CN110215680B

CN110215680B - Mahjong machine, card picking and carrying system and slope card discharging device

Info

Publication number: CN110215680B
Application number: CN201910497728.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 胡取贤
Original assignee: Zhejiang Xuanhe Electromechanical Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Chaosheng Electromechanical Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-06-10
Filing date: 2019-06-10
Publication date: 2024-04-30
Anticipated expiration: 2039-06-10
Also published as: CN110215680A

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of mahjong machines, in particular to a slope tile outlet device, which comprises a tile feeding bracket, a tile feeding assembly, a first tile lifting assembly and a second tile lifting assembly, wherein the tile feeding assembly, the first tile lifting assembly and the second tile lifting assembly are arranged on the tile feeding bracket; the card feeding bracket comprises a first card storage groove and a second card storage groove, the starting ends of the first card storage groove and the second card storage groove are respectively connected with the card outlet end of the stacking and pushing device, and the first card storage groove is positioned below the second card storage groove; the track path of the first card storage groove is C-shaped, and the first card storage groove is an arc taking the rotation axis of the card assembly as the center of a circle; the track path of the second card storage groove is J-shaped and comprises an arc-shaped section and a straight-line section, the head end of the straight-line section is connected with the tail end of the arc-shaped section, and the arc-shaped section is overlapped with the radian of the first card storage groove; the swing end of the card feeding assembly passes through the tail end of the straight line section of the second card storage groove. The relative position of the second card storage groove in the scheme is higher, the swing angle of the second card lifting supporting plate which is connected with the second card storage groove is smaller, and the inside of the rack does not need to do too much avoidance space due to the smaller swing angle.

Description

Mahjong machine, card picking and carrying system and slope card discharging device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of mahjong machines, in particular to a mahjong machine, a mahjong picking and carrying system and a slope mahjong discharging device.

Background

The mahjong tile is also called sparrow tile (also called horse hanging), which is a game invented by ancient Chinese people, and the tile entertainment appliance is made of bamboo, bone or plastic, on which patterns or words are carved, and is a game attended by four people, and the rules of the game in different areas are slightly different. A set of mahjong tiles comprises 3 basic colors of ten thousands, cakes and strips, which are called: mo Zi cards (ten thousands), cone cards (cakes) and strip cards (ropes), 4 cards from one to nine, and twenty-seven 108 cards in total; and 4 cards of east, south, west, north, middle and white are added, and seven 28 cards are added; 136 cards in total, which is also called as 'plain mahjong' in normal times. Then, eight cards with similar functions to the king (JOKER) in the playing cards are added, namely: "spring, summer, autumn, winter, plum, blue, bamboo, chrysanthemum" and one hundred forty-four cards, which form what we said "mah-jongg with flowers". And 8 wild cards are arranged. Thus, a complete deck of mahjong tiles (74 tiles in some areas) includes words, flowers, ordinal numbers, and wild cards. The popular is simplified mahjong, which does not contain wild cards and large white boards, and has 144 pieces. Compared with other domino forms, the playing method of the mahjong is the most complex and interesting, the basic playing method is simple and easy to get on hand, but the variation is very large, and the matching combination is different from person to person, so the mahjong becomes one of the most attractive domino forms in China historically.

Along with the continuous improvement of the standard of living, people pay more attention to leisure, entertainment and life, and the convenient and labor-saving automatic mahjong machine is gradually favored by people.

Because the existing four-port automatic mahjong machine is limited by the structure of the pushing and lifting mechanism, two mahjong tiles are stacked together to be played when the mahjong tiles are pushed and lifted, and only one row of mahjong tiles is arranged in front of each person on the table top. The utility model discloses a pushing and lifting mechanism of automatic mahjong machine as disclosed in the patent document with publication number CN201164721, it includes the lattice board, stores up the tablet board and sets up respectively in the device of holding in the palm of tablet board both sides and pushes away the tablet device, hold in the palm the tablet device and include layer board, layer board strutting arrangement and hold in the palm the tablet cam by motor drive, hold in the palm the tablet cam on be equipped with the connecting rod, the layer board below is equipped with the layer board support that has the waist hole, connecting rod one end activity sets up in the waist hole, is equipped with the sensor at the middle part of storing up the tablet board, because this pushing and lifting mechanism has only a fixed tablet board of storing up, therefore this pushing and lifting mechanism can only release one row of tablets each time, when beginning playing, need artifical twelve or thirteen cards of grabbing the play. In order to make up for the defects of the existing four-port mahjong machine, eight-port mahjong machines are developed in the industry, and twelve or thirteen cards required for the game can be well pushed out by the eight-port mahjong machine.

