first detecting means (93a) that has detected it to the control device (91). Upon receiving the information, the control device (91) causes the polishing mechanism (K) and the lifting mechanism (80).
To start the operation.

The polishing of the unpolished game medium by the polishing mechanism (K) progresses, and the storage level of the unpolished game medium in the game medium storage section (11) becomes lower than the position of the second detecting means (93b). When searching, the second detecting means (93b) that detects it sends the information to the control device (91). Upon receiving the information, the control device (91) stops the operations of the polishing mechanism (K) and the lifting mechanism (80).

In this way, the game medium storage section (11)
It is possible to know the necessity / unnecessity of supply of the game media to the respective game machines (31, 31 ...) Based on the amount of unpolished game media stored in the game machine, and it is possible to appropriately supply the game media and Since the tank for storing the polishing game medium is provided in the lower stage of the game machine island (S), it is not necessary to provide the tank for storing the game medium after polishing, and the space of the game machine island (S) Can be used effectively.

On the other hand, in the case where the lower stage (40) of the gaming machine island (10) is used as the gaming medium polishing storage section (41), the unpolished gaming medium discharged from each of the gaming machines (31, 31, ...). Game medium receiving portion (4) provided in the lower stage (40)
Received by 2). At this time, when the polishing machine (60) for the unpolished game medium horizontally provided below the game medium receiving section (42) is stopped, the game medium receiving section (4)
In 2), the amount of unpolished game media that has accumulated increases.

When the storage amount of the unpolished game medium increases and reaches the first predetermined amount in the game medium receiving section (42), the first detecting means (93a) detects it and controls the information. Send to device (91). Control device that received the information (91)
Starts the operation of the polishing machine (60) and the lifting mechanism (80). When the polishing of the unpolished game medium by the polishing machine (60) progresses and the storage amount of the unpolished game medium becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined amount which is smaller than the first predetermined amount, the second detection means (93b) detects and sends the information to the control device (91). Upon receiving the information, the control device (91) uses the polishing machine (60) and the lifting mechanism (80).
Stop the operation of.

In this way, it is possible to know the necessity / non-necessity of supply of the game medium to the respective game machines (31, 31 ...) Based on the amount of the unpolished game medium stored in the game medium receiving section (42). Yes, it is possible to appropriately supply the game medium, and since a tank for storing the polished game medium is provided in the lower stage of the game machine island (S), the game machine island (1
The space of 0) can be effectively used.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Various embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the game medium processing device 50 includes an upper stage 20 provided with a supply gutter 21 for the game medium, and the like.
A plurality of gaming machines 31, 31, ... And a middle tier 30 in which a gaming medium lending machine (not shown) are arranged side by side, and a gaming medium storage section 11 for directly storing the gaming medium discharged from each gaming machine 31, 31 ,. It is arranged on the gaming machine island S composed of the lower stage 40.

The game machine 31 is a pachinko machine in this embodiment. That is, the gaming machine 31 is a game medium in which a pachinko ball, which is a game medium, is launched on the board by operating the handle H to compete for a prize for the pachinko ball, and a front plate (not shown) for introducing the pachinko ball into the machine on the front side. No.) and a spare dish (not shown) for storing pachinko balls. The gaming machine 31 is not limited to a pachinko machine, and may be, for example, a slot machine that uses medals as a game medium.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, at both ends of the gaming machine island S, a hoisting mechanism 80 for hoisting a pachinko ball from the lower stage 40 of the gaming machine island S to the supply trough 21 of the gaming medium of the upper stage 20. Is erected.

The lifting mechanism 80 is provided with a tubular body 82 which is vertically installed at a proper position on the island, and a drive sprocket 83a which is disposed above the tubular body 82 and is rotationally driven by a motor not shown.
And the driven sprocket 8 disposed below the tubular body 82.
3b and a chain member 84 wound around both sprockets. Buckets 85 for scooping out pachinko balls are fixedly mounted on a number of connecting portions of the chain member 84. The bucket 85 is formed in the shape of a cage at regular intervals so that the pachinko balls do not drop but the abrasive drops.

