Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-04
2001-11-20
Harrison, Jessica J. (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Credit/debit monitoring or manipulation
C463S020000, C273S14800B, C194S343000, C453S012000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06319126
ABSTRACT:
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an improvement of a game machine, such as a reel-rotating type called a “Pachinko” type slot machine (abbreviated to “Pachi-slot”), a general type of slot machines, and other game machines including a so-called “Pachinko”, “Arrange-ball”, and “Majong-ball”, and various game machines.
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 coins inserted are received by the machine one by one sequentially and sent to further stages. Thus, at downstream side of the slot J and at the upstream side of the coin payout hopper H is disposed a small sized coin-separator S
1
relatively simple in construction and having a solenoid type separator part in combination with a coin detector N
1
. This kind of coin-separator S
1
is usually integrally assembled along a coin-passage at the downstream side of the coin-slot J by screwing or pawls-engagement.
To mitigate the trouble of players inserting coins one by one, some machines recently given attention use a wide tray W for inserting coins in a lump, so that players can place a number of coins M all together into the machine at a time. The lump-insertion tray W shown 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 tray W need to be first sequentially sent one by one at the upstream side of the coin detector N
2
and coin separator S
2
, and there is interposed at the downstream side of the coins-lump insertion part W a coin-sending device F having a hopper type drive mechanism. In
FIG. 40
, K designates a reels panel, R a switches mounting part, S a control switch for driving the coin-sending device F, O a coin-payout opening, and E a payout tray.
The coin-sending device F which sequentially sends coins (inserted in a lump) to take them into the inside has a hopper type drive mechanism to be relatively large in size and higher in weight, so that it does not employ the feature of being integrally assembled along the coin-passage as used in the conventional small-sized coin separator S
1
. Moreover, the coin-sending device, which is to take coins into the game machine not like the coin-payout hopper H, needs its outlet passage to be aligned, in the inside of the game machine body, with a communication port on the same, leading to a problem of complexity of a passage connecting structure.
The coin-sending device F communicates a wide tray (coins-lump insertion part) W, so that there is a high possibility of insertion of miscellaneous things such as ash of cigaret, dust, trash, or juices by irresistable force or inadvertency, and also a possibility of being intentionally damaged by mischieves or illegal acts, in comparison with the slit-shaped coin slot J for one-by-one insertion. Furthermore, the coin-sending device F has to dispose of a number of and various coins before being discriminated by the coin-separator S
2
, not like the operation of the coin-payout hopper H, so that the coin-sending device is naturally apt to get dirty or smeared. Accordingly, the coin-sending device F is frequently to be detached from the game machine for maintenance or cleaning.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been designed under the above circumstances. An object of the invention is to provide a game machine wherein a coin-sending device in a lump-mounting type is attached to or detached from a game machine body easily by a one-touch operation, enabling maintenance and cleaning at ease.
The invention disclosed in claim
1
is a game machine comprising a machine body
8
provided with a coin-sending device C sequentially sending coins inserted in a lump to take them into the inside of the game machine, wherein there is provided an attach/detach guide means D which guides attaching and detaching of the coin-sending device C with respect to the game machine body
8
and causes an outlet passage C
20
of the coin-sending device C at a position of having finished in attaching to be aligned with a communication opening D
20
on the game machine body, as shown in
FIGS. 3
,
33
to
37
, in order to achieve the aforesaid object.
The invention disclosed in claim
2
does, for easily connecting a removal passage C
40
for false coins, as shown in
FIG. 18
, include in the coin-sending device C a coin-separation separation part C
4
, which discriminates true and false coins and cause false coins to be removed from the removal passage, and the removal passage C
40
at the coin separation part C
4
is aligned with the communication opening D
40
on the machine body
8
at such a position that the coin-sending device C has finished in attaching to the game machine body
8
as shown in FIG.
35
.
The invention disclosed in claim
3
provides a communication opening D
20
or D
40
of the game machine body on the bottom
92
of a support member
91
supporting the coin-sending device C, as shown in
FIG. 35
, for making especially excellent receiving and transferring coins.
The invention disclosed in claim
4
connects electric connectors C
60
between the coin-sending device C and the game machine body
8
at such position that the coin-sending device C has finished in attaching to the machine body
8
, as shown in
FIG. 35
, for making simple connecting electric connectors.
The invention disclosed in claim
5
causes an earth line C
70
of the coin-sending device C to contact with a conductor part of the attach/detach guide means D and be connected with a casing earth of the game machine body
8
, as shown in FIG.
36
,for easily realizing countermeasures for static electricity.
The invention disclosed in claim
6
provides a detachable holding means D
90
for holding the position of coin-sending device that the coin-sending device has finished in attaching to the game machine body
8
, as shown in
FIG. 37
, for making higher reliability of the mounting the device against vibration or the like.
Next, functional effects of the inventions will be detailed.
In the invention disclosed in claim
1
, as shown in
FIGS. 34
to
37
, the coin-sending device C upon mounting operation is guided by the attach/detach guide means D to be attached to the game machine body
8
. At a position that the coin-sending device has finished in attaching to the machine body
8
, the outlet passage C
20
is brought into alignment with the communicating port D
20
on the machine body, thereby providing simple and easy connecting of passages to thereby allow coins to be excellently received and transferred to a coin-payout hopper or the like arranged for following stages. Upon detaching operation, the coin-sending device C is guided by the guide means D to be disconnected from the game machine body
8
. When the coin-sending device is shifted from the attach-finish position, the outlet passage C
20
and communicating port D
20
are disengaged from each other, thereby providing easy separation of passages. Due to the simple and easy attaching and detaching of the coin-sending device C with respect to the game machine body
8
, the machine can be easily cleaned or subjected to maintenance.
According to the invention disclosed in claim
2
, as seen in
FIG. 35
, at the attach-finish position of the coin-sending device with respect to the game machine body
8
, the removal passage C
40
at the coin separator C
4
can be aligned with the communicating port D
40
at the machine body
8
, so that the removal passage C
40
for false coins can be simply connected, thereby enabling false coins to be returned finely.
According to the invention in claim
3
, as shown i
Aruze Co. Ltd.
Bacon & Thomas PLLC
Harrison Jessica J.
Hotaling, II John M
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