The patent application document with the publication number of CN107519637A discloses a mahjong machine and a mahjong feeding method thereof, wherein the mahjong machine comprises four groups of mahjong picking and carrying systems which are arranged around a shuffling tray, the mahjong picking and carrying systems comprise a mahjong feeding device for picking mahjong pieces one by one from the shuffling tray and feeding the mahjong pieces out, a mahjong stacking device for stacking two mahjong pieces into a pier, a mahjong pushing device for pushing mahjong pieces into a mahjong storage groove, and a slope tile discharging device for feeding the mahjong pieces with the arranged multiple piers on a slope to a tabletop of the mahjong machine, the slope tile discharging device comprises a tile feeding assembly and a tile lifting assembly, the tile feeding assembly comprises a tile storage groove, the tile storage groove is curved in a large-angle arc shape, and the storage quantity of mahjong pieces in the tile storage groove is increased; the card feeding assembly and the card lifting assembly in the same card picking and conveying system are directly adjacent. The mahjong machine can realize a method of arranging mahjong tiles in stages, and when the mahjong tiles are stored, the mahjong tiles are picked up by the tile feeding device and pushed into the tile storage groove by the tile pushing device; when the mahjong machine receives a first tile-feeding signal, the tile-feeding supporting plate of the tile-feeding device descends, the tile-feeding pushing head firstly pushes part of mahjong tiles (generally six piers and half or thirteen mahjong tiles) in the tile-storing groove to the tile-feeding supporting plate, the tile-feeding supporting plate lifts the mahjong tiles to the tabletop, and a player takes the mahjong tiles on the tabletop; after receiving the second tile-feeding signal, the tile-lifting supporting board descends, the tile-feeding pushing head pushes the remaining mahjong tiles in the tile-storing groove to the tile-lifting supporting board, and the tile-lifting supporting board is lifted to feed the mahjong tiles to the table top. By adopting the scheme of pushing the mahjong pieces twice in stages, the functions of the eight mahjong pieces can be realized by using the structure of the existing four mahjong pieces, but because the tile pushing head occupies a trick position in the tile storage groove in the tile lifting device from tile feeding to tile lifting, the tile storage groove length of 18-19 trick is required at 17 trick, when the mahjong pieces with the mode are used for playing larger tiles, the track length of the required mahjong pieces is longer, and the mahjong pieces with the size of the existing mahjong pieces can not be realized, so that the length of the tile storage groove of the mahjong pieces needs to be reduced as much as possible.

The invention patent publication with the publication number of CN108635827A describes a tile feeding structure of a three-layer mahjong machine, which comprises a circular single-layer tile channel and a circular double-layer tile channel which are arranged in an up-down overlapping manner, wherein the single-layer tile channel is provided with a motor seat, the motor seat is provided with a second motor through a gear, the motor seat is provided with a first motor through a rotating shaft, a driven shaft on the motor seat is connected with a single-layer tile turntable through a bearing, teeth of the single-layer tile turntable are meshed with the gear, the single-layer tile turntable is provided with a single-layer tile deflector rod, and the double-layer tile channel is provided with a tile adjusting ring and a double-layer tile deflector rod arranged in the tile adjusting ring; after the three-layer cards enter the card channel, the second motor drives the gear to drive the single-layer card rotating disc to rotate, and the single-layer card shifting rod of the single-layer card rotating disc pushes the cards of the single-layer card channel to the table top of the mahjong machine; after the three-layer cards enter the mahjong machine, the first motor drives the rotating shaft to drive the double-layer card shifting rod to rotate, and the cards of the double-layer card machine are pushed to the table top of the mahjong machine. The mahjong machine with the structure is characterized in that three mahjong tiles are stacked to form one pier, the mahjong tiles of the one pier are divided into a single-layer (one tile) tile passage and a double-layer (two tile stacks) tile passage, and the single-layer tile passage and the double-layer tile passage are respectively sent to the table top of the mahjong machine, so that the required track length of the mahjong machine can be effectively shortened. However, the occupied height of the tile feeding structure of the mahjong machine is large, and the whole height of the mahjong machine using the structure is large, and particularly when playing large mahjong tiles, the mahjong machine with the existing machine type size cannot be realized. On the other hand, two motors are respectively used for directly or indirectly driving two tile pushing heads to push mahjong tiles in the single-layer tile channel and the double-layer tile channel, so that the structural complexity and the control complexity of the mahjong machine are increased, and the production cost of the mahjong machine is increased.

The utility model discloses a track separator and a mahjong machine, wherein the track separator comprises a main track for bearing and pushing the mahjong tiles in a preset layer number output by a stacking device in parallel, a separation structure for separating the mahjong tiles conveyed by the main track into mahjong tiles to be grasped and mahjong tiles to be discharged, a first separation track for sequentially conveying the mahjong tiles to be grasped separated from the main track to a grabbing area in order, a second separation track for sequentially conveying the mahjong tiles to be discharged separated from the main track to a discharging area in order, and a mahjong pushing mechanism for pushing the mahjong tiles, wherein the discharging end of the main track is connected with the feeding end of the first separation track and the feeding end of the second separation track, and the discharging end of the first separation track is connected with a tile feeding opening of the grabbing area, and the discharging end of the second separation track is connected with a tile feeding opening of the discharging area. The track card distributor of the utility model ensures that mahjong tiles are simultaneously delivered to the grabbing area and the playing area, thereby facilitating the operation of players and saving the time of players. However, in the technical scheme, the second sub-track is arranged below the first sub-track, so that mahjong tiles to be delivered, which are separated from the main track, are sequentially conveyed to a tile delivery area, and the second sub-track and a tile pushing mechanism for pushing the mahjong tiles are required to be arranged, so that the mahjong tile pushing device has a relatively complex structure. And, the play end of second branch track is connected with the last tablet mouth in play area, and play area needs to set up and rises the tablet layer board, because the second branch track is in the below, rises the great inclination of the great and when holding the tablet of swing angle of tablet layer board, makes the mahjong machine near rising the tablet layer board need bigger space of dodging to realize rising the lifting of the great angle of tablet layer board.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the above problems, a first object of the present invention is to provide a slope card discharging device, in which the relative position of a second card storing groove is higher, and the swing angle of a second card lifting supporting plate received by the second card storing groove is smaller, so that too much avoiding space is not needed in the frame due to the smaller swing angle; and the inclined angle of the second tile lifting supporting plate is relatively smaller when the mahjong tiles are accepted, so that the mahjong tiles cannot slide down due to the fact that the inclined angle is too large in the lifting process of the second tile lifting supporting plate. In addition, the swing end of the tile feeding assembly in the scheme passes through the tail end of the straight line section of the second tile storage groove, and the tile feeding process of the first tile storage groove and the second tile storage groove is realized through a group of tile feeding assemblies rotating in the circumferential direction in cooperation with the characteristic that the station of the second tile storage groove is higher. A second object of the present invention is to provide a card pick-up and delivery system having the ramp card-out device described above. A third object of the present invention is to provide a mahjong machine having the above-described slope playing device.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:

