JPH04354088A - Hopper device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To present the hopper device to hardly receive an adverse influence caused by dust stuck onto a medal. CONSTITUTION:This hopper device is formed with a base plate 42, rotary disk 50 having a medal housing part 52A on the upper face of this base plate 42 and a motor 43 for rotating the rotary disk 50, and the base plate 42 is equipped with a housing recessed part 42C which is the same plane as the flat cross section of the rotary disk 50 and deeper than the thickness of the rotary disk 50. At the housing recessed part 42C, an output shaft 43A of the motor 43 is protruded from the downside, the rotary disk 50 is pivotally supported and fixed to the output shaft 43A so as to provide a space at the lower part of this housing recessed part 42C and on the lower face of the medal housing part 52A on the rotary disk 50, a dust drop hole 52E smaller than the medal housing part 52A is provided so as to be communicated with the housing recessed part 42C.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hopper device used in a medal game machine, and more particularly to a hopper device for dispensing medals when a prize is won in a medal game machine.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional hopper device will be explained with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. Here, FIG. 8 is an assembled perspective view showing a conventional hopper device, and FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing a rotating disk used in the conventional hopper device. Conventionally, a hopper device has been formed of a hopper body 10 for sending out medals, and a hopper tank 30 attached to the upper part of the hopper body 10 for supplying medals to the hopper body 10.

[0003] The hopper body 10 includes a frame-shaped bracket 1
1, a base plate 12 fixed to the top of the bracket 11, and a hopper motor 13 fixed inside the bracket 11. Base plate 1
A through hole 12A is provided in the center of 2, and an output shaft 13A of the hopper motor 13 fits into the through hole 12A.

[0004] The base plate 12 has a flat plate portion 1.
2B, and a storage recess 12C recessed downward from the center of the flat plate portion 12B, and also has a delivery recess 12D at the front for delivering medals. Furthermore, a tank fixing part 12E for fixing the hopper tank 30 is provided on the outside of the storage recess 12C of the flat plate part 12B.

The base plate 12 includes two ring-shaped upper fixing disks 14 and a lower fixing disk 15, and a ring-shaped notch located on the outside of these fixing disks 14 and 15 to fit into the delivery notch 12D. A spacer ring 16, a counter plate 17 that covers the upper surface of the dispensing portion 12D, a medal sensor 18 for detecting the number of medals to be dispensed, and a counter roller 19 that serves as a means for biasing the medals when dispensing the medals. At the same time, a rotating disk 20 fixed to the output shaft 13A of the hopper motor 13 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 9, the rotating disk 20 is
It is formed of a disc-shaped upper disc 21 having a plurality of medal pit holes 20A slightly larger than the outer diameter of the medal, and a disc-shaped lower disc 22 smaller than the upper disc 21. This lower disk 22 includes a small disk-shaped central circular portion 22A, an outer circular portion 22C located outside the central circular portion 22A, and an upper disk 2.
It is formed with a meteor-shaped delivery protrusion 22D located at a portion corresponding to the circumference of the medal pit 20A of No. 1, and a space between the central circular portion 22A and the outer circular portion 22C is a cutout portion 2.
2B at the center circular part 22 with the feeding protrusion 22D.
A and the outer circular portion 22C are connected. This missing part 22
B corresponds to the stationary disk 15 when the rotating disk 20 is attached to the base plate 12. Outer circular part 22C
There is a dirt pit hole 22 which is a through hole penetrating the top and bottom surfaces.
E is open. In the rotary disk 20 formed in this manner, a medal storage portion 22F is formed below the medal pit 20A and surrounded by the upper surfaces of the central circular portion 22A, the outer circular portion 22C, and the delivery protrusion 22D.

The lower surface of the lower disk 22 of the rotary disk 20 mounted on the base plate 12 was in contact with the upper surface of the storage recess 12C of the base plate 12. That is, the height of the storage recess 12C was approximately the same as the thickness of the rotating disk 20. The counter roller 19 is formed by having a rotation auxiliary member 19A that runs along the outer edge of the outer circular portion 22C of the lower disk 22 of the rotating rotary disk 20, and a feed-out member 19B that actually feeds out the medals. is the sending-out biasing spring 19C
The entire counter roller 19 is fixed to the base plate 12 via a roller biasing spring 19D. Here, rotation auxiliary member 1
9A is formed from an auxiliary roller support plate 19E and two auxiliary rollers 19F rotatably supported by the auxiliary roller support plate 19E. In addition, the feeding member 1
9B is formed from a delivery roller support plate 19G and one delivery roller 19H rotatably supported by the delivery roller support plate 19G.

