CN115120959A

CN115120959A - Ball shooting game machine and recycling circulation system and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN115120959A
Application number: CN202210897641.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 杨建林; 徐梓然; 何海铭
Original assignee: Zhongshan Ace Amusement Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhongshan Ace Amusement Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-28
Filing date: 2022-07-28
Publication date: 2022-09-30

Abstract

The invention relates to a ball shooting game machine and a recycling circulating system and a control method thereof, wherein the recycling circulating system comprises a ball storage device and a distributing and conveying device, the ball storage device is used for containing balls launched by a ball shooting mechanism, the distributing and conveying device is arranged in one-to-one correspondence with each ball shooting mechanism, the distributing and conveying device comprises a ball distributing mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a conveying track, an inlet of the conveying track is communicated with the bottom of the ball storage device, an outlet of the conveying track is communicated with the ball shooting mechanism, the ball distributing mechanism comprises two ball distributing thumb wheels and distributing driving devices in one-to-one corresponding transmission connection with the ball distributing thumb wheels, and the two ball distributing thumb wheels are arranged at the position where the ball storage device is communicated with the inlet of the conveying track at intervals; the ball distributing mechanism can play a role in stirring balls in the ball storage device, prevents the balls from being stuck, and can feed the balls into the conveying track one by one or distribute the balls to the adjacent ball distributing mechanism to achieve the purpose of improving the ball returning speed by adjusting the rotating directions of the two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism.

Description

Ball shooting game machine and recycling circulation system and control method thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of game machines, in particular to a ball shooting game machine, a recycling circulation system and a control method thereof.

Background

The ball shooting game machine in the current market is mainly of a double-player type, the interactive experience of the game machine in the children's paradise is improved, the popularity of the field is improved, the income is increased, and the ball shooting game machine which can play more than two players can gradually enter the market. Compared with a double-player type ball shooting machine, the multi-player type ball shooting machine has the advantages that the number of required balls is more, the problems of ball blocking and slow ball returning speed are easily caused, and the user experience is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The first purpose of the present invention is to provide a recycling circulation system to prevent the problems of ball jamming and slow ball returning speed, and improve the user experience.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a control method based on the above-described recycling system and a ball shooting game machine.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:

a recycling system for recycling balls launched by each ball launching mechanism of a ball launching amusement machine and recycling the recycled balls back to each ball launching mechanism, comprising:

a ball storage device;

the distribution conveying device is in one-to-one correspondence with the ball shooting mechanisms and comprises ball distribution mechanisms, conveying mechanisms and conveying rails, inlets of the conveying rails are communicated with the bottoms of the ball storage devices, outlets of the conveying rails are communicated with the ball shooting mechanisms, each ball distribution mechanism comprises two ball distribution dial wheels and a distribution driving device in one-to-one corresponding transmission connection with the ball distribution dial wheels, the two ball distribution dial wheels are arranged at the inlet communication positions of the ball storage devices and the conveying rails at intervals, and the two ball distribution dial wheels can rotate in the opposite direction or in the same direction under the driving of the corresponding distribution driving devices.

Optionally, the ball storage device comprises:

a ball return ramp device;

the storage bin is communicated with the ball return slope device at the lowest position of the ball return slope device, and the conveying rail of each distribution conveying device is communicated with the bottom of the storage bin.

Optionally, a guiding structure for guiding the balls to each of the distribution conveyors is provided in the magazine.

Optionally, the direction from the highest position to the lowest position of the ball returning slope device of the storage bin is the width direction of the storage bin, and the size of the storage bin in the width direction is greater than or equal to the diameter of the ball and less than twice of the diameter of the ball.

Optionally, a direction of the cartridge in a horizontal plane perpendicular to a width direction of the cartridge is a length direction of the cartridge, and the guiding structure includes:

the distance between the two guide side walls is gradually reduced along the direction from the top to the bottom of the storage bin;

two adjacent two divide and allocate two direction inclined planes between the conveyer, two the highest position interconnect on direction inclined plane, two the lowest position on direction inclined plane is respectively to two adjacent divide and allocate conveyer extension.