A slope card discharging device comprises a card feeding bracket, a card feeding assembly, a first card lifting assembly and a second card lifting assembly, wherein the card feeding assembly, the first card lifting assembly and the second card lifting assembly are arranged on the card feeding bracket; the card feeding bracket comprises a first card storage groove and a second card storage groove, the starting ends of the first card storage groove and the second card storage groove are respectively connected with the card outlet end of the stacking and pushing device, and the first card storage groove is positioned below the second card storage groove; the track path of the first card storage groove is C-shaped, and the first card storage groove is arc-shaped with the rotation axis of the card assembly as the center of a circle; the track path of the second card storage groove is J-shaped and comprises an arc-shaped section and a straight-line section, the head end of the straight-line section is connected with the tail end of the arc-shaped section, and the arc-shaped section is overlapped with the radian of the first card storage groove; the swing end of the card feeding assembly passes through the tail end of the straight line section of the second card storage groove.

Preferably, the card feeding bracket further comprises a first card lifting bracket connected to the tail end part of the track of the first card storage groove and a second card lifting bracket connected to the tail end part of the track of the second card storage groove; the first card lifting assembly comprises a first card lifting supporting plate with one end hinged to the first card lifting support and a card lifting driving assembly for driving the first card lifting supporting plate to move along the hinged end of the first card lifting supporting plate; the first card lifting supporting plate can swing in a certain range relative to the first card lifting support along the hinged end of the first card lifting supporting plate, and when the movable end of the first card lifting supporting plate is positioned at the lowest end of the swing path, the first card lifting supporting plate is connected with the tail end part of the track of the first card storage groove; the second card lifting assembly comprises a second card lifting supporting plate with one end hinged to the second card lifting support and a card lifting driving assembly for driving the second card lifting supporting plate to move along the hinged end of the second card lifting supporting plate; the second card lifting support plate can swing in a certain range relative to the second card lifting support along the hinged end of the second card lifting support plate, and when the movable end of the second card lifting support plate is positioned at the lowest end of the swing path, the second card lifting support plate is connected with the tail end part of the track of the second card storage groove.

Preferably, the card feeding assembly comprises a first card feeding swing rod, a second card feeding swing rod and a card feeding motor, wherein the first card feeding swing rod and the second card feeding swing rod are coaxially and rotatably arranged and are driven by the card feeding motor; the first tile feeding swing rod pushes the mahjong tiles onto the first tile lifting supporting plate along the track of the first tile storage groove, and the second tile feeding swing rod pushes the mahjong tiles onto the second tile lifting supporting plate along the track of the second tile storage groove.

Preferably, the movable end of the second card feeding swing rod passes through the tail end of the straight line section of the second card storage groove.

Preferably, the tile feeding assembly comprises a tile feeding swing rod, a tile feeding motor for driving the tile feeding swing rod to swing, and a tile feeding push head connected to the movable end of the tile feeding swing rod, wherein the tile feeding push head comprises a first tile feeding part and a second tile feeding part, the first tile feeding part pushes mahjong tiles onto a first tile lifting support plate along the track of a first tile storage groove, the second tile feeding part pushes mahjong tiles onto a second tile lifting support plate along the track of a second tile storage groove, and the second tile feeding part passes through the tail end of the straight line section of the second tile storage groove.

A card pick-up handling system, characterized in that: including a ramp card shoe as claimed in any one of the preceding claims.

A mahjong machine, characterized in that: including a ramp card shoe as claimed in any one of the preceding claims.

The technical scheme is adopted, and relates to a slope card discharging device, a card picking and carrying system with the slope card discharging device and a mahjong machine. In the slope tile discharging device, the tile feeding bracket comprises a first tile storage groove and a second tile storage groove, the initial ends of the first tile storage groove and the second tile storage groove are respectively connected with the tile discharging end of the stacking and pushing device, the first tile storage groove is used for storing mahjong tiles required by the transport and dealing, and the second tile storage groove is used for storing mahjong tiles required by the transport and dealing. In the scheme, the first card storage groove is arranged below the second card storage groove, the second card storage groove is arranged above the first card storage groove, the relative position of the second card storage groove is higher, the swing angle of the second card lifting supporting plate supported by the second card storage groove is smaller, and the frame does not need to have too much avoidance space due to the smaller swing angle; and the inclined angle of the second tile lifting supporting plate is relatively smaller when the mahjong tiles are accepted, so that the mahjong tiles cannot slide down due to the fact that the inclined angle is too large in the lifting process of the second tile lifting supporting plate. In addition, the swing end of the tile feeding assembly in the scheme passes through the tail end of the straight line section of the second tile storage groove, and the tile feeding process of the first tile storage groove and the second tile storage groove is realized through a group of tile feeding assemblies rotating in the circumferential direction in cooperation with the characteristic that the station of the second tile storage groove is higher.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a mahjong machine.

Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the stacking device.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of the back structure of the stacking device.