The auxiliary roller 19E is positioned so that its circumference coincides with the inner circumference of the spacer ring 16, that is, the outer circumference of the rotating disk 20. Further, the delivery roller 19H is located on the side of the delivery notch 12D, and serves to send out the medals stored in the rotary disk 20 outward from the delivery notch 12D. The storage recess 12C is for locating the spacer ring 16, the upper fixed disk 14, the lower fixed disk 15, and the rotary disk 20, and has a dirt removal hole on its lower surface for convenience such as removing dirt from medals. A hole 12F is provided. The dust attached to the medals was to be dropped from the dust drop hole 22E in the outer circular part 22C of the rotary disk 20 to the lower part of the base plate 12 through the dust removal hole 12F.

On the other hand, the rotary disk 20 has been formed so that it can be attached to and detached from the base plate 12 without using screws or the like for convenience of maintenance or the like. That is, attachment and detachment were performed as follows. In a normal state, the counter roller 19 is urged toward the outer circumference of the spacer ring 16 by the roller urging spring 19D, so the counter roller 19 must be released by releasing the roller urging spring 19D or manually After placing the rotary disk 20 outside the spacer ring 16 and inserting the compatible portion of the rotary disk 20 into the rotary shaft 13A of the hopper motor 13, the roller biasing spring 19D was returned to its original position.

On the other hand, when removing the rotating disk 20 from the base plate 12, the roller biasing spring 19D is once released by some means, and the rotating disk 20 is pulled out. Next, the hopper tank 30 is fixed to the hopper main body 10, and the movement of medals placed in the hopper tank 30 will be explained.

The medals placed in the hopper tank 30 are positioned on the rotating disk 20. The medal is on the upper disk 2
The medal enters the medal trap 20A of No. 1 and is located in the medal storage section 22F of the lower disk 22. At this time, if there is dust on the medal, it falls through the dust pit 22E and accumulates in the storage recess 12C, and a part of it falls down through the dust removal hole 12F.

Next, the operation of dispensing medals will be explained. When the output shaft 13A of the hopper motor 13 starts rotating, the rotating disk 20 also rotates. The lower disc 22 of the rotating disk 20 directs the medal closest to the dispensing portion 12D by the dispensing protrusion 22D toward the dispensing roller 19H of the counter roller 19.

[0013] When the rotating disk 20 rotates a little more,
The medal pushed by the sending-out protrusion 22D causes the sending-out member 19B to move backward while resisting the sending-out biasing spring 19C. At this time, the delivery biasing spring 19C stores elastic force. As the rotary disk 20 further rotates, a moment comes when the distance between the point where the delivery protrusion 22D is in contact with the medal and the point where the delivery roller 19H is in contact with the medal exceeds the diameter of the medal. At that moment, the force of the medal pushing against the feed-out roller 19H disappears, the elastic force stored in the feed-out biasing spring 19C is released, and the feed-out member 19B returns vigorously. At that time, the feed roller 19
Since H pushes the outer edge of the medal, the medal will fly out of the hopper main body 10 from the feed-out notch 12D.

[0014] In the direction in which the medals fly out, there is a medal payout port (not shown) of a medal game machine, and medals are paid out to the player who is playing with the game machine.

[0015]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the above-described hopper device has the following problems. That is, since the height of the storage recess 12C is almost the same as the thickness of the rotating disk 20, the vertical distance between the dust removal hole 12F of the base plate 12 and the dust trap hole 22E of the rotating disk 20 is very large. It was small and not very effective in removing dust from medals. In particular, dust that fails to fall into the dust removal hole 12F of the base plate 12C may be rubbed between the rotating disk 20 and the base plate 12, adversely affecting the rotation of the rotating disk or damaging the rotating disk 20 and its surrounding parts. It also caused injuries.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a hopper device that is less likely to be adversely affected by dirt attached to medals.