Optionally, two accommodating grooves are formed in the communicating position of the storage bin and the inlet of the conveying track at intervals, the two ball distributing thumb wheels are respectively arranged in the two accommodating grooves, and the gap between each ball distributing thumb wheel and the corresponding accommodating groove is smaller than the diameter of a ball.

Optionally, the ball return ramp device comprises:

the upper surface of the bottom plate is an inclined plane;

the two baffles are respectively arranged on two sides of the upper surface of the bottom plate along the inclination direction of the upper surface of the bottom plate, the top surfaces of the baffles and the upper surface of the bottom plate incline in the same direction, and/or the top surfaces of the two baffles incline downwards from one side far away from each other to one side close to each other;

the top plate is erected on the top surfaces of the two baffles, and the top plate, the bottom plate and the two baffles enclose a ball outlet through which the ball return slope device is communicated with the storage bin.

Optionally, a plurality of grooves adapted to the balls are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the ball distributing thumb wheel.

Optionally, the transfer mechanism comprises:

the conveying shifting wheel is rotatably arranged in the conveying track, and a plurality of grooves matched with the balls are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the conveying shifting wheel;

and the transmission driving device is in transmission connection with the transmission thumb wheel.

A ball shooting game machine comprising a recycling system as claimed in any one of the above claims.

A control method of a recycling system as set forth in any one of the above, comprising the steps of:

1) acquiring the number of ball shooting mechanisms of the ball shooting game machine in an inactivated state, if the number of the ball shooting mechanisms in the inactivated state is less than or equal to 1, rotating two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism of each distributing and conveying device corresponding to each ball shooting mechanism towards the inner side of an inlet of a conveying track so as to send the balls in the ball storage device into the conveying track one by one, and if the number of the ball shooting mechanisms in the inactivated state is more than 1, entering the step 2);

2) acquiring the relative position relation between the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state and the ball shooting mechanism in the inactivated state;

if only one side of the ball shooting mechanism in the non-activated state is provided with the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state, two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism of the ball distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state rotate towards the inner side of the inlet of the conveying track so as to convey the balls in the ball storage device into the conveying track one by one, and the two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism of the ball distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the non-activated state rotate in the same direction as the ball distributing mechanism of the ball distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state so as to distribute the balls in the ball storage device to the ball distributing mechanism of the ball distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state;

if the ball shooting mechanisms in the activated state are arranged on both sides of the ball shooting mechanism in the inactivated state, two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism of the distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state rotate towards the inner side of the inlet of the conveying track to convey the balls in the ball storage device into the conveying track one by one, the two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism of the distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the inactivated state rotate in the same direction as the ball distributing mechanism of the distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state on one side so as to distribute the balls in the ball storage device to the ball distributing mechanism of the distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state, or the two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism of the distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the inactivated state respectively rotate towards the direction of the ball distributing mechanism of the distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the activated state on the adjacent side;

if the two sides of the ball shooting mechanism in the non-activated state are not provided with the ball shooting mechanisms in the activated state, the two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism of the ball distributing and conveying device corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism in the non-activated state keep the same motion state with the two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanism of the ball distributing and conveying device corresponding to the adjacent ball shooting mechanisms in the non-activated state.