A separating means 8 is provided near the lower end of the lifting mechanism 80.
6 is provided. The separating means 86 is also formed in the shape of a bowl, and separates the pachinko balls discharged from the polishing machine 12 of the polishing mechanism K from the polishing material.

Below the gaming machines 31, 31, ..., the island lower tier 4
In 0, a game medium storage unit 11 is laterally provided along the longitudinal direction of the game machine island S. Inside the game medium storage unit 11, detection means 93a, 93b for detecting the storage amount of the pachinko balls discharged from the respective game machines 31, 31, ... Are provided. Since the two detecting means detect different storage amounts of pachinko balls, the detecting means 93a is used as the detecting means 93a.
It is provided higher than b. These detecting means are optical sensors, but may be limit switches or the like.

The detecting means 93a and 93b are connected to the control device 91 as shown in FIG. The control device 91 is
An interface function is provided between a microcomputer having a CPU, a memory, an I / O port, and equipment such as the polishing mechanism K and the lifting mechanism 80. The controller 91 is further connected to the drive units M1 and M2 of the polishing mechanism K and the drive unit (not shown) of the lifting mechanism 80.

Below the game medium storage section 11, a polishing mechanism K for polishing unpolished pachinko balls is also provided laterally along the longitudinal direction of the game machine island. The polishing mechanism K includes a polishing machine 12 for polishing unpolished pachinko balls and an abrasive return tube 13 for collecting and reusing the abrasive A used for polishing.
Have. Between the game medium storage unit 11 and the polishing machine 12, the pachinko balls stored in the game medium storage unit 11 are polished.
There are provided a plurality of connecting pipes 16 for passing to the second unit.

The polishing machine 12 includes a tubular body 12a and a tubular body 12
a rotatable spiral body 12 inserted over the entire length of a
b. One end of the spiral body 12b is connected to the output shaft of the drive motor M1. A funnel-shaped collecting member 87 is arranged below the separating means 86, and a polishing material return pipe 1 for returning the polishing material A to the polishing machine 12 is provided at the lower opening of the collecting member 87.
3 starting points are provided. The abrasive return tube 13 is arranged below the polishing machine 12 in parallel.

The abrasive-material returning pipe 13 has a tubular body 13a and a spiral body 13b rotatable for carrying the abrasive material inserted over the entire length of the tubular body 13a. The end portion of the abrasive return pipe 13 is curved upward, and the end portion of the tubular body 13a is connected to the other end of the spiral body 12b via a funnel-shaped supply portion 88. The end of the spiral body 13b is connected to the output shaft of the drive motor M2.

A pachinko ball discharge port 89 is provided at the upper end of the lifting mechanism 80. A supply gutter 21 for supplying a pachinko ball to each of the gaming machines 31, 31 of the gaming machine island S is connected to the pachinko ball discharge port 89, and the supply gutter 21 is connected to each of the gaming machines 31, 31. A supply pipe 29 for supplying balls is connected.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.

The unpolished pachinko balls discharged from each of the gaming machines 31, 31 arranged in parallel in the middle stage 30 of the gaming machine island S are located above the lower stage 40 of the gaming machine island S in the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island S. It is stored in the unpolished game medium storage section 11 provided along the line. The unpolished pachinko balls stored are the game medium storage unit 11
It is introduced from the connecting pipes 16 provided at a plurality of locations at the bottom of the polishing machine 12 provided below the game medium storage section 11 along the longitudinal direction of the game machine island S.

When the polishing machine 12 is stopped, the amount of unpolished pachinko balls in the game medium storage section 11 increases. The storage amount is detected by the first detection means 93a and the second detection means 93b provided inside the game medium storage section 11. When the storage level rises and reaches the position of the first detection means 93a provided at a position higher than the second detection means, the first detection means 93a detects the storage level. First detection means 9
3a sends the information to the control device 91 shown in FIG. Then, the control device 91 having received the information causes the polishing machine 12 and the lifting mechanism 80 to start operating.