Fig. 4 is a schematic view of the stacking apparatus receiving a first mahjong tile.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of the stacking apparatus receiving a second mahjong tile.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the stacking apparatus receiving a third mahjong tile.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of the stacking device lifted after receiving three mahjong tiles.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the stacking and pushing device for carrying three mahjong tiles.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of a partial structure of a mahjong machine.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the first card slot and the second card slot.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative and intended to explain the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly defined.

In the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the present invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

The mahjong machine as shown in fig. 1-10 comprises a central control board assembly 11, a shuffling tray and a scrapper, wherein the central control board assembly is positioned in the center of a bottom plate of a rack 1, four groups of pickup and carrying systems are arranged around the shuffling tray, each pickup and carrying system comprises a mahjong feeding device 2 for picking mahjong pieces one by one and sending the mahjong pieces out from the shuffling tray, a mahjong stacking device for stacking a plurality of mahjong pieces into one pier, a mahjong pushing device for pushing mahjong pieces into a mahjong storage groove, and a slope discharging device for feeding the arrayed mahjong pieces on a table surface of the mahjong machine along a slope. The slope card discharging device comprises a card feeding bracket, and a card feeding assembly and a card lifting assembly which are arranged on the card feeding bracket; the card feeding support comprises a card storage groove and a card lifting support.

In order to realize the function of the eight-mouth machine in the embodiment, four first rising mouths for sending out mahjong pieces required by dealing and four second rising mouths for sending out mahjong pieces required by dealing are arranged on the table top of the stand 1. Four first card lifting ports are arranged in the middle of the table top plate and around the central control panel assembly 11. The first card lifting port is similar to the card lifting position of the currently adopted four-port machine, the first card lifting port in the scheme is obliquely arranged relative to the edge of the tabletop, the distance between the left side end of the first card lifting port and the edge of the tabletop is smaller than that between the right side end of the first card lifting port and the edge of the tabletop, and the left and right ends are judged in the direction of a user at the side; therefore, the space operation space in the right front of the user is larger, and the method is suitable for handedness of most users. The four second card lifting ports are respectively positioned at the four end edges of the tabletop plate and are basically parallel to the tabletop plate edge; after the mahjong tiles are sent out from the second tile lifting opening, the user only needs to erect the mahjong tiles at the second tile lifting opening, and the step of manually dealing in the traditional four-opening machine is completed.

The mahjong machine has the following specific structure:

The card feeding device 2 comprises a card feeding box, a card feeding channel for transferring mahjong tiles is arranged in the card feeding box, a card sucking wheel is arranged at a card feeding port of the card feeding channel, and a conveying belt driven by a card feeding motor is arranged in the card feeding channel. In this embodiment, the card feeding channel may be a conventional linear channel, but an arc card feeding channel may also be selected for optimizing the structural layout. In order to ensure the delivery reliability of the mahjong pieces, the height of the card outlet of the card delivery channel is not lower than the height of the card inlet of the card delivery channel. The specific structure of the card feeding device 2 can be seen in patent document CN105413161A, CN106492454A, CN106669142a and the like.

The card stacking device and the card pushing device in the embodiment can independently move and cooperatively work in an action manner through sensing by the sensor; or by synchronous driving of a stacking device 3 (stacking head). The embodiment is mainly used for realizing the function of the eight-port machine, namely twelve or thirteen cards required by the opening can be well pushed out. Therefore, the stacking device 3 in this embodiment can stack three mahjong tiles, and the specific structure can be referred to in the patent document with publication number CN107335216 a. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the stacking and pushing device 3 comprises a tile carrying block 31 for carrying mahjong tiles at the tile outlet of the tile feeding device 2, and a tile pushing head for pushing mahjong tiles on the tile carrying block 31 into the tile storage groove. The tile bearing block 31 can move up and down at the tile outlet of the tile feeding device 2 to stack mahjong tiles into piers; the tile bearing block 31 has three stay heights, and three mahjong tiles can be stacked on the tile bearing block 31, namely, three mahjong tiles are stacked into one pier. In contrast to the patent document with publication number CN107335216a, the tile-holding block 31 in this embodiment includes an upper tile-holding area 311 and a lower tile-holding area 312 which are disposed up and down and are relatively independent, and in the process of up-and-down movement of the tile-holding block 31, the upper tile-holding area 311 and the lower tile-holding area 312 are lifted and lowered relative to the tile outlet of the tile-delivering device 2, so that in order to realize stacking of three mahjong tiles, the tile-holding block 31 has three stay heights as well. Further, in order to separate the single-layer mahjong tiles required for dealing and the double-layer mahjong tiles required for touching in the stacking procedure, an upper tile bearing area 311 and a lower tile bearing area 312 are arranged, wherein one tile bearing area 311 and one tile bearing area 312 is used for placing the single-layer mahjong tiles, and the other tile bearing area is used for placing the double-layer mahjong tiles. In view of convenience in tile placement, the tile placement area 311 in the above-described scheme is used for placement of a single layer of tiles, and the tile placement area 312 is used for placement of two stacks of tiles. The principle of up-down lifting of the card bearing block 31 is optionally the same as that of the stacking and pushing device 3 in the patent document with the publication number CN107335216 a. In this solution, the stacking and pushing device 3 further includes a housing 32, and a stacking and pushing motor 33, a card bearing cam 34 and a card bearing swing arm 35 that are disposed on the housing 32, where the stacking and pushing motor 33 drives the card bearing cam 34 to rotate, and the card bearing cam 34 is provided with a card bearing curved slot 341; the card-bearing swing arm 35 is hinged on the shell 32, specifically, a rotating shaft 351 is arranged at the end part of the card-bearing swing arm 35 and swings up and down around the rotating shaft 351, a card-bearing roller 352 is arranged at the middle part of the card-bearing swing arm 35, the card-bearing roller 352 moves in the card-bearing curved groove 341, and the movable end of the card-bearing swing arm 35 is movably connected with the card-bearing block 31 which is lifted up and down. When the stacking and pushing motor 33 operates, the card bearing cam 34 is driven to rotate, the card bearing cam 34 rotates, the card bearing roller 352 on one end of the card bearing swing arm 35 moves relative to the card bearing curve groove 341, and the card bearing block 31 movably connected with the other end of the card bearing swing arm 35 is lifted along with the change of the position of the card bearing roller 352 in the card bearing curve groove 341.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the above-mentioned tile supporting block 31 has three retaining heights, specifically including a first height, a second height and a third height;

