JPH1033816A - Gaming 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 section 50 for polishing pachinko balls is provided at the end side of each collecting gutter 40, and the upper unit 10A is not provided between the pair of collecting gutters 40 and 40 without being supplied to the pachinko machine 11.
An auxiliary collecting gutter 45 is provided for collecting unused balls after polishing that have fallen directly from the bottom to the lower unit 10C.

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. Since the ball flows down and spreads, the flowability of the ball on the recovery gutter deteriorates, and there is a possibility that the ball is not promptly delivered to the polishing / lifting device.

[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 together in the collecting gutter or the tank, 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 a gaming machine island (10) having a plurality of gaming machines (1), a plurality of gaming machines extend below the top plate (22) so as to incline downward in parallel with each other corresponding to each gaming machine row. A pair of collection gutters (40, 40) for collecting the game media discharged from (11) for each gaming machine row and flowing down by its own weight are provided,
A polishing section (50) for polishing the game medium is provided at the end side of each collection gutter (40), and each polishing section (50) has a cylindrical path (cylindrical path formed at the end side of each collection gutter (40) into a cylindrical shape). 41)
A screw member (51) for agitating a game medium and a granular abrasive having a larger diameter and a lower specific gravity than the game medium is used together with only the abrasive flowing down to the terminal end of the cylindrical path (41) together with the game medium. Is rotatably driven by power to the extent that it is sent toward the start end of the cylindrical path (41), and at the end side of the cylindrical path (41),
Separation holes (4) that only game media can pass and abrasives cannot
A gaming machine island (1) characterized by having a plurality of
0).

2. The gaming machine island (10) according to claim 1, wherein an opening (43) capable of opening and closing the abrasive is formed at an end side of the cylindrical path (41).

3. The end of each of the collecting gutters (40) is connected to a storage tank (30) disposed in the lower island (10C), and a cylindrical path having at least a plurality of the separation holes (42). The gaming machine island (10) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal side of (41) is inserted into the storage tank (30).

[0014] 4 disposed below the top plate (22), between the pair of collecting gutters (40, 40), and not supplied to the gaming machine (11); 1, 2 or 3 provided with an auxiliary collection gutter (45) for collecting unused game media after polishing directly dropped on 10C).
The gaming machine island (10) described in the item.

Next, the operation based on the above-mentioned solution will be described. In the gaming machine island (10), a pair of recovery gutters (40, 40) extending parallel to each other corresponding to each gaming machine row are provided below the top plate (22) in which the gaming machine rows are arranged side by side. ) Is provided. 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 side 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 gaming machine row is collected by one of the collecting gutters (4) corresponding to each gaming machine row.
0) It falls down and flows down by its own weight in the direction in which the collection gutter (40) is inclined.

A polishing section (5) is provided at the end side of each recovery gutter (40).
0) is provided, and the game medium that has reached the cylindrical path (41) of the polishing section (50) is agitated by the rotation of the screw member (51) so as to be evenly mixed with the granular abrasive, thereby removing surface dirt. Polished to be removed. The game medium, while being polished, flows down by its own weight in the end direction of the cylindrical path (41) which is opposite to the transport direction generated by the rotation of the screw member (51), and a plurality of the media on the end side of the cylindrical path (41). The water is discharged from the separation hole (42) to the outside of the recovery gutter (40).

On the other hand, the abrasive having a diameter larger than that of the game medium cannot pass through the separation hole (42) and remains in the collection gutter (40). However, since the abrasive has a small specific gravity, the screw member (5
After being fed toward the start end of the cylindrical path (41) by the rotation of 1), the cylindrical path (41) is returned together with the game medium flowing down again.
The reciprocating movement flowing down to the end direction of is repeated. Therefore, the abrasive is not unevenly distributed on the end side of the cylindrical path (41),
The entirety of the cylindrical path (41) is rubbed moderately with the game medium and subjected to polishing.

As described above, according to the polishing section (50) provided compactly in the collection gutter (40), not only the conventional large-sized polishing / lifting device occupying a large space is not required, but also the amusement machine ( Only the used dirty game media discharged from 11) can be efficiently polished. Therefore, the game media discharged from the end of each collection gutter (40) should be stored as polished and clean game media together with unused and polished game media collected after another route, for example. Can be.

According to the gaming machine island (10) described in the item (2), since the opening (43) which can be opened and closed for inserting and removing the abrasive is formed at the end side of the cylindrical path (41), dirt is removed. The badly polished abrasive can be easily taken out of the cylindrical path (41), and a clean abrasive can be introduced into the cylindrical path (41).