[0017]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a hopper device according to claims 1 and 2. That is, the hopper device according to claim 1,
A hopper device formed of a plate-shaped base plate, a disc-shaped rotating disk having a medal storage part for storing a plurality of medals on the upper surface of the base plate, and a rotation output device for rotating the rotating disk. There it is,
The base plate has a planar storage recess that has the same shape as the planar cross section of the rotating disk, and in the storage recess,
The output shaft of the rotary output device is made to protrude from below, and when the rotary disk is pivotally fixed to the output shaft, a space is provided between the lower surface of the rotary disk and the bottom surface of the storage recess, and each medal storage portion of the rotary disk is provided with a space. is characterized in that a dirt pit smaller than the storage section is provided in communication with the storage recess.

The hopper device according to the second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the base plate is provided with a dust removal hole that communicates the storage recess with the outside of the storage recess.

[0019]

[Function] According to the hopper device according to claim 1, the following functions are achieved. If dirt adheres to the medals stored in the medal storage section of the rotating disk, the dirt will be carried to the dirt pit of the rotating disc as the output shaft of the rotary output device rotates, and the dirt will be carried to the dirt pit of the rotating disc. falls downward from

[0020] There is a space below the dust pit as a part of the storage recess, and the dust that has fallen down from the dust pit is stored in that space, so that the dust is absorbed by the rotation of the rotating disk. It does not have any adverse effect on the According to the hopper device according to the second aspect, the following effects are achieved. If there is dust on the medals stored in the medal storage section of the rotating disk, the dust will be removed.
As the output shaft of the rotary output device rotates, the dust is carried to the rotary disk's dust pit and falls downward through the dust pit.

[0021] A space as a part of the storage recess exists below the garbage pit, and the garbage that falls downward from the garbage pit is stored in that space, and is further discharged from the garbage removal hole to the outside of the storage space. be excluded. Therefore, the dust does not have any adverse effect on the rotation of the rotating disk.

[0022]

[Embodiment] A hopper device according to this embodiment will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view showing a hopper device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a part of the hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a hopper body according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a part of the hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a front view showing a part of the hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a hopper tank according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The hopper device shown in this embodiment corresponds to the second aspect of the invention. The hopper device of this embodiment includes a hopper body 4 for sending out medals.
0, and a hopper tank 60 attached to the upper part of the hopper body 40 for supplying medals to the hopper body 40.

The hopper body 40 includes a frame-shaped bracket 4
1. It is formed of a plate-shaped base plate 42 fixed to the upper part of the bracket 41, and a hopper motor 43 as a rotation output device fixed inside the bracket 42, and a rotating disk 50 that is detachably attached to the hopper motor 43. is installed. A through hole 42A is provided in the center of the base plate 42.
An output shaft 43A of the hopper motor 43 protrudes from the hopper motor 43. Further, a horizontal bar 43B penetrates and is fixed to the protruding portion of the output shaft 43A from the through hole 42A for the convenience of mounting and fixing the rotary disk 50.

The base plate 42 has a flat plate portion 4.
2B and a storage recess 42C that is recessed downward from the inside of the flat plate portion 42B, and above the storage recess 42C, there is a rotating disk surrounding portion 42D that stands up from the outer edge of the storage recess 42C. ing. This rotating disk surrounding part 4
2D is higher than the thickness of the rotating disk 50, and when the rotating disk 50 is mounted, there is a space below the rotating disk 50 as a part of the storage recess 42C.

The front part of the base plate 42 has a delivery missing part 42E in which a rotary disk surrounding part 42D is missing. Furthermore, scoop fixing parts 42F for fixing the hopper tank 60 are provided at two locations on the outside of the rotating disk surrounding part 42D. Dust removal holes 42G, which are through holes, are provided at several locations on the lower surface of the storage recess 42C. Furthermore, for the convenience of fixing the hopper tank 60, a tip of a scoop lock pin 42H, which is fixed movably up and down by an internal biasing member, protrudes from a part of the flat plate part 42B of the base plate 42. .

Three cylindrical fixed disk fixing parts 42I are erected from the bottom surface of the storage recess 42C. In addition, a C-shaped ring-shaped fixing disk 44 is fixed to the fixing disk fixing part 42I of the storage recess 42C, and an asymmetrical ring-shaped fixing disk 44 is fixed to the fixing disk fixing part 42I of the storage recess 42C. The slide plate 45 is fixed. The upper surfaces of these fixed disks 44 and slide plates 45 are formed to have low frictional resistance.