The first height is the first mahjong tile for storing the lower tile bearing area 312 of the tile bearing block 31; in this first height, the height of the underfloor deck of the lower deck section 312 is slightly less than the height of the card exit of the card delivery device 2.

A second height, which is the lower tile holding area 312 of the tile holding block 31 for holding a second mahjong tile in the area; in the second height, the top surface of the first mahjong tile is lower than the tile outlet of the tile feeding device 2, the lower tile bearing area 312 bears a second mahjong tile sent from the tile feeding channel, and the second mahjong tile is superposed on the first mahjong tile;

the third height is the first mahjong tile in the upper tile bearing area 311 of the tile bearing block 31; in the third height, the height of the card bearing plate on the bottom plate of the card bearing area 311 is slightly lower than the height of the card outlet of the card feeding device 2.

Based on the above-mentioned tile supporting block 31 structure, the tile pushing heads need to be capable of pushing the mahjong tiles in the upper tile supporting area 311 and the lower tile supporting area 312 to the corresponding tile storage grooves, in the first scheme, two tile pushing heads running independently of each other may be used for pushing the mahjong tiles in the upper tile supporting area 311 and the lower tile supporting area 312. In the second scheme, the mahjong tile pushing device comprises an upper tile pushing head 361 and a lower tile pushing head 362, wherein the upper tile pushing head 361 and the lower tile pushing head 362 are synchronously driven by the same driving structure, so that mahjong tiles in the upper tile bearing area 311 and the lower tile bearing area 312 are respectively pushed. In a third embodiment, a tile pushing head is used, and the tile pushing head comprises an upper tile pushing area for pushing the mahjong tiles in the upper tile bearing area 311 and a lower tile pushing area for pushing the mahjong tiles in the lower tile bearing area 312, wherein a notch is arranged in the upper tile pushing area and the lower tile pushing area and corresponds to the bottom plate of the upper tile bearing area 311, so that the tile pushing head is not blocked by the tile bearing block 31 when pushing the mahjong tiles. In the embodiment shown in figures 2 and 3, the pusher-up head 361 and the pusher-down head 362 are driven synchronously by the same drive structure. Specifically, the stacking pushing device 3 further includes a card pushing slider 37 that is limited on the housing 32 by a lateral sliding manner, specifically, an optical axis that is transversely disposed is disposed on the housing 32, the card pushing slider 37 is slidably disposed on the optical axis, and the card pushing slider 37 is connected with the upper card pushing head 361 and the lower card pushing head 362 to realize a synchronous lateral sliding manner. The card bearing cam 34 drives the card pushing slider 37 to slide transversely, so that the card pushing actions of the upper card pushing head 361 and the lower card pushing head 362 are controlled to be linked with the lifting movement of the card bearing block 31. In the embodiment shown in the figures, the card pushing slide block 37 is provided with a card pushing curve groove 371, the card bearing cam 34 is provided with a card pushing roller 342, the card pushing roller 342 moves in the card pushing curve groove 371, and the card pushing slide block 37 is changed in the transverse direction based on the change of the movement position of the card pushing roller 342 in the card pushing curve groove 371.

In the above scheme, the position of the card bearing roller 352 in the card bearing curved groove 341 changes, so that the card bearing block 31 is lifted; the position of the card pushing roller 342 in the card pushing curved slot 371 changes to move the card pushing slider 37 in the lateral direction. The change in the curves of the card stock curve groove 341 and the card pusher curve groove 371 affects the card stock 31 (card stacking action) and the card pusher slider 37 (card pushing action). Specifically, the shapes of the card bearing curved groove 341 and the card pushing curved groove 371 can be referred to as the card bearing curved groove and the card pushing curved groove described in the chinese patent publication with publication number CN107335216a, and those skilled in the art can also adapt to the card bearing curved groove and the card pushing curved groove as required.