According to the technical scheme, the invention discloses a recycling circulating system which is used for recycling balls launched by each ball launching mechanism of a ball launching game machine and circularly returning the recycled balls to each ball launching mechanism, and the recycling circulating system comprises a ball storage device and a distributing and conveying device, wherein the ball storage device is used for containing the balls launched by the ball launching mechanisms, the distributing and conveying device is arranged in one-to-one correspondence with each ball launching mechanism, the distributing and conveying device comprises a ball distributing mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a conveying track, an inlet of the conveying track is communicated with the bottom of the ball storage device, an outlet of the conveying track is communicated with the ball launching mechanism, the ball distributing mechanism comprises two ball distributing and distributing driving devices in one-to-one correspondence transmission connection with the ball distributing and driving wheels, the two ball distributing and driving wheels are arranged at the communication position of the inlets of the ball storage device and the conveying track at intervals, and the two ball distributing and driving wheels can simultaneously rotate reversely towards the inner side of the conveying track under the driving of the respective corresponding distributing and driving devices to enable the ball storage device to be stored The balls in the ball storage device enter the corresponding conveying tracks one by one or simultaneously rotate reversely to the outer sides of the conveying tracks to prevent the balls in the ball storage device from entering the conveying tracks and poking the balls to two sides, or the two ball distributing poking wheels can simultaneously rotate in the same direction under the driving of the corresponding distributing driving devices to poke the balls in the ball storage device to the adjacent distributing conveying devices, and the conveying mechanism is used for conveying the balls in the conveying tracks to the ball shooting mechanism; when using, above-mentioned ball mechanism that constitutes by two ball thumb wheels can enough play the effect of stirring to the ball in the ball storage device, prevents to block the ball, can realize simultaneously through the rotation direction of adjusting two ball thumb wheels of ball mechanism, realizes that it sends the ball into transfer orbit one by one or dials the ball to adjacent ball mechanism in order to reach the purpose that improves ball return speed, and then realizes improving user experience's purpose.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a first perspective view of a recycling system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a second perspective view of a recycling system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a connection between a distribution transmission device and a ball shooting mechanism of a recycling circulation system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a first perspective partial view of a recycling system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a first perspective partial front view of a recycling system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a second perspective partial view of the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a first operation manner of a ball separating mechanism of a recycling system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a second operation manner of a ball separating mechanism of the recycling system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a third operation manner of the ball separating mechanism of the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10(a) to 10(g) are diagrams illustrating the operation of each ball distributing mechanism of the three-player ball-shooting game machine using the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11(a) to 11(k) are diagrams illustrating the operation of each ball distributing mechanism of the four-player ball-shooting game machine using the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein:

1 is a ball storage device; 110 is a ball return ramp device; 111 is a bottom plate; 112 is a baffle plate; 113 is a top plate; 120 is a storage bin; 121 is a vertical baffle; 122 is a side baffle; a bottom support plate 123; 2 is a ball shooting mechanism; 3 is a distribution transmission device; 310 is a ball separating mechanism; 311 is a distribution driving device; 312 is a ball-separating thumb wheel; 320 is a transfer track; 330 is a conveying mechanism; 331 is a transmission dial wheel; 332 is a conveying drive device; 4, a touch display screen; 5 is a conveying hose; and 6 is a ball.

Detailed Description

One of the cores of the invention is to provide a recycling circulation system, and the structural design of the recycling circulation system enables the recycling circulation system to achieve the purposes of preventing the problems of ball jamming, slow ball returning speed and the like and improving the user experience.

Another core of the present invention is to provide a method for controlling the recycling system and a ball-shooting game machine.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a first viewing angle of a recycling system according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a second viewing angle of the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a distribution transmission device and a ball shooting mechanism of the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 4 is a partial schematic view of the first viewing angle of the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 5 is a partial front view of the first viewing angle of the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 6 is a partial schematic view of the second viewing angle of the recycling system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a recycling circulation system for recycling balls shot by each ball shooting mechanism 2 of a ball shooting game machine and recycling the recycled balls back to each ball shooting mechanism 2, the recycling circulation system can be used for a single-player ball shooting game machine, a double-player ball shooting game machine and a multi-player (three or more) ball shooting game machine, and the recycling circulation system comprises a ball storage device 1 and a distributing and conveying device 3.

Wherein, storage ball device 1 is used for holding the ball 6 of shooting the transmission of ball mechanism 2, and the ball of shooting the transmission of ball mechanism 2 hits the sense of touch display screen 4 of shooting the ball recreational apparatus after, drops in storage ball device 1, and sense of touch display screen 4 is connected the host computer of shooting the ball recreational apparatus, and the host computer of shooting the ball recreational apparatus will shoot the ball result and feed back to the user through sense of touch display screen 4.

