JPH1024163A - Game machine island - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] A collection gutter can be compactly arranged without hindering the collection efficiency of game media in a lower island, and can meet the demand for space saving without obstructing installation of other related equipment. It is possible to provide a gaming machine island capable of efficiently polishing only used balls and preventing dirt on used balls from being transferred to unused balls. A pair of collecting gutters (40) are provided below a top plate (22) and extend in parallel with each other in correspondence with each of the pachinko machines, and collect balls discharged from the pachinko machines (11) for each of the pachinko machines. A polishing machine 50 for transporting the pachinko balls while polishing the pachinko balls is provided in each recovery gutter 40, and a pair of recovery gutters 40 and 4 are provided.
During 0, the upper unit 1 is not delivered to the pachinko machine 11
An auxiliary collection gutter 45 for collecting unused balls after polishing directly dropped from 0A to the lower unit 10C was provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine in which a substantially horizontal top plate is supported on a waist plate extending parallel to each other, and a plurality of gaming machines are juxtaposed on the top plate so as to extend in two rows back to back. About Kijima. Here, the game machine mainly indicates a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional gaming machine island, pachinko balls discharged from two pachinko machines lined up in a back-to-back manner flow down by gravity into a collecting gutter provided in a lower stage of the island and are received by a lower tank. The balls passed and stored in the lower tank are lifted to the upper island side by a polishing and lifting device set up in the center of the island,
It was distributed to each pachinko machine again.

[0003] Generally, the recovery gutter has a wide bottom surface and a large opening on the upper surface side, and a polishing and lifting device is interposed between the waist plates forming the front and rear surfaces of the island lower stage so as to spread in the island width direction. It was skewed so as to extend one by one on both sides of the lower island.
In other words, the recovery gutter extends in the island width direction inside the lower island, and extends over the entire area inside the lower island while being inclined in the vertical direction.

[0004] In addition, a ball that overflows without being able to supply and distribute pachinko machines at the upper part of the island usually falls from the end of the island to the lower part of the island, is again introduced into the collection gutter, flows down, and is delivered to the lower tank. It had been. In the lower tank, dirty balls discharged from each pachinko machine and unused clean balls overflowing are stored together in a mixed state.

[0005]

However, in a conventional gaming machine island, the space occupied by the collection gutter in the lower island is large. In order to reduce the width of the island as much as it becomes obstructive or to reduce the width of the island as much as possible, it is difficult to set the width of the recovery gutter smaller than the width of the recovery gutter, even if you try to configure the lower part of the island that is the base of the entire island. There was a point.

By the way, according to the test conducted by the applicants, it has been empirically confirmed that even if the standardized width of the conventional collecting gutter is considerably reduced, it is possible to collect the ball discharged from the pachinko machine without any trouble. Have been. Conversely, in a conventional wide collection gutter, the ball tends to stay on the upstream side and remains as it is and rusts, or when the ball is discharged in a short period of time, the ball is placed on the bottom of the collection gutter. First, since the ball flows down after spreading, the flowability of the ball on the recovery gutter is deteriorated, and there is a possibility that the ball is not smoothly delivered to the polishing / lifting device side.

[0007] In addition to the used dirty balls discharged from each pachinko machine, clean and unused polished balls which overflow from the upper island and fall directly to the lower island are introduced into the collecting gutter. In addition, since the balls are stored together in the lower tank, the balls are mixed in the collection gutter, and there is a problem that the dirt of the used balls is transferred to the unused balls.

Further, in the conventional polishing and transporting apparatus, both used and unused balls are polished together, so that only the used balls discharged from the pachinko machine should be polished normally. In addition, since unused spheres are also polished, there is a problem that polishing is wasteful and polishing efficiency is reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The collection gutter can be compactly arranged without hindering the efficiency of collecting game media at the lower island, and other related items can be provided. It is possible to meet the demand for space saving without disturbing the installation of the equipment.Moreover, only the used balls can be efficiently polished, and the dirt on the used balls is transferred to the unused balls. The purpose is to provide a gaming machine island.

[0010]

The gist of the present invention to achieve the above-mentioned object lies in the following items.

