JP2009240460A - Token count put-out device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a token count put-out device in which a token tank for temporarily storing tokens to lend is formed on the outside of a body of equipment and it is possible to transfer the tokens to one of a put-out passage and a count passage to put out by transferring the tokens in the direction of one of the put-out passage and the count passage to put out by changing the rotating direction of the sprocket of a token hopper. <P>SOLUTION: The token count put-out device has a count put-out part having: the token tank for storing the tokens on the rear surface of the outside of the body of equipment; a count door, which is thrown into the inside and can be opened and closed; the sprocket, which lends out the tokens one at a time or incorporates one at a time to revolve; two or more guide pins which guide, to one of the put-out passage and the count passage by a contact, the tokens transferred to the put-out passage and the count passage through which the tokens pass; and a counting sensor which counts the passage of the tokens. The token count put-out device puts out the tokens to one of the put-out passage and the count passage by changing the rotating direction of the sprocket with which the count put-out part is provided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention lends out medals used on a gaming machine installed adjacent to each of a plurality of gaming machines (slot machines) installed in a game arcade to the player and counts medals obtained by the player. The present invention relates to a medal counting and paying apparatus having a function.

  Conventionally, when counting a large number of medals to be paid out from a gaming machine as a result of a player playing a game, for example, from a plurality of gaming machines and medal lending machines installed in a line in a game hall Counting was carried out with counters installed at several locations on the edge of the island.

  In recent years, a player who has played a game on a gaming table takes into account the labor of carrying a heavy container containing a large number of medals in a counter installed at the edge of the gaming island, and a plurality of By installing a medal lending machine and a counter that are installed adjacent to the game stand in a mixed manner, the player can move a long distance from the game stand with a container containing a heavy medal. A configuration capable of counting medals is disclosed in Document 1.

  In addition, a medal lending machine function that lends medals to a player and a counter function that counts medals earned by a player are provided without a configuration of a game island in which medal lending machines and counting machines are mixed. A medal device (medal counting and payout device) is disclosed in Document 2.

However, in the configuration of the game island in which a medal lending machine installed adjacent to a plurality of game machines installed on the game island and a medal counter are mixed, a plurality of machines are installed in the longitudinal direction of the game island. There is a possibility that the number of game machines to be reduced will reduce the number of players and affect profits and the like.

In addition, the configuration as a medal device (medal counting and payout device) having the functions of a medal lending machine and a counter always stores medals to be paid out to the player inside the medal device. There was a risk of pulling out the medal.

In addition, a distribution mechanism is provided that switches between a payout passage for lending medals and a counting passage for counting medals acquired by a player when lending using a hopper for paying out medals in one passage and counting. As the structure becomes complicated, the cost is high.
In addition, there was a problem of damage to the game hall due to an illegal act of deliberately counting fake medals.
JP 2001-321552 A JP-A-11-226234

The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problems. A medal tank for temporarily storing medals to be lent is provided outside the housing, and the rotation directions of the sprockets that are rented one by one on the medal hopper or taken in one by one are different. By transferring the medal in either direction of the payout passage or counting passage, the medal is transferred to either the payout passage or the counting passage without any additional passage switching mechanism. It becomes possible to pay out.

In addition, based on the result of counting the medals lent out, the medal is changed by changing the direction in which the medals are paid out from the payout passage through which the sprocket rotates in a different rotation direction to the counting passage through which the medals are counted. It becomes possible to pay out.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a medal counting / dispensing device capable of distributing fake medals by a fraud detection distributing unit that detects the authenticity of medals paid out from the counting / dispensing unit.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a medal counting and paying apparatus installed adjacent to a game machine, wherein a medal tank for storing medals on an external rear surface of the medal counting and paying apparatus, and a front surface of the medal counting and paying apparatus. A counting door that can be opened and closed to insert medals, a sprocket that rents or receives medals one by one, a payout passage through which medals pass when renting medals, and medals pass when counting medals A plurality of guides that project to a passage portion that includes a counting passage, and a medal that is lent or taken one by one with a sprocket and that guides either a payout passage or a counting passage. A sprocket that includes a pin and a counting sensor provided in each of the payout passage and the count passage for counting the passage of medals. By varying the direction, or dispensing passage, it pays out medals to either counting passage.