The distributing and conveying device 3 is arranged corresponding to each ball shooting mechanism 2, the distributing and conveying device 3 comprises a ball distributing mechanism 310, a conveying mechanism 330 and a conveying track 320, the inlet of the conveying track 320 is communicated with the bottom of the ball storage device 1, the outlet of the conveying track 320 is communicated with the ball shooting mechanism 2, the ball distributing mechanism 310 comprises two ball distributing and dialing wheels 312 and a distributing and driving device 311 in one-to-one transmission connection with the ball distributing and dialing wheels 312, the distributing and driving device 311 is used for driving the corresponding ball distributing and dialing wheels 312 to rotate forwards or reversely, the two ball distributing and dialing wheels 312 are arranged at the inlet communication position of the ball storage device 1 and the conveying track 320 at intervals, the gap between the two ball distributing and dialing wheels 312 is slightly larger than the diameter of a ball, so that the ball can pass between the two ball distributing and dialing wheels 312, the two ball distributing and dialing wheels 312 can simultaneously rotate reversely in the conveying track 320 under the driving of the corresponding distributing and driving device 311 so that the ball in the ball storage device 1 can enter the corresponding conveying track 320 one by one, as shown in fig. 7, that is, the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 simultaneously apply a force to the balls to make the balls fall into the lower conveying track 320, or, the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 can simultaneously rotate in the same direction under the driving of the corresponding ball distributing driving device 311 to distribute the balls in the ball storage device 1 to the adjacent ball distributing conveying device 3, as shown in fig. 8, that is, the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 simultaneously apply a unidirectional stirring action to the balls in the ball storage device 1 to make the balls in the ball storage device 1 move to the other ball distributing conveying device 3 on one side, or, the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 can simultaneously rotate in the opposite direction outside the conveying track 320 under the driving of the corresponding ball distributing driving device 311 to make the balls in the ball storage device 1 move to both sides of the ball distributing mechanism 310, as shown in fig. 9, that the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 simultaneously apply an upward force to the balls in the ball storage device 1 to prevent the balls from entering the lower conveying track, meanwhile, the ball is stirred towards two sides, so that the ball moves towards the direction of the distributing and conveying devices 3 at two sides.

The conveying mechanism 330 is used for conveying the balls in the conveying track 320 into the ball shooting mechanism 2, and the conveying mechanism 330 can convey the balls in various ways, for example, the conveying mechanism 330 can convey the balls pneumatically by using air pressure, or the conveying mechanism 330 can throw the balls out by using centrifugal force to realize conveying.

It can be seen that, compared with the prior art, the ball distributing mechanism 310 of the recycling circulation system provided by the embodiment of the present invention, which is composed of two ball distributing thumb wheels 312, can not only stir the balls in the ball storage device 1 and prevent the balls from being stuck, but also can achieve the purpose of sending the balls one by one into the conveying track 320 or distributing the balls to the adjacent ball distributing mechanism 310 by adjusting the rotation direction of the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 of the ball distributing mechanism 310 to increase the ball returning speed, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the user experience.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, 4 and 5, in the embodiment of the present invention, the ball storage device 1 includes a ball return slope device 110 and a bin 120, wherein the ball return slope device 110 has a slope such that balls can roll into the bin 120 along the slope, the bin 120 communicates with the ball return slope device 110 at the lowest position of the ball return slope device 110, the conveying track 320 of each distributing conveyor 3 communicates with the bottom of the bin 120, and the balls 6 shot by the ball shooting mechanism 2 roll into the bin 120 along the ball return slope device 110 under the action of self gravity after falling back into the ball return slope device 110, and then are acted by the distributing conveyor 3 to cycle the ball shooting mechanism 2.

Further, a guiding structure for guiding the balls to the distributing and conveying devices 3 is arranged in the storage bin 120, and the guiding structure is used for enabling the balls in the storage bin 120 to always keep a trend of moving towards the distributing and conveying devices 3 so as to avoid the balls from always staying in the storage bin 120.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, the direction from the highest position to the lowest position of the ball returning slope device 110 of the bin 120 is the width direction of the bin 120, and the dimension of the bin 120 in the width direction is greater than or equal to the diameter of the ball and less than twice the diameter of the ball, and more preferably, the dimension of the bin 120 in the width direction is only slightly greater than the diameter of the ball, so that the balls are distributed in the bin 120 in a single layer up and down, so that the bin 120 has the function of arranging the balls, and the balls 6 are better prevented from being stuck in the bin 120.