According to the gaming machine island (10), the end of each of the collecting gutters (40) is connected to the storage tank (30) disposed in the lower island (10C), and at least the collecting gutter (40) is connected to the collecting tank (30). Since the terminal side of the cylindrical path (41) having the plurality of separation holes (42) is inserted into the storage tank (30), the polished game medium is reliably guided into the storage tank (30). Can be.

In the gaming machine island (10) according to the item (4), an auxiliary collection gutter (45) is provided below the top plate (22) so as to be located between the pair of collection gutters (40). Upper island (1
0A) without being distributed to the gaming machine (11).
The unused game media dropped directly to C) is introduced not into the collecting gutter (40) but into the auxiliary collecting gutter (45).
Therefore, the unused game media are not mixed with the used game media introduced into each of the collecting gutters (40) at least during the collection, and the dirt on the used balls is not used during the collection. Can be reliably prevented from being transferred to the game medium.

[0023]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1 to 5 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 in 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 section 50 for polishing a pachinko ball is disposed on the end side of 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 in correspondence with each pachinko machine row, and are inclined 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. 2, it has been confirmed that even if the collecting 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, the recovery gutter 40 is formed so as to extend halfway in a semicircular cross section to a narrow width.
It is arranged below the top plate 22 so that the opening side faces upward. At the end of the collection gutter 40, a cylindrical cylindrical path 41 that forms the outer periphery of the polishing section 50 is formed. The polishing unit 50
A screw member 51 for stirring the pachinko ball and the abrasive is provided inside the cylindrical path 41 so as to be rotatably driven by power.
Here, the abrasive is formed of a synthetic resin, rubber, or the like having a smaller specific gravity than the material of the pachinko ball, and is formed into a particle having a diameter larger than that of the pachinko ball.

The screw member 51 is provided with a spiral screw blade on a shaft having substantially the same length as the cylindrical path 41. The distal end of the cylindrical path 41 is closed, and an electric motor 52 with a speed reduction mechanism for rotating and driving the screw member 51 is mounted outside the distal end. The screw member 51 is set to be rotationally driven by the electric motor 52 at such a speed that only the abrasive flowing down toward the terminal end of the cylindrical path 41 together with the pachinko ball is sent toward the start end of the cylindrical path 41. .

As shown in FIG. 5, at the end of the cylindrical path 41, a plurality of separation holes 42 are formed in the entire circumferential direction to such an extent that only pachinko balls can pass and abrasives cannot pass. An openable and closable opening 43 for allowing the abrasive to enter and exit the cylindrical path 41 is also formed at the end side of the cylindrical path 41. The terminal end of the collection gutter 40 penetrates through the side end wall 32 of the storage tank 30 disposed in the center of the island and is connected to the inside of the tank 30. The terminal side of the cylindrical path 41 having the separation hole 42 is connected to the tank 30. It extends to near the center. In addition, just below each pachinko machine 11, the middle of the recovery gutter 40 is always located.

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.

The auxiliary recovery gutter 45 has a bottom surface portion 46 extending in a narrow width and both side walls 47 standing upright at right angles along both sides thereof.
47, and is attached to the lower side of the top plate 22 via a support member or the like. The terminal end of the auxiliary recovery gutter 45 is connected to the storage tank 30 arranged at the lower end of the lifting device 60. The auxiliary recovery gutter 45 may be formed in a semicircular cross section in the same manner as the main part of the recovery gutter 40.

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 lifting device 60 is provided upright at the center of the bottom 31 in the storage tank 30. The pumping device 60 is a device for simply pumping the ball in the storage tank 30 to the upper unit 10A by the screw member 60a, and does not include an abrasive and has no 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 balls are polished by the polishing unit 50 in the collection gutter 40. As described above, since only clean balls are stored in the storage tank 30, it is sufficient to set up the lifting device 60 having a very simple configuration 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 body 16 is attached to a lower plate 16a serving as a base including a supporting leg 17 by a supporting upper part 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 predetermined intervals 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 perpendicularly 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 that 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 inserted so as to be vertically movable. 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 includes a microcomputer including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, in addition to various sensors for identifying bills and coins inserted into the bill and 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 out-ball tank 26 on the upper part 2, it falls into one of the collecting gutters 40 located immediately below each of the pachinko machine trains. 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 does not spread unnecessarily near the narrow bottom, but rather flows down by its own weight in a direction in which the collection gutter 40 is inclined more efficiently than a wide collection gutter. A polishing section 50 is provided at the end side of each recovery gutter 40, and the pachinko balls reaching the cylindrical path 41 of the polishing section 50 are stirred by the rotation of the screw member 51 so as to be evenly mixed with the granular abrasive. Is polished so that surface dirt is removed.