A trapezoidal sliding sliding plate 42J is fixed to the right end of the feeding missing portion 42E when viewed from above. In addition, a square cylindrical feeding guide 42K is provided on the bracket 41 corresponding to the outer position of the feeding missing portion 42E.
is fixed. The base plate 42 includes a guide pin drive mechanism 46 for guiding the medals to the delivery notch 42E, and a hopper main body 4 from the delivery notch 42E.
A counter roller mechanism 47 is provided for forcefully dispensing medals outward from the zero.

The guide pin drive mechanism 46 includes a substantially V-shaped plate-shaped guide pin base 46A, a guide rotation shaft 46B that rotatably supports the guide pin base 46A on the lower surface of the storage recess 42C of the base plate 42, A cam pin roller 46C, which is a rod-shaped body whose tip is a roller, is fixed to one tip of the V-shape of the guide pin base 46A, and is fixed to the other tip of the V-shape of the guide pin base 46A. It is formed from a guide pin 46D.

The counter roller mechanism 47 includes a substantially fan-shaped plate-shaped roller base 47A;
It is formed of a counter rotation shaft 47B which rotatably supports A on the lower surface of the storage recess 42C of the base plate 42, and a counter roller 47C which is fixed to the roller base 47A and whose tip portion is a roller. The rotating disk 50 has a disk-shaped upper disk 51 having seven medal holes 50A slightly larger than the outer diameter of the medal, and a disk-shaped lower disk 52 that is one size smaller than the upper disk 51. It is integrally formed so that the height with respect to the upper surface of the disk 52 is slightly higher than the thickness of the medal.

At the center of the upper portion of the upper disk 51, a conical distribution peak 51A is provided to protrude upward. Also,
At the center of the lower part of the upper disk 51, a cam plate portion 51B that operates the guide pin drive mechanism 46 is provided to protrude downward. A hollow circular portion 52B is formed between the lower disk 52 and the cam plate portion 51B. Further, each medal pit 5 is located between each medal pit 50A on the upper surface of the lower disk 52.
A delivery protrusion 52D is formed to separate the 0A corresponding position. The lower circular portion 52 is provided with a through hole passing through its upper and lower surfaces, and this is referred to as a dust pit hole 52E. Further, the center of the cam plate portion 51B is connected to the hopper motor 4.
An output shaft matching portion 52F is formed as a recess that fits the output shaft 43A including the horizontal bar 43B of No. 3.

In the rotating disk 50 formed in this manner, the lower circular portion 5 is located below the medal pit 50A.
A medal storage section 52A is formed surrounded by the upper surface of 2 and the delivery protrusion 52D. In the rotating disk 50, medals are stored one by one in each of the medal storage sections 52A described above. Therefore, when the center of the rotating disk 50 is assumed to be a point of symmetry, the planar cross-sectional shapes of each medal pit 50A and cam plate portion 51B are always asymmetrical.

The hopper tank 60 has a box-shaped tank portion 6.
1 and a scoop part 62 installed below the tank part 61, and the lower end of the scoop part 62 is fixed to the base plate 42. The tank portion 61 includes a square frame-shaped opening upper portion 61A, and a scoop connecting portion 61B formed so as to narrow the planar area downward from the lower portion of the opening upper portion 61A. Furthermore, a sliding hole 61C serving as a horizontal hole is provided in one of the side plates of the opening upper portion 61A. A sliding plate 61D is attached to the upper surface of one of the side plates adjacent to the side plate having the sliding hole 61C, which extends inside the opening upper part 61A to the sliding hole 61C.