The stacking and pushing device 3 completes stacking of three mahjong tiles and divides the three mahjong tiles into two groups; the upper group is a single Zhang Majiang tile, and the lower group is a stack of two mahjong tiles. In the subsequent slope card discharging device, the card feeding bracket comprises two card storing grooves (a first card storing groove 41 and a second card storing groove 42) and two card lifting brackets (a first card lifting bracket 43 and a second card lifting bracket 44); there are also two sets of card raising assemblies (a first card raising assembly and a second card raising assembly). Specifically, the starting ends of the first card storage slot 41 and the second card storage slot 42 are respectively connected with the card outlet end of the stacking device 3, and the first card storage slot 41 is positioned below the second card storage slot 42. The first tile storage slot 41 has a start end for receiving two stacks of mahjong tiles delivered from the lower tile receiving area 312, and the second tile storage slot 42 has a start end for receiving a single layer of mahjong tiles delivered from the upper tile receiving area 311. As shown in fig. 9 and 10, the track path of the first card storage slot 41 is in a shape of 'C', the first card lifting bracket 43 is connected to the track end part of the first card storage slot 41, and the first card lifting bracket 43 is positioned in the rack 1 below the first card lifting opening; the mahjong tiles in the two stacks in the first tile storage groove 41 are conveyed and then sent to the table top through the first tile lifting opening. The specific structure of the first card lifting assembly may be referred to as a card lifting structure in chinese patent application filed by applicant in the past and having application number "2019200586016", and includes a first card lifting support plate 45 with one end hinged to the first card lifting support 43, and a card lifting driving assembly for driving the first card lifting support plate 45 to move along the hinged end thereof. The first card lifting support plate 45 can swing within a certain range relative to the first card lifting support 43 along the hinged end, and when the movable end of the first card lifting support plate 45 is positioned at the lowest end of the swinging path, the first card lifting support plate 45 is accepted with the track tail end part of the first card storage groove 41; when the movable end of the first card lifting pallet 45 is at the uppermost end of the swing path, the first card lifting pallet 45 is in a horizontal state and closes the first card lifting port. As shown in the figure, the track path of the second card storage slot 42 is in a shape of J, the second card lifting bracket 44 is connected to the track tail end part of the second card storage slot 42, and the second card lifting bracket 44 is positioned in the rack 1 below the second card lifting port; 13 or 14 single-layer mahjong tiles in the second tile storage groove 42 are conveyed and then conveyed to the table top through the first tile lifting opening. The second card lifting assembly may be referred to as a card lifting structure in chinese patent application No. 2019200586016 filed by applicant in the past, and includes a second card lifting tray 46 with one end hinged to the second card lifting frame 44, and a card lifting driving assembly for driving the second card lifting tray 46 to move along the hinged end thereof. The second card lifting pallet 46 is capable of swinging within a range relative to the second card lifting bracket 44 along its hinged end, the second card lifting pallet 46 being received with the rail end portion of the second card slot 42 when the movable end of the second card lifting pallet 46 is at the lowermost end of the swing path; when the movable end of the second card raising blade 46 is at the uppermost end of the swing path, the second card raising blade 46 is in a horizontal position and closes the second card raising port.

In the slope tile discharging device, two groups of tile feeding components can be selected to be used for respectively pushing the mahjong tiles on the first tile storage groove 41 and the mahjong tiles on the second tile storage groove 42, each group of tile feeding components comprises a tile feeding swing rod and a tile feeding motor, the tile feeding motor drives the tile feeding swing rod to rotate along one end of the tile feeding swing rod, the other end of the tile feeding swing rod skips the tile storage groove to push the mahjong tiles, and two groups of tile feeding components are adopted to push the mahjong tiles respectively, on one hand, two groups of driving motors are required to be arranged for driving, and the structure is complex and the cost is high; on the other hand, whether the swinging paths of the two card feeding swinging rods are staggered or matched with the card feeding bracket and the card storage groove is considered. In addition, referring to the technical solution described in CN108096828a, a card pulling assembly is provided in each of the first card storage slot 41 and the second card storage slot 42, and the card pulling assembly includes a card pulling head that moves along the track direction of the first card storage slot 41 or the second card storage slot 42, and the card pulling head may be driven by a wire rope or by a belt using a card pulling motor, as in the patent document CN108096828 a. Of course, the two schemes can be combined, namely, a card feeding swing rod is adopted when the first card storage groove 41 pushes cards, and a card pulling head is adopted when the second card storage groove 42 pushes cards; or in contrast to both schemes.