When the operation of the polishing machine 12 is started, the pachinko balls stored in the game medium storage section 11 are connected to the connecting pipes 16 and 1, respectively.
It is thrown into the polishing machine 12 through 6 ... The inserted pachinko balls are polished while being transferred by the rotation of the spiral state 12b together with the abrasive material A input from the supply unit 88 provided at one end of the polishing machine 12.

The pachinko balls and the abrasive A transferred to the other end of the polishing machine 12 are separated by the separating means 86. The separated pachinko balls are scooped by the bucket 85 of the lifting mechanism 80. The abrasive material A that has been scooped together at this time is separated by the cage-shaped portion of the bucket 85.

The pachinko balls fed by the bucket 85 are discharged from the pachinko ball discharge port 89 provided at the upper end of the lifting mechanism 80 to the replenishment gutter 21. The discharged pachinko balls are supplied to the respective gaming machines 31, 31, ... Through the supply pipes 29, 29 ,.
It is replenished to 31 ...

On the other hand, the abrasive material A separated from the pachinko balls by the separating means 86 of the recovery section 87 is the abrasive material return pipe 13
Falls into the tubular body 13a. Therefore, one end of the abrasive material A is connected to the drive shaft of the drive motor M2, and is returned to the supply portion 88 provided at one end of the polishing mechanism K by the spiral body 13b rotated by the drive motor M2, and again inside the polisher 12. Be thrown into.

In this way, when the storage amount of the pachinko balls in the game medium storage section 11 decreases and the storage level falls below the position of the second detecting means 93b, the second detecting means 93b detects it. The information is sent to the control device 91. Upon receiving the information, the control device 91 stops the operations of the polishing machine 12, the polishing material return pipe 13, and the lifting mechanism 80 of the polishing mechanism K.

As described above, each gaming machine 31, 31,
The polished game media can be appropriately supplied to the respective game machines 31, 31, without causing the supply of pachinko balls to become insufficient.

Next, the second embodiment will be described.

The same types of parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals, and the duplicated description will be omitted.

A second embodiment is shown in FIGS. First, the gaming machine island 10 will be described.

The island middle tier 30 is formed by arranging a plurality of gaming machines 31 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. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the island width has a depth width corresponding to two game machines 31 facing each other back to back. Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a game medium lending machine 33 is interposed between the game machines 31 arranged in the horizontal direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, a bulky specific component 36 such as a CRT used for an accessory projects on the back side of the gaming machine 31, but two gaming machines 31, 3 back to back are provided.
1 is arranged so as to successfully contact each other in the state where these specific parts 36 avoid each other, and there is no room for interposing other game-related equipment between the rear faces of the two rows of gaming machines.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the island middle tier 30
The upper island 20 constructed on the upper side of each of the gaming machines 31, 3
A supply gutter 21 for supplying pachinko balls to 1, ... And a banknote transport device 22 for laterally transporting the banknotes taken in exchange for the pachinko balls are arranged so as to extend in the horizontal direction. The supply gutter 21 is located immediately above the gaming machines 31, 31, ... Which are lined up in the middle stage of the island 30 from the upstream end connected to the pachinko ball discharge port 81 of the lifting mechanism 80 to the island end. It is arranged so as to gently incline downward toward the extended downstream end.

At several points along the supply gutter 21, each gaming machine 3
Supply members 23 corresponding to 0, 30 ... Are attached, and each supply member 23 and the gaming machine 31 are connected by a bellows-shaped communication member 24 through which a pachinko ball flows down. The banknote transport device 22 includes a laterally extending housing, a drive pulley 25a and a driven pulley 25b which are arranged at both ends of the housing and are spaced apart from each other, and a round belt 26 which is stretched between the pulleys.