  Further, the rotation direction of the sprocket is varied based on the counting result of the counting sensor.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that it includes a fraud detection distribution unit that detects and distributes the authenticity of medals paid out from the counting out unit.

  According to the medal counting / dispensing device of the present invention, an illegal act of illegally paying out medals stored in the enclosure from the front side by providing a medal tank outside the enclosure for medals to be paid out to a player in the enclosure. Can be prevented.

Also, either renting medals one by one or renting medals to the player by changing the rotation direction of the sprocket to take one by one, or counting the medals acquired by the player The medal can be transferred and paid out in the direction, and the medal lending to the player and counting can be performed without providing a medal payout path switching mechanism, thereby reducing the cost.

In addition, the fraudulent detection distribution unit detects and distributes false medals by the fraud detection distribution unit, and notifies the player only of the true medal count results, thereby causing damages due to fraudulent acts at the amusement store. Can be prevented.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 to 5 are examples of a gaming facility comprising a medal counting / dispensing device 1 and a medal supply line 30 according to the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the gaming facility of the embodiment, and a bill insertion slot 4 for accepting bills, a balance and an error are provided at the upper front portion of a medal counting and paying device 1 installed adjacent to a gaming table (not shown). An upper panel 2 having a display unit 3 for displaying contents and a card insertion slot 5 for inserting a membership card is provided, and is located below the upper panel 2 and at the approximate center of the front surface of the medal counting and paying apparatus 1. Is a countable door 6 that can be opened and closed for a player to insert medals acquired by a gaming machine, and a medal to be rented to a player at the lower front portion of the medal counting payout device 1 below the counting door 6 to the game stand. A lower panel 7 having a supply unit 8 to be supplied on the front surface is detachably provided from the front surface of the medal counting and paying apparatus 1.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the internal configuration of the medal counting / dispensing device 1 according to the embodiment. The control unit 11 controls the operation of the medal counting / dispensing device 1 behind the upper panel 2 and the counting door 6 below. Behind the supply unit 8 provided in the lower panel 7, a medal hopper 12 for paying out medals, and a medal supply line above the medal hopper 12 and outside the housing of the medal counting / dispensing device 1. A medal tank 9 for temporarily storing medals from 30; a fraud detection allocating unit 10 for distributing medals paid out from the medal hopper 12 below the medal hopper 12 and on the rear surface of the medal counting payout device 1; The medals distributed as fraudulent medals by the fraud detection sorting unit 10 are stored below the medal hopper 12 below the medal counting and paying device 1. Unauthorized medal storage section 14 is provided.

3 and 4 are partial cross-sectional views of the internal structure of the medal counting / dispensing device 1. The medal counting / dispensing device 1 has a housing on the rear surface outside the housing of the medal counting / dispensing device 1 below the medal tank 9. The medal tank opening 9b communicated with the inside of the body, and the medal tank opening 9b is provided with a medal tank shutter 9a for controlling the discharge of the medals stored in the medal tank 9 into the housing by opening and closing.

Further, inside the fraud detection distribution unit 10, medals paid out from the medal hopper 12 are detected, and true / false medals provided in a counting payout unit 20 (see FIG. 5 described later) provided in the medal hopper 12 are detected. Based on the detection result of the fraud detection sensor 24, the fraud detection sorting section shutter 10a is moved by the sorting section solenoid 10b to be discharged into the fraudulent medal storage section 14 or on the rear side of the medal counting payout device 1. The passage is switched to discharge to the outside game island (not shown).

Furthermore, the counting door 6 provided on the front face of the medal counting and paying device 1 and opened and closed for putting a medal obtained by a player into the housing is provided with a specific key (game room) by providing a lock key 6a. By allowing only the store clerk or the like to release the lock key 6a, it is possible to prevent unauthorized acts due to unnecessary opening and closing. Further, the counting door 6 is provided with an opening / closing sensor 6b for detecting opening / closing of the door.