Preferably, the direction of the storage bin 120 perpendicular to the width direction of the storage bin 120 in the horizontal plane is the length direction of the storage bin 120, the guiding structure includes two guiding sidewalls in the length direction of the storage bin 120 and two guiding inclined planes between two adjacent distribution conveyors 3, the distance between the two guiding sidewalls is gradually reduced along the top to bottom direction of the storage bin 120, the highest positions of the two guiding inclined planes are connected with each other, the lowest positions of the two guiding inclined planes respectively extend to the two adjacent distribution conveyors 3, and the balls 6 always keep a tendency of moving to each distribution conveyor 3 under the action of their own gravity through the guiding structure.

Preferably, in the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, two grooves are provided at intervals at the inlet communication position of the storage bin 120 and the conveying track 320, two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 are respectively provided in the two grooves, and the gap between the ball distributing thumb wheel 312 and the corresponding groove is smaller than the diameter of the ball.

As shown in fig. 2, the ball returning slope device 110 includes a bottom plate 111, two baffles 112 and a top plate 113, wherein the upper surface of the bottom plate 111 is an inclined surface, the two baffles 112 are respectively disposed on two sides of the upper surface of the bottom plate 111 along the inclined direction of the upper surface of the bottom plate 111, the top surfaces of the baffles 112 and the upper surface of the bottom plate 111 incline in the same direction, and/or the top surfaces of the two baffles 112 incline downwards from a side far away from each other to a side close to each other, the top plate 113 is erected on the top surfaces of the two baffles 112, and the top plate 113, the bottom plate 111 and the two baffles 112 enclose a ball outlet through which the ball returning slope device 110 is communicated with the storage bin 120.

Based on the above ball returning slope structure, the storage bin 120 includes a vertical baffle 121, a bottom support plate 123 and two lateral baffles 122, the storage bin 120 is enclosed by the vertical baffle 121, the bottom support plate 123, the two lateral baffles 122 and the lowest position of the bottom plate 111, an interval between the vertical baffle 121 and the lowest position of the bottom plate 111 is a width direction size of the storage bin 120, an interval between the two lateral baffles 122 is a length direction size of the storage bin 120, the two lateral baffles 122 are connected to the bottom support plate 123 for opening the conveying track 320, the tail end of the conveying track 320 of the bottom support plate 123 is connected to the ball shooting mechanism 2 through the conveying hose 5, the guiding inclined plane is arranged at the top of the bottom support plate 123, and the guiding side wall is arranged on the surface opposite to the two lateral baffles 122.

Preferably, a plurality of grooves matched with the balls are uniformly distributed on the circumference of the ball distributing thumb wheel 312 so as to realize the stirring of the balls 6 in the bin 120.

As shown in fig. 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, the balls 6 are transferred by centrifugal force, specifically, the transfer mechanism 330 includes a transfer dial wheel 331 and a transfer driving device 332, wherein the transfer dial wheel 331 is rotatably disposed in the transfer track 320, and a plurality of grooves adapted to the balls 6 are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the transfer dial wheel 331; the transmission driving device 332 is in transmission connection with the transmission dial wheel 331, and both the transmission driving device 332 and the distribution driving device 311 are motors.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a ball shooting game machine, which comprises the recycling and circulating system in the embodiment, and the ball shooting game machine adopts the recycling and circulating system, so the technical effect of the ball shooting game machine is referred to the embodiment.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a control method of the recycling circulation system, which comprises the following steps:

1) acquiring the number of the ball shooting mechanisms 2 of the ball shooting game machine in an inactivated state, if the number of the ball shooting mechanisms 2 in the inactivated state is less than or equal to 1, namely the number of the ball shooting mechanisms 2 in the inactivated state is 0 or 1, rotating two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 of the ball distributing mechanism 310 of each distributing and conveying device 3 corresponding to each ball shooting mechanism 2 to the inner side of the inlet of the conveying track 320 so as to send the balls in the ball storage device 1 into the conveying track 320 one by one, and if the number of the ball shooting mechanisms 2 in the inactivated state is more than 1, entering the step 2);