The supply gutter 21 and the bill conveying device 22 are covered with a dome-shaped cover member 27. Cover member 2
Reference numeral 7 has a front portion which is slightly protruded from the front of each of the gaming machines 31, 31, ... And a ceiling portion having an arcuate cross section which covers the upper ends of the front and rear front portions.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the island lower tier 40 constructed below the island middle tier 30 is formed in a box-like frame shape surrounded by a waist plate 44, a bottom plate 43 and a top plate 45. 40 itself is a game medium storage unit 41 configured like a storage tank for storing the pachinko balls discharged from each of the gaming machines 31, 31 ,. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately arrange a storage tank in the internal space surrounded by the waist plate 44 as in the conventional technique.

Next, the game medium processing device 50 will be described.

On the upper part of the island lower tier 40, the respective gaming machines 31,
A game medium receiving portion 42 (hereinafter, referred to as a “ball receiving trough 42”) for receiving unpolished pachinko balls discharged from the balls 31 and 31 gently moves downward from one end side of the island along the longitudinal direction of the island. It is installed horizontally with an inclination. Below the ball gutter 42, a polishing machine 60 for polishing pachinko balls is also provided horizontally along the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island 10.

The polishing machine 60 includes drive pulleys 61a and 61b which are rotationally driven by a motor (not shown), driven pulleys 62a and 62b, an upper conveyor belt 63a wound around the pulleys 61a and 62a, and each pulley. Lower conveyor belt 6 wound around 61a and 61b
3b and. Pachinko balls are the upper and lower conveyor belts 63
It is sandwiched between a and 63b and polished while being transported. That is, the upper and lower conveyor belts 63a and 63b are both formed of a cloth or the like that can be polished. The upper conveyor belt 63a facing the downstream end of the ball receiving trough 42 is the lower conveyor belt 6
A ball reservoir 64 is provided so as to be retracted from 3b. In order to prevent the pachinko balls P from spilling from the side of the polishing machine 60, the polishing machine 60 has a width that is full inside the waist plate 44 of the island lower step 40, or a guide plate (not shown) is provided on the side for almost the entire length. ing.

Detecting means 93a, 9 for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished pachinko balls stored in the ball receiving trough 42 and the ball reservoir 64 between the ball receiving trough 42 and the ball reservoir 64.
Two 3b are provided. They are a first detecting means 93a provided on the ball receiving trough 42 side and a second detecting means 93b provided so as to face the ball retaining portion 64. These detecting means are optical sensors, but may be limit switches or the like.

The bottom plate 43 of the island lower stage 40 is inclined from the downstream end side of the polishing machine 60, that is, the side from which the polished pachinko balls are discharged, so as to be gradually lowered along the longitudinal direction of the island. A transfer mechanism 70 having a rotatable spiral body 71 for transferring the polished pachinko balls in an inclined direction is disposed on the bottom plate 43. The spiral body 71 is, for example, a screw conveyor, and one end thereof is connected to the output shaft of the drive motor 72. On the other end side of the screw conveyor 71, a hoisting mechanism 80 for hoisting the polished pachinko balls stored in the island lower tier 40 to the replenishment gutter 21 provided in the island upper tier 20 is provided. .

The lifting mechanism 80 is provided with a tubular body 82 which is vertically provided at a proper position on the island, and a drive sprocket 83a which is arranged above the tubular body 82 and is rotationally driven by a motor not shown.
And the driven sprocket 8 disposed below the tubular body 82.
3b and a chain member 84 wound around both sprockets. Buckets 85 for scooping out pachinko balls are fixedly mounted on a number of connecting portions of the chain member 84.

The control device 91 shown in FIG. 7 is provided with an interface function between a microcomputer having a CPU, a memory and an I / O port, and equipment such as the polishing machine 60 and the lifting mechanism 80.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.

The unpolished pachinko balls discharged from the plurality of gaming machines 31, 31, ... Lined up in the middle stage 30 of the gaming machine island 10 are the ball receiving gutters 42 horizontally provided in the upper part of the island lower stage 40. fall into. Then, it rolls to the downstream end according to the inclination of the ball receiving trough 42. The unpolished pachinko balls that have rolled to the downstream end fall into the ball retaining portion 64 of the polishing machine 60 from there.