5 (a) and 5 (b) are plan views of the counting / dispensing part 20 provided in the housing of the medal counting / dispensing device 1, and a driving part 28 provided on the back surface of the counting / dispensing part 20 at the center of the upper surface. (See FIG. 4). The sprocket opening 21a can be rotated with the medal M lying on the inner peripheral surface and can pass therethrough, and has a larger diameter than the outer diameter of the medal M (three in the embodiment). A sprocket 21 for transferring the medal M in the rotational direction of the sprocket 21, and a medal passage 25 as a payout passage according to the present invention that can move while the medal M is lying below the sprocket 21, The medal passage 25 is provided with a counting passage 26 on the right side in FIG. 5A and a payout passage 27 on the left side.

Also, the medal passage 25 below the sprocket 21 moves in the left-right direction in a sleeping state, protruding from the upper surface of the medal passage 25 toward the upper sprocket 21 without interfering with the sprocket 21. The movement direction of the medal M is regulated by contact, and a plurality of guide pins 22a and 22b (two each in the embodiment) are provided for guiding in the direction of either the counting passage 26 or the payout passage 27.

Further, the counting passage section 26 and the payout passage 27 are provided with counting sensors 23a and 23b that detect and count the passage of the medal M that is transferred by the rotation of the sprocket 21 and guided by the guide pins 22a and 22b. .

Next, an operation of lending a medal M to a player with the medal counting and paying apparatus 1 of the present invention will be described based on FIG. 3 and FIG. When a player inserts money or a card into the bill insertion slot 4 or the card insertion slot 5, a payout signal for the medal M is output from the control unit 11, and the medal tank shutter 9a provided in the medal tank 9 is opened by the payout signal. The medals M stored in the medal tank 9 are paid out into a hopper tank 13 provided in the medal counting and paying apparatus 1.

Note that the number of medals M to be paid out from the medallion tank 9 to the hopper tank 13 is a number (for example, 50 medals M borrowed at 1000 yen) that is lent to a player (for example, a number slightly increased). The opening time of the medal tank shutter 9a when paying out about 60 sheets from the medal tank 9 to the medal tank 13 is set in advance.

Next, when the hopper tank 13 detects the reception of the medal M by a medal detection sensor (not shown) or the like, when the sprocket 21 shown in FIG. 5A rotates in the counterclockwise rental rotation direction A, the hopper tank 13 The stored medals M are taken one by one from the sprocket opening 21a of the sprocket 21, and the medals M are transferred to the left side of FIG. While being in contact with 22b, it is guided to the dispensing passage 27. When the medal M passes through the payout passage 27, the number of medals M passed by the payout counting sensor 23b is counted, and after passing a specific number (for example, 50), the sprocket 21 is stopped. Thus, when the player inserts, for example, 1000 yen, 50 medals M are passed from the supply unit 8 provided in the lower panel 7 via the payout passage 27 located on the left side of the count payout unit 20 (not shown) ).

Of the approximately 60 sheets paid out from the medal tank 9 to the hopper tank 13, for example, about 10 remaining sheets after subtracting 50 sheets lent out to the player are the rotation rotation direction of the sprocket 21 when lending medals. By rotating in the counting rotation direction B in FIG. 5 (b), which is the reverse rotation to A, the medal transfer direction is switched to the left side, passes through the counting passage 26, and passes through the fraud detection allocating unit 10 to count the medal. It is collected on a game island (not shown) installed on the back surface of the payout device 1. In the medal lending process, the fraud detection sorting unit shutter 10a provided in the fraud detection sorting unit 10 is switched in a direction to collect medals in the game island.

Thus, the medals remaining in the hopper tank 13 after being lent to the player are collected by rotating the sprocket 21 in the counting rotation direction B opposite to the renting rotation direction A. As a result, the medal hopper tank 13 is always emptied when the medal counting / dispensing device 1 is not in operation, thereby making it possible to shift to the next operation (lending or counting) in a short time.

Next, the operation when counting the medals acquired by the player with the medal counting and paying apparatus 1 of the present invention will be described based on FIG. 4 and FIG. The medal obtained by the player is released by a specific person such as a game shop clerk, and the locking key 6a provided on the counting door 6 is released, and the counting door 6 is opened to insert the medal into the housing. When the opening / closing sensor 6b detects that the counting door 6 has been opened, a signal for shifting to the counting operation is output from the control unit 11 and the counting can be performed.