The scoop portion 62 includes a base portion 62A connected to the scoop connecting portion 61B of the tank portion 61, and a base cylindrical portion 6 protruding downward from the base portion 62A.
2B, and a protruding cylindrical portion 62C which is a cylindrical body having an outer diameter one size smaller than the outer diameter of the base cylindrical portion 62B. The inner diameter of the protruding cylindrical portion 62C matches the outer diameter of the rotating disk surrounding portion 42D of the base plate 42. The inside surrounded by the protruding cylindrical portion 62C is defined as a moving hole 62G. A plane formed by the difference in outer diameter between the base cylindrical portion 62B and the protruding cylindrical portion 62C is a sliding surface 62D. Further, the scoop portion 62 is provided with a small cylindrical locking portion 62E and two substantially rectangular parallelepiped engaging portions 62F. The lower ends of each of the protruding cylindrical portion 62C, the locking portion 62E, and the engaging portion 62F are formed on the same plane. The lock portion 62E is compatible with the scoop lock pin 42H that is fixed to the base plate 42 so as to be movable up and down when the hopper tank 60 is fixed at an appropriate position on the base plate 42, and the lock portion 62E fits into the hole drilled inside. By inserting the tip of the scoop lock pin 42H into the base plate 4, the entire hopper tank 60 is secured to the base plate 4.
It is fixed at 2. On the other hand, the engaging portion 62F is
Scoop fixing part 42F provided on base plate 42
It has the same shape as the scoop fixing part 42F but with a missing part.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained. First, a procedure for fixing the rotating disk 50 to the hopper main body 40 will be explained. The slide plate 45 is fixed to the base plate 42 so as to surround the output shaft 43A of the hopper motor 43.

The fixed disk 44 is attached to the base plate 42.
The missing portion 4 is adapted to the fixed disk fixing portion 42I of
4A is fixed so as to be located on the side of the feeding notch 42E. The guide pin drive mechanism 46 is pivotally supported by the base plate 42 at the guide pin base 46A so that the guide pin 46D rotates between the cutouts 44A of the fixed disk 44. When supported, the guide pin 46D is biased to rotate about the guide pin base 46A by a biasing means (not shown) so that the guide pin 46D is positioned at the outermost edge of the cutout portion 44A of the fixed disk 44. Then the cam pin roller 46C
is closest to the through hole 42A, which is the center of the base plate 42.

[0037] The counter roller mechanism 47 has a roller portion of the counter roller 47C that is fed out from the missing portion 42.
Roller base 47A so that it is positioned toward the center of E.
is pivotally supported by the base plate 42. When supported pivotally, it is urged to rotate around the roller base 47A by an urging means (not shown). The rotating disk 50 is
The output shaft compatible part 52F is the output shaft 4 of the hopper motor 43.
3A and the horizontal bar 43B to be fixed. At this time, the cam plate portion 51B of the rotating disk 50 is
It comes into contact with the upper surface of the slide plate 45.

Here, the output shaft 4 of the hopper motor 43
3A and the output shaft matching portion 52F are point symmetrical, so when only these are considered, there are two matching patterns. However, the guide pin drive mechanism 46
The cam pin roller 46C is closest to the output shaft 43A of the hopper motor 43.

On the other hand, since the planar shape of the cam plate portion 51B is asymmetrical, the shape of the cam plate portion 51B that should be compatible with the cam pin roller 46C is such that only one of the compatible patterns will fit the cam pin roller 46C. It is recessed on the output shaft compatible portion 52F side in accordance with the above. Therefore, the cam plate portion 5
1B and the cam pin roller 46C, only one matching pattern between the output shaft 43A and the horizontal bar 43B and the output shaft matching portion 52F is determined, and according to that matching pattern, the rotating disk 50 can be moved extremely smoothly to the hopper main body 40. This means that it can be installed on.

Next, a procedure for fixing the hopper tank 60 to the hopper body 40 will be explained. Slide surface 62D which is the lower surface of hopper tank 60 and base plate 42
The hopper tank 60 is attached to the base plate 42 by rubbing the upper surface of the outer portion of the disk surrounding portion 42D, engaging both the scoop fixing portion 42F and the engaging portion 62F, and fitting the scoop lock pin 42H to the locking portion 62E. Connect to.

Next, the movement of the medals will be explained. The slide surface 61D of the tank part 61 of the hopper tank 60 passes from the medal input port (not shown) to the medal selector.
It falls from this sliding surface 61D to the scoop part 62, and eventually is located above the rotating disk 50. When the number of medals increases too much in the hopper tank 60 and the medals reach the slide surface 61D position within the hopper tank 60, the subsequent inserted medals are guided by the slide surface 61D and guided to a storage tank (not shown) for storage. Ru.

The medals 90 are sorted into the sorting crest 51A of the upper disk 51, enter the medal pit 50A, are stored in the storage space, and ride on the outer circular portion 52C of the lower disk 52 and the fixed disk 44. At this time, if there is dirt on the medal 90, the medal pit 5 of the lower disk 52
2E and accumulates in the storage recess 42C, some of which falls through the dust removal hole 4 provided in the base plate 42.
It will fall below the base plate 42 from 2G.