When the game medium processing device 50 is stopped, the unpolished pachinko balls are stored in the ball retaining portion 64 of the polishing machine 60 and further to the ball receiving trough 42.

When the unpolished pachinko ball is stored up to the first detecting means 93a provided on the side of the ball receiving trough 42 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the first detecting means 93a detects it and the controller 91 is detected. Send a signal to.

The controller 91 which receives the signal from the first detecting means 93a starts the operations of the polishing machine 60 and the lifting mechanism 80.

Then, the unpolished pachinko balls stored in the ball retaining portion 64 and the ball receiving trough 42 are sequentially taken into the polishing machine 60 from the ball retaining portion 64, and the upper and lower conveyor belts 63a, 6 are provided.
It is sandwiched by 3b and is polished by those conveyor belts having a polishing force while being conveyed to the other end side while being rotated.

Although the pachinko balls discharged from the other end drop to the bottom part 43 of the island lower step 40, the bottom plate 43 is located at the downstream end side of the polishing machine 60, that is, from the side where the polished pachinko balls are discharged to the other end side. Since it inclines so that it becomes gradually lower along the longitudinal direction of the hemi-island, it naturally rolls and gathers on the side of the lifting mechanism 80. Further, the pachinko balls are also transferred to the lifting mechanism 80 by the transfer mechanism 70.

The pachinko balls collected under the hoisting mechanism 80 are hoisted by the bucket 85 of the hoisting mechanism 80, and to the supply gutter 21 arranged in the upper stage of the gaming machine island 10 at the top of the hoisting mechanism 80. Passed.

The pachinko balls supplied to the supply gutter 21 roll and move in accordance with the gentle inclination of the supply gutter 21, and at the same time, the gaming machines 31, 31, ... It is replenished to the gaming machine 31 via a bellows-shaped communication member 24 by a supply member 23 for supplying a pachinko ball to the.

In this way, the operation of the game medium processing device 50 continues, and the storage amount of the unpolished pachinko balls accumulated in the ball receiving trough 42 and the ball retaining portion 64 is reduced, and the ball retaining portion 64 is brought to a position facing the ball retaining portion 64. When it is detected by the provided second detecting means 93b that the stored amount becomes equal to or less than the second predetermined amount, a signal is sent from the second detecting means 93b to the control device 91.

Upon receipt of this signal, the controller 91 receives the signal from the polishing machine 6
0 and the operation of the lifting mechanism 80 are stopped.

Thus, the polished game medium can be appropriately supplied without causing the supply of pachinko balls to each of the game machines 31, 31 ,.

Incidentally, as shown by the imaginary line in FIG.
A plate-shaped guide plate G having one edge fixed to the waist plate 44 and the other edge fixed such that the plate surface inclines downward toward the transfer mechanism 70 provided on the bottom 43, The pachinko balls P may be gathered in the transfer mechanism 70 by being provided laterally on both sides of the transfer mechanism 70 along the longitudinal direction of the gaming machine island 10. The plate surface may be a flat curved surface different from the one shown in the figure.

By providing such a guide plate, the pachinko ball P can be more efficiently transferred to the lifting mechanism 80.

[0071]

