JPH0994343A - Intra-island coin carrying system in pachinko equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently replenish or recover coins dropped from an inter-stand ball lending machine to an exchange machine and to reduce the equipment cost. SOLUTION: The inter-stand ball lending machines 3 are respectively arranged between the respective stands of an island composed of plural Japanese pinball game (Pachinko) machine stands 2 parallelly arranged side by side to be installed. The coins fed to the respective inter-stand ball lending machines 3 are dropped onto a pair of the left and right carrying belts 11A and 11B of a coin carrying mechanism 10 provided in a lower part inside the island and the coins dropped onto the carrying belts 11A and 11B of the coin carrying mechanism 10 are horizontally carried towards the inside of the exchange machine 4 installed at the approximately left and right center part of the island. A coin lift-up mechanism 20 for feeding the coins carried from left and right directions by the carrying belts 11A and 11B to a coin feeding part 5 communicated to the hopper 41 and coin recovery part 42 of a coin pay-out mechanism part 40 inside the exchange machine 4 is provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an intra-island coin transfer system in a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a block of a plurality of pachinko machine stands installed in parallel with each other (hereinafter
This is called an "island") and devised a system for replenishing and collecting coins that have been inserted into the inter-mountain ball lending machine, which is arranged between each unit (between adjacent pachinko machine units). By doing so, the cost of the equipment can be reduced.

Conventionally, in this kind of pachinko machine,
For example, as disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 62-191994, an inter-mountain ball lending machine is arranged between each of the islands, and coins inserted in each of the inter-mountain ball lending machines are placed on the island. The coins are dropped on the conveyor belt of the coin conveyor mechanism provided at the bottom, and the coins dropped on the conveyor belt are horizontally conveyed toward the inside of the money changer installed at one end on either the left or right side of the island. There is a system having a system configuration in which a coin payout mechanism section or a coin collecting section in the money changer is replenished or collected.

[0003]

However, in such an intra-island coin transfer system in a conventional pachinko machine, the coins dropped from each inter-mountain lending machine are transferred to the money changer installed on the island end side. Since the coins are conveyed by a belt and supplied to or collected from the money changer, the coin conveying path is long and the coin conveying system becomes large.

Conventionally, in the one having a structure in which a money changer is installed at the right and left central portions of the island, the coins dropped from each inter-mountain ball lending machine are conveyed to the island end side by a conveyor belt and collected. Alternatively, since the coins transported to the island edge are lifted up and replenished to the money changing machine via the replenishing path, the coin conveying path is long like the conventional one described above, and the coins to the money changing machine are There is a problem in that not only the replenishment or collection of the oil cannot be performed efficiently, but also the equipment cost increases.

An object of the present invention is to efficiently replenish or collect coins dropped from a stand ball lending machine to a money changer,
It is an object to provide an intra-island coin transfer system for pachinko machines that can reduce the equipment cost.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an inter-lens ball lending machine between each of the islands of a plurality of pachinko machine bases installed in parallel with each other. The coins that are respectively arranged and thrown into each of the inter-mountain ball lending machines are dropped on the conveyor belt of the coin conveyor mechanism provided at the lower part of the island, and the coins dropped on the conveyor belt are In an intra-island coin transport system in a pachinko machine, which is horizontally transported toward the inside of a money changer installed in a substantially left-right central portion of the island, and is replenished or collected in a coin payout mechanism section or a coin collecting section in the money changer, The transport mechanism is composed of a pair of left and right transport belts that horizontally transport coins from both the left and right sides of the island toward the inside of the money changer. It is obtained by become comprises a coin lifting machinery structure in a coin dispensing mechanism and the coin collecting section of the inner turning the coin insertion portion communicating.

Further, the coin lift-up mechanism comprises one lift-up belt which alternately lifts up coins conveyed from the two left and right directions via the respective conveyor belts of the coin conveyor mechanism. To do.

Further, the coin lift-up mechanism is provided with a coin distribution function for separating a small-diameter coin among two types of coins of large and small sizes conveyed from the coin transfer mechanism during lift-up. It is a thing.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the entire structure of a pachinko machine, in which 1 is a pachinko machine unit. An island is formed by arranging a plurality of the pachinko equipment units 1 side by side in parallel with each other.