Next, the operation of dispensing medals will be explained. When the output shaft 43A of the hopper motor 43 starts rotating, the rotating disk 50 also rotates. At this time, the lower surface of the cam plate portion 51B of the rotating disk 50 is connected to the slide plate 45.
The lower surface of the medal 90 stored in the medal storage portion 52A contacts the upper surface of the fixed disk 44, but
Since the upper surfaces of the fixed disk 44 and the slide plate 45 are formed to have low frictional resistance, the frictional resistance generated at this time can be small.

The cam plate portion 51B of the lower disk 52 of the rotary disk 50 presses the cam pin roller 46C of the guide pin drive mechanism 46, and the roller base 46A rotates about the guide rotation shaft 46B. At this time, guide pin 46D
This causes the cutout portion 44A of the fixed disk 44 to move toward the opposite side of the feedout cutout portion 42E. On the other hand, among the medals stored in the medal pit 50A of the rotating disk 50, the medal 50 closest to the sending-out sliding plate 42J will be paid out first.

[0045] Hereinafter, this medal 90 to be paid out first
will be described as "Ichiban Medal" 90. Note that the medals stored in the other medal storage section 52A that stores medals other than the first medal 90 on the rotating disk 50 are as follows.
As the rotating disk 90 rotates, it tries to come out of the rotating disk 50 by being pushed by the delivery protrusion 52D, but the rotating disk surrounding portion 42 of the base plate 42
His way is blocked by the inner wall of D, and he stays inside the medal storage section 52A.

The first medal 90 slides on the slide plate 45 in the medal storage section 52A of the rotary disk 50,
It is pushed by the delivery protrusion 52D. Eventually, the side edge of the anti-feeding missing portion 42E of the first medal 90 comes into contact with the guide pin 46D of the guide pin drive mechanism 46. Guide pin 46D
is a cam plate portion 51B that rotates together with the rotating disk 50.
It is fixed to a roller base 46A that rotates by
By the time it touches D, the guide pin 46D is moving from the anti-feed-out missing portion 42E side toward the feed-out missing portion 42E side. Therefore, this guide pin 46D and the delivery protrusion 5
2D, the medal 90 is sent out and pushed out toward the missing portion 42E. Then, the first medal 90 is sandwiched between the inner corner of the sending-out sliding plate 42J and the counter roller 47C of the counter roller mechanism 47.

[0047] When the rotating disk 50 rotates a little more,
Since the counter roller 47C is biased toward the sending-out sliding plate material 42J side, it resists the force of being pushed by the sending-out ridge 52D of the rotary disk 50 via the first medal 90, and moves toward the side opposite to the sending-out sliding plate material 42J. Accumulates explosive power while being pushed back. As the rotary disk 50 further rotates, a moment comes when the distance between the inner corner of the sending sliding plate 42J and the point where the counter roller 47C contacts the medal 90 exceeds the diameter of the medal 90. At that moment, the force of the first medal 90 pushing the counter roller 47C disappears, and the counter roller 47C is pushed back to the anti-feeding sliding plate 42J side, and the stored elastic force causes the counter roller 47C to forcefully send out and slide. Return to the plate material 42J side. At that time, the sending-out sliding plate 47C pushes the outer edge of the medal 90, so the medal 90
0 is the feeding guide 42K from the feeding missing part 42E.
It passes through and jumps out of the hopper body 40.

In the direction in which the medals fly out, there is a medal payout port (not shown) of a medal game machine, and medals are paid out to the player who is playing with the game machine. At the same time as the medal 90 pops out of the hopper main body 40, the guide pin drive mechanism 46 rotates due to the movement of the cam pin roller 46C that moves in accordance with the outer circumferential shape of the cam plate part 51B, and the guide pin 46D is moved out of the hopper body 40 into the missing part. Pull it back to the 42E side. If the hopper motor 43 continues to rotate, the medal 9 next to the first medal 90
0 will be paid out from 40 in the same order as described above, and this will be done consecutively.

When the medals 90 are paid out one after another, other medals fall from the tank section 61 into the scoop section 62 and are positioned above the rotating disk 50. At that time, the stirring spring 6 located in the moving hole 62G of the hopper tank 60
1E, a large number of medals 90 are stirred up, distributed to the distribution mountain portion 51A of the upper disk 51, and almost evenly enter the medal pit 50A.

