Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Ball games
Patent
1995-05-19
1997-01-07
Layno, Benjamin H.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Ball games
273309, A63F 736
Patent
active
055908780
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to a gaming machine island which comprises a plurality of gaming machines such as pachinko (Japanese pinball) machines at which players play games with pachinko balls, or slot machines at which players play games with game coins and more particularly to a gaming machine island which has gaming machine rows each consisting of a plurality of gaming-machines arranged in a row, game play media lending machines for dispensing game play media (pachinko balls or game coins) when a bill is inserted, and a bill transporter being located behind them for collecting bills from the game play media lending machines.
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
For a conventional gaming machine island of this kind, the position of the bill slot of each pachinko ball lending machine and the position of a bill introduction unit are determined by the outer frame dimensions of each gaming machine and combination of the gaming, machine and the pachinko ball lending machine for dispensing pachinko balls used for the gaming machine. For example, a drive unit and a transport unit of the bill transporter are connected to define a bill transport passage according to the position of a drive installed in the gaming machine island.
However, in such a gaming machine island, the position of the bill slot of the pachinko ball lending machine is mismatched and the introduction unit for guiding bills from the pachinko ball lending machines to the bill transport passage needs to be changed depending on the outer frame dimension difference between the gaming machines, or a combination of the gaming machine and pachinko ball lending machine. Problems occur at the connection part between the drive unit and the transport unit depending on the position of the drive, and the transport unit and the drive unit needs to be changed each time, thus increasing costs.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a gaming machine island where, for example, transport and introduction units can be expanded or contracted for adjustment in a transport direction, to eliminate the need for providing a large number of unit types, the number of parts being decreased to thereby reduce costs. To this end, according to the invention, there are provided:
1. A gaming machine island (10) wherein a bill transporter for transporting bills in a transport direction is provided on the rears of gaming machine rows (11a) facing in opposite directions, each gaming machine row consisting of a plurality of gaming machines (11) and pachinko ball lending machines (20) allowing players to use bills, each pachinko ball lending machine being placed between adjacent gaming machines (11) in the gaming machine rows (11a), characterized in that pulley (41) disposed on one end of the gaming machine row (11a), a driven unit (50) having a driven pulley (51) disposed on the opposite end of the gaming machine row (11a), a conveyor belt (30a) being placed on the driving pulley (41) and the driven pulley (51) for turning in the transport direction, bill transport units (70) located along the pulled side of the conveyor belt (30a), and introduction units (80) being located corresponding to the pachinko ball lending machines (20) and communicated with discharge ports of the pachinko ball lending machines (20) and connected to the transport units (70) for guiding bills to the transport units (70), in that as to be able to be expanded or contracted in the transport direction and after the transport and introduction units (70) and (80) are expanded or contracted, they are fixed to a predetermined length by connecting screws (85b and 86b), and in that connection part of the introduction unit (80) is formed with adjustment holes (85a and 86a), which are elongated in the transport direction, in which the connecting screws (85b and 86b) relatively move when the transport and introduction units are expanded or contracted.
2. A gaming machine island (10) wherein a bill transporter (30) for transporting bills in a transport direction is provided on t
REFERENCES:
patent: 5492326 (1996-02-01), Takemoto et al.
Kadomatsu Hideyuki
Sasaki Etsuro
Takemoto Takatoshi
Kabushiki Kaisha Ace Denken
Layno Benjamin H.
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