Coin pusher
A coin slide (Engl. And Coin pusher or penny pusher) is a slot machine in which coins are pushed on one or more levels. In Germany you usually come across these devices at a fair .
history
The devices were invented in the mid-1960s. Sega was an important manufacturer . The main manufacturer of the small machines is the Dutch company Valco Automaten. Since 2006 there are also smaller versions as toys.
variants
Large machine with a slot above
There are different versions. The large, wide machine usually has two levels on top of each other, on which there are already coins. You can see them through a pane of glass. On the upper side there is one, often two coin slots in which a coin can be inserted. This is deflected by pins on the back of the device. It then first falls to the top level, which moves back and forth. Sometimes this level is divided in the middle so that one is alternately in front and the other in the back. If the level is at the back, the coin is pushed forward by the rear wall and, in turn, ideally pushes one or more coins forwards so that they fall from the edge onto the lower level. The leading edge of the top level acts as a slide for the coins on the lower level. In front of the lowest level is the winch, in which the coins that are pushed there fall. There are often several coins hanging on the front of the cigarette.
If the device is violently hit, an alarm sounds to alert the operator.
Small machine with a slot in front
With the smaller coin slides, the slot is at the front, a little to the right of the middle. The coins are brought close to the slide via a long rail. In contrast to the large machines, these are i. d. Usually designed so that there is only one layer of coins on the playing surface, and they usually only have one playing level. If a win has been made by dropping a coin into the winning slot, some models offer a second chance to win through a game of chance, for example. B. played out in the form of the one-armed bandit.
Flippa Winna
A special type of coin slide. The coins are thrown in at the bottom of this two-story machine and thrown into an upper floor. Several small pushers push the coins towards the lower floor.
Installation in Germany
Since 2003, Münschieber has been allowed to operate at annual fairs in Germany in accordance with § 5a SpielV in conjunction with the appendix to § 5a No. 5 SpielV under certain circumstances without a permit. In particular, the prize may only consist of goods, whereby issued profit tokens may not be used as a stake. In addition, the win rate must be at least 50 percent. Before 2003, coin slides operated at fairs, of which there were around 1,300 devices at the time, required type approval by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bundesratsdrucksache 147/03 of February 28, 2003. pp. 9–11 and 34–37 , Federal Law Gazette 2003 I p. 547 , there p. 550
- ↑ Bundesrat printed paper 147/03 of February 28, 2003, p. 34 f.
- ^ Certificate of approval from the Physikalisch-Technische-Bundesanstalt for the device moon clearing device from Valco in Bergen op Zoom from July 1, 1976