The effects of this embodiment will be explained below. According to the hopper device of this embodiment, when the rotating disk 50 is installed, the storage recess 42 is located below the rotating disk 50.
Since it is formed to have a space as a part of C, it is possible to provide a hopper device that is less likely to be adversely affected by dust attached to the medals.

Variations of this embodiment will be explained below. The hopper device of this embodiment has been described as corresponding to the invention set forth in claim 2. However, the hopper device according to claim 2 is merely a technical limitation added to the hopper device according to claim 1 by providing a dust removal hole 42G on the lower surface of the base plate 42 forming the storage space 42C. . Therefore, it can be said that the hopper device according to claim 1 has also been explained by this embodiment.

However, it is naturally possible to provide a hopper device formed without providing the dust removal hole 42G on the lower surface of the base plate 42, and if such a hopper device is provided, the hopper device according to claim 1 is considered to have been provided.

[0053]

According to the hopper device according to claim 1 and the hopper device according to claim 2, it is possible to provide a hopper device that is less likely to be adversely affected by dust attached to medals.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an assembled perspective view showing a hopper device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a part of a hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing a part of a hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a part of a hopper main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a hopper tank according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an assembled perspective view showing a conventional hopper device.

FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view showing a rotating disk used in a conventional hopper device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Hopper body 11 Bracket 12 Base plate 12
A Through hole 12B Flat plate part
12C Storage recess 12D Delivery missing part 12E Tank fixing part 12F Dust removal hole 13 Hopper motor 13A
Output shaft 14 Upper fixed disc 15 Lower fixed disc 16 Spacer ring 17 Counter plate 18 Medal sensor 19 Counter roller 19A
Rotation auxiliary member 19B Sending member 19
C Feed-out biasing spring 19D Roller biasing spring 19E
Auxiliary roller support plate 19F Auxiliary roller 19
G Feeding roller support plate 19H Feeding roller 20 Rotating disk 2
0A Medal pitfall 21 Upper disk 22 Lower disk
22A Central circular part 22B Missing circular part
22C Outer circular portion 22D Delivery protrusion 22E Garbage pit 22F Medal storage section 30 Hopper tank 40 Hopper body 41 Bracket 42 Base plate 42
A Through hole 42B Flat plate part
42C Storage recess 42D Rotating disc enclosing part 42E Feed-out missing part 42F Scoop fixing part 42G
Dust removal hole 42H scoop lock pin
42I Fixed disk fixing part 42J Sliding plate material 42K
Feeding guide 43 Hopper motor 43A
Output shaft 43B Horizontal bar 44 Fixed disk 4
4A Missing part 45 Slide plate 46 Guide pin drive mechanism 46A
Guide pin base 46B Guide rotation shaft 46
C Cam pin roller 46D Guide pin 47 Counter roller mechanism 46A Roller base 47B Counter rotation shaft 47C
Counter roller 50 Rotating disk 5
0A Medal pitfall 51 Upper disc
51A Sorting mountain part 51B Cam plate part 52 Lower disk
52A Medal storage section 52B Missing circular section
52C Outer circular part 52D Delivery protrusion
52E Dust pit 52F Output shaft compatible part 60 Hopper tank 61 Tank part
61A Opening upper part 61B Scoop connection part
61C Sliding hole 61D Sliding board
61E Stirring spring 62 Scoop part
62A Base part 62B Base cylinder part
62C Projecting cylinder part 62D Slide surface 62E Lock part 62F Engagement part 6
2G moving hole 90 medal

Claims (2)

[Claims] [Claim 1] Formed by having a plate-shaped base plate, a disc-shaped rotating disk having a medal storage section for storing a plurality of medals on the upper surface of the base plate, and a rotation output device for rotating the rotating disk. The base plate has a flat storage recess having the same shape as the flat cross section of the rotating disk, and in the storage recess, the output shaft of the rotary output device projects from below, and the output shaft When the rotating disc is fixed to the shaft, a space is created between the bottom surface of the rotating disc and the bottom of the storage recess, and each medal storage area on the rotating disc has a dirt pit smaller than this storage area that communicates with the storage recess. A hopper device characterized by being provided so as to. 2. The hopper device according to claim 1, wherein the base plate is provided with a dust removal hole that communicates the storage recess with the outside of the storage recess.