2) acquiring the relative position relation between the shooting mechanism 2 in the activated state and the shooting mechanism 2 in the inactivated state;

if only one side of the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the inactivated state has the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the activated state, the two ball distributing and setting wheels 312 of the ball distributing and setting mechanism 310 of the ball distributing and conveying device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the activated state rotate towards the inner side of the inlet of the conveying track 320 so as to feed the balls in the ball storage device 1 into the conveying track 320 one by one, and the two ball distributing and setting wheels 312 of the ball distributing and conveying device 310 of the ball distributing and conveying device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the inactivated state rotate in the same direction as the ball distributing and setting mechanism 310 of the ball distributing and conveying device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the activated state so as to set the balls in the ball storage device 1 towards the ball distributing and setting mechanism 310 of the ball distributing and conveying device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the activated state;

if there are ball shooting mechanisms 2 in the activated state on both sides of the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the inactivated state, the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 of the ball distributing mechanism 310 of the ball distributing transmission device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the activated state rotate towards the inner side of the entrance of the transmission rail 320 to send the balls in the ball storage device 1 one by one into the transmission rail 320, the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 of the ball distributing mechanism 310 of the ball distributing transmission device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the inactivated state rotate in the same direction as the ball distributing mechanism 310 of the ball distributing transmission device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the activated state on one side, so as to distribute the balls in the ball storage device 1 towards the ball distributing mechanism 310 of the ball distributing transmission device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the activated state, or the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 of the ball distributing mechanism 310 of the ball distributing transmission device 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the inactivated state respectively rotate towards the ball distributing mechanism 2 in the activated state on the adjacent side The ball distributing mechanism 310 of the conveying device 3 rotates in the direction;

if there is no ball shooting mechanism 2 in an activated state on both sides of the ball shooting mechanism 2 in an inactivated state, the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 of the ball distributing mechanism 310 of the ball distributing conveyor 3 corresponding to the ball shooting mechanism 2 in the inactivated state keep the same motion state as the two ball distributing thumb wheels 312 of the ball distributing mechanism 310 of the ball distributing conveyor 3 corresponding to the adjacent ball shooting mechanism 2 in the inactivated state.

The above-mentioned activated state means that the user starts the ball shooting mechanism 2 of the ball shooting game machine by means of coin insertion or code scanning.

The above control method is described in detail with reference to specific embodiments.

Fig. 10(a) to 10(g) show a three-player ball-shooting game machine using the above-described recycling system, in which when three ball-shooting mechanisms are activated, two ball-distributing wheels of the distributing conveyor corresponding to the ball-shooting mechanisms of the respective game positions (P1, P2, P3) operate in such a manner that one of the two ball-distributing wheels on the left side (in the figure) rotates clockwise and one of the two ball-distributing wheels on the right side rotates counterclockwise, thereby applying a force downward into the conveying track to the balls, as shown in fig. 10 (a); when the ball shooting mechanism of the first game position P1 of the three-player ball game machine is activated, one of the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the first game position P1 on the left side (in the orientation in the figure) rotates clockwise, one of the two ball distributing thumb wheels on the right side rotates counterclockwise, and each ball distributing thumb wheel corresponding to the second game position P2 and the third game position P3 rotates counterclockwise, as shown in fig. 10(b), i.e., simultaneously rotates in the direction of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the first game position P1 to distribute the ball to the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the first game position P1, and when the ball shooting mechanism of the third game position P3 of the three-player ball game machine is activated, the operation mode is substantially the same as that when only the ball shooting mechanism of the first game position P1 is activated, as shown in fig. 10 (c); when the ball shooting mechanism of the second play position P2 located in the middle is activated, one of the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the second play position P2 located on the left side (in the orientation in the figure) rotates clockwise, one of the two ball distributing thumb wheels located on the right side rotates counterclockwise, the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the first play position P1 located on the left side of the second play position P2 can simultaneously rotate clockwise, and the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the third play position P3 located on the right side of the second play position P2 can simultaneously rotate counterclockwise, that is, the two ball distributing thumb wheels both rotate in the direction of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the second play position P2, so that the balls on both sides of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the second play position P2 can be distributed to the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the second play position P2.