1 A waist plate (21, 2) extending parallel to each other
1) A substantially horizontal top plate (22) is supported on the top plate (2).
2) A plurality of gaming machines (1
In the gaming machine island (10) in which 1) are juxtaposed, the gaming machine island (10) extends below the top plate (22) in parallel with each other corresponding to each gaming machine row, and is discharged from the plurality of gaming machines (11). A pair of collecting gutters (4) for collecting gaming media for each gaming machine row.
0, 40), and a polishing machine (50) is provided in each recovery gutter (40) for polishing and transporting the game medium, respectively.
Each polishing machine (50) is provided with a bottom part (41) of a collecting gutter (40).
A gaming machine island (10) comprising: a lower polishing belt (51) laid thereon; and an upper polishing belt (55) disposed along the lower polishing belt (51). .

2. A driving means (52a) for driving the lower polishing belt (51) of the polishing machine (50) to rotate in one direction.
The gaming machine island (1) according to item 1, characterized by comprising
0).

3. The upper polishing belt (55) of the polishing machine (50) is divided so as to be included in a plurality of upper polishing units (54) arranged in the longitudinal direction of the collection gutter (40). The gaming machine island (10) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the polishing unit (54) is configured to be detachable from the collection gutter (40).

4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the upper polishing belt (55) of each of the upper polishing units (54) is supported on the unit body (54a) so as to be resiliently displaceable in a vertical direction. Island (10).

5 Each of the upper polishing units (54) is
The gaming machine island (10) according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the same number as the gaming machines (11) is disposed in the collection gutter (40) corresponding to each gaming machine (11) located above.

6 Between each of the upper polishing units (54) arranged in the collection gutter (40), each of the gaming machines (1
6. The game machine island (10) according to claim 3, further comprising an alignment guide (44) for guiding the game medium discharged from (1) in a certain direction.

7 disposed below the top plate (22), between the pair of collecting gutters (40, 40), and not supplied to the gaming machine (11) but from the upper island (10A) to the lower island ( 1, 2, 3, and 3 provided with an auxiliary collection gutter (45) for collecting unused game media after polishing directly dropped on 10C).
The gaming machine island (10) according to 4, 5, or 6.

Next, the operation based on the above-mentioned solution will be described. In the gaming machine island (10) described in item 1, a pair of collection gutters (40) extending in parallel with each other for each gaming machine row are provided below the top plate (22) in which the gaming machine rows are arranged side by side. Provide. Each collecting gutter (40) collects the game media for each gaming machine row, so that the capacity is smaller than that of the conventional wide collecting gutter (40), and there is no obstacle to the flow of the game media. It is better to narrow the range.

Each of the collecting gutters (40) is provided below the top plate (22), which is the upper end portion of the lower island (10C). To secure a large empty space in the lower part of the island or (10C)
It can also be made narrower to meet the demand for space saving. The game media discharged from each of the gaming machine rows falls separately onto the respective collecting gutters (40), and the gaming media are polished by the polishing machines (50) disposed in the respective collecting gutters (40). Conveyed in one direction.

The polishing machine (50) includes a lower polishing belt (51) laid on the bottom surface (41) of the collecting gutter (40) and an upper polishing belt disposed along the lower polishing belt (51). (55), and can be disposed compactly in the recovery gutter (40). The game medium that has fallen into the collection gutter (40) is introduced into a gap between the lower polishing belt (51) and the upper polishing belt (55), and rolls while being sandwiched between the upper and lower belts (51, 55) while being polished. Conveyed.

As described above, according to the polishing machine (50) in the collection gutter (40), only the used dirty game media discharged from the game machine (11) can be efficiently polished. Therefore, the game medium discharged from the end of each collection gutter (40) can be stored as a polished and clean game medium together with, for example, a polished unused overflow game medium collected by another route. .

The game machine island (10) according to the item (2) includes a driving means (52a) for driving the lower polishing belt (51) of the polishing machine (50) to rotate in one direction, so that the game medium is reliably polished. It can be conveyed along the longitudinal direction of the collection gutter (40).

In the gaming machine island (10) according to the item (3), the upper polishing belt (55) of the polishing machine (50) is provided with a collecting gutter (4).
A plurality of upper polishing units (5) arranged in the longitudinal direction of (0)
4), even if the game medium falls in the middle of the collection gutter (40), the lower polishing belt (51) and the upper polishing belt (55) can be inserted from between the upper polishing units (54). Can be easily led to the gap. Further, each upper polishing unit (54) is connected to a collecting gutter (4
Since it is configured to be detachable with respect to 0), the assembling work is easy, and only the unit including the dirty upper polishing belt (55) can be easily replaced.

