Coin-receiving device

Details Coin-receiving device Coin-receiving device

2000-03-22

2002-04-30

Bidwell, James R. (Department: 3651)

Check-actuated control mechanisms

Including means to test validity of check

By testing material composition

C194S321000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06378685

ABSTRACT:

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a coin-receiving device which is applied in various types of game machines (such as a “Pachinko” type of slot machine called and romanized as “Patisuro” and having rotatable reels, and the conventional slot machines and Pachinko machines, etc.),various vending machines provided everywhere, automatic money-transfer machines and coin-discrimination machines used for example in banks, or the like, so that coins (including special metal discs called “medals” and usual coins usable in those machines) inserted in a lump into the machines are received by the coin-receiving device.
2. Prior Art
A most typical and normal type of coin slot J of the Pachinko type of slot machine P is, as disclosed in Examined Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 6-73563(1994) and as shown in
FIG. 40
annexed hereto, provided in the form of a slit-shaped opening into which each of coins M can be put one by one, so that players place coins into the slot one by one by their hands. Inserting coins one by one is troublesome for the players. But the coin slot J has a small opening area to thereby be inherently low in possibility of undergoing insertion of foreign objects by mischieves or illegal acts. And coins inserted are received by the machine one by one sequentially and sent to further stages. There is only interposed, at the downstream side of the coin-slot J and at the upstream side of a coin-payout hopper H, a coin-selector S
1
which is relatively simple in construction provided with a solenoid type selection part in combination with a coin-detector N
1
. Thus, slight troubles such as clogging with any foreign objects placed into the machine can be solved by simply cleaning. Furthermore, the cost of exchanging parts is low.
To mitigate the trouble of players inserting coins one by one, some machines given attention use a wide tray W for inserting coins in one lump, so that players can place a number of coins M all together into the machine at a time. The lump-insertion part W exemplified in
FIG. 40
showing the aforesaid Japanese publication is used jointly together with the coin slot J that is for inserting coins one by one. Coins M inserted in a lump from the wide (lump-insertion) tray W need, at the upstream side of a coin-detector N
2
and a coin-selector S
2
, to be sent one by one sequentially by a coin-sending device F, which provided in the form of a hopper at the downstream side of the lump-insertion part W. In
FIG. 40
, K designates a panel by the rotatable reels, R a section mounting switches, S a control switch for the coin-sending device F, O a coin-payout opening, and E a payout tray.
In the feature having the lump-insertion part W, the lump-insertion part W has a large opening area to thereby be likely to undergo insertion of foreign objects by mischieves or illegal acts. And the coin-sending device F is additionally provided at the upstream side of the coin-selector S
2
and is relatively complicated in construction as having a hopper type of drive mechanism and others for sequentially sending various separate coins, resulting in such substantial practical problems that unrecoverable clogging occur on passages for coins and the drive mechanism is likely to be broken, whereby it takes a long time to repair and high costs to exchange parts.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An object or purpose of the present invention is to provide a coin-receiving device which may be applied in the foregoing game machines or others in the type of coins-lump-insertion, (which type is inherently likely to undergo insertion of foreign objects and substantial damages by the insertion of foreign objects), to reduce or lessen the substantial damages such as clogging on the coins passages and breakage of the mechanisms caused by insertion of foreign objects.
The invention disclosed in Claim
1
is a coin-receiving device provided, as exemplified in
FIGS. 3
,
10
to
16
, with a coins-lump insertion part A for receiving a plurality of coins at a time, and also with a coin-sending device C for sequentially sending coins received at the insertion part A, wherein to achieve the aforesaid purpose there is further provided between the coins-lump insertion part A and the coin-sending device C a separator B for foreign objects for capturing any foreign objects among the inserted things to remove them from the coins passages.
The invention disclosed in Claim
2
is directed to a foreign objects separator B excellently structured as having a capturing roller B
0
for foreign objects which roller is adapted to rotate with a capturing surface being placed near the coins-passage.
The invention disclosed in Claim
3
is a coin-receiving device capable of removing foreign objects from the coins inserted in lump, wherein there are provided a receiving means B
1
receiving the things inserted in lump, a foreign object capturing means B
01
facing a coin-passage at an outlet side of the receiving means B
1
, and a foreign object removing means B
02
which removes from the coin-passage any foreign objects captured by the foreign object capturing means B
01
, the features useful and directly contribute to achievement of the foregoing purpose of the invention.
The invention disclosed in Claim
4
is directed to a foreign object capturing means B
01
and a foreign object removing means B
02
disclosed in Claim
3
and further excellently structured by use of a foreign object capturing roller B
0
which rotates with a capturing surface being placed near the coin-passage.
The invention disclosed in Claim
5
is directed to a foreign object capturing roller B
0
having a capturing surface having magnetism to attract metal in order to effectively remove foreign objects which could be frequently inserted into the machines by mischieves or illegal acts and largely damage the machines.
The invention disclosed in Claim
6
does, for keeping the capturing ability of the foreign objects capturing roller B
0
at a higher level, provide a carry-prevention means B
2
which is formed at a position away from the coin-passage to prevent foreign objects caught by the foreign objects capturing roller B
0
from further rotating with the roller B
0
.
The invention disclosed in Claim
7
does, for making excellent the capturing of foreign objects by the capturing roller B
0
, provide before the capturing roller B
0
a receiving means B
1
for the things inserted in a lump and a transfer means B
3
for moving the received inserted things at an inner area in the receiving means B
1
.
The invention disclosed in Claim
8
does provide an overflow chute B
4
for the inserted things overflowing the receiving means B
1
which chute allows the overflowing things to bypass the foreign objects capturing roller B
0
and be guided toward the coin-sending device, in order to achieve the predetermined purpose in an extent having not such limit that an amount of coins to be inserted at a time is given an upper limit corresponding to a capacity of the receiving means B
1
for the things inserted in a lump.
The invention disclosed in Claim
9
does, for making excellent the capturing of foreign objects by the foreign objects capturing roller B
0
similarly with Claim
7
, provide inwardly of the receiving means B
1
a transfer means B
3
for moving the received inserted things.
The invention disclosed in Claim
10
provides the transfer means B
3
comprising a turntable B
30
having an axis of rotation perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the foreign objects capturing roller B
0
, in order to enable foreign objects to be flexibly changed of positions to be taken by the capturing roller B
0
, thereby be smoothly caught by the same.
The invention disclosed in Claim
11
does, for further making smooth the taking of foreign objects by the foreign objects capturing roller B
0
, set slantwise the turntable B
30
with its part adjoining the capturing roller B
0
being positioned low.
The invention disclosed in Claim
12
does, for ensuring excellent operation under favo

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