When the first game position P1 and the second game position P2 of the three-player ball shooter are in the activated state, the two ball distribution wheels of the ball distribution mechanism corresponding to the third game position P3 rotate counterclockwise at the same time, as shown in fig. 10(e), i.e., in the direction of the ball distribution mechanism corresponding to the first game position P1 and the second game position P2, so as to distribute the balls in the direction of the ball distribution mechanism corresponding to the first game position P1 and the second game position P2, and when the second game position P2 and the third game position P3 are in the activated state, the operation mode is substantially the same as that when the first game position P1 and the second game position P2 are in the activated state, as shown in fig. 10 (f).

When the first game position P1 and the third game position P3 of the three-player ball-shooting game machine are in an activated state, one of the two ball-separating thumb wheels corresponding to the second game position P2, which is close to the ball-separating mechanism corresponding to the first game position P1, rotates counterclockwise, i.e., rotates in the direction of the ball-separating mechanism corresponding to the first game position P1, and one of the two ball-separating thumb wheels corresponding to the second game position P2, which is close to the ball-separating mechanism corresponding to the third game position P3, which is rotates clockwise, i.e., rotates in the direction of the ball-separating mechanism corresponding to the third game position P3, so as to shoot the balls to the two sides, as shown in fig. 10 (g).

Fig. 11(a) to 11(k) show a four-player ball-shooting game machine using the above-described recycling system, in which when three ball shooting mechanisms or four ball shooting mechanisms are activated, two ball distribution wheels of a distribution conveyor corresponding to the ball shooting mechanisms of the respective game positions (P1, P2, P3, P4) operate in such a manner that, as shown in fig. 11(a), one of the two ball distribution wheels on the left side (in the figure) rotates clockwise, and one of the two ball distribution wheels on the right side rotates counterclockwise, thereby applying a force to the balls downward into the conveying track.

When only one of the four play positions is in the activated state, the ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the rest of the play positions rotate towards the direction of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the activated play position, namely when the first play position P1 is activated, the ball distributing thumb wheels of the second play position P2, the third play position P3 and the fourth play position P4 simultaneously rotate anticlockwise, as shown in FIG. 11(b), when the second play position P2 is activated, the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the first play position P1 simultaneously rotate clockwise, the ball distributing thumb wheels of the third play position P3 and the fourth play position P4 simultaneously rotate anticlockwise, as shown in FIG. 11(c), when the third play position P3 is activated, the ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the first play position P1 and the second play position P2 simultaneously rotate clockwise, and the ball distributing thumb wheels of the fourth play position P4 simultaneously rotate anticlockwise (as shown in FIG. 11 d), when the fourth play position P4 is activated, the ball minute wheels of the first play position P1, the second play position P2 and the third play position P3 simultaneously rotate clockwise as shown in FIG. 11 (e).

When two of the four play positions are in the activated state and the play positions in the two activated states are adjacent, the ball separating thumb wheels corresponding to the rest of the game positions which are not activated rotate towards the direction of the ball separating mechanism corresponding to the adjacent activated play position, when the first play position P1 and the second play position P2 are in the activated state, the ball separating thumb wheels corresponding to the third play position P3 and the fourth play position P4 rotate anticlockwise at the same time, namely, simultaneously rotate towards the directions of the ball separating mechanisms corresponding to the first play position P1 and the second play position P2, as shown in (f) of FIG. 11, when the second play position P2 and the third play position P3 are in the activated state, the ball separating thumb wheels corresponding to the first play position P1 rotate clockwise at the same time, namely, rotate towards the direction of the ball separating mechanism corresponding to the second play position P2, and the ball separating thumb wheels corresponding to the fourth play position P4 rotate anticlockwise at the same time, that is, the ball-separating mechanism corresponding to the third play position P3 is rotated, and when the third play position P3 and the fourth play position P4 are activated, as shown in fig. 11(g), the ball-separating thumb wheels corresponding to the first play position P1 and the second play position P2 are simultaneously rotated clockwise, that is, simultaneously rotated in the direction of the ball-separating mechanism corresponding to the third play position P3 and the fourth play position P4, as shown in fig. 11 (h).