In the embodiment shown in the figures, the slope card discharging device adopts the same card feeding assembly, and the card feeding assembly comprises a first card feeding swing rod, a second card feeding swing rod and a card feeding motor, wherein the first card feeding swing rod and the second card feeding swing rod are coaxially and rotatably arranged and are driven by the card feeding motor. As described above, the first card storage slot 41 is located below the second card storage slot 42, and a gap is left between the top of the first card storage slot 41 and the bottom of the second card storage slot 42, so that the first card feeding swing rod extends into the first card storage slot 41 to push cards. The track path of the first card storage groove 41 is C-shaped, and the first card storage groove 41 is arc-shaped with the rotation axis of the first card feeding swing rod as the center of a circle; the track path of the second tile storage groove 42 is in a J shape, the J shape comprises an arc section 421 and a straight line section 422, the arc section 421 is positioned in front of the straight line section 422, namely, the head end of the straight line section 422 is connected with the tail end of the arc section 421, the arc section 421 is overlapped with the radian of the first tile storage groove 41, and the edge of the straight line section 422, attached to the frame 1 of the mahjong machine, is positioned on the same straight line with the second tile lifting supporting plate 46 and the second tile lifting opening. When the first tile feeding swing rod and the second tile feeding swing rod are driven by the tile feeding motor to rotate, the first tile feeding swing rod pushes the mahjong tiles to the first tile lifting supporting plate 45 along the track of the first tile storage groove 41, and the mahjong tiles are lifted to the tabletop after the first tile lifting supporting plate 45 is lifted; the second tile feeding swing rod pushes the mahjong tiles onto the second tile lifting support plate 46 along the track of the second tile storage groove 42, and the mahjong tiles are lifted onto the table surface after the second tile lifting support plate 46 is lifted. In the above-mentioned scheme, in order to realize that the second tile feeding swing link completely pushes the mahjong tile onto the second tile lifting support plate 46, the movable end of the second tile feeding swing link needs to pass through the end of the straight line segment 422 of the second tile storage groove 42, so as to ensure that no mahjong tile remains in the second tile storage groove 42 after the second tile feeding swing link passes. In addition, in the above scheme, it is pointed out that the first card storage slot 41 is located below the second card storage slot 42, and the second card storage slot 42 is located above, at this time, the relative position of the second card storage slot 42 is higher, and the swing angle of the second card lifting supporting plate 46 is smaller, so that too much avoiding space is not needed in the frame 1 due to the smaller swing angle; the track card distributor disclosed in the Chinese patent publication No. CN 208694238U comprises a first sub-track, a second sub-track and a card pushing mechanism, wherein the first sub-track is used for sequentially conveying mahjong tiles to be grasped, separated from the main track, to the card grabbing area in order, the second sub-track is used for sequentially conveying mahjong tiles to be dealt, separated from the main track, to the card discharging area in order, and the card pushing mechanism is used for pushing the mahjong tiles. In the scheme, the second sub-track and the tile pushing mechanism are required to be arranged because the conveying track of the mahjong tiles to be played is arranged below, so that a larger avoiding space is formed to realize the lifting of the tile lifting supporting plate at a larger angle. In addition, in the scheme, the inclined angle of the second tile lifting supporting plate 46 is relatively smaller when the mahjong tiles are received, so that the mahjong tiles cannot slide downwards due to the fact that the inclined angle is too large in the lifting process of the second tile lifting supporting plate 46. In another equivalent embodiment, the tile feeding assembly comprises a tile feeding swing rod 47, a tile feeding motor for driving the tile feeding swing rod 47 to swing, and a tile feeding push head connected to the movable end of the tile feeding swing rod 47, wherein the tile feeding push head comprises a first tile feeding part and a second tile feeding part, the first tile feeding part pushes the mahjong tile onto the first tile lifting support plate 45 along the track of the first tile storage groove 41, and the second tile feeding part pushes the mahjong tile onto the second tile lifting support plate 46 along the track of the second tile storage groove 42, and the second tile feeding part passes through the tail end of the straight line section 422 of the second tile storage groove 42. The scheme is that the first card feeding swing rod and the second card feeding swing rod which are coaxially and rotatably arranged in the scheme are combined into one card feeding swing rod 47, and two card feeding parts are arranged to meet the card feeding requirements of the first card storage groove 41 and the second card storage groove 42.

In the card picking and transporting system, the track path of the first card storage slot 41 is in a shape of a C, the first card lifting support plate 45 is received at the track end of the first card storage slot 41, the track path of the second card storage slot 42 is in a shape of a J, and the second card lifting support plate 46 is received at the end of the straight line segment 422 of the second card storage slot 42; thus, the mahjong tiles conveyed by the first tile storage groove 41 in the tile picking and conveying system are conveyed to the first tile lifting opening at the front side, and the mahjong tiles conveyed by the second tile storage groove 42 are conveyed to the second tile lifting opening adjacent to the first tile lifting opening in the anticlockwise direction. Similarly, in an automatic mahjong machine, four sets of pick-up and delivery systems are located on four sides of the shuffling tray, with the mahjong tiles delivered from the first storage slot 41 of each set of pick-up and delivery systems being in front of the player on that side and the mahjong tiles delivered from the second storage slot 42 of each set of pick-up and delivery systems being in front of the player on the downstream side.

The main innovation point of the mahjong machine is that: under the action of an existing three-layer mahjong machine, a mahjong feeding device 2 of the mahjong machine is divided into an upper mahjong carrying area 311 and a lower mahjong carrying area 312, a first mahjong storage groove 41 and a second mahjong storage groove 42 are adopted in a corresponding slope mahjong discharging device, the first mahjong storage groove 41 receives mahjong tiles of two stacks sent out by the lower mahjong carrying area 312, and the second mahjong storage groove 42 receives single-layer mahjong tiles sent out by the upper mahjong carrying area 311; in order to simplify the card feeding structure, the second card storage groove 42 is arranged above the first card storage groove 41, so that the swing angle of the second card lifting supporting plate 46 is smaller, and the inclination angle during carrying is also smaller, so that too much avoidance space is needed; the card lifting can be realized by adopting a single card feeding assembly; has the functions of simplifying the structure and improving the efficiency.

The mahjong tile arranging method of the mahjong machine comprises the following steps:

When the mahjong machine works, the mahjong pieces on the shuffling large disc are respectively shifted to the positions below the feeding ports of the four mahjong delivery devices 2 at the edge of the shuffling large disc, the mahjong pieces are sucked up by the mahjong suction wheels in the mahjong delivery devices 2 and are straightened to be in the same direction, then are delivered to the mahjong delivery channel, and are delivered to the mahjong piece 31 in the stacking and pushing device 3 through the delivery port of the mahjong delivery channel, one mahjong piece of three mahjong pieces continuously delivered in the mahjong delivery device 2 is pushed into the upper mahjong piece bearing area 311 of the mahjong piece bearing block 31, the other two mahjong pieces of mahjong pieces are pushed into the lower mahjong piece bearing area 312 of the mahjong piece bearing block 31 and are stacked into a pier position, and the bearing sequence of the upper mahjong piece bearing area 311 and the lower mahjong piece bearing area 312 can be adjusted according to requirements, and the adjusting scheme is based on the matched action process of the mahjong piece bearing cam 34 and the pushing slider 37; then, the upper tile pushing head 361 in the stacking pushing device 3 pushes the mahjong tiles in the upper tile bearing area 311 into the second tile storage groove 42, and the lower tile pushing head 362 pushes the mahjong tiles in the lower tile bearing area 312 into the first tile storage groove 41; the above-described stacking step is repeated so that a signal for feeding a mahjong tile is waited when enough mahjong tiles are stored in the first tile storage groove 41 and the second tile storage groove 42. After receiving the card feeding signal, the movable end of the first card lifting support plate 45 descends to be connected with the tail end of the track of the first card storage groove 41, and the movable end of the second card lifting support plate 46 descends to be connected with the tail end of the track of the second card storage groove 42; the first tile feeding swing rod and the second tile feeding swing rod are driven by the tile feeding motor to synchronously rotate, the first tile feeding swing rod pushes mahjong tiles onto the first tile lifting supporting plate 45 along the track of the first tile storage groove 41, and the second tile feeding swing rod pushes mahjong tiles onto the second tile lifting supporting plate 46 along the track of the second tile storage groove 42; after the first tile lifting supporting plate 45 and the second tile lifting supporting plate 46 are lifted, the mahjong tiles are lifted to the table top.