In the gaming machine island (10), the upper polishing belt (55) of each of the upper polishing units (54).
The unit body (54) can be resiliently displaced vertically.
The upper polishing belt (55) escapes upward even if a large amount of game media falls at one time or the game media concentrates under any one of the upper polishing units (54) because it is supported by (a). It can be displaced, and it is possible to prevent the game medium from being clogged.

In the gaming machine island (10), the upper polishing unit (54) is provided in the collecting gutter (40) so as to correspond to each gaming machine (11) located above.
Since the same number as 1) is provided, each upper polishing unit (54)
The upper upper polishing belt (55) can intensively polish the game media discharged from each of the gaming machines (11) in units of the gaming machines (11).

In the gaming machine island (10) according to the item (6), between the upper polishing units (54) arranged in the collecting gutter (40), the gaming media discharged from each of the gaming machines (11) located above. Is provided with an alignment guide (44) for guiding the game media in a certain direction, so that the game media dropped between the upper polishing units (54) is smoothly introduced into the gap between the lower polishing belt (51) and the upper polishing belt (55). Can be.

In the gaming machine island (10) according to the item (7), an auxiliary collection gutter (45) is provided below the top plate (22) so as to be located between the pair of collection gutters (40, 40). . Unused game media directly dropped to the lower island (10C) without being supplied to the gaming machine (11) at the upper island (10A) is placed in the auxiliary collection gutter (45) instead of the collection gutter (40). be introduced. Therefore, an unused game medium is stored in each of the collecting gutters (40).
At least during the collection, the used ball is not mixed with the used game medium introduced into the inside, and it is possible to reliably prevent the dirt on the used ball from being transferred to the unused game medium during the collection.

[0028]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 4 show one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2,
The gaming machine island 10 is an upper unit (island upper stage) in which various related facilities of the pachinko machine 11 as a gaming machine are respectively installed.
A plurality of pachinko machines 11 are arranged between the lower unit (the lower island unit) 10C and the lower unit (the lower island unit) 10C.

The lower unit 10C serving as a base for the entire island
Are erected on both sides of a bottom plate 23 extending along the floor, standing waist plates 21 and 21 extending parallel to each other.
1, a substantially horizontal top plate 22 is supported. The lower unit 10C includes a bottom plate 23 and waist plates 21 and 21 made of synthetic resin or the like.
And the top plate 22 are integrally formed. Waistboard 21,
Only the top 1 and the top plate 22 may be integrally formed.

On the bottom plate 23 in the lower unit 10C, there is provided a mounting plate 24 extending parallel to and separated from the bottom plate 23. Thus, the bottom of the lower unit 10C has a double bottom, and the space between the bottom plate 23 and the mounting plate 24 is an installation space 25 for inserting a heavy object 27 that lowers the center of gravity of the entire island. . An opening groove 22 a extending in the longitudinal direction is formed at the center of the top plate 22.
On both sides of the opening groove 22a, out-ball tanks 26 corresponding to the pachinko machines 11 arranged side by side are arranged.

In the lower unit 10C, a storage tank 30 arranged at the lower end of a lifting device 60 erected at the center of the island.
With a pair of recovery gutters 4 each extending on both sides of the island
0 and 40 are provided. A polishing machine 50 that transports the pachinko balls while polishing the pachinko balls is provided in each recovery gutter 40. An auxiliary recovery gutter 45 extending in parallel with the pair of recovery gutters 40 is provided between the pair of recovery gutters 40. Less than,
Each of the recovery gutters 40, 40, and 45 on one side of the island will be described as a representative.