Each of these pachinko machine unit 1 is
For example, it is composed of four pachinko machine bases 2 which are installed back to back in parallel with each other in two rows, and between the pachinko machine bases 2 and 2 adjacent to each other, the inter-lens ball rental machine 3 is provided.
Are arranged respectively.

Further, a money changer 4 is installed at a substantially right and left central portion of the island composed of the plurality of pachinko equipment units 1. The money changer 4 is installed from outside as shown in FIG. The coin slot 5 is connected to the coin slot 5.
Is a hopper 41 of the coin dispensing mechanism 40 in the money changer 4.
A first coin insertion path 5A for supplying coins of the same denomination (for example, a 500-yen coin) P therein and a second coin insertion path 5B communicating with the inside of the coin recovery unit (coin recovery safe) 42 are shutters ( A branch is formed so that the switching can be controlled by (not shown).

In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a coin transfer mechanism installed in the lower part of the island. The coin transfer mechanism 10 is composed of a pair of left and right transfer belts 11A and 11B, and above these transfer belts 11A and 11B. , The coins P thrown in the inter-mountain ball lending machines 3 arranged between the islands are dropped, and the coins P dropped on the respective conveyor belts 11A, 11B are almost dropped on the islands. The coins are transferred horizontally to the money changer 4 installed at the left and right center parts, and the coin insertion portion 5 of the money changer 4 is transferred through a coin lift-up mechanism 20 described later.
And the hopper 41 of the coin dispensing mechanism 40 in the currency changer 4 or the coin collecting unit is controlled by the switching control of the coin inserting unit 5 through the first coin inserting path 5A or the second coin inserting path 5B. 42 has a configuration in which it is replenished or collected.

That is, the coin lift-up mechanism 20.
Is a guide case 21, as shown in FIGS.
A pair of upper and lower pulleys 22A, 2 in the guide case 21
One endless belt-shaped lift-up belt 23 provided so as to be lifted up and down between 2B, and a V-shaped slanted protrusion formed on the surface of the lift-up belt 23 at a predetermined interval. 24 and 24.

Coin introducing ports 25A and 25B are provided at the lower portions of the left and right side surfaces of the guide case 21, respectively, and the conveying belts of the coin conveying mechanism 10 are provided through the coin introducing ports 25A and 25B. 11A, 11
Left and right 2 in alternate operation of B (shown by solid line or dotted arrow)
The coins P, which are alternately conveyed from the direction, are taken by the shooters 26A, 2A.
By being introduced into the guide case 21 via 6B, it is held and raised by the inclined ridges 24 of the lift-up belt 23, and the guide case 21
The coin is introduced into the coin insertion portion 5 of the currency exchange machine 4 through the shooter 28 from the coin outlet 27 provided at the upper part of the.

FIGS. 5 to 7 show another embodiment of the coin lift-up mechanism 20. The lift-up belt 23 has a protrusion 24 formed at a predetermined interval on the surface thereof. The coins P are configured to be inclined downward in one direction, and the coins P are alternately conveyed from the left and right directions via the shooters 26A and 26B by alternating operation of the respective conveyor belts 11A and 11B of the coin conveyor mechanism 10, for example, as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the coin P from the left conveyor belt 11A is introduced into the guide case 21 through the coin introduction port 25A, and the inclined protrusions are rotated along with the forward rotation of the lift-up belt 23 (indicated by a solid arrow). While being held and raised by the part 24,
The coin is introduced from the coin outlet 27 provided on the upper portion of the guide case 21 into the coin insertion portion 5 of the currency changer 4 via the shooter 28.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the coin P from the right conveyor belt 11B is introduced into the guide case 21 through the coin inlet 25B, and the lift-up belt 23 rotates in the reverse direction (dotted line arrow). (Shown in FIG. 4) and held by the inclined ridge portion 24 and raised, and inverted at the upper part of the guide case 21 and inserted into the coin insertion portion 5 of the currency exchange machine 4 from the coin outlet 27 through the shooter 28. It will be done.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, coin selection outlets 29 are opened in the upper and lower intermediate portions of the left and right side surfaces of the guide case 21, and the coin selection outlets 29 are, for example, 500.
A 500-yen coin that has a length and a width that allow only a 100-yen coin P1 smaller than the yen-coin P to pass therethrough, and is thus transported from the coin transport mechanism 10 and lifted up by the coin lift-up mechanism 20. P and 100 yen coin P1
Among the two types of coins, large and small, the small diameter coin P1, which is a 100-yen coin, is separated during the lift-up process, and has a coin sorting function of directly collecting it in the coin collecting unit 42 in the money changer 4. .