When a signal for shifting to the counting operation is output from the control unit 11, the sprocket 21 provided in the counting dispensing unit 20 of the medal hopper 12 starts to rotate in the clockwise counting rotation direction B.
The inserted medals are stored in the medal hopper tank 13 and are taken in one by one from the sprocket opening 21a of the sprocket 21 and transferred to the right side of FIG. The guide passage 22 is guided to the counting passage 26 while abutting on the guide pin 22a projecting from the guide passage 22a. When the medals pass through the counting passage 26, the number of medals passed by the counting sensor 23a is counted.

The medal counted by the counting sensor 23 a is selected by the fraud detection sensor 24 as to whether the medal is true or false, and the fraud detection sorting unit shutter provided in the fraud detection sorting unit 10 is based on the sorting result of the fraud detection sensor 24. If 10a is a true medal, the passage is switched in the direction to collect it in the game island, and if it is a fake medal, the passage is switched in the direction of the illegal medal storage unit 14 provided in the lower part of the medal counting payout device 1.

Further, the true number of medals obtained by subtracting the number of false medals from the fraud detection sensor 24 from the total number of medals counted by the counting sensor 23a is displayed to the player on the display unit 3 (see FIG. 1). By notifying, even if an attempt is made to deliberately count false medals, only the number of true medals is reported as a counting result, so that the game hall may prevent damage to illegal acts using illegal medals. It becomes possible.

It is a perspective view which shows a part of game equipment provided with the medal counting and paying-out apparatus concerning this invention. It is a top view which shows the internal structure of the medal count payout apparatus concerning this invention. It is a top view which shows the internal structure sectional drawing of the medal count payout apparatus concerning this invention. It is a top view which shows the internal structure sectional drawing of the medal count payout apparatus concerning this invention. (A) is a top view which shows the state which lends the medal of the count payout part with which the inside of the medal count payout apparatus concerning this invention is equipped, (b) is a top view which shows the state which counts a medal in a count payout part. .

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Medal counting / dispensing apparatus 2 Upper panel 3 Display part 4 Bill insertion slot 5 Card insertion slot 6 Counting door 6a Locking key 6b Opening / closing sensor 7 Lower panel 8 Supply part 9 Medal tank 9a Medal tank shutter 9b Medal tank opening part 10 Fraud detection vibration Distribution unit 10a Fraud detection distribution unit shutter 10b Distribution unit solenoid 11 Control unit 12 Medal hopper 13 Medal hopper tank 14 Fraud medal storage unit 20 Count payout unit 21 Sprocket 21a Sprocket opening 22a Guide pin 22b Guide pin 23a Count side counting sensor 23b Dispensing side counting sensor 24 Fraud detection sensor 25 Medal passage 26 Counting passage 27 Dispensing passage 28 Drive unit (motor)
30 Medal supply line 31 Sorting chute 32 Bellows A Rental rotation direction B Count rotation direction M Medal

Claims (3)

In the medal counting and paying device installed adjacent to the game table,
A medal tank for storing medals on an external rear surface of the medal counting and paying device;
An openable and closable counting door that inserts medals into the medal counting and payout device from the front;
Lending medal one by one or sprocket to take in one by one,
When lending medals, a payout passage through which medals pass,
A passage section including a counting passage through which medals pass when counting medals;
A plurality of guide pins projecting into a passage portion that rents out medals one by one with a sprocket, or guides medals one by one to either a payout passage or a counting passage,
A counting payout unit having a counting sensor for counting the passage of medals, provided in each of the payout passage and the counting passage;
With
A medal counting / dispensing device, wherein a medal is paid out to either a payout passage or a counting passage by changing the rotation direction of the sprocket.   2. The medal counting and paying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the rotation direction of the sprocket is varied based on a counting result of the counting sensor.   The medal counting / dispensing device according to claim 1, further comprising: a fraud detection distributing unit that detects and distributes the authenticity of medals paid out from the counting / dispensing unit.

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