As shown in FIG. 4, while the pachinko ball is being polished, it flows down by its own weight in the end direction of the cylindrical path 41 which is opposite to the conveying direction generated by the rotation of the screw member 51, and the end side of the cylindrical path 41 Are discharged to the outside of the recovery gutter 40 from the plurality of separation holes 42 located at the bottom. As described above, the ball that has been polished by the polishing unit 50 of the collection gutter 40 and has flowed down to the terminal end of the cylindrical path 41 by its own weight against the conveying force of the screw member 51 is in the storage tank 30 in which the terminal end is inserted. Will be handed over.

On the other hand, the abrasive having a diameter larger than that of the pachinko ball cannot pass through the separation hole 42 and remains in the polishing section 50.
Since the abrasive has a lower specific gravity than the pachinko ball, it is sent toward the starting end of the cylindrical path 41 by the rotation of the screw member 51, and then reciprocates down the end of the cylindrical path 41 together with the ball that has flowed down again. Repeat. Therefore, the abrasive material is not unevenly distributed on the end side of the cylindrical path 41, and is appropriately rubbed with the spheres throughout the cylindrical path 41 for polishing. Since the opening 43 is provided at the end of the cylindrical path 41, the opening 4
By opening / closing the opening 3, the dirty abrasive can be easily taken out of the cylindrical path 41 or a clean abrasive can be introduced into the cylindrical path 41 at regular intervals.

The balls not supplied to each pachinko machine 11 on the upper unit 10A side flow from the downstream end of the supply / distribution gutter 80 through the overflow passage 81 to the lower unit 10A.
C, and the ball that has not been used after polishing is introduced upstream of an auxiliary collection gutter 45 disposed between the pair of collection gutters 40. The ball collected by the auxiliary collection gutter 45 is
It flows down smoothly in the gutter by its own weight, and is passed to the storage tank 30 that is connected at its end port.

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 section 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.

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, it is not entirely integrated in advance, but a plurality of middle support members which stand 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 disposed between the pachinko machines arranged in a back-to-back manner, even if the pachinko machines 11 are slightly different in the width and the degree of protrusion on the rear side, 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 constituting 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 in 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 configuration of the gaming machine island according to the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment. For example, the length of the polishing portion may be appropriately designed according to the entire length of the island.

[0063]

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.

Since a polishing section for polishing the game media is provided at the end of each recovery gutter, only the used and dirty game media discharged from each gaming machine row can be efficiently polished, which is very economical. In addition, it is possible to reliably prevent the dirt on the used game media from being transferred to the unused game media.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a gaming machine island according to an embodiment of the present invention (partly broken away to show the island internal structure).

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of a frame structure of the 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 an enlarged front view showing a polishing part of a collecting gutter provided on the gaming machine island according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a polishing part of a collecting gutter provided on the gaming machine island according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game machine island 10A ... Upper unit (island upper stage) 10B ... Middle unit (island middle stage) 10C ... Lower unit (island lower stage) 11 ... Pachinko machine (game machine) 22 ... Top plate 30 ... Storage tank 40 ... Collection gutter 41 ... Cylindrical path 42 ... Separation hole 43 ... Opening part 45 ... Auxiliary recovery gutter 50 ... Polishing part 51 ... Screw member 52 ... Electric motor 60 ...

Claims (4)

[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. A pair of lower sides of the plate, which extend downward so as to be parallel to each other corresponding to each gaming machine row and collect game media discharged from a plurality of gaming machines for each gaming machine row and flow down by their own weight. A collection gutter is provided, and a polishing unit for polishing the game medium is provided at the end of each collection gutter, and each polishing unit is provided with a game medium and the game in a cylindrical path in which the end of each collection gutter is formed in a cylindrical shape. A screw member that stirs the abrasive with a larger diameter and a smaller specific gravity than the medium can be rotated and driven by power so that only the abrasive flowing down to the end of the cylindrical path together with the game media is sent toward the start of the cylindrical path. Abrasive material that can only pass through the game media at the end of the cylindrical path Game machine island characterized by comprising a can not pass the separation holes are more open. 2. The gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein an openable and closable opening for taking in and out an abrasive is formed at the end of said cylindrical path. 3. An end of each of the collecting gutters is connected to a storage tank disposed in the lower island, and at least an end of a cylindrical path provided with a plurality of the separation holes is inserted into the storage tank. The gaming machine island according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: 4. A polishing media, which is disposed between the pair of collecting gutters below the top plate and is not supplied to the gaming machine but falls directly from the upper island to the lower island to be polished and is collected. The gaming machine island according to claim 1, wherein an auxiliary recovery gutter is provided.