Based on the mahjong tile arranging method, the table top plate is provided with four first tile lifting openings and four second tile lifting openings, so that the table top plate is called an eight-opening machine; the mahjong tiles sent to the table top by the first tile lifting supporting plate 45 are mahjong tiles required for tile touching, and the mahjong tiles are formed by stacking two layers; the mahjong tiles sent to the table top by the first tile lifting supporting plate 45 are tiles sent to each player in an opening way and are single-layer.

In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it will be understood that the above embodiments are illustrative and not to be construed as limiting the invention, and that variations, modifications, alternatives, and variations may be made in the above embodiments by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and principles of the invention.

Claims

1. A slope card discharging device comprises a card feeding bracket, a card feeding assembly, a first card lifting assembly and a second card lifting assembly, wherein the card feeding assembly, the first card lifting assembly and the second card lifting assembly are arranged on the card feeding bracket; the method is characterized in that: the card feeding bracket comprises a first card storage groove (41) and a second card storage groove (42), the starting ends of the first card storage groove and the second card storage groove are respectively connected with the card outlet end of the stacking and pushing device (3), and the first card storage groove (41) is positioned below the second card storage groove (42); the track path of the first card storage groove (41) is C-shaped, and the first card storage groove (41) is arc-shaped with the rotation axis of the card assembly as the center of a circle; the track path of the second card storage groove (42) is J-shaped and comprises an arc-shaped section (421) and a straight-line section (422), the head end of the straight-line section (422) is connected with the tail end of the arc-shaped section (421), and the arc-shaped section (421) is overlapped with the radian of the first card storage groove (41); the swing end of the card feeding assembly passes through the tail end of a straight line section (422) of the second card storage groove (42).

2. A ramp card discharge device as defined in claim 1, wherein: the card feeding bracket further comprises a first card lifting bracket (43) connected to the tail end part of the track of the first card storage groove (41), and a second card lifting bracket (44) connected to the tail end part of the track of the second card storage groove (42); the first card lifting assembly comprises a first card lifting supporting plate (45) with one end hinged to the first card lifting bracket (43), and a card lifting driving assembly for driving the first card lifting supporting plate (45) to move along the hinged end; the first card lifting supporting plate (45) can swing in a certain range relative to the first card lifting bracket (43) along the hinged end of the first card lifting supporting plate, and when the movable end of the first card lifting supporting plate (45) is positioned at the lowest end of the swing path, the first card lifting supporting plate (45) is connected with the tail end part of the track of the first card storage groove (41); the second card lifting assembly comprises a second card lifting supporting plate (46) with one end hinged to a second card lifting bracket (44), and a card lifting driving assembly for driving the second card lifting supporting plate (46) to move along the hinged end; the second card lifting support plate (46) can swing in a certain range relative to the second card lifting support (44) along the hinged end, and when the movable end of the second card lifting support plate (46) is positioned at the lowest end of the swing path, the second card lifting support plate (46) is received with the tail end part of the track of the second card storage groove (42).

3. A ramp card discharge device as defined in claim 1, wherein: the card feeding assembly comprises a first card feeding swing rod, a second card feeding swing rod and a card feeding motor, wherein the first card feeding swing rod and the second card feeding swing rod are coaxially and rotatably arranged and are driven by the card feeding motor; the first tile feeding swing rod pushes mahjong tiles onto the first tile lifting supporting plate (45) along the track of the first tile storage groove (41), and the second tile feeding swing rod pushes mahjong tiles onto the second tile lifting supporting plate (46) along the track of the second tile storage groove (42).

4. A ramp card discharge device as defined in claim 3, wherein: the movable end of the second card feeding swing rod passes through the tail end of a straight line section (422) of the second card storage groove (42).

5. A ramp card discharge device as defined in claim 1, wherein: the tile feeding assembly comprises a tile feeding swing rod (47), a tile feeding motor for driving the tile feeding swing rod (47) and a tile feeding pushing head connected to the movable end of the tile feeding swing rod (47), wherein the tile feeding pushing head comprises a first tile feeding part and a second tile feeding part, the first tile feeding part pushes mahjong tiles onto a first tile lifting supporting plate (45) along the track of a first tile storage groove (41), the second tile feeding part pushes mahjong tiles onto a second tile lifting supporting plate (46) along the track of a second tile storage groove (42), and the second tile feeding part passes through the tail end of a straight line section (422) of the second tile storage groove (42).

6. A card pick-up handling system, characterized in that: a ramp card shoe comprising any one of claims 1 to 5.

7. A mahjong machine, characterized in that: a ramp card shoe comprising any one of claims 1 to 5.