Gaming machine

Abstract

A gaming machine is provided with a cabinet; a door (3), provided on a front face opening of the above-mentioned cabinet; a bill insertion slot (529), provided in the door (3); and a bill guide plate (52A), which extends outwards from below the bill insertion slot (529) and is for guiding a bill to the bill insertion slot (529); and here, the bill guide plate (52A) is equipped with slit openings (524), a guide part, which guides foreign matter from the exterior, is positioned in the direction substantially below the slit openings (524), and a drain bottle (7), for recovery of the foreign matter guided by the above-mentioned guide part, is equipped at the rear face side of the door (3). Thus even if foreign matter is spilled onto the bill guide plate, the foreign matter can be collected without getting on the various devices inside the cabinet.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001] This application is based upon and claims a priority from the prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-316730 filed on Oct. 30, 2002, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.[0002] 1. Field of the Invention[0003] This invention relates to a gaming machine.[0004] 2. Related Art[0005] Video poker machines, slot machines, and other gaming machines are installed in casinos, etc. Those are equipped with a bill insertion slot for directly inserting bills instead of coins or medals. An example is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 09-106471.[0006] With such a gaming machine, when a player runs out of coins, etc., on hand, the player will not have to stand up from his / her seat and go to a coin changer to change bills into coins, etc. The player can also continue to play a game without having to call game-hall staff.[0007] In many cases, at a lower position of such a bill insertion slot, a bill...

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Benefits of technology

[0016] With the above-described aspect of the invention of (1), foreign matter from the exterior, which drops from the opening of the bill guide plate, can be collected in the container via the guide part to reduce the drawbacks of malfunction of various devices inside the cabinet due to foreign matter from the exterior. This effect is especially prominent in the case where the foreign matter is liquid.

[0018] Thus by providing the opening in the bill guide plate of the gaming machine and equipping the gaming machine with a container for recovery of the foreign matter that flows from the opening as in the present invention, the foreign matter can be prevented from flowing inside the bill insertion slot and accumulating inside the cabinet.

[0020] With the above-described aspect of the invention of (2), the upper face opening of the container is positioned in a substantially downward direction below the guide part and has a larger cross-sectional area than the cross section of the lower end part of the guide part. The foreign matter from the exterior that is guided from the guide part can thus be prevented from leaking out of the container and can be collected readily in the container.

[0022] With the above-described aspect of the invention of (3), the container is not formed integral to the rear face of the door but is mounted in a detachable manner. Thus even when foreign matter from the exterior accumulates in the container, detachment can be performed relatively readily. The foreign matter from the exterior can thus be discarded from the container.

[0023] Also, since the container is mounted to the rear face of the door, the container can be detached simply by opening the door and without being affected by the existence of other devices.

[0025] With the above-described aspect of the invention of (4), the shape of the container can be made extremely thin. This is thus excellent in terms of saving space within the cabinet and yet a relatively large amount of foreign matter can be collected in the containment part.

Problems solved by technology

However, in a game arcade, there are people who play games while taking a simple meal or drink and a drink may become spilled onto the bill guide plate by chance.

There are also insolent persons who, on becoming irritated of not obtaining the desired game results, throws a drink in his / her hand onto the gaming machine.

However, since the drain hole of this gaming machine is small, it tended to clog readily.

Also, since the collected liquid was simply drained into a space opened below a cabinet, when a large amount of liquid is spilled, contamination of the interior of the cabinet occurred due to the inadequate draining ability.

With those in the related art, when liquid or other foreign matter was spilled onto the bill guide plate, the foreign matter flowed into the bill insertion slot, causing malfunction of the various devices in the interior.

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