When the two activated game positions are not adjacent, the ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the game positions which are not activated can rotate in the same direction or rotate in the opposite direction, when the first game position P1 and the third game position P3 are activated, the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the second game position P2 can simultaneously rotate towards the direction of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the first game position P1, namely rotate anticlockwise, one of the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the second game position P2, which is close to the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the first game position P1, can also rotate anticlockwise, one of the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the second game position P2, which is close to the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the third game position P3, rotates towards the direction of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the third game position P3, namely rotate clockwise, and because the left side of the ball distributing thumb wheel corresponding to the fourth game position P4 only has the activated third game position P3, the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the fourth game position P4 simultaneously rotate anticlockwise, namely, the game machine rotates towards the direction of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the third game position P3, and when the second game position P2 and the fourth game position P4 are activated, the working mode is basically the same, as shown in fig. 11(j), and the description is omitted.

When the first play position P1 and the fourth play position P4 are activated, the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the second play position P2 rotate counterclockwise at the same time, i.e., rotate in the direction of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the first play position P1, and the two ball distributing thumb wheels corresponding to the third play position P3 rotate clockwise at the same time, i.e., rotate in the direction of the ball distributing mechanism corresponding to the fourth play position P4, as shown in fig. 11 (k).

Of course, besides the three-player ball shooting game machine and the four-player ball shooting game machine in the above embodiments, the recycling circulation system may also be used in a five-player ball shooting game machine or a ball shooting game machine that can be used by more users at the same time, and the operation mode is similar to that of the three-player ball shooting game machine or the four-player ball shooting game machine, and is not listed.

The embodiments in the present description are described in a progressive manner, each embodiment focuses on differences from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other.

The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A recycling circulation system for recycling balls shot by each ball shooting mechanism of a ball shooting game machine and circularly returning the recycled balls to each ball shooting mechanism is characterized by comprising:

a ball storage device;

2. The recycling system of claim 1, wherein the ball storage device comprises:

a ball return ramp device;

3. A recycling system according to claim 2, wherein a guide structure is provided within the bin for guiding balls to each of the dispensing conveyors.

4. The recycling system of claim 3, wherein the bin is a width direction of the bin along a highest to lowest direction of the ball return ramp, the width direction dimension of the bin being greater than or equal to a diameter of a ball and less than twice the diameter of a ball.

5. The recycling system of claim 4, wherein the direction of the bin in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the width direction of the bin is the length direction of the bin, the guiding structure comprising:

6. The recycling cycle system according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein two accommodating grooves are arranged at the position where the storage bin is communicated with the inlet of the conveying track at intervals, two ball distributing thumb wheels are respectively arranged in the two accommodating grooves, and the gap between each ball distributing thumb wheel and the corresponding accommodating groove is smaller than the diameter of a ball.

7. The recycling system of any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the ball return ramp means comprises:

the upper surface of the bottom plate is an inclined plane;

8. The recycling and circulating system of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of grooves matched with balls are uniformly distributed on the circumference of the ball distribution dial wheel.

9. The recycling system of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the transfer mechanism comprises:

10. A ball shooting game machine comprising the recycling system according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

11. A method of controlling a recycling system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, comprising the steps of:

1) acquiring the number of the ball shooting mechanisms in the inactivated state of the ball shooting game machine, if the number of the ball shooting mechanisms in the inactivated state is less than or equal to 1, rotating two ball distributing thumb wheels of the ball distributing mechanisms of each distributing and conveying device corresponding to each ball shooting mechanism towards the inner side of an inlet of a conveying track so as to feed the balls in the ball storage device into the conveying track one by one, and if the number of the ball shooting mechanisms in the inactivated state is more than 1, entering the step 2);