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, an inter-mountain ball lending machine is arranged between each stand of an island composed of a plurality of pachinko machine stands installed in parallel with each other. The coin P thrown into the ball lending machine is dropped on a pair of left and right conveyor belts of a coin conveyor mechanism provided at the lower part of the island, and the coins dropped on these conveyor belts are installed at the substantially left and right central portions of the island. The coin lift-up mechanism that horizontally transports the coins transported from the left and right directions by these transport belts to the coin dispenser in the currency exchange machine and the coin input unit that communicates with the coin recovery unit. Since it is provided, it is possible to efficiently replenish or collect coins dropped from the pedestrian ball lending machine to the money changer, and to reduce the equipment cost.

Further, in claim 2, the coin lift-up mechanism comprises one lift-up belt which alternately lifts up coins conveyed from the two left and right directions via the respective conveyor belts of the coin conveyor mechanism. In addition, it is possible to simplify the intra-island coin transfer system in the pachinko machine.

Further, according to claim 3, the coin lift-up mechanism is provided with a coin sorting function for separating small-sized coins of the two types of large and small coins conveyed from the coin conveying mechanism during lift-up. It eliminates the need for a coin sorter in a money changer as in the past.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of an intra-island coin transport system in a pachinko machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the entire configuration of the island coin transport system.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the same coin lift-up mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the coin lift-up mechanism.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the same coin lift-up mechanism.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a coin sorting function in the same coin lift-up mechanism.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Pachinko equipment unit, 2 ... Pachinko machine stand, 3 ... Inter-lens ball lending machine, 4 ... Currency changer, 40 ... Coin dispensing mechanism, 41 ... Hopper, 42 ... -Coin collection unit, 5 ... Coin insertion unit, 10 ... Coin transfer mechanism, 11A, 11B ... Conveyor belt, 20 ... Coin lift-up mechanism, 21 ... Guide case, 23 ... Lift-up belt, 24 ... Inclined ridge portion, 25A, 25B ... Coin inlet, 26A, 26B ... Shooter, 27 ... Coin outlet, 28 ... Shooter, 29 ... Coin Exit, P ... Coins.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A space between islands consisting of a plurality of pachinko machine bases,
Each of the inter-mountain ball lending machines is arranged, and the coins thrown into each of these inter-mountain ball lending machines are dropped on the transport means of the coin transport mechanism provided at the lower part of the island, In-island coin transfer in pachinko machines where coins dropped are horizontally transported to the inside of a money changer installed in the center of the island on the left and right sides, and then replenished or collected in the coin payout mechanism or coin recovery unit in this money changer. In the system, the coin transport mechanism includes a pair of left and right transport belts that horizontally transport coins from both the left and right sides of the island toward the inside of the money changer. An intra-island coin transport system for a pachinko machine, which is equipped with a coin lift-up mechanism that inserts coins into a coin insertion unit that communicates with a coin dispensing mechanism unit and a coin recovery unit inside the machine. Beam. 2. The coin lift-up mechanism comprises one lift-up means for alternately lifting up coins conveyed from two left and right directions via respective conveyor belts of the coin conveyor mechanism. An intra-island coin transfer system in the pachinko machine according to Item 1. 3. The coin lift-up mechanism is provided with a coin sorting function for separating a small-diameter coin from among two types of large and small coins carried from the coin carrying mechanism during lift-up. Or an intra-island coin transfer system in the pachinko machine described in 2.