According to the gaming medium processing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to always appropriately supply pachinko balls to each gaming machine on the gaming machine island, and polish the vicinity of the upper stage of the gaming machine island. It is possible to effectively use the space on the gaming machine island without the need for a tank that stores the used pachinko balls.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a part of a game medium processing device and a game machine island according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the entire game medium processing device and game machine island according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing control according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a game medium processing device and a game machine island according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a side view showing a game medium processing device and a game machine island according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a game medium processing device and a game machine island according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing control according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 S: game machine island 10 ... game machine island 11 ... game medium storage 12 ... polishing machine K ... polishing mechanism 20 ... island upper stage 21 ... supply gutter 30 ... island middle stage 31 ... game machine 32 ... game machine setting section 40 ... island lower stage 41 ... Game medium storing section 42 ... Game medium receiving section 50 ... Game medium processing device 60 ... Polishing machine 80 ... Lifting mechanism 91 ... Control device 93 ... Detecting section 93a ... First detecting means 93b ... Second detecting means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A supply gutter for polishing an unpolished game medium discharged from each of the gaming machines in a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines are juxtaposed, and replenishing the polished gaming medium to each of the gaming machines. In a game medium processing device for pumping to a game medium processing device, the game medium processing device is a pump for polishing the unpolished game medium, and a pump for pumping the game medium polished by the polishing machine to the supply gutter. A feeding mechanism, a detection unit for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium, and a control of the polishing of the game medium by the polishing machine according to the detection of the storage amount of the unpolished game medium by the detection unit. A game medium processing device comprising a control device for controlling the pumping of the polished game medium to the supply trough by the pumping mechanism. 2. A non-polished game discharged from each of the above-mentioned gaming machines in a gaming machine island comprising an upper stage, a middle stage, and a lower stage in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in parallel, and an unpolished gaming medium storage section is provided in the lower stage. In a game medium processing device for polishing a medium and pumping the polished game medium to a supply gutter for supplying each of the game machines, the game medium processing device is provided horizontally in the lower stage of the game machine island. A polishing mechanism for polishing the unpolished game medium, a pumping mechanism for pumping the game medium polished by the polishing mechanism to the replenishment gutter, and each of the games provided in the unpolished game medium storage section A detection unit for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium discharged from the machine, and controlling the polishing of the game medium by the polishing mechanism according to the detection of the storage amount of the unpolished game medium by the detection unit. , The game medium that has been polished by the lifting mechanism A first control means for detecting that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has reached a first predetermined amount. And a second detection means for detecting that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has become equal to or less than a second predetermined amount, and the control device has the first detection means for the unpolished game medium. When it is detected that the storage amount of the water reaches the first predetermined amount, the operations of the polishing mechanism and the lifting mechanism are started, and the second
A game medium processing device having a function of stopping the operations of the polishing mechanism and the lifting mechanism when the detection means detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium becomes equal to or less than a second predetermined amount. . 3. An unpolished machine ejected from each of the above-mentioned gaming machines in a gaming machine island in which a lower row of the gaming machine island composed of an upper row, a middle row and a lower row in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged in parallel is used as a gaming medium polishing storage section. In a game medium processing device for polishing a game medium and pumping the polished game medium to a supply gutter for supplying each of the game machines, the game medium processing device is an unpolished game discharged from each of the game machines. A game medium receiving section for receiving a medium, a polishing machine horizontally provided in the lower stage of the game machine island, for polishing unpolished game medium from the game medium receiving section, and a game medium polished by the polishing machine. Of the storage amount of the unpolished game medium by the detection unit for detecting the storage amount of the unpolished game medium of the game medium receiving unit, The polishing of the unpolished game medium by the polishing machine is controlled according to the detection. The control unit controls the pumping of the polished game medium to the supply trough by the pumping mechanism, and the detection unit is configured such that the unpolished game medium is first in the game medium receiving unit. First detecting means for detecting that the predetermined amount has been reached, and for detecting that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has become equal to or less than a second predetermined amount which is smaller than the first predetermined amount. And a second detecting means, wherein the control device detects that the first detecting means detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium has reached a first predetermined amount. Having a function of starting the operation and stopping the operation of the polishing machine and the lifting mechanism when the second detecting means detects that the storage amount of the unpolished game medium becomes equal to or less than a second predetermined amount A game medium processing device characterized by: 4. A game in which a plurality of gaming machines are back-to-back and are arranged in a row so as to extend laterally in a state of being in contact with each other without interposing other game-related equipment between their backs, and being in contact with each other back-to-back. A gaming machine installation section configured to have a depth width equivalent to two machines, and is constructed so as to form an island lower stage below the gaming machine installation section, and stores unpolished gaming media discharged from each gaming machine as it is. A game machine island having a box-shaped frame-shaped game medium polishing storage part, wherein the game medium processing device according to claim 1, 2 or 3 is arranged. Kijima.