The pair of recovery gutters 40, 40 extend parallel to each other corresponding to each pachinko machine row, and incline downward from the start end located at the island end to the end located toward the center of the island. It is attached to the lower side of 22 via a support member or the like. Since each collecting gutter 40 collects the balls discharged from the plurality of pachinko machines 11 for each pachinko machine row, the capacity can be smaller than that of a conventional wide collecting gutter. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, it has been confirmed that even if the collection gutter 40 is configured to have a small width and a small flow passage area, the sphere can be efficiently collected without impairing the receiving capacity of the sphere.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG.
Is composed of a bottom surface portion 41 extending in a narrow width, and both side walls 42, 42 rising at right angles along both sides thereof. The terminal port 43 of each recovery gutter 40 is connected to the storage tank 3 erected in the center of the island.
The pachinko machine 11 extends considerably into the tank through the side wall 32 of 0, so that the middle of the collecting gutter 40 is located immediately below each pachinko machine 11.

The polishing machine 50 comprises a lower polishing belt 51 laid on the bottom surface 41 of the collecting gutter 40 and a lower polishing belt 5
A driving means for rotating the first polishing belt 1 in a predetermined direction, and an upper polishing belt 55 disposed along the lower polishing belt 51.
It comprises. A drive roller 52 is supported below the start end of the collection gutter 40, and a driven roller 53 is supported below the end of the recovery gutter 40. The lower polishing belt 51 is stretched between the rollers 52 and 53. As shown in FIG. 4, a shape holding roller 59 for preventing the lower polishing belt 51 from sagging may be disposed between the rollers 52 and 53.

The lower polishing belt 51 is formed by shaping an abrasive having elasticity into an endless belt shape. As the abrasive, for example, nylon 6 or nylon 66 is suitable. These abrasives may be used as a main component, and a static eliminator or a polishing enhancer may be mixed with the abrasives, or another synthetic resin, a fiber material, or the like may be formed. The driving unit is an electric motor 52a with a speed reduction mechanism that rotationally drives the driving roller 52,
The driving roller 52 is provided below the driving roller 52.

While the lower polishing belt 51 extends over substantially the entire length of the recovery gutter 40, the upper polishing belt 55
The collecting trough 40 is divided so as to be included in a plurality of upper polishing units 54 arranged in parallel in the longitudinal direction. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The same number of pachinko machines 11 are provided in the collection gutter 40 so as to correspond to the respective pachinko machines 11 located above.

As shown in FIG. 4, the upper polishing unit 54
A pair of rolling rollers 56 and 57 are pivotally supported so as to be resiliently displaceable in the vertical direction before and after a box-shaped unit body 54a, and the upper polishing belt 5 is mounted on the pair of rolling rollers 56 and 57.
5 times. The upper polishing belt 55 may be formed from the same abrasive as the lower polishing belt 51. Note that a driving unit may be incorporated in the unit main body 54a so that the upper polishing belt 55 is also driven to rotate.

Guide holes 54b extending vertically are formed in front and rear sides of both side walls of the unit body 54a, and the rolling rollers 56,
Both ends of the rotating shafts 56a, 57a of 57 are fitted so as to be movable in the vertical direction. The rotation shafts 56a and 57a are
The rolling rollers 56 and 57 are elastically displaced vertically in a vertical direction.

The upper polishing unit 54 is configured to be detachable from the recovery gutter 40. That is, the engaging protrusions 54c are projected from the front and rear upper ends of both side walls of the unit body 54a, and the engaging protrusions 54c are detachably fitted to corresponding portions inside the both side walls 42 of the collection gutter 40. Mounting groove 4
2a is provided. The upper polishing unit 54 is disposed at a height position where a gap is formed between the polishing surface of the upper polishing belt 55 and the polishing surface of the lower polishing belt 51 so that a pachinko ball can be appropriately held therebetween.

An out-ball discharge hole 22b corresponding to each pachinko machine 11 is formed in the top plate 22 on the collection gutter 40, and a ball discharged from the pachinko machine 11 is formed on the out-ball discharge hole 22b. An out-ball tank 26 for temporarily storing is attached. Further, at the lowermost end of the out ball discharge hole 22b, a pachinko ball is attached to the front and rear upper polishing units 54,5.
A ball passage member 26a for guiding between the four is communicated and connected. Further, between the front and rear upper polishing units 54, 54, an alignment guide 44 for guiding the sphere discharged from the sphere passage member 26a to the end side of the collection gutter 40 is provided.

One auxiliary recovery gutter 45 is disposed between the pair of recovery gutters 40 and 40 so as to extend in parallel with these. This auxiliary recovery gutter 45 was not supplied to the pachinko machine 11, that is, a ball that directly dropped into the lower unit 10C via the overflow passage 81 from the downstream end of the supply gutter 80 on the upper unit 10A side described later. This gutter collects only unused balls after polishing.

Similarly to the recovery gutter 40, the auxiliary recovery gutter 45 is composed of a narrow bottom surface portion 46 and both side walls 47, 47 standing upright at right angles along both sides thereof. Is mounted via a support member or the like. The terminal end of the auxiliary recovery gutter 45 is also connected to the storage tank 30 arranged at the lower end of the lifting device 60.

The storage tank 30 is formed in a box shape whose bottom 31 is inclined downward from both sides toward the center where the lifting device 60 is erected. The substantially horizontal upper surface of the storage tank 30 is open so that the ball discharged from the pachinko machine 11 near the center of the island can be received. The lifting device 60 is provided upright at the center of the bottom 31 in the storage tank 30. The lifting device 60 is a device for simply lifting a ball in the storage tank 30 to the upper unit 10A side by a bucket or the like, and does not include a polishing mechanism.

In the present embodiment, the balls discharged from the pachinko machine 11 are introduced into the respective collecting gutters 40 as described above, while the balls overflowing from the upper unit 10A are introduced into the auxiliary collecting gutters 45. Only the used dirty ball is polished by the polishing machine 50 in the collection gutter 40. As described above, since only clean balls are stored in the storage tank 30, it is sufficient to provide a simple lifting device such as a so-called bucket type in the storage tank 30.

As shown in FIG. 3, the middle unit 10B
Are mounted on the top plate 22 at predetermined intervals to support the upper unit 10A.
And a plurality of pachinko machines 11 arranged back and forth in two rows back to back with each middle support 16 therebetween. The middle support 16 is formed by press working in a state where several plates are stacked.

More specifically, the middle supporting member 16 is attached to a lower plate member 16a serving as a base including a supporting leg portion 17 and a supporting upper portion 18a.
The upper plate member 16b for reinforcement including the above is overlapped and pressed, but the specific number and shape of the plate members are not limited to those illustrated. The support leg 17 is a part installed on the inner side of the island of the top plate 22 of the lower unit 10C, and one support upper part 18 is a part that engages with the support substrate 71 and supports the upper unit 10A from below.

The middle supports 16 arranged at a predetermined interval are connected to each other by a plurality of pipe members 19, 19,. Various signal lines and the like may be housed in the pipe member 19. Further, in this embodiment, the support legs 17 of the respective middle supports 16 are installed on the top plate 22 so as to be movable in a predetermined range in the island longitudinal direction and the island depth direction. It can be fixed by a mechanism. The middle support 16
For example, a drive unit or the like for moving each pachinko machine 11 in the depth direction of the island by power may be assembled.

The pachinko machine 11 launches a pachinko ball on the board by rotating a steering wheel, and enjoys winning of a hit ball. A ball rental machine 11A is interposed between the pachinko machines 11. The ball lending machine 11A is a related device that counts and pays out a considerable number of balls when receiving a signal from a currency identification device 77 described later.

A mounting rail 12 on which the lower end of each pachinko machine 11 is supported so as to be movable forward, backward, left and right within a predetermined range is provided on the top plate 22 with the middle support 16 therebetween.
On the back side of the mounting rail 12, a projection 12a is formed to protrude so that the lower end of the pachinko machine 11 is movably fitted in the longitudinal direction of the island, and the front side of the mounting rail 12 is a base box. Further, a support substrate 71 of the upper unit 10A described later.
Is provided with a suspension rail 14 in which a fitted rail 11a protruding from an upper end of each pachinko machine 11 is fitted so as to be rotatable in the front-rear direction and movable in the island longitudinal direction.

The suspension rail 14 has a substantially C-shaped cross section and extends perpendicular to the plane of FIG. The suspension rail 14 is suspended via a screw shaft so that the height position can be adjusted with respect to the upper bracket 13 slidably mounted on the support board 71 of the upper unit 10A in the depth direction of the island.

Further, a screw-shaped angle adjusting member 15 which can move up and down is screwed to the upper bracket 13. The angle adjusting member 15 is a member for adjusting a subtle tilt angle of each pachinko machine 11 about the fitted rail 11a as a rotation center by appropriately pressing the front end side of the upper end of each pachinko machine 11. is there.

A bearing with a spring (not shown) is attached to the lower surface of the mounting rail 12 so that the mounting rail 12 can move on the top plate 22 in the island longitudinal direction and the island depth direction. ing. Further, the lower end of the pachinko machine 11 on the mounting rail 12 is set so as to be able to be appropriately displaced with respect to a substantially horizontal plane in accordance with the inclination angle by the elastic deformation of the spring. The upper unit 10
The load A is configured to be received not only by the middle support 16 but also by each of the pachinko machines 11 arranged in the front and rear two rows.

At the center of the pachinko machine line located before and after the lifting device 60, a prize ball counter (game medium counter) 61 is interposed. The prize ball counter 61 counts the prize balls input by the player with an internal ball counter or a computer, displays the result visually on a display unit, prints the counted ball count on a receipt, or recycles. A related device for paying out cards.

Below the prize ball counter 61, the waist plate 2 is provided.
A counter tank 62 protruding outside the island from the first reference plane is provided. The counter tank 62 communicates with the storage tank 30, and the sphere overflowing from the storage tank 30 is set to be introduced into the counter tank 62.

As shown in FIG. 3, the upper unit 10A
Is a substantially horizontal support substrate 71 extending in parallel with the island longitudinal direction, a plurality of partition plates 72 vertically suspended on the support substrate 71 at predetermined intervals so as to be substantially orthogonal to the island longitudinal direction, A plurality of pipe members 73 erected so as to connect the 72 are connected to each other, and a top plate 74, an inner wall 75, and a curtain plate 76 serving as an outer wall are assembled around the main frame in advance.

At the approximate center of each partition plate 72, there is formed a hollow portion 72a through which a supply / distribution gutter 80 is movably inserted up and down. Further, each partition plate 72 is provided with a gutter supporting member 72b for supporting the supply gutter 80 inserted through the hollow portion 72a at a desired height position. Although not shown, a ball supply member called a distribution chute corresponding to each of the pachinko machines 11 and each of the ball rental machines 11A is attached at an intermediate position of the supply and distribution gutter 80.

Each pipe member 73 is formed with a slit extending in the longitudinal direction, and is accommodated in the pipe member 73 such that various signal lines of game-related equipment are bundled in the pipe member 73. In the upper unit 10A,
The supply / distribution gutter 8 for supplying pachinko balls to each pachinko machine 11
In addition to 0, related equipment such as a currency identification device 77 and a currency transport device 78 are also assembled.

The currency discriminating apparatus 77 is equipped with a microcomputer including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, in addition to various sensors for identifying the bills and the currency inserted into the bill or coin insertion slot 79 by a magnetic / optical method. . Money transfer device 78
Is provided with a conveyor belt stretched so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the island in order to convey the bills and coins discharged from the currency discriminating apparatus 77.

Next, the operation will be described. According to the gaming machine island 10, each collection gutter 40 is only wide and extends only one in the island width direction as in the related art in order to collect the balls discharged from the pachinko machine 11 for each pachinko machine row. Compared with such a collecting gutter, it can be designed to be small in capacity. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, each collection gutter 40 can be set to have a narrow and small flow passage area.

Since each collecting gutter 40 is mounted directly below the top plate 22 located at the uppermost position in the lower unit 10C, a large empty space can be secured inside the lower unit 10C, and other game-related equipment can be easily arranged. be able to. The ball discharged from the pachinko machine 11 of each pachinko machine row is
After being temporarily stored in the outer ball tank 26 on the upper part 2, the ball falls into the outer ball discharge hole 22b and is introduced into each collection gutter 40 through the ball passage member 26a. At this time, the number of out-balls may be counted by a counter (not shown).

The ball that has fallen into the collection gutter 40 is transferred from the upper polishing unit 54 before and after the polishing machine 50 arranged in the collection gutter 40 in the longitudinal direction to the lower polishing belt 5.
1 and the upper polishing belt 55. At this time, the balls collide with the alignment guide 44 having the curved surface facing the downstream side of the collection gutter 40, and are guided so as to roll in the upper and lower rows in the rotating conveyance direction of the lower polishing belt 51.

The spheres are uniformly rolled while being sandwiched between the upper and lower belts 51 and 55 as the lower polishing belt 51 is driven to rotate, and are reliably transported to the storage tank 30 while being polished. Since the upper polishing belt 55 of each upper polishing unit 54 can be resiliently displaced in the vertical direction together with the rollers 56 and 57, a large amount of balls may fall at one time, or the upper polishing belt 55 may be placed under any one of the upper polishing units 54. Even when the balls are concentrated, the upper polishing belt 55 can escape upward, and it is possible to prevent the balls from being clogged between the upper and lower belts 51 and 55.

Each of the upper polishing units 54 is provided so as to correspond to each of the pachinko machines 11 positioned above.
Since the same number of pachinko machines 11 are provided, the upper polishing belt 55 in each upper polishing unit 54 can intensively polish the balls discharged from each pachinko machine 11 by one unit. Since each upper polishing unit 54 is detachable from the collection gutter 40, the assembling work is easy, and only the unit including the dirty upper polishing belt 55 can be easily replaced.

The balls collected by the collecting gutters 40 do not spread unnecessarily on the lower polishing belt 51 extending along the narrow bottom surface portion 41, but are more efficient than the wider collecting gutters. Is forcibly conveyed to the downstream side by the rotational drive of. The sphere polished and conveyed in each recovery gutter 40 in this manner is reliably transferred to the storage tank 30 through which the terminal port 43 passes.

In the upper unit 10A, each pachinko machine 11
The balls that have not been supplied to the tank fall directly from the downstream end of the supply / distribution gutter 80 into the lower unit 10C via the overflow passage 81, and the unused balls after polishing are removed from the pair of collection gutters 40, 40. It is introduced upstream of the auxiliary recovery gutter 45 disposed therebetween. The ball collected by the auxiliary collection gutter 45 flows down smoothly in the gutter by its own weight, and is transferred to the storage tank 30 to which the terminal port thereof is connected.

As described above, the balls discharged from the pachinko machine 11 are collected by the respective collecting gutters 40, while the unused balls that have overflowed from the upper unit 10 A after polishing are collected by the auxiliary collecting gutters 45. Therefore, the dirty balls discharged from the pachinko machine 11 during the collection and the clean balls not used after polishing do not mix with each other, and are discharged from the pachinko machine 11 by the polishing machine 50 in the collection gutter 40. Only used dirty balls can be efficiently polished. The balls in the storage tank 30 are lifted to the upper unit 10 </ b> A by the driving of the lifting device 60, and each pachinko machine 1
1 is supplied at any time.

Further, the upper unit 10A and the lower unit 10C of the gaming machine island 10 can be mass-produced as independent structures, separately standardized in a factory or the like. The upper unit 10A and the lower unit 10C are pre-assembled so as to have sufficient rigidity to withstand carrying in, and each unit can be easily carried into a construction site such as a game store.
At the construction site, try to stack each unit one by one,
The whole island can be easily constructed.

On the other hand, since the middle unit 10B includes the pachinko machine 11 to be retrofitted, the middle unit 10B is not entirely integrated in advance, but a plurality of middle support members that are erected on the top plate 22 and support the support substrate 71 from below. 16, 16,..., It is possible to very easily secure a space for mounting the pachinko machines 11 arranged in two front and rear rows between the lower unit 10C and the upper unit 10A.

Since the middle support members 16 are arranged between the pachinko machines arranged in a back-to-back manner, even if the width of the pachinko machines 11 and the degree of protrusion on the back side are slightly different, the conventional fixed members are used. As in the case of a simple frame, there is no possibility that the frame itself will hinder the operation of assembling the pachinko machine 11. Therefore, the structure of the middle unit 10B becomes extremely simple,
The work of assembling the pachinko machine 11 is also facilitated.

Each pachinko machine 1 forming the middle unit 10B
In mounting 1, the fitting rail 11a at the upper end is fitted to the suspension rail 14 on the upper unit 10A side, and the lower end of each pachinko machine 11 is installed on the mounting rail 12 on the top plate 22. do it. The fitted rail 11a at the upper end of the pachinko machine 11 can move in the rail longitudinal direction while being fitted to the suspension rail 14, and the lower end of the pachinko machine 11 can also move on the mounting rail 12 in the island longitudinal direction. . Accordingly, the pachinko machines 11 can be arranged so as to be sequentially arranged from the island end while being moved.

After placing each pachinko machine 11 in place,
When the front edge of the upper end of the pachinko machine 11 is appropriately pressed by the angle adjusting member 15 screwed to the upper bracket 13 on the upper unit 10A side, the pachinko machine 11 is fitted with the fitted rail fitted to the suspension rail 14. Since the tilting is slightly performed around the rotation center 11a, the tilt angle of the pachinko machine 11 can be easily adjusted.

Further, the upper bracket 13 is slidable within a certain range in the depth direction of the island with respect to the support board 71 of the upper unit 10A.
Can move on the top plate 22 in the depth direction of the island. Therefore, each pachinko machine 11 can be adjusted later to an optimum position in the island depth direction. After completion of the island, the load of the upper unit 10A can be received not only by each of the middle supports 16 but also by each of the pachinko machines 11 in two rows.
Since the load of 0A is dispersed, it is possible to prevent the load from being excessively concentrated on the middle support 16.

The specific structure of the gaming machine island according to the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment. For example, the length and number of the upper polishing units constituting the polishing machine may be appropriately designed according to the total length of the island.

[0074]

According to the gaming machine island of the present invention, since a pair of collecting gutters are provided for collecting gaming media for each gaming machine row, each collecting gutter is smaller in width than the conventional wide collecting gutter. It can be designed to be narrow, and it is possible to secure a wide empty space for arranging other game-related equipment inside the lower island of the island.

In addition, since a polishing machine for polishing and transporting the game media is disposed in each of the collecting gutters, only the used dirty game media discharged from each of the game machine rows can be efficiently polished. It is very economical, and it is possible to reliably prevent dirt on used game media from being transferred to unused game media.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of a frame structure of a gaming machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a gaming machine island according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view schematically illustrating a gaming machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is exploded up and down.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing, in an enlarged manner, a recovery gutter and a grinder provided on the gaming machine island according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game machine island 10A ... Upper stage unit (Island upper stage) 10B ... Middle stage unit (Island middle stage) 10C ... Lower unit (Island lower stage) 11 ... Pachinko machine (Gaming machine) 22 ... Top plate 30 ... Storage tank 40 ... Collection gutter 45 ... Auxiliary recovery gutter 50 ... Pulverizer 51 ... Lower polishing belt 54 ... Upper polishing unit 55 ... Upper polishing belt 60 ... Pumping device

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine island comprising: a substantially horizontal top plate supported on a waist plate extending in parallel with each other; and a plurality of gaming machines arranged side by side on said top plate so as to extend in two rows back to back. On the lower side of the board, a pair of collecting gutters extending in parallel with each other corresponding to each gaming machine row and collecting game media discharged from a plurality of gaming machines for each gaming machine row are provided. A polishing machine for polishing and transporting each of the game media is provided. Each polishing machine is provided with a lower polishing belt laid on a bottom portion of a collection gutter, and an upper polishing belt disposed along the lower polishing belt. A gaming machine island comprising: 2. The gaming machine island according to claim 1, further comprising driving means for driving a lower polishing belt of said polishing machine to rotate in one direction. 3. An upper polishing belt of the polishing machine is divided so as to be included in each of a plurality of upper polishing units arranged in a longitudinal direction of the collecting gutter, and each upper polishing unit is detachably attached to the collecting gutter. The gaming machine island according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the gaming machine island is configured. 4. The gaming machine island according to claim 3, wherein the upper polishing belt of each of the upper polishing units is supported on the unit main body so as to be resiliently displaceable in a vertical direction. 5. The gaming machine island according to claim 3, wherein the same number of the upper polishing units as the number of gaming machines are arranged in the collection gutter corresponding to the respective gaming machines located above. 6. An alignment guide for guiding game media discharged from each of the gaming machines located above in a certain direction between the upper polishing units arranged in the collection gutter. The gaming machine island according to 4 or 5. 7. A polished, unused game medium which is disposed below the top plate and between the pair of collecting gutters and which is directly supplied from the upper island to the lower island without being supplied to the gaming machine. 7. The gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein an auxiliary